Days of the Road Agent | Frontier Town (1949)

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Podcast Summary: "Days of the Road Agent"

Old Time Radio Westerns with Andrew Rhynes

Episode: Frontier Town (1949): "Days of the Road Agent"
Airdate: July 18, 2026
Host: Andrew Rhynes

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Andrew Rhynes presents a digitally restored classic from the legendary radio series Frontier Town. The story, "Days of the Road Agent," whisks listeners back to the lawless Wild West, where stagecoach robberies are a near-daily ordeal for Dos Reyes and its neighboring towns. Frontier lawyer Chad Remington and his comedic partner, Cherokee O'Bannon, are tasked with unraveling the bizarre crime spree of the infamous "Arbuckle Kid"—a bandit whose bold robberies stretch impossibly across hundreds of miles.

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Key Discussion Points and Plot Breakdown

1. Setting the Stage: Introduction to Frontier Life (03:00–05:00)

• Chad Remington narrates the challenges of frontier lawyering, immediately immersing the listener in a landscape riddled with stickups and outlaws.
• The ongoing problem: a mysterious masked bandit known as the Arbuckle Kid plagues stagecoaches with a signature holdup style—always polite but armed and quick.

  “Let me give you an idea. For the past few months, our section has been plagued by a series of stagecoach stick-ups… performed by a lone bandit, the Arbuckle Kid.” – Chad Remington [02:49]

2. Three Robberies, One Bandit—But Impossible Distances (05:16–08:20)

• The Arbuckle Kid strikes three times in four days, with each location nearly 200–300 miles apart.
• The townsfolk and Chad’s partner, Cherokee, puzzle over the logistics of these robberies—how could one man possibly cover so much ground so fast on foot?
• Quotes:

  "I'd have robbed those three coaches, the Arbuckle Kid would have to ride 207 miles a day." – Cherokee O'Bannon [07:46] "The Arbuckle Kid doesn't ride a horse." – Chad Remington [08:15]

3. Enlisting Help and Identifying an Inside Man (08:40–09:34)

• Enter Jim Baker, head detective for the Rocky Mountain Stagecoach Company, who retains Chad and Cherokee to solve the case.
• Suspicion emerges that a company insider tips the Arbuckle Kid off to valuable coach shipments.
• Quote:

  “Do you mean to say he has inside information?” – Cherokee [10:12]

4. Trying a New Tactic: Bolted Down Express Boxes (11:02–13:52)

• The team decides to bolt the express boxes to the rooves of stagecoaches to thwart the Arbuckle Kid.
• The next holdup fails spectacularly to deter the bandit, who shows up equipped with a sledgehammer—and mocks their attempted sabotage.

  “You might tell Jim Baker and Chad Remington they're gonna have to get up a little earlier in the morning if they want to outfox the Arbuckle Kid.” – Arbuckle Kid [12:56]

5. The Investigation Deepens: Clues and Revelations (14:32–20:23)

• The group returns to square one, demoralized, and begins to reconsider the nature of the crimes.
• The discovery: Different sized boot prints at each robbery site. Chad deduces there isn’t just one Arbuckle Kid—there are four!

  “I think that there are four Arbuckle Kids.” – Chad Remington [20:18]

6. The Barmaid Connection (20:29–21:34)

• Chad realizes Dolores, the alluring Mexican barmaid at the Stockman’s Hotel, may be relaying information to the robbers. This is signaled by patrons presenting a bowie knife to Dolores, possibly to receive secret updates.

  “A bowie knife is the letter of introduction…” – Chad Remington [21:05]

• Chad speculates Dolores is not the criminal mastermind but a go-between.

7. Closing the Net: The Sting Operation (22:16–25:26)

• The team concocts a plan to confront Dolores and pressure her into revealing the gang’s hideout by offering her 20% of the reward.

  “You lead us to the hideout and you’ll cut in for 20% of the reward money. That’ll amount to better than $600.” – Chad Remington [24:00]

• Dolores agrees and leads the party to the cabin hideout.

8. Final Showdown & Aftermath (25:45–27:18)

• Upon arrival, Dolores tries to warn the gang but is shot as the posse closes in.
• The lawmen apprehend the outlaws, and the case is closed—but the comedic banter continues as Cherokee tries to spend his reward money on drinks, only to have Chad redirect part of it to Dolores’s hospital bills.

