August 24, 2025 • 24 mins
Set in a frontier town, this series follows a U.S. Marshal as he maintains law and order. The show combines action with moral dilemmas of the Old West.
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Around Ddge 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 Guns, starring William Conrad, The story of the
(00:48):
violence that moved west with young America and the story
of a.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Man who moved with it.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the least they want to meet.
It's a chance at job, and it makes a man
watchful and a little lone man.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
It's done, Yeah, Watchester, Yes, look.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
At them dog on prairie dogs skittering all around every words,
scurrying down.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
All them hole What about them?
Speaker 5 (01:37):
Well, I was just wondered, did you ever give them
much stock?
Speaker 6 (01:41):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I can't say that I have.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Well, they ain't good for nothing, it's not one cussed thing.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You're right about that.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
But all they do is increase theirselves and pop up
the prairie.
Speaker 7 (01:52):
At them.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Hold you figuring on doing something about it, jester?
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Well, yes, it's done. I thought I might just maybe
write a letter to the government about it.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Oh, well, you go right ahead and do that.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Do you think you're doing good.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Sure it would, Yes, sure the government would turn it
over to the nearest Marshall's office, and I can turn
it over to you right away and you can spend
your time around in a prairie.
Speaker 7 (02:17):
Though.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Well, I'm right down to it.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I ain't such a hand.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
Of write letter, after all? What is doing a buggy
pulled up to the side.
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Of the road there?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, can I see if anything's wrong?
Speaker 7 (02:34):
Huh?
Speaker 5 (02:41):
What in the world would await? He'd be doing way
out here all by herself.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Let's see, would need any help? Man?
Speaker 7 (02:54):
It's that real wheel. It just seemed to give way.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I will have a look.
Speaker 7 (02:57):
And we saw they said this was a challenge.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
You come all the way from Wichita alone, start.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
No, man, but I hope to meet him in Dodge City.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Well, but it just needs safe for a woman to
go driving all over Kingdom comes out no Manchester. Nobody's
just playing boys.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Let's have a look at the wheel.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Huh, that's sir, let's see, yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
And look at their dependent Oh the wheel on backs?
So come uh wonder that wheel ain't rolling away.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Across the cry yet. Yeah, there's how much we can
go about it out here? Oh?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (03:37):
That needs some first rate blacksmen.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Maam, looks like you're stuck here. Uh can you ride
a horse?
Speaker 7 (03:46):
Well I've ridden a horse, certainly, but never on a
saddle like that.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Well, I don't worry about it. We'll let you up
and even said sideways. We'll walk the horse, and it's
not too far to god. I'm not sure.
Speaker 7 (03:57):
I'm not accustomed to traveling with you. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
I'm the Marshall out of Dodge City, Man.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
Marshall, I suppose it's all right.
Speaker 8 (04:06):
Then.
Speaker 7 (04:06):
My name is Sarah Howell.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Oh, missus Howell has Chester Bradford.
Speaker 7 (04:11):
I do, ma'am, it's miss Howell Marshall. I'm not married yet.
Speaker 9 (04:17):
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 7 (04:26):
Maybe we even know him.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Well, what's his name is Hall?
Speaker 7 (04:30):
His name is Guy Porter. He's a tall man and
very handsome. Do you knowing Marshall?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
No, man, I'm afraid I don't. Are you sure he
came this way?
Speaker 7 (04:43):
He told me he was heading west. I have reason
to believe he may be in Dodge.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
City a lot of people come and go and dodge. Ma'am.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
You'll help me find him.
Speaker 8 (04:53):
I know you will.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Man, I can lose himself out here if he wants to.
You know.
Speaker 7 (04:57):
Oh, guy isn't trying to hide from me, marshall.
Speaker 9 (05:00):
The city was coming back and I know we meant it. No,
I I'm afraid something's happened to him. I'm afraid there's trouble.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Well, if there's trouble, ma'am, I understand a better chance
of locating him for you.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Come up, let's get going.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Hello there, justin once you get back.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Just a little bit of a miss kape.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
And I don't mind telling you if I don't never
take that ride to park City again.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
I won't do no belia about it.
