The Lone Ranger 38-02-18 (0790) Panamint Nash's Problems

Summary

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Episode Information:

• Title: The Lone Ranger 38-02-18 (0790) Panamint Nash's Problems
• Host/Author: Harold's Old Time Radio
• Release Date: May 2, 2025
• Description: Delving into the thrilling adventures of the Lone Ranger during the Golden Age of Radio, this episode transports listeners to the untamed wild west, highlighting the classic dynamics of justice, love, and betrayal.

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Introduction

The episode opens with vivid imagery that sets the stage for the unfolding drama in the wild west. The narrator evokes the quintessential elements of Lone Ranger tales, emphasizing the heroism and the relentless pursuit of justice that defines the protagonist.

Narrator [00:21]: "A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high."

Setting the Scene

As the Lone Ranger approaches the town of Needlepoint, he decides to disguise himself to interact with the locals without revealing his true identity. This strategic move leads him to Amy Holcomb's home, where crucial information about the Nash family dynamics is unveiled.

Panamint Nash [02:18]: "Come on, Tiller, old boy. That's it, old fellow. We're meeting on the trail ahead."

Introducing the Nash Family

Amy Holcomb provides the Lone Ranger with insights into the Nash family, focusing on Panamint Nash, the patriarch known for his stern disposition and strained relations with the townsfolk. Panamint's reputation is marred by his refusal to associate with others, making him a central figure of conflict in the story.

Amy Holcomb [03:22]: "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."

The Conflict Unfolds

The narrative thickens as Amy introduces Sheriff Bob Frawley, a dedicated lawman driven by the quest to avenge his father's death at the hands of a man named Wildcat. The Lone Ranger learns of Bob's unwavering determination to find and confront his father's killer, setting the stage for inevitable confrontation.

Bob Frawley [08:15]: "I'd rather not talk about it, Ruth."

Linda Nash's Dilemma

Linda Nash emerges as a pivotal character caught between her father's oppressive control and her affection for Sheriff Bob Frawley. Her secret meetings with Bob defy her father's strictures, highlighting the personal stakes involved.

Linda Nash [09:32]: "I haven't... but if you shoot Bob, I'll... Oh, Bob."

Panamint Nash's Revelation

The Lone Ranger's investigation leads him to uncover the truth behind the Nash family's internal strife. Panamint reveals past grievances and the real identity of Wildcat, who is shockingly connected to his own family.

Panamint Nash [24:27]: "He was aiming to kill me... one of my own family."

Climactic Confrontation at the Wedding

The tension culminates during Linda Nash's wedding ceremony, orchestrated under Panamint's watchful eye. Here, secrets are unveiled, leading to a dramatic showdown between Bob Frawley and Panamint Nash. Accusations fly, culminating in tragedy as Panamint inadvertently kills his own nephew, Morgan Nash.

Bob Frawley [23:41]: "You shot your nephew. Hit him right through the heart, Nash."

The Lone Ranger's Intervention

Amidst the chaos, the Lone Ranger makes his presence known, stepping in to restore order and ensure justice is served. His timely intervention prevents further bloodshed, reaffirming his role as the steadfast guardian of the innocent.

Lone Ranger [19:26]: "I want to speak to you. Put down that gun."

Resolution and Aftermath

With Panamint Nash's true intentions and the actual culprit revealed, the episode concludes with the Lone Ranger ensuring that justice prevails. The intricate web of relationships and motives unravels, providing closure to the characters' tumultuous journeys.

Panamint Nash [26:18]: "He's gone. Gone with the same gun he used to kill your pa."

Notable Quotes

• Narrator [02:01]: "Once again to another exciting story of the phantom figure of the plains who rode in the cause of justice."

• Amy Holcomb [03:35]: "He ain't no use for needlepoint. Folks won't let none of his people associate with us."

• Bob Frawley [08:12]: "I'll find him someday. Linda, he's still alive. I know he is."

• Linda Nash [21:42]: "I am in love with... I'll stand before that gun."

• Panamint Nash [24:27]: "I was with your old man when he fell. The shot that killed your pa was aimed to kill me."

Conclusion

Panamint Nash's Problems weaves a complex tale of vengeance, familial loyalty, and the relentless pursuit of truth. Through vivid storytelling and dynamic character interactions, this episode encapsulates the essence of classic western dramas, delivering a memorable narrative that underscores the enduring legacy of the Lone Ranger.

