Brand of Maverick | The Cisco Kid (01-04-55)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns – "Brand of Maverick" | The Cisco Kid (01-04-55)

Episode Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns (hosted by Andrew Rhynes) spotlights a digitally restored classic Cisco Kid adventure: "Brand of Maverick." Set against the tumultuous post-Civil War frontier, the story evolves around schemes, cattle rustling, and mistaken identities, highlighting the clever and courageous Cisco Kid and his jovial sidekick, Pancho. As outlaws seek to take advantage of confusion over cattle brands, Cisco and Pancho navigate suspicion, danger, and betrayal to clear their names and deliver justice.

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Main Themes and Purpose

• Post-war lawlessness: With many unbranded and unclaimed cattle roaming the West after the Civil War, opportunists and outlaws seek to exploit the chaos for profit.
• Frontier Justice: The story explores themes of justice, loyalty, and reputation, as Cisco seeks to exonerate himself while helping the vulnerable.
• Friendship and Wit: The relationship and banter between Cisco Kid and Pancho provide warmth and levity amid escalating danger.

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Key Discussion Points and Plot Highlights

1. The Cattle Brand Scheme (03:04 – 05:29)

• Backdrop: After the Civil War, confusion reigns with unbranded (maverick) cattle and lost or changed brands.
• Villains: Outlaws Nate Wills and Tim Bolan plot to claim a profitable cattle brand recently purchased by the Myers brothers (Hank and Morgan), by force and violence.
  • Quote: Nate Wills: “We're going to gun down Hank Myers and that hand that's with him. Then we'll herd these strays back to my corral…” (04:41)
• Murder and Theft: The outlaws ambush Hank Myers and his hand, murdering both to take control of the herd and set up their larger plot.

2. Cisco and Pancho Arrive and Encounter Trouble (05:45 – 08:08)

• Seeking Friendship: Cisco and Pancho travel to greet the Myers brothers, reinforced by a recommendation from Senor Andrews.
  • Quote: Cisco: “We rode this way to be sure and call upon them and give them his best regards.” (05:59)
• Suspicion and Hostility: Instead, they meet the outlaws posing as legitimate cattle hands, who respond with suspicion and aggression.
  • Quote: Outlaw: “Who are you hombres?” (06:57)
• Tension Escalates: When Cisco asserts himself, the outlaws recognize The Cisco Kid and are momentarily cowed by his reputation, plotting to frame him with the sheriff.

3. Framed and Pursued by the Law (09:39 – 11:10)

• Sheriff Arrives: Cisco and Pancho discover the murder of Hank Myers, but the sheriff—misled by the outlaws—suspects Cisco.
  • Quote: Sheriff: “On all the reports I got about you, Cisco, make you out a mighty bad hombre. A killer.” (10:13)
• Escape and Protection: Cisco flees with Pancho, determined to protect Morgan Myers who is also likely in danger.

4. Outlaws’ Next Move and Cisco’s Investigation (11:17 – 14:19)

• Morgan in Danger: Outlaws abduct Morgan Myers, pressuring him to transfer cattle branding rights.
  • Quote: Outlaw: “You’re re-recording that brand you bought from Andrews in my name. And you’re doing it now.” (12:32)
• Cisco’s Deduction: Upon finding Morgan’s office in disarray, Cisco realizes the depth of the outlaws’ scheme.
  • Quote: Cisco: “Signs of a fight in this office... Pancho, I believe the hombres that came here after Senor Morgan were the ones who killed his brother.” (14:12)

5. Ambush and Survival (14:26 – 19:32)

• Trapped: Outlaws set a trap, pinning Cisco and Pancho down under a hail of bullets in the recorder’s office.
  • Quote: Cisco: “We’ll have to stay here for the time being, Chico. To run out into that hail of bullets would be suicide.” (18:13)
• Quick Wit: They fake their deaths, then seize the sheriff and his deputy as shields to escape the ambush.
• Interrogation: Cisco uses the moment to extract critical information on the outlaws’ identities and hideout location.

