Gold Rush That Failed | The Lone Ranger (06-01-42)

Summary

Podcast Summary:

Old Time Radio Westerns – “Gold Rush That Failed | The Lone Ranger (06-01-42)”
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Original Air Date: June 1, 1942
Podcast Release Date: March 30, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode transports listeners to the tumultuous days of the American West, focusing on the perils and intrigue during the building of the first transcontinental railroad. The Lone Ranger and Tonto confront a scheme designed to derail the railway’s progress by triggering a bogus gold rush, threatening to lure desperately-needed workers away. Themes include progress versus sabotage, the value of honest labor, and the cunning required to defeat organized opposition to change.

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Major Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Railroad’s Importance and Early Sabotage

[03:11-06:24]

• Narrator sets the stakes: the transcontinental railroad is crucial for America's future, with resistance from various vested interests (cattlemen, stagecoach lines, steamship companies).
• Dan Kincaid, a railroad agent, recruits workers. Fears of Indian attacks are addressed and dismissed.
• A group of rowdy cowhands interrupts the recruitment, hinting at possible orchestration to disrupt the railroad’s progress.

2. Conspiracy Suspicions and Informant Work

[06:24-09:47]

• Tonto and the Lone Ranger meet Ms. Barkley, a government ally, near the river. She informs them the attack on Kincaid’s hiring meet felt like part of a coordinated plot.
• Potential suspects: a man named Slade, who encouraged dissent and chaos during the hiring.
• The Lone Ranger gives Dan Kincaid a silver bullet as proof of his identity, promising help:

  “Perhaps this will answer you.” (Lone Ranger, [10:33])

3. Plotters Revealed and Plans afoot

[11:23-14:47]

• Slade and Dawson, revealed as paid saboteurs, meet to discuss strategies to prevent railroad hiring, unsure of who funds them.
• Saboteurs realize they can’t stop recruitment by force and begin contemplating psychological warfare.
• The Lone Ranger seeds an idea (within earshot of the conspirators):

  “Can you picture how fast a gold rush would bust up this hiring?” (Anonymous Stranger, [15:12])

• Slade and Dawson latch onto this suggestion, plotting to fabricate a gold discovery to trigger a stampede away from railroad work.

4. Outwitting the Saboteurs

[18:16-22:42]

• Lone Ranger and Tonto track the gang, overhearing their plans.
• The Lone Ranger encourages the gold rush rumor intentionally, hoping to predict and thwart the next move.
• Tonto updates Kincaid and Ms. Barkley, instructing them to enlist the local sheriff and watch for men with a spur-shaped mark (a deliberate clue planted by Lone Ranger and Tonto).

5. The Day of the Gold Rush – Setting the Trap

[23:48-26:33]

• Lone Ranger and Tonto swap the saboteurs’ “gold” for fool’s gold and brand their possessions with the spur symbol for identification.
• The gang prepares to stage a dramatic announcement of a gold strike, planning to show branded “nuggets” to spark panic among would-be railroad workers.

6. Showdown at the Steamboat Wharves

[26:45-29:18]

• At the boat, Slade and Dawson incite excitement, flashing the fool’s gold.
• Ms. Barkley and the Lone Ranger quickly challenge the ruse:

  “Wait. It’s a trick. There’s no gold at Delroy.” (Ms. Barkley, [28:04])

• The Lone Ranger exposes the scheme, the sheriff’s deputies seize the branded agitators in the crowd.
• The workers remain and the railroad hiring is saved.

7. Resolution and Farewell

[29:18-29:49]

• Ms. Barkley thanks the Lone Ranger and Tonto:

  “You’ve done us a great service once more.” (Ms. Barkley, [29:22])

• Tonto passes the confiscated fool’s gold to Ms. Barkley as evidence.
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride off, their job done.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Heroic Patience:

  “Before I give up, there won’t be any water in the old Missouri.” (Dan Kincaid, [09:59])

• Trust Built in the Shadows:

  “It’s a silver bullet. You’re the Lone Ranger!” (Dan Kincaid, [10:36])

• Subtle Strategy:

  “I wanted to know their plans ahead of time, Toto. What better way could there be than to give them a plan myself?” (Lone Ranger, [22:13])

• Triumphant Exposé:

  “Gold is fool’s gold. That’s what it is. Fool’s gold. It ain’t worth a red cent.” (Lone Ranger, [28:38])