  “Somebody’s got to pay Dolores’ hospital bill. And that’s what you and I are going to do with at least part of our reward money.” – Chad Remington [27:08] “In that case, I’ve got the drink to match her recovery… McMurtry, I’m having a drink—bring me a slow gin fizz.” – Cherokee O’Bannon [27:26]

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On the Impossible Heists:

  “The Arbuckle Kid didn't ride that distance each day for the simple reason that the Arbuckle Kid doesn't ride a horse.”
  – Chad Remington [08:15]

• On Tactics & Outwitting Outlaws:

  "What would happen if we could change his timing?... suppose you arranged to have the express boxes bolted down?"
  – Chad Remington [11:55]

• On Whiskey and Wordplay:

  “The quart we’re interested in this case, Cherokee, is gold quartz, not liquid quartz.”
  – Chad Remington [09:29]
  “If I had my choice in the matter, I’d do my hunting over in France. Isn’t that where they got the house of bourbon?”
  – Cherokee O’Bannon [06:24]

• On Deduction and Revelations:

  “I think that there are four Arbuckle kids.”
  – Chad Remington [20:18]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:00–05:00] – Chad’s introduction to frontier law and the crime wave
• [05:16–08:20] – The Arbuckle Kid’s impossible string of robberies
• [08:40–09:34] – Jim Baker hires Chad and Cherokee
• [11:02–13:52] – Failed plan: bolting the express boxes
• [14:32–20:23] – The clue: Different boot prints, and the revelation of multiple bandits
• [21:02–21:34] – The barmaid connection at the Stockman’s Hotel
• [24:10–25:26] – Confronting Dolores, the informant
• [25:45–27:18] – Final sting and resolution; comedic wrap-up

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Tone, Character, and Atmosphere

The episode captures the classic Western blend of action, suspense, and wry humor. Chad Remington approaches his sleuthing with measured logic, contrasting with the irrepressible and often tipsy Cherokee O’Bannon, whose wisecracks and fondness for drink bring levity. The language and delivery stay true to the era—evoking saloons, stagecoaches, and the perennial struggle of order versus chaos on the frontier.

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Summary

"Days of the Road Agent" is a quintessential Western radio adventure—rich in witty dialogue, clever plot twists, and classic tropes of frontier justice. The case of the Arbuckle Kid, initially believed to be an impossible one-man show, unravels into a tale of a coordinated gang, inside tips, and an unlikely informant. Chad and Cherokee’s partnership and dry humor shine, culminating in an action-packed climax and a comic coda that keeps the spirit of Old Time Radio alive for a new generation of listeners.

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If you missed this episode, expect a rollicking ride through the lawless West—with sharp detective work, sly humor, and a twisty mystery unraveled in true golden-age radio style.

Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines. And let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be Frontier town. Originally aired 1949 and the title is Days of the Road Agent. Let's get into it and thanks for listening.

[Narrator]

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[Narrator]

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[Chad Remington]

This is Chad Remington, frontier lawyer from the frontier town called Os Reyes. I don't suppose I have to tell you what a frontier town is like with all of its roistering and brawling. But there are some folks to whom the occupation of a frontier lawyer sounds like a tame one. But believe you me, it isn't. Out on the frontier, we seem to have trouble. Nothing but trouble. And when there's trouble, that's when folks go scampering and looking for a frontier lawyer. A frontier lawyer who not only has to know his Blackstone, but but his Pinkerton, his Colt and his Winchester as well. Let me give you an idea. For the past few months, our particular section of the country has been plagued by a continuous series of stagecoach stick ups. And they were all performed by a lone bandit who, wearing a mask cut from an Arbuckle coffee bag, had been given the name of the Arbuckle Kid. His system is the same and his attack never varies. Selecting an isolated, lonely spot along the stagecoach road, the Arbuckle Kid suddenly appears, shotgun in hand, and carefully takes up his position, crouching under the near horse.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

The express box, please. Thank you. And now get going.

