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Make sure there's lots of Betty Crocker chocolate devil's food cake mix in the cupboard at your house. For a perfect cake every time you bake, cake after cake after cake. It's guaranteed perfect by Betty Crocker of General Mills Minneapolis. With his faithful Indian companion title, the daring and resourceful mask writer of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. 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 hoofbeats of the great horse Silver. The lone ranger rides again. Come on Silver, let's go because I'm Silver! Dawn was breaking and the faint, sliding rays of the sun streamed through the cottonwoods resting upon the slumbering forms of the lone ranger, Dan Reed and Tuttle. Suddenly the lone ranger awoke with a start as distant harsh sounds intermingled with the chirping of the birds. Hello. Ah, you can't seem to tell me. What's the matter? Indians are attacking not far from here. I'm not right. Here's Silver. Come, Scout. Settle up Tuttle, maybe we can help. You can get a big slice to me, Silver. And you stay here in camp until we come back. Camp, well hidden, Dan. You be safe here. All right, I'll stay here. You don't know what we're riding into, Dan. So don't leave camp until we return. I'll be waiting, sir. We not belong. Let's go, Tuttle. What's the matter? I don't know. Is there anything now, Kimu-Savi? I'm sure we're going in the right direction, Tuttle. But I... Look, Kimu-Savi. Oh, pale for right. Smoke. What's the matter? Come on, sir. In a few minutes, the lone ranger and Tuttle halted before a scene of complete devastation. What's the matter? Cabins and smoldering ruins. Look, Kimu-Savi. Wonder, Cabin. The bodies are two men. He's a city big fool. Maybe one of them is still alive. Come on, Tuttle. They didn't have a chance. Dead. Both of them. Tuttle, these Indian arrows. Ah, them Apache arrows. This is serious. The Apaches are starting a general uprising now. It means... Kimu-Savi. Someone's near. Listen. Embarine bushes. I'd be a trick. Be ready with your guns. Ah. Come on. Tuttle. It's an Indian boy. He's hurt. Ah. Do not kill. Do not kill. We won't hurt you, son. His arm is bleeding. Tuttle will manage it. Ah. Uma. Metima. Metalo. Letem. Little fox. Him say, him name, little fox. Big son. Him not much hurt, Kimu-Savi. Here, use his handkerchief. Ah. He spoke a few English words a moment ago. Ah. Me no words. Great Apache chief, bigfoot father of little fox. Him tell little fox words of white man. Oh. Ah. This not hurt much. Ah, there. That's better now. Little fox is very young to travel with Apache braves on warpaths. Apache braves go to hunt. Little fox follow on pony. White men in cabin see him braves on trail. Try, kill him. Then braves make war cry. Kill him white men. Then the men in the cabin provoke this raid tunnel by firing upon a hunting party. May cause a general uprising of the Apaches. Ah. And what we do with little fox, Kimu-Savi? His pony is gone. We'll take him to his village. Oh, no. No, it's not good go near Apache village now. We'll go only close enough for little fox to join the tribe on foot. Got little fox, we'll take you to your father's village. Taking the Indian boy on silver with him, the long ranger and tottle follow the trail left by the small Apache hunting party. Soon they approach the Indian village and through rain. Oh, it's a little cautious. Little fox will be able to go from here on foot. Ah. Yeah, lift you down. Ah. There you are. Little fox, like them white men who hide face. Like them great white horse. Like them tanto. We like you too, little fox. Ah. Someday you grew up to be a friend to all white men. Other white men kill them Indians. Wardrums say Apaches go soon kill them other white men. Little fox, go now join chief, my father. Ulete. Ulete. Adios. That killing at the cabin has really started something total. Ah. Little fox, right. Apache beat Wardrum. We'll have to do something. And what we do? You stay here, watch developments. I'll go back to our camp and send down with a message to Fort Lancaster. If the situation grows more serious, come to the camp. We'll go warn the ranchers in the valley beyond Red Rock. Ah, may do it. Good. I'll meet you in camp. But be careful. Adios. Adios. Talk time later, the lone rain turned hurriedly boom rain at the camp where Dan was waiting. What happened, sir? Indians Dan, the Apaches. They burned down a cabin and killed two white