 It's Hop along Cassidy with action and suspense out of the old west comes the most famous hero of them all Hop along Cassidy starring William Boyd the ring of the silver spurs heralds the most amazing man ever to ride the prairies of the early west Hop along Cassidy this famous hero thrills his 60 million fans with action and dangerous adventure in the role of Hop along Cassidy is the popular star of the motion picture series William Boyd and now another exciting story of the early west an old Spanish custom the late afternoon sun beats down on Hoppy and his grizzled old partner as they ride across southern California the golden lamb of the dons and Spanish rancheroes their thousand mile cattle buying expedition has left them dusty and weary and as the afternoon wears on Hoppy's increase in restlessness begins to get on California's nerves what in tarnation's eating you hoppy it's too quiet too dog gone quiet well what do you expect senior reaches here and eating you in the sage bush no but i did expect to see a coward to graze in the range here about well sharks will see plenty of ant when we hit old Don Leone or take a spread it won't be long now morning how do you know well you're going to hoppy wasn't i don leone's top horse wrangler nine ten years ago you were how'd you reckon i got the name california i heard it was because some slicker sold you a deed to a california gold mine that turned out to be in the middle of the san francisco bay that ain't the only reason they call me oh sure i forgot so you were done leone's top horse wrangler you bet of course being so long ago maybe he won't even remember me i wouldn't be at all surprised what kind of horses did he raise all the fastest dog gone critters you ever seen why hoppy them horses were so fast let me tell you what happened once i was riding an ortega stallion about 50 miles from the hacienda one day with my pack burrow a trailing along behind when all of a sudden a cloud burst come all rushing up behind me on top of our 60 mile hurricane heavens to bet where sir i just turned that pony's head for home and dog gone if he didn't race that storm so close i didn't feel a drop while my burrow only ten yards behind had to swim all the way california haven't you any respect for the truth oh no hold on hoppy i value the truth as much as any man you must value it a lot more the way you economize using it oh sharks what makes you think i'm not telling the truth well for one thing we're not heading for don leone ortega's rancho what because this is his rancho we've been on his range ever since we came through the past 12 miles back and another thing why do you suppose you took the trouble to send a messenger all the way to the bar 20 saying that his prized blooded stock was for sale well didn't that messenger say the old man was selling out so he could retire to one of the missions but there are a lot of rancheros here who had been glad to buy him out it was to me he offered to sell that's why i'm buying him for the bar 20 and for just about half what those cows are worth well why is he selling them to you because nine years ago i was done the only foreman you you watch yeah and somehow i don't remember seeing you around oh well maybe i got my ranchos but hoppy uh why should he want to sell out he got no sons or no family to leave all this to no he used to have but they all died or killed when i finally quit all he had left was one little granddaughter living with him i always felt kind of sorry for old don leone's fortune kept dog in his trail wherever he went he used to say it was a curse put on his family but the victim was an old pirate ancestor here a pirate yeah one of the buccaneers who used to rob shipping along the pacific coast in the old days oh top it who who who hey what's your matter well what are you staring at well over there stand against the sky at top of that ridge seen the rider yeah hey you can barely make him out just sitting there in his horse like he was watching us hey must be one of don leone's men we'll be getting a welcome and committee soon he's turning disappeared down the other side of that ridge if he was one of don leone's wranglers he'd be heading for us to find out who we are and what we want well maybe he just ain't the curious type i don't know he's the first living soul we've seen around here and not a solitary cow in the whole place i got a feeling there's something mighty funny going on here california something i don't quite get well come on let's keep going sun's getting mighty low hoppy we ought to be pretty close to the ranch house don't you think we'll see it just as soon as we get atop this ridge the hussein this table and everything in the valley below oh well there she is the hussein california great jumping blue blazes it's burned up everything's burned up the stables the corrals everything except the hussein itself and that's made of adobe not a soul anywhere the place looks deserted look there smoke still rising from the ruins what must have happened just a few hours ago wonder where everybody went let's go see down that shot it's come from the hussein yeah whoever survived the fire doesn't like visitors now back to hop along cassidy and our story an old spanish custom after arriving at don leone or tegas california ranch show on a cattle by an expedition hoppy in california find that the old don's stables and corrals are burned and the place apparently deserted as they survey the desolate scene a shot rings out from one of the broken windows of the hussein day they fling themselves off their horses and hug the ground night has fallen hoppy in california plan their attack in the darkness california you crawl around and take them from the north flank i'll take them from the south we converge on that window when i reach my position i'll give out an owl hoot you answer so i'll know you've reached your right and chuck a handful of stones against the hussein that they're jittery in there they likely fired the sound and keep undercover don't worry hoppy while they're attracted by you are russian and you come around okay let's go take it easy california everything's under control except that this isn't a hymn it's a her what what do you know a girl keep your eye peeled there may be others