September 11, 2025 • 28 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Around that city and in the territory on West. There
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where The US Marshal and The Smell of
Guns Smoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence
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that moved west for young America and the story of
a man.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Who moved with it.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the last they want to meet.
It's a chancey job, and that makes a man watchful,
a little lonely. Maybe you're about to hit the jackpot,
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Maybe you're on the point of inheriting half amagine or
finding oil. Chances are, though, that none of these lovely
things will happen. Chances are, if you want a bonanza
in the future, you'll have to save it up now.
There are a number of ways to do that. Some
people stuff their mattresses, sash their cash behind the loose
brick in the fireplace, or slip it under a floorboard.
None of these methods makes sense, because money so stored
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isn't making a cent for you. Not only that I
may get lost or stolen. Wouldn't you rather your savings
made more money for you. Wouldn't you rather have them
fetch proof lost roof in every way? Of course you would,
And you can the United States Savings bond way through
the payroll savings plan where you work, or the bond
a month's plan where you bank three dollars will get
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you four on maturity every time. Nicest thing of all,
it's literally impossible to lose your money. If Bady shred
your bonds into confetti and drops them out the window,
you can recover your cash pleasant risk in the United
States Savings spot.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I just don't understand why you couldn't sleep, mister Jolling,
unless you had the call it or something.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I feel fineter. Just got a few things to take
care of at the banks.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
But the bank's open all day.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
See early bird that catches the worm.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I said you, My mommy used to tell us that
one about being healthy, wealthy, and why you used to
rot us out of bed every morning daylight on count
that's a good saying. So and I don't know what's
become of my brother, but I shall ain't living in
a very big house.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Maybe you ought to come in here more often.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I've got no business with the bank, Miss Jilling.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Good mor mister Hogg, Good morning Chester, morning Marchviilla.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
One of us to hug. I'll be over there in
a minute as that's straighten this stuff out here.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Morning marshalls.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Oh, I'm marning mister Pap. You taking money out, Marshall
or putting it in? Neither of us said Pap.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
This is a government business cash.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Yeah. I having a minute to lose, certainly, sir.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I want a loan of money immediately and.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Say and call it pretty excited?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Any Oh see what we cancer? First of all, how
much do you want? Twenty thousand dollars? Twenty thousand dollars?
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Uh? Mint the path right away.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Excuse me, marshall. Gentlemen, this is our present. You let
me talk with him. I heard you say twenty thousand dollars. Gentlemen,
Now that's a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
What do you have for collateral?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
My collado's right here in his envelope. You may look
at it, but don't reveal it to these other gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Huh, these are playing cards.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Don't name 'em.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I'm afraid I don't understand.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Look, I've been in.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The poker game at the lady gay All night. Right now,
there's about forty thousand dollars in that pot. There's some
good hands out and I've put every cent I have
into it already. Now they give me just twenty minutes
to come up with more money.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, I certainly wish your luxury, but I never heard
you've seen.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
My hand in that envelope. You can lend me the
money on that.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Surely you don't expect the bank to enter a cambling game.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
These gentlemen are also in the game. They came along
to see that those cards aren't changed, and the other
men are watching the table in the back room at
the Lady Gay.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
It's all fair and square.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I assure you, I'll gladly pay you ten percent interest.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Mister, you've only got five minutes left.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
To come along, gentlemen, we step into my office, marshall,
I'd like to see you before you go.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Sure, Well, now that's about the craziest thing I ever
did here.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Well, I must have a pretty good hand, I know.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
But you don't think mister PAP's gonna lend him no
twenty thousand dollars on him?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I doubt it. Just there, take care of this stuff.
Huh ah's uh government businesses to org. You know what
to do with it, certainly, Marshall, doll oh, let's see
it here, or Marshall Marshall Marshall, huh, I, I want
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you to come with me.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Why these gentlemen, there's a there's a poker game. I've
got the money here. I think you'd better come along
just to be safe.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
You mean you gave him his twenty thousand, Yes, of course, you.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Come over here, Marshall. I'll tell you, Marshall, that man
Hooked there has four aces and a ten in his hand.
It's a sure thing. While the bank stamps to make
two thousand dollars on this loan, and it won't take
me a few minutes.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
You run the bank, mister pap.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
But are you sure that you ought to take a
gamble with other people's money this way?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
But I can't lose it, there's no chance in the minion.
I want you to protect this money until I get
it back.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Here alright, I'll see nobody takes it at the point
of a gun if you think that'll help.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
And then come along and Hooks only got a few
minutes to get back in the game. I missed.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Shin wears there's my money. I'm calling. You must have
a pretty good hand hook all the trouble you've been to,
you'll see it.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
But he got.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
All blue five little hearts, no good foss. Well look
at my.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Heart read two, three, four, five and six.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Eight the flush your your aces lose hook oasis.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
How could he have a straight flush?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
I got a dealt right out of the deck, hook
right out of the deck. Nice part add enough because he.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Wanted mister tap I I I.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Twenty thousand dollars, just like that, twenty thousand dollars and
it's not even my money.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Mister pap, don't you worry. I only borrowed that money.
