 It's the Roy Rogers Show. Happy Tray, again. Happy Tray. Oh, Scrape Nuts Flakes. The great two-minute energy cereal brings you the Roy Rogers Show. Transcribed on the double R bar ranch with Pat Brady and the Queen of the West, Day 11. Happy Tray. In person, the King of the Cowboys. Folks, you know being a cowboy, you need lots of energy. That's why Grape Nuts Flakes is the cereal I like for strength and energy. Just two minutes after you eat a big bowl full, that whole wheat energy starts going to work for you. Try Grape Nuts Flakes buckaroos, they're great. Paul Roberts, 75 years old but still erect as a western pine, is the richest rancher in Paradise Valley. Stern, reserve, taciturn. Roberts is admired by his neighbors for his unfailing honesty. But today the old pioneer has dropped his reserve. For the noon bus is brought to Mineral City, someone Roberts has not seen for 14 years. And now in the Eureka cafe... Hey, Lefty, when you used to toss the ball around in our sandlot games, we all knew you were good, but we never figured one of our local boys would get up to the big leagues. Well, it was just a means to an end, Roy. Couldn't have finished my medical education without the help Facebook gave me. I don't think that I objected to your career. I think we parted over it. I'll never forgive myself, Sean. That's all forgotten now, Dad. I've come back to the Saddle Rock spread and this is where I'm going to stay. Well, I think it's just wonderful for both of you. You've earned a rest, Mr. Roberts, after building the Saddle Rock up to the wonderful ranch it is. And if Dr. Roberts has any time left over, well, another doctor is always welcome in Paradise Valley. Oh, I'm going to give up medicine entirely. What? You bet, Roy. Dad's ranch will keep me plenty busy. Not my ranch, son. Yours. And we'd better leave now and go to the bank and to the lawyers. When you ride through the gates of the Saddle Rock this afternoon, I want it to be legally yours. Well, that's fine, Dad. Deep down in my heart, I've always wanted the place. Well, who's the cow hand in the beat-up Jeep? That's Pat Brady, Lefty. You remember him, don't you? Oh, Pat Brady. Sure, sure. I guess I was a little younger than his crowd. Pat's my waiter and Roy's right-hand man now. That is, when he can take the time away from his Jeep. Well, I declare, Nellie Bell seemed perfectly all right when we started out, but when we got to that hill on the other side of the... Oh, hello, Mr. Roberts. Hi, Dale. Hi, Pat. Pat, this is Dr. Roberts, Mr. Roberts' son. You remember him, don't you? No. I don't believe I've had the pleasure. How do you do, Dr. Roberts? Pat, he's Lefty Roberts. Lefty Roberts? Yes. Well, Lefty, you old son of a gun. Well, how are you? Well, I'll declare, you ain't changed a bit since you was a kid in the pants line. Nice to see you again, Pat. Lefty Roberts. Well, I never left the radio all the time you was a pitching in the big leagues. How come you quit? You're still young and you look awful big and strong. My son used baseball as a stepping stone to a medical career, Pat. Oh, I might be proud of him. Well, that sure isn't hard to see. You mean you're a doctor now, Lefty? Well, by golly, you know, I wish you could do something about Nellie Bell's cough. Well, I've given up medicine, but I might be able to give you a prescription for that jeep. Do you have a pencil and paper, Ms. Evans? Sure. Here you are. And then we've got to be running along, Sean. Be right with you, Dad. There you are, Pat. This prescription should fix your Nellie Bell. Well, gosh, thanks, Doc. I mean Lefty. I mean Doc. Come out to the ranch and see us sometime soon, folks. Oh, thanks. Say, Lefty, we're starting the annual Paul cattle drive to Turnwell City day after tomorrow. Maybe you'd like to ride along with us. Well, I may be pretty busy for a few days, but well, we'll see. So long, all of you. So long. Hi. Lefty Roberts. He was quite a ball player. Strange that he's given up medicine, though. Yes, it is. Say, what does Nellie Bell's prescription say, Pat? Oh, yeah, the prescription. Say, it wasn't that nice of him. Let's see now. Run the heap of junk over the steepest cliff you can find. Well, how do you like that? Of all the fresh guys. Hi. Remember, son, the ranch is yours now. Lock, stock and barrel, and you're the boss. You run things just as you see fit. Well, that's swell, Dad. I'm glad to take the load off your shoulders. Oh, there's one thing I wanted to ask you before you go to bed. Roger said this afternoon that the ranchers were making the fall drive to Turnwell City day after tomorrow. That's right. And if you remember, it's quite a sight. Sometimes there's many as 5,000 head and all. Yeah, I remember. How