. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . tense. To his sister Corinne he admitted that he waswell satisfied to part from his prisoners. I was really glad to give them up to the sheriff thismorning [he writes from Dickinson], for I was prettywell done out with the work, the lack of sleep, and theconstant watchfulness, but I am as brown and as toughas a pine knot and feel equal to anything. It happened that the editor of the Herald ofNewburyport, Massachusetts, had a friend inDickinson who occasionally sent him news of thefrontier which he printed as the Dickinson(Dakota) Letter to the Newburyport Herald.
. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . tense. To his sister Corinne he admitted that he waswell satisfied to part from his prisoners. I was really glad to give them up to the sheriff thismorning [he writes from Dickinson], for I was prettywell done out with the work, the lack of sleep, and theconstant watchfulness, but I am as brown and as toughas a pine knot and feel equal to anything. It happened that the editor of the Herald ofNewburyport, Massachusetts, had a friend inDickinson who occasionally sent him news of thefrontier which he printed as the Dickinson(Dakota) Letter to the Newburyport Herald. To illustrate what manner of men we need [he wroteduring the week following the successful conclusion ofRoosevelts adventure], I will relate an incident which isto the point. I presume you are all acquainted, throughthe newspapers, with the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, whois quite prominent in New York politics and owns a ranch on the Little Missouri, about eightymiles northwest from here, and created quite a stir last. THE ONLY DAMN FOOL 385 Sunday by bringing to town three horse-thieves whom hehad captured with the help of two of his cow men. Thereupon follows the story of the capture andjailing of Finnegan and Company. When I saw him [the correspondent continues], had been on the trail for three weeks, andwore a cowboys hat, corduroy jacket, flannel shirt,and heavy shoes, but was in excellent health and spirits. Said he, I dont know how I look, but I feel first-rate! The next morning he appeared in the justices court,saw the outlaws indicted, and a little later took the trainboimd west, for his cow camp. I had never seenMr. Roosevelt before, although I had read many articlesfrom his pen; and when I left home I had no idea ofmeeting a gentleman of his standing on the frontiermasquerading in the character of an impromptu , only such men of courage and energy can hope tosucceed in this new, beautiful, but undeveloped country. The justice of the p
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