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Frontier Town, the Targo of theRoaring West, Frontier Town, El Paso,
Calgary Tombstone, Huntier Town. Hereis the adventurous story of the early
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West, the tame and the untamed, for the Pacus, the Powder River,
Dad City, the Poker Flat.These are the towns they fought to
live in and lived to fight for, seeming crucibles of pioneer freedom. Huntier
Town. Ever, hear of acowtown called Dos Rios, or don't feel
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bad if you haven't, just oneof those frontier towns, roisterring and noisy,
perched in one of the lushiest andrichest valley below the Continental Divide.
Me. I'm Chad Remington, thetown's only lawyer. But like everyone else,
I got my own ranch with thetypical well fed, slab sided herd
of cattle for which our valley isof thingous. Just because these cattle are
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valuable when it gives some men ideas, that makes plenty of business and trouble
for a saddle stop lawyer. Itwasn't too long ago that I was riding
into a Dos Riels for my spreadjerk. He o'vannon, he runs a
town livery stable. Now that we'retoughingmout of peddling his genuine Indian lattersnake oil.
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Cherokee was riding with me as wecut across some open lanes trying to
get the dosrials before sundown. Hey, hey, look at those her fads,
willed Cherokee. Someday, with afew more head, I might even
be able to burn up my lovebooks and attire and and I use the
term with the cringe of conscience.You must have bats in your powlpris.
Look at it. A bunch ofcows like that? Of course, Hey,
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what have I done now to offendyour autistic integrities? Polity done now,
he says, Hi, boy,you've been casting stultrey long He looks
at a bunch of blank faced cowson half that emotions stand on. A
proper female woman would refer to youtenfold, hey, one hundred pole quote
juts, you go biblical on me. You old reprobate and something else.
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Unless a man has a few heada good beef, he can't afford to
cast long linger and looks at awoman. Tad, my boy, your
total lack of sophistication. And herehe hurts me deeply. A man who
has some money in his games.Doesn't need to bother with the fish staff
side kicking clock? Who old JohnBurley Carns Cherokee. The older you get,
the more undegenerative become. Your totallack of appreciation for a herd of
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cattle is something that I cherick youring up. So there, girls,
he's wasn't Billy blue blazers happened toyou? Chann Well? You see that
water hole just ahead of us,yes, sir, And that a tin
can lie next to a lane onits side. Eh, that's my optics
deceive me. That's an empty fivegallon tan. But what about it?
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So let pipe? Since it didn'tcontainste contato' spirit its full men time,
that's tricking liquor to you. Oh, it's a left fight censure didn't contain
anything that pleasant. I got anawful feeling that did contain five gallons of
enough stuff to poison every steer ofthe drunk out of that water hole.
Hi, if I ever catch thefole tap that, I'll cartstroy it a
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girl. Yeah, and I'd liketo get my hands on the But who
did this putting poison in water holes? I'm must admit it's comprehensible even to
me. Why would someone want topoison a lot of dumb, defenseless town
I don't know, but would there'sstock poison? Know off? How many
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ranchers are on here to play theirdesks? You mean to say someone deliberately
by the great God pad Tad.This is the most nefarious bility caanery I've
ever heard of. Certainly is nowjust a minute I heard you say just
the other day. But not overhalf a dozen Ranchesn't this whole valley or
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mortgage to the paint had old sourballRipley, who owns the paint forthmost of
them can play up a year.Don let us scream for what death?
Did they have? Plenty? Eversince Ripley shut off most of the credit,
which absorbed most of the cash folkshead on hand, everyone's been buying
at Parker's store because Elisha Parker's beenwilling to let his build run. Wiser
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Parkers. If you mean to insinuatebiser, Parker's mixed up in this paddle
poisoning You and I are coming tofifty cobs. Why that old gentleman is
so honest it makes me blood.Yes, I'll calm down, Cherrick,
He calm down, This has nothingto do with Leisha. But legally,
if the Lanchers can't pay that,that's he could go to court, get
judgment and take them all over,lockstock and barrel and liquidation of his claims.
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But if you say lishers mixed upin it, chats Chad. I
think they're putting your money on thenose of the wrong horse. And I'm
not making any best on this lease. They got a notion that's been fixed.
I'm flaming well gonna find out ifI can before the sun sets today.
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If I sounded like a boastful kid, well that's just the way it
turned out, because after talking toLysha on Sarah Parker, not only didn't
I find anything before a sundown,but I didn't find out anything for the
best part of a week. Waterholes continued to be poisoned, strangers drifted
in and out of town. Eventhe sheriff couldn't find out a thing that
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had helped men. Best I canpiece it together, another stranger arrived in
town. These strangers, the strangerwho wasn't too strange to the handful of
gunsticks whod been hanging around town theygot together in a silver boo hey bot
and that dub another bottle, orhe said you were over here, pull
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up a chair, unrest of yourplaying through if you got your work though,
you must be tired bringing up aglass with that buttle. And I
got my work done all right,you know me? Yeah, I sure
do. That's why I shipped youup here ahead of me. Any uh
any trouble? Sure snow who beena jasper in town snooping around? A
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lawyer name of Chad Rummond, Buthe's gone out a thing left. He
believe you'd better not find out anythingif he wants to go on practice the
law, because I'll get him justthe way I'm gonna get Parker's store,
O little class key. He ain'tnever been there until three or before.