much are you charging them to for the river and drive their stock across the ranch these days, Dad? Well, Sean, they don't use a saddle rock shortcut anymore. Oh, the ranchers got together five, six years ago and put in a big wooden bridge across the river four miles up. Oh, yes, it saves them a lot of time and gets the cattle to Terminal City probably five pounds heavier per critter. Well, then, we lose quite a nice piece of revenue, don't we? Oh, I know, Sean. No, I used to charge the drovers just what I figured was the actual damage to the range as they crossed over. Maybe a dollar a head. Well, Dad, you could have made real money. If they hadn't been able to use the Ford, they would have had to go clear up through Comanche Pass. It'd have taken them four or five days, wouldn't it? Yes, yes, and they would have lost a lot of cattle besides taking weight off them. Well, I was just wondering. That bridge sounds like a good idea, though. I'll have to ride past it when I go into Terminal City tomorrow. Oh, do you have to go into town tomorrow, Sean? Yes, there are several matters I have to attend to in a hurry. If that's the way you want it, I'm sure I have a buyer for you, Dr. Roberts. Sure. I don't mind taking a loss as long as it's strictly a cash deal. The saddle rocks a mighty valuable piece of property. Well, Dad's tired of it, and I wasn't cut out to be a rancher. You see that the buyer has the cash here day after tomorrow and I'll be in to transfer the papers. Of course it's a lot of dynamite. I don't see that it's any of your business as long as I'm paying for it. I was only wondering, Mr. Well, if you must know, I'm the foreman of a construction crew that's heading for a job south of the border. I'll have to do a lot of blasting. Oh, there, boy. Whoa, whoa. Sadie, now you pick bruiser. This won't take me long. This seems to be the main beam. Set one charge here and one on the other side. There. So we'll just light this one and this one. Now come on, you. Now, now, boy, up off this bridge if you know what's good for both of us. Now keep going, keep going. Those timbers will spray like matches in a hurricane. That does it. Now we'll see if these yokels can get their 5,000 cattle to Terminal City without using my Ford and crossing my ranch. At $50 ahead, that's $250,000 that I hadn't even counted on. Well, this adventure's mighty exciting, hey, listeners. And here's something every bit is exciting. The new Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys pop-out trading cards offered you by Post Serials, free of extra cost. There are 36 different pictures in this wonderful series. Real life pictures of Roy, Dale, Trigger, Bullet and Pat in exciting action. And here's why these cards are so extra special. You see the main part of each picture pops right out, easy as you please. You have lifelike two-dimensional figures that stand up by themselves. 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You can't see that anyone has anything to gain by it. Well, it's lucky you discovered it early, Roy. By this time, your hand should have the double-R bar heard over the fort and crossing the Saddle Rocks, Fred. Yeah, I hope Pat and Nellie Bell are spreading the word fast enough so that the other herds don't pile up anywhere. Hey, Roy! Dale! There's trouble ahead. Whoa, Nellie Bell! Hey, Pat! What are you and Bullets so excited about? Quite their bullet. Oh, boy, I'm upset. Bullets upset. And we got reason to be. You know, there must be 2,000 head of cattle waiting on this side of the Ford and Lefty Roberts won't let them cross. What's this? Well, the ranchers have offered to pay them for crossing like they used to, haven't they? Listen, they didn't even get a chance to offer. Lefty beat them to the punch and he wants $50 ahead. $50 ahead? Well, that's ridiculous. There's not that much profit in a steer. Pat, you're sure Lefty isn't just kidding. He may be kidding, but he's got four or five men armed with rifles backing him up. We'd better get up there prano and see if we can straighten out the trouble. You know, the cattle is awful restless and the ranchers is awful mad. You know, they're talking about shooting it out with Lefty's men and going through anyway. Oh, no, we can't let that happen. No, shooting wouldn't solve anything. If Lefty Roberts doesn't know any more about the coat of the West and to try to take advantage of his neighbors, well, we'll just have to explain things to him. I'm going to handle Lefty a little differently this time. There's something I want to find out. I can't imagine that a nice old gentleman like Mr. Roberts could have a son as mean as Lefty. That's just what I can't imagine. Hey, look at the way he's got them armed muzzlers