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The Lone Ranger - "Ghost Canyon" (Old Time Radio, 1942) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: Brace Beamer as the Lone Ranger and John Todd as
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Speaker 1: Tonto head the cast in this January 12, 1942 broadcast
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Speaker 1: of the Lone Ranger, Ghost Canyon. Jim Hamilton appears to
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Speaker 1: be fleeing the law, drawing the Lone Ranger into a
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Speaker 1: mystery in Canyon Country. As evidence raises questions about Hamilton's
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Speaker 1: apparent guilt, the Ranger investigates before accepting the first explanation.
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Speaker 1: Written by Fran Stryker and produced by George W. Trendle,
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Speaker 1: this is episode 1,400, a chapter in the continuing Legion
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Speaker 1: of the Black Arrow storyline heard during the series' mutual
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Speaker 1: broadcasting system run. Here is the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: Hullo!
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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 hi-yo silver.
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Speaker 4: The Lone Ranger.
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Speaker 5: The Lone Ranger.
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Speaker 4: THE END.
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Speaker 5: During the years of unrest that followed the Civil War,
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Speaker 5: a powerful secret organization called the Legion of.
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Speaker 1: The Black Arrow sprang up in.
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Speaker 5: The western United States. Its members were to be found everywhere,
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Speaker 5: defying the law or using the law for their own purposes.
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Speaker 3: Working toward the ultimate goal of revolt and the foundation
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Speaker 3: of a despotic empire. It was the masked rider of
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Speaker 3: the plains who led the fight against this band of
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Speaker 3: outlaws and traitors, and for once his great strength and courage,
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Speaker 3: his daring and resourcefulness were taxed to the utmost in
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Speaker 3: the cause of democracy. Return with us now to those
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Speaker 3: thrilling days when the West was young. From out of
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Speaker 3: the past come the thundering hoofbeats of a great horse, Silver.
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Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger rides again.
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Speaker 4: Come on, Silver. We're on the trail of the Black Owl. Hail, Silver!
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Speaker 5: Hooray! Mary Hamilton was the postmistress at Painted Bend.
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Speaker 3: One morning, just as she had finished sorting the mail,
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Speaker 3: someone knocked at the general delivery window.
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Speaker 6: Wendy, open up here.
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Speaker 7: Oh, right away. What was it you wanted?
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Speaker 4: I was wondering if you had some mail for me.
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Speaker 7: What's the name?
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Speaker 4: Jim Hamilton.
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Speaker 7: Jim Hamilton?
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Speaker 4: Oh, my goodness, it is you, Jim. Hello, sis.
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Speaker 7: Oh, your face is so dirty, I didn't recognize you.
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Speaker 7: And your clothes. Come around and back so I can
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Speaker 7: get a good look at you.
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Speaker 4: I can't climb through this window.
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Speaker 7: The door's over to your left. I'll unlock it. Come
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Speaker 7: on in. You can sit down in that chair.
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Speaker 4: No, thanks. I'll just as soon stand. I can't stay long.
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Speaker 7: You can't stay long.
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Speaker 4: You're looking fine, Mary.
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Speaker 7: Well, I can't say the same for you. Where have
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Speaker 7: you been?
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Speaker 4: What have you been doing?
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Speaker 7: Why haven't you let me hear from you?
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Speaker 4: Oh, I'm no hand for writing letters.
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Speaker 7: Well, you used to be a pretty fair hand at washing.
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Speaker 7: You look like an outlaw, Jim.
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Speaker 4: Do I?
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Speaker 7: I'll give you the key to my cabin. You go
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Speaker 7: over there and get cleaned up. You must have some
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Speaker 7: better clothes with you.
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Speaker 4: I'm sorry, Mary.
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Speaker 8: That don't fit into my plans. You see, I just
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Speaker 8: assumed folks didn't recognize me.
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Speaker 7: You what?
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Speaker 4: And I guess I can get by all right. Even
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Speaker 4: you didn't know it was me for a minute.
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Speaker 7: Jim, is something wrong?
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Speaker 9: Plenty. What? What?
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Speaker 4: What have you done?
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Speaker 7: Are you mixed up with the law some way?
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Speaker 8: I can't tell you much, sis, but I guess the
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Speaker 8: answer to that is yes.
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Speaker 10: Oh, Jim.
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Speaker 4: There's no need to get excited about it. I'm not
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Speaker 4: going to stay in town.
