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The Lone Ranger - "Goose Creek Killer" (Old Time Radio, 1942) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Mrs.
• 0:00
  Speaker 2: Porter comes to the Lone Ranger and Tonto seeking help
• 0:04
  Speaker 2: in the disappearance of her husband. Their search follows the
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: trail of a watch chain and leads toward a man
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: called Indian Tom. From August 24th, 1942, this is The
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: Lone Ranger, Goose Creek Killer, episode 1496. Brace Beamer is
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger, with John Todd as Tonto. The script
• 0:27
  Speaker 2: is by Fran Stryker. Ladies and gentlemen, the trail is waiting.
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: Here is the original broadcast.
• 0:40
  Speaker 3: Fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust,
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  Speaker 3: and a hearty, the Lone Ranger.
• 1:04
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 1:37
  Speaker 3: THE END.
• 2:00
  Speaker 5: THE END.
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  Speaker 6: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of
• 2:41
  Speaker 6: the plains led the fight for law and order in
• 2:44
  Speaker 6: the early western United States.
• 2:46
  Speaker 3: The stories of.
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  Speaker 6: His strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come
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  Speaker 6: down to us through the generations. And nowhere in the
• 2:52
  Speaker 6: pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice.
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  Speaker 6: Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
• 2:59
  Speaker 6: From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of
• 3:01
  Speaker 6: the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Silver.
• 3:06
  Speaker 3: There's danger on the trail ahead.
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  Speaker 6: Go, Silver.
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  Speaker 7: Go away.
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  Speaker 6: The Lone Ranger and Tonto, riding along a ridge, heard
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  Speaker 6: the distant crack of a heavy caliber rifle.
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  Speaker 3: Right up, Tonto. Hold there.
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: You hear it?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, a rifle and a heavy one. They're somewhere in
• 3:29
  Speaker 3: the valley down there. Maybe near Edge of River. Another.
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  Speaker 3: There's no hunting around here. A rifle means one of
• 3:35
  Speaker 3: two things. Someone is signaling for help or someone is
• 3:38
  Speaker 3: getting shot at. Wait.
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  Speaker 1: We watch valley.
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  Speaker 3: Third shot will mean they need help.
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  Speaker 1: We're not here third shot.
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  Speaker 3: Wouldn't be hard for a man to get lost in
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  Speaker 3: this country.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, this is not far from town.
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  Speaker 3: I know, Tonto. There are a lot of newcomers in town.
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  Speaker 3: Population of Goose Creek has tripled in the last few weeks.
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  Speaker 3: And the Easterners are likely to get lost if they
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  Speaker 3: travel ten miles out of town. You wait. What is it,
• 3:59
  Speaker 3: Kimo Sabe?
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  Speaker 1: We hear other sound. Sound of axe on wood.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Tullow. Wait.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe we get location of sound.
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  Speaker 3: Two rifle shots followed by an axe on wood. What
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  Speaker 3: would that mean?
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  Speaker 1: I may not know yet.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe we... What do you see, Tullow?
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  Speaker 1: We ride downhill right to edge of water.
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  Speaker 4: See what there. Get him up, Scout.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, Silliman. You see those chips of wood floating
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  Speaker 3: on the water from the ridge up there?
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  Speaker 1: Me see something floating water.
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  Speaker 3: Me go get him.
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  Speaker 4: Get him off the couch.
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  Speaker 1: Me got chip of wood. Get him off.
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  Speaker 2: The couch.
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  Speaker 3: We don't hear the X now, Tonto.
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  Speaker 1: Not right.
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  Speaker 3: But you take a look.
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  Speaker 1: This chip come from plenty big tree, heavy wood tree.
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  Speaker 3: Somewhere upstream.
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  Speaker 1: If we go that way, we find who chopped tree
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  Speaker 1: and find why rifle get fired.
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  Speaker 3: We're heading toward town anyway. We might as well investigate.
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  Speaker 1: We see chips of wood and stream after rifle shot.
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  Speaker 3: Otto, the man who chopped this wood knew how to
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  Speaker 3: handle an axe. That's right. His axe was mighty sharp.
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  Speaker 3: A dull axe won't take this much out of a
• 5:13
  Speaker 3: hardwood tree. Let's get upstream. Come on, Silver. Come on.
