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The Lone Ranger - "Killer the Horse" (Old Time Radio, 1939) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: A well-dressed stranger named Palmer is having trouble with a
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Speaker 1: horse called Killer, and his boasts soon bring a challenge
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Speaker 1: from the local Texans. From there, a public riding contest
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Speaker 1: takes shape. and The Lone Ranger and Tonto find that
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Speaker 1: the affair is tied to a developing stage line robbery.
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Speaker 1: This is The Lone Ranger, episode 1060, Killer the Horse,
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Speaker 1: originally broadcast November 10th, 1939. Earl Gracer is The Lone Ranger,
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Speaker 1: John Todd is Tonto, and the script is by Fran Stryker.
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Speaker 1: And now, the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: Hail Silver, Hawaii!
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Speaker 3: A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud
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Speaker 3: of dust, and the hearty high old silver, the Lone Ranger.
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Speaker 4: THE END.
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Speaker 5: THE END.
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Speaker 2: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the Lone Ranger fought
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Speaker 2: crime and criminals throughout the western United States.
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Speaker 6: But he did more than bring law and order to
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Speaker 6: a lawless frontier. The man who needed a fresh start
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Speaker 6: in life could always count on the masked rider's help.
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Speaker 6: And from the stories that have come down to us
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Speaker 6: through the generations, we know that he was the greatest
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Speaker 6: champion of justice in the history of the early West.
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Speaker 3: Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
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Speaker 3: From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of
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Speaker 3: the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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Speaker 5: Come on, Silver! We're heading for Big Pine! Oh, Silver, away!
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Speaker 6: The loungers in front of the cafe at Big Pine
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Speaker 6: watched with interest while a well-dressed stranger tried to control
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Speaker 6: his spirited horse.
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Speaker 5: Whoa, killer. Whoa there. Quiet down, bless you. Quiet. Whoa.
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Speaker 7: Having trouble, stranger? There's some horse you got there. Mean-looking critter,
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Speaker 7: ain't he? Sure has got a powerful look about him.
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Speaker 5: Need some help, mister?
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Speaker 3: He's all right now. I can handle him.
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Speaker 5: What was it you called your horse, stranger? Killer.
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Speaker 3: Why?
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Speaker 5: Who just wondered? Kind of a funny name for a horse,
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Speaker 5: ain't it?
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Speaker 3: He's earned it.
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Speaker 5: Yeah? Killed somebody, did he?
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Speaker 3: Yes.
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Speaker 6: By the way, I'd advise you fellas to stay away
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Speaker 6: from him. Get too close to him, there's likely to
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Speaker 6: be trouble. I won't be responsible for anything that may happen.
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Speaker 5: Hey, now, mister. You take us for a bunch of greenhorns?
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Speaker 5: Think we don't savvy horses?
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Speaker 3: Not this one you don't.
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Speaker 5: Just what do you mean by that?
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Speaker 6: This is a Montana horse. He doesn't like Texans. Where
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Speaker 6: he comes from, he's used to men who know how
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Speaker 6: to ride. Texans just irritated me.
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Speaker 5: Hey, that sounded to me like something plain insulting.
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Speaker 3: Yes?
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Speaker 5: Just what's your handle, stranger?
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Speaker 3: Palmer is my name.
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Speaker 5: Well, Palmer, was you insinuating us Texans ain't the horsemen
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Speaker 5: they are up Montana way?
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Speaker 3: I thought that was well known.
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Speaker 5: Well, I'll be swift. Now look here, mister, you can't...
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Speaker 5: Stay out of this heat. I'll handle this smart aleck.
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Speaker 5: All right, mister, suppose you explain yourself. Just where'd you
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Speaker 5: get a fool notion like that?
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Speaker 6: So it's a fool notion, huh? Well, I can prove it.
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Speaker 5: How?
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Speaker 6: In Montana, there are a half dozen men who can
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Speaker 6: ride killer here. Well, I've been in Texas almost six
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Speaker 6: months and still haven't found anybody who can stay on
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Speaker 6: top of them. What more proof do you want?
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Speaker 5: He ain't found nobody to ride this horse.
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Speaker 3: That's what I said, isn't it?
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Speaker 5: By Sunday, you got any objection to me trying?
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Speaker 3: Don't be a fool, man. He'll cripple you. Stand aside.
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Speaker 3: But I tell you, this horse.
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Speaker 5: So you Texan can ride the Twitter, huh? Well, I'm
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Speaker 5: going to make eat them words right now. That's talking, Sheriff.
