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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 your enjoyment, you can find more western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode.
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Fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high O Silver, the Lone Ranger.
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Building of the first transcontinental railroad was one of the most important steps in the winning of the West. A 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 Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on till we're heading for great journey up till. Far west of the labor crews that laid the railroad tracks west of the graders who smoothed the way for the track. In fact, in a section of a country where surveyors still had work to do, the town of Greg's Corners nestled among surrounding farms and ranches. Greg, the founder of the town, was a worried man. You worried? All right, Hank. Let's go. Tack. I won't complain anymore. What have you got to complain about, Greg? Here you sit in your office with an iron safe full of cash and a mortgage on every farm around here. How about me? How about that cattle I lost when the water hole went bad? How's your wife taking your loss, Hank? Never mind talking about my wife. But, Hank, I'm not blind and dumb. I know what's going on around here and so does everyone else. I know what happened to the water hole that killed off my cattle. You know, so do all the other men around here. If more than chance had caused so much to happen to all of us. Hold on, Hank. Stop calling me Hank. My friends can call me that, Greg, but not you. We've been friends for years. You don't know what real friendship is, Greg. You lack like a friend. Sure you will. You like money, fine. And lend a man all the cash he wants on his ranch. You take a mortgage and let him sweat and struggle to fence the place. You see here, Newsom, I've got a right to know what stirs you up this way. Poisoned cattle. That's what screws me up. The case is Jeb Finney. It's the cut line fence that led his cattle stray over 100 miles of mountain. In Rooney's case, it's fire that cleaned out his barn. How do you. Listen to me, Grace. We know the truth now. You did all those things. What I did? You? That's a lie. Said you're to blame. Maybe you didn't do it yourself, but you had it done. You let us all build up our land and now you're taking it away from us. Hank Newsom, you're a crazy fool if you think such a thing. I don't think. I know you eat those words. Well, you can have your land back. I can't meet the mortgage now. Neither can any of the others. Take the land and the buildings and what's left of the cattle. We're all pulling stakes. You can't do that. Where do you go? What do you care where we go? You've got a farm. You've got kids to take care of. So we should stay on the place till you have the fun of throwing us off when the mortgage comes due. I never said I'd do such a thing. You don't need to. We'll eat them while we still got food left. And grabber with. Where's Greg? Lamb. You. You dirty steaming pole cat. Now, Lamb, what's happened? Have you been hit too? Hit a plenty. Look out there, Winter. Look at that smoke. That's my barn. And my house. That's a fire. Lem, I. I'm downright sorry. Sorry? I'm here for just one thing, Greg. And this is it. Lima. I don't blame you. That's to remember me by, Greg. Any chance of fighting the fire at your place, Lem? None at all. Me and my folks are taking the two horses we managed to save in the barn and our old wagon and heading away from here. Me too. Now let's get going. We can pick up a funny others. We'll make a wagon train for New Diggins. They all hate me. They all think I want their farms back. Only I could get at the truth. Greg? Greg, Are you. Greg? What the hell are you doing there on the floor? Hello, Watson. Here, let me give you a hand up. Hey, you've been hurt. What happened, Greg? I suppose the only reason you're talking civil is because I don't hold a mortgage on your place. Oh, that. Sit down, Greg. Too dirty. It was lemon. But I don't hold it against him. She really believes I'm old enough to set fire to his place. He's only doing what he thinks is right. You heard me with you before, Greg. I don't like the way things look around here. Everyone says you're driving away so you can get the land. I know what they're saying. I don't claim their rights. Why would I want all that land? Why would anyone else want to drive away? I don't say you set the fires and poison the camel. No, you don't say I did all those things, Watson, if you're thinking so. So it'd be good business. You got a name of the businessman? Good business. Good business to drive everyone out of his home. Off his land. They can't