• Western Wisdom:

  “Not goodbye, but adios.” (Tonto, [29:35])

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Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |------------|-------------------------------------------------------| | 03:11 | Overview of the railroad’s importance & opposition | | 06:24 | The disrupted hiring meet; suspicions arise | | 09:47 | Lone Ranger secures Kincaid’s trust | | 11:23 | Slade and Dawson discuss their true motives | | 15:12 | Gold rush idea planted | | 22:13 | Lone Ranger’s strategic disclosure to Tonto | | 24:00 | Fool’s gold and branding trap prepared | | 26:45 | Saboteurs enact gold rush ploy | | 28:38 | Fraud revealed, saboteurs caught | | 29:22 | Ms. Barkley’s gratitude and closure |

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Tone & Style

The episode is rich with classic radio drama suspense, dynamic dialogue, and vivid soundscapes. The spirited exchanges between characters—particularly the Lone Ranger’s calm determination and Tonto’s loyalty—are delivered in the brisk, earnest style of 1940s adventure storytelling.

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For First-Time Listeners

Even if you haven’t heard this classic episode before, the story offers an accessible and compelling window into the anxieties and heroics of the West. The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s blend of detective work and daring is as relevant as ever, and the episode’s tension-filled showdown is both clever and satisfying.

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Interested in more tales from the Old West?
Explore the archive at otrwesterns.com for other restored gems!

Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

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[Narrator]

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[Lone Ranger]

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[Tonto]

Step into the world of power, loyalty and luck.

[Dan Kincaid]

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't.

[Lone Ranger]

The family canolies and spins mean everything.

[Dan Kincaid]

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[Lone Ranger]

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[Dan Kincaid]

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[Lone Ranger]

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[Tonto]

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[Narrator]

The building of the first transcontinental railroad was one of the most important factors in the winning of the West. The railroad was of prime importance to the future of the country, but powerful forces, cattlemen, stagecoach lines and steamship companies opposed it. Outlaw opposition sprang up and the Lone Ranger was commissioned by the President to lead the fight against the enemies of progress. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse.

[Lone Ranger]

Silver.

[Narrator]

The Long Ranger rides again.

[Lone Ranger]

Come on, Silver. The hang for St. Joe. Silver.

[Narrator]

The government was building a railroad straight from Omaha west across the plains and the Rocky Mountains all the way to the Pacific Coast. A ribbon of steel to tie the country together. And all over the country, railroad men were busy getting workers to do the grading, to lay the rails and hammer the spikes into the ties. Just outside the sprawling town of St. Joseph, Missouri, close to the river, a railroad agent named Dan Kincaid was talking to a group of men.

[Lone Ranger]

Yes, sir, that's what I'm telling you. You'll get good pay and good food. Sign up to work for the railroad and you'll see the west clear out to the buffalo country. Yeah, mister, but what about Indian? Don't you worry about engines, partner. Colonel Parkman's in charge of the construction job. He's had plenty of fighting experience. And he's got specially trained soldiers to handle the Crow or the Sioux or any band of redskins. You tell him, Kincaid. Who cares about Injuns anyhow? I fought at the Battle of the Wilderness. Reckon I can drop a pickaxe and

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

use a rifle anytime.

[Lone Ranger]

Mister, you're the kind of hombre we want. Come on now. Everybody just step right up and sign. Work for the railroad. Reckon you can count me in, mister. Now, how about the rest of you? The main outfit is up at Omaha. The tracks are already laid as far as Fort Kearney. Sign up now and you get a steamboat ride on the River Queen up to Omaha. Then you ride by trains at the end of the line. Mister, it takes cash to ride the steamboat. I can't afford it. Afford it, partner? It's free. Every man who signs up here now doesn't pay a copper to ride the River Queen. The railroad pays all transportation. I think you gents are local.

[Dan Kincaid]

Me?

[Lone Ranger]

I'm heading for California. There's gold in California. A man can dig up more gold in an hour than can make in a year swinging a pick on the Central Pacific. Don't be a fool, mister. If you chase after gold, you chase a shatter. There's more men starved to death looking for gold than was killed in the whole Civil War. I'll sign up with the railroad. Good food, good pay. And you get paid every week. Sign up. Come on, sign up for the railroad. Hey, hey, look out, gents. Here comes a flock of cowhands looking for trouble. What's going on here? Camp eaten. Rein up your horses. Get away. This is a peaceable me. All like peaceable me. Get away. Get away. We're loing for bear. We'll step eaten wild cats and we show in our claws. All right, turn over that table, Jeffs. Write them down. Make them bag.

