The Silver Dollar | The Lone Ranger (09-04-42)

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The Silver Dollar | The Lone Ranger (09-04-42)"

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Date: May 22, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, host Andrew Rhynes presents a digitally restored classic episode of "The Lone Ranger," titled "The Silver Dollar," originally aired on September 4, 1942. The story plunges listeners into a suspenseful and action-packed battle for justice in the old west, as a mysterious gang terrorizes Greggsville with robberies, arson, and murder. With law and order threatened, the legendary Lone Ranger and his faithful companion Tonto set out to expose the real leader of the crime ring, unraveling a web of deception that even draws in a supposed government investigator.

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Key Discussion Points and Story Breakdown

1. Setting the Stage: Trouble in Greggsville

• [03:30] The episode opens on a stormy night, where a stagecoach makes its way to Greggsville amid rain and thunder.
• [04:00] The coach is ambushed; gunfire cracks through the night.
• [04:44] Introduction of Sheriff Morton and his daughter Betty, who express concern about a wave of crimes ravaging the county.

2. A Mounting Crime Wave

• [05:14] Sheriff Morton outlines the scale of lawlessness: "Stage robbing, busting into stores, burning houses, stealing cattle. Everything. Including murder."
• [06:04] The arrival of Deputy Bill with dire news: both driver and guard of the stagecoach have been killed, and the mail stolen.

3. Suspicion and Secrets at the Sheriff’s House

• [07:24] Suspense builds as Betty thinks she sees an Indian outside their window. Sheriff Morton tries to keep her out of the escalating trouble.
• [08:25] Betty finds a bullet in a jar, suspecting it to be a warning.

4. Sheriff’s Office Intrigue and Attack

• [09:45] Sheriff and Deputy Bill discover Colonel Jackson unconscious in the office. Afterwards, it’s revealed that important evidence from the sheriff’s desk has been stolen.
• [12:22] Colonel Jackson, claiming to be a special government investigator, informs the sheriff about the severity of the crime wave and his authority to take charge.
• [13:05] Sheriff laments: “I've lost four deputies since this gang started.”
• [13:30] The theory emerges that Easterners are behind the criminal wave.

5. The Silver Dollar Reveal

• [13:55] Sheriff discusses a clue: "This fella’s supposed to prove who he is to the rest of the gang by a silver dollar that's been polished smooth on one side. There's some lettering on that smooth side."
• [14:16] Tonto appears at the office, but before he can share his message, Betty (concerned for her father) mistakenly shoots him—only wounding his arm.

6. Plotting and Deception Unfold

• [18:20] Tonto privately passes along Lone Ranger's instructions: "You leave wind in back open. Leave the front door open. Savvy?"—a setup to trap the criminal mastermind.
• [20:03] The plan progresses, but confusion erupts when the lamp is shot out and chaos ensues as a horse bursts into the office.

7. Secret Meetings and Double Agents

• [22:39] At the hotel, a group of criminals led by a fake Colonel Jackson (the real gang leader, who killed the actual investigator) convene, using the silver dollar as a sign of allegiance.
• [24:16] “When you attacked the stage, I took care of the colonel. I put the coin in his pocket, took his credentials and assumed his identity when I came here.” (Fake Colonel Jackson, 24:16)
• [24:54] Recognition of the “silver bullet”—the signature of the Lone Ranger—prompts panic among the outlaws.

8. Tonto’s Risky Mission and the Trap at Potter’s Cave

• [25:13] Tonto is captured by the outlaws, but he delivers a crucial note that reveals the real plan: the fake colonel was meant to be exposed, and the criminals lured into a trap at Potter’s Cave.
• [26:17] “The Lone Ranger found a dead man at the scene of the hold up. He thought it was the Colonel. He found a badge, a coin, that is, one he'd been told about.” (Sheriff explaining the plan to Betty, 27:14)

9. The Showdown and Resolution

• [28:23] The outlaws prepare to use blasting powder to destroy the cave and escape.
• [29:03] “The only mistakes this schemer cook are the ones you made. We got them out of you. Well, Betty, we got them all, including the ringleader.” (Sheriff, 29:03)
• [29:21] It's revealed that the whole criminal campaign was orchestrated to drive townsfolk out and profit off the land in Hawkinsville.

