The Lone Ranger 38-02-18 (0790) Panamint Nash's Problems - Harold's Old Time Radio

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[00:21]
A
A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high. O Silver.
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B
The Lone Range. There's sa. It's.
[02:02]
A
Come back through the years and return with us to the wild and untamed west of Old Thrill. Once again to another exciting story of the phantom figure of the plains who rode in the cause of justice. Listen to those silver shod hoofs as they charge down the hard packed road beds of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again.
[02:19]
B
Come on, Tiller, old boy. That's it, old fellow. We're meeting on the trail ahead. I o tail.
[02:39]
A
The Lone Ranger had made a long and tiring trip. His horse Silver was in need of water. And so when the masked man neared the town of Needlepoint and came within the sight of Amy Holcomb's home, he paused to remove his mask and disguise his face.
[02:52]
B
Thus prepared, he approached the the house.
[02:55]
A
As our dramatic story begins, we hear him in conversation with Amy Holcomb.
[02:59]
C
I'll ride on as soon as my horse is watered.
[03:01]
D
So you don't need to spend the night around town nowhere.
[03:03]
C
No.
[03:04]
D
Well, I won't ask no more questions. Take the l I've asked a plenty and that's the first one I got an answer to. Serves me right for being a curious old busybody. By the way, I don't suppose you heard of the Nashes, have you?
[03:17]
C
I don't think so.
[03:17]
D
I forgot. You're a stranger. There's Panamint Nash and Lindy. She's his daughter.
[03:23]
C
I haven't heard of them.
[03:24]
D
There's a whole tribe of the Nash folk, but Panamint's the main one. He's the most ornery cuss that ever drawed a breath. Oh, I was going to tell you not to bother to ask him for no water. He wouldn't give it to you.
[03:35]
C
He wouldn't?
[03:35]
B
Nope.
[03:36]
D
Like as not. Your past? His place, it's just around the bends. Panamint is crippled, he is. Can't walk a step.
[03:42]
C
That's too bad.
[03:43]
D
It's his twisted soul that done it. It's fitting punishment for a man that ain't never lived as a white man should. He ain't no use for needlepoint. Folks won't let none of his people associate with us. Old critter thinks we ain't good enough for his breed.
[03:58]
C
Are there many people in his family?
[04:00]
D
Sakes alive, yes. Reckon there was four or five Nash men, and they all married and had families. And old Panamint, he's the boss of the lot. They all live in the Bend country. Of the whole kitten caboodle. Of them, Linda's the only one that's worth her salt.
[04:15]
C
What has Panama done that makes him so disliked?
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D
Ain't what he's done, stranger, it's what he ain't done.
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B
No.
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D
Keeping all his people close by him there. Never letting none of them come around here. Won't even let any of us folks go there. That's how cussed mean he is.
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C
Say, I heard of a man around Needlepoint.
[04:33]
D
Wait, let me tell you. Here's what Panama done. There was a young cowboy rid over to the Bend to see Lindy and Panamint shot him. That pow poison mean he is. Lynne did make a man a fine wife but she don't have no chance to get off her not living with old Panamint.
[04:51]
C
Did the cowboy live?
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D
Yep, but he'll have a stiff arm for the rest of his life. Now what was you asking about?
[04:58]
C
A man named Frawley.
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B
Bob Frawley.
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D
Bob Frawley, my sake. Do you know him? He's our sheriff here at Needlepoints.
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B
Is he?
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D
Sure thing.
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C
Isn't he rather young to be a sheriff?
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D
Young, but dead earnest about it.
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C
Is he well liked?
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D
Yes, that's how he got to get the job. But say, hold on, who are you? Why by juniper, you ain't the one Bob's looking for, are you?
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C
Me?
[05:24]
D
By thunder, I bet you are. You're the man that shot Bob's Paul.
[05:27]
C
You're mistaken.
[05:28]
D
Well, maybe so. You don't look or act like a killer. But why did you ask about Bob?
[05:34]
C
I'd heard of him, that's all.
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D
Main reason he wanted the sheriff's job so bad is because he figured it might help him to locate the man he'd give his life to get.
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C
The man who killed his father.
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D
Yeah, old man Crawley was dry gulched. Some outlaw done it when Bob was just a younker and his ma told him about it when he got older. Bob's vowed to get that man and put a soft nosed slug in him just like what his paw got. Look, there's horsemen coming this way. Wonder who they are.
[06:02]
C
Here's Hilbert.
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D
Hey, are you leaving now? Yes, but hold on a minute. That looks like Sheriff Bob on one of them hosses. Some lady riding with him.
[06:10]
B
Yep.
[06:11]
C
Thanks for what you told me.
[06:12]
D
Fix the light. Hold on, stranger. If that ain't Lindy Nash that's riding with Sheriff Frawley, I'm plum loco I.
[06:18]
C
May see you again.
[06:19]
D
Say, mister, tell them two to come around here and call on the old woman, will ya? They're cutting off to the south. Like they didn't want me to see them.
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E
My sakes alive. He called that host Silver.
[06:41]
F
I wonder.
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D
Doggone, it can't be Silver.
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B
I wonder.
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E
Look at that horse riding away from our Holcomb's place. Bob, you ever see the like of it?
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F
That's as fine a piece of horseplace as I ever seen, Linda.
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E
I hope we cut away from her house before she recognized us.
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F
Oh, drat it, Linda. Why we gotta be secret about seeing one another?
[07:14]
E
You know, by Bob, you know how Pa feels about all the needlepoint folks.
[07:18]
F
I know, but just the same, he.
[07:20]
E
Knowed you and I was meeting each other. There's no telling what he'd do.
[07:23]
F
Likely try to shoot me. Linda, why don't you let me call on you?
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E
No, Bob, no. You've got to promise not to.
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F
I bet if you'd let me call on the old fire eater and talk the thing out, I'd get him to say we could be married.
[07:36]
E
No, not yet, Bob. Maybe someday, but not now.
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F
Blast it.
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E
You know Pa's ideas. He's vowed that none of the nurses will ever leave the bed.
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F
What's his crazy idea anyhow? What's he got agin the needle point for?
[07:49]
E
I don't know, Bob, but. But if he ever found out I was seeing you, there's no telling what he'd do he'd like to take a horse with.
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F
I'd like to see him try it.
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E
He's just as set in his ways as you are in yours. Now, I've got to go. You better turn back here. We're getting into the bend country.
[08:04]
F
If it wasn't that, I'd pledge my maw to square accounts for poor.
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E
Don't say it, Bob.
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B
All right.
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E
There's one thing I never could understand about your vow, Bob.
[08:14]
F
I'd rather not talk about it.
[08:15]
E
Ruth. How will you know the killer when you find him?
[08:18]
F
I'll know him long ago.
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E
He wasn't much more than a baby when it happened.
[08:23]
F
I know I'll find him someday. Linda, he's still alive. I know he is. I'll find him. Years ago he went by the name of Wildcat. And someday I'll trace him down by that old nickname, Wildcat. Linda, what's the matter?
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E
Wildcat.
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F
Did you ever hear of him?
[08:41]
E
Tell me more about him, Bob.
[08:42]
F
Well, I don't know much about him, but someone I don't know who told Ma the killer's left handed and walks.
[08:48]
E
With a limp Left handed and called Wild King.
[08:52]
F
I've been investigating every left handed man I hear about. And someday, honey, I'll carry out one of my vows.
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E
One of them.
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F
The second one is to marry you.
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E
Oh, Baba, I gotta leave you here. You go back to neighborhood. I'm heading for the bin.
[09:08]
D
