Ajax, for example

In a sleepy cabin on Plenty Stone Creek, two rough‑and‑ready frontiersmen—Magpie Simpkins and his friend Ike—share a lazy summer morning over bacon and banter. Their conversation drifts from the value of common sense to the folly of book‑learned men, setting a tone that’s equal parts humor and hard‑won wisdom. The calm is shattered when a rattling bronc arrives, its rider a lanky, spectacles‑clad stranger whose appearance is as odd as his manners.

The newcomer, Professor Ajax Ulysses Green, steps out with a battered valise and a cryptic envelope addressed to Simpkins. His long neck, exaggerated hat, and peculiar gait hint at a scholarly mind out of place in the rugged west. As Magpie and Ike examine the letter, the stage is set for a clash between the professor’s “pet theory” and the seasoned roughness of the frontier, promising a tale of wit, witlessness, and unexpected adventure.