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The Lone Ranger - "The Killers Code" (Old Time Radio, 1944) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: At Chief Thundercloud's camp, Tonto and young Dan Reed find
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Secret Service agent Jeff Darwin wounded while pursuing coded plans
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: tied to the defense of the West Coast. It is
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: the second chapter of a wartime serial from The Lone Ranger,
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  Speaker 1: with Brace Beamer as The Lone Ranger and John Todd
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  Speaker 1: as Tonto. Originally heard on the Blue Network on September 27th, 1944,
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: this is episode 1824, The Killer's Code. And now, the
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: original broadcast. The Killer's Code.
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: A fiery horse with the.
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  Speaker 3: Speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty hail, Silver,
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  Speaker 3: the Lone Ranger.
• 1:19
  Speaker 2: THE END Oh, my God.
• 2:38
  Speaker 3: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the mask rider of
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  Speaker 3: the plains led the fight for law and order in
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  Speaker 3: the early western United States. The stories of his strength
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  Speaker 3: and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come down to
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  Speaker 3: us through the generations. And nowhere in the pages of
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  Speaker 3: history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return
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  Speaker 3: with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From
• 3:01
  Speaker 3: out of the past and the thundering hoofbeats of the
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  Speaker 3: great horse Silver, the Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, Silver!
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  Speaker 5: Very big fellow!
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  Speaker 2: Say, Silver! Hooray! Hooray!
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  Speaker 3: Aaron York sat at his desk in the well-furnished office
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  Speaker 3: in Prairie Bend. The desk was littered with a miscellaneous
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  Speaker 3: assortment of objects. A man's wallet, a clasp knife, a
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  Speaker 3: match safe, numerous things that Jeff Darwin, the Secret Service man,
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  Speaker 3: had carried. York opened the drawer of the desk and
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  Speaker 3: picked up a thick sheaf of papers. He turned to
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  Speaker 3: two men in the office.
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  Speaker 4: Now, sir, I'll tell you why I brought you and
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  Speaker 4: Beaudry back here. You got these plans from the Secret Service, man,
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  Speaker 4: but they're worthless.
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  Speaker 2: They're in code.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it stands to reason, York. If Jeff Darwin carried
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  Speaker 4: coded plans, he'd have to have the key to the code.
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  Speaker 4: Did you look through the stuff we took from him?
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  Speaker 4: You thick-headed, numb scull. I've spent days pawing through this junk.
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  Speaker 4: Of course there's a key to the code, but I
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  Speaker 4: can't find it.
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  Speaker 2: Mr. York. What is it, Baudry?
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  Speaker 6: Maybe Darwin's got the key in his head. Maybe he
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  Speaker 6: memorized it. The boss has thought of that, Baudry. Of
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  Speaker 6: course I have. Well, all that writing don't mean nothing
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  Speaker 6: without knowing how to translate it, huh?
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  Speaker 2: I know. I know. As it stands, it's just a
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  Speaker 2: meaningless jumble of words.
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  Speaker 4: Decoded, it represents the detailed plans of every proposed fortification
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  Speaker 4: on the western frontier. And someday, someone, maybe a foreign country,
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  Speaker 4: will pay a fancy price for that information.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: York, if the government finds out that the plans have
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  Speaker 4: been stolen from Darman, won't the plans be changed? Don't
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  Speaker 4: you worry about that, Nizer. Remember, I got a friend
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  Speaker 4: in the East who keeps me posted.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, that's so.
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  Speaker 4: If you two fools hadn't killed Darwin, we'd be all right.
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  Speaker 4: I gave you implicit orders to stop him and get
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  Speaker 4: the plans. I know you did, and like I said before,
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  Speaker 4: he put up more of a scrap than we expected.
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  Speaker 4: I bet he was the toughest scrapper in the Secret Service.
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  Speaker 6: We done the best we could, boss. We brought in
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  Speaker 6: everything he had, including his clothes. Did you look through
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  Speaker 6: them real good?
