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NARRATOR: "Gunsmoke," with
Milburn Stone as Doc, Ken

Curtis as Festus, Buck
Taylor as Newly, and starring

James Arness as Matt Dillon.

[SINGING] Oh could we do
with this world of ours

as I dust without gun powder?

LINDER HOGUE: --Baptist
church and the Lord--

[inaudible]

--trying to think charitable--

LINDER HOGUE: --the wings.

But Dibble Pugh, you are the
laziest man the almighty ever

breathed life into!

And I'll go no further with you.

I want you to pack
up and get off.

I got a new tenant for the
ground you let lay idle here.

I'll tell ya, I see-- I-- I
got this here paper, see, this

here-- this here
paper, it says, um, uh,

well, you know what it says.

But, you see, right
there's my mark.

See that?

It's right next to wear
you sign your name.

"Linder Hogue.

See there's writing--
writing all over it.

I sure do admire writin'.
Surely do.

Dibble Pugh, I
signed that paper

in good faith and charity.

Av Marie, come in here.

AV MARIE: What is it, Lailee?

What?

It's Linder Hogue again.

He's out there chewin' at Pa.

Well, that's certainly nothin'.

I'll tell you what's happened.

The Lord, he's-- he's separated
me from my fellow man, and he--

he's marked me by misfortune.

What he marked you with, Dibble
Pugh, was a slothful nature!

Well, you come onto this
far three years ago,

swearing up and down went
sideways you was gonna fix it

up, turn it into a showplace!

A show place.

And just look at it.

Look at it.

You haven't even put
a plow to this land.

I'll tell you what.

There ain't a doubt in the
world that what us Pughs

ain't gonna get us.

I'll plant the corn in the
ground this year, Linder Hogue.

Well, it's just going
to be a wild for a week

as I'm breaking the ground.

Breaking ground?

You know our mule come
down with this something,

I don't know, it's
about a week ago.

Next thing I know,
he's belly up.

Know what I think
it was-- over work.

See, I'm a terrible fast worker
once I set my hand to it.

LINDER HOGUE: That
mule [inaudible] died--

Yeah, I'll fix him.

LINDER HOGUE:
--from [inaudible].

Dibble!

Dibble, you run
that old fool off.

I won't have him round
here, thinking his people

are too good to mix with us.

Now, Av Marie, I'm your daddy.

I wish you'd learn
to call me right.

If it wasn't for my Christian
charity, young woman,

you would not have had
a roof for your head

these three years gone.

But she won't be
satisfied unless I take

her in as a daughter-in-law.

If Toby and me do marry, we're
gonna find a place far away

from you as I can drag him.

You've been taken
advantage of him

ever since he has big
enough to push a plow.

Well, Av Marie.

Hush up.

You ain't gonna marry
him, and that's that.

We'll do as we please, and you
ain't got nothing to say of it.

Now, I told you get out of here!

Dibble!

I want you to pack up
right now [inaudible].

Oh, now I surely do wish
you hadn't done that.

See, I-- I think we ought to
try to keep on the good side

of Linder Hogue.

Wish you had a more tolerant
nature, that's what I wish.

Well, what are we gonna do?

He's got the rights on us,
unless we put down a crop,

he'll send us packing.

I wish mama was here.

She'd know how to
get you to work.

Lord knows she never
taught me the secret.

[SINGING] As thy dust--

Neighbor won't quit
picking on that old guitar

long enough to be of any help.

Your mama was a fine woman.

Fine woman.

Miss her as man and
wife for many years.

It's my misfortune when the Lord
chose the call her to glory.

I don't begrudge
her that $10 coffin.

Dibble.

What about Lailee?

What's she to do
when we're moved off?

Just don't you trouble
yourself about it.

You listen here.

Any man that the Lord sets apart
to make suffer the misfortunes

that I've had to suffer, well--
well he's gonna reward him

in equal measure in his turn.

Well, I hope he rewards
you with another mule.

And I hope that mule kicks
you right upside the head.

You ain't got a
tolerant nature.

That's your problem--
no tolerance!

Always been a grief to me.

Girly really has been a grief.

