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I say kill her and be done with it.

No call for that, Wyn. She ain't likely to find her way

back to the wagon train from here.

Supposin' she does?

I wouldn't put nothin' past her.

And how's she gonna get there?

Don't ask me. Don't ask me how she does nothin'.

She ain't human. That's a fact.

She's haunted.

Just the same--

All we agreed to was to carry her way up here

in the hills and dump her. That's right.

She ain't gonna get far. No food, no water.

All right, but I'm warning you, we're making a mistake.

We're giving you your chance,

but there ain't gonna be no second one.

So stay away from our wagons

if'n you know what's good for you.

Jeremy. Wait.

Your little girl, Delete.

What are you talking about, Marie?

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow, her throat is going to hurt.

It's gonna be bad, Jeremy.

There she goes again. What did I tell you? Wait a minute,

wait a minute. I want to know what she's talking about.

What about Delete, Marie?

She's...

choking.

She may...

die.

And all the other children--

They be sick.

You satisfied?

She's just... trying to get even.

Tryin' to scare us.

Ain't that what you're trying to do, Marie?

You... Wyn, come on.

Let's get out of here. She's givin' me the creeps.

Please, hon Dieu,

rid me of this curse.

Make me like the others, please.

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Hey, hold it, Hoss.

Well, there's his tracks.

Yup.

He's a smart one, though, ain't he?

Yeah, but I think we're gonna get him this time.

Oh, we better. At the rate he's been

gettin' our strays, we ain't gonna be running no beef

down here at all if we don't. Come on, hyah.

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No!

Hey, you got him.

Doggone, that's the prettiest he's been since he was born.

You know, I could have sworn I saw something else

up on that rock. Aw, you're just

excited over seeing ol' big boy here, that's all.

No, I saw something.

Hey, Hoss, come here.

Let's see how bad she's hurt.

Where in tarnation'd she come from, anyhow?

Where and how? There's nobody livin' within miles of here.

I'll go get my canteen.

There, there. Don't be frightened.

How do you feel?

You got off lucky, young lady.

Just a few bruises and a wrenched ankle.

Nothing to worry about.

Any pain?

No.

All right, now let's try walking for a spell.

There you are.

All right, now, take it easy.

Don't put too much weight on right away.

That's it.

There.

And you better not walk on it any more than you have to.

Oh, and, uh...

if you should notice any headaches,

I want to know at once, understand?

Thank you. You are kind.

Not at all.

Looks like we might get some rain, don't you think, Ben?

Well, we could sure use some.

I think she'll be all right, huh? All she needs

is to stay off her feet for a few days and rest. Yeah.

Who is she, do you know?

No. Boys found her up at, uh, Red Bluff Peaks.

Miles from anywhere, lying there unconscious.

Just looked down the gully and there she was, all by herself.

No horse, no buggy, no burro, no nothin'.

Looked kind of spooky to me.

Oh, come on, Hoss.

Well, I better be on my way.

Say hello to Mrs. Martin.

I surely will. Good night, Ben.

Night. Night, Doc. Hoss.

Well, young lady, what are you doing out of bed?

Oh, I... it's all right.

Well, uh, you shouldn't have that weight on your foot.

Better sit down, now.

Are you feeling all right?

Oh, yes, I am better.

Oh, uh, my-my name's Cartwright.

Ben Cartwright. And my son, Hoss.

You are very kind.

Why, you, uh... you sure gave us a bit of a scare, there.

For a little while, we...

Ah.

She was very beautiful, your wife.

What?

So young when she died.

That was very sad.

Who told you that?

It's the music box.

It makes me see pictures.

Pa, you think I ought to...

go get the doc back?

W-What do you mean, uh...

Uh, uh, it-it makes you see pictures?

I don't understand.

But I see her very clearly.

She was your father's wife.

But she was not your mother.

Your mother died before her.

Pa, I'm gonna go out and help Joe in the barn.

I'll... I'll see you after a while.

But...

How d-How do you know all this?

Oh---...

It's, uh, it's just a game.

I-I-I guess.

