- 5 weeks ago
The episode's plot centers on the discovery of gold near the quiet cattle town of Twin Rivers, which quickly transforms the area into a chaotic gold-rush town. Hopalong Cassidy is called in to investigate the suspicious deaths of two partners of an old prospector named Bummer Lowe, whom Red Connors and others had provided with grubstake (supplies/funding for prospecting). Bummer himself is found ailing and unresponsive, creating a mystery around who is behind the killings and seeking to profit from the gold discovery. Hoppy must sort through the new friends and enemies Bummer has acquired to find the culprits.
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00:00Here he comes, here he comes, there's the trumpets, there's the drums, here he comes,
00:10Hopalong Cassidy, here he comes.
00:30For years, Twin Rivers was a quiet cattle town.
00:34Then suddenly, the peaceful existence changed with the discovery of gold near our community.
00:40The prospects of easy, sudden wealth attracted an influx of new citizens.
00:45Unfortunately, we had to welcome the bad along with the good.
00:48My job as sheriff became more difficult than Hassan.
00:52Most of the disturbances were caused by Buck Fane's gambling table.
00:56I could never prove Fane's games were crooked, but fights were inevitable and frequent.
01:14Break it up!
01:15What's the matter with you?
01:19All right, what is it this time, Fane?
01:21The usual thing.
01:23His luck ran out and he accused me of running a crooked game.
01:25I said that was enough!
01:28He caused considerable damage.
01:30Lock him up.
01:31I'll prefer charges.
01:34All right, come on.
01:35I was reluctant to lock up this fellow, but according to the law, I couldn't do anything else.
01:55Be more careful in the future.
01:57All these miners aren't stupid.
01:59Get back to your table.
01:59Looks like Bummer's lost another partner.
02:14Come on.
02:14All right.
02:14Come on.
02:29All right.
02:40Come on.
02:41hiya man frankie what happened i don't know somebody shot him in the back when we was
02:54working the claim where's hoppy seems to me the sheriff would be the last person you'd want to
02:58talk to this is the second one of your partners who's been mysteriously ambushed two weeks ago
03:04it was jack smith are you trying to say i've done it well the more of them you kill off the larger
03:08your share why are you lying varmint oh none of that you protecting the old fool huh of course you
03:15would you're one of his partners in that gold strike maybe you're helping him get rid of the
03:19others yeah i'll make you eat something ought to be done about you two and i got a good mind to start
03:25it you'd better be sure you can finish it you're nothing but a dirty crook you saw because you
03:29haven't got a part of my mind shut up you old fool well how about this folks should i do something
03:34about it what have you got in mind fane put up your gun
03:40i said put up your gun
03:45i'm sure glad to see you hoppy buck fain here is trying to say that red and i killed off our partners
03:59we had no idea who killed frank king and jack smith we were out digging the flame all right bummer i
04:04know all right come on all of you back to your business now you too fain
04:10right you better take care of him i knew fain was a troublemaker but i couldn't figure his motive
04:21and trying to make people believe this old codger was a murderer
04:24bummer had drifted into twin rivers six or eight years before and had never been known to do a day's
04:40work finally the people around town got tired of bummer bumming his food drinks and even his clothing
04:47five of the boys got together and decided to grubstake the old man if he'd work a gold claim
04:52they were dan warner the blacksmith red and three miners jack smith frank king and trem hardy
04:59dan said he didn't have any idea what was going on
05:03when i told him his life might be in danger he laughed off my fears
05:15i told the blacksmith when he saw trem hardy to tell him to drop into my office
05:20look hobbie he's here
05:37sheldon boy am i glad to see you oh my uncle sheldon how are you how are you oh this is my
05:54brother's boy and my namesake dr sheldon low shake hands with hop along cassidy how are you doctor
06:00i don't know you mr cassidy i wrote him to come over as soon as i struck gold on my claim
06:05that was very nice of you bummer bummer that is what you call him isn't it oh that's just a term
06:11of affection oh well i've had a little trouble since i wrote your boy now you better come over
