 fiery horse for the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, high-o silver, the zone ranger. The building of the first railroad in the western United States was a tremendous undertaking. In addition to engineering problems, the men in charge of construction were faced with a threat of hostile Indians and outlaws. Their great task might never have been completed if it were not for the help they received from the masked rider of the planes. Astride his great horse Silver, he rode ahead of the construction gangs, clearing the way for progress. Return with us now to those thrilling days when the West was young and adventurely at the end of every trail. The lone ranger rides again. Our story opens at the Perry Ranch near Boiling Rock. Ray Holbrook was talking with Clem Perry's daughter, Jane. Taint likely I'll be getting to see you for the next few weeks, Jane. Ray, are you going away from Boiling Rock? Taint that, Janey. I'm going to be so all fired busy. I brought some powerful important news for you tonight. You did. What's that about important news? Oh, good evening, Mr. Perry. Paul, you've been eavesdropping again. Plagued cake eavesdropping when there's news around here. I calculate to hear it. Go on now, Ray. What's this news? Sakes of life. I don't get to hear no news at all no more. Well, it's about the bridge we're building. Thunderation, is that all? Paul. Bridge my eyes. But that bridge is going to be mighty important thing, sir. Don't you realize it'll mean the trains from the east can ride right through here instead of certainly the canyon? Who cares? I never had no use for that railroad and outfit since they bought up old Silas Marsden land instead of mine to run the tracks over. Plagued cake the railroad. Plagued cake the bridge. Paul, you sure beat all. Well, what's the news? Game to keep me up half the night waiting to hear it? Go on. Talk or give. Good thing folks understand you, Mr. Perry, or they think you was high-tempered. Well, I'm in charge of the bridge from now on. You? Oh, Ray, are you really? That's right. You? They're mischievous that put up the cash for the bridge, must be added or something. You in charge. Well, that settles the bridge. I don't look forward to be done for many a long day now. Well, I do. I think I'm to put you in charge, Ray. I thought Mr. Stevens was hand in the men. That's just it, Jane. Mr. Stevens maybe is a better engineer than I am. But he don't know this country of the folks that live here. You lived here all your life except when you went east to steady. You see, I serve the men as well as the Indians. I guess the men in charge thought I might get more work done. And where's Mr. Stevens? Oh, he's left. He took it pretty hard. So he should. The idea. A door going young up start like you getting a job of a man like Mr. Stevens. I said, plague take the bridge. But I reckon the plague don't need to. You got it instead. I'm going to bed. Good night. Good night, Mr. Perry. Gosh, your pa sure a fire eater. You'll never change, Ray. I'm glad you don't take anything he says serious. You really think he has any use for me? Of course he has. The more he likes folks, the more he has to say about them. Well, I sure hope so, Jane, because, well, I... What is it, Ray? Well, I sort of hoped someday when I'd made a mark for myself, you might sort of listen to her proposal. Oh, Ray. It's about time. Oh, Ray, I... Don't pay any attention, honey. I understand your pause well as you do. Ray, if you do finish the bridge, what'll it mean? Well, you see, Jane, the construction company has a contract with the railroad people. If the bridge is done on time, they stand to make a lot of money. Yes. And I'll stand to get a first class job. That's why I won't be able to see much of you from now on. We're going to start tomorrow. Going hard as a dickens to finish the job. You finish that bridge, Ray. That's the big thing right now. Hey, sister Ray. Well, Jackie, sort of late for a kid your age to be outdoors. But there's news. Gosh, I'm glad you're here, Ray. What is your news? Well, Bill rode in town just now, and he went to see the sheriff and told him all about it. There's a lot of redskins about 40 miles east of here, and they're starting on the warpath. Redskins? Yeah. And the railroad's the thing that started it all. How's that? You know that big engine standing on the tracks near El Dorado? Sure. Waiting for the bridge is done. Then it's to be the first across the bridge. Yeah. Well, the engines have the idea. It's a monster of some sort. They're scared of it. They fired some arrows at it and didn't hurt it. They're sending some signals for engines from all over. Oh, confirmed. That's likely to make some trouble. Will it, Ray? Here, Paul must be in bed or he'd be out here with a plenty to say about it. The sheriff has sent word for the army troops. He's afraid there'll be a real uprising before long. I'd better go to the sheriff and see what he has to say about it. Yes, Ray, and if it's going to be