 horse for the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and the hearty high of silver, the Lone Ranger. The early days of the western United States, the massed rider of the planes led the fight for law and order. The local sheriffs and even United States marshals came to depend on his courage and resourcefulness, but there were times when he seemed to oppose them. Justice met more to the Lone Ranger than the letter of the law, and the man who deserved a second chance could always depend on his help. Return with us now to those thrilling days when the west was young. From out of the past, from the Thundering Hooke Beach to the Great Horse Silver, the Lone Ranger rides again. Henry Warren, dignified and middle aged, stepped inside the swinging doors of the Last Chance Café, so named because it stood at the far end of Elk City's Main Street. His gaze picked out one of the young men standing at the bar, and as he met his way through the crowd, he called to him. Dick! Oh, hi there, Mr. Warren. Glad to see you. Join us, will you? Have a drink? No thanks. Met my brother, have you? Er, Red, I want you to meet... Live by I haven't met before, Dick. Oh. Good evening. Good evening. Dick, I'd like to speak to you a moment. Sure, go ahead. Alone, I mean. Oh, well, that's all right, I guess. You don't mind, do you, Red? Sure, none. Come on, Mr. Warren. Be back in a minute, fellas. All right, kid. This ought to do. What do you want? Sally told me I'd find you here. No. I give you, don't take your engagement to my daughter very seriously. Huh? I don't get it. Certainly, you don't think she enjoys knowing you spend your time in places like these, do you? Say, what is this? She sent you after me? She tried to prevent my coming. Well, then... I came here on my own responsibility. I know Sally's already spoken to you, but I know young men don't like to feel they're being made to sacrifice their independence. I thought perhaps a word from me might do more good. What's wrong? Frankly, I'm afraid I can't wait much longer to appoint a division superintendent. Well, I need one, and I haven't the time to spare for the job. I have work on my own. I've been neglecting. You mean you're thinking of giving a job to somebody else? If I have two years. All right. Fair enough. I told you when I quit my other job, it was because I didn't believe in working for a father. It was gonna be my father-in-law, didn't I? I thought I'd convince you. Your engagement to my daughter had nothing to do with it. I offered you the position because I thought you were the best man for it, if for no other reason. Well, then what are you in such a hurry for me to make up my mind for? I'm not as sure as I was that you are the man I want. Huh? You've changed these last few weeks. What do you mean? I mean, since Red came back from Texas, you're not the man I thought I knew. You, well, you seem to have lost your sense of balance. Oh, I have, eh? You seem to be doing your best to turn yourself into an imitation of your brother. Now, just a minute. What's wrong with my brother? Nothing, so far as I know. But what's good for one man isn't necessarily good for another. Red's the kind who'll never put down roots. He'll always be on the go. He belongs in the saddle. Imagine he'd be a fine partner in a fight. He's what south of the border they'd call a real Cavaliero. But he hasn't had any of him to go as far as you could go. I don't like that, Mr. Warren. I thought you wouldn't. This town never turned out a man fit to clean his boots. I'd be the happiest fellow alive if I thought I'd ever be half the man Red is right now. And let's say you're acting the fool. Good enough. Go ahead and think it. Now, I suppose you're going to say I should stay away from Sally. No, I won't say that. Sally's a sensible girl. I can trust her to manage her own life. I've never believed in that kind of interference. Well, I can manage mine, too. I'm beginning to doubt it. But there's no use in my discussing this any further. I'll say just one thing. On the first of the month, I'm appointing a new superintendent. If you haven't come to your senses by then, it'll be too late. I won't give the position to another man. Then take it away from him again without cause. I wouldn't ask you to. Then we understand each other. I'll say good night and leave you to your friends and your whiskey. Good night. You'll find me at my office if you think better of this. I reckon you needn't waste time looking for me. Preaching that to me. I think it was just a kid or something. What's the matter, Philly? You look mad enough to chew on ears. Oh, I ain't nothing. No? Forget it. All right, Barkeep. Another