October 20, 2025 • 24 mins
Gunsmoke was a beloved American radio Western drama series centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad. The program aired from 1952 to 1961 and is widely considered one of the greatest western series ever produced for radio or television. It was gritty, featuring tough and sometimes very violent subject matter. Gunsmoke is a treasured classic that left a permanent mark of the history of radio and westerns.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Around Darge City and in the territory on West. There
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshal and The Smell of
Guns Smoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violin
(00:44):
that moved west with Young America and the story of
a man who moved with it.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Less they want to meet.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a chance, a job, and it makes a man
watchful and a little lone man.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
It's done, Yeah, Watchester, Yes, we look.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
At them, dog on prairie, dogs skittering all around every words,
scurrying down all them whole.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
What about him?
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Well, I was just wondered, did you ever give them
much stock?
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I can't say that I have.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Well, they ain't good for nothing. It's not one cussed thing.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
You're right about that.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
But all they do is increase theirselves and pop up
the prairie at them.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Hold you figuring I'm doing something about it? Chester, Well, yes,
it's done.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
I thought I might just maybe write a letter to
the government body.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Well, you go right, I hadn't do that.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Do you think you're doing good. I'm sure it would.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Sure the government would turn it over to the nearest
Marshal's office, and I can turn it over to you
right away and you can spend your time around in
a prairie.
Speaker 6 (02:13):
Though.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Well, I'm right down to it. I ain't touch the
hand of right letter, after all? What is doing? A
buggy pulled up to the side of the road there.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, and i's see if anything's wrong?
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Huh in the world would await he'd be doing way
out here all by herself.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Let's see, should.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Need any help?
Speaker 8 (02:49):
Man?
Speaker 6 (02:49):
It's that real wheel.
Speaker 9 (02:51):
It just seemed to give way.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
I will have a look.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
And which tall?
Speaker 9 (02:54):
They said? This was a town buggy. You come all
the way from Wichita alone, don't no, ma'am.
Speaker 6 (03:01):
But I I hope to meet him in Dodge City.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Well, but it just needs safe for a woman to
go driving all over Kingdom. Come about, no man, ter,
nobody's just playing boys, shuster.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Let's uh have a look at the wheel. Huh, that's sir,
let's see. Yeah, and look at there?
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Depend Oh the wheel on bags hos co on? Uh
wonder that wheel ain't rolling way across the carry to yet?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah? There's not much we can go about it out
of here.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Oh sure that needs some first rate blacksmen.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Maam, looks like you're stuck here. Uh can you ride
a horse?
Speaker 6 (03:42):
I've ridden a horse, certainly, but never on a.
Speaker 9 (03:45):
Saddle like that.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Well, I don't worry about it.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
We'll left you up and even said sideways. We'll walk
the horse, and it's not too far to god.
Speaker 9 (03:52):
I I'm not sure.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
I'm not accustomed to traveling with gentlemen.
Speaker 9 (03:56):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
I'm the marshal out of Dodge City, Man Marshall.
Speaker 9 (04:00):
I suppose it's all right then. My name is Sarah Howell.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh, missus Howell has Chester Bradford.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
I do, man, it's miss Howell Marshall. I'm not married yet.
As a matter of fact, you might be able to
help me about that. I'm coming to Dodge City to
find my fiance, Marshall, and maybe you can help me
find him.
Speaker 9 (04:22):
Maybe we even know him.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Well, what's his name, as.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
Holl, His name is Guy Porter. He's a tall man
and very handsome. Do you know in Marshall?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
No, man, I'm afraid I don't. Are you sure he
came this way?
Speaker 9 (04:39):
He told me he was heading west. I have reason
to believe he may be in Dodge City.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
A lot of people come and go and Dodge ma'am.
Speaker 9 (04:47):
You'll help me find him. I know you will.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I can lose himself out here if he wants to.
Speaker 6 (04:52):
You know, Oh, guy isn't trying to hide from me, Marshall.
He's city was coming back, and I I know he
meant it. No, I I'm afraid something's happened to him.
I'm afraid there's trouble.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Well, if there's trouble, ma'am, I understand a better chance
of locating him for you.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Come up, let's keep going.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Hello there Chester, when'd you get back?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Just a little bit of god, mister kiddy? And I
don't mind telling you if I don't never take that
ride to Park City again, I won't do no bellies
about it. That is the one long as dry as most.
Speaker 9 (05:38):
Non Matt come back with him.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Oh, yes he did, Miskase, he'll be in directly.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
He's seeing to a lady down to mass mallis.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
Oh where'd he find the lady?