06:21to my office doctor it's nothing to worry about a couple of my uh partners got shot in the back
06:27the doctor hadn't seen bummer for over fifteen years i gathered from their conversation that
06:48because this boy was his namesake and his father was dead bummer had decided to set his nephew up in
06:54business and open an office for him i didn't like to disillusion dr low about his uncle but i had
07:00to explain what had started out to be a prank with the boys around town making bummer go to work
07:05had turned into a serious matter i'd drawn up a partnership agreement which all of them signed
07:10they were to share equally six ways naturally with the elimination of two men those left would get
07:18a bigger share mr cassidy uncle sheldon wouldn't kill anybody i'm sure of that i passed by the claim
07:24on my way into town i don't know much about mining but it didn't look very prosperous to me
07:29have you ever been in this part of the country before no of course not he only got out of that
07:34doctor school a couple of months ago well for a stranger you didn't seem to have much trouble
07:38finding that claim uncle sheldon described it so well in his letter i i just went right to it
07:43could i see that letter i lost it what are you driving at hoppy
07:49slugman 30-30 winchester killed frank king
07:53if i'm not mistaken that was a 30-30 winchester you had on your saddle wouldn't it that's right
08:00see here mr cassidy if you think because i went by my uncle's mine i killed one of his partners
08:05you're badly mistaken just a minute doctor nobody's accusing you of anything your insinuations are
08:10plain enough it was only natural for him to go to the mine he thought he'd find me there
08:13mr cassidy hi trim what's this i hear about frank king that's right jim i want to tell you just a
08:22minute trim hardy this is dr sheldon low bummer's nephew is that the name mr hardy so you're the
08:27young man bummer's going to will all his money to yes that's right what about it what do you mean
08:33bummer told me the other day he was going to leave everything to his nephew judging from the way
08:38things are happening around here it's going to be quite a bit but hear this you old scalawag
08:43i'll get my share and it won't be in my grave either who you call an old scalawag you big
08:48just a minute just a minute i'll see you later hardy
08:51why don't you pick on somebody your own size
08:58doc you didn't waste any time getting a shingle up oh good morning sheriff good morning you know
09:17you should do pretty well here in twin rivers dr kramer's getting old and tired and more squirt
09:21anyhow got my first patient last night uncle sheldon oh what happened to him pain's in his stomach
09:27he's been over reading now he's a rich man he'll probably try to outdo diamond jim brady
09:33is he in bed yes he is i'll go over and see him mr cassidy if you want to question me any further
09:40i took a room in mrs turner's balling house yeah i know
09:44mrs turner
10:12hi
10:19oh mr cassidy come in oh you are in aren't you
10:24yes
10:24land sakes i haven't laid eyes on you in days how are you well i hope let me see now to be exact i
10:33haven't seen you or laid eyes on you in five days yes i know it was five days ago because
10:38uh mrs turner i came in to see bummer oh yes of course uh sheldon will be so glad to see you
10:45he's in his room you know confined to his bed poor thing i was just bringing him some soup and warm milk
10:50i always say that uh yes i know which one is uh bummer's room
10:55uh this way here's the same room we had before best bed in the house too i always say people don't pay enough attention to what kind of bed they sleep in you know did you ever stop to realize mr cassidy you spent half of your life in bed my sister emma always said mrs turner you seem to have taken quite an interest in sheldon's comforts all of a sudden i remember the time you put him out because he couldn't pay his bill i only did it for his own good
11:25yes sir with him thank you listen tram if you and dan will do what i tell you we'll have a mind that'll pay off i ain't gonna have no more soup nor no more milk nonsense it's good for you sheldon and you'll drink every drop of it oh a man ought to have something in his stomach that'll stick to his ribs
11:44howdy hoppy hi bummer what's ailing you well i must have ate something that didn't like me
11:52and that nephew of mine sent me some medicines the worst tasting stuff i ever had in this world
