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And now just listen to the fix Pat Brady gets us all in to tonight Welcome autumn rains have been falling in Paradise Valley today They've stopped and in the slanting rays of the late afternoon sun There's a strange sight on a muddy country road 10 miles from Mineral City a Large rickety old farm wagon tarpaulin covered is sloshing slowly through the ruts a single mule trots behind the wagon and in the animals accustomed place at the front is Nelly Bell The wagon she could not creep till you come along with your jeep Ready you kill me you Absolutely kill me. Oh, but I would not want to do that senior break. Oh, go on. Just call me Pat Well, this is so charming of you to pull my poor old wagon from the mud George my mule she can go back to work now give George a rest. Hey, how far down the road you going? Oh three four five six Seven miles. I stopped at the ranch of senior Porter. I delivered to him this load of banana squish Banana squish you mean banana squash. They might go squish. They might go squash squish squash was the difference Well, we get this wagon where we want to go Well, why don't you come into Mineral City and have supper with? Oh, I want you to meet my friends Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Well, we have Oh, where is that Pat? He was supposed to come on duty at five o'clock Well quit worrying Dale that may be late, but just the sheriff and me don't exactly constitute a rush Oh, I didn't mean that I can handle the customers Roy me sevens if you had problems like I've got you wouldn't be worried about a missing waiter What's the trouble sheriff those aliens that are being smuggled in to do the harvesting? Yeah, they're turning up all over the county And as fast as I let the immigration authorities know and they ship them back. There's a new batch sneaks in some way Miss Evans, could I have a cup of coffee, please? Why certainly mr. Porter So we are just talking about this darn labor smuggling racket And I got to give you credit mr. Porter We've never caught you hiring any of those fellas. Well, of course not. I have my principles. Here you are mr. Porter Thank you miss. I just wish I could figure out how they get here by airplane probably We're too far from the border for them to get in any other way Well, that makes sense Roy except that we check all the planes that land anywhere near here Of course you do sheriff, but how about some of the remote places? That's right There's some mighty rugged country within a few hours, right a paradise valley Oh, look if a plane landed the batch of aliens off in the woods someplace They still have to bring them to civilization some way and my men are on the watch out for that I'm sure you're doing an efficient job Yeah, I'm sorry I'm late, but I got a fella here who's more funded. Oh hi sheriff mr. Porter Well, this is a fine time for you to show up Pat Brady You were supposed to go on duty at five o'clock Dale when Freddy here gets to tell you some of his jokes You forget how I was ever supposed to be around the place Folks, I want you to meet my friend Freddy. Where does it? Yes, you read to your seniors or like they say in the United States What's cooking? Oh, well, I tell you in the ice cream. Well, oh Senior Porter, what a surprise to find you here I have left the wagon with the banana squish at your ranch and drop around sometime and I'll pay you That's it. I must be going miss Evans I prefer to drink my coffee in a place that doesn't cater to rattle Well, how do you like that? What's eating him mr. Freddy? I'm terribly sorry. Won't you sit down? Don't mind him. He's in your quarter. I do business with him long time now. He loves to tease me Well, it's not my idea of a joke. I gotta be getting back to the office to check in the night deputy. Okay, sir Now Freddy just to make yourself home Oh, good. I'm sure Freddy you'll forgive Pat if he makes himself at home too and puts on an apron There's been pretty rest around here Pat She served three cups of coffee in the last hour. Well, you see I was driving down that little muddy road up in the north end of The valley and I found Freddy and his wagon and he's mule mark down to the hubs So me and Nellie bell pulled them out and took them where they wanted to go Which was poor Tom you are right, senior with a load of banana squish Hey, yeah, tell them the one about your brother Freddy, that's a what it got me Oh, maybe your friends don't like such a sad story sad story. Get him Ask him to tell it Dale. Well, sure. Go ahead Freddy. Well my poor