Stagecoach Race at Skeleton Bend | The Cisco Kid (04-19-55)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns

Stagecoach Race at Skeleton Bend | The Cisco Kid (04-19-55)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Date: May 19, 2026
Show: The Cisco Kid
Episode Theme: When a crucial stagecoach race will decide who wins a vital mail contract, Cisco Kid and Pancho uncover sabotage, arson, and murder in a classic tale of frontier justice.

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Episode Overview

This episode transports listeners to the drama-filled Old West, as Cisco Kid and his loyal companion Pancho assist their friend Mabel Hotchkiss in winning a high-stakes stagecoach race. The mail contract between Amarillo and Burnett is on the line, and underhanded rivals Moose Judson and Martin Sayer will stop at nothing—sabotage, arson, and even murder—to claim victory. With restored, vivid sound and classic Western banter, the story weaves action, humor, and a touch of romance as law and order rides with the daring duo.

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Key Discussion Points and Story Breakdown

1. The Mail Contract and the Stagecoach Race

• [03:29] Setup: The mail contract is up for renewal. Whoever wins the upcoming race will secure control—and all the business—of the vital stage line.
• Antagonists Introduced: Martin Sayer and Moose Judson conspire to win by any means necessary, plotting to sabotage their rival, Mabel Hotchkiss.
  • “She’s held onto it long enough. I got a better use to put it to.” – Moose Judson [04:23]
• Mabel and Alice: Mabel and her niece Alice are determined to keep the contract but expect trouble from their ruthless competitors.

2. Cisco and Pancho Enter the Scene

• [05:35] Cisco and Pancho are tasked with delivering a new team of horses for Mabel—essential for the race.
• Revealing Motivations and Rivalries: Lighthearted exchanges between Cisco and Pancho reveal Cisco’s chivalry and loyalty, as well as Pancho’s affection for Senorita Alice.
  • “Yes, she is very pretty, Pancho.” – Cisco Kid [06:07]
• First Confrontation: Judson and Sayer try to intimidate Cisco and Pancho, resulting in a tense standoff:
  • “There’s nothing stopping you, hombre. Go ahead, shoot it.” – Cisco Kid [07:45]
• Cisco resists escalation, forcing the antagonists to back down (for now).

3. Frontier Tensions and Character Humor

• [08:48] The group returns to Mabel’s ranch, only to encounter gruff Sheriff Zeke. His bickering with Mabel reveals a comedic romantic subplot.
  • “He’s been after Aunt Mabel to marry him for five years. Every time she turns him down it makes him madder.” – Senorita Alice [10:36]
• Sheriff Zeke’s suspicion: The sheriff bristles at Cisco and Pancho, believing Sayer and Judson’s lies about causing trouble.

4. Sabotage and Sabotage Attempts

• [12:24] Sayer and Judson plot to destroy Mabel’s horses by burning down the barn, hoping to eliminate their rival team and the heroes at once.

  • “I got no intention of running them out of the barn. That’s why I bought this can of coal oil.... We’re gonna drag Gulp Cisco and Pancho at the same time.” – Moose Judson [12:24]

• [13:39] In a suspenseful night sequence, Cisco and Pancho spot flames and rush into the burning barn to save the horses, using wet sacks as blindfolds to lead the terrified animals to safety.

  • “The most important thing is not to remove the wet sack after the horse is out of the barn. If you do, the horse will run back into his stall; it’s the only place he feels safe.” – Cisco Kid [14:07]

• While inside, shots ring out—the villains attempt to ambush them in the chaos.

5. The Next Attack: Murder and Tampered Stagecoach

• [17:34] After their arson attempt fails, Judson and Sayer sabotage the race directly, damaging the coach’s brakes at the most dangerous turn—Skeleton Bend.

  • “I can fix these stagecoach brakes so they won’t work when pressure’s put on…” – Martin Sayer [18:48]

• They also murder the trusted driver, Old Luke, leaving Mabel’s team in desperate need of a skilled replacement.

• [20:39] Cisco volunteers Pancho for the job.

  • “Pancho can handle the ribbons of a six horse team better than anyone I know.” – Cisco Kid [20:44]
  • “Pancho better than anyone Pancho know too.” – Pancho [20:46]

• Sheriff Zeke is convinced and the plan is set—the heroes will drive.