Yessir, grief.

[YAWNS] One of these
days I'm really

gonna get that plowin' done.

[SINGING] High in
your [inaudible].

Ooh!

What in the tarnation?

That's $12.16.

$12?

Well, I'll-- $12?

What-- that's more
money than us-- $12?

And I earned every penny of
it too, mending other women's

dresses and baking the bread.

And I never meant to see
it invested in no mule,

but I suppose mama would
have wanted it that way.

What mule?

What mule you talking about?

The mule Abel is
gonna walk into town

and buy so you two
can put down a crop.

You know with $12, you
could-- you could buy yourself

a good mule from most any man.

You know that's what we've
been needin' around here

is a good $12 mule.

Ol' Bess was just
pulling on three legs.

You know, with a $12 mule,
uh, we could just plow

this place up, no time at all.

My back's been telling me we's
gonna have us a wet summer.

Now what that means is that come
fall, we gonna be money ahead.

Dibble.

Then after a couple
years, then, why,

we could buy our own place--

Dibble!

Just [inaudible]
one crop at a time!

Now, give the money to Abel.

He can be back here by
tomorrow night with the mule.

You know with a $12 mule,
we can farm this place right.

That's been the
whole trouble here.

Ain't had a proper
mule up till now.

Abel.
Abel.

Um.

Listen here.

You know-- you know
that $12 is a lot money.

Yep.

You know what I was dreaming
about, just a minute ago here?

No.

Rye whiskey.

Rye whiskey.

Rye whiskey.

You know it's been so long
since I've settled down

with a good jug of rye whiskey.

Well-- well, I can't
hardly remember.

Nope.

You know what?

$11 mule's a good mule.

Well, shoot, I done a lot
of farmin' with an $11 mule.

Yep.

See-- I'll tell you what to do.

You go into town and buy
Av Marie an $11 mule.

You take the other dollar,
buy me a jug of rye whiskey.

Yep.

I'll tell you what else you do.

You take that $0.16
that's left over,

buy yourself somethin',
anything catches your eye.

Might as well.

Good boy, Abel.

[horse neighing]

Uh, mister?

You know where I might
be able to find a mule.

A mule?

Don't bother me now.

I'm in a hurry.

An oversight, sir.

Oh, I'm sure it is.

But I suggest you don't
come back until you

can pay for what you drink.

Quite right, sir, and
I apologize for leaving

my wallet in my other trousers.

Whoa.

Uh, fine afternoon,
wouldn't you judge it?

Suppose it is.

[ABEL SINGING SOFTLY IN THE
BACKGROUND]

ABEL: [SINGING]
And I have a song--

What have we here?

ABEL: [SINGING] How can there
be a ring that has no end?

How can there be a
baby with no cryin'?

A cherry when it's
bloomin', it has no stones.

A chicken when it's
pippin', it has no bone.

A ring when it's
rollin', it has no end.

A baby when he's sleepin',
there's no cryin'.

[applause]

That was simply
beautiful, young man.

Thank you, ma'am.

She's right, son.

You sure can play that thing.

Bravo!

Bravo, young man.

You brought tears to these
old eyes a moment ago.

Just give me this money.

A gift, boy, for
your beautiful song.

Tell me your name.

Um, Pugh.

Pugh?

A fine and graphic name.

And where are you from?

Farm up and Crow Tree Valley.

And what brings
you to the big city?

Gonna buy a $11 mule.

$11 mule.

ABEL: Yep.

Cash money?

Yep.

A mule.

I think I might be able to
solve your problem, young man.

I might be persuaded to
part with my mule over here.

What-- what do
you think, my boy?

Now, is this not the
fine animal, suitable

for a day's work in harness
or to put the family

wagon on a Sunday picnic?

Well, we ain't got no wagon.

$11.

Yep.

Now, I want you to spend
the next few minutes

getting acquainted with
this remarkable beast,

get used to each other.

I-- Oh, I would stay
to keep you company,

but I've got an appointment
that I'm late for.

How about a bill of sale?

Uh, uh-- yes, of course.

Uh.

Blasted, I seem
to have misplaced

that particular document.

