Prairie Fire | The Cisco Kid (06-10-54)

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Prairie Fire | The Cisco Kid"

Introduction to "Prairie Fire"

In the May 6, 2025 release of the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast, host Andrew Rines presents "Prairie Fire," an enthralling episode that transports listeners to the rugged landscapes of the Old West. This digitally restored classic Western radio drama, part of the long-running homage to iconic shows like Gunsmoke and The Lone Ranger, showcases the timeless tale of justice, bravery, and strategic ingenuity against the backdrop of prairie country.

Setting and Main Characters

The story unfolds in the expansive prairie country, where John Harmon has established his homestead on a prominent knoll. Harmon, portrayed as a fair and honest trader, provides shelter and guidance to emigrants journeying westward. His benevolence, however, attracts the ire of outlaws intent on disrupting his peaceful existence.

• John Harmon: The virtuous trader who aids emigrants and stands against outlaws.
• Ruth Harmon: John’s brave and resourceful daughter.
• Sheriff Sandy: The steadfast lawman committed to protecting Harmon.
• Cisco Kid (Jack Mather): The legendary Robin Hood figure of the Old West, dedicated to upholding justice.
• Poncho (Harry Language SA): Cisco’s loyal and cunning partner.
• Max Finney: The ruthless bandit leader seeking to eliminate Harmon.
• Pitt Lucas: Finney’s henchman, embodying the typical outlaw persona.

The Threat Emerges

As the narrative begins, the tension is palpable. Pitt Lucas and Max Finney lead their gang toward Harmon’s homestead with ill intentions. Their conversation (02:38) reveals a plan to intimidate and potentially eliminate Harmon to seize control of the area:

• Max Finney (02:38): “If I'd have been you, Pitt, I sure wouldn't have wasted any time on warning Harmon. I'd have gunned him down like that.”
• Pitt Lucas (02:43): “The law's coming into this neck of the woods, Max. No sense slapping the law in the face.”

Their strategic approach highlights the imminent danger surrounding Harmon’s homestead, setting the stage for the ensuing conflict.

Introduction of the Cisco Kid and Poncho

Enter Cisco Kid and Poncho, determined to confront the outlaws and protect the innocent. Their dialogue (04:19) underscores their mission:

• Pancho (04:19): “See, Pancho, that is why we're in this country. To try to find the bandido Max Fini when he killed the sheriff and the deputy in the town of Hard Rock.”

Their camaraderie and unwavering sense of justice are evident as they track down Finney, showcasing the classic Western heroes’ role in maintaining order.

First Confrontation and Capture

The confrontation intensifies as the gang encounters Cisco and Poncho (06:00). Despite their efforts, Finney and his men manage to capture the duo, tying them up securely. The tension reaches its peak when Finney declares his intent to eliminate Cisco:

• Max Finney (12:06): “I can reach him from here with this gun pit.”

This moment underscores the peril Cisco and Poncho face, heightening the episode's stakes.

Strategizing the Rescue

Ruth Harmon, displaying remarkable courage, convinces Sheriff Sandy to seek help despite the dangers (08:49). Her determination is palpable:

• Ruth Harmon (09:00): “But they'll rush the house sooner or later. Dad, don't you see? I've got to take the chance they'll kill you when they get here.”

Meanwhile, Cisco and Poncho work together to free themselves from their bonds (16:29):

• Pancho (16:29): “They must get free, Pancho.”
• Cisco Kid (16:30): “Try hard, Cisco. Keep trying.”

Their collaboration and perseverance set the foundation for the forthcoming plan to thwart the outlaws.

The Prairie Fire Plan

Ingeniously, Cisco and Poncho devise a plan to use a prairie fire as a strategic tool to drive off the gang. With Ruth’s assistance, they gather matches and prepare to ignite multiple points to contain and repel the outlaws:

• Pancho (18:37): “Keep several of them for yourself. Light the grass at several points between me and Pancho.”
• Cisco Kid (18:45): “Sancho, look at the fire. Out of the prairie, Cisco.”

This tactic not only showcases their quick thinking but also embodies the classic Western theme of using the environment to one’s advantage.

