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What's the matter?

What's the matter, you think you got cheated?

No, but if I make a mistake on this Mendoza cattle deal,

Pa'll skin me alive.

Hey, that's not a bad idea, skin you alive.

You know, we'd have a rug for the living room,

one for the upstairs bedroom, the hallway... Very funny.

We...

Give me the first one.

The seabag.

Been a fine journey, lad.

Pleased to have made your acquaintance, you might say.

Aye, sir. Good luck to you.

Hey, Andy, you got any mail in there for the Cartwrights?

Why, I ain't sure, Hoss.

Let me go through the pouch.

There, uh, won't be any letter from Adam,

if that's what you're looking for.

What makes you so sure, mister?

Obviously, you must be Little Joe...

and you must be Hoss.

My name's Gilly Maples.

I'm pleased to meet you.

Gilly Ma... Gilly Maples!

Oh, Gilly Maples!

You're on the boat with Adam, ain't you?

I was-- only they called it a ship.

Hey, Adam wrote us about the time

you pulled him out of the water and saved his life.

Oh, well, that wasn't anything.

Dad-burn, Pa's gonna bust wide open

when he hears you're in town.

Well, now, look, I-I've already got a room

reserved at the hotel. You haven't got a room.

Oh, no, you're staying at the Ponderosa. You've got a room at

the Ponderosa, and that's it. Now, now, wait a minute...

Nah, come on, we're not gonna hear anything like that.

Hey, Hoss!

Ain't nothin' there from Adam!

Now, look, I've got the hotel...

That's what you think, Andy! Hey, how's he doing?

How's he doing? All right.

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Hey, Pa!

Hey, Pa, wait'll you see who's here!

Mr. Cartwright, he not here all day.

Dad-burn it.

Hey, he must be working on those dipping fences.

He's getting ready for the Mendoza herd.

He's gonna be tickled pink

to see you anyhow, though, Gilly.

Well, look, I really don't think this is such a good idea.

I can just as easily go back to town

and put up at the hotel. Now, look,

you're talking silly again.

You kidding? Pa'd skin us alive if we didn't keep you out here.

To make sure, I'm gonna put your bag upstairs.

Well, I guess I just don't have much choice in the matter, huh?

That's right, you sure don't.

I'll see if old Hop Sing can't rustle up something to eat.

Make yourself at home.

Right.

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Adam?

No, sir, Mr. Cartwright, not Adam.

A shipmate of his.

My name's Gilly Maples.

Ch, of course, of course.

Adam wrote me about you.

Well, welcome to the Ponderosa.

How's my son? I... Hey, Pa, see you met Gilly.

I sure did.

Hey! You saw the surprise, huh?

Yeah. What a surprise.

Wonderful surprise. Hey, I put your bag up in Adam's room.

Oh, I appreciate that very much.

Hop Sing's getting you some dinner ready.

Hey, well, come on, we'll go upstairs and...

Wait, wait. Enough is enough, now.

It's one thing to shower hospitality on our guests.

It's another thing to drown 'em in it.

Now, which is it gonna be, food or rest?

Well, now, that, uh...

that food sounds mighty tempting.

All right, come on, let's have some food!

Hop Sing! Fix the table. We got a very special guest.

Wonderful to have you here. Which way do I go?

Here? No, no, no...

Hop Sing, we're about out of food, looks like.

I fix plenty more.

You one of family.

You got appetite just like Mr. Adam.

Nothing more for me, thanks.

I'm afraid if I'd have another bite,

I'd weigh more than this chair could take.

You don't have to worry about that--

We've had them all reinforced, for obvious reasons.

Gilly, I didn't want to interrupt

while you were eating, but...

I wonder... Adam's fine, Mr. Cartwright.

Never better. Good.

Good. I'm glad to hear that.

Did he say anything about... visiting at any time?

No, sir, I don't think so.

He had hoped to be in San Francisco

long enough to get home for a few days, but, uh...

well, when he heard about this ship

pulling out for the South Seas,

I, uh, I guess that was a chance he just couldn't pass up.

Yeah, well, I don't blame him.

First Hawaii, and... then the whaling grounds, I figure.

Adam thinks that the whale herds are being thinned out too fast,

that, uh, something's gonna have to take the place of whale oil.

Thinks maybe copra is the thing.

Well, that sounds like Adam, all right.

Adam always had a lot of ideas on board, too.

Like the sails.

The sails?

He told the first mate that they could get more speed

out of the longboats if they rigged the sails

a different way.

