A ROOSEVELT STORY.
The following story is .attributed to the late Mr. Theodore Roosevelt:— "Wliile he was on the ranch the neighbours" had caught a horse thief and hanged Mm. They soon discovered that they had made a mistake and hanged the wrong man. The most diplomatic among the ranchers was selected to take the body home and break the news gently to his wife. The cowboy ambassador asked the wife, 'Are you m? n\ io ? f V She answered, 'Yes.' Well, said the ambassador, 'yoii are mistaken. You are his widow. I have his body in the wagon. You need not feel bad about it, because we hanged him thinking he was the horse thief. We soon after found that he tvas innocent. The joke ia or us.'"
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 17
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129A ROOSEVELT STORY. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 17
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