Speaker 10 (05:39):
That is the one long as dry as most people
come back with him.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Oh yes he did, Miska. He'll be in directed.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
He's seeing to a lady down to mass mallis.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
Oh where'd you find the lady?
Speaker 6 (05:55):
Park City?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Well know that ain't exactly what it was. It was
more like that he found her along the way.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Curious thing, and come on.
Speaker 10 (06:03):
Over to the Barchester I buy a beer to wash
some of that dust down.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Well that is my friendly you and miss kitty.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
Oh this lady you've brought in?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Oh do you want to hear about her?
Speaker 7 (06:17):
Church?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Don't have a bear?
Speaker 10 (06:18):
Simon, sure kitty, sure do, Thank you, miss kitty going
about the lady Chester? Hey, Rochester, Oh thank you, sir
chesse the lady Oh yeah, yes.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Well she come from which Thomas Kitty. And she wants
me to be going to round up a man who's supposed.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
To be out this way.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
I'm worse.
Speaker 11 (06:40):
Does map no is No, we don't.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
But he wouldn't have no trouble recognizing him if you've
seen him, tall and toe headed, bowered him all with
from wichitash she did.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
I guess women folks can do that better than anybody,
so watchester.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
It recollects what a fellow looks like.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
What they can take just one look at a man's face,
and they got to get stored away in their minds
forever more.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
How his teeth was set, the way his hair growed out.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Man don't hard to have his hand?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Well, I wouldn't worry about it.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I mean an awful lot of it.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Get away.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Oh there's the stage going down the street. Ain't it not?
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Sounded like it to man.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
Yeah, well then I better get down for the mail.
Thank you for the beers. All right, check, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 12 (07:29):
I'll sure be back, Tam.
Speaker 7 (07:31):
I'll be up to test for a while.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
All right, Kitty.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Kiddy, I see you a minute.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
Well, sure, what's on your mind?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
What that woman Chester was talking about? He's saying what
her name was? No round?
Speaker 7 (07:53):
He didn't watch.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Well, I just thought I might know.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
I got kinfolk in Wichita. He was talking about a
cousin coming out of here.
Speaker 11 (08:02):
Oh, well, I can tell you where she's staying. You
could go down there and find out about it. That
it helped her, right, Matt took her to Mars small As,
the boarding house in the south end of Tongue.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
Thanks, Kitty, I'll go down there right off.
Speaker 7 (08:34):
What's the matter if you ranch you come pounding in
your hair like the.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Devil's on your tail, you better start worrying about that
a little bit.
Speaker 7 (08:41):
Yo.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
What do you mean? You talk me in there.
Speaker 6 (08:44):
Saying you could stay on here with me Monday nights,
claiming nobody saw you get away with that which you
toaw money.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Well that's right, nobody did. Well you should have looked.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Back over the other shoulder there's a woman asking all
over town after you what.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
She's giving you a descript to the marshall right.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
Down in that pretty white hair, and he's looking for
you too. Now you you just gotta get out of here, Joe,
Now just a minute, rance, and you sure you know
what you're talking about.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
I know.
Speaker 6 (09:12):
This woman's from Wichita. She's standing in the town boarding
house and she's asking about you.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
Now, I don't want no trouble with the law.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
It's your ball in rants. There ain't gonna be no trouble.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
But if she spots she ain't gonna spot me.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
You 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? You know? Sure? All right?
You show me after dog?
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Well, you ain't gonna want her to show me to
the marshal.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
We'll no, Well, then leave it to me.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
Oh I tell you too, miss Howe. 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. I am grateful to you. Would you care
to come set a spell in the parlor when we're
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finish up. Oh, that's kind of you, But I think
I'll just take a little stroll. You're going out walking
or whatever for.
Speaker 9 (10:29):
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. Stranger things have
happened to haven't say, Missus Smolly. State likely, But there's
always a chance in this life, Missus Smolly, always a chance.
Speaker 7 (10:49):
Well, you watch that you're back before it's full of dark.
Dodge City ain't the safest place in the world for
a lady after nightfall. Oh, I don't think you need
to worry, missus Molly. I've never been trouble that way.
