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Another evening as I came up stairs I found Archie and Quentin having a great play, chuckling with laughter, Archie driving Quentin by his suspenders, which were fixed to the end of a pair of woollen reins. Then they would ambush me and we would have a vigorous pillow fight, and after five or ten minutes of this we would go into Mother's room, and I would read them the book Mother had been reading them, "The Legend of Montrose." We just got through it the very last evening. ANOTHER EVENING AS I CAME UP STAIRS I FOUND ARCHY AND QUINTON HAVING A GREAT PLAY CHUCKLING WITH LAUGHTER ARCHIE DRIVING QUINTON BY HIS SUSPENDERS WHICH WERE FIXED TO THE END OF A PAIR OF WOOLEN REINS THEN THEY WOULD AMBUSH ME AND WE WOULD HAVE A VIGOROUS PILLOW FIGHT AND AFTER FIVE OR TEN MINUTES OF THIS WE WOULD GO INTO MOTHER'S ROOM AND I WOULD READ THEM THE BOOK MOTHER HAD BEEN READING THEM THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE WE JUST GOT THROUGH IT THE VERY LAST EVENING
triously in it during most of their spare moments when out in the grounds. I often look out of the office windows when I have a score of Senators and Congressmen with me and see them both hard at work arranging caverns or mountains, with runways for their marbles. Good-bye, blessed fellow. I shall think of you very often during the coming week, and I am so very glad that Mother is to be with you at your confirmation. PILLOW FIGHTS WITH THE BOYS White House, March 19, 1906. DARLING KERMIT: . . . . . During the four days Mother was away I made a point of seeing the children each evening for three-quarters of an hour or so. Archie and Quentin are really great playmates. One night I came up-stairs and found Quentin playing the pianola as hard as he could, while Archie would suddenly start from the end of the hall where the pianola was, and, accompanied by both the dogs, race as hard as he could the whole length of the White House clean to the other end of the hall and then tear back again.  SECTION FORTY OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISH PILLOW FIGHTS WITH THE BOYS WHITE HOUSE MARCH NINETEENTH NINETEEN O SIX DARLING KERMIT DURING THE FOUR DAYS MOTHER WAS AWAY I MADE A POINT OF SEEING THE CHILDREN EACH EVENING FOR THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR OR SO ARCHIE AND QUINTON ARE REALLY GREAT PLAYMATES ONE NIGHT I CAME UPSTAIRS AND FOUND QUINTON PLAYING THE PIANOLA AS HARD AS HE COULD WHILE ARCHIE WOULD SUDDENLY START FROM THE END OF THE HALL WHERE THE PIANOLA WAS AND ACCOMPANIED BY BOTH THE DOGS RACED AS HARD AS HE COULD THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE WHITE HOUSE CLING TO THE OTHER END OF THE HALL AND THEN TEAR BACK AGAIN
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