round for the boys. It's on me. The evening grew to be eventful for Dick and his brother Red. It was close to morning when they rained up before Dick's cottage and they chuckled as they recall what had happened at the cafe. Who, who, they were cool. We sure wrecked that place, didn't we, huh? Never left the heart in my life as I did when I seen you pick up that money dealer and chuck them clean through the window. Didn't notice you missed any of the fun. Wasn't it you picked up the chair and busted the mirror? You notice that? Yeah. And I come near to get my ears pinned down on the count of it. Stopped a watch and a Barkeep jumped me from behind. What happened? I sent him after that tin horn gambler. You go ahead in, kid. I'll fix the horses. It shocks our health. No, go on in. Get some raw beef in that eye of yours before it gets to look like a sunrise. Go ahead. Little work will do me good. Well, if you don't mind. I'll have some coffee ready for you. Sure, that'll be fine. It'll be too long. Now, come on, you critters. I'll get them saddles off you and then we'll... One moment. What the... This isn't a hold up. Just keep your hands from those guns. Who in places are you? It doesn't matter. What's the idea? You and I are having a talk. Say... Well... Mister, didn't I see you once in Texas? Maybe you did. I think I did. But that doesn't matter either. I have some things to say and you're going to listen. Growing uneasy at his brother's delay, we're just about to go outside and investigate. When the door opened then... Well, gosh, I was beginning to wonder if maybe you hadn't got lost. What have you been doing? Kid, you've been keeping things from me. Huh? I've been outside talking. That's what delayed me. I learned some things I wish I'd known before. Gosh, Red, what's the matter? Why didn't you tell me you had a chance for a swell job with Warren's stage line? Huh? Say, who told you that? Never mind who told me, just answer up. Well, gee, it's nothing to you, is it? No. Sit down. No, Red. Sit down. It's got into you anyhow. Plenty. But, Red... I hate like sin to have it said I got a brother without the sense of a Nestor's alfax. That's a fine thing to say. Yeah, well, you ain't heard the half of it. Kid, why in the name of Tunkett when you got a chance like that, do you go and throw it away? Maybe I wanted to. Oh, I wanted to, huh? Mighty sudden change, ain't it? Month ago, from what I heard, you had jumped at the chair. That ain't so. Well, you would have, you hadn't had some funny notion about working for your girl's pot. Well, that's something else. What's alien? You want to be a saddle bum like me? Oh, no bum? I ain't, huh? Well, maybe I'm something worse. We won't talk about that. But one like me and a family's plenty. It's not like Warren did tonight. That's your girl's pot? Yeah. Uh-huh. Then for one's me and a fellow with brains, things are same. All right, you wait a minute. Yeah? You don't go lecture on me, do you? Well, call you got to ball me out. Kid, I want you to make something yourself. Why don't you quit calling me kid? Buddy, it is it? Shucks, I'm sorry. I can't seem to get out of the habit. But just the same dick I met that. There ain't nothing in the world that please me more someday when I'm sitting around the campfire where the boys come night full and then to be able to make my brags. I'd like to tell them maybe I'm not so much. But I got a brother back home that's a humdinger. Yeah, but sure admire to do that. Funny your way to tell now to preach. Never noodle now, folks. Think you could amount to something. The way you've been acting since I come home, I reckon you just as no count as me. You mean you can have fun, but I can't, huh? Fun? What in thunder are you talking about? Oh, you know... You wish if I could start in again where you are now, you think for one second I'd be what you're looking at. Well, you... Shut up. You think it's fine to tote a couple of low-hung guns and be faster than most on the draw. Kid, did you know I've killed three men? Well, I have. Sure, it was an affair fight, no. But that don't save me from being branded as a killer. I'm where I've got to be slick with my irons. The only thing between me and Food Hill, I live by my 45s. And I'll tell you now I hate the sight of them and I hate everything they stand for. I don't believe it. No? I've seen you and fight you love me. You'd rather fight than eat. And I said it was wrong with you, too. Let's hear it. You're just jealous, that's what. You figure you're the man of the family and I'm the kid. You wanted to stay that way. You like to think you can always come home and tell what you've been doing and make me look