Wild Horses | The Lone Ranger (06-20-41)

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Wild Horses | The Lone Ranger (06-20-41)"

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode: Wild Horses | The Lone Ranger (original airdate: June 20, 1941; episode release: July 4, 2026)

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Overview

This digitally restored classic drama transports listeners to the wild landscapes of the Old West, following the Lone Ranger and his steadfast companion Tonto as they uncover and confront a dangerous rustler gang amid a dispute over unbranded wild horses. The episode deftly weaves classic Western themes: justice, loyalty, betrayal, and the unyielding bond between humans and horses. Layered sound design, legendary character interplay, and suspenseful plotting make this a thrilling return to "those thrilling days of yesteryear."

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Key Discussion Points & Story Beats

The Wild Horse Dilemma & Building the Corral

Timestamps: [04:11 – 07:00]

• Pete and Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega are wranglers constructing a makeshift corral to catch wild mustangs near Crooked Canyon, using rope, rags, and ingenuity.
• Dan Miller, owner of the Circle M ranch, confronts them, claiming all cattle and horses on the mesa, branded or not, are his property.
• Tensions escalate as Dan accuses Pete and Pedro of rustling his steer, and Pedro insists their intent is only wild horses.
• Key Quote:
  • Pete: “We’ve had a look at them, Mister. They don’t carry any brand. And the law says...” (06:45)
  • Dan Miller: “I make the laws for this range.” (06:49)

Outlaw Threats & Brewing Conflict

Timestamps: [07:31 – 09:20]

• Dan Miller’s suspicions about missing cattle rise.
• Red, Dan’s foreman, privately plots with another outlaw (Lance) to escalate the confrontation and frame the wranglers.
• Red proposes “taking care of” the corral to push blame toward Pete and Pedro, foreshadowing a violent conflict.

The Lone Ranger & Tonto Investigate

Timestamps: [09:20 – 10:44]

• The Lone Ranger and Tonto discover a hidden fence in a box canyon where Circle M cattle are being corralled and their brands altered by rustlers.
• They connect the puzzle: “Rustlers are driving Circle M steers down here and changing their brands. They keep them here until the brands are healed...” - The Lone Ranger (10:34)
• They resolve to help unmask the outlaws and protect Pete and Pedro.

Outlaw Plot Revealed & the Double Cross

Timestamps: [11:02 – 12:23]

• Red masterminds a plan to murder Dan Miller and frame the wranglers for the crime.
• The outlaws solidify their intent to claim Miller's land by forging a will and eliminating loose ends.

Lone Ranger’s Warning and the Trap

Timestamps: [13:01 – 13:44]

• The Lone Ranger intervenes, urging Pete and Pedro to abandon saving the corral and “let Red go through with his plan” in order to catch the gang in the act.
• Pedro protests: “How you think I got these blisters on my hand?” (13:17), humorously highlighting his reluctance to give up on the corral.
• Pete rallies, siding with the Lone Ranger in the pursuit of justice.

Showdown at the Ranch House

Timestamps: [14:09 – 16:36]

• The group steels themselves as Red and the outlaws approach the house.
• Dan Miller’s initial hot-headedness nearly sabotages the setup but, after being reminded by the Lone Ranger, the group commits to working together.
• Key Quote:
  • The Lone Ranger: “Dan may act and talk before he thinks, but he’s honest. He’s one of us. This is a fight for justice. And forget about the difference of opinion you had today.” (16:08)
• The ensuing siege is intense—the group fights off multiple waves over two hours during the night.

Clever Strategy: Wild Horses as a Weapon

Timestamps: [20:43 – 22:49]

• The Lone Ranger devises a plan: Pete and Pedro will use the wild horse herd to stampede the outlaws’ canyon hideout, creating the chaos needed to rout the rustlers.
• “You two are going to round up your first wild horses tonight.” – The Lone Ranger (22:03)
• The plan hinges on the unpredictability and power of the mustang herd.

The Wild Horse Stampede & The Outlaws’ Panic

Timestamps: [25:29 – 28:36]

• In an exhilarating sequence, the wild horses—led by an indomitable black stallion—are driven straight into the outlaws’ camp.
• The outlaws panic, believing a large posse is upon them.
  • Narrator: “Those horses are better than any posse.” (28:33)
• Pedro and Pete, capitalizing on the chaos, help capture the gang.