6. The Race at Skeleton Bend

• [21:19] The climactic stagecoach race begins. As Cisco predicted, the brakes fail approaching Skeleton Bend, threatening disaster.

  • “Now I know why those coyotes stay so far behind us. They must have put the brake out of working order.” – Cisco Kid [21:54]

• Cisco’s quick thinking: He ties his horse Diablo by rope to the back of the speeding coach, using its strength to help slow and guide the runaway vehicle.

  • “Perhaps Diablo can hold back the coach when you go around Skeleton Bend.” – Cisco Kid [22:14]

• Under gunfire, Cisco and Pancho press on and reach the finish line, winning the race and the mail contract.

7. Justice and Resolution

• [23:12] As the race ends, Sayer and Judson try to confront Cisco one last time.
  • “You set fire to Senora Mabel’s barn right there.” – Cisco Kid [23:32]
  • “That’s right. And if the fire hadn’t spread so fast that I got you then…” – Moose Judson [23:36]
• Fight scene: A classic hand-to-hand brawl erupts, resulting in the villains’ defeat and arrest.
• Justice Restored: Mabel secures the mail contract.

8. Romantic and Comedic Finale

• [24:41] Sheriff Zeke and Mabel’s comic romance culminates as Pancho humorously officiates their engagement.
  • “Into an hombre's life, there come a time when his heart feel empty. And this the time when the hombre need the wire. And in all the world and from all the signores, this hombre find the one what he want to marry.” – Pancho [25:41]
• Wedding Celebration: The final scenes feature joy, feasting, and playful ribbing about the difference between single and married men.
  • “A single hombre got no buttons and he should have it. And a married hombre got no shirt.” – Pancho [28:13]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “There’s nothing stopping you, hombre. Go ahead, shoot it.” – Cisco Kid [07:45]
• “He’s been after Aunt Mabel to marry him for five years. Every time she turns him down it makes him madder.” – Senorita Alice [10:36]
• “That’s why I bought this can of coal oil. We’re gonna drag Gulp Cisco and Pancho at the same time.” – Moose Judson [12:24]
• “The most important thing is not to remove the wet sack after the horse is out of the barn. If you do, the horse will run back into his stall…” – Cisco Kid [14:07]
• Pancho’s marriage wisdom: “A single hombre got no buttons and he should have it. And a married hombre got no shirt.” – Pancho [28:13]

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Important Timestamps

• [03:29] — Narrator introduces stagecoach race and the high stakes
• [07:45] — Cisco challenges Martin Sayer and Moose Judson
• [10:36] — Senorita Alice humorously explains Mabel and the sheriff’s rivalry
• [12:24] — Villains’ plot to burn the barn
• [13:39] — Cisco and Pancho’s heroic barn rescue
• [18:48] — Sayer sets up stagecoach brake sabotage
• [20:44] — Cisco volunteers Pancho for the stagecoach race
• [21:54] — Discovering the sabotaged brakes at Skeleton Bend
• [22:14] — Cisco uses Diablo to save the coach
• [23:32] — Final showdown; villains admit their crimes
• [25:41] — Pancho presides over Mabel and Zeke’s engagement
• [28:13] — Pancho’s classic difference between single and married hombres

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Episode Takeaways

• Classic Western themes of justice, loyalty, and ingenuity shine as Cisco and Pancho outwit determined, ruthless rivals.
• Community and comic relief are woven throughout, especially in the running romance subplot and Pancho’s witticisms.
• Restored audio immerses listeners in a suspenseful, dynamic old West atmosphere with lively banter and thrilling set pieces.

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For classic western fans and newcomers alike, “Stagecoach Race at Skeleton Bend” is an exemplary tale of good triumphing over evil, peppered with timeless humor and warmth.

Transcript

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[Narrator]

And now the Cisco Kid. In our exciting story. Stagecoach race at Skeleton Bend. Prior to the advent of the railroad in the Southwest, the stagecoach and its four or six horse team carried all passengers and mail. The mail contracts were eagerly sought after as the stage line which carried the mail usually obtained the lion's share of the business. The mail contract from Amarillo to Burnett is up for renewal. And as our story opens, two hard faced men are making preparations to get that contract from the line that now has it.

