Blast and Double Blast | The Lone Ranger (02-27-42)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "Blast and Double Blast"

Series: Old Time Radio Westerns
Show: The Lone Ranger | Original Airdate: Feb 27, 1942 (Podcast Release: Feb 3, 2026)
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Restoration: Digitally remastered audio

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Overview

This classic episode of The Lone Ranger, presented by Old Time Radio Westerns, takes listeners to the tumultuous Black Hills, where the masked hero and his loyal companion Tonto confront corporate greed and corruption. The story centers on efforts by the Drexel Syndicate to monopolize local gold mines with intimidation, deceit, and violence. The Lone Ranger orchestrates a clever scheme to expose the villainy and restore justice for the everyday miners.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

1. Drexel Syndicate’s Plot and Growing Power

[03:09-04:18]

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter “Reward” posters offering $10,000 for the capture (dead or alive) of the Lone Ranger, issued by Drexel Syndicate.
• Syndicate aims to buy up all gold mines — crushing independent owners with unfair practices, deceptive rumors, and coercion.
• Drexel claims the "real Lone Ranger" is in Texas, branding the present masked man as an impostor to turn public opinion against him.
• Notable exchange:
  • Tonto: “Maybe you hide for time, huh?”
    Lone Ranger: “Hide? That’s what Drexel would like. Well, we won’t hide.” ([04:18])

2. Pressure on Mine Owners & Threats of Sabotage

[05:25-07:04]

• Potter, an honest mine owner, refuses to sell out to Drexel’s agent, Beasley, despite mounting pressure and veiled threats about sabotage and restricted access.
  • Beasley: “Suppose you had a cave in... you might find it difficult to get machinery.” ([06:14])
  • Potter: “I won’t have a cave in. My shafts and tunnels are built right. I don’t risk the lives of my men like Drexel does.” ([06:32])

3. Sabotage Strikes: Explosion at Potter’s Mine

[07:36-08:30]

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto witness a violent explosion at Potter’s mine — clearly sabotage.
  • Lone Ranger: “Explosion like that means trouble. Trouble in the Black Hills generally means Drexel.” ([07:43])
• Potter, unfazed, stands up to Beasley, but the danger grows as loyalty from townsmen is bought off with the reward notice.

4. Despair Among Honest Folk

[09:00-12:00]

• Vern Gardner, another mine owner, is impoverished and embittered by Drexel’s stranglehold.
• He condemns anyone accepting Drexel’s bounty:
  • Gardner: “I'd see Sarah starve to death before I'd take Drexel cash for shooting the Lone Ranger.” ([10:15])
• Reveals how Beasley purposely manipulates claims so he can claim mines for nothing.

5. Lone Ranger’s Undercover Gamble

[13:14-14:43]

• Disguised, Lone Ranger approaches Beasley, offering information about the “impostor” Lone Ranger’s camp for $1,000.
• In the middle of their clandestine meeting, the room is attacked, and Tonto steals back the $300 advance — leaving a silver bullet as a calling card.
  • Beasley: (upon discovery) “The cash was on the table. It’s gone.” ([15:01])
  • Lone Ranger: “A silver bullet.” ([15:01])

6. Gardner Receives a Mysterious Aid

[17:26-18:51]

• Gardner receives $300 (from Tonto and the LR), enough to reopen his mine, along with another silver bullet — widely recognized as the Lone Ranger’s symbol of justice.
  • Potter: “$300 left mysterious in the night with a silver bullet alongside it to show who it was from — the Lone Ranger.” ([17:53])
• Beasley is enraged; the miners’ hope is rekindled.

7. Entrapment of Beasley: The Double Blast Scheme

[19:30-22:26]

• Beasley tries to hire the “stranger” (Lone Ranger undercover) to blow up Gardner’s mine for $1,000.
  • Lone Ranger: “You don’t seem to care what you do for cash, do you?”
  • Beasley: “Money has a loud voice.” ([20:33])

8. The Trap Springs: Justice for the Black Hills

[23:49-26:44]

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto set up the blasting so that townsfolk witness Beasley’s transaction and his confession of guilt.
• At the crucial moment, Potter and Gardner emerge and confront Beasley, the evidence in hand.
  • Potter: “We get proof in your own statements, Beasley, that you’re responsible for the blowing up of my tunnel too.” ([25:31])
  • Lone Ranger: “The thousand dollars you paid will go a long way toward repairing the damage to Gardner's tunnel.” ([25:25])
• Beasley is forced to pay for the damage he caused and promises (under duress) to abandon his campaign against the miners.

