Avalanche in Arrow Pass | The Cisco Kid (03-30-54)

Summary

Episode Summary: Avalanche in Arrow Pass | The Cisco Kid (03-30-54)

Introduction

"Avalanche in Arrow Pass," featuring the legendary Cisco Kid, is a captivating installment of the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast hosted by Andrew Rines. Released on February 4, 2025, this episode immerses listeners in a meticulously restored classic Western radio drama, enhanced with rich and clear audio that brings the Wild West to life. Set against the backdrop of railroad construction in the untamed frontier, the story weaves suspense, betrayal, and heroism into a gripping narrative.

Characters

• Cisco Kid (Jack Mather): The charismatic and cunning protagonist, often likened to a Robin Hood figure of the Old West.
• Pancho (Harry Lang): Cisco Kid's loyal and witty partner.
• Joe Metz: The unscrupulous private railroad marshal of Construction Camp 16.
• Hal Shoaff: Deputy to Joe Metz, complicit in their dubious activities.
• Senior Wolford: Superintendent of the railroad camp, eventually reveals deeper motives.
• Mitts: Shoaff's henchman, eager to seize the payroll.
• O'Connor: The ambushed mail rider carrying a substantial payroll.
• Raymond & Isabel: Subplot characters involved in a domestic dispute.

Plot Summary

Arrival and Suspicion

The episode opens with Cisco Kid and his partner Pancho riding into Arrow Pass during the early spring, where lingering winter snows complicate their journey. Their mission is to visit their friend Senior Wolford at Construction Camp 16. As they navigate the treacherous pass, they encounter Wolford, who is apprehensive and dismissive of their presence.

Cisco Kid [06:18]: "Now, we're just entering the pass, amigo, and, well, there's a rider just ahead."

Despite their friendly demeanor, Wolford remains suspicious, creating tension that foreshadows forthcoming conflicts.

The Ambush

Upon reaching the pass, Cisco Kid and Pancho discover the lifeless body of O'Connor, the mail rider, indicating a sinister plot against him. Traces of a struggle and footprints suggest foul play, deepening the mystery.

Cisco Kid [11:03]: "That is something I cannot tell you, Chico, because I do not know."

Determined to uncover the truth, they follow the evidence back to the railroad camp, where tensions escalate as Railroad Marshal Metz and his deputy Shoaff attempt to cover their tracks by concealing the stolen payroll.

Confrontation at the Camp

In a dramatic turn, Metz and Shoaff confront Cisco Kid and Pancho at Camp 16, accusing them of murder and theft. Despite proclaiming their innocence, the evidence against them mounts, leading to their arrest and confinement in the camp's jail car.

Shoaff [21:20]: "Maybe as railroad marshal of this here camp. Boys, I shouldn't be telling you this, but the fact remains that the Cisco Kid and his partner know where that money is."

Inside the jail car, the situation intensifies as a mob of disgruntled workers threatens violence, forcing Cisco Kid to devise a daring escape plan.

Escape and Revelation

With quick thinking, Cisco Kid confronts Wolford, exposing the corruption of Metz and Shoaff. He reveals that the stolen payroll money was hidden in a seat cushion, a detail that leads to Wolford's realization of their deceit.

Cisco Kid [27:11]: "I have no doubt that is just what it is. Ready to rush that car, boy?"

In a climactic showdown, alliances shift as Wolford sides with Cisco Kid, culminating in the rescue of the payroll money and the exposure of the corrupt officials.

Resolution and Closure

The episode concludes with the resolution of both the central conflict and a lighter subplot involving Raymond and Isabel, adding depth to the narrative and providing a satisfying closure to the adventure.

Cisco Kid [29:49]: "I understand your young friend Raymond got married just the other day, you see?"

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Cisco Kid [07:21]: "See? He has to be suspicious of everyone he does not know."

• Shoaff [12:28]: "It's a good hiding place. Except all that money makes the cushion kind of bulky."

