What happens
Diogenes Smith, a stranger who carries a lantern and claims to be searching for an honest man, arrives in Pine Ridge. Lum and Abner are at Jot'em Down Store when news spreads that he is rich and plans to offer a proposition to the townspeople. Grandpappy Spears, meanwhile, is taken with an advertisement for a marble exercise machine. Lum and Abner speculate about the stranger's intentions and his money, while the stranger himself begins to explain his search. The episode is from the Lum and Abner radio series, first broadcast on February 5, 1942, with Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle in the lead roles.
Pine Ridge, a small rural community, mainly at the Jot'em Down Store
Characters: Lum Edwards, Abner Peabody, Grandpappy Spears, Diogenes Smith, Doc
Listen for: The stranger's explanation of his search for an honest man and his offer of $10,000
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.