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Tonto Rides Alone | The Lone Ranger (07-15-40)
Original Air Date: July 15, 1940Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Earle Graser (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W. Trendle Music:• Ben Bonnell Exit music from: Roundup...
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Sam
Foreign.
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Andrew Rines
Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode.
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Sam
The fiery horse of the seed of life, A cloud of dust and a hearty hay of silver. The lone angel.
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Sam
Sam, with his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the mast rider of the Plains, led the fight for law and order in the western United States. His strength and courage were always on the side of right against might. No man could match his daring and resourcefulness, and nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days when the west was young and the Lone Ranger was fighting the greatest battle of his entire career. You will remember that Graham, a wealthy rancher living in the district centering upon the town of Spanish Flats, had vowed to destroy the outlaw band that had terrorized the countryside for Almost a year already, one of the chiefs of the criminal organization had met his death. And on an evening several days later, Graham stood in the doorway of his home, staring into the darkness. I'd have sworn I heard something out here. What's that? Just a shadow, I guess. But just to say a dog. That's what I heard. Arizona? Is that you, Arizona? Arizona. Hello, old boy. Where's your master? Where's Arizona? Here, Wolf. What's the matter with you? What is it, boy? Want me to follow? Do you want to show me something? Go on, Wolf. Go on, Wolf. What have you found, you ram. Arizona. I didn't mean to play out like this, ma' am. What's the matter with you, Arizona? What's happened? Before I talk, would you mind give me a hand? Held me up. Why, of course. Thanks. Now, counselor helped me to the house so I can sit. I'm just plain tuckered out. Never thought I'd make it. Hold on to me. Sure. Your horse. I had to turn him loose. Had to come on in afoot. Left my saddle. Hid out in the hill. You mean that you had. Their horse was even. Even worse off than me. But what. No, wait. You get inside first. Make it up the steps all right. Take it easy. Please stay outside. Now then, this chair here. Oh, gosh, it feels good to be rested. Anything I can get you food or water? I could stand a drink if you didn't mind. I Certainly. Here you are. Thanks, Eddie. Golly, that's good. Yeah, thanks. Had a bit of the awful just now. I guess you like talking now, Arizona Blame. It was awful. You look as if you'd had a bad time of it. I found Tano's trail three times. Been lost at four. Yes, that's my own fault. Should have fixed a place to meet him. Should have known he'd be too slick to leave a trail anybody could promise. Then you don't know whether the Lone Ranger's living or dead? Nope. Don't know if they. You think they reached the caves? Don't know even that. Maybe the masked man didn't even live to get there. Murdering skunks. They've done for the finest fellow the west ever seen. If he is going, Graham, Gunnar take for it. Of course, that don't even the score. No, it doesn't. It ain't Gunner that's really to blame, you know, Graham. It's the pool cat that's hiding behind Gunner and all them other crooks like him. I know that. It's the skunk that gives him their orders. I'VE thought about that, Arizona. What do you mean? I've got an idea. The only way we'll ever be able to learn who he is and bring him to justice is to first destroy his organization. If you jail the outlaws he rules, take away his power, then he'll be defenseless. Well, you know what I told you. Whether the masked man's living or dead, you can bank on me to do what I can. I reckon that's what the mask man at war could do. The. Well, kind of like carrying on his work. You really mean that, don't you? You can just bet I do. Then I've already planned our next step. You have. When you've rested. When you're ready to ride again. We're striking at one of the most vicious outlaws in the entire outfit. Who's that? The man who's led the gang that carried out these hold ups. The gang has robbed stages, banks, homes. The man who's been responsible for a score of brutal killings, Kirk Rigby. Meanwhile, several miles west of the town of Spanish Flats. Two riders approached the buildings of the wealthy Jingle Bob Mines. Inside the office, Jerry Collins, the boss of the smelter, was hard at work on his day's report and was unaware of his danger. The two outlaws reigned in their mouths. Come on, sir. Boy sees who we are. I'm with you. Stop getting covered right in here for Collins. Get out. You're telling us. When the mind figures to send out his next ship in the gold so you and your gun hands can steal it, you can go to Thunder Talk. I said you could. Get up. Get back up on your feet, you. It's the way to handle them when they get stubborn. Z. Let them have it. Are you going to talk? When's that gold being sent? Well, Skunk, I wouldn't tell you nothing if you'd come here with your hunk watch. That's a gun. Like him? I'll show you. I'll take it. I got