The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02

up his mind to get out of town. He got
80 cents from Perkins and made haste to
the nearest barber-shop, where he invest
ed it in a haircut and shave. Mosier
gave the tonsorial artist orders to cut
his hair to the scalp and shave his sprout-
ing mustache entirely Off hoping thereby
TO disguise himself The badly frightened
youth then returned to the office to learn
further details of his mythical victim
condition. DR. Simpson told him the boy
was worse and Mosier started to leave the
office. ''Wait minute, called PERKINS.
Where are you going?
"God knows where I'll go, but I'll never
go to Jail for poisoning that KID an
swered the youth.
"You go down to the ferry tomorrow
suggested the doctor.
Moser slipped out to his mothers
home, borrowed $40 and as early as !
o'clock yesterday morning he arrived
at the ferry thoroughly disguised 10
avoid possible detection. He walked up
and down the cheerless and desolate
ing anything from DR.. Perkins bought a
ticket for Sacramento and stole aboard
the boat like skulking criminal On
the train he acted for all the world like
q noted forger crossing the line to Can
ada.
Moser confided to friend before he
left that he would commit suicide rather
than go to jail, which knowledge coming
to Dr. Perkins made him decide not to
cSrry the josh any further. A message
was sent to the, frightened youth; and
set about 10 drown his troubles in the
flowing bowl.
Garret .McEnerney fell victim. to a
The bulky and brainy man of the law
dropped into O'Brien's office, commonly
engage the contractor in a little chat.
Say, Garret'' Clipped in OBrien in
an Innocent fashion just when the law
yer was explaining to Jim Nealon the
aal- sExrh hon n
stand for that bust over in the Palace?"
What bust?" queried Mr.. McEnerney.
why, the one they put in the corridor
of the Palace Hotel this morning" said
business with moneyed man who want
ed. to spend thou or two" in street
work.
McEnerney. mo sculptor ever chiseled
oBrien is "close up" and his words
busy dssolving the injunction against
Chief Lees that he did not stop to think
of April Fools day.
Lets go over. Jim, and take look at
it," said McEnerney, and they both start
ed out the door. OBrien had no inten
tion of going over with his friend to seek
trived to- be excused In manner that
would not breed suspicion.
The opportunity presented itself when
minute 3 said OBrien. ''Yau go over and
look at that yourself and I'll wait for
you"
Off went Mr.. McEnerney and his April
Fool went down on the archives of the
"Cabnit'' as decided success. Every.
body who dropped into the Cabinet was
sent over to the Palace Hotel to see what
McEnerney had looked for in, vain.
Pete Dunworth. the. well-known vo,
Fool josh. One of his friends telephoned
to Dunworth's house early yesterday
mate friend had died the night before
and was to be buried immediately.
'They. want you to be pallbearer,
''Ali right" said the popular tenor, af-
ter expressing genuine regret over the
unexpected death Of his friend.
rayed in a black cutaway suit and white
gloves, arrived at the undertaking par
lors from which the supposed dead friend
was to have been buried.
ais this where Mr.. So and So is to be
buried from?'' asked Dunworth, giving
the undertaken the friends name and ad-
dress;
taker, who knew the man very well. II
just saw. him at the corner Of Sixth and
Mission"
atrical joke of the ''key of the curtain
with marked success. Mrs. Willie Dun
ply, the latest addition to the company,
ten minutes before curtain raising at the
Tine sept hea ean tor o9ee 6ee y
said Stage Manager Bryant. I'VE have
lost the key to the curtain" Mrs. Dun
ply, who glitters on the bills as Miss
key and was in a condition bordering on
mysteries when the last bars of the or.
chestra died away and the curtain was
lifted without a key.