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Peace Comes to the Frontier | The Lone Ranger (12-23-40)
Original Air Date: December 23, 1940Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Earle Graser (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W. Trendle Music:• Ben Bonnell For more great shows...
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Foreign welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines, and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode. A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Heil Silver the Lone Ranger It's Sam.
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The men who built the Western United States were courageous pioneers, but the obstacles they faced might never have been surmounted if it had not been for the Masked Rider of the Plains. It was he who broke the power of the outlaw bands and the hostile Indian tribes. It was his knowledge of the country that rescued the settlers when the forces of nature seemed ready to overwhelm them. Return with us now to the stirring days when the west was young. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse. Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Hello, Silver. We're heading for Red River Valley. It's going to be trouble. Hello, Silver. Hawaii. Dan Parsons owned the bank in the little town of Sagebrush at the head of the Red River Valley. One day, he was sitting in the living room of his home when he heard a rider draw up out in front. Dan was expecting a caller. He rose from his chair, straightened his weary shoulders and turned to his wife. Well, reckon that's Brady, Marcy. Looks like more trouble. Now, don't you fret, Dan. Man's got to do what's right. Come in. Where's that husband of yours? I want him. Oh, there you are, possums. You want to see me, Brady? You're doggone right I do. And you know what? First, I haven't done anything I'm ashamed of. I ought to throw bullets through you, Parsons. Brady, you can't. I reckon you'd best go in the next room, Marcy. No. You're my husband, Dan Parsons. I'm not letting a gun in the next room, Marcy. Well, you just take care of yourself, Dan. I will. Now, get along. You hadn't want to bust in that way, Brady. It ain't right when there's women folk around. You don't never fight, do you, Parsons? I'm a banker, Brady. I'm a man a piece. You bought Costa's cattle, didn't you? I did. You paid 10 silver dollars ahead, didn't you, Brady? I calculate what I buy and what I pay for them is my business, not yours. If it so happens, I plan to go to the railroad with them cattle and sell them. That's my affair. Yeah. Gonna make a profit, ain't you? Maybe you will. Maybe nothing. A banker like you don't buy nothing when he figures on losing. Now, there ain't no friendship between me and the Carstairs outfit. And I'm too bad they ain't, huh? This here whole valley is owned by your outfit and by Carstairs. Just the two of you. You ain't forgetting you hold mortgages on both of us. That don't matter. What does matter is that you two hombres ought to stop battling each other. Tell that to Costa. I did. And he acts the same as you both bullheaded as loco steers. Why don't you get together, work together? The range land's drying up. The more you Two hombres fight, the less chance there is. Parsons, there's no use talking. Carstairs is a no good skunk. And I said the same about you. Sure, if I ever meet up with him face to face, there'll be plenty of gunsmoke. Savvy? But I didn't come here for that. I come to ask you. What about my cattle? I'm buying them, Brady. Sure, but for how much? 10 silver dollars a head. That's what I figured. Kind of, huh? Did you say 10? $10 ahead. But, Parsons, you. Same as I'm giving Carstairs Bill. What's your jaw dropping for? Can't you talk? Parsons, I. Them cattle of mine, they ain't worth that much. I'm paying it, ain't I? Well, they're thin and scrawny. Not much feed and the water's so scarce. I paid Carstairs 10. And I'm paying you the same. Now, take it or leave it. Pretty anxious, ain't you? Take it or leave it. I get it. Reckon you got inside knowledge that cattle is fetching a fancy price back east, ain't you? Even scrawny cattle, you ain't the kind of fella to do nothing for charity. You're entitled to your own opinion. Ten cartwheels ahead. Oh, God, it. You can't make much on that, Parsons. You ain't answered yet, Brady. Oh, I'll take it. I'll take it. When you plan to rile up the cow? As soon as it can be done. And when do I get paid? As soon as I get back from selling them. After you sell them? Why not before? Got any objections? I ain't never gone back on a debt so far. All right, Parsons. All right. Don't get your dander up. The cat'll be ready soon to go. Costairs. Hey, Car. Did you finish the count? Posse count. 