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Around Dodge City and in the territoryon 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 gone.Will Spoke, starring William Conrad, the
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story of the violence that moved westwith young America and the story of a
man who moved with it. I'mthat man, Matt Dillon, United States
Marshall, the first man they lookfor and the less they want to meet.
It's a chancy job and that makesa man watchful and a little lonely.
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Well morn and I kiddy, well, uh oh you you finished breakfast?
Yeah, but Saddan hasn't got itwith me? Thank you, and
go to what do I owe thishonor? Eh? Why aren't you having
breakfast with Matt? Adjustment? Orwell I would, but uh there all
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the time, Well that's spattering,or no, kidd you, where are
they? Or they went fishing andleft last night, so they'd be back
this morning sometime when he should havegone with him? Could man and bites
him? Yes, but I couldn'tgo. I promise old man Bass I'd
have some powders ready for him lastnight when he came into town, old
man Bass. So is he?Oh? I don't think you know him,
kid. He he lives out there, the little Barton place. It
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was just him and his wife.They don't commit a town very often.
Oh they're nice people or salt ofthe ears. Marc Coffey don't know what
if to do? They can that'sgood, thank you. Yes, Hannibal
and Dela Bass acquired a couple.I'd been married about forty five years and
fine people, you selling marriage docs. Nothing wrong with it, is there?
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I don't know, never had muchchance to find out. You're not
telling me you you you've never beenasked. Yeah, I'd been asked,
all right, but not by theright person. Maybe that's it. Look
that says pretty have He talked foreight o'clock in the new I guess it
is that. Let's get back towell what was the name? Uh Bass?
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Uh? Hannibal and Dela Bass.Oh you'd like them, giddy.
I tell you what, I'll takeyou out there one of these days and
I I like that. Oh thenwe'll go yeah, uh oh, what's
not a tut you know? II I was just thinking about those powders
i'd made up for Hannibal. I'mafraid I might've leaned a little heavy on
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the suda. Well, that won'thurt him a lot. Oh no,
no, wo won't hurt him.Course he might feel a little bubbly for
a day or so. He comeon dock day. I uh heard you
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come back from dodge last night,Hannibal. Didn't figure you'd be up in
time to do the chores late asit was here y are uh? I
you know I I ain't missed doingthe chores in twenty years. You didn't
get to bed til past ten?Do you get your powders from Doc Adams?
Yeah? I got him. Funnything ever since I started taking him,
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I felt kind of bubbly. That'sgood, ain't it. I Mean
that's what them powders are for sure, that's what them powders are for a
good doctor, had Adams Feller,Hey, sounds like one of the shoots
got herself called out. I couldbe here, could be a wolf,
got guns loaded. It's right behindthe door there, I got it,
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see where all right? Pull onair, don't you mister? Don't you
stealing pigs? Huh please? I'llput him back and easy a young fella.
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I reckon, I got the rightto shoot you. What's going on?
I caught me a pig pee andI aim to shoot him. You
do no such thing. Who areyou, son? I ain't seen you
around here before. We'll nest yourpeople about twenty miles north of here.
What's your name? Dune? Hispet? Suppose your whole family's out and
road and through the countryside instead ofworking and making out on him. Now
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leave him, beat me, Hannibal, poor boys half stuff. He ain't
no boy. Nothing gives him theright to steal my pig. I'd have
paid you back sometime when we weremaking out better. Maybe Kieva ain't no
way to make out for No,Mannibal, you hitch up the wagon,
take this boy home. You tellhis people what he done. They'll punish
his people's any good day that broughthim up right to begin with. Well,
you take him out there, andyou see, Oh, I swear
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that you're treating him like he wascanny. Do what I say, Hannibal,
You take him home? Oh well, all right, ain't know something,
boy. You as mighty lucky asshe come out when she did.
Alright, let's get walking, andnow here are Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
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Say, Charlie, isn't that yourFrench girlfriend coming into the service department?
