02544cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000430011324500280015626400510018430000470023533600260028233700260030833800360033449000710037050000310044150800540047252012330052653400670175965300180182665300200184465300280186465300550189265300500194765300280199783000710202585600430209699900190213978633UtSlPG20260610134826.0mcr n260607r20261920utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aTuttle, W. C.q(Wilbur C.),d1883-196914aThe wisdom of the Ouija 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the Mid-September, 1920 issue of Adventure magazine.  aRelease date is 2026-05-08  aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)  aThe wisdom of the Ouija by W. C. Tuttle is a humorous Western short story written in the early 20th century. Set in the rough-and-tumble town of Piperock, it pokes fun at frontier gullibility when a Ouija-board craze sweeps the locals. The likely topic is a comic unraveling of superstition after a dead rustler’s “spirit” starts spilling inconvenient truths.

Narrated by Ike Harper, the tale follows how sheriff “Scenery” Sims, storekeeper Wick Smith, and a cast of colorful cowhands and town notables—Magpie Simpkins, Buck Masterson, Judge Steele, Hassayampa Harris, and Tombstone Todd—get swept up in messages from the supposed ghost of notorious rustler Hard-Pan Hawkins. Accusations of calf-stealing and infidelity fly, Dirty Shirt Jones shoots one of the boards, and a grand “Revelation Night” devolves into farcical chaos, brawls, and smashed instruments as townsfolk demand answers about thefts and brands. The punch line arrives when the very-much-alive Hard-Pan Hawkins walks in, exposing the whole spirit spectacle as bunk—capped by Magpie breaking the Ouija board over his head. Chastened, the town swears off communing with the “dear departed.” (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York, NY: The Ridgway Company, 1920  aShort stories  aWestern stories  aSpiritualism -- Fiction  aSimpkins, Magpie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction  aHarper, Ike (Fictitious character) -- Fiction  aOuija boards -- Fiction 0aProduced from the Mid-September, 1920 issue of Adventure magazine.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78633  c119351d119351