Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-20
KANE VERSUS ABELL


u wy c,.s Of Kane versus Abel, Adam
tsriaintlT Eve for defendant, is an illus
. 10 Nor did it happen i'll the Garden
',FIcn as might be supposed from the
e',,od of tie names, but in Mountain
,tv which the inhabitants suppose to
ar1r,cl, finer place than the other
G'yn in Mountain county, settled by
r,i,b mainly from Ulster, with a sprink-
~, from COnnaught, the original man
- and customs of the settlers are not
',jy maintained by their descendants, but
toGa4lic spirit Of clannishness exists in
t-5l force. The old families have kept mp
,,s old stock by intermarriages, and the
sle things changed were the names,
abich were either corrupted or dropped
,teiy preaxes. Thus the McMahons be-
me the Mayhoru5; the O'kanes the
Toges. the McAdams, the Adams; the
wscuillens and the MacAbells, the NH
In and the Abells But their Highland
celrc habits filtered through the Irish
eisve were preserved in their Yigor. Be
icon the two leading families, the Kanes
ana the Abells, there had been bitter
t.ud from thr Ne''inn!ng. AS the rest Of
tbe Deoyl.. wee ca 4ccted in one way or
o,bcr. they took their sides, and, as they
sad stud by the kneXion.n Pretty far
thew carried it, too. One fellow. who was
nnfiing the Abells, was asked what CON
raetion he was. well, " said he, mot
So very cloast, but CLARKE Abel he gave
me bull pup" II Kane married with
an Abell. or vice versa, the woman in the
c1se was adopted in her husbands family
Int cut off from her own. But single
quarrel and a simple incident changed
lie current Of affairs and brought about a
truce which may he considered peace,
leaving both parties in possession of the
uti possidetis
As the eldest son in q straight line from
the original Patrick, who had come to
this country from Ireland and had settled
here under land grant Of 1000 acres
Peter Kane was the recognized head of
the family. He was a good looking, child
less widower 30 years Of age, very well
to do and looked up to by his tribe with
whom his word was potential. He was a
famous bear hunter and kept up stock
Of ours, valuable for battling with bruin
but worthless for any other purpose
Clarke Abel, who held a similar position
among the Abells, was over 60 years old,
tail athletic an ! as straight as a gun bar
rel He did hot look a day over so, with
his iron gray hairand smooth face where
the wrinkles had concentrated about the
corner Of the eyes. These two, though
living within three miles OF each other
their possessions joining-rarely spoke
when they met, and then in monosylla-
bes eking out the conversation by gest-
ure
it happened that Kane had seen bear
signs one frosty morning in November
and laid on the dogs. Bruin heard the
baying afar off, and, taking time by the
f0relock, made his way over gap and
then down 4 dry branch hollow. in
avoiding Scylla, he fell upon Charybdis, .
and so on; for old Abel happened 10 be
in lis field his rifle, a constant compan-
ion with him. when he saw the bear
dong some tall walking in his direction.
He shot the brute. and. with the assist
ance OF his sons, had skinned him when
Names dogs followed by Kane, came up.
demand was made for the bear, which
was denied. There was no fighting the
matter there-three to one was too great
olds-so Kane and his dogs went about
their business. But the matter ranked.
well known pettifogger of the section,
John Adam, heard of it and offered his
services. The end of it was that Kane
brought suit before a country Justice OF
N-N 4'N''eS' ttitt4' stlltI various lIlsduN 6hl-
uFeS, the case was heard In was an
action in detinue, and judgment was
gwen for So. AbeIl secured the services
o. Cecil Eve bright young lawyer,
lately admitted TO the bar, and the case
was removed to the county court, held by
lour justices. Adam was not a regular
practitioner, but the county court was a
sott OF Tree aud easy tribunal, with roll
OF is own, and Adam was licensed by
custom. lie brought suit for damages
ior that the party aforesaid had detained
the BAR
1t was some months after the event
"heA the county court entered on its half
yearly session In the meanwhile little
INCIDENT occurred, of the Romeo and
1uiet pattern, which complicated matters,
Aoeits only unmarried daughter was a
so"4 looking Young woman Of %, and, like
yer AnSioiS hated that Pete Kane like
pleh' BUT one day she Glanced TO visit
ueishoor at some distance, and on lei
iiS'nln met with wandering i-yeag-u,d
uSeA' Ii was at season of the vv-I
men the animal, usually SO timid. 5
.A ooiu anu aggressive, He charged 20
NJ! VINO deNterously lodged beh;Gl Il
s up uee-poplar they misoau it there
I'u 50 eNAueu the thrust of his ant.
.."1 lie was persistent and kept her So CON
INT! smiling her position that she be
ue exhausted. She was just about I,
- winch would have insured her death
ueh the crack of rifle and the droppiu-
~ sue Duck dead, saved her. The neXt
A'on,eht She heard the voice of Pete Kane
Iou am hurt, air YOU, Miss Kitty"
ful skeert.n '''''' '1' fN'
40 wonder that the service rendered
snou1u make Kitty regard Peter Will
G',o'' and give him romantic interest in
e pretty girl whom his timely presence
ing preserved from a cruel death. Ignor
s 'ue Duck, Peter walked on with Kitty
typrVhg her to v@thin sight of hel
N'4erS house, and then returning TO 4
pa'Wg,'ins, which, In spite of his dogs and
ever
lhey met by chance the usual way,
"Salh and again, and the old story, ever
WV anu ever new, was told and listened
feter neglected the suit he had
i,ousht m one court to prosecute suit
~ another, and when the great case of
Nsne versus Abel came mp before the
eoun'y court, Kane was absent bent on q
; r''" Verdict in another suit, one Of more
h'ltortance, with u jury of one biased in
his favor.
q, ~. !. lame Of this cause, the Importance
" u .a points involved and the antagonist
~ u1e parties, brought large coneours,
tue county town. The day of the tria