6. Final Confrontation in the Hills (21:09 – 27:15)

• Rugged Pursuit: The outlaws, now holding Morgan captive, plan to eliminate Cisco and Pancho with a rockslide ambush.
• Heroics: Cisco and Pancho narrowly escape boulders and gunfire, pursue the outlaws, and overpower them in a close fight—even as the sheriff once again arrives to arrest the wrong men.
• Truth Revealed: As Morgan Myers regains consciousness, he identifies his abductors and clears Cisco’s name.
  • Quote: Morgan Myers: “This Nate... he comes to the office and tries to make me re-record the brand to him...” (26:54)
  • Quote: Cisco: “You see, senor Sheriff, you were just a little wrong in picking the right bandidos.” (27:11)

7. Resolving Justice and Friendship (27:47 – 28:38)

• Handcuffs for the Real Villains: The sheriff admits his error, detains the outlaws, and acknowledges Cisco’s integrity.
  • Quote: Sheriff: “Handcuffs on the Bandidos now, Cisco.” (27:47)
• Closing Humor: Cisco and Pancho share a light-hearted exchange about hunting trips, with Pancho’s comic misunderstanding about what he brought home.
  • Quote: Cisco: “What did you bring back?” Pancho: “Fancy? I bring back nothing. But Pancho’s uncle Jose bring back two antelope and a puffer.” (28:48)
  • Cisco: “I never heard of a puffer, Chico. What is a puffer?” (28:56)
  • Pancho: “To cook the antelope in the—oh, Pancho...” (28:59) [audience laughter]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Backdrop and Outlaws’ Plot: 03:04–05:29
• Cisco and Pancho’s Arrival: 05:45–08:08
• Sheriff and Cisco’s Escape: 09:39–11:10
• Morgan Myers Abducted: 11:17–14:19
• Ambush in Recorder’s Office: 14:26–19:32
• Final Confrontation & Showdown: 21:09–27:15
• Justice Restored & Comic Relief: 27:47–28:59

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Nate Wills sets the ruthless tone:
  “We're going to gun down Hank Myers and that hand that's with him. Then we'll herd these strays back to my corral. And after that, we'll call on Morgan Myers at his office, have him record that brand in your name, huh? … After that, I'm taking him into the hills where they won't find his body.” (04:41–04:58)
• Cisco’s calm confidence in the face of hostility:
  “I do not like your manner. Let us be going.” (07:00)
• Sheriff’s dogged suspicion:
  “On all the reports I got about you, Cisco, make you out a mighty bad hombre. A killer.” (10:13)
• Quick-witted strategizing under fire:
  “Let us make them think by not firing, they have killed us.” (18:13)
• Sheriff’s ultimate admission:
  “Well, put the handcuffs on Wills and Boland, Deputy. We'll all ride back to town together.” (27:47)
• Pancho’s comic touch:
  “To cook the antelope in the—oh, Pancho...” (28:59) [Classic Western comic relief]

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Summary for New Listeners

This restored episode of The Cisco Kid captures all the drama and charm of golden-age radio Westerns: a complex plot of deception, action-packed showdowns, and richly drawn characters. Listeners experience the suspense of Cisco and Pancho evading both the law and the real bandidos, all culminating in a satisfying resolution where good prevails and the law is set right. The interplay of courage, wit, and humor makes the episode a standout classic with universal appeal, whether you’re a nostalgic fan or new to the frontier.

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Transcript

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[Sheriff]

Foreign.

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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.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

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

[Sheriff]

Cisco. He's sheriff. He's getting closer.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

The cisco kids.

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[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Now the Cisco Kid in our gripping story Brand of the Mavericks. When Western cattlemen turned their attention back to business after the War between the States, they found that thousands of mavericks unbranded cattle, roamed the grazing grounds, mingling with the branded stock. To add to the confusion, many old brands had been lost. Records of others were destroyed or ignored. Still others had changed hands with the changing of fortunes. It was a time for opportunists when outlaws like Nate Wills and Tim Bolan took full advantage of the situation as Our story opens, Wills Boland and several of their gang were riding near the panhandle country a short distance out of the town of Twin Oaks.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

That's him, Boland. That's Hank Myers.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Yeah. Got a hand with him? They're Brandon mavericks, huh?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

I don't reckon so.

