Voice of 44 | The Cisco Kid (01-18-55)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Old Time Radio Westerns

Episode: Voice of 44 | The Cisco Kid (01-18-55)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Original Air Date: January 13, 2026
Show Format: Digitally restored classic Western radio drama
Episode Focus: "Voice of the 44" featuring The Cisco Kid

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Overview

In this exciting episode, Andrew Rhynes brings listeners back to the golden age of Western radio with a meticulous digital restoration of "Voice of the 44" from The Cisco Kid series. The story centers on lawlessness and heroism in a frontier town besieged by ruthless outlaws. Cisco Kid and his loyal companion Pancho become entwined in a dangerous confrontation with Red Toomey’s gang, testing their wits and courage in classic Old West style.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

Setting the Scene: Law and Outlaws in Mesquite

[03:30 – 06:00]

• Introduction to the Notorious .44 Revolver: Both lawmen and criminals use the .44 to carve their place in the Old West.
• Red Toomey and His Gang: Planning to take over the frontier town of Mesquite and target the local bank.

Arrival of Cisco Kid & Pancho

[06:01 – 10:20]

• Cisco and Pancho ride into Mesquite for a simple errand: shoeing Cisco’s horse.
• They meet the sleepy, older town marshal and learn of local tensions.
  • Marshal (to Cisco): "Well, by Judas... I saw you once at Old Roundup Bluffs, and I never saw nothing like that exhibition of handgun shooting you was doing, Cisco." (09:20)

Rising Tensions: Red Toomey’s Takeover

[10:21 – 15:00]

• Red Toomey’s gang storms the hotel, asserting dominance with threats and violence.
• The town marshal requests Cisco’s help to arrest Red Toomey.
• An attempted arrest at the hotel leads to Cisco’s deft handling of Red:
  • Cisco: "I am running out of patience, hombre. Start for the door at once." (12:40)
• Red is apprehended and jailed, but the tension in town persists.

Underhanded Jailbreak Plot

[16:00 – 21:00]

• Red’s gang coerces local blacksmith Mike Werfel to help with Red’s jailbreak by smuggling in a metal saw.
• Cisco grows suspicious after observing Werfel’s odd behavior and the broken jailhouse window.
  • Cisco: "Pancho, we are going back there. I just saw something very strange down there." (20:30)
• The marshal leaves the jail unattended, against Cisco's sage advice.

The Jailbreak and Gunfight

[22:00 – 26:30]

• Red escapes through the side window, assisted by Werfel.
• Cisco and Pancho attempt to intervene but are met with gunfire from Red’s gang.
  • Memorable Moment: Pancho is shot (but only grazed), leading to a tense moment as Cisco rushes to his friend’s side:
    • Cisco: "If you have killed Pancho, you will answer to me." (24:30)

Climax: Confronting the Outlaws

[27:00 – 33:00]

• Red threatens to kill the marshal at his ranch unless he signs over the property.
• Cisco tracks Red, leading to an old-fashioned Western showdown.
  • Red (to Cisco): "I'm faster with a .44 than you are!" (32:10)
• Cisco’s skill prevails; he shoots the gun from Red’s hand and subdues him after a brawl.

Resolution and Classic Banter

[34:00 – 40:00]

• Red and his gang are locked up; the town is safe.
• The marshal, though battered, is grateful for Cisco’s help.
• Lighthearted storytelling between Pancho and the marshal, featuring friendly boasts and tall tales:
  • Pancho: "Cisco shoot bang, bang, bang. And Cisco punch with his fist — whoop, whoop, whoop! He pick up the hombres and bang their heads together — bang, bang, bang!" (38:40)
• The episode ends with Pancho joking about his own (mis)adventures in boxing, much to Cisco's amusement.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Courage and the Outlaw Threat:

  • Marshal (about Red Toomey): "You're asking for hot lead, marshal, when you tangle with Red Toomey." (10:50)

• Cisco’s Determination:

  • Cisco: "Because that is a bad gang, Pancho. And there are people in this town who might get hurt if someone does not stay." (19:15)

• Classic Western Showdown:

  • Red: "There's not enough light for me to see — Coyote. I'm coming closer. Stand back, Cisco. I'm warning you!"
  • Cisco: "You, killer, you may draw anytime you wish. Well, I'm ready. What are you waiting for?" (32:12 – 32:40)

• Pancho’s Comic Relief:

  • Pancho: "He hit Pancho so hard, he worried he'd kill me. Oh, Pancho!" (39:30)

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:30 | Dramatic introduction about the "Voice of the 44" | | 06:01 | Cisco & Pancho arrive in Mesquite, meet the marshal | | 10:20 | Red Toomey takes over the hotel | | 12:40 | Cisco confronts Red Toomey at the hotel | | 20:30 | Cisco notes suspicious behavior at the jail | | 22:00 | Red’s jailbreak begins | | 24:30 | Pancho is shot; Cisco threatens the gang | | 27:00 | Red’s assault on the marshal at his ranch | | 32:10 | Final showdown between Cisco and Red Toomey | | 38:40 | Pancho and the Marshal’s tall tale competition | | 39:30 | Pancho’s boxing joke |

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Tone and Style

The episode exudes the colorful, energetic storytelling of classic Westerns, punctuated by action, suspense, and comic banter. Cisco carries an unwavering sense of justice, Pancho lightens tense moments, and the dialogue is filled with vintage Western bravado and warmth.

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Conclusion

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns showcases a beautifully restored adventure with The Cisco Kid. Listeners are treated to a classic narrative of good versus evil, filled with gunfights, daring escapes, and heroic deeds, all brought to life with crisp audio and lively performances. The blend of suspense and humor embodies the enduring charm of the genre and the series.

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Transcript

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[Narrator]

Here's adventure, here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the Old West.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Cisco, he's sheriff. He is getting closer this way. Pancho.

[Narrator]

The Cisco Kids. Now the Cisco Kid and our exciting story, voice of the 44. In the Old west, the voice of the 44 was the voice of the law and the voice of the outlaw. Sheriffs and marshals used the 44 to enforce their arrests. Desperados used it in the process of robbing and killing. No complete history of the Old west can be written without prominent mention of the 44. As our story opens, Red Toomey, Mal hall and their band of outlaws are riding towards the frontier town of Mesquite. Read to me. The leader is in a savage mood.

[Red Toomey]

Just one wrong look from any hombre in this town and he's a dead man.

[Cisco Kid]

Think they let us stay in Mesquite? Ran?

[Red Toomey]

You're blasted right. I think they'll let us stay. Stay as long as we want to. Maybe before we move on, we'll knock over the bank. Anybody know if Mike Werfel's still in Mesquite?

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Yeah, he is.

[Cisco Kid]

He's blacksmithing there. They tell me he gave up safecracking some time ago.

[Red Toomey]

We need him. We'll use him, Mal.

[Cisco Kid]

I guess that'd be all right with him. What I hear he's getting sick of blacksmithing.

[Red Toomey]

Don't make no difference whether it's all right with him or not. I'm taking over the town. And we'll start by taking over the hotel. Look to your guns, boys. We may need to use them.

[Pancho]

Is the town a mesquite school, see?

[Cisco Kid]

Not a very large town, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Nah, not very large.

[Cisco Kid]

Store, small hotel, a bank. That is about all there is to it.

[Pancho]

We stay in Mesquite, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Just long enough for the blacksmith to fix this shoe on Diablo. And we ride on to the west.

[Pancho]

Fancy not Chino blocks. Me chop.

[Cisco Kid]

There must be one here somewhere. There's the town marshal, Pancho, asleep in his chair in front of the jail.

[Pancho]

He now look like a good marshal.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco? Well, he is old, but perhaps he's a fine marshal for all of that. See you, Marshall Christmas.

[Marshal]

Who calls me?

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Get him up. Get him up.

[Cisco Kid]

Wake up. Senor Marshal. Be careful that gun. You might hurt somebody.

[Marshal]

I guess I was asleep. What do you want, stranger?

[Cisco Kid]

Is there a blacksmith in this town?

[Marshal]

Why, yeah, sure. It's Mike Worfeld. Shop's just the other side of the hotel there. Say, I seen you somewhere before, stranger.

