Wild Horse Mesa | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (04-17-53)

Summary

Episode Summary: Old Time Radio Westerns - "Wild Horse Mesa | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (04-17-53)

In this captivating episode of the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast, listeners are transported to the rugged terrains of Wild Horse Mesa, where legendary U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his trusty deputy, Jingles, embark on a high-stakes adventure that showcases their quick wits, sharp shooting, and unwavering commitment to justice in the Wild West.

Setting the Scene

The story begins with Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles in pursuit of one of the prettiest wild horses they've ever seen. Their expert horsemanship is immediately evident as they navigate the treacherous landscape. Jingles exclaims at [02:41], "He's one of the prettiest wild horses I ever saw in my life," highlighting the allure and danger of their quarry. Despite the horse's agility, Wild Bill maintains control, declaring at [02:38], "Red, loop in your rope. Jingles. He's not going to give up without a fight."

A Misdelivered Note and a Mysterious Mission

Their routine hunt takes an unexpected turn when Blackie, a rugged rider, arrives with a cryptic note intended for them. At [04:30], Blackie hands over the message, stating, "He said you'd know what to do about it." The note warns of a trap involving two boys meant to sabotage a bridge, leaving Wild Bill and Jingles puzzled about their involvement. Wild Bill deciphers the note at [05:17], "It says, forget the bridge and stop the stage here," revealing that their intervention is crucial to prevent disaster.

Pretending to be Outlaws

To uncover the truth behind Blackie's warning, Wild Bill devises a clever plan. At [06:07], he suggests, "Why don't we just pretend that we're a couple of stage robbers and we'll see what this is all about, huh?" This ruse leads them to a tense encounter with an impending stagecoach robbery. As they prepare to stop the stage, Jingles humorously remarks at [10:06], "Oh, get along, Joker. Well, that depends on whether I'm a stagecoach or whether I'm me," adding levity to the high-pressure situation.

Showdown and Pursuit

The tension escalates when the stagecoach comes under attack, forcing Wild Bill and Jingles into a fierce gunfight. At [07:15], Wild Bill instructs Jingles, "Wave your arms so they can see we're not holding guns," attempting to de-escalate the situation. However, shots start flying from all directions, with Jingles noting at [02:50], "We Bill, that big black jumped right off the edge of that cliff," illustrating the chaotic environment they must navigate.

Confronting Blackie and His Gang

As the dust settles, Wild Bill and Jingles confront Blackie, who reveals the complexity of the plot at [08:22], "Well, thanks for warning me, but I can't do that. I got the important shipment. Has to get through to Winter Springs." The ensuing dialogue uncovers that Blackie mistakenly sent the note to Wild Bill and Jingles instead of his intended recipients, leading to a series of misunderstandings and confrontations.

The Final Showdown

The climax of the episode unfolds in a livery stable, where Wild Bill and Jingles find themselves trapped and under siege by Blackie's men. Amidst the chaos, Wild Bill remains composed, instructing Jingles, "Make a run for it now," at [17:08], showcasing his leadership and tactical prowess. The confrontation reaches its peak when Wild Bill captures Blackie without unnecessary violence, declaring at [21:04], "I won't shoot. Blackie, you're through."

Resolution and Reflection

With Blackie apprehended and his gang disbanded, Wild Bill ensures that justice is served. At [21:24], he instructs Jingles to take the misdelivered note as evidence, stating, "Take this note along. I think it's gonna be all the evidence you're gonna need." This decisive action wraps up the turmoil, restoring peace to Wild Horse Mesa.

Character Dynamics and Themes

Throughout the episode, the dynamic between Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles shines brightly. Jingles' humorous remarks, such as at [12:52], "My stomach, that's what," add a layer of levity to their perilous endeavors. Their camaraderie and mutual respect are evident as they navigate each challenge, embodying themes of friendship, bravery, and the relentless pursuit of justice.

Conclusion

"Wild Horse Mesa | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" masterfully blends action, suspense, and humor, bringing to life the timeless tales of the Wild West. Through expertly crafted dialogue and immersive storytelling, the episode highlights the enduring legacy of Wild Bill Hickok and his loyal companion, Jingles. Listeners are left enthralled by their unwavering dedication and the intricate dance between lawmen and outlaws in the untamed frontier.

