I didn't see much of Buntline that evening, as he hurried off to deliver a temperance lecture in one of the public halls.

The next day we met him by appointment, and the first thing he said, was: "Boys, are you ready for business ?" "I can't answer that," replied I, "for we don't know what we are going to do." "It's all arranged," said he, "and you'll have no trouble whatever.

Come with me.

We'll go and see Nixon, manager of the Amphitheatre.

That's the place where we are to play.