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Thank you.

Michaela, I got a surprise
for you.

Told him I'm sure
you'd be happy to see him.

- See who?
- Just wait. You'll see.

Whoa!

Whoa, now! Whoa!

How are you ladies?

Kid Cole.

Why, hello, Dr. Mike.

What a wonderful surprise.

Is Sister Ruth with you?

It's so good to see you again.

- How are you feeling?
- Oh, I never felt better.

The doctor up in St. Louis
said the consumption is gone.

Gone?

Well, that's wonderful.

Almost unheard of, he said.

Hey, Ruth.
You getting out?

ain't nobody out here
getting any younger, you know?

Of course, I am.

You can only come out
one at a time.

Oh...

Dr. Mike.

Ohh.
Oh, what a sight for sore eyes.

What's that all about?

Well a fella that owns
a mail-order bride business

hired me to ride protection
for these girls to California

to be sure they get there
in one piece.

And, uh,
Sister Ruth is going along

to make sure
their souls arrive with them.

Yeah, but you know
there's one of them

that's been having
some fainting spells,

and I got Kid Cole
to say it'd be all right

for us to stop and for you
to take a look at her.

Well, what
are you talking about?

It was my idea
to stop in Colorado Springs.

Your idea?

Listen you wouldn't even stop
to get something to eat

if I didn't have a fit.

Well, stopping for a meal

ain't exactly the same
as stopping to see Dr. Mike.

No matter whose idea it is,
we're happy that you stopped by.

Rose.

I'll get us all checked in.

- Good to see you, Mr. Cole.
- Yeah.

Listen, we got
a new law here in town.

I'm afraid I'm going
to have to ask you

to check your weapon with me.

You're asking me
to check in my gun?

It's nothing personal,
but it is the law.

Well, if I got to turn it in,

I'm glad it's you
I'm turning it in to.

Sister Ruth,
it's nice to see you.

It's nice to see you, Sheriff.

I see the nice new coat
of paint on the saloon.

Wait till you see the inside.

Listen, this is Rose, and she's
been feeling mighty poorly

ever since we pulled
out of Philadelphia.

I have a clinic
right across the street.

I'd like to get my luggage,
if I may.

Of course.

Okay.

I said --

Either of you ladies, uh,
care for a sarsaparilla?

That sounds quite refreshing,
doesn't it, Hermese?

Yes, it does.

I think you'll find
everything to your liking

at the Gold Nugget,
and if you need anything,

you let me know.

I'm the owner.

Owner.

Did you hear that, Hermes?

I heard.

Shall we?

And where is
that sweet little baby of yours?

She's napping upstairs.
I can't for you to see her.

You know, just the thought
of holding that little angel

in my arms has been the
one thing that's kept me going

these last 200 miles.

Such astonishing news
about Kid Cole's health.

So good to see
the two of you again.

Probably be
the last time you do.

When we get to California,
we're getting a divorce.

How long have you had
these fainting spells?

Uh, once or twice a week,
I suppose.

You're running a slight fever.

Have you spoken to a doctor
about your symptoms?

He called it hysteria.

He says it's common
in young women these days,

and that the only cure
for it is to thin the blood.

He sent along extra leeches
in case I should have an attack

along the way.

I don't believe that bleeding
is particularly helpful

in these cases.

The symptoms would indicate
poor nutrition

and lack of exercise
and fresh air.

Now, these foods are rich
in iron,

and they should help
bring your color back.

And a brisk walk once a day

should improve your circulation
and your breathing.

I'd like to see you again
tomorrow afternoon

and see how you're feeling.

Thank you.

I told you
she'd fix you right up.

Sister Ruth, I know
this is none of my concern,

but what you were saying
earlier about you and Kid Cole?

I suppose I should have kept
my mouth shut.

Rose, go on to the hotel
and get settled in.

I'll be on directly.

I don't know what happened
to me and Kid Cole.

We were doing really fine,

and just all of a sudden,
in a month's time, he changed.

Changed in what way?

Well, one day
he's happy as a lark,

and the next day he don't want
me anywhere near him.