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Notable Quotes:

• Jingles: "He's one of the prettiest wild horses I ever saw in my life." ([02:41])

• Wild Bill Hickok: "Red, loop in your rope. Jingles. He's not going to give up without a fight." ([02:38])

• Jingles: "Oh, get along, Joker. Well, that depends on whether I'm a stagecoach or whether I'm me." ([10:06])

• Wild Bill Hickok: "Wave your arms so they can see we're not holding guns." ([07:15])

• Wild Bill Hickok: "I won't shoot. Blackie, you're through." ([21:04])

• Wild Bill Hickok: "Take this note along. I think it's gonna be all the evidence you're gonna need." ([21:24])

This episode not only entertains but also delves deep into the strategic minds of its protagonists, offering listeners a rich and engaging experience that honors the golden age of radio westerns.

Transcript

[Jingles]

Foreign.

[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.

[Jingles]

Kellogg's, the greatest name in cereals, presents Wild Bill Hicker. Hi. You folks hold on to your hats and pass that Kellogg's Raisin brand. Cause here comes Guy Madison as Wild Bill Hickok and his pal Jingles. Which is me, Andy Devine. We got another Rootin Tootin Wild Bill Hickok adventure story for you from Kellogg's Raisin Bran. The cereal with the fruit already on it. Oh, boy. Raisin and toasted bran flakes. Kellogg's Raisin Bran.

[Narrator]

Today, Kellogg's Raisin Bran, the cereal that comes out of the box with the fruit already on it, brings you Wild Bill Hickok, transcribed in Hollywood and starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as his pal jingles. In just 30 seconds, you'll hear the exciting story. Guess what? I just opened a box of Kellogg's Raisin Bran. And you know what I see? Big golden flakes of bran and lots and lots of raisins. Oh, boy, these are some raisins. Big, plump and tender, all honeycomb coated to keep them right and ready to eat, too. It's a great combination, this Kellogg's Raisin Bran. Ask your mom to serve you this breakfast treat real soon. Kellogg's Raisin Bran, the cereal with the fruit already on it. United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok was famous as a crack shop and a superb horseman, as well as a man feared by outlaws throughout the West. His big deputy, Jingles, was almost as well known for his talents. But the two lawmen needed all their skill and some luck, too, to escape disaster on Wild Horse Mesa.

[Jingles]

We're gaining on him, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Red, loop in your rope. Jingles. He's not going to give up without a fight.

[Jingles]

He's one of the prettiest wild horses I ever saw in my life.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I got Jingle.

[Jingles]

Whoa.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Woo.

[Jingles]

We Bill, that big black jumped right off the edge of that cliff.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

He sure did. Let's see what happened to him.

[Jingles]

Well, if we hadn't hauled in our horses, we'd have gone over the edge, too.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Funny thing, I didn't even see the edge of that clip till the horse jumped over it.

[Jingles]

Lucky thing you saw it in time to yell. Hey, hey, look. There's a river down there in the bottom.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sure is. Look what's climbing out the bank on the Other side.

[Jingles]

Well, it's the big black billy landed in the water and didn't get killed.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'm sure glad of that.

[Jingles]

Well, shall we look for a way to get across and start trailing him?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Ah, let him go. He's earned his freedom.

[Jingles]

Yeah, I know just how you feel, Bill. Besides, he saved our lives. Well, we'll catch some other wild horses for Charlie Jones.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, there's plenty of them running loose up here on the mesa.

[Jingles]

Well, if it's all the same to you, Bill, I'd just as soon find a place to camp and go back to wild horse hunting in the morning.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's fine with me. This is sort of a vacation. I'm no hurry at all, Daddy. Buck. John.

[Jingles]

Take it easy, Joker. There. Well, let's ride, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Wait a minute, Jingles. Here comes a rider. And he's really kicking up a whirlwind.

[Jingles]

Hey, he is stirring up a breeze, ain't he? What's a rider doing way out here in the wilderness?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Maybe he's hunting wild horses, too.

[Jingles]

Well, he's gonna need another horse the way he's lathering that one.

[Blackie]

Well, I thought I'd never catch up to you two.

[Jingles]

I don't think we're so hard to catch. What do you want us for?

[Blackie]

I don't want you. Blackie said to give you this.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

What is it? A note.

[Blackie]

He said you'd know what to do about it.

[Jingles]

That's funny. Especially when we don't know anything.