[Tonto]

There's a river below us, Cuddo. It shines in the moonlight. Ah, it looked plenty quiet several miles above St. Joe. Ms. Barkley ought to be somewhere near here.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Oh, me not see her. He Miss Honey.

[Tonto]

That's Miss Barkley's signal, Toto. This way. Come on, Silver.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Looks out.

[Lone Ranger]

You see ground up ahead, Toto, you

[Tonto]

notice that patch of cottonwood beside the river?

[Lone Ranger]

But look beyond it. Look.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That right.

[Lone Ranger]

You see Horse and Ryder.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That Ms. Barkley.

[Slade]

Teddy.

[Tonto]

Silver.

[Lone Ranger]

Teddy boy.

[Slade]

Hello, Ms. Barkley.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Hi.

[Ms. Barkley]

Good to see you again. Lone Ranger.

[Tonto]

You're a long way from Omaha.

[Ms. Barkley]

Yes, I came on one of the down river trips aboard the paddle steamer. There's been trouble in St. Joe.

[Tonto]

I knew there must be trouble. Otherwise it wouldn't have been necessary if you'd have come to this meeting place we'd arranged.

[Ms. Barkley]

You've been here every night?

[Tonto]

Just at this time, Listening for you as we decided.

[Ms. Barkley]

I knew you'd hear me.

[Tonto]

What's wrong with St. Joe?

[Ms. Barkley]

Dan Kincaid, one of our employment agents for the railroad, held a meeting yesterday. To hire more men? Yes, A group of wild riding cow punchers broke the meeting up. Shooting off their guns and yelling like Indians.

[Tonto]

Shooting. Anyone hurt?

[Ms. Barkley]

Not with bullets. Masked man. They fired into the air. But a few were ridden down by horses. Kincaid has a bruise on his arm as big as a horseshoe.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That not real trouble. Cowhands not mean to make trouble.

[Ms. Barkley]

That's where you're wrong, Tonto. At least according to Kincaid.

[Tonto]

What do you mean?

[Ms. Barkley]

Well, Dan is certain it was part of an organized plot to break up the hiring of men.

[Tonto]

Plot against the railroad?

[Ms. Barkley]

You know, there are powerful interests that don't want to see the railroad completed. The stagecoach lines, the big cattlemen, the steamship owners.

[Tonto]

Yes, the Triangle. But they're honest men. They wouldn't stoop to unlawful means.

[Ms. Barkley]

Perhaps not, but there may be one or two of them that aren't honest.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Oh, I see that plenty bad.

[Ms. Barkley]

The railroad needs thousands of men. If this goes on, Colonel Parkman says he won't have enough to lift a length of rail.

[Tonto]

Where is Dan Kincaid now?

[Ms. Barkley]

He's staying at the Missouri Hotel. That's on the edge of town.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Thomas Happy?

[Tonto]

Where?

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Hotel is good.

[Tonto]

And we'll say adios, Ms. Barclay. Hal and I are going to ride into St. Joe now.

[Ms. Barkley]

But your mess.

[Tonto]

It's late at night. We'll be careful.

[Ms. Barkley]

Oh, you don't know how much it means to the railroad having you help us.

[Tonto]

The railroad means a lot to our country, Ms. Barclay. Without it, the land along the Pacific might become a separate nation. That must never happen. Tell Colonel Parkman he'll get his men.

[Slade]

Adios.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Adios.

[Lone Ranger]

Get along, scout. Goodbye.

[Ms. Barkley]

The Lone Ranger. Somehow I'm sure he'll help. Dan Kincaid.

[Dan Kincaid]

Sure gave me a start, waking me up in the dark. Mister, from what you see, I reckon you're a friend.

[Tonto]

Hello's below the balcony with the horses. Tell me the rest. There isn't much time.

[Dawson]

Kino.

[Dan Kincaid]

Like I was saying, I've got a feeling that little raid by those cowhands was planned in advance.

[Tonto]

Who was their leader?

[Dan Kincaid]

I don't know. It all happened too fast.

[Tonto]

Then what makes you suspect?