[Chad Remington]

And with those few words, thank you, and now get going. The Arbuckle Kid straightens up from his crouching position, slaps the near horse on the rump and triggering a shotgun, sends the driver and his team off toward the nearest town in a cloud of dust. That particular holdup occurred close to the mesquite at the bottom of Goldust Hill one Tuesday. Then early the following Thursday morning, there was another coach hold up near the rocks just south of the Placer Town Bridge. And the Arbuckle Kid was heard from again.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Good morning. The express box, please. Thank you. And now get going.

[Chad Remington]

If you think that was quite normal. It was. But if you think that it wasn't strange, you're wrong. Because the scene of the first hold up, Gold Dust Hill, and the scene of the second, the Placertown bridge, were almost 300 miles apart. Just how a man, even the Arbuckle Kid, covered that much distance, nobody seemed to know. But my partner, Cherokee o', Bannon, rode along with me when I joined the posse to see what we could find by completely covering every foot of ground within the radius of a mile each way from the Placidown Bridge.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Better rain up here, man. No sense in crossing the bridge.

[Chad Remington]

Well, now that we've stopped on this side, Cherokee, perhaps you can tell us why, when the hold up occurred on the other side of the bridge.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

The answer is very simple, counselor. That bridge crosses over something I never had, never will have any use for water.

[Chad Remington]

In that case, o', Bannon, you ought to do your hunting for the Arbuckle Kid back in New York State. They've got a town there called Rye.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, if I had my choice in the matter, I'd do my hunting over in France. Isn't that where they got the house of bourbon?

[Chad Remington]

I think we'll have to dispense with the whiskey and just concentrate. Making you in into a chaser, Cherokee. Because if somebody doesn't find this output. Hey, who's this coming, Billy?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Blue blazes, Chad. I don't know who it is, but he's certainly dressed like a stagecoach company driver.

[Dolores]

Hey.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

By Godfrey, I'm sure glad I found you out here.

[Chad Remington]

What's the matter? What happened?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Plenty happened.

[Jim Baker]

The upstage was just going past Little

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Draw on Quartz Hill when the Arbuckle Kids stepped out. By Godfrey blamed if he didn't strike again.

[Chad Remington]

Well, there it was. Three times in four days the Arbuckle Kid had stopped the stagecoach and with the words the express box please had made off with another shipment of valuables. But Quartz Hill was 200 and some miles northeast of the Placetown Bridge, the Placertown Bridge, where the Arbuckle Kid had robbed a stage not 18 hours earlier. Naturally, the posse broke up and Cherokee and I returned to my office in Dos Reyes, located over o' Bannon's famous livery stable.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Chad, you can take it from me, this is an absolute and complete mathematical impossibility. I'd have robbed those three coaches. The Arbuckle kid would have to ride 207 miles a day.

[Chad Remington]

Yes, Cherokee, he would have had to ride 207 miles a day. Except he didn't.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, that's what I'm telling you. He couldn't have ridden that far even had he been astride the winged mythological horse known as Pegasus.

[Chad Remington]

But that's not the reason the Arbuckle Kid didn't ride that distance each day.

[Jim Baker]

Huh?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

What's that again?

[Chad Remington]

The Arbuckle Kid didn't ride that distance each day for the simple reason that the Arbuckle Kid doesn't ride a horse.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Doesn't ride a. Bless my sainted Aunt Chad, you're right. Every driver who's ever seen the Arbuckle Kid says he's traveled afoot. So if he doesn't ride a horse, how could he? Wow. Coming up the stairs, Chad, Jim Baker, the head detective for the Rocky Mountain Stagecoach Company. Jim Baker?

[Chad Remington]

Well, this might mean a nice fat fee. Come on in.

[Jim Baker]

Howdy, Chad. Cherokee.

[Chad Remington]

What's wrong, Jim? You look as if you'd lost your best friend.

[Jim Baker]

But lose my job if someone doesn't ear down that Arbuckle Kid. And I thought maybe you could help.

[Chad Remington]

I have been trying to help, Jim. Cherokee and I rode out with the

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

posse this morning for all the good it did.

[Jim Baker]

That's not what I mean, Chad. I mean to do something to help. Official. Official. Well, if you're willing to take it on, I'm willing to hire you for $50 a week. And if you catch the black hearted varmint, see that you get half the reward money.

[Chad Remington]

How about Cherokee? Are you willing to hire him, too?

