 with the speed of light, the cloud of dust, and a hearty hyo silver, the Lone Ranger. In some parts of the early west in the United States, outlaws ruled the country, and the man who wore a sheriff's badge was marked for sudden death. It was not until the masked rider of the plane started his great fight for justice that the honest settlers found protection for their lives and property. His strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness brought law and order to the lawless frontier and finally made possible the winning of the west. 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, we're heading for Blue Rock. The town needs cleaning up. Thunder rolled heavily over the hills beyond the town of Blue Rock. As the Lone Ranger and Tonto rode through the night toward the narrow, dusty main street, they could smell the approaching storm. We get to town just in time, Kimusabi. It rained plenty soon. The rain will be good, Tonto. Dust as well, and no one sees us. There, Blue Rock. You can see it, the lightning flash is down below us. The only lighted building is the gambling hall. We have to wake up the storekeeper to get supply. Yes. Tonto, rain up. What matter? I saw something in that last lightning flash. The man walking alone down the main street. That's not the odd thing. Tonto, I saw three other men hiding behind buildings. I'm almost certain at least one of them had a gun. Not bad. There, now the flash of lightning did you see? Ah, Tonto, see? Him walk down street like him look for fight. That won't be a fight, Tonto. It'll be murder. Get ready. We may have to ride in and help him. All right, Shannon. Come and get me. The share for the town of Blue Rock, I come to place you under arrest, Kelvin. Want to surrender peaceable? I'm walking into the street, Shannon. I'm waiting for your answer, Kelvin. No share for us, me. I'm cleaning this town up. You wearing your guns? Yeah. You wouldn't want to draw on a man without his guns. You're right to blight, you know, Bray, Shannon. Just man against man, eh? I'm sworn to uphold the law in the town of Blue Rock. I don't like to be ornery, but you're coming feet first, if necessary. That's enough talk, Shannon. My answer is no. So be it. If it's shooting you won't you'll get it. That's up to you, Kelvin. Make a move for your hostess and you draw lead. They warned you, Shannon. All right, draw. Go on, Silver. What the... Get the sheriff up behind me. There's no time to argue. Get on this horse. Come on, turn over to the hills. Get him up! Come on, Silver! Come on, Bray's got the sheriff. Shoot, get him! Yeah, they commenced it faster. Wasn't a chance. Shoot! That's not a trigger bullets. No sense wasting a lead. They're cleaned out of sight. Who would have thought it was that umbrae riding the white horse? I don't know, Kelvin, but I've seen one thing. He was wearing a mask. Mr. I'm sure obliged to you. You mean to say that rattlesnake had three men ready to shoot me from the side? We saw them from this hill on the lightning flash. Your new engine pod got sharp eyes. We reached you just in time. You wouldn't have stood a chance. This town needs cleaning up real bad. Kelvin runs things to suit himself. There's been three sheriffs before me. What happened to them, Shannon? Kelvin got them. Dead? Two of them are dead, buried in Boot Hill. And the third? Never mind the third. The third used to be my friend, but not anymore. I see. Yeah, I reckon you do. You've got a way of figuring things, ain't you? His name is Douglas Lamb Douglas. He was the sheriff before me. Only he went soft and quit. Said his family was more important than anything else. Well, perhaps his wife. Sure, his wife. She talked him into giving up the job. But I blame him too. I live on a ranch out of ways and... Well, never mind. I'm sheriff now, but I don't give up. You intend to get Kelvin? It's him or me. You're not married, are you, Shannon? No, I ain't. I'm all alone. But don't go looking for excuses for Lamb Douglas. I was just asking. Why jobs to get Kelvin, Savvy? It won't be easy. Kelvin has a gang of outlaws to follow him. How many deputies have you got? No deputies. Huh? You all alone? That's right, Ingen. I suppose you'd call me stubborn. Not stubborn, Shannon. Perhaps too courageous. Yeah, maybe so. But a man's bill a certain way. That's all. Gotta keep trying. If I only