Me and the boys have been herefor more a week, and I'm telling
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you that their life. Parker's astubborn old gold. He'll never sell.
No, well, let's just supposethat Parker won't because you think is widow,
will widow, That's what I said, widow. How the Parker is
is crusty old goat as you sayhe is. It shouldn't be too hard
couldn't be left. I'm sorry,I just don't get you. Just like
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you said, Parker has got anasty temper, hasn't he. Yeah,
now you're going over to that storeand talk Parker into an argument, you
understand. Poor Parker, Well,that temper of his gets star and grabs
for his gun. That's all,mister, He grabs for his gun.
Only you. I was drawing,Hey, it really got something there.
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Don't let nobody tell me left thesepottery god brain. Yeah, well,
instead of wasting your time trying tobutter me after, you better be getting
over the pocket store. Because oneseeds out of the way, It's still
gonna take time before I'm the ownerof all the choicest lynches and the Dos
Rios Valley. Go on, I'mgetting so that's just my tongues hanging out
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last year, oh last year?Yeah, sure, I don't want me
to put that boat Calco up onthe shelf for you, would you please?
Last year? You're did after fortytwo years, what we've been through
together, share certainly doesn't take awell, looks like we got a no
customers thing, I mean, houndypound of sugar and shut right. Alright,
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shit, I wanted a pound.Well sure, I he jids the
pound. Say you ain't going uncallingme a liar. No, look here,
mister, I didn't ask you tocome into my store. Right,
come in and I'm not gonna havesomething even cooked like you give me a
half pound and claim at the pound? You get out of here? Dog?
Gun't you put on and crowl?I pay five? Boy? You
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bold hit it old goat. Nobody'sputting me out of no place, So
tem it away from that door.Watch him shero kee. Did he do
for shooting missus Parker? Yeah?Well I only shot my health. You
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can't set the truth of the Parker. Yes, it's type of stuff.
Lashed did drag face? Well,now you satisfied, And I can't say
that I'm satisfied. I guess thesheriff for holding the face of that eviden
Olie, why did you do it? I can't tell you how sorry I
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am. I didn't get here twoseconds earlier. That's all right, shack
or lie just saying how sorry Iam. I'm always he gonna bring your
husband back, but it's still anaccounter. Be squared up, and I'm
hoping you'll let me square Come on, Cherokee. I'm gonna squirt this puzz
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it down to the sheriff. Itwas a foregone conclusion that the sheriff had
released crude, but not before wefound out that he had something to do
with the stranger who had arrived intown left his slaughter. Not knowing slaughter,
I just haded to go down tothe saloon where he was hanging out
and size him up, just incase. God on, Honey, one
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more drink, I'll give you somemore folding money to lose it. Pharaoh.
Excuse me, but the bart tenderpointed you out to me as left
his slaughter. Yeah, something Ican do for you, a friend,
If I didn't have something else onmy mind, sort, i'd ask you
to apologize, to call me afriend, ask him for an apology,
and get one two different things.And maybe I've been lucky, but I
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generally get what I asked for.And maybe that's because your negative business ask
the wrong people. Hell, maybeI didn't come here to ask you anything.
Then I came here to tell yousomething you don't see. Ni,
Sir Parker was just shot down incold blood. I thought you'd want to
know. I'm making it my businessto find out why. Oh well,
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I never had the pleasure of meetingthis mister Parker, but if he was
a friend of yours, I can'tsay that I'm exactly sorry. Well you
may be sorry next time you orany of your gun hands try to finish
off what you've started. And nowif you're frou i'm sure you'll excuse me
so I can start and enjoying myself. I'm sure, mister Slawyer enjoy everything.
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Why you can, because if youkeep up like I think you've started,
legally or otherwise, I'm going tohelp see that you enjoy the next
fifty years of your life. Rottenaway in Jay, we'll return to the
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exciting second act of our Frontier Townadventure in dust about one minute and now
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Frontier Town. Yes, I soundedlike a boastful kid all over again.
