Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-30
A STRANGE STORY.
Two brothers Marry Two sisters
A Mistake that was OF No Conse-
quence.

Two Brothers Marry Two Sisters
A Mistake that was OF No Conse'
quence.
From the Falmouth Ky.) Independent
In certain part of our county there
lives family, in which there are two
brothers just entering on the prime oil
youthful manhood. A short distance
from them-in fact, in the same neigh
borhood-there lives another family in
which there are two sisters also in the
prime OF maidenhood, beautiful, fasci-
mating and attractive. These young
people being near neighbors and com
ing in contact with each other, almost
naturally, it would seem, fell in love with
each other; the eldest brother with one
of the sisters and the younger with the
other. All went smoothly for a time,
and these young people enjoyed them
selves and dreamed bright dreams
of the future, and, no doubt, in
Imagination, constructed fairy pal
aces of love, and gardens that, like
paradise, should be only filled with
the beautiful flowers and fruits of happi-
ness aud unalloyed enjoyment. Then,
as a matter of course, the question OF
marrying arose, which must be referred
to the parents of the young ladies for ap-
proval. The oldest brother had no diff
Guilty in obtaining their consent to his
marrying the young lady, and the we'd
ding day was fixed upon. Then the
younger brother went to the parents,
and made known his attachment for the
other sister, and their mutual desire to
splice and travel the road of life
together. But the old folks were de-
cidedly opposed having more than one
of their girls marry into that family,
and plainly informed him that if he
wanted wife he must 90 elsewhere to
get her, intimating that he should deslst
from paying further attention to the
lady in question. But the young man
was resolved that if his brother married
one of the girls he would marry the
other. SO he went to the young lady
of his love-" and told her the circum-
stances of the situation, and desired her,
if she loved him, to prove her love by
running off with him. To this she
agreed, and the night was fixed upon
when they should carry out this mutual
agreement. But now comes the strangest
part of our story. The two young ladies
resembled each other very much in looks,
voice, etc, and by some strange freak,
when the night of elopement came and
the young man went to the appointed
place of meeting, he found woman
there whom he thought was the right
one, but she was not. Unconscious OF
this, however, he took her to the place
where the marriage ceremony was to be
performed before be found out that
he was with the wrong girl. Most wonder.
full to relate, he thought that after he had
gone to all that trouble he would get
married anyway, SO he asked her If she
would have him, and she, in order to
carry out the joke, said she would, and
they we're married then and there. 1t
appears that she had overheard him
making arrangements to elope with her
sister, and knowing the place of meet
inE determined to 90 there ahead Of her
and thus fool the young man, for whom
she entertained secret liking, although
she was engaged 70 be married TO his
brother. Our informant also states that
after they had lived together for aome
little time the elder brother, determining
N make the most of the situation, took
INTO himself the other sister.