Show TAFT AS A NATURE FAKER Portland Oregonian At St Paul Minn when Secretary Taft was waiting for a deputation of ot wel welcoming welcoming we coming citizens he happened to see a aa aa aa a little boy go by riding on a donkey donke That reminds me said he turning to the mayor of the town of a ride I 1 once had lad In the Philippines I had to get getup getup getup up to a village mage on the side of a moun mountain mountain tain tam about twelve miles distant and the tha only animal I could find to ride was a diminutive burro scarcely half halt as large as as that on there The mayor gazed at the nar narrator narrator narrator with a suspicious eye Did you ride him he asked Certainly pursued Mr Taft easily I rode him up there thera is something like an hour and a half halt Then having trans transacted transacted transacted acted my business I turned the animal about and went on further up Just a minute Interrupted the may or How big was this donkey any way wn Oh I should Judge that his head would reach about to my vest pocket And ho weighed Oh about ItO HO pounds The mayor mao did some mental arithmetic Taft he announced at length you ou are a nature faker I |