 Ranger! Warrior of the Woodland! Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, showing rare courage in the face of disaster, in the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad car. Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission, and all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. It's said that great discoveries are made by accident. Now, whether that's true or not, I'm unable to say. Outside of Naughty Pine about 20 miles is the Brown Brothers Quarry Company. The rock that West Brown and his younger brother, Jack, dig out is a mixture of hard stone and soft stone. The soft stone is pulverized and ground for requirements calling for this type of stone, and the hard stone is cut into various sizes and shapes for building material. Hey, Rocky! Yeah, boss. What do you want? What kind of prime accord did you set up the next blast, huh? What do you mean, what kind? We only got one kind of prime accord, is that right? I guess it is, but it shouldn't be. Well, never mind, Rocky. Boss, are you sure you ain't bumped your head? What did you say? I said nothing, boss. All right, after your head clears up. Me, I got work to do. Hey, West, you stand here looking like you're a million miles away from me. Oh, hello, Jack. What in the world's the matter with you, anyway? With me? Of course you. Oh, yeah, I've got something on my mind. You sure have. You're acting very strange indeed, Mr. Brown. Say, have we received the new prime accord I ordered? Oh, you haven't gone and spent money on another idea again, have you? No, not much money, Jack. West, when are you gonna stop this spending on new ideas that never pay off? Keep your shirt on. This one sounds good. Sure, sure, that's what you've said before. By the way, we didn't receive any shipment of prime accord. That's too bad. Especially with that thunderstorm coming over the mountain. What's that got to do with prime accord? Come on, let's go in the office and I'll show you. Okay, okay. I don't know what good it's gonna do, but I'll listen and look. Watch you write the check to pay for the fool's stuff. Right here in this magazine's where I got the idea, Jack. Well, let's have a look at it. What do you think? I still think it's a lot of hogwash. Whoever heard of lightning setting off dynamite charges prematurely. Hey, that wasn't thunder, it was dynamite. You said it, boy. Come on. Hey, boss. Boss, we got trouble. What do you mean, trouble? That dynamite, it cuts over the men of their trap. But didn't you set it off? These, he set it off in the polyway. Boy, you ain't thinking. Well, let's not stand here in jaw. Come on, and we'll see how much rock blew down. All right, come on, Rocky. Come on, boss, this way. Yeah, that is. Oh, look at that with the whole face blue. Yeah. Hey, what are those two big gaping holes up there? Don't you ever get tired of that thing or run out of wind? Me? Did you ever think that we might? Mind what? Like, here's some more? Oh, son, look out for that, will you? No, it's better. Would you mind if you didn't play that wind machine for a while? We're trying to concentrate and get these papers finished so we can relax. Huh? Oh, God, it's... Oh, come on now, old timer. Now, don't get your feelings hurt. They ain't hurt, they're just wounded. Is he hot? Oh, he'll get over it, Henry. It's just that I can't take that harmonica much more than an hour to the dose, especially when it's right in my ear. Yeah, I know what you mean. And that was his favorite song, too. Yeah, what'd she call it? Shooting through the gnaw hole and grandfathers wouldn't like. Oh, Henry. Who do you suppose came in the barn, Ralph? Oh, still, Storm. I don't know who came in, Tom. Take it easy there, best. You won't get your back scratched with this curry comb. Whoever came in sure is being secret about it. Not that. What did they do, throw him out of the office? It looks that way because he sure snuck back in here. Stumpy, cut that out! Stumpy! What do I want? I want peace and quiet, that's what I want. Don't you ever lose that thing? Well, Stumpy, you've played a long time now, and we really like it, but today you just don't seem to quit. Maybe you need to stop now and take a rest. Ralph's come up for air. Let's roll, fellas. There's been a nasty accident out at Brown Brothers Quarry. Jack, what's the score out here? Seven men are trapped under the rocks. Dynamite boop prematurely and caught them. Must as a crew of men up there now digging, but we don't have enough