Listeners are left contemplating the intricate relationships and the moral quandaries faced by each character, reinforcing the timeless appeal of these golden age radio stories.

Transcript

[Narrator]

A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high.

[Panamint Nash]

O Silver.

[The Lone Ranger]

The Lone Range.

[Panamint Nash]

There's sa it's.

[Narrator]

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.

[Panamint Nash]

Come on, Tiller, old boy. That's it, old fellow. We're meeting on the trail ahead. I o tail.

[Narrator]

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. Thus prepared, he approached the house. As our dramatic story begins, we hear him in conversation with Amy Holcomb.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'll ride on as soon as my horse is watered.

[Amy Holcomb]

So you don't need to spend the night around town nowhere.

[The Lone Ranger]

No.

[Amy Holcomb]

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?

[The Lone Ranger]

I don't think so.

[Amy Holcomb]

I forgot. You're a stranger. There's Panamint Nash and Lindy. She's his daughter.

[The Lone Ranger]

I haven't heard of them.

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

He wouldn't?

[Panamint Nash]

Nope.

[Amy Holcomb]

Like as not. Your past? His place, it's just around the bends. Panamint is crippled, he is. Can't walk a step.

[The Lone Ranger]

That's too bad.

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

Are there many people in his family?

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

What has Panama done that makes him so disliked?

[Amy Holcomb]

Ain't what he's done, stranger, it's what he ain't done.

[The Lone Ranger]

No.

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

Say, I heard of a man around needlepoint.

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

Did the cowboy live?

[Amy Holcomb]

Yep, but he'll have a stiff arm for the rest of his life. Now what was you asking about?

[The Lone Ranger]

A man named Frawley. Bob Frawley.

[Amy Holcomb]

Bob Frawley, my sake. Do you know him? He's our sheriff here at Needlepoints.

[The Lone Ranger]

Is he?

[Amy Holcomb]

Sure thing.

[The Lone Ranger]

Isn't he rather young to be a sheriff?

[Amy Holcomb]

Young, but dead earnest about it.

[The Lone Ranger]

Is he well liked?

[Amy Holcomb]

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?

[The Lone Ranger]

Me?

[Amy Holcomb]

By thunder, I bet you are. You're the man that shot Bob's Paul.

[The Lone Ranger]

You're mistaken.

[Amy Holcomb]

Well, maybe so. You don't look or act like a killer. But why did you ask about Bob?

[The Lone Ranger]

I'd heard of him, that's all.

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

The man who killed his father.

[Amy Holcomb]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

Here's Hilbert.

[Amy Holcomb]

Hey, are you leaving now?

[Linda Nash]

Yes, but hold on a minute.

[Amy Holcomb]

That looks like Sheriff Bob on one of them hosses. Some lady riding with him.

[Panamint Nash]

Yep.

[The Lone Ranger]

Thanks for what you told me.

[Amy Holcomb]

Fix the light. Hold on, stranger. If that ain't Lindy Nash that's riding with Sheriff Frawley, I'm plum loco I.

[The Lone Ranger]

May see you again.

[Amy Holcomb]

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. My sakes alive. He called that host Silver.

[Linda Nash]

I wonder.

[Amy Holcomb]

Doggone, it can't be Silver. I wonder.

[Linda Nash]

Look at that horse riding away from our Holcomb's place. Bob, you ever see the like of it?

[Bob Frawley]

That's as fine a piece of horseplace as I ever seen, Linda.

[Linda Nash]

I hope we cut away from her house before she recognized us.

[Bob Frawley]

Oh, drat it, Linda. Why we gotta be secret about seeing one another?

[Linda Nash]

You know, by Bob, you know how Pa feels about all the needlepoint folks.

[Bob Frawley]

I know, but just the same, he.

[Linda Nash]

Knowed you and I was meeting each other. There's no telling what he'd do.

[Bob Frawley]

Likely try to shoot me. Linda, why don't you let me call on you?

[Linda Nash]

No, Bob, no. You've got to promise not to.

[Bob Frawley]

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.

[Linda Nash]

No, not yet, Bob. Maybe someday, but not now.

[Bob Frawley]

Blast it.

[Linda Nash]

You know Pa's ideas. He's vowed that none of the nurses will ever leave the bed.