Yeah, Bergan, isn't she adoll? I don't whish to bother
you. I'll think nothing of it. Beautiful women always bother me? Is
my automobile? She has this schoekcall poor thing? It probably needs one
of our quality Guardian maintenance lubrications.Fantastic. How did you know that specialized
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training, ma'am? Specialized training.We the servicemen at all Chevrolet Pontiac Golds
will be a Buick, Cadillac,Chevy and GMC truck dealers get special training.
That's what makes them Guardian maintenance servicemen. They're trained to know your GM
product best. You are so wonderful. Oh, I must excise you gladly.
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Oh no, well did you learnto geese like that specialized training?
Man? Uh, there ain't muchof a place you got here, dunk
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Oh, it's poor, but weonly been here a month, or won't
improve by itself. Ma Hey,mar we got company with it. Dunk.
Oh, This here is Hannibal badsmaOh, ma'am, is your husband
around? He's been dead? Fiveyears. What is it you want,
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mister Bass? Well? Uh Irung dunk home? So's his parkuld whoop
him for stealing pigs? Dunk?Well? I didn't figure he'd missed one
little old pig hot right, they'restarved and have my boy? No sing
thing gone too well with us,mister Bass. It's hard betting with the
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woman all alone. Poor Well,I didn't know you was a widow woman,
That's what I am. Boy.Why didn't you tell me about this?
All you wanted to do was shootinghim? No? No, I
wasn't gonna shoot him. I justwanted to scare him. Well, you
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could still have the low down onhim, all No, I don't have
to do that, ain't Maybe he'slearned his land. You're a good man,
mister Bass, and kind. Icould see that right off. Well,
I ain't one to hold grudge youJohn trying to be fair? What
a shame? There ain't more menaround like you? And he's a real
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gentleman, ain't he? Dunk?You are to see their place more?
You wouldn't believe it? Nice?Uh? Oh, I worked hard on
that, mister Bath. Won't youstay for a cup of chickery? Yeah?
Oh well, I thank you,but i'd better be getting mister Bass.
If you're ever through this way again, we'd be proud to have you
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drop in. Oh well, thankyou, m'amy. Yes, I'll I'll
do that. Oh it gets offalone some out here, especially for a
woman. Oh yes, ma'amy,he sureley master Well goodbye bye, ma'am.
Uncle you sure caromed him down.May I think he's forgot about the
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pigs. Yeah, and he'll beback. Ooh, what's that? Got
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spies for you? Done for me? You am all who this is for
us? All the stuff in thewaiting hall for you? That? Where's
them all inside? Pretty enough?Who we've seen you come? She didn't
have to go, no fuss,she said you'd be back, Oh did
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she? I told her what afine place she got, the house in
the barn, and all mister balllook pretty brown. Oh, bess,
you shouldn't have done that nothing,Mama, gracious Mike, Oh my goodness,
gracious mind. Oh we couldn't acceptall. That's just a few little
things, you little things. Chickensand pigs and corn and coffee, and
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oh goodness knows about all the wayI figured THEMN. It's more fortunate ought
to share with. You're too goodand you're doing what I see is right.
Like I told Della when I loadedup this morning, you're a fine
man. Maybe I should start unloading. Looking there pure coffee? Why we
ain't had coffee in over a month. Oh my, you've sure made us
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happy today, mister bass. Nowyou come on in the house and i'll
fix you cut. Oh well,there, it ain't hardly you stay.
