The Harrison times., 1911-11-04

was drinking / took a good look at the man.
1t was Wild Bill. He shot a quick glance at
me, But had grown since he last saw me
and in my disguise he did not recognize me.
| waited till he had finished his meal and
followed him to the road AS he prepared to
mount his horse | stepped close and said In
a low tore Bill, don't you remember me|
thought | saw CLEAN of recognition in his
eyes, but he said simply, No, don't I'm
Billy Cody said Well, we'll returned Wild
Bill, are you little Billy Cody|
Then he gave me a dressing down. You
haven't any business in this part Of the coun.
try he said You ought to be In the Union
army How do you know I'm not" ] asked.
You In tho Union army| he said, Maybe |
am answered What are you doing in those
clothes, thenY he asked, I suspect Pm doing
the samo as you replied Bill smiled. Get
on your horse, he said. And wo rode together
back into the Union lines For the remainder
Of the war we did much scouting together in
Missouri and the southwest
when | Joined General Sheridan as chief
OF scouts In the campaign against the lndiansg
Of the northwest In 1868 | found Wild Bill with
the command. | went to General Sheridan
and General, said, wild Bill Is the best
scout, the best shot and the bravest man in
the western country, lie is seven or eight
years older than | and ! have always looked
upon him as my superior In everything that
goes to the making OF painsman. | don't
like TO give orders to such man. | would
rather serve under him. Make him CHIEF OF
scouts
"'Wel won't said General Sheridan. You
are chief OF scouts OF the United States army
When you get ready to give Wild Bill an or
der give It,
Il went to Wild Bill and told him how felt
about the situation and what the general had
said"
"'Why that's all right BLY, Wild Bill said
I'm n soldier and III take orders from anyone
who has the right to give mo orders I'd Just
as lief work under you as anybody ] know.
III obey you as my ranking officer aB readily
as I'd obey the commanding general OF the
United States army
"And he did lie did fine work under mo
through that stirring campaign, Ho held In
check that turbulent spirit that brooked dlca'
tion from no ono and oboyed my orders like
tho soldier that he was,
II first entered tho show business IN 1872"
Buffalo Dil continued. General Sheridan had
been ordered to Chicago TO take command OF
tho Department of tho Lakes and went with
him as inspector of horses, Ned Buntlino,
whom | had known out west, had written
drama OF tho border named Scouts OF tho
plains.' He offered mo $500 week TO take
tho leading role, hestated to ask General
Sheridan for permission for fear he would
laugh at me and perhaps refuse, ! finally got
Col Miko Sheridan, his brother to prefer my
request. II was granted readily
"The drama was produced IN NlXons omp
thoater which used to stand near the site OF
IN ha
night whom was to mako my bow before tho
footlights for the lrat time the immense the
ater was packed to tho walls, General sher
dan and all the officers os tho post occupied
boxes In all the glory OF fulldress uniforms
| was worse scared as | stepped out OF tho
wings and faced that great audience than |
ever was IN nm indian fight with bullets ana
arrows singing about my ears, But ! carried
Il off Ns brayely Ns | could, What ! didn't
know about acting made up for by struttng
about the stage, etormlhg out my lines ana
firing my navy revolvorB after every other sem
tence There was nm amazing amount OF gun
powder burned IN that play, After II was all
over imagined had scored triumph, Next
day the Chicago papers said the play was 30
bad II was good, but wo packed the theater
nightly and tho reserve police had to bo called
out TO ouot the crowds that fought at tho doors
lOT HuHlhbi'ilt
''fhe management offered mo 1900 week
TO go TO S. Louis, whore our euoeese was re
peated
81 decided at the opening OF tho next season
that II would bo monoy'madng scheme to
have wild NH m member OF cur troupe
lie was then IN llaya city, whore he had killed
several people, and | wrote him telling him
of the money he could make by appearing on
the stage You won't have TO do much acting
| told him You will only have to shoot and
pose around He wrote back that he would
accept my proposition | wrote him ho would
have 10 agroo TO stop lighting and Killing
while he was with the show llo sent mo an
agreement 10 that effect by return mail Then
| sent him money TO come TO New York, where
the show was 10 open, In this last letter
gave him instructions m TO what he must do
when he reached the city
~ am stopping at the Drevoort hotel
wrote him, and you will land In New YORK at
the Forty.eeoond street depot To avoid yet
ting lost IN tho biz city, take cab al tho
t.oat npd Vnu VIll ho driven To tho hOtO In