9. Poetic Justice: Reward Money Claimed

[26:17-27:32]

• The Lone Ranger insists the $10,000 bounty for his capture be turned over to Gardner and Potter.
  • Lone Ranger: “Here I am, Beasley, just as described on your handbills. Gardner, Potter and their friends are turning me over to you. And they claim the reward.” ([26:26])
  • Beasley, defeated, accedes: “I’ll pay the reward. But, man, put down your guns. I’ll drop any charges against this masked man.” ([27:32])

10. Epilogue

[27:44-28:00]

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride into the dawn, their work done, leaving the townsfolk restored and Beasley humbled.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Drexel’s Monopoly:
  “It’s not American to give one man too much power. He’d make slaves of the people he hired. In Tonto, there shall be no more slavery.”
  —The Lone Ranger ([04:15])

• Vern’s Integrity:
  “I’d see Sarah starve to death before I’d take Drexel cash for shooting the Lone Ranger.”
  —Vern Gardner ([10:15])

• On the Power of the Silver Bullet:
  “$300 left mysterious in the night with a silver bullet alongside it to show who it was from—the Lone Ranger.”
  —Potter ([17:53])

• Exposing Beasley:
  “That's right, Beasley. You’ve been tricked. The thousand dollars you paid will go a long way toward repairing the damage to Gardner's tunnel.”
  —Lone Ranger ([25:25])

• Poetic Justice:
  “Here I am, Beasley, just as described on your handbills. Gardner, Potter and their friends are turning me over to you. And they claim the reward.”
  —Lone Ranger ([26:26])

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Time | Segment | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------| | 03:09 | Reward notice and Drexel Syndicate’s plot | | 05:25 | Drexel agent Beasley threatens Potter | | 07:36 | Explosion at Potter’s mine | | 09:00 | Vern’s despair; condemnation of dirty money | | 13:14 | Lone Ranger’s undercover meeting with Beasley | | 15:01 | Tonto leaves a silver bullet, steals money back | | 17:26 | Gardner receives $300 and a new chance | | 19:30 | Beasley tries to arrange new sabotage | | 23:49 | Trap and exposure of Beasley’s crimes | | 26:26 | Lone Ranger turns himself in for reward | | 27:44 | Lone Ranger and Tonto ride off |

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Tone & Style

The original episode strikes a dignified, resolute, and suspenseful note, with dialogue carrying the moral conviction and wit characteristic of golden-age radio westerns. The Lone Ranger is a figure of unyielding justice; Tonto is resourceful and steadfast. Community values, personal sacrifice, and strategic cleverness triumph over corruption.

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Listener Takeaway

This story showcases the Lone Ranger at his best: outsmarting the powerful to protect the humble, using clever ruses to expose injustice, and restoring hope to an oppressed community. The episode’s structure weaves action and moral discourse seamlessly, making it as impactful now—especially with the podcast’s pristine restoration—as it was eighty years ago.

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Transcript

[A]

Are you really buying a car online on Autotrader right now?

[B]

Really?

[A]

At a playground?

[C]

Yeah, really. Look at these listings from dealers.

[A]

Wow, your search can really get that specific.

[C]

Really?

[A]

And you just put in your info.

[C]

And boom, car's in your budget.

[D]

Mom needs a second.

[A]

Honey, you can really have it delivered.

[C]

Really? Or I can pick it up at the dealership. One sec, sweetie. Mommy's buying a car.

[A]

Mommy, look. I think your kid is walking up the slide again.

[E]

Really?

[A]

Autotrader, Buy your car online? Really?

