Mr .-- -- of the state department answered it in my name and said that I and 'my people' were pleased with the reception they were giving Mr.Root.Well, the New York _Sun_ took the matter up and when the fleet went around the world they referred to it as 'my fleet,' and that 'my fleet' had crossed 'my equator' four times and 'my ocean' a couple of times.

It was very cleverly done and some people began to call for a Brutus to curb my imperialistic tendencies." [Drawing: _Writing His Adventures While They're Hot_] He told a funny story about John L.Sullivan, who came to the White House to intercede for a nephew who had got into trouble in the navy.
John L.told what a nice woman the boy's mother was and what a terrible disgrace it would be for himself and his family if the boy was dropped from the navy.

"Why, if he hadn't gone into the navy he might have turned out very bad," said John L.; "taken up music or something like that." We also told him that some of the American papers were keeping score on the game he had killed, and that whenever the cable reported a new victim the score up to date would be published like a base-ball percentage table.

In the last report he was quoted as having killed seven lions, while Kermit had killed ten.

This seemed to amuse him very much, although the figures were not strictly accurate.