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Right now $30 coin packs are on sale for $10 for new users, it's all@spinquest.com that's S P I N Q U E-S-T.com Spin Quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. With his faithful Indian companion to 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. Lone Silver. We're heading for Leadville. Silver. The whole vast stretch of Tomahawk Basin was an armed camp. The honest cattle owners knew that Benjamin Steel, owner of the Tomahawk Ranch, was an unscrupulous man, dangerous as a rattlesnake, whose one desire was to own every head of cattle that ranged the grasslands. And who didn't care how he did it. That's what I'm saying to all you men. My name is Fergus. You all ken who I am. I come over to this country, seek a new land, a new place to dwell. I come to Tomahawk Basin and there set down my roots. I homesteaded. I live there and there I intend to stay. I graze my cattle. And there's no man will make me turn coward. Ay, not even that man who would be lord of the valley, who would drive us all away. You're right. You're right. I'm a peaceable man. Then he doubt it. But I fought for what was right in Scotland, and I won't do otherwise here. How we going to let one man take our cattle without saying him nay? Senor, that is very pretty speech you make. No. Tis what I believe your name she is. Fergus. No. Andrew Fergus. Ay. There's no need to tell me yours. Tis a name as black as the heart of the man you work for. Your name is Breed. I work for Senor Benjamin Steele. You better tell him what you heard her saying. I know, see, I tell him. I tell him plenty. He's very funny, your hombres. Think you can whip Mr. Steele. That is very funny. Fergus, look out. He's wearing guns. See? I wear guns. I am also fast on trigger. When the Lone Ranger comes back, we'll drive Steel into the hills or into jail. Lone Ranger is not here. The sheriff of Leadville, he also is not here. So perhaps you'll take the law into your own hands, eh? I wear guns, Breed, because tis the custom. I am a peaceable man and I dinna like to use them. But if necessary, I will use them. Look out there, Senor Fergus. You draw guns when you like. I fix you. I'm looking for the sheriff of Leadville. I want to see him prono of her. Well, I'll be. Say, senor, I also look out. Here comes. It's dark. Let them fight it out themselves. I'm getting out. Shooting, slowing up. Reckon Breeding another gen are all out of bullets. Hey, I wonder if anyone is done for her. And Breed's a dangerous hombre with a six gun. Aye, that he is. But who in blazes was that? Other gentlemen? They didn't kill me exactly. But still. Soft, man. Here comes one of them. Steady, boy. Steady. Where's the sheriff? He's gone. He won't be back in Leadville for a few days. Are you hurt, lad? I want to see the sheriff. Nothing else matters. Hi, yos get there. There goes one of them. If he finish Breed, all I can say is it's good riddance to the whole community. Oh, so you're alive. Breed, your opponent has left, and I'd advise you to do likewise. See, I go, I go. But, senor, as I tell you now, I work for Mr. Steele, his biggest rancher in all Ton Basin. I tell you for him get out of Basin or he will drive you out with guns and bullets. He also looks like we got a range war on our hands. Fergus has only one thing to do. Aye, Thatcher. We take the law into our own hands, right? From now on, we're banded together against steel. Vigilantes. Not far now, Silver. We'll be on the rim of Tomahawk Basin soon. Tado. This way. Silver. Parry Cool. Silver's Teddy boy. Steady. You're on ahead of. Why don't you continue? There's plenty of trouble in Tomahawk Basin since we go away. We've only been gone a week. That right? Like you say, Tonto come to Basin ahead of you. Last night, me ride into Leadville. Yes. Me hear bullets from cafe. But what was it about feller named Breed there? Him make heat, big talk and reach for guns to shoot Fergus. Fergus, huh? Fergus is one of the most peaceful ranchers in the basin. Him not that way anymore. What do you mean? He's not dead? No. Him live for breed shoot. Stranger come door. Breed reach for guns. Stranger shoot. Lights out. There's plenty noise, but it dark and nobody hurt. Stranger. Him leave town. Breed. Him leave town too. Who was this stranger? Well, Tanto not know that. Him ask