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The Lone Ranger - Lone Ranger Thief
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The Lone Ranger - Lone Ranger Thief
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What's going on everyone? It's bluff here and we're driving through the states in the Bluff Mobile. And the best thing that we can do is play our favorite casino style games on Spin Quest. They have over a thousand games including live dealer blackjack and craps. With tons of slots and unlimited options, you can get a 30 coin pack for just $10. For new users sign up today go to spinquest.com right now spin Quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high O Silver. The Lone Ranger. Sa. The masked rider of the plains has found no place in the written history of the western United States. But the stories of his adventures have been told and retold around thousands of frontier campfires. Astride his great horse, Silver, he fought crime and criminals throughout the early West. And the memory of his tireless efforts in the cause of justice will never be forgotten. Return with us once more to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on, Silver. Towels waiting for us in Medicine Bowl. Hail Silver. The town of Medicine bowl was the center of great activity in the gold fields, and prospectors came from all sides to get their supplies from Lige Potter's general store. Confined more or less to the store by his advanced years old, Lige was always eager for news and always anxious to talk with anyone who would visit with him. In the first scene of our drama, we find Lige talking to an Indian who has just made a purchase. You don't need to be in no hurry, Chevon. Injun. Where'd you come from anyhow? Me come long way. Ain't many Injuns come in here to buy meat. Land sakes, most of em just sashays up to the nearest longhorn they can find and slices off a steak or so. You seem like a right nice sort Injun. Reckon I'd better warn you. What matter? If you want to stay healthy, you best keep out of the way of the blacksmith. He'd likely throw a six gun on you. Him not like Injun. Tain't exactly that. But he's hunting all of em so's he can get one particular Injun. Jim Blackwell knows more than most folks in Medicine Bow, being as he's traveled more and seen more. What do you think Blackwell's done now, eh? Oh, hello, Polly. What's he done? Oh, poor that Injun. I just been telling him to keep out of Blackwell's way, but Paul, he might be the one. It might be him. The rewards for lawman not want Tonto. Course not. Hang it all, Polly, I. I think this whole idea of the boys is wrong. I know that there Lone Ranger for what he done up Cheyenne way and for what he done down in Texas and lots of places. Paul, he's been seen. He's been seen, Robin. You mean they seen a man with a mask and a white horse and heard him shout into silver? That's right, Pa. And they're certain sure it's him that's the outlaw around here? Hmm. I dunno. What's Jim Blackwell done now? Well, I just come from there and someone said he'd seen a strange Injun in Medicine Bow. And Jim, he jumped up and offered a $500 reward for the engine. Dead or alive. Hey there, Large Jim. I was just telling Paul about that reward. Lige, you ain't seen an Injun around here, have you? Well, I. There ain't no Injun here. Now. I see that. I figured there might have been. Well, if they was, I ain't no idea where he'd be. Now, this here Lone Ranger that's been robbing the boys of their golden savings has an Indian friend by the name of Tono that travels with him. So I've heard. If the Lone Rangers in these parts, then Tonto is too. If we get one, we'll like as not get the other. I figured it'd be a sight easier to get the engine than the mask on break because there ain't a horse alive could catch the one he rides. Jim, you ain't jumping to conclusions. What do you mean? I mean I ain't so certain it is the Lone Ranger that's been robbing folks around here. He's been seen by half a dozen of the men he's robbed. Well, he might have made a mistake. Blame small chance of that. He fired at Sandytown. And when Sandy dug the bullet out of his wall at his place, he fetched it to me. And it was solid silver, just like what the Lone Ranger uses now. What do you say? I'd say you'd do better to stick to shoeing horses like you been doing, and stop trying to be a detective. Jim, you said he fired at Sandytown? Yep. By thunderation, that sure is funny. Did Sandy fire first? How the heck do I know? Well, that shooting must have been a powerful long range. If that fella shot and missed, that's all I got to say. He's a dead shot. And Sandy's plenty tall enough to make a first class shooting target. Look