1 00:00:47,221 --> 00:00:51,312 [ Steam Hissing ][ Whistle Blowing ] 2 00:01:42,798 --> 00:01:45,583 [ Knocking ] Bayo? 3 00:01:45,627 --> 00:01:47,629 Yeah. 4 00:01:49,283 --> 00:01:51,589 I have a nice supper waiting for you. 5 00:01:51,633 --> 00:01:55,202 [ Chuckles ] Hey. 6 00:01:55,245 --> 00:01:59,423 You know what I've been thinkin' about, Claire? 7 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:01,251 Come here. 8 00:02:06,648 --> 00:02:08,867 I've been thinkin' about them mountains. 9 00:02:08,911 --> 00:02:10,956 See, about this time of day, sun hits 'em, 10 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,958 and they look like they're made out of gold. 11 00:02:13,002 --> 00:02:15,700 Hey, maybe they are, huh? Just a couple of miles away, 12 00:02:15,744 --> 00:02:18,442 waitin' for somebody to come along and dig it all up. 13 00:02:18,486 --> 00:02:22,272 Huh?[ Chuckles ] 14 00:02:22,316 --> 00:02:26,842 I heard talk today that there's some ranchers looking for experienced help. 15 00:02:26,885 --> 00:02:31,803 Oh, Claire. Now, I told you, you know. I quit with ranchin'. 16 00:02:31,847 --> 00:02:34,676 [ Chuckles ] Ten hard years. 17 00:02:34,719 --> 00:02:38,680 [ Chuckles ] All I got was enough ground to bury my wife in. 18 00:02:38,723 --> 00:02:41,857 Besides, I got me a job. 19 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:49,256 You can do a whole lot better than cleaning up a saloon, Bayo. 20 00:02:49,299 --> 00:02:51,301 Yeah, well, 21 00:02:52,694 --> 00:02:55,436 it'll do till somethin' else comes along. 22 00:02:59,396 --> 00:03:02,269 If you got some decent work, you could send for that boy of yours... 23 00:03:02,312 --> 00:03:03,966 like you've always been talking about. 24 00:03:04,009 --> 00:03:06,751 Well, I'm goin' to, Claire. 25 00:03:06,795 --> 00:03:11,669 Just takes time. You know, I got plans. 26 00:03:11,713 --> 00:03:16,935 I'm gonna learn me a trade, or maybe I'll get a business. 27 00:03:16,979 --> 00:03:19,503 Then I could take care of Hoot the way I want to. 28 00:03:19,547 --> 00:03:23,246 Bayo, a boy needs to be with his father. 29 00:03:25,596 --> 00:03:28,860 And he's goin' to be, Claire. 30 00:03:28,904 --> 00:03:34,344 [ Sighs ] It just takes time. 31 00:03:34,388 --> 00:03:36,868 You know, till I get on my feet again. 32 00:03:36,912 --> 00:03:39,871 Until then, well-- 33 00:03:39,915 --> 00:03:42,570 Look, I left him with a very good family. 34 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:47,009 They've always treated him like he's one of their own. 35 00:03:47,052 --> 00:03:52,362 Hey, I'll bet you he's havin' the time of his life right now. 36 00:03:52,406 --> 00:03:55,887 And I wouldn't wanna spoil that for anything. 37 00:03:55,931 --> 00:03:58,716 I'll bet you... 38 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,284 he's as happy... 39 00:04:01,328 --> 00:04:04,244 as a bear cub in a pot of honey. 40 00:05:19,449 --> 00:05:20,755 [ Hinge Squeaks ] 41 00:06:31,869 --> 00:06:33,871 [ Dog Barking ] 42 00:06:40,661 --> 00:06:42,967 [ Barking Continues ] 43 00:06:45,796 --> 00:06:46,971 [ Barking ] 44 00:06:55,284 --> 00:06:57,765 [ Barking Continues ] 45 00:07:06,556 --> 00:07:08,166 [ Barking Continues ] 46 00:07:22,093 --> 00:07:24,226 Who is it? Who's there? 47 00:07:24,269 --> 00:07:26,489 [ Barking Continues ] 48 00:07:59,348 --> 00:08:02,090 Boy, come back! Do you hear me? 49 00:08:05,354 --> 00:08:07,312 [ Gunshot ] 50 00:08:07,356 --> 00:08:10,272 Won't do you no good to run, boy! 51 00:08:10,315 --> 00:08:13,188 I'll catch ya! I'll drag ya back! 52 00:08:16,974 --> 00:08:19,150 Do ya hear me? Come back! 53 00:08:19,194 --> 00:08:21,718 Won't do you no good to run, boy! 54 00:09:07,024 --> 00:09:08,722 [ Light Hoofbeats ] 55 00:10:15,005 --> 00:10:18,835 Hello.Liz. What are you doing here? 56 00:10:18,879 --> 00:10:21,664 I came to see how you were doing with that mountain lion. 57 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:24,754 Well, there's no sign of him yet, but we're ready for him. 58 00:10:24,798 --> 00:10:27,278 What makes you think he's gonna come back here? 59 00:10:27,322 --> 00:10:29,716 This is where he made his last kill. 60 00:10:29,759 --> 00:10:32,849 He's probably sittin' up there right now eyein' that calf. 61 00:10:32,893 --> 00:10:35,460 We'll wait here till he comes down to get it. 62 00:10:35,504 --> 00:10:37,462 Yeah, which I hope is before breakfast, 63 00:10:37,506 --> 00:10:40,727 seein' as how I missed-- [ Yawns ] dinner and supper already. 64 00:10:40,770 --> 00:10:42,990 Well, you must be pretty hungry. 65 00:10:43,033 --> 00:10:44,992 [ Chuckles ] You could say that. 66 00:10:45,035 --> 00:10:47,081 You could say "starved" and be closer to it. 67 00:10:47,124 --> 00:10:49,039 In that case, follow me. 68 00:10:49,083 --> 00:10:50,258 Oh. 69 00:11:00,442 --> 00:11:02,139 Behold! 70 00:11:02,183 --> 00:11:04,228 That wouldn't be a food basket now, would it? 71 00:11:04,272 --> 00:11:07,101 Real honest-to-goodness food?It's only leftovers. 72 00:11:07,144 --> 00:11:08,972 Leftovers? 73 00:11:09,016 --> 00:11:12,976 Leftover ham, leftover baked beans, leftover fried chicken. 74 00:11:13,020 --> 00:11:15,065 [ Whistles ]Leftover sweet potato pie. 75 00:11:15,109 --> 00:11:18,808 Here. Why don't you let me give you a hand?I'll tell you one thing. 76 00:11:18,852 --> 00:11:21,071 There won't be any leftover leftovers when we get through with it. 77 00:11:21,115 --> 00:11:23,465 I'm hungry enough to eat a horse, saddle and all. 78 00:11:25,859 --> 00:11:28,818 What's the matter?Something seems to be missin'. 79 00:11:28,862 --> 00:11:31,081 - What? - The food. 80 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:33,388 Surely you're joking. 81 00:11:35,042 --> 00:11:37,348 What happened to the chicken? 82 00:11:37,392 --> 00:11:39,002 You sure it was cooked? Maybe it just flew away. 83 00:11:39,046 --> 00:11:41,222 [ Branches Rustling ] 84 00:11:48,055 --> 00:11:49,056 [ Rifle Cocks ]Hold it. 85 00:11:51,798 --> 00:11:54,017 Hey! Hey! 86 00:11:54,061 --> 00:11:57,325 Well, what kind of critter is that? 87 00:11:57,368 --> 00:12:00,850 - He's coming your way, Jim! - Where? 88 00:12:00,894 --> 00:12:05,246 Hey, kid! Hold on. Hold on, son. 89 00:12:05,289 --> 00:12:07,770 Hold it. What the-- Ow! 90 00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:11,078 Hey, will you just-- Ow! 91 00:12:11,121 --> 00:12:14,385 Ow! Hey-- All right. If that's the way you want it. 92 00:12:16,823 --> 00:12:20,870 Wait here for that lion while I take care of this bobcat. Kid, what's the matter with you? 93 00:12:22,916 --> 00:12:26,397 [ Clay ] Can't you just tell us your name, son, 94 00:12:26,441 --> 00:12:28,443 or where you came from? 95 00:12:36,277 --> 00:12:40,368 Wait until after he's eaten. Then he'll tell us. 96 00:12:40,411 --> 00:12:42,196 Seems to me he could do both. 97 00:12:44,111 --> 00:12:48,028 I bet you haven't had a hot meal inside of you for days. 98 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:53,294 Why don't you try it? 99 00:12:54,991 --> 00:13:00,388 That milk is just as sweet as honey. Nice and cool too. 100 00:13:00,431 --> 00:13:05,045 I have a nice surprise for you after you eat. 101 00:13:07,525 --> 00:13:10,354 Come on. 102 00:13:10,398 --> 00:13:13,096 You'll see it's mighty good. 103 00:13:14,489 --> 00:13:17,100 Ho! No, you don't. Now, come on. 104 00:13:17,144 --> 00:13:19,146 Sit down. 105 00:13:22,889 --> 00:13:24,629 [ Holly Gasps ]Hey! 106 00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:27,545 [ Clay ] There he is!Oh! 107 00:13:27,589 --> 00:13:29,373 Whoa! 108 00:13:30,984 --> 00:13:33,508 What this young fella needs is a good spankin'. 109 00:13:33,551 --> 00:13:36,206 Not while I'm around here, Clay Grainger. 110 00:13:36,250 --> 00:13:39,470 Now, you all get out of here! No wonder the poor boy wants to run away-- 111 00:13:39,514 --> 00:13:42,386 with two grown men standing over him, asking him questions. 112 00:13:42,430 --> 00:13:44,475 I thought you had a mountain lion to catch. 113 00:13:44,519 --> 00:13:47,478 For a while there, I thought I already caught him. 114 00:13:47,522 --> 00:13:50,351 And I'm sure that you have work to do around here on the ranch. 115 00:13:50,394 --> 00:13:53,571 Yes. I have something to do. 116 00:13:53,615 --> 00:13:56,444 But I'm not gonna be very far away. 117 00:14:02,145 --> 00:14:05,496 Thank you, honey.I'll get him some more milk. 118 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:07,324 Yes. 119 00:14:10,545 --> 00:14:12,329 Oh. 120 00:14:16,072 --> 00:14:19,641 Guess you've been through a lot in your short life. 121 00:14:19,684 --> 00:14:22,339 I can see that. 122 00:14:22,383 --> 00:14:25,908 But nobody's gonna hurt you here. 123 00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:27,562 Nobody. 