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[theme music]

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

Good night, boys.

Well, it's about
that time, Randy.

I'm ready to close.

Oh, yeah.

Sure, Sam.

"The Outlaw of
Hangman's Gulch."

Yeah.

It's real exciting, Sam.

I'm sure it is.

You, uh, you want the loan
of it when I'm finished?

I'll tell you, Randy.

Running the saloon bar gives
me all excitement I need.

Yeah, I guess.

Good night, Sam.

Randy.

What are you staring at, boy?

Nothing.

No-- nothing.

"Vance Jessop.

Famous gunfighter known to
have killed at least 15 men."

[door opens]

Yeah, you know me, all right.

You hero worshippers.

You're getting to be more
dangerous than the law.

You're like a bunch
of cockroaches.

You're all over.

Well, what are we
gonna do about this?

These books and reading.

You know what I
gotta do about you.

I'm sorry, boy, but I
gotta make sure about you.

Boy, we could make a deal.

I can tie you up.

That'll give me a chance
to get out of town.

Van-- Vance Jessop.

I-- I recognized him.

Vance Jessop?

That's who it is, all right.

Sam, what happened?

What's the shooting for?

Randy Gogan just
killed Vance Jessop.

MAN: Randy Gogan just
killed Vance Jessop!

MAN: Vance Jessop's dead!

He tried-- tried to kill me.

That gun killed 15 men.

[theme music]

Randy Gogan, we're
waiting for you to tell

us about shooting Vance Jessop.

Hey, Randy!

Come on out here, gunfighter!

I wish-- wish
they'd just go away.

They're proud of you, Randy.

Whole town's talking
about how brave

you were to face that man.

And you were brave.

What's the matter?

Well, why don't
they leave me alone?

I got-- I got a
lot of work to do.

Oh, would you stop
behaving like you're

gonna have a tooth pulled?

Now, why don't you, um,
change into a clean shirt

and comb your hair?

Why?

Never mind.

Just do as you're told.

Go on.

Now, folks, I want
you all to hear this.

Shh!

Shh!

Randy, open up.
It's Mr. Burke.

Randy?

There.

It looks much better.

Well, go on out.

They're all waiting for you.

What for?

They won't bite you.

They're proud of you.

Randy, I'm proud of you, too.

BURKE: --waiting for a
tramp ship to San Francisco,

and it was valued at $10,000.

Yay!

Hi, Randy.

Tell us how you
shot him, Randy.

Were you scared?

Is he as fast as they say?
Tell us, Randy.

Come on.

All right, now, you kids.

Quiet down, or I'll
run you out of here.

Now, folks.

Now, I just got this telegram
here from the head office

in St. Louis. "Please
extend my personal gratitude

to our employee,
Mr. Randall Gogan--

[cheering]

--on his bravery and
loyalty in protecting

the valuable shipment entrusted
to us by the Chicago Diamond

Exchange.

His exemplary action will not
be forgotten when he has served

his apprenticeship and is
ready to take his first step

up the promotion ladder.

Signed, DeWitt T.
Graystock, President."

[cheering]

MAN: Go on, Randy!

MAN: Go on, Randy!

Well, Randy, don't
you think the folks

deserve a little speech?

How 'bout it, folks?

Yeah!

Come on, Randy!

What's the matter with him?

He just isn't used
to so much attention.

He doesn't mean to be rude.

Uh, all right, folks.
Come on.

Let's break it up.
Break it up.

Come on, kids.

Let's go home.

Matthew.

MATT: Why, that's Wade Pasco.

It's him, all right.

What do you reckon'll be
bringing him into Dodge?

Well, I'll tell you.

We're gonna have a lot of
visitors for that turkey shoot

Saturday.

But him, we better
keep a special eye on.

[knock on door]

BURKE: Randy, it's Mr. Burke.

Open up.

Randy?

[knock on door]

Hello, Mr. Gogan.

Uh, Randy, I want you to
cooperate with this gentleman.

Why, thank you, Mr. Burke.

I trust you'll forgive
the intrusion, Mr. Gogan.

Now, Randy, this is
your chance to get

wrote up in a big
city newspaper.

If you don't mind, sir, I'll
speak to the young gentleman

alone.

Uh, please.

All right.

Well, I'll be in the
office if you need me.

Fine.

I, uh, was passing
through town this morning

when I heard of your
encounter with Vance Jessop.

