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The Lone Ranger - "Legacy for Aghost" (Old Time Radio, 1942) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: Brace Beamer and John Todd are heard in a 1942
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Speaker 1: broadcast of The Lone Ranger from a script by Fran Stryker.
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Speaker 1: In Legacy for a Ghost, episode 1511, originally broadcast September 28, 1942,
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Speaker 1: a bank holdup appears to end when the sheriff reports
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Speaker 1: a robber killed. But a burial soon raises questions, and
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Speaker 1: the Lone Ranger and Tonto investigate a scheme aimed at
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Speaker 1: an innocent man. The case moves through an unnamed Western community,
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Speaker 1: from its bank to a burial site. That year, the
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Speaker 1: Lone Ranger was heard on the Blue Network, sponsored by
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Speaker 1: General Mills for Kix Cereal. And now, the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger.
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Speaker 3: THE END.
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Speaker 4: Thank you.
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Speaker 5: THE END.
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Speaker 6: With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the masked rider of
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Speaker 6: the plains led the fight for law and order in
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Speaker 6: the early western United States. The stories of his strength
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Speaker 6: and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come down to
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Speaker 6: us through the generations. And nowhere in the pages of
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Speaker 6: history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return
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Speaker 6: with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From
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Speaker 6: out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the
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Speaker 6: great horse, Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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Speaker 7: Come on, Silver. There's trouble on the trail ahead.
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Speaker 5: Come on, Silver.
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Speaker 8: Hooray!
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Speaker 9: Hooray!
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Speaker 6: Ordinarily, Cass Greenstreet, president of the state bank at Dawson, Nevada,
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Speaker 6: didn't have lunch with Saul Conroy, his head teller. In fact,
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Speaker 6: today was the first time in ten years that both
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Speaker 6: men had left the bank at exactly 12 noon.
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Speaker 4: Say, Cass, folks might think this is kind of funny,
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Speaker 4: both of us going to lunch at the same time.
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Speaker 9: Nobody will notice it, Conroy. Come on. We'll eat over
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Speaker 9: at the hotel dining room.
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Speaker 6: A few minutes later, the banker and his assistant were
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Speaker 6: seated at a small table in the dining room of
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Speaker 6: Dawson's Only Hotel. Then Cass Greenstreet consulted his watch.
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Speaker 9: Well, Conroy, it's five minutes after twelve. Nothing's happened.
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Speaker 3: It'll happen all right.
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Speaker 9: I'm not worried. I am. How can we be sure
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Speaker 9: that this hombre, whoever he is, will follow through and
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Speaker 9: hold up the bank?
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Speaker 3: Because I told him it would be easy.
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Speaker 9: Who is he, anyway?
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Speaker 3: I don't know. Just a tramp I picked up in Pineville.
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Speaker 9: How about Sheriff Tuttle? Did you get word to him?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wrote him a note. I slipped it under
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Speaker 3: the door of his office last night.
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Speaker 9: Wrote him a note?
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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I printed it.
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Speaker 5: He'll take the tip all right.
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Speaker 3: Bet he's out in front of the bank right now.
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Speaker 9: Well, I hope so.
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Speaker 4: And he'll be primed to shoot. Because in the note,
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Speaker 4: I said this bank rival was a killer. Then I
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Speaker 4: signed it with a name that's a cinch to make
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Speaker 4: him think.
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Speaker 3: It's the truth. How'd you sign it? I gotta laugh
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Speaker 3: every time I think about that note.
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Speaker 9: Never mind laughing. Just remember, there is a killing you've
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Speaker 9: got to get to the tram before anybody else does.
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Speaker 3: Sure, but you don't... That.
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Speaker 9: Must be it. Hurry up. Get over there.
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Speaker 5: Now, Cass, there's no need.
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Speaker 9: I said hurry.
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Speaker 1: All right, I'm going.
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Speaker 9: Everything depends on it. Dawson Bank has been held up
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Speaker 9: and robbed, and if the sheriff has killed the outlaw,
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Speaker 9: you've got to examine the dead man before anyone else does. Now,
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Speaker 9: get going.
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Speaker 6: Oddly enough, the fears or hopes of Cass Green Street
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Speaker 6: had been true. A masked outlaw had tried to hold
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Speaker 6: up the bank just a few minutes after 12 o'clock.