[Martin Sayer]

We got the best stagecoach team in the country, sir. We got a good chance to win that race.

[Moose Judson]

We're going to win that race, Moose. One way or another.

[Martin Sayer]

I understand Major. Little hot Skids have some pretty fast horses too.

[Moose Judson]

Yeah, she and her niece are getting a new team especially for the race.

[Martin Sayer]

They won't like the idea of losing that mail contract, will they?

[Moose Judson]

She's held onto it long enough. I got a better use to put it to.

[Martin Sayer]

You ain't thinking of tampering with the United States mail by any chance, are ya?

[Moose Judson]

That's just what I'm thinking of.

[Martin Sayer]

Figuring on picking up a little extra cash of the mails, huh?

[Moose Judson]

That's about it. But we're just talking through our sombreros. Unless we get that mail contract, them

[Martin Sayer]

new horses Mabel's getting ain't gonna help us.

[Moose Judson]

Did you find out where she's bringing them in from?

[Martin Sayer]

Well, I heard tells you got a couple of cowpokes to drive em up El Paso. It's supposed to drive sometime today.

[Moose Judson]

Only one road leading into town from El Paso. The Southland. We ought to ride out and meet those folks.

[Martin Sayer]

Yeah, maybe we ought to rain so Maple never gets these horses.

[Moose Judson]

I sure could put those horses to good use. Maybe even use them to pull my stage in the big race. Think we can get rid of those two cow folks? We sure can.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah.

[Martin Sayer]

Just got enough room on a handle of my six guns for two more notches.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Horrible, horrible hurdle work.

[Pancho]

Now walk Disco D four times a day. P You got to chase that boyfriend's room back to the herd.

[Cisco Kid]

We will soon be rid of this

[Pancho]

string of horses, Poncho.

[Cisco Kid]

We're very close to the town of Burnett.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Cisco and finds your good friends of Senor Amabel to drive these horsemen all the way from Elarto to Burnet.

[Cisco Kid]

See, Pancho and Senora Maple is a

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

good friend to us. The Senora not the only friend Cisco drive the horses for.

[Cisco Kid]

What are you talking about, Pancho?

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Pancho talk about the Senora's niece. Senorita Alice. Isn't she a very pretty senorita, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Yes, she is very pretty, Pancho.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Yeah, Pancho know that the reason we make this long trip.

[Cisco Kid]

That is only part of the reason, Chico.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

What are the other part, Chico?

[Cisco Kid]

What?

[Pancho]

What, what?

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

What do you find?

[Cisco Kid]

You know the Senora stage line has the contract to carry to the United States mail.

[Pancho]

See, Pancho?

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

It is.

[Cisco Kid]

And the male contract is up for renewal. In order for her to keep it, she must win a stagecoach race.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Who the senori got to be?

[Cisco Kid]

According to Senora Mabel, there are two other hombres from whom she expects trouble.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Who they?

[Cisco Kid]

Who they? One of them is named Sayer. I think he is the same hombre who got into trouble with the army for selling guns to the Indians.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Now, who are the only ones?

[Poncho]

He is that big coyote called Moose.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Oh, I remember him.

[Pancho]

Disco got the troubles with that big moose back in Rio handle, see?

[Cisco Kid]

And we are about to have trouble with them before we reach the town of Burnett.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Why'd you say this isco?

[Cisco Kid]

These two riders coming this way. One of them is Moose.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

The other umbre, he that's here.

[Pancho]

Coyote.

[Cisco Kid]

I have a suspicion that is exactly who it is, Poncho.

[Martin Sayer]

Hey, where did you two fuzzer steal those horses?

[Pancho]

Cisco? The Cisco kin.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Pancho.

[Moose Judson]

San Francisco Kid. Yo, Moses.

[Cisco Kid]

What did you say about stolen horses, eh?

[Pancho]

What'd you say, coyote?

[Moose Judson]

You Moose didn't mean nothing by that, Cisco. We thought you two were somebody else.

[Cisco Kid]

You are the hombre they call Sayers.

[Moose Judson]

That's my name. Cisco Martin Sayers. It's a pleasure to meet up with you.