for sheriff. I see. Go on, then. What? Kimasabe. What mean? Vigilante? Vigilante, huh? Hello. That's the name men use out west when they Take the law into their own hands to deal out justice. It means that honest men turn almost as bad as the criminals they go after. Vigilantes. That what hunter think it means. What about Kerri and Ferguson? Thatcher them all join them. Ride with rifle, cross saddle range. War start and never stop till steal him dead. Until the honest ranchers stop his bullets. What we do, Kimasabe? The sheriff's got to handle this. It's got to be done honestly and legally. The sheriff not here. Then we ride Toto. Fergus lives across the basin. They get to his place several hours after sundown. Come on, Silver. Get him up. Scout. Silver. People say that the ranchers are banded together as vigilantes to wipe us out. Is that it, Breed? See, I arrived from Leadville to tell Senor Steer. That is why you and me, we leave ranch. Why them vigilantes haven't got a chance. We can outshoot them any day. We're gunfighters, they ain't. That's right, Rusty. So you and me, we have a job of work to do. You savvy? Yeah. All right. We're riding toward Fergus's ranch. Senor Fergus and his daughter, they are alone. We get their son go down, we shoot him. Ambush him as he heads from the corral to his house. You're smart, hombre, Rosti. After that, we have another job of work. Yeah. You hear? Maybe I have gun fighting late Villiers. Yeah. Some stranger, wasn't it, walked into cafe and you and him started blasting. Then he lights out. Yeah. That was no stranger, Rosti. Huh? I know what that man is, Senor Steele. You also know you and me, we got job to find that man and to finish him. Sounds important. Plenty important. We must finish him before he get the sheriff. It's easy to say. But where is he camping out? This valley's an almighty big stretch. Hey, look. We searched for him all night, all day. But first right now we go take care of Fergus. He know. Breed, you give the orders? No, Senor Steele, he give the orders. Now we go, eh? Get over here. You're late, Father. The sun has already gone down and the crickets are starting. Egg, why are you out here at the corral? What about the evening meal? Supper's been ready for an hour. I came out to wait for you. I didn't like being disobeyed last. Father. I. I heard shooting off to the west. You're a good girl. Now, don't bother about what's not your business. Besides, it was not I. I have not yet used my rifle. I'M glad, Father. Of course. Meg, get back to the house now. Dinna understand. We have sworn a range war against Steel and his cutthroats. You might have been shot. They wouldn't shoot a woman. They'd shoot anybody. I'll help you put the corral bar back. You're stubborn, lass. Why not, Father? The Scotch have always been stubborn. Ay, dear. Have me there, lassie. I'll get the saddle off the horse. And now the corral bar. Tis but a few steps to the hooves. Come along, Father. Keep walking, Father. It's dark, but I thought I saw something over there. D. Turn your head. Keep walking, Father. Hey. Run for it, legs. Run. It was three hours later when the Lone Ranger t reached the Fergus Road. As they galloped up, the windows were dark. There was not a sound except the whisper of the crickets and the thud of their horses. Hoops. But as they stopped in front of the porch. Teddy. Silver. Lift your hands and stay right in your saddles. We're friends, Fergus. Yeah. We'll soon see. Light the lantern, man. Aye. Tis you, the Lone Ranger. And Tonto. We'd better get inside. Hey. Come in. Come in. Who did you catch the. Hello, Sam. The men who tried to ambush us. Just after sundown. They were driven off. It was dark, but we thought. Wasn't us, Helen. I just arrived. We've been riding hard all the way. Sundown, we were miles from here. Who tried to ambush? We don't know. That must have been Steel's men. And you don't know who drove them off? No. It was dark. All at once they were shooting behind them. Then Father redoubled his fire. They were caught in between. So they ran for their horses and got away. Whoever was helping us went after them. Aye. It was one man Burgess. You got to stop this. You're talking about. I'm talking about taking the law into your own hands. Starting a vigilante movement against Steel. Steel is a murderous criminal. And let the law deal