• Wolford [16:32]: "I believe em Metz. If Cisco and Pancho say they don't know anything about it, they don't."

• Cisco Kid [23:17]: "There is nothing I can do about that at the moment, Pancho. My hands are full with this, hombre."

• Pancho [26:14]: "We go over the trestle."

Audio Enhancement and Restoration

The Old Time Radio Westerns podcast prides itself on digitally restoring classic Western radio dramas to unprecedented audio quality. In "Avalanche in Arrow Pass," listeners are enveloped in the sounds of the Wild West—from the creak of saloon doors to the thunder of hooves and the crack of gunfire—crafted to enhance the storytelling experience beyond the limitations of original recordings.

Conclusion

"Avalanche in Arrow Pass" stands as a testament to the enduring allure of Western radio dramas. Through its intricate plot, well-developed characters, and superior audio restoration, the episode offers both nostalgia and excitement for new listeners and long-time fans alike. Andrew Rines successfully brings the Cisco Kid's adventures to life, ensuring that these timeless tales continue to captivate audiences in the digital age.

Additional Information

• Host: Andrew Rines
• Original Air Date: March 30, 1954
• Podcast Release Date: February 4, 2025
• Credits: Cisco Kid voiced by Jack Mather, Pancho by Harry Lang

Listeners are encouraged to explore more episodes and support the podcast through various platforms as mentioned in the podcast's closing remarks.

Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode.

[Narrator]

Here's adventure.

[Cisco Kid]

Here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the Old West.

[Pancho]

Cisco. He's sharing.

[Cisco Kid]

He is getting closer this way.

[Narrator]

Pancho Famino, the Cisco Kid.

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[Narrator]

Now, the Cisco Kid in our gripping story Avalanche in Arrow Pass. In the early days of the west and of the building of the railroad, law and order was sometimes a hit or miss affair with law enforcement officials hastily and unwisely chosen. So it was that Joe Metz, private railroad marshal of Construction Camp 16, was unwisely chosen. As our story opens, Metz, together with a deputy, Hal Schaff, is riding up into Arrow Pass. It is spring, but the winter snows lie heavy in the path.

[Mitts]

But if we're going to kill that table rider anyway, Mitts, why don't we do it up ahead in the pass?

[Shoaff]

Because too many people go through Arrow Pass, that's why. Sooner or later they'd find clues, and we don't want them to find them. We'll dynamite down snow and rocks into the pass. That'll force O'Connor to ride around by Wigwam Creek. And that's where we'll waylay him.

[Mitts]

He's carrying a $50,000 payroll, huh?

[Shoaff]

Yeah, that's right. Shoaff the camp's back along the line. But those camps will never see that money. And this looks like a good spot to set off that blast. Bring that dynamite, Shaw.

[Mitts]

Yeah, yeah, I got it.

[Shoaff]

Look at the way that snow overhangs the ledges and bluffs. Sure won't take much to start that going. One stick up by that big ledge ought to do it.

[Mitts]

Should I let her up?

[Shoaff]

Yeah, and then throw it up here.

[Mitts]

All right, here she goes, Mitts.

[Shoaff]

Now throw it way up. Come on, let's get back to our horses and get ready to get out of here.

[Mitts]

Maybe that wet snow will put out the fuse.

[Shoaff]

I don't think it will, son. Don't get at that ledge up there where you threw it. There she goes. Look at the snow and rocks slammed down into that pass. O'Connor couldn't even fly over that. Come on, let's get over to Wigwam Creek.

[Pancho]

Hey, is that old pass just ahead, Sisco?

[Cisco Kid]

See, Pancho? And after we get through the pass, it will only be a short way to come. 16.

[Pancho]

And then we see Senior Wolford, the super. The su. The super what?

[Cisco Kid]

That word, Chisco, the superintendent. Chico, the construction superintendent of the camp.

[Pancho]

Two big words in a row.

[Cisco Kid]

Too big for Pancho, anyway. You get the idea, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Pancho, get the idea.

