Show r Rose Letters t t l Hi BY JOSEPH JOSfPH b BISHOP BISHOP- EDITED ee COho r Rr I I. I z W N S 3 Jos v f er INSTALMENT NINETEEN OA On mils bis bi hunting trip Into the Southwest and nd Colorado President Roosevelt was accorded a series of or ovations such as only he could Inspire He lie made many speeches few of which were accordIng according according accord- accord ing to schedule His train was due to pass through Temple Tex without passed stop stop- stop stop-I ping but the c city council passed an emergency ordinance compelling the train to remain there three minutes This pleased the president En route he delivered delivered delivered de de- de- de livered himself of man many epigrams epigrams epi epi- epi- epi grams such as The honest man Who Is Isa isa a a. coward Is oc ot no earthly use to himself himself him him- self elf or anyone else ese What he does not relate in his letters home Is that his guides In the wild riding ridIng riding rid rid- ing after the hounds tried in every way to prevent the president from risking his neck But even if tr they rode around a spot the president would plunge e through determined to be In at atthe atthe the tho death The The Editor Abernethy the Wolf Hunter Colorado Springs Colo Glenwood Springs Colo April 20 1903 1905 Icar Ted Ted Ted-I I do wish you OU could have havo been been along along on this trip It has It-has has been re ti fun In Oklahoma our party part got ot all all told seventeen coyotes with the greyhounds I wag was In at the death I of eleven the only ones started bythe b by bytho I the tho dogs clogs with which I happened to be bo In one run the three Easterners cover covered d themselves with glory as Dr Lambert Roly Holy Fortescue and I were the only ones who got through excepting excepting excepting ex ex- Abernethy the tho wolf hunter Jt It happened because U It was a ninemile ninemile nine nine- mile run and all the cowboys s 's rode their horses to a standstill in the first three three-or four miles after which I came bounding along like Kermit In the paper chase and got to the end in time time to to see the really remarkable feat of Abernethy jumping on to the wolf thrusting his gloved hand into its mouth and mastering It then and there lie lid never nevel used a knife or a rope lope in taking these wolves seizing them by sheer quickness and address and thrusting his hand Into the wolfs wolf's I mouth in such a way that It lost all power to bite You would have loved Tom Burnett the son of the big cattleman cat cat- cat He lie is a a. splendid fellow about 30 30 years rears old and just the ideal ot of o wl what at a young cattleman should be I Up here we have opened well We Ve have two crackerjacks as guides guides- John Goff my old guide on the mountain mountaIn mountain moun moun- tain lion Hon hunt and Jake Borah who has somewhat the Seth Bullock type of face tace We have hav about thirty dogs Including in including including In- In one absurd little HUle about half hal Jacks Jack's size named Skip Skip trots all day long with the hounds except when he can persuade Mr Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art or Dr Lambert or me to take him up for a ride for which he is isawa awa always s begging He lIe Is most affectionate affection affection- ate and Intelligent but when there Is Isa isa isa a bear or lynx at bay he joins In the fight with all the tho fury of a bulldog though I do not think he is much more effective than one of your Japanese mice would be I should like like to to bring him home for Archie or Quentin He lie would go go ever everywhere where with them and would ride Betsy or Algonquin On the third day out I got a fine big black bear an old male who would not tree but made what they call in Mississippi l a walking ba bay with the dogs fighting them off all the time The rhe chase lasted nearly two hours and was ended by a hard scramble up a a. canyon side and I made a pretty good goodshot goodshot goodshot shot at him as he was walking off oft with with the the pack around him He lie killed one dog and crippled three that I r think will recover besides scratching others My l o 40 30 Springfield worked to perfection perfection perfection per per- on the bear I suppose you are now V in the thick of or your our studies and will have but lit lit- littie little I tle tie time to rest after afler the examina examina- I shall be back about the 1 and then we can tako lake up our tennis again Give my regards to Matt I am particularly pleased that Maurice Maurice Mau Mau- I rice turned out so 1 0 well He lie has al always