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The Lone Ranger - "Left Handed Killer" (Old Time Radio, 1955) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: June 17th, 1955, brings us to episode 3242 of The
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  Speaker 1: Lone Ranger. This time, the program is titled Left-Handed Killer.
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  Speaker 1: Settle in for another visit with one of radio's enduring
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  Speaker 1: western series. And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 3: A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud
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  Speaker 3: of dust, and a hearty high of silver.
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  Speaker 4: The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 3: General Mills, makers of Cheerios, the ready-to-eat oat cereal that
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  Speaker 3: gives you go-power. And Wheaties, the breakfast of champions. Present
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  Speaker 3: by special recording, the Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 5: Cowboy Tom is a boy of six. He knows all
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  Speaker 5: kinds of cowboy tricks. He can rope a steer because
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  Speaker 5: he knows. He's got go-power from Cheerios.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he's got go-power.
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  Speaker 4: There he goes.
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  Speaker 6: He's feeling his Cheerios.
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  Speaker 2: Cheerios. Cheerios. You bet.
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  Speaker 3: Cheerios, the oat cereal that needs no cooking. Every delicious
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  Speaker 3: spoonful of Cheerios and milk is real muscle-building food. Each
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  Speaker 3: spoonful contains vitamins, minerals, and proteins your body needs. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: the good things in a Cheerios breakfast do good things
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  Speaker 3: for your body, help you have healthy nerves, good red blood,
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  Speaker 3: strong bones, and muscles. And besides giving you go-power, Cheerios
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  Speaker 3: is downright wonderful tasting. That toasted oat flavor is really something.
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  Speaker 3: And when you add milk and your favorite fruit, say
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  Speaker 3: some sliced bananas, you're in for a delicious breakfast treat.
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  Speaker 3: Get the whole family off to a good start every
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  Speaker 3: morning with Cheerios.
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  Speaker 2: Then you'll hear people say.
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  Speaker 4: He's feeling his Cheerios.
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  Speaker 3: With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful
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  Speaker 3: mask rider of the plains led the fight for law
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  Speaker 3: and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in
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  Speaker 3: the pages of history can one find a greater champion
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  Speaker 3: of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days
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  Speaker 3: of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering
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  Speaker 3: hoofbeats of.
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  Speaker 2: The great horse Silver.
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  Speaker 4: The Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, Silver. Let's go, big fella. I am Silver.
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  Speaker 7: Follow me.
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  Speaker 3: Early one morning, Buckeye Norton, the foreman at the Paradise Mine,
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  Speaker 3: entered the office of a lawyer named Hasp Solon in
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  Speaker 3: the town of Gunstock.
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  Speaker 4: As Buckeye closed the door, he said, Yes.
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  Speaker 8: I hear the boss died in pneumonia last night. He did, Buckeye.
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  Speaker 2: Now I'll be the owner of the Paradise Mine.
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  Speaker 8: Pete Marvel thought a lot of you, but he thought
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  Speaker 8: more of his own flesh and blood. Huh? You'll get
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  Speaker 8: the mine if Pete's nephew Johnny dies before he claims
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  Speaker 8: it and takes over.
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 8: Those are the terms of Pete's will. It's on file
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  Speaker 8: with the town clerk.
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  Speaker 2: I thought all his relatives were dead.
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  Speaker 8: Johnny's the only one alive. Kill him before he gets
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  Speaker 8: legal possession of the mine and it's yours.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking murder.
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  Speaker 8: It wouldn't be your first.
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 8: You and a man named Dobie Rapson killed and robbed
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  Speaker 8: a rancher in Pecos 21 years ago.
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  Speaker 2: How'd you know that?
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  Speaker 8: Dobie signed a confession before he died. I have the
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  Speaker 8: confession naming you as his partner.
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 8: I've kept quiet about the crime because I knew what
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  Speaker 8: Pete Marvel thought of you. I figured someday you'd own
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  Speaker 8: the Paradise Mine.
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  Speaker 2: So that's it.
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  Speaker 8: I'll sell the confession to you for half the mine.