[F]

Back in the old west, folks didn't run to the pharmacy every time trouble hit. They relied on the know how and natural remedies. Kind of like how Tonto always seems to have a special mixture ready for whatever came next. If you want to learn how to do that today, check out the Beginner's Guide to Herbal Remedies. Easy steps for teas, tinctures and salves. Even if you've never tried herbs before, visit otrwesterns.comherbs to learn more. Again, otrwesterns.com herbs. Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines, and I'm excited to bring you another episode. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. You can find more western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode.

[C]

Fiery horse.

[E]

With the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high, old.

[C]

Silver, the Lone Ranger.

[E]

With his faithful companion, Tonto, the masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness, have come down to us through the generations. And nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. 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.

[B]

We've got to hurry.

[E]

The Lone Ranger, riding between two mining towns in the Black Hills, saw a square of cardboard fastened to a tree. He hurried toward it with Tonto close behind.

[D]

Look at that. Tto that reward. Notice we saw another one of those at the edge of that last town. And there's a $10,000 reward for the capture of that man, dead or alive. And that not good. They describe me. Masked man, light hat, white horse, cold silver. The reward is offered by the Drexel Syndicate. Drexel know what you do. No doubt of that. He must have heard how we were trying to interfere with his operation in this part of the country. Maybe you make too much trouble for Drexel. Not as much as I'd like to. Perhaps these notices are a good sign, Tonto. Vexel wouldn't be willing to spend $10,000 unless we were in his way.

[C]

That's right.

[D]

But plenty people know Lone Ranger and plenty people good friends. Vexel has thought of that. A small type. Here at the bottom of the notice, he explained that the real Lone Ranger's in Texas. He says that I'm really a crook posing as a Lone Ranger. But you got ring on finger. Only real Lone Ranger wear that. Anyone gets a chance to shoot, they won't stop to look at a ring. Maybe you hide for time, huh?

[B]

Hide?

[D]

That's what Drexel would like. Well, we won't hide. We'll keep after his agents who are trying to buy up all the gold mines. But wait, Kimasabe. Well, maybe it'd be good thing for a plenty feller. Plenty men maybe. Want to sell gold mine, get cash. Drexel isn't fair, Tono. He doesn't pay a tenth of the amount the mines are worth. Furthermore, it would be a bad thing for one firm to control the industry, Baron. Yes. America's founded on free enterprise. All gold mines are operated by one man. A miner would have to take whatever pay was offered. There'd be no competition. Drexel would be able to name his own terms for every piece of machinery he bought, every railroad he used, every man who worked for him. That's right. Yes. He'd be too powerful. It's not American to give one man too much power. He'd make slaves of the people he hired. In Tonto, there shall be no more slavery. And we go on to next town, huh? Not tonight. We'll find a place to make camp and go into town in the morning. The horses need rest, and it'll soon be dark.

[C]

Yep, it gets dark early at this time of the year, Potter.

[B]

Surprised to see you ride up, Beasley. I thought your evening time was spent in Pharaoh's gambling place.

[C]

Business, Potter. That's what brought me here.

[D]

I don't see why.

[B]

I told you last time I didn't want to sell a Nancy Jane. But I keep my gold mine and work it.

[C]

You're using poor judgment, Potter. The Drexel Syndicate is getting pretty powerful in this part of the country.

[B]

Not powerful enough to tell me what I'll do.

[C]

And I might add that Mr. Drexel has indicated his displeasure at the salaries you pay Your men.

[B]

Oh, he don't like it, eh? He'd sooner I'd starve him like he does.

[D]

Well, I won't.

[C]

And there's another thing, Potter. You might find it difficult to get railroad facilities to ship your Oregon.

[B]

Why should I?

[C]

Mr. Drexel is in a position to contract for all the facilities that are available now. It wouldn't be easy for you to ship gold without railroads with it.

[D]

Easily.

[B]

I won't sell, and that's that. Now go on to Ferrell gym and play your Pokemon.

[C]

No, no, wait, Potter. There's another thing. Well, suppose you had a. A cave in and needed a lot of heavy machinery to reopen your mine.

[B]

I suppose I'd have trouble getting that machinery.

