The San Francisco call., 1897-08-13

l ran over to her brother He was all
smiles and grace itself-I am glad to see
you,' and so forth. l says, What is the
matter with the 10 ks?' He says, j think
they made a mistake bout the arrival. Ii
you go out it will be just noon lunch time
and think you will catch them at lunch.
II went out and knocked at the door.
Her sister came to the door, and she used
TO be always very kind to me. The sister
would give me more than my share OF
nice greeting when / would go there; but
she drew back as though there was some
thing-as though | were a leper or had
brought some plague from cholera
stricken Europe or something L don't
know. She didn't as much as say, Emily
is upstairs; it is all right or something
like that
Emily, when she saw me, said, What
brought YOU out hereY or something to
t at effect. Well | say. the railroad
car brought me out here. l have come TO
the wrong house. Excuse me, ladies; |
never mace such mistake in my life,
and l backed out and got on the car and
went home. That was the greeting got.
Both flew at me like tigers. l was awfully
glad to get out-neyer so glad to get out OF
a shanty in my life. | asked. What have
done? What is the matterP
"a day or two after that she wrote me a
letter and said she was trife hasty, and
she ought to have received me little
different l never answered it. Some of
her friends came to see me. | wouldn' /
talk with them at ali; wouldn't say q
word. That was one time when | would
stand on my rights, and was going to
stand there until she rots. / will never
see her. If she is dead tomorrow |
wouldn't go 10 her funeral.
"a few days after l got another letter,
and answered it as short as | could. In a
few days she came bouncing in the Palace
as though everything was serene and
happy. She said, 4 have a letter from
Mollie from Paris l told her she had
better go to Mollie in Paris, or something
that way.
After little, however, we embraced
and made up. She read Mollie's letter,
and Mollie told her about the amount in
the trunk she had packed up for her.
guess that is what brought her. not l."
Colonial Finigan and his troubles have
been before the public for some time, and
the man himself is an interesting charac-
ter. He. came to California over forty
years ago and bought out r. B. Wood
ward, who was supplying water to houses
IN San francisco by means of watering
carts. Then he started stage line 10 the
Mission, then went into the livery sta bic
business, and from that to mining and
dealing in stocks. In 1884 he married the
present Mrs. FInigan, who is suing Tor a
divorce, and lived in his house on Califor-
MIA street in San Francisco until 1892
when they went TO Europe for a pleasure
trip, where they Travelled for a mum ber of
years.
In his deposition taken in San Francisco
Flnlgan tells OF numerous escapades in
which his wife figured at swell resorts.
midnight suppers. and the usual results.
The colonePs story of his meeting with
his wife and their infatuation and mar
riRge holds ones interest. 1t seems from
his account that he knew her only a few
months before he married her. Mrs.
Finigan's maiden name was Emily Boy
son, and she was represented to Finigan
to be young girl who lacked training and
tuition, very poor in circumstances, and
he was asked if he couldn't help her.
"a friend OF hers came to me, " said Fin
igan, "a lady, and said some other
gentleman had kindly volunteered to pay
this girls musical education, and wanted
to know if | wouldn't subscribe 10 it; and
before l could say yes or no they wanted
me to meet her and hear her sing l
didn't meet her for quite awhile, but
finally went to see her one evening and
heard her sing. 1t was late when they
got through, and they said: The cars are
stopped; this lady can't go home"
Then it was Flnigan sent for a carriage
and sent the girl home At their next
meeting, the colonel says, the girl felt
very grateful to him for ''the first ride in
her life in carriage" as she put it. After
that the friendship grew. Finigan was
president OF the State Agricultural Society
at the time and the State fair was on. He
invited the girl and her friends to visit
him, but she said she could not, as she
had nothing TO go on. Then Finigan
bought her gloves, clothing, parasol and
trunks and she made the visit.
Then friend put the announcement of
theirenga in The CALL, and shortly
after the event took place, and Finigan
put up $1,000 for a wardrobe and another
$1,000 for dressmakers bills. Then COM
menced happy life that has since been
turned to scandal.