It'd be good to talk to someone. I need a man to talk with,
mister b Now just for a littlewhile, and to get that stuff
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unloaded. Now, duncan, we'llbe inside. All came at your bass,
and you've got to remember we ain'tvery fancy here, but it's what's
in the heart that counts. Wecome along now. Oh god, Della,
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were all my shirt. I can'tfind a woman. There's plenty in
the bedroom, not good ones.Your good ones is all dirty, Hannibal,
that dog gone it anyway, you'reforgetting We had six Sundays this past
two weeks. Why the way you'vebeen dressing, or what's wrong with a
man cleaning up once in a while. You know you are getting mighty showered,
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Della. You're always on me aboutsong. As a matter of fact,
I don't know what I ever pleasedyou, not in the day we
got married. I don't think Icould ever please you. Don't you try
to turn this around on me,Hannibal, Bathtah. You just don't understand
me, Della. You never did. That's it. That's what I've been
waiting to hear you say. Why. I bet the widow Hedgebeth understands you
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crying, don't she? I betshe even told us she did. Not
you leave her out? Excly I'llleave her out, Hannibal. I've been
mighty patient with you these past twoweeks. But my patience is gone,
or so is mine. I'm foolella through. I'm gonna marry Elsie head
Path. You old food. Now, don't you call me that, you
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poor old old ella. I loveyou, Hannibal, I always have.
But my gracious you can be aboss' next stay here and listen to yes
you do? Don't you batch outof this house? Why not? What
are you gonna do? I'm goingover to talk to Elsie hedge Peth or
what. That woman may be toosmart for you, Hannibal, but she
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ain't too smart for me here.I will stand. We will stand for
it all right. There ain't nothingelse you can do. It's gonna make
a fool out of here, sowe will see you. Who the fool
is? Whoo? Whoa hello?Anybody home? Eyes you? Elsie Hudge
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Pets Right, I'm missus Hannibal Bass. I kind of figured that you're gonna
get down out of that wagon.I'll see what I have to say from
here. Go ahead. I justwanted to see what a husband stealer looks
like. I ain't stole your husband, no, and you ain't going to,
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not that you ain't trying. He'sa grown man. He can do
what he wants. You're a biggerfool than he is. That all you
come here to say. I've beenmarried the Hannibal Beast for forty five years,
and I've loved him that long too. I ain't about to quit now.
Maybe you ain't got much choice.I've been. Hannibal told you he's
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gonna marry me. He also toldme I didn't understand him. That's sure
true enough, Missus Hedgepeth. Ididn't come here to ask nothing of you.
I came here to purse you somethingthat I had talk. All you
want won't change nothing. You don'twant my husband. All you want is
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his house and his worldly goods.You admit that I ain't saying nothing.
Well, I want him and Idon't care if he's rich or poor.
Now there's a difference there, Innthy, you're jealous because you can't hold him
no more. All right, ain'tno use talking to you. I'm gonna
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have to show you now. Butdo you do it? You put down
that raffle. Maybe you'll understand this. You shot the heel off of my
shoe. Maybe you understand why don'tyou? Don't you again? Next time?
It won't be your heel. Youthink about that? With our hatch
pass peaceful enough looking, ain't it? Yeah? From here? Anyway?
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You reckon? That's her standing upthere. I must be Come on,
this is the Hannibal Bass place,ma'am it is? Then you must be
miss Bass. That's right. I'mMarshall Dylon from Dodge. You mind if
we get on. You're welcome,Marshall rank it uh Chester product despatch.
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I do proud to have you here. Both of you. Come inside and
I'll fix you some coffee. Ithink I better tell you what we came
here for first, Oh, HannahBalinton, some sort of trouble, is
he? No, ma'am, I'mafraid you are me? Uh, Judge
Blint, is should a warrant foryou? The complaint says you tried to
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shoot him? Missus hedgebe yes,Marshall, I'm too good a shock to
try and shoot somebody. Are yousure convinced her? She wrote all the
way to Dodge to tell the judgeabout it. Did she say anything to
him about how she's been trying tosteal my husband to run off with him?
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H? No, ma'am, Wellshe is now if you'll excuse me,
get to put this milk inside allof the sudd h Can I help
you? Man? Thank you manage? How can you let her go?