I... I-I don't even know your name.

Marie.

Marie.

That was her name.

I know.

What do you mean, you know?

I meant...

Well, it-it is a name that suited her.

The music box-- it seemed to say...

Marie.

Well... w-what's your last name?

You don't want to tell me?

Some... Some reason for you not wanting to tell me?

Marie, are you... are you in some kind of trouble?

If you are, I'd like to help you if I could.

Why should you?

Well, for one thing, because

you come from the same part of the country that

she came from.

Louisiana, isn't that right?

You know the bayou people?

Yes, I...

I... know them quite well.

Very well.

But she was not from the bayou, your Marie.

Not from the swamps.

She was from New Orleans.

A Creole.

I mean...

Now, look, somebody had to tell you that.

You couldn't have guessed that.

No, I... I-I guess it.

It's not so strange to guess. Many people guess many things.

Yeah, but it's strange that you should have guessed that.

It's... different, it's, uh...

You... you're-you're different, it...

No.

No, I am not different.

I am not different.

I am not different.

I am not different. I am not different.

What's the matter, Hoss, you off your feed?

Yeah, I reckon I am a little bit, Pa.

Don't seem to have much appetite this morning.

Pa, I think we ought to mark that down on a calendar.

Any day he's off his feed. Oh, come on.

Aren't you feeling too well?

I feel fine, Pa. It's just...

Well, it's that...

it's that spooky gal we got in the house.

We got to get rid of her somehow.

Oh. Why's she upsetting you?

Well, she... she don't exactly upset me, I, uh...

I just don't understand her. I-I can't explain it, it's...

What... It's like that music box.

Now how did she know that music box belonged to Little Joe's ma?

Explain that.

Well, I... I don't know, Hoss.

Well, it's something someone could have told her.

Where? When, how?

I don't know.

How could... How could she know Little Joe's ma was dead

and that... that my ma had already died before her?

How'd she know all of that?

Well, there must be some explanation.

Another thing-- you ever notice how she looks at you

with them ol' big eyes of hers and it's...

it's like she sees you.

And yet she don't really see you.

Like she knows somethin' that nobody else knows.

Oh, come on, will you, Hoss?

You're talking like she's some kind of a ghost or something.

How do you know she ain't?

Oh.

Morning, Marie.

Morning. Morning.

Have a wonderful breakfast waiting for you.

Come on, we got a wagonload of grain to pick up in town.

How's your, uh...

How's your ankle feel this morning?

Oh, it's much better, thank you.

Well, good. Uh, sit down.

What are you lookin' at me like that for?

Oh, excuse me.

I-I didn't...

Little Joe.

Do you go fishing?

Do I what?

Do you go fishing?

Well, yeah, sometimes I do. Why?

Oh.

Oh, nothing. I-I...

I just wonder.

Come on, little brother.

We got work to do.

Yeah.

Hey, look, sometimes when I, uh,

sometime when I go up on the lake,

you can come with me and we can hook into a big bass. Okay?

Well, what was all that about, young lady?

He...

is in danger, Mr. Cartwright.

Well, uh, what kind of danger?

Something bad is going to happen.

Marie, let's have some breakfast, huh?

No.

No, there is something.

A fish,

an arrow,

and... something black.

He must be careful.

It will harm him.

What will harm him?

Afish...

and...

an arrow.

Now, Marie, that makes just no sense at all.

I would bring harm to you. I must leave your house.

No, Marie.

Come on, now, you're an intelligent young lady.

No. No, it's true.

They all told me. I'm voodoo.

I'm voodoo. Marie, Marie, you're talking about

superstitious nonsense, now... It's not nonsense.

Of course it is. No, they all tell me.

Since I was a child of ten.

I bring the evil.

I-I make my father to fall

from the boat in the swamp.

He lose his arm.

Marie, you... On the wagon train,

I make the horse to fall and break his leg.

I-I make the wagon to catch fire.

Oh, Marie... And I...

I make a child

to choke to death.

Oh, no, no, no, Marie. Now, stop it, now... No.

It's happening.

It's happening again.

