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The Lone Ranger - "Branded for Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1943) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: April 12th, 1943 brings us to the Brace Beamer and
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: John Todd era of The Lone Ranger. This is episode 1595,
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: Branded for Murder, with Fran Stryker's masked rider and Tonto
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  Speaker 1: investigating a horse theft and murder scheme. An innocent man
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  Speaker 1: faces the gallows while the Lone Ranger follows the evidence
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  Speaker 1: toward those responsible. Saddle up for a Blue Network broadcast
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  Speaker 1: from the long-running Western series. Now, back to the golden
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  Speaker 1: age of radio.
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  Speaker 2: I'll sail away!
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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 howl.
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  Speaker 4: Silver, the Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 4: THE END.
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  Speaker 2: THE END.
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  Speaker 1: With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the Masked Rider.
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  Speaker 5: Of the Plains led the fight for law and order
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  Speaker 5: in the early western United States.
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  Speaker 3: The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and
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  Speaker 3: resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations. And
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  Speaker 3: nowhere in the pages of history can one find a
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  Speaker 3: greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those
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  Speaker 3: thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come
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  Speaker 3: the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver.
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  Speaker 4: The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on, Silver. We're heading
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  Speaker 4: for Tumbleweed. Oh, Silver.
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  Speaker 3: Late one afternoon, two men sat on their horses in
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  Speaker 3: the shadows of a Judas tree... near the trail that
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  Speaker 3: wound through the hills from the Crazy W Ranch... toward
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  Speaker 3: the distant town of Tumbleweed. They were leaning forward, watching
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  Speaker 3: through the narrowed eyes... as a string of hollered horses
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  Speaker 3: trotted down the trail below them. One of the men
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  Speaker 3: fingered the trigger for Winchester held across his saddle horn.
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  Speaker 4: It's the Crazy W string, Jumbo. You had it correct.
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  Speaker 6: I always get correct information, Fletcher... Nice pass of the
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  Speaker 6: horse flesh. That's wrong, for instance. We can get a
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  Speaker 6: fancy price for him over at Tucson.
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  Speaker 7: I reckon we.
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  Speaker 6: Will, provided you don't miss your aim. There's only one
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  Speaker 6: man hurting him alone. Don't miss a shot like that.
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  Speaker 6: It's easier than shooting a trapped wolf. Just say when.
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  Speaker 6: He won't see us till he's close. Let a man
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  Speaker 6: with a might nearer.
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  Speaker 4: You're the top man.
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  Speaker 6: When he drops, we'll round up the horses and head
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  Speaker 6: for Lost Valley, Savvy.
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  Speaker 4: You know, same as always.
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  Speaker 6: In the valley, we change brands, do a little color
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  Speaker 6: changing on the horses that need it, and then sell
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  Speaker 6: them for plenty. I'll accept that strawberry wrong. I got
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  Speaker 6: other plans for him.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Special plans.
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  Speaker 4: Get set, Fletcher. Anytime.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 5: I think we better be getting back to the Lone
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  Speaker 5: Ranger in town, Victor.
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  Speaker 4: I guess you're right. Time we were heading back for camping. Hey, Victor,
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  Speaker 4: are those buzzards....
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  Speaker 7: Gee willikers, they are. They are buzzards. Two of them
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  Speaker 7: circling around the far side of that hill.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, Victor, we'll see what's the trouble. Come on, boy,
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  Speaker 4: get up there. That's it, Victor. Just as fast as
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  Speaker 4: you can gallop. Now we can see what... Hey, golly,
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  Speaker 4: it's a man. He's lying right plumb in the middle
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  Speaker 4: of the trail.
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  Speaker 5: Ho, ho, boy.
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  Speaker 2: Ho there, ho.
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  Speaker 7: You missed her. Mister, can I help you? Dry gulched.
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  Speaker 7: Dry gulched by ornery horse leaves.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 7: Here, take a swallow of this water.
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  Speaker 4: You see?
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  Speaker 7: You're just a youngster. How'd you come to locate me?
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  Speaker 7: I reckon I know what's up when I see buzzards
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  Speaker 7: circling around.
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  Speaker 4: The horses?
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  Speaker 7: Just my own horse, mister. That's all.