[Cisco Kid]

Now, we're just entering the pass, amigo, and, well, there's a rider just Ahead.

[Pancho]

Of us, he carry two bags, see?

[Cisco Kid]

Mail pouches.

[Pancho]

Mail pouches.

[Cisco Kid]

Looks to me, Pancho, as if the senor's a payroll rider. And madre mia. Look at the pass, huh? It's blocked with rocks and snow.

[Pancho]

Oh, it's a big abalone. Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Let us speak to the rider.

[Pancho]

Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Buenos dio.

[Wolford]

That's near enough.

[Pancho]

Keep your distance, senor. Go.

[Cisco Kid]

As you wish, senor. I was only going to ask if we could ride with you to Camp 16.

[Wolford]

How do you know I'm going to Camp 16?

[Cisco Kid]

Because that is the first camp over the pass. I don't know who you hombres are, but I'm taking no chances.

[Wolford]

Keep away from me.

[Cisco Kid]

See?

[Pancho]

Hombres not like us.

[Wolford]

Cisco, pack up your horses so I can get by.

[Cisco Kid]

If you wish, senor, we will help you clear away some of those rocks so you can get through.

[Wolford]

I ain't asking any help.

[Cisco Kid]

I'll ride around the other way.

[Wolford]

Pack up them horses.

[Cisco Kid]

Diablo, back, loco.

[Pancho]

Back. Back. Back, loco.

[Cisco Kid]

Back.

[Pancho]

Back.

[Narrator]

Now, remember, you umbers keep.

[Cisco Kid]

If I see you following me, I'll open up with this rifle. Yep.

[Pancho]

He not like us even one little bitty bit. Just go. He scowled like anything. No.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, he's not so much that he did not like us, Pancho.

[Wolford]

No.

[Cisco Kid]

He has to be suspicious of everyone he does not know.

[Wolford]

Bye.

[Cisco Kid]

Bye. Bye.

[Pancho]

Bye.

[Cisco Kid]

Now that we are here, let us rest our horses for a while before we take the trail around by Wigwam Creek.

[Mitts]

Hello.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, this is a spot right here, Shoff. Among these trees.

[Mitts]

Yeah. What if that payroll rider don't come this way?

[Shoaff]

He's got to come this way in order to get to Camp 16. The only other trail there is. When he comes around the bend of.

[Mitts]

The trail, we'll get him $50,000. I can sure use that slice of that.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, we will use it, Chuff. Yeah. Here comes O'Connor. Let me take that rifle.

[Mitts]

Here. Take your time now.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, don't worry. Just as soon as I get him in these sights. There.

[Mitts]

You got him, Mitch.

[Shoaff]

Yeah.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah.

[Shoaff]

Come on. Grab them pouches. Yeah. Cut the straps, y'all. Yeah, that's good now. Now give me a hand with the bodies jumping off the trail in the bushes. Grab hold.

[Cisco Kid]

Got him.

[Shoaff]

All right. All right. Nobody will find him here. Drop him.

[Cisco Kid]

Yup. Yeah.

[Mitts]

Now we got that payroll mitts. What are we gonna do with it?

[Shoaff]

We can't get away with it just yet without making it look bad. Now, I got an idea. Shaf.

[Mitts]

What is it?

[Shoaff]

Nobody ever goes into that railroad Jail car Except us and the prisoners we take in.

[Mitts]

That's right.

[Shoaff]

I figure if we rip open the seat cushion of my desk chair and then sew the money into the cushion, it'll be safe.

[Mitts]

Good idea, mister.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah.

[Shoaff]

Then in two or three days, I can get into an argument with Wolford and resign my job as marshal without arousing any suspicion. Yeah, that's what we'll do, Shoff. Now get up. Get up.

[Pancho]

Much farther this way to Camp 16, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Not much as I remember it, Pancho. Perhaps a mile. Where? Look ahead of us.

[Pancho]

A horse with no rider, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, unless I'm mistaken, that is the horse of the senor who was carrying the mail Poches.

