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en- second was almost upon me. / fired
for his forehead, but my bullet went low, !
entering his open mouth, smashing his |
lower jaw and going into the neck. ]
lleaped to one side almost as pulled the |
trigger; and through the hanging smoke |
the first thing 1 saw was his paw, as he /
made a vicious side blow at me. The rush
of his charge carried him past. AS he
struck he lurched forward, leaving a
inc oi of bright blood where his muzzle hit
the. ground: but he recovered himself, |
ard made two or three jumps EDWARDS,
while / hurriedIy damned a couple of
cartridges into the magazine, my rifle
holding only four, all of which had
fired. Then he tried to pull UP, but as
The did so his muscles seemed suddenly to
give way, his head dropped, and he roll
led over and over like shot rabbit. Each
lof my first three bullets had inflicted a
mortal wound
This Mr. Roosevelt calls his most
thrilling moment
HIS LITERARY WORK
! One would think that Mr.. Roosevelt's
political activity, combined with the
stress of his wild vigorous outdoor life
lin the West, would have burned out his
leEergy and left him time for nothing else.
But the addition of work seems only to
ado to his astonishing physical and men
tai vitality.
In the intervals of hunting, ranching
ard politics. Mr.. Roosevelt found oppor-
trnity to write ANONYMOUSLY on many
. different subjects. AS might have been
expected from his early reading much
of this work has had to do with Ameri-
can history Beginning with the Naval
War of 1872 which was written when he
was only % years old, he has produced:
, 1.-THE Winning of the West" Life OF
II H. Benton" Life of Gouverneur
l of tho Civ of New
York. a series of hero tales from Amer
: liean history, and he is now engaged, in
. collaboration with Capt. A. T. Mahan, on
I an extended Imperial History of the
British Navy OF all of these works, by
far the most important is the four-vol-
ume winning of the West" a history
treating of the acquisition by the Ameri-
, lean Union of the territory west of the
4 IAlleghanies. The amount of original re-
Z search necessary to write such a work
land to make it so complete and accurate
l THAT it has become a standard American
u History indicates, in some measure, Mr..
, Roosevelts enormous capacity as work
; Ter On this subject Mr.. Jacob 1. Riis, au-
( thor of How the Other Half Lives y
y Icasts an interesting side-ight. During
: the period in which Mr.. Roosevelt lived
i lin the maeIstrom of the New York Police
u department. Mr.. Riis says that he often
7 saw him turn, during lull in the activi-
: ties of the office, and write a paragraph
;. or two in a book or article which he was
> then preparing; or. more frequently, seizt
the ready book at his elbow, and read
~ swiftly and with the most profound con
i centration until he was interrupted.
Mr.. Roosevelt has also written three
= bulky volumes: THE Wilderness Hunt.
/, ler," Hunting Trips of Ranchman,'
= and Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail,
~ which stand as the classics of big game
= hunting in North America. He has G
LII c%xyya Of tive mr.
= conveys his impressions just as he talks
III with straightforward trutbfulness ant
- esrnestness. The style is the man. Thes
- three books are of the kind that make
~ an active boy thrill and thrill and lon;
~ :, for the touch of the trigger.
=. Besides his hunting and historical
- books, Mr.. Roosevelt has been volumi
y nous writer of essays on practical sub
ljects and of reviews for the best maya
zines. Two volumes of these have bee
&C llected, one of which, "Americal
a. IDEALS" contains Mr.. Roosevelt's creed
ue inspiration for every country-lovini
~ American, stalwart appreciation o
- homely goodness.
81 Love of ORDER" ne says, in one of thes
az essays, liability to fight well and bree
~ well, capacity TO subordinate the interest
a. -. of the individual to the interests of tn
s' community-these and similar rattle
,g hrmdrum qualities go to make up the sun
- of social efficiency
- In passing, it may not be amiss to men
~ ton, as an example of Mr.. Roosevelt
y versatility, that the same man who wa
he candidate for Mayor of New York ha
80 also written a number of valuable paper
. for scientific journals on the discrimina
~ ton of species and sub-species of tn
Lar ger mammals of the West Indeed,
species of elk is named after him, an
he has the honor of having extended tn
krow western range of little insect
- wore called the Shrew.
,lf AGAIN IN PUBLIC LIFE.
lrt After his experiences on the Wester
an lplains, Mr.. Roosevelt returned with vigo
ne to his public life. For six years, begin
ed ming in 1SS9-four years under Presider
,er Harrison and two under President Clevt
IN lland-he was president of the Unite
ks States Civil Service Commission. Thi
les gave him work quite to his liking, wor
ia, for the correction of public abuses, wor
1t IN which he met the keenest opposition
de When he accepted the position, he wa
Is. firmly convinced that the spoilsmonge
on was as bad as the bribe-giver, and h
a fought him publicly and privately,
IN Congress and out, so that before he lie
III the Commission he had added more tina
ltn 10000 new places to the scope of the civ
ng service law, at the same time enforcin
ar the law as it never had been enforce
MS before. During all of his service in Wasf
ihgton his experience at Albany serve
ks him well, for he was compelled to graz
IRE pie with every stripe of politician. 1t ha
me been said that Mr.. Roosevelt is devoid
Ter tact and diplomacy; but any one WI
ks studies his career as Civil Service Con
to- missioner will appreciate the ski
ne, amounting often to real genius, wit
an which he handled obstreperous legislator
Sc and accomplished his ends in spite of a
ad opposition. AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Roo
'ok evelt is exceedingly cautious and pain
ms taking until he is sure of his ground
then he strikes out like a catapult. He
IN impulsive, but 1T is safe sort of impu
Ign siveness; such man is, of course, lab
yer to the objections that timid people brir
7ass against a man of tremendous force ar
ON capacity.
it'll In 1895. when Mayor Strong was castir
KS, about for men who were brave enough ar
ina determined enough to give virilty to Il
an principles of reform on which he had bee
elected, his eyes turned at once to NJ