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[ theme music playing ]

♪♪

Let me see him. Let's see.

Pete! Jim!

You kinds come on, now. Supper's on!

Sue Ann, Sue Ann!

I got every word right. Miss Tanner gave me a gold star.

Good boy, Jim. I told you you were smart.

You made me do it, Sue Ann.

You heard the words over and over.

Quick! Somebody get me a box or something!

What is it?It's a frog.

And I almost caught a toad.

Wait a second.

Here. Pop him in this.

He'll jump out.

Keep your hand over it so he doesn't

till I get something.

Jim, fetch me the scissors.

There we go.

We'll make it real good and tight

so he won't jump out.

There.

Thank you.

Whatcha gonna do, Sue Ann?

Slit a whole so he can breathe.

Can he sleep all right in there?

Only till after dinner.

Then you have to let him go again.

Oh, no!Oh, no!

You don't want him to die, do you?

He won't die.

Well, if he won't, he'll wish he could,

cooped up like that in there.

Now, come on, you two.

Go on down to the pump and get washed up.

What's cookin'?

Stew.Stew again.

Hop to, now.

Sue Ann?Hmm?

Can frogs really wish?

I don't know, Jim.

Maybe only people wish.

[ ringing ]

No, it wouldn't take too much.

Some of that old lumber out in back,

a couple of extra hours every day.

That'd give Sue Ann and me a place of our own,

out back a ways,

but still be close enough to be handy.

Well, it makes some sense.

We could start on it in a week or two.

Joe?

You talk to Sue Ann yet?

Well, I talked around it some.

Not right to it.

Just can't seem to find the words.

Well, I figure--

I figure she knows how I feel anyhow.

I know. I don't matter.

They gotta be talked to.

They gotta be asked. They expect it.

Best to get started on the right foot.

Well, I'll work on it in my mind.

I'll--I'll try to say something tonight.

♪♪

It's gettin' late. Better turn in.

That bread sure does smell good, honey.

Thank you, Pa.

Good night.

Pa?

Good night, Pa.

Think I'd better tell you something.

What?

You got flour on your nose.

That was a mighty fine meal, Sue Ann.

Thank you, Joe.

Your pa and me were talkin'.

That so?

About the boys.

Well, they're gettin' older.

They could use a room of their own.

Seems to me they're fine just where they are.

No, I mean it would be easy enough

to add on a room, and then they would--

Look, Joe, if we keep talkin' like this,

we're gonna wake them up.

Couldn't we go outside?

It's a nice night, and we could talk.

Uh...maybe some other time, Joe.

I'm awful tired.

Whatever you say.

Sue Ann?

Yes?

There are things I gotta say.

Sooner or later, you're gonna have to listen.

You know what I'm tryin' to tell you?

I think so.

Good night, Joe.

♪♪

MAN: Whoa!

Mr. Tait?

What in the blazes--

Is that you, Sue Ann?

It's me, Mr. Tait. I'm comin' with you.

All by yourself?

Now, Mr. Tait, I'm not still that little girl

who used to wave at you all the time.

Well, I guess you know what you're doin'.

Oh, I do.

Give me your bag. Get inside.

Thank you.

All clear?All clear!

Hyah!

♪♪

Evenin'.

Evenin'.

Nice night, isn't it?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

You, uh... you going far?

San Francisco.

Oh. Heh.

Well, now, that's quite a trip.

Yes.

Have you ever been there?

Once or twice.

It's wonderful, isn't it?

It sure was for me.

Did you ever go to Nob Hill?

Um...

to tell you the truth,

I didn't spend much time in that part of town.

Oh.

Sorry.

You going far?

Medicine Bow.

You live there?

Mm-hmm. Shiloh Ranch,

just outside of town.

You own a ranch?

Um, well... no, not exactly.

The fact is, I'm just a hand there.

Oh.

Sorry again.

[ both laugh ]

Uh, name's Trampas. Miss...

MacRea.MacRea.

Sue Ann MacRea.

What's it like in Medicine Bow?

