All language subtitles for S1E31 - The Major Adams Story-Part 2

Seth, don't! Please don't!

Why, you give him
too much credit, ma'am.

He isn't about to fight,
not even over you.

You really won't fight,
will you?

Like many times before,

I brought my train
past the halfway mark,

and as always,
I found myself alone

at that most familiar spot
along the trail.

I used these moments
to think back

to a portion of my life
now unattached yet vivid

in the happy memory
of something beautiful...

A girl named Ranie Webster.

I remembered how years before

I'd had to say good-bye
to Ranie.

War had been declared,
and I had to do my part.

Before I left,
I asked her to become my wife.

I guess I was asking too much,

for her only thought was
that I might never come back.

For me, the end of the war
came before Appomattox.

As I lay there listening
to the doctor tell me

that I might lose both my legs,

I was glad that I hadn't
answered Ranie's last letters.

But faith has a great power.

I clung to it, and I won.

Not only did I not lose my legs,

but with the help of Charlie
Wooster and Bill Hawks,

I was able to walk again,

walk up to Ranie's door
on my own two feet.

When I learned that she'd
become the wife of another man,

I almost wished I hadn't tried
as hard as I did.

It seemed as if that faith
that I'd known

suddenly wasn't there.

Through the years that followed,

guiding people west,

the memory of Ranie
was always with me,

but the thought
of seeing her again

never entered my mind.

Fate does funny things, though.

A few years later,
the train I was leading

had pulled into a small town
in the west.

We were stopping over
for supplies

and picking up new passengers.

A stagecoach
brought two of them into town...

A Colonel Hillery
and Ranie Webster.

It didn't take long
to know that the Colonel

was not the kind of a man
I cotton to.

He shot a harmless drunk down,

supposedly in self-defense,

but as for Ranie and me,

we just stood there
looking at each other,

unbelieving.

Well, I guess
I better get out of here.

You're probably pretty tired
after that stage ride.

I could do with a little rest.

If you want anything,
just send for me.

Most everybody around here
knows where to find me.

All right.

Sure seems funny...

Running into that Mrs. Webster
after all this time.

It does just that, Charlie.

Well, I don't suppose you'll be takin' any
more wagon trains out west, eh, Major?

Charlie, that tongue of yours
gets slacker every day.

I only meant...

I know exactly what you meant.

Why don't you just pour yourself a
drink and keep quiet for a change?

Yes.

Where you goin'?

I'm goin' back to the wagons.

Supper's almost ready,

and you know Emily
when I'm a little late.

Besides, I have to tell her
about our company this evening.

Hear that, Major?

He used to be a good man
till he got married.

Now look at him. Kook.

Tell Emily we'll
be over shortly, Bill.

I will, Major.

Good evening, Major Adams.

Mr. Hillery.

I just came from the hotel.

Mrs. Webster
doesn't answer her door.

I thought perhaps you'd know
where she might be.

I'm sorry, I don't,

but I wouldn't worry
about her if I was you.

Well, I won't, Major.

I won't.

No good will come
of that one, Major.

What do you know about him,
Major?

Just about as much as I care to.

Mrs. Webster?

Joel, have you seen
Mrs. Webster tonight?

No, sir, I haven't.

Uh, another gentleman has
been asking for her several times.

As a matter of fact,
he just went upstairs.

Oh?

Ranie, what's wrong?

That stage ride, it's enough
to wear down any woman.

May I have a glass
of water, please?

Of course, my dear.

I'll get it.

Here you are, Ranie.

Thank you.

You sure you feel all right?

I'm fine now, really.

I told Bill Hawks I'd bring you over
to meet him and his wife tonight,

but if you don't feel up to it,
we can do it tomorrow.

Oh, no, no,
I'd rather do it now.

I'm sorry to be
so much trouble to you.

You're no trouble, Ranie.

Would you just give me
a few minutes to freshen up?

You bet.

Talk to you a minute, Major?

Sure.

Well, Major, I see you have
the situation well in hand.