You get it back. You have my word as a
Confederate gentleman.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
On that hook. Please look I have I have got
to have it back. It's not my money. I have
to put it back in the bank. I be ruined
if people find out about this.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
You only loan the money I lost it.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
I I'll send for it today, sir, I'll wire my
agents will have it on the next train that leaves
Saint Louis.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
No, no, I I I don't think that's what happened.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
My word is a gentleman's, sir, but you must be patient.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
I shouldn't have done it.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
I had no right to do it. I said, go
tell doc. I want to see him. I'm sure, all right,
listen to.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Me, all of you.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I don't want a word said about this to anybody.
The bank is important to dodge and this could ruin it.
I'll understand, all right, then say to it, or there'll
be trouble m for all of you.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Mister pib fab.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Oh Marshall. I I should have listened to you. I'm
a ruined now.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Maybe Hook's got money. I don't know, but if not,
we'll figure something out. People will give you time.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I don't know. No, no, they won't. As soon as
they hear about this, there won't be any banks. They
won't trust it anymore. They have to the only bank
there is also, my wife, think my children. I can't
taste it, Marshall. I I just can't taste it.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
You go back to the bank and tell the cashier
to keep his mouth shut about this. You've got to
give it time.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I'm sure, sure, Marshall.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
I'll I'll go, I'll go.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
By shaw. I'm sorry for that man, but he has
no reason to worry. I'll send for the money once. Yeah,
you do that, He'll send for the money. Now.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
What are your names, gentlemen?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
My name is sheen Way's Marshall. I'm sorry for that banker,
but it's nothing to do with me. I won this
money fair and I'm keeping it certainly, of course you are.
Ohoh you, mister Bardon. And I agree with sheen Way's gambling.
Money's fair money. Nobody's arguing about that. Just remember what
I said.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Don't talk about this.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh man, they are a justice that you wanted me.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
What's happened.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
I didn't hear any shooting.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Everything's alright, dog, Oh.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
H h you look for me there? Do I know you?
Speaker 4 (09:49):
I haven't had the pleasure.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Oh maybe not.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
No, I guess not.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
It's my mistake.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Never mind them, Doc along with me. Doc, I want
you to go over to the bank. Mister papp is
pretty upset. See what you can do for him, Give
him a bromide or something. Oh sure, yes, what's wrong
with it?
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (10:13):
He just lost twenty thousand dollars in a poker game
he won, he wasn't playing. He lent the money on
the strength of what looked like a good hand at man.
Hook came into the bank for it with the other two.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Oh, he brought his cards along and raised a lone
that way.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Huh. How did you know?
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Well?
Speaker 5 (10:33):
I heard of that once, and I down in New
Orleans years ago.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Oh what happened?
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Who the same thing?
Speaker 5 (10:39):
How I got the money lost?
Speaker 4 (10:41):
If that's all you mean? It was fixed between him
and the others?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Oh sure, oh it was fixed off.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Well how did they find out?
Speaker 5 (10:49):
Well, the fellow that buy the money got drunk and talked.
They put him in jail, but the others got away clean.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Doc, that gray haired man, you thought you recognized the
name's Hook?
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Are you sure you never saw it before?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Oh? A lot of people looked familiar at first.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Lands Man, You know how it is in New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
You didn't know the men who pulled the trick on
the bank, did you.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Well?
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Now, people said that they'd come down on the river boat.
I was doctor on the Tennessee Bell. I never met
him after my knowledge, any.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Right, but that you recall hearing their names, Well, it
was a long time ago. Man looked doctor.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Those three back there may have pulled the same thing.
Just now.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Hook looked familiar to you, and maybe he remembers you
too well.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Had you said he'd never met me?
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Man, No, but he could be lying.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
Well, sure, but I can't place him, probably never saw
him before.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Alright, I go see what you can do for poor o'path.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
He's in a bad shape.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Sure, men, Do you see speed laws and other regulations
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as restrictive? Well, that could be more infantile and believing
one can prove his superiority by ignoring a stop life. Unfortunately,
too many drivers on the road subscribed to that kind
of emotional outlook. The result is tragic. Almost eighty five
percent of all traffic accidents in America are caused by careless,
childish driving. We hope, sincerely that your attitudes are adult.
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We hope you know our traffic laws and the people
who enforce them are there to help save.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Your life, you know, mister look, this is Marshall Villains.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Indeed, thank you to come with me.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
We just do it.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Huh whatever you say, Marshall, I'll be bad, miss kidding?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yeah, sure, alright, mister Hardon, mister Shane ways, you're.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Coming with me?
Speaker 1 (13:09):
What what now?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Is this an arrest?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Now?
Speaker 4 (13:12):
What would I be arresting?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You for Shane ways nothing, you got no reason, that's right, alright,
come on, let's go.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
Day.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
I haven't been seen this that idea? How we got you? Now?
Speaker 6 (13:40):
What's this?
Speaker 4 (13:42):
What's the idea of bringing this here?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Marshall? Good morning gentlemen looking at oh hello Marsham.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
These men want their pictures taken. Now wait a minute, Mark,
and you do it right away them.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yeah, I certainly can, Marshall. And uh, gentlemen, you'll be
the very first to stand before my new drop be
ancient to Greece.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
It'll learn your dignity and power. What's the idea of this, Marshall?
