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Hopalong Cassidy - "The Mystery of Skull Valley" (Old Time Radio, 1950) · Hopalong Cassidy | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: William Boyd brings Hopalong Cassidy to the microphone with Andy
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  Speaker 1: Clyde as California Carlson. On an old wagon road through
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  Speaker 1: the brush country north of Skull Valley, the two riders
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  Speaker 1: are bound for a bankrupt ranch to buy bulls when
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  Speaker 1: gold coins and the disappearance of an archaeologist alter their course.
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  Speaker 1: Their search carries them deeper into a mystery connected with
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  Speaker 1: the valley and a red-bearded killer. From the Mutual Network,
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  Speaker 1: this is Hop Along, Cassidy. The Mystery of Skull Valley.
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  Speaker 1: Originally broadcast January 22, 1950.
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  Speaker 2: And now, the original broadcast. It's Hop Along, Cassidy. With
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  Speaker 2: action and suspense, out of the Old West comes the
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  Speaker 2: most famous hero of them all, Hop Along, Cassidy, starring
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  Speaker 2: William Boyd. The jingle of the silver spurs heralds that
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  Speaker 2: fabulous figure of the early West, Hopalong Cassidy. The same
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  Speaker 2: Hoppy you hear in motion pictures with the same California
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  Speaker 2: you've laughed at a hundred times in your local theater.
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  Speaker 2: These famous partners come riding into radio just as you've
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  Speaker 2: asked for them. William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy and Andy
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  Speaker 2: Clyde as California. Our story tonight, The Mystery of Skull Valley. Today,
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  Speaker 2: Hoppy and his partner, California, are many miles from the
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  Speaker 2: Bar 20, riding along an old wagon road that winds
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  Speaker 2: through the lonely brush country. This is a land of superstition,
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  Speaker 2: of Indian legend. But as they ride, California shows little
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  Speaker 2: enthusiasm for Hoppy's current venture, which is to buy some
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  Speaker 2: prized Hereford bulls at a bankrupt ranch north of Skull Valley.
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  Speaker 2: Doggone it, Hoppy. We could have stayed at the bar
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  Speaker 2: 20 and bought towels without chasing all over creation. But
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  Speaker 2: not at the price I'm going to pay out here.
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  Speaker 2: There you go, thinking about money. A rancher's got to
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  Speaker 2: improve his stock, Calhoun. Just to see. Money is the
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  Speaker 2: root of all evil, as the fellow said. If it's
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  Speaker 2: for me, just give me a horse and a bedroll.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be satisfied. Speaking of money, what's on the road? Well,
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  Speaker 2: I'll be darned. Well, it looks like a coin. A
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  Speaker 2: $ 150 gold piece by the size of it. Oh, you
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  Speaker 2: know they don't make $ 150 gold pieces. Well, this ain't
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  Speaker 2: the derndest thing I've ever seen. Hey, looky here. There's
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  Speaker 2: Spanish writing on it. And a crown. What's a crown
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  Speaker 2: doing on that coin, Hoppy? Don't, uh, you don't reckon
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  Speaker 2: there's a king around here somewhere, is there? This king
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  Speaker 2: has been dead a long time, California. This is an
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  Speaker 2: old Spanish coin. Yeah, well, what's it doing on the road? Well,
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  Speaker 2: Spain used to own this part of the country in
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  Speaker 2: the old days. They did, huh? Well, let's get a
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  Speaker 2: chug and start digging.
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  Speaker 3: Whoops, whoops, we're rich, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, slow down, California. I'm going to have me a
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  Speaker 2: silver-mounted saddle, two dozen pairs of cyan boots, silk shirts.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to... And I thought you didn't care anything
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  Speaker 2: about money. Oh, that was a couple of minutes ago. Ah,
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  Speaker 2: just give me a horse and a bedroll. Ah, quit it, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 2: Dog gone. There might be millions around here. I've heard
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  Speaker 2: of them Spanish treasures. Ah, that's probably somebody's good luck piece.
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  Speaker 2: He'll come back looking for it directly. Hoppy, Hoppy, here's
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  Speaker 2: another one. Uh-oh. There's two more, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 3: Quick, come in.
