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THE CHEYENNE STAMPEDE. The sudden, unexpected, and astonishing demonstration of Ben Stevens had a tremendous effect. It threw the young Cheyennes into a panic. They had been expecting pursuit by the …
THE THEFT OF THE NUGGETS. When Lieutenant Barlow discovered that May Arlington was not with the Cheyennes, he dropped out of their midst and began a search for her. On his part there was no superstit…
ALCOHOL AND ELOQUENCE. “There were extenuating circumstances for the young fellow,” remarked Cody to Wild Bill, commenting on the trial of Wilkins, a few days later. “Chief of them is his youth. I re…
A KINDLY WARNING. In spite of his repeated potations, Slocum walked as straight as he had ever walked in his life, as he took his way along the street to Hargous’ livery stable, where he kept a shagg…
LURED INTO DANGER. It needed no very strong invitation to set the crowd at Rainey’s to filling themselves full of “pizen.” A simple hint from Slocum that Rainey was “setting ’em up” was all that was …
MOBBED AND THREATENED. Panther Pete and his escort, with the girl, were seen as they galloped out of the town. A hue and cry was raised immediately, and the story was circulated that Buffalo Bill and…
THE WESTERN DEAD SHOT. The man who had galloped with that yell right into the crowd was none other than Wild Bill, the Western dead shot. Many of the men there recognized him, and they were sure his …
THE MAN WHO INTERFERED. In an upper room of the boarding house that occupied the story above the Flash Light Saloon a man sat at an open window, looking down on the exciting scenes described. He had …
DENTON AND DELAND. There was one man in Scarlet Gulch who, if he had had any doubt of the masquerading of Buffalo Bill’s double, had that doubt completely blown to the wind by what he witnessed in th…
IN A WEB OF LIES. Ellen West rode forth from Scarlet Gulch in doubt, with Panther Pete, believing him to be Buffalo Bill, a man she felt she ought to honor, yet troubled by unpleasant forebodings. He…
