The Pony Rider | The Lone Ranger (10-09-40)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns: The Pony Rider | The Lone Ranger (10-09-40)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Original Air Date: October 9, 1940 (Digitally Restored Podcast Release: September 14, 2025)

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Episode Overview

In this classic Lone Ranger radio drama, digitally restored and introduced by Andrew Rhynes, listeners return to the frontier town of San Pedro. The episode centers on Buck Grant, a proud new rider for the Pony Express, and his sister Dottie, a popular singer recently resigned from her job at Ike Tuttle’s café. Tuttle, bitter over Dottie’s departure, hatches a scheme to ruin Buck’s reputation and force Dottie back to work for him. As Buck faces both the dangers of his mail route and a plot to undermine his family honor, the Lone Ranger and Tonto use cunning and courage to foil the villain’s plans and prove Buck's integrity.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Developments

1. Setting the Scene: Dottie’s Decision and Tuttle’s Anger

• Dottie informs Ike Tuttle she’s quitting singing at his café (06:01).
• Tuttle becomes enraged, refusing to pay her wages and belittling her brother Buck’s status as a Pony Express rider.
• A mysterious, unmasked stranger—later revealed as the Lone Ranger in disguise—ensures Dottie gets paid and warns Tuttle against exploiting her (07:23).
• Dottie’s loyalty to her family and Buck’s new position as a rider are established as the driving motivators for the story.

2. Family at Home: Buck’s Pride and the Risks of the West

• Buck returns home after his first Pony Express trip, bringing earnings for the family and excitement about his new job (09:56).
• The Grants discuss the one truly dangerous stretch on Buck’s mail route: Deadwood Forest, east of Bear Lake (11:06).
• Supervising rider Mr. Peters reassures the family but warns that the biggest threat to the Pony Express isn’t bandits or Native attacks—it’s internal corruption: “The biggest enemy of a pony rider is the pony rider himself.” (13:42)

3. The Villains’ Scheme: Tuttle Targets Buck

• Tuttle, facing failing business, conspires with Bart to frame Buck for mail theft via bribery, hoping to force Dottie’s return (15:00–16:30).
• Bart agrees to stage a robbery during Buck’s ride, intending to plant gold on him and have him jailed as a traitor.

4. Intervention: The Lone Ranger Plots a Countermove

• Tonto and the Lone Ranger surveil Tuttle and his henchmen, suspecting foul play (08:05, 20:50).
• During Buck’s return through Deadwood Forest, a masked Lone Ranger intercepts him, warning, “You’re going to be stopped again... I have the mail” (23:22). He switches Buck’s mail bags with empty pouches, safeguarding the real mail from would-be robbers.

5. The Plot Unravels: Tuttle’s Plan Fails

• In town, Tuttle boasts to Dottie and her mother about his supposed upper hand and attempts to slander Buck’s honesty (26:09).
• As Buck and the Lone Ranger arrive with the mail, Tuttle demands Buck be searched for bribe money and accuses him of collusion (28:06).
• The mail is intact, its seals unbroken, and no evidence supports Tuttle’s claims. Buck stands his ground:
  • Buck: “Them sacks are all right, ain’t they, Mr. Peters?” (28:18)
  • Peters: “They are. The seals are not broken.” (28:21)

6. Justice Served: The Truth Revealed

• The gold meant to frame Buck is found by Tuttle’s own partner Bart—undermining the entire setup (29:53).
• Buck explains: “All the crooks got were some empty mail pouches. That masked man took the full ones and gave me the empties.” (30:05)
• Peters sides with Buck, dismissing Tuttle and Bart. The Lone Ranger and Silver ride away to triumphant shouts of “Hi-Yo Silver, away!” (31:35)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dottie stands up for her family:
  • “Gus won’t lose his job. He’ll be the best pony rider on the whole chain. You’ll see.” — Dottie Grant (07:51)
• Mr. Peters on Pony Rider's Integrity:
  • “The biggest enemy of a pony rider is the pony rider himself.” — Mr. Peters (13:42)
• Ike Tuttle’s threat:
  • “I gotta have that girl back here singing or go broke.” — Tuttle (15:00)
• Lone Ranger to Buck as he outsmarts the villains:
  • “Will you listen? Do you want your sister to go back and dance and sing at Tuttle’s place? … Take these sacks… you’re going to be stopped again…” — Lone Ranger (23:22)
• Peters vouches for Buck’s honesty:
  • “Buck’s word to me as to how a thing happens is worth the word of a dozen like you and your part over there. I reckon the two of you are washed up for a long time to come.” — Mr. Peters (30:58)