Like them? Doesn't she looks liketo be back out of that house with
a gun. I don't think so. One or not. You're a pretty
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strong minded lady. Yeah, butI don't think she's a murderer. Maybe
the judge got taken in by thatmiss hedgepath a little bit. She comes
missus bass Uh, who's your husband? Over to the widow? Woman's like
he's been every day lately. Ah, I see Marshall. Let me tell
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you something. This is a goodfarm. Took Hannibal and me a long
time and a lot of hard workto get that house and barn up five
years in tax if you've got somegood stock out here too, hogs and
all we do for a fact.And that's why the widow hedge Pat is
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after Hannibal this place. She wantsit still against the law to go around
shooting at people. Man, Iguess you're right. Don't seem to have
made no difference anyway. I justwish there was some way to bring Hannibal
to his his bass. You saidyour husband was over at the hedge Pat
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place, and yes, how doyou get there? Straight north? Just
follow the trail you come here on? Why maybe Chester an hour right up
there. I'd like to have atalk with your husband. That's kind of
got your Marshall, but it won'tdo no good. We'll try anyway.
He's gonna marry that woman, Marshall, and so far I haven't been able
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to think of the thing to stopit. I let's see what we can
do, miss Bess. We'll seeyou later. I must be Hannibal Vass
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sitting on a stoop there looks kindof like an old turkey, don'ty I
wouldn't might hear you say that?Hello? Oh, Hannibal Vass? Yeah,
how do you know my name?Are you talking to? Hannibal?
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I'm Marshall, Dylan, Oh Dodge. I'm afraid you come to the wrong
place. Marshall. You must haverolled right by the Bass farm. What
are you talking about? What isthere? I went into Dodge the other
day, Hannibal, and I gotthe judge till she will warrant her arrest.
Who's your rst? Your wife,Dela? You didn't expect me to
do nothing about her trying to murderme, did you. You ain't gonna
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put Dylan in jail, are you, Marshall? No, I'm not what
it's all about. And I'll makethis real simple, mister Bass. This
business has gone far enough. It'sgotta stop before somebody gets hurt. Now.
You're coming back to your place withme right now? Oh no,
he ain't much, so he's stayingright here. You're going along to me's
hedge. And once we get there, everybody's gonna lay their cards on the
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table, and I'm gonna be thereto see that they do. Now,
let's get ready. I ain't goingalone. I'm gonna take my boy dunk.
I don't care who you take,but we're starting back as soon as
you get your team hitch. Now, let's get going. You know the
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best place to be right around thatbends dun uh huh. It would be
good to get in out of thishospital. Look either, yeah, I
see it burnt to the ground thewhole flight. Come on, hello there,
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Marshall, Dylan, what happened here? You are right? I'm fine,
Marshall. That Hannibal coming, Yes, sir, right behind us in
the wagon, put your house andat the barn. How did it happen
both of them at the same time? I swear I don't understand it.
I think I did Chessea. Justwait, oh Della, evening, Hannibal,
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Ohtella. You brought her home alittle too late, didn't you.
I didn't bring her. Marshall didask her what she thinks? Now,
Hannibal, you you've done this,didn't you? You should fire to the
whole place. I said, askher what she thinks. I think you're
crazy. I think you're both crazy. You still want to marry young kind
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OF's wagging around and drive me home. Sure, Mama, what are you
waiting for? Let's go well,Hannibal, h you was right, Della.
I'm guessing, old fool. We'regonna have to start from scratch again.
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Wow, we've done it before,Hannibal. I fixed your favorite supper
bean hole bean. Oh, Della, Ah, you're a some woman,
Hannibal. We would give got guess, Marshall, if you and Chester care
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for bean whole beans, we'd beplowed to have you stay for supper.
My goodness, ain't at none ofthem in years. I hope be mighty.
Please, ma'am, you'll have tosit on the ground eat him.
I saved a few plates and thingsout of the house. I'll get a
horn or your I'll get him.You've done enough work today, Dela Bash
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Guns Smoke for Houston, directed inHollywood by Norman McDonald, story William Conrad
as Matt Dillon Us Marshall. Thestory was specially written for Gun Smoke by
John Meston and adapted by mister McDonald. Featured in the cast were Joseph Kerns
Virginia, Greg Maggie Webber and SamEdwards, Harley vair Is Chester, Howard
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mcneer is doc and Georgia Ellis iskiddy. This is George Walsh inviting you
to join us again next week whenCBS Radio presents another story on guns smoke,
but don't do that.
