The commonwealth., 1903-01-01
TALE OF TIE TANGLED TWINS
How Two Brothers Married Sisters
aud Very shortly Got Hopes
less1y Bevvildered.

'Well, SIR" said Mr.. Meddergrass to
the visitor, II reckon that about the
FUNNIEST thing that ever happened in
our town was the time the Higgins
twins cotirted the Wiggins twins. And,
to tell the truth, nobody is right sure
how that it was so funny after all, be-
cause it might have been all right, as 1t
was You see the Higgins twins were
boys and they looked go much alike
that neither of them knew which he
was and the Wiggihs twins was girls
and they resembled' each other to such
an extent that their mother like to
fed them to death for fear she'd been
feeding the wrong one all the time M
stead of both of them.
''Of course, when the Higgins twins
began eourtinS the Virgins girls it
seemed just as it should be. But one
night one of the Higginses called on
one of the .Wigginses and along about
ten o'clock the Virgins girl vert into
the sitting room and told her ma that
he had proposed to her and she didn't
know whether to accept him or not,
because she couldn't tell whether he
was the one that had been courting her
or not. So old Mrs. Wiggins went into
the parlor and explained it to the Hig-
gins twin and he said he was in the
same fix himself, for he couldn't right
" say whether or not he had popped
to the girl he wanted or to the one his
brother wanted. So they decided to
let it rest and the young folks consid-
cred themselves half engaged, until
few nights later the other Higgins
twin-at least he said he was-came
along and proposed to the other Wig
gins twin and then there was the same
argument all over again.
''But this time old man Wiggins took
hand in the dispute and asked them
why not go ahead and get ready to be
married anyway-said that the hand OF
fate would work it out all right, and
they could trust the little blind god
Cupid to know what he was about. So
they fixed up big wedding-a double
wedding, of course-and people came
from miles around just to hang over
the fence-them that wasn't invited
| And the minister got all mixed up
while he was marrying the two coup
| les. and fnallyihe just sort of scattered
his shots, as you might say, and got
them all in a covey, SO to speak, and
tied them up in bunch. Then every
body kissed them all around and con-
| graduated them and themselves, too
But pretty soon one of the brides
got kind Of hystericky and declared
| that she believed she had been married
| to the wrong twin, and then one of The
| Higginses, that didn't know which OF
the Wigginses he had wanted to marry
or which one he had been married tc
| either, he got up and said he feared he
had been united with the wrong girl
| and in about two minutes it was worse
than a puzzle convention. The brides
was a-looking at one another kind Oh
| suspicious, and the grooms Wa:
a-wrangling away with each other
! trying to decide which was which, an6
which wanted which. and, taken alto
! gether, it was the rattledest crowt
you ever saw. And the preacher-ht
pocket and allowed that he mus
hasten on to funeral that was de
manGing his attention. just when thu
brides was getting around to the weep
ing and wailing point. and the groom
was about ready to go out and ge
drunk and forget everything, smar
lawyer chap got up and said that tn
best plan was to arrange for quad
ruple divorce, and then arrive at SOM
sort of Identification, and get marie,
all over again, but separately and dis
tfnctly the next time.
"And do you know" continued MI
Meddergrass. impressively, according
to the Baltimore American, that di
vorce case is still hanging fire in tn
court, because the judge can't tel
which is witnesses and which is prin
cipals, and the would-be divorcee
can't swear to it themselves. So l sa
that it is about the funniest thing tha
ever happened down this way; bu
maybe it amt funny, for there is jus
a chance that there hasn't been an
mistake made at all. And wouldn'
everybody laugh if there hadn't 9''