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The Lone Ranger - "Akiller Comes Home Part 1" (Old Time Radio, 1946) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: After five years in prison for a crime he says
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Speaker 1: he did not commit, Johnny Ames returns to Sorrento, where
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Speaker 1: he holds the local banker responsible for his ruined life.
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Speaker 1: It is June 24th, 1946, and ABC presents The Lone
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Speaker 1: Ranger in A Killer Comes Home, Part 1, Episode 2094.
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Speaker 1: As the banker's daughter prepares for her wedding... Ames' return
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Speaker 1: brings old grievances to the surface in the opening half
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Speaker 1: of a two-part story, continuing June 26th. Brace Beamer is
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Speaker 1: the Lone Ranger, with John Todd as Tonto. Bob Green
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Speaker 1: shares the script credit with producer George W.
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Speaker 2: Trendle.
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Speaker 1: We now take you back to the original broadcast.
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Speaker 3: A fiery horse with the speed of light, the cloud
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Speaker 3: of dust, and a hearty hi-yo silver, the Lone Ranger.
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Speaker 4: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 1: Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Thank you.
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Speaker 5: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful
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Speaker 5: masked rider of the plains led the fight for law
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Speaker 5: and order in the early.
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Speaker 2: Western United States.
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Speaker 5: Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a
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Speaker 5: greater champion of justice Return with us now to those
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Speaker 5: thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come
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Speaker 5: the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver. The Lone
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Speaker 5: Ranger rides again.
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Speaker 2: Go, Silver!
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Speaker 3: Let's go, big fellow!
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Speaker 2: Hail Silver! Hooray! Hooray!
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Speaker 5: Johnny Ames reined his weary horse to a halt beside
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Speaker 5: a vacant hitch rack on Sorrento's main street.
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Speaker 2: Oh, there. Easy, boy.
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Speaker 5: A moment later, he had dismounted and was walking slowly
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Speaker 5: along the sun-scorched board sidewalk. So after five years and
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Speaker 5: two months, he had finally reached home.
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Speaker 2: Home.
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Speaker 5: Johnny Ames played his cynical and deep-set eyes over familiar landmarks.
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Speaker 5: There was the Mercantile store, the Stage Depot, the Bull's
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Speaker 5: Head Cafe, and the bank. That was where he stopped,
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Speaker 5: directly in front of the Sorrento Bank.
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Speaker 2: This was the end of the trail.
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Speaker 5: What he was about to do now was predestined, cut
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Speaker 5: and dried, burned into his heart by a thousand bitter vows.
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Speaker 2: Hello, Stratton. Why, it must be Johnny Ames. Yeah. Surprised? No, Johnny,
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Speaker 2: I'm not.
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Speaker 6: I've been expecting you for two months. Ever since you
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Speaker 6: were released from territorial prison. And you know why I'm here,
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Speaker 6: don't you? You've come to kill me. That's right.
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Speaker 2: I'd hoped you might.
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Speaker 6: Don't try to open that desk drawer and grab a gun.
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Speaker 6: This one's leveled right between your eyes.
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Speaker 2: I was just going to get a match to light
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Speaker 2: my pipe. You mind? Go ahead.
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Speaker 6: You might as well breathe some smoke. You're going to
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Speaker 6: have lead for a chaser.
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Speaker 2: Thanks.
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Speaker 7: I believe there's a certain amount of decency in a
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Speaker 7: man who... I'll try to start with a lot of palaver.
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Speaker 6: Killing like this is really too good for a skunk
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Speaker 6: like you.
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Speaker 2: It's over too quick. I wish I could put you.
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Speaker 6: Through five years of the same thing I've been through.
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Speaker 2: Maybe you've done just that, Johnny. Or worse.
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Speaker 6: Nothing could be worse than living for five years like
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Speaker 6: a rat in a hole because you.
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Speaker 2: I came to the prison several times. You wouldn't see me.
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Speaker 6: Why should I see or talk to the lowdown hyena
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Speaker 6: who framed me?
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Speaker 2: One who took five years... You're right, Johnny. What I
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Speaker 2: did to you was something I knew you'd kill me
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Speaker 2: for someday. This is the day. Now. I took five
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Speaker 2: years of your life.