[Dan Kincaid]

The way one of the gents listening to me was acting.

[Tonto]

One of your listeners? Yeah.

[Dan Kincaid]

I found out his name later. A fellow named Slade. No matter how loud I talked, he was always busted in with talk about engines or how much easier it was to make money prospecting for gold than working on the railroad. And what's more, as soon as those cow punchers rode up, he joined in with them, knocking over tables, scattering the blanks for hiring, shouting and yelling.

[Tonto]

Slade, huh? He's here in St. Joe?

[Dan Kincaid]

Yeah. Spends most of his time across the street in the river gambling hall. You can't mistake him. He's got a scar mark on his face like. Like a spur.

[Tonto]

Kincaid, how's your shoulder?

[Narrator]

Huh?

[Tonto]

That bruise.

[Dan Kincaid]

You sure know a heap, mister. I won't ask you where he learned it, though. I'm a might stiff, but that's all.

[Tonto]

And you're not giving up.

[Dan Kincaid]

Giving up? Mister, Colonel Parkman sent me out to hire men. You can't build a railroad without workers. Before I give up, there won't be any water in the old Missouri.

[Tonto]

That's the way to talk, Kincaid.

[Dan Kincaid]

I'm starting in tomorrow and I'll get those men. I'll make right certain I hold the meetings where they can't be busted up anymore.

[Tonto]

And you can forget about Slade.

[Dan Kincaid]

I can.

[Tonto]

You can leave him to me.

[Dan Kincaid]

Aye. Savvy? The way you talk, I'd sure hate to be in Slade's boots. Thanks again, and yes. Who are you, Mister, there's a little moonlight coming in. I can make out your mast.

[Tonto]

Perhaps this will answer you.

[Dan Kincaid]

What's this? A bullet I don't sav why. Jumping fireboxes. It's a silver bullet. You're the Lone Ranger.

[Tonto]

We'll meet again, Kincaid.

[Dan Kincaid]

The Lone Ranger. Mister, it's sure an honor to uplaws.

[Ms. Barkley]

Get him.

[Lone Ranger]

What?

[Dan Kincaid]

In places.

[Tonto]

Hello. He's in trouble.

[Lone Ranger]

Where's my guns? I'll help you.

[Dan Kincaid]

Ow.

[Lone Ranger]

Mister. Dead center glass.

[Slade]

Adios.

[Lone Ranger]

Kim K. Give him my far mask, man. Hello. Hi. There's the outlaw up on the balcony. Look out. He's shepherd. You land right in saddle.

[Tonto]

Right for a tunnel. There.

[Slade]

Too many of them.

[Lone Ranger]

Come on. Get away. Pour a light out of get.

[Dawson]

Yeah, I came right out here as soon as it got light. Dawson. Those hombres outside the Missouri Hotel was a Lone Ranger and his engine part. Tyleno.

[Slade]

You sure that's late?

[Dawson]

Sure as I got a spur mark on my face. Like I told you, Dawson, I walked out of the river gambling house to get a breath of air.

[Slade]

You saw him, huh?

[Dawson]

Well, I seen the engine and the two horses. Caught a glimpse of a big gent hoisting himself over the balcony.

[Slade]

That was enough.

[Dawson]

It was for me. The masked man's white stallion couldn't be mistook. I've seen that horse before. You'd never forget him. So I figured right away the Ranger was calling on Kincaid. I hightailed back into the hall and yelled there was outlaws in town.

[Slade]

Mighty fast thinking, Slade. Mighty slick, too. You figured nobody would know the Lone Ranger?

[Tonto]

Yeah.

[Dawson]

All they'd see would be a mast hombre and an engine outlaw as far as they could see. So I got two dozen men boiling up, humming back their hammers ready to pour bullets.

[Slade]

Think any bullets hit him?

[Tonto]

Nah.

[Dawson]

The Lone Ranger sailed off that balcony like an eagle making a stoop. Lit right in the saddle and off they went. Too doggone fast for us to do a thing.

[Slade]

Then the Lone Ranger knows how much.

[Dawson]

That's what's worrying me.

[Slade]

He knows as much as Kincaid does More.

[Dawson]

Most likely he can put things together.

[Slade]

Well, we'll just have to worry about things as they come. Slade. Right now it's Kincaid. Has he left St. Joe?

[Tonto]

I don't know.