[Jim Baker]

Well, if you reckon you need him. I'LL sign him on for two weeks. Same money.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Although I abhor work in this general connotation, $50 a week would buy a number of things I prize highly.

[Chad Remington]

The quartz we're interested in this case, Cherokee, is gold quartz, not liquid quartz.

[Jim Baker]

You got any notions as to what you'd like to do, Chad?

[Chad Remington]

Just ask you a lot of questions. To start with, Jim.

[Jim Baker]

Fire away.

[Chad Remington]

The location of each of the three hold ups the Arbuckle kid pulled this week are all more than 200 miles apart. Do you believe the same man pulled him?

[Jim Baker]

Each of the three drivers identified him positively. Same mask cut out of an Arbuckle coffee bag. Same words. The express box, please. Same voice, same method.

[Chad Remington]

Now another question. Has every stage your company's run this week carried valuables?

[Jim Baker]

No. The only three coaches carrying anything worth more than $50 were the three the Arbuckle Kid that stuck up.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

You mean to say he has inside information?

[Jim Baker]

I'm not meaning to say anything, Jerky.

[Chad Remington]

Tell you what, Jim. Now that I've been engaged, I'd like to give this some thought. Where can I find you?

[Jim Baker]

A little later, down the street. The Stockman's Hotel. I'm staying there as usual, while I'm in Dos Rios.

[Chad Remington]

Well, you go on back to the Stockman's Hotel and with a little luck, I should be along shortly. There are a couple of things I'd like to figure out and they're going to take a mess of thinking. Now, you go right ahead with your supper, Jim, while I do the talk.

[Jim Baker]

You sure you won't join me in something?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, now that you bring it up, I think I'll just wander over to the bar and.

[Chad Remington]

Nothing doing, Cherokee. Not on company time.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

If you'd only let me finish what I had to say, counselor, and not jump at conclusion. I was just going to add that I'd wander over to the bar and talk to the barmaid. She may be Mexican, but she's unusually comely.

[Jim Baker]

Dolores? Yeah. McMurtry, who owns the hotel, told me he's more than doubled his liquor business since he's put Dolores behind the bar. Well, what have you figured out, Chad?

[Chad Remington]

Maybe nothing. Maybe a lot.

[Jim Baker]

The way I feel, anything's better than nothing.

[Chad Remington]

Well, checking back over what evidence we have, I find that the Arbuckle kid performs his work automatically, with almost mathematical precision.

[Jim Baker]

Yeah, that's true. Everything goes like clockwork. Not one hold up has taken more than 10 seconds at the most from the time he stops the coach, then slaps the horse in the flank and shoots off his shotgun.

[Chad Remington]

So, Jim, I just got to wondering what would happen if we could change his timing.

[Jim Baker]

Change his timing? What does that mean?

[Chad Remington]

What would happen, for example, if when he ordered the driver to throw down the express box, the driver couldn't.

[Jim Baker]

Couldn't?

[Chad Remington]

I mean, suppose you arranged to have the express boxes bolted down to the roof of the coach. I'm wondering what would happen if the Arbuckle kid found he couldn't get the box off Chad.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

And I feel he'd be so flabbergasted with his set plans all being changed that he'd give up and run away.

[Chad Remington]

Doggone it.

[Jim Baker]

Boys, boys, I think you got an idea there. Your real idea. And starting today, every Rocky Mountain coach that goes out is having the express box bolted down.

[Chad Remington]

Three days later, the down coach from Steamboat Springs to Rifle was slowing down for the hairpin turn at the top of Sky High pass. Both the driver and the express messenger, knowing the Arbuckle kids habits, had their eyes fastened on the road. And then.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

The express box, please. Thanks to you, the company's bolted the boxes to the roof. Yes, I know. So if you'll just take this sledgehammer, be sharp about it. I'll wait. Get busy. And now, gentlemen, the express box, please. And you might tell Jim Baker and Chad Remington they're gonna have to get up a little earlier in the morning if they want to outfox the Arbuckle Kid. Now get going.

[Narrator]

We'll return to the second act of Days of the Road Agent. Our exciting frontier town adventure in just a few moments. And now, frontier town.

