The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
CONTINUED from last Sundays News)
CHAPTER XXI.
MARVELLOUS! MARVELLOUS


CHAPTER XXI.
MARVELLOUS MARVELLOUS"
In A weeks time the man known as
Prinus Edes was up and about and
-rofessed himself well. He said little
about his wound, but it was well
known that he had said once he knew
nothing about it in any way, il hav-
ing occurred before he regained his
sense of identity. 1t was remarked
mat he had shaved off his long whs-
kers. and that he looked and acted
much more like Vane Hamilton than
he had done at first, and it was easy
70 conceive in any case that he would
desire to stamp any natural resenb-
lance with the seal of actuality if he
His eyes were downcast no longer,
but bright and determined; his head
was carried so erect that he looked
taller by an inch or two, and there was
4 swing in his movements resembling
his prototype, but which had never be-
fore been noticeable in Primus Edes.
taken all in all, had his hair been light
coLored, and a stones weight added 10
give more fulness to face and figure,
he would have presented d striking
likeness to Vane Hamilton known to
Grovedale people as the cashier of the
savings bank, and to the man who
first laid claim to the name and still
resided under the same roof with Mr..
carter, though Mrs. Hamilton and her
children were domiciled at the Essex
Almost the first move that Edes
made was to go to the mill and de-
mand TO see the Z" man known as Vane
Hamilton"
ter.
Yes, it may as well be now as later.
VIII you remain
If you wish me to-"
Il do
At this moment Edes entered and
confronted the two men. He held
out his hand to Mr.. Carter, who, how
ever, did not appear TO see it.
Very well. uncle. You will see
your act in its true light some day"
said the former workmen with so
much dignity that Mr.. Carter stared
at him.
"Oh. come now. That's all bosh,
nv man. You'd much better be saw
ing lumber than trying TO prosecute
an absurd claim"
DO You think so?" asked Edes,
looking full in the face of the other
man, who sat silent but alert.
Il do; but I am willing to hear any
thing you have to say in support of
Your CldlIl, lot, own, ain GuIlOuS
10 understand it."
You know all about it now. If you
did not you would not be here. But.
Victor, my brother. if you realized all,
you would not do il, know. Did you
not know you were my brother, my
twin brother"
NO. I confess I did not" dryly. Il
always supposed that my brother died
in infancy. Can you prove that he did
not?"
Il prove that he did not! You are
that brother and not I. Before our
mother died, she asked me TO search
for you two weeks of every year, for
she would never believe you dead. al
though every one else did. You were
stolen in infancy. She gave me the
ring you wear on your finger, in trust
for you. The words in trust are en-
graved on the inside"
Everybody in Grovedale knows
that. Perhaps you will tell me how
this ring came upon my finger if it
was delivered into your keeping
Il cannot. I confess ii is a mystery.
1t is also a mystery how you be-
came possessed of my papers. l can
much easier account for your resem-
blance for we are twin brothers"
Il deny it. I deny that there was
any reason for such a search. or that
my mother believed her child to be
alive. She knew he was dead You
know full we'll that the reason why
went away each year is not known
10 anybody yet not even to my wife,
and so you have trumpet up this story
of relationship for your own purpose
When the proper time comes / may
or may not, tell why I went away
There may be found little mystery
about it. A mans affairs are his own,
and he is accounts able to no one for
them except TO God and his conscience.
I shall not be coerced into making