Get up.
[09:09]
E
Get up there.
[09:32]
A
When the Lone Ranger mounted his great horse Silver, he headed toward the bend. As he rode, he circled wide to avoid being seen by the girl and the sheriff who were headed for the same destination. When the ranger finally approached the Nash property several minutes after Linda had arrived, he replaced his mask.
[09:50]
B
Cautiously he approached.
[09:51]
A
The guard who was stationed on the outskirts of the property, quickly overpowered the man, tied him securely and left him where he was. Then the masked man went to Nash's home. It had been his intention to speak to old Panamint, but when he saw Linda enter the house, he stationed himself outside instead. Panamint Nash, for years crippled and chair ridden, greeted his daughter Linda and her companion, Morgan Nash, a distant relative.
[10:18]
B
Well, about time you got back, Lindy. What did you learn? Was it worth my while sending you into town?
[10:27]
E
I talked to the sheriff about it.
[10:29]
B
Any soon if most anything happens to have you talking to needlepoint folks and to have some information. What'd he say?
[10:39]
E
He told me that.
[10:40]
B
Well, go ahead. He tried a pib to me. You've been seen considerable of Bob Frawley, ain't you?
[10:49]
E
What?
[10:51]
B
You see, Lindy, I know what goes on around here even if I don't get around myself. Your cousin Morgan there told me about you two meeting.
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D
Morgan?
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A
You?
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F
Well, what are you gonna do about it, Lindy?
[11:04]
E
You're sneaking, Cody carrying tails. I hate the sight of you.
[11:08]
B
That'll do girl.
[11:08]
F
You needn't get so uppity.
[11:10]
B
Lindy, I said keep quiet. You see, I had a reason in sending you to talk to Bob Crawley. He'd tell you anything you wanted to know. And I reckon he did. He's still hunting for the man that killed his father, ain't he?
[11:28]
E
Yes, he is.
[11:29]
B
Well, go on, tell me some more.
[11:33]
E
You don't know the man's name.
[11:34]
B
Don't huh? What else did he tell you, Paul?
[11:39]
E
I can't tell you.
[11:39]
B
Oh, speak up now. Well send Morgan and a couple of the other boys to get him. I'd like it real, Bob. Paulie, if it wasn't for him, maybe Lindy would like me.
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D
I wouldn't marry you if he was.
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E
The last man alive.
[11:51]
B
Speak up now. What did Frawley say?
[11:54]
E
The only thing he knows about the man is he used to be called Wildcat.
[11:59]
B
Wildcat, huh? Go on.
[12:02]
E
That's awful.
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B
Go on.
[12:06]
E
He's a little lame and he's left handed.
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B
Left handed? I don't mean nothing. I'm left handed too.
[12:15]
E
But he said the man who shot his father was nicknamed Wallace.
[12:18]
B
Well what about it?
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E
That rifle hanging over the mantel has the name Wildcat carved on the sock.
[12:23]
B
I know it. What about it? Is.
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E
Is that your rifle?
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B
What if it is?
[12:29]
E
I couldn't believe it of your paw that you chewed a man from ambush. Bob Frawley's father was Dry Ghost.
[12:34]
B
He said I shot him Anyhow. If I did, what would you do about it?
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E
I don't know if that's what I'd do. I'd leave here forever.
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F
He's fixing to leave here someday anyhow. Uncle Pandamint.
[12:45]
B
That wouldn't surprise me none.
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E
He's not telling the truth Paul.
[12:48]
F
Oh yes I am. You're fixing to run off and marry that good for nothing sheriff.
[12:52]
E
He's not good for nothing. He's the best sheriff this county's ever seen.
[12:54]
F
You see Uncle Panamin? You see how she comes to his defense?
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B
Yeah. If she thinks enough about him she's likely to turn on me and try and tell him I'm the one shot his pa.
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E
I believe it.
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B
A new pa. Never mind Morgan. Yeah? We ain't gonna take no chances on her running away. No.
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F
Wouldn't be good sense to.
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E
What are you gonna do Morgan?
[13:19]
B
Take Lindy to her room, lock the door and bring the key to me.
[13:23]
E
You can't keep me a pleasanter.
[13:24]
B
You do it for the time being. Maybe when you're set free you won't be seeing no more of Tom Crawley. Come on Lindy.
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E
Let go me.
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F
Come on.
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B
Hurry up Morgan and get back here to me. I got something I want to speak to you about. I'll be right with you Uncle Panama.
[13:43]
E
You won't be sorry for this. I'll get rid of Bob rolling somehow. I'll leave you now to face himself in.
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B
He get here, fetch it back to me.
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F
He's locked in safe now.
[13:56]
B
Get out through the wind if we ain't careful. I'll tend to that.
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F
I'll have a couple of boys put some slats over the window so she can. You can't get out that way.
[14:04]
B
That's a good idea.
[14:05]
F
You want to see me about something else?
[14:08]
B
Yeah. You far enough removed to marry Lindy.
[14:12]
F
I'd sure enough like to a third cousin.
[14:15]
B
That'd be all right. Yeah.
[14:17]
F
Only she don't seem to care much about me. I'd make her a good husband though, Uncle Panamint. I'm a good steady man.
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B
That girl's all in the world I care about. I want to make sure there's someone to take care of when I'm gone.
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F
You can count on me.
[14:35]
B
I'll fetch you around. Our way of thinking I do it somehow. We can get along. Now into boarding up that window. That's all I wanted to see you about.
[15:01]
A
The curtain falls on the first act of tonight's thrilling Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.
[15:22]
B
Sam.
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A
Now to continue our story. You will recall that in the first act of tonight's Lone Ranger drama we learned that the crippled old Panamint Nash ruled his relatives from his invalid's chair with an iron hand. He did not permit strangers to enter Nash territory. Nor did he allow any members of the Nash family to become friendly with outsiders. The Lone Ranger learned that Linda Nash, Tahnamint's daughter, was interested in Bob Crawley in spite of her father's objections. Bob, sheriff of the county, had dedicated himself to one purpose in life. To get the man who had killed his father years before. As our story continues, we see the masked man pulling the great horse Silver to a stop in a small, well concealed camp. Tonto, his faithful Indian companion, comes out to meet him.
[17:05]
C
I learned quite a bit about this Nash affair.
[17:08]
B
Not good.
[17:08]
C
I think Bob Crawley is going to find the man who killed his father.
[17:11]
B
Who kill him?
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C
Crawley's never seen the inside of the Nash home. If he did, he'd find a rifle on the wall. A rifle with the name Wildcat carved in the stock.
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B
That name feller who killed Prolly?
[17:25]
C
Yes. And the rifle belongs to Panamint Nash.
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B
Oh.
[17:29]
C
Which makes a complication.
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A
Tado.
[17:31]
C
If Bob carries out his vow, it'll mean he'll have to kill the father of the girl he loves.
[17:36]
B
Then him lose girl, huh?
[17:38]
C
And if Bob probably doesn't marry Linda, the girl will live a life of misery.
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A
What happened, man?
[17:44]
C
She's planning to marry her to a third cousin. A man named Morgan. Him good feller. No, he isn't. He's a sneaky looking man. Old Panamint usually has his way. They'll be making plans for a wedding there. Tuttle. Panamint will push the thing ahead as fast as he can.
[18:02]
B
What we do?
[18:03]
C
I want you to get into his land and stay around the house. He might be able to get a job as cook there.
[18:09]
B
Oh, Me get work there?
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C
You'll have to be there to do certain things, Tato.
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A
What then?
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C
You'll have to tell Linda to wait and be patient. Tell her to let the plans for a wedding proceed.
[18:21]
B
Marry that feller?
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C
No, somehow I don't think the wedding will be performed. I have a few things to say to Panama Nash myself. Things he may not know.
[18:30]
B
What? That.
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C
You see, Kimasabi, Panaman doesn't realize that I know who used to be called Wildcat.
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B
Oh.
