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when calls the heart...

What if

I could re-open the cafe?

It would be

a great new start for me.

I want your row house.

That's my home.

My daddy comes home tomorrow.

Only miner pulled out

alive after the disaster

is coming home from

the hospital tomorrow,

a new business

is thriving.

This town

is growing fast.

All right, children,

bring your signs.

The stagecoach will

be here any minute.

What?

Nothing.

Looks like

you've been busy.

We have.

The children are beyond excited

to welcome home Mr. Miller.

Five months in the hospital

is a long time.

I'm sure it will be

a bittersweet day for everyone.

Yes, hopefully more sweet

than bitter.

Hi!

You must be very excited.

He's the top miner in town,

did you know that?

He once dug two miles

through the mountain

in just one day.

Yes, I believe you've

mentioned it a time or two.

You look silly.

What do you mean, sweetie?

I have paint on my nose,

don't I?

How long were you going to

let me go on like that?

I don't know,

all day?

I'm so nervous to see him.

He wouldn't let me

visit him in the hospital.

Said we couldn't afford it.

Yeah, well,

he's a proud man.

All the men

in this town are.

Look, here he comes!

All right, children,

hold up your signs.

What's wrong

with daddy's leg?

Hush now, Morgan Rose.

Princess?

Sweetheart.

Laurel, I...

I didn't know

how to tell you.

I love you.

I'm glad you're back.

Welcome home, Adam.

Thank you,

Mrs. Montgomery.

Let me.

No, no, no.

I can still

do for myself.

Welcome home, Adam.

Welcome back,

Mr. Miller.

Welcome back, Adam.

Laurel didn't know,

did she?

I don't think so.

That must have been quite

a surprise for Mrs. Miller

and those poor girls.

They're a strong

family of faith.

They'll get

through this.

It's almost barbaric

that in this day and age

a hospital would

issue a peg-leg

when they have

prosthetics available.

We're people of modest means.

I'm sure that

that's all Adam could afford.

Well, if nothing else,

the f.D. Play will lift

everyone's spirits.

What is the f-d play?

Founder's day play?

Don't tell me you haven't

begun the rehearsals?

It's next Saturday.

Mrs. Ramsey, I have no idea

what you're referring to.

My goodness,

no one's told her.

Is that possible?

Every year, the children

put on a play.

It's in celebration

of the history

of coal valley.

That's lovely,

but given the fact

that I was unaware,

perhaps we might

postpone it a week or two--

and celebrate on some date

besides the actual anniversary?

It's almost a sacrilege.

The mayor

won't hear of it.

The mayor's

your husband.

Mrs. appleton always did

such an amazing job.

Everyone looks forward

to hearing

the mayor's eloquent speech

as he guides us

towards a new year

filled with--

filled with, dear?

Oh, never mind, Silas.

I will get you

a copy of the play

so you can begin rehearsals

immediately.

Okay.

Cat...

How am I going to pull

all this together in a week?

Abigail and I are moving

out of the row houses

and I promised her I'd help get

the cafe ready for business,

and I still have lessons

to prepare--

okay, don't worry.

The mothers are going

to pitch in.

I am going to

get reverend Anderson

to drop by the costumes

and the backdrop,

and I should probably go home

and find

the sheet music.

There's music, too?

Yeah.

Don't panic.

You can do this.

You crossed a prairie,

for heaven's sake.

How difficult could it be

to produce a play?

Talking to yourself.

That's not a good sign.

You were eavesdropping.

It's not eavesdropping

when one is talking

to one's self

out loud in a public.

I have to put on

a founder's day play in a week.

A play that has been

performed every year.

A play that apparently

has costumes and music...

Okay, Elizabeth,

come here, come here.

Sit down.

Sit.

Now, take a deep breath

in through your nose

and out

through your mouth.

There.

Now, don't you feel better?

I do.

An entire production?

Were you talking

to yourself again?

I'm beginning to worry

about your mental health.

It's this play.

I hardly slept a wink

last night.

I've never

directed a play before.

Well, didn't they

go through that

in that big city university

you attended?

I didn't go

to drama school, Jack.

I went to teacher college.

"No great dramatist exists

without a touch of madness."

Aristotle.

Well, aren't you

just full of surprises.

Yes.

Have I thanked you yet

for helping us move?

