LOVED SAME GIRL
TWO BROTHERS LOSER WAS BEST RAX WEYMOUTH, Eng., June 7. i Two Portland (Dorset) brothers and 5 a girl, a striking brunette, figure in ' one of the most romantic stories of - the year. , Central figure of the romance is 24-year-old Miss Evelyn Lily Walker, of Hull, who came to work at a Weymouth dairy only a month or two ago. She lived at Mallams, Portland, near 29-year-old Thomas Vincent and his brother, 2G-years-old Fred Vincent. One evening. six' weeks ago the two brothers were out together when they met Miss Walker and both fell, desperately In love with her. Then the question arose as to who should marry her. Evelyn chose. Thomas. Talked It Over And the sequel was the wedding at Weymouth, at which the unlucky brother was best man and the father, Mr. Grey Vincent, was a witness. “There is no bad feeling between any of us,” Thomas said after his-wed-ding. “That is ,\vhy my brother consented to be my best man. “Last Thursday week we all three went out for a stroll to clear up the matter. We had a full and frank, conversation about, it all. “in the end Evelyn chose me. It was left to her entirely. ■‘ihe Winner” "f am the winner, and that is all. there is to it. “Fred shook me by the hand after Evelyn had made her choice and wished its every success and happiness." Fred smilingly said: ‘There is no bad feeling about it. It was up to Evelyn, t might have been the lucky one. and Tom might have been in my position. | “I have now to wait for ‘Miss Right* to come along.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 3
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