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C
I'll see you later when I come to the ranch to talk to Panaman.
[18:39]
B
Yep.
[19:07]
A
Santo spent 10 days at the ranch during which time he carefully noted everything he observed. And then when he'd gathered the information needed he met the Lone Ranger one evening and made his report. Told him everything that had happened concerning the wedding. We hear the ranger now as he walks across the porch and opens Panamint Nash's door.
[19:27]
B
What the.
[19:28]
C
I want to speak to you. Put down that gun.
[19:32]
B
You think them guns you're holding will stop me, huh? Well, they won't. Maybe you'll drill me before I breathe my last. I'll get you.
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C
Don't draw that trigger. I'm here to talk about the wedding.
[19:47]
B
The wedding?
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C
Yes.
[19:48]
B
What's the mask to do with wedding talk?
[19:51]
C
Lower the gun, Nash. The sheriff is looking for a man who used to be called Wildcat.
[19:57]
B
Learned. What about it?
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C
That rifle over the mantle belonged to Wildcat.
[20:01]
B
It did? What's more, that's the rifle that was used to kill old Frawley. Now what do you aim to do about it?
[20:10]
C
I know who Wildcat is. Do you?
[20:13]
B
Maybe I do. I ain't saying.
[20:16]
C
Very well. In case you don't, I'll tell you and I'll prove everything I say.
[20:37]
A
The Lone Ranger compelled the attention of Panamint Nash. And as the masked man spoke Panamant became more interested with each word he said. Nevertheless, the wedding plans went on as originally scheduled. On the eventful day, every member of the Nash family assembled around old Panaminth chair in the huge ranch house. Linda, dressed in her bridal gown, stood in the doorway to the immense central room with Tonto at her side.
[21:04]
B
You not worry but another hour and I'll be married that long, Tonto. Time plenty happened.
[21:13]
E
There's Pa waiting to speak to me.
[21:15]
B
In there and away from that door. Come into the room. I got things to say.
[21:23]
E
Poor you. You got that rifle off on the mountain, eh? What are you gonna do with it?
[21:29]
B
Maybe that Sheriff Critter will have nerve enough to come here and try and Stop the wedding.
[21:35]
E
He ain't gonna shoot him if he does. Oh, no.
[21:39]
B
You got your spunk back again, huh?
[21:41]
E
But this wasn't in the plans.
[21:42]
B
What plans? You've been meek as can be for the past week. I thought you'd lost all your spunk.
[21:49]
E
Oh, I ain't lost no spunk. I've been meek because I felt that no matter what you planned, the wedding wouldn't come off. That's why I agreed to everything you said. But if you plan to shoot Bob Frawley.
[21:59]
B
Oh, you're looking for him to come here.
[22:01]
E
I am in love with. You'll defy the whole pack of Nashes to keep me from marrying a man I hate. Oh, if you try to shoot Bob Foley, I'll stand before that gun. It's enough that you killed his father. You ain't gonna kill him too.
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B
No.
[22:14]
E
You grin about it. Oh, boy. I don't know why I don't hate and despise a man like you.
[22:20]
B
Don't you?
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E
I haven't so far. There is something that seems to tell me. I just won't believe you killed Bob's father till you confess it. But if you shoot Bob, I'll. Oh, Bob.
[22:34]
F
Well, Frawley, I heard about this wet.
[22:37]
E
Bob. Bob, look out. He's gonna use that rifle on you.
[22:40]
F
You better not.
[22:40]
B
You got a certain nerve to come here, Frawley.
[22:43]
F
All right, maybe I have. You better let me have that rifle.
[22:47]
B
Turn away from in front of me. I want to keep an eye on the door at the other end of the room.
[22:52]
E
For what?
[22:53]
B
Never mind, Raleigh. I didn't think you'd have the spunk to come here like this. You're the first needlepoint man to set foot inside this house.
[23:03]
F
And when I leave, Linda's leaving with. What's that on that rifle?
[23:08]
B
Huh?
[23:09]
F
Let me see that gun.
[23:10]
B
Stock. Ignore. Fair. Yours.
[23:12]
F
Let me see it. Who owns the rifle? Is that yours?
[23:15]
B
I ain't said so, Bob.
[23:16]
E
Listen, Bob, don't be hasty. That's an old rifle. It's been over the mantle ever since. I can manage.
[23:21]
B
Quiet, you. Sam, he cleared that door down there. I want to see who comes in.
[23:27]
E
I was seeing Bob, that.
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D
Bob.
[23:29]
B
Look, it ain't even loaded. I'll show you that it ain't. Where's the trigger?
[23:39]
E
It was loaded.
[23:40]
B
Hi. Morgan's been hit. What the.
[23:42]
F
You shot your nephew. Hit him right through the heart, Nash.
[23:47]
B
Good thing there wasn't anybody else coming through that door, ain't it?
[23:52]
F
You've killed a bridegroom, your own nephew. You don't seem a bit concerned. Say, I'd like to know if that was an accident or on purpose.
[24:00]
B
Save your wind.
[24:01]
F
But I'd like to know this here gun.
[24:04]
B
See that wildcat on the gun stock? Yes. That's the gun that killed your pa.
[24:10]
F
Did you shoot him? If you did, Panama Nash. I'll put a bullet right between your eyes. I'll show you.
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A
No.
[24:16]
B
No, Bob. Don't. Please.
[24:17]
E
He's my Bob.
[24:18]
F
I don't care who he is. My father was dry gulched. Shot from behind a knife.
[24:23]
B
Let me talk. Your father and me was the best of friends.
[24:28]
F
I know it. I never dreamed that you'd be.
[24:31]
B
I was with your old man when he fell. The shot that killed your PA was aimed to kill me.
[24:38]
E
It was?
[24:39]
B
Yes. There wasn't no use me telling that before now. Nobody would believe it. You know that. I was with your PA when he failed you to come accusing me years ago. Just like you're doing now.
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F
Yeah.
[24:52]
B
Then it wasn't you, Pa. No, it wasn't. It was some one of the Nash men that fired that shot. And he wanted to get me. He wanted to kill me from a cad. You know who it was? I know now, but I didn't at the time. Who? Let me get to it in my own time, boy. I've got a story to tell.
[25:13]
E
Go on, Paul.
[25:14]
B
I swore at the time I'd get the critter that killed my best friend. The ordinary coyote that aimed to kill me. I was the only one in the whole Nash tribe that had any money. I left a will dividin it among em. Well, when I knowed one of them was gunning for me from the Royal. I figured to bring the whole pack of them here to live together just afore you was born. Lindy. It took time to round the whole tribe up, but I done it. I kept them broke. I give them orders and kept them orders followed out. I kept them all here where I could watch em.
[25:51]
F
Gosh.
[25:52]
B
I was hunting the same thing you was, Bob Crawley. I was hunting the killer of your father. Your old man knowed it was Wildcat who done the shooting. But he didn't talk to me. He wouldn't tell me who it was because he knowed it was one of my own family. He figured I'd side with my own flesh and blood if he told me.
[26:11]
F
Tell me who it is, Nash. I'll see your revenge carried out.
[26:14]
B
Ain't no need for that. The killer's already paid in full.
[26:19]
F
You mean he's gone?
[26:20]
B
He's Gone. Gone with the same gun he used to kill your pa? Yup.
[26:25]
F
You don't mean Morgan.
[26:26]
B
That's just who I mean. Morgan. That gun with Wildcat burned into the stock was Morgan's rifle.
[26:32]
E
But you was gonna have me marry him.
[26:33]
B
There's a different reason for that, honey. I know you cared a lot about Bob Frawley, but I didn't know how much he cared for you.
[26:40]
E
Then you never intended having the wedding go through?
[26:42]
B
I intended to stop it. Just as I done. When you come in after seeing Bob here and told me the name of the murderer was Wildcat, I knew right off who the killer was. So would Morgan. He stood right here in the room while you were telling me. But you didn't note his face. He was watching me too close.
[26:58]
E
But I thought you was the one, Pa, who gasped.
[27:01]
B
Morgan. He figured I didn't know he was gunning for me when he killed Frawley. That's why he weren't worried. You see, he threw the suspicion for the killing on me by telling your ma Bob that the killer was left handed and walked with a limp.
[27:13]
F
See here, Nash. Do you mean this whole wedding was just a put up job to deceive.
[27:18]
B
You, Ed Spunk enough to get the girl you loved before she married a man she didn't care for? I'm here all right. What are you gonna do about it?
[27:26]
F
I'm gonna marry Linda.
[27:28]
B
It's about time you talk like that. And you, Linda. It's about time you got some spunk back in you.
[27:33]
E
You know, Pa, I never did lose the spunk.
[27:35]
B
Well then you sure did a fine piece of actin these last few days. I was most broke up seeing how you kowtowed to everything I said.
[27:43]
E
Sure I did. Because the engine told me how to act. I wasn't worried a minute about having to marry Morgan Nash.
[27:48]
F
You reckon that must have been Tonto?
[27:50]
B
You know him?
[27:50]
F
I know his masked partner. It was him that come and told me to get here and get my girl.
[27:54]
B
Yeah, the masked man. I don't know who he is, but he seemed to know that things needed doing. And I think I was ready to shoot him for busting in on me like he done. It.
[29:40]
A
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Podcast Summary: "The Lone Ranger 38-02-18 (0790) Panamint Nash's Problems"

