Interrogating Cedric

I believe that's our ring. I know, because I'll believe you're right. No, see. Hello, John, I'm down, Storm. This is love and abner. Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge. Turn the dodge and ease left in Cedric's care has turned out to be worthless, possessing none of the powers of an Aladdin's lamp.

Three problems are confronting love and abner. There is Cedric getting all his money. Why does the stranger, Mr. Adams, want to see Cedric? and three, should the old fellows keep their bargain with Cedric. That is, the bargain in which they traded half interest in their store for a half interest in the so-called magic lantern.

As we're looking on the little community today, we find Lomond Abner in their Johnstown store and library discussing these problems. Another curious thing about Cedric is that this feller Adams keeps at... Mmm... for goodness' sake. Abner wake up.

Abner, wake up! It's all plane going over? Of course not. There ain't no airplanes, no planes. Oh, Dovis. I could have swore I heard them over the Army plane. They were just you snoring. Ah.

Now stop going to sleep right while I'm talking to you. An infillite. Well, I can't help it, Long. I don't leave like to sit up all night long during the air raid wardens duty and then stay awake in a daytime, too.

Well, you just have to do it one night a week, Sol. And it's for a good cause, too. I don't believe you hear the single word I said to you this morning. Yes I have you saying something about Cedric.

But, Lom, I don't think we ought to stay in partnership with Cedric. All he give us for a half-inch us in the store was a half-inch us in that laning. We know now that it ain't no magic Aladdin's lamp.