with him. It's too late. The sheriff wasn't here. And we took the law into our own hands. By the totten of the clan. Fergus. That's it. What? Father? I have been wool gathering, lass. The man who helped us at sundown. Why, I should have kinned at Hoss. He rode. Looked familiar. Who was it? His name I never got. But he was the stranger who was in Leadville last night. He asked for the sheriff. Asked for the. Fergus, you promised me to stay in your house and not try anything till I return. That depends. Where are you Going? Todd and I are going to trail the man who helped you. But it's Dark Mask Man. How can you find his trail? Moon come up soon. It's your way. Yes. Suppose the man he's following turn on him. He wouldn't have a chance. Breath. Bring up behind us. Mosquitoes. All right. They come after us. They tell you bring up. Go on your hide. You go local. Ain't gone loco. The moon's come up. Breathe. Take a squint along the back trail. Go on. Use your eyes. I did. There's only one man follow us. Yeah, just one. We got buffalo. Then the running breed. We could have stood him off easy. Sure. We could have got Fergus after all. Now we'll have it to do all over again. He's hombre you come. It is man we look for. See? I recognize horse. That fellow shooting me last night at Leadville. Trando. Rusty back of the trail. Take only one shot to get rid of him. Can he fall now? Track's easy to power. We're gaining on them. Toto. These tracks are fresher. One rider up ahead. Him just now disappear over ridge. We'll be up with him in a teddy. Silver. Kiwasabi. One shot only. One totto. Come along. Flash. Get up. Scow. Ashley. Silver. It come from that way. Over the ridge. Huh? What's that? There he is. On the ground beside his horse. Need not see anybody else. Oh, they heard us coming. They rode off. Here we are. Steady, boy. Whoa. Silver. Ho. Easy, mister. Him who shot. Yeah. Yeah. Engine from ambush. I didn't have a chance. I wanted to see the sheriff. But now I'm cashing in my chips. Reckon I'm done for. 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. Forget everything you had planned for this weekend because you are sitting on your couch and winning from the comfort of your own home. I'm here with spinquest where you can play hundreds of slot games, all the table games you love, and you could even win real cash prizes. New users $30 coin packs are on sale for 10@Spinquest.com SpinQuest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. Ram. Now to continue our story. It was nearly dawn. The moon had set and it was dark outside Andrew Fergus ranch house. But still he and his daughter sat tensely, trying to pierce the gloom. Father, I hear a horse. Hi. Just one horse. And he's walking, not galloping. Who could it be? Doctor, wait. Hi. It's all right, Meg. Flag to lantern. It's Tonto. You've been a long time gone, Tonto. And why did you come so slow? Me. Me need help. Are you alone? Where's the mask man? Mask friend. He'll be here soon. Him for the trail of bad men. But I don't under. Tonto. Who's that you're holding in your arms? Hurry. In the house. Here. Over here. Who is that? Me not no name. Him feller asked for sheriff done to put him here on bed. Big girl. What ails you? Father. That's. That's Jeff Darrell. Jeff Darrell, huh? He was a stranger to me. I was in. In love with him. Tonto. He's. Is he dead? Oh. Silver stead. Hi. Hi, Tuttle. How is he? Him inside? No, you not go in. Why not? Kimasabi girl in there. She know Darrell long time. Darrell? That's his name. Ah, she tell me a story. Him feller named Jeff Darrell. Him own ranch other side of Tomahawk Basin near Leadville. They meet when she go into town to buy supplies for father. He left the basin. Ah, him leaves sudden cause of trouble with Benjamin Steel. So that's it. And that must mean that Tano, he wanted to see the sheriff. A girl think maybe Daryl have evidence to put Steel in jail. No wonder Breed and Rusty shot him. What? Pat Breed Rusty? Yes, I do. Brought Darrell back here. I trailed him. They headed straight for the Tomahawk Ranch. I recognized them when dawn came up, but I was too late to go after them. Plenty men on ranch, huh? Yes, Kimo. Sabi Steel's ranch is an armed camp now. Where's Fergus? It's going to be a wide open range war unless we persuade him to call off this vigilante business. Too late to do that. Too