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  Speaker 2: I can't kill Johnny Marvel. I'd be the first one
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  Speaker 2: suspected of the murder.
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  Speaker 8: Make me half owner of the Paradise, and I'll see
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  Speaker 8: that Johnny doesn't live long enough to take possession.
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  Speaker 2: You've made a bargain there.
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  Speaker 3: A couple of weeks later, Buckeye came into the town
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  Speaker 3: of Gunstock to buy supplies for the mine. After he
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  Speaker 3: bought what was needed, he drove the buckboard to Hasp
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  Speaker 3: Solon's office and hurried inside.
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  Speaker 6: Hasp.
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  Speaker 2: I came to town an hour ago.
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  Speaker 3: I heard from half a dozen people that Johnny Marvel's
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  Speaker 3: doing gun stock sometime this week.
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  Speaker 8: No one knows it, but he'll arrive today.
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  Speaker 7: You told me two days ago you planned to take
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  Speaker 7: care of him before he hit town.
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  Speaker 8: I do.
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  Speaker 2: Then why spread the news he's coming?
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  Speaker 8: The law will think the killer was on the lookout
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  Speaker 8: for Johnny, hoping to steal a lot of money.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that might fool the law, but it doesn't sound
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  Speaker 2: smart to me.
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  Speaker 8: I don't care how it sounds to you. I'm running
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  Speaker 8: the risk in this killing. I want to be sure
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  Speaker 8: no one suspects the real reason for it.
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  Speaker 9: Huh.
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  Speaker 8: Hand me my rifle, will you? It's in the corner
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  Speaker 8: near the door.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sure. This is a mighty odd-looking sharps. What's different
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  Speaker 2: about it?
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  Speaker 8: It's a left-handed rifle.
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  Speaker 2: What do you mean, left-handed?
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  Speaker 8: The knob that ejects the cartridges is in the left
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  Speaker 8: side instead of the right.
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  Speaker 2: You're left-handed? Yes. Where are you going with the rifle?
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  Speaker 8: Johnny Marvel will ride along the old covered wagon trail
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  Speaker 8: toward town sometime this afternoon.
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  Speaker 7: You sure?
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  Speaker 8: I had a letter from him last week telling me
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  Speaker 8: the time he planned to arrive. I'll find a hiding
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  Speaker 8: place above the trail and wait for him.
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  Speaker 2: Good luck.
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  Speaker 8: Don't worry. When I get back to town, he'll be dead.
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  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger's Indian friend, Tonto, had also been in
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  Speaker 3: gunstock to buy supplies. When he returned to camp in
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  Speaker 3: the hills, a short distance from the old covered wagon trail,
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  Speaker 3: he had bad news for his masked friend.
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  Speaker 2: Me learn in town, Kimisabe.
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  Speaker 7: Old friend named Pete Marble dead.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
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  Speaker 10: Him die of pneumonia two, three week ago.
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  Speaker 2: He was a fine man.
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  Speaker 6: Him do lot and spilled west.
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  Speaker 2: Who take over the Paradise Mine?
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  Speaker 10: Fellow in store say Pete leave mine to nephew, Johnny Marble.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know he had a nephew.
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  Speaker 10: Storekeeper say Johnny 20, 21.
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  Speaker 6: Him come from east this week. Take charge of mine.
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  Speaker 2: He has a big job ahead of him.
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  Speaker 6: There's plenty of big jobs run by him like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he'll need common help. Rifle fire, Tonto.
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  Speaker 6: It sounds like shots come from covered wagon trails.
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  Speaker 2: We'll find out what they mean.
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  Speaker 3: Easy, fella.
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  Speaker 4: The masked man and his Indian friend raced downhill.
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  Speaker 3: Before they reached the bottom of the heavily wooded slope,
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  Speaker 3: they saw a rider hurrying away.
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  Speaker 2: Someone in big hurry. Get away. He must have seen
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  Speaker 2: us coming. Maybe a powerful fire shot. Look down there
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  Speaker 2: on the trail. Ah, power up ground. You'll see how
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  Speaker 2: badly he's hurt.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, he's.
