Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-05
A KENTUCKY ROMANCE.
The Eove of Two brothers and Tive
sisters-How it Resulted.
Falmouth Independent.


In certain part of our country there
lives 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 neigh
borhood-there lives another family in
which there are two sisters also in the
prime of womanhood, beautiful, fas-
cinating and attractive. These young
people being near neighbors, and COM
ing 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 doub: in insignia
ton constructed fairly palaces of love,
and gardens like Paradise which
should be only filed with beautiful how-
ers and fruits of happiness aud unalloy-
ed enjoyment.
Then, as matter of course, the ques-
ton 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 con-
sent to his marrying the young lady,
and the wedding-dsy was fixed upon.
Then the young brother went TO the
parents and made known his attach
ment for the other sister and their NUT
ual desire 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 chat
family" and plainly informed him
that if he wanted q wife he must go
elsewhere to get her, intimating that
he should desist paying further atten-
ton 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 10
the young "lady of his love-" and told
Eer the circumstances of the situation,
and desired her, If she loved him, to
prove her love by running of 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 re-
sembled each other very much in looks,
Voice, &C., and by some strange freak
when the night of elopement came snd
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 he found out that
he was with the wrong girl. Most won
derful to relate, he thought that after
he was gene to all this trouble he would
get married any away, SO he asked her
if she would have him, and he, in or
der to carry out the joke, said she
would, and they were married then
and there. 1t appears that she had
overheard him making arrangements
to elope with her sister, and. knowing
the place of meeting, determined to go
there ahead of her and thus fool the
young man, for whom she entertained q
secret likeing, although see was eDTsg-
ed TO be married to his brother. Our
informant also states that after they
had lived together for some time the
elder brother, determining to make the
most of the situation, took unto him
self the other sister,