The Texas Rangers Page #7

terrorizes citizens

of Concho County

after stealing money,

cattle and horses,

MAN 3:
Daring train robberies

in last month net bandit gang

close to $40, 000,

Sheriffs of 20 counties

pursue notorious Polka-Dot,

MAN 4:
Citizens stage

running battle with bandit

after daylight robbery

of Wells Fargo Express Office,

in which agent

and two bystanders

are killed,

MAN 5:

All law enforcement officers

in southwest Texas

are warned

to be on the lookout

for Polka-Dot Bandit,

who is trying to take the law

into his own hands,

This man

is a dangerous character,

Don't take any chances

with him,

Jim, when did you first

convince yourself

that I was the only girl

in the world?

The day you made me kiss you.

Made you?

I had to fight

to get away from you.

I was scared to death.

Yeah, I bet.

Well, I was a Iittle scared.

Jim, what are we

going to do about it?

I haven't figured it out yet.

Do you think

I'II make a pretty bride?

Well, I haven't

asked you yet.

Yes, but if you did ask me,

and I did answer yes,

and we did get married,

now, mind you,

I'm just supposing,

where would we Iive?

Well, we couldn't

Iive much any place

on $40 a month,

but I got my eye

on a ranch that...

Oh, Mr. Hawkins!

That's just

what I was thinking.

Where?

Have you got one?

Yeah, it's in Kimball County.

That's the best grazing Iand

in the state.

Here.

It's 18 miles north of...

Somewhere.

And it runs five miles

down here along

this wrinkle here and...

Well, anyway,

it's a Iot of Iand.

Oh.

But aren't you afraid

of apron strings?

I used to be afraid

of the bogeyman

when I was a kid.

You're not afraid anymore?

Uh-uh. Look.

See?

(WHISTLING)

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Will I see you tonight?

You will

unless they break my arms,

my Iegs and my neck.

(WHISTLING)

Sam.

Yeah.

He's getting

pretty big.

Yup.

I don't Iike it.

Me, neither.

(WHISTLING)

Hawkins, Major Bailey.

What's it now, Major?

Another Kimball County?

No, that job of yours

did the trick.

This is something else,

a real manhunt.

I Ieave the whole thing

up to you. Handle it

any way you see fit.

Sounds big.

It is big.

The man's the one whom all

the newspapers in the state

are calling Polka-Dot.

We're out to get him.

One sensational crime

after another.

He's making Iaughingstocks

out of all of us.

You're to bring him in

dead or alive.

I didn't reckon

on anything Iike this.

You'd better explain that.

I'd rather not

take the job, Major.

Why not?

Well, I...

I been working

pretty hard.

So has this outlaw.

I know, but I'd been hoping

for a vacation.

Never mind that now.

We'II talk about that

after you clean up this job.

You'II start in the morning.

That's an order.

Take four men.

Pick them yourself.

I'II have to resign, Major.

I'm sorry to hear you

say that, Hawkins.

You've been getting along

pretty well Iately.

You're about first

in Iine for promotion.

Here's the resignation form.

Sign it.

Ditson.

Hawkins, you're under arrest.

What for?

The Polka-Dot Bandit

and Sam McGee

are one and the same.

Not so Iong ago,

you were outlaws together.

You were

and you still are pals.

You're not hiding anything

from me, Hawkins.

How Iong

have you known this?

It came while you were

in Kimball County.

I don't mind telling you

it was hard for me

to believe it.

This was to have been

your real test,

bringing in Sam McGee.

I hoped

you'd come through.

I'm sorry, sir.

So am I.

Let's go.

Hello, Davey.

I said, hello.

Oh, Iook what

I got for you.

Some Iicorice.

Say, I oiled up my gun.

Sure works good.

You wanna try it?

What's the matter with you?

Nothing.

Oh. Thinking

about Jim, huh?

Supposing I am?

Say, Jim ain't a-scared

of that Polka-Dot.

None of the Rangers

around here are.

I know I ain't.

I was wondering.

Well, I ain't.

Seems if you was

a good Ranger, the Major

would've given you the job.

Sent three or four

other fellows,

but he didn't send you.

Is that so?

Well, it ain't gonna do

him no good, 'cause

he ain't gonna find him.

It's gonna take brains

to ferret out that Polka-Dot.

Yes, sir, brains.

I'II bet you

I could find him.

I'm from Missouri, Wahoo.

Say, Davey,

supposing I went out

and got the Polka-Dot

and brought him in here,

would you be

proud of me?

You know I would.

Everybody'd be proud of you.

Why, you'd be

the biggest Ranger

of 'em all,

even bigger than Jim was.

That settles it.

Honest?

Honest Injun.

You're gonna take me along

with you, ain't you?

Don't be daffy.

It's bad enough

me going without

the Major's orders.

They find out I'm missing,

things'II be popping.

They won't miss me, either,

till it's too Iate.

What are you talking about?

You'II slow me down.

Besides, Polka-Dot

is a pretty tough hombre,

I gotta figure out a way

to bring him in.

Maybe you'd better not go.

I'm one of the finest

trigger men in this country.

This is gonna be

between me and you,

understand? Man to man.

Man to man.

Shake.

Be a good boy now.

You're gonna be

awful careful,

aren't you, Wahoo?

What do you mean, son?

Well...

Oh. Don't you worry none.

Nothing's gonna happen

to old Wahoo. You know that.

Be a good boy.

Stick up your hands!

Gotcha!

So Iong, Davey.

Yup.

(HORSES APPROACHING)

(SINGING OH SUSANNA)

Wahoo! Hey, Wahoo!

Holy horse cars! You!

What are you doing here?

I been following you all day.

You have, huh?

Well, turn around

and get home as fast

as that nag'II take you.

I am not.

Listen, Davey,

I told you

this is a man's job.

I'm a man.

You said, "Man to man."

Besides, if you got

in a tight spot,

I could go for help.

Don't worry about me.

I ain't gonna get

in no tight spots, either.

Now get home

as fast as you can,

understand me?

Go on. Get out of here.

Get out of here!

Scat!

I mean it!

I said get out of here!

Oh, all right.

You wanted

to send a message,

you wouldn't have anybody

to send it with

unless you took me along.

Maybe so,

but I'd have a tougher time

explaining what you

was doing with me.

Well, you could say

you saved me

from the Injuns.

That was a Iong time ago.

But you don't have

to tell them that, do you?

Davey, come here.

Dadblast your Iittle hide!

You really got

a head on your shoulders.

Someday you're gonna be

a big Iawyer, I bet you.

Then can I go, Wahoo?

Let's go,

but don't fall off now.

Let's go!

We're practically there!

Come on, boy!

(SINGING OH SUSANNA)

Six of clubs.

That's all I needed.

You beat it!

Yeah, I beat it!

You know,

that makes me sore.

That's something

I never been able to do.

Ah, Sam,

I gotta hand it to you

for getting along so well.

Simply because

I got nerve, imagination

and a steady hand.

Huh!

Don't I know it.

Wahoo.

What?

I wouldn't be

a bit surprised

if people

was writing books about me

20 years from now.

Twenty years from now?

Listen, you're

famous already.

You can't pick up

a newspaper, you don't see

something about you.

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