Lum desperate to find the money to pay the three hundred dollars he has to pay for the piano after the trial period is sitting at home hoping for a call from a radio station. The radio station are giving away $500 and all you have to do is be there to answer the phone if they call you. Even though the number dialled at random, or ransom as Abner says it, could be anyone in Arkansas Lum is convinced it is going to be his lucky day.