Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-21
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ROOSEVELT ANECDOTES.
Throwing Side Lights on the Char
acter of the New President.

Throwing Side Lights on the Char
acter of the New President.
Theodore Roosevelt was a mere wisp
Of a boy, pale and puny, without
health or strength. But he had will,
and determined to overcome his lack
of physical vigor. His first reading
was of the sturdy toilers of Scandina-
via and the Northlands. Their hardi-
hood, their deeds of might and valor
inspired him, and he determined that
he would be like them. Not once did
he hesitate. He rode and swan and
and climbed and jumped-not alone
for the pleasure, but to attain his end;
and even disease could not resist his
will.
When Roosevelt was a small boy he
and q playmate used to walk together
to q private school. Their way took
them past a public school. One day
young Teddy appeared in new sailor
suit This was too much for the public
school boys. To them the suit was
the distinguishing mark Of dude
The sneering crowd planted itself
across the sidewalk. Teddy and his
chum, seeing trouble ahead, came on
with fists clenched. and the battle be-
gan. A few minutes later the dude"
and his companion went on their way
somewhat less tidy than when they
started; but leaving behind them a
tanned and lame bunch Of surprised
boys. For a week there were daily
fights with the same results. One
morning after an especially hard bat
tie, young Roosevelt said to his friend:
Lets go around the block and come
back to fight 'em again."
Once, when a school boy, Roosevelt
was called upon to recite the poem be-
ginning:
At midnight, in his guarded tent,
The Turk lay dreaming Of the hour
When Greece, her knees in suppliance
bent,
Would tremble at his power.
Theodore arose and started out brave
ly. With all the f1ourishes Of boyish
energy he repeated the lines as far as
when Greece her knees'-and then
he stopped.
He stammered, shuff1ed his feet, and
started again: when Greece, her
knees" The old schoolmaster lean
ed forward and, in a shrill voice, said:
Grease 'em again, Teddy, and maybe
it will go then" And Teddy, with his
usual pluck, tried it again with marked
success.
A young lieutenant told an incident
of night in the trenches which we'll
illustrates by what means Mr.. Roose-
Welt held his power over his men. 1t
was the night of the Spanish sortie on
the captured trenches. The Rough
Riders" had laid, sweltering by day
and shivering by night, for 48 hours in
a mud ditch, with little sleep and lit
tie food. During nearly all Of this time
Mauser bullets sang over their heads.
At the hour Of early morning, when
men are towards If they ever are, the
fusilade increased suddenly and the
Spaniards appeared in a dense dark
line at the top Of the hill. For mo-
ment the men in the trenches stirred
restlessly and then they saw Colonel
Roosevelt walking calmly along the top
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handkerchief Tapping from the back of
his hat, wholly unmindful Of the bull
let's which hummed about him like a
hive of bees. A cheer went up and
calls for the colonel to come down, and
that was the end of the restlessness.
1T was the bravest thing I ever saw in
my life," said the cowboy lieutenant.
What are you going to do with this
ID Roosevelt" one day asked Tam
many man of friend, who had become
alarmed at Roosevelt's fierce energy
for the passage of his aldermanic bill,
which gave uncontrolled power Of ap-
pointment to the mayor.
DO" was the disgusted reply. xiii
him. We're going to lose sure, now"
Kill him." replied the other. Yes,
I'd like to-if it was only for shutting
from sight those tombstones in his
mouth. They frighten men,
When this conversation reached Mr..
Roosevelt's ears his only reply was to
grin more than ever and remark:
We'll. they will be more frightened be-
fore l get through with them"
A reporter talked with a number of
officers and troopers in Mr.. Koosevelt's s
regiment while they were camped at
Montauk Point, and found their admi-
ration for their colonel to be boundless.
Every man of them had something in
teresting to tell about him.
why, he knows every man in the
regiment by name" said one.
He spent $4,000 of his own money