 By special recording General Mills makers of Cheerios the Oaks cereal ready to eat and Wheaties breakfast of champions presents the Lone Ranger A fiery horse with a speed of light a cloud of dust and a hotty-high old silver The Lone Ranger With his faithful Indian companion Toto the daring and resourceful mask rider of the planes Let the fight for law and order in the early western United States No where 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 hoof beats of the great horse silver The Lone Ranger rides again Diving Doris is 13 and she is Diving Queen she can do a flip because she knows she's got go power from Cheerios. Yes She's feeling her Cheerios Cheerios Cheerios Yes, it's a fact Cheerios does give you real go power You see Cheerios is made from oats and every delicious spoonful of Cheerios and milk is real muscle-building food Eat spoonful contains vitamins minerals and proteins your body needs Yes, the good things in a Cheerios breakfast do good things for your body Help you have healthy nerves good red blood strong bones and muscles and Cheerios is so much fun to eat with its distinctive O shape and it's wonderful toasted out flavor So tomorrow morning and every morning start the day right with a Cheerios breakfast then you'll hear people say She's feeling her Cheerios And talk together in a room in Ma Hank's Henry House Hotel in Modoc City One was Gopher Gordon a short thin-faced man The second was known as Keo and the third was Cliff Gunnison Though Gunnison looked the part of an eastern gentleman he and the men with him were members of an outlaw gang Led by a ruthless killer named Frosty ransom Frosty had been captured by Marshall Jim Fraser and the problem of releasing him was uppermost in the minds of his followers Cliff Gunnison held a recent edition of the local newspaper. He read the headline aloud. Hey, hey, listen to this Marshall Jim Fraser brings Frosty ransom to Modoc City tonight on the westbound train And if he's tried for murder he'll probably be sentenced to hang He always said he wouldn't hang alone to save on next we got a rescue one Maybe we could get out of the country before he tore We need cash to travel and the westbound train bringing Frosty here tonight will have nearly $25,000 in folding money in the express car safe Frosty's traveling in good company. We could use that money. We'll get it Gopher Oh, listen just before the train comes into Modoc City It climbs a steep grade slowly slow enough for us to swing aboard. Hey, I savvy We'll be halfway up that grade and as it goes by we'll climb aboard It'll be easy to enter the train and move through the car right keel will cover the Marshall and free Frosty I'll head for the express car and get the cash What about me you go through to the engine cab and cover the engineer in the fireman Well thrown down to the Marsha with a train full of people on hand is a good way to ask for trouble We'll keep your voice down your gun out of sight beneath your coat No one will suspect what's going on then force the Marshall to come to the express car I'll be there and I'll have the drop on the express guard We'll stay aboard till the train leaves Modoc City would get off a short distance from town Now keel will stay with Frosty while Gopher and I come back here to pick up our things Then we'll rejoin you two and head for the border. We might be able to get away with it clear sure We'll get away with it. We'll go to the hillside tonight and wait for the westbound Late that night a 14 year old boy named inky ran from a Henry house to the lighted newspaper office down the street The mischievous fun-loving Orton have been adopted several years ago by Tom Brent the owner and editor of the paper As he entered the office inky shouted for his foster father Tom. Hey Tom I hope you'd be I have something to tell you. Yes, I have a problem, huh? I'm going to be mighty busy covering the arrival of Marshall Jim and his prisoner when the train pulls in oh We've a shipment of newsprint and printers ain't coming in on that train. Have me. That's right But I'll not have time to claim it. I'll take care of it for you. Good boy. Inky. I hope you would it'll be in the express car Won't it? Yeah The vehicle be in cans and the paper will be too heavy for you to move But I'll make arrangements for the station master ahead of time for unloading. You just sign for them Don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything. You know, I don't know what to do with us. You're first-rate assistant I wish you'd let me be a reporter. Hey, I almost forgot. I have some first-rate news What can I do I heard that the lone Ranger in town are in town Are you sure my hanks house boy Ned told me scout and silver are in my stable behind the hotel I looked and sure enough. They are great day. I wonder what brings the mask man to town Ned says he's on the trail of Frosty Ransons game. Well, that'll really be news if he has a light on those cooks. Where are you going Tom? At tomorrow's place. I want to talk to the lone Ranger. He's not in the hotel It is horses in the stable. He must be somewhere in town. I'm gonna find him You don't have much time before the train comes in. I know. I'll see you at the station. I'll be there The long Ranger and Tahoe were in the jail with an old