I'm sure no one would bother me.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Mister Pottery used to.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
Say a man can always tell a lady. M I'm
I'm sure that's so, my dear. But in this town
they just ain't particular if you're a lady or if
you're not.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Ransom. Yeah, come over here. Did you find out who
she is? You know where her home is? I know
who she is, alright, Joe, her name's Howell. Come on now,
let's go. Now Wait a minute, she ain't there ain't
there you listen to me or answer. It won't do
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you no good to try to trick me away from
doing this. Now, that ain't it? I swear it ain't.
She went out for a walk, that's what they told me.
Out for a walk. Well, why would wait a minute?
What's a man? It must be her walking alone? And
don't you do nothing, Joe? Don't you? He'll be quiet now,
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you won't be talking about me or nobody else. Oh hello, man,
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I was gonna send somebody for you. I just heard duck.
How is you a man?
Speaker 12 (12:57):
I don't know?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
There must be something about this. I'm continually being called
in to take care of somebody who ought to be dead,
but it isn't. Not quite. Does she have a chance?
Or any doctor who's right minded 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?
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I didn't have time to ask her. Could I see her?
Oh no, I wouldn't recommend it. Would it hurt her?
Speaker 10 (13:28):
Well?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
No, I guess I won't hurt her. It won't do
any good. She's she's delirious, man.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
She just keeps moaning and calling for somebody named a guy,
and she's not able to tell you anything.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Well, I guess that's the way they wanted it.
Speaker 7 (14:02):
Here in ma.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Oh, thanks, kitty.
Speaker 11 (14:10):
Oh, it's hard to figure why anybody'd do such ansome thing.
What could that poor woman have done to anybody?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I don't know, a kitty, it's pretty bad, even for
a Dutch.
Speaker 11 (14:23):
She hasn't been able to tell you anything yet. Huh.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
I don't suppose she will be able to even though
she gets Well, m it was dark and whoever it
was jumped her from behind.
Speaker 11 (14:34):
I'd seen this strange place for a lone, middle aged
woman like her to come.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
To, doesn't it, Matt, Especially when she said she came
to find the man she was engaged to.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
You think he could have done it? I'm not even
sure there is such a man, Kitty. Well, RAN's Madsens
couldn't live.
Speaker 11 (14:52):
In the one.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
He's much too young. Rands Madsen. Yeah, that young farmer
lives out of town a wall. Oh, yeah, I know
who he is. But what's he got to do with this? Oh?
Speaker 11 (15:02):
Maybe nothing, But he was in here earlier asking about
the woman who came from, which is all thought he might.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Be one of his two folk.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Oh what they want to know her name? Where she
was staying? Yeah, I don't know, kiddy, but I'm sure
gonna find out.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
I sure wasn't bank just to be out on this
road against the hum that to doing. Seems like we
ain't hardly been offered.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah, we could have stopped off at the match from
place Hearsty, just as.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Easy on our way back from Park City, and I
might have saved some trouble if we had. Chester. He
come on, let's turn in here.
Speaker 5 (15:52):
A ranch stand out in front there.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Yeah, I had some I wanna talk to you.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
What he's running with?
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, don't shoot a can. Don't shoot next time I'll
be aiming for you. Get his gun.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Chester, Now, look, Marta, I don't want no more trouble.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Jess to keep an eye on him. I'm going up
to the house.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
There's nothing inside, all right, come on out of there,
Come on the right, two of us here.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Don't shoot anymore.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
I'm here, then, come on out, all right, Chester, let's
try to patch him up.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I wanted to last long enough to answer a few questions.
Oh all right about come in. I be he's gentle
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about its can see hardly has any strength left, Okay,
Doc ms holl ms holl Oh, it's my double, Miss
how I am. I like to talk to you from mini.
Speaker 7 (17:31):
Oh Marshall.
Speaker 8 (17:33):
Nice of you to come to.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
See about uh about the man you were looking for?
Speaker 7 (17:40):
Guy?
Speaker 12 (17:41):
You you found?