[Pancho]

Most people see Cisco before, Senor Marshall.

[Marshal]

Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

Uh huh.

[Marshal]

The Cisco kids. Well, by Judas. Yeah. Yes, I. I saw you once. Old round up bluffs. And I never saw nothing like that exhibition of handgun shooting you was doing, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, gracias. And your marshal. Well, let us go under the shop, Poncho.

[Pancho]

See Cisco.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Come on, Diablo, Come on.

[Pancho]

Go on into the shop.

[Marshal]

Well, I'm mighty glad to have you and your partner in town.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, see, there's the shop. Pancho was hidden by the hotel.

[Pancho]

Look, Cisco hombres. Right down the middle of the street, see?

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho?

[Pancho]

Who does hombres?

[Cisco Kid]

I have no idea, Chico.

[Pancho]

Oh, tough hombre, Cisco. Pancho never see no tougher hombres.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Say, ho de. Oh, loco.

[Pancho]

Tough hombres.

[Cisco Kid]

I would like my horse shod, Senor Blacksmith. He has cast a shoe. Blacksmith.

[Pancho]

Tof hombre too.

[Cisco Kid]

All right, lead him into the shop. I'll get round to it later on. Can you not shoe him right now?

[Marshal]

No, I can't shoe him right now.

[Cisco Kid]

And if you talk any more about it, I won't shoe him at all, see? Took talk too. I would like the job done right now, Senor Blacksmith.

[Marshal]

Look you, I.

[Cisco Kid]

All right, take him in. Come on, Diablo.

[Pancho]

Just go look at the hombres. Ain't that tough no more.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Oh, Diablo.

[Marshal]

Say, Cisco Cecil.

[Cisco Kid]

Marshal.

[Marshal]

I wonder if you'd help me out a little. I see where Red Toomey and his crowd just rode into town.

[Cisco Kid]

And who is Red Toomey?

[Marshal]

Well, he's wanted on suspicion of a killing over the east. And I. I got arrested. Here come the troubles.

[Cisco Kid]

No. What do you want me to do?

[Marshal]

Say a marshal, help me arrest Red.

[Cisco Kid]

You're asking for hot lead, Marshal, when you tangle with Red Toomey. And these hombres don't look like they could be any help to you. You're not in our Cisco hombre. No, but I know Red, see? We will help you see him, Marshal. What is this, bandido?

[Marshal]

Him and his gang just went into the hotel.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, guess I'll go see the fun. Look, I would like to have my heart shot when I get back here. And I expect to be back very shortly. You understand?

[Marshal]

Yeah. All right.

[Cisco Kid]

Let us go, Marshall.

[Red Toomey]

Come on, boys. We'll take over this here hotel. You the owner of this hotel?

[Marshal]

Yeah, that's right.

[Red Toomey]

My boys and I want the best rooms you got.

[Cisco Kid]

We want a product. So?

[Narrator]

Well, hotel's most full up. Just got one small room left.

[Red Toomey]

Turn somebody out.

[Marshal]

I can't do that, mister.

[Red Toomey]

Oh, you can't, huh? We'll see about that.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Go on. Go on. Hit him again, Randy.

[Cisco Kid]

Take it easy, mister.

[Red Toomey]

Are we getting the best rooms here?

[Marshal]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll fix it.

[Cisco Kid]

Hey, Red, here comes the marshal.

[Red Toomey]

Why, that darn old squirt. What do you want, Marshall?

[Marshal]

You want it back east, Red, and I'm arresting you.

[Red Toomey]

You what? You're taking me in?

[Cisco Kid]

That is what he said, hombre, and that is what he meant. Keep your hands away from your guns, Red. That's a Cisco Kid. You keep talking. I'll edge around, get him from this side.

[Marshal]

Cisco Kid, huh?

[Red Toomey]

What if I don't go with you?

[Cisco Kid]

I am running out of patience, Aubrey. Start for the door at once.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Look at he's going.

[Marshal]

He's right under this Some shooting, Cisco.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Right Now, Aubrey.

[Cisco Kid]

Senior marshal. Take his guns as he walks past you.

