Why johnny boy, is that any way to treat old friends . Ha i just stopped by to have a friendly chat with you. Might be very interesting if the president of the Mineral City Bank were to know that his most trusted casheer, john medford, is really john merideth, a jailbird and a murderer. I paid for the mistake, dude, and made a fresh start. Heh. Oh, johnny boy. You wouldnt want anything to happen to that nice little wife or kid of yours, would you . Would you . alright, what do you want . You already know that. This visit is just to make sure. Have that bank vault open for us tomorrow when we come in. I wont do it, dude you wont do it . Well this is a sample of what youll get if you dont. Hey, whats going on here . you keep out of this oh no you dont, stranger now john, maybe you can tell me what this is all about. Just a misunderstanding. A personal matter. Why dont you keep your nose out of things that dont concern you . Maybe i made a mistake. I guess maybe you did, and i aim to correct it later. This doesnt change things any between us. Who were those men, and why were they after you . Id rather not talk about it. I appreciate your help, and its not important, really. Im sorry the baby was asl you and john must really be happy with a nice little daughter like that. Oh, we are. Everythings just perfect. I saw john yesterday; he seemed to be worried about something. Is there anything wrong . Well. No, i dont think so. I thought maybe i could help if anything was wrong. Well thanks roy, but i think you got the wrong impression. Well tell john i dropped by to say hello. I will, and you come back again. Thanks say, saw that new herd of yours, cam. Mighty fine bunch of cattle. They sure are. See ya next week. Just relax, everybody, and you dont get hurt. Get your hands up you cant just walk in here like this cant we . get to work. Just a minute, mister. Are you following me . Who, me . Yes, you, and i dont exactly take to that. Oh, mister, youre mistaken. I never follow anybody. Nevermind that. I just wanted to go in the bank, thats all. Im gonna straighten you out about something. Come on. Hurry up. We havent gotten all day. Come on hurry it up in there hurry up we gotta get out of here alright, im coming sorry, dan. I tell ya for the millionth time, i havent been following you you shouldnt get so hot under the collar, mister. You better cool off. Help hey, sid, lets get out of here help help who turned out the lights . where am i . In a tunnel . The banks been held up just a cottonpicking minute, bullet cant you trail them an easier way . What, you think nelliebelle is a Mountain Goat . Well pat, i thought nelliebelle could go any place. Well dont you ever worry. They aint nobody outtrail nelliebelle yet. Here comes sid. And hes in a hurry. Theres a posse coming. You must have been trailed here. How could they . They got that dog of rogerss with them. Rogers, huh . Gather up this money. Well give them a nice warm welcome. There are the horses. They must be inside. Stay here, bullet. Were just wasting good ammunition. If we can keep them away from their horses, we got them pinned down. Maybe, but if they can hold us off till dark, theyll make a break for it. Where you going, roy . Keep em busy pat, youre an old tank driver. Head nelliebelle right straight for the cabin wow, this reminds me of the battle of the bulge lets close in on them, men theyre closing in on us. Sid trap door turkey, youre last. Throw those shells in the fire just before you follow us. Sounds like a battery of guns. Ya let him clean us out and get away. Why . I dont know; i just couldnt. This is a breach of trust and looks very suspicious. Either that or youre a coward, john. Which is it . In any case if you cant protect the interests of this bank, youre not worthy of a position of trust here. But mr. Prescott, my job. youre through get out. They trace them yet, roy . We trailed them to their hideout, but they got away. Roy seems to think theyre the same men that stopped you the other day. It kinda looks like you were working with them. We dont want to turn you over to the sheriff unless youve done something wrong. But you know those men. Now who are they . I guess i should have told you before. I know them as dude dalheart and cherokee tim. Theres another one they call sid. They got some kind of a hold on you. Yes. I killed a man once, back in kansas. My name was marideth then. How did it happen . Man was responsible for the death of my sister. She killed herself. I went out of my head, i guess. I hunted him down and shot it out with him. Did you stand trial for it . I was convicted of manslaughter and served ten years in prison. Oh, so youre not wanted for any kind of a crime now . No. When i got out i came west. Changed my name and married. I have a home, a wife, and a child. I built a good life here, until dude dalhart came along. And threatened to expose you