10. Aftermath and Heroic Closure

• [29:47] Betty, reflecting on the danger and heroism, says: “Oh, I'd take more than a scolding for a chance to meet him.”
• [29:48] Sheriff: “Tonto?” Betty: “No, the Lone Ranger.”

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Memorable Quotes and Moments

• “Stage robbing, busting into stores, burning houses, stealing cattle. Everything. Including murder.”
  – Sheriff Morton expressing desperation about the lawlessness [05:14]

• “This fella’s supposed to prove who he is to the rest of the gang by a silver dollar that's been polished smooth on one side. There's some lettering on that smooth side.”
  – Sheriff, introducing the key clue [13:55]

• “When you attacked the stage, I took care of the colonel. I put the coin in his pocket, took his credentials and assumed his identity when I came here.”
  – Fake Colonel Jackson, revealing his duplicity [24:16]

• “That's the sign of the Lone Ranger. He's the one that put it there. He put the bullet and the dollar there.”
  – Outlaw, on discovering the silver bullet [24:54]

• “Well, Betty, we got them all, including the ringleader.”
  – Sheriff Morton, after the final roundup [29:03]

• “Oh, I'd take more than a scolding for a chance to meet him.” “Tonto?” “No, the Lone Ranger.”
  – Betty and Sheriff, closing exchanges [29:47–29:48]

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Notable Segment Timestamps

• 03:30 – Stagecoach ambush and introduction to Greggsville troubles
• 05:14 – Sheriff’s rundown of the crime spree
• 08:25 – Betty discovers the bullet; growing suspicion and tension
• 10:16 – Discovery of Colonel Jackson, attacked and unconscious
• 13:55 – The silver dollar clue is explained
• 14:16/15:00 – Tonto’s appearance and accidental shooting by Betty
• 18:20 – Tonto gives Lone Ranger’s instructions: trap is set
• 22:39 – Criminals’ meeting; impostor revealed
• 24:54 – Silver bullet leaves gang fearful
• 25:13–26:17 – Tonto’s capture; note reveals the trap; motivation for the crimes is exposed
• 28:23–29:03 – Final showdown in the cave and arrest of the ringleader
• 29:47–29:48 – Epilogue: Betty dreams of meeting the Lone Ranger

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Tone & Style

The episode is rich in classic Western drama, with snappy old-Western dialogue, suspenseful narration, and strong moral themes of courage, justice, and community resilience. The mood transitions seamlessly from foreboding suspense to triumphant resolution, punctuated by moments of sharp wit—especially in exchanges between Betty and her father.

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Conclusion

This episode delivered a quintessential Lone Ranger adventure—complete with rain-swept showdowns, mysterious clues, clever deception, and the unwavering pursuit of justice. The digitally restored audio brings renewed vitality to the story, letting new generations experience the pulse of old-time radio in vivid detail.

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For those who enjoy intricate plots, iconic heroes, and a taste of the golden age of radio, this episode is a prime example of "The Lone Ranger" at its atmospheric best.

Transcript

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[Andrew Rines (Host)]

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Fiery horse with the speed of light,

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

a cloud of dust and a hearty hi O.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

With his faithful Indian companion, Tuttle, the masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness, have come down to us through the generations. And 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.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Morning, Silver. There's trouble on the trail ahead.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

It was a night of wind, rain and thunder. The worst kind of a night for the horses that had to haul the overland stage towards Greggsville in Grant County. But in spite of the rain, the mail was coming through and with it two passengers. A flash of lightning revealed the oncoming stage to men who crouched at the side of the trail.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Did you see it?

[Deputy Bill]

Yeah, sure I saw it. Do you think I'm blind? I've been watching that trail long enough. It's time we saw that stage.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Rest of the boys are ready, aren't they?