[Blackie]

He said for me not to wait for an answer.

[Jingles]

Oh.

[Blackie]

He wants me to find the two boys that are supposed to knock out the bridge and head them off before they run into the trap.

[Jingles]

Trap? Now, what trap?

[Blackie]

Well, Clancy heard about it. Somehow he's heading for the bridge with a posse. You better get moving like I said to hurry up for.

[Jingles]

Go.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Go.

[Jingles]

Hey, now, wait a minute, Bill. What's this all about?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't know, partner.

[Jingles]

Who's Blackie, who's Clancy, and what bridge are they heading for?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Clancy? Jingles, it seems to me that the sheriff of this cop is named Clancy.

[Jingles]

Well, that could be this Jasper said something about him heading for the bridge with a posse.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, I see what's in this note.

[Jingles]

Well, what's it say, Bill? Huh? What's it say? Oh, whole still. Joker. You'll lose me one of these days when I ain't expecting you to jump. Now, Bill Hickok, tell me what that says before I pop.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It says, forget the bridge and stop the stage here. And there's a map of a road and A group of five trees right at a turn stop the stage.

[Jingles]

What are they going to do to it?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Probably hold it up.

[Jingles]

Yeah, I reckon so. What else does it say, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It says Barton Ted will get there in time to help you. Hurry. And watch out for Clancy Sign, Blackie.

[Jingles]

Well, that don't make any sense. To who does this Blackie think we are, a couple of stick up men?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Blackie doesn't, but the writer that gave us his map think we are.

[Jingles]

Well, wait till I see him again. I'll tell him.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'll tell you what, Jingles. Why don't we just pretend that we're a couple of stage robbers and we'll see what this is all about, huh? Oh, but Bill, like he said, first a hurry. Let's go, huh?

[Jingles]

Mark.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sh.

[Jingles]

Oh. Jump, Joker. Bill's got one of those local ideas again.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

There's a turn in the road, Jingles.

[Jingles]

Yeah, there's the five trees.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Now let's just hope we're here before the stagecoach. While off here, Jingles, we'll try to stop the stage when it gets here.

[Jingles]

I still can't figure out what this is all about.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, I can't either. Except that Jasper that gave us a map probably thought we belonged to Blackie's gang.

[Jingles]

But who's Blackie? And how come he doesn't know who's working for him?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't know all the answers, Jingles. We're just going to have to wait and find out.

[Jingles]

Well, we won't have to wait very long. Look, here comes a stage down the road now.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, let's step out and hail him.

[Jingles]

I hope he don't think we're a couple of road agents. Hey, they see us now. Bill. They're shooting.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Wave your arms so they can see we're not holding guns.

[Jingles]

I'm waving like a windmill in a high breeze. Now, now check that out. We're not holding you up.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That shot came from behind us. Jingles, get down.

[Jingles]

Now we've done it right in the middle with guns on both sides of it.

[Narrator]

Today's Wild Bill Hickok story continues in just one minute. While Bill Hickok and Zingles, mistaken for members of a hold up gang, try to warn the stage coach driver but draw a hail of bullets for their trouble to make their position more dangerous. Shots also come from behind them.

[Jingles]

Dad. Blame it. I'm going to start shooting. Back in a minute.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Don't go for a gun, Jingles. Stage is stopping.

[Blackie]

What in tarnation's going on here? You trying to hold up this stage.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You can see we haven't any gun.

[Blackie]

Well, then who's doing all the shooting?

[Jingles]

Oh, some varmints back down the road. That's them.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Now, you'd better turn that stage around, head back the way you came.

[Blackie]

Well, thanks for warning me, but I can't do that. I got the important shipment. Has to get through to Winter Springs. Say, who are you, anyhow?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

My name's Hickok.

[Jingles]

Wild Bill Hickok, that is. And I'm Jingles.

[Blackie]

Well, I'll be Dad Burns. Sure, I recognize you now.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We had a hunch a holdup might be tried so we came on out to see if we could help.

[Blackie]

It's a funny thing. The express company heard some rumors too. They sent Sheriff Clancy out to guard a bridge about a mile down the road.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, we heard something about that too. Then the gang was supposed to come up here to this curve and stop you.

[Blackie]

Well, what happened to them?