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Speaker 5: Show him he don't know what he's talking about. Ride
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Speaker 5: that horse into the ground for him. Go ahead, Sheriff.
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Speaker 5: Show him what riding really is. You bet I will.
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Speaker 5: I'm warning you. Save your warnings for them as needs them.
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Speaker 5: Stand still, you maverick. Here goes... Watch out! There he goes!
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Speaker 5: Catch the horse before the sheriff's trampled! Hey, Luke had
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Speaker 5: him rear up to get at him with his.
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Speaker 7: Catch him!
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Speaker 5: Hold on to him! He's a killer for sure! Whoa, fella, whoa!
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Speaker 5: You all right, Sheriff? You get hurt?
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Speaker 3: I'm sorry about this, Sheriff, but I tried to warn you.
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Speaker 5: The blaze is with you, Warner. I was rude, but
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Speaker 5: I'm still here to say that Kidderton be rude, even
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Speaker 5: if I ain't the fella to do it. I ain't
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Speaker 5: the best horseman around here and I never claimed to be.
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Speaker 5: There's others that'll ride him, even if I can't.
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Speaker 3: Anybody can talk big when he doesn't mean to back
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Speaker 3: it up.
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Speaker 6: Huh?
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Speaker 3: Who's your best rider in this distance?
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Speaker 5: Best rider? Why, uh, let me see.
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Speaker 7: If you're looking for the best bronc buster around here,
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Speaker 7: that's him coming this way right now.
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Speaker 5: 500, yes. Bill Steadman. Bill! Hi there, Bill! Want me, Sheriff?
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Speaker 5: Come here. Well, what's up? Bill, here's a number that
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Speaker 5: says Texans can't ride. I'm admitting this here horse of
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Speaker 5: his just now proved me. But I'm maintaining that don't
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Speaker 5: prove nothing. Now, how's about it? You think you can
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Speaker 5: do it? I'd be willing to try. Then climb into
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Speaker 5: the saddle and show him. Sure, I'll ride it. Just
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Speaker 5: a second.
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Speaker 3: Well? This isn't strictly fair.
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Speaker 6: In the first place, my horse has carried me a
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Speaker 6: long ways today.
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Speaker 5: He's tired.
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Speaker 6: In the second place, he's already thrown one of you.
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Speaker 6: Of course he can be ridden if you're going to
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Speaker 6: have one man after another try.
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Speaker 3: Until one of you stays on. Any horse would weaken
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Speaker 3: in time.
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Speaker 5: And what's your notion of what's fair?
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Speaker 6: How about postponing this until tomorrow sometime?
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Speaker 5: Say, tomorrow afternoon. That all right with you, Bill? Sure.
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Speaker 5: Why not?
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Speaker 3: And how about making this interesting? In Montana, we're always
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Speaker 3: willing to back.
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Speaker 5: Up our opinions. You didn't just walk.
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Speaker 3: I've got a thousand dollars that isn't doing anything just now.
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Speaker 6: I'll wager all of it or any part of it
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Speaker 6: that you care to cover on my horse.
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Speaker 3: But of course, if you haven't the courage of your conviction.
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Speaker 5: I'll blast you. I'll take a hundred of that myself. There,
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Speaker 5: you hear that? Mister, I reckon you're cold.
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Speaker 3: Or how much?
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Speaker 5: Put up your thousand, and I'll guarantee every dollar of
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Speaker 5: it will be covered.
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Speaker 3: Good enough. And the time?
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Speaker 5: Suit yourself. Any time you name is all right with us.
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Speaker 5: Right now, you say so.
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Speaker 3: Very well.
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Speaker 6: I've got some business to attend to, so the later
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Speaker 6: in the day, the better. How about five in the afternoon?
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Speaker 5: Bill can make it. It's all right with me. I
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Speaker 5: can be there.
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Speaker 3: I suppose there'll be quite a crowd on hand to watch.
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Speaker 5: Just everybody in town, mister.
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Speaker 6: Then how about holding this contest on those flats I
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Speaker 6: noticed just south of town?
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Speaker 3: Any objections?
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Speaker 5: That's the place I was going to suggest myself.
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Speaker 6: I won't insist this man here has to make the ride.
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Speaker 6: You're free to choose anyone you wish. If he's thrown,
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Speaker 6: I win. If he rides killer, you win. No second
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Speaker 6: chance for either side.
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Speaker 5: Fair enough. By tonight, mister, I'll have your bet covered.
