November 20, 2024 • 29 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
In a Moment James Stewart as the six Shooter. Tomorrow
night Here on NBC, there's a complete lineup of both
music and laughter for you. On the musical side, there's
The Dinah Shore Show, followed by Songs with Sinatra for humor,
The Bob Hope Show, followed by The Phil Harris Alas
Fay Show. Then comes Can You Top This? And Your
Nightly Visit with Fiber McGhee and Molly. A great Friday
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night lineup of programs, all of them heard only on NBC.
James Stewart as the six Shooter. The man in the
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saddle is angular and long legged. His skin is sun
dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel
and rainbow mother of pearl. It's handle unmarked. People call
them both the Sick Shooter. The NBC Radio Network presents
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James Stewart as The Sick Shooter, a transcribed series of
radio dramas based on the life of Britt Ponsett, the
Texas Plainsmen who wandered through the Western territories, leaving behind
a trail of still remembered legends.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
He'll be torning in here, Michael Huh. As long as
they're going into town anyway we can be seen whether
they're might be anything. Homer Duntee is needed.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
We've got enough to do pad just getting the things
we need for ourselves.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Oh now, what kind of an you, Michael o'harry. We'll
turn in. I say, okay, okay, that's one thing that
you don't have to be learning. A man can't look
for himself. And there's many a time mister Dundee has
done us a favor. Mister Dunphee, it's shot the heart
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of mister Danfield's.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I don't see no sign him.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Maybe he's gone into town hisself. I don't don't be
in such a hurry now. The least we can do
is a Michael, you listen though them cows. There's something
the matter with mister Danielle's cows reckon here hungry for
that's what sounds like to me. That's more than a hunger,
the troubling the animals. Come on, boy, have a look.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
On Michael, all right, Like it's not mister Danfield ain't
gonna appreciate us, but into his affairs. He's always been
able to run this farm without any care.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Would you look? Ah ha, Yeah, they've not been milk.
That's what it is. The sons in the to let
uskin and they've not been milked.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Yeah, you there.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Was something wrong here. It's fat it the minute we
pulled up in the yard, so I did.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Maybe mister Danfield sick.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Maybe that's it.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
I'm sure, and I hope that's all it is. But
when I get one of these foreboding feelings, well, mister Danfield,
we'll try it boss. See if it's like, Oh no,
I don't know. It doesn't seem right to enter another
man's house when he's not, for his own sake in it.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Here the home will even note, explain the way.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
What is Mike over there across the room by it?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
So Michael's mister Dunfield. Oh oh, he's been shot back
real bad, but there's the spark of life left into him,
which you got the doctor Michael's cassage. You can. And
I say here till you came the sheriff to the sheriff,
you best bring the sheriff that poor mister Dunfield.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
I'd expected to reach Pearl City before nightfall, but looked
like I'd been a mite optimistic. The sky had already
lost most of its color. And I still had a
good fifteen miles to go, so I slowed scar down
to a walk.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Easible easy, wooed us.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Yeah, I started looking around for a place to make camp.
It didn't really much matter when I got to town
and the spring round ups were sure to be over,
and a day or two one way or the other wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Make any difference about my finding the summer job.
Speaker 6 (04:43):
Besides, being out in the range for another night, I'd
probably get a lot more sleep than a wood in any.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Of those hotel beds.
Speaker 6 (04:50):
Well about a mile further on I I spun a
little flicker of light behind a couple of gray green boulders,
and when I rode up closed so I heard somebody
singing and playing a guitar.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Ah, it looked like I.
Speaker 6 (05:08):
Wasn't the only one in the rains, haven't I?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I see?
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Oh, hodie adi, Wow, it sounds real pleasant.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Mind if I use your fire for spell.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Get more and welcome to it.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Mr.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Climb down from your horse and make yourself at home.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Aw I ain't sure much.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
I'm eating up some beans findy for both of us.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
I was mighty considered of it, but I've got some
grub lem on here.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
That's no point in wasting it is there.
Speaker 8 (05:44):
Like I said, I got more enough here, that is,
if you don't mind eating beans.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
No, no, no, I reckon, That's what I'm carrying too.
My name's Poncert Brett Poncard.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
Well I'll be done.
Speaker 8 (05:56):
H I sure heard about you, mister concert, not gun
of yours.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
Uh, I'm Toby Yaeger.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Please mate you yagger. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
Just let me get my guitar out of your way
so you can sit down.
Speaker 6 (06:10):
Oh thanks, I hope I didn't interrupt your singing. That
sounded real pretty.
Speaker 8 (06:16):
That just sort of helps pass the time, especially when
I'm alone to get a try tune.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
Mister Ponton, Oh.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
No, no, I'm I'm afraid I'm not much of a singer.
You just go right ahead.
Speaker 8 (06:28):
Well, ain't anybody gonna hear us, excepting a few coyotes
and then not likely to be very critical. But he said,
so we give our vocal cords a little exercise while
we're waiting for them beans to heat up.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Well, as I saw on, you know, I like.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
That third vorce.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Oh be the.
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Drum slowly and play the fire slowly.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Come on, sponson, play the dead March you carry me along.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
The Green?
Speaker 9 (07:00):
Really weally the song army for a young cow boy?
Speaker 4 (07:08):
No, why down roll, George?
Speaker 6 (07:17):
Sounds like we were mistaken about those coyotes. Here you
hear it's one of their favorite I guess.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
So how about.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
You providing some music now for me? He's the guitar.
Speaker 6 (07:28):
No, no, I'm sorry. I just don't play at all.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Oh, come on, you're joshing me.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Pine said, no, no, no, I'm afraid I don't know
the first thing about it.
Speaker 8 (07:38):
Well, most any cowboy can get a tune out of
a guitar.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Maybe so, maybe so. But it just seems like I
never had much of an ear for music.
Speaker 8 (07:46):
You don't need no heir, here, come on, let me
show you. Huh you just watched my fingers. Yeah, I
don't see there's nothing to it.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Wow?
