 with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty high old silver, the Lone Ranger. With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of the planes 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 a great horse, Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on, Silver, the ding on the tail ahead, well, Silver! It's rang out from the other side of the ridge. The Lone Ranger and Tonto urge their mounts up the slope, and when they reach the summit, they can see two cowboys in the trail below. To the west, a band of horsemen were riding away, a great cloud of yellow dust drifting back from the thundering hoofs of their Broncos. Hello, that's Pete Lacey and Pedro Martinez down there. Huh? What are they up to? There's fire in there. Those men seem to be riding for their lives. If not, hold up. Pete and Pedro are not crook. I know, Kimosami. Neither are those men. Come on, Silver! Hit him up! Come on, Silver! Howdy, Masked Man. Senor, it is a great pleasure. Oh, what happened? Oh, it's nothing. It's just a little joke we played. Those men who rode away didn't seem to think so. No, I thought this way. It is funny. Better explain, Pedro. See, Senor, we meet this ranchero outside of Osage. They have just sold their cattle and they have much money. They are glad to have two more men to ride with them. Not for long, they weren't. No. Pete will get me and then we start to talk. It is a trick we have played before. Come on, Pete, we show him, huh? You start it. See, you understand, Senor? We are riding along with these rancheros. Then I say, this country will remind me of the Sierres. And I say, don't mention them Sierres. Why not? His place where we make much money. Yeah, and trappers up there will mighty careless about their money. The only reason I don't like to talk about the Sierres is, well, it reminds me of that sheriff I shot. Oh, you're not sorry for that. He tried to interfere with our business. I'm only sorry we didn't get his whole posse. See, that was too bad. I think maybe I get five or six, though. That's bad shooting for you and me, Pedro. You got to admit it. We speak of money, Senor. How much do we have? Not much. This time we collect some more, no? That's a good idea. And so we talk, Senor. The ranchero get nervous. Feeding myself, we laugh inside. Then when we stop for a minute to water the horses at the spring, you're just Pedro and me. The ranchero, they're right away so fast that they can't. We laugh and we should have gone in the air. It is funny. Those ranchers will report this to the sheriff in Central City. When you're right in there, he'll arrest you. No, mister, we know the sheriff. He'll put the ranchers straight. You see, we never try that little trick any place where we aren't acquainted with the law. That's a good thing. Are you really broke? Oh, Senor, flat like the pancake. How long has it been since you did any work? Oh, not long. Only since yesterday. And why are you broke? Maybe the day before yesterday. How long has it been since you had a steady job? We've been doing a lot of traveling. Yes, you always do. How long? Well, it was close to two months. And it's time you took another job. You can find one. I've been sort of ailing lately. Now, uh, don't collapse until you hear what it is. No, you cannot fool a wise man. Uh, what is this job? Well, Bill Harriman has been given the contract to carry the mail between Central City and Morganville. It's a good contract. You must get a stage line in operation before July the 1st. He doesn't. He pays a government $500 a day penalty. You lie the 1st? That's close to two months. We have plenty time. No, he hasn't. You see, he has to keep to a regular schedule after that. It means building way stations. It means buying plenty of horses and at least half a dozen coaches. Well, can he get them on short notice? They're being shipped to Dodge City by rail. That's where you'll have to pick them up. Oh, that is the job. That's part of it. You'll have to buy nearly 100 horses as well. You'll have to hire men to drive the coaches from Dodge City here. Wow, some trail. For the most part, there isn't any trail. But, uh, that isn't the worst part of the job. What do you mean? Harriman has enemies. If they can delay him long enough, they can break him. All right, Savvy. But this sounds like a job for you, Mask Man. I don't know. I'll be traveling with you. You see, there are a lot of places where I can't be seen wearing a mask. You'll have to handle the buying of the horses and the hiring of the men. We'll help you get them back here in time. It will be a great honor to work with you, Senor. That goes for me, too. Good. And report to Harriman in town. Hey, here, give him this and he'll know I sent you. A silver bullet. You'll be given all the money you need. We'll meet you on Windy Ridge at dawn. We'll be there. Come on, Silver. Get him up. With the Silver bullet as a recommendation, Pete and Pedro were hired to buy Harriman's horses and bring his coaches west from Dodd City. They met the Lone Ranger and followed the following morning at dawn, and together the four men hit the trail. They rode all morning. At noon they stopped for a few minutes to rest and water their horses. Then when they were in the saddles once more... There's something I've been meaning to ask you, Pete. What's that? Did you happen to meet a tall, dark man named Cabell in town? Not that I know of. Just what did you do? We went straight to Harriman's office. He