Caught Using Lum's Ideas

I believe that's our ring. I know, because I'll believe you're right. I'll see. Hello, John, I'm down store. This is love and abner. Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge. The Arginine Smith's contest to find the most honest, kind, and generous person in Pine Ridge enters its second week with Abner the slight favorite.

The Arginine has appointed Abner his chief pamphlet writer while Lum was given to much nicer office. office. His title is, disseminator of literature, but his duties are nothing more than delivering the pamphlets from house to house. As we look in on a little community today, we find Abner in the Jotam Down store, conferring with Daujini Smith.

Listen. Oh, yeah, the mail ought to be in by now, Daujini. What kind of a package are you expecting? Ink, green ink. Our new supply of green ink to pour into my printing crests and turn out the golden words of honesty. You say the post office is located in Mr. Huddleston's store? Yeah, yeah. Well, why do you all use green ink for them pamper stars and

ew? Why? Because my friend, green is the color of the spring. It is the budding of hope. Hope of a new utopian universe. It is the beginning of growth. Growth of the principles of truth and generosity.

But more than that, green is the color of Olives. Ollie! Yes, you see, I once knew when Ollie, named Claude. Of course I was just a mere lad at the time. New little of Olives and names.

Sure. It was just a childish whim. But when I found that I enjoyed my consolations and long talks with Claude, I would talk with him. You talk to Ollie. Oh, for hours at a time.