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Now that Abner has been deputized in the absence of Henry Lunseford, he tries to find reasons to keep from serving those eviction papers on grandpap. Would it be better for Abner to do the official duty, or let the county marshal step in? With buck shot involved, Lum is going to have a hard time convincing Abner.
Is there any legal loopholes to get out of being deputy? Maybe not, but Lum finds information on property boundaries. Abner is too busy fretting over being deputy, he nearly misses Lum’s point about how an accident might change the lay of the land, and where that creek sets the boundary on grandpap’s land.
When Cedric enters, the gents discuss the travesty of grandpap’s land being taken away. BJ Webster phones ing to add to the pressure, and Abner has to give him the report on why grandpap is still on his land. Thinking fast, he deputizes Cedric as a deputy to the deputy, and sends him on the way to handle things. Sort of….