[Cisco Kid]

Not today.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Cutting out the stray brands from that herd.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Oh, yeah. They bought that brand from somebody up north, didn't they?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

That's right. From an Opry named Andrews. It's an old brand, but mighty profitable. But with all them stray brands wandering down in this country now, all Myers.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

And his brother got to do is round up the strays, many as they can find, cash in on them. Hey, Wills.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah? Looks like they're finding plenty.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

They got that stray brand recorded in this county, Ed Will.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Most likely Morgan Myers is the recorder. Pretty good setup. Morgan Myers, the recorder, and Hank going out to round up the strays. Let's look things over, Ballin. Whoa.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Oh, boy.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah. There's gonna be money in this for us, Boland.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

What are we gonna do?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

We're going to gun down Hank Myers and that hand that's with him. Then we'll herd these trades back to my corral. And after that, we'll call on Morgan Myers at his office, have him record.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

That brand in your name, huh?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah. Then we'll take Morgan up into the hills where they won't find his body.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Sounds all right to me, Will.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Sure, it's all right. We'll ride up to Hank, sort of friendly like. Now, when I give the word, we'll fill them two full of lead.

[Cisco Kid]

Get out.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Hey. Bye. Come on, boy.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

That's good enough. Whoa.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Oh, boy.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Howdy, Hank.

[Sheriff]

Howdy.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Rounding up some strays, huh?

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

That's right.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Well, you won't be rounding up anymore. Let him have it, boy.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Well, that does it, Wills. Got them both.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah. Run up them cattle, boys, and let's get going.

[Sheriff]

Aren't you not noticing you, Morgan Myers? All say you hang Myersco.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, neither do I nor them Panchos.

[Sheriff]

Why, we look for them.

[Cisco Kid]

I have already explained that to you, chico. This time, pay attention to what I say.

[Sheriff]

I pay.

[Cisco Kid]

I pay. Up north, we talked with Senor Anders, Senor Andrew, and he told us that a short while ago he had sold his brand to the Myers brothers. He also said that the Myers brothers were very fine senores.

[Sheriff]

Very fine senori.

[Cisco Kid]

We rode this way to be sure and call upon them and give them his best regards.

[Sheriff]

So we call upon him, see? See? Oh, look, Cisco. Small herd of carrots come this Way.

[Cisco Kid]

Much too small a herd for five hombres to be hurting. Oh, they're old trail is narrow at this point and I do not wish to ride into that dust. We'll wait here and let them pass.

[Sheriff]

Not Maverick Pants. Your brand on the cuddles, see?

[Cisco Kid]

An old brand.

[Sheriff]

Old brand.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, Pancho, that is the prince and your Andros sold to the Myers brothers. Perhaps two of those senores are the brothers.

[Sheriff]

Fancy not know.

[Cisco Kid]

Buenos, dear senores.

[Sheriff]

What is this?

[Cisco Kid]

Senores, by chance, is one of you either Senor Morgan Myers or Senor Hank Myers?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

No, by chance, we ain't. Who are you hombres?

[Cisco Kid]

That makes no difference. I do not like your manner. Let us be going.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Wait a minute. Nate asked you a question. That calls for an answer.

[Cisco Kid]

Move your horses. Out of our way, hombre.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Come on, come on. Who are you?

[Cisco Kid]

Right through them, Pancho.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Knock me off my horse, will you? We'll fight Thunder off.

[Cisco Kid]

I would not draw that gun if I are you, hombre.

[Sheriff]

He not draws Cisco. He sees you draw. Cisco.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

The Cisco Kid.

[Cisco Kid]

That is what I am called. Now answer a question of mine. Do you two work for the signore's Myers?

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

No, we don't work for him.

[Cisco Kid]

I bought those other three hombres.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Well, what do you want to know that for?

[Cisco Kid]

Answer my question at once.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah, yeah, as a matter of fact, they do work for Myers. He just hired him.

[Cisco Kid]

I was wondering about those, Carlo, hombre. Because that brand now belongs to the Myers brothers.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Probably.

