 A horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust in the 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 throughout the early western United States. Whenever men gathered around the campfire, stories were told of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness. And these stories have been handed down through the generations, 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! Tonto's waiting on the trail ahead! We've got to hurry! Late one afternoon, a stranger walked down the main street of Ridgeville, leading a bear on a chain. He stopped in front of the express office, and before long a crowd of townspeople had surrounded him. Come on, get around! Here you are, take your squid at him! Get around here! It's a bear! He's got him trained! A brown bear! My name's Leech. I come from Rocky Mountains, way out west. This here's a bear catched in the valley of the tall trees. Me and the Yosemite engines train them to do tricks. Get around and watch him dance. Come on, get around and shower down. If you like the way Rocky dances, you can spare a pinch of gold dust or silver dollars. Look out, that bear's ferocious! Oh, she's a big one. Hey, it's Rocky. Look on your hairy hide, I said dance. Look at his teeth. Look how he took a swipe at you. Oh, he's awful me. Well, you won't do like I tell you, huh? I'll teach you my name ain't Jack Leech. I'll learn you. Let's see how you like this. You're gonna whip him. Get back there, girl. You won't want your pigtails getting caught in this whip. It's cruel to whip animals. Pigtails is here is a cruel bear. Let's see him dance. It's a fake. Ah, that bear don't know no tricks. Are you gonna dance? Hey, sis, dance! Dance! All right, then. Here goes another piece of your right. Hey, what's going on here? Hello there, chef. How'd you know I was the sheriff? I thought you were in your bed, you best. Come on, Rocky, dance for the sheriff. Ah, he shouldn't whip the bear. You're right, bet. See, it ain't right to do that. Look out there. Hey, rancher, hold that bear still. He almost clawed my horse. Stay there, boy. Whoa. Hey, chef. Well, team this here bear. Hey, they never failed. Rush the sheriff, will ya? Oh, gee, gee. Look out, he's getting more and more awesome. He'll bust that cage. Look out! Get back there, he's broke loose. Run, run for your life. Better, better come in. Better, I can't stop on horse. He's running away. Soon we be there, Kim, a sobby. Yes, tether. The town of Ridgeville should be a couple of miles further ahead. This is a stagecoach trail. You think we find them? Perhaps. Ah. We on trail a long time. We're getting closer all the time. Remember that. That's right. First it was Pecos, then Sandy Valley. After that it was Placid. Oh, the wild silver. Watch it. Oh, Scott, whoa. What's wrong, Kim, a sobby? Easy, boy. What's the matter? What are you shying at? There's nothing around it. Oh, I see. Tutto, bring Scout back here. Scout not come. He won't, huh? I'm not surprised. Wrap his reins and leave him there. There's something here I want you to see. What's wrong? Take a look here in the dust. You see? Even Silver doesn't like to stay here. He's going over to join Scout. That big animal track. Bear tracks, Tutto, a big bear. Look at this. Only three toes on this paw. That's right. And here. See this print? What does that mean to you? Oh, bear, three toes. This sign mean bear have chain. Iron chain around neck. Yes, Tutto, a bear, a big one, with only three toes in one paw and wearing an iron chain. There's only one answer, Kim, a sobby. This is the bear we've been looking for. It's the bear Leach uses for his... What's that? Never mind the gun, Tutto. That's not the bear. Oh, it sound like somebody... It's over this way? What is? Oh, his little pathos. Oh, I thought for a second... You thought it was the bear. I was awful scared. He broke loose. Everybody just ran. He was awful big. You ran from the town? I guess so. My paw was going to pit me up on his horse when the bear got loose from the chain. But the bear run and paw's horse just jumped in the air and ran away. So did I. No, you don't have to try. What's your name? Betsy. Betsy Carter. Paw's the sheriff. The man whipped the bear and he broke loose and run. That bear wasn't after you, Betsy. He looked awful big. That was a tame bear, Betsy. A tame bear? Yes. Oh, no. No, he wasn't. The man beat him and the bear roared. Now listen, Betsy. Tato and I know all about that bear and the man who was with him. He's a tame bear. He's been taught to act that way. Not right. You not be scaring. Oh, your engine. He's my friend, Betsy. And we're both your