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Speaker 6: And it had been a simple affair because there'd been
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Speaker 6: no one there except an old bookkeeper. When the outlaw
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Speaker 6: had emerged from the bank with a sack of gold
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Speaker 6: under his arm, he'd walked into the point-blank fire of
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Speaker 6: Sheriff Tuttle's six guns.
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Speaker 5: He was killed instantly.
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Speaker 6: That afternoon, just at sundown, a small crowd gathered on
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Speaker 6: Boot Hill to witness the unhappy outlaw's burial. A rough
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Speaker 6: pine box was lowered into the grave, then the local
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Speaker 6: parson spoke a few words. The crowd departed quickly, and
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Speaker 6: after a grave digger had filled the shallow trench and
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Speaker 6: pushed a wooden marker into the earth, he too left
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Speaker 6: the scene. No one noticed a rather quiet young man
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Speaker 6: who remained behind to stare dubiously at the writing on
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Speaker 6: the wooden headboard. That is, no one noticed him but
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Speaker 6: two horsemen who had watched the entire scene from a
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Speaker 6: grove of cottonwoods not far away. One of the men
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Speaker 6: was masked and rode a powerful white stallion. His companion
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Speaker 6: was an Indian. It was the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
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Speaker 9: Hello.
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Speaker 5: I wonder why one man stayed behind.
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Speaker 9: Oh, me not know.
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Speaker 5: Maybe he's a relative of the outlaw they had just buried.
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Speaker 9: Oh.
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Speaker 5: Still, I don't... Let's go over and talk to him.
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Speaker 9: Come on, Silver. Get him up, Scout. Oh, oh, Silver.
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Speaker 5: A masked man. Well, this country's full of surprises.
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Speaker 9: Who are you? Easy, big fella.
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Speaker 5: I don't want to intrude. I guess Boot Hill is
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Speaker 5: public property. You've got as much right here as I have.
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Speaker 5: Was the man they just buried a relative of yours?
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Speaker 5: That's what I've been standing here trying to figure out.
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Speaker 5: Don't you know? To tell you the truth, I'm a
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Speaker 5: little bit mixed up. The army that's planted under that
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Speaker 5: headboard held up the Dawson Bank at noon today.
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Speaker 9: Yes, I know.
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Speaker 5: And they were shot and killed by the sheriff. Well,
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Speaker 5: what connection does that have with you? Go over and
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Speaker 5: look at the writing on that wooden slab at the
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Speaker 5: head of the grave.
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Speaker 9: All right.
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Speaker 5: Here lies Jack Potter, age 28. Shot and killed while
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Speaker 5: attempting to rob the Dawson State Bank. May his evil
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Speaker 5: soul at last find peace. Well, it just says that
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Speaker 5: the outlaw was a man named Potter, age 28. Yeah,
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Speaker 5: I know. That's what's got me mixed up.
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Speaker 9: What do you mean?
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Speaker 5: That's my name. You see, I'm Jack Potter.
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Speaker 6: A few minutes later, in the Lone Ranger's camp, Jack
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Speaker 6: Potter told the masked man and Tonto a strange story.
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Speaker 5: I'm from the southern part of the state. Up until
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Speaker 5: a few days ago, I was punching cows in a
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Speaker 5: spread down there. Then I got a letter from a
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Speaker 5: banker here in Dawson. It said that my Uncle Jeb,
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Speaker 5: who lived here... Just died. I was his heir.
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Speaker 9: Was that true? I guess so.
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Speaker 5: I've never found out.
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Speaker 9: Go on.
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Speaker 5: It said to come up here right away and bring
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Speaker 5: positive proof of my identity. Could you do that?
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Speaker 9: Sure.
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Speaker 5: I had my discharge papers from the army. So I
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Speaker 5: got on a train and came up to Pineville. Pineville? Oh,
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Speaker 5: I forgot to tell you. The letter also said that
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Speaker 5: because there wasn't any railroad running through Dawson, I was
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Speaker 5: to get off the train in Pineville and somebody would
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Speaker 5: meet me there. Did they?
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: When I got off the train in Pineville last night,
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Speaker 5: two men were waiting.
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Speaker 3: Are you Jack Potter?
