The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
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Which tipped and tossed and tried its best
To make the Roosevelt trip test
OF how near the Falls boat could steam
Before being forced back by the stream.
They did the Falls and now thru;
There was nothing left for them to do.
How do you like it?" said little Will,
ssThis water tumbling down hill. -
=. Like it, you ask, - said TEDDY-B,
1What else could the water do ~ said he
IF you IL come with me out West some day,
I'll show you Falls running the other way.
They call them geysers or some such name,
But they're uphill waterfalls just the same.''
Your shows all right said TEDDY-G,
4tWe came this way the Falls to see.
We've seen the Falls; we've heard its noise;
And now I want to see the boys.
I'm nearly starved; / want to eat;
l want to rest my eyes and feet,
And work my jaws and have chat
About boyhood days and things like that"
eff you IL come with me- said little Ned,
"Ill find place where you'll get fed
On doughnuts round and heaps of cake
And-pumpkin pies, my mothers make"
So off they went as the way he led
And found the place just as he said;
The jolliest spot to have lark
In the thickest woods of the island park.
The boys we're there, the happiest bunch
That ever ate basket lunch:
There was Bob and Dan and Ben and Fred,
And Jack, the president, and little Ned,
And Treasurer Joe and Will and Hub,
And Tom, the secretary of the Club.
They ate their lunch all seated round
On stones and logs and on the ground.
The bears related stories brave
Of fights they had In mountain cave:
Their winter home in the widest land
Where once there lived robber band.
This cave was under mighty rock,
And its door of stone made to lock
So tight and fast that once twas done
The bears were safe from hunters gun
This cave, they said, had sacks of gold
Stored there by robbers who never told
Their hiding place till all were dead.
ssAnd now the gold is ours, !" they said.
They asked the boys to come out West
And spend tile winter and have rest
And see the cave and get a,sack
OF this hidden treasure to carry back.
When the lunch was DER the fun began:
! TEDDY-G took Jack and Joe and Dan
I And showed them how to climb tree
To the very top, the Falls to see;
While TEDDY-B entertained the rest
With tricks that he could do the best.
They gave each boy dollar bill
And five apiece to Ned and Will:
The two new ives as extra pay
For the work they did so we'll that day.
eve must be off, - said TEDDY-B,
..We've hundred thousand things to see;
Well send you postals when wei gone
To let you know how we re getting on"
Z TEDDY-G said he would surely write
When he got back and each boy invite
= To their home out West on the mountain side,
And send them money for the railway ride.
The boys lined up, happy row,
Il AS the train pulled in for Buffalo.
The bears shook hands with every lad
And said what jolly day they had.
A speech was made by TEDDY-B:
sGood-bye good luck; do right" said he,
Remember that Niagara views
Were made to cure folks of the blues;
It's rainbow sign is Niagara's laugh;
If we need it East we III telegraph -
The lads replied, "Hurrah! Hurrah!
When you We seen New York. come back this WA,
AS the Buffalo train moved out of sight
The bears called back with all their might,
eve leave for Boston town tonight
Continued next Sunday.)