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Welcome
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to the Old Time Radio Westerns.
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I'm
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your host Andrew Rines, and let's get into
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this episode. This episode
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is going to be Gunsmoke Original Air Date is
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June 27th, 1953, and
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the title is Flashback. Hope
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you enjoy, and again, thanks for listening.
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Around
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Dodge
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City and in the territory on west,
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there's just one way to handle the killers and
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the spoilers, and that's with a U.S.
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Marshal and the smell of
1:19
gun smoke.
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Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad,
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the story
1:40
of the violence that moved west with
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young Americans, the story of a man
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who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United
1:48
States Marshal.
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The people of Dodge City will argue their
2:08
heads off on most any subject you bring
2:10
up, but one thing they all agree
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on is the climate. They don't
2:14
like it. In the fall, it's too
2:17
windy and dry, and in the spring, they
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cuss the mud. And all through
2:21
the winter, they say it's too cold and business
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is bad because the trails are closed. And
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now summer comes along and they figure it's too
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hot and dusty. The town's
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overcrowded with trail drivers, and the
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flies are so bad they carry off alive.
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Of course, they just talk.
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They don't really do anything about it.
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Except Chester. Sometimes
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Chester turns into a man of action. Chester,
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what have you done?
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I hope I finally got him. Got
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what? That cussed fly. Oh, fussy.
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Well, I don't care, Mr. Dillon. I killed
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all of them in here except that one, and he kept pestering
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me continually. Smart as a fox.
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I couldn't lay a hand on it. So you haul out a gun
3:03
and blast a hole the size of your fist through the
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roof of the office, huh? It
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did sort of make an opening up there,
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didn't it? Oh, well, it'll be handy when the rain starts.
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We won't have to go outside for our drinking water.
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Well, I'll get
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up there and fix it, Mr. Dillon. I
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didn't even stop to think. I guess not. I
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reckon it's this heat. That's
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where I have never seen it, this hot and dry.
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No, not since last summer.
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No, it's worse, Mr. Dillon. Every pump
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on the plaza is dry. Only place you can
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water a horse is that trough back of the livery stable.
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I remember one summer in Newton,
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summer of 71 or 72, I think
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it was, by the heat and the bugs. Is
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this Marshall's office?
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I'm the Marshall, son.
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Come on in. Shut that dog down the screen
3:53
door. Click. All right. My
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name is Brian Beck, Marshall.
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My father and I got in town this morning. morning. We
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brought our hurry up from the Big Bend country.
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Oh, Lazy Bebarr? Yes, sir. That's
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our brand. I saw some of your riders around town
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trying to wash the dust off of their tongue. Have
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a rough trip? Yes, sir.
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Half the water holds dry, fences
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across the trail north of Texas, but
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that's not what I came in about. Oh?
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The fact is, Marshal, I'm trying
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to head off some trouble. What
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kind of trouble, son? Well, you see,
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Colonel, my father is a fine
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old man, but sometimes he just doesn't
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get along with people too well. Colonel?
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U.S. cavalry, 25 years retired.
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Oh. You see, that's the trouble, sir. He
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tries to treat the cowboys like an army
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command. They don't like that. This
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morning, when he paid them off, one of them warned
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him to go armed
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while he was here. Told him he was going to shoot
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him on sight.
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Oh. Which one? Bud
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Stark, the ranged boss. Short
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staff fellow with a... Oh, yeah. I saw him on the Texas
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trail a while ago.
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Marshal, my father was probably fast
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with a gun once. He thinks he
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still is, but he's not. He wouldn't have a chance.
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Well, what you want me
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to do then is try to keep him apart. Is that it?
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I reckon so. I'll tend to one. It won't
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work. If Stark's got his temper
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up, he will find a way to make his call.
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Well, maybe in that case you
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better tell me where I can buy a gun.
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You know how to handle
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one? No, sir. I grew up back
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east with my mother. I guess I
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can learn, though. Yeah, sure you can.
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But a gun fights not exactly the place
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to start practicing.
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He's my father, sir. I got to do something.
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Tell me something, Brian. How
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old are you? 18. All
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right. Now, you listen to me.
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Don't go buying any gun, and don't go messing
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around Stark. I look into it and try to straighten
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things up. But you get this through your head, Brian.
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Whatever happens, you stay out of it. You
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understand? The
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first room is the head of the stairs, Mr. Clerk said.