him, Collins. You're lucky stuff didn't shoot to kill. My arm. Get a bandage on it and you'll be all right. I got some over here. No, you don't. Not till you come across with that information. We want you, Skunk. You're just throwing up trouble for yourself, Mr. Turkish. I know what you can do to me if you want. But just the same. I ain't talking. Sam. What are we gonna do with this, Ambery? The crazy engine ain't got sense enough to come across. The boss said you was to find out when that gold was Being sent. Sure. But you do like the bosses. When he gives an order, he aims to see it followed. You hear that, Collins? I heard. See the spot I'm in, don't you? What do I care? You ought to. Cause if you keep on acting stuff and I'm going to let daylight kill you. Hey, watch out. Now talk. Don't pull that trigger, Collins. It's so close to going off. Right this second, you're almost the same as knocking at them pearly gates. You. You shoot me down without giving me a chance. I got orders. That boss of yours, who is he? Why don't he show himself? Why don't he come here out in the open and do his own dirty work? What are you going to. I'm going to count, Collins. When I get to five. If you ain't talked yet, you never will. Wait till. No, don't. You can't shoot me down. No, please. No. No. Don't you shoot or change your mind. If. If I tell you, will you let me go? Let me live? Will you talk? Will you? Why, sure, Collins. Shuck. We don't mean you no harm. Nothing personal anyhow. Just a kind of business proposition. The gold. The gold? Yeah. It goes out three days from now. Well, now, why couldn't you send that right off and save yourself all this trouble? I didn't. Only the driver. They figured if they sent guards along, it would tip you off. They sended the golden and the freezer. It's like it was just a. Boys, I get it. Trying to be slick, huh? Well, that's enough, sir. Put a rope on this gent and let's get going. Yeah. Pull out your hand, fella. You don't have to tie me up. That's to keep you from trying to make a break. Hurt. On the way to the hills. On the way to the hills? You heard him. Come on. You're taking me alone. Shut up and do what you're told. You promised me. Said you wouldn't do nothing. You wouldn't shoot me. You're going to take me out and kill me. That's what you're going to do. You're going to get rid of me. You can't do that. You think we'd be local enough to let you stay behind and give them warning? No, no, no. You can't shoot me. Cows. Dead men don't talk. It was the following day that Arizona Lawson stood in the patio of a little border mission in conversation with the Lone Ranger's old friend, the padre. Padre, I reckon there's no Use my telling you how I feel. You thought just as much of that last gent as I did. He was a fine man, my son. I thought. I thought. See? Oh, really? It sounds kind of funny coming from a no count fellow like me, Padre. But before I go on about some business I got left to do, I thought maybe I could kind of mosey into the chapel and sort of talk the master tell you what I mean. Of course, amigo. You think you'll hear me see Arizona? I think he will. I'll be out again in just a minute or so. I will be waiting, my son. Lone Rangers, wherever they are. I thought maybe you'd feel better about how things turned out if you knew I mean to do the best I know how to finish what you started. Of course I know. And you know nothing I can do will amount to shucks compared to what you'd have done. Look, you had me going west, but I'm gonna try Lone Ranger. Honest. Lone Ranger. I'm gonna try the best I know how well else to tell you. So that's all, friend. And how do you. What? Tondo Hondo. I look everywhere. Searched all through the hills, all up and down the Rio. Almost got killed hunting. Where you been, Tonto? Have plenty of work to do. I. I want you to tell me what matter. The mask man. Did you. Did he. Oh, Tano. You know what I mean. Me bring good news. Tano? You don't mean the masked man? Him? Liz. 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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Sam
Sam. Now to continue our story. When Arizona attempted to tell the padre that in spite of his fears, the masked man was still alive, he learned that Tonto had already Told him the news. And yes, my son, we have much to be thankful for this morning. Just wait till I spread the word. Just wait. I let folks know the Lone Ranger is going to fight on their side again. These crooks say, won't that set things a h. Wait, amigo. I can hardly. You will not tell them, huh? Arizona, Tonto has explained that it is the wish of the Lone Ranger that we speak of this to no one. Why? I don't say keep sick. Yeah, I know. But why did he send for me? I shall ride secretly to the cave where Tonto is hidden in and shall there do what little I can to nurse him back to health. Yeah, but I fear that if his enemies should discover us, I would be but poor protection for him while he is unable to defend himself. Gosh, I didn't think of that. It seems so funny. The masked man laying there too weak to fight. Gosh, it's just one of them things that's hard to imagine. See, he has always been the man of action. Bright and silver like the wind, see? Daring any kind of odds. Going red with them two six shooters of his. It will be many days before the Lone Ranger will ride again. Yeah, help