Acts like I'm spying on him

or trying to corral
him or something.

Well, did you
ask him what was wrong?

Yeah, and he
just busied himself

trying to do something else.

And now he -- he won't even
sleep in the same bed with me.

Acts like I'm gonna talk to him
in his ear or something,

and I would, too, if I thought
it would do some good.

I just keep thinking
that I got a right

to know what I done wrong.

What's wrong is
that I ain't the marrying kind.

I never should've agreed to it
in the first place.

But don't you think
you should have said something

before you got married?

I never had a chance.

You don't have a chance to say
anything around that woman.

She's the nosiest,

bossiest creature
on God's green Earth.

If there's an opinion
to be had, he has it.

But these are all problems
that can be worked out.

You just need to give
it some time.

How much time do you give
somebody that does you bad

and don't even tell you why?

So what are you going
to do then?

The only thing I can do --
get out.

Then all I can say is,
"Good riddance.

Go.
I'm better off on my own."

Well...

unless you change
the number of stairs on me

I think we can safely
add coming down stairs by myself

to my list of achievements.

Better every day.

Ah, ah! To the right.
To the right.

Will you look at that?

- What?
- That.

Oh.

Dorothy and Cloud Dancing.

Oh, Dorothy must
still be working on her book

- about the Indians.
- Uh-huh.

Good morning, Reverend.

- Beautiful day isn't it?
- Yes, it is.

I don't know
if I got any customers

for that stuff of yours.

When we spoke last week,
you said --

I know what I said.

Well, all right.

Just go ahead and leave it,
and I'll see what I can do.

Oh, uh...

remember, I get a two-penny
commission on every sale.

As you told me last week.

I just wanted to make sure
there's no misunderstanding.

There is no misunderstanding.

Dorothy.

I was just coming
to look for you.

I heard that Kid Cole
and Sister Ruth were in town.

Well, that's what I wanted
to talk to you about actually.

You know, I ought to write
a book about him someday.

Don't you think he'd be
an interesting subject?

I suppose so.

But I should finish one thing
before I start another.

I know. I know.

Oh, but Michaela,
this book on Cloud Dancing --

I mean, the research and all,

I'm -- I'm just having
the best time.

Well, that's wonderful.

Better than I could
ever have imagined.

Oh, but my goodness, you know,
if I had had any idea

what I was getting into
when I started this book --

I mean, there's just so much to
learn and -- and so much to do.

I don't see how I'm ever going
to get it all done.

Was there something
you wanted to talk to me about?

I'm glad your book's going
so well.

Thank you.

I couldn't believe
what I was hearing.

A divorce?

It sounds so final.

Maybe Kid Cole and Sister Ruth
aren't meant to be together.

I'm not saying
they should stay together

if they're terribly unhappy.

I wouldn't ask that of anyone.

But?

Well, they didn't seem
unhappy before.

I find it difficult to believe

that Kid Cole would
suddenly change overnight.

Maybe he didn't.

Maybe he was trying
to be something he couldn't,

and it finally caught up
with him.

Well, if that's the case,
he should tell her.

It's not as easy for some folks
to talk as others.

Well, he made promises to her,
said vows with her.

If he wants to take it back,

don't you think he owes it
to her to tell her?

Don't you think
he owes it to himself?

There's nothing
we can do about that.

No, I suppose not.

Without meddling anyway.

We wouldn't want to do that.

No.

Unless...

Unless he was asking for help.

Do you think he was?

Could be why he talked to me
in the first place.

Well, that is possible.

There's no way of knowing that
for sure though.

No.

Except if I did
something impulsively

that would hurt
the people I love,

I think I would want someone
to point it out to me.

Even if it was considered
meddling.

I can't see any harm
in getting them

to talk to each other.

Maybe over supper?

Over supper.

Maybe tomorrow night?

You -- you don't think
that would be meddling?

I don't think it's meddling.

Tomorrow night then.

- All right.
- Good.

I got it all right.

- Sorry, Reverend.
- This is the last one.

- Excuse me.
- Good morning.

Excuse me.