had a couple of men with me, men like you and the Ingen... You have. Just a couple of more men to... Huh? What do you mean, where? Right here, Shannon. Tell him I... We help. Mr, you mean you'll help? Kelvin is an outlaw, a gambler and killer. You want to clean this town up and so do we. But it ain't your fault. We'll make it ours. Shannon, you can count on us. Mr. I'm the kind of agent that judges people by the way they act. Not how they look. For instance, I'm paying no attention to that mask you wearin'. You needn't worry. We're your friends. I'm a tontal friend too. Yes, sir. I think maybe now we can do something about Kelvin. You and me in the Ingen, Mr. Yes, siri. Boss, we gotta talk. Oh, howdy, Broggy. It's important. You know your chance to game is over. Cast your chips on the way out. Fair moves. You got much splattered on your boots, Broggy. Been ridin' there. Kelvin, you know who that masked man is? I'm waitin' to hear. Follow the trail out of town, right after we miss the sheriff. Boss, that masked man is a lone ranger. A lone ranger, is he? Yeah, and that ain't the worst of it. He joined up with the sheriff, him and the Ingen, both. He's going to help the sheriff clean up Blue Rock. That means us. You had your gun with you, Broggy. Yeah, and I was close enough to... And why didn't you shoot way? I was alone. All right, skint. All right. What are we gonna do? What's the masked man gonna do? They didn't talk over any plans. I see. Well, they reckon I'm safe enough for a while. After all, I get a dozen men with me. You'll need them. They'll stay close to me. Kelvin, I figure you ought to get them before they get you. Now, if you had a scheme... That's just what I have got. Tell the boys we're ridin' out in the morning. What's a scheme? It's just beginning to shape them. It only prints in what happens tomorrow morning when we call on Lem Douglas. Lem Douglas? But he used to be the sheriff before Shannon. Him and Shannon was friends. But you're lipped. That's enough. And they wouldn't do until the boys. We're calling on Douglas in the morning. A bunch of riders comin'. A bunch? I thought you said you saw only two. A man on a white horse and a ninja on a pink. It's not them. I watched them earlier. They were just sort of wandering around. They're gone now. Then who are the others? Looks like Kelvin. Kelvin? Maybe they'll pass by. He's got at least a dozen men. He's stout. Lem. They ain't nothin' they can do. Just take things easy, Abby. Howdy, ma'am. Howdy, Douglas. What do you want here? Douglas, I come out here to talk to you. Yeah? I figure I can use you for a little job. I want done. You've got an all fired nerve trying to tell me... I've got 12 men with me, too. If I wish you had listened. Speak your peace and get out. That's bloody. Might as well be social. That's a rainy weather we've been havin', ain't it? Never mind the Palaver. Get to the point. Douglas, there's some settlers in from the east. They picked out that section below the dry wars to squatter on. I would have chased off. It's free land? It's my land. The government says... Never mind what the government says. I say it's mine and I say they get off. Tomorrow night, Douglas, me and the boys plan to burn them out. You're gonna help us. Burn them out? Yeah. Use a torch. Now, what you there, Savvy? Why, your honor, Paul catcher couldn't drag me into that. That's murder. Get out, Kelvin. Get out. Sure, I'm gettin' out, ma'am. But if you know what's good for you, Douglas, you'll obey orders. And just one more warner, Douglas. You keep your mouth shut about this, Savvy. Don't talk to nobody. Remember, Douglas, tomorrow night. Adios. Come on, boys. Lim. Lim, I don't care how you feel about Shannon. You get your horse and ride, Pronto. Tell him what's gonna happen. Kelvin can't do that. Shannon, Pronto and I have been wandering around this section all morning. It's getting some idea of what it's like. Did you run across Kelvin? We not see anybody. The knowledge of the country will help us when the time comes to take care of Kelvin. When you figure that'll be. He's got too many men to make a direct attack, Shannon. You learned that last night. Yeah, but it's just as I... Somebody ride past. Shannon. Well, I'll be... It's Douglas. Shannon, I had to see you. I ain't interested in what anybody like you has. You gotta listen. I don't know