Double Face of Danger | The Cisco Kid (11-11-54)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns: The Cisco Kid

Episode: “Double Face of Danger” (Original airdate: 11-11-54)

Released: October 21, 2025

Host: Andrew Rhynes

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Episode Overview

This episode transports listeners to the lawless town of Cactus Flats, where Parson Tom Vincent’s quest for order runs afoul of ruthless outlaws. Unbeknownst to the townsfolk, Tom’s criminal twin brother, Salinas, is drawn into a devious scheme by saloon owner May Carson and her henchmen. The Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho ride into this boiling cauldron of duplicity, determined to uncover the truth and restore justice. Themes of mistaken identity, brotherly animosity, and the struggle for law and order unfold in classic western style.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Setting the Stage in Cactus Flats

• Cactus Flats is depicted as a rough, self-governing town rife with corruption.
• “When the courageous parson Tom Vincent came to Cactus Platts, he found a wild, rip-roaring town that made its own laws.” [00:35]
• Tom Vincent, the parson, becomes a target for May Carson, who runs the Golden Nugget Café and controls much of the crime.

2. May Carson’s Suspicion & Discovery

• May Carson plots to remove Parson Tom, concerned he threatens her influence.
• Dale Dooley and Pecos Jack discuss Tom’s true identity: “The other time I saw him, he wasn’t a sky pilot… the Vincent you’re talking about is the preacher’s twin brother—Ray Vincent… They call him Salinas.” [03:31–03:48]
• May commissions Pecos Jack to find Salinas for a new criminal scheme.

3. Rising Tensions: Violent Confrontation

• Dale and Pecos attempt to ambush Tom as he preaches for law and order, but Cisco and Pancho intervene.
• “That one hombre is giving a good account of himself… He’s fending them both off with his fists.” – Cisco Kid [05:16]
• When a gun is drawn, Cisco expertly shoots it from the attacker’s hand, establishing himself as a formidable force.
  • “Your compadre was about to shoot an unarmed man.” – Cisco Kid [05:42]

4. Lawlessness and New Alliances

• Cisco and Pancho befriend Tom Vincent and learn about the criminal stranglehold on the town and the recent murder of Sheriff Morrow.
• May changes tactics, wanting to “let Cisco outsmart himself.” [08:16]
• The introduction of the twin brother, Salinas, paves the way for an elaborate scheme: Salinas is to impersonate Tom Vincent.

5. The Trap Is Set

• May Carson tells Cisco that Tom Vincent is the real boss of the criminal operation and challenges him to catch Tom robbing a bank.
  • “If you caught him robbing a bank, would that convince you?” – May Carson [11:26]
• As May strings Cisco along, she simultaneously organizes the bank job with Salinas posing as Tom.

6. Twin Troubles—Mistaken Identity

• Salinas arrives, identical to Tom. The conspirators scheme to have Salinas impersonate Tom, facilitating a robbery and framing Tom.
  • “I want you to take your brother’s place.” – May Carson [14:45]
• Cisco and Pancho spot inconsistencies and grow suspicious, deducing the existence of the twin brother.

7. Cisco’s Deductive Powers

• Cisco tests “Tom” with pointed questions and notices clues (such as a missing wound on the imposter’s face) to discern the twins’ identities.
• “After the fight the other day, I noticed a cut over the right eyebrow of Senor Tom. It has not yet had time to heal.” – Cisco Kid [22:04]

8. Showdown and Justice Restored

• A final confrontation at Tom’s hideout. Just as Salinas and his gang plan to murder Tom and pin all blame on him, Cisco and Pancho burst in.
  • “This evil brother of mine has needed a good beating for a long time, and he’s going to get it.” – Tom Vincent [23:14, 23:20]
• Tom subdues his twin, and Cisco and Pancho secure the remaining gang.

