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Even after her marriage to a wealthy eastern lawyer named Homer Potts, the buxom landlady of the Henry House in Modoc City was still affectionately known as Ma Hank. Though Ma had acquired a husband, she continued to run the hotel. And as always, she permitted no one else to prepare the food she served in her dining room. It was almost 9:30 and though the day's chores were ended, Ma was still in the big lamp lit hotel kitchen doing the baking for the next day's meals. As she took two deliciously fragrant apple pies from the oven, the kitchen door opened. Her caller was a 14 year old boy named Inky. Ma had a warm spot in her heart for the thin, freckle faced orphan who had been adopted by the newspaper editors several years ago. The mischievous, fun loving boy was a hopeless prankster, but Ma was always glad to see him.
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I brought you two beds. Shall I put them in the front lobby? No, just leave them on the table for the time being. I'll put them out front in the morning. Tom's wife and I got the paper out. Tom set the tight before he left town. Why'd he leave town? He went with Marshal Jim Frazier to help guide the gold shipment Wells Fargo's bringing into the local office. I heard Marshall Jim took a couple of fellows with him to help him do the garden. Ma, will you be using your horse tonight or tomorrow putin for it? No, why? Wondered if you'd land to me. What for? To go after Tom and Marshall Jim. It'll be doggone exciting helping guard that goal. If Tom wanted you to go along, Inky, he'd have taken that. Besides, you have work to do here. I've done the work. I got the paper out and I haven't a thing to do for the next couple of days. I'd have to answer to Tom if I let you risk your neck. I'll explain to Tom.
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He'd understand.
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No, come on in. The door's not locked. Ma, will you think it over? I promise you I'll be mighty careful. And Inky, you might as well Forget about it.
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Mrs. Bart.
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Great sakes alive, look who it is. The Lone Ranger.
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Hey.
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And Tonto. Come in. Come in, both of you. My land. I'm glad to see you.
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It's good to see you too. Hello, Inky. How are you?
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Fine, mister. Did you bring Dan to town?
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No, Dan's in school in the East.
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Oh. I wish I'd known the name of his school. I'd have told Homer to call on the lad.
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What Uncle Homer needs, he left for.
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New York this morning. Sit down and make yourselves comfortable.
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Thank you.
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What brought you here?
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An outlaw named Spence Burrow.
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Never heard of the critter.
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He's well known in Missouri and Arkansas. Ah, he wandered there for robbery, murder.
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I wonder what would bring a crook like him to town. Unless Great said try.
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Yes, what's wrong?
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I wonder if he's come here to get the gold Wells Fargo will be holding in town.
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What gold?
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Here, mister. Take a look at the front page of this paper. Inky Bra. That article there tells about it. Marshall Jim's going to Big Rock to help guard the shipment on its way here.
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According to this article, the gold will be held at the local Wells cargo office for two days.
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That's right. Then it'll go out on the train to the Denver Mint to be made into coin. I told you there'd be some excitement over that goal. You hushin? What's your opinion, mister?
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Well, it take more than one man to steal that gold shipment.
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Maybe, since Burl has a partner.
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But he was traveling alone.
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Well, in that case, I reckon I was wrong. He probably doesn't even know about the gold. If he's in town and reads the paper, he'll know about it.
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Todd and I hope to talk to Marshall Fraser about Burrow.
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Marshall will be back in a few days, but his deputies is.
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Then we'll warn him. Leaving the Lone Ranger and Tato in Mahank's kitchen, Inky went out the back door. Several yards away was the big hotel stable. And as he slowly approached it, Inky thought sadly of the gold shipment.
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Got my luck.
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And this out in the fun of guiding all that gold. Inky Steps dragged as he passed the stable window. Gosh.
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The Lone Ranger left Silver in there.
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I'm going in to see him. Lifting the bolt on the stable door, Inky went inside. Moonlight slanting through the windows shone on the Lone Ranger's mighty stallion. Golly. The boy moved to Silver's side and was thrilled when the horse whinnied. Recognition.
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Golly. You remember me, Silver. I'll bet you've helped capture a lot of outlaws since I saw you last. I'd be helping capture some myself right.
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Now if in the next stall Inky saw Uncle Homer's handsome black. He crossed to Blackie's stall.
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Blackie, old boy, I'd like to take you out of here.
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The big black tossed his head and pawed the floor of the stable.
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You'd like to go with me, wouldn't you, fella?
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Then Inky saw Uncle Homer's saddle hanging on the wall.