Oh, it's a nice town.

Quiet most of the time.

Nice people--same.

You should stop off and visit for a while.

I'd be real proud to show you around.

Well, thank you.

I just might do that.

Well, good. Good.

Heh.

♪♪

Thank you, Mr. Tait.

Watch your step.

Well, uh, over there is our general store.

And up here is--

Good morning.Morning, Emmett.

Have a nice trip?

Business as usual.

Oh, business?

Oh, uh, Emmett...

this is Sue Ann MacRea-- Emmett Ryker.

Happy to meet you, Mr. Ryker.

How are you?Fine.

What you got back there?Hmm?

Oh, this? Nothing. Just a--Just a-- It's nothing.

Who's been mindin' the--

Oh, Emmett. That's beautiful.

Hmm. Isn't it? Oh, you'll have sweet dreams

if you put your head on that, yes, sir.

Of course, I really didn't think it was your color.

I won it. I won it!

At the bazaar.

The bazaar?The church bazaar.

We're raising money for the new schoolhouse.

You like bazaars?

I don't know. I've never been to one.

Oh, well, something ought to be done about that, Trampas.

Emmett--

I'll tell you what-- you take this,

and I'll just win you three or four more to go along with it.

Miss MacRea, you gotta see what clean living

and a steady hand can do for you.

Now, I won this target shooting.

So, if you come along with me,

I'm gonna show you just exactly how I did it.

Emmett.

♪♪

Well, here we are.

You got everything?

I feel like it's Christmas...

only better.

Well, I guess we'd better find you

someplace to stay.

You are staying, aren't you?

Yes. For a while, anyway.

Good. How about the hotel?

Well, I only have a little money.

It's my egg money I saved up.

Well, I have just the place for egg money.

You'll like it there. Mrs. Crandall's boarding house.

You've been awful nice to me.

I'm always nice to pretty girls.

And would you say I'm pretty?

Yes. Yes, you are.

Well, anyway, I'm as pretty as I'm ever going to be, Trampas,

and I want to enjoy every minute.

Is that wrong?

Doesn't sound wrong to me.

Your friend Mr. Ryker's a nice man.

Yeah. It's too bad he had to go back to the office.

♪♪

Find anything?

Nobody's seen her anywhere.

How about Caldwells. Did you ask them?

Nobody left to ask.

Except the stagecoach.

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa!

Howdy, Mr. Tait.

I guess I know what you're gonna ask me.

Uh, you seen her?

Yeah, I saw her.

And I thought it was pretty strange at the time--

Sue Ann runnin' off like that all by herself.

Where did she go?

Dropped her off in Medicine Bow.

Medicine Bow?

Why would she go there?

Who was with her?

On the way there, nobody.

Well, except a drummer, and Trampas.

Trampas?

He's a hand--

works over on the Shiloh ranch.

Well, I'd better get goin' or I'll be late.

Thank you, Mr. Tait.

Hyah! Get up, now!

What are we gonna do now?

Get Mrs. Wilkins from down the road

to look in on the kids,

then go find Sue Ann. Let's go.

Hah! Hyah!

♪♪

♪♪

Whoa.

May I help you?

We're lookin' for a fella named Trampas.

Is anything wrong?

That's to be found out. But I got words to say to him.

You're headed in the right direction.

See those men by the corral?

Trampas is the one in the buckskin.

Much obliged. Hah!

Trampas?

Yeah. What can I do for you?

Where is she?She?

Sue Ann.

Oh.

We know you were with her.

She got off the stage in town, then what?

Well, I don't think you'd believe me.

Try us. We went to a church bazaar.

Now, listen--Now, you listen.

I don't know you. I've never seen you before.

What right do you have to come in here and--

I'm her pa.

Well, like I was sayin',

you've got every right to know where she is.

Come on.

♪♪

Liz, tell the foreman I went up to the...town

to get the mail.

I'll tell him.

Well, there it is.

Looks like a respectable enough place.

You could be sure of that, sir.

I guess I was a little sharp with you back there.

