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You can find more western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode. A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high. Yo Silver. The Lone Ranger. Sam. What's up everybody? It's Bretzky and America is turning 250 and I can't think of a better way to celebrate that than playing on an American owned social casino. Spinquest.com with all of your favorite games, live crabs, bubble craps, live blackjack, there's no better place to play for free and win real cash prizes. Spinquest.com Spin Quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spin benquest.com for more details. The early Western United States was a land of great plenty. Great herds of buffalo roamed the plains, while overhead the passenger pigeons, which are now extinct, were so numerous that their flocks blotted out the sun. The pioneers felt the natural resources and the stock of game were inexhaustible. They might have wasted their heritage if it had not been for the masked rider of the plains. It was his vision of the future that made the settlers realize they were building for posterity as well as themselves. It was he, more than any other man, who was responsible for the winning and the saving of the West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse Silver, the Lone Ranger Rides again. The town of Painted Forks lay in the path of two migrations. First of all, it was a way station on the Oregon Trail. A trail that led the pioneers to the great northwest. And second, every spring and fall, great flocks of passenger pigeons filled the sky over painted Forts until the sun was hidden by their beating wings. Todd, Brandon and his mother were galloping toward the cotton woods that lined the Painted Creek. Todd's eyes were fixed on the sky, on the birds, so that his mother saw the men first. Here they are, Todd. Master, did you ever see so many birds at one time? More. There's millions of them. Passenger pigeons. They darken the sky. Todd. Huh? Howard, look. Is your father in trouble? Gosh, it does look like he's having some kind of a fuss, don't it? The son. Certainly. It's hard to see. Children. Pa. J. What is. What's the matter? You Let go. My father. Paul, what's wrong? Get away, you little maverick. Get away. And take your old man with you before he stops. L. Jasper. You're not shy. Of course he ain't shy. Shooting going on here is all of us shooting at them pigeons, that's all. But Brandon sure is hankering for a scrape. I told you I was ready to have to slaughter these pigeons. I told you if you kill more than you need for food, you'd answer to me. Now, where is that coyote? Call him out so I can tell him what I think. All right, pervert, let him loose. I'll handle him. So you heard me. Reckon so. You hire all them ombre. You tell them to shoot the pigeons. I did. You kill them all off. Soon there won't be a pigeon left in the Great Plains. In the country either, for that matter. You're plumb loco. There's millions of them birds. Call them ombre off. Listen, Brandon, you and your ideas about passenger pigeons are getting me on the prod. These here dumb birds head right in the trees, waiting to be shot. So I'm shooting them, savvy? I'm putting them in barrels to sell to the wagons that pass through heading west. And nobody's gonna stop me. You haven't got a drop of sportin blood in you, heavy egg. Even the Indians know it's not right to kill more than is necessary. If you won't call off those men, I will. Hey. Hey, you jit. Shootin's over. Put up your guns. Leave them pigeons alone. Simon, you interfered for the last time. I'm bossing this shebang vammoo so you'll bite the Dust. Jasper. Jasper. This isn't any of your good. I'm making a blind serious purvis. Get that young one out of the way. I don't want any bullets wasted when I shoot. I ain't to put all five into Brandon's hide. Come here, you young coyote. Go. Me, boss? It's better you stay out of the way, son. All right, Smibby. Rick. We both know we'd come to gunsmoke sooner or later. Smithy, reach for your gun. Make sure we put the emphasis. Nobody draws a gun. I don't. Keep him covered. You, mister, you drop guns. Reckon you better do like the Indian tennis. My V. He's got you covered. We see you wearing a mask. I always do. Mrs. Brandon. Hello, Mah. How come you're a complete stranger to me? I passed through town, Brandon. I heard what was happening here. Pluto. You've got Smeb's guns, huh? Hey, what's taking place around here? For an outlaw, you sure got plenty nerve. High chain and opera. Save that for later, Smebby. You got your gun back when you do as you're told. These are your men? I hired him. I don't know. I have some pine nuts in our saddlebags here. Tell your men to light those torches and smoke out the pigeons. Huh? You heard me. Pick the first one yourself. Hold