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ANNOUNCER: "Gunsmoke," starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

You had the gun apart twice now.

Keep at it, you're gonna file that trigger clean off.

Yup.

You mean to?

Course I do.

Brand new Colt you just paid out $40 for?

Didn't pay $0.40.

You stole it from that hardware store this afternoon,

didn't you?

Paid cash for the file.

Why'd you wanna go and do that for?

'Cause the price was right.

Could have got us sent back for a dumb stunt like that.

You worried about prison, Roy boy?

You bet I ain't ever going back.

What'd you do?

Two years for that railroading money up the Hayes?

Last four months, good behaving.

Well, I went in for seven years hard.

And I done seven years hard.

So you wanna get us to back up to Lansing?

No, I-- I have a better idea.

I'm gonna help you get that $5,000.

Don't need no help.

Well, now, you just might.

You go nosing around looking for it,

you might just find that place is crawling

with railway detectives.

But if I do the recovering, well, they won't know me.

Me and Tara don't need no help.

Tara?

My wife.

Your wife?

Well, Roy boy, you are a sack of surprises, ain't you?

You didn't say nothing about no wife.

Well, I got me one, oh, and she's beautiful.

And we're gonna buy us a farm.

And go into the dirt business.

You really expect anyone with you's been sitting,

waiting for you all this time, all by herself?

She loves me.

Sure, she does.

I love me, but look at the dirty way I do me.

Tara'd never run off.

We got a good life ahead of us now.

Mhm.

Well, look at that.

This shows you can wear most anything down.

Just keep at it.

Ruined a good gun's' what you done.

Sometimes, I wonder about how you get from here to there,

dumb as you clearly can be.

Wooey!

Now, that's some shooting.

That's gaming, what that is.

I never seen better.

Then you never saw much.

You know, my dad used to say the only wife that's safe is them

that is homely as a side barn.

Now, course, if your wife's like that--

Tara?

Homely?

Lookie here.

All look the same to me.

Woman faces and pictures, all school marm.

Shut my mouth.

That ain't no school marm at all, no siree bob.

You real saucy, honey.

Hey.

What kind of a way is that to talk about man's wife?

She ain't saucy!

She's decent, and honest, and as-- as true as she can be.

Oh, is she now?

Well, I'll give you eight to five

she knows where that railroad money is.

What are you talking about?

Boy like you, girl like her, stands

to reason you wouldn't have no secrets

from each other, which do tend strong to make

you a certain kind of man.

What kind's that?

Dead.

No, Gecko.

No, Gecko!

Well, old Roy boy, gal like this

don't know she can learn with the right schooling.

[theme music]

All right, both of you just go ahead

on snigger if you want to.

It's a pure olde truth.

We're not sniggering, Festus.

It's just somewhat hard to believe.

10 feet tall he was?

10 feet?

If I'm lying, I'm dying, Doc.

Why, he's the biggest elk that I have ever saw or ever will see.

Or ever hope to.

And you were just right on his tail

tracking him, right behind him.

He had horns on him wider than e'ry a barn

door you have they ever saw.

And I was tracking him through piney woods.

It was thicker than day old clabber.

Than who?

What?

Day old clabber.

Hmm.

Them there trees was snuggledy up together that onliest time

the sun ever hit that ground was straight

up noon on the 4th of July.

That's how thick it was.

If those trees were so close, so snuggledy up together,

how did the sun get through there at all?

Up again one another tighter than a poor preacher's

youngins on a freezing January night.

-Uh-huh. -Uh-huh.

What's uh-huh?

I'll tell you what.

If those trees were so snuggledy up close together,

and those horns were wider than e'ry barn door,

how in the thunder did the elk get through there?

Well, he just had to pull in his horns, Doc,

like you've gotta do most of the time.

Kitty, Doc, Festus.

Matthew.

How about a beer, Matt?

Oh, no thanks, Kitty.

I haven't got time.

Festus and I gotta be heading out.

What's came up with, Matthew?

Some prisons up in Mankato.

Supposed to be in the capital for trial in a week,

and they got no escort.

Looks like that's us.

How long you'll be gone?

About a week, I guess.

You better find Newly and tell him he's gonna be in charge.

Yes, sir.