[Cisco Kid]

I don't know. Let us be going, Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Pancho. Ready, Cisco. Punch. Not like this, hombre.

[Cisco Kid]

Next time you meet strangers on the trail, perhaps you'll be more civil.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

I'll show that blasted Cisco Kid.

[Sheriff]

I'll show you.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Put that gun back, Wills. Don't take any chances with Cisco.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah, maybe you're right. What I heard. He's a mighty bad hombre to mix with plenty. Tell you what we'll do, Bolden. We'll ride for the sheriff. We'll tell him we heard shots over near where Hank Myers was working.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

And the Cisco Kid's riding right that way.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Now, if we hustle, we can just about have that sheriff get up there in time.

[Sheriff]

Get up here, Galop. Francisco. What those hombres do that, Cardiff?

[Cisco Kid]

That is just exactly what I am wondering, Pancho. That is the first question we will ask the signores Meyers.

[Sheriff]

Hombres say they're not to work with the signores. Not know whether the other hombres work for senores or not.

[Cisco Kid]

Of course, they know one way or the other. I would say something is very wrong.

[Sheriff]

Oh, very wrong.

[Cisco Kid]

Find out as soon as we can.

[Sheriff]

More, Carl. Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

See there's another herd grazing.

[Sheriff]

Was it sore over the cattle?

[Cisco Kid]

What is bothering you, Diablo? Open.

[Sheriff]

I like something neither, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

You've seen cattle before, Diablo. Ah. Look ahead of us, Pancho. On the ground, Santo.

[Sheriff]

Two hombres on the ground.

[Cisco Kid]

These two are dead.

[Sheriff]

Nobody kill them.

[Cisco Kid]

Shot and kill them both.

[Sheriff]

What's going on here?

[Cisco Kid]

You arrive at a good time, Senor Sheriff. This looks to me like a murder case. It's just the way it looks to me, too.

[Sheriff]

Hank Myers and Sally Haynes.

[Cisco Kid]

Myers?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

That's him lying right there.

[Sheriff]

But I guess you know that. You're the Cisco Kid, ain't you?

[Cisco Kid]

See, Sheriff? But if you mean I know anything about this matter, you are wrong. I do not.

[Sheriff]

His confine to only George Gilly is saying you're sheriff. I heard a different story.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Now.

[Cisco Kid]

Just what do you mean by that? Who told you that different story? You'll find out later. On all the reports I got about you, Cisco.

[Sheriff]

Make you out a mighty bad hombre. A killer. That not so, Sheriff. Cisco never killed nobody. Fair enough, boys.

[Cisco Kid]

Surround him.

[Sheriff]

What do we do now, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Call our houses, Pancho. Mount them as they run fast.

[Sheriff]

Here, sir, I can at least just say.

[Cisco Kid]

No, Pancho. Whoever killed Senor Hank may try to kill Senor Morgan also. After we throw off this pursuit, we'll.

[Sheriff]

Go into the town. That'd be dangerous.

[Cisco Kid]

He sco See also Senor Morgan may be in danger. A friend of Senor Andrews is a friend of ours, amigo. We'll do what we can to help him.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Come on, come on. Get them cattle into that corral. Hustle now.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Hey, Wills. A Cisco Kid got away from the sheriff.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Whoa. How do you know that, Bullen?

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Because I followed the posse. Watched him from a distance. Cisco's on the trail now. That leads around the town.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Maybe he's pulled freight.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

I don't know, Wills. If he figures we set the sheriff after him, he'll be after us. Don't make no mistake about that. He might wait till dark, but sooner or later he'll be after us.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Listen, Volun. After these hombres get the cattle in the corral. You post them around town. Be sure they got rifles and be sure they're out of sight. Have him watch for that Cisco Kid. If they can get him in their sights, tell him to fool him full of lead.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

All right, but where are you going?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

I'm going over to the recorder's office after Morgan Myers. Right now.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Gonna have him re record that brand in your name, huh?

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

And after that, I'm taking him into the hills up to our hideout. He can join me on the trail.

[Sheriff]

Get outy hate.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Howdy, Myers.