friends. You've got a nice voice. I like you. I like the engine, too. That good little papoos. Now, Betsy, I want you to tell me two things. Yes. First of all, how long ago was it that this man, Leach, brought his bear into town? Gee, I don't know, mister. It was... Sun almost down now. Where was sun that time? It was around three o'clock, I guess. Three o'clock. And where did Leach have his dancing bear? Huh? Was it in front of the bank? Our town ain't got no bank, mister. Too small, I see. Then was it in front of the express office? Yes, that's where. In front of the Wells Fargo office. The express office. As fast as it was before, time to... Leach, him, smart man. Smart and crooked as a loose lariat. Betsy, the bear did a lot of running around and roaring before he ran out of town, didn't he? I don't recollect, mister. Well, I recollect. Reach for the sky, both of you. Papa! Take it easy, Betsy, honey. Get behind me. I don't want nothing to get between me and these here hombres. You came up without a sound, Sheriff. Yeah. I recognize the bad of tracking down bears myself. And the same goes for crooks. We're not bad, man. You keep your mouth closed and your hands high-engined. It's your masked par that'll do all the talking. Now, just a moment, Sheriff. Nothing doing. I want to know what you... The bear chased me. Quiet, Betsy. This man, he found me. He says it's a tame bear. Yeah, honey, he says a lot of things. A lot of things that need checking up. I heard you telling Betsy about where Leach stopped that bear. First, you said a bank. Then you said the express office. I did. And then you seemed kind of certain, sure, the bear did a plenty of roaring around before he skedaddled. I did. But what's that got to do with... Inviting yourself, mister? You wasn't in town, but you know all about it. Well, get this. I'm taking you both to jail right now. No, you're not. Stop, Tutto. No gunplay. What's behind it, Sheriff? Plenty, mister. About 50,000 gold. That's what's behind it. Gold? Yeah, gold. That tame bear act was a slick scheme to stampede the town folk. While they was running around every which way, all your par at Leach had to do was step into the well's Fargo office and pull a hold up. He got away, but I'll get him later. But now I got you two and you're going into the Calaboose. Step along now, pronto. March. In you go. No, it's not good. Go ahead. Give me something. Do as the sheriff says. You're better. I figured you'd give me some trouble. Being you was two again, one, but you didn't. And now... You're in. And you ain't getting out. Oh, Betsy. Yeah, Pa? I'll be back, mister, to take that mask off your face. Betsy, I want you to go straight home now. Tell them all I won't be along for supper. I'll get some lead over to the cafe. Not bad. You heard that, Tata? You'll not let him take mask off. We're his prisoners. A prisoner can't conceal his identity. What matter, Kimosabe? Why you let him bring us to jail? Yes, I know, Tata. You're wondering why we didn't make a break as he was bringing us in. Oh, silver, fast horse. Scout, fast tool. We get way, but not now. For several reasons, Tata. The first, there might have been gunplay. No, Tata not shoot with a little papoose round. Not us, Tata. The sheriff might have fired. We had to think of Betsy. But there's another reason. What's that? Tata, you and I know that Leach has worked the same trick dozens of times. He's used that tame bear to create so much excitement that he could rob a bank or an express office without much trouble. In the confusion, he could get out of town. That's just what he's done here. You're right. That's why we're on his trail. He has that bear train to break loose and head back to where Leach has made his camp. That way him do it before. Leach has one Confederate. We know that. That Confederate must have been here in town unnoticed. He'll most likely report to Leach that we've been arrested for his crime. And I want that to happen. You're not local. I'm not local, Tata. I have a plan for trapping Leach and his partner and that bear. That's why we in jail? That's why. I need the sheriff's help. We've got to win the sheriff's confidence. That's not easy to do. And we won't know till we try. Maybe so. But him won't take mask off. That's the chance we're taking, Kimosabi. Quiet. Here he comes. All right. What was you two side-winders talking about? We were talking about you, Sheriff. Well, from now on, I'm going to set the subject for this here debate. Mister, I want to look at your face. Peel off that mask. I'm sorry, Sheriff. I can't do that. I got a dozen deputies I can call on. You're just wasting