[Pancho]

The horse throw the SEO.

[Cisco Kid]

No. It's possible.

[Pancho]

Uh huh.

[Cisco Kid]

Let's see if we can catch that horse. Come on, Pancho.

[Pancho]

We catch the horse, Poncho. Right this way.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh. Steady. Straight. Oh. Oh. I have the reins, Pancho. Let's see if we can tell what has happened here.

[Pancho]

She's full spots on the saddle.

[Cisco Kid]

Steady. Ho, ho, ho ho. Not going to hurt you, Poncho. The rider was wounded. There's no question about it.

[Pancho]

No question.

[Cisco Kid]

Come on, let us ride on. I will lead this horse.

[Pancho]

Ride the shot, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Looks very much as if he was. Come on, Diablo.

[Pancho]

Come on, Logo. Come down. Come, come.

[Cisco Kid]

Would not be the first time a male rider was ambushed. But we have no proof that that is what happened.

[Pancho]

We get proof, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

That is what we were trying to do, Pancho. There has been a hole up.

[Wolford]

Of course.

[Cisco Kid]

This may have been accidental shooting.

[Pancho]

What, Cisco? See what, Cisco? See?

[Cisco Kid]

Footprints ahead in the snow and signs of a scuffle. Let's examine those signs, Puncho.

[Pancho]

See, we examined them.

[Cisco Kid]

And here's where the rider's horse plunged as if in sudden fright.

[Pancho]

Throw the rider into the snow. She spoke.

[Cisco Kid]

See? And here are the footsteps of two umbre who hurried to the spot. And the footsteps go off in that direction.

[Pancho]

In that direction.

[Cisco Kid]

Come, we'll follow them.

[Pancho]

P Think it's bad business, Isco?

[Cisco Kid]

I suspect it is bad business, Poncho. Very bad business. In fact, I have no doubt that this will turn out to be murder.

[Shoaff]

So far, so good shop. We got to a jail car without being seen. Whoa.

[Mitts]

Looks as if we was going to get away with it, Metz.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, sure thing.

[Cisco Kid]

Easy.

[Mitts]

Get the door unlocked. I want to get this money hid just as quick as possible.

[Shoaff]

Got a knife on you?

[Mitts]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shoaff]

Get this seat cushion ripped. There we are. Now we'll stuff that money in there. There we go. What's the matter with that shop?

[Mitts]

It's a good hiding place. Except all that money makes the cushion kind of bulky.

[Shoaff]

Well, we can shove the cushion around so it'll smooth out some, I guess. There, that looked better.

[Mitts]

Hey, Metz, get away from that chair quick. Somebody's coming into the car.

[Cisco Kid]

I've been looking for you, Metz.

[Wolford]

Where you been?

[Shoaff]

Oh, Shoff and I just been riding around to see if everything was in order. Wolford, what's troubling you?

[Wolford]

Oh, Connor ain't got in yet with that payroll.

[Shoaff]

Oh, he'll probably be right along. Lot of snow up through the passes, Wolford. Still mighty slow riding up there.

[Mitts]

Yeah, that's probably what's held him up.

[Wolford]

I'm making a lounge for the snow. Even so, he ain't ever been as late as this. My crew should have been paid off half an hour ago.

[Shoaff]

Well, I don't know what we can do about it.

[Wolford]

You can ride with me up toward arrow Pass. Maybe O'Connor got hurt. Maybe that's what's delaying him.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, we ought to stick around this camp, Wolford. Can't tell when trouble may bust loose among those roustabouts.

[Wolford]

Trouble sure will bust loose. Unless they get their money. Come on with me, Metz. You too, Shoaff. Come on, let's go.

[Pancho]

The male rider shot dead, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Say, I hope you tied his bodily tightly onto his horse so it will not fall off.

[Pancho]

Pancho did not fall off, Cisco. Pancha tie many knots. But Cisco see the male rather not dead by accident.

[Cisco Kid]

No, no indeed. He is not dead by accident, Pancho. He was murdered.