[Jingles]

Oh, a couple of them are down the road there. But I can't figure out why they stopped shooting.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Most likely figured we're part of their gang and they're holding the fire up.

[Jingles]

Doggone it, I'm all mixed up.

[Blackie]

Well, I can't hold this team much longer, Hickok. Suppose I can go ahead.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Why not try it? Jingles and I'll get our horses and ride guard for you.

[Blackie]

Fine. This shipment has got to get through.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Come on, Jingles.

[Jingles]

Oh, all right, Bill, if you say so. But we know there's a couple of polecats down there with guns in their hands. And I ain't at all happy about riding right into their sight. Now, hold still, jokers.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That a marshawn. All right, driver, let's go.

[Jingles]

All right, Bill. I think maybe those varmints are right in that bunch of trees at the foot of the hill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You might be right. Let's ride on ahead.

[Jingles]

Right ahead. Make targets out of ourselves.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It's better for us to be the targets than the stagecoach.

[Jingles]

Oh, get along, Joker. Well, that depends on whether I'm a stagecoach or whether I'm me. I happen to be me. And I'd rather have somebody shooting at the stage. Hey, now, that was too darn close.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

This time we can shoot back. Jingles, run them out of those trees.

[Jingles]

There they go, Bill. Let's go after them.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Let them go, Jingles. You can't get too far from the stage. But, Bill, we'll find them later. Easy, D. Easy, Bu.

[Jingles]

Slow down, Joker. Hoo. Bill, we had a chance to catch ourselves a couple of owl hoots.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right, now, Our job is to see that that stage gets to Willow Spring safely. Then we'll go look for owl hoots.

[Jingles]

Well, all right. But the first one I'm looking for is named Blackie. I want to know what this is. All.

[Slash]

Lame brain jugheads. I figured it all out for you. Sent a map and a note and still the plan went wrong.

[Jingles]

Sam and I were there and we saw two men stop the stage, so we held her fire.

[Slash]

Then what happened?

[Jingles]

Well, the stage started up again and these two hombres came at us pouring on the lead. Well, we figured something had gone wrong.

[Slash]

So we hightailed it out of there. Flash got you with my message about the bridge?

[Blackie]

Why, sure I did. And I gave the other note to them two riders you hired for this job.

[Slash]

You're sure?

[Blackie]

Course I am. Made em up on Wild Horse Mesa. One of them gun hands is the biggest man I ever saw.

[Slash]

Big? Neither one of them was big, but they're both awful fast with a six gun.

[Blackie]

What do you mean not big? Why, he looked as big as a horse he was riding. He and his partner was both wearing buckskins and a pair of guns apiece.

[Jingles]

I don't sound like the two you picked up, boss.

[Slash]

It sure doesn't. They were each wearing one gun and carrying a rifle. They were both short and they were wearing black shirts and blue jeans.

[Blackie]

Well, I didn't know that.

[Slash]

Slash who? Idiot, you gave that note to the wrong men. But Black Cheddar, that note had my name signed to it. What if the law gets hold of it?

[Jingles]

Well, what are we going to do?

[Slash]

Going to ride into Willow Springs and look for a couple of gents wearing buck skins?

[Jingles]

Yeah, maybe you can get the note back.

[Slash]

I'm interested in shutting up those two before they do any talking. And if I have to, I'll shut them up with.45 caliber slugs.

[Jingles]

Doggone it, Bill, business is business. But do you have to be so dad blame busy about it?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Now, what's worrying you, partner?

[Jingles]

My stomach, that's what. You just rode right on by the prettiest little cafe in town. And I'm hungry.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, you can wait a little longer. I want to find out what this stage robbing business is all about.

[Jingles]

Well, so do I, but I'm in no tiring hurry about it.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Suppose you want to quit your job and go back to Kansas.

[Jingles]

No, I like my job. I just like to eat a little oftener, that's all.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Pull up here. Jingle. There's a hitch rack open.

[Jingles]

Yeah. Oh, Joker. Now you just wait right there. Joker, till we get back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't think we're gonna be gone very long.

[Jingles]

Pretty little town, ain't it, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, nice little place. Hey, let's head down this way.

[Jingles]

It's all right with me. Hey, maybe we'll find another cafe, huh?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Look, Jingles, you can eat later.

[Jingles]

Later, he says. Later. Always later. Where are we going now, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Over at the sheriff's office, Jingles. He must know something about this gang of lackeys.