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Speaker 5: And by tomorrow night, you're going to know there's at
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Speaker 5: least one gent in Texas your horse can't throw.
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Speaker 6: Word of the coming contest circulated throughout town. And the
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Speaker 6: townspeople talked of nothing else. Tonto rode into Big Pine
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Speaker 6: to purchase supplies... Heard the news and repeated it to
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Speaker 6: his white friend when he returned that night to their
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Speaker 6: well-hidden camp.
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Speaker 3: You got a look at this fellow who calls himself
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Speaker 3: Palma Tanta?
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Speaker 5: Uh-huh. Me get good look.
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Speaker 3: He's the same fellow who went under the name of
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Speaker 3: Ridgeway at Center Springs, eh? Not right. And he must
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Speaker 3: also be the same fellow who called himself Taylor that
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Speaker 3: time over in New Mexico.
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Speaker 5: Not right.
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Speaker 3: I've been thinking back over those stories we heard, Kimisabe,
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Speaker 3: and I'm glad we're here for the contest.
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Speaker 6: Why.
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Speaker 5: Glad.
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Speaker 3: I've got an idea that Palmer, or whatever his name is,
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Speaker 3: is up to something more than winning bets.
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Speaker 8: Huh?
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Speaker 3: He does the same thing wherever he goes. It's easy
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Speaker 3: to get men into arguments about horses and their ability
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Speaker 3: to ride them. And it's easy to mention bets and
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Speaker 3: arrange a contest. Not right. What I've heard, Palmer doesn't
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Speaker 3: always win. He lost that time in New Mexico. But
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Speaker 3: him win other times. Maybe he wins more often than
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Speaker 3: he loses, I couldn't say. But I do know one thing.
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Speaker 3: What's that? Every time he's staged one of these contests,
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Speaker 3: there's been a holdup in town. May not know that.
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Speaker 3: And it didn't occur to me until I started thinking back.
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Speaker 3: It's true, however. Why couldn't Palmer arrange these contests not
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Speaker 3: so much to win any bets that might be made,
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Speaker 3: but to get everyone out of town to watch the contest?
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Speaker 5: That'd be plenty smart.
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Speaker 3: That's what he does. Of course, those hold-ups may have
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Speaker 3: been just coincidence, but I doubt it. A hold-up every
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Speaker 3: place he holds a contest is too much to blame
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Speaker 3: on luck. The fact that he changes his name each
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Speaker 3: time makes it look as though he doesn't want to
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Speaker 3: be traced. He always seems to travel alone, but that
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Speaker 3: doesn't prove anything. He'd naturally not allow himself to be
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Speaker 3: seen with the fellows who perform the actual robberies. That way,
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Speaker 3: no one would ever think of connecting him up with
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Speaker 3: the robbery unless they knew what had happened at the
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Speaker 3: other places where he'd been. He's always careful to keep
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Speaker 3: these contests spaced far enough apart, so there's little danger
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Speaker 3: of that. You tell law? If the sheriff wouldn't believe me,
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Speaker 3: I'd just be wasting my time. And if he did
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Speaker 3: believe me, he'd simply call off the contest and tell
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Speaker 3: Palmer to get out of town. After all, there's no
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Speaker 3: proof against the fellow.
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Speaker 5: Not right.
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Speaker 3: No, Kimisabe, we'll say nothing. But if Palmer is a crook,
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Speaker 3: we'll attend to him ourselves.
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Speaker 6: The following morning, the cafe was crowded with townsmen and
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Speaker 6: men from the range who had come to town to
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Speaker 6: witness the contest. A lone ranger without his mask but
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Speaker 6: wearing a disguise circulated among them, keeping watch on Palmer,
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Speaker 6: who was a center of interest.
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Speaker 7: You really think your horse can't be rode, mister? You
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Speaker 7: sure made a mistake when you bet against Bill Stedman.
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Speaker 3: I've made my bet. I think that speaks plainly enough
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Speaker 3: of the way I feel.
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Speaker 5: You'll be feeling a heap different tonight. Howdy, Farmer.
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Speaker 3: Oh, hello, Sheriff.
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Speaker 5: Your horse feeling frisky today?
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Speaker 3: He's all right.
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Speaker 5: Too doggone bad for you that you didn't ask some
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Speaker 5: questions around before you put up your cash for free
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Speaker 5: and easy. If you'd known a little more about Bill Steadman,
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Speaker 5: maybe you wouldn't have wanted to bet.
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Speaker 3: Yes?
