The Washington herald., 1919-12-02

wild country, as well as OF managing
horses and camp outfits-of dealing
with frontiersmen. etc. 1t will, there
fore. fit you to go on a regular camp
ing trip next time.
have sternly refused to allow
mother to ride Wyoming. on the
ground that I would not have her
make a martyr of herself in the
shape OF riding a horse with a single
foot gait, which she so openly detests.
Accordingly, have had some long
and delightful rides with her. she on
Yagenka and on Bleistein, while
Ethel and Kermit have begun to ride
Wyoming. Kermit was with US this
morning and got along beautifully till
we galloped. whereupon wyoming
made up his mind that it was a race.
and Kermit. for a moment or two,
found him a handful.
On Sunday. after we came back
from church and bathed, / rowed
mother out to the end Of Loyds
Neck. near your favorite camping
ground. There We took lunch and
spent a couple OF hours with our
books, reading a little and looking
out over the beautiful Sound and at
the headIands and white beaches OF
the coast We rowed back through
a strange. shimmerinE sunset
I have played a little tennis since
you left Winty Chandler beat me
two sets. but 1 beat him one Alex.
Russell beat me a long deuce set
10 to s. Today the smaller children
held their championship. Nick won
a long deuce set from Archie, and to
my surprise Oliver and Ethel beat
Kermit and Philip in two straight
sets. I officiated as umpire and fur
nished the prizes. which were pen
knives.
End OF Summer at oyster Bay.
Oyster Bay.
Sept. IS. 1903.
BLESSED KERMIT:
The house seems very empty with
out you and Ted, although l cannot
conscientiously say that it is quiet
Archie and Quentin attend to that.
Archie. barefooted. bareheadcd, and
with his usual faded blue overalls.
much torn and patched, has just
returned from a morning with his
beloved Nick. Quentin has passed
the morning in sports and pastimes
with the long-suffering secret serv-
ice men. Allan has been associating
closely with mother and me. Yes
/ terday Ethel went of riding with
Lorraine. She rode Wyoming, who
is really turning out q very good
family horse. This evening I expect
Grant La Fargo and owen Wister,
who are coming to spend the night.
/ Tot Il. l.
ting up the house. and Ethel and
1 insist that she now eyes US both
with a purely professional gaze, and
secretly wishes she could wrap US
up in a neatly pinned sheet with
camphor balls inside. Good-by,
blessed fellow!
VaIuablest Kind of Rabbits.
(To His Sister. Mrs. W. S. cowles.)
White House.
Oct. 2, 1908.
Tell Sheffield that Quentin is now
going to /the public school. AS yet
he has preserved an attitude of dig
nifed reserve concerning his feel
ings on the subject. He has just
been presented with two white rab-
bits, which he brought in while
we were at lunch yesterday. explain
/ ing that they were 'the valuablest
kind with pink eyes"
A Preaching Letter.
White House,
Oct. 2. 1903.
DEAR KERMIT:
1 was very glad to get your letter
Am glad you are playing football
1 should be very sorry to see either
you or Ted devoting most OF you.
attention to athletics. and 1 haven't
got any special ambition to see you
shine overmuch in athletics at col
lege, at least (if you go there), be-
cause I think it tends to take up
too much time; but do like to feel
that you are manly and able to hold
your own in rough, hardy sports,
l would rather have a boy of Minis
stand high in his studies than high
in athletics. but l would a great
deal rather have him show true man.
illness of character than show either
intellectual or physical prowess: and
believe you and Ted both bid fair
to develop just such character.
| dreadfully preaching letter! / sup
pose I have a natural tendency to
preach Just at present because
am overwhelmed with my work.
enjoy being President. and like to
do the work and have my hand on
the lever. But Ii is very worrying
and puzzling, and ! have to make
up my mind TO accept every kind
Of attack and Misrepresentation. II
is great comfort to me to read
the life and letters of Abraham Lin
! coin. am more and more i'm
pressed every day, not only with
the mans wonderful power and
sagacity. but with his literally end
less patience, and at the same time
his unflinching resolution.
CTs Ne Centinue1l