The Washington times., 1911-08-30
FROM COT
IN HOSPITAL, NURSE
HELPS BRIDEGROOM
A. M. Elliott and Tevis
Morgan Wed at
Midnight.
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the pair before Elliott wet West. and
he did not even phone to Miss Morgan.
home when he came back to his homt
town. Three days ago, while he was
lying in a hospital bed, critically Ill
Miss Morgan visited him, and It was the
frst time they had met to speak tc
each other in more than a year.
Quarrel Healed.
The cid lovers quarrel was healed be-
fore Miss Morgan had been beside Mr.
Elliott's bed five minutes, and she left
the hospital an engaged girl again.
They intended to wait several months
before even announcing the engage
ucnt.
But Yesterday Mr.. Elliott became Inc
patient. lie was allowed for the first
time tn leave his bed and don his cloth
Inc. with the Injunction from his doc
tors that he was not to leave the hos
pital building. He cody disregarded
the physicians orders and called for a
taxicab. telcphoning 10 Miss Morgan to
meet him al the Ebbitt House for din
ner. Before he lift the hospital he also
telephoned to two Of his friends to dine
with him.
The henedict-to-be tried to leavc the
hospital without his doctors knowing
1t. but they caught him and insisted
upon Miss Taylor, his special going
with him to see that he came back be-
fore nightfall.
At the dinner party at the Ebbitt.
Mr.. Elliott calmly announced that lie
and Miss Morgan were to be married
at once. The announcement brought a
lanUh and nnhndv thniYoht 4 haA
made in earnest. But when the party
left in Mr.. Elliott's car they began to
realize that both meant what they had
said
an impro.nptu wedding in Washington
began to make their appearance. The
machine stopped at the homes of six
clergymenn without finding one of them
in, and when they finally discovered
the Rev. Hunnicutt he told them they
would have to get a license and they
couldn't do 1t until morning.
Hunt For License.
Mr. Elliott had left his bed with the
intention Of getting married, So a lit
,le thing like license didn't bother him
much. The automobile began another
round, this time to the homes of every
court clerk authorized to issue marriage
certificates. After two hours search
they got Clerk Fred o'ConneII out of
bed and persuaded him to take a Joy
ride TO the Supreme Court building,
and make out the license.
After the legal requirements were at
tended to. the machine hurried to DR..
Hunnicutt's home, and exactly an hour
after midnight they were married.
After the ceremony, which was brief.
the bride went to her home. determined
To breaks the news of the wedding to
her family at the breakfast table. Mr..
Elliott went cack to the hospital. where
he will remain for at least a week.
He has been appointed manager of the
Philadelphia Company on the Pacific
coast, and will leave for San Francisco
with his bride October l.
Miss Morgan is one of the most popu-
lar younger girls in Washington society.
Her father, Thomas P. Nor gan, is man.
ager Of the Mutual Life Insurance Com
psny here, and her brother, T. P. Nor
gan, jr.. is assistant manager. Mr..
Elliott is 4 member of an old WASH
ington family. and numbers his friends
by the score.
During the three hours search for a
license and minister. driving most OF the
time through a heavy rain. neither Miss
Morgan nor Mr.. Elliott showed the
slightest nervousness. Both were conf
dent tha. the wedding would be held be-
fore another day broke.