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Speaker 8: You did more than that. Branded me forever.
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Speaker 2: Jailbird.
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Speaker 8: An ex-convict.
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Speaker 2: All because of him. I'm sorry, Johnny. Sorry? Why, you
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Speaker 2: double-crossing scum. How to kill... I grant you your right
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Speaker 2: to kill me. First, I have something to say.
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Speaker 8: Don't try to.
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Speaker 2: No, I'm not going to offer you money. It wouldn't work.
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Speaker 7: You're ready to commit murder and hang for it if
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Speaker 7: you have to.
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Speaker 2: It'll be a pleasure. I want to make a bargain
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Speaker 2: with you. I want one more day to live.
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Speaker 6: Don't give me that.
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Speaker 2: Because my daughter's getting married tomorrow. Liar.
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Speaker 8: You haven't got a daughter. Wife, yes, but a daughter...
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Speaker 8: You're wrong.
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Speaker 2: You don't remember Linda. She was away at school.
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Speaker 6: You lied me into prison and now you're lying to me.
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Speaker 7: My mother is dead. My daughter is getting married tomorrow.
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Speaker 7: She and her husband will leave on their honeymoon right away.
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Speaker 7: After she's gone, you can.
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Speaker 2: Have my life. Welcome to it. But please... You're.
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Speaker 6: Bluffing, but it won't work. I'm going to count to
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Speaker 6: three and shoot. Grab your gun if you want.
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Speaker 2: No, Johnny, listen to me. You've got to understand how
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Speaker 2: I feel. It's something I must do. Three, I'll... Dad, I...
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Speaker 2: I didn't know you were busy.
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Speaker 6: It's all right, Linda.
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Speaker 2: Mr. Ames was just showing me a new gun that he.
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Speaker 2: Oh, excuse me, Mr. Ames. I'd like to present my daughter, Linda. I... I...
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Speaker 2: How do you do? You must be Johnny, Ames. Dad's
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Speaker 2: told me lots about you. He? Yes? Lots of nice things. Yeah.
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Speaker 6: I'll bet they were nice.
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Speaker 2: Why, you... You don't seem to.
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Speaker 2: Well, welcome home anyway, Johnny. Welcome home to Sorrento. Thanks.
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Speaker 6: Dad, I wanted to tell you I finished buying everything
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Speaker 6: I need for the wedding and... Well, I thought perhaps
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Speaker 6: you'd be ready to walk home and I could help.
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Speaker 9: No, don't bother waiting, Linda. Bill Macy will walk home
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Speaker 9: with me as he usually does.
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Speaker 2: All right. Now run along. Linda.
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Speaker 1: Yes, Dad?
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Speaker 2: Are you sure that you....
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Speaker 6: I mean, a wedding is what you want, isn't it?
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Speaker 6: You'll be happy with.
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Speaker 6: Dad, what a silly question to ask a girl who's
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Speaker 6: about to be married. I... Of course I'll be happy.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. I just wanted to be sure. I'll see
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Speaker 2: you at home, Linda. Don't forget, supper at the usual time.
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Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to it. My last meal at home. Goodbye, Mr. Lane. Bye. Goodbye. Oh.
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Speaker 6: Who's the man you thought was going to marry Stratton?
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Speaker 2: Dougal. Forrest Dougal. You must remember him. Forrest Dougal.
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Speaker 6: You mean Matt Dougal's son?
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Speaker 2: That's right. He and Linda have known each other ever
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Speaker 2: since they were.
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Speaker 6: If that's true, you're a bigger crook than I thought
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Speaker 6: you were.
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Speaker 2: You're selling her.
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Speaker 6: Selling your own daughter just like you sold me.
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Speaker 2: Lord, Matt.
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Speaker 6: Matt Dougal is a scum of the earth. Force is
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Speaker 6: no better. Matt, with his big diamond-ass spread, has been
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Speaker 6: trying for years to take over everything in the valley.
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Speaker 6: He already owns most of the town. It's Dougal's mercantile store,
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Speaker 6: Dougal's livery, Dougal's cafe, and Dougal's bank.
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Speaker 2: He owns this. He owns you. That's not true.
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Speaker 6: And now you're selling your daughter to save your own
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Speaker 6: worthless skin. Just like you sold me.