equipment to move all those rocks quickly enough. Henry, radio for all the twin cats, locked toes, and ground crews. Call Frenchie de Salle and tell him we need him on the double. Yes, sir. Stumpy, get up there with Wes, see what the picture looks like, and report back to me. Yes, sir! Ralph, get those ambulances lined up and set up a first aid station, so the trapped men can be quickly treated and then taken to the hospital after they dug out. I'll do that on the double. Tom, keep all unauthorized people out of here, and I mean out. That goes for families of the trapped men too. Yes, sir. Jack, you get all the men we have here that are coming and find out what equipment they can skillfully handle. Crane operators, cat drivers, the cable and chain, and so forth. Report back to me on the double. I'm going out to talk with Wes. Yes, sir. I'm glad to see you. Boy, is this a mess. It looks like a mess. Have you found or located any of the men yet? Yeah, all of them. Wonderful, that's fast work. Oh, that's not such a miracle. We knew about where they were working. Four of the men are in a pocket. A triangular pocket made of a large slab of hard rock. Huh? Rocky's got one crane moving the rock off the top. No. But I'm afraid they'll run out of oxygen though. Well, we'll fix that. Send somebody back to my car. Have one of the men radio for oxygen supplies and then tell Chief Ryan to bring his rescue truck up here and they can start shooting oxygen down inside the rocks. Oh, that'll be wonderful if it works. It will. Sure as I'm a foot high. Problem solved pretty well. Okay, old timer. Let's hear it. There are the four of them. Wes told me about them. What about the other three? They're alive. That's about all I can see. Tons and tons of rocks on top of them. Uh-oh. Bill. Yes, Jack. I've got all the men lined up for work. I've got enough skillmen to operate all the equipment. Plenty of other hands to help where needed. Good. Stumpy, Jack, you fellas and I'll start digging out the other three men. Let Wes work on the four he's already after. That's Jake with me. Why don't we start? Last man out on his way to the hospital last. Uh, thank the good Lord, not a man who was seriously hurt. I'd say you fellas did a bang-up job of rescuing the trapped man and 13 hours his record time. I'd say you and all the men in equipment you brought did a bang-up job too. Yeah, that's right, Bill. Thanks a lot. Thanks a million lot. One thing's enough, sonny. Say, how do you fellas like to relax when one of my fine harmonicae renderings? And the word, the word is renditions, old timer. I can see that you're all against me. Yeah, so how about some grub? I don't get some grub. I'll play my harmonicae. Great day in the morning, Wes. Jack fill his man's mouth with food before he fills it with that wailing wind jamb. Let's all go to the cook shop and see what we can find in the refrigerator, huh? That's Jake with me. Oh, Chan, what's the matter? Yeah, what's wrong? We got a food or something? Oh, no, I got plenty grub. You tell Honorable Stumpy Chan fix food apparently quick if he not pray Honorable Harmonica. Chan go now and cook fast, talk talk. Hey, Jess! Chan is in terrible hurry. You talk fast. What have you got? Ancestors not like harmonicae music. What do I care about your ancestors? They can't hear it. Ah, but Chan can. Chan go see ancestors if hear it too much. Chan not like go see ancestors now. I go now, chop chop. Ancestors. I think he needs to see a head doctor and get a roof job. And go to the rest of you young whippersnappers. Don't tell me you changed your mind. Chan say you pray harmonicae now. Chan have a great idea. I plug ears with cotton. See? I go now make food plenty quick. Chop chop. Boy, I'll go out there and skin that cookie from ear to ear. Ah, Stumpy, can't you see that Chan's only teasing the life out of you? He is. Sure he is. Chan's the one man in the choir that keeps us from flipping our lids with a sense of humor, you know. Is that so? If he tries that on me again, I'll lift his lid. Hey, maybe now you fellas like to hear a little fine music. No. Wes, Jack, now we've got to get down to the unpleasant part of the evening. Is this an official inquiry? Sure it is, Wes. I just as well be now as later. That's what I say, boss. I mean, let's get it over with now. This is not an official inquiry and perhaps we won't need one. The big question in my mind right now is, what happened? Bill, I've always criticized my brother for his constant