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In trying to Get a train reservation for Miss Emaline, Lum has lied about his being friends with railroad executives. Today he and Abner discuss the tangled web he has found himself in, and how he might get himself out of his mess. .
Grandpap enters, ready to continue a game of checkers he and Abner started earlier in the day. Has any of the pieces been moved? As Lum leaves to talk with Miss Emaline, the gents figure out whose move it is, and resume arguing over their game.
A telegram that grandpap is to deliver seems to only contain boring information, but Abner thinks the news of a cancelled wedding will be Lum’s answer. When Lum returns with news that he came clean with Miss Emaline, the news is even worse. The upset school teacher is ready to pack up and leave her position, and Pine Ridge.
