Fiery horse with a speed of light A cloud of dust And a hearty hi-yo silver The Lone Ranger Faithful Indian companion Toto 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 From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver The Lone Ranger rides again I don't settle there Let's go big fella I don't settle there It was early afternoon when a young printer named Bob Cook Entered the blacksmith shop in the town of Wishbone He called a greeting to the smithy Hi there Jack I just want to put this handbill on the wall if it's alright with you Go ahead Another reward? No, it's an ad Oh, I thought it might be something more about those counterfeiters What counterfeiters? Read the handbill by the door Sheriff nailed it up this morning Counterfeit money circulating in this part Yep, you'd better be on the lookout for it The Mohawk construction company paid in gold for this printing job That's the outfit building the big dam on Possum River, isn't it? That's right The foreman came to my shop yesterday He said the job was going long all right, but more men were needed He hired me to print and distribute these ads I'll leave a few with you, Jack Hand them to anyone who comes in From the blacksmith shop, the printer went to the stagecoach station To the restaurants and the cafes He stopped in the local laundry, the saddle shop, the hotels, boarding houses, and the bank But by the time he reached Pete Chester's general store next to the bank He still had a large bundle of ads under his arm When he saw them, Pete Chester asked What are you talking, Bob? Help wanted ads, Pete I printed more than I need Mind if I leave the extra ones with you? What'll I do with them? Pass them out to anyone who comes in from the ranches to buy supplies All right Put them on the counter I see the sheriff was here ahead of me Yeah, he posted handbills about that counterfeit cash all over time Yeah, I know I saw them while I was making the rounds with my hands I never trusted paper money It's easier to carry than silver or gold Even so, no one in town will handle it now Those crooks are bound to be captured if they try to pass any counterfeit cash here Too bad we don't know what they'd look like That handbill doesn't describe the counterfeits Well, the sheriff's on his way to the Hornblow Ranch right now to try to get a description of them, Bob Does he figure to get it from Clareville? No, but he thinks the Lone Ranger or Tonto might know what they look like The Lone Ranger? Tonto? You mean to stay there at the Hornblow Ranch? Great day I thought everyone in town knew that I didn't know it Yeah The Lone Ranger was wounded a couple of weeks ago He hasn't re... he's recovering at the ranch What do you know about that? Well, Pete, the sheriff's mighty lucky to have a couple of men like the Lone Ranger and Tonto to turn to for help Oh, boy, call it Steady there At that moment, the sheriff drew rein behind Clareville Hornblow's ranch house He dismounted and strode toward the open kitchen door He found the buxom ranch owner alone in her kitchen He was placing a tray of snowy biscuits in the outsized oven of her huge cooking stove when he entered Well, howdy, sheriff! What brings you here? Official business, Clareville Oh, I hope to talk to the Lone Ranger How is he? Oh, he's coming along fine now You know, he's eating regular again Well, good In that case, I'll talk to him Not on your life Well, he's not going to be bothered by law or outlaws No Say, why'd you want to see him? I want to talk to him about this handbill I got a batch of handbills like this one from Washington Take a look at it, Clareville Hey, this is a warning about counterfeit cash Yeah, and the government's mighty anxious to capture the fellows who are handling it Was any of it turned up in town? Oh, but I posted copies of that handbill all over the place Warning folks to be on the lookout for it Do you think the counterfeiters will come here? Treasury Department figures are headed this way on the way to the border The trouble is, I don't have a description of them Who's that? Tonto, he's coming from the mass man's room Good, I'm going to ask him a couple of questions Oh, sir Howdy, Tonto Give him that handbill, Clareville Right, here you are, Tonto I'll read it, Tonto Then tell me if you or the Lone Ranger have cut sign on any counterfeiters lately You may not hear a counterfeiters for a long time Oh, I thought maybe you could give me a description of the fellows who were circulating that worth with cash Last time we hear a counterfeiters, five, six years ago, law capped your whole gang All crooks go to prison I see Well, I reckon I'll be on the way Oh, your handbill, sir Oh, thanks Say, how about staying for dinner, sir? Well, thanks, Clare Bell, but I've got to see Marshal Dixon in the next county Oh, I have instructions to pass some of these handbills on to him Well, if you're riding to Buckland County, you have a long trip ahead of you Well, I got the order direct from Washington Sooner Dixon knows about that counterfeit cash He's not able to tell, Sheriff, what crooks look like Well, no use worrying about it, Tonto Those counterfeiters may not even turn up in these parts This morning you say you want supplies from town, Clare Bell Let me go get them now? There's time for that after we eat Say, if you'll call Thunder, I'll get a tray ready for the Lone Ranger Late that afternoon, two strangers stopped to study the handbills that were displayed in the window of the Wishbone