120 THE APRIL FOOL.

 

“ First-rate—first-rate !” and Bunting rub-
bed his hands. Then he added, with almost
irrepressible glee—

“You wasn't sharp enough, last April,
doctor.”

‘““Why so?” inquired Doctor Grimes.

“You didn’t succeed in getting me to
the city on a fool’s errand.” :

“T don’t understand you, Mr. Bunting,”
said the doctor seriously.

“Wilde & Lyon, Pearl Street—some-
thing to my advantage. Ha?”

The doctor looked puzzled.

“You needn’t play the innocent, doctor.
Its no use. I sent you on a fool’s errand
to New York; and it was but natural that
you should seek to pay me back in my own
coin. But I was too wide awake for you
entirely. It takes a sharp man to catch
me.” |

“You're certainly too wide awake for
ane now,” said Doctor Grimes. ‘Will you
please be serious and explain yourself.”

“Last April a year, you received a letter