End of the Trail | Frontier Town (1949)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns – "End of the Trail" | Frontier Town (1949)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Date: July 4, 2026
Classic Drama Restored: Digitally enhanced for audio clarity

Episode Overview

In this episode of Old Time Radio Westerns, host Andrew Rhynes brings listeners a restored classic: the 1949 episode of Frontier Town, entitled "End of the Trail." The adventure follows Chad Remington, a frontier lawyer, as he becomes involved in a deadly struggle for control over the Trail’s End Ranch, the accidental death of its owner Fred Batchelor, and the arrival of an unexpected heir, Myrtle Summers. Greed, treachery, and comic misadventure blend in this tale of the Old West, laced with humor and slick, rapid-fire dialogue.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Introduction to the Conflict

[02:15–06:50]

• Main Characters Introduced:
  • Chad Remington (frontier lawyer, narrator)
  • Chicago Eddie Doolin (saloon owner, antagonist)
  • Monk (Eddie's bodyguard)
  • Fred Batchelor (ranch owner, soon-to-be victim)
• The Setup:
  • Eddie, eager to control water in the valley, tries strong-arming Fred Batchelor into selling his ranch.
  • Fred stubbornly refuses, resulting in Eddie plotting "an accident" to eliminate him and gain the property through probate when he dies.

Notable Quote

Chicago Eddie, foreshadowing his plan:
“Except Bachelor ain’t gonna get no further than the little bridge over Sheepshead Creek. Cause he’s gonna meet with an accident. His last accident.” (05:08)

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2. The Murder Plot and Its Fallout

[06:50–09:13]

• Eddie and Monk execute their plan, spooking Fred’s horse to crash at Sheepshead Creek, resulting in Fred’s death.
• The town is temporarily shocked, but death is common on the frontier and soon nearly forgotten.
• Chad and his affable partner, Cherokee O’Bannon, notice county workers about to blast tree stumps near the stagecoach road and attempt to avert disaster.

Notable Quote

Chad (narration):
“Did you ever see a matchbox that a bear had stepped on? Well, that’s just about the way that the stagecoach looked.” (09:13)

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3. The Arrival of the Heir – Myrtle Summers

[09:59–13:41]

• Myrtle, the only heir to Fred’s estate, arrives in Dos Rios via the ill-fated stagecoach, seeking a lawyer.
• Her eccentric personality quickly becomes comic relief—eager, talkative, and starry-eyed for frontier life.
• She reveals her relationship: her mother’s father was Fred's first cousin.
• Chad agrees to represent Myrtle after a threatening note is thrown through his window, warning him not to help her.

Notable Quotes

Myrtle Summers:
“You were born here? Oh, isn’t that romantic, being born a cowboy.” (10:38)
“You’re a lawyer? Oh, this is a kismet. Fate.” (10:54)

Chad, after receiving the warning note:
“I’m taking your case. And just as long as you stay in Dos Reyes, I’m making mighty sure that you have a bodyguard.” (13:21)

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4. Motives, Water Rights, and the Stakes

[14:27–18:33]

• Chad explains the true value of the ranch—control over the valley’s water supply.
• Myrtle is placed under the reluctant care of Cherokee, who is comically resistant to her attention.
• Meanwhile, Eddie and Monk plot their next move since offering to buy the ranch might implicate them in Fred’s death.

Notable Quote

Chad, on the ranch's importance:
"That pond and dam on the back end of Fred’s ranch virtually controls the entire water flow for 50 miles around it.” (16:55)

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5. Comic Interludes: Myrtle and Cherokee

[18:33–20:28]

• Entertaining banter as Cherokee is roped into chaperoning Myrtle.
• Myrtle hints she’ll sell the ranch and return east if Cherokee doesn’t treat her right; he is both horrified and flustered.
• Myrtle storms off, swearing never to see Cherokee again; Cherokee orders “10 occasional drinks” in comic despair.