124 00:14:30,043 --> 00:14:32,175 Now, try this. 125 00:14:39,313 --> 00:14:42,490 Put this in your hand. 126 00:15:13,782 --> 00:15:16,524 Well?As near as I can find out, 127 00:15:16,567 --> 00:15:20,310 nobody's heard anything in town about a missing boy. 128 00:15:20,354 --> 00:15:23,226 From the looks of his clothes, he came from a lot farther than Medicine Bow... 129 00:15:23,270 --> 00:15:25,968 or anywhere else near here.He still hasn't said anything, huh? 130 00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:28,536 Not even his name. 131 00:15:28,579 --> 00:15:31,626 He looks at ya as if he's listening, but he won't answer. 132 00:15:33,628 --> 00:15:37,632 He must have his reasons.Well, I wish I knew what they were. 133 00:15:37,675 --> 00:15:41,114 Maybe we could find out who he belongs to. 134 00:15:41,157 --> 00:15:43,116 Did you talk to the sheriff?Yes. 135 00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:45,335 He's gonna look into it and let us know if he finds out anything. 136 00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:48,251 Then I guess that's the best we can do. 137 00:15:48,295 --> 00:15:50,993 Hmm. I'd better get back to work. 138 00:15:55,345 --> 00:15:57,130 [ Sighs ] 139 00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:03,701 - What are you so pleased about? - I'm thinking about the boy. 140 00:16:03,745 --> 00:16:06,139 Clay, I wanna buy him some new clothes. 141 00:16:06,182 --> 00:16:09,011 The ones he's wearing now look like they're about ready to fall off. 142 00:16:09,055 --> 00:16:10,621 He'll have to have shoes. 143 00:16:10,665 --> 00:16:13,276 Now-- Now, wait a minute.Some good ones. 144 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,105 It's only a matter of time before his folks come lookin' for him. 145 00:16:16,149 --> 00:16:18,629 Only a day or two at the most. 146 00:16:18,673 --> 00:16:22,546 Probably just wandered off and got lost and is afraid to admit it. 147 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:25,245 His people must be out looking for him right now. 148 00:16:25,288 --> 00:16:27,247 Well, I hope they are. 149 00:16:27,290 --> 00:16:30,032 But he still needs new clothes. 150 00:16:30,076 --> 00:16:33,557 And the way it looks, his people can't have much money. 151 00:16:33,601 --> 00:16:36,169 Oh, let me buy them for him, Clay. 152 00:16:37,387 --> 00:16:40,564 All right. Get him whatever you want. 153 00:16:40,608 --> 00:16:43,176 Only just be careful. 154 00:16:43,219 --> 00:16:45,178 Be careful of what? 155 00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:47,093 Getting too attached. 156 00:16:49,834 --> 00:16:52,315 [ Chuckles ] 157 00:16:52,359 --> 00:16:56,667 Oh, yeah. Yeah, that, uh-- 158 00:16:56,711 --> 00:16:58,843 Yeah, that's, uh-- That's the one, all right. 159 00:16:58,887 --> 00:17:03,283 Yeah. He had, uh, red hair, and about so tall. 160 00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:07,765 When did ya see him? Well, it was the day before yesterday. 161 00:17:07,809 --> 00:17:11,204 I had just come out of the back room, and there he was lookin' at them sandwiches... 162 00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:12,727 down at the end of the bar. 163 00:17:12,770 --> 00:17:15,556 Before I could stop him, he grabbed one and run out. 164 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,428 I know. I should've figured he was from your place. 165 00:17:18,472 --> 00:17:20,735 Did you see where he went? The way he was runnin', 166 00:17:20,778 --> 00:17:23,607 he might be clean into Wyoming by now. 167 00:17:25,522 --> 00:17:29,091 I guess this is, uh, one boy you lost. 168 00:17:29,135 --> 00:17:31,441 I'll get him back. 169 00:17:37,404 --> 00:17:39,797 You're right, Henry. That boy's a troublemaker. 170 00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:42,887 Run off on me twice before. But I'm willin' to bet he never runs off again. 171 00:17:42,931 --> 00:17:45,107 [ Coin Clatters On Table ] 172 00:17:45,151 --> 00:17:48,502 Uh, I hear they, uh-- they don't allow... 173 00:17:48,545 --> 00:17:51,244 a place like yours in Wyoming. 174 00:17:51,287 --> 00:17:54,551 Could be you'll have some trouble bringing him back. 175 00:17:54,595 --> 00:17:58,555 I've got papers from this state sayin' the boy belongs to me. 176 00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:00,775 One way or another, I'll bring him back. 177 00:18:07,434 --> 00:18:09,740 [ Birds Chirping ] 178 00:18:18,836 --> 00:18:20,664 [ Knocking ] 179 00:18:50,216 --> 00:18:52,957 Do you always sleep with your shoes on? 180 00:18:55,351 --> 00:18:57,484 Still, they're your feet. 181 00:18:57,527 --> 00:18:59,747 I suppose you can do what you want. 182 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:04,708 Tomorrow, 183 00:19:04,752 --> 00:19:08,321 we're gonna take you into town and buy you some new clothes. 184 00:19:08,364 --> 00:19:10,192 Would you like that? 185 00:19:12,890 --> 00:19:15,284 And then after that, 186 00:19:15,328 --> 00:19:19,201 Trampas is gonna show you all around the ranch. 187 00:19:19,245 --> 00:19:22,683 Did you ever see them break a wild horse? 188 00:19:22,726 --> 00:19:26,861 Or lead a thousand cattle out to pasture? 189 00:19:26,904 --> 00:19:30,821 There are so many that you can't possibly see the ground. 190 00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:32,997 And down in the barn, 191 00:19:33,041 --> 00:19:37,263 we have a mare that's ready to foal. 192 00:19:37,306 --> 00:19:38,873 At any time now, 193 00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:40,918 there'll be a brand-new animal on this earth. 194 00:19:43,007 --> 00:19:46,620 You can watch that little colt stand for the first time... 195 00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:50,450 and see how funny it looks when it's taking its first steps. 196 00:19:50,493 --> 00:19:52,321 You'll think it's going to fall down. 197 00:19:52,365 --> 00:19:55,759 But pretty soon, it'll start sniffing the wind. 198 00:19:55,803 --> 00:19:57,892 And then, it'll be running beside its mother. 199 00:19:57,935 --> 00:20:01,243 You could even give it its name. 200 00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:02,940 Would you like that? 201 00:20:02,984 --> 00:20:05,987 Would you like to do these things? 202 00:20:06,030 --> 00:20:07,902 Then you will. 203 00:20:10,296 --> 00:20:12,646 I have to have something to call you. 204 00:20:13,951 --> 00:20:16,389 What do your folks call you? 205 00:20:18,434 --> 00:20:21,568 Are they dead? Is that it? 206 00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:23,613 My ma. 207 00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:32,666 I'm sorry. And your pa? 208 00:20:34,450 --> 00:20:37,410 Where's he? 209 00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:39,455 Well, what does he call you? 210 00:20:40,543 --> 00:20:41,936 Hoot. 211 00:20:41,979 --> 00:20:44,895 Hoot. Hoot? 212 00:20:47,028 --> 00:20:49,596 You mean like the owl? 213 00:20:51,815 --> 00:20:56,690 [ Laughs ] It's nice meeting you, Hoot. 214 00:20:59,780 --> 00:21:01,651 [ Kisses ] 215 00:21:01,695 --> 00:21:04,393 We're going to be good friends. 216 00:21:09,746 --> 00:21:12,619 Don't you worry, son. It's not gonna hurt a bit. 217 00:21:15,665 --> 00:21:18,407 You have my personal word for it. 218 00:21:20,017 --> 00:21:22,977 Oh. Don't make it too hot, Clay. 219 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:25,458 I don't know how to heat up a tub of bathwater. 220 00:21:25,501 --> 00:21:27,808 I've been doing it for you for so long, I thought you might have forgot. 221 00:21:27,851 --> 00:21:29,679 [ Scoffing Chuckle ] 222 00:21:37,731 --> 00:21:40,908 Ah! Just right. 223 00:21:40,951 --> 00:21:43,650 Well, have at her. 224 00:21:46,957 --> 00:21:49,699 Well, aren't you going to get undressed? 225 00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:55,749 Can't take a bath with your clothes on, you know. 226 00:21:55,792 --> 00:21:59,666 Although, maybe those clothes you've got on there could stand a scrubbin'. 227 00:22:02,886 --> 00:22:07,935 Oh. Well, I can't say as I blame him. 228 00:22:07,978 --> 00:22:11,460 Truth is, when I was your age, I wouldn't take a bath either. 229 00:22:15,595 --> 00:22:17,988 You know, 230 00:22:18,032 --> 00:22:21,731 my folks had to chase me all over the ranch. 231 00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:23,733 Sometimes, my dad had to rope me, 232 00:22:23,777 --> 00:22:26,040 and he wouldn't take the rope off until I was in the tub. 233 00:22:26,083 --> 00:22:29,957 There's just something about bathwater and boys that don't mix. 234 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,874 Anyway, I couldn't see what good it did me when it wrinkled me all up like that. 235 00:22:33,917 --> 00:22:36,442 But maybe they were right. 236 00:22:36,485 --> 00:22:39,923 Anyway, after the first plunge, it wasn't so bad. 237 00:22:43,013 --> 00:22:45,799 What is it? 238 00:22:45,842 --> 00:22:47,757 What is it you're afraid of? 239 00:22:53,763 --> 00:22:56,723 Is it because we're here? 240 00:22:56,766 --> 00:22:59,203 Would you take a bath if we left you alone? 241 00:23:01,075 --> 00:23:03,773 All right. 242 00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:07,211 And here's a nice warm towel, and there's the soap. 243 00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:10,998 And you just take your own time. 244 00:23:31,235 --> 00:23:34,674 Oh, no. That boy's afraid of a lot more than a little water. 