here, Lige, have you seen an Injun? Well, maybe I have and maybe I ain't. Suppose you just try and guess. Tonto slipped out of Lige Potter's store as Jim Blackwell entered. He remained outside to hear what was said and then hurried away. We next see him as he joins his tall, masked friend in a small, well concealed camp not far from town. Todo, you've ridden hard. I mean, you got bad news. Bad news? What is it? People say you robber all town look for you. They're looking for a thief who wears a mask and rides a white horse. Not me. Them say Lone Ranger bad man. I've heard about it. Todo feller named Blackwell. Him pay reward the blacksmith. Huh? Tell me more. Him say you shoot it. Man who you not hit him. Bullet. Miss bullet. Silver. A silver bullet. I'm supposed to have shot at a man and missed. Not right. And they found the bullet and it was silver. Not right. What was the man's name? Sandy Town. Sandy Town. Someone shot at him and used a silver bullet. Potato. You and I know that it wasn't me. Feller in store named Potter say Lone Ranger. Not bad, Lige. Potter believes in me, huh? I'm glad someone does. The only way to prove I'm not a thief is to find the one who made and fired a silver bullet. That's right, Talo. Pack our things. We're going into town and see what we can learn. That silver bullet gives me a clue. Hey guys, lady luck here. Are you going on any road trips this summer? I know I'm going to be going on a bunch of road trips. And being that I'm going to be passenger Princess, I Love playing on Spinquest.com Spinquest has all of my favorite slot games. Live blackjack, live craps. Head on over to Spin Quest right now and get yourself a $30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. Spin Quest is a free to play social casino, Boyd. Where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. And Doug, there's nowhere I wouldn't go to help someone customize and save on car insurance with Liberty Mutual. Even if it means sitting front row at a comedy show. Hey, everyone. Check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date? Oh, no. We help people customize and save on car insurance with Liberty Mutual together. We're married. Me to a human, him to a bird. Yeah, the bird looks out of your league. Anyways, get a'@libertymutual.com or with your local agent. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty Liberty. Several days passed. Two more robberies were committed by a tall masked man riding a white horse. Feeling ran high and more recruits joined the band. Determined to capture the Lone Ranger. Sheriff Emerson returned home tired after another unsuccessful attempt to trail the criminal. We hear his wife speaking. Hadn't you better get to bed, hon? You're plumb tired out with trying to catch this Lone Ranger. I've been thinking, Libby. I don't feel sure that the Lone Ranger is a thief. Why do you say that? I've been talking with Lige Potter and his daughter. Yeah? All the fellows that says have been robbed by this here masked feller ain't said nothing about seeing The Injuns are supposed to travel with him. But that don't mean nothing. Lige still swears that the Lone Ranger ain't a robbery. That ain't all. I seen the fellow once myself and heard him. I'd know if it was him or not if I could just see him. But who else could it be? I don't know. That's just the trouble. Muscle and body. What's this, boys? What's all this mean? We come to talk. All right, Blackwell. Speak up and get done with it. Where's that Lone Ranger? We're here to see why you don't get that crook before he does anymore. Robin, he's robbed me of all I got. Now, hold on. Shut up. Let Jim Blackwell speak for you. We're here to see why you ain't got the Lone Ranger yet. Sheriff, he shot at me. Well, he missed you, didn't he, Sandy? Yes, he missed me. But that don't say he will. Next time you got anything for him, Steel. Not now I ain't. And you never had. I know that five or six of you had a good store of cash laid by. And probably Jim Blackwell had the most. I did till he took it. All right, I had a gold watch that he took with my cash. And I had over $1,000 in paper money with my name writ on it so it couldn't be used after it was stolen. But that don't give it back to me. Now, listen, boys. Quiet down. Quiet. I'm doing all I can. You fellows can help me out by making out a list of everything that was took so as when we get this critter, we'll know what we're looking for. Sandytown. I don't know why in thunderation that fella would take the trouble to rob you. He shot at me because he didn't find anything and made him sore that I didn't have anything worth taking. Well, you fellas make up your list. Them as can't write can get Libby here to help