Climactic Showdown and Resolution

As the prairie fire spreads, the outlaws find themselves cornered and disoriented. In the ensuing chaos, Max Finney attempts to eliminate Cisco but is ultimately thwarted:

• Max Finney (14:56): “You ain't gonna cheat me out of this. I'm cutting Cisco to pieces.”
• Pancho (15:07): “I'll kill you for that, Cisco. That.”

The combined efforts of Cisco, Poncho, and Ruth orchestrate the downfall of the outlaws. With the fire acting as a deterrent, Pitt Lucas concedes, leading to their capture:

• Pitt Lucas (22:21): “I got just about everything in the book against you. Hold out your hands.”

Conclusion and Farewell

The episode wraps up with a heartfelt farewell from Ruth Harmon, expressing gratitude towards Cisco and Poncho for their bravery:

• Ruth Harmon (24:42): “Well, three's a crowning, ain't it? I guess I'll mosey on out.”

Cisco and Poncho prepare to depart, hinting at future adventures and maintaining their enigmatic presence in the Wild West:

• Cisco Kid (25:37): “Sometimes you come with Pancho to see Rudolfo.”

This closing interaction not only provides closure but also leaves listeners anticipating more tales of heroism and adventure.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Max Finney (02:38): “If I'd have been you, Pitt, I sure wouldn't have wasted any time on warning Harmon. I'd have gunned him down like that.”
• Pancho (04:19): “See, Pancho, that is why we're in this country. To try to find the bandido Max Fini when he killed the sheriff and the deputy in the town of Hard Rock.”
• Max Finney (12:06): “I can reach him from here with this gun pit.”
• Ruth Harmon (09:00): “But they'll rush the house sooner or later. Dad, don't you see? I've got to take the chance they'll kill you when they get here.”
• Pancho (16:37): “Keep several of them for yourself. Light the grass at several points between me and Pancho.”
• Max Finney (14:56): “You ain't gonna cheat me out of this. I'm cutting Cisco to pieces.”
• Pancho (15:07): “I'll kill you for that, Cisco. That.”
• Pitt Lucas (22:21): “I got just about everything in the book against you. Hold out your hands.”

Conclusion

"Prairie Fire | The Cisco Kid" masterfully blends suspense, action, and strategic brilliance, characteristic of classic Western dramas. Through rich dialogue and dynamic character interactions, the episode captures the essence of the Wild West, celebrating themes of justice, honor, and resilience. Andrew Rines’ dedication to digital restoration ensures that these timeless stories are not only preserved but enhanced, offering listeners a vivid and immersive auditory experience.

For those new to the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast, "Prairie Fire" serves as an exemplary installment, encapsulating the spirit of Western heroism and the enduring allure of frontier adventures.

Transcript

[Andrew Rines]

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[Narrator]

Here's adventure, here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the Old West.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco, he. Sheriff, he is getting closer this way.

[Pancho]

Pancho Famano the Cisco Kids Sasco in.

[Narrator]

Our exciting story, Prairie Fire. In the days of the Old West, John Harmon built his home on a knoll in prairie country. Harmon was a trader who did business with the emigrants following the trails west. He was a fair and honest man who gave shelter to people and warned them against the outlaws infesting the country. So it was only natural that in due course of time, the outlaws wanted him out of there. As our story opens, Pitt, Lucas, his henchmen, the deadly Max Finney and their gang are riding towards the Harmon place.

[Max Finney]

If I'd have been you, Pitt, I sure wouldn't have wasted any time on warning Harmon. I'd have gunned him down like that.

[Pitt Lucas]

The law's coming into this neck of the woods, Max. No sense slapping the law in the face.

[Max Finney]

When any amber he gets in my way, he stops my lead quick.

[Pitt Lucas]

I gave Harmon two warnings to clear out. This time he's gonna stop leading.

[Max Finney]

I'll do the job for you, Pitt.

[Pitt Lucas]

I'll wait and see.

[Max Finney]

What about that daughter of his? She can shoot a rifle as good as a man.

[Pitt Lucas]

And that hired man, we'll get them too. There's Harmon out front of his house.

[Max Finney]

Guess he's seen us coming.

[Pitt Lucas]

He's got a rifle now, Buzzard, warning them wagon trained captains about the only places we can dry goach him. Well, he won't warn no more of them.

[Sheriff]

All right, Lucas, that's close enough.

[Pancho]

Let's rush him, Pitt.

[Pitt Lucas]

No, no. The girl in the hired man will have us covered from the house.