[Cisco Kid]

What can I do for you? What's the idea? Put away that gun, Myers.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

You're re recording that brand you bought from Andrews in my name. And you're doing it now.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Nothing doing.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Come on, I ain't fooling.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

I said nothing doing. Go on, pull that trigger. You don't dare.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

You'll re record when I get through with you. Two or three days up on the hills without food or water will make you change your mind in a hur.

[Sheriff]

Not like to walk. And we got the good horses in, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

It's wise to leave our horses in a clump of trees down by the river Poncho where we walk into this town. The sheriff may be back in town.

[Sheriff]

He not like our system.

[Cisco Kid]

No, he does not. That is just why we are walking on horseback. We would make too good a target. Wait a moment until we see where the recorder's office is.

[Sheriff]

Another long street.

[Cisco Kid]

Should not be hard to locate their office. Ah, there it is, Pancho. Two doors down on this side of the street.

[Sheriff]

Punch not see nobody around in this case.

[Cisco Kid]

That is good. See Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Pancho. Think you just see hombre. Look over the top of the mesa up there.

[Cisco Kid]

Point to the place, amigo. If you did see someone, he's not there now.

[Sheriff]

Maybe Panzera up there. I think the rock was hombre. That is just called Pottery Rock.

[Cisco Kid]

Here's the recorder's office. Is the name Morgan Myers on the sign? Let us try the door.

[Sheriff]

Nobody here, sisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah, but look, chico. Signs of a fight in this office. The papers on the floor. Chair overturned. Yeah, look here.

[Sheriff]

Look here.

[Cisco Kid]

Stains on the floor. They are fresh. Pancho, I believe the hombres that came here after Senor Morgan were the ones who killed his brother.

[Sheriff]

Kill Senior Morgan too?

[Cisco Kid]

No, I do not know. Let us see if there are any tracks on the ground outside. I see here are footprints, amigo. The way they are spaced, whoever made them might have been carrying someone.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Footprints.

[Sheriff]

Deeper too, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

See, there is another good reason. So perhaps one of those hombres went into the office. Struck down Senor Morgan and that madre me. Let us get back to our horses, Pancho. No, no, wait. They are firing at us in that direction too. Back into the office, Pancho. Quickly. See in the way those bullets are coming through here, they will make a s of this Building down on the floor. Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Black down light. This is good.

[Cisco Kid]

Neither do I. Amigo. We get out of this alive. We are going to be very lucky.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

And presently the plight of our friends is going to be even worse. In just a moment we'll return to the Cisco Kid.

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[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Now back to the Cisco Kid and our gripping story Brand of the Maverick. On their way to the town of Twin Oaks, Cisco and Pancho passed a small herd of cattle being driven by several tough looking strangers. Sisco noted that the brand was one that had just been sold to the Myers brothers. A few minutes later, Sisko and Pancho found a body of Hank Myers on the trail just as the sheriff arrived and tried to arrest our friends. But they got away and rode to town to warn Morgan Myers at the Recorder's office that his life might be in danger. They rode directly into a trap set by the outlaws Nate Wills and Tim Boland, now lying on the floor of the Recorder's office with the bullets crashing through the flimsy walls.

[Sheriff]

Hey, San Francisco. That bullet's just Ms. Pancho's nose.

[Cisco Kid]

Lie flat her on the floor, Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Mine's too flat.

[Cisco Kid]

We'll have to stay here for the time being, Chico. To run out into that hail of bullets would be suicide.

[Sheriff]

We'll buy a bag of the omelette.

[Cisco Kid]

No, that would do no good. Instead, let us make them think by not firing, they have killed us.

[Sheriff]

Watch him hunt this holy shooting.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

The Cisco Kid and his partner in the recorder's office, Sheriff, we caught him trying to rob the place.

[Sheriff]

You lie, Jude. You lie.

[Cisco Kid]

And Pancho get the Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Well, the fools are fired. I'm looking for them two homblers myself. You, Cisco, come out of there with your hands in the air.

[Cisco Kid]

Do not answer him, Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Do not speak to Pancho. Then come on out.

[Cisco Kid]

Make no noise.