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  Speaker 6: A bad big.
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  Speaker 7: Fellow, isn't he?
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  Speaker 3: A few minutes later, the Lone Ranger and Tonto drew
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  Speaker 3: the rein beside the still form of Johnny Marvel. As
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  Speaker 3: Tonto examined his wound, the young Easterner's eyes opened.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no. Take it easy.
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  Speaker 9: I'm an Indian.
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  Speaker 7: Let me try to help you.
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  Speaker 2: How bad is the wound, Tonto? Not bad.
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  Speaker 7: Me thinkin' be all right.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 3: You.
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  Speaker 2: Your mask. The mask needn't alarm you. We're here with friends. Friends.
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  Speaker 2: Who are you?
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  Speaker 9: If you have my wallet, you know my name. Identification
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  Speaker 9: papers are in it.
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  Speaker 2: We not shoot you. You didn't. If we had, we
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't be trying to help you now.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, I didn't think of that.
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  Speaker 9: When I saw your mask.
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  Speaker 2: I understand.
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  Speaker 7: My name's John Marl.
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  Speaker 2: Are you Pete Marl's nephew? Yes. Todd and I knew
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  Speaker 2: your uncle well.
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  Speaker 9: I didn't know he had any outlaw friends.
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  Speaker 2: He knew what my mask meant.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 2: No offense, mister.
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  Speaker 9: I appreciate your effort to help me.
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  Speaker 2: Were you robbed? I.
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  Speaker 8: I don't know.
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  Speaker 9: I lost consciousness when a bullet knocked me from the saddle.
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  Speaker 9: I'll see if my wallet's missing.
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  Speaker 7: Take it easy.
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  Speaker 6: Take it easy, fella.
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  Speaker 8: I guess I'd better take it easy.
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  Speaker 9: My wallet's in the breast pocket of my coat.
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  Speaker 2: Let me see if it's gone. What about it, fella?
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  Speaker 7: Here, wallet.
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  Speaker 9: Is there any money left in it?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe paper money here.
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  Speaker 8: Well, then he.
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  Speaker 10: He didn't take any.
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  Speaker 2: Apparently, he didn't have time.
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  Speaker 8: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 2: We scare him off. While you're bandaging his wound, Tonto,
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  Speaker 2: I'll look for tracks.
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  Speaker 3: When the masked man rejoined Tonto and the wounded Easterner,
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  Speaker 3: Johnny was sitting up, grinning sheepishly.
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  Speaker 2: I owe you an apology.
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  Speaker 10: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Tonto told me who you are.
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  Speaker 11: Years ago, my uncle mentioned you in one of his letters.
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  Speaker 11: I'd almost forgotten until Tonto explained how you met Uncle Pete.
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  Speaker 2: He was a good friend of ours.
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  Speaker 11: I'm grateful to you for helping me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad we were near when you needed us. Tonto,
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  Speaker 2: if you'll come with me, I'll show you where the
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  Speaker 2: ambusher waited for Johnny. Tonto!
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  Speaker 3: A few minutes later, the Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Johnny
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  Speaker 3: Marble rode to the place above the trail where Hasp
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  Speaker 3: Solon had waited for his victim.
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  Speaker 2: Tonto pointed to the ground. Track show. Ambush her.
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  Speaker 8: Life flat.
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  Speaker 7: He'll make marks there with toe boot.
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  Speaker 2: He aimed his rifle from that position.
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  Speaker 6: Why do you say that?
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  Speaker 2: Here's the imprint of his elbow. He used that arm
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  Speaker 2: to support his rifle. Ah. You'll notice his right arm
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  Speaker 2: and elbow support the weapon.
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  Speaker 11: Ah.
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  Speaker 7: And that mean him pull trigger with left hand?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. The man we want is left-handed.
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  Speaker 11: It's remarkable that you're able to learn so much from
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  Speaker 11: tracks on the ground.
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  Speaker 2: Once you've been trained to observe them, Johnny, tracks are
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  Speaker 2: easier to read than handwriting on a wall. Nevertheless, that...
