The Bearded Killer | The Lone Ranger (11-24-52)

Summary

Old Time Radio Westerns — The Bearded Killer | The Lone Ranger (11-24-52)

Main Theme & Episode Overview

In this digitally restored presentation of "The Bearded Killer," the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast immerses listeners in a classic Lone Ranger adventure originally aired November 24, 1952. Set in Modoc City, the story follows the scheming Colonel Dodge (a.k.a. the notorious John Black) and his partner Amos Harlan as they attempt to swindle the wealthy Ma Hank, only to find themselves entangled with the Lone Ranger, his nephew Dan, and the ever-meddling local orphan, Inky. Through suspense, mischief, and Western justice, the episode explores classic themes of law versus outlaw, deception, and the unwavering pursuit of justice.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Setup: Swindlers in Modoc City (05:05–09:00)

• Colonel Dodge and Amos Harlan are introduced as conmen plotting to swindle Ma Hank, exploiting her wealth and her husband's absence.
• Dodge is revealed to be a fugitive wanted for murder and swindling in New York, now disguised with mutton chop whiskers and glasses.
• Amos expresses concern: "I've been doing some investigating myself, Colonel. And I found out that Ma Hank and her husband Homer are good friends of the Lone Ranger." (07:01)
• Their plan: sell worthless railroad stock or, if that fails, rob the hotel safe.

2. Dan Reed & Inky’s Discovery (09:10–14:12)

• Dan Reed, the Lone Ranger's nephew, stays across the hall from Dodge and befriends Inky, a local orphan.
• The boys find an old newspaper with an artist's sketch of a wanted murderer resembling Colonel Dodge. Inky jokes: "I'm giving this gent a set of whiskers. ... Now take a look at the killer, Dan. That's what the actor looked like. He's a funny looking feller, isn't he?" (10:23)
• Dan grows suspicious of Colonel Dodge's identity but cautions, “Lone Ranger always says a man's innocent until he's proved guilty.” (11:38)
• Inky can’t resist a prank: he puts the altered newspaper page with Dodge’s image on the Colonel’s hotel room door.

3. Confrontation and Kidnapping (14:12–22:30)

• Dodge is alarmed by the newspaper page and deduces Dan is onto him: “Those whiskers were obviously penciled by a youngster. ... It's the work of Dan Reed.” (16:12)
• Amos and Dodge forcibly take Dan to their room at gunpoint. “You walk ahead of me or I'll crack your head with a gun barrel and carry out.” (20:39)
• Dan refuses to reveal what (or who) he knows; he is knocked unconscious, tied up, gagged, and spirited away to a trapper's shack outside town.

4. Ma Hank, the Lone Ranger, and the Return of Justice (22:30–28:30)

• Ma Hank is nearly swindled by Dodge, but the timely arrival of the Lone Ranger and Tonto interrupts the scheme.
• The Lone Ranger learns Dan is missing. Inky sheepishly admits his prank with the newspaper picture: “Gosh, Ma, I'm sorry. I won't do it again.” (25:22)
• Homer Montgomery, Ma Hank’s husband, returns and identifies the old newspaper photo as John Black, confirming his criminal past.
• The Lone Ranger deduces the rope in the Colonel’s room was used to tie up Dan and that a buckboard was used for his abduction.

5. The Final Confrontation and Capture (28:31–32:00)

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto track Dodge and Amos to the old shack. As the criminals attempt to flee, gunfire is exchanged.
• Dodge and Amos are wounded and captured. Dan is rescued unharmed.
• Classic Western justice is served as they’re delivered to Marshal Fraser in town.