Brought them in
all the way from New York.

I've only got a few left.

How much are they?

Five cents -- nickel apiece.

All right,
I'll tell you what I'll do.

Let you have, uh,
two of them for seven cents,

and that's my best offer.

Still having a hard time

selling those candles,
huh, Loren?

Don't pay any attention to him.
They're selling like hot cakes.

I'm blind, not deaf.

Good to see you doing so well,
Reverend.

Thanks, Dr. Mike.

How are Sully and the children?

Oh, they're very well.
Thank you.

I had a nice talk
with Sister Ruth this morning.

You did?

I thought she might be
interested in giving the service

on Sunday, but then she said
that they'd be gone by then.

I see.

All right that's $1.13.

Would you mind putting it
on my account?

No, that's fine.
Don't worry about it.

- Good to see you, Reverend.
- Ah, good day.

I've been thinking
about the Reverend.

Seems to me that, uh,
with him being blind and all,

this might be a good time
for him to find a wife.

You know, maybe one of them,
uh, mail-order brides.

You think the Reverend should
get a wife because he's blind?

No, that's not what I'm saying.

What I'm saying is,
"He's blind."

Yes?

And it's just a matter of time
till he gets old.

Yes?

You wouldn't want to be old

without someone
to look after you.

No, no, of course not.

So you think
one of these mail-order brides

would be a good idea?

For the Reverend?

Exactly.

Well, of course he'd have
to make that decision himself.

Well, I know that.

I'm just saying it's something
he ought to be thinking about.

Perhaps he should.

Well, your color's back.

And your temperature's normal.
How are you feeling?

A bit strange.

When I came from my walk
yesterday my skin felt tingly.

And I haven't been able to take
a nap today like I usually do.

I-I'm not tired.

How's your breathing?

I still have to stop to catch
my breath from time to time.

I have a suggestion for you.

Throw away your corset.

My corset?

Well, you'll be able to
breathe much easier without it.

I've never met
anyone like you, Dr. Mike.

Women in Philadelphia,

they would never throw away
their corsets.

Well, it's a good thing
we're not in Philadelphia.

I'd like to see you again in
the morning just to make sure,

but I would say you're
well on the way to recovery.

Well, that means
that we can go on to California.

Depending on
tomorrow's examination, yes.

Sister Ruth will be glad
to hear that.

Right over there is where
I first met your ma and pa.

Right there.

She's more beautiful
than I could have ever imagined.

Sully and I were hoping

that you could join us
for supper tonight.

Oh.

Brian and Matthew
will be there,

and they'd love to spend
some time with you.

I really appreciate
what you're trying to do.

Sister Ruth, I know
you don't want this divorce.

Yes, I do.

He does, so I do.

And I'm done talking about it.

No one would make you talk
to each other

if you didn't want to,

but you could spend
the evening together

with friends
who'd really want to see you.

That was a rude
and selfish thing I just said.

Of course we'll come.

Oh, Cloud Dancing.

I-I wasn't expecting you.

Is this where you'll print
the book?

Oh, no, no, no.

Uh, the publisher will print
the book on a bigger press

than that one in -- in New York.

This is where I print
The Gazette.

Would you like to see
how it works?

Yes.

What do you think
it would cost to buy

one of them mail-order brides?

Why?
Interested?

Oh, can't a man
just be curious?

$25 to the broker
for an introduction,

but that don't include
relocation costs.

I heard -- That's all.

Well, what else did you hear?

Once you get introduced,
it's up to the girl

if she agrees to marry you
or not.

But the $25 is non-refundable.

Non-refundable?

Well, the broker's got
to make a profit.

I can introduce you
to a lot of lovely ladies

for a lot less than that,
and you don't got

to marry them, neither.

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe marrying's a good thing.

Maybe a man needs a wife.

What for?

Well, for companionship
for one thing.

For the comfort of knowing
there's somebody waiting

at home for you,
fixing a nice meal for you

or a hot water bottle
for your bed,

or just sitting by the fire
with you,

not talking at all.

There.

Uh-huh.