Memorable Moment

Cherokee, at his wits’ end:
“Well, goodbye, my miserable luck. We’ll probably be meeting again.” (19:54)
“Oh, waiter, bring me 10 occasional drinks. Bring them in a hurry.” (20:07)

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6. The Conspiracy and the Gambling Trap

[20:47–24:15]

• Eddie and Monk spot their opportunity: trick Myrtle into gambling away the ranch at Eddie’s saloon.
• Monk, posing as a “businessman,” invites Myrtle to a fake town celebration held in her honor.
• Myrtle is flattered and agrees, unaware of the real motive.

Notable Exchange

Eddie, plotting:
“If we was to make her an offer, even if she accepted it, she'd go back to Remington to have him check the papers.” (20:56)

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7. High Stakes Card Game – The Final Showdown

[24:15–26:23]

• Myrtle, on a gambling spree, begins to lose heavily. Eddie insists she offer the deed to her ranch to cover her losses.
• As Myrtle starts to sign the deed away, Chad and Cherokee burst in, guns drawn, to save the day.

Notable Moment

Banter as Chad interrupts the scam:
“You’re blame right it’s Remington and O’Bannon. And we’re coming in quick!” (25:49)

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8. Resolution and Farewells

[26:23–27:14]

• Myrtle is effusively grateful, promising to kiss Chad and Cherokee—much to Cherokee’s dismay.
• Myrtle leaves town, having sold the ranch legally, and order is restored.

Memorable Outtro

Cherokee:
“What I want is a disinfectant. I didn’t duck soon enough and Myrtle kissed me right on the mouth.” (27:14)

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Notable Quotes & Comic Highlights

• Chad and Cherokee on Myrtle’s attributes:

  “Now take her teeth.”
  “Now, that won’t be any trouble. I’ll bet they come out all right.” (17:54) “Her hair? I thought it was just her head unraveling.” (18:00)

• Myrtle, after being rescued:

  “I feel I ought to kiss you. Kiss you both!” (26:23)

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Key Timestamps

• Main Plot Introduced: [02:15]
• Fred Batchelor's Demise: [06:22]
• Stagecoach Mishap Introduced: [08:36]
• Myrtle Summers Introduced: [09:59]
• Threatening Note Delivered: [13:10]
• Water Rights Importance Explained: [16:55]
• Myrtle and Cherokee’s Dinner: [18:44–20:07]
• Myrtle Ensnared at Saloon: [21:19–24:15]
• Final Rescue: [25:36]
• Comic Farewell: [27:09]

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Tone and Language

The episode is delivered in the brisk, witty banter characteristic of golden-age radio westerns, mixing suspenseful narration, sly villainy, and comic relief. Chad is straightforward and dry-humored, Cherokee is wisecracking and reluctant, and Myrtle is fluttery and persistent.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

"End of the Trail" is a quintessential Western drama where water rights, greed, and frontier justice intersect. The plot unrolls with a blend of action, comic romance, and sharp-tongued exchanges. Listeners are treated to a full arc—from villainy and near-tragedy to last-minute heroics, all punctuated by restored sound effects that evoke the Old West in vivid color.

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A must-listen for fans of classic radio drama, Western tropes, and anyone who loves a showdown between good-hearted lawmen and greedy gunslingers—with a hearty dose of vintage humor.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[C]

Refreshers contain caffeine.

[D]

Foreign.

[E]

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. Original air date comes from 1949 and the title is End of the Trail. Hope you enjoy

[F]

the saga of the Roaring West. Frontier town. El paso, cheyenne, calgary, tombstone. Frontier town. Here is the adventurous story of the early west, the tamed and the untamed. From the Pecos to Powder River, Dodge City to Poker Flat, these are the towns they fought to live in and lived to fight for. Teeming crucibles of pioneer freedom. Frontier Town.

[C]

Howdy, friends. And in case you've forgotten, I'm Chad Remington, frontier lawyer from the little frontier town called Dos Reyes. Now, even if you didn't remember my name, I'm sure you will remember. I've told you time and again that the frontier is made up of all kinds of people, good and bad, shrewd and. Well, I'll let you draw your own conclusions as I tell you about my most recent case. My most recent case and client. Now, I've told you before how trouble has a habit of falling into my lap. And this case started with trouble, real trouble, long before I came to hear about. Seems that one of my fellow citizens, Chicago Eddie Doolin, who operates the Bottoms Up Bar and Entertainment hall, wasn't satisfied just making money hand over fist. Chicago Eddie concocted a scheme to make money by the carload. Except to accomplish his purpose, he needed to own Fred Batchelor's Trails End Ranch. So taking along as bodyguard an ape of a man called Monk, Chicago Eddie rode out to Bachelor's ranch and virtually laid his cards on the table.