[Marshal]

Yeah, I got him, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

I think you'll have no more trouble with him. Come, Pancho. Let's go back and see if Diablo is shot.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Come on, Mal, let's storm that jail and get Red out. Wait a minute. Shut up.

[Cisco Kid]

That Cisco Kid's still around here. I ain't hankering to tangle with him again. I get a better idea as soon as he leaves the blacksmith shop, we'll go over and talk with Mike Werford.

[Marshal]

Him and his partner are just riding away now.

[Cisco Kid]

All right, then. Come on. There's times when you gotta use brains instead of force. This here's one of them. Hey, Wurfle.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Yeah?

[Cisco Kid]

Come here. I guess you know me, Wurfle. I'm Mal Hall. Yeah, I know you. The Red's in jail here?

[Red Toomey]

Yeah.

[Marshal]

Saw the marshal taking him over.

[Cisco Kid]

We want to get him out. Wurfle.

[Marshal]

Oh, go ahead. What's slapping you?

[Cisco Kid]

You got a saw that'll cut through metal, ain't you?

[Marshal]

What are you getting at, Hole?

[Cisco Kid]

You go get that saw and strap it around your body, inside your clothes. And go throw a brick through the marshal's window. And when he throws you in jail, saw your way out. And be sure Red's with you. All right, get going, Wiffle.

[Pancho]

Why we Ho, Cisco. Pancho, think we on our way out of the town.

[Cisco Kid]

We may change our minds and stay for a time, Pancho.

[Pancho]

What for, Cisco?

[Cisco Kid]

I just saw something very strange down there.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

What? What?

[Cisco Kid]

What? What? That blacksmith threw something through the window of the marshal's office. Break the window, see? Ooh. And the marshal came out and took him into the jail. And he made no resistance of any kind. Pancho, we are going back there. Come on. Diablo.

[Marshal]

Logo.

[Cisco Kid]

Go back there.

[Pancho]

Logo.

[Cisco Kid]

Where? All those other ombre Far away. You can be sure of that. Maybe they are planning a jailbreak, Chico. If they are, the marshal will need some help.

[Pancho]

He come to marshal out from the office. You see? Come back. Senior Marshal.

[Marshal]

So I see here. Well, I just arrested another rascal, boys. Mike Werfel. Look at that busting window. I can't imagine what got into words.

[Cisco Kid]

You look as if you were leaving for the day, Senor Marshal.

[Marshal]

Yes, I am, Cisco. Day's most ended, and I gently go home to my ranch about this time. My deputy will be here to take over in about an hour. I left a note for him.

[Cisco Kid]

Of course, it is none of my business, but if I were you, I would wait for the deputy. Or so I would put on one or two more deputies.

[Pancho]

But he may be four.

[Marshal]

No, I don't need them boys. I live a couple of miles out of town.

[Cisco Kid]

Just where do you live?

[Marshal]

Well, you see, you go straight south, follow the road, and it's the first place you come to out of town. Why don't you and Pancho come out with me now?

[Cisco Kid]

Gracias, but no. I think Pancho and I will wait around here for a while.

[Marshal]

Well, just as you please. I've got to go now. Sure. I'm much obliged to you both. Good night.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Buenas noches.

[Pancho]

Buenas noches.

[Marshal]

Get up.

[Pancho]

The Martian that stay while we stay, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Because that is a bad gang, Pancho. And there are people in this town who might get hurt if someone does not stay. Come, let us go across the street and sit down under those trees. We can keep watch from there. Come on, dear.

[Pancho]

Come on, Lobo. Nobody else around here, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Do not fool yourself, amigo. I have already seen three of those hombres who think they are hidden from view. Before this evening is over, Pancho, there is going to be plenty of trouble.

[Red Toomey]

Come on. Wear fo sh through that bar.

[Marshal]

I'm. I'm almost through this one.

[Red Toomey]

First thing I'm going to do is go to the marshal's office and get my guns. Then I'll come back and climb out that side window across from the cell.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, why not walk right out front?

[Red Toomey]

You heard that Cisco Kid in the Marshall talking, didn't you? Cisco's aiming to hang around here.

[Marshal]

You're a better man than he is, Red.