Speaker 7 (07:57):
Yeah, simple enough, ain't it.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Do what I'll do. I'll make the cords and you
do the strumming.
Speaker 8 (08:04):
Oh you go ahead, go ahead and strum.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
The strumming parts a little leisier than the cordon though.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Oh, it's all easy once you get the hang of it.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
And give me your left hand, your left hand.
Speaker 8 (08:23):
I'll put your fingers where they belong. To the first chord,
you know, yeah, yeah, okay, strum.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Well let's see.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
All right, all right, here's the next cord, you know here,
here's the third one.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
There I'll be doing.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Yeah, yeah, this is kind of fun what it is?
Speaker 8 (08:45):
Course it is now you do them yourself, those three chords.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
I just touch you.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Oh you mean no, you do them all along?
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Well, uh, now, this contraption just doesn't for me.
Speaker 8 (09:04):
Oh, you mustn't give up. You had a little more practice,
you'd be a first rate guitar player.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
No, I was my mighty flatter and you I but
I think I'd better stick to muhamma. Well, you go
right ahead and now play some more on that that too.
And you were trying to teach me that sound real critty?
I mean this one, Yeah, I don't think I've ever.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Heard that before, have I?
Speaker 8 (09:27):
Or it's brand new? Folks back Easter rolls, ain't it?
But they ain't got this far west yet?
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Are you from these?
Speaker 2 (09:34):
No?
Speaker 7 (09:34):
No, Utah is my home.
Speaker 8 (09:37):
That's been a couple of months in Chicago last winter
where I picked up this tune.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
I said she didn't got into city life.
Speaker 8 (09:45):
Mister concert, I added back this way, first chance, I
got been laying track for the Santa Pay. That's all
Iron reaches Pearl City.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Now, Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Yeah, but they had to stop there for a spell,
and some legal ruckers about the right of way, so
it took my pay bought myself that mayor beyond it
mosey gone.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
M h m.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
I know what it is about this song.
Speaker 8 (10:12):
Once you heard it, it just sort of sticks with you.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Yeah, silver threads among the gold at the.
Speaker 9 (10:20):
Title, doll and I am growing old silver threads among
the gold shine upon my brow. To day life is
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thin and fast away.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
But my darling, you will be, will be all always young.
Speaker 7 (10:54):
And fair to me.
Speaker 9 (10:58):
Yes, my and you will be.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Oh was young man.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Too?
Speaker 10 (11:15):
Oh that's real nice, Jager, Oh god, oh oh there
they are again.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
He's got some more versus. That's the only one I
can remember. If you can't.
Speaker 6 (11:33):
Enjoined them, No, No, I think I bothered the coyotes
enough for one.
Speaker 8 (11:37):
Even Well, it looks like them beans are getting hot.
I suppose we can interrupt our concert to laughter suffer.
Probably sound better on a full stomach anyhow, No, I
don't know, Jager.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
In my case, I reckon wouldn't make much difference. Well,
we had our fellow beans and then Jager picked up
his guitar, and it's more singing. I what with the
music and all? I felt kind of sleepy, so I
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spread out in the bedroll. Last thing I remember is
hearing that guitar as I dropped off. The next morning,
after we had breakfast, Jagger headed on south and I
swung north towards Pearl City. A couple hours later, I
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was riding past the farms just this side of town.
I noticed a bugy in four or five forces pulled
up in Homer Danfield's front yard. M home had always
lived alone ever since I could remember, never had been
much of a man for company either, So I turned off.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
The road into the lane leading to the house.
Speaker 6 (12:51):
Sean o'harre was sitting on the steps Whitland, and besides
the pile of shavings at his feet, figured he'd been
doing for quite a spell. Woooo oh, Sean huh Hi's
Mary may Red Ponsett.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Oh, why for goodness sake, mister Ponst, I never had
no idea you was in these parts. Lorry fsh me
for you come?
Speaker 4 (13:18):
What are you talking about? Sh?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
What's a terrible thing? That's happened to Homer Dunefield. What
him him lying in there right now, harboring between life
and death.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
So he is no well, I'm sorry to hear that
he is pretty sick.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Huh. I spig shocked, mister ponst the big hole right
over his chest? Is that?
Speaker 4 (13:35):
So?
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Here was a long about noontime yesterday when we found him,
miss and Michael and miss hell, oh that poor man.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
Who well, just what happened Sean?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Well, now, if you ask me, it was a seafood
done it? Joan run from the looks of his house.
Somebody turned things every which way searching for valuables. Besides,
anybody you knew Homer duntil anybody from around Pearl City,
that is, did have no call to try to kill him.
There was a well liked man, mister Ponce, he sure was,
and the doctor's staying with him almost twenty four hours now,
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and sure if gentry too. But you know what, a
poor Homer is not breathed a conscious breath during the
whole day in the night that followed. Yeah, and like
as not, he'll never be able to tell us just
exactly what.
Speaker 11 (14:16):
Oh hello, share eh, oh hardy breath where'd you come from?
Speaker 6 (14:20):
Ah, just passed through on the way to town. And
Charsman tell me about Homer.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
It has there been any improvement, sheriff.
Speaker 11 (14:28):
Well, I wouldn't exactly call it an improvement. He did
come to for a couple of minutes.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
You don't see.
Speaker 11 (14:33):
Yeah, he told me what he could, and I'm afraid
it won't do much good. The fellow broke in night
before last, long about midnight. It was a stranger. Homer
had never seen him before, and he didn't get a
very good look at him either.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Him. He was trying to rob mister Dunfielde's that's what happened.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Yeah, yeah, that's the way it was.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Aha.
Speaker 11 (14:49):
Homer heard him crawling around in the parlor and come downstairs.
The fellow that fly with a slug caught Homer right
on the shoulder, and he's lost a lot of blood.
The doctor thinks maybe his lungs and nick.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Too, Yeah, not sure, too bad.
Speaker 11 (15:02):
Yeah, well, not much I can do without a description evidence,
sure no.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
One couldn't he tell you anything at all about the man.