That must have been
quite an ordeal for you.

Sorta.

I'm a man of few words,
so I'll come directly

to the point, Mr. Gogan.

I'm prepared to add
another $100 to that reward

money for the exclusive
rights to your story.

No, I don't-- I don't wanna
be made a hero in no newspaper.

Oh, no, no.

I promise I will not use that,
uh, cliched word, "hero."

I, uh, think I know
your trouble, young man.

You can't remember
what happened.

Now, I mean no offense,
but that sometimes

happens when a man,
particularly a very

young and inexperienced
man, is suddenly

put under extreme stress.

I just-- I just want
to be left alone.

Well, "I want
it" or not, you're

public property now, Randall.

Now, you frustrate the
public's curiosity,

and they're going to make
your life intolerable.

A moment ago, just a moment
ago, I heard the first words

of doubt cast about you.

I don't-- I don't
care about that.

But the jealous ones,
the envious ones, they're

going to make up their own
story unless you preempt them.

Randall, uh--

Randy.

Every detail we
need's in your mind.

We just have to search a little.

Now, from the beginning.

Let's see now.

From the beginning, let's see.

Now, you were in your room here.

Yes, you were in your room here.

Then you-- you heard a noise.

You turned.

There he was.

Vance Jessop, the
infamous killer.

You recognized him
instantly, right?

No.

What do you mean, no?

No, it was-- it was
in the-- in the alley.

That's where I first saw him.

But you did recognize him.

Yeah, I figured I-- I did.

And I ran.

You ran?

Yeah.

Uh, back here to-- to
check the magazines,

uh, check his picture.

No, no, no.

You-- you mean you-- you rushed
to your room to make certain

of your identification, right?

I guess.

That night, he followed you.

But you were ready for him.

Well, he busted in on me.

You were prepared
to face Vance Jessop.

Your gun was ready.

No.

Uh, the gun was--
was in the desk.

It's Mr. Burke's gun.

That's an unimportant
detail, Randall.

RANDY: He-- he busted in on
me, and-- and I got scared.

Uh, and he shot at me
through the pillow,

and-- and then I ran through
that door to get away.

He shot at you, and you ran?

Yeah.

Randall.

Uh, Randy.

Randall, your memory's
playing tricks on you.

Why, if Vance Jessop shot at
you from point blank range,

you'd be dead.

You'd be dead.

So now, that can't be the
way it happened, now can it?

No.

Yeah.

Yeah, that-- that's
exactly how--

We'll take your first answer
as being correct, Randall.

Now, let's-- let's go back.

Let's go back and see
if we can reconstruct

what actually did happen.

Now, we've already established
that you had a gun out there.

Handy to protect that, uh, that,
uh, shipment of diamonds that

was in the safe.

Oh, Mr. Burke, he doesn't
tell me what's in the safe.

Whether Mr Burke actually
mentioned the diamonds or not

is unimportant, but the
pertinent fact is that you

were fully aware of that safe.

Now, isn't that right?

Oh, sure--

Exactly, exactly.

Now, what was your
first thought?

Well, I, uh--

To protect those diamonds, huh?

So there you were, facing
a notorious killer,

him watching you like a
rattlesnake ready to strike.

But you had to divert his
attention for one split second,

just long enough to get
through that door and out there

to your weapon in
the desk drawer.

Am I correct?

Of course, I am.

It's all coming back to
you now, isn't it, Randall?

It's all coming back.

Now, I'm still saying that
freight boy ain't telling all

he knows, 'cause he don't dare.

You're saying
Jessop shot himself?

I'm just saying there's
something funny about it.

That's all I'm saying.

Did you say Jessop?

Vance Jessop?

Freight boy shot
him last night.

Shootout.

I was right there.

I saw Randy standing over the
body with a gun in his hand.

And it wasn't a back shoot.

It was straight on.

Ain't nobody ever met
Vance Jessop straight on

and lived to tell it.

Randy Gogan did.

You are the barkeep
here, ain't you?

That's right.

Well, then do what you get paid
to do and put a bottle up here.

Newly, you was there.
How'd it look to you?

Well, I don't know what
all the argument's about.

Randy shot Vance Jessop.

Ain't no question about it.

You see all of it?

Nobody saw it, but that
don't change the fact.

If you didn't see it,
I say it didn't happen.