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  Speaker 4: Here. Here.
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  Speaker 7: That's no use. I can't lift you up. I'm not
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  Speaker 7: strong enough. Gosh, what am I going to do? Just
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  Speaker 7: leave me be, Sonny. Just leave me be. I'll get help.
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  Speaker 7: Don't worry, mister. Here's my water bottle.
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  Speaker 4: Easy, boy. Don't worry, mister. I'll get the Lone Ranger
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  Speaker 4: and Tonto. They'll know what to do.
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  Speaker 8: It's not far, and I'll bring.
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  Speaker 4: Them back in less than half an hour. Get up, boy.
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  Speaker 4: That's the spot yonder. Just around the hill. Still light
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  Speaker 4: enough to see. There he is. Ah, did you see him?
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  Speaker 4: Stay on your horse, Dan. Yes, sir. Oh, how is he, Tonto?
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  Speaker 4: Can we take care of him here?
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  Speaker 9: Bullet already take care of him another way, Kimo Sabe.
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  Speaker 4: This man, dead. Rod? Rod Sartell. Oh, just a second, Abby.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just finishing up washing.
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  Speaker 10: Sure is a fine thing when a fella's wife won't
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  Speaker 10: even give him time enough to get washed.
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  Speaker 4: Up for supper. At that, though, the way you can.
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  Speaker 10: Dish out the vittles, I reckon I'm the luckiest gent
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  Speaker 10: this side of the pearly gates.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not.
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  Speaker 10: I tell you, when I smell that cooking, it's all
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  Speaker 10: I can do to stop to get washed up.
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  Speaker 7: Look at that sunset, Rod.
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 5: It's right pretty, isn't it?
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  Speaker 4: Yep, sure is. What's that got to do with supper? Nothing.
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  Speaker 4: I was just thinking.
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  Speaker 7: I like it here, don't you?
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  Speaker 4: Uh-huh. I'm mighty glad we settled near Tumbleweed. They're such
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  Speaker 4: nice neighbors.
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  Speaker 10: Yep, and I'm making a living as a horse wrangler. Well,
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  Speaker 10: this here's good country for horses, Abby. Good pasture land,
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  Speaker 10: good wintering, and plenty of wild broncos around Lost Valley
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  Speaker 10: for me to corral and train for sale.
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  Speaker 7: Rod, I wish you wouldn't go out to Lost Valley.
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  Speaker 7: That's dangerous country.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, shucks.
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  Speaker 10: I'll only go there twice a year at the most,
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  Speaker 10: and it's worth the risk.
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  Speaker 4: Now, what say?
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  Speaker 10: Let's get that supper where it'll do the most good, huh?
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  Speaker 4: Or two! Say, looks like we got company. Isn't that
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  Speaker 4: the sheriff? Sure is. Howdy. Howdy, gents.
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  Speaker 10: I don't know if we got enough vittles to feed
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  Speaker 10: all of you, but we can sure make a stab
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  Speaker 10: at it.
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  Speaker 4: Come on inside. Artel, this isn't a social call. Huh? Say,
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  Speaker 4: what's eating at you, gents? You got faces longer than
• 8:53
  Speaker 4: Snake River. You got any explanation? You better speak it
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  Speaker 4: out pronto. I don't savvy, sheriff. Complaining about what? If
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  Speaker 4: my husband's done anything, I reckon there must be something
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  Speaker 4: mighty unimportant. Red never broke a law knowingly in all
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  Speaker 4: his born days. Sawtelle, yesterday afternoon, Matt Crowley, herdman for
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  Speaker 4: the Crazy W, was heading for Tumbleweed with a remood
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  Speaker 4: of horses. Last night, an engine came into town bringing
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  Speaker 4: Matt's body. Matt Crowley was dry-gothed, Sawtelle, by a murderer
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  Speaker 4: and a horse thief. There's nothing worse than a murdering
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  Speaker 4: horse thief.
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  Speaker 1: Poor Matt.
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  Speaker 4: Who did it, Sheriff? You sure look innocent, Sartell. Give
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  Speaker 4: it to him straight, Sheriff. I reckon I will. No
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  Speaker 4: sense beating around the bush. Trot off that cayuse.