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Harolds Old Time Radio
Date: January 28, 2026
Original Broadcast: February 18, 1938

Episode Overview

This episode takes listeners back to the Wild West, where the Lone Ranger intervenes in a tangled drama involving love, old feuds, and a long-unresolved murder. The notorious Panamint Nash exerts tyrannical rule over his family, forbidding contact with the outside town of Needlepoint, and fueling rumors and resentments. Complicating matters are the forbidden romance between his daughter Linda Nash and Sheriff Bob Frawley, and the mystery of who killed Bob’s father years ago—a revenge vow that hangs heavy over them all. The Lone Ranger works behind the scenes to uncover the truth and bring peace to the divided families.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Setting the Scene: The Lone Ranger Arrives

[02:38–05:42]
The Lone Ranger, weary from travel, stops at Amy Holcomb’s home near Needlepoint to water his horse Silver. Amy warns him about the Nash family, especially Panamint, described as "the most ornery cuss that ever drawed a breath" and crippled, “his twisted soul that done it.” She reveals Nash’s isolationist attitude and tells the story of how he shot a young cowboy (now left permanently crippled) for visiting his daughter Lindy.
- Quote:
  - “Oh, I was going to tell you not to bother to ask him for no water. He wouldn't give it to you.” – Amy Holcomb, [03:23]
  - “It's his twisted soul that done it. It's fitting punishment for a man that ain't never lived as a white man should.” – Amy Holcomb, [03:43]

2. Sheriff Bob Frawley's Vow

[05:00–08:59]
The Lone Ranger learns that Bob Frawley, the young and earnest sheriff, is deeply motivated by the murder of his father. Bob seeks vengeance against a man known only by the nickname “Wildcat,” described as left-handed, limping, and an outlaw.
- Quote:
  - “Bob's vowed to get that man and put a soft nosed slug in him just like what his paw got.” – Amy Holcomb, [05:43]
  - “Years ago he went by the name of Wildcat. And someday I'll trace him down by that old nickname, Wildcat.” – Bob Frawley, [08:23]

3. Secret Love and Panamint's Tyranny

[07:06–09:01]
Linda Nash and Sheriff Bob meet secretly. Linda fears her father’s wrath should he discover their love.
- Quote:
  - “Why we gotta be secret about seeing one another?” – Bob, [07:09]
  - “You know Pa's ideas. He's vowed that none of the nurses will ever leave the Bend.” – Linda, [07:41]

4. Inside the Nash Stronghold: Schemes and Threats

[09:32–15:01]
Linda returns home, and Panamint confronts her about meeting Bob. He admits he sent her to gather information and scolds her for seeing Bob. Morgan, a cousin, betrays Linda, hoping to marry her.
- Panamint locks Linda away to prevent her running off, and preparations begin for an arranged marriage between Linda and Morgan.
- Quote:
  - “Take Lindy to her room, lock the door and bring the key to me.” – Panamint, [13:19]

5. The Lone Ranger’s Intervention

[17:05–18:36]
The Lone Ranger and Tonto discuss the family situation. The Ranger reasons that Bob will suffer if forced to avenge his father and lose Linda. He sends Tonto to infiltrate the Nash ranch and spread word to Linda to play along with Panamint’s arrangements.
- Quote:
  - “If Bob carries out his vow, it'll mean he'll have to kill the father of the girl he loves.” – Lone Ranger, [17:34]
  - “Tell her to let the plans for a wedding proceed...I have a few things to say to Panama Nash myself. Things he may not know.” – Lone Ranger, [18:14]

