The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05
THE COLONEL GUMsHoEING AMONG
1IIE MINERS.

Il
safely yesterday morning after a re-
cord breaking trip through part NJ
the Goa. mining region of Pennsylva.
MIA. The expedition was made incos-
nito The newspaper men had been
told about it in confidence, and the
automobile firm which furnished the
car for the trip let the photographers
know about st. so that they would not
take any pictures of how 1t looked
when ii started. All these parties"
were placed under pledge not to say
anything about it; that is to say, alll
of. them excepting, possibly. Lawrence
Abbott, who mad to know about it be-
cause he was going along. After the
car had reached y point in New Jersey.
far beyond the beaten track, and. or
course, where the newspapers would
never hear anything about 1t, the ex-
petition ran into a road which 1t did
not know was closed until 1t was
warned by the red lights. and did not
know what 10 do until it was told by
boy named Shea how to get around
the difficulty, and when the car al
tered it's course accordingly, as the
narrative reads dt sounds as II II
might have been written by the New
York sun or by George Harvey: ono
of the men in the car reached QUIZ his
hand and said: My friend, you are
Shaking hands with Colonel Roose-
yeft.o That's how it got out in Jer-
sey.
When the party got down into Penn
sylvania, greater care was taken TO
preserve its incognito so unintentton-
all,. discovered in Jersey until as the
expedition was leaving Scranton. be-
coming "a little puzzled about the d.
rection," .'the Colonel stopped and
asked a farmer the way" The farmer
impaired the desired information. of
course, and very pleasantly, no doubt
and being very polite man himself
the Colonel felt obliged to remark: by
& the way, I'm Colonel Roosevelt, the
former President" That's partly how
1t got out down in Pennsylvania, and,
after all this. 1t was impossible longer
to. conceal the identity of the eXpedl-
'ioh.1 we sah ieNet' no
give Lawrence Appo'' iof si'ins VIC
secret away; pus aiter IL so' o"' '''eie
was nothing for the Colonel to do but
own up like the man mat he Is ana
always has been since he was found
twelve years ago alone in Cuba"
Some of the special newspaper cor
respondents have been sending very
good-natured reports OF what haPPehe1
down in the coal mines up above the
ground after the Colonel was dlscoV-
cred because of some chance remark
he dropped or some naive CONCESSION
he made TO forestall curious questions
that might have, been asked as TO MS
identity, and he inust rave had bully
time, by George!
1t was at Avondale, IN me
Wyoming Valley country, that one
of the most impressive incidents
OF the expedition occurred Here IN
the modest home of owen Mathews
the Colonel found the Lie OF Iheo-
1
which is cherished by the famiiy as lts
most precious possession The name OF
the author does not appear on the ute
page, and when he was asked If he
had written it. the Colonel is reported
by the sun correspondent 10 nave
''roared" that he had not. owens
mother Mrs. Ihomas McLahshilh' IS
said 10 nave eshioi'ea 70 'ne No'oi'e'
twelve KIDS OF me iari'liy' meaning
Children, of course ana WINE ne was
al the Mathews mouse according 10
the sun report me musicale was m
terrupted by Inc intrusion OF MIS-
George Hart anu iief ia'ii'is OF seven
teen; ana with 'he he4p OF Coo, she
SAD, ~ maze three more ana maze
u rouhd twenty, by George put
Wasn't thae i''e' Tue eoiohel foareu'
de must haFe aelu3ieu 'ns hapit oi
foatihs "'ieh ne was a-hu''tihs %
the non ana lhe -ii'no ana 'he h'ppo
down N Africa as ne appears y nave