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The Lone Ranger - "The Ghost Riders" (Old Time Radio, 1955) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Reports of ghostly riders are linked to danger, and the
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  Speaker 1: Lone Ranger begins an investigation into their appearances. This western
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  Speaker 1: mystery is The Lone Ranger, The Ghost Riders, first heard
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  Speaker 1: on June 22, 1955. It is episode 3245 of the
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  Speaker 1: radio serial, with Dan Beattie credited as writer. The Lone
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  Speaker 1: Ranger follows the reports, while the question of those riders
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  Speaker 1: remains ahead. Now, back to the golden age of radio.
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  Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 3: A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud
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  Speaker 3: of dust, and a hearty high old silver.
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  Speaker 4: The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 3: General Mills, makers of Cheerios, the ready-to-eat oat cereal that
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  Speaker 3: gives you go-power. And Wheaties, the breakfast of champions. Present
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  Speaker 3: by special recording, the Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 2: Because champions are made, not born.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, sir. Get on your way. Get on your way.
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  Speaker 5: Get on your way with Wheaties.
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  Speaker 6: It's good to know that champions are made, not born.
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  Speaker 2: Gives us all a chance.
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  Speaker 5: For instance, let's go.
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  Speaker 6: Back to 1943 and listen to the story of champion
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  Speaker 6: Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees. Mickey worked hard
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  Speaker 6: to learn the game. As he got on his way
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  Speaker 6: to fame, he practiced batting, learned to throw. And Mickey
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  Speaker 6: knew what champions know. Wheaties for breakfast, away you go.
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  Speaker 6: No wonder Mickey's got all that steam. Mantle and Wheaties,
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  Speaker 6: they're still a team. Why, Mickey Mantle grew up on Wheaties,
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  Speaker 6: been eating them since he was 12. So good for
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  Speaker 6: a guy. There's a whole kernel of wheat in every
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  Speaker 6: Wheaties flake. Come on, Mickey, belt that ball.
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  Speaker 7: Hey!
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  Speaker 2: He's on his way.
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  Speaker 7: On his way.
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  Speaker 2: He's on his way. On his way. Get on your
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  Speaker 2: way with Wheaties.
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  Speaker 4: Cause champions are made not for.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Get on your way.
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  Speaker 5: Get on your way. Get on your way with Wheaties.
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  Speaker 2: Breakfast of champions.
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  Speaker 3: With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful
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  Speaker 3: mask rider of the plains led the fight for law
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  Speaker 3: and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in
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  Speaker 3: the pages of history can one find a greater champion
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  Speaker 3: of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days
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  Speaker 3: of yesteryear.
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  Speaker 2: From out of the past come the thundering.
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  Speaker 3: Hoofbeats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 5: Come on, Silver. Let's go, big fella.
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  Speaker 2: I am Silver. Hooray! Hooray!
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  Speaker 3: A line rider of the Bar Sea Ranch rode slowly
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  Speaker 3: along the south range and hummed to himself as he
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  Speaker 3: looked up at the bright stars twinkling through the darkness. Suddenly,
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  Speaker 3: he stopped humming and stared into the night when he
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  Speaker 3: heard approaching hoofbeats.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, boy.
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  Speaker 3: For a moment, he could see nothing. Then, coming over
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  Speaker 3: a nearby ridge, he saw a group of ghostly, shimmering
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  Speaker 3: horsemen heading his way.
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  Speaker 2: Holy catfish, I must be seeing things. I... Leave your bullets.
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  Speaker 5: I'm getting out of here.
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  Speaker 6: Get up.
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  Speaker 4: Get up, boy.
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  Speaker 3: The following morning, many Longhorns were missing from the South Range.
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  Speaker 3: A week later, in the same territory near the town
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  Speaker 3: of Weston, a stagecoach delayed by flooded streams moved along
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  Speaker 3: the trail in the darkness.
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  Speaker 5: Better take it easy, Ed. Kind of hard to see
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  Speaker 5: the trail in the dark.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I know.
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  Speaker 4: If it hadn't been for those consign flooded streams, we'd
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  Speaker 4: have been in Weston before sundown.
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  Speaker 2: Easy there, steady.
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  Speaker 7: Moon will be coming up shortly, then it won't be
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  Speaker 7: so dark. Of course, we know this trail like a book.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, look ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Ghosts. Ghosts on horses.
