Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-29
THEY MARRIED IN FUN.
The Silly Freak of Two School Girls
and Their Cadet Lovers.

NeaO York Times, July "A.
One of the effects of allowing young
ladies attending seminaries and Young
men at academies too much freedom
while away from the watchful eyes of
their parents has Just been made public
in Westchester county. In the New Ro-
chelle Pioneer of the 18th inst. the fol-
lowing marriage notices appear:
MCNALLY-WYLES.- New Rochelle.
June 30, 1884, by William Pinckney, ESQ
Justice of the Peace, Frederick q. McNally
OF Chicago, H., to Lydia Wyles, of Massa-
chusetts.
WALLING-WYLES.- New Rochelle
June 30, 1884, by William Pinckney, ESQ. JUS
tice of the Peace, Henry w. Wailing, of De-
troit, Mich, to Mary f. Wyles, of Massachu-
sets.
Before Judge Isaac N. Mills, holding a
special term of the Westchester County
Court, at White Plains, yesterday morn
ing, Counselor Charles E. Kene, Of New
Rochelle, appeared and made a motion for
the appointment of a guardian ad Item
for both of the young wives mentioned in
these notices, preparatory to commencing
an action for the annulment of the mar
riages contracted by them with their
youthful husbands. The motion was at
once granted by the Judge, and William
III. Quicker, who resides in Brooklyn, but
who has a summer residence in Hugenot
Park, New Rochelle, was appointed as
such guardian.
The petition which was submitted bv
the lawyer states that the young ladies
are also DESTROYS of having the marriage
legally annulled, as it was done under
duress and force, and they considered the
whole thing "a joke" 1t appears that
both husbands and wives move in the
highest circles in their respective
places of residence. The young ladies.
who are said to be very beautiful and ac-
cOmplished, are the daughters of the late
Henry NJ. Wyles, of Worcester, Mass.
Their mother is dead, and their property
and education are being looked after by
a guardian. Lydia is only IS years old,
and Mary is but 16. They both attended
a female seminary in Worcester, Mass.
The young men are about the same age,
Walling being 10 years and McNalIy Is,
and they both attended military school
in Worcester. The cadets and
young ladies had frequent op-
portunities for meeting and getting ac-
quainted with each other. They were
allowed to go to fairs, festivals and socia-
bles, aud met on holidays, and these
young people evidently improved every
such opportunity. Their Irritation was
carried on quietly until they had their
annual commandments, when the young
ladies accepted an invitation from their
elder sister, Mrs. William II. Quicker. to
visit her at her residence in HuouenOt
Park, New Rochelle. They invited their
young cadet friends to accompany them
before they departed to their Western
homes, and this invitation was accepted.
and the four in due time made their an.
pearance at the Quicker residence, which
is in the most aristocratic portion of New
Rochelle.
The Duckers received the young men
Hospitality, and they seemed very glad to
have them to be company for the young
ladies. Mr.. Ducker's horses and car
riages were placed at their disposal, and
they went out riding every daY, the blue
uniforms embellished with brass bIfttons
making quite a dazzling addition to the
gay attire OF the young ladies. Things
went on in this manner for week or ten
days, when June 30 arrived. They went
out riding as usual on that day, when
each cadet proposed marriage to his young
lady, and each proposal was promptly ac-
cepted. After the drive the young men
paid Justice Pinckney a visit, and he
agreed to tie the cOnnubial knot that same
evening at 8 O'Clock. At that hour the
two couples presented themselves as can
didates for matrimOny, and the Justice,
perce1ving they were respectable and ap-
parently of legal age to contract marriage,
performed the ceremony without asking
any awkward questions, The young
DTlueS anu SIOOll5 returned TO the QUICKER
mansion and went to their respective
rooms, keeping the subject of the mar
riage profound secret. After a couple
of days the cadets went to their homes,
leaving their brides behind them.
Four days after the publication of the
marriage notices in the Pioneer they were
shown to Mr.. Ducker, who had not heard
of the weddings before. He was dumb
founded, and at once took steps to set the
matter right. He questioned his young
sisters-in-law, and they unhesitatingly re-
piled that it was true, but that it was all
a joke; they had thought it would be lots
OF fun to get married. They had not for
moment considered that it was a serious
and binding contract, The parents of the
young cadets were communicated with.
and they were also in ignorance as to
what their sons had been doing, 1t is
presumed that there was something of a
storm in their respective homes when the
parents learned that their sons had Sc
cretly married while away at school.
Thus the matter stands. 1t is UNDER
stood that the boys parents are equally
DESTROYS with the young brides and their
guardian ad litem to have the hvmeneal
knot united, and steps will be taken at
once to effect that object.