Well, are you gonna drink that beer,

or are you gonna pull your horns in on that too?

Oh, hush up.

[SINGING] Swing her high, and swing her low.

Swing her till that gal says whoa.

First couple and the couple on the right.

Lady around a lady.

You can dance solo.

Lady round a lady.

You can dance solo.

Turn to the left till you get straight.

Everybody's waiting like swinging on a gate.

Swing 'em high, and swing 'em low.

And swing that gal till she says woah.

[shouting]

[SINGING] First couple out is the couple on the right.

Lady around lady and dance solo.

Circle four in the middle of the floor.

Circle four in the middle of the floor.

Dosey doe like you never done before.

Round the floor in the middle of the floor.

Dosey doe like you never did before.

[singing]

Always swing when you get straight.

Take your [inaudible]

[shouting]

[cheering and applause]

Ma, those boys sure are getting rough out there.

Oh, Tara, when I was your age, there

wasn't a man in Ford County that I couldn't

traipse into the floorboards.

Miss Tara, I've been hankering to ask

you if you'd be partial in going on a picnic with me tomorrow.

I've already got a picnic planned for Ms. Tara.

Excuse me, Don.

Excuse me.

No, no, Brian.

You've got a nerve.

Why, whatever do you mean, ma'am?

What makes you think I'm available for that picnic

that I never even heard anything about till just now?

Well, tomorrow's Saturday.

The dress shop's closed all afternoon.

The weather's gonna be beautiful,

and right now, there's a moon outside

you've got to see to believe.

Really?

Mhm.

It's a shame no one's out there looking at it.

I-- I'm not much of a moonwatcher.

Let's just dance, all right?

What is it, Tara?

What do you mean?

You know what I mean.

So long as we're together in public,

you're more fun than any gal I ever knew.

But every time I try to get you alone, it all changes.

I'm sorry.

Come on out here.

I wanna talk to you.

See, I just don't understand.

If you didn't like me, you wouldn't go out with me at all.

Oh, but I do like you, Newly.

Maybe too much.

Well, that doesn't make it any clearer.

Well, I just-- I can't explain it,

but I can't afford to see too much of you.

It wouldn't be fair. -Fair?

Fair to who?

Well, to you, for one.

Newly, I like you very, very much.

But I don't wanna get into something

that's gonna hurt both of us.

Why not?

Newly, if you wanna find another girl, I'll understand.

But if you wanna go on seeing me,

well, it's only fair to tell you that things

are gonna have to stay the way they are, least for a while.

Anyway, I don't trust myself beyond this point.

All right.

You said for a while.

Now, what does that mean?

Well, I guess I'll just have to explain something to you.

Newly, there you be.

I've been looking every place for you.

Evening, Miss Tara. -Evening, Festus.

I'm awful sorry to intertrude on you like this here,

but Matthew, he-- he's got more prisoners than he can handy

trundle all by his own self, so I'm fixing

to ride up to Mankato with him.

Meaning that you're in charge-- begging your pardon,

Miss Tara-- starting right now.

All right? -You bet.

Wait just a minute.

I'm getting--

Festus, you-- you take it slow and easy now.

You just brung up the onliest two gaits that old Ruth's got,

slow and easy.

Here.

You know, you were getting ready to tell me something.

And I got a reprieve, thank heaven.

A reprieve?

Well, I never confide in law officers.

Particularly when they're on duty.

Good night, Newly.

Please, Miss Hudson, don't be afraid.

My name's Gecko Ridley, and I was a very close friend

of your poor, deceased husband.

My husband?

Roy Hudson.

I was with him upstate prison.

Him and me happened to get out the same day,

and I was headed for Dodge when this bunch of renegade Indians

bushwhacked him.

Roy's dead?

I wouldn't lie to you none, ma'am.

It's against my nature.

When did this happen?

Uh, well, it was four days back, last Tuesday, anyways,

and second night on the trail.

We'd just finished eating supper when

them Indians come a-frolicking in and shot poor old Roy.

I don't believe it.

He wasn't even supposed to be out of prison

for several months.

Well, I-- I don't blame you none for being upset, ma'am.

It is a hard thing to take in.

