A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty The Lone Ranger! Faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains Led the fight for law and order in the early western United States Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear Come out of the past, come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver The Lone Ranger rides again! Come on, still there! Let's go be close! Are you still there? Wade Mason was a special investigator for the United States Treasury Department Assigned to get evidence against a band of silk smugglers operating across our southern border He set himself up as a small sheep rancher near the town of Pineville And for months he sought patiently for a clue Then one morning as his wife Clara was feeding their big sheep dog He made a long-awaited disclosure There you are, Shep! There you are, boy! There's your breakfast! He's as hungry as you are, Wade! Sit down, Clara! I have something to tell you About the smugglers? Yes! Shep and I discovered where they're crossing the border You have? Where? Just up above the bend in the river Last night we went up that way looking for strays You know, the moon's up these nights We could see five men ride down to the river and cross over the border Could you make out who they were, Wade? No, it was too dark for that But now we know where they're crossing, I'll be waiting for them when they come back Well, you can't arrest five men by yourself That's impossible I'm not intending to Clara, I've been working this smuggling case for months without a clue Now I've got one I'm after the head of this smuggling ring, not a lot of hired hands Well, then what are you going to do? Let them cross over with the contraband silk And then Shep and I will follow them Shep can trail a bird on the wing if he knows which bird I want He's good, all right Somewhere around Pineville I'll find the head of the gang And most important, I'm going to find contraband silk worth a million Oh, Wade, when do you expect them to cross back over the border? Tonight And when they do, Shep and I'll be right behind them Wade Mason felt that the end of a long trail was close at hand He started out that night with his hopes high But without the faintest suspicion that members of a smuggler gang were on the north side of the Rio Grande There were two of them And both were watching the approach of a third Davey, that must be the boss Yeah, it is He's a long time overdue Move that, move that Is that you, Stan? Yeah Was he? Right Me and Davey's been waiting for you How's things look? The coast is clear, boss Davey and me have been here for a half hour and nobody's in sight It's safe for the crossover How about our boys? They fired a signal shot about ten minutes ago They're ready to cross the border with a silk And we give the signal everything's clear on this side We didn't answer them We was waiting for you, boss That's what I told you to do I'll fire the signal You better hurry up You'll wonder why we didn't answer the signal They know they're not to cross until I let them know I'm ready for them Ready? Hey Wait a minute What's the matter, Fuzzy? Listen Hey, something's moving around in the brush down there Yeah I think I see what it is Go ahead now Somebody's down there, all right Hey, where is he? It's a dog Yeah, there's a dog down there, but I shot a man I saw him playing there in the brush Are you sure, boss? Certainly I'm sure Come on Hey, you're right, boss It is a man See him there on the ground Hey, look out for the dog He's mean Hold it, boys What are you stopping for, boss? That dog will tear us to pieces as we go in there now How can you be sure he's dead if we don't? I'm not sure And I'll settle that quick enough I'll shoot the dog Holster that gun, Fuzzy But, boss You know our signals Sure I do Shut up When I shot at that hombre The boys across the border Took it as a signal to come across But everything is clear on this side I know that Shoot the dog and that's another shot You know what two shots mean Oh, trouble Why? I didn't think of that They'd think something was up on this side of the line They'd hightail it Now that critter's probably dead We ought to make sure, boss I will But first we'll ride down to meet the boys as they come over I'll give them instructions Then, Davy, you and I will come back and make sure about this hombre We can shoot the dog then and find out That's it Now come on back to the horses We'll go meet the boys The shot that had dropped Wade Mason Had been heard by others as well as the men across the river The Lone Ranger and Tonto had been riding