serious... Well, I'll go right... There's someone right near now. That sounds like the sheriff. Hey there, Ray. I'm glad you're here. I thought I'd find you calling, Miss Jane. Sheriff, what's this about redskins uprising? They'll be the dickest to pay about this part of the country if those redskins rise up on the wall path, Ray. I know they will. Stayin' hard as a loom was robbed a couple of nights ago. It was. A couple of bottles of liquor stole. But that's a long way from here, Sheriff. Sure, but the liquor's a longer way by now. Words come that those redskins near El Dorado are a guzzling liquor. Oh. That'll make them impossible to handle. Don't I know it? Listen, Ray, I understand that Stevens has left. Yeah. You're in charge here now. All of the bridge, yeah. Well, that gives you something to say about the railroad, too. You get them folks to take that choo-choo back east where it comes from. I can't do that. And why not? It's waitin' to cross the bridge. Jackie, you better come back in this house. But it's past your bedtime. I'll be right in, Jane. I don't care what the train's waitin' for. Get it back east before them redskins get scared on the warpath. That's the main thing they're scared of. That choo-choo with the fire and smoke and all. Ray, someone else is coming. Wonder who? Hey! Jackie! What's happened? What the? Let me! Stop that horse! I'll get him. Don't shoot. Don't shoot. You might hit Jackie. What's the matter? What did Jackie yell for? Oh, for someone carry Jack away. Get after him, chef. Get up there. This old Jackie, they carried him away. Oh, Jackie! Jackie! My son, get him! Fetch him back! Don't stand there and do something! Miles to the east, two men rode through the night. Oh, oh, listen, Robo. Oh, Robo. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, dear, it's hard to look down on that valley. That's where Injun meets. And look how many Redskins there are. Something's due to happen around here. Not that war dance. They're getting ready for all kinds of trouble. That story we heard about the Indians getting hold of liquor must have been through. That's right. They wouldn't have put on their war paint otherwise. The Indians have lived in peace around here too long. We're going closer and see what we can learn about those Redskins. They rise up here. The town of El Dorado will fall in no time. No. Maybe it better you go to town. Tonto go to Injun. All right, Kimosabi. Learn what you can about them and I'll meet you later. Get them up to the scouts. Come on, Silver. El Dorado was 40 miles east of the canyon that was being bridged and near the scene of the Indian uprising. In the cafe there, we hear the bartender saying, I give my teeth to find out who stole their liquor from us here. Dad and Raditz got to the Injun somehow. They'll be the Dickens of a time. You've got some more liquor, haven't you, Barkeep? You've got little for special customers, Mr. Stevens, like you. Have one yourself. Thanks. No mind if I do. How's things in the bridge going? Ain't you a long ways from your job? I'm not in charge of the bridge now. Ain't I? No. Heading back east where you come from, huh? I may stick around El Dorado for a while. You know, Mr. Stevens, I heard plenty stories about you. Well? Some of them ain't so nice to listen to. If they're true, a wreck in a maze will tell you. And tell you, I just soon you took your liquor trade somewhere else. The stories ain't true. You better put a stop to them. Well, what are the stories? They just talk that you is trying to hinder the work on the bridge. Why should I do that? Tain for me to guess. Might be that some rival outfit of bridge builders was sort of put out when one organization got the job and would have liked to see the bridge not built on time. Rot. Where'd you hear such a story? I ain't saying where I heard it. I heard it and I thought I'd tell you. The man that says I tried to spoil that bridge... Here's what. A mask, man. Now, see here, stranger. Stevens, hello once you. You're the man who came the one who rode away from that window in the hunter's cabin and you met the man who paid you to delay the bridge. You... Now, take that gun. Now, don't shoot this place up. There's got to be no gunplay here, Barkeep. Here, take this man's gun. You can't prove me. I'll see you about proof later on. Right now, the men in this town have better get ready for a fight. Someone took liquor to the Indians and they're going on the war pass. He won't talk to you. Fellow, what is it? Me, here, Incheon talk. Color, name, Stephen, given liquor. That ain't so. Are you the coyote that stole that liquor from here? Now, now, listen to me. A man that'll give the redskins liquor. You can't prove that I bring friends under cloud here. That man bad. Chief Thunder cloud. All brave on war pass. Not listen to chief now. Brave, afraid of train. That man talk bad things. Boys, boys, you can't stand here like a mess man and a couple savages. Hold on, Stevens. Thunder cloud is the best redskins that have ability