6. Resolution & Western Justice (30:58–32:15)

• Ma Hank, Homer, and Inky discuss the outlaws’ fate as the criminals are put behind bars.
• Amos turns on Dodge, offering to turn state’s evidence: “I'll turn state's evidence. I'll tell everything I know about the Colonel.” (31:13)
• The episode ends with the Lone Ranger, Dan, and Tonto riding off as order is restored.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Amos warns Dodge:

  "That masked man's double barrel poison to anyone on the wrong side of the law. And if he finds out we swindled his friends... well, I reckon you know what that'd mean." (07:04)

• Inky's irrepressible humor:

  "Let's put this picture and story on his door. ... It’ll be fun to see what he does about it." (13:38)

• Dodge’s alarm over the prank:

  "Who could have penetrated my disguise? Who could have guessed my identity?" (15:29)

• Marshal justice declared:

  "He and Amos will hang at the same time. ... Amos Harlan, the Colonel, will be out of circulation from now on." (31:01) — Uncle Homer

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 05:05 — Introduction of Colonel Dodge and Amos Harlan’s scheme
• 09:10 — Dan and Inky find the old newspaper; suspicion forms
• 14:12 — Inky plays his prank on the Colonel
• 20:23 — Amos and Dodge force Dan into their room; kidnapping ensues
• 22:36 — The Lone Ranger arrives; Ma nearly falls for the stock swindle
• 25:22 — Inky confesses to the Lone Ranger about the prank
• 26:45 — Homer identifies John Black as a murderer and swindler
• 28:16 — Lone Ranger tracks the criminals to the shack
• 30:03 — Guns drawn, the Lone Ranger disarms and captures the villains
• 31:00 — Resolution and fate of Dodge and Amos

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Summary Tone and Style

The episode captured the playful, suspenseful, and moralistic tone that defined golden-age Western radio drama. With vivid sound design and an ensemble of expressive characters, “The Bearded Killer” delivered both thrills and humor, particularly through the character of Inky, whose mischief ultimately helped bring about justice. The Lone Ranger’s steely resolve and readiness to act epitomize classic frontier heroism, and the ensemble’s spirited dialogue kept tension and entertainment high throughout.

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With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, the daring and resourceful mask rider of the Plains led the fight for law and order in the early Western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.

[F]

I'm silly.

[C]

Let's go Big Fella, I am silver.

[B]

Two men shared a room in Ma Hanks Hotel in Modoc City. A self styled colonel with a non existent Civil War record, Owen Dodge was heavy set and pompous. His moon shaped face was adorned with sandy colored mutton chop whiskers which served as an excellent disguise. For Dodge's actual record had been written years ago in the books of the New York Police Department where he was wanted for murder. The Colonel's partner was Amos Harlan, a tall, lean, leathery skinned man. The Colonel polished a pair of gold rimmed spectacles as he grinned at his partner.

[D]

Amos, if all goes well, we'll soon leave Modoc City with plenty of cash.

[F]

I'm not so sure of that.

[D]

I am. Our landlady keeps a small fortune in her office safe.

[F]

How do you know?

[D]

It was open When I went to the office this morning to pay our bill for last week before Mrs. Hanks closed it. I saw the money inside. Furthermore, Amos, I made inquiries about her at the newspaper and some other places in town. I learned that her husband is wealthy. A New York lawyer who came here to live and married her. He's out of town right now. He went east about a month ago and he isn't back yet.

[F]

So she has money of her own and she married more.

[D]

That's right. She's an ideal prospect for our railroad. Stocky. We might not be able to pull a will over her husband's eyes, but it'll be easy to fool her. Well, don't you agree?

[F]

Might be easier to rob the safe.

[D]

And to have the law on our heels before we could get out of town and not me. Thanks, Amos. I propose to talk Mrs. Hank out of her money. By the time she realizes she's been swindled, we'll be far away from Odoc City.

[F]

That doesn't mean we'll be in the clear.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

I've been doing some investigating myself, Colonel. And I found out that my Hank and her husband Homer are good friends of the Lone Ranger.

[D]

The Lone Ranger? I didn't know that.

[F]

Yeah, I thought the news would change your style. That masked man's double barrel. Poison to anyone on the wrong side of the law. And if he finds out we swindled his friends. Well, I reckon you know what that'd mean.

[D]

Yes.

[F]

We'd be lucky to get over the jail term. And you might hang if he finds out you're wanted for murder.

[D]

That murder was committed years ago.

[F]

That doesn't make the law any less anxious to put a rope around your neck.

[D]

There's Not a chance I'd be recognized. These whiskers and my glasses have changed my appearance completely. And I've had it weight since then, too.