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Speaker 7: Well, if you've done something, it won't do any good
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Speaker 7: to keep running away. You've got to stand up and
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Speaker 7: face the music.
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Speaker 4: You let me handle it my own way, sis. I'm
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Speaker 4: heading for Ghost Canyon.
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Speaker 7: Why Ghost Canyon?
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Speaker 4: Oh, it's a nice, quiet place.
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Speaker 7: They say there's outlaws there.
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Speaker 4: Do they?
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Speaker 7: And things happen. Do you remember the big house up
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Speaker 7: on the side of the canyon?
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Speaker 4: Ned Rockwell's place? Where he used to live when the
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Speaker 4: mine was going? Yes. Yeah, I remember. What about it?
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Speaker 7: Well, Harry Starr was riding along the South Trail the
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Speaker 7: other night, and when he was passing the opening of
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Speaker 7: the canyon, he could see the house. There was a
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Speaker 7: funny blue light in one of the windows. Well, it's
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Speaker 7: no laughing matter.
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Speaker 4: Those old Indian stories are coming back to life, huh?
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Speaker 7: Harry isn't one to imagine things.
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Speaker 4: Maybe not.
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Speaker 7: And he heard a cry, like a wolf, only there
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Speaker 7: was something human in it.
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Speaker 4: Has the story gone around yet?
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Speaker 7: Well, naturally, everybody in town has heard it. They believe it, too,
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Speaker 7: after what happened last week.
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Speaker 4: What happened then?
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Speaker 7: The sheriff found a dead man at the opening of
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Speaker 7: the canyon. Not a mark on him. And no papers either.
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Speaker 7: Nothing to tell who he was. Doctor said it was
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Speaker 7: heart failure. And the folks that saw him said there
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Speaker 7: was an awful look on his face. Like he'd seen
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Speaker 7: something horrible.
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Speaker 4: So they're all steering clear of the canyon. Naturally. Well,
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Speaker 4: what about the outlaws?
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Speaker 7: Oh, that was a while back. Jed Hawkins saw a
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Speaker 7: band of men with bandanas over their faces.
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Speaker 4: It was up by the old mine. Near the house?
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Speaker 7: Yes, but when the sheriff got up a posse and
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Speaker 7: went after them, they were gone.
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Speaker 4: Well, I ought to find it mighty peaceful in the canyon.
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Speaker 7: You can't go there.
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Speaker 4: I've got to.
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Speaker 7: Oh, no, you haven't. I wouldn't care if the canyon
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Speaker 7: was safe and the best place to hide out in
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Speaker 7: the whole country.
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Speaker 4: You aren't, uh, aiming to turn me over to the sheriff,
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Speaker 4: are you, Mary?
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Speaker 7: I couldn't do that. You're my brother. But if you've
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Speaker 7: done something wrong, you have to pay for it, Jim.
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Speaker 7: You can't run away.
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Speaker 8: You won't tell anybody about my coming here, will you?
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Speaker 4: Now, if you say I shouldn't... Then don't. I wouldn't
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Speaker 4: have tried it if I didn't think I could trust you.
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Speaker 7: Oh, Jim, at least tell me what.
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Speaker 4: I'll tell you this. If you should happen to see
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Speaker 4: me in town, pretend you don't know me. That's important.
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Speaker 4: And don't worry too much. I hope it won't be
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Speaker 4: long before I get.
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Speaker 10: Anybody here?
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Speaker 7: Somebody at the window.
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Speaker 4: I'll look myself out the back door. Is anybody here?
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Speaker 4: I'm coming. I'm coming. Good morning, miss.
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Speaker 9: Or should it be ma'am?
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Speaker 7: Miss is right. What can I do for you?
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Speaker 9: Well, I just rode into town and.
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Speaker 9: Ah, there it is. Postmistress Mary Hamilton. How do you do,
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Speaker 9: Miss Hamilton?
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Speaker 7: How do you do?
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Speaker 9: I wonder if you can give me some information.
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Speaker 7: I'll try.
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Speaker 9: How do you get to a place called Ghost Canyon?
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Speaker 7: You are.
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Speaker 9: I mean, you're... Don't tell me a sensible-looking girl like
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Speaker 9: you believes in those stories.
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Speaker 7: What made you say that?
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Speaker 9: Your face. You seem to be afraid.
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Speaker 7: Oh, not at all. But there is something to the
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Speaker 7: stories they tell, and don't fool yourself about it.