beat the mortgages. You'll get the land back. Why? Want of all the land. What good is the land? Of course, Greg, it's worth a lot more now than it was when you sold it to the settlers. Watson, if I could only tell all the men. If I could only find what's behind all the trouble around here. They all think I'm filthy rich with cash. I'm not don't have much cash. I've got heavy debts to me, too. I wanted the cash for the mortgages, some of it so I could meet my debts. I don't want all that land back. Well, I can understand, Greg, but all those homesteaders can't use my smoke. This is blown over from Lem's place. She's become from the other part of this house. We'd open the door. There it is. Fire. Broadhouse. Where's Jane? I've got to get Jane. My wife is in there. Come get that off. I do. I'm younger than you, Jane. Game. No. No. Let me go. Let me go. My wife, she's outside. She says get out before you're trapped. It's all right. I see. Who are you? Your mask. Save that for later. Let's get out of here first. Well, that's the end of my house. Never met with smaller numbers. Jane, after all the years we lived there. Great. Now what will we do? It might be a lot worse, Jane. There's a lot of farms with good houses on them. You have to lose them all. But what can I guess? The mortgage papers are all on fire at the clerk's office. Aren't they, Gray? Yes. Where'd that engine and the mast main go? I don't know, honey. I don't know where they went. Do you think they started the fire? Oh, I'm afraid there was someone right around here. Someone has got to hate me. That's what I think. Greg. It's probably one of the men. The Fusion drove him off his land. James, this is one of the kinds that makes me wonder if all our honest livings are worthwhile. Everyone thinks I'm the lowest, most ornish sort of a skunk I've ever lived. Would have a friend left in the world. You can count on me, Greg. Of course, I've only lived here for a short time, but I'll stand by you. Wonder where that engine in the mast man went. It came all of a sudden and disappeared just as fast. That moment, the Lone Ranger and Tono were riding hard across the plain. Come on, you children. Water haulers at the head. That tile a rock. That's where water is good. We reached it before the ferry wagon. Tado. The last water hole for quite a distance to the east. Isn't that right? Most of the people leaving Greg's Corners will stop here and fill their barrels before going on. Why don't you wait here, Kimasabe? Meet those people when they come and ask them to stay until I get Back. Why'd you go? I got to get to some of the railroad workers east of here. I think I know why. Greg's been blamed for a lot of things he didn't do. Me wait here then keep all settler here. I'll be back in two days at the most. Made camp. By nightfall, several families had arrived in prairie wagons. Some of the men wanted to continue on their way. Others, out of curiosity, were willing to remain. Hank and Lem were two of the former. This is probably more a great work. He wants us to stay here and starve. That's what he wants. Greg not know about this. And why are you holding this here? What if we won't stay? You stay Me make sure of that. Hey, where's the horses? Here. Where are they? What do they mean? What do I mean? What did I say? We're in hitch to let the horses graze a while. It was all over there together. Yeah, I saw them there. Where are they now? I thought you knew, Hank. Horses led away by an engine while you were still in the water barrel. Led away? Where? To him. We gotta find him. There's the redskin. He's on that paint horse. That's the one he rode while I led the horses away. No, it's too late. He shot away. We ain't a fine pack of fools to let him steal our horses right under our noses. Boys. Hey, take it easy. It's all right. All right, all right. My Aunt Hannah. How are we going to move from here without the horses? We'll have the horses when it's time to move. What are you laughing at? I don't see anything funny. I know who the Indian's partner is. It's the Lone Ranger. I help Scotto make off of those horses. You see, boys, I know about the Lone Ranger. Then tell me about him. Who the Sam Hill is he? And why is he interfering in our business? You will learn more about the Lone Ranger footage on now. You might just as well relax and help us make camp here then. Because we're here to stay until the Lone Ranger gets back. The next day, Greg was in the depths of despair. His wife found it impossible to lift his spirit. Well, after all, honey, we got a place to live in. Got a lot of places. In fact, we can just about take our choice place to live. Sure, there's nothing wrong with this place that Cummings built. It's not as big as the one we lost, but it's plenty big enough for the tour. Jane, this is Jim Cummings house