[F]

Yeah, without the glass and the whiskers, you wouldn't look much different than you did.

[D]

Nonsense. The authorities have forgotten all about me. They gave up the search long ago.

[F]

The law never forgets a murderer, Colonel.

[D]

You're not in the clear yourself, Amos. I may be wanted in the east, but you're wanted in the Southwest.

[F]

I'm not wanted for murder.

[D]

That's because you never left any witnesses to identify you.

[F]

That makes me smarter than you were.

[D]

Are you losing your nerve? Why let the thought of a masked man panic you at this stage of the game?

[F]

I don't want to go to jail.

[D]

We've sold a lot of witness stock without being cut. We can get away with it once more.

[F]

Just what do you mean, once more?

[D]

We've been dealing in petty change, taking a couple of hundred dollars here and there. But Mrs. Hank is different from the small ranchers, homesteaders and storekeepers we've cheated. She has real money.

[F]

Yeah. Those rangers and homesteaders didn't know the Lone Ranger.

[D]

The Lone Ranger can't do anything to us once we across the border.

[F]

So you're planning to go to Mexico?

[D]

Yes. And I'm going to take a lot of more Hank's money with me. If you don't want to share the profits, it's all right with me. I'll pull the deal alone.

[F]

I'll stick with you, Colonel. But I sure hope we don't meet that mask man.

[D]

Forget him. As far as we know, the Lone Ranger's nowhere near Murdoch City.

[B]

The two confidence men didn't know that the Lone Ranger's teenage nephew occupied occupied a room across the hall to await the arrival of the masked man and Tonto. While he waited, Dan spent a great deal of time with a fun loving and mischievous orphan boy whose own age and named Inky, who had been adopted by the newspaper editor. As Dan entered the newspaper office late that afternoon, he didn't see Inky. He called Inky.

[C]

I'm back in the storm. Come on back, Dan. What are you doing? I'm supposed to clear this place out. It's filled with old newspapers from all parts of the country. Tom wants me to stack them in chronological order. Top ones dated 1859. Some of them are a lot older than that. Say, when's the Lone Ranger coming to town to meet you? I don't know. He just said he'd come to Modoc City after he and Tano made peace between two Indian tribes in the hills north of here.

[D]

Oh.

[C]

What are you reading, Dan? I was just looking at the front page of this old New York paper. Here's a picture of a man who.

[F]

Was wanted for murder.

[C]

Let's see. They reproduced an artist's sketch of the killer. He doesn't look like a murderer. All murderers don't look alike, Inky. Let's change the looks of this one. Hand me the pencil, Dan.

[F]

Here.

[C]

Thanks. Hey, what are you doing? I'm giving this gent a set of whiskers. I saw a picture of an actor once with mutton chop whiskers like this. He was a stuck up looking critter. An earl or a duke or something. You mean Lord Dundruy? That's a good name for him. That was the name of the character in the play. The famous actor. Mr. Southern created the role. I'll add a pair of specs like this. There. Now take a look at the killer, Dan. That's what the actor looked like. He's a funny looking feller, isn't he? Gosh, Inky, those whiskers make that man look like one of Ma Hanks guests.

[D]

Huh?

[C]

Colonel Dodge is staying at the hotel. He has whiskers like those. And he wears glasses too. I know who you mean, Dan. He was in a newspaper office this week asking a lot of questions about Ma Hank and Uncle Homer. He's an Easterner. He talks and dresses like one. He's a plenty high and muddy. Kept calling me boy. Wanted me to run errands for him. Did you? No, I didn't like him. Say, maybe he's the same man. Maybe he's the killer. He couldn't be. That murder was committed a long time ago. I'll look up later issues of the paper to see if he was ever caught. If he escaped. You're jumping to conclusions, Inky. Lone Ranger always says a man's innocent until he's proved guilty.

[F]

Old newspaper picture isn't proof.

[C]

No, but it, uh. Oh, Tom's wife is signaling me. I promise to be home on time for supper. I've gotta hurry, Dan.

[F]

I'll see you later.

[C]

I'll come over to the hotel and play a couple of games of checkers with you tonight. Fine. So long, Inky. So long.

