 horse of the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high old silver, the Lone Ranger. The famous masked rider of justice urges the Great Horse Silver down a new trail of the Old West to bring us a stirring adventure story of the pioneer days. Listen to those silver shot hoops as they race down the hard packed roadbeds of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again. Shortly after nightfall, the Lone Ranger and his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, were riding toward the town of Osage when the glow of a burning building caught their attention. They immediately urged their mounts in the direction of the flames, hoping to be of help. We see them as they arrive at the scene of the fire. Oh, oh, this is the fall, boy. Oh, my color. We seem to be the first ones here, Tonto. Come on. We'll go inside. There might be someone trapped there. Oh, no, you won't. They're fuller, aren't you? I'm a horn array, Melania. Who are you? I'm the owner of this house, Tonto. Is there anyone inside there now? No. And where are the others? They're safe in town. Now, mind your own business. Right now, my business is to save what we can from that fire. I told you to keep out of there. Do you want everything you own to be destroyed? Ain't none of your affairs. Now, keep back or I'll start shooting. I don't want nothing to be saved. Why not? If I want my house to burn, buy a ginger and a bird. I don't stand for an outlaw interference. I'm not an outlaw. You're wearing a mask. That's where I'm going by. Well, if you know what's good for you, you'll get away from here pronto. I'm not convinced that this house is yours. Now lower that rifle because I'm going inside before it's too late. I'll shoot you. Get him, Tonto. Let me get him out. You keep him still. Drop him, Tonto. We can't take any chances on he's getting loose. No, you need to fix him. Let me be. Let me go, I tell you. Let me go. I'll think about letting you go when I've examined that house. You're crazy, but Tonto, fix him. I'll get all this rope on him. Blast you. This will hold him. Don't hurt him. Ain't nothing worth saving. Let me loose. Get you for this hand. Watch him, Tonto. I'll take a look inside the house. Think I'm local, don't you? Well, I... grab these ropes. You keep them still, rope. Not hurt. I'm warning you. As sure as my name is Zeke Solders. When I get these ropes off, I'll show you. And you two hombres, ain't nothing in that house. Listen. You won't find anything in there, I tell you. Oh, we find out. The Lone Ranger was making a hurried inspection of the burning house. Nancy Randall, Zeke Solders' ward, was unaware of what had happened. She was in town as guest of the Widow Stevens, and we see her on the veranda with Dick, Mrs. Stevens' son. They're not Dick Stevens. I'm not going to sing another thing tonight. Oh, gosh, Nancy. I could spend the rest of my life listening to you sing. I wish you would come to visit more, more often. I was awful surprised when Uncle Zeke let me come this time. He isn't your real uncle, is he? No, he sort of adopted me when my folks were killed by engine. Yeah, that's what I thought. I wonder what he's got against me, Nancy. What? Why, nothing, Dick? What makes you think that... Oh, yes, he has. You know, this is the first time in months I've had a chance to speak to you without him sitting a couple of yards away. Oh, silly. Well, it's the truth. Nancy, this is the first time you've been away from your house for more than half an hour for the past three weeks. I know, but... I suppose you can't blame Uncle Zeke for it. He feels it's his duty to take proper care of me. Well, that don't say he's got to make a prisoner of you. Oh, he don't do no such thing. He's been mighty good to me all these years. Sure he has. While he's had charge of all your money... Well, he has to count for it all. Wonder if you'll be able to. What do you mean? Just that. You're coming of age pretty soon now, ain't ya? Uh-huh. And when you do, according to your father's will, you'll come into all that money yourself. I wonder if your will, or if Zeke will be... Hey, Steven, you can't hint such things about Uncle Zeke. Oh, he ain't bad when you get to know him. Well, he ain't very easy to get acquainted with. He's the most unfriendly man I ever knew. He is not. It was him suggested I come over here to visit your ma. He did? Yes, he did. He told me to stay just as long as I was having a good time. But, Daddy, this war out my welcome. No chance of that happening. I... Say, look over yonder. Where? See? Over towards your place. There's a glow over there. Looks like it might be a fire. Well, Zeke's a lover. I wonder if it... I... Zeke, I wonder if it is Uncle Zeke's house. I'll go get some horses. We'll ride over that way and find out. I did! Dick Stevens, where are ya? Here, Chef. Come on, where am I over there? Maybe it's Uncle Zeke. It looks to be. Never mind your horse. Lemford, he's bringing up his buck board. You can ride on that. I'm a-going, too. There's be plenty of room. Come on, Nancy. Pull up there, Lem. Dick and Nancy are riding with ya. Go there. Go, go, go. Come on, Nick. Get aboard. Get aboard, Nancy. Looks like your place is going up in smoke. I'ma get to the board. Here, Nancy. I'll give ya a