Uh, I left my
glasses at home, boy.

Would you see if this is it.

Nope.

What?

I can't read.

[sighs]

Can't read, hmm.

Uh, yes.

It is it.

Of course.

As long as you have
that, the mule is yours.

Hey you!

Get your carcass off of
that mule, you hear me?

What for?

Because that's my mule.

This is my mule.

I just bought it
off from the fella.

Now, I ain't gonna
tell you no more.

You get yourself and that
banjo off of that mule!

[gunshot]

Ah!

Ah!

I didn't mean to shoot you.

Ah!

It hurts?

It smarts some.

Ah.

Deputy, will you check and
see if my guitar got busted?

Oh, well, [inaudible].

Come on.

It's gonna be all right.

And it will if you
don't go jumping around

on it for two or three days.

You know somethin'?

It's kind of too
bad Festus wasn't

really trying to hit you.

You'd have been home
now without a scratch.

[chuckles]

Oh, you blamed old scut.

Thank you, sure.

Abel, you have a bill
of sale for that mule?

He gave me one.

You, uh, you can't read, Abel?

Nope.

Well, [chuckles]
what you got here

is a hand bill for a
steam bath in New Orleans.

I wondered why there'd be
a picture of a pretty lady

on a bill of sale for a mule.

I sort of figured she
was the last owner.

Well, Abel, I'm-- I'm sorry
about what happened out yonder,

but ain't just gonna
let it drop there.

Matthew, I'm goin'
after that Rupert

feller and bring him back.

I doubt it would
do any good, Festus.

There was no witnesses.

It would be just the drummer's
word against Abel's here.

And that's not going
to stand up in court.

Besides, even if we
did catch up to him,

I doubt he's got any
of the money left.

Well.

I just don't know
what to say, Abel.

It wasn't no excuse for my
pistol going off like that.

Yeah.

Boot trouble yourself.

Don't know how I'm gonna get
home, though, can't walk.

Don't you fret
being about that.

I'll see that you
get home all right.

Howdy, Av Marie.

Well, your daddy say it was
all right for you to come

callin' over here, Toby Hogue?

He don't have no say
over when I come and go.

Oh.

Is that so?

Of course.

Aw.

I guess I'm just mad.

'Cause you ain't bein' 'round
to see me in a couple weeks.

I figured maybe there
was another girl.

Course not.

You're my only girl.

[chuckles]

[sighs]

Lailee was comin' home
from cleanin' out Miss

Elwood's Tuesday night late.

And she says she
swore she someone

who looked just like you ridin'
up toward Callie Dorn's place

on the ridge.

And everybody knows how
she entertains men callers!

Well, uh, I guess there's
others around lookin' like me.

And-- Callie's a
sweet little thing.

So I hear.

Callie Dorn's a
shameless hussy,

and you're worse
for lyin' about it.

Oh, Av Marie.

Maybe out ought to be spending
all your time with her!

Maybe you should take her
up to the waterfall at night

when the moon's full!

That's enough!

Now, the only reason I went up
to see Callie Dorn was-- well,

I figured you and me was gettin'
pretty close to bein' married.

Close ain't close enough!

And I figured, well, I
figured you and me was gonna be

married a long time, and
I figured I wouldn't get

no more chance to--

What are you trying to say?

Well you know,
see no other girls.

Uh huh.

Well, I thought I outta have
something to think about,

you know, look back on.

A man needs--

So you thought
you'd would go up

to Callie Dorn's and
maybe store yourself

up a little memory, huh?

Well, I came back, didn't I?

Doggone you, Av Marie.

Maybe I want something
to look back on.

What do you think of that?

What does that mean?

A decent girl can't
go around like that.

It's different with a man.

Goodbye, Toby Hogue.

[abel strumming guitar]

[abel humming]

Whoa.

Well,

Who you got here, Abel?

Deputy.

He ain't got nobody.

I-- I just brang him home.

You his pa, are you?

Well, that kind of depends.

Well, he ain't done
nothin' unlawful, has he?

Oh no.

No, he ain't did nothin' wrong.

