Since Grandpappy Spears has become a victim of amnesia, he doesn't remember having been married, and Lum and Abner have finally gotten Buster V Davenport (as Grandpappy now styles himself) interested in his wife Charity Spears, in hopes of reuniting the couple. As we look in on the little community today, we find Abner alone in the store, and Buster V Davenport is just entering.