Lash LaRue Western #20

Wagonwheels thinks he knows everything, so the other fellas set out to stump him with a question about what causes trees to become petrified—a bit of frontier wit that lands just the way they hoped.

When Dusty's stable burns down, he decides to bring his horses into his cabin and convince them they're still in a proper barn—but his living situation already leaves something to be desired. A neighbor offers Dusty a job to help him rebuild, leading to a series of tall tales and absurd dreams that test both men's patience before the whole arrangement falls apart spectacularly.

When gunfire erupts during a performance at the Dulcet Music Hall, Lash LaRue finds himself caught in a web of murder and theft. The roving marshal must untangle the secrets backstage to catch a killer before another innocent falls victim. With clues hidden in plain sight and suspicion pointing in unexpected directions, Lash races against time to solve the case and restore order to the prairie nightingale's stage.

Molasses Mouth picks up his young nephew Chick from school, only to have the boy stump him with a question about the Phoenicians—leading to a humorous misunderstanding that plays on the uncle's frontier wisdom meeting book learning. It's a quick, lighthearted bit of frontier comedy from 1951 that proves sometimes the most confident answers come from the most unexpected places.