Speaker 1 (14:05):
A lum here is gonna take your pictures and sou
front and side views both.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Yea, certainly, Marshall, certainly.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
And if you, gentlemen leave, dodge any one of you,
it'll make it a lot easier for the load to
fund you and bring you back wherever you go. It's outrageous.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
I'm not gonna stand now, wait for it.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
I agree that Marshall's being a little high handed, but
after all.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
He must protect himself in his job.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
But since we've done nothing wrong, we have nothing to fear.
Sure hooks right, Mardon I'll go first.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Are you ready, mister.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Lumb right this way, sir lum, Yes, sir, bring the
pictures over to the office when they're finished.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Yes, Sir Marshall.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Iving a pretty good photographer, John, that is not and
lock him up in the safe with him you.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Reckon this will keep him in dodge?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Nah?
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Not if they really got scared and well.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
They're guilty alright, ain't, miss Donne.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I can't prove a think test one way or the other.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Hold dark, what's the matter?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
A mad bad news?
Speaker 4 (15:21):
What is it that?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Or missus Pap sent for here in a while ago?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I just came from here.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Yeah, now he killed himself suicide?
Speaker 4 (15:29):
What pat my an hourgo?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Oh h poor man?
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Uh? How's missus Pap taking it? Well?
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Not in tears so far, but I suppose you break
down later.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
A neighbor woman's there with her.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
That you know why he didn't?
Speaker 5 (15:43):
Yes, he was.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
He told her all about it and then he went out.
Speaker 5 (15:46):
And shot himself.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
There's no stopping it now. The story will be all
over town at no time. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:53):
Oh well, what are you gonna do now?
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Man? I don't know, Dark, I just don't know. M
I'll buy you a drink, kiddie.
Speaker 7 (16:15):
Oh gosh, i'd like it now. But I just said
i'd joined Hook over at the table.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
But i'd like to dark to him too, or just
sit with you for a few.
Speaker 7 (16:22):
Minutes, and I'll find a maid.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
I don't know about him now. I don't think he'll
check us.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
I just got time for a smoke.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Hook. I didn't think it mine. I know you're quite welcome.
I buy your drinking nights.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
I want you to know I sent her that money today, Marshall,
just as I promise.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
I'm afraid you're a little late. Late. Mister Pap shot
at himself.
Speaker 7 (16:49):
He did you mean, mister Pap to think?
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Why am not?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Maybe Hook will exclaim it kitty now, Marshall, you can't
hold me responsible in any way at all.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
I didn't say I could hook. You seem kind of
nervous about it.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Well, naturally, I'm upset. After all, the man did me
a great favor. I mean, sure, sure tell me something. Hook.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
Oh you in New Orleans, West, New Orleans?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Why you asked that, Marshall, I'm just curious.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
I've never been in New Orleans. Does that answer your question?
That's got enough? No, you're right kidding.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I drop by leader should and hook and still goes
about not leaving Tom. I like it here, Yeah you should. Oh,
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I've been looking.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Ever work for you and it's doing it. Del moncles,
lady gay ever were it's the last place to hit.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
What is it?
Speaker 6 (18:08):
Just here?
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Just you read this, Marshall.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
We're taking Doc along. If you follow us, we'll kill him.
But you got this just to see the end of
the door.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
When I opened up this morning, I run up the
doctor right away and sure enough is gone.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
He's gone.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Come on, now you go check the depot on the
stage line. I'll go over to the delivery step. Might
you I'll meet you back in the office.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Well it's the Marshall.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
You're not eury tode, not early enough. Yeah? What can
I do for you?
Speaker 4 (18:49):
I want to know if you rented out on any
horses last night? Well sure, Hugh, what did you rent
four to anybody? Four and a bunch?
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Or yeah? I sure did?
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Maybe back today?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
So he say it goes said or strangers me they
paid me in pay and so the bean horns. What
time was this or was late?
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Yeah? Way after misnight?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
It was?
Speaker 4 (19:06):
Why something wrong? Tell me once?
Speaker 1 (19:08):
What did they look like well. One was an old fellaw,
you know, gray hair. He didn't give his name, though,
I don't think I got much of a look at
the other fellows.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Do you have any idea which trail they took out
of town?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
No, don't.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
One of them said something about Saint Louis.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
That's not much help.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
That might be thanks Mons.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Oh one thing, Marshall, if you're riding after him. Those
horses they got are just Kobe. I didn't figure they
could handle anything better than a Hi. This is a
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there has nothing to do but take a chance and
ride east. Luck was with us, though, and within an
hour we cut their trail. Four horses leave a pretty
fair track, and we followed it, riding hard. By dusk
we could tell by the sign that we'd nearly caught
up with 'em, and soon after dark we spotted their fire.
These were gentlemen maybe, but they were mighty poor hands
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on the prairie.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
We left our horses and went, I had on the foot.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
You gonna shoot it out with him this young No,
we can't.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Chance at Chester. They'd kill doc or hold up a minute. Yeah,
that's their horses just.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
Ahead, and the sures take them a good piece and
camp chop lie down. Well we do, mich gance, I
will wait.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Those men are mighty green at this game. I think
we can steal our horses without any trouble with all.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
Just leave my foot down.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, I look Chester, when we get those horses, and
I want you to pick up hours and take the
whole bunch out of sight. I'm gonna well umber that
tall grass just to the left of the fire there
and hide until morning.