The Aftermath & a Gentle Request

Timestamps: [29:14 – 31:05]

• The rustlers surrender, the sheriff is called, and justice is served.
• The Lone Ranger hints he’d like the famous black mustang left free:
  • Pete: “I got an idea the masked man would like us to leave him alone.” (30:54)
  • Pedro: “If you want to stay partners with Pedro Martinez…, you will not even mention the black leader again.” (31:05)
• The heroes ride away as the sun rises.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan Miller stakes his claim:
  “I make the laws for this range.” (06:49)
• Pedro defends his name and pride:
  “It is my own name, and I am not a gunman.” (07:17)
• The Lone Ranger’s wisdom on justice:
  “This is a fight for justice. And forget about the difference of opinion you had today.” (16:08)
• The introduction of the wild horse tactic:
  “You two are going to round up your first wild horses tonight.” (22:03)
• The unspoken favor at the close:
  Pete: “I got an idea the masked man would like us to leave him alone.” (30:54)
  Pedro: “If you want to stay partners... you will not even mention the black leader again.” (31:05)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Introduction of the episode and setting: [01:14 – 04:11]
• Corral construction and conflict with Dan Miller: [05:02 – 07:00]
• Rustler plot and Lone Ranger’s investigation: [09:20 – 10:44]
• Outlaw conspiracy revealed: [11:02 – 12:23]
• Showdown at ranch house: [14:09 – 16:36]
• Wild horse strategy formed: [20:43 – 22:49]
• Stampede through canyon/outlaws’ defeat: [25:29 – 28:36]
• Resolution and unspoken favor about the black leader: [30:54 – 31:05]

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Tone & Style

The episode remains quintessentially Western: direct, peppered with wit and grit, imbued with themes of loyalty, hard work, and rough humor. Pedro’s comic relief, the Lone Ranger’s calm leadership, and the colorful supporting cast evoke nostalgia and adventure—a warm homage to both the Old West and classic radio storytelling.

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Conclusion

“Wild Horses” is a vintage Western tale reimagined for modern ears, full of suspense, dynamic characters, and clever plotting. With restored sound and careful curation, the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast brings the Lone Ranger’s legacy galloping back into the spotlight for old fans and new listeners alike.

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Transcript

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[Pete]

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. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly from your enjoyment. You can find more Western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode.

[Narrator]

A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high O Silver the Lone Ranger.

[The Lone Ranger]

Sam.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Este cuatro de Julio and loves. Sharp Royal Performance Series Ahora dosientos noventa y nueve dolares Nuestra Mejor Selection.

[Narrator]

Wild horses roamed the mesas in the early days of the western United States, and wranglers made a good living catching them and breaking them to the saddle. But the rough and broken country also gave protection to bands of outlaws, and it was above the rim rock that the Lone Ranger met some of his most exciting adventures. 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.

[Tonto]

We're heading for Crooked Canyon Sound waiting for us.

[Narrator]

Pete Lacy and Pedro Martinez were building a corral across the canyon that sloped from the mesa to the valley. It was a makeshift affair. Stakes had been driven in the ground and ropes strung between them. Then rags had been tied to the ropes. But driving the stakes was hard work, and Pedro complained.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

This is no work for Pedro Martinez de Javadi Runega Seems to me that

[Pete]

I'm the guy with a sledgehammer. All you're doing is hold mistake.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Every time you hit, it hurts my hand. Next take will be my turn with the hammer.

[Pete]

We don't need another one. This open at the upper end has to be Big, so the horses won't shy away from it.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

You make it too big, they will turn around and come right out again.

[Pete]

No, they won't. We'll get rope strung across the open prado.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

I hope you know your business. There are many fine horses up there on the mesa. But they are as well as the antelope.

[Narrator]

How can rope and rag stop him?

[Pete]

Just look at that lower fence. The rags are flooded in the breeze. Those wild mustangs will be scared of them. That fence is just as good as if it was six foot tall. And me, the doobie.

[Red]

Senor, we are visitor.

[Pete]

Oh, yeah. Coming down the canyon, a couple of them.

[Red]

Yes, There is something on their face

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

that Pedro does not like. You'll give him a gun? No.

[Pete]

The Lone Ranger gave me strict orders. I don't let you carry a gun unless I'm sure you need it.

[Dan Miller]

What do you two think you're doing?

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

I am sure.

[Pete]

So am I. Answering me. We're building the corral. What's it look like?

[Dan Miller]

What's the idea?

[Pete]

We aim to catch you some horses. Break them and sell them to the army.