That's right, Mr. Hillery,
I have.

What's on your mind?

You're an ex-Army officer,
same as I.

You're right again,

except I think
we fought on different sides.

No, you are wrong.

Oh?

I see that surprises you.
It does most people.

However, the explanation
is quite simple.

You see, Major, I knew
the South was doomed to defeat.

It was merely
a question of time.

So you just went over
to the other side, huh?

Let's just say
I chose the winner.

Only a fool allows
sentimentality

to stand in his way.

I suppose that's one way
to look at it.

That's my way.

That's why it was easy for me
to shoot that man today.

He was standin' in my way,
just as you are now.

Killin' him meant no more to me
than steppin' on a roach.

You're no different, Major.

Hillery,
I don't give a continental

which side you were on,

but that war's
over and gone now.

Let me tell you something.

Nobody just takes
what they want anymore.

You either earn it
or somebody gives it to you.

You don't just take it.

That's one of the reasons
the war was fought.

You're a fool, Adams,

a bigger fool than I thought.

Very few men
have ever called me that,

and the few that lived

lived to regret it.

Perhaps, Major, perhaps.

Is anything wrong?

Oh, no, no, no.

I guess I was just
worryin' about missin'

one of Emily Hawks' meals,
that's all.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Let's go.

You men...

You men on the Adams train...

How long you been
on the trail now?

What's the matter?

Can't any of you
remember that far back?

You know, I heard talk back east
about our friend Major Adams.

Oh, nobody denies
he's a fine man, certainly,

but the truth
of the matter is...

he just doesn't know his job.

You don't have
to take my word for it.

The facts speak for themselves.

Any other wagon master
on the trail

would've had you
across to Colorado by now.

If you don't like the way Major
Adams runs his wagon train,

nobody's beggin' you
to come along.

Why, I don't believe
we've had the pleasure, sir,

and I don't believe
anybody asked you your opinion.

Maybe you didn't ask for it,
but you're gettin' it!

He must have his nose trailin'
behind Major Adams' boots.

Why, you!

I'm all right now.

You'd better be.

Ah, come on, boys.
The next one's on me.

Drink up!

Seth was right, Emily.
You are a wonderful cook.

I've never eaten so much.

Care for some more coffee,
Miss Webster?

Oh, no, thank you.

Major?

Yeah, Bill, thank you.

Another piece of pie
to go with that coffee, Major?

Oh, no, Emily. I'm full.

Emily?

No, thanks, Bill.

Bill says you got kinfolk
waitin' for you, Ranie.

Yes, my sister
and her husband in Arizona.

It's too bad you can't go on
to California with us.

You know, when I settle down,
that's the place for me.

You settle down, huh.
If that day ever comes,

I'll faint dead away,
so help me.

I take it you've been
to California before.

Bill and Charlie were with me

when I brought
my first train across, Ranie.

Can you imagine?

No sooner home from the war,
and off they go,

and you a married man.

Aw, Emily...

Don't you "aw, Emily" me.

Come on, Bill.
Give me a hand with the dishes.

Oh, let me help you, Emily.

Oh, no, Bill will be glad to.

Oh, "Bill will be glad to."

Bill...

Seth...

What are you thinking?

Oh, I can't really say, Ranie.

Ever since
that stage came in today,

I've had so many thoughts
rollin' around in my head.

I haven't been able
to single any of 'em out.

I know.

I know. I've been the same way.

Maybe it's better if we don't.

What do you mean by that?

Oh, I don't know.

Everything happened so fast.

It's just as though I...

I stepped off of that stage
into a whole new life.

I can't believe it's true.

It's true, Ranie, it's true.

Excuse me, Miss Ranie. Major...

What's the trouble, Charlie?

It's that Col. Hillery.

He's down at the saloon
about half-drunk

and doin' a lot of talkin'.

Well, a man
has every right to talk.

Not this kinda talk.

He's tellin'
the wagon train folks

you charge 'em too much
and not makin' any time.

Well, I wouldn't worry about it
if I were you.

