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I interfered but once, and that was to stop an exquisite jest of Quentin's, which consisted in procuring sulphureted hydrogen to be used on the other boys when they got into bed. They played hard, and it made me realize how old I had grown and how very busy I had been these last few years, to find that they had grown so that I was not needed in the play. I INTERFERED BUT ONCE THAT WAS TO STOP AN EXQUISITE JEST OF QUINTON'S WHICH CONSISTED IN PROCURING SULPHURATED HYDROGEN TO BE USED ON THE OTHER BOYS WHEN THEY GOT INTO BED THEY PLAYED HARD AND IT MAY BE REALIZED HOW OLD I HAD GROWN AND HOW VERY BUSY I HAD BEEN THESE LAST FEW YEARS TO FIND THAT THEY HAD GROWN SO THAT I WAS NOT NEEDED IN THE PLAY
ers which happens along. P. S.--I have just killed a bear; I have written Kermit about it. The Bear Plays Dead. The Bear Sits Up. SHOOTING THE BEAR En route to Washington, Oct. 22, 1907. DEAR TED: "Bad old father" is coming back after a successful trip. It was a success in every way, including the bear hunt; but in the case of the bear hunt we only just made it successful and no more, for it was not until the twelfth day of steady hunting that I got my bear. Then I shot it in the most approved hunter's style, going up on it in a canebrake as it made a walking bay before the dogs. I also killed a deer--more by luck than anything else, as it was a difficult shot. QUENTIN'S "EXQUISITE JEST" White House, Jan. 2, 1908. DEAR ARCHIE: Friday night Quentin had three friends, including the little Taft boy, to spend the night with him. They passed an evening and night of delirious rapture, it being a continuous rough-house save when they would fall asleep for an hour or two from sheer exhaustion.  SECTION FIFTY ONE OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIEBREVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY GREGG GIARDANO NEWPORT RICHEY FLORIDA QUINTON'S EXQUISITE JEST WHITE HOUSE JANUARY TWO NINETEEN O EIGHT DEAR ARCHIE FRIDAY NIGHT QUINTON HAD THREE FRIENDS INCLUDING THE LITTLE TAFT BOY TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HIM THEY PASSED AN EVENING A NIGHT OF DELIRIOUS RAPTURE IT BEING A CONTINUOUS ROUGH HOUSE SAVE WHEN THEY WOULD FALL ASLEEP FOR AN HOUR OR TWO FROM SHEER EXHAUSTION
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