hired us, and afterwards he took us over to the bank to get the money. Then what? We took a room at the hotel and turned in early. Right after supper. Pete, that fellow who'll sit across the table from us. Maybe his name was Cabell. Oh, yeah. Maybe so. Was he tall and dark? Who's he? Did you tell him what you were going to do? He offered us a job. I told him we couldn't take it. You said no. Thank you. We worked for Mr. Harriman. That's right. I did. But I didn't say what we were going to do. You're telling me it was not to be in town. That would have been enough for him. He knows what Harriman has to do. Who is this Cabell? He wanted the stage line franchise himself. He'll try to stop Harriman from getting into operation on time. He will not stop us. He'll try. How don't I saw a band of horsemen heading east last night? It's too dark to make out their faces, but Cabell may have been their leader. What do you figure? Are we going to run into an ambush? They won't try that until everything else fails. They were leading extra horses. That means they intended to travel a long way and travel fast. Yeah. It's a long way to the Malcolm Ranch. That is what we buy the horses we need. Yes. Since the only place we can be sure of getting enough, we're broken to harness. They tried to get there before us. They may succeed. Mustangs have a lot of endurance, but they aren't so fast. Why don't you and Tunnel ride on ahead? I think we'd better stay together. What if Cabell does get to the Malcolm Ranch first? We may find that all Malcolm's horses have been sold. Well, then what? They'll have to go on to the crossbar. Well, that isn't on the trail of the Dodge City. I know. They'll take us out of our way. Well, let's hope we don't have to go there. Come on, Silver. Get out! Get out! They reached the Malcolm spread four days later. As they rode toward the ranch house, they could see a girl standing on the wide porch. Suddenly, the rays of the setting sun flashed from the barrel of a leveled rifle. There he is, Silver. That's Jed Malcolm's daughter Nancy. She doesn't know me. For my mass, she must think I'm an outlaw. You two will have to ride on and explain. Gino, get up there. Get up! Oh, come on! She just won't have any truck with any of us. Senorita, we are friends. This is the low ranger. The low ranger? Your father knows me. Ask him to come out. Now she's asking for help. Come on, Silver. Get up there. Get up there. Hey, Silver. What was that? What did you say about a gang? They came to my horses. You can see for yourself the corral is empty. Don't mean that your father's dead. Nobody's badly wounded. Uh-huh. They go looking. If anyone can help Jed, Tano's the one. Now, what about the horses? Well, they're gone, that's all. They drove them off toward the hills. It won't be hard to pick up the trail, boys. Let's get started before dark. Lead the way, senorita. We are with you. Come on, get up there. The moon rolls full and bright, and they were able to follow it at top speed. But at last, the ground became hard and rocky. The hoof prince disappeared. At last, they reached the opening of a canyon, and the lone ranger raised his arm and a signal to stop. Oh, oh, oh. There's a tunnel with us. He might be able to find a sign to follow. There's nothing I can see. The ground is too hard. Well, why not take a chance? There's only two ways they could have gone. Straight on or into the canyon. What's the matter, silver? I never saw him act up before. He wants to go into the canyon. Sure looks like it. Yeah, I'll give him his head. All right, boy. Get up there. Come on. If the gang is in here, they may be waiting for us. Keep your guns ready. Come on, silver. An old sign of the gang in the canyon. And before long, it opened up into a wide valley. A lone ranger and his companions could see nearly a hundred horses below them. Near a small campfire, the figures are three or four men. There aren't too many for us to handle. Let's go. But before they were in range, the men around the campfire saw them racing across the level ground. The outlaws leaped to the saddles. The sound of shots and yells drifted across the valley. A moment later, the herd of horses began to move slowly at first, then faster and faster, straight toward the opening of the canyon. It's time to kill them. We are right in their way. Seeing there is no way to get out of it. We'll have to run before them. Back to the canyon, silver. Pick up your feet, boy. If that herd catches us, we're both going down. Well, silver. To the canyon, they're slowing down. All we have to do is drive them back to the ranch. What about the outlaws? We won't find them there if we do go back. There was another way out of the valley at the far end. See, we are the horses. That is what we have come for. But there was only three or four men around that campfire. I thought Cavella had a big gang. He has. Yeah, those are somewhere near. We can't leave here until we're sure that the mountains are safe. Listen, shots from the ranch. The gunfight. Count up the horses. Get them moving. I waste time with them. We may need them. All right, boy. You look out window over there. Find out if they're all around house. All right, Tonto. Keep down low. I will. What you see? Nothing. They're all on that side. Tonto, are you all right? Me all right. Oh, you're not. You've been hit. Get only scratch. You keep down. Try and get closer for a while. Oh, why have they come back? They got all our horses. Them