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Speaker 5: That's me.
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Speaker 3: Well, welcome to Pineville.
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Speaker 4: My name's Conroy.
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Speaker 1: Mr.
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Speaker 3: Greenstreet from the Dawson Bank sent me over to meet you.
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Speaker 5: That's mighty nice of Mr. Greenstreet. But I guess I
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Speaker 5: could have found my way to Dawson, all right?
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Speaker 4: Oh, sure, but I brought my rig.
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Speaker 3: We'll drive over in the morning.
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Speaker 9: Morning?
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Speaker 5: Oh, it's a hard trip.
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Speaker 3: You'd better rest here overnight. Oh, excuse me, Potter.
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Speaker 9: This is, uh.
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Speaker 4: This is Mr.
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Speaker 3: Anderson.
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Speaker 5: Glad to meet you.
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Speaker 3: I have a room reserved for you at the hotel.
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Speaker 4: Guess we might as well go on over there.
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Speaker 5: Sure, anything you say. Oh, by the way, Potter, I
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Speaker 5: hope you brought.
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Speaker 9: Your legal identification with you. Mr.
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Speaker 3: Greenstreet will want to see it as soon as you
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Speaker 3: get to Dawson.
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Speaker 9: Oh, sure.
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Speaker 5: I've got my army discharge papers right here in my pocket.
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Speaker 4: Then let's go to the hotel.
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Speaker 3: Come on, Anderson.
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Speaker 9: Did you.
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Speaker 5: Spend the night in Pineville?
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Speaker 9: Most of it.
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Speaker 5: But I didn't do much sleeping.
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Speaker 9: What do you mean?
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Speaker 5: Well, the three of us, Conroy, Anderson, and I, had supper.
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Speaker 5: Then we went upstairs to our rooms.
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Speaker 4: Well, here's your room, Potter. Anderson and I have to
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Speaker 4: cope another flight. Couldn't get all three rooms on the
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Speaker 4: same floor.
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Speaker 5: That's all right, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Conroy.
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Speaker 5: I'm not used to hotels, but I'll make out all right. Oh,
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Speaker 5: of course you will.
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Speaker 4: And we'll call you first thing in the morning.
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Speaker 5: Good night, Potter.
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Speaker 9: Good night. Good night, Mr. Anderson. Good night.
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Speaker 5: And what happened the next morning? Things began to happen
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Speaker 5: before morning. You see, I'd been sleeping out in the
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Speaker 5: open for years. That hotel bed felt strange. I couldn't
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Speaker 5: get comfortable... I must have turned and twisted for an
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Speaker 5: hour or more, but I couldn't go to sleep. Well, finally,
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Speaker 5: I decided I'd try putting my head at the bottom
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Speaker 5: of the bed instead of the top. Well, that's when
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Speaker 5: it happened.
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Speaker 9: What happened?
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Speaker 5: I heard a key put in my door, and it
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Speaker 5: started to turn, real soft-like. I was wide awake, but
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Speaker 5: I figured the best thing to do was play possum.
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Speaker 5: So I waited until the lock clicked and the door
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Speaker 5: opened just a crack. And somebody whispered my name.
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Speaker 9: Putty? Jack Putty?
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Speaker 5: When I didn't answer, the door opened real fast, and
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Speaker 5: somebody came in the room. It was so dark, I
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Speaker 5: couldn't see. Whoever this critter was, I could hear him
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Speaker 5: breathe as he came over to the bed. I didn't
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Speaker 5: know what to do. My guns were lying on a
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Speaker 5: chair five feet away. Then as he came closer, I
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Speaker 5: saw he had a shooting iron in his hand, and
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Speaker 5: he was aiming it at the pillow at the head
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Speaker 5: of the bed. I guess in the dark, the pillow
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Speaker 5: must have looked like my head, because the next thing
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Speaker 5: he did was squeeze the trigger... I raised up and
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Speaker 5: tried to grab him. But he had the advantage of
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Speaker 5: standing up, and I was lying flat on my back.
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Speaker 5: He swung on me with the butt end of his gun.