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  Speaker 4: Of course I did, Baudry. I even ripped out the
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  Speaker 4: lining to see if anything was hidden beneath it. And
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  Speaker 4: you looked through all this stuff? What's he spent on?
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  Speaker 4: Just leave those things alone. Those are the sketches Darwin made.
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  Speaker 4: What do you want us to do, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: York?
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  Speaker 4: I brought you two back to Prairie Bend to help me. Now,
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  Speaker 4: we've got to find the answer to this code. All
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  Speaker 4: the work we've done, all the risks we've taken, it's
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  Speaker 4: wasted unless we do. You're right about that. If it
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  Speaker 4: takes weeks, months, or a year, we've got to crack
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  Speaker 4: the code on these plans.
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  Speaker 3: After weeks of futile effort, the Secret Service had asked
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  Speaker 3: the Lone Ranger to try to locate Jeff Darwin. Sworn
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  Speaker 3: to absolute secrecy, the masked man had ridden away alone.
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  Speaker 3: That was why Dan Reed and Tonto were riding without
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  Speaker 3: their usual companion when they saw smoke signals in Chief
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  Speaker 3: Thundercloud's camp. Thundercloud's Indians had found Jeff Darwin, not dead,
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  Speaker 3: but badly beaten. The chief didn't know who Darwin was,
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  Speaker 3: but he did know that Darwin was desperately in need
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  Speaker 3: of help.
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  Speaker 5: We're friends who wear masks. Him not come with you.
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  Speaker 2: Lone Ranger. Him go away. Not tell where.
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  Speaker 5: Young fellow. Friend of Tonto.
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  Speaker 2: You bet I am. Good friend of Tonto. Him named
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  Speaker 2: Dan Reed. Nephew, Lone Ranger. Dan... This great chief, Thundercloud.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Dan.
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  Speaker 2: It is good to know the great chief. My friend
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  Speaker 2: Tonto has told me you are a man of wisdom
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  Speaker 2: and a great hunter. Boy talk, good talk.
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  Speaker 5: Thundercloud like boy. Tonto see smoke signal from Thundercloud.
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  Speaker 2: You send for Tonto?
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  Speaker 5: Me want you, want Maskman too. Where Lone Ranger? For
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  Speaker 5: him go away. Tonto not know where. Tonto not know?
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  Speaker 5: Lone Ranger make promise. Not tell where him go or why.
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  Speaker 5: Lone Ranger never break promise. Ah, that good. Why Thundercloud
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  Speaker 5: send signal? You come see fella in Thundercloud camp.
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  Speaker 2: Oh. What fella in camp?
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  Speaker 5: Paleface. Me think him need help. Think you, Lone Ranger,
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  Speaker 5: help him.
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  Speaker 2: What wrong?
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  Speaker 5: Not know. Not savvy, Paleface. Him not talk. Thundercloud, think
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  Speaker 5: him frayed. Paleface, maybe outlaw. Not think him outlaw. Think
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  Speaker 5: him good paleface. You come in here.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, Chief. What?
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  Speaker 5: These friends come see you.
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  Speaker 2: See me?
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  Speaker 5: I don't... This boy, Dan Reed. Indian, Toronto.
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  Speaker 4: Well, if you're friends of Thundercloud's, I'm proud to know you.
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  Speaker 4: He saved my life. My name is Jeff.
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  Speaker 2: Jefferson, that is. Oh, tanto glad know you, Jeff. Same here, Mr. Jefferson.
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  Speaker 5: Indians find pale face. Him almost die.
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  Speaker 2: Golly. What happened, Mr. Jefferson?
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  Speaker 4: I made camp near the bend of the Wolf River.
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  Speaker 4: Someone attacked the camp during the night. Caught me off guard.
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  Speaker 5: Not Indian who attacked camp. White man. Leave plenty white
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  Speaker 5: man sign.
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  Speaker 4: That's all I know. That the men who attacked me
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  Speaker 4: were whites. They took everything I had. My horse, saddle, saddlebags, everything.
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  Speaker 4: They even took the clothes I was wearing after leaving
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  Speaker 4: me for dead.