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Important Timestamps

• 05:56: Dottie quits Ike Tuttle’s café
• 07:23: The disguised Lone Ranger steps in to aid Dottie
• 09:56: Buck reunites with his family
• 13:42: Mr. Peters’ warning about internal threats to the Pony Express
• 15:00: Tuttle and Bart’s scheming at the café
• 20:50: Express riders prepare for the switch; the Lone Ranger and Tonto watch closely
• 23:22: The Lone Ranger intercepts Buck on the trail
• 26:09: Tuttle attempts to poison the town’s opinion of Buck
• 28:06: Buck completes his run, vindicates himself amid Tuttle’s accusations
• 29:53: Frame-up is exposed; Tuttle’s plan collapses
• 31:35: Episode ends with the Lone Ranger’s classic ride and signature call

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Tone & Style

True to its roots, the episode is earnest, suspenseful, and steeped in frontier justice. The dialogue is direct, peppered with Western idioms and rich with loyalty, deception, and redemption. The Lone Ranger functions as a folk hero, bringing hope and order with quick action and unwavering morality.

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Summary

The Pony Rider is a lively morality tale of family, hard work, and justice overcoming insidious greed. When the dignity of honest labor is threatened by underhanded schemes, the Lone Ranger intervenes—ensuring the good name of Buck Grant remains untarnished, and that the perpetrators of injustice are exposed. Listeners are treated to restored vintage audio with vivid sound effects and dramatic performances, offering a rich taste of radio’s golden age and the mythic West.

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Transcript

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It's whenever men gathered around the campfire in the early days of the western United States, stories were told of the masked rider of the plains. His strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness made him the greatest champion of justice the west ever knew. It was he, more than any other man who brought law and order to a lawless frontier. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse. Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on, Silver. We're on the trail of outlaws. Hurry up. It was Dottie Grant's singing that made Ike Tuttle's Cafe the most popular in town. One night, after she had finished, the girl was tired, but she went up to Ike and.

[Dottie Grant]

Mr. Tuttle, there's something I want to tell you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

By and by, Daddy, by and by. I'm busy now, but I can't wait.

[Dottie Grant]

I. I wanted to tell you that. That I'm quitting here.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

You what?

[Dottie Grant]

I'm quitting my job. Ma wants me to and I. Well, I guess I'll be mighty glad to quit.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Now see here, Dottie, you can't quit on me. I won't stand.

[Dottie Grant]

But I've got to, Mr. Tuttle. My brother's riding the Pony Express now, and with him fetching in some money. Mars made me promise to quit working here.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, so my place ain't good enough for you to work in, is that it?

[Dottie Grant]

Isn't that, Mr. Tuttle? It's as good as any cafe.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Your boy figures that with your brother a pony rider, you're too high polluted to be singing for a living, huh? You was mighty grateful to get the job when you first come here.

[Dottie Grant]

Please, Mr. Tuttle.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I took you in when you didn't have a square meal. I paid you every Saturday. Now you're being an ungrateful little Tuttle.

[Dottie Grant]

You know that I earned every penny you paid me. And your business is more' n double since I came here.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

So now you're leaving. Well, I won't stand for it. You go on, get to work.

[Dottie Grant]

I've worked long past the regular time already, Mr. Tuttle. And if you'll pay me for last.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Pay ya now? Pay you nothing. You leaving will hurt my business. I ought to sue you for it. You can't believe.

[Dottie Grant]

Well, then, if that's how you feel, I'll go.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Just because that no good brother of yours has finally found.