friend They had met on previous visits to town Deputy Marshall Pete Morgan greeted them warmly the lone Ranger explained that he and Tahoe had entered the jail from the alley behind the Building to avoid being seen by anyone who might question his mask. Then he said I understand Marshall Jim's bringing ransom in on tonight's train Pete. That's right, mister We might capture the rest of ransom's gang if they try to rescue their pattern. Do you think they will? Yes, that's why Tahoe and I came to Modoc City Every one of those men should be out of circulation Hey, what's that? That whistling train. Jumping grasshoppers. You're right, Tahoe. It's ahead of schedule I'd better get to the station Pronto. You coming, mister? Yes, but Tahoe and I will stay out of sight Pete I don't want to alarm anyone who might see my mask. Now let's get going Meanwhile, Inky was alone on the platform at the railroad station several blocks away as the train break to a stop ahead of schedule He was glad he was on hand early to meet it He ran along the track past several empty cattle cars to the side of the express car which was near the far end of the train As the door on the side of the express car slid back he shouted Hi there Joe Inky, how are you lad? Fine, I'm coming aboard. You have a shipment for Tom That's right. Wait, let me give you a hand. You can't climb aboard without help Thanks Did you see the banker on the platform? Nope He should be here to pick up some cash we brought him I reckon he figured the train wouldn't be here for another 20 minutes. You're ahead of time Yep, the engineers of fireball are all right Those cans on the floor and the big rolls of paper off of Tom I know What are you looking for Land? You're safe Tom said there was one in this car Over here Inky But I don't want to open it till the banker comes to pick up the money You'll open that thing now Inky and Joe Mercer world as Cliff Gunnison entered the express car from another car The off-law's face was covered with a bandana and he held two guns Drop that hardware mister and you young sir get your hands off Joe, it's a hold up That's right. Don't try to call for help Now you open the safe and make it fast You can't get away with a hold up here Follow orders or I'll shoot the young sir Oh yeah, journey pole cat, I reckon you do just that Joe, are you going to open the safe? I'll have to Land Joe dropped to his knees and quickly opened the iron door of the safe Now bring out the cash All right, all right, I'll get it It's in the canvas sack There's the money But you're local if you figure you'll get away with it You'll be seen as soon as you get off the train You're wrong But I'll make sure you don't call for help I'll wrap on the head with my gun barrel of quiet you Now bow the ally face down on the floor As he began to obey the command Joe Mercer suddenly reached for the weapon he had dropped Cliff saw the move and fired hastily His bullet missed Joe and struck one of the cans of flippers ink on the floor nearby The seal can seem to explode spraying the car, the sack of money And the occupants with the thick penetrating fluid In the confusion, inky leaked through the open side door Help! Cliff fired again His bullet grazed the side of Joe's head And the guard fell to the floor unconscious Grabbing the sack of money, Cliff moved to the door He heard the voices of excited townsmen approaching the station And feared that his escape would be cut off Quickly, he closed the door of the car At that moment, Gopher having heard the first shot Cliff fired, realized his friend was in trouble He entered the engineer's cab Holding his gun on the engineer and fireman I get the same moment, Prado The engineer obeyed And the train moved out of the Motoc City station Curtain falls on the first act of our lone ranger adventure Before the next exciting scenes Please, permit us to pause for just a few moments Fam is the smartest boy Whoever shouted, Shibahai He can weather any storm that blows He's got gold You bet, Cheerios, the old cereal that needs no cooking Every delicious spoonful of Cheerios and milk Is real muscle building food Each spoonful contains vitamins, minerals, and proteins Your body needs Yes, the good things in a Cheerios breakfast Do good things for your body Help you have healthy nerves, good red blood Strong bones and muscles And besides giving you go power Cheerios is downright wonderful tasting That toasted old flavor is really something And when you add milk in your favorite fruit Say some sliced bananas You're in for a delicious breakfast treat Get the whole family off to a good start Every morning with Cheerios Then you'll hear people say He's feeling his Cheerios Now to continue When the lone ranger, Tonto, and Pete Morgan Reached the station platform The train had disappeared into the darkness Inky, round to meet them They're getting away They're escaping Stop them Without forces we can't overtake the train Inky, you're covered with ink Tonto, there was a hole up in the express car Pete Morgan It's Marshall Jim He has Frosty Ransom and another feather with him Marshall Jim If you would set a handcuff on your Pete Put him on this sweater He's my prisoner I have a pair right here But Ransom's already wearing him Put him on his friend Put out your hands, Keo What'd