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  Speaker 6: Here he is, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 4: Sartell, this is one of the horses stole from that string.
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  Speaker 4: There's been an attempt made to change his color. You notice?
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  Speaker 10: Whoever did it didn't do such a good job. Looks
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  Speaker 10: like he stopped in the middle.
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  Speaker 4: Furthermore, the crazy W brand on this horse was changed
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  Speaker 4: with a running iron. It was changed to a sawtee. Sawtee?
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  Speaker 4: That's our business. You know where we found him, Sawtell?
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  Speaker 4: Down near the creek, tethered in a patch of mesquite
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  Speaker 4: on your property. Now what do you got to say? Sheriff,
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  Speaker 4: are you accusing me of... Of murdering Matt Crowley and
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  Speaker 4: stealing the Crazy W horses. Where's the rest of them?
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  Speaker 4: You plumb loco, Sheriff. I never stole a horse in
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  Speaker 4: my life. The facts are against you, Sartell. You better
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  Speaker 4: say adios to your wife. You're heading for the Calaboose.
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  Speaker 4: Never mind that, Sheriff. We got a rope handy.
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  Speaker 6: Let's save the expense and string him up on the
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  Speaker 6: nearest tree right now.
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  Speaker 4: Wait a minute. There'll be plenty of time for that
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  Speaker 4: after the trial's over. Come along, Sautel. Oh, Rod.
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  Speaker 2: Rod.
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  Speaker 4: Easy, Silver.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a day in coming back from town.
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  Speaker 4: Well, did you have a nice ride, Dan? Gosh, gee willikins, we...
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  Speaker 4: What's the matter, son? Otto didn't let him run into
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  Speaker 4: any trouble.
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  Speaker 9: No trouble for Dan, but he'd much trouble for horse thief.
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  Speaker 4: He isn't a horse thief, Toto. He doesn't look like one. Sometime,
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  Speaker 4: best look an apple all rotten inside, Dan. Yeah, but
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  Speaker 4: I still.
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  Speaker 4: Judge him by the way he acts.
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  Speaker 7: But honest to Pete, the man they put in jail's
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  Speaker 7: got a wife.
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  Speaker 4: And he look... Well, he just wouldn't, that's all.
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  Speaker 9: They find one horse on the land.
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  Speaker 4: Only one, Tonto? What about the rest? Not at all,
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  Speaker 4: just one. Did he confess? Gosh, no.
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  Speaker 7: He kept yelling he was innocent. I could hear him
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  Speaker 7: clear outside the jail.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, what's this man's name, Tonto? His name's Rod Sautel.
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  Speaker 8: His wife's gone back to their cabin. She's just crying
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  Speaker 8: her eyes out. Tonto knows where the cabin is. Oh, gosh,
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  Speaker 8: he'd just have to do something.
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  Speaker 4: You make it sound pretty urgent. You stay here and camp.
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  Speaker 4: You have to bed early. We'll be back as soon
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  Speaker 4: as we can.
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  Speaker 7: Golly, can't I go with you?
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  Speaker 4: Remember, Dan, you're only a youngster. Here, Silver. You're perfectly
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  Speaker 4: safe here, Dan. Let's stay near the fire. Yeah, I will. Steady,
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  Speaker 4: big fella. All right, Tonto, lead the way. We'll talk
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  Speaker 4: to Sautel. Get him up, Scout.
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  Speaker 3: Who's that?
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  Speaker 4: Sartell. Who's that? Where are you? At the window. Who
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  Speaker 4: are you? What do you want? Your mask. Keep your
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  Speaker 4: voice down. Do you want to get out of jail, Sartell?
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  Speaker 4: Do I want to get.
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  Speaker 4: Listen, stranger, you don't think I like it here. What
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  Speaker 4: concern is it of yours? I got this barred window open.
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  Speaker 4: We could get away. Say, hold on there.
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  Speaker 10: There's something wrong about this setup.
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  Speaker 4: Don't be a fool. Oh, no, I'm not loco. You're masked.
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  Speaker 4: You won't tell me who you are. Not just yet.
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  Speaker 4: But you're offering to help me break jail.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Why? Well, you're innocent, aren't you? Sure I am. I'm
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  Speaker 4: not breaking jail, mister.
