Show A SINGULAR ROMANCE MARRIAGE OF A IRL TO HER fiad cg i a DOUBLE the deathbed confession of edmund davies who died recently in carroll county I 1 has casuat just been made public and is a sequel to a strange story his life was a remarkable one in many instances twenty two years ago edmund davies was a young man in his bis twentieth year he was not a handsome man neither was he ill looking he had a younger brother just 18 his name was frank and he was an exact double of edmund the two brot brothers aers lived alone except an old their houk peper the parents of the boys boya dl 1 nany many years before it was early in 1604 lau that thai edwand edmund davies began paying his bis attention to fannie forbes the young daughter of a farmer the brothers were verr muc attached to lo each other and frank also was a frequent visitor to the forbes fat in dwelling the girl otten often took the one for the other sad aad some time afterwards agreed upon a signal with edmund so that she could readily know to whom she was talking the neighbors could not identify the brothers and they were kno known wu only and referred to as the davies boys it was tile the first girl that suggested to edmund that when he be came to her he be was to use the latin word idem the same time passed and after a courtship of six or seven months edmund proposed marriage fannie accepted because she had learned to love him fervently then it was that she asked er he did not have some mark on his arm or hand by which she could readily distinguish him aim in case of sudden death or serious accident he told the girl that on his next visit he be would disclose a mark by which she would recognize him in any case edmund went home his mind fraught with pleasure because he be was to marry the girl of his heart he loved his bis younger brother very much and entrusted bis big secret to him frank in his innermost heart too tim loved fannie forces and the conies slon sion ot of his brother stirred his bis jealousy jealous y he was bright of thou thought ht and possessed an active mind we he wanted to in marry arry miss foi faibes des the day following ng the brothers came to this place and an d edmund dmund procured a marriage license ranks franks mind was evolving a scheme by which he be could thwart his hr brothers others marriage he proposed a trip to baltimore pers persuading edmund to dispatch pat h a messenger to his bis sweetheart att they the y had gone to the monumental city tor for the especial purpose of having a tattoo mark placed between the first and second finger of his right hand while in baltimore they met an old friend of their dead father captain aker of the ocean steamer franklin the captain said he would sail the next day f adf anat australia and was very solicitous that the namesake of his big deceased friend should accompany adv him it was edmund he hesitated the captain told him of t the he pleasure of the trip and the fine country to which he be would sail and being urged by frank he yielded to the influences and consented that evening he wrote a farewell letter to his intended wife bidding her await his coming and that he be was hopeful of gaint gaining vile fortune in the distant country the marriage license was in the letter remember idem were the last words the next morning friday august the prank franklin tin started on t the e tri trip now frank had bad an open field and n pi he improved the time wonderfully derfall der fully well his first work was to read ake the letter the word idem I 1 i seemed to puzzle him aim out but he be remembered hearil his bis brother use it when approaching the ibe girl and he be hit upon the correct meaning at once next he had bad his right hand tattooed he would marry the girl be loved he be thought and assume the name of edmund his return home alone caused some talk but when the mail brought brug ht the weekly weekly newspapers announcing the departure of one of the davies boys of carroll county for australia in the franklin all was well thenceforth frank was known as edmund even though he gave the correct word signal fannie forbes seemed to doumit his identity ideality but after the marriage had been postponed for a month which was v I 1 acceptable to frank she felt I 1 was Edmun dand they they were married zea the union was a happy one indeed but childree childr chil drew were born to bless their happiness years went by and t they by prospere ro a pere dand by strict economy a saved ve pd a good amount of money ten years after they had bad been married the husband was nas in baltimore and there ascertained that his bis brother had died in australia and had bad willed all his bis earnings to frank this linow knowledge ledge the husband imparted to his bis wife the woman never knew until the day be tole lure he be died that her husband was frank davies but she had bad loved him just as dearly as if he be bad been ed mund and forgave him freely ile he died apparently appis bently happy 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