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ah far superior to anything edison could

have come up with don't you think is

that eloise paisano the school teacher

in there easy allen will be very pleased

the bartok prax oscilloscope highlights

will sell a lot of books ernest

it is her isn't it

she was helping me on my tests oh yes

janos you little devil i beg your pardon

inviting young ladies into your domicile

promising to put them in the moving

pictures

for your information it's scientific

research

but almost let's get started

right

oh wait rodmos shall we begin the

cameras are ready professor

places please

come to the wrong town cowboy

make your piece and prepare to meet your

maker

mister

cause i'm gonna blow you to smithereens

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how was that mr legend

oh i don't know skeeter do you think you

could

overact a little or

i could give you more i could give you

more sure that worked for me in the

meantime just stay behind that mustache

and do what the professor says

all right everybody now this is the

sequence where black ben chases our hero

with dynamite

from legend and the ghost of characal

caves right

third edition thank you skeets

i guess the smallest part in talks the

most

ernest

legend is tired and very anxious about

the apache maiden in the cave thanos

i wrote it i remember oh yes but i'm

setting the mood yeah an actor friend of

mine in budapest said that was quite

important as a matter of fact did you

know that he said that there's a method

to acting oh please

i just want to know if you're going to

use the usual bartok explosive package

that's all i knew you'd ask me about

that well i'm remembering the safe that

blew through the roof in tucson oh no no

no i've made a great deal of progress

since then now there'll be a lot of

smoke but you will be catapulted safely

into the sacks of grain fine fine

all right everybody let's commence

i want a lot of energy and make me

believe it

let's go

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one two three

comments

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so

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boom

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what are you doing in colorado

you know i always wanted you

oh

i've always wanted you

but you never even noticed me

i noticed you

but you were a rough higher drinking

gambler

and now

you're almost like an angel

why die

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and all i yes to do

is die

yes

see how easy it is

me

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oh

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share it

a word please

what kind of contraption is this thing a

quadro philosophy steam power

my colleague janos bartok developed it

we have a laboratory over in sheridan

we have a colleague doing

whitsilo ramos

we were working in the hills to the east

of town when we found this

what up

the man wearing this ring was on a

sacred mission for his tribe he might

have been mexican perhaps even aztec

that's so

suppose you'd be an expert on tribal

customs and such

no i'm not an expert but yeah you look

like you spend a lot of time with the

tribe

i'm not an expert but this ring would be

considered an important relic for our

people

your people

you and aztec

my ancestry yes well i knew that you

weren't an american

i am an american sheriff i received my

citizenship only last year

well thanks for being a good citizen and

dropping the boy off

we'll make sure that he gets a good

send-off

careful careful

sheriff can you assure me that you will

conduct a proper investigation

and you don't worry about a thing there

uh mr

ramos was it

cause i'm gonna put every man i got on

this case

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oh no we may have to reshoot not on your

life

not in my life anyway

yes but look at this there is so much

smoke on the exposure that you can't see

anything not my fault here look at this

one

your feet are flying out of the frame

the caption could read legend takes

flight to conquer evil no no it's not

that simple easy allen is expecting

something which illustrates the actions

described in the book now ramos gets

back we will prepare the cameras and we

will re-shoot

and the explosives

ah well that was a

catalytic overreaction to a new binding

agent

unpredictable mishap

yes there always seems to be one of

those doesn't they're janos

sorry janos there's a game waiting for

me at the buffalo head

horace wheat is there and you know how

cranky he can be when he's not losing

money

ah ramos did you speak to the sheriff oh

yes and

and he was polite patronizing

condescending and you'll probably do

nothing at all

oh well we should have gone with you

well i mean law enforcement officials

can often be ramos if this poor excuse

for a sheriff mistreated you in any way

mr pratt

this is often the way i'm treated in

this country

you know he said one thing that i cannot

get out of my mind he asked me if i were

an expert on the aztecs

my own people

i had to say no

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all right everyone we're ready

places please

i'll blow a hole in you big enough to

pass a cat through

just shoot the gun when i tell you

that's all i need for you to do and do

not add these extra lines that are not

written

i'm trying to get into character here

rampaging red rowlett's one of the

scariest villains mr legend's ever

thought up yes yes

put yourself in a position so that the

camera can see you that's all

that electric gun isn't gonna shock me

is it oh no there's nothing to worry

about your heavy gloves will protect you

just hurry up i don't think i'm alone in

this beard

all right dennis we're ready

all right are you ready

camera is ready

one

two

three

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commands

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no plate

ramos

what's happening fellas oh slight

oversize i'm afraid we didn't load one

of the cameras i didn't load one of the

cameras well 11 out of 12 isn't bad

unfortunately the missing shot is from

the middle of the sequence we have to

throw the whole thing out

look we will simply reload and do it

again mr pratt professor i'm sorry

ramos

come back not to worry

we'll get another exposure before the

sun goes down

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we're off to town to celebrate

professor

it's addressed to you

i cannot continue to work here with the

level of concentration and dedication

which you deserve and which i expect

therefore i hereby resign my post as

your assistant

immediately

resigned

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the matter of the person who died in the

