| 23the 10x14 sleeping rooms of the nostelry, since known as the Washington hotel and proceeded to business.
"The Scouts of the Prairie."
"Buntline, who had written 'The Scouts of the Plains,' a story setting forth Cody and Omohondro's military prowess and Navarrelike achievements, for Street & Smith's New York Weekly, together with Major Burke, mapped out a plan of operations while 'Long John' Allen arranged the R. U. E. and L. U. E. and other stage entrances and exits from The Tormentor to the Finale, being specifically familiar with stage topography, methods and history. By this time it was about 11 o'clock and the litterateurs adjourned for lunch. Upon resuming deliberations, an outsider, who had smuggled himself into the conference, became very 'lippy' and advised that something classic ought to be 'wrapped up in the business.' The suggestion was the first intimation the party had of his presence and he was ejected form the room by Buntline accompanied by the benediction 'The classics be durned!' These preliminaries, including the naming of the piece, having been disposed of, the literary grind was inaugurated, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day the first act of 'The Scouts of the Prairie' was brought into the world.
"On the morning following the company, which had been engaged, assembled in the greenroom of Nixon's amphitheater on Clinton street, near Randolph, and while the rehearsal of the first act proceeded the remaining two acts were dashed off and sent to the theater, page by page. It is said that | 23the 10x14 sleeping rooms of the nostelry, since known as the Washington hotel and proceeded to business.
"The Scouts of the Prairie."
"Buntline, who had written 'The Scouts of the Plains,' a story setting forth Cody and Omohondro's military prowess and Navarrelike achievements, for Street & Smith's New York Weekly, together with Major Burke, mapped out a plan of operations while 'Long John' Allen arranged the R. U. E. and L. U. E. and other stage entrances and exits from The Tormentor to the Finale, being specifically familiar with stage topography, methods and history. By this time it was about 11 o'clock and the litterateurs adjourned for lunch. Upon resuming deliberations, an outsider, who had smuggled himself into the conference, became very 'lippy' and advised that something classic ought to be 'wrapped up in the business.' The suggestion was the first intimation the party had of his presence and he was ejected form the room by Buntline accompanied by the benediction 'The classics be durned!' These preliminaries, including the naming of the piece, having been disposed of, the literary grind was inaugurated, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day the first act of 'The Scouts of the Prairie' was brought into the world.
"On the morning following the company, which had been engaged, assembled in the greenroom of Nixon's amphitheater on Clinton street, near Randolph, and while the rehearsal of the first act proceeded the remaining two acts were dashed off and sent to the theater, page by page. It is said that |