Speaker 9 (05:51):
Park City?
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Well know that and't exactly what it was. It was
more like that he found her along the way.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Curious thing come on over to the bar Chester buy
a bed to wash all that dust time.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Well, that is my friend of you and this kitty,
this lady you've brought in.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Oh do you want to hear about her?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Chest'll have a pir simon, sure kitty, sure.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
Do think he's kitty going about the lady Chester?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Hey, Rochester, Oh thank you Chessey.
Speaker 10 (06:23):
The lady Oh.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Yeah, yes, well she come from which Thomas kitty, and
she wants me to be doing the round up a
man who's supposed to.
Speaker 9 (06:32):
Be out this way.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I'm worse, does map no is No.
Speaker 9 (06:38):
We don't.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
But he wouldn't have no trouble recognizing him if he's
seen him.
Speaker 9 (06:42):
Tall and toe headed.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Follered him all with from wichitash she did.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
I guess women folks can do that better than anybody.
Speaker 9 (06:50):
So watchester.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
It recollects what.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
A funnel looks like, what they can take just one
look at a man's face, and they got its door
away in their minds forever more.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
How his teeth was set, the way his hair growed out.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Man don't hardly have his hand.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Oh, I wouldn't worry about it.
Speaker 9 (07:09):
I mean an awful.
Speaker 11 (07:11):
Lot of it.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Get away, Oh, going down the street, ain't it?
Speaker 12 (07:18):
I sounded like it to man.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Yeah, well then I better get down for the mail.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Thank you for the beers.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
All right, chey, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
All sure, be back, Tam, I'll be upstairs for a while.
All right, Kitty.
Speaker 13 (07:34):
Kiddy, I seen you a minute.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Well, sure, what's on your mind?
Speaker 13 (07:40):
What that woman Chester was talking about?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
He said?
Speaker 9 (07:46):
What her name was?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
No, Ronse?
Speaker 13 (07:49):
It didn't wor well, I just thought I might know.
I got kinfolk in Wichita he was. He was talking
about a cousin coming out of here.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Oh, well, I can tell you where she's staying. You
could go down there and find out about it.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
That it'd help her, right.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
Matt took her to Mars Small's, the boarding house in
the south end of Tongue.
Speaker 13 (08:09):
Thanks, Kitty, I'll go down there right off.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
What's the matter with you, Ranch? You'd come pounding in
your hair like the devil's on your tail.
Speaker 13 (08:35):
You better start worrying about that a little bit.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Jo, What do you mean you talk.
Speaker 13 (08:39):
To me and to saying you could stay on here
with me mighty nights, claiming nobody saw you get away
with that which you told money.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Well, that's right, nobody did. Well you should have looked
back over the other shoulder.
Speaker 13 (08:50):
There's a woman asking all over town after you what.
She's giving you a description to the marshall right down
to that pretty white hair, and he's looking for you. Now,
you you just gotta get out of here, John, Now
just a minute, Rants, and you sure you know what
you're talking about?
Speaker 12 (09:06):
I know.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
It's a woman's from Wichita.
Speaker 13 (09:10):
She's staying in the town boarding house and she's asking
about you.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Now.
Speaker 13 (09:13):
I don't want no trouble with the law.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
It's your ball in Rants. There ain't gonna be no trouble.
But if she spots she ain't gonna spot me. You're
gonna move on. No, she is tonight. How do you
know I'm gonna fix it? That's how you know where
this boarding house is?
Speaker 12 (09:34):
You know?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Sure? All right? You show me after dog?
Speaker 13 (09:38):
Well, you ain't gonna you want her to show me
to the marshal, will no?
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Well, then leave it to me.
Speaker 9 (10:00):
Oh I tell you too, Ms Holle.
Speaker 11 (10:05):
He also one of my lodgers takes it in mind
to help out with the chalk. No, i'd sooner not
have idle hands missus, Smolly.
Speaker 9 (10:11):
I am grateful to you.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Would you care to.
Speaker 11 (10:15):
Come set a spell in the parlor when we finish up.
Speaker 6 (10:17):
Oh, that's kind of you, But I think I'll just
take a little stroll. You're going out walking or whatever
for guy, Mister Porter and I we used to stroll.
We used to take the lovely strolls in the summer evenings.
Perhaps I might even run into him.
Speaker 9 (10:35):
Stranger things have happened to haven't say, Missus Smolly.
Speaker 6 (10:37):
Her state likely, But there's always a chance in this life,
Missus Smolly, always a chance.