About a hundred times.

Thank you.

"The road was rough

and the rains made it

difficult to cross..."

Oh, no! Oh!

Elizabeth, are you okay?

How could I have been

so careless?

It was an accident.

No, no, this was my fault.

I wasn't looking

where I was going--

it's okay.

Abigail,

please, let me.

No, i-I've got it.

Of course, I will reimburse you

for the vase.

Oh, don't be silly.

This has been held together

by glue for years.

I mean, Peter broke it

three or four times.

I always told him

not to play ball in the house.

Oh, Abigail,

I'm so sorry.

It's not the vase.

We built a life here together,

the three of us.

I can only imagine

how difficult this is for you.

I think I would like to

take this vase with me, too.

Of course.

I'll go get the glue.

Elizabeth.

I'm...

Really happy

I'm not in this alone.

Me, too, Abigail.

We're both embarking

on a new adventure.

♪ Come and sit by my side ♪

♪ if you love me ♪

♪ do not hasten ♪

♪ to bid me adieu ♪

♪ but remember

the red river valley ♪

♪ and the cowboy

who loved you so true ♪

♪ and the cowboy who

loved you so true ♪

Play it again, pa.

No...

Your daddy's tired,

and tomorrow's

a school day.

You two go

get ready for bed,

I'll be up shortly

to tuck you in.

Goodnight, pa.

I love you.

I love you, too.

They made me

sing that to them

a hundred times

while you were gone.

They are

daddy's girls.

I missed them.

And I missed you, too.

I know I'm never going to be

the man I was.

You're the best man

I have ever known

and nothing

will ever change that.

That is just wishful thinking.

I know better.

I'm not going to fit in.

There's no place for a man

in my position.

What do I have to offer?

Love and guidance

for those girls,

and for me, there will never

be another man.

I'm not what I was.

I loved you then,

and I love you now

and nothing

will ever change that.

This is going to take

some getting used to.

It'll feel like home

in no time.

I'm sure

you're right.

It's like you said when

we first started packing,

love travels with you...

Wherever you go."

Wherever you go.

Children...

May I have

your attention, please?

Today, we are going to cancel

our math lesson.

In fact, we are going to cancel

all of our lessons.

We're going to start rehearsing

for our founder's day play,

which we will perform

this Saturday.

Now, how many of you

know the song?

Saturday?

In a week?

Last year, Mrs. appleton

had us practicing for a month.

Well, I'm not Mrs. appleton,

and you all have performed

this play before,

so I'm-

I'm not worried at all.

Patrick was the narrator

and he graduated school

months ago.

Yes, well, we'll just

have to get started

and try our best.

Now, I'm going to need

everyone to help me.

Maybe some of the older students

could help me with the...

Jolene, Morgan Rose!

I thought you two were

going to stay at home today

and spend the day

with your father.

We changed

our minds.

Pa said he needs to

take care of some business.

My daddy only has

one leg now.

Well, what matters

is that he's home now, right?

Yes, ma'am.

I found

the sheet music!

In my attic.

Cat, that's wonderful.

One item off my list.

There ain't no way

we can learn this play

in one week.

Now, children,

if I may, Elizabeth?

Miss Thatcher is going to need

all of your help

and your concentration for this.

It's a very important play

to all of us.

Especially

after the year that we've had.

The good news is that

I found the costumes.

Oh...

Did you store these

at the church?

That would be the bad news.

Oh, my goodness,

they're all singed!

This is horrible.

Well, it is a play

about a coal mine.

We could make this into

one of the miners' costumes.

It's already blackened.

And what about the backdrop?

Or is it best

not to ask about that?

Church fire, too?

More of the bad news.

How are we supposed

to have a play

without a backdrop?

Noah Stanton

painted the last one.

I don't know anyone else

who has that skill

left in coal valley.

Boys and girls,

if there's one thing

I've learned

about the people of coal valley,

it's that they don't quit,

even when everything

is against them.

So we are not going to quit.

Now, I don't know exactly how,

but this Saturday,

we are going to do

founder's day proud.

Oh!

I know you're

a busy man, Mr. gowen,

so I'll get

right to the point.

Of course, what can I

do for you, Mr. Miller.

I appreciate the company's

generosity with my family

while I was recovering.

Well, it's the least

that we could do.