men who had fired on their hunting party. The men should have known better than to do that. They must have become panicky. Their foolish mistake may be the cause of a great deal more killing. What do you mean, sir? And the Apaches are easily aroused. We were close to their village. They've already started beating the Wardrums. They'll wipe out their ranches in the valley beyond unless something's done to stop them. Oh, golly. The only hope is to get the cavalry from Fort Lancaster ten miles up the Pecos River Trail. I hate to have you take the risk, Dan, but... You mean you want me to go to the fort, sir? Yes. Are you willing to go? Oh, sure. I'll find a way all right. Victor will get me there in no time. The trail follows the river all the way, so you'll not miss it. Here, show the command out of the fort this silver bullet. You'll know it from me. Tutto and I helped him a few weeks ago. Tell him what happened and ask him to bring all the troops he has to Red Rock. Yes, sir. I'll leave right away. Be careful, Dan, and get back as soon as possible. Some time after Dan left, Tutto returned to camp with news of the activity in the village of the Apaches. Oh, scum, open up! Why, you chemistry! Why, what did you learn, Tutto? Well, it looked pretty bad for ranches. Apaches put on war paint, like many signal fire. That means chief Bigfoot has decided to start a general uprising. Ah, Apache chief, pretty angry. Whole big council of war. Plenty Apache come to village. With all those braves, Bigfoot will very easily wipe out everyone on the valley, Tutto. Ah. Dan has gone to Fort Lancaster for troops. Ah, and gone long? Yes, I hated to send him, but we'll be needed here. Ah, ranches need plenty help against the Indians. Yes, I know. Here's a look. The Red True Rocky passed the valley and won the ranches. I have a plan that may keep the Indians back until the troops arrive. If we do that, we'll... Ah, horse come, Kimosabe. Maybe it's Victor. Victor? But by now, Dan must be almost to the force. Look, Kimosabe, Victor come with empty saddle. Ho, Victor, ho! Easy, steady, fire, fella! Fire! Tell me, Victor, how do I... Wait, look here. Huh? And what you're playing? An arrow. An Apache arrow stuck in the cattle of the saddle. Ah, Apache chase, Dan, look like... Yes. The fall the trail Dan took. Tell her I don't know what to say. But not look good, Kimosabe. But maybe, Dan, not get hurt. Well, I hope not. Easy, steady, big fella. Easy, fella. We'll fill it! After riding for some distance, the lone ranger and turtle reached the place where Dan had turned back. They pulled to a halt. Ho, ho, ho, fella. Put it up. Here. Here where Dan turned Victor round. If Dan had fallen off, we'd have found him before this. We follow trail back, maybe? Yes. Comes a little bit. Comes come. Come follow her. Keep a sharp lookout. Follow on both sides of the trail. You might have rolled off into the bushes. Ah. You shouldn't have sent him to the fort. I'm afraid that when we do find Dan... Thank you, Masabe. Ho, ho, ho, ho. Easy, steady. Now, horse, stop here. Victor's hoof prints go back. Long trail. Indian ponies turn to side. Maybe them go to village of Bigfoot. Then you think they've taken Dan prisoner? Ah. We go to village, try and get Dan. Ponto, if we do that, we'll not have time to warn the ranchers nor get the troops. Maybe. But what we do about Dan, the patch is not good to prisoner. I realize that too well. Then what we do, Kimusabe? Ponto, if we don't warn the ranchers and get the troopers, there'll be a massacre in the valley. But if we don't try to save Dan now, maybe too late. We'll continue our lone ranger adventure in just a moment. The country in every direction. How ya, how ya doin' in the question. And here's what the happy people have to say. We eatin'. Oh, we eatin'. Then we do, do, do an okay. Okay. Take champions down south. They sure enough know about Wheaties. The Southland's favorite Wheaties fan is Musial, known as Stan the Man. Cause when he swings his mighty bat, he nearly knocks that baseball flat. Another Southland pride and joy is Bobby Lane, a Wheaties boy. Cause when he starts to turn on steam, he's sure a one man football team. Just ask Stan Musial or Bobby Lane. They know the secret of Wheaties energy. There's a whole kernel of wheat in every Wheaties flake. Wheaties, breakfast of champions. Keep on eating your Wheaties. And you'll be do, do, do an okay. Okay. Now to continue. Toto witted silently as the