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  Speaker 2: Well, don't bless the blood vessel. I'm coming. Oh, don't.
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  Speaker 2: It's feed all, Hoppy. Oh, it sure does, California. Look there. Say, say, there.
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  Speaker 2: That's blood. A lot of it. Probably carrying a bullet
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  Speaker 2: in it. A hoofprint's in the road. Yeah, must be
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  Speaker 2: riding his horse. Ain't no other tracks. From the looks
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  Speaker 2: of them, they're fresh. Reckon it's the same fellow that
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  Speaker 2: lost these here coins? May be. He won't last long
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  Speaker 2: losing blood that-a-way. Let's go find him. He needs help
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  Speaker 2: and quick. Oh, my God. Now back to Hop Along, Cassidy.
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  Speaker 2: Hoppy and California have stumbled onto some old Spanish coins
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  Speaker 2: along a deserted road near Skull Valley. But blood spots
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  Speaker 2: and the dust and fresh hoof prints lead Hoppy to
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  Speaker 2: believe that whoever lost those coins has been badly wounded.
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  Speaker 2: Right at the moment, they are on his trail. Look there, California.
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  Speaker 2: The tracks lead off into the brush. And there's his horse.
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  Speaker 2: Probably fell out of the saddle. Easy, Topper. Easy, boy. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I see him. Under that mesquite yonder. Looks like he's dead. Well,
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  Speaker 2: he's either dead or passed out. Ah, poor fellow. Reckon
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  Speaker 2: he's a goner, Hoppy? Give me a hand, Will. Turn
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  Speaker 2: him over. Yeah, yeah. Easy now. Oh, there. Well, he's
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  Speaker 2: still breathing. No telling how bad that wound is. Somebody
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  Speaker 2: got him in the back, high on the shoulder. Look, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 2: More of them coins in his shirt pocket. And the
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  Speaker 2: pocket's torn. No wonder he was losing his money. Well,
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  Speaker 2: do you figure he got them coins? That's what I
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  Speaker 2: aim to find out. Find this rock, California, quick. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that lesson like to burn my whiskers. Don't call it.
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  Speaker 2: Why is anybody shooting the dust? I don't know, California.
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  Speaker 2: If this brush wasn't so thick, I'd... Well, I'll line
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  Speaker 2: my sights on that buzzard of... There they are on
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  Speaker 2: that ridge on there. Two of them. Maybe this will
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  Speaker 2: give them something to think about. You got them, Harvey? No,
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  Speaker 2: they ducked behind those rocks. Well, you scared them off anyhow.
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  Speaker 2: Look at them ride. See, I'm gonna... Hold your fire, California.
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  Speaker 2: You'll only waste bullets. They're out of six-gun range for
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  Speaker 2: this time. Yeah, I reckon you're right. Think they was
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  Speaker 2: the ones maybe that shot this poor fellow? Wouldn't be
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  Speaker 2: at all surprised, California. One of them had a red beard.
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  Speaker 2: I'll remember that. Now we gotta get this under to
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  Speaker 2: a doctor. Rin kind of just upped the line a ways.
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  Speaker 2: Then we'll go looking for Mr. Redbeard. You think he'll
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  Speaker 2: pull through, Doc? Barring complications. First, I'll have to get
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  Speaker 2: that bullet out of him. You happen to know him?
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  Speaker 2: His name is Melendez, a sheepherder. Works for Sam Carradine.
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  Speaker 2: Sam Carradine, huh? Has he got a red beard by
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  Speaker 2: any chance? Hardly. Carradine has black hair. Why? Oh, nothing. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: looks as if he's coming around. Well, maybe we'll find
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  Speaker 2: out what this is all about. Vos de la muerte.
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  Speaker 2: Vos de la muerte. Listen, old-timer, we're your friends. Who
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  Speaker 2: shot you? Vos de la muerte. Vos de la muerte.
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  Speaker 2: That poor fellow died. No, he just lost consciousness again.
