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The Lone Ranger - "Murder in Red" (Old Time Radio, 1945) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: March 21st, 1945 brings us to The Lone Ranger, episode 1,899.
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  Speaker 1: This time, the program is titled Murder in Red. Settle
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  Speaker 1: in for another visit with one of radio's enduring western series.
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  Speaker 1: And now, our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: I'll see you later. Bye.
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  Speaker 3: A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud
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  Speaker 3: of dust, and a hearty hi-yo silver, the Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 4: THE END.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: THE END.
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  Speaker 5: With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the masked rider of
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  Speaker 5: the plains led the fight for law and order in
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  Speaker 5: the early.
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  Speaker 2: Western United States.
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  Speaker 3: The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and
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  Speaker 3: resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations. And
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  Speaker 3: nowhere in the pages of history can one find a
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  Speaker 3: greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those
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  Speaker 3: thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past and
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  Speaker 3: the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver, the Lone
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  Speaker 3: Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, Silver!
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  Speaker 6: Let's go, big fellow! I am Silver!
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  Speaker 4: Hooray!
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  Speaker 3: Traveling over a hundred miles to see a doctor wasn't
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  Speaker 3: Sam Kemp's idea of a good time. But his daughter, Linda,
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  Speaker 3: had insisted upon it. Consequently, the rugged old cattle rancher
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  Speaker 3: was slightly annoyed when Dr. Eldon avoided a direct question.
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  Speaker 7: Speak up!
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  Speaker 4: What's the matter?
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  Speaker 7: Can't you talk? I, uh.
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  Speaker 7: Excuse me, Sam. What'd you say?
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  Speaker 6: Take that infernal stethoscope contraption out of your ears and
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  Speaker 6: maybe you can hear.
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  Speaker 7: All right. Well, button your shirt, Sam. I'm through with
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  Speaker 7: the examination.
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  Speaker 6: Your dad burned right, Char. Now I want to know
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  Speaker 6: what this tomfoolery is all about. I've answered your questions.
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  Speaker 6: Now you answer mine.
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  Speaker 4: Very well.
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  Speaker 7: My diagnosis indicates an acute cardiac condition. Aggravated way.
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  Speaker 6: Talk plain English. Don't hide behind a lot of fancy words.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 7: This ought to be plain enough. You've got a bad heart, Sam.
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  Speaker 7: A very bad heart.
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  Speaker 4: I don't believe it.
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  Speaker 7: And in a man your age, that's serious.
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  Speaker 8: Heart wash.
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  Speaker 6: Listen, Eldon, you old sawbones. I've known you for over
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  Speaker 6: 40 years, and you can't tell me that.
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  Speaker 7: Then I'll tell Linda. She's outside in the waiting room,
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  Speaker 7: isn't she? Sure.
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  Speaker 6: Linda and Matt Fleming, my foreman, came up here with
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  Speaker 6: me on this fool trip.
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  Speaker 4: Good. Linda? Oh, Linda? Yes, Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Eldon?
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  Speaker 7: Will you come in for a moment, please?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, come on.
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  Speaker 6: Where's Matt? Ain't he waiting out there, too?
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  Speaker 8: Matt said he had some private business to take care of.
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  Speaker 8: He'll meet us back at the hotel.
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  Speaker 7: Well, that's just as well. What I have to say
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  Speaker 7: is a family matter and concerns no one else.
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  Speaker 8: What do you mean, doctor?
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  Speaker 6: Don't pay any attention to him. The old pill roller's
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  Speaker 6: talking through his head.
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  Speaker 7: No, I'm not. Sam's a sick man. Unless he follows
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  Speaker 7: my advice, I won't be responsible for what'll happen.
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  Speaker 8: What is it? I mean, what's the trouble?
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  Speaker 7: A heart condition. A serious one. He won't believe me,
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  Speaker 7: so I'm telling you.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you, doctor. What kind of treatment is that?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, don't listen to him.
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  Speaker 8: Be quiet, Dad.
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  Speaker 4: Huh.
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  Speaker 8: Now, Dr.
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  Speaker 9: Eldon.
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  Speaker 7: Well, the principal thing to remember is this. No violent exercise,
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  Speaker 7: no exertion, and above all, no excitement.
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  Speaker 8: I understand.
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  Speaker 7: If he observes those rules, he'll probably outlive all of us.
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  Speaker 6: Your dad run right away.
