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Blasted bumble bees.

Dan!

Hold 'em, Jenny, hold 'em!

Major Adams! Runaway!

Hey, that's the Barrister wagon!

I'll get the wagon, Major!

Jenny, you hurt bad?

My-my side!

We'll get you back to the wagon and take a look at it.

I'll take care of her.

Dan, she may have some busted bones.

I'll take care of her, and nobody else.

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Psst! Mr. Hawks.

You've gotta do something about Jenny Barrister.

She cries out every so often

like she's still in terrible pain.

I know, Mrs. Miller, I heard her.

You gotta do something, Mr. Hawks.

Well, her husband's with her.

She could be near dyin' and he wouldn't do nothin' to help her.

Well, there's nothing I can do about that.

Nobody did anything the last time there was sickness in that wagon, either,

and you know what happened then.

Oh, now, it's probably no more than a bruise.

I haven't had a wink of sleep all night for Jenny's calling out in her pain.

Now, a woman don't carry on like that unless it's serious.

Well, maybe I'd better look into it, then.

You hear that? Yeah.

Major. Major Adams.

Hmm?

Oh, Hawks.

What's the matter, you got trouble?

I'm afraid so.

Well... You won't be needing that.

I thought you said we had trouble.

It's not that kind, Major. It's Mrs. Barrister.

From the sounds of things, she needs help.

Oh.

It's that bad, huh?

Bad enough to need a doctor, I think.

Well, you know Dan Barrister's never gonna let a doctor look at her.

That's why I woke you up.

I figured you'd know what to do.

Well, hand me my boots.

You sure Hawks is telling the Major?

If he isn't, I will. That poor woman.

I'm gonna see if Hazel Jensen is still awake.

Although how anybody can sleep through this, I don't know.

I'm glad you see your duty, Major.

It's criminal the way that poor woman's suffering in there.

Mrs. Miller, there's no reason for you to be up this time of night.

I couldn't sleep a wink, Major.

I gotta see that Jenny Barrister has got proper care.

Well, we'll do what we can.

Dan.

Dan, it's Seth Adams.

Yes, Major? I understand Jenny's still ailing.

Wonder if there's anything I can do to help.

There's nothing you can do.

I'd like to take a look at her.

I mean no interference, Dan, please understand that,

but as wagon master, I've got a certain responsibility.

I'd appreciate it if you'd let me see her.

Won't do any harm, I suppose.

What's all the excitement?

Charlie, where are your pants? Pants?

Oh!

Hello, Jenny.

What seems to be the trouble?

It's a terrible hurt, Major.

Worse than I've ever known before.

Well, you lit on that rock pretty hard.

It's my-my side.

A sh...

A sharp pain like...

Like a broad-head arrow had struck me.

It's hot and searing.

And I feel like...

it's gettin' worse with every breath...

till I don't know if I can stand it another minute.

I said you could look at my wife,

not administer to her.

I was just trying to find out if she had a fever, Dan.

She's got one. She's burnin' up.

Listen to me, will ya, Dan?

We're camped right close to that settlement at Johnsonville.

It's big enough now that I'm sure there's a doctor there.

Whether they have one or not, we're not having him.

I have no quarrel with your reasons, Dan...

The fact is, I don't pretend to understand 'em.

All I know is that

during the war I saw an awful lot of misery,

an awful lot,

and if it hadn't been for some mighty fine doctorin'

there'd have been a lot more suffering then there was.

This fever could be caused by a bad infection, Dan.

That oughta be looked after.

Major, I'll have to ask you to leave my wagon.

That's your privilege, Dan,

now the same as it was a few months back with your daughter Hannah.

It was my daughter, and that's my wife.

Nothing I can say to get you to change your mind?

Nothing.

Then I'll have to ask you, Jenny.

Is this what you want?

'Cause if it is, I can do no more.

You...

You know me well, Major.

I-I wasn't... born to silk petticoats and finery.

I can stand up to the hardships of the trail

as well as any.

I can vouch for that, Jenny.

So if I tell you I'm scared,

you'll know I've got good reason.

And... and I am scared, Major,

so scared...

Scared I'm really gonna die.

Try to find... Find a doctor for me, please.

Jenny!

I'm sorry, Daniel. I mean it.

I want a doctor.

Dan, you've got to respect the wishes of your wife.

Humble as it is, this wagon is my home...

and I'm ordering you to leave it.