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This must be it, Mr. Nieland. Yeah, I guess
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so.
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Reach, don't move now.
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Uh, you're Colonel Beck?
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I am, sir. My name's Dylan,
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U.S. Marshal here. This is my partner, Chester
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Proudfoot. What's the
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gun for? You expecting somebody
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else? Well, uh... Bud
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Stark, for instance? Who told you? Stark
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been talking
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to you?
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How long are you going to be in town, Colonel? Oh, three
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or four days, maybe a week. Long
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enough to sell my herd, and
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long enough to call that mouthy little foreman's
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buff. Well,
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why don't you just limit it to selling the herd?
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I think you've been misinformed, Marshal.
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This man threatened me. I'm only
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aiming to protect myself. Well,
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suppose you leave the protection to me? I
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wonder if it was Brian. That's who told you. Just
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like that sniveling whelp to go whining
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to the law.
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I didn't notice any sniveling. They
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seem like a pretty decent kid to me. A milk's
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up, Mr. Dylan, raised by a woman. Never
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had a boot in a stirrup before a year ago. Well,
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he's never had a gun in his hand. Well, he's
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trying to get one in it now. He asked me where he could buy
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one. Stark.
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He's planning to go up against
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Stark. He was. He kind
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of figured he was
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protecting you. He's a lily-fingered
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young cub. Eye out. Yo, what?
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Have him court-martialed, shouted sunrise? He's
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your son, Colonel. He's not some
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soldier in a cavalry troop. Neither
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is Stark nor the rest of your men. I'm not obliged
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to listen to this kind of talk, Marshal. And if you go out
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gunning for stock and if you're lucky enough to live through
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it, I'll jail you in the stand trial. Now, you
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just sell your cattle and stay clear of stock. Come on,
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Chester, let's go.
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The place sure is crowded.
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Ah,
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too.
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Last January, you were looking forward to
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this, Chester. No, I must have been loco. See
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him anywhere, Mr. Dillon? No,
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he was over there at the end of the bar earlier.
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Hiya, Matt. Chester. Oh,
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Miss Kitty. Kitty, how
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do you do it? Chester's
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starting to melt and run down in his boots and
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here you are looking as fresh and cool as
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for the 12th of April.
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It's a trick, Matt. I just
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stopped blurring and cut out all serious
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thinking from the end of May until the snow starts
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to fly. You ought to try
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it, Chester. Well, I'm sure ready
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to try something, Miss Kitty. How
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about a picture of Bear? Ah, no thanks, Kitty. I'm
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looking for the range boss of this lazy
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bebarr outfit, a fellow
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named Star. Oh, yeah. He's been
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here most of the day. Getting set
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the whole, I think. Well, that's what
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I want to see him about. Well, he's over
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there on the alcove, one of the draw tables. And
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you know who's sitting in the game with him? Cottonmouth.
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Cottonmouth? That crooked
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little ten horn. A silk
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shirt, shiny boots, fancy
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hat, and all.
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He hit town this morning.
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Well, he'll head back out tomorrow morning.
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Come on, Chester. Yes, sir. I got four
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hours before college in trouble. He's right here in this boat here. And
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I finger
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on up a little about 4,000 before this night's over.
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Anybody who ain't figuring on seeing the game through might as
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well pull out right now.
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Where's life at, Mr. Stark? Do nothing
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but arouse my natural enthusiasm. I
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regard them as a clarion call to a battle of wits.
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Cut the cards.
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Yeah, you better cut them, Stark. And
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with Cottonmouth in the game, it wouldn't be a bad
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idea to count him. Marshall, you
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are maligning a reformed man. You'll
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have to reform in some other town, Cottonmouth.
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You got till tomorrow morning to get out of Dodge.
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And this time you stay up. No, I just
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don't get what you're up
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to, Marshall, breaking up a friendly game of cards
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this way. Start with Cottonmouth in it. It won't
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be friendly and it won't be a game. I'll
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take my chances, Marshall.
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Alright, suit yourself. You've been warned. But
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before you start this friendly game,
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I got something to say to you. Alright, say it.
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They'll, uh, take a little walk,
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if you don't mind.