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  Speaker 7: I'm staying right here.
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Because I savvy what you're up to. It's you that
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  Speaker 10: stole those horses and dry-gulch Matt. You pretend to be
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  Speaker 10: helping me, but you know Blaine will, that if I
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  Speaker 10: break out of this calaboose, that'll be proof positive that
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  Speaker 10: I'm guilty, far as the sheriff's concerned.
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  Speaker 4: And he'll take after me with a posse, and they
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  Speaker 4: won't wait for a trial this time. They'll shoot me
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  Speaker 4: down like a jackrabbit. No, sir, I stay right here.
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  Speaker 4: Good for you. And what's more, I'm calling the sheriff.
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  Speaker 4: What's that you said? Good for you, Sartell. I was
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  Speaker 4: just testing you. If you'd been guilty, you'd have jumped
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  Speaker 4: at the chance for escape. What... You mean... I mean
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  Speaker 4: I am with you all the way. I want to
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  Speaker 4: help you. Now tell me all you know.
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  Speaker 10: I don't reckon there's much to tell, mister. I was framed,
• 13:52
  Speaker 10: there's no doubt of that. But doggone if I know
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  Speaker 10: who did it or... Just start talking, I'll tell.
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  Speaker 4: Talk fast. The sheriff's up front. He may hear us.
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  Speaker 4: There's no time to waste. Tell me what you do,
• 14:00
  Speaker 4: where you go, everything you can think of. I tell you, though, Fletcher,
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  Speaker 4: I'd feel a heap more sure of my ground if
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  Speaker 4: we found the rest of those crazy W. Horses. It's
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: all tails guilty, Sheriff. Well, all we've got is that
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  Speaker 4: roan horse. Well, then he got rid of the rest
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  Speaker 4: of them, that's all.
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  Speaker 6: Doggone it, it makes me a boy when I think
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  Speaker 6: what he did to poor Matt Crowley.
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  Speaker 4: You pay for it, Fletcher. Never you doubt it. I
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  Speaker 4: reckon I'll turn in. Sorry to chase you out, Fletcher. Oh, Sheriff,
• 14:35
  Speaker 4: that's all right. Time I was leaving anyways. I'd sure
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  Speaker 4: like to serve on the jury that convict Sawtail. I'd
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: hang him, I'd hang him. And once more, Sheriff, look yonder.
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  Speaker 4: Along the wall to the rear of the jailhouse. Gee,
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  Speaker 4: horse of rat. There's someone at the cell window. Must
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  Speaker 4: be a part of Sawtail. Follow me and use your guns.
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  Speaker 4: We'll corner the varmint, whoever he is. Hold her on.
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  Speaker 4: He's reaching for his guns. Blast him down.
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  Speaker 3: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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  Speaker 3: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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  Speaker 3: to pause for just a few moments.
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  Speaker 2: THE END.
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  Speaker 1: Now to continue our story.
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  Speaker 3: When the Lone Ranger went into Tumbleweed to talk through
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  Speaker 3: the cell window with Rod Sautel, he was seen by
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  Speaker 3: the sheriff, who opened fire immediately. The shots brought men
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  Speaker 3: who piled out of the gambling hall and the cattleman's
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  Speaker 3: hotel up the street. In a matter of seconds, the
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  Speaker 3: Lone Ranger was ringed by a circle of flashing guns.
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  Speaker 3: Only the darkness and his masterful aim kept the townsman
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  Speaker 3: from rushing in.
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  Speaker 4: Mask man! Mask man! Sautel, get back from the window.
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  Speaker 4: A bullet might hit you. Look out across the street!
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  Speaker 4: I see him. Mister, you're the best hand with a
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  Speaker 4: six-gun I ever saw. But it's plum suicide to stay here.
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  Speaker 4: You can't hold him back forever. Yes, I know it, Sautel. Well, then,
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  Speaker 4: Van Moose, mister, where's your horse? That's the trouble. He's
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: way up on the bluff. Oh, then I reckon you're licked, mister.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps.
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  Speaker 4: At least you've given me some ideas to work on.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't tell you a thing that matters. Maybe not.
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  Speaker 4: I'm still... Surrender! Surrender or we'll finish you for good!
