Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-15
A BOGUS ELoPEMEN.
serious Results of a Young wv Ha-


ven Doctors Joke.
NEW HAVEN, CONN, June 1O-Charles
hudson, rising young pfsician in
own, is about as dlsconsolat an indl-
Eidual as can be found in 10 State at
present.
He has recently complete, his studies
1t Yale College, is handsor aud "well-
liked, j." and it would seem TIT his lot were
(happy one. Yet he pinesnd the balmy
freezes of June cool not h'fevered brow
OR soothe his restless fang. He is the
lctm of cruel practicaJoke, and one
Arpetrated by himself.
Mr.. JudsOn. but few dys ago, was en-
gked to one of the most farming young
lalies of the Naugatuck alley, aud they
wee to have been wedde ere the storms
of winter should rage adn. But 1t is all
OVes
Aveek or two ago Mr.. udson conceived
the lea that it would / a great joke to
test he devotion OF swheetheart to
him. Nhe more he thoght Of the matter
the funner it appeared him and he lost
no time N going to tn telegraph Office,
where he wrote the folwing:
$40 Mss Ida Broom RiUerSlde Farms,
Netoton: Charles JusOn elOped this af-
ternoOn with wdan he mad been
keeping company wit for several years.
"A FRIEND"
Mr.. Judson indulge in series OF quiet
laughs az he though Of the sensation it
would kick ap in hi betrOthed's family.
He would call on his hearts idol the next
1ayand wOald deny he truth OF the mes
sage and As visiOnsOf the surprise that
his Fesebce would iause came to him he
tnNNfy Il Il
who'll joke was to- funny for Anything,
and d would have o tell it to some OF his
FRIEND after he had obtained the sequel to
1t.
On u way from che telegraph Office the
doctorell in with friend, who at once
began tell him of difficult surgical
Operatn that was to take place at Bell
Vue HPital, New York, on the morrow.
JudsOnbecame so interested In his
friend seCital that he forgot all about his
joke anhis recital that he forgot all
about b joke and his intention of eX-
planning, and readily consented to &C
companAis friend TO New York.
The olratiOn was splendid and in
tensely rilling. 1t was of so cOmpli-
Gated nture, however, that the strength
OF the paent would not admit of its be-
, ing COMPETED In one day. Judson and
stayed inlew York another night.
ID. JudDn, strange asst may seem, did
not once aink of his fair one or his great
J0keuntilthe following evening. Then
theB Wasl cOmmOtion within his bosom.
he ushedor a time table, but found that
he ould MT possibly get to his sweet
heats hone before Monday noon. he
hasened tc the telegraph office with a
message, but it was no use. The office at
.theether end of the line shut up at s p.
pa prompt, aud it was already S:l5.
sunday young JudsOn considered the adj
pabllity of getting a team and driving
pto Riverside Farms, but after invesJi-
ling the feasibility of the scheme he
sndOned it as impracticable.
londay morning he took the first train.
en- he reached the Farms the old
srch bell was ringing. The doctor in
9 9ed its meaning of man in blue jeans
"a straw hat.
Why, them is ringin' for Miss Brownies
Win" was the reply. "She's gone and
MED Squire Thompson's son Bill. l
gu she changed her mind purity sud
0e j heerd some JIme ago that she was
a-g' to git spHced to New Haven med
1ca'hap, but they had a fallIn' out,
1gIs. and SO she's took up with Bill"
Ihews struck young Judson like
g'nR. he was cOmpleDeIY crushed.
But would know the truth, at any
rate.ust as he got opposite the porch
ne sathe wedding procession coming
out.
LeaiO on the arm of his despised ri
val, BfrhomDson, was his darling Ida.
she wattired in an elegant white satin
dress u he bad no doubt mad been made
to wearh his wedding. Mrs. Thompson
looked en- more charming than Miss
BroWnehe doctor thought, and he felt as
though lwould esteem it a favor if
The eartfSould swallow him up. He felt
HcR.
~ inqry Judson finally learned that
WIN Mis- Browne received word that
heIPeau I'D Tilted her she spent a whole
afternoon o weeping, and receiving no re-
pEt0 massage sent to his address she
Vey sensibF cOnsoled herself the next
de- by promising to marry the country
suin.
he moro DR.. Judson pondered over the
inter thu less funny the joke seemed.
haliy nc lost the point OF it altogether
al Is now one Of the most unhappy OF
nftals. He thinks of studying abroad
ia few years.