See, there was this here little
accident where he kind of

tuck a bullet in his leg there.

DIBBLE: What?

And me, I'm the
one who shot him.

You shot him?

What-- hey, let me look at that.

Well, that surely
is a bullet hole.

It goes right in there, comes
right out the other side,

clean as a whistle.

Clean through, yep.

Say, is this-- this
here the mule you got?

No, this here
ain't your mule, no.

Where's the mule
you's supposed to get?

A city feller snookered
me out of the money, Pa.

Well, he didn't-- didn't slick
you out of all of it, did he?

Nope.

Just enough left for this.

Oh now that there is
gonna be a blessin'

to help me through my trials.

Giver here.

Where do you want me to
put your boy, Mr. Pugh?

I've got to be getting
on back to Doge.

I won't tell you, Deputy.

You puttin' a bullet
here in old Abel.

You know that-- that kind
of changes my prospects.

What do you mean?

Well, my prospects was I was
gonna have me a mule and me

and Abel here was gonna get
us a plantin' the corn in.

See, we-- we gotta
get us a crop in.

If we don't, Linder Hogue's
gonna run us off the place

here.

[ABEL STRUMMING AND SINGING
SOFTLY]

That sure is a fine looking
mule you got there, Deputy.

If my man had a mule
like that, why, he

could plow up this place.

Mule like that I'd
calculate, aw shoot,

it wouldn't take no
more than a week.

He could plow up this
whole place here.

Whoa, whoa.

You just back up now.

If you're thinkin' what I'm
thinkin' you're thinkin', that

old dog won't hunt.

You's to give me the
loan of that there mule.

Why, you'd be out of
here in four days.

Shoot, all you'd have to
do is just lay in the shade

and sip on lemonade.

Tell you somethin' else, Deputy.

I'm a terrible fierce worker
once I set my hand to it.

Ain't that right, Abel?

He's got a
reputation, all right.

Who do you figure?

FESTUS: Plow?

DIBBLE: [laughs] Who got a plow?

Usin' it like a-- a-- oh,
uh, Av Marie. [chuckles] This

here's Festus Hoogen.

Haggen.

Haggen. He's gonna-- he's gonna
stay with us for a few days,

give us a loan of his mule.

His mule?

What happened to our mule?

What-- what mule was that?

The one Abel was supposed
to buy with my money.

Oh, that mule.

See, Av Marie, what--
what happened was I, uh--

You lost the money.

Well, missy, I-- I can tell
you what happened there.

See, your brother, he
run into a slipper.

The yahoo there in town
and just got shucked

clean out of that money.

Well, you lost
all the money, huh?

Well, I see there
was enough left

so y'all can get liquored up.

Oh, well, uh, that
there's the deputy.

Why you, I don't know how you
got tangled up with them two.

But you take my advice.

Turn around home.

Well, missy,
there ain't nothin'

I'd rather do but, see,
I kind of feel like I

owe Abel here somethin',
seeing I'm the one

that shot him in the leg.

Shot him in the--
[inaudible], did

you go get yourself shot too?

Well, that-- that does.

Well, get-- get yourself
over to the house.

Easy.

[sighs]

You don't look like
the sort, shoot

a man out of meanness, Deputy.

Oh no, ma'am, if--

Surely do appreciate your
bringing my brother back.

Yes'm.
You're welcome.

Dibble, what do you
think you're doin'?

You might just help
the deputy unhitch now.

No, Av Marie, me and the
deputy got it all talked out.

See, come daybreak, I'm gonna--
I'm gonna bite into that

plow like it is salt crackers.

I just gotta get me some rest,
gotta get my strength up.

I got a lot of hard farmin'
facin' me come daybreak.

Come up into the house
after you finish, Deputy,

and I'll scare you
up some supper.

Obliged, ma'am.

Giddy-up, Ruth.

[sighs]

[hoot-ing sounds]

MAN: Lailee!

Lailee!

Howdy, Abel.

Howdy.

Well, I thought you'd be
at home where you belonged.

Or maybe rided up toward sweet
little Callie Dorn's house.

I come by to see Abel.

Ohh.

I guess I can come by
to see Abel if I want to.