on, monsieur. Well. Well, then. Passenger pigeons don't fly away when you shoot at them. They're roosted down for the night in these trees. But if you start fires going under them, well, that's a different story. Sure, they'll fly away. They're talk. All right, they will. Especially since they ain't rightly settled down for the night. It's still sunset, mister. We ain't like no torches. This here's a free country. And it's free for the birds as well as for human beings. Light these torches. I want those birds to fly away. I pick up that pine nut and light it. Do it fast. All right, all right. You men do like this mashed fella says. I got a torch going. Gosh, look at the thick smoke. It's waking the birds up. And they're moving on. All the birds are going out into the air. It's the whole flock moving at. Brandon. Now's your chance. You and your wife and your son head back for Painted Porch now. Smebby and the others are watching the pigeons. But what about you, Mas man? There may be trouble. Go now. Father and I can look after ourselves. Get your wife and son out of this. All right, missy. We can Straddle the horses and get going fast. Followed. Say that. Follow me. Brandon. Him both. Wife and boy. No one saw them leave. Kimo Sabi. Kitchen's all gone now, huh? At least there will be no more shitting tonight. That's right. Smy and the others have walked down. Away. Follow me, Tom. Some go down now. The darkness is good. They can't see Brandon and his family. Not right now. We'll say adios to Smebby. Smebby. Smbby. Well, mister, you had your wish. All the birds skedaddled. Your men can douse those torches now. The creek is handy. Yeah. Many thanks for nothing. What I want to know is who's he think he is? Never mind purpose. I'll do the talking. There are your guns. Pick them up, but don't try to use them. Mister, what business have you and the redskin got around Painted Forks? As you said, it's a free country, Smebby. Not a night travel where we please. Yeah. This one time you beat us to the draw. But it won't happen again. I'm mighty fast in my shooting iron, savvy? I'm advising you right here now to cover the trail. To put plenty of miles between you and painted forts before dawn tomorrow. That depends. Does it? You promise to stop slaughtering these pigeons for a master, Aubrey? Sure. Ask for plenty. Yeah. Purvis. Mister, you'll get more than you ask for if you stay around a lot more. What I do is my business and nobody else's. I got a quarrel with Brandon. If you take sides of them, you'll land up on Boot Hill. Now where you heading? West. Hello. Follow me. We go this way. Come on, Silver. Hey, Swebby. They ain't heading west. We're heading back for train at First Forks. Where's them guns? Never mind. It's too dark to shoot them. Yeah. They're heading back for Painted Forks. Puris reckon they made up their minds to ask for trouble. Well, mister, they'll get plenty of trouble. Plenty. No one is following us. Kemosabi. I can see the Vectrail. Santo, how long will the pigeons keep migrating them go south? Maybe another week. Yet another week? That's right. I wonder if the passenger pigeon will still exist a hundred years from now. Medicine man, him say bird not be here. Men like Smebby and Purvis are responsible for the slaughter. They think the passenger pigeon is inexhaustible. They think the buffalo can never be wiped out either. You saw the shooting tonight. They're plenty bad. The trees were filled with pigeons. Roosting for the night. All those men had to do was load their rifles with shot and fire upward. It was sheer murder. How are you stopping? Brandon is the only one in Painted Forks to realize that wildlife won't last forever. But the pigeons must be protected or they'll perish. You dropped plan. I don't know yet. Why is it that people never appreciate what they have until it's gone? Pigeons filled sky. Pigeons are plentiful now, kimosabe. But they won't always be plentiful. The time to protect them is now, before they're gone. Yes, Tano. We're heading for Painted Forks. We're going to see Jasper Brandon. Come on, Silver. Every day. That means Hubble. We're not looking for trouble. But we won't avoid it either. We're calling on Brandon. Faster, Silver. Faster. Pa, would you have shots? Maybe tonight? I don't rightly know, Todd. Most always I'm a man of peace. But I wish you around the plenty about the way he was killing off him birds. Those pigeons are mighty pretty birds, Pa. Yeah, and I want him to stay pretty and alive to them. Now, take this pigeon, the one we found with a broken wing. You and Ma fix it up fine. Pa, it's almost ready to fly. Yep. Wing. Old Betty. How would you feel if this little bird was shot by Smithy or by anybody? No, they couldn't. That's my feeling on a two tub. Time for bed, son. Is it more? More than time. Now, you get along. There's been a heap