[Slade]

We sure busted his meat in high, wide and handsome yesterday.

[Dawson]

Don't signify a thing.

[Slade]

You think you'll keep trying?

[Dawson]

Well, he's no tenderfoot, Dawson. Kincaid don't give up easy.

[Slade]

It's our job to make him give up. That railroad's gotta be licked.

[Dawson]

Say, Dawson.

[Tonto]

Yeah?

[Dawson]

Who's paying us? I said, who's paying us?

[Slade]

What do you care? I'm handing you cash to do your best to prevent men from hiring out to the railroad. You got the cash. That's enough.

[Dawson]

You're being paid, too, aren't you?

[Slade]

Sure. Me and this whole crew of hombres dressed up like cowhands.

[Dan Kincaid]

What of it?

[Dawson]

Well, I'd like to know who the boss man is.

[Slade]

Slade, get this and get it straight. Don't ask questions.

[Dawson]

Oh, now, Dawson, you hear me?

[Slade]

Do you want your neck twisted some more?

[Lone Ranger]

Let go.

[Slade]

You savvy?

[Tonto]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dawson]

No more questions, Kino. I ain't curious no more.

[Slade]

Besides Slade, I don't know myself who's paying the cash. I just pick it up at a certain spot with orders, and that's all.

[Dawson]

Kino, I reckon I better head back to St. Joe and see what Kincaid's planning.

[Slade]

Yeah, Mosey.

[Tonto]

What in tarnishing the steamboat whistle?

[Dawson]

The River Queen. This must be one of Kincaid's tricks.

[Lone Ranger]

Hey, you chunks, hit the saddle.

[Slade]

Ride your horses.

[Lone Ranger]

We're heading for St. John. All right, folks, all right. There's been no damage to the steamboat. No fire, anything like that. The reason I had that whistle blown was to collect you men again. Recollect yesterday, my meeting was sort of busted up, but I'm going right ahead. I'm hiring men for the railroad. The River Queen's already taken plenty of men like yourselves up to Omaha to work on the railroad. I need 200 for this trip. Who's ready to hire? Count me in again, mister. I was going to sign yesterday when them cowpunchers rode in here. I ain't changed my mind.

[Slade]

So that's his scheme. Slate. I'll get the boys and bust this one up, too.

[Dawson]

Don't be loco, Dusty.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

It's out here on a horse.

[Dawson]

You can't ride in on this.

[Slade]

Yeah, I reckon you're right. Come on, let's get out of here while we do some thinking.

[Dawson]

The way they're signing up, you'll have 200 men inside of a week.

[Slade]

Yeah. Once they leave on the boat for Omaha, there's nothing else we can do.

[Tonto]

That's what I'm saying. Can you picture how fast a gold rush would bust up this iron?

[Slade]

One side, mister? Oh, sure, sure. Come on, Slade. We'll head for the river. Gambling, Hal? I've been puzzling my brain, but I can't get any ideas about what's eating you.

[Dawson]

Slade just thought of something, huh? Don't you recollect what that stranger said as he was leaving a meeting?

[Slade]

Stranger?

[Tonto]

Yeah.

[Dawson]

Fellow you bumped into as we walked off the wharf. He said, can you picture how fast a gold rush would bust up this hiring.

[Slade]

Well, so what? I don't savvy how you slate. Yeah, that is an idea, but dandy.

[Tonto]

Hey, come on.

[Slade]

We got a week. Let's get the boys and get moving. This is one scheme not even the Lone Ranger can lick.

[Narrator]

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.

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[Lone Ranger]

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[Narrator]

Now to continue our story. That evening, Dawson and his band were gathered around a campfire outside of St. Joe. The two men lying flat on the ridge above them could hear only the

[Dan Kincaid]

faint murmur of their voices.

[Tonto]

We don't dare get any closer.

[Slade]

Toto.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

There's not another bit of COVID That man Slade.

[Tonto]

Yes, he answers Kincaid's description of him. The other tall man is Dawson. He was the leader of those cowpunchers.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

How do you know that?

[Tonto]

You forget. I put all in disguise this morning and went down to the Steamboat Pier. Slade and Dawson were there. The whole band. They're planning some thing Tto we too

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

far away to hear what they were saying?

[Tonto]

Yes, but we can watch.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Look there. Dawson go for horse, right?

