The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-06-28
A KENTUCKY ROMANCE.
The Love of Two Brothers and Twt
Sisters-How It Resulted.

The Love of Two Brothers and Two
Sisters-How It Resulted.
In a certain part of our county
there lived family, in which there
are two brothers just entering upon
the prime of youthful manhood a
short distance from them-in fact,
in the same Observation-Disclosures
lives another family, in which there
are two sisters also in the prime of
womanhood, beautiful, fascinating,
and attractive. These young people
being near neighbors, and coming in
contact with each other often, almost
naturally, it would seem, fell in love
with each other, the elder brother
with one of the sisters, and the
younger with the other. All went
smoothly for time. and these young
people enjoyed themselves, and
dreamed bright dreams Of the future.
and no doubt, in Imagination, con-
structed fairy palaces OF love, and
gardens like Paradise, which should
be only filled with beautiful flowers,
fruits of happiness, and unalloyed
enjoyment.
Then, as matter of course, the
question of marrying arose, which
must be referred to the parents of
the young ladies for approval. The
eldest brother had no difficulty in
obtaining their consent to his mar
rying the young lady, and the we'd
ding day was fixed upon. Then the
young brother went to the parents
and made known his attachment for
the other sister and their mutual de.
sire to 'splice and travel the road of
life together" But the old folks
were decidedly opposed to having
more than one of their girls marry
into ''that family" and plainly IN
formed him that if he wanted a wife
he must go elsewhere to get her, in
timating that he should desist pay
ing further attention to the young
lady in question. But the young
man was determined 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 circumstances of the
situation, and desired her, if she
loved him, to prove her love by run.
ming off with him. To this she agreed.
and the night was fixed upon when
they should carry out the mutual
agreement.
But now comes the strangest part
of the story. The two young ladies
resembled each other very much iii
looks, voice, etc., and, by some
strange freak, when the night OF
elopement came, and the young man
went to the appointed place of meet
ling, he found a woman there whom
he thought was the right one, bu,
she was not. Unconscious of this,
however, he. took her to the place
where the marriage ceremony was tt
he performed before he found out
that he was with the wrong girl
Most wonderful to relate. he thought
that after he had gone to all this
trouble he would get married any
way, so he asked her if she would
marry him, and she, III order to carry
out the joke. said she would. and they
were married then and there. 1t ap
pears that she had overheard hin
making arrangements to elope will
her sister, a..d knowing the place O
meeting, determined to go there
ahead of her, and thus tool the youns
man, for whom che entertained :
secret liking, although she was EN-
.aged to be married to his brother
Our informant also states that afte
they had lived together for SOM
time, the elder brother, determinin!
20 make the most OF the situation
took unto himself the other sister,
Falmouth Independent.
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