desert friendless and alone consumes me

the thought that this person might be of

my people robs me of sleep and peace of

mind

i cannot rest until this mystery has

been resolved

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nor can we professor

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jeff

my name is

nicodemus legend

you certainly are

this is my associate janos kristoff

bartok

is there something going on around here

that i should know about mr legend

i believe you've been advised by our

colleague already

carly vitzli lapoche ramos

he brought a skeleton that we found down

from the hills with an aztec ring

brahmos

now that you mention it

he said you were

how shall i put it

unreceptive

well mr legend if i'd have known the

little mex worked for you he doesn't

work for me and he's not a little max

he's a scientist and a citizen

and a very dear friend of mine

are we clear on this

yes sir

good

now

have you been able to determine the

victim's identity

mr legend come spring folks find all

sorts of things on that hill it could

have been a mountain man of mine or just

somebody going west that got lost have

you traced the origin of the ring not

yet

you wouldn't mind if we tried would you

not at all would you like the ring

it might help

get in the ring

would you happen to know where

mr ramos is now

i haven't seen him

you might try the east side of town

that's where we keep his type

keep them

they like to be among their own kind

charming little town you've got here

sheriff

charming

and he gave him the ring yes

well

nothing to be done about that

i could send a few of the boys into town

if you want us to get it back

i wouldn't go anywhere near that ring

that ring

has nothing to do with us

just

forget it

don't touch that

put that down

put that down carefully

now you are to dust those pieces

twice a day

with a feather duster

don't ever

touch them with your hands

i know you're new around here

so i'll be a little patient with you

i'm sorry senor it won't happen again

fine

now get out

will you keep me informed how mr

legend's progress is doing

yes

sir fire needs building up

so are you from oaxaca

yes

i have relatives in oaxaca

do you know i'm iglesias i know some of

that name

not jaime

he was stolen handsome

not like you at all

how long have you worked here

long enough to know what my business is

and how to mind it hand me that pat

yes ma'am

he has called you for touching his art

didn't he how did you know i told you

my business and how to mind it

you speak to me in english

only english in this house

i thought it might be a way for us to

speak in private

do we have a reason to speak in private

why are you here

i need the job

you're different

a minute ago you said we were all alike

you are different

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when they started

which is

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buenos dias

ah no thank you nothing for us today

we're just looking for little

information yes we're looking for a

mexican

actually we're looking for this mexican

his name is ramos

cute little smile don't you think

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i don't suppose you've read the legend

novels have you ah

he won them on the mommy

one

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yes i do believe they have been

translated into spanish

that's not spanish he's speaking

dang

it's nawato language of the meshika

oh ramos

thank goodness we found you we're here

to help

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thank you

thank you for coming oh thank you

come

when i told people here about the ring

they immediately thought of sheamus

calhoun calhoun but that gentleman owns

hundreds of acres of land in this

country he's also a renowned collector

of aztec artifacts i've seen them most

are very likely stolen from my country

that's not much of a connection ramos i

know but he hires mexican migrants from

across the border as day labor

i had nothing else to go on so i decided

to seek work there work why didn't you

just ask mr cahoon if he had seen it if

he recognized it

i've learned the hard way they do not

listen to the questions of a meshika in

any event it's turned out to be a

fortunate course of action as i've

overheard calhoun and his foreman

talking

they're worried that you're here

investigating this

well maybe they'll answer the questions

when nicodemus legend asks

i don't like the look of this

you better head south

it's a long ride

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mr calhoun my name is nicodemus legend

