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Show COY SAW HIS IhANCE. - May Truthfully Be SalAo Have "Bunkoed" "Bun-koed" the Preldent. 1 can't forbid mentioning Mr. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's souvenirs. They if present his oomocrac) far better- llian reams nf temlniscencea could. Mr. McKiidnv once had three curloiids of such tokens hitched onto his -special trnln, but Mr. Roosevelt must altogether have nt least three train loads, He cannot Btop to pat n dog on the head without that animal being lmmrdlntely crated up and shipped to "T, R. Washington, Washing-ton, I). C." Horses and saddles enough to fit out a brigade, chairs, badges, turke)a, guinea pigs, snaked from a traveling slde-jdinw. ciincs, vases, everything that the generosity of tlin Amorrcan nation enn conceive has been given to-hlin at one lime or another. Ho used to gut flowers and bouquets by the bushel, gencriilly presented by somo or tho young Indies! or the town, nnd thOko offerings would pile up to such an extent thut the 'porter would bo compelled to open tho car window ! and throw them out to make way for those of thu next town. An amusing Incident lu this connection occurred nt n little Kansas town. Tho president's truln wns Just pull-hig pull-hig out or the depot when, tlnoiigh thu crowd came a barefooted boy, running run-ning with all his might and cariylug a bouquet In Ills hund. He jelled.' Roosevelt saw hint:' so did the whole populace. "Well," said tho president, presi-dent, "I can't run away like this and Insult the boy, "so he pulled the hell ropu and brought the trnln to n stop, The youngster enmo up brenthlesB-ly, brenthlesB-ly, and delivered tho roses. Roosevelt smiled nnd hnnded lilm n dollar, and the Incident was closed. Later, as the train was speeding on Ita way. his "dee-lighted" smile wns n bit troubled, trou-bled, nnd he called to tho porter "Jerry," ho said, "It scums tq mo thesu (lowers nro rather withered, aren't they. The boy must have had n hard time getting through thu crowd." "Well, thuy ought to he withered," wns the answer. '"Jhut thero bouquet has been on tho trnln for threo days, anil I Just threw It out of the window back at that town" Theru Is a boy somewlioro In Kansas Kan-sas who will hu a captain or Industry one or these days," Success Magn-zlne. |