Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-06-24

New York he supposed none was neces- -arx, i,, Iowa As Dr. Barber, the father of his fancee, was a comparative new corner equally ignorant of Iowa mar riage tactics, this bit of redtapelsn naV- Llia nrally did not trouble him either. me 0uests were assembled, the prospective bride and groom were up stairs rehears- inc the ceremony when, just after the chairs had been removed to the dining room. leaving the people all stanu- inc the clergyman clattered down stairs, popped his head in the parlor anu beckoned nervously to one of the guests "Mr. Boies has failed to procure H. cense ; he gasped What is to be done?" Marry lem without one, ex- claimed the governors friend, and we'll fix it ill the morning. 'Oh, put I can t do that. It's against the law |, von know" " returned the minister, who was a fussy little fellow. Why, It's states prison offense, he added.
 Here was a quandary-8 o'clock at night and the clerk a mile down the river. In vain Dr. Barber, the negligent groom and several friends pleaded with the parson. He was obdurate and insist ed on the license. There was no re- course. The chairs were returned to the parlor, and the guests were asked to De seated again pending the arrival of some important papers. Then two mutual friends started out to hunt up the clerk and procure tue license. The courthouse l in Waterloo still stands where soma judge had it located years ago, about mile out of town on the east side of the river, and the clerk then lived on the west bank nearly opposite the county building. A ferry was the only means of crossing the Cedar i'll those days, and when the two friends arrived at ths clerks house they found he had gone over to the other side i'll the ferryboat in order to make out license for couple that had eloped He had tied thd boat on the cast bank and gone to attend the wedding, so they were informed by the clerks wife. There was no help fo1 it. They must await the clerks return.
 At 10 o'clock he put in an appear anee having ferried himself with con- siderable difficulty, through the ice that had formed on the river He swore he wouIdn't t recross that night for any fool New Yorker but after much persuasion consented.
 In the meantime the embarrassment of the bride in particular and the guests in general was put to flight by the tact and joviality of the forgetful groom. He was the life of the party, and finally when near midnight the emissaries re. turned with the necessary document ha grasped 1t and remarked gayly as he went forward to take his part in ths ceremonial, Well, this is the first time in my life ever went to court without my papers. "
 Tho Great Iowan's Warm Heart.
 MT. Boies is generally represented al cold and phlegmatie, with few of thC finer feelings and sympathies, and the fact that he has been so successful hal aroused envy among some of his fellow citizens who have not been so fortunate. Nevertheless he is a man with warm heart An instance of this occurred dur. ing a trial which he conducted some years since. A Pennsylvania boy had run away from home, and had come with another young man to the west. His father was dead, and he left his widowed mothers house at the instance of this associate, who turned out to be q bad character. The boys came to Iowa and the bad one committed a crime, for which he was arrested, and as the young runaway was with him at the time, he was also charged with the crime and tried The young boy was very penitent, and he made a confession ] to Mir. Boies, who was his lawyer. Mir Boies arose in the courtroom and tried to read it. He had gone over but few pages of the story when his feelings overcane him, and he had to take his seat. One of the other lawyers finished the reading of the manuscript, and Boies was asked afterward what was the mat. ter. He replied:
 II am q father, and I have, as you know, two very good boys As I read that paper the thought came to me, sup. pose that one of my boys should fall as that poor boy has, and I tell you the thought was such a horror to me that il oyercame me. and could not finish my reading. D
 One phase of the character of Mir Boies which renders him particularly taking" among western people is his absolute simplicity and dislike of all ostentation.
 T favor Boies because he stands for what he is; because he is unpretentious and honest, said an educated westerner
 He don't th'ow on no Jugs nor hold hisse'f above nobody" <" was the way representative of another class expressed the same idea
 As an illustration of his democratic disregard of all formality at time when little show of egotism would have been excused, an Iowa state off clal once told of trip he made from his home at Waterloo to the state capital soon after his reelection as governor The train left Waterloo about 80 in the afternoon, reaching the capital at 9 In the evening. The governor was ac- companled by party of his admirers, who were eongratulating him on the re. suit of the election. The party headed for the chair car, but Boies stopped them.
 Let's go into the smoker, he said Most of you will want to light cigar If I don't.
 But, governor, we'-
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