brother I feel so sad for him. He isn't here anymore. Your brother isn't here anymore. Hey, no poor fellow He was killed by a weasel. What a big fellow like your brother killed by a little weasel. That's right He was sleeping on the railroad track and he did not hear the weasel That's a sad story Well, sir Freddy's gonna have dinner with us here Then me and Nella bell driving back to pour his ranch so he can get his wife See and so senior Porter can pay me for the squish and you would not believe it But my friend senior Porter has invited me to spend the night. Yeah, he sure acted like it Hey, I haven't a thing to do tonight. So if you don't mind I think I'll ride back to Porter's ranch with you and Pat Well Freddy, there's your wagon in your mule under the shed just like we left them except that the wagon She is empty which is grassy's amigo pat and I'm very happy to have met you senior Rogers Oh, thank you. It's been a pleasure and I'm happy to admit your dog too. Goodbye, senior bullet I go not to the ranch house of senior Porter manana. I go home I still have Easter Seniors. I still have Easter at the manana. I still banana squish So long Freddy hope to see you again be seeing you Freddy. What do you something Roy? He was something all right Well, let's be getting back. Hmm. Wait a minute Pat bullets mighty interested in that wagon Let's take a look at it ourselves Roy. It's just in a wagon. Well, I've never seen bullets so interested in a wagon It's just been hauling squash. In fact, he's never cared much for the stuff. Well, he sure sniffing around Hey, what's this pile of cloth in the wagon? Oh, that's the tarp that was over the squash. You know Pat This is the first time I ever saw a poor farmer use an expensive nylon parachute for a tarp. What sure This is a regulation passenger parachute and from the way bullets acting I think there's been men in that wagon very recently. Did Freddy say where he came from? Well, no he didn't well just before you got to the cafe this evening We were having a discussion about airplanes and where they could land near Paradise Valley without being seen Roy What's that got to do with poor old Freddy being stuck in a mud? Maybe nothing and maybe a lot Anyway, when Freddy starts out in the morning, I sort of think I'm gonna be keeping an eye Roy what was that behind this wagon quick right? I Don't but hey someone shoot at us. You bet they are we're mighty lucky. It's night. Oh boy. I hope it never gets to be daylight Pat and Roy drive Freddy whom Pat has befriended to the hugest state of John Porter But the jolly farmer is to collect for a load of banana squash and pick up his wagon and mule But Roy and bullet notice several strange things about the wagon and his Roy decides to follow it in the morning They're cornered by an unseen rifleman If we can draw one more shot, I think we can run to Nellie Bell safely I'm gonna try to crease that hand that holds a rifle barrel with a bullet of my own Oh, that'd be mighty fancy shooting Roy. It's pretty dark. I know it But I've been watching the muzzle flashes. I think I have the range ready to run now Pat and I'll get him to fire Okay, gee, I hope Nellie Bell feels like starting. You ready bullet Well, here goes in. Hey you here. We are Get this thing started Pull it sure with us now get going You better get in the way Oh Roy Rogers you and your hunches. Why can't Pat and I go along? Yeah, no bell could get us there much faster and trigger you got to admit that well trigger And I can stay off the road and out of sight a lot better than the three of us in Nellie Bell Anyway, if I'm not back by nightfall, let the sheriff know I called him this morning and told him what to do Roy, why are you carrying a rifle in that saddle scabbard? I might have to do some long-range shooting like someone tried on us last night. Oh, come on trigger. Let's go boy You two keep your eyes open. Well, let's get open for the breakfast rush Dale. By golly I don't know what Roy's up to Well, Pat, if you tell me exactly what happened last night, maybe I'd have some idea Well bullet got to sniffing around poor old Freddy's wagon and Roy claimed that the tarpaulin was an old airplane Parachute and then someone made us dance to rifle music. What in the world did Roy tell the sheriff? Well, I heard him phone him, but I was a dog gone sleepy. I didn't pay much attention Well, would you look at that car? Mr. Porter and his chauffeur at this hour of the morning. Sure enough that is Porter Good morning, Miss Evans. Good morning, Brady. Good morning, Mr. Porter. I'm looking for Roy