9. Resolution and Closing Moral

• The true killers are exposed: Dale killed Sheriff Morrow; May Carson is implicated as ringleader.
  • “We’ve got enough evidence on them and their boss, May Carson, to send them all to jail for the rest of their lives.” – Tom Vincent [23:43]
• The episode ends on a note reinforcing virtue—Cactus Flats is safe, and order is restored.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You can’t remember where you saw this here sky pilot before?” – Dale Dooley [02:36]
• “Sky pilot, preacher, parson, all mean the same thing.” – May Carson [02:32]
• “The Vincent you’re talking about is the preacher’s twin brother—Ray Vincent... They call him Salinas.” – Dale Dooley [03:36–03:48]
• “That’s exactly what I’ll do. Not now… Selina says horses coming. Just go, kid and punch.” – Salinas (Ray Vincent) [19:33–19:38]
• “I am sure she did it to detain us, Pancho.” – Cisco Kid (regarding May Carson’s stalling) [16:42]
• “Pancho never see two twin brothers but look so much alike…” – Pancho [24:44]
• “Oh, they looked alike, but you know their natures were not at all alike, Poncho.” – Cisco Kid [24:50]
• (Comic Relief)
  “My uncle Julio got little twin boy, Cisco.” “How old are they?” “One ten years old and the other seven years old.”
  – Pancho & Cisco Kid [25:03–25:18]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Cactus Flats background and May’s plotting: [00:35–04:00]
• First confrontation—Cisco’s intervention: [05:00–06:30]
• May hatches twin brother scheme: [08:07–09:24]
• Cisco confronted with lies—May frames Tom: [10:55–11:44]
• Meeting of May, Salinas, and the gang: [13:12–15:00]
• Cisco tests ‘Tom’ and deduces the twin plot: [16:38–22:10]
• Final showdown and resolution: [22:22–24:10]
• Comic banter about twins: [24:44–25:41]

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Tone and Language

• Classic, rapid-fire western dialogue, peppered with period slang (“sky pilot” for preacher, “ombres” for men).
• Villains’ exchanges are snappy, cunning, and at times, laced with dark humor.
• Cisco and Pancho balance clever deduction with comedic relief, especially in the episode's closing moments.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode masterfully blends classic western action with a tale of mistaken identity and brotherly rivalry. The Cisco Kid, with trusty Pancho, unravels the truth behind Tom Vincent’s family secret, thwarts a murderous plot, and restores both law and faith in Cactus Flats. The interplay of suspense, drama, and humor encapsulates the enduring appeal of The Cisco Kid and old-time radio westerns.

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Transcript

[Narrator]

Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

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

[Narrator]

Here's adventures, here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the Old west, the Cisco Gear. Now, the Cisco Kid in our exciting story, the Double Face of Danger. When the courageous parson Tom Vincent came to Cactus Platts, he found a wild, rip roaring town that made its own laws. Tom tried to combat the evil the only way he knew, with fighting words of the gospel. This riled May Carson, the owner of the town's leading gambling hall. As our story opens, her henchman, Dale Dooley, excitedly approaches the table at which May is seated.

[Dale Dooley]

Hey, May, that preach is at it again.

[May Carson]

Take it easy, Dale.

[Dale Dooley]

How can I? He's preaching again, right across the street.

[May Carson]

Sit down. What's he yapping about this time?

[Dale Dooley]

Oh, he's telling the townspeople they gotta get rid of places like this before law and order can come to the town.

[May Carson]

So he wants to get rid of the Golden Nugget Cafe, does he? Well, Mr. Peach and Tom Vincent's gone too far.

[Dale Dooley]

It's time we took some action against him. What are we gonna do?

[May Carson]

If only I could remember where I've seen him before.

[Dale Dooley]

Oh, that's what you've been saying ever since you first saw him. What difference does it make where you seen him?

[May Carson]

Cause the other time I saw him, he wasn't a sky pilot. That much I'm sure of.

[Dale Dooley]

Sky pilot?

[May Carson]

Yeah, sky pilot, preacher, parson, all mean the same thing.

[Dale Dooley]

You can't remember where you saw this here sky pilot before?

[May Carson]

No, I can't. Confound it.

[Dale Dooley]

Hey, that cow Poke who just come in, I know him.

[May Carson]

You know him? That's Pecos Jack. Hey, Pecos, come on over here.

[Dale Dooley]

Well, I'll be a ringtail baboon. Mate. Carson and Dale Dooley. What are you two doing here?

[May Carson]

Howdy, fakers. Drop a chair. This is my cafe.

[Dale Dooley]

What brings you to Cactus Flats, Fakers? Oh, I'm on a dodge. Shot up a sheriff back in Sepulpa.