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Alright, Marshall. Sure. I'll
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be right with you, James. Oh, I'll
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go get one. Stark,
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I understand you threatened Colonel Beck this
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morning. Oh, he come a-cryin' to
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ya, huh? You
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know him better than that. Yeah,
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I reckon so. Well, I'm not supposin'
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I did, Marshall. Maybe I wasn't the only one making
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threats. Beck was gonna have me
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strung up in a horse whip. Like I told the
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Colonel a few minutes ago, Stark. I don't stand
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for any grudge killings here. As people
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might call itself to fancy. I wouldn't. And
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I'm the one who'll be callin' it. If
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you pull that gun on Beck, it'll be a long
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time before you see Texas again.
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Alright, Stark. You can go on
11:24
back to your game. Yeah.
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It
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appears to me that's pretty hard
11:33
talk for a hot day, Mr. Dillon. Well,
11:36
Chester, it's the only way I know how to handle it.
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Just to lay it on the line. Yeah, and more than likely,
11:40
that's not enough to keep him from mixin'. Wait a minute, Chester. Look
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here. What? Why's that Beck,
11:45
kid? And he's wearin' a gun, Mr. Dillon.
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Yeah, and he's headin' straight for Stark.
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Come on. Mr. Stark, I reckon
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you can draw any time now. The
11:53
old man sent his cup out to get
11:55
me. He don't know nothin' about this. Alright, hold
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it now. Huh?
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Brian, you get out of here. And
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don't draw, Stark. Draw?
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What on this mama's boy? Here,
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now, give me that gun. Leave me alone!
12:12
Thank you.
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All right, now, you little smart-ass.
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Now, I see if a boot in the head
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will teach you some stuff. Don't kick him! I
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told you not to kick him! Don't shoot good! I
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don't know what's on him!
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You had no reason to hit me, Marshal.
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That kid called me. You heard
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him. Forget
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it.
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Now go on back to your game.
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All
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right, come on, Brian. Get up. You
12:56
wouldn't even draw. You just made a fool out of
12:58
me in front of everybody. Come on, Brian. They'd
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be laughing at me all over town. They'll laugh at my
13:03
father, too. Forget it. I'll
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kill him, Marshal. So help me. I'm gonna
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kill him. Now you listen to me. Stark
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knocked you down. Yes, he kicked you in the head, but he could have killed you.
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He could have drawn and put a bullet
13:16
in you before you know what hit you.
13:17
Now,
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I told you not to buy that gun. Why did you do it? You know why?
13:22
Sure, protecting your father. That's fine. Only
13:25
you saw how far you got.
13:26
So I'm telling you for the
13:28
last time, now you stay out of it and leave it to me. Now
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go on back to the hotel and stay there.
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Do you hear me? Yes, sir. All
13:38
right. Here's your gun.
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Now
13:42
stick it in that holster and don't pull it except for practice.
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Do
13:46
you understand? Yes, sir.
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And just one thing more.
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Don't worry about anybody laughing. When
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a half-grown kid who's never had a gun
13:56
in his hand stands up and calls a fighter like
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Stark... Nobody's gonna
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laugh. You've
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got a lot of guts, Brian. ["The
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Star-Spangled Banner"]
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Well,
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Mr.
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Dillon, you think they're gonna stay away from each other?
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Stark and the Colonel? I don't know, Chester. About
14:21
an even chance. If it holds
14:23
off for a day or two, they'll probably cool
14:25
down and forget about it. That kid sure
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was a spunkie this afternoon. Yeah. Well,
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he's dying to have the old man
14:32
respect him. Too
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bad Beck's a bow-headed. Uh, Matt!
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Uh, in here, Doc. Thought it'd be cooler
14:40
with the lamp out. Eh! Eh!
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Don't bother about lighting it now. We've
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got a job to work between us, Matt. What
14:48
do you mean? Some of the boys just found a body,
14:50
lined by the horse trough, behind the livery stable,
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been shot in the back. Who? A
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trail driver. Name of Bud Stark.
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["The
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Star-Spangled
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Banner"] We
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will return for the second act of gun
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smoke in just a moment. But first, there's
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no place like home, and there's no place like
15:20
your home. Don't
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destroy it with fires caused by
15:23
careless smoking in bed, careless disposal
15:25
of lighted cigarettes, or the use of inflammable
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cleaning fluid.
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90% of fires are caused by carelessness
15:32
that destroys lives and properties.
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Don't let it be your home, your life.
