 the speed of light a cloud of dust and a hearty high oh silver the lone ranger when the western United States was first opened to settlers the masked rider of the planes led the fight for law and order Indian and white man alike turned to him for help and high oh silver came to be the battle cry of justice now return with us once more to those thrilling days when the West was young and adventure lay at the end of every trail the lone ranger rides again chief thunder cloud had summoned the most influential members of his tribe to confer with him the threat of war was in the air and as the brave debated Tonto the faithful Indian companion of the lone ranger sat at thunder clouds right hand the masked man waited outside the chief's lodge while the meeting was in progress and two other white men waited with him one was Bart daly bearded and powerful and the other is partner shorty crane small man with shifty eyes as our story opens Bart is trying to mount a splendid brown and white horse tethered near the lodge last the glitter he almost got me that time better give up but you can't write him in your court what he aimed to do I'm gonna whip the temper right out of him here you are now then take that you watch here's another class daily meet me like that horse again and I'll take that court and use it on you what are you buttoning for stranger that's my business careful look at that draw I'll use these guns if you don't do as I say I was only having some fun whose horse is this he belongs to authentic loud red girl was telling us that nobody but the chief could ride him so we thought is how we'd find out for sale I'll ride the critter yet not unless chief under cloud tells you you can come on but forget about the horse for now and see our things are coming along in the large stranger only a tender one your red skin part don't argue them engines out of going on the war path yes red crow aims to make war an old thunder cloud don't dare go again I like to know just why you two are so anxious for thunder cloud to declare war on gray wolf I'll just bet you would have an idea red crow would like to be chief in place of thunder cloud he's the best man any red crow is younger and stronger but he hasn't the wisdom to be a leader he wants to take the brave on the war path to gain more influence with the tribe he leads them successfully he may be chosen chief instead of thunder cloud it's a good scheme if it were and it was you too who gave red crow an excuse for going on the war path we just saw what we seen it was right close by when gray wolf braves killed standing bear and why didn't you help him and lose a scalp not by our blame sir yeah we ain't taking no chances like that no I didn't think you would just what do you mean by that what's that I don't let them engines are having it hot and heavy listen that was red crow he's a real convincing talker he like it a minute going on the war path and if he does hundreds of brave from both thunder clouds and gray wolf's tribe will die ain't none of our look out jacks you cares about a pack engine who's that tato speaking stranger they don't sound so enthusiastic for whatever your part was saying tato is thunder clouds friend he doesn't want the tribe to go on the war path and he's due for disappointment that's old under cloud now I'm on road on the top on toll left me don't know what they're coming out tato what I want what happens will they go on the war path keep thunder cloud first send message to gray wolf a message under cloud say if gray wolf give up bad brave let's kill him standing bear there be peace him not give up bad brave there be war gray wolf won't give up the embrace for thunder cloud to punish this means war for sure not know red crow is responsible for this thunder cloud doesn't want war not right tato the money the tribe agree with red crow there plenty who was thunder cloud sending with a message him not say it comes under cloud and red crow now she's thunder cloud oh I've heard what you decided isn't there some other way to settle me not want trouble other Indians want them maybe gray wolf send braves kill standing bear then we have peace gray wolf has a lot of pride thunder cloud I'm afraid he'll never do it and red crow go on war path kill him gray wolf has the message been sent yet under cloud want them tonto go tonto do that tell them gray wolf when sun go down two weeks from now try go on war path me tell him thunder cloud you mean that if tonto doesn't return with standing bears killers by sundown two weeks from today red crow will be sent on the war path that's right but gray wolf's village is far off tell us you'll be given more time red crow plenty angry him not wait them longer what you do I'm going with perhaps together we can persuade gray wolf to give in not right you're white for her thunder cloud plenty glad to go we'll do the best we can see from the car that's how gone horsey yours come near to bite me you stay away not the fine horse you have thunder cloud him plenty good or I say no one but you can write him tonto write him him like tonto is okay we'll have to get started on a right on the cloud we have your promise to wait the full two weeks before you do anything two weeks when sun go down great go on war path come tonto get him up white both Bart and shorty knew that red crow's ambition would never be satisfied until he became chief and they use this knowledge to further their own ends we see red crow Bart and shorty as they ride slowly toward thunder clouds village after a hunting trip among the surrounding hills oh if I was you I'd make turn sure that thunder cloud don't get the chance to crawl out of going to war you do it if he can and you won't never be chief if you don't leave the braves on the war path you've got to prove you're a real warrior red crow plenty brave warrior me take them plenty scalp you will if you go after gray wolf but you won't if the mask rather comes back here with the engines have done the killing gray wolf not send them brave now you can't be sure if the mask fellas a friend of gray wolves he might be