[C]

That might be the case.

[B]

Well, I won't have a cave in. My shafts and tunnels are built right. I don't risk the lives of my men like Drexel does.

[C]

You never can tell, Potter. What if someone had a grudge against you? There's a lot of blasting powder around here and a lot of men who know how to use it.

[B]

Sure enough, Beasley. I've heard about enough of your threats and hints and suggestions. You'll find the men out here don't scare easy.

[C]

No gift. Very well, Pottery. If you change your mind, let me know. We buy gold property in any condition. Even caved in mine.

[B]

I said git.

[C]

You can reach me a pair of gems. Get up there.

[D]

Hello there, Silver, old fella. Have the saddle off in a minute and a rub down for you. Oh, look yonder. Kimasabe Nisi light and next town. I see. Tono. That means that any fire we might build would serve as a beacon. We'll do without a hot meal tonight.

[C]

I often. Look.

[D]

Look there.

[C]

You see?

[D]

Red flare in the sky.

[E]

Wait.

[D]

Listen.

[C]

You hear it? Hot blast.

[D]

Explosion and a big one. Explosion like that means trouble. Trouble in the Black Hills generally means. Drexel. I'm up tunnel. We're riding tonight. Teddy's color. Be an easy trail through these hills at night. Ready there, Silver. Steady, boy. Hey, fella. Ready.

[C]

Be ready.

[D]

Get him up.

[C]

Scow on, Silver.

[D]

There's the mine. The whole mouth has caved in easily.

[B]

Warn me. The only threaten me will outgun this scheme and crook.

[C]

Hey, Father, look there. There's 10,000 reward for that man.

[B]

Stand back.

[C]

Me for that reward?

[D]

That'll break for it.

[C]

Right, Hel.

[D]

You got hit, Tano?

[C]

No.

[B]

Tell her shoot too fast for a while. Good.

[D]

We can't let that sort of thing go on, Kimosabe. Too much to Be done. We've got to be free to move.

[B]

And what we do.

[D]

Easy, boy.

[B]

Easy job.

[D]

Easy. That's it, Tato. I gotta go back to that town. I've got a use of disguise here. Help me unroll my pack and get out the old clothes.

[A]

Time to fix it.

[D]

We've not only gotta fight men who blow up gold mines, we've gotta show these people that the real Lone Rangers in the Black Hills and not in Texas.

[E]

Vern Gardner was one of the few mine owners who would have welcomed a chance to sell out. He was tired, discouraged and broke. Both Vern and his wife Sarah showed signs of hunger as they sat on the veranda of their house in creaking rocking chairs.

[A]

I'm sorry for Potter. I reckon he'll be as hard up.

[C]

As we are now after the explosion last night. I don't suppose he'll be able to give you the job he promised.

[A]

He won't.

[C]

I asked. Well, this is the end, then. Vern, I don't know what's to come of us now.

[A]

Look, there's another newcomer hidden here. The poor critter. I suppose he figures to make a striking a fortune.

[C]

He's looking here. Likely hoping for food.

[D]

Hello there.

[A]

Hiya, pilgrim.

[D]

Mind if I let my horse use your water trough?

[A]

Help yourself. It's about all we got to offer.

[D]

Thanks. Who's the Drexel agent around here?

[A]

Shit. Who you looking for? The Drexel man?

[D]

Yes.

[C]

Name is Beasley. Has a room over Pharaoh Jim's place.

[D]

I understand he's ready to pay for the capture of this man.

[C]

Oh, you saw those notices, huh?

[A]

$10,000. What do you pay? Just 10,000, that's all. Nothing but a fortune.

[D]

Maybe I can show him the man he's after.

[A]

Well, go on and do it. And I hope you're choking the first food you buy with that dirty cash.

[D]

What's that?

[A]

I'm a man without a century. A gold mine is one of the best around here, but for lack of a few hundred dollars, I can't operate till I hit the pay dirt. Can't borrow the cash, and I'm watching my wife go hungry. But I'd see Santa starve to death before I'd take the directional cash for shooting the Lone Ranger.