Around Dodge City and in the territoryon 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 gone.Will Spoke, starring William Conrad, the
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story of the violence that moved westwith young America and the story of a
man who moved with it. I'mthat man, Matt Dillon, United States
Marshall, the first man they lookfor and the less they want to meet.
It's a chancy job and that makesa man watchful and a little lonely.
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Well morn and I kiddy, well, uh oh you you finished breakfast?
Yeah, but Saddan hasn't got itwith me? Thank you, and
go to what do I owe thishonor? Eh? Why aren't you having
breakfast with Matt? Adjustment? Orwell I would, but uh there all
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the time, Well that's spattering,or no, kidd you, where are
they? Or they went fishing andleft last night, so they'd be back
this morning sometime when he should havegone with him? Could man and bites
him? Yes, but I couldn'tgo. I promise old man Bass I'd
have some powders ready for him lastnight when he came into town, old
man Bass. So is he?Oh? I don't think you know him,
kid. He he lives out there, the little Barton place. It
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was just him and his wife.They don't commit a town very often.
Oh they're nice people or salt ofthe ears. Marc Coffey don't know what
if to do? They can that'sgood, thank you. Yes, Hannibal
and Dela Bass acquired a couple.I'd been married about forty five years and
fine people, you selling marriage docs. Nothing wrong with it, is there?
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I don't know, never had muchchance to find out. You're not
telling me you you you've never beenasked. Yeah, I'd been asked,
all right, but not by theright person. Maybe that's it. Look
that says pretty have He talked foreight o'clock in the new I guess it
is that. Let's get back towell what was the name? Uh Bass?
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Uh? Hannibal and Dela Bass.Oh you'd like them, giddy.
I tell you what, I'll takeyou out there one of these days and
I I like that. Oh thenwe'll go yeah, uh oh, what's
not a tut you know? II I was just thinking about those powders
i'd made up for Hannibal. I'mafraid I might've leaned a little heavy on
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the suda. Well, that won'thurt him a lot. Oh no,
no, wo won't hurt him.Course he might feel a little bubbly for
a day or so. He comeon dock day. I uh heard you
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come back from dodge last night,Hannibal. Didn't figure you'd be up in
time to do the chores late asit was here y are uh? I
you know I I ain't missed doingthe chores in twenty years. You didn't
get to bed til past ten?Do you get your powders from Doc Adams?
Yeah? I got him. Funnything ever since I started taking him,
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I felt kind of bubbly. That'sgood, ain't it. I Mean
that's what them powders are for sure, that's what them powders are for a
good doctor, had Adams Feller,Hey, sounds like one of the shoots
got herself called out. I couldbe here, could be a wolf,
got guns loaded. It's right behindthe door there, I got it,
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see where all right? Pull onair, don't you mister? Don't you
stealing pigs? Huh please? I'llput him back and easy a young fella.
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I reckon, I got the rightto shoot you. What's going on?
I caught me a pig pee andI aim to shoot him. You
do no such thing. Who areyou, son? I ain't seen you
around here before. We'll nest yourpeople about twenty miles north of here.
What's your name? Dune? Hispet? Suppose your whole family's out and
road and through the countryside instead ofworking and making out on him. Now
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leave him, beat me, Hannibal, poor boys half stuff. He ain't
no boy. Nothing gives him theright to steal my pig. I'd have
paid you back sometime when we weremaking out better. Maybe Kieva ain't no
way to make out for No,Mannibal, you hitch up the wagon,
take this boy home. You tellhis people what he done. They'll punish
his people's any good day that broughthim up right to begin with. Well,
you take him out there, andyou see, Oh, I swear
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that you're treating him like he wascanny. Do what I say, Hannibal,
You take him home? Oh well, all right, ain't know something,
boy. You as mighty lucky asshe come out when she did.
