THEY COULDN'T GET MARRIED.
Tribulations of First Cousins Who
Finally Hiked to Iowa.
First cousins cannot marry in Kansas and Missouri. This fact caused a young couple at the Union depot in Kansas City yesterday considerable annoyance and trouble. They met at the Union depot and expected to be married in either Kansas City, Mo., or Kansas City, Kas., But they were first cousins and couldn't. They were informed that in Iowa there are no restrictions on marriages of first cousins.
"Will you tell me the nearest county site in Iowa," the young man asked Depot Master Bell. Mr. Bell didn't know offhand and took the young man to the bureau of information. The information man didn't know anything more about it than Mr. Bell. Then the question was asked the young man why he wanted to know the name of the nearest county site in Iowa to Kansas city.
"Can't marry this cousin of mine in any other state we know of," was the explanation given. "But we are going to get married just the same even if we have to make a trip around the world in search of a place where it will be legal."
The young woman looked just as determined as the young man. They would not give their names.