hand. There. I'm ready. Let her go, Lem. There, pop them horses. Get up there! Get along there! Dick and Nancy race toward the burning house in the wagon while the others rode ahead. They soon discovered that the flaming building was beyond saving. And as they came nearer, they heard Zeke shouting. Pull up there! Pull up, pull up, pull up. Where's Uncle Zeke shouting? Where are ya, Zeke? Rope! There he is. I see him, Dick. I'll go get him. I got a knife here. Just a second now. There. Your hands are free. No way's time in talking. Yeah, he heard our Uncle Zeke. Who done it, Zeke? Now you're loose. Who tied ya up? What happened? Blasted robbers. I roped me and left me here. Robbers? The same two that set fire to the house. Lucky thing you was in no sage, Nancy. Well, let me help you to your feet. All right. Just wait till I catch up with them two. Your house is done for, Zeke. Had gone. Nancy, my home and yours burnt by a pair of even coyotes. Well, who were they? Well, let me know. I rode in here and held me up at the point of their guns. We didn't have anything in the house worth stealing, did we? No, but, you know, I likely figured your money was in there. But it isn't. It's all in there. Oh, so cussed and mad about not getting anything. They tied me and threw me for the well and then set fire at our house. You didn't know, huh? No. There were strangers around these parts, but I don't know if I ever see them again. What'd they look like? Well, one of them was tall and rode a wide horse. And wore a mask. Mask, huh? And the other one was an engine. Oh, they can't be far from here. We'll organize a posse and hunt them. And when we locate them, they'll pay a plenty for what they've done. All right. Let's get going. I'll ride to town with you, Stevens. We'll get some more men. Nancy? We better stay with Mrs. Stevens for a time. Yes, Uncle Zeke. Let's get going. Get aboard my wagon. I'll take you. Come on. Several days passed. During the interval, the Lone Ranger had made a number of trips to town, investigating the strange behavior of Zeke's daughters. We see him now in the well-concealed camp he shares with Tuttle, discussing the situation with his companion. Everyone's looking for us, so we must be mighty careful not to be seen, Tuttle. Maybe we move plenty quick. I think we'll be safe enough here. No. No? Tell her come here today. While I was in town? Ah, who was it? Tell her from east him go to town. How long ago was that? Maybe two hours. It's four dark. Then we better do what you say and get on the move. Got camp ready. Zeke still insists that we're the ones who set fire to his house. Why him do that? Here's over. I can't imagine why he do it, Tuttle. We saw him at the fire and he wouldn't accept our help. That's not right. There's something mighty strange about the way he acted. Yet the blank is rolled. You crazy? No, he doesn't seem to be crazy. What's more, everyone thinks quite well of him. He's been mighty good to the girl he adopted when Indians killed her parents. Now we ready to move. Your horse. Here, white fella. Him all ready to travel. How did the stranger find the camp? Him lost in wood. Oh, came here by accident, eh? That's right. Him from east. Yes, so you said. Him no girl. Nancy Randall? That's right. What was his name? Him named Grant. Did you tell him about the fire? Him, plenty much surprise. Still be there, silver old boy. Him, ask if girl alive. What did you tell him? Tell him girl in town when fire comes. Well, we're going to find out more about this man named Grant. He may be the key to the situation. Come on, Tuttle. The curtain falls on the first act of tonight's Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. You will recall that in the first act of tonight's Lone Ranger drama, Zeke Salters not only refused the aid of the masked man and Tonto when his home was burning, but later accused them of having set fire to the building. The Lone Ranger remained in the district to learn the reason for Salters action. And during the course of his investigation, he discovered that a man from the east was somehow involved in the strange affair. Our next scene opens in the Stevens home. Mrs. Stevens, her son, Dick and Nancy are present. Uncle Zeke is hard to understand sometimes, but he's really awful good, Dick. Maybe it's according to how you look at it. Now, Dick, the only reason Zeke won't let Nancy have a lot of company is because he don't want her to marry until she comes into her own money. Maybe so, but just the same... I'll admit son, Zeke is mighty curious at times, but all the same... All the same. I don't know what I'd have done if it hadn't been for him. He's been just like a father to me. He could well afford to be. Ain't he had the handling of all the money you'll come into? Well, that don't mean anything, Dick. Taint his money. I can't see why Zeke wouldn't come here and stay until he got his new house built. My sakes, we've got more room here than we can use. I suppose he wanted to be closer to the new house he's building. Likely. Well, that's from me. I'm glad he ain't here. This is the first chance I ever had to really talk with you, Nancy. Dick, you might be better off hunting them two that fired Zeke's house. We have hunted more. Guys were just about scarred the whole