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  Speaker 6: While the Lone Ranger and Tonto rode upstream heading toward
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  Speaker 6: Goose Creek, the sheriff sat in his office with a
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  Speaker 6: deputy and a woman from the east.
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you, Mrs.
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  Speaker 8: Porter, if your husband had been in Goose Creek for
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  Speaker 8: anything like a year, I'd have known about it.
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  Speaker 3: So would Jim Tucker, wouldn't you, Jim?
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  Speaker 1: I sure would. Up to a few weeks ago, he
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  Speaker 1: knew every man, woman, child, and dog in.
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  Speaker 4: The 40-mile radius.
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  Speaker 5: I came all the way from the east. I was
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  Speaker 5: sure I could find out something about him.
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  Speaker 4: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Lambert thought so, too.
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  Speaker 1: Lambert?
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  Speaker 3: I reckon he must be a newcomer, too, huh?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, he came here a few days before I did.
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  Speaker 5: He thought he'd traced my husband to Goose Creek.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, gone it all, Mrs. Porter.
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  Speaker 8: I'm sure sorry you had this trip for nothing. If
• 6:00
  Speaker 8: you was a man, you might be able to stake
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  Speaker 8: a claim like the others are doing.
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  Speaker 3: Dig for gold. I expect you're sort of stranded here now, huh?
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  Speaker 5: Well, not exactly.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Mrs. Porter, you're not the type of woman to
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  Speaker 3: be happy in a place of this sort. I can
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  Speaker 3: see that.
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  Speaker 8: If you want to go back to the East, I
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  Speaker 8: can fix it with a stage company. We'll take up
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  Speaker 8: a collection for expense money.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, Sheriff. You're very kind.
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  Speaker 3: We'll tend to it right away. Jim, you see.
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  Speaker 5: No, but Sheriff, I don't need money.
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  Speaker 3: We'll let the boys know... What's that?
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  Speaker 5: I don't need money.
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  Speaker 3: You don't? You mean you've got enough money to get back?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 3: That's different. Most folks come here flat broke. If they
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  Speaker 3: don't need cash, they stay in the East.
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  Speaker 5: I didn't come here to strike it rich, you see.
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  Speaker 5: I came to find my husband.
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  Speaker 3: Sure. I can see it now.
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  Speaker 1: I'll fix up a reservation on the next stage, Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Porter.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, no, please don't.
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  Speaker 3: You want to take care of it.
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  Speaker 1: Yourself, then?
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  Speaker 5: I'm not sure that I'll return to the East.
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  Speaker 3: No?
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  Speaker 5: I think I'll stay here for a time in case
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  Speaker 5: there's some information about my husband.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, his name was Henry, huh?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Henry Porter.
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  Speaker 3: Never been anyone by that name around here. I'm dead
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  Speaker 3: sure of it.
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  Speaker 5: He might have changed his name. Here's a picture of him.
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  Speaker 5: The tintype he had made in St.
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  Speaker 4: Louis.
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  Speaker 1: Hmm.
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  Speaker 5: Hmm.
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  Speaker 3: There you look, Jim. I never saw anyone like this.
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  Speaker 3: Sure is a prosperous looking gent in this picture.
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  Speaker 5: He was quite well to do.
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  Speaker 3: And came west?
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  Speaker 5: Yes. Look at this, Sheriff. Have you ever seen this
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  Speaker 5: watch chain?
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  Speaker 3: No, can't say as I have. Have you, Jim?
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  Speaker 4: Let me see it.
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  Speaker 3: A heavy one. Solid gold.
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  Speaker 5: It was my husband's. He wore it when he left home.
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  Speaker 3: How'd you get it?
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  Speaker 5: You see, here it has his name on it. And
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  Speaker 5: the name of our home, Fair Gardens, Virginia. Someone must
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  Speaker 5: have found it and sent it to me there. It
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  Speaker 5: came from Goose Creek's post office. That's why Mr. Lambert
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  Speaker 5: and I came here.
• 7:43
  Speaker 3: Doggone strange. Doggone strange. How'd it get here?
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  Speaker 6: The Lone Ranger and Tonto, riding upstream, came to the
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  Speaker 6: place where a large tree had been felled on the bank.
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  Speaker 6: A keen axe lay on the ground near the partially
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  Speaker 6: trimmed tree.
