Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13

Veit,@ MasterSOn said. Twas when he had
been in the White House about a year.
He sent for me to come to see him.
/ went. There was a big crowd there,
but he spotted me and rushed over.
How are you, Bat?' he said. Now
before you go any further tell ME how
you made Denver Ed Smith whip Joe
&C ddard that time In Denver?
II was SO badly raft ed at the way he
came at me 1 just sa d:
why. Smith was the better man.
emo. he wasn't the Pres dent said !:
Goddard on his record, figured to whip
Smith. easily
When l got my breath I told the
his corner and told him to rush right
at Goddard at the tap of the bell and
get him quick. Smith did 1t and had
Goddard whipped before they got well
started. That was back In the early
9Os.
This other story Al is kidding me
about was when Mr.. Roosevelt gave his
last public reception as President Bill
Tiilman and several others of us were
here. We called on the President and
he told us to come up to the reception. l
tod him l dnt have any evening clothes
with me. He said that made no differ
ence to come anyhow.
"Al Lewis and I went back to tie hotel.
He said there was man here who rented
those make,ups and he would have him
fix me up.
".Ill bring the hotel valet up to the
room.' says Lewis. domineering-like, and
he'll measure you and fix you up all
right
THE valet came and did the measuring.
Lew bossing the job like he was the
head man in tailoring establishment. l
stood around like a stall-fed OK. quiet
and submissive, but l was thinking all
the time. The more l thought the more
convinced I became that 1 would look
like d--n foo in those clothes. But
never said anything.
Finally the valet went out. I made
some excuse, slipped out and collared
him.
Cut It for the Depot.
You screw back where you came
from and don't bring any dress suit to
me- ] said. Don't say anything TO Mr..
Lewis. but just don't show your face
around here again.'
soon as he disappeared l packed my grip.
beat it down to the office, paid my b II
and lit out for the railroad station |
caught the 1 O'Clock train for New York.
he would enjoy the reception and to come
tell me about it when he got to New
York
The only thing I hated was to miss
seeing Bill Tiilman in a dress suit. That
would have been worth a hundred dol
lars to me-"
Somebody in the crowd asked Bullock.
whose ranch adjoined that of Theodore
Roosevelt in the old days when the lat
ter was a cowpuncher, if Roosevelt was
ever a real good horseman.
Yes replied Bullock. when ] knew
him he was a good rider. He did his
regular trick all right. But he was a
slender man in those days and came out
west to die. They gave him about two
wears to live. He was an active, ener-
getic youngster and made good
Was New at the Game.
The name of some old mutual acquaint-
ance came up.
THE last 1 heard Of him was when he
led a posse that hanged a horse thief"
said Bullock. They took the fellow out
side of town to hang him. They found a
tree that had a convenient limb, under
meath which was a hay shock just about
the right height They put the horse
thief on the hay shock, fixed the rope
around his neck and slung it over the
limb.
1.-THE thief was cool customer He
looked at the hay shock and then at the
ground. Turning to the crowd, he said:
look here, boys. am new at this
hayshock scheme. Tell me, do slide on
or jump orr
It wa. rather early this morning when