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Speaker 5: And that's the last thing I knew. When did you
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Speaker 5: regain consciousness? This morning. I've still got a big lump
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Speaker 5: on my head, but otherwise I'm all right. Who was
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Speaker 5: this man who tried to kill you, you know? I've
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Speaker 5: got a hunch it was Anderson. Well, what makes you
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Speaker 5: think so? Because when I was able to move around
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Speaker 5: this morning, both Anderson and Conroy were gone. So I
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Speaker 5: rented a horse and rode over here to Dawson. Have
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Speaker 5: you seen either of those men since you arrived? No.
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Speaker 5: Because when I got in town, they were having that
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Speaker 5: planting ceremony over on Poot Hill. And whoever's in that
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Speaker 5: grave must have had my army papers on him. Why
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Speaker 5: didn't you go directly to the bank and talk to
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Speaker 5: Green Street or Conroy? I thought of that. Then I
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Speaker 5: figured I'd have a hard time proving who I am.
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Speaker 5: Especially when I just finished burying one army named Potter.
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Speaker 5: You should have gone to the sheriff and told him
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Speaker 5: about it. I was going to do that, too. But
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Speaker 5: when the funeral was going on, I heard somebody say
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Speaker 5: that Sheriff Tuttle knew this critter was a professional bank
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Speaker 5: robber because he got a note from the Lone Ranger saying.
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Speaker 9: What? What did you say?
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Speaker 5: I said this Lone Ranger must have tipped off the sheriff.
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Speaker 5: Did you hear that, Tuttle? What's wrong?
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Speaker 9: Everything.
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Speaker 5: It seems, Potter, that you're not the only one who's
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Speaker 5: involved in this attempt to bury a man who isn't dead.
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Speaker 5: I don't understand.
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Speaker 9: Neither do I.
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Speaker 5: But I intend to find out.
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Speaker 9: Here, Silver.
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Speaker 5: I think I'll go to Dawson and look up this
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Speaker 5: Conroy critter. If he thinks he can.
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Speaker 8: No, Potter.
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Speaker 5: Wait here with Tonto. I'll be right back. Easy, big fella.
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Speaker 5: But what'll I do about this?
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Speaker 9: Don't worry. You won't be alone.
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Speaker 5: We'll both do something about it. Come on, Silver.
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Speaker 2: Hold, Silver.
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Speaker 6: Hold, boy.
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Speaker 7: Hold.
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Speaker 9: Easy, big fella. Steady.
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Speaker 5: Wait for me.
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Speaker 9: Come in.
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Speaker 5: Good evening, Sheriff.
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Speaker 7: The Lone Ranger. Where'd you come from?
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Speaker 5: I understand you received a note from me.
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Speaker 7: I sure did. I'm much obliged for the tip-off. Caught
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Speaker 7: that bank robbing varmint red-handed.
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Speaker 5: Yes, I heard about it.
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Speaker 7: Nailed him right between the eyes. And we planned him
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Speaker 7: on Boothill about an hour ago.
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Speaker 5: I see that note, Sheriff.
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Speaker 9: You mean... Well, sure, sure.
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Speaker 7: Here it is.
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Speaker 5: Dear Sheriff, a bushwhacker that works alone is aiming to
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Speaker 5: stick up the Dawson Bank at noon today. I thought
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Speaker 5: you'd like to know about it. Signed, The Lone Ranger.
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Speaker 7: Mind it nice of you to give me the tip.
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Speaker 7: How'd you know?
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Speaker 9: I didn't.
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Speaker 5: I didn't write this note, Sheriff. Tell me, who was
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Speaker 5: this outlaw? Did you identify him?
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Speaker 9: Young buckaroo named Potter. Jack Potter.
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Speaker 5: Sheriff, I don't know who it was who robbed the
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Speaker 5: bank today, but I do know the man buried up
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Speaker 5: on Boot Hill isn't Jack Potter.
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Speaker 7: Isn't Jack.
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Speaker 5: And I'm sure that Conroy and Greenstreet can tell you
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Speaker 5: who it is.
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Speaker 7: You mean them two hombres are pulling the shenanigan?
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Speaker 5: They've already pulled it.
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Speaker 9: Yeah?
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Speaker 7: Well, I never did like them critters. I'll rustle them
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Speaker 7: out of bed right now.
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Speaker 9: No, Sheriff.
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Speaker 5: I'm involved in this, too. And we need proof before
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Speaker 5: we can accuse anyone of a crime. You say you didn't.