Speaker 6 (22:05):
That you don't white camp.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
I go with you.
Speaker 6 (22:07):
Every time we get in trouble, you alwa send me
off some worse. You always do everything along, yester.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
What would you do as I tell you?
Speaker 6 (22:16):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Sure, now you just wait till you hear a gun fire,
and then you ride in fast and bring all the horses. Alright,
good luck.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
I dawn next morning.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
I was half burrowed under the ground and covered by
blue stem.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Grass, not more than thirty feet.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
From their camp. I could hear their talk alright, but
I couldn't see 'em unless they were on their feet.
Shanway's had already gone out after the horses, and pretty
soon he was back lift their ropes.
Speaker 4 (22:55):
That's why every last one of 'em we're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Now.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
You and Shane Ways will go after him. That's what
I'll stay here and God, Doc, but her up. We
gotta get moving. Come on, we'll never find it. You
can have his country, Doc.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
I don't know why you ever left that solid birth
you had on a Tennessee bell.
Speaker 7 (23:15):
Where I didn't have to leave it.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
That's morning you can say about New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Anymore of that talk, you'll get your throat slashed like
a fat show. Doc, spoken like a true gentleman, A
Hook or whatever your name is. Doc. If you hadn't
talked so much in the first place, you wouldn't be
where you are now. Ah, you're a fool. Hook.
Speaker 5 (23:34):
I might have seen you somewhere, but I sure couldn't.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Connect you with that New Orleans business anyway.
Speaker 5 (23:40):
You've getting yourself away now. How don't you know there
wasn't a thing the law could do until you ran?
But you'll be caught sure?
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Now?
Speaker 5 (23:48):
Then, why don't you untie my hands?
Speaker 2 (23:50):
And I can't eat this way you manage?
Speaker 1 (23:53):
I'll let Doc and Hook wrangle on til I figured
the other two minute worked about a half a mile
from camp, and then I waited until Hook had him
to me. I stood up slowly and moved quietly forward.
Doc saw me almost spoiled the game, but he caught
himself in time, and then started another.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
Argument with a Hook.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
It was about fifteen feet away when Doc suddenly kicked
the coffee pot off the fire and all of her
hood's leg All right, Hook, Marshall, and I'll take you
a gun. Come on easy, now, Marshall, don't you I
got Doc's hands untied, and be quick about it.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
Yes, where that off.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I should take it easy, for.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
That feels bad.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
Look, if I were a professional man, i'd punch you.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Light in the eye. Never mind, Doc here put his
gun on your belt.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
So I'm just mad enough. I'd like to have an
excuse to you.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
So what do you well? You will have them back
here in no time. Rather, they got the money, Doc
in that saddle bag over there, you're right, yellow one,
get it?
Speaker 4 (24:51):
Whatever?
Speaker 5 (24:52):
Sure, well, go to her and the shop.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
They're heading back here, all right, Get on that horse, doc,
you tol her quick down.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
There?
Speaker 1 (25:11):
They come see him.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Mister donny, I say, here little shooting at us, that
captain us from there.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Come on, let's ride.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
We just gonna ride off and leave him back.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
We've got your jock, we've got a huck, and we
got the money. They'll die out there, marshalls.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
None of us knows how to level on this prairie.
Maybe they'll learn it's a good way.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
But you're a murdering those men.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
They'll be all right for a few days, huck, I'm
all meet in prison. All right, he'sa we've left him.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
What are you gonna do about that?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
They fill a fight right now, That's all I want
to capta, to kill him, to take him. But in
a few days they'll be so hungry and scared we
can walk right up to him. Nobody gonna got hurt
that way, either them nor us.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Mister Dunn, Yeah, what is it, Chester.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Mister Dunny lead in a couple of days. Let me
come back and bring them in and sugg just we
this time.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
Chester, I please, okay, Chester, you can do it alone.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (26:10):
All right?
Speaker 5 (26:11):
Hooks right, a little faster there.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
We ain't got all days.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Got a light, buddy, It'll cost you only seventy million dollars.
Americans have some one hundred and eighty thousand lights. At
the wrong time and place each year, each one flares
into a torch, crossing the country miles of magnificent forests.
That means millions of board feet of valuable timber burned wildlife, fish,
game birds, cruelly destroyed, soily wrote and started, watersheds crippled, crippling,
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and turn Communities and industries that depend on them for
pure water, power and light homes are levels, lives are lost,
a waste. The word is hardly addequate, And to think
nine out of ten of these fires are caused by
human carelessness. Resolve that your carelessness won't fire the forest
this year. Crush out cigarette break matches in two after
(27:11):
using them, drown campfires, stir the ashes, then doust them
again for good luck. It'll be your good luck as
an American if we can cut down the forest fire
told this year, done most and produced and directed in Hollywood,
(27:37):
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Speaker 4 (27:40):
Matt Dillon, U S.
Speaker 6 (27:41):
Marshalls.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Tolley was specially written for gunsmote by John Meslin. Featured
in the cast where Harry Bartel, Ralph Woody, Jesper Patrick,
Viccarran and Jack Moyle Harley there is caster Howard mcneer
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Walsh inviting you to join us again next week when
CBS Radio presents another story on gun
Around that 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
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that moved west for young America and the story of
a man.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Who moved with it.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the last they want to meet.