All right, Dan.

If you try to come back, I'll stop you!

I'll do what I have to do to protect my rights!

Go on back to bed... MRS. MILLER: We won't stand by, Daniel Barrister,

to see such a thing happen to Jenny as happened to your daughter!

Keeping people away from Hannah the way you did,

nobody knowing how sick she was... till she was dead!

And you not shedding so much as a tear!

I have my own way of doing things.

Your way is criminal!

My wife's right, Barrister.

We were close enough to Rockpoint for your daughter to have had a doctor.

Your preventing that was nothing short of murder.

That's enough of that kind of talk, Miller!

What other name are you gonna give it, Major?

There was a lot of riled-up talk amongst the folks after Hannah died.

I know how strongly they felt...

Strong enough that if you stand by now and don't do anything

and the same thing happens to Jenny,

we'll all have to hold you morally responsible.

Just a minute, Mr. Miller.

I speak for the people of this wagon train, not you,

and it's my job to protect the rights of everybody here.

And that includes Dan Barrister.

There'll be no more accusations of murder,

and don't you start getting any fancy ideas about using force

and taking matters into your own hands,

'cause I'll stop you, believe me.

I'll handle this thing in my own way,

and I'll do it without any interference from any one of you,

do you understand that?

No man has the right to condemn any other man's way of thinking...

Even if you don't agree with him.

That's pretty well what the Constitution guarantees every one of us,

even out here on this wagon train.

So go on back to bed and get some sleep.

We've still got a schedule to meet.

Go on, all of ya!

All right, if you got anything to say, say it.

I don't want anybody talking behind my back.

Oh, we're just mumbling.

It's a good thing you took charge, though, like you did.

Sure showed 'em who's boss of this outfit.

And when you talked about protecting the rights of everybody on the wagon train,

even Barrister, and that little talk about the Constitution,

that was good, too. But, uh...

But what?

What about Jenny Barrister's rights, is that what you're thinking about?

How about Mrs. Barrister, Major?

We couldn't help but overhear her ask you about a doctor.

You're gonna get one, ain't ya? I'm sure gonna try.

Supposin' Barrister starts using that gun of his to stop you?

He might, too, the way he's been talking.

And you can't just talk him into letting the doctor see her.

Maybe somebody else can.

Bill, go down and wake up the Snyders, will ya?

Ask Mrs. Snyder to come up here soon as she can,

tell her it's important.

Charlie, you better make some coffee.

We're not gonna get any sleep tonight, I can see that.

Daniel,

you haven't said a word to me since you sat down there.

Please don't treat me with silence.

The Devil had your tongue, Jenny.

I'll hold no conversation with the Devil.

When I married you,

I vowed I'd do my best

to make your faith mine.

And I thought I had, until...

Until I was put to the test.

I found I wasn't as strong as you are.

When I saw my little girl lying on this bed dying...

And I know you've never forgiven me

for begging you to fetch a doctor, but...

But I was scared, Daniel, just-just like I'm scared now.

You denounced God by asking such a thing.

Hannah would have lived.

Yes, Jenny, she might have lived if you had believed.

The Lord sometimes refuses to enter when He is doubted.

Don't say that to me, Daniel.

I do believe.

Because I don't believe in the same way you do,

or-or as strong...

am I to be condemned for that?

Must I die too because I just don't understand your way?

Jenny...

I'm your husband,

and I love you.

It's my duty to protect you against your own doubts.

I'll have the strength for both of us.

Trust in me, Jenny. Believe.

Believe in God's will be done, and cast out the Devil.

Believe and live.

Denounce Him...

and as Hannah before you...

you'll surely die.

Believe me, Jenny.

Believe with me!

Daniel Barrister is a stubborn man, Major.

Even back in St. Joe, when he'd get his mind set on something,

there was no changing it.

Well, please don't misunderstand me, Mrs. Snyder,

I mean no disrespect to the faith that you and Dan Barrister hold.

But I figure that you both being of that faith,

maybe you could advise me.

You see, Jenny has asked for a doctor.

Oh, yes, I know Jenny well.

She was first brought to our faith when she married Daniel.

Well, let me ask you this.

Do you folks hold that Dan, being her husband,

has the right to deny her the services of a doctor?

My own husband is an outsider, Major.

I cannot arrogantly trespass on his mind and will;

I can only lower the ladder of enlightenment to him.