245 00:23:34,717 --> 00:23:37,198 You can see it in his eyes. 246 00:23:37,241 --> 00:23:40,593 And you haven't been able to find out anything more about him, huh? 247 00:23:40,636 --> 00:23:44,727 Only that his mother's dead and that his father calls him Hoot. Hoot what? 248 00:23:44,771 --> 00:23:47,991 He won't say.Hmm. You want me to have a talk with him? 249 00:23:49,819 --> 00:23:51,778 Well, it can't hurt. 250 00:23:51,821 --> 00:23:55,129 I've tried everything I can think of. 251 00:23:55,172 --> 00:23:59,133 I've talked to him like a son, man-to-man, like a friend. 252 00:23:59,176 --> 00:24:02,832 Tried making deals. Even resorted to trickery. 253 00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:05,966 He just... seems to sense that I'm gonna ask him... 254 00:24:06,009 --> 00:24:07,968 about his father or where he came from, 255 00:24:08,011 --> 00:24:09,926 and... he shuts up tight. 256 00:24:11,711 --> 00:24:14,104 Maybe you will have better luck. 257 00:24:14,148 --> 00:24:17,151 Well, it's worth a try. 258 00:24:17,194 --> 00:24:20,023 Hmm. Funny thing. 259 00:24:22,286 --> 00:24:24,985 He kind of grows on ya. 260 00:24:25,028 --> 00:24:27,204 Those eyes-- 261 00:24:27,248 --> 00:24:31,078 they look like they've seen all of the unhappiness in the world. 262 00:24:31,121 --> 00:24:33,646 Maybe they have. 263 00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:36,866 I just wish I knew what he was afraid of. 264 00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:38,912 Hmm. 265 00:25:17,385 --> 00:25:19,692 [ Whispering ] Oh, my heavens. 266 00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:28,744 Clay? 267 00:25:30,224 --> 00:25:32,966 Clay? 268 00:25:33,009 --> 00:25:35,098 - What is it? - Come up here. 269 00:25:54,683 --> 00:25:57,599 His back. 270 00:25:58,861 --> 00:26:01,734 Oh, no. 271 00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:04,084 Who would do a thing like that? 272 00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:08,670 [ Object Clatters ] 273 00:27:56,805 --> 00:27:59,373 [ Clears Throat Loudly ] 274 00:27:59,416 --> 00:28:01,680 Up kind of late, aren't ya? 275 00:28:04,770 --> 00:28:08,338 I couldn't sleep either. Stopped by to see if that, uh, mare had had her foal yet. 276 00:28:08,382 --> 00:28:10,732 Guess it won't be long now. 277 00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:12,516 Wanna come inside with me for a while? 278 00:28:16,303 --> 00:28:19,262 Kind of cold this time of night. Come on. 279 00:28:25,965 --> 00:28:28,228 Sorry I don't have any milk to offer you. 280 00:28:28,271 --> 00:28:30,447 Plenty of this stuff, though, if you don't mind drinkin' mud. 281 00:28:30,491 --> 00:28:32,493 Want some? 282 00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:39,718 Nothin' better than a good cup of coffee on a cold night. 283 00:28:42,155 --> 00:28:44,984 Go ahead and drink up. Be careful now. It's hot. 284 00:28:46,550 --> 00:28:49,031 [ Chuckles ] That's a boy. 285 00:28:49,075 --> 00:28:51,773 I guess you're tougher than I thought. 286 00:28:51,817 --> 00:28:56,212 Suppose you'd have to be, though, runnin' away from home like you did. 287 00:28:56,256 --> 00:29:00,564 Not that I blame you, seein' as how you were beaten and whipped. 288 00:29:00,608 --> 00:29:05,787 Uh, Mrs. Grainger saw the scars on your back when she went to cover you up. 289 00:29:05,831 --> 00:29:08,355 Guess I'd run away from home, too, if my pa beat me like that. 290 00:29:08,398 --> 00:29:10,792 My pa never beat me! 291 00:29:10,836 --> 00:29:13,926 He was the best pa in the whole world. You better take that back! 292 00:29:13,969 --> 00:29:16,755 All right, Hoot. I'm sorry. Come on. Sit down. 293 00:29:18,017 --> 00:29:20,193 He used to take me fishin', 294 00:29:20,236 --> 00:29:23,065 and he taught me how to ride a horse and to do lots of things. 295 00:29:23,109 --> 00:29:26,068 - Where is he now? - He had to go away. 296 00:29:26,112 --> 00:29:28,244 Hmm. Where to? 297 00:29:28,288 --> 00:29:31,944 I don't know. But he'll be back, and we'll be together always. 298 00:29:31,987 --> 00:29:33,946 Who's been taking care of you, Hoot? 299 00:29:36,035 --> 00:29:38,385 Are they the folks who beat you? 300 00:29:38,428 --> 00:29:40,779 If you tell me, maybe I can do something about it. 301 00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:46,001 And if I can't, maybe the sheriff can. He knows we found you. 302 00:29:46,045 --> 00:29:47,960 Once he hears you've been beaten, he'll wanna know who did it. 303 00:29:49,962 --> 00:29:53,226 Who was it, Hoot? Come on. Tell me. 304 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:56,882 The Sillses. They beat me. 305 00:29:56,925 --> 00:29:59,406 And I ain't never goin' back. I won't. 306 00:30:00,973 --> 00:30:03,279 It's gonna be all right, Hoot.[ Sniffles ] 307 00:30:03,323 --> 00:30:05,934 You just tell me about these Sillses. 308 00:30:05,978 --> 00:30:08,154 Everything's gonna be all right.[ Sniffling ] 309 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:18,164 He said his pa left him with some neighbors of theirs named the Sillses. 310 00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:20,296 They live up near Greely, Colorado. 311 00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:23,256 His pa promised to send for the boy later, but he never did. 312 00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:25,911 How could he leave his son with people like that? 313 00:30:25,954 --> 00:30:27,869 Well, maybe he didn't know what they were like. 314 00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:29,958 All the more reason not to leave him. 315 00:30:30,002 --> 00:30:33,135 Well, I'm gonna ride on out there and find out what they have to say about this. 316 00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:35,355 And you can tell 'em for me, if they want that boy back, 317 00:30:35,398 --> 00:30:37,400 they'd better start treating him like a human being. 318 00:30:37,444 --> 00:30:40,316 I don't care if his father left him there or not. 319 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,277 They so much as threaten to beat him again, and they're going to have to answer to me. 320 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,975 We have laws against that kind of thing. [ Holly ] And you tell 'em... 321 00:30:47,019 --> 00:30:49,238 that we intend to keep an eye on Hoot. 322 00:30:49,282 --> 00:30:52,285 - You tell them that. - I'll make it clear. 323 00:30:54,940 --> 00:30:58,595 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 324 00:30:58,639 --> 00:31:02,338 How could anyone beat a helpless child like that? 325 00:31:02,382 --> 00:31:04,993 [ Sighs ] I'm sorry now that we found out where he came from. 326 00:31:05,037 --> 00:31:07,082 Well, we did. 327 00:31:07,126 --> 00:31:09,955 Clay? 328 00:31:09,998 --> 00:31:12,566 What if we didn't give him back? 329 00:31:12,609 --> 00:31:15,917 A father has a right to leave his boy with whoever he wants. 330 00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:19,138 But what if he didn't know that his son was gonna be beaten? 331 00:31:19,181 --> 00:31:22,924 That doesn't make any difference. He left him with the Sillses. 332 00:31:22,968 --> 00:31:26,710 Maybe we can get 'em to change their way towards Hoot, but we can't refuse to give him back. 333 00:31:26,754 --> 00:31:31,193 But what will I tell him? It doesn't seem right. 334 00:31:31,237 --> 00:31:35,284 Well, it's the law. 335 00:31:35,328 --> 00:31:38,940 - And I warned you about getting too attached. - "Too attached"? 336 00:31:38,984 --> 00:31:41,203 What do you know about it? 337 00:31:41,247 --> 00:31:45,164 What do you know about what a woman feels toward a child? 338 00:31:45,207 --> 00:31:48,080 I started getting attached the minute I saw him. 339 00:31:48,123 --> 00:31:52,954 I was already too attached when I held him in my arms and saw that he needed my love. 340 00:31:52,998 --> 00:31:55,739 Men! You think you know everything! 341 00:31:55,783 --> 00:31:58,960 And maybe you do... about steers! 342 00:32:05,271 --> 00:32:07,055 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 343 00:32:23,028 --> 00:32:25,508 [ Men Shouting, Whistling ] 344 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:42,482 Get up there! 345 00:32:42,525 --> 00:32:45,224 [ Shouting, Whistling ] 346 00:32:52,187 --> 00:32:54,624 No. We never did get that old mountain lion. 347 00:32:54,668 --> 00:32:57,018 He just stopped comin' around. 348 00:32:57,062 --> 00:32:58,759 Good.Well, what's good about that? 349 00:32:58,802 --> 00:33:00,674 I like mountain lions. 350 00:33:02,328 --> 00:33:05,026 Well, I wasn't thinkin' of it just like that, 351 00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:08,116 but I guess I kind of like 'em too. 352 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,205 Can I ask you somethin' straight-out personal? 353 00:33:10,249 --> 00:33:13,469 - Sure. - Where'd you get a name like Hoot? 354 00:33:13,513 --> 00:33:18,039 My pa gave it to me. He said that I asked so many questions... 