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Speaker 4: I wouldn't go near Ghost Canyon.
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Speaker 9: Well, I've got to, Miss Hamilton. This is business.
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Speaker 7: I don't see how that can be. There's nothing there
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Speaker 7: but trees and rocks, a tumbledown old house and an
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Speaker 7: old mine.
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Speaker 4: That's it.
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Speaker 7: What?
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Speaker 4: The mine.
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Speaker 9: I'm an engineer, and I've got to take a look
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Speaker 9: at it.
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Speaker 7: What for? That mine hasn't been worked for five years.
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Speaker 9: Four years and eleven months, to be exact. Well, here's
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Speaker 9: the situation.
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Speaker 11: Ned Rockwell held that claim under the old law. If
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Speaker 11: five years pass without any work being done on it,
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Speaker 11: the claim goes back to the government.
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Speaker 9: And it's open for prospecting once more.
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Speaker 7: Ned Rockwell's dead?
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 9: Right now it's his nephew that holds the title. Oh.
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Speaker 7: He sent you to find out if the mine was
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Speaker 7: really worked out?
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Speaker 9: I sent myself. I'm the nephew. My name's Ned Rockwell, too.
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Speaker 7: Oh, I see.
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Speaker 9: There's no point in letting the mine go if it's
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Speaker 9: worth anything.
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Speaker 4: How do you get.
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Speaker 9: To the canyon?
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Speaker 7: You're a stranger around here. You might lose your way.
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Speaker 9: You think I ought to get the sheriff to take
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Speaker 9: me there?
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Speaker 4: Oh, no.
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Speaker 7: No, I guess it isn't as hard as all that.
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Speaker 7: Just take the south trail out of town. The trees
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Speaker 7: are pretty thick at the opening of the canyon, but
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Speaker 7: if you look sharp, you can find it.
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Speaker 9: Thanks a lot. I suppose it's a waste of time.
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Speaker 4: Oh, I'm sure of it.
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Speaker 11: It wasn't any waste of time coming to a painted bend.
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Speaker 11: Even if the mine don't amount to anything, I'm going
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Speaker 11: to do some prospecting around here. I, uh, aim.
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Speaker 9: To stay for a long time.
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Speaker 10: Really?
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Speaker 9: Say, did anyone ever tell you you were the prettiest
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Speaker 9: girl in the whole United States?
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Speaker 7: Well, if anyone ever did, I'd put him down for loco.
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Speaker 9: Well, you can add my name to the list, Miss Hamilton.
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Speaker 9: And it won't be the last time I'll say it.
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Speaker 7: Is that all, Mr. Rockwell?
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Speaker 9: That's all for today. See you tomorrow.
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Speaker 7: Jim must be on his way there. I'll have to
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Speaker 7: warn him not to go near the mine. The post
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Speaker 7: office is closed for the next two hours.
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Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger and Tonto had received a note from
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Speaker 3: the mysterious girl, and in it were two words, Ghost Canyon.
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Speaker 3: Without question, they had headed north to investigate, and they
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Speaker 3: reached the canyon that night. Beyond the tangled opening near
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Speaker 3: the south trail... The trees and undergrowth disappeared, but the
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Speaker 3: walls rose sheer on either side, dark and forbidding. Then
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Speaker 3: farther on, the rocky ground sloped more gradually toward the
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Speaker 3: top of the ridge, and it was here that Ned
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Speaker 3: Rockwell's mine was located. The Lone Ranger and Tonto reined
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Speaker 3: up below it.
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Speaker 4: Steady, Silver. Steady, fella.
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Speaker 3: Most down.
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Speaker 4: Most canyon, fella.
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Speaker 2: Hit plenty dark.
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Speaker 4: Was that a coyote or a wolf?
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Speaker 2: May it not sound like either one.
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Speaker 4: You're right. There was something strange about that cry.
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Speaker 2: Indians tell many stories about this canyon.
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Speaker 9: Yes, I've heard them, Tonto.
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Speaker 4: But we aren't interested in spirits. We're looking for men.
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Speaker 2: Maybe Black Arrow used this place for hideout.
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Speaker 4: A girl wouldn't have sent us here without a good reason.
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Speaker 4: We've got to find out what it was.
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Speaker 9: Kimasabe, you look. What, Tonto? They're light.
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Speaker 6: Yes.
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Speaker 4: Someone's inside the house.
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Speaker 7: What's that?
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Speaker 4: Sounds like a cry for help. They come from house?