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  Speaker 5: No, no, it can't be. I'll use my gun.
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  Speaker 1: I'm stopping right here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm getting away from here. Come on.
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  Speaker 5: I'm with you.
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  Speaker 3: Gradually, the word spread about the nocturnal ghostly riders, and
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  Speaker 3: the stories told in the cafe were greatly exaggerated.
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  Speaker 6: I'm telling you, men, I never saw anything like it.
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  Speaker 4: There they were, just floating in the air, sort of.
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  Speaker 4: They appeared out of nowhere and came toward me lickety-split.
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  Speaker 4: And the funny part of it is, They were shooting
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  Speaker 4: real bullets.
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  Speaker 5: Well, the way.
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  Speaker 4: We saw them, we were late getting to Western. We
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  Speaker 4: were down in the hollow about three miles west of town,
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  Speaker 4: and it was plenty dark. Suddenly, right before our eyes,
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  Speaker 4: five or six of those ghost riders appeared on the
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  Speaker 4: trail ahead of us. Best not to travel at night.
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  Speaker 4: Nobody's safe from ghosts anyway.
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  Speaker 5: Now, hold on, men.
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  Speaker 7: No use talking like a lot of kids afraid of
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  Speaker 7: the dark. If those are ghosts, why do they shoot
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  Speaker 7: real bullets? Why do they leave hoof prints? Why do
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  Speaker 7: they need cattle or cash or gold?
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  Speaker 5: Tell me that.
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  Speaker 8: Some of the hands of the Basis spread say the
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  Speaker 8: ghosts of an outlaw gang come back to get even.
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  Speaker 8: That'd be why they drive away cattle or take cash
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  Speaker 8: or gold.
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  Speaker 5: What about the bullets and the hoof marks?
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  Speaker 4: Ghosts could do anything. Well, make anything seem real, I reckon.
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  Speaker 7: I say those were real horses that left real hoof marks.
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  Speaker 7: Whoever your ghosts are, they're smart enough to cover their trail, too. Well,
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  Speaker 7: have it your way, Sheriff. But the less I see
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  Speaker 7: of them, the better. I'm not getting caught on the
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  Speaker 7: trail at night after this, no, sir.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm not.
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  Speaker 3: Later that day, a stranger who had been at the
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  Speaker 3: cafe in Weston rode into the foothills where he entered
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  Speaker 3: a natural cave in the wall of a canyon.
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  Speaker 5: Hi, Slick.
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  Speaker 8: Hi, Baldy.
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  Speaker 2: How are things in town? Hear any more about the
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  Speaker 2: ghost riders? Fingers, all they talk about in town are
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  Speaker 2: the ghost riders. I hear about them everywhere I go.
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  Speaker 2: We have them all scared, Slick.
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  Speaker 5: Nearly all, Fingers.
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  Speaker 2: The sheriff isn't so easily fooled. At least up to
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  Speaker 2: now he isn't. Where are the other men? Well, you
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  Speaker 2: must have seen Jim. He's on guard at the pass.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I saw him. The other two are back in
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  Speaker 5: their cave sleeping. Come on. I want to talk to
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  Speaker 5: all of you. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, you two, get up. The boss is back. All right.
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  Speaker 5: All right, now listen, boys. Tonight the moon doesn't come
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  Speaker 5: up until midnight.
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  Speaker 2: I'll have Baldy ride to town and pass around word
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  Speaker 2: that he saw the ghost riders over on High Ridge
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  Speaker 2: last night.
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  Speaker 5: What for?
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  Speaker 2: Because the sheriff and his deputies are bound to go
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  Speaker 2: to High Ridge tonight to watch.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Then we'll ride quickly through the valley below, where we
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  Speaker 2: can be seen, but we'll be out of gun range. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And the sight of the ghost riders might convince him
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  Speaker 2: more than just hearing about it.
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  Speaker 5: Really?
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  Speaker 2: They'll come down and try to trail.
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  Speaker 4: Us, maybe.
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  Speaker 2: They can trail us in pitch darkness, and we'll cover
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  Speaker 2: our tracks as usual.
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  Speaker 5: Good. I figure that after the night, he'll.
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  Speaker 2: Have fewer deputies riding with him.
