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the waiting-room, addressing him thus : " Look 

 here, Major, we have above five minutes more 

 before we must leave for our train. We wish 

 you would tell the President we are a party 

 of mighty hunters on our way south, and if 

 he wants to see us he must see us immedi- 

 ately." Whereupon the Major left, and 

 in two seconds the door opened, and we were 

 ushered into the presence of our President. 



The introduction by Senator P. followed, 

 and the conversation quickly drifted toward 

 hunting big game. In answer to a statem.ent 

 made about killing moose, the President re- 

 marked that he had killed two bull moose ; and 

 then one of the visiting nimrods made the 

 facetious rejoinder that he had read about the 

 two big moose that the President had killed 

 weighing two tons apiece. Instantly the 

 President turned, waving his hand toward the 

 Senator, and with his characteristic smile, and 

 shaking his head, said, " Oh, no, Mr. S., my 

 friend the Senator had the honor of killing 

 those two moose." With a hearty laugh we 

 proceeded toward the door, one of the party 

 remarking that our time was precious and we 