[Pancho]

Whoa, whoa.

[Pitt Lucas]

I'll give you one more chance, Harmon. You gonna pack up and get out?

[Sheriff]

I'm stayin right here.

[Max Finney]

I can reach him from here with this gun pit.

[Pitt Lucas]

All right, let him have it. You got him. Nice shooting, Mice.

[Cisco Kid]

Away.

[Max Finney]

Look, the girl's running out of the house.

[Ruth Harmon]

You coyotes. You murdering coyotes.

[Max Finney]

Better rush him now, Pitt.

[Pitt Lucas]

I said no. That hired man will have us covered.

[Max Finney]

I thunder. The girl's dragging her father into the house.

[Pancho]

You. You kill her.

[Pitt Lucas]

You gonna leave, ma'am?

[Pancho]

No fire on him, Sandy.

[Pitt Lucas]

All right, boys, fall back. This dry grass is plenty tall enough to conceal us. Now fall back and open fire. We'll riddle that house with bullets till it looks like a Swiss cheese.

[Cisco Kid]

This bandido country, Cisco.

[Pancho]

See, Pancho, that is why we're in this country. To try to find the bandido Max Fini when he killed the sheriff and the deputy in the town of Hard Rock. Amigo, you were paying a visit to your Uncle Jose.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, Sisypanto. Remember now, Cisco one time catch that Max Fini bandido and send him to the jail.

[Pancho]

No say, but he escaped by killing two of the guards. He's about as vicious a bantero Pancho as I ever saw.

[Cisco Kid]

Is this good thinking in this country?

[Pancho]

That is what I think. Chief Bandiro around here is called Pete Lucas. And I have an idea Finney may have joined him.

[Cisco Kid]

May have joined him?

[Pancho]

At least we know this much. Finney is around here somewhere. That storekeeper in the last town described him perfectly. City been in the store several times.

[Cisco Kid]

It is late in the afternoon. I see. True.

[Pancho]

See, we'll ride on to town for some supper, Chico, and we'll make our camp for the night. Hey, listen. What is that? Some shooting off there to the north.

[Cisco Kid]

Right over there, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Let us do that. Up the other. Come on.

[Cisco Kid]

Go, Loco.

[Pancho]

Go. Now, what they shoot at over there, Bancho? I do not know. Just as new to this predator country as you are.

[Cisco Kid]

A long way from our country.

[Pancho]

Heard stories of senior John Harmon. However, he helps the emigrants. And I believe his place is ahead of us. Ah, look. There is a house Pan Joe built upon a hill. Hey, that must belong to Senor Harmon.

[Cisco Kid]

Hombres around the place is good. They shoot at it.

[Pancho]

And someone is shooting back from inside the house.

[Cisco Kid]

Here is passes around the bandidos.

[Pancho]

No, it might be it. From what I have heard, Senor Harmon is anything but a bandido. Here comes a rider. This way, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Come to find out who we are.

[Pancho]

Poncho? This is the bandido we are after. Max Finney.

[Cisco Kid]

Why, he ride over to us.

[Pancho]

Cisco probably does not know who we are at this distance.

[Cisco Kid]

Max find out soon. Pancho Singh.

[Pancho]

Hey, perhaps we are in luck, Pancho.

[Max Finney]

What are you hombres riding over this way for? This ain't none of your business. And if you're smart, you'll turn right around and ride away.

[Pancho]

See, Finny? But I do not think we will just yet. Hey.

[Max Finney]

Great jumping snakes.

[Pancho]

Cisco Kid.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, Bandito. The Cisco Kid in Pancho.

[Pancho]

So you are in this country after all, Finney. This is very interesting, Disco.

[Max Finney]

I got a score to settle with you. But I ain't got no time to do it now. We'll get to that later.

[Pancho]

Very well, hombre. Pancho and I'll be around here for some time.

[Cisco Kid]

We stay around here till you see the prairie?

[Max Finney]

No.

[Pancho]

That and a few other things.

[Max Finney]

Stay out of my affairs, Cisco. I'm warning you. You made a big mistake in coming here.

[Pancho]

Perhaps, Zombri, we should settle this now.

[Max Finney]

No, no, Cisco, not now. But don't forget, now that you've come to this country, you ain't gonna stay here. You may stay here. Six feet underground.

[Pancho]

Get up.