of excitement. You're more tired than usual. Good night. Good night. Good night, Pa. Good night, Sin. Say, Pa, you is. Yeah. You won't let the pigeon go while I'm asleep, will you? No, son. Don't worry. You'll have your chance to say goodbye. Now get to bed. Good night, Jasper. You did a fool thing tonight. You might have been shot if it hadn't have been for that mass man. I reckon so. But a man's got to do what he thinks is right. I don't mind picking up a poor wounded bird like Gray Wing here. But that's common kindness, sir. Granted. But your life is more precious to me than all the passenger pigeons in the world. That's an awful lot, monsieur. I mean it. Most folks feel the way Snebby and Purvis do. They see nothing wrong in killing pigeons. I don't either. Within reason. Oh, Jasper Brandon, stop being so reasonable. It's serious. See, there's folks believe in one thing and folks that believe in another. Ever since we had this bird around, I come to the belief that it's wrong to kill needlessly. It's all right to fool that. That's nature's law. But it's got to stop there. You can call it a crusade of what you wanted. But I aim to keep right on Sebby. Sebby and Purvis won't give up. I don't give up easy myself. Jasper. Sometimes you make me so fired mad that I could. Sounds like somebody coming. I don't know. It might be Smibby. Hello. Missed you for a second. We thought it might be Smibby. We watched maybe in Purvis for a while before we came here. Brandon, they've given up shooting pigeons. At least for tonight. Pigeons fly past Cottonwood, go someplace else. Mister, where are you helping me? Most folks think I'm local. Two reasons, Brandon. First, we stopped that gunfight because fighting never settles anything. Second, we believe as you do, mister. You mean those pigeons should be protected? Oh, well, I should be protected, mister. That mask you're wearing. And your horse. Yes, there's something familiar about you, but I can't figure just what. I'll get it later on, maybe. Look. Kimasabi. Him got bird and caged it. Had a broken weed. Bird's old, bitter. Now, I happened to cross it while I was riding up north. About 50 miles north. You're planning to release it? Yeah. Maybe tomorrow he could find its way back to where I got it, couldn't he? Well, pigeon heaps smart bird. Just a moment, Brandon. Perhaps you should take the bird back where you got it. But, mister, it might be a good idea for you to get out of town. Town, Mister, if you mean SMB and Purvis, I'll face them skunks down if I. No, Brandon, I don't. I don't see that. SMB and Purvis don't slaughter the birds. Look, mister, the pigeons will be flying south only a few days more. Tono and I are camped outside Painted Forks. We'll stay. Brandon, you're heading north. And when you come back, this whole affair will have blown over. Hey, Smithy, stop hollering your lungs out to you. Just maybe your hunch was right. I've been watching the Brandon place. Jasper. Brandon just pulled out. He did, huh? Early, yeah. Around dawn. I trailed him away as he's heading north and got his son with him. I didn't see the mask man. Didn't have to. He's around if you want to settle your fracas with Brandon. You better get your horse, Prawno. I ain't going Purvis, huh? I'm staying right here in Painted Forks. I'm going to hunt them pigeons. And if that master army tries to stop me, I'll let daylight through. But what about Brandon? Are you craw fishing? I'm staying here, but you ain't. You're going after Brandon. Me, you and Mogar. When you find a good spot, you'll dry gouge him. Savvy? And if the kid gets in the way, that's just too bad. I'll get going. K. No, smarty. I'm on my way. Get up there. Get up. That takes care of that. Now here comes another flock of pigeons. I'll take care of them, too. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Hey, everybody. Lady luck here. And we're celebrating America's 250th birthday. Now all summer long, I'm going to be celebrating by playing on spinquest.com, which is an American owned social casino. It obviously features over 1000 slot games and live blackjack, live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to spinquest.com get yourself a $30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. Spin Quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. All new drinks are now at McDonald's with refreshers like the Strawberry Watermelon Refresher and the Mango Pineapple Refresher with popping Boba to crafted sodas like the Sprite Berry Blast with berry flavors and cold foam. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so fire six? All new drinks are here now at McDonald's. Refreshers contain caffeine. Now to continue our story, Brandon and his son Todd rode north out of Painted Fork not knowing that Purvis and Mogar, two of Smebby's men, were on their trail. Young Todd. Brandon looked at the pigeon in the wicker basket balanced on the saddle horn and grinned at his father. Gosh, Pa, look at Gray Wing. I bet you he knows he's getting out of that cage. Take a look at the back trailer, Sam. Yes, sir. You see anything there? A thing, Pa. Anything special I should look for? Men? Horses? No, sir. Don't see them. Reckon it's all hooked up you doing then, Pa? Why are you watching everything around so careful like? Well, s. To tell you the gospel truth, I figured maybe that no good side why they might be prouding after Smevy. Yep. But I don't see him. I Reckon he's still back in Painted Forks, Pa. You sound disappointed. Damn. Well, gosh, if you set on gun fighting with Smevy, then what for we going out of town? I'll bet you could lick him easy. The man ain't sitting, top. He ain't? Well, I'll bet that's enough, son. Sorry, Pa. Don't mind me. I didn't mean to speak to your horse that way. It's all right. It's only that. Well, the masked man made me promise to get out of town. Hit handle, Smithy and Purvis. Oh. Seeing as how he saved my life, I figured I had to do like he said. Isn't that correct? Yes, sir. I guess so. Well, looks like we're heading into a stage storm. Storm up ahead there. Look again, son. That ain't no cloud. That's another flock of passenger pigeons. She dark in the sky. Don't you fret, gray wing. You'll be flying mighty soon. Get up for us. Gosh, Pa, those pigeons are awful pretty, aren't they? Just look at them. Hey, Burmers. Huh? Down there, look. Oh, boy. Yeah. Yeah, it's them. Brandon and the kid. Brandon and the Kid ain't traveling awful fast, babies. We can get up to him easy. Yeah. We keep riding on the ridge up here until we get past a mogar. You know that, Roy? Up the trail about five miles. Yeah, right good spot for a dry Gulchenberg. That's the place. We'll be there waiting. When Brandon rides up, we'll pull trigger just as easy as killing pigeons. Yeah, Mo guy just as easy. Only we leave the pigeons for Smebby. He's back in Painted Forks taking care of him right now. Come on, whip up your heart. The migrating pigeons sped south. So many of them that they spread a shadow over the ground. Back in Painted Forks, Mebby was all prepared. He saw the flock approaching and raced across to the door of his shack. Jarvis, Davey, Trigg. Turn out the pigeons are coming. They'll be roosting soon. Come on, get out of that bunk house. I'm paying your homage to. Work your beef. Catch it, Davy Slider. Hey, where are you? What in thunderation? Where are you? They ain't here. There's nobody here like those ornery skunks ran out on me to. No, wait a minute. This afternoon at the corral. Sure. Sure, that's it. At the corral. I'll get them. And you're not shooting those pigeons. Maybe the mask man. Where are my boys? I don't. I dropped around earlier. We Had a talk with your hired hens, huh? They left. You're local. Look around. You don't see them. You couldn't scare those gents off, mister. Why, they didn't even get their pay. I took care of that. You paid them off? Yes. I asked each man what you owed him and I gave it to him. Well, I. You needn't bother paying me back. Just consider it a good turn. From me to you, mister. I don't care for jokes. Here comes Toto. I had him watch your men as they left town. This is no jokes, Mebby. You saw them leave Tado. Was there any trouble? No trouble. They go west with wagon train. They leave Painted Fork. Gone west with a wagon train. Now listen here, mister. You and the engine can scare them. You don't need much persuading. Smebby. Nem listen to Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger. So that's who you are. That's why them fellas didn't have the nerve to fight back. Only two of your men were missing. Purvis and a hand named Mogar. Where are they? Weather. Yes? Never mind. I don't know where they are. You started to say something. Did I? Nel him not talk. We wait for other fellows, huh? All right, Taro. Maybe we'll camp right here until those men return. Unless you want to tell us now. Why. No, mister. You stay here. Make yourself right at home. Purvis and Morgar, huh? I wonder where they can be. Steady, Mogar. They're coming. Yeah. Be around the bend in just a minute. Can't see him yet. Get ready. We like tell you. I'm ready. It's them. Aim for Brandon. Shoot. Get him. We hit him all guy, but he's shooting back. He, him and the kid are in that hollow. Previs. We can't hit him so easy. We got you, Brandon. The other tireless trains right down. Keep shooting, Todd. Don't let him just pull. Yeah, he's wounded, Mogar. We'll get him. We can creep up slow. We got all afternoon. Yeah, all afternoon. And there ain't no way for him to get health either. Let him have bullets. Hey, that must be you. Not move. Maybe now listen engine. I ain't done nothing. Again the law. Old rangers got no right to bring the