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

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Brace Beamer as the Lone Ranger and John Todd as
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Tonto lead tonight's visit to the western town of Sorrento.
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  Speaker 1: Originally broadcast June 24th, 1946, this is The Lone Ranger,
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: episode 2094, A Killer Comes Home, part one. Johnny Ames
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: has returned to Sorrento after five years in prison, insisting
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: that he was convicted of.
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  Speaker 2: A crime he did not commit.
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  Speaker 1: His arrival renews a bitter conflict with the town banker,
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: a man Ames holds responsible for the wreckage of his life.
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  Speaker 2: It is the.
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  Speaker 1: Opening chapter of a two-part story, with the Lone Ranger
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  Speaker 1: and Tonto entering a town where an old case has
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: not been laid to rest. Settle in now for a
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  Speaker 1: familiar radio rendezvous with the Western Frontier. Here is the
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  Speaker 1: original broadcast.
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  Speaker 3: I'll see you there.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: Bye!
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  Speaker 2: A fiery horse with the speed of light, the cloud
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  Speaker 2: of dust, and a.
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  Speaker 4: Hearty hi-yo, Silver, the Lone Ranger.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful
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  Speaker 4: masked rider of the plains led the fight for law
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  Speaker 4: and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in
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  Speaker 4: the pages of history can one find a greater champion
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  Speaker 4: of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days
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  Speaker 4: of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering
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  Speaker 4: hoofbeats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.
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  Speaker 2: Go, Silver!
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  Speaker 6: Let's go, big fellow!
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  Speaker 2: Go, Silver! Hooray! Johnny Ames reined.
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  Speaker 4: His weary horse to a halt beside a vacant hitch
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  Speaker 4: rack on Sorrento's main street.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, there. Easy, boy.
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  Speaker 4: A moment later, he had dismounted and was walking slowly
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  Speaker 4: along the sun-scorched board sidewalk. So after five years and
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  Speaker 4: two months, he had finally reached home.
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  Speaker 2: Home.
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  Speaker 4: Johnny Ames played his cynical and deep-set eyes over familiar landmarks.
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  Speaker 4: There was the Mercantile store, the Stage Depot, the Bull's
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  Speaker 4: Head Cafe, and the bank. That was where he stopped,
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  Speaker 4: directly in front of the Sorrento Bank.
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  Speaker 7: This was the end of the trail.
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  Speaker 4: What he was about to do now was predestined, cut
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  Speaker 4: and dried, burned into his heart by a thousand bitter vows.
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  Speaker 7: Hello, Stratton.
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  Speaker 2: Why, it must be Johnny Ames.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Surprised? No, Johnny, I'm not.
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  Speaker 8: I've been expecting you for two months. Ever since you
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  Speaker 8: were released from territorial prison.
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  Speaker 7: And you know why I'm here, don't you? You've come
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  Speaker 7: to kill me. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: I'd hoped you might.
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  Speaker 7: Don't try to open that desk drawer and grab a gun.
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  Speaker 7: This one's leveled right between your eyes.
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  Speaker 2: I was just going to get a match to light
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  Speaker 2: my pipe. You mind? Go ahead.
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  Speaker 7: You might as well breathe some smoke. You're going to
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  Speaker 7: have lead for a chaser.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks.
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  Speaker 8: I believe there's a certain amount of decency in a
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  Speaker 8: man who... I don't try to start with a lot
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  Speaker 8: of palaver.
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  Speaker 7: Killing like this is really too good for a skunk
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  Speaker 7: like you. It's over too quick. I wish I could
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  Speaker 7: put you through five years of the same thing I've
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  Speaker 7: been through.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you've done just that, Johnny. Or worse.
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  Speaker 7: Nothing could be worse than living for five years like
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  Speaker 7: a rat in a hole because you.
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  Speaker 2: I came to the prison several times. You wouldn't see me.
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  Speaker 7: Why should I see or talk to the lowdown hyena
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  Speaker 7: who framed me?
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  Speaker 2: One who took five years... You're right, Johnny. What I
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  Speaker 2: did to you was something I knew you'd kill me
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  Speaker 2: for someday.
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  Speaker 7: This is the day.
