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[Music]

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[Radio Announcer's Voice] [br]And now, we come to the thrilling final[br]episode of our radio drama.

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Old Pete Belden, driver of the Jitney from [br]Carsonburg to Copper Springs has a double load today.

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Pete's ancient bus is carrying the "Flying Bee" payroll and the passenger, his niece Betty.[br]

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Little do Pete and Betty suspect as they chug over the desert wastelands

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that just around the next curve, Shifty Sam Hicks and his henchmen lie in wait.[br]

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[Music]

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[Pete] It hasn't been the same without you,[br]Betty. But now that you're back, you'll

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find nothing's changed and nothing's[br]happening.

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[Betty] Nothing's happened?! [br]Why, I heard you had two new horses I can't wait to give them a run.

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[Pete] You be careful where you ride these days.

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Got a band of rustlers operating in the neighborhood.[br]

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Oh, poo. You don't seem very scared carrying the payroll in every month.

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But, you better stick close to home.

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[Betty's voice] Alright, uncle, don't worry.[br]Now, how is the new....

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[Sound of tire popping and air escaping]

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[Silence]

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Stay right there, buddy. Where's the Flying Bee payroll?

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Here is is, Sam.

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Give it here. And, tie him on the horse.

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What about the girl? We didn't count on her being along.

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We'll tie her in the car. Let's get going.

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[Silence]

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[Horses galoping]

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[Radio Announcer] Meanwhile, Betty, frantic in her uncle's danger[br]

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has undone her bonds and is starting for help in the crippled car.

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[Car engine starting]

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[Sound of well pump and water flowing]

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[Car engine]

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[Betty's voice] Sheriff Tom! Hurry, Hurry!

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[Sheriff Tom] Betty, where's your Uncle Pete?

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[Betty] We were held up, Tom.

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Three men. They took the Flying Bee payroll [br]and headed up toward Pine Gap and they

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took uncle with them.

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[Sheriff Tom] Come on in the house quick![br]We'll get the boys together, we'll go after them.

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[Betty] No, I'll take the Jitney into town and[br]get my car.

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[Sheriff Tom] Alright, Betty.

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[Small engine starting]

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[Telephone ringing]

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Hello?!

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Bring up the boys, May. Tell them meet me [br]at Pine Creek forks. The Flying Bee payroll

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has been robbed. Pete Bell has been[br]kidnapped. Tell the boys to ride.

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[Sheriff] Hey, George! Where'd[br]you put that ammunition?

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[George] It's in your desk.

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[Sheriff] Which drawer?

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[George] The middle one.

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[Woman's voice] I declare. I'll never get these [br]dishes done. It's like a storm coming up too.

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Hello, what is it?[br]

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[Woman's voice off screen] -Unintelligible- The Sheriff is rounding up a posse.

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[Woman's voice] I'll call him, May. He's out in the yard.

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[Woman's voice off screen] Send him to Pine Creek Forks. Hurry, Sophie!

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[Cows mooing, Chickens cackling, Rooster Crowing]

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[Woman] Fred! Oh, Fred.

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[Man's voice off stage] Heeellllooooo!

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[Woman's voice] Posse, Fred! Sheriff wants you at Pine Creek forks. They're ridin'.

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Oohh, alright. [Horse neighs in the background]

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Hello, Boss. Betty? [Farm animal sounds in the background, sound of farmer milking a cow]

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[Fred] Hey, Joe. We're saddlin'. Tom wants a posse. Somethin' stirrin,' I reckon. [Farm animal sounds in the background]

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[Joe] Alright, Fred. -Unintelligible- [Farm animal sounds in the background]

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[Fred] See 'ya later, Ma! [Sound of horse galopping away].

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[Ma] Be careful, Fred. [Sound of horse galopping away]

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[Telephone ringing]

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Hello, May. They've gone. Have 'ya got the other boys?

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[May] Some of 'em...-Unintelligible-

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[Sound of hammer striking metal, telephone ringing].

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Hello?

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[Woman's voice] -Unintelligible- payroll robbery. Meet the Sheriff at Pine Creek Forks.

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Pick up Bill and Frank on the way.

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I'm ridin', Harry. Hitch up that there wagon all the way.

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Where's your Pa, Junior?

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[Little boy's voice] He's back on the far section with the reaper. [Sound of reaper, metal turning]

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Hey there, -unintelligible- get down off of that!

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[Junior's Pa] I can't hear 'ya!

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[Junior's Pa] Wait a minute. Now, what you say?

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Somebody held up the Jitney. Probably the Hicks gang.

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Bring your horse they've headed for[br]Pine Creek.

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Guess they're going through the camp. Hurry up and I will meet you at Frank's.

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[Announcer's Voice] And so as the storm breaks around them, the Sheriff's Posse

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gathers at Pine Creek forks prepared for action.

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[Thunder; Heavy rain]

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Men, Hicks's gang have been around[br]this country too long. We're going to

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clean them out, today. But, we got to[br]remember that ol' Pete Bell is with 'em.

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We don't want them to get hurt.[br]Alright boys! Let's head out!

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[Horses galloping fast; thunder roaring; wind howling].

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C'mon, men. We're gaining on 'em.

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-Unintelligible-

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Ride, fellas. They probably have fresh horses at the creek.

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Hold up, here! We'll set fire to the gap[br]and stop 'em.

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[All in unison] Whoa!, Whoa boy!

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Slim, you chop a couple of them small trees.

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[Slim] Right!

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We'll spread a fire they can't get through.

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These are pretty green for burnin', Sam.[br]

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The grass is as dry as tinder here. That'll get it started.

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Shorty, we get some of that dead[br]wood burning in a hurry.

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[Man's voice off screen] Grass is catching on. It's dry alright.

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How about the trees, Slim? About ready?

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[Slim's voice off screen] Move back! She's comin' now.

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[Fire sizzling in the background]

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Got another one. Fire the bank. The Posse is closing in on us.

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[Fire sizzling in the background]

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[Man's voice off screen] Here they come! We'd better hold them off till this fire gets too hot to cross.

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[Men shouting off screen]

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That fire sure too hot for us here.[br]And, they get out of range anytime they[br]want them out.

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Looks like they'll give us a slip.

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Why couldn't you get through in my car, Sheriff? They might do something to uncle if we don't hurry.

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I'll bet we could get through in the car if we got a good start.

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It is worth a try. Who would drive it?

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Don't forget he's my uncle, Sheriff. I'll drive it through myself.

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You'll drive nothing. Get out and get[br]behind the trees.

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[Man's voice off screen] They mountin' up, Sheriff! They're headin' down the creek.[br]

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Alright, Jake. Let's go! Two of you men come with us.

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The rest, of you, keep firing.

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[Men shouting in the background]

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[Music]

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[Music; intermittent gunshots]

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[Uplifting Music]

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[Announcer's Voice] And so, we leave old Pete safe and sound with Betty in her new car.[br]

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And to our friends of the radio audience, we bid a pleasant good night.

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[Music]