They drove me at once to the United States Court, where my old friend, Judge Dundee, was on the bench.

The minute I entered the courtroom the judge rapped loudly with his gavel and said: "This court is adjourned while Cody is in town." He joined the party, and we moved on to the Paxton Hotel, where a banquet was arranged in my honor.
I left for Chicago the next day.

On arriving there, I was met at the depot by Colonel M.V.Sheridan, brother of General Philip Sheridan, my old friend and fellow townsman.

"Mike" Sheridan, with his brother, the general, was living in a beautiful house on Michigan Avenue.

There I met a number of the old officers with whom I had served on the Plains.
I was still wearing the wonderful overcoat that had been given me by the Grand Duke Alexis, and it was a source of continuous admiration among the officers, who pronounced it the most magnificent garment of its kind in America.
The splendor of the general's Michigan Avenue mansion was new to me; never before had I seen such vast rooms and such wonderful furnishings.
It was necessary to show me how the gas was turned on and off, and how the water flowed in the bathroom.