back there in the darkness now easy sweetheart after that shot you took it as i'm not in a mood for any friendly wrestling match no use trying to break away pig let go of me so you savvy english do you murderers murderers it's her what just tried to murder us wait a minute now take it easy honey maybe ought to light a lamp so you can take a good look at us i got a hunch you got us mixed up with some other hombres you you're not with a lobo a lobo who is a lobo what's happened where's don leone you're your voice it is the same one i remember so long ago senior custody it is you know of course my partner and i just i should have known i should have known we were expecting you my grandfather and i your grandfather but who you you are not the little girl i used to see around when i ramrodded this outfit see i am isabella i reckon she had time to grow hoppy honey what's happened a lobo a lobo and don colors they came with their men we held them off we defended the house yanda but they burned these tables the balance who is the cell lobo there's a bandit a bandit but where all your grandfather's men where is everybody you didn't fight them off alone no there were the house servants my dwayne my grandfather but where are they dead isabella you mean you're the only no my grandfather don leone is still alive he is badly wounded senior custody and cannot move if we could get help before a lobo return and a medical a doctor for my grandfather where is he where is don leone he lies by a window on the other side of the house on guard hey here's a lamp you got a match no do not like it a lobo and his men they are watching from the hills yeah we spotted one of his boys on our way over here you stand guard california when i find don leone right follow me senior your hand there are bodies lying here do not stumble it is a poor welcome that i give you senior custody don't try to talk don leone we're gonna get you out of here no it is too late no no don't they realize only you and isabella are left to defend the place i do not think so isabella she is a good shot we we killed many of his men before he retreated he ended young swine carlos estaban carlos estaban they renegade was joined a lobo to think that once i thought i loved him is this is this a lobo so big he can to care warn you he is a gringo outlaw amigo he came here and organized this band of human wolves what if he's killed all your vicar has got all your stock what more does he want why should he attack your hacienda it is carlos estaban who put him up to it but why for what for the the treasure treasure what treasure uh long years ago amigo i buried a fortune in gold dust in a lonely place by the sea gold gold i had gotten in my youth by gambling by cheating cheating i was no angel amigo when i was younger how did carlos know about this gold you had burned isabella once told him the map the one the map there on the floor i took it from its hiding place a little while ago thinking to burn it you mean this you see there is a small piece of candle beside you light it right there look upon the map amigo it is all i have left gold a million pesos shining in shining dust buried buried in this hand by the roaring sea like pirate treasure i was a pirate too a pirate of the land as my ancestor was of the sea i buried it like a pirate sex of gold dust and the rare brandy from spain brandy the custom the custom of the spanish bookoneers to bury wine with their loot so that when they should return they should be drink to quince the thirst from the digging salute the tingles it easy now don't try to sit up lie back the custom an old spanish custom listen to me go listen to me while i i see that's really quite simple when you know the key to the code now this figure indicates 15 paces from the base of the Santa Monica cliffs to don leone don leone dead california here they come looks like we beat off that first rush yeah lucky this house is built on the little rise we can see him as they come keep your head down california and don't waste any shots i'm going to the other side of the house and see how isabella is making out and the sound of that shooting what's your matter look somebody's waving something white out there hello don leone for the sake of your granddaughter stop fighting i will make you an offer if that shirt you're waving as a flag of truce throw your guns down and come in alone there are my guns i come keep him covered california i'll let him in right thank you for your hospitality but uh it is dark in you know we can accommodate you with a little candlelight inside what's your step see california keep a sharp look out for any funny business you bet these bodies on the floor i uh i'm sorry so many have been killed senior are you too all who were guard these side of the house in the i'll write you a detail report later don leone they'll take us on the other side then keep your post isabella we have a hostage hostage who is carlos isabella are you alone here murder oh the old man is dead if don leone would be so foolish as to get himself killed all right what is it what do you want nothing very important senior all we wish her lobo and myself is to look through the ascienda is it not a pity all these bludger just to deny us a simple thing like that you are free to go senior are you and your friend we have no quarrel with you all i wish it what what is that on the table no you don't i'll take that the map it is the map give it to me aren't you forgetting yourself carlos you're barely a guest here that map senior that is what we are looking for i warn you i send your custody i smell smoke huh hoppy hoppy the roof's on fire while we talk and lobo shoots burning arrows into the roof on the blind side indian trick the roof she is dry wood senior this smoke it gets thick no hoppy hoppy i had to get out of there the fire see i can hear you a lobo so can they i ain't coming out friend or do you want the little lady to rope do we all the ropes together senior cassidy or do we surrender i would rather die all right you win carlos no slow down your gun california we have no choice and now back to hop along cassidy in an old spanish custom besieged by the yankee outlaw ill lobo who is seeking a map of don leone or takers buried gold hoppy california