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Speaker 5: Bill ain't only the best rider around Big Pine, he's
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Speaker 5: one of the very best in the whole state. He's
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Speaker 5: won more top honors at rodeos round and about than
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Speaker 5: you can shake a stick at.
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Speaker 3: That's interesting.
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Speaker 5: Thought you'd find it so.
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Speaker 6: Nevertheless, I'm not backing out. Maybe Killer can be ridden
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Speaker 6: by one of your men. I still doubt it, however.
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Speaker 6: And even if I were convinced that he could be,
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Speaker 6: the bet would stand.
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Speaker 3: I don't renege.
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Speaker 5: Well, neither do we. What the hell? Bill Stedman's been hurt.
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Speaker 5: What did you say? Come on outside.
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Speaker 9: Steve just came in and some bum nearly walked in
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Speaker 9: front of it. Bill twisted his back, throwing the fellow
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Speaker 9: out of the way. Bill's right outside now.
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Speaker 5: What? I'll be blasted. Come on, men. If Bill's hurt,
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Speaker 5: that goes our thousand dollars. There ain't another ride around
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Speaker 5: here half as good as Bill is. Shucks, if he
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Speaker 5: can't ride, we might just as well give up. Wouldn't
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Speaker 5: that just be our luck? Wonder how bad hurt Bill is.
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Speaker 5: There he is.
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Speaker 4: Bill, did we get this straight? Did you go and
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Speaker 4: hurt your back so you can't ride?
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Speaker 10: Reckon I did, Sheriff. Back aches to beat glory. I'll
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Speaker 10: just sit in here till the dark can come. How
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Speaker 10: in blazes did it happen?
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Speaker 5: I guess it was my fault, Sheriff. Who are you?
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Speaker 5: Lampy's what they call me, Sheriff. A hobo, huh? I
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Speaker 5: ain't no hobo. You got a job? No. You got cash?
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Speaker 5: I'm flat broke just now, but I'm looking.
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Speaker 4: If you're broke and you ain't got a job, then
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Speaker 4: what do you call yourself if you ain't a bum?
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Speaker 4: And just because Bill was fool enough to try to
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Speaker 4: save your worthless hide, we're going to be out $ 1, 000.
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Speaker 5: No, please.
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Speaker 10: My thunder out will help you. Oh, Sheriff, now it's
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Speaker 10: worth his fault. Jux, he couldn't help but none. And
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Speaker 10: I couldn't just stand by and watch him get run over.
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Speaker 10: Why in blazes did you get in front of the stage?
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Speaker 3: It was my legs, Harold.
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Speaker 7: Huh?
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Speaker 5: It goes bad on me every once in a while.
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Speaker 5: That's why they call me Limpy and.
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Speaker 11: Well, it's why I ain't been able to get regular work.
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Speaker 4: So you had to choose a time like this for
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Speaker 4: your fool egg to go bad on you again, huh?
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Speaker 5: But honest, I didn't. Well, there goes the contest. We
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Speaker 5: might just as well call the whole thing over.
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Speaker 3: Which is just what I expected. Huh?
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Speaker 6: I had you sized up as a bunch of cheap
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Speaker 6: sports when I first came here.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, why?
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Speaker 3: Because I remember when the bet was made, nothing was
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Speaker 3: said about any one particular person making the ride.
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Speaker 6: I told you you could choose anyone you wished. Even
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Speaker 6: if the man you chose is injured, I don't see
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Speaker 6: why the.
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Speaker 3: Bet should be called off.
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Speaker 5: Who said it was?
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Speaker 3: You just now suggested that we.
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Speaker 7: Mister, when a Texan makes a bargain, he keeps it. Later,
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Speaker 7: one of us said we wanted to crawl out of it.
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Speaker 7: We'll go through with it even if we do have
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Speaker 7: to lose.
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Speaker 5: Sheriff. Well, what do you want? I can ride. I'm
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Speaker 5: a real good rider. You? You call yourself a horseman?
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Speaker 5: I'm real good. Honest, I can... Fellas, look at what
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Speaker 5: things he can ride a mean horse. Look at him.
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Speaker 5: He can't hardly stand up. But he figures we ought
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Speaker 5: to risk our thousand dollars on him.
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Speaker 11: But please, if you just give me a chance to
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Speaker 11: show you... If I could make up for what I'd done.
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Speaker 11: You said all this was my fault.
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Speaker 5: And so it is. But you've done enough damage already.
