The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-20
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serious Results at a Young New iia-
Ven Doctors Joke.

town, Is about as dIscon>olatc an lndI
vliual a. can be found IN the state Al
present.
ILL. has recently completed his studio,
at ial. COLLEGE. i, handsome and well
fixed, and II would seem that his lot
were happy one. Vet he pine, and
the balmy breeIcs of June cool not Ia,
f.yerel brow nor suoth his RESTLESS fan
~. He il IT." victim Of cruel prartt-
cal .oke, aud one l.rpetratc1i t.. him
SELF.
Mr.. Judson, but few days ago. was
engaged IL on- uf the most charming
young ladies' oi the Naugatuck Valley.
and they were IL have been welded eI,'
the storms of winter should rage again.
But it is all over.
A week or two ago Mr. Jud-on con-
ceived the itea that it would he gtrat
Joke 10 test the devotion Of his sweet
heart "a him. The more he thought of
II he funnler il appeared to him AMI lac
lust no time in going To- the telegraph
ollie where he wrote the follow iilg
To Miss Ida Browne. ltiv.roid,
Farms. Newton Charles Juison -lOprd
this afternoon with "A woman he had
been keeping company with for several
years. "A fRlE>D.'
Mr.. Judson INDUCED in Il series Of
quiet laughs aS he thong lit of the sensa
ton 1t would kick up IN his b"trothed :
family. He would call ON his heart :
idol the next day and would deny the
truth of the message, and as vision, ot
the surprise that his presence would
cause came to him he laughed several
times more. Yes. the whole ioke was
too funny for anything, and he would
have to tell it to some Of his friends after
he had obtained the sequel to it.
On his way from the telegraph office
the doctor fell in with friend, who at
oncr bega n To- tell him Of difficult sur.
gical operation that was to take place at
BELLEVUE Hospital. New York. ON In,
morrow. Judson became 50 Interested
in his friends recital that he forgot all
about his Joke and h+ intention of tN
planning it. and readily consented To- az.
com pany his friend TO New York.
The operation was splendid and IN
tensely thrilling. IL was Of 81 culnpil
Gated n nature, however, that the
strength Of the patient would hot admit
son ami lls cllIm must see II out AMI
acenrd'npl, STAYED in New York anoth, !
/ night.
ljr. JudSun, strange rs It ma, s,,tn,
did not once think of his lair one ~ his
great Joke until the following evening.
Then Their" was Il c"mnOtlun within his
bosom. tie rushed for a time table. but
founi that hr could not possibly reach
his sw,rth'art's home before Munda,
noon. IT, FASTENED to the telegraph Il
,ice with message, but il was ne use.
The office at the other end ol the I'm,
shut upat PIP ~. prompt, and it wa- AT
ready S:ij.
SUNDAY Young Jud,on considered the
adyisabIlty of getting "A team aud ltlN
ing ont to Riverside Farms, hut after IN.
>estlgatlng the feasibility Of the scheme.
he abandoned it aS lmpractlcahc.
I Monday morning he took the first
tram. When he reached the Farms thr
old church bell waslrrgug. The doctul
| inquired It's meaning OF "A man IN hhIr
Jeans AMI a straw hat.
"Whv them is rlnEln for Miss Brown
we'ldin, was tn" reply. "Shps gone
and married squire Thompson : son li,l.
| guess slIe changed her mind purity sud
/ den. heerd some time ago that she
was "A going to Kit splIced Ia a New TIA
ven medical chap. but thoy had Il laIln.,
ont, grnss, and 81 shes took up with
I Bill.
I The news struck young jud,on like a
sahdlag. He was completely crushed
Just as he got opposite the porch he SAW
the wedding procession coming out.
Leaning on the arm Of his drspi-r1 RI
val, Bill Thompson. was his darling Ida.
She was attirrd III an elegant " hit, sitt II
dress that he had no doubt had been
made to wear at his wedding. MR.,
Thompson looked even more charming
than Miss Brown. the doctor Thought
and he felt rs though he would esteem Il
favor if the earth would swallow him
up He felt sick.
BY inquiry Julson finally learned that
when Miss Brown received word that he,
beau had llted her She spent her Who'll,
afternoon IN weeping, and receiving n,
reply ~ a message sent to his address sh.
very sensibv consulel herself the np\I
day hv promising 10 marry the ruuntr,
swain.
The more III. Jndson pondered uvri
the matter the less funny the lnk.
seemed. Finally he lost the po,nt Of II
altogether and is now one vt the mos,
unhappy Of mortaIs He thinks Of stud,
INK abroad for a few wears
It was in a bank in Nebraska town.
\ farmer slapped down $50 en- the ruun
ter and proudly remarked There's The
last dollar owe on INV farm, and In
now rptitled To- a deed. vi must frpI
good, observed Boston man who wa.
III the hanh ON business II do. Am
ven viii now 90 ahead with better
spttit - II will now take the deed ~,