[G]

Take it from me, bachelor, you'd be better off climbing down from your high horse blame right?

[A]

Besides, ain't Eddie offering you more than this crumbly old ranch of yours is worth?

[G]

Yeah, and I'll even raise my offer. Make it another 2,500. You got me over a barrel, Bachelor. Cause I know that you know I gotta have your ranch.

[C]

Well, what do you gotta say?

[B]

One thing only.

[A]

Both you slimy crooks get out of here before I blow you out.

[G]

Come On, Monk. We'll be seeing you again, Bachelor. Believe me, we will.

[A]

Bosh. What was the idea of letting that old fogey run us out of there?

[G]

I was arguing with a stubborn old fool like Bachelor is like trying to shout over Niagara Falls.

[A]

Sure, sure, I know. But without Bachelor's ranch, you got no way controlling the water in this valley.

[G]

Who said I was gonna be without his ranch?

[A]

Why, you just. I mean, if he don't sell it

[G]

to you, Bachelor don't have to sell it to us. But when he dies not having no kin, what's to stop us from buying it from the probate court?

[A]

Yeah, what's to stop it? You mean you're gonna wait till Bachelor dies? Why, he looks strong enough to outlive you and me together.

[G]

Sure, if we're suckers enough to let him die from natural causes. Come on, Monk. I got a feeling once we ride off here, Bachelor's gonna head for the sheriff's office to tell him just what happened.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[G]

Except Bachelor ain't gonna get no further than the little bridge over Sheepshead Creek. Cause he's gonna meet with an accident. His last accident.

[C]

All right, all right.

[A]

This here is Sheepshead Creek.

[G]

Eddie, we'll rein up just behind that big spruce where we can see Bachelor when he hits the bridge. Only he won't be able to see us.

[B]

Oh, there.

[A]

Supposing Bachelor doesn't go to town?

[G]

Then we got a long way.

[A]

Something else, boss. If they find him with slugs in his body, they may be able to hang it on.

[G]

I said he was having an accident, and that's just what's happening to him. That big bay stallion he rides is a pretty spirited horse. If we threw some shots around the horse, don't you think he'd spook and buck and smash through the bridge? Huh? That railing's pretty flimsy, you know.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, then he'd really have it. Oh, hey, look, Eddie.

[G]

Here comes Basher now with the sun right behind him. What a target he makes. Come on, Monk.

[C]

Empty your holster. All right, Monk, he's on the bridge now.

[E]

Get him.

[C]

Of course, Fred Batchelor's untimely death caused quite a furor around town. But with sudden death being almost a normal part of life on the frontier, it was soon almost forgotten. I say almost because before it could be forgotten, I was returning to town along with Cherokee o', Bannon, the former and reform medicine man. We were following the trail high above the stagecoach road.

[B]

Something wrong with you, Chad?

[C]

Wrong with me?

[B]

As you've Been squinting down toward the road as if something bothered you.

[C]

Oh, was I? Well then perhaps it's because I was trying to make out what's going on down there. Can't you see? It seems to be about a dozen or so men digging or sawing or using some sort of tools.

[B]

Well, shake my bed and call me early. You've got eyes like an eagle.

[C]

Yeah, or a buzzard.

[B]

What in the name of Usss Grantly doing down there, Chad?

[C]

Well, it looks like they. By golly, that's it. Remember where lightning hit those three big Ponderosas in that storm we had a few weeks back?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Well, those men must work for the county. They're cutting those dead trees out of there before they fall down on a high wind and block the road.

[B]

So that's where our tax money goes for, huh? Paying a lot of able bodied men to Billy. Blue blazes, Chad. Mug, doesn't it look as if they're setting dynamite down there too?

