Man from Tomorrow
Suspense · September 1, 1957 · 30 min · 4,122 words
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Suspents. And the producer of radios outstanding theater of thrills the master of mystery and adventure William N. Robeson Those who know about such things tell us that an engine delivers a little more than 50% of the energy potential of its fuel The rest is dissipated in waste waste motion waste energy gases ash. The same can be said of man, has been said in fact, getting and spending we lay
waste our powers. If an average man were trained to use his faculties to the utmost, he could be a superman. If a superior man were so trained, what could he not accomplish? The answer is implied in the upcoming story. Listen. Listen then, as As Mr. and Mrs. Frank loved Joy, star in Man from Tomorrow, the last radio play written
by the late Irving Reese, which begins in exactly one minute. American folklore is filled with legends about men who were as tough as nails, like the one about Pecos Bill, who went out for a walk one day.
Unfortunately, a big ten-foot rattler crossed his path. I say, unfortunately, for the rattler. You see, Bill was a mighty fair fighter. Why, he gave that Rattler the first three bites just to make things even.
Then he waded into that reptile and he ever lastingly thrashed the poison out of him. By and by that old Rattler yelled for mercy and admitted that when he'd come to fight, Bill started where he left off.
Yes, that was Pecos Bill, a legendary American. No glory belongs to every nation's legendary past, and I guess we Americans have our share of some tall ones. Like the one about... Ha ha, but we'll have to save that one for the next time we travel your way.
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