who these gents are, but you're wearing a mask. Never mind my mask. We're friends of Shannon. Which is more than you are. I don't care how you feel. You gotta hear me out. I told you I... Hold on, hold on, Shannon. Go ahead, Douglas. What is it? Kelvin's planning to burn out those settlers over by the drywash. He's planning to put the torch to their shacks tomorrow night. Why, the dirty sidewinder? He can't force those settlers to move us again the law. Laws don't matter to him. From what Kelvin's been doing, the only law he follows is his own law. How come you learned about this, Douglas? Because he ordered me to join up with him. That's how. I don't blame him for thinking you would. After the way you handed in your badge. Do you believe I'd help him, Shannon? No. I'll say that much for you. But, Masked Man, we better do something about this. And what we do? Shannon, I think this is the chance we've wanted. You mean to get Kelvin? So he's planning to burn out those settlers, huh? Well, he's going to get burned himself. He'll get more than he bargained for. Kelvin, you're local. All the fool ideas. Tell them, Douglas, the minute we left, he headed off to warn Shannon. I look back and saw her. I tell you, I saw him. So did I, Brock. Matter of fact, I figured that's what he would do. But, of course, you'll tell Shannon. You'll tell him we aim to burn out them squads. Sure, you'll tell Shannon. Only, uh, we ain't going to do that, huh? You ain't. No, we ain't. I took that join up on purpose. You see, I'm going to get the mass man an engine out of the way. Then I'm sitting a trap for Shannon and Douglas. We're going to get rid of them just like that. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Kelvin and his gang of bad men ruled the town of Blue Rock and the surrounding country because of their numbers. When the Lone Ranger and Tonto saved the sheriff from their guns, Kelvin figured out a scheme to get rid of all three and make his position secure. The Lone Ranger and Tonto did not know of his plan. The next day, the rain came again. And in the Douglas Ranch off. I hope the rain comes down in buckets. If it rains hard enough, Kelvin won't be able to set those homes on fire, not tonight. Shannon. Yeah? You've been mighty quiet since you come in. You spent all yesterday trying to round up folks that stand up against Kelvin. Did you get any? No, no I didn't. That's what's making you so quiet. They're all afraid of Kelvin, afraid to move. Matter of fact, I'm surprised your husband had enough comption to even tell me about it. Now listen here! You two stop scrapping like a couple of hungry wolves. What for? A man who'd give up his badge just because... I had enough! Now listen, Shannon, why don't you ask me? Ask you what? You ask everybody else to help you lick Kelvin. Go on, ask me. Douglas. Lem, you mean you will? Sure I will. I've been waiting for you to ask me. But your wife, Abbey... It's all right with me if he does. I made a mistake when I asked Lem to give up his badge. I didn't realize how crooked and dangerous Kelvin is. Not just to us, but to everybody. So I told Lem I release him from his promise. Well, I... Abbey, I... By gravy, Lem, it sure is good to be friends again. Shake hands. It's Masked Man, him saying... Injun, it's all fixed. They're friends again. Oh, ton to see. And that good. But what about Kelvin? Yeah, I clean forgot for a second. Where's the Masked Man, Injun? Right here, Shannon. You're in the red skin, but not most the night, mister. You're soaking wet. We're going out again, Shannon. Did you get any volunteers? One. I got Lem Douglas. That's all it will have to do. Come, Tullo. Oh, but Mr. Wheat is pouring pitchforks outside. We can't help that. Well, what's on your mind? Is something troubling you? Plenty, Shannon. I'm wondering whether the story Douglas told us is true. Well, of course it's true. We've both heard Kelvin. He stood right there. What I mean is, does Kelvin really intend to go through with his scheme? Huh? Mister, I don't savvy. I have a feeling that Kelvin may have something else in mind. Those squatters have been there a long while. Why should he suddenly care about them? What else could he be planning? I don't know, Mrs. Douglas. That's why Tullo and I are riding out now. We're going to take a look at that dry wash where the squatters are. We go