355 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:20,476 that someday I'll be smarter than a hoot owl. 356 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,566 [ Laughs ] Well, I guess he knew what he was talkin' about. 357 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:26,830 My pa knew just about everything in the whole world. 358 00:33:26,874 --> 00:33:28,832 He even knew stories about a giant. 359 00:33:28,876 --> 00:33:31,270 Only, he wasn't a bad giant. He was a good giant... 360 00:33:31,313 --> 00:33:34,142 who used to keep kids from bein' scared of the dark. 361 00:33:34,186 --> 00:33:37,145 He sure helped me. I'm hardly scared of anything. 362 00:33:37,189 --> 00:33:40,583 Boy, I sure wish I'd had a giant like that when I was little. 363 00:33:40,627 --> 00:33:44,674 What was this good giant's name?Pa called him Bayo. 364 00:33:44,718 --> 00:33:50,376 "Bayo"? Oh, that's a funny name for a giant. But I like that. 365 00:33:50,419 --> 00:33:52,378 Wanna hear a story? 366 00:33:52,421 --> 00:33:55,250 I sure would. 367 00:33:55,294 --> 00:33:57,513 Well, one day... 368 00:33:57,557 --> 00:34:00,777 long, long, long ago, when I was just a kid, 369 00:34:00,821 --> 00:34:03,650 there was this giant. [ Elizabeth ] Hoot? 370 00:34:03,693 --> 00:34:05,695 Come see what we've got. 371 00:34:15,314 --> 00:34:18,360 [ Chuckles ] There he is. 372 00:34:22,147 --> 00:34:25,628 What do you think of him?Is he sick? 373 00:34:25,672 --> 00:34:29,371 No. He's just a baby. What are you going to name him? 374 00:34:29,415 --> 00:34:31,634 Hmm? Hoot? 375 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:36,204 What'll you call him? 376 00:34:37,771 --> 00:34:39,773 Bayo? 377 00:34:40,817 --> 00:34:43,472 Bayo. 378 00:34:43,516 --> 00:34:45,257 [ Man ]Bayo. ♪♪ [ Honky-tonk Piano ] 379 00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:47,346 What? 380 00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:49,913 Well, I was just telling my friend here that there's lots better ways... 381 00:34:49,957 --> 00:34:53,352 - to makin' money than workin' a ranch. - Whoo! That's the truth. 382 00:34:53,395 --> 00:34:56,572 Can you name one? 383 00:34:56,616 --> 00:34:58,574 Well, there's, uh, finding gold. 384 00:34:58,618 --> 00:35:00,489 Yeah! Yeah, yeah, that's the thing. 385 00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:03,231 I bet you Bayo and me could go up there in them Medicine Bow mountains... 386 00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:05,712 right now and find all the gold we wanted. 387 00:35:05,755 --> 00:35:09,411 - Now, what do you say, Bayo? - Maybe we could. 388 00:35:09,455 --> 00:35:13,415 Well, I know we could! Sure we could, Bayo. Come here. 389 00:35:13,459 --> 00:35:16,157 Look. Where do you think would be the best place to look? 390 00:35:16,201 --> 00:35:18,725 You given it any thought, Bayo?Well-- 391 00:35:18,768 --> 00:35:22,250 Stony Ridge. That'd be the best. 392 00:35:22,294 --> 00:35:24,252 Oh, you really think so? 393 00:35:24,296 --> 00:35:25,949 Stony Ridge, huh? [ Bayo ] Yeah, yeah. 394 00:35:25,993 --> 00:35:29,301 You know, I was just thinkin' the other day. 395 00:35:29,344 --> 00:35:31,955 [ Chuckles ] When the sun gets on those mountains, 396 00:35:31,999 --> 00:35:34,306 they look like they're made out of gold. 397 00:35:34,349 --> 00:35:36,917 Why don't we just get ourselves a stake and go get us some? 398 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,442 Aw!Oh, now, come on. Let's have a drink to our new partnership. 399 00:35:40,486 --> 00:35:43,663 Come on, Bayo. Sit down there, Bayo. 400 00:35:49,234 --> 00:35:51,149 [ Laughing Hysterically ] 401 00:35:54,543 --> 00:35:58,286 Oh, you earned your drink, Bayo. You really earned your drink. 402 00:35:58,330 --> 00:36:00,375 [ Laughing ] 403 00:36:57,606 --> 00:36:59,608 [ Horse Approaching ] 404 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:10,271 [ Footsteps ] [ Knocking ] 405 00:37:10,315 --> 00:37:12,795 Who's there? [ Virginian ] Mrs. Sills? 406 00:37:12,839 --> 00:37:15,885 Who is it? I want to talk to you. 407 00:37:15,929 --> 00:37:19,889 Go away! There's nothin' to steal here. Just go away and leave us alone! 408 00:37:22,936 --> 00:37:25,286 I'm sorry, ma'am. 409 00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:27,897 I've come a long way. All I want is some answers. 410 00:37:27,941 --> 00:37:30,813 - About what? - A boy named Hoot. 411 00:37:32,685 --> 00:37:35,514 Just stand still, mister. Don't you move. 412 00:37:35,557 --> 00:37:37,820 Jonah Sills?Maybe. 413 00:37:37,864 --> 00:37:39,822 Who are you? What do you want? 414 00:37:39,866 --> 00:37:41,737 He says he wants to know about Hoot. 415 00:37:41,781 --> 00:37:45,915 Hoot? Well-- Well, what about him? 416 00:37:45,959 --> 00:37:48,309 I'd like to see who I'm talking to. 417 00:37:52,574 --> 00:37:54,837 You run outside and play, Sarah Lee. 418 00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:59,581 Would you like some coffee?No, thanks. 419 00:37:59,625 --> 00:38:02,584 From the looks of your horse out there, you rode a ways. 420 00:38:02,628 --> 00:38:04,760 Wyoming. Medicine Bow. 421 00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:07,546 Medicine Bow? That's--Katie. 422 00:38:07,589 --> 00:38:10,766 You saying you rode all that way just to ask about the boy? 423 00:38:10,810 --> 00:38:15,510 Why?I think you know why. 424 00:38:15,554 --> 00:38:18,034 - You say it. - By the looks of his back after he ran away. 425 00:38:18,078 --> 00:38:20,776 Hoot run away? 426 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:23,953 [ Jonah ] Reckon you got the wrong place, mister. 427 00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:26,826 Hoot ain't lived with us for almost two years. 428 00:38:26,869 --> 00:38:30,438 - That's not his story. - Well, then I guess he was lyin'. 429 00:38:30,482 --> 00:38:33,136 T'ain't like Hoot to lie. He was a good boy. 430 00:38:33,180 --> 00:38:35,835 He spoke of his pa. 431 00:38:37,489 --> 00:38:40,361 The Callahans were neighbors of ours. 432 00:38:40,405 --> 00:38:43,973 Luke Callahan just fell apart when Hoot's ma died. 433 00:38:44,017 --> 00:38:47,629 Couldn't work his spread anymore, hardly wanted to live. 434 00:38:47,673 --> 00:38:49,805 Only the one boy-- Hoot. 435 00:38:51,851 --> 00:38:54,419 Asked Katie and me to look after him. 436 00:38:54,462 --> 00:38:56,812 Said he was goin' off to find a job someplace... 437 00:38:56,856 --> 00:39:00,033 and he'd send for the boy as soon as he could. 438 00:39:00,076 --> 00:39:03,471 He never did.Nearly a year went by. 439 00:39:03,515 --> 00:39:05,908 We got some letters from different places-- 440 00:39:05,952 --> 00:39:08,041 [ Scoffs ] not saying much, 441 00:39:08,084 --> 00:39:11,740 asking after the boy but not forhim. 442 00:39:11,784 --> 00:39:13,829 And then the letters stopped comin'. 443 00:39:13,873 --> 00:39:17,616 See, Hoot used to run away, looking for his pa. 444 00:39:17,659 --> 00:39:20,575 And then Jonah'd have to go fetch him back again. 445 00:39:20,619 --> 00:39:24,057 I didn't have the time for it. Took me from my work. 446 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:27,843 Katie had a baby on the way, and-- 447 00:39:27,887 --> 00:39:30,759 Well, you see how it was. I got a family to look after. 448 00:39:30,803 --> 00:39:34,502 Hardly enough for the table as it is. 449 00:39:34,546 --> 00:39:38,419 It didn't look like Hoot's pa was gonna send for him, so I-- 450 00:39:38,463 --> 00:39:41,596 Well, I just had to give him away. 451 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,817 - Where? Where did you give him? - The orphanage over at Clearwater. 452 00:39:44,860 --> 00:39:46,862 It's a real nice place. 453 00:39:46,906 --> 00:39:49,430 Some woman come to pick him up. 454 00:39:49,474 --> 00:39:52,520 She seemed nice enough. Said they'd take good care of him. 455 00:39:52,564 --> 00:39:54,783 Did you ever hear any more from Luke Callahan? 456 00:39:54,827 --> 00:39:57,090 Well, we got this letter a few months ago. 457 00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:59,962 Guess he figured the boy was still with us. 458 00:40:00,006 --> 00:40:03,183 [ Sighs ] Full of the same old promises. 459 00:40:03,226 --> 00:40:06,447 - Did he say where he was? - No. 460 00:40:06,491 --> 00:40:08,884 But the letter was postmarked Medicine Bow. 461 00:40:21,288 --> 00:40:24,770 Can you point me to the sheriff's office?Point you-- 462 00:40:24,813 --> 00:40:27,555 You're almost looking at it, mister. It's right up there.Thank you. 463 00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:29,209 You're welcome. 464 00:40:36,738 --> 00:40:39,480 ♪♪ [ Whistling ] 465 00:40:39,524 --> 00:40:41,090 Trampas?Huh? 466 00:40:41,134 --> 00:40:43,049 Which shirt do you think I should I buy? 467 00:40:43,092 --> 00:40:45,486 Mmm, whichever one you want. 468 00:40:45,530 --> 00:40:47,706 Well, that's not much of an answer. 469 00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:50,056 Well, you're the one who's supposed to buy his clothes, remember? 