[Jingles]

Yeah, at least he heard a rumor about the hold up and headed for that bridge.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Must be somebody in that gang that's letting out information, Jingles. I'd sure like to find out who it is.

[Jingles]

Hey, Bill, somebody's following us.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, I noticed him. Don't look around.

[Jingles]

I already did. There's three of them and we've met one of them before.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, who's that?

[Jingles]

The fella that handed us that note up on Wild Horse Mason.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, that's real interesting. We'll turn around and surprise him.

[Jingles]

All right. I hope it works out the way you figured it would. No, no thanks. Look out.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Howdy, gents. Well, maybe you wanted to talk to us.

[Slash]

Yeah, yeah, we want to talk to you. Spread out, boys.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

No, don't spread out. Stay together and move in a little closer.

[Jingles]

And don't let those hands stray down by your hol either.

[Slash]

I wouldn't go talking so big, mister, unless I could back it up.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I might give you the same advice, stranger. What do you want to talk about?

[Slash]

These are the ones, aren't they, Slash?

[Blackie]

Yeah. Blackie.

[Jingles]

Hey, Bill. This here is Blackie.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Seems that way.

[Slash]

Yeah, I'm Blackie. And I wrote a note that Slash here gave you by mistake. I want it back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't think you're going to get it.

[Slash]

I got no time to fool with you. Hand it over.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'm keeping that note and I'd like to ask you a few questions.

[Jingles]

Let's take it away from him, Blackie.

[Slash]

He's a smart one. He just go around talking about what's in the note. Let him have it, Bill.

[Jingles]

Well, Blackie, you're all alone now. Put that gun away.

[Slash]

How'd you draw so fast?

[Jingles]

Well, I keep telling salamanders like you that Wild Bill Hickok can outdraw anybody. Hickok? That's right. Jingle, that's me. And I ain't so slow either. Now put that gun away and we'll help you get those two shot up gun slicks of yours over to the doctor.

[Slash]

I can take care of them alone. I got Men all over this town. Hey, Sam, let him have it.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

On the roof across the street. Jingles.

[Jingles]

Hey, Bill, Blackie's running down the alley. Dog. Garnet. I missed him.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Let's go, Jingles. It's getting pretty hot out here. Let's see if we can catch Black.

[Jingles]

Yeah, he ducked into the livery stable, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right, let's dig him out now.

[Jingles]

There's a fireman up ahead of us throwing lead our way.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, there's one behind us too, Bill.

[Jingles]

Were caught like a steering a brandon shoe.

[Narrator]

Today's Wild Bill Hickok story continues in just one minute. Wild Bill and Jingles started down the alley after Blackie. But gunfire hemmed them in from both sides. Flattened against the building, they fired back, trying to fight their way out of the trap.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We can move a little farther. We can get through that door into the stable.

[Jingles]

J I'll try it, Bill, but every time I move, I get singed by a hot bullet. There. See what I mean?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Make a run for it now.

[Jingles]

Now. In here.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Help me close this door.

[Jingles]

There. That does it. I thought we were goners there for a minute.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Hold it, partner.

[Jingles]

Somebody's closing the door on the other end.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, well, Blackie was right when he said he had men all over town.

[Jingles]

That was probably Blackie himself. But at least we're safe in here instead of being trapped out in that alley.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's right. Now we're trapped in a barn.

[Jingles]

Hey, that's right. Now what do we do, Bill, huh?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Lock both doors from the inside so nobody can surprise us. Then wait for somebody to come and find out what all the shooting's been about.

[Jingles]

Oh, Bill, from the amount of shooting that goes on in this town, I don't think anybody's gonna bother to come and find out.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We know Black and his gang are afraid of Sheriff Clancy and his posse. They're not gonna hang around here too long.

[Jingles]

All right, men, there's fire to that stable. Let's get out of here. Bill, did you hear that?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I sure did. They're gonna set fire to the place and burn us up. Come on, Bill.

[Jingles]

If we go out there, we'll get shot.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We stay in here, we're gonna be burned. Let's take our choice, huh?

[Jingles]

Oh. All right. Let's go out. That ain't the kind of a choice I enjoy making. This is your last chance, Hickok. Come out with your hands up.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Don't answer him, Jingles. Follow me up that ladder. Sure. There's a big hay door up there.