Alright, let's get walking, andnow here are Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
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Say, Charlie, isn't that yourFrench girlfriend coming into the service department?
Yeah, Bergan, isn't she adoll? I don't whish to bother
you. I'll think nothing of it. Beautiful women always bother me? Is
my automobile? She has this schoekcall poor thing? It probably needs one
of our quality Guardian maintenance lubrications.Fantastic. How did you know that specialized
(06:36):
training, ma'am? Specialized training.We the servicemen at all Chevrolet Pontiac Golds
will be a Buick, Cadillac,Chevy and GMC truck dealers get special training.
That's what makes them Guardian maintenance servicemen. They're trained to know your GM
product best. You are so wonderful. Oh, I must excise you gladly.
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Oh no, well did you learnto geese like that specialized training?
Man? Uh, there ain't muchof a place you got here, dunk
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Oh, it's poor, but weonly been here a month, or won't
improve by itself. Ma Hey,mar we got company with it. Dunk.
Oh, This here is Hannibal badsmaOh, ma'am, is your husband
around? He's been dead? Fiveyears. What is it you want,
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mister Bass? Well? Uh Irung dunk home? So's his parkuld whoop
him for stealing pigs? Dunk?Well? I didn't figure he'd missed one
little old pig hot right, they'restarved and have my boy? No sing
thing gone too well with us,mister Bass. It's hard betting with the
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woman all alone. Poor Well,I didn't know you was a widow woman,
That's what I am. Boy.Why didn't you tell me about this?
All you wanted to do was shootinghim? No? No, I
wasn't gonna shoot him. I justwanted to scare him. Well, you
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could still have the low down onhim, all No, I don't have
to do that, ain't Maybe he'slearned his land. You're a good man,
mister Bass, and kind. Icould see that right off. Well,
I ain't one to hold grudge youJohn trying to be fair? What
a shame? There ain't more menaround like you? And he's a real
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gentleman, ain't he? Dunk?You are to see their place more?
You wouldn't believe it? Nice?Uh? Oh, I worked hard on
that, mister Bath. Won't youstay for a cup of chickery? Yeah?
Oh well, I thank you,but i'd better be getting mister Bass.
If you're ever through this way again, we'd be proud to have you
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drop in. Oh well, thankyou, m'amy. Yes, I'll I'll
do that. Oh it gets offalone some out here, especially for a
woman. Oh yes, ma'amy,he sureley master Well goodbye bye, ma'am.
Uncle you sure caromed him down.May I think he's forgot about the
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pigs. Yeah, and he'll beback. Ooh, what's that? Got
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spies for you? Done for me? You am all who this is for
us? All the stuff in thewaiting hall for you? That? Where's
them all inside? Pretty enough?Who we've seen you come? She didn't
have to go, no fuss,she said you'd be back, Oh did
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she? I told her what afine place she got, the house in
the barn, and all mister balllook pretty brown. Oh, bess,
you shouldn't have done that nothing,Mama, gracious Mike, Oh my goodness,
gracious mind. Oh we couldn't acceptall. That's just a few little
things, you little things. Chickensand pigs and corn and coffee, and
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oh goodness knows about all the wayI figured THEMN. It's more fortunate ought
to share with. You're too goodand you're doing what I see is right.
Like I told Della when I loadedup this morning, you're a fine
man. Maybe I should start unloading. Looking there pure coffee? Why we
ain't had coffee in over a month. Oh my, you've sure made us
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happy today, mister bass. Nowyou come on in the house and i'll
fix you cut. Oh well,there, it ain't hardly you stay.