470 00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:52,493 Well, it wouldn't hurt to offer an opinion. 471 00:40:52,537 --> 00:40:54,930 [ Exhales ] All right. Uh, let's see. 472 00:40:54,974 --> 00:40:59,718 Mmm! If I were just gonna work around the ranch, uh-- this one. 473 00:40:59,761 --> 00:41:02,808 But on the other hand, if I was goin' to a Sunday dance... 474 00:41:02,851 --> 00:41:06,115 or courtin' that little girl down the street, here's the one I-- 475 00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:08,944 Well, you wanted my opinion. 476 00:41:08,988 --> 00:41:11,512 [ Sighs ] Don't you want to help Hoot? 477 00:41:11,556 --> 00:41:14,559 Well, sure. It's just that-- 478 00:41:14,602 --> 00:41:17,692 [ Exhales ] Well, I don't think he's telling us the truth. That's all. 479 00:41:17,736 --> 00:41:21,304 -About what? -The Sillses. Why didn't he tell us about them to begin with? 480 00:41:21,348 --> 00:41:24,960 Because he was afraid we'd send him back. 481 00:41:25,004 --> 00:41:27,789 [ Exhales ] Where was he heading when we found him? 482 00:41:27,833 --> 00:41:30,966 Just as far away from the Sillses as he could get. And I don't blame him. 483 00:41:31,010 --> 00:41:34,970 Maybe. I just-- 484 00:41:35,014 --> 00:41:37,669 Well, I think he's hiding something, and he's afraid to tell us. 485 00:41:37,712 --> 00:41:42,064 All right, Trampas. Maybe he's an outlaw on the run. 486 00:41:42,108 --> 00:41:45,546 Maybe you should check with the sheriff and see if he's wanted for holding up a stagecoach. 487 00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:48,157 [ Whistles ]And don't laugh at me! 488 00:41:48,201 --> 00:41:49,942 [ Chuckles ] 489 00:41:52,205 --> 00:41:57,645 If you would just take some time getting to know him instead of being so suspicious. 490 00:41:57,689 --> 00:42:00,909 All right. If it'll make you any happier, buy him both shirts. I'll buy the pretty one. 491 00:42:00,953 --> 00:42:03,085 But buying him a shirt is not getting to know him. 492 00:42:03,129 --> 00:42:05,653 [ Sighs ] All right. I'll take him fishing. 493 00:42:05,697 --> 00:42:07,176 When? 494 00:42:07,220 --> 00:42:10,005 Well, the first chance I get. 495 00:42:10,049 --> 00:42:13,095 - Do you promise? - I promise. 496 00:42:13,139 --> 00:42:17,056 Here. These should fit him. 497 00:42:17,099 --> 00:42:20,625 Oh, uh, I gotta go to the bank. I'll see you in a little bit. 498 00:42:38,425 --> 00:42:42,690 Seems like everyone in town's away-- the sheriff, the clerk. 499 00:42:42,734 --> 00:42:44,344 Well, he's in back. 500 00:42:47,913 --> 00:42:50,219 That's a fine pair of shoes. 501 00:42:50,263 --> 00:42:53,179 Must be for a little brother, eh? 502 00:42:53,222 --> 00:42:55,921 You're a bit young to have a boy that size. 503 00:43:12,067 --> 00:43:15,636 Well, whatever his reason, the boy still lied to us. 504 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,639 Well, his scars weren't lies. He probably got them at the orphanage. 505 00:43:18,683 --> 00:43:21,599 They don't usually beat their children, at least not with whips. 506 00:43:21,642 --> 00:43:24,689 Maybe in this one they did.Well, then why bring the Sillses into it? 507 00:43:24,732 --> 00:43:27,561 Maybe he was hoping they'd come and take him back. 508 00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:29,868 They seemed like good people. 509 00:43:29,911 --> 00:43:32,697 This Luke Callahan-- you ever hear of him in Medicine Bow? 510 00:43:32,740 --> 00:43:36,526 No. He might've just been passing through though. 511 00:43:36,570 --> 00:43:38,877 I thought I'd go in later and ask around. 512 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:43,185 And I'll have a talk with Hoot when he gets back, try to get to the bottom of this. 513 00:43:43,229 --> 00:43:45,971 Where is he?Holly took him into town. 514 00:43:46,014 --> 00:43:48,234 She wanted Doc to have a look at his back. 515 00:43:48,277 --> 00:43:52,934 Isn't that pretty well healed up by now?Well, you know how Holly is. 516 00:43:55,110 --> 00:43:58,200 Now that I think of it, somebody was asking about a lost boy. 517 00:43:58,244 --> 00:44:01,813 Only it seems to me like they found one. 518 00:44:01,856 --> 00:44:05,077 Did you see who?Well, let's see. 519 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,514 That's right. It was the foreman out at Shiloh. 520 00:44:07,557 --> 00:44:09,821 Said this small boy come wanderin' onto their land. 521 00:44:09,864 --> 00:44:13,172 - Is he still there? - Far as I know, 'less they found who he belonged to. 522 00:44:13,215 --> 00:44:16,044 This Shiloh now-- how far away is it? 523 00:44:16,088 --> 00:44:19,134 - It's a couple hours' ride south of here. - Ahh. 524 00:44:26,141 --> 00:44:28,970 Thank you.Uh, you headin' out there now? 525 00:44:29,014 --> 00:44:31,103 As soon as the blacksmith has my horse ready. 526 00:44:31,146 --> 00:44:33,975 Well, just stay on the main road. You can't miss it. 527 00:44:38,153 --> 00:44:40,068 Hey, Bayo, you ever gonna get this place swamped? 528 00:44:40,112 --> 00:44:42,941 Well, I'm workin' on it right now, Bart. 529 00:44:42,984 --> 00:44:45,639 Well, don't forget the boardwalk, will ya? 530 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,685 I won't. 531 00:44:54,822 --> 00:44:56,781 [ Holly ] Is that the kind you want? 532 00:44:59,305 --> 00:45:01,786 Might as well take a handful then. 533 00:45:04,049 --> 00:45:07,182 Don't go far. We'll be leaving soon.All right. 534 00:45:11,578 --> 00:45:13,841 [ Pots Clanging ] 535 00:45:30,858 --> 00:45:33,034 You oughta be a little more careful, son. 536 00:45:33,078 --> 00:45:36,864 - Sorry, mister. - Hoot! Come along, Hoot! 537 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:55,187 Can't you talk to him later, Clay? 538 00:45:55,230 --> 00:45:58,364 Well, the sooner we all learn the truth, the better. 539 00:45:58,407 --> 00:46:02,020 If that boy ran away from an orphanage, we've gotta make plans to send him back. 540 00:46:02,063 --> 00:46:05,371 But will a few hours make that much difference? 541 00:46:05,414 --> 00:46:08,983 If you had seen how excited he was about going fishing with Trampas-- 542 00:46:09,027 --> 00:46:12,726 If you'd seen his face-- Well, you can't take that away from him. 543 00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:17,731 He's had too many disappointments already.Well, all right, Holly. 544 00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:21,343 But just as soon as he gets back, we're gonna talk-- just the two of us. 545 00:46:26,218 --> 00:46:28,002 [ Birds Chirping ] 546 00:46:37,316 --> 00:46:39,361 [ Splashing ]You got him! 547 00:46:39,405 --> 00:46:41,886 Oop! Yep, yeah, yeah! 548 00:46:41,929 --> 00:46:45,977 Uh! Yep, yep! Here we go! Oh! 549 00:46:46,020 --> 00:46:48,849 Aw, I sure thought I had him that time. 550 00:46:48,893 --> 00:46:51,678 He wouldn't have got away from my pa. 551 00:46:51,721 --> 00:46:53,941 Huh, I don't know about that. 552 00:46:53,985 --> 00:46:56,030 The way that fish has been stealing my bait, 553 00:46:56,074 --> 00:46:58,250 I wouldn't be surprised if he's got hands. 554 00:46:58,293 --> 00:47:02,732 - How do you know it's the same one? - Recognize his laugh. 555 00:47:02,776 --> 00:47:04,734 [ Chuckles ] 556 00:47:04,778 --> 00:47:07,868 My pa could've caught him. 557 00:47:07,912 --> 00:47:10,653 Guess he could've at that. Hmm. 558 00:47:10,697 --> 00:47:13,352 I'll put another worm on here. 559 00:47:13,395 --> 00:47:15,876 How do you like Shiloh so far, Hoot? 560 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,444 It must be the biggest ranch in the whole world. 561 00:47:18,487 --> 00:47:22,404 [ Laughs ] Well, it's big, but I don't know about the whole world. 562 00:47:22,448 --> 00:47:25,059 When I grow up, I'm gonna have a ranch just like it... 563 00:47:25,103 --> 00:47:28,193 with a million head of cattle, and mustangs and everything. 564 00:47:28,236 --> 00:47:30,891 Well, I sure hope so. 565 00:47:34,155 --> 00:47:36,288 - Trampas? - Yeah? 566 00:47:36,331 --> 00:47:39,117 If I had a ranch, would you be my foreman? 567 00:47:41,510 --> 00:47:44,905 Oh, I-- I don't know, Hoot. I got a pretty good job right here. 568 00:47:44,949 --> 00:47:48,909 I'm gonna need someone who knows as much about ranchin' as my pa. 569 00:47:48,953 --> 00:47:52,870 Only he'll be too old by then, so he'll have to take care of the books like Mr. Grainger. 570 00:47:58,223 --> 00:48:01,269 Well, I'd-- I'd like to be your foreman, Hoot. 571 00:48:03,010 --> 00:48:05,404 I'd like that very much. 572 00:48:07,362 --> 00:48:12,150 You know, Hoot, I'm gonna try my luck around the bend here. 573 00:48:12,193 --> 00:48:13,934 Oops. 574 00:48:16,110 --> 00:48:18,373 Dad gum, these trees get in your way, don't they? 575 00:48:46,053 --> 00:48:49,883 Trampas! Trampas, my line's caught! 576 00:49:01,416 --> 00:49:04,376 You gave me a good chase this time, boy. 577 00:49:04,419 --> 00:49:08,771 I'm gonna see to it you don't run off again. 578 00:49:08,815 --> 00:49:11,426 It'll do you no good to fight. 579 00:49:12,993 --> 00:49:15,300 - Let go of him. - This is none of your business. 