finnigan's book is a dime novel about jesse james.eless, roosevelt borrows the book, and for 3 harrowing and exhausting days, either walks or reads as he heads his captives to dickinson and justice. turning his prisoners over to the sheriff, the wealthy new yorker proudly accepts $50 for his law enforcement efforts, and then looks for a doctor to treat his badly bruised feet. dr. victor stickney later wrote: (man, as dr. stickney) "he was all teeth and eyes, but even so, he seemed a man unusually wide awake. you could see he was thrilled by the adventures he'd been through. he did not seem to think he'd done anything particularly commendable. but he was, in his own phrase, 'pleased as punch,' at the idea of having participated in a real adventure." (snare drum & piano play) ♪ ♪ (narrator) on the 4th of july, 1886, stickney invited roosevelt to be the speaker at dickinson's independence day celebration. the day began then, as now, with a parade. it was a big parade. but a local booster is quoted as saying the trouble with the parade wa