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  Speaker 2: Now. I took five years of your life. You did
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  Speaker 2: more than that. Branded me forever. Jailbird. An ex-convict. All
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  Speaker 2: because you... I'm sorry, Johnny. Sorry? Why, you double-crossing scum.
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  Speaker 2: I ought to kill you. I grant you your right
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  Speaker 2: to kill me. First, I have something to say.
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  Speaker 7: Don't try to.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm not going to offer you money. It wouldn't work.
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  Speaker 2: You're ready to commit murder and hang for it if
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  Speaker 2: you have to.
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  Speaker 7: It'll be a pleasure. I want to make a bargain
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  Speaker 7: with you.
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  Speaker 2: I want one more day to live.
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  Speaker 7: Don't give me that.
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  Speaker 2: Because my daughter's getting married tomorrow. Liar.
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  Speaker 7: Liar.
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  Speaker 2: You haven't got a daughter. Wife, yes, but a daughter...
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  Speaker 2: You're wrong. You don't remember Linda. She was away at school.
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  Speaker 7: You lied me into prison and now you're lying.
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  Speaker 8: My mother is dead. My daughter is getting married tomorrow.
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  Speaker 8: She and her husband will leave on their honeymoon right away.
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  Speaker 8: After she's gone, you can.
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  Speaker 7: Have my life.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to it. But please... You're.
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  Speaker 7: Bluffing, but it won't work. I'm going to count to
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  Speaker 7: three and shoot. Have your gun if you want.
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  Speaker 2: No, Johnny, listen. You've got to understand an outlay, Ferris.
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  Speaker 2: Something I must do. Three, I'll... Dad, I....
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  Speaker 9: I didn't know you were busy.
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  Speaker 2: It's all right, Linda.
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  Speaker 1: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Ames was just showing me a new gun that he... Oh,
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  Speaker 2: excuse me, Mr. Ames. I'd like to present my daughter, Linda. I... I...
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  Speaker 2: How do you do? You must be Johnny, Ames.
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  Speaker 7: Dad's told me lots about you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes? Lots of nice things. Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: I'll bet they were nice.
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  Speaker 2: Why, you.
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  Speaker 7: You don't seem to.
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  Speaker 2: Well, welcome home anyway, Johnny. Welcome home to Sorrento.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks. Dad, I wanted to tell you I finished buying
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  Speaker 7: everything I need for the wedding and.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I thought perhaps you'd be ready to walk home
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  Speaker 6: and I could help.
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  Speaker 2: No, don't bother waiting, Linda. Bill Macy will walk home
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  Speaker 2: with me as he usually does.
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  Speaker 7: All right, and I'll run along.
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  Speaker 2: Linda. Yes, Dad? Are you sure that you... I mean,
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  Speaker 2: a wedding is what you want, isn't it? You'll be
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  Speaker 2: happy with.
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  Speaker 2: Dad, what a silly question to ask a girl who's
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  Speaker 2: about to be married. I... Of course I'll be happy.
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  Speaker 2: Thank heaven. I just wanted to be sure. I'll see
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  Speaker 2: you at home, Linda. Don't forget. Supper at the usual time.
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  Speaker 9: I'm looking forward to it. My last meal at home.
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  Speaker 2: Goodbye, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: James.
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  Speaker 2: Goodbye.
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  Speaker 7: Who's the man you thought I was going to marry, Stratton?
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  Speaker 2: Dougal. Forrest Dougal. You must remember him.
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  Speaker 7: Forrest Dougal. You mean Matt Dougal's son?
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  Speaker 2: That's right. He and Linda have known each other ever
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  Speaker 2: since they were.
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  Speaker 7: If that's true, you're a bigger crook than I thought
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  Speaker 7: you were. You're selling her. Selling your own daughter just
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  Speaker 7: like you sold me. Oh, I'm not. Matt Dougal is
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  Speaker 7: a scum of the earth. Force is no better. Matt,
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  Speaker 7: with his big diamond-ass spread, has been trying for years
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  Speaker 7: to take over everything in the valley.
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  Speaker 2: He already owns most of the town.
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  Speaker 7: It's Dougal's mercantile store, Dougal's livery, Dougal's cafe, and Dougal's bank.