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Speaker 5: Then just let me try. There's only one thing I'll
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Speaker 5: let you do, and that's clear out of town. But I...
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Speaker 5: Didn't you hear me? Get going before I jail you
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Speaker 5: for being a vagrant. Go on. Get going and keep going.
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Speaker 5: You ain't wanted in Big Pine, mister. All you mean
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Speaker 5: to us is bad luck. You heard the sheriff. Now
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Speaker 5: clear out.
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Speaker 11: And pronto.
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Speaker 5: Well, if you'd only give me a chance. You've got
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Speaker 5: your chance. You better take it before we make you sorry.
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Speaker 3: All right.
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Speaker 5: Limpy. Mister, I didn't mean no harm. Honest, I didn't.
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Speaker 5: I'm going if you want me to.
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Speaker 3: Don't misunderstand me. You say you can ride?
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Speaker 5: I can.
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Speaker 11: I'm a real good rider.
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Speaker 3: You want to prove it?
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Speaker 5: I'll prove it.
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Speaker 11: Sure I will if you give me a chance.
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Speaker 3: Then come with me. You'll get your chance.
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Speaker 3: TV 2021.
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Speaker 2: THE END.
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Speaker 3: Now to continue our story.
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Speaker 6: It was at noon that Palmer borrowed a horse and
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Speaker 6: rode out of town. He headed west until he was
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Speaker 6: sure he had not been followed. Then he left the
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Speaker 6: trail and rode toward a small woods in the distance.
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Speaker 6: Twenty minutes later, he drew rein in a clearing.
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Speaker 5: Woo, woo, woo, woo.
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Speaker 3: Go say fuck.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, we was just standing out of sight and we
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Speaker 8: was sure it was you boys.
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Speaker 5: But we figured you ought to be coming along pretty soon.
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Speaker 3: Everything's fixed.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, what time's it to be?
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Speaker 3: At five o'clock on the flat south of town.
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Speaker 6: If you could take my word for it, there won't
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Speaker 6: be a man, woman, or child in town who can leave.
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Speaker 5: John's all right. What have you got lined up for us?
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Speaker 3: The office of the stage line.
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Speaker 6: I understand there's bullion stored there, waiting for a special
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Speaker 6: stage to leave tomorrow.
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Speaker 3: We'll clean up plenty on this.
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Speaker 5: The stage office, huh? That's just fine. At five o'clock,
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Speaker 5: we take over.
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Speaker 6: Now then, I'll have to be getting back. Boys, when
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Speaker 6: we leave Big Pine, this will be one town that's
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Speaker 6: stripped clean. In the meantime, at the camp of the
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Speaker 6: Lone Ranger in Tonto, not far distant... Limpy reined in Scout.
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Speaker 5: Oh, Scout! Oh, oh, oh!
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Speaker 3: Limpy, you weren't just boasting. You can ride.
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Speaker 5: Him ride heap good. Yeah, I should be able to.
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Speaker 5: I've worked around horses all my life.
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Speaker 3: Scout has never permitted anybody to ride him before unless
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Speaker 3: Tyler said it was all right.
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Speaker 5: Well, I don't mind admitting.
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Speaker 11: He put up the best tussle ever had with a horse, too.
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Speaker 11: And if you'd asked me to ride that white horse
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Speaker 11: of yours, eh, well, I ain't.
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Speaker 5: So sure about what I'd have had to back out.
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Speaker 3: How does it happen that a man who can ride
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Speaker 3: like you do can't hold a job?
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Speaker 11: Well, you see, friend, it was a horse trampling me
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Speaker 11: that gave me my bad leg.
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Speaker 3: No?
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Speaker 5: My home's over near the Brazos, at least the way
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Speaker 5: it was. Had me place my own over there. Raised
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Speaker 5: and sold nothing but horses. Then had a lot of
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Speaker 5: tough luck and lost it.
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Speaker 3: I don't like that nickname of yours.
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Speaker 5: Limpy?
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Speaker 3: Yes, what's your real name?
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Speaker 5: Sam Bowers, friend. And so the nickname, well.
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Speaker 11: I don't care so much for it myself, but it
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Speaker 11: don't do no good to get mad about things like that.
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Speaker 3: Well, we'll call you Sam.
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Speaker 5: Thanks.
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Speaker 3: You think you could ride that horse?
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Speaker 11: Say, you sure don't think he's the equalest scout here,
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Speaker 11: do you?
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Speaker 3: I know he's not.
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Speaker 11: Then you just bet I can ride him. And without
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Speaker 11: half trying, neither.
