Year: 1868

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A.night or two ago an interesting event
occurred at one Of the hotels in Pittsburg.
A young lady from a neighboring town
went to the city for the purpose of meet
ing her betrOthed, getting married, and
going to the West to settle there. She
was accompanied by her brother, who was
to act as groomsman, and her lovers sister,
who was to be bridesmaid. The intended
husband not arriving in time, the young
ladies arranged that they should occupy
the same bedroom adjoining that of the
BRIDES brother. Having Travelled all the
night before, the bride and her brother
being worn out, retired at an early hour,
with instructions to their companion,
whom they left reading in the ladies' par
lor, not to make a noise when she came to
bed, as they did not want to be awakened
out of their sleep. The young lady get
ting interested in her book, sat up to
late hour. At last, getting drowsy, she
slipped off noiselessly as possible to her
room, and quietly retired, as she supposed,
to the bed occupied by her sister-in-law,
and nesting close up along side under
the blankets, was soon sound asleep. Hap
pening to waken before her companion,
she put her arms around, as she supposed,
the brides neck, commenced kissing her
and calling her sweet sister and other en-
dearing names peculiar to the softer sex.
In a moment her kisses were paid back
with interest, and she found two stalwart
arms encircling her fair form, and instead
of the brides, she was in the BRIDES
brothers. arms. She had mistaken the
room. Here was dilemma, and not
knowing how to explain, she commenced
sobbing as if her heart would break, which
awakened the bride, who came to the res
cue. The young man, however, refused
to let her go, saying that fortunate acci-
dent had given him prize, and he was
determined not to lose it, and on one con-
dition only would he release the young
lady from his grasp, and that was that she
would put her arms around his neck and
kiss him, and promise to become his wife





at the same time his sister became the wife
of her brother. He said that he had long
loved her and intended to ask her that day
for her hand, and thanks to an accident,
he had now a much better opportunity
than he could ever hope for again. The
young lady, seeing no alternative, finally
surrendered, threw her arms around the
mans neck, and sealed the bargain with a
kiss, when the young man covered up his
head and she retired to his sisters room
a promised bride. She enjoined secrecy
upon the brother and sister, but the thing
was too good to keep. Immediately after
getting breakfast, they dispatched the
landlord for minister, who soon came
and made the indissoluble knot.


AS soon as the minister got through the
groomsman and bridesmaid astonisbed the
company by taking the places of their
brother and sister, and requested the min
lister to repeat the performance, which he
did in less time than it takes to tell it.
whats the meaning of all thisl" asked
groom No. |. who seemed to be agreeably
surprised by the scene just enacted. His
new.made wife, now smiling all over, re-
lated to the whole company the incidents
of the past night. Groom No. 2 said it
was all right; he did not care how many
stories sister told; that he was the hap
piest man alive, and if his wife had she ed
tears that morning, they were the last she
should shed, unless tears of joy, if he
could prevent it; and she looked up at
her husband, said she would never cry
again, when he put his arms around her,
for now he was her own darling husband.
The afternoon train, instead of one, car
ried two happy couples to homes in the
West.


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