If he will not ascend it, I can do no more.

Will you talk to Dan for me?

Yes, I will try.

Thank you, Mrs. Snyder. Thank you very much.

You think she can talk him into it, Major?

I don't know. If she can't, nobody can.

Hey, that's pretty good coffee for a change.

Thanks, Major.

Brother Daniel.

Brother Daniel.

I've come to help, Brother Daniel.

Thank you, Sister Mary.

But I've come for another reason, too.

Another reason?

Jenny was heard asking for medical aid.

I'm ashamed to say she was.

Brother Daniel, I have a question to ask.

If you were a preacher, would you step into

another preacher's pulpit without his consent?

What are you saying?

Jenny's wishes are a pulpit,

and you're preaching without her consent.

I never expected to hear such a thing from you, Sister Mary.

I never thought that you, of all people,

would compromise yourself in the eyes of God.

It's only a compromise when the sickness

concerns yourself, Brother Daniel...

Our church doesn't give you the right

to force your will on another person.

I never asked that church or any other church

to stand or fall on what I do.

Brother Daniel!

Maybe you don't remember when my mother died.

Yes, I remember very well.

She clung to her faith until the very last.

It was my father who called in the surgeon.

I'll never forget my mother asking God to forgive her

for compromising in what she believed.

That's when I vowed I'd never allow a doctor in my house

as long as I lived.

You go on back to your wagon now, Mary.

I'll not be swayed when I'm about God's business.

Not even by you.

Well, whatever happened, it didn't take long. She's coming back.

I told you Daniel Barrister was a stubborn man.

Even I didn't know how stubborn.

He wouldn't listen, huh? I'm sorry.

Well, I sure appreciate you trying, Mrs. Snyder.

Thank you very much.

Why the devil can't you ever learn to make a decent cup of coffee?!

But you just said... I don't care what I said!

Go wake up McCullough. Yes, sir.

Major, McCullough ain't here. He what?!

He ain't here.

Where the devil can that fool scout be now?

Here I am, Major.

I was saddling my horse.

And where do you think you were going?

Johnsonville. Find a doctor.

That's what you wanted with me, isn't it?

I thought you were asleep. Didn't miss a single word.

How long will it take you to ride over there and back?

About four hours, ridin' hard.

I'll be looking for you about daybreak.

See ya later, men.

All right.

Four hours...

That's an awful long time for Jenny to have to wait.

We might be able to cut that time, Bill,

if we get these wagons ready to roll right away.

What, in the middle of the night? Sure!

What's wrong with picking up some of those miles we're behind?

Besides, it'll put the Barristers

that much closer to where they're probably gonna stay.

You're gonna put 'em off the train in Johnsonville?

Might have to, Bill.

If Jenny's in bad a shape as I think she is,

she won't be able to travel anyhow.

Wonder what Barrister will do when he hears about this?

I don't know, Bill.

I don't know what I'll do, either.

But that's a problem we'll have to face

when and if McCullough finds a doctor.

You know, a man of medical science

just might be able to influence Dan.

I don't know.

But it's worth a chance anyway, Bill.

It's the least we can do.

Go on, make yourself unpopular.

Wake everybody up and tell 'em to get ready to roll.

Wooster! Yes, sir?

Give me a cup of coffee.

Ow! I do that all the time!

Have you seen Barrister, Charlie?

He ain't even stuck his head out to see what's happening.

Jenny.

ADAMS: Jenny, can you hear me?

Is that you, Major?

Yes.

I just wanted to ask you if you think you can stand

the wagon moving for a little while.

I don't know, Major.

I'm gonna try to get a little closer to Johnsonville.

I've already sent McCullough on ahead

to try to find a doctor for you.

Y-Yes.

Yes, I'll try.

I'll be all right.

I know what you're gonna say, Dan.

I know how you feel about what I just said.

I'm sorry, but I've got to do it this way.

It won't do any good, Major.

I won't let a doctor come near her.

So there's no use even pulling out.

I wish you'd try to understand the position you put me in, Dan.

I don't want to go against your wishes.

But at the same time, I've got to do all I can for Jenny.

I'm not moving my wagon one foot closer to Johnsonville.

I figured you wouldn't,

so I've got Wooster to drive your wagon for you.

Now, this much I will do, Dan... Without your permission.

I'll take this wagon train anyplace I want to take it,

whenever I want to take it there.