[May Carson]

We got rid of our sheriff last week. Dale took care of him the same way.

[Dale Dooley]

Then that makes your town wide open. Yeah, except for that sky pilot across the street. He's stirring up trouble. He always does, wherever he goes.

[May Carson]

Oh, you know him, Pecos?

[Dale Dooley]

Sure. His name is Tom Vincent. But May think she knew him when he wasn't a sky pilot.

[May Carson]

I know I Have. And he wasn't preaching for law and order.

[Dale Dooley]

What you laughing about? That Vincent across the street always preaches for law and order. The Vincent you're talking about is the preacher's twin brother. Ray Vincent.

[May Carson]

That's right. I remember now. They call him Salinas.

[Dale Dooley]

That's it. That's what they call him. I heard of him. He's cracked banks all the way from Dodge City to the border.

[May Carson]

Is he a good friend of yours, Pecos?

[Dale Dooley]

He sure is. We did the bank job at Gopher Wells together. But I never knew he had a twin brother. Well, Salinas don't spread it around none. He ain't no more proud of his brother than his brother is of him.

[May Carson]

You mean he don't like him very well.

[Pancho]

Like him?

[Dale Dooley]

Salinas hates that preaching brother of his.

[May Carson]

We'd like to get him out of this town.

[Dale Dooley]

Well, for $200 and Dale's help, I'll get rid of them for you.

[May Carson]

As far as the $200 is concerned, make yourself a deal.

[Dale Dooley]

Count me in. All right, here's what we do. Dale and I go across the street to where he's preaching.

[Tom Vincent]

I'll pick a fight with him.

[Dale Dooley]

Well, but just beating him up won't drive him out of town.

[May Carson]

I don't think anything will shut him up but a bullet.

[Dale Dooley]

And that's just what he's going to get. What do you want me for? To back me up and to be my witness that he'd try to draw on me.

[May Carson]

But he don't carry a gun.

[Dale Dooley]

That's why I need the witness to back me up when I say it looked like he was going to draw. I'm going to kill him.

[Pancho]

Is Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Think it through.

[Pancho]

Our friend Sir Maro get shot last week.

[Cisco Kid]

We'll soon find out. Poncho, this is Cactus Flats.

[Pancho]

Big crowd of peoples in the streets.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco, they're standing around watching those three hombres fight.

[Pancho]

They fight two against one.

[Narrator]

Cisco.

[Tom Vincent]

Good.

[Pancho]

That not fair.

[Cisco Kid]

That one hombre is giving a good account of himself. He's firing them both off with his fist.

[Dale Dooley]

Well, they have a hole.

[Cisco Kid]

They have knocked him down. They're too much for him.

[Narrator]

Look, he's go. That one hombre reach for his gun. He going to shoot that other hom.

[Cisco Kid]

I see it, Pancho.

[Narrator]

Ah, my head. Cisco, shoot the gun from that ombre's hand.

[Cisco Kid]

Let's see what this is all about. Keep your hand away.

[Narrator]

That gun ombre.

[Pancho]

But you think the people here got the trouble?

[Narrator]

Who asked you to stick your nose in here?

[Cisco Kid]

Ranger, your compone was about to shoot an unarmed man.

[Dale Dooley]

You make big talk behind that gun. Why don't you put it back in a holster and start even? No, they'll know it's a Cisco Kid.

[Narrator]

Yay.

[Pancho]

Cisco Kid in Poncho.

[Cisco Kid]

And I recognize you, Homre. They call you Pecos Jack.

[Tom Vincent]

That's right. What about.

[Narrator]

Come on, Aus.

[Dale Dooley]

Let's get him with our fists. Look out.

[Narrator]

Just go to one by three.

[Cisco Kid]

Both want to fight me at the same time.

[Narrator]

Glad to help Cisco and Pl take care of one of these old men. I'll get rid of you, fool. I just showed you who damn talking you want. How you always end up like this?

[Cisco Kid]

Where's all the great fighting I heard about?

[Narrator]

Let me get a poke at him. I have never made any claims, you coyotes. I let my fist do the talking for me. That takes care of you. I may not be a match for you with my gun, but I can handle you with my fence. Good right to this job.

[Tom Vincent]

What?

[Narrator]

My answer to you, Pecos. And a lick. And this should do it.