[Slade]

I'll be back in three or four days and we'll be all ready.

[Tonto]

Him head south and they're going after him. Tado hurry up. Back to the horses.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Dawson him riding steady?

[Tonto]

Yes. He's got his horse at a canter. That means he's going a long way.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That's what we do.

[Tonto]

Straight up, Toto.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Huh?

[Tonto]

Straight up, steady.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That's why we stop. We not follow Dawson.

[Tonto]

I'll keep track of Dawson myself. Tutto. Someone must stay here near St. Joe to keep an eye on the rest of them.

[Narrator]

Ah, that's right.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Slayton gang.

[Dawson]

Yeah.

[Tonto]

You'll also have to report to Ms. Barclay. And if Kincaid needs.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

I'm Tundra savvy. You want me stay, huh?

[Tonto]

Yes. I look for Ms. Barkley along the river tonight. Tell her where I'm heading and why. They'll move our camp, Tono. When I return, I'll meet you there.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Ah, Tonto, do it for Kimosabe.

[Tonto]

Yes.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Where Dawson go?

[Tonto]

I think I have a good idea, Tado. But. Well, the way to make sure is to stay with him. Now don't forget Ms. Barkley.

[Ms. Barkley]

And that's where the Lone Ranger is gone, Tano.

[Narrator]

That's right.

[Ms. Barkley]

He didn't tell you what he suspects?

[Lone Ranger]

No.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Him. Say, wait till later.

[Ms. Barkley]

Suppose Dawson mixes up his trail and loses a Lone Ranger?

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Lone Ranger got eye like eagle. Him follow Dawson anywhere.

[Ms. Barkley]

I'm worried, Tano. That gang is up to something. And they've got money behind them. Unlimited money. They're gunfighters too.

[Tonto]

That's right.

[Ms. Barkley]

But if the Lone Ranger says. Oh well, I've got to see Dan Kincaid in the morning. I hope he's hiring plenty of men. We'll need them.

[Dan Kincaid]

Yes, Ms. Barkley. The hiring coming along right fine. Got more than 100 signed up already. Soon as we get 200, off they go to Omaha.

[Ms. Barkley]

You've had no more trouble?

[Dan Kincaid]

No, ma'. Am. That sleigh gent looks like he's licked. Only.

[Ms. Barkley]

Yes.

[Dan Kincaid]

Well, I better tell you something. Do you see this?

[Lone Ranger]

What?

[Ms. Barkley]

It's a silver bullet.

[Dan Kincaid]

Yes. A Lone Ranger's bullet.

[Ms. Barkley]

A Lone Ranger?

[Tonto]

Yep.

[Dan Kincaid]

I saw him a couple of nights ago. He said he'd be around just in case.

[Ms. Barkley]

In case there was trouble?

[Dan Kincaid]

Uh huh. There hasn't been any trouble. But the Lone Ranger's gone and I've got no idea where to. Well, it puzzles me a.

[Lone Ranger]

Hi. Hello. Hi.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

How to know? The way Silver sounds. Me hear you from far off. You lose, Dawson?

[Tonto]

Dawson's on his way back. He's bringing saddlebags full of gold. I saw him when he got it.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

What that mean?

[Tonto]

Hello. I wore a disguise into town one morning, remember?

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That's right.

[Tonto]

On the Wharf. I let a remark drop. I hope Dawson and Slade would hear me now. I'm sure they did.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

And what you say?

[Tonto]

I mentioned how easily news of a gold strike would stampede all those men from hiring out to the railroad.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

You say that, but Kimasabe that give bad men good idea.

[Tonto]

I meant to do just that.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

But you.

[Tonto]

I wanted to know their plans ahead of time, Toto. What better way could there be than to give them a plan myself?

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Tanto savvy that. But what you do now? Get ready for them, huh?

[Tonto]

How close is Kincaid to having his 200 men for the railroad?

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Him get last 10 men tonight won't leave in morning.

[Tonto]

What? Tomorrow morning? Huh? Kincaid's a good agent, but I didn't think we could work that fast. That means we'll have to work fast too, because Slade and Dawson will be making the final plans tonight.

[Narrator]

That's right.

[Tonto]

Head for town, Tahlo. Find Ms. Barkley or Kincaid.

[Slade]

Where'd you go?