Speaker 9 (10:45):
Well, you watch that you're back before it's full of dark.
Dodge City ain't.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
The safest place in the world for a lady after nightfall. Oh,
I don't think you need to worry, Missus Smolly. I've
never been in troubled that way.
Speaker 9 (10:57):
I'm sure no one would bother me. Mister Party used
to say a man can always tell a lady. M
I'm I'm sure that's so.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
My dear.
Speaker 11 (11:05):
But in this town they just ain't particular if you're
a lady or if you're not.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Rance. Yeah, come over here. Did you find out who
she is? You know where her room is?
Speaker 13 (11:30):
I know who she is, alright, Joe, her name's Howell.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Come on now, let's go.
Speaker 13 (11:35):
Now, wait a minute, she ain't there.
Speaker 10 (11:39):
Ain't there?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You listen to me answer. It won't do you no
good to try to trick me away from doing this.
Speaker 13 (11:45):
Now that ain't head light, swear it ain't. She went
out for a walk, that's what they told me.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Out for a walk. Well, why would wait a minute?
What's the matter? Why it must be her walking alone?
And don't you do nothing, Joe? Don't you He'll be
quiet now, you won't be talking about me or nobody else.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Oh hello, man, I was gonna send somebody for you.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
I just heard duck. How is you? O?
Speaker 9 (12:52):
Man? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
There must be something about this town.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
I'm continually being called in to take care of somebody
you ought to be dead but isn't.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Not quite Does she have a chance? Or any doctor
in who's right mind? And say no, she shouldn't be alive,
but she is. I don't know. She just me stay
that way? Any ideas who did it to her? I
didn't have time to ask her. Could I see her?
Oh no, I wouldn't recommend it. Would it hurt her?
Speaker 11 (13:24):
Well?
Speaker 3 (13:24):
No, I guess I won't hurt her. It won't do
any good. She's she's delirious. Man, she just keeps moving
and calling for somebody named a guy. She's not able
to tell you anything. Well, I guess that's the way
they wanted it here, man, thanksgiving.
Speaker 9 (14:06):
Wells.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
Hard to figure why anybody do such a nonsome thing.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
What could that poor.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Woman have done to anybody?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I don't know, a kitty, it's pretty bad even for
a Dutch.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
She hasn't been able to tell you anything yet.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I don't suppose she will be able to even though
she gets well, Hm, it was dark and whoever it
was jumped her from behind.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
I'd seems this strange place for a lone, middle aged woman.
Speaker 9 (14:35):
Like her to come to.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Doesn't it match?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Especially when she said she came to find the man
she was engaged to.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Do you think he could have done it? I'm not
even sure there is such a man, Kitty.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Well, RAN's Madsen's didn't have been the one.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
He's much too young. RAN's Madsen.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
Yeah, that young farmer lives out of town a wall.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Oh yeah, I know who he is. Well, what's he
got to do with this?
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Oh m?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Maybe nothing?
Speaker 5 (14:59):
But he was in there earlier asking about the woman
who came from, which is all thought she might be.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
One of his kinfolk.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Oh what they want to know her name? Where she stand?
I don't know, kiddy, but I'm sure gonna find out.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
I sure wasn't bank just to be out on this
road against assume as you're doing.
Speaker 13 (15:30):
Seems like we ain't hardly been offered.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Yeah, we could have stopped off at the Max from
place Heirsty, just as easy on our way back from
Park City, and.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I might have saved some trouble if we had trusted. Hey,
come on, let's turn in here.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
He ain't ranch stand out in front there.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Yeah, I had some I wanna talk to you.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
What he's running with?
Speaker 13 (15:55):
Hillis where you are?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Don't shoot a cat, don't you.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I'll be aiming for you. Get his gun?
Speaker 13 (16:06):
Chester, now, look, Modular, I don't want no more trouble.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Chester, keep an eye on him.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I'm going up to the house.
Speaker 7 (16:17):
There's nothing inside, all.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Right, come on out of there, Come on the right,
two of us here.
Speaker 8 (16:27):
Don't shoot anymore.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
I'm here, then, come on out, all right, Chester, let's
try to patch him up. I wanted to last long
enough to answer a few questions.
Speaker 13 (17:00):
Alright, matter, come in, I been he's gentle about its.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
She can see hardly has any strength left. Okay, doc
ms holl.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Ms holl oh, it's my double, Miss holl I am.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
I like to talk to you from Minnu.
Speaker 9 (17:27):
Oh Marshall. Nice of you to come to see.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
About uh, about the man.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
You were looking for?