[Red Toomey]

Sure, but I ain't takin chances. I want to get out with a gang covering my getaway. I'm going to ride out to the Marshall ranch house and gun them down for taking me in.

[Cisco Kid]

Then what?

[Red Toomey]

Then I'm coming back and go after that Cisco Kid. If my boys ain't picked him off for them, as they probably will. Hustle up with that saw and whirl. I'm running out of patience.

[Cisco Kid]

Almost dark now, Cisco still around here, see? Hey, Pancho, stand up here.

[Pancho]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Cisco Kid]

Look across the street. Someone is coming out that side window.

[Pancho]

The one they call Red.

[Cisco Kid]

Say Madrea. We cannot let him escape. You stay here, Pancho. I'll go over there.

[Pancho]

And Pancho go too.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco, the minute we start, those hombres will fire on us. You have some protection here among the trees.

[Pancho]

Pancho go too, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Very well. Come on.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Open up on em, boys.

[Pancho]

Santo.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Bullets come close to Poto.

[Pancho]

Bullets come close. Where's the.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Pancho. Hi, coyotes. If you have killed Poncho, you will answer to me.

[Narrator]

And in the hail of bullets, Cisco stops to attend to the faithful Poncho. In just a moment, we'll return to the Cisco Kid. Now back to the Cisco Kid in our exciting story, voice of the 44. When Sisko and Pancho stopped to have Diablo shot in the little frontier town of Mesquite, the old marshal rushed over and asked Sisko's help in arresting Red Toomey, outlaw leader. Sisko obliged. Then, to his astonishment, the marshal left for his ranch, leaving the jail unguarded. Sisco, thinking of the unprotected townspeople, decided to stay. With the blacksmith's help, Red Toomey broke out of jail as Cisco and Pancho started across the street after him. They were met by a hail of bullets from Red's outlaws. And Poncho went down.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Now, extra stuff, boys. You got the pack.

[Red Toomey]

When now gets his.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Pancho. Pancho. Come close for you, you wobblies. I will give you something to dodge. You must get Pancho undercover in the marshal's office.

[Marshal]

Get him, boys.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Get it, Matronia. They're coming far too close for comfort.

[Cisco Kid]

At least we got undercover.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

A couple of you boys rushed to that office.

[Pancho]

Head hood.

[Cisco Kid]

Show me where it hurts, amigo. Take my hand and put it on your head. Bueno, Chico. Would have just grazed you. There's only a scratch.

[Pancho]

Poncho. Not dead, Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Not far from dead, Pancho. You're only stunned.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

I'll be back later, boys. Where you going, Red? Out your pair.

[Marshal]

Little call on the marshal.

[Cisco Kid]

Santos Bantiro will kill the marshal unless we can stop him.

[Pancho]

Here we go. She's good. You feel better now?

[Cisco Kid]

Those hombres have this place surrounded. Just a minute. We go out that door.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Keep your guns ready, boyo.

[Cisco Kid]

That side window the bandido climbed out of. Perhaps if I climb out there and get my hands on some of those bandidos.

[Red Toomey]

You wait here.

[Cisco Kid]

I will go and see.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

He may make a break for it. Keep your eyes open.

[Cisco Kid]

The hombre is right under the window. What is this? The blacksmith. You hurt?

[Red Toomey]

I guess not.

[Cisco Kid]

That coyote, Red Toomey gun whipped me after I cut away out of here for him. That is what you get for going along with such mavericks.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Well, they.

[Cisco Kid]

They made me. Well, I cannot help you now. I have work to do. I'm going out this window.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Watch that doorway, boys. Yeah, we're watching it, Mal. You are watching the wrong place, Homie. Cisco, get up on your feet.

[Cisco Kid]

Quickly.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Please don't fire, Cisco. Out my ribs.

[Cisco Kid]

Tell those buntyres of yours to walk out where I can see them all.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Unless you want me to pull this finger.

[Marshal]

No, no, no, no. Easy.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Come around this way, boys. All of you. What's the idea? Come on. Do as I say. Can't see much of anything in them shadows. Get your hands up, all of you.

[Cisco Kid]

I can see every one of you.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

In the light of that moon.

[Cisco Kid]

I have you all covered.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Stand where you are.