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  Speaker 4: Stand back! Keep your distance! What in tarnation are we
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  Speaker 4: waiting for?
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  Speaker 1: Ten against one.
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  Speaker 4: I say rush him!
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  Speaker 7: Aye!
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  Speaker 2: Aye!
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: Hey, what's that? Sounds like horses. Hey, this way. Listen to.
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  Speaker 2: Me.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, look out. It's a pair of horses. They're coming
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: like a runaway engine. Get them up, scouts.
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  Speaker 3: Here's Silver.
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  Speaker 4: We're here shooting. Ready, boy. Adios, Sartell. Don't worry. Ride, mister, ride.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, Silver.
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  Speaker 3: Get him.
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: You see that? In and out again. Caught me by surprise.
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  Speaker 4: He was wasting bullets. They're gone. Sartell, who was that
• 17:57
  Speaker 4: masked army? What do you want? He came to help me, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 4: And I haven't any idea who he is. I'm Silver.
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  Speaker 4: Sure was a heap of shootin', Trumbull. That missed ombre
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: and the engine got cleaned away. Feels good to get
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: those boots off. I wonder who that mess gent was.
• 18:30
  Speaker 6: I don't know. I reckon the sheriff will find out, maybe.
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: Find out who?
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: Oh, when him and the posse take up the trail
• 18:37
  Speaker 6: in the morning.
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: Say, are they going to trail those two? That's right.
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: But don't say every sheriff seemed to think it wouldn't
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: be any use.
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: I changed his mind, Fletcher. I told him that mast
• 18:50
  Speaker 6: yet must be Sawtell's pod. I says if the sheriff
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: can track him down, he'll find those missing horses.
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: Why, that's loco, Trumbo. He knows where them horses are, except... Yeah, yeah,
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: sure it's loco.
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  Speaker 6: But with the sheriff out of town, it'll be easy
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: to bust into that jail, won't it? Don't you get it, Fletcher?
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  Speaker 6: A lot of the men are just itching to string
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  Speaker 6: Sawtell up without bothering about a trial. When the posse goes,
• 19:14
  Speaker 6: the sheriff won't be here to put up an argument.
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: He'll leave a deputy, that's all. I reckon it'll be
• 19:21
  Speaker 6: easy for us to stir up a lynch mob. When
• 19:24
  Speaker 6: the sheriff gets back, Sawtell will be dead.
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: Dan, are you awake?
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm awake. I heard you and Todd are right
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: into camp. Did you have any trouble?
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: Oh, a little, Dan. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: if a posse pulled in here a little after dawn.
• 19:48
  Speaker 7: What's that?
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: I don't be alarmed. I don't I left a plane
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: trail on purpose. We want them to get here We
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: want them.
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: To follow us gosh up. I don't exactly understand.
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: I'll explain then how don't I are riding on now?
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: But here's something for you to give the sheriff in
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  Speaker 4: the morning after you see the sheriff I want you
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: to ride the tumbleweed and I'll just keep your eyes
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: open understand.
• 20:08
  Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: Whatever you say. I This is a camp, all right.
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: The trail led here straight as a string.
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: Say, mister, are you the sheriff?
• 20:28
  Speaker 4: Well, I'll be. You were hiding behind the trees, huh, youngster? Yes, sir.
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: Wasn't rightly sure it was you. Son, you sound like
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: you expected me.
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: I did. Because I'm supposed to give you this.
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: Hmm.
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: Well, I'll be darned. What is it, Sheriff? It's a note.
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: A note and a silver bullet. Gents, follow me. We're
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: heading for Lost Valley. Come on. Make sure none of
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: the horses slip away, Tonto. Can't waste time roping them again.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: They all on string, like you say.
• 21:12
  Speaker 9: Kimisabe, how you know we find crazy W horses in
• 21:18
  Speaker 9: Lost Valley?
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: Sartell say that? Well, Sartell mentioned Lost Valley, Tonto. He
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: had no idea the horses would be here. Oh. Sartell's innocent.
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: He had nothing to do with that murder or the
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: theft of these horses. How you know? Last night when
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: I talked to him, he mentioned that he went to
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: Lost Valley once in a while to hunt wild horses.