neighborhood for miles in all directions. I wonder what they do such a thing for? You know, Nancy, it's my notion that they come in tendon to abduct you. Oh, Dick, you don't think that? Yes, sir, we. That's a sheriff's notion as well as mine. And Nancy, not being there, they were so hoppin' mad, they set the house afire. Yes. And maybe Zeke had some inkling of that and sent you to spend some time with more. I wonder who that be? I'll go see. Who is it? It's me, Dick. Dick Chalmers. Come on in. I'll go see. I'm glad to see you. Nancy, have any strangers been around here? Well, no. Not around here, Zeke. You ain't seen nothin' in those strangers? Not a thing. Why? What's the matter, Zeke? You look all head up. I am. What's the trouble? Trouble a plenty. See here, Nancy, if anyone, I don't care who it is, come here. Don't let them see you. But why? It comes my orders. Dick, come and listen to me. I'm a listenin'. Go ahead, Zeke. You claim to care somethin' about Nancy. I do. All right, then. You pay a strict heed to what I tell ya. If anyone comes here that you don't know, pull a gun on him and keep him away. Is there a scheme underway to abduct Nancy? Maybe so. Yeah, that's it. I reckon there must be. Who's that? That's Lammacorn to ya. He's ridin' down here mighty fast, too. Dick, Dick, there's everybody. You all in town. Who, me? Yes, come on the run. We got the mask, man. You have? If the sheriff and four other men's holdin' him and the injured at the point of a gun down in town. Then you got the one that set fire to our house. Good, good work, Lammacorn. I'll be right with ya. Where's my gun belt? I don't know where you leave your things, son. Oh, here it is. You don't need no horse, Dick. It's just down the road of peace. I won't take no time to get a horse. I don't want to see the face of that mask, man. You'll see if the sheriff's got him and the injured both on time. Let me go. You stay right where you are, Nancy. But I won't... You stay right here. Keep an eye on her, Mrs. Stevens. I will, Zeke. Hurry, Dick, hurry. I'm ready. Come on, Zeke. Come on, Lammacorn. Let's get out of here. Come on, Lammacorn. Come on, Lammacorn. Mask, man. Where's the engine? We've been waitin' for you to identify him, Zeke. I don't do that right now. Can you do it, Zeke? Well, I should say I can. Got him in a room right upstairs in the hotel here. Up these stairs, Zeke. All right. You got him tied? I should say we have. Ain't got loose, then, eh? Not a chance. Did you take his mask off? Not yet. We want Zeke to see him with a mask on. That's the way you've seen him with the fire, ain't it, Zeke? Yeah, here in this mask on when I've seen him there. All right, then. You've got to look at him with a mask on. Then we'll take that off and see just who the cricketer is. Uh-huh. Eh, here's the room. He come into town as big as life to guys like an Easterner. But we was wise to what he was doin'. He's seen the engine goin' up his room. Open the door. He has the shaft now. Oh, you makin' the heap big mistake. I don't reckon we made no mistake, engine. Take a look, Zeke. Is that the man? That's him. That's him. That's the engine, too. I'm not the man you want. You've made a mistake. Take his mask off. I'll do that, Sheriff. There. You've made a mistake, men. I tell you I'm not the man you want. I'm not an outlaw. I didn't set fire to anyone's house. Who are you? My name is Grant. I never saw this Indian before in my life. Tell that to the judge. It's true. I came here and registered in the hotel. I took this... Yeah, you figured you could slip in here without that mask and nobody'd recognize you, huh? I didn't know a thing about the fire until you told me about it tonight, Sheriff. Then what was the engine sneaking up the stairs into your room first? I don't know. He came into my room, held a gun on me, and made me put on this mask and hat. Then you men burst in. Did you do that, engine? That don't mean nothin'. All these two men here, Sheriff. Put him in jail. Then it'd be better. Put him in jail until we hang him. I set fire to my house. I take it your name is Salters. That's my name, all right. Zeke Salters. What's it to ya? My name is Grant. And I'm here from the law firm of Grant and Simmons in St. Louis. Does that mean anything to you? Not a doggone thing. You got anything more to say, Grant? I'll save what I have until my trial. I suppose I'll have a trial. You'll get a trial, all right. Every man gets a trial before he gets hung. But remember this, Grant, or whatever your name is. Out here we hang, then, preferring a man's house and home. Yes, Savvy? I'll say no more until my trial. Oh, no, Simmons! The Sheriff arrested Tonto and the Easternerm and took them to jail. But in the meantime, the Lone Ranger rode swiftly to the Stevens' place. There he dismounted and entered the building without warning. My sex alarm! Please, Mrs. Stevens, don't be alarmed. The masked man! Nancy, I want to speak to you. Please listen to me. How'd you get away? They had you tied. No, there was another man who was tied. A man named Grant who came here from St. Louis. What do you want? You said fire to our house. You're wrong, Nancy. Everyone believes that. That's why no one will follow through to learn the true story. What do you mean? Your uncle set