. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . we received a new commandingofficer, Brevet Major-General E. A. Carr, who was the seniormajor of the regiment, and who ranked Colonel Royal, He brought with himthe now celebratedForsyth scouts, whowere commanded byLieutenant Pepoon,a regular army of-licer. It was also whilewaiting in this campthat Major Brownreceived a new lieu-tenant to fill a va-cancy in his com-genl e. a. carr. paiiy- On the day that this officer was to arrive. Major Brown had his privateambulance brought out, a
. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . we received a new commandingofficer, Brevet Major-General E. A. Carr, who was the seniormajor of the regiment, and who ranked Colonel Royal, He brought with himthe now celebratedForsyth scouts, whowere commanded byLieutenant Pepoon,a regular army of-licer. It was also whilewaiting in this campthat Major Brownreceived a new lieu-tenant to fill a va-cancy in his com-genl e. a. carr. paiiy- On the day that this officer was to arrive. Major Brown had his privateambulance brought out, and invited me to accompany him tothe railroad station to meet his lieutenant, whose name wasA. B. Bache. He proved to be a fine gentleman, and abrave, dashing officer. On the way to the depot MajorBrown had said, Now, Cody, when we come back wellgive Bache a lively ride and shake him up a little. Major Brown was a jolly good fellow, but sometimes hewould get a little off, and as this was one of his oSdays he was bound to amuse himself in some original andmischievous way. Ret^ching the depot just as the train. INITIATING A NEW LIEUTENANT. 211 came in, we easily found the Lieutenant, and giving liimthe back seat in the anibiUance we Mere. soon headed forcamp. Pretty soon Major Brown took tlie reins from his driver,and at once began whipping the mules. After getting theminto a lively gallop he pulled out his revolver and tired sev-eral shots. The road was terribl} rough and the night wasso dark that we could hardly see where we were going. Itwas a wonderful piece of luck that we were not tipped overand our necks broken. Finall} Baclie said, good-humoredly: Is this the way you break in all your Lieutenants,Major ^^^ -^- Oh, no ; I dont do this as a regular thing, but its the waywe frequently ride in this country, said the Major; justkeep your seat, Mr. Bache, and well take you through ontime. The Major appropriated the reply of the old Cali-fornia stage driver. Hank Monk, to Horace
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