[Bob Frawley]

What's his crazy idea anyhow? What's he got agin the needle point for?

[Linda Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

I'd like to see him try it.

[Linda Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

If it wasn't that, I'd pledge my maw to square accounts for poor.

[Linda Nash]

Don't say it, Bob.

[Bob Frawley]

All right.

[Linda Nash]

There's one thing I never could understand about your vow, Bob.

[Bob Frawley]

I'd rather not talk about it, Ruth.

[Linda Nash]

How will you know the killer when you find him? I'll know him long ago. He wasn't much more than a baby when it happened.

[Bob Frawley]

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.

[Linda Nash]

Wildcat.

[Bob Frawley]

Linda, what's the matter?

[Linda Nash]

Wildcat.

[Bob Frawley]

Did you ever hear of him?

[Linda Nash]

Tell me more about him, Bob.

[Bob Frawley]

Well, I don't know much about him, but someone I don't know who told Ma the killer's left handed and walks.

[Linda Nash]

With a limp left Handed and called Wild King.

[Bob Frawley]

I've been investigating every left handed man I hear about. And someday, honey, I'll carry out one of my vows.

[Linda Nash]

One of them.

[Bob Frawley]

The second one is to marry you.

[Linda Nash]

Oh, Baba, I gotta leave you here. You go back to neighborhood. I'm heading for the bin. Get up. Get up there.

[Narrator]

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. Cautiously, he approached. 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.

[Panamint Nash]

Well, about time you got back, Lindy. What did you learn? Was it worth my while sending you into town?

[Linda Nash]

I talked to the sheriff about it.

[Panamint Nash]

Any soon if most anything happens to have you talking to needlepoint folks and to have some information. What'd he say?

[Linda Nash]

He told me that.

[Panamint Nash]

Well, go ahead. He tried a pib to me. You've been seen considerable of Bob Frawley, ain't you?

[Linda Nash]

What?

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Linda Nash]

Morgan? You?

[Bob Frawley]

Well, what are you gonna do about it, Lindy?

[Linda Nash]

You're sneaking, Cody, carrying tails. I hate the sight of you.

[Panamint Nash]

That'll do, girl.

[Bob Frawley]

You needn't get so uppity.

[Panamint Nash]

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?

[Linda Nash]

Yes, he is.

[Panamint Nash]

Well, go on, tell me some more.

[Linda Nash]

You don't know the man's name.

[Panamint Nash]

Don't, huh? What else did he tell you, Paul?

[Linda Nash]

I can't tell you.

[Panamint Nash]

Oh, speak up now. Well, send Morgan and a couple of the other boys to get him.

[Bob Frawley]

I'd like it real, Bob. Paulie, if it wasn't for him. Maybe Lindy would like me.

[Linda Nash]

I wouldn't marry you if he was the last man alive.

[Panamint Nash]

Speak up now. What did Frawley say?

[Linda Nash]

The only thing he knows about the man Is he used to be called Wildcat.

[Panamint Nash]

Wildcat, huh? Go on.

[Linda Nash]

That's awful.

[Panamint Nash]

Go on.

[Linda Nash]

He's a little lame and he's left handed.

[Panamint Nash]

Left handed? I don't mean nothing. I'm left handed too.

[Linda Nash]

But he said the man who shot his father was nicknamed Wallace.

[Panamint Nash]

Well what about it?

[Linda Nash]

That rifle hanging over the mantel has the name Wildcat carved on the sock.

[Panamint Nash]

I know it. What about it?

[Linda Nash]

Is. Is that your rifle?

[Panamint Nash]

What if it is?

[Linda Nash]

I couldn't believe it of your paw that you chewed a man from ambush. Bob Frawley's father was dry ghost.

[Panamint Nash]

He said I shot him Anyhow. If I did, what would you do about it?

[Linda Nash]

I don't know if that's what I'd do. I'd leave here forever.

[Bob Frawley]

He's fixing to leave here someday anyhow. Uncle Pandamint.

[Panamint Nash]

That wouldn't surprise me none.

[Linda Nash]

He's not telling the truth Paul.

[Bob Frawley]

Oh yes I am. You're fixing to run off and marry that good for nothing sheriff.

[Linda Nash]

He's not good for nothing. He's the best sheriff this county's ever seen.

[Bob Frawley]

You see Uncle Panamin? You see how she comes to his defense?

