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The Lone Ranger - "Grubstake to Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1949) · The Lone Ranger | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: August 17th, 1949 brings us an installment of The Lone
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  Speaker 1: Ranger from radio's Western tradition. This is episode 2,587, Grubstake
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  Speaker 1: to Murder. For listeners who treasure these frontier broadcasts, the
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  Speaker 1: curtain rises once again. Now, back to the golden age
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  Speaker 1: of radio.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. A fiery horse with the speed of light,
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  Speaker 2: a cloud of dust, and a hearty high of silver.
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  Speaker 3: The Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: With his faithful Indian companion Toto, the daring and resourceful
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  Speaker 2: masked rider of the plains led the fight for law
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  Speaker 2: and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in
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  Speaker 2: the pages of history can one find a greater champion
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  Speaker 2: of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days
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  Speaker 2: of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering
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  Speaker 2: hoofbeats of.
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  Speaker 5: The great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Silver.
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  Speaker 3: Let's go, big fellow.
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  Speaker 6: Are you still there?
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  Speaker 3: Hey!
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  Speaker 2: Jim Hardy and his wife lived in a small one-room
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  Speaker 2: cabin in the Colorado Hills. They had known many disappointments
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  Speaker 2: in the search for gold, so Mary didn't let her
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  Speaker 2: hopes rise too high when she saw her husband running
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  Speaker 2: toward the house in an exultant mood.
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  Speaker 4: Mary!
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  Speaker 5: Mary, I've got news! We're going to be rich.
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  Speaker 7: Now, Jim. It's the truth, Mary.
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  Speaker 5: This time I found gold, and there can't be any
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  Speaker 5: doubt about it. And, honey, we're going to celebrate. Yes, sirree.
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  Speaker 7: Please, Jim, don't let your hopes rise too high.
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  Speaker 5: We're having a party tonight, a rip-roaring party.
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  Speaker 4: A party? Yeah, that's it.
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  Speaker 8: I met Sam Davey in town. He's the one who
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  Speaker 8: grub-staked me. He's coming over tonight, and so is Lawyer Killigrew.
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  Speaker 8: And I invited several other people.
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  Speaker 7: I didn't know you were friendly with Lawyer Killigrew.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I asked him because he's going to draw up
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  Speaker 5: a paper.
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  Speaker 7: What kind of a paper?
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  Speaker 5: A partnership agreement, of course. Sam Davey is half owner
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  Speaker 5: of my claim.
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  Speaker 7: Half owner?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Mary, you know what the rule is. Sam Davey
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  Speaker 5: grub-staked me.
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  Speaker 8: If it hadn't been for his $ 50 to buy food
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  Speaker 8: and a few supplies, I'd have had to give up
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  Speaker 8: work in my tunnel.
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  Speaker 5: I never would have found the gold.
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  Speaker 9: And you're going to give Sam half interest in your
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  Speaker 9: claim for only $ 50?
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  Speaker 8: Well, I already gave it to him when he let
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  Speaker 8: me have the money.
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  Speaker 5: Now we're going to put the agreement in writing.
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  Speaker 8: So come on, honey, we've got to get this house
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  Speaker 8: all cleaned up, everything spick and span, cook up all the.
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  Speaker 5: Vittles we've got left. We're going to have a party tonight. Jim!
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  Speaker 2: In the nearby town of Jackson Bend, the shrewd-faced lawyer
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  Speaker 2: Killigrew waited patiently while Sam Davey read a carefully written
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  Speaker 2: document When he had finished, Sam looked up.
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  Speaker 4: Looks all right to me, Mr. Killigrew.
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  Speaker 6: It's a simple partnership agreement, Sam. You get half of
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  Speaker 6: all that Hardy finds in his gold mine. I'm wondering
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  Speaker 6: about this here paragraph, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Killigrew.
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  Speaker 10: As if either one of us die, the surviving partner
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  Speaker 10: gets the whole thing. Do you object to that? No,
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  Speaker 10: but Hardy might object. You probably figure his wife should
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  Speaker 10: have something in case he dies.