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  Speaker 3: As Slick predicted, the night was dark. Baldy went to
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  Speaker 3: town that afternoon and talked of seeing the ghost riders
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  Speaker 3: on High Ridge the night before. The sheriff, who was
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  Speaker 3: at the cafe, listened intently, then stated he and his
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  Speaker 3: deputies would go to High Ridge that night in case
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  Speaker 3: the riders appeared again. It was well before midnight when
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  Speaker 3: he and his men reached High Ridge and slowly rode
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  Speaker 3: the ridge trail.
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  Speaker 5: All right, keep your eyes open, men.
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  Speaker 7: If we catch sight of those riders, we'll open fire
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  Speaker 7: and get after them pronto.
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  Speaker 4: It's mighty dark, Sheriff. Too dark for hard riding on
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  Speaker 4: this rutted trail.
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  Speaker 5: It'll be just as rough riding for them, men.
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  Speaker 2: Frankly, I think those crooks wear.
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  Speaker 5: White sheets or something. You can't depend on witnesses. I
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  Speaker 5: found that out. What's more.
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  Speaker 4: Sheriff, look down in the valley.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Jumping chimney.
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  Speaker 5: There they are.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, they really look like ghosts here.
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  Speaker 4: Sort of a shimmery light makes their coats and hats
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  Speaker 4: stand out plain.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, listen.
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  Speaker 5: Those are real horses. Hear the hoofbeats?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're out of gun range.
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  Speaker 5: We'll get down there in a hurry.
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  Speaker 2: Count me out, Sheriff. I'm going back to town. You fools!
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  Speaker 7: How can we catch them if you men shake in
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  Speaker 7: your boots like everybody else?
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  Speaker 4: I'm not hunting any ghost riders at night.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go back to town.
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  Speaker 4: I don't go for this sort of thing.
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  Speaker 5: I'm with you.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 5: We'll go back to town. Get up, Ed.
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  Speaker 2: Get up. Come on, get up.
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  Speaker 3: On the opposite ridge, two other men saw the ghostly-looking
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  Speaker 3: riders in the valley. Tonto and the Lone Ranger were
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  Speaker 3: camped in a grove on the slope. Tonto suddenly called
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  Speaker 3: the masked man's attention to the riders.
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  Speaker 2: Kimasabi, look.
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  Speaker 5: The ghost riders we've heard about. They hear the hoofbeats
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  Speaker 5: of their horses.
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  Speaker 7: Ah.
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  Speaker 2: Me not savvy and shine and dark with white glow.
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  Speaker 2: We'll saddle Silver and Scout and try to follow them.
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  Speaker 2: Come on.
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  Speaker 3: A short time later, the masked man and Indian rode
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  Speaker 3: down the slope and followed in the direction.
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  Speaker 5: The riders had gone.
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  Speaker 3: But soon lost the trail in the darkness and returned
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  Speaker 3: to camp. At dawn the following morning, the Lone Ranger
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  Speaker 3: and Tonto once more rode the valley trail.
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  Speaker 2: There are marks of many horses, Kimisabe. So far, they're
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  Speaker 2: very plain. I hope they continue to be that way.
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  Speaker 5: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 2: From all we've heard, though, I expect the trail to
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  Speaker 2: be cleverly covered before long.
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  Speaker 3: The masked man and Indian rode to the end of
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  Speaker 3: the valley. There, the tracks turned up the slope to
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  Speaker 3: High Ridge. When they reached the ridge trail, the two
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  Speaker 3: men stopped.
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  Speaker 2: Who's gone? Who's gone? Well, this is what I expected, Dono.
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  Speaker 2: The tracks combine with those of several other horses. Likely
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  Speaker 2: horses used by a posse since they head along the
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  Speaker 2: ridge in the direction of town. Ah, and that plenty
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  Speaker 2: smart trick. Outlaw tracks mixed up with others now. And
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  Speaker 2: if them go to town, we lose trail there. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Let's follow all the tracks and see where they go.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, Zulu. You must come.
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  Speaker 3: As Tonto suspected, the ghost rider's tracks, mingled with those
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  Speaker 3: of the sheriff's posse, went straight into town, where all
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  Speaker 3: of them were lost in the track-covered, dusty main street.
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  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger and Tonto stopped in a grove at
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  Speaker 3: the edge of Weston.