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Now the second act of gun smoke.
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["The Star-Spangled
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Banner"]
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The livery stable is down at the
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east end of the plaza, across from the Dodge
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House. And the
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watering trough is out back at the edge of the
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corral. Stark
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was lying face
16:06
down in the mud, and his
16:08
horse was standing
16:09
a few yards away with the rains
16:12
trailing on the ground. Some
16:15
of the boys from the railroad yard held lanterns
16:17
so Stark could see to work. The
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flares of heat lightning were coming a little closer
16:23
together, and a
16:25
light breeze had sprung up. But
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there was no smell of rain in it. The
16:30
air was hot and
16:31
dry. Hold
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that light down just a little bit lower there. Would
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you, Ed? That time. That
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time. The bad business of Mr. Dillon
16:40
shooting a man in the back that way. Must
16:43
have slipped out behind him while he was sitting there on his
16:45
horse waiting for it to drain. Yeah, it looks
16:47
that way.
16:49
Unless soon as Doc gets through there, Chester,
16:51
you better go through his pockets,
16:54
collect all of his effects for the
16:56
nearest of kin. Yes. Well,
16:59
he can get at it right now, Matt. There's
17:02
nothing more I can do here. Yeah. Whoever
17:05
did it had him pretty well centered. All
17:07
the time in the world, when you're aiming
17:09
at a man's back, probably
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never knew what hit him. Well, I
17:14
wish it had happened some other way than this any
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other way. Yeah. Got any
17:19
idea who did it? Yeah, I'm
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afraid so, Doc.
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What do you got, Chester? Not
17:25
much, Mr.
17:26
Dillon. His gun, of course, which hasn't been
17:28
fired. Jackknife and a gold watch,
17:30
sack of makings and some papers. Bocked
17:33
a sofa,
17:33
Max, isn't that it? Yeah, he
17:35
was traveling nice. Matt,
17:37
I thought Colonel Beck paid off his
17:39
boys
17:40
this morning. He ain't dead, Doc. Start
17:42
gottin' a draw game with a gambler named Cotton
17:44
Mott. Now, warn him he got cleaned
17:47
up. Well, he sure did. Not a stand-on,
17:49
Mr. Dillon. Well,
17:51
he doesn't need any money, Chester. No.
18:02
I think we'll
18:11
have any trouble, Mr. Miller. The
18:14
odds are against it. Who
18:17
is it? The
18:21
Marshal. Open up. I
18:29
was about asleep, Mr. Dillon. Couldn't figure
18:32
who was knocking. Where's your gun, Brian? It
18:34
went so there on the Bureau. What
18:36
do you want it for?
18:45
Been doing some shooting, son?
18:47
Yes, sir. I was following your
18:49
advice. I was over on the river
18:51
bottom, practicing, drawing mostly. Too
18:53
dark to shoot at anything. I've
18:56
heard a couple of times, though. Pretty good shooting, Brian,
18:58
to be as dark as it was.
19:00
One of the shots caught him right in the center
19:02
of the back. What are
19:04
you
19:04
talking about? Murder, son.
19:07
That's what we always call it when it's in the back.
19:09
Well, I haven't killed anybody. I
19:12
haven't been out of this hotel since 9
19:14
o'clock. Got a witness to that. No,
19:17
sir. You're the only one to be my
19:19
father, and he's been gone somewhere all
19:22
evening. But I'm telling the truth, Mr. Dillon.
19:25
Well... Who was
19:27
it, sir? Who got killed? Yes,
19:29
who was it, Marshal? I'd like to know myself.
19:33
If you've been out around the town, you must have heard it by
19:35
now, Colonel. Well, I figured
19:37
I'd better stay clear of things. I walked
19:41
out along the railroad, walked the lightning.
19:44
Who was killed? Bud Stark.
19:46
Bud Stark? He was shot in
19:48
the back about a half hour ago over at the water and truck
19:50
behind the livery stable.
19:52
Oh, Brian, I guess we better be getting
19:55
along. Just a minute now.
19:57
What makes you think Brian had anything to do with it? The
20:00
facts, Colonel. He bought himself a gun this afternoon,
20:03
called Stark in the Texas Trail about four
20:05
o'clock and got knocked down and kicked in the head. Brian,
20:08
is that the truth? Yes, sir. He swore
20:10
then he'd killed Stark, and about eight hours later,
20:12
Stark's found dead. It
20:14
adds up, Colonel. I wish it didn't, but it's
20:16
too late now to wish.