But-- well, I brung you some of his belongings,

so that you could-- shaving brush, $9 and some cents,

and a bunch of letters from a Miss Tara Hudson

to a Mr. Roy Hudson, state penitentiary, Lansing Kansas.

Oh, and this here, picture, ma'am.

His last saying before he died, he said, Gecko, my best friend,

I want you to take this here picture of my darling

wife, Tara Hudson, to her in Dodge City,

and tell her that I love her.

And one last thing.

Yes?

With his dying breath, he said that, I

should take that money back.

What?

That $5,000 that he stole from the railroad.

Well, this ain't working at all.

Come on, Missy.

You ain't all that spring green.

You know that he went to prison.

What do you suppose that it's for?

Disorderly conduct?

Roy was in on a train robbery.

He hid $5,000, and you know where it's at.

That's right.

I do.

The railroad detectives recovered every penny of it.

That ain't what he told me.

You can check with the railroad.

Aim to.

Your story's true, you ain't got a cause in the world

to be worried about me.

Night, Miss Tara.

You sleep sweet and sound.

Hey.

You got you a sending machine?

This is to the ATNSF.

I know who it's to.

When do you reckon there'll be an answer?

Tomorrow noon, if you're lucky.

$0.85.

Well, you'll get her.

Send your boy over to Long Ranch.

I'll be there.

Name's Ridley.

You and your good town, brother.

Thank you.

You just passing through?

Well, no, no.

Can't make a mind's truth of it.

It's a good town.

You said that right.

Nice looking women, I reckon.

I seen one at that dance you had last night.

Real beaut she was.

Seen her again this morning.

Seems she got herself a dressmaking shop.

Well, she just works at the dressmaking shop.

She's something, Miss Tara.

It's Miss, you say?

Yes, it's Miss.

Not liable to be for long, though.

Be my guess. -No, sir.

Them good ones, they get away fast, don't they?

Mr. Ridley?

Sam, I got a telegram here for a Mr. Ridley.

Do you know him?

Right over here.

Thank you.

Mhm.

I hope it's good news.

No news is good news.

Ain't it, brother?

Yes, sir. Well good day to you.

G'day.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I was just doing a little shopping.

I gotta knit me a new party dress.

We're gonna have to be closing now, ma'am.

But I was going to make a purchase,

and it isn't even noon yet.

Well, we're closing early today, ma'am.

Now, if you'll come back and see us some other day,

we'll be very glad to serve you whenever we can.

Thank you, ma'am.

Good day.

Mr. Ridley, what do you think you're doing?

What I'm doing ain't so important to you

no more, little lady.

It's what I know you'd best be worried about.

Don't make me any trouble, or you's

gonna be answering questions.

What are you doing?

What do you want?

Well, now ain't so much what I want.

It's what old Roy would want.

I wired the railway, Missy.

And I just got the answer.

They never laid eyes on that money.

That's impossible.

Roy told me.

He said they recovered every bit of it.

Reckon he lied, then.

Like folks'll do sometimes.

Course, now I ain't gonna take offense

to a little old lie or two, as long as I get

the truth when it's important.

Mr. Ridley, what do you hope to gain by threatening me?

I don't know anything about that money.

I never did.

Hey, you can take this to the Marshal if you want to.

I hope you won't.

It's hard enough for a woman alone to make a living.

If it were known about my husband

that he stole all that money and he went to prison,

it'd be impossible.

I know, Miss Tara.

For a smart lady, you ain't read me right at all.

And maybe it's on account of me and old Roy,

we's a different breed of cats.

You're playing a game with me, and I

don't play nobody's but my own.

Now, I'm gonna find out where that $5,000 is at,

or I'm gonna start taking you apart,

and [inaudible] so no man's gonna ever look at you

again as long as you live.

No.

[scream]

That's enough, mister.

Are you hurt, Tara?

No.

I'm not hurt.

I'm scared, I guess.

Who are you?

My name's Ridley.

Who are you?

I'm the deputy marshal.

What are you doing in here?

Well, now, it seems that that's a private matter

between me and the lady.

Is that right, Tara?

Just get him out of here, Newly, please.

All right, let's go.

You're under arrest.

Bye, Miss Tara.

You be giving some thought to what I said.

Get moving.

Are you the big badge in this town, are you, boy?