6. The Truth Comes Out & Justice Served

[19:26–26:58]
The wedding day arrives; tensions climb. The Lone Ranger confronts Panamint Nash, bringing up the “Wildcat” rifle and its connection to Bob’s father’s murder. During the supposed wedding, Morgan is shot (accidentally or as a result of his own violence), and Panamint reveals the truth:
- Panamint was not Bob’s father’s killer. Rather, he has been keeping his extended family close, knowing the real killer was among them. The killer and rifle belonged to Morgan, the intended groom, who tried to deflect suspicion onto Panamint.
- Linda and Bob’s love is vindicated, and Panamint gives his blessing.
- Quotes:
  - “I know who Wildcat is. Do you?” – Lone Ranger, [20:10]
  - “I was with your old man when he fell. The shot that killed your PA was aimed to kill me.” – Panamint, [24:30]
  - “The killer's already paid in full...Morgan. That gun with Wildcat burned into the stock was Morgan's rifle.” – Panamint, [26:18, 26:25]

7. Resolution and New Beginnings

[26:58–29:40] All misunderstandings are resolved. Panamint explains that the wedding was a ruse to flush out the true culprit and test Bob and Linda’s commitment. Tonto’s subtle coaching helped Linda keep faith, and the Lone Ranger’s intervention brought the truth to light.
- Quotes:
  - “You, Ed Spunk enough to get the girl you loved before she married a man she didn't care for? I'm here all right. What are you gonna do about it?” – Panamint, [27:17]
  - “You know, Pa, I never did lose the spunk.” – Linda, [27:33]
  - “It was him that come and told me to get here and get my girl.” – Bob, [27:50]
  - “Yeah, the masked man. I don't know who he is, but he seemed to know that things needed doing.” – Panamint, [27:54]

Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

Amy Holcomb’s Lively Gossip:
“It's his twisted soul that done it. It's fitting punishment for a man that ain't never lived as a white man should.” – Amy, [03:43]
Sheriff Bob’s Vow:
“Years ago he went by the name of Wildcat. And someday I'll trace him down by that old nickname, Wildcat.” – Bob, [08:23]
Linda Standing Up to Her Father:
“It's enough that you killed his father. You ain't gonna kill him too.” – Linda, [22:12]
Panamint’s True Motives Revealed:
“I kept them all here where I could watch em. I was hunting the same thing you was, Bob Crawley. I was hunting the killer of your father.” – Panamint, [25:51]
Lone Ranger’s Wisdom:
“If Bob carries out his vow, it'll mean he'll have to kill the father of the girl he loves.” – Lone Ranger, [17:34]

Important Timestamps

02:38–05:42 — Introduction to Nash family dynamics and Frawley’s mission
07:06–09:01 — Secret romance between Linda and Bob, and the weight of old promises
09:32–15:01 — Panamint’s plans and Linda's captivity
17:05–18:36 — Tonto sent undercover; the Lone Ranger prepares his move
19:26–21:04 — The wedding day gathering and confrontations begin
22:00–27:00 — Final showdown; truth revealed about the murder
27:27–29:40 — Reconciliation and future for Linda and Bob

Final Thoughts

This Lone Ranger episode is a quintessential Western melodrama, combining intrigue, romance, and frontier justice. With colorful dialogue and classic characters, it explores family loyalty, the destructive nature of vengeance, and the power of truth to set things right. Listeners experience suspense, a hint of humor, and a satisfying resolution with the Lone Ranger once again ensuring justice prevails.