now, huh? Coming, Tullo. Adios. Get him up, scoundrel. Come on, Silver. Well, I wonder what he's puzzling about. What other scheme could Kelvin have? There's no doubt about it, Tullo. Kelvin doesn't plan to burn out those settlers. Oh, you know that. The grass is tall enough. But look, it's been raining for days. Well, it wouldn't burn at all. That's right. We came all the way out here, and I... Tullo. Huh? Where's Kelvin now? When we watch him, him back in town. Blue Rock. We've come all the way out here. That means Shannon and Douglas are alone at that ranch near town. If Kelvin's been watching, he knows we're divided. Him tell Douglas about settlers on purpose? What else? Turn around and still long way back. This way, scoundrel. Come on, Silver. Cover the ground, old boy. Faster. Don't see Shannon's horse. I thought you and the engine rode out to look at them squatters. Mrs. Douglas, where's the sheriff? He sure got back in a hurry. Sheriff? Well, he's gone. Him and my husband left hours ago. Well, a man came out from Blue Rock. He told the sheriff he overheard Kelvin's scheming to hold up a gold freight shipment over Easter Placer. The sheriff didn't dare wait for you. Easter Placer? I don't believe there is any gold shipment. Oh, what do you mean? That informer must have been paid by Kelvin. Yes, ma'am. What do you say? Your husband and the sheriff have ridden off toward an ambush, Mrs. Douglas. They'll kill them. Which way they go? East. The sheriff said they could pick up Kelvin's trail. You'll have to do the same, Mr. And that means you can't travel too fast. None of you want to keep that trail. We'll do our best. Don't give up hope. Well, I'll try not to, but they left hours ago. There's no telling how far out they are. Get them up! Come on, silver! We're on their trail all right, Douglas. Kelvin's up ahead someplace. Does it bother you? I'm wondering whether you played this smart sheriff. Huh? It's beginning to look like you were... Close your jaw there, Douglas. I know my job. Sure. But do you know how to run it? Who was that hombre who gave the warning? A drifter. He'd been around Blue Rock for a week or so. Why? Maybe it was a might hasty taking his say so. Why shouldn't we? We're out here now. We found Kelvin's tracks heading eastwards just like he said. Yeah, I thought you got over being scared. Who says I ain't? If you feel like that, why don't you pull out? Skidaddle, head back for your fireplace. Go on. What will you do? I ain't quitting if that's what you mean. Then we're both a couple of fools. Because what I think we're doing right or not, I'm sticking with you. Now you're speaking out. We had the masked man in the engine with us. There wasn't time. If Kelvin knows we're after him, we'd be caught like a horse in quick sand. Don't beat local, Douglas. How could he know? Come on, let's sample. Get up there. Maybe we ought to go faster, Kelvin. Won't be a local brain maverick, shorty. It won't slow a purpose. Sure, only. All right, said, only one. Maybe we're biting off more than we can show. Ten of us against just the sheriff and Douglas? As opposed to the lone ranger and that engine show up. They won't show up. Where do you think I made all that big talk to, Douglas? The masked man on his part a way out to the west looking at them setters' homesteads. Looking at them wondering why they went out in the first place. I hope they don't get back before we finish off Shannon and Douglas. Hey, won't. Besides, it'll be turn of dark soon. How can they follow our trail? The engine's got a right good reputation for hunting out tracks. Hey, get it. Once we finish the sheriff and Douglas, we got nothing to worry about. We can handle a ranger in his part. As I just see, it's no use and drift off some places in good riddance. Sounds reasonable. I'm no squab, range shorty. I know every trick there is. Kelvin. It's Brock. He's been watching the back trail. Hold it up, Chance. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Speak up, Brock. You see them? Yeah, Kelvin. Coming along the back trail on plenty fast. Sure, fast. I told the boys to leave plenty of signs. Are there four of them, Brock? Four. Shorty's plum concerned about the mask on break. Oh, no. There's just two of them. Shannon and Douglas riding alone. She know. Looks like everything's lining up. Yeah. How long before they get inside? 