I mean going in and deliberately rubbingLefty Slaughter the wrong way. But I
found until you've rubbed the fur,you can't tell if the animal you've got
is a housecat or cold cadgy.Sometimes they're both dangers, but you tap
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them different ways. And I foundout in short order that Slaughter was as
cold and cocky as they come,knowing that there was nothing more I could
find out until such time as hechose to make his next move. So
Cherokee and I sat for four moredays in my office up above Cherokee's livery
stable, looking out the window andwatching the entire street. And late the
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afternoon of the fifth day, Cherokeeturned away from the window. Suddenly that
double died dirty gunslinger who terminated lifeof Parker's more existance is walking down the
street with Lefty Slaughter. He waswalking with him. Now crews turned off
into the saloon, and hey,hey, see what Slaughter's doing. He's
heading straight for missus Parker's store.That's the case, and the certain seems
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to be then what are we doingordering about this legal load? Yet you're
right jerfy, So grab your hator your gun or both, and let's
be finding out what business thought Imight have with missus Parker. Some of
the boys are with the hotel toldme about the misfortune you had, Missus
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Parker, I mean about your husband. Well, certainly might be trying to
stranger to come over and pays sympathy, and to believe me, sympathies just
what made me drop in today.They see, I got to thinking about
how difficult it might be for awoman like you to try and run a
store alone. Yeah, I'm afraidit really takes a man's mind to run
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a business. Row. Oh,isn't that the truth? And since I
came to those rails looking for abusiness to go into myself, and with
you now probably wanting to sell,oh, I was and thinking and selling
out, mister slaughter. Well,I know this may sound kind of sudden,
but I'm willing to pay you afair price. Oh, cash a
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two thousand dollars. Two thousand dollars. Why we've got more than twenty thousand
dollars. Get on this on thebook, sure, books and with their
cattle die off like fly. Thattwenty thousand isn't worthing it took to write
it. Well, I don't evento argue with a woman. But I'm
a fair man, and once Imake up my mind, I don't let
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anyone change it. Well, nowit's not too bad. Now you just
listened to me, Una, you'dbetter do the listening. I've got three
thousand here in cash. So Isuppose you sit down and start writing out
that bill of sale. What ifI were a man, i'd take that
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shotgun off the walls. Hello,Slaughter, what are you doing here?
But again nope. But since you'lldetermine to stay in those hels and just
be enable here, and seeing asyou want to spend your money, I
thought i'd suggest to missus Parker thatshe accommodates you. Commodating what do you
mean, Chad? Well, sinceyou haven't done much cash business this year,
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I thought maybe I could help misterSlaughter spend some of that cash he's
got on him right here, sincehe's so off fired and anxious to buy
something. Yet I don't want anyof his money, not any help.
Who said it was his money?I'd hate to think where it came from.
If you could think of, oh, you'd keep your nose out of
this what do you mean things?He could just smallly keep his nose out
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of your business. Reads to thehigh Heaven. You don't worry about your
store. This is fucking you.Able to get up Cherokee once I get
some of these helple out of myhair. Slaughter, that was a mistake
hitting Cherokee. Bad mistake for you, But at that I guess you wouldn't
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have hit him if he hadn't beentwenty years older than you are. You
know who says so? I thinkso I'm about your age. Why didn't
you hit me? I'm not toogenerally to hit. You hit Chad,
beat the brains out of the blade. There not much satisfaction to that cherokee.
He won't hit back while I'm facinghim. Hell, if I had
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my way, Hi Christmas, hisstick stove with a few bottles of mine?
Did ronaldsnake oil appliet with beggar?I'll see you both of you didn't.
I'm sure you will, but you'renot leaving yet. Remember I was
gonna help you spend some of yourhard earned money here with missus Parker Cherokeees
Lord, some of those picks andshovels you knocked over into misr slaughters.
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My boy, you've got a mostimagined device. What does she well with?
Fix and shovels channel? From whatI've heard, he's fixing the biggest
own play here. You are freefixed four. Hold out your arms,
you insult human race. He's gonnapay for this, Oh Rose againslaughter.
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You're gonna pay for this. Threepicks and four shovels will be one and
now numbers, I say, fiftydollars and Cherokee. Since we always aim
to help the customer. Just feelone of those bills off mister Slaughter's bankroll,
Just one, just one. You'renever gonna live a life of bees
like that, Chad. Let's seeyou can carry a little more. Just
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got on for a bolt of thatcalico. And it's just the right color
for Slaughter through yellow. Yo,it'll make a nice yellow shroud for that
grave he's digging for himselves with allthe money he's got left. It's too
bad we can't sell him a Headstone'sgonna be needing that soon. I think
you're gonna be laughing on the otherside of your face before I'm through with
it. For the time being,you're through with me now, so uh
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adiok Slaughter, And in consideration ofyour one hundred dollars purchase this morning,
mister O'Bannon will be glad to openthe door for you as you got good
bye, rank to be sure notto come in again. I just can't
think, you know, m Pradi, thanks you a little premature. What
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do you mean, Dad? Ithink he knows what that prip is up
to. Seems to me left.His Slaughter found out that almost every rancher
in the valley owes you money.He decided to cripple them, force you
to sell out to him, andthen take over what ranches he's wanted for
the money they owed the store.How terrible? Why did you let him
walk out of here? What didyou have him arrested? Because so far
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he's been too smart to involve himselfas his hired gun. Thus do his
dirty worker until we get them.Slaughter's still in the clear. Oh I
see, But isn't there anything cando to stop them before they they rid
of someone else? Lash, notFlash. What I'd like to do is
create a situation where may force Slaughterinto doing something he hadn't planned on it,
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some climb he hadn't figured in advance, and then catch him red handed.
I think we can, missus,Parker, if you'll give me your
permission to call a meeting of allthe ranches who all your money right here
at your store. Quiet, quiet, please call you stop actings. If
you're running this whole toe Remington,let sorrow Parker do her own talk.