When you were ill,

I gathered herbs for you
and gave them to Michaela.

It would be a good idea
to keep some nearby.

You can carry this with you.

Thank you.

Such a joker.

Here comes dinner.

Oh, it smells wonderful.

I tell you,
with all this traveling,

it's the
one thing I've missed --

all this home-cooked food.

You were doing all that
traveling before you met me.

I never said I wasn't.

Well, I ain't holding you back
from getting home-cooked meals.

You act like everything
that comes out of my mouth

has to do with you.

You saying it ain't?

Shall we all sit down?

Here, Sister Ruth.

Thank you, Sully.

Some people got the manners
of a buffalo.

At least with a buffalo
you can get in a word edgewise.

Sister Ruth,
would you mind saying grace?

Dear Lord, we come
to Thee as mortal sinners,

deaf, dumb, and blind
to our own grievous faults...

That does it.

I ain't gonna sit here
and let her call me a sinner.

Kid Cole?

Why didn't you tell me?

You told me
the consumption was better.

I could have been treating you.

There ain't no treatment,
and you know that

just as well as I do.

But I'm your doctor.
I want to help you.

The --

The only help I want from you is
for you to give me your word

that you ain't gonna
tell Sister Ruth.

But she's your wife.

Your word.

I don't know
how Kid Cole was able to hide

how sick he is from us.

Sister Ruth told me
he's been keeping to himself,

even sleeping in another room.

Of course,
the high altitude here would

alleviate his symptoms
temporarily.

He's not going to be able
to keep it from her forever.

Why would he want to?

Why, she's his wife.
She'd want to help him.

Some men, like Kid Cole,
they don't like asking for help,

especially from the people
they love.

That's foolish pride.

You would never keep anything
away from me because of pride,

would you, Sully?

Never.

"E. Becker
Matrimonial Brokerage"?

Are you paying
for an introduction?

Now, I suppose you'll be
blabbing my business

all over the territory.

I took an oath.
You know that.

That's a lot of money
if she don't say yes.

Just see to it that
the telegram goes out today.

Last night,
you said you wanted to help.

I do.

Well, I been thinking
about it a lot.

I am so pleased to hear that.

And I'm gonna need
some laudanum to get me through

to California.

Of course.

The laudanum will help
reduce the pain,

as well
as some of the congestion.

I-I've been looking
over my medical journals,

and there's some new areas
of treatment for consumption.

None of which will work.

Well, they are untested as yet.

Didn't you once tell me
that the first rule

a doctor has to go by is,
"Do no harm"?

Didn't you say that?

Well, holding out hope
for folks that don't have any,

isn't that doing harm?

What about you?

What harm are you doing
to Sister Ruth

by keeping this a secret?

Harm?

Let me tell you something, lady.

Two years ago,
I met the only woman on Earth

that I wanted to marry
and spend my life with.

She's got a heart so big,

you could put
the state of Texas in it

and have some room left over.

I wanted to give her the sun
and the stars,

but all I can give her is
a dried up bag of bones

that's dying of consumption.

Now, I don't want your advice,
and I don't want your pity.

All I want is to get
to California

and collect that fee
from that marriage broker,

turn it over to Sister Ruth
so that when I'm gone

she'll have something
to live by comfortably.

That's all I want.

I'm not asking for more.
It's that simple.

And that's the way I want it --
simple.

Well, it ain't Sunday.

It ain't Christmas.

Must be going to a funeral.

I got an appointment.

An appointment?

Good morning, Mr. Bray.

I hope I haven't kept
you waiting.

Not too long.

Are you busy?

No, come in.

I wanted to show you something
that Cloud Dancing made for me.

It's beautiful.

He said he wanted me to have
these healing herbs nearby

in case I ever needed them.

It sounds as if the two of you
are becoming good friends.

That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

When I started interviewing
Cloud Dancing,

I never stopped to think
that we might...

well, b-become friendly.

What would be wrong with that?

Oh, nothing.

I-I guess there'd be
nothing wrong with it,

as long as nobody misunderstood
or anything.

Misunderstood what?

