The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-08
TWINS GOT MIXED.
How Young Lloyd LOwndes Came to
Meet His Bride.
From. the Baltimore Sun

Naoih ihS DdNtAllpEe sun.
Annapolis, Md. Nov Eff LLOYD
Lowndes, Jr., hadn't had a twin brother
Richard he would never have married the
girl he did in Chillicothe O., last week.
In fact there is a story behind the we'd
ding rarely met with in real life.
The twins are the sons of Gov. Lloyd
Lowndes of Maryland, while the young
lady in the case was Miss May Campbell
Quinn, daughter of J. c. Quinn vice pres
ident OF the First National Bank of Chilli
Gothic.
Lloyd and Richard L,owndes look as
much alike as the proverbial two peas in
a pod" and this resemblance has always
caused more or less annoyance. Both are
tail and spare and fair. When they are
together those who know them we'll may
not mistake the one for the other, but
when they are met with separately even
their mother occasionally confuses their
identity. The day before the wedding at
Chillicothe, Gov. and Mrs. LoWndes were
sitting in their room when one Of the twins
appeared 10 the doorway Mrs. Lowndes
booked up hurriedly and then asked "Who
are you, Lloyd or Richard?" When they
were boys the twins objected very strong
ly to being mistaken for each other AS
they grew older they grew wiser and such
mistakes ceased to worry them. Richard
has been married several years and lives
at Clarksburg. w. Va, and he is a pros
porous merchant. Lloyd, until his wedding,
lived at home in Cumberland, Md. About
a year ago Richard was going West when
he was approached on the train by a young
man who slapped him Familiarity on the
back. The young man had been a class
what luck?' he cried You're going to
pass through my town and 1 want you to
stop off and spend the night with me-" His
town was Chfllicothe. 81 am not Lloyd"
said the twin; 81 am Richard" AT this the
Yale man laughed and poked him playfully
in the ribs. 'Oh, quit your fooling; come
on, re said I'm introduce you 10 some
nice girls and We'll have a fine time"
But l am not Lloyd the other objected
with emphasis. II tell YOU am Richard,
and besides, 1 am married. The thing
would never do" But the Ohio man would
not take no for an answer. He insisted
that Richard was Lloyd and that he should
stop off with him at Chillchote. He be-
came so persistent that Richard, in despair
of convincing him of the error, allowed
himself to yield. They spent an enjoyable
evening In Chllicothe, and among the
young ladies Richard met was Miss Quinn,
to whom he was introduced by the Yale
man as MS OaQ CO4t6St aSiAuAIi AhcSh
I,owndes. She was much pleased with her
new acquaintance so much so, indeed,
that she told him on leaving that he would
soon hear from her.
Richard wrote to Lloyd at Cumberland
at once. He explained the situation; told
him that he would probably receive let
ter from Miss Quinn, and gave him sew
eral pointers, so that he might frame an
appropriate reply. regular correspond
ence between Miss Quinn and Lloyd was
the result and finally the young man de-
t,rmiued to pay Chillicothe a visit. Miss
Quinn did not discover the difference, but
appeared as pleased with Lloyd as she
had been with his Dromio. The sentiment
was reciprocated. Matters progressed sat
isfactorily, but it was not until Lloyd was
about to return to Cumberland that he
announced that he was not Richard OF
course he had a hard time to convince
her, but II did not prevent them from be-
coming engaged.
The wedding was the most beautiful
Chilicothe had seen in years, but few of
those who attended knew the romance be-
hind It. Gov. Lowndes himself being one
of those who was not aware of il. Mrs
I,owndes had never seen her prospective
daughter-in-law until the evening before
the wedding but was much pleased with
her sons choice.
The bridal couple are spending their hon
eymoon in New York at the Waldorf-As-
toria but will come in a few days to the
executive mansion at Annapolis to remain
until the first of the year. when they win
go to Cumberland to live in a house which
was the wedding present of the Governor.