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  Speaker 2: Them must beat you plenty bad.
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  Speaker 4: I'd be a dead man now if some of Thundercloud's
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  Speaker 4: Indians hadn't come along when they did.
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  Speaker 2: They brought me here, nursed me back to health.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, you say fellas take everything. Them take clothes you wear.
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  Speaker 2: Why? Well, I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: All I know is that I've got to find them.
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  Speaker 4: I've got to catch the men who raided my camp.
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  Speaker 4: I've got to get back everything they took from me.
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  Speaker 2: It may be too much trouble to get back horse, saddle,
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  Speaker 2: and clothes. But you don't understand, Tom. Why do fellas
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  Speaker 2: take everything, Jeff? Why... What them look for? Well, that's
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  Speaker 2: something I can't tell you. Well, you will not talk
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  Speaker 2: how we help you.
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  Speaker 4: But Chief Thundercloud said you were friends of the Lone Rangers.
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  Speaker 4: He said he'd send smoke signals that you and the
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  Speaker 4: Lone Ranger would come.
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  Speaker 5: Lone Ranger not able come now. Him go away. Maybe
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  Speaker 5: from many moons. Tonto not know where him go. No
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  Speaker 5: one know where Lone Ranger go.
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  Speaker 4: The one man in all the West who could really
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  Speaker 4: help me. And no one, not even his best friends,
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  Speaker 4: know where to find him.
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  Speaker 2: You not savvy who attack your camp?
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  Speaker 4: No, no idea in the world. It was night, total darkness.
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  Speaker 4: I wouldn't recognize the men if I saw them. Golly, Tonto,
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  Speaker 4: why don't you have Mr. Jefferson show us where his
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  Speaker 4: camp was? Maybe you could uncover some sign.
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  Speaker 5: Tonto willing to try. Tonto, best Indian scout, best tracker
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  Speaker 5: in country.
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  Speaker 4: I'll be glad to show you where the camp was.
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  Speaker 4: But the men who raided the place were careful to
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  Speaker 4: cover their tracks.
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  Speaker 2: Sometime even careful, fella. Make mistake. How far is it
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  Speaker 2: to the place? Maybe a half day's ride.
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  Speaker 5: Thundercloud give you horse.
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  Speaker 2: You ride.
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  Speaker 5: Show Tonto where men rob you. Maybe we not come
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  Speaker 5: back here right away. Maybe pale face stay with Tonto
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  Speaker 5: and Dan, Thundercloud.
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  Speaker 2: I'll get ready.
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  Speaker 4: And if it takes until doomsday, I'll stay on the
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  Speaker 4: trail of the men who took those.
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  Speaker 2: Took what, Jeff? Oh, never mind. I'll stay on the
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  Speaker 2: trail of the men who robbed me.
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  Speaker 3: At the same moment, Aaron York was speaking to his
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  Speaker 3: right-hand man, Fred Neiser.
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  Speaker 4: Neiser, how long you figure it'd take you to ride
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  Speaker 4: from here to the place Darwin was camped?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know, huh? Maybe a half a day. Why?
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  Speaker 4: Take a couple of the boys and go on back there.
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  Speaker 2: Go back? But what for?
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  Speaker 4: The search, you fool. We gotta find the answer to
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  Speaker 4: the code on these plans. Maybe you overlooked it. Maybe
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  Speaker 4: it's still there someplace. We took everything. Even the clothes
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  Speaker 4: Darwin was wearing. Yes, and you fought him in the
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  Speaker 4: dark before you killed him, didn't you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we did.
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  Speaker 4: Well, then it's possible he dropped a notebook or something
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  Speaker 4: from his pocket during the fight. Something you overlooked when
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  Speaker 4: you stripped him. Now go back there and look for it. Well,
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  Speaker 4: it's been some time since the fight, but we'll go look.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go over that place with a fine-tooth comb. And
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  Speaker 4: see that you do. And take Blackie with you. Let
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  Speaker 4: him look around.
