Show ktr w1 ' Ilml tIjc'1t :a1cc1!ibnnt lie IVithefe -4- lyaysh19-195- Section 0 M-7- &mime big ' by 3 1LN ' ' a Fulton Oterste MM t ' - PPEARANCES are deceiving that is why men used to believe that the earth is flat Often we human beings are likely to judge our fel- 14 lows by something we see and fail to mderstand Which Is what happened In the cue of Col Tucker of Tuckertown state unknown One November twilight the colonel drove Up to a farmhouse on the western plains and knocked at the door He made an odd figure d and on that desolate doorstep Tall he was wearing a silver derby plaid overcoat checkerboard suit and shiny brown shoes What is more be carried a malacca walking stick an almost unheard of object in those parts As the fanner opened the door a Cautious few Inches and thrust out ' his bead the stranger said: "I am Co Archibald Tucker of Tucker- town Can I hire a bed for I and the wife?" From the dilapidated car there was descending a pale midge of a woman She lugged a heavy suitcase toward the porch put it down and looked fearfully from the towering colonel to the face at the door The sight of her touched the heart of the householder she looked so pale and tired—and her hands be noticed were amaii like a child's hands ' N irs' red-face- A I -- - - They Wouldn't Talk "'Coat you a dollar apiece" said the farmer "Meals extra" ' "Then I and the wife will come in" During dinner the strangers ate In silence ' immune to a harrage of questions from the farmer and the farmer's wife and their three growing sons Having withstood a five-pl- y the paying guests went to their room shut their door and were heard of no more Pa and Ma agreed refined people" 'Very Bat when morning came the farmer's wife scouted around upstairs then gave a cry of amazement The birda had flown without paying their bill o Winter came down on the prairie Night after night by the blazing fireplace the myscolonel and his wan little tery of the wife was talked over The oldest boy remembered that he had heard voices quarreling The second boy waking up later but while it was still dark ha4 seen a fire blazing in a field half a mile away But Pa and Ma dicjn't believe in the fire Not until one 1110111ing in te 0-:- tkoA 0 b° r 4-- en 1u0a( o -- 4 41C get 4 - 09C0'°' : r - 04tc't0C'of - tn 7' - ( r?1' - a t 5 -- -- red-fac- t i k - 4 - 1 "e : ' the spring That was when the snows melted and the youngest boy found a heap of old ashes just where his brother had said he saw a fire They raked the debris and came upon a- grue : kr I '1'1411- f r Discovered Withered Hand Covered with ashes there lay a small hand blackened and shrunken but unmistakably human The whole countryside was ' aroused and threats of mob violence were ' heard if they got their hands on Col Tucker ' The farmer's family described to police the red hair and mustache the silver derby the plaid overcoat checked suit and brown - - - 4104 - 1 ii le1 t LY1 (!? L71 zt to I 110N1'' k1 shoes Descriptions were broadcast every- where—the color of tbe car and the suitcase The only clue they found was that Tucker's description resembled a certain Maj Cauldwell boss man of a bankrupt can't- val show who had skipped when creditors seized the property taking along with him all the cash that was left His wan little wife had been billed on the show as Mamie worlds greatest sharpshooter since Annie Oakley One of the deputy sheriffs assigned to the case had been a student at the National Police College of the F SI in Washington and now he came up with a suggestion 4 k - - t - - - - - 17 t k )1 1 ) ( : -- : 3 4 1 : ' - - 3- "Carnival people often 'get in trouble" he said °Maybe this woman was once arrested If the police anywhere ever took her finger prints they will be recorded at the F B I Let's' send the withered hand to Washington" Which they did And nothing ever created more consternation In the fingerprint department of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Soon the deputy sheriff received the following "The hand you sent was not possibly that of the woman you arc looking for You said she was about 40 years old This hand is - more than 3000 years old - It is a mummy's band and probably was an exhibit in the carnival show" The colonel had merely burne'd some of the stuff they wanted to get rid of Appearances were indeed against him lie might have been " ' lynched 311 b —Nothing 4 :t'eryiYear It Happens P3 f -- - ft ' SntHandtoBI A t - some discovery - - - ' " ) - ed m M m sA4“ 011w4ILmor - - - the Inside Scriort w Page 2 Butch Cassidy Utah's Robin Ilocki Page 3 It's All Yours Page 4 Radio Programs Page 5 Page 6 Book Ad Mugic I Rcniember Distiorev Page 7 Page 8 Paul Bun) an's Big Ditch - |