[Chad Remington]

Great idea I had, wasn't it? Bolting the express box to the coat stopped the Arbuckle Kid just about as much as a spider web would stop a locoed bull. Not only were Cherokee, Jim Baker and I covered with embarrassment, we were covered with consternation. Because here was a thing that not only defied Cherokee's mathematical rules, but the rules of all logic and common sense. A man who doesn't ride a horse, Traveling more than 200 miles a day, knowing exactly the stagecoach he wanted and then finally knowing in advance about the express box being bolted down. Well, it had me stumped. Yeah, and just about drove Cherokee to drink.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Chad, not only this thing. Baffling, but it's amazing. Worst of all, it's absolutely impossible. It couldn't happen now. But it didn't.

[Chad Remington]

That's as neat a way as any I know of to talk yourself out of $50 a week, Cherokee.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

I don't care. I'm resigning. I'm through I'm going down to the Stockman's hotel and buy myself six fingers of tonic from the beauteous barmaid. Dolores.

[Chad Remington]

If we don't lick this thing, Cherokee, I'm going with you.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

How do you even hope to lick it? Like a bad dream.

[Chad Remington]

You know, everything that happened up to today, impossible though it may have seemed, could be accounted for. But how this coffee sack bandit found out not only that the box was bolted down, but that I'm working for the stagecoach company, that I'll never know.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Ted, I realize this is a reprehensible thing to say.

[Chad Remington]

Yes.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

But since the only person who could possibly have known about the box and about us working for the coach company is Jim Baker. You think the Arbuckle Kid and Jim Baker might be one and the same?

[Chad Remington]

I suppose I ought to crawl all over your hump for even daring to say a thing like that. I've got to admit, it is a possibility. Baker would know which coaches are carrying the important shipments. And what's more, hiring us would certainly make his employers think that he's doing everything he can to stop these holdups.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, for once you admit that I'm right.

[Chad Remington]

No, no, I'm sorry I don't admit that you're right. But since I told you I'd go over to the stockman's hotel with you and not being a welsher, let's go.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

You're willing and consciously going with me into a tavern which pervades laughing water.

[Chad Remington]

I said that I wouldn't. I am. All right. Come on, Cherokee. Let's go.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Chad, would you be willing to set me up to another? I'm afraid that last glass Dolores gave me must have had a little hole in the bottom.

[Chad Remington]

It had a hole in it, all right.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

It did?

[Chad Remington]

Yeah, it did. Except that the hole was in the top where you poured it into your mouth. Dolores, will you please bring my friend here another? The same.

[Dolores]

You do not question that drink, senor?

[Chad Remington]

No, I'll play around with this one. Thanks. You see, one of us has got to keep a clear head on his shoulders. We're supposed to be working for the stagecoach company, and, well, they've got a shipment going north tomorrow morning.

[Dolores]

Oh, you think you maybe get Arbuckle key that? No.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Ah. The only thing I'm interested in getting right now is another drink. How about it? Dolores the lovely.

[Dolores]

Right away. Must open another bottle.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Told you there's another shipment going north. Morning, Chad.

[Chad Remington]

Nobody. But I needed some sort of an excuse not to have another drink. Dolores, come on. Cherokee's Tongue's hanging out.

[Dolores]

Right away. Please senor, be impatient.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

And if that isn't just like a woman, Mexican or otherwise. Look at her down there waiting on somebody else.

[Chad Remington]

Maybe she's afraid of him. See he's got a bowie knife he's playing with on top of the bar at Remington.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

You can get the most ridiculous ideas. Do you think that even a hard bitten vulture like that one would pull a knife and get a drink? Thank goodness. Here she comes.

[Dolores]

Sorry, Mosquito waiting. Other men drinking from bottle already have opened. But for waiting I give you extra a good measure.

[Chad Remington]

There you are Dolores. And an extra four bits for you. All right. Come on Cherokee, come on.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

I haven't even raised this glass to.

[Chad Remington]

Come on Cherokee, you and I are going to work.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Cat, I've known men so mean they'd pull wings off of little flies. But I've never met the likes of you yet. Imagine buying me a drink and paying for it and then not let me drink it.

[Chad Remington]

Save your breath Cherokee, because you and I have got quite a lot of riding to do.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Where. Where are we going?

[Chad Remington]

Well, the first stop is right here, Quartz Hill. Alright. Easy boy, easy.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

And what, may I ask, are we doing out here?