It's a chancey job, and that makes a man watchful,
a little lonely. Maybe you're about to hit the jackpot,
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Maybe you're on the point of inheriting half amagine or
finding oil. Chances are, though, that none of these lovely
things will happen. Chances are, if you want a bonanza
in the future, you'll have to save it up now.
There are a number of ways to do that. Some
people stuff their mattresses, sash their cash behind the loose
brick in the fireplace, or slip it under a floorboard.
None of these methods makes sense, because money so stored
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isn't making a cent for you. Not only that I
may get lost or stolen. Wouldn't you rather your savings
made more money for you. Wouldn't you rather have them
fetch proof lost roof in every way? Of course you would,
And you can the United States Savings bond way through
the payroll savings plan where you work, or the bond
a month's plan where you bank three dollars will get
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you four on maturity every time. Nicest thing of all,
it's literally impossible to lose your money. If Bady shred
your bonds into confetti and drops them out the window,
you can recover your cash pleasant risk in the United
States Savings spot.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I just don't understand why you couldn't sleep, mister Jolling,
unless you had the call it or something.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I feel fineter. Just got a few things to take
care of at the banks.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
But the bank's open all day.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
See early bird that catches the worm.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I said you, My mommy used to tell us that
one about being healthy, wealthy, and why you used to
rot us out of bed every morning daylight on count
that's a good saying. So and I don't know what's
become of my brother, but I shall ain't living in
a very big house.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Maybe you ought to come in here more often.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I've got no business with the bank, Miss Jilling.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Good mor mister Hogg, Good morning Chester, morning Marchviilla.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
One of us to hug. I'll be over there in
a minute as that's straighten this stuff out here.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Morning marshalls.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Oh, I'm marning mister Pap. You taking money out, Marshall
or putting it in? Neither of us said Pap.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
This is a government business cash.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Yeah. I having a minute to lose, certainly, sir.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I want a loan of money immediately and.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Say and call it pretty excited?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Any Oh see what we cancer? First of all, how
much do you want? Twenty thousand dollars? Twenty thousand dollars?
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Uh? Mint the path right away.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Excuse me, marshall. Gentlemen, this is our present. You let
me talk with him. I heard you say twenty thousand dollars. Gentlemen,
Now that's a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
What do you have for collateral?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
My collado's right here in his envelope. You may look
at it, but don't reveal it to these other gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Huh, these are playing cards.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Don't name 'em.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I'm afraid I don't understand.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Look, I've been in.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The poker game at the lady gay All night. Right now,
there's about forty thousand dollars in that pot. There's some
good hands out and I've put every cent I have
into it already. Now they give me just twenty minutes
to come up with more money.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, I certainly wish your luxury, but I never heard
you've seen.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
My hand in that envelope. You can lend me the
money on that.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Surely you don't expect the bank to enter a cambling game.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
These gentlemen are also in the game. They came along
to see that those cards aren't changed, and the other
men are watching the table in the back room at
the Lady Gay.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
It's all fair and square.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I assure you, I'll gladly pay you ten percent interest.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Mister, you've only got five minutes left.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
To come along, gentlemen, we step into my office, marshall,
I'd like to see you before you go.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Sure, Well, now that's about the craziest thing I ever
did here.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Well, I must have a pretty good hand, I know.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
But you don't think mister PAP's gonna lend him no
twenty thousand dollars on him?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I doubt it. Just there, take care of this stuff.
Huh ah's uh government businesses to org. You know what
to do with it, certainly, Marshall, doll oh, let's see
it here, or Marshall Marshall Marshall, huh, I, I want
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you to come with me.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Why these gentlemen, there's a there's a poker game. I've
got the money here. I think you'd better come along
just to be safe.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
You mean you gave him his twenty thousand, Yes, of course, you.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Come over here, Marshall. I'll tell you, Marshall, that man
Hooked there has four aces and a ten in his hand.
It's a sure thing. While the bank stamps to make
two thousand dollars on this loan, and it won't take
me a few minutes.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
You run the bank, mister pap.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
But are you sure that you ought to take a
gamble with other people's money this way?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
But I can't lose it, there's no chance in the minion.
I want you to protect this money until I get
it back.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Here alright, I'll see nobody takes it at the point
of a gun if you think that'll help.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
And then come along and Hooks only got a few
minutes to get back in the game. I missed.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Shin wears there's my money. I'm calling. You must have
a pretty good hand hook all the trouble you've been to,
you'll see it.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
But he got.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
All blue five little hearts, no good foss. Well look
at my.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Heart read two, three, four, five and six.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Eight the flush your your aces lose hook oasis.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
How could he have a straight flush?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
I got a dealt right out of the deck, hook
right out of the deck. Nice part add enough because he.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Wanted mister tap I I I.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Twenty thousand dollars, just like that, twenty thousand dollars and
it's not even my money.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Mister pap, don't you worry. I only borrowed that money.
