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[theme music]

"Gunsmoke," with Milburn Stone
as Doc, Ken Curtis as Festus,

Buck Taylor as
Newly, and starring

James Arness as Matt Dillon.

A marryin', that's what
we're gonna have, a marryin'.

I want you boys saddled
in with them women proper.

Work around this place has
been falling off terrible

since you boys took them
womens up here from Dodge,

wasn't what I had
in mind at all.

We've been working, Pa.

You know that
we've been working.

Yeah, Pa.

And I know what
you've been working on,

and it ain't been farming,
except in your spare time.

With them womens
living up to the house

and you boys down
here to the barn,

a marryin' is the only
thing I can figure

will halt the traffic twixt here
and there from dusk till dawn.

I can't get no sleep.

You've been sneaking
around, peeking.

Ain't you, old buzzard?

Sneakin'?

I don't have to sneak when the
whole congregation is out there

tripping over dogs
and stepping on cats

and kicking milk buckets and--

Sounds plumb envious to me.

Sound like that to you, Ike?

Yeah, I believe
you are right, Shep.

I think the old man's covetous.

Boy, don't you start
nothing you can't handle,

or it's gonna be
you and me head on.

Grandkids-- I want grandkids,
and I don't want to have

to call them by seven letters.

Oh, Ike-- Ike, the stove up in
the kitchen won't draw right.

Would you mind coming
up and giving me a hand?

Why, sure, honey,
I'll be right out.

Boy, don't you put
down that pitchfork.

Now, Pa, if you don't
want a cold dinner,

I'm gonna go up there
and fire up that stove.

Anyway, I won't
be gone very long.

Ike!

Just long enough, Pa.

What are you grinning at, boy?

Oh, Pa, I reckon Ike will get
something cooking right away.

Your mother is gonna
bring you to grief

one of these days, boy.

Pa, Emily sort of had her
heart set on a fall wedding.

Luke, ain't you tired of
sleeping in this here barn yet?

Well, yeah.

Well, then you change her mind.

Uh, well, that
ain't so easy, Pa.

You're letting that
woman dictate to you,

and any man that'll start
like that will end the same.

She'll dictate when you
can lay down and die

and everything in between.

Good morning, Pa.

How's the work coming?

I know you don't mind me
calling you Pa since look

and me is almost married.

That's the truth,
if I ever heard it.

Well, I saw how you fancied
the berry pie I baked on Sunday,

even though I did have to go to
so much extra trouble to do it.

What are you after, girl?

Well, seeing as how you
fancied my berry pie,

I was wondering if
you would let me

and Luke go out
and pick some more

blackberries this afternoon.

Blackberries?

I know what you're after, girl,
and I never heard it called

picking blackberries before.

What are you
suggested, Jed Hockett?

Why, I do believe you're casting
aspersions towards my virtue.

Why, I believe you are as
filthy-minded as Sam Sanger

was when I was married before.

You come on, Luke, and
I ain't calling you Pa

anymore, at least for a while.

Luke, come back here!

You here me?

Come back here!

What are you grinning at, boy?

Well, Pa, look at it this way.

You're gonna get yourself a
berry pie out of it, maybe.

You keep your trap shut,
and you keep on working.

And stop that grinning.

You're always grinning.

You and them brothers of yours
don't seem to understand.

This here is a working farm.

Winter, you boys think
about winter coming on.

You want to be outside,
rump deep in snow,

pulling stump and
splitting wood?

Well, that's how it'll
be-- I promise you-- 'cause

the work's gotta be done now.

All right, that clinches her.

Come Sunday week, there's
gonna be a marryin', all

three at the same time.

I'm tired of this night
crawling and day loafing.

We're gonna take
one day out for it.

Do you hear me?

Just one day!

[music playing]

Well, they've set the date.

They're gonna get
married next Sunday,

and they want me to
come to the weddings.

You mean all of them are gonna
get married at the same time?