Speaker 11 (15:10):
As far as Homer can recollect, he was medium height,
medium build. That's about all except for the song. He
was singing his song. Yeah, Homer didn't pass out right
after he shot entirely. He remembers hearing the fellow searching
around and humming and singing to himself while he was
at it, something about silver and gold and getting old
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from the ring too clear in his own mind. And
as far as I can tell, it's the song I
never heard before.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
You already heard. Son.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
No, don't sign familiar to me.
Speaker 5 (15:40):
What about you, Britt, Britt, I've heard a share, huh.
Speaker 6 (15:46):
At least I've heard something mighty similar, mighty similar.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
We'll return to James Stuart as the sick shooter in
just a moment. Our country was founded by men who
had faith in God and who were willing to endure
hardship and sacrifice for the sake of that faith. In
these troubled times, there is need to support a way
of life based on the enduring principles of religion, which
knit the family together, make for good citizenship, and build
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the character of the children. The religious institutions in your
community need your interest and support, so take an active
part in religious affairs. Your pastor, rabbi, or priest will
give you invaluable family counsel and aid. If you're a
newcomer to the community. To face the problems of the future,
America must be morally strong, and that moral strength comes
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through worship and faith.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Go to church this week and take someone with.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
You now, Act two of the six Shooter, starring James Stewart.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
As Britt pons it.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
Well.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
I told Sheriff Jennal about running in a Toby Jeger
and his guitar about the tune Toby tried to teach me.
Of course, that didn't prove that Jeger had anything to
do with shooting Homer dan Field, even though it was
a new song. We like Toby said, it was popular
back east and there might be other folks who knew
it out west too. But Yeger had been around Pearl
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City lately.
Speaker 4 (17:38):
He told me so himself. He was a medium sized
man and a stranger. So I gave the sheriff all
the details I do.
Speaker 11 (17:48):
Yeah, well, it sure ain't much to go on, but
it's something I reckon.
Speaker 5 (17:51):
I gotta get started.
Speaker 11 (17:52):
HM, tell you the truth, Britt, doctor him figure Homer
the last more than another day or two. And if
we don't get this Yegger fellow back before he as
you were saying that he sung a certain song. I
ain't going to convict him of murder, No, of course not.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
Well, let's go.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Well, you don't need me share.
Speaker 11 (18:07):
I need somebody to pick up this fellow's trail and
point him out to me, don't I.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
Well, I could tell you.
Speaker 5 (18:12):
Oh, we're just wasting time.
Speaker 11 (18:13):
But if we're going after this man, let's get start,
all right, all right, shaff all right.
Speaker 6 (18:23):
It took us a couple hours to ride back to
the place where Jaeger and I had camped for the night.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
When we'd split up. He said he was heading south,
so the sheriff and I looked around.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
For his trail that way. He didn't have too much
trouble finding it. There was only one thing. He hadn't
gone south at least why it is not for very long.
As soon as he hit Little Creek, a mile or
so from the camp, he turned west towards Saddle Mountain.
We were able to make pretty good time the rest
of the day, and that.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Trail didn't look like he was in too much of
a hurry, so I figured maybe we've been gaining on him.
Speaker 6 (19:01):
We didn't stop for supper, We just kept right on going,
and even after nightfall there was enough moon so we
could still make out these tracks. Well about nine o'clock
we were moving through the paths between the Saddle Mountain
and Porcupine Peak. We're getting pretty high up too, not
very many trees, just a scrub pine every once in
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a while, easy scrub. Oh oh oh they hold up
him in a chair.
Speaker 10 (19:29):
Huh I I.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Thought I heard something.
Speaker 6 (19:34):
Uh uh I guess I was wrong, or maybe maybe
the winds change or here.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
No, no, there it is again.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You had Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:46):
Yeah, he must be up there, right around that bed,
and think we better move in on foot.
Speaker 8 (19:52):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (19:53):
I rode up on him last night. He seemed tame
and uh well okay.
Speaker 7 (20:00):
No, uh.
Speaker 5 (20:11):
Well where'd you walk? Hello, Yeager?
Speaker 9 (20:14):
Why ms concert thought you was heading the other way?
Speaker 6 (20:17):
Yeah, I started to change my mind, go back to
another gift. Letn't that No, not exactly, Jagger. This is
Clayton General from Pearl City.
Speaker 7 (20:28):
Hidy, mister gentle you uh.
Speaker 6 (20:32):
You two never met up before, Jager, while you were
working on the Pearl City. Oh no, not that I
recollect Why mentor General's a sheriff.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Uh yeah, that's right.
Speaker 8 (20:45):
Well I was only endowed for a few days and
I was sort of my good behavior at least was I.
Speaker 7 (20:50):
I never had no run in with the law. Yeah,
there's something I can do for you gents.
Speaker 6 (20:57):
Jagger, a fellow was shot the other day, shot and
robbed farmer just outside of town. Oh, he didn't recognize
the man who did it. He remembers one thing about
him though a song he was singing.
Speaker 8 (21:12):
Well, I I recogniz ain't the only man that gives
out with a song once in a while, am I No?
Speaker 7 (21:19):
No?
Speaker 4 (21:20):
But this particular song, well, it's the one you played
for me last night.
Speaker 7 (21:26):
I played a lot of songs for you last night, mister.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
Ponts, Silver Threads among the Gold, that was the name
of it. Well, you said it was a new tune,
as I recall, we picked it up back east.
Speaker 4 (21:39):
Did that? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (21:41):
Well, ain't you uh kind of jump into conclusions, mister Ponson.
Speaker 11 (21:46):
Nobody's accuriousing you of anything. Agger, Well, then just what
is it you want? I want you to come back
to Pearl City with me. Let Homer Danfield take a
good look at you. See if we can identify you Danfield.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Yeah, that's the man that was shot.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
He's still a huh do you think he was? Dad? Yegger.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Oh, I didn't think nothing about it one way or
the other.
Speaker 5 (22:06):
How much money you got with you? Forty fifty dollars mine?