I represent it.

Well, you listen up, 'cause I'm gonna

give you some good advice.

You want me to stay here in your nice jail,

you better rustle you up a charge or two against me.

If you don't, it ain't legal to hold a law-abiding citizen.

I won't have any trouble keeping you here

if Miss Tara wants to bring charges against you.

You reckon she'll do that?

It wouldn't surprise me.

Then why don't you just take a run over there

and talk to the little lady.

Might save us both a good deal of time.

I scared her a mite.

Meant to.

But I never hurt her.

She's the biggest liar west of Mississippi, she saying I did.

Newly?

Oh, Newly, there you are.

Say, Newly, the Kansas City office

has been on me all morning about that gold shipment

coming here tomorrow.

They wanna keep it in the jail until the foreman

can pick it up.

NEWLY: How long will that be, Burke?

BURKE: I dunno.

They said overnight should just about do it.

Wanna keep it in an empty cell and lay on a couple of guards

to watch it.

Thing is, it's over $10,000.

Now, you-- you can't keep money like that

just stacked in any old corner.

No indeed, brother.

No indeed.

Tara, I've gotta know what happened.

Yes.

I suppose you have a right.

Newly, I-- This isn't gonna be easy.

It's-- it's complicated.

You can tell me.

Newly, I'm married.

Married?

I mean, I was married.

My husband did a very foolish thing,

and was convicted and sent to prison for it.

Then he's serving time somewhere now.

Not anymore.

That man, Gecko, was in prison with him.

He came here to tell me that Roy was dead.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It was all over between us, really.

Even before Roy went to prison.

What does Gecko got to do with all this?

Well, after he told me about Roy's death,

he wanted to know where the $5,000

was from the training robbery.

I told him that the railroad detectives had recovered it,

but he didn't believe that.

And he thought you had it.

And he threatened to force me to tell

him where I'd hidden it.

He was ugly and frightening.

He can't hurt you where he is now.

If I can get you to file charges against him,

I think I can keep him behind bars for quite a spell.

Charges?

For assault.

Well, he didn't actually strike me.

He threatened me, though.

Can't you hold him on that?

No, you can't charge a man with intent.

You can only hold him for an illegal act.

So far, he really hasn't done anything to you or anyone else,

as far as we know.

Well, what if he does it again?

I guess I could get him on charges of harassment,

but that's a misdemeanor.

He'd be out in a few days.

You understand what I'm saying, don't you, Tara?

I guess so.

If you say so, Newly.

Take good care of my side arm, did you, boy?

Just as good as when I took it away from you.

And it ain't bad.

Course, it's a man behind is always counts.

That what you reckon?

The only thing I reckon is, you wanna keep out of jail,

stay away from Tara Hudson.

Dear, oh dear, oh dear.

She something sweet to you, is she, boy?

Yeah, let me tell you a little something.

I kinda fancy that little lady myself.

If I want to pay her a social call or two, ain't much

you or anybody else can do about it.

Not one scream.

It's the last noise you'll ever get to make.

You got brass, Miss Tara.

Real brass, trying to screech me into jail,

lying about that money.

And you just kept at it, didn't you, Miss Tara.

Just kept at it.

And almost got that deputy boy friend of yours head blowed

clean off.

You push me one more half turn, that's just what I'd have done.

Cut him down to peach fuzz and toenail.

Now it's time to take care of you, little lady.

You're gonna have to make up your mind right now,

well, if you wanna stay pretty.

No.

No, please don't.

Or have me carve you up like a dressed doe.

No.

And if you don't tell me where that money's at,

that's just what I'm gonna do.

No, don't, please.

Then you tell me.

I spent the money, all of it.

Two years time, $5,000, Miss Tara?

I knew it was wrong to even keep it, but Roy made me do it.

It was for him.

Let it all get away from you?

I didn't want to.

It just went somehow.

I don't know how.

What you're saying is you throwed it away.

No, I didn't.

I tried to save it.

I tried to make it grow for Roy and me.

You let it out?

No, I invested it.

There was this older man.

He said he had a wonderful investment,

the chance for a real killing.

And what he killed was your money.

All of it?

Most of it.

I had to live.

I didn't have a job.

I had to keep up some kind of appearances.