lone ranger torn between his affection for his young nephew Dan Reed and his duty to the ranchers. Paused a moment before making his difficult decision. Toto, our duty is plain. I'll ride to warn the ranchers and help with the plans against the Indians. You go south to Fort Landcaster for the troopers. And if it's not too late, we'll try to save Dan. Ah, me leave now. All right, and hurry, Toto, hurry. Ah, adios, quimus abir. Adios. Get him up, scout! For a brief moment, the lone ranger looked in the direction of the Indian village. Then he erred silver forward toward the valley. More silver! In the way decision, the masked man exerted all his efforts toward accomplishing what he had decided to do. Racing against time, he rode his fleet-footed white stallion through Rocky Pass, a long high-walled canyon forming the only entrance to the valley beyond. Once in the valley, the lone ranger went from ranch to ranch. He realized the risk he took because of his mask, but the surprise of the mask was forgotten in the sincerity and urgency of the message he brought. Who's over who, easy-saving fellow? Gather your men together and have them drive your cattle to the valley end of the pass. The Apaches are on the warpath! Come on! Finally, the last and largest spread was reached, and the lone ranger grew rain with a sigh of relief. Who's over who, easy-saving fellow? Hey! Who in turnation are you? What's the idea riding into my ranch yard wearing a mask? Who are you? I'm Fred Moreland, owner of this spread. Hey, see here, I asked for your name. You got me telling you mine. Names don't matter right now, Mr. Moreland. I came to warn you that the Apaches are on the warpath. And they plan to hit the ranchers in this valley first. Hey, look here, stranger. It's a right worrisome bit of news you brought. The Apaches are coming here in the warpath. We ain't got much of a chance. Well, listen to me, all of you. I've sent someone south to Fort Lancaster for the troopers. All your ranchers are in the valley west of the pass. The Indians will gather on the plains east of Rocky Pass. We keep them from getting through the pass long enough to let the troopers come up from the south. You and your ranchers will be saved. That's right. How do you expect to do it? I'll explain my plan here as we hurry to the pass. I don't delay. I suggest we start there at once with every available man and all your cattle. If I'm wrong, you have nothing to lose. But if I'm right, you'll save your homes and lives. Now, hurry! Hurry! Come on! Later at the valley entrance west of the pass, the Lone Ranger watched as more and more ranchers arrived driving cattle before them. Men of all come here for one purpose, to hold back the Indians until the troopers arrive from the south. In that way, you hope to save your families and your homes. The time is short. Lookouts have been posted high on the side of the canyon walls to signal us when the Indians approach the pass to come into this valley. Now, we're greatly outnumbered. So our one hope is to keep them from coming through until help arrives. That's why I asked for your cattle. All right, now quiet, everybody. Listen to the mask man's playing. Some of you will lose your cattle, but that's better than losing your homes or your lives. The plan is simple. When the Apache's are sighted, the lookout will fire two shots as a signal. When you hear that signal, drive the cattle into the pass. When the Indians start in through the other side, a single shot will be fired. That's your signal to start shooting into the air behind the cattle. So they'll stampede through the pass for the oncoming Indians. The stampeding cattle will route the Indians and they won't have a chance to get together again before the troopers get here. Now remember, don't start the stampede until the single shot is fired. When everything was in readiness, the lone ranger with Fred Moreland rode partway into Rocky Pass and clapped in one of the side walls big enough to shield their horses and themselves. From this point, they could watch the effect of their plan when it would be put into action. The first signal, Indians have been sighted. I hope those ranchers do things right. I hear them driving the cattle into the pass. The Apache's have entered the pass. That's the second signal. The boys have started the stampede. They're coming by in a minute. There they come. The cattle are stampeding now. Those savages think that's the ranchers coming at