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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Around Dodge 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 Marshall and the Smell of
Guns Smoke, Gun Will Smoke, starring William Conrad. The story

(00:39):
of the violence that moved west with young America and
the story of a man.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Who moved with it.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they looked for and the last they.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Want to meet.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful
and a little lonely.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
You don't look like the storm is gonna let up
none for spell you're doing.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Shut us in Chester.

Speaker 5 (01:21):
I never seen country I beat this.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Uh huh.

Speaker 5 (01:25):
They just ain't no halfway about it. Didn't either hot
and dry, cool and wet. Ain't that's so joe.

Speaker 6 (01:33):
Uh like about it.

Speaker 5 (01:34):
You'd have a little better than that.

Speaker 7 (01:36):
I swear you can either fry.

Speaker 5 (01:37):
Yourself to death or get soaked to death.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's a by the way, kids, Oh there's one other
way now that you can talk yourself to this. Well,
may John, I just saying, how things Judah, we better
stop looking for our place to take cover. Of you
may be right, just might get soaked to the ah

(02:10):
over there at Chester. That shack that's.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
Where I see it.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
I'd we'll head for it for the night.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Huh.

Speaker 7 (02:15):
All right, but they ain't even no shed there for
the horses.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
That's right around to that side, out of the wind.
I believe in there, you sure ain't not shelter. Doesn't
look like the shack is either. Come on, well, I sure.

Speaker 5 (03:03):
Didn't expect see no stove in here, mister Dunan.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
I don't expect you'll find any dry wood either.

Speaker 8 (03:13):
Hm.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Right about that? They made us stick. Well, they can
shake some of this water off anyway.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
That's some better.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Eat much warmer in here, and two windows out. You
can always stay outside with the horses Chester. Well, if
you don't mind, I'm gonna.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Try to get some sleep.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
Huh. You don't need a freight You sit real easy now,
us doing that have dropped the guns, me and Mosley's
particular when we walk into a place in a particular
and not very friendly, and we figured to live longer

(04:20):
this way. Who are you, my Dulan, I might that's
the same of you.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
It was the other one.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Wow, I'm just proud of it that means anything to it? No,
it don't mean nothing to me. And as long as
you behave yourself, maybe it won't. I don't know who
you are, mister, but you sat right there where you
are mostly get a light going, sure, hud, And that's better.

(04:53):
I mean we can see what we got here, and
there ain't neither one of them look like much to me.

Speaker 6 (05:01):
Now you just see shut out you?

Speaker 1 (05:04):
What are you doing here? Now?

Speaker 2 (05:07):
You put that gun away? Maybe we can talk.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
You ain't calling the play he had. He's wearing a badge.

Speaker 6 (05:15):
Hello, Now who told you?

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Mister?

Speaker 1 (05:20):
Who sent you here?

Speaker 2 (05:21):
I don't know what you're talking to?

Speaker 1 (05:22):
Milly done it?

Speaker 8 (05:24):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (05:24):
Now I don't right unless she done it? She called
a law on me.

Speaker 5 (05:29):
She ain't never done it before.

Speaker 1 (05:31):
I was bound to turn me in one day, and
she done it. Well, i'll fix her.

Speaker 5 (05:35):
Id wait.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
We ought to give her a chance. She sure didn't
give me much.

Speaker 4 (05:40):
She'll be here with the grub for a long wait
till then I didn't give her a chance to talk.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Now there ain't no use waiting.

Speaker 5 (05:47):
Why sure there is? Besides how you wouldn't want to.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
Go off and leave these two like? Yes, they might
break out man.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Maybe you're right.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
Sure I'm right, Just say down and wait till Milly
gets here and let her speak her bees.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
I can tell you right now, nobody's sent me after you.
You won't know what would have been a good shout out.

Speaker 5 (06:10):
You better look out who you keep shot too.

Speaker 1 (06:13):
I'll beat your head clean off. Now. We just sat here,
like Moseley says, we just sat here and wait for
Milly to come. Somebody's somebody coming now, Moseley, buggy, it's

(06:43):
really all right. Now you just keep quiet. I'll do
the talking.

Speaker 5 (06:47):
Just give her a chance.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
I'll give her a chane.

Speaker 5 (06:55):
Had I brought the food like you called me.

Speaker 1 (06:59):
You've done it, didn't You've.

Speaker 5 (07:00):
Finally done it?

Speaker 2 (07:02):
You said?

Speaker 5 (07:02):
Right there, law man.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
He bencovered real good. Moseley, all right, huh, but take
it easy. No use bullying her for something she didn't.
I told you to shut ye and it'll keep your
big mouth quiet. Time up mostly both of them. I
want to talk to Milly. You sure do what I

(07:26):
tell you? All right, Milly, I ain't done nothing. He's here,
ain'ty the law's here. What's none of my do? I
ain't believe in that Millie. You've been just crying to
get the law on me.