[Tonto]

I'll meet you there later. I have a little job of my own to attend to. Get your horse and ride at once. Tell them that they must be careful tomorrow morning.

[Dan Kincaid]

Tomorrow morning? What do you mean, Tonto? That's when the men leave for Omaha.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

And that's what masked men say.

[Ms. Barkley]

What's this all about, Dan? Is this in your.

[Dan Kincaid]

He's a Lone Ranger's partner, Ms. Barclay. I put my trust in him.

[Ms. Barkley]

Well, so do I. Then go on.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Masked man say you get sheriff. Get 15, 20 men for deputy. Tell sheriff him have men in war before boat sail. Tell him to watch for men with mark of spur on them.

[Lone Ranger]

Mark of a spur, huh?

[Dan Kincaid]

The sleazy only army who's got a scar that looks like a spur.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Well, this mark may be not scar. You tell him.

[Dan Kincaid]

All right, engine, if you say so, I'll do it. Tell the Lone Ranger I'll attend to everything.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Get him out. Get him up. Sc. Well, fellow, can't it help Kincaid and woman? What you say, Ms. Barkley?

[Tonto]

Was she with Kincaid?

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Now you not worry. She pretends she not know me good.

[Tonto]

It wouldn't do if she let it be known that she's working for the government with us.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

And you take care where you go.

[Tonto]

Yes. Look. Tado.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Huh? Sorry.

[Dawson]

That's

[Slade]

Tonto.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

Think it's gold. That fool's gold?

[Tonto]

Yes, Tonto. We're going over to where those outlaws are camped. We're taking this fool's gold. And we're also taking these.

[Slade]

Oh, them Brandon irons.

[Tonto]

That's right. Branding irons with a brand of A spur on them. We're going to burn this brand into every man's holster or glove or boot. Wherever we can.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

But outlaw ban sleep now.

[Dan Kincaid]

All the better.

[Tonto]

We won't disturb them. Here, Donovan, these are Dawson's saddlebags. Spread that blanket. Pour these gold nuggets out on it. Good. I'll put the fool's gold in its place.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

All done. Now we put gold in our saddlebag.

[Tonto]

Yes. Careful. Don't want to make too much noise.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

That all there is.

[Tonto]

Good. Put Dawson saddlebags back.

[Tonto (alternate lines)]

We get Brand in the hands now.

[Tonto]

We put them in the fire as soon as we came. Totto. He'll be hot enough to leave a good strong brand. Now follow me. Careful, Toto. Stop. I don't. All right. Go back to sleep again.

[Lone Ranger]

Come on.

[Slade]

All right, you hombres, get your boots on and hitch up your guns. You old savvy what we do? We're right down near the wharf. You gents will get off your horses, mingle with the crowd. Sort of natural like.

[Dawson]

And when you come riding up on your horse.

[Slade]

Yeah, I'll come riding up my horse shouting for all I'm worth shouting at. Gold's been discovered 200 miles south of St. Joe. And I'll yank up with my saddlebags and show them those gold nuggets.

[Dawson]

Dawson, when you do that, we'll start yelling ourselves.

[Lone Ranger]

We'll yell, never mind the railroad. I'm going looking for gold.

[Slade]

And the gold rush will be on.

[Lone Ranger]

And inside of five minutes, Kincaid will be left with an empty riverboat and an empty wharf. His 200 men will be bitten with gold fever.

[Slade]

You know, that's it. Now get ready to ride, you umbrella. Sun's coming up.

[Dawson]

Dawson, what's that mark on your holster?

[Tonto]

Looks like it's been burnt with a Brandon iron.

[Slade]

Well, I'll be so it is.

[Lone Ranger]

And Jensen's boot. Look at it.

[Slade]

Hey, what kind of a joke is this, Slade? This here brain looks like a spur. Just like that scar you got in your face. Have you been playing games, Dawson?

[Dawson]

I had nothing to do with it.

[Slade]

Then who did? Nothing to me. It's anything, Dawson.

[Dawson]

There's a steamboat whistle.

[Lone Ranger]

The men will be flocking the river. We ain't got time to lose. Yeah.

[Slade]

Never mind those brands.

[Lone Ranger]

Never mind nothing. Get your horses. You gotta be there.

[Ms. Barkley]

Is everything arranged then?

[Dawson]

Yes, Miss Barkley. Isn't that right, Sheriff?

[Lone Ranger]

Yeah.