Showing it to me.
Speaker 8 (22:12):
Money looks all the same, don't it. Yeah, okay, okay, yeah, money.
Speaker 11 (22:23):
Forty five, forty eight, forty eight dollars.
Speaker 7 (22:27):
Oh, that's what I said about fifty bucks.
Speaker 11 (22:29):
That's what mister Danfield had stolen from his China cabinet,
about fifty dollars.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
The money's mine. I was working for the Santa Fe.
Speaker 7 (22:36):
They just paid me off the other day.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
You were wearing a gun. I say, we're so used
those ponzi I'll take it. Sure, all right, Jagger, let's go.
You want to get started right now. As soon as
you're ready.
Speaker 8 (22:50):
It will take me a couple of minutes to get
my pack together and my horse saddled. I'll give you
a hand, Thank you, Thank you, mister Pans. Yeah, here,
do you mind fastening this on to the back of
my She wouldn't wanna go up and leave, might get
to her behind.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
Yeah, yeah, I'll take care of it for you.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Well.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
We rode all night, the three of us. Nobody did
much talking, but every once in a while Jagger had
let loose with some humming and singing, and he sure
didn't seem very worried about.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
What would happen when he came face to face with
dan fil I couldn't make up my mind. Maybe it
was just that he had a clear conscience, or maybe
he was tripping up a good front for our benefit. Anyway, along,
about six o'clock in the morning, we were riding past
the O'Hara farm. That meant we were almost there. Danfield's
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place would be next. John o'caron came running out of
the barn carrying a pail of milk. When he saw us,
he set the milk down and gave a holler, Oh
Scott money.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Sean, A ha, tell you found the fellow you were
looking for the tacret.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
How we found him?
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Well, let short tour guide you into all this trouble.
What do you mean poor mister dunpeel, he is no
longer with us. Nope, he passed away a little before
midnight last night, rested.
Speaker 11 (24:17):
So tell me, Sean, did he say anything more before
he died?
Speaker 3 (24:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Share it not a word?
Speaker 4 (24:22):
You see.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Well, what looks like you won't have no more use
for me.
Speaker 8 (24:28):
Share you ain't can prefer charges of murder just on
account of the song I had to sing a concert
on him.
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Well, well, I guess he's right, Sharon.
Speaker 11 (24:39):
Yeah, all right, diego, here's your money and your gun.
Speaker 7 (24:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (24:45):
Well, it's a long chance, my boy, Cieger.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Yeah, I don't know whether you had anything to do
with this or not. I guess nobody'll ever know for certain. You,
I guess that's so, but you'll know it. Yeah, and
if you did it all the rest of your life,
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you'll know it.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
At all. You want to call me punt?
Speaker 4 (25:12):
That's all?
Speaker 5 (25:14):
That's so long? What do you think, Britt?
Speaker 4 (25:21):
Could you do it? Sure? If I just don't know.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
There's some coffee in the kitchen.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
If you'd be liking a cup, Thanks Sean, But i'd
better get in town.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Hey, how about you and mister pons Yeah, I.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
Reckon I could use a cup coffee.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
Well, I'll be seeing you.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Take it easy, sure, Sorry you had.
Speaker 5 (25:40):
That ride for nothing, Britt.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
It's all right. I guess I brought on myself.
Speaker 8 (25:44):
So on.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
The kitchen's joys are on this way, mister Ponsit that
sure was a shame about Homer dumfa.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Boy. Oh, now it's about time you gotta help young man.
You remember mister punt, so don't you?
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Well? Sure, Hi, Brick, I'm just fine. Mike.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Hey, what are you doing with Toby Yeager's your friend
of your.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
No, not exactly. What did you know him, Mike?
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Well, he was working over on the railroad. We met
a couple of times, played poker over at Red Philpot.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Oh, Michael, I told you you can't afford to be
losing your money.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
I never lost, pa, not when Toby was in the game. Why,
he's got the worst luck any man ever played with.
Take the other night railroad paid him off and he
lost every cent of it.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Oh what night was that, Mike? Was that the night
Homer Danfield was shot?
Speaker 11 (26:35):
Well, come to think of it, I guess it was.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
I say, I say, alright, I think maybe I'll skip
that coffee for the time being.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Sean, thanks anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Yanger, yanger?
Speaker 7 (27:06):
Oh what is it now? Font?
Speaker 4 (27:11):
But you and me go into town?
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Huh?
Speaker 4 (27:13):
What for?
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Easygo?
Speaker 6 (27:14):
He at forty eight dollars you're carrying? That doesn't sound
a fey money. What do you mean you lost your
pay the other night in a poker game all of it. Oh,
where'd you get the forty eight dollars? Ygger?
Speaker 7 (27:30):
What might be kind of hard to explain? Ponset.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
It sure would.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
Looks like you was wrong, don't it.
Speaker 4 (27:37):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (27:38):
Well, you said, if I was a fella who shot him,
nobody'd know it except me.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
You shot him? Uh sure, cause then I was wrong.
Maybe we'd better go back to Pearl City.
Speaker 5 (27:54):
Huh sure.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Mm.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
The six Shooter is a transcribed NBC Radio Network production
in association with Review Productions. It is based on a
character created by Frank Burt and has written by him.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
Mister Stewart may currently be seen.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
In the Universal International Picture The Glenn Miller Story. Others
in the cast were Ben Wright, Bert Holland, Will Wright,
and Barney Phillips, who played Toby.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
The guitarist was Bob Bain.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Special music for this program was by Basil Adlam, and
the entire production is under the direction of Jack Johnstone.
All characters and incidents were fictitious, and any resemblance to
actual characters or incidents is purely coincidental. Oh, by the way,
you'll be interested in knowing that The six Shooter has
been chosen for broadcast where men overseas through the facilities
of the Armed Forces Radio Services.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
This is John Wall's peaking.
Speaker 4 (29:23):
McDonald.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Kerrey stars in Jason and the Golden Fleece tonight on
the NBC Radio network.