sheriff here just because they wanted to shoot pigeons. Not only one horse and that nut Mass Friend Hunter. No, that not silver. Hello. Is Math man around? This here's my place, Mrs. Brandon. Get off. Where's the math man? There's a mighty funny thing happened. You bring sheriff now. Now. Looky here. Not move. Hi. Here's the sheriff fellow. Now I'll just. Brandon, what are you doing here? Sheriff, listen here. This hump in his engine pod got no right to sling a gun on me. And I demand. Maybe this here's a long range. You can't talk like that. I didn't commit any crime. Right now I want to ask Mrs. Brennan a question. Is anything wrong, mister? I don't know. I got worried about Jasper and Taro. They left this morning. You haven't seen them since, have you? Of course not. Only will you come with me a second. Taro, bring Smebby. Come on, Sheriff. Right here. Here's my horse. Here, mister. Look. Well, what about it? That's just a pigeon, that's all. Well, I ain't sure that's all, mister. He flew down out of the sky just a little while ago. That's a pigeon Brandon had in the cage. Not right. Seems that way. Only Jesse wasn't going to let that pigeon loose till he got up nose. All pigeons look alike. You're not crazy enough to believe that a pigeon's got enough sense to fly from the Pasco Trail. Down Pasco Trail. How did you know Brandon took the Pasco Trail? Sheriff, will you put him in jail until Todd and I get back, huh? Purvis and Mogar are missing. It all adds up. I want you to hold Smy because I think he's planted dry Ghost Brandon. Mister. He'll be in jail when you get back here. Silver. Yes, D. How can you guess? It is a guess. It's the pigeon. Mrs. Brandon, I don't understand. You had that pigeon in your home for several months, didn't you? More than five months. The pigeon returned to your home. That's right. That same bird. Him come back. And the bird came back ahead of time. That means only one thing. That something has happened to your husband. Yep. We're going to find out what. Come on, Silver. Get up. Scout. Don't stop for anything. Cuddle. We've got miles to cover. Isn't that right? It's plenty far. There's no telling what we'll find. Let's hope we get there before it's too late. Faster, Silver, Faster. Here, Paul, have a sip of water. Got no more bullets, Pa. Coming on dark too? Nope. No more bullets. Here, have a drink. Sam. I shouldn't have brought you with me and finish you too. They can't afford to leave witnesses. Try to get away, Todd. Try to get back. I'm not believing your pa, son. No, Pa. Well, leastways we let the pigeon out of his cage. Did you notice how he circled around us before he hid himself? P. I think they're coming. They know our ammunition is gone. What's this? It's the masked man. The mask. Man in the engine. Shoot. Shoot, Brandon. Quick, before they. No, you don't. Drop those guns. Me? Get them. Fire. Shot the guns right out of their hands. You got it. You got it. Brandon. Brandon, are you all right? Mister, you got here. Save your voice. Let me see your wound. We'd have finished the job if you two hadn't come up in time. You're not badly hurt, Brandon. We'll take you back to Painted Forks. You'll be better in no time. Whoopee. And as for these two, they'll end up in jail with a leader. Smebby. Yeah, yeah. We'll help you up on your horse. You feel all right, Pa? I can help hold you in the saddle. We got something. All right, you two, move. Keep your guns on them, Toto. It won't take us long. Brandon. You'll be back in your own home before you know it. Misty, I've been wondering. How in termation did you figure out we was in trouble? You can thank the pigeons for that, Brandon. Pigeons, they do savvy. You left the bird out of the cage, didn't you? Sure I did, Brandon. That bird flew straight to your home. When we saw it, we knew that something had gone wrong. You mean. You mean that bird didn't fly with a flock? He made a beeline for my place back in Painted Forks. He did? Can you beat that? Son, we've been doing our best to keep the pigeons from being slaughtered. Now it looks as if the pigeons turned right around and done the very same thing for us. Yeah, Pa. And look, Paul, look. There comes another black. Look at him flying way up in the sky. The passenger pigeons, Pa. Don't they look doggone beautiful? Hey everybody. Lady luck here. And we're celebrating America's 250th birthday. Now all summer long I'm going to be celebrating by playing on spinquest.com which is an American owned social casino. It obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack. Live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to spinquest.com. get yourself a 30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. Spin Quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spin quest.com for more details. 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