[Dottie Grant]

Don't you call my brother name.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I'll call him whatever I Doggone, please. Fresh young squirt he is. Thinks he's mighty important now that he's riding the pony express. Then if you go and get. Go on, get out.

[Dottie Grant]

You owe me $2 for the week's work.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Here, you try and get it.

[Dottie Grant]

I didn't think anyone could be as cheap as that. I. Tuttle.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Now clear out of here. Just one minute. You mind your own business, stranger. You owe this girl a week's pay. None of your affair. You do. You give it to her, stranger.

[Dottie Grant]

I don't want no trouble.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

There'll be no trouble. Tuttle will pay what he owes you. I'll be. What? Yes, all right, take your money. There it is. Now go on and clear out. When your brother loses that job of his, he'll come back here begging me for your job back.

[Dottie Grant]

Gus won't lose his job. He'll be the best pony rider on the whole chain. You'll see.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Yes, I'll see. And so will you.

[Dottie Grant]

Goodbye, Mr. Tuttle, and. And thanks. Thanks, mister, for helping me.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

You're welcome. Good luck to your brother.

[Dottie Grant]

Thanks.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Ungrateful, that's what she is. Just doggone ungrateful. She'll see you'll lose a lot of train without your star attraction, won't you, Tuttle? You mind your own affairs. I don't need no advice or suggestions from strangers. Don't need your business neither, so clear out. You never had any business for me, Tuttle. I'll show her. I'll have her back here inside of two weeks time. I'll show her. We'll have to get our supply of food somewhere else. Tutor. What matter in there? I didn't like the methods of the man who runs it. Oh, I don't like the expression on his face either. He wants to get his singer back. And before he can do that, he has to make her brother lose his job. Where go now? Oh, I'll go to another cafe and get the things we need. It'll be easy while I'm disguised, not wearing the mask. They look on me as a traveler just passing through town. I wonder what Tuttle had in his mind. He's an ugly sort when he doesn't have his own way. What you think him do? I don't know. It's a matter of both pride and money with him. The cafe business will fall off a lot without that girl to sing. His pride is hurt by having her leave. I wonder just how far he'd go to get her to come back. What we do? I think we'll spend a little Time here in San Pedro Kimosade. There may be things worth watching. Not only the girl in Tuttle, but the brother of the girl. She said his name was Buck. The following day, Dottie Grant and her mother welcomed Buck home after his first trip as a pony rider. Hiya, Dot.

[Dottie Grant]

Buck. Oh, he's here. Come on.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, Buck.

[Dottie Grant]

I'm on my face alive. But you look gay and happy. Stand back and let me look at you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, I couldn't change that much in the time I've been away, Moss.

[Dottie Grant]

But you have. I do declare. You've grown a full length since the last time I saw you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

It's just cause I'm holding my head.

[Dottie Grant]

Up high, you silly goose. But tell me, son, have I had any terrible dangers?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, of course not. It's great to ride the mail.

[Dottie Grant]

Have the redskins bothered you some?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Ah, just a couple of times. They took potshots at me, but they didn't even come close. Why, everyone knows what it would mean to interfere with the males. Oh, I brought some money for you mugs.

[Dottie Grant]

Oh, bless you. That wasn't necessary.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Sure it was. We don't want Dolly singing in Ike Tuttle's place, do we?

[Dottie Grant]

I left him back.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, it's good you did. That's one of the things I wanted to ask about. You left, huh?

[Dottie Grant]

Uh huh.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Well, see that you stay away. No more singing for you, sis.

[Dottie Grant]

How long can you stay, Buck?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Just a few minutes. I'll pack away some grub and then I'll have to leave.

[Dottie Grant]

Oh, so soon?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Yep.

[Dottie Grant]

I hope you don't get any real dangerous trips, Buck. You seem so young to be out on your own, riding them fast horses and responsible for the mail sharks.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

There's nothing to it. There's just one bad stretch in the whole route.

[Dottie Grant]

Oh, there, there. There is a bad stretch.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, nothing to worry about though, Ma.

[Dottie Grant]

Where is it?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

What's that part of the trail through the Deadwood forest?