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  Speaker 2: Vos de la muerte. What? It means voice of the
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  Speaker 2: dead in Mexican. Yeah, I know. Doc, why would Melinda
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  Speaker 2: talk about a voice of the dead when I ask
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  Speaker 2: him who shot him? Well, it's just a superstition. There's
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  Speaker 2: a legend that an old Spaniard, Don Pablo, was buried
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  Speaker 2: in a mine cave in years ago. The Mexicans claim
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  Speaker 2: they can hear him wail on a stormy night. An
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  Speaker 2: old Spaniard named Don Pablo. Maybe he's the one that
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  Speaker 2: owned them coins. Why is California? Did you say something
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  Speaker 2: about coins? Yeah. Uh, ever see any coins like these before? Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, I have. Mind telling me where?
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  Speaker 2: Just a moment. Who are you, anyway? My name's Cassidy. Cassidy?
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  Speaker 2: Not Hopalong Cassidy of the Bar 20. That's him, all right. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I've certainly heard a lot about you, Cassidy. Sure, I'll
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  Speaker 2: tell you where I saw one of those coins. Tom
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  Speaker 2: Travers had one last week. And who was Travers, Doc?
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  Speaker 2: An archaeologist. He came here with his sister about three
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago. Put her around the Indian ruins. Where can
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  Speaker 2: I see him? Travers has been missing for several days.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe he found one of them Spanish treasures. Quiet, California.
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  Speaker 2: Any idea where Travers could be, Doc? Well, this is
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  Speaker 2: wild country, Cassidy. It's hard to tell. I've tried to
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  Speaker 2: comfort his sister, but... His sister? I'd like to have
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  Speaker 2: a talk with her. Where can I find her? She
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  Speaker 2: and her brother are staying at the Carradine Hotel. Carradine again.
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  Speaker 2: He just bought the place. Made his money in sheep.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon I'll see what she has to say. I'll
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  Speaker 2: drop back to hear Melendez tell his story. Come on, California. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Take good care of Melendez, Doc. Somebody might want to
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  Speaker 2: silence him permanently. Uh, Hoppy. Yeah? How come you didn't
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  Speaker 2: tell the doc that Melendez had been coined? He didn't
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  Speaker 2: ask me. Yeah, no. You scout around town and see
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  Speaker 2: what you can find out about Redbeard. I'll see the girl.
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  Speaker 2: Jog on it, Hoppy. You have all the fun. I
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  Speaker 2: sure do. Don't I, California?
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  Speaker 3: You wanted to see me?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, Miss Travers.
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  Speaker 3: The clerk said somebody wanted to see me on.
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  Speaker 2: The porch and... Won't you sit down, please, Miss Travers?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Is it something about my brother?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it is.
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  Speaker 3: You found him?
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  Speaker 2: No, but I may have a line on him. Your
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  Speaker 2: brother had an old Spanish coin last week, like this.
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  Speaker 3: How did you know?
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  Speaker 2: Doc told me.
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  Speaker 3: The doctor? Oh, I guess Tom did confide in him
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  Speaker 3: to a certain extent. But where did you get this?
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  Speaker 2: She heard her name, Melinda. My partner and I found
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  Speaker 2: him with a bullet in his back.
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  Speaker 3: He's dead?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 3: Then he can talk. He must have gotten those from Tom.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe he killed him and stole.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't think so.
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  Speaker 3: Then what do you think, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Mr... Cassidy. Hopalong Cassidy.
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  Speaker 3: Hopalong Cassidy. That name is very familiar.
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  Speaker 2: I run the Bar 20 ranch south of here.
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  Speaker 3: And you want to help me find my brother?
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  Speaker 2: That's right, Miss Travers.
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  Speaker 3: But I don't quite understand what interest you should have.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's just say I like people, especially people in trouble. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if you'll tell me what happened the last time you
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  Speaker 2: saw your brother. Well.
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  Speaker 3: It was four days ago. We were right here on
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  Speaker 3: this course.
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  Speaker 2: I've really stumbled onto something this time, Linda.
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  Speaker 3: But, Tom, it's probably just an old coin that somebody dropped.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't think so. And I'm going back to
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  Speaker 2: find more.
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  Speaker 3: Take someone with you. Don't go alone.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, this is something I have to keep to myself.