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: Then I suddenly remembered that we'd seen last time we
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: passed there. Huh?
• 21:44
  Speaker 9: Oh, now Tonto remember. We see men, Brandon, ten, maybe
• 21:48
  Speaker 9: twenty horses. That long time ago.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: Yes, we went no closer. Apparently those men we saw
• 21:54
  Speaker 4: almost a year ago were the horse thieves. Too bad
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: we not know that. Before this, huh? We had no
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: reason to suspect it then. It was almost a year ago.
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: Last night, Sawtelle said that Lost Valley was deserted. No
• 22:06
  Speaker 4: one ever went there. Yet we saw those men. Oh,
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: me savvy. Horse thieves take care nobody see them. Is
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: that right? Yes, but we were lucky. Tonto, those horse
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: thieves have been operating for years. No one suspected it.
• 22:19
  Speaker 9: But Kimisabe, why horse thieves try to make Sawtelle look
• 22:22
  Speaker 9: like murder, huh?
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: Oh, it's simple, Tonto. Sawtelle knew horses. While most people
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: never came near Lost Valley, Sawtelle made regular trips to
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: it as part of his business... They realized that sooner
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: or later, Sawtell would stumble on the truth. Though they
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: decided to make him look like a murderer, he'd be
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: convicted and hanged, and their secret would be safe. That man,
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: clever like fox. Look up ahead, Tonto. That posse. They
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: must have the message I left with Dan. They're not
• 22:48
  Speaker 4: reaching for their guns. We hope so. Hello.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Howdy, Tonto. Howdy.
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: Mister, I'm sure none of our bullets hit you last night.
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: Why didn't you shout out you was a lone ranger?
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: There wasn't much time for shouting, Sheriff. You were too
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: busy shooting. I reckon that's so. I see you got
• 23:05
  Speaker 4: the missing horses. Yes, they were in Lost Valley. We
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: find Corral hidden in caves. Yep, those are the crazy
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: doubly critters, right enough. Was it Sawtell, Masked Man? Sawtell? Yeah.
• 23:14
  Speaker 4: Is that where he hid the horses? You're still on
• 23:16
  Speaker 4: the wrong track, Sheriff. Sawtell had nothing to do with it.
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: He kept saying so, and he was telling the truth. Well, then,
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: who in tarnation are the horse thieves? We found no
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: one with the horses, Sheriff, but they gave us the answer.
• 23:27
  Speaker 4: The horses did? Yes, that's right. Mister, I never heard
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: of a talking horse. Horses don't talk, but banding irons do. Here,
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: take a look at this lead horse. Crazy W brand
• 23:36
  Speaker 4: has been changed. There's a new brand in this place. Well,
• 23:39
  Speaker 4: I'll be doggone. Do you recognize the new brand? I'll
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: say I do. We all know it, don't we, boys?
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: That brand belongs to... Kimo Sabe, that damn. And him
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: riding plenty fast. Got Victor at full gallop. Something's wrong.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Come on, Silver.
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: Get him up.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: Pull, Silver, back, boy.
• 23:57
  Speaker 10: Pull, pull.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: Pull, Victor, pull, boy.
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: Pull there. That's his game from tumbleweed. Betty Van, take
• 24:06
  Speaker 4: it easy. Let's have it, boy. What's going on in Humbleweed?
• 24:09
  Speaker 4: They're getting set to lynch Rod Sautel. Quiet, everyone. You're sure, Dan?
• 24:14
  Speaker 8: Oh, sure as shootin'. I saw him. A man named
• 24:16
  Speaker 8: Trumbo and one named Fletcher. They worked up a lynch mob.
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: They wouldn't dare do it. Oh, yes, they would, Sheriff.
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: If you're out of town, they won't have much trouble
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: getting Sautel out of jail, will they? Hanna, you're right.
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: There's just one deputy on guard there.
• 24:27
  Speaker 8: When I left, Mrs. Sautel was there. She was beggin'
• 24:29
  Speaker 8: and pleadin' with him, but... I don't reckon she can.
• 24:31
  Speaker 7: Hold them off very long.
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: Those no-account saddle bums are like a bunch of sheep. Yes, Sheriff.
