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However, it was really great fun. One of our recent picnics was an innovation, due to Edith. We went in carriages or on horseback to Jane's Hill, some eight miles distant. The view was lovely, and there was a delightful old farmhouse half a mile away, where we left our horses. HOWEVER IT WAS REALLY GREAT FUN ONE OF OUR RECENT PICNICS WAS AN INNOVATION DUE TO EDITH WE WENT IN CARRIAGES OR ON HORSEBACK TO JANE'S HILL SOME EIGHT MILES DISTANT THE VIEW WAS LOVELY AND THERE WAS A DELIGHTFUL OLD FARMHOUSE HALF A MILE AWAY WHERE WE LEFT OUR HORSES
ompliment. A PRESIDENT AT PLAY (To Miss Emily T. Carow) Oyster Bay, Aug. 16, 1903. Archie and Nick continue inseparable. I wish you could have seen them the other day, after one of the picnics, walking solemnly up, jointly carrying a basket, and each with a captured turtle in his disengaged hand. Archie is a most warm-hearted, loving, cunning little goose. Quentin, a merry soul, has now become entirely one of the children, and joins heartily in all their plays, including the romps in the old barn. When Ethel had her birthday, the one entertainment for which she stipulated was that I should take part in and supervise a romp in the old barn, to which all the Roosevelt children, Ensign Hamner of the _Sylph_, Bob Ferguson and Aleck Russell were to come. Of course I had not the heart to refuse; but really it seems, to put it mildly, rather odd for a stout, elderly President to be bouncing over hayricks in a wild effort to get to goal before an active midget of a competitor, aged nine years. NIA SECTION FOURTEEN A PRESIDENT AT PLAY TO MISS EMILY T CARROLL OYSTER BAY AUGUST SIXTEENTH NINETEEN O THREE ARCHIE AND NICK CONTINUE INSEPARABLE I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THEM THE OTHER DAY AFTER ONE OF THE PICNICS WALKING SOLEMNLY UP JOINTLY CARRYING A BASKET AND EACH WITH A CAPTURED TURTLE IN HIS DISENGAGED HAND ARCHIE IS A MOST WARM HEARTED LOVING CUNNING LITTLE GOOSE QUINTON A MERRY SOUL HAS NOW BECOME ENTIRELY ONE OF THE CHILDREN AND ENJOYS HEARTILY IN ALL THEIR PLAYS INCLUDING THE ROMPS IN THE OLD BARN WHEN ETHEL HAD HER BIRTHDAY THE ONE ENTERTAINMENT FOR WHICH SHE STIPULATED WAS THAT I SHOULD TAKE PART IN AND SUPERVISE A ROMP IN THE OLD BARN TO WHICH ALL THE ROOSEVELT CHILDREN ENSIGN HAMNER OF THE SYLPH BOB FERGUSON AND ALEC RUSSELL WERE TO COME OF COURSE I HAD NOT THE HEART TO REFUSE BUT REALLY IT SEEMS TO PUT IT MILDLY RATHER ODD FOR A STOUT ELDERLY PRESIDENT TO BE BOUNCING OVER HAYRICKS IN A WILD EFFORT TO GET TO GOLD BEFORE AN ACTIVE MIDGET OF A COMPETITOR AGED NINE YEARS
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