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  Speaker 3: But you showed this coin around town.
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  Speaker 2: Only to the doctor. And I trust him. He's interested
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  Speaker 2: in archaeology, too.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Tom, when are you ever going to stop roaming
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  Speaker 3: around the country looking for old relics? Why don't you
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  Speaker 3: marry some nice girl and settle down?
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  Speaker 2: And the same goes for you, Linda.
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  Speaker 3: You want me to marry some nice girl?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you know what I mean. Hey, how about Sam Carradine?
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  Speaker 3: Be serious, Tom.
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  Speaker 2: Now, when I come back, I'll have more money than
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  Speaker 2: we can ever spend in a lifetime.
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  Speaker 3: Please tell me where you're going.
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  Speaker 2: Well, here comes Carradine now. Don't let on what I've
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  Speaker 2: told you. Morning, Tom. Morning, Linda. Good morning, Carradine. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I see you're all set to ride again, Tom. Going
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  Speaker 2: after more of them Indian relics? Yes, just thought I'd
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  Speaker 2: put her around some more. Well, in case you don't
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  Speaker 2: get back before Saturday, I was wondering if I had
• 12:00
  Speaker 2: your permission. Permission for what? To ask Miss Linda to
• 12:03
  Speaker 2: accompany me to the school dance. Why, I think it'd
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  Speaker 2: be a good idea. We'll all go, because I'll be
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  Speaker 2: back tomorrow night in the latest.
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  Speaker 3: All he would tell me, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Cassidy. Maybe Sam Carradine could add a little of that
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  Speaker 2: to see around.
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  Speaker 3: I saw him ride out of town a while ago.
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  Speaker 3: He said he was going to his sheep ranch at
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  Speaker 3: Salt Creek.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Linda. And don't you worry. We'll find your brother. I.
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  Speaker 3: I hope you find him alive.
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  Speaker 2: Well, like I said, Cassidy, Tom Clappers is loco. That's
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  Speaker 2: the way I got him for his hopping. Quiet, California. Carradine,
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: just what makes you think Tom Travers is crazy? Why,
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  Speaker 2: any fellow that'll go around with a shovel and dig
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  Speaker 2: up engine errors and pottery and such junk has to
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  Speaker 2: be local. Well, he seems to enjoy doing it. Well,
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: every man to his own taste, I reckon. And him
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  Speaker 2: with such a pretty sister. Any idea what could have
• 13:02
  Speaker 2: happened to him? Engines, maybe. They don't like fellas prowling
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  Speaker 2: around their mountains. Yeah, maybe he fell off on his
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  Speaker 2: horse and busted his full neck. That's rough country for
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  Speaker 2: a tenderfoot to be riding in. Here, then. Have you
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  Speaker 2: tried to find him? Sure, sure. I've had my men
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  Speaker 2: out twice combing these mountains. But it's mostly lava rock.
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  Speaker 2: You know a horse don't keep tracks on that stuff.
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  Speaker 2: A harpy could trail ant tracks across the neck, Sal.
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  Speaker 2: That's enough, California. No man can track a horse across lava.
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  Speaker 2: Let's forget about Travers for a minute, Charadine. Did you
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  Speaker 2: ever see a red-bearded fellow in these parts, uh, about
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  Speaker 2: your size? Red beard? Why, uh... No, no, don't reckon
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  Speaker 2: I have. See, Hoppy, just like they said in town.
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  Speaker 2: Ain't nobody ever seen this critter. Ah, probably a drifter. Well,
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  Speaker 2: why don't you ask about, uh, him? He and his
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  Speaker 2: partner Bushwack, one of your sheepherders, hmm? One of mine. Who?
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  Speaker 2: Someone named Melendez. Melendez? Is he... Is he dead? He's
• 13:58
  Speaker 2: at the dock, but he'll pull through. Uh... Has he, uh,
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  Speaker 2: has he talked to any? No, not yet. Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 2: And this red-bearded gent trying to kill him? Yeah, he
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  Speaker 2: was set to finish the job when California and I
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  Speaker 2: rode up. Hoppy, Hoppy, look younger. Where? Down there by
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  Speaker 2: the sheep pen. Well, that's him. What's the matter, Cassidy?