[Sheriff]

Well, I guess maybe your hombres finished them off. Come on, deputy, we'll take a look in there.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho, if they come in here, you grab your deputy.

[Sheriff]

Grab the deputy.

[Cisco Kid]

I will grab the sheriff.

[Sheriff]

You grab the sheriff.

[Cisco Kid]

We'll get their guns and then use them as shields to get back to our horses. I do not think those other coyotes will dare to fire on them. You have your guns ready, Deputy.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Right, Sheriff.

[Sheriff]

Come on, let's go in now.

[Cisco Kid]

Take your gun, Sheriff. Gracias. Now, do as I say. Walk ahead of us down toward the river.

[Sheriff]

Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

You bandits, start now. Pancho, stay close behind the deputy.

[Sheriff]

Here, Cisco. Hold your fire, boys. If you don't, you'll hit me or the deputies. Pancho, got a funny feeling. Won't be spying, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Do not look around, Pancho. You, sheriff, answer these questions. Who is the hombre around here with a white scar in his chin? He's tall and heavy, wears a red kerchief, black hat and a buckskin vest.

[Sheriff]

Sounds like Nate Wills.

[Cisco Kid]

What is the name of the one who wears the dirty white chaps? Smaller man with small furtive eyes. Jim Bolton.

[Sheriff]

What are you asking about them for?

[Cisco Kid]

Because you would do well to question them about the murder of senior Hank Myers. Also about the possible murder of Senor Morgan Myers.

[Sheriff]

I know who to hold responsible for that. Blast your hide, Cisco. It's not Cisco. Blast your hide.

[Cisco Kid]

Tell me this. Where did those hombres live? Quickly.

[Sheriff]

Easy with that gun, Cisco. They got a place up in the hills, up near the top of the north trail.

[Cisco Kid]

Huena, this is far enough for you two. Stand right where you are. We'll leave your guns over There, by our horses. Come, Pancho.

[Sheriff]

Cisco, I'll get you for this. You get those other bandidos. Here.

[Cisco Kid]

Senor Sheriff. Pancho, you'll ride for that north trail at top speed.

[Sheriff]

This top speed is cool. I got the funny feeling now.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

The shooting stop back there, Wills.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah. I reckon that means the boy's got Cisco and his partner.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Maybe, But I wouldn't be too sure.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Couple of them boys are dead. Shots, Bullen. They couldn't miss, not even with their eyes shut.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

I still wouldn't be too sure if I was you. There's something about that Cisco Kid. I don't know what it is, but I do know he's been in spots you'd never think he could get out of. And he's come through without a scratch.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

And if he gets out of this, he better not get range of my guns. If he does, he's a dead man. Just like this hombre Morgan Myers is gonna be in a few more days.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Ah, you sure must have gun whipped him good, Wils. He ain't come to yet.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah, it did.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Buddy's tied good and tight on that horse. Let's rest for a minute. Oh, boy.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

You know, I think I better go up on that rise of ground, take a look back.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Still worrying about Cisco, huh?

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

That's right, I am.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Yep.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Get up there.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Well, you go take your look. I'll wait right here.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Ho. Ho.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

See anything back along the trail?

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

No. Hey, wait a minute. There's two riders way back there. By thunder, Wills, it's that Cisco Kid and his partner.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

You sure of that?

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Of course I'm sure. Come up here and take a look for yourself.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Get up.

[Cisco Kid]

Get up.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

They're coming right on this trail.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Oh, now.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, now.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Where are they?

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Look back there. Follow the point of my finger.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah, you're right, Boland.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

We better get ready to dry gulch him.

[Sheriff]

I got an idea.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Get down off your horse, Mullen.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

What are you figuring on doing?

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

This here's a kind of rocky ledge we're on. The trail's just below.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

That's right.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Suppose we tip a couple of these big boulders down onto the trail, lock it up, huh? Yeah. Then we'll go back along the ledge and wait. When Cisco and the other one get up to this block, we'll start a couple of the boulders back there down under the trail. Then we'll have them boxed in.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Good idea, Wils.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Then we can take our time picking them off. Come on, give me a hand with this one.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah, get behind it.

