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What do you think makes the perfect snack? Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient. Could you be more specific? When it's cravinient. Okay. Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter available right down the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a second at a.m. p.m. I'm seeing a pattern here. Well, yeah, we're talking about what I crave, which is anything from AM PM what more could you want? Stop by AM PM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience too much good stuff. Hey, this is Sarah. Look, I'm standing out front of a.m. p.m. Right now and well, you're sweet and all, but I found something more fulfilling. Even kind of cheesy. But I like it. Sure, you met some of my dietary needs, but they've just got it all. So farewell oatmeal. So long, you strange soggy. Break up with bland breakfasts and taste AM PMs bacon, egg and cheese biscuit made with K tree eggs, smoked bacon and melty cheese on a buttery biscuit. AM P M. Too much good stuff. Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines and I'm excited to bring you another episode. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for for your enjoyment. You can find more western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode. A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi yo, Sue. Silver the Lone Ranger. When gold was discovered in the western United States, thousands of miners and prospectors, farmers, criminals and clerks poured into the new territory. Greed and violence ruled the mining camps and it was there that the masked rider of the plains did some of his greatest work in the cause of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days when the west was young. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Hello, Silver. We're heading for the hill country. Hannah's waiting for us. Hannah's kiln what do you think makes the perfect snack? Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient. Could you be more specific? When it's cravini. Okay, Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter available right down the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a second at a.m. p.m. I'm seeing a pattern here. Well, yeah. We're talking about what I crave. Which is anything from AM PM what more could you want? Stop by AM PM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience. AM PM Too much. Good stuff. High in the hills, the Lone Ranger in Tonto stopped to purchase supplies from old Silas Fawcett. Silas, a prospector for years, had finally struck it rich. But he worked his claim alone and seemed to resent the masked man's intrusion. There's your bacon. There's your beans. There's the flyer you asked for. Is that enough? Are you going to keep on pestering me? How much do we owe you, Silas? Nothing. Take it and get. We can't accept gifts. We'll pay for what we receive. Who wants your cash? Perhaps my mask has misled you. We're not outlaws. This isn't stolen money. Don't tell me who you are. Engine. Your. Your name's Toddo, ain't it? You're the Lone Ranger. How did you recognize us? I ain't no fool. Maybe you think I am, but I ain't. Has anything gone wrong? Huh? What made you ask a local question like that? You seem to be out of temper. I thought maybe something had happened to irritate you. Look here, Mr. Lone Ranger. Yes, I'm always out of temper. Manner of principle with me. I wasn't knee high to a grasshopper. For I found out that it's only idiots and feeble minded folks that are good natured. Well, I ain't no idiot. I ain't feeble minded. I'm dog gone mad nearly every day of my life. And mornings I wake up feeling pleasant. I just think back in all the bad times I've had till I get mad again. That's a strange way to feel. Why is it you're well off? Your wants are few and easy to provide for. You're healthy. I doubt that you've done anything to make your conscience bother you to any extent. I should think you'd be as happy as it's possible for most men to be. Ah, you don't agree? I don't. But I ain't gonna argue. How long are you two gonna keep me from getting at my work? We're leaving now. Take the Flower Thunders. I'll pack the rest. Oh me? Take it. Silas. Where? I suggest you be more careful how you talk in the future. Someday you're going to tell all that to someone who believes you. He funny fella. He's one of Those people who are so big hearted they don't dare let others know how generous they really are. That's right. Living alone for so many years makes him seem more gruff than he really is. One of these days t make it a point to look up Silas