[Cisco Kid]

Is it? I think you had in mind to help yourself to these horses we are taking to Senora Hotchkiss.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

They're so fine to the Pancho.

[Martin Sayer]

Well, I ain't glad to meet up with you, Cisco. Only way I want to see you is through the sights of a gun barrel.

[Cisco Kid]

Out of the way, Pancho. There's nothing stopping you, hombre. Go ahead, shoot it.

[Moose Judson]

No gunplay now. Look, Cisco, there's no need for anything like this.

[Cisco Kid]

There is no need for further talk, hombre. Either you and your gunman make your fight or get out of here.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Yes, better for you two bantidos to

[Pancho]

get out of here.

[Moose Judson]

All right, Cisco, let's get a moose. Gun him down.

[Pancho]

Well, that plain pool whip must have broken my wrist. Pancho, use the boat whip again.

[Moose Judson]

Go ahead, Moose.

[Cisco Kid]

Reach for your other gun.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

He not go for the other gun, Cisco. After you shoot the first one from the town.

[Martin Sayer]

Oh, you on repul, Moose.

[Moose Judson]

Let's get back to town. We'll meet again, Cisco. Next time it'll be different.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Next time. Cisco and P. Will fix you again, you coyote.

[Martin Sayer]

Just remember, dead men don't do no fixing.

[Cisco Kid]

A few days, Senora Mabel. And the horses we drove up for you will be in top condition.

[Senorita Alice]

Well, I sure do appreciate that you and Pancho brought them horse to Cisco. Pancho told us of the trouble you had with Martin Stair and Moose Judson.

[Cisco Kid]

That trouble is the kind we can handle, Senoritary Dallas.

[Senorita Alice]

Now you be careful, Cisco. Them two polecats would as soon drag out your knoff.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Not you worry, senor.

[Senorita Alice]

We watch them all lands sakes alive.

[Sheriff Zeke]

There it goes again.

[Senorita Alice]

That's the sheriff.

[Pancho]

Now you can tell Signora there's no

[Senorita Alice]

mistaking the gentle touch of Sheriff Wilkins.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Now you looky here, Mabel Hotchkiss. Them new horses of yours have been my alfalfa field. Keep them out, you keep your fences mended. And they wouldn't get in there in the first place. Zeke Wilson. I'll tend to my friendship. I'll tend to the horses and my father. They'll stay there.

[Senorita Alice]

Now look here, Sheriff. And you also, Aunt Mabel. Couldn't you have gotten the same results by being nice to each other?

[Sheriff Zeke]

Might as well be nice to a wild bull. Wild bull, am I?

[Senorita Alice]

Well, let me say you're the Cisco Kid, ain't ye?

[Cisco Kid]

Say I am the Cisco Kid.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

And that's a good scientist of sheriff.

[Sheriff Zeke]

I ain't forgetting either one of ya. Martin Share and Moose Jensen told me how you picked a fight with them.

[Pancho]

I am Maverick. Say, you should have Cisco and passing a study fight.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Well, if either of you make any more trouble, I'll throw you into jail. See here the final words, all of ya.

[Senorita Alice]

Why that two legged drum. Oh, calm down, Aunt Mabel. It isn't worth it.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Santo. The sheriff got a bad temper.

[Cisco Kid]

What is the matter with him, Senor Mabel?

[Senorita Alice]

Oh, he just don't like like no one, including his self. Well, I'm gonna go fix some food.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

In fact, you better go help you, Senora Mabel.

[Senorita Alice]

Come along, Pancho.

[Pancho]

You look like you ought to be

[Senorita Alice]

able to eat about 20 flapjacks and

[Pancho]

a half dozen eggs.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Did you ought to be able to read Fajo's mind.

[Pancho]

This is the best way to get

[Poncho]

rid of the trouble.

[Cisco Kid]

Senorita Alice, why does the sheriff act that way to your aunt?

[Senorita Alice]

Oh, he's been after Aunt Mabel to marry him for five years. Every time she turns him down it makes him madder.

[Cisco Kid]

And why does he keep asking her

[Senorita Alice]

they really like each other. But just when they get to a point where Aunt Mabel will say yes to him, something like this happens. And then they get mad again.