But you're goin' down
to stop him, ain't you?

Charlie, I've got a feeling

that there's only one way
to stop that Col. Hillery,

and I'd just as soon
avoid that as long as possible.

But, Major, he's a troublemaker.

I know, Charlie, I know.

Nobody ever got hurt
by a few words.

Yes, sir. Good night, Miss
Ranie. Good night, Major.

Good night, Charlie.

Seth...

It's all right, Ranie.

It's all right.

Better get those water kegs
latched on right, Hillery.

Good mornin', ladies.

Good morning, Seth.

Everything set?

Yeah, we'll be pullin' out
pretty quick.

Better get aboard then.

Excuse me, Major.
We're all set down the line.

Thank you, Bill.

Pardon me.
All set up front, Major.

I'll be right up there, Charlie.

How they treatin' you, Ranie?

Like a child, I'm afraid.

Mrs. Hawks wants me to ride in the back
of the wagon so I'll keep out of the sun.

If this keeps up, I'll soon be the
most spoiled passenger you ever had.

I knew you'd like 'em.

You'll never meet
a finer couple any place.

Well, we better get you aboard.
We're pullin' out pretty quick.

Seth, is everything all right?

Mr. Hillery?

Well, you never know
about a fella like him, Ranie.

It's like I told you, don't you worry
your head about him, that's all.

All right.

Come on, let's go.

And so again we moved west.

This time,
with two new passengers.

One of them
I didn't know much about,

but he'd paid his money
like anybody else,

and so long as he kept
to the rules of our train,

he was entitled
to the same as the next.

The other, well,

even if I hadn't
known her before,

I'd have been glad
she was coming along.

Some people just got a way
of talkin' and lookin'.

You know it's right.

Hey, how about
a little wrestlin'?

Why don't you relax?
You don't have the strength.

Strength! Ha!

Strength he says.

Hawks, I'm tellin' you, I got
the strength of a bear in that arm.

Charlie, the only place that
you have the strength of a bear

is right
in that knot head of yours.

Yeah? Come on, I'll show you.
Come on.

Now you watch him, Major,
so he don't cheat.

I'll watch him, Charlie.

Ready?

Yeah, are you?

Ready.

See that, Major? Can't
budge me an inch, not an inch!

I got him!

I got him! I got him!
I got him! I got him!

Aah!

That must've been a mighty puny
bear you were talkin' about, Charlie.

He cheated, Major! I saw him!

His elbow was off the table!
I saw him myself! Cheated!

Oh, strong as a bear, huh?

A little bear, maybe?

Good evenin', folks.

Good evening. Miss Webster.

Mr. Hillery.

Ah, mighty pleasant night,
isn't it?

If you folks will excuse me,
I took suddenly sleepy.

Good night, Major.

Good night, Charlie.

Tell me, Major, where in the world
did you ever run across that one?

I didn't just run across him,
Mr. Hillery.

Charlie Wooster's been with me
for a long time.

In that case, sir,
you have my sympathy.

Where Wooster's concerned,
no sympathy is necessary...

from anybody.

Well, come now, Major.
No call to defend the man.

After all, you must admit,
he is a very odd-looking sort.

Maybe, but over the years,
I've learned one thing at least.

It generally pays to look
beneath the surface.

Often times, you find things
that you don't expect to find.

You may be right, Major.

I guess we best turn in, Emily.
We got a hard day tomorrow.

Yes, Bill.

Good night, Ranie, Major.

Good night. Good night, folks.

Good night, Miss Hawks.

Well, suddenly everybody
seems very tired.

What about you, Mrs. Webster?
Surely you'd like...

Oh, it is getting late.

Thank you for a wonderful
evening, Seth. I enjoyed it.

Good night.

So did I, Ranie. Good night.

Well, Hillery...

Good night, Major.

Ranie...

I'll be all right,
soon as I get some rest.

Can I get you anything?

I'll be all right.

You best come in and lie down.

We leave before daylight.

There now, Ranie.
You're gonna be all right.