580 00:49:15,343 --> 00:49:17,780 I think it is. 581 00:49:19,260 --> 00:49:21,088 I've got legal papers on that boy! 582 00:49:21,132 --> 00:49:23,525 You'll get yourself in trouble protecting him. 583 00:49:23,569 --> 00:49:26,180 You're on Shiloh land. You got something to say, you say it to Mr. Grainger. 584 00:49:27,877 --> 00:49:30,358 All right. 585 00:49:30,402 --> 00:49:33,144 But when I leave Shiloh land, that boy'll be going with me. 586 00:49:35,102 --> 00:49:37,365 And you'll not be able to do a thing about it. 587 00:49:48,202 --> 00:49:50,944 We were told Hoot was placed in an orphanage. 588 00:49:50,988 --> 00:49:53,077 He was, but they couldn't handle him. 589 00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:56,123 - He kept running off, getting into trouble. - What kind of trouble? 590 00:49:56,167 --> 00:50:00,432 - Ooh, stealin' food. - He had to eat. 591 00:50:00,475 --> 00:50:03,478 A child steals food. A grown man-- money to buy food. 592 00:50:03,522 --> 00:50:06,046 It's all stealing. 593 00:50:06,090 --> 00:50:09,180 The court found Hoot incorrigible, placed him under my custody. 594 00:50:09,223 --> 00:50:14,620 - This, uh, "home" of yours-- what kind of place is it? - Oh, like it says there. 595 00:50:14,663 --> 00:50:18,145 I take boys a bit too wild for their own good and make men out of them. 596 00:50:18,189 --> 00:50:20,930 You mean you teach 'em to behave? 597 00:50:20,974 --> 00:50:22,889 Ah, that's part of it. 598 00:50:22,932 --> 00:50:25,457 Even if you have to use a whip. 599 00:50:25,500 --> 00:50:27,459 We saw Hoot's back. 600 00:50:27,502 --> 00:50:32,072 My boys... are like wild animals. 601 00:50:32,116 --> 00:50:34,553 Some of them take to kindness, others you have to beat. 602 00:50:34,596 --> 00:50:36,642 Now, Hoot is a real troublemaker. 603 00:50:36,685 --> 00:50:41,342 Tell me, does the court know about these training methods of yours? 604 00:50:41,386 --> 00:50:45,477 The court knows it has no more trouble with my boys, and that's good enough for them. 605 00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,654 - Well, it's not good enough for me. - What do you mean? 606 00:50:48,697 --> 00:50:50,873 I'm not turning Hoot over to you. 607 00:50:50,917 --> 00:50:53,006 That is a court order!From another state. 608 00:50:53,050 --> 00:50:55,400 It's legal anyplace I hunt him down! 609 00:50:55,443 --> 00:50:59,056 Maybe so, but you're not taking that boy out of this house. 610 00:51:00,927 --> 00:51:02,885 Is that clear, Mr. McPherson? 611 00:51:03,930 --> 00:51:07,064 The sheriff might say different. 612 00:51:09,544 --> 00:51:13,070 You're not the first ones tried to help that boy, but I always get him back. 613 00:51:14,288 --> 00:51:16,073 I will this time too. 614 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,212 Hoot isn't an orphan, Clay. [ Door Closes ] 615 00:51:25,256 --> 00:51:28,346 He doesn't belong in a home. He has a father. 616 00:51:28,389 --> 00:51:32,959 Not if we can't find him, Holly. He doesn't have anyone. 617 00:51:33,002 --> 00:51:37,050 But maybe it wasn't him, Bayo. Three years is a long time. 618 00:51:38,225 --> 00:51:40,662 She called him Hoot. 619 00:51:42,099 --> 00:51:44,362 'Sides, I oughta know my own son. 620 00:51:44,405 --> 00:51:46,190 Then go to him. 621 00:51:47,626 --> 00:51:49,932 Look at me, Claire! 622 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,720 That boy used to look up to me. 623 00:51:54,763 --> 00:51:57,679 He thought his papa knew everything, 624 00:51:57,723 --> 00:52:01,205 could do everything better than anybody else. 625 00:52:02,989 --> 00:52:05,687 Now look what I've become. Hmm! 626 00:52:07,602 --> 00:52:12,216 Someone the whole town laughs at, makes a fool of. 627 00:52:12,259 --> 00:52:15,001 Aw, I can't let him see me like this! 628 00:52:16,220 --> 00:52:19,484 You can change, Bayo. 629 00:52:19,527 --> 00:52:22,269 Yeah, and I'm going to. 630 00:52:25,533 --> 00:52:28,580 Only it just takes time! 631 00:52:28,623 --> 00:52:31,278 I got plans. 632 00:52:31,322 --> 00:52:34,238 Soon as I get on my feet, I'm gonna send for him. 633 00:52:39,460 --> 00:52:42,246 What are you gonna do until then, Bayo? 634 00:52:42,289 --> 00:52:46,075 You gonna stay drunk so that you can forget he's around? 635 00:52:46,119 --> 00:52:49,470 You gonna lock yourself into this room so you don't run into him again? 636 00:52:49,514 --> 00:52:51,472 [ Sighs ] 637 00:52:53,648 --> 00:52:56,303 Is that how you're gonna get back on your feet? 638 00:52:56,347 --> 00:52:58,131 [ Scoffs ] 639 00:53:02,614 --> 00:53:04,529 [ Sighs ] 640 00:53:06,748 --> 00:53:11,405 It just takes time, Claire. 641 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:17,368 Oh, I've got these plans, but-- 642 00:53:19,544 --> 00:53:23,156 It takes time. 643 00:53:30,337 --> 00:53:32,513 Well, it looks legal enough.It's legal. 644 00:53:32,557 --> 00:53:35,647 Now I want you to ride out there and pick up that boy for me. 645 00:53:35,690 --> 00:53:38,389 I've wasted enough time here.Yeah, I guess you have. 646 00:53:41,392 --> 00:53:44,221 Hey, what are you doing?Just what it looks like. 647 00:53:44,264 --> 00:53:47,659 I am going to wash up. 648 00:53:47,702 --> 00:53:50,314 Well, when are you going out there?Just as soon as I'm ready. 649 00:53:50,357 --> 00:53:52,403 That can wait! [ Washbasin Clatters ] 650 00:53:52,446 --> 00:53:54,666 Now you listen to me, McPherson! 651 00:53:54,709 --> 00:53:57,625 I've been riding all night looking for an outlaw I never did find. 652 00:53:57,669 --> 00:54:00,280 I've missed three meals, and I've been caught in a windstorm. 653 00:54:00,324 --> 00:54:04,284 And right now I am going to shave. I'm going to get me something hot to eat, 654 00:54:04,328 --> 00:54:07,635 something cold to drink, and I may even take a nap! 655 00:54:07,679 --> 00:54:11,639 - This is signed by a district judge! - Then have him go get the boy! 656 00:54:17,515 --> 00:54:19,517 When will you be ready? 657 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,693 [ Shaving Mug Clinking ] 658 00:54:21,736 --> 00:54:23,782 About an hour.I'll be back. 659 00:54:23,825 --> 00:54:26,828 Don't bother. I'm going out there alone. 660 00:54:26,872 --> 00:54:29,831 Sheriff, if you let that boy get away, I'll-- 661 00:54:30,789 --> 00:54:32,834 You'll what, McPherson? 662 00:54:34,706 --> 00:54:36,534 I'm sure you won't. 663 00:54:48,763 --> 00:54:51,331 Hello.Good morning, Claire. Maybe you can help me. 664 00:54:51,375 --> 00:54:53,377 - You're not looking for a room, are you? - No, no. 665 00:54:53,420 --> 00:54:56,554 I'm looking for a man named Callahan-- Luke Callahan. 666 00:54:56,597 --> 00:54:59,818 I think he was in Medicine Bow about three months ago. 667 00:54:59,861 --> 00:55:03,604 He must have stayed somewhere. I've tried the hotel and the other boardinghouses. 668 00:55:03,648 --> 00:55:06,738 - No, he didn't stay here. - Are you sure? His boy's out at Shiloh. 669 00:55:06,781 --> 00:55:09,741 I said he didn't stay here. 670 00:55:09,784 --> 00:55:12,309 I don't know any Luke Callahan. I've never heard of him. 671 00:55:13,962 --> 00:55:15,747 Thanks, Claire. Sorry I bothered you. 672 00:55:15,790 --> 00:55:18,445 It's all right. 673 00:55:20,795 --> 00:55:23,363 Claire? 674 00:55:26,453 --> 00:55:28,194 Thanks. 675 00:55:34,766 --> 00:55:36,768 [ Door Closes ] 676 00:55:43,427 --> 00:55:46,125 And if I refuse to give him to you? 677 00:55:46,168 --> 00:55:49,258 Oh, you know better than that, Clay. It's the law. 678 00:55:49,302 --> 00:55:53,393 Well, I don't believe in a law that allows a grown man to beat a defenseless child! 679 00:55:53,437 --> 00:55:55,569 I know how you feel, but McPherson's got a court order. 680 00:55:55,613 --> 00:55:57,615 There's nothing I can do about it. 681 00:55:57,658 --> 00:56:00,574 You can give us a little more time to try and find the boy's father. 682 00:56:00,618 --> 00:56:04,273 My foreman's out looking for him right now.What good will that do? 683 00:56:04,317 --> 00:56:07,842 Hoot was sent to an orphanage, and he wasn't an orphan. To a home for wayward boys. 684 00:56:07,886 --> 00:56:10,671 Well, if that boy's wayward, I'm a Missouri mule! 685 00:56:12,804 --> 00:56:16,808 There must be somelaw that says a father has a right to his own son! 686 00:56:16,851 --> 00:56:20,333 If he wants him, which does not seem to be the case. 687 00:56:21,465 --> 00:56:24,859 Well, he will when he sees him. 688 00:56:24,903 --> 00:56:28,820 Besides, I've never heard of a Luke Callahan around Medicine Bow. 689 00:56:28,863 --> 00:56:31,300 You've got to give us a little more time, Mark. 690 00:56:31,344 --> 00:56:35,522 This boy's whole life may depend on it. 691 00:56:35,566 --> 00:56:37,350 What do I tell McPherson? 692 00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:39,831 Well, tell him the boy's too sick to travel. 693 00:56:39,874 --> 00:56:43,400 Tell him he ran away. Tell him anything, but don't let him take him back. 694 00:56:44,923 --> 00:56:47,229 He may never come out the same. 695 00:56:48,666 --> 00:56:50,581 [ Exhales ] 696 00:56:55,455 --> 00:56:57,675 It is getting kind of late in the day. 697 00:56:57,718 --> 00:57:00,460 They couldn't go very far at night. 