[Tom Vincent]

Well, I'm mighty grateful to you, stranger.

[Cisco Kid]

For stepping in when you did.

[Tom Vincent]

I'm Tom Vincent.

[Cisco Kid]

Glad to make your acquaintance, Senor Vincent. I am the Cisco Kid.

[Pancho]

I'm too glad to Clayton. Senor Vincent too.

[Tom Vincent]

And I'm grateful to you too, Poncho. Around here everyone calls me Preach in, Tom.

[Cisco Kid]

Did those hombres attack you because you were preaching, Senor Tom?

[Tom Vincent]

You hit the nail on the head, sister.

[Pancho]

It was bad almost to Feiber. They said you were talked a good word.

[Tom Vincent]

Since the sheriff was killed last week, things have been getting worse.

[Cisco Kid]

You're Tom. We would like to catch Sheriff Morrow's killer. What happened to that Pecos Humber and his partner?

[Narrator]

They headed back into the Golden Nugget Cafe after the beating you give them.

[Tom Vincent]

And probably went back to report to their boss, May Carson.

[Pancho]

Who's that thing you need to say? You're preaching, Tom.

[Tom Vincent]

I think she's the head of the bat element here in Cactus Flats.

[Pancho]

Cisco, think that Sangarita knows something about the killing of Sheriff Maru?

[Cisco Kid]

Perhaps she does. I think it would be a good idea if I went into that cafe and questioned her.

[Tom Vincent]

No, don't go in there, Sisko.

[Cisco Kid]

Why not send your town?

[Tom Vincent]

That's where Sheriff Morrow was killed. And for the same reason. I don't want to see another killing in there.

[Pancho]

You're preaching, Tom. And mean that the sheriff got killed when he goes to question that senior in the carton, huh?

[Tom Vincent]

That's exactly what happened.

[Cisco Kid]

That is all the More reason why I am going into that cafe. Come, Pancho.

[May Carson]

So you let the Cisco Kid kick you around like you were a couple of little boys.

[Dale Dooley]

I told you, you shot the gun out of Picker's hand. That Cisco Kid's a bad armor to fool with.

[May Carson]

I know he is. We're gonna change our tactics. We're gonna let Cisco outsmart himself.

[Dale Dooley]

Oh, me, Pecos.

[May Carson]

You said you knew Preaching Tom's twin brother.

[Dale Dooley]

You mean Salinas? Well, sure I do.

[Tom Vincent]

Me.

[May Carson]

If my memory holds correctly, they look exactly alike.

[Dale Dooley]

Just like one silver dollar. Looks like another.

[May Carson]

You know where to get hold of him right now?

[Tom Vincent]

I think so.

[Dale Dooley]

Last I heard him, he was gonna hide out with Charlie Wilson over in Oak Mosey.

[May Carson]

You ride there, Pecos, and get him.

[Dale Dooley]

What do you want, Salinas? For me?

[May Carson]

If Pecos can bring him back here, we'll set up a bank job. That'll pay off plenty. How about it? Take us?

[Cisco Kid]

Why, sure.

[Dale Dooley]

I'm willing to go after him.

[May Carson]

And if you tell him that at the same time we'll be able to get rid of his brother, he'll come back with you.

[Dale Dooley]

What you got on your mind, May?

[May Carson]

You'll see. Once the Lena's get here, we're gonna get rid of that sky pilot and the Cisco Kid. And set this town up as headquarters for the biggest outlaw gang this territory has ever.

[Pancho]

And there that day Lombre Cisco had.

[Cisco Kid]

You fight with say, Pancho. But I do not see the other one, Pecos Jack.

[Pancho]

How's this? Go find out which ten you need and make Carson.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, that's that day. Lbr. Uhhuh.

[Dale Dooley]

You come in here looking for trouble, Cisco. You come to the right place.

[Cisco Kid]

I do not look for trouble, hombre, but I do not turn my back on it.

[Pancho]

Cisco, Other bad hombres go around behind us.

[Cisco Kid]

I see them, Pacho. We had to shoot our way out of here if we have to.

[Dale Dooley]

Well, Cisco, why don't you start some of that trouble you come for?

[Cisco Kid]

I can see through your game, hombre. You are trying to draw Poncho and me into a fight so that your gang can gun us down.

