WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 The Tom McRolston Freight Shooters are on the air from coast to coast. 00:06.000 --> 00:12.000 When it's ralph and time for breakfast, then it surely is a treat. 00:12.000 --> 00:28.500 Catnip full flavored ralph and 00:28.500 --> 00:34.000 the cowboy sing gets great. Once they try, you have to buy it. 00:34.000 --> 00:47.000 Tom McRolston's Jack Sargent of smuggling a gun into the Doby jail and giving it to Simon Blake so that the dangerous outlaw could use it to 00:47.000 --> 00:54.000 make sure that he's escaped. One reason for Tom's suspicions is that Sargent's own gun is mysteriously missing. 00:54.000 --> 00:57.480 Tom can prove that Sergeant gave Blake that gun. 00:57.480 --> 00:59.140 He'll have a valuable piece of evidence 00:59.140 --> 01:01.840 to help him in his fight for James. 01:01.840 --> 01:04.000 Now Tom has asked the sheriff to post a parcel 01:04.000 --> 01:06.160 around the base of Ballface Mountain 01:06.160 --> 01:08.520 in the belief that Blake is hiding there 01:08.520 --> 01:10.800 and that they can starve him out. 01:10.800 --> 01:12.880 If they succeed in capturing Blake, 01:12.880 --> 01:16.760 Tom may find the outlaw is carrying Sergeant's gun. 01:16.760 --> 01:21.520 And if this is true, Sergeant will be in a mighty bad spot. 01:21.520 --> 01:23.600 Meanwhile, Tom has heard no word from the wrangler 01:23.600 --> 01:26.440 whom he sent east in search of witnesses. 01:26.440 --> 01:30.320 Well, a new visitor arrived at the TM Bar Ranch yesterday. 01:30.320 --> 01:34.480 Professor Wallace, a lovable but absent-minded old scientist, 01:34.480 --> 01:36.760 has come west to help Tom with his plan 01:36.760 --> 01:38.840 to create a national park. 01:38.840 --> 01:40.960 In just a moment, we'll take you out to Dolby. 01:40.960 --> 01:42.480 But first, here's James. 01:42.480 --> 01:43.960 Hi, straight cuters. 01:43.960 --> 01:46.160 These flashlights that Tom's offering to send you 01:46.160 --> 01:48.720 are the swellest flashlights you ever saw. 01:48.720 --> 01:51.560 Hankus and I use them for signaling to each other. 01:51.560 --> 01:53.280 You see, just by turning a little dial 01:53.280 --> 01:56.000 on the end of the flashlight, you can make it throw a red, 01:56.000 --> 01:57.920 a green, or a white light. 01:57.920 --> 01:59.840 It's really three flashlights in one. 01:59.840 --> 02:02.440 I carry mine around with me all the time. 02:02.440 --> 02:04.080 It's not only swell for signaling, 02:04.080 --> 02:06.520 but simply grand for hiking or camping trips. 02:06.520 --> 02:09.240 You can find your way around your house in the dark. 02:09.240 --> 02:12.000 You've never seen a flashlight like this one. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.080 They've been made just for Tom and aren't sold anywhere. 02:15.080 --> 02:16.960 So if I were you, I'd order one right away, 02:16.960 --> 02:18.760 because they're going fast. 02:18.760 --> 02:22.200 Here's one grant to tell you how easy it is to get yours. 02:22.200 --> 02:25.680 Straight cuters, to get Tom's beautiful, streamlined, 02:25.680 --> 02:27.880 pocket-sized flashlight with battery 02:27.880 --> 02:30.800 involved all ready to use, a flashlight 02:30.800 --> 02:32.440 that at the simple turn of a dial 02:32.440 --> 02:35.800 will throw a red, a green, or a white light, 02:35.800 --> 02:37.240 here's all you have to do. 02:37.240 --> 02:39.000 Simply print your name and address 02:39.000 --> 02:41.920 on the backs of two Ralston box tops 02:41.920 --> 02:44.480 and mail to Tom Miller, number one, 02:44.480 --> 02:47.200 Checkerboard Square, St. Louis, Missouri. 