through the night at an easy lope When the sharp crack of the gun rang out They'd turned toward the sound and increased their speed That shot came from this direction, Tonto That's right Me here, dog, Kimasabi Yeah, it's up ahead of us Steady, Silver, easy There, dog You see him? Right up, Tonto Oh, fella Look, Tonto There's a man on the ground And, dog, guard him What do we do? Dog's standing right over him He won't let us get near That's right Him plenty good dog Rope him, Tonto Give me a chance to get to the man Steady, Silver, easy, big fella We get him Steady, scouts Steady, fuzz Watch him, Tonto We get him We cinch him around Mesquite Get him off, scouts Hold him Tonto held the dog in check While the masked man bent over the steel form on the ground And made an examination of the wound He found that it was a critical wound One that might be fatal without prompt attention He could do no more than apply a tourniquet and bandage Further treatment called for light and hot water There's only one thing to do, Tonto And what, Pat? You'll have to move him I'll get him into the saddle Steady, Silver Easy, big fella You know him? No, but he's dressed like a sheep herder His dog is a sheep dog That's right Where you take him? Just about sundown We passed a sheep herder's ranch Yeah, me, remember We'll take him there Steady, Silver Easy, big fella And what we do with the dog? Loosen the rope He'll follow Do it Me loosen now Get him up, scouts Come on, Silver It was right about here, boss It wasn't right about here, Davey It was here that I shot him I know it was Yeah, but he's not here You can see that for yourself I don't see the dog, either Maybe you didn't hit him Might have been playing possum He wasn't playing possum I know when I hit somebody Whoa, whoa Easy, easy What are you going to do? Look around here You got a match? Yeah Here's a couple Yeah, thanks Come take a look here Easy, boy What'd you find, boss? See this blood here in the ground? Why, yeah, that is blood Plenty of it I'm positive it's from that sheep herder Who moved into the valley About six months ago I know the dog Yeah, it could be Davey, I'm riding down To the sheep herder's spread And take a look around I might be wrong But then again I might be right Meanwhile The Lone Ranger and Tonto Rode into the sheep herder's ranch To be received by Wade Mason's wife For almost a half hour The Lone Ranger worked over The prostrate form Of the secret agent And as he did Shep the sheepdog Growled menacingly nearby Quiet, Shep Quiet, boy The masked man's only Trying to help Wade Tonto Uh-huh Ride in the town at once And get a doctor Get Doc Hunter Uh-huh Let me go Get a doctor I heard you say Your husband's name is Wade That's right Could he be Wade Mason? Yes Yes, that's his name But How did you know it? He's a federal detective Oh, no No, he isn't He's a sheep herder Mrs. Mason You've got to trust me But who are you? That's not important But it is important That we find the persons Who try to kill your husband Will Will he live? I think so But he's not out of danger By any means If he recovers He'll tell you I'm his friend Until he does Please trust me You'll You'll help find the man Yes, I'll try to find The man who shot him All right, then I'll tell you everything In the next few minutes Clara Mason Told the Lone Ranger All she knew About her husband's Fruitless efforts To learn the identity Of the silk smugglers And where they Stored their contraband You see He had to find out Where they were crossing Before he could do Anything about it Because of the character Of the ground through here? Yes It's mostly shale rock And Well, the horses Don't leave a foot trail Wade had to depend On the dog To do his trailing I can understand that I'd try to trail them now But I'm afraid The dog wouldn't Understand me Oh, you're right Shep's a one-man dog Wade's the only one He'll obey No, he wouldn't Go with you Oh, if we only knew What happened Up in the hills tonight I think I know How it happened When the smugglers Crossed over into Mexico They saw no need To place a guard On this side of the line Oh? Wade overlooked The possibility That they'd have A strong guard Waiting when the Contraband Silk was brought in He must have Run into the guard And was shot I see There's one thing That mystifies me I can't understand Why they didn't make Certain Wade was dead Well, maybe Shep kept him Getting too close to him They could have Shot the dog easily They had a reason For not killing him That may prove The biggest mistake They made If you can only find out Who the smugglers are Shep, down Shep Look