Wlel, you two just go
right ahead and visit then.

[smirks]

Well, how you doin', Abel?

Tolerable.

Uh, who's that
feller out there?

Just a deputy feller.

Huh.

Deputy, huh?

What for?

What for what?

What's he hanging
around here for?

Pa's takin' loan of his mule.

Oh.

I think he's been real sweet,
helpin' us out the way he is.

I'm goin' to have to try to
make him feel right at home.

Maybe take him up
to the waterfall.

Well, I better not catch
you up by the waterfall.

You wasn't hardly invited
to come along now, was ya?

Uh, missy, if you'll
show me where I'm gonna

be beddin' down, I'll--

Well, right in side
with the family, Deputy.

Oh, by the way, uh, this
here's, uh, Toby Hogue.

His daddy owns the land.

He's the one's trying
to move us off.

Howdy, Toby.

Inside just like the family.

Well, you better be
careful, Av Marie.

That's all.

You just better be careful!

He ain't too sociable
a feller, is he?

I don't know what's
gotten into him.

I want you to come in
and meet my sister.

Lailee!

Lailee!

Well, Deputy, you
come right over here

and set yourself down.

Make yourself right at home.

Much obliged, ma'am.

I'll get you a nice
hot cup of coffee.

Well, where have you been?

Oh, just out for a walk.

Who's he?

Ah, this here's Deputy, uh--

Festus Haggen, ma'am.

Festus, this is my
little sister Lailee.

Howdy.

Please to make your
acquaintance, Lailee.

Pa's gonna borrow his
mule to do the plantin'.

Well, I'll believe
that when I see it.

Excuse me.

Don't feel like she's got
too much faith in you pa.

Well, you just have a
nice hot cup of coffee

and don't worry 'bout
nothin' till dinner's ready.

Get a good night's sleep.

I'm feelin' you're
gonna be needing it.

DIBBLE: It's a sandy loam.

She's softer than mush.

Why, we ought to be done with
this in three days, tops.

I'll tell you,
Deputy, there's no man

is more grateful than for
the favor you're doing us.

It's this back of mine,
you see, it's, uh,

well I'll tell ya,
it's-- just sometimes it

goes out for no reason at all.

It happened two springs ago,
right around planting time.

See, the one thing I live
in dread of it's sufferin'.

See, I'm a man that's been
marred by misfortune and--

You, you just keep up
that yappin' of yourn,

and I'm gonna show you
what actual misfortune is.

And I'm just liable
to straighten out

that back of yourn the boot.

Shiftless old knucklehead.

Next time somebody won't
steal a mule of mine.

I'm just gonna draw back and
let him go ahead on steely.

I'll swear I am.

Get up, Ruth.

Well, now, there ain't no
reason to turn sour about it.

Looked like a nice
fella first off.

Now I gotten all grumpy
and snappin' at everybody.

[clears throat]

I don't suppose you come
out to help chop a while.

Choppin's a young
man's, Tobias.

Be grateful you've
work to keep your hands

busy and a roof over your head.

Clyde Oaks just dropped by.

Told me there's a
stranger plowin'

my grounds for the Dibble Pugh.

So?

Well, only a terrible,
misguided man would

take on Dibble Pugh's burden.

Or a mighty dumb one.

You and me are going out
there and enlighten him.

Now can't you spread
the word yourself since I

got to finish with this?

Come along, Tobias.

I want you by my side.

And you are my son and my
good right hand, my boy.

And your left and your
back and both legs.

Respect thy parent, Tobias.

Whoa, whoa!

Whew.

Get yourself some wind.

[sighs] Whew.

LINDER HOGUE: You there!

Don't you there me.

What do you want?

Why are you doing Dibble
Pugh's work for him?

He can't be paying you anything.

Now, I reckon that
there's my business.

You must be that Hogue feller
that girl told me about.

That's right.

And this here is my
land you're a-working.

Pugh's just been squattin' on
it goin' on three years now.

Well, right there's
betwixt you and him.

Now get out of the way.

I've got plowin' to do.

TOBY: What my pa's
saying is it'd

make us real happy
if you turn around

and get back where
you came from.