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  Speaker 2: He owns this. He owns you. That's not true.
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  Speaker 7: And now you're selling your daughter to save your own
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  Speaker 7: worthless skin. Just like you sold me.
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  Speaker 2: You're wrong.
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  Speaker 8: Matt Dougal doesn't control this bank anymore.
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  Speaker 2: It's mine.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: And as for Linda marrying Foss, she loves him. Didn't
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  Speaker 8: you hear her say that just a minute ago? Sure,
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  Speaker 8: I heard what she said. And I saw it was
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  Speaker 8: in her eyes, too. She's lying to help you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I can't believe that. Can't you see it? You
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  Speaker 2: misbegotten lowdown... I'm afraid I can't.
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  Speaker 7: It's none of my business. We're wasting time. I'll give
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  Speaker 7: you that day you're asking for, Stratton. Will you? But
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  Speaker 7: one day.
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  Speaker 2: Is all.
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  Speaker 7: I'll be watching you every second. If you try a
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  Speaker 7: double cross, tip to the law. So help me, I'll
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  Speaker 7: cut you down like the sneaking coyote you are.
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  Speaker 2: I won't double cross you, Johnny. Tomorrow night after the wedding,
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  Speaker 2: my life is yours. I give you my oath. Thanks.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you, daughter.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going over to the bull's head and have a drink.
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  Speaker 4: In the meantime, the Lone Ranger and Tonto had reined
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  Speaker 4: their horses to a halt on a back trail not
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  Speaker 4: far from Sorrento.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, hello. Hello, hello.
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  Speaker 5: Better make camp here, Tonto. We'll lay in some fresh supplies.
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  Speaker 5: Right there, Silver.
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  Speaker 2: You ride on into town, I'll wait here, huh?
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  Speaker 7: Ah.
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  Speaker 5: You better ask about the trails leading south from Sorrento.
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  Speaker 5: A lot of heavy rains lately. Oh. Who me ask
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  Speaker 5: about trails? Wranglers or cow punchers generally know those things.
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  Speaker 5: Try one of the cafes. I think the biggest one
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  Speaker 5: in Sorrento is called the Bull's Head.
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  Speaker 1: Ah.
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  Speaker 2: Me do it. Hurry back. I'll make camp and have
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  Speaker 2: a fire going. In a month's count. Why, sure, Ingen.
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  Speaker 2: Almost any of.
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  Speaker 1: Those trails to the south are in good shape now.
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  Speaker 9: Thanks.
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  Speaker 2: Give me a drink, bartender.
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  Speaker 7: A stiff one.
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  Speaker 2: Say, ain't you Johnny Ames? What of it? Does that
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  Speaker 2: mean I can't buy a drink? No, no, of course not.
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  Speaker 1: It's just that false doodle standing back there at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the bar.
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  Speaker 2: Told me to be on the lookout for Johnny Ames.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, look who walked in.
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  Speaker 2: It's Johnny Ames. Thought he was in prison. Ex-convict. Bank robber. Jailbird.
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  Speaker 2: Who said that? Which one of you means a cow poster? Oh.
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  Speaker 2: I might have known it. You're all diamond-esque punches on
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  Speaker 2: Matt Dougal's payroll. And ready to do any.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe the boys are a little loose with their talk,
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  Speaker 6: but that's because I've been buying drinks for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: What I said goes for you too, Foster. It's sort
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  Speaker 2: of a celebration. I'm getting married tomorrow. I know all
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  Speaker 2: about it. I even met the future bride.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sorry for her.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of proud of you, ain't you?
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  Speaker 6: My pa figured maybe you'd be drifting into town, so
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  Speaker 6: he gave me a message for you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Listen, Foster.
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  Speaker 7: I lived in this valley for six years before I
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  Speaker 7: was railroaded into prison. During that time, I never saw
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  Speaker 7: your father. I don't know what he looks like, and
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  Speaker 7: I don't want to find out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Pete, Red, close in on him. All right.
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  Speaker 7: Gun trap, huh? Three to one.
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  Speaker 2: All right, you buzzards. Shot blast. Out of my way, engine.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to... No.