again. Several months passed. Then late one afternoon, A boy of 13 reined in his horse the rear of a small cottage about a mile from the town of Hilldale. He was hot and dusty, but filled with excitement he could scarcely contain. He dismounted, led his horse to a lean to stable, looked eagerly around him, then called Dixie. Hi, Dixie. Where are you? Oh, there you are. Come here, quick. Hurry. I coming faster. I coming. I coming as fast as I can. I'm here. Nowhere for all the rush. Jimmy. Where's Ma? She by the back window. Is she? Your ma's in the parlor. Say, where you all been all day? Your ma was asking for you a dozen times. Dixie, can you keep a secret? Secret? Why he's the closest mouth colored gentleman in the whole county. No, I mean it, Dixie. If you won't promise to tell nobody, anybody at all, even Ma. Well, you can't know about it. I won't see a word. Cross my heart. Horse. Well, I've been up in the hills. Huh? See you all took that pickaxe with you again. Jimmy, was you prospecting? Uh huh. You all went clean to the hills? Oh, it weren't much of a trip for a horseman like me. But why you get so excited? Just tell me that, Ross. If you all said you hadn't been in them hills after being gone all day, that'd be something. But wait till I show you. What's that in your pocket? I'll show you. Wait here. Now just take a look at that man. Dixie. I found it. I found gold. You sure enough did. Here, here, let me handle that. Ain't it pretty though? All gleaming and sparkling like candles. Lolly magic. There's heaps more where that came from. You don't say. Think of it, Dixie. Kai showed me new things for mob. Pretty dresses. All kinds of swell grub for it ease. My golly, I bet there's enough there to fix it so she'll never have to work out again. My, oh my, Jimmy, I don't know if I ever did see gold before. Not real sparkling gold like this. Now remember you promised you wouldn't tell. Ain't you even gonna tell you Ma? We've got to keep it a secret, Dixie. Why for? Well, I ain't old enough to file on a claim. I wouldn't trust nobody but you to file on it for me. As far as Ma's concerned, what I want to do is wait till we've got all the gold that's there, then tell her for a surprise we sure we'll sneak away every chance we'll get. We'll sack the ore and pack it back and then hide it someplace. Maybe up in the loft of the barn. Claims all worked out. Well, then we'll take a sample to town to be a sade. And after that, we'll come back and tell Ma how rich he is. Of course, Dixie, you'll get your share, too. Jimmy. As practically speechless I sure am. Well, unsaddle for me and rub Blackie down, will you? I'm going inside. You all go right ahead. Come on, Blankie. Go. Thank you, son. Gosh, my, you look tired. No more not where'd you work today? Oh, I helped Ms. Wilkins out most of fornoon. And there was a big wash over the Clemens place. Ah, they do live fine, them folks. Gee, I hate to see you come home looking so all done in. Folks have got to work to live, Jimmy. Well, you won't have to for long. What nonsense is that? Taint. Nonsense. I can't tell you now because it's a secret. But, Ma, just you wait. It ain't gonna be long till you can tell all them folks you don't need to work for them anymore. Jimmy, you're the limit. All right, laugh at me. But just you wait and see. Nearly three weeks later, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, who were camped in the foothills, heard the sound of picks digging into rock. What's that? Hunter. Someone dig rock? That's what it sounds like. Certainly can't be gold hunters, though. There's no gold around here. Maybe we look. Huh? It must be just beyond that outcropping. Come on. One of them is just a boy. From the sound of his voice. Don't alarm them. We'll see what they're up to. Yep. Yes. Well, there, lady. That's enough for today. Ain't such an awful lot of this yet. Gold left, Jimmy? Nope. Couple more chips than I reckon we'll have it all. Want to sack up what we dug out? Better not. We'll have to be getting back to beat my home. It'll be safe enough, I reckon. Gee, I wonder how much this is gonna bring. I couldn't even make a guess. Would. Would it be a million, you think? Don't be crazy. A million's a lot of cash. A thousand. A thousand's A lot more, too. But maybe there just might be. I's gonna buy me a gold watch is what I takes for my share. Just the biggest gold watch I can find. What I gets gold from my. She'll be a mighty pleased woman. Only trouble is, I can't make up my mind exactly what to get her. You think she'd like to spend it on dresses or fixing up the house? Or for taking a trip somewheres or what? Maybe your