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In trying to get back their last share of stock, Lum learns that Mose Moots has sold it to a stranger in town. Today, Abner is on the phone to figure out who the stranger is. Lum claims the stranger sold it to US Quincey, and after much argument, Lum still can’t convince him to sell it back.
What will it take? Finally, breaking down, and agreeing to paint Ulysses barn? With uncle Henry Lunsford out of town, Abner is left as town constable. What kind of legal leverage will that offer? If he breaks in to take it, as Lum suggests, won’t he have to arrest himself?
When Cedric enters, Lum suggests they deputize him for only long enough to do the breaking and entering. With that problem solved, the gents phone Ulysses to warn him of burglars (wink wink), and where does he keep his valuables so the town constable can watch out over them. Deputy Cedric overhears the robbery concern, and takes the security matter into his own hands, making things complicated for the gents.