Speaker 9 (17:36):
Guy you you found?
Speaker 8 (17:38):
God, well, we might have miss home guy.
Speaker 9 (17:43):
I knew i'd find you.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
No, you said that he was a.
Speaker 6 (17:46):
Tall man, hm, tall Marshal, straight as young tree, and
yellow headed. He has light colored hair. Alright, Hm, it
shines into the south.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Well, Uh, the way you found a man that looks
something like that?
Speaker 9 (18:05):
When can I see him where he might?
Speaker 11 (18:08):
Well?
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Not just coming and miss howle.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
You you might not be so glad to see him.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
As you think.
Speaker 9 (18:13):
Oh, m Marshall dealing. He mustn't talk that way. I've
never had a thought for any other name.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
I didn't mean that.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
But uh, but this man he may have changed some
since you last saw him.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
I'm not guy. He couldn't have. Besides, it was just
a little while ago.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I have to tell you, miss, how this man has
wanted for a robbery in Wichita, and he he may
even be the man who beat you up.
Speaker 9 (18:47):
Oh worse, your doll.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I'm sorry, but that's the way it looks.
Speaker 9 (18:51):
He die poured and he have did a dishonest thing
in his life. Why where is he, Marshall?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Let me see him?
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Uh I, I didn't know the way it turned out.
If you didn't wanna see him after all.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
Please Mark Shure bring him to me.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Alright now, she wants to see him dark alright, man Chester,
that's right, bring him in.
Speaker 11 (19:25):
That's true.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Along man, mind him step shot.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Takes your hat off in the lady's bedroom.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Here is my home.
Speaker 8 (19:39):
Guy, guy, come come closer.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Oh go on and step up there.
Speaker 9 (19:52):
Tall mmt and slim m. But you're all old.
Speaker 6 (20:01):
Oh no, no, you're not.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
Guy.
Speaker 9 (20:08):
You sure about that, man, of course, I'm sure, Marshall.
Speaker 12 (20:11):
What guys young?
Speaker 11 (20:13):
Young?
Speaker 9 (20:14):
He's only a couple of years older than I am. Marshall.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Yeah, mister guns you better take him out of heahes.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
Al right, doctor, yeah, doctor, I'm I'm right just a.
Speaker 12 (20:30):
Minute, Marshall, if you please, Yes, ma'am, I don't seem
to have made myself clear to you about mister Porter Marshall. Perhaps,
in the interest to preventing another unfortunate error.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
You don't have to talk anymore.
Speaker 9 (20:44):
I prefer to get things straight. Doctor. Guy Porter is
a young man, Marshall. We grew up together.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
That's all right, miss House.
Speaker 9 (20:55):
No, no, it certainly is not alright.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
You please really don't understand I'm bringing in that middle
aged man in those rough clothes.
Speaker 12 (21:07):
Why guy would never let his uniform look so dacky?
Speaker 6 (21:12):
His uniform, of course, Marshall, Dylan.
Speaker 12 (21:16):
As long as the war continues, he'll be in uniform.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I'm mad.
Speaker 12 (21:22):
Even though his regiment was ordered into the western wilderness,
he'd never let himself look like that.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
I'll give her something, Yeah, dark you you do that.
Speaker 10 (21:33):
They ordered him west, and I waited and waited, and
finally I came to find him.
Speaker 9 (21:44):
It was all right for me to come, wasn't it, Marshall?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
It was all right, man.
Speaker 8 (21:52):
You won't make a mistake and bring me the wrong
man again, William Marshall, just god, no.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Matter, I I won't bring you the wrong man again.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
I'll buy jing, I tell you for sure.
Speaker 4 (22:29):
Mister Jonah, I'm glad they sent a deputy to take
that outlaw back to which John on the stage. I'm
sure I wasn't hankering to ride that road again.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
So soon.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
Yeah, he was awful me when beating up a lady
like that.
Speaker 13 (22:44):
Is Miss How gonna be alright, mister Dylan.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
I guess she'll get over the beating Chester. But doctor
doesn't think her mind will ever be any better.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
How could she go on like that all these years
thinking that Fellow was coming back to her?