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Speaker 3: Then you will.
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Speaker 5: Huh? What the sheriff said.
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Speaker 3: I know what the sheriff said, but that doesn't matter. Sam,
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Speaker 3: you're not only going to ride that horse and win
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Speaker 3: their bet for the townspeople, you're going to help catch
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Speaker 3: some crooks as well.
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Speaker 6: When Palmer had said that every man, woman, and child
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Speaker 6: would be on hand for the contest that afternoon, he
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Speaker 6: had not been exaggerating by hinting that Texans were not
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Speaker 6: the equal of other Westerners in horsemanship, Palmer had aroused
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Speaker 6: the indignation of every resident of Big Pine and the
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Speaker 6: surrounding countryside.
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Speaker 3: Victory became to them a matter of personal pride. Long
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Speaker 3: before five o'clock, they began making their way to the
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Speaker 3: flats where the contest was to be held. And when
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Speaker 3: the time approached, Place was crowded. Sheriff! Where's the sheriff?
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Speaker 5: Here I am. What do you want?
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Speaker 3: You holding the stakes?
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Speaker 5: Sure I am. Any objections?
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Speaker 3: None at all.
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Speaker 6: I just wanted it clearly understood that I expect to
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Speaker 6: be paid off as soon as your man has been thrown.
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Speaker 4: You will be, mister, if he's thrown. Only don't be
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Speaker 4: too doggone sure about that ahead of time. Maybe you'll
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Speaker 4: get surprised.
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Speaker 3: Stedman isn't riding, is he?
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Speaker 5: Nope, but we got the next best guy.
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Speaker 3: Where is he? It's almost five now.
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Speaker 6: I want this runoff exactly on time.
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Speaker 5: He's right over there by your home. Come along. I'll
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Speaker 5: introduce you to him.
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Speaker 3: Lead the way.
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Speaker 5: Hey, Judd. Yeah? This here's Palmer. He owns this horse
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Speaker 5: you're going to ride. Palmer, meet up with Judd Tebbets. Howdy.
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Speaker 3: How do you do?
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Speaker 7: Think you can ride killer, huh? Suppose we get down
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Speaker 7: to business. You can tell a heap better when I
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Speaker 7: make my try than you can from any talker dog.
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Speaker 5: I can do.
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Speaker 3: Perhaps you're right.
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Speaker 6: But according to my watch, it's just five.
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Speaker 3: Ready, are you?
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Speaker 5: Just as ready as I'll ever be.
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Speaker 3: Let's get at it. I'll hold killer while you're mounting.
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Speaker 3: That's the only way you'd ever get in the saddle.
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Speaker 5: And, uh... Yeah?
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Speaker 6: Well, all I wanted to say is that you're doing
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Speaker 6: this at your own risk. I don't expect to be
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Speaker 6: held responsible if you're injured.
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Speaker 5: Mister, don't you trouble to worry about me. None at all.
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Speaker 7: Just grab that horse, hold on till I'm in the saddle,
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Speaker 7: then get out of the way. For the fur sure
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Speaker 7: be flying.
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Speaker 4: Hand back, folks. Make room so you won't be hurt.
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Speaker 4: Judge ready to ride. Get way back, everybody.
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Speaker 5: That's right. Now stay like that and don't get in
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Speaker 5: the way. All right, Judd, you can get in the
21:52
Speaker 5: saddle now. What's that? Well, I'll be switching. It's a
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Speaker 5: mask man. A crook. Stand back. Make way for him.
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Speaker 5: He's coming right here.
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Speaker 3: Who's that in the saddle with him?
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Speaker 5: Why, that hobo I told to leave town.
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Speaker 4: Hey, rein up there and I'll make your hands hot.
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Speaker 5: Hold on.
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Speaker 12: Hold on.
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Speaker 5: You'll do nothing. I'm the law here. This man's going
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Speaker 5: to ride Palmer's horse.
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Speaker 3: Sam, get out of the saddle.
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Speaker 5: Yes, your thing.
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Speaker 3: Sheriff, listen to me. This man can ride Palmer's horse.
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Speaker 3: I'll guarantee it. He'll ride the horse and win your
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Speaker 3: wages for you.
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Speaker 5: Why, Thunder, you raise your hands like it was told.
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Speaker 5: Where do you think you get off with any such nonsense?
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Speaker 3: I'm not raising my hand.
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Speaker 5: And don't slap leather. That's wrong.