That's what Fran's letter says.

They want me to be maid of
honor for all three of them.

Well, have you ever been one of
them there ornery maids before,

Ms. Hannah?

Festus, I have been an
ornery maid so many times

I have memorized the ceremony.

To tell you the truth,
it's a little depressing.

I don't know, Hannah.

From what I hear, that
old man up there is

trying to get you to the altar.

I'll never get that desperate.

Jed Hockett has already
buried three wives,

and I imagine they were
glad to get away from him.

You've got to give the
old coot credit, though.

He can still work up
a full head of steam.

Oh, well, fiddle, that ain't
so uncommon, Ms. Hannah.

Now you take my Uncle
Lazarus Dinglefoot.

He was 73 years old when he took
hisself a youngin for a bride.

Her name was Annie Croupers,
I recollect, and she couldn't

have been over 22 or 23.

And she wasn't the purdiest
gal in the county neither,

but she is healthy, if
you know what I mean.

Of course, Uncle
Lazarus, he passed on

after a couple of months.

Folks said that his get up
and go just kind of got up

and went.

You mean he lost his stamina.

Well--

Yeah, well, don't
worry about it.

I promise you that
Jed Hockett will never

lose his stamina because of me.

Uh, Festus, did you
say Lazarus Dinglefoot?

I kind of figured
he died happy.

JED: A marryin', that's
what we're gonna have.

By the sound of things,
there's one person

around here who hasn't changed.

Oh, Hannah.

Hi.

Oh, oh, Hanna, I'm so
glad you could make it.

And I'm so glad
to see you, Emily,

and I am so pleased
about the wedding.

Well, I was all set
to hold off till fall,

till Jed got a bee in his
bonnet, but-- but I'm so happy.

And I am so glad.

Well, now, I want to
personally welcome you back

to the Hockett farm, woman.

These here girls has missed
you something terrible,

and I can testify to that.

But you come back
'cause you missed me.

Now tell me if that
ain't the truth.

Will you keep your hands to
yourself, you old reprobate?

And you listen to
one thing first off.

I don't want to have to put up
with any foolishness from you.

Spirit, I remember
how you had spirit.

That's what I like in
a woman-- temperament

and a strong pair of legs.

From what I've seen,
you got 'em both.

Mm-hmm, well, you just
stop looking if you

want to keep your health.

Where is Sarah and Fran?

I want to see the
wedding dresses.

Oh, inside, here,
I'll show you.

Fine.

Spirit?

The problem was the
preacher only gets

through once a month or so.

Then he has services
and does the baptizing

and marrying all in one day.

So all the families
come, and there's a great

big picnic and a box-lunch
auction and games and--

And a couple of fist fights?

I've been to these
things before.

There better not be.

We've talked to every
one of the boys,

and they've given us their
solemn promise not to fight.

They have?

Oh, yes, ma'am, even Luke,
not on our wedding day.

Of course, it isn't
a church wedding.

But I've had one
of those before,

and it didn't seem to work
out a whole lot better.

You do remember
me and Sam Sanger.

Anyway, I figured, well, why not
try doing it outside this time

and see if it happens
to change my luck?

Oh, honey, outside or
inside, any wedding is

better than no wedding at all.

Ask one who knows.

Uh, do I, uh, smell
anything on the stove?

The stew, oh, I
better see to it.

Oh, Sarah, please set the table.

The boys are gonna be coming
up for supper any minute.

If I was to judge by
looking at you, Fran,

I wouldn't be able to tell if
you were going to your wedding

or your funeral tomorrow.

I'm sorry, Hannah.

I guess I've just got
the jitters again.

And did they start up just
about the time I got here?

Oh, Hannah, please
don't take it that way.

You're the only person in the
world I even care about coming

to my wedding, but the
last few weeks have been

the happiest time in my life.

It-- it's like nothing
ever happened before,

and Ike is the only
man I ever loved.

