Pacific Pete, the Prince of the Revolver.

Kit Carson, King of the Guides.

Leadville Nick, the Boy Sport; or, The Mad Miner's Revenge.

Lighthouse Lige; or, The Firebrand of the Everglades.

The Desperate Dozen; or, The Fair Fiend.

Nighthawk Kit; or, The Daughter of the Ranch.

Joaquin, the Saddle King.

Mustang Sam, the Wild Rider of the Plains.

Adventures of Wild Bill, the Pistol Prince, from Youth to his
Death by Assassination. Deeds of Daring, Adventure and Thrilling
Incidents in the Life of J. B. Hickok, known to the World as Wild
Bill.

These titles and many another did I read, and reading them my
mind slid back along a groove in my brain to a certain stable loft
in a certain Kentucky town, and I said to myself that if I had a
boy--say, about twelve or fourteen years old--I would go to this
auction and bid in these books and I would back them up and reenforce
them with some of the best of the collected works of Nick Carter
and Cap Collier and Nick Carter, Jr., and Frank Reade, and I would
buy, if I could find it anywhere, a certain paper-backed volume