[Dan Miller]

All those horses on the Mason belong to me.

[Pete]

Your name happened to be Uncle Sam.

[Dan Miller]

I'm Dan Miller and I own the Sickle M ranch. All the cattle grazing up in the mesa are mine.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

But we do not go after cattle. We go after the horses.

[Dan Miller]

They're mine, too.

[Pete]

We've had a look at them, mister. They don't carry any brand. And the law says I make the

[Dan Miller]

laws for this rage. Besides, I don't believe you be driving my steers into that corral.

[Pete]

If we want to rustle your beef, we wouldn't bother with no corral. There's plenty of box canyons we could drive them into and change the brand.

[Dan Miller]

Sure. You know how it's done, eh? Sure.

[Pete]

I've hunted rustlers in my time.

[Dan Miller]

Well, your time ain't gonna last long around here. Give me a knife, Red.

[Red]

Yeah.

[Dan Miller]

I'm gonna cut these ropes and then I'm going to.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

You'll not make a move. Senor. Pedro Martinez de Salvador gave you cover.

[Dan Miller]

It's your fancy name for a gunman.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

It is my own name, and I am not a gunman.

[Pete]

I guess everybody's got a right to protect this property. You see, a corral belongs to us. Just like the cattle on the mesa belongs to you. We're going to give anybody who touches the same kind of treatment you'd give rustlers.

[Dan Miller]

I've been losing steers for the last month.

[Pete]

Don't look at Us? We just got here day before yesterday.

[Dan Miller]

I'll give you a warning. If you don't get out of this country in 24 hours, I'm giving orders to men to drive you out.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

And they will know they have been in a fight, senor.

[Pete]

And if it's a fight you want, we're ready for it.

[Dan Miller]

Your mood, rich Jeep.

[Pete]

All right, Pedro, give me the gun back.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Oh, no, Pete. We will not always be together. And the gun stays with me.

[Pete]

But the mask.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Man that I was to have a gun only when I needed it. That will be all the time from now on.

[Pete]

Uhhuh. I guess maybe you're.

[Dan Miller]

Breeze moving on this mesa without getting leave for me.

[Red]

It's open range, Dan.

[Dan Miller]

I'll drive him out if it's the last thing you do.

[Red]

It might be.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Yeah.

[Red]

They could have the sheriff put you in jail.

[Dan Miller]

He's 50 miles away.

[Red]

That's only a day's ride. Wouldn't it be better to keep on the right side of the law?

[Dan Miller]

What do you mean?

[Red]

The Texan said a man's got a right to protect his property. That applies to you just as much as it does to them. If they was to come to the home ranch a gunning for you, well, the sheriff ain't gonna say nothing about shooting in self defense.

[Dan Miller]

But they won't come to the home ranch.

[Red]

Sure they would if something was to happen to that corral. Just give me the word, boss, and I'll mess it up a little tonight. You don't have to worry about the gun fighting. When they start making trouble, me and the boys will take care of it.

[Dan Miller]

I'll fight my own battles. I'll get an even draw.

[Red]

Yeah, but two of them.

[Dan Miller]

There's two of us. That's enough.

[Red]

Shall I going to take care of the corral tonight?

[Dan Miller]

We'll take care of them upstairs tomorrow.

[Narrator]

That night, the Lone Ranger and Toto were riding up another canyon to the west. Unlike the one where Pete and Pedro had built their corral, the walls were broken here and there by smaller box canyons. And it was at the entrance of one of these the masked man reigned

[The Lone Ranger]

up t. You hear cattle? They seem to be in here. We better take a look.

[Tato]

You think maybe something wrong?

[The Lone Ranger]

Well, it's easy to understand how steers might wander down from the mesa. There's plenty of grass and water in these box canyons. But if they're circle M cattle, they're a long way from home.

[Tato]

That's right, Tado. What you find, you can see for yourself.

[The Lone Ranger]

Someone's Built a fence across the opening of this canyon. They've turned it into a natural corral.

[Tato]

Miller not do this?

[The Lone Ranger]

Of course not. There's only one answer, and that's rustlers.

[Tato]

You go inside. Yes.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hello.

[Tato]

I want to look at the cattle Now. Come to open gates.

[The Lone Ranger]

There's some just ahead.

[Tato]

Maybe them try to get out gate.

[The Lone Ranger]

I don't think so.

[Tato]

You want light?

[The Lone Ranger]

We could use some.

[Pete]

Here.