Please, my medicine.

Can I get you
anything else, honey?

No, thank you.

It's your lungs, isn't it?

Does Major Adams know?

No.

No, please,
he mustn't ever know.

He's been hurt enough
because of me.

I understand.

And don't worry. He'll never
hear of it from us, I promise you.

Now if there's anything
you want, just call me.

I'll be
right out front with Bill.

Thank you.

Ahh.

♪ Away, away ♪

♪ Away down south ♪

♪ in Dixie ♪

Well, Major, gettin' cleaned
up again tonight, huh?

Is there something I can
do for you, Mr. Hillery?

Why, yes, Major.
Join me in a drink, hmm?

No, thanks.

Oh, come now. A little
whiskey never hurt anybody.

I said no.

Well, as you wish.

Ahh.

You know, it's a funny thing
about whiskey...

It loosens up a man's brain,
starts him thinkin'.

Generally starts him
talking, too.

Why, yes. Yes, it does,
as a matter of fact.

Mm, you know that can be
a mighty useful combination...

Thinkin' and talkin'.

Now you take you and me,
for instance.

Today I've been doin'
a lot of thinkin'.

Now it's time you and I
had a little talk.

I don't know what you
want from me, Mr. Hillery,

but let's get one thing
straight, right here and now.

Far as I'm concerned,
you're just another passenger

on this wagon train
headin' for California.

If you get
any trouble on the way,

wagon break down or whatnot,
you can count on my help.

But otherwise, I'd advise you to
stay as far away from me as possible.

So I can
count on your help, huh?

That's what I get paid for.

Not your help I want, Major.

It's your woman, Adams.

I think you've talked enough
and drank enough.

Don't you worry about
my drinkin', Major.

As I told you before,
it loosens up a man's brain,

makes him realize what he wants
and intends to have.

You better
get out of here, Hillery.

You'd better
get out of here now.

All right, Major. I'll leave.

We'll be visitin'
each other again...

soon.

After all,
I might need your help.

Evenin', Miss Webster.

Mr. Hillery.

Not often I find you alone.

Well, Mr. and Mrs. Hawks
are down the line visiting.

Not concerned about
Mr. and Mrs. Hawks.

Mr. Hillery, if you have
something to say to me, I'll listen.

Otherwise, would you
please leave me alone?

At least you might try conducting
yourself like a gentleman.

Oh.

Good night.

Do you mind?

You're hurting my arm!

You should have
thought about that before.

Before what?

Oh, Ranie, you can't be serious.

Take your hands off of me!

Charlie,
did you get that wheel fixed?

All ready to roll,
Major. All right.

Stop it!

I'm really not such a bad
fellow, once you get to know me.

Take your hands off of me!

Stop it! Stop it!

Something wrong, Ranie?

Oh, Seth.

No. No, everything's all right.

Seth...

Seth, it's all right.

Everything's all right.

Mr. Hillery, I've never
cut a wagon off of my train,

and I don't aim
to start with you,

but as soon
as we reach Fort Sand,

you're leavin' this train.

I'm not about to, Major.

I'm runnin' this outfit,
and don't you forget it.

Just don't crowd me.

You won't cut me off, Major.

Why, what would
all these nice folks say,

you cuttin' a wagon off the
train, and over a woman?

And such a woman.

Seth, don't! Please don't!

Why, you give him
too much credit, ma'am.

He isn't about to fight,
not even over you.

You really won't fight,
will you?

Ugh!

Ugh!

Ugh!

Seth!

I'll kill you! I'll kill you!

Ugh.

I'd a killed him.

I'd a killed him.

Seth...

He's dead.

I'm sorry, Bill.

Give me a hand, Chuck.

Sure, Bill.

A man is dead.

Good or bad,
it's still a human life.

In my heart,
I hadn't wanted it that way,

but it didn't help.

If you're the one responsible,

there's nothing
you can tell yourself,

nothing that will make it right.

Mr. Hawks...

What's on your mind, ma'am?

Well, I was thinking
perhaps if you talked to him...