restaurant Had the sheriff known their identity, his search for the counterfeiters would have ended The tallest of the pair was Gopher Ryan, a bank robber and a murderer Well known to lawmen in Missouri and Arkansas Territory His partner was a handsomely dressed, moon-faced man named Heft Garnett The black bag Garnett held contained $50,000 in counterfeit money As he read the handbills, Garnett shifted the bag uneasily in his hand Help wanted Mohawk Construction Company has good jobs for carpenters, stonemasons, mules Well, Skinner, apply to the foreman of Crossing River Dam You thinking of applying for work, Gopher? Not me, Heft I'm just thinking how lucky we are Big construction jobs mean big payroll It's easy to get rid of counterfeit cash in the boon town Well, that other handbill will change your tune Read it It says, be on the lookout for counterfeit paper money The treasury agents are ahead of us That means the law will jump us as soon as we try to pass the money That's right We'd better get out of town, Heft How? We don't even have the price of a stagecoach ticket And even if we did, it wouldn't do us any good Why not? Where could we go from here? For all we know, the law has alerted every peace officer between here and the border All the blasted luck I figured to cross the border with a fortune You might as well forget what you feel What's wrong, Heft? Look across the street What? If you're thinking of that bank Yeah, I am Count me out Why, you're an expert safecracker The last time I tried bank robbery, I met a gent called the Lone Ranger I went to Territorial for that holdup I'm not suggesting we go in shooting broker Take a look at that building next to the bank I see it Pete Chester, General Stowe Yeah, remember Pete Chester? Yeah, a fellow named Chester was in Territorial Prison the same time we were That's right, if he's the same man, our troubles are over How do you figure that? Only a thin wall separates that store from the bank Yeah, they're built right smack against each other Exactly, go for it Well, what about it? Listen, there are more ways than one to get rid of this counterfeit money If Chester's a man I think he is, and if his store has a basement, we'll enter the bank from his place How? We'll dig our way in Oh, I savvy your scheme Look, we'll take $50,000 in good American paper currency out of the bank And leave my $50,000 in its place Oh, there'll be an investigation But by the time the law realizes what happened, we'll be on our way to the border And the bank will be holding $50,000 counterfeit dollars Right Those bills of yours look so much like real cash It might take the law a couple of days to figure out we switched good money for bad Well, it takes an expert to tell the difference Of course, now that the law's been alerted, they know what to look for That doesn't worry me half as much as Pete Chester He might not want to throw in with us half Oh, you leave him to me Come on, we'll go call on him Howdy, Shams Well, this is our old pal Pete Chester How are you, Pete? You fellas seem to know me, but I can't place you Oh, you got out of prison ahead of us, Pete Half-connet That's right And you remember Gopher, don't you? How'd you two get out of prison? Oh, we're out, that's all that matters Ryan was in for life for killing a bank guy I busted out Half was luckier He got a parole about a year after they let you go I wasn't paroled, I was released I completed my sentence And became an honest, upright citizen Come out west and founded a business Anything wrong with that, Gareth? No, no, not a thing In fact is, Pete and Gopher and I are mighty glad you're doing so well I'll feel a lot better after you two clear out of here Now get going Take it easy, Pete Done That's right Now simmer down What do you want? Oh, not much, just a little favor If you think you'll get away with blackmail, forget it I have friends in this town They know all about my past So does the sheriff Oh, we're not interested in blackmail Your pal had a reason for pulling his gun What is it? Pete Is there a basement beneath this store? Yes, every store in town has a basement We'd like to rent yours for a few days Why? He's bound to find out Hex, you might as well tell him Well, your basement is right next to the bank Gopher and I plan to enter that bank From your place We'll dig our way in, Pete All we'll need is a tunnel large enough to crawl through Get out of here Clear out before Go ahead, down or I'll blow your head off Take it easy, Gopher Someone dismounted in front of the store Well, must be a customer Redskin, he's coming in Pete Jeff will keep his gun under his coat That it'll be covering you Savvy Now you walk to the counter And wait on that customer, Pete Just remember, Gopher And I'll be right beside you Now get moving All right Yes, that engine looks familiar He's a stranger to me I've seen him somewhere before Oh, Pete Hi, hi there What can I do for you? Only comfort supplies But wait if you're busy No, no I was just talking to a couple of old friends I... Them fellas' friends? Yeah, Tonto Tonto! He's the redskin who travels with the Lone Ranger I mean, no, you You ought to You and your masked pal sent me to prison I knew I'd seen you before You, Gopher Rand Make a run for Tonto Don't try it, engine You're covered Hold your gun on him, Heft While I disarm him Right The last time we met You held a gun on me, engine That's right Well, things are different now A lot different Because my pal and I Will