Speaker 3 (23:00):
I don't know. Memory can do funny things.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Yeah, but Doc says she was trying around to telegraph
the war Department centered years ago Tony and this guy
Porter had been killed.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
She didn't want to believe it because she didn't, and
I guess she never will.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
For Houston, directed by Norman McDonald's far as William Conrad
as Matt Fillin US Marshall. The story was special to
be written for Gun Smoke by Marion Clark, with editorial
supervision by John Meston.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Featured in the cast with.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Vic Barron, Bark Gordon and Anne Morrison Harley. There is Chester,
Howard mcneer is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is kidding
Around Darge City and in the territory on West. There
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshal and The Smell of
Guns Smoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violin
(00:44):
that moved west with Young America and the story of
a man who moved with it.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Less they want to meet.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a chance, a job, and it makes a man
watchful and a little lone man.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
It's done, Yeah, Watchester, Yes, we look.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
At them, dog on prairie, dogs skittering all around every words,
scurrying down all them whole.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
What about him?
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Well, I was just wondered, did you ever give them
much stock?
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I can't say that I have.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Well, they ain't good for nothing. It's not one cussed thing.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
You're right about that.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
But all they do is increase theirselves and pop up
the prairie at them.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Hold you figuring I'm doing something about it? Chester, Well, yes,
it's done.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
I thought I might just maybe write a letter to
the government body.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Well, you go right, I hadn't do that.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Do you think you're doing good. I'm sure it would.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Sure the government would turn it over to the nearest
Marshal's office, and I can turn it over to you
right away and you can spend your time around in
a prairie.
Speaker 6 (02:13):
Though.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Well, I'm right down to it. I ain't touch the
hand of right letter, after all? What is doing? A
buggy pulled up to the side of the road there.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, and i's see if anything's wrong?
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Huh in the world would await he'd be doing way
out here all by herself.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Let's see, should.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Need any help?
Speaker 8 (02:49):
Man?
Speaker 6 (02:49):
It's that real wheel.
Speaker 9 (02:51):
It just seemed to give way.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
I will have a look.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
And which tall?
Speaker 9 (02:54):
They said? This was a town buggy. You come all
the way from Wichita alone, don't no, ma'am.
Speaker 6 (03:01):
But I I hope to meet him in Dodge City.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Well, but it just needs safe for a woman to
go driving all over Kingdom. Come about, no man, ter,
nobody's just playing boys, shuster.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Let's uh have a look at the wheel. Huh, that's sir,
let's see. Yeah, and look at there?
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Depend Oh the wheel on bags hos co on? Uh
wonder that wheel ain't rolling way across the carry to yet?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah? There's not much we can go about it out
of here.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Oh sure that needs some first rate blacksmen.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Maam, looks like you're stuck here. Uh can you ride
a horse?
Speaker 6 (03:42):
I've ridden a horse, certainly, but never on a.
Speaker 9 (03:45):
Saddle like that.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Well, I don't worry about it.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
We'll left you up and even said sideways. We'll walk
the horse, and it's not too far to god.
Speaker 9 (03:52):
I I'm not sure.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
I'm not accustomed to traveling with gentlemen.
Speaker 9 (03:56):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
I'm the marshal out of Dodge City, Man Marshall.
Speaker 9 (04:00):
I suppose it's all right then. My name is Sarah Howell.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh, missus Howell has Chester Bradford.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
I do, man, it's miss Howell Marshall. I'm not married yet.
As a matter of fact, you might be able to
help me about that. I'm coming to Dodge City to
find my fiance, Marshall, and maybe you can help me
find him.
Speaker 9 (04:22):
Maybe we even know him.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Well, what's his name, as.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
Holl, His name is Guy Porter. He's a tall man
and very handsome. Do you know in Marshall?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
No, man, I'm afraid I don't. Are you sure he
came this way?
Speaker 9 (04:39):
He told me he was heading west. I have reason
to believe he may be in Dodge City.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
A lot of people come and go and Dodge ma'am.
Speaker 9 (04:47):
You'll help me find him. I know you will.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I can lose himself out here if he wants to.
Speaker 6 (04:52):
You know, Oh, guy isn't trying to hide from me, Marshall.
He's city was coming back, and I I know he
meant it. No, I I'm afraid something's happened to him.
I'm afraid there's trouble.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Well, if there's trouble, ma'am, I understand a better chance
of locating him for you.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Come up, let's keep going.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Hello there Chester, when'd you get back?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Just a little bit of god, mister kiddy? And I
don't mind telling you if I don't never take that
ride to Park City again, I won't do no bellies
about it. That is the one long as dry as most.
Speaker 9 (05:38):
Non Matt come back with him.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Oh, yes he did, Miskase, he'll be in directly.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
He's seeing to a lady down to mass mallis.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
Oh where'd he find the lady?
Speaker 9 (05:51):
Park City?