I don't know,
Michaela, honestly.

I don't know how I feel
about Cloud Dancing,

even what I want to feel
about him.

Do you have to know that now?

No, I-I suppose I don't.

But what if Cloud Dancing...

Or what if Loren...

Are you afraid of hurting
someone's feelings?

Why does everything have to be
so complicated?

Perhaps it doesn't.

Just give it some time, Dorothy.

I'm sure you'll know it
in your heart

if you give it some time.

Hm.

The only way to drink coffee is

to put a half a cup of milk
in it, see?

Otherwise, it'll just
burn a hole in your stomach

and cause you
all kind of problems.

Really?

Didn't anybody
ever tell you stuff like this?

Nobody in my family felt
it was important

to teach girls anything.

Well, we're a little
more progressive than that

out here in the west.

I would love to see your store.

You would?

It sounds so exciting,
running your own business.

Well, it isn't always easy.

I'll tell you that.

And then, one day,
Mr. Becker came to Philadelphia

with his pamphlets and his
stories about the Wild West,

and I thought, "Rose Gardner,
this is your chance

to see the world,"
so I signed up on the spot.

Thought you'd just, uh,

take yourself to California and
find yourself a husband, huh?

Well, of course,
that would be nice

if I meet someone I like.

But I'm not going to marry
just any old fool with the $25

to send Mr. Becker
for an introduction.

I'm afraid you've set
a very high standard

for anyone else to meet,
Mr. Bray.

Call me Loren.

Thank you
for a lovely afternoon, Loren.

Maybe you don't need
to go all the way to California

to find, uh, an exciting life.

Maybe you could be happy in
a place like Colorado Springs.

Well, I do like
the people here already.

I can tell you that.

Hey, Loren.

You actually thinking
about buying one of them wives?

What if I am?
I got a right to be happy

if I want to, don't I?

Well, yeah. It just don't seem
like you, is all.

You're doing this
for some other reason.

What other reason?

Like, uh, getting back
at somebody or something.

This is between me and Rose.

Well, I just hate to see you
make a fool of yourself is all.

Yeah, well, that's
for me to decide, isn't it?

Loren told me
I might find you here.

I've been thinking
about what you said earlier

about trying
to make things simple.

At first, I thought
you meant to keep things simple

for Sister Ruth, but that's not

what you're talking about,
is it?

Of course it is.
What else?

Could it be
that you're just trying

to make things easy
for yourself?

Easy for me?

Well, if you don't tell her
the truth,

then you don't have
to deal with her grief.

No, that ain't it.

I will not allow my wife
to see her husband turn

into a useless, helpless
old man no better than a baby,

maybe less.

You can't protect her
from that.

All you can do is hide it
from her.

And then,
where do you leave her?

Her husband's dead.

The time she could have
spent with him,

saying goodbye to him,
loving him,

accepting his death --

You've stolen
that precious time from her.

How could she ever recover
from that?

What if she can't take it?

What if she --

What if she leaves?

If that's
what you're afraid of,

you don't know
how much she loves you.

Well, why did you have
to put your two cents in anyway?

I just came to say goodbye.

Goodbye?

Well, Kid Cole's just dead set

on leaving the first thing
in the morning.

And I told him I thought
Rose would be better off

to stay a day or two
here in Colorado Springs.

But he just wants
to get the divorce

and then just go on by himself.

What do you want to do?

I just -- let him be, I guess.

Sister Ruth --

Some things are just not
ours to understand,

and I can make peace with that,
I guess.

But there's one thing
I wanted to ask you,

if you had time,
if you didn't mind.

Certainly.

Well, I was thinking
of going over there to church

and praying, and I just wondered
if you'd come with me?

Of course.

Loren.

I didn't mean
to interrupt you.

Uh, is there
something you need?

No, I just wanted to talk
to you.

All right.

I guess you heard
the rumors going around town.

And I didn't think it was fair
to do anything

till I told you first.

Tell me what?

About me asking Rose
to marry me.

Rose?

Now don't go acting like
you ain't seen me squiring her

all over town.

Oh, tha--

Rose?