[B]

When Dan returned to the hotel, he went to his room to wash his face and hands. Then he presented himself in the hotel dining room for dinner. As he waited for his meal to be served, Colonel Dodge and Amos Harlan entered and seated themselves At a nearby table, still thinking of the newspaper picture, Dan studied the Colonel closely. The colonel noticed Dan's interest in him. He leaned toward his partner and murmured.

[D]

Why is that confronted boy staring at me?

[F]

Oh, boy.

[D]

He's at the table near the window. Oh. Do you know who he is?

[F]

Yeah. His name is Dan Reed. I've seen him around the hotel. There's a room across the hall from us.

[D]

He's been staring at me ever since we came in.

[F]

Why worry about a youngster's curiosity, Colonel?

[D]

I dislike curiosity, Hank.

[F]

Forget it. Enjoy your meal. Man, I haven't tasted food like this since I was a kid. My Hank is certainly a good cook.

[D]

I've made arrangements to talk to her and her husband late tonight about the railroad stage. I think we'll be able to close the deal tonight or tomorrow morning.

[F]

The sooner we get her money and get out of town, the better I like it.

[B]

At 7 o' clock that evening, Inky came to Dan's room in the hotel. He brought a checkerboard and checkers with him, as well as the front page of the New York paper that featured the picture and the story of the murderer that the boys had talked about. As he unfolded the tear sheet, Inky.

[C]

Said, dan, I went back to the office after supper to try to find out more about this killer. There was a later addition in this storeroom saying that the feller escaped. Did the law ever catch him? Not as far as I know. Tom's paper skipped a year after that. Maybe he dropped his subscription for a year or something. Where's the Colonel's room? He's in the room right across the hall from me. Why? Let's put this picture and story on his door. We can put the whole page there. It'll be fun to see what he does about it. No, Inky, we can't do that. Why not? I think it'd be a good joke. You'll get into trouble one of these days with your jokes, Inky. Let's get out the checkers and see who wins the next game.

[B]

Two hours later, Inky left Dan's room. The irrepressible boy stood in the hall for a moment, studying the closed door of the Colonel's room. Beneath the door he could see a narrow strip of light.

[C]

Old mutton chops must be inside.

[B]

Inky took the tear sheet out of his pocket and unfolded it once more. In spite of the fact that Dan disapproved of the idea, Inky could not resist the temptation to play a joke on the Colonel. He tore a Hole in the sheet near the top of the paper. Then he fitted the page over the doorknob, rattled the doorknob and ran down the hall to the stairs. By the time the Colonel opened his door to investigate, Inky was on his way out the front door of the hotel.

[F]

Anyone out there, Colonel?

[D]

I don't see a soul, Amos.

[F]

Maybe they're in the hall.

[D]

The doorknob wouldn't have rattled if someone hadn't eaten. Image.

[F]

What's the matter?

[D]

Look. He fastened to the doorknob the front.

[F]

Page of an old Tribune image.

[D]

Look at that picture.

[B]

What a great day.

[F]

Colonel, it's you. Yes, and the headline over the picture says, wanted for murder.

[D]

Close the door before someone hears this.

[F]

Yeah, it says, john Black of this city is wanted for the brutal murder.

[D]

I can read, Amos.

[F]

Well, Colonel, looks like your new name and your whisker disguise weren't enough to fool the law.

[D]

Yes, someone penciled those whiskers on that picture.

[F]

Well, it's your picture, all right. No doubt of that.

[D]

Yes, but who could have penetrated my disguise? Who could have guessed my identity?

[F]

You sure you didn't see anyone in the hall when you opened the door?

[D]

I saw no one.

[F]

Then whoever put that paper on the door must have gotten away mighty fast.

[D]

Wait a minute, Amos.

[F]

What?

[D]

Perhaps the culprit didn't get away.

[F]

What do you mean?

[D]

He may have opened the door of his room across the hall, fastened this to our door, then quickly closed his own door before we had a chance to discover him.

[F]

Are you talking about that youngster across the hall? Yes.

[D]

You saw him staring at me in the dining room tonight.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

I knew something more than idle curiosity prompted his interest. Just look at that picture, Amos. Those whiskers were obviously penciled by a youngster.