parts. I'll take his word above yours. Him tell Indian tear village apart. Go west. Capture all white men. Him got plenty bad white men to help them. Who are your friends, Stevens? Who's helping you in your scheme? You got nothing to prove against me? You can't hold me. Boys, the Indians, get your guns. I hear them. They're coming. A couple of houses already afire. They'll get the whole town. Get your guns. Come on, we got a plan. We ain't a kid. You won't hold me. You can't get them loose. That ain't no tunnel. Right now, it's an Indian attack. Incheon, fellow, take your courage. The Indians swarmed into the cafe in such numbers that all resistance was but the sign. Before long, El Dorado was in flames and the savages carried more liquor from the cafe as they left. The excitement slipped from the Lone Ranger and got away. Meanwhile, Chief Thunder Cloud told the Masked Man what Stevens had said. In the midst of the battle, the Masked Man leaped to his saddle and shouted, The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now on with our story. After leaving El Dorado, the Masked Man raced toward the west where Ray Holbrook supervised the construction of the bridge. All night and part of the next day, he rode the great horse, Silver, at top speed. Finally, he reached the sheriff's office at Boiling Rock. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That Masked Man, stand back. I said to grab him. Maybe he knows what's happened to Jackie. Who? They've been young and carried away. Take off that mask and hand over them to the nine. That's all right, Sheriff. Stand back. Now you see, Herr Steiner. Who's in charge of the bridge? I am. And get to work on it. But you, come on. Time to meet down. You stand right where you are. There's no time to argue now. Stand back. Let me down, let me down. I'll drill the first hand that grips the gun. Keep back. Come on, Silver. See, Herr Steiner. You tell me all this to tell about this boy that was carried away. Meanwhile, we'll get to that bridge and get to work. That's got to be done as soon as possible. Come on, Silver. But you can't take this. Listen to me. There were savages on the warpath. They'll head this way. They'll sweep all resistance before them. There aren't enough men to stop them. If you get that bridge down, the people here can cross the canyon to the other side to the safety that's beyond. But we've got to have supplies. There's supplies in town we need. And we need more men. We can get them. And I'll need some things from your camp. Their supplies come in a wagon to town. I'll need them to work on the bridge. The bridge must be finished. It can't be. There's too much needed. I know the difficulties. We can get word to town old foe. When the supplies are brought, we'll get them from town to the bridge. Come on. The following night, Tonto, his friend, Chief Thunder Cloud, and several white men talked in their camp a few miles east of El Dorado. Oh, he was getting the idea that those redskins will fall back now. Soon as they get done with ransacking El Dorado, they'll be moving west some more. Yeah. All we can do then is to keep retreating. Yes, sir. Them capture plenty of the town. That's what they will, and, Dad, Raditz. It's all a fall in that critter, Stephen. That's right. They'll likely fight us all the way to the big canyon, and then when we can't retreat, no more massacres. What that? Oh, that's just the folks from town, Chief Thunder Cloud. They've got some of that stuff loaded into the wagon so they can move on to the west. That's your horse, engine. Scout, what, what matters? What is a horse, anyhow? They're white horses. That's silver. Here's silver. Where's our mass friend? Where's the rider of that horse? Me not, no. Here's silver, fella. Oh, fella. Take it easy, horse. Oh. Take some life, what a horse that one is. Here. There's a note fastened to the saddle. Tell me, Chief. Let's see what the note says. No. Note for tunnel. Me, read it. Friend, send note with silver. Friend, not hurt. Oh, him all right. Me, see what note says. There won't be no stopping them redskins now. The more towns they capture, the more liquor they'll get, and the worse they'll get. I'll tell you, boys, the only thing we can do is to head west to the canyon and make a stand there. The next morning, the Indians began their raids again and pressed on toward the west. The ranchers and townspeople had to flee from their homes before the advancing war broke out. When they reached the town of Alfred, 10 miles to the west of El Dorado, they made a stand. But more Indians joined the uprising and Alfred fell. Then the people of Alfred joined those of El Dorado in the retreat toward the west. Hey, don't stop them. Get up there. We'll make a stand in the mills for them. Oh, don't, don't, don't. There's too many of them, Simon. We're gonna make a stand, though. Pass the word. When he gets the mills for them, go off the wagon, and we'll try and fight them. Late the next afternoon, Jane and her father rushed to the bridge with startling news for Ray. Oh, there. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Jane, Jane, what are you doing here? Oh, Ray, Ray, I had to come. I had a message about Jackie. What about him? You've got to stop work on the bridge right now. Stop work on the bridge? You heard what she said. That honorary Kyle Stevens has shown his hand at last. What do you mean? Ray, the men who captured Jackie were sent by Mr. Seasons. Stevens? Yes, yes, though, just heavy. He doesn't want this bridge to be done. He's jealous of you. That's why he took Jackie. If he's got your brother, I'll kill you. But he said, he just said word that he knew where Jackie was. He could get him freed if the bridge was torn down. We can't tear it down. You've got to tear down what's done and stop work on it. Send the men away. But Jane, you heard what she said, Ray. Now go on, do it. Give the order to stop work there. We can't stop. We've got extra men working. More men coming all the time to keep the work going. Just so you can finish it in time and get yourself in solid with the company, huh? No, no, Jane, I... There's a reason. You think more of your job than you do about my brother's life. But, Jane, don't you... If you cared anything about your toll, Ray, you'd stop work on their bridge. This note guarantees that Jackie will be sent back home safe and sound if the work is stopped and the men send away. Well, I, I'll see what I can do. Oh, hurry. The work's got to be stopped before sundown. You, you wait right here, Jane. I'll go see the men. Stranger. Better grab them all and get to work there, Ray. We're having a great deal of time. Then I'll wait, Stranger. Listen to me. Get to work. But I can't. There's a youngster. He's been carried away by some men. If we go on with this bridge, he... The work. This bridge has got to be done. See here. You can't come in and take charge of this stuff. I'm taking charge. Well, I'll give the orders to the men. I'll tell them to stop work right now. I won't... You get to work. There's some friends here now, Ray. I know we're going to help us. Who's this? A friend of mine. Me, Petch, Sunderklaus. He brought help with them, Ray. There's going to be no stopping the work here until the bridge is across that canyon and the tracks are laid. But don't you see, Stranger, I... Get to work. This man Stevens is insane with jealousy. We're not letting an insane man stop us. Well, I won't work. You can't make me. I'm the boss here. I'm in charge. The company put me in charge. No masked man's going to tell me how to run this thing. This bridge is coming down and the work has stopped right now. I'll show you. He got him, now. No. No, it's my girl's brother. It's in danger. All right. Cut her down. Let me go. Let me go. Count on it. Let me go. I'll tell you. I'll get you for this. Oh, look. Those engines have captured Ray. Now what's to be done? Don't go to the door. I'm going to talk to that masked man myself. He seems to be the one that's in charge there. Wait here, Pa. Here you are, sir, man. We have all the men here to help you out a couple of hours. I'm most ready to drop. I've been working so steady. Keep going. Here, I'll give him a hand with that timber. Yep, it goes. No. Place and get those pegs in. Got them timber legs. All right. Look, Stranger. Will you listen to me, please? I know a bunch of brother, Jane. Give him a name of heaven. Stop this woman. I've brought me news from the east. This bridge is going to be finished. Wait, Jane. Be safe. What have you done with him? I saw your cat trim. Are you in cahoots with Steven, too? No. Won't you please stop? I'll do anything. It's my brother's life. I'm sorry, Jane. There's more than just your brother's life at stake right now. You haven't heard the word from the east. Keep going, man. It's set down. It is quitting time. It isn't quitting time until this bridge is finished. The men toiled on through the night, despite the pleas of Jane and her father. Even Ray joined the workers after the lone ranger had talked with him. Shortly after daybreak, a horseman raced into camp and reigned in his mouth before the mask man. Whoa, whoa, there. Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's the latest news from the east? Who are you? I'm the one town that told you to bring the news to. Oh. Well, I'm Redskins. They're still advancing. They captured Alford last night, then shoved down a mill's corners. Then the white folks made a stand for a while, but they was finally driven back. Where are the savages now? They're attacking Red Pine. Just 10 miles from here. That's right. Sound off. Sound off. The savages are only 10 miles away now. When Red Pine falls, this will be the next stop. Huh? Bridge. I'm going to tell them. Me tell them now. Thank you. The last of the timbers are in place. We've laid the ties so he can drive the wagons over. All right, Ray. Now the tracks. Get those tracks down. Right. Yes, Jane. Won't you let me talk to you? Very well. You've driven those men, so the bridge