[Tato]

Pine splinter onto a make torch.

[The Lone Ranger]

Good idea. Wait. You don't have to light that. Just hold the match over closer to this deer. The brand's been changed with a running iron. And not very long ago.

[Tato]

You want me to light out the match?

[The Lone Ranger]

We found out all we need to know. Rustlers are driving Circle M steers down here and changing their brands. They keep them here until the brands are healed and they drive them on down into the valley.

[Tato]

We pine rustler.

[The Lone Ranger]

We'll do our best. Their camp must be fairly close.

[Tato]

Plenty canyon.

[The Lone Ranger]

We'll investigate them all if we have to. Come on.

[Tato]

I don't know, Red.

[The Lone Ranger]

With you working as the old man's foreman and tipping us off just when to make our raids, things are going along pretty well as they are.

[Red]

Small potatoes. Lance, I tell you, the old man's got no kin. Once he's dead, we can fake a will leaving the spread to me. Then every cow on the range belongs to us.

[Dan Miller]

It's risky business.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Yeah.

[Red]

Shut up, Lefty. He won't take any chances at all. The way I get it figured out, the old man's giving me orders to bust up that corral. Yeah, and when he's found dead tomorrow morning, I'll accuse the wranglers of doing it.

[The Lone Ranger]

But there might be somebody around the ranch who'll tell the sheriff the truth.

[Narrator]

Then you'll be in hot water.

[Red]

The old man's all alone. Told four of the boys, including the cook, they're going to town tonight. Told the other two they'd have to ride her tonight and watch out for rustling. Well, what do you say?

[The Lone Ranger]

You don't know who these wranglers are. You might have friends who'll try to help them out.

[Red]

Yeah, they're just a couple of saddle bums trying to get a steak.

[Pete]

You can take my word for it.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Well, put it up to the boys.

[Tato]

Well, that's fair enough.

[Lance]

I'll guarantee every one of you that

[Red]

just as soon as the old man's out of the way, you'll be living in style. You won't have nothing to be afraid of.

[The Lone Ranger]

What's your answer, boys?

[Pete]

Good.

[Red]

I'm heading east for the corral. I'll meet you at the big cottonwood in two hours.

[Tato]

You could do the job and the old man alone.

[Red]

I thought you might suggest just that. But it's no good.

[Pete]

Why not?

[Red]

We're all going to be in on this. Or none of us are. Will you meet me at the Cottonwood or not?

[Tato]

Yeah, we'll be there.

[The Lone Ranger]

Get moving.

[Dan Miller]

Horses, Pete.

[Pete]

Yeah, two of them. They're coming fast.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Let him come, Pedro. Martinel di Zavali. Runega is ready for anybody.

[Pete]

Steady on that trigger finger. Might be a messenger from the Colonel. Did you hear that? Sounded like Todo.

[Lance]

It is Tonto and the mask man.

[Tonto]

Hello, Pedro. How are you, Pete?

[Pete]

Riders, rein. Mister.

[The Lone Ranger]

Got your horses saddled? You're riding with Totto and me.

[Narrator]

What is wrong?

[The Lone Ranger]

Dan Miller's foreman is on his way to break up your corral.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Hey.

[Pete]

Well, thanks for warning us. We'll teach it armory. A lesson he'll never forget.

[The Lone Ranger]

I don't want you to try to save the corral.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

What do you say?

[The Lone Ranger]

It won't take you long to build another one.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

And not you do not know.

[The Lone Ranger]

And if we let Red go through with his plan, we can brand him as a crook and round up a gang of outlaws.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Not long to build another, you say? How you think I got these blisters on my hand?

[Pete]

Quiet, Pedro. What plan do you mean?

[The Lone Ranger]

Mass man, I'll tell you about as we ride.

[Pete]

We're with you. Get your coyote saddle, Pedro.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Must be it, my friend. The masked man does not understand. But the corral.

[Pete]

Oh, never mind that.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Never mind.

[Pete]

There's more important things in the wind than your blisters.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

My blisters are not on the wind. They are in the hands. Look.

[Pete]

Oh, listen, senor. The mask man's got work for us to do. Are you going to turn him down?

[Dan Miller]

No.

[Tato]

But.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

No. That is something Pedro Martinez de Salvador Renega would never do.

[Pete]

And cut out the palaver and slap a saddle on your pony. We're with you, mask man. Whatever you say.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Go.