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  Speaker 2: Tonto, I'll wait here. You go into town and see
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  Speaker 2: what you... Horsemen are coming from town. Ah, it's sheriff
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  Speaker 2: and man. Them sure to see us when them pass
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  Speaker 2: on trail. Hurry. We'll mount and leave. The men are
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  Speaker 2: nervous enough to shoot us on sight. Easy, fella. Easy, fella.
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  Speaker 5: Come on.
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  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger and Toto were able to stay just
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  Speaker 3: out of range of the flying bullets fired by the posse.
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  Speaker 3: They gradually outdistanced their pursuers as Silver and Scout bore
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  Speaker 3: them toward the foothills and then used various means to
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  Speaker 3: cover their trail after they were out of sight of
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  Speaker 3: the posse. Finally convinced that they had thrown the sheriff
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  Speaker 3: and his men off their tracks, the two men drew
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  Speaker 3: rein on a rocky bluff to rest the horses. After
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  Speaker 3: a short period, the Lone Ranger spoke.
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  Speaker 2: The riders came from the general direction of these foothills
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  Speaker 2: last night, Toto. That's right. We'll search these hills today
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  Speaker 2: for the hideout. If we're unsuccessful, I'll go to town
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  Speaker 2: tonight to identify myself to the sheriff and talk over
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  Speaker 2: a plan I have in mind. All right, let's go.
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  Speaker 2: He said to me, fella.
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  Speaker 5: He said to me, fella. He said to me, fella.
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  Speaker 3: We'll continue our Lone Ranger adventure in just a moment.
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  Speaker 3: Sheriff Sam is a boy of ten. He busts right
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  Speaker 3: in the robber's den and gets his man because he.
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  Speaker 8: Knows he's got gold power from Cheerios.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, he's got gold power. There he goes.
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  Speaker 2: He's feeling his Cheerios. Cheerios.
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  Speaker 1: Cheerios.
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  Speaker 3: That's Cheerios, the cereal shaped like little letter O's. And
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  Speaker 3: those O's stand for oats. The good grain Cheerios is
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  Speaker 3: made from. Every delicious spoonful of Cheerios and milk is
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  Speaker 3: real muscle-building food. Each spoonful contains vitamins, minerals, and proteins
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  Speaker 3: your body needs. Yes, those good things in a Cheerios
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  Speaker 3: breakfast do good things for your body, help you have
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  Speaker 3: healthy nerves, good red blood, strong bones and muscles. You
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  Speaker 3: can see that Cheerios is made to give you real
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  Speaker 3: go power.
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  Speaker 4: So make sure you.
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  Speaker 3: Have a Cheerios breakfast every day. Then you'll hear people say,
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  Speaker 3: he's feeling his Cheerios.
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  Speaker 2: Now to continue.
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  Speaker 3: After the sheriff and his men lost the trail of
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  Speaker 3: the masked man and Indian, they gave up the chase
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  Speaker 3: and rode to the valley to follow the ghost rider's
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  Speaker 3: back trail. The tracks led them from the valley into
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  Speaker 3: the foothills and onto rocky, shale-covered terrain.
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  Speaker 2: Well, just as I expected.
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  Speaker 5: No more tracks to follow, men.
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  Speaker 7: No telling where they went from here. Here we'll take
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  Speaker 7: a look into some of the canyons hereabouts before we
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  Speaker 7: go back to town.
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  Speaker 5: Might happen to spot their camp.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, if they didn't just vanish into thin air.
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  Speaker 5: Stop talking foolish. If they were going to vanish, why
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  Speaker 5: would they bother to ride this far.
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  Speaker 2: Into the foothills? Just to confuse us, I reckon.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you're plenty confused, all right. You're letting your imagination
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  Speaker 5: run away with you.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe. But you saw them last night.
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  Speaker 4: It just isn't natural for real men to glow in
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  Speaker 4: the dark like they do.
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  Speaker 7: It's no use talking to you.
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  Speaker 5: Let's get on with the search. Get up here. Come on.
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  Speaker 4: Get up.
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  Speaker 2: Get up.
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  Speaker 3: During the early afternoon, the skies darkened threateningly and thunder
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  Speaker 3: echoed through the foothills as the Lone Ranger and Tonto
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  Speaker 3: rode through one of the many canyons.
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  Speaker 5: You'd get plenty dark, Kimo Sabe.
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  Speaker 2: Soon we have bad storms. It's beginning to rain already.