698 00:57:00,504 --> 00:57:02,680 I'll be back in the morning, Clay. 699 00:57:02,723 --> 00:57:05,378 If you haven't found Callahan by then, 700 00:57:05,422 --> 00:57:07,685 the boy goes back with McPherson. 701 00:57:07,728 --> 00:57:09,730 I've got no choice. 702 00:57:13,821 --> 00:57:15,823 [ Door Opens ] 703 00:57:27,661 --> 00:57:29,924 Is this how you're going to pull yourself together, Bayo? 704 00:57:34,886 --> 00:57:38,498 Is this all you're gonna do for the rest of your life? 705 00:57:38,542 --> 00:57:42,546 I'm all right. I'll be fine by tomorrow. 706 00:57:42,589 --> 00:57:44,548 This istomorrow. 707 00:57:46,854 --> 00:57:49,988 Look at yourself, Bayo. 708 00:57:52,294 --> 00:57:54,427 Just look at yourself! 709 00:57:58,518 --> 00:58:00,912 It's such a waste of a man. 710 00:58:11,966 --> 00:58:14,534 I wanted to help, Bayo. 711 00:58:16,928 --> 00:58:18,930 It seems I can't. 712 00:58:37,426 --> 00:58:39,603 Wait! 713 00:58:39,646 --> 00:58:41,866 I know where you can find Luke Callahan. 714 00:58:41,909 --> 00:58:44,912 - Where? - At my place, upstairs. 715 00:58:46,784 --> 00:58:49,003 Nobody in town knows him. 716 00:58:49,047 --> 00:58:52,441 Not as Luke Callahan, but they know him. 717 00:58:52,485 --> 00:58:55,706 All the ladies turn the other way at the sight of him. 718 00:58:55,749 --> 00:58:57,925 The boys laugh at him, and men poke fun at him. 719 00:59:00,058 --> 00:59:03,540 He's the town drunk. Goes by the name of Bayo. 720 00:59:06,412 --> 00:59:09,502 Bayo. If you still want to talk to him, 721 00:59:09,546 --> 00:59:13,027 you're going to have to shake him up a little bit to make him understand you. 722 00:59:15,029 --> 00:59:17,510 Get him on his feet, please. 723 00:59:19,033 --> 00:59:21,993 Get him to stand up and walk. 724 00:59:29,740 --> 00:59:32,743 [ Whispering ] Dear God, make him walk like a man. 725 00:59:35,006 --> 00:59:39,010 Bayo! Callahan! 726 00:59:39,053 --> 00:59:41,969 Luke Callahan!Yeah? Mm-hmm. [ Clears Throat ] 727 00:59:42,013 --> 00:59:44,798 Now can you hear me?[ Mutters ] 728 00:59:44,842 --> 00:59:48,497 Sit up and listen to me.[ Mutters ] I'm all right. 729 00:59:48,541 --> 00:59:52,153 Now, look. I don't want you to pass out again while I'm talking to you. 730 00:59:52,197 --> 00:59:55,940 I'm not that drunk. I wish I was. 731 00:59:55,983 --> 00:59:58,595 There's a bottle around here somewhere. 732 00:59:58,638 --> 01:00:00,901 Never mind about the bottle. Just listen to me. 733 01:00:00,945 --> 01:00:03,643 Your boy Hoot's out at Shiloh Ranch. 734 01:00:03,687 --> 01:00:05,906 He's out there, 735 01:00:05,950 --> 01:00:09,040 and there's nothing he wants more in this world than to see his father. 736 01:00:10,041 --> 01:00:12,478 Not like this. 737 01:00:12,521 --> 01:00:16,830 I'll give you time to shave and clean up. Then I'm taking you to the boy. 738 01:00:16,874 --> 01:00:20,660 Now you wait a minute, mister. You're not gonna take me anywhere. 739 01:00:20,704 --> 01:00:24,838 Why don't you just leave me alone, huh? Go on about your business and let me be. 740 01:00:24,882 --> 01:00:27,145 What's the matter, Luke? You afraid of the boy? 741 01:00:29,669 --> 01:00:33,064 Afraid of my own son? [ Scoffs ] 742 01:00:34,935 --> 01:00:39,026 That's 'bout the stupidest thing I've ever heard. 743 01:00:39,070 --> 01:00:42,682 I always loved my boy, and he always loved me. 744 01:00:42,726 --> 01:00:45,032 The only thing is, 745 01:00:45,076 --> 01:00:48,079 I just need a li-little time to straighten up a bit... 746 01:00:48,122 --> 01:00:50,124 before I go to see him, you know? 747 01:00:52,823 --> 01:00:56,000 You know, the truth is, 748 01:00:57,697 --> 01:01:01,092 I didn't want him to know I was working in a saloon. 749 01:01:03,050 --> 01:01:08,099 So, I'll go see him... tomorrow or the next day. 750 01:01:12,103 --> 01:01:17,195 I fell on hard times, mister. 751 01:01:17,238 --> 01:01:20,720 That's why I had to leave Hoot in the first place, 752 01:01:20,764 --> 01:01:23,592 'cause I couldn't take care of him the way I wanted to. 753 01:01:23,636 --> 01:01:27,248 He seemed real fine when I saw him with that Grainger woman. 754 01:01:27,292 --> 01:01:31,078 Hmm! He got so big. 755 01:01:31,122 --> 01:01:35,126 You know what he said to me? [ Chuckles ] 756 01:01:35,169 --> 01:01:39,652 "I'm sorry, mister." Yeah. [ Laughs ] 757 01:01:40,914 --> 01:01:43,134 I don't know how he got to the Shiloh, 758 01:01:44,526 --> 01:01:46,877 but he sure seemed happy enough. 759 01:01:49,662 --> 01:01:53,666 That's all I want-- for him to be happy. 760 01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:57,888 Bayo! Boy ran away from a place little better than a jail. 761 01:01:57,931 --> 01:02:00,542 He was beaten. Came to Shiloh by accident. 762 01:02:00,586 --> 01:02:02,196 If you don't come and get him, 763 01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:05,112 he's gonna have to go back to the same place and more beatings. 764 01:02:05,156 --> 01:02:10,988 That's just not so! I left him with the Sillses, a fine family. 765 01:02:11,031 --> 01:02:14,078 [ Virginian ] He kept on running away from 'em, trying to find you. 766 01:02:14,121 --> 01:02:16,994 I would've sent for him. 767 01:02:17,995 --> 01:02:20,737 [ Clicks Tongue ] But, well, 768 01:02:23,174 --> 01:02:25,742 you see the way things are with me now. 769 01:02:27,134 --> 01:02:29,920 Well, what am I gonna do with him? 770 01:02:29,963 --> 01:02:34,794 How am I gonna take care of him, give him all the things that he needs-- 771 01:02:34,838 --> 01:02:38,537 schoolin' and... the right bringin' up? 772 01:02:38,580 --> 01:02:40,800 No. 773 01:02:40,844 --> 01:02:45,283 [ Smacks Lips ] When I get on my feet again, though, things are gonna be different. 774 01:02:46,719 --> 01:02:49,200 You tell him that, huh? 775 01:02:50,854 --> 01:02:52,943 As soon as I get on my feet. 776 01:02:54,858 --> 01:02:56,860 Yeah, I'm gonna send for him. 777 01:02:59,340 --> 01:03:02,561 And that is a promise. 778 01:03:04,258 --> 01:03:05,999 [ Groans ] 779 01:03:13,398 --> 01:03:15,313 Bayo? 780 01:03:15,356 --> 01:03:17,837 Bayo! Bayo! 781 01:03:32,025 --> 01:03:34,071 [ Claire ] Oh! 782 01:03:37,770 --> 01:03:39,598 Oh, Bayo. 783 01:03:41,078 --> 01:03:43,080 You just couldn't be helped... 784 01:03:45,125 --> 01:03:47,127 no way. 785 01:03:49,913 --> 01:03:51,697 [ Sobs ] No way. 786 01:04:10,194 --> 01:04:14,024 There's not much I can add to what you've already said, Reverend. 787 01:04:14,067 --> 01:04:18,071 There was one part that struck me as particularly appropriate. 788 01:04:19,812 --> 01:04:22,902 You said Luke Callahan was one of God's children. 789 01:04:22,946 --> 01:04:25,818 He returned to his father. 790 01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:29,648 Not many of us here knew the real Luke Callahan. 791 01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:34,261 We only knew him through his son. 792 01:04:34,305 --> 01:04:38,222 To that boy, Luke was a giant named Bayo. 793 01:04:39,223 --> 01:04:41,268 A good giant-- the best ever. 794 01:04:44,402 --> 01:04:48,014 Let's all try to share that memory of Luke Callahan. 795 01:04:49,929 --> 01:04:53,019 It's probably a lot closer to the truth than we'll ever know. 796 01:05:03,508 --> 01:05:06,859 Hoot. Hoot? 797 01:05:09,514 --> 01:05:11,951 We'll wait for you down by the buggy. 798 01:05:32,102 --> 01:05:34,974 Why'd you have to die, Pa? 799 01:05:35,018 --> 01:05:37,107 You said you'd send for me. 800 01:05:37,150 --> 01:05:39,152 You promised. 801 01:05:42,895 --> 01:05:45,202 [ Claire ] Hoot? 802 01:05:45,245 --> 01:05:47,987 My name is Claire-- Claire Martin. 803 01:05:48,031 --> 01:05:50,468 I was a friend of your father's. 804 01:05:50,511 --> 01:05:54,167 - He told me all about you. - Why didn't he send for me? 805 01:05:54,211 --> 01:05:56,343 We were gonna be together always. 806 01:05:56,387 --> 01:05:58,084 Yes. 807 01:05:59,390 --> 01:06:03,785 Yes, that's-- that's all he talked about. 808 01:06:03,829 --> 01:06:07,224 Why, he could hardly wait till you were together again. 809 01:06:08,921 --> 01:06:10,967 He was going to send for you. 810 01:06:11,010 --> 01:06:13,795 Then why didn't he? 811 01:06:14,927 --> 01:06:18,191 Well, because-- 812 01:06:18,235 --> 01:06:22,369 because he was waiting for the right time when he could take care of you the way he wanted. 813 01:06:30,116 --> 01:06:31,988 Your father was a fine man. 814 01:06:34,947 --> 01:06:38,037 He loved you very much. 815 01:06:38,081 --> 01:06:40,126 Don't you ever forget that. 816 01:06:45,262 --> 01:06:48,308 The trouble with him was he-- 817 01:06:48,352 --> 01:06:50,528 he lost track of time. 818 01:07:20,645 --> 01:07:24,257 You think I like turning the boy over to McPherson? 819 01:07:24,301 --> 01:07:26,955 There must be something we can do. 820 01:07:26,999 --> 01:07:30,220 We-- We can't just let that man take him back to that awful place. 821 01:07:30,263 --> 01:07:32,265 If his father was still alive, it'd be different. 