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bundle of eccentricities, sir ; he is that. One day he 

 paints a picture, another he preaches a sermon, another 

 he offers up a public prayer, and another he conducts a 

 regimental band, sir. Yes, sir, he's a queer fellow, but 

 ah, man, he's a grand shot he's that indeed, man. 



But now as to your president. He has his picture 

 taken jumping a six-barred gate and riding to hounds 

 and riding at the head of a lot of men on a mountain 

 lion trip and lots of other outdoor excursions. But, sir, 

 he and our king are the two great men of the age. 

 Although I think your president is a more forceful 

 man, our king, now that he has come to his own, is a 

 wonderful diplomatist. He's done more for the peace 

 of the world than all the kings and queens of the last 

 fifty years have done. 



But perhaps ye'll see the president before he goes to 

 Africa before he goes to Africa and tell him, if you 

 do, that he must not drink the water at all in Africa. 

 It's nothing but damned mud, sir ; boiled or raw, it's 

 all the same. Tell him to take bottled water, sir; 

 bottled water, and drink nothing else. 



I had the black fever, sir, and the sleeping sickness, 

 where every other victim dies, every other victim dies, 

 sir, but, thank God, I was spared. But I've never 

 been the same man since, sir, and I wouldn't have any- 

 thing to happen your grand president, sir. So be sure 

 and tell him not to touch the damned water, sir. 



What rifle do you shoot, a 45-90 ? What's that ? 