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Well know that and't exactly what it was. It was
more like that he found her along the way.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Curious thing come on over to the bar Chester buy
a bed to wash all that dust time.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Well, that is my friend of you and this kitty,
this lady you've brought in.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Oh do you want to hear about her?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Chest'll have a pir simon, sure kitty, sure.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
Do think he's kitty going about the lady Chester?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Hey, Rochester, Oh thank you Chessey.
Speaker 10 (06:23):
The lady Oh.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Yeah, yes, well she come from which Thomas kitty, and
she wants me to be doing the round up a
man who's supposed to.
Speaker 9 (06:32):
Be out this way.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I'm worse, does map no is No.
Speaker 9 (06:38):
We don't.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
But he wouldn't have no trouble recognizing him if he's
seen him.
Speaker 9 (06:42):
Tall and toe headed.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Follered him all with from wichitash she did.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
I guess women folks can do that better than anybody.
Speaker 9 (06:50):
So watchester.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
It recollects what.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
A funnel looks like, what they can take just one
look at a man's face, and they got its door
away in their minds forever more.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
How his teeth was set, the way his hair growed out.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Man don't hardly have his hand.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Oh, I wouldn't worry about it.
Speaker 9 (07:09):
I mean an awful.
Speaker 11 (07:11):
Lot of it.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Get away, Oh, going down the street, ain't it?
Speaker 12 (07:18):
I sounded like it to man.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Yeah, well then I better get down for the mail.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Thank you for the beers.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
All right, chey, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
All sure, be back, Tam, I'll be upstairs for a while.
All right, Kitty.
Speaker 13 (07:34):
Kiddy, I seen you a minute.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Well, sure, what's on your mind?
Speaker 13 (07:40):
What that woman Chester was talking about?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
He said?
Speaker 9 (07:46):
What her name was?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
No, Ronse?
Speaker 13 (07:49):
It didn't wor well, I just thought I might know.
I got kinfolk in Wichita he was. He was talking
about a cousin coming out of here.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Oh, well, I can tell you where she's staying. You
could go down there and find out about it.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
That it'd help her, right.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
Matt took her to Mars Small's, the boarding house in
the south end of Tongue.
Speaker 13 (08:09):
Thanks, Kitty, I'll go down there right off.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
What's the matter with you, Ranch? You'd come pounding in
your hair like the devil's on your tail.
Speaker 13 (08:35):
You better start worrying about that a little bit.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Jo, What do you mean you talk.
Speaker 13 (08:39):
To me and to saying you could stay on here
with me mighty nights, claiming nobody saw you get away
with that which you told money.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Well, that's right, nobody did. Well you should have looked
back over the other shoulder.
Speaker 13 (08:50):
There's a woman asking all over town after you what.
She's giving you a description to the marshall right down
to that pretty white hair, and he's looking for you. Now,
you you just gotta get out of here, John, Now
just a minute, Rants, and you sure you know what
you're talking about?
Speaker 12 (09:06):
I know.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
It's a woman's from Wichita.
Speaker 13 (09:10):
She's staying in the town boarding house and she's asking
about you.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Now.
Speaker 13 (09:13):
I don't want no trouble with the law.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
It's your ball in Rants. There ain't gonna be no trouble.
But if she spots she ain't gonna spot me. You're
gonna move on. No, she is tonight. How do you
know I'm gonna fix it? That's how you know where
this boarding house is?
Speaker 12 (09:34):
You know?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Sure? All right? You show me after dog?
Speaker 13 (09:38):
Well, you ain't gonna you want her to show me
to the marshal, will no?
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Well, then leave it to me.
Speaker 9 (10:00):
Oh I tell you too, Ms Holle.
Speaker 11 (10:05):
He also one of my lodgers takes it in mind
to help out with the chalk. No, i'd sooner not
have idle hands missus, Smolly.
Speaker 9 (10:11):
I am grateful to you.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Would you care to.
Speaker 11 (10:15):
Come set a spell in the parlor when we finish up.
Speaker 6 (10:17):
Oh, that's kind of you, But I think I'll just
take a little stroll. You're going out walking or whatever
for guy, Mister Porter and I we used to stroll.
We used to take the lovely strolls in the summer evenings.
Perhaps I might even run into him.
Speaker 9 (10:35):
Stranger things have happened to haven't say, Missus Smolly.
Speaker 6 (10:37):
Her state likely, But there's always a chance in this life,
Missus Smolly, always a chance.
Speaker 9 (10:45):
Well, you watch that you're back before it's full of dark.
Dodge City ain't.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
The safest place in the world for a lady after nightfall. Oh,
I don't think you need to worry, Missus Smolly. I've
never been in troubled that way.