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  Speaker 4: Otherwise, he's... Excuse me, folks.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, Matt, I didn't hear you come in.
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  Speaker 4: I just happened to be... Well, Sam... What does this
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  Speaker 4: sawbone say about you?
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  Speaker 6: I'm fit as a fiddle made out of wangrel and
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  Speaker 6: toe dust.
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  Speaker 4: Ain't that right, Doc?
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  Speaker 7: Well, I.
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  Speaker 8: Dad's feeling good, Matt. The examination was very successful.
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  Speaker 4: Glad to hear it. Then we'll be heading back to
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  Speaker 4: the ranch today?
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  Speaker 8: Well, no, not today. It might be better if we rest.
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  Speaker 8: I mean, wait over here in Fall City until tomorrow morning.
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  Speaker 4: That's a good idea. Oh, I just remembered an errand
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  Speaker 4: I've got to do. I'll see you and your pa
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  Speaker 4: at the hotel, Miss Lindy. Sure, Matt.
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  Speaker 6: Don't forget to send one of them telegrams so the
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  Speaker 6: boys will meet the train tomorrow afternoon at Cottonwood Junction.
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  Speaker 4: I won't forget. Do it right now.
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  Speaker 5: The End.
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  Speaker 4: I want to send two telegrams, both to the same place.
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  Speaker 4: All right. Where do they go? Cottonwood Junction. Here, I've
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  Speaker 4: got them all written out. And here's the money to
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  Speaker 4: pay for it. Thanks. I'll put them right on the wire.
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  Speaker 10: Hey, you're Slim Kirby, aren't you?
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  Speaker 9: From the Circle Dot Spread?
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 7: Telegram you've been hanging around here waiting for. Guess this
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  Speaker 7: must be it.
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  Speaker 4: Just came in.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Read it to me.
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  Speaker 9: It says, everything turned out like I expected. Arrived tomorrow afternoon.
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  Speaker 9: You know what to do.
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  Speaker 4: Signed, Matt. Thanks. Hmm.
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  Speaker 9: This is kind of funny.
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  Speaker 4: Can't figure it out. What do you mean?
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  Speaker 9: This is the second message that's come in today. Signed
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  Speaker 9: the same way. The other one was for the ranch
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  Speaker 9: hands out of Sam Kemp's barquee. I figured that one
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  Speaker 9: was from Matt Fleming, Sam's foreman. But he wouldn't be
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  Speaker 9: telegraphing you.
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  Speaker 4: So I... You know what's the matter with most brass
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  Speaker 4: pounders like you? No.
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  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 4: They figure too much. And that ain't healthy. I don't understand.
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  Speaker 4: You will, Buster. Later on....
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  Speaker 3: It was late the following afternoon when the Lone Ranger
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  Speaker 3: and Tonto reined up their horses near the lonely railroad
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  Speaker 3: station at Cottonwood Junction.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, who's that? Oh, Scott.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, fella.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, fella.
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  Speaker 4: There's a watering trough, Tonto, back to the railroad station.
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  Speaker 4: Horses need a drink. Come, Scott. Come on, son. Come on, boy.
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  Speaker 4: Come on. Look, Kimo Sabe. See Bull over there? In
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  Speaker 4: big fella. Yes, he is. Wonder why anyone would tie
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  Speaker 4: a bull to an iron stake out here in the sun.
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  Speaker 4: Shaded loading pens on the other side of the station.
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  Speaker 7: I mean not know.
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  Speaker 4: There are two saddle horses in the shade. No sign
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  Speaker 4: of the men who ride them. The station looks deserted.
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  Speaker 4: I think... Let's look inside, Tullow.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 4: What the.
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  Speaker 11: Matt Noretsky. Are you the station agent here? Listen, no
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  Speaker 11: owl who combusts... Whether I'm an outlaw or not has
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  Speaker 11: nothing to do with crew leader animals.
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  Speaker 4: What's that? There's a bull outside chained to an iron stake. Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: What of it?
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  Speaker 11: With the sun as hot as it is, an empty
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  Speaker 11: loading pen in the shade, why can't it be moved?
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  Speaker 11: That's my business. I'm making it mine. Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: Listen, hard case, you and your engine part better mosey along.
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  Speaker 11: You might get hurt. You understand? Yes, I think I do.
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  Speaker 11: Since when do station agents carry guns? You ask for this,
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  Speaker 11: owl hoot. I'm going to show you.