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  Speaker 3: Dan and Tonto didn't suspect that the man called Jefferson...
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  Speaker 3: with a month's growth of beard on his face... was
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  Speaker 3: the one for whom the Lone Ranger searched. The two
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  Speaker 3: followed Jefferson to his last campsite... on the bank of
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  Speaker 3: the Markison River... They rained up in late afternoon.
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  Speaker 5: This where you make last camp, Jefferson?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, right here.
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  Speaker 4: I had my blanket spread out beneath that tree there.
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  Speaker 4: It was too dark for me to recognize the men.
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  Speaker 4: They must have known you were going to be here.
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  Speaker 4: I think they did, Dan. They may have followed me
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  Speaker 4: during the day, or they may have known I would
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  Speaker 4: camp here. In either case, they took pains to keep
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  Speaker 4: their hats well down over their eyes.
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  Speaker 5: Well, there are plenty sign of fight here. How many
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  Speaker 5: feller attacked you?
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  Speaker 2: Two.
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  Speaker 4: I'd made my camp and I was just about to
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  Speaker 4: turn in when I saw the two men riding toward me.
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  Speaker 4: They came in close and dismounted. They asked their way
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  Speaker 4: to Parker's Bend and I told them. But I didn't
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  Speaker 4: like the way they acted. One of them kept trying
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  Speaker 4: to get behind me. I drew my gun and told
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  Speaker 4: him to shove on. One word led to another. Stranger,
• 12:38
  Speaker 4: we don't take that kind of talk.
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: I'll back it up. With that shooting iron?
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  Speaker 4: Ha! Listen, I can draw on fire before you can
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  Speaker 4: squeeze that trigger.
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  Speaker 2: Don't try it. Why not? Good work, Nizer.
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  Speaker 4: Fix him.
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  Speaker 2: I'll show him. No, you don't. Fighting, huh? Get behind him.
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  Speaker 2: He's a fighting fool. Then slap him.
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  Speaker 4: I fought as long as I could, but they started
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  Speaker 4: clubbing me with a gun barrel. I went down and
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  Speaker 4: they kept beating me. Then I lost consciousness. Didn't know
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  Speaker 4: anything else till I came to in Thunder Cloud's camp. Golly,
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  Speaker 4: it's a wonder you weren't killed. I guess they thought
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  Speaker 4: they had killed me.
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  Speaker 2: You hear one fella call the other one Nizer. Yes,
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: Nizer's the name of one of them. Tracks a horse
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  Speaker 2: not show on hard ground.
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  Speaker 4: No, there'd be no chance to follow their tracks after
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  Speaker 4: all this time. Can't even see my back trail.
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  Speaker 2: Fellas take your horse, huh? Horse, clothes, saddlebags, everything I have. Wait, wait.
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  Speaker 2: What's the matter? Horse come this way. I don't hear anything.
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  Speaker 2: Me feel hoofbeats and ground.
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  Speaker 5: Dan, you take all horses and lead them down there.
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  Speaker 2: Get them out of sight. Come on, Scout. This way, Victor.
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  Speaker 2: Come along, Doc. Why'd you send the horses away, Tonto?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe better we hide. Now I can hear the hoofs.
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  Speaker 2: We go over there near stream. Get back a brush. Dan,
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  Speaker 2: keep horses out of sight. Good idea. You got gun? Yes,
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  Speaker 2: thundercloud lonely one. I wonder.
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  Speaker 4: They say a criminal always returns to the scene of
• 14:02
  Speaker 4: his crime.
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  Speaker 2: Come this way. We get back a brush. All right,
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  Speaker 2: rain up here. This is the place, all right.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, dismount. You too, Blackie. The boss says you've got
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  Speaker 4: such sharp eyes. You prove it now and take a
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  Speaker 4: good look around here. Well, I'll do my best.
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  Speaker 2: It better be plenty good. Hey, there's new hook marks here. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: What do you make of them, Blackie? These tracks are
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  Speaker 2: fresh made. The grass ain't sprung back yet. Look here, Nizer. Nizer.