[Deputy Bill]

Expect them to fall asleep in this kind of weather.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Not suspecting what was ahead, the driver urged the six strong horses on. Then suddenly, without warning, there were cracks of guns.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Get a mind where you shoot, don't get care.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Then, a short time later, a rider on a white horse drew alongside the stage. One man sat on the seat, flashing the horses on their way. He saw the white horse range alongside. A flash of lightning revealed the fact that the rider wore a mask. Then masked man and white horse passed the stage and swept ahead.

[Deputy Bill]

Come on.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Masked rider's voice rang out in the teeming rain. The horse sped on, unmindful of the slippery mud. Water filled holes beneath the flying hoofs. In the county seat, Sheriff Morton sat at home with his daughter, his face heavily lined with worry and his eyes red rimmed and tired from lack of sleep.

[Betty]

Now, Pa, why don't you go to bed and get what sleep you can?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

And I've got to think, Betty.

[Betty]

But Bill's on the job, and it's not likely that gang will hit tonight. They wouldn't go out in this storm.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Those ornery crooks would use this kind of night to their advantage. Betty. They know they couldn't be trailed. If I could only figure out why they're doing so many things. Stage robbing, busting into stores, burning houses, stealing cattle. Everything. Including murder.

[Betty]

Ooh, such a storm.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I'm not going to talk any more about it. Better at all. You'll like you more. You'd grab a gun and go hunting crooks yourself if I let you. And that reminds me. I've let it be known that no one is to give you information. You're to keep out of this affair.

[Betty]

Oh, Paul, I could help if you'd let me.

[Deputy Bill]

No.

[Betty]

That storm went over.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

That doggone wind. It's blowing open.

[Betty]

It almost seemed as if someone had broken it open.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

The wind. I'll fix it so it'll stay closed.

[Betty]

Hurry, Pa. The rain's coming in in buckets for

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I don't have it fixed in the jiffy.

[Betty]

Pa. What is it? Is there something out there? Wait. I'll help you fix the window.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Shake where you are, Betty? Get wet.

[Betty]

Well, I don't mind that. I'd sooner change my dress than have the rain all over the floor.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Hey, there.

[Betty]

Oh, all right, Paul. Oh, that's Bill, your deperty.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Let him in. Hurry up, sir.

[Betty]

I'm coming, Bill. Just a minute.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Oh, great Scott, what a storm. Hey, Sheriff, I'm fixing this window. Stay there and drift. Don't move around. I'll help you. I said I want water all over the floor.

[Betty]

Oh, Bill. There.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yeah, it won't blow up.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

And again.

[Betty]

Paul, when the lightning flashed that last time, I saw a man's face.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Nonsense, Sheriff. I came to tell you.

[Betty]

Wait a minute, Bill. I did see a face. It was out there in the dark beyond the window. It looked like an Indian.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

It's your imagination, Betty. Forget it.

[Deputy Bill]

Bill.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

What's up? It's the stagecoach. Just came in. And I saw a sight you never

[Deputy Bill]

saw in all your life.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

What do you mean?

[Deputy Bill]

Murder.

[Betty]

Murder?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Doggone your hide, Bill. How many times have I gotta tell you not to talk about things like that except in the office? Then get to the office. The sooner the better. Things are getting to a fine pass here in town. The guard and driver of the stage was both killed and the mail was taken. Colonel Jackson drove the stage in. Who? In the sunders. Colonel Jackson. Well, he ain't really a colonel now.

[Deputy Bill]

I reckon he was once, but he's here to investigate.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Things came from Washington. Where is he? In your office. He's waiting there. And he says it's mighty important that he sees you right away. I'll be along in a minute as soon as I get some boots on. I won't keep you waiting.

[Deputy Bill]

Oh, sakes alive, I never seen a worse storm. Miss Betty.

[Betty]

Bill, didn't you see a face outside the window?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Well, I weren't looking, ma'.

[Betty]

Am. Oh, I know there was someone there.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Oh, now, sharks, Miss Betty. It might have been the wet leaves

[Deputy Bill]

on a tree or something. Or your por stood right at the window.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Or if there'd been anyone there, he'd have seen him.

[Betty]

I wonder if he did. He was an awful long time at that window. Excuse me a minute, Bill.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Now, where you going?