And that means every wagon in the train.

Dan...

there's one thing I want to ask you to do, though.

If the going gets too rough for Jenny,

will you put your principles aside long enough to let me know?

You don't understand me at all, do you, Major?

Whatever made you think I was a cruel man?

Dan...

Wagons, ho!

Hold it, mister!

You better stay away if you want to live.

Couldn't help wondering about the lights.

I'm just passing through.

Good idea to keep right on going, mister.

We've gotta stay here... You don't.

What do you mean you've got to stay?

Wouldn't do any good to run away... we've all been exposed anyway.

Exposed to what? Smallpox.

Half of Johnsonville's been wiped out already.

You can even catch the stuff by breathing too close to one

of them that's died from it.

That's why the doctor wants us to wear these masks.

That's why you better not get any closer. Doctor?

You said there's a doctor in Johnsonville?

If there wasn't, there wouldn't be this many of us alive.

That's all I want to know. Thanks.

Hey, wait! You can't go into town, it's quarantined!

Hold it, mister, you can't go in there!

Wake up, fella.

Come on, fella, wake up. Where's the doctor?

I don't think I've ever seen you before.

I don't know what that's got to do with it.

You're the dangdest fool I ever saw, mister.

Will you tell me where the doctor is?

He rode right into town after I tried to stop him.

I'm sorry you did that.

Smallpox is extremely contagious.

The germs can even be carried on the clothing of one who's immune.

I know you got your own problems and I sympathize with 'em,

but there's a woman on the wagon train that needs a doctor.

Are you gonna help me, or do you want me to

go out in the street and start to holler for him?

You're a bigger fool than I thought, mister.

You're talking to him.

You? You're the doctor?

The folks here in Johnsonville

were a little skeptical about it, too.

I guess some of them still are

with all the deaths we've had from this epidemic.

People don't blame you none, Doc.

We all know how long it took to get the serum here from the East.

I'm sorry, Doctor, I...

I guess I was expecting to find...

well, an older man.

We've got an unusual situation on the train.

I think it might be more easily handled

by a doctor with more experience.

Train? The wagon train. I ride scout for it.

Name's Flint McCullough.

Dr. Culver.

Roll up your left sleeve, Mr. McCullough.

Roll up your sleeve. You've exposed yourself to smallpox.

I'll have to vaccinate you.

Don't bother about that. I'm immune.

You were vaccinated?

No, but I had smallpox during the war.

I don't see any scars.

I had a light case. Guess I was lucky.

You sure it was smallpox? That's what they said.

A lot of men in the outfit died from it.

Well, your case could have been diagnosed wrong.

Without any evidence to the contrary, we can't take a chance.

I'm afraid we'll have to insist.

Look, Doctor, there isn't time... You heard the doctor.

Now roll up your sleeve.

Well, I guess a little vaccination never hurt anybody.

Now, this woman on the train...

Maybe if you could tell me what her symptoms are

I could advise you as to what to do.

She was injured,

thrown out of a wagon and landed on a rock.

But there's nothing we can do.

You gotta come yourself.

I wish I could. You've got to, Doctor.

I shouldn't leave here... Not yet.

I do think the epidemic has run its course,

but perhaps a new case could break out.

There's no "perhaps" about the woman on the train.

She needs you now.

When a physician is confronted with a choice like this,

he must think in terms of the welfare of the many,

as opposed to that of one.

Well, it seems to me when you know somebody's sick for sure,

maybe dying even,

that the "perhaps" chances just have to wait.

Now, you lay off the doc, mister.

He's had a tough enough time, without even no sleep.

It's all right, Jim, Mr. McCullough has a good point.

Maybe it's because I'm tired and not thinking too clearly.

Maybe it's because I do lack experience.

Jim, if any new cases should break out,

you get Mrs. Murphy down here.

She helped me vaccinate everyone in town.

Nothing much I can do that she can't do, anyway, once they come down with it.

It's mostly just waiting to see if they come out of it.

The wagon's already moving this way.

A fast rider ought to be able to get to the doctor in a couple of hours.

Good. I'll be ready to go in a minute.

You just head right straight out of town the way I came in.

You ought to be able to pick us up by not later than sun-up.

Why don't you make yourself useful

and saddle the doctor's horse for him?

If it's okay with you, I'll take yours. It'll save time.

What about me? You can't leave here.