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Speaker 2: You're wrong. Matt Dougal doesn't control this bank anymore... It's mine. Yeah.
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Speaker 7: And it's for Linda marrying, Foss. She loves him. Didn't
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Speaker 7: you hear her say that just a minute ago? Sure,
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Speaker 7: I heard what she said. And I saw it was
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Speaker 7: in her eyes, too. She's lying to help you.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I can't believe that. Can't you see it?
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Speaker 6: You misbegotten lowdown.
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Speaker 2: Go, Johnny.
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Speaker 6: I'm afraid I can't. It's none of my business. We're
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Speaker 6: wasting time. I'll give you that day you're asking for, Stratton.
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Speaker 6: But one day is all. I'll be watching you every second.
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Speaker 6: If you try a double cross, tip to the law.
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Speaker 6: So help me, I'll cut you down like the sneaking
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Speaker 6: coyote you are.
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Speaker 2: I won't double cross you, Johnny. Tomorrow night after the wedding,
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Speaker 2: my life is yours. I give you my oath. Thanks.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, daughter.
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Speaker 6: I'm going over to the bull's head and have a drink.
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Speaker 5: In the meantime, the Lone Ranger and Tonto had reined
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Speaker 5: their horses to a halt on a back trail not
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Speaker 5: far from Sorrento.
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Speaker 9: Better make camp here, Tonto. We'll lay in some fresh supplies.
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Speaker 9: You ride on into town, I'll wait here, huh? You
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Speaker 9: better ask about the trails leading south from Sorrento. A
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Speaker 9: lot of heavy rains lately. Who may ask about trails?
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Speaker 9: Wranglers or cow punchers generally know those things. Try one
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Speaker 9: of the cafes. I think the biggest one in Sorrento
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Speaker 9: is called.
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Speaker 2: The Bull's Head. Ah, me do it. Hurry back. I'll
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Speaker 2: make camp and have a fire going. In a month's count.
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Speaker 4: All right, sure, Ingen.
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Speaker 5: Almost any of those trails to the south are in
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Speaker 5: good shape now.
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Speaker 2: Thanks. Give me a drink, bartender. A stiff one. Say,
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Speaker 2: ain't you Johnny Ames?
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Speaker 8: What of it? Does that mean I can't buy a drink?
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Speaker 6: No, no, of course not.
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Speaker 9: It's just that Forrest Dougal, standing back there at the
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Speaker 9: end of the bar, told me to be on the
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Speaker 9: lookout for Johnny Ames.
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Speaker 2: Hey, look who walked in. It's Johnny Ames. Well, he
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Speaker 2: was in prison. Ex-convict. Bank robber. Jailbird. Who said that?
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Speaker 2: Which one of you means a cow poster.
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Speaker 6: Oh, I might have known it. You're all diamond-esque punches
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Speaker 6: on Matt Dougal's payroll and ready.
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Speaker 1: To do any.
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Speaker 2: I'll be a minute, Ames.
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Speaker 3: Maybe the boys are a little loose with their talk,
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Speaker 3: but that's because I've been buying drinks for everybody.
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Speaker 2: What I said goes for you too, Foster. It's sort
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Speaker 2: of a celebration. I'm getting married tomorrow.
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Speaker 6: I know all about it. I even met the future bride.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry for her. Kind of proud of you, ain't you?
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Speaker 3: My pa figured maybe you'd be drifting into town, so
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Speaker 3: he gave me a message for you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah? Listen, Foss.
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Speaker 6: I lived in this valley for six years before I
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Speaker 6: was railroaded into prison. During that time, I never saw
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Speaker 6: your father. I don't know what he looks like, and
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Speaker 6: I don't want to find out.
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Speaker 2: Yeah? Pete, Red, close in on him. All right.
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Speaker 6: Gun trap, huh? Three to one.
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Speaker 2: All right, you buzzard. Shot blast. Out of my way, engine.
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Speaker 2: I'm going to... No. Either one's not fair fight. What the...
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Speaker 2: The red skin tripped me. Gun him, boys. Gun both
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Speaker 2: of them. Hit the floor. Our legs are going to fly.
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Speaker 2: You dirty... That's it. You win, you teacher. Here. Need help?