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Speaker 7: Write that note. That's good enough for me. I'll get
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Speaker 7: Conroy and Green Street.
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Speaker 5: So, it's always best to let crooks convict themselves.
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Speaker 9: What do you mean? Wait a couple of days. I'll
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Speaker 9: keep in touch with you.
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Speaker 5: In the meantime, I'll ask a ghost to help us.
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Speaker 9: A ghost? Yes, Silver. There's the big fella.
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Speaker 5: Sometimes fear is more powerful.
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Speaker 9: Than lead, Sheriff.
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Speaker 7: Hello, Silver.
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Speaker 9: Hey! Well, I'll be.
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Speaker 7: If I didn't know he was the Lone Ranger, I'd
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Speaker 7: swear that man was loco.
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Speaker 6: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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Speaker 6: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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Speaker 6: to pause for just a few moments.
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Speaker 2: THE END THE END.
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Speaker 5: Now to continue our story.
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Speaker 6: After the masked man left Sheriff Tuttle's office, he returned
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Speaker 6: to the camp where Tonto and Jack Potter were waiting
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Speaker 6: for him. There he proposed a plan that would take
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Speaker 6: several days to complete.
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Speaker 5: Now this is what I want you to do. Write
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Speaker 5: a letter to Green Street. Pretend that you've just received
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Speaker 5: his letter. Tell him you'll arrive in Pineville the following day.
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Speaker 5: What good will that do? I'll explain it later. Write
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Speaker 5: the letter now. Sure I will. Where can I get
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Speaker 5: paper and a pencil? Over in my saddlebag. Take it
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Speaker 5: and ride south.
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Speaker 9: Where me go?
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Speaker 5: To the town nearest the ranch where Potter used to work.
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Speaker 5: Mail it at the post office there.
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Speaker 9: Me do it.
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Speaker 5: Then ride back to Pineville. I'll meet you by the
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Speaker 5: river just east of town.
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Speaker 9: Here.
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Speaker 5: It's sort of scribbled, but I guess you'll be able
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Speaker 5: to read it. That's all right.
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Speaker 9: Here, Tonto. Now ride fast.
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Speaker 5: I want that letter to arrive back here in Dawson
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Speaker 5: by tomorrow afternoon.
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Speaker 9: Easy, Scout. Me take letter and come back to Pineville.
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Speaker 5: That's right in a hurry, Tonto.
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Speaker 9: Get him upstairs.
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Speaker 5: I guess I don't exactly understand what you're doing. It's simple.
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Speaker 5: That's the main reason why it should work. You and
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Speaker 5: I will go to Pineville. And then, day after tomorrow,
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Speaker 5: you'll pretend you just got.
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Speaker 9: Off the train. But why?
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Speaker 5: Because tomorrow afternoon, Mr. Greenstreet will receive a letter he'll
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Speaker 5: hardly believe.
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Speaker 8: A letter for you, Kat.
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Speaker 9: Who's it from? I don't know.
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Speaker 8: It was the only mail on the afternoon stage.
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Speaker 9: Let me see it. This is impossible. What is it?
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Speaker 9: This is from that kid down south. Jack Potter.
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Speaker 3: Potter?
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Speaker 9: Listen. He says, Dear Mr. Greenstreet, I am sorry to
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Speaker 9: hear about Uncle Jeb's death. Regarding the inheritance and complying
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Speaker 9: with your instructions, I'll arrive in Pineville tomorrow afternoon. Sincerely yours,
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Speaker 9: Jack Potter. Oh, I know what it is.
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Speaker 4: That letter's been delayed some way. It should have been
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Speaker 4: here two days ago. But it doesn't make any difference
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Speaker 4: now because I met him.
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Speaker 9: Conroy, look at the date at the top of the page. Date?
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Speaker 4: Date?
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Speaker 5: Well, sure.
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Speaker 9: Dated yesterday morning.
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Speaker 4: It can't be.
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Speaker 5: It's a mistake.
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Speaker 9: I thought you met this kid in Pineville yesterday afternoon.
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Speaker 7: I did, Cass.
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Speaker 9: Really, I did. I thought you hired a tramp to
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Speaker 9: put a bullet through his head. The same tramp that
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Speaker 9: was killed yesterday.