late, huh? When Fergus learned girl loved Daryl, him take rifle and horse. Him go get other ranchers to fight Steel. They can't do that. Take the law into their own hands. Besides, they're outnumbered. Unless they use strategy, they haven't a chance. Me say that, too. But Fergus, him too mad to think straight. Toto. What is it, Miss? Meg? Meg. Meg. Oh, you open eyes now, huh? You get better, huh? I reckon so. Injun Meg says. She says you're done saved my hide. I. I don't know how to thank you. Steel forced me out of the valley. He used unlawful means. Reckon I was a coward for a while. But now I've come back looking for the sheriff so as he can put Steel and all the coyotes who work for him where they belong. In jail where they don't try to get up. Darryl, we'll get the sheriff for you. And we'll get Steel. Where's Father? I've got to tell him. Well, what's wrong? Where is he? You didn't notice? Notice What? He's gone, Ms. Meg. Gone? While you were busy watching over Darrell, your father left. Unless he can be stopped, he and the rest will try to attack the Steel ranch. Oh, no. It would be suicide. Yes. Unless. Unless what, Totto? The sheriff is on his way to Leadville. I'm going to meet him and hurry him up. Now, here's what you must. Aye, that's what I'm saying. That's why I gathered you all together. You've got horses. You've got guns. Have you got the courage to fight against our. We're but a handful against Steel and his crew. But my daughter told me what Steele did to young Darryl who's lying at death's door right now at my ranch. I'm a patient man. But I cannot abide treachery and greed and tyranny. I fought against them in Scotland and I'll fight against them here in the valley. And whether we live or die or ride against him, you wait an injured. It's Taro. Taro. Where's the Low Ranger? We can use him. Lone Rangers say you wait. Him ride for sheriff. We're sick of waiting. It's not bad to die, but we want to die fighting against a foe not shot down from the dark like Daryl. Daryl not dead. He'll get better, huh? You wait for sheriff. Wait for Mask Friend, you'll not have chance against Steel if you not wait. Aye, then, Tanto. We'll wait. But we cannot wait for long. If the Lone Ranger does not return by sundown, then legal or no legal, odds are no odds. We fight. That's right. Hello. A masked man. Rain up or I'll shoot. Sir. Hold your fire. The little Ranger, mister. Almost pulled trigger. Sir. There's trouble at Tomahawk Basin. Burgers and the small cattle owners have formed a vigilante outfit. They can't do that. It's not lawful. There's no time to argue. For all I know, they may be shooting now. Those men are ranchers, not fighters. They don't understand how to fight. And Steel's got more men. They're gunfighters. Dead shots. Fergus hasn't got a chance. Doggone, if I only had legal proof to go after Steel, his crew. I have legal evidence, huh? It's waiting for you at the basin. Cut your horses loose from the traces and ride with me. Steady, Big. I sure will. Here, slap this saddle on the base. Right. I'll cut him loose. There we are. I'll put on the saddle. Tighten this cinch there. Right. If I ride one and let the other trail along free, maybe I can keep up with. With Silver Kilo. Mister, let's travel. Get up. Get up there. Let them try. Let those ar Try to shoot it out with us. We'll fill them so full of lead, they'll weigh more than a Texas steer. See? They will come from over the hill. Still say we wait for attack from there. What about the mask man? The long Ranger? Yeah. On the boys. Without checking up. What did he report to Steel? Report that the ranchers. They don't wait for long, Ranger. I won't. They sure not. They wait till sunset, that is all. Look, see for yourself. Sunshine's already going down, huh? On it, Fergus. How about it? No. You wait for us, men. We've been waiting half the day. Let's go get him. We've been waiting too long all together. Hey, the sun's gone down. No, Fergus. No. Ain't now. Tonto Bailey is right. We've waited too long. Up, men. Gallop your horses. We'll ride all the ridge and swoop down on them like Robert the Bruce. Gallop your horses. Silent and grim against the lowering sky, the ranchers headed across the rangeland. Anger and a fierce determination sealed their lips tight. Tonto, riding with them, tried to argue and argue again with Fergus, but