02:47.200 --> 02:48.400 That's all you have to do, 02:48.400 --> 02:51.160 and this handsome flashlight is yours. 02:51.160 --> 02:54.480 If you prefer, send only one Ralston box top 02:54.480 --> 02:56.000 and 10 cents and coins. 02:56.000 --> 02:58.920 Be sure to send box tops from Ralston, 02:58.920 --> 03:01.160 the grand hot whole wheat cereal 03:01.160 --> 03:04.120 that is so good to eat and so good for you. 03:04.120 --> 03:07.240 This offer is made only in the United States. 03:07.240 --> 03:09.080 Be sure to get your order in tonight. 03:10.720 --> 03:13.120 And now, come on out to Dolby. 03:13.120 --> 03:15.280 Lawyer Snood and his nephew William 03:15.280 --> 03:18.120 have just dropped in at the TM Bar Ranch. 03:18.120 --> 03:20.520 Lawyer Snood has gone inside to talk to Tom, 03:20.520 --> 03:22.200 leaving William out with Jane. 03:26.080 --> 03:27.880 William, please don't do that. 03:27.880 --> 03:28.720 Why not? 03:28.720 --> 03:29.800 Because it hurts him. 03:29.800 --> 03:31.120 Come here, Checkerboard. 03:31.120 --> 03:33.360 Yeah, he's nothing but a little old dog. 03:33.360 --> 03:34.520 You wouldn't like it if someone 03:34.520 --> 03:36.120 hurt your ears, would you? 03:36.120 --> 03:37.840 I didn't hurt them very hard. 03:38.760 --> 03:41.520 Say, look at that bird up there in that tree. 03:41.520 --> 03:43.440 Bet you can't hit him with a rock. 03:43.440 --> 03:44.840 Well, I wouldn't want to. 03:44.840 --> 03:45.760 Why not? 03:45.760 --> 03:47.200 Because I like birds. 03:47.200 --> 03:48.640 Well, I don't. 03:48.640 --> 03:49.480 They're watching me hitting. 03:49.480 --> 03:50.320 William, please. 03:50.320 --> 03:52.040 Hey, you let go of my arm, Jane. 03:52.040 --> 03:53.480 You can't throw rocks at birds. 03:53.480 --> 03:54.840 I'll call my uncle. 03:54.840 --> 03:56.800 All right, call your uncle, William. 03:56.800 --> 04:00.640 Hey, you better be pretty nice to me, I guess you better. 04:00.640 --> 04:02.400 Trying to be, William. 04:02.400 --> 04:05.360 Only you can't throw rocks at birds with full Checker's ears. 04:05.360 --> 04:07.800 Oh, can I? 04:07.800 --> 04:11.000 My father's a pretty important man, I guess. 04:11.000 --> 04:12.080 Maybe he is, William. 04:12.080 --> 04:15.680 I guess I can do just about whatever I want. 04:15.680 --> 04:18.560 I guess nobody can tell my father what to do. 04:18.560 --> 04:20.400 No matter how important people are, 04:20.400 --> 04:22.840 if they do something wrong, someone will stop them. 04:22.840 --> 04:24.440 Oh, that's what you think. 04:25.360 --> 04:27.880 I guess you just wish you had a father like mine. 04:27.880 --> 04:30.640 Well, I've got Tom. 04:30.640 --> 04:32.120 Tom X? 04:32.120 --> 04:33.920 He isn't your father. 04:33.920 --> 04:36.200 No, he's not my real father, William. 04:36.200 --> 04:38.280 But he's part of the father. 04:38.280 --> 04:40.440 You see, I'm an orphan. 04:40.440 --> 04:41.800 You are not. 04:41.800 --> 04:43.480 Who told you that? 04:43.480 --> 04:47.320 Tom, I asked him after you laughed at me that day in Dobian. 04:47.320 --> 04:48.480 He called me one. 04:48.480 --> 04:51.080 Well, you're not an orphan. 04:51.080 --> 04:54.280 And Tom can't say he's any kind of a father, 04:54.280 --> 04:56.600 because you've already got one. 04:56.600 --> 04:57.760 What do you mean, William? 