[Cisco Kid]

Get away. Cisco, we chase it.

[Pancho]

No, no, no, Pacho. Too many hombres in that gang with Vinnie. It'd be very foolish to ride into their guns.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah, very foolish.

[Pancho]

As yet, we do not know what all that shooting means. Pretend to ride back toward the town, Chico. There's a small gully back along the trail. We can hide there and wait for darkness.

[Cisco Kid]

Why don't you get hungry before that?

[Pancho]

Time enough for food, Pancho. After we find out what this is all about. After it is dark, we creep through that circle of bandidos and get to the house.

[Cisco Kid]

But, Jisco, how'd you know those the bandidos?

[Pancho]

Because Max Finney is with them, Chico. That is all the proof I need. Up the arrow.

[Cisco Kid]

Go. Go. Go now. Go.

[Pancho]

Go.

[Pitt Lucas]

I see you drove them riders away, Max.

[Max Finney]

Yeah, but they won't go far. Don't worry. Never mind them people in the house for now. Pig, get the boys and come on.

[Pitt Lucas]

What are you talking about?

[Max Finney]

Them two umbries I just talked with was the Cisco Kid and his partner.

[Narrator]

The who?

[Pitt Lucas]

The Cisco Kid.

[Max Finney]

Come on, let's not waste no more time.

[Pitt Lucas]

Wait a minute. You're forgetting who's the boss around here, ain't you, Max?

[Max Finney]

All right, But I ain't forgetting that Cisco Kid. Not for one second.

[Pitt Lucas]

Who in blazes is the Cisco Kid?

[Max Finney]

Didn't you ever hear of Cisco? No, I forgot for the moment. This ain't his country. He's a riding, shooting, fighting tool pit. He's on the side of the lawn. He don't never rest till he gets the man he's after.

[Pitt Lucas]

Oh, he's after you, huh?

[Max Finney]

If he ain't, I'm mighty wrong.

[Pitt Lucas]

Look, Pitt, now we're staying here till we get this job finished. Then if you want help, we'll get this Cisco Kid for you. Keep pouring in that lead, boy.

[Ruth Harmon]

Sandy, it'll be dark in a couple more minutes. I'm going to ride to town for the sheriff.

[Sheriff]

Well, now, I don't know as I would Miss Ruth, that is. Well, them Humber's will kill you.

[Pancho]

No, you stay here, daughter.

[Ruth Harmon]

But they'll rush the house sooner or later. Dad, don't you see? I've got to take the chance they'll kill you when they get here.

[Sheriff]

Well, they ain't gonna get here, Miss Ruth. No, sir. Not while I got these here two guns and plenty of ammunition. No siree. Sandy's right, daughter.

[Ruth Harmon]

All right, but you gotta have treatment for that wound. Dad, I did the best I. But it needs a doctor's attention.

[Pitt Lucas]

Oh, I'll get over it.

[Pancho]

Doctor or no doctor.

[Ruth Harmon]

I'm gonna saddle up Spot and ride for town.

[Pancho]

No, I don't want you to.

[Ruth Harmon]

Sandy, can't you make him listen to reason?

[Sheriff]

I don't know, Ms. Ruth. At least your father knows his own mind. I can make him listen to reason. Say, I only work for him, you know, and uh. Oh, oh, here's one of them there coyotes trying to creep up in closer. I winged him, all right. Yes, sir. I winged him good and proper.

[Ruth Harmon]

Dad, listen, there's no danger. They wouldn't shoot down a woman anyway.

[Sheriff]

Oh, yes they would, Ruth.

[Max Finney]

Especially that sidewinder, Max Finney.

[Pancho]

He sure poisoned that one.

[Sheriff]

Yeah, he's bad. He's real bad. Come on, you bunch of picrats, and I'll win some more.

[Ruth Harmon]

Dad, I don't disobey you as a rule, but this time I've got to. Because if Finney would shoot down a woman out there on the prairie, he'd do the same thing right here in this house.

[Pancho]

But rude.

[Ruth Harmon]

You know he would. If I ride for help and get through, we've all got a chance. If I don't, none of us has a chance.

[Sheriff]

See, I could. I could go, Miss Ruth. I could.

[Ruth Harmon]

No, Sandy, you better shot than I am. Besides, if they should rush the house, you could hold them off longer than I could. I'll go and saddle Spot right.