them. So they're ready to fight as they ride in from the East Plain. Trump and Shea Hosefetch, they're two kids riding in front of the East Plain heading this way in front of the Indians. Damn them little foxes. What's that, who? They're heading right into the herd. They'll be trampled. The lone ranger quite a warning to them. Damn little foxes. Turn the back. The boys heard. They wheeled and started back. Quickly, Silver's magnificent stride closed the gap between them and the lone ranger. Little foxes poorly stumbled and fell. Keep going, damn. That hole in McCliff, over to the left. Keep going, little fox. As the fast galloping Silver approached the small frightened little fox, the ranger leaned forward to the side, then grasping the pommel of the saddle with one hand, he made a sudden downward movement, sweeping the form of little fox into his free arm and lifting the boy to the saddle. But even more effort and speed, the big stallion leaped forward, heading toward the hole in the left wall where Dan had gone. Faster, Silver, faster. Hold on. He's little fox. He'll be all right. Tell me how you... The troopers have come. The rangers are safe now. Come on, they'll go meet Taddu and return a little fox to me. On the plains just beyond the pass. Taddu and two officers have brought their horses to a halt. They watched as the last of the cattle came through from the valley to the west. The patchies. Not for the ranchers now, Captain Lin. Well, I don't know whether we take credit for that or not, Taddu. I never saw anything like the way those Indians rushed out of the pass before the stampeding herd. I guess some of them are still gone. That's right, Lieutenant. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Howdy, Captain. My name's Fred Moorland. I own a spread over the valley. Glad to meet you, Mr. Moorland. I'm telling you I just saw the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life. A mask, Ambré, who came to help us save two boys from the stampede. In fact, he grabbed a little Indian boy almost one of the cattle's hooves. You say two boys? Yeah, the other one was a white lad riding a fine white horse. And then... Then masked friend Pine Dan. Boy, you told us about it. Hey, look, here comes the masked man now. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Hi, Kimmers, howdy. Hi, Dan. Howdy. Golly, it's good to see you. How you get here, Dan? Some Apaches took me prisoner. They kept me tied up in a wigwam. Little Fox came in to look at me and he was playing with a silver bullet. Ha, ha, ha. Me see him take bullet from your gun belt this morning, Kimmers. I know. Little Fox untied me and then we sneaked away and went to our camp where I got picked to. After that, we rode to warn you that the Apaches were coming. you're here safe then him friend of little fox man who hide face friend of little fox me tell Chief Bigfoot my father not hurt friends not hurt white man that's a fine spirit to grow up with little fox hey here comes a small group of a page he's carrying a piece of white cloth chief my father come I'll put you down now little fox me see mask man ride white horse pick up little fox save him life a patchy's never attack white men in valley again a patchy smoke piece pipe big foot has spoken little fox him ask captain looks like you can take your troopers back to Fort Lancaster that mask man sure seems to have gotten everything under control by himself it was a cooperation of the ranchers that do it Mr. Moreland the troopers will escort Chief Bigfoot and his braves to the reservation here the ranchers will get their man and round up the cattle now it'll be a job sorting them out but thank heaven our homes and family are safe we hope that from now on peace will exist between the Indians and white men progress in the west will be rapid when a permanent peace is established that right thanks for your cooperation captain that of the ranchers Mr. Moreland we'll ride this way and see you all again sometime come follow then what the heaven we had more men like him in the west Mr. Moreland hey you talk like you know who he is I do he's known as the lone ranger little fox always be friend to the one range the copyrighted feature of the lone ranger incorporated is produced by Tremble Campbell Muir incorporated the part of the lone ranger is played by Brace beamer your announcer Fred Foy listen to the lone ranger brought to you by special recording Mondays through Fridays at this same time