15 minutes, maybe. Yes, right. All your boys know what to do? Yeah, we know what to do. Just one thing I want you all to remember. I want to capture them two alive, Savvy. And wait a second, boys. Think you're going to feed them lead? Sure I am. Only I would have the pleasure of doing it personal, Savvy. I put two shares, six feet under. Thought Douglas resided and might spoil my rigged. But now I'll have them all. The sun's going down, Shannon. Yeah. A little while longer, we won't see tracks no more. Have to make camp. Kelvin won't be stopping. That is, if his plans are what we calculate. That's the second time you hinted, Douglas. Yeah. Still figure we've been tricked, huh? Not figuring. Just wondering. It's too late to turn back now. You never had much sense, Shannon. I see you were right with me. Yeah. I reckon I ain't got much sense, neither. At least my guns are loosened to the holsters. If we locate trouble, I can maybe set a couple off their horses before we go down. I am loaded and ready. It's awful quiet at sundown, don't it, Shannon? Yeah. It's that quiet you could... Oh, what's that? Douglas, a horse. No, we've got him. Take him alive. An ambush. It's Kelvin. We only can fight plenty before they get us. Come on, Silver. Can you keep up with this tunnel? It's fine. Can't much count. We may have to slow down soon. We're just guessing that they've come this way. It's too dark to be sure. That's right, Kim, Savvy. Hello, gunfire. That's right. I don't hear it. Shannon and Douglas, they've been cornered. Ah, Calvin and his gang, they... Kim and Savvy. I don't hear gunfire anymore. The firing's stopped. Perhaps we're too late. At least we can trap Kelvin while he's not repaired for us. He ain't got plenty, man. We'll cut right through his gang. Once we get Kelvin, the rest will give up. Now ride. Ride as you've never ridden before. Can't much. Come on, Silver! Go away! You sneak and thieve and coyote. Ten men against two, and we gave you a good fight. Not ten anymore, Shannon. There's three of his pack won't follow him any longer. Talking won't do you no good. You certainly fell for my story, didn't you? Hand me my guns, we'll have it out man to man. What for? No use arguing, Shannon. Kelvin will shoot a man in the back as soon as look at him. I made an exception in your case, Jens. I wanted the satisfaction of doing this job my own self. Load up my guns, Brock. Right. You were setting your horses, Jens. I'll have the boys drop the reins and let you ride. Then I start shooting. Not me. If I get a bullet, I stand right here and face it. How about you, Douglas? Likewise. Suit yourself. Two shares at one time. That must be some kind of a record, eh? Here you are, Kelvin. All loaded. Thanks, Brock. Stand around, boys. This ought to be right interesting. Will you get shooting, Kelvin? Why waste time? Easy, shorty. There's no way. What in the latest? Who shot them guns in your hand? Where'd they come from? No, Silver! Get them up still! It's the Lone Ranger! Come on, mister! Shoot them dogs! Wait a minute. No, they're guns, Kelvin. One shot and my gun goes off aimed at your heart. Don't shoot! Nobody shoot! Don't pull trigger. Ah, him yellin' like coyote. Shannon Douglas, get the guns from them. Kelvin, tell your men to hand those guns over. Do you like the man Smith's sister? He's got his guns pointing straight at me. All right, yours too, Brock. Both of them. Here you are. And one more. That's it. All connected, Mass Man. There ain't any one of them has a shooting iron left. You're sure caught them by surprise. Glad to see you're both still alive. That'll all I came as fast as we could. That was plenty fast enough, wasn't it, Kelvin? You're a prisoner, Sheriff. Now, that'll all I must be on our way. Adios! Adios! Maybe sometime we'll see you again. Get them up, scouts! Yeah. Maybe we'll see you again. Yeah. Maybe we'll see the Mass Man again, Shannon. I reckon if there's trouble, we will. That's when he turns up. Now, supposing you rope these zombies together so they won't try nothing. Yeah. And I'll put these shooting irons in my saddlebags. That's right, gents. Keep your hands high and stand steady. I reckon this isn't the first time you ever got took to jail by two chefs instead of one, ain't it, Kelvin? Adios! The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the lone ranger incorporated.