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  Speaker 2: What now? He's going to fall, Tony. Steady, Johnny, steady. Sorry.
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  Speaker 2: I'm weaker than that.
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  Speaker 6: Now you lean on me.
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  Speaker 2: Easy, steady, Silver. Stay with him, Tonto, while I follow
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  Speaker 2: the tracks of the man who fired those shots. I'll
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  Speaker 2: be all right. You better take it easy for a while.
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  Speaker 2: I'll see you later. Come on.
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  Speaker 3: Johnny watched the Lone Ranger right away, then turned to Tonto.
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  Speaker 11: I'll be able to ride to town if I travel slowly.
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  Speaker 11: I'd like to get there before dark. We not reach
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  Speaker 11: town before dark.
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  Speaker 2: We could try. All right, Johnny.
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  Speaker 3: We'll continue our Lone Ranger adventure in just a moment.
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  Speaker 3: Because champions are made not born.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 6: Get on your way.
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  Speaker 2: Get on your way.
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  Speaker 9: Get on your way with Wheaties.
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  Speaker 12: Champions are made, not born. There's an adage that's ever
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  Speaker 12: so true. For instance, slamming Sammy Sneed, a golfer as
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  Speaker 12: good as they come. Young Sam learned golf the only way.
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  Speaker 12: He practiced hours every day, chipping them short, driving them long.
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  Speaker 12: And soon he learned what keeps champs strong. Wheaties with milk,
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  Speaker 12: you can't go wrong. Today, Sam rates the gallery's cheers.
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  Speaker 7: A Wheaties eater, 17 years.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 12: Sammy Sneed is a Wheaties eater from way back. Plenty
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  Speaker 12: of nourishment in Wheaties. There's a whole kernel of wheat
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  Speaker 12: in every Wheaties flake. Okay, Sammy, drive that ball.
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  Speaker 8: What?
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  Speaker 2: He's on his way.
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  Speaker 4: On his way.
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  Speaker 2: He's on his way.
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  Speaker 6: On his way.
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  Speaker 9: Get on your way with Wheaties. Cause champions are made
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  Speaker 9: not for.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Get on your way.
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  Speaker 4: Get on your way.
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  Speaker 2: Get on your way with Wheaties.
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  Speaker 6: Breakfast of champions.
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  Speaker 2: Now to continue.
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  Speaker 3: Dusk was falling when Hasp Solon returned to Gunstock. After
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  Speaker 3: he lit a lamp in his office, he lowered the
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  Speaker 3: shades carefully and concealed the rifle. Then he headed for
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  Speaker 3: the cafe.
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  Speaker 4: As he went through the batwing doors, he saw Buckeye.
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  Speaker 2: He hurried toward the big foreman.
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  Speaker 8: Buckeye, what are you doing here? I thought you went
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  Speaker 8: back to the mine.
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  Speaker 2: I waited in town purposely to see you.
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  Speaker 8: Let's go over to a table. I want to sit down.
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  Speaker 2: Two, three.
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  Speaker 8: Bring me the usual, Hank.
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  Speaker 2: Right. You're white as a full.
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  Speaker 8: Moon, Hasp. I need something to steady my nerves.
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  Speaker 2: It's on the way.
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  Speaker 8: Here you are, gents.
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  Speaker 6: I'll leave the bottle.
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  Speaker 8: Thanks.
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  Speaker 6: Don't mention it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't have to ask.
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  Speaker 7: I can tell from the looks of you that you've
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  Speaker 7: got Johnny Marvel.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I got him. But things didn't go as I planned.
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  Speaker 2: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 8: I fired twice. The first shot missed and his horse bucked.
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  Speaker 8: But the second hit him.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 8: He fell from the saddle. He stretched out on the
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  Speaker 8: ground still as a rock. Then, just as I was
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  Speaker 8: about to go down there to get his money, I...
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  Speaker 8: I saw riders.
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  Speaker 2: Riders?
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  Speaker 4: A couple of them coming downhill fast.