You get it back. You have my word as a
Confederate gentleman.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
On that hook. Please look I have I have got
to have it back. It's not my money. I have
to put it back in the bank. I be ruined
if people find out about this.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
You only loan the money I lost it.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
I I'll send for it today, sir, I'll wire my
agents will have it on the next train that leaves
Saint Louis.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
No, no, I I I don't think that's what happened.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
My word is a gentleman's, sir, but you must be patient.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
I shouldn't have done it.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
I had no right to do it. I said, go
tell doc. I want to see him. I'm sure, all right,
listen to.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Me, all of you.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I don't want a word said about this to anybody.
The bank is important to dodge and this could ruin it.
I'll understand, all right, then say to it, or there'll
be trouble m for all of you.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Mister pib fab.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Oh Marshall. I I should have listened to you. I'm
a ruined now.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Maybe Hook's got money. I don't know, but if not,
we'll figure something out. People will give you time.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I don't know. No, no, they won't. As soon as
they hear about this, there won't be any banks. They
won't trust it anymore. They have to the only bank
there is also, my wife, think my children. I can't
taste it, Marshall. I I just can't taste it.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
You go back to the bank and tell the cashier
to keep his mouth shut about this. You've got to
give it time.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I'm sure, sure, Marshall.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
I'll I'll go, I'll go.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
By shaw. I'm sorry for that man, but he has
no reason to worry. I'll send for the money once. Yeah,
you do that, He'll send for the money. Now.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
What are your names, gentlemen?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
My name is sheen Way's Marshall. I'm sorry for that banker,
but it's nothing to do with me. I won this
money fair and I'm keeping it certainly, of course you are.
Ohoh you, mister Bardon. And I agree with sheen Way's gambling.
Money's fair money. Nobody's arguing about that. Just remember what
I said.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Don't talk about this.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh man, they are a justice that you wanted me.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
What's happened.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
I didn't hear any shooting.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Everything's alright, dog, Oh.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
H h you look for me there? Do I know you?
Speaker 4 (09:49):
I haven't had the pleasure.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Oh maybe not.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
No, I guess not.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
It's my mistake.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Never mind them, Doc along with me. Doc, I want
you to go over to the bank. Mister papp is
pretty upset. See what you can do for him, Give
him a bromide or something. Oh sure, yes, what's wrong
with it?
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (10:13):
He just lost twenty thousand dollars in a poker game
he won, he wasn't playing. He lent the money on
the strength of what looked like a good hand at man.
Hook came into the bank for it with the other two.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Oh, he brought his cards along and raised a lone
that way.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Huh. How did you know?
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Well?
Speaker 5 (10:33):
I heard of that once, and I down in New
Orleans years ago.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Oh what happened?
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Who the same thing?
Speaker 5 (10:39):
How I got the money lost?
Speaker 4 (10:41):
If that's all you mean? It was fixed between him
and the others?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Oh sure, oh it was fixed off.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Well how did they find out?
Speaker 5 (10:49):
Well, the fellow that buy the money got drunk and talked.
They put him in jail, but the others got away clean.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Doc, that gray haired man, you thought you recognized the
name's Hook?
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Are you sure you never saw it before?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Oh? A lot of people looked familiar at first.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Lands Man, You know how it is in New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
You didn't know the men who pulled the trick on
the bank, did you.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Well?
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Now, people said that they'd come down on the river boat.
I was doctor on the Tennessee Bell. I never met
him after my knowledge, any.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Right, but that you recall hearing their names, Well, it
was a long time ago. Man looked doctor.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Those three back there may have pulled the same thing.
Just now.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Hook looked familiar to you, and maybe he remembers you
too well.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Had you said he'd never met me?
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Man, No, but he could be lying.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
Well, sure, but I can't place him, probably never saw
him before.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Alright, I go see what you can do for poor o'path.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
He's in a bad shape.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Sure, men, Do you see speed laws and other regulations
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as restrictive? Well, that could be more infantile and believing
one can prove his superiority by ignoring a stop life. Unfortunately,
too many drivers on the road subscribed to that kind
of emotional outlook. The result is tragic. Almost eighty five
percent of all traffic accidents in America are caused by careless,
childish driving. We hope, sincerely that your attitudes are adult.
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We hope you know our traffic laws and the people
who enforce them are there to help save.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Your life, you know, mister look, this is Marshall Villains.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Indeed, thank you to come with me.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
We just do it.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Huh whatever you say, Marshall, I'll be bad, miss kidding?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yeah, sure, alright, mister Hardon, mister Shane ways, you're.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Coming with me?
Speaker 1 (13:09):
What what now?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Is this an arrest?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Now?
Speaker 4 (13:12):
What would I be arresting?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You for Shane ways nothing, you got no reason, that's right, alright,
come on, let's go.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
Day.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
I haven't been seen this that idea? How we got you? Now?
Speaker 6 (13:40):
What's this?
Speaker 4 (13:42):
What's the idea of bringing this here?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Marshall? Good morning gentlemen looking at oh hello Marsham.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
These men want their pictures taken. Now wait a minute, Mark,
and you do it right away them.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yeah, I certainly can, Marshall. And uh, gentlemen, you'll be
the very first to stand before my new drop be
ancient to Greece.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
It'll learn your dignity and power. What's the idea of this, Marshall?