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  Speaker 1: Steady.
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  Speaker 3: Look around here, Tonto. Someone left in a hurry. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: Him leave axe here.
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  Speaker 3: Brand new axe at that. Here's a coil of rope.
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  Speaker 1: Me take look this way. Me want to find him.
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  Speaker 3: Kimisabe, look here. What is it?
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  Speaker 1: Come up here and drown him dead.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. But he's certain he was shot. Let's see if
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  Speaker 3: he was hit once or twice.
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  Speaker 8: We hear two shots. He must have been shot right here.
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  Speaker 8: There are his footprints on the bank. He was walking upstream.
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  Speaker 3: That's right. He was shot here. He had to be
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  Speaker 3: shot at close range. The trees come close to the
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  Speaker 3: bank and they're thick. One bullet struck him, Tonto. Just one.
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  Speaker 1: First bullet missing.
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  Speaker 3: I wonder who it was. Get your hands up and
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  Speaker 3: keep them there.
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  Speaker 1: Where'd that come from?
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  Speaker 3: There's just a warning. All right, our hands are up.
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  Speaker 3: Come out where we can see you. You think I'm loco? Well,
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  Speaker 3: what do you want? Face the river and keep facing
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  Speaker 3: that way.
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  Speaker 1: We make a jumper, fella.
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  Speaker 3: Not now, Tonto. That's it. Just keep your faces that
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  Speaker 3: way if you don't want to get shot full of holes.
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  Speaker 4: You and where's the mask? I reckon you're an.
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  Speaker 3: Outlaw to start with. There'll be no one sorry to
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  Speaker 3: find you dead. Don't make a move or I'll let
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  Speaker 3: you have it. Try and remember that voice, Tonto.
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  Speaker 1: Tonto, do it.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's moving away.
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  Speaker 1: Let me hear him.
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  Speaker 3: How long are we to stand this way? He's gone, Donovan.
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  Speaker 3: Now we go after him. Get to the saddle. Steady,
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  Speaker 3: big fellow. Are you ready? Come on, Silver. Get him up.
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  Speaker 3: Can't make any time in this woods.
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  Speaker 1: On a trail. Him go this way.
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  Speaker 3: He had a horse in the woods. He's riding now.
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  Speaker 3: Me hear him.
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  Speaker 1: Him go that way.
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  Speaker 3: That man is a murderer. There's no doubt about that.
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  Speaker 1: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: Which way now? Can you see any tracks?
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  Speaker 1: Ah, me see him. This way.
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  Speaker 3: Look, he must have you in the clearing. Over there
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  Speaker 3: beneath that pine. Another man sprawled on the ground.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe that fellow dead from another shot we hear.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, Silver. This man's alive, Tonto. Help me. Help me.
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  Speaker 3: Steady there. You're all right.
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  Speaker 8: You're not hit with bullet. Don't hit me again. I
• 10:11
  Speaker 8: won't tell anyone. This man's an Easterner, Tonto. Look at
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  Speaker 8: the clothes he's wearing. Who hit you?
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 4: Old man.
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  Speaker 1: Old man.
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  Speaker 3: Had a heavy beard. Here, take a drink of water.
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  Speaker 3: You're not badly hurt. Thanks, stranger. Mask. We're here to
• 10:27
  Speaker 3: help you. We were following the man who knocked you down.
• 10:29
  Speaker 3: I don't know who he was. Let me have some
• 10:32
  Speaker 3: more water. Sure, here. That's good. Thank you. Now, tell
• 10:39
  Speaker 3: us what the man looked like.
• 10:40
  Speaker 4: What did he do?
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  Speaker 3: He shot a man over near the creek. Dead? Yes. I...
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  Speaker 3: I think he would have shot me, too, if I'd
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  Speaker 3: resisted at all. I don't know how long I've been here.
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  Speaker 3: Who are you? My name is Lambert. I've only been
• 10:54
  Speaker 3: here for a short time. I came from the east. Yes,
• 10:57
  Speaker 3: I know. I've been staying in town, Goose Creek. But you,
• 11:02
  Speaker 3: who are you? For the time being, just call me friend.
• 11:05
  Speaker 3: Sit up, but don't try to stand for a little while.