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  Speaker 4: Three to one, not fair fight.
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  Speaker 2: What the... The red skin tripped me. Kill him, boys.
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  Speaker 2: Gun both of them. Hit the blower. Lead's going to fly.
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  Speaker 2: You dirty... That's it.
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  Speaker 1: You win, then.
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  Speaker 3: Keep shooting.
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  Speaker 2: Here. Get your back apart. Thanks, Hitchin, for siding me.
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  Speaker 2: But they... Door back there. Take it away. Slugging my leg.
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  Speaker 2: Don't think I can make it. Get you to my
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  Speaker 2: horse outside. Hitchin, Hitchin's got him back at the bar.
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: They're heading for the door. I can't. A horse here.
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  Speaker 2: Put you in the saddle. We ride double.
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  Speaker 3: Get him up, Scout.
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  Speaker 9: Paul, what's the matter with you?
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: Here comes the sheriff, Ed Craig. See what's wrong. Leading
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  Speaker 2: as usual. Hey, hey, hey.
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  Speaker 9: What's all this gunplay?
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  Speaker 2: Johnny Ames. He and a redskin just hightailed it. Headed
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: for the East Trail. Ames? You mean the fellow that
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: robbed the bank a few years back?
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  Speaker 10: That's right, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 6: Paul had told me to be on the lookout for Ames.
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  Speaker 6: He walked in the bull's head a few minutes ago.
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  Speaker 6: I told him Paul wanted to see him. Pulled out
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  Speaker 6: his gun and started shooting.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt about it, Ed. That boy's a dangerous outlaw,
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: and the Redskin's working with him. Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 10: Well, I didn't live here when Ames robbed the bank,
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  Speaker 10: so I don't know the critter. But I've heard enough
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  Speaker 10: about him. Your boss told me.
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  Speaker 6: He ought to be hogtied and sent back to prison.
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  Speaker 2: That's where he belongs. All I did was to tell him... Oh, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you say him and an Indian took the East Trail?
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  Speaker 2: That's where they headed.
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  Speaker 10: Well, I guess I'll saddle up and see if I
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  Speaker 10: can cut sign on that young fella.
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  Speaker 2: What happened? Who's riding with you? A gang in cafe.
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  Speaker 2: Had to kill this fella. Need help him get away.
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  Speaker 7: Good.
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  Speaker 2: Let's lift him over to that blanket by the fire. There. What? Mask.
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  Speaker 2: Where am I? I thought I brought you to our camp. Well,
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: I still you've got a nasty wound in your back.
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  Speaker 2: That came a subbie. Hope he's come plenty fast. Maybe
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: somebody trailed us. Yeah. I've got to get out. No,
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  Speaker 2: stay where you are.
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  Speaker 5: I'll take care of whoever's followed you here.
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  Speaker 4: The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone
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  Speaker 4: Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us
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  Speaker 4: to pause for just a few moments.
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  Speaker 3: THE END Now to continue our story. Tonto has rescued
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  Speaker 3: Johnny Ames from an unequal gunfight in the Bull's Head Cafe.
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  Speaker 3: They rode to the Lone Ranger's camp.
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  Speaker 4: While the masked man and Tonto were preparing to give
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  Speaker 4: first aid to the badly wounded Johnny, they.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: Heard hoofbeats approaching. A big crowd in cafe. See me help,
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  Speaker 2: young fella. Maybe somebody follow us. Yeah. Eight to five,
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  Speaker 2: it's for us, Dougal. Some of the Diamond S crew.
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  Speaker 5: You lie still and keep quiet. Either you or Tonto
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  Speaker 5: can be seen back at this underbrush.
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  Speaker 2: Understand, Tonto? Yes, sir. Whoa, whoa, boy. Over there. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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  Speaker 2: Looking for somebody? Well, I'll be... May I ask? So
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: you're Johnny Ames? No, I'm not. There's no use lying
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  Speaker 2: about it, Johnny. Of course, Dougal told me what happened,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm not out here to arrest anybody. You aren't?
• 17:42
  Speaker 10: No, I just wanted to give you a little tip.
