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Still serving as his personal romantic adviser, Lum isn’t too thrilled with Abner’s results with the courtship of Miss Platt. Ripping off buttons from his shirt, wearing his clothes in the sloppy fashion, nothing he does seems to bring out the schoolteachers motherly instincts toward him. Why is some of this same advice working for that other fellow sparking Miss Platt, and not for Lum?
Though Lum tries to find the identity of his competition, all he does is confuse Abner. When he discovers his competition is a singer, Lum thinks if he sings in the lower voice he may stand a chance. There’s nothing miss Evalina loves more than a baritone singer. Her favorite song is said to be, the Road to Mandalay.
It’s too bad her favorite song isn’t, they cut down the old pine tree. Lum feels he could really cut that one down. Embarrassed by his attempts at singing, Lum doesn’t want Cedric to find out what he has been up to. But wait… What’s the song that Cedric is singing as he enters the store?