[Betty]

To the other room. I want to make sure Pa dress is warm enough. Way things have been going late, he's likely to forget his head if somebody does mind him of it.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Oh, Betty.

[Betty]

Pa, I didn't mean to startle you.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Well, just seeing if there's any piper back in this jar.

[Betty]

You haven't had pipe tobacco there for years.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Oh, that's so. Forget about it.

[Betty]

You couldn't smoke in rain like this.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

No, of course not. Well, I'll get along. Keep the house shut tight, Betty. I'll be back as soon as I can. Yes, Pa. Come on, Bill. Let's get going. Right.

[Deputy Bill]

Good night, Miss Betty.

[Betty]

Good night. Good night, Pa. Good night, honey. My pa fibbed to me. He fibbed twice inside of 10 minutes. Now, he saw someone outside. He must have. He wasn't looking for tobacco. Why was he in that jar? Well, I'm gonna look and see something.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

There.

[Betty]

Bullet. It's a bullet. That Indian. Well, that's a sign of war when an Indian sends a bullet or an arrow. Pa was trying to keep it from me. Now I know the Indian was outside talking to Pa. That's why he didn't want me near the window. He gave Pa this bullet a warning. Well, I'll be ready for him. Just let him show himself again. I'll have Pa's rifle and I'll shoot to kill.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Thunder is going down some, but the rain's still bad. Taint the rain. I mind, Sheriff, as much as this mud.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Garnet.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I'm sinking ankle deep at every step. And the office is right here. Did you leave the lamp going?

[Deputy Bill]

Huh?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

The colonel was in there.

[Deputy Bill]

He was going to wait there for you.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I told you, didn't I? I guess you did, Bill. You need to ask if he saw the outlaws. Too dark to see anything. What's the matter here? The door is bolted.

[Deputy Bill]

Maybe the colonel was afraid the crooks

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

had come for him. Hi there, Colonel Jackson. It's the sheriff. Open the door, Colonel to Sheriff Martin. Couldn't have gone out and left the door locked that way. The bar is on the inside.

[Deputy Bill]

Well, this window over on the side

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

of the porch is generally unlocked, Sheriff. I'll see what's the matter. Sheriff. Sheriff, look here. Take a look. That's the Colonel sprawling the floor. Come on. Keep your gun handy and come in after me. He's alive. He's moaning. Bill, get some water from that bucket over there. Right. What happened to him?

[Deputy Bill]

Has he been shot?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Don't look like it. No sign of injury.

[Deputy Bill]

What hit me?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

There now. Take it easy, Colonel. You're all right.

[Deputy Bill]

Here's the water.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Here, Colonel. Take a drink of water. You're not hurt much. Can you tell what happened?

[Deputy Bill]

Thanks.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Take another drink. You'll feel better.

[Deputy Bill]

I guess it'll be all right.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

What happened to you, Colonel Jackson talking so much. Bill, close that wind at the rear before it flooded out of here. That's the way the sneaking crook got

[Deputy Bill]

out Sheriff, I'm Colonel Jackson. Your credentials? Proof of my identity.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

My deputy told me about you. But what happened?

[Deputy Bill]

I don't know.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Let me to a chair. That's it now. Checking on me. That's the ticket. If you like talking now.

[Deputy Bill]

I sat here waiting for you. Didn't hear anything at all. Said it was too late. I. I heard someone. A faint creek back of me. I turned and someone struck me from behind. That's all I know. Huh.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Crikey. That don't help much. Hey, Sheriff. Dog gone at all? Someone has stole a lot of stuff from your desk. What? Look here.

[Deputy Bill]

All these papers you had here, the

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

ones that dealt with the crooks you were working against. They're all gone. Gone? So that's what the crook was after.

[Deputy Bill]

Oh, wait till I get my bearings. Head stops spinning, and we can talk.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Sheriff Morton reasoned that whoever had knocked the colonel down had stolen papers from his desk, then escaped by the window in the rear of the office. When the man from the east was able to talk, the lawman and he compared notes.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

We've been up against an organized gang, Colonel Jackson. They've done everything that can be thought of. It's reached a point where nobody feels safe.

