Beadle's Pocket Library No. 324

# Kit, the Denver Sport: The Bonanza Miner King

"Kit, the Denver Sport" is a dime novel by E. L. Wheeler, known for the Deadwood Dick and Rosebud Rob series. The story follows Kit (Christopher Redtop), a sixteen-year-old vagabond with auburn hair seeking employment at the Ghoul Gulch mining diggings owned by James Lyons. After a brusque encounter with Sandy, the gang boss, Kit obtains seventy-five cents and visits Hans Glockenspiel's restaurant-cum-pawnshop, where he deliberately underpays for a meal, nearly provoking gunfire. Kit subsequently cons Miss Angeline, a spinster residing at Lyons's estate, into giving him a dollar by falsely claiming Sandy harbors romantic feelings for her. The narrative establishes Kit's character through his persistent charm, quick wit, and resourcefulness in a Western mining-camp setting.