[Pancho]

Who do it, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

That is something I cannot tell you, Chico, because I do not know.

[Pancho]

Pants not no needer. Too bad he not let us ride with him, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

He might be alive if he hadn't. On the other hand, Pancho, we might also have been shot down.

[Pancho]

What about the tracks and the trail, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Well, there are too many of them, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Too many?

[Cisco Kid]

No tell nothing from them now that we are on the main trail at the camp and the pack's back at the scene of the murder. There is no doubt.

[Wolford]

But what?

[Cisco Kid]

The rider was shot down by two hombres.

[Pancho]

Look, Cisco. Look ahead. Three riders come this way.

[Cisco Kid]

Hot down hole.

[Pancho]

Look, a hole of a hole.

[Cisco Kid]

One of them is Senor Wolford. What is this? Ehr.

[Pancho]

What is this?

[Wolford]

Er, Cisco. Fato. Hoo hoo.

[Pancho]

Ooh.

[Wolford]

Well, I'm glad to see you two again and well. Great snakes. Whose body is that? O'Connor's.

[Cisco Kid]

He's the body of the mail rider. Senor.

[Wolford]

Yep. That's O'Connor Plug Plumb Center.

[Mitts]

Sure is.

[Shoaff]

Say, who are these two hombres, Wolford?

[Wolford]

Well, this is the Cisco Kid. And this is his partner, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Yes.

[Pancho]

Partner Pancho.

[Wolford]

How'd O'Connor get killed, Cisco?

[Shoaff]

Yeah, that's right. I'd like to know.

[Cisco Kid]

All we know about it, Senor Wolford, is that this rider was shot and killed at Wigwam Creek.

[Wolford]

Mail pouch is gone, too. O'Connor carried the payroll money in those pouches.

[Shoaff]

Maybe these hombres are friends of yours, Wolford. But I'm the railroad Marshal to Camp 16, so I'm arresting them.

[Cisco Kid]

You are arresting the wrong men, senor Marshal Panchu. And I know nothing whatever about these murders, except what I've just told you.

[Wolford]

I believe em Metz. If Cisco and Pancho say they don't know anything about it, they don't.

[Shoaff]

Just the same, I'm taking no chances. Now get your hands up, both of you.

[Cisco Kid]

There's no need to draw that gun, Senior Marshal Pancho and I are friends of Senor Wolford. We owe it to him to go with you peaceably until these matters is cleared up.

[Wolford]

I sure hope you can clear it up, Cisco.

[Mitts]

They'd better. Because when that construction gang finds their money's been stolen, they're gonna be in a lynching mood.

[Pancho]

Ponch not like the sound of this.

[Cisco Kid]

Neither do I, amigo. But I think we will be in no danger from them. That is, unless somebody lies to them about us.

[Shoaff]

You mean that remark for me, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

You wish to take it to yourself, senor? You may. For I suspect you are arresting Pancho and me not because you believe we killed this rider, but to shelter someone else. Perhaps yourself.

[Narrator]

But Cisco and Poncho are in far greater peril than they realize. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid.

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[Narrator]

Now back to the Cisco Kid in our gripping story Avalanche in Arrow Pass. Riding toward railroad construction camp 16 to see their friend Wolford. Construction boss Cisco and Pancho found the body of mail rider O'Connor who had been ambushed and shot down by railroad marshal Metz and his deputy shoff of Camp 16. Later taking Oconnors body to the railroad camp, Sisco was met by Wolford, Metz and Shaw. Promptly the railroad marshal put Sisco under arrest for murder and theft of the payroll. Now in the jail car at the construction camp.

[Pancho]

But farts never been in a jail like this Jail.

[Cisco Kid]

There's a jail on wheels. Poncho a railway car made over into a jail.

[Pancho]

Most jails Cisco got three barred windows.

[Cisco Kid]

Very convenient amigo. You can see what is going on up and down the street of the camp.

[Pancho]

Ponce not like what he sees. Cisco and 12 gangs in the street.