[Deputy Bill]

Conditions here have become known in the East, Sheriff. That's why I'm here. I'm something of a special investigator. If you read my credentials, you'll see that I'm empowered to take whatever action is considered necessary.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I read that.

[Deputy Bill]

Even though it means calling in the troopers or appointing new law enforcement officers. Don't seem to have many deputies.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Don't have many. No, of course we don't. Oh, Garnet, look here. Wait till I show you. In my drawer here. There's Lamb Perkin's badge. He's dead. Here's Jim Lefevers. He's dead. And here's Gus Oldman's. And Abe Childress. I've lost four deputies since this gang started.

[Deputy Bill]

Have you no clues?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

No. I had some papers or statements from folks in town. And I had a few leads that I was working on and notes and things. They've all been stolen. Stolen? By the critter that snuck in here by that back window, knocked you out.

[Deputy Bill]

I see.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

It seems like a deliberate move on the part of a gang to get everyone to move away from here. If it keeps on, this won't be anything but a ghost town.

[Deputy Bill]

I disagree. I think this gang is simply bent on taking as much money and property as it can.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Well, I don't know.

[Deputy Bill]

What benefit would it be to a gang to have Everyone leave here?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I don't know, but a lot of people have already moved over to Hawkinsville. There's another thing, Mr. Colonel Jackson. Yes? I've had information there's some Easterners behind the whole thing. Might have been that army that was in the stage with you, the one that was killed.

[Deputy Bill]

An Easterner behind the crimes of these outlaws out here. Preposterous. If that's the way you reason, Sheriff Morton, perhaps you're not as efficient as you might be.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I'm just telling you what was told of me, that's all. This fella's supposed to prove who he is to the rest of the gang by a silver dollar that's been polished smooth on one side. There's some lettering on that smooth side.

[Deputy Bill]

When did you hear this, Sheriff?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Well, I got it in sort of a roundabout way. I Doggone I see who that is. Bill Bright. Who's that? Me Indian.

[Deputy Bill]

You want to see Shadow.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Any important open door, let him in. The chances are there's been another hold up or something. I'll see that he don't waste none of our time. Well, redskin, what's on? Oh, great gun. Fire that shot.

[Deputy Bill]

Protect me.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Where can I hide someone? Over there, Sheriff. That's where the shot came from.

[Betty]

I got him. I got him, Pa. Betty, what the

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

tarnation are you doing? Let me lift this redskin and put him over here where he can be spread out.

[Betty]

Paul, are you all right? He didn't get you, did he?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Bet he. You'd better have a doggone good reason for shooting as you done. A reason for being out of the house in the first place.

[Betty]

But he was after you, Pa. I know he was. Now, I told you I saw him outside our house. And there's no use trying to keep things from me. I knew he was talking to you. He was warning you. He gave you a bullet. I saw the bullet.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

What?

[Betty]

You tried to fib out of it, but I knew you were up to something more than looking for tobacco. You see, I looked in that jar, Betty.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

By thunderation, I ought to change your heart.

[Betty]

True, isn't it? I knew you were in danger, so I came out here to make sure you weren't caught unaware. When I saw the engine at the doorway, I fired.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

But hang it all. Oh, if you only hadn't done it very dog on it all. I know that redskin. His name is.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

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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[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

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[Betty]

Sam.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Now to continue our story. Betty explained why she had fired a tunnel while Bill, the deputy, laid the unconscious Indian gently on a sofa at one side of the office.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

How's he now, Bill?

[Deputy Bill]

Nice wing, that's all. He'll be all right.

[Betty]

Honest, I didn't aim to hurt him bad. I. I just wanted to hit his gun arm.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

You'd better get for home, Betty. And stay there.

[Deputy Bill]

And the bullet just grazed his head. I think it's just clipped the skin a little.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Is the colonel still in hiding? Hey, Colonel Jackson.