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  Speaker 6: If he objects to that paragraph, we can change it.
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  Speaker 6: But I think he'll not even notice it. He's a
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  Speaker 6: trusting individual.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm not.
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  Speaker 10: Don't sign anything unless I know all that's in it.
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  Speaker 10: Like this here paragraph. Saying you get 10% interest in
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  Speaker 10: the claim for being legal advisor. Why should you get 10%?
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  Speaker 4: You won't object, Sam.
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  Speaker 10: Like fun I won't. I know what you charge for
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  Speaker 10: drawing up a legal paper. I'll pay it in cash.
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  Speaker 10: No reason for you to get 10% of everything.
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  Speaker 6: You'll agree to that, and you'll persuade Jim Hardy to agree.
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  Speaker 4: Unless... Unless what?
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  Speaker 6: Unless you choose to hang from murder in Washoe County.
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  Speaker 4: What? I make it my business to know about people, huh?
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  Speaker 6: I've known for some time that you're wanted in Washoe
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  Speaker 6: County under another name.
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  Speaker 4: In fact, there's a reward for you, Sam.
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 10: I might have claimed it, but I didn't. I don't
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  Speaker 10: know why you didn't claim it. You never had a
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  Speaker 10: chance for easy cash.
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  Speaker 4: Slept through your fingers.
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  Speaker 6: The reward was not large enough to interest me. I
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  Speaker 6: thought I might see greater opportunities by waiting and watching.
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  Speaker 4: And Jim Hardy will each keep 45%. And I might
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  Speaker 4: observe your 45% came very cheap.
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  Speaker 6: Just $ 50. Now, you'd better go home each shaved and
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  Speaker 6: cleaned up. I'll call for you later. We'll go to
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  Speaker 6: Hardy's party together in my buckboard.
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  Speaker 2: In the gathering twilight, an Indian rode hard through the foothills.
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  Speaker 2: His name was Tonto. He was hurrying to join his
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  Speaker 2: friend the Lone Ranger in a camp not far from
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  Speaker 2: Jackson's Corners. The ground was broken and pitted, dangerous for
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  Speaker 2: hard riding. Tonto guided his paint horse skillfully, but there
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  Speaker 2: was a small treacherous spot he failed to see.
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  Speaker 3: Steady, coach! Steady, fellas!
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  Speaker 2: Scout regained his feet and nuzzled the Indian who lay motionless.
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  Speaker 2: The horse lingered for some time, then moved away. Tonto
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  Speaker 2: remained unconscious where he had fallen while twilight deepened. It
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  Speaker 2: was nearly dark when Killigrew and Sam Davey approached the
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  Speaker 2: fallen man on their way to Hardy's home. They traveled
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  Speaker 2: in the lawyer's light buckboard.
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  Speaker 4: Why are you stopping here, Killigrew? Use your eyes. There's
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  Speaker 4: someone lying on the ground. Well, sure not. We'll investigate.
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  Speaker 5: Looks like a redskin.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, it is. Dead?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know. He's alive. He mourned it. He's unconscious.
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  Speaker 4: You help. Steady there. What's he... What happened to you?
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  Speaker 5: A horse.
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  Speaker 4: Him fall. Don't seem to have any broken bones.
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  Speaker 10: Head.
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  Speaker 5: Head hurt.
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  Speaker 4: He has a bad bump on the head. His skin
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  Speaker 4: is broken. He's passed out again. What do we do
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  Speaker 4: with him? I'm wondering.
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  Speaker 10: We've got to get to Jim Hardy's place with the agreements.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know what.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Killer Gru, what are you laughing about?
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  Speaker 6: Sam, this Indian might be a killer with a grudge
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  Speaker 6: against your partner.
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  Speaker 4: Grudge against Jim Hardy? Who gave you that idea?
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  Speaker 6: He might have a grudge and he might kill Jim
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  Speaker 6: Hardy after the partnership agreement has been signed, of course.
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  Speaker 6: You might make a heroic effort to save Hardy.