and isabella defend the ortega hacienda through the night while dickering on surrendered terms with ill lobo's renegade lieutenant calos esteban they discover that the roof has been set afire and they're forced to surrender as dawn comes up the bandit gang rides westward with three prisoners hoppy california and isabella i'm sure glad they didn't tie us up they don't have to not what their riders all about us isabella pull yourself together honey i know it looks bad but if we keep our eyes open there may still be a way out of this we're stopping wonder what happens now we'll soon find out here comes carlos el lobo himself how are you two are like a little breakfast morning ma'am you'll see el lobo is not angry that you kill so many of our men he likes i'm handling this carlos well i only tried to help ramos all right thank you go in for robbery in a big way don't you wagons or a new to spare horses like gang of cut floats i'm a big man in these parts cassidy now there's little information i'd like to get i don't make much sense out of that map of don leone's i can see it's a spot somewhere on the beach but i don't savvy the right i get a hunch the little senior reader can explain it for me i do not know any vine knew i would not tell you so tell her to think it over cassidy we have a few hours before we reach the pacific if she still holds out on me by then well do i have to tell you what'll happen think it over truth is i do not know i do not know easy isabella we might make a dash for the remudan grab some horses we'd be shut down before we got 10 yards the yellow vomit look at him are sitting there at that campfire with the mother pole catch or he's not even giving us any grub isabella callous you you did not think i had forgotten you did you amigos here a bottle of wine to help wash the dust from the senior eaters lovely mouth where cool i would assume drink poison as a gift from you perhaps i have made many mistakes isabella but one thing i know i love you and i do not wish him to kill you well i'll buy us a lobo what what that devil are you palavering about just a friendly reunion al lobo shut up cassidy a bottle of wine uh how else i told you i was trying to make it easier for you i thought he had your face there's anything gonna be done around here i'll do with your white livered weasel you you dare to talk to me like that i saw you full of gun on me will you kill him yes sweetheart he was no good to me anymore i got the map water cassidy if you're thinking of jumping me there's a dozen guns behind me that are covering you even if i should miss which i won't i reckon we won't wait till we get to the beach i reckon you're gonna tell me right now where that gold dust is sister come here no no let alone i'll take you to the spot where don't we only braid the stuff and you can choke on it but don't touch her do you understand don't touch her the wagon driver if you could snatch his pistol i'd be throwing all our lives away for nothing Santa Maria do you not understand if you let them have the gold we shall be killed anyway we'll have to take our chances hey it's now that's all here we must be look way off there see the ocean helpful typical well it won't be long now 13 14 15 15 paces this should be the spot where don't we only bury the stuff it had better be Miguel Pablo take Cassidy back to those rocks with the other two and stand guard embrace grab those shovels dig dig for that call dig now they found it don't leave all this pleasure look at them passing up them bags of gold just oh how many of them are there the way their hand in those bags must be pretty rotten look they're pouring the gold on that saddle bag they found something else look they're passing up something that looks like bottles of spanish brandy brandy look there's a lobo coming this way one of them bottles in his hand if he comes close enough don't try anything i tell you have a drink Cassidy did you know that old buzzard buried this stuff with his swag bearing liquor with his goal is just an old spanish custom he's gonna hold a fiesta when he returned to get it a fiesta we'll hold it for them have a drink Cassidy you said we could go that gold was there pull off your dogs and give us back our horses kind of childish as a Cassidy after killing nearly half my men no amigo we ain't letting you go any of you you gave your word you're a bigger fool than i thought so you don't want to drink with me huh when my boys get through raking fires under you it'll take more than good liquor to cool you off now back to hop along Cassidy puppy the sun the sun's going down look at them all lying on the beach they're drunk not all of them now lobo is still sitting there with a gold singing here the bottle in one hand and a gun and the other hey them waves are coming up almost a worry sitting yeah the tide's rising what are we waiting for he is too drunk to shoot i want to be sure look he's fallen over on top of the gold dust this is our chance hey that big wave it's gonna break over him come on he it'll sweep the gold into the sea happy happy it's gone the gold's gone every grain of it washed away i i try to grab a handful gone you got a handful all right a handful of sand come on help me drag this armory where the next wave won't wash him out forget him let us take the horses and guns and get out of here she's right they won't sleep forever that's where you're wrong california they will what what do you mean if their lobo had kept his word and let us go i'd have told him told him what what don leone told me just before he died you see he'd put that liquor there not for himself but for anyone who should get there before he did that's why he poisoned every bottle goodbye from hop along Cassidy hoppy in california are hitting the trail homeward again and after this little adventure the bar 20 is going to be a restful sight hope you enjoyed this friendly visit and that you'll remember to tune in next time these two fighting cowboys get involved in another thrill and escapade hop along cassidy star and william boyd is transcribed and produced in the west by walter white jr an old spanish custom was written by urban ashkenazi all stories are based upon the characters created by clarence emulver this is a commodore production