Outside, a chubby man rides up the street on a burro. Looking for work, Waldo Deffendorfer (Marty Allen) goes to Frank McGarrett’s hiring office, but Eli (Hal Lynch), an old acquaintance, stops him at the door and fibs about the jobs being all filled. He suggests trying his luck down at the Barkleys’ office instead.

Eli explains to McGarrett (S. John Launer) about Waldo’s jinx reputation and that he is much better off without that ‘jonah’ on his spread.

           

           

           

At night during cocktails, Nick complaints to Jarrod about hiring a nincompoop like Waldo. However Audra rises to his defense, accusing Nick of condemning the man before seeing what he can do.

Next morning Nick picks up the men to drive to the orchards. After insisting that Waldo rides with them instead than on his burro, the wagon suddenly crumbles apart. Waldo fears that he is responsible for the incident.

           

Waldo’s curse strikes again when at night during a poker game among ranch hands Hank loses big. This has him suspecting his bumbling roommate of turning his luck around.

           

Just as Audra’s speech begins to provide him with a semblance of self-confidence, Don rides by to invite his sweetheart to watch him catch the wild mustangs they spotted earlier.

At night Don spruces himself up to go call on Audra. He boasts about his upcoming date with the pretty blonde but roommate Sid (Eddie Firestone) is sceptical, as he believes him unworthy of courting the high and mighty Audra Barkley.

Hank bursts in, all fired up about his poker lost and all those odd calamities occurring. He learned of the Jonah being among them and how McGarrett’s hand pawned Waldo off to the Barkleys so that they wouldn’t beat them to the fruit market. Don suggests taking his complaint straight to Nick.

           

Waldo apologizes for breaking Victoria’s antic vase. Irate Nick decides to fire him but Victoria insists on giving the man another chance.

           

Don rides up to pick her up for the dance but she gently lets him down, stating a personal reason. She then returns to the barn to help Waldo settle in and invites him to the dance.

           

She explains to Don her reason for the change of dancing partner but nevertheless he won’t condone her action, accusing her of making him a laughing stock of all of Stockton. Audra insists Waldo needs a moral boost to get over his jinx reputation, but Don won’t hear of it and plots his revenge.

           

Audra and Victoria unanimously vote in favour of keeping Waldo on the ranch. However Victoria suggests giving Waldo another job where he won’t be in close contact with the other workers.

Don and Nick butt head over Waldo. He and the men categorically want Waldo off the property, but Nick doesn’t give in to threats that easily.

           

In the bunkhouse, tension rises. The surprising heavy downpour outside will make it difficult for any man to find work in the valley as all the crops will be ruined. They will have it tough to make due on the threat to leave.

     

           

           

Waldo however attributes his metamorphosis to the lovely Audra who believed in him from the start.