• 11:08
  Speaker 3: My head feels as if it would burst. Did the
• 11:10
  Speaker 3: man hit you on the head? I guess so. Now,
• 11:14
  Speaker 3: forget the fact that I wear a mask. Tell me
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  Speaker 3: what you know.
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  Speaker 9: I was coming through the woods. I left town to
• 11:20
  Speaker 9: take a hike. Didn't know how far I'd come. I
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  Speaker 9: guess I'd lost my way.
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  Speaker 3: Yes?
• 11:26
  Speaker 9: Well, this man was sitting here somewhere near this tree.
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  Speaker 9: I came up to him to ask the way back
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  Speaker 9: to Goose Creek. Then he came over close to me,
• 11:35
  Speaker 9: looked at me. I felt that he was insane. There
• 11:37
  Speaker 9: was a wild glint in his eyes.
• 11:39
  Speaker 3: Well, what did he do?
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  Speaker 9: Well, he asked me to look around in back of me.
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  Speaker 9: I did so, and that's all I remember.
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  Speaker 3: You must have been unconscious for a long time. I
• 11:49
  Speaker 3: wouldn't know.
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  Speaker 9: How was the man dressed? Well, he wore a blue shirt,
• 11:52
  Speaker 9: black trousers tucked into his boots, an old battered black hat,
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  Speaker 9: and he carried a short rifle. He had a thick
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  Speaker 9: black beard and a big mustache. But it was his eyes.
• 12:03
  Speaker 9: They were wild, staring. I'm sure the man was insane.
• 12:06
  Speaker 9: What kind of a horse did he have?
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  Speaker 8: Well, it was black. That's about all I know about it. Tonto,
• 12:11
  Speaker 8: we can't be in three places at the same time.
• 12:13
  Speaker 3: That's right. One of us will have to take this
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  Speaker 3: man back to Goose Creek. The other should examine the
• 12:18
  Speaker 3: scene of the crime or follow the killer's trail.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, me study scene of crime, huh? Maybe find sign there.
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  Speaker 3: All right, and I'll take this man to town. I'll
• 12:26
  Speaker 3: send the sheriff out. Leave things as they are until
• 12:28
  Speaker 3: he gets there. Maybe he'll know who the dead man is.
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: Ah, me go now.
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  Speaker 4: Get him off his couch.
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  Speaker 3: All right, standing up. I'll try. Let me lean on you.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Come on. Can you ride? A little. You
• 12:42
  Speaker 3: ride with me. Come on, I'll help you to the saddle.
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  Speaker 3: Can your horse carry both of us? Yes. Up you go. Oh,
• 12:50
  Speaker 3: my head's splitting. Say, big fella. There. How long is it?
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  Speaker 6: In Goose Creek, the lone ranger helped Lambert from the saddle.
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  Speaker 6: Then mounting again, he headed for the office of the sheriff.
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  Speaker 3: Brother Silver, hold tight. Come on, Jim. The critter's wearing
• 13:10
  Speaker 3: the mask. Come with your six-gun ready. Hold on, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 3: I'm here to take you to the scene of a murder.
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  Speaker 3: Who'd you kill? I've got you covered.
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  Speaker 1: Don't make a sudden move.
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  Speaker 3: This mask doesn't mean that I'm an outlaw. But you'll
• 13:20
  Speaker 3: let a killer escape if you don't come with me.
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  Speaker 3: I'll show you where the body is.
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  Speaker 5: You'd better take this shooting iron serious, stranger.
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  Speaker 3: You won't shoot, Deputy. Come on, Silver.
• 13:29
  Speaker 6: Hang it all, Sheriff.
• 13:30
  Speaker 3: Saddle up, Jim. We've got to go after that Aubrey
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  Speaker 3: and find out what he's talking about.
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  Speaker 6: Knowing the lawman would follow, the masked rider trotted his
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  Speaker 6: horse downstream until he rejoined Tonto.
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  Speaker 1: He was several minutes ahead of the sheriff and deputy.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver, steady. What have you found out, Tonto?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, me find plenty signs. Here where tree chopped down.
• 13:54
  Speaker 7: And here where fella fall dead. And here rope.
• 13:57
  Speaker 3: Yes?
• 13:57
  Speaker 7: Killer planned to tie a dead man to trunk a tree.
• 14:00
  Speaker 7: Send him long way downstream.
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  Speaker 3: There are no settlements for a long ways downstream. That's right.