Speaker 9 (10:57):
I'm sure no one would bother me. Mister Party used
to say a man can always tell a lady. M
I'm I'm sure that's so.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
My dear.
Speaker 11 (11:05):
But in this town they just ain't particular if you're
a lady or if you're not.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Rance. Yeah, come over here. Did you find out who
she is? You know where her room is?
Speaker 13 (11:30):
I know who she is, alright, Joe, her name's Howell.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Come on now, let's go.
Speaker 13 (11:35):
Now, wait a minute, she ain't there.
Speaker 10 (11:39):
Ain't there?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You listen to me answer. It won't do you no
good to try to trick me away from doing this.
Speaker 13 (11:45):
Now that ain't head light, swear it ain't. She went
out for a walk, that's what they told me.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Out for a walk. Well, why would wait a minute?
What's the matter? Why it must be her walking alone?
And don't you do nothing, Joe? Don't you He'll be
quiet now, you won't be talking about me or nobody else.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Oh hello, man, I was gonna send somebody for you.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
I just heard duck. How is you? O?
Speaker 9 (12:52):
Man? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
There must be something about this town.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
I'm continually being called in to take care of somebody
you ought to be dead but isn't.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Not quite Does she have a chance? Or any doctor
in who's right mind? And say no, she shouldn't be alive,
but she is. I don't know. She just me stay
that way? Any ideas who did it to her? I
didn't have time to ask her. Could I see her?
Oh no, I wouldn't recommend it. Would it hurt her?
Speaker 11 (13:24):
Well?
Speaker 3 (13:24):
No, I guess I won't hurt her. It won't do
any good. She's she's delirious. Man, she just keeps moving
and calling for somebody named a guy. She's not able
to tell you anything. Well, I guess that's the way
they wanted it here, man, thanksgiving.
Speaker 9 (14:06):
Wells.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
Hard to figure why anybody do such a nonsome thing.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
What could that poor.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Woman have done to anybody?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I don't know, a kitty, it's pretty bad even for
a Dutch.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
She hasn't been able to tell you anything yet.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I don't suppose she will be able to even though
she gets well, Hm, it was dark and whoever it
was jumped her from behind.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
I'd seems this strange place for a lone, middle aged woman.
Speaker 9 (14:35):
Like her to come to.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Doesn't it match?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Especially when she said she came to find the man
she was engaged to.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Do you think he could have done it? I'm not
even sure there is such a man, Kitty.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Well, RAN's Madsen's didn't have been the one.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
He's much too young. RAN's Madsen.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
Yeah, that young farmer lives out of town a wall.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Oh yeah, I know who he is. Well, what's he
got to do with this?
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Oh m?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Maybe nothing?
Speaker 5 (14:59):
But he was in there earlier asking about the woman
who came from, which is all thought she might be.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
One of his kinfolk.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Oh what they want to know her name? Where she stand?
I don't know, kiddy, but I'm sure gonna find out.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
I sure wasn't bank just to be out on this
road against assume as you're doing.
Speaker 13 (15:30):
Seems like we ain't hardly been offered.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Yeah, we could have stopped off at the Max from
place Heirsty, just as easy on our way back from
Park City, and.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I might have saved some trouble if we had trusted. Hey,
come on, let's turn in here.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
He ain't ranch stand out in front there.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Yeah, I had some I wanna talk to you.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
What he's running with?
Speaker 13 (15:55):
Hillis where you are?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Don't shoot a cat, don't you.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I'll be aiming for you. Get his gun?
Speaker 13 (16:06):
Chester, now, look, Modular, I don't want no more trouble.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Chester, keep an eye on him.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I'm going up to the house.
Speaker 7 (16:17):
There's nothing inside, all.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Right, come on out of there, Come on the right,
two of us here.
Speaker 8 (16:27):
Don't shoot anymore.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
I'm here, then, come on out, all right, Chester, let's
try to patch him up. I wanted to last long
enough to answer a few questions.
Speaker 13 (17:00):
Alright, matter, come in, I been he's gentle about its.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
She can see hardly has any strength left. Okay, doc
ms holl.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Ms holl oh, it's my double, Miss holl I am.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
I like to talk to you from Minnu.
Speaker 9 (17:27):
Oh Marshall. Nice of you to come to see.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
About uh, about the man.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
You were looking for?
Speaker 9 (17:36):
Guy you you found?
Speaker 8 (17:38):
God, well, we might have miss home guy.
Speaker 9 (17:43):
I knew i'd find you.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
No, you said that he was a.