I don't think
it would do much good.

A man like the Major has
to work things out for himself.

He will in time.

What about you?

Well, I saved a life,
Mrs. Webster,

and I only thank the Lord
that I was able to do it.

I'm thankful, too.

We moved deeper
into the dry, hot land,

and for the next
few hundred miles,

every drop of water
had to be accounted for.

Each afternoon, Bill and I

rode out looking for water
and shade,

each day bringing us
closer to Ranie's sister.

I had never quit

or walked away from anything
in my life,

especially a friend.

When the time comes
and you'll have to do it,

it's not easy.

I don't suppose it ever is.

Guess this is about
as good as any place, Bill.

Yeah, I'd rather fight that
snow any time than all this heat.

We'd best rest these horses a
little bit before we start back, I guess.

Must be some shade
around here someplace.

If there is, I don't know
where the devil it is.

Bill, I've been
wantin' to talk to you.

I'm leavin' the train.

You're what?

I got my mind made up.

I figure you and Charlie
can take them on to the coast

just as well as I could.

Major, that ain't so.

You led us all the way
through the war.

Now you gotta take us
on to California.

No, I don't figure so.

In view of what's happened,
I think it's best this way.

Does Ranie have anything
to do with this decision, Major?

I'm gonna ask Ranie
to marry me, Bill.

If she will, we'll stay
at her sister's a little while,

and then I'll come on
to California with her.

Well, guess we
might as well start back.

Major...

Yeah, Bill?

Nothin'.

Good evenin', folks.

Good evenin', Major.
Evenin', Major Adams.

Still a cup of coffee
in the pot.

Well, I don't know, Mrs. Hawks.

After drinkin' Wooster's coffee,

I don't think
I could stand a good cup.

Good evenin', Ranie.

Hello, Seth.

Gracious, I just remembered
I promised Miss Lambert

I'd show her the knit
on my new shawl.

Come along, Bill.

You go right ahead, Emily.

Bill, didn't you wanna talk
to Bob Lambert

about the new harness
for the team?

Oh...

Bill...

They're quite a pair.

Well, Ranie, tomorrow
you'll be with your sister.

We should reach the weigh
station about noon, I guess.

Seth...

Yes, Ranie?

I don't know.

My last night here with you...

Seems there should be
something to say,

only I can't find the words.

It's just as though they're
buried so deeply inside of me.

They just won't come out.

You ever had that happen?

Well, I...
I don't change much, Ranie.

Words come hard to me...

especially words
that should be easy to say.

I guess...

that's why I was kinda scared
to come down here tonight.

Why, Seth?

Ranie, I want you to marry me.

I love you, Ranie.
I've never stopped loving you.

Please, Seth...

I've been a long time alone.

Maybe too long, I don't know.

Maybe I'm not fit anymore

for what I'm asking of you.

Oh, you are.

You are, Seth. It's not you.

It's...

It's what, Ranie?

Well, it's been eight years.

People change in that time.

You don't know me anymore,
not really.

I know enough, Ranie.

I'll find out the rest in time,
same as you'll do with me.

I remember telling Col. Hillery

that a man just doesn't take
what he wants anymore.

He either earns it
or somebody gives it to him.

And all I'm asking
of you now, Ranie,

is just give me
part of your heart.

I'll earn the rest.

You once told me
you loved me, Ranie.

I guess time does make
a difference to some people.

Oh, please, Seth...

Seth...

Yes, Ranie?

Nothing.

What's the matter, Ranie?

I'd be glad to listen
if you wanna tell me about it.

He asked me to marry him.

I had to tell him no.

Did you tell him why?

What about you, Ranie?

You've got feelings, too.

He has a whole life
ahead of him.

I don't belong in it.

It'll be easier for him
this way.

Emily, you promised
you won't tell him.

He'd wanna know.

No.

Don't worry, dear.

He'll never find out from
Bill and me, I swear to you.

God bless you.

I saw the buckboard approaching
and yet didn't want to see it.