Not head on.

Ain't you Wade Pasco?

That's right.

I remember reading
about you having

a run-in with Vance Jessop
about two years ago in El Paso.

Didn't come to much.

A standoff.

Well, you better stay
away from Randy, Mr. Pasco.

Uh, he don't settle
for no standoffs.

What's the point in
stirring up trouble, Jacobi?

I was only spoofing.

You know, it might not
be so strange that, uh,

Randy did outgun Vance Jessop.

I remember Dodge Day
this time last year,

and they had the quick
draw and shoot contest.

He came in second, didn't he?

Piece of luck.

Oh, I'm not so sure.

Now, Randy liked to
practice drawing.

Well, Burke says he walked in on
him in his room plenty of times

and seen the kid wearing
a gun belt making

believe he was facing somebody.

I mean, if you've got
nothing better to do at night

than to practice a draw,
you've got to get pretty sharp.

You figure that's all it takes?

How fast a man is?

Well, that's sure part of it.

What about facing a man
when your hands get sweaty?

Well, that's part
of it, too, I guess.

You say you got a quick
draw in that turkey shoot?

That's right.

If you've got time, you can win
yourself a turkey, Mr. Pasco.

Yeah, I figured on being
here a couple of days.

Sam, I think the less
said about Randy being

good with a gun, the better.

Well, I didn't mean to get
into it that deep, Newly,

but I just can't see taking
anything away from Randy.

I mean, what he did.

Wade Pasco sticking around
for that turkey shoot.

Won't that be
something, watching

Pasco quick draw on Randy?

Oh, Randy!

Now, all this agreement
says is that you've given me

your true story and you will not
talk to any other newspapermen.

I agree to pay you
the sum of $100

when my publisher prints it.

Now, just sign it
right there, Randall.

You won't regret this, no, sir.

Big things can come
from a story like this.

Big things?

But we'll talk
about that later.

Now, what happened
to Jessop's gun?

I don't know.

Well, you oughta have it.

Why would I-- why
would I want his gun?

Well, because it's yours
by right of conquest.

And it's almost a legend,
a very special weapon.

Now, Randall, who has a better
right to Vance Jessop's gun,

huh?

Hello, Randy.

RANDY: Hello, Marshal.

Well, I understand
you, uh, gave your story

to that St. Louis newspaperman.

Yeah.

I'm get-- getting money for it.

Well, good.

Now, what can I do for you?

Vance Jessop's gun.

I-- I was wondering what--
what happened to it.

Well, the town clerk
took over his possessions

to pay for his burial.

Do you know who--
who bought his gun?

Well, Newly O'Brien bought it.

Why?

Oh, no reason.

Uh, I-- I just wanted to see it.

Well, there it is, Randy.

Just an ordinary
single-action Army model Colt.

Doesn't even have fancy grips.

Action's been honed
down a little bit,

but otherwise same condition
it came from the factory

in New Jersey.

Don't even have any--
have any notches.

They almost never do.

You've been reading too
many of them books lately.

You suppose it's
true what everybody

says-- says about this gun?

What do they say?

That it's unbeatable.

Unbeatable?

Didn't do too well for Vance
Jessop the other night.

Suppose the balance
is-- is better, maybe?

A winning edge can be
in a-- in a man's weapon

or the confidence he has in it.

I wanna buy the gun, Newly.

Now, Randy, I thought about
adding it to my own collection.

I-- I want it.

How much?

Well, I paid $30 for it.

But first, tell me
why you want it.

I-- I just-- just want it.

Who has a better right to
own this gun than me, Newly?

I guess no one.

Well, sir, that is
quite a contraption.

Sir, that's for the
quick draw contest.

Hey, you're that newspaper
fella, ain't you?

Uh, uh, Pendleton?

The same.

I understand the quick draw
is your most popular event.

Oh, it brings gun hands
like flies to the honey pot.

Saw Wade Pasco in the
Long Branch just today.

Wade Pasco.

From Texas.

Uh, you know, cutting himself
a big reputation down that way.

Indeed.

I suppose you shoot from about
the end of the table there.

It looks, uh, awfully
close to the targets.

Takes a good hand to fast
draw and get hits at 30 feet.

Only got three
seconds to do it in.

That's odd.

My eye judges the
distance to be about, uh--

It's 30 feet, Mr.
Pendleton, right to the inch.