shoot to kill The curtain falls on the first act Of our Lone Ranger adventure Before the next exciting scenes Please permit us to pause For just a few moments Now to continue Tonto was helpless As he faced the guns Of Gopher Ryan And Heft Garnett As soon as he was disarmed Gopher turned to his partner And said I will get rid of this redskin Heft Not so fast, Gopher But I have a score to settle with him He and the Lone Ranger Were responsible for me Going to prison You do as I say Put ropes on these two But You heard me, Gopher I'm not taking orders from you Listen, you knothead You'd still be in prison If I hadn't helped you make a break I had brains enough to get you out And I've had sense enough To steer clear of the law since then I've used my head Instead of my trigger finger But these two are We'll take care of them When the time comes Right now The last thing in the world We want is to bring A lot of folks in here To investigate a couple of gunshots We've a job to do And we're going to do it My way But I tell you what You're not telling me anything Get that rope And tie their hands We'll take them to the basement With us And then tie their feet I think you're a loco To keep them alive But all right If that's the way you want it After the door of the store Was securely locked Tonto and Pete Were taken to the basement Their feet were tightly bound Then Heft and Gopher Found tools And started work on a tunnel How long do you figure It'll take us to get you To the bank yet Oh, seven Seven or eight hours Maybe less All we need Is a whole big enough To crawl through I know, I know Just keep digging, Gopher The faster we work The sooner we'll finish this job At nightfall Clarabelle Hornblow Went through the ranch house Lighting the oil lamps Then she returned to the kitchen She glanced at the big clock On the shelf And frowned As the door opened And Thunder Martin entered Uh, Clarabelle The chores are finished Uh-huh Tonto back from town yet? Nope Wonder what's keeping him I wonder the same thing Half an hour later Clarabelle moved to the kitchen door She stepped outside And stood listening Thunder Martin knew She was worried Oh, Clarabelle There's no need to fuss Thunder, I thought Maybe I'd hear Scow toothbeats But it's still There's boot heel Out there Tonto can take care Of himself But he should have Been back here Hours ago He must be In trouble Thunder Oh, now Clarabelle Look, look You saddle your horse And ride it down Find out Why it's taken Tonto So doggoned long To get a few supplies From Pete Chester's store An hour later Heft and Gopher Were startled To hear heavy pounding On the front door Of the general store Who's that? Doesn't that jug Head know the store's clothes? Oh, the light At the top of the steps Can be seen outside, Gopher What's he saying? I don't know But I'll find out Who'll tear the door Off the hinges If he doesn't stop pounding Door down Who is it, Ted? Whoever he is He's yelling for Pete Take the ropes off him, Gopher Why? He's going up To wait on that fella If he doesn't That big ox Is likely to break The door down I recognize that voice Who is it? Thunder Martin I bet he's come To look for Tonto Well, you're going upstairs, Pete You'll open the door And tell Martin You haven't seen Tonto Not in your life You do it Or we'll kill you Pete had no choice While Gopher remained In the basement To guard Tonto Heft went upstairs With the storekeeper He crouched behind the counter With his gun drawn He watched Pete Open the door To admit thunder It took you long enough To open the door, Pete Well, I was downstairs Unpacking stock I saw the light back there So I knew you were here Say, what time was Tonto here? Thunder was puzzled When Pete denied Having seen Tonto Unable to understand What had happened To his Indian friend The big man bought The supplies he knew Claribel needed He waited patiently While Pete wrapped them Then he left the store He made inquiries Throughout town And returned to the ranch To report what he had learned To Claribel As she listened Claribel unwrapped the packages He brought from the general store When she removed the paper From a slab of bacon A strip of newsprint Fell to the floor She picked it up Hey, Thunder What's this? Why, it looks like It's part of a hand bill What's it say? It says help wanted It looks like It's been torn off The top of an ad Bob Cook printed some For the Mohawk Construction Company Pete had a stack of the ads On the counter Help wanted, huh? Well, if Pete wanted To send us a copy of that ad Why'd it tear off the bottom? He didn't want to send us The ad, Thunder What? He wants us to send him help What? That's what this mean? Those big black letters Mean he's in trouble Then why didn't he say so When I was talking to him? Maybe he couldn't say so Say You might be right, Claribel He did seem downright nervous When I asked him about Tonto What's that? Sounds like the Lone Ranger Is moving around his room Must have heard his talking He's been worried about Tonto, too When they reached the open door Of the masked man's room The Lone Ranger Was pulling on his boots In spite of Claribel's protests He strapped on his guns And strode from the house To the corral With the help of Thunder And Claribel He saddled the great horse, Silver The white stallion Nuzzled his shoulder And pawed the ground As if he were anxious to travel Then the masked man Mounted and called Montel Get up Get off Ascribe the powerful horse He raced from the corral With Thunder