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Show Kooaevell m llualter. "For a persistent, lndo.futign.ble and positively llrcliis man, cou.mond me to President Itoo.ovelt." remarked one of the clerks of a Now York book store, whose speclul duty Is aa a aearcher for elusive tttlcts. "When the Tieildent waa writing bin article, for the- Cyclopedia Cyclo-pedia of Sport' be brought in bare a list of books that he said ue must have, and have right away. In nbout a week I had managed to get together about 60 per cent of the lot, and turned them over to him. He waa back the next day on a atlll hunt fur the rest. I told him some were out of print, and the rest books that no dealer regularly curried In stock. " 'Hut I muat have them, ovary lost . one of them, and 1 mint have them right away. Get a huatle on, my boy, but don't you dare miss one of them. I enn't work without them.' "I bunted high nnd low, only to ba stirred up at lenat onco a duy by Mr. Roojevelt, who lu aome way learned the hour ho wna sure lo And me at the hour ha was sure to find me at on hand to give me a good-natured prodding. At lnat I manngetl to got together to-gether all the book, he wanted, but tor a couple of weeka I had auch a atlrrlng up aa 1 had never before, and such a one as I sincerely hope I may never have again, though Mr. Rnnaevelt waa In the beet of humor and good nature fairly oozed from him when be was puahlng me In hla moat strenuous fashion. He made a huatler of me tor Juat one month for fair." |