as an exconvict, huh . It would disgrace my wife and baby and tear down everything i built for them here. That explains a lot of things, john. Even so, i meant to stop the holdup, but i kept seeing the man i killed before and i couldnt shoot dude. I couldnt kill again. Now they think im a coward. And worse. Theres one way you can make up for all that, john. How . Tell us where we can find dalhart and his men. But i dont know that. Even if i could help capture them, theyd still expose me. That doesnt matter now youve paid for any crime you committed in the past. Alright. Ill do whatever you want. But i dont know where they are. Youd better stick close to home until we get a lead on them. Relax; its only medford. Mary john, dear. welcome home, johnny boy. John. Pull up a chair; relax. Come on, bullet. Thank you. Come back. You know, dale, sometimes i get fed up with scrubbing these floors and washing on those dirty dishes. I was meant for better thing. An executive type, for instance, where i sit with my feet up on a desk and. Well, you certainly look like a merry little ray of sunshine. I just saw john medford loading a lot of provisions in that buggy of his. He avoided seeing me. Roy, you dont think dude and his men are hiding out at the medford home, do you . Yes, i do. And i should tell the sheriff about it you cant do that, roy theyre probably holding mary and that baby prisoners in their own home. Yeah, if we take the sheriff out there somebodys liable to get hurt. Well we dont want that to happen. No. Say ive got an idea why dont i go out there and pay a little social call on mary . But you cant go out there alone well its a cinch that neither one of you can go. And besides, what looks more innocent than one woman paying a call on another. And you two could be watching from outside oh dale. Too much could happen if that gang is there. I could find that out, and without giving it away. And if mary doesnt let me in, wed know now listen, you stay out of this ill figure some other way. Dale where you going . Well hello, mary gee, its been so long, i just had to come see you and the baby. Hows johnny . Oh, he isnt here right now. I dont feel very well. Oh, thats too bad. I was out riding the other day and i saw john. He looked just fine. My, arent you lucky to have such a wonderful little baby . Its a girl, isnt it . Yes, shes asleep right now. Oh, gee, thats too bad. I wanted to see her. Id be quiet. Just quiet as a mouse. Well. Shes been so cross lately. Why dont you come back another time . Oh, isnt that the baby now . No, no, shes shes sound asleep. Shut up, you bawlng brat well it is the little darlings waking up. Ive just got to see her. No i. Ill see how she is. You wait here. There there honey. Its alright. Dude and his gang must her in the house. Hey. Medfords coming back. Hey, if he goes in there hes liable to mess things up for dale. Well head him off before he gets there. What are you doing there . Alright, get back in that closet. Go on a shot he heard it, too. Lets go. Hold it drop those guns and back up against the wall. Mary mary rogers, whether johnny lives or dies depends on you. Drop your gun. Dont try to follow us. Remember the gun in johnnys back. Get the horses, sid dale dale, you alright . Yeah, were alright, roy. What have you done to my wife and baby, dude . Are they alright . Dont come any closer, rogers. Ill let him have it. If youve done anything to my wife and baby, ill get you, dude. Ill follow you no matter where you go. Son of a. ill kill ya do you hear me . Shut up, johnny boy. Nothings happened to your wife and kid. But you double crossed us, johnny, and somethings going to happen to you. Trigger hey, phinneas mary, you and the baby alright . Here, take this. One of them is still in the closet. The bank moneys here. Ill be able to return it in the morning. The bank moneys here. Ill be able to return it in the orning. Alright, dude. Youre about to start paying for all the trouble youve caused. Get going. Dale, what are we going to do with you taking chances like that . Oh, that was no chance roy. I knew youd be around when the trouble started to take care of things. Supposing i hadnt had made it . Go on, dude. Youre the funny man that got your enjoys dunkin me like a donut, arent ya . Well ima fixing to get my enjoys now. Come on, boy. Ha ha john, i think its wonderful that mr. Prescott retird and made you the manager. Thank you, dale. Congratulations, johnny, or maybe i should say, mr. Medford. Yes roy ill never be able to thank you enough. Itll always be johnny to you and dale. That suit. what in the world are you dressed like that for . No more washing floors and scrubbing dishes, dale. Like i said im fed up with that mopping and scrubbing. I came to take that new job. That new custodian position that mr. Medford offered me. Wheres my office, john . Right over there, pat. Pat brady, chief custodian. Ha