you. Then you leave them with me and we'll see if we can get somewhere. The men soon had their lists of stolen property prepared, and the sheriff took them with the assurance that something would be done to capture the masked robber. After they departed, Sheriff Emerson and his wife spread the lists on the table and studied the crude writing of the men by the light of an oil lamp. Meanwhile, outside the house, the Lone Ranger and Tonto sat astride their white horses, watching. We hear the masked man as he murmurs to Tonto, the sheriff and his wife are alone now. Tata. That's right. It's time to put our plan to work. Is my mask tight enough? It's plenty tight. My guns are loaded. You not shoot anyone. No, Tanto. I'm just going to fire one shot into the wall for the sheriff to find. Not good. You know what to do, don't you? Kimasabe? Tanto in the hole. Very well, Mr. Teddy. Silver. Steady, boy. Tanto, watch Silver. Very well, Kimosabe. I'll need him again in a few minutes. Leave Silver right there and take your horse with you. Don't forget what you're to do. Tanto. Do come, my fellow. Now to take a chance. Oh, look. The masked man. The thief. Fetish her up. I have you covered. Put down that gun. You can't get away. Yes, I can. Hand over your cash and be quick about it. Don't take chances. Do what he says. He'll shoot if you don't. You are the Lone Ranger. Oh, please don't shoot, mister. You can take the money, what little we got. Just leave us alive. I can't believe it. Your money. Quickly. Up to now, mister, I didn't believe the stories I heard about the Lone Ranger being a crook. After all the good things I heard about you, they didn't make sense. But seeing is believing. When I tell Lige Potter about this, you'll lose the last two men in town that stood by you. Get that cash, Sheriff. I haven't time to waste. What if I don't hurry? Don't. That's just a warning. I'll get the cash. It's here, this tin box. Take it. Take it, but don't shoot. Thanks. This makes me lose all my faith in human nature. I wouldn't have believed it. He's just what everybody said he was. A crook. I'd sooner almost anything had happened, mister, than to see you doing this. An ornery robber. Toting guns to men's homes and sticking them up. I'm sorry, Sheriff Emerson. All I can say is dig out the bullet I fired. Dig it out and keep it. I'll keep it all right. Keep it as a souvenir of the man I thought you was. Keep it as a warning never to trust anybody. Compare it with a bullet fire to Sandytown. Get after him. Maybe you can catch him and get the money back. No, Libby, I ain't going after him. You can't let him get away. That's what I'm gonna do. Well, you're scared. You yeller. Go chase him. Get him. Now listen, honey. Then I'll go after my own self. I'll get him. Get back, Libby. Get away from that door. Don't shoot him. I reckon I couldn't. Anyhow, he's plumb gone already. But the ornery, lowdown snake. He stole everything we've saved for years. And him, the Lone Ranger. Let me think, Libby. Just let me think. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments. It. Sam. And now to continue the story. The Lone Ranger learned that a mysterious robber in Medicine Bow was using his name and wearing his mask. Jim Blackwell posted a reward for Tonto, hoping that his capture might lead to the Lone Ranger himself. Tonto learned that a silver bullet fired into the wall of Sandytown shack was the most important evidence against the Lone Ranger. And the masked man started out to trace the robber from that clue. As part of his plan, he held up the sheriff and took his money just after sunrise the next morning we find Jim Blackwell hard at work in his smith. Suddenly he looks up and sees Tonto standing beside him. An injured. You hear what me say? Who are you? I am hunting an engine around here. You give reward, you're a blame, right? Me friend me Tonto, huh? Now is that so? Lone Ranger steal cash last night? Oh, he did him tell me come here now. So I begin to see it. So he's got an engine to work with him now. Just like the real Lone Ranger. Would he hold up me not know where's the cash? Here. Good enough. Just tell them that I'm putting it away with the rest. You'd better keep out of sight around town. He'll be hunting here for to get that reward I posted. Maybe plenty careful now. Vamoose. Sheriff got reward money? No. I gave the sheriff orders to take the reward money out of the money that was stole from me. If he gets it done back and to pay it to anyone finding the Lone Ranger or Tonto. Me go now. Goodbye. My part sure is getting downright smart ideas. When things get too hot, we just hang the engine and it'll make folks satisfied for a while. Now to hide this here cash with the