[Cisco Kid]

No see they've knocked off work until they get their money and they're in an ugly mood.

[Pancho]

Look Cisco. That mad sombre talked with some of them.

[Cisco Kid]

Where is he?

[Pancho]

Pancho. Look where Pancho points is.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, I see.

[Pancho]

Now let's point back to this car.

[Cisco Kid]

I think I know exactly what that coyote is doing? I think he's trying to talk that mob into lynching us.

[Pancho]

We not going to stay here to be Lindsey's gonna afraid we have no.

[Cisco Kid]

Choice in the matter, amigo. This jail car is strongly built. I've tried those cell bars and I cannot even budge them. Only I could get out of here and get into that locomotive.

[Pancho]

The locomotive issue the jail car, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

See, with the steam up too. We must get out of here, Pancho, as quickly as we can.

[Pancho]

Oh, hombres get mad, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

The more that buzzard Mex talks to them, the angrier they will get. I do not like the looks of things, amigo. Not one bit.

[Shoaff]

Maybe as railroad marshal of this here camp. Boys, I shouldn't be telling you this, but the fact remains that the Cisco Kid and his partner know where that money is. Now just a minute here. Just a minute. That ain't long abiding. But of course, if you was to act this way after dark, why, maybe Schoff and me couldn't help herself, you know.

[Mitts]

Easy, Mince. Here comes Wolfen.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, what of it? I don't owe him nothing.

[Wolford]

Hey, what's going on here? Met, I suggest you better disperse these men.

[Shoaff]

And disperse them? I guess they got a right to walk around the camp if they want to.

[Wolford]

Well, you've got no right to go around talking to groups of them. The way you've been, I worse you mets. And if you're trying to stir up trouble among these men.

[Shoaff]

Yeah, what are you going to do about it?

[Wolford]

I'll relieve you of your job and take over myself.

[Shoaff]

You hear that, boy? He's going to take over. Hey. Hey, there's an idea. We'll run him in. Sh. Grab hold of.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, let's go.

[Wolford]

Yeah.

[Shoaff]

Let go nothing. They're putting you in that jail car while you be out of the way. Maybe he knows where that money is too, Boys, he's a friend of the Cisco kids.

[Wolford]

You Coyote Man.

[Shoaff]

That's enough of that. Come on with us. We're running you in. And maybe you'll have some visitors after dark. Cisco.

[Pancho]

Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Si, Pancho?

[Pancho]

Look, those two hombres bring sang a wolf at here.

[Cisco Kid]

I'm watching them, Chico. Soon they have put Senor Wolpert under arrest.

[Pancho]

They bring him to this jail. Kartisko.

[Cisco Kid]

They're coming right this way. Now's our chance, Pancho. The only chance we will have.

[Pancho]

Chance for what?

[Cisco Kid]

Chance to get out of this jail. I have a poncho. I will rush that cell door just the moment Metz opens it.

[Pancho]

But they got the gun, Cisco. We not got the gun.

[Cisco Kid]

There is a chance I will have to take, amigo. Better to take a chance in a gun in the hands of those hombres than a rope in the hands of that mob.

[Pancho]

Can't you like to help, Cisco? But Ponce not know how to help.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, there's nothing you can do, Poncho. Careful now.

[Pancho]

Very careful.

[Cisco Kid]

If they come to the car.

[Shoaff]

Yeah. I thought you might be lonesome, Cisco, so I brought you some company.

[Wolford]

This is a blasted out rig if ever I saw one.

[Cisco Kid]

Shut up, Wolford.

[Mitts]

I'll open the cell door m you two hombres stand back.

[Pancho]

Stand back, Homie.

[Shoaff]

Yeah. Now get in there, Wolfer.

[Cisco Kid]

I gotta tell you, Wolfert, go arrest the cell door. Watch it, Rich.

[Shoaff]

Shut the door.

[Cisco Kid]

You are just too late to shut the door, hombre, till after I get through it. Gun him down sharp.