ma'll have her own notions about that. Likely she will. Only there's one thing sure. She ain't gonna do one more lick of work for the folks around town. I won't have it. Your ma's getting to the age where she can't work much longer, Jimmy. That's what I mean. Well, let's get going. Come on. Eyes are coming. Yes, sir. Just about get home in time. Get up there. Get on there. Get on, you coyotes. Get up there. There's Gold Ear Tuttle. It's the first I've heard of it. Prospectors all claim you have to go further into the hills. You look. Fool's gold. Iron parietes. Poor youngster. Afraid he's in for a bad disappointment. I like the boy from the little I heard him sound like. Good boy. I wonder what you think. Taddo, I've got an idea. Let's get back to the horses. We'll do a little investigating. Perhaps we can take a hand in this. At the end of two more days, Jimmy and Dixie were satisfied that they had exhausted the possibilities of the vein Jimmy had located. It was in the evening Jimmy and his mother had finished their supper and were stacking the dishes before washing them went Jimmy. Gosh, I'm sorry, Ma. What even the world's got into you. Why you're so fidgety and nervous. I never saw the like. You been up to something, Ma, I got to tell you. You done something? Oh, no, Ma. It's my secret I've been telling you about. Oh, there. Please, Ma. Let the dishes go till I show you. Come on, please. I don't suppose I'll have any peace till I do. Now, where'd I have to go to see this big secret? Just out to the barn. Come on, Ma. Hurry up. Dixie. Yes? Did you bring some down from the loft to show my. I sure did. There it is, right there in that sack. Whatever you two talking about, you all do for a big surprise. Ma'. Am. Just put your hand in that sack, Ma. Take a look at what you find there. Why, what is it? Gee, can't you tell? And it's getting dark. That's gold, ma. Gold, Jimmy. No, it is, man. That's just part of it, Maya. We got all kinds of sacks full of it. We got them hit up in the loft. Now tell me I didn't have a real secret. Mercy sakes. I don't know what to say. He ain't going to work no more. You're gonna take it easy and rest and have things you want like you always should have had. You're a good boy, Jimmy. First thing in the morning, I'm taking a sample into the assay office. Oh, I bet this will test out just as rich as any ever seen me. Oh, my. I can just hear them dollars clinking in my pockets now. Bless you, Jimmy. I wish your part lived to see you. He'd have been mighty proud. I rose. Come on, Silver. Hello, scout. Can I? It'll be almost morning before we reach Silas's place. T. I wonder if he'll pretend to be as bad natured as the last time. Maybe. Hurry, Silver, old fellow. All through the night, the masked man and the Indian raced along the winding trail that climbed higher and higher into the hills. Then just at dawn. He's up already. There's smoke coming from the chimney. Who's that? Friends. I ain't got no friends. Don't expect to have no friends who want no friends. Oh. Oh, you fellas again, is it? Mind do we step inside? Plain enough? He don't care what I think. And he wouldn't even be here bothering me. You know. Baron. Well, well, come in, come in. Don't stand there like dummies. Thanks. Well, what are you laughing at, injun? Me laugh at you? Like me? Of all the nerve. Just goes to show what crush you got. Well, all right. What do you fellas want? Something to tell you, Silas. That's what most folks think. And I want you to listen to me. Yeah, and they always expect me to listen, too. Well, spill it. I will. When I'm finished, you can make your own decision. I won't urge you either way. The curtain falls on the first act of our lone ranger story before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments. If you're an h Vac technician and a call comes in, Grainger knows that you need a partner that helps you find the right product fast and hassle free. And you know that when the first problem of the day is a clanking blower motor, there's no need to break a sweat. 