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[00:21]
A
A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high. O Silver.
[00:25]
B
The Lone Range. There's sa. It's.
[02:02]
A
Come back through the years and return with us to the wild and untamed west of Old Thrill. Once again to another exciting story of the phantom figure of the plains who rode in the cause of justice. Listen to those silver shod hoofs as they charge down the hard packed road beds of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again.
[02:19]
B
Come on, Tiller, old boy. That's it, old fellow. We're meeting on the trail ahead. I o tail.
[02:39]
A
The Lone Ranger had made a long and tiring trip. His horse Silver was in need of water. And so when the masked man neared the town of Needlepoint and came within the sight of Amy Holcomb's home, he paused to remove his mask and disguise his face.
[02:52]
B
Thus prepared, he approached the the house.
[02:55]
A
As our dramatic story begins, we hear him in conversation with Amy Holcomb.
[02:59]
C
I'll ride on as soon as my horse is watered.
[03:01]
D
So you don't need to spend the night around town nowhere.
[03:03]
C
No.
[03:04]
D
Well, I won't ask no more questions. Take the l I've asked a plenty and that's the first one I got an answer to. Serves me right for being a curious old busybody. By the way, I don't suppose you heard of the Nashes, have you?
[03:17]
C
I don't think so.
[03:17]
D
I forgot. You're a stranger. There's Panamint Nash and Lindy. She's his daughter.
[03:23]
C
I haven't heard of them.
[03:24]
D
There's a whole tribe of the Nash folk, but Panamint's the main one. He's the most ornery cuss that ever drawed a breath. Oh, I was going to tell you not to bother to ask him for no water. He wouldn't give it to you.
[03:35]
C
He wouldn't?
[03:35]
B
Nope.
[03:36]
D
Like as not. Your past? His place, it's just around the bends. Panamint is crippled, he is. Can't walk a step.
[03:42]
C
That's too bad.
[03:43]
D
It's his twisted soul that done it. It's fitting punishment for a man that ain't never lived as a white man should. He ain't no use for needlepoint. Folks won't let none of his people associate with us. Old critter thinks we ain't good enough for his breed.
[03:58]
C
Are there many people in his family?
[04:00]
D
Sakes alive, yes. Reckon there was four or five Nash men, and they all married and had families. And old Panamint, he's the boss of the lot. They all live in the Bend country. Of the whole kitten caboodle. Of them, Linda's the only one that's worth her salt.
[04:15]
C
What has Panama done that makes him so disliked?
[04:17]
D
Ain't what he's done, stranger, it's what he ain't done.
[04:20]
B
No.
[04:21]
D
Keeping all his people close by him there. Never letting none of them come around here. Won't even let any of us folks go there. That's how cussed mean he is.
[04:31]
C
Say, I heard of a man around Needlepoint.
[04:33]
D
Wait, let me tell you. Here's what Panama done. There was a young cowboy rid over to the Bend to see Lindy and Panamint shot him. That pow poison mean he is. Lynne did make a man a fine wife but she don't have no chance to get off her not living with old Panamint.
[04:51]
C
Did the cowboy live?
[04:52]
D
Yep, but he'll have a stiff arm for the rest of his life. Now what was you asking about?
[04:58]
C
A man named Frawley.
[05:00]
B
Bob Frawley.
[05:01]
D
Bob Frawley, my sake. Do you know him? He's our sheriff here at Needlepoints.
[05:07]
B
Is he?
[05:08]
D
Sure thing.
[05:09]
C
Isn't he rather young to be a sheriff?
[05:10]
D
Young, but dead earnest about it.
[05:13]
C
Is he well liked?
[05:14]
D
Yes, that's how he got to get the job. But say, hold on, who are you? Why by juniper, you ain't the one Bob's looking for, are you?
[05:23]
C
Me?
[05:24]
D
By thunder, I bet you are. You're the man that shot Bob's Paul.
[05:27]
C
You're mistaken.
[05:28]
D
Well, maybe so. You don't look or act like a killer. But why did you ask about Bob?
[05:34]
C
I'd heard of him, that's all.
[05:35]
D
Main reason he wanted the sheriff's job so bad is because he figured it might help him to locate the man he'd give his life to get.
[05:42]
C
The man who killed his father.
[05:44]
D
Yeah, old man Crawley was dry gulched. Some outlaw done it when Bob was just a younker and his ma told him about it when he got older. Bob's vowed to get that man and put a soft nosed slug in him just like what his paw got. Look, there's horsemen coming this way. Wonder who they are.
[06:02]
C
Here's Hilbert.
[06:04]
D
Hey, are you leaving now? Yes, but hold on a minute. That looks like Sheriff Bob on one of them hosses. Some lady riding with him.
[06:10]
B
Yep.
[06:11]
C
Thanks for what you told me.
[06:12]
D
Fix the light. Hold on, stranger. If that ain't Lindy Nash that's riding with Sheriff Frawley, I'm plum loco I.
[06:18]
C
May see you again.
[06:19]
D
Say, mister, tell them two to come around here and call on the old woman, will ya? They're cutting off to the south. Like they didn't want me to see them.
[06:35]
E
My sakes alive. He called that host Silver.
[06:41]
F
I wonder.
[06:42]
D
Doggone, it can't be Silver.
[06:47]
B
I wonder.
[07:00]
E
Look at that horse riding away from our Holcomb's place. Bob, you ever see the like of it?
[07:04]
F
That's as fine a piece of horseplace as I ever seen, Linda.
[07:07]
E
I hope we cut away from her house before she recognized us.
[07:10]
F
Oh, drat it, Linda. Why we gotta be secret about seeing one another?
[07:14]
E
You know, by Bob, you know how Pa feels about all the needlepoint folks.
[07:18]
F
I know, but just the same, he.
[07:20]
E
Knowed you and I was meeting each other. There's no telling what he'd do.
[07:23]
F
Likely try to shoot me. Linda, why don't you let me call on you?
[07:28]
E
No, Bob, no. You've got to promise not to.
[07:31]
F
I bet if you'd let me call on the old fire eater and talk the thing out, I'd get him to say we could be married.
[07:36]
E
No, not yet, Bob. Maybe someday, but not now.
[07:40]
F
Blast it.
[07:41]
E
You know Pa's ideas. He's vowed that none of the nurses will ever leave the bed.
[07:45]
F
What's his crazy idea anyhow? What's he got agin the needle point for?
[07:49]
E
I don't know, Bob, but. But if he ever found out I was seeing you, there's no telling what he'd do he'd like to take a horse with.
[07:56]
F
I'd like to see him try it.
[07:57]
E
He's just as set in his ways as you are in yours. Now, I've got to go. You better turn back here. We're getting into the bend country.
[08:04]
F
If it wasn't that, I'd pledge my maw to square accounts for poor.
[08:07]
E
Don't say it, Bob.
[08:09]
B
All right.
[08:10]
E
There's one thing I never could understand about your vow, Bob.
[08:14]
F
I'd rather not talk about it.
[08:15]
E
Ruth. How will you know the killer when you find him?
[08:18]
F
I'll know him long ago.
[08:21]
E
He wasn't much more than a baby when it happened.
[08:23]
F
I know I'll find him someday. Linda, he's still alive. I know he is. I'll find him. Years ago he went by the name of Wildcat. And someday I'll trace him down by that old nickname, Wildcat. Linda, what's the matter?
[08:37]
E
Wildcat.
[08:39]
F
Did you ever hear of him?
[08:41]
E
Tell me more about him, Bob.
[08:42]
F
Well, I don't know much about him, but someone I don't know who told Ma the killer's left handed and walks.
[08:48]
E
With a limp Left handed and called Wild King.
[08:52]
F
I've been investigating every left handed man I hear about. And someday, honey, I'll carry out one of my vows.
[08:58]
E
One of them.
[08:59]
F
The second one is to marry you.
[09:02]
E
Oh, Baba, I gotta leave you here. You go back to neighborhood. I'm heading for the bin.
[09:08]
D
Get up.
[09:09]
E
Get up there.
[09:32]
A
When the Lone Ranger mounted his great horse Silver, he headed toward the bend. As he rode, he circled wide to avoid being seen by the girl and the sheriff who were headed for the same destination. When the ranger finally approached the Nash property several minutes after Linda had arrived, he replaced his mask.
[09:50]
B
Cautiously he approached.
[09:51]
A