I'm sorry, but I guess you know how a father feels.

I understand, sir.

I hope everything turns out all right.

Thank you.So long.

Pa, I know how you must feel.

You had us worried sick.

I'm sorry, Pa.

I really am.

I didn't mean to upset you.

Come on in.

Sit down, Pa.

I'm waitin' to hear, Sue Ann,

why you did it.

Pa, maybe I should've sat down

and talked it out to you first.

Maybe.

But I was afraid you'd never understand...

how I felt about being stuck way out there on the farm--

every day the same-- fixing the meals and the wash,

and sometimes going to visit a neighbor, or church on Sundays.

What's so wrong about that?

Nothing wrong, Pa.

Just...it's not enough.

I want to see life, to live it.

I want to wake up in the mornings,

knowing something exciting might happen today.

Walk down a street and see new faces,

smell new smells,

to wear pretty new clothes,

and know that people are lookin' at me...

are curious about me, like I was somebody.

Not just some girl, they knew what day she was born,

when she had her tonsils out,

and who she'll most likely end up to marry.

Sue Ann.

I'm sorry. I don't want to know

who I'll end up to marry.

Pa...please, try to understand.

I don't know what I want to do yet,

or where or how.

But I do know what I don't want.

Pa...

in San Francisco,

I heard some ladies ride around in fancy carriages,

and they wear real fur capes,

and gentlemen take 'em to champagne dinners.

Come on, now. Even if a person

did want to traipse around like that,

it'd take money.

That's right, Pa.

But, Sue Ann, you don't have any money.

At least not like that.

Not yet I don't.

But you ain't even got enough money

to stay here for long.

But I'll get a job, Pa, that's all.

A job? Oh, come on, now.

Jobs just ain't that easy to come by.

Well, I'll just have to find one, Pa, that's all.

Please, stop worrying about me.

I can take care of myself.

A man goes along, year after year,

trying to be a good father,

doing the best he can for his kids.

And all of a sudden, somebody cuts a hole in the floor,

and there he is, down in the cellar,

crawlin' around in the dark.

I'll go pack my bag, Pa.

No, never mind.

If you feel that strong about it...

Oh, Pa. Don't you see?

I just want a chance to prove myself.

You just remember one thing.

If things don't work out for you,

if you come to feel like you made a mistake,

don't you be too proud to come home and say so.

I'll remember, Pa.

Guess I'd better be gettin' along.

Pa?

Good-bye, Pa.

Kiss the kids for me, hmm?

Pa... about the kids.

We'll make out.

Sue Ann, I just wanted to say...

I don't understand why things happen like they do.

It don't make any difference to me,

the way I feel about you.

Thank you, Joe.

[ door closes ]

[ sighs ]

What's wrong?

Mr. MacRea, if you could spare me,

I'd like to stay here for a while.

She's said her mind, Joe. She's got a right.

She never had nothin' in her whole life

except takin' care of other people.

It's her turn now.

I just can't leave her alone.

She'd be mighty resentful

if she thought you was nursemaidin' her.

She doesn't have to know.

The point is, I'd be close if she needed some help.

You got no money.

I'll make out.

Send me word when you can.

Hyah, come on.

♪♪

Hey, Trampas.

Hello, Joe. What happened?

Did Sue Ann go back with your pa?

No. Look, I've been askin' around

about somebody needs a ranch hand.

Think there might be somethin' in Shiloh?

Well, I don't hire and I don't fire,

but I can sure introduce you to the fella that does.

Come on.

♪♪

Howdy, Emmett.

Howdy. Gettin' a late start?

No, I got an early start. Just a late shave.

What's on your mind?

You got a hand here named Carstairs?

Milt Carstairs?

That's right.

I understand he's got a record.

We knew that when we hired him.

Matter of fact, he told us so himself.

We figured he deserved a chance.

It could be you figured wrong.

I'd like to talk with him.

Any trouble?Maybe.

Well, I'll send Trampas out to relieve Carstairs.

You got a little speck of soap right there.