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  Speaker 2: They must have heard the shots.
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  Speaker 8: For a minute, I wondered whether I had time enough
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  Speaker 8: to go down, steal his money, and clear out. But
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  Speaker 8: they kept coming fast. I couldn't risk being seen, so
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  Speaker 8: I cleared out.
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  Speaker 2: Without making sure Johnny's dead?
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  Speaker 7: I did my best.
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  Speaker 2: I know. Your best was good enough.
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  Speaker 8: Where are you going?
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  Speaker 2: Back to the mine.
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  Speaker 4: As soon as his body's brought to town, let me know.
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  Speaker 4: If he's brought in alive, we'll be in real trouble.
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  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 2: You agreed to kill him. Keep the bargain.
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  Speaker 3: Asp Solon sat alone for some time. Then deciding that
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  Speaker 3: someone would soon notify the sheriff of the shooting, he
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  Speaker 3: walked down the street to Sheriff Lemon's office. When he
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  Speaker 3: opened the door, he was shocked to see Johnny Marble
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  Speaker 3: talking to the lawman.
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  Speaker 4: An Indian was with the young Easterner.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, what is it, Asp?
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  Speaker 8: I didn't mean to intrude, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 7: Come on in.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, thanks.
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  Speaker 11: Sheriff called you half. Your last name's Solon. You're my
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  Speaker 11: Uncle Pete's attorney.
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Meet Johnny Marvel, has. That is, if you haven't met
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  Speaker 7: him before.
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  Speaker 4: We've never met.
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  Speaker 9: But I've had letters from Mr. Solon since my uncle died.
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  Speaker 8: I'm glad to meet you, Johnny.
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  Speaker 7: Johnny is lucky to be here, has.
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  Speaker 2: Really?
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  Speaker 7: He stopped a dry gulch's bullet.
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  Speaker 11: If Tonto and his friend hadn't helped me, I might
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  Speaker 11: have died from loss of blood before I could reach town.
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  Speaker 7: They were just giving me a report of the shooting.
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  Speaker 10: We still, we think left-handed man shoot Johnny.
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  Speaker 8: How could you tell that?
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  Speaker 7: Well, there are plenty signs. Very easy to see.
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  Speaker 11: Mark on the ground showed that the man who shot
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  Speaker 11: me was lying flat on the ground when he pulled
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  Speaker 11: the trigger.
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  Speaker 9: He rested his rifle on his right arm and elbow.
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  Speaker 7: Gee, come to think of it, Hash, you're left-handed.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, but.
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  Speaker 7: What's more, you own the special left-handed sharps. The ejector
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  Speaker 7: knob's on the left side instead of the right.
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  Speaker 8: If you're suggesting that I shot Johnny, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not suggesting anything.
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  Speaker 8: The fact that I'm left-handed may be suspicious, but there
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  Speaker 8: are a lot of left-handed.
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  Speaker 6: Men in the world.
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  Speaker 8: Maybe, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Solon.
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  Speaker 6: I just thought of something else. You were the only
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  Speaker 6: one who knew when I.
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  Speaker 2: Planned to arrive in.
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  Speaker 7: Everyone in town will get here sometime this week, Johnny.
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  Speaker 9: But I wrote to Mr. Solon telling him I'd arrive today.
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  Speaker 8: What?
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  Speaker 7: And he knew you'd be on the covered wagon trail
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  Speaker 7: this afternoon.
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  Speaker 9: Of course he did. In my letter, I told him
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  Speaker 9: I planned to buy a horse and saddle... when I
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  Speaker 9: got off the train in Moland City, 20 miles from here.
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  Speaker 8: Stand still, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 6: A gun?
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  Speaker 7: What's the idea, Harris?
• 16:33
  Speaker 8: Keep your hands high, all of you.
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: We'd better do what I'm saying.
• 16:37
  Speaker 8: You have good sense, Redskin.
• 16:38
  Speaker 7: Drawing that gun is an admission of guilt. That's the
• 16:41
  Speaker 7: least of.
• 16:41
  Speaker 8: My worries right now.
