Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Fritz Leiber: Padre
Quotes
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[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.
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[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!