[Deputy Bill]

I. I wasn't armed, so I thought it better to keep out of the way. You disarm that redskin?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Sure. He won't hurt nobody. He's coming around now. He wants to talk to you, private. All right, Betty. Did you hear me? Go home and stay there. You're mixing into something you don't understand. You'd better keep out of it, Pa.

[Betty]

I only wanted to protect you.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Get bandages and water, Bill. I'll fix the redskin up, Betty. You do what I say.

[Betty]

Well, all right, then. I'll go.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Come over here, Colonel Jackson. Sheriff will be through with the redskin in a minute.

[Deputy Bill]

This office doesn't strike me as being very efficient.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

And you not worry.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Me not hurt bad. Doggone. I'm sorry about it, Todd. Oh, mighty sorry You've got bullets with a lone ranger. Him tell you him help. He's the one that Told me that the head man of the crooks was coming out here and had the silver dollar with him. Has there been anything new since I talked to the Lone Ranger?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Him at work now.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Him ride plenty long way, then come back. Why did you come here? You brought information for me, didn't you? Not right. You leave wind in back open.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Leave the front door open.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Savvy? Starting right now, I should leave them open. That's right. Wait then. Bill, the engine wants more air. Get the door open. Yeah, but the rain. Never mind the rain. Do what I say. And open that back window, too. Let the air sweep through.

[Deputy Bill]

Well, all right, if you say so.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Now what?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Maybe things happen pretty soon. Now you read. Maybe we catch plenty crook. Are you sure you're all right? You tell a girl not to shoot

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

again until hit bad, all plan go wrong.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

She won't shoot again. I'll promise you that.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

There's a darn window both wide open.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Good enough. Now we wait. And he happened.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

As time passed, Tonto regained his strength but remained quiet on the couch. He watched the dark window at the rear of the room. Saw the rain beating upon the floor. Then, turning slightly, he looked out through the doorway at the Black Knight. The sheriff remained at Tonto's side while across the room, Bill talked to the colonel.

[Deputy Bill]

Sheriff seems to be spending a lot of time with that Indian.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Morton. Yes, sir.

[Deputy Bill]

I want to speak to you.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yes, sir. I'm coming.

[Deputy Bill]

Colonel, I'm satisfied that you're not very concerned about these crimes.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

What?

[Deputy Bill]

The men who robbed that state you're still at large. The men who robbed your offices, too.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

We're working on things.

[Deputy Bill]

I suppose just because it's raining. The citizens who pay your salary aren't entitled to your efforts.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

You think I'd better go out in the mud and stomp around looking for footprints or something? This ground won't hold. Prince.

[Deputy Bill]

Colonel, what do you propose to do with that Indian?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Nothing. I reckon he can take care of himself. The bullets just grazed him. I'm going to sure as shoot and tell Betty a few things when I get home. The idea of her traits and out in the rain and gunning for redskin dog on it.

[Deputy Bill]

A shot. Someone shot the lamb.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Get under the desk. This way. Down fast. Holy mackerel. What's next?

[Deputy Bill]

There's a horse. A horse in here.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Stop.

[Deputy Bill]

You stay where you are. In the name of the law.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Stop. You tell him. He'll find where you are.

[Deputy Bill]

Shoot him.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Shoot him. Do some people. He's moving about in here. Maybe I could get the Door closed and trap him in the. Why don't you shoot?

[Deputy Bill]

Let go. By hand.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Let me fire. You will hit one of us. I'll find a lamp. He's going, sheriff. He's going out now.

[Deputy Bill]

Get a light. A light, I say. Hurry and get a light.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I'm pining one. Just hold your horses. Turn up, sir.

[Deputy Bill]

He might be shot in the dark.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Bill will get the light. There you are. Now we can see. Close that door, Bill. Get it closed. I'll close the window. No more of this sort of thing, no matter. Who says they want fresh air. There's a door there. What in tuncket is going to happen next? Who's that you've got, colonel?

[Deputy Bill]

Bullet was here on the table.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Ginger. It looks like silver.

[Deputy Bill]

A bullet of silver.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Is that all that was there? Yes. You sure there was nothing else?