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Now, there's no talking for meto do. I've go the store and
all of his assets to Chad Remington, and from now on you'd have to
do business with him. Go onand crumble if you want, but it
isn't going to do any good.You owe this store money and I want
cash on the barrelhead, or ifI don't get it, I'm going to
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court and take judgments against everyone outof you anything. Your poor father must
be turning over this grave. Howdo you expect us to raise money?
Now? You can raise money.All you got to do is drive your
cattle to market and sell it off. Fly. It's almost two months still
ship in time. Instead of standingaround here arguing, and I'm advising you
to get together and start a drivingwith your herds up to the nearest railhead.
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I'm only giving you five days tobe back with cash, or if
you know what's good for you,you'll be on your way by sun rise
tomorrow morning. Are you the locoCrude Remington buying out missus Parker's store?
Of course I was there myself withthe whole crowd, and he told them
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to get out and drive their cattleto market and be back with the money
in five days or else he wastaking over every range in the valley.
Well well, well, there's nothingcrooked than a crooked lawyer. The funny
part is what he's doing is playingright into our hands, playing Sure what
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happens those ranchers start driving their cattleto market. You and me and the
rest of the boys are laying forhim. We get the cattle, Remington
don't get the money, and theranches he takes over are worth nothing.
That's a smart monkey, is playinginto our hands. What good are the
races without candle on? No goodgroup? You go round up the boys.
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A thing like this calls for areal celebration. Left. They thought
I was dumb, all right.When Gosriel's ranchers knew I was a crooked
oh, I was sure of was. I was taking a long, wild
chance and hoping it would pay.On next morning, just as I told
him to, the ranchers joined upin one big trail drive and started the
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San Jacento where we were first,Charity, the sheriff, the posse and
I. We could see the cattlespread out along the trail almost as far
as the eye could reach. Iguess we've waited more than an hour.
Every man Jack's eyes shaded from themorning sun, scanning the past below us,
waiting, praying there's some sign oftrouble. Finally it can't a single
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shot, and then in the nextinstant it sounded like it must have that
day at Gettysburg. We waited fora moment to make sure we were right,
and then the sheriff I'm hosted hisgun and turns you sure we're right?
Head? Look at him, rustless, pour out of that cane.
I must thee a million of them, two million babes. Yeah, all
right, you pajaman, I'm hoaxingthose forty five. Let's get you right.
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Cut down through that on oil.That way we can get between them
and the cattle, right in frontof those rufflers. But ny time,
haven't I got time for the drinkof my round? Sneak away, poppy,
Well, you've got time to doa squeeze of chicken. Come on,
I falk cool. Cats was turningaround head its works, I said,
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yellow spice gun, swat, Hey, shut up, you'll keep past
of the rest. I'm the smartestsign of sneak away. I'm gonna get
it all right, sad, allright, climb in, don't please it,
and I get around half back.Swaughter's got a quarter of a mile
head started slaughter further way you ridethe further you're gonna pass on my way
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back to town. I'm not goingin you again. If I pull on
you off that horse and yards,you have to break your neck. All
right, here's your left back withinterest. Get up. Therefore, come
on, get on side up,and then now I can get my arm
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up. I'm gonna go on yourslaughter, am I gonna have to fake
your stop running to feel hold Wickhamslike you come from. I goose fas
quick time. Then come on,get up, yeah, and start walking
a long ship back to dust riosand to ja dog. Bring it ted
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here your head us thinking you werea bigger cooks than slaughter, and all
the time you were doing it forour own good. It's ery, just
like a father with an unreasonable kid. Aspair of the rod and spoiled chile.
That's tad's my home. What's yourmotto, cherokee ill? I guess
you might say, this pair ofthe flask and spoil the things. By
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the way, isn't about time frommy patient rights? Now? From the
way I look after bulldog and slutteroff his horses to bud. Time for
me to take a bathroom put onsome cleain boat. Well, it's not
prettmature to thank you, no,Cheredes. Don't know how I ever can
enough. You go talking to thatyoung spread like that's here, and he'll
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go getting this wellhead. And that'swhat you do, is every one those
little ideas. You're making the boy'sfeet of their kettle. He certainly squeeze
flutter and you're putting one cram.He didn't feed it though. Yeah,
it's all right, Sarah. Handinghonor of my dear friend's talents, I
suggest someone buy me a little shoutsomething so I can propose a toast to
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it. Besides, my knees haveto stop kicking. Well, my knee
isn't shaking, Cherokee, and it'sstrong enough to turn you over it and
beat a little genuine Indian tune onyour tongue to so sad. If you
turned me over your knee, notonly would you break my spirit, but
you'd put the flatt pulled the finea stair kee ind In rattlesnake on,
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never put of a man's whistle.I am going home m Frontiertown starring Text
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Chandler is a Bruce El's. Productionsupervision by Joel Murcot, story in direction
by Paul Frank, Music written andplayed by Ivan Defined. Be sure to
be with us again, same timenext week for another fine action adventure story
your favorite down Western star. TextChandler, this is Bill Foreman telling you.