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: Maybe fella never be found. Only Indian in downstream country.
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  Speaker 3: And the killer was afraid someone in Goose Creek would
• 14:12
  Speaker 3: recognize the dead man and associate him with the man
• 14:15
  Speaker 3: who shot him.
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: Maybe that's right.
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  Speaker 3: The sheriff is on his way here.
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: That's good.
• 14:19
  Speaker 3: That Easterner told me what the killer looked like, so
• 14:21
  Speaker 3: he shouldn't be hard to find. I wonder who this
• 14:24
  Speaker 3: poor fellow is.
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: Nephine paint track on grounds. Him walk here from downstream
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: in Indian country.
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: He did? Can we follow his back trail?
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: Maybe. Here, you look at boot. Red clay on boot.
• 14:37
  Speaker 3: Red clay? That's a good lead.
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: Me know where red clay can be found. It long
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: way from here. Three day walk. Downstream.
• 14:45
  Speaker 3: Three days of walking, but we'll ride it before night.
• 14:47
  Speaker 3: That's the sheriff and his deputy. And we wait here? No,
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: the sheriff didn't recognize me, and I don't want to
• 14:51
  Speaker 3: lose time answering a lot of questions. If we don't
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: follow the back trail before night, the dew might wipe
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: it out. Steady, Scout, steady. Come on, Taro. Get him up.
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: Come on, Silver. Hey there, Raina. Stop him, Jim. You
• 15:04
  Speaker 3: stop there.
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: Stop it, can you?
• 15:07
  Speaker 3: Jim, I saw the dead man back there. I want
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: that masked man. He's the one I want. Keep riding
• 15:13
  Speaker 3: after him till we get him.
• 15:24
  Speaker 6: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
• 15:26
  Speaker 6: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
• 15:29
  Speaker 6: to pause for just a few moments.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: Lone Ranger.
• 15:55
  Speaker 7: THE END.
• 16:21
  Speaker 3: THE END.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: Now to continue our story.
• 16:40
  Speaker 6: Riding downstream, the Lone Ranger and Tonto raced ahead of
• 16:43
  Speaker 6: the sheriff and his deputy.
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: Come on, Silver.
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  Speaker 6: The great horse, Silver, had to be held back so
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: Scout could stay alongside. But even so, the lawmen were
• 16:50
  Speaker 6: soon out of distance.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: Easy, boy.
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: Easy, Silver.
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  Speaker 3: Tonto, I think the trail of that man can be
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: found again when we get to the red clay banks.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: We'll keep going till we get there. Not good. If
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: the sheriff won't take the dead man back to Goose Creek,
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: we will. Come on, Silver. Get him up, Scout.
• 17:06
  Speaker 10: Oh, Silver.
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver.
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: Oh, Silver.
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver.
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: Oh, Silver.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver.
• 17:13
  Speaker 10: Oh, Silver.
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver.
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: Oh, Silver.
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver.
• 17:16
  Speaker 10: Oh, Silver.
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: Oh, Silver. Oh, Silver. There's Indian Tom sitting in the doorway.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Ah, look. Him smoke pipe.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: Not an Indian pipe, either. Welcome, strangers, to the home
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: of the poet. Tonto, the way he's talking.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: How, Tom?
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: Take yourselves at home. There's food, water, and rest. Tom,
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: we want to have a talk with you.
• 18:01
  Speaker 6: The Lone Ranger and Tonto were amazed when the hermit
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: Indian spoke in a cultured voice, unlike anything the masked
• 18:07
  Speaker 6: man had heard from the lips of a red man. Meanwhile,
• 18:10
  Speaker 6: the sheriff and his deputy rode into town with their
• 18:12
  Speaker 6: grim burden. Evening found them at the hotel talking to Mrs.
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: Porter. We sure was surprised, Mrs.
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: Porter.
• 18:19
  Speaker 8: When we got to the scene of the crime after
• 18:20
  Speaker 8: chasing that masked man, we found out that he wasn't.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: A crook at all.
• 18:23
  Speaker 5: The masked man wasn't?
• 18:24
  Speaker 8: Not by a jugful. There was a silver bullet beside
• 18:28
  Speaker 8: the body of the poor critter we picked up.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: A silver bullet. That means it was the Lone Ranger
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: that was there.
