Joy reigns once more in the Jot 'Em Down Store because Lum and Abner's foundling baby is back, safe and sound. After Lum admitted that he was the Black Pelican, Abner confessed that he had engineered the baby's disappearance. Both of their acts had been for the same purpose; to prevent the police or anyone else from taking the baby away from them. However, there are still a few things yet unsolved... Where are Elizabeth and little Pearl? What became of the woman who left the baby in the store? And what are they going to name the baby?