[Pancho]

Now. Puncher. It's dark enough so we can creep forward.

[Cisco Kid]

Leave the horses here.

[Pancho]

Cisco, be sure your guns are loaded. They loaded, Cisco. But panted, we may not have to use our guns. Come behind me and make no more noise than you can help.

[Cisco Kid]

This grass long, see?

[Pancho]

Long and dry. I hope those bond leaders do not get any ideas about using it. Can you imagine what a lighted match will start?

[Cisco Kid]

Chico, you start a fire. Cisco.

[Pancho]

Well, start a terrible fire, Poncho. The one that would sweep this prairie and that house with the speed of a hurricane.

[Cisco Kid]

Listen, Cisco. Horse gallop.

[Pancho]

See? From the house, I would say, by the sound. Now what?

[Cisco Kid]

Now what?

[Pancho]

It's the girl, Boys, stop her. Get out of my way.

[Cisco Kid]

Go, Spot.

[Pancho]

Go.

[Cisco Kid]

Panch. And I can see what? Go on. She's go.

[Pancho]

I can see a little bit. Zombies are riding after her. Poncho. This changes our plans.

[Cisco Kid]

Yellow logo. What we do now is go.

[Pancho]

Must have to, senorita.

[Cisco Kid]

We fight, no?

[Pancho]

If necessary.

[Cisco Kid]

Bullwhip.

[Pancho]

Follow me, Pancho. Going to ride right into those bandidos. Into that diabolica.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, look out. How'd you use the bull whip? How'd you like that bandido?

[Pancho]

You seem to be the ringleader here already. Come down off that horse.

[Pitt Lucas]

My thunder out break you in two.

[Pancho]

Come down off that horse. I said.

[Cisco Kid]

Get behind you, not get behind nobody. I'll do it.

[Pitt Lucas]

Keep him busy.

[Pancho]

Don't worry. Don't let that girl get away.

[Pitt Lucas]

I'll teach you a bunny. And Cisco, whatever your name is behind you.

[Pancho]

I'm ready for it, Pancho. I'll kill you for that, Cisco. That.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, Poncho. Pick the corner you have with the bullwhip, hombre.

[Pancho]

Bueno, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Well done. Good for you, Poncho.

[Pancho]

One more for Finny. Now Back to this O'Reie.

[Cisco Kid]

Count it on me, boy.

[Pancho]

It's. Grab him. Grab him.

[Cisco Kid]

Aren't you trying to keep the banditos nice?

[Sheriff]

That's one of them.

[Pitt Lucas]

I'll handle this here Cisco kid myself.

[Pancho]

That way. O'Brien. Why you let me hit your jaw like this?

[Ruth Harmon]

I don't know who you are, stranger, but give it to him. Give it to him.

[Pancho]

I do my best.

[Pitt Lucas]

Wonderful.

[Pancho]

Well, look out behind you.

[Cisco Kid]

Now.

[Pancho]

I got you with this rope. Pile on them, boys.

[Cisco Kid]

That's the stuff.

[Pancho]

You coward.

[Cisco Kid]

You measly pack. A coward.

[Pancho]

Now stand back away from him.

[Pitt Lucas]

What are you gonna do, Max?

[Max Finney]

I'm gonna kill Cisco with a snipe.

[Pitt Lucas]

The way I feel about that umbre, I don't give a hoot. Go ahead and kill him. Max the quicker.

[Narrator]

Roped and tied, Cisco has no chance against the deadly Max Finney. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid. Now back to the Cisco Kid in our exciting story, Prairie Fire. When Cisco and Poncho rode to the aid of the girl Ruth Harmon against the bandit gang that was besieging her father's house, they were captured by the gang. One of the members, Max Finney, Killer, knowing that Cisco was after him, wanted to kill Cisco on the spot. Pit Lucas, gang leader, groggy from Cisco's fists, gave Finney permission now.

[Max Finney]

All right, you, Humbry, stand aside. I'll get him with this knife.

[Pancho]

It is like you, Max Finney, to kill another armed man. You would creep up behind him like the jackal.

[Max Finney]

Stand aside, boys.

[Cisco Kid]

You kill Cisco and Pancho find you.

[Ruth Harmon]

Yeah, and the sheriff will find you. Pitt Lucas. Don't think he won't.

