MARRYING THE WRONG GIRL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6823, 29 September 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)

MARRYING THE WRONG GIRL.

Not far from Falmoutb, Ky., there livei a family, in which .there are two brother.!; a short distance from them there lives' two sistera ; beautiful, fascinating and attractive 1 These young people being near neighbours and cominy in contact with each other often, almost niturally fell in love with each other, the oldest brother with one of the sisters aiid the youngest with the other. The elder had no difficulty in obtaining the consent of the parents to his marrying the young lady, and the wedding day was fixed upon But ! the old folks were decidedly opposed to having more than one o! theirgirls marry into "that family." But the young man was determined that if his brother married one of tho girls he would marry the other. - So he,wont to the young "lady oi ftis lovo, ' and dc-ired her to prove h'er love hj runai'iig off •with him. To this she agreed, and the night was fixed upon when they should carry out' their mutual agreement. But now comes the strangest part of ths whole styry. The two young ladies resembled each other very much in looks, voice, etc., and by some strange freal-. when the night'of the elopement came aud the yocug man went to the appointed , plane of meeting, he found a woman there whom he thought was the right one, but she was not, unconscious of this, however, he took her to the place where the marriage ceremony was to be performed before he found out that he was with tho wrong girl. Most wonderful to relate, he thought that after he had goae to all this trouble he >vould get married anyway, so he asked her if sbe would have him, and she, to catry out ■the joke, paid she would, and they were married then aui there. It appeirs that slie had overheard him making arrangements to elope with her and knowing the place of meeting, determined' to go there ahead of her, ami thus fool the young man, for whom she entertained a secret liking, although sho was to be married to hia brother. Our informant also state's that after they had livi-d together for seme time the ilder brother .joteruitned to ruaki the moat of the situation took unto himself the other sister. I