I kept the train moving,
not wanting to stop...

yet knowing I'd have to.

I doubt if I was
little more than civil

to Ranie's brother-in-law.

I knew only that his arrival
meant her leaving,

but there was nothing
I could say or do.

She was making
a new life for herself...

A life without me in it.

I could only pray.

Lord, take care of her.

Give her at least
a part of the happiness

she's given me.

For when you love someone
as I loved Ranie,

they remain a part of you,

no matter where they are
or what they do.

Howdy. I'm Seth Adams.

I'm Walt Bradley,
Ranie's sister's husband.

Get her bags, Charlie.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.
Thank you, Major Adams.

It ain't fair
not tellin' the Major.

I gave my word, Bill.

Well, I didn't.

Bill Hawks, we've been
married a long time,

and not once have you done anything
I'd be ashamed to tell my neighbors,

but if you go to Major Adams
about that girl,

I'll never be able to think
of you the same again.

I guess you're right, Emily.

Wagons, ho.

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa!

Are you sure
you're all right, Ranie?

It's just the dust.

Sure worried about you,
Ranie, ever since you rode.

Try to drink something,
just a swallow.

Ranie. Ranie!

Ra... Ranie!

Ranie, Ranie.

If only there was
something we could do.

Go tell him I'm sorry.

Please...

I love him. I love him.

There, there, honey.
It'll be all right.

Please. Please tell him.

Tell him. Tell him!

Ranie, save your strength.

Tell who?
Who do you have to tell?

Seth.

Seth Adams, the wagon master.

Seth. Help me.

Seth! Help me!

Please! Help me!

Seth. Help me.

Look there.

Ho! Ho!

Major Adams, Ranie
Webster's been callin' for you.

Could you come to our house?

Charlie, keep the wagons
rollin'. I'll catch up with you.

Right.

I guess now I won't have to
make you ashamed of me, Emily.

Ranie...

Ranie...

Seth...

Ranie...

Seth...

Why didn't you tell me, Ranie?

I didn't wanna hurt you anymore.

I love you, Seth.

I love you so much.

You're gonna get well, Ranie.
You're gonna be just fine.

Seth, tell me about us.

Tell me about...
About California.

Never seen anything like it,
Ranie.

It's fresh and clean,

and there's strength
in the air you breathe.

We'll build us a house, Ranie,
a good house facin' the west,

and when you walk outside
in the morning,

there'll be the ocean...

Blue as far as you can see.

And all you have to do

is look back
over your shoulder...

and there's a land of mountains

as high as you can see.

They're beautiful mountains.

They'll keep you warm and safe.

I once heard a man say
that it was like

the Lord created it
for the Sabbath alone,

but that's only half true,
Ranie.

He created it for people, too...

people like you and me.

There's no better place
in the world, Ranie.

No better place, Ranie...

except where you are now...

in the arms of All Mighty God.

God bless you, Ranie.

God bless you.

Ranie, I remember telling you
a long time ago,

sometimes it's better if we
don't look for the answers.

The Lord has his way,

and no matter how long
or how hard we look,

only He has the power to give
and the power to take,

and only through Him

can we hope to find
the strength to live

when He takes from us
that which we live for.

Good-bye, Ranie.

I had to leave her,

as I had done before
and would do again,

until such time
as I could join her.

Still, as always in the past,

my heart was lighter,
the load less heavy.

For even now as I rode away,

she rode with me, beside me.

Even now,
my thoughts were reaching her,

and I knew that someday,
somewhere...

we'd be together again.

Howdy, Major.

Flint, howdy.

Now that you're back,
I don't suppose you'd mind

if I rode into town, would you?

You see, there's a girl there
that I, uh...

used to know.

Well, if that's the case,

I guess you better hurry up
and go to her.

Thanks.

In a way, I just did
the same thing myself.

Go on, get out of here.

Once again,
the train headed west.

As always, it wasn't easy
getting to California,

but already I'd begun
to think of the next trip...

when I'd stop
and spend a little time

visiting with Ranie.