I make it happen to your son.

It's happening.

The blackness.

He lies on the ground.

His eyes.

Oh.

Oh, bon Dieu.

His eyes.

I---

Now there...

there is nothing.

I---

see nothing.

Boy, listen to that wind, Joe.

Yeah, looks like we got a pretty good rain coming.

You boys tell me the name of a doctor in Virginia City?

Yeah. Doc Martin.

His office is right across the street from the Palace Hotel.

Thank you.

Sure looks like a storm blowin' right into West Valley.

Hey, is that where you're coming from?

The wagon train to California. From Louisiana.

We're bedded down there for wagon repairs.

You boys'll excuse us, we got to get our daughter to a doctor.

Louisiana-- is that where that spooky gal came from?

Yeah, that's right.

West Valley, that's close to over there where we found her.

Looks like she might have run away

from the wagon train, reckon?

Don't know. If so, I wonder why.

I don't know.

Mama.

Yes?

I can't breathe.

I'm choking.

It's all right, Delete, it-it's just a sore throat.

The doctor'll fix you up in no time.

Mama.

Yes? Mama.

Am I going to die?

Yeah, I guess you must be right, Hoss.

She must have gone with that wagon train.

Well, why don't you just ask her?

Oh, I asked her, but...

she wouldn't tell me where she was from.

She's a frightened girl.

Well, what are we gonna do with her?

Well, first off, I guess we better find out

whether she came with that train.

How long do you think it would take to ride out

to the West Valley? About an hour?

Yeah. I'll go, Pa.

Oh, no.

Not you, Joe.

Uh, I have something else for you to do.

Hoss, why don't you ride out there,

see if her folks are with that wagon train?

And if they are, tell 'em Marie is here and she's well

and they can come and get her at any time.

Yes, sir.

Now, what's the job you got for me, Pa?

Oh, yes, um...

Take this in to Dr. Martin in town.

There's a note inside which should explain everything.

And, uh, he'll give you something to bring back to me.

Yes, sir.

Yes, who is it?

Oh, it's, uh, it's me, Marie. Uh, Mr. Cartwright.

Oh, come in.

Is not locked.

Oh, I-I didn't waken you, did I?

No, it's all right.

Are you, uh, feeling better?

Oh, yes.

I've not slept like that for weeks.

Good. Well, you better take the weight off your foot.

It's so... It's so peaceful here.

One feels happiness.

Contentment.

Well, I'm glad it's agreeing with you.

Marie, uh...

...there's something that I, uh... I'd like to tell you.

You did what you had to do.

What?

My mama and papa.

You have sent word to them that I am here.

Now, who told you that?

I know.

You-you couldn't.

I tried to tell you.

But you do not believe me.

I am voodoo.

I see things happen before they happen.

Now, Marie, nobody can do that.

Oh, I...

I know you are trying to help me.

But me...

nobody can help me.

I make the terrible things to happen.

Marie, nobody can make things happen.

What have you got there?

Where'd you get that?

In the bayou.

When I was ten.

My nurse gave it to me.

I must wear it always.

If I don't,

IWill die.

Now, look, Marie...

Marie...

Marie, look at me.

You've got to stop believing these things.

Whoa. Hoss.

Oh, hi, Pa. Run into much rain?

Yeah. Over there in the West Valley, mostly.

Well, what'd you find out at the, uh, wagon camp?

Well, I found out that her ma and pa are there.

Oh. Did you tell them Marie is with us? I sent word to 'em

through a fella of the name of Wyn Grady

that I met on the outside of the camp--

That's the closest they'd let me get.

How come?

Well, they-they got sickness in that camp, Pa. Bad sickness.

A bunch of the young'uns have got what looks like diphtheria.

And that ain't all. This-this fella Grady tells me that...

this girl up here brought it to 'em.

Where'd that animal come from?

I don't know. I never saw him before.

Fish.

Arrow.

Fish.

Fish and arrow.

I'll catch him.

Hyuh,hyuh.

So what are we waiting for?

Storm's let up for a spell.

We promised Jeremy we wouldn't move till he got here.