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Speaker 2: Get you back a bar. Thanks, Hitchin, for siding me.
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Speaker 2: But they... Door back there. Take it away. Slugging my leg.
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Speaker 8: Don't think I can make it.
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Speaker 2: Get you to my horse outside. Hitchin's got him back
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Speaker 2: at the bar. They're heading for the door.
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Speaker 8: I can't.
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Speaker 2: A horse here. Put you in the saddle. We ride double.
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Speaker 2: Get him up.
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Speaker 8: Get him up.
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Speaker 5: Get him up.
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Speaker 2: Walter, what's the matter with you? Here comes the sheriff,
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Speaker 2: Ed Craig. See what's wrong. Leading as usual. Hey, hey, hey.
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Speaker 2: What's all this gunplay? Johnny Ames. He and the Redskins
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Speaker 2: just hightailed it. Heading for the East Trail. Ames? You
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Speaker 2: mean the fellow that robbed the bank a few years back?
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Speaker 2: That's right, Sheriff.
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Speaker 3: Pa had told me to be on the lookout for Ames.
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Speaker 3: He walked in the bull's head a few minutes ago.
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Speaker 3: I told him Pa wanted to see him. Pulled out
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Speaker 3: his gun and started shooting.
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Speaker 2: No doubt about it, Ed. That boy's a dangerous outlaw
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Speaker 2: and the Redskins working with him. Oh, I see.
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Speaker 10: Well, I didn't live here when Ames robbed the bank,
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Speaker 10: so I don't know the critter. But I've heard enough
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Speaker 10: about him. Your boss told me.
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Speaker 3: He ought to be hogtied and sent back to prison.
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Speaker 2: That's where he belongs. All I did was to tell him.
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Speaker 10: Oh, uh, you say him and an Indian took the
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Speaker 10: East Trail?
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Speaker 2: That's where they're headed. Well, I guess.
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Speaker 10: I'll saddle up and see if I can cut sign
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Speaker 10: on that young fellow.
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Speaker 2: What happened? Who's riding with you? A gang in cafe.
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Speaker 2: Had to kill this fella. Need help him get away. Good.
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Speaker 9: Let's lift him over to that blanket by the fire.
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Speaker 2: There. What?
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Speaker 6: Mask.
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Speaker 2: Where am I?
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Speaker 9: I thought I brought you to our camp. Well, I still,
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Speaker 9: you've got a nasty wound in your back. That came
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Speaker 9: a subby. Hope he's come plenty fast. Maybe somebody trailed us.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I've got to get out. No, stay where you are.
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Speaker 4: I'll take care of whoever's followed you here.
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Speaker 5: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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Speaker 5: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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Speaker 5: to pause for just a few moments.
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Speaker 2: THE END.
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Speaker 8: Now to continue our story.
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Speaker 5: Tonto has rescued Johnny Ames from an unequal gunfight in
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Speaker 5: the Bull's Head Cafe. They rode to the Lone Ranger's
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Speaker 5: camp While the masked man and Tonto were preparing to
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Speaker 5: give first aid to the badly wounded Johnny, they heard
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Speaker 5: hoofbeats approaching.
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Speaker 2: A big crowd in Capay. See me help, young fellow.
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Speaker 2: Maybe somebody follow us. Yeah.
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Speaker 6: Eight to five, it's for us, Dougal. Some of the
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Speaker 6: Diamond S crew.
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Speaker 2: You lie still and keep quiet.
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Speaker 9: Neither you nor Tonto can be seen back at this underbrush.
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Speaker 2: Understand, Tonto? Yes, sir. Whoa, whoa, boy. Whoa there. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Speaker 2: Looking for somebody? Well, let me ask. So you're Johnny Ames? No,
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Speaker 2: I'm not. There's no use lying about it, Johnny.
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Speaker 10: Of course, Dougal told me what happened, but I'm not
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Speaker 10: out here to arrest anybody.
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Speaker 2: You aren't?
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Speaker 10: No, I just wanted to give you a little tip.
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Speaker 10: Might make things easier for you. You're going to stay
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Speaker 10: around Sorrento.
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Speaker 2: Is that so? What's the tip, Sheriff? Go out and
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Speaker 2: talk to Matt Dougal like Forrest told you to. Matt Dougal?
