St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-02
LIKE A BOOMERANG
A Reporter Attempts to Re-
taliate for His Girls
April Fool.
PLANS A SERIES OF JOKES
But the Servant Girls Lie
Rather Knocks Him
Out.
He is NOW OUT OF POCKET
The Fees for a Messenger
Boy and Express
man.
PLANS A SERIES OF JOKES
He is NOW OUT OF POCKET

bad thing in a servant girl, and may
once in a while save her mistress
from annoyance was illustrated yes
terday by a servant girls protect
ing the lady of the house and her
daughter from falling victims to a
series of April fool jokes. This she
did by having the presumption to
lie without authority, and say they
were down town, when in fact they
were simply taking nap.
. a certain newspaper man early in
the morning received an envelope
neatly addressed. He at once rec
ognized the handwriting as that of
his best girl, and his heart swelled,
thinking it contained an invitation
to call and take dinner with her.
But, alas, when he opened it. on the
enclosed sheet were the solitary
words, april fool"
well, that's pretty good, too" he
said. with a grin, as he cast him
self into chair. Then he rested
his head on his hand for a few mo-
ments. Suddenly jumping up he
started out and hunted UP a police
reporter.
Go to such number on such a
street" he said to the police reporter.
and you'll get a good story of a
IRE that occurred there last night.
A young lady was badly burned.
They will undoubtedly try to put you
Off, but don't you be put off, be-
cause L have positive information
that what l tell you is true. Tell
them you have part of the story and
you'll publish what you have and
fill out the remainder from your i'm
agination if they don't give I'D the
true facts. Bluff them good and
stiff, and if you can't make them
give up in that way, try how it will
work to
MAKE THEM MAD.
'They are Germans-you might rna1.a
some reference to the Low Dutch. or
the ignorant Dutch. That will be sure
to make them mad, and then you NAV
bet something out of them. am
acquainted with the people myself and
know just how to work them, but 1
haven't got time to go over"
Well, you bet your life I'll get the
story if any one can get" said the
police reporter, scoring the idea that
any man on earth could dig out facts
where he made a failure.
We'll, that's pretty good, too" said
the fellow who was seeking revenge.
as the police reporters coat tails van
ished around the corner of the next
block. "That's double barreled. They
won't do thing to him. He'll get
killed as sure as h" and then he
chuckled to himself as he pictured in
his mind that reporter making a per-
sistent fight on the steps of the resi-
dence of his prospective mother-in-Iaw,
determined to camp there until he got
his story or his lifeless body was
carted away in the dead wagon. Just
then messenger boy came along.
Say, young fellow, I want you to
carry message for me-" said the re-
porter who was in search of revenge.
II want you to go to such number, on
such street, one hour from now and
comes to the door, you say:
' is this Miss so and SOP
IS Yes
We'll, have message for the lady
in the next block Then turn and walk
away without laughing. Can you do
that If 1 give you
HALF "A DOLLAR ON THE SIDE?"
The boy assured him that he could,
got his half dollar in addition to the
regular charge for carrying the mes
sage and departed.
See here, expressman," said the
reporter, hailing a passing express
driver. 81 wish you would go to a
grocery store, get neat empty box
with the cover nailed on, and in one
hour and a half from now take it to
number -, on such a street. Ask
for Miss SO and SO, and when she
comes to the door, you say:
Is this Miss so and so
Yes, L am Miss SO and So
Well, l just wanted to tell you 1
have a box for lady who lives four
doors farther up Then, without smil-
ing, turn and walk away. Will you do
that in good shape for dollar?"
well, L should sniclzer," returned
though he had struck gold mine.
Every well, here is your dollar" and
as the eXpressman departed, the re-
porter chuckled again. 'WeH, that's
pretty good, too. 1t will be more fun
than a cage of monkeys"
Some friends came along, and he
bought them drink, and they all had
a laugh over the jokes the reporter was
playing on his girl. AS they emerged
from the saloon, the police reporter was
seen coming back.
The fellow seeking revenge laughed
blandly, and winked at his friends as
the police reporter approached. well,
how did you come out?" he asked, with
a giggle.
.'Oh, hi, I didn't get thing. The
servant girl said they were all down
town, and would not be back until
night. 1 tried to pump her, but of
course she denied it. I'll have to go
out after dinner"
Never mind" returned the other, as
the crowd burst out in a roar of laugh
ter and then he started to find the
boy and expressman, and
try to induce t1.am to divvy up with
him.
Registration r'rauJls Charged.
ASHLAND, Wis, April 1.-Conclusive
evidence of illegal registration OF TWEEN
ty-three names was found in this city
this morning and the authorities are