The Saga Continues...Girl Gets Boy, Part II 

On their late night, wedding night, Luke and Nellie are all set for, well, what any newly wed couple would do on their first night as husband and wife, when they are interrupted by, horrors, the bride's mom and dad!

Mr. and Mrs. Oleson had learned from their son, Willie, that Nellie had driven off with her boyfriend, Luke, in the family's buckboard. The Olesons joined up with Luke's pa, Adam, and the kids' school teacher, Eva, (yes, it's complicated), and had raced to the nearest town, guessing that's to where the couple had absconded. 

After questioning a very sleepy local justice of the peace, the foursome split up to search for their kids before anything unfathonable (to the parents anyway) could happen. The Olesons found the girl and boy in their "honeymoon suite!" at the local hotel. And just in time!  

Murder was on the mind of Harriett Oleson. She demanded her husband shoot the scoudrel who was just about to take advantage of her precious daughter. Poor Luke was about to meet his maker.  

Mr. Oleson was not about to shoot an unarmed kid, standing there in just his underwear. So, Mrs. Oleson took matters into her own hands, grabbing the shotgun her husband was carrying, and ca-blooey:  Fast-thinking and fair-minded Mr. Oleson grabbed the shotgun from his wife as it fired, causing the gun to blow a hole in the ceiling.  

Seizing his chance to escape in the confusion, Luke ducked under Nellie's parents... 

...and our the door he ran for his life clad only his union suit. The boy scurried out of the hotel and onto main street... 

...just as his pa and school teacher arrived on the scene.

 Adam Sims grabbed ahold of his young boy, demanding, "Son, what in heavens name are you doing running around in your underdrawers?!" 

Luke tried to explain to his pa, that the Oleson's were trying to kill him. 

But Adam was having none of that. He forced the boy back up the steps and into the hotel to face the music. Nevermind, he was still in his long underwear!

Deciding an annulment to the marriage was a better plan than killing the young groom, the parents agreed to get the youngsters dressed and took them back to the justice of the peace, putting an end to their short-lived matrimony. 

In the end, the Nellie and Luke's marriage certificate was torn up and Adam and Eva were then married themselves (I told you it was complicated).  

Thanks again to NBC Peacock, various streaming services and, of course to Retro Jeff of Illinois for this favored entry to Union Suit Fans in the Limelight... Chris