04:57.760 --> 04:59.680 I know who your father is. 04:59.680 --> 05:02.080 I looked him in the door when he told my Uncle Amos. 05:02.080 --> 05:03.880 When he told your Uncle Amos what? 05:03.880 --> 05:06.200 Said he was your father. 05:06.200 --> 05:08.040 You want to know who it was, Jane? 05:08.040 --> 05:09.800 No, you're just joking. 05:09.800 --> 05:12.840 You wait and see how much of a joke it is. 05:12.840 --> 05:15.360 When he comes to take you away from here. 05:15.360 --> 05:17.240 Just wait, that's all. 05:17.240 --> 05:19.200 When who comes to take me away, William? 05:19.200 --> 05:20.720 Jack Sargent, that's who. 05:20.720 --> 05:21.640 Jack Sargent? 05:21.640 --> 05:25.200 Jack, he's your real father. 05:25.200 --> 05:27.800 He and Tom make that a big argument about you, 05:27.800 --> 05:29.880 right in my Uncle Amos' office. 05:29.880 --> 05:32.040 I heard him. 05:32.040 --> 05:34.240 Sargent's going to have Tom arrested 05:34.240 --> 05:36.480 and make him give you to him. 05:36.480 --> 05:38.080 Ask Tom to arrest him? 05:38.080 --> 05:39.800 Sure. 05:39.800 --> 05:43.880 They'll probably put him in jail for years and years. 05:43.880 --> 05:46.880 And then the police will come and get you. 05:46.880 --> 05:50.040 You'll have to go and whipple up Jack Sargent, or, well, 05:50.040 --> 05:52.440 they'll probably put you in jail, too. 05:52.440 --> 05:54.480 But William, it's not so. 05:54.480 --> 05:55.280 You're making it up. 05:55.280 --> 05:56.320 It can't be so. 05:56.320 --> 05:57.680 Oh, just wait and see. 05:57.680 --> 05:59.640 That's all. 05:59.640 --> 06:00.560 Yep. 06:00.560 --> 06:03.200 If you won't be telling people not to throw lots of birds, 06:03.200 --> 06:08.080 then I guess you'll be pretty sorry you didn't treat me nice 06:08.080 --> 06:10.080 out here at the ranch. 06:10.080 --> 06:13.200 Because you won't be living here at the ranch anymore. 06:13.200 --> 06:14.400 Is that so? 06:14.400 --> 06:15.560 Cry, baby. 06:15.560 --> 06:16.560 Cry, baby. 06:16.560 --> 06:17.560 Come on, Tinker. 06:17.560 --> 06:18.560 Come on. 06:18.560 --> 06:20.560 Cry, baby, cry. 06:20.560 --> 06:22.560 Shake your finger and your eye. 06:22.560 --> 06:26.560 Tell your father it was I. Cry, baby, cry. 06:26.560 --> 06:31.560 While William taunts James, inside the ranch house, 06:31.560 --> 06:35.560 Tom is concluding a conference with William's uncle. 06:35.560 --> 06:38.560 There's nothing more to say about the matter, Lawyer Snood. 06:38.560 --> 06:40.560 That, Mr. Mix, after all we've... 06:40.560 --> 06:42.560 Nothing you have shown me has in the slightest way 06:42.560 --> 06:45.560 convinced me that Jack Sargent is guilty of murder. 06:45.560 --> 06:47.560 That Jack Sargent is James' father. 06:47.560 --> 06:50.560 You're being very foolish, Mr. Mix. 06:50.560 --> 06:54.560 That happens to be your opinion, Snood, not mine. 06:54.560 --> 06:57.560 Yeah. Oh, yes. Yes, indeed, Mr. Mix. 06:57.560 --> 06:59.560 No offense intended. 06:59.560 --> 07:03.560 But you must consider the evidence I have will, without a doubt, 07:03.560 --> 07:07.560 convince the court that my client, Mr. Sargent, 07:07.560 --> 07:09.560 has a legal right to James. 07:09.560 --> 07:12.560 The case hasn't come to court yet, Snood. 07:12.560 --> 07:17.560 No. No, but it will, Mr. Mix. It will. 07:17.560 --> 07:20.560 The papers have already been filed with Judge Parson. 