825 Head in your herd that. Tell him your count. Yeah. When you come back. I collect 8,250 silver dollars. I'll be in your bank waiting. Better have the money processes. I'll have it. All right, you riders. Start these long horns moving. Get them on to prod. Well, Parsons, me and my boys counted up the cattle and come back to Sage Bush. I'll be expected. $9,060 as payment. You get it? BR. I see that I do. I'll be in your bank when you get back. Come on, boy. Him Cost is got tempers like a bull. Neither one of them trusts me. Furthering the ropes in. Dan. Dan, I'm Worried now, Martha Leave me do the work. But you can't positively get as much for these cattle as you promised to pay. $10 ahead. Ain't nobody going to pay that. I'll see you when I get back. Marty. Being scrawny cattle won't bring that much. Even in St. Joseph. You'll never be able to pay Carson Brady. What you promise. Martha don't want you to fret. I'll do it. You don't going to be a heap for trouble when you get back. I'll be back. And I'll take care of trouble. All right. Get these cows moving. We got a long trail to go. Get them moving, Martha. You can expect it back in two weeks after sell these your cattle. Two weeks? Come on. Come on. Here. That's Parson's outfit down below. His hunter. Ah. He's on his way back from selling those cattle. Kabi think he can get very much for them. That's right. That information you brought me from Sage Brush. You sure that Parsons promised to pay $10 a piece for those? He'll never be able to do it. He'll know that I can't understand it. In the first place. Parsons is a smart man. A good banker. Still, he paid much more for the cattle than they were worth. He what wrong? You must have it rain up. Listen. You hear that? Huh? One pony. Yes. Coming this way along the trail. We'll be heading for Sagemaris at this time of night. Him come from Parsons camp? Yes. Get back here. M want to see him as he goes past. Without him seeing us. Good enough. Now watch him. That was Parsons. Banker Parsons riding his horse in a hurry. Him you spare. He's heading for sagebrush, leaving his outfit behind. I bet he'll reach his home by early morning. You think something wrong? Kimasabi. We're going after him. T. Come on. Get him off the scout. We're going to find out why Parsons is acting so special strangely. We'll trail into town. Who's there? Who is there? I'm ordering you. I got a gun. Come around the back door this early in the morning. Tell me who you are. James D. Parsons. What on earth? Must get me in trouble. I wrote all night. You got back already. The boys in outfit will come in the regular way. They'll show up about sundown tonight. But I had to see you private. Marcia. I. I got to pay the money off to Brady and Carstairs. No. I promised to pay him $10 a head for them cattle. And all I could get was six. Dan. Dan. You mean you. What am I gonna do? I had to come and tell you, Martha. Come tomorrow morning, they'll be asking for their cash and I. I ain't got it. I ain't got it. Dan. Dan, you must be plum tuckered out. Here, sit down. I was just getting ready for breakfast. Cup of hot coffee will do you good. No, Marcia can't drink and I can't eat. My throat's as dry as this here Red River Valley. But I can't take nothing. What are we gonna do, Dean? Why'd you offer Brady and Car Stage so much for them cows? Why? Well, you see, you knew it wasn't worth that much. You knew it. Sure, Sure, I knew it. But that. But what? You're a banker, Dan. A businessman. What you done don't make sense. Martha, it makes sense to me. Leastways, it did up to now, huh? I. I never told you how I feel, Heather. About me being a banker for sagebrush in the valley. I never told you what it means to me being a banker, Martha. I always figured a banker had a duty to the people. Sure, I wanted to make money so as we could live comfortable. But I wanted to help others. Like Brady and Carstairs? Yeah, like them. In good times, they didn't need no help. I was doing all right. But then. Then the river dried up and the rangeland got burned. Cattle got scrawny thin, and they died off. So I give them mortgages on their outfits. Yeah, I figured maybe the river would come up again. There'd be rain and melting snow to bring the grass back. State of which, it got worse. Plenty worse. And this time, Well, I knew right well the Brady and Carstairs had to get $10 a head for the cattle. But they couldn't keep going. They'd go bust. You done all that cause you're a banker, Dan. A bank's got to help folks. It's got to. That's what I done it for. Only. Only now I tried too hard. I can't meet the promises I made. Greedy and costers are honest men, Dan, tell them. Tell them what? Do you think they'll believe me? No. No, I reckon not. They're honest, sure, but they're bullheaded and ornery. They'll think I'm trying to cheat them. You know how they'll act. Guns? Yeah, guns. I don't know what to do, Dan. We got a leaf. Sagebrush. Thirdly, nobody knows you're in town. We could bear move. Leave sagebrush. Leave