• 16:42
  Speaker 9: So you were the one who shot me.
• 16:44
  Speaker 8: I meant to kill you.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: Why?
• 16:45
  Speaker 8: That's my business.
• 16:46
  Speaker 7: You low-coded jitter. You can't get away with holding us here...
• 16:50
  Speaker 7: If you fire three shots, the whole town will come
• 16:53
  Speaker 7: on the run to investigate.
• 16:54
  Speaker 4: I know that.
• 16:55
  Speaker 7: Put down the gun.
• 16:56
  Speaker 8: Not on your life, Sheriff. We're leaving here. To go where?
• 17:00
  Speaker 8: Across the street to my office where we'll not be interrupted. First, Johnny,
• 17:04
  Speaker 8: disarm the Sheriff and your Indian friend. Now, wait a minute.
• 17:07
  Speaker 8: Follow orders. And don't try a fast move.
• 17:11
  Speaker 11: All right.
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: When the three prisoners were disarmed, Hasp said.
• 17:19
  Speaker 8: Now lead the way out the door and across the
• 17:21
  Speaker 8: street to my office, Johnny. The Indian will be behind you,
• 17:25
  Speaker 8: and the sheriff will walk in front of me. My
• 17:28
  Speaker 8: gun will be at his back every step of the way.
• 17:31
  Speaker 8: If either of you try to get away or call
• 17:33
  Speaker 8: for help while we're in the open, I'll blow a hole.
• 17:35
  Speaker 7: Through the sheriff's back. You dirty scum.
• 17:38
  Speaker 8: Remember, his life is in your hands. Now start moving.
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: Concealing his gun as carefully as possible, Asp followed the
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: prisoners across the deserted street. He watched the three men
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: so closely that he didn't notice a moving shadow revealed
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: for a moment in his lighted office.
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: Thank you. But Tonto saw it and hoped.
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: That the drawn shades on the office windows concealed his
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: masked friend.
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: Keep moving, Sheriff. We're almost to the door. If I
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: get out of this alive, I'll see that you spend
• 18:13
  Speaker 7: the rest of your life behind bars.
• 18:15
  Speaker 6: Is the door locked?
• 18:16
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 18:17
  Speaker 6: Am I supposed to walk through it?
• 18:19
  Speaker 8: I'll toss the key to the step. Pick it up
• 18:22
  Speaker 8: and unlock the door. But don't try a fast move.
• 18:25
  Speaker 11: If I could think of a fast move that wouldn't
• 18:27
  Speaker 11: endanger the Sheriff's life, I'd try it.
• 18:30
  Speaker 8: Step inside. You follow him, Indian. Then you, Sheriff.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Tonto was close on Johnny's heels as the young Easterner
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: entered the office.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: Out of the corner of his eye, the.
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: Indian saw the masked man standing against the wall behind
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: the door. Seeing Tonto's upraised hands, the Lone Ranger understood
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: the situation.
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: He drew his gun.
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: Go on, Sheriff.
• 18:52
  Speaker 8: Inside. I'll close the door.
• 18:54
  Speaker 7: All right, all right.
• 18:55
  Speaker 9: Keep your hands high.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: Stop the gun!
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: As the Lone Ranger spoke, he brought the barrel of
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: his colt down hard against Hasp's thin wrist. The lawyer's
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: gun flew from his hand and he screamed in pain.
• 19:05
  Speaker 8: My wrist!
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: You broke my wrist!
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: Toto stooped quickly to retrieve the gun the lawyer had dropped.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: The gun came off of me. Good work, Toto. Mister,
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: you saved our lives. Hey, what's going on here?
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: Who's the master?
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Him, friend, Sheriff.
• 19:20
  Speaker 7: Yes, he proved he's a friend by discerning that telephase lawyer.
• 19:23
  Speaker 10: Yes.
• 19:24
  Speaker 7: But that man... Sheriff, he's the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger?
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 19:28
  Speaker 9: He and Tonto found me on the trail after Hath
• 19:30
  Speaker 9: shot me.