[Pancho]

Fire away, Finney.

[Max Finney]

I'll get him with this here knife.

[Pitt Lucas]

Fire away.

[Pancho]

Fire.

[Pitt Lucas]

Wait a minute, Max. I got an idea.

[Sheriff]

Get out of my way, Pit.

[Max Finney]

I'm coming after Cisco.

[Pitt Lucas]

I said wait a minute.

[Max Finney]

You ain't gonna cheat me out of this. I'm cutting Cisco to pieces.

[Pancho]

Get back here.

[Pitt Lucas]

Grab him, boys, and hang on.

[Sheriff]

That's the stuff.

[Pancho]

Let go. Let go or I'll kill all of you, even for bandidos. The rest of you travel in bad and dangerous company.

[Pitt Lucas]

You're gonna do as I say, Finny, or not.

[Max Finney]

All right, but I'm getting you.

[Pitt Lucas]

Later, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Threats are harmless.

[Pitt Lucas]

Jackal, take the girl and Cisco and the fat one back to the house. After you rush that hired man in Harmon, if he's still alive. Finny, take five men and do that job. And don't kill them, Understand?

[Pancho]

Yeah.

[Pitt Lucas]

Now get going. They can't prove nothing against us. That house and everybody in it burns up from a prairie fire.

[Pancho]

Try again, Pancho. Strain hard against the ropes. We must get free, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Try hard, Cisco. But the ropes. Tight. Tight.

[Ruth Harmon]

Those. Those beasts.

[Sheriff]

Oh, they got me hog tied too. I guess they got all of us tied.

[Pancho]

They have.

[Sheriff]

Wasn't very polite tie up my shoes, though.

[Max Finney]

Did you say they was gonna set.

[Cisco Kid]

Fire to the grass?

[Pancho]

Stranger is what they talked about, senor. I would not put it past them to do it. That is why we must get free, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Jesus.

[Pancho]

I will roll over to you till we are back to back. Perhaps then I can loosen the rope around your wrist with my fingers.

[Cisco Kid]

Buenos, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Now who's still, amigo? The knot Is tied tight. If I work long enough. And I think I'm getting it, Chico.

[Cisco Kid]

Keep trying, Cisco. Keep trying.

[Sheriff]

See?

[Pancho]

See, it's coming loose there. Get one hand free, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho get one hand free, Cisco. Now, Pancho get the other hand free.

[Pancho]

Bueno. Tie me then, amigo. Quickly.

[Cisco Kid]

See, Cisco, this not not hard to untie.

[Pancho]

Hurry, Pancho. Hurry. There. Gracias. Untie the rest of them, Pancho. Mia. There's a light out on the prairie. Those bandidos have set that fire.

[Ruth Harmon]

What are we gonna do?

[Max Finney]

I'll show you what I'm gonna do, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

It's Philly Bandido. He got the gun.

[Sheriff]

First I'm gonna get you, Cisco. And then after that.

[Pancho]

Hey, look out. Miss both times, killer. There's the last chance. You are going to hell.

[Sheriff]

Oh, jumping peach. How that stranger can hit again, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Again. Say, puncher one this time for Keeper Pete. Tie him up tightly.

[Sheriff]

What?

[Pancho]

You, You. You are now free, are you not?

[Sheriff]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Bye, bye. Sure I am. Sure I am.

[Pancho]

I've got the ropes to tie you, senorita.

[Ruth Harmon]

All right. Thanks.

[Pancho]

You matches in this house, senorita?

[Ruth Harmon]

Matches? Yeah.

[Pancho]

Get some quickly, then bring them outside. Come, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Where'd the bandidos please go?

[Pancho]

They're out beyond the range of the fire they've started. I have two matches with me. Here, you take one of them. Go over there and start a backfire.

[Cisco Kid]

Sancho, look at the fire. Out of the prairie, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Big fire, say, and coming like the wind. Hurry, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho.

[Pancho]

Hurry.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco.

[Pancho]

About here will be a good place. I hope we are in time.

[Ruth Harmon]

Here are your matches, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Gracias, senorita. Keep several of them for yourself. Light the grass at several points between me and Pancho.

[Ruth Harmon]

All right.

[Pancho]

Well as well, Madre. May I hear the roar of that prairie fire?

[Ruth Harmon]

It's coming awful fast, Cisco say.

