The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-05-02

4 hat. lOt& race was hNhts* anu s~~'
nose was bleeding. Your collar vas
"stop," he said. III was cleyerness
brought me TO the condition IN which
Won saw me. I've hcel getting cleyerer
and cleverer 81 late"
40 get on with the story"
II say that II was a dirty trick Of
Jennings 70 run away like that And
those silly books about Theodore Hook
and other practical jokers ought 20 be
stopped. II | hadn't read that stun
about the man betting that he'd make !
the inter stranger invite him 20 dinner
aud winning Il. could have kept quiet. \
but after that kept on having clever /
IDEAS. Mind my idea about the ticket I
Inspector wasn't bad. though that F.
wasn't what
Tell me about the ticket inspector
FIRST"
''Ch. that was NJ Baker street saw
there was an Inspector on the hunt
and. having a first class ticket, l got
into a second class carriage My idea
was TO tell him that ! hadn't got
second class ticket, but was quite will
Ing TO change into the third. Then he'd
say that could not do that and should
have to pay the excess. the difference
between second and third. Then
should have replied that | wouldn't
pay and that ! would change. Then
when he tried TO stop me from getting
ont should have shown him my first
class ticket see?'
Eyes"
cant you imagine what silly goat
that inspector would have lookedf
Wen. he came 10 my carriage, and he
said, Tickets, please ] began.
haven't got a second class ticket, but
Then he interrupted me. He said.
show your ticket please speaking
quite clvilly. as II he were being pa
tent with child that couldn't under
stand. Then | had to show IT, and he
didn't seem surprised or amused or
pained. He said. Thank you and
went on. Other people in the carriage
smiled a good deal. and ! rather fancy
they were smiling at me. These things
don't work out the way you have plan
ned them beforehand That was what
was wrong with the signaling In the
park"
what was thatY
"That was what brought me 10 the
condition In which you saw me yester-
day. ! had seen the soldiers signaling
In the park. They fool about with
flags and notebooks, and crowds come
round and get frightfully interested.
| We'll. my idea was 10 do some bogus
signaling that didn't mean anything
and take I'm the crowd. meant to
write to the papers about II nfterward,
SO that the crowd would know they'd
been fooled and get mad with them
selves. That's the last thing. by the
way, I ever do with Jennings | told
him about Il. and be was a good deal
amused and said he'd join In IT, We
put on blue serge suits and yachting
caps so that we looked official, with a
dash OF the navy about It. We had nc
flags. because we thought II would be
more fun TO signal with our arms and
legs, but we both carried laundering
big notebooks We took up our posi-
lions IN the park about fifty yards
apart and took care 90 be near path
where plenty Of people would be pass
ing. Jennings slgnaled FIRST. He stood
on his left leg and worked an imagl
nary bicycle with his right. Then h'
raped his knees together sharpl,
twice and finished by striking his ches
with both hands alternately yery
quickly. l thought should have dice
OF laughing. but | controlled myself
and pretended to take down the mean
Ing OF all the signals IN my notebook.
"Then II was my turn TO signal.
did windmill action with my RICH
arm and bell pulling with my left
Then I covered my left eye with on
hand and stamped with my right foot
I threw I'm few more eccentric move
= ments. and Of course Jennings pre-
tended 70 record them by this tim
each of us had little crowd nroun,
him At his ead Il was almost nll chill
dren and nrrsemaids. but ut mine Their
were good many ablehoiied parl
ioafers. Jennings always has all th
luck. az you'll see.
well. & was q regular bean feas
I and won't beautifully. when the crow
asked re questions ! told them not {
J talk. az i Interrupted the signaling
but after a few minutes a big ilterscl
Ing kind OF man came up. He "a
very quafrclsome and partially intox
: Gated but fancy that he knew some
thing about signaling lie bad M
watched Us for half a minute hefor
be said we were not signaling &C a
and that TIE whole thing was plan
J began Co feel little nervous. The
ne snatched my notebook and ~ cnnrs
saw that there were no genuine cntrle
In II. / moved away, End that GROVE
whlch seemed much annoyed. move
after me. Jennings seeing there wa
: trouble ON. bolted az once In the mos
cowardiy way instead 81 coming
help ME. and as he had only nurse
maids at hts end ne was OIL right
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