Ellie accepts a friendly invitation from Andy to the Church picnic and dance. Andy, with a bit of illogical reasoning, becomes convinced that Ellie and her uncle Fred are out to trap him into a convenient marriage. Aunt Bee asks him how he asked her to the dance while talking to her, he becomes convinced that she set him up for marriage. He believes that the best way to thwart this desperate female hunter is to put her on the scent of other game, and even tells Opie that as well. Andy convinces some of the young bachelors in town that Ellie is interested in them and sends them to court Ellie, in hopes of shifting her affections and marriage aspirations to someone else. Opie, having overheard Andy's plan in detail, accidentally reveals the scheme to Ellie. After a hostile confrontation, where she puts castor Oil, mustard powder and milk of magnesia in his drink, Ellie tells Andy off and insists she will go to the picnic with the first eligible bachelor to walk through her door. In walks Barney. Andy realizes the error in his thinking and strives to make things right with Ellie.
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