Close behind him As she stood in the moonlight Watching the two men Head for town Claribel's eyes Glistened with tears Thank heaven The Lone Ranger Is riding again While in the basement Of the general store Heft and Gopher Were placing gags On Tonto and Pete What's the idea Heft Well in less than an hour We'll be finished With the tunnel to the bank What's that got to do With gagging these two You want to get rid Of the Indian I still want to get rid Of him Then you'll have your chance I noticed Pete's buckboard In the shed Behind the store We'll put these two in it You take him to Possum River Shoot him And throw the bodies In the river That's a good idea Heft I'm wondering how long It'll be before Tonto's mask pal Comes here looking for him If he shows up When Pete was talking To Thunder Martin He asked about that Mask man And Martin told him The Lone Ranger Was still in bed Recovering from a bullet wound That means someone Gunned the Lone Ranger Yeah Martin said the wound Had been infected I hope he dies Of lead poisoning Well whether he does or not We don't have to worry About him coming here In that case We're in the clear No we're not in the clear yet But we will be Because after we get The cash from the bank We'll leave some of the Counterfeit bills In Pete's store To frame him for the job My savvy The sheriff knows About Pete's record Well if he puts Two and two together He'll figure Pete robbed the bank And left town And while the law Is looking for him We'll be on our way To the border And by the time The sheriff finds The bodies We'll be across A Rio Grande Right Now I'll stay here And finish work On that tunnel But as soon as you've Taken care of Pete And the Indian Come back here We'll get that cash From the bank And be out of town Before daybreak Get up Get up Tied and gagged In the buckboard Pete and Tonto Tried to sit up They were well out of town When Tonto succeeded In bracing himself Against the side Of the light wagon Then he heard A ringing cry Gofer heard it too And recognized the voice It can't be the Lone Ranger Half said he was wounded Then Gofer saw two riders On the moonlit trail ahead One of the men was masked It is the masked man Realizing that the Lone Ranger Would recognize him The escaped convict Drew his gun And tried at the same time To drive the wagon Off the trail As the wagon Jounced across rocky ground The Lone Ranger Saw Gofer The frightened killer Opened fire Thunder's startled cry Was punctuated By the fire Of the masked man's coats A silver bullet Struck Gofer's arm A moment later Thunder and the Lone Ranger Were alongside of the wagon Thunder halted the horses As the masked man Covered the wounded killer Don't shoot me again Don't shoot me My hands are up I haven't killed Your engine pal He's alive In the back of the wagon Five minutes later The sheriff Drew rain beside the wagon Pete was climbing To the driver's seat While Tonto Covered Gofer Ryan I heard gunplay Sheriff Where'd you come from? From Buckingham County I was on my way to town When I heard the shooting What's going on? When Tonto explained What happened The surprised lawman said You mean the Lone Ranger's recovered? Ah Him on way to town With Thunder Martin To capture other crook Here's a pair of handcuffs For that prisoner Catch him I got him You two bring him to town I'm going after Thunder Martin And the Lone Ranger Get up there Come on Half an hour later Heft Garnett Lifted the last spade Full of dirt From the tunnel That opened Into the basement Of the bank Taking a lantern He pushed the bag Of counterfeit money Through the opening Then getting down On his hands and knees He crawled into the hole He was tired And his hands were blistered From the strenuous digging But he forgot his weariness When he reached The basement of the bank That's far enough Garnett What? On your feet Well What? Under arrest Sheriff That's right Oh What are you doing here? I'm here to take you to jail Where you'll be able To compare notes With your pal You mean Gopher? Yeah He'll be in the same cell With you If that double crossing Jughead told you He didn't tell me anything Todd old Pete Were the ones who talked This tunnel And that bag Of counterfeit cash Tells the rest of the story All right I know when I'm licked You were licked Before you started Did you think Tunnel into the bank Was all you had to do To commit a robbery? No But Gopher's an expert safe cracker He could open the vault In that case It's a good thing He'll be out of circulation From now on If he'd taken care of Pete And that Indian As he was supposed to You wouldn't be here Holding a gun on him There's no use Looking at that tunnel You dug here Well I know You figured to make a break for it But you're trapped I'm covering you With one gun On this end And there's a gent On the other side With two guns Big fat This is a feature Of the Lone Ranger Incorporated Created by George W. Trendle Produced by Trendle Campbell Muir Incorporated Directed by Charles D. Livingston And edited by Fran Stryker The part of the Lone Ranger Is played by Brace Beamer Into the Lone Ranger Obed�訂閱 by Mr. Close to the Lone Ranger Is played by Brace Beamer Yeah, I think it's also A good thing to know If the Lone Ranger Is played by Arse And is played by Brace Beamer To be able to be able to Keep this in mind Actually, you know That's a great thing to know We're here Here are you We're here To be able to You know And is that You know But now We're here And is that You know We're here
