The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-20

ton of that speech received by the senator
none pleased him more than one from his
father-in- law. Thereby hangs tale. Sem
ator Berry was a native of Mississippi, and
when mere lad of Is or Loan ignorant
country boy without many advantages or
much hope in life-enlisted in the Confed-
crate army, partly because he hadn't any
thing else to do. In the battle of Corinth
he lost leg, and when he was well enough
to leave the hospital found an opportunity
to study law at Ozark, Ark, doing chores"
for his board while prosecuting his studies.
Afterward he moved to Carroll county and
became a school teacher at the munificent
salary Of sl2 month; but out Of this he
managed to save something, as he had a
special and very dear object in view, which
was nothing less than union in matrlmony
with fair young creature of Ozark. The
fair young creature was willing, but her
papa was not. He was not going to have
his daughter throw herself away on q pen
niless schoolmaster. The following chap
ter the average reader will be able TO guess
without hint from me. The future SEN
ator closed his school, crossed the mount
aims and with the aid of a trusty friend
and ladder stole the girl from a second
story window and married her before the
stern parent could interfere.
Not long afterward the young school
master was elected TO the legislature He
made good record here, and was finally
elected speaker of the house of represent
atives. Still the father of his wife refused
TO forgive. The wife of the future senator
and her children visited frequently at her
fathers homestead, but the future senator
himself waited and waited in vain for an
invitation thither. Four or five years later
young Berry was elected circuit judge. but
still no forgiveness came from the relentless
old gentleman at Ozark. My son-in-law,
Judge Berry" he would say to his friends,
but for the judge himself he had not a
word. Nine years ago, after he had been
married some twelve or fifteen years, Mr.
Berry's friends nominated him for gov
ernor of Arkansas and elected him by a
mere trifie OF 5000 majority. This was
more than the obstinate father-in-law
could endure. When he heard the result
of the election he sat down and wrote
letter to his son-in-law. the governor-elect,
in which he declared his daughter had
been better judge of human nature than
himself, and that il would give him great
pleasure to welcome the new governor at
his house. Since that day the old gentle
man and the governor, now the senator,
have been the warmest kind of friends
The story which have told hereinbefore
about Congressman Tillman reminds me of
a conversation had about two weeks ago
with Mr. E G. Assay, of Chicago, while sit
ting in Senator Fa-well's committee room
at the Capitol Mr.. Assay was for many
years the leading criminal lawyer of Chi
cago. and his fame extepded all over the
west and southwest. Re was one Of the
few men whom that great editor, William
Z. Storey, the founder OF The Chicago
Times, took TO his heart. In the house OF
representatives today" said Mr.. Assay, Il
saw man whose face brought back 70 me
one of the most dramatic incidents of my
professional career. Years ago was called
to southwestern state to defend a young
man who had been charged with murder.
My client had done nothing but to run his