Speaker 1 (14:05):
A lum here is gonna take your pictures and sou
front and side views both.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Yea, certainly, Marshall, certainly.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
And if you, gentlemen leave, dodge any one of you,
it'll make it a lot easier for the load to
fund you and bring you back wherever you go. It's outrageous.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
I'm not gonna stand now, wait for it.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
I agree that Marshall's being a little high handed, but
after all.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
He must protect himself in his job.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
But since we've done nothing wrong, we have nothing to fear.
Sure hooks right, Mardon I'll go first.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Are you ready, mister.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Lumb right this way, sir lum, Yes, sir, bring the
pictures over to the office when they're finished.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Yes, Sir Marshall.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Iving a pretty good photographer, John, that is not and
lock him up in the safe with him you.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Reckon this will keep him in dodge?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Nah?
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Not if they really got scared and well.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
They're guilty alright, ain't, miss Donne.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I can't prove a think test one way or the other.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Hold dark, what's the matter?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
A mad bad news?
Speaker 4 (15:21):
What is it that?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Or missus Pap sent for here in a while ago?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I just came from here.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Yeah, now he killed himself suicide?
Speaker 4 (15:29):
What pat my an hourgo?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Oh h poor man?
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Uh? How's missus Pap taking it? Well?
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Not in tears so far, but I suppose you break
down later.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
A neighbor woman's there with her.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
That you know why he didn't?
Speaker 5 (15:43):
Yes, he was.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
He told her all about it and then he went out.
Speaker 5 (15:46):
And shot himself.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
There's no stopping it now. The story will be all
over town at no time. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:53):
Oh well, what are you gonna do now?
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Man? I don't know, Dark, I just don't know. M
I'll buy you a drink, kiddie.
Speaker 7 (16:15):
Oh gosh, i'd like it now. But I just said
i'd joined Hook over at the table.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
But i'd like to dark to him too, or just
sit with you for a few.
Speaker 7 (16:22):
Minutes, and I'll find a maid.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
I don't know about him now. I don't think he'll
check us.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
I just got time for a smoke.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Hook. I didn't think it mine. I know you're quite welcome.
I buy your drinking nights.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
I want you to know I sent her that money today, Marshall,
just as I promise.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
I'm afraid you're a little late. Late. Mister Pap shot
at himself.
Speaker 7 (16:49):
He did you mean, mister Pap to think?
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Why am not?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Maybe Hook will exclaim it kitty now, Marshall, you can't
hold me responsible in any way at all.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
I didn't say I could hook. You seem kind of
nervous about it.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Well, naturally, I'm upset. After all, the man did me
a great favor. I mean, sure, sure tell me something. Hook.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
Oh you in New Orleans, West, New Orleans?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Why you asked that, Marshall, I'm just curious.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
I've never been in New Orleans. Does that answer your question?
That's got enough? No, you're right kidding.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I drop by leader should and hook and still goes
about not leaving Tom. I like it here, Yeah you should. Oh,
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I've been looking.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Ever work for you and it's doing it. Del moncles,
lady gay ever were it's the last place to hit.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
What is it?
Speaker 6 (18:08):
Just here?
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Just you read this, Marshall.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
We're taking Doc along. If you follow us, we'll kill him.
But you got this just to see the end of
the door.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
When I opened up this morning, I run up the
doctor right away and sure enough is gone.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
He's gone.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Come on, now you go check the depot on the
stage line. I'll go over to the delivery step. Might
you I'll meet you back in the office.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Well it's the Marshall.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
You're not eury tode, not early enough. Yeah? What can
I do for you?
Speaker 4 (18:49):
I want to know if you rented out on any
horses last night? Well sure, Hugh, what did you rent
four to anybody? Four and a bunch?
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Or yeah? I sure did?
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Maybe back today?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
So he say it goes said or strangers me they
paid me in pay and so the bean horns. What
time was this or was late?
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Yeah? Way after misnight?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
It was?
Speaker 4 (19:06):
Why something wrong? Tell me once?
Speaker 1 (19:08):
What did they look like well. One was an old fellaw,
you know, gray hair. He didn't give his name, though,
I don't think I got much of a look at
the other fellows.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Do you have any idea which trail they took out
of town?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
No, don't.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
One of them said something about Saint Louis.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
That's not much help.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
That might be thanks Mons.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Oh one thing, Marshall, if you're riding after him. Those
horses they got are just Kobe. I didn't figure they
could handle anything better than a Hi. This is a
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there has nothing to do but take a chance and
ride east. Luck was with us, though, and within an
hour we cut their trail. Four horses leave a pretty
fair track, and we followed it, riding hard. By dusk
we could tell by the sign that we'd nearly caught
up with 'em, and soon after dark we spotted their fire.
These were gentlemen maybe, but they were mighty poor hands
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on the prairie.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
We left our horses and went, I had on the foot.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
You gonna shoot it out with him this young No,
we can't.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Chance at Chester. They'd kill doc or hold up a minute. Yeah,
that's their horses just.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
Ahead, and the sures take them a good piece and
camp chop lie down. Well we do, mich gance, I
will wait.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Those men are mighty green at this game. I think
we can steal our horses without any trouble with all.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
Just leave my foot down.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, I look Chester, when we get those horses, and
I want you to pick up hours and take the
whole bunch out of sight. I'm gonna well umber that
tall grass just to the left of the fire there
and hide until morning.