[F]

I admit it looks like the work of a kid.

[D]

Or not. It's the work of Dan Reed. Come on. We must find out if anyone else knows my identity.

[F]

How do you plan to find that out?

[D]

I'll get the answer from Dan Reed.

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Now to continue. A few minutes later, Amos Harlan knocked on the door of Dan's room.

[C]

Hello.

[F]

You're Dan Reed, aren't you? Well, that's right, Mr. Harlan. Amos Harlan. Is anyone in your room? No, why? My partner and I'd like to talk to him. How about stepping into our room right across the hall.

[C]

Well, I.

[F]

Look, I don't have time to palaver. Dan, step into our room and move fast.

[C]

What's the idea of the gun?

[F]

You walk ahead of me or I'll crack your head with a gun barrel and carry out. All right, that's better. A Door's unlocked. Just turn the handle and walk in. Here he is, Colonel.

[D]

Good work, Amos. Now keep him covered while I ask the questions.

[F]

Right.

[D]

Now then, young man, what was the idea of putting that old newspaper page in our door?

[C]

Newspaper page?

[D]

Do you deny penciling these whiskers on this picture?

[C]

Oh, so we did leave it on your door.

[D]

Who's working with you?

[C]

I don't know what you mean.

[D]

Who put you up to this streak? Who besides you has penetrated my disguise?

[C]

Disguise?

[F]

There's no use playing dumb. We know you're wise to the Colonel. But I'll be sensible and tell us if anyone else knows about that murder.

[C]

I can't tell you anything.

[D]

You are making a mistake. Boy, if I have to, I'll gun whip the truth out of your arm.

[F]

Take it easy, Colonel. We can't start a ruckus in the hotel. Someone will hear us.

[D]

But we can't.

[F]

We'll have to get the boy out of here.

[D]

How?

[F]

We'll start this way. Sorry, Dan, but if you're unconscious, you'll be a lot easier to handle.

[D]

Knocked him out?

[F]

That's right. We're going to get him out of the hotel. We'll have to gag him, tie his hands and feet and carry him out the back way.

[D]

What'll be used to tie him?

[F]

Cut a couple of lengths from that coil of rope hanging by the window.

[D]

See? That's a good idea. I always wondered why hotels kept coils of rope near the window.

[F]

It's a means of escape in case of fire.

[D]

Where'll we take him when we leave here?

[F]

I'll take him to that old trapper shack we saw on our way to Modoc City.

[D]

Yes, I remember the place. It's north of town.

[F]

That's right. While I'm going there, you better go talk to my Hank. If you can't get the cash rumor tonight, we'll never get it because we can't afford to stay around town any longer.

[D]

I'll get it. Then I'll join you at the shack. By that time, you should be able to make the boy talk.

[B]

Colonel Dodge found Ma Hank in the hotel kitchen. As he accepted the big cup of coffee the landlady offered him, the Colonel.

[D]

Remarked, I hoped to be able to talk to you and your husband this evening, Mrs. Hank.

[C]

I'm expecting Homer back tonight, Colonel Dodge?

[D]

Is he out of town?

[C]

He was back east on a visit.

[D]

Well, I'll not be in town much longer, Mrs. Hank and I want to give you an opportunity to buy the stock I told you about. Before I leave now, I'm in a position to offer this stock to a limited number of people.

[B]

The Colonel was a convincing salesman. Mohank was about to buy the worthless railroad stock when she heard a light tap on the kitchen window. She opened the door and exclaimed, great.

[C]

Sakes alive, the Lone ranger.

[F]

Good evening, Mrs. Henry and Tottle.

[C]

Well, come in, come in.

[F]

Oh, it's good to see you, Mrs. Henry.

[C]

When did you get to town?

[F]

Just a few minutes ago. We stayed off the main street to avoid being seen. Where's Uncle Homer?

[B]

Ma explained that she expected her husband momentarily and introduced the masked man to the uneasy colonel, who had been nearly paralyzed with fear when the masked man entered the kitchen. Then the Lone Ranger asked for Dan Reed. Ma left the kitchen to call the boy. The Colonel hurriedly pushed back his chair.