always al- al ways been so pleasant to me that 1 I had hoped he would turn out all right I In the end end- Prairie Girls Divide Creek Colo April 26 1905 Darling Ethel Ethel Of Of course you ou re remember remember remember re- re member the tha story of the little prairie girl I always associate It with you ou I IVell Well Vell again and again on this trip we would pass through prairie villages I I bleak bleal bleak and lonely with lonely with all the people people peo peo- pIe In from miles mUes about bout to see me i Among them were often dozens of young oung girs often otten pretty prett and so far faras faras II as I could see much more happy than the heroine of ot the story One of or them shook hands with me and then after much whispering said We VI want to shako shao hands with the guard The guard proved to be Ro Holy who was very swell In his uniform and whom they evidently thought much more moro atI attractive attractive at- at I than the president both in inage i age and looks I There are plenty of ranchmen around I here They drive over to camp to see see j me usually bringing a cake or some som I milk mUk and eggs and are very nice and friendly About twenty of or the men came out with me to see the president president president j. j dent shoot a it bear and fortunately 1 did so in the course of an exhausting exhausting exhausting exhaust exhaust- ing twelve e hours' hours ride I am very homesick for you all an J Bears Bobcats and Skip Glenwood Springs Colo May 2 2 1905 1903 I Blessed Kermit Kermit Kermit-I I was delighted to get your letter I am sorry you ou are having such a hard time in mathematics mathematics mathematics mathe mathe- matics but hope a couple of weeks will set you all an right We Ve have had hada a very successful hunt All An told we have obtained ten bear and three bob bob- bobI I cats Dr Lambert has been a perfect per per- perfect per I trump He is In the pink of condition while for the last week 1 have been a little knocked out by the Cuban fever Up to that time I 1 was simply in splendid shape There Is a avery avery I Ivery very cunning little dog named Skip belonging belonging be be- I to Goffs Goff's who has longing John pack I completely adopted me I think 1 I Ishan shall shan take him home to Archie He lie I likes to ride on Dr Lamberts Lambert's horse I or mine and though he is not as big bigas bigas bigas as Jack takes eager part in tho the fight with every bear and bobcat I 1 am sure you will enjoy your trip to Deadwood with Seth Bullock and as soon as you return from Groton I 1 Ishall Ishall shall write to him about it ft I have havo now become ver very homesick for mother and shall be glad when the of May comes and I am back in the White House Home Again With Skip White hite House May Ma o 14 14 1903 1905 I Dear Kermit Here Here I am back again and mighty glad to be back It was j I perfectly delightful to see mother mothel and I j Ithe the children but It made me very I for you you- ou Of course I was I up to my ears in work as soon as 1 I reached the White House but in two or three days we shall shan be through I with it and can settle down Into our OUI old routine I Yesterday afternoon we pla played d tennis tennis ten ten- nis Herbert Knox Smith and I beatIng beating beating beat beat- ten ten-I ing Matt and Murray Today I 1 shall take tale cunning mother out for a ride Skip accompanied me to Washington He lie is not as yet entirely at home in inthe inthe the White House and rather clings to my companionship I think he will soon be fond of Archie who loves him dearly Mother Is kind to Skip but she does not think he is an aristocrat t tas as Jack Is He lie is a a. very cunning lit little little lit lit- tle Ue dog all the same Mother Iother walked with me to church chulch this morning and both the past evenings evenings evenings eve eve- we have been able to go out into the garden galden and sit on the stone benches near the fountain The country is too lovely for anything everything be beIng being being be- be ing a deep rich fresh tresh green I had a great time in Chicago with I the labor union men The They The made what wha t I regarded as a rather insolent de demand demand demand de- de I mand upon me and I 1 gave them some perfectly straight talk about their duty duly and about the preservation of law and order The Tho trouble seems to be in increasing increasing increasing in- in I creasing there and I 1 may have to send federal troops Into the cit city though 1 shall not do so unless it is I sary To be continued Copyright 1919 Charles Scribners Scribner's I Sons |