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  Speaker 2: No, you're not. Oh, my hand. Hey, Lip. Lip, come
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  Speaker 2: on here.
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  Speaker 4: What the? Hello, watch out. There's another door back of you.
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  Speaker 4: I'll meet you.
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  Speaker 2: Drill him, Lip.
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  Speaker 6: Where is it?
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  Speaker 2: Come on, Lip.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, you're hurt. Oh, not bad. Not bad. You go
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  Speaker 4: catch Crook. Oh, they're not important. Here, let me see
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  Speaker 4: where that bullet nicked you. It's all there. Let me
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  Speaker 4: fix it. Here, we'll make a bandage out of this neckerchief. Now,
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  Speaker 4: let me get this bound. Easy. There. That better? Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Crook come from other room. He not see him. Neither
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  Speaker 4: did I until... Wait a minute.
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  Speaker 11: There's a dead man lying in that back room, Tonto.
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  Speaker 4: He's been clubbed over the head. You think Crook kill him?
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure of it. Probably the station agent. I can't
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  Speaker 4: see any reason for killing... Well, this is just a
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  Speaker 4: small junction, no Wells Fargo branch or... Kimusabi. Rain come.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Under the circumstances, we can't risk being seen. You feel better, Tano? Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, then. We'll get the horses and wait in
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  Speaker 4: that clump of cottonwoods.
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  Speaker 2: Come on.
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  Speaker 4: Mountainwood Junction.
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  Speaker 8: Here we are, Dad. Now, be careful. Watch the steps.
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  Speaker 4: Take it easy, Mr. Kemp. Easy.
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  Speaker 6: Take all my arms, both of you. I'm not so
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  Speaker 6: old I have to be lifted off a train.
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  Speaker 2: All aboard.
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  Speaker 6: Station's deserted. Now, where are the Thunderations, the buckboard that
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  Speaker 6: are supposed to meet us? You send that telegram like
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  Speaker 6: I told you, Matt?
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  Speaker 4: Sure, sure I did. The boys will be here pretty soon.
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  Speaker 6: Well, only thing we can do is wait. Linda, what's
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  Speaker 6: that red contraption you're carrying? Looks like an umbrella.
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  Speaker 8: It's a parasol, Dad. A present from Matt. He bought
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  Speaker 8: it for me in Fall City. Isn't it pretty?
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  Speaker 4: I thought Miss Linda would like something fancy to keep
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  Speaker 4: the sun out of her eyes.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I guess women folks like those bright-colored googles. I
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  Speaker 6: never could see much sense in them.
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  Speaker 12: Wait here.
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  Speaker 4: I'll go ask the station agent whether he's seen any
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  Speaker 4: of our ranch hands.
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  Speaker 6: I declare a bunch of lazy, no-good cow folks ain't
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  Speaker 6: got gumption enough to meet a train.
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  Speaker 8: Now, Dad, remember what Dr. Eldon said about getting excited.
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  Speaker 6: Who's excited?
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  Speaker 10: Huh.
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  Speaker 6: Now Matt's disappeared. How are we ever going to get home?
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  Speaker 8: All right, Dad. You wait here with the valises. I'll
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  Speaker 8: see what's happened to Matt.
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  Speaker 4: That man didn't go into the station, Father. He walked
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  Speaker 4: around to the other side. Ah. Now the girl with
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  Speaker 4: the red parasol is going... Look, the bull. He's gotten loose.
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  Speaker 4: If he sees that red parasol... Linda, watch out!
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  Speaker 2: Run, Linda! Run or that varmint will get you!
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  Speaker 4: Let him off, Tonto.
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  Speaker 3: Sit down.
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  Speaker 4: Who's your gun? I'll try to reach the girl. Get
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  Speaker 4: him off the scoundrel! Come on, Silver!
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  Speaker 12: Throw the parasol away!
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  Speaker 4: Throw it!
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  Speaker 2: Linda!
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  Speaker 4: Linda! Stand still! Up you come!
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  Speaker 2: Pull, Silver! Pull!
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  Speaker 4: Pull!
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  Speaker 8: Oh, for a minute I thought I was... Why, you're
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  Speaker 8: wearing a mask, an outlaw.
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  Speaker 4: That was a narrow escape. Here, I'll put you down.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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  Speaker 8: And an Indian. Where did you two come from?
