The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-03
WILD BILLS HUMORS.

of Little Rock. Was the manager of dra- natic company. of which Wild Bill Texas lack and Buffalo Bill were dis,in- guished members. The other night. in entertainnen. of a company. of which he ARKASsAw TRa.EtER nan was an en- ter,ained listener Mir Robbins sad
 Wiid Bili eAs really the character Cods. Buffalo Bil aas the best known from he f,ct ,ha: Ned B9n;line had :aken him ID .nd made a hero of hlm. Wild b... ames |. HeeaN. was one oi ihe most remarkable men l ever saw He Nas al- ~ays under the in54eaee of !iqa9r. f3r ;: seemed :ha, he 1o4id 10: d. al.ho4, 4 s,iTaslan,. iet. he sas far from beng drunk and ~4s always modes; and res pc fl. aa,.i something occurred ,s claim hs aafi se attention. He was a ;ail pow- erteiIy buIIt man. sath very l. sh; h45I.;ha: fell pie:aresq-e!y aver ms shapel. shoul- ders. He ouli aa4e been Bua;i.ne'. hero. bl; for a.s disregard. ! may say. disl ke nf na:af e;y. When B4ntline eameaat in search of ! real ife hero. he saN Wild B.ll ia saloon ore n.s sh;. Ba vas dicssca IT -e.liar seo4i fashion. with pls:o. bel. and bacssksa legs.ns. When he entered saloon where B4a:Iiae mad. according = h45.:. ssa;Ioned himself. he .m.aediasels awakened enthusiasm T the bFeas: i :he roman e. There, ny nan. he excla.fned. and rash.as for W.rd he approached B.ll and exclaimed i:
 van: you.
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 Wea. you can :ake me .ll sht" LII rep cd. drawing h.s p3s;o,.
 baa,ilne drew back. and realizing hi, radeneS,. s.5ld ;t!Tl rc7reserl,sr1-. Stree, < s.n':h. the Ne~ York HseS1s. and .ig. T. se;sr-;;, -:: ! .ng hero. oeelns yoa. ~hl!e my though; ~ere on ;he suhaee;. 1 recognized you IS -r,lv ..r,,.-f-s: sy.- \ 2. h.7a5 Ter.
 Ina; ...l rsh;. B! replied Ina: is ] pretty good ak. 9ui le, me ;ell .you. my frend. I'll us; glVe you t~en,y-four hours . leave rhEs= community. don. care wha; yoar business k. D., don: iise voaT looks n8h3x.
 Ben,line after ineu.rlns around. learned :ha: BIlk was mar ef h5s word. and Jeff. Afterwards, meeting Ba;i4lo E., n TeN., lack, saloon. bant.lne was presented ,o h':n. Barfalo l5ll was ward of WAd Bsn, for waen Ce3ywas bav. WlltBN. conoeieins a fancy far h,m. look him un- der his wild wing of protection. Bun,line agreed tha, fl TeNas lack wo&ld furnish he whisky. a necessary incentive 70 Cody,s free narration of Mild Bills ex- ploiis. he would make both of them heroes. lack who had read Bun,line's stories. readily agreed. and unde- pre- ;cnoe of playing billiards. Bantline re- -ceAed tfera Cody many of. Md Bill, exploits. of which he made hurled no,es. substituting Bafalo Bill for Mid Bli. True b his promise. Ban;liae made heroes of both Buffalo B.ll and Texas lack: made them pTomIncn, in h.s stores and thus introduced ,hern to :hc sensa- ,lon towing world Mild Blllss actual merits made hun a reputation hu, with all of his daring exploits. winch he modes,ly attempted ;o keep n the back ground. he was rot 90 wel. known throughout the country as Cody. After l wrote drama. full of gore and scalp. Hound that !, was necessary Ia assign Wild Bili. the actual hero. ,o amlnor part. oa aecoun, of hls effenina.e voice. A. though he sas large and powerful man. he had 70 e like a girl. altogether ,oo weak for the pnr; which he would na,3- rally take. He u no; seem ,o care for this, however, and was perfectly can,en;ed until VIC appeared n Philadelphia, where we used calciun hsh, The hgh; did TO, belong 10 he ,hea,er bu; eas owned by an outside man. from whom We rented i'. paving him so much for every lime t was turned on. !; was thrown from above. and the nanipulatoT occupied a place among the flies. One night Wild Bill conceived the idea ,ha, Bu.fa'o Blu and Texas lack were reoei,ing 100 much light Suddenly sensitive of his obscure 4.,f'. he wa> ,i-se.fnfncc; that mere blaze should be thrown on him. So one night rus, before the curtain wen, up. hc climbed