[Deputy Bill]

See for yourself. The top of the desk is bare.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Well, it seems like there might have been a note or a letter or something of the sort. Hey, sheriff, look. Huh?

[Deputy Bill]

That Indian, he's gone. Yeah, I just noticed it. Where did he go?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

He must have left while the light was out. I wonder if he went alone or if that man on the horse captured him.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Morton and Bill bade the man from the east. Good night. At the entrance to the hotel Jackson, the colonel secured a large room in the rear of the first floor.

[Deputy Bill]

See that I'm not disturbed. I'm tired. Lots to do tomorrow and I want a good night's sleep.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Outside in the rain, men watched the window of the large rear room. They saw the lamp lighted, then saw a shade pulled over the window.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

All right, Butler, now we move forward.

[Deputy Bill]

Where's the rest of the boys? Preach sent them somewhere.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I told him to get to the rooms and wait for orders. Come on, there's a gent. We got to see if I could entertain Kirk.

[Deputy Bill]

Yeah, and the sooner the better. I'm getting anxious for the showdown on this job.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Window should be opened a little. Not for us to stick the barrel of a gun through.

[Deputy Bill]

Yeah, if it ain't, we'll poke a hole in the glass.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

You won't do no such thing. You let me handle this. Want no noise.

[Deputy Bill]

Is it open?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yeah, a couple of inches. Wait, I'll open it some more.

[Deputy Bill]

Hey, what does this mean? Quiet gun, huh?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yeah, we're coming in there.

[Deputy Bill]

Come ahead. What's stopping you?

[Betty]

It's.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

We sure are soaking wet.

[Deputy Bill]

What do you want? We're looking for a certain party.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Supposed to be in this room.

[Deputy Bill]

Well, who are you looking for? You'll know.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Supposed to show us a silver dollar. Savvy? We're to turn that dollar over to the other side.

[Deputy Bill]

Not so loud. What if I didn't have any silver dollar?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

If you didn't have them, you wouldn't be in this room.

[Deputy Bill]

It's pure luck that I have. I got rid of the silver dollar once. You got to be too, Jane. Dangerous to carry. What are you talking about? When I wrote, I told you to hold up a stage tonight. I had inside information. In the East, a special investigator was coming here. His name was Colonel Jackson.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Is he a passenger on the stage? Yes.

[Deputy Bill]

From him I learned that a man known as the Lone Ranger was going to combat us. Lone Ranger?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I don't like that.

[Deputy Bill]

It had become known that the head of the organization would identify himself with a certain kind of coin. So when you attacked the stage, I took care of the colonel. I put the coin in his pocket, took his credentials and assumed his identity when I came here.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

You got the coin now?

[Deputy Bill]

Yes. Here it is. Where'd you get it? Someone shot the lights out in the sheriff's office. When the lamp was lighted, Ms. Coyne was on the desk beside a silver bullet. I was able to get it without being seen. I didn't want the sheriff to get it first. He knew what it meant. What if they find that on you? They won't. I'll get rid of it first. I'll find a way to put it among the possessions of the real Colonel Jackson. Hold on. Did you say a silver bullet? Yes.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Why?

[Deputy Bill]

That's the sign of the Lone Ranger. He's the one that put it there. He put the bullet and the dollar there.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

He knows about you couldn't.

[Deputy Bill]

How could he? Don't ask me how. He knows things.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

He does, that's all.

[Deputy Bill]

All right, then. We've got to work fast. We've got to get everyone busy right away. What's he doing at the door? Watch. Let me go, Indian.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Shut the door.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

I thought I heard something moving outside that door.

[Deputy Bill]

You the same Indian? He was in the sheriff's office.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yeah. See if he's got guns.

[Deputy Bill]

I'll search him. Oh, no, you don't. Time to put something in your mouth, huh?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

See what that is, Critch.

[Deputy Bill]

I just knocked it out in his hand in time.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

It's a note of some sort. Let me read it. Hey, boss. Did you take something from the sheriff's desk?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Yes.