[Dottie Grant]

Where's that?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

East of here, near Bear Lake. Lake's most all surrounded by a forest that was hit by blight or something. Nothing but dead trees there. Someone ought to set fire to it and clean it out.

[Dottie Grant]

Well, you be careful, Buck. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you, Mo.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I'm sure going to be dying of starvation right soon.

[Dottie Grant]

If I think it's alive, I clean forgot. You stay here now. Something to eat. Right away. Go. Take but a few minutes.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

All right, Ma. I'll be here.

[Dottie Grant]

You sure you haven't had trouble, Buck?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Nothing to worry about.

[Dottie Grant]

Why Not I. I just wondered, that's all.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

You got something on your mind, Sis. Out with it.

[Dottie Grant]

No, no, I. I'm just a fool to worry. Please forget it.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Hey, look here. How'd Tuttle take it when you left him? Well, was he ugly about it?

[Dottie Grant]

Well, he was.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

He. Tell me the truth, Dolly.

[Dottie Grant]

Look, Buck, please don't get all excited about Ike Tuttle. Don't even think about it.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

If that only trusts.

[Dottie Grant]

You have to be careful, though. I. I didn't like the way he acted about you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I mean, about me.

[Dottie Grant]

I've been worried about it ever since I left. He knows that there isn't any other job you can get. He knows that if you lose your job as a pony rider. You mean that I'll have to go back to work for him. So please watch out.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Tuttle can't hurt me.

[Dottie Grant]

I don't see what he could do to you. But just the same, you've got to be awful careful. I know how clever Tuttle is. When he starts making plans, he needn't.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Try any of his tricks.

[Dottie Grant]

I. Oh, that's your fool.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

You sit still, sis. I'll see who it is. Why, Mr. Peters. Hello, Buck. Just dropped in to say home, donny. This here's Mr. Peters. He's the district supervisor that got me the job. Glad to know you, Miss Dottie.

[Dottie Grant]

We're sure mighty proud of having a pony rider in the family, Mr. Peters. And I guess you're the man we've got to thank for it.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

We're always on the lookout for honest young men with a lot of nerve. Sit down, won't you? Hey, Moore, come here a minute.

[Dottie Grant]

In a minute.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

You'll have a bite to eat with us, won't you? Well, no, Buck. I have to get along in just a minute. Just thought I'd stop by and see how you like the job now that you've got it. No, I wouldn't swap places with any man alive.

[Dottie Grant]

Good enough you called me Buck more.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

This is Mr. Peters. I told you about him.

[Dottie Grant]

Oh, Mr. Peters, I'm right glad to know you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

How do you do, ma'? Am?

[Dottie Grant]

I'm right glad you're here, Mr. Peters. Because there's one thing that's been worrying me no end.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I'd be downright pleased at the chance to relieve you of any worry.

[Dottie Grant]

Well, I hear that there's a lot of risk in the work that Buck is doing.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Well, there's risk in anything. Pony riding's the same as cattle raising or farming. There's risk in living.

[Dottie Grant]

I mean, those Terrible savage Indians and the highwaymen that want to rob the mail and all.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Those aren't the risks, ma'. Am. I don't think a pony rider has to worry too much about those things.

[Dottie Grant]