And then I come along,
reminding you of how it was,

huh?

Hannah, the Long
Branch is the finest

saloon I have ever worked in.

You respected me.

You never let anyone
get out of line,

but there were
other saloons before

the Long Branch when things
weren't-- well, you know.

Oh, honey, I do.

I do.

I know, but I've
told you before.

You have nothing
to be ashamed of.

We all do what we must
do in order to survive,

and, you know, I think the
day will come when you will

accept what happened to you.

Maybe you won't be
proud of it, but you'll

learn to live with it.

I-- I hope someday
I can be like you.

Well, don't get
carried away, hmm?

Will you come inside and help
me pick the ribbons for my--

I would be delighted.

Well, it turned out to be
a lovely day for a wedding.

Now if you're lucky,
you may be able to get

acquainted with a widow
woman you can bring home.

Widow woman?

Ha!

What's wrong with that?

I thought you had the itch.

I don't want no
woman whose husband

has went and died on her.

It'd set me to wondering if
it was gonna happen again.

Hockett, you're beyond help.

I just hope nothing happens to
spoil this day for those girls.

Quit worrying, woman.

They'll will be wedded,
bedded, and wearing

silly grins by sun-up tomorrow.

You've been awful
quiet this morning.

I've never been this close
to getting married before.

I guess maybe I'm just scared.

Of me?

Not that, I know you.

I know there's nothing in
you for me to be scared of.

Maybe it's just that
something is gonna happen

to spoil how happy I am today.

Nothing's gonna happen.

I won't let nothing happen.

Where are Shep and Sarah?

Don't they know
we're ready to go?

They're off in the bushes, Pa.

Again?

Uh, Sarah, what's the matter?

When I was a little girl,
I had ideas and dreams

about what I was gonna be.

I was gonna be a success, an
actress or-- or a dancer maybe.

I was gonna have all the
things that fine ladies have.

Well, maybe if I did
go to San Francisco,

I wouldn't be able
to do all that.

Maybe I'd wind up in a saloon,
hustling drinks forever,

but I'd rather be doing
that than be stuck anywhere

with a man who didn't want me.

Sarah, I don't remember ever
telling you I didn't want you.

Now did I say that?

I want you.

I really want you.

Now you come on.

A girl sure has to go to a lot
of trouble to make you say it.

JED: Shep, are you
coming or ain't ya?

We're waiting.

Wouldn't think it would
be asking too much of them

young 'uns to wait
till evening, seeing

as how we're so close now.

Hockett, shut up.

Well, you look
awful blue, Luke.

I thought you'd be happy.

Well, I'm happy all right.

It's just I got a funny feeling.

I ain't never had a
feeling like this before.

Do you think you
still want to do it?

Huh?

I mean, are you scared that
I may not be the right one?

No, I guess it's just that
I ain't never done it before.

It's sort of like the time
Pa throwed me in the water

and told me to swim.

Well, you swam all right.

[music playing]

I guess I did.

CROWD: [SINGING] Yes, we'll
gather around the river,

the beautiful, beautiful river.

Dance with the saints
at the river that

flows by the throne of God.

Hallelujah, you're
about to be clasped

to the bosom of the
true faith, boy, about

ready to become a young
soldier in the army

of Jesus Christ our lord.

Sing out his name, hallelujah.

CROWD: Hallelujah.

Down you go by, underneath
you go, way, way down.

CROWD: Hallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah.

It appears things
already got started.

Can you feel-- do you feel
the current of the good faith

flowing all around
you and over you,

cleansing you and
purifying you and washing

away the original sin?

Look, son.

Can't you see the gates
of heaven opening?

And the angels are
singing your name.

Yes, sir, hallelujah,
hallelujah, boy.

Sister Slade, send on
down another young man.

Hey, come back here.

You'd better watch where
you're running, boy.

I've bit bigger fish than
you in half in one snap.

Jinx Tobin is the name, folks,
and these ugly looking critters

here, they're my cousins.