time. Sheriff, you realize we could have made trouble for you. It's too late for trouble now. You didn't have nerve enough to draw before. Now take off that mask. We didn't shy away from guns and we were afraid. But we won't argue about that point. Not now. Right now, I want to tell you that we're not the crooks you think we are. I want to help you catch the real hold-up men. I want you to trust me. Will you listen? I'll listen, mister. But don't figure on convincing me. I wouldn't trust either of you further in this cell door. And as for Leech, you've got to go a long way to prove to me you ain't the same kind of scheme and low-down crook he is. Him and that train bearer he is. Hey, guys, you're lucky I'm out and brute. It's snappin' me, will you? I'll learn you out. Where'd he come and where's my gun? Leech, where are you? Oh, it's you, Betty. Yeah, you can host to that shooting iron. You got the gold? All of it. See, the bearer come back. Yeah, he knows where the head when he breaks loose and gets out of town. Don't you rock it! Still a weapon, huh, ain't ya? Someday that bearer's going to get raven mad and go for you, Leech. Never mind that. You come from town. Anybody suspect we pulled that whole leg? Sure. Nobody figures it was... You mean they're onto us? Yeah, Leech. Don't worry, nun. The sheriff's picked up a couple others. Yeah, a mask man and an engine. That's why they come riding so fast to the dock, to tell ya. A mask man and an engine. But they ain't in buddies. The sheriff don't savvy that. It's a break for us, Leech. They'll get strung up for a job they ain't never had no hand in. And the sheriff won't bother coming after us on a car we'll believe before he has a chance. Pretty good, huh? It ain't bad. Yeah, that bear did all right. Hey, what the? Let's come over that bear. He's gone local. Look out, he's breaking loose. I told ya, Leech. That bear's gone plum crazy. He's broke loose. You see the way he was foaming at the mouth as he went past? He's gone local mad. And ya better watch out, Leech. That bear hates ya like poison. Once he gets to feelin' his strength, he's gonna remember that whip. He's gonna come back and claw ya to bits. The curtain falls in the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. With the Lone Ranger and Tonto jail for the express office robbery, Leech and his partner Bailey believed they were safe from pursuit. But suddenly the great bear, which had played an innocent part in Leech's scheme, went berserk. They broke his chain and rushed away from the camp into the darkness. Leech was terrified. Certain that the bear would return and pay him back for his cruel leap. Billy, that bear would come after me. Ya know he would, Leech. You're trembling right now. I'm his master. I captured him. Fit him in. We better break camp. Break camp? It's dark. Then we better go at daybreak. You're right. I don't hanker to meet up with that bear at night. Then we got fire. Well, the animals don't like to get too close to fire. That bear's used to fire. Will ya stop ya? Give me the... What's that? It's a bear. I told ya. Sounds like it's on the side of the fire. Leech. Look. Right there. Shining in the dark. Here. Shining in the dark. It's him. It's his eyes. Ah, yeah. It's it. You want to make it worse? Why is he going? I must have hit him. I must have. You missed him. Now he's on the other side. Billy. Billy, build up that fire. Build it up high. We... Now you got to be careful. We got to watch for him eyes. Build it up. Come down. We're making tracks out of here. It's a long time to dawn, Leech. That bear ain't gonna wait. Hey, Johnson. I'm back. Johnson. Where in Tarnation's that deputy? Who's there? Who do you think you fool? It's the sheriff. Come out here. I did, sheriff. Come and run him. Huh? I did. I'm tied up. Tied up? What do you... Gee, you awesome fat. Well, I'll be hog blind. What happened to ya? Didn't I tell you not to go near them prisoners? Oh, I fell for it, sheriff. They asked me for a drink of water. And when you got close, they grabbed you through the bars and rashed you in close enough to grab the keys. Yeah. One of them held you and they opened the lock. They was powerful, strong, sheriff. You ain't got the brains of a maverick. Letting prisoners get away. How long ago was it? Ain't you going untie me? Untie ya? I ought to get me a new deputy. How long ago? Maybe an hour, an hour and a half. Sheriff, these rules... I hope they're tight enough to leave bruises. No, they ain't tight. Them two was right nice about it, sheriff. Parallel, tongue of yours. All right, I'll untie ya. Letting them slip away like that. I ought to get