ha. Ah. Ha ha ha ha happy trails to you until we meet again happy trails to you keep smiling until then happy trails to you until we meet again the lone ranger hiho silver a fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty hiho silver the lone ranger watch out, hes got a gun no, dont let me go what is it, hanley . Butch cavendish, warden. Someone must have sneaked him a gun. I was just letting him out for exercise period when he pulled it on me. Butch cavendish is the last one id want to escape. Tell the guards to shoot him on sight. I cant. Why not . Your son johnny was on his way up here to see you just as butch broke out. He grabbed hold of him; hes got a gun on him now. Johnny whats cavendish doing to him . Nothing yet. He says he wants to talk to you. I think hes got some kind of a proposition. Tell him to come in. Yes sir. Here he is, warden. Im sorry, dad. He grabbed me when i wasnt looking. Thats alright, son. Let him go, cavendish. Im giving the orders here now, warden. Youll never get out of here alive well if i dont, your kid wont either. Ill use this gun on him, and you know i mean it. Whats your deal . Im taking him out of her with me. Youll get him back safe and sound on one condition that you let the rest of my gang go free. Dont do it, dad i couldnt do that if i wanted to, cavendish. Your men arent here now. Theyre out to the prison farm. I know that, but you let them go free and they get back they can meet me at one of my old hideouts. How will they know which one . Dont worry, they will. If theyre not there by noon wednesday youll never see this kid again. Youll never make it. Your guards wont shoot. They know how crazy you are about junior here. Come on, you. Ill get that cowardly rat. Dont lose your head, warden, hell kill johnny for sure. Theyre letting him out alright. They dont want to risk hurting the boy. What can i do hanley . Youve got no choice, warden. Its the cavendish gang or johnnys life. Let those outlaws free to harm innocent people . No, hanley, i cant do that but warden. Johnny well have to find some other way to save him. But how . Nobody but the cavendish gang knows where those hideouts are, and theyll never talk. Theres someone else who knows the man who captured the cavendish gang years ago. The lone ranger if we could only get word to him. Oh, thats impossible, warden. No one ever knows where he is. Whenever a crime is committed, he knows somehow. He finds out. If he could only learn about this before its too late. Youre back eary, tonto. Where are the supplies . Me not get them. No time for food now. Whats happened . Word come through to town Butch Cavendish break jail. Cavendish . Our worst enemy. Him take wardens son as hostage hold him at one of old hideouts. He say him kill boy if cavendish gang not free by noon wednesday. I know the warden is much too honest to release those outlaws even if the boys life is at stake. We ride fast, maybe still time to save him. Not a chance, tonto. Cavendish had too many hideouts. He could be holding the boy at any one of them. We dont have time to check them all. If we split up we cover more ground. Yes, but thats trusting too much to luck. What we do then . You ride to cavendishs closest hideout. If he isnt there go on to the next one. Maybe youll reach him before i do. But where you go . To the prison, tonto. Thats the only sure way i can think of to find Butch Cavendish. But what you suggest. I dont know. I realize its risky, warden, but its better than letting johnny die. Besides, you wont be freeing the whole gang. Just one man. But one is as bad as all besides, this dooley is no fool, you know. What makes you so sure that he leads you to where cavendish is . Ill try not to let him know im following him. But if you get to the hideout, its two against one. Its bad enough having cavendish at large without letting his chief henchman go too. Youve got to do it, warden. Not only for johnnys sake, but we must get cavendish back again. Alright. Wel risk it. You better wait in the closet. You can bring dooley in now, hanley. Dooley, im asking you for the last time where is cavendish hiding out with my boy . I wouldnt know but if i were to let you loose, you would know. Is that it . I might. Alright, dooley, you win. Im gonna let you go. What about the rest of the gang . One at a time. Im not gonna let you out in a group to raid the territory. Alright warden. Thats good enough for me. One at a time. But get this straight if any harm comes to my boy, you and cavendish are gonna have your necks stretched. Understand . Sure warden, sure. I get it. Alright then. On your way. Not so fast. You must think im an awful fool. What do you mean . I know what your game is. Its a trap to catch cavendish. Five minutes after im out of here half the guards in this place will be on my trail. I give you my word of honor that no guard will follow you out of this prison. And