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The County of Town came to youfrom Hollywood
Frontier Town, the Targo of theRoaring West, Frontier Town, El Paso,
Calgary Tombstone, Huntier Town. Hereis the adventurous story of the early
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West, the tame and the untamed, for the Pacus, the Powder River,
Dad City, the Poker Flat.These are the towns they fought to
live in and lived to fight for, seeming crucibles of pioneer freedom. Huntier
Town. Ever, hear of acowtown called Dos Rios, or don't feel
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bad if you haven't, just oneof those frontier towns, roisterring and noisy,
perched in one of the lushiest andrichest valley below the Continental Divide.
Me. I'm Chad Remington, thetown's only lawyer. But like everyone else,
I got my own ranch with thetypical well fed, slab sided herd
of cattle for which our valley isof thingous. Just because these cattle are
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valuable when it gives some men ideas, that makes plenty of business and trouble
for a saddle stop lawyer. Itwasn't too long ago that I was riding
into a Dos Riels for my spreadjerk. He o'vannon, he runs a
town livery stable. Now that we'retoughingmout of peddling his genuine Indian lattersnake oil.
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Cherokee was riding with me as wecut across some open lanes trying to
get the dosrials before sundown. Hey, hey, look at those her fads,
willed Cherokee. Someday, with afew more head, I might even
be able to burn up my lovebooks and attire and and I use the
term with the cringe of conscience.You must have bats in your powlpris.
Look at it. A bunch ofcows like that? Of course, Hey,
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what have I done now to offendyour autistic integrities? Polity done now,
he says, Hi, boy,you've been casting stultrey long He looks
at a bunch of blank faced cowson half that emotions stand on. A
proper female woman would refer to youtenfold, hey, one hundred pole quote
juts, you go biblical on me. You old reprobate and something else.
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Unless a man has a few heada good beef, he can't afford to
cast long linger and looks at awoman. Tad, my boy, your
total lack of sophistication. And herehe hurts me deeply. A man who
has some money in his games.Doesn't need to bother with the fish staff
side kicking clock? Who old JohnBurley Carns Cherokee. The older you get,
the more undegenerative become. Your totallack of appreciation for a herd of
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cattle is something that I cherick youring up. So there, girls,
he's wasn't Billy blue blazers happened toyou? Chann Well? You see that
water hole just ahead of us,yes, sir, And that a tin
can lie next to a lane onits side. Eh, that's my optics
deceive me. That's an empty fivegallon tan. But what about it?
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So let pipe? Since it didn'tcontainste contato' spirit its full men time,
that's tricking liquor to you. Oh, it's a left fight censure didn't contain
anything that pleasant. I got anawful feeling that did contain five gallons of
enough stuff to poison every steer ofthe drunk out of that water hole.
Hi, if I ever catch thefole tap that, I'll cartstroy it a
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girl. Yeah, and I'd liketo get my hands on the But who
did this putting poison in water holes? I'm must admit it's comprehensible even to
me. Why would someone want topoison a lot of dumb, defenseless town
I don't know, but would there'sstock poison? Know off? How many
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ranchers are on here to play theirdesks? You mean to say someone deliberately
by the great God pad Tad.This is the most nefarious bility caanery I've
ever heard of. Certainly is nowjust a minute I heard you say just
the other day. But not overhalf a dozen Ranchesn't this whole valley or
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mortgage to the paint had old sourballRipley, who owns the paint forthmost of
them can play up a year.Don let us scream for what death?
Did they have? Plenty? Eversince Ripley shut off most of the credit,
which absorbed most of the cash folkshead on hand, everyone's been buying
at Parker's store because Elisha Parker's beenwilling to let his build run. Wiser
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Parkers. If you mean to insinuatebiser, Parker's mixed up in this paddle
poisoning You and I are coming tofifty cobs. Why that old gentleman is
so honest it makes me blood.Yes, I'll calm down, Cherrick,
He calm down, This has nothingto do with Leisha. But legally,
if the Lanchers can't pay that,that's he could go to court, get
judgment and take them all over,lockstock and barrel and liquidation of his claims.
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But if you say lishers mixed upin it, chats Chad. I
think they're putting your money on thenose of the wrong horse. And I'm
not making any best on this lease. They got a notion that's been fixed.
I'm flaming well gonna find out ifI can before the sun sets today.
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If I sounded like a boastful kid, well that's just the way it
turned out, because after talking toLysha on Sarah Parker, not only didn't
I find anything before a sundown,but I didn't find out anything for the
best part of a week. Waterholes continued to be poisoned, strangers drifted
in and out of town. Eventhe sheriff couldn't find out a thing that
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had helped men. Best I canpiece it together, another stranger arrived in
town. These strangers, the strangerwho wasn't too strange to the handful of
gunsticks whod been hanging around town theygot together in a silver boo hey bot
and that dub another bottle, orhe said you were over here, pull
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up a chair, unrest of yourplaying through if you got your work though,
you must be tired bringing up aglass with that buttle. And I
got my work done all right,you know me? Yeah, I sure
do. That's why I shipped youup here ahead of me. Any uh
any trouble? Sure snow who beena jasper in town snooping around? A
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lawyer name of Chad Rummond, Buthe's gone out a thing left. He
believe you'd better not find out anythingif he wants to go on practice the
law, because I'll get him justthe way I'm gonna get Parker's store,
O little class key. He ain'tnever been there until three or before.