No. Oh, I'm sure glad to hear that.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I told you my one danger though. The pony rider has a mighty responsible job. He carries mail that's valuable and mail that must go through. The biggest enemy of a pony rider is the pony rider himself. What do you mean, Mr. Peters? Just that I'm not worried about you, Buck. I reckon you'll think a good long time before you sell out the government and the mail service. Sell out? I mean. Well, just this. Sometimes men would like to steal the government mail. It's pretty hard to do that if the pony rider's honest. They might try to bribe a man. I'd like to see them try that with me. By ginger, if they did, I'd fix them. No, we aren't worried about you, Buck. Well, I'll be going along now. I've got a couple of errands to do around town and then I want to get on my way before sunup. You needn't worry that I'll sell out, Mr. Peters. Having met your folks, Buck, I'm not worried. The Lone Range, Ernie's faithful Indian companion, Tonto, stayed close to Tuttle's Cafe. And they were on their guard when a hard faced stranger entered the place a few minutes later. Tuttle and the stranger were seated at a corner table and you see for yourself what's happened there, Bart. My business has fallen almost to nothing. Well, Tuttle, you should know that no one ever came here for liking you. Never mind your smart remarks, Bart. Just pay attention to what I tell. You. Said you had a scheme for me to make some cash. I have. I gotta have that girl back here singing or go broke. I hear she won't come back. She will if her brother loses his job. Ain't likely he'll lose it though. Or is it? It's likely he will if you do what you're told and don't muddle things. I can handle most everything myself. But there's one thing I need you for. Go ahead, Tuttle. I'm fixing a story about Buck being bribed to lose a mail. I want him to come in here with a story about being robbed. He'll deny it when he's charged with losing the mail on purpose and claim he don't know nothing about it. But when bribe money's found on him, he'll be jailed. I Reckon my part is to do the robbing, huh? Yes. So why didn't you let me shoot him? That'd put a stop to his earning cash. Yeah, that happened. Everyone to take up a collection for his ma. I gotta disgrace the kid and have him jailed. Means I don't need cash when defending him. And get back to work. I'll go over the planes with you later. See that Peters has just come in. I'll have a talk with you. Howdy, Peters. Just a man I wanted to see. You wanted to see me? What about? Tuttle. Well, you know how it is when men get to drinking. Sometimes they say things they wouldn't say when they're sober. What's that to do with me? I reckon it has to do with you and the talk deals with robbing the Pony Express, don't it? What do you mean? Oh, if you're being sore about it, I won't say no more. Pick up Tuttle. Ain't any too much to say. I'm just slipping the warning to you. Don't trust your new rider too far. Who? Grant. Buck Grant. That's all I gotta say. If you're accusing him, Tuttle, tell the rest and be quick about it. Come on now. All right, all right. Let go of me now, Paul. Start talking. You think Buck Grant's such a swell fella? I'll tell you a few things and prove I'm right. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.

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Now to continue our story. When Buck was ready to start out, he was surprised to find that Peters was still in town and waiting for him at the express office. I hope nothing's gone wrong, Mr. Peters. Oh, nothing's gone wrong yet, Grant. I'm gonna stay around here for a few days though and check on things. Maybe you'll be here when I get back again. Maybe I will. He had to be swell. You'll have to try moss cooking then. Here comes the last rider, right on time. I'll see you in a couple of days. I'll be here. The pony rider raced in on the foam flecked horse. Buck was already in the saddle and the light mail bags were transferred to his mount. A moment later and he was on his way. Get up. Get over. Get off. He didn't. There he goes. Oh, you here, huh? Tuttle? Step over here. It won't do for the station men to hear what I say, Tuttle. I'd just as soon not hear anything more out of you. Well, is that so? I think you're lying. I heard a few things about you. Yeah. You'd like to see Grant thrown out of a job so his sister would go back to work for you, wouldn't you? I reckon she'd have to do plenty of asking before I'd hire her back after the way she left me flat. Oh, suit yourself. If you want to trust young Grant to turn down a nice hunk of money for himself and fetch a meal back here in a couple of days, go right ahead. Peters. I Pass down what I heard and you can do what you like about it. I'm doing what I like about it.

[Dottie Grant]

Help.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Robert, please. What's that? Stand by. What? He's stealing mail.

[Dottie Grant]

Sack.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Stop him. He's going out the back of the shack. Don't make me use this gun. Stand right where you are. You'll hang for this. I doubt he's. Stop him. Shoot. Where'd he come from? Who was that man? I don't know. He was in here when I come in after putting a horse in the shed. Was there anything in those mail sacks he stood? No, no, they was empty. But the ID's the same. He stole from the government. So he did.

[Dottie Grant]

Well, do something, Mr. Peters.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Get a posse.