Just let me tell
you Hogues somethin'.

Ain't nothing that'd
make me any gladder

than to do just that, just quick
as I get here field turned.

I ain't a prancin' up and
down here behind this here

mule for the fun of it.

It ain't right, mister.

It ain't right under heaven
that a man be given a crop

without he invest his toil!

Such a bad example
for neighbors.

Don't appear to
me like you give

much of a hoot
about your neighbors

or what they think neither.
-Ha!

That show the truth,
you [inaudible].

Heaven forgive her!

What are you doin' Av Marie?

Just bringin' Festus
some cool well water.

Gotta keep him company
while he drinks it.

I drew it up for you myself.

[gasps]

Much obliged.

It's mighty thoughty
of you, missy.

Well, why don't you and
me go find some shade.

What?

Tobias.

You just ignore her.

I've been busy
all morning baking

you a surprise for your supper.

You have?

Chokecherry pie.

FESTUS: Chokecherry pie?

Why ain't eat me--
LINDER HOGUE: Deputy!

--no chokecherry--

Are you gonnna do as I ask?

Festus is gonna do
just as he pleases.

And you can go
hang Linder Hogue.

You take that there
Toby home too.

Festus, why don't
you tell me what it's

like livin' in the big city.

[brooding]

Pa--

Oh, hush up, Tobias.

FESTUS: I'll swear,
I never have saw

nobody eat so blame fast
and run off like your pa

and brother done there.

Oh, there's times he
can move fast, all right.

[chuckles]

Lassy, that there is as good
a choke cherry pie as I've

ever laid to a tooth to.

[inaudible] worth
all that plowin'.

LAILEE: I've never seen anyone
eat a whole choke cherry pie

by his self.

I'll bet you come down
with a belly ache.

Lailee, don't you
have chores need doing?

Well it seems to me you
want to be alone with him.

You better watch out, Festus.

She just got rid of beau.

She's looking.

Lailee, I told you get
yourself in the other room!

How long you been
herdin' this bunch, missy?

Can't you call me Av
Marie like everybody else?

Av Marie.

More than two years
since our mama died.

I'm about done now.

Lailee's old enough to
take care of herself.

And I'm not about to
end up no old mail.

D'ya say you was
married, Festus?

I didn't say.

What are you gettin'
at, Av Marie?

I was just asking whether
or not you was married.

Well, no, I ain't.

Oh.

That's too bad.

No, it ain't too bad neither.

That there's just the
way it's gonna stay too.

Let me tell you what the
truth of this whole thing is.

I'm old enough to be your
pa, don't you know that?

Here you are trying
to use me for bait

to get your hook into
that Toby Hog or Hogue

or whatever is name is.

Ain't that right?

Give him back some of
his own is what I say.

Well that there ain't
no way to go about it.

Trompin' over other folks
to have your own way.

Anybody who do a thing like
that ain't much of a person.

That's all I got to say.

Well, you don't know
nothin' about it.

I hope you do get a belly ache!

I just now took a
ride down by Dibble's.

Feller's still there,
turning ground.

I'd say that deputy is not a
man who is heedful of the Lord's

will, even when it's
pointed out to him,

clear as I could make it.

Well, I can't say
for rightly sure,

but from my point of vantage,
kind of looked like he was,

uh, sweet talkin' Av Marie.

Wouldn't surprise me
none if they were closer

than the bark of a tree by now.

Probably sittin' in the
shade, kissin' like fools.

You feel wrath risin' up in
you with a great and righteous

storm?

I feel like bustin' a
certain somebody in the teeth.

That's the same thing.

His will be done.

Whoa!

TOBY: Deputy.

Over here!

Who's that?

How's that pie sit
in your belly now?

[hoot-ing]

What in the tarnation
is that hooting?

A young feller comin'
along, courtin' Lailee.

He's off in them trees yonder.

There's a queer way to go
about it, is all I can say.

Don't you boys work too hard.

[giggling]

Honestly, I didn't know.

Aw.

Lailee!

Hargis, wait!

Hargis Sills, you
come back here!

