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The Border Scout.

Josh E. Ogden, business manager for Hon. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), threw his handsome form into one of our office chairs yesterday and said, as he ran the fingers of one hand through his ambrosial locks and toyed with a massive gold chain with those of the other, that he had come up to rest his weary body for a while.

"How was Buffalo Bill's season 1"

"The best he has ever known. We have played to packed houses everywhere, and Bill has just gone home with over $51,000 as the net profits of thirty-four weeks' business."

"Does he go out next season, or will his Cleveland legacy make him ambitious to leave the stage?"

"He doesn't want to leave the stage. He has plenty of money; but the million he gets in Cleveland will help him some toward being a rich man. Yes, he goes out again, commencing August 29, in a new drama by Charles Foster, called Twenty Days; or, Buffalo Bill's Pledge, and it is the best thing he has ever had in the shape of drama. He will be supported by an entirely new company of twenty-five persons - actors and Indians - and will carry all of his own scenery and properties."

"Prospects good for next season?"

"Never better. Time all filled with good dates and increased terms. Next season we will clear $60,000."