Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-12-09
LOVES CRUEL DECREE.
SAD ENDING OF THE DRERM
OF TWO LOVERS.
Rejected Saitor Pays His Life as this
Price of Revenge-Years of Lone
Illness on q Desert ISLAND
The Rivals.

Hou luttc yOuIu SHuIico bdAJ'
Of Gull Creek, La. fell very much In
love with q pretty Creole girl. He
determined to WOO and win her.
and, being handsome and manly. his
task was an easy one. The girl was
scarcely more than child. so the
pair were contented TO live. love and
wait until such time as they thought
proper to marry.
All went smoothly enough until the
young man attained the age OF 81 and
wanted to take his sweetheart home
as his bride. when there appeared an
obstacle, in fact two. The religion
of the two families differed materially.
and the Creoles being decidedly rigid
in their belief. were bitterly opposed to
the consummation of the young pairs
love-
Their being friends and sweethearts
mo ely was we'll enough but when it
came to marrying serious OBJ. ection
was raised by the girls aunt with
whom she lived. and who was desir-
Gus that sne should choose for hus-
band none other than Jules Tru1eau
religion. But OF this Mahtilde had no
intention. and she was not slow in
stating the fact to her aunt greatly
to that iady's Indignation. 1t was
night ana very dark ono. Mathilde
slipped ont OF the house and through
the gate met her lover and both
sped along the river bank noiselessly
for fully mile; then reaching the
fork OF the river they cautiously
stopped into a skiff and pushed out in
midsuo,m. Heading the boat for the
east ork each took IL pair OF oars and
with their united strength sent the
SIX II swiftly over the water.
n the darkest side OF the river
back in the deep black shadows. the
lie htest boat on the river swept over
tn, water as II on wings and the SOL
itrry man at the oars measured the
distance with his fiery eyes, AS the
space grew narrower he smiled and
rowed harder and harder till the veins
in his throat stood out like long. stiff
strands OF rope.
The couple ahead paused to rest
awhile, never dreaming but that all
danger was past
In less time than it takes to tell it
the boat In the shadow shot out and
ran Into the other and before Charles
Daily had time to move he WAS in q
hand to hand conflict with his rival.
The little Frenchman got the better OF
Daily. knocked him down in the bot
tom OF the boat then spying his
pistol he struck him over the head
with it and Daily nude no motion TO
move. Neither did the Frenchman
for the pistol went off and the ball
passed through his own head. lsilling
him instantly
Mathilde sat there frightened.
grieved and helpless until a quiet I'M
consciousness came over her. And
later on during the night they were
rescued and carried back home The
Frenchman was dead and Daily In a
most dangerous condition. He grew
better. however. and his friends be-
gan to hope for his recovery. but the
injury to his brain was OF such a
serious nature that he lost his mind
and finally became insane
He was taken TO the insane asylum
at jackson. and kept there for three
years. At the end OF that time being
himself again with the exception Of
childish. though perfectly harmless
spells now and then his father vis-
tied the asylum with the intention O.
bringing him home.
They went to the hotel that night.
and. although they occupied the
same room. the son was found miss.
ing the next morning. He had slipped
out OF the room unobserved by his
father who instituted search at
once but failed utterly to find any
trace OF him. This was in 1879. A
year later a man answering to his
description WIS found drowned some
twenty miles out OF jackson. and 1t
was generally believed that the BODY
was that OF Charles Daily.
Mathllde always believed that he
lived and would yet come back to her
and with this hope the faithful orphan
girl. the drudge OF her aunt's house
hold. held on to life for many years
but finally weakened and died.
Midnight Island is very small and
situated at the very neck OF Little
river and Lake Pierre fully fifteen
miles from any settlement. It is a
dense dark bit OF woods so for
bidding in appearance that men never
came to visit it. Two hunters who
had been out for week were not
willing to come in until they had
been on the island. So they sum-
moned up courage got themselves
ready to battle with anything that
'ght turn up and landed.
'.fter lively scramble through
mtrshy underground over stumps
ami fallen trees and under tangled
viles. they reached small clearing,
much higher and dryer than any
other part of tho island. On a large
tree just at the entrance. cut deep
down n the ba k was tho name
Charles ally 1879" With rather
n peculiar sensation they looked
around carefully. and IT wasn't long