Oh, thanks.

Won't be a minute.

Boy, it's hard work, isn't it? Yep.

I suppose you're used to it, huh?

Comin' from a farm and all.

Yeah, I'm used to it.

Yeah, I think I'd rather be pushin' cows myself.

They're mean and unsociable,

but at least there's ranchin'.

You don't say a bunch, do you?

No need to.

Milt?Yo.

You got a pretty girl or a bottle in your back pocket?

I'm afraid not. Foreman sent me in to spell you.

Wants to see you back at the bunkhouse.

Must've been livin' right.

Come on, Buck, go over here.

There, there, now.

How's it goin'?

No complaints.

Heh. You're sure a hard worker, Joe.

It's what I'm used to.

Back on the farm,

if you fall behind, you never catch up.

The land beats you.

How long did you work for the MacReas?

Ever since my folks died.

My father had a little piece of bottom land,

but he lost it.

I think that's what killed him, losin' that little piece of land.

I needed a job,

and Mr. MacRea took me in.

Treats me real nice.

Seems you're almost like family.

Almost.

I'll tell you this--

I'd sure like to be.

How long you figuring on staying?

Can't tell for certain.

Trampas?Yeah.

Do me a favor.Sure thing.

Next time you ride into town,

would you look in on her, see how she is?

You could.

No.

I gotta be here in case she needs me.

But I don't want her feelin' I'm smotherin' her.

You understand?

Sure.

I'll look in on her.

Thanks.

Did y'all want to see me?

Oh. Carstairs...

you know Deputy Ryker?

I believe so. How do you do?

How are you? You work for Colonel Kendall

up at Bar-O before you came here?

That's right.

Well, two days ago,

the colonel found something missing--

a couple of war medals of his he set a lot of store by.

One of 'em was gold.

I left there three weeks ago.

These could've been gone that long, and more.

I didn't bring a search warrant here with me.

Judge Clark is out of town, but I can get one.

I guess we both know that, under the circumstances.

Yeah.

[ chuckles ]

Well, if a man's got a record--

doesn't make any difference how long ago or what for--

he's sure gonna be the one you'll try to nail first.

Well, go ahead. Look all you want to.

♪♪

You want to search me?

For your information, Carstairs,

every man that worked at Bar-O went through the same thing.

Thanks.

Sorry about this, Carstairs.

♪♪

Mrs. Crandall, do I look all right?

Oh, you look just fine.

You're not sleeping late today?

No, not today. Though I've sure enjoyed

lollin' around with nothin' to do and no responsibilities.

But today I'm off to get my job.

Well, just like that?

Oh, I might be late for supper.

You never can tell the first day what the hours are gonna be.

That's right, you sure can't.

Bye.Bye.

♪♪

Thank you very much.

But I can do the work of two strong men.

I've done work on a farm all my life and I'm very good--

Well, maybe a little later I could--

Oh, could you give it some thought?

No, she's not home yet.

Hmm. Do you have any idea where I might find her?

No, I haven't.

She, uh... getting along all right?

Yes.

Well, you might tell her I stopped by.

Fine.Good night.

Good night.

♪♪

Beer.

Hello.Hello, Trampas.

What's the matter?

Oh, I just can't think of anything to drink to.

That's a problem.

Health's important.

Mm-hmm.

Money.

I can go along with that.

What about women?

Heh. That did it, huh?

Not really.

Two whiskeys.

Hello, Sue Ann.

Oh.

Evenin'.Evenin'.

Well, Trampas, who's your friend?

Oh, Sue Ann, this is Milt Carstairs.

He works at Shiloh. Sue Ann MacRea.

Please to meet you, ma'am.

I'd like to buy you a drink.

No.What?

I mean, uh--

I mean, she's drinkin' with me.

What did you do that for?

What are you doin' this for?

What's wrong with it?

I needed a job. This is a job.

A job--

Yeah, well, there are jobs, and then there are jobs.

Sue Ann, what would your pa say?

My pa doesn't know, and he doesn't have to know.