what money you got for them cows. Leave the Bank. Dan, you gotta. We'll saddle up them horses to the wagon and by tomorrow morning we'll be long gone out of here. No, Marcy. We ain't going. Dan, I tell you, no. But Brady and car, they might kill you. It ain't honest to leave no Marthy. I'm staying no matter what. I'm gonna take my medicine. I'm staying. Marty from town center, pull up. You heard Parsons talking to his wife. We listen at window. Him good man. He's got courage. Tanto. He'd left Sagebrush. It would have been hard to blame him. But he's determined to stay no matter what happens. We help him, Kimosabe. I know. I have a plan. It's going to be dangerous because we'll have to ride into sagebrush in broad daylight and get out again. Here's what we do. All right. Parsons come back from selling them cows. Now hand over my money. Pay me first, Parsons. Oh, no, he don't. Costa. Brady, I don't like doing business with you in the same room. Then get out. Or maybe you'd like some gun fighting to make you get out. Now, hold your horses. This here's my bank. Remember that. He can't talk to me. I said shut up, both of you. For Pete's sake. Why can't you gents get together? You're the two biggest men in the valley. You could do a lot. Instead, you're at each other's throats like hungry coyotes. We do like we want to, Parsons. I'll fork over that money so I can get away. I don't relish being with Brady Long. And I can help. That goes double for me. Well, I. I got something to tell you, Jim. Sir. There's the money right on the table in them saddles bags, ain't it? Yeah, but. Trot it out and start divvying up Brady. Car stater. There's a little something. Now. What's the matter? Ain't you got the money? Well, for a matter of fact. You see, it's like. What, sir? A masked man? We came after that cat a whole lot. Take it, Tanner. Out to the horses. We get it. No, you don't. That's my money. I shot the gun from your hand, mister. The next one who tries may not be so lucky. We've got money. Good. The horses are outside. You hurry now.
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Don't anyone try to throw that after me because it won't do you any good. Ahold. Where's my gun? There he goes. Pour it at him. Come on. Come on, Scout. Shoot. Shoot dog on you to get in the way. Shoot. 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 now to continue our story in order to save Dan Parsons life. The Lone Ranger and Tonto held him up. Then they raced out of town just ahead of a hastily organized. Before long, Silver and Scout let the posse far behind. Then finally the men threw rein. Slow up, you fellas. Drag in your horses. We ain't got a groundhog's chance of catching that pair of. Hold up, men. That white horse covers ground like a streak of lightning. And that paint is like a shatter. Let me get back to Sagebrush. Now hold on there, Brady. You're giving up, ain't you? It's all gone. You hide, Costas. I never cotton to you. And I don't now. But I see. Quiet, both of you. Yeah, keep quiet. You act like it was your money that masked man stole. Short was my money. And mine. Don't forget that. No, it weren't, Brady. You see, I hadn't give it to you yet. I hadn't give it to either one of you, so I still owe you that cash. Say, he's right. Well, I'll be jiggered. You're all right, Parsons. I reckon that's so. If he didn't pay us. And I ain't lost. Not yet. Yeah, of course I can't pay you till we catch that mask on break, but when I do. Well, they still ain't catching us, them crooks. Well, I figure you're right, Brady. The thing to do is to head back for Sagebrush. What for? Why not go after him now? On account of we come away in a hurry. We ain't prepared for a long chase. Yeah, I ain't got but one gun. Ain't got no ammunition, no food. What we gotta do is organize. Get plenty of water and grub. Yeah, get plenty of guns. Rifles, not sidearms. Then we come out here, pick up the trail and go get them. Yeah, them horses are too fast for us on a short chase. We got to keep going after them for a long time. And for that we got to be prepared. Now, let's head for home. See any sign of them, Santa? No sign. Watch for a cloud of dust. They may still be after us. Hunter seen nothing. They've been traveling half the day. Silver could have outrun them easily and I wanted them to keep trailing us for a while. They not on trail now. What is it, Silver? Look. Yes. Silver smelled the water. We'll pull up and let them drink their fill. It's plenty dry. Here we are. Red River. Red River. What's left of it. Tada. Nobody come after us. Kimasabi. Well, all we've done is to give Parsons a breathing spell. The most important thing is to let Brady and Carce realize how much they're indebted to him. It's not going to be easy to do. But I'm certain if they realize the true facts, they'd face them like men. They'd work together. Maybe you tell them. No. They wouldn't