Synopsis

The prairie community of Crocus is in the midst of a terrible drought, so terrible that Jake Trumper scolds Old Man Gatenby for spitting (?Sinful?wastin? yer moisture that way?). Their talk turns to rain makers, and when Jake boasts that he had been a rainmaker in his time (?used to call me Sheet lightnin? Trumper?), Gate dares him to make it rain. Having cornered himself, Jake sets about building a rain making machine. Gate, knowing that Jake will make a fool of himself, makes sure that the whole district of Crocus gathers to watch Jake?s attempt to make it rain.