[Chad Remington]

We're going to see if we can find any sign left by the Arbuckle Kid. Principally his footprint.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Footprints.

[Chad Remington]

Footprints, Cherokee. And if you want that $50 a week in your share of the reward money, you'll start right now looking. By late the next afternoon, Cherokee and I had been not only to Quartz Hill, but to Placiton Bridge and the other two places the Arbuckle kid had visited lately. And on returning to my office we had four pieces of paper each with a sketch, the outline of a boot print.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

All right Chad, I'll admit that the boot prints are different.

[Chad Remington]

Different one's about size 8. This one's a 10 and the one on the left is a good 12 and a wide width. And the last one is small enough to be a large woman size.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

What does that prove? The Arbuckle Kit must be smart to get away with what he's done so far. Doesn't it follow that he may change boots just to avoid detection?

[Chad Remington]

It might, but I don't think that it does because I think that there are four Arbuckle kids.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

What?

[Chad Remington]

Four men. All the same general build, all with the same approximate voice quality but all wearing different size boots.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Why Chad? Why?

[Chad Remington]

Well, how else could the Arbuckle kid hold up stages more than 200 miles apart?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

You know that's a brilliant deduction Chad. When did the idea occur to you

[Chad Remington]

yesterday in the bar the Stockman's Hotel?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Another proof that's stimulating and efficacious. Results of bibing and drinking liquor?

[Chad Remington]

Not at all. It's just another instance of what happens when a man keeps his eyes open. Because while you were so busy drinking and trying to get still another drink, I saw two men come up to the bar, each of whom laid down a bowie knife.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

A bowie knife? How did a bowie knife get into our conversation?

[Chad Remington]

It got into our conversation by the simple expedient of my starting to believe a bowie knife is the letter of introduction the Arbuckle Kid and his alter egos use to get information from. From your most attractive Mexican friend, Senorita Dolores.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Counselor, if you don't mind, I'm going over to the doctors. There must be something wrong with my hearing.

[Chad Remington]

Nah, there's nothing wrong with your hearing. Although there may be something wrong with your believing.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

You mean to sit there and look me square in the eye and tell me you think the lovely Dolores is the Arbuckle Kid?

[Chad Remington]

No. No, I don't. But since Jim Baker lives at the Stockman's Hotel while he's in Dos Reyes, which is quite often, and transacts his business there, I'm starting to think that Dolores picks up what information she can gather and passes it on as a go between.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

But what about these. These four bandits you say passes one. Are you sure of that?

[Chad Remington]

I'm not sure of anything, Cherokee. But as that stage driver said by Godfrey, we're certainly going to find out. All right. Come on, o'. Bannon. You and I have got another 40 miles to ride and we're going to burn up the road to Steamboat Springs and find our friend Jim Baker.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Jim, what do you think? Do you think Chad's proof makes sense?

[Jim Baker]

Chad hasn't got any proof, Cherokee.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, I'm glad you. Huh? No proof. Boot prints. Blackers with the bowie knives.

[Jim Baker]

Oh, that is far from being proof, boys.

[Chad Remington]

Well, you can't say that I didn't try, Jim.

[Jim Baker]

All I'm trying to say, Chad, is you've turned up the first clues. The only clues we've had in 16 months. I even spent seven weeks making the rounds of all the grocery stores trying to find out who might be buying Arbuckle coffee. But since everyone around here seems to drink nothing but Arbuckle coffee, it was a neat little blind alley.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Then you're. If you're as delighted as you sound with what Chad has turned up, wouldn't this be an occasion for a little Celebrating?

[Chad Remington]

They don't start ringing the church bells till the wedding's over. Cherokee.

[Jim Baker]

As long as all of this is your doing, Chad, how would you like to proceed from here? Any ideas?

[Chad Remington]

Well, since as we lawyers say, time is of the essence, I don't think we ought to waste any time trying to outsmart the Arbuckle Kid and his gang. And catch them while they're in the act of holding up a coach.

[Jim Baker]

How else would you catch those buzzards?

[Chad Remington]

You give the Stockman's Hotel in Dos Reyes a lot of business, don't you? I sure do.

[Jim Baker]

Not only do I spend about 10 nights out of the month there myself, but our drivers stop there on their layovers. Why?

