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What do you think?

I love it.

Lauren, why is this hat so expensive?

Well, it's imported from England.

Mrs. Bullock has had her eye on it.

I think you should buy it.

Vicotate. Ladies.

How's the railroad coming? On schedule till now.

Something happened?

Well, we've run out of rails to lay.

Our supply car didn't arrive this week.

And, uh...

Peter and I are in town to find out why.

Peter is with you?

Yeah, he's over at the telegraph office.

Excuse me.

I know Peter will be glad to see her. I believe the feeling is mutual.

Yeah, I think you should buy it.

It'll never look as good on Mrs. Billick.

Oh, that's a brand new shipment, Grace. Just come in yesterday.

Here, Robert E., I think you'll find it in order.

Take some now and some next week.

Do you like it? It's beautiful on you.

Got my vote.

How much is this one?

Oh, that's 100 % cashmere. Too much for you.

How much?

Twenty dollars.

I don't know why Dorothy ordered it. Not a woman in town can afford to buy it.

Not even Dr. Mike.

Great.

So you're going to buy the hat?

I have to think about this.

Dr. Quinn, hello.

Hello, Peter. Did Colleen find you? Yes. We're going to see each other after

school. What'd you find out?

Nothing good.

A mule broke down?

Well, if it's a mule you're after, I'm sure Robert E. is one for sale at the

livery. It's not that kind of mule, Dr. Quinn. That mule's the steam engine that

we use to transport our supplies to the work site.

The boiler's pipes are leaking.

Have to be replaced.

Would they take it back to Denver for repairs?

Well, if they do, that could take a month, maybe two. And then the snow

so deep that we wouldn't be able to continue work.

That would shut us down until spring.

I wonder if Robert Ian could repair it.

I've been working metal since I was ten.

I had my own place for five years now.

You have any experience in re -piping train boilers, Mr. E?

Oh, just Robert Ian.

No, sir, not exactly.

I'm sorry, this isn't going to work.

Why are the home office asking to send a repair authorization to Denver?

Well, it would take a month before the fountain can get to it.

Mr. Tate, whatever it is, I'm sure he can do it.

Why, Robert, he has fixed everything from plows to cameras.

Dr. Quinn, when a steam boiler fails because it's not repaired properly, it

blows up, people have gotten killed.

He does good work.

He's got the tools to do the job.

If he could fix the boiler here instead of in Denver, we could stay on schedule.

You can do it, can't you, Robert E?

Can you?

Yeah, I believe so.

Of course he can.

Two conditional.

The first. You have two weeks to complete the work. If it's not done by

the deal's off and I send it back to Denver.

And the second?

Peter assists you.

I want him to know everything about the railway, including how to fix the

boiler.

Deal.

You haven't set the price yet.

Well, how much would you charge?

Um... The same as it would cost in Denver?

I'll pay 10 % up front, and the rest on completion.

Let's go, Peter.

What's in that telegram? Dr. Quinn?

Robert E.? There's $50 here.

That means... He's paying me $500.

For a mule.

So what do you think?

I don't know.

Looks to me like an awful lot of work for two men.

Sure does.

Cutting out all these old pipes and putting these new ones back in again.

Well, Robert, either you can do it or you can't. I have to know now.

You can always hire some help.

Not many folks feel comfortable working for me.

I would.

Thanks, Matthew, but I need more than one man.

What about the Changs?

They were only hired to help us transport the boiler.

They are here if you wish to use them.

You work for me?

Don't they speak English?

No, but I can translate for you.

Well, then I guess we better get started and make this deadline.

Sure hope you don't let us down, Robert E. You know how important the train is

to this town.

Push it in here.

Congratulations.

Going hunting. Gone for a few days. Just want to wish you good luck.

I think I'm going to need it.

Don't worry, Grace.

Robert E. can fix anything.

to have them continue on.

They thank you, but they prefer their own food.

However, I would be most happy to accept.

Oh, excuse me.

Would you like to try some tea?

Sure.

Please, help yourself.

You might try it with milk.

As the English do.

Thank you.

Milk?

No, Colleen. Doesn't agree with my stomach.

I'll take two of that, Colleen.

Thanks.

Do you want the rectum?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Very good.

Peter. What?

Your lip.

Oh, forgive me.

That's all right. I'm used to it.

I mean, Brian practically wears his mail.