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: What's that? We want you.
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  Speaker 3: Let them have it.
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  Speaker 4: There they are.
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  Speaker 7: Hit leather.
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  Speaker 2: Get away. They're coming for us. Mount up. Nizer. Nizer, wait.
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  Speaker 2: I'm hit. My leg. I can't mount. That's your worry, Blackie. No,
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  Speaker 2: don't leave me. No. Get him. Get him. That's Nizer.
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  Speaker 2: That's the man I want. They called his name. Come
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  Speaker 2: back here, Nizer. I'll let you have it. Tano, Tano,
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  Speaker 2: get Dan back with those horses. We've got to catch
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: that pair. Wait, wait, Jeff. Over here, got wound. Dirty buzzards.
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  Speaker 2: Hurt plenty bad.
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  Speaker 4: The one they called Nizer put a bullet in him.
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  Speaker 2: I was hit in the leg. I couldn't mount, so
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  Speaker 2: Nizer finished me. You know where I can find Nizer?
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  Speaker 2: I know. You come close, I'll tell 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 2: Lone Ranger Now to continue our story.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff Darwin thought he would learn about where his property
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  Speaker 3: had been taken by Nizer when one of the outlaws
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: lay mortally wounded. Tonto had been unable to learn the
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  Speaker 3: Secret Service man's true identity, knowing Darwin only as Jeff
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: or Jefferson. The Indians suspected that Jeff was interested in
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: getting back more than the horse, saddle, and clothing that
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: had been stolen. Jeff and Tonto leaned close to the
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: dying outlaw... As Dan brought the horses back to camp.
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  Speaker 2: I saw one of the crooks shoot that man on
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  Speaker 2: the ground. That's right, Dan.
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  Speaker 4: Skunk, when he saw that this man couldn't mount up
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  Speaker 4: to escape, he fired point blank.
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  Speaker 2: Here, take water. Yeah. Oh, that's good. Thanks. Who are you?
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  Speaker 2: They call me... Blackie. You traveled with Nizer? Yeah, with Nizer.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know who I am? Yeah. I know. Nizer
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  Speaker 2: was the one that robbed me, wasn't he? But I
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: wasn't with him. Blackie, plenty weak can not last long. Blackie,
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: I'll get Nizer. I'll get those killers for you. You
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: want that, don't you? Yeah. There's more water, Tom. Oh. Shadow,
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: keep him with us till he talks. All right. Here,
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: take another drink. Thanks. Now, Blackie, where will I find
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: those men? You... you... Blackie. You go... go to... Tell
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  Speaker 2: me one word. Where? Where? He's got to tell me.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: He's got to... Tonto, he's gone. Now you stay here.
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  Speaker 2: Me go. Here, Scout. Where are you going, Tonto? Me
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: follow the trail. The men will get away. Dan, you
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: take Jeff to our camp. Count will meet you there. Yes, Tonto.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: Nicer and Beaudry reached Aaron York's office in the town
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: of Prairie Bend just before midnight.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: I've been taking those pencil sketches up on the wall. Well,
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: what'd you fellas find out about... Where's Blackie?
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  Speaker 2: Blackie won't be back, York. He, uh, he's made his
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: last ride. What do you mean by that? Blackie's dead, boss.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: What happened? Who killed him? I didn't.
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: I don't know what kind of a riddle this is,
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: but you better explain, and quickly.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Sure. We went out to Darwin's camp. Me and Blackie
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: and Baudry here. Go on. We ran into kind of
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: a surprise. Huh, Baudry? That's right, Chief. We.
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: Shut up and let Nizer tell the story. What kind
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: of a surprise?
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: What do you mean?
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: We just got there and started looking around, and Blackie
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: seen signs of someone being there just ahead of us.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: What? What about Darwin's body? Still there, wasn't it?
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: His body was there, all right. And wide awake and
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: throwing lead at us. Him and some red skin and
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: some other... You mean to say that Darwin is alive?
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: He's plenty alive. And we just got away with the
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: skin of our teeth. Me and Boudry here.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: And Blackie?