Speaker 7 (17:42):
God, well, we might have miss home guy I knew
i'd find you.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Know you said that he was a tall man, hm.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
Tall Marshall, strange as young tree and yellow headed. He
has a light colored hero alright, mm it shines into
the sun.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Well, uh, he found a man that looks something like that.
Speaker 7 (18:09):
When can I see him where he might not?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Just a minute? And misshowle you you might not be
so glad to see him as you think.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
Oh, m Marshall dealing and he mustn't talk that way.
I've never had a thought for any other day.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Right, I didn't mean that. But uh, but this man
he may have changed some since you last saw him.
I'm not guy.
Speaker 12 (18:33):
He couldn't have.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
Besides, it was just a little while ago.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I have to tell you, miss how this man has
wanted for robbery in Wichita and he he may even
be the man who beat you up well worse your blues.
I'm sorry, but that's the way it looks so he die.
Speaker 7 (18:56):
Poured and he ever did a dishonest thing in his life.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
Wh Where is he?
Speaker 12 (19:01):
My her shoe? Let me see him?
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Uh I, I didn't know the way it turned out.
If you didn't wanna see him after all, please Mark
Shore bring him to me alright now, she wants to
see him. Doc. Alright, maw Chester, that's right, bring him in.
Speaker 7 (19:29):
That's true.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Along, man, mind you steps hot takes your hat off
in the lady's bedroom. Here is my's home.
Speaker 12 (19:43):
Guy, guy, come come closer. Well, go on and step
up there, tall, mnt and slim.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
But you're old.
Speaker 13 (20:05):
Oh no, no, you're not.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Guy. You sure about that, man?
Speaker 7 (20:13):
Of course, I'm sure, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
What guys young?
Speaker 12 (20:18):
Young?
Speaker 7 (20:19):
He's only a couple years older than I am. Marshall.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Yeah, mister Duns. You better take him out of Hester. Alright,
doctor mat Yeah, Doctor, I'm I'm right.
Speaker 8 (20:33):
In just a 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, you don't, I prefer to get things straight, doctor,
Guy Porter is a young man, Marshall, we grew up together.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
That's alright, miss House.
Speaker 7 (20:59):
No, no, it certainly is not all right. You clearly
don't understand bringing that middle aged man in those rough clothes.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Why guy, I would never let his.
Speaker 12 (21:13):
Uniform look so dacky.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
His uniform, of course.
Speaker 7 (21:19):
Marshall, dyllon. As long as the war continues, he'll be
in uniform. Matter. Even though his regiment was ordered into
the western wilderness.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
He'd never let himself look like that.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Matter.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
I'll give her some yeah, dark you you do that.
Speaker 13 (21:37):
He ordered him west, and I waited and wated, and
finally I came to find him. It was all right
for me to come, wasn't.
Speaker 7 (21:52):
It, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
It was all right, ma'am.
Speaker 13 (21:57):
You won't make a mistake and bring me the man again,
William Marshall.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Just god, no, ma'm I won't bring you the wrong
man again.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Mm.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
I'll buy jing, I tell you for sure.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Mister Jonah, I'm glad they sent a deputy to take
that outlaw back.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Of which Tom on the stage.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I'm sure I wasn't hankering to ride that road again
so soon.
Speaker 5 (22:42):
Yeah, he was awful me when beating up a lady
like that, he's miss how gonna be alright, mister Dylan.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
I guess she'll get over the beating, Chester, But Doctor
doesn't think her mind will ever be any better.
Speaker 5 (22:58):
How could she go on like that all these years
thinking that Fellow was coming back to her?
Speaker 2 (23:04):
I don't know, remember he can do funny things.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
Yeah, but Doc says she was carrying around to telegraph
the War Department center years ago Tony and this guy
Porter had been killed.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
She didn't want to believe it. No, she didn't, And
I guess she never will.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Smoke for Houston, directed by Norman McDonald's far as Wiam
Conrad as Matt Villon Us Marshalls. The story was specially
written for Gun Smoke by Marion Clark, with editorial supervision
by John Meston.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Featured in the.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Cast with Vic parn Mark Gordon and Anne Morrison, Harrie
bare Is Chester, Howard mcneer is Doc, and Georgia Ellis
is kidding. This is George Walks inviting you to join
us again next week for another story on gun Smoke
Around Ddge 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 Guns, starring William Conrad, The story of the
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violence that moved west with young America and the story
of a.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Man who moved with it.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the least they want to meet.