Wonder what's keeping him.

Maybe Delete took a turn for the worse.

Ain't no sicker than my young'un. Or mine.

Please, I find out what you are going to do.

Please, she is my daughter.

Well, what about our kids?

All of them sick,

some of them dying, all on account of her.

Leave them alone, Francoise. Leave them alone.

We must do what must be done.

Your own daughter, Rene.

You can do this to your own?

She's voodoo.

Madame Dauvet told us,

and always I've told you this.

Madame Dauvet was a superstitious old woman

out of her mind.

That you hired to nurse Marie when she was sick.

And now our own daughter, she has become one of them.

She's voodoo.

That's right, ma'am.

We don't like this no more than you do,

but we got to get rid of her once and for all.

Oh, no, please!

What kept you, Jeremy?

She's dead.

My little Delsie's...

died about a half hour ago.

Choking.

Like she was being hung.

Let's get.

Oh, please.

Oh, no,

please!

Find that horse?

No, Pa. Dad-burnit, I got right up to him

and something spooked him-- he took off like greased lightning.

Wonder who that horse belonged to.

Well, uh, I saw his brand.

He's one of the Jameson brothers' studs.

Jameson brothers?

They have that fish and arrow brand.

That's right.

Well, Doc Martin said the stuff in here

ought to answer your questions, Pa.

Joseph,

there's a black stallion loose around here somewhere.

Stay away from him.

On? Why?

Just do as I tell you!

Don't ask any questions!

What you getting mad at me for, Pa? I didn't do anything.

Seems to be a storm coming up.

Why don't you check the stock in the north pasture.

Yes, sir.

Guess we better check the west pasture.

Yes, sir. I'll get your horse, Pa.

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Little Joe! Little Joe!

Little Joe! Little Joe!

You little she-devil.

You know any prayers,

which ain't very likely,

you better start saying 'em.

Look at her,

standing there just as calm as a statue.

What's the matter, little she-devil?

Ain't you scared?

Don't you feel no human feelings at all?

Careful, Wyn, she may be a-workin' one of her spells.

Not anymore she won't.

All right, let's get on with it.

Why'd you do it, Marie?

Why'd you take my Delete away?

She never done you no harm.

Can you bring her back to me?

Can you bring her back to me and to her ma?

Marie, can you, please?

Jeremy, talk sense.

She ain't about to do nothing like that, even if she could.

Maybe she can.

Maybe she can take away all the sickness

since she brought it on.

Bon Dieu...

Can you take the sickness away?

Can you do that, Marie, before you die?

Our children are sore sick with the diphtheria.

Delsie's up and died.

Hoist her.

Take the diphtheria away, will you?

Please.

All right!

Let her down.

Let her down now.

You're making a mistake, Mr. Cartwright.

That's far enough.

She's a she-devil.

Now, you let us have her.

So you could put her at the end of a rope?

You let her down.

Move!

Untie her hands.

Now, what's the matter with you fellas? Where are you from?

We come from the wagon train.

And her ma and pa knowed what we was coming over here to do,

and they didn't try to stop us.

So why did you?

Why you taking her side, Mr. Cartwright?

Jeremy here lost his young'un. That's right.

She told me my little girl was gonna be sick

and that's what happened, just like she said.

Now my little girl is dead.

Well, do you think that she made her die?

All she did was warn you about it.

You're grown men. You talk as if you're from the Dark Ages.

I tell you, my little daughter's dead.

Look, I'm sorry about that.

But if Marie wanted her dead, why would she warn you?

'Cause she's a devil woman and she ain't fit to live.

Marie did tell us about those...

bad things before they happened.

The rain.

The rain is coming back.

It's worse than before.

The wagons.

Oh, bon Dieu, the wagons.

Move them!

Or they will drown

beneath the great wall of water from the mountains.

The women!

The women are screaming.

The children.

The children!

Flash flood. It's possible.

The children!

The rest of you stay here if you want.

I'm getting back to my family.

The children! The children!

The children!

Whoa.

I still think you're making a mistake, mister.

You're gonna be sorry.

