Ken, accused, for the simple fact of being the only "foreigner" in town, of having committed theft in a Timber City store, is arrested and locked up in prison. To exonerate him, identifying the real culprit, will provide a family of funny and bizarre wandering artists.
Page 44: We learn that Ken was born in Buffalo , Wyoming on November 20, 1844.
In the last two pages it turns out that the whole story is nothing more than a "fairy tale" invented by Ken to entertain a school group.