[Dottie Grant]

Get after him.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Well, let's wait a while, Hank. Maybe the mail sacks will turn up without sending out a posse. Jumping Juniper. Ain't you mad about it? Why, sure. Sure I'm mad about it. He shouldn't scare you like that, Hank. I'll bet you almost felt the bullets from his gun, huh? Come on, Pillman. Lone Ranger raced out of town and across the plains until he reached a small woods. Ricardo was waiting. I have the mail pouches, Tanner. Not good. It's going to take the hardest kind of travel for a horse's kimasabi. Those crooks will plan to stop young Grant in Deadwood Forest. That means I must stop him east of here when he's on his way back. Then I've got to follow him to this point and outrun him between here and town. You catch up the pony rider horse. We can't expect too much of Silver. That's why I'm going to leave him here with you. I'll take your horse. Silver faster than Scout. I know. I'll save Silver for the last part of the trip. You camp right here. I want Silver well rested and ready for the fastest run he's ever made. Now. You're right. Scout, huh? Yes. Come on, Scout. As Buck Grant near Deadwood Forest on his return trip, a masked man cut in from the side of the trail and. Come on, Scout. What the. Grant. Rayna, I want to speak to you.

[Dottie Grant]

Masked.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Get along there. Get along. Raina, I must speak to you. Get back or I'll start shooting. You can't hit a mark at that speed. Can't, huh? No. Rain up and listen to me. Get back, I tell you.

[Dottie Grant]

Stop.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I'll stop you then. Go. That bridle. Let go. There. Oh, boy, you do life in jail. This is United States mail. That's why I'm interested. Now, listen to me. You dare touch this mail, you'll pay for all of your life. Will you listen? Do you want your sister to go back and dance and sing at Tuttle's place? Don't you mention my sister. Well, that's where she's going if you don't listen to me. Take these sacks. I'll take the mail. I'll see you dead first. I better take that gun. He'll only make trouble with it. See here, you try that. That's better. Now take these punches and get on your way. You're going to be stopped again. But don't say that. I have the mail. This mail is going through. Come on, Scout. Past the boy, past the. On. The Lone Ranger raced at top speed. Urging the tiring paint toward the west. Come on, boy. Come on. At last, he reached the woods where Tahoe waited with the great horse, Silver. Scout had done his part. And Big Scout. Tata. Rest him, Cal. Join you later on. I want to make sure everything turns out as it should. You've got mail right here. Throw these pouches on, Silver. It's up to you now, Silver, old fellow. You're racing against the best. Ike Tuttle and Bart waited just outside the express office in town. Then you sure you can count on them clouds of yours. Being as they don't get paid off till they done the job, I reckon I can't. They likely find a penny that's worth their while to them in the mail sacks. They don't get all that. That's mine. They get just what I agreed to pay them. That's your worry, Bart. As long as they take the mail, that's all I care about. How about getting the cash on? Grant ain't gonna have no trouble putting it in his pocket. I'll put it there right after he gets to the station. And before he can tell about being robbed. If you don't prove that he's been bribed. You won't get nowhere with your scheme. I'll prove it. Don't you worry. I reckon I'll move you over toward the station. I see Dot. No more there already. Luck to you. I won't even need a luck. That's how this thing has been worked out. It can't miss. See you later. Hi there, Miss dottie.

[Dottie Grant]

Good afternoon, Mr. Tuttle.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Now, now, Miss Dot. You needn't be holding a grudge again. Me, I'm sorry. I spoke up quick like when you left working for me.

[Dottie Grant]

Your apology is accepted, Mr. Tuttle. There now. I'm not Glad there's no more hard feeling.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

None at all, ma'. Am. Fact is, anytime I can do anything for you or Ms. Dottie or your son Buck, I'd be glad to do it.

[Dottie Grant]

There's only one thing you can do for us, and that's to leave us alone.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, no, you didn't.

[Dottie Grant]

Think I'm going back to work for you, Mr. Tuttle, because I'm not.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

What are you doing here, Tuttle? Long ways from your cafe, ain't it? I got a right to be here, ain't I? Oh, can't stop you if you want to stay here. Maybe I'm expecting mail on the Pony Express. Maybe something with a right important letter with cash strapped and a New York bank in it. Mighty important to me and I'd hate to lose it. Oh, I don't think you'll lose it if it's in the mail. Two Figure Grant's on a level, huh? We'll see.