Speaker 8 (07:42):
I had done it hard.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
You've always been too nicey nice, Milly. You ain't never
took to my riding.

Speaker 5 (07:47):
Now I don't know, Steve, and I gotta say that,
but I didn't.

Speaker 1 (07:50):
Oh, you finally told the law. You finally tried to
fix me.

Speaker 8 (07:55):
I didn't do it.

Speaker 5 (07:56):
I just brought the food here like you told me. Please,
you lie and no hard, no live a bee.

Speaker 4 (08:03):
Fact, listen to me. You you waste any more time.
We won't be there when the stage comes through. I
guess you're right, you bet, I'm right. Come on now,
leave a bee.

Speaker 1 (08:15):
That's right, all right, mostly all right, but I ain't
leaving her here like this free with the law.

Speaker 5 (08:19):
You tire up, she won't do I tire up and.

Speaker 1 (08:24):
We'll get out of here.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, Chuster, you all right, Yeah, I'm all right.

Speaker 7 (08:46):
I just.

Speaker 2 (08:49):
That's this rof loss.

Speaker 5 (08:51):
He hit you awful heart of that gun.

Speaker 1 (08:53):
I thought you wasn't never gonna move again. I deserve
it now.

Speaker 2 (08:59):
Letting them catch me like that, Ah, there.

Speaker 1 (09:08):
Is good for youmans killing. I can't get my hands
even the wiggling. They're tired, are tight.

Speaker 2 (09:15):
Wait a minute.

Speaker 1 (09:19):
There, Oh, now you go, ches say, oh, sure, thank you,
I may get the woman outside.

Speaker 5 (09:28):
Yes, sir, thank you.

Speaker 2 (09:37):
Marshall.

Speaker 1 (09:38):
You all right, Ma'm I'm.

Speaker 6 (09:41):
Hot man Hod Hod Muller.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
He your husband.

Speaker 5 (09:45):
No, Marshall, he ain't husband, couldn't be so heavy handed me.

Speaker 2 (09:50):
You wanna get free of him?

Speaker 5 (09:52):
I'm feared too. I'm feared to death too.

Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh you tell me where he's gone.

Speaker 5 (09:58):
He'd kill me, Marshall.

Speaker 8 (10:00):
He just plainly beat me to death.

Speaker 2 (10:02):
And if he was arrested, you'd be free of him, but.

Speaker 5 (10:05):
Maybe only for a little while. When he got out,
he'd get me somehow. He'd get me.

Speaker 1 (10:11):
Alright then't Millie Chester? Yes, sir, I want you to
take her into Dodge, take her right now, right now.

Speaker 2 (10:19):
Tell Kitty to take care of her til I get back.

Speaker 6 (10:21):
You going after their men, I'm going after him.

Speaker 2 (10:24):
Well the tracks are still clear.

Speaker 1 (10:26):
Well I how to go with you and take the
woman into town Chester right now? Oh, if you say so,
I say so.

Speaker 2 (10:34):
I got going.

Speaker 5 (10:51):
Sure could have picked a better day for it.

Speaker 1 (10:54):
The gold don't wait for good with it and hearing
these rocks is like line of the dole of water.

Speaker 5 (11:00):
Shot out Moseley.

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Next time I'll pick me a man to do the
job with me.

Speaker 5 (11:07):
Any man can get cold and wet.

Speaker 1 (11:09):
Just shut up and watch for that stage. What's that?

Speaker 7 (11:18):
There's some rocks washing down?

Speaker 2 (11:20):
I reckon.

Speaker 4 (11:22):
Sure wouldn't been nicer if it was dry. When you
quit your mind, the Marshall will get him hot, hot.

Speaker 1 (11:37):
Hot.

Speaker 5 (11:38):
I'm here.

Speaker 1 (11:43):
Hot, uh and not hot.

Speaker 2 (11:50):
Marshall.

Speaker 5 (11:52):
You're the Marshall.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
Yeah, and the Marshall you get hot?

Speaker 2 (11:58):
Not yet?

Speaker 5 (12:01):
Where is it?

Speaker 2 (12:02):
He's running mostly.

Speaker 1 (12:06):
You run off?

Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (12:10):
I shouldn't have done that, Marshall run off and left
me mabey shouldn't have run up a man shouldn't. And
I'll tell you one thing. He's not running fast enough.

Speaker 6 (12:54):
Oh, Marsham allot of time getting around.

Speaker 1 (12:57):
Oh I know she isn't right now. Marshall said you'd
be here about now though, And I guess I'll wait
a little while I have a drink. Marshall might as
well have a beer?