[Deputy Bill]

I bolted the door. While I was there alone, I got some papers the sheriff had around about our work. I burned them in the fireplace. I opened the window to make it look like someone had come in and they believe I'd been knocked out.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Listen to this, Tono. I think the Colonel is a fake. How could anyone go into the office and knock him out without leaving wet tracks on the floor?

[Deputy Bill]

I'm in a terrible sleep and here's more.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Now listen to the rest. He says I've taken the dollar from the dead man. I'll go to the office and leave it. You tell the sheriff to leave the door open and let the Colonel have a chance to steal the dollar. If he takes it, follow him. Report to me at Potter's Cave. All of us are meeting there.

[Deputy Bill]

Why? He suspected it. Now he knows. That was why you went there, redskin. You told the sheriff to let me

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

find a dollar and you go right into trap.

[Deputy Bill]

Critch, do you know where Potter's Cave is?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Sure.

[Deputy Bill]

Get the boys rounded up. You have powder?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yeah, lots of it. They're planning to use blasting powder to blow half the houses sky high when everything else had been done.

[Deputy Bill]

Get the men and the powder. We're going to blow up Potter's Cave tonight. We'll trap them all there. All the men are working with this. This Lone Ranger.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Got to move fast. Betty, my rifle next to Gun Bell.

[Betty]

Here it is, Bob.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Where's Hunter's Cave? When Bill comes, tell him to get there fast. The Lone Ranger's taking hold now.

[Betty]

The Lone Ranger?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Yes. And listen, honey, he told me the whole thing. Businessmen, crooked ones. Want to boost the town of Hawkinsville. They'll make a cleanup selling land if they can get folks there. And they've got other irons at the fire, too.

[Betty]

Yes, Pa. Is that why they've been terrorizing everybody?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

The gang was told it could have all it could steal and extra pay for damaging property. But get this. The Lone Ranger found a dead man at the scene of the hold up. He thought it was the Colonel. He found a badge, a coin, that is, one he'd been told about.

[Betty]

Yes.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Came to see me, talked to me at the window without showing himself. You did see the Indian, though.

[Betty]

I knew I did.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

He had to make sure the man that came here was the imposter and not the colonel. Well, he made sure of it. We know the man that calls himself Colonel Jackson is the leader of the gang. He's here to pay them off. Now, I've got to go, honey. It's the big meeting to end things. Got to get all the deputies and special deputies together. I'll see you later.

[Deputy Bill]

You know that's Butter's Cave. All right, then. What about the blasting powder? Going to light the fuse and drive the wagon into the cave.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Oh, yeah. Rain up here, man.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Good light way back in the cave.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Good enough.

[Deputy Bill]

Can't send the wagon back all the way. Is there another entrance to that cave? No.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

All we got to do is get the wagon in the entrance and let the powder go. That'll seal her up. All right. All right, boys. Now that's enough. Take the horses away and light the fuse.

[Deputy Bill]

They hear him. Oh, not back where they are. I've been in that cave and I

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

know what it's like.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Light the fuse now. Maybe you'll not light it, but s go hurt the Indian. Horton.

[Deputy Bill]

The sheriff.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Put on your coat.

[Betty]

Guns.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

You come get him.

[Betty]

Leave that.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

All boys close in r and shoot him. No gun play. Here's one for you, you pol cat. Oh, no, no, no, no. Don't shoot like your.

[Deputy Bill]

Let me out of this. Let me go. This is all a mistake.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

The only mistakes this schema cook are the ones you made. We got them out of you. Well, Betty, we got them all, including the ringleader.

[Betty]

Tell me some more, pa. Did the Lone Ranger want Todo to be captured so they find that note?

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Sure he did. And then he left a light in the cave so they think we were all in there meeting. While we captured the polecats as they were trying to blow us up, the Lone Ranger went through the fake colonel's room and got a fortune in folding cash. Go to pay, folks for some of the damage that gang did. It was sure a great roundup, but doggone, I shouldn't be chucking about things to you. I've got to scold you plenty for taking a shot at Tono.

[Betty]

Oh, I'd take more than a scolding for a chance to meet him.

[Casual Conversationalist / Narrator]

Tunnel?

[Betty]

No, a lone ranger.

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