It'd be good to talk to someone. I need a man to talk with,
mister b Now just for a littlewhile, and to get that stuff
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unloaded. Now, duncan, we'llbe inside. All came at your bass,
and you've got to remember we ain'tvery fancy here, but it's what's
in the heart that counts. Wecome along now. Oh god, Della,
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were all my shirt. I can'tfind a woman. There's plenty in
the bedroom, not good ones.Your good ones is all dirty, Hannibal,
that dog gone it anyway, you'reforgetting We had six Sundays this past
two weeks. Why the way you'vebeen dressing, or what's wrong with a
man cleaning up once in a while. You know you are getting mighty showered,
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Della. You're always on me aboutsong. As a matter of fact,
I don't know what I ever pleasedyou, not in the day we
got married. I don't think Icould ever please you. Don't you try
to turn this around on me,Hannibal, Bathtah. You just don't understand
me, Della. You never did. That's it. That's what I've been
waiting to hear you say. Why. I bet the widow Hedgebeth understands you
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crying, don't she? I betshe even told us she did. Not
you leave her out? Excly I'llleave her out, Hannibal. I've been
mighty patient with you these past twoweeks. But my patience is gone,
or so is mine. I'm foolella through. I'm gonna marry Elsie head
Path. You old food. Now, don't you call me that, you
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poor old old ella. I loveyou, Hannibal, I always have.
But my gracious you can be aboss' next stay here and listen to yes
you do? Don't you batch outof this house? Why not? What
are you gonna do? I'm goingover to talk to Elsie hedge Peth or
what. That woman may be toosmart for you, Hannibal, but she
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ain't too smart for me here.I will stand. We will stand for
it all right. There ain't nothingelse you can do. It's gonna make
a fool out of here, sowe will see you. Who the fool
is? Whoo? Whoa hello?Anybody home? Eyes you? Elsie Hudge
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Pets Right, I'm missus Hannibal Bass. I kind of figured that you're gonna
get down out of that wagon.I'll see what I have to say from
here. Go ahead. I justwanted to see what a husband stealer looks
like. I ain't stole your husband, no, and you ain't going to,
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not that you ain't trying. He'sa grown man. He can do
what he wants. You're a biggerfool than he is. That all you
come here to say. I've beenmarried the Hannibal Beast for forty five years,
and I've loved him that long too. I ain't about to quit now.
Maybe you ain't got much choice.I've been. Hannibal told you he's
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gonna marry me. He also toldme I didn't understand him. That's sure
true enough, Missus Hedgepeth. Ididn't come here to ask nothing of you.
I came here to purse you somethingthat I had talk. All you
want won't change nothing. You don'twant my husband. All you want is
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his house and his worldly goods.You admit that I ain't saying nothing.
Well, I want him and Idon't care if he's rich or poor.
Now there's a difference there, Innthy, you're jealous because you can't hold him
no more. All right, ain'tno use talking to you. I'm gonna
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have to show you now. Butdo you do it? You put down
that raffle. Maybe you'll understand this. You shot the heel off of my
shoe. Maybe you understand why don'tyou? Don't you again? Next time?
It won't be your heel. Youthink about that? With our hatch
pass peaceful enough looking, ain't it? Yeah? From here? Anyway?
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You reckon? That's her standing upthere. I must be Come on,
this is the Hannibal Bass place,ma'am it is? Then you must be
miss Bass. That's right. I'mMarshall Dylon from Dodge. You mind if
we get on. You're welcome,Marshall rank it uh Chester product despatch.
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I do proud to have you here. Both of you. Come inside and
I'll fix you some coffee. Ithink I better tell you what we came
here for first, Oh, HannahBalinton, some sort of trouble, is
he? No, ma'am, I'mafraid you are me? Uh, Judge
Blint, is should a warrant foryou? The complaint says you tried to
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shoot him? Missus hedgebe yes,Marshall, I'm too good a shock to
try and shoot somebody. Are yousure convinced her? She wrote all the
way to Dodge to tell the judgeabout it. Did she say anything to
him about how she's been trying tosteal my husband to run off with him?
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H? No, ma'am, Wellshe is now if you'll excuse me,
get to put this milk inside allof the sudd h Can I help
you? Man? Thank you manage? How can you let her go?
