, 1889-04-25
'F0 DETERMINED GIRLS.
FEY LEFT HOME TO GET MARRIED
AND WOULDN'T BE PUT OFF.

GI:ey Failed to Get the aIen They al Eirs:
Wanted, but Got the Next Best-A Tr:l,:o
Of Brides UnwittinsIy Made by a C!cr:.
Who Wrote the Licenses.
Did you ever witness a double we'd
ling in which there was an exchange of
brides and grooms at the altar" asked
John Moran 4 well known Walnut street
man.
NO, sir never did" replied the
scribe.
well, can tell you Of an event Of
that description. 1t happened in this
way: One afternoon, not long ago, tu.o
young men whom | had known i'll
5treator, Ills, came to me and informed
me that they had induced two sisters to
clope with them from n town III ccntr;:!
| Kansas, and that it WAS necessary thgt
| the nuptial knot be tied without delay.
They were, they said, expecting the i.at,
father and the grown up muscular
| brothers of the girls 10 arrive in the Ci,y
| oa the next train, with blood ii t!tgi:
eyes. As the boys were old sclio;,l
| mates of mine, Of course told them tHai
they had but TO command me and | VI,
at their service.
I'VE hired Il carriage and drove 20 The
hotel where tie young ladies were await
ing the return of their TO he huS!.@rtz
whose names arc William b a:a.
Charles W. Il WIS thea nearly
O'Clock p. III. As soon - we cuull .-.l
| the girls into the carriage we Eurria. {,
Recorder iiiudc's o'iior. where Ni!!i,r..
and Charley presented IIcI..s,ly,-, #, -,
the marriage license clerk and r"qu,.,:o.
HAT they Ec given the documents Eucc..
s;:TF TO cnijt!c them IL we'd their ciIIs
Aa remarked before, the girls gre 80
ters. Their givrn or Christian uaule.
are Lille and Lidic.
After obtaining the licenses the yoi;n:
men and their ladies and nyself went t.
the residence of Il preacher, whose name
have forgotten. His church is on ,l.s
east side OF the city, and net more i;!aI
six blocks away from The journal o.ii.'e
Handing him the licenses, William an
Charles requested him to join theiy Ipv
ing hearts III tho bonds of matrimonY a
once. Now Lille WAS the intended o,
William. and Lidic the intended Of
Niis-'.t Ion L lCiE5tt tlEit-
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 Lidic to William as
life partners. In their haste to put their
ncch:s into tho hymcneal halter the
young men had thrust the licenses into
their pockets when they were handed to
them by the license clerk, without in
sPectinS them to see if they were rightly
made out.
They did not discover that mistake
had been made until after they had
Joined hands and the parson began the
double ceremony by saying: DO you.
William -, take Lidie - for your
lawful, welded wife Stop ex-
claimed William, i am marrying Lille,
not Lidie.' No, sir retorted the par
SON, you arc not. You arc licensed TO
wed Lidie - The -you say-bcn
pardon, sir, calculated William. Let
me see the document
The license was shown him. and there,
sure enough, was Lidica name coupled
with his own. Tho proceedings were
Immediately suspended, the parson in
forming tho young men and the ladies
that he coul,; not marry them until their
licenses were in proper forIn. Lille and
Lldic began weeping and nearly went
into hysterica William and Charles and
assured them that VIC would have the
mistakes in the licenses rcctified. Leav-
ing the young ladies in the pa5~nn's par
lor, VIC rushed out Of the house and
jumped into our carriage, in wl.ici! VIC
were driven at Il rapid pace to the court
house, at Second and Main streets
Great was Cur disappointment and vexa-
ton when we found tho recorder vas
not at homo and was out of the citv.
knowing nothing else to- do, we returned
to the parsons residence.
They sorrowfully told the Young
ladies that they had failed to oh1ain new
licenses They urged she parson to
marry them, anI told him they would
have tha necessary alterations made in
tho documents the next day, But the
parson firmly refused. He pointed out
to them tho fact that the recorder was
bound by his records. and they must show
that the marriages took place i'll accord
anco with the licenses BY this time the
young ladies had ceased weeping.
"Retlrlng to a corner of tho room they
held whispered consultation, at the
end of which Lille called William 10 her
and Informed him that she and Lidie had
decided that they would not leave the
house except is the wives of himself and
Charles. 'Rut 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, whcrcupon Lille nearly took
ms breath away by informing him that
she and Li!ie had agreed to let the
licenses stand rs they were and get mar
ried according TO them. If you and
Charley don't 10 that we will take the
iir5t train and return home said she,
, ana never marry either OF you 1t was
then William and Charles turn to con-
suit. After talking the matter over for
ten minutes they arrived ut the decision
that, as n mistake in the licenses
had been made, which could not be cor
Tected in time IL enable them to have
the double wedding come off as intended.
and as the girls had decided 20 swan
one for the otarr, they would make the
best of Il bad matter and go ahead witt
the ceremony. If they couldn't get tie
life partners "gicctcd they would not re-
main wifc!c:ss. The parson was informed
OF the new aspect the affair had take.
on, and he began again the ceremony
where Inc left off. The result was t!.;.S
Lille became the wife of Charles and
Lidie the wife of William, and stood I'D
IS best man for the couples L wasn't
exactly according to the programme, Grt
guess all parties concerned ere salts,
lied KANSAS City yQurn2L
\ FOElorE Hope.
I'll take pair o them gloves" /" he said rs
he crowded into cheap sale and pointed to
the display.
What sizel"
They are for my wife"
Yes, but what size does she wearln
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