[C]

Yes, I guess having felled the trees, they're taking no chances and they're going to blow the stumps out.

[B]

I know, but the afternoon stage from gallops due through here almost any time.

[C]

By golly, you're right, Cherokee. I'd forgotten all about the stagecoach. And apparently so had they. All right, come on, rattle up your pony and see if we can't get down there and tell them.

[B]

Come on, you broken down, benighted bundle of buzzard bait. Run.

[C]

Good Lord, Cherokee. Look there.

[B]

It's the gallop coach. It's coming. W open.

[C]

Hey, you.

[B]

You men down there. Ah, no use wasting your breath, Chad. The wind's against us. They can't hear you.

[C]

Well, then maybe they can hear this.

[B]

Well, they heard the shots, Chad. They don't seem to know where they came from.

[C]

You fools.

[F]

Don't. Don't.

[B]

Ah, it's too late. There goes the dynamite. And here comes.

[C]

Did you ever see a matchbox that a bear had stepped on? Well, that's just about the way that the stagecoach looked. Except that miraculously no one had been seriously hurt. The driver and the shotgun guard had been knocked off the box by the concussion and were only scratched and bruised from rolling around. And the only passenger, a woman of uncertain years. Well, aside from her hat being awry, she was as good as new. And in her case, that's saying a lot. But more to the point, we put her aboard Cherokee's horse riding double and started out for town, telling the driver we'd send a crew from the coach company office to bring them back along with the baggage and mail. It was on the ride or jog back to town that we managed to get acquainted with the lady in question.

[D]

I hope I'm not holding you too tight, mister.

[B]

The name is o', Bannett, and you are holding on too tight, madam.

[D]

Oh, I'm not madam. I'm Miss. Miss Myrtle Summers.

[B]

It's a pleasure. So what? Ms. Summers. Now may I make you acquainted with my friend, Mr. Remington?

[C]

Howdy, ma'.

[F]

Am.

[D]

Ms. Remington, do you happen to have any kinfolk by the name of Remington who live in New Bedford, Mass.

[C]

No, I haven't, Ms. Summers. That is, I don't believe that I have any relatives in Massachusetts. I was born here, and my father came from Chattanooga.

[D]

You were born here? Oh, isn't that romantic, being born a cowboy.

[B]

Mr. Remington is not a cowboy. He happens to own a ranch.

[C]

Which, may I add, was left to me by my father. But my principal vocation is the practice of law.

[D]

You're a lawyer? Oh, this is a kismet.

[E]

Fate.

[D]

I always say there's a purpose behind everything, and that was the purpose behind the explosion.

[C]

I'm afraid you're several jumps ahead of me, Ms. Summers.

[D]

Well, this is too. Too much of a coincidence just to be. Well, just a coincidence. This has got to be fate. Because, you see, Mr. Remington, I'm coming to Dos Rios for only one purpose. To engage a lawy.

[C]

Gizmit or not. There was no getting rid of Ms. Myrtle Summers. So on arriving in town, we went immediately to my little office located on the second floor of Cherokee's livery stable.

[D]

And that's about all there is to it, Mr. Remington. And you, too, Mr. O'.

[A]

Bannon.

[D]

I certainly don't mean to leave you out.

[B]

Ah, that's quite all right. One way or the other.

[C]

Now, let's see if I have the facts straight. You received a telegram from the probate court notifying that you had inherited old Fred's trails.

[D]

Yes. You see, my mother was a bachelor. That sounds funny, doesn't it?

[B]

Understandable.

[D]

Notwithstanding, I guess what I should have said is, my mother's father, George Bachelor, was the first cousin of Fred Bachelor, who died out here and left me all of his worldly goods.

[C]

And to the best of your knowledge, you're the only heir Fred had?

[D]

That's what I understand. Although Father always said there was a third bachelor who had gone to South Africa. But he was a black sheep, and we just didn't figure that he was a bachelor like the rest of us.

[B]

Tad, if you don't mind, I think I'D better go back downstairs. Goodbye, madam. Er, Miss.

[D]

Since you have so much trouble remembering just what to call me, Mr. O', Baron, why don't you just call me Myrtle?