he do, Marshall Jim? He tried to pull a gun on me To free his pal Frosty But I disarmed and arrested him Before the train stopped here Then when I got off the train With the two prisoners I heard Inky yelling something about a robbery The express car was so far from the passenger cars That I couldn't get to it The train pulled us Same thing happened to us The train was on its way Before we got to the station I hope the engineer loses his job For doing a trick like that He might not have had much choice, Pete What? It's mister Great day where you and Tonto come from We planned to stay out of sight So no one would see my mask, Marshall Jim But the excitement and the shooting Changed our plan Well, I'm downright glad you're here I'm sorry, we weren't here sooner Inky, you'd better come along To the office and tell us what you know Yes, sir, Marshall Jim There's plenty to tell During the liberal amount of printer's ink That spattered his face and clothing Inky accompanied the man and the two prisoners To the jail While Pete put Frosty and Keel behind bars The 14-year-old boy told what happened In the express car The next thing I knew The whole car was sprayed with printer's ink It looks like you absorbed most of it I wasn't the only one, Tom Joe and the holdup man were doused with it too The bullet must have struck a can of ink Would that make it explode, mister? Yes, Inky It isn't commonly known, but a sealed can full of fluid Will blow apart from pressure when a bullet hits it That's what happened It blew up all over the place Can you describe the holdup man? No, he had his face covered with a bandana Didn't you notice anything special about him, Inky? I reckon I didn't, Tom Except that he was mighty well-dressed But everything happened so fast I didn't have a chance to notice much I hope he didn't kill poor Joe Mercer If he did, he'll pay for it, Inky Marshall Jim The new prisoner, Keoh, wants to talk to try to save his hide What's he got to talk about? He claims two more of the gang are still on the train One was in the express car That's the one I saw The other was in the cab with the engineer and the fireman Oh, that accounts for why the train pulled out of the station In such a hurry What about it, Marshall Jim? You want to hear Keoh's story? Yeah, yeah, Pete And I'd like the lone ranger to hear it too Marshall Jim, if you have no objection I think it might be better if Tom and I followed the train You can't overtake it now, mister No, but Ransom's men will probably jump off before the train reaches the next station There's a bright moon, so we'll be able to watch the ground beside the tracks for footprints Oh, I savour your plan You think you'll be able to find the place where they leave the train, huh? If we do, we'll follow the tracks Good idea As soon as I hear what Keoh has to say, I'll follow you, mister Fine Come on, Toto We'll go to the Henry House table for Scouting Silver You ready? Meanwhile, a short distance from Modroc City Cliff Gunnison hurried through the empty passenger cars and joined Gopher in the engine cab of the speeding train As soon as Gopher saw his partner, he exclaimed Hey, what happened to you? Ran into trouble Look as if you ran into a barrel of ink Did you get the cash from the express car? Yeah Where's Keoh? I'll tell you all about that after we get off this train Tell the engineer to slow down, we'll jump You heard my friend, mister Follow orders or I'll blow your head off Don't shoot I'll do what you say A few minutes later, Cliff and Gopher stood beside the moonlet tracks Watching the train disappear in the distance When it was out of sight They took the Bambenas from their faces Cliff explained The passengers got off the train at Modoc City As the train pulled out of town, I captured the conductor He's tied and gagged in the express car with a guard The conductor told me that the marshal got Keoh You mean Keoh didn't free Frosty? Ah, he and Frosty are probably behind bars right now Marshal got off the train in Modoc City with both of them in custody Love all the dog-gone luck Well, we'll have to go back to town, break them out of jail, Gopher Why? We've got the cash Why not keep going to the border? Listen, if Frosty and Keoh talk every peace officer between here and the Rio Grande You'll be looking for us As it is, no one on the train saw our faces We go back to town, no one will suspect we took part in the train robbery If you think I'm walking to Modoc City We'll walk till we come to a range And we'll steal a couple of horses And be shot for horse thieves when we stable the horses in town? Oh, no, not me We'll turn the animals loose when we reach town And we'll sneak in the back door of the hotel Now come on, I want to get to Modoc City for daylight It was after midnight when Inky finished helping Tom Get out a special edition of the paper And brought coffees to Ma Hank The huge landlady rewarded him with a heaping plate full of freshly baked donuts And a pitcher of milk While Inky was eating at the kitchen table Ma put a supply of donuts and sandwiches into a basket And headed for the marshal's office Her houseboy Ned accompanied her carrying a pot of steaming coffee A few minutes later when Ned returned Inky was still in the kitchen You look like you're having a hard time keeping