[D]

Oh. Mind if I sit down for a minute?

[A]

Well, then sit if you want to.

[D]

The real Lone Ranger was in Texas.

[A]

No, he's not. We've heard of things around here. And you can take it from me, the real Lone Ranger is back of him.

[D]

He is?

[A]

You're Doggone right he is. If he'd come here, he'd find plenty of things that need cleaning up. He's just the fight machine to do it. That's why the Drexel outfit have everyone around here ready to shoot him on sight, for example. You mean what should be done?

[D]

Yes.

[A]

All right. Take Potter. Before that Agent Beasley came here. Good minds like Potters didn't get blowed to miss smithereens. Didn't they go around fighting one another? They helped each other. They weren't suspicious of everyone. And his brother? Well, Beasley has changed all that. When he wants a mind, he finds a way to get it. When a man has a good mind like I've got, Beasley sees that he can't get cash to work it to the pay dirt.

[D]

What will happen if you don't work your mine?

[A]

Well, if there's no work on it for a certain time, I lose it. The ground can be staked all over again. Then Beasley gets it. I offered to sell out for a thousand dollars. You know what Beasley did? He laughed at me.

[D]

A thousand dollars mine.

[A]

That's worth a million. He wouldn't pay me enough to take Sara and me back east. No, sir. He'll wait, get it for nothing.

[D]

Does Beasley know what the land is worth?

[A]

Sure he knows. That's his business at Dirt Vernon Gardener.

[C]

You'Re letting your tongue wag too much.

[A]

Yes, maybe so. I'm sorry. Stingy.

[D]

Well, that's all right.

[A]

Vern just riles me, that's all. Here I sit, hungry for lack of a couple of hundred dollars. That'll make my claim pay off. I know the man that could make things right around here. Then you talk of shooting this man. Well, I can't hold it again.

[D]

You?

[A]

Plenty other men in town would do the same.

[D]

I'm going to call on Mr. Beasley and see if he really will pay as much as the reward notice says.

[A]

I'm sure we can't offer you grub.

[D]

Thanks, Vern. Thanks just the same. Maybe I'll see you again. Steady, big fella.

[C]

Come on, boy.

[A]

He's a nice spoken chance area. I. I shouldn't have said what he did.

[C]

I don't know about that, Vern.

[A]

What do you mean?

[C]

My PA used to raise horses, so I know him.

[A]

What do you mean?

[C]

That stranger's riding the best horse I ever saw. I wonder what he calls it.

[E]

Before the Lone Ranger, in disguise, called on Beasley, he hurried out of town to meet Tonto. New plans were made based on things he had just learned that evening, Tonto waited in the shadows behind the building while the Lone Ranger went inside. Fell Jim's Cafe. He looked around for a minute and walked toward the back of the cafe where he spoke to a man who stood near the end of the bar.

[D]

They call you Beasley, don't they?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

Why? Better come to the back room. What I have to say is private.

[C]

Then what is it? All right. Go.

[D]

To. Lawyer.

[C]

What do you want?

[D]

What do you know about this hand bill? Is the reward on the level?

[C]

That's what it says.

[D]

Why? Well, this line about the Lone Ranger really being in Texas. What if that's not true? What if this man isn't a fake?

[C]

I'm authorized to pay the reward. What do you know about him?

[D]

I know where he's camping.

[C]

You do?

[D]

I wouldn't want to stop a silver bullet from one of those guns he uses. If you want to know the location, I'll sell the information.

[C]

How much?

[D]

$1,000. No reason why you can't get the reward for yourself.

[C]

You scared?

[D]

I think that Indian with him has been watching me.

[C]

Tell me where the camp is. If the information leads to the capture, dead or alive, I'll pay the thousand.

[D]

500 now, arrest later.

[C]

300 now. That suit you?

[D]

Yes. I'll take it. Let me see the cash.

[C]

2, 250. 300. There's the cash. Hey, what's that?

[B]

The lamp.

[C]

Duck.

[D]

Get on the table. Quick.

[A]

Shoot. Shoot.

[D]

The ones here in this room came through the window.

