The Nostalgia Gene
By ROY HUTCHINS
Illustrated by COUGHLIN
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
If you cannot get the "good old days" out of your mind,
there is only one person to blame—Edgar's grandmother!
Folks who knew Edgar Evans said he was a strange young man. Certainly he was the darling of the old ladies and the despair of the young. The sternest fathers positively beamed when Edgar called for their daughters, but fellows his own age declared in the authoritative tones of youth that Edgar was a square.
Handsome enough he was. The real reason for all the fuss was Edgar's manners. The trouble was that he had them.