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  Speaker 4: You might even kill the Indian, but just too late. Ah, Savvy.
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  Speaker 10: A dead Indian couldn't talk, and Hardy'd be dead, and
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  Speaker 10: I'd get the whole of the gold claim.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, all of the claim except what I would get.
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  Speaker 6: I'll grab his feet. I'll put him in my buckboard
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  Speaker 6: for the time being. We can use him, Savvy.
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  Speaker 4: We can use him.
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  Speaker 2: As darkness gathered over the Lone Ranger's camp, the Masked
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  Speaker 2: Man built up the fire to serve as a beacon
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  Speaker 2: in case Tonto had trouble in finding the place. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 2: the Great Horse Silver showed in signs of uneasiness.
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  Speaker 3: What's the matter, Silver? Tonto will be here in a
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  Speaker 3: little while. He's not very late. Yeah, I'll throw a
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  Speaker 3: little more dry wood on the fire.
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  Speaker 2: Presently, the sound of hoofbeats reached the Lone Ranger and
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  Speaker 2: the cocktears of his horse.
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  Speaker 3: Here you come, Silver. Scout answered your call.
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  Speaker 2: When Scout came into the circle of light, he was
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  Speaker 2: obviously limping and riderless.
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  Speaker 3: Scout, what's happened, old boy? Where's Tonto? I wish I
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  Speaker 3: could understand you, fellow. Now let me see that leg.
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  Speaker 4: And a full.
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  Speaker 3: And a bad one.
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  Speaker 2: A little rest will fix that bruise. But I wonder
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  Speaker 2: about Taro. The full moon was edging over the horizon.
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  Speaker 2: By the time the lone ranger had put some healing
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  Speaker 2: salve on Scout's bruise, tied him to a nearby tree
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  Speaker 2: and saddled Silver, there was light enough to show a trail.
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  Speaker 2: The masked man stamped out the campfire and turned to
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  Speaker 2: the horses.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Scout, you've got to stay here and give that
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  Speaker 3: leg a chance to heal. Silver and I won't need
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  Speaker 3: you on this trip. Silver, old boy, it's up to
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  Speaker 3: us to find Taro. We'll follow Scout's back trail easy now, steady?
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  Speaker 2: Jim Hardy's house was extravagantly lighted. Jim and Mary were
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  Speaker 2: dressed in their best clothes, and for the first time
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  Speaker 2: in many, many years, a hard-working couple wore a festive air.
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  Speaker 2: Most of their friends had come from town to help
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  Speaker 2: celebrate the gold strike. And there were two who posed
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  Speaker 2: as friends, Sam Davey and lawyer Killigrew. The sheriff was the.
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  Speaker 3: Last to arrive.
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  Speaker 9: Here he is, the sheriff himself.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Moore.
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  Speaker 4: Hi, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 5: Howdy, folks. Howdy.
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  Speaker 2: Howdy, Mrs.
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  Speaker 4: Hardy.
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  Speaker 7: Sheriff, I'm so glad you got here.
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  Speaker 5: Well, a mite late. Better late than never.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, of course.
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  Speaker 5: Where's your man? I don't see Jim in the room.
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  Speaker 7: He's in the lean-to out back in the woodshed.
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  Speaker 5: Oh. Oh, yeah? What in time is.
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  Speaker 9: He went there to get away from everyone while he
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  Speaker 9: signed a partnership agreement with Sam Davey.
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  Speaker 5: Hmm, I see.
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  Speaker 7: Lawyer Killigrew and a couple of men for witnesses are
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  Speaker 7: with them.
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  Speaker 11: Seems like a howling shame that Jim has to split
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  Speaker 11: his claim with Davey.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, there'll be plenty for both. After all, Sheriff, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Davy Grubstake, Jim.
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  Speaker 5: To the $ 250. If it hadn't.
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  Speaker 9: Been for that money, we'd have had to leave without
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  Speaker 9: finding the gold.
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  Speaker 5: How is it that you're signing the agreement now?