at the peak. They grow. Maybe they'll think them inside here. Better Tonto go out there, huh? What? That's right. Me stay here, you in danger. Better Tonto surrender. I won't let you. You in danger. But so is my father. You've helped him already. I know you can pull him through if you stay here. If you give yourself up, those men will kill you. It not right me stay here. Or if you won't do it for your own sake, think apart. Him get better now. Him not need Tonto. Let me go. No, please. You keep back. I won't. We can hold them off. I'll be safe. You let me go. I won't let you open that door. Don't reuse window then. Listen. It's our horses. And look beyond them. Curtin 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. Pete and Pedro drove the horses on toward the ranch. The outlaws were forced to desert the position near the corral as they heard thundered toward them. The masked man of the two cowboys took advantage of this to ride straight to the ranch house. Come on, boy. Run the other side of the house. Now inside. Look by the corral. The horse is a crowd riding to him. Are you all right, Tonto? He was going to give himself up to keep me out of danger. I don't want to hurt girl. We can't be sure of that. Yes, sir. Every last one of those horses are in the corral. I thought that's where they'd go. It's home to them. They feel safe there. But they're going. Will they not try to drive them off again? They can keep them away from the corral. We'll keep them away from the house, too. Every man to a window. Now, hold them fire. There weren't so many. I'd like to go after them. We'll see them again, Pete. They're heading east. As soon as you finish your business here, we'll be heading in the same direction. Dodge, set of your bust. The farm was well enough to be left in Nancy's care. Pete and Pedro bought all the horses they needed, and with the Lone Ranger and Tonto started driving them toward Dodge City. It was another 10 days before they arrived there and made their camp outside of town. The Lone Ranger and Tonto stayed with the herd, while the two cowboys went in to inquire about the stagecoaches. At dusk, they returned. Oh! There are the coaches there. Yeah. They're ready and waiting for us. That's good news. Oh, but there is bad news, señor. What do you mean? Cavali's ready and waiting, too. I sure wish we could turn him over to the sheriff. There's no chance of that. He and his men all wore bandanas over their faces when they raided the Malcolm Ranch. We can't identify them. He will make it hard for us to hire the men we need. He's been talking? See? He's warned most of the cowboys against us. Oh, no. What could he say? That the Harriman's going broke. He'll get stuck in Central City and never get paid. Oh, I see. But we have one chance. Trailhord coming over there. We know most of the men on that crew. And as soon as they get paid off, we'll try to hire them. It's better if we get back to town pronto. All right. Go ahead. But just remember one thing. Well, what is that? Don't get in the fight. Cavali has a lot of men around, and he may try to start one. Oh, we will remember. That goes for you, too, Pete. Quinoa. We'll be back before midnight. Quinoa. Quinoa. Quinoa. Quinoa. And if he goes for his gun, he won't have a chance. Well, Tex, what's the answer? You're sure it means a steady job after we get to Central City? Absolutely. Then you can count me in. How about the rest of it? That's fine. Have a good time tonight and come out to the camp tomorrow morning. We'll drive some horses into town, get him hitched to their coaches, and hit the trail. Boy, sir, think twice before we I didn't think twice before I said yes. They remember Peach. No fight. We've got our answer already, mister. You don't know what you're getting into, Tex. Hermann's broke. He'll never be able to get his line going. I've warned him to hear that kind of talk from you. It's the truth. What's more, you'll never get to Central City alive. You have to travel these two ombres. You're talking about friends of ours. Rins? How long has this been since you've known him? Maybe two or three years, but that don't make any difference. No, it does. They turned into the worst sidewinders in the west. Peach's got a reputation for shooting men in the back. He has for the little half-breed. Hey, what is that you call me? Careful, Pedro. I am Pedro Martinez. This is of Adel Rinega. It's the blood of the conquistadori that run in my veins. You're a no-good horse stealing coyote. No, never, never will I stand for such an insult. You will apologize, senora. Go for your gun. No, you think you can out-draw, man. Go for your gun. That suits me. This man has gone already drawn. He's ready to shoot as soon as you make a move. So you do not take any chances in your cavel? Well, he can prove me much to shoot. Come on, you, let's get out of here. You saved my life, senor. Have you finished with your business? See, these men work for us. You better get back to camp and take them with you. How about it, boys? Will you leave with us now? It sounds like the healthy thing to do, Pete. I'll see you later. You do not come with us, senor? Not yet. I'm going to find a half a dozen more men. What's that? I'll, uh, see you later. The lone ranger was only here. We could go after those coaches right away. Why him stay in town? He said he's going to find a half a dozen more men. Why him do that? They're plenty here. All I know is what he said. There is somebody right this