[Dan Kincaid]

I don't say what's on your mind, but my men are on the wharf. We noticed at least a dozen gents

[Lone Ranger]

with spurs on their gloves and holsters. Already.

[Dawson]

We're watching them.

[Dan Kincaid]

Good. I still wish the Lone Ranger was around, though.

[Lone Ranger]

So do I.

[Ms. Barkley]

But he isn't.

[Lone Ranger]

What are we waiting for?

[Ms. Barkley]

I guess you better start talking.

[Dan Kincaid]

Yeah, reckon so.

[Lone Ranger]

All right, listen. Listen, everybody. Quiet down. There's all you men who are going aboard the River Queen to work for the railroad. And there's a lot of others come down to see us go. Yeah, we want to see what 200 crazy men look like. Never mind Slade, gents. He just don't like the idea of anybody working. Now, you men who are going line up here next to the gangplank. We've got your names and we'll check them off. We don't want to make any mistakes.

[Dan Kincaid]

Under.

[Slade]

What's that?

[Lone Ranger]

Armory. Yellow gold. He's yelling. Gold. 200 miles, South Carolina.

[Slade]

I just come from there, Gents. The Delray. Quick. Nuggets as big as your fist.

[Lone Ranger]

Hey, I heard there might be gold at the Delray.

[Slade]

Stranger, you heard right. I got saddlebags full of it myself. You can pick it up with your bare hands. Here, look at my saddlebags. Look at them.

[Lone Ranger]

Look at them sparkle. Gold. That's gold. You better get there fast, chimps.

[Slade]

The claims will be all gone.

[Lone Ranger]

Wait. It's a trick.

[Ms. Barkley]

There's no gold at Delroy.

[Lone Ranger]

I believe my eyes, ma'. Am. Go ahead. Go to your railroad. Jobs me for the gold rush. There's no holding. Oh, Dan, what are we going to do but in blazers? Look who's coming now. Come on, Silver. It's the Lone Ranger. Listen to me.

[Tonto]

Listen, everyone.

[Slade]

This man's not telling the truth. You don't touch your guns or I'll

[Tonto]

blast them out of your hand.

[Lone Ranger]

Better do like he says. He's the best shot in the West.

[Tonto]

Sheriff, you come here and take a

[Slade]

closer look at Dawson saddlebags.

[Lone Ranger]

I'd be glad to, Mr. Sure.

[Slade]

Go ahead. It's gold.

[Lone Ranger]

Gold is fool's gold. That's what it is. Fool's gold. It ain't worth a red cent. Fool's gold.

[Slade]

I've been tricked.

[Lone Ranger]

No, we're the ones who are almost tricked. How about it, you men? Are you working for the railroad? Yeah.

[Slade]

Clay Jensen, Harrison, but Jake's up.

[Lone Ranger]

Pull out your guns and start shoot

[Slade]

men with the spurs.

[Lone Ranger]

Get them. He gets clean.

[Narrator]

As the bad men scattered through the crowd tried to obey Dawson's order and use their guns. The sheriff's deputies were right behind them. The struggle was sharp and brief. In a few moments, the bad men were disarmed and the Lone Ranger himself had Dawson with his hands raised in the air.

[Tonto]

Here's the ringleader, Sheriff.

[Lone Ranger]

Thanks, mister. These humberies will go behind bars.

[Narrator]

Half an hour later, as the railroad railroad workers were piling aboard the River Queen.

[Ms. Barkley]

You've done us a great service once more.

[Tonto]

Colin and I did our best, Ms. Barkley. Here's a Golden Dawson saddlebag. You can give it to colonel Parkman. He'll know what to do with it.

[Ms. Barkley]

I will.

[Tonto]

When you need this, call on us again.

[Lone Ranger]

I will.

[Ms. Barkley]

Goodbye and thank you.

[Tonto]

Not goodbye, but adios.

[Lone Ranger]

Come on, silver helmets. Come. Ms. Barkley. Ms. Barkley.

[Dan Kincaid]

Are they leaving?

[Ms. Barkley]

Yes, Dan.

[Lone Ranger]

Look at them ride.

[Dan Kincaid]

They sure say the railroad a heap of trouble. We're all ready to head up river in the Paddleston. Ms. Barkley, you coming along?

[Ms. Barkley]

Yes. Yes, Dan, I'm coming.

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