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Speaker 2: You mean the man who owns the diamond as rent?
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Speaker 2: As if you didn't know. Now, look here, Johnny. My
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Speaker 2: name is Craig. Ed Craig.
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Speaker 10: I didn't have this sheriffing job when you got into
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Speaker 10: trouble five years ago. But I don't want any new
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Speaker 10: trouble now.
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Speaker 2: I won't cause any trouble, Sheriff. I promise you that.
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Speaker 2: Good boy.
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Speaker 9: Matt Dougal must be a pretty powerful man. When a
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Speaker 9: lawman delivers messages for him.
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Speaker 10: Well, sure he's powerful. Even against opposition like George Stratton
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Speaker 10: at the bank.
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Speaker 2: Not so?
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Speaker 10: George has been trying to help the little ranchers for years,
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Speaker 10: but they haven't got a chance. Not against Matt Dougal.
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Speaker 2: I see.
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Speaker 10: So if Dougal sends for you, and you want to
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Speaker 10: stay in Sorrento Valley, you'd better go out.
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Speaker 2: And see him. All right, Sheriff. I believe I will. Good.
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Speaker 2: That's a load off my mind. You don't have to
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Speaker 2: wear that mask, Johnny. We know who you are. Well,
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Speaker 2: drop in and see me when you get back from
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Speaker 2: Diamond Edge. Thanks. I might do that. And I'll see
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Speaker 2: you later. Get out of there.
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Speaker 7: Go on.
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Speaker 9: Well, Johnny, the sheriff mistook me for you. All he
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Speaker 9: wanted to do was deliver a message. He advises you
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Speaker 9: to go to the Diamond S and see Matt Dougal.
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Speaker 6: See Matt Dougal? That's the last thing I'll ever do.
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Speaker 6: He and George Stratton have got this whole valley under control.
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Speaker 2: I still... I thought there were bandits at war for you. Ah,
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Speaker 2: we knew it. And while he's doing that, you can
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Speaker 2: tell me what this is all about. Why should I? Oh.
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Speaker 6: You mean when I've launched to another?
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Speaker 8: Maybe.
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Speaker 2: All right. I will tell you.
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Speaker 6: I just got out of territorial prison.
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Speaker 2: Five years.
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Speaker 6: Worked for a couple of months in a ranch up north.
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Speaker 6: Not enough to buy a horse.
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Speaker 2: And a gun. And I came home today. Is Sorrento
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Speaker 2: your home? Used to be.
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Speaker 6: Till that buzzard George Stratton framed me into prison for
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Speaker 6: robbing his bank.
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Speaker 2: That's the only reason I came back. Why?
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Speaker 6: Killed Stratton.
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Speaker 2: What else?
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Speaker 9: But before you could find him, you and Matt Dougal's
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Speaker 9: son got into a gunfight.
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Speaker 2: Is that it?
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Speaker 6: No, I saw Stratton. But he crawfished Begged for one
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Speaker 6: more day to live.
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Speaker 2: Like a fool, I agreed. I see.
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Speaker 6: His daughter's getting married tomorrow. Marrying that skunk, Foss Dougal.
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Speaker 6: He wanted to be sure she'd be taken care of before.
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 6: I can understand that. You would understand it better if
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Speaker 6: you knew him. He's selling her. That's what he's doing.
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Speaker 6: I'll bet money that the only reason that girl Linda's
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Speaker 6: getting married to Foss is to try to help her father.
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Speaker 2: Oh?
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Speaker 6: And he's so dumb, he can't see.
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Speaker 2: George Stratton framed you in the prison. How did that happen? Oh,
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Speaker 2: it was easy.
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Speaker 6: Because nobody would believe I was telling the truth.
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Speaker 2: How did it happen?
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Speaker 6: Well, five years ago, I had a little place here
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Speaker 6: in the valley. My own ranch over on the slope. Well,
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Speaker 6: a lot of us had ranches then. Before the Diamond
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Speaker 6: S got big and started to grab everything.
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Speaker 2: So what?
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Speaker 6: First thing we knew, almost everything belonged to Matt Dougal. Mercantile, livery.
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Speaker 6: And he bought the bank. And George Stratton run it
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Speaker 6: for him.
