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                               THE POORS

                           BY HARRY LORAYNE

                      _This may prove to you that
                      Television can change your
                      life more than you think!_

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
              Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1957.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


The world newspapers had heralded the event for months. "The First
Personal Visit from Outer Space" was the most important headline of the
decade. Now there were perhaps sixty thousand people crowding behind
ropes and guards at the Earth Interspace Airport, waiting patiently for
Mr. Kramvit of Planet Six.

Fourth Vice President Vincent J. Carrowick had been selected to be Mr.
Kramvit's guide for the