out, Mrs. Mason The dog's going Through the window Did you move The man out there? I don't think so It just scared him He's getting away Yeah, he's heading Straight for the timber He must have been Trying to Boy, Shep hadn't Warned us He'd have killed us all He couldn't have Followed our trail When we brought Your husband here He must have known That Wade was the man That had been shot And they came here To find out Whether he was dead Or not Those men are More than smugglers They're killers Yes, they're dangerous Mrs. Mason I'm wondering How much that man heard More than an hour later At a timber camp A few miles From the Mason cottage Hi, boss What happened, boss? You must have Covered ground Mighty fast Look at that horse Nearly got my head Shot off But it was worth it Did you learn anything? I got a lot of information First, that wasn't Any sheep herder That I shot It wasn't Mason Then who was it? And how come You run into gunplay At Mason's place If he wasn't a critter You shot him Mason was the one I shot, all right But he's no sheep herder He's a government detective And he's after smugglers Meaning us Detective That sheep herder Is a government detective? And that's not all I hit him, all right I knew I didn't miss How'd he get to this place? He was taken there By a masked man A masked man That rides a white horse Now, who? I don't say Listen, boys The ombre in the mask Is the lone ranger What's that? I saw him And I saw that big white horse Standing in front of Mason's place It's the prettiest critter I ever saw Yeah, but a white horse And a mask Don't make that man The lone ranger Nobody but the lone ranger Can do the kind of shooting I had a sample of tonight He shot the gun Right out of my hand He was the lone ranger There'd have been an engine Named Tanner with him Did you see any sign of him, boss? No, I didn't But the ombre in the mask Was the lone ranger And I know what I'm talking about Well, Stan All I can say Is if that critter's on your trail You better watch out If you're smart We'll get rid of the stuff We got stored here at the mill And we'll all clear out Till he gets out Of this neck of the woods Good idea We'll do nothing of the kind From what I overheard at Mason's Neither he nor the detective Know anything about us They'll be watching the border Expecting us to cross it again Yeah, I hope you're right So far as anybody knows We're in the timber cutting business For a while we'll cut timber There's not a chance Of us being suspected Not even by the lone ranger We'll lie low for a while Huh, Stan? Right Meanwhile, I'll check on That sheep-herding detective And the mask man I'll know a lot more about them Than they will about me 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 Now to continue our story Two weeks passed Wade Mason's wound had healed And his strength was returning rapidly But his spirits were indeed at low ebb I'm telling you my friend Will never get them now They probably know who I am And they'll clear out Of this part of the country There's no doubt They're aware of your mission, Wade Tom and I have been watching The border every night You see no one crossing? No, not a soul That means I've failed Here was my big opportunity To clean up a band Of the worst smugglers in the West I failed Don't you worry about that, Wade You did the best you could Someone's riding up Be quiet, Sheriff Quiet, boy Who is it, Wade? Let's see Oh, it's Stan Bowden Who's Bowden? He's a businessman He operates a timber camp Just north of town It would be best If he doesn't see me I reckon so Where's your horse? I've got both horses in the barn I'll step into the next room I'm glad the house is tidy I'd hate for Mr. Bowden To find it all messed up Invite him in, Clara Come in, Mr. Bowden Good morning, Mrs. Mason Hello there, Mr. Bowden Come in Hello, Wade Hey, get that dog off me Down, Sheriff Down, boy You should be ashamed of yourself, Sheriff That dog's vicious I'll put him in the kitchen Come on, Sheriff Come on, boy You stay in there I don't know what got into him Can't figure it out Never saw him do that before Sit down Sit down, Mr. Bowden Oh, thanks It'll be too bad for your flock of sheep, Wade If he turns killer Seen a lot of good dogs go bad like that That so? Only one cure for him Shooting Hey, what are you all bandaged up for? I was looking for strays Slipped on a rock and slid into a gulch Nothing serious, though I'm glad to know it's not serious Could I serve you a cup of hot coffee, Mr. Bowden? I just made some fresh Oh, no thanks, Mrs. Mason I just dropped in to talk a little business with Wade