Don't you see? I said I could do it,

look out for myself, and now I have to prove it.

In a place like this, you'll get the chance.

Well, it won't be for long.

As soon as I save some money...

Then San Francisco?

San Francisco.

And then what?

I gotta get back.

Sue Ann, a girl like you--

Trampas, I know you mean well,

but it's none of your business, really.

No, I guess not.

Um...I guess we ought to be headin' back.

What for?

What for? Heh.

The foreman's gonna roll us out of the sack pretty early.

That's nothin' new.

The fact is, we could shoot a little game of pool

down the street.

I got two weeks' salary

says you don't know one end of a cue stick from another.

You're on.

♪♪

Stew again, I bet.

Sure is.

What happened?When?

Last night.

Oh. I almost lost two weeks' pay to Milt playin' pool,

but I got it back.

No, no. I mean, did you see her--Sue Ann?

Oh. Well, uh...

I went to the boarding house, but she wasn't there.

I talked to the landlady, though.

Did she say she was all right?

Yeah, she said she was doin' fine.

Something's the matter.

Well...

look, Joe, I--

I guess I know how you feel about Sue Ann,

but maybe it'd be a better idea if you did go on home

and let her get whatever this is out of her system.

You think, uh...

you think I'm foolish to stay around?

No, not foolish exactly--

Well, I guess I am.

It's just that--

I love her, Trampas.

I never told her right out, but I do.

I've got to look out for her.

It's a funny thing about women. They're not like us.

Heh. I noticed that.

That's not what I mean.

They get something in their head,

you just can't talk 'em out of it.

You can't deal with 'em, and you can't reason with 'em

like you can with a man.

They gotta work it out their own way.

I sure hope Sue Ann does that,

works it out for herself-- for both of us.

Let's eat.

Stew, huh?

Hey, you gonna give me a chance

to win back some of that money I lost last night?

I got plans for that.

You got plans, huh, Milt?

You betcha.

Boy, there's a brand new little old gal

in that Rocky Mountain Saloon--

Shut up.

What do you mean? You can't expect to keep it all for yourself.

What are you gonna do about her, Milt?

Well, I'm gonna walk in there,

and I'm gonna stroll up to little old Sue Ann,

and I'm gonna take out my poker winnings--

Joe!

Simmer down! Simmer down!

You saw the man crack me in the jaw!

He lied! He said that he saw Sue Ann in the saloon.

That's true. Ask him--he's the one who was talkin' to her.

He's lyin', ain't he?

You tell me he's lyin'.

Milt, sit down.

Joe, come here.

No, she's workin' there.

I went in to talk to her, but--

Joe! Now, you listen to me.

You never said you saw her.

I was gonna tell you, but I--

But what?!

You stay away from Sue Ann, you hear me?

You go near her again, and I swear I'll kill you.

♪♪

Yep, I guess we looked pretty silly at that, didn't we?

Two grown men tryin' to win a parasol

in a ring-toss contest.

Not silly at all.

Anyway, we're glad you decided to stay here with us.

This whole place needs some prettying up.

[ laughs ] Thank you.

♪♪

It's true.

I thought you went home.

I told myself a thousand times, they're lyin'.

But it's true!

Joe, I'm workin'.

Not anymore, you're not. We're gettin' out of here.

Maybe you didn't hear her, mister.

You stay out of this.You let her go.

It's all right, Mr. Ryker.

He's a friend.

Sue Ann, you go and pack your things!

How could you?

How could you, in front of all these people?!

What do you mean, how could I?!

What do you mean, how could I?

You're shaming yourself and all of us,

workin' in a place like this.

You know what people think?

I know what I think.

And I know what I am.

Nobody has a claim on me, Joe.

I belong to me, and nobody else.

And what I want to do or where I want to work

is up to me.

Sue Ann, you can't want this.

That's for me to say.

I know what I want in my life, Joe,

and it's not that beat-up farm in the middle of nowhere

and scramblin' the earth for the rest of my life.

That may be all right for you-- that's all you know.