in vain. Fergus had only the one answer. The time for waiting is past. Now is the time for guns. And whether we live or die, at least we shall strike a blow for freedom. The galloping hooves thudded along the grassland under the broad sweep of their Stetsons. The men's eyes were fastened on the ridge behind which waited the guns that would shatter the night silence. But then, out of the west, out of the west from Leadville flashed a great white stallion. A voice echoed across the night. You're too late, Maskman. Stop. You gotta Listen to me, Mr. Achilles. Swerve us from a purpose. We mean to fight and we mean to fight. No, Fergus. The Sheriff is only ten minutes behind me. We cannot for the sheriff, Mr. Lawful and all. We mean to make Steel pay for his kind. If you attack this way, you'll go down like trees before a hurricane. The bullets will sweep you from the saddles. We will not listen. You will listen. You'll listen because the sheriff Is on your side. What's that? We're breaking the law. No, you're not breaking the law. You see this badge I'm wearing? It's a sheriff's badge. Deputy Sheriff Bailey. The sheriff is making you all deputies? Why not? Yes, Darrell. He's got proof against the. That's all. And we're deputies. On one condition. Give up this suicidal attempt to ride down on them. Go about it another way. You're not asking us to quit? No. We're going to attack. But we're going to surprise them. Allison, four men will go ahead to the ridge. When they hear the howl of a coyote, they'll start shooting. The rest of you will follow. T. He's getting on breeding. I thought they were going to come after us. Boys are ready. But see Rosti. What? Keep them. Boys are beginning to get nervous. Oh, you call nervous? You think I run like a cow. Wait. I didn't mean you. You better not. Still, what you say is very peculiar. What happened to them? Yeah. Yeah. It's nothing. It's always the same like this. Before the gun start. And me. What was that? You? The outing. His moon. There ain't no moon. It is the attack. This is his own base. Let him have it. The four men on the ridge fired as fast as they could work their guns. The gunfighters below poured a withering fire up in the darkness from the dry stream bed. In the rear, the Lone Ranger and Tono and the others could hear guns. Kimasabi, you make plenty good time. Listen to guns. All Steel's men. They fire up on the way. Yes. Hello. All right, Fergus, Bailey, the rest of you, this is it. Shooting will cover our approach. We'll take them in the rear before they know what hit them. Remember, the sheriff wants them captured, not dead. Hi. Lead the way. Follow me. Silver and Scout forged ahead as the posse raced up the bed of the dry stream. All the bad men had time to turn. The posse swept over them like a tide. Guns were not from their hands. Ropes looped around their bodies. A few moments, it was all over. We give up. You got us. Don't shoot. We give up. Hey, that you do. Tie them up, men. We'll have them ready for the sheriff when he gets here. Wait a moment. Where's Breed? Rusty. Huh? Breed was here with you. What's happened to him? I don't know. I'll be dog gone. That yellow skunk is pulled up. Stakes and leftist outfits. You'll do nothing. You'll go to jail. Maybe. Breed in ranch house with the Steel. That's where you're wrong, ain't you? What's that, Billy? Didn't you cover the house? Sure, mister. We went there, but Breed wasn't there. Steel's gone too. Both of them vamoosed as soon as the trouble started. There's no telling where they're headed. Well, never mind, man. We got the rest. We've broken Steel's power in Tomahawk Base, and from now on, every man can walk in peace and friendship with his neighbor. And if it had not been for the Lone Ranger's help, we. He's gone, Andrew, while you were talking, gone? Where to, man? I don't know. Perhaps after Steel and Breed. That's the way the Lone Ranger is. He's one gent who never waits around for thanks. I'm here with Spin Quest, where you can play and win from the comfort of your own home with hundreds of slot games and all of the table games you love with real cash prizes. Right now, $30 coin packs are on sale for $10. For new users, it's all@spinquest.com that's S-P I N Q U-E-T.com SpinQuest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. 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