[C]

Do something. Do something strong. Silver. Silver. You hear that? Silver. That horse.

[D]

Beasley.

[B]

That got away.

[D]

Are. Are you all right?

[C]

Yes. Did he knock you down too?

[D]

Oh, that Indian, he.

[C]

A candle. Here, I'll. I'll light it.

[D]

The cash was on the table. It's gone.

[C]

And a bullet in its place. A silver bullet.

[E]

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.

[D]

It.

[E]

Now to continue our story. 10 minutes have elapsed since the light in the rear room. Pharaoh Jim's was shot out and Beasley's money taken from the table. Men who came to inquire about the noise and shooting were sent away. Another lamp was lighted and Beasley spoke to the man across the table.

[C]

I paid you the 300. It was on the table. It's your cash that was stolen.

[D]

What about it?

[C]

Promised to tell me where the Lone Rangers camp was.

[D]

Not much use now. What we said here was probably overheard. Camp will be moved.

[C]

Yeah, I suppose that's right. Well, where was it?

[D]

Half a mile south of town in the woods at the bend in Durham Creek.

[C]

I suppose it's just as you said. He'll move the camp now.

[D]

You needn't complain. You're out just $300. I'd have had more than that if you'd captured the man you want.

[C]

You can still get that reward.

[D]

Maybe I'll try for it. I'd like to meet that Indian that was here.

[E]

Several days later, Beasley heard that Vern Gardner had men working at his mine heading there. He met Potter on the way.

[B]

Keep going, Beasley. Go and see something that'll make you downright a little.

[C]

Is it true that Gardner's got men working at his tunnel?

[B]

You doggone right it's true. None of the men you've got scared half to death loaned him to cash.

[C]

Either to get the money to go.

[E]

On with the job.

[B]

It was left with him. $300 left mysterious in the night with a silver bullet alongside it to show.

[C]

Who it was from the Lone Ranger.

[B]

Hey, look yonder. There's poor old Vern's place. He's got the dirt a flying now. He'll hit the pay dirt any day. And now he wouldn't sell you at any price.

[C]

I don't know why you're laughing, Carter. Your own mind is caved in.

[B]

I'll get it reopened. There's another thing, Beasley. I know who's to blame for it being blown up.

[C]

Oh, you do, huh?

[B]

So do you, you scheming crook.

[C]

Hadn't better make any charges you can't prove, Potter.

[B]

When I make charges, I'll prove them. And don't forget that. Hey, Vern.

[A]

Hey there, potty. Come and see how much hell is progressing. Going first rig.

[B]

Mr. Beasley is real interested.

[D]

Now.

[A]

You couldn't buy half a foot of this land now, Beasley. Almost any day I'm gonna hit the pay dirt.

[C]

I haven't made any offer to buy your land.

[A]

I'm just telling you to save you the trouble, that's all. Just wait till I hit pay dirt. You won't scare me from lending money the men that need it.

[C]

You weren't talking so loud a few days ago. $300 won't last long.

[A]

It'll last long enough. You wait and see. Now get off my property. Come on, Potter, look it over.

[B]

Yeah, I'd like to see it, Vern. There's not a man around here that's more deserving of a little good luck than you are.

[A]

I'll show you the tunnel and the samples that make me sure we're almost a pay dirt. Then we'll go to the house and I'll show you a silver bullet.

[C]

Gotta do something about that, Marty. Gotta do something in a hurry. Take chances either.

[E]

Beasley turned his back on Gardiner's tunnel and headed back for the center of town. While he walked, his mind ran over various ways to stop the work. He was so absorbed in thoughts that he didn't notice the man on the path ahead until he was quite close.

[C]

Oh, you again, huh?

[D]

So you've looked over the gardener job?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

You'd work down there, huh? I haven't got the last money you gave me. I still need cash.

[C]

What do you know about tunnels?

[D]

Enough.

[C]

Yes.

[D]

I also know how to use blasting powder.

[C]

What are you getting at?

[D]

I don't think you'd find it easy to get someone to blast another tunnel for you.

[C]

Why do you say that?

[D]

The men have been pretty mad since Potter's explosion.