way now. More than one horse. That's right. They're a lone ranger. I have six men right with them. Ready for the guns, Pedro? Here's some more men for our crew. We've got them covered, mister. Oh, you have made the big mistake. I don't think so, Pedro. You have. We've seen these men talking to Gavelle in town. They're members of his gang. And they're traveling with us. They can't. You've got to believe us. They're crooks. I asked them to come along with us, and they said yes. Sure they did. I'll bet they jumped at the chance. They come with us. There'll be that many less with Gavelle. How can they make any trouble if we make them our prisoners? What's your idea? Look with your hands. Get them off their horses and tie them up. They'll be our first passengers, non-stop to Central City. This headed west early the next morning. In each of them rolled one of Gavelle's men, a prisoner. But the lone ranger knew that more trouble could be expected. Rough trails, dangerous country, and many rivers lay ahead. They traveled on and on day after day for one week, two weeks, nearly three. There was no sign of Gavelle. But the lone ranger and tortoise scouted the country to the north and the south. And finally, as the drivers were making camp for the banks of the last river before Central City, they rode in with new. Steady silver, steady going. Why, just in time for grub, madman. We found something. Gavelle? It looks like it. A man of horsemen floated the river about a mile to the north. When? Maybe today. Early this morning, he means. They circled our camp last night. That's right. Now they're camped in the valley at the opening of the pass. We can see the smoke of their campfire. We'll have to go through there tomorrow. They'll be waiting for us then. We're going to attack their camp tonight. Take them by surprise. Pedro! Bring the boys over. We'll stay here until midnight, Pete. Then we cross the river with the coaches. It'll take us three or four hours to reach the valley. And we strike a dawn. Gavelle, I guess I must have towed off. You don't have to guess. You're a fine guy. What's the difference? You won't have to worry about anything until daylight. What do you have now? Green in the east already. Yeah, sure. It's been a black night. I thought I heard something out there. What do you mean? Horses. And then something gets out of like a wagon in our stagecoats. Yeah, you were just dreaming about them. We can't let them get through. We won't, boss. We'll wipe out all the drivers first and then burn up the coaches. Look. Where? Right out there. I wasn't dreaming. That's what I'm now. You're local. Use your eyes. Still pretty dark. They're all around us. Men, roll out of your blankets. They'll be dawned. You're right. No horses or anything. Just the coaches. Now, it's the teams. I don't see any men. They're inside. All the cover they need. And we're in the open. Surround it, too. Hurry up, boys. They're all those coaches from the lead. Look for our pointy. Keep fighting. No, not me. If we give up, we'll only go to jail. If we fight it out, we die. You're a fucking yellow coyote. No, I want to live. Don't shoot anymore. We... Night in Central City, Bill Harriman paced the floor of his living room. His wife later sewing on the table and turned to him. Won't you try and stop, Bill? Oh, I'm sorry. He doesn't do any good to worry. I know that. I just can't help it. The Lone Ranger will get the horses and the coaches here if it's humanly possible. What a time's up. Tomorrow I start paying the government $500 a day. How long do you suppose I can keep that up? You can give up the franchise. Then you won't have to pay anything. Yes, I will. I'm liable for every penny I have. Every penny. That means I'll go broke. All that I have, all that we've worked so hard for, swept away. We still have each other. Oh, but, Mary, I... I don't mind starting over. Well, it's too late for that. We're getting old. Here. Won't you sit down? Let me make you a cup of tea. Tea? The Lone Ranger won't fail us. He promised. Well, for the first time, you'll break a promise. Don't be too sure. He isn't here, is he? Well, I'm not even sure about that. Someone just rode up and something tells me that... Quickly, Bill, let him in. I wish you wouldn't build up your hopes. No, I'm sure. Good evening. It is. It's the Lone Ranger and Tonto. I ain't... But they're alone. You weren't able to... We're not here on the force, Bill. Ah, look down the street. They come peeping Pedro with your coaches and your drivers and all the extra horses you need. Hey, hello, Bill. We've got plenty of horses now. Mercy, look at him. One, two, three, four. You've got all of them through. Oh, why don't they stop? Stop them, that man. Tell the boys to come in. We've got to celebrate. They can't stop yet, Mrs. Harriman. They're heading for the sheriff's office. For the sheriff's office? If Eleanor's gang are inside the coaches, all of your first passengers are going to jail. You had a fight with them? You captured them? It wasn't much of a fight. They won't make any more trouble. Thank goodness. Mask, man, you fixed everything up. The first stage leaves of Morganville in the morning. Well, that's all that matters. Adios. But wait. Oh, don't marry. Well, I want to thank you. Oh, I know you do, but you've forgotten. I've forgotten what? The Lone Ranger never breaks a promise. And when his work is done, he never waits for thanks. Feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.