up to you. It burns you plenty to think maybe I can grow up, too. I'm jealous, huh? You are. You didn't deny it, neither. Look at you. You're so mad you're shaking. That proves it. You'd hit me, Red. Kid, I never thought the time had come when you needed it. I mean what I just said. Thanks, sir. I'm glad to hear it. Let's forget it happened, huh? Sure. Now, how about it? You're going to call on Mr. Warren tomorrow and tell him you want that job if he's still holding it open? Will? I can't. No? Why not? I told you I'm sorry about calling you jealous, but you got to quit telling me what to do. If I wouldn't live your way, ain't that my business? Did I ever tell you you ought to go and pin yourself up in an office? Why can't I decide that for myself? That settles it. All the foolish that I ever seen you take the kick. Wait, Red. When you get sense, I'll be back. Not a minute before. Hey, you settled my horse. Because I was afraid this would happen. You had it figured? I know how Dick feels. And I done my best. With words, huh? Now's the time to whack. Get in the saddle. Yeah. Where are we going to my camp? Come on, Silver. Get up, Ron. Get up, Silver! Away! Red followed the lone ranger to his camp. There the Mashed Man talked to him for a long time. And finally, Red, you're at the bottom of the trouble. Except for the three years he drove a stage. Dick is known scarcely anything but office work. He has ability and he's shown it. Perhaps that's his difficulty. He's going ahead too fast. He's still too young to realize the value of the things he's achieved. How does that make me to blame? Did you ever know a young fellow in his position who didn't envy those who he thinks are living lives of adventure? Adventure. I've had my stomach full of it. Your mask. You and the engine look like you've been around plenty. What's your opinion of this kind of life? Any man who's found his work and is doing it is lucky. No matter what that work is. Yeah. Dick's thrown his over. You could change that. Eh? It depends, of course, on how much you think of your brother. How far you'd go to open his eyes. Stranger, if I wasn't the kid's brother, I'd just naturally have to be his pa. That's how much I am for him. You know a way to help him. Tell it. Make sense. I'll back you. I don't mean penny any. I'll go the limit. Good. Just one thing, stranger. Yes? What are Dick's troubles to you? What makes you bother with him? I just found out about them. They didn't bring us here. No? Remember saying you thought you'd seen me in Texas? Uh-huh. I think I did. There's no question of it. I trailed you here. What? I came to take you back. Hey. For that robbery at Hondo. 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. How to continue our story. The Lone Ranger explained to Red what he must do. Then I'll have to trust you, Red. I'm banking on my belief that your desire to help your brother is more important to you than your wish to escape the law. I won't fail you, mister. Well, guess I better be getting back. Yes. Give me a break. I'll soon be going ahead. In about ten days. Not before then? There are things to be seen to. We'll need all of ten days. Well, you're the boss. You'll know where to find me when you want me, I reckon. I will. Well, adios. How long, ancient? Ah, adios. Get up there, bro. Get up. Tadda, quick call scout. Here's scout. What manner? I explained to Red just why ten days are needed. Huh? But you're riding the hondo. You're getting the United States Marshal there, and you're bringing him here as fast as you can. Ten days passed. Then one night, Tonto and the Marshal rode into the Masked Man's camp. Oh, oh, scum. Oh, oh, oh, there. Me, me bring him. Good work, Tadda. Found Red, did you? Where is he? I'll make the rest and get started back. Not so fast, Marshal. But I ain't... First, we've got something to settle. What do you mean? Did Tadda tell you the situation here? I don't know. Okay, sure. Why? That comes first. You can make your arrest later. Here, Silver. Now, hold on there. You found that ombre when I couldn't. That's fine. I owe you something for it. But that don't give you the right to interfere with the law. It doesn't? You know, don't go on well, it don't. Well, well, then I'll have to take the right. You think you can find Red before I'm ready? Try it. Come on, Silver. Hurry! Tonto, hurry! You're not stopping. Tonto, where's he going? Him go see Peller now. Red? Huh? Blast him! Well, shucks. What's he usually getting mad? He'll have his own way anyhow. Nine times out of ten, his way's the right one. Everything's set? Right. Did you say he had a mask I could use? Here, take it. Yeah, thanks. You got that all