Business? I didn't know you were interested in sheep I'm not You've got some fair timber east of here Do you want to sell it? Oh, I don't own it You see, I leased this place from the bank Oh, I didn't know that You'll have to talk to them Well, that being the case, I'll be moving along Oh, don't rush off Won't you sit a while? No, thank you, Mrs. Mason Got a lot of ground to cover today My temper's getting scant and I'm looking for more Well, good day Goodbye Goodbye, Mr. Bowden I'm basing my suspicion strictly on the actions of your dog Wade, it's evident that he hates Bowden for some reason Well, I admit I never saw him act like that before Oh, you must be wrong Mr. Bowden's one of the most respected men in the community And one of the wealthiest I've seen his timber camp, Mrs. Mason He didn't make his money with timber I think you know your timber, my friend But I don't agree with you about Bowden I may be wrong But I'm going to find out if I am How can you? I'll call Tonto Then I'll explain a plan I have in mind Boys, looks bad to me I'm sure that masked man's still around, though I didn't see him Now, after the way that dog acted They're bound to suspect me They're bigger fools than I think they are I think you're right, Stan What do we do about it, boss? We'll get all the evidence out of camp In case Wade, Mason, or the Lone Ranger Come prowling around here We got plenty of lumber, boss All we got to do is load it on a flat car And start a rolling Good Get the bales of silk on the car And conceal them with planks You can pile lumber on each side of the bales And put some short lengths at each end Don't worry, boss When we get the lumber on Even the Lone Ranger Won't figure there's silk under it If he comes here to look around We'll laugh right in his face Sure I'll get steam off the donkey And be ready to roll the flat car down To the main line Good idea, Fuzzy Get up steam right away Hey, boss, look It's an Indian I wonder what he wants I'll do the talking How? How? What do you want, Injun? Me want a job A job, huh? Uh-huh Doing what? Well, me good cook Maybe you need good cook, huh? Boys You know who this Indian is? No, I don't, boys This is the red skin that rides with the Lone Ranger Watch it Boy, that dirty sneaking coyote I'll put a bullet through Hold it, boys Don't shoot Me go now Me not want to make trouble Take him, boys Get him up Grab that horse Get away Shoot Shoot the critter Shoot him Oh, you missed him Catch him, fellas Shoot him Shoot him Hold this wildcat engine And shoot at the same time This red skin's strong as a bear Me and Davey have them now, boss Full shield, you Now we're in, Ford What do you mean, in, Ford? We got him, didn't we? We can put this Indian out of the way for good Any time we want That horse will head straight for the Lone Ranger He'll be riding in here any time now We've got to get that silk out of here in a hurry Get it on the flat car and pile the lumber around it like I told you Let me gun this red skin, boss No, you fool He's worth more to me alive than dead But if the masked man rides in there, you'll tell him everything Don't worry about that The masked man won't find the Indian any more than he'll find the silk Come on, get busy Boss, we've got the last of the planks on the flat car I got steam up in the donkey engine We're ready to roll for the main line when you give the word What about the bales of silk? Every one of them's hit by the lumber Not a one's left in camp I'll get it rolling if you say so, boss I'm afraid we're too late for that now, boys Take a look yonder Horseman Led by the masked man It's the sheriff with a bunch of deputies We'll have to shoot it out Now tell the other men to get ready for a fight You'll do nothing of the kind They'll see the lumber on the flat car What do they do? We're in the lumber business Shut up and let me handle this Howdy, Sheriff Howdy, Stan Since when did you start riding with masked men? Mighty recent, I'm saying What's this all about, Sheriff? Well, Stan This sheep rancher and the masked men are looking for smugglers Seem to think maybe they'll find them in your camp Mind if we look around? Got a search warrant? No No, I haven't I warned them they'd have to get your permission That's right But I've got nothing to hide Help yourselves Look around all you please That's the right spirit, Stan Come on, man Let's look at the place over Easy, silly, silly Bowden An Indian friend of mine Wrote in here a short time ago Where is he? No Indian's been here You're a liar and you know it Why, you I don't like your talk I'm prepared to back it up I don't want