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  Speaker 11: We were... We were behind that grove of cottonwood. Linda,
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  Speaker 11: are you all right, Miss Linda? I tried to warn
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  Speaker 11: you that that... Say, who's this outlaw? I.
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  Speaker 8: I don't... There he is. He's lying over there.
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  Speaker 10: Oh!
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  Speaker 4: Well, who are you? What's the idea that... I was
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  Speaker 4: just going to ask how the bull happened to get loose.
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  Speaker 4: How do I know? I don't know anything. Miss Linda!
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  Speaker 3: He's dead, man.
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  Speaker 7: Dead, dead.
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  Speaker 4: Are you sure?
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  Speaker 8: He ran, tried to help me. It must have been
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  Speaker 8: too much for his heart.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure sorry, Miss Linda. Accidents like this... If it
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  Speaker 4: was an accident....
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  Speaker 8: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 4: Seems strange that an angry bull just happened to get
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  Speaker 4: loose when you were carrying a red parasol. Not any
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  Speaker 4: stranger than a masked owl who'd pop up out of
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  Speaker 4: thin air.
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  Speaker 8: Well, thank heaven for that. If you hadn't been there.
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  Speaker 4: There might have been two murders instead of one.
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  Speaker 7: Murder?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, you don't think... Now, listen, mister. I don't know
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  Speaker 4: who you are. I don't care. But I don't like
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  Speaker 4: the way you're slinging words around.
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  Speaker 7: Matt, don't!
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  Speaker 4: And what's more, I'm turning you and the Redskin over
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  Speaker 4: to the law. Now get your hands up, both of you.
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  Speaker 3: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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  Speaker 3: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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  Speaker 3: to pause for just a few moments.
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  Speaker 4: Now to continue our story.
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  Speaker 3: Ignoring Matt Fleming's command to raise their hands, the Lone
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  Speaker 3: Ranger and Tonto walked calmly toward the drawn gun.
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  Speaker 4: I said reach. Both of you. We heard what you said.
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  Speaker 4: Then you'd better get him up fast or I'll kill you. No,
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  Speaker 4: you can't. Let go of my arm, you red bugle.
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  Speaker 8: Drop the gun.
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  Speaker 4: Drop the gun there. Head on up, Tonto. He sneaked
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  Speaker 4: up on me. Grabbed my wrist. None of us are
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  Speaker 4: interested in your explanation. Dirty owl hoot. You and the
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  Speaker 4: Indian gang up on one man. I'm sure you turned
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  Speaker 4: that bull loose. And did it on purpose. That's a lie.
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  Speaker 4: You know the two men who killed the station agent
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  Speaker 4: less than an hour ago?
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  Speaker 8: The station agent?
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  Speaker 4: I saw them. One was a tall, slim fellow who
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  Speaker 4: called the other man Lip.
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  Speaker 8: Slim?
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  Speaker 1: Lip?
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  Speaker 8: Why, Matt, that sounds like Slim Kirby and Lip Braddock
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  Speaker 8: from the Circle Dolls.
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  Speaker 4: No. No, it couldn't be. If there's been any killing
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  Speaker 4: around here, this is the armory who did it. You
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  Speaker 4: seem pretty sure. If there wasn't two of you buzzers
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  Speaker 4: against me... Tonto, hold my gun belt, will you? Now
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  Speaker 4: me hold it. Now, neither of us has a gun.
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  Speaker 4: The odds are even. What are you going to do
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  Speaker 4: about it? Plenty. I'm waiting. Why, you... This was your idea.
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  Speaker 8: Matt!
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  Speaker 4: If he isn't hurt, he'll be all right.
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  Speaker 8: Why did you do that?
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  Speaker 4: He asked for it. Who are you? Who you are
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  Speaker 4: and who's behind these murders is more important.
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  Speaker 8: I'm Linda Kemp. That's Matt Fleming. He's Dad's foreman of
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  Speaker 8: the barcade.
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  Speaker 4: City.
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  Speaker 8: He had a weak heart.
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  Speaker 4: I understand. You have my deepest sympathy.
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  Speaker 8: You don't talk like an outlaw.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not. I want to help you.
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  Speaker 8: But how?
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  Speaker 11: Do you mind telling me how long you've owned that
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  Speaker 11: little red parasol that caused so much trouble?