[Dale Dooley]

What's the matter, Cisco? You turning yellow?

[Cisco Kid]

Is this the way Sheriff Morrow was killed?

[Narrator]

Wouldn't.

[May Carson]

Shut up, Dale, and introduce me to these gentlemen. Now listen here, I'm waiting for the introduction.

[Cisco Kid]

Dale, permit me to introduce myself, Senorita Carson. I am Lesis Coquille.

[Pancho]

And permit Pancho to introduce himself. Pancho? Just plain Pancho.

[May Carson]

You have the advantage, sis. Though you already know my name, you might as well Send your boys about their business, Dale.

[Cisco Kid]

I would like to talk with you, senorita, alone.

[Dale Dooley]

Why, you.

[May Carson]

Why don't you join the boys, Dale? Get yourself some fresh air that day.

[Pancho]

Somebody mad when he takes the air.

[May Carson]

Sit down, Cisco. You too. What can I do for you, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

I'll come straight to the point, senorita. I have been told you run the crime that exists in this town.

[May Carson]

I'm gonna give you straight answers. I like your way of talking.

[Cisco Kid]

You still have not answered my question.

[May Carson]

I'm not the boss. I take orders.

[Cisco Kid]

You mean there is someone higher up?

[May Carson]

Naturally. I'm not gonna try and fool you. You know these frontier towns. Texas Flats is no different.

[Cisco Kid]

Just who is the one higher up, senorita?

[May Carson]

If I told you, you wouldn't believe it.

[Pancho]

Who this hombre was?

[Dale Dooley]

The boys?

[May Carson]

Someone you'd never suspect.

[Cisco Kid]

Who is it, senorita?

[May Carson]

The preacher, Tom Vincent.

[Cisco Kid]

I do not believe you, senorita.

[Pancho]

That senior preaching Tom, not a bad hombre.

[May Carson]

If you caught him robbing a bank, would that convince you?

[Cisco Kid]

See, senorita, it would.

[May Carson]

All right, then. I got word there's going to be a bank hold up here in town. I just don't know when. But if you play possum around town for a while, I'll keep you informed and we'll set a trap.

[Cisco Kid]

We'll do it, senorita.

[May Carson]

Good. And you'll see, the hombre we're after will fall right into our trap.

[Narrator]

And if Cisco only knew the true meaning of May Carson's words, he would realize that the trap is being set for himself. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid. Now back to the Cisco Kid in our exciting story, the Double Face of Danger. When May Carson discovered that the preacher, Tom Vincent, had an evil twin brother, she sent her henchmen Pecos Jack to get him. Sisko and Pancho had been told by Tom Vincent that May is the power behind all the crime in Cactus Flats. When Cisco accused May of this, she countered by setting up a trap that will mean death to preaching Tom Pancho and Cisco.

[May Carson]

Now, I told you there's nothing to worry about, Dale.

[Dale Dooley]

Then why don't you tell me what you and Cisco was Gavin about?

[May Carson]

You'll find out all about it after I've talked of that hombre Pecos is bringing here.

[Dale Dooley]

You won't got much longer to wait. Here comes Pecos now.

[May Carson]

Me and that hombre with him is Selinas. By thunder, he's the spitting image of his brother, the preacher.

[Dale Dooley]

Well, I told you I'd Bring him.

[Cisco Kid]

This here's Salinas.

[Dale Dooley]

And this is Dale Dooley.

[Narrator]

Howdy, Salinas.

[Dale Dooley]

Takers hadn't brung you, I'd have sworn you was a preacher.

[Tom Vincent]

Yeah, I know. My brother's in town.

[Dale Dooley]

And this is who I was telling you about. Salinas, this is Mae Carson.

[May Carson]

Oh, sit down, Salinas. Make yourself comfortable. You too, Pecos.

[Tom Vincent]

Pecos tells me you got a bank job set up.

[May Carson]

Maybe so. Pecos also tells me you don't like your brother.

[Tom Vincent]

What's that got to do with the bank job?

[May Carson]

The bank job depends on just that.

[Tom Vincent]

What?

[Dale Dooley]

What do you mean by that, nay?

[May Carson]

Well, now, Pecos, didn't you tell Salinas that the preacher is going to run us out of town unless we get rid of him first?