right? It's fine. Where's Dick? He was going to the cafe for a bit, then dropping around to call on Sally Warm. Where can he be getting there most anytime? Then on your way. Uh-huh. And good luck. Thanks. Get up there, Brock. Get up there. Back to campus, fellow. Come on, Silver. Come on. As Red had told the man, Dick had called on Sally that evening. It talked for less than an hour when he began to get uneasy. Guys, Sally, I'd like to stay longer, but doggone, I think I better be running along. Why, Dick? You're getting late. It isn't even that yet. I know, but when you got to get up early in the morning... You don't. You're not working. Just the same. And I don't. I can sleep till noon if I wish. Now, Dick, why don't you admit your afraid father will be coming home and you don't want to face him? That ain't so. Then why the sudden hurry? Oh, I... Oh, you've got a guilty conscience. You know what father told you the other night was true and it's bothering you? He'd tell you what he said? Of course. Why shouldn't he? He was supposed to be just between us. Oh, I'm sure father didn't understand it that way. And don't you think I had a right to be interested? After all, I'm the girl you promised to marry, you know? Oh. Oh, is that another thing you've changed your mind about? You've changed your mind so many times lately, it's hard to keep up. You're just laughing at me. Am I? I'm not sure. Huh? Sometimes I think I do want to laugh. For a grown man, you can act like such a child. But there are other times when I'd like to... Like to what? Oh, nothing. What are you laughing at? I was just thinking if you hope to dodge father, you'll have to jump through the window. Huh? He's coming now, that's him at the door. Oh. Good evening, Dave. Oh. Hello. Glad to see you. I don't find you around often anymore. Well, all I... I didn't expect you tonight. Not after what's happened. Oh, gosh, Mr. Warren, I haven't said for sure that I ain't going to take that job. Oh, that... Well, that isn't what I meant. You mean to say you haven't heard about your brother? Huh? What is your father? If Dick hasn't heard of it yet, Sally, perhaps you'd better leave us alone. But I... Let her stay. Mr. Warren, what's happened? Yeah, Sally would soon hear of it anyhow. Dick, I don't want you to get angry or start shouting at me. Remember, I'm telling you just what I... I was told myself. You told me anything yet? If Red's been hurt. As far as I know, he's in good health. Well, then... But he may not be once he's caught. Caught? What for? What are you trying to say? The law is after him. Huh? The widow banks reported all her savings to run about half hour ago. She says she was held up at the point of a gun. She accuses your brother. That's an out-and-out lie. Yes, Dick. I asked you not to get angry. I told you I'm repeating just what I heard. But you can't tell me that... Dick! Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell, but... Do you folks believe a crazy story like that? Well, naturally, we'd rather not, but... But what? Mrs. Banks seemed quite certain. What'd she say? Well, I understand she described him very accurately. Of course, he was mad... And she couldn't see his face? I suppose not. Then where does she think she gets off accusing Red of a rotten stunt like that? What else she have to go on? Did she say that... Wait a minute, Dick. Wait a minute. Well... Don't cross-examine me. I got all this at second hand. If you want the details, why don't you see the sheriff? He's still at the office. So is Mrs. Banks. I bet I'll see him. I'll find out about... Wait, Dick! Huh? We'll go with you. Don't you think we should, Father? Perhaps. Well, if you come and come ahead. Come on, Father. I ain't wasting time waiting for nobody. At the office of the sheriff, Sally and her father looked unsympathetically. Dick tried to convince the widow Banks that she'd made a mistake. Ma'am, it... It couldn't have been Red, you seen. It just couldn't. Why, my brother's a square of fellow as you'll find anywhere. If you just knew him like I do... Young man, are you telling me I'm blind? No, ma'am. Your brother's got red hair, ain't he? Yes, ma'am. Then it was him. Ain't nobody else around here his size with red hair. I knew him the second I laid eyes on him, even if he was masked. I knew him. Maybe it was a stranger. No stranger would have known right where that cash was hid. But Red ain't been in town long himself. Long enough to find that out, is plain to see. Oh, but, doggone it, ma'am. Can't you, Sally? Sheriff, I won't be talked to like this. My lands can't a body be robbed without having the head snapped off afterwards. But I wasn't... Dick, just