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Oh, golly.
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The sight of the saddle so near at hand was the last straw. Temptation was too great for Inky. He decided to borrow the powerful black stallion without Ma's permission. He was taking Blackie's saddle from the rack when he heard the voices of two men approaching the stable. Afraid of being caught there, Inky sought a hiding place. One of the voices Inky heard belonged to Spence Burrow, the man the Lone Ranger and Toto had been trailing. The other man was a cafe owner named Clyde Roscoe. As they entered the stable, Spence Burrow said, masked man and his Injun pal have been following me. They've been dogging my trail for a long time. You're loco, Spence. When I wired you to come and join up with me, I figured you were the gunslinging gent you used to be. Instead of that, your nerves have turned to fiddle strings. You keep jawing about the Lone Ranger in Tonto being on your trail. They are. If you've lost your nerve, say so. Don't use that mask man for a dodge. I'll show you something that'll make you lose your nerve. Come on. Take a look inside that stall. Yeah, what about it? See that big white stallion? Yeah. Well, his name's Silver. Silver? Yeah. He the Lone Ranger tour. How'd you know he was here? I was heading for your place by way of the back alley so no one would see me when I spotted the mask man. The engines, were they traveling through the alleys too? Yeah. Reckon the Lone Ranger didn't want anyone to see him in his mask. Oh, well, I followed him. They stopped at the marshal's office. But the place was dark and they found that the back door was locked. Then they came here, left their horses in the stable and headed for the back door of the hotel. That's when I went to get you. Oh, I'm glad to know that masked man's in town. That's the reason I can't help you get the gold, Clyde. You'll have to hide me in your place till he and the engine are away from here. We have no way of knowing how soon he'll leave. I'm not showing myself until he's gone. Hold on, Spence. We've a chance to grab a fortune. Enough to put us on easy street for the rest of our lives. You'd be smart to forget that gold, Clyde. You're in the clear now. Take my advice and stay that way. With the masked man and the redskin around here, you haven't a chance. Crouching in Blackie stall, Inky listened with mounting excitement to the conversation of Spence Burrow and Clyde Roscoe. Ever since he reached his place of concealment, he'd been stifling a desire to sneeze. Trying desperately to control the impulse. He wished the two men would leave so he could report what he'd overheard to the Lone Ranger. Think of a way to get rid.
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Of that MAS man.
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Risk of tangling with him. As long as he has his horses.
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Gun, why worry about the horse?
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How'd you like to be struck by one of those ghouls? All the lone w it has to do is give the word. Mad Horse will charge anything on feet. And as for his gun, well, compared to him. In spite of himself, Inky felt the sleep knees coming. He pressed his hand over his mouth and nose. Just then, Uncle Homer's high spirited horse kicked the partition of his stall. His hoof struck the wood sharply, releasing a cloud of dust. The combination of the dust and the pungent scent of oats and hay was too much for Inky. He sneezed.
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Hey, wait. What was that?
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Someone's in here. Spence yourself. Put that gun away, you jughead.
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Want to bring the whole town here.
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Whoever's here overheard his prophet.
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Show yourself and you'll not get hurt.
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If you don't show yourself, you'll search this place till we find you. Spence and Clyde began to search the stable and Inky realized he would soon be discovered. In an effort to escape, he crept past. Blackie quietly opened and closed the stall door. He moved silently across the stable and almost reached the door when moonlight shining through the open door revealed him. There he is.
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Clyde, stop now.
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Come in.
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Get away.
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A moment later, Flying Tackle grabbing Inky around the knees, he brought him down. Now put your hand over his mouth so he can't let out a yell.
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Right.
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Clyde, we better get out of here with this kid. We'll go down the alley to my place. Spence, help me carry Iny.
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Right.
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All right. Come on. Open that door, Spence. It's my private office. Sure a good thing no one saw us come here. Now then, Inky, you say one dirty.
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Pole cat bringing me here won't save you. The Lone Ranger will find out about you and come here looking for me.
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How do you know he's a friend of mine?
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I heard him telling my Hank about Spence Burrow.
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You heard too much for your own good. We got to get rid of this youngster, Clyde. I have a shack on Thief River. Spence. We'll take him there. Put that rope on him.
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Right.
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The Lone angel follow you to the shack. Then he'll capture both of you. You can't get away.
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Shut up.
