, 1889-07-18

ling IN which there was an exchange Of
brides and grooms 1t the altar" asked
John MOran d well known Walnut street
man.
NO, sir; never did" replied the
scribe.
"WelI, can tell you of an event of
that description It happened in this
way: One afternoon, not long ago, two
young men whom I had known in
StTeatOr, HIS, came to me and informed
me that they had induced two sisters to
cloPe with them from 4 town in central
Kansas, and that 1t was necessary that
The nuPtiaI knot be tied without delav.
They were, they said, expecting the irate
father and the grown up muscular
brothers Of the girls to arrive in the city
on the next train, with blood in their
eyes Is the boys were old school
mates of mine, Of course 1 told them that
they had but 10 command me and was
at their service.
I'VE hired Il carriage and drove to the
hotel where the young ladies were await
ing the return of their TO be husbands,
whose names are William B and
Charles W. Tt was then nearly 5
o'clock p. m. As soon as we could get
the girls into the carriage we hurried to
Recorder Hinde's 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 remarked before, the girls are sis
ters. Their Givon or Christian names
are Lille and Lidic.
After Ohtaining the licenses the young
men and their ladies and myself went to
the residence Of q preacher, whose name
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 il the bonds of matTimony at
once. Now Lille was the intended of
William, and Lido the intended of
Charles. Don't forget that
You can better imagine the cOnster-
nation Of the members of the wedding
party than | can describe it, when the
discovery was made that the young man
who had issued the licenses had assigned
Lille TO Charles and Lidie to William as
life partners. In their haste to put their
nec5s 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 SEQ if they were rightly
made out.
They did not discover that 4 mistake
had been made until after they had
joined hands and the parson began the
double ceremony by saying: DO you,
William -, take Iidio - for your
lawful, welded vile 'Stopr ex-
claimed william, I am marrying Lille,
not Lidie.' 80, sir retorted the par
son, YOU are not. You are licensed TO
wed Lidie - The YOU say-beg
pardon, SIR calculated William. Let
mo see The document!
''Thel license was shown him, and there,
sure enough, was Lidies name coupled
with his own. Tho proceedings were
Immediately suspended, the parson in
forming The young men and the ladies
that lie 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 we would have the
mistakes in the licenses Tectifed. Loav-
ing the young ladies in the parsons par
lor, we rushed out OF the house and
jumped into cur carriage, in which we
were driven at & rapid pace to tho court
house, at Second and Main streets.
Great was our disappointment and vexa-
ton when we found the recorder was
not at homo and was out of the city.
Knowing nothing else to do, we returned
to the parsons residence.
"They sorrowfullv told the young
ladies that they had failed to obtain new
licenses, They urged tho Parson to
marry them, and told him they would
have the necessary alterations made in
the documents tho next day But the
parson firmly refused He pointed out
to them the fact that the recorder was
bound by his srccord5, and they must show
that the marriages took place in accord
anco with the licenses. BY this time the
young ladies had ceased weeping.
Retiring 10 4 corner of the room they
held whispered consultation, at the
end Of which Lille called William - her
and informed him that she and Lidie had
decided that thay would not leave the
house except rs the wives of himself and
Charles. But the preacher won't marry
u.s. said William. Yes, he Will re
torted lille, and You and Charlie have
got to agree To it William said he didn't
catch on, UHoToupou Lille nearly took
his breath away 10y informing him that
she and LiGie had agreed TO let tae
licenses Stand IS liey were anu get ':.-'
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