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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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from our next "Gunsmoke."

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