Rogers I'm afraid I owe him an apology. Well, he was here, Mr. Porter But he's gone now and we don't expect him back today. Where did he go? Do you know? No, we don't have any idea, Mr. Porter. You were saying something about an apology, Mr. Porter That wouldn't apply to me too, would it? Oh, that's right, Brady You were with Rogers last night when you drove that truck farmer back to pick up his wagon, weren't you? Yeah, I sure was. In fact, we went in my car. Well, then I owe you the apology too, Brady My night watchman is pretty skittish. I understand he fired at someone and it must have been you Yeah, but there was no damage done to us at any rate See, I like that Freddy fella. Did he get started back this morning all right? This morning, he started last night. I wouldn't let a fellow like that sleep in my barn Well, we usually consider our neighbors are equals than Paradise Valley, Mr. Porter Miss Evans, that's a lot of nonsense, and you know it Roy around Oh, Sheriff, we know he isn't. He left quite a while ago Well, he got me out of bed at daybreak this morning and told me to have a posse ready to go either to Diamondback Pass or Diamondhead Mesa And I was so sleepy that done if I got it straight A posse? Sure. Roy said he had a hunch about the border jumpers and he said to have this posse ready If he's looking for smuggle aliens, he must have meant Diamondback Pass Why Diamondhead Mesa, how would anyone smuggle aliens up there? You're probably right Yes, Mr. Porter, you're probably right I'm not that it's any of my business. I'll be running along. I hope I'll see Roger soon I wish I knew what Roy Shh, quiet a minute The ranch first and then we're going to have to make a quick trip All right, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Sheriff, you better get that posse organized and head for Diamondhead Mesa as quickly as you can But I thought we decided it was Diamondback Pass We decided nothing of the kind. We just said that Please trust me, Sheriff. How long will it take to get started? Well, it's awful early in the morning. Can't get the men to get in less than an hour Well, all right, but hurry as much as you can And remember, it's Diamondhead Mesa All right, Miss Evans, I hope you know what you're doing No, don't worry, she does Do you, Dale? Well, I think so And if Nellie Bell can get us there, you and I are closing up right this minute Diamondhead Mesa would be a perfect place for a plane to land and take off without being seen And Mr. Porter was awfully anxious to have the posse go to Diamondback Pass Meanwhile, Roy and Trigger arrive at their destination The deep timber stand from which Diamondhead Mesa juts out into space like a huge sloping platform Hidden from sight, they watch a strange procession cross over a deep chasm by means of the wooden bridge Which is the only pathway to the Mesa itself First, Freddie and his mule-drawn wagon Next, Dale and Pat in Nellie Bell Then Porter's powerful car, which pauses at the far side of the bridge While its driver gets out and works hurriedly near the wooden structure As he finishes and the car continues, a large cargo plane comes in for a landing on the Mesa And Roy knows that he cannot wait for the posse All right, Trigger, I couldn't make out what Porter was doing But we've got to get up on that Mesa Come on, boys, go! Oh, let's go! Trigger, there's only one way onto that Mesa and that's over the bridge Unless you want to jump that chasm, and I don't Come on now, over it, boy Look, Trigger, we've seen a big wagon, Nellie Bell, and Porter's car cross this bridge It'll hold you All right, I'll lead you across Hey, quick pulling back All right, Trigger, we'll test the bridge I'll toss this big rock onto it If I can lift a thing, there now Boy, Trigger, you sure had that one figured out Porter set some sort of the contact bomb so the next person who tried to cross would be blown up to the bridge Well, he didn't get away with it Thanks to you Those planks can be fixed, but we can't wait that long We've got to get on that Mesa right now And the only way to do it is jump that chasm So come on, Teller Freddie, your jokes are great But this is no joke, now take that gun out of my ribs What makes you think I am kidding, Senior Pat? Why, of all the running That's enough Now don't take that gun off them for an instant, Fred Joe, you time up tight? Sure, sure, Mr. Porter Don't you ever learn to quit showing off, Fred You should have known you'd get in trouble when you let Brady and his jeep pull that load of laborers right to the place Oh, easy with those ropes