Please, sit.

Thank you.

I was, uh...

Unaware of the extent

of your injuries.

But you're a fighter

and the company does appreciate

your sacrifice.

Yes, sir.

The thing is, I need work.

I don't understand.

I'm not askin'

to go back in the mine, sir.

I know I can't do that.

But I was hoping

that there might be

somethin' else

that I could help with.

I mean, maybe I could

work behind a desk?

Or, uh...

Or help the superintendent out

in some way.

I don't know if we--

look, I'll do anything.

Sir.

Anything.

I need to provide for my family.

I will speak with Mr. ansvil

and I'll see what I can do.

Great.

Thank you, sir.

Pleasure.

Have you sewn yourself to the

back of the chair yet?

No... oh.

But apparently I will be

wearing this for the

rest of the day.

Look what I have. Compliments of

the mayor and dotty Ramsey.

Enough fabric to make

new costumes.

Oh my goodness!

That's so generous.

Yes. However, there

is a small price.

The star of the play will

now be their son.

Oh... well, I suppose

we can afford that.

And dotty will also be the

master of ceremonies.

She will

oh, yes.

It's a coal

valley tradition.

Hi, Elizabeth.

Jack.

I, uh, brought you some

saloon cornbread.

-Ooh.

-Although, it doesn't hold a

candle to Abigail's,

it's all we have until she

officially opens.

Ow!

The needle attack you?

Wouldn't be the

first time today.

Hmm. So your cooking is only

rivaled by your sewing.

I suppose you

could do better?

May I?

I think a whipstitch

will do here.

Where did you

learn that?

Oh, I've sewn before.

Where?

Uh...

Close to the bone.

What?

Oh my goodness,

what happened?

Oh, it was nothing.

Although, the bear is still

talking about it.

Welcome back, Adam.

Thank you, Liam.

Mr. gowen's

got me so busy

pushing the men hard,

I've really fallen behind

on the load reconciliation.

I'm really grateful to

have you helping me out here.

Oh, thank you,

Mr. ansvil.

It's still Herbert, Adam.

You need to enter

the weights here

at the end of the day.

You can keep track

of them weekly

and that's how we know

how much to pay them.

Mm-hmm.

I always remember you being

at the top of this list.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

No problem.

Uh, well, I'll get on this

right away.

It's good to have you back.

Well, it's good to be back,

Mr. ansvil.

Herbert, Adam. Herbert.

Herbert.

I picked

these flowers for pa.

I thought they might

cheer him up.

That's very thoughtful

of you, sweetheart.

I'll put them in a vase.

Now, why don't you

tell your pa

that supper's

almost ready.

Princess...

What's wrong?

What happened?

I don't know, I was dreaming.

I guess I...

Are you okay?

It's okay.

He didn't mean to.

I'm okay.

I'm all right...

Oh, my lord.

This wasn't here yesterday.

Where on earth...?

Thank you for

helping with this.

Oh, it is mostly

selfish on my part.

The sooner you open, the

sooner I get to eat here.

Oh, and the sooner I can

start cooking for hoards

of hungry miners.

You seem like a natural

with a paint brush.

Well, I like painting...

...walls.

Perhaps you might consider

painting a... mural on one.

A mural?

Yes, a nice view

of coal valley?

Perhaps some

beautiful mountains?

Now where would you

get an idea like that?

Noah painted the old

founder's day mural.

You know, it takes a special

kind of person to see things

from an... artist's perspective.

I-- I wouldn't know.

Wouldn't you?

No! I am just a simple

wall painter, ma'am.

Don't worry-- I won't

tell Elizabeth.

You're home.

How was

the mine today?

The same.

Well...

I have

a surprise for you.

Open it, daddy!

See what it is.

I sent away for it.

It came on the

stage today.

Isn't it wonderful?

You'll be able to do

many things

like you used to,

and not be limited

by that peg

the hospital gave you.

Don't you like it, pa?

Where'd you get

the money for this?

I...

Used some of our savings

for part of it

and Abigail Stanton helped me

take up a collection

for the rest.

You passed the hat

on my behalf?

Everyone

was happy to pitch in.

This town

loves you, Adam.

Adam, you're

scaring the girls.

Ain't it enough

that I'm a cripple?

You gotta turn me

into a charity case, too?