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Hold still. He's right, Clyde. That last man was smart enough to follow me to Modoc City and fail enough. Your shack will be easy for in that case, we'll have to get rid of the Lone Ranger. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I know a lot of fellows who tried that. We'll do it the easy way. What do you mean? We'll leave track so he'll be sure to follow us to my place. There are a couple of big flat top rocks in the river about 30ft from my shack. We'll put Inky on the rocks and leave him there to rescue him, the masked man will have to take off his guns and swim to the rocks. Without his guns, the Lone Ranger will be as helpless as a crippled duck. We'll open fire on him while he's in the water. That's a good idea, Clyde. And it might work. It has to work. I don't plan to let that gent send me to jail. You gag the boy while I get my buckboard set for travel. Then bring him to the saddle shed and we'll head for the shack.
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Sometime later, Ma emerged from a hotel kitchen with the Lone Ranger and Tato. The big landlady was walking with them to the stable where they left their horses. Reaching the stable, Patel saw the open door. That is strange. Wonder who leave door open.
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Someone took Blackie's saddle from the rack. If you match, I'll get the lantern and take her close. Look around in here.
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Here's a match. Mrs. Pots. I like the landing.
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Thanks, mister. There, that does it.
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You look at tracks and ground. What is it, T? It looked like fight happened here.
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Great day. Here's Inky's hat on the floor.
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Hank, you know Inky's footprint?
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Yeah, Tono. That short narrow footprint is his.
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Let me seek him in trouble. Here are the footprints of two men. Toto. That's right. Inky Paul here two feller carry him way.
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Oh my sakes alive.
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Come on, Taro.
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We'll follow these tracks.
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Law went along holding the lantern as the two men followed the footprints to the rear of Clyde Roscoe's cafe. They were about to open the cafe door when Tahoe noticed the tracks that led to the nearby shed. Investigating, they recognized the saddle horse inside. T. That's Burrow's horse.
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That's right.
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Crack, show him. Come here with us. A fella leave town in buckboard. I'll follow those wagon tracks. You go for the deputy marshal. And what we tell him that Spence Burrow was in town?
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I'll tell him he's disappeared.
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Show the deputy these wagon tracks and ask him to follow them.
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He's heavy.
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I'll see you later. Adios. Adios. Oh, hurry up. Come on. It was nearly daybreak when Clyde Roscoe and Spence Burrow reached the shack. They left the wagon beside the building, then Clyde and tried a boat he had left at the river's edge. Placing Inky inside it. They rose a 30 foot distance to the side of a number of huge flat top rocks that jutted out of the water. After placing their prisoner on top of A rock. They rode back to shore. Now we'll wait for the masked man, Spencer. When he sees Inky on those rocks, he'll try to rescue him. And to make sure there's no boat at hand, we'll turn this one Luna. All right. As soon as the current catches it, it'll be carried downstream and out of sight. That way the Lone Ranger will have to swim out to the rocks.
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Right.
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And he'll take off his guns and gun belt before he goes into the water. Yeah. As soon as he's without his guns, we'll open fire from ambush. While the two plotters sought a place of concealment among the dense brush on shore, Inky tried to work the gag out of his mouth. The bandana that had kept him silent was beginning to loosen. Daylight was well advanced when the Lone Ranger drew Rein beside the shack. He dismounted, looked at the wagon Clyde and Spence had used and was about to enter the shack when he saw Inky on the rock offshore. At that moment, the gag finally fell away from Inky's mouth. He shouted a warning. The Lone Ranger hurriedly strapped to the ground and crawled to the protection of the shack as the ambushers opened fire. After having seen the deputy marshal, Tato left Modoc City and followed the trail of his masked friend. He was a short distance from the shack when he heard gunfire. He drew rein, listened for a moment, then dismounted and moved on foot toward the sound. Strained by heavy underbrush, the Indian passed within a few feet of the shack without being seen by the Lone Ranger. Then he heard Spencer Burrow's voice. Hold your fire. Clyde, get that masked man from here. We'll not hit him unless he shows himself to shoot. All right. You stay here and keep firing your gun while I try to close in on the ch. What do you mean, close in on it? I'll make my way through the brush until I can draw a beat on it. I tell east and you come up. But you'd better hit him with your first shot. Don't worry, I'll not miss. I waited too long to gun that critic. You too. Drop gun. Pronox the engine. He's behind us. Drop guns. Let me shoot. All right. My hands are up. I'll get that red skin. No.
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My arm.
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My arm. You shot him. You keep hands up. They're up.
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Don't shoot me.