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Only pay for what you need@liberty mutual.com Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Savings Fairy Unwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and affiliates Excludes Massachusetts. Now to continue our story. The Lone Ranger told the old prospector all about Jim and his mother. I investigated them thoroughly. Silas the mother is a widow who was left with a home but no money. She had the boy to raise and she supported him and herself by what housework she could get. What I had in mind was the boy's disappointment and his mother's. Obviously neither one of them knows the first thing about gold. The mother can't help but realize how much extra money would ease her burden. The boy's so proud to think that he's done something to make his mother happier. That he's going to be heartbroken when he finds out the truth. You and the redskin are a pesky nuisance. In all my born days I never seen such nuisances as you are redskin. You quit laughing at me. Take good manners then you refuse. There you go putting words into my mouth and never said what will you do? Just like you asked me. Good. But mind you don't go gettin oceans. Of course I'm big hearted or anything simple like that. No, I'm handed over that door for just one reason and that. So when I feel myself slipping into good nature I can think back to today and remember what a soft headed it was. And if that don't get my dandruff, nothing will. The same morning young Jimmy and Dixie headed for town. In a cardboard box wrapped in brown paper, the boy carried his precious Burden. A sample of the ore. At last, the government office was reached. But just as they were about to enter, Dixie touched Jimmy's arm. What is it, Dixie? You. You all better go in there alone, Jimmy, huh? I just can't stand the excitement. My heart won't hold up on this. All right, wait for me here. Oh, dem golden slippers. Well, doggone if it ain't young Jimmy. Hey, what do you got in that there box, Jimmy? Fellas, I bet the Kid's been prospecting. Is Mr. Quillen here? Jimmy, I got something I want to report on. I'll bet the kid struck a bridge. Let us in on it, will you, Kid? Say, maybe he'd be willing to teach us something about prospecting, huh? I'll leave Jimmy be. I'm getting tired of you loafers hanging around here anyhow. Hey, let me have that box you got there, Jimmy. Sure got it wrapped up real well, eh? That's mighty valuable ore, Mr. Quillen. Well, you can leave it here with me, and I'll have a report for you pretty soon. Kind of thought you could give me an idea right away. Jimmy, did you bring this here just for a joke? A joke? What do you mean, Mr. Quillen? You mean you really thought this was gold oil? Why, ain't it? Why, Jimmy, this ain't nothing but fool's gold. Can't you tell the difference yet? Look what the young un thought was pay dirt. Look what the Kid brought in for his day. I'm sorry. That's all right. Guess you think I'm an awful greenhorn. You ain't the first one to make the same mistake. Some of these wise acres here done the same thing in their time. Yeah. Yeah, I guess. Pull out. Thank you. Bye. What did the man say, Jimmy? Fool's gold, Dick. The fool's gold. Only I'm the fool. And after all, me and Maude planned to do the cash we was gonna have. I don't know what to tell her. No, no, Jimmy, it ain't so bad. Well, what'd folks like us do with gold if we was to have it anyhow? I never really wanted to have a cage. I mean, not special. Dixie, I can't go back to tell Ma about this. I just can't. How don't you take on so Your ma think just as much of gold or no gold. Now you all come home with me. Jimmy and Dixie rode slowly home. A disappointment made them silent. Suddenly, as they drew near the house, Jimmy shouted, dixie, look. At what? There's two fellas with a wagon. They've been loading it with sack from our barn. Dixie, they're stealing our gold. Sure, they're welcome to it, ain't they? Ain't nothing but fool's gold, you said. I don't care what it is, they ain't gonna steal it. Get up. Get up. Blackie's peaceful. I ain't going to meddle with no mask, man. Come on, Dixie. Hi there. Leave that alone and get away from that. Get up. Get up there. You come back with that. Hold on, Blackie. Ain't no use not trying to catch them fellas. Blackie, you crushed your thieves. I'll get even. Jigsaw. You were scared. You never even tried to help me. I wasn't scared, Jimmy Deed wasn't. I was just cautious, that's all. You were scared and you needn't say you wasn't. Well, why force should we fight over that there fool's gold, huh? They didn't think it was fool's gold. They likely just didn't know no better, that's all. I bet they did. They wouldn't gone a dollar trouble to bring a wagon if they didn't. But. But Jimmy. Dixie, I'll bet anything I know just what happened. I'll bet when I picked out samples to take to the assay office, I just got fool's gold mixed up by mistake. What do you all mean? It wouldn't surprise me none at all if the rest of that ore was real gold. Golly, them crooks ticked away with it. I'm going back to the sheriff. Get up, Blackie. Get up. Sheriff. What can I do for you? Sheriff Kush just stole gold from me. What's that? There was two of