That's all you'll ever know.

Why don't you go back to it and leave me alone?

Sue Ann...

And don't you ever...

ever do to me again what you did just now.

I don't want to hate you, Joe.

Don't make me.

♪♪

♪♪

Last one into town buys all the drinks.

All the way to town, you know.

Come on, cowboy, let's go!

Yeah, come on!

[ knock on door ]

Oh. What can I do for you, Joe?

I was wondering if I could draw my pay in advance.

The whole month, if I could.

Yeah, I guess that'd be all right.

Goin' over the books--

sometimes I'd trade this job for a plugged nickel.

There you are. Goin' into town?

That's right.

If you stop by the Silver Queen,

stay away from the table at the back

where the redhead runs the wheel.

The redhead may be all right. The wheel isn't.

I'll remember, thanks.

[ piano music playing ]

Yo.

Hey, Trampas, you won. That's yours.

Oh. Well, I'll be.

Something botherin' you?

No, no.

Uh, you gonna be around for a while?

Yeah, probably.

I think I'll be headin' back.

Milt, you comin' with me?

No, I think I'm gonna stick around for a while.

So long, Emmett.

Hey, Joe. It's after 1:00.

How about headin' back with me?

[ dramatic music playing ]

Hey, you.

Hey, you!

I want a drink.

You've got a drink.

I want company to drink it with.

That's your job, ain't it?

Or ain't my money as good as somebody else's?

Here! How much do you charge, huh?!

Sue Ann...

I'd like to dance with you.

I don't think so.Oh, come on.

Let go of her.

Not this time, friend.

Joe, stop it.You listen--

[ music stops ]

EMMETT: All right, hold it!

I said, hold it! Hold it!

All right already! All right!

I warned you, mister.

Let's go.

♪♪

TRAMPAS: Looks like you're gonna be workin' for nothin'

for quite a while.

By the way, this isn't the best way in the world

to hold on to your job.

The foreman-- he's pretty understanding

about this sort of thing.

It happens to most of us at one time or another.

And he goes along with it.

But I wouldn't recommend it as a habit.

You'd better know, Stevens--

next time it'll be more than a fine.

If you're smart, you'll stay out of the Rocky Mountain

and you'll leave that girl alone.

Stevens, you heard what I said?

Uh, I'll keep an eye on him.

Come on, Joe.

♪♪

Hey, Joe. Wait a minute. Where are you goin'?

I'll meet you back at Shiloh.

Sue Ann, I wasn't sure if you wanted--

Oh, it's all right, Mrs. Crandall.

Well, I could make some coffee.

No, thank you.

You said you didn't want to hate me.

Please don't, Sue Ann.

We have nothing to say, Joe.

Why don't you just go on?

Look...

I did it wrong.

I tried to tell you. I tried to shame you.

I had no right to.

But now I've come to ask you--beg you, even--

come on home.

And if you won't do that,

at least quit that place.

I can't.

Why can't you?

All right. Then I won't.

I just don't understand.

Joe.

There's a picture my ma left me.

27 years old in that picture,

and she looked like 40.

Do you know why?

Because she had nothing to keep her young,

nothing to put a spark in her face.

How would you know that?

Because I'm a woman,

and I know the secret longings and feelings a woman has

all of her life.

A man gets old.

Maybe he doesn't think like a boy anymore.

But a woman is a little girl until she's 80.

She never quite forgets

how she feels about romantic things--

bringing back memories,

the smell of a rose,

the look in someone's eye,

a parasol somebody won for her at a bazaar once

when she was young.

She stores up these things to keep a sweetness in her.

Sweetness?

You've got enough sweetness in you

to last a lifetime.

You never said anything like that to me before.

I wanted to.

I tried.

I guess I wouldn't let you.

Well...

thank you for saying it now.

For wanting to help me.

Sue Ann?

You have to go?

Nothin' nobody says is gonna stop you?

I'll get that money, Joe.

And you won't have to be ashamed about the way I do.