Well, now, this mate, he wasn't too happy

about someone telling him how to rig the sails.

No, I don't imagine he would.

Well, the point is that... Adam was right.

No, no, he was dead wrong.

The boat capsized the first time they tried it.

You know, every time Adam talked about all of you,

he'd smile.

I'm beginning to understand why now.

Gilly, I, uh, can't offer you any rum--

I know you prefer that-- but, uh, how about some brandy?

Aye, aye, sir.

I'll drink to that. I'll drink to that.

You know, back in those days, a herd of whales

would, uh, would extend, oh, as far as the horizon.

It wasn't a question of could you take the whales;

it was a question of which one first.

Ah, New Bedford was the center of the world then.

That's changed, huh?

Well, nowadays, you got to look long and hard, Mr. Cartwright.

You know, Pa, speaking of herds,

when's that Mendoza cattle supposed to arrive?

Ah, I clean forgot to tell you fellas.

One of Mendoza's advance riders came by today.

That herd's been delayed two weeks

on the trail up from Mexico.

Adam showed me the letter that you wrote to him about all that.

Oh, yeah? It must be quite a thing to set up,

all the way from Mexico.

Mm. Well, this deal took six months to set up.

You know, Pa, that... that delay could help us.

It'll give us a little more time to round up that gold.

The gold?

Yeah. Yeah, Mendoza doesn't have too much faith in governments.

He wants everything in pure gold.

Mr. Cartwright, I, uh...

I hope you don't mind Adam showing me your letters.

No, of course not. Why should I mind?

Well, it's just that, um...

I never had what you could call a proper family,

and, um, well, reading letters like yours, I...

I sort of adopted you in my mind.

Sounds kind of silly, doesn't it?

No, it doesn't... doesn't sound silly at all.

As a matter of fact, I'm kind of glad

that Adam adopted you as a friend.

Somebody who can swim and pull him out of the drink.

Adam would have done the same thing, Mr. Cartwright.

Of course he would, but...

that doesn't change our feeling toward you.

Do you remember this?

Oh, yeah.

"To my son, Adam."

I gave each of the boys one of these money clips.

Well, you remember you were talking about feeling.

Well, Adam felt the same way as you.

That's why he gave me that

right after I pulled him out of the water.

Well, I'm glad he did.

Only I can't keep it, Mr. Cartwright.

Why not?

Because it was meant to be his.

Well, he wanted you to have it; he gave it to you.

No, sir, I just can't.

He wouldn't take it back...

but I'm asking you, as a favor,

to... take it.

You... you keep it for him.

Sure.

Now, I better be getting back to town.

Well... You mind if I borrow one of your horses?

Oh, no, no, of course not. Thanks a lot. All of you.

Gilly, there's no necessity to go back to town.

We have plenty of room... No, sir, Mr. Cartwright.

It just wouldn't work.

Thanks a lot.

Okay, but you're welcome here, buddy.

Well... I'll help him saddle up one of the horses.

No, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Uh, you're gonna have an awfully unhappy mare there

unless you put a saddle blanket on her first.

Gilly...

you're a seafaring fella.

You're on board ship, everything's done a...

a certain way.

That's the way it is out here.

You just don't turn down a man's invite

unless you have a good reason.

Have you got a good reason?

I told you, I don't want to be in the way.

And I told you that you're not in the way.

If that's your reason.

No, no, Mr. Cartwright, that's not the reason.

People like me, we just...

we just don't fit in.

Especially not around a place like this.

A place with a family.

Aw, come on, now, Gilly.

Mr. Cartwright, I've had the wrong shoe

on the wrong foot for just as long as I can remember.

Other fellas, they-they dream about, uh...

running away to sea.

Well, me, I was a cabin boy at eight.

And I hated it.

Some of the other fellas on board,

like Adam...

they'd stand at the rail for hours

just staring out over the horizon.

But the ocean...

only made me feel lonely...

because there aren't any markers on the ocean...

and I'm a man who needs markers.

Wait a minute, now. What, uh...

what are you gonna do?

The sea's the only thing you know.

I'll find something.

Yeah, but what do you want?

I want to have me a place.

A place.

Somewhere I can look at and say...

"This is where Gilly Maples belongs."

I want a plot of ground when I go.

Not just to be... tossed over the side

in six feet of sailcloth.

Well, you know, young fella, you sound just like

the kind of... kind of man we need around here.

Heaven knows there's plenty of land.