strung around here. Yeah. Well, Lefty's coming out to meet us again. Yeah, he sure ain't going to let us talk to his dad. Oh, well, there you go. What about it, Rogers? Your friends decide to meet my price? No, Lefty. We can't do it. We all stand to lose money and we count on this fall's market to keep us going all winter. All right, then. Take your steers over the mountains or let them try to swim where the bridge fell down. It'll cost you $50 a head to cross here and that's an ultimatum. Well, I'm delivering the ultimatum this time, Lefty. It's $5 a head and we start crossing in the morning. Is that so? You don't want to risk gunplay, do you? If the ranchers want to shoot it out with my guards, it's all right with me. You're making yourself mighty unpopular in these parts. The more I see of these parts, the less they interest me. But while I'm here, the law's on my side. You know, in this case, Lefty, I'm just allowed to take the law in my own hands. You'd better change your tune and change it fast. Don't reach for that gun, Rogers. Look out, Roy! Roy, what are you... Because you're covered. Well, so I am. Ha ha ha! I thought you were supposed to be so fast in the draw. I could have drilled you three times before you stopped fumbling with your holsters. I suppose you get back across the river where you belong. All right, Lefty. That's the way you want it. Come on, Pat, Dale. That was some ultimatum, Rogers. Roy, you did make a move for your gun back there before Lefty drew on you, didn't you? Sure I did. Roy, what are you up to? I've never seen you start to draw before another man did, and I've never seen another man outdraw you. I let Lefty do that on purpose. I wanted to find out something. Well, for heaven's sake, what did you find out? Well, for a fellow who's been a baseball player and a doctor for 14 years, Lefty's pretty good with whipping out a pair of six-shooters. And what he said about while I'm here, I don't think he's Lefty Roberts at all. What? Well, my goodness, Roy, why don't we get the sheriff and have him arrested? Well, we can't do that until we have proof. And Pat and I can't leave here. We need every available man to keep these herds separated and quiet. So, Dale, I guess you'd better leave buttermilk with Pat and drive Nelliebell back to town. If you say so, Roy, but I sure hate to trust Nelliebell with a woman driver. Well, I can probably get there faster in Nelliebell at that. What do you want me to do, Roy? Dr. Paul Roberts, Jr. in Rochester, New York. If he's there, tell him to take the first plane west. And then I want you to drive to Terminal City, talk to all the real estate men and everyone who sells dynamite and let us know what you find out by daybreak. But it's true, Mr. Roberts. I talked to your son by phone. The man here is planning to sell you a ranch and there's plenty of evidence that he dynamited the bridge. But it looks like my boy and he remembers everything I've written him since he left home 14 years ago. This man struck up on acquaintance with your son years ago because they looked so much alike. He's practically been his shadow ever since. And all that time, he was just working to steal this ranch from you. The real lefty will explain it all to you when he gets here today. Then we're up against a dangerous man. I'll go out and tell the men that scoundrel has guarding the property to throw down their rifles and let the cattle cross. And I'll drive across the Ford and tell Roy and he'll take care of this masquerader. Hey, don't reach for your gun, Miss Evans. I'll take him. Don't struggle. I'm going to thrash you within an inch of your life. Oh, a tough old geezer, huh? Well, this'll stop you. Mr. Roberts, look out! You may have been a strong cookie in your day but you're too old to stand up under a pistol whipping. Roy! Help! That's just stupid, Miss Evans. Rogers is on the other side of the river and there's nobody in the ranch house. I know who you are and I know what you're trying to do. Yeah, and I heard everything you told Dad. That isn't going to keep me from making the haul I've planned on all these years. If gun fighting starts, every one of the ranchers will be aiming at you first. There isn't going to be gun play. I've already withdrawn the armed guards, sent them all back to the bunkhouse to sleep. I'm going to let the cattle start to cross the river. When the Ford is full of them, the leaders are going to be blown clear out of the water by a dynamite charge. They'll start the biggest stampede ever known in the west. Why, you beast! If 5,000 head stampede, it'll take the men all day to calm them down and round them up again. Sure, and the herds will be so mixed up that it'll take them another week to separate