[C]

Why, Cherokee, I think you'd better sit down. Miss Summers seems to be causing you to lose your composure.

[B]

My taste for female women of the opposite sex too.

[D]

What did you say, Jackie?

[B]

I said make haste because there's a woman downstairs I have to give some checks.

[C]

Cherokee, the best thing for you to do is.

[D]

Oh, Mr. Wilmington, what was that?

[C]

A small size boulder with a note attached to it.

[B]

Oh, the rain was good. Landed right on your desk. What does it say, Chad?

[C]

It says. Never mind what it says. But I'm telling you this much, Ms. Summers, I'm taking your case. And just as long as you stay in Dos Reyes, I'm making mighty sure that you have a bodyguard.

[F]

We'll return to the second act of End of the Trail, our exciting frontier town adventure in just a few moments. And now, frontier town.

[C]

I suppose you want to know what was in that note that landed on my desk by way of a broken pane of window glass. Well, it was short. Short and very much to the point in words, none of which was over two syllables. It warned me that if I didn't advise Myrtle Summers to sell the ranch she'd inherited from Fred Bachelor and go on back east where she belonged, this would be the last case I ever handled. That is, until I pleaded my own case in front of the Pearly gates. Well, once the stagecoach company had gotten the luggage back to town, we installed the Angular and Husband Hungry Myrtle in a hotel room, completely unaware that in the private office behind the Bottoms Up Cafe and entertainment hall, Cherokee, Myrtle and I were the basis for a whole discussion.

[A]

I don't know, Eddie. From the little I've seen of this Chad Remington, he don't scare easy, if at all.

[G]

Look, Monk, we gunned down one man arranged for a blast we thought would wreck the stagecoach and this Summers woman. And believe me, I ain't stopping there just because Chad Remington stuck his long nose into this.

[A]

Okay, okay. But if Remington advises her not to sell the ranch, what are we gonna do? Yeah, and besides, if either one of us are found making her a fancy offer for that Trail's End ranch, someone's liable to figure out just what the accident was that happened to Fred Bachelor.

[G]

Look, while. Yeah, you keep on asking questions, I ain't gonna be able to think. I'll figure out something. Don't you worry. Right now all I can tell you is nobody not even the great Chad Remington is going to stop us from getting that ranch and controlling the water if it means 10 more killings.

[B]

Chad, I don't care what you say. I don't care if Myrtle Summers gives her ranch away. I'm not gonna play bodyguard tour, no chaperone, escort, or even Whitner.

[C]

Oh, yes, you are.

[B]

Oh, no, I'm not. I've seen better looking things in Myrtle Summers when I've had the DTs. Jed, have you no heart? No friendship?

[C]

I've got a lot of friendship for everyone in Dos Reyes Valley. And I'm starting to think after that note that Fred Bachelor's death wasn't the accident it appeared to be. And that someone around here wants the Trail's End ranch cheap.

[B]

But who? What is there about Bachelor's ranch that makes it any more valuable than yours?

[C]

For example, just the one thing that Cherokee o' Bannon wouldn't ever know about.

[B]

The one thing I. What's that, Chad?

[C]

Aqua pura. Or in other words, John Barleycorn Jr. Water. That pond and dam on the back end of Fred's ranch virtually controls the entire water flow for 50 miles around it.

[B]

Well, then why don't the people around here stop bathing?

[C]

Cherokee, you're thoroughly unconvincing. And no matter how much you buck and argue, you're going to ride herd on Myrtle Summers and see that no accident happens to her or that someone doesn't steal that ranch away from her until such time as I can thoroughly look into the matter.

[B]

But, Chad, you don't know women like I do. I'm telling you that Myrtle Summers has only one interest in a man. She wants to get married.

[C]

Well, if that's what it takes to stop her from selling a ranch and ruining this whole valley, then I say it's cheap at half the price.

[B]

Chad, a woman like that running a ranch.

[C]

She might make a great rancher, Cherokee.

[B]

Maybe she would at that. Her head is full of wide open spaces.

[C]

Oh, you're most unkind. Now, Myrtle has got some very good features. Now take her teeth.