able to argue him into and there's something else to consider what if gray wolf should decide to be easy to send a couple of braves here for punishment then they go to war himself me not think that we thought of it we're friends of yours red crow that's why we want to help you out there's plenty engines in your tribe that like to see you chief instead of thunder cloud what do you want them red crow do well we got a scheme we was talking over last night it'll work only we need your help it's like this if the mask fella ain't here by sundown on the day set under cloud will have to let you go on the war path he gave you his promise him not break them promise but what you want to do is to make sure the mass fella don't get back you've got them planned how many engines are there will do what you say plenty and you should fix it so the mass fella meets up with an accident on his way back a real serious accident you can have one of your engine parts keep watch from the top of lookout hill you can see for miles from there then when you get where the mass fella's been cited then some of your friends to stop it that keep good plan and you'll know blame well the tribal go on the war path and after you've made yourself a reputation you can come back and kick old thunder cloud out you'll have everybody eating out of your hand beat play wolf and the whole tribe will be for you red crow rule that's the way to talk of everything works out the way we figure that's just one favor I aim to ask you red crow what that give me that paint horse that belongs to thunder cloud outside of that white horse the mass fella rides that paints a swellest piece of horse flesh I ever seen him let them you ride him red crow you give me that horse and I'll ride the critter if I have to break every bone in his carcass to do it while the lone ranger in tanto raced toward gray wolf village hour after hour day after day they urge the great horses forward but the distance was farther than they'd expected more than a week had passed before they reached the end of the trail only four days remain for them to get back when they finally stood before gray wolf and deliver their message and so gray wolf there will be war unless you send thunder cloud the brave to kill standing bear me not kill two white men said they saw your brave do the shooting them bad white men yes they look like outlaws but red crow and thunder cloud believe their story them shoot them stand and bear what that me tell truth you mean Barton a shorty did it that's right I wonder and that must be why they encouraged red crow to go on the war path they must have been afraid you knew the truth but if war broke out the truth would be covered up if only there was some way to prove what you've told us me prove them you can come where you going go to teepee that one over there me show you come along kind of me come your proof is in that teepee gray wolf that's right but what is it you know I'm standing bear I don't see them but I haven't I only know that he was one of the best warriors and thunder clouds tribe onto no standing bear him good friend onto here teepee you look inside oh that stand and bear oh no on to plenty glad see you me glad see you and Barton shorty lied you weren't killed standing bear bad white men shoot him but mean not die me fine stand and bear wounded bad bring them stand and bear to village make them well but why did Barton shorty try to kill you standing bear them make them big mistake and come here steal them go run fast then bad white men see stand and bear think of him from my tribe shoot him the now standing bear can prove that no one from your tribe was guilty gray wolf are you well enough to ride now standing bear me ride we've got to get back to thunder clouds village before red crow can take the braves on the war path that long way off they're not time almost 10 days are gone only a little more than four remain that too little we might make it if we cut across the mountains on the way back you know do that even Indian not ride that way I know it's dangerous they're bad river deep canyon plenty loose tone but we have no choice maybe you get killed we'll have to try it come we follow the regular trail we'd be too late standing bear are you willing to go that way me too where's your horse there or so light color you do plenty brave we don't want warfare just to satisfy red crow's ambition me tell him thunder cloud you good friend gray wolf me want your tribe my tribe friend always the curtain falls on the first act of our thrilling loan ranger drama before the next exciting scene please permit us to pause for just a few moments accused gray wolf of being responsible for the death of standing bear red crow ambitious to become chief wanted to go on the war path immediately but thunder cloud insisted that gray wolf be given two weeks in which to surrender the braves responsible for the killing the loan ranger however carrying this message to gray wolf discovered that the outlaws themselves had shot standing bear but that he was not dead he had been rescued by gray wolf and now the start of a dangerous race against time as we see the masked man tanto and standing bear heading away from gray wolf's village all that data three men rode and far into the night pausing only to refresh their weary horses at the first sight of dawn they were in the saddle again soon they met their first obstacle so fight rapids river swollen with melting snow and tumbling down from the mountains at express train's beat we've got the cross the river can your horse make a standing bear him try and come on all right old fellow it's up to you now the three horses plunged into the swirling waters while the current fought to drag them under silver his powerful legs working like person took the lead responding valiantly to the masked man's shots of encouragement come on silver you can make it all follow the bank isn't far now almost exhausted the loan ranger tanto and standing bear reached the farther bank at last on the bank of the river they rested until their fumbling horses regained their