When the vaccination takes effect,

you'll be no shape to be on the trail.

Besides, you could carry the disease to others.

Well, I can't stay here, Doctor.

I ride scout for a wagon train.

I'm sorry.

In this matter, there isn't any choice for either of us.

You're the doctor.

Oh, Doctor.

The woman's name is Jenny Barrister,

and even though she wants a doctor,

her husband doesn't believe in 'em.

Oh? He said he wouldn't let a doctor go near her.

I'll handle it.

I wish I could be sure.

You can be sure of one thing, mister...

I got a reason for using my rifle now...

To keep you from spreading smallpox wherever you go.

So...

don't push me this time, hmm?

HAWKS: Major Adams!

Major! What's the matter now, Bill?

Whoa! It's Mrs. Barrister.

Her husband says we're gonna have to stop.

She can't travel any farther.

The bouncing around got too much for her, huh?

It seems like it. She just fainted.

"Unto thee, O Lord,"

"do I lift up my soul."

"My God, I trust in thee."

"Let me not be ashamed.

"Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

"Yea, let none that wait on me be ashamed.

Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause."

Daniel...

Daniel, the wagon has stopped.

Why... why has the wagon stopped?

The going got too rough for you, Jenny.

You passed into unconsciousness.

Now we're just waiting.

For the doctor, Daniel?

Waiting for the doctor?

We're waiting on the Lord, Jenny, that's all.

We're waiting for His decision.

Major, Mrs. Barrister just come to.

I thought you'd want to know. Thank the Lord for that.

She's asking for the doctor again, too.

HAWKS: Major?

There's a rider heading this way real fast.

Think it might be McCullough? I can't tell.

We better go see.

Bring that lantern, will you, Bill? Right.

I wonder where they're going?

I saw Hawks go over to get him.

I wonder if that's a doctor coming.

If it is, Barrister hadn't better try to stop him.

DOCTOR: Hold it, men! Don't come any closer! Smallpox!

What do you mean, smallpox?

I could be carrying the germs on my person.

Where'd you get that horse you're riding?

I borrowed it from Flint McCullough in Johnsonville,

where he was detained. Detained?

Yes, he has to stay there until tomorrow.

He'll be recovered from his vaccination by then.

Listen, mister, I sent McCullough

into Johnsonville to get a doctor.

Now, what's all this talk about smallpox and vaccinations?

Before you say what you're thinking,

let me introduce myself.

I'm only 25 years old, hardly two months out of my internship,

but I am a doctor... Dr. Peter Culver.

I'm sorry, Doc.

I'm Seth Adams. I'm wagon master of that outfit.

This is Bill Hawks. How are ya.

McCullough told me about the patient,

Mrs. Barrister, and about her husband.

So we don't waste any more time than necessary,

I'll tell you about your scout while I take a bath.

A bath?! Yes. I'll need a tub of water,

some strong lye soap,

and a complete change of clean clothes.

No sense adding the danger of smallpox infection

to the troubles you already have.

Well, fine, Doc.

Take care of it, will you, Bill?

You can outfit him from my trunk.

Get the tub out and put it over there behind those trees.

Follow us, Doc.

To tell you the truth,

when I sent McCullough for a doctor,

I didn't know what I was gonna do if he found one.

I still don't know how we're gonna handle Dan Barrister,

the way he feels.

I was hoping that being a doctor,

you might be able to get him to listen to reason.

I understand that Mrs. Barrister had asked for a doctor.

Sure. Otherwise I couldn't have interfered at all.

Well, the patient is an adult

Well, I'd say so, yes. Is that important?

Ethically, it gives me the right to examine her

if she requests it, in spite of her husband's attitude.

Well, there's just one thing, Doc.

I won't have anybody pushing Dan Barrister around.

Whether he's right or wrong in the way he feels

I'm not the one to say,

but I've got to respect any man that's got the courage of his convictions.

And believe me, Dan's got it.

I'm gonna look even less like a doctor than usual in clothes that big.

Well, they're getting a little bit big for me now,

I've lost so much weight.

See? Loose.

Well, you ready, son? Yep.

There ya are.

Here.

Thanks.

Doesn't look like much of a doctor.

Hmm.

Dan! Dan Barrister!

A doctor's coming.

Barrister!

There's a doctor coming to look at your wife!

D-Daniel!

It grieves me, Jenny,

that my own wife listens to the words of the Devil...

when I've tried so hard to show her the way.