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  Speaker 8: Why, Matt gave it to me as a present just
• 17:24
  Speaker 8: before we got on the train in Falls City. But
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  Speaker 8: I'm sure he didn't know anything like this would happen.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe. Who's coming? Tonto, can you see? Four, maybe five men.
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  Speaker 4: Them ride hard.
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  Speaker 8: It must be the boys from the ranch. They should
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  Speaker 8: have been here earlier.
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  Speaker 4: They'll help you take care of your father. Here, Silver. Scout.
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  Speaker 8: Where are you going?
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  Speaker 4: To the next town and report the station agent's murder
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  Speaker 4: to the sheriff. Steady, big fella. Steady, Tonto. Be ready.
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  Speaker 8: I can't figure you out.
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  Speaker 6: Come on, Silver.
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  Speaker 7: Get on, Scout.
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  Speaker 3: On the evening of the third day after her father's
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  Speaker 3: sudden death, Linda sat alone on the darkened veranda of
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  Speaker 3: the Bar K ranch house. She was still shocked and
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  Speaker 3: bewildered by the strange events that had taken place.
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  Speaker 4: Miss Linda?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Matt.
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  Speaker 4: Glad I found you alone. There's some things we've got
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  Speaker 4: to talk over.
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  Speaker 8: Things?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, business. Now that your pa's gone, how about everything
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  Speaker 4: here at the Bar K?
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  Speaker 8: We'll carry on, of course. That's the way Dad would
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  Speaker 8: have wanted it.
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  Speaker 4: I'm glad to hear you say that, especially the we part.
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  Speaker 8: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 4: You'll find out about it tomorrow. A lawyer's coming out
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: from Fall City.
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  Speaker 8: What in the world are you talking about?
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: Why, your pa's will. The lawyer's bringing it with him.
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  Speaker 8: I didn't know Dad ever made a will.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. Sam and I talked the whole thing over
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  Speaker 4: about six months ago. Of course, neither of us had
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: any idea it would be needed so soon, but That's
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: the way he wanted it.
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  Speaker 8: I can't believe it until I actually see the.
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  Speaker 8: What are you trying to say, Matt?
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: Well, it's no secret. You'll hear it from the lawyer
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: tomorrow anyway.
• 19:06
  Speaker 8: Hear what?
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: That Sam left this whole layout to me.
• 19:09
  Speaker 6: What?
• 19:10
  Speaker 7: Yep.
• 19:11
  Speaker 4: Lock, stock, and barrel.
• 19:13
  Speaker 8: It's ridiculous. My own father leave the barque to a stranger?
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: I'm not exactly a stranger, Linda. I've worked for Sam
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: for over ten years.
• 19:23
  Speaker 8: This This is preposterous.
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: But I know how you feel, Linda. And I'm willing
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: to do the right thing. The right?
• 19:33
  Speaker 8: And what is that?
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: Share it with you. I think you're entitled to half
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: the barquet.
• 19:39
  Speaker 8: You're a very generous man.
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: We'll run the place together. After all, a man's got
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: to be married sometimes. Married? Well, I guess you know
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: I've been sweet on you, Linda.
• 19:49
  Speaker 8: First you tell me. me the ranch is no longer
• 19:51
  Speaker 8: my home, and then you offer to marry me.
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: Why not?
• 19:54
  Speaker 8: I wouldn't marry you, Matt Fleming, if you owned every
• 19:57
  Speaker 8: ranch in Texas.
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: Kind of snippy, ain't you? You'll change your tune tomorrow.
• 20:03
  Speaker 8: One thing that'll never change is my opinion about you.
• 20:08
  Speaker 8: Good night, Mr.
• 20:09
  Speaker 12: Fleming.
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: Good evening.
• 20:16
  Speaker 8: The outlaw? What are you doing?
• 20:18
  Speaker 11: I've been waiting for you. I came in the back
• 20:21
  Speaker 11: door and I couldn't help but overhear what your foreman
• 20:23
  Speaker 11: just said.
• 20:24
  Speaker 8: It isn't true. Dad wouldn't have made a will without.
• 20:27
  Speaker 11: I'm sure he wouldn't. That's as I'm sure that a
• 20:30
  Speaker 11: man who's responsible for two murders won't stop at forgery.
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: Murder?
• 20:35
  Speaker 8: What do you mean?
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: The station agent at Cottonwood Junction... and your father.