It's a chance at job, and it makes a man
watchful and a little lone man.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
It's done, Yeah, Watchester, Yes, look.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
At them dog on prairie dogs skittering all around every words,
scurrying down.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
All them hole What about them?
Speaker 5 (01:37):
Well, I was just wondered, did you ever give them
much stock?
Speaker 6 (01:41):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I can't say that I have.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Well, they ain't good for nothing, it's not one cussed thing.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You're right about that.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
But all they do is increase theirselves and pop up
the prairie.
Speaker 7 (01:52):
At them.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Hold you figuring on doing something about it, jester?
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Well, yes, it's done. I thought I might just maybe
write a letter to the government about it.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Oh, well, you go right ahead and do that.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Do you think you're doing good.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Sure it would, Yes, sure the government would turn it
over to the nearest Marshall's office, and I can turn
it over to you right away and you can spend
your time around in a prairie.
Speaker 7 (02:17):
Though.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Well, I'm right down to it.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I ain't such a hand.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
Of write letter, after all? What is doing a buggy
pulled up to the side.
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Of the road there?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, can I see if anything's wrong?
Speaker 7 (02:34):
Huh?
Speaker 5 (02:41):
What in the world would await? He'd be doing way
out here all by herself.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Let's see, would need any help? Man?
Speaker 7 (02:54):
It's that real wheel. It just seemed to give way.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I will have a look.
Speaker 7 (02:57):
And we saw they said this was a challenge.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
You come all the way from Wichita alone, start.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
No, man, but I hope to meet him in Dodge City.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Well, but it just needs safe for a woman to
go driving all over Kingdom comes out no Manchester. Nobody's
just playing boys.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Let's have a look at the wheel.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Huh, that's sir, let's see, yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
And look at their dependent Oh the wheel on backs?
So come uh wonder that wheel ain't rolling away.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Across the cry yet. Yeah, there's how much we can
go about it out here? Oh?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (03:37):
That needs some first rate blacksmen.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Maam, looks like you're stuck here. Uh can you ride
a horse?
Speaker 7 (03:46):
Well I've ridden a horse, certainly, but never on a
saddle like that.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Well, I don't worry about it. We'll let you up
and even said sideways. We'll walk the horse, and it's
not too far to god. I'm not sure.
Speaker 7 (03:57):
I'm not accustomed to traveling with you. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
I'm the Marshall out of Dodge City, Man.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
Marshall, I suppose it's all right.
Speaker 8 (04:06):
Then.
Speaker 7 (04:06):
My name is Sarah Howell.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Oh, missus Howell has Chester Bradford.
Speaker 7 (04:11):
I do, ma'am, it's miss Howell Marshall. I'm not married yet.
Speaker 9 (04:17):
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 7 (04:26):
Maybe we even know him.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Well, what's his name is Hall?
Speaker 7 (04:30):
His name is Guy Porter. He's a tall man and
very handsome. Do you knowing Marshall?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
No, man, I'm afraid I don't. Are you sure he
came this way?
Speaker 7 (04:43):
He told me he was heading west. I have reason
to believe he may be in Dodge.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
City a lot of people come and go and dodge. Ma'am.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
You'll help me find him.
Speaker 8 (04:53):
I know you will.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Man, I can lose himself out here if he wants to.
You know.
Speaker 7 (04:57):
Oh, guy isn't trying to hide from me, marshall.
Speaker 9 (05:00):
The city was coming back and I know we meant it. No,
I I'm afraid something's happened to him. I'm afraid there's trouble.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Well, if there's trouble, ma'am, I understand a better chance
of locating him for you.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Come up, let's get going.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Hello there, justin once you get back.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Just a little bit of a miss kape.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
And I don't mind telling you if I don't never
take that ride to park City again.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
I won't do no belia about it.
