by W. C. Tuttle
When the penniless parson of Paradise needs funds for his church, Magpie Simpkins hatches a plan to stage a production of Ben-Hur—complete with a bombastic traveling tragedian, an untrained local cast, and real horses on a makeshift stage. W. C. Tuttle's uproarious tale of frontier ambition and spectacular failure follows Ike Harper and Magpie through rehearsals, rivalries, and a chariot race that brings the house down—literally.
Transcribed from Adventure, February 18, 1919 (The Ridgway Company).