• 20:41
  Speaker 8: But Dad died of a heart attack when that mad
• 20:44
  Speaker 8: bull got loose and saw my parasol.
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: Which was bright red, given to you for that very purpose.
• 20:49
  Speaker 8: Uh, Matt Fleming.
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: Who else could it be?
• 20:53
  Speaker 8: Why, yes, I... I'm going to ride right into town
• 20:56
  Speaker 8: and see Sheriff McCain.
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: No, no.
• 20:58
  Speaker 11: Fleming would deny the whole thing. His lawyer would fail
• 21:01
  Speaker 11: to show up tomorrow. Your life would be in danger
• 21:04
  Speaker 11: from now on.
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: But I.
• 21:06
  Speaker 8: I've got to do something.
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: If you let me help... I think we can make
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: Matt convict himself.
• 21:12
  Speaker 8: But how?
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: Call your foreman and tell him you've changed your mind.
• 21:15
  Speaker 8: Changed my... I will not. I detest Matt Fleming and I.
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: You don't understand. Now listen carefully and I'll explain.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: What I mean.
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: It was less than an hour later when Matt Fleming
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: walked away from the big ranch house for the second
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: time that evening.
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: He was in a much better mood this time. Matt. Oh, man. Oh,
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: it's you, Slim. Yeah. Me and Lip have been waiting
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: here by the corral. I've been talking to the girl.
• 21:47
  Speaker 12: Has she caught on yet?
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: When I first sprung it on her, she was boiling mad.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: And a few minutes ago, she sent word out to
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: the bunkhouse. Said she wanted to see me. Yeah? I
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: guess she got the thing then over. Because now she
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: says maybe old man Kemp did make a will. My
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: lawyer gets here tomorrow. I'm glad to hear it's working out.
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: Me and Lip rode over for our pay off. You
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: promised 200 cash right after the job.
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: What job? I had to do it myself.
• 22:12
  Speaker 12: That wasn't our fault. That masked hombre in the red
• 22:14
  Speaker 12: skin ambled into the depot and cleared everything.
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: We'd no sooner shot the stage in Aiden than he'd...
• 22:18
  Speaker 4: I know all about it. Then shell out some money
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: and we'll be drifting back to the circle dot. I, uh.
• 22:24
  Speaker 12: Not gonna Welsh on the payoff for you, Matt. Oh,
• 22:27
  Speaker 12: I'll give it to you.
• 22:29
  Speaker 4: Right now. In cash. But there's 200 more in it.
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: If you'll handle another little job. What kind? Well... Linda
• 22:37
  Speaker 4: just told me that she didn't doubt my word, but
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: just to be on the safe side, she's going to
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: go through all of Kemp's papers tomorrow to make sure
• 22:45
  Speaker 4: he didn't write another will. Whoa.
• 22:47
  Speaker 12: What does that mean?
• 22:48
  Speaker 4: How do I know? Maybe the old kook did make
• 22:50
  Speaker 4: a will. I don't think so, but I've got to
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: be sure. What's all that got to do with Lip
• 22:55
  Speaker 4: and me? Now, you armies wait a little while, till
• 22:58
  Speaker 4: around midnight. You can get into the house easy. The
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: old man kept all of his papers in a big
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: roll-top desk. It's in the front room.
• 23:06
  Speaker 12: And you want us to look for the whale, is
• 23:08
  Speaker 12: that it?
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: Sure. Why don't you do it yourself? You know the
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: inside of the house. If there's any argument at the
• 23:13
  Speaker 4: showdown tomorrow, I've got to have a perfect alibi.
• 23:16
  Speaker 12: There's 200 more in it, whether we find anything.
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: Or not, huh? I've got the cash here in my pocket.
• 23:22
  Speaker 4: I'll wait for you right here.
• 23:24
  Speaker 12: What do you say, Slim?
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: Sure. Why not? Good. I'll meet you here just after midnight. Matt,
• 23:43
  Speaker 4: where the devil have you.
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: Quiet.
• 23:44
  Speaker 12: Not so loud.
• 23:46
  Speaker 4: Did you find anything?
• 23:47
  Speaker 12: Yeah. This was stuck in one of them pigeon holes
• 23:50
  Speaker 12: in the desk.
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: What?
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: Let me see it. It's written on the envelope. It
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: tells you what it is. It's too dark to see.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: We can't risk a light out here. Come on into
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: the barn. There's a lantern in there. Ah, strike a light, Slim. Yeah. See?