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  Speaker 2: It's our friend with the red beard. He's spotted us, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 2: He's trying to get away. Come on, let's go after him, California.
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  Speaker 2: There's one color I sure want a palaver with. I'll
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  Speaker 2: bring him down. We can get him, Carradine. Put that
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  Speaker 2: rifle down. I fixed him, Cassidy. He won't go around
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  Speaker 2: shooting anybody else. Doggone it. Carradine, you hadn't ought to
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  Speaker 2: use that rifle. Let me handle it, California. Go ahead. Well,
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  Speaker 2: looks like I got him dead center. Yeah, and that
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  Speaker 2: looks like the end of Redbeard. Yeah, and too bad.
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  Speaker 2: I only meant to wing him. Probably just a grub-lying
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  Speaker 2: rider looking for a handout. Well, he hadn't. The order
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  Speaker 2: tried to run away. But I'll be here. That dog. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: come on, California. Yeah, but just the same night. We'll
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  Speaker 2: see you in town, Carradine. Yeah, yeah. As soon as
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: I bury this hombre, I'll be in. Carradine killed that
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  Speaker 2: fella delivered. I know that. Then why didn't you do
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  Speaker 2: something about it? We'll give Carradine enough rope and maybe
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: he'll build himself a hangnoose. Before we continue with this
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  Speaker 2: exciting story, here is a word from your announcer.
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  Speaker 3: The End Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Now back to our story. Hoppy and California seemed on
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  Speaker 2: the verge of getting their first break in the mystery
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  Speaker 2: of the Spanish coins and the disappearance of Tom Travers.
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  Speaker 2: The red-bearded man who had shot at them earlier in
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  Speaker 2: the day rode into Sam Carradine's sheep camp, but before
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  Speaker 2: the partners could overtake him, Carradine shot him dead. We
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  Speaker 2: now find Carradine in his cabin, questioning one of his men.
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  Speaker 2: You wanted to see me, Carradine? I sure do. I'd
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: have been out to your shack sooner, boss, but my
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: horse threw a shoe. Is that all? Yeah. Hey, where's Red?
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  Speaker 2: Where you'll be if you don't talk. Now, what about Melendez? Well,
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: he come along with his sheep. Never mind the details.
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  Speaker 2: What happened? Well, me and Red was keeping an eye
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  Speaker 2: on Travers, like you said. Go on. We went up
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: on the ridge looking for a deer, we seen. Is
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: that keeping an eye on Travers? Just figured on some
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: fresh meat for tonight, boss. But while we was up there,
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: we seen Melendez come by. I watched him through the
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: glasses and seen him pick up some of them gold coins.
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  Speaker 2: How'd he find those? Doggone if I know, Carradine. He
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: stuck them in his shirt pocket and they lit out
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  Speaker 2: there like the devil was after him with a scalpel knife.
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  Speaker 2: Why didn't you stop him, you fool? The Red did
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  Speaker 2: try a long shot with a rifle and winged him,
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  Speaker 2: but by the time we got down off the ridge,
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  Speaker 2: he was gone. We tracked him and was about to
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: finish a job when two hombres... Cassidy and his partner. Cassidy?
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  Speaker 2: You mean one of them fellas was Hopalong Cassidy? Yeah,
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: as if I haven't got troubles enough. Why, don't you worry, Carradine.
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  Speaker 2: The scene still begins. He's just come back from the
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  Speaker 2: doc's office. Melendez is in bad shape, he says. Ain't
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: been able to talk yet. Yeah, and he ain't going to. Now,
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: here's what we do. Tonight's the school dance. While I'm
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: waltzing Linda Travers, I want.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: Well, how about dancing this one, Linda?
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: We dance every one, Mr. Carradine.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Oh, now, can't you get used to calling me Sam?
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  Speaker 3: But I don't know you that well, Mr.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: Carradine. You don't know that Cassidy fellow either, but you
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: call him Hoppy. Well, I... Speaking of the devil, here
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  Speaker 2: he comes now. Hello, Linda.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 2: Howdy, Carradine. Howdy. I have to play a waltz next time.