[Dan Miller]

Foreman tried to murder me. You're loco, mister. If you ask me, I think you four are the crooks. I don't know what your game is, but it ain't gonna work with me.

[The Lone Ranger]

You'll soon find out we're telling the truth, Miller.

[Pete]

And watch your talk as here's a Lone Ranger.

[Dan Miller]

Hey, there's plenty of armrest in the waist to wear a mask. But there's only one Lone Ranger.

[The Lone Ranger]

We haven't time to argue. We got you out of bed and that's where Red will expect to find you. Not the lamb. Toto.

[Dan Miller]

Did you see Toto?

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Si, senor. That is the name of the Indian.

[Dan Miller]

Well, now, wait a minute.

[The Lone Ranger]

We can't. Miller. Red was to meet the outlaws at the Big Cottonwood. Which way is that?

[Dan Miller]

To the west. You can almost see it from here.

[The Lone Ranger]

Then we'll watch for them at these windows.

[Tato]

A full moon it plenty bright.

[The Lone Ranger]

Red won't bring them all inside the house. And the five of us should be able to handle those he does without any trouble. The leader of the gang is Cor Lance, and he'll be one of them.

[Pete]

We get the leader in red and it won't be hard to round up the rest of them.

[The Lone Ranger]

That's what I'm hoping. They'll expect a certain amount of noise in here so they won't be warned of what's going on.

[Dan Miller]

They've been an old fool to trust that owner's skunk the way I have. Helping wrestlers make off my cattle plan to murder me in my bed.

[Pete]

It's really get my hands you anyway, Kimasabe.

[Dan Miller]

Hey, where's my gun?

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes.

[Red]

Hello.

[Tato]

You look out there. That not miss that dust. Then come now.

[The Lone Ranger]

You're right. Pete, you and Pedro stay on one side of the door. Tato and I will be on the other.

[Tato]

Hunter. See, men.

[Red]

Now then.

[Dan Miller]

Stop.

[The Lone Ranger]

They're stopping. What are you opening that window for, Miller?

[Lance]

Yes.

[Narrator]

Duty.

[Dan Miller]

You can't see good. They've stopped.

[Narrator]

All right.

[Tato]

Now, six men ride this way.

[Dan Miller]

That's Red in front. I recognize his horse.

[The Lone Ranger]

You understand, everybody. Let them get well into the room before you make a move.

[Pete]

Sure thing.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

He's in your.

[Tonto]

What have you done?

[Dan Miller]

I wanted to get that Red hit myself. I guess you wasn't in range here.

[Pete]

Ah, you've spoiled the masked man's plan.

[The Lone Ranger]

What are they doing? Kimasabi?

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Now we cannot surprise him.

[The Lone Ranger]

They can't see our horses.

[Pete]

That's right. The trees in back give him plenty

[The Lone Ranger]

of COVID so they don't know we're here. They must know you're awake.

[Tato]

Then other men ride up and start the circle house.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

They all well, Bundan.

[Lance]

Over a face.

[The Lone Ranger]

Now you're awake and on guard. Red knows he can't bring those men up to the house without calling out an explanation. He isn't going to try it.

[Dan Miller]

It's your fight, huh?

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes, Dan. They're going to try and smoke you up.

[Dan Miller]

I'm sorry, my man. My temper got the better of me. I just couldn't keep my finger off that trigger.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

You would not be in this like this if you had not lost your temper with us today.

[Pete]

And we wouldn't be here with you.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

That is the part that hurt most. We are five against 20.

[Tato]

I'm close in now.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

These outlaw get you after all.

[Red]

Done.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

It is only what you deserve.

[The Lone Ranger]

That isn't true, Pedro. Dan may act and talk before he thinks, but he's honest. He's one of us. And we're all against that gang out there. This is a fight for justice. And forget about the difference of opinion you had today. If we're going to win, we'll have to fight together. All right then. They'll start firing soon. Don't waste your ammunition.

[Tato]

Pedro.

[The Lone Ranger]

You and Dan take the other side of the back. You'll stay here with me, Pete.

[Pete]

That suits me fine.

[The Lone Ranger]

It's any minute now. There's no telling how long it will last. They're getting well in range.

[Pete]

Do we let them start it?

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes, please.

[Lance]

That's it.

[The Lone Ranger]

Open. Fireman. Drive them back.

[Narrator]

The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a moment.