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Linda Nash]

I believe it.

[Panamint Nash]

A new pa. Never mind Morgan. Yeah? We ain't gonna take no chances on her running away. No.

[Bob Frawley]

Wouldn't be good sense to.

[Linda Nash]

What are you gonna do Morgan?

[Panamint Nash]

Take Lindy to her room, lock the door and bring the key to me.

[Linda Nash]

You can't keep me a pleasanter.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Linda Nash]

Let go me.

[Panamint Nash]

Come on. 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.

[Linda Nash]

You won't be sorry for this. I'll get rid of Bob rolling somehow. I'll leave you now to face himself in.

[Panamint Nash]

He get here fetch it back to me. He's locked in safe now. Get out through the wind if we ain't careful.

[Bob Frawley]

I'll tend to that. I'll have a couple of boys put some slats over the window so she you can't get out that way.

[Panamint Nash]

That's a good idea.

[Bob Frawley]

You want to see me about something else?

[Panamint Nash]

Yeah. You far enough removed to marry Lindy.

[Bob Frawley]

I'd sure enough like to a third cousin.

[Panamint Nash]

That'd be all right. Yeah.

[Bob Frawley]

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.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

You can count on me.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Narrator]

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 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.

[The Lone Ranger]

I learned quite a bit about this Nash affair. Not good. I think Bob Crawley is going to find the man who killed his father. Who kill him? 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.

[Panamint Nash]

That name feller who killed Prolly? Yes.

[The Lone Ranger]

And the rifle belongs to Panamint Nash.

[Panamint Nash]

Oh.

[The Lone Ranger]

Which makes a complication. Tado. If Bob carries out his vow, it'll mean he'll have to kill the father of the girl he loves. Then him lose girl, huh? And if Bob probably doesn't marry Linda, the girl will live a life of misery. What happened, man? 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. What we do? I want you to get into his land and stay around the house. He might be able to get a job as cook there. Oh, me get work There. You'll have to be there to do certain things, Tato. What then you'll have to tell Linda to wait and be patient. Tell her to let the plans for a wedding proceed. Marry that feller? 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. What? That. You see, Kimasabi, Panaman doesn't realize that I know who used to be called Wildcat.

[Panamint Nash]

Oh.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'll see you later when I come to the ranch to talk to Panaman.

[Panamint Nash]

Yep.

[Narrator]

Santo spent 10 days at the ranch during which time he carefully noted everything he observed. And then when he 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.

[Panamint Nash]

What the.

[The Lone Ranger]

I want to speak to you. Put down that gun.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

Don't draw that trigger. I'm here to talk about the wedding.

[Panamint Nash]

The wedding?

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes.

[Panamint Nash]

What's the mask to do with wedding talk?

[The Lone Ranger]

Lower the gun, Nash. The sheriff is looking for a man who used to be called Wildcat.

[Panamint Nash]

Learned. What about it?

[The Lone Ranger]

That rifle over the mantle belonged to Wildcat.

[Panamint Nash]

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?

[The Lone Ranger]

I know who Wildcat is. Do you?

[Panamint Nash]

Maybe I do. I ain't saying.

[The Lone Ranger]

Very well. In case you don't, I'll tell you and I'll prove everything I say.

[Narrator]

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.

[The Lone Ranger]

You not worry but another hour and I'll be married that long, Tonto. Time plenty happened.

[Linda Nash]

There's Pa waiting to speak to me.

[Panamint Nash]

In there and away from that door. Come into the room. I got things to say.

[Linda Nash]

Poor you. You got that rifle off on the mountain, eh? What are you gonna do with it?

[Panamint Nash]

Maybe that Sheriff Critter will have nerve enough to come here and try and stop the wedding.

[Linda Nash]

He ain't gonna shoot him if he does. Oh, no.

[Panamint Nash]

You got your spunk back again, huh?

[Linda Nash]

But this wasn't in the plans.

[Panamint Nash]

What plans? You've been meek as can be for the past week. I thought you'd lost all your spunk.

[Linda Nash]

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.

[Panamint Nash]

Oh, you're looking for him to come here.

[Linda Nash]

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.

[Panamint Nash]

No.

[Linda Nash]

You grin about it. Oh, boy. I don't know why I don't hate and despise a man like you.

[Panamint Nash]

Don't you?