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  Speaker 2: How about it? I'd love to, Hoppy. Well, here's my waltz.
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  Speaker 2: Mind stepping aside? No, I don't mind stepping aside.
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: Well, Carradine looks angry.
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Not half as mad as he's going to be. The
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: trap's all set.
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: Then you do think Carradine is behind this?
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: If I keep my eye on him, I'll soon know.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: I felt he was evasive about Tom's disappearance.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: I have an idea you had the right feeling, Linda.
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: Oh, I wish Tom had never found those old Spanish coins.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: But they may lead to a fortune. A man like
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Carradine would kill for a lot less.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: I'm so worried about him. shot!
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Found it like shot! Hey, what happened, Dad? Oh, shot
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: came from the docks, all of us, Carradine. Come on.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Why would anyone be shooting at docks? To keep someone
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: from talking, maybe.
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: Melinda, he's in there.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: Exactly, Linda. And let's hope he's still alive. Oh, my head.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: What happened, California? Well, I waited in the doctor's office,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: like you said. Two fellas sneaked in. I was standing
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: there in the dark. Who were they? Did you see them? No,
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: not till I saw them leaning over them rolled-up blankets
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: in the bed that they thought was Melendez. There they was,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: pouring the lead into him. You mean Melendez wasn't in
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: the bed? No care of that.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: Thank heaven.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: He's in another part of the house. Well, why would
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: anyone want to hurt an old man like that?
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: Maybe he knew something someone didn't want repeated.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: I'm sure sorry, Hoppy, about the way I ruined things.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: How'd they get away? Well, just as I was going
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: to corner them, I tripped over this here darn box.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: I'm glad they didn't do more than bend a gun
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: barrel over your head. Oh, God, me anyhow. We could
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: have got them fellas and made them talk and then... Well,
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: forget it.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: What do you do now, Hoppy?
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: We'll make other plans, and they'll start with Carradine. Uh, Carradine?
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: He's gone.
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: I figured he would be. Hoppy. What's up, Doc? I
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: was going to Sanfier just before the shooting. Melendez talked
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: a little. What did he say? Oh, he kept muttering
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: about the Voices of the Dead. What else? Something about
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Valley of the Skull. Where's that? It's north of here.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: Full of old mines that have petered out. It was
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: first worked by the Spaniards. Wait a minute. What is it, California?
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: When them two gunmen come into this room, I heard
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: them say something about the Silver Queen mine. And the
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Silver Queen is in Skull Valley. That's where we're going, California.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: Please be careful, Hoffie.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: Don't worry about me. Doc, tell me how to reach
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: this mine and we'll be on our way. Sing the
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: moon drop, Hoppy. We'd never have found this here in mind. Yeah.
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: We'd better go the rest of the way on foot.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: You reckon Carradine's here yet? You can't tell. Maybe we
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: ought to wait till daylight. But if Travers is alive,
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: we've got to get him now. Hear that, Hoppy? What?
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: Somebody yelling for help. Sounds like an animal to me, Hoppy.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Let's go back to town and come some other time.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: I'll bet one of those Spanish coins against the nickel
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: is Tom Travers. It's coming from that there mine entrance.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: That's probably what Melinda's heard. You mean this is that
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: Bois de L'Eau tea business? Sure. Here's the mine. Come on.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: I sure followed you a lot of places, Hoppy, but
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: this here's the worst. Wait, I'll strike a match. Oh,
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: look at them timbers, Hoppy. If a fella breathed on them,
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: the whole tunnel would cave in. Then hold your breath, California.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: They're rotten. Almost clear, too. Travers! Tom Travers! Is that you, Carradine?
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: We're friends. We've come to get you. Oh, thank God.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Listen.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: I'm about a hundred feet in the tunnel. In a shaft.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: Be careful. We're coming. I sure don't like this hobby.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: I don't suppose Travers likes it much either. Huh? I
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: walked into something. A timber. Look out!
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: Oh!
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Oh! I thought we were done. The shoring's almost gone
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: in here. You all right, Travers?
