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the family gathers for dinner, but the great Gildersleeve’s is missing. As the family head to the dinner table, they wonder why Gildersleeve’s didn’t at least telephone? Judge Hooker arise, but he hasn’t heard anything from Gildersleeve’s either. Guilty phones to tell bronco he’s in charge. Is everything okay? He claims to be fine.
Marjorie and Leroy soon get the feeling that bronco is holding back his secret. Can Marjorie charm the secret out of him? While the family is trying to make sense of the missing man of the house, another rooster flies the coop when bronco rushes out and drives away.
Bronco heads to Peavie’s drugstore to get some advice from the druggist as well as Floyd and the judge. The Jolly boys decide to teach him a lesson, and sing without Gildersleeve. Still worried, the judge phones the Gildersleeves home to see if he’s turned up yet. Missing their fellow member, the Jolly boys once again seeing, but they begin to think they should search for their missing friend.
As anxieties grow, the group tries to put the pieces of information together. Bronco returns, in the group tries to put the pressure on him. He just won’t talk. Leroy is ready to give him the 3rd°. A phone call spills the beans, and Marjorie discovers Gildersleeve’s is in the hospital. The suspense grows. Only the family is led into the room. The secret is revealed, and finally the families’ worries are relieved.