[Dottie Grant]

What's that he said?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Why, Tuttle here has an idea that your son is going to turn out dishonest.

[Dottie Grant]

Why, you ornery, slinking, loose tongue polecat.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I wouldn't say a lot of things you might have to take back, Ms. Graham.

[Dottie Grant]

I'll never take back anything I call you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

If you hate that Buck's crookhead, suit yourself, ma'.

[Dottie Grant]

Am.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Oh, by the way, Peters, there's a sheriff over yonder. I told him to stick around and not go too far from here. Why, you might want him to make an arrest. What the.

[Dottie Grant]

There, I've heard about all I can stand from you.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Laugh me out. Why, you hot tempered little. That'll do, Tuttle. You had that coming, all right. And if I had that coming, Buck Grant's got jail coming as sure as I'm standing.

[Dottie Grant]

Here you are.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

I heard what I heard. I told you I had something on the Pony Express. Well, I heard plans to rob that Pony Express. It must all fix to pay $200 in gold a Buck Grant for letting himself be robbed.

[Dottie Grant]

That's a lie.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

We'll see about that. Need be, I can produce a friend of mine who heard the same thing I did. He's over there right now. The pony rider's coming.

[Dottie Grant]

Look, there he is, Ma. There comes Buck.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Fetch out the relief. Bring out the new horse and ride it. Come on, right out. Get along there, Thunders.

[Dottie Grant]

There's two riders. There's one on a white horse riding with Buck.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Why, so there is. You better have a look at them mail sacks, Peters. I will. You needn't worry, Tuttle.

[Dottie Grant]

Hi there, Buck.

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Hi. Here's the mail. Hold on. We're going to delay the mail for a minute. Wow, what a trip I had, Mr. Peters. Who's the masked man? Oh, Mr. Peters, this is a friend of mine. Uh huh. He stole their mail sacks from the station. That's right. I'll pay for it, Mr. Peters. What about the meal? What about it? I'm checking a Tuttle. You just try and say that it was stolen. Grant, we know all about your scheme. What's that, Tuttle? You've been bribed. We know all about it. You're all set to lie and say that you was held up and robbed. And all the time you got cash in your pocket as a bribe. Now did I say I was robbed? You have me. Whatever gave you the notion I was held up and robbed? Them sacks are all right, ain't they, Mr. Peters? They are. The seals are not broken. What? And there is no mail marked for this town title. Maybe the letter you want will come on the next mail. You mean to say you wasn't robbed? No, I wasn't robbed. What made you think I was? Search him. Seals ain't bribe money in his pocket. You try and search me, my thunder act huddle. What by any chance did you plan to have him robbed, then put money in his pocket to make it look as if he'd been bribed? Now wait. I don't savvy this. I. Who are you? Just a friend of Buck's. You did slip money in his pocket. You'll have to admit it in order to get it back. Now hold on. There's something wrong here. I don't see why you're so confused, Tuttle. The mail's here, safe and sound, just as I knew it would be. But I heard I have you holding this mail up all day. No, no. Get it going. Get it. Headed west. Hey, you. Are you got your pouches, honey? Get up there. Come on, boys, get up. Well, Tuttle, have you any more to say? Look at it. Look. I found gold in my pocket.

[Dottie Grant]

Look. Where'd that money come from?

[Narrator / Commercial Voice]

Gosh, I. That gold is. What do you know about it, Tuttle? Well, my partner over yonder heard about a bribe. He's the one. Well, I never heard about a bribe. And if this cash is in my pocket, I reckon it's mine till someone proves it ain't. You claim the money, Tuttle? No. But it's a bribe. I heard. Well, my pal, did anyone hand you a bribe? No. All right, I was stopped. But all the crooks got were some empty mail pouches. That masked man took the full ones and gave me the empties. And after some armies had taken the empties, the masked man returned the full ones to me. Now there's cash owing for the pouches he borrowed. I reckon I can pay for it out of this money I found in my pocket. We still heard about you. Buck's word to me as to how a thing happens is worth the word of a dozen like you and your part over there. I reckon the two of you are washed up for a long time to come. Hail Silver Hawaii. It.

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