[Dale Dooley]

And Pecos told me that Cisco Kid and his partner came in here after you left.

[May Carson]

I'll do the talking, Dale. Part of the deal is to get rid of Cisco and Poncho at the same time, Salinas.

[Tom Vincent]

That suits me. I'm only interested in how much I get out of that bank.

[May Carson]

You and Pecos and Dale can split whatever you get among you.

[Dale Dooley]

You mean you don't want to share me?

[May Carson]

No, I don't. Pecos. Getting rid of Cisco, Poncho and the preacher is all I want.

[Tom Vincent]

How do you figure on doing that?

[May Carson]

By having you take your brother's place.

[Narrator]

What?

[Tom Vincent]

You want Salinas to be a sky pilot?

[May Carson]

Oh, not for long.

[Dale Dooley]

Nay. Here comes Cisco and his partner now.

[May Carson]

Oh, that's not so good. I didn't want him to see you yet, Salinas.

[Tom Vincent]

Yeah, don't worry. I'll just pretend to be my brother, preach and talk.

[May Carson]

Fine. That fits with what I've already told Cisco. Howdy, Cisco. Howdy, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

What is this, senorita?

[Pancho]

What is this in Panchos? Howdy, sisco.

[Tom Vincent]

What are you doing in this den of iniquity?

[Cisco Kid]

I was about to ask you the same question, Senor Tom.

[Tom Vincent]

In my profession, we try to sow the seeds of good wherever we can.

[Pancho]

But why you say you are preaching, Tom? Wear those clothes and carry the gun.

[Tom Vincent]

I had a little chore to do. Was riding through some rough and dangerous country.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, I hope you accomplish what you have come here for, senor.

[Tom Vincent]

I'm sure I will, Cisco.

[May Carson]

Did you want to talk to me about anything, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

It will wait, senorita, for another time. Come, Pancho. Hasta la vista.

[Pancho]

Hasta la vista.

[Dale Dooley]

Think Cisco Kid knows anything?

[May Carson]

Wait till he's out of hearing.

[Tom Vincent]

Wait nothing.

[Dale Dooley]

I'm gonna gun him down now.

[May Carson]

No, that Killing on top of all the others would bring the troops in here.

[Tom Vincent]

Sure May's right. I gotta do something else.

[Dale Dooley]

But what?

[May Carson]

We gotta get hold of that sky pilot before Cisco can talk to him. Dale, you and Pecos get out to the house where he's staying and bring him here peaceably or by force.

[Dale Dooley]

All right, we'll do it.

[Cisco Kid]

I'll go with you.

[Tom Vincent]

I want to help fetch that brother of mine.

[Dale Dooley]

What about Cisco in the meantime?

[May Carson]

I'll go after him and detain him somehow. You boys get after Tom Vincent. And don't fail this time. We got too much at stake.

[Pancho]

Ah, that Sandy the maid took a long time and say nothing, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

I am sure she did it to detain us, Pancho.

[Narrator]

But why? Why?

[Pancho]

Why, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

That is what we will try to find out when we see Senor Tom.

[Pancho]

Cisco. Pancho see with his own eyes that the stranger in the cafe, the same hombre, was in the fight. When Cisco and Pancho arrived into the town.

[Cisco Kid]

It looked like, say your time, Pancho, but it was someone else.

[Pancho]

Where else that hombre could be Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

I do not know yet. But something about him troubled me.

[Pancho]

Hombre look like Senor Preaching Tom. And still Cisco say that, not Senor Preaching Tom. How they can be, huh?

[Cisco Kid]

The only way that can be is if Senor Tom has a twin brother.

[Pancho]

Senior Tom. That say nothing about a twin brother when I talk to Cisco and Tanjo, Pancho. That must be it, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Must be it. Sayorita Carson did not fool me. I knew she was lying about everything she told us back at the cafe.

[Pancho]

And Cisco not believe the Senor Preaching Tom robbed the bank?

[Cisco Kid]

Of course not, Pancho. Senor Preaching Tom would know more rob a bank than you or I would.

[Pancho]

How Cisco can tell which brother is.

[Cisco Kid]

Which is which, I have no way of telling. But when we reach the house where Senor Tom is staying, I will tell him what I suspect and ask him if it is true. But the Sangrida talks.