• 17:45
  Speaker 10: Might make things easier for you. You're going to stay
• 17:47
  Speaker 10: around Sorrento.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Is that so? What's the tip, Sheriff? Go out and
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: talk to Matt Dougal like Forrest told you to. Matt Dougal?
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: You mean the man who owns the diamond dust ranch?
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: As if you didn't know. Now look here, Johnny. My
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: name is Craig.
• 18:04
  Speaker 7: Ed Craig.
• 18:05
  Speaker 10: I didn't have this sheriffing job when you got into
• 18:07
  Speaker 10: trouble five years ago. But I don't want any new
• 18:11
  Speaker 10: trouble now.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: I won't cause any trouble, Sheriff. I promise you that.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: Good boy. Matt Dougal must be a pretty powerful man.
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: When a lawman delivers messages for him.
• 18:21
  Speaker 10: Well, sure he's powerful. Even against opposition like George Stratton
• 18:25
  Speaker 10: at the bank.
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: Not so?
• 18:26
  Speaker 10: George has been trying to help the little ranchers for years.
• 18:30
  Speaker 10: But they haven't got a chance. Not against Matt Dougal.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: I see.
• 18:34
  Speaker 10: So if Dougal sends for you, and you want to
• 18:37
  Speaker 10: stay in Sorrento Valley, you better go out.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: And see him. All right, Sheriff. I believe I will. Good.
• 18:44
  Speaker 10: That's a load off my mind. You don't have to
• 18:47
  Speaker 10: wear that mask, Johnny. We know who you are. Well,
• 18:52
  Speaker 10: drop in and see me when you get back from
• 18:53
  Speaker 10: Diamond Edge.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: Thanks. I might do that. And I'll see you later.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Get up there. Go on.
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: Well, Johnny, the sheriff mistook me for you. All he
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: wanted to do was deliver a message. He advises you
• 19:15
  Speaker 5: to go to the Diamond S and see Matt Dougal.
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: See Matt Dougal? That's the last thing I'll ever do.
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: He and George Stratton have got this whole valley under control.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: I still... I thought there were bandits at war for you. Ah,
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: he knew it. And while he's doing that, you can
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: tell me what this is all about. Why should I?
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: Oh, you mean when I've launched to another?
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: Maybe. All right.
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: I will tell you. I just got out of territorial prison.
• 19:44
  Speaker 7: Five years. Worked for a couple of months in a
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: ranch up north. Not enough to buy a horse and
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: a gun. And I came home today.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Is Sorrento your home? Used to be.
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: Till that buzzard George Stratton framed me into prison for
• 19:58
  Speaker 7: robbing his bank.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: That's the only reason I came back. Why?
• 20:04
  Speaker 7: Killed Stratton.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: What else?
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: But before you could find him, you and Matt Dougal's
• 20:09
  Speaker 5: son got into a gunfight.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: Is that it?
• 20:11
  Speaker 7: No, I saw Stratton. But he crawfished. Begged for one
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: more day to live. Like a fool, I agreed.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: I see.
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: His daughter's getting married tomorrow. Marrying that skunk, Foss Dougal.
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: He wanted to be sure she'd be taken care of before...
• 20:28
  Speaker 7: I can understand that. You would understand it better if
• 20:32
  Speaker 7: you knew him. He's selling her. That's what he's doing.
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: I'll bet money that the only reason that girl Linda's
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: getting married to Foss is to try to help her father.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: Oh?
• 20:42
  Speaker 7: And he's so dumb he can't see it. He doesn't
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: know what's going on.
• 20:46
  Speaker 5: You said George Stratton framed you in the prison. How
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: did that happen?
• 20:50
  Speaker 7: Oh, it was easy. Because nobody would believe I was
• 20:53
  Speaker 7: telling the truth.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: How did it happen?
• 20:56
  Speaker 7: Well, five years ago, I had a little place here
• 20:59
  Speaker 7: in the valley. My own ranch over in the slope. Well,
• 21:02
  Speaker 7: a lot of us are ranchers then. Before the Diamond
• 21:05
  Speaker 7: S got big and started to grab everything.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: So what?
• 21:09
  Speaker 7: First thing we knew, almost everything belonged to Matt Dougal. Mercantile,
• 21:14
  Speaker 7: the livery.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: And he bought the bank. And George Stratton run.