expenditure of the company's money for developing new ideas, but I think this time Wes has really got something. Well, let's hear it. Read this, Bill, will you please? Gladly. Wes, it's your opinion the premature explosion was caused by lightning putting enough juice into the primer cord to ignite the percussion gap. That's right, Bill. I've ordered a shipment of the primer cord discussed in that article, but it hasn't arrived yet. Well, I know one thing. What's that, Jack? We're not wiring any more charges until we get the lightning-proof primer cord. Ah, but, boss, that might take a couple of weeks. We ain't got enough rock down to keep them busy that long. I'll get on the phone with a company that supplies this cord and have them rush a shipment. Right. If necessary, we'll have to give them any vacation with pain until the new cord gets here. What do you say to that, Bill? I'm satisfied, gentlemen. Well, it's about time we all gave careful consideration to getting some sleep, more commonly called shot eye or hitting the sack. I know what you mean. My bed won't recognize me. I've been away from it so long. You said, boy. Hey, did anybody see where Stumpy Ralph and Henry went? Aren't they still in the cook shack having a chin fest with Chan? I don't know, but sure won't take long to find out. Come on, Chan. Shake a leg before the fellas miss us. Our time Americans in big high. Bill, Wes, Jack, and Rocky make wrong talk about explosion and why and where for and how powerful... All the time, a Chinese man make much talk when they should be moving fast. Have you through fixing those Coleman lanterns? Our lanterns are ready. A lope lady and Chan lady. Well, then that's very moose. It sure looks some different now that all the search and floodlights are off and all the men have gone back home. Yep. It almost looks ghostly. You know, Chan, all time play while rescue going on. Play hard to Jesus. Jesus keep men from dying. Your prayers were heard, Chan. You say you're a Christian, aren't you? Chan Christian for many years. Are all you a ranger as Christians? Well, Bill, Henry, Gray Wolf, Stumpy, and I are Christians. Sure. Some of the other rangers too, but not all of them, sorry to say. Chan, glad many rangers know Jesus as savior. Ah, the Rook ahead. There are two rod-sized holes inside of Canyon. Wow, I'll say they're large-sized holes. No one knew they were there until after the blast? Ah, that is right. Honorable Father always say many things are often discovered or in smoke, a creel away. In this case, it's very true. Well, let's stop here for a spell, fellas. What do you have in mind, old-timer? I have a feeling that our little sightseeing trip into those two yawning caverns is going to be cut short just as soon as Bill catches up with us. Oh, I got a feeling that the feeling you're feeling is right. Honorable Father say, he who ducks out on boss soon gets off into spot where no longer able to duck out on boss. That modern translation, please. Ah, the way I figure it, we better split up and take to explore and both of them hold at the same time. You have a good idea, Stumpy. How are we going to split up? Oh, take Henry with me. Ralph, you take Chan. Fine. It is a Jake with Chan. That modern translation, too. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's take a look inside that mystery hole. Chan, you here? Hey, Chan, answer me. Maybe we better try the bunk cars. That's a good idea. Rocky, check Chan's bunk over there. Yeah. His bunk ain't been touched. Where in the world they go? I think I have a good idea. Where? Those two gaping holes in the canyon wall. Oh, of course. That completely slipped my mind. That must be where they went, and they got Channing on the idea so they could get landers in gear. Supply shack. Let's check it out and see what's missing. Four Coleman landers are missing all right. And some coiler rope. That area isn't safe, especially at night. I'll rig up some lanterns for us and get some rope, and we'll go after them. You don't have to do that, Jack. I'll get some of my men, go after them myself. You fellas need your sleep. After the way you helped us? Not on your life. We're going with you. Besides, I'm not really tired. Oh, me neither. The shack's right. Well, then let's shake a leg. Yeah, yeah. Let's get inside the cave before we get soaked. Here comes that railing. Yeah, good idea. Let's go. It is very beautiful inside here. Yeah. Hey, this is a real find. You know, the water drips through here for