rest. Any fine place for hiding here. It's too bad I ain't as tall as a Lone Ranger, so I could do all this myself instead of having to split. Stand right where you are, Blackwell. What the. I'm leaving here. I'll take what I've stolen with me. See here, you have no time to argue. Double crossing me, are you? I'll get you for this if it's the last thing I do. You don't dare, Blackwell. If you turn me over to the sheriff, you'll put your neck in a noose as well. You don't dare tell what you know. I don't, huh? I don't. Well, I'll show you. I'll show you. Can't double cross Jim Blackwell and get away with it. The Lone Ranger took most of the loot that had been hidden in Blackwell's smithy. As soon as the masked man had gone, Blackwell set out at top speed for the home of Sandy Town. Meanwhile, we find Lige Potter driving a small wagon toward the office of the sheriff. In the seat with Lige are Polly and Tonto. The old fellow says, I don't know why you're doing this, Tonto. Part of plan. Was it really the Lone Ranger that come and fetch you to our plate? No. You get rewards from me, but. But the sheriff, he likes not have you hung. He was robbed himself last night and he's sore as a mule. Isn't that right? Or if it means that this Injun's gonna get hurt, then I don't want no reward money. But the Lone Ranger says to take him in and I'm for doing what he asks. I wish I knowed more about the Lone Rangers. Good playing. Now there's the sheriff's office. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa, boy. Here. Here comes Sheriff. Hey there, Lige. Sheriff Emerson. This. This here engine. I'm bringing him in. I know, I know. The whole thing's been explained to me. What do you mean? Get going and I'll ride alongside you. There's other boys joining us on the way. What's this all about? Where are we heading? Ain't no time for questions now. But this Tonle is here. England. I know about Tonto. Come on now, whip your horse up and get going. Get up. Get out there. Get on. Get out there. Get up. The sheriff and Old Light went along at breakneck speed, pausing only long enough for new arrivals to join them. There's Ben, riding this way. Get up, Cloud. Get up. It is Ben, Pa, and he's coming awful fast. Get up there, Sheriff. Here I am, just like you told me. Come on and get going. Come on, Justice. There comes two other riders. Unstucker Dan White. What's all this mean, J What's it all about? They're my precious. Just pick them. H up. Get her. Come on, boys, and make it fast. We got a lot of ground to cover. Blackwell, convinced that he'd been double crossed, rode hard to Sandytown's home. When he reined in his horse in front of the house and dashed up the steps with gun drawn, he did not notice that many horses and riders were concealed behind the house. Blackwell jerked the door open and shouted, stand right where you are, Sandy. What? I'm here to talk to you, you rat. And what about? What in thunder's got into you, Jim? Shut up. I come here to tell you what I think of a double cross a low down skunk like you, you dirty polecat. Now see here, I'll do the talking. You figured I wouldn't have the nerve to come and call you, didn't you? You thought I was afraid the sheriff would hang me as well as you. Well, he won't. But he won't hang you neither. Now what do you mean? I mean I'm taking things on my own hands and drilling them. Now put down that gun. Stand still. I got some other things to say, too. I don't know what you're talking about. Yes, Shanu. It was my idea that you fix up to look like the Lone Ranger on account of your height. It was my idea that we take a horse and cover with White so's he looked like the Lone Ranger's horse. Yeah, and it was me that made the silver bullet for you to shoot. Sure it was, Jim. I never said anything different, have I? It ain't what you said, it's what you did. You got the goal to come and rob me and take not only your own share of the stuff we got, but mine as well. Jim, hold on. There's something wrong there. You're the one that's wrong. No, no. Listen, you darn fool, put down that gun. I wasn't near your place today. What? Why, that's true. I ain't been out of the house. I don't believe you. I seen you with my own eyes. You was there. A mask. You robbed me. But I've been here since yesterday morning. Honest I have. You mean to say you never robbed no one last night? No. Now put down that gun, you fool, and tell me why you're acting like this. But what about the engine you sent me? What engine? I ain't see no engine around here, Jim. You ain't? Then what's it mean? Perhaps I can explain. Look. Look, Jim, it's him. The Lone Ranger. Yes. I took the stolen good from you this morning. Blackwell, don't kill your friend. He didn't