them. They'll have no choice but to drive them across as one herd, sell them that way and split up what they can get out of it. And they'll have no choice but to pay me $50 a head. I'll find some way to stop you. Oh, no you won't. I'll take you and the old man to the gully where I've hidden the mechanism I'm using to set off the dynamite charge. There's an old silo there. It won't take me any time at all to set another charge that'll blow it up at the same time I dynamite the cattle in the river. How about them, how about them How about those grape nuts flakes How about those grape nuts flakes How about them, how about them How about those grape nuts flakes They are so good, good for you too The two-minute energy works for you So how about them, how about them How about grape nuts flakes Yep, how about those grape nuts flakes? 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I want you to follow those two wires on the ground Well my gosh Roy there are two wires Hey, they come right out of the river and seem to lead off over that little hill yonder Now what would a couple of wires be doing there Well I don't know but we'd certainly better find out and after the experience that you've had with Nellie Bell you qualify as an expert on wires Oh, Dale's got Nellie Bell Oh Jiminy Grace's I hope nothing's happened to her Well I hope not too, only I'm talking about Dale I'll get going Pat Help Trigger, come on bullet Old man Robert thought it'd be up and around even though Lefty's still asleep I can't imagine Lefty sleeping when I told him we were going to start to cross at sunrise Alright bullet What are you trying to tell me Quiet now Hey you act like you've picked up a scent that you know What's this Hmm, tire tracks and Nellie Bell made them and if Dale stopped here and then drove off it's mighty strange that we didn't meet her at the river and if neither Lefty nor Mr. Roberts is in the ranch house Come on Trigger, bullet We've got to follow those jeep tracks Now you just stay there buttermilk as long as I'm off y'all are more comfortable following those wires of foot all during the boys must have decided to start the cattle across I sure hope Roy makes a deal with that there Lefty fella before he calls out his army Golly This hill's kind of steep There Hey What's that guy doing in the gully My gosh it's Lefty Roberts and hey there's Nellie Bell parked over there by that old silo Hey Lefty What are you up to? Oh it's you Brady Who gave the order for those cattle across the river I don't know but maybe they just started going over their own accord Roy Rogers is looking for you He is Izzy, well he's too late What do you mean he's too late Hey, hey, what are you doing with that wooden box with a plunger on it I'm pressing the plunger and I'm dynamiting those cattle right out of the river Oh you better not do it Lefty Here comes Roy He's still too late because here goes Roy hurry up Hey what's happening Pat Roy see that thing that there Lefty's got down there that's a box to set off a dynamite charge in the river and he's just pressed the plunger Hey, he's blowing up the cattle Well he was trying to alright only I cut the wires Good boy Pat, and now I'm going to cut down Lefty Hey Roy, look at Bullitt He's heading straight for that old silo and Lefty's drawing his guns Say where you are Roy, just in Australia With what? Roy, you knock both them pistols right out of his hands See what's in that silo Pat I'm going to take care of Lefty I don't need guns to handle you Rogers, come on Oh, so you lead with your left hand and punch with your right You're not a southpaw after all Maybe I'm not, but I can punch you silly Better men than you have tried it Now let's see how you Take it boy Now, we're going to find out who's in that silo and then we're going to find out just who you are because I know for sure you're not Lefty Robert There's enough evidence to send him up for the rest of his life Dr. Roberts particularly with you staying for the trial I'm staying longer than that Dale Dad's recovering in nice shape but he's lonesome and you ought to have someone to help him manage the saddle rock and I guess the Paradise Valley folks could use another doctor, couldn't they We could sure use one like you Lefty and a southpaw pitcher will come in mighty handy next summer too You bet Maybe deeps are a little out of your line but my belly bells got a sort of a cough I was wondering what you'd prescribed in a case like that You know, Roy and I were talking about that cough when you drove up that Yeah, and the doctor suggested that there was a high enough cliff in the neighborhood Now wait a minute Which hand did he say that with? 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