them. One was a masked man and one was the redskin. They had a wagon. Oh, up there. Now, stand still and get your breath and try to make it a mite easier. But you gotta do something quick, Sir. Every second you're sitting there, they're getting farther away and harder to catch. Well, in the first place, where would you get gold for them to steal? Jimmy Shuck, Sheriff, Ain't you heard? Jimmy was in the say office a while ago to have a sample of fool's gold valued. The gold he claims he stole is just that worthless stuff he brought to town with him. All right, if that's so, then why did they steal it? Of course, I'm just a kid. I could be fooled easy on something like that. But that don't explain how two grown men could fool ourselves. Oh, Jimmy, you just got the gold fever. That's all. You better head for home and cool off a bit. Hold on. Say, you ain't taking this serious, are you? Well, the kid has got something there. I've yet to meet the engine around these parts that couldn't tear real gold from the other kind. Jimmy, how much did they get off with? A whole wagon? Lord, Sheriff, honest. What I think is that stuff I brought to the assay office I just grabbed accidental. Well, I bet all the rest of it was high grade ore. Hey. Well, what's that I hear? Something said about high grade ore? Howdy sir. The young in here was just telling us he had a wagon load of ore stole from him. Well then what are you setting there polishing the city of bridges for? Why don't you get after it? There's some more things I'd like to know about first. Jimmy, you said it was a masked man and a redskin stole that door? Uh huh. I seen him playing. You real sure? I sure am. You know them crooks? Well, I did hear something about a pair answering that description being seen in the neighborhood. But my understanding was that they was just as far from being crooks as two fellas could be. Oh, masked men are outlaws, ain't they? Please sheriff, please, you gotta do something. Don't you know your duty, Sheriff? Even if it was tools Go. They stole it, didn't they? And stealing. And stealing. No matter what it was they took. Oh gosh, I ain't been this mad in a real long time. Makes me feel just dandy. Well, I look into it. Come along, deputy. Yeah, I'm going too. All right. We'll pick up Quillin on the way. Oh God. If I don't tag along, maybe I'll be able to give you a hand at trailing the skunk. In the meantime, with Toddler at the range and the lone Ranger riding alongside wagon had been driven to an isolated spot where a great pile of gravel had been dumped. The masked man and the Indian worked hard. Then finally. I think that does it. T already now. Well, Jimmy's going to think pretty hard of his kimosabe. But I rather enjoyed what we've done. Then come soon now, if Silas plays his part well. Keep watch, tata. There's nothing more to do now except wait. An hour later, a group of writers, Jimmy, Silas, the government clerk, the sheriff and his deputy followed the broad trail left for the wagon. It led to a woods just where the hills began. And sheriff here too. He is in that woods there. Don't you see something? Well, I don't know. That's the end of the trail, Sheriff. There's a wagon in there. Hurry, before they get away again. Come on, then. Get up there. Get up. Get up there. Get up there. Come on. Hey, they're seated. They're doing the dange fire minute. Write them down. Ain't gonna stay the fight. They're making a run for it. Come on. Keep after them, won't you, Sheriff? See the way they're traveling? Let's just try and catch them on blade. That's the wagon, all right. Well, there's ore in it, too. It's here. It's all here, Bob. Gone. If they don't look like real gold ore too. Look at it. Mr. Quillen. This. This ain't fool's gold too, is it? Give me a few chunks of that, will you? Just a second. Here you are. Well, well, tell the young un Go keep me waiting. Is it worth anything or ain't it? Jimmy? Yeah? I don't know how come you brought me the samples. You did, but I'm here to say this owing the wagon is worth the price plenty. I ain't seen any to compare with it from around here except for what Silas found. Is there more where this came from? That was all of it, Mr. Cohen. Oh, golly. Wait till I tell him more about this Dixie. He'll just about have a fit. Well, I'd say you'll get enough gold from that load right there to net you a real sizable sum. Gee. Say, young un. Huh? I've done a sight of prospecting in my day. If you're dead sodded looking for more gold, why, maybe your ma let you come up to my place where I could give you a few pointers. Oh, golly, would you? Would you really? Well, that is, if you didn't