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The Wild West in Camp in London- The Exhibition "Ready" to Open.
LONDON, April 26. - Primrose day has come and gone. The weather is as warm and bright as June, the flowers in bloom and the turf green. Piccadilly and Mayfair are thronged with carriages, and the season is makeing a good beginning. The papers during the past week have been about equally filled witht the rowdy scenes in the House of Parliment and the arrical of Buffalo Bill, whose reception has been all that his most enthusiastic admirer could wish, or the most patriotic American crave for a countryman.
Strange SIghts in the Metropolis.
On the night of their arrival I drove down through the well lit and crowded street, past Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. All was light and bustle and noise. Then I turned up a dark avenue, and was challenged by a guard, gave the pass word and entered the camp. In an instant I was transported from the heart of the metropolis of the world, with its five millions of people to the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The camp was lit up with tthe faint flickering light of the camp fires. It was 11 o'clock, and every one was asleep but the guards and the commander. As I approached Buffalo Bill's tent, which is located on a point at the foot of the cluff, I saw him standing by the fire side with his arms folded, lost in thought. Several times during the night he made a tour of the camp to assure himself all was well, with as much aniety as if he had been in the heart of a hostile Indian country instead of the cen | 6 |