• 24:15
  Speaker 12: It's just what Slim told you. Read what it says.
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: Last will and testament of Samuel Kemp. So the old
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: coot did right out of will.
• 24:24
  Speaker 12: Ain't you gonna open it?
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: Sure, sure. The lucky thing I thought of sending you.
• 24:30
  Speaker 7: What?
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: What's the matter? Why the... There's no paper in this envelope.
• 24:34
  Speaker 4: What do you mean? Nothing but an old blotter and
• 24:36
  Speaker 4: a soggy one at that. Look. Well, I'll be damned.
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: Don't go, Halfwits. Why didn't you make sure about.
• 24:41
  Speaker 12: How did we know what was in it? It says
• 24:42
  Speaker 12: right there on the front.
• 24:43
  Speaker 4: It's a blotter. You can see that, can't you? If
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: you can't see, feel. Yeah, you're right.
• 24:48
  Speaker 12: How about our payoff, man?
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: I'm not paying on a dime. Hey, this envelope proves
• 24:54
  Speaker 4: there is a will in there someplace. Come on. Show
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: me exactly where you found it. sure of that. Unless
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: I miss my guess, Matt Fleming will be with him.
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: I think we have visitors.
• 25:22
  Speaker 12: I don't want to fall over something. Not yet.
• 25:30
  Speaker 4: Where do we get to the desk?
• 25:32
  Speaker 12: It's right over there.
• 25:32
  Speaker 9: Quiet.
• 25:34
  Speaker 11: That's right, Matt. You never can tell. Who's that? All right. Remember,
• 25:39
  Speaker 11: my guns are covering all three of you.
• 25:41
  Speaker 12: What?
• 25:43
  Speaker 4: Flam! Flam, look!
• 25:44
  Speaker 12: It's the same masked army.
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: Watch out. He's grease lighting with those guns. No, you won't.
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: Oh, my arm.
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: A slug right through my arm. You're lucky I didn't
• 25:52
  Speaker 4: try to kill you. Put up your hands, all of you.
• 25:54
  Speaker 7: Mine are up here.
• 25:57
  Speaker 4: Good.
• 25:57
  Speaker 12: What's going on here?
• 25:58
  Speaker 8: Sheriff McCabe.
• 25:59
  Speaker 11: These are the men I was telling you about, Sheriff.
• 26:02
  Speaker 11: Matt Fleming and the two riders from the Circle Dot Ranch.
• 26:05
  Speaker 11: They killed the station agent at the junction. Probably because
• 26:08
  Speaker 11: he asked too many questions when they brought that wild
• 26:10
  Speaker 11: bull up there to meet the train. Yeah, I'll take
• 26:13
  Speaker 11: care of him.
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: Matt Fleming killed Linda's father. He tried to kill her.
• 26:16
  Speaker 4: That's a lie.
• 26:17
  Speaker 11: See, he knew the old man had a weak heart,
• 26:19
  Speaker 11: so he tried what he thought was a perfect scheme.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: He was going to follow that up with a forged will.
• 26:24
  Speaker 12: Lies, all lies.
• 26:25
  Speaker 4: You can't prove a thing. And why did the three
• 26:27
  Speaker 4: of you break in here and search Mr. Kemp's desk?
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: We didn't. We were just going by. Ah, that story
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: won't work, Matt.
• 26:34
  Speaker 11: You're convicted with the same color with which you killed
• 26:37
  Speaker 11: the man you worked for and tried to cheat his daughter.
• 26:40
  Speaker 12: Color?
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: What do you mean?
• 26:42
  Speaker 11: Look at these fingers, Sheriff. They're stained with red ink.
• 26:46
  Speaker 11: It came from a blotter which Miss Linda soaked in
• 26:48
  Speaker 11: ink earlier this evening.
• 26:49
  Speaker 4: The other half of it is on Mr. Kemp's desk.
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: You're going to hang, Fleming. And so are these other two. Good. Adios,
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: Miss Kemp. Wait.
• 26:59
  Speaker 8: You can't leave now. Why, he's gone. And I still
• 27:04
  Speaker 8: don't know his name.
• 27:05
  Speaker 4: Why, that's simple, Linda. You've been talking to the Lone Ranger.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: THE END THE END Oh, my God. THE END.
• 29:03
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• 29:05
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• 29:13
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• 29:16
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