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He now occasionally makes a base hit if the opposing pitcher is very bad; and his nine wins more than one half of its games. The grounds are too lovely for anything, and spring is here, or rather early summer, in full force. HE NOW OCCASIONALLY MAKES A BASE HIT IF THE OPPOSING PITCHER IS VERY BAD AND HIS NINE WINS MORE THAN ONE HALF OF ITS GAMES THE GROUNDS ARE TOO LOVELY FOR ANYTHING AND SPRING IS HERE OR RATHER EARLY SUMMER IN FULL FORCE
not mind them at all, and indeed rather like to hear them scrambling about, and then as a sequel to a sudden frantic fight between two of them, hearing or seeing one little fellow come plump down to the floor and scuttle off again to the wall. But one night they waked up John Burroughs and he spent a misguided hour hunting for the nest, and when he found it took it down and caught two of the young squirrels and put them in a basket. The next day under Mother's direction I took them out, getting my fingers somewhat bitten in the process, and loosed them in our room, where we had previously put back the nest. I do not think John Burroughs profited by his misconduct, because the squirrels were more active than ever that night both in his room and ours, the disturbance in their family affairs having evidently made them restless! BEAUTY OF WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS White House, May 17, 1908. DEAREST ARCHIE: Quentin is really doing pretty well with his baseball, and he is perfectly absorbed in it. NOT MIND THEM AT ALL AND INDEED RATHER LIKE TO HEAR THEM SCRAMBLING ABOUT AND THEN AS A SEQUEL TO A SUDDEN FRANTIC FIGHT BETWEEN TWO OF THEM HEARING OR SEEING ONE LITTLE FELLOW COME PLUMP DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND SCUTTLE OFF AGAIN TO THE WALL BUT ONE NIGHT THEY WAKED UP JOHN BURROW'S AND HE SPENT A MISGUIDED HOUR HUNTING FOR THE NEST AND WHEN HE FOUND IT TOOK IT DOWN AND CAUGHT TWO OF THE YOUNG SQUIRRELS AND PUT THEM IN A BASKET THE NEXT DAY UNDER MOTHER'S DIRECTION I TOOK THEM OUT GETTING MY FINGERS SOMEWHAT BITTEN IN THE PROCESS AND LOOSED THEM IN OUR ROOM WHERE WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PUT BACK THE NEST I DO NOT THINK JOHN BURROWS PROFITED BY HIS MISCONDUCT BECAUSE THE SQUIRRELS WERE MORE ACTIVE THAN EVER THAT NIGHT BOTH IN HIS ROOM AND HOURS THE DISTURBANCE IN THEIR FAMILY AFFAIRS HAVING EVIDENTLY MADE THEM RESTLESS BEAUTY OF WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS WHITE HOUSE MAY SEVENTEENTH NINETEEN O EIGHT DEAREST ARCHIE QUINTON IS REALLY DOING PRETTY WELL WITH HIS BASEBALL AND HE IS PERFECTLY ABSORBED IN IT
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