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The secret of most of the museum pieces has been explained as coming from Abner’s papa. Proud of the postcard he received, , Lum tires of hearing the note from Papa to Sonny. Abner enjoys the thought of his spry papa. Lum expresses his frustrations of having to sit through the tales of the Civil War, cannonball blow by cannonball blow.
Other eccentric bits of the old timers behavior are shared. One is about a shipment of avocados, bales of lightening rods, all in huge quantities, and more than the folks in town knew what to do with. Wonderful world! Cedric arrives, and Lum wants his help to repack all the trunks they had on display.
The thing Cedric wants is his $200 investment back from the now defunct treasure company and museum. Can the gents explain how the investment was lost in the expenses? Instead, they tell Cedric it was put into war bonds. Is he going to believe that, or understand the importance of such an investment? Is Phinus already starting to place large orders for the store?