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Speaker 4: We're near it. Let's go. Get them up. Up the hill, Silver.
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Speaker 4: Watch your step, Tonto. Some of these boards may be rotten.
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Speaker 4: The door's open.
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Speaker 2: That's right.
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Speaker 4: Can't see any light now. Plenty dark. Yes. Much darker
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Speaker 4: inside here. I'll add a match.
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Speaker 2: Well, nobody used this room for a long time.
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Speaker 4: The kitchen must be that way. Why do you want
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Speaker 4: to go to the kitchen? Because I can smell cooking.
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Speaker 9: Oh.
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Speaker 4: Wait a minute now. I'll light another match.
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Speaker 2: Ah, there's a lantern on the table. Yes.
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Speaker 4: Now we'll be able to see what's here. Ah, this
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Speaker 4: is kitchen. There's stove. Still warm. There's a skillet. It
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Speaker 4: was you tonight.
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Speaker 2: Marks and dust and floor are plenty fresh, too.
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Speaker 4: Someone cooked supper here tonight. And then, listen. On the
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Speaker 4: back porch. Man, Kimo Sabe. He's unconscious.
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Speaker 9: There water in here. Counter get it.
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Speaker 4: He hasn't been wounded. At least there's no... Oh, here's
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Speaker 4: a nasty cut. Someone hit him over the head. Here, water.
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Speaker 9: You take bandana.
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Speaker 2: Wash cut.
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Speaker 4: Yes. He's coming around.
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Speaker 9: Water.
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Speaker 4: Don't. This might have been made by a gun butt.
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Speaker 2: Maybe so.
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Speaker 4: See if you can find any tracks, horses or men.
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Speaker 2: No, time to do that.
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Speaker 4: What? What happened? Someone hit you. Your mask.
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Speaker 9: You're an outlaw.
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Speaker 4: Never mind that. We were down below and we heard
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Speaker 4: you cry out. Haven't you any idea what happened?
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Speaker 9: It was a wolf.
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Speaker 4: Yes, we heard that too.
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Speaker 9: I went out on the porch.
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Speaker 12: It sounded awful close, but when I stepped through that door,
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Speaker 12: something jumped on me.
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Speaker 4: Something? You mean someone.
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Speaker 12: I can only tell you what I thought. Of course,
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Speaker 12: I'd just heard the wolf and I had a feeling
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Speaker 12: it was an animal. I tried to free myself.
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Speaker 9: That's all. Everything went black.
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Speaker 4: And you were hit by a man. Who are you?
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Speaker 9: Ned Rockwell. This mine belongs to me.
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Speaker 4: How long have you been here?
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Speaker 9: Since noon today. I wonder... I wonder if there is
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Speaker 9: something to those stories after all.
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Speaker 4: He was hiding. Did you find anything, Tulloch?
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Speaker 2: Ah, a place where horses tied.
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Speaker 9: Over there by the big pine?
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Speaker 1: That's right.
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Speaker 9: Well, that's where my horse was. Isn't he still there?
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 9: Horse not there.
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Speaker 4: Were there any tracks? No.
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Speaker 9: Ground plenty high. Oh, wait a minute.
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Speaker 4: A mask man and an engine.
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Speaker 9: Maybe you've been using this place for a hideout. You
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Speaker 9: didn't like me coming back here, so you tried to
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Speaker 9: scare me out.
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Speaker 4: That isn't true, Rockwell.
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Speaker 10: No.
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Speaker 2: Mask man helped you. Bandage him.
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Speaker 4: Sure, after he hit me. Just so as I'd hightail
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Speaker 4: it back to town and stay out of the canyon.
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Speaker 4: You're making a mistake about us. But as for the
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Speaker 4: rest of it, well, you may be right. Huh? You understand, Tonto? Uh-huh.
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Speaker 4: And what do we do? It starts a canyon. We
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Speaker 4: can leave Rockwell here and... Yes, I heard it. You
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Speaker 4: heard what? Quick, Tonto. Put the lantern out. You heard what?
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Speaker 4: A noise inside the house. There's someone in there.
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Speaker 9: I didn't hear anything and I still think this is
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Speaker 9: a trick.
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Speaker 4: It may be, but we didn't plan it. Now you
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Speaker 4: stay here and try not to make any noise. Let's go, Tonto.
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Speaker 9: You have been ready.
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Speaker 4: Did you locate the sound? Any idea where it came from?