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: The red skin knocked him down. A shot in the leg.
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: He couldn't get to the saddle, so I drilled him.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Oh. You killed him before he could talk. That's it, Chief.
• 19:39
  Speaker 4: At least I don't figure he had time to tell
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: him anything.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: I'd have got that red skin and Darwin, too. There
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: wasn't time. I had to get away. It's a good
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: thing you didn't kill Darwin. Why, I thought you... Aye,
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: you fool.
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: You'd kill Darwin. I'd have been tempted to kill you.
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: Don't you see Darwin's the answer to our whole problem?
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: But we have the plans, but the whole thing isn't code.
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: Darwin alive can give us a solution to the code.
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: Oh. From now on, your job is to find Jeff Darwin.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: Find him and bring him here alive. And so help
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: me if you fumble this job. It'll be your last.
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: When Tonto returned to his camp, he found Dan Reed
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: and Jeff anxiously awaiting his arrival.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Oh, Scott. Oh, fella. Did you learn anything, Tonto? Those men, they...
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: They got away, huh? Well... Me not able to follow
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: trail at night, Jeff. Maybe me go back tomorrow.
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: I wish I knew something about trailing men in this country.
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: I'd get on that trail and never leave it until
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: I came up with them.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Maybe.
• 20:50
  Speaker 5: But you not tell Tonto why you anxious to find
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: men who rob you.
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: Tonto, I know you're a good and loyal friend. So
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: is Dan here. But please believe me, it... Well, I
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: can't tell you.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: I can't. I don't know. Maybe you've got plenty good reason.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: Believe me, I have the best reason in the world
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: to keep after those men until I catch up with them.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: Can't believe you, Jeff. You must be hungry, Tano.
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: I'll stir up the fire a little and get supper
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: for you.
• 21:21
  Speaker 5: Ah, me take care of Scout while you do that, Dan.
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: Tano, I want to ask you, are you sure it's
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: all right for me to stay here with you and Dan?
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: I mean, I don't want to be any trouble.
• 21:30
  Speaker 5: You say you want sea and talk to Lone Ranger.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: You stay here, maybe him come.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: I want to talk to that man more than anything
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: else in the world. I....
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: But you and Dan may get in trouble on my account.
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: If anyone should find this place looking for me.
• 21:45
  Speaker 5: How to make sure them not find you, Jeff? Me
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: fix place back in cave near here for you to stay.
• 21:53
  Speaker 5: Anyone come here, them not see you.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: Now, me take care of Scout. You'd better get something
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: to eat yourself.
• 22:00
  Speaker 5: Ah, then we get some sleep. Maybe ride long trails tomorrow.
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: More than a thousand miles to the east, a small
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: group of grim-faced men held a conference. Their meeting place
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: was a government building in Washington, D.C. And every man
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: present was a member of the United States Secret Service.
• 22:25
  Speaker 7: It's been over a month since Jeff Darwin disappeared. I
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: assume that you all realize what could have happened.
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: For one thing, Darwin may have been waylaid. The plan's
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: taken from him. That's true. For all we know, he
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: may be dead.
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: If anyone knew the tremendous importance of the papers Darwin
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: was carrying, I doubt if they'd stop at murder to
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: get them.
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: That's right.
• 22:47
  Speaker 7: There's one other possibility which we haven't considered, gentlemen. You
• 22:53
  Speaker 7: know that I hate to consider this a possibility. But
• 22:57
  Speaker 7: men have been known to turn traitor.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Oh, Jeff wouldn't do anything like that, Mr. Sanders. Why,
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: I've known Jeff Darwin for years. I've known Jeff longer
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: than anyone here. He wouldn't sell out at any price.
• 23:06
  Speaker 5: Any price? Could be a large amount of money, John.
• 23:11
  Speaker 7: Those plans would be worth a large sum to anyone
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: interested in our western fortifications. Personally, I'm inclined to agree
• 23:19
  Speaker 7: with your sentiments. I was merely discussing possibilities.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: That's right. We do have to look at every angle.
