The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1906, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL, [LLuSTRATED &Y' V. FLoyp CAMPBELL S e e R s . T R 4 A T T e = gy 1"l sell your stuff.” said TEDDY—B *Let me get up tn the cart and see T Sl T 1] g E BEEARS SAIL DOWHN BOSTON BAY % IS right, 1906, by Seymour Eaton. All rights reserved.) WAS late next day when the Bears awoke They asked a sophomore whose name was Sam W marks he got at the mule exam. “I have the marks, all #ight,” said he, “On elbows, back, and hip, and knee; One hundred plus and for luck a few In special colors, black and blue.” But Sam was appy: he had come to say That he had a programme for the Bears that day; If they’d ncte the streets that he marked down They'd find thelr way around the town. They took his list and sald that they Would walk from Harvard to the Bay: Sald Teddy B: “I want to go To Quincy Market on Merchants’ Row, And see what kind of things folks buy, And Boston prices, if low or high.” “If there are things to eat,” sald Teddy G, “I'll go along; you can bank on me.” So off they went in greatest glee. They found two boys with a market store: A cart for a counter and nothing more, Except the goods the boys:brought down From a little farm ten miles from town. The goods consisted of bags and kegs Filled with potatoes, fruit and eggs. The boys worked hard for every cent To keep thelr motier and pay the rent. They drove each week to the market square Whether rain or shine to sell things there. This day their prices were very low, But potatoes and eggs were going slow, When Teddy B some fruit would buy And asked the lads the reason why Their sales were slow and the crowd so small, And\why potatoes and eggs dldn’t sell at all. “I'll sell your stuff,” said Teddy B; “Let me get up in the cart and see.” And up he got where the lads had been And called out loud to the crowd of men: “Come here and buy at prices high, Potatoes to roast and eggs to Iry, The reddest apples and plums of blue, Bring here your wives and your children, too, There's one for each and two for you.” Al The crowd that gathered packed all the square, got through breakfast and had their smoke. Teddy G climbed up on the old gray mare, ‘And sat contented while his brother bear' Sold potatoes and eggs at a quarter each, And tossed them as far as his arm could reach. The farmer lads enjoyed the fun, A And collected the money from every one. They made enough In half an hour To buy a dozen barrels of flour, And to'pay their rent for a year or less, And to buy their mother a new silk dress, And money over for a vacation week On sea-shore rocks or by mountain ereek. To the tarmer lalls they said good-by And rambled on new things to try, They met Priscilla and her brother Will ‘Who had walked down town from Beacon Hill To get some candy. and records new For a talking machine, a dozen or two, Tq play that pight at a small affair Which they were doing to help “fresh air,” And pay the expense of poor boys three For a country week down by the sea. *“A machine that talks!” said Teddy B, “Take us along and lct us see,” And off-they went to a candy store ‘Where Teddy G bought boxes four; Five pounds in each for the fresh air show, To help the children to make things go: And a special ‘'box of Priscilla’s own _ ¥or the kindness she the bears had shown. From there it was but a little wallk To the place they sell machines that talk. Of all the fun the bears had had, And things they did both good and bad, . The hour that day with the .alking machine Was as jolly an hour as was ever seen. They opened the box to find the band, And hunted for singers beneath the stand, And touehed the record and held the horn, But saw nothing so funny since they were born. They danced a two-step and sang as well, And heard Uncle Josh his stories tell, And listened to negro minstrels sing, And whistles blow and church bells ring, And an auction sale and an auto ride, And a hundred and fifty things beside. A record was made by Teddy B Who talked down into the horn to see 2000000 + If a speech of his in the box would stay To grind itself off when they went away. While Teddy G sang his prettiest song For_Priscilla Alden to take along In record form for her fresh air show To pleasa the children and let them know That their jolliest friend was a Roosevelt Bear Whose one regret was that he couldn’t be there. They left Priscilla and her brother Will And went to a lunch room and ate their fill Of Washington pie and Boston cream, And then to a livery and hired a team, And drove through Newton to Riverside, And over to Dedham for the country ride, And through a park and back again By a parkway drive and Jamaica Plain They were driving full three hours or more, And returned the team at half-past four. They then tramped down to a wharf to see ,The place where patriots pitched out the tea Ia the year seventeen hundred and seventy-three. “I like this harbor,” sald Teddy B, “It's the first time we have seen the sea; Let us hire & boat and go down the bay, And smell salt air to close the day.” “Let us sail to Salem.” said Teddy G. “There are witches there I'd like to see.” They engaged a boat, a small canoe, ‘With scarcely room enough for two. It had a sail and the wind was west: They steered their craft their very best. They sailed about for several hours Around the forts and lighthouse towers, Passed old Nahant and Egg Rock light ‘When a storm came up as black as night. They tried their best to turn about, But the wind was high and it drove them out. The storm that night was the worst In years; And it filled the children’s eyes with tears ‘When the morning papers said next day That tossed by winds and ocean spray The Roosevelt Bears had been blown away: Blown out to sea on the darkest night ‘Without things to eat or the smallést light. Life crews searched up and down the bay, And returned next night to town to say That they didn't find even a floating hair, Either brown or gray, of a Roosevelt Bear. (Continued next Sunday.