though. Help again. Them crooks and that fell at their head. How? It's undercarry. When it is safe, Tonto will come to him for advice. Do not fear, my son. Though the masked man cannot be with you in person. You shall have the benefit of his counsel. Then, Tano, that means you're going to stay with me. You go on to wherever the masked man is. And when you find him, see, you tell him to get well as fast as he can. But not to worry. Tano and me will handle things. We'll light a blaze under them crooks that they won't put out. As they rode away from the mission, Arizona explained to Tonto the plan he and Graham hoped would bring Chuck Rigby to justice. You see, Donald Graham's put a heap of thought into how to clean up these outlaws around Spanish plants. Guess you recollect what he said about how they're organized. There's about a half dozen different gangs. One goes in for smuggling, one for hold ups, one for rustling and so on. That's right. And they're all forced by this one fellow we can't locate. Not even the heads of his own gangs knows who he is. He's got a fellow takes him their orders. Oh, me savage. Now, this army called Turk is one of the worst of a lot. It's his gang holds up, stages Robs banks and says, and if we can get him and their big boss ain't gonna like it one little bit. Turkey's the kind of a gent you can replace real easy. How old? Tell em. Ever hear of the Jingle Bob Mines? They're the west of Spanish Flats. Gotta write big workings. Take out thousands of dollars in gold every month and melt it down theirselves. Then they send it to San Francisco. Oh, well, in the past year they've had around a half dozen of them shipments held up in school. All this by Turk. Oh, me hear that? Thought you might have. Of course, they've done what they could to keep sir from learning when gold was going to be shipped. But somehow he most always finds out when that happens, well, it's just another 15 or $20,000 thrown into the pockets of them crooks. That's plenty cash. Too doggone much for comfort. Just the same, Graham figured out a way to use them holdups to trap Turk with how that day after tomorrow they're sending the gold out in a freighter. That freighter will be loaded with foxes and such like as if it weren't carrying nothing but supplies. Won't be no guards along, but that don't mean Turk's gonna be fooled. Fact is, we're hoping he ain't. Why? That we want him to raid the wagon. That's savvy. Because we're gonna be inside one of them big boxes. The Wagon o' Cherry. Oh. And just when them crooks figure they're having everything their own way, we'll let em have it. That's heap good idea. Ain't bad at that, is it? I helped Graham figure attack so that looked like Mr. Graham and Holling his head off. What in fun is he doing this far from home? Come on, fellow. We better go see. Get him up, scout. Pull him out. Come on, boy. Get up there. Get up. Hi. Hey. Get up. Get up. Graham. Look at this, sir. It leather glove. Yeah, but what's the meaning of it? South of Jingabob mines, on a trail leading into the hills. What of it? What's it mean? Look at the initials on it. Arizona. This glove belongs to Jerry Collins. Who is he? The man in charge of the smelter at the mines. Hey, you mean Church got him. He'll make Collins talk. How much him know? Everything. He knows the gold is being sent on that freighter. And he knows Arizona planned to be hiding in it. Oh, golly. And if he tells that our plan is ruined. You think he will? Frankly, I don't know. What do we do. If we can't go through with it, how are we going to catch Turt? I haven't taken. We got id, huh? Tanto, what is it? Where are you? Playing glove. Why? I told you that the south of the mine. You show Tonto place. Why, I could. Yes. Arizona. Where Dog? Wolves. I left him at the ranch. You get him, Tonto. Take him. What do you got in mind? To get Dog. Then we tell you, you come, I reckon you're a boss. Let's go, Graham. Right. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get him up. Go get him up. Deep in the hill, the two men who had taken Collins captive guided their prisoner into an increasingly wild and lonesome wilderness. Until finally Turk gave the signal to halt. What do you pull us dolphin here for? This ain't no place to camp. Didn't figure it was Good place for other things, though. Come on, climb out of that saddle. My hands are tied. You can make it. Climb down before I drag you down. What are you gonna do? Yeah. Hadn't you better be getting on to where the boys are waiting? Ain't but a couple hours ride away. And what are you gonna do? I figured we better do what has to be done before we join them. They don't have to know everything I said. Lee, you are gonna throw me no reason for letting you live, is there? Stub, take them ropes off his hands and make him stand over by their mirage. Yeah. No. No. Excuse me. Don't. Oh. Gonna. Shut up. You can't. No, no. Please. Shut up. Let him holler back. Nobody's gonna hear him. He won't holler for long. Hey, he's loose. Get over by them rocks. Please. Please, wait. Go on, get over there. You can't do me and you can't. If you do, they'll catch you. They'll catch you when you hold up the freighter. You can't drill. Hey, what's that you said? Let me live and I'll tell you everything. You've been holding out on us. They knew you'd likely find out about the freighter. They've been hoping you