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Speaker 2: Maybe front room.
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Speaker 4: That's the way it seemed to me.
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Speaker 9: Door closed.
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Speaker 4: We didn't close it. That's what we heard.
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Speaker 9: You think wind?
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Speaker 4: There is no wind. Well, here goes.
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Speaker 6: There's a little light behind you, mister. One more step
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Speaker 6: and I shoot.
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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 5: THE END Now to continue our story.
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Speaker 3: As the lone ranger opened the door from the kitchen
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Speaker 3: to the front room, he stood outlined by the moonlight,
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Speaker 3: and a voice from the darkness ordered him to stand
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Speaker 3: where he was.
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Speaker 6: Don't reach for your guns. Just unhitch your belt.
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Speaker 9: What if I refuse?
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Speaker 6: I'll have to let you have it.
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Speaker 4: I know where you are now. Yeah? You're close to
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Speaker 4: the front door. Maybe.
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Speaker 6: You'd still have to guess a little. And me, I
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Speaker 6: can see you. Don't forget my gun is drawn. It's
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Speaker 6: level straight at you.
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Speaker 4: So you don't think it would be a good idea
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Speaker 4: to try and draw?
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Speaker 6: It'd be the easiest way to commit suicide I ever
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Speaker 6: heard of.
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Speaker 4: Why are you here?
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Speaker 6: You answer that question.
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Speaker 4: We heard someone call for help. We? Who's with you?
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Speaker 4: No one. Not now.
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Speaker 6: So you got a partner somewhere around?
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Speaker 4: Somewhere. Go on.
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Speaker 6: I'm not saying I'll believe this, but I'll listen. You
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Speaker 6: heard a cry for help when.
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Speaker 4: You rode up here. That's right. We found a man
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Speaker 4: out on the back porch. He was unconscious. Hit over
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Speaker 4: the head with a gun butt. Ned Rockwell. Oh, so
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Speaker 4: you know him.
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Speaker 6: I knew he was here. Hey, where do you keep
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Speaker 6: your matches?
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Speaker 4: My shirt pocket. Reach for one. I'll light it. Slow, mister.
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Speaker 6: Hold it closer to your face.
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Speaker 4: This way? Yeah. A masked man, huh? Yes.
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Speaker 6: Let's get rid of that belt.
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Speaker 4: I've heard your voice before.
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Speaker 6: Seems to me I've heard yours. Say, that white horse outside,
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Speaker 6: what do you call him?
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Speaker 4: I call him... Get him, Tonto. He's right in front
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Speaker 4: of you.
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Speaker 7: Tonto, do it!
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Speaker 10: I'll get his gun.
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Speaker 4: You can let him go now, Tonto. Well, I guess
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Speaker 4: that proves what I wanted to know. What's that?
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Speaker 8: You're smart. Your partner was in back of you when
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Speaker 8: you opened that door. You kept me talking so he
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Speaker 8: could slip around the front door and grab me.
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Speaker 4: Yes. Now it's your turn to answer questions. You mind
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Speaker 4: if I line a match? No. I hope my disguise
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Speaker 4: isn't too good. Hello, Jim. I came pretty close to
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Speaker 4: messing things up, didn't I?
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Speaker 2: Howdy.
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Speaker 4: Howdy, Tano. Why are you here in Ghost Canyon? The
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Speaker 4: same reason you are, I guess. The Black Arrow? What's that?
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Speaker 4: If you don't know, never mind. The sheriff reported there
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Speaker 4: were outlaws seen here about a month ago.
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Speaker 8: And then just last week, he found a dead man
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Speaker 8: at the entrance of the canyon.
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Speaker 4: The doc reported the death was from natural causes. But
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Speaker 4: some of the details made me suspicious, so I decided
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Speaker 4: to investigate. Well, that's the reason for your clothes.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: If there were.
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Speaker 8: Outlaws hanging around, I figured I might join up with
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Speaker 8: them and find out what they've.
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Speaker 4: Been up to. There are outlaws, all right. One of
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Speaker 4: them hit young Ned Rockwell over the head. I believe
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Speaker 4: it had something to do with the mine. That's possible.
19:10
Speaker 4: The mine belongs to him, you know.
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Speaker 10: Yes.
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Speaker 8: He came here to see if it was worth holding
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Speaker 8: on to. The land's open to new prospectors if the
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Speaker 8: mine isn't worked within the next month.
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Speaker 4: They may be trying to keep everybody away from it.