I've thought of you often and wondered what you might be doing.

You did?

You still have the earth from China I gave you?

Of course.

I keep it right next to the silver comb and brush my grandma gave me.

I was afraid that after time, you might come to see it as only dirt.

Oh, no.

You gave it to me.

Hang six.

No, thanks.

Thank you.

Thanks. What are these?

They're biscuits.

They were sent from New York. The Changs have a cousin who works for a bakery.

Oh, there.

We're laying rails through this area now.

Will it be done in time to bring Grandma here for the wedding?

Robert E. can be finished in two weeks.

I'm sure he will be.

I'm going to Denver tomorrow, leaving Peter behind.

Keep an eye on things just in case. We've all got a lot riding on this.

If anything goes wrong, I want to know about it.

I'm sure there will be no problems.

Robert E. is a good craftsman.

I sure hope so.

What do you mean?

Well, he's got to test the boiler himself.

Test it?

Well, a man's got to be willing to stand by his work. How does he do that?

Well, the boiler's designed to run at a steam pressure of 100 pounds per square

inch. We'll heat her up to 150, and if she holds, it gets paid.

If she don't?

Well, you won't want to be anywhere near it.

Your dinner's ready.

I'm going to work a little longer.

Well, how much longer?

Some things won't keep.

Yeah, I want to get one more pipe out tonight. And I got some work to do for

Lauren. For Lauren?

Yeah, I still got my regular customers wanting things done.

Why are you taking on extra work when you already got your hands full?

I already promised.

Well, maybe you shouldn't be promising some things without us discussing it

first. Oh, you want to discuss the buggy wheel I'm fixing for Lauren? No.

What's on your mind, Grace?

Just maybe we should have talked this whole job thing over before you took it

on. It all happened so fast.

Mr. Tate was talking about his problems and then Dr. Mike said I could fix it

and pretty soon I was believing I could.

Can you?

You don't think I can do it?

Is that what you think? Oh, Robert E. If it is, it's a little late to be saying

something. Oh, I believe that you can fix it.

And I also believe that there's such a thing as biting off more than you can

chew. Look, I want to be able to have something for this family, be able to

afford something. I do, too. But, Robert E., those folks will blame you if that

railroad is delayed in coming. Look, I'm going to have it fixed in time. Oh,

Robert E. Grace.

Grace.

Chances like this don't come along often.

Who knows what it'll lead to. Maybe a contract with Denver and Rio Grande.

And maybe you could get hurt.

For quitting all this, I couldn't do it.

That I wasn't smart enough.

I got a right to have a better life for myself, don't I?

Make sure you choose the right time and place to travel.

I don't want to lose you.

I'll ask them now.

I'm sure they won't mind.

Matthew, would you mind taking the boxes in before you go to work? Sure.

I will help you.

Good morning, Grace. Morning.

Grace, can you speak to me?

I've learned that there are serious risks involved with the repair of that

boiler.

Had I known, I would never have been so insistent that Robert E. take the job.

I'm certain that if I speak with Mr.

Tate, He'd understand why Robert E. Martin quit.

If he quits now, they'll say that he couldn't do it.

Wasn't smart enough.

Robert E.'s going to see this through.

No matter what happens.

See you tonight.

You go ahead and get the supply chain at the break.

I will catch up.

All right.

So what may I bring to eat for the picnic?

There isn't going to be any picnic.

You are expecting rain?

Expecting better fun.

They do not want me to come.

We'll just have our own picnic.

Please. I understand.

If you would rather be with your friends... I'd rather be with you.

Nearly two years since he has seen his wife and children.

All right, let's get back to work.

Dr. Mike?

Yes?

Do you want this here?

Yes, right where they've always gone.

Is something bothering you, Colleen?

No.

It's just... Well, I was wondering.

You like Peter, don't you?

Yes, I do.

What about you?

I really like spending time with him.

He's so easy to talk to.

There's not many boys like that.

No, there aren't.

My friends think he's strange.

Do you?

No, he's from a different culture.

That's one of the things I like about him.

Me too.

Dr. Mike!

What happened?

I finished eating lunch and went back to work.

Pretty soon he passed out and started shaking.

What did he eat?

Same thing as I did.

Do you feel all right?

Yeah.

I want you all to wait outside. Colleen and I will look after her.

Come on, let's go on back to work.