fire to his own house. That's not true. Tonto and I were there. We tried to help him save some of the things in the house, but he didn't want us to. There was something in there he wanted destroyed. No, no. You can't come here and hint such things about Zeke Salters. Tonto will be in jail with Mr. Grant. I want him to learn just why Grant came here. Meanwhile, I want to know what was in that house. Well, everything we owned. You have a lot of money in your own name, haven't you? Yes. Would Zeke take that money? We couldn't. He has to give it all over to me with an accountant as soon as I'm of age. When will that be? Next week. As soon as that? Yes. That's something to know. Look here, mister. You can't get away with this sort of high-handed proceeding. You can't come here and mask and ask a lot of questions. Nick Stevens will be coming back soon. You better not be here when he comes. Listen carefully, Nancy. I did save something from that house in spite of your uncle. What was it? I'll tell you after you've come of age. We'll see just what Zeke is planning. There's the man coming back. Good. Now this man will get caught. Hey! Who's horse is that? Come on. We'll see. Now you're trapped. You can't get your horse. The men have come. They've come by the rear door. We'll meet again, Nancy. Hey! Who's that man? What can you do in here? He went the back way. Hey! Stop him! Stop him! Don't let him get that horse! Stop him! Come on! Come on! Come on! The appearance of the masked man created new excitement in town, and for several days, posse searched the countryside for the lone ranger. But when the day set for the trial arrived, the mystery rider was still missing. We see Zeke's alters, Mrs. Stevens, Dick and Nancy approaching the courthouse together. There's old Zeke! Hi, Zeke! Set up here in front. All right. Let's get this trial underway. I reckon we can all sit here together, can't we, Zeke? Sure. Set yourself down with the Stevens. I aim to. Breaking won't take long to get rid of them two prisoners. But Zeke, if that masked man that come to our place the other night fired your house, then the one that's in jail, Mr. Grant, he can't be the man. Grant's with the engineer, ain't he? Sure. All right. There must have been another man come scaring Nancy and her mother. Zeke, there's something I want to ask. Now, next week, Nancy comes of age, and I... No, she don't. What? She don't come of age for another year yet. Well, Uncle Zeke, I always thought I was to come of age. I ain't said nothing, Nancy, when you've been talking of your age. But you're a whole year off. Order in this court. Now we'll get the truth. Quiet, Nancy. We come together here, figuring to try a couple of men for the burning of Zeke's daughter's home. Things have come up, though, to call for something other than a trial. There's things to be cleaned up first. Bring in Mr. Grant. Take the stand. Never mind swearing him in. What sort of trial is this? Tell your story, Mr. Grant. I'm from St. Louis, representing my firm, Grant and Simmons. Some time ago, Zeke Salters adopted Nancy Randall, and he was in charge of the estate left by her father. Sure I was. We rode him several times as the attorneys who prepared James Randall's will. Salters finally replied, refusing to give us satisfactory accounting of the estate. You ain't learning your business. That's all for now, Grant. Zeke, did you write Grant saying that Nancy wouldn't come of age for another year? I did, and it's true. All right. Now you can't be called on to give an accountant till she comes of age, can you? No, you know, blame well, I can't. That's all for now. Miss Nancy, you stand up. Me? Yeah. I want to ask you something. Is there any way that you could prove your age? Well, only Zeke Salters' word, that's all. I always thought I'd come of age next week. Mm. Did you ever read your mother's diary? I never saw it. No? There were such a thing as far as I know. Did you ever see your mother's Bible that was said to have been with her things when you was found? No, I never saw it. They was in your house, Zeke, wasn't they? No. That's curious. I thought they was. They'd been half burned by fire, and I've got them here, and they proved Nancy Randall's age. They can't be here. They was burned up. What's that? They're here trying to frame me. Hold on. Nobody's trying to frame you. If you'll be an honest, you can account for Nancy's cash right now, just as well as you can a year from now. If you ain't been honest, then it's pretty good proof that you set the fire to destroy things that John Grant know existed. Grant set the fire. Your own words betray you, Zeke. We'll check Nancy Randall's property and see what you've been doing with it. All right. All right. I admit I lost some of it. Maybe you think I stole it, but you won't get me the same trial. I got him. I got him. Hold him, Dick. That's it. Looks like we're going to put a different man on trial. Maybe Nancy will be generous with you, Zeke, but by Don, it's going to be up to her. I don't want him punished. There you go. All I want is to run my own affair till now on. All right. You'll be of age next week. Thanks to the man that saved a few things from fire in spite of Zeke's orders. All you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.