There seems to be an epidemic of people disappearing in Pine Ridge. Not long after Elizabeth and little Pearl disappeared from Abner's household, a strange woman came to town and disappeared as suddenly as she had appeared, leaving her baby in Lum and Abner's store. Now, the baby too has vanished. A second note from the Black Pelican, warning them again not to communicate with the police in regard to the baby, has only served to confuse the old fellows...