• 18:33
  Speaker 10: Yeah, we should have known who he was when we
• 18:35
  Speaker 10: saw that white horse and heard it called Silver.
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: We should have, but I never thought the Lone Ranger
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: would come to a place like this.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: Anyhow, Mrs.
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: Porter, the sheriff and I thought it was a good
• 18:43
  Speaker 6: idea to bring the fellow here for a decent burial
• 18:45
  Speaker 6: and see if anyone noticed him.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: He didn't look anything like the picture you showed us, Mrs. Porter.
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: Oh, I'm sure it couldn't have been my husband, but Mr.
• 18:52
  Speaker 5: Lambert will find out.
• 18:53
  Speaker 8: Yeah, he should be getting back by this time. Ain't
• 18:55
  Speaker 8: but a hop, skip, and jump to the coroner's office.
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: It was fine of Mr. Lambert to offer to go
• 18:59
  Speaker 5: when he'd been through such a harrowing experience today. His
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: head was aching frightfully. He must have suffered a terrible blow.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: Sheriff. Sheriff, come with me.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: Hurry. Oh, what's the matter? Mrs. Porter, you've got to
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: get away from Goose Creek.
• 19:11
  Speaker 8: This place isn't fit for you, the things that happen here.
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Mr.
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: Lambert, what has happened? What's the matter with you, Lambert?
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: The man I went to see to try to identify,
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: to make sure he was not Mr.
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: Porter.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: He's gone.
• 19:20
  Speaker 5: Gone?
• 19:21
  Speaker 4: Gone where? I don't know. He sure couldn't have walked away.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: The rear of the corner's place had been broken into.
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: The body was missing. No signs of anyone around there. Oh, Juniper. Jim,
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: I sure wish that Lone Ranger was here now. This
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: thing is getting beyond me. Who did you say? The
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: Lone Ranger. I reckon you never heard of him, Mr.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Lambert.
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: Oh, wait, wait.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: I'll go with you.
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: Mrs.
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: Porter, I'll rejoin you soon. Yes, Mr. Lambert.
• 19:42
  Speaker 8: Who is the Lone Ranger? Well, he's the one that
• 19:43
  Speaker 8: brought you into town, Lambert. On that white horse of his.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: Oh. The coroner's place is right down here, a couple
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: of doors. Are you sure you got to the right place, Lambert?
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: Of course I did.
• 19:52
  Speaker 8: Maybe the Lone Ranger will be coming back. If he does,
• 19:54
  Speaker 8: I'll bet you he'll get to the truth of things.
• 19:56
  Speaker 8: If the stories I've heard him are right.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: There's the coroner's.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: The front door is still unlocked, Sheriff. I didn't lock
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: it because I knew it would be coming right back.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: Here's the key you loaned me.
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: Thanks.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: Did you leave the lamp going?
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: Yes. Is everything just as you left it here? Yes,
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: it seems to be.
• 20:10
  Speaker 8: There's not much we can do tonight. We'll hunt for
• 20:12
  Speaker 8: tracks around the rear of the place when morning comes.
• 20:15
  Speaker 8: You think this Lone Ranger will be here? Maybe he's
• 20:18
  Speaker 8: in town right now. Sometimes he wears a disguise, so
• 20:21
  Speaker 8: they say. You can bet your neck he'll be here
• 20:23
  Speaker 8: if there's unfinished business, won't he, Sheriff?
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: I reckon he will be. He's not here now. He'll
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: be heading this way.
• 20:28
  Speaker 4: Come on.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: Ain't good time, Cotto. All the way back here before midnight. Ah,
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: that bloody pass ride. Oh, there's Silver. Hello, mister.
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: Is that horse named Silver?
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: Why?
• 20:47
  Speaker 10: Any other jet? No question about it. I got a
• 20:49
  Speaker 10: message for you. I was told to watch for you.
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: Who gave it to you?
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: I don't know him. Never saw him before.
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: Well, what's the message?
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: Are you looking for a man with a black beard?
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: What do you know about him?
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: I know where he can be located.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: Where?
• 21:00
  Speaker 10: Camp alongside a campfire that's likely burned low by this time.
• 21:03
  Speaker 10: South of town, where the creek runs through the gorge.
• 21:05
  Speaker 10: It's at the bottom of the gorge, camp like I said.