Speaker 10 (05:39):
That is the one long as dry as most people
come back with him.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Oh yes he did, Miska. He'll be in directed.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
He's seeing to a lady down to mass mallis.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
Oh where'd you find the lady?
Speaker 6 (05:55):
Park City?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Well know that ain't exactly what it was. It was
more like that he found her along the way.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Curious thing, and come on.
Speaker 10 (06:03):
Over to the Barchester I buy a beer to wash
some of that dust down.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Well that is my friendly you and miss kitty.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
Oh this lady you've brought in?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Oh do you want to hear about her?
Speaker 7 (06:17):
Church?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Don't have a bear?
Speaker 10 (06:18):
Simon, sure kitty, sure do, Thank you, miss kitty going
about the lady Chester? Hey, Rochester, Oh thank you, sir
chesse the lady Oh yeah, yes.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Well she come from which Thomas Kitty. And she wants
me to be going to round up a man who's supposed.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
To be out this way.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
I'm worse.
Speaker 11 (06:40):
Does map no is No, we don't.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
But he wouldn't have no trouble recognizing him if you've
seen him, tall and toe headed, bowered him all with
from wichitash she did.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
I guess women folks can do that better than anybody,
so watchester.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
It recollects what a fellow looks like.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
What they can take just one look at a man's face,
and they got to get stored away in their minds
forever more.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
How his teeth was set, the way his hair growed out.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Man don't hard to have his hand?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Well, I wouldn't worry about it.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I mean an awful lot of it.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Get away.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Oh there's the stage going down the street. Ain't it not?
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Sounded like it to man.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
Yeah, well then I better get down for the mail.
Thank you for the beers. All right, check, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 12 (07:29):
I'll sure be back, Tam.
Speaker 7 (07:31):
I'll be up to test for a while.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
All right, Kitty.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Kiddy, I see you a minute.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
Well, sure, what's on your mind?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
What that woman Chester was talking about? He's saying what
her name was? No round?
Speaker 7 (07:53):
He didn't watch.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Well, I just thought I might know.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
I got kinfolk in Wichita. He was talking about a
cousin coming out of here.
Speaker 11 (08:02):
Oh, well, I can tell you where she's staying. You
could go down there and find out about it. That
it helped her, right, Matt took her to Mars small As,
the boarding house in the south end of Tongue.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
Thanks, Kitty, I'll go down there right off.
Speaker 7 (08:34):
What's the matter if you ranch you come pounding in
your hair like the.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Devil's on your tail, you better start worrying about that
a little bit.
Speaker 7 (08:41):
Yo.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
What do you mean? You talk me in there.
Speaker 6 (08:44):
Saying you could stay on here with me Monday nights,
claiming nobody saw you get away with that which you
toaw money.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Well that's right, nobody did. Well you should have looked.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Back over the other shoulder there's a woman asking all
over town after you what.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
She's giving you a descript to the marshall right.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
Down in that pretty white hair, and he's looking for
you too. Now you you just gotta get out of here, Joe,
Now just a minute, rance, and you sure you know
what you're talking about.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
I know.
Speaker 6 (09:12):
This woman's from Wichita. She's standing in the town boarding
house and she's asking about you.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
Now, I don't want no trouble with the law.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
It's your ball in rants. There ain't gonna be no trouble.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
But if she spots she ain't gonna spot me.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
You 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? You know? Sure? All right?
You show me after dog?
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Well, you ain't gonna want her to show me to
the marshal.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
We'll no, Well, then leave it to me.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
Oh I tell you too, miss Howe. 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. I am grateful to you. Would you care
to come set a spell in the parlor when we're
(10:21):
finish up. Oh, that's kind of you, But I think
I'll just take a little stroll. You're going out walking
or whatever for.
Speaker 9 (10:29):
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. Stranger things have
happened to haven't say, Missus Smolly. State likely, But there's
always a chance in this life, Missus Smolly, always a chance.
Speaker 7 (10:49):
Well, you watch that you're back before it's full of dark.