07:20.560 --> 07:23.560 Yes, he told me they had. 07:23.560 --> 07:25.560 But I may have some evidence of my own 07:25.560 --> 07:28.560 to present to Judge Parson's lawyer, Snood. 07:28.560 --> 07:31.560 Evidence that'll throw your client's case right out of court. 07:31.560 --> 07:37.560 Really? You... you have this evidence, Mr. Mix? 07:37.560 --> 07:40.560 Not at the moment, no. 07:40.560 --> 07:43.560 Oh, oh, I understand. 07:43.560 --> 07:47.560 You're counting on Wrangler to find it for you, eh? 07:47.560 --> 07:50.560 I understand he went east the other night. 07:50.560 --> 07:53.560 Yes. Yes. 07:53.560 --> 07:56.560 It was the night that your other client, Simon Blake, 07:56.560 --> 07:58.560 broke jail, lawyer Snood. 07:58.560 --> 08:02.560 Yes. Yes, a very unfortunate occurrence, wasn't it? 08:02.560 --> 08:05.560 It'll be more unfortunate for the ones who helped, Blake, 08:05.560 --> 08:07.560 if we can discover who they are. 08:07.560 --> 08:10.560 Oh, undoubtedly, Mr. Mix. Undoubtedly. 08:10.560 --> 08:13.560 Now, now about this exact matter. 08:13.560 --> 08:16.560 I wouldn't count too much on what Wrangler 08:16.560 --> 08:18.560 is able to dig up, Mr. Mix. 08:18.560 --> 08:19.560 Why not? 08:19.560 --> 08:23.560 Well, witnesses lose their memory after several years, 08:23.560 --> 08:28.560 and it was witnesses he went to find, wasn't it, Mr. Mix? 08:28.560 --> 08:29.560 Did I say that? 08:29.560 --> 08:34.560 No, no, just guessing, just guessing. 08:34.560 --> 08:37.560 But, well, this fight for the custody of Jane 08:37.560 --> 08:39.560 may last a long time, 08:39.560 --> 08:43.560 and court cases run into money, run into money. 08:43.560 --> 08:45.560 Wouldn't it be better for both parties 08:45.560 --> 08:48.560 if we came to some kind of an agreement? 08:48.560 --> 08:51.560 What do you mean by an agreement, Snood? 08:51.560 --> 08:54.560 A financial agreement, Mr. Mix. 08:54.560 --> 08:56.560 Mr. Sargent, my client, 08:56.560 --> 08:59.560 realizes how much affection you have for the child, 08:59.560 --> 09:02.560 of the care and attention you have lavished upon her 09:02.560 --> 09:04.560 since the time she was a baby. 09:04.560 --> 09:08.560 My client, my dear Mr. Mix, is most grateful, 09:08.560 --> 09:12.560 and he feels that you are entitled to some compensation 09:12.560 --> 09:14.560 for your benevolence. 09:14.560 --> 09:16.560 In substantiating this fact, 09:16.560 --> 09:19.560 he is sincerely willing to amply repay you 09:19.560 --> 09:22.560 for all you have done for his motherness, Doctor. 09:22.560 --> 09:24.560 Putting that in plain short words, 09:24.560 --> 09:26.560 you mean Jack Sargent wants to buy me off. 09:26.560 --> 09:28.560 Oh, really, Mr. Mix, that is... 09:28.560 --> 09:30.560 Instead of a fight which he isn't as sure of winning 09:30.560 --> 09:32.560 as you tried to make me believe, 09:32.560 --> 09:34.560 he wants to make it a deal of dollars and cents. 09:34.560 --> 09:35.560 No, Mr. Mix. 09:35.560 --> 09:36.560 He wants me to figure out to the penny 09:36.560 --> 09:38.560 how much I think Jane's worth to me. 09:38.560 --> 09:41.560 Well, I'll tell you how much she's worth to me, Snood, 09:41.560 --> 09:44.560 and you can repeat it word for word to your client. 09:44.560 --> 09:46.560 She's worth every cent I've got 09:46.560 --> 09:48.560 with a T.M. file that's thrown in. 09:48.560 --> 09:50.560 And if it takes that much to fight Jack Sargent 09:50.560 --> 09:53.560 through every court in the country to keep Jane, 09:53.560 --> 09:54.560 she's worth it to me. 09:54.560 --> 09:56.560 Here's your half-loyal, Snood. 