In a Moment James Stewart as the six Shooter. Tomorrow
night Here on NBC, there's a complete lineup of both
music and laughter for you. On the musical side, there's
The Dinah Shore Show, followed by Songs with Sinatra for humor,
The Bob Hope Show, followed by The Phil Harris Alas
Fay Show. Then comes Can You Top This? And Your
Nightly Visit with Fiber McGhee and Molly. A great Friday
(00:33):
night lineup of programs, all of them heard only on NBC.
James Stewart as the six Shooter. The man in the
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saddle is angular and long legged. His skin is sun
dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel
and rainbow mother of pearl. It's handle unmarked. People call
them both the Sick Shooter. The NBC Radio Network presents
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James Stewart as The Sick Shooter, a transcribed series of
radio dramas based on the life of Britt Ponsett, the
Texas Plainsmen who wandered through the Western territories, leaving behind
a trail of still remembered legends.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
He'll be torning in here, Michael Huh. As long as
they're going into town anyway we can be seen whether
they're might be anything. Homer Duntee is needed.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
We've got enough to do pad just getting the things
we need for ourselves.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Oh now, what kind of an you, Michael o'harry. We'll
turn in. I say, okay, okay, that's one thing that
you don't have to be learning. A man can't look
for himself. And there's many a time mister Dundee has
done us a favor. Mister Dunphee, it's shot the heart
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of mister Danfield's.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I don't see no sign him.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Maybe he's gone into town hisself. I don't don't be
in such a hurry now. The least we can do
is a Michael, you listen though them cows. There's something
the matter with mister Danielle's cows reckon here hungry for
that's what sounds like to me. That's more than a hunger,
the troubling the animals. Come on, boy, have a look.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
On Michael, all right, Like it's not mister Danfield ain't
gonna appreciate us, but into his affairs. He's always been
able to run this farm without any care.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Would you look? Ah ha, Yeah, they've not been milk.
That's what it is. The sons in the to let
uskin and they've not been milked.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Yeah, you there.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Was something wrong here. It's fat it the minute we
pulled up in the yard, so I did.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Maybe mister Danfield sick.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Maybe that's it.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
I'm sure, and I hope that's all it is. But
when I get one of these foreboding feelings, well, mister Danfield,
we'll try it boss. See if it's like, Oh no,
I don't know. It doesn't seem right to enter another
man's house when he's not, for his own sake in it.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Here the home will even note, explain the way.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
What is Mike over there across the room by it?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
So Michael's mister Dunfield. Oh oh, he's been shot back
real bad, but there's the spark of life left into him,
which you got the doctor Michael's cassage. You can. And
I say here till you came the sheriff to the sheriff,
you best bring the sheriff that poor mister Dunfield.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
I'd expected to reach Pearl City before nightfall, but looked
like I'd been a mite optimistic. The sky had already
lost most of its color. And I still had a
good fifteen miles to go, so I slowed scar down
to a walk.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Easible easy, wooed us.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Yeah, I started looking around for a place to make camp.
It didn't really much matter when I got to town
and the spring round ups were sure to be over,
and a day or two one way or the other wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Make any difference about my finding the summer job.
Speaker 6 (04:43):
Besides, being out in the range for another night, I'd
probably get a lot more sleep than a wood in any.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Of those hotel beds.
Speaker 6 (04:50):
Well about a mile further on I I spun a
little flicker of light behind a couple of gray green boulders,
and when I rode up closed so I heard somebody
singing and playing a guitar.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Ah, it looked like I.
Speaker 6 (05:08):
Wasn't the only one in the rains, haven't I?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I see?
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Oh, hodie adi, Wow, it sounds real pleasant.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Mind if I use your fire for spell.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Get more and welcome to it.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Mr.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Climb down from your horse and make yourself at home.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Aw I ain't sure much.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
I'm eating up some beans findy for both of us.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
I was mighty considered of it, but I've got some
grub lem on here.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
That's no point in wasting it is there.
Speaker 8 (05:44):
Like I said, I got more enough here, that is,
if you don't mind eating beans.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
No, no, no, I reckon, That's what I'm carrying too.
My name's Poncert Brett Poncard.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
Well I'll be done.
Speaker 8 (05:56):
H I sure heard about you, mister concert, not gun
of yours.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
Uh, I'm Toby Yaeger.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Please mate you yagger. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
Just let me get my guitar out of your way
so you can sit down.
Speaker 6 (06:10):
Oh thanks, I hope I didn't interrupt your singing. That
sounded real pretty.
Speaker 8 (06:16):
That just sort of helps pass the time, especially when
I'm alone to get a try tune.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
Mister Ponton, Oh.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
No, no, I'm I'm afraid I'm not much of a singer.
You just go right ahead.
Speaker 8 (06:28):
Well, ain't anybody gonna hear us, excepting a few coyotes
and then not likely to be very critical. But he said,
so we give our vocal cords a little exercise while
we're waiting for them beans to heat up.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Well, as I saw on, you know, I like.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
That third vorce.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Oh be the.
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Drum slowly and play the fire slowly.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Come on, sponson, play the dead March you carry me along.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
The Green?
Speaker 9 (07:00):
Really weally the song army for a young cow boy?
Speaker 4 (07:08):
No, why down roll, George?
Speaker 6 (07:17):
Sounds like we were mistaken about those coyotes. Here you
hear it's one of their favorite I guess.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
So how about.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
You providing some music now for me? He's the guitar.
Speaker 6 (07:28):
No, no, I'm sorry. I just don't play at all.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Oh, come on, you're joshing me.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Pine said, no, no, no, I'm afraid I don't know
the first thing about it.
Speaker 8 (07:38):
Well, most any cowboy can get a tune out of
a guitar.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Maybe so, maybe so. But it just seems like I
never had much of an ear for music.
Speaker 8 (07:46):
You don't need no heir, here, come on, let me
show you. Huh you just watched my fingers. Yeah, I
don't see there's nothing to it.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Wow?