insist on me acting sociable to give my principles. Say this. Now, don't you be pestering me here. Just step over here for a second, will you? What do you want? Just a few words with you. Better be mighty few. Yeah. We can't be heard from here. Well, Silas, is there anything you'd like to tell me about this deal? Can you. What could I. Oh, I thought maybe you could explain a few points. For instance, how every time we lost the trail on hard ground, you was able to pick it right up again. Of course, I'm a. I'm a better trainer than you, that's why. And how come that happens to be your wagon with your horses? Hits to it, huh? Say, now, don't that beat all? I. I never even noticed it till you pointed it out why them crooks? And maybe you could explain why this ore looks uncommonly like what I've seen took from your place. Anything else you want to ask me? That ain't none of your business. Just one thing. Well, you fillies was looking over the wagon I and moves it over where them trees A real thing. A funny thing but I seen where somebody going and dumped A whole lot of fools go there and recent too. I don't know a thing about it. You're exceeding your duty bullying me like this. Sally, she's an awful old crab. You bet I am on top. But underneath you got a heart as soft as mush. Say them fighting words. Well, Sally, she can rap the spirit. Put her all you want. But I got a hunch that you and the ma man done something today that it had been mighty proud to have thought of doing. Myself, I sell my Hawaii. And Doug, here we have the limu imu in its natural habitat, helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug. Uh, limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us? Cut the camera. They see us. 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Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Air Date: December 14, 2025
This episode revives a classic Lone Ranger radio drama, “Fools Gold,” immersing listeners in a tale of hope, disappointment, and generosity set against the backdrop of the Wild West gold rush. Through a digitally restored recording, listeners follow young Jimmy, his mother, the loyal Dixie, stubborn prospector Silas Fawcett, and the masked hero the Lone Ranger as they navigate a lesson in dreams, deception, and true wealth.
[07:17–11:45]
“We can't accept gifts. We'll pay for what we receive.” – Lone Ranger [09:10]
“I'm dog gone mad nearly every day of my life. And mornings I wake up feeling pleasant, I just think back on all the bad times I’ve had till I get mad again.” – Silas [10:29]
“He’s one of those people who are so big-hearted they don’t dare let others know how generous they really are.” – Lone Ranger [11:40]
[11:55–16:00]
“Think of it, Dixie! … I bet there’s enough there to fix it so she’ll never have to work out again.” – Jimmy [14:03]
[16:22–19:03]
[20:23–23:34]
“Fool’s gold. Iron pyrites. Poor youngster, afraid he’s in for a bad disappointment.” – Lone Ranger [23:26]
[25:12–29:12]
“Jimmy, this ain’t nothing but fool’s gold. Can’t you tell the difference yet?” – Mr. Quillen [27:42]
“Fool’s gold, Dixie. Only I’m the fool…” – Jimmy [28:30]
[29:40–33:32]
“Dixie, they’re stealing our gold! … I don’t care what it is, they ain’t gonna steal it!” – Jimmy [30:44]
[35:35–40:20]
“Don’t go gettin’ notions ... I ain’t handed over that ore for just one reason and that’s so when I feel myself slipping into good nature I can think back to today and remember what a soft-headed fool I was!” – Silas [38:20]
[41:05–47:18]
“I’m here to say this ore in the wagon is worth the price — plenty. I ain’t seen any to compare with it ...” – Mr. Quillen [45:30]
“If you’re dead set on lookin’ for more gold, maybe your ma’ll let you come up to my place where I could give you a few pointers.” – Silas [46:02]
[47:40–49:12]
“You bet I am on top. But underneath you got a heart as soft as mush.” – Quillen to Silas [48:51]
[49:13–End]
“He’s one of those people who are so big-hearted they don’t dare let others know how generous they really are.”
– Lone Ranger [11:40]
“I wish your pa’d lived to see you — he’d have been mighty proud.”
– Jimmy’s mother [19:11]
“You bet I am on top. But underneath you got a heart as soft as mush.”
– Quillen to Silas [48:51]
“If you’re dead set on lookin’ for more gold, maybe your ma’ll let you come up to my place where I could give you a few pointers.”
– Silas [46:02]
This episode stands as a shining example of the Lone Ranger’s moral universe — one where hard work, kindness, and helping neighbors outweigh gold and greed. The podcast’s restoration brings new clarity to a timeless story, blending nostalgia and inspiration for modern listeners.