[C]

I didn't have anything to do with that.

[D]

That's the point, Beasley. If you had done it yourself, you'd have no problem. You do the same to Gardner. But when it comes to hiring a job done, a different matter, you don't.

[C]

You don't seem to care what you do for cash, do you?

[D]

Money has a loud voice.

[C]

Did you learn anything new about the Lone. The masked man that calls himself the Lone Ranger?

[D]

I guess there's pretty good evidence that he's no impostor, isn't there?

[C]

So you heard where Gardner got his cash?

[D]

Yes, I knew about it.

[C]

I asked a question.

[D]

I know the Lone Rangers moved his camp. I found that out.

[C]

Do you know where the new camp is?

[D]

I want more case than you'd pay for that information.

[C]

They'll do better than 300.

[D]

Not interested, Beasley. 500. No. The job I'm after is one that is worth a lot more. If you can get the gardener property for nothing, you'd get something pretty nice now, wouldn't you? Well, that mine should be worth millions.

[C]

It's a mighty lot of money.

[D]

What's it worth to you to have a blast there one that one.

[C]

That'd fill up the tunnels.

[D]

At least it would fill the mouth of the tunnel.

[C]

Guaranteed.

[D]

Oh, you needn't pay. If you're satisfied with the work, you.

[C]

Come to my room. Maybe we can talk business.

[E]

In the darkness of night, the Lone Ranger and tunnel worked with feverish haste, digging holes and packing with blasting powder.

[D]

Make a mistake in this tunnel may do Burn Gardner more harm than good. That's Right now. Tamp this potter down. I've got the fuses in.

[C]

When you.

[D]

When you get cash from Beasley? Tonight. As soon as he's satisfied that the job is done the way he wants it. That would we take big risk. Other times when you yell for Silver out of window. Beasley would have been surprised to know that the man with him was the same one he thought he heard outside. There. That'll do. When I meet him near that pile of rocks. You got all other plan made? Yes. If not like first plan, why not? Tano, what's the matter with our idea? There plenty of risk. There's always risk. Tto risk and everything worthwhile men who work these mines risk their lives and the lives of their families to get a foothold in these hills.

[C]

That's right.

[D]

But t's still not like plan. I don't know of any other way to work things out. After all, we still have guns to fight our way clear and scout and Silver to carry us. Let's get to work now and finish getting the powder placed. Got a lot of work before midnight.

[C]

I don't know why we couldn't have ridden here. It's hard walking at night.

[D]

Horses would make a lot of noise. Beasley.

[C]

Yeah. Who'd hear it? Nearest house is Vern Gardner's and it's blown away from his tunnel.

[D]

There might be men there than we think. It's best to go on foot. You'll realize that later on or.

[C]

You sure you've got enough powder in place?

[D]

Yes. I'll take care of my end of the job. Just be sure about the money. Here we are.

[C]

Here.

[D]

Right. This pile of rocks. We protect you when the blast goes off. Yeah.

[C]

It's a good thing people around here know that. Know that I don't know how to use blasting potter. I'd be blamed for this.

[D]

Oh, you'll be blamed anyway. But as long as there's no proof against you, what do you care?

[C]

Well, I don't.

[D]

You got the cash with you, haven't you, Beasley? Of course. Moon's coming up. Now you can see the entrance to the tunnel.

[C]

Oh, come on. Go on. Get this over with. I don't want to see the entrance. I want it closed with tons of.

[D]

Ore. You wait right here. Then I'll go and light the fuse.

[E]

Lone Ranger hurried to the tunnel and disappeared inside. Whispered tensely to Toto, one minute.

[D]

Hello. Just let me get my own clothes on. It's good to get out of these old ones.

[C]

She's ready to light just a Second right here. Your mask.

[D]

Good.

[C]

He strapped gun belt in place.

[D]

All right.

[C]

I see a thing in there. Here.

[D]

Hat. You have the old clothes?

[C]

Me? Take them away.

[D]

Put them in saddlebag. You'll take care of the horses, won't you?

[C]

That right.

