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Show ffrvit ' " " " "" " " ' ' - - 1 H .Mm i inn - -- n : : . THE ROOSEVELT BEARS " ' " ABROAD .-- v 'Si'. (Copyright, 1907, by Seymour Eaton. All rights rcwervca.j , -v., .': XIII. TEE BEARS IN SWITZERLAND, ' "' v . . -' "V . The Bears were now In Switzerland; -'" With snowy peaks on every hand fj, And winding roads and lakes of bluo , . And mountain sides of every hue, .'V'V And .waterfalls and deep ravines ., . J r- And ever-chnngl.ng landscape scenes; ' '." With sky for roof and farms for floors; v, ... For Switzerland Is all outdoors. " i " - - ' At Berne, the capital, they saw -: . r, x The famous bears and shook each paw, - . And with the cubs they had some fun And save thorn views of Washington . And made them promise that some day. - ' They'd spend a summer In tho U. S. A, " Then at Lucerne they spent a week ' , 4 And rode to the top of each mountain peak; ; , . Up RIgl In a puffing train r And Stanserhorn pulled by a chain " L ' And old Pilatus in a car ? Which beat the ride with the Russian Czar. V . For it made their hair stand straight on end ,.v':.. As they curved around each mountain bend. , y-. But when they reached Pilatus' peak ,? ' ,r,r' They looked amazed and didn't speak . - . . ' For all about them hero unfurled . ' ,' - The grandest view In all the world. . , - A mountain goat who made his home ." I C . : On the very crest of this mighty dome v V Made friends with each and showed surprise ', That bears should climb so near tho skies. ' .'X . , At Stanscrhorn they tried a trick -. .- To ride the mountain double quick . ; In a baggage truck which TEDDY G , ,' V . ' - Shoved off a siding just to seo, - 'J. "The old thing whiz along." said he. f It whizzed along for a hundred yards . '. When It hit a stone and smashed tho guards . And tossed the Bears head over paw . ' The worst upset you ever saw. . - i But bears have luck and they struck a rock V. ,.' And all they got was a nervous shock . ' ,' And some words in French which sounded cross From a grufflsh man, the station boss. ' . , ,"' ' They saw tho Lion of Lucerne :v-Who, :v-Who, arrow pierced and visage stern, Defends with paw his country's shield ,v To commemorate a battlelleld. ; They rode on boats from place to place '.' And drove around each, mountain base. . . ,. . They stopped at call of chapel boll , ' To hear the story of William Tell; ' . Y And hero it was that TEDDY G ''" K- Bought bow and arrow just to see ; . -y-' If at a hundred feet or more ' " . He could hit an apple in the core. . Tho apple was laid by TEDDY B ' On top of his head and entirely free; . , - , '" Tho arrow shaved his nose a bit- ' '" v f And struck the core and tho apple split; ' . While tho crowd of peasants cheered them well," ' And said it equaled William Tell. w-, From Intorlaken where was seen 'c ' X ..' The .Tungfmu, famous Alpine queen, ,v ,i ' " , They took a drive up a deep ravine ' vi" , Till they reached the ice. a glacier white . ; . , Which glistened In the mid-day light. - s: ; 'Twas hero in a cave that TEDDY G - : Ordered Ice water Instead of tea; , i' J.r .. . . But because the cave was cool and nice - ' .' ' They charged him extra for the ice; v ' ci .U4- " ' And ice around them where they stood .-,. 0 Five million tons-and clear and good. J. "- !$ . ' At quaint Zermatt they rose one morn - . ' ytr' To view the peak of Matterhorn, ,-yJ ' J?3' ''l-;' And to seo the sun get out of bed . ' '' , K1 V ". . V?' And light the snow a brilliant red. . - '. " ,V". - ' .i--,' " ' At Chamonlx they spent a day And liircd a guide to show the way : To climb Mont Blanc that famous peak Of which so many tourists speak. . -' AV'ith alpenstock and rope and pick . , And the things folks need to do the trick . They started out like climbers bold . . t' To risk their necks and ondure the cold; -To climb all day and never stop ' - " J . Till they landed safe at tho very top. - Xi-l But of all the climbs they ever had ' ' And all the upsets good and bad, v.'.-.-'-'' .' On cowboy horse on western track, ,. ." . "i- ". ' Or In clrciis ring on camel's back, '. Or In old balloon o'er Omaha. Or with farmer's bull round stack of straw. 1 . : : Shoved off a siding just to seo, "The old thing whiz along." said he. Or with Shakespeare deer in Charlecote, Or out on the ocean on the boat, This climb that day for fright and fun "'' Beat everything they had ever done. In half a day they had lost their way V And which routo to take they couldn't say; f, " - "And to add to the trouble." said TEDDY G, "I couldn't catch hold of stone or tree And my shoes sllnped off 'the slippery lid And I fell on the ice and rolled and slid; One time 1 nearly went below I ' In a thousand feet of Ice and snow, But the guldo stuck fast to the rock above, And TEDDY B pulled and I tried td shove And they got me landed safe at last . On a ledge of rock, where they tied rnj fast.". And all night long there sat the three. Like crows on top of a hemlock tree. ' z 1 AV'ith alpenstock and rope and pick J And the things folks need to do the trick si. They started out like climbers bold . . t' ... it To risk their necks and ondure the cold; AJvi M To climb all day and never stop " ' .ft J Till they landed safe at tho very top. - Xi-l ff But of all the climbs they ever had "'. fJ And all the upsets good and bad, v.'.-.-'-'' v-?.:. ' jp "L On cowboy horse on western track, ..:.'''.' v v. gii Or In circus ring on camel's back, ,-;-1' " fJp . 1- : Or In old balloon o'er Omaha. I - fJi 'V",". Or with farmer's bull round stack of straw. v " "While tho crovd of poasaut3 choorod them well ft . ' Aaul said it -equalled William Tell. ' . Xe"t day when they landed safe and sound Back in the town at their starting ground. ' Said TEDDY D, "Let us view that slope From where we stand through that telescope." And when they'd paid for what thoy saw And the llule old" man shook each Boar's paw, Said TEDDY G to soie tourists there "Please lake the advice of a Teddy Bear And when Mont Blanc, Its heights sublime, . A'ou have ambition keen to climb, Jwal come round here and tako a peep And say to yourself the Mount will keep; I'd rather twice ridp a balloon Or go on a journey 10 the moon." jH "Switzerland," said TEDDY B, "Has fun and famo enough for me: IH But before I turn my reet toward homo ' IH I want to let them stand in Rome." "Rome's all right," said TEDDY G. "But Turkev's Ihn place I want to see. IH And Egypt, too. ami .the ..pyramids ; . And on tfie way thoso Spartnn kids. Continued' next Sunday. r.v.i.. |