That's all right, Eddie. I'll finish up in here.

You take care of the back.

Sue Ann?

Joe?

I've been waitin' outside.

Ryker said I wasn't to come in here again.

I brought you something.

Here.

Joe...how did you get--

There's over $200 there.

I won it.

I drew all my pay, and I played the wheel.

Over at the other place-- the Silver Queen.

You won $200?

Why not?

Ain't I entitled to a run of luck?

You'll quit now, won't you, Sue Ann?

Quit this place?

Yes.

Yes. With this, I can.

And go on tomorrow

to where it is you have to go.

That's all I ask.

I'm not promising to come back, Joe.

I know.

Well, good-bye, Sue Ann.

Whatever it is you want, I hope you find it.

♪♪

Joe?

Joe--

♪♪

Milt, foreman wants a couple of us to ride out and bring the men in.

Why, you got trouble?

There was a robbery last night.

Somebody broke into Mr. Grainger's desk.

Ryker's waiting inside.

Emmett, I don't like poking through anybody's gear when they're not around.

No idea there. Just, uh, browsing, you might say.

What is it?

Looks like an old Army medal.

This is Milt's bunk.

I'd like to talk to you about your housekeeping.

There's a hole in this mattress

big enough to hide a fistful of medals in.

♪♪

Didn't you get the word?

What?

Foreman called everybody back to the ranch.

Why?

You wouldn't know, huh?

Why should I?

Well, there was some money stolen

from Grainger's cash box last night,

and you snuck in the bunkhouse after 3:00.

I want that money.

You're crazy. I don't have any money.

Well, then you'd better take me to where it is.

Did you give it to the girl?

Come on, did you give it to her?

All right, I guess that about does it.

Sorry to take your men away from their work.

They're good men, Emmett.

I'd hate to think any of 'em stole any money from Mr. Grainger.

You didn't want to think Carstairs was a thief, either.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means this. He stole these

from Colonel Kendall over at the Bar-O.

You haven't seen him, have you?

I sent him out to round up the rest of the men.

Maybe he did steal those medals,

but that doesn't mean he broke into the cash box.

That doesn't make him

the most upstanding character in the world, either, does it?

There's somebody else who didn't ride in.

Who's that?

The new man-- Joe Stevens.

Let's ride out and find him.

You'll be around in case he comes back here?

I'll be around.

♪♪

He's still alive.

Milt, what happened?

Stevens stole that money.

I saw him sneaking in late last night.

I just figured I'd cut myself in.

Why?

I--I was there when you found those medals.

I just figured I'd get away with a little stake.

Joe shot you?

Yeah.

Let's get him into town.

Get his wagon here.

♪♪

Hello.Westbound, miss?

Yes. Yes, I am.

We'll be leaving in a few minutes.

All right.

Now, you got it? You take some men,

you head up toward Sage Canyon.

I'll circle around through the hills.Right.

Better get aboard now, miss.

I'll be right back.

Trampas!

You men go ahead.

I'll catch up with you later.

Well, you sure look pretty this morning.

Thank you.

Looks like a San-Francisco-type dress.

It is. I'm glad I saw you.

I want to say good-bye.

Oh. Then you're leaving.

Yes.

Well, I guess a dress like that's pretty expensive.

Yeah, it was.

Something wrong, Trampas?

Well, we had some trouble last night at the ranch--robbery.

Do you know who did it?

I'm afraid so.

It was Joe.

How can you be sure?

Sue Ann...

Joe shot a man-- Milt Carstairs--

then he headed out.

Oh, no.

Milt's dead?No, no.

I guess Joe thinks he is.

That's why he left.

Ryker's out looking for him now.

Trampas, Joe took that money for me.

If he thinks he killed a man,

and Ryker catches up to him,

I don't know what he'll do.

DRIVER: We're leavin', miss.

Well, I'm not.

DRIVER: Giddyap, now! Get!

Trampas...

please find Joe before Riker does.

I'll sure try.

Where will you be?

Well, I'll take this dress back

and return the money to Shiloh.