thousands of years and made all these beautiful formations. Why do you stop? We'll listen for a while to the sounds in the cave. If there's any shifting of rock, we'll hear it. Boy, look at these formations. Manly pretty, ain't they, Henry? Catchin' us. Bein' the first human band's inside here. Yep, quite a thing. Just like finding a big treasure. Why, it must go back. Back an awfully long way, Stumpy. I can't see the end yet. Yeah, let's push along for a little while and we'll have to turn back. Already? Already, my foot. We just ain't equipped to explore in this new cave this way. We'll come back after we've had some sleep. Get some proper clothes and gear. Get your right as usual, Stumpy. How far can we go back, though, before we should turn around? Not too far. Let's take it real slow so we can look this cave over real carefully. Then we can take our time goin' back out. Yeah, okay. Boy, the Lord sure can't surprise a fellow with marvelous discoveries. I'd rather have found this cave than a ton of gold. You're right there, Sonny. A ton of gold couldn't build what the Lord's built in here. Well, I said it comes to me. Yeah, let's get inside. Now we'd better divide up in twos and take each cave. Yeah, let's get a move on. What was that? Sounded like more dynamite. It must not have all gone off the last time. Yeah, but that was only a couple of charges, boss. A couple might be enough, my friend, because a rock fall inside the caves. Yeah, we'd better get moving and find out. Not yet. No sense in having eight men trapped. Listen. Hear me. Stop me. Where are you? Answer me. Stop me. Henry, the rock's got me pinned down across the chest. At least you're alive. You sound close by. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I just... I just clothed with my face. Is that you? I ain't my brother. That's for certain. Henry, do anything except my mouth. I can't blow my arms and legs, but my head and chest are free. What happened? Dynamite must have been some leftover from the first blast. This looks real bad, sonny. Real bad. I'll say it does. Already? I'm getting chilled from that cold cave floor. How long do you think we can last? Not long, young fella. Not long. What a way to die. Caught in a trap of rocks. It won't dig us out for six months. The Lord only one cave at a slide. Are you two all right, Ralph, Jen? Yeah, we're fine. A few bowlers rolled around us, but we managed to dodge them. We're already close to a mouth of cave when brass come. What about Henry and Stumpy? I don't know what about them, Jen. But we're going to find out. Come on, let's take a look at the rock slide. Oh, look at that pile of rock. How are we ever going to dig them out? It'll take a month of Sundays, man. Henry! Stumpy! Oh, he's very bad. No answer. Henry! All right, men. Let's get the rescue teams back here on the double. Ralph, you take charge outside, getting them here. I'll stay here and crawl around on the slide. Maybe there's an opening through the rocks and we can locate them. Henry, where do they get closer? You said, if we only had some way to make a continuous noise to guide them, I can't get enough breath to call out. Continuous noise, eh? Yeah. That's a first-class idea, sonny, except for one thing. What's that one thing, old timer? My harmonica would make the noise you wouldn't, but I can't get to it. Good thinking. Where is your harmonica? In my right back pocket. Your right back pocket? I think it's close to me. Maybe I can get it out with my teeth. Oh, sonny, up higher. I can feel your harmonica, my forehead, and get my teeth closer. Rip that pocket off. Henry, get your teeth to the top of my pocket and you pull my britches back to me. I can't move at all. My legs and body above my waist are pinned tight. It's the head and the drum. Can you pull my britches with your teeth? Yes, sir. I'll pocket now. Good boy. You can't rip it open and nor through the edge and around the top of the pocket until you buy through it. Then you should be able to rip it. Yeah. I'd sure like a drink of water. Because they can sound like a leaking pipe organ. Listen, I hear honorable stumpy's harmonica. They're alive. Bless that nerve-wracking harmonica of his. That thing's going to save their lives. Let's get busy, man, and follow that music. Music? Yes, music. Anything that makes a noise like that to save a man's life is music. Sweet music. Horrible sweet music. And that's the story, boys and girls. Well, we'll see you next week for more adventure with...