rid of them. What are you going to do, sheriff? How do I know what to do, you fool? We could get the boys together and pray to them, maybe. Well, watch, Elaine Brain. It's pitch dark outside. Yeah. Only... Only what? Well, I heard the mask fella tell the engine where they was heading for. What? Why, in tarnation didn't just speak up. You didn't give me the chance. Your tongue is hinged in the middle, except when it don't matter. Wife, it... Never mind that. Where was they heading? Sure is good to get them ropes off. I'll put them back on if you don't answer. Golly, sheriff, I... What? Sure, sure, I'll tell ya. They was heading for where you found them this afternoon. Out on the trail, huh? They said that would be the best place to find where each one. You sure? Certain sure. They said the bear tracks would lead them to the hideout. No, we're getting someplace. Come on. We can't go out there now, sheriff. It's too dark. I know a way they're blindfolded. We're getting a posse. But what about that bear? Bears is awful dangerous in the night. Well, you'll hush that blabbermouth. Bears as tame as you are. It was all play acting. That masked man in the engine is out there someplace, and we're going to find him. Roust out that posse. That mushroom, sheriff! Never mind the chatter, Johnson. Matter of fact, we're already there. Pull up! Now this is it, men. I grabbed them two right here beside the trail and them bushes. Hard to make anything out of. Jarvis and Pothero. You stay here and guard the horses. All right, sheriff. I got a feeling them two must be around here somewhere. And I don't want them circling around and grabbing our horses while we're out looking for them. You savvy? Yeah, we savvy. We'll pair up and do a little scouting around, and then... Hey, sheriff! Well? What makes you so sure they're still here? Maybe they went on and joined that leechfeller. In the dark? Who can follow trail in the dark? That engine might. Oh, yeah. I reckon he might. So maybe we're wasting our time. Maybe. But it's a plumb line cinch. We can't follow no trail in the dark. We might as well look around here. It's all we can... Hey! Did you hear that? Shut up. Sheriff, them was... Shut up and listen. They're right, and they're coming from the east. Them fellas must be over that way. You think maybe they got them shums into an argument? I don't know. Maybe they're fighting about the gold they stole. Or maybe that bear is acting up. But all I hope is them shots don't stop. It gives us a chance to track them down even in the dark. Come on. And keep listening for them shots. I see them eyes glaring at me. Leech, you're wasting bullets. You're crazy. That bear ain't givin' me. There he is. What's going wrong with me? They shot right between them eyes. And they still keep staring, staring. Maybe it ain't the bear, Leech. What else? You can hear him, can't you? You can see them eyes, can't you? He'll her eyes staring at us out of the dark. Fresh from one side, then from another. That ain't no coyote, no model lion. It's that bear that... Yeah. You see him? Yeah. There he's moved. I ain't seen things in my belly. Over there. Yeah. It's them eyes again. I feel like I'm goin' local. Let me rest my good on this here branch. This time I ain't goin' to miss. I ain't. Them eyes are still there. You're far much. You gotta be gettin' some of that bullets. You got it! I ran out of bullets, Billy. Give me some more bullets. I ain't got no more, Leech. You got plenty. No, I tell you. You've been shootin' like a crazy man. You fired more than 50 bullets. The bullets is all gone. All gone? Yeah. What are we gonna do? Let's get out of here. Let's take the horses in. Yeah, yeah, the horses. It's dark tonight. No. No, I ain't goin'. They're scared. Oh, sure, I'm scared. That bear's out there waitin'. See his eyes? He's out there waitin'. If we leave this here fire, he'll come at us and out of the dark. No. No, I'd rather stay here. Stay right here beside that fire. All right, you men. Pull up your horses. We're stoppin'. He's hurtin' shots for quite a spell, Sheriff. Yeah. Don't know which way to go from here. We've been headin' right, but I don't know which. Let's keep goin'. Sure, we'll run into them. Keep travelin'. Use your brains. They stop shootin'. They'd hear us comin' from way off. They couldn't run out of bullets. That's exactly what they have done, Sheriff. What the? Who said that? Don't anybody reach for a gun. Where are ya? It's too dark to see. What's too dark, Sheriff? I'm down on the ground. You're on horseback. I can see you outlined against the sky. Sheriff, it's a mask man. I crackly you're right. That's