[B]

Now, that won't be any trouble.

[C]

I'll bet they come out all right then. Myrtle's got beautiful auburn hair.

[B]

Hair? Is that what that is? I thought it was just her head unraveling.

[C]

Well, you gotta admit that she dresses nicely. That suit she had on just matched her skin.

[B]

It certainly did. What was it? Corduroy?

[C]

Cherokee, you're hopeless. But you've got to do this. And if she lures you into marriage, I promise you a divorce at 50% off.

[B]

Ah, you're just as stubborn as she is. Everything I say to you just goes in one hole in your head and out the other.

[C]

Yep, it was a tough spot, but I won out in the end. And Cherokee went over to the hotel to escort Myrtle to supper. It was quite a tte, TTE the way I got it.

[D]

Cherokee, may I have some more coffee? Well, what's the matter with you, Cherokee? You're not paying any attention to me at all.

[B]

I guess I was just ruminating.

[D]

Oh, a penny for your dog. What were you thinking about, Cherokee? Something romantic.

[B]

Why should I be thinking about something romantic?

[D]

Well, you're a man, aren't you?

[B]

Of course.

[D]

And I'm a woman.

[B]

Myrtle, I wish you wouldn't start arguments.

[D]

Now, that's not very nice, Cherokee. What do you take me for? A moron? An idiot? Fool?

[B]

Well, what's that first word again?

[D]

Cherokee o', Bannon, if you're trying to insult me, insults roll off me like water up a duck's back.

[B]

Myrtle, you seem to have something there.

[D]

If you're not nice to me, I'm going to sell my ranch and go back home.

[B]

Now, now, let's not do anything hasty.

[D]

Well, why should I stay out here? I can sell the ranch, take the money and live to a ripe old age again. That's enough. You've insulted me for the last time. Goodbye, Mr. O'. Bannon.

[B]

Well, goodbye, my miserable luck. We'll probably be meeting again.

[D]

Oh, you're impossible. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.

[B]

So she hates me, eh? Well, even though I take only an occasional drink, this seems like it might be the occasion. Oh, waiter, bring me 10 occasional drinks. Bring them in a hurry.

[C]

Well, I can see now that it was all my fault. Knowing Cherokee and having seen Myrtle, I should have known what would happen. But not only didn't I know what would happen with Cherokee, but I didn't know what would happen when Chicago Eddie's bodyguard, Monk, saw Myrtle stalk out of the dining room in tears.

[A]

Then she banged her way out, clumped upstairs, went to her room and slammed the door. If you're gonna make an offer for that ranch, now's the time. Eddie.

[G]

Offer nothing.

[A]

You mean you're welsher?

[G]

No, you lunkhead. Of course not. But don't you see? If we was to make her an offer, even if she accepted it, she'd go back to Remington to have him check the papers.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. What's more important?

[G]

Just like you said before, somebody just may start getting nosy about Fred Bachelor's accident.

[A]

So then what are you gonna do?

[G]

While you was out trailing her and o', Bannon, I cooked up an idea. A first rate idea. That is, if she likes to gamble. And what woman who looks like Myrtle Summers don't like to gamble?

[A]

You mean take her for all her cash and then have her put up the ranch for more?

[G]

Yeah, you're a real bright boy, Monk.

[A]

Or criminy, boss, how you gonna get her in here and get her gambling?

[G]

For a bright boy like you and a dame who's crying and already sore at the world that shouldn't be too. Now, now listen to me and pay attention. Okay, you go over to the hotel and go up to her room, see? You introduce yourself to her as a member of the local businessmen's committee and tell her that we're so honored she's taken over the Trail Center Ranch.

[A]

The Dos Rios Businessman's Committee has thrown a big shindig just for you in your honor tonight.

[D]

Well, if that isn't the nicest thing, then you're coming. It's the Businessman's Committee, isn't it?

[A]

You're a card, Ms. Emerson. Yeah, you're a card. Well, what do you say we go?

[D]

Why, sir, say, if he's not there already, do you think it'd be all right if I invited that nice man who helped me this afternoon? Mr. Remington.

