ALL FAIR IN LOVE The Defeated Rival Acts as Best Man at the Wedding, According to Agreement When the morning express arrived from Cincinnati at Briceville, Tenn, the other day, there were as passengers Robert M. Lindsay and bride, nee Miss Nellie Girton of Camp Hageman, O. Mr. Lindsay is one of the largest coal operators of that section of Tennessee, and his arrival with a wife was a very happy surprise to his friends. Around their wedding is woven, a romance rather out of the usual run of such affairs. their wedding is woven, a romance rather out of the usual run of such affairs. About a year ago C. M. Moore, also of Briceville. visited the Normal university at Lebanon, O., and by accident met Miss Girton and fell in love with her. Moore and Lindsay were bosom friends, and when the former returned to this place he confided to Lindsay the details of his Ohio visit. In a joking way Lindsay vowed that he would win Miss Girton away from Moore, and the latter, with true southern chivalry, assured him that the contest should be fraught with none save the kindliest of feelings, and that the unsuccessful suitor should be the best man at the wedding. Soon thereafter Lindsay addressed a letter to the lady in question. A correspondence soon sprang up, and in the fall Lindsay, after an exchange of photographs, begged the privilege of calling upon Miss Girton at her home. The latter referred his request to her father, a G. A. R. veteran, who communicated with Tennessee comrades to ascertain what kind of a man Lindsay was. In due course of time the father was informed that the gentleman was all that could be desired in the way of a son-in law, and when Yuletide was at hand the southerner was pressing his suit with Miss Girton. When he returned at the close of the holidays, he served notice upon Moore that it was the expressed wish of Miss Girton and himself that he should be the best man at their wedding in May. The unsuccessful rival lived up to his bargain. - Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Evening News, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 8, 1895