[Jingles]

Once we get up there, we're stuck. If they light that fire, May can.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Keep him from doing that. Now, over here.

[Jingles]

What do you say, Hickok? He's right down below us, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, I can see him from here.

[Blackie]

Hey, Blackie.

[Slash]

What's up, Slash?

[Blackie]

There's a whole crowd of men coming down the street and I think the sheriff's with him.

[Slash]

All right, we gotta clear up. Give me a match.

[Jingles]

I'm gonna start the fire, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Maybe not.

[Slash]

Hey, who shot out the match?

[Jingles]

I did, Blackie. He's up above us. You're darn right we are. And we've got four guns pointing right at you. Now, just stand hitched with your hands way up high.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That Hickok's too good a shot for me. I'm gonna do it.

[Slash]

What's the matter with you, buzzard? There's enough of us to get him.

[Jingles]

Well, they ain't gonna draw until you do, Blackie. And you've tried to draw on Bill once today, and I don't think you'll do it again.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'll have you line up against the wall of that building with your backs to me.

[Jingles]

Here comes the sheriff and his posse, Bill. Won't they be surprised. Hey, what's going on here?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Tie up that bunch of polecat, sheriff, and we'll tell you all about it.

[Jingles]

What? Hey, who are you? He's Wild Bill Hickok, that's who he is. And I'm Jingles. Now, you look out for those stage robbers and barn burners till we get down out of here. Stage robbers? Who are these men?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's Blackie and his gang. Chef are the ones who tried to hold up that stage.

[Jingles]

Well, well, well. We've been after them for quite a spell. Which one's Blackie? Me? He's the one right over. Hey, Bill. Blackie's gone.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

There's only one place he could have gone. That's inside the livery stable. Come on, Jingles.

[Jingles]

He isn't the slipperiest glute I ever saw.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Watch your step, Jingles. He's in here somewhere.

[Jingles]

Yeah, but where? Them corners are plenty dark and there's a lot of corners. Why couldn't we catch him in a roundhouse?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Spread out a little so he can't get both of us.

[Jingles]

I don't even want him to get one of us.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Wait a minute.

[Jingles]

What's the matter, Bill? What are you stopping for, huh? Did you see him? Do you? Huh?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Bill, I heard something move. Right over there. All right, Blackie, come out of there with your hands up.

[Jingles]

You heard Bill. Now come on out. Uncover jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You're still in there.

[Jingles]

Oh, Mike. Bill, break the door down, man.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

The sheriff's coming in. Blackie, you better give up.

[Jingles]

Come and get me. Hiccup. Watch out for him, Bill. Here I come. Bly. Bill, your local. Don't. There he goes. Did you get him, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah. Come on, partner.

[Jingles]

Don't you.

[Slash]

Don't shoot.

[Jingles]

You got my gun on.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I won't shoot. Blaggy, you're through.

[Jingles]

I'll say. Well, Bill, are you all right?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, I'm all right. Sheriff, here's Blackie for you.

[Jingles]

Yeah, that takes care of the whole gang. That's wonderful, Bill. Now if I just got enough evidence to send him to jail.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Take this note along. I think it's gonna be all the evidence you're gonna need.

[Jingles]

Note? Yeah. You see, it was delivered to Bill by mistake. Now it's gonna send Blackie and his whole gang to the dead let.

[Narrator]

And now, here are the stars of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Devine.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Thanks for being with us today, folks.

[Jingles]

Choo Choo Choo. Choo Choo Choo. Your favorite cereal.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You tell them, Andy, from Kellogg's Variety Pack.

[Narrator]

Yes. Keep the whole family happy every morning for breakfast. Roll out freshness and variety. 10 individual serving size boxes with 10 assorted Kellogg's cereal favorites, including two ready sweetened treats that you get in Kellogg's Variety pack.

[Jingles]

Choo Choo.

[Narrator]

Choose your favorite from Kellogg's Variety Pack at your grocer's. You just heard another exciting story of Wild Bill Hickok starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine in person. Today's cast included Byron Cain, Jim Nusser and Lou Marcel. Our story was written and directed by Paul Pierce. This is a David Hyre production. Transcribed in Hollywood now. This is Charlie Lyon speaking reminding you to tune this station again when we present another of the adventures of Will Bill Hick.

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