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[Tonto]

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[Narrator]

Now to continue Our story. When Dan Miller fired on Red and Lance as they rode toward the ranch house, the outlaws were warned of the Lone Rangers trap. They attacked in full force and the little band inside the house was faced with a fight for their lives. Under the leadership of the masked man, they drove the outlaws back time after time. The siege continued for two hours. And then suddenly the firing stopped.

[Pete]

What happened? I can't see them anymore.

[The Lone Ranger]

They might be massing for an attack on the other side. Pedro. Where are they?

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Senor, they're either way.

[Narrator]

Can it be all over?

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Will they try escape now?

[The Lone Ranger]

I can't believe it. They may be trying to draw us into the open. Can you still see them? Dan?

[Dan Miller]

Here. They're splitting up. Somebody heading for Crooked Canyon. The others are going further west.

[Pete]

Well, I'm sure glad to give this gun a rest. So hard I could fry an egg on it.

[Red]

You do not speak the truth.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

We will get an egg and see.

[Pete]

It's no time to eat yet.

[The Lone Ranger]

Now, Crooked Canyon, that's the shortest way to town, isn't it?

[Dan Miller]

It's what we use all the time.

[The Lone Ranger]

The other canyon to the west, that's where they have their hideout. There are really only two trails to town.

[Dan Miller]

Unless you wanted to travel about 100 miles.

[The Lone Ranger]

And they know that. If we were to try to get the sheriff and a posse, we'd have to use one of those two canyons. There aren't enough of us to round them up alone. We'll have to get the sheriff sooner or later. Unless.

[Pete]

Unless what?

[The Lone Ranger]

Unless we made them think we were going after him and didn't.

[Pete]

What you just said.

[The Lone Ranger]

I know. If they believed a posse was on its way here, they'd have the choice of clearing out or finding some place where they could hold off a superior force.

[Dan Miller]

Trouble is by now they got boots. Those canyons guarded? Couldn't get through either one of them.

[The Lone Ranger]

Tato, come here a moment.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

You have some plan, senor?

[The Lone Ranger]

It depends. You want you know the rustlers canyon.

[Red]

Uhhuh.

[The Lone Ranger]

Is there any way you and Dan could get below their hideout?

[Tato]

Maybe. So it take a long time. 12 hours on horseback.

[The Lone Ranger]

I mean you'd need your horses.

[Tato]

12 hour.

[The Lone Ranger]

Good. Now then. There should be guards posted at the opening of Crooked Canyon. But if I could get past them.

[Dan Miller]

You couldn't.

[The Lone Ranger]

Let's say I can manage it.

[Dan Miller]

Then you can ride on to town without nothing to stop you. You can get the shear for the

[The Lone Ranger]

Porsche and bring them back by tomorrow night.

[Dan Miller]

Yeah, it'll take that long for sure.

[The Lone Ranger]

What I want to know Is this. Is there any way I could climb back to the mesa once I'm inside the canyon?

[Dan Miller]

Well, there's a trail just beyond that little waterfall. But it's awful dangerous. Only a few feet wide. I wouldn't try it at night.

[The Lone Ranger]

Silver can manage it.

[Pete]

I don't savvy at all. Once you're past the guards, you got nothing to worry about.

[The Lone Ranger]

Pete, you and Pedro are going to round up your first wild horses tonight.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Round of the wild horses?

[The Lone Ranger]

Have you picked out a herd yet?

[Pete]

Oh, yeah. There's one that beds down by the creek about the two miles from here.

[The Lone Ranger]

I know the place you mean. I'll meet you there in two hours.

[Pete]

Will you just answer me this masked man. Why don't you go on and get the sheriff if you can get past the guards?

[The Lone Ranger]

Because I don't believe the gang would be here when I got back.

[Pete]

Yellow, you mean?

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes. They're killers, but they take no chances. I believe that once they think the law is on their trail, they'll break camp and get out of here.

[Lance]

But how can wild horses stop them?

[The Lone Ranger]

We'll drive them straight into that box canyon where they have their camp, see?

[Tato]

Now you want ban me below camp, turn horse into canyon.

[The Lone Ranger]

That's the idea.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

They will think an army is off to the.

[Dan Miller]

Yes, Pedro, it sounds all right. Except you're part of it. M man, you can't get through the opening of Crooked Canyon. And if you can't do that, they won't be worried about the sheriff.

[The Lone Ranger]

I'm going to try, and I'm starting right now.

[Lance]

Good luck.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Hang on.