Speaker 6 (17:46):
Tall man, hm, tall Marshal, straight as young tree, and
yellow headed. He has light colored hair. Alright, Hm, it
shines into the south.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Well, Uh, the way you found a man that looks
something like that?
Speaker 9 (18:05):
When can I see him where he might?
Speaker 11 (18:08):
Well?
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Not just coming and miss howle.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
You you might not be so glad to see him.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
As you think.
Speaker 9 (18:13):
Oh, m Marshall dealing. He mustn't talk that way. I've
never had a thought for any other name.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
I didn't mean that.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
But uh, but this man he may have changed some
since you last saw him.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
I'm not guy. He couldn't have. Besides, it was just
a little while ago.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I have to tell you, miss, how this man has
wanted for a robbery in Wichita, and he he may
even be the man who beat you up.
Speaker 9 (18:47):
Oh worse, your doll.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I'm sorry, but that's the way it looks.
Speaker 9 (18:51):
He die poured and he have did a dishonest thing
in his life. Why where is he, Marshall?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Let me see him?
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Uh I, I didn't know the way it turned out.
If you didn't wanna see him after all.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
Please Mark Shure bring him to me.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Alright now, she wants to see him dark alright, man Chester,
that's right, bring him in.
Speaker 11 (19:25):
That's true.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Along man, mind him step shot.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Takes your hat off in the lady's bedroom.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Here is my home.
Speaker 8 (19:39):
Guy, guy, come come closer.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Oh go on and step up there.
Speaker 9 (19:52):
Tall mmt and slim m. But you're all old.
Speaker 6 (20:01):
Oh no, no, you're not.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
Guy.
Speaker 9 (20:08):
You sure about that, man, of course, I'm sure, Marshall.
Speaker 12 (20:11):
What guys young?
Speaker 11 (20:13):
Young?
Speaker 9 (20:14):
He's only a couple of years older than I am. Marshall.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Yeah, mister guns you better take him out of heahes.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
Al right, doctor, yeah, doctor, I'm I'm right just a.
Speaker 12 (20:30):
Minute, Marshall, if you please, Yes, ma'am, I don't seem
to have made myself clear to you about mister Porter Marshall. Perhaps,
in the interest to preventing another unfortunate error.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
You don't have to talk anymore.
Speaker 9 (20:44):
I prefer to get things straight. Doctor. Guy Porter is
a young man, Marshall. We grew up together.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
That's all right, miss House.
Speaker 9 (20:55):
No, no, it certainly is not alright.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
You please really don't understand I'm bringing in that middle
aged man in those rough clothes.
Speaker 12 (21:07):
Why guy would never let his uniform look so dacky?
Speaker 6 (21:12):
His uniform, of course, Marshall, Dylan.
Speaker 12 (21:16):
As long as the war continues, he'll be in uniform.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I'm mad.
Speaker 12 (21:22):
Even though his regiment was ordered into the western wilderness,
he'd never let himself look like that.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
I'll give her something, Yeah, dark you you do that.
Speaker 10 (21:33):
They ordered him west, and I waited and waited, and
finally I came to find him.
Speaker 9 (21:44):
It was all right for me to come, wasn't it, Marshall?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
It was all right, man.
Speaker 8 (21:52):
You won't make a mistake and bring me the wrong
man again, William Marshall, just god, no.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Matter, I I won't bring you the wrong man again.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
I'll buy jing, I tell you for sure.
Speaker 4 (22:29):
Mister Jonah, I'm glad they sent a deputy to take
that outlaw back to which John on the stage. I'm
sure I wasn't hankering to ride that road again.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
So soon.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
Yeah, he was awful me when beating up a lady
like that.
Speaker 13 (22:44):
Is Miss How gonna be alright, mister Dylan.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
I guess she'll get over the beating Chester. But doctor
doesn't think her mind will ever be any better.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
How could she go on like that all these years
thinking that Fellow was coming back to her?
Speaker 3 (23:00):
I don't know. Memory can do funny things.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Yeah, but Doc says she was trying around to telegraph
the war Department centered years ago Tony and this guy
Porter had been killed.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
She didn't want to believe it because she didn't, and
I guess she never will.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
For Houston, directed by Norman McDonald's far as William Conrad
as Matt Fillin US Marshall. The story was special to
be written for Gun Smoke by Marion Clark, with editorial
supervision by John Meston.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Featured in the cast with.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Vic Barron, Bark Gordon and Anne Morrison Harley. There is Chester,
Howard mcneer is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is kidding
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