Dodge City ain't the safest place in the world for
a lady after nightfall. Oh, I don't think you need
to worry, missus Molly. I've never been trouble that way.
I'm sure no one would bother me.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Mister Pottery used to.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
Say a man can always tell a lady. M I'm
I'm sure that's so, my dear. But in this town
they just ain't particular if you're a lady or if
you're not.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Ransom. Yeah, come over here. Did you find out who
she is? You know where her home is? I know
who she is, alright, Joe, her name's Howell. Come on now,
let's go. Now Wait a minute, she ain't there ain't
there you listen to me or answer. It won't do
(11:47):
you no good to try to trick me away from
doing this. Now, that ain't it? I swear it ain't.
She went out for a walk, that's what they told me.
Out for a walk. Well, why would wait a minute?
What's a man? It must be her walking alone? And
don't you do nothing, Joe? Don't you? He'll be quiet now,
(12:26):
you won't be talking about me or nobody else. Oh hello, man,
(12:51):
I was gonna send somebody for you. I just heard duck.
How is you a man?
Speaker 12 (12:57):
I don't know?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
There must be something about this. I'm continually being called
in to take care of somebody who ought to be dead,
but it isn't. Not quite. Does she have a chance?
Or any doctor who's right minded 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?
(13:19):
I didn't have time to ask her. Could I see her?
Oh no, I wouldn't recommend it. Would it hurt her?
Speaker 10 (13:28):
Well?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
No, I guess I won't hurt her. It won't do
any good. She's she's delirious, man.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
She just keeps moaning and calling for somebody named a guy,
and she's not able to tell you anything.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Well, I guess that's the way they wanted it.
Speaker 7 (14:02):
Here in ma.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Oh, thanks, kitty.
Speaker 11 (14:10):
Oh, it's hard to figure why anybody'd do such ansome thing.
What could that poor woman have done to anybody?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I don't know, a kitty, it's pretty bad, even for
a Dutch.
Speaker 11 (14:23):
She hasn't been able to tell you anything yet. Huh.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
I don't suppose she will be able to even though
she gets Well, m it was dark and whoever it
was jumped her from behind.
Speaker 11 (14:34):
I'd seen this strange place for a lone, middle aged
woman like her to come.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
To, doesn't it, Matt, Especially when she said she came
to find the man she was engaged to.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
You think he could have done it? I'm not even
sure there is such a man, Kitty. Well, RAN's Madsens
couldn't live.
Speaker 11 (14:52):
In the one.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
He's much too young. Rands Madsen. Yeah, that young farmer
lives out of town a wall. Oh, yeah, I know
who he is. But what's he got to do with this? Oh?
Speaker 11 (15:02):
Maybe nothing, But he was in here earlier asking about
the woman who came from, which is all thought he might.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Be one of his two folk.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Oh what they want to know her name? Where she
was staying? Yeah, I don't know, kiddy, but I'm sure
gonna find out.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
I sure wasn't bank just to be out on this
road against the hum that to doing. Seems like we
ain't hardly been offered.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah, we could have stopped off at the match from
place Hearsty, just as.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Easy on our way back from Park City, and I
might have saved some trouble if we had. Chester. He
come on, let's turn in here.
Speaker 5 (15:52):
A ranch stand out in front there.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Yeah, I had some I wanna talk to you.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
What he's running with?
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, don't shoot a can. Don't shoot next time I'll
be aiming for you. Get his gun.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Chester, Now, look, Marta, I don't want no more trouble.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Jess to keep an eye on him. I'm going up
to the house.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
There's nothing inside, all right, come on out of there,
Come on the right, two of us here.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Don't shoot anymore.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
I'm here, then, come on out, all right, Chester, let's
try to patch him up.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I wanted to last long enough to answer a few questions.
Oh all right about come in. I be he's gentle
(17:12):
about its can see hardly has any strength left, Okay,
Doc ms holl ms holl Oh, it's my double, Miss
how I am. I like to talk to you from mini.
Speaker 7 (17:31):
Oh Marshall.
Speaker 8 (17:33):
Nice of you to come to.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
See about uh about the man you were looking for?