• 21:18
  Speaker 7: It for him.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: There's no law against that?
• 21:20
  Speaker 7: No, it was legal enough. Legal robbery.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: What do you mean? At first, all the little.
• 21:27
  Speaker 7: Ranches were local enough to think the bank wanted to
• 21:29
  Speaker 7: help us. We mortgaged our places to buy new stock
• 21:33
  Speaker 7: and improve our land.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: I see.
• 21:35
  Speaker 7: Then the first payment that was missed, the bank began
• 21:38
  Speaker 7: to take over. We had a big meeting about it
• 21:42
  Speaker 7: one night in the schoolhouse. Bill Macy was doing the talking.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: All you gents know why we're here.
• 21:53
  Speaker 11: Last year, each one of us borrowed money from the
• 21:55
  Speaker 11: Sorrento Bank. Now, after a spell of dry weather and
• 21:58
  Speaker 11: no payments on the mortgages, we're going to.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Lose our range. I thought maybe if Mr.
• 22:04
  Speaker 11: Stratton saw us all together, he might understand our side
• 22:07
  Speaker 11: of the story a little better.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: So I've asked him to come over. What do you say, Mr. Stratton?
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: Believe me, gentlemen, I'm honored to be here. But there's
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: very little I can say.
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: Why not?
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Because the money I loaned you wasn't mine personally. I
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: don't own the bank. I merely operated for the owner.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: You're lying.
• 22:30
  Speaker 9: The rest of you want to sit here and listen
• 22:31
  Speaker 9: to them?
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: I'm going home.
• 22:34
  Speaker 9: I was.
• 22:41
  Speaker 7: So mad.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: I walked out on the meet and went down to
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: the Bull's Head Cafe.
• 22:46
  Speaker 7: I hung around there for about an hour and headed
• 22:48
  Speaker 7: for home. My horse was tied to a hitch rack
• 22:52
  Speaker 7: at the end of the street. To get there, I
• 22:53
  Speaker 7: had to pass the bank. Saw the front door standing open.
• 22:58
  Speaker 7: Next minute, a lot of gunfire broke loose inside.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: What the... Hey, what's going on in here?
• 23:10
  Speaker 7: It's so dark, I can't see.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: Mr. Stratton, you back there? Hold up.
• 23:17
  Speaker 9: I came down to do some work on the books.
• 23:20
  Speaker 9: A man with a mask over his face lost his way.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Say, what's this all about? I heard the gunfire and...
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: How much did the cook get away with, Mr. Stratton?
• 23:26
  Speaker 8: Say, for standing open. He took all the cash. Johnny Ames,
• 23:29
  Speaker 8: what are you doing here? It's a man about his size,
• 23:32
  Speaker 8: with a mask.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute. I didn't hold up any bank.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: I was walking past here. I heard the gunfire... Spread out, boys.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: There's a bank robber loose in this town. We'll nail him.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Watch all the horses at the hitch racks. You might
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: try to grab one.
• 23:43
  Speaker 12: All right.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: Did you have a gun, Mr. Stratton? Who was doing
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: all the shooting? He was.
• 23:47
  Speaker 8: He was shooting at me. I yelled and ran out
• 23:49
  Speaker 8: the back door. He must have come out this way.
• 23:52
  Speaker 8: Nobody got past me. I walked in when I heard
• 23:55
  Speaker 8: you yell.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: I don't see how a gunslinger could have.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: Hey, look at this.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: Look what we found in the saddlebags on Johnny Ames' horse.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: What is it? One of the canvas money sacks from
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: the same. Yeah, and there's still a few gold pieces
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: in it, but not much. What did you do with
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: the rest of it, Johnny?
• 24:07
  Speaker 7: Stolen cash in my saddlebags.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: It's impossible. This is proof of it right here. So
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: you're the master. Sure it was Johnny Ames. I heard
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: him at the schoolhouse meeting tonight. That's a lie. I
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: didn't hold up the bank. You're all local.
• 24:19
  Speaker 9: How come you got those money?
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: We're not so local we're going to miss turning you
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: over to the sheriff. Come on, Johnny.