would. They got a scheme to catch you. Well, I'll be. Who's they? Graham and Arizona. And they want us to try and get that ship in. The gold? Yes. Yes. Why? What are they scheming? If I tell you, will you let me live? Will you? Sure. Out with it. Hey, you ain't telling the truth. Just as soon as you get it out of me, you go ahead. Just like you planned before. You better talk, fella. Not until I know you ain't gonna shoot me. What do you want us to do? Throw your guns out of reach? Let me have one of your horses. Why you. If you don't, I ain't going to say one word. You want to get blasted where you stand? I won't talk. I won't. You can't hold it. He ain't gonna say anything. He knows with us. Planning to let him have it anyway. Ain't got nothing to lose by keeping seals. You mean we're to do like he says we have to? We gotta know what they're scheming, don't we? But he can't. Why make a fuss about it? Here's my gun. Close your doors. All right. You can take my horse. Yeah. When I'm holding this bridle, you come across. Now, what have you been holding back? They're gonna be hiding on the French. A laying plant. How could they? They're gonna be in box A. Big enough to hold the toilet. What? I told you. Jeff. Jeff. There he goes. To warn him. Yeah. No, he won't pick up the gun. Well, he's got away, ain't he? Yeah. War. What? Well, dog on. Come back here, feller. Stop. Your horse is turning right around. That's why Joe is a big knife. I've got a train. Little S Fell Cranny. You old names ain't gonna do you no good. He would trick me. Just a second. What do you mean, Stub? This changes things. If Graham and Arizona find out Collins has disappeared, and if they figured it was on account of us, maybe they'll guess he's talking and change their plans. What do you aim to do, Stub? I know the Bolster don't like you to do nothing but take messages back and forth. But this time you think he'd take my boys and hold up the freighter? Good, I suppose. But why? What are you going to do? Head back and keep an eye on Graham. If they go through a their scheme like Colin said, when you stop the freighter, let them have it. But if they change their plans, I'll find a way to let you know. Now, let me get this straight. I'm the boss to hold up if we don't hear from you. They're hiding in the wagon like Colin said. They wouldn't would have finish him, right? Right. And you let us know if they seem anything different. Right again. Stop the wagon at Willow Pass. Then if I have to, I'll know where to reach you. And Collins. Take him with you. But how? It will Save him for later. And if he wasn't telling us the truth, well, he'll wish he'd let us finish him like we planned. All right, get going. It was two days later that a band of horsemen hid in the woods that bordered the approach to Willow Pass. They had been there for some time when at last a cloud of dust in the distance revealed the approach of the freighter with a shipment of gold. At the sight of the wagon, Stubb turned in his saddle and addressed his followers. There comes the wagon. And Turk ain't here yet. You gentle know what that means? It means Arizona and Graham and maybe count or two are hiding in one of them boxes. Just the second the wagon pulls up, give it them. Don't even give them a chance to show themselves. Any boxes big enough to hold them ombre fill them full of lead. Fellas. Heavy that. Then there's a wagon. Come on. Let's go. Get up. Come on, get up. Come on, get up. H there. Pull up. Pull up that horse before you get through. Ain't up. Ain't up for next time. I'll fly out that tennis. What do you brothers want with me? I ain't care to. Nothing but supplies. They not here. Worth the ste. You local us behind fellas to catch in that there box. You hear them fellas? Let them have it before they fire up. Hey, stop it. No. Once more for good luck. Now, where's the goal? Here. Show it to a s. You'll be tired. Hey, there's Arizona. And that's Connor with them. I thought they was inside that box. Somebody was in there. Who was it? How'd Colin get loose? I thought we left them safe at camp. We've got to fight him off. Here they come. I'm getting out of here. Get up. Get them on. Wash your hands. You poor cat. Come on. You get Kirk out up there box. Be off. That hurt again. Let stuff go circ in there. How'd he get in that box and caught him coming back? We put him in there so he'd get a taste of the same medicine you figured on giving us. Then when Kirk told where you fellas were camped, Caro hid outside, just waiting for you to clear out. Soon as you did, he got me away and we come here. A kite. How is he fellow? Him get shot, but him still lives. It'll make much difference to me which way it turned out. The pole cap. This earth being drilled a dozen times over that right now he'll live to hang. Oh, we did a pretty good job. Stuff got away, but Turk didn't and neither did these gens that deep. Good. We've just started Tano before we have done. We'll get them all and that force of theirs that hides behind them. Dry gun the mask man would they? Well just watch our smoke. All right you pole cats, get moving for jail. Sam.
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Sam
Sam. The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.
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Andrew Rines
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Sam
Sam.