The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1906, Page 9

AT OO .‘ajlll ’ said Teddy—B, **upon which we built this country : The rejected stone on which you stand is the corner stone of all this land = And'Wrote ‘ Taken Again where all could see Signed ‘ Teddy B’ and 4Teddy-G '’ a0@ ! (Copyright, 1208, by Seymour Eaton. All rights reserved.) *“We thank you xIndly,” sald Teddy B, Teddy B stood up on a bench near dy ; 13 HEN I'm pitching ball” sald Teddy B, “For all these things you've helped us see, S * And made a speech which made folks cry; ; ;; )"I‘n a streight and curving G. 0. P, At Bunker Hill we want to stop ‘While Teddy G on the other half And Teddy G when at the bat And climb up to the very.top.” Danced a jig to make them laugh. 1s & hitting, dodging Democrat; Teddy G put cash In the beggar's hat From Bunker Hill to Plymouth Rock But when we change and I am he, And sald, “You've shown us this and that; ‘Was two hours’ journey by the clock. I'm Dem nd he’s G. O. P.” Eome things we're glad enough to see But the Roosevelt bears were bound to trace » -W e” said Teddy G: To prove the dates of history: The nation’s history from the place “I vote for children and they for.me: But we started Fast on this tramp alons o Where the pligrims landed to Oyster Bay; Good-by, Priscilla; don't work too herd; To make some history of eur own." AVA S0 off to Plymouth they went that day. Be sure to send ax invitation card They sald good-by to the blind man there i “ In a small hotel on a pleasant street k3 5 To Jack Bodine and his sister Nell : And started up the winding stair. They stopped awhile and got things to eat, 5 In Vernon street in Somerville S And brushed their clothes and shined thelr shoes, We met Jack on & ranch out West; They reached the top and saw the view And rested up and read the news. He gave us clothes and did his best And there they planned some things to do. ; With the f0od he had to put up a feast “We'll write our names,” sald Teddy B, _ 3 “This is the rock,” sald Teddy B, Ang start us bhappy on our journey Bast™ “Where ell who pass can clearly see “Upon which we bulit this country; That we were here, the date and day, The rejected stone on which you stand PSSR SUURS. A S they wallked When the Roosevelt bears came down this way.” Is the cornerstone of all this land” 2 And as they went they played and talked “A go0d ides,” sald Teddy G, ¥ Teddy G replied, “Where'd you get that? With boys and girls along the street, “I want to make some history, In Emerson or the Autocrat? P SOSHUEA B e g s hbat And put my name where it will stand This rock’s too small for you and me; ARt Suieol Wit DY AEE The street. o take With all the great men of the land.” How it held the piigrims, I can’t ‘ses, : And the square to cross and the turn to make S0 down they went to ths ground again. Unless they sat on each other’s knee. - To g0 here or thars or up or down To a street near by whers they had been, From all the things that T have heard theut welking fwics piund the town, And ropes they bought both good and strong, That Mayfiower ship must have been 2 bird™ . st themselves in Soollay Square; And paint and brush to take along. S anr And thus they talked for an hour or 80 didn’t know which way or where: 5 Of times three hundred years ago. were streets enough, but which to take When the bears returned they darred the door, g ek To get around without mistake And shut the keeper in & store, The bears returned to Beacon street. \ an they could figure out; Teddy B went up to the very top To Priscilla’s home her friends to meet. pped right up to look about And from there he let the cable drop Boys and girls of every rank d on the sidewalk near To Teddy G on the ground below Had gathered on the river's bank hey sald and called, “Come here. ‘Where a crowd had gathered to see the show. Jack was there with his sister Nell; You're the osevelt bears; by things you say A board was fixed to make & seat, % - The only two from Somerville. I know your names; you've Jost your way; ' And up he went two hundred feet, 1‘ t E- | The play went on for an hour at least, These many scuares and all this maze £nd wrete “Taken again” where all could see;" f < “é““‘ ‘When all sat down to Priscilia’s feast Of narrow paths and crooked ways Signed “Teddy B” and “Teddy G.” 'y P\ e Of strawberries and cream and cake Have taught Bostonlans the newer light g e’ And -chicolats swests of Bosten mmake. The police came out In squads of six, ks 4 £ To walk by faith and not by sight” They planned next day to have some fun b to stop their tricks: And called to the bears On-the road to Concord and Lexington. The blind man took them here and there, And the boys in blee and firemen, too: And showed them all the places where - Bt thers :un't 4 thing that they could do. They’d hire an auto for the day, Patriots were born and cradled. too, They couldn't get in to climb the stairs, And make things hum along the way. ( And where they worshiped and where the fow And their longest ladders wouldn't reach the bears. Teddy G sald he would the auto steer, Fought for thelr rights with stubborn will When their work was through the two came down And repeat the ride of Paul Revere. In Feneull Hall and on Bunker Hill The happlest tellows in &l the town. (CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)