The guard who was stationed on the outskirts of the property, quickly overpowered the man, tied him securely and left him where he was. Then the masked man went to Nash's home. It had been his intention to speak to old Panamint, but when he saw Linda enter the house, he stationed himself outside instead. Panamint Nash, for years crippled and chair ridden, greeted his daughter Linda and her companion, Morgan Nash, a distant relative.
[10:18]
B
Well, about time you got back, Lindy. What did you learn? Was it worth my while sending you into town?
[10:27]
E
I talked to the sheriff about it.
[10:29]
B
Any soon if most anything happens to have you talking to needlepoint folks and to have some information. What'd he say?
[10:39]
E
He told me that.
[10:40]
B
Well, go ahead. He tried a pib to me. You've been seen considerable of Bob Frawley, ain't you?
[10:49]
E
What?
[10:51]
B
You see, Lindy, I know what goes on around here even if I don't get around myself. Your cousin Morgan there told me about you two meeting.
[11:02]
D
Morgan?
[11:02]
A
You?
[11:02]
F
Well, what are you gonna do about it, Lindy?
[11:04]
E
You're sneaking, Cody carrying tails. I hate the sight of you.
[11:08]
B
That'll do girl.
[11:08]
F
You needn't get so uppity.
[11:10]
B
Lindy, I said keep quiet. You see, I had a reason in sending you to talk to Bob Crawley. He'd tell you anything you wanted to know. And I reckon he did. He's still hunting for the man that killed his father, ain't he?
[11:28]
E
Yes, he is.
[11:29]
B
Well, go on, tell me some more.
[11:33]
E
You don't know the man's name.
[11:34]
B
Don't huh? What else did he tell you, Paul?
[11:39]
E
I can't tell you.
[11:39]
B
Oh, speak up now. Well send Morgan and a couple of the other boys to get him. I'd like it real, Bob. Paulie, if it wasn't for him, maybe Lindy would like me.
[11:49]
D
I wouldn't marry you if he was.
[11:50]
E
The last man alive.
[11:51]
B
Speak up now. What did Frawley say?
[11:54]
E
The only thing he knows about the man is he used to be called Wildcat.
[11:59]
B
Wildcat, huh? Go on.
[12:02]
E
That's awful.
[12:03]
B
Go on.
[12:06]
E
He's a little lame and he's left handed.
[12:09]
B
Left handed? I don't mean nothing. I'm left handed too.
[12:15]
E
But he said the man who shot his father was nicknamed Wallace.
[12:18]
B
Well what about it?
[12:20]
E
That rifle hanging over the mantel has the name Wildcat carved on the sock.
[12:23]
B
I know it. What about it? Is.
[12:26]
E
Is that your rifle?
[12:28]
B
What if it is?
[12:29]
E
I couldn't believe it of your paw that you chewed a man from ambush. Bob Frawley's father was Dry Ghost.
[12:34]
B
He said I shot him Anyhow. If I did, what would you do about it?
[12:39]
E
I don't know if that's what I'd do. I'd leave here forever.
[12:42]
F
He's fixing to leave here someday anyhow. Uncle Pandamint.
[12:45]
B
That wouldn't surprise me none.
[12:46]
E
He's not telling the truth Paul.
[12:48]
F
Oh yes I am. You're fixing to run off and marry that good for nothing sheriff.
[12:52]
E
He's not good for nothing. He's the best sheriff this county's ever seen.
[12:54]
F
You see Uncle Panamin? You see how she comes to his defense?
[12:58]
B
Yeah. If she thinks enough about him she's likely to turn on me and try and tell him I'm the one shot his pa.
[13:07]
E
I believe it.
[13:08]
B
A new pa. Never mind Morgan. Yeah? We ain't gonna take no chances on her running away. No.
[13:16]
F
Wouldn't be good sense to.
[13:18]
E
What are you gonna do Morgan?
[13:19]
B
Take Lindy to her room, lock the door and bring the key to me.
[13:23]
E
You can't keep me a pleasanter.
[13:24]
B
You do it for the time being. Maybe when you're set free you won't be seeing no more of Tom Crawley. Come on Lindy.
[13:33]
E
Let go me.
[13:34]
F
Come on.
[13:35]
B
Hurry up Morgan and get back here to me. I got something I want to speak to you about. I'll be right with you Uncle Panama.
[13:43]
E
You won't be sorry for this. I'll get rid of Bob rolling somehow. I'll leave you now to face himself in.
[13:50]
B
He get here, fetch it back to me.
[13:53]
F
He's locked in safe now.
[13:56]
B
Get out through the wind if we ain't careful. I'll tend to that.
[13:59]
F
I'll have a couple of boys put some slats over the window so she can. You can't get out that way.
[14:04]
B
That's a good idea.
[14:05]
F
You want to see me about something else?
[14:08]
B
Yeah. You far enough removed to marry Lindy.
[14:12]
F
I'd sure enough like to a third cousin.
[14:15]
B
That'd be all right. Yeah.
[14:17]
F
Only she don't seem to care much about me. I'd make her a good husband though, Uncle Panamint. I'm a good steady man.
[14:25]
B
That girl's all in the world I care about. I want to make sure there's someone to take care of when I'm gone.
[14:32]
F
You can count on me.
[14:35]
B
I'll fetch you around. Our way of thinking I do it somehow. We can get along. Now into boarding up that window. That's all I wanted to see you about.
[15:01]
A
The curtain falls on the first act of tonight's thrilling Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.
[15:22]
B
Sam.
[16:14]
A
Now to continue our story. You will recall that in the first act of tonight's Lone Ranger drama we learned that the crippled old Panamint Nash ruled his relatives from his invalid's chair with an iron hand. He did not permit strangers to enter Nash territory. Nor did he allow any members of the Nash family to become friendly with outsiders. The Lone Ranger learned that Linda Nash, Tahnamint's daughter, was interested in Bob Crawley in spite of her father's objections. Bob, sheriff of the county, had dedicated himself to one purpose in life. To get the man who had killed his father years before. As our story continues, we see the masked man pulling the great horse Silver to a stop in a small, well concealed camp. Tonto, his faithful Indian companion, comes out to meet him.
[17:05]
C
I learned quite a bit about this Nash affair.
[17:08]
B
Not good.
[17:08]
C
I think Bob Crawley is going to find the man who killed his father.
[17:11]
B
Who kill him?
[17:13]
C
Crawley's never seen the inside of the Nash home. If he did, he'd find a rifle on the wall. A rifle with the name Wildcat carved in the stock.
[17:22]
B
That name feller who killed Prolly?
[17:25]
C
Yes. And the rifle belongs to Panamint Nash.
[17:28]
B
Oh.
[17:29]
C
Which makes a complication.
[17:30]
A
Tado.
[17:31]
C
If Bob carries out his vow, it'll mean he'll have to kill the father of the girl he loves.
[17:36]
B
Then him lose girl, huh?
[17:38]
C
And if Bob probably doesn't marry Linda, the girl will live a life of misery.
[17:43]
A
What happened, man?
[17:44]
C
She's planning to marry her to a third cousin. A man named Morgan. Him good feller. No, he isn't. He's a sneaky looking man. Old Panamint usually has his way. They'll be making plans for a wedding there. Tuttle. Panamint will push the thing ahead as fast as he can.
[18:02]
B
What we do?
[18:03]
C
I want you to get into his land and stay around the house. He might be able to get a job as cook there.
[18:09]
B
Oh, Me get work there?
[18:11]
C
You'll have to be there to do certain things, Tato.
[18:13]
A
What then?
[18:14]
C
You'll have to tell Linda to wait and be patient. Tell her to let the plans for a wedding proceed.
[18:21]
B
Marry that feller?
[18:22]
C
No, somehow I don't think the wedding will be performed. I have a few things to say to Panama Nash myself. Things he may not know.
[18:30]
B
What? That.
[18:31]
C
You see, Kimasabi, Panaman doesn't realize that I know who used to be called Wildcat.
[18:36]
B
Oh.
[18:37]
C
I'll see you later when I come to the ranch to talk to Panaman.
[18:39]
B
Yep.
[19:07]
A
Santo spent 10 days at the ranch during which time he carefully noted everything he observed. And then when he'd gathered the information needed he met the Lone Ranger one evening and made his report. Told him everything that had happened concerning the wedding. We hear the ranger now as he walks across the porch and opens Panamint Nash's door.
[19:27]
B
What the.
[19:28]
C
I want to speak to you. Put down that gun.
[19:32]
B
You think them guns you're holding will stop me, huh? Well, they won't. Maybe you'll drill me before I breathe my last. I'll get you.
[19:42]
C
Don't draw that trigger. I'm here to talk about the wedding.
[19:47]
B
The wedding?
[19:47]
C
Yes.
[19:48]
B
What's the mask to do with wedding talk?
[19:51]
C
Lower the gun, Nash. The sheriff is looking for a man who used to be called Wildcat.