I just stepped up here to
tell you that we done rode up

in here from Texas on a tornado
and had rattlesnake heads

for breakfast.

Hey, Jinx sure do
lay it on thick.

The Tobin boys is
here to say that we'll

take on any man among
you, or any six together,

and I've got $5 in this pouch
that says we're the ones

that are gonna do the whooping.

Now do we got any takers?

What if them folks
want to see that $5?

If they want to see the money,
Jinx will have to hit 'em,

I reckon, to take
their minds off of it.

I'll-- I'll wrestle
you, Texan, if you show

me the color of your money.

Well, uh, let me
see you're in first.

See that?

What did I tell you?

MAN: That's fighting dirty.

You wanted to see my $5?

There's my $5.

MAN: Give him a hand.

Give him a hand.

Help him out of there.

Come on.

Whoa.

I said it once, and
I'll say it again.

Violence, I tell you, is
the work of the devil.

Excuse me, ma'am.

There's no place here
for fist fighting,

rough housing, or gambling.

You-- you there, you that
preacher we heared about?

I am.

What stripe?

No particular stripe, I
minister to all and equally.

I heard the call,
and I answered.

Well, that's fine.

I ain't choosy.

We got some marrying
needs to be done.

Think you can handle her?

Go forth and multiply, the
good book does instruct us.

Pleased to make
your acquaintance.

Reverend Sims is my name, sir.

Jed Hockett, these here is my
boys, and that's their womens.

And, uh, that I take
it is Mrs. Hockett?

Well, that ain't
quite how it is.

Well, at least you got
that part straight finally.

Come on, girls.

Let's find a place to clean up.

Well, the more of
the family, the better

on an auspicious
occasion like this.

Now which one of your
sons will I be marrying?

All three.

All three?

Well, that is multiplication.

Now I usually get,
uh, $10 for a wedding.

$10?

That's a token of appreciation
and to defray expenses,

but since you're herding
'em up three at a time,

I'd say that, uh, oh, $5
a coupling would be fair.

Sounds to me like you've
come forth to do some

multiplying yourself, preacher.

I guess if that's what
it takes to get it done,

I ain't got no choice.

That's about the poorest
excuse for a horse

I've seen in a while, boy.

Well, he suits me.

Yeah, I imagine it does.

It don't take much to
suit a fellow that's

still got plow dirt on
his boots and smells

of chicken scratchings.

You know, mister, you ain't
an easy man to warm up to.

I got $5 that says
I can whip you, boy.

Gee, I sure hope Jinx
don't lose that $5.

Shush up.

Jinx knows what he's
doing, and that one

ain't no big one, a midget.

Now, look, mister, I
didn't come here to fight.

What you're really saying, boy,
is you're scared to fight me.

Since you put it that way--

Howdy, fellers.

These boys being friendly, Shep?

Not much, no, you keep
them other two off me.

You let me go, Luke.

Hey, Jinx, who is that?

Uh, kin, I guess.

Oh, well, I-- I'd just assume
we'd be moving on, Jinx.

Now, Shep, we promised we
wouldn't get in no fights.

Well, that was this morning.

How am I gonna
explain it to Emily?

She gets awful upset, and
Sarah will be real mad, too.

Now you fellas move along.

There ain't gonna be
no fighting today.

Oh, now, come on, Jinx.

He probably don't
have $5 to be no how.

You're lucky, boy, lucky.

All right.

Well, I'll be.

Boys, I don't think we're
gonna be leaving right off.

I just run across an old friend.

Hello, Franny.

Remember me?

Abilene, you remember the
Texas Saloon and Gambling

Emporium in Abilene, don't you?

Well, I remember more than
your name, little girl,

and I'm here and ready to
make a few more of them

blessed moments.

Look, you, I'm
here to get married.

Married?

Well, if that don't beat all.

Fran, would you come and
help me with my fasteners?

Will you get out
of here, please?