let it go. There'll be time enough for this afterwards. I've got plenty of men out hunting for Red. He can't dodge them for long. If he's innocent, he won't even try to dodge them. Then when he's here, we'll get the truth of this. I don't care what you say. Red ain't guilty. We hope that as much as you do, Dick. We're not against him. Of course we're not, Dick. We seem to think we want to believe he's guilty. Oh, I didn't mean it that way. Then let's just wait for a while and see what happens. If you want to wait here, Dick, there's a chair. If your brother go up town, I can send for you when Red's brought in. Inside, will you? I'll try it. Who's the man's friend? Here's your man's hero. Take him. Red, hold still. Last year, you were warned there was no use putting up a struggle. Red, what happened? Who's this fella? You got to drop me the other side of town. Said I was wanted for something, this skunk. Red, wait. They all say you held up the Witter Banks. It ain't true, is it? Of course it ain't true. I just like to get my hands in a skunk that started that story. There you see, folks. Red ain't guilty, didn't I tell you? Wait, I'll have to have more than his word on that, Dick. Oh, Red wouldn't lie to me. Well, we'll find out. You say you've never done it, Red? Whatever it is, you bet I didn't. Well, here's Mrs. Banks. Ma'am, is he the one? Look at him good. That's the man. Say, look here. He ain't even changed his studs. There's the patch I've seen on his shirt. And that's the very same hat he was wearing. I'll recollect the bullet holes. You don't know such thing. Hey, what do you think you're doing? Searching you. We'll just have a look at what's in this here pocket. Get off of it. Go ahead, Sheriff. I'll hold him. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. Wait a second. Yeah, what's this? It's his watch. The watch he bought just before he died. It was with the money. All right, Red. Now what have you got to say? All right. Yeah, what is there to say? Admitting you're guilty? Yeah, what's the use? Sure I'm guilty. Go ahead, throw me in jail. Hey, what are all your folks looking at me like that for? You lied to me. Huh? What'd you expect? They got admitted? You lied to me. You're guilty. You stole from a woman. Now wait, kid. Wait, Red, I... I don't savvy. What'd you do it for? Oh, I don't know. Didn't you have no reason? None at all? I needed the cash. I thought you had plenty. Well, we've been drinking and gambling. Cash goes fast that way. Well, you know how it is. You see a way to get more with... Well, you take it, that's all. I thought you was the finest brother I've ever had. Oh, kid, listen. I thought you was just about right. Red, there wasn't a thing you ever done that I didn't think was just all right. I... I'd have gone the limit for you. And... and it turns out you're a crook. Now who's preaching? What'd you think I was after knocking around like I've been? You're a sad dog going lower, Biden. Let's see what you'll do after you've lived the way I have for a while. Yeah, we'll just wait and see. Red, there ain't cash enough in the world to make me want to be like you. I'm just ashamed we're even related. Mr. Warren. Yes, Nick? That job's still open? It is. To me? It is. Then I'm taking it. Sally, come on. Let's get out of here. I can't stand the sight of that whole care. Red, I don't know how you've done it. If anybody had said them things to me, I'd have had to bust loose and tell the truth. I'd have just had to. Sheriff, maybe you'll find you can stand for more when you think when it's for somebody means as much to me as that kid does. I just felt terrible accusing you when it wasn't so. Red understands. He knew it had to be that way. Red. Yeah? You did fine. I want you to know you won't lose by it. In one moment. You mean it, Marshall? I heard the whole thing. Marshall Cleary. Howdy, Red. I figured I was still in Hondo. How do you think of him, Marshall? I'll tell you. After that scrape in Hondo, I was ready to shoot him on sight. But after what I heard and seen just now, well, Red, I'd be mighty proud to shake your hand. Eh? If you're willing, that is. Oh, my gosh, sure. That sounds funny coming from a fellow that's here to arrest me. That hold up in Texas? Of course. Well, the marriage man tells me you're ready to give back what you got in it. Well, sure, but I'm still... So if you just stay away from here till your kid brother settles down to where it's safe for him to know the truth, I'll tell you a secret. Eh? What do you mean? I came here to arrest a fellow, but it's... It's clean-slip my mind who he is or what he's done. 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