[Cisco Kid]

In other words, the sheriff does not know the right time to park the question.

[Senorita Alice]

That's it exactly, Cisco. The sheriff thinks the only way to make up after they've had a fight is to ask her to marry him. And of course she won't when she's angry at him this way.

[Cisco Kid]

And I can see the sheriff is an hombre who will not listen to explanations when he is angry.

[Senorita Alice]

Just look at the way he refused to listen to your explanation about Sarah and Moose.

[Cisco Kid]

Say, Senorita Alice, they must have lied convincingly.

[Senorita Alice]

I wonder why they did it.

[Cisco Kid]

Because Pancho and I have helped Senora Mabel. Anything that helps her keeps them from winning that race.

[Senorita Alice]

Aunt Mabel said they'd try to dry gulch ya.

[Cisco Kid]

What they have already told the sheriff. They can say we attacked them.

[Senorita Alice]

Don't take any chances, Cisco. Sarah and Moose will do anything to win that stagecoach race. And now they know they've got to get rid of you before they can.

[Martin Sayer]

Too bad, mate. Who caught those new horses of herd before they filled up on that alfalfa?

[Moose Judson]

When we pulled down that section of the sheriff's fence. I was hoping them horses that eat enough of that green alfalfa to make them well.

[Martin Sayer]

They didn't. You ain't going to win that mail contract unless we put them onto the running.

[Moose Judson]

Yeah, they meant the Cisco Kid.

[Martin Sayer]

How do you figure to get rid of them?

[Moose Judson]

I'll show you when we get to the barn. Mabel's keeping them new horses in.

[Martin Sayer]

You can't run them out of there without the sheriff, Cisco and the whole town knowing about it.

[Moose Judson]

I got no intention of running them out of the barn. That's why I bought this can of cool oil.

[Martin Sayer]

You going to set the barn afire?

[Moose Judson]

Correct. And we're going to drag Gulp. Cisco and Pancho at the same time.

[Martin Sayer]

Same time. I know they'll come out of the house to save the horses. But how are we going to gun them down without being seen?

[Moose Judson]

We'll be in the barn.

[Martin Sayer]

You loco will be burned same as those horses.

[Moose Judson]

Not if we start the fire at the front of the barn and hide ourselves at the back in the halo.

[Pancho]

It might work at that.

[Martin Sayer]

We could get Cisco and Pancho and be out of the bond before the fire reached us.

[Moose Judson]

It will work. With Cisco out of the way and those blasted horses burned, that mail contract is as good as mine.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

We not can see too much out here in the dark, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

The moon will come out from behind the clouds, Ponzo. And we'll be able to see a lot better.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Those banditos by the Senora Mabel's horses is the night before the stage was raised. Then I'd want to tango with Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah. I hope you're right, Chico.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

All right, all right.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, we'll ride once more on the corrals and the stables and then turn in for the night. Look.

[Pancho]

The barn.

[Cisco Kid]

Thought I saw a flicker of fire.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Where's this Goncho? That barn and fire the horses.

[Poncho]

We must try to save the horses. Pancho.

[Pancho]

We are going in after them.

[Sheriff Zeke]

But we be blind too. She's go.

[Poncho]

Not if we work fast.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Pancho, hurry up.

[Poncho]

Ho ho ho.

[Pancho]

Ho, ho ho. Grab some of these grain sacks and

[Poncho]

dip them in the water trough.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Fancho do with his coat.

[Pancho]

What's Foncho do with his sacks?

[Sheriff Zeke]

After they wet?

[Poncho]

Use the sacks to blindfold the horses

[Pancho]

in the burning farm.

[Poncho]

Horses are afraid of fire. They will not leave the barn.

[Pancho]

Hurry, Foncho.

[Poncho]

Fine. You hurry.

[Senorita Alice]

Please go.

[Poncho]

Remember, the most important thing is not to remove the wet sack after the horse is out of the barn.

[Senorita Alice]

Why just away?

[Poncho]

If you do, the horse will run

[Pancho]

back into his stalls and it's home to him.

[Poncho]

It's the only place he feels safe.

[Pancho]

If the store is burning, the horse

[Sheriff Zeke]

needs to be burned to death.