20:19
That's why I told him to stay out of it.
20:21
Told you both to stay out of
20:22
it.
20:23
I went up and bought a gun. Didn't
20:26
say a word. Stood
20:28
up to bug Stark. Why,
20:31
Brian? Why did you do it? Well,
20:33
I figured maybe you'd think different of me, sir.
20:36
I
20:37
mean, if I showed you, I could,
20:38
well, pitch in and help when you
20:40
needed it. Stand up and face things. Marshal,
20:45
what would you see if I told you you're after the wrong
20:48
Beck?
20:50
Are you telling me?
20:52
Yes. I killed Stark myself.
20:55
Father. Well,
20:59
I'd say you're making a nice effort, Colonel. But
21:02
you should have learned to appreciate the boy
21:04
sooner. It's
21:06
a little late now. You're making a mistake,
21:08
Marshal. Father, you're wasting your breath.
21:11
The Marshal's right. There's
21:13
no use trying to lie. I
21:17
killed him. I'm ready
21:19
any time, Mr. Dillon. All
21:23
right. Let's go.
21:36
For Matt,
21:37
I'm buying. No, I guess
21:40
not. Thanks, Doc. I might say this
21:42
is all in that fellow's stock. It'll
21:44
come out of my corn, you see. Yeah.
21:48
Fine. I don't see what you've got to be so glum
21:50
about, Matt. An hour after
21:52
a killing and you've got the killer locked up tight
21:55
and snug in jail. Oh, relax.
21:57
Your job's over.
21:59
I guess so.
22:02
I sure wish it had been anybody else but
22:04
that kid though.
22:05
I liked him. I figured he was
22:08
all right. And then
22:10
he... in
22:13
the back, Doc. Well, he's
22:15
only a youngin'. You can't blame him too
22:17
much. I got him bedded down for the
22:19
night, Mr. Jones. Put him in the corner
22:22
cell. He's a little cooler back there. Oh, thanks, Chester. Doc,
22:25
did you ever in all your born days,
22:27
he aspell a heat as bad as
22:28
it? Never did. It's a
22:30
corker. Well, I thought earlier he might get a drop to a rain or something.
22:33
He's light. And Doc just heat light. I
22:37
hear you settled that dark thing in a hurry, Matt. Yeah,
22:40
I've got the back kid locked up, Kitty. I'm
22:43
sorry it was him, Matt. I
22:45
guess he's sort of disappointed, Jim. Yeah,
22:49
man can be wrong, Kitty. Well,
22:52
it's been great for business. Everybody
22:54
in town's been crowdin', and they want to hear all about
22:56
it and take a look at the chair
22:59
Stark was sittin' in before he pulled out of that poker
23:01
game.
23:02
Well, I guess that poker game was half the
23:04
blame for it. If it had been honest, Stark
23:06
would have had enough in his book to carry him through the night.
23:09
Instead of windin' up broke before midnight.
23:11
He wasn't broke, Matt.
23:14
He left here with $4,000. He
23:17
what? Sure. That's why
23:19
he broke up the game and pulled out. When
23:22
he'd made what he said, he'd make it quit.
23:24
Cottonmouth almost had a stroke. Most of
23:26
it was his money.
23:27
Stark didn't have a cent on him when we found him.
23:32
Kitty's cottonmouth's still here.
23:33
Yeah, he's back over there in the same
23:36
game. He went out to eat, but he can't... Yes,
23:38
sir. Yes, sir. Come on. You
23:41
think he might have missed some deal? I don't
23:43
know. Maybe. Lord, face, make
23:46
social ability. Well,
23:49
there's still a cheap commodity and you can't carry it off
23:51
in your pocket. My bet's in, so let's put
23:53
up a shutter. That's
23:55
exactly the way I look at it, Cottonmouth.
23:58
Do it. All right. Well,
24:01
I still got to morning. That's what
24:03
you said. Did I? How's
24:07
your luck running? Oh, not too bad.
24:09
I had a few good hands. Better
24:11
than they were when Stark was in the game. Oh, I couldn't
24:14
touch him. Took $4,000 off
24:15
the table. He was pretty lucky.
24:18
Not too lucky.