his voice. Yes, I'm the mask man. Sheriff, I have the drop on you, haven't I? I reckon you have. If I come closer, will you agree not to make any gunplay? Well... Agreed, mister. No gunplay. And the same goes for the posse. Understand that, you fellas? Yeah, we understand. All right, mask man. Now if you'll come up close, let me... I'm already close, Sheriff. Oh, yeah, yeah. I told you once before that I wasn't working with Leech. Now I'm gonna prove it to you. I'm listenin'. I'll prove it by showing you where Leech is. You can capture him without a fight. Yeah? What about that bear he's got? I don't relish runnin' into that. The bear isn't with Leech. Huh? You heard me. That bear's right here. Taddo! Uh, me got him. Bring the bear over here, Taddo. Uh, Kimitabi. We got him. Your eyes are accustomed to the darkness. Besides, dawn isn't far away and it's growing lighter by the minute. You can see the bear, Sheriff? Well, I'll bitch him, all right. Tame is a sheepdog. Yes, Sheriff. He's tame. No animal is bad. It's a man who makes him bad. This bear would harm no one, except Leech, possibly. You mean on account of Leech whipped him? Uh, that's right. Say, how'd you know where to find us? You gave the answer to that yourself, Sheriff. Your horses made plenty of noise going through the brim. Oh, that critter makes me nervous. It's getting on to dawn, Sheriff. If we're going to pick up them crooks, we'd better get started. Right. Maskman, this ain't no trap. It's no trap, Sheriff. Leech is camped a half a mile ahead. He and his partner, Bailey. Now, here's what we're going to do. Bailey, it's getting late. Dawn is coming. We'll get out of here. I ain't here to bear in quite a spell, Leech. Yeah. He needed what I seen his eyes. Yeah. Right over there. Funny how the shed is creep around. This time of night, everything gets gray. We ought to see the bear. But there ain't nothing to spot but his eyes. They don't wink or nothing. It's getting lighter. We'll see him soon. A mountain of fur with his eyes shining out of his face. We'll see him. Bailey. Bailey. Leech, you got a local? Where are you going? Bailey, look. Well, I'll be. There ain't no bear here at all. It's a fork stick with a couple of shiny pebbles stuck to him. Shiny pebbles. And all night long, we figured it was the bear staring at it. Leech did our bullets shoot at nothing. Leech, we've been tricked. We've been... Hey, Leech, who done it? Who was the foolest with them pebbles? They'll give you the answer to that. Come on, boys. Come on, boys. Come on, boys. We know what's happening. We've been out there all night. They never figured any sheriff was that smart. I wasn't that smart, Leech. I didn't figure this out. The masked man brung us here just now. Hey, Sheriff. Here's the gold from the Wells Fargo office. It was in the saddle bag. Hold on to it, Johnson. Yeah, Leech, like I was saying. This here was the masked man's ID. Him, huh? He set up that fork stick with the pebbles on it? Yes, Bailey. Tato and I did it. And those noises you heard. Well, he thought it was a bear. He was an expert at imitating animal sounds. And you recall when your bear broke away? You mean you fixed that, too? No, he did. That bear was hungry. You've been starving it for so long. We used the scent of meat to make him break his chain. And when he followed the scent... He followed the scent and come right to you. Yes. Now you're prisoner, Sheriff. We got a masked man, Frank's to you. Hello. You've got the bear? Uh, me and Bear are good friends now. We... Stop him! Stop him! He's coming after me! Stop! Calm down, Rocky. Calm down. Get me out of here, Sheriff. Take me to jail. Any place so I don't have to look at that bear. I sure will. But, mister, if you want to turn that bear over to me, we'd be real friendly to him. No, Sheriff. This bear will harm no one. But he's a wild animal. And wild animals shouldn't be captives. We're setting him free. Well, suit yourself. Come on, men. Let's head for town. Up on your horses, you coyote. Adios, stranger. And thanks. Adios. We lone now, Kimus hobby. Unfasten the bear's chain, Tutter. Now, boy, easy. Easy when I get off his collar. Now go. The country's yours. Here, Silver. I mean, right, Kimus hobby? Yes, Tutter. Our work here is finished. Steady, Silver. Steady, old boy. Look. Yes, Tutter. The bear's going off. He's heading west for the Rockies. Him go home. He gets there, Tutter. And look at him. Shake his head. And he realizes that he's free, Tutter. Free. No, all right, Silver. Come on, old boy. Get him up scum. Get him up. Adios, Silver, Hawaii. 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