[Poncho]

Monster Amia, that fire is running fast.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Let's go. Them horses. I'm going in after him.

[Pancho]

Bancho and I will get them.

[Poncho]

So you are unable. You are thinking here.

[Sheriff Zeke]

We get him, Senor Cisco. Bancho, you'll be burned. Don't go into that barn. You'll be burned to death.

[Narrator]

And little do Cisco and Pancho know that inside that barn lies not only death by fire, but death from the guns of moose and Sayer. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid.

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And now back to the Cisco Kid in our gripping story Stagecoach race at Skeleton Bend. When Cisco and Poncho delivered a string of horses to their friend Mabel Hotchkiss and her niece Alice, they knew the horses were to be used in a stagecoach race to decide who would get the contract for carrying the mail. But Martin Sayer and Moose Judson are determined to win the mail contract at any cost. Setting fire to the barn where the horses are kept, they lie in wait with their rifles ready as Cisco and Poncho rush in to rescue the horses.

[Pancho]

Now someone else in the box.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

They shoot us.

[Pancho]

That bullet comes closer with the spider's head.

[Poncho]

Fire is spreading so fast that whoever is shooting at us will have to get out of here also.

[Pancho]

Quickly.

[Poncho]

Let us get those horses.

[Pancho]

Fajo. Cover the eyes of these two horses.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Go.

[Poncho]

I will get the other four.

[Pancho]

Oh, come on. Oh, I didn't hurt you.

[Poncho]

Here, you eat those three horses.

[Pancho]

Pancho.

[Poncho]

I will take these three.

[Pancho]

Banjo. Hope we get out of here.

[Poncho]

We are going out the same way we came in.

[Pancho]

Let me go.

[Senorita Alice]

Hurry.

[Sheriff Zeke]

I Please. Oh, the sage. Hop onto your safe. You did it. Jump and jump.

[Senorita Alice]

I gave you two up for 10. Here, let me take them horses from you.

[Narrator]

I'll help you with them.

[Pancho]

Mabel.

[Cisco Kid]

Did anyone come out of that barn besides us, Senorita Alice?

[Senorita Alice]

No, Cisco. I didn't see anyone. What were those gunshots I heard?

[Cisco Kid]

Those gunshots are what I am talking about. I think I know who set the fire and tried to dry Gulfjack there and move. That is who I think, senorita. And when I prove it, those two will answer to me.

[Martin Sayer]

I can fix these space coats breaks so they won't work when pressure's put on us there.

[Moose Judson]

Yes, like for instance, hairpin turn at Skeleton Bend.

[Martin Sayer]

Yeah, that'll put them out of business for sure.

[Moose Judson]

We're overlooking something, Moose. If Mabel's driver, old Luke suddenly died of lead poisoning, someone else would have to drive. Yeah.

[Martin Sayer]

Now in Cisco, you can be sure he'll be the one to take Luke's place.

[Moose Judson]

When that stagecoach hits Skeleton Bend at full tilt without any brakes, it'll bounce off the road and drop 150ft to the bottom of the canyon.

[Pancho]

There.

[Cisco Kid]

That fixes a break.

[Moose Judson]

Yeah, Good.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Let's get going.

[Moose Judson]

We gotta take care of Luke. I know just where to find him.

[Martin Sayer]

You're a hard man to beat there.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

You don't play fair.

[Martin Sayer]

First Luke, then the Cisco Kid.

[Moose Judson]

And anyone else who gets in. My.

[Senorita Alice]

Howdy, Mabel. Alex. Got bad news, Luke. Your driver's been killed.

[Moose Judson]

Shot in the back.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Oh no.

[Senorita Alice]

Poor Luke. Who done it, Sheriff?

[Sheriff Zeke]

Who's the bomber that got him? Come in.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh dear, Sheriff, you already know about old Luke. The driver, Senor Maple.

[Senorita Alice]

Yeah. Ridiculous of old men, aren't you?

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Like the finest. Nick and Coyote would do such a thing.

[Cisco Kid]

As a matter of fact, Senior Sheriff, I think Luke was murdered by Martin Thayer and Moose Judson.

[Senorita Alice]

Can you prove it?