I'll be back.

Was that fella
bothering you, Fran?

Oh, he just thought
he saw a chance.

You know how it goes.

Well, honey, it looks like
nothing can stop it now.

I saw the old coot
pay the preacher.

Evening?

I didn't figure on having
to wait till evening

to get them young 'uns married.

Just line 'em up and
collect the I do's.

It won't take more
than 10 minutes.

Christening in the morning,
box social in the afternoon,

and weddings in the evening,
that's my style, Hockett.

No, I used to marry
them in the morning.

I'd lose the whole
congregation before noon.

Bride and grooms, they'd
scatter up the creek.

Everybody would
get so drunk, there

would be no uplifting for me.

I tell ya, I'm gonna wed
the young 'uns at dusk,

then I'm gonna head my way.

Time, you're a-costing
me time, preacher.

Preachers, I never did have
much use for preachers,

and that one looks
like he ought to have

gone into another line of work.

This fella comes over to me.

He's about as ugly as
they come, and he's got

these two other guys with him.

They got the dumb
part taken care of,

and the first guy wants
to fight for money.

And he's getting about half
mean when Luke comes over--

Well, what did you tell him?

About what?

About the fight?

Oh, I told him I
wasn't in the mood.

Well, that's a relief.

I wouldn't have let
you do it anyway.

What was that you said?

I'm not about to
let you run off

and fight some fool
on our wedding day.

That's what I thought you said.

Excuse me.

Shep.

And when the preacher
holds up this basket,

that is the one I want you
to call out your money on.

Oh, how much money did
you bring with you?

Uh, oh, let me see here.

I've got, uh--

$0.87?

That ain't hardly
enough to be safe.

Here's $2, Luke.

I want you to bid at
least $2 so's that people

think how much it means to you.

Luke, there's something
I gotta take care of.

Will you come along
with me for a minute?

Sure, uh, I'll be
back in just a minute.

Now you know this
ain't gonna cause

nothing but trouble, Shep.

Well, you ain't
gotta fight nobody

anyway, so stop worrying about.

Anyway, it come to a question
of principle, so that's that.

I sure wish I knowed what
you was talking about, Shep.

Hey, cowboy, you still
think you can whoop me?

I know I can whip you, farmer.

I just thought I might give
you a chance to prove it.

Well, this whipping's
gonna cost you $5, boy.

You got $5?

I got it.

You ready?

You mean right now?

Well, I figured on giving
some of these pilgrims

a chance to lay money on it.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll meet you down by the
river in about 20 minutes.

All right, that suits me fine.
Come on, Luke.

Hey, boy, you got a
woman by the name of Fran

Carter along with your bunch?

Uh, no, no, name don't
ring a bell to me.

Strange, I saw a woman
over by your wagon

who was mindful of one I spent
some time with down in Abilene.

She sure did know which
end was up, I'll tell you.

Yeah, well, I
reckon that's just

another one of your mistakes.

Come on, Luke.

Ike ain't gonna like
hearing that feller

talk about Fran, Shep.

I know.

That yahoo ain't one to
keep it to himself either.

If Ike shows up at that
fight, the whole thing

is gonna blow up.

Well, whatcha gonna do?

Oh, it beats me.

Come on.

Luke, you've got to
stay here and keep

Ike away from the fight.

Now what, boy?

Looks like there's
gonna be a fight.

Who?
Where?

Shep and that
feller over there.

Well, he's a might
heftier than Shep,

but he don't look too bright.

Wagering-- let's get a little
wagering going on around here.

I've been bored half to
crying up to now anyway.

Pa, I kind of wished
you wouldn't do that.

Wished what?

You ain't afeared that jackass
is gonna whoop you, are you?

It ain't exactly that.

That's more like it.

You can whoop that yahoo with
one hand tied behind you,

and I'm gonna lay
some money on you,

boy, get us some
life in this party.

You come away from
here, Luke Hockett.