any trouble with you But I don't know anything about a redskin Anything's happened to Tonto Well, I'm holding you responsible Come on, wait Here, Sheriff Come on, boy And if you don't find what you're after, mister I'll deal with you then Well, Sheriff, did you find anything? Nothing Searched high and low and didn't see nothing but sawdust I thought so I didn't want to come prowling around here in the first place But they talked me into it I figured they did Now, Masked Man, let me tell you something Yes? We don't like critters that hide their faces around here If I was the sheriff, I'd lock you up I'm a good mind to do it, Stan Yes, sir, I am You're doing nothing until I find Tonto Cover the shirt up, Wade Don't draw, Bowden He's covered Hey Now, you two listen to me Don't make a move, any of you You're not going to let him get away with this, are you, Sheriff? He drawed too fast for me, Stan Hey, what's the dog barking about? Whatever it is, it's on the flat car Shep's found him, my friend Sheriff Yeah? Wade and I are going to release you and your men on one condition What's that? That you keep Stan Bowden and his crew covered While you and this sheep ranch are right off, huh? That's what he's going to do, Sheriff No Keep them covered while Wade and I produce the evidence we came for And perhaps my friend, Tonto Well, how about it? Well, I reckon you couldn't ride off if you don't want you to All right I'll cover, Bowden As the gunfight started Stan Bowden's men and the sheriff's deputies alike ran for cover Firing at each other as they did Then they saw the Lone Ranger hurry to the far side of a lumber-packed flat car Closely followed by Wade Mason, the federal man The big sheepdog maintained a joyful clamor As the Lone Ranger began hurling heavy flanks from the flat car Stan Bowden and his men fired in his direction But the masked man and Wade were protected by the pile of lumber Hurry, my friend, hurry Keep them back, Wade Give me a few seconds more I'll do my best Here it comes This should do it There he is, it's Tonto Tonto He's tied in the egg One second, Kimosabe Get that gag out of your mouth Got a knife Right here There you are I'll have your hands and feet free in a minute Gag, plenty tight That does it Get him off that flat car Come on, Tonto Let me help you Then we'll get Bowden and his gang Get there, Bowden Right over there Come on, Tonto Take one of these guns and get into the fight Both lawmen and outlaws fought from whatever cover could be found But when the guns of the Lone Ranger and Tonto began to bark Bowden and his men soon realized that the odds were against them Wait, wait, don't shoot anymore, I give up Put on your guns and get your hands up And come out from behind those trees With the gang captured to the last man Davey turned state's evidence and told all he knew Including the name of the man in Denver who received the contraband That's all I can tell you Now you gotta see that I get a letter of sentence than the others That's up to the judge and jury Boy, you dirty squirt You'd do the same, Bowden You know you would I'm through a thing in your neck I'm thinking of my own Sheriff, that silk is all the evidence that's needed If you'll just hold these men for a time The federal government will soon take them off your hands I'll hold them as long as it's necessary It won't be long, Sheriff As soon as I send a telegraph message The rest of the gang will be picked up in Denver Then we'll have them all By thunder, I doggone near fight on the wrong side I reckon I owe a few apologies and I better make them You, mister, wearing that mask You had me thinking that you... Forget it, Sheriff And that engine hog-tied in the car Why'd you do that, Bowden? I'm not talking No? All right then, Davey You tell me Bowden wanted to use them as a decoy A decoy? Yeah Bowden figured that the mask man was dangerous And wanted him out of the way He aimed to use the Indian to get the mask man into a trap Oh, so that was it Mason, looks like Bowden was more afraid of the mask man Than he was of you Uh-huh I guess he had a reason to be Where is he? I want to see what's back of that mask He'll have to move fast He and Tonto are mounting up Sure enough Hey, you! Look at the vista, Sheriff Come on, see me Let's come Yeah, the ratity is gone Well, who is he? Who is that man? He's the best friend a lawman ever had, Sheriff He's the Lone Ranger The story you have just heard Is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated I'm going to go I'm going to go I'm going to go Oh cool I'm going to go Yeah, I'm gonna reach out Now to learnt
