Buntline said, 'You must not recite cues; they are for you to speak from--the last words of the persons who speak before you.' I said, 'Cues be d--d; I never heard of anything but a billiard cue.' "Well, night came.

The house was packed.

Up went the curtain.

Buntline appeared as Cale Durg, an old Trapper, and at a certain time Jack and I were to come on.

But we were a little late, and when I made my appearance, facing 3,000 people, among them General Sheridan and a number of army officers, it broke me all up and I could not remember a word.