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Speaker 7: I did.
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Speaker 5: I mean, he did.
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Speaker 4: I know he killed Potter because he brought me the
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Speaker 4: army discharge papers that night in the hotel.
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Speaker 7: And besides that, I heard the shot.
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Speaker 9: Then how do you explain this letter?
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Speaker 7: It's a mistake.
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Speaker 4: Potter must have written it before he left and put
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Speaker 4: the wrong date on it.
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Speaker 9: Maybe you're right. Just to make sure, you'd better go
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Speaker 9: over to Pineville, Lamar, and meet that train from the south.
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Speaker 3: Yes, it isn't true. It can't be true.
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Speaker 9: Listen, I don't know what happened in Pineville, but I
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Speaker 9: do know what'll happen to you and me if that
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Speaker 9: Potter boy is still alive. Go over there, meet that train,
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Speaker 9: and if he's on it, don't hire any tramps. Do
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Speaker 9: the job yourself this time. You mean... You know what
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Speaker 9: I mean. All right. I'll do it.
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Speaker 5: Hey, stranger, can you tell me how to get to Dawson? Why, sure.
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Speaker 5: I'm a stranger in this neck of the woods, and
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Speaker 5: I thought... What's your name?
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Speaker 9: Potter.
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Speaker 5: Jack Potter. I'm on my way to Dawson. I guess
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Speaker 5: I'll have to catch a stage over there, but I
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Speaker 5: don't know where to find it.
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Speaker 4: Have you ever been here in Pineville before?
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Speaker 5: First time I ever saw the place. Say, stranger, what's
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Speaker 5: wrong with you?
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Speaker 9: Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.
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Speaker 4: You know, it's rather coincidence you coming up and speaking to.
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Speaker 5: Me like you did.
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Speaker 9: That so?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you see, I.
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Speaker 4: I came over from Dawson to meet a man named
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Speaker 4: Jack Potter.
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Speaker 5: I guess you're him. Well, this is lucky. What's your name?
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Speaker 5: I'm Sal Conroy.
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Speaker 9: Mr.
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Speaker 4: Greenstreet from the bank sent me over to meet you.
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Speaker 5: That's mighty nice of Mr.
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Speaker 3: Greenstreet.
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Speaker 5: He sent word about Uncle Jeb dying, so I came
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Speaker 5: right up. I guess he must have gotten my letter, too.
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Speaker 9: Yes, he got it.
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Speaker 5: Well, where do we catch the stage for Dawson?
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Speaker 4: Well, there isn't any stage until tomorrow morning. We'll have
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Speaker 4: to spend the night here in Pineville.
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Speaker 3: Oh, that so?
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Speaker 5: Well, I guess I can use the rest.
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Speaker 3: Sure, sure you can.
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Speaker 5: I've got a room all reserved for you.
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Speaker 9: At the hotel.
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Speaker 5: That's mighty decent of you, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Conroy.
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Speaker 5: But you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble.
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Speaker 3: Oh, no, no trouble at all.
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Speaker 9: Glad to do it.
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Speaker 7: You see, Mr.
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Speaker 4: Greenstreet told me to be sure and take care of you.
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Speaker 4: So I'm just following instructions.
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Speaker 9: Oh, here, here.
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Speaker 5: Let me carry your suitcase.
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Speaker 9: Thanks, Mr. Conroy.
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Speaker 4: Come on, we'll go to the hotel now.
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Speaker 5: Conroy and Jack Potter are eating supper in the hotel
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Speaker 5: dining room. And Conroy isn't wearing his gun belt. Must
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Speaker 5: be in his room. There's a store building right by
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Speaker 5: the side of the hotel. You can climb up there
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Speaker 5: and get into Conroy's room through the window.
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Speaker 9: Why tell him to do this?
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Speaker 5: Find his gun. Take out the bullets and fill it
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Speaker 5: with these blanks.
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Speaker 9: Here. Time to go.
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Speaker 4: Well, here's your room, Potter. My bunk is one flight up.
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Speaker 4: Couldn't get both rooms on the same floor.
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Speaker 5: Oh, that's all right, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Conroy.
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Speaker 5: I'll make out all right. I feel right at home.
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Speaker 9: What's that?
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Speaker 5: No, there's something familiar about this place.
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Speaker 9: What do you mean?
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Speaker 5: Almost like I'd been here before. No, that must be crazy.
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Speaker 9: Either you are or I am. What did you say?
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Speaker 4: Oh, nothing, nothing.
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Speaker 5: Good night, Potter. Good night, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Conroy.
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Speaker 5: See you in the morning.
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Speaker 9: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: I'll see you in the morning. Now, the only thing
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Speaker 5: to do is wait.
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Speaker 9: Pretend to be asleep.
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Speaker 5: I sure hope that mask man or the Indian reached
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Speaker 5: Conroy's guns before he did. I've got to keep this up.
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Speaker 9: Make it sound like I'm really sleeping. Potter. Jack Potter.
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Speaker 9: Are you awake? Jack?
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Speaker 4: In my life, I've seen two hombres that look so
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Speaker 4: much alike.
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Speaker 9: Say, what the.
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Speaker 4: For a while, I thought you might be a ghost,
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Speaker 4: but this will settle it.
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Speaker 8: Well, Conroy, what happened?
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Speaker 4: I met the train case yesterday afternoon.
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Speaker 5: Well?
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Speaker 4: And this kid, Jack Potter, was on it.
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Speaker 9: He was. And who was the other critter? The one
23:23
Speaker 9: the tramp driller said he did. I don't know. Those
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Speaker 9: army discharge papers the tramp gave to you. We planted
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Speaker 9: them after he was killed.
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Speaker 5: They belong to Potter.
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Speaker 9: What happened to the kid you met yesterday?
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Speaker 4: I took him to the hotel in Pineville. Then I
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Speaker 4: plugged him just like you told me to.
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Speaker 9: Are you sure?
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Speaker 4: I'm positive.
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Speaker 9: Well, I hope so. There's been a mix-up someplace, but
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Speaker 9: as long as they're both dead, I guess.
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Speaker 5: A letter for you, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Greenstreet. All right, give it to me. What? Chaos.
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Speaker 3: Chaos, what is it?
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Speaker 9: Listen to this. Dear Mr. Greenstreet, I'm sorry I missed
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Speaker 9: the Pineville train yesterday. I hope I didn't inconvenience you
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Speaker 9: in any way. I've decided not to ride the train anyway.
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Speaker 9: I'll come to Dawson direct by stage from the south.
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Speaker 9: I'll arrive about 10 p.m. and go right to the bank.
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Speaker 9: Sincerely yours. Signed, Jack Potter.
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 5: No, it can't be from Potter.
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Speaker 9: He's dead. It's right there in black and white. I
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Speaker 9: don't believe it.
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Speaker 7: I killed him. And dead men can't write letters.
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Speaker 9: Shut up. You've got to figure this out.
24:23
Speaker 7: It's a ghost, Cass. That's what it is. Jack Potter's dead.
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Speaker 7: He's lying up there on Boot Hill. I killed a
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Speaker 7: ghost last night.
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Speaker 4: And now this is another one.
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Speaker 3: Be quiet.
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Speaker 9: How can I think with you sniveling like an old woman?
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Speaker 7: But, Cass, I talked to him. I ate supper with
24:36
Speaker 7: him when I killed him.
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 9: No, I didn't.
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Speaker 7: Nobody can kill a ghost. That's why he's coming here tonight.
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Speaker 9: Quiet. Oh, Cass. There's only one thing to do. We've
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Speaker 9: got to ride out and meet the stage tonight before
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Speaker 9: it gets to town. Ride out and meet.
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 6: No, I'm not going.
24:51
Speaker 9: I say we're both going. This time I'll do the shooting.
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Speaker 7: Cass, you can't kill a ghost.
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Speaker 5: Somebody that's already dead.
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Speaker 9: Stop yapping. A good solid slug from a. 45 doesn't
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Speaker 9: care what it hits. You and I'll meet that stage.
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Speaker 3: We shouldn't do it, Cass.
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Speaker 9: We shouldn't do it. Quit squawking. Get that mask over
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Speaker 9: your face. Don't let the stage driver to recognize us.
25:20
Speaker 9: Shut up. There's a stage. Hey, pull up.
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Speaker 7: Pull up or I'll shoot. Keep your hands up.
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Speaker 10: Road agents, huh? Well, boys, this is one time you
25:37
Speaker 10: picked the wrong coach. I ain't carrying a lead quarter.
25:39
Speaker 9: We don't want any cash. All we want to do
25:41
Speaker 9: is talk to the passenger you've got inside. Passenger?
25:44
Speaker 10: You draw another blank, boys. I haven't carried a passenger
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Speaker 10: on this run for over two weeks.
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Speaker 9: I don't believe it. Tell your passenger to get out.
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Speaker 7: You tell him.
25:52
Speaker 9: If you can find him.
25:53
Speaker 8: He's right.
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Speaker 7: There's no one inside the coach.
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Speaker 3: Satisfied? I.
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Speaker 9: All right, get moving.
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Speaker 7: Anything to oblige. Get out, then.
26:07
Speaker 9: I can't understand it. I can't.
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Speaker 4: We're dealing with a ghost, a man who's dead on
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Speaker 4: Boot Hill, but his ghost is plaguing us because we're
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Speaker 4: stealing the money that's rightfully his.
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Speaker 9: Shut up. Get on your horse.
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Speaker 4: What are you going to do, Cass?
26:17
Speaker 9: Ride back to the bank. Come on. Get a bank.
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Speaker 9: Get a.
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Speaker 5: Here they come, Potter. As soon as they get inside,
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Speaker 5: you go up and knock on the door. Shall I
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Speaker 5: carry the suitcase?
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Speaker 9: Of course.
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Speaker 5: You just got off the stage. It doesn't make sense.
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Speaker 9: None of us cares.
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Speaker 4: I told you what we're up against.
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Speaker 9: If you mention ghosts again, I'll... Excuse at the door.
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Speaker 4: No, no.
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Speaker 2: It might be.
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Speaker 9: All right, I'll open it myself. Mr.
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Speaker 5: Greenstreet?
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Speaker 9: Who are you?
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Speaker 5: Seems kind of funny that you don't ask me in.
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Speaker 5: I've had a long trip. I just came in on
27:14
Speaker 5: the ten o'clock stage.
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Speaker 9: You just.
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Speaker 5: Yes. I thought you'd be expecting me. My name's Potter.
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Speaker 5: Jack Potter. Cass!
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Speaker 7: Cass, it's him!
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Speaker 8: It's Potter!
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Speaker 7: The man I killed! He's dead!
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Speaker 9: Shut up!
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Speaker 5: I will not shut up!
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Speaker 9: You're talking to a ghost!
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Speaker 7: This is what we get for robbing the estate!
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Speaker 5: I came to save up the money that Uncle Jeb
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Speaker 5: left to me. Oh, you did, eh?
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Speaker 9: Well, I don't believe in ghosts, so get your hands up,
27:36
Speaker 9: both of them. Drop that suitcase and get them up.
27:40
Speaker 9: That's better. Now, listen to me. I don't know what
27:44
Speaker 9: your game is, but you're not going to outsmart me.
27:46
Speaker 5: I'm not trying to outsmart anybody.
27:47
Speaker 9: Oh, yes, you are. But I'm going to plug you,
27:50
Speaker 9: so it doesn't make any difference how much you know. Sure,
27:53
Speaker 9: I took the money from your uncle's estate. I've got
27:54
Speaker 9: every bit of it. And now I'm going to... You
27:57
Speaker 9: do nothing, Green Street.
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Speaker 2: Why, you.
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Speaker 7: Come on in, Sheriff.
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Speaker 9: Well, well.
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Speaker 7: Nice little sociable party.
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Speaker 5: You heard Green Street's and Conroy's confession, didn't you, Sheriff?
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Speaker 9: Heard every word.
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Speaker 7: Enough to send them both to the penitentiary for life.
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Speaker 3: He's a ghost.
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Speaker 7: He's a ghost.
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Speaker 5: I'll leave them in your hands, Toto.
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Speaker 9: Where are the horses? Silver and Scout. Outside. Good.
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Speaker 5: Adios, Jack Potter, and good luck.
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Speaker 9: Oh, wait, wait.
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Speaker 8: THE END.
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Speaker 5: THE END.
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Speaker 2: THE END.
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