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: Thanks.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: You ride to the bridge, you see the fire. Is
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: there anything left of it?
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: We're not through yet, Silver. More riding, big fella. Come on,
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: get back. Here's the bridge, Tonto. Motion with steady move.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: They'll light a small fire.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: There's a camp of some sort down there, Kimo Sabe.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: I mean, not sea color. Maybe him sleep in blanket.
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: Steady, big fella. We'll go down into the gorge.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: We leave Silver and Scout here?
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: Yes, Tonto.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: It'll be dark here.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: Stay there, Silver.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: Go ahead, Tonto. Bring up the rear.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: And you watch step. Side of gorge, plenty rocky.
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: It's a wonder we haven't wakened the killer. The man
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: below is still asleep. I can see him rolling these blankets. There.
• 22:09
  Speaker 8: I'm going to have a look at him. Otto, something's
• 22:13
  Speaker 8: the matter up at the rim. Silver's trying to warn us.
• 22:15
  Speaker 8: Get that man the blankets and go up.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: You're covered, mister. Don't make a move. Let me get him.
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: Your fellow with whiskers.
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: Otto, wait. He's dead. Yes, he's... Up there.
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: That fella.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: Firing on us. Can't shoot at him. He's right in
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: front of Silver. Here, back of this rock. Ain't no chance.
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: Of getting away.
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: He knows we can't fire on him, Tonto. We'd hit Silver.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Come out with your hands high or I'll drill you.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: Don't answer.
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: No.
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: Keep back of the rock, Tonto. I'm going to take
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: another look at the dead man.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Me take a look.
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: You stay here. No, keep watching the man above. He's
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: firing as fast as he can load.
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: That bullet hit rock.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: I'll creep over just a few yards. Fire a shot
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: over the head of the horses to keep his attention.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: Tonto, do it.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Hello. Just as I thought.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: What that?
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: That man on the rim is the one who held
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: a gun on us before.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Him got same voice.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: He's a poor shot. I'm going up there to get him. No,
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: let me go. I examined the dead man. I know
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: the answer now. Stay here and keep that fellow busy.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: I'll go after him. I'll get you now. I see
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: you climbing up here. You can't shoot straight enough to
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: get me. I'm coming after you. Go down your gun
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: and get your hands up. By the way, you can't
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: hit anything. It took two shots to kill the man
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: you ambushed. You think my horse will keep me from
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: firing your own? I'll show you. Silver, hoi! Now I
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: can have a clear shot. That ends your rifle shooting
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: for good. Come on, Tonto, he's on the run.
• 23:44
  Speaker 7: You won't get me.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: You won't get me. Here, Silver. That's it, boy. That's it, boy.
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: After him now. Stop running or I'll rope you. All right,
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: then I'll have to use the rope. There! Pull, Silver!
• 24:00
  Speaker 10: Pull!
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: Back! Back, big fella! Back! Now we'll head for town
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: and have the showdown.
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: Sheriff, I can't imagine what the masked man had to tell,
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: but your deputy said it would be a great surprise
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: to me.
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Mrs. Porter, I sure reckon it will be.
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: Where's the Lone Ranger now?
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: He's out back in the office with Jim. That's my deputy,
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: you know. Oh, yes. He'll be right in. I think
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: this is the gent now. I'll be through in a
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: few minutes, Tonto. Have the horses ready.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Been ready now.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: Mrs. Porter, I think we know the story now. You
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: came here because you received a watch chain that belonged
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: to your husband.
• 24:45
  Speaker 5: That's right.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: We never saw a husband around here. He lived near here, though.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: He lived with Indian Tom. The Indian hermit? Yes. You see,
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: he found peace and happiness in that life. He taught
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: Indian Tom English and grammar, Latin and mathematics, a lot
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: of other things. In appearance, he changed a lot. Yes.
• 25:03
  Speaker 8: In the meantime, he knew he had left you with
• 25:05
  Speaker 8: plenty of money, which was being watched for you by Mr.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: Lambert. Isn't that the case? Yes, Mr.
• 25:10
  Speaker 5: Lambert had charge of my money.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: The years went on and your husband wanted to see
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: you again. He sent a letter in the watch chain,
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: but you never saw the letter.
• 25:18
  Speaker 5: Oh, I saw no letter.