Speaker 6 (13:08):
Yeah, sure thing, yeah, thanks sir. Oh Matt, hello, dig.

Speaker 1 (13:27):
Well, glad to see you finally got back.

Speaker 2 (13:30):
How you been looking for me?

Speaker 1 (13:31):
Oh no, no, no, I don't want a beer.

Speaker 6 (13:34):
No, thank you?

Speaker 7 (13:35):
No, say Matt, you know that woman you sent in
with chesting.

Speaker 5 (13:41):
Oh, she sure needs a lot of help.

Speaker 6 (13:44):
In bad shape as she awful bad shaping.

Speaker 4 (13:48):
She's been beaten hard and off for a long time.
It's a brutal thing, and.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
I'm not surprised. Oh, how's up? She was living with
a brutal man?

Speaker 8 (13:59):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (13:59):
Yeah, uh, she must have been. She must have been hers.

Speaker 5 (14:04):
She's well, she's up in Kitty's room, but my smallest man.
I I'm having her stay in big for a.

Speaker 4 (14:09):
Few days, and she's got a lot of strength to catch.

Speaker 6 (14:12):
Up to me. Alright if I talk to her, Doc, Well,
I don't.

Speaker 1 (14:16):
Think you'll hurt her.

Speaker 4 (14:17):
Man.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
Oh, there's just one thing.

Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah, I was that.

Speaker 5 (14:19):
I'll try not to scared that that. She's scared enough already.

Speaker 1 (14:23):
I I'll try.

Speaker 2 (14:24):
But seeing me isn't what she's scared of.

Speaker 1 (14:26):
No, I guess you're right.

Speaker 8 (14:29):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (14:29):
I try to take it easier though.

Speaker 1 (14:30):
It Sure, Doc, I will. I'll see you later, alright

(14:55):
if I come in?

Speaker 5 (14:56):
Oh, man, sure, come on in.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
How are you kidding?

Speaker 8 (15:04):
Oh I'm fine, Mats, But that's more like say for
that poor thing upstairs.

Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
No, Uh, how's she feeling?

Speaker 1 (15:11):
Oh she doesn't feel very well.

Speaker 8 (15:13):
I don't suppose she'll be feeling very well for a
long long time. She's been through a lot.

Speaker 2 (15:17):
Yeah, Doc says I could come over and see her.

Speaker 8 (15:21):
Yeah, sure, not be easier her. Huh.

Speaker 2 (15:26):
I'm not gonna beat her, kiddy.

Speaker 5 (15:29):
Course not not.

Speaker 8 (15:30):
But those questions.

Speaker 1 (15:31):
It's time you and Doc realize something. What I'm not
asking questions to hurt anybody. The questions I ask made
just save her life. Sure, ma.

Speaker 2 (15:42):
Alright, let's go.

Speaker 8 (15:43):
Upstairs, Nellie, Nellie, Marshall, Dillon's here. He'd he'd like to

(16:05):
see you for a minute. Can I bring him in?
Bring him in?

Speaker 2 (16:18):
Uh?

Speaker 7 (16:18):
Hello, Milly Marshall.

Speaker 2 (16:22):
I uh like to ask you if your questions.

Speaker 8 (16:27):
He didn't get him.

Speaker 2 (16:28):
No, No, I didn't get him. I kill him mostly,
but uh hard got away.

Speaker 7 (16:37):
He'll be back.

Speaker 1 (16:40):
He'll be back for me, Marshall, Millie.

Speaker 2 (16:44):
I wanna keep him from hurting you. You believe that.

Speaker 7 (16:50):
I believe it.

Speaker 5 (16:52):
Nobody can stop him.

Speaker 8 (16:54):
He'll be back.

Speaker 6 (16:57):
He'll hurt me again.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
Not if I find him first.

Speaker 5 (17:00):
You won't find him.

Speaker 2 (17:01):
I might if you tell me where he might be
or he goes to hide up.

Speaker 5 (17:10):
I can't tell you anything.

Speaker 1 (17:12):
You know where he came from, Milly, Milly Milly, if
you tell me, it might save your life.

Speaker 5 (17:27):
But Salt, I'd like to tell you, but I can't.

Speaker 6 (17:33):
I can't, alright, kid, I'm scared to death.

Speaker 1 (17:40):
Yeah, uh, kitty'll know where I am.

Speaker 2 (17:46):
Milly. If you decide you wanna talk.

Speaker 5 (17:48):
To me, you'll be coming, and I know you will.

Speaker 8 (17:53):
I know it, Millie. Matt'll take care of him. M
he won't let him get you.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
Wait a minute, now, I sure hope not, kay, I
sure hope not.

Speaker 1 (18:17):
Another whiskey? Sure alright, I sure don't think much of
your whiskey. I don't think much of your town either.
Ain't nothing keeping you here?