[Red]

I'll get this. Lefty. You gotta keep watch both ways. Dan will try to reach the sheriff. He won't get by. If he does, you'll answer for it. But you gotta keep watch the other way, too. There's just a chance that those four waddies I let off tonight will come riding back about dawn. They won't get by either. We don't want Dan to have any more help. You said he didn't have any at all. I still can't figure it out. It must have been those two wranglers in there with him. But why Dan and them should be working together is beyond me. Maybe Dan is dead. Maybe those two killed him just before we got there. It was Dan who fired the first shot at me. I saw him.

[Lance]

Well, you're the one who's supposed to

[Red]

have the brains, not me. You can't figure it out.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Why should I try?

[Red]

Don't waste your time. Listen, I can't hear nothing. Get your ear down the ground, you will. Somebody riding this way. Lance? Yeah. He's setting a guard at the other canyon and we'll try. Anything there? Just one horse. Can't see him yet. This light's sort of funny.

[Lance]

Hey, you boys over there. Watch out. Somebody coming.

[Red]

The opener's pretty wide.

[Pete]

Wouldn't it be better for some of

[Lance]

the boys to stand outside? Will you do it?

[Red]

Oh, not me. Shut up. Whoever it is will be riding straight into a crossfire. He can't get past.

[Lance]

Look, a white horse.

[Red]

That don't belong to Dan.

[Tonto]

There's the canyon.

[Lance]

He's coming like the wind. That homage. Wearing a mask. And he called his horse Silver.

[Red]

What's the matter?

[Narrator]

You seen it?

[Lance]

Goes. Who? Worse than that. Get him. What's the matter with you? Coyotes over there. He said no way or let any. You can't hit him now you can. What happened to you? You didn't fire a shot. Well, I gotta tell lan.

[Red]

You gotta tell him what?

[Lance]

Don't you know who he was? A man's man and a white horse. He called that horse Silver. Well, that was the Lone Ranger. Lone Ranger? He's poison red. I gotta tell Lance. The Lone Ranger was in the house with Dan. He was the one shot the gun

[Red]

out of my hand that time.

[Lance]

And now he's on the way to the sheriff. When they come back, we won't have a chance. There's only one thing to do if we want to save our skins.

[Red]

We can stop any posse that comes up here for us.

[Lance]

Not with the Lone Ranger in the lead. Here, boy. Hey, where do you think you're going? Back to camp. You can stay here if you want to.

[Red]

Yeah, maybe you're right. We'll talk it over with Lance and then decide.

[Lance]

I know what he'll decide.

[Red]

Hey, we got time anyway.

[Lance]

He can't bring a posse before tomorrow sometime. You saw that white horse travel, no

[Red]

matter how fast he is.

[Lance]

All right, you marriage. Over there. We're heading back for camp.

[Pete]

You made it, mash man.

[The Lone Ranger]

Thanks to Silver. That was only the beginning.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

You cannot see the horses from here. But they're just over there. Right.

[Pete]

Come on, get up.

[Lance]

Get up there.

[Tonto]

Silver and I'll take the north.

[Pete]

Well, that's the way they'll try to break. You've had a hard ride already.

[Tonto]

Look at Silver Pete.

[The Lone Ranger]

He isn't even breathing hard.

[Pete]

That's right.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

It's magnifical.

[Pete]

There's the herd. I'd bless the leader. There must be a hundred hens at the Bow, Senorita.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Wild horses, they cannot be driven like a copy.

[The Lone Ranger]

But they'll stay together and they'll follow that black.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

It'd be our job to drive them into town when you want.

[The Lone Ranger]

I think we can do it.

[Pete]

It sure be tough if we managed it and the rustlers weren't there.

[The Lone Ranger]

It's worth a try. You two stay here. I'll start them moving. Come on, Silver.

[Narrator]

As the Lone Ranger in Silver reached the north side of the herd. The scent of danger reached the black leader. He we need a warning. Instantly his wild followers were on the alert. The black started toward the west, slowly at first. Then a volley of shots rang out of the right flank of the herd. The leader broke into a dead run and changed his course a little toward the south. But Pete and Paper were waiting for him there. Once more the black headed west, flying straight across the mesa toward the outlaws hideout on the wild horses raced across the mesa in the first light of dawn. The opening of the Rustlers Canyon loomed ahead. Now came the moment when the herd must be turned into it. The Lone Ranger rode closer and closer to the black leader. Little by little, the black changed his course until he was heading straight for the opening. When he saw it, his eyes rolled white. For a moment it seemed that he would stand and fight. But then, trusting to the speed that had brought his band through other dangers, he plunged ahead.