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Speaker 9: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: You better take a look at the mine first.
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Speaker 9: What's the matter, Tunnel? Light in kitchen.
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Speaker 4: It's Ned. He's got that linen.
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Speaker 9: Where are you, Maskman?
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Speaker 4: Right in here.
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Speaker 9: I can't help it myself. I can hardly stand up.
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Speaker 9: But even if you are a crook, you've got to
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Speaker 9: do something.
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Speaker 4: Help whom? What are you talking about?
19:37
Speaker 9: There was a girl outside just a minute ago.
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Speaker 4: Take the linen, Tunnel. Here, sit down in this chair.
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Speaker 4: Go on, now.
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Speaker 9: There's a girl named Mary Hamilton. She runs the post
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Speaker 9: office in town.
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Speaker 4: That's my sister.
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Speaker 9: Are you Jim?
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Speaker 4: Yeah. Was Mary outside?
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Speaker 9: No, another girl. I couldn't see her face. She kept
19:56
Speaker 9: in the shadows, but she.
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Speaker 2: Called me by name.
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Speaker 4: What about Mary?
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Speaker 12: This girl said she was waiting at your camp. But
20:02
Speaker 12: there were outlaws near there, and they might take her prisoner.
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Speaker 4: Where's your camp, Jim? Not far. On the other slope
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Speaker 4: of the canyon. Come on. You rode over here, didn't you? Yes.
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Speaker 4: Who could this girl be, the one who brought the message?
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Speaker 4: We don't know, but she's helped us before. It was
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Speaker 4: her note that brought us here.
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Speaker 2: Steady, Silver.
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Speaker 4: Lead the way. Right. Get up, boy. Come on, Silver.
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Speaker 6: Get him up.
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Speaker 4: Come on.
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Speaker 10: Well, we ought to be hitting the main tunnel pretty
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Speaker 10: soon now.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. And where?
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Speaker 10: To the left.
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Speaker 4: That's heading for the main entrance, isn't it?
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Speaker 10: Yeah. There's a place where the tunnel broadens out. That's
20:47
Speaker 10: where the boys are.
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Speaker 4: Are we.
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Speaker 7: Are we in the mine now?
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Speaker 10: Never mind the talk, sister. Just keep moving.
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Speaker 4: Does my brother belong to your gang?
20:54
Speaker 10: You're the postmistress, aren't you?
20:56
Speaker 4: Yes, but from the way Jim talked, I.
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Speaker 7: Of course, he may not be using his right name.
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Speaker 10: I thought you said that was your brother's camp where
21:03
Speaker 10: we found you.
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Speaker 7: That's where he was camped today.
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Speaker 4: No, sister.
21:06
Speaker 10: We saw that, Omri. He isn't a member of the gang.
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Speaker 7: Oh, thank goodness.
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Speaker 10: He'd be better off if he was. To the left here, huh?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 7: What are you going to do with me?
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Speaker 10: It depends on how nice you act. Maybe we'll let
21:19
Speaker 10: you pay us a nice long visit.
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Speaker 4: Hey, there's a light.
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Speaker 10: Sing out to them so they'll know who you are.
21:24
Speaker 4: Don't shoot, boys.
21:25
Speaker 10: It's Jake and Mark.
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Speaker 4: We've got a prisoner.
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Speaker 6: The hombre, you in there?
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Speaker 2: His sister.
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Speaker 10: That's almost as good.
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Speaker 6: His sister? Let's have a look at it.
21:33
Speaker 10: You can look while you're tying her up. Hands and feet.
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Speaker 4: Keno. How about the man in the house?
21:38
Speaker 10: Knocked him out like you said.
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Speaker 4: That was right, huh, Mark? Yeah.
21:42
Speaker 10: We'll scare him out if we can. If he's still
21:44
Speaker 10: around tomorrow morning, we'll let him have it. Then leave
21:46
Speaker 10: him outside the canyon.
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Speaker 7: Do you have to tie those ropes so tight?
21:50
Speaker 4: Sit down.
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Speaker 9: Oh!
21:51
Speaker 10: Don't kick while I'm tying your feet.
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Speaker 6: You said it was almost as good getting the girl
21:56
Speaker 6: as the man.
21:56
Speaker 4: Bet on Sammy.
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Speaker 10: We left her a horse at the camp on a
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Speaker 10: trail that anybody can follow from there to here. He'll
22:02
Speaker 10: come after her.
