Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-22

MT. Boies had not posted himself upon the marriage laws of Iowa when he went to the home of Dr. Barber in Wa terloo, la, fer the purpose of marrying his second wife. He was a widower, and as he had needed no license when he was married for the first time in New York he supposed none was neces- sary in Iowa. As Dr, Barber, the father of his fancee, was comparative new conner, equally ignorant of Iowa mar riage tactics, this bit of redtapeism nat urally did not trouble him either, The guests were assembled, the prospective bride and groom were up stairs rehears- ing the ceremony when, just after the chairs had been removed to the dining room, leaving the people all stand ing, the clergyman elattered down stairs, popped his head in the parlor and beckoned neryously to one of the guests. "Mr Boies has failed to procure li- cense," ho gasped. "What is to be done?" Marry 'em without one, " ex- claimed the governors friend, land we'll fix it ill the morning. ''Oh, but I can't do that. It's against the law, you know, returned the minister, who was fussy little fellow. "Why, it's a states prison offense, he added
 Here was a quandary-8 o'clock at night and the clerk 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 be seated again pending the arrival of some important papers. Then two mutual friends started out to hunt up the clerk 1 and procure tue license. The courthouse l i'll Waterloo still stands where some 1 judge had it located years ago, about a mi1eaout1of town on the east side of the 4ria 'arntb the clerk then lived on the
 laank nearly opposite the county bulldiIag ferry was the only means Of crossing the Cedar in those days, and whef the two. friends arrived at the |l 6Jerk house they found he had gone ] over 3fo the other side in the ferryboat I in. order st0 nake, out license for sscoupl that Had e1oped He had tied the ssl5a on the east bank and gone to attend he wedding, s0sthey were informed by F she clerk Aqife.z There was no help for I I siifas F hey must await the clerks return. l At 0 o'clock he put i'll an appear. anee, having ferried himself, with con E. siderable difficulty, through the ice that { had formed on the river. He swore he wouldn' 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 joyiality of the forgetful groom. He was the life of the party, and finally when near midnight the emissaries re- turned with the necessary document he grasped it and remarked gayly as he went forward to take his part in the ceremonial, Well, this is the first tima in my life I ever went to court without my papers. y
 The Great Iowan's Warm Heart.
 MT. Boies is generally represented as cold and phlegmatic, with few of the finer feelings and sympathies, and the fact that he has been so successful has aroused envy among some of his fellow citizens who have not been so fortunate. Nevertheless he is man with Q warm heart An instance of this occurred dur ing 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 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. MT. Boies arose ill the courtroom and tried to read it. He had gone over but few pages of the story when his feelings overcame 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:
 I am father, and 1 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 horror to me that it overcame me, and I could not finish my reading. :"
 One phase of the character of Mr. Boies which renders him particularly taking" among western people is his absolute simplicity and dislike of all ostentation.
 q favor Boies because he stands for what he is; because he is unpretentious and honest, said an educated westerner.
 '.He don't tn '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 damocrafin