Nothing we can do now.

Come on.

Don't you want to wait, see how he is? What I want to do is go back to work.

Now, we got a lot of work to do. Now, we short one man.

He'll be all right. He's in good hands.

Oh, Robert E.

Just the man I've been looking for.

Now, about your bill.

What about it?

You said you'd pay me later. Well, it's later.

You said you'd pay me for the repairs I did on your wagon. I would.

But the repairs you made didn't stand up. They broke.

I had to pay another fellow to fix that wheel when I got stranded in Soda

Springs. Then I would have fixed it again.

You should have fixed it right the first time.

I'll pay you the rest when I get paid.

When's that going to be?

When I finish with the boiler.

How am I going to get paid if something happens to you?

You won't.

I see where one of your Chinamen took you.

How are you ever going to make your deadline?

Don't worry, Lauren.

You'll get your money.

Dr.

Quinn.

How's Kwong?

Better.

Convulsions have stopped and he's conscious.

And he can go back to work?

Until I know what's wrong with him, I don't think it's a good idea.

Not for him or for any of you.

What do you mean?

I mean it may be contagious.

But you don't know.

No, I don't know.

Peter.

Go tell him if he doesn't get up and go back to work right now, I'm going to

have to replace him.

Robert E. Kwong is much improved, but he's still very weak.

Please, don't do this. I can't do anything else. Go on.

Go on.

But he could have a relapse.

If I don't deliver on time, I don't get paid.

And neither does anybody else. Hey!

I didn't call no break.

Get on back to work.

Go on.

Don't you understand how important this is to me?

I know it's important you succeed in making the repairs on time, but is that

reason to mistreat the men that are working for you?

Just plain hard work, Dr. Mac.

Maybe something you don't know about.

Robert E. I worked hard for everything that I have, just like you and anyone

else. Our lives are so different, you can't begin to understand.

So don't go telling me you're just like me.

You don't even know who I am.

Perhaps you're right.

Perhaps I don't know you as well as I thought I did.

Oh, you're the one who got me into this. I'm sorry I did. Let's get back to

work. Not me.

You quitting?

I'm sorry, Robert E.

I don't want to work for you anymore.

Not if you're going to treat people like this.

Peter!

Whatever it is, now they both have it. Take him to the clinic.

You too, Robert E. I'm sick.

But it could be contagious.

It don't matter.

Getting sick is the least of my problems.

Open up, Dr. Mike.

If there's some kind of Chinese plague going on around here, you ought to tell

us what it is.

There is no such thing as a Chinese plague. Then what's wrong with those two

Chinamen who worked with Robert E. the past week?

I haven't determined that yet.

How do we know what ain't catching?

Well, Peter doesn't have it, neither does Matthew or Robert E. It doesn't

to be contagious.

It doesn't appear to be.

Well, the three of them don't have a fever. They don't have swollen glands.

Oh, we don't care what they don't have. We want to know what they do have.

So do I, Lauren.

As soon as I find out, I'll let you know.

I just thought you should know that I don't believe you're contagious.

How are Kong and Lee?

Not very well.

Where did Lee keep his phone?

Over there in the bathroom.

He wanted this picture of his family.

I will take it then.

Probably.

I'm sorry.

I have to say that I do feel responsible for what you're going through right

now. No, you're not. I'm the one who took on the job.

But is it really worth the risk?

You don't think I can do it?

I don't see how anyone could do it.

With only you and Peter left, Mr.

Tate will be here in four days.

I'll be ready for him.

Hello, Mr. Talley.

I just got back from town and I heard you've been having some problems.

Yes. I was going to notify Mr. Tate.

We may not make the deadline.

A couple of days won't make much of a difference, will it?

I beg your pardon?

Well, if Robert E. don't finish, you're going to be shipping it to Denver

anyway. So why send bad news early if you don't have to?

Who knows?

Maybe Robert E.'s luck will change.

The Chinese know about luck, don't they?

Yes, Mr. Sully, we do.

Excuse me, I must get back to work.

Great dinner with some food.

Maybe we'll eat it later.

You're not too cold by then.

I work faster, I'm all right.

With just ten minutes.

I brought you some more milk, since you liked it so much.

Thank you.

Martha, the Chain Brothers are feeling better.

Perhaps our luck is changing.

Peter. What?

You did it again.

You believe in luck?