is almost done. But it isn't too late to save my brother's life. Jane, the tracks must cross the bridge and connect with the tracks on the other side. What if that's done? Will you take my word for it that your brother won't be harmed? How do you know? Stevens captured them, didn't he? Oh, but it was many hired. Wicemen. Yes. Those Indians are filled with liquor. They wouldn't know one person from another. All white people are enemies as far as they're concerned. Yes. Stevens is crooked friends and your brother. That bridge is not finished. Every white person this side of the canyon will be massacred. The Indians are driving everyone before them. Don't you understand that? What? When white folks reach this canyon, they'll be trapped. The savage will close in on them. And it'll be the end. The end for you, your father, your brother and every white settler between here and El Dorado. There, see that wagon? That's the first of the pioneers coming. They're working on the tracks now, Mr. All right, Ray. Thunder cloud has started with a hill to get a signal. Good enough. See you later, Jane. Too busy now. You ain't right there, Ace. Sheriff. I got a legal paper here ordering you to stop work on that bridge. Where did that come from? Jane's bar told me. Now you get that bridge stopped. Wait. Sheriff, we can't stop. We've got to go on. Come with me, Sheriff. We'll need that paper later on. The settlers, trying desperately to keep ahead of the savages, held little hope of life. They knew what would happen when they reached the canyon. In the first wagon of the long train, the driver said, We ain't a chance, Molly. But we'll go as first we can. When we reach the canyon, we'll have to turn north or south. There's the canyon dead ahead. Come along, tell them. Who's that man's man riding up to me? You lead the way. But who are you? Cross the bridge. Of course. You don't mean to say that. The bridge is ready to use. Lead your wagons to the other side. We can make a stand there. We can make a stand at the other side. Maybe we can lick them critters yet. The wagons thundered over the bridge and reached the safety of the other side. The lone ranger had already let Jane, the sheriff and Jane's father there. And as the wagon stopped, the mask man talked with Ray. Well, the train should arrive in a little while. Those tracks ready to carry it, Ray? They'll do. You men watch closely when that train arrives. See here, Dad Ratchus, stranger. You're running things with a darn high hand. I live to see him hung if my boy Jack is hurt. When I'll do that hanging myself. The train dead come. Tell no arrangement of intervals to send the signal to the Inton crew. If only the bridge will hold it. Now let me explain. I told you, Jane, that those savages would sweep all white people before them. There was one place where a few white folks could hide in safety. That was in the cars on that train. Stevens has to be there. So do all these men and your brother Jack. Then the train is bringing us. And we can only hope. And don't you see, Jane, if the bridge wasn't done, none of those folks could have crossed the canyon. They'd have all been trapped. But Jacky. If I know Stevens' type, he won't go as far as murder. Where'll that train stop? As soon as it's across the bridge. All right, men. You have your orders. Around that train. Around that train. You talk to the Jack. Jacky, Jacky. Jenny, are you all right? Those men. We got him, stranger. Is everyone across the bridge? Every last white man and woman is alive. They're all here now. Good. The engines, there they come. Where's that chair, Willie's paper? Here. What in place? This is a court order to destroy the bridge, isn't it? It's your ear. Your witness shares that the bridge is finished on this day, it's noon. All right, all right, I'll witness it. But we gotta fight them, Rich. Rich. They're coming closer. The bridge is down. It's contracted. Ray has finished his work on schedule. If the laws of this state order the bridge destroyed to save the people from attack, the state has to rebuild the bridge. The state will do it, but we... The powder planted. Fire the blast. There she goes. After all that work. You did your job, Ray. Now you'll have another job. You'll have to build another bridge on order for the state which destroyed this one. The bridge, can they cross again? No, and when they've gotten over the fury that liquor roused them too, see Thunder Cloud and we'll go to them. Me talk. When Red Man gets sober. He'll be able to make them return to their villages. And Jackie, you're safe. We got the Stephen Stroke's hogtide. By Thunder, if you hadn't finished that bridge before you blowed it up, we'd all been trapped. Come, Thunder. Hey, they're heading for the horses. We've got to thank them after all they've done. Hey! There goes the stranger. He ain't done with him. But that mask man, did you hear what he called his horse? Sheriff, that mask man was the Lone Ranger. For you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.