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: Now follow the leader, like sheep. Any leader. There's only
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: one thing to do. Anything you say, Masked Man. Ride
• 24:40
  Speaker 4: for Tumbleweed as fast as you can. We might not
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: be in time. Perhaps not. But Tonto and I will
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: be there before you.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: Huh?
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: Delver and Scout are faster than your horses. We'll go
• 24:47
  Speaker 4: on ahead. Just the two of you? You're heading for trouble, mister.
• 24:50
  Speaker 4: Chance we'll have to take. We can't let Sawtell die
• 24:52
  Speaker 4: for a crime he didn't commit. Come after us. We will,
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: as fast as we can.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: Good.
• 24:56
  Speaker 4: Come on, Tonto. Hit the trail. Get him up, Scout!
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: Oh, oh, oh.
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: Steady, boy.
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: Gino, here we are. This cottonwood is just right. Give
• 25:16
  Speaker 6: me that rope, Fletcher.
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: Here you go, Trumbo. Noose is all ready.
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: Just throw it over that branch.
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: All right, somebody... Harvey, make that rope secure. Maybe we're
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: being a mite hasty, Trumbo. Sure. Never mind the sheriff.
• 25:29
  Speaker 6: This necktie party goes through. We wasted enough time as
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: it is.
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: Tie that rope. All right.
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: There.
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: It's fine. Now, just drop the noose over your head, Sartell.
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: All set.
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: You want me to take the gag off of him, Trumbo?
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: No.
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: Why listen to any last words?
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: Leave him bound and gagged.
• 25:51
  Speaker 6: Just slap the horse, and when the critter rides out
• 25:53
  Speaker 6: from under Sartell, that'll be the.
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: Say, what the... It's the masked man. Fletcher, slap that horse.
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: Slap him and get this old.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Did you see that?
• 26:02
  Speaker 11: The masked man cut the rope with one shot.
• 26:04
  Speaker 4: Now, listen to me, you men. Sartell is innocent. These
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: two are the guilty ones, Fletcher and Trumbo.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: Why, you.
• 26:10
  Speaker 4: Throw that lie back in his teeth, Fletcher. Wait for
• 26:12
  Speaker 4: your guns, mister. Well, I'll be doggone... Never saw.
• 26:19
  Speaker 11: Such shooting in all my life.
• 26:20
  Speaker 4: Otto, make sure no one else draws a gun. I'm
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: going to untie Saltel's teddy big fella. Me watch him
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: pretty close. There you are, Saltel. That better? Thanks.
• 26:32
  Speaker 10: Sure thought I was on my last trip.
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: Mister, you with the mask.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Well?
• 26:37
  Speaker 11: We don't aim to start anything. Not against a couple
• 26:40
  Speaker 11: of gunfighters like you and your engine part, but... But
• 26:43
  Speaker 11: who are you and what's this about?
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: The sheriff can answer all of you. Here he comes now.
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: You'll notice he's got the stolen crazy W horses. I
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: see you got here in time, masked man. Just in time, sheriff.
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: Here are your prisoners, Fletcher and Trumbo. I'm turning them
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: over to you. Thanks. I'll see they get what they deserve. Sheriff. Sheriff,
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: what's it all about? I'll tell you what it's about,
• 27:04
  Speaker 4: you donkey-eared, lame-brained sheep. The whole thing was a frame-up.
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: These two coyotes right here are the real horse thieves.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: And the brands on these horses prove it. Just look
• 27:14
  Speaker 4: at their faces. That'll prove it, too. Sawtelle's innocent. If
• 27:18
  Speaker 4: you'd have hanged him, I'd never been able to hold
• 27:20
  Speaker 4: my head up again or face his wife. The same
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: goes for you, gents. Lynchum, you're just plumb lucky you
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: didn't get a chance to go through with it.
• 27:27
  Speaker 11: Sheriff, Sheriff, we're ashamed of ourselves. We're mighty grateful you
• 27:32
  Speaker 11: found the real varmints.
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: I found them, you lop-eared polecats. I had nothing to
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: do with it. I didn't solve anything. There's the gent
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: who did all the work, right over yonder. It was
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: the Lone Ranger. I'll send them away! Away!
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: Away! THE END THE END THE END.
• 29:29
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 29:42
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• 29:45
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