[Sheriff]

Now he's starting to move. Get your shoulder into it. There she go.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

That's good.

[Cisco Kid]

Now this one here. Let's get her started.

[Sheriff]

One more good shove.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

There. They can't get their horses past them rocks, Wills.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Nope.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

They'll have to turn around. And when they do, they'll find we've already blocked the other end of the trail. Come on, let's go down there and wait.

[Sheriff]

This is the north trail, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

See, Poncho? This is the north trail. A few more minutes, we should be at the top of the trail.

[Sheriff]

And then we look for the bandidos hideout.

[Cisco Kid]

See? I believe those hombres are on the trail ahead of us right this minute. Fresh hoof prince. Cisco say one of those hombres are the ones we want. I do not yet know.

[Sheriff]

We'll find out soon.

[Cisco Kid]

We should find out very soon.

[Sheriff]

Why does bandidos kill senior Hank Myers and try to kill Senor Morgan?

[Cisco Kid]

It looks to me like a case of cattle rustling, Pancho. The bandidos want the cattle that belong to the Myers brothers.

[Sheriff]

Should the Myers brothers buy that brand from Senor Andrew Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Of course I am sure. Andrews told me he had sold them the brand.

[Sheriff]

But those carrots we see Cisco brand not fresh.

[Cisco Kid]

Sure enough, Chico. But you must remember that for several years many thousands of cattle have run wild. These cattle we saw wandered down from the north. When Senor Andrews sold his brand, he sold the right to all cattle bearing that brand.

[Sheriff]

Oh, now, Panzer, this is good. Like the brand of the mavericks.

[Cisco Kid]

I see. Except that mavericks are unbranded cattle. But enough of that for the time being. Let us see where this trail goes now.

[Sheriff]

Goes around the Ben, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah. High walls on either side. We must be very near the top. And what is this hold.

[Sheriff]

Big rocks in the kisco.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

See?

[Cisco Kid]

Dirt is still coming down from above. Turn your horse quickly, Pancho. Come on down.

[Sheriff]

Turn around. Logo.

[Cisco Kid]

Right back down the trail. Santos. There is another boulder rolling onto the trail.

[Sheriff]

He's a big, big rock. Cisco, what we do?

[Cisco Kid]

Jump your horse over, amigo? I think the horses can just about make it.

[Sheriff]

Let him have it, Boba.

[Cisco Kid]

Now, Diablo over her.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Close call.

[Sheriff]

She's too.

[Cisco Kid]

I have been shot at just too much today, Pancho. I am going up there after those obres.

[Sheriff]

Diablo, Capta. I shall come too. Logo. Pante bo go.

[Cisco Kid]

You speak the truth, hombre.

[Sheriff]

Into them, gabo.

[Cisco Kid]

Cabo.

[Sheriff]

Hey, for you, loco. Last I have my hands on you. Cut him down, Bone. Cut him down. You're not gun nobody down, hombre. I don't jump on you.

[Cisco Kid]

And I'M going to do my best to knock the pressure of this hombre.

[Sheriff]

With one more punch. If you think your best. Very good, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho, get the senor down off that horse.

[Sheriff]

Untie him.

[Cisco Kid]

This is your and I will take your guns, Omri. Also yours.

[Sheriff]

Cut the senior. Francisco senior just come to now. Aye, the sheriff again. This time we got Rosesco. Get your hands up, quick.

[Cisco Kid]

Say you, Sheriff.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

You too.

[Sheriff]

Say me too. So you got Morgan Myers with you.

[Cisco Kid]

You're going to do away with him. We have Senor Morgan with us. But if you think Fontio and I have any intention of doing away with him, you are quite mistaken.

[Sheriff]

None of your highfalutin talk now, Cisco. We know you're responsible for all this trouble. By thunder, this time you're not getting away with it. Well, I tried to get away with nothing, Sheriff. We helped Senor Morgan. Myers don't need none of your talk, fat one.

[Cisco Kid]

You just keep your lip button.

[Sheriff]

I just showed you who I, fat one. You.

[Cisco Kid]

I want your keto, fat one. I think we will be able to convince the sheriff that he is wrong.