It's all right.

It's all right, Marie. It's all right.

All right, Marie.

Hey, Pa, what's going on, anyhow?

Did you find Little Joe the way I asked you to?

Well, yeah, I found him, but he-he didn't want to come down.

He wanted to stay after that black stallion.

I told him to stay away from that animal.

It's all right, Marie.

It's all right. Little Joe.

The fish!

The arrow!

Easy now.

Easy now!

Whoa now.

Easy.

Hey, Pa, did you see that?

He settled down the minute he seen her.

Hoss, go tell Little Joe to come back here.

Yes, sir.

Why, bon Dieu?

What do you want from me?!

Bon Dieu?

Bon Dieu, answer me!

Why must I be different?!

I'll wait for your answer.

Madame Dauvet?

I am coming to you

just as you said,

down into the darkness.

Madame Dauvet?

Do you hear me?

You were right.

Everything you taught me.

I am yours forever and ever.

From the darkness I come.

To the darkness I return.

Marie? Marie? Marie, stop it!

I kill your son.

I killed your son.

I made that horse come here.

I killed your son.

It was Marie's warning that saved his life.

You know, I was wondering why

you bit my head off about that black horse.

Well, if you'd listened to me,

you wouldn't have been hurt at all.

Then... she didn't make it happen.

Ch, of course not.

You see, so many people have been telling Marie

that she's bad and evil that...

well, she's come to believe it herself.

My poor Marie.

Even I did not understand her.

When the men came back to save the wagon

from the flash flood, it was because she warned them.

Well, yes. Of course.

You see, your daughter has...

a rare... gift,

ability to... to be able to foretell things.

Foretell?

Yes.

A doctor in Europe has been making, uh...

making studies of exactly this very thing.

He's been doing some research with a number of people,

and, well, he's found even a-a peasant girl who,

without education, can-can see things

happen before they've happened.

Did you show Marie these?

Yes, I showed Marie these, but she's so mixed up,

she doesn't know what to believe or who to believe.

That's why I had my son Hoss bring you out here, Mrs. Dumont.

You must make Marie believe

that this ability of hers is not harmful.

Hoss?

Will you ask Marie to come down, please?

Yes, sir.

But how can I face her?

What can I say?

Well...

you're her mother.

I'm sure you'll find the right words.

Oh, but it was I who exposed her to all these terrible things.

I sent for a remedy woman

to treat her with herbs when she was sick,

instead of getting a real doctor.

I did not know that Madame Dauvet was Mama Loy.

Mama Loy?

Voodoo queen.

Voodoo queen?

Well, no wonder Marie...

Oh, baby.

My poor baby.

Please...

can you forgive me?

I didn't know.

I didn't understand.

Did you know those men were coming to kill me?

I could not stop them.

What can I say?

No.

I should have thrown myself in front of their horses.

And Papa?

You see?

My mother and father--

They know I am voodoo.

No, Marie.

You have been sick

for such a long time.

Now, it is time to put an end to it.

Please, Marie, come with me.

I will help you.

And Papa?

I will make him understand,

and if he does not, we will go together without him.

But he will not stay away from us long.

In time, he will come to us.

Trust your mama, Marie.

I know I do not deserve this, but, please, I beg you.

Oh, Mama.

Mama.

Now we go.

Buggy's ready.

Well.

Well, good-bye.

Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.

Thank you.

Thank you, too, Mr. Cartwright,

for bringing me out of the darkness.

Whatever this...

gift of yours is,

use it well.

And with your mother's help, I... I know you will.

Well, good-bye again.

Have a good trip.

Thank you.

Hoss? Yeah.

I see something.

The Virginia City race tomorrow.

Yeah?

An Appaloosa's gonna win.

Bet everything you've got.

Thanks, Joe.

What are brothers for?

Giddap, giddap.

Uh, you know, I think she's gonna be all right, Pa.

Hmm.

Yeah, I think so.

Joe, wouldn't it be wonderful

if everybody made a real effort

to understand whatever is strange and unfamiliar,

rather than fear it and try to destroy it?

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