Like them? Doesn't she looks liketo be back out of that house with
a gun. I don't think so. One or not. You're a pretty
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strong minded lady. Yeah, butI don't think she's a murderer. Maybe
the judge got taken in by thatmiss hedgepath a little bit. She comes
missus bass Uh, who's your husband? Over to the widow? Woman's like
he's been every day lately. Ah, I see Marshall. Let me tell
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you something. This is a goodfarm. Took Hannibal and me a long
time and a lot of hard workto get that house and barn up five
years in tax if you've got somegood stock out here too, hogs and
all we do for a fact.And that's why the widow hedge Pat is
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after Hannibal this place. She wantsit still against the law to go around
shooting at people. Man, Iguess you're right. Don't seem to have
made no difference anyway. I justwish there was some way to bring Hannibal
to his his bass. You saidyour husband was over at the hedge Pat
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place, and yes, how doyou get there? Straight north? Just
follow the trail you come here on? Why maybe Chester an hour right up
there. I'd like to have atalk with your husband. That's kind of
got your Marshall, but it won'tdo no good. We'll try anyway.
He's gonna marry that woman, Marshall, and so far I haven't been able
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to think of the thing to stopit. I let's see what we can
do, miss Bess. We'll seeyou later. I must be Hannibal Vass
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sitting on a stoop there looks kindof like an old turkey, don'ty I
wouldn't might hear you say that?Hello? Oh, Hannibal Vass? Yeah,
how do you know my name?Are you talking to? Hannibal?
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I'm Marshall, Dylan, Oh Dodge. I'm afraid you come to the wrong
place. Marshall. You must haverolled right by the Bass farm. What
are you talking about? What isthere? I went into Dodge the other
day, Hannibal, and I gotthe judge till she will warrant her arrest.
Who's your rst? Your wife,Dela? You didn't expect me to
do nothing about her trying to murderme, did you. You ain't gonna
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put Dylan in jail, are you, Marshall? No, I'm not what
it's all about. And I'll makethis real simple, mister Bass. This
business has gone far enough. It'sgotta stop before somebody gets hurt. Now.
You're coming back to your place withme right now? Oh no,
he ain't much, so he's stayingright here. You're going along to me's
hedge. And once we get there, everybody's gonna lay their cards on the
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table, and I'm gonna be thereto see that they do. Now,
let's get ready. I ain't goingalone. I'm gonna take my boy dunk.
I don't care who you take,but we're starting back as soon as
you get your team hitch. Now, let's get going. You know the
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best place to be right around thatbends dun uh huh. It would be
good to get in out of thishospital. Look either, yeah, I
see it burnt to the ground thewhole flight. Come on, hello there,
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Marshall, Dylan, what happened here? You are right? I'm fine,
Marshall. That Hannibal coming, Yes, sir, right behind us in
the wagon, put your house andat the barn. How did it happen
both of them at the same time? I swear I don't understand it.
I think I did Chessea. Justwait, oh Della, evening, Hannibal,
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Ohtella. You brought her home alittle too late, didn't you.
I didn't bring her. Marshall didask her what she thinks? Now,
Hannibal, you you've done this,didn't you? You should fire to the
whole place. I said, askher what she thinks. I think you're
crazy. I think you're both crazy. You still want to marry young kind
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OF's wagging around and drive me home. Sure, Mama, what are you
waiting for? Let's go well,Hannibal, h you was right, Della.
I'm guessing, old fool. We'regonna have to start from scratch again.
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Wow, we've done it before,Hannibal. I fixed your favorite supper
bean hole bean. Oh, Della, Ah, you're a some woman,
Hannibal. We would give got guess, Marshall, if you and Chester care
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for bean whole beans, we'd beplowed to have you stay for supper.
My goodness, ain't at none ofthem in years. I hope be mighty.
Please, ma'am, you'll have tosit on the ground eat him.
I saved a few plates and thingsout of the house. I'll get a
horn or your I'll get him.You've done enough work today, Dela Bash
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Virginia, Greg Maggie Webber and SamEdwards, Harley vair Is Chester, Howard
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