The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-08-25
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A strange chapter IN : life ro-
nance came to m end the other
deE Az 15 Hpok516 sCA infcl 4
wh16 ) 1andslide pKspl dawn a
one Of the SLOGAN mines and
crushed the life out Of . big sturdy
workman without an instant's warn
ing. Had such . story come to
light in dreamy India some Kipling
would have set half tho world sigh
ing OVERT. In plain alepsaic British
Columbia the only 4ots viii b tho
sentencs on a. ugly little head
stone: Clarence Donahue; died
July %, 1894"
It was in the early '70's that the
wife d. Is pfoaperoua uhnois msr-
chant took q wonderful fancy to q
pretty little girl in a Peoria orphan
aga Tp obtain, possession Of the
child vas as easy as asking. Ia q
brief time little Maud was formally
installed in q pew. home, ruler Of
tho whole household. She forgot
the asylum. The merchant and his
wife were "paps" and mamma" to
her, and had she been. their own
daughter she could not have known
greater love or more tender care.
Atleighteen Maud was queen Of
the village, . beautiful, cultured,
stroug-willed, loving girl, the idol
of q happy home-but discoptent<
ed. She had learned at last that
the old merchant and bis wife wer4
not her true parents, and that her
mother was still alive. She vowed
that4he would find her own peopls.
Week after week she sought for
clews and 1t last her wish was graf
ifed. Through some chance she
discovered that her mother had
married another husband, . Dakota
business man, and moved with him
to Wardner, Idaho.
It was useless for her Illinois
friends to argue. Maud vowed she
was going to her own people. The.
fall of 1879! found her at Wardner-
q stranger in a strange land SUR
rounded by unknown, men and
women who had pronounced west
ern ways and notions that seemed
very queer to the little girl from
Illinois. She was ,homesjck but
plucky. She determined not to re-
turn to the old Mississippi valley.
She would cure the inconsistencies
by making home of her own.
Clarence Donohue was shift boss
at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mine. He was q handsome fellow
too-big, strong, industrious and
open-handed. He did drink and
gamble a little-but what of that?
He was so different from the I'LL.
aois boys-and 50 very much in.
owe with Maud-and on Christmas
lay, 1891, they were married.
It was busy, happy year. The
baby came and made life all the
happier. But one unlucky night
Clarence ran up against a faro game
md won. Worse still he kept win
hing. Inthe morning he blundered
nome with 81 800 in his pockets
md something strong in his breath.
That fixed him. What was the
Use Of working3 He quit the mine
md went into the saloon business.
Whisky and faro were all around
aim. 1t took just a few months to
10 the business and another man
;ook che saloon. Clarence loafed
around Wardner for awhile. and
lrifted to Spokane. He got a lob
ending bar in a Howard street sa-
Don, but that closed up and he was
stranded.
Two monthsago 4 notice appeared
a a little Spokane paper, warning
Clarence Donahue to come into
court and show cause why Maud
oonahue should not be granted an
absolute divorce. But he did not
come. That notice found him dig.
Vng az q SLOGAN mine, toilink earlyl
md late, stopping once ID 4 while
o wonder blindly whether he ever
you'd brace up and be a man again.
de was bending down in deep cut
me day all alone, wondering vague
y what Maud was doing when the
caring avalanche swept down upon
INN, struck him down, covered ,
lim, crushed and ground him under
Is awful weight of earth and logs
nd boulders. Maud's decree had
ONE from the Higher Court.
Locpsts For Fish Bait.
The II year locusts are here this )
ear. Old time anglers have had /.
Experience with this insect before
nd those who are, posted will be-
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