Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-26

line, all you fellows lie fiat on the
deck here, and make believe to swim
hround like fishes, TIL throw ole
end of the line down to you, and the
first fellow that catches hold Of it Is
fish that has bit my hook. He must
just pull as hard as he can. and If he
pulls medown off this coil of rope, why,
then, he will be the fisherman and |
will be fish, But if ne lets go, or If
pull him up here off the deck, why,
will still be the fisherman. The game
is to see how many fish each of us can
land I'M here. The one who catches
the most fish wins.
"The res. Of US lay down fiat on our
stomachs," Mr.. Cromwell says, in con-
tiuuation of his narrative, "and made
tci,eve to swim; and Theodore, stand
ing above US on the coiled cable. threw
dawn Gre end of his line, a thin nut
strong rope If / remember correctly
my h"o.rer was the fist fish to grasp
the line, and then commenced a
mighty struggle 1t seemed to be mucl
easier for a fish to pull the fisherman
down than for the fisherman to haul
the dead weight of a pretty heavy boy
lying fiat on the deck below him; and
it was a pretty hard struggle. My
brother held on to the line with both
hands and wrapped his legs around 1t,
grapevine fashion. Theodore braced
his feet on the coiled cable, stiffened
his back, shut his teeth hard, and
wound his end of the line round his
waist. AT first he tried by sheer mus
Gle to pull the fish up; but he soon
found out it was hard work to lift up
a boy about as heavy as himself
Then another bright idea struck him
He pulled less and less, and at last
ceased to pull at all. OF coure the
fish thought the fisherman was tired
out, and he commenced to pull, hoping
to ge: Theodore down on deck. He
the harder. He rolled over on his
back, then on his side, then sat up, all
the time pulling and twisting and
yanking at the line in every possible
way; and that was just what Theodore
hoped the fish would do. You see
all this time, while my brother was us.
ing his strength, Theodore simply
stood still. braced like steel, and lei
him tire himself out. Before very Ions
the fish was so out of breath that he
couldn't pull any longer. Besides. the
Thin rope had cut his hands and made
them sore. The the fisherman com
menced slowly and steadily to pull OF
the line, and in very few minutes h,
had my brother hauled up alongside o
him on the coil of cable"
Theodore read a great deal, and We
he paid little attention to the so-callet
storybooks of childhood. He reat
the novels of Captain Mayne Reid ant
j. Fennimore Cooper and these fount
more favor in his eyes than the fair,
tales of Cinderella or Jack, the Clan
Killer.
Before entering Harvard College h
spent year CT two in preparation.
school.
I'm these callow days" says Alge
in nj: life of Roosevelt, "Thec1cre wa
not the finished Orator that character
2ed his later years Of public life. Up
en- one occasion he was called upon Il
recite the poem beginning:
AT midnight, in his guarded tent
The Turk lay dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knees in suppl
ance bent,
Would tremble at his power
Theodore rose and started out brave
ly. With all the flourishes of boyisl
energy he repeated the lines as far a
When Greece, her knees" and thei
he stopped.
He stammered. shuffied his feet ant
began again When Greece, he
knees" The old schoolmaster lean
ed forward, and in a shrill voice, said
Grease em again, Teddy, and mayb
it will go then" And Teddy with hi
usual pluck tried it again with marked
success"
When he entered Harvard he de
termined to make a man of himself
He was good student, having
strong liking for history, natural his
tory, and political economy. He wrot,
some articles for the Harvard Advocate
of which he was editor for a while
He was an all round athlete and wa
soon known as the champion light
weight boxer in the gymnasium. H,
was also air wrestler at catch-as
catch-can, good runner and livel!
expert at polo.
After graduating in 1880 he went t.
Europe to continue his studies. Foi
time he staid in Dresden, and late il
1881 he returned to his native countr!
and at once paid his first visit to tn,
Great West. For a time he studied
law with his uncle, Robert b. Roose
ua1t but 1i1 n e,it h ~, on1 l,