isn't ours. When he's left here. Besides, you hold a mortgage and in a day or so it'll be. I wish I'd never heard of a mortgage. Now, now, honey. Oh, what's the use, James? I'm about ready to give up and go east with the others. There's nothing left here for me. You're the biggest landowner in this part of the country and what good is a lot of land? I wanted people around here, neighbors, friends. Jane, I'd give every mortgage I hold to know how so many things happen to people. Why, they all put the blame on me. You might as well forget about that. Most everyone is gone from around here now. I wonder who that is. Oh, it's Mr. Watson. This is inside, Mr. Watson. Well, you real cozy, Miss, please. Hello, Craig. I thought I dropped in. Total business with you. Sit down, Watson. I suppose you'll be leaving here soon, huh, Mr. Watson? Oh, no, ma'. Am. As a matter of fact, I like it here. I aim to stay for quite some time. Oh, that's nice. I don't know why. Well, come, Greg, don't take things too hard. Maybe when I have spoken to people that came here for you feel more like making plans for the future. Well, start talking. I'm ready to listen. You've got a lot of mortgages on land around here. No denial of that. Why not let me buy up some of those mortgages you hold. Why, they're worthless now. Why are they? Well, the men who own the land have left here. The mortgages won't ever be paid. You'll have nothing but a lot of land and won't be worth much if there's lived on. Don't let me worry about that. Here, brought some catch along with me. Take it, Brig. It's yours. Watson, are you serious about wanting to buy a lot of mortgage? I get the land real cheap on egg. Still pay more is worth. Go right with me. Cash will tide me over. I'll be able to meet my obligations. You ought to see me through this trouble. You have him. Glad to hear it. More at the clerk's office. You can sign. The mortgage is over and the cash is yours. In an hour the exchange was completed. Watson went to his own office, the owner of many farms and ranches around Greg's corner. He slammed the door with a hearty laugh. We put it over. Lift. Look, here's the public paper. Now I'll get you to pay me up a good time. Just wait till Greg finds out what a fool he's been. Wait till he finds it out. He just Handed me a fortune for almost d. I spent less than $2,000 and I've got land that'll bring me over 50,000. Now, when don't say huge about. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story before the next exciting scene. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.
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Sam. Now to continue our story. Watson was in his office on the second day after he had bought a number of mortgages from Greg, the founder of Greg's Corner. The afternoon had dragged slowly and Watson was about to close his desk when. Hey, Watson, I got something that might be interesting to you. Come in and let you close the door. Watson. I just came from Hank's place. I went there like you said, to look it over and check on where the property line was. Who is the property line? Well, that's all right, but there was an Indian. He came right up there after I got there. Yes? What do you want? Well, Hank. Hank had sent him to get a few things that have been overlooked. Hank? Hank is three days ride from here by this time. That's what we thought. Only he isn't. Neither any of the other settlers. No. Where are they? Police are here at the water hole. They set up a camp there. They're staying right there. Where are they? Well, I don't know. Find out. Go there and talk to them. Learn what you can. Find out where they didn't move east and how long they plan to stay in that camp. There was folks near enough to learn what happens in the next few days. All right, I'll find out all I can about them. Watson, hurry it up. I'll start first thing in the morning. Morning? You'll start right now. It'll be dark before I get there. Whatever I'll get going, I get to know about. In the newly made camp, the people who had been forced from their homes made the best of their situation. Hank and Lem had already talked to the Lone Ranger and felt confident that he would help them. The Lone Ranger himself was camped a little apart from the others with Tonto. The two sat without a fire and watched the plane in the moonlight. They finally saw a solitary figure riding toward the wagon. It was Lefty. And the Lone Ranger went forward to meet him. Stranger. Hi. I was heading this way and saw the campfire here in the camp. You want to stop overnight? Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah, sure. That'd be downright fine. Just wondered where I was. What this. What's the matter? Well, your mask. What about it? Well, nothing. Nothing at all. There's a tent over this way with an extra space. Neat blankets. There are some you can borrow. There are some other visitors in the tent. Men from east of here. That's. That's fine. I'll ride over with you. Come on, boy. Get up there. Have you started any fires recently? Huh? What's that? Thought I saw you hurrying away from Greg's house after it started burning. No, no, no. That couldn't have been me. Well, it must have been someone else. Leslie felt increasingly uneasy as he walked toward the tent. There was something about the masked man's manner that caused a peculiar tension. Why had the masked man bought up the fire at Greg's home? How much proof did that masked man have that Leslie was the one who started the fire? How? Prove anything I wait against his, and Watson will give me an alibi if I need one. Then the tent flap was thrown back. The masked man stepped in and. Come in, boys. Here's a man who's going to share the tent with you. Good. Make yourself at home. My name's Boss. This is my working partner, Jack Stallard. Howdy. Howdy. You can just call me Lefty. Sit down there, Lefty. Too early to turn in. We might as well talk for a while. See you in the morning, Lefty. That madman. Who is he, anyway? He seems to run this camp. Sure learns things fast. He learns things? What do you mean? With more. He makes plans to cash in on him. Oh, Jack. Move those instruments aside, William. Yeah, sure. Oh, gone. Things take up a lot of room. Hey. Well, those are survey instruments, aren't they? What else did you think we'd be carrying? You two were surveyors. Oh, I thought the masked man told you. Working for the railroad. Oh, yeah. We got to check on the route and make sure of it before the grading crew comes along. It makes me chuckle to think of how all these people hurried from their farms and came here to lay claim to Homestead. Is that what they've done? Why else would it be here? They must have learned where the tracks would have been run. It doesn't take anything out of our pockets, Jack. Of course, Not I'd be sort of glad to see these people pay by the railroad. They need the cash. Sure do. Anyone with gumption enough to bring a family out in this part of the country and set up a new life deserves all the help I can get. Hey, just a minute. What is it? Let's. You're talking about here? Sure, what about it? But this is northeast of Greg's Corner. Sure it is. But here's another man. Heard some of them rumors. Rumors? That's about it, Jack. You see, Lefty, there was some talk for a while about running the railroad through Greg's Corners. But now if it goes through here, it can't very well go through Greg's Corners, can it? We'll have to cut away toward the side and no point in that. Yeah, I guess you're right. Well, I've got to go. Where you going? My horse. I'd better go and see to it. See you again. What about it, Bart? Think you can leave it? Wait a second. Jack left him. He's riding fast. Riding to take news to Greg's Corners. Now we'll see things happen. Let's see. Rode as fast as his horse could travel, he raced up to Watson's house, leaped to the ground and burst through the door. Watson. Watson, wake up. Wake up fast. All matter of plenty. Lippy. Yeah? I've just come from the ranchers at camp. They've skinned us, Watson. Skinned a secure game. Hold on. What are you talking about? Never mind a lamp. You act like an eating local weed or something. No, I was in that camp. There were survey men there. They had their instruments. The railroad isn't going to come through Greg's Corners at all. What? I thought that had moved. You come through Greg's Corners. Why it's got to come through here. I got my information now. Your information was wrong. The settlers are all planning on staking new homesteads near the water hole. Then they can sell rights to the railroad. Double crossing. I get my hands on the man that gave you that information. Listen, you. Are you telling me the truth? Yeah, I am. Honest I am. You get work fast. You have to get to those ranches. How long will it take you? Well, you can make it by daybreak if you ride hard. I know. Ride hard. Maybe they won't sell their land. They don't own it yet. But they can do. Laugh at it. Think about it. Find a couple of my law books and put my clothes on. Hurry up. Get my horse. Pedal. Yes. I'll find a way to deal with those poor fools. Stay. When they get out with me will never come. I'll put my deal through. You just wait and see. Same night there was another caller at another house. Greg was wakened by a tall masked man who wrapped gently on the door. Oh, shake your lie. What do you want this time? Mask? Hello, Greg. I remember you. Good. You helped me when the house took fire. I want you to take a trip with me, Greg. I have a wagon for you to ride in. A wagon that's your own right this time of night. Where to? Why? Please save your questions