• 24:25
  Speaker 12: You can do your explaining in jail. That's all there
• 24:34
  Speaker 12: was to it. I had a trial, but nobody would
• 24:38
  Speaker 12: believe me.
• 24:40
  Speaker 7: I was sent up to territorial for five years.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: I see. Who did rob the bank that night? Do
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: you know?
• 24:47
  Speaker 7: No. The only thing I know is that it was
• 24:51
  Speaker 7: George Stratton's story that convicted me. So I came back
• 24:55
  Speaker 7: home to.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Commit murder.
• 24:58
  Speaker 7: Get even.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: That's what I call it. How about this man, Matt Dougal,
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: who owns a Diamond S?
• 25:03
  Speaker 7: I think he was in on the frame-up. But I
• 25:05
  Speaker 7: don't know how or why.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: But you don't want to see him, talk to him?
• 25:10
  Speaker 7: All I want to do is put a bullet in
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: that double-crossing George Stratton. I'm going to.
• 25:15
  Speaker 5: Do nothing until Toto finishes probing for that lead slug
• 25:18
  Speaker 5: in your back.
• 25:19
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: I guess maybe I'd better. And you won't be able
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: to ride a horse for several hours. Maybe not until tomorrow.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: You wait here. Toto will take care of you.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: Wait?
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: What do you mean, stranger?
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: I'm going to the Diamondess Ranch and talk to Matt Dougal.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: What kind of a harebrained fool are you, starting a
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: gunfight without Johnny Ames? Didn't I tell you to keep.
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: I told you what happened, Paul. He wouldn't listen when
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: I told him you wanted to see him. He reached
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: for his gun, so Pete and Red and I.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: I don't believe it. Pete, Red, all of you are
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: gun crazy. When I give orders, I expect to be obeyed.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Shut up. I wouldn't listen to any more out of eyes.
• 26:13
  Speaker 13: What chance have I got to get Ames out here?
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: I told you I had Craig found him in a
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: camp east of town. Ames and the Redskin. Ed said
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: Johnny was coming out. I doubt it. After the way
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: you bungled it. Somebody riding up outside. See who it.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Is.
• 26:30
  Speaker 9: I can't tell here from the window. Big hombre getting
• 26:33
  Speaker 9: off a white horse.
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: Ames. Must be him. Get out of here.
• 26:37
  Speaker 13: I don't want him to see you when he walks in.
• 26:40
  Speaker 13: All right, I'll go out and do it. No, through
• 26:41
  Speaker 13: the back door.
• 26:44
  Speaker 9: I'll be down in the bunkhouse with the boys.
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute. Get Red and Pete. Come back and
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: wait on the porch.
• 26:51
  Speaker 13: I'll call you if Amos gets hard to handle.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: You savvy? Sure, Paul. Then get out of here quick.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Come in.
• 27:01
  Speaker 9: I'm looking for Mr.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: Dougal. Matt Dougal.
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: You talking to him?
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: You on him? Good. Sit down, sit down. You might
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: as well take off that mask. I know who you are.
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: You know me.
• 27:22
  Speaker 7: Me?
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: Oh, I guess this is the first time we really met.
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: Yes, I'm sure it is. What did you want to
• 27:31
  Speaker 5: see me about?
• 27:32
  Speaker 13: Several things. First, would you mind putting those guns of
• 27:37
  Speaker 13: yours on the table? They make me nervous where they are.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: I'd rather keep them. Hmm.
• 27:45
  Speaker 13: You might as well know this now, Ames. There are
• 27:48
  Speaker 13: three men on the side porch who have you covered.
• 27:52
  Speaker 13: One word from me and they start slinging lead. Yes, sir?
• 27:56
  Speaker 13: Let's be sensible. Do I have to use persuasion? That's
• 28:02
  Speaker 13: up to you.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: All right. You asked for it. Has the Lone Ranger
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: walked into a gun trap? Can he escape? Listen to our.
• 28:17
  Speaker 4: Next broadcast for the action-packed climax of The Masked Man's
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: latest adventure.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: The Masked Man.
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: Thank you. The End.
• 29:40
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• 29:44
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• 29:52
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• 30:13
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