11:57well they say the worse the taste the quicker the cure yeah less than it kills you want some soup
12:01no i don't want any soup but i do want you to stay away from the mine
12:05that's what we were talking about happy yeah me and warner's going out to work to claim while bummer's laid up
12:11but we're taking red along with us to keep a lookout for ambushes that's a good idea i'm going to suggest
12:16that i ain't gonna stay in this bed oh yes you are sheldon i think you better bummer
12:22all right hoppy if you say so is this the medicine your nephew prescribed yes and i wish he had to take
12:30it himself oh for goodness sake it's time for his next dose oh no i ain't gonna take it oh yes you are
12:37sheldon now open up being sick and having mrs turner's loving care forced upon him at least did
12:44one thing it made bummer anxious to get back to work i left to give red some instructions about
12:50protecting himself and the other partners
12:52mrs turner
13:04mrs turner
13:08mr pain what are you doing here dr lowe tells me that you have a vacant room and you serve the best food in town
13:18you want to rent for me yes anything wrong with that i've never rented to anyone connected with your place
13:26well there's always a first time for everything how much i haven't said i'd let you have the room
13:32this ought to take care of it
13:34well if you insist
13:38now mr pain please don't make me sorry i took you in i always say i know you have nothing to worry about
13:46i was just as amazed as mrs turner to see fame moving into her place
13:52red took the first turn at guard duty while hardy and warner worked the claim
14:12white naturally they wanted to stay alive to enjoy their newfound prosperity
14:26you better get out of here
14:54they had searched around the claim for signs of the ambusher but had found nothing
15:06they promised me to stop all work on the diggings for a while
15:10i'd received word bummer was worse and wanted to talk to me
15:24i think the cup of hot tea you suggested will help be sure you take some minutes i'll attend to it
15:42how's bummer
15:44this condition is serious but not dangerous
15:48did you get to talk to him
15:50i couldn't not in his present condition
15:52i told you i'd make it worth your while
15:54besides if you wait it'll be too late
15:56wait it'll be too late
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16:20i
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16:36Bummer. How are you, Hoppy? How do you feel? Terrible. Dizzy, and I got pains in my stomach.
16:45Well, what does Sheldon say about it? Oh, well, he sent me over some new medicine over there.
16:51But that's not what I want to talk to you about, Hoppy. Hoppy, I got a confession to make to you.
16:58I've been in love with Mrs. Turner for a long time, but I never had nerve enough to speak to her about
17:04it until now. Well, you know, now that I've got a little money, why, I guess I just popped
17:10the question. And she said yes. Yeah, and she sure made me happy, too. Holly, I want you
17:21to read this. It's my will. I wish you'd fix it up sort of legal-like so that if anything
17:29happens to me before we're married, Mrs. Turner and Sheldon will split what I leave.
17:33Oh, nothing's going to happen to you. You'll be up and around in no time. But I do think
17:39for your own protection that maybe you should give me power of attorney. What's that? Well,
17:44that's a legal form of letter that means that you can't sell or transfer or even give away
17:48your gold without my consent. Oh, I see. Sure, Hoppy, you go ahead and fix it up. That's fine.
17:55This is the new medicine, huh? Isn't that awful-smelling stuff? It certainly is. Yeah, and after
18:04I take that vile-tasting stuff, I feel worse than I did before. Well, then there's no reason
18:09for taking it. I'll get you some stuff that doesn't taste quite so bad. Oh, thanks, Hoppy.
18:13Hoppy, you're a real friend. I'll be back in a little while with some new medicine. You
18:18take it easy. Hoppy, Hoppy, don't hurry. Why, Mr. Kirstie, I didn't know you were here. I
18:32was in visiting with Bummer. Is the doctor in? Well, he was a few minutes ago, I'll see.
18:36Land sakes, I never had so much to do. Since poor Sheldon got sick, it's just been one thing
18:41after the other. Did you want to see me, Mr. Cassidy? Yes. I'm taking Bummer's medicine
18:46away from him. For goodness sake, why? You have no right to do that. I have every right.