I don't want you to die, Jenny.

I want you to live.

But we must do it in God's way.

You hear me, Barrister?

We got something to say to you out here!

Now, we're all of the same mind, Barrister.

You got no human right to stand in the doctor's way.

And what right have you got, Sam Miller, to pass judgment?

What right have any of you got to cast stones?

Get away from me!

Take your evil tormenting someplace else!

All right, we'll go, but you're coming with us!

What the devil do you think you're doing?!

Get your hands off of him!

I'm solving a problem, Major.

Nothing or nobody is gonna keep that doc from treating Jenny!

You just stay out of this.

I'm not going to stay out of it,

and you've got no right...

Get in your wagon, Dan.

Now, I told you all before that I'd have

no interference from any one of you.

And I meant exactly what I said.

If necessary, I'll prove it to you...

Any way I can!

I'd hate to think that the rest of you were with Miller in what he just did,

but I'll have to think that if you don't get back to your wagons right now.

Well, make up your minds!

Miller...

I don't want to see you away from your wagon the rest of the night.

I thank you for what you did, Major...

but it doesn't change my way of thinking.

Dan...

Major.

Well, I...

I guess you can see what you're up against, Doc.

Yes. It'll be a little bit more difficult because of what just happened,

so I'll need your cooperation.

A little more difficult?

It would be hard for a man like Mr. Barrister

to lose face in front of all these people now,

so I'll have to ask you to isolate his wagon.

All right...

we can pull his wagon over to one side if you like.

No, Major. I mean to move the other wagons out.

All of them. Continue on your journey.

Now, hold on just a minute.

We can't desert the Barristers.

You're not deserting them.

I'll assume full responsibility.

I'll see that they're cared for until such time as

it's safe for them to move into town.

I don't know about that.

Is there anything more you can do to help the situation?

No, probably not.

I understood I was needed here because Mrs. Barrister had asked for a doctor.

I wouldn't have left Johnsonville otherwise.

That's right, you were.

Then let me take care of it.

There'll be no problem once your gone.

Well, young fella,

I don't know exactly what you got in mind,

but I guess it's like you say,

there's nothing more I can do here.

So I guess probably it's best to just turn it over to you.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if what you can just about handle this situation.

Doctor's orders.

All right, Doctor,

the Barristers are your responsibility.

Charlie, Bill.

Bill, I want you to get all the wagons ready to roll except the Barristers'.

Is my horse still saddled? Yes, sir.

All right.

Good luck, Doc.

I'll stay here until you get rolling.

Dan, it's only fair to give you your money back.

This will help give you and Jenny a start from Johnsonville.

I'm sorry. Can't be helped.

I guess you have to keep the train on schedule,

and Jenny can't travel like she is.

Well, I hope you won't think too harshly about what happened here.

I'll guarantee you that everybody on this train will be praying for her.

Good luck to you.

All right.

Doc, you can send those funny-lookin' clothes along with McCullough

when you see him. I'll do that.

Hope you have some luck.

Thank you. So long.

Wagons... ho!

Fall out!

Heeyah!

Come on, get rollin' here!

Come on, move along, move along!

Heeyah!

Mr. Barrister, I'm Dr. Peter Culver.

I'd like permission to examine your wife.

I warned Adams I'd do what I had to do to protect my rights.

Now I'm advising you to stay right where you are.

I don't think you'll use that gun.

What makes you so sure?

Because the same God looks upon all of us, Mr. Barrister.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for Thou are with me."

I'm a physician, Mr. Barrister, not a devil.

You are sent by the Devil.

Was St. Luke also sent by the Devil?

Luke? Luke, the physician.

He was the disciple of Christ.

He was a man of letters first, a medical doctor.

Even as he traveled as the companion of Paul,

he was known as that great apostle's medical attendant.

Luke was not denounced by Paul because he was a physician,

and he was chosen by Christ Himself to spread His Word.

The apostle Luke healed with the guidance of the Lord.

And what makes you so certain that I ignore the power of God in my work?

"Judge not that ye be not judged," Daniel Barrister,

"for with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged,

"and with what measure ye mete

it shall be measured to you again."

You don't have to quote the Bible to me.

I know the Word as well as any man, maybe better.

You set yourself above other men.

Could it also be that you set yourself above the Almighty?

How dare you say a thing like that?

I obey His Word.