Speaker 6 (22:05):
That you don't white camp.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
I go with you.
Speaker 6 (22:07):
Every time we get in trouble, you alwa send me
off some worse. You always do everything along, yester.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
What would you do as I tell you?
Speaker 6 (22:16):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Sure, now you just wait till you hear a gun fire,
and then you ride in fast and bring all the horses. Alright,
good luck.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
I dawn next morning.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
I was half burrowed under the ground and covered by
blue stem.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Grass, not more than thirty feet.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
From their camp. I could hear their talk alright, but
I couldn't see 'em unless they were on their feet.
Shanway's had already gone out after the horses, and pretty
soon he was back lift their ropes.
Speaker 4 (22:55):
That's why every last one of 'em we're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Now.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
You and Shane Ways will go after him. That's what
I'll stay here and God, Doc, but her up. We
gotta get moving. Come on, we'll never find it. You
can have his country, Doc.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
I don't know why you ever left that solid birth
you had on a Tennessee bell.
Speaker 7 (23:15):
Where I didn't have to leave it.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
That's morning you can say about New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Anymore of that talk, you'll get your throat slashed like
a fat show. Doc, spoken like a true gentleman, A
Hook or whatever your name is. Doc. If you hadn't
talked so much in the first place, you wouldn't be
where you are now. Ah, you're a fool. Hook.
Speaker 5 (23:34):
I might have seen you somewhere, but I sure couldn't.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Connect you with that New Orleans business anyway.
Speaker 5 (23:40):
You've getting yourself away now. How don't you know there
wasn't a thing the law could do until you ran?
But you'll be caught sure?
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Now?
Speaker 5 (23:48):
Then, why don't you untie my hands?
Speaker 2 (23:50):
And I can't eat this way you manage?
Speaker 1 (23:53):
I'll let Doc and Hook wrangle on til I figured
the other two minute worked about a half a mile
from camp, and then I waited until Hook had him
to me. I stood up slowly and moved quietly forward.
Doc saw me almost spoiled the game, but he caught
himself in time, and then started another.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
Argument with a Hook.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
It was about fifteen feet away when Doc suddenly kicked
the coffee pot off the fire and all of her
hood's leg All right, Hook, Marshall, and I'll take you
a gun. Come on easy, now, Marshall, don't you I
got Doc's hands untied, and be quick about it.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
Yes, where that off.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I should take it easy, for.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
That feels bad.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
Look, if I were a professional man, i'd punch you.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Light in the eye. Never mind, Doc here put his
gun on your belt.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
So I'm just mad enough. I'd like to have an
excuse to you.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
So what do you well? You will have them back
here in no time. Rather, they got the money, Doc
in that saddle bag over there, you're right, yellow one,
get it?
Speaker 4 (24:51):
Whatever?
Speaker 5 (24:52):
Sure, well, go to her and the shop.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
They're heading back here, all right, Get on that horse, doc,
you tol her quick down.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
There?
Speaker 1 (25:11):
They come see him.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Mister donny, I say, here little shooting at us, that
captain us from there.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Come on, let's ride.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
We just gonna ride off and leave him back.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
We've got your jock, we've got a huck, and we
got the money. They'll die out there, marshalls.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
None of us knows how to level on this prairie.
Maybe they'll learn it's a good way.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
But you're a murdering those men.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
They'll be all right for a few days, huck, I'm
all meet in prison. All right, he'sa we've left him.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
What are you gonna do about that?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
They fill a fight right now, That's all I want
to capta, to kill him, to take him. But in
a few days they'll be so hungry and scared we
can walk right up to him. Nobody gonna got hurt
that way, either them nor us.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Mister Dunn, Yeah, what is it, Chester.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Mister Dunny lead in a couple of days. Let me
come back and bring them in and sugg just we
this time.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
Chester, I please, okay, Chester, you can do it alone.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (26:10):
All right?
Speaker 5 (26:11):
Hooks right, a little faster there.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
We ain't got all days.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Got a light, buddy, It'll cost you only seventy million dollars.
Americans have some one hundred and eighty thousand lights. At
the wrong time and place each year, each one flares
into a torch, crossing the country miles of magnificent forests.
That means millions of board feet of valuable timber burned wildlife, fish,
game birds, cruelly destroyed, soily wrote and started, watersheds crippled, crippling,
(26:50):
and turn Communities and industries that depend on them for
pure water, power and light homes are levels, lives are lost,
a waste. The word is hardly addequate, And to think
nine out of ten of these fires are caused by
human carelessness. Resolve that your carelessness won't fire the forest
this year. Crush out cigarette break matches in two after
(27:11):
using them, drown campfires, stir the ashes, then doust them
again for good luck. It'll be your good luck as
an American if we can cut down the forest fire
told this year, done most and produced and directed in Hollywood,
(27:37):
Fine Norman McDonald's cars, William Conrad as.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Matt Dillon, U S.
Speaker 6 (27:41):
Marshalls.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Tolley was specially written for gunsmote by John Meslin. Featured
in the cast where Harry Bartel, Ralph Woody, Jesper Patrick,
Viccarran and Jack Moyle Harley there is caster Howard mcneer
is stocked, and Georgia Ellis is kidding. This is George
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