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  Speaker 4: Didn't they have an agreement before this?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yes, yes, but it wasn't in writing.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 7: Do let me have your hat, Sheriff. There's some food
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  Speaker 7: over there on the table.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, Mrs. Hardy, but I can't stay.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, there's Jim now. Jim?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, there's the sheriff. Say, it was mighty kind of
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  Speaker 5: you to drop in, Sheriff. Congratulations, Heidi. You too, Davey.
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  Speaker 5: I understand you'll do as.
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  Speaker 4: Well as Jim on the gold claim.
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  Speaker 5: I reckon so, Sheriff. We just signed a partnership agreement.
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  Speaker 5: So I hear.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, Sheriff, you know lawyer Killigrew.
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  Speaker 5: Howdy, Mr. Killigrew.
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  Speaker 6: How are you this evening, Sheriff Darwin? Oh, by the way,
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  Speaker 6: I'm glad you dropped in there. There's something I think
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  Speaker 6: you should know.
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  Speaker 4: Is that so?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I see.
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  Speaker 4: It might be better if we stepped outside.
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  Speaker 6: It's a rather confidential matter.
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  Speaker 4: You come too, Simon. Right.
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  Speaker 5: I'll step outside, then go on my way.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, but shit, you just arrived.
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  Speaker 5: I just dropped in to pay my respects, Mrs. Hardy.
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  Speaker 5: I didn't plan to stay more than a minute anyway.
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  Speaker 5: I'll say goodnight, all. Goodbye, Dad. Goodbye, Dad.
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  Speaker 6: Goodbye.
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  Speaker 2: Killigrew held the door open while the sheriff said goodnight
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  Speaker 2: to the people at the party, then left the house
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  Speaker 2: with Sam Davey. The lawyer was confident no one would
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  Speaker 2: notice Tonto bound and gagged in the buckboard, which had
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  Speaker 2: been left well back from the.
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  Speaker 4: House among some trees. Sure is a nice moonlight night.
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  Speaker 5: Never mind the moonlight, Killigrew. What's on your mind?
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  Speaker 6: Sheriff, who'd have a grudge against Jim Hardy?
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  Speaker 5: No one that I know. Why?
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  Speaker 4: And I heard.
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  Speaker 6: Indirectly, you understand, that he had claimed land that someone
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  Speaker 6: else wanted.
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  Speaker 5: Someone else wanted that land? Why didn't they claim it?
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  Speaker 4: I can't answer that, Jeff.
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  Speaker 6: Of course, there's many reasons why someone might be unable
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  Speaker 6: to stake a claim.
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  Speaker 4: An Indian or a wanted man, for example?
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  Speaker 11: Now, hold on, Killigrew. Let me ask one question. What
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  Speaker 11: would happen to Jim Share, the gold mine, if Jim
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  Speaker 11: got killed?
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  Speaker 4: Well, according to their partnership agreement, it would go to
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  Speaker 4: Sam Davey.
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  Speaker 11: That's about what I figured. Now, get this, Killigrew, and
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  Speaker 11: you too, Davey. If anything happens to Jim Hardy, I'll
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  Speaker 11: come looking for you too. And not for any mysterious
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  Speaker 11: grudge killer. Paste that in your hat.
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  Speaker 4: We'll agree that didn't go over so good. The sheriff's suspicious.
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  Speaker 4: If we don't go through with our plans now, he'll
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  Speaker 4: suspect us. Leave it to me, Sam.
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  Speaker 6: How can he accuse us of murder if we deliver
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  Speaker 6: the Indian.
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  Speaker 4: Killer to him? With Jim's own wife as a witness.
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  Speaker 4: Just leave it to me.
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  Speaker 2: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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  Speaker 2: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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  Speaker 2: to pause for just a few moments. Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 7: THE END.
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  Speaker 6: Now to continue our story.
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  Speaker 2: As he rode toward town, the sheriff paid little attention
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  Speaker 2: to the lawyer's idea of anyone bearing a grudge against
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  Speaker 2: Jim Hardy until he saw a white horse on the
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  Speaker 2: trail ahead. A man stood beside the horse examining the ground.