[Cisco Kid]

Take the constant no sombres.

[Pancho]

Here it is.

[Cisco Kid]

Do not get between me and them.

[Pancho]

Why don't you go behind them, Cisco?

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

You, the blacksmith inside the jail, get.

[Cisco Kid]

The marshal's keys from his office, then.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Open the doors of two of their cells.

[Marshal]

I sure will, with pleasure. Cisco. That double closet pack rat of a red tomby.

[Pancho]

Pancho De Go and Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Bueno, Pancho.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

All right, into the jail.

[Cisco Kid]

All of you.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Walk ahead of us. Hurry. I have no time to waste with coyotes like you.

[Marshal]

I'll have this cell door open and Chestnut.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

All right, now you and you. You enter that chair.

[Marshal]

Go on in there.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

All right, lock that door, blacksmith. The rest of you, into that other cell. Get in there.

[Marshal]

Come on.

[Cisco Kid]

There. Now, give me those keys. Ah, here you are, Banjo. Take them and open the next cell door here.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

All right, now, in you go. What do you mean, in I go? I've been helping you, see, I understand.

[Cisco Kid]

That the marshal put you in the jail.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

You will stay here until he let you go. All boys come, Pancho. We're right at top speed to the marshal's rancho. I hope it'll be in time.

[Marshal]

Oh.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

There.

[Red Toomey]

Now we'll see what's what. Howdy, M. Howdy, Marsh. Howdy, Marshall.

[Marshal]

Red, to me.

[Red Toomey]

Don't reach for that gun.

[Marshal]

What are you doing here?

[Red Toomey]

You'll find out plenty soon.

[Marshal]

How'd you get out of jail?

[Red Toomey]

Why, your friend the Cisco Kid let me out.

[Marshal]

What? I don't believe.

[Red Toomey]

It don't make no difference to me what you believe and what you don't believe. You old buzzard, you own this ranch.

[Marshal]

I? Yeah, I do. Well, what about it?

[Red Toomey]

Got any relatives?

[Marshal]

No. All right.

[Red Toomey]

Where do you keep your writin paper and your pen and ink?

[Marshal]

You'll find some up on that shelf.

[Red Toomey]

Well, get up and get it. Put it on the table and sit down there again.

[Marshal]

Now, listen here, Rich.

[Red Toomey]

Get up and do as I say.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Come on. Come on.

[Red Toomey]

I ain't got all night. Now, sit down. Make this ranch of yours over to me.

[Marshal]

No.

[Red Toomey]

You don't put much value on your life then, do you, Marshal?

[Marshal]

That ain't the point.

[Red Toomey]

Sit down at that table.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

No.

[Marshal]

You're aiming to kill me anyway, so you ain't going to get my ranch.

[Red Toomey]

I'll give you till I count three to change your mind.

[Cisco Kid]

1.

[Marshal]

I won't change my mind. 2. Hear them horses coming this way, Red?

[Red Toomey]

Them some of my boys?

[Marshal]

It might not be. And if you fire, you might be help. A murder, you might be out.

[Red Toomey]

Right. Your wrist.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Let it out.

[Marshal]

Oh, come On, Poncho.

[Red Toomey]

You sure won't find me in here.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Senior Marshall, are you. We are too late, Poncho.

[Pancho]

Pancho, look at the marshall.

[Marshal]

Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho, you stay here. Do what you can for the marshal.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

I'll go after that bandido.

[Pancho]

Stay, Cisco.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Easy, Diablo. I can just get my hands on that Bon Dito. Diablo. He's a fast horse. Diablo, chew up faster. Yeah, Diablo, we are gaining on him. Diablo, we are gaining fast.

[Cisco Kid]

So he stopped his horse and leaped.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Through the ground, eh, Hoyle? Ho ho.

[Cisco Kid]

Sure you want to fight it out, bandido, eh?

[Red Toomey]

That's right, Cisco. With guns there's light enough to see.

[Cisco Kid]

There is not quite enough light for me to see. Coyote. I'm coming closer.

[Red Toomey]

Stand back, Cisco. I'm warning you. I'm faster with a.44 than you are.

[Cisco Kid]

I can see you better now. You killer. You may draw anytime you wish. Well, I'm ready. What are you waiting for?