believe me. Tata. I'm masked. They wouldn't trust the masked men. There must be some other way to. Tata, I think I have a plan. Look at the bed of the river. There's only the thinnest trickle of water now. You heard Parsons. Formerly Red river was full of water. Plenty of water to keep the entire rangeland going. Plenty dry. Now look up there into the hills. You can see where the river comes down from the mountains. Let me see. That river was full of water once more. It could water this entire valley the way it used to. What you mean? Come on. We're going up into those hills. We're going to take a look around. Up a new horse. We? Plenty to do. Steady, Scout. Come on. We're taking a look around and then we're calling on Parsons. Silver. Come on, get on. Scowl. We've got work to do. I'll. Silver. Holiday. Whoa. Ease up, boy. That you, Dan? Yeah, Marcy. I. I'm kind of wore out. You been out with the posse again? Yeah. Search for that mask. Hold up, man in the engine. Well, I hope he didn't catch him. I hope they got away. You hope they got away? What kind of talk is that? I do. Dan. As long as that money ain't found, Brady and Carthage will never know you didn't have enough to pay. And I hope it ain't found. That don't change the fact that I still owe the money. Marcy. And the masked man still free? Yeah, him and the engine. The posse trailed them up near the head of the valley. They're somewhere in the hills, but we don't know where. Dan, you're tired. Reckon I ain't as young as I was. That's why I come back to rest up. I've been in the saddle too long. You come in the house and set Marty. I got to tell him pretty soon. Radiant carstairs. I got to tell him that I didn't have the money. Now, Dan, don't go inviting trouble. I can't help it, Marcy. Right is wrong. Right and wrong is wrong. There ain't no two ways about it. Even if the money don't never come back. I got to tell them. You mean we're ruined, Dad? I got to tell them. Yeah. Let me hold the door open for you. Now, come here. What intoleration. What's that doing on the floor? It's a sack of some kind, Marty. When I went out to meet you. Marcy, huh? Marty, it looks like it is. It's a sack. It was toll. The money the mask man took. Then close the door. How'd it get here? It's the money. How'd it get here? I brought it. Parsons. The mask man. No. Don't pick it up again. New ma'. Am. Stay away from that gun in the wall. What do you mean? Stand right there, Parsons. Where's the rest of the cash? Up on the hills with Tado. Tado, huh? That's the engine, Martha. We got to get the posse. The posse can wait. Parsons. I took that money to help you. What? You needn't stare at me. You see, Parsons, Tado and I were on the trail when you returned here after you sold the cattle. We heard you and your wife talking, mister. You. You mean. You know Dan didn't have enough money for the bank to pay what he promised. Yes. That's why we took it at. Parsons, is there any blasting powder in sagebrush? What? You can figure it out later. I asked if there's any blasting powder in town. There is, mask man. There's a few casks of it in the general store. And your husband and I are going to get. Now, looky here. Dan Parsons. You go with him, Marcy. I will? You heard me, Dan. Ain't nobody else to help you. You go with him and come back later. He's not coming back here, Mrs. Parsons. You mean Parsons and I are taking that blasting powder. Then we're going up into the hills. You leave everything to me, understand? She's gone plum loco. Come on, Parsons. We're getting that powder. This is the last one, Parsons. Man, I can't figure. He talked about that money and the rest of it a dozen times already. So I loaded on your wagon. Come on. That does it. All right, Parsons, up on the seat. Yeah, yeah. I'm getting that horse. Does what you tell him. Like a puppy. Silver and I are old friends. Now, Parsons, take off that break and start heading for the hills. Get up, horses. I'll be right behind You. I'm going to help you, no matter how much you may dislike it. Come on, Silver. Gee, who's the fact? It's the masked man, the mast man and Banker Parsons. They're in cahoots. Where's my horse? I got to get riding. I got to tell Braden Carces about this. Hey, Brady. Past this. I got news. Who's that? Don't shoot. I'm sh. Jenkins. I come from town. Something wrong? I come riding out from town. Where's Brady? Where's Carson? Hey, what's the ruckus about one side there? Leave me through. I just come from town. I seen him. Quiet, you fellas. Quiet. Come on, Jenkins, spill it. Why aren't you back in Sagebrush looking after your store? My store's been robbed. Yeah, my store's been robbed of six kegs of blasting powder. Who done it? The same mast umbrella you gents is after. And wait, wait. I got more to tell you. The masked man, huh? The orange coyote must have circled down out of the hills and got into town. I tell you, there's