[D]

Well, I'll go to my room and join my friend. Neighbors. Honored to have met you and your Indian friends, sir.

[B]

Instead of going to his room, the panic stricken Colonel went out the front door of the hotel and rushed to the livery stable. He rented a horse and raced out of town.

[D]

Get up, dad. Get in.

[B]

Meanwhile, Ma Hank was on her way back to the kitchen to report that Dan was not in his room. As the buxom landlady came down the front steps, she saw Inky standing in the doorway, looking down the street. The mischievous boy was laughing heartily, for he had just seen the Colonel racing out of town. Thinking his joke had been a huge success, he was about to go to see Dan when Ma gripped his shoulder.

[D]

Hey. What?

[C]

Inky. Where's Dan? In his room. I just came from there. He's gone. Where'd he go? That's just what I want to know. And the Lone Ranger will ask the same question. The Lone Ranger? Is he here?

[D]

Yep.

[C]

He's in the kitchen now. Come along, Inky. He'll want to talk to you.

[B]

In the kitchen. Inky explained to the Lone Ranger that he had not seen Dan since he left his room after the checker game.

[C]

Where's the Colonel? He has the room across the hall from Daniel's. Maybe he heard the lad go out.

[B]

The Colonel left to go to his room.

[C]

He's not in his room. I saw him riding out of town a few minutes ago and he was traveling plenty fast. I figure that newspaper picture scared him so bad he wanted to get out of town before the. Before the law started after him.

[B]

Inky stopped abruptly. He hadn't meant to tell Ma Hank about the prank he had played on her guest. But the Lone Ranger picked up the boy's remarks and questioned him at length. Squirming uneasily, Inky confessed what he had done.

[C]

Inky, I oughta tan your hide for coming into my hotel and tormentin my guests. Gosh, Ma, I'm sorry. I won't do it again. You're doggone right you'll not do it again, Mrs. Henry.

[B]

If the Colonel is innocent, he has nothing to fear.

[C]

He looked plenty scared when I saw him. He sure was in a hurry to get wherever he was going. He must have left here soon after I went to look for Dan.

[F]

Yes, he did. I think we better question the Colonel's friend, Amos.

[C]

I'll take her to their room.

[B]

Receiving no answer from Amos Harlan, Ma tried the door. As it opened, Inky entered the room. Ma stopped in the doorway, all but blocking it when she heard.

[C]

Great sakes alive, it's Homer. I'm going to see him.

[B]

While Ma went to greet her husband, the Lone Ranger, Tato and Inky surveyed the empty room that had been occupied by the Colonel and his partner. The masked man noticed the frayed ends of the fire escape rope. Examining it, he realized that a length had been cut from it. Suddenly, Inky exclaimed.

[C]

This is it. This is the tear sheet I put in the door. Look at the picture, mister. That feller's a dead ringer for the Colonel.

[B]

As the masked man studied the tear sheet, Ma and Homer entered the room. When the little New York lawyer saw the newspaper page, he recalled the crime it described. He pointed to the picture of the killer and said, there's proof in the.

[C]

Police files that John Black was not.

[F]

Only a murderer, but a swindler and a thief as well.

[C]

The man he killed was a client of mine.

[F]

Unfortunately, Black escaped the law.

[B]

Was he ever captured?

[C]

He was never found. He disappeared completely.

[F]

And it's possible that Black came to.

[B]

The west, assumed an alias, grew a beard.

[C]

Homer, did you say that feller was a swindler? That's right, my dear. He sold countless people worthless stock in non existent gold mines and oil wells. Why, that no good double dealing, triple twisted poll case. What's wrong? He was trying to sell me railroad stock. Oh, Maud, did you buy it? No, but I might have. I knew he was a crook. I told Dan he was the killer. Mister, there's no doubt in my mind that John Black and this so called Colonel Dodge are the same.

[F]

You may be right, Homer.

[B]

I'm wondering if there's any connection between the Colonel and Dan's disappearance. Inky was the Colonel's partner with him when he left Town?

[C]

No, sir. Old Mutton Chops was alone. He was riding a rented horse.

[F]

Come on, question the man in the livery stable.