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: What about the man who was tracing Jeff Darwin?
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: Any reports from him, Mr. Sanders? Not a word. However,
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: I'm sure that he... You said he was reliable.
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: The Lone Ranger? Oh, don't worry. He's reliable. And if
• 23:39
  Speaker 7: there is anyone in the West who can find a
• 23:41
  Speaker 7: trace of Jeff Darwin, the Lone Ranger is the man.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: Strange we haven't heard from him. After all, it's been
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: nearly five weeks since... I beg your pardon, Mr. Sanders.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Telegraph message. It's been decoded.
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: Let me have it.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Listen. Listen to this.
• 24:02
  Speaker 7: This message is from the man we were just discussing,
• 24:05
  Speaker 7: from the Lone Ranger. I'm afraid it isn't what you
• 24:11
  Speaker 7: might call good news. This message is from Parker's Bend.
• 24:16
  Speaker 7: Lone Ranger Millie says.
• 24:18
  Speaker 8: Apparently the man I'm seeking has disappeared. Well, it's already
• 24:22
  Speaker 8: confirmed he was last seen at Parker's Bend. Since leaving there,
• 24:26
  Speaker 8: he's vanished. However, I'll continue to search for Darwin and
• 24:30
  Speaker 8: I'll remain on his trail until definite proof of his
• 24:32
  Speaker 8: whereabouts has been established. I'll find Jeff Darwin dead or alive.
• 24:39
  Speaker 7: We can only hope that the Lone Ranger finds Jeff
• 24:43
  Speaker 7: Darwin alive.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: It was nearly midnight.
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: In the cave which Dan and Tonto shared with Jeff,
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: the Indian stirred, then roused to complete wakefulness. Unmoving, staring
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: alertly into the false dawn.
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: Then... Dan! Dan! Wake up! Where is I? What's wrong, Tonto? Quick!
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: You get Jeff Pillar awake. Tonto, hear something move. Maybe
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: someone come look for Jeff. Golly! I'll wake him up
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: right away. Is anyone probably around this place? Plenty around here, Tonto.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: Not Savvy. Maybe Jeff, all right. Maybe... Dan! Dan, come quick!
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: What's the matter, Tonto?
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: What's that, J.L.? Look, Dan. Me find message. Message from
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: the Lone Ranger. Golly! You mean the Lone Ranger was here?
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: In this camp tonight? Masked Man leave here just now.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: What's that you're saying about the Lone Ranger?
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: Let me see that note, Tonto. The Masked Man was here? Well,
• 25:49
  Speaker 4: where is he? Quickly, I've got to find him. He's
• 25:52
  Speaker 4: the only one who can help me. We won't find
• 25:53
  Speaker 4: the Lone Ranger until he's ready to be found. He
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: left this note for Tano and me to let us
• 25:57
  Speaker 4: know that he's all right. But what's the message say?
• 25:59
  Speaker 4: The Lone Ranger is on a secret mission, Mr.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Jefferson. So secret that he can't even tell us about it.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: This note he left while we were sleeping simply says...
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: I'll be in touch with you.
• 26:08
  Speaker 8: From time to time. And as soon as this mission
• 26:11
  Speaker 8: is completed, I'll return. And we'll ride the distant trails
• 26:15
  Speaker 8: together again. Until then, adios.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: That's all it says. I wonder... Just what sort of
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: secret mission he's on.
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: That's something only Lone Ranger know.
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: Well, now there's fate for you. The Lone Ranger was
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: within speaking distance of the man for whom a nation hunted.
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: If he could only confide in Dan and Tonto. But
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: of course he can't. He's pledged to secrecy. When the
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: Lone Ranger continues this biggest of all manhunts in the
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: next episode, he finds the first clue, but it's one
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: that Aaron York planted to be found. Be sure to
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: tune to the next episode for the amazing adventure in
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: York's Cave.
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: THE END.
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: THE END.
• 28:43
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• 28:46
  Speaker 3: of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.
• 28:54
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• 28:58
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