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Give me got gro and crook them over here with hands up. You tie them. I'll wrap them into you. Oh, me savvy. A short time later, Spenceboro and his friend were riding back to town in the wagon they used to carry Inky away from Modoc City. Tahoe was in the driver's seat while Inky, a stride scout, rode alongside with the Lone Ranger, keeping an eye on the prisoners. They were halfway to town when they met Ma Hank. The huge landlady was accompanied by Deputy Marshal Pete Morgan.
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Mister. Mister, this here is Deputy Pete Morgan.
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Howdy. Howdy, Marsh. Who?
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Ma.
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How'd you know where to find this? We were following the wagon through Rex.
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We have two prisoners for you, Deputy. So I say, mister, I know Clyde Rosco, but who's the other fell? Spence Burrow. He's wanted for robbery and murder.
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The two of them were going to kill me as well as the Lone Ranger. And Tano and I overheard him planning to get the gold. Marshall Jim's bringing the town.
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On the way to town, Inky told all he knew about the two men when they were safely behind bars in Modoc City's jail, Inky returned to the hotel stable with Ma Hank. After Puddinfoot was back in his stall, Inky said, I was hiding right over there when I overheard those crooks talking.
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Ma, if I hadn't sneezed, they'd never have captured me. I never figured a sneeze could start so much trouble. If you hadn't been in the stable, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble. Huh? What were you doing here? Well, were you trying to saddle Homer's horse?
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Oh, my.
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Never mind, Dinky. I'll not scold you in a way, you helped capture those pole cats. Gosh, just think, Mom. I help the Lone Ranger.
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Date: February 13, 2026
Host: Andrew Rhynes
This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns features the classic Lone Ranger tale, “Inky’s Adventure.” Host Andrew Rhynes presents a meticulously restored version of the 1953 radio broadcast, transporting listeners to the Wild West for a suspenseful story of gold shipments, outlaws, and the unflagging courage of a mischievous young boy named Inky. As the Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive in Modoc City to hunt down the fugitive Spence Burrow, Inky’s curiosity sets off a chain of perilous events centered around a daring gold heist and a desperate rescue.
[04:52–07:36]
“If Tom wanted you to go along, Inky, he'd have taken you. Besides, you have work to do here.”
— Ma Hank ([05:39])
[09:15–13:26]
“You’d be smart to forget that gold, Clyde. You’re in the clear now. Take my advice and stay that way. With the masked man and the redskin around here, you haven’t a chance.” — Spence Burrow ([11:53])
[13:26–16:01]
“To rescue him, the masked man will have to take off his guns and swim to the rocks. Without his guns, the Lone Ranger will be as helpless as a crippled duck. We'll open fire on him while he's in the water.”
— Clyde Roscoe ([15:15])
[17:09–18:41]
[19:39–24:00]
“Drop gun—Pronto, or I'll shoot!”
— Tonto ([22:25])
[24:00–25:16]
“If you hadn't been in the stable, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble. Huh? What were you doing here? Well, were you trying to saddle Homer's horse?”
— Ma Hank ([24:35])
“Gosh, just think, Ma. I helped the Lone Ranger!”
— Inky ([25:16])
On champions being made, not born:
“Plenty of practice, plenty of the right food. That's sound advice for anyone hoping to be a champion. …Champions are made, not born. Get on your way with Wheaties. Breakfast of champions.”
— Announcer, The Lone Ranger ([04:42])
Spence’s fear of the Lone Ranger:
“You keep jawing about the Lone Ranger and Tonto being on your trail.”—Clyde
“They are!”—Spence ([10:47])
Inky’s sneeze changes everything:
“In spite of himself, Inky felt the sleep knees coming. …He sneezed.” ([13:21])
The Cold Calculation of the Outlaws:
“Without his guns, the Lone Ranger will be as helpless as a crippled duck. We’ll open fire on him while he’s in the water.”
— Clyde ([15:15])
Tonto’s Daring Heroism:
“You too. Drop gun…Pronto, or I’ll shoot!”
— Tonto ([22:25])
The episode retains the suspenseful, dramatic, and gently humorous qualities characteristic of classic Old Time Radio Westerns. Inky’s youthful mischief, Ma Hank’s motherly warmth, the Lone Ranger’s steadfast justice, and Tonto’s quiet courage all shine through in dialogue and performance. The episode captures the energy and morality play of its era—emphasizing that even mistakes, when paired with bravery and quick thinking, can help bring about justice.