[Cisco Kid]

Not yet, Senior Sheriff. But I guarantee you they will be safely behind the bars of your jail before this day is over.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Got to drive the horses for the stagecoach race this afternoon.

[Senorita Alice]

Unfortunately, no one. Oh, Luke's the only one in these parts that was able to handle a good team around a hairpin turn like the one at Skeleton Bend.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

And you. Luke's not the only one saying you read it out.

[Cisco Kid]

That is right, senorita. Pancho can handle the ribbons of a six horse team better than anyone I

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

know, Pancho better than anyone Pancho know too well.

[Senorita Alice]

I didn't know that, Poncho.

[Sheriff Zeke]

By thunder.

[Senorita Alice]

Then we still got a chance to keep the mail contract.

[Cisco Kid]

I will go along with Pancho.

[Senorita Alice]

Senora Mabel, this race is the last chance those coyotes have to get at the mail contract. They're sure to try another underhanded trick.

[Pancho]

If what you say is true, Cisco, they won't stop another.

[Cisco Kid]

Neither will I, until those dealers pay for their crimes.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Reminded me of Cisco these days. Coach horses on fire. Those coyotes and clear Moose far behind us all. Got him beat already.

[Pancho]

No, Chico.

[Poncho]

They have not even let out their horses. I expect them to give us a fight.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Is that the reason Cisco brings Diablo along?

[Poncho]

Say, Poncho, I may need Diablo yet.

[Sheriff Zeke]

We come into Skeleton Day Northern naval cannon to look for.

[Poncho]

They're going downhill in Kenny Speed Poncho. You better start using the brake to slow the stage coach.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Yeah, P. Do this. Got to break that work.

[Poncho]

What do you mean, Pancho?

[Sheriff Zeke]

If I had to push the brake with the seat and nothing happens.

[Pancho]

Santos.

[Poncho]

Now I know why those coyotes stay so far behind us. They must have put the brake out of working order.

[Sheriff Zeke]

It's going big deal when it takes course for an hey.

[Poncho]

We welfare on that.

[Sheriff Zeke]

And that's why it goes. I think I can use the arrow

[Pancho]

to help us, Bancho.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Why are you doing this, sir?

[Pancho]

Gabo.

[Poncho]

I am getting the rope for Gabo's saddle, sir.

[Sheriff Zeke]

What?

[Pancho]

I have it.

[Poncho]

I will tie one end of this rope to the back of the safe course. I will tie the other end of the rope around the saddle horn. After I jump on the elbow's back. Perhaps the elbow can hold back the coach when you go around scouting van.

[Sheriff Zeke]

It's quite a tricky coat.

[Poncho]

Have the rope aside, Puncher.

[Pancho]

Half yellow.

[Poncho]

Come on.

[Pancho]

Lost any right.

[Poncho]

The road ahead to the finish line is clear.

[Sheriff Zeke]

We're going to win the race in the mail contract. And.

[Poncho]

Those coyotes are shooting at us. B Take the stakes coaster towards the finish line.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Faster. Command.

[Moose Judson]

Faster.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Faster.

[Poncho]

Now you bantidos for a taste of your own medicine for their Ho ho.

[Cisco Kid]

Easy, Diablo. Let them get closer.

[Pancho]

Get fist there.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Cal them down.

[Pancho]

The rage is over for you two coyotes. This shotgun in my hand says it any. Climb down off that horse, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

All right, hombre. Since you have a gun on me.

[Moose Judson]

You crossed me for the last time, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

You set fire to Senora Mabel's barn right there.

[Moose Judson]

That's right. And if the fire hadn't spread so fast that I got you then.

[Cisco Kid]

And you kill Luke the driver.

[Moose Judson]

Yeah. I thought I'd get rid of you and your partner when you coach at Skeleton Ben. But getting you this way is even better.

[Cisco Kid]

So you think you are going to kill me?

[Moose Judson]

I don't think it. I know it.

[Cisco Kid]

And right now you miss somebody. You will not get another chance to use that gun.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Yeah, this gun over your head.

[Pancho]

Dismissive of mine. Your face something to say about that. And another punch.

[Senorita Alice]

Oh, put an end to your stomach.

[Pancho]

That's your last fight. This gun.

[Sheriff Zeke]

I'm coming down enough to.

