row their riders, but the
experienced plainsmen had them under control in a very short time; and
as they rode them around the arena, the spectators rose and howled with
delight. The display of horsemanship effectually silenced the skeptics;
it captured the Roman heart, and the remainder of the stay in the city
was attended by unusual enthusiasm.

Beautiful Florence, practical Bologna, and stately Milan, with its
many-spired cathedral, were next on the list for the triumphal march.
For the Venetian public the exhibition had to be given at Verona, in
the historic amphitheater built by Diocletian, A. D. '90. This is
the largest building in the world, and within the walls of this
representative of Old World civilization the difficulties over which New
World civilization had triumphed were portrayed. Here met the old and
new; hoary antiquity and bounding youth kissed each other under the
sunny Italian skies.

The "Wild West" now moved northward, through the Tyrol, to Munich, and
from here the Americans digressed for an excursion on the "beautiful
blue Danube." Then followed a successful tour of Germany.

During this Continental circuit Will's elder daughter, Arta, who
had accompanied him on his British expedition, was married. It was
impossible for the father to be present, but by cablegram he sent his
congratulations and check.

CHAPTER XXVIII. -- A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL MILES.

IN view of the success achieved by my brother, it is remarkable that he
excited so little envy. Now for the first time in his life he felt
the breath of slander on his cheek, and it flushed hotly. From an idle
remark that the Indians in the "Wild West" exhibition were not properly
treated, the idle gossip grew to the proportion of malicious and
insistent slander. The Indians being government wards, such a charge
might easily become a serious matter; for, like the man who beat his
wife, the government believes it has the right to maltreat the red man
to the top of its bent, but that no one else shall be allowed to do so.

A winter campaign of the "Wild West" had been contemplated, but the
project was abandoned and winter quarters decided on. In the quaint
little village of Benfield was an ancient nunnery and a castle, with
good stables. Here Will left the company in charge of his partner, Mr.
Nate Salisbury, and, accompanied by the Indians for whose welfare he was
responsible, set sail for America, to silence his calumniators.

The testimony