You are not getting mixed up
in a fight on my wedding day.

But if I'm up here
stopping Ike, what if them

other fellas jump Shep?

That is his affair.

He shouldn't have
gotten into it.

I would have expected
as much from Sam Sanger,

but I thought you were a
more considerate person.

I am extremely
disappointed in you, Luke.

That's what I am.

I'd like to have a word with
you, Shep, in private, please.

I gotta--

I've never been so
embarrassed in my life.

This is our wedding day.

You promised me you
wouldn't fight him.

No, that ain't
exactly how it was.

You promised me I
wouldn't fight him.

So that's what it's all about.

Well, you better understand
right now that I'm

not a girl you can walk on.

And if you fight him,
you might as well marry

him 'cause I won't be around.

Well, Sarah, what
started it this time?

That fight, I told
him he couldn't, so he

went ahead and did it anyway.

Oh, Sarah, honey, honey, look.

I never lasted very long with
a man I could give orders to.

But it's--

Well, honey, it doesn't
seem right somehow.

Now the way it looks to me,
you backed him in a corner.

Now he feels he has to fight.

He doesn't have to do
anything he doesn't want to.

Would you love him if he
didn't have a mind of his own?

I guess not.

I don't see anything
wrong with your

going over there and showing
him whose side you're on.

Mm-hmm.

Go on.

He's gonna think he
won again, you know.

Well, honey, let him.

What's going on
down there, Luke?

Oh, uh, nothing you'd
be interested in, Ike.

Can you believe it?

Shep went off and got
himself mixed up in a fight,

and on his and
Sarah's wedding day.

I can imagine how
that poor girl feels.

Fight, huh?

Well, how come you're
not down there with him?

Well--

Come on, Fran.

Let's get down there
before it starts.

Uh, no, you can't
go down there, Ike.

Now what are you talking about?

No, I don't want us to get
involved in it, Ike, please.

You don't want us to--
what's going on around here?

Nothing at all, Ike.

What's the matter
with you, Luke?

Here, let me help
you with that.

Well-- well, what happened
to you, change your mind?

Mm-hmm, now you
watch him for kicking,

and his knees if
he gets you down.

I'll bet he bites, too.

Hold on a minute.

How come you done know
so much about fighting?

I had to fight my brothers once
or twice a month till I was 15.

I mostly won, too.

What's going on, Shep?

Ike.

Yeah, now what's going on?

What are you doing here?

I've come to back you up.

Well, where's Luke?

We don't need Luke for this.

We can handle this ourselves.

Well, Ike, this ain't nothing.

This is just a little
tussle, you know.

I-- I can handle this myself.

Why don't you go on back
and-- and take care of Fran,

and I'll be with
you in a minute.

No, no, no, no, I ain't
leaving if you're fighting.

Now you ready, boy?

Ain't gonna be
no fight, mister.

Fight him.

No, I figure that you're
just too much for me.

Here, take your $5.

Shep, fight him.

This ain't gonna stand, Shep.

I ain't gonna let
you do this, Shep.

Now I'll fight him myself.

Now, Ike--

Hey, you, are you the
dumb farmer that's gonna

be marrying up with--

Ike, this here is my fight!

And if I want to
stop it, I will.

I want you to fight him, Shep.

You stay out of this.

Now you back off, Shep.

It ain't gonna stand,
one of us backing down.

-Ike--
-Now you back off, Shep.

Ike!

I told you, if I don't want
to fight him, I don't have to.

Shep.

Say, now we got us $10.

This here ain't what
I had in mind at all.

Now, uh, let me explain
how this here social works.

Young ladies, they tote
their baskets up here,

and you young fellas, you
shout out as much as you're

willing to pay for 'em.

Oh, incidentally, the,
um, proceeds of this event

will, um, go to the preacher as
sort of a token of appreciation

and to defray any
necessary expenses.

I think that's fair enough.