By seeing your Porter at the wagon, she was talking to my I've heard the whole story And you can drop that stupid accent Drop the accent Huh? This fool you think is so funny just loves to show off Well, he can thank his lucky stars that I got here in time Okay, Mr. Porter, shall I take the men off the plane? No, we'll load my car and Brady's jeep I'll take off again and land at the alternate field You've got this alien smuggling racket pretty well worked out, haven't you, Mr. Porter? You bet I have, and I'm not going to have it stopped Hey, what was that? Maybe it's Roy, I mean Oh, so Roger's was on his way up here, huh? We don't know where Roy is Well, I do I set a contact bomb under the bridge so the next person who tried to cross it would end up at the bottom of a 300-foot chasm Oh, no Now it wasn't Roy Dale, we've got to believe that It wasn't Roy I think it was The sheriff's posse is going to Diamondback Pass Hey, Mr. Porter, you really figure all the angles Are they tied good and tight, Joe? Tired as a two-dollar drum All right, Fred, help me toss them in the wagon You're a banana squash wagon You're going to just leave them up here? Of course not We're going to start the wagon down the incline toward the precipice They're tied so they can't jump out And on that half-mile slope, they'll hit a fast clip And then crash Ha, ha, ha, ha I gotta hand it to you, Porter Come on, you two, in the wagon Thank you, senior Squish I'll get my hands on you some way The only thing anyone will ever find up here is one scrawny mule Come on, Joe, Freddie, get behind this wagon and shove Come on Oh, Pat, what do we do? No, we can't budge these dirty ropes Happy landing! You're picking up speed There's no way we can stop this thing We'll stop that wagon You see, Freddie, it pays to use your head Now we'll board the plane with the aliens And no one will ever know what happened Come on, trigger boy They'll appear in that rollaway wagon We heard the bridge blow up Well, my sixth gun will stop him Go, trigger boy No, Fred, don't shoot This is perfect What? Rogers can't stop that wagon the way it's rolling And if he leaps on it, we're rid of him too For sure, this time Hey, Dale, Pat, I'll cut your rope flutes You okay? No, we're shook up, but we're alive Oh, Roy, another 50 feet Don't think about it, Dale Now, out in the hind of the wagon Porter and Freddie, they're in cahoots to smuggle those aliens They're armed, Roy, and they're dangerous I know, but they're almost finished now Their lead isn't even coming close to us Now, watch this What are you going to do, Roy? Well, I've got the big rifle I'm going to knock those pop guns right out of their hands And clear off with a mason And then we'll go in and take them And wait for the sheriff's posse And here it goes That was a real haul, Roy Porter, his whole gang, the aliens Should back home safely I just don't know how to thank you Don't even try, Sheriff That rackets over in these parts And that's the important thing And Dale and I are safe and sound in the Eureka Cafe That's the important thing to me We sure couldn't have rounded them up without you two Oh, Roy Rogers, we didn't have a thing to do with it You sure did, Dale If you hadn't gotten wise to Porter this morning The gang would have had me up there alone I'm pretty ashamed I let that Freddy pull a wool over my eyes A load of banana squash Pat, if you hadn't been so friendly We never would even suspected Porter's smuggling operation Next time you go hauling the load of banana squash around Just remember that banana peels are pretty slippery That's all for now, folks This is Roy Rogers saying to all of you from all of us Goodbye, good luck, and may the good Lord take a liking to you See you next week Happy trip until we meet again The Roy Rogers Show was brought to you tonight by Post Grape Knots Flakes The great two-minute energy cereal Grape Knots Flakes is the cereal Roy likes best for strength and energy Look for the picture of Roy and Trigger on the front of the package The Roy Rogers Show can be heard again next week at the same time With Pat Brady, Dale Evans, and the King of the Cowboys himself, Roy Rogers An art brush production written and directed by Fran Van Hardisfeld With music by Milton Charles You'll want to read the exciting colorful life story of Roy Rogers The King of the Cowboys in the current issue of Pick Magazine And now, Crinkles, post-new sugar-coated rice cereal Announces the fourth and final week's name-the-pony contest winner Congratulations, Daniel W. 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