All we need is a... a man to work it.

And, uh, you'll-you'll get the know-how.

IWIII.

One way or another.

Well, the first thing you're gonna have to learn is...

not to put a saddle on backwards.

Young man,

I'm trying to give you a chance to learn these things.

And I'm not doing it out of the goodness of my own heart

or because you're a friend of Adam's.

I want you to be a friend of mine, too.

Before you leave here, I want you to find

that place that you want so badly.

Now, let me have my own way in this.

Let me be selfish about it.

Huh?

Atta boy.

Now, you get yourself inside-- we'll see if we can outfit you

in some of Adam's old clothes.

Get you some land clothes to go with those land legs of yours.

Mr. Cartwright, I just don't know how to...

I said get inside, now, didn't I?

Wait a minute.

I can't let any guest of mine

take the saddle off his own horse.

Frontwards or backwards.

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Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.

There you go.

Climb aboard, Gilly. This is the same horse

I tried to saddle last night, isn't it?

Yeah, it's the same one. Why?

He didn't look so big then.

Let me tell you something, Gilly.

Horses are a lot stronger and a lot bigger than men,

but they ain't got something you got.

You got brains; they ain't.

Listen, if I had any brains,

I don't think I'd be doing this at all.

Well, uh, there's a first time for everything.

Here we go.

I don't think that's right. No, you got to face the end

with the head on it.

Try again. There you go.

All right.

How am I doing so far?

I think you're a natural born rider.

Well, the riding I don't know,

but sitting there in that saddle,

you're doing a real good job. Good.

Go on, give her a little kick; she'll start.

Oh, I don't want to hurt her.

Oh, Gilly, you ain't gonna hurt her.

Can't talk him out of it, old girl. I'm sorry.

Well, here we go.

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Hey, come on, relax, Gilly-- she's not gonna bite you.

Don't give her any ideas.

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Oh, look at him bounce.

Ride 'em, cowboy!

Loosen up your rein, Gilly.

I-I think I've had enough!

You've got a lot to learn yet, Gilly.

Yeah, you're just getting started.

Stay with it.

Hey, I-I... I think I've had enough!

How do you stop this thing?

S-Stop.

Slow up, at least!

Help me stop her! Please!

Please!

Help! Whoa, whoa, ho, ho, ho, ho.

Ho, ho, ho.

Wha...?

Wha...?

That never happened before.

Neven

Well, look, Gilly, as soon as you get used to the horse...

No, no, no, it's not that, it's...

for the first time in my life...

after all those years on the sea...

here I'm a thousand miles from the nearest ocean...

I think I'm gonna be seasick.

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Hey, you feeling any better?

Oh, uh, sure, Joe, just fine. Thanks.

Here.

No, I reckon that was sort of a bad suggestion, wasn't it?

Well, it's the thought that counts.

Well, uh, what's next?

Aside from riding a horse, that is.

Oh, well, let me see, we got a...

we got a terrific stream not too far from the house,

trout about that size.

We could have a good time... Oh, no, no.

I mean, what's next in the way of work?

Gilly... you're our guest!

We don't want you running around doing chores and such.

Sit down, relax.

I'm a guest.

All right.

Yeah, relax a little bit.

Well, so I'm a guest, huh?

Bring me something to eat.

Here. No, no, no, no.

I don't mean anything like that.

Bring me a... a roast, like we had last night.

Well, that takes Hop Sing a half a day or so, Gilly,

to fix something like that. Yeah, you just don't

whip that thing up in a minute, you know.

Well, that doesn't matter to me.

I haven't got a schedule to keep.

After all, I'm... a guest.

You know, Gilly...

I think we just changed our mind about the whole thing

While we've been sitting here talking.

Well, if I can't be a slave, I want to be a master.

You got a deal. Hello, slave.

Yeah. Ah, I'm happy to break your back.

Well, how's this for starters? I'm gonna go in town

to the livery stable-- I got some stuff to bring in there.

Want to come along? That sounds just fine.

How about you? There's still a sandwich, ain't there?

You answered my question. Right.

Okay.

Joe, there's, uh, there's just one thing.

Yeah? The next time you want to be nice to a Whaler...

don't invite him to go fishing.

You got a point.

GiIIy, you got a point.

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You sure he's open?

I don't see anyone around.

Yeah, he's open. He's probably...

probably out having lunch or something.

You mean he just leaves it like that, the door's wide open?