I just wanted to help.

How?

By giving me

this useless scrap of wood?

Yes.

We have to accept the hand

the lord has dealt us

and do our best

with it.

Things could have

been far worse.

Worse?

I can't even hold down a job,

let alone

do anything else.

What do you mean

you can't hold down a job?

I can't work at that mine

any longer.

I... I can't handle it.

I quit.

When?

This morning.

And...

What have you been

doing all day?

Walking around.

Oh, if that's what

you can call it.

And when were you

planning on telling me?

Or were you just gonna lie,

like you did

about your condition

all those months?

I never lied to you.

You lied every day

you laid in that hospital bed

and you didn't tell me!

I'm a half a man, Laurel!

That's something

you'll never understand!

Maybe not,

but you don't know

what it was like for me either.

And if you're just

gonna give up,

why did you come home at all?

Adam...

I'm sorry.

Okay, Cassandra,

we're going to try this again.

Let's take it

from the top.

For some of us,

the rains stopped...

And then the crops dried up.

Okay, now we change

the placard,

and now it's Jolene.

For those of us

who were struggling

to meet our ends...

"To make ends meet."

For those

who were making ends meet...

"For those of us,

who were struggling

to make ends meet."

Jolene!

Oh...

Just... just...

Keep rehearsing your lines.

I'll be right back.

We're all

tired, Jolene.

And everyone forgets

a line once in a while--

I know the lines.

I'm just not sure

I believe them anymore.

Look what happened to

all the fathers

who came here

to work in the mine.

Look what happened to my pa.

I know how hard

this must be for you,

having him back

after he was gone

for such a long time.

My daddy never came back,

miss Thatcher.

Not the pa I knew.

Jolene...

Just because

he may not look the same--

I'm not talking...

About his leg.

He's changed.

He's not the same person,

and I don't know why.

I know it's hard to believe,

but even our mamas

and our daddies

have struggles sometimes.

I just want everything

to be like it was before.

All you can do

is love him.

You can't be responsible

for how he acts,

all right?

Come here.

It's okay.

It's all right.

You're all right.

Jack.

Where did that

come from?

Your guess

is as good as mine.

Laurel, what's wrong?

Constable,

it's Adam.

I need your help.

We had an argument last night,

and he wasn't in the house

when we woke up

this morning.

I don't know why,

I just thought he needed

some time to think.

But he hasn't come home all day,

and I...

I found a note.

I must have

missed it.

"I'm not the same man

you married.

You and the girls are

better off without me."

We had words,

terrible words,

and I didn't mean what I said,

I swear it.

It's just, I'm afraid

he's gonna do something awful.

Don't worry.

I will find him.

Jack!

Please be careful.

I'm glad to see you be

so concerned for your constable.

I'm concerned for my constable,

and I'm also concerned

for the man who wears

the constable's uniform.

Whoa.

Mr. Miller?

You're gonna have to shoot me if

you want to take me back.

Come on, Mr. Miller.

You know I didn't come here

to shoot anybody.

No, just to stick your nose

in my family business.

They are worried sick

about you.

It is my choice if I want to

leave town or not, constable.

Is there a law against that?

No argument from me.

Your wife might

see it differently.

You tell me,

you think a man is free

to desert his family?

They don't want me.

The man they were waiting for

never came back

from that hospital.

Mr. Miller,

there is more to a man

than flesh and bone.

You still have purpose.

And the almighty can bless

the work of your hands.

All right,

don't you play with me.

I know who I am.

I got nothing to offer.

So, what's the plan?

Have you just given up?

Are you going to

waste away out here

until you die?

Here's the plan,

just leave me alone.

What do you think

you're doing.

I'll head back at first light.

Yeah, you suit yourself,

constable.

But you'll be traveling

back tomorrow by yourself.

That's your choice,

Mr. Miller.

You're damn right it is!

Everything okay?

I can't sleep.

I'm scared.

Daddy's gone,

and he's never

coming back.

No, that's not true.

He just...

He needs some time

to get used to

things being different.

When he was gone before,

in the hospital,

I knew he was coming home.

Now I'm not sure.

Well, we are just going to

have to pray for the strength

to hold on until he does.

I'm cooking up some fish

if you're hungry.

And come and get warm.

There's no point

freezing

when I got a fire going.