And then--

I don't know.

♪♪

Spread out. Try to pick up that trail.

All right.

Camp here.

Get a fresh start in the morning.

♪♪

[ horses approaching ]

You find him?I don't know.

We followed a trail in here, then we lost it.

Don't know if it's his or not.

Figure to start lookin' again when it's light.

Want some coffee?Sounds good.

Uh, Emmett, about the money.

He gave it to Sue Ann.

How'd you know that?

She told me.

She didn't know it was stolen, of course.

You're sure about that, huh?

Emmett, your suspicious nature is showing.

Yeah, well, it's-- it's habit, I guess.

Well, anyway, she returned it.

Hmm. She did?

Well, she said she returned it.

Well, yeah, sure.

Once she knew it was stolen--

She was pretty ambitious to get to San Francisco, wasn't she?

No.

No, I'm not gonna let it.

You're not gonna let what?

Your suspicious nature rub off on me.

Heh. Well, I'll tell you, my friend

no matter why or what, that fella took the money,

and he shot the man.

And tomorrow, or the next day,

we'll be runnin' across him.

♪♪

Petey? Petey!

Jim?

Sue Ann!

Sue Ann!

Oh, Jim!

You're home!Let me look at you.

Oh, you look just fine.

Did you get another star yet?

I didn't do too good.

Why not, Jim? You're a smart boy.

No, I'm not. I'm a dummy.

And I'm a cry-baby.

No, you're not.

Yes, he is.

Petey! Oh, I'm so glad to see you.

Come give me a hug.

No, I'm too big to hug.

Me, too.

Since when?

Anyway, I got something to do.

He gets molasses and puts it up for the birds.

Then, when the birds are stuck in the molasses,

he catches them in a box.

Petey...

you know, we can't trap things--

or people-- to stay with us.

The only way they stay is because they want to.

You coming back here to live and all?

Because if you're not, we don't have to listen to you.

Come on, Jim.

Sue Ann?

Know that frog? You was right.

It died.

I didn't want it to die.

I wanted to keep it, is all.

Sue Ann...

♪♪

Pa...

I'm home.

I saw some things,

and I learned some things.

And I'm home.

I'm glad.

Oh, Pa!

Pa...I'm so scared.

For Joe.

He did something for me,

something wrong.

And they're out lookin' for him now.

I'm scared he might get hurt...

or worse.

Then the blame would be on me.

If only I could talk to him.

Honey--Honey, you're not the only one

who came home.

Joe?

I knew you wouldn't run.

Not you.

I tried, but...

there's no use to it.

Sooner or later, they'll catch up to me.

I just came back here to wait.

What are you doing here?

You had what you wanted.

I thought I could run out on all of you

and still be happy on my own.

But that isn't so.

Somehow when you suddenly know

that you might lose what you've taken for granted all along...

then all those other things that seemed important

Just don't count anymore.

You know what I did?

That man didn't die, Joe.

He didn't die?

No.

I stole that money, Sue Ann.

I gave it back.

Pa loved me enough to let me go.

And you loved me enough to steal for me.

I guess I forgot that love is the most important thing.

Love and a home...

and a family.

I just hope I haven't remembered too late.

Those things you wanted to say to me--

I want to hear them now.

♪♪

Mr. MacRea.

It this your place?That's right.

This is Emmett Ryker.

He's the deputy over in Medicine Bow.

We're looking for Joe Stevens, Mr. MacRea.

We picked up his trail, led us right here.

How much trouble is Joe in?

There'll be a hearing for sure.

And maybe a stretch in jail.

He's a good boy.

He's like family.

I can talk with the Virginian.

Ryker here--well, he's not a bad sort.

Joe?

Sue Ann.

We came home, Trampas--

both of us--

where we belong.

We'd better get moving, Stevens.

Sue Ann, good-bye and good luck.

Good-bye, Trampas. And thank you.

Well, Pa, I guess you'd better get cleaned up

while I put supper on.

Stew again?

And fresh bread in the oven.

♪♪

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