[Linda Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

Well, Frawley, I heard about this wet.

[Linda Nash]

Bob. Bob, look out. He's gonna use that rifle on you.

[Bob Frawley]

You better not.

[Panamint Nash]

You got a certain nerve to come here, Frawley.

[Bob Frawley]

All right, maybe I have. You better let me have that rifle.

[Panamint Nash]

Turn away from in front of me. I want to keep an eye on the door at the other end of the room.

[Amy Holcomb]

For what?

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

And when I leave, Linda's leaving with. What's that on that rifle?

[Panamint Nash]

Huh?

[Bob Frawley]

Let me see that gun. Stock.

[Panamint Nash]

Ignore. Fair. Yours.

[Bob Frawley]

Let me see it. Who owns the rifle? Is that yours?

[Panamint Nash]

I ain't said so, Bob.

[Linda Nash]

Listen, Bob, don't be hasty. That's an old rifle. It's been over the mantle ever since. I can manage.

[Panamint Nash]

Quiet, you. Sam, he cleared that door down there. I want to see who comes in.

[Linda Nash]

I was seeing Bob. That. Bob.

[Panamint Nash]

Look, it ain't even loaded. I'll show you that it ain't. Where's the trigger?

[Linda Nash]

It was loaded.

[Panamint Nash]

Hi. Morgan's been hit. What the.

[Bob Frawley]

You shot your nephew. Hit him right through the heart, Nash.

[Panamint Nash]

Good thing there wasn't anybody else coming through that door, ain't it?

[Bob Frawley]

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.

[Panamint Nash]

Save your wind.

[Bob Frawley]

But I'd like to know this here gun.

[Panamint Nash]

See that wildcat on the gun stock?

[Bob Frawley]

Yes.

[Panamint Nash]

That's the gun that killed your pa.

[Bob Frawley]

Did you shoot him? If you did, Panama Nash, I'll put a bullet right between your eyes. I'll show you.

[Amy Holcomb]

No.

[Linda Nash]

No, Bob. Don't. Please. He's my Bob.

[Bob Frawley]

I don't care who he is. My father was dry gulched. Shot from behind a knife.

[Panamint Nash]

Let me talk. Your father and me was the best of friends.

[Bob Frawley]

I know it. I never dreamed that you'd be.

[Panamint Nash]

I was with your old man when he fell. The shot that killed your PA was aimed to kill me.

[Linda Nash]

It was?

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

Yeah.

[Linda Nash]

Then it wasn't you, Pa. No, it wasn't.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

You know who it was?

[Panamint Nash]

I know now, but I didn't at the time.

[Bob Frawley]

Who?

[Panamint Nash]

Let me get to it in my own time, boy. I've got a story to tell.

[Linda Nash]

Go on, Paul.

[Panamint Nash]

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. Gosh, 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.

[Bob Frawley]

Tell me who it is, Nash. I'll see your revenge carried out.

[Panamint Nash]

Ain't no need for that. The killer's already paid in full.

[Bob Frawley]

You mean he's gone?

[Panamint Nash]

He's gone. Gone with the same Gun he used to kill your pa. Yup.

[Bob Frawley]

You don't mean Morgan.

[Panamint Nash]

That's just who I mean. Morgan. That gun with Wildcat burned into the stock was Morgan's rifle.

[Linda Nash]

But you was gonna have me marry him.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Linda Nash]

Then you never intended having the wedding go through?

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Linda Nash]

But I thought you was the one Pa, who gasped.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Bob Frawley]

See here, Nash, do you mean this whole wedding was just a put up job to deceive you?

[Panamint Nash]

Ed spunk enough to get the girl you loved before she married a man she didn't care for?

[Narrator]

I'm here all right.

[Panamint Nash]

What are you gonna do about it?

[Bob Frawley]

I'm gonna marry Linda.

[Panamint Nash]

It's about time you talk like that. And you, Linda, it's about time you got some spunk back in you.

[Linda Nash]

You know, Pa, I never did lose the spunk.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Linda Nash]

Sure I did. Because the engine told me how to act. I wasn't worried a minute about having to marry Morgan Nash.

[Bob Frawley]

You reckon that must have been Tonto?

[Panamint Nash]

You know him?

[Bob Frawley]

I know his masked partner. It was him that come and told me to get here and get my girl.

[Panamint Nash]

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.

[Narrator]

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