more. The masked man want a load? Sure. Not that engine part is with him. No, no, t. The engine. The gent with him was. Damn Parsons. Wait a. Wait a minute, you fellas. All right, Jenkins, give us the whole story. Car. Brady, listen to me. The mask man and Parsons is in cahoots. They're working together. What? Yeah, I heard them talking. They're heading into the hills, the both of them going to turn the engine. And you know how I'm sure Parsons is with them? Go ahead. Because that holdup was fixed. Parsons didn't have enough money to pay you two fellas off in the first place. So that's it, eh, Brady? You savvy that? Yeah, yeah, Carstairs, I do. All right, you fellas get your horses. We're going after. We go nowhere. They got blasting fodder, ain't they? We'll find him. Come on, you fellas. We're going. Get up there. How are we going to locate them umbers if we don't know where they're at? We'll find them somewhere. Did you hear that? Blasting powder. That's it. Look. Look up there in the mountain. Smoke. Yeah, smoke from the powder. Now we know where they're at. Come on, Je. Head for the smoke. This time we got on there. Get up. There he is up ahead. That's him. It's Parsons. Don't try to run for Parsons. Stand right where you are. I'll see. Ain't you sneaking coyotes caught you, didn't we? Where's the mask man? So you and the mask zombie was working together, huh? So you had him work that hold up because you didn't have all the cash you promised me. And me too. Now listen, you. You gotta believe me. I didn't have nothing to do with that holdup. I'll admit I didn't have the cash to pay off, but I didn't. A fine banker you are, Parsons. I figure we ought to string you up right here. Now. If it wasn't for you setting off that flash, we'd have never found you. But you, the mask man, that means you too, Brady. Drop it. I'll drop you first, mister. Good shooting, Cutter. You're not hurt, Brady. Tasha, hit your gun. Not you. Keep an eye on them, Kevy. Uh huh. Come to watch, mister? What's the idea taking them cakes of powder and setting off that blast? I don't savage, Constance. The first reason for setting that blast was to close off the river. Look at it. Well, I'll be. It's a regular dam. You blocked off the river. We didn't have enough water before, but now we won't have none. You'll have plenty, Brady. But why? You should have built a dam long ago. There's a natural basin to hold the water here. You and Carstairs had built a dam before this, you'd have had water when you needed it. Yeah, there was some talk about building a dam, but me and Brady couldn't get together. So I heard. What difference does that make? I was doing all right anyway. Why were you doing all right, Brady? Your cattle were thin and scrawny. The whole valley was in danger. Yet Parsons kept giving you loans, promising you more for your cattle than he could get himself. Mercy, you mean. I mean Parsons is the best friend any of you ever had. He tried to be your banker. He tried to help you out in every way that he could. Parsons. You mean you offered $10 for them cattle when you knew you couldn't get more than five or six for them? Well, I figured you gents needed the money, Carstairs. And I figured I could get a hold of it some way. You see, the way I look at things, a bank's got to help folks out when they need help. I done my best, Parsons. They sure make me feel ashamed of myself. Yeah, that goes for me too. I got the money here. Tain't what I promised to pay you, but it's all I could get for the cattle. Parsons, you and the masked man done us a real favor. I reckon we've been kind of short sighted, ain't we, Costa? I reckon we have, Brady. What do you say we forget about being enemies and work together for a spell? It suits me right down to the ground. And the first thing we got to do is build up this water supply like the masked man said, so we always have plenty of water for Red River Valley. Parsons, will you shake hands? I'm asking for your hand too, Parsons, will you? I sure will. And gents, let's make Red River Valley the best doggone cattle country in the West. Come on, fellas, let's get busy. And from now on, we listen to Dan Parson. Sam Sa Sam, the story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated Foreign this has been a presentation of otrwesterns.com and we hope you enjoyed. Please take some time to like and rate this episode within your favorite podcast application. Follow us on Facebook by going to otrwesterns.com Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel by going to otrwesterns.Com Become one of our ranch hands and unlock some exclusive content. We want to thank our most recent ranch hands, Steve and Ron W. Who joined us recently. You too can join by going to otrwesterns.com donate send us an email podcasttrwesterns.com and you can call and leave us a voicemail. 707-986-8739. 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