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Speaker 3: Come on, move toward your holster again and I'll shoot.
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Speaker 3: Is that clear?
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Speaker 5: You got me covered, but you ain't going to get
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Speaker 5: away with this.
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Speaker 3: I think I am.
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Speaker 5: Hold on. Sheriff, I protest this. This fellow rides killer,
22:35
Speaker 5: the bets are off. I said.
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Speaker 3: Yesterday, you were the first one to say the bets stood.
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Speaker 3: When Steadman was injured, Palmer, the bets still stand. No
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Speaker 3: matter who tries to ride your horse. How about it, Sheriff? Now,
22:44
Speaker 3: look here.
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Speaker 4: The masked man is right that much anyhow. You ain't
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Speaker 4: going to get out of this, Palmer, no matter who
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Speaker 4: rides your horse. I can't stop this fellow from trying it,
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Speaker 4: so I don't intend to lose out if he can
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Speaker 4: stick in the saddle.
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Speaker 5: But, Sheriff.
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Speaker 3: No arguments. You ready, Sam?
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Speaker 5: Anytime you say.
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Speaker 3: Then hold the horse for him, Palmer.
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Speaker 5: You can.
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Speaker 3: Do as I say. I'll do it.
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Speaker 5: I still protest this.
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Speaker 3: Hold still, boy. Steady, fella.
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Speaker 5: Steady.
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Speaker 3: Into the saddle, Sam. Go.
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Speaker 5: I'm set. Let him loose.
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Speaker 3: Right.
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Speaker 6: But while Big Pine was almost deserted, Palmer's two confederates,
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Speaker 6: Buff and Osage, reined up before the office of the
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Speaker 6: stage line, dismounted and walked up the steps to the door.
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Speaker 5: We'll make this quick. Get the bullion, then make tracks.
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Speaker 3: Right.
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Speaker 5: But don't go for your gun till I do. Uh-huh. Afternoon, gents. Afternoon.
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Speaker 9: Didn't figure anybody'd be calling here with all the doings
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Speaker 9: outside town.
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Speaker 5: What can I do for you? All alone here, are you?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, but.
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Speaker 5: Then stick up your hands. Don't get no full notions
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Speaker 5: or we'll have to drill you. Hey, what the... Reach!
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Speaker 5: This is our holdup. Crooks. Right.
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Speaker 8: What we're after is that bullion you got, Stewardier. Don't
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Speaker 8: waste time trying to tell us there ain't none because
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Speaker 8: we know better.
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Speaker 5: It's in that safe right behind you. Now get it out.
24:08
Speaker 5: You blasted.
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Speaker 9: And keep your mouth closed. The law will get you
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Speaker 9: for this. You can't rob the stage line and get
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Speaker 9: away with it.
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Speaker 8: Come on, open that safe.
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Speaker 5: Quick.
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Speaker 3: All right.
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Speaker 5: All right. And remember, we're watching you every second. If
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Speaker 5: you make the mistake of trying to... What was that?
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Speaker 8: Church, make sure you get that gold and get it
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Speaker 8: in a hurry. We're clearing out of here.
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Speaker 5: Get him up, Jones. Get him up. Get him up.
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Speaker 3: While the crowd cheered wildly, Sam Bower stuck to the
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Speaker 3: saddle of Palmer's horse. But the same shots that Palmer's
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Speaker 3: confederates heard in town could be heard out on the flat.
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Speaker 3: At the sound, the masked man shouted... That's Tonto!
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Speaker 5: Get the guy on the horse, Sam! I'm his boss
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Speaker 5: and he knows it!
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Speaker 11: Then ride for town!
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Speaker 5: Follow me! Get up there, fella! Get up!
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Speaker 2: Come on, Silver!
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Speaker 5: Come on! Hey, come back here!
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Speaker 3: Sheriff, they're stealing my horse!
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Speaker 5: Take after them!
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Speaker 4: Get to your horses, men! Hurry up! Get to your horses!
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Speaker 4: We're bringing them fellas back! All right, I'm ready, fella!
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Speaker 5: Yep!
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Speaker 6: With the sheriff and Palmer in the lead, the angry townspeople,
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Speaker 6: thinking they had been tricked, followed in pursuit of the
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Speaker 6: masked man and his companions. They thundered into town and
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Speaker 6: down the main street toward the stage office. But as
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Speaker 6: they kept the masked man in sight, they saw something
25:45
Speaker 6: that surprised them. The Lone Ranger and Sam were joined
25:48
Speaker 6: by an Indian, and the three raced on until they
25:50
Speaker 6: overtook two madly spurring strangers. Then they heard the sound
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Speaker 6: of firing guns.