Speaker 7 (07:57):
Yeah, simple enough, ain't it.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Do what I'll do. I'll make the cords and you
do the strumming.
Speaker 8 (08:04):
Oh you go ahead, go ahead and strum.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
The strumming parts a little leisier than the cordon though.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Oh, it's all easy once you get the hang of it.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
And give me your left hand, your left hand.
Speaker 8 (08:23):
I'll put your fingers where they belong. To the first chord,
you know, yeah, yeah, okay, strum.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Well let's see.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
All right, all right, here's the next cord, you know here,
here's the third one.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
There I'll be doing.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Yeah, yeah, this is kind of fun what it is?
Speaker 8 (08:45):
Course it is now you do them yourself, those three chords.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
I just touch you.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Oh you mean no, you do them all along?
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Well, uh, now, this contraption just doesn't for me.
Speaker 8 (09:04):
Oh, you mustn't give up. You had a little more practice,
you'd be a first rate guitar player.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
No, I was my mighty flatter and you I but
I think I'd better stick to muhamma. Well, you go
right ahead and now play some more on that that too.
And you were trying to teach me that sound real critty?
I mean this one, Yeah, I don't think I've ever.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Heard that before, have I?
Speaker 8 (09:27):
Or it's brand new? Folks back Easter rolls, ain't it?
But they ain't got this far west yet?
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Are you from these?
Speaker 2 (09:34):
No?
Speaker 7 (09:34):
No, Utah is my home.
Speaker 8 (09:37):
That's been a couple of months in Chicago last winter
where I picked up this tune.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
I said she didn't got into city life.
Speaker 8 (09:45):
Mister concert, I added back this way, first chance, I
got been laying track for the Santa Pay. That's all
Iron reaches Pearl City.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Now, Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Yeah, but they had to stop there for a spell,
and some legal ruckers about the right of way, so
it took my pay bought myself that mayor beyond it
mosey gone.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
M h m.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
I know what it is about this song.
Speaker 8 (10:12):
Once you heard it, it just sort of sticks with you.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Yeah, silver threads among the gold at the.
Speaker 9 (10:20):
Title, doll and I am growing old silver threads among
the gold shine upon my brow. To day life is
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thin and fast away.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
But my darling, you will be, will be all always young.
Speaker 7 (10:54):
And fair to me.
Speaker 9 (10:58):
Yes, my and you will be.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Oh was young man.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Too?
Speaker 10 (11:15):
Oh that's real nice, Jager, Oh god, oh oh there
they are again.
Speaker 5 (11:29):
He's got some more versus. That's the only one I
can remember. If you can't.
Speaker 6 (11:33):
Enjoined them, No, No, I think I bothered the coyotes
enough for one.
Speaker 8 (11:37):
Even Well, it looks like them beans are getting hot.
I suppose we can interrupt our concert to laughter suffer.
Probably sound better on a full stomach anyhow, No, I
don't know, Jager.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
In my case, I reckon wouldn't make much difference. Well,
we had our fellow beans and then Jager picked up
his guitar, and it's more singing. I what with the
music and all? I felt kind of sleepy, so I
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spread out in the bedroll. Last thing I remember is
hearing that guitar as I dropped off. The next morning,
after we had breakfast, Jagger headed on south and I
swung north towards Pearl City. A couple hours later, I
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was riding past the farms just this side of town.
I noticed a bugy in four or five forces pulled
up in Homer Danfield's front yard. M home had always
lived alone ever since I could remember, never had been
much of a man for company either, So I turned off.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
The road into the lane leading to the house.
Speaker 6 (12:51):
Sean o'harre was sitting on the steps Whitland, and besides
the pile of shavings at his feet, figured he'd been
doing for quite a spell. Woooo oh, Sean huh Hi's
Mary may Red Ponsett.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Oh, why for goodness sake, mister Ponst, I never had
no idea you was in these parts. Lorry fsh me
for you come?
Speaker 4 (13:18):
What are you talking about? Sh?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
What's a terrible thing? That's happened to Homer Dunefield. What
him him lying in there right now, harboring between life
and death.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
So he is no well, I'm sorry to hear that
he is pretty sick.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Huh. I spig shocked, mister ponst the big hole right
over his chest? Is that?
Speaker 4 (13:35):
So?
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Here was a long about noontime yesterday when we found him,
miss and Michael and miss hell, oh that poor man.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
Who well, just what happened Sean?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Well, now, if you ask me, it was a seafood
done it? Joan run from the looks of his house.
Somebody turned things every which way searching for valuables. Besides,
anybody you knew Homer duntil anybody from around Pearl City,
that is, did have no call to try to kill him.
There was a well liked man, mister Ponce, he sure was,
and the doctor's staying with him almost twenty four hours now,
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and sure if gentry too. But you know what, a
poor Homer is not breathed a conscious breath during the
whole day in the night that followed. Yeah, and like
as not, he'll never be able to tell us just
exactly what.
Speaker 11 (14:16):
Oh hello, share eh, oh hardy breath where'd you come from?
Speaker 6 (14:20):
Ah, just passed through on the way to town. And
Charsman tell me about Homer.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
It has there been any improvement, sheriff.
Speaker 11 (14:28):
Well, I wouldn't exactly call it an improvement. He did
come to for a couple of minutes.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
You don't see.
Speaker 11 (14:33):
Yeah, he told me what he could, and I'm afraid
it won't do much good. The fellow broke in night
before last, long about midnight. It was a stranger. Homer
had never seen him before, and he didn't get a
very good look at him either.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Him. He was trying to rob mister Dunfielde's that's what happened.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Yeah, yeah, that's the way it was.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Aha.
Speaker 11 (14:49):
Homer heard him crawling around in the parlor and come downstairs.
The fellow that fly with a slug caught Homer right
on the shoulder, and he's lost a lot of blood.
The doctor thinks maybe his lungs and nick.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Too, Yeah, not sure, too bad.
Speaker 11 (15:02):
Yeah, well, not much I can do without a description evidence,
sure no.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
One couldn't he tell you anything at all about the man.