Well, they say there's only one thing a blacksmith's got

worth stealing, and there's not too many folks around

strong enough to lift an anvil.

Well, you sure wouldn't find that kind of thinking

on a ship-- there, you got to watch your belongings

every minute, or... Or what?

Well, or they're liable to get stolen.

Here, let me give you a hand with that.

Eh, don't worry about it.

We got three more of them in the wagon.

Hey, first thing you better do is go over and talk

to that fella in the gray suit across the street.

That's Mr. Bannerman-- he's the clerk at the hotel.

You got to cancel that reservation of yours,

or he'll have his books messed up for a month.

Yeah, I'll do that.

Thanks.

Sure thing, friend. Uh, what can I do for you?

I, uh... wonder if you could give me some information.

Well, I'll try.

But if it's work clothes you're looking for,

well, I'd say go down to the mercantile.

They got good quality with a pretty fair price.

Thanks a lot.

Being a stranger in town, I just didn't know.

No trouble at all, friend, no trouble at all.

♪♪

Did you get everything straightened out?

Yeah. He wasn't mad about you canceling

the reservation, was he?

No, no, not a bit.

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Yeah.

Here we are-- Logbook Lucy 3, Master Ben Cartwright.

You know where I got this logbook? No.

From John Williams.

Does he still have his ships chandlery in New Bedford?

He does-- but his sons help him run it now.

Yeah, I bet they do.

Yeah, see? I was right-- eight days out of New Bedford

when that black squall hit.

Gilly, I'll tell you, it was like...

it was like doomsday all at once.

Two masts snapped like matchsticks.

Two? Two of them.

When that wind came up...

What's the matter?

Excuse me. What for?

Well, here I am talking to a fella

who wants to leave the sea, and what do I talk about? The sea.

That's all right, Mr. Cartwright. I don't mind.

Well, just the same, you'll find that the sea

and this part of the country are very much alike.

They demand the same things of a man.

That's what I told Adam this morning.

You told Adam?

Yeah. I wrote him a letter.

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Told him about you visiting us.

Well, I wish I could be here to read his answer.

Oh, you will be. Yeah.

Mr. Cartwright, uh...

I'm afraid I can only stay long enough

to see that big Mexican herd get in,

and I don't think Adam's reply can get here by then.

Ch, of course it can.

Hoss got the letter on this morning's stage.

Which means it can catch the pass back into Hawaii.

No, Adam's reply and... the herd from Mexico

should be arriving at just about the same time.

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Morgan, it's me.

I've got to talk to you. It's important.

You don't have the brains of an oyster!

This is the last place we should be seen.

Morgan, I had to-- something's come up.

Bilge! Whatever it is can't be that important.

Morgan, we can't go through with it.

Say it again, lad.

I surely didn't hear you proper.

Cartwright sent a letter to his boy this morning.

He thinks that the answer will get here

before the herd arrives.

Go on.

Well, Morgan, they'll know.

And what'll they do?

You've committed no crime.

And if the letter arrives after the herd,

we'll have the gold and be gone.

It's simple.

Everything's simple to you.

I wish I could feel that way.

You used to.

What changed your feelings?

Look, when you got that letter out of Cartwright's seabag,

well, I thought, like you, that it was a...

a good chance to get some easy money.

It still is, lad!

Since then, I've gotten to know these people.

Would you like to call it off, then?

Would you be willing to consider it, Morgan?

I'd sooner give up my eyes, lad!

Look at you.

You got the guts of a barnacle and the spine of a jellyfish.

Now, look, lad...

I've helped you.

I taught you things, didn't I?

All sorts of things.

Yes. I took you as a runny-nosed

snip of a cabin boy...

and I showed you what it was to be a man.

Didn't I?

Yes.

Taught you the currents...

that can run deep in a man,

that can spill forth like a struck whale's

boiling, black blood.

Yes.

Well, my boy, none of the things I taught you,

none of them...

are more important than this.

You and I... we travel no more with the baitfish, lad,

we move alone, like sharks.

You'll trust me on this?

Won't you, Gilly?

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Yeah, you're looking real pretty.

How you doing, Gilly?

Okay.

You're starting to look real good on that horse.

Thanks, but I'm, uh...

not in your class yet. Well, things take time.

We'll have you riding with the best 'em before you know it.

I'd hate to think about all the things I'd have to learn

about ships and the sea.

Oh, no, that's not so.

I... I could teach you what you'd have to know in no time.

Yeah, we both got things we could learn.

You... you want to learn about sailing and such?

