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So far Phinus Peabody has been in town for a whole day, and hasn’t started any fights. A record for him. Still, Abner tells how his old civil war PTSD kicks in when passing cars back fire, and Phinus scrambles to find his old musket, and tries to race to the battle.
A phone call asks Lum for the use of the store, to recruit young women to the Waves. He has to set Abner straight on the women’s branch of the Navy. One problem they didn’t count on is the sea of blue uniforms triggering Phinus into thinking the Union Army is on the attack.
Lum tries to assure him its for women, and the modern day Navy. Will the crusty old gent figure it out? Can they distract him long enough to keep him out of the store until the ladies are finished with their meeting? Lum turns to fixing up the store for the recruiting effort. He may even get himself spruced up for those lady officers. But he may need to rescue the prisoners Phinus has held hostage at the lodge hall.
