Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
TWIN SISTERS MINED At BIRTH
Chain ~ circumstances Brings Out
Relationship - Pair Of Girls.

hFNNAluN~NA OF NAAl OF Wits
Sidney. Iowa. April ef.-From Eiv-
erton comes story which reads like
q faurif1i fairy tale cuiied from the
pages ~ some old story book. But this
ir drama from real lie and every
word true.
-Four years aEo. in the winter %
1901. Tom shaw. travelling saIcs-
man rrpr-EeutiuE the John S Britain
s~m 90 So. Joseph. Mo.. while in the
sfr-. OF one % his customers ir
Greenfield. Iowa. met q young miss 90
t-. whom he took 90 be- an old ac-
guafntnnccs hut when be spoke 90 her
che Girl told him that he was mistaG-
rr in the person
Iu great surprise. Doe asked. Aren't
sou Faye Roberts. of Eivertou. Iowa 20
NO. She answered. my name Is
Et.fh knrrIrmar. and . have always
lived near Greenfield. 7 never was IN
EIFrrtnu Ir uy iife. and Z don't know
Anybody there
The travelling man said in reply.
-WrT. g used to 1--we ir Rirerton ana
9 family named Roberts were our near
rrishborr. and SOU look enough use
th~ir daughter, Faye. CO. Boz her twin
sister
rs- Incident and tbr remarkable
rrermh'arr- between tse tao girls
Impressed Er shaW EtrauEeIE. and
literally forced him l1 make Iuguir-
lrs and .rvrsfirafiuuE. with the re-
s1If traf hr aerrrtaiH~d that fIr r.rfs
Eltfr EHrpfrr.au. when baby Few
months Ola. had b@su adopted hy Mr.
and wra Enpp'rmar. Pursuing hts
lntrstieaflHnE E'tI farther. hr found
that Far- Roberts had likewise been
adopted uh@r n tiny baby hy Mr.. and
NrF Asbury Roberts 90 Kvsvtuu. aud
that thr girls really we're twin sisters.
The result vas that in February.
1871. frr Greenfield girl went fn Riv-
erf1r Go visit her urw found sister.
and the meeting vas q joyful and hap
uv one The sisters spent several
weeks together and they were the
ErrBirss Girls tu the state. the story .
araa told ln tho newspapers all over .
th~ T-rirrd States. and everybody in .
fH~ community took a personal and F..
Kindly Interest iu the happy reunion
a short time afsrward Miss koppie-
man seat xifh her parents Co live in .
south Dakota. but the sisters have
KEEP, up a regular and frequent CORE
rnrrdenr~ and have visited one an
other on different occasions
Ard now ue are coming 90 another
thrilling act iu tine drama few
DAYS ago Atr aud Mrs. ". a. simmer
man arrived In Riverton from Tacoma.
,Vrshtnrt6n Mrs. Simmerman IS the
mother 90 thr twin girls. both OF
whom were in Riverton when she ar
rived. When the girls we're babies
heir mother and father separated ana
the woman was not financially able 70
supuort the children. who In conse-
1usn~. were taken en- charge by
home frdlug institution. For long
time tho mother has been seeking 20
4nd trace 81 the girls. Her search
ras Al last rewarded. and she came
All tha ,vay from Washington 10 pay
hem a visit. Il was family reunion
surh as was never Witnessed before
In the little town on the Nishnaboina-
There e. striking resemblance be +,
veer IN. two sisters and g puzzles 1
strangers 90 tell which Is Fave or 1
rhirh = Edith. hut those who are
veil acquainted With them have little ,
" no difficulty IN this direction.
When a reporter asked Faye when I
he fret made the discovery 81 sis s
Or she said she found q out by read Z
ne a letter which Mrs Roberts re- ]
.sivea from Mrs Koppicman- Mr. and
FRS Roberts have no other children
md they loved Faye 50 devotedly that =
hey healtaied 90 tell her % the exist
nee % a sister ~ her own flesh and I
Hood for fear the Eiri would have To :
.urrender 20 her new-fOund kin so y
arse place In her affections that
hey might - losers % some extent ]
a., such fears were Eroundicss- As 3
Jury and Matte Roberts have Eiven a
ne child a. much love and kindness
- any parents could give. and their
aurh,cr loves them with a deep and
hansclcss love. -