[Mitts]

Blasted gun stuck in the holster.

[Cisco Kid]

That is lucky for me, hombre. But my fist is not stuck in my pocket, as you are about to find out.

[Pancho]

That's the stuff. Get the other one. Now just go.

[Shoaff]

My gun ain't stuck in the holster.

[Cisco Kid]

Might just as well be. Ombre. All the good is going to do you.

[Pancho]

Just go. Just go. All the opera. Get away.

[Shoaff]

Now.

[Cisco Kid]

There's nothing I can do about that at the moment, Pancho. My hands are full with this, hombre. But I think about one more good punch will hold him for a while.

[Pancho]

Dad.

[Cisco Kid]

Hold him quickly now, Pancho. Tie up these, hombre. Senor Wolford, you had better get guns and ammunition from those rocks. That mob knows a fight has been going on in here and they are about ready to come after us.

[Wolford]

All right, Cisco.

[Pancho]

What do you do, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

I'm going to get to that locomotive going and haul this jail car out of here. Lock that Metz hombre in the cell, Pancho. As soon as you get him tied and take his guns.

[Pancho]

And then Pancho come with you, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

You had better stay here and help Send your woofer all you can. You may have to hold off the mob until I can get the locomotive started.

[Shoaff]

Hey, you're on, Breeze.

[Mitts]

You better get going and rush that car. Cisco and the other one just broke jail. Half a dozen of you come with me. Cisco's gonna try to start up that locomotive just climbing into the hill. I'm going to take the shortcut to the trestle. And when he runs the locomotive in the car over the trestle, I'm going to dynamite it. Let's go.

[Cisco Kid]

Santo. These Johnson bar must be stuck or out of order. Cannot even budget.

[Pancho]

Cisco. Cisco, wait for Poncho.

[Cisco Kid]

Poncho, I thought I told you to stay back in that car.

[Pancho]

Pancho want to be with Chico.

[Cisco Kid]

Someday, Pancho will have to give you a lesson in discipline. Try that Johnson bar once more.

[Pancho]

Buenos. The old locomotive.

[Cisco Kid]

Seeing that mob is getting near it by the moment.

[Pancho]

One thing, bullets not go through the locomotive. Only way the locomotive better than Lobo.

[Cisco Kid]

Is high toppers Hunto. That was a close call, Pancho. It was a close call, for we are not yet out of danger. Look, those hombres are riding to cut us off.

[Pancho]

Is the hombre.

[Cisco Kid]

There's a trestle up ahead. May be that they think we will slow down for the trestle. No, they are stopping, Pancho. They're getting off their horses.

[Pancho]

They fixed something, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, Madrea. I believe that is dynamite. Poncho, that is what they are planning to do. Dynamite the trestle.

[Pancho]

We go over the trestle.

[Cisco Kid]

Of course we'll knock over the trestle. It will be sheer madness. I will stop this locomotive. You and I will get back to that jail car. Poncho, come. Come on. There they go, boys. Get em.

[Pancho]

Santa Sisu. Bashing that like bullets. So close.

[Cisco Kid]

Save your breath, Poncho. Come on now, up in that car.

[Wolford]

Hey, what did you stop the engine for, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Those hombres are going to dynamite the trestle. Senor, how are we fixed for ammunition?

[Wolford]

Well, we got three guns and a couple of dozen rounds of ammunition, Cisco. As long as that holds out, we can keep them off.

[Pancho]

Here come a big mouth running after the crane.

[Cisco Kid]

I will look in these desk. Maybe more ammunition in there. If so, Madrea, what is this? The seat cushion looks as if it had been cut by a knife and then sewed up again.

[Wolford]

Oh, never mind the seat cushion. Cisco, come over here and take up a station at this window.

[Cisco Kid]

One moment. Say, Wolfram, I want to look more closely at the seat cushion.

[Shoaff]

Hey, you buzzard, get away from that cushion.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, so you have come too, have you, hombre? On the contrary, I'm going to open up this cushion. A thread should break easily. Ah, Senor Wolford, look. There is money stuffed into this cushion. A great deal of money. Five hundred.

