CHAPTER XXIX. 



ROYAL HONORS FOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



Sees a Succession of Perfect Mirages — Visits the Great 

 AssuAN Dam — Lauds Mission Workers — Lionized in 

 Cairo — Guest of the Khedive — Wanders Among Tombs 

 OF Kings — Views Sphinx by Moonlight — Visits TempIvE 

 OF BUI.LS — " Not a Lion did his Duty " — The Coeonee 

 Attends Easter Service. 



WHILE rambling through the ruins of the land of the Nile, 

 descending into the dark tombs of ancient kings, studying 

 the hieroglyphs and communing with the celebrated Sphinx, an 

 American citizen attracted the attention of the entire worW. In 

 ancient Egypt, potentates did him honor; at home, the newspapers 

 printed daily stories of his activities. 



What was the meaning of it? What was there in a visit to 

 Africa, or in an exploration of the tombs of the mummies, that 

 aroused such intense interest? 



Wliy were the things which Theodore Roosevelt did in a fara- 

 way land chronicled with a minuteness and detail? 



Everything that happened concerning the nation, or policies 

 of government, seemed to be considered from this angle — What 

 did Roosevelt think of it, and what would he have done about it? 



Colonel Roosevelt was not the first ex-President of these 

 United States who, surviving his term, visited foreign lands. He 

 was not the first to have indulged his literary fancies. Yet, there 

 is something in him and in what he did that make him dififerent 

 from all the others. 



Shrewd observers of all sorts agree that Roosevelt is the most 

 extraordinary personality in our population, and in some sense in 

 the whole world. He is hated, he is loved, he is feared, he is 

 criticised, he is analyzed, but in every case the conclusion is that he 

 is a force to be dealt with, that he is a great man. 



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