You know,

when I was growing up,

I thought my father

hung the moon.

I know your girls

feel the same way

about you.

They used to.

Everything's changed.

I don't have

a family of my own,

and I cannot imagine

what you've been through,

but...

I have an idea

of what your girls are feeling.

See, my father,

he was a mountie,

and when I was a boy,

all I wanted to do

was be like my pa.

I used to walk around

the house all day,

wearing his hat,

pretending I was him.

But mounties

aren't around very much.

They're gone

for months at a time.

And that's hard, too.

It was hard on my mom.

Having a father who's away

providing for his family

is different than a father

who's a burden.

And then he got hurt.

So he came home.

Doctor said

he had trauma to the skull.

Yeah.

I never left his side.

He promised me

that he'd get stronger

and he'd teach me

to be a man like him.

Then one day, he was gone.

Well, we all...

Lose the life

and the people we love.

I was bitter like you.

I blamed god,

I even blamed my father

for leaving me.

But time went by,

and I made

my peace with it.

You think

I want to be out here?

You think I want to be

away from my family?

This is what I have to do.

Really?

The thing is,

my father didn't have a choice.

You do.

I know you're scared.

But you're the same man

who woke up every morning

and went into that mine.

You put your life

on the line

every day

for your family.

In my book,

that's as brave as it comes.

But now you've got to find

a way out of that mine,

back into life.

I've got to believe that

you were spared for a reason.

I've got to believe that

you were given a second chance

because there's more

for you to do.

Like watching

those girls grow up.

I'm gonna head

back to town at dawn,

and I hope you join me.

That founder's day play is

tomorrow night.

But it's your choice.

Welcome, everyone,

to our founder's day

celebration.

The mayor and I,

along with our son, Bradley,

are so pleased

you all have come to the show.

And now for the moment

you've all been waiting for,

I'd like to introduce

our current mayor,

and my husband,

Silas Ramsey,

who will inaugurate

this evening's performance.

Reminding us of our past

brings us hope for the future.

And now, miss Thatcher

and the players

of the coal valley school

bring you "founder's day."

Before coal valley,

for some of us,

the rains stopped.

And then the crops

dried up...

Jolene, are you ready?

I think so.

Okay.

For others,

factories

like the candle company

closed their doors,

and we needed to find

a new place to live.

Okay, Jolene. Come on.

♪ From this valley ♪

♪ they say you are going ♪

♪ we will miss

your bright eyes ♪

♪ and sweet smile ♪

♪ for they say ♪

♪ you are taking

the sunshine ♪

♪ that has brightened

our path for ♪

Daddy?

♪ As you go to your home ♪

♪ by the ocean ♪

♪ may you never forget ♪

♪ those sweet hours ♪

♪ that we spent

in the red river valley ♪

Noah... I wish you were

here to see this.

Hey, I never noticed

that before.

What is that?

I think

the bigger question is,

"who is that?"

May I borrow

your magnifying glass,

miss Thatcher?

Certainly.

James, come get

a load of this.

There.

What's so funny, you three?

Come see for yourself,

miss Thatcher.

Thank you.

Where?

There.

Oh, my goodness.

Did any of you three

know about this?

Why would we know anything

about this, miss Thatcher?

We weren't the ones

who painted the backdrop.

It does look a lot like you

and mountie Jack, though.

No, it

doesn't, James.

It doesn't at all,

and I'll ask

that you three

forget all about

this incident.

Lips are sealed,

miss Thatcher.

I knew it.

Jack,

are you aware

that someone painted

a tiny likeness

of the two of us

on the founder's day

backdrop?

Likeness?

Yes, and it's hidden there

like a little stick of dynamite

ready to go off,

and some of my students

just lit the fuse.

What are we doing

in the painting?

I...

I can't really say.

W-we're...

We're kissing.

We're kissing?

Well, that is

completely inappropriate.

Pure fiction.

Yes, fiction.

Who would paint such a thing?

You know, I think I should

launch an investigation,

interrogate

some of your students

until we get to

the bottom of this.

Uh, all right,

but on second thought,

both of our reputations

are on the line here.

Hmm, that is

a good point.

But I promise,

I will get

to the bottom of this,

don't you worry.

I'm glad

you're on the case.

I'm going to go.

Have a good day.

Our little secret, boy.