[Poncho]

You waited a long time to get

[Sheriff Zeke]

my hands on you.

[Poncho]

I do not intend to waste any

[Pancho]

time in finishing you off. We'll see about that, Cisco.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Here we will. And these punch will do it.

[Pancho]

Up on your feet both. You coyotes.

[Cisco Kid]

You will pay in full. For every crime you have committed, that

[Pancho]

I can promise you.

[Senorita Alice]

Hey, I. I sure had a lot of things wrong. Cisco, I'm very grateful to you for exposing them two bandits, Moose.

[Cisco Kid]

And sir, anyone is privileged to make a mistake. Say you, Sheriff?

[Senorita Alice]

Yeah, but he's been abusing the privilege. Now, Aunt Mabel, don't you start anything. Deacon's been holding his temper down like a gentleman.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

And the sheriff even smiled at Tancho when he tell Pancho that the signora win the race in the mail contract.

[Senorita Alice]

You've changed with you. And I'm mighty proud of it. Well, thank you kindly, Mabel.

[Pancho]

After I prove to you that I

[Senorita Alice]

can keep my temper, I'm going to ask you again to marry me.

[Cisco Kid]

Why did he wait?

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Why did he have not asked us who you are? Right now, Pancho?

[Senorita Alice]

Oh, go on with your poncho. I think Pancho's right. How about it, Zeke? Well, fact is, I'd like to, but.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

But, but what's the matter, Senor Sherry?

[Sheriff Zeke]

I don't know any fancy words. Don't gone.

[Senorita Alice]

It's.

[Sheriff Zeke]

She always turns me down when I

[Senorita Alice]

ask her straight out.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

I don't you know what you say?

[Senorita Alice]

What in your Mabel.

[Pancho]

Into an hombre's life, there come a

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

time when his heart feel empty. And this the time when the hombre need the wire. And in all the world and from all the signores, this hombre find the one what he want to marry.

[Senorita Alice]

Oh, Zeke, that's the most beautiful thing you ever said.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

And the senor know that this senor the only hombre in the whole world for her. Because when he serenade her, he feel her heart go.

[Pancho]

Pity Patty.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Pity, pity, pity, pity, pity, pity. And she know this the hombre that make her happy.

[Senorita Alice]

I do, Mabel. I didn't know I made you feel

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

that way, Sheriff Zeke, you want to ask the Senor Mabel to marry you?

[Pancho]

I do.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Your Senor Mabel, you want to ask the saint of Sheriff Zeke? I do. And Puncher now pronounce you to be engaged to be married. Come, we go look up to padre

[Pancho]

and make the arrangement.

[Senorita Alice]

Oh, me for Ezekiel.

[Cisco Kid]

I never knew Pancho was such a good arranger.

[Senorita Alice]

He sure is. He even arranged things the right way for me.

[Cisco Kid]

What things, senorita?

[Senorita Alice]

Honest things. Like getting everyone out of the room so I could could see.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

That's a fine wedding. Senora Mabel and the Sheriff Zikal.

[Cisco Kid]

It was Chico and I noticed that after the wedding you had three helpings

[Pancho]

of each kind of food they had at the banquet.

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Why don't you only do that to be polite to be polite. Monsignor Signora Mabel Selpancho to healthy self. And secondly, the Alice Lady Hilpancho in Syria.

[Pancho]

Zeke Gazpacho to eat with him could

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

turn down the tree help him.

[Cisco Kid]

I suppose you are right, amigo.

[Pancho]

Panchograd Panzer is still a single hombre

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

though you are, Chico. Why Panzer Grad?

[Pancho]

Because of the big difference between the

[Sheriff Zeke]

single hombres and the married hombre.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, and is there a big difference

[Pancho]

between a single hombre and a married hombre?

[Mabel Hotchkiss]

Yes, it's a big difference.

[Sheriff Zeke]

Big difference.

[Cisco Kid]

Well then tell me, amigo, what is the difference between a single hombre and a married hombre?

[Pancho]

I actually told you. A single hombre got no buttons and he should have it. And a Mary don't marry and I got no shirt. Oh, Poncho.

[Narrator]

And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the west, the Cisco Kids.

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[Narrator]

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[Pancho]

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[Moose Judson]

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