30 feet, Randall.

Now, I want you to
imagine a string

stretching from
the end of your gun

to those targets,
a 30-foot string.

Not 29, not 31, but
exactly 30 feet.

Now, I'm-- I'm still not
sure about entering this

turkey shoot, Mr. Pendleton.

Uh, people-- people
will be saying

that I'm trying to show off.

Oh, but you must
enter, and you must win.

If you don't, your
friends in Dodge

will always say that story
you told me about Vance Jessop

was a lie.

And you're going to win
it against Wade Pasco.

Oh, no-- nobody could
beat him at shooting.

You are going to.

Now, I want you to toe
that mark, draw your gun,

and fire all six bullets.

All six of them.

Wade-- Wade Pasco
would hit all six.

Yeah.

Put that elbow down.

Reload.

I'm gonna share a little
secret with you, Randall.

Now, practice is a
gunfighter's secret,

but another is to practice
from a measured distance.

And when they face a man,
they either move in or back,

looking for that extra
edge of always firing

from the same exact distance.

Now, Mr. Pasco never
faces a man from 30 feet.

Uh, his favorite distance
would probably be, uh, oh, 80,

90 feet.

And he may be a little
surprised to find he's not

all that accurate at 30 feet.

Now, you are going to
try again, but this time

with the confidence
that all week

long you are going to be firing
at this exact distance, 30

feet.

All right.

Now, draw your gun.

Fire twice this time.

Look at that gun.

Look at the gun!

That gun, Randall,
is a magic weapon.

It's Vance Jessop's gun.

Never beaten.

And from a distance of 30 feet,
it is never going to miss.

Now, you're gonna practice.

You're gonna practice
till your hand is raw

and your eyes are bloodshot.

And you're gonna keep saying
to yourself you are firing

a gun that can't be beat.

You are firing a gun
that can't be beat.

You are firing a gun--

A gun--

--that can't be beat.

--that can't be beat.

Fire!

Sorry, gentlemen, three out
of six is still the top score.

Mr. Henderson is high man.

All right, who's next?

All right, step on up.

Same rules.

Have you fired
yet, uh, Mr. Pasco?

Nope.

I'm waiting for that
freight boy of yours.

PENDLETON: Well, that
should be very interesting.

Tell me, what are
you getting, uh,

from pushing that kid along?

Oh, let's just say I'm a man
with a finger in many pies.

Many pies.

Go!

That's it.

Come on, Joseph.

Hustle in, Aaron.

You're falling behind.

Come on.

Keep moving, keep moving.

Go on.

That's Wade Pasco over yonder.

Matthew, a gun hand ain't got
no business busting in here.

Well, it's an open
contest, Festus.

He's welcome as long
as he behaves himself.

Talking about contest,
Matthew, excuse me.

All right, kids.

Come on, here come the pies.
Get ready now.

Now, remember.

Remember the rules.

You're gonna have five minutes
to eat everything you can.

Now, get on-- wait a minute!

Hold on.

Hold on here.

Festus, what in thunder
are you doing here, anyway?

Well, I just entered
this here contest, Doc.

You oughta be
ashamed of yourself,

competing against little kids.

Oh, I ain't 'peting
against the young'uns.

I ain't fixing to walk off with
no turkey or nothing like that.

Well then, what in sun are you
doing here in the first place?

Well, I'm just, uh, wondering
how I'd do, that's all.

Uh, see, I ain't never been
in no pie eating contest

in my whole life, don't you see?

Yeah, I see.

You bet I see.

All right, you obey the rules.

Now, that goes for all of you.

Remember the rules.

You only have five minutes.

Get your hands behind your back.

Get ready, get set, go!

Wait a minute.

Hold on here.

Back up the train here, Festus!

You're cheating!

Get your hands behind your back.

Come on, Tommy.

Hurry up!

You're ahead of them, Tommy!

That's it!

Come on, Jerry!

Get right in the middle of it!

Randy, are you in there?

RANDY: Come-- come on in.

Listen, I just
heard that newspaper

man talking down the street,
and I don't understand what he--

Some-- something-- something
wrong with the way I'm looking?

No.

How much did you spend?

Is there any of the
reward money left?

Mis-- Mr. Pendleton
paid for this outfit.

Why?

You don't-- you don't
tell nobody yet, but, uh,

it's the way I'm