[Pancho]

Almost too fast for our fires to gain headway and meet it in time to stop it. No, no, wait, wait. Now our fires burn faster. She is going to work.

[Cisco Kid]

Look, Cisco. Bandidos in the light of the fire.

[Pancho]

Ah, they are disappointed. They shake their face.

[Cisco Kid]

Well.

[Ruth Harmon]

I guess they've given up, Cisco. Looks to me as if they're starting to ride away.

[Pancho]

See, that is what they are doing, yambo lover.

[Ruth Harmon]

What are you gonna do now?

[Pancho]

Try to bring in the leader of those bantitas. Senorita gets away now, he'll back here again later. And next time you and your father may not be so lucky.

[Cisco Kid]

Bandito is right around the ring of the fire, Cisco.

[Pancho]

See and we will do the same. Be sure that Finny bandido is tightly tied, senorita.

[Ruth Harmon]

Yes, I will. I never saw a man like that, Cisco. Never.

[Pitt Lucas]

That fool of a Finny riding in there. Probably that Cisco Kid killed him. Now, we're better off without it. Now, here's what we're gonna do, boys. We'll ride off a ways and cut around the circle and attack that place from the other side. Make them think we've left for good. Say, wait a minute. Here comes a couple of riders coming fast. Stupid they sure are. Let's wait a minute.

[Pancho]

Whoa, whoa.

[Pitt Lucas]

I can't quite make them out yet. Maybe one of them's Finney. No, no, Bar Thunder, it ain't Finny. It's. It's that Cisco Kid. Watch him, boys. That hombre's a wild man.

[Pancho]

Hear that once more, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Now, bun dio. You and I will finish what we started a while before light.

[Cisco Kid]

Better than our Cisco hitting you up very hard and.

[Pancho]

Oh, come on. Down on the ground. You got him.

[Cisco Kid]

Down, boys. Cut him down. Look out, Cisco.

[Pancho]

I am watching him. Punch him.

[Cisco Kid]

Where does Cisco.

[Pancho]

All right, who else is going to draw? Hurry up. Pick up your mind.

[Cisco Kid]

Nobody want to draw, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Very well, Pancho. Take your guns and watch these hombres closely. If one of them starts to draw, you know what to do.

[Cisco Kid]

But, Cisco, Pancho can hit nothing with a gun.

[Pancho]

They do not know that, Chico.

[Cisco Kid]

Draw your kanci, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Now, bantido, I will take your gun.

[Pitt Lucas]

You don't dare to put away them guns and fight with your fists, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Say, I will put away the guns. Now, what are you going to do about it, Bano?

[Pitt Lucas]

I'm gonna do this.

[Pancho]

Then I will oblige you to the best of my ability. After we finish here, you are coming with me to a sheriff.

[Pitt Lucas]

See about that.

[Sheriff]

I can lick any man in the Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Not from these parts.

[Pancho]

You hit a hard blow, but you are too clumsy.

[Pitt Lucas]

I'll show you how clumsy I am.

[Cisco Kid]

But Cisco not miss him. Now, Cisco, under joy.

[Pancho]

Now, put an end to this fight as soon as possible. You may be right, amigo.

[Narrator]

You're a player.

[Cisco Kid]

He's the sheriff. She's cold. He's the sheriff.

[Sheriff]

Ah, that's right. Some of the boys and I were over in this neighborhood. Saw the fire and rode over.

[Pancho]

You will want an explanation of all this, Senor Sheriff.

[Sheriff]

No, no. I already got it from Ruth Harmon. We stopped in at the house. You're the Cisco Kid, huh?

[Pancho]

See, Sheriff?

[Cisco Kid]

And I am the Pancho Kid.

[Pancho]

I'M going to turn these hombres over to you, Sheriff. I would say the charges are attempted murder and dispute destruction of property.

[Sheriff]

Yeah, and then some. I've been watching this here pit, Lucas, for some time.

[Pitt Lucas]

You got nothing against me, sir.

[Sheriff]

I got just about everything in the book against you. Hold out your hands.

[Cisco Kid]

That only look good with the handcuffs on, Cisco.

[Pancho]

He does indeed, Pancho. One more thing, Senor Sheriff. That Max Finney who is now at the house is wanted in several towns to the west for murder.