Speaker 2 (18:36):
Is that strange?

Speaker 1 (18:38):
I got business here?

Speaker 2 (18:41):
What's too bad?

Speaker 1 (18:42):
You're not liking it? No, it ain't gonna be too
bad for me? Who you aiming for? I'm aiming for
that big Marshal. Well, now, I tell you, mister, better
men than you have aiming for Matt Dylan. They're keeping
company on Bootheell, he got my woman?

Speaker 8 (19:04):
She?

Speaker 1 (19:06):
Now what's funny? Just don't sound right? Matt Dillon taking
you a woman? That's uh. He's a man, and he
he's mad enough so that he don't have to go
around asking for other folks women. She must have been
willing I aim to finder. Besides, there's Ms Kitty. I

(19:27):
don't think she'd like it. Who's kiddy? She's been a
friend of the Marshalls a long time. She'd know about
any other woman.

Speaker 8 (19:36):
Kitty.

Speaker 1 (19:38):
She knows about everything that goes on.

Speaker 2 (19:40):
Is Uh?

Speaker 1 (19:40):
Where is she? She ain't hard to find, I said,
where is she? She owns part of the long Branch
down the street. She's there most of the time, and
I believe i'll pay her a call. Well do you have,

(20:10):
mister whiskey? Yeah, you.

Speaker 5 (20:17):
Got a girl here named Kitty.

Speaker 4 (20:21):
Oh, missus Kitty ain't here right now.

Speaker 8 (20:24):
Now.

Speaker 1 (20:24):
They told me i'd find her here. You got some
business with her? Yeah, I got some business with her,
and I come a long way.

Speaker 6 (20:35):
Well, it's the fact she's here most of the time.

Speaker 1 (20:38):
She's been staying up to her room the last few days,
thought tending the sick lady. A sick lady. Yeah, she
don't like to leave her much. But where does she live?

Speaker 4 (20:50):
My well, miss Kitty keeps the room with more small
he's down the street, but sure to be in for long.

Speaker 1 (20:58):
I ain't got time.

Speaker 6 (21:02):
Ry you didn't pay.

Speaker 5 (21:04):
For your whiskey, miss kidding paying for it? That's you, mad.

Speaker 8 (21:29):
Maden?

Speaker 7 (21:31):
Who are you?

Speaker 1 (21:32):
I wanna see the sick lady?

Speaker 8 (21:34):
Now, just a minute to.

Speaker 1 (21:37):
Get out of my way.

Speaker 8 (21:39):
You can't go in there.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
There ain't nobody keeping me out. And you just stay
right down there and you won't get hurt no more, no, no, please.

Speaker 2 (22:00):
And don't worry, Milly.

Speaker 1 (22:03):
I ain't gonna hit you hard. I ain't gonna hit
you no more trouble. You deserve it, though, don't you,
Milly running off with a marshall that way, turning me in.

Speaker 5 (22:15):
I didn't do it.

Speaker 8 (22:16):
I didn't do it.

Speaker 5 (22:16):
Don't hurt me.

Speaker 1 (22:18):
Really, I ain't gonna hurt you hardly at all, least
wise you won't hurt long, not.

Speaker 5 (22:23):
At no wrong.

Speaker 1 (22:27):
I'll get to you next, you.

Speaker 5 (22:28):
Know you won't.

Speaker 1 (22:30):
You put that lamp down, put on fire only o far?
Somebody put it out worth to fire A right kind
of sights planking.

Speaker 5 (22:46):
Over carry I think it's.

Speaker 6 (22:57):
Out, alright, Yeah, all right, get up, you come on.

Speaker 5 (23:06):
She had no call to burn me.

Speaker 2 (23:08):
He didn't burn you better enough.

Speaker 8 (23:10):
I'm sorry, Madick. I didn't know what to do.

Speaker 6 (23:12):
He had that knife, all right, kitty, But.

Speaker 8 (23:14):
It's a terrible thing to burn a man.

Speaker 2 (23:16):
Don't worry about it.

Speaker 8 (23:18):
Is he gonna live through it?

Speaker 5 (23:19):
All right?

Speaker 2 (23:20):
Yeah, he'll live through it.

Speaker 1 (23:23):
Long enough to go a trial anyway. All right, come on, Chester,
let's get him out of here. But he's been directed
in Hollywood by Norman McDonald. Stars William Conrad as Matt
Villan u S.

Speaker 6 (23:40):
Marshall.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
The story was specially writing for guns work by Mariam
Park with editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the
cast were Big Barron, Jean Bates, Harry Bartel, Barney Phillips
and Sam Edwards. Harley Bear is Chester, Howry mcneer is
Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kidding
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