[G]

Oh, I remember.

[A]

Well, I'm afraid. You see, Ms. Summers, this businessman's committee is only the better class of people in town. Remington don't belong, and the boys wouldn't like it if he was there.

[D]

Oh, but Mr. Remington seems so nice.

[A]

Oh, he ain't so bad. But that liquorhead he runs around with, o', Bannon, we don't approve of either one of them.

[D]

Well, I can certainly see what you mean when you mention that, o'. Bannon. And now if you'd be good enough to get me my gloves, let's be on our way.

[G]

I gotta hand it to you, Ms. Summers. I just can't seem to beat you.

[D]

I guess I'm just the luckiest thing ever. I've won over $50 so far.

[A]

With the way your luck's running, you ought to see if you can't get Eddie to raise the stakes. You'd probably end up owning the whole place.

[G]

Well, I, I, I don't know about that.

[D]

Oh, my, Eddie, I'm surprised at you. I thought you were a real sport. And besides, what's a little money amongst friends?

[C]

Well, when I finally caught up with Cherokee and found out what had happened Instead of beating his brains out, I hustled him back to the hotel for an apology, a full apology. But when we got there and learned that Myrtle had left more than an hour ago with a man whose description seemed to tally with Chicago, Eddie's bodyguard, I figured it was too late. And as a matter of fact, it was.

[D]

Oh, dear.

[A]

Oh, dear.

[D]

I. I just don't know what to do.

[A]

Call him, Ms. Summers. I'm sure he's just bluffing.

[D]

Very well, then. If he is bluffing, I'll call and raise another hundred.

[G]

And if you had any more money left, I'd raise you right back. So seeing as how you ain't, I'll just call.

[A]

Now, wait a minute, Eddie. Ms. Summers has got a mighty good hand. And being out as much as she is right now, you ought to give her a chance to back her hand. For what it's worth.

[G]

I'd be glad to. But you ain't got no more money.

[A]

If you really want to be a good sport about it, why don't you let Ms. Summers put up a deed to a ranch that ought to be worth enough to make this game interesting.

[D]

You mean you'd accept a deed to my ranch?

[G]

Why, sure, if you think your hand's good for him.

[D]

Oh, dear. I wish I knew what to do. What do you think I should do, Mr. Monk?

[A]

What do I think? Here. Here's what I think. A piece of paper and a pen to write out that deed.

[D]

No. Well, if you say so. What do I have to write this for?

[G]

A dollar and other valuable consideration in hand received. I herewith assign all my right title.

[B]

Hey, what's that?

[G]

Monk, go see who it is.

[A]

Sure thing, Eddie.

[G]

I'll go and make sure nobody but our invited guests get in. All right, Ms. Summers, just keep on writing all my right title and interest in the land and its improvements described

[A]

as it's Remington and o'.

[B]

Bannon.

[C]

You're blame right as Remington and o'.

[F]

Bannon.

[C]

And we're coming in quick.

[F]

Somebody shoot out them lights.

[D]

Mr. Remington, I can never, never, never thank you enough for what you've done. I feel I ought to kiss you. Kiss you both.

[B]

Chad, help me. Protect me, me.

[F]

Save me.

[C]

Oh, Myrtle, you'd better get on that train before it pulls out without you. And I'll mail you the check for the ranch sale as soon as it's cleared at the bank.

[D]

Well, I, I. I just hate to leave, but goodbye now. Oh,

[C]

Well, Cherokee, that's that.

[B]

Now I shall repair to some nearby tavern and order a quart of alcohol beverage.

[C]

Now wait a minute, Cherokee. You're not taking on board that much drinking liquor.

[B]

Drinking liquor? Heavens to Betsy, no. What I want is a disinfectant. I didn't duck soon enough and Myrtle kissed me right on the mouth.

[A]

It.

[F]

Frontier Town, starring Reed Hadley and featuring Wade Crosby, is a Bruce Ells production, story and direction by Paul Franklin, music written and played by Ivan Ditmars. 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 to tell you that Frontier Town comes to you from Hollywood.

[B]

Sa.

[G]

Foreign.

[E]

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[G]

Sam.