Well, not to be a regular sailor, but...

you know, I get letters from Adam,

and he talks about things he's seen, places he's gone.

It's a lot different than the Ponderosa.

Different, yeah.

It is that.

Depends upon what a man wants for himself, doesn't it?

Yep. If you don't want a sick horse on your hands,

you'd better get him in a barn and get him rubbed down.

Like you say, I got a lot to learn.

Come on.

Oh, I'm not gonna leave you, don't you worry.

We've been together too long.

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Hop Sing's cooking gets better all the time, don't it?

Sure does. What, you didn't like it before, huh?

Well, it was tolerable, just tolerable.

Yeah, well, I'll tell you something.

Hop Sing's been outdoing himself ever since Gilly got here.

Well, in that case, Gilly, my thanks.

How about a game of checkers?

Uh, no, thanks. I was thinking about heading upstairs to bed.

What's the matter, Gilly, eat too much?

No.

I'm just a little tired, that's all.

Well, what about you, big brother,

how about a whuppin'?

Yeah. Let's see about that whuppin'.

Good night.

Night, Gilly. Good night.

Good night, Gilly.

I like that young fella.

Has either one of you...

noticed that he bears a certain resemblance to...

Adam? Is that what you were gonna say, Pa?

Well, as a matter of fact, yes, I was about to say that.

You know, Hess and I were talking about that

the other day-- we think there's quite a resemblance.

They got one thing in common--

He takes off by himself every time he's got

a thought or a notion he can't shake loose from.

Well, I'm glad you both noticed it.

I...

Was beginning to think my imagination

was running a little wild.

Wonder why he was so quiet at supper tonight.

Yeah, he was quiet, wasn't he?

You know...

here's a young man who's never had a home...

never had the permanency of a family,

and he suddenly finds himself among people who like him

and accept him...

and he begins to think that one day pretty soon

he's gonna have to leave all this.

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And I guess that would, uh...

quiet a man down, thinking that.

If that's what he was thinking.

So it's no mystery to me why he was subdued.

Well... I don't reckon it was to Gilly, either.

♪♪

♪♪

Easy, now, girl.

Quiet and easy.

♪♪

Well, now, lass...

you're a bonny beauty, aren't you?

Come here.

I should go downstairs.

Why? Aren't I treating you with respect,

like a proper gentleman?

It's not that, Mr. Morgan.

It's that I've got a job to keep. Job?!

You listen to me, my girl.

I'm no ordinary sea scum.

I'm going to be rich.

Do you know what it's like to be rich?

No, sir.

It's like nothing you've ever known.

Gentlemen tip their hats to you in the street,

and servants jump when you bark at them.

And the ladies...

Oh, the ladies, they smile sweetly at you,

and they say, "No, sir,"

and, "Yes, sir." Really, Mr. Morgan,

I'll get fired if I don't go back to the saloon!

You aren't going anywhere till I give the word!

Be gone, you,

whoever the devil you may be!

Morgan, it's me.

Blast your eyes, lad, you've come at a bad time.

I had to see you.

She brought me a bottle from below.

Here you are, lass.

Keep the change. Bless you for your kindness.

Stow a little of that rum in your bilge, lad.

Tell me your news.

Mendoza's herd arrives in the morning.

By heaven, it's done!

Our luck runs ripe, lad.

When do they get the gold?

In the morning, early.

Soon as the bank opens.

How will it be guarded?

From the bank, by, uh, three ranch hands...

Mr. Cartwright and me.

No good, no good. Too many people.

At the ranch house, what happens then?

He'll put the gold in the safe until the Spaniard arrives.

How many guards then?

Most of the men will be busy with the herd.

Aye...

that's it!

We'll strike then like two sharks

on a weary swimmer.

Pour us a drink, lad.

We'll drink to our fortune

and our glorious future.

Where will we go when it's done?

Have you ever known...

the Caribbean, lad?

Yes.

Hot nights, rum sweeter than any you ever put your tongue to,

and bonny girls with the hot sun in their limbs.

Ah, it's a musical land.

To fair weather and a running sea.

♪♪

♪♪

Hello, Gilly.

I was just... reading before turning in.

Thought I heard a... horse ride in.

Oh... that was me, Mr. Cartwright.

I... I couldn't sleep.

I thought a ride might cool my head.

Yeah.

Isn't it funny, once you've been to sea,

and you're on land, it's hard to get to sleep at nights?

You-you miss the feel of the sea, the... Yeah.