822 01:07:32,309 --> 01:07:36,226 I'd tell him to take the boy and tell McPherson to go to court if he wanted to. 823 01:07:36,269 --> 01:07:40,273 - But now-- - But now he's an orphan, plain and simple. 824 01:07:40,317 --> 01:07:43,189 When he needs help the most, McPherson has a legal right to him. 825 01:07:43,233 --> 01:07:46,627 I'd just like to know how the law got all turned around in this case... 826 01:07:46,671 --> 01:07:49,500 to protect the guilty and condemn the innocent. 827 01:07:49,543 --> 01:07:51,632 Well, honey, it's not Mark's fault.Oh, I know, I know. 828 01:07:51,676 --> 01:07:54,983 The thing about the law is, it was written by men. 829 01:07:55,027 --> 01:07:57,986 Some men know how to use it to take advantage of others. 830 01:07:58,030 --> 01:08:00,206 Well, this man has to be stopped. [ Door Opens ] 831 01:08:00,250 --> 01:08:04,167 Uncle Clay? Hoot took old Charlie out for a ride. 832 01:08:04,210 --> 01:08:06,560 I guess he just wanted to be alone. 833 01:08:06,604 --> 01:08:10,912 - What about it? - Well, I don't know. It's just that he's been gone so long. 834 01:08:10,956 --> 01:08:14,438 I told him to meet me at the corral, but he hasn't come back yet. 835 01:08:14,481 --> 01:08:17,180 If something's happened, I'll never forgive myself. 836 01:08:17,223 --> 01:08:19,269 Well, maybe he just rode out too far. 837 01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:23,142 - Where's McPherson? - I left him back in town. 838 01:08:23,186 --> 01:08:26,624 But he could've followed me out here. He doesn't trust me any more than I like him. 839 01:08:26,667 --> 01:08:29,192 Oh, Clay. 840 01:08:32,543 --> 01:08:35,328 Your runnin' days are over, boy. 841 01:08:35,372 --> 01:08:38,505 You're coming back to stay for a long time. 842 01:08:38,549 --> 01:08:41,595 And I'll be watchin' ya every minute of every day. 843 01:08:44,946 --> 01:08:46,948 Sometimes my dad had to rope me. 844 01:08:46,992 --> 01:08:49,560 He wouldn't take the rope off till I was in the tub. 845 01:08:49,603 --> 01:08:52,171 There's just something about... 846 01:08:52,215 --> 01:08:55,566 boys and bathwater that don't mix. 847 01:08:55,609 --> 01:08:59,265 Anyway, I couldn't see what good it did me when it left me all wrinkled. 848 01:09:07,230 --> 01:09:13,061 And you will be able to watch that little colt stand for the first time... 849 01:09:13,105 --> 01:09:15,716 and see how funny it looks taking its first steps. 850 01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:17,979 You'll think it's going to fall. 851 01:09:18,023 --> 01:09:21,635 But the first thing you know, it'll sniff the wind, 852 01:09:21,679 --> 01:09:25,117 and then it'll be running alongside of its mother. 853 01:09:26,988 --> 01:09:30,035 You could even give it its name. 854 01:09:30,078 --> 01:09:32,080 What are you going to name it? 855 01:09:32,124 --> 01:09:34,126 What'll you call him? 856 01:09:35,780 --> 01:09:37,695 Bayo? 857 01:09:39,044 --> 01:09:40,959 Bayo. 858 01:09:48,793 --> 01:09:53,232 Gettin' close to the border now, boy. You'll be home soon. [ Laughs ] 859 01:09:56,148 --> 01:09:58,368 I'm hardly scared of anything. 860 01:09:58,411 --> 01:10:01,632 Well, I wish I'd had a giant like that around when I was little. 861 01:10:01,675 --> 01:10:05,592 What was this good giant's name?Pa called him Bayo. 862 01:10:05,636 --> 01:10:10,641 "Bayo"? Oh, that's a funny name for a giant. But I like that. 863 01:10:14,384 --> 01:10:16,473 How do you like Shiloh so far, Hoot? 864 01:10:16,516 --> 01:10:19,258 It must be the biggest ranch in the whole world. 865 01:10:19,302 --> 01:10:23,610 [ Laughs ] Well, it's big, but I don't know about the whole world. 866 01:10:23,654 --> 01:10:26,309 When I grow up, I'm gonna have a ranch just like it... 867 01:10:26,352 --> 01:10:29,007 with a million head of cattle, and mustangs and everything. 868 01:10:30,313 --> 01:10:32,445 Well, I sure hope so. 869 01:10:32,489 --> 01:10:34,055 Trampas?Yeah? 870 01:10:34,099 --> 01:10:37,363 If I had a ranch, would you be my foreman? 871 01:10:40,192 --> 01:10:42,412 Likely miss your supper. 872 01:10:42,455 --> 01:10:45,415 It won't be the first time, eh? 873 01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:48,505 Or the last. 874 01:11:32,766 --> 01:11:35,421 - What is this? What do you want? - We can start with the boy. 875 01:11:35,465 --> 01:11:39,382 Tell him, Sheriff! That boy's been placed in my custody! 876 01:11:39,425 --> 01:11:41,862 You take him, and I'll take you into court! 877 01:11:41,906 --> 01:11:44,212 Well, that's another thing we want. 878 01:11:44,256 --> 01:11:47,433 That way, the judge can see how you treat those boys of yours. 879 01:11:47,477 --> 01:11:50,654 Maybe you can explain what you do with the money you get from the state, 880 01:11:50,697 --> 01:11:53,091 instead of buying food and decent clothes. 881 01:11:53,134 --> 01:11:58,226 Yes, I think the judge could take a good, hard look at that place of yours. 882 01:11:58,270 --> 01:12:01,839 [ Chuckles ] N-Now wait! I-If the boy means so much to you, Mr. Grainger, 883 01:12:01,882 --> 01:12:04,624 there's no use causin' ourselves a lot of trouble, now, is there? 884 01:12:04,668 --> 01:12:07,758 I-- You see what I mean? [ Virginian ] No, you don't see what he means. 885 01:12:07,801 --> 01:12:10,456 If you don't take Mr. Grainger to court, he'll take you. 886 01:12:10,500 --> 01:12:15,243 And I'm taking you with me now, McPherson. You can wait for your court appearance in my jail. 887 01:12:15,287 --> 01:12:18,116 Jail? What for? You can't arrest me! 888 01:12:18,159 --> 01:12:21,337 You've got no charge! [ Trampas ] That horse Hoot's ridin'-- 889 01:12:21,380 --> 01:12:25,471 sure looks like a Shiloh brand to me. What do you say, Jim?Well, yeah, it sure enough does. 890 01:12:25,515 --> 01:12:30,215 Yeah, that's a Shiloh horse. McPherson here was just about to take it right across the border. 891 01:12:30,258 --> 01:12:32,609 Oh! [ Whistles ] That's bad. That's real bad. 892 01:12:37,788 --> 01:12:40,399 What about horse stealing, McPherson? That charge suit you? 893 01:12:40,443 --> 01:12:43,489 I only took the boy! He was on the horse! 894 01:12:43,533 --> 01:12:45,796 You got to listen to me, Sheriff! Listen to me! 895 01:12:45,839 --> 01:12:48,276 Aw, come on, McPherson. Let's go. 896 01:12:50,888 --> 01:12:52,803 Come on, Hoot. 897 01:13:00,288 --> 01:13:02,203 [ Knocking ] 898 01:13:06,469 --> 01:13:09,515 Claire! Come on in.Thank you, Elizabeth. 899 01:13:09,559 --> 01:13:12,344 Are your aunt and uncle at home?Yes, they're in the study. 900 01:13:13,650 --> 01:13:15,782 And McPherson? 901 01:13:15,826 --> 01:13:19,917 They're gonna close up that home of his and place the boys with good families. 902 01:13:19,960 --> 01:13:24,443 Huh. What about Hoot? What good family is he going to be placed with? 903 01:13:24,487 --> 01:13:27,751 The Sillses were good enough, but they couldn't help him in the least. 904 01:13:27,794 --> 01:13:29,796 Miss Martin.Come in. 905 01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:33,365 I couldn't help overhearing. I can help him. 906 01:13:33,409 --> 01:13:35,628 Well, won't you sit down? 907 01:13:35,672 --> 01:13:39,589 Please-- Please give me that chance. I know how much he means to you. 908 01:13:39,632 --> 01:13:42,374 But he means even more to me. 909 01:13:43,941 --> 01:13:47,814 I tried to help his father, and I failed. 910 01:13:47,858 --> 01:13:52,689 I'm not blaming myself, and I'm not here out of self-pity or guilt. 911 01:13:54,473 --> 01:13:56,475 I loved Luke Callahan. 912 01:13:56,519 --> 01:13:59,391 He made a promise to the boy. 913 01:13:59,435 --> 01:14:01,959 I'd like to keep it for him. 914 01:14:03,874 --> 01:14:05,876 But Hoot needs so much care. 915 01:14:05,919 --> 01:14:08,661 I can give him that. 916 01:14:08,705 --> 01:14:11,925 He'd have a room of his own. I'd make a home for him. 917 01:14:11,969 --> 01:14:14,232 Mmm, the boy needs a man-- 918 01:14:14,275 --> 01:14:16,408 I-I've talked to the sheriff about that, 919 01:14:16,452 --> 01:14:18,497 and he said he'd help in that direction. 920 01:14:18,541 --> 01:14:22,501 So Hoot would always have someone to talk over special problems with. 921 01:14:22,545 --> 01:14:25,461 Well, it'll be up to the court to make the final decision. 922 01:14:25,504 --> 01:14:29,465 And if they do turn him over to you, they'll be watching to see you do a good job. 923 01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:35,558 Anyway, there'll be some of us pretty happy he's not too far away. 924 01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:40,258 He could come out here whenever he wants. 925 01:14:41,868 --> 01:14:44,523 But, you see, in town with me, 926 01:14:44,567 --> 01:14:47,526 he-he'd go to school the way Bayo wanted. 927 01:14:47,570 --> 01:14:51,487 And he can grow up to be the man that his father wanted him to be. 928 01:14:53,053 --> 01:14:55,360 Well, I guess it's up to Hoot. 929 01:14:59,451 --> 01:15:02,454 How about it, young fella? 930 01:15:02,498 --> 01:15:05,370 Do you want to make your home in town with your father's friend? 931 01:15:24,650 --> 01:15:26,347 [ Whispers ] Hoot?