[B]

He'll be able to tell us whether.

[F]

Or not Amos Harlan rented a horse.

[C]

If he did, that means they both left town.

[B]

At the livery stable they learned that Amos Harlan had rented a light buckboard as well as a horse. The Lone Ranger's mind raced. He recalled the frayed ends of the rope in the Colonel's room and realized that the length cut from it might have been used to tie the hands and feet of a prisoner. The buckboard might have been used to take the prisoner out of town. He turned to Toto and said, come on, Naro.

[F]

Go back to the hotel to pick.

[B]

Up the tracks of that buckboard. In the brilliant moonlight, the tracks were easy to see the masked man and his Indian companion. Martin. We'll follow these tracks and I'll go.

[F]

Tell Marshall Jim Fraser about the Colonel.

[C]

When he sees that newspaper picture, he'll.

[F]

Go after that crook. Good enough, Homer Montgomery.

[B]

When the colonel reached the lighted shack on the edge of town, he saw the buckboard at the side of the old weather beaten cabin. As he grew rain and dismounted, he wasn't aware of his disheveled and dusty clothing. The fastidious colonel avoided travel by horseback whenever possible. He disliked horses, and as he strolled toward the door of the shack, he thought sourly of the long, uncomfortable ride ahead of him.

[D]

He. Miss?

[F]

I'm here, Colonel. Did you get my hanks cat? No.

[C]

Why not?

[F]

Why did. What's happened to you? You look like you've been dogging a couple of locoed steers.

[C]

Where's your hat?

[D]

I left town in a hurry. We've got to keep going, get set to travel.

[B]

Where to?

[F]

To the border.

[D]

As fast as horses will carry us. But why?

[C]

What's a hurry?

[D]

A lone Ranger showed up in town.

[F]

A lone ranger at the hotel.

[D]

What's more, he's looking for this boy. Good.

[C]

I'm glad to hear that.

[D]

Shut up, you sneaking little snooper. If you hadn't mixed into our affairs, we wouldn't be in trouble.

[F]

And I couldn't get him to talk. Colonel, he admits someone else in town knows about the newspaper story, but he won't mention names.

[D]

If I had time, I'd make him talk. But come on. The faster we move, the farther we'll be from that marsh man.

[B]

Amos climbed to the seat of the buckboard and the colonel mounted his rented horse. They were about to start when they saw two riders approaching. As the two horsemen came Closer. The Colonel recognized them.

[D]

It's the masked man in Tato. Let him have it, Amos. Shoot him. Kill em.

[B]

Both the Lone Ranger and Tonto saw the fugitives reach for their guns. The masked man drew his Colt. He fired from the saddle an instant ahead of the panicked fugitives. Amos and the Colonel cried out with pain. A silver bullet struck their mark.

[C]

My arm is pushing My shoulder.

[F]

My shoulder.

[D]

Easy, silly big fella.

[F]

He's inside the cabin.

[D]

Keep these two covered while I go get him, Toto.

[B]

An hour later, the Lone Ranger, Toto and Dan reached the outskirts of town with the two prisoners. There they met Marshal Jim Fraser, Ma Hank, Uncle Homer and Inky. Soon, Amos and the Colonel were behind bars while the Lone Ranger, Dan and Tottle returned to the hotel to get Dan's clothing packed. Uncle Homer, Ma Hank and Inky lingered in Marshall Fraser's office. From their cells, the prisoners heard Uncle.

[C]

Homer say, so the Colonel has come.

[F]

To the end of the trail. He and Amos will hang at the same time. That's right, Uncle Homer. Amos Harlan. The Colonel will be out of circulation from now on. Marshall. I'll turn state's evidence. I'll tell everything I know about the Colonel.

[D]

Amos, you double crush it.

[F]

Oh, you got it coming, Colonel. I tried to tell you. We should have left town when I found out Ma Hank knew that masked man. But no, you wouldn't do it.

[C]

What are you laughing at, Ink Pete? That picture scared old mutton chops even more than I thought it would. I don't think the picture scared him half as much as meeting the Lone Ranger.

[D]

S.

[G]

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[D]

Sam.

[B]

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Foreign.

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