I feel lucky I met you.

Oh, here.

I thought maybe the Changs.

Might get some comfort in holding the earth you brought me from China.

You are very kind.

Will you go back to China when your work is done here?

Only to find a wife.

Oh.

That is, if I could not find one here.

Oh.

But I would live in this country.

Perhaps in San Francisco.

Oh, I hear there's lots of Chinese there.

I want to build a big house on one of the hills and have lots of children.

I want to have children, too.

That is, after I go to medical school. You would like San Francisco.

I hope to see it someday.

I hope to see you seeing it someday.

Thanks for the food.

Going to work all night again?

Yes.

You want something, wouldn't you?

I love you, Robert E.

I love you because...

and you fight for what you believe in.

But... I don't know if I can be watching when you fire that thing up.

Listen up, Robert E.

Listen up.

There's

something

wrong, Robert E.

Run for it!

Better.

They're having some tea and biscuits this morning, but they still eat.

Sounds like something they ate.

Peter ate everything they did, and Matthew ate some of their food, too.

It has to be something else.

What?

I don't know. I haven't any idea what's wrong.

But if they're not better tomorrow, they can't help Robert E., and he's going to

fail.

Michaela, you know how I feel about the railroad coming.

Why does this have to be about the railroad?

Why can't it just be about helping a friend?

Dr. Mike!

What happened?

I do not know.

They were just having their tea and biscuits.

Did Matthew eat any of these?

Yes, I had some too.

With tea?

With milk.

Matthew had tea, but he had milk in it.

Urgent you advise at once. Signed, Dr. Quinn.

And that's going to the Wallkill Bakery, Orange County, New York. Please let me

know the minute you receive a reply, Horace.

Probably won't be till tomorrow.

You think they were poisoned?

Yes, but I need to know by what source.

If I treat them for the wrong poison, well, that could be worse.

Robert E.

I know I was supposed to have your new axe ready, but I've been busy.

I can wait.

Thanks.

How's it going?

I don't believe I'm going to make the deadline.

Maybe people were right. Maybe...

Bit off more than I could chew.

You gotta stop listening to what other folks say, Robert E.

You gotta start listening to yourself.

I can already hear the whistle blowing, can't you?

Yeah, I can.

Hey, uh, need some help?

Yes, I would.

Got a reply.

213 people were poisoned in New York and other cities.

With those biscuits?

The lead was in the flour used to make the biscuits.

Someone put it in there?

By accident, but more by ignorance.

The millstones used to make this flour had holes in them.

The workers filled the holes with lead.

When the wheels wore down, the lead was ground into the flour.

And when it was baked into the biscuits...

The heat and fermentation transforms into lead carbonate, which is a deadly

poison. How come Peter and I didn't get sick?

The milk you drank coated your stomachs. It helped to neutralize the poison.

Are they going to be all right?

I've treated them with a purgative and iodide potassium.

They should feel better by tomorrow.

You let me know how much it costs.

I'll pay it.

I owe them that. They work for me.

I'll take over now. You can go to bed.

They've been sleeping all right.

They must love their families very much to come this far, to work this hard.

The little boy's name is Wan Li.

Peter says he was born after they left to come to America.

He's never seen his father.

He will.

We were lucky.

That's what Peter said.

He says our luck has changed.

I could never be this far away from you and Brian and Matthew.

I hope we always live in the same town.

So much the rain won't come, and nothing's going to be that far.

Even a place like San Francisco wouldn't be any trouble to visit at all.

Right, if I was not.

I'd come visit you all the time, and you can come visit us.

What?

Well, when I get married someday.

I mean, if I were to live somewhere else.

But that's a long way off.

Good night.

Good night.

No, it isn't for four hours never gonna make it Was

it

go to work

Jay's here. He's coming.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Looks like you got it done.

There.

Any problems?

Not a one.

Well, fire her up.

Run the boiler at 150 pounds per square inch.

And keep it there until I tell you to back off.

Oh, Mr. Hayes.

I just want to thank you for this opportunity. If it wasn't for you and

friends here, this wouldn't be happening.

And we all benefit in it. You're successful, Robert E.

For your personal safety, ladies and gentlemen, I suggest you all back up.

She's up past 150.

Hold it there.

I'll take it from here.

Come on, go on.

Thank you.

buy that show for my wife. It's a deal for sale.

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