Now which, uh, is
the first young lady

we're gonna have up here?

Which one?

I'll go first, preacher.

All right, young lady,
that's a pretty, young thing.

Now which one is yours?

Oh, now-- now what am
I bid for this pretty

young lady's basket, huh?

What am I bid?

$0.35-- $2.87.

$2.87, gone, gone for $2.87.

You come up here, young fella.

Claim your basket
and your young lady.

And mind you, no
hanky-panky in the woods.

Can't you get anything
straight, Luke?

I swear.

Thank you, young fella.

Now for our last basket.

Ike--

Now gone on up there.

I got over $6.

Go on.

Go on.

Now, uh, uh, this
little girl looks

like she has a pretty basket.

What-- what am I offered?

$0.50

$0.50, I have a bid.

$0.75

$0.75, any other bids?

$0.75, any other bids?

$1.

$3.

$3, any other bids?

$6.48.

$7.

Well, that's all I got.

Hockett, bid $8.

Bid?

I can eat supper with that
girl every day of the week.

What should I pay money for?

Sold, sold for $7 to
that gentleman over there.

Come and collect your
basket and this pretty girl

that goes with it.

Congratulations, cowboy,
and enjoy your lunch.

You come on with
me, Ms. Carter.

We're gonna go have
ourselves a real good time.

Mighty satisfactory
social, Hockett.

Bids ran uncommon high.

I heared, preacher.

You know, uh, the
throat gets raspy

when you're working that hard.

Come along.

I've got most of a jug left.

Uh, yeah, all right.

Tell me, preacher, what
do you know about womens?

Well, that ain't half bad.

I didn't know that
you could cook, too.

Of course, you was
younger then, but I

like a woman that's growed up
some, learned all the tricks.

You just keep
your hands off me.

I wouldn't be here
if I could have

told Ike without hurting him.

You eat your lunch, but
you keep your hands off.

Why, sure, I will, Franny.

Sure, I will.

Ike, Fran ain't back yet.

Nope, what got into you,
Shep, fighting me like that?

I'm sorry about that, Ike.

It's got to do with
something that I probably

ought to have told
you about before,

but I thought it
would cause trouble.

And then I got to thinking,
and I got worried.

Will you stop your mumbling,
Shep, and just speak it out?

Well, the thing is that
Jinx, well, he knew Fran.

What's that?

He knew her.

He-- he called her by
name, even before that

fighting business
started, and, well,

that-- that's the reason I--

So where'd they go?

Up that way, I'll go with you.

No, no, I'll take
care of this myself.

I knowed some saloon
girls before that tried

to shake it, get
married, get respectable,

but it don't work, Franny.

You stay away from me.

Oh I will, just as soon as I
get what I paid that $7 for.

And if you ain't
real nice to me,

I'm gonna stop by on
my way out of here

and have a talk
with your boyfriend.

How do you think he'd like
knowing about Abilene?

I only went with
you because I had to.

It seems to me that you're in
the same situation right now.

Fran.

Ike.

Afternoon, farmer, I was just
recalling an old acquaintance

with your intended.

Don't hang on me.

If dirt like him is what
you want, then you go to him

and stay with him.

I'm leaving.

Will you please tell
everyone goodbye for me?

I can't face him.

Fran, girl, what's wrong?

Oh, it's no good,
Hannah, this getting

married and settling down.

I'm too far along.

I've left too many tracks.

Oh, that's nonsense.

Now tell me exactly
what happened.

The man who bought
my basket, I knew

him from when I was in Texas.

He tried to force me.

He said he'd tell Ike about
the time we spent together,

and then Ike came along.

And it was-- it was like
some horrible nightmare.

I've just got to
get out of here.

All right, first you
get over there to Ike,

and you tell him exactly
what you just told me.

I can't do that.

There is no such
word as can't, girl.

You owe him that much.

I have something to say to you.

Well, say it .

I'm going away for good.