[19:57]
B
Learned. What about it?
[19:58]
C
That rifle over the mantle belonged to Wildcat.
[20:01]
B
It did? What's more, that's the rifle that was used to kill old Frawley. Now what do you aim to do about it?
[20:10]
C
I know who Wildcat is. Do you?
[20:13]
B
Maybe I do. I ain't saying.
[20:16]
C
Very well. In case you don't, I'll tell you and I'll prove everything I say.
[20:37]
A
The Lone Ranger compelled the attention of Panamint Nash. And as the masked man spoke Panamant became more interested with each word he said. Nevertheless, the wedding plans went on as originally scheduled. On the eventful day, every member of the Nash family assembled around old Panaminth chair in the huge ranch house. Linda, dressed in her bridal gown, stood in the doorway to the immense central room with Tonto at her side.
[21:04]
B
You not worry but another hour and I'll be married that long, Tonto. Time plenty happened.
[21:13]
E
There's Pa waiting to speak to me.
[21:15]
B
In there and away from that door. Come into the room. I got things to say.
[21:23]
E
Poor you. You got that rifle off on the mountain, eh? What are you gonna do with it?
[21:29]
B
Maybe that Sheriff Critter will have nerve enough to come here and try and Stop the wedding.
[21:35]
E
He ain't gonna shoot him if he does. Oh, no.
[21:39]
B
You got your spunk back again, huh?
[21:41]
E
But this wasn't in the plans.
[21:42]
B
What plans? You've been meek as can be for the past week. I thought you'd lost all your spunk.
[21:49]
E
Oh, I ain't lost no spunk. I've been meek because I felt that no matter what you planned, the wedding wouldn't come off. That's why I agreed to everything you said. But if you plan to shoot Bob Frawley.
[21:59]
B
Oh, you're looking for him to come here.
[22:01]
E
I am in love with. You'll defy the whole pack of Nashes to keep me from marrying a man I hate. Oh, if you try to shoot Bob Foley, I'll stand before that gun. It's enough that you killed his father. You ain't gonna kill him too.
[22:13]
B
No.
[22:14]
E
You grin about it. Oh, boy. I don't know why I don't hate and despise a man like you.
[22:20]
B
Don't you?
[22:22]
E
I haven't so far. There is something that seems to tell me. I just won't believe you killed Bob's father till you confess it. But if you shoot Bob, I'll. Oh, Bob.
[22:34]
F
Well, Frawley, I heard about this wet.
[22:37]
E
Bob. Bob, look out. He's gonna use that rifle on you.
[22:40]
F
You better not.
[22:40]
B
You got a certain nerve to come here, Frawley.
[22:43]
F
All right, maybe I have. You better let me have that rifle.
[22:47]
B
Turn away from in front of me. I want to keep an eye on the door at the other end of the room.
[22:52]
E
For what?
[22:53]
B
Never mind, Raleigh. I didn't think you'd have the spunk to come here like this. You're the first needlepoint man to set foot inside this house.
[23:03]
F
And when I leave, Linda's leaving with. What's that on that rifle?
[23:08]
B
Huh?
[23:09]
F
Let me see that gun.
[23:10]
B
Stock. Ignore. Fair. Yours.
[23:12]
F
Let me see it. Who owns the rifle? Is that yours?
[23:15]
B
I ain't said so, Bob.
[23:16]
E
Listen, Bob, don't be hasty. That's an old rifle. It's been over the mantle ever since. I can manage.
[23:21]
B
Quiet, you. Sam, he cleared that door down there. I want to see who comes in.
[23:27]
E
I was seeing Bob, that.
[23:28]
D
Bob.
[23:29]
B
Look, it ain't even loaded. I'll show you that it ain't. Where's the trigger?
[23:39]
E
It was loaded.
[23:40]
B
Hi. Morgan's been hit. What the.
[23:42]
F
You shot your nephew. Hit him right through the heart, Nash.
[23:47]
B
Good thing there wasn't anybody else coming through that door, ain't it?
[23:52]
F
You've killed a bridegroom, your own nephew. You don't seem a bit concerned. Say, I'd like to know if that was an accident or on purpose.
[24:00]
B
Save your wind.
[24:01]
F
But I'd like to know this here gun.
[24:04]
B
See that wildcat on the gun stock? Yes. That's the gun that killed your pa.
[24:10]
F
Did you shoot him? If you did, Panama Nash. I'll put a bullet right between your eyes. I'll show you.
[24:16]
A
No.
[24:16]
B
No, Bob. Don't. Please.
[24:17]
E
He's my Bob.
[24:18]
F
I don't care who he is. My father was dry gulched. Shot from behind a knife.
[24:23]
B
Let me talk. Your father and me was the best of friends.
[24:28]
F
I know it. I never dreamed that you'd be.
[24:31]
B
I was with your old man when he fell. The shot that killed your PA was aimed to kill me.
[24:38]
E
It was?
[24:39]
B
Yes. There wasn't no use me telling that before now. Nobody would believe it. You know that. I was with your PA when he failed you to come accusing me years ago. Just like you're doing now.
[24:51]
F
Yeah.
[24:52]
B
Then it wasn't you, Pa. No, it wasn't. It was some one of the Nash men that fired that shot. And he wanted to get me. He wanted to kill me from a cad. You know who it was? I know now, but I didn't at the time. Who? Let me get to it in my own time, boy. I've got a story to tell.
[25:13]
E
Go on, Paul.
[25:14]
B
I swore at the time I'd get the critter that killed my best friend. The ordinary coyote that aimed to kill me. I was the only one in the whole Nash tribe that had any money. I left a will dividin it among em. Well, when I knowed one of them was gunning for me from the Royal. I figured to bring the whole pack of them here to live together just afore you was born. Lindy. It took time to round the whole tribe up, but I done it. I kept them broke. I give them orders and kept them orders followed out. I kept them all here where I could watch em.
[25:51]
F
Gosh.
[25:52]
B
I was hunting the same thing you was, Bob Crawley. I was hunting the killer of your father. Your old man knowed it was Wildcat who done the shooting. But he didn't talk to me. He wouldn't tell me who it was because he knowed it was one of my own family. He figured I'd side with my own flesh and blood if he told me.
[26:11]
F
Tell me who it is, Nash. I'll see your revenge carried out.
[26:14]
B
Ain't no need for that. The killer's already paid in full.
[26:19]
F
You mean he's gone?
[26:20]
B
He's Gone. Gone with the same gun he used to kill your pa? Yup.
[26:25]
F
You don't mean Morgan.
[26:26]
B
That's just who I mean. Morgan. That gun with Wildcat burned into the stock was Morgan's rifle.
[26:32]
E
But you was gonna have me marry him.
[26:33]
B
There's a different reason for that, honey. I know you cared a lot about Bob Frawley, but I didn't know how much he cared for you.
[26:40]
E
Then you never intended having the wedding go through?
[26:42]
B
I intended to stop it. Just as I done. When you come in after seeing Bob here and told me the name of the murderer was Wildcat, I knew right off who the killer was. So would Morgan. He stood right here in the room while you were telling me. But you didn't note his face. He was watching me too close.
[26:58]
E
But I thought you was the one, Pa, who gasped.
[27:01]
B
Morgan. He figured I didn't know he was gunning for me when he killed Frawley. That's why he weren't worried. You see, he threw the suspicion for the killing on me by telling your ma Bob that the killer was left handed and walked with a limp.
[27:13]
F
See here, Nash. Do you mean this whole wedding was just a put up job to deceive.
[27:18]
B
You, Ed Spunk enough to get the girl you loved before she married a man she didn't care for? I'm here all right. What are you gonna do about it?
[27:26]
F
I'm gonna marry Linda.
[27:28]
B
It's about time you talk like that. And you, Linda. It's about time you got some spunk back in you.
[27:33]
E
You know, Pa, I never did lose the spunk.
[27:35]
B
Well then you sure did a fine piece of actin these last few days. I was most broke up seeing how you kowtowed to everything I said.
[27:43]
E
Sure I did. Because the engine told me how to act. I wasn't worried a minute about having to marry Morgan Nash.
[27:48]
F
You reckon that must have been Tonto?
[27:50]
B
You know him?
[27:50]
F
I know his masked partner. It was him that come and told me to get here and get my girl.
[27:54]
B
Yeah, the masked man. I don't know who he is, but he seemed to know that things needed doing. And I think I was ready to shoot him for busting in on me like he done. It.
[29:40]
A
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