[Tonto]

We've done it, Silver. They're heading down the trail. Keep them moving, Silver. Faster, boy. Faster, sir.

[Narrator]

Lower on the trail. Tonto and Dan could hear the thunder of hoops as they echoed between the canyon walls.

[Tonto]

Coming.

[Dan Miller]

The outlaws can hear him just as well as we can. There we go for the guns.

[Tato]

Then let's come out here.

[Dan Miller]

I can see the horses.

[Tato]

Turn over.

[Dan Miller]

Christian ears. Can we stop them and turn them aside? Looks like nothing could stop now. They're run overs.

[Tato]

Use 10 crowns.

[Dan Miller]

I can't manage my horse. Security. He wants to get out of here.

[Narrator]

The black leader broke his stride when he heard the shot from yelling ahead of him, the Lone Ranger. Pete and Pedro were quiet now. Sam slowed down with the Black. Would he try to turn back? Would he go on? A break in the wall of the cliff showed to the left. Here was escape from the danger in front and behind. Once more the black Winnie is defiant. Then he plunged straight into the box canyon where the outlaws had their camp.

[Tonto]

We follow men match man as fast as you can. Good work, fellow. You turn them just in time.

[Narrator]

They think FY has come for them.

[Tonto]

Those horses are better than any posse.

[Dan Miller]

We could Find they sure don't care for nothing.

[Tonto]

That's right. D, you and T go after him. We'll get the leaders as we planned before. Come on.

[The Lone Ranger]

Those l trying to get out the big one.

[Tonto]

Yes. Pedro, here's a chance to prove you're

[The Lone Ranger]

the best man with a lariat in Texas.

[Red]

Fire.

[Lance]

Got him. Don't tr.

[The Lone Ranger]

I've got a gun I lost tonight.

[Tonto]

Surrender.

[Dan Miller]

He's r mas man.

[Lance]

Hey, you got a tough number. We give up.

[Tonto]

Tell your men to throw down their guns.

[Lance]

Yeah, they have. What do you think? They're yelling? They're giving up.

[Pete]

Here go the wild horses. They're heading for the clear.

[Tonto]

Can we try and stop them?

[The Lone Ranger]

No. Hedro, you and Pete collect all the guns and then start tying the gang up.

[Pete]

Hands enough.

[The Lone Ranger]

That'll be fine, but work fast. Getting lighter every minute. They'll soon find out there's only five of us here.

[Pete]

I come to help.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Yeah, we were so busy.

[Lance]

Yeah, it was a trick. You throw wild horses in here. We thought it was a party.

[Dan Miller]

That's right, Red. You can thank the Lone Ranger. I spoiled one of his plans to get you. But there was nothing wrong with this one. You and your whole gang are going to jail for a long, long.

[Pete]

That's some possession going down the trail, masked man. I'll bet the sheriff never made a bigger hall of crooks in his life.

[The Lone Ranger]

You won't have any trouble getting them to town?

[Dan Miller]

Sure.

[Pete]

Not all of Dan's men are riding with him.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Do you leave us now, senor?

[The Lone Ranger]

Yes, Pedro. I suppose you and Pete will stay here and get your horses. Well, I don't like to interfere with your business, but there's one favor I'd

[Pete]

like to ask you.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

Anything at all.

[Pete]

I'd like to, but I'm not going to.

[The Lone Ranger]

Perhaps you can figure it out for yourself.

[Pete]

You must tell him, senor.

[The Lone Ranger]

Let's go, Tallo.

[Tonto]

Adios, boys. Get him up. Come on, Silver.

[Lance]

Adios.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

We cannot let him go, Pete. We must find out what he wants.

[Pete]

Don't worry about it.

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

See, I will be thinking circles till I find out what it is.

[Pete]

Well, it's got something to do with our business. Huh? We're out to catch horses. But that one herd with the black leader did us an awful good turn. I got an idea the masked man would like us to leave him alone.

[Lance]

That is it for sure.

[Pete]

You think we ought to?

[Narrator]

Ought to?

[Pedro Martinez de Salvador Runega]

If you want to stay partner with Pedro Martinez de Gerardo, renegade, you will not even mention the black leader again.

[Pete]

Oh, wait now. Don't get riled, senor. They're black, safe, and so is every other mustang in his band. As far as I'm concerned, they're friends. The Lone Ranger. That's enough for me.

[Red]

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