The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20

this ABOUT President they'd forget their
tights.
He remembers them times well. One
day when I was havin' an offhand chat
with him he says to me-
Jacob, Oyster Bays q different place
from what it was in the old days
Well, should say it was answered.
and 1t 3 become more different since you've
been President
How's that?' he asked in his quick
way.
Why, through the people comm In
here I answered. 'Evsrybody's takin'
summer boarders now. You've made old
Oyster Bay quite gay resort. KNOWN
you're here, they think the place must be
all right, as, of course. il Ia. Why, there's
so much buildin' soin' on that you can't
get carpenter to drive . nail on short
notice. And It's all because up on Saga
more Hill We have the biggest man in the
country
He give mo one Of his regular dental
smiles at that. Then I told him about the
talk couple Of his visitors, one of them
Governor. had one day goin' up the hill
with me.
THE Governor said to his friend that
he had never heard Of Oyster Bay till this
Administration. and when he first read
o the President putin in so much time
there he had clerk bring him a map, and
they tried to find Oyster Bay, but couldn't.
Then he went on to say that Just before
startin' on this trip he consulted the lat est
map, and there was Oyster Bay. big as life
He wound up by sayin' that there was one
permanent achievement the President could
boast Of, anyway. He'd put Oyster Bay
on the map.
After the President had got through
laughin' at this he said the truth was that
bein' President wasn't half as much fun
and hadn't half the charm fur him that
outdoor life at Oyster Bay had"
Jacob will listen to no criticisms OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
"A woman engaged me the other day to
take her up to Sycamore Hill but we'd
hardly started before she said she. was
from Virginia and had no use fur the Presi-
dent. told her she was tainted. warped.
My mother was a rebel, and I'm q
rebel, too she said, givin' me q fierce
look.
o the President, and was Just gettin'
warmed up when stopped right there In
! the road.
Not another step does my horse pull
! you told her, unless you change the
F., subject. I'm takin' no enemies up to see
the President or his house
| Oh, well, go on she says, and III talk
about the scenery, although l must say
! it amt much to look at
When We got to where we could see the
house she said she thought 1t was pretty
small potatoes fur President. and knew
of plenty down In Virginia that had 1t beat
to death. I could hardly be civil to that
the best part o. the nornin on her wouldn't
have touched penny O. her money
I'm pretty certain that another woman
took up the hill this summer had bad in
tent. l didn't notice her particular when
she first got into my wagon. | thought
! well on the way, when she suddenly broke
! out with something about the tremendous
necessity she was under Of seem the Presi-
dent personally.
+: II told her that in this case she would
first have to see his secretary, and was
turnin' around to drive back to the execu.
tive offices in the village when she lea ned
over the seat and tried to jerk the rein
sayin' that she wouldn't see the secretary
and Commandin' me to go on.
"She seemed to be mighty excited
There was somethin' In her manner thai
made me decide to let the Service mar
handle her. SO we started up the hill again
made me pull up till it was finished be
cause the jotin' Of the wagon made it hare
fur her to write.
when we got to the Service man you't
have thought she was an actress in a Bower,
screamer: She simply had TO see the Presi
dent. and would state her business to nc
one else. II was no 60. OF course. Thu
Service man wouldn't even take her letter,
"On the way back to town she seemed
tired out, and asked me to take her to I
house where she could 60 to bed. Sh
seemed to be afraid to have people &c
her, and wanted to steer clear Of the vii
lage altogether.
II took her to quiet place, where the
found out the next mornin' that she ha
no money to pay fur her lodgin. nor eve
to buy return ticket to New York. Tn
people at the executive Office attends
to gettin' her out of town. | never hear
what her business was, but they say sh
had pistol with her.
But not many Of them that has focke
in here this summer to see the Presid ent gel
even as far as the Service man on the hill
They're all steered over to the Executive
Offices. live right down the street fror
there, and one mornin' before when
was passin' by l seen an old lady settir
on a box at the foot O. the outer stairs
She told me she wanted to sec the Presider
about some pension business, and wa
waitin for the office to be opened.
You're supposed to be able to see tn
President only on important public matter
YOU know, but this rule amt always ar
piled. Somebody told him about oil
lady, the widow Of an officer in the civ
war, who said she'd die happy il she coul
only shake his hand and talk with him
minute.
Bring her up he said.
well, sir, she was all in a tremDle on I'll
way UP at the idea Of seem the Preslden
He come out on the porch to meet her, ant
Rrabbin her hand, helped her out o til
wagon.
delighted to see you. No man can be
real hero unless his wife is good woman
/ played small part In small war, viii
YOUR husband was hero in big war.
"They chatted fer a minute or wo, an
m the way home the old lady could talk
nothing except what fine man Mr.. ROos'
welt was.
.Then there was a little girl he single
ont of a party At her boardin' house hel
in town the people we're inclined to dout
that she had really talked with the Presiden
hut when they asked her about 1t she smile'
shown all her teeth, and they believed her
aThe old Rough Riders is the boys ths
don't have to have important public bus
ness 70 get past the Service man on Sagi
more Hill [ took one up the other da.
and when we got to the porch the PRES
dent came steamn' out and yanked M
| Frn,, tho wagon in the way we used to ler