of course i know who you are

please come in sir

i can't tell you how many times i've

read your novels at night just like this

darling you do earn your keys

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the markings suggest

the san luis potosi region

mexico

would you care for some tea i'm just

about to have some

thank you mr calhoun oh sheamus please

sheamus

they're not uncommon to collectors i own

several

in better condition yes well this one

was buried for several years

really

excuse me senor

i came across it in the course of

another adventure

it was on the hand of a skeleton

what a fascinating first chapter of a

book that would make

yes well as a matter of fact i was

hoping as an authority on such artifacts

you might help me

weave a story oh me

well i'm flattered but i

i hardly have the talent

yes well you see expertise is half the

battle

as an example i have no idea what kind

of man would wear such a ring

well no one who collects artifacts would

wear it no i'm sure he was a peasant you

know or a migrant worker

but that would make it pretty dull

wouldn't it you might have to change him

into a a young adventurer chasing the

banditos or something

banditos

not quite sure why he'd chase him this

far north but

yes of course well as i said before i'm

no storyteller

seamus

how is it that you've come to find all

these artifacts

i have contacts

all over mexico

i'm quite surprised they let objects of

art like this out of the country

mr legend

the descendants of the aztecs are among

the lowliest of people in mexico

they have no appreciation of such things

if such things are to survive

it's up to people like you and me

to rescue them

guess there's no law against that is

there

but then of course that would make us

seem like banditos ourselves wouldn't it

you know seamus there is one thing i

wanted to ask you

you're the largest employer of migrant

labor in the area

this peasant who wore the ring

you don't suppose he worked for you at

some point do you

i honestly don't know

no

that'd be far too much of a coincidence

wouldn't it

yeah

good night seamus

good night

mr legend

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heard enough what

you don't fool me

i'm just cleaning

they know you're lying

what do you mean

in town with your friends

why do you let him in your room

does none of your business it is

i do what i have to do to survive

many who have come across the border

haven't

maria

do you know anything about a missing man

we found his remains in the hills

wearing an aztec ring

if you know anything you must tell the

sheriff

i must yes

i must

who are you to tell me how to run my

life

you who have lied to me since the moment

you walk into this house

you who have never beg for food a day in

your life

you

who will be gone tomorrow

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can i help you senor

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your services

are no longer required

get out

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if he ever shows here yeah

you'll be sure to tell me

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many of my superiors in the

church these are pagan symbols

to me there are a vital link to the path

of this great land

all these broken artifacts

it's all that we have left of this

unique treasure well they stolen padre

yes a few years ago

this ring was worn by one of our village

sons

a young man by the name of felipe ruiz

about your age

he swore to recover them

this ring was meant to protect him

you know it's a little odd that mr

calhoun would be so forthcoming about

where that ring came from the artisan's

markings are well known in this region

mr legend

perhaps he realized that we would

eventually find out and he didn't want

to be caught in a lie

please

follow me

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felipe's mother

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ruiz

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the only nancy

foreign

i have seen your treasure padre

i will return it to you

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you know unfortunately the law is not on

our side in this matter

removing artifacts from mexico is not a

crime in our country but stealing them

back from mr calhoun well my friends

you've helped me more than enough i can

see what must be done now and i must do

it alone ramos

those are the kind of words i write for

a character just before i kill them off

they don't sound so good coming out of

you

absolutely it's one for all in all for

one we are dealing with a murder after

all and that is a crime in colorado yes

but ernest we have no evidence against

mr calhoun

oh come on janos where's that famous

sense of adventure surely you've got

another midnight sort key in you oh yes

yes i suppose i do

perhaps we should pay another visit to

that sheriff if i examine the remains

more closely i might be able to

determine

and i could continue to publicly

humiliate him

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well now we know why calhoun was so

accommodating

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do we have time to recharge the

pulmonator

you didn't charge the fulminator well

you used it moss but i recharged it no

you didn't get two kidnapped did you did

not well i have i know what to do

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of course he made it

i trained him

what's that

smoke bombs

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oh

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oh

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professor mr brad hurry i can't hold him

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good job go go

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it's a fair bit of detective work ramos

but unfortunately mashburn can't be the

only man in two countries to smoke these

things so where does that leave us

well we still can't connect calhoun to

philippe ruiz

don't even know if they've ever met they

did i know they did and calhoun is

responsible for felipe's death well your

sheriff buddy might want a little

corroborating evidence there rammus

maria may know something i think if i

can talk to her alone maybe oh no no no

it's too dangerous for you to go back

there again

yes he's right best way till she leaves

calhouns talk to her then yes in the

meantime now that we know the identity

of the victim we will canvass the town

to see if anyone remembers him

all right

it's up at dawn and earnest

no late night frolics please not to

worry the frolic sisters are out of town

visiting an ant in minneapolis i believe

ramos

trust me

we'll get this guy

um

what are you doing here i need to talk

to you i have nothing to say you had

looked into the eyes of his mother as i

did what are you talking about felipe

ruiz

we know his name now we know he came

here to take back the treasure of san

luis potosi the same treasure artifacts

that calhoun stole from our people

i've taken this ring put it on my own

finger

i have promised his mother to avenge his

death and to bring back the treasure to

the village

they are going to kill you

as they did felipe

maria

maria

i was here with mashburn that night

when cajun came in

i heard everything

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what

felipe has been caught trying to take

back the treasure

that they took from our people

kahun told mushroom

to take him up to the hills

and to kill him

to hide his body so no one will ever

find him

maria

would you be willing to tell this to the

sheriff

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you're so interested in what happened to

that boy

i'll let you relive it

please

i won't say anything

now that's the girl i know

you just wait here for me until i get

back

let's go

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i couldn't sleep janos

i kept having the same dream about the

ending of chapter five

this huge avalanche is bearing down on

me no place to hide

keeps happening over and over again i

know just how you feel

just before i conceived of the rain

tower i dreamt that thomas edison was

eating my brain

night after night after night

mr legend

mr legend mr legend they're taking

wishily possibly they are going to kill

him

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so

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the wagon will go over the cliff

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your head

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oh

ah

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you know you couldn't borrow the balloon

it's a long drive to san luis potosi

thanks anyway professor but we're not in

a hurry oh yes i understand i i think i

understand mr pratt yes ramos

nicodemus legend is responsible for

returning a great treasure to our people

oh ramos now don't go getting

sentimental on me thank you for helping

our people

i'd like to say something from the heart

well if you insist

your books

are getting better

and that

coming from a man who studied literature

at harvard

well he's right you know

they are getting better

ever since you came here

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so

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you