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: Yes. Hurry.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: You're almost here. Be careful. Careful now in this tunnel, California.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: I'm peeling my weight. Careful, Clyde.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: I'm just ahead.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Down this shaft on the ledge about ten feet down.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: And a sheer drop from here on. Hold it right here, California.
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: It's a light, light metal match. That's better. I thought
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: you could see. No. We can see you, Travers. We'll
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: have you out in no time. Careful the sides don't cave.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: I'll watch that. Now, California, I'm laying down on the
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: edge here. You hold my seat. I think I can
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: reach you. No, wait, Hoppy. Wait. If that bank slips...
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: We'll have to take that chance. Now, sit on my feet, California.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: If you go, I go with you, Hoppy. Now, Friar,
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: can you reach up till you touch my hand? I'll try. Yes. Yes,
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: I can just reach. That's good. Now, let me grip
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: your wrist. And come up easy like. And don't kick
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: the side of that wall. I'm ready, Hoppy. Easy now. Up.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: I'm making it. Steady now.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: A little more. There. You're up. Oh, thank heavens for you.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Carradine left me here to rot because I... I wouldn't
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: tell him where the coins were. Good thing you didn't.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: I couldn't tell him. I only found a few old
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: coins in a wine cask. Probably left by some Spaniard
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: who worked a claim. You think you can walk? I'll try.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: I haven't had any food or water. That carrot in
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: order to get a taste of the same medicine. He'll
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: get worse. You came in the long way through that tunnel.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: Same as I did. Before I discovered this side tunnel.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: He's right, Hoppy. Butch has grown over it. But I
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: can see him all right. Well, then let's get out.
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: Before we have visitors. You already got visitors, Cassidy. But
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: you ain't going to enjoy their company. Carrot in it. Right.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: I followed you in here. Now we had your corners
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: in the dark, Cassidy. Try to get out of this.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: What do you intend to do, Carradine? I'm no fool, Cassidy.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: You ain't keeping me talking till hell comes. I'm too
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: smart for you. Get you out that side of the
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: tunnel with Travers, California. But listen, I ain't watching what
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: you left behind. I'll do as I ask.
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: I'll be all right.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Go on, fast. I hear you whispering, Cassidy, and it
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: won't get you nothing. There's three of us against you. Yeah,
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: I know, but you can't shoot, Carradine. These old rotten
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: timbers will cave in, and if I break them a shot,
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: I'll do it. I don't take that chance. I got her.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: You saw me kill Red. The whole mountain will be
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: in on your care then. All clear, count up on you. Please, hurry! Oh,
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: no you don't, Cassidy. Let him have it, Buck. He's right, boss.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: The shore is pretty rough. He's getting away.
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: Shoot, you fool!
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Now back to our story. You're all right, Hoppy? Yeah,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: I'm all right. But I'm afraid Carradine and his men
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: wish they'd taken my advice. It was Carradine who did
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: the shoe. Yeah, and he won't ever worry about Spanish
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: gold anymore. Oh, but for you, I'd have been buried
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: along with him. Hoppy, I don't even feel sorry for
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: that Carradine. Greed like he had ain't good for a man. Now,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: you talk, California. Well, when you found those coins, you
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: were going to buy a silver saddle, Cheyenne. You know
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: darn well you wouldn't have had no use for me
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: lolling in front of a barber shop with nothing but money.
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: Then you changed your mind about being rich. Oh, I
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: sure have. But like I said before, I found them coins.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Just give me a bed roll or a good hush,
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: is that all? And a dollar every Saturday night for
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: a tobacco. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Goodbye from Hopalong
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: Cassidy and California. Another job is done, and they're heading
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: back to the Bar 20. But they'll be riding out
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: again soon, and they'd be mighty pleased if you'd join
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: them for another story of action and excitement. Hopalong Cassidy,
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: starring William Boyd, is transcribed and produced in the West
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: by Walter White, Jr. The Mystery of Skull Valley was
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: written by Dean Owen and Howard Swart. All stories are
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: based upon the characters created by Clarence E. Mulford. This
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: is a Commodore production.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: That was Hopalong Cassidy in The Mystery of Skull Valley.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: Until our next visit to the radio range, good evening.