until later. I want you to see what a friend of yours is going to do at daybreak. Friends? Friend of mine? I don't have any friends left. You'll have a lot of friends, Greg, before another sunset. Now come with me. Daybreak in the camp. The ranchers were up with dawn and busy with their campfires and chores. Each family was a small unit of its own. But the people as a whole were surrounded by a circle of their wagons. Lamb and Hank were the first to see two men approaching. Hank is Mr. Watson. Watson, that is a fine man for you. He said we're here. So he's come to see how we're getting along. Who's that with him? Oh, that's the critter that's been hanging around his office in Greg's Corners. His wasn't sort of paying him for a handyman job. Hi there, Mr. Watson. How do you know we were here? New service lim you folks planning to do we should have a new town here? Well, we don't know. My boys. I brought some mighty fine news for you. How's that? I dealt with Gray. I know you people put a lot of time and work into your farms and I hate to see you lose them. That old skin plant. We did lose them. Sure we did. The mortgages weren't paid off so we took our farms and ranches. Well, we had to get them our own boys. Get everyone together so I can tell the story once for everyone. What I've got to say will be a big surprise. While the ranch is sneezing. A wagon grew up outside the circle of ferry schooners. Greg rode in the wagon. Lone Ranger rode alongside the condo approach from a nearby tent. Watson got all people together. Now we're just in time about the menace. The tent hut. No. I was ready to go to Greg Corner to make their day. They're ready to do what you say if what you told me is a true. Excuse me. It is Greg. Come with us so we can hear what Watson says. We're all here now, Mr. Watson. All right then. L. Well, folks, I knew how you feel about your property. You hated to leave it, but you had no choice. Rig did everything he could to ruin us so we couldn't pay off our mortgages. Well, folks, I bought all Lewis mortgages, right? Yes, sir. I've got him right here. I become the owner of every one of your farms. Now, how would you like to get back there? Good. I can't give the farms for nothing. But each of you can stake the land he's on here, lay claim to it, then swap with me. You mean to say you give us our own land back for whatever we take here? That's what I do. Why can't you just give us a land without bother? Staking claims? This all got to be done legal, boy. If you weren't wanted any other way would. You can sign them now and file your right to this land when we get to Greg's Corners. Well, step up, boys, one at a time. And I'll give you the mortgage as you sign the agreement. He's almost true now, Greg. That dirty schemer. Shut up. Bring up Barton, Jack. Tell him it's time for the showdown. Come on, Greg. We're going to tell your friend just so they send. Right, Lem. Hank, here's your real friend. You too, Lefty. We want you in on this. Man you've been tricked for that man named Watson. Prick. Tricked my eye. He gave us back our lion. Only because Lefty heard those two surveyors talking last night. Luffy was made to think the railroad was going to cross here instead of in Gregg's Corner. Now you see here. Watson wanted your land. But Watson, who hired Lefty to do everything he could do to harm you. And Watson bought the mortgages after he'd broken Greg. Now Watson thinks the railroad is across here, so he's arranged a deal his own. Get this land and you get off on it. It's true as doubtful I saw Lefty set fire to Greg's house. You need more proof than that. Compare his boots with the footprints near the woodshed with a fire ground away. As for you, Watson, meet two friends of mine, purveyors for the railroad. I talked with your pal last night, Watson. Yep, so did I. If all you people are ready to leave here, we'll go back to Greg's Corners with you. That's where we have to check on that survey. Maybe now that you own your farms, you can sell part of them at a neat trigger look at Freebie. I've been tricked. Wait. You mean to give me back those mortgages? Give them back. There's nothing to it. That'd be a hard time proving you're a crook, Watson, so you'll miss a trip to jail. But I think you've paid in cash for the damage you did. Boys, boys, Believe me, I never raised a hand against you. Say it now. Greg. Greg. Forgive me for hitting you. I never knew the. That's all right. Boys, pack up the wagons. Pack things for travel. We're all going back home. And the first thing we got to do is show Greg we're sorry for what we thought by rebuilding his house. Boys, boys, just wait for Shane here to this. This is the happiest day of my life. Say, where's that old ranger? I've got to thank. Sam.
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Sam.