• 19:31
  Speaker 7: Well, mister, I'm downright glad to meet you, especially here now.
• 19:36
  Speaker 7: But I don't savvy how you happen to be in
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: this office.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: I forced the lock on the back door to get in.
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: Illegal entry, doggone it.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: I found this rifle.
• 19:46
  Speaker 7: Solon's left-handed sharps rifle.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: I was going to your office to tell you what
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: I learned when I heard you coming this way. You
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: know the rest.
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: Well, Hasp, the tables are turned now.
• 19:57
  Speaker 9: You have no right to break into my office.
• 19:59
  Speaker 7: You're in no position to make any complaints. You're under arrest,
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: you dirty, dry, gulching crook.
• 20:05
  Speaker 8: Now, wait a minute, Sheriff.
• 20:06
  Speaker 7: Jail is right across the street. Start walking.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: No, no, let me talk.
• 20:10
  Speaker 7: You've got nothing to talk about.
• 20:12
  Speaker 8: This wasn't my idea, Sheriff.
• 20:14
  Speaker 9: No?
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: Buckeye planned it.
• 20:16
  Speaker 8: He wanted me to kill Johnny.
• 20:18
  Speaker 7: The foreman at the Paradise Mine?
• 20:20
  Speaker 9: Yes, but I don't even know him.
• 20:23
  Speaker 8: According to the terms of your uncle's will, Buckeye will
• 20:26
  Speaker 8: inherit the mine if you die before taking legal possession
• 20:29
  Speaker 8: of the property and without leaving any heirs. Buckeye offered
• 20:33
  Speaker 8: me half of the mine if I killed Johnny.
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: It'll be your word against Buckeye.
• 20:38
  Speaker 8: He's a criminal sheriff, a killer.
• 20:40
  Speaker 7: You were the one who tried to do the killing.
• 20:41
  Speaker 8: The proof of his killing is in my safe. Open
• 20:44
  Speaker 8: it and see for yourself.
• 20:46
  Speaker 7: All right. Call off the combination. The masked man will
• 20:50
  Speaker 7: open the safe.
• 20:50
  Speaker 8: Yeah. Three times to the right, to six, to the left,
• 20:55
  Speaker 8: to 12.
• 20:56
  Speaker 7: Hit around once to 21.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: A short time later, the Lone Ranger found the paper
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: Hassep described. He glanced at it quickly, then handed it
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: to the sheriff. The lawman read it rapidly.
• 21:12
  Speaker 7: This will hang, Buckeye. I told you he was a killer.
• 21:15
  Speaker 7: Thanks for the information. After you are behind bars, we'll
• 21:20
  Speaker 7: get him.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: Shortly after daybreak the next morning, Hasp Solon stared sleeplessly
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: from the barred window of a jail cell, while Buckeye
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: paced the floor of the cell next to him.
• 21:37
  Speaker 6: You dirty double-crossing weasel-faced half-bite.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: If I could get my hands on you.
• 21:42
  Speaker 8: Oh, quiet down, Buckeye.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: If there was some way to get through these bars
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: into that cell, I'd break every bone in your body.
• 21:48
  Speaker 8: I wasn't going to take all the blame.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: You should take all the blame. Killing Johnny was your idea.
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: You're as guilty as I am. Only because I had
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: to go along with you. I agreed to pay you
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: half of the mine to buy that confession.
• 22:00
  Speaker 8: Oh, shut up.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: Instead of buying the confession, I bought a trip to
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: the gallows.
• 22:04
  Speaker 8: Don't blame me.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: I'll blame you as long as I live.
• 22:09
  Speaker 8: You'll not live long, thanks to the Lone Ranger.
• 22:12
  Speaker 6: Until the fight!
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger, a copyrighted feature of The Lone Ranger Incorporated,
• 22:41
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• 22:45
  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer. Your announcer,
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: Fred Boyd. Listen to The Lone Ranger, brought to you
• 22:56
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• 23:02
  Speaker 1: You have heard The Lone Ranger in Left-Handed Killer.
• 23:05
  Speaker 7: Good night.