[Sheriff]

Well, that's all right with me, Cisco. Any sheriff or marshal who comes to me with the proper credentials can take him along. As for you, well, Cisco, I'd kind of like to shake your hand.

[Pancho]

Pancho, will you get our horses while I go into the sheriff's office? What is this, Sheriff?

[Sheriff]

Oh, morning, Cisco. Morning. Well, you getting ready to ride?

[Pancho]

Say, Poncho and I are riding back west this morning. I came in to pay our respects to you before we leave. Well, I'm glad you did. Also to inquire after Sayor Harmon.

[Sheriff]

Oh, John. John's gonna be all right, Cisco. Yeah, the doc told me that just a few minutes ago.

[Pancho]

Well, I'm very happy to hear it. Senor Harmon is a brave man. Yeah.

[Sheriff]

Yeah, he sure is. Does a lot of good for people. And his daughter Ruth is just the same way he is too.

[Pancho]

That is the impression I got, sheriff. Yeah.

[Sheriff]

Yeah, she's quite a girl. And she was kind of taken with you, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Well, grasses, but yeah.

[Sheriff]

Yeah. Yes, she was. I could tell.

[Narrator]

Well.

[Sheriff]

Well, here she comes now.

[Pancho]

What is this, Senorita?

[Ruth Harmon]

You weren't gonna leave without saying goodbye to me, were you, sister?

[Pancho]

Oh, of course not, Senorita Martin Root.

[Ruth Harmon]

Well, I hope not. Oh, good morning, Sheriff. I didn't see you at first.

[Sheriff]

That's evident. Well, three's a crown, ain't it? I guess I'll mosey on out.

[Ruth Harmon]

Dad and I have got a lot to thank you for, Cisco.

[Pancho]

You have nothing to thank me for, senorita.

[Ruth Harmon]

Oh, yes, we have.

[Pancho]

You're.

[Ruth Harmon]

You're wonderful, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Senorita, please.

[Ruth Harmon]

You are. And don't try to tell me you're not. Are you ever coming back this way?

[Pancho]

Well, Pancho and I never can tell about things like that. We ride when and where the spirit moves.

[Ruth Harmon]

Well, then, goodbye, Cisco. Goodbye. Like this. Oh, Cisco.

[Pancho]

Oh, senorita.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco.

[Pancho]

Si, Pancho?

[Cisco Kid]

Sometimes you come with Pancho to see Rudolfo.

[Pancho]

Rudolfo? Who is Rudolfo, amigo?

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, Parts. And I tell you about Rodolfo.

[Pancho]

I do not remember that you have.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, Cisco, Rodolfo is my cousin in the Lord. Porfirio's little boy.

[Pancho]

Oh, Porfirio's little boy. How old is Rodolfo?

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, he 8 years old. He's cold.

[Pancho]

Well, I would be glad to go with you and see Rodolfo, Pancho. If he is anything like Porfirio, he must be a fine boy.

[Cisco Kid]

See, he a fine boy, Cisco. He a lively little boy, though.

[Pancho]

Well, that is natural for a boy to be lively.

[Cisco Kid]

Very lively, Cisco. And last month Rodolfo stamped a big herd of cattle.

[Pancho]

Stampeded a herd of cattle.

[Cisco Kid]

In the month before that he made the stagecoach horses run away.

[Pancho]

Well, that is not so good, Poncho.

[Cisco Kid]

But for filling love, Rodolfo, Cisco. And last week they have a big earthquake in Porfirio's town.

[Pancho]

They had a big earthquake, see?

[Cisco Kid]

And Porfirio think they might have another. So he sent Rodolfo to stay with Uncle Jose.

[Pancho]

With your Uncle Jose? And did Rodolfo stay long with your Uncle Jose, Pancho?

[Cisco Kid]

Well, Uncle Jose only keep Rodolpho for one day.

[Pancho]

Only for one day.

[Cisco Kid]

And then Uncle Jose sent a message to Porfirio.

[Pancho]

Well, tell me, what did the message say, Chico?

[Cisco Kid]

The message say, I am returning, Rudolfo. Send the earthquake instead.

[Pancho]

Oh, Pan show. Oh.

[Narrator]

And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the west, the Cisco Kid. Be sure to listen again for another thrilling adventure of the Cisco Kid. Cisco Kid was played by Jack Mather, Poncho by Harry Language SA.

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