It's only my sister.

Who was that?

You don't mind me asking.

That's my beau.

What're you hiding
him for? [inaudible]?

I wasn't hidin' him.

AV MARIE: Oh no, not much.

What's that you got
all over your eyes?

Just a little lamp black.

And I'm not hiding him.

I've been wondering
where you've been sneaking

off to in the afternoons.

Oh, Av Marie, havin'
a name like Pugh's

hard enough to overcome.

I just didn't want him to
meet Pa till I had him good.

Well, I can't blame
you for that, honey.

Now, now you go home and
start the harmony soakin'.

He ain't never
coming back neither.

Don't worry.

He'll be back.

Deputy!

[groaning]

Ooh.

What happened?

Ugh, ho.

Somebody clobbered
me on the head.

Sounded awful lot
like that Toby Hogue.

Looks like it worked though.

Heh.

He's jealous all right.

If that's what you's aimin'
for, it blame sure worked.

I'm gonna get myself over
to that Hogue's place,

and I'm gonna learn that
young feller a hard lesson.

You ain't in no condition
to do nothing like that.

I'll go get Toby, and
I'll bring him back,

and I'll make him
apologize to you.

Apologize?

My foot!

That ain't gonna
help my head none.

How do you like it, Toby
Hogue, gettin' took from behind?

Av Marie, what'd you
go and do that for?

'Cause you had it comin',
crackin that deputy's skull.

Oh, I didn't hurt him much.

I figured he needed
some learnin'.

Well, you better learn
to stay off our place.

'Cause I don't want
nothing more to do

with the trashy likes of you.

It's still that
deputy, ain't it?

Well, I'm goin' over
there and finish the job.

You lay one hand on him, and
I never will say another word

to you, and I'll mean it!

Ah, you already
said you didn't want

to have no more to do with me.

Well, I didn't mean it.

Anyway, I seen you
playing up to him.

I was just doing it to
make you jealous, you fool.

Don't you understand nothin'?

I bet we got time for a little
walk up to the waterfall

after you go over and apologize
to the deputy for hittin' him.

Apologize?

[sighs]

Well.

Get up, get up, Ruth.

Whoa!

Whoa.

Wow, there you are with
your bald face hanging out.

Just step up here.

I'm gonna knock
knots on your head

faster than you can rub 'em.

Now-- now, I don't know
what your plans are, Deputy,

but I've just been up to
the house and gave Dibble

Pugh $20 to claim Av Marie.

Well, you'll excuse
me if I don't throw

no [inaudible] for you, you
back quackin' clod hoppin'--

Now, now.

Now, Av Marie sent me up here
to apologize to you for wompin'

you with that stick.

You're blame sorry
don't help my head a bit.

Well-- what do you want then?

I ain't gonna crawl over it.

I outta knock you flatterer
than a wet tow sack.

But I'll tell you what I'll do.

I have just about a half
day's plowin' left to do here.

And if you're as sorry as
you claim you're bein'--

What?

Work Dibble's ground for him?

That's just what I
figured, all talk.

Ohh--

Well, you had your chance.

Darn!

I probably should've let
you have her, Deputy.

Get up there!

I never thought I'd
see the day I'd be

pushin' a plow for Dibble Pugh.

I wish girls weren't
so darn interesting.

You keep them furs
straight now, you hear me?

17, 18, 19, 20.

Yeah.

Dibble, if you got
a lick of sense,

you'll take some of that money
and fix this place up some.

Well, that ain't the
half of it, Av Marie.

This here money's gonna put
this family back on its feet.

Now you've been a comfort to
me since your ma passed on.

That's gonna be a terrible
burden when Toby takes you on.

Terrible burden on me.

Well, I figure you'll bear up.

Gonna miss this
old place though.

Don't know why.

Even you, Dibble.

You hear that, Abel?

You hear what she said?

That's a-- that's a really
sweet thing for Av Marie to say.

Real sweet.

Yep.

I never figured nobody'd
give me $20 for her.

You figure maybe I
outten to ask $25?

$20 is good money, pa.

This money's gonna make all the
difference in the world, Abel.

Yessir.