[D]

You can light those fuses, Chemo sami. I'll circle the rocks and speak to Beasley from behind his back. And as soon he didn't see me in these clothes until he's handed over the cash.

[E]

A match flamed against the fuse. There were sparks and a fast sputtering as to Tonto slipped quickly away. The Indian paused outside the tunnel, lighted a second fuse and disappeared. A moment later an ear splitting blast rocked the earth.

[D]

How about it, Beasley? Are you satisfied?

[C]

I sure am. Gardener won't move that dirt for some time. Well, that's a better job than was done on Potter's tunnel.

[D]

Hey, off then.

[C]

I've got the cash right here. You did a first class job. Glad to pay you.

[D]

I. I've changed my clothes since the last time you saw me, Beasley.

[C]

Last? You the Lone Ranger.

[A]

Why you.

[D]

Take it easy.

[C]

Lone Ranger.

[D]

You hear that?

[B]

Come on, boys.

[C]

Hey, what's this?

[A]

Partner.

[C]

Partner. Coming. You're doggone right.

[B]

Lee was right behind those rocks. Heard every word it was saying.

[C]

Double cross. You tricked me.

[D]

That's right, Beasley. You've been tricked. The thousand dollars you paid will go a long way toward repairing the damage to Gardner's tunnel.

[B]

We get proof in your own statements, Beasley, that you're responsible for the blowing up of my tunnel too.

[C]

But wait.

[B]

You and your firm will have to make that good.

[D]

He's right, Beasley. These men have evidence enough to jail you for life if they want to use it. They might dismiss their charges if you make good your damage.

[C]

Oh, wait, wait, man. Wait. Listen to me. It was this man. The Lone Ranger, that is. He calls himself the Lone Ranger. He blew up Gardner's tunnel.

[A]

You hired him to do it. That's all we need to know.

[B]

You said he wasn't really the Lone Ranger. Why, you and Ricky. No, no, no.

[C]

Wait, boys. Let me talk. Don't be too hard with me. I. I acted under orders. I'll do what I can to make good the damage. I. I'll pay.

[A]

It's the truest thing you ever said, Beasley. You finally got the men riled up enough to stand against you and all your power.

[B]

Your power smashed to smithereens, Beasley. And if you aren't convinced of that, we'll jail you, try you and maybe Hang you.

[D]

There's one thing more. You. What about the reward? What? $10,000 for my capture. The Drexel Company is to pay that, isn't it?

[C]

Oh, now, don't you.

[D]

Here I am, Beasley, just as described on your hand. Mills, Gardner, Potter and their friends are turning me over to you. And they claim the reward. No.

[C]

There's a limit to everything.

[D]

That's right.

[C]

I'm willing to open the mines. I'll repair the damage I'm charged with doing. I'll do that. And it's my cash that started Gardiner back to work on his property.

[D]

Oh, no, Bisley. That was my cash, remember? You gave it to me for information about the Lone Rangers camp. So the money was paid me for firing a blast at Gardner's tunnel. You haven't spent any of your own cash at Drexel's. I'll reopen the tunnel and you'll pay the reward.

[A]

You'll pay. We'll take it out of your hide.

[B]

$10,000 to wake up.

[D]

You win. Bring up the horses. Tunnel. Me? Come. Well, Beasley, I'm your prisoner because you're paying the reward for my capture. Now what are you going to do with me?

[C]

Do with you?

[D]

Yes. Are you going to order me jail?

[C]

Well, I. I think it's different than.

[D]

You figured, isn't it? He didn't count on having me alive. Wait, Tato. Beasley is deciding what he's going to do with a prisoner that's cost him $10,000.

[A]

Hurry up, Beasley. Make up your mind so we can go to your office and get our charge.

[C]

I'll pay the reward. But, man. Put down your guns. I'll drop any charges against this masked man. Please, please, mister. Go away. Go away before you think of something else.

[D]

Steady, Silver. Ready? Huddle.

[C]

You ready?

[D]

I hear any more bad reports about you, Beasley, I'll be back. And you won't need handbills to bring me. Come on, huddle. Get him up. Scout.

[E]

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[F]

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