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  Speaker 2: We'll find shelter. Uh-huh. There's an opening to a natural cave.
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  Speaker 2: These hills are honeycombed with caverns. We'll go in there.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, Pilgrim. Come, Scouts.
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  Speaker 5: Come from us.
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  Speaker 3: The masked man and Indian stopped just inside the cave
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  Speaker 3: entrance to wait.
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  Speaker 5: For the storm to pass.
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  Speaker 2: The shadows gradually deepened in the canyon until soon it
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  Speaker 2: was almost as dark as night.
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  Speaker 5: It was then the Lone Ranger exclaimed.
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  Speaker 2: Otto, look back in the cave. The walls have a
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  Speaker 2: strange glow that give off a shimmering light.
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  Speaker 4: Ah.
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  Speaker 2: I want to look closer.
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  Speaker 3: The Masked Man walked back a short distance, then examined
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  Speaker 3: the wall closely, rubbing his hand on it.
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  Speaker 5: Look, Otto.
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  Speaker 2: This wall is dense. The moisture on my hand makes
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  Speaker 2: it glow in the dark. Notice where my sleeve rubbed
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: against the wall. Ah. leaves shine in dark. It's a
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  Speaker 2: luminous substance, apparently caused by chemical reaction of the moisture seeping.
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  Speaker 5: Down the walls.
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  Speaker 2: Certain phosphorus-like salts in the rocky walls might bring it about.
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  Speaker 2: We see plenty strange color in pointed rocks that hang
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: from roof, grow from floor. Those cone-like formations are known
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  Speaker 2: as stalagmites and stalactites. They're made by the dripping mineral
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  Speaker 2: waters that seep through from above. Taro, the luminous substance
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  Speaker 2: on my sleeve explains the so-called ghost riders.
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  Speaker 5: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 2: Evidently, they have their hideout in a similar cavern... and
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  Speaker 2: discovered that this substance will make their clothing glow in
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: the dark. And they use that knowledge to good advantage.
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  Speaker 2: After storm pass, we hunt for other cave, maybe?
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  Speaker 5: As I said before, these hills are honeycombed with caverns.
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  Speaker 2: We hope to catch that.
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  Speaker 5: Gang in a hurry.
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  Speaker 2: The best thing to do is to bring them out
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  Speaker 2: into the open. And how do you do that? I
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: rub my handkerchief with the substance... And tonight I'll suggest
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  Speaker 2: the sheriff show it to his men as proof the
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  Speaker 2: riders are real men. And we'll make plans.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: After the storm passed, the Lone Ranger and Tonto returned
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: to their camp. When darkness set in, they went to town,
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  Speaker 3: where the masked man identified himself to the sheriff and
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: his deputy. And after showing the luminous handkerchief, suggested a
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  Speaker 3: plan for capturing the ghost riders. Early the following night,
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  Speaker 3: the sheriff discussed the plan.
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  Speaker 5: With his men.
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  Speaker 7: The masked man proved to us the riders are real men,
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  Speaker 7: using some luminous stuff they discovered in the mountain cave. Now,
• 17:52
  Speaker 7: here's the plan. We've got word around that a special
• 17:55
  Speaker 7: shipment of gold is leaving later tonight by stage so
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: as to get to the morning train in Pecos. We're
• 18:01
  Speaker 7: having a big posse divided into two groups.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: What then, Sheriff?
• 18:04
  Speaker 7: The first group will go on ahead and hide on
• 18:06
  Speaker 7: a slope at the far end of the valley. The
• 18:09
  Speaker 7: second group will follow the stage at a distance.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: Who will drive the stage?
• 18:12
  Speaker 7: The regular driver will take it out of town. Then
• 18:15
  Speaker 7: the masked man will take over. The Indian will take
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: his white horse and go with us. Now go out
• 18:20
  Speaker 7: and get the big posse together.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Right, sir.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: Later that night, the stage left town as planned. Outside
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: of town, the Lone Ranger took the reins... and riding
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: alone drove the stagecoach into the valley.
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: Get up!
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Get up there!
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: Get up!
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: The darkness was intense, broken only by the dimly glowing
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: lanterns on the stagecoach. When he had gone almost halfway through,
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: the masked man saw the ghost riders coming from a
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: grove of trees ahead.
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: Hold there!
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: Ho!