[Red Toomey]

Hey, I ain't right. Shoot that gun out of my hand, will you?

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

I'll kill you with my hands. You talk a deadly fight, Fontillo. Well, I think you are half as deadly as you sound. I'll you take get you yet. You will pardon me. I doubt that. I do doubt it. Suppose we end these fights right now. Now, Pandito, to tie you up, take you to jail.

[Cisco Kid]

After we stop by and see how the marshal is getting along.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Right, Thunder.

[Marshal]

Pancho, I tell you, I'm all right. Ain't no reason why I shouldn't go out there and give Cisco a hand with that red too.

[Pancho]

Me now you worry about Cisco. Cisco get out of that hombre, not walk up and dancing your muscles. You get tired out confounded.

[Marshal]

Poncho, I'm a man of action. It ain't fitting for me not to be out there doing my duty.

[Pancho]

Pancho thinks that your marshall better sit down. And Van neither gives you the big hit. You're not so strong as you think.

[Marshal]

Well, maybe you're right, Pancho. I guess as long as you won't let me leave, I might as well sit. Let me pull up this chair.

[Pancho]

That more better. Senor Marshall, you sit on a chair and Pancho tells you a story.

[Marshal]

You tell me a story. Why, look here, Pancho. I got more stories I could tell than a hound dog got free. Why, when I was a young fellow, there wasn't a faster man with a gun from St. Joe to the Rio Grande.

[Pancho]

Bet you're not so fast with a gun like Cisco.

[Marshal]

Nah, I don't know about that, Poncho. Cisco's Mighty fast. But yes, I remember the time.

[Pancho]

You remember the time, too? When Cisco fight 1520 hombres all at once. Cisco shoots.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Bang, bang, bang.

[Pancho]

And Cisco punched with his fist. Cisco pick up the hombres and bang their heads together. Bang, bang, bang.

[Marshal]

He did all that poncho?

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Yeah.

[Pancho]

Cisco do all this? 15, 20 hombres, maybe 30. Biggest five pines you ever see.

[Marshal]

Wasn't Cisco injured none? No.

[Pancho]

Cisco not get hurt after the big fight. Pine's so tired from watching that poncho got to lay down, but this couldn't tire at all.

[Marshal]

Well, sure must be quite a man. I think he's good at best.

[Pancho]

Cisco the greatest.

[Cisco Kid]

The. Well.

[Marshal]

Cisco the great one is the great. Like the time when I was quartering a blind canyon. I fight my way out.

[Pancho]

You had to fight him many times. One time, Bancho, remember?

[Marshal]

She's good. She's goody. She's nothing I like better. Better than a good.

[Cisco Kid]

Pancho. You all right then? Pancho must be dreaming. You see a marshall. Well, the marshal is getting well undressed. I guess I'll just let him sleep and take that red Tommy pantyo into chair myself.

[Pancho]

Cisco.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Hey, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Also you Maji a good man, no?

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, he was quite a man in his day, Pancho.

[Pancho]

He a good gunfighter, Xisco.

[Cisco Kid]

See, he was a good gunfighter. But even more, he was a great boxer.

[Pancho]

Boxer like this, with the fist.

[Cisco Kid]

Say, why do you know? At one time he came very close.

[Pancho]

To being a champion, Pancho that nothing, Cisco. One time, Pancho fighted the champion. You fought the champion, Pancho fight the.

[Cisco Kid]

Champion with your fist.

[Pancho]

This is good. With your fist.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, I never learned that before, Pancho.

[Pancho]

Pancho got the champion very worried, too.

[Cisco Kid]

You had the champion very worried.

[Pancho]

He in the third round.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, how did you have him worried, Chico?

[Pancho]

He hit Pancho so hard, he worried he killed me.

[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Oh, Pancho. Oh, she's cold.

[Narrator]

And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the west, the Cisco Kid. Be sure to listen again for another thrilling adventure of the Cisco Kids. Cisco Kid was played by Jack Mather.

[Marshal]

Poncho by Harry Language Sam Foreign.

[Andrew Rines (Host)]

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[Red Toomey / Outlaw Leader]

Sam.