• 25:19
  Speaker 8: It was mailed, mailed with the watch chain. When he
• 25:23
  Speaker 8: didn't hear from you, he thought you didn't want to
• 25:24
  Speaker 8: see him again. Then he heard that you'd come here
• 25:27
  Speaker 8: and he sent you a note. Indian Tom brought the
• 25:30
  Speaker 8: note to.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: Your lawyer, Mr. Lambert.
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: I didn't see that note.
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: No, because Lambert didn't show it to you.
• 25:36
  Speaker 8: Lambert disguised himself and went out to meet and kill
• 25:39
  Speaker 8: your husband.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: No. He was a splendid hand with an axe, but
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: a poor shot with a rifle. To conceal the death,
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: he was.
• 25:46
  Speaker 8: Going to send your husband's body downstream on a log.
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: Then he heard me coming.
• 25:51
  Speaker 8: He took off the disguise and let me find him,
• 25:54
  Speaker 8: making me think he'd been attacked by the man he described.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Jumping juniper, it all fits like a glove. I.
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: I can't believe this of Mr.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Lambert.
• 26:01
  Speaker 5: Why should he do such a thing?
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: He didn't want you to identify your husband, so I
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: moved him away from here. He got word to me,
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: sending me to the gorge. He put a disguise on
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: your husband, planning to kill me and kill Tonto. Then
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: tell you, Sheriff, that we had been shot in a
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: fight with a dead man. You were to think we
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: had killed him. The description would tally with the one
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: given by Lambert. You'd think you'd caught the man who
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: was a killer instead of the man who was killed.
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: How'd you know all this? A part of its theory.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: I don't think you'll find a better explanation. Bring Lambert
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: in here. Bring him in, Jim.
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: Come in.
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: Get in there, you coyote. Mr. Lambert. How about it, Lambert?
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: Do you care to confess? What's there to lose? Might
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: as well admit it. It was you who tried to
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: talk like a western outlaw when you stood behind me
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: at the edge of Goose Creek.
• 26:48
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 26:48
  Speaker 8: And you stole the letters Porter sent to his wife.
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: I admit it.
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: Now I understand. I came into the hall of my
• 26:55
  Speaker 5: home as you held that watch chain in your hand.
• 26:57
  Speaker 5: You had to show it to me.
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: You saw it, yes.
• 26:59
  Speaker 5: You'd already hidden the letter that came with it?
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: Yes. Why, Lambert? Gambling.
• 27:05
  Speaker 9: I'd misused the money. I couldn't have accounted for it.
• 27:08
  Speaker 9: I knew that if Porter came back, he'd won an accounting.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: I thought... Well, I hope that I could marry Mrs.
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: Porter if her husband never returned and then I wouldn't
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: have to account. Lonely ornery pool cat.
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: You'll hang for this.
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, I won't. Hey, stop him. Hold on.
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: Me stop him.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: Good work, Redskin.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: I did not run out.
• 27:27
  Speaker 10: I'll get him broke before he comes conscious.
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: Well, that's all there is for us to do, Sheriff.
• 27:31
  Speaker 10: Oh, but wait.
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: Let me show my appreciation.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Mrs. Porter. You can do that by helping
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: people here. Adios.
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: But wait.
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: Sheriff, he's gone.
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: He wouldn't take thanks, ma'am.
• 27:42
  Speaker 5: What did he mean, helping people here?
• 27:44
  Speaker 8: Well, I reckon we need ladies of your sort here
• 27:47
  Speaker 8: mighty bad.
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: But this isn't the place for you.
• 27:51
  Speaker 5: I do want to stay here. Here where poor Henry lived.
• 27:56
  Speaker 5: In the country he loved.
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: Mrs.
• 27:58
  Speaker 8: Porter, maybe we got some bad hombres, all right. But
• 28:02
  Speaker 8: nothing as sneaking and scheming as that coyote on the floor.
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: You may have some bad hombres, Sheriff, but you also
• 28:10
  Speaker 5: have some very fine ones.
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: Hail Silver, holler!
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: Hail Silver, holler!
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: THE END.
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: THE END ©.
• 29:31
  Speaker 10: BF-WATCH TV 2021.
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: That was the Lone Ranger in Goose Creek Killer. Until
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: our next ride into radio's western country, good evening.