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Speaker 2: There's no law against that?
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Speaker 6: No, it was legal enough.
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Speaker 2: Legal robbery. What do you mean?
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Speaker 6: At first, all the little ranches were local enough to
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Speaker 6: think the bank wanted.
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Speaker 8: To help us.
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Speaker 6: So we mortgaged our places to buy new stock and
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Speaker 6: improve our land.
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Speaker 2: I see.
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Speaker 6: Then the first payment that was missed, the bank began
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Speaker 6: to take over. We had a big meeting about it
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Speaker 6: one night in the schoolhouse. Bill Macy was doing the talk.
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Speaker 2: All you gents know why we're here. Last year, each
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Speaker 2: one of us borrowed money from the Sorrento Bank.
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Speaker 10: Now, after a spell of dry weather and.
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Speaker 2: No payments on the mortgages, we're going to lose our ranch.
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Speaker 2: I thought maybe if Mr.
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Speaker 10: Stratton saw us all together, he might understand our side
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Speaker 10: of the story a little better.
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Speaker 2: So I've asked him to come over. What do you say, Mr. Stratton?
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Speaker 2: Believe me, gentlemen, I'm honored to be here. But There's
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Speaker 2: very little I can say. Why not?
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Speaker 7: Because the money I loaned you wasn't mine personally. I
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Speaker 7: don't own the bank. I merely operated for the owner.
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Speaker 2: You're lying. The rest of you want to sit here
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Speaker 2: and listen to them, all right. I'm going home.
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Speaker 6: I was so mad.
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Speaker 2: I walked out on the meeting.
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Speaker 6: Went down to the Bull's Head Cafe.
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Speaker 6: I hung around there for about an hour and headed
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Speaker 6: for home. My horse was tied to a hitch rack
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Speaker 6: at the end of the street. To get there, I
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Speaker 6: had to pass the bank. Saw the front door standing open.
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Speaker 6: Next minute, a lot of gunfire broke loose inside.
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Speaker 2: What the... Hey, what's going on in here?
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Speaker 6: It's so dark, I can't see.
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Speaker 2: Mr. Stratton, you back there? Hold up. I came down
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Speaker 2: to do some work on the books. A man with
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Speaker 2: a mask over his face lost his way... Say, what's
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Speaker 2: this all about? I heard the gunfire and... How much
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Speaker 2: did the cook get away with, Mr. Stratton? Say, for
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Speaker 2: standing open, he took all the cash. Johnny Ames, what
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Speaker 2: are you doing here? It's a man about his size
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Speaker 2: with a mask.
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Speaker 8: Now, wait a minute. I didn't hold up any bank.
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Speaker 2: I was walking past here. I heard the gunfire... Straight up, boys.
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Speaker 2: There's a bank robber loose in this town. We'll nail him.
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Speaker 2: Watch all the horses at the hitch racks. You might
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Speaker 2: try to grab one. All right. Did you have a gun, Mr. Stratton?
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Speaker 2: Who was doing all the shooting? He was. He was
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Speaker 2: shooting at me. I yelled and ran out the back door.
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Speaker 2: He must have come out this way. Nobody got past me.
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Speaker 8: I walked in when I heard you yell.
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Speaker 2: I don't see how a gunslinger could have... Hey, look
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Speaker 2: at this. Look what we found in the saddlebags on
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Speaker 2: Johnny Ames' horse. What is it? One of the canvas
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Speaker 2: money sacks from the same. Yeah, and there's still a
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Speaker 2: few gold pieces in it, but not much. What did
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Speaker 2: you do with the rest of it, Johnny?
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Speaker 6: Stolen cash in my saddlebags.
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Speaker 2: It's impossible.
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Speaker 8: This is proof of it right here.
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Speaker 2: So you're the master. Sure it was Johnny Ames. I
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Speaker 2: heard him at the schoolhouse meeting tonight. That's a lie.
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Speaker 2: I didn't hold up the bank. You're all local. How
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Speaker 2: come you got those money? We're not so local we're
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Speaker 2: going to miss turning you over to the sheriff. Come on, Johnny.
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Speaker 2: You can do your explaining in jail.