No husband and no family.

You know, Miss Tara, you told me anything else,

I'd knows you lying in your teeth.

You lucky.

You know, you're really lucky Roy died.

If he didn't, you'd have had one red hot time trying to tell

him all about what you done.

Poor Roy.

Now he's dead.

Nothing's gone right.

Least now it's all over.

Not quite yet it ain't.

You think just 'cause he's dead and your money's gone

that you're out of the woods?

But you ain't.

I want my dues, and you gonna help.

Or get yourself reported to the railroad.

And that nice deputy who's been sparking you.

What do you want me to do?

Nothing audacious for a young widow.

You gonna share your company with the deputy this evening.

Keep him right here.

I think he'll find a private dinner

with you of abiding interest.

I can't do that, have Newly O'Brien up here to my room.

Miss Tara honey, you got your choices.

Well, what if he won't come?

Think he's got scruples?

You'll get him here, and keep him.

Otherwise, you're gonna find yourself in jail for living

high on stolen money, and that deputy'll

be kicking in the gutter.

Right in here, fellas.

Well, I-- I guess that about does it.

Oh, these two fellas will be here until the agent comes.

Now, Dirk, Pudge, Deputy O'Brien.

Howdy.

How you doing?

They're the company guards.

Best they is, brother.

Yeah!

Yeah.

Thank, Newly. We'll see you later.

-You bet. -Deputy.

Mr. Fletcher.

Howie.

Burke.

Evening, Howie.

Howdy, Newly.

Say, Miss Tara's been asking for you.

She wants to see you over at the hotel right away.

It's something important.

Sounds like he got better duty than you and I got, hey, Dirk?

Did she say what it was all about, Howie?

No, and I never asked neither, Newly.

I'm gonna have to leave you fellas.

Don't worry about it.

We done this over half a hundred times,

never lost one thin dime.

Have we, Pudge?

Yeah, don't let it bother you none, son.

You just leave us to the keys to the coffee pot,

we'll get along just fine.

All right.

Help yourself.

I shouldn't be too long.

Take your time.

We ain't going nowhere, and neither's that payroll.

Well, here care to look at a few?

Yeah, why not.

I wished I was young and catting around again.

Don't you got enough trouble?

Sure do.

Just ain't the right kind.

Shut up and deal.

[knocking]

Well, come on in.

[music playing]

To you, Tara.

To us, Newly.

You're the prettiest gal I've ever seen.

No wait, Newly.

I don't want you to get the wrong impression.

Well, you must have had some reason for all of this.

Well, it's my birthday, and I wanted you to share it with me.

Your birthday? You should have told me.

I'd have brought you a present.

Well, I didn't want you to do that.

I owe you too much already.

No, let's just enjoy this evening together.

Don't think about anything at all, right?

Hey, you didn't happen to bring something wet along, will you?

Boy, that coffee is stronger than a billy goat's breath.

It'll keep your eyes wide open, primed for road agents.

Your play.

[whistling]

Hold on now, fellas.

I just come in looking for the deputy.

Got no cause to draw down on me.

Good thing you come in slow and easy, brother.

He ain't here.

Would you mind if I just kinda hung around and waited

for him to come back.

I reckon he can.

He may be gone for quite a spell.

You're liable to have a long wait.

Y'all just go ahead and play there.

I'll just watch for a while.

You sure must have something mighty

important on your mind to wanna hang around here all night.

Some'd say so.

About $10,000 important.

I'm gonna need some aid and assistance.

You don't give it to me, I'll kill you.

Something the matter?

Np.

I was-- I was just wondering, I guess.

It's not Gecko, is it?

Oh, Newly, I'm so confused.

I don't know what to do.

I wish he'd never come here and never found me.

Has he bothered you?

Has he been here?

Newly, he told he'd tear me to pieces if I didn't help him.

And I still wouldn't.

But I was so afraid of him.

He simply wouldn't believe that I couldn't

have that money Roy stole.

So I lied to him.

I told him I did have the money, and that I spent all of it.

And he believed me, Newly.

Then he threatened you, if wouldn't help him.

Help him?

He told me to invite you here tonight.

He told me to make you stay here, or else he'd kill you.

And he's a gunman, Newly.

