Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-18

those who have seen and known of the
bridegroom In later years, Instinct and
imagination can nearly portray the
manner of woman who would marry
him. According to one biography She
is the accomplished daughter of a
wealthy and retired Cuban family.
and possessed of "A large fortune Of her
own. BY another version she Is the
daughter of poor shoemaker, and the
family record is an humble one. Mrs.
Kate Chase having returned to her
Edgewood home a fortnight since
mikes Spraguc affairs once more
q prominent topic, and great
feeling is expressed for her at this
time. AS she appeared in the senate
gallery one day last week she is still
beautiful and commanding woman,
but the shade of sorrow and the lines
that tell Of miserable and unhappy
life have marked her countenance for
ever. Representative Crowley's fam
lily are still her devoted friends. and
both here and in New York pay her
the most marked attentions. In n
few weeks she will sail for Europe
with her daughters and remain abroad
for several years. The widow of u
once prominent statesman has lately
told me of scene that occurred Mt one
of President Lincoln's state dinners,
where the brilliant and beautiful wo-
man who had married the then Sena-
tor Sprague was put to one of
those crucial tests that for SO long a
/ time We're almost daily events in her
/ life. The occasion was the state dim
ner that President Lincoln gave To
! Chief Justice Chase immediately after
! his elevation To that Office. The JUS
/ tees of the supreme court and the
/ highest officials were present with
their wives, and Mrs. Sprague was, as
| usual, the center Of oil admiration and
/ interest. Her place at the long table
in the state dining-room was nearly
opposite her father, who, as the guest
! of honor, sat at Mrs. Lincoln's right
| hand, and further down the line Sena
| tor Sprague was placed between two
distinguished ladies. Having taker
! his appetizer before he went to thC
! White House, the dinner was hardly
started on its long list of course:
before the Rhode Islanders eyes
were CLASSY and his speech inco
herent, and sinking back in his chair
he was soon lost in q deep sleep. Tn
guests on the opposite side OF the tabl'
could not fail to see the unusual spec
tacie, and when Mrs. Sprague looked
down to see how her liege was faring
she turned pale, but changed not
muscle of her countenance, and wen
on with her gay chat and repartee
when she finally caught her father
eve, one agonized and appealing
glance shot from her great blue eye
conveyed the intelligence to him. i
quiet tone the chief justice said t
his hostess, ~ see that the senator j
i'll. VIII you not have your butte
assist him out quietly TO the cloak
room?n Two walters took the wa
governor between them, led him
the cloak-room and stretched him on
on a sofa where he slumbercd unit
the dinner was overland his tather-ir
law helped him out and into the ca
riage. Though heightened colo
, blazed in Mrs. Sprague's cheeks afte
this disgraceful incident, she gave n
other sign of the modification tn,
, was fairly crushing her during all tn
! long banquet and the speeches, col
I CALCULATIONS and compliments in hone
of that father whom she worshippe'
; This was single incident III the fir
, wears of her marriage, but every que
: at the table longed to pound the maj
and felt the deepest sympathy and ~
/, miration for the proud woman WI
!. was made to endure such an ordeal.
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