Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-10
A YICTIMIZED REPORTER.
A City Editor Taken In by Ccuntr
Girls

A City Editor Taken In by Country
Girls.
The following correspondence appeared
in the Gait Gazette of Saturday. The
identity of all the parties connected with
the joke, it will be seen, is carefully con-
cealed:
Eds. Gazeae Allow me through the
medium of your valuable and spicy paper
to chronicle a good Joke recently perpe-
trated on young gentleman of Sacramento.
who Is knight of the quill and connected
with daily evening paper published in
that city. The gentleman in question cul-
uyated the acquaintance of young lady
who has been visiting friends in the classic
precincts of Franklin. and at first sight be-
came enamOred with her-in fact, head and
heels in love- dead gone - so TO express
it. Despite the hot wave sultry weather
dusty roads and long drive, his visits were
very numerous, occurring oftentimes twice
III twenty-four hours but on each trip he
RECALLED himself with a copy of the paper he
Is connected with, and in this way managed
10 keep cool-never over SO in the shade
maximum temperature of Sacramento city,
according to the Bee. To contine ourself 10
the joke-the gentleman received hur-
redly written note one day last week, dated
at Franklin, and stating that the object of
his affection was taken suddenly danger
ously i'll. She seemed to be unconscious.
was apparently in stupor and the only
words she uttered was to occasionally
mutter, Hawkins, Hawkins, my dear.
dear Hawkins - On receipt of the note,
he Immediately repaired to a livery stable
and secured a fleet-footed team. Before
starting he was seen to drop into a drug
Of
brandy and some other articles for a sick
room, and then drive around to an ice
house for chunk of ice-about forty
pounds. The ice man Offered him a
blanket to wrap the Ice in to keep it from
melting, but It was not accepted. He drew
from his pocket copy of the Bee, and,
handing it TO the ice man, said: This is
fresh of the press. You wrap it up in it.
and I'll wager it viii freeze the ice to the
bottom of the buggy before | reach Thirty
first street Nothing else was learned of
the young journalist until he reached
Franklin. He passed through the village
like fash of lightning, encircled in
cloud of imperetrable dust and unrecog-
nized by the villagers the village was
cooled oil by his going through its streets
the Bee and Ice apparently getting in their
work on the weather Before he reached
his destination, however, he was recog-
nized by the parties to the Joke Just in
time TO put his little darling to bed,
darken her sleeping apartments and give
the room the appearance of one adapted to
the wishes and comfort of a very sick pa
tent. The young lady lay almost pros
trate in bed with her head bandaged,
wet towels applied to her forehead,
and her golden bangs carefully done
up in a net. On arriving at the
house he fastened to the sick cham
Der, where he found his adored as
described, surrounded by three ladies
whose faces were bathed with tears and
whose answers to his inquiries were given
nervously and in low whispers. Every
thing and everybody looked sad and mel
ancholy. The patient was pronounced I'M
conscious or at least the easily victimiZed
reporter was made to believe that such was
her condition, and he retired to the sitting
room, where he remained until morning.
Two of the lady attendants sat up with the
patient all night, and reported her condi-
ton at the end of each hour in the sitting
room to be gradually declining In the
morning the dandy society reporter sought
an interview with the patient, but this was
out of the question. There was not enough
left to even recognize famil- |
lar faces Loaded down with grief the
heart broken young would-be journalist
returned to Sacramento. To add more Zest
to the joke, his little darling and lady
friend started for Elk Grove Immediately
after his departure to catch the morning
train for Sacramento, and in this way were
enabled TO reach that city one hour earlier
than the ubiquitous reporter. 1t was then
arranged that certain young gentleman
in the city should be hunted up and for
convenience sake it will not be out of place
TO call HIM Sister, q great rival of the
and badly-sold city editor
who only " tumbled" to theioke on meeting
his fairy queen " on J street. shortly af- !
ter his arrival in the city, leaning on the |
arm of his rival. 1t is unnecessary to ex-
plain, or even intimate. the indignant
wrath, etc, etc, of the knight of the quill |
1t is now reported that Sacramento is get |
ling too hot for him, Notwithstanding the !
and frigidity of the able Jour |
nal he has the honor of representing in the !
capacity of local reporter and city editor |
and it is entirely probable that he will |
eave for San Jose, to take up his profession
IN the " Garden City" ExcURsIoNIsr.