[Pancho]

So long, Cisco. She give those bad homies a chance to get to the to the real Senior time before she's cooking.

[Cisco Kid]

I realize that. And that we may be riding into a trap, huh?

[Pancho]

We must find out the truth.

[Cisco Kid]

Come, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Up the abaca.

[Narrator]

Go, Lubu. Go now. Go. Go.

[Dale Dooley]

We better hurry. No telling how long May can keep Cisco detained.

[Tom Vincent]

For a fightin man, you sure are afeard of Cisco Dale.

[Dale Dooley]

I didn't notice you standing up to him.

[Tom Vincent]

Fakers, right. Quit you crabbing at each other. It won't take as long to tie up that preaching brother of mine.

[Dale Dooley]

You knock, Selinas.

[Tom Vincent]

I want to see Tom Vincent's face when he sees it. I got a hunch you'll be a little mite surprised. Well, Tom, don't you have a greeting for your own brother, Ray Vincent? I'm called Salinas now. Hadn't you heard? Yes, I've heard, all right. I've heard about the banks you've held up and the men you've shot.

[Dale Dooley]

You gonna give us a sermon about that preaching, Tom?

[Tom Vincent]

I ain't no mood for a sermon. Why, grab those.

[Narrator]

In that case, do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

[Dale Dooley]

Oh, no, you don't.

[Cisco Kid]

That's enough, Tom. This gun in my hand says you.

[Tom Vincent]

Stop fighting right now.

[Dale Dooley]

That brother of yours packed a powerful punch, Selena. I ought to cruise his skull with.

[Tom Vincent]

The barrel of this gun. I believe you would kill your own brother, Ray Vincent.

[Dale Dooley]

He don't know the half of it.

[Tom Vincent]

You believe right, Sky Pilot. That's exactly what I'll do. Not now.

[Dale Dooley]

Selina says horse is coming.

[Tom Vincent]

Just go, kid and punch.

[Narrator]

Look out, Cisco.

[Tom Vincent]

Shut up.

[Dale Dooley]

Think they hurt him?

[Tom Vincent]

No, no. Too far away. I changed clothes with my brother. Here. You tie him up, and then I'll go out and talk to the Cisco Kid, all right? That's a good idea, Cisco.

[Dale Dooley]

Pancho will think you really are preaching Tom. Bring him in the house, Pecos, and I'll be behind the door. And we'll put a couple of bullets in their backs.

[Tom Vincent]

And we'll see that the blame falls on my preaching brother.

[Narrator]

Sister.

[Pancho]

House Lithenia. Preaching, Tom. Stay, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, Pancho. He has seen us and is coming out of the house. Buenos de, Senor Tom.

[Pancho]

Buenos de, Senor Tom.

[Cisco Kid]

Howdy, Cisco. Howdy, Poncho.

[Tom Vincent]

What brings you out here?

[Cisco Kid]

We ran into a strange situation back at the Golden Nugget Cafe, Senor Tom.

[Pancho]

Very strange situation is a very strange thing.

[Tom Vincent]

Well, come into the house and make yourselves comfortable. I'd like to hear about it.

[Cisco Kid]

Very well. Senor Tom, I would like to ask you a question.

[Pancho]

Go ahead, Cisco. Ask the question.

[Tom Vincent]

Yes, Cisco. What do you want to know?

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho and I were just wondering whether those two hombres have given you any trouble since the fight the other day.

[Pancho]

We just wanted it, but this could.

[Cisco Kid]

What about it, Senor Tom?

[Tom Vincent]

No, they haven't bothered me at all. Cisco, come into the house. Might as well get out of the sun. A good idea.

[Cisco Kid]

I am sorry, we cannot. Senor Pancho and I have some other business to take care of. Hasta Luego. Come, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Hasta luego.

[Narrator]

But she's.

[Cisco Kid]

Come, Pancho. Man up.

[Pancho]

Come, Pancho, man up.

[Cisco Kid]

Hasta luego, senor.

[Narrator]

Go now. I'll be seeing you two real soon.

[Pancho]

That can understand. Why is this going to go into the house? Why Cisco leave? Why is this going to answer the right question, Senor Tom?

