Bells of San Angelo
1947
Cookie Bullfincher: I knew I was too young and pretty to die.
(while singing "Hot Lead", Pat fires his pistol six times) Lee Madison: What's that, a six-shooter? Pat: Nope, it's a sixteen-shooter. (Pat fires ten more times)
(first lines) Padre: It's always good when you come here and we join our voices together in song. I'm only sorry that trouble brings you here. Roy Rogers: I'm sorry too, Padre, but I think with the help of my friends over the border here, we'll be able to get this thing straightened out.
(Roy is unhappy that his boss has ordered to cooperate with Lee Madison while she researches her next western novel) Bob: Did you read "Murder on the Border"? Cookie Bullfincher: Golly, I did. It's about... Roy Rogers: I know what it's about - black-hearted villains and roarin' six-guns. I'd like to see him face those six guns he writes about.
(Roy pretends to be an outlaw so he can scare Lee Madison into returning to the Eaat) Roy Rogers: Well, where's Madison? Lee Madison: H-he didn't show up. What do you want him for? Roy Rogers: I want his money. He's rich and I'm poor! Lee Madison: You mean you rob from the rich and give to the poor? Roy Rogers: Yeah, that's right. Besides, I don't like him. Lee Madison: Why? Roy Rogers: Did you ever read any of those awful western stories he writes? Lee Madison: Awful? Roy Rogers: Yeah, awful. They give us outlaws a bad name!
Roy Rogers: Here's the silver we found on the murdered boy. It's almost pure. Lee was right - it's a plant. Here's the real ore from the Monarch (mine) . There isn't enough silver in a ton of it to pay their light bill.
(seeking the location of an old Mexican silver mine, Roy, Cookie, Lee and the Padre find a clue on one of the bells of San Angelo church) Padre: (reading the inscription) "As the sun rises, the shadow of my arms and the pillar of my strength shall mark that which God made and whence came the bells of San Angelo." Lee Madison: That's beautiful! Cookie Bullfincher: But what does it mean? Roy Rogers: "... The shadow of my arms and the pillar of my strength... " Arms, pillar - that must mean a cross! Cookie, do you know where there's a cross around here? Cookie Bullfincher: Sure! On top of the church. Roy Rogers: No, I mean up in the hills near the border where the mine could be. Padre: None now, but there was a shrine many years ago to which the people came to pray to Santa Guadalupe at Easter. Cookie Bullfincher: Sure, Padre, I remember. On your side of the border near some rimrock!