[Wolford]

You're right, Cisco. Say, that could be the payroll money.

[Cisco Kid]

I have no doubt that is just what it is. Ready to rush that car, boy? Senor Wilfred, keep your gun trained on that Shaw hombre. He starts to fire at me, send a bullet his way. Just enough to support his aim.

[Pancho]

Where'd you go, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Out on the back platform of the Car. Pancho. I'm going to talk to that mob. Oh, Brad.

[Wolford]

But that's madness, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

I do not think so, senor. I know something about mobs.

[Pancho]

And then why don't you go, too?

[Wolford]

There they are.

[Cisco Kid]

One moment, senores. We're all going to be paid the money that is owed you. You will see the money presently. I only want to tell you this, that Senor O'Connor, the friend of many of you, was murdered and your payroll money stolen from him by Metz and Shops.

[Pancho]

That's a lie.

[Cisco Kid]

Your money will be brought out now, signore. Did you empty all the money out of that seat cushion, Senor Wilson?

[Shoaff]

Yep.

[Wolford]

Dumped it all in the desk drawer. Said go home.

[Cisco Kid]

Give me the cushion, Senores. I'm now going to set fire to these cushions. I think it will burn very nicely.

[Mitts]

No, no, Cisco. Give me that cushion.

[Cisco Kid]

You crazy fool.

[Mitts]

That's worth money, a lot of money. So help me, I'll kill you for this, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

I do not think you will, hombre. Do not intend to be killed by one of the murderers of Seiyo Okada. So I will make sure you will remain quiet at least a couple of minutes like this. You all saw, senores, how concerned he was about this cushion. You all see where this cushion was cut? It was cut so these hombre and Mets could stuff your payroll money into the cushion.

[Wolford]

And here's your pay, boys. And if you line up and file past the steps of this car, I'll pay you off one by one. Now, be sure and have your time, Siv Gandhi.

[Pancho]

Yeah, and after that, we'll have our.

[Cisco Kid]

Next type party just the same, with Mets and shots. No, no, no, no, senores. You will have nothing of the kind. You will let the law deal with these homies as the law always deals with thieves and murder.

[Pancho]

Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, Pancho.

[Pancho]

What we do now, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Well, now that those two banderos are safely in jail, Pancho, we have time to talk of other things, see?

[Pancho]

Other things, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

I understand your young friend Raymond got married just the other day, you see?

[Pancho]

Raymond got married?

[Cisco Kid]

And whom did he marry? Fajo?

[Pancho]

He married pretty little Isabel, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Pretty little Isabel, see? She's pretty, too. Omegon.

[Pancho]

Yeah, very pretty. But Raymond, he mad at Horcisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Raymond is mad at little Isabel, see?

[Pancho]

Raymond begin to think little Isabel not know much.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, but what makes him think she does not know much?

[Pancho]

Well, the other night, Raymond milk the cow and bring a pail of milk in the house.

[Cisco Kid]

Pail of milk, see?

[Pancho]

And then Raymond go back to the barn to finish the chores, see. And the next thing Raymond know, little Isabel come running out of the barn. She say, oh, Reman Riemann is a mouse in the pail of milk.

[Cisco Kid]

A mouse in the pail of milk, see?

[Pancho]

And Ryman say, did you throw the mouse out of the pail of milk? Did it, Isabel?

[Cisco Kid]

And what did little Isabel say to that, Pancho?

[Pancho]

Little Isabel say, no, Ryman. Little Isabelle throw the cat into the pail of milk to catch the mouse.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, Poncho.

[Pancho]

Oh, she's gone. Happy, happy Poncho.

[Narrator]

And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the west, the Cisco Kid.

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[Narrator]

Be sure to listen again for another thrilling adventure of the Cisco Kid. Cisco Kid was played by Jack Mather, Poncho by Harry Lang.

[Cisco Kid]

Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

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