- Mrs. Jenks: Hey Hiram come here.
- Hiram Jenks: What is it ma?
- Mrs. Jenks: Here come the other two, and they've got our dog. I wonder what they're up to now.
- Hiram Jenks: I dunno, but as constable of Jenksville, it is my duty to investigate. Now you just leave everything to me.
- Spanky: [all four boys having a delightful feast of the food Buckwheat and Porky brought out of the store] Home was never like this. Aren't you glad we ran away?
- Alfalfa: And how.I betcha' our mothers are plenty sorry now.
- Hiram Jenks: [while purposely eavesdropping] Oh so that's what they're up to eh?
- Mrs. Jenks: Better get the car Pa, and take em' right home.
- Hiram Jenks: No. Do that and they'll run away again. It's my duty to teach them a darn good lesson first. C'mon Ma.