He could do it.

He had you invite me here?

The gold. He found out about the gold.

Gold?

Oh, Newly, he was so vicious.

I'm sorry.

I understand that, Tara, but it was wrong.

If he's got that gold, I'll never live it down.

I didn't know about the gold.

Oh, Newly, be careful.

All right, let's move it.

Move it!

Let's go, let's go.

Gecko!

That's as far as she gets.

That you again, sonny?

Back for what you missed the first time, are you?

Set the box down, and keep your hands away from your gun.

All right, sonny.

You're holding the hand.

I'm gonna give it up.

Never has won to pull on a fella when-- You-- you

hit my luck that time, sonny.

Crazy fool had more guts than I thought.

Hit old Gecko down.

Heading way east, Miss?

What?

Oh, yes.

I'm going home.

Well, another five more minutes, and we'll

be a-rolling along.

Tara.

Hello, Newly.

You're leaving?

Now?

After everything that's happened?

Why?

Oh, Newly, try to understand me.

I'm so confused after everything that's happened.

Roy's death and Gecko.

And then what I almost did to you.

I don't care what you almost did.

And you can't get back what's gone, Tara.

You and me.

I don't get some things straight,

but I figured once you didn't need

to keep me at arm's length.

Oh, I just need time to think.

That's all.

You can think here as well as anywhere.

No, I can't.

It's too hard when you're involved in something every day

to be objective about it.

I like you, and you like me.

Why don't we find out how much?

Newly, if we really care for one another,

a little time and distance won't make any difference.

Help me be strong, please.

DRIVER: Boarding, boarding for heading east.

It won't be for long.

I promise.

What's the matter, Newly?

You look like you lost your last friend.

Well, I feel that way too, Miss Kitty.

Sam, could I have a beer down here, please?

SAM: You bet.

Did you let than woman go off all by herself,

just as if she had good sense?

She's a strong-minded gal that knows what she wants to do

and does it.

Don't you know that a woman never knows what

she wants when she's in love?

Now, if she likes you at all, and you like her,

well, then you owe it to the both of you to go after her,

make her stand up to it.

You mean track her down?

Run her down, make her make a decision?

I couldn't do that.

You couldn't?

Could I?

You bet I could.

46, 47, 48.

49-- 5,000, and at 6% interest, $660.53.

You see how your money has grown with us in only 23 months?

TARA: Yes, I wish I could leave it for another two years.

So do we.

But I'm sure that and Mr. Doheeny

will be very happy in California.

TARA: Thank you very much.

I don't think there's hardly a doubt about that.

Mrs. Doheeny.

Well, Newly, I know what you must be thinking.

But what else could I have done?

I had to come down here to get the money so I could return it.

I could never be with you with that on my conscience.

You told me you didn't have the money.

I know.

And that was bad.

I never would have left you, except for that.

I knew it was wrong all along to keep that money,

but Roy insisted.

He said he'd only taken it for me.

And he made me promise that I'd keep it for him.

What could I do?

And that Gecko came along.

I had to lie to him, or he'd have taken it.

I was hoping to come down here and get it, put it all back,

and not mix you up in it at all.

But I am mixed up in it.

I know.

And I'm in your hands, Newly.

Anything you want.

We can go anywhere, do anything, be together, just as

soon as I take this money back.

You mean, as soon as I take the money back.

You're not going to arrest me, are you?

I'm afraid I am.

You mean, you didn't believe I was gonna take it back?

That's pretty close.

My, my, my.

Isn't that tiresome?

None of that money's been spent, you know?

Newly, what would a jury do to a poor defenseless widow

who was threatened by a vicious killer,

and who saved a $10,000 gold shipment by alerting

the deputy, and whose only crime was not returning

that her husband stole, because she was afraid he'd kill

her when he got out of jail?

Tara, when you're finished with the jury,

they may well take up a collection

to compensate for all the agony you've suffered.

I just hope you'll understand if I don't contribute.

I know you're not gonna believe this, Newly,

but I do care for you.

And there isn't any reason to keep

you at arm's length anymore.

Let's go, Tara.

Anything you say, Newly.

Newly?

ANNOUNCER: Stay tuned for exciting scenes

from our next "Gunsmoke."

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