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Speaker 4: Look at that, sir. What the thunder's going on? A
25:59
Speaker 4: fight of some kind. They've made them other two fellas stop.
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Speaker 4: Come on, now's our chance. We'll catch up to them
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Speaker 4: before they can get started again.
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Speaker 12: Don't look to me as though they're even trying to
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Speaker 12: get away. Looks just as though they was waiting for us.
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Speaker 12: Holding guns on them first two tents besides. What in
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Speaker 12: blazes is this all about? We'll soon find out. Stay
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Speaker 12: where you are.
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Speaker 5: We got you. You try to get away and we'll
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Speaker 5: let you have it. We're waiting for you, Sheriff. Rain up, fellas.
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Speaker 4: Keep these arms covered.
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Speaker 5: You're under arrest.
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Speaker 3: These are the men you want to arrest, Sheriff. They
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Speaker 3: just held up and robbed the office of the stage company.
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Speaker 3: You'll find the gold bullion they stole in their saddlebags.
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Speaker 5: Such a... But look here, stranger.
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Speaker 3: Counter here fired those shots you heard a few minutes back.
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Speaker 3: No shots were a signal we'd been waiting for. It
26:42
Speaker 3: meant these fellas were carrying out the holdup they had planned. Palmer,
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Speaker 3: one move and I fire. You can't... Hey, what are
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Speaker 3: you picking on him for? He's the man who planned
26:49
Speaker 3: the holdup.
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Speaker 5: Why, you little coyote, quiet!
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Speaker 3: Jerry, we knew there'd be a holdup because everywhere Palmer
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Speaker 3: promoted one of these riding contests, there was a holdup
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Speaker 3: in town at the same time. If you doubt that,
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Speaker 3: I'll give you the names of half a dozen towns
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Speaker 3: where you can check. And in each one of those towns,
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Speaker 3: Palmer went by a different name.
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Speaker 5: That's not so.
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Speaker 3: Don't believe a word he's saying. He's just trying to
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Speaker 3: trick you. No games up, Palmer. These fellas don't talk.
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Speaker 3: It won't take the sheriff long to investigate and learn
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Speaker 3: the truth.
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Speaker 5: Stay right where you are, Palmer. I reckon we can
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Speaker 5: get at the truth right now. You fellas. What? You're
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Speaker 5: caught dead to rights. Now, do you want to tell
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Speaker 5: the truth about this?
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Speaker 4: Or do you want me to turn you over to
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Speaker 4: these fellas here to deal with you any way they want?
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Speaker 4: We ought to string them up. The Lincoln part is
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Speaker 4: just what they got coming.
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Speaker 5: No, no.
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Speaker 8: You've got to give us a trial. It was Palmer's
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Speaker 8: plan to share it with you. We was working with him.
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Speaker 8: Give us a fair try and we'll testify to the
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Speaker 8: whole thing.
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Speaker 5: You dirty squealer! Hold on to him, man! I got him!
27:41
Speaker 5: He makes a break for it, I'll drill him. Take
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Speaker 5: him over to the calaboose and lock him up.
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Speaker 3: There's something else too, Sheriff.
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Speaker 5: What's that?
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Speaker 3: Sam here has told me his story. He hasn't been
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Speaker 3: able to get work because no one would let him
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Speaker 3: prove he could handle a real job. I think after
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Speaker 3: the ride he gave Palmer's horse today, he proved plenty.
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Speaker 3: Besides winning your bets for you.
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Speaker 5: That was as fine a piece of riding, mister, as
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Speaker 5: I ever seen.
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Speaker 11: Do you think maybe somebody would give me a job, Sheriff?
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Speaker 11: I'd work real hard.
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Speaker 7: You got a job, Sam, with me. You're hired right now.
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Speaker 7: Get your horse and saddle and come out to my place.
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Speaker 5: But I ain't got a horse.
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Speaker 11: I had to sell it a while back.
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Speaker 5: You ain't got a horse? What's the matter with the
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Speaker 5: one you're riding? But this belongs to Palmer.
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Speaker 4: And where he'll be from now on, he won't have
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Speaker 4: no more use for a horse than I'd have for
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Speaker 4: a plug hat.
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Speaker 5: Damn that horse is yours. And I'm apologizing for the
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Speaker 5: things I said to you yesterday in town. Gosh.
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