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Speaker 6: Well, you're loco.
22:04
Speaker 10: We'll be waiting for him, Sam. In about five minutes,
22:07
Speaker 10: these lanterns go out, and then we'll.
22:09
Speaker 4: I hear somebody now.
22:10
Speaker 10: They made it fast. Out with the lights and quiet everybody.
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Speaker 4: Don't let the girl make any noise. I got it. Eh,
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Speaker 4: the fool.
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Speaker 10: Keep back to the sides.
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Speaker 4: Up with him, mister. His gun, Jake.
22:31
Speaker 10: I got it. The lantern, Sam.
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Speaker 4: That isn't my brother.
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Speaker 10: It's the hombre from the house, the one we knocked out.
22:37
Speaker 7: What made you come in here?
22:38
Speaker 4: I saw a light.
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Speaker 10: And you had to find out what was going on, huh?
22:40
Speaker 10: I found out plenty.
22:42
Speaker 9: You've been working this mine.
22:43
Speaker 4: You've hit a vein of pure gold.
22:44
Speaker 10: That cook's your goose.
22:45
Speaker 9: The mine belongs to me.
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Speaker 10: You're Ned Rockwell?
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 10: It won't be yours in another month. Oh, yes, it will.
22:51
Speaker 4: You've done some work here.
22:52
Speaker 10: That saves it for me. Who's going to know we've
22:54
Speaker 10: done any work?
22:55
Speaker 4: I saw it with my own eyes.
22:56
Speaker 10: We'll close them for you. Close them for good.
22:58
Speaker 6: You can't.
22:59
Speaker 4: You can't murder him. It's easy.
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Speaker 10: Just one bullet.
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Speaker 4: Go ahead.
23:03
Speaker 10: After we get the girl's brother. I don't want any
23:05
Speaker 10: shooting to warn him off. Tie up Mr. Rockwell, boys,
23:08
Speaker 10: and then put out the light. We'll wait for our
23:12
Speaker 10: other visitors.
23:23
Speaker 4: Well, the trail's led us right back to the mine.
23:25
Speaker 4: But this isn't the entrance by the house. It's a
23:28
Speaker 4: new one. Lots of fresh gravel around. Mine's being worked.
23:31
Speaker 4: They've been using this tunnel instead of the old one. Oh, Tonto,
23:33
Speaker 4: not like it.
23:34
Speaker 9: Trail too easy to follow.
23:35
Speaker 4: We aren't stopping here, Kimo Sabe.
23:37
Speaker 9: Crook, wait for you inside mine.
23:39
Speaker 4: We'll have to have some kind of a light to
23:40
Speaker 4: go in there. We'll pick up a few pine branches. Ah, here.
23:43
Speaker 4: Here one. Yes, here's some more. We won't use these
23:46
Speaker 4: until we have to. I'm worried about the other entrance.
23:49
Speaker 4: What do you mean? They can escape by it. You
23:52
Speaker 4: better go around there and stand guard, Dono.
23:53
Speaker 9: Ah, time to do it.
23:54
Speaker 4: Come along, Jim. Just a second while I get this lit.
23:56
Speaker 4: Not yet. We can follow the tunnel without a light
23:58
Speaker 4: for a while. Come on. What's the matter? I'm peeling
24:13
Speaker 4: the walls. Well? We've hit another tunnel at right angles
24:16
Speaker 4: to this one. Which way do we turn? The front
24:19
Speaker 4: entrance would be to the left. Let's try that. This
24:22
Speaker 4: must be the way.
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Speaker 9: Yes, but be quiet.
24:24
Speaker 4: Hold it. You all right? I just stumbled. I ought
24:27
Speaker 4: to learn to pick up my feet. You suppose anybody
24:29
Speaker 4: heard that? Masked man, that was a woman. My sister!
24:32
Speaker 2: Steady.
24:33
Speaker 4: She isn't far away. We'll go on. A bird? Inside
24:38
Speaker 4: the mine? That was Tonto. About a hundred feet up ahead.
24:41
Speaker 4: There between us and him.
24:43
Speaker 9: Yeah.
24:43
Speaker 13: Now's the time to light our torches. They'll start shooting then.
24:46
Speaker 13: I'm going to light it fast and throw it up ahead.
24:49
Speaker 13: It may show us where they are. If it doesn't
24:50
Speaker 13: go out too fast, the woods dry. And over this
24:53
Speaker 13: way a little, so they won't be able to see
24:54
Speaker 13: the match.