And His commandments, Mr. Barrister?

"Thou shalt not kill"?

You threaten to kill me because you, Daniel Barrister,

judge me as an emissary of the Devil.

Is it God's will be done,

or is it Daniel Barrister's will be done?

I wouldn't have shot you.

But you can talk all you like, you'll not touch my wife.

Is that God's word I'm hearing?

Or is it Daniel Barrister's?

Could it be that the Lord speaks only to Daniel Barrister

and to no one else?

The Lord speaks to all who will listen.

And how do others hear Him...

As Daniel Barrister judges they should hear Him?

Or do we each have the individual God-given right to hear His Word?

I do not judge others. You judge your wife...

You demand that she hear God with your ear,

judging that she has no ear of her own!

You inflict your will upon her,

judging that she has no will of her own!

Must she touch the hem of your cloak, Daniel Barrister?

I am but His servant, no more.

In the book of Matthew it says, "The disciple is not above his Master",

"nor the servant above his Lord.

"It is enough for the disciple that he be as his Master

and the servant as his Lord."

She is my wife.

If she hasn't the strength to believe,

it's my duty to give my strength to her.

"If any brother have a wife that believeth not,

"and she be pleased to dwell with him,

"let him not put her away.

"And the woman which have a husband that believeth not,

"and if he be pleased to dwell with her,

"let her not leave him,

"for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife,

"and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband.

"But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart.

"A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases;

"but the Lord hath called us to peace.

"For what knowest thou, O woman,

"whether thou shalt save thy husband?

"Or how knowest thou, O man,

"whether thou shalt save thy wife?

"But as God hath distributed to every man,

"as the Lord hath called everyone,

"so let him walk,

and so ordain I in all churches."

Do you remember those words too, Mr. Barrister?

Words recorded in the Bible by the apostle Paul?

Mr. Barrister,

a long splinter from a rib fracture

is pressing against her lung.

I can't tell if it's punctured.

I'll have to make an incision to correct it.

Your wife is unconscious.

I'll need your permission before I can operate.

If it were me lying in there instead of Jenny,

I'd refuse that permission.

But it's not.

God be with you.

Your wife is resting.

Mr. Barrister, I want to ask you to forgive me

for the strong language I used on you today.

There's nothing to forgive.

I accused you of judging others,

and by doing so, I myself was judging you.

Perhaps the ends justified the means.

Perhaps.

But I hope you believe I had no desire to attack your faith.

You didn't, nor have you damaged it.

I'm not the one to say that you are wrong in what you believe.

I'm a young man, Mr. Barrister,

and it wasn't very many years ago

I was faced with the decision of whether to follow

in my father's footsteps or not.

I asked his advice.

He quoted the Bible to me.

He referred to the time the Pharisees denounced Christ

for eating with the sinners,

and Christ answered them, saying,

"They that be whole need not a physician,

but they that are sick."

And my father added these words:

"There is only one Great Healer, my son,

"but there are many who cannot accept so deep a conviction.

"And the best answer yet devised for this segment of humanity

is the medical doctor."

That was the day I decided to go to medical school...

although my father himself is a minister.

Mr. Barrister...

I've done all I can for your wife.

I'm not at all certain whether it was nearly enough.

Our Father, which art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,

on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil...

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,

and the glory forever.

Amen.

Major, looks like McCullough!

It sure is,

and am I gonna be glad to see him.

I got a little surprise for him. Hi, Major!

Hold it. Just stay right there.

What's wrong? Never you mind, just stay there.

Well, did you have a nice rest?

Or did you decide that this wagon train

could get along without the services of a scout?

Major Adams, that's the first time you ever admitted

you couldn't get along without me.

Well, don't tempt me, I might try it.

Now, how about Jenny Barrister?

She's gonna be all right.

Dr. Culver told me to tell you that after the operation

he knew that if she lived it was a miracle.

Well, she lived. That's good,

now I don't feel so bad about leaving 'em behind.

I'm glad you didn't leave me behind...

There's not a young gal in Johnsonville.

I had to ride all day to catch up with you.

Well, you won't have to ride that long to catch up with us this time.

We'll meet you tonight when we make camp for supper.

What do you mean, meet me? I'm here!

And you're gonna stay right here, too.

I don't want you passing around those smallpox germs

to the whole wagon train.

Here, use it!

Heeyah, come on!

Wagons, ho!

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