The creaking of the ropes at night. You sure do.

And-and the roll of the ship and the wind.

And the flapping of the sails.

Yeah, once you've been to sea, it... never leaves you,

it's always part of you.

And ships, ah...

you know, they're like women you've loved.

You feel bad about leaving the sea?

No.

No. Life is...

life has been good to me here at the Ponderosa.

Yes.

You do have a good life here.

Yes, we do.

And I'm glad you're sharing it with us.

Well... it's time to get bed.

We've got a big day tomorrow.

Aye, sir.

Good night, Gilly.

Good night, sir.

♪♪

Ben? Are you sure you don't want me to get Sheriff Coffee?

Come on, Bob, you'll have to go to Carson City to do that.

It's a lot of money.

Well, it's gonna buy a lot of cattle.

Now, stop worrying, will you? I got four guns besides myself.

All right, boys, let's move out.

Right.

♪♪

Go.

Boys, move on ahead!

All right!

♪♪

Here, Charlie.

Men, you better get over to the cattle dipping,

report to Hoss there. Yes, sir.

And, uh, tell Little Joe to have Señor Mendoza come by

as soon as they start dipping the cattle. I'll do that.

You sure you don't want one of us

to stay on guard here, just in case?

Oh, no. Gilly and I will take care of things.

We'll be all right. Oh, uh, Hop Sing

set the chuck wagon up in Wilson's Draw.

Stop off there if you're hungry.

Right.

Well...

let's get that gold inside and open her up.

Why do that?

I think Señor Mendoza will want to see what he's getting.

Well, doesn't he trust you?

Sometimes I don't know if he trusts himself.

Help you? No, I can manage.

There it is.

Yeah. Gilly...

lot of capital right in there.

Uh, look, you don't need me here.

Why don't I, uh, put my horse away.

♪♪

Mr. Cartwright.

All right, now, stand up, slow and easy.

All right, now... drop your gun belt.

Come on, come on, come on.

All right, now, kick it over here.

Gilly, if you want this gun belt,

you better come and get it.

Get over there.

Go on. Go on!

Please, I don't want to have to use this gun on you.

Do you think you could use it, Gilly?

I assure you, sir,

he'll use it.

He's a good boy, my Gilly-- he'll do what I tell him.

Who's this, Gilly?

A man who wants to see you open that safe.

Gilly, who's this man?

Never mind who I am!

No, wait! Leave him be.

I know the combination.

So this was your plan, Gilly.

Shut up!

You know, Gilly...

being as you know the combination,

we don't need Cartwright no more.

Gilly, do you hear, lad?

Morgan, will you shut up?

I got to concentrate on these numbers.

How much longer is it gonna take you?

Not much longer.

What?

Not much longer.

Just a few seconds.

There it shines, lad.

There it shines.

You know what you got to do now, Gilly.

Yes, I know.

Hurry, lad.

Look... I'll fire a shot into the air,

and then you can escape.

It won't work, Gilly.

We'll get over what you're doing to us with the gold, but...

you'll never get over what you're doing to yourself, Gilly.

I've got to go through with it, don't you see that?

Yeah, well, you...

you'd better take all of the gold.

The boys, uh, wanted you to have that.

Their way of saying...

we'd like to have you stay.

What's the matter with you, Gilly?

Have I got to do this for you?

Morgan, no!

You keep out of this!

You made a mistake, Cartwright.

Those boys of yours won't even recognize you

by the time this gets through with you.

Morgan, no!

Gilly.

Gilly?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I should've been honest with you.

No, it's all right, Gilly.

I-I never knew people like you before.

I wanted to have a place like this.

A place where I belong.

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I wish I could've...

helped you find your marker, Gilly.

What'd you find out?

Well, I found out enough.

And too much.

Pa, how come Gilly done hooked up with this Morgan?

He didn't, Hoss.

Gilly Maples is still on board that ship with Adam.

See, Morgan and...

the young fella we knew as Gilly Maples

were shipmates of Adam's, and they heard him talking

about the cattle and the gold, and...

well, it was Morgan's idea.

He stole Adam's money clip from the real Gilly Maples.

Well, you know the rest.

He fit in so well-- it's hard to believe he was an impostor.

Yeah.

Sure is, isn't it?

I prefer to believe he wasn't an imposter.

I think I prefer to believe that...

there are two Gilly Maples--

The one that saved Adam's life at sea and...

and the one that saved my life.

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Well, let's get home.

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