24:55
Speaker 4: Right. It's catching. Throw it.
24:59
Speaker 1: There.
25:04
Speaker 3: As the torch flared through the darkness, the outlaws opened fire.
25:07
Speaker 3: But almost at once, they lost their momentary targets. The
25:09
Speaker 3: torch continued to burn where it had fallen. And the
25:11
Speaker 3: figures of the gunmen became more distinct. The leader moved quickly.
25:14
Speaker 4: Don't shoot. I'm using the girl as a shield.
25:16
Speaker 9: No.
25:17
Speaker 4: Stay right where you are.
25:18
Speaker 10: Go out the front way.
25:20
Speaker 4: Get moving. You can see her back there, can't you?
25:23
Speaker 4: If you shoot, you'll hit her. Mark.
25:26
Speaker 10: What's the matter?
25:27
Speaker 6: Something happened to Sam. I can't see, but I heard
25:29
Speaker 6: him get out.
25:30
Speaker 4: What's going on there? You let go of a girl.
25:32
Speaker 4: Good work, Tonto. Come on, Jim. Are you all right, Mary?
25:35
Speaker 4: Are you hurt? You stand still. Can't you get away
25:38
Speaker 4: and Tonto hit you like others? Stand back, Tonto. He's
25:40
Speaker 4: got a gun. Oh, not good.
25:42
Speaker 10: You shoot a gun out of hand.
25:44
Speaker 4: Now you can talk, Mary. Are you hurt?
25:46
Speaker 6: No.
25:46
Speaker 7: Ned Rockwell's over there.
25:48
Speaker 4: Ah, time to cut rope.
25:49
Speaker 2: Take off, gang.
25:50
Speaker 7: I guess you saved my life, Jim.
25:52
Speaker 4: But I don't know whether I'm grateful or not. What
25:54
Speaker 4: do you mean by that?
25:56
Speaker 7: I can see what your friends are like now. A
25:58
Speaker 7: masked man and an Indian.
25:59
Speaker 4: You are an outlaw. And don't judge your brother by
26:02
Speaker 4: the company he keeps, Miss Hamilton. He's a United States Marshal.
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Speaker 7: A what?
26:06
Speaker 4: You can handle the prisoners, can't you, Jim? Sure thing.
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Speaker 4: There are no condition to make trouble. Then, Tonto, I'll
26:11
Speaker 4: be on our way.
26:11
Speaker 10: Oh, Rockwell, all right.
26:13
Speaker 4: I sure am. Adios. So long, Masked Man. Financials, Tonto.
26:16
Speaker 4: Did I hear right? Are you really a marshal, Jim?
26:18
Speaker 6: Yes.
26:19
Speaker 4: Then I guess you're the one to tell.
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Speaker 11: Those crooks were trying to keep folks away from the
26:23
Speaker 11: canyon because they found a new vein of gold and
26:25
Speaker 11: they wanted the mine for themselves.
26:26
Speaker 4: Still belongs to you, doesn't it? Sure does.
26:29
Speaker 9: Won't be long before I can think of getting married.
26:31
Speaker 7: Never mind that.
26:33
Speaker 4: Give me a hand here, Ned. We've got to get
26:35
Speaker 4: these crooks tied up. It's a pleasure.
26:36
Speaker 7: I still can't understand it. How can a United States
26:41
Speaker 7: Marshal be friends with a masked man?
26:43
Speaker 10: I wish he hadn't been, that's all.
26:44
Speaker 4: Maybe you can tell her who he is.
26:46
Speaker 10: I've got an idea.
26:47
Speaker 8: There isn't a crook in the West who likes to
26:48
Speaker 8: meet that particular masked man, sis.
26:50
Speaker 4: Liz Omri's right. It was he and Tano who saved
26:53
Speaker 4: your life, not me. All I did was take orders
26:55
Speaker 4: and help as much as I could.
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Speaker 10: Well, who is he?
26:58
Speaker 4: Well, leave your feet untied. You've got a long walk
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Speaker 4: ahead of you, mister.
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Speaker 6: Who is he, Jim?
27:02
Speaker 4: Well, I'm almost ashamed of you, Mary, that a sister
27:05
Speaker 4: of mine could be so plum ignorant.
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Speaker 7: Well, how should I know?
27:07
Speaker 4: That was the Lone Ranger. Lone Ranger! Lone Ranger!
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Speaker 6: THE END.
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