what difference will it make if they did . I know where im going. They dont. I could lose a thousand guards by the time i reach cavendish. Now, you still want to let me go . I want to save my boy at any price. Ok warden, ill go. But on my terms. I aint trekking around the country in this outfit. I want new clothes, a horse, and a gun with bullets just in case someone should try to follow me. Take him out and give him what he wants, then let him go. Thanks warden, you sure do treat us prisoners nice. Hes a tough customer, warden. I hope ive done the right thing. But if he gets away for good, ill have betrayed the honest people who put me in this job. Dont worry ill pick up his trail as soon as he leaves. But i dont trust him. Hes liable to lead you on a wild goose chase. I dont think so. Dooleys too sure of himself. But weve only got until noon wednesday. Suppose dooley doesnt get to cavendish by then. Youve forgotten, warden, im not your only hope. Tonto is also looking for cavendish too. Hes had time to reach some of his hideouts by now. For all we know, hes already rescued johnny. If i could only believe that. You know kid, i was loco not to think of this idea before. Now i dont have to watch both doors at once. What are you doing now . Just making sure that nobody takes up by surprise. They try that door over there theyre going to get an awful headache. They try this one, theyre going to get a bullet in the belly. You cant scare dad into letting your gang go free. Hell never do it. He will if he ever wants to see you again. Well i guess i wont be needing these anymore. Dad would be cheating the people who trust him if he let those crooks out of jail. I wouldnt want him to do it even if he could. Shut up you yap too much. Well i thought you was never coming out of it, injun. Say, where is that masked man you used to work with . Me not know. Dont lie to me where is he . Well ive got other ways of making you talk no wait, me tel him in town. Him have business there. Me not know where him is now; that truth. Eh, i wonder if i can believe that. Probably not. Im gonna go outside and take a look around, just in case. And dont you worry kid; ill be back to take care of you. Times running fast do not be frightened; there is still hope. Dont try to fool me, indian. We dont have one chance in a million. Who are you anyway . Me tonto. Your friend. You not forget one chance in million better than none. Im sorry you risked your life to save me. Now were both gonna die. You give up plenty easy. We not dead yet. Were as good as dead. I wish hed do it now and get it over with. What if someone on way to rescue us . Who . Nobody can find us here. Friend of tonto maybe find us. You mean. The masked man cavendish was talking about . That right. Oh, whats the use . Even if he did get here in time, hed be trapped same as you. You not be too sure. Him never say die. You mean. You really think theres a chance for us . There always chance if you not give up. Well injun, i guess you wasnt lying. Theres no sign of that masked man. Sure hope you boys wasnt lonesome. Were doing alright. Well im glad to hear that. cause theres nothing like spending what time you got left being happy. And you havent got much. Well, reckon i better set my little trap again just in case that masked man comes snooping around. Effie, aint you found them plum preserves yet . Here they are they wer behind the pickled cucumbers. Ah good. Ill wrap the preserves and well leave as soon as youre ready dear. Landagoshes, who can that be . Why its some poor man who looks half starved. Come in stranger, and rest a spell. Thank you, maam. This is right kind of ya. Oh, nothing like being friendly we always say. We were just going to take some vittles to a poor sick neighbor. Do you come from these parts . No maam, ive been traveling a long way. Oh, you sure look it. Would you like some nice hot soup . To warm your innards . Well no maam im awful sorry to bust in on ya like this but i just had to hide somewhere. Hide . Wwwho from . Well i had a suspicion for the last couple of hours that ive been followed by a bandit. A bandit, effie. Oh how awful thats right maam, a man wearing a mask. He was probably after my hard earned wages. Oh, id like Nothing Better than to get that ornery skunk. And ill kill him, too, if you ladies will help me. Us . Help you catch a bandit . Ddo you think we could . You just tell us what to do, mister, and well do anything you say. Oh, good. Now look, ill pretend to ride away from here. Now its my hunch that that masked man comes knocking at that door, try to find out if i left my money with you. Dont you worry mister, well get rid of him somehow. But i dont want you to. You gotta find some excuse to keep him here. And ill circle around the back and sneak in the door over there and well catch him red handed. I think thats a lovely plan. You can count on us mister. W