In the 1920s Paulita Maxwell explained, "An old story that identifies me as Billy the Kid's sweetheart has been going the rounds for many years. Perhaps it honors me; perhaps not.... But I was not Billy the Kid's sweetheart. I liked him very much--oh, yes--but I did not love him. He was a nice boy, at least to me, courteous, gallant, always respectful. I used to meet him at dances; he was, of...