Speaker 11 (15:10):
As far as Homer can recollect, he was medium height,
medium build. That's about all except for the song. He
was singing his song. Yeah, Homer didn't pass out right
after he shot entirely. He remembers hearing the fellow searching
around and humming and singing to himself while he was
at it, something about silver and gold and getting old
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from the ring too clear in his own mind. And
as far as I can tell, it's the song I
never heard before.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
You already heard. Son.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
No, don't sign familiar to me.
Speaker 5 (15:40):
What about you, Britt, Britt, I've heard a share, huh.
Speaker 6 (15:46):
At least I've heard something mighty similar, mighty similar.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
We'll return to James Stuart as the sick shooter in
just a moment. Our country was founded by men who
had faith in God and who were willing to endure
hardship and sacrifice for the sake of that faith. In
these troubled times, there is need to support a way
of life based on the enduring principles of religion, which
knit the family together, make for good citizenship, and build
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the character of the children. The religious institutions in your
community need your interest and support, so take an active
part in religious affairs. Your pastor, rabbi, or priest will
give you invaluable family counsel and aid. If you're a
newcomer to the community. To face the problems of the future,
America must be morally strong, and that moral strength comes
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through worship and faith.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Go to church this week and take someone with.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
You now, Act two of the six Shooter, starring James Stewart.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
As Britt pons it.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
Well.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
I told Sheriff Jennal about running in a Toby Jeger
and his guitar about the tune Toby tried to teach me.
Of course, that didn't prove that Jeger had anything to
do with shooting Homer dan Field, even though it was
a new song. We like Toby said, it was popular
back east and there might be other folks who knew
it out west too. But Yeger had been around Pearl
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City lately.
Speaker 4 (17:38):
He told me so himself. He was a medium sized
man and a stranger. So I gave the sheriff all
the details I do.
Speaker 11 (17:48):
Yeah, well, it sure ain't much to go on, but
it's something I reckon.
Speaker 5 (17:51):
I gotta get started.
Speaker 11 (17:52):
HM, tell you the truth, Britt, doctor him figure Homer
the last more than another day or two. And if
we don't get this Yegger fellow back before he as
you were saying that he sung a certain song. I
ain't going to convict him of murder, No, of course not.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
Well, let's go.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Well, you don't need me share.
Speaker 11 (18:07):
I need somebody to pick up this fellow's trail and
point him out to me, don't I.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
Well, I could tell you.
Speaker 5 (18:12):
Oh, we're just wasting time.
Speaker 11 (18:13):
But if we're going after this man, let's get start,
all right, all right, shaff all right.
Speaker 6 (18:23):
It took us a couple hours to ride back to
the place where Jaeger and I had camped for the night.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
When we'd split up. He said he was heading south,
so the sheriff and I looked around.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
For his trail that way. He didn't have too much
trouble finding it. There was only one thing. He hadn't
gone south at least why it is not for very long.
As soon as he hit Little Creek, a mile or
so from the camp, he turned west towards Saddle Mountain.
We were able to make pretty good time the rest
of the day, and that.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Trail didn't look like he was in too much of
a hurry, so I figured maybe we've been gaining on him.
Speaker 6 (19:01):
We didn't stop for supper, We just kept right on going,
and even after nightfall there was enough moon so we
could still make out these tracks. Well about nine o'clock
we were moving through the paths between the Saddle Mountain
and Porcupine Peak. We're getting pretty high up too, not
very many trees, just a scrub pine every once in
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a while, easy scrub. Oh oh oh they hold up
him in a chair.
Speaker 10 (19:29):
Huh I I.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Thought I heard something.
Speaker 6 (19:34):
Uh uh I guess I was wrong, or maybe maybe
the winds change or here.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
No, no, there it is again.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You had Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:46):
Yeah, he must be up there, right around that bed,
and think we better move in on foot.
Speaker 8 (19:52):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (19:53):
I rode up on him last night. He seemed tame
and uh well okay.
Speaker 7 (20:00):
No, uh.
Speaker 5 (20:11):
Well where'd you walk? Hello, Yeager?
Speaker 9 (20:14):
Why ms concert thought you was heading the other way?
Speaker 6 (20:17):
Yeah, I started to change my mind, go back to
another gift. Letn't that No, not exactly, Jagger. This is
Clayton General from Pearl City.
Speaker 7 (20:28):
Hidy, mister gentle you uh.
Speaker 6 (20:32):
You two never met up before, Jager, while you were
working on the Pearl City. Oh no, not that I
recollect Why mentor General's a sheriff.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Uh yeah, that's right.
Speaker 8 (20:45):
Well I was only endowed for a few days and
I was sort of my good behavior at least was I.
Speaker 7 (20:50):
I never had no run in with the law. Yeah,
there's something I can do for you gents.
Speaker 6 (20:57):
Jagger, a fellow was shot the other day, shot and
robbed farmer just outside of town. Oh, he didn't recognize
the man who did it. He remembers one thing about
him though a song he was singing.
Speaker 8 (21:12):
Well, I I recogniz ain't the only man that gives
out with a song once in a while, am I No?
Speaker 7 (21:19):
No?
Speaker 4 (21:20):
But this particular song, well, it's the one you played
for me last night.
Speaker 7 (21:26):
I played a lot of songs for you last night, mister.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
Ponts, Silver Threads among the Gold, that was the name
of it. Well, you said it was a new tune,
as I recall, we picked it up back east.
Speaker 4 (21:39):
Did that? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (21:41):
Well, ain't you uh kind of jump into conclusions, mister Ponson.
Speaker 11 (21:46):
Nobody's accuriousing you of anything. Agger, Well, then just what
is it you want? I want you to come back
to Pearl City with me. Let Homer Danfield take a
good look at you. See if we can identify you Danfield.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Yeah, that's the man that was shot.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
He's still a huh do you think he was? Dad? Yegger.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Oh, I didn't think nothing about it one way or
the other.