[Chad Remington]

In that case, McMurtry, who owns the hotel, should be willing to do you a favor, wouldn't you think? He sure should. Good enough. And instead of wasting any more time up here in Steamboat Springs, I say let's find some fresh horses and get to riding. With McMurtry's help and without the lovely Dolores being aware of it, the crowd in the cafe of the Stockman's Hotel suddenly thinned out until there was nobody there but Cherokee, Jim Baker and myself and, of course, the languorous but attentive Dolores. Then, much to Cherokee's distaste, I got up, walked over to the bar and with a quick flip, threw a bowie knife into it so it stuck there and quivered.

[Dolores]

Senor, what is meaning to this?

[Chad Remington]

You ought to know what a bowie knife means, Dolores.

[Dolores]

All I know is I shall call Mr. McMurtry and tell him you put Big Hole in his beautiful bar.

[Chad Remington]

Sure. Go ahead. Call McMurtry. And while we're waiting for him, I'd like a drink.

[Dolores]

Drink, senor?

[Chad Remington]

A drink, senorita? A cup of coffee. A cup of Arbuckle coffee.

[Dolores]

No comprendo, senora. I can't.

[Chad Remington]

The only place you're going, young lady, is with us.

[Dolores]

You hurt me. You let me go.

[Chad Remington]

Dolores, I'm going to let you go. But when you leave here, you're going to one of two places. Either you're going to lead us to the Arbuckle kids hideout or you're going to jail.

[Dolores]

No comprendo. I do not understand what you say.

[Chad Remington]

Then let me tell it to you the way you will understand it. You lead us to the hideout and you'll cut in for 20% of the reward money. That'll amount to better than $600.

[Dolores]

No.

[Chad Remington]

All right then, Jim. You're a fully authorized deputy marshal. Let's get started and escort Dolores down to jail.

[Dolores]

No, senor. No. You sure? I get $600 if I show you?

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

You'll get at least 600, Dolores.

[Jim Baker]

Maybe more.

[Chad Remington]

Well, Dolores, you.

[Dolores]

You get for me a horse? Senor, I show you hideout very soon.

[Chad Remington]

So that's the hideout cabin.

[Jim Baker]

Better stop and get off here, Chad.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

What do we do now, Chad?

[Chad Remington]

I'm afraid that we'll have a little trouble getting any closer to the cabin by ourselves. So I think the smart thing to do is to send Dolores on ahead.

[Jim Baker]

Send her on ahead? She can warn them that way, Chad.

[Chad Remington]

These rifles pointing at her back, Senor.

[Dolores]

Remicta.

[Chad Remington]

No, senorita. Dolores. Yes. Now get going,

[Jim Baker]

Jim.

[Chad Remington]

We three had better spread out.

[Jim Baker]

Okay, Chad, this is your party.

[Dolores]

Roberto. Roberto is trouble now.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Blast that girl. She's warned of Jim.

[Chad Remington]

Cover the side of the building. Come on, Cherokee. We're going to close in from the front.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

She's been shot. Use your rifle, Jim. Use the rifle. Hey, McMurtry, am I good for another drink? I've got that reward money coming, you know. You don't believe me as speaker here. Ah, he's got the money coming, all right.

[Chad Remington]

But he's not spending it on any more drinks.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Why, Chad, I'm virtually a hero.

[Chad Remington]

Virtually. But somebody's got to pay Dolores hospital bill. And that's what you and I are going to do with at least part of our reward money.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, even then, Chad, can I spend enough just to buy a little gin fizz?

[Chad Remington]

You can't spend anything. That girl's have to be in the hospital for a long time. The doctor says she's going to have a slow recovery.

[Cherokee O'Bannon]

Well, in that case, I've got the drink to match her recovery. McMurtry. I'm having a drink. Bring me a slow gin fizz.

[Dolores]

Sa.

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Frontier Town starring Reed Hadley and featuring Wade Crosby is a Bruce Ells production. Supervision and direction by Paul Franklin. Music written and played by Ivan Ditmar. Be sure to be with us again same time next week for another fine action adventure story with your favorite young western star, Reed Hadley. And now this is Bill Foreman. And telling you that Frontier Town comes to you from Hollywood.

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