Speaker 7 (17:40):
Guy?
Speaker 12 (17:41):
You you found?
Speaker 7 (17:42):
God, well, we might have miss home guy I knew
i'd find you.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Know you said that he was a tall man, hm.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
Tall Marshall, strange as young tree and yellow headed. He
has a light colored hero alright, mm it shines into
the sun.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Well, uh, he found a man that looks something like that.
Speaker 7 (18:09):
When can I see him where he might not?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Just a minute? And misshowle you you might not be
so glad to see him as you think.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
Oh, m Marshall dealing and he mustn't talk that way.
I've never had a thought for any other day.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Right, I didn't mean that. But uh, but this man
he may have changed some since you last saw him.
I'm not guy.
Speaker 12 (18:33):
He couldn't have.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
Besides, it was just a little while ago.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I have to tell you, miss how this man has
wanted for robbery in Wichita and he he may even
be the man who beat you up well worse your blues.
I'm sorry, but that's the way it looks so he die.
Speaker 7 (18:56):
Poured and he ever did a dishonest thing in his life.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
Wh Where is he?
Speaker 12 (19:01):
My her shoe? Let me see him?
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Uh I, I didn't know the way it turned out.
If you didn't wanna see him after all, please Mark
Shore bring him to me alright now, she wants to
see him. Doc. Alright, maw Chester, that's right, bring him in.
Speaker 7 (19:29):
That's true.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Along, man, mind you steps hot takes your hat off
in the lady's bedroom. Here is my's home.
Speaker 12 (19:43):
Guy, guy, come come closer. Well, go on and step
up there, tall, mnt and slim.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
But you're old.
Speaker 13 (20:05):
Oh no, no, you're not.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Guy. You sure about that, man?
Speaker 7 (20:13):
Of course, I'm sure, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
What guys young?
Speaker 12 (20:18):
Young?
Speaker 7 (20:19):
He's only a couple years older than I am. Marshall.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Yeah, mister Duns. You better take him out of Hester. Alright,
doctor mat Yeah, Doctor, I'm I'm right.
Speaker 8 (20:33):
In just a 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, you don't, I prefer to get things straight, doctor,
Guy Porter is a young man, Marshall, we grew up together.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
That's alright, miss House.
Speaker 7 (20:59):
No, no, it certainly is not all right. You clearly
don't understand bringing that middle aged man in those rough clothes.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Why guy, I would never let his.
Speaker 12 (21:13):
Uniform look so dacky.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
His uniform, of course.
Speaker 7 (21:19):
Marshall, dyllon. As long as the war continues, he'll be
in uniform. Matter. Even though his regiment was ordered into
the western wilderness.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
He'd never let himself look like that.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Matter.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
I'll give her some yeah, dark you you do that.
Speaker 13 (21:37):
He ordered him west, and I waited and wated, and
finally I came to find him. It was all right
for me to come, wasn't.
Speaker 7 (21:52):
It, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
It was all right, ma'am.
Speaker 13 (21:57):
You won't make a mistake and bring me the man again,
William Marshall.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Just god, no, ma'm I won't bring you the wrong
man again.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Mm.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
I'll buy jing, I tell you for sure.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Mister Jonah, I'm glad they sent a deputy to take
that outlaw back.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Of which Tom on the stage.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I'm sure I wasn't hankering to ride that road again
so soon.
Speaker 5 (22:42):
Yeah, he was awful me when beating up a lady
like that, he's miss how gonna be alright, mister Dylan.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
I guess she'll get over the beating, Chester, But Doctor
doesn't think her mind will ever be any better.
Speaker 5 (22:58):
How could she go on like that all these years
thinking that Fellow was coming back to her?
Speaker 2 (23:04):
I don't know, remember he can do funny things.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
Yeah, but Doc says she was carrying around to telegraph
the War Department center years ago Tony and this guy
Porter had been killed.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
She didn't want to believe it. No, she didn't, And
I guess she never will.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
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Conrad as Matt Villon Us Marshalls. The story was specially
written for Gun Smoke by Marion Clark, with editorial supervision
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Speaker 1 (24:10):
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