strength then at the command of the masked man they resumed their race against time the farther they penetrated into the mountains the more rugged and dangerous became the trail they skirted precipices were a misstep would have plunged them to certain death again they found their way blocked for landslide that filed great mounds of shale and loose boulders careful to be the thousand foot drop below us good boy come on how to standing bear we've got to hurry once when standing bears horse lost his footing the master's life was saved only by the quick action of white fellow was powerful shoulders push the wiry little indian pony back to safety another time a threatening rumble sounded far above a landslide toward jagged furrow down the face of the mountain as though sensing the danger the three horses plunge forward next outstretched spooks breaking a frantic tattoo against the uncertain footing for a moment as long as eternity it seems they must be buried under tons of firstling rocks and earth with a final burst of speed the animals carry their riders to safety while behind them the trail was torn from its granite foundation and brown the dust come on the third day found them face to face with their greatest hazard a canyon split the trail in two a canyon so deep that the sun penetrated its depth for less than an hour each day a canyon whose sides were so steep that the masked man and his companions were forced to dismount and lead their horses down the perilous descent easy doesn't silver not too fast old boy at times the path fell away so abruptly they were unable to keep their balance and went slipping and sliding downward the men grasping at the stunted vegetation to check their speed the horses digging their hoops in the crumbling earth when finally they reached the bottom then began the task of scaling the farther side they forced their way up slowly foot by foot their bodies scarred and bruised their breath coming into tortured gas give me your hand son. This is a bad place here. Very bad. That was a white fellow making it. He will come. There you are. We'll keep on. I think the worst of it's over. At the top after hours of climbing whenever steps seemed the last they could possibly achieve they threw themselves panting on the cool grass. Their horses stood beside them with bent heads completely exhausted exhausted though he was the lone ranger drew himself wearily to his feet. We've got to go on tunnel. We've less than one day left. Don't go ready. How do you feel standing there. Me plenty tired but me right good from here on it's steady riding but if we're late men will pay for it with their lives. In thunder cloud village preparation for war went on while the deadline drew closer on the afternoon of the last day certain that the masked man could not arrive in time the tribal drums began beating out their primitive challenge while the warriors circled and stamped the earth and the frenzy of the war dance. In the midst of this a rider spurred his horse into the village and dismounted. A man with mask him come. Him still far off we see from hill that bad him with tons of other Indians who know other Indian them too far off see good who know tell them thunder cloud this mean I tell him to get a mother buried double man with mask you hear me do now go. A corner under. Mask man and his companions did not know that still another obstacle the most dangerous of all play ahead but as they raced toward the narrow path to which they're trail led it tends band of Indian braves followers of Red Crow waited for them with leveled weapons. Come on. Back in the village thunder cloud had not noticed the secret departure of those braves friendly to Red Crow. The old chief stride his splendid paint horse silently watched the war dance while barred and shorty said both Red Crow. You think you got it fixed so the mask man can't get here at all. He better not. But look at them Indians. They're sure getting in the right frame of mind to help themselves to some scale. They'll be mighty tough customers for Grey Wolf to handle. To me go on war pass. I'm right you will read and when you come back don't forget about that horse of thunder clouds you promised me not forget I give a heat to be right in that critter. What's the matter whether they stop the war dance when you look well I'll be the mask man and turn on another engine. Something's gone wrong we've got to get out of here run for the horses. You thought you would kill them but I hadn't very well found them and kept them until he was well again. What you say thunder cloud these are the men who shot standing bear but we brought him back with us all the money car. We can take that standing bear. They thought standing there was after them and tried to kill him. They came here when they discovered Red Crow wanted to be cheap in your place. They said Grey Wolf a shot standing bear. They believed that there was war there guilt would never be discovered Red Crow want to be cheap it's true standing bear can explain that what matter white fellow he was wounded on the cloud you wait. Isn't that your horse thunder cloud him fine horse but what are you doing you find out. What you want. Under you keep good friend thunder cloud you help thunder cloud plenty on to plan do that me keep white fellow here take him good care white fellow make him strong like before you will take care of white fellow for us until it's well again that's right but I don't you listen on to take him horse of thunder cloud him best horse in tribe on to take him for all time on to thank you plenty. Him make friends with him like you keep it on me look at him except for silver I've never seen a better horse anywhere him plenty good you stay here now we'll only stay overnight on the cloud silver needs the rest and then in the morning time and I will start for town with Barton shorty they stole from Grey Wolf shot standing bear and try to start a war between the two tribes but when the law gets through they'll do no more harm for a long time to come. You have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.