Japanese Romance.
Father Nearly Marries His Own Daughter. A strange incident is reported from Osaka, with the disappearance of a wealthy merchant named Sakamoto, who was to have been married a month or so ago to a pretty girl of twenty. Sakamoto, w'ho is forty-two, was first married tw r enty-two years ago, but after the birth of a baby daughter he quarrelled with his wife, and deserted her at Omori, near Yokohama. Ha then went to a northern province and built up a lucrative business as a merchant. His wife died two years later, and the daughter was adopted by a family at Osaka. A few months ago Sakamoto retired from business, and went to Osaka to live. He became acquainted with this couple, and finally arranged to marry their supposed daughter. He discovered quite by chance that hi - intended bride was really his own daughter, whom he had deserted nearly twenty years before. Sakamoto disappeared after leaving a substantial sum for his daughter.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2046, 24 June 1907, Page 3
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165Japanese Romance. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2046, 24 June 1907, Page 3
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