your eyes open I am tired, Ned Did you hear anything new at the marshal's office? Yeah, Pete Morgan's on duty there Where's Marshal Jim? I don't know Pete said he left with the Lone Ranger and Tonneau Oh Pete told us he received a telegram from the sheriff in Big Bend Saying that the train reached there half hour ago What about Joe Mercer, the express guard? Joe was wounded, but he'll be all right Gosh, that's good news Uh-oh, that's one of Ma's guests ringing I'll go see what he wants When Ned returned to the kitchen He was carrying Cliff Gunnison's ink-stained boots Hey ink, you wanna help me earn a handsome tip? No thanks, Ned I'm going home to bed Uh, then I reckon I'll have to work alone The janin room number 10 wants his tan boots cleaned He said if I could get the ink off him He'd pay me two dollars I'll split it with you if you change your mind Hey, let's see those boots It'll take a lot of rubbing to clean them up Won't you wonder how Mr. Gunnison got ink on him? That's printer's ink It is? Yeah That's curious Where would Mr. Gunnison get into printer's ink? I know where he got it He must have been in the express car tonight Huh? That's the same as the ink I got on my clothes You're a smart youngster Hey, hey The startled boys turned quickly They saw Cliff Gunnison standing in the doorway He held a gun in his hands and was followed by Gopher Gordon I told you you were crazy to ask the house boy to clean those boots, Cliff He was bound to wonder how you got ink on him Yeah, you were right, Gopher You're the fellow who shot Joe Mercer Shut up Now we're going to have to get rid of these kids And we'd better get him away from here before someone comes in Someone has come in Hey, hey, what? Drop those guns You covered them You're both under arrest Cliff and Gopher turn to see a mask man, an Indian and Marshall Jim Fraser enter the kitchen All free men held guns What's the big idea? This is a fellow who shot Rob the train He shot Joe Mercer Yes, I know it, I think he You were told to drop your gun We're off number, Cliff We'll shoot our way out No! Go on We're shooting, mask man, your wing, Napoleon My arm! My arm! Do you want the same treatment? No, no, no, I'll drop my gun Gosh, you got here just in time They picked up the trail of these two several miles in town, Inky And followed it to the ranch where they stole a couple of horses You followed the horses to town and found the place where these critters dismounted And turned the horses loose And there they went to the back door of the hotel And we came in that door just in time to get the skunks It's lucky for us you did They might have killed Ned and me I want to hear all about it, Inky But first we'll take these two to jail After Cliff and Gulfer were behind bars The Marshal and the Lone Ranger returned to the Henry House In Cliff's room they found the ink stain sack of money Which Marshal Jim took to his office Ned and Inky were there Do you boys get Peter's statement of what happened in the kitchen? They sure did, Marshal Jim I have it written down right here Well, here's the money those crooks stole You stole where? I think so, Pete As soon as the bank checks it, we'll know for sure That takes care of Frosty Ransom and his gang Yeah, thanks to the Lone Ranger They'll all be out of circulation from now on Hey, where is the masked man, Marshal Jim? He and Tano left town to go to their camp in the hills Next time you see him, Ned, you'd better thank him They saved your life and Inky's too I know it, Marshal Jim And I'm darn right grateful to him Yeah, so am I Inky, you look tired enough to sleep standing up Why don't you head for home and go to bed, huh? I'm going to home all right, Marshal Jim But when Tom finds out the last two members of the gang are in jail He'll want to get out another special edition I reckon you're right, Land He'll be sure he gives credit for the capture of those crooks to the Lone Ranger Get on your way Get on your way Get on your way with me True, champions are made, not born We can all get there if we try Take champion Dope Walker, flashy half-back for the Detroit Lions Dope at the tender age of nine decided football was his line He practiced hours day after day and learned what champions have to say Wheaties for breakfast, you're on your way Now a touchdown team from top to toe Walker and Wheaties, they really go A guy can put away a lot of Wheaties in 18 years And that's how long Dope Walker's been eating him Good for you? There's a whole kernel of wheat in every Wheaties' plate Let's go, Dope, dig for that gold Hey, hey, hey He's on his way On his way He's on his way On his way Get on your way With Wheaties Cause champions are made, not born Yes, sir Get on your way Get on your way Get on your way with Wheaties Breakfast of champions The Lone Ranger, a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated Created by George W. Trendle Produced by Trendle Campbell Muir Incorporated Directed by Charles D. Livingston And edited by Fran Stryker The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer Your announcer, Fred Foy The Lone Ranger is brought to you by General Mills Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at this same time Be sure to listen This recorded program has come to you from Detroit This is ABC Radio Network