The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-30
A KENTUCKY ROMANCE.
Tho Love ofTwo Brotnets and f'wb sisters,
With I'm Unexpected Dcnouemcnt.
trrom the Falmouth Ry.) independently

from the Falmouth (Ky.) independently
In certain part of our county there
lived family, in which there are two
brothers just entering upon the prime of
youthful manhood q short distance from
them-in fact, in tho same neighbor-
hood-there lived another family in
which there are two sisters also in the
prime Of maidenhood; beautiful, fasciu-
ating, and attractive. These young
people being near neighbors, and coming
i'll 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 n time,
and these young people enjoyed them
selves, and dreamed bright dreams of
tho future, and no doubt in imagination
constructed fairy palaces of love, and
gardens, like Paradise, which should be
only filled with beautiful flowers and
fruits Of happiness and unalloycd enjoy
mcnt Then, us matter Of course, the
question of marrying arose, which must
be referred to the parents of tho young
ladies for approval. The eldest brother
had no difficulty in obtaining their con-
sent to his marrying the young lady. and
tho wedding day was fixed upon. Then
the young brother went to tho parents
and made known his attachment for the
other sister and their mutual desire to
"splicc and travel the road Of life to-
getLcr." But the old folks were decidedly
opposed to having moro than one of their
girls marry into 'that family" and
plainly informed him that if he wanted
u wife he must go elsewhere to got her.
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further attention to tho young lady in
question. But tho young man was dc
tcrmincd that if his brother married one
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 running
off with him. To this sho agreed, and
tho night was fixed upon when they
should carry out the mutual agreement
But now comes the stranecst part of the
story. The two young ladies rescmbled
each other very mitch in looks, voice,
etc, and by sOmc strange freak, when the
night of the clopcment came and the
young man went to the appointed place
of meeting, he found q woman there
whom he thought was the right one, but
she was not. Unconscious of this, how
ever, he took her to the place were the
marriage ceremony was to be 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 got married any
way, so he asked her if she would have
him, and she, in order to carry out tn,
joke, said she would, and they were
married then and there. 1T appears that
she had overheard him making arrange
mcnts to clopc with her sister, and,
knowing the place of meeting, deter.
mined to go there ahead Of her and thus
fool the young man, for whom she cn-
tcrtnincd secret liking, although she
was engaged to he 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 himself
the other sister.