Me and the boys have been herefor more a week, and I'm telling
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you that their life. Parker's astubborn old gold. He'll never sell.
No, well, let's just supposethat Parker won't because you think is widow,
will widow, That's what I said, widow. How the Parker is
is crusty old goat as you sayhe is. It shouldn't be too hard
couldn't be left. I'm sorry,I just don't get you. Just like
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you said, Parker has got anasty temper, hasn't he. Yeah,
now you're going over to that storeand talk Parker into an argument, you
understand. Poor Parker, Well,that temper of his gets star and grabs
for his gun. That's all,mister, He grabs for his gun.
Only you. I was drawing,Hey, it really got something there.
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Don't let nobody tell me left thesepottery god brain. Yeah, well,
instead of wasting your time trying tobutter me after, you better be getting
over the pocket store. Because oneseeds out of the way, It's still
gonna take time before I'm the ownerof all the choicest lynches and the Dos
Rios Valley. Go on, I'mgetting so that's just my tongues hanging out
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last year, oh last year?Yeah, sure, I don't want me
to put that boat Calco up onthe shelf for you, would you please?
Last year? You're did after fortytwo years, what we've been through
together, share certainly doesn't take awell, looks like we got a no
customers thing, I mean, houndypound of sugar and shut right. Alright,
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shit, I wanted a pound.Well sure, I he jids the
pound. Say you ain't going uncallingme a liar. No, look here,
mister, I didn't ask you tocome into my store. Right,
come in and I'm not gonna havesomething even cooked like you give me a
half pound and claim at the pound? You get out of here? Dog?
Gun't you put on and crowl?I pay five? Boy? You
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bold hit it old goat. Nobody'sputting me out of no place, So
tem it away from that door.Watch him shero kee. Did he do
for shooting missus Parker? Yeah?Well I only shot my health. You
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can't set the truth of the Parker. Yes, it's type of stuff.
Lashed did drag face? Well,now you satisfied, And I can't say
that I'm satisfied. I guess thesheriff for holding the face of that eviden
Olie, why did you do it? I can't tell you how sorry I
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am. I didn't get here twoseconds earlier. That's all right, shack
or lie just saying how sorry Iam. I'm always he gonna bring your
husband back, but it's still anaccounter. Be squared up, and I'm
hoping you'll let me square Come on, Cherokee. I'm gonna squirt this puzz
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it down to the sheriff. Itwas a foregone conclusion that the sheriff had
released crude, but not before wefound out that he had something to do
with the stranger who had arrived intown left his slaughter. Not knowing slaughter,
I just haded to go down tothe saloon where he was hanging out
and size him up, just incase. God on, Honey, one
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more drink, I'll give you somemore folding money to lose it. Pharaoh.
Excuse me, but the bart tenderpointed you out to me as left
his slaughter. Yeah, something Ican do for you, a friend,
If I didn't have something else onmy mind, sort, i'd ask you
to apologize, to call me afriend, ask him for an apology,
and get one two different things.And maybe I've been lucky, but I
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generally get what I asked for.And maybe that's because your negative business ask
the wrong people. Hell, maybeI didn't come here to ask you anything.
Then I came here to tell yousomething you don't see. Ni,
Sir Parker was just shot down incold blood. I thought you'd want to
know. I'm making it my businessto find out why. Oh well,
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I never had the pleasure of meetingthis mister Parker, but if he was
a friend of yours, I can'tsay that I'm exactly sorry. Well you
may be sorry next time you orany of your gun hands try to finish
off what you've started. And nowif you're frou i'm sure you'll excuse me
so I can start and enjoying myself. I'm sure, mister Slawyer enjoy everything.
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Why you can, because if youkeep up like I think you've started,
legally or otherwise, I'm going tohelp see that you enjoy the next
fifty years of your life. Rottenaway in Jay, we'll return to the
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exciting second act of our Frontier Townadventure in dust about one minute and now
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Frontier Town. Yes, I soundedlike a boastful kid all over again.