• 18:51
  Speaker 5: Ho!
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: Hold there!
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: Quickly, he jumped from the driver's seat and climbed inside
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: the coach.
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: Here they come.
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: The masked man crouched down in the coach and waited
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: as the outlaws rode to the stage and stopped.
• 19:04
  Speaker 7: Ho!
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: Ho!
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Ho!
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: Well, the driver's gone. Must have scared that daylight out
• 19:10
  Speaker 5: of him. Baldy, get up there. Throw down the cash box. Right.
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: Getting now.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Hey, there isn't any cash box up here.
• 19:20
  Speaker 5: Maybe it's in the coat.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: I'll look. Easy, boy. Come on.
• 19:26
  Speaker 5: Reach and don't move, you.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Tell your men to drop their guns or I'll kill you.
• 19:30
  Speaker 5: Hey, what the... Somebody's in here. Do as I say.
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: Baldy, who had remounted, realized instantly that Slick was in trouble.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: He quickly reached out and jabbed his spur against one
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: of the lead horses. The stage jerked forward and the
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: Lone Ranger was momentarily thrown off balance, dropping his gun.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: But reacting instinctively, the masked man hurled himself through the door.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: at the luminous figure beside the coach. Slick was taken
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: by surprise and fell to the ground where he grappled with.
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: The Masked Man.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: The other crooks dismounted hurriedly and moved in to help.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: But because of the intense darkness, they were unable to
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: see the Masked Man. Though Slick's luminous figure stood out clearly.
• 20:06
  Speaker 5: Then.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: Hey, that isn't coming.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: We can't see them.
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: They're coming from both sides.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: I'll finish you, quiet picker. The sheriff's men moved in
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: from either side with blazing guns, while the Lone Ranger
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: fought with flicks. The outlaws, with their luminous clothes, were
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: easily seen.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: Get them all, men.
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: Don't let anyone escape.
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: Several of the men were wounded, and within a short time,
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: the outlaws, realizing their hopeless situation, surrendered.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we dropped our guns.
• 20:37
  Speaker 5: Get to your feet, you. I'll kill you for this.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: Not if I can help it.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: With heavy blows to each side of the jaw, the
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: Lone Ranger knocked Slick to the ground unconscious. After retrieving
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: his gun from the coach, he returned and stood over Slick.
• 20:52
  Speaker 5: Bring a lantern here, Hank.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: Here it is.
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: There's the leader of the gang, Sheriff. Hold that lantern closer.
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: You recognize him?
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Yes, Flick Wheeler. Wanted for murder in San Antonio. Used
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: to lead a gang down that way. Well, mister, we
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: got them all. Your plan worked fine. We could see
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: him plain as day. You know, Sheriff, I'd like to
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: have one of.
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: Those coats that glow in the dark, sort of.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: As a souvenir.
• 21:18
  Speaker 7: You'd go around scaring yourself, Hank. Anyway, those will be
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: held as evidence. After this, you'd better think twice before
• 21:25
  Speaker 7: you start believing in ghosts. Thanks to the mask, ma'am,
• 21:28
  Speaker 7: there'll be no more ghost riders around here.
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: You all right, Kimmels, honey? Yes, Tonto. Where's Silver?
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Him back there with Scout.
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: Good. We'll leave now.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Adios, Sheriff, and don't let the ghost disappear.
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: Don't worry, mister. The bars at.
• 21:44
  Speaker 7: My jailhouse will hold any ghost you want to bring me. Well,
• 21:48
  Speaker 7: I hope to see you and Tonto again soon.
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: You will. Let's go, Taro. Adios, everybody. Goodbye.
• 21:54
  Speaker 7: Hank, maybe after Slick Wheeler is hanged, his ghost will
• 22:04
  Speaker 7: come back to haunt you.
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: No, no, sir.
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: I'll tell you one thing. Even ghosts would have sense
• 22:10
  Speaker 7: enough to stay away from the Lone Ranger.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: THE END.
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger, a copyrighted feature of The Lone Ranger Incorporated,
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: is produced by Kendall Campbell Muir Incorporated. A part of
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer. Your announcer,
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: Fred Floyd. Listen to The Lone Ranger, brought to you
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: by special recording.
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: We close with The Lone Ranger in The Ghost Riders.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: Thank you for sharing this June 1955 broadcast.