Lum and Abner – Closing the Deal to Buy the Bar Nothing Ranch. 480923

Two men dressed in traditional Hawaiian attire, Lum and Abner, are seen mid-dance in the center of a small store. Lum, on the left, is playing a ukulele while Abner on the right is swaying his hips and waving his arms. A small crowd is gathered around them, some clapping and others smiling. The store itself is cluttered with various items, including shelves of canned goods and hanging clothes, giving it a cozy and lived-in feel.

Still out west, and determined to buy a ranch, Lum meets up with Abner in the bank. Will Lum agree to be a partner in the ranch? Abner shares how he’ll take Lum’s promissory note, so they can have an equal share in the running and profits of the ranch.

The thing that Lum anticipates most is in opening up the place to take in city kids. Their qualified foreman will take care of running the daiily operations, and keeping the place up during the winter. .

Do you think boys will like to learn to pitch horse shoes, or do some hunting or fishing? Plans to outfit the boys, feeding them, and the logisticsof getting the place ready for them sets the old gents to dreaming of their future. Its like a dream come true.