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Speaker 6: That's all there was to it. I had a trial,
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Speaker 6: but nobody would believe me. I was sent up to
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Speaker 6: territorial for five years.
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Speaker 2: I see. Who did rob the bank that night? Do
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Speaker 2: you know? No.
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Speaker 6: The only thing I know is that it was George
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Speaker 6: Stratton's story that convicted me. So I came back home to.
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Speaker 2: Commit murder. Get even. That's what I call it.
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Speaker 6: How about this man, Matt Dougal, who owns a Diamond S?
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Speaker 6: I think he was in on the frame-up. But I
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Speaker 6: don't know how or why.
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Speaker 2: But you don't want to see him, talk to him?
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Speaker 6: All I want to do is put a bullet in
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Speaker 6: that double-crossing George Stratton.
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Speaker 8: I'm going to.
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Speaker 9: Do nothing until Toto finishes probing for that lead.
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Speaker 2: Slug in your back. Yeah.
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Speaker 9: I guess maybe I'd better. And you won't be able
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Speaker 9: to ride a horse for several hours. Maybe not until tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: You wait here. Toto will take care of you. Wait?
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Speaker 2: What do you mean, stranger?
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Speaker 9: I'm going to the Diamondess Ranch and talk to Matt Dougal.
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Speaker 11: What kind of a harebrained fool are you, starting a
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Speaker 11: gunfight with that Johnny Ames?
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Speaker 2: Didn't I tell you to.
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Speaker 3: I told you what happened, Paul. He wouldn't listen when
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Speaker 3: I told him you wanted to see him. He reached
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Speaker 3: for his gun, so Pete and Red and I.
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Speaker 2: I don't believe it. Pete, Red, all of you are
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Speaker 2: gun crazy. When I give orders, I expect to be obeyed.
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Speaker 2: Shut up.
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Speaker 11: I wouldn't listen to any more out of eyes. Now,
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Speaker 11: what chance have I got to get Ames out here?
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Speaker 2: I told you I had Craig found him in a
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Speaker 2: camp east of town. Ames and the Redskin. Ed said
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Speaker 2: Johnny was coming out. I doubt it. After the way
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Speaker 2: you bungled it. Somebody riding up outside. See who it is.
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Speaker 2: I can't tell here from the window. Big hombre getting
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Speaker 2: off a white horse.
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Speaker 5: Ames.
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Speaker 2: Must be him. Get out of here. I don't want
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Speaker 2: him to see you when he walks in. All right,
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Speaker 2: I'll go out.
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Speaker 11: No, through the back door.
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Speaker 2: I'll be down in the bunkhouse with the boys. Wait
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Speaker 2: a minute.
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Speaker 11: Get Red and Pete. Come back and wait on the porch.
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Speaker 11: I'll call you if Amos gets hard to handle.
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Speaker 2: You serve him? Sure, Paul. Then get out of here quick.
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Speaker 2: Come in.
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Speaker 6: I'm looking for Mr.
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Speaker 2: Dougal. Matt Dougal. You talking to him? You on him? Good.
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Speaker 2: Sit down, sit down. You might as well take off
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Speaker 2: that mask. I know who you are. You know me. Me? Oh,
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Speaker 2: I guess this is the first time we've really met.
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Speaker 9: Yes, I'm sure it is. What did you want to
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Speaker 9: see me about? Several things. First, would you mind putting
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Speaker 9: those guns of yours on the table? They make me
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Speaker 9: nervous where they are.
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Speaker 2: I'd rather keep them. Hmm.
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Speaker 12: You might as well know this now, Ames. There are
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Speaker 12: three men on the side porch who have you covered.
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Speaker 12: One word from me and they start slinging lead. Yes, sir?
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Speaker 12: Let's be sensible. Do I have to use persuasion? That's
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Speaker 12: up to you.
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Speaker 2: All right. You asked for it.
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Speaker 8: Has the Lone Ranger walked into a gun trap?
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Speaker 6: Can he escape?
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Speaker 8: Listen to our.
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Speaker 5: Next broadcast for the action-packed climax of The Masked Man's
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Speaker 5: latest adventure.
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Speaker 4: Thank you.
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Speaker 5: of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.
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Speaker 1: This has been The Lone Ranger in A Killer Comes Home,
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