[Cisco Kid]

Because that hombre we were talking to is not Senor Tom. He is the same one we spoke to back at the cafre. Follow me, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Under this clump of trees, Pancho follow. But Ponch not know why.

[Cisco Kid]

Now we are outside of the house.

[Pancho]

Slow down, Locus.

[Cisco Kid]

Look, we are going back to the house on foot. I am sure the real Senor Tom is in that house.

[Pancho]

Cisco know that not the real Senor Preaching Tom. We just talked too.

[Cisco Kid]

After the fight the other day, I noticed a cut over the right eyebrow of Senor Tom. It has not yet had time to heal.

[Tom Vincent]

Ah, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Right. And Pancho see no cook. And I don't believe neither. And now Pancho wise just go out that way. Geto Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

We're getting near the house. I would like to surprise that hombre.

[Pancho]

Then look through this window, madamir. There those other two coyotes from the fight and Panzer say two Seor Preaching tonsi top.

[Dale Dooley]

Pancho, we may never again get such a good chance to kill that Cisco kid. In Poncho Selenus we will.

[Tom Vincent]

First I'm going to put a bullet through this brother of mine.

[Pancho]

Cisco, that Serena's somebody go to kill the real senior pigeon Tom.

[Cisco Kid]

I do not think he will, Pancho.

[Tom Vincent]

Have your guns ready.

[Pancho]

Up your hands.

[Cisco Kid]

Aubrey, we have you cover Cisco K. That is right. Keep those hands in the air. Poncho, go around through the door and get their guns.

[Pancho]

Yes, Siso partically gone.

[Tom Vincent]

I'm sure glad you showed up when you did, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Are you all right, Sayor Tom? Yeah, thanks to you, Cisco. Why not Pancho then cut the ropes away from Sayor Tom? Yes, I am coming through the window. Do not move your race.

[Dale Dooley]

No, no, I ain't moving, Cisco. Not while you got the drop on us.

[Narrator]

Well, I am. And like this, that's something. I punch her down and grab sand P. Tom.

[Cisco Kid]

You just leave this to me, Cisco. This evil brother of mine has needed a good beating for a long time.

[Tom Vincent]

And he's going to get it.

[Cisco Kid]

Why not say your Tom?

[Narrator]

Why you say your Tom made the good fighter a good punch to the jaw. And another. And there.

[Pancho]

Senor Tom finish off the bad brutal fight.

[Cisco Kid]

Very good, Senor Tom. You fight as Good as you preach.

[Tom Vincent]

Thanks, Cisco. I found out about your friend the sheriff. Dale Dooley killed him. With what I heard these cutthroats talk about we've got enough evidence on them and their boss, May Carson to send them all to jail for the rest of their lives.

[Pancho]

Now I say you're preaching time. Can talk the good word and make cocktail splats.

[Tom Vincent]

A good time?

[Cisco Kid]

Well, hom I think you will spend a long time in jail. And every town along these border could have the same kind of law and order. If we had more men like Senor Tom.

[Tom Vincent]

And if we had more like Poncho and the Cisco Kid too.

[Pancho]

Never see two twin brothers but look so much alike as say you're preaching time in that Salina zombre.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, they looked alike, but you know their natures were not at all alike, Poncho.

[Pancho]

No, no, the nature is not alike.

[Cisco Kid]

No, no.

[Pancho]

Pancho's uncle Julio got little twin boy Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, I did not know your uncle Julio had twin sons, Pancho. Tell me, how old are they?

[Pancho]

One ten years old and the other seven years old.

[Cisco Kid]

But they are not twins, Pancho, if they are not the same age.

[Pancho]

Oh, they twins, Isco, Pancho.

[Tom Vincent]

Prove it.

[Cisco Kid]

Now.

[Tom Vincent]

Wait, wait.

[Cisco Kid]

How can you prove that, amigo?

[Pancho]

What she's gonna find in a shoebox?

[Cisco Kid]

Will you find shoes?

[Pancho]

And what she's gonna find in a bookcase?

[Narrator]

Where do you find books? Uncle Julio's little ninos sleep in twin beds.

[Tom Vincent]

See?

[Pancho]

So they gotta be twins.

[May Carson]

Oh, Poncho. Oh, is he.

[Narrator]

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

[Tom Vincent]

Sam.

[Narrator]

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

Sam Foreign.

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[Narrator]

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