09:56.560 --> 09:58.560 Go back to Dobie and tell your client what I said. 09:58.560 --> 10:00.560 But now, now, Mr. Mix. 10:00.560 --> 10:01.560 Goodbye, Snood. 10:01.560 --> 10:02.560 But, well, now, really... 10:02.560 --> 10:04.560 Goodbye! 10:04.560 --> 10:07.560 Yes, sir, yes, indeed. 10:07.560 --> 10:10.560 Good day, Mr. Mix. Good day. 10:10.560 --> 10:11.560 Oh! 10:11.560 --> 10:12.560 Call it, Snood. 10:12.560 --> 10:14.560 Oh, yes, yes, take a look. 10:14.560 --> 10:16.560 Okay. 10:16.560 --> 10:18.560 That dog don't need to run him down. 10:18.560 --> 10:20.560 Yeah, Tom, take care of Telegrams. 10:20.560 --> 10:21.560 They've come for you. 10:21.560 --> 10:22.560 Thanks, David. 10:22.560 --> 10:25.560 Look, if he comes back and says it's my fault 10:25.560 --> 10:27.560 that his nephew William just fell in a horse talk, 10:27.560 --> 10:29.560 don't you believe it? 10:29.560 --> 10:31.560 I was more than a foot away from William 10:31.560 --> 10:33.560 when he lost his balance and fell in. 10:33.560 --> 10:34.560 Of course I was. 10:34.560 --> 10:35.560 Take us. 10:35.560 --> 10:36.560 Huh? 10:36.560 --> 10:37.560 There's wires from Wrangler. 10:37.560 --> 10:38.560 Yeah? What'd he say? 10:38.560 --> 10:41.560 He's located one of the three witnesses he went to find. 10:41.560 --> 10:42.560 Who is he? 10:42.560 --> 10:44.560 Tom Freeman. 10:44.560 --> 10:46.560 He was the engineer of the train that hit the car 10:46.560 --> 10:48.560 Jane and her father were in. 10:48.560 --> 10:49.560 Where at is this friend? 10:49.560 --> 10:53.560 He's living in Coyote Wells, just 50 miles from here. 10:53.560 --> 10:54.560 What you gonna do, Tom? 10:54.560 --> 10:57.560 Tomorrow morning I'm riding to Coyote Wells with Jane 10:57.560 --> 11:02.560 to see Mr. Freeman and find out just how much he remembers. 11:02.560 --> 11:05.560 Well, straight shooters, it looks as though 11:05.560 --> 11:08.560 the Wrangler has succeeded in locating a very important 11:08.560 --> 11:11.560 witness who lives just 50 miles from Dolby. 11:11.560 --> 11:13.560 That's a lucky break for Tom. 11:13.560 --> 11:16.560 But I wonder how much this Freeman will be able 11:16.560 --> 11:18.560 to tell Tom about the accident. 11:18.560 --> 11:21.560 Tom is working against time and every day counts. 11:21.560 --> 11:24.560 For sergeant, you'll remember, has taken the matter to court 11:24.560 --> 11:27.560 in an effort to force Tom to turn Jane over to him. 11:27.560 --> 11:31.560 Unless Tom can prove that sergeant is not Jane's father, 11:31.560 --> 11:33.560 he will have to give Jane up. 11:33.560 --> 11:36.560 And now here's Tom Nagle. 11:36.560 --> 11:40.560 Straight shooters, I have found that working around the ranch 11:40.560 --> 11:43.560 and when I'm hiking and camping, I just can't get along 11:43.560 --> 11:45.560 without a flashlight. 11:45.560 --> 11:47.560 They're the handiest things in the world. 11:47.560 --> 11:51.560 Well, sir, some time ago I designed my own flashlight. 11:51.560 --> 11:55.560 One I could use not only to find my way around in the dark, 11:55.560 --> 11:58.560 but I could use the signal with, too. 11:58.560 --> 12:01.560 And everybody I have shown this flashlight to 12:01.560 --> 12:05.560 is so plumb crazy about it, I've had some made up specials 12:05.560 --> 12:07.560 for all my straight shooter pals. 12:07.560 --> 12:10.560 This flashlight can't be bought anywhere. 