rob you. I ain't. But I. Look out behind you, mister. I got him. Sandy, grab his gun. I got him. I got his gun. Stand up again. That walprano there. Now, where's the stuff you stole from me? You mean the things you stole from others? Never mind that. I ain't gonna have that kind of talk from you. Empr. The Lone Ranger. Where's that money you took, mister? In my left pocket. I'll get it. You keep him covered. Jim. For a fellow that's had as much said about him as you have, you sure was easy to take a prisoner. By Ginger, here's the loot. Great. Now take off his mask. I have a hankering to see who this hombre is. Who's that? I don't know. We better do some of this money. Never mind that. We ain't no time. We'll turn this hombre over to the law. See you at the door, Sandy. Hello, Sandy. Howdy, Jim. Right. Oh, look. Who's that? That's the Lone Ranger. We got it. What do you want here, Lige? Where'd you get that engine? I've been hunting for you, Jim, on account of that reward. I see you got your money back from that hombre. I hear him capture me. It's too bad, Toto. I'm sorry. I got this Injun and he admits he's friend the Lone Ranger. I fetched him to you for the reward. Well, I suppose you ain't no choice but to give it to him. Jim, I don't know. Things are sorta. Sorta mixed up. I got the sheriff with me to make it legal. Sheriff? Sheriff Emerson. I'm right here, Lodge. Howdy, Jim. Howdy, Sandy. Howdy. I see you got stolen stuff there. Good enough. Just hand that 500 to Lige Potter for the engine. But I. Hurry up. You got back what was stole. And you said you'd give a reward for the capture of this Injun or the Lone Range. Himself. All right. There you are, Lige. Gosh, a mighty Polly. Look at here, Jim. That's what we wanted to be sure to get from you. That reward for Lige Potter. You shut up. I still got you covered. Take him, Sheriff. I don't reckon I will. What do you mean by that? Smudge and Ben and the others. You robbed us here. And we all heard what you two said. You told us all we need is evidence. You mean what did you hear about Sandy being the one that was doing the robbery? No, no, it ain't true. And you having the idea, Blackwell to make folks think he was the Lone Ranger. And you fixing a silver bullet for him to shoot. But you can't prove anything. I reckon hearing what you said was all the proof we needed. Come on in, boys, and get your money back. It's here. What sort of game is this? It's a game that you can't win, Blackwell. That's what it is. You tried to make different rules and it didn't work. But you can't get me for robbing anyone. I got enough evidence to prove all I want about both of you. I got the bullet you made for Sandy to shoot. And I got a silver bullet from the Lone Rangers gun. What? A silver bullet? You. The only thing about them that's the same is the fact that they're both made of silver. But I didn't rob you last night, Sheriff. That was the real Lone Ranger. You can't prove that you didn't rob everyone else. Nope. I got you, the two of you. And as for that spav and no account nag you've been using, Sandy. Shucks, you ought to see the real Lone Ranger's horse. That's a horse? What was the idea of the whole thing? Tell us that, won't you, Mr. Lone Ranger? Yeah. How'd you ever found out it was these two that done the robbing? Lige, Silver doesn't melt easily. I didn't think anyone in town could make a silver bullet except the blacksmith. So I watched him. You mean you suspected all along? Yes. You sent that engine. You tricked me. It took a trap to catch a rat like you. I didn't want you alone, Blackwell. I wanted your partner as well. But, mister, what about having the engine catch you? Your father proved himself a true friend, Polly. As long as there was to be a reward, I thought he might just as well have it. Oh, shucks. After knowing so many good things you've done, how could I change toward you? By darn, it's downright slick. Having that ornery crook Jim Blackwell hand over reward money. Reward money? But Sheriff, I dunno is I've got a right to the reward. Keep it, Lodge. Land sakes, keep it. I got these two prisoners and I'm satisfied. I could put the money to good use. There's people around here I could help out. Just as the Lone Ranger would like to see. I thought that money was being put into the proper hands. We'll all get back what we lost, won't we? Sure you will. And the crooks get what they deserve. He's leaving. You gotta stop him. He robbed me, Sheriff. He robbed me this morning. Don't make me laugh, Blackwell. Don't make me laugh. Come on this hill, boy. Let's have those Great Lakes. How is waiting on the trail ahead. Hail Silver away. Sam. It. Sam. 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