24:20
He's dead. I know. It's too bad.
24:23
I figured that kid would get him. There's trouble
24:25
to bring kid like that. They won't have any sense. Can't
24:28
tell what them do. Yeah, sure.
24:32
Where were you when Stark was
24:34
shot? I was over at Delmonico's getting
24:36
a bite to eat.
24:38
How do you know you were? What? Nobody
24:41
seems to know exactly when it happened. How
24:43
do you know where you were? Well, I...
24:46
I was there
24:47
about when it must have happened. Either there
24:49
or back here in the game again.
24:51
You weren't near the livery stable?
24:54
Marshal, I know you don't like me, but that's
24:56
no reason to try hanging a thing like this on a
24:58
man. Were you over at the
25:00
stable, Cotton? No, I wasn't anywhere
25:02
except where I told you. Straight up to Delmonico's
25:05
and straight back here.
25:06
I see. And
25:09
where'd you get the mud on your boot heels? What
25:12
do you mean? Every pump in the plaza
25:14
has been dry for days. Dust six inches
25:16
thick. There's only one mud puddle in town
25:19
at that horse trough back at the stable where Stark was
25:21
killed.
25:23
You couldn't stand to see that money get
25:25
away, could you?
25:27
No, no. I tell you, Marshal, you're just... Cottonmouth,
25:30
you're under arrest. Look
25:33
out, Mr. Dunn!
25:41
You made a mistake, Cottonmouth. No,
25:44
Marshal. You
25:46
did. I
25:49
robbed him, but I... I
25:52
didn't kill him. I
25:55
was gone, Del. I...
25:58
I followed him, but... He
26:00
was dead when I found him. What's
26:04
the point of lying now? I'm
26:06
not lying, Marjolee. It's
26:10
truth. You're
26:17
dead, McNeil. Yeah.
26:30
I reckon the boy will be mighty glad to get out of that cell. Yeah,
26:32
and I'll be glad to let him out, Chester. He's
26:34
a good boy. Trying to cover
26:36
for his father and all. Yeah. He'll
26:39
make out all right when he calms
26:41
down a little. Yeah, sir.
26:43
Now, wait a minute, Chester.
26:46
What is it, Mr. Dillon? Listen.
26:50
Hey, that's coming from the back of
26:52
the jail. Yeah. Come on, let's go.
26:57
Hey, that's coming from the back of the jail. Yeah,
26:59
come on. Quiet,
27:02
now. There's
27:07
a couple of horses tied in there. Yeah,
27:09
sure. For the getaway. Colonel's
27:13
trying to pry him out of jail.
27:17
You're going to a lot of work for nothing, Colonel.
27:20
Marjolee, don't shoot. I'm
27:22
not going to shoot, Colonel. I couldn't
27:24
let him down.
27:25
Even if he did murder Bud Stark...
27:28
It's all right, Colonel. Everything's all right. It's
27:30
his last chance. I'm sorry,
27:32
Brian. You'll have to face it out. Listen to me,
27:34
Colonel. I don't used to lie anymore, Marshal.
27:37
I saw him.
27:40
What? I was out walking
27:42
along the railroad, like I told you. I
27:45
saw Brian come up behind Stark
27:47
and shoot him. No.
27:51
I can't admire a man doing that. He's
27:54
my son.
27:56
I tried to protect him.
27:57
I've done what
27:59
I can. No,
28:02
they'll hang him. Is
28:04
this troll Colonel? He's not a bad
28:06
boy. He was just trying
28:09
to help me. Just trying
28:12
to help me. I guess it is, Chester. Yes,
28:15
sir. But what
28:18
about Cottonmouth?
28:20
It looks like Cottonmouth wasn't lying
28:22
after all.
28:24
Any others helped kill him for nothing? He
28:28
tried to kill me. And
28:30
he would have killed Stark. Too
28:33
bad he didn't beat Brian to it. Yeah.
28:39
A
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Gunsmoke Under the Direction of Norman McDonald
28:55
stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon,
28:58
U.S. Marshal. Tonight's story
29:00
was written for Gunsmoke by Les Crutchfield with
29:03
music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Featured
29:06
in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Sam Edwards, Joe
29:08
Duvall, and Lou Krugman.
29:10
Harley Bear as Chester, Georgia Ellis as
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Kitty, and Howard McNear as Doc.
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