Speaker 5 (22:06):
How much money you got with you? Forty fifty dollars mine?
Showing it to me.
Speaker 8 (22:12):
Money looks all the same, don't it. Yeah, okay, okay, yeah, money.
Speaker 11 (22:23):
Forty five, forty eight, forty eight dollars.
Speaker 7 (22:27):
Oh, that's what I said about fifty bucks.
Speaker 11 (22:29):
That's what mister Danfield had stolen from his China cabinet,
about fifty dollars.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
The money's mine. I was working for the Santa Fe.
Speaker 7 (22:36):
They just paid me off the other day.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
You were wearing a gun. I say, we're so used
those ponzi I'll take it. Sure, all right, Jagger, let's go.
You want to get started right now. As soon as
you're ready.
Speaker 8 (22:50):
It will take me a couple of minutes to get
my pack together and my horse saddled. I'll give you
a hand, Thank you, Thank you, mister Pans. Yeah, here,
do you mind fastening this on to the back of
my She wouldn't wanna go up and leave, might get
to her behind.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
Yeah, yeah, I'll take care of it for you.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Well.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
We rode all night, the three of us. Nobody did
much talking, but every once in a while Jagger had
let loose with some humming and singing, and he sure
didn't seem very worried about.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
What would happen when he came face to face with
dan fil I couldn't make up my mind. Maybe it
was just that he had a clear conscience, or maybe
he was tripping up a good front for our benefit. Anyway, along,
about six o'clock in the morning, we were riding past
the O'Hara farm. That meant we were almost there. Danfield's
(23:48):
place would be next. John o'caron came running out of
the barn carrying a pail of milk. When he saw us,
he set the milk down and gave a holler, Oh
Scott money.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Sean, A ha, tell you found the fellow you were
looking for the tacret.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
How we found him?
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Well, let short tour guide you into all this trouble.
What do you mean poor mister dunpeel, he is no
longer with us. Nope, he passed away a little before
midnight last night, rested.
Speaker 11 (24:17):
So tell me, Sean, did he say anything more before
he died?
Speaker 3 (24:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Share it not a word?
Speaker 4 (24:22):
You see.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Well, what looks like you won't have no more use
for me.
Speaker 8 (24:28):
Share you ain't can prefer charges of murder just on
account of the song I had to sing a concert
on him.
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Well, well, I guess he's right, Sharon.
Speaker 11 (24:39):
Yeah, all right, diego, here's your money and your gun.
Speaker 7 (24:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (24:45):
Well, it's a long chance, my boy, Cieger.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Yeah, I don't know whether you had anything to do
with this or not. I guess nobody'll ever know for certain. You,
I guess that's so, but you'll know it. Yeah, and
if you did it all the rest of your life,
(25:09):
you'll know it.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
At all. You want to call me punt?
Speaker 4 (25:12):
That's all?
Speaker 5 (25:14):
That's so long? What do you think, Britt?
Speaker 4 (25:21):
Could you do it? Sure? If I just don't know.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
There's some coffee in the kitchen.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
If you'd be liking a cup, Thanks Sean, But i'd
better get in town.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Hey, how about you and mister pons Yeah, I.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
Reckon I could use a cup coffee.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
Well, I'll be seeing you.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Take it easy, sure, Sorry you had.
Speaker 5 (25:40):
That ride for nothing, Britt.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
It's all right. I guess I brought on myself.
Speaker 8 (25:44):
So on.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
The kitchen's joys are on this way, mister Ponsit that
sure was a shame about Homer dumfa.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Boy. Oh, now it's about time you gotta help young man.
You remember mister punt, so don't you?
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Well? Sure, Hi, Brick, I'm just fine. Mike.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Hey, what are you doing with Toby Yeager's your friend
of your.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
No, not exactly. What did you know him, Mike?
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Well, he was working over on the railroad. We met
a couple of times, played poker over at Red Philpot.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Oh, Michael, I told you you can't afford to be
losing your money.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
I never lost, pa, not when Toby was in the game. Why,
he's got the worst luck any man ever played with.
Take the other night railroad paid him off and he
lost every cent of it.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Oh what night was that, Mike? Was that the night
Homer Danfield was shot?
Speaker 11 (26:35):
Well, come to think of it, I guess it was.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
I say, I say, alright, I think maybe I'll skip
that coffee for the time being.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Sean, thanks anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Yanger, yanger?
Speaker 7 (27:06):
Oh what is it now? Font?
Speaker 4 (27:11):
But you and me go into town?
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Huh?
Speaker 4 (27:13):
What for?
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Easygo?
Speaker 6 (27:14):
He at forty eight dollars you're carrying? That doesn't sound
a fey money. What do you mean you lost your
pay the other night in a poker game all of it. Oh,
where'd you get the forty eight dollars? Ygger?
Speaker 7 (27:30):
What might be kind of hard to explain? Ponset.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
It sure would.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
Looks like you was wrong, don't it.
Speaker 4 (27:37):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (27:38):
Well, you said, if I was a fella who shot him,
nobody'd know it except me.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
You shot him? Uh sure, cause then I was wrong.
Maybe we'd better go back to Pearl City.
Speaker 5 (27:54):
Huh sure.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Mm.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
The six Shooter is a transcribed NBC Radio Network production
in association with Review Productions. It is based on a
character created by Frank Burt and has written by him.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
Mister Stewart may currently be seen.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
In the Universal International Picture The Glenn Miller Story. Others
in the cast were Ben Wright, Bert Holland, Will Wright,
and Barney Phillips, who played Toby.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
The guitarist was Bob Bain.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Special music for this program was by Basil Adlam, and
the entire production is under the direction of Jack Johnstone.
All characters and incidents were fictitious, and any resemblance to
actual characters or incidents is purely coincidental. Oh, by the way,
you'll be interested in knowing that The six Shooter has
been chosen for broadcast where men overseas through the facilities
of the Armed Forces Radio Services.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
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Speaker 4 (29:23):
McDonald.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Kerrey stars in Jason and the Golden Fleece tonight on
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