12:10.560 --> 12:12.560 No sir. 12:12.560 --> 12:14.560 It's streamlined pocket size. 12:14.560 --> 12:17.560 On the head there's a little dial. 12:17.560 --> 12:20.560 And by turning this dial, you can make the flashlight show 12:20.560 --> 12:24.560 a red, green, or a white light. 12:24.560 --> 12:27.560 It's really three flashlights in one. 12:27.560 --> 12:30.560 I'm saving one of my flashlights just for you. 12:30.560 --> 12:34.560 And if you'll get your order in, I'll send it to you right away. 12:34.560 --> 12:38.560 Here's Lynn Grant to tell you how plumb easy it is to get yours. 12:38.560 --> 12:40.560 Thank you, Tom. 12:40.560 --> 12:44.560 Straight shooters, to get Tom's flashlight with battery involved 12:44.560 --> 12:47.560 all ready to use, here's all you have to do. 12:47.560 --> 12:51.560 Simply print your name and address on the backs of two Raulston box tops 12:51.560 --> 12:57.560 and mail to Tom Mick's number one checkerboard square, St. Louis, Missouri. 12:57.560 --> 13:01.560 That's all there is to it, and Tom's beautiful flashlight is yours. 13:01.560 --> 13:06.560 If you prefer, send only one Raulston box top and ten cents in coins. 13:06.560 --> 13:09.560 This rockler is good only in the United States. 13:09.560 --> 13:14.560 Be sure to send box tops from Raulston, the hot whole wheat cereal 13:14.560 --> 13:18.560 that Tom Mick recommends to give you cowboy energy. 13:18.560 --> 13:20.560 And hurry, hurry, hurry. They're going fast. 13:20.560 --> 13:23.560 Go get your order in tonight. 13:23.560 --> 13:29.560 Mr. Freeman, do you remember an accident just outside of Doby some years ago? 13:29.560 --> 13:34.560 A train hit a car carrying two men and a baby at a crossing. 13:34.560 --> 13:39.560 Yes. Do you remember what the men in the car looked like? 13:39.560 --> 13:44.560 Tomorrow, Tom Mick talks to Freeman, the engineer of the train that was in the wreck 13:44.560 --> 13:47.560 in which Tom believes Jane's real father was killed. 13:47.560 --> 13:51.560 On this conversation, Jane's whole future may depend. 13:51.560 --> 13:54.560 Will Freeman identify Jack Sargent as Jane's father, 13:54.560 --> 13:57.560 or will he say that Sargent is an imposter and a fake? 13:57.560 --> 13:59.560 Be sure to listen in. 13:59.560 --> 14:01.560 Hold on now, I'll be above sea of fever. 14:01.560 --> 14:05.560 Look at me, round the time, to the next story. 14:05.560 --> 14:09.560 It's Raulston time and breakfast, that surely is the treat. 14:09.560 --> 14:13.560 That mitch pole flavored Raulston, made from old and western wheat. 14:13.560 --> 14:16.560 Ranked with Fersettis, and you'll find before you're through. 14:16.560 --> 14:20.560 With a lot of cream, boy, sure they've seen you stop for breakfast too. 14:20.560 --> 14:23.560 Ask your mother in the morning, serve you up a steamy plate. 14:23.560 --> 14:26.560 Here's a round hot whole wheat cereal, and the cowboys think it's great. 14:26.560 --> 14:28.560 Once you try it, you'll be biased. 14:28.560 --> 14:31.560 Tom McFerris, wild sweet, say it to me too, 14:31.560 --> 14:33.560 say it best for you, North Ontario can't beat me. 14:33.560 --> 14:37.560 To the not so Lin-Brandt, Tom McFliss impersonator. 14:37.560 --> 14:40.560 This is the National Broadcasting Company. 14:40.560 --> 14:55.560 Voice over. 14:55.560 --> 14:58.560 Public broadcaster. 14:58.560 --> 15:03.560 Online Activity. 15:03.560 --> 15:08.560 Radiooms.