Life is indeed gloomy for poor Abner. Elizabeth and little Pearl have left him. All Abner found when he entered his house to settle his marital misunderstandings, was a brief farewell note and some cold corned beef in the ice box. All efforts to locate Elizabeth and Pearl have failed so far, and her disappearance is shrouded in mystery. As we look in on the little community today, we find the old fellows in the store, and Abner is talking on the telephone...