18:51And as sheriff, I'm ordering you not to prescribe to your uncle. I'm having Dr. Kramer come in
18:55and take a look at him. That's a direct insult. I'm a doctor, Mr. Cassidy, and what you're
19:00doing is contrary to professional ethics. Well, I'm not a doctor, so I don't have to
19:04be concerned with professional ethics. All right. You are the law on Twin Rivers, and I'll
19:09have to abide by what you say. But I won't be responsible for the results. Let me worry
19:14about that, will you? Land sakes, I never saw such goings on. You don't think there's anything
19:21really wrong with that medicine, do you, Mr. Cassidy? Well, I don't know, but there's no sense
19:25taking any chances. Well, I'll get rid of it for you. I'll see you later, Mr.
19:28Tucker. Well, I always say the law is the law. I know about you having the power of attorney,
19:47Cassidy, and I'm willing to pay a good price to buy into Bummer's claim. Aren't you satisfied
19:52with your own business? Yes, but I'd like to get in on a good thing. I'm sure you would.
20:00But I think for the time being, we'll let things stand just as they are. There's something else
20:04you might give some thought to. You go in with Bummer, your life might be in danger. I'm willing
20:10to take my chances on that score. Change your tune, eh, Finn? I'm making a legitimate offer.
20:16Well, I am sure you are. I even asked the doctor to speak to the old man about it. You
20:22can ask him. I will. Now, if you'll excuse us, we have some work to do.
20:26Did you see him looking at that medicine bottle? Yeah. I'll bet there's poison in there
20:42and he's in cahoots with the doctor. Well, I'm glad you got it triggered out because I
20:46haven't. Where are you going? I want to get something to eat. I missed my supper with all
20:50this paperwork. I haven't had anything to eat either. You mean in the last 30 minutes. I want
20:55you to stay here and watch the office. I'm expecting callers. Well, say, I just thought
21:00of something. Isn't it dangerous to leave old Bummer unprotected if somebody's trying
21:04to kill him? Bummer is perfectly all right so long as that power of attorney paper is
21:08locked up. That brings up another thought. They might try to get you. I hope they let me
21:12get my supper first. I'll bring you back a sandwich. You better make it two. Maybe three.
21:25Bye-bye.
21:38Bye-bye.
21:45Hi.
21:53THE END
22:23THE END
22:53What's the matter? You so poor you can't buy your own medicine?
22:57Give me that bottle. I'm gonna lock you up. Get in there.
22:59Hold it, Red.
23:04Drop your gun on the floor.
23:07Give me that bottle.
23:08Now open that safe. I want that power of attorney paper.
23:15I can't. I don't know the combination.
23:18You're lying. Open the safe.
23:20I said I can't.
23:22You better give me that gun.
23:25One?
23:25Wait just a minute, Mrs. Turner.
23:27I only agreed to steal that bottle of medicine for you.
23:29I don't want to be part of a murder.
23:31Two?
23:31Who?
23:33Mrs. Turner.
23:34I always say that one man's medicine is another man's poison.
23:39All right, Red. Lock her up.
23:43Right this way, ma'am.
23:44Mrs. Turner confessed she'd killed Smith and King,
23:54had tried to kill Red at the diggings,
23:56and had slowly been poisoning Bummer.
23:58Guess she figured she'd rather inherit his share than marry him.
24:01The remaining partners decided to work the diggings with Bummer.
24:08The old fellow had more ambition and a willingness to work than any of them.
24:11Come on.
24:14Come on.
24:15I'll be right back.
24:16I'll be right back.
24:18Come on.
24:19Come on.
24:21Come on.
24:22Come on.
24:31Hi there, my little friends.
24:38If you were playing baseball,
24:40and the baseball was knocked across a railroad track,
24:44I'm pretty sure when you got to that railroad track,
24:47you'd stop, look, and listen, wouldn't you?
24:51Now, please remember that any street in America
24:54is just as dangerous as that railroad.
24:58So when you get to the curbstone,
25:00stop, look, and listen.
25:05Will you do that for me?
25:07Now, so long until next week.
25:10And in the meantime,
25:12don't forget to go to Sunday school.
25:16There he goes, upon his way,
25:19down the moon that trails where cowboys rain.
25:25Hop along, Cassidy.
25:27Hop along, Cassidy.
25:31He'll return soon again.
25:35There's no use to say goodbye until then.
25:40Hop along, Cassidy.
25:43So long.
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