I mean going in and deliberately rubbingLefty Slaughter the wrong way. But I
found until you've rubbed the fur,you can't tell if the animal you've got
is a housecat or cold cadgy.Sometimes they're both dangers, but you tap
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them different ways. And I foundout in short order that Slaughter was as
cold and cocky as they come,knowing that there was nothing more I could
find out until such time as hechose to make his next move. So
Cherokee and I sat for four moredays in my office up above Cherokee's livery
stable, looking out the window andwatching the entire street. And late the
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afternoon of the fifth day, Cherokeeturned away from the window. Suddenly that
double died dirty gunslinger who terminated lifeof Parker's more existance is walking down the
street with Lefty Slaughter. He waswalking with him. Now crews turned off
into the saloon, and hey,hey, see what Slaughter's doing. He's
heading straight for missus Parker's store.That's the case, and the certain seems
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to be then what are we doingordering about this legal load? Yet you're
right jerfy, So grab your hator your gun or both, and let's
be finding out what business thought Imight have with missus Parker. Some of
the boys are with the hotel toldme about the misfortune you had, Missus
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Parker, I mean about your husband. Well, certainly might be trying to
stranger to come over and pays sympathy, and to believe me, sympathies just
what made me drop in today.They see, I got to thinking about
how difficult it might be for awoman like you to try and run a
store alone. Yeah, I'm afraidit really takes a man's mind to run
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a business. Row. Oh,isn't that the truth? And since I
came to those rails looking for abusiness to go into myself, and with
you now probably wanting to sell,oh, I was and thinking and selling
out, mister slaughter. Well,I know this may sound kind of sudden,
but I'm willing to pay you afair price. Oh, cash a
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two thousand dollars. Two thousand dollars. Why we've got more than twenty thousand
dollars. Get on this on thebook, sure, books and with their
cattle die off like fly. Thattwenty thousand isn't worthing it took to write
it. Well, I don't evento argue with a woman. But I'm
a fair man, and once Imake up my mind, I don't let
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anyone change it. Well, nowit's not too bad. Now you just
listened to me, Una, you'dbetter do the listening. I've got three
thousand here in cash. So Isuppose you sit down and start writing out
that bill of sale. What ifI were a man, i'd take that
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shotgun off the walls. Hello,Slaughter, what are you doing here?
But again nope. But since you'lldetermine to stay in those hels and just
be enable here, and seeing asyou want to spend your money, I
thought i'd suggest to missus Parker thatshe accommodates you. Commodating what do you
mean, Chad? Well, sinceyou haven't done much cash business this year,
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I thought maybe I could help misterSlaughter spend some of that cash he's
got on him right here, sincehe's so off fired and anxious to buy
something. Yet I don't want anyof his money, not any help.
Who said it was his money?I'd hate to think where it came from.
If you could think of, oh, you'd keep your nose out of
this what do you mean things?He could just smallly keep his nose out
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of your business. Reads to thehigh Heaven. You don't worry about your
store. This is fucking you.Able to get up Cherokee once I get
some of these helple out of myhair. Slaughter, that was a mistake
hitting Cherokee. Bad mistake for you, But at that I guess you wouldn't
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have hit him if he hadn't beentwenty years older than you are. You
know who says so? I thinkso I'm about your age. Why didn't
you hit me? I'm not toogenerally to hit. You hit Chad,
beat the brains out of the blade. There not much satisfaction to that cherokee.
He won't hit back while I'm facinghim. Hell, if I had
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my way, Hi Christmas, hisstick stove with a few bottles of mine?
Did ronaldsnake oil appliet with beggar?I'll see you both of you didn't.
I'm sure you will, but you'renot leaving yet. Remember I was
gonna help you spend some of yourhard earned money here with missus Parker Cherokeees
Lord, some of those picks andshovels you knocked over into misr slaughters.
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My boy, you've got a mostimagined device. What does she well with?
Fix and shovels channel? From whatI've heard, he's fixing the biggest
own play here. You are freefixed four. Hold out your arms,
you insult human race. He's gonnapay for this, Oh Rose againslaughter.
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You're gonna pay for this. Threepicks and four shovels will be one and
now numbers, I say, fiftydollars and Cherokee. Since we always aim
to help the customer. Just feelone of those bills off mister Slaughter's bankroll,
Just one, just one. You'renever gonna live a life of bees
like that, Chad. Let's seeyou can carry a little more. Just
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got on for a bolt of thatcalico. And it's just the right color
for Slaughter through yellow. Yo,it'll make a nice yellow shroud for that
grave he's digging for himselves with allthe money he's got left. It's too
bad we can't sell him a Headstone'sgonna be needing that soon. I think
you're gonna be laughing on the otherside of your face before I'm through with
it. For the time being,you're through with me now, so uh
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adiok Slaughter, And in consideration ofyour one hundred dollars purchase this morning,
mister O'Bannon will be glad to openthe door for you as you got good
bye, rank to be sure notto come in again. I just can't
think, you know, m Pradi, thanks you a little premature. What
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do you mean, Dad? Ithink he knows what that prip is up
to. Seems to me left.His Slaughter found out that almost every rancher
in the valley owes you money.He decided to cripple them, force you
to sell out to him, andthen take over what ranches he's wanted for
the money they owed the store.How terrible? Why did you let him
walk out of here? What didyou have him arrested? Because so far
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he's been too smart to involve himselfas his hired gun. Thus do his
dirty worker until we get them.Slaughter's still in the clear. Oh I
see, But isn't there anything cando to stop them before they they rid
of someone else? Lash, notFlash. What I'd like to do is
create a situation where may force Slaughterinto doing something he hadn't planned on it,
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some climb he hadn't figured in advance, and then catch him red handed.
I think we can, missus,Parker, if you'll give me your
permission to call a meeting of allthe ranches who all your money right here
at your store. Quiet, quiet, please call you stop actings. If
you're running this whole toe Remington,let sorrow Parker do her own talk.
