The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-28
TWO DETERMINED GIRLS.
THEY LEFT HOME. TO GET. MARRIED
AND WOULDN'T BE PUT OFF.


THEY LEFT HOME TO GET MARRIED
AND WOULDN'T BE PUT OFF.
They Failed to Got the Men They ut First
Wanted, but Got the Next Best-A Trade
OF Brides Unwitahgig Made By Clerk
whosWiTiot the Licenses.
.Did you ever witness double wed.
ding in which there was an exchange Of
brides and grooms at the altar" asked
John Moran well known Walnut street
man.
aNo, sar; 1 never did," replied the
scribe.
.eWell, can tell you Of an event of
that description. Tt happened in this
way: One afternoon, not long ago, two
young men whom I had known Ia
Streator, Ills, came to me and Informed
me that they had induced two sisters to
elope with them from town in central
Kansas, and that 1t was necessary that
the nuptlal knot be tied without delay.
They were, they; said, expecting the irate
sfather. and the grown up muscular
brothers Of the girls to arrive Ia the city
on the next train, with blood in their
eyes AS the boys were old school
mates of mine, of course I told them that
they had but to command me and I was
at their service.
eve hired carriage and drove to the
hotel where the voting ladies were await
Ing The rgtlrn Of their to be husbands,
whose names are William B. and
Charles W. It was then nearly 3
o'clock p. m. As soon as we could get
the girls into the carriage we hurried to
Recorder Hinde'b Office, where William
and Charley presented themselves before
the marriage license clerk and requested
that they be given the documents neces.
sary to entitle them to wed their girls.
As 7 remarked before, the girls are sig.
ters. Their given or Christian names
are Lille and Lidie.
After obtaining the licenses the young
men and their ladies and myself went to
the residence Of a preacher, whose name
I. have forgotten. His church is on the
east side Of the city, and not more than
six blocks away from The Journal Office.
Handing him the licenses, William and
Charles requested him to join their Low.
ing hearts in the bonds of matrimony at
once. Now Lille was the intended Of
William, and Iidie the intended Of
Charles. Don't forget that.
You can better imagine the conster..
nation Of the members OF the wedding
party. than 7 can describe it, when the
discovery was made that the young man
who had issued the licenses had assigned
Lille to Charles aid Lidie to William as
life partners. In their haste to put their
heeks into the hymeneal halter the
young men had thrust the licenses into
their pockets when they were. handed to
them by the. license clerk; without In
specting them to see If theywere rightly
made out, RE- ;.37 s sz .:s5 ~ -. {
.tThey did not discover that a mistake
had been made until after they had
Joined hands and the parsoni began the
double ceremony by saying: DO .you,
William take I.idie -: for your
lawful, welded Wife sStdpr' ex-
claimed William, I alt hiarri.y ing Lille,
not Iddie, mo, SIR retorted the par
Bon, you are not. You are licensed to
wed Ldie--.'' The - you say-beg
pardon, sir eiaculated William. Let
ne SEQ the documentgI
ssThe license was az shown him. and there.
s11re enouph.s was I;idie's name coupled
with his own. Tho p1roceeedinrs were
Immediately suspended. the parson in
forming the young yc,ll men and the ladies
that be could not marry them until their.
licenses were in proper form. Lille and
Lidie began weeping and nearly went
into mysteries. William and Charles and
assured them that wo would have the
mistakes in the Licensees fectiHed. Leay-
ine the young ladies in the parsons par
lor. we rushed out Of tho house. and
iumped into our carriage. in which we
were y,p driven nj a :r,arid nace TO the court
house. 'tat Second and Main. streets,
Great was our disapprointment and yexa.
5tion when we found tho recorder was
not at home and was out OF tie city.
Knowing nothing else to do, we returned
Ito the parsons residence.
stsTheVJ. so1rrowfully told the Young
ladies that thew had failed to obtain new
licenses They urged the parson to
marry them. and told him they would
have the necessary alterations made in
lsthes documents the next da;y. Butsthe
|sp,arsons 10, firmly refused. Hespointed out
Ito them the feet that thesrecorder was
bound by his records, and they must show
that the marriages .y. took place In accord
ance with the licenses, By this time the
Young ladies' had ceased weeping.
"Retiring to a corner of the room they
held o whispered consultation, at the
end of which Lille called William to her
and informed him that she and Lidie had
decided that they would not leave the
house except as the wives Of himself and
Charles. But the preacher won't marry
u.s. said William. Yes, he will re-
=torted Lille, sand you and Charlie have
got to agree to it. William said he didn't
catch on. whereupon Lille nearly took
hia hreath away hv Informing him that
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