Ain't gonna be no more
croppin' for us Pughs.

Gonna get us our own
place, bottom land,

right down by the river.

I might even get us a buggie.

Outta have a buggie.

It's only fit for a man of
position in the community.

I'm delighted to see you haven't
lost your touch, young man.

Uh, young man, I am
aware I did you something

of a service a few days ago.

And my conscience has not
ceased tormenting me since.

So having recouped my fortunes
through various transactions

in the next towns, I vow
to come in search of you

and make things right.

And furthermore, I am
here to propose that you

and I establish a partnership.

I happen to be in
a unique position

to acquire the rights
to a remarkable potion,

a purge of heretofore
unequaled velocity.

What's that got to
do with me, though?

In your music, my
boy, you have the power

to attract multitudes.

In my tongue, I have the power
to part them from their money.

Together, we will
become a legend.

And all you have to do is play.

You mean, I get paid for
just playing my music?

Handsomely.

And I'll even get you a new
guitar to replace that one.

Woowee!

Shh, shh, shh.

A new guitar?

Yessir.

There is one lead, however.

A supply of this
remarkable medicine

is going to cost
the partnership $30.

Now having returned
your $11 to you

leaves me quite bereft of funds.

Trying to tell me
you're broke again?

Precisely.

ABEL: I know where
there's another $20.

[SINGING] I gave my love a--

We're not selling
tombstones, boy.

Happy, happy.

Hey, yessir!

[SINGING] Bum, bum, bum,
bah, rah, ba, da, da.

Bum, dum, dum, dum,
rah, da, da, da.

What's going on here?

What's Toby doin'
out in that field?

Appears to me
like he's plowin'.

Ain't gonna be for long though.

[inaudible] there got her done.

I just don't understand.

World's gettin' too confusing.

You know somethin', Hogue?

The things you don't
understand feel a good sized

born and then some.

You might not even get a chance
to see your own grandchildren.

They probably won't never
even come to visit you.

I dang sure I wouldn't.

They sure do make a
looksome couple, don't they?

Festus?

Yes'm?

I want to thank you
for puttin' up with us.

Well, reckon everything
worked out tolerable well.

[chuckles] When are you and Toby
fixin' to leave for California?

Next week.

FESTUS: You are?

Old Linder gave us
$50 for the trip.

Do tell.
AV MARIE: He did.

You could've knocked me over.

[chuckles]

Lean over here.

--[chuckles] You better not let
old Toby catch you doin' that.

[chuckles] I couldn't
stand another

clobberin' on the noggin'.

[chuckles] Get up, Ruth.

Get up.

Get up.

Hey, Hogen!

Whoa.

Haggen. Pugh, I wished I could
say it's been pleasuresome.

Oh, it's been a misery, first
the back and Abel runnin'

off with all my money.

It's money I was countin' on
to get me back on my feet.

Been one misfortune
after another.

I tell you what, Deputy.

Why don't you come on back
up this way next week?

Sit a spell.

I'll be doing the seedin'.

Why, shoot, you could just
sit in the shade and drink

lemonade.

You talk like my foot's asleep.

Well, what's wrong, honey?

You gettin' married
and goin' away?

I ain't seen Hargis since you
scared him off the other day.

What am I gonna do here, stuck
with pa with a name like Pugh?

HARGIS: Lailee!

Lailee!

You come out here.

Hargis?

Lailee, I'm a-tired of
sneaking around out in the woods

out there, and I come to
face your daddy man-to-man

and that's all there is to it.

Oh, Hargis.

That's some strumpin'
lookin' fine boy.

Well, you're doing
the manful thing, boy.

I'm Lailee's daddy.

Dibble's the name.

Yessir.

That's a-- that's a fine
lookin' mule you got there.

Well, you know a man got a mule
like that, he's got prospects.

I tell you somethin' else.

You know I've done a lot
of hard farmin' lately.

It'd be worst than
the one you got there.

Oh, I'm a terrible [inaudible]
once I set my hand to it.

You like lemonade?

Yessir.

Lookee here, sir.

We had this mule
once [inaudible].

Get the man some lemonade.

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