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Now, there's no talking for meto do. I've go the store and
all of his assets to Chad Remington, and from now on you'd have to
do business with him. Go onand crumble if you want, but it
isn't going to do any good.You owe this store money and I want
cash on the barrelhead, or ifI don't get it, I'm going to
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court and take judgments against everyone outof you anything. Your poor father must
be turning over this grave. Howdo you expect us to raise money?
Now? You can raise money.All you got to do is drive your
cattle to market and sell it off. Fly. It's almost two months still
ship in time. Instead of standingaround here arguing, and I'm advising you
to get together and start a drivingwith your herds up to the nearest railhead.
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I'm only giving you five days tobe back with cash, or if
you know what's good for you,you'll be on your way by sun rise
tomorrow morning. Are you the locoCrude Remington buying out missus Parker's store?
Of course I was there myself withthe whole crowd, and he told them
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to get out and drive their cattleto market and be back with the money
in five days or else he wastaking over every range in the valley.
Well well, well, there's nothingcrooked than a crooked lawyer. The funny
part is what he's doing is playingright into our hands, playing Sure what
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happens those ranchers start driving their cattleto market. You and me and the
rest of the boys are laying forhim. We get the cattle, Remington
don't get the money, and theranches he takes over are worth nothing.
That's a smart monkey, is playinginto our hands. What good are the
races without candle on? No goodgroup? You go round up the boys.
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A thing like this calls for areal celebration. Left. They thought
I was dumb, all right.When Gosriel's ranchers knew I was a crooked
oh, I was sure of was. I was taking a long, wild
chance and hoping it would pay.On next morning, just as I told
him to, the ranchers joined upin one big trail drive and started the
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San Jacento where we were first,Charity, the sheriff, the posse and
I. We could see the cattlespread out along the trail almost as far
as the eye could reach. Iguess we've waited more than an hour.
Every man Jack's eyes shaded from themorning sun, scanning the past below us,
waiting, praying there's some sign oftrouble. Finally it can't a single
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shot, and then in the nextinstant it sounded like it must have that
day at Gettysburg. We waited fora moment to make sure we were right,
and then the sheriff I'm hosted hisgun and turns you sure we're right?
Head? Look at him, rustless, pour out of that cane.
I must thee a million of them, two million babes. Yeah, all
right, you pajaman, I'm hoaxingthose forty five. Let's get you right.
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Cut down through that on oil.That way we can get between them
and the cattle, right in frontof those rufflers. But ny time,
haven't I got time for the drinkof my round? Sneak away, poppy,
Well, you've got time to doa squeeze of chicken. Come on,
I falk cool. Cats was turningaround head its works, I said,
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yellow spice gun, swat, Hey, shut up, you'll keep past
of the rest. I'm the smartestsign of sneak away. I'm gonna get
it all right, sad, allright, climb in, don't please it,
and I get around half back.Swaughter's got a quarter of a mile
head started slaughter further way you ridethe further you're gonna pass on my way
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back to town. I'm not goingin you again. If I pull on
you off that horse and yards,you have to break your neck. All
right, here's your left back withinterest. Get up. Therefore, come
on, get on side up,and then now I can get my arm
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up. I'm gonna go on yourslaughter, am I gonna have to fake
your stop running to feel hold Wickhamslike you come from. I goose fas
quick time. Then come on,get up, yeah, and start walking
a long ship back to dust riosand to ja dog. Bring it ted
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here your head us thinking you werea bigger cooks than slaughter, and all
the time you were doing it forour own good. It's ery, just
like a father with an unreasonable kid. Aspair of the rod and spoiled chile.
That's tad's my home. What's yourmotto, cherokee ill? I guess
you might say, this pair ofthe flask and spoil the things. By
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the way, isn't about time frommy patient rights? Now? From the
way I look after bulldog and slutteroff his horses to bud. Time for
me to take a bathroom put onsome cleain boat. Well, it's not
prettmature to thank you, no,Cheredes. Don't know how I ever can
enough. You go talking to thatyoung spread like that's here, and he'll
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go getting this wellhead. And that'swhat you do, is every one those
little ideas. You're making the boy'sfeet of their kettle. He certainly squeeze
flutter and you're putting one cram.He didn't feed it though. Yeah,
it's all right, Sarah. Handinghonor of my dear friend's talents, I
suggest someone buy me a little shoutsomething so I can propose a toast to
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it. Besides, my knees haveto stop kicking. Well, my knee
isn't shaking, Cherokee, and it'sstrong enough to turn you over it and
beat a little genuine Indian tune onyour tongue to so sad. If you
turned me over your knee, notonly would you break my spirit, but
you'd put the flatt pulled the finea stair kee ind In rattlesnake on,
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never put of a man's whistle.I am going home m Frontiertown starring Text
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Chandler is a Bruce El's. Productionsupervision by Joel Murcot, story in direction
by Paul Frank, Music written andplayed by Ivan Defined. Be sure to
be with us again, same timenext week for another fine action adventure story
your favorite down Western star. TextChandler, this is Bill Foreman telling you.
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