Time travel makes a cameo appearance in this story in which young Bobby tells his Uncle Alan about his godfather, Mr. Lupescu, who has a great big red nose, red gloves, red eyes, and little red wings that twitch.
But one of Mr. Lupescu’s friends, now, was captain of a ship, only it went in time, and Mr. Lupescu took trips with him and came back and told you all about what was happening this very minute five hundred years ago.

Variants

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  1. “Mr. Lupescu” by Anthony Boucher, in Weird Tales, September 1945.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Anthony Boucher