Marry you?

I'm going to ask her,

but I'm giving you
the chance first

to tell me what you think.

Well, I, uh...

I appreciate
your thoughtfulness, Loren.

I-I do.

So...

you don't think
I should ask her?

Well, do you want to?

Of course, I want to.

Why would I do a fool thing
like that if I didn't want to?

Well, then that's
the main thing, isn't it?

That you want to, I mean.

What I think doesn't matter.

It don't?

Well, I'll --
I'll tell you what I think.

And that is...

I think she's a lucky girl.

She is.

If you love her, yes.

Oh.

Love?

Yeah, well...

Is there anything else
you'd like to talk about, Loren?

You know, I keep asking God
to help me remember

what I've done to bring
so much unhappiness to this man

so I could undo it.

You know, to show me my sin
so I could repent

so he wouldn't go away.

Perhaps you haven't done
anything wrong.

Perhaps there's some reason
he just can't talk about.

Well, it doesn't seem
to me like there's anything

that a man couldn't talk
to his wife about.

I agree with you,
but if for some reason there is,

you shouldn't think of it
as a failing on your part.

You shouldn't think of it
as a failing on anyone's part.

Well, if there's anything
that I've left unsaid or undone

that could help Kid Cole
in this trouble

that he's going through
right now, you know, I'd --

Perhaps you should let
him work out his own trouble.

Is there something
you're not telling me?

I'd like to talk to you,
if it's all right.

- I'll give you two some privacy.
- No need.

You're the one that talked
some sense into me.

Nothing I got to say
that you can't hear.

Besides, you're the doctor.

It would probably
be better coming from you.

- The -- the doctor?
- Sister Ruth...

It's the consumption,
ain't it?

It's back.

I'm afraid so.

To tell the truth,
it never went away.

He was just trying
to protect you.

Aw, like the devil I was.

I was trying to protect myself,
just like you said.

I'm dying.

And it ain't gonna be easy.

Uh...

I'd understand if, uh --

if you didn't
want to stick around.

Not stick around?

Don't you remember
what I said on our wedding day?

"For better or for worse,

in sickness and in health,

till death us do part"?

Ohh.

Well, here you are.

Just as when you gave it to me.

I guess so.

I been watching you
since we been here.

You're doing a good job, kid.

And don't let nobody tell you
any different.

I appreciate that Kid Cole.

If you're ever looking for work,
you can come see me,

and I'll consider
making you my deputy.

Mr. Bray.
Loren.

I almost missed you.

I was beginning to think
you weren't going to come.

I was hoping to get another
day or two with you myself.

Another day?

Ah, Rose, I ain't any good
at making speeches.

I never was.

Truth is, I've let
a lot of opportunities

slip right past me because
I didn't know what to say.

You're a beautiful girl, Rose.

Smart, too, and sweet.

Not someone you'd like
to have for your wife?

I'd like it.

I'd like it a lot,
but I ain't gonna do that.

In Philadelphia it would be
improper for a girl to ask.

Why?

You only get one chance
in this lifetime

to love somebody
with every fiber of your being.

And I don't want you missing out
on that chance

by settling down here with me.

There's somebody out there
waiting for you, Rose.

If he don't treat you good,

he's going to have Loren Bray
to answer to.

Oh, and here,
I brought you something.

Folks around here
don't appreciate

the fine things like you do.

Enjoy it.

- Sully.
- Kid Cole.

You take care of yourself.

Hold tight to your family,
and you remember we love you.

We love you, too.

I want to thank you for
talking sense to me, Dr. Mike.

I didn't say anything to you

that you hadn't already said
to yourself.

Yeah, but you said it
a lot louder.

I don't know how we're ever
going to say goodbye to you.

Goodbye don't necessarily
mean "goodbye," Michaela.

You never know
what tomorrow might bring.

Watch out
for the little girl for me.

Yes, sir.

What I said yesterday

about you being
the bossiest woman in the world?

I meant that as a compliment.

Moving out.

So long, Dr. Mike.

Come on, now!

Hup, whoa! Get on!