What you saw between that
man and me wasn't what

it looked like.

I knew him.

I knew him when I
was down in Texas.

I guess I knew him as well
as I know you in some ways.

But I didn't want
to go with him then,

and I didn't want to go
with him this afternoon,

only I didn't know how
to talk to you about it.

And he wasn't the only one,
and maybe if we got married,

I'd open the front
door one morning

and there would be another
one on the front porch.

And I don't want that to
happen any more than you do,

but it was fun for a while,
pretending with you, Ike.

Maybe I'll see you sometime.

Fran, you can't go.

I don't know what I'd
do if you-- if you did.

You just gotta-- you
just gotta talk to me.

How am I gonna know
unless you talk to me?

Now as-- as far as
that-- that other, well,

I-- I thought about
that a long time ago.

It don't matter.

Now I, uh, I got
something I gotta tend to.

Ike, you don't have to.

I have to this time, Fran.

This time-- this
time, I have to.

Wait here, and tie
down the furniture.

Here comes the old plow boy.

He must be coming up here
to thank me for letting

him know what kind of wo--

[music playing]

[howling]

That's Shep and Ike.

It don't matter who it is.

I don't want you brawling
on our wedding day.

That's exactly what Sam
Sanger would have done,

jumped right into the middle of
the first fight he come across.

Emily, I gotta make this quick.

I want you to shut your
mouth about Sam Sanger

and everything else
till I come back and say

you can open it up again.

I ain't Sam Sanger.

I'm Luke Hockett,
and I ain't gonna

sit here and watch my brothers
take a whooping 'cause

a woman said I had to.

Do you understand?

Put me down.

Hit him, Luke.

Oh, my goodness.

Hockett, Hockett.

[burping]

Oh, there you are.

Hockett, your boys
are in a brawl,

and I want you to come up
here and straighten it out.

Honeysuckle,
that's what you are,

woman, sweeter than honeysuckle,
blooming in the spring,

mountain daisies, prettier--
prettier than mountain daisies,

too.

Oh, my lord.

Now why don't you and
me take us a little walk,

and I'll tell you
that your eyes are

sparkling brighter than any
star in the-- in the sky.

I'll tell you what, Jed.

I have been feeling a
little that way lately.

I mean, with the
marrying and all,

it does set a girl to thinking.

You can't fight it, woman.

It's in the air.

You can't fight it.

No, well, why
don't we just take

a little walk down this
way, you first, so you

can guide me by the hand?

Smooth, a feller wants to
be smooth to catch a lady.

And you stay there, you old
coot, until you sober up.

Something must have changed her
mind there at the last minute.

I can't figure out what it
might have been, though.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold it, there.

Violence is not the answer.

Violence solves no problems.

Hold it.

I don't want to.

Well, I guess you
can open her up now.

You were wonderful.

You, go get your
wedding dress on.

Hannah, how do we look?

Well, if I was a man, I'd-- I'd
say you're worth waiting for.

I'll go get the preacher.

Ah, there you are, preacher.

We're all ready for the ceremo--

All right, all right, I
didn't ask for this job.

Oh.

I didn't ask for any fight.

I didn't have any
idea it was gonna

turn into anything like this.

They're just
savages, I tell you,

and I wouldn't marry
those savages if they

were the last souls on Earth.

Do you have any idea how
much this [inaudible] cost?

Here I am, all dressed up.

Where is he going?

Well, why is he leaving?

I swear I have never
been so embarrassed.

Here I am, all decked
out in my wedding dress

and not even a bride.

It's not like you're alone.

Even Sam Sanger wouldn't
have let this happen to me.

Emily.

I'm sorry, Luke.

There is no sense
in crying about it.

We'll just have to try again.

Next time that
preacher comes through.

Yeah, if he's got
himself a new upper plate.

Darn, that water was cold.

You sure you don't want to slide
under this blanket with me?

It'd be a sight
warmer for both of us.

Hockett, just shut up.

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