The sun., 1910-07-11
Big SECRET FOR ROOSEVELT
HR. IkItND MONS ~ HITH
4 GREAT INTENTION.
Tr,eS 20 Ten the Cslsaei Abou, o. ai
Ihurrh Deer. bat Deie~tne Jake y
on the Jsh and shoes the NanA~e
On, ,rnlsT and straw Mas out Sf rWNn.


Oysr.s Ray. ". July 10 The tall
I man with a low collar who carried one
/ 81 thns, straw travelling haes held to-
/ s.,hsr hv tho aid of q stout cord. stood
! az the corner of the two main thorough
/ far,s q! oyster Raw this morning He
! removed a discouraged near Panama lid
! thai h" acquired when PanAuas wer" all
tn" "a ~ and wiped a perSplring hrow
I This slnn gated person had he~n camping
m the sam" spot for ~ long that little
bv little as tho towns folks awakened
and logan to stir about hs attracted
/ attention OCCastonally he would walk
! to the opposite side Of the street accom-
+ paried ~ ~" straw bag lie would walk
tup and down and hi,her and on and he
Would return whence h. came Jake,
chief of the local police force. had h"en
atChtng the performance for som" tim"
n" decided that he had better find out
about this stranger so he went over
MORNING. sald Jake. ahahlv
, Good morning. Officer replied the
tall one
-Hoi. aint it, quoth JaSe
1t -. most hSsurcdly, came the reply
Yours IL truly torrid village
u WAS PLAIN to Jake from this ohssrva-
tlon that the man was a newcomer and
with that instructive CraftIn~Ss that one
finds only IN the trained detectIV" the
guardian of Oyster BAY decided 20 follow
up IN" lead
-GueSs YOU don't know much about
this pla,,.. do YOU asked Jake
The stranger removed hrs hat. PLACED
D; carefully on the sidewalk newt to hrs
bag. and lonking at Jake straight IN the
eyes said
| only kuow officer that YOU are
honor,Si 10y the presence Of Col Theodore
Roosevelt. th" greatest man this country
Of ours has ever produv,'d III tell who
| am and where come from. My name
- Burgess Ruckland. my home IL Mantle.
conn In the travelling Satchel you se'
at my -id" ~ contained an instrument
evolved from my own brain II properly
-rt forth on the marKet Il vail revolution.
re the s.lenC' IT hfr ! am an inventor
am herr to-day 10 -se Mr. Roosevelt
| guess b" will me all night
JAKE by tins tune had "A suspicion that
NT BIcklani wa only one Of tin. annual
crop ~ inventors that used 10 hrps1e
/ INTO town NGru Oyster Bav wa- the sum
m-r caurta lie wasn' taxing any
,,tg,nr,-- t.-,aiIS.. tbs. ColOncl was du.. 10
arr1ve at church AZ almost any moment
and villagers and translsntS were flock
ing up tn. street IN droNe-
What have you got n the SatCh"l,
JAKE inquired cautiously
on. | am not al liberty to tell YOU
until / haN" shown It To Mr. Roosevelt.
Z said Burgess bgCkland II he - - |
B may. why shall he Very glad To show u
| to YOU for Won are a courteous otfiC,-r
Inc hunk ma of the Roosevelt ear could
b. heari family The foOd Of curious
q TarrttlN 10 hgfl..
' Epis,UuIl church \ block away Police
man LAX. ku.W night we'll that thers was
no tin. To- h. iozt lie sskci the inventor
B to step lu-ld" the drug >tor" few doors
awav Nr Bu'Nland reGuss-i hatly 10
du auy such thing lie sad that h. must
hurry or b.. would rriS~ the colonel and
then hI- Opportunity would b" lost lie
wa~ tssut uInu moving
-\p~ you -.'-' herr. comma nd"d Jake
with -otn- emphasis You leave that
tag trhInd or YOU don Z 49,, no KoO-e welt
Understand. and when you do him
yOu Keep still. understand You Just
keep Your mouth shut or there will 10
trOubl..
ENp-ri"ur,. had told Jake that a hlt
. Of yaug-rtng Will work wonders with
~. -Hhuol - inventors from which
B Burgess BuCklaud -prang The policeman
? raTr.'-i the -uIt'd-'' into the drug store
ant ur.r u down gtng"rlv l-htnd the
b -Eit water counter. giving instruct IOnz
.
returned &" the inventor b" heard him
mumhling softly to hins-if II cannot
-. lt.T,. wash auV
JaA" -..Iwl..i Ihry walked az the
street unti. they reached the fring- ~
the. rpWi THAI turUrd a large circle ~
iruu' 81 th. church The Colon.i'- car
stood up tp ~" curb and th'. great man
dressed ~ . cool looking suit of linen and
WEARING Panama nat. alRht'-d som.
thirty did Youngsters from the church
Nn...N.. N-H.a "A
toward him q '"W i...t and a Clergyman
logan tu greet Nr Eoo-sVeli IN"
Colonel knew Wha' was coming
R1y- M mighty glad 10 -.-'. yorl he
sad You ar" q fin" lot uf young mon
I'm happy 20 know that Won are living o.
rl-au "vtdour M"
Then th. toIonsl shook hands with
every On" - them and started 20 60 ,n-id.
Jik" clung - 'u" arm ~ Burgess BVcklaEd
a. though he Ssf, IN red hNT-.. thl,t
-Nt.ady nov whispered Jake
on Col Roosevelt th. inventor
called rather loudly t"for" Jake could
check him I want to
IN. colonel looked behind him. smiled
at = friend and paS~.d within the edific"
"" wanted q" talk To- me said the IN
venirr Cant vou understand Now
shall h1y" 10 watt until b" comes ou'
-Nuull hay" {" wait tll nothing
answered. laNs who now had the stu
atiun we'll IA hand -lou c.t out of tins
-Ch. b" r"aSonah" officer began
Burgess But Jak" pulled him hack 20 the
drug -'nr" and dragged the straw bag
from l"hind N. counter ~. cu, tho
CORDS hat hound and ." ped nsid" This
= What h" found on" Igh'shlrt slightly
bald toothbrush four soup spoons a nut
ordCL.r and y hpttl" - stuffed olives
iak. surveyed tho genius who stood
hahlnd HIM "" mottun"d o. ~" drug
rl"rE 10 keep silent
wHer"- that invention demanded
Jake y" answer We'll where IL IT,
b." ,i"rnaud"d again
y r"0Ise 20 sav another word fp vp!
sad tho urnn whose regard had changed
rn disgust for Jak" Tn through with
'hts tNwu
THIS Vas CORRECT. Tho Ovsinr Raw ro-
leo hurried him down 90 the railroad
station waited until the ~ ~ train pulled
ont and gav" IN" conductor instructions
npt - OF BIrgrss BuCkan get N Rur-
g"~s made a fac" ~ las" i"forr h" laft
Whom Iol Roosevelt left tho church
there w"r" only few persons Watching
hiu lIe did not have tn hold q rscap-