[Sheriff]

It'll take a lot of convincing, Cisco.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Wait a minute, Sheriff. This here is the couch who got me.

[Sheriff]

Who? Nate Wills here?

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah, that's right.

[Sheriff]

What's this go tell you, Sher?

[Cisco Kid]

That's in your Myers talk.

[Sheriff]

Yeah. Why don't you keep quiet? All right, Myers, come on.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

This Nate. Well, Sheriff, he comes to the office and tries to make me re record the brand to him. The brand Hank and I bought from Andrews.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

And I got to take your word for it, Myers.

[Sheriff]

But what about the Cisco Kid here?

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

If this man here is a Cisco.

[Sheriff]

Kid, he's all right.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

Andrews wrote that he was coming down to see me and I'm mighty glad he got here.

[Cisco Kid]

You see, senor Sheriff, you were just a little wrong in picking the right bandidos.

[Sheriff]

Those hombres over there, the right ones, is going to banjo the wrong one. Yes. So you admit you're bandits anyhow.

[Cisco Kid]

No. See, a sheriff, Pancho gets a little mixed up.

[Sheriff]

What he meant was, Pancho mean we, not the bandidos. You have the sheriff, those other bantidos, the ones you want.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho, you're making it worse.

[Sheriff]

Pancho only tried to help Cisco.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

Sheriff, I've heard about the Cisco Kid for years.

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

He's as square in ombre as you'd ever meet.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Well, I could be wrong, Miles. Just the same, it ain't often did.

[Sheriff]

I make a mistake. Did you make one this time, Sheriff?

[Narrator Cisco Kid]

I'm afraid you did Sheriff.

[Narrator/Character in Cisco Kid]

Yeah, maybe I did.

[Sheriff]

Well, put the handcuffs on Wills and Boland, Deputy. We'll all ride back to town together. Handcuffs on the Bandidos now, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

The right one, see? And the sheriff is going to find out he has used the right brand for those two mavericks. Cisco say Pancho, Sheriff and I only.

[Sheriff]

Believe we, not the Bandidos.

[Cisco Kid]

Say he finally did make up his mind, Chico. After the Bandidos confessed.

[Sheriff]

Sheriff say he like us now.

[Cisco Kid]

He likes us better than he did, amigo. In fact, he invited us to come back and have a hunting trip with him.

[Sheriff]

We come back, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Perhaps. Sometimes. Although I do not like to kill things.

[Sheriff]

Pancha doesn't like to kill things too. But last year, Cisco Pacha go on the hunt with Pancha's uncle Jose.

[Cisco Kid]

You went on a hunt with your Uncle Jose?

[Sheriff]

Yes.

[Cisco Kid]

What did you bring back?

[Sheriff]

Fancy? I bring back nothing. But Pancho's uncle Jose bring back two antelope and a puffer.

[Cisco Kid]

Two antelope and a one.

[Sheriff]

A pot first.

[Cisco Kid]

I never heard of a pot for Chico. What is a puffer?

[Sheriff]

To cook the antelope in the. Oh, Pacho. Oh, she's gonna.

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Kishana wanted to pay homage to her son. I lost my son to cancer when he was just 14 years old. And I came to UnitedHealthcare to make a difference. She instantly made an impact on others. Anything that I could do to honor him, I understood. I was once that person on the other side. Through her work, she's been able to turn her pain into purpose. I do it for my Boy, he gave me so much. Hear more stories like Hishanna'[e-mail] and so.

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[UnitedHealthcare Nurse/Storyteller]

Heather is a nurse practitioner from UnitedHealthcare.

[Sheriff]

We meet patients wherever they live.

[UnitedHealthcare Nurse/Storyteller]

During a house call she found Jack had an issue.

[Sheriff]

Jack's blood pressure was dangerously high.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

It was 217 over 110.

[UnitedHealthcare Nurse/Storyteller]

So they got Jack to the hospital and got him the help he needed.

[Sheriff]

He had had a stamp placed in his heart preventing a massive heart attack.

[Outlaw Nate Wills]

If it wasn't for my guardian angel.

[Cisco Kid]

I wouldn't be here.

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