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  Speaker 2: As the lawman drew near, the stranger looked up. Then
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  Speaker 2: in the moonlight, Sheriff Darwin saw that the owner of
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  Speaker 2: the white horse wore a mask.
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  Speaker 5: Where is it? Hold it steady. You're covered.
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  Speaker 3: You wear a badge. Are you the sheriff or a deputy?
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  Speaker 11: Darwin's the name. Sheriff Darwin. Take that mask off.
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  Speaker 3: Just a minute, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 5: Steady, boys. Steady.
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  Speaker 11: Take it off or I'll do it for you. Hired gunslinger, huh?
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  Speaker 11: Coming to get Jim Hardy.
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  Speaker 3: I've never heard of Jim Hardy.
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  Speaker 5: No? Well, that remains to be proved. Now, hush your hands.
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  Speaker 5: You're under arrest.
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  Speaker 3: Do you generally arrest people without cause?
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  Speaker 5: That mask is cause enough.
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  Speaker 3: Sheriff, I came here looking for a friend.
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  Speaker 4: Who?
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  Speaker 3: My friend is an Indian. His name is Tonto. He
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  Speaker 3: fell when his horse stumbled. If you're good at cutting sign,
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  Speaker 3: you can verify what I say by looking at the tracks.
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  Speaker 5: I ordered you to heist your hands.
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  Speaker 3: Tonto was picked up by two men and taken away
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  Speaker 3: in a light wagon drawn by two horses.
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  Speaker 5: You think I'm fool enough to believe that?
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  Speaker 3: See for yourself.
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  Speaker 11: You can't read that much on a trail at night.
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  Speaker 3: You can in moonlight, such as this.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not fool enough to take my eyes off you.
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  Speaker 5: Now do as I say.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to follow that wagon.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, Juniper, you can't stand there and defy me.
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  Speaker 3: I don't mean to defy you.
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  Speaker 5: You put up your hands or get ready to shoot
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  Speaker 5: it out with me.
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  Speaker 3: My guns will stay in leather unless you take them.
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  Speaker 5: Unless I take them, eh? Well, I can do that too.
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  Speaker 1: Careful.
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  Speaker 5: I'll show you.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry.
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  Speaker 5: Let me go.
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  Speaker 3: Are you struggling?
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  Speaker 5: I'll get you.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I know you'll try. That's why I've got to
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  Speaker 3: put a rope on you.
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  Speaker 5: You won't rope me. I'll get free.
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  Speaker 3: As I get the rope around you.
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  Speaker 4: No, no, don't.
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  Speaker 6: There.
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  Speaker 4: That does it.
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  Speaker 5: You'll hang for this.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I doubt that. Now a couple of loops to
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  Speaker 3: hold your arms. This one over.
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  Speaker 5: There. You won't get away with it, mister. You've got
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  Speaker 5: the top hands.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not trying to get away with anything. My friend
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  Speaker 3: was hurt. He's been taken away from here in a wagon.
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  Speaker 3: I want to find him. I'll not be stopped by
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  Speaker 3: someone who mistakes me for a hired gunslinger.
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  Speaker 5: Say, listen, mister. Who are you?
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  Speaker 3: What's the difference?
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  Speaker 5: You're the first man who's fast enough to knock a
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  Speaker 5: gun out of my hand.
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  Speaker 3: I'll pick up your gun. You'll get it back when
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: we part company. Come on, now. I'll help you to
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  Speaker 3: the saddle. You'll have to ride with your arms tied.
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  Speaker 3: Ride where? With me.
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  Speaker 5: I won't do it.
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  Speaker 3: You may ride your own horse with your hands tied...
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  Speaker 3: Or right across my saddle.
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  Speaker 4: I'll ride my horse.
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  Speaker 5: Help me aboard.
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  Speaker 2: Jim Hardy's party had broken up and the guests had gone.
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  Speaker 2: Lawyer Killigrew drove slowly with Sam Davey at his side
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  Speaker 2: and Tonto tied and gagged. When he was sure that
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: everyone was well away from the hardy cabin, the lawyer
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: turned from the trail and circled back. The place was
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: still lighted when he threw rain near the house.
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: Who's there, boy?
• 19:39
  Speaker 5: Who's there?
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: Still up? Leaning up after the party, I reckon. How's
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: the Indian? Is he conscious? Of course he is.
• 19:47
  Speaker 10: He was conscious before we left the party.
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: It's a good thing. we tied and gagged him.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: All right, get down.
• 19:53
  Speaker 5: Get a grope.
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: After what the sheriff said, I'm not so sure we'll
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: get away with this scheme. We'll get away with it.
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: I know what constitutes legal evidence. I hope so. All right,
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: grab the Indian and pull him out of the wagon.
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: Come on, Redskin. It's time for you to get useful.
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: He can stand up, all right. Yes, of course he can.
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: Now get out your knife and cut the rope on
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: his ankle so he can walk. I wish there was
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: some way to kill Jim so it would look accidental.
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: You heard what the sheriff said, didn't you?
• 20:24
  Speaker 10: He'd suspect us of planning the accident. What in blazes
• 20:27
  Speaker 10: will he suspect if Jim's killed?
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: How can he accuse us if Hardy's own wife is
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: the only witness?
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: She's on our side. Cut that angle, Roo.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: I am.
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: Don't leave the rope on the ground. I'll toss it
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: into the wagon. Now what? Do you see that open window? Yeah.
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: I'm going inside.
• 20:51
  Speaker 6: I'll tell Jim and his wife that we decided we'd
• 20:53
  Speaker 6: better come back and warn them that someone's after Jim.
• 20:57
  Speaker 6: You'll be right outside that window with this Indian. Now,
• 21:02
  Speaker 6: when I cough, throw a shot at me. I'll shout
• 21:07
  Speaker 6: and point to the window. Very hard he will turn.
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: She'll get a look at the Indian, a quick look,
• 21:13
  Speaker 6: just before you pull him aside. You step back and.
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: Shoot the Indian. Mrs. Hardy will see that he's gagged.
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: She'll see that he has a bandana over part of
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: his face. Just like a disguise.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: That'll hide the gagging.
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: Say, that's smart. After the shot, I'll rush out to
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: join you. We'll cut the ropes and the gag.
• 21:35
  Speaker 6: And you'll be a hero for getting Jim's killer.
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: Now, here's the Indian's gun.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Huh?
• 21:45
  Speaker 6: Be sure you shoot Hardy with this gun and the
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: Indian with your own.
• 21:49
  Speaker 5: Look here, Killigrew, why do I have to be the
• 21:51
  Speaker 5: one to do the shooting?
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: They can only hang you on sand. Or should I.
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: Call you Jake Arnold of Washoe County?
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: All right. Remember, when I cough, you fire. Yeah.
• 22:10
  Speaker 5: Let's get.
• 22:13
  Speaker 10: Going.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: In the meantime, the Lone Ranger kept a close watch
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: on his prisoner, Sheriff Darwin, while he followed the tracks
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: of Killigrew's light wagon through the moonlit night.
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: How long do you think you can keep me hogtied
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: like this?
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry it's necessary, Sheriff.
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: Still following the wagon tracks?
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 22:35
  Speaker 5: I don't know how you can see them from the saddle.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Experience helps. I've had to do a lot of trailing
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: by moonlight. I think me... Oh, boy, oh.
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: Oh, oh. Why are you stopping?
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: Easy, big fella.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Something curious about the tracks.
• 22:50
  Speaker 5: Yeah. Something darn curious about you and that mask, too.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: If you wanted to shorten the trip, you probably could.
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: You must know who owns a light wagon, perhaps a buckboard.
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: I'm telling nothing.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: Suit yourself, Sheriff.
• 23:03
  Speaker 5: What's curious about the track?
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: From here on, there's a double track.
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: Yeah? Yes.
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: Yes, the carriage went ahead and came back this far
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: and turned off the trail.
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: It did? Come back this far, you say, and then
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: turn off the trail?
• 23:15
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: The driver seems to be circling back to where he
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: came from. At least the tracks start like this.
• 23:21
  Speaker 5: Wait a minute. Well? Untie my arms and give me
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: my sex gun.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: We'd be right back where we started.
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: No, I'd buy a jug for you. When we started,
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: I was against you. Now I'm with you.
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: With me?
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: That buckboard is owned by a lawyer, Killigrew.
• 23:34
  Speaker 11: Sam gave me, and he was at Jim Hardy's house.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: You spoke of them.
• 23:37
  Speaker 11: They're circling back there. I want to know the reason why.
• 23:40
  Speaker 11: I don't want to be hindered by having my arms tied.
• 23:43
  Speaker 11: I can take you there direct. Be quicker than following
• 23:46
  Speaker 11: the trail.
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: All right, sit still.
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: You're going to do what I asked? You're going to
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: trust me, not turn it on you?
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: I can tell when a man is to be trusted.
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: So can I, doggone it, so can I. Hurry up
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: and untie me. We've got to get moving.
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: The need for haste was even greater than the sheriff realized.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: While Jim Hardy and his wife sat at a table
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: looking over Jim's newly signed agreement, they didn't suspect that
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: death was just a few yards distant.
• 24:17
  Speaker 7: I suppose it's all right, Jim, if you say so.
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: Sure it is, honey. I don't mind cutting a lawyer
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: in for a share. We'll need him. And as for
• 24:25
  Speaker 5: Sam getting a claim in case I die, he'd do
• 24:28
  Speaker 5: the right thing. He wouldn't see you going out in money.
• 24:31
  Speaker 9: Well, I suppose the agreement has to be that way
• 24:34
  Speaker 9: if it's the custom.
• 24:36
  Speaker 7: You'd better close that window.
• 24:37
  Speaker 5: I think we'd better leave it open, let the pipe
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: smoke out. So many of the boys were smoking their pipes.
• 24:44
  Speaker 7: Maybe someone forgot something.
• 24:45
  Speaker 5: Might be Jack Peterson.
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: He's absent-minded.
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: Lawyer Killigrew.
• 24:53
  Speaker 4: Jim, I'm glad you're still up. May I step in? Yes,
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: of course.
• 24:56
  Speaker 7: Is anything wrong, Mr.
• 24:57
  Speaker 5: Killigrew? Let's see.
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: An Indian's been threatened to get you, Jamie.
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: Get me?
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: Why, there must be some mistake.
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: Jim, there's no mistake. You remember when I went outside
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: with the sheriff? Sure.
• 25:09
  Speaker 6: I told him what I'd heard. He wouldn't take me seriously.
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: Sam Davey will tell you how the sheriff refused to
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: believe me.
• 25:15
  Speaker 7: Do you know the Indian, Mr.
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: Killigrew?
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: No, no, I wasn't going to say anything about it
• 25:19
  Speaker 6: because I didn't want to alarm you, Mrs.
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: Hardy.
• 25:22
  Speaker 6: But when Sam and I were on the way back
• 25:24
  Speaker 6: to town, we saw a campfire not far from the trail.
• 25:28
  Speaker 4: There was an Indian beside it.
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: Well, there aren't many Redskins in this community.
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: I know it. I know it.
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: Well, Sam and I talked it over and decided to
• 25:36
  Speaker 6: come back here and put you on your guard.
• 25:38
  Speaker 4: You'll appreciate it.
• 25:39
  Speaker 7: We'll be on the watch.
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: You'd better be sure your windows are closed.
• 25:44
  Speaker 7: And the door's locked, too.
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: Yes, the door's locked, too.
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: Have you taken cold, Mr.
• 25:51
  Speaker 4: Killebrew?
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: Well, I may have.
• 25:53
  Speaker 7: Look, the doorway.
• 25:54
  Speaker 5: What?
• 25:55
  Speaker 6: An Indian.
• 25:55
  Speaker 7: He's opened the door.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: The door?
• 25:57
  Speaker 4: He's not gagged.
• 25:58
  Speaker 5: You surprised me free, huh?
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: Now you sit still.
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: Sam, Sam!
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: Hold your fire. Wait a minute, Redskin. May not hurt you.
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: Me come after this fellow. No, no, no, no. Kill him.
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: It's you, Ibram.
• 26:10
  Speaker 4: Wait a minute.
• 26:10
  Speaker 5: Listen to me. Sam, where are you? Him not help.
• 26:14
  Speaker 7: Him tied up.
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: Don't shoot me.
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: Wait a minute.
• 26:16
  Speaker 4: Listen to me. You know all about the plans. You
• 26:19
  Speaker 4: heard this.
• 26:20
  Speaker 5: Get hardy.
• 26:21
  Speaker 4: Get him and I'll make it right with you.
• 26:23
  Speaker 7: What's he saying?
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: You keep quiet.
• 26:25
  Speaker 5: You want this fellow dead, huh?
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: Then you and partner get all the gold mine.
• 26:31
  Speaker 5: How much you pay me?
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: Great Scott. We'll give you your share. I promise you.
• 26:36
  Speaker 5: Killigrew, you and Sam, why you double-crossing? Go on, Indian.
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: Shoot them.
• 26:39
  Speaker 5: Get both of them.
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: You've got to do it or they'll tell the law.
• 26:43
  Speaker 5: I'll pay you. Shoot them.
• 26:44
  Speaker 4: Don't shoot me.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: He won't shoot anyone.
• 26:46
  Speaker 5: Look.
• 26:46
  Speaker 8: Good work, Tonto.
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: You played it just right. Turn to rest, Killigrew. I
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: told you what would happen if you schemed against Jim.
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: A stick of hands.
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: That's right.
• 26:55
  Speaker 5: Let me talk.
• 26:56
  Speaker 11: You talk plenty. What you haven't told me, I'll get
• 26:59
  Speaker 11: from Tonto and Sam Davies.
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: If that coyote squeeze... He didn't.
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: Have a chance.
• 27:03
  Speaker 11: He came up on him from behind while he was
• 27:05
  Speaker 11: fixing to frame Tonto for murder.
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: He's already wanted for murder in Washoe County.
• 27:10
  Speaker 11: Is that so? Well, Jim, it looks like you had
• 27:13
  Speaker 11: a streak of good luck when you signed that agreement.
• 27:16
  Speaker 11: Davy hangs for murder, you'll be sole owner of your claim.
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: Except for 10% to kill a girl.
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: Well, listen, I didn't commit murder.
• 27:23
  Speaker 5: Just let me go and.
• 27:24
  Speaker 4: I'll give up my 10%.
• 27:25
  Speaker 11: You know that Davy was wanted for murder in Washoe County?
• 27:29
  Speaker 5: You're guilty of concealing information. For that, you'll go to jail.
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: That's squealing.
• 27:33
  Speaker 5: He didn't squeal. Tonto just dropped a couple of remarks
• 27:36
  Speaker 5: before he came in, that's all.
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: He was.
• 27:39
  Speaker 5: Hey, where is he? Where's that masked man?
• 27:42
  Speaker 8: We'll see you again, Sheriff.
• 27:43
  Speaker 5: Hey, come here, Walter. I'll do it.
• 27:45
  Speaker 4: Good God, that masked man will see you again. I
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: reckon they're gone.
• 27:49
  Speaker 5: Say, Sheriff, who was that Indian? Jim, he's Tonto, the
• 27:54
  Speaker 5: partner of the Lone Ranger.
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: I'll do it.
• 27:57
  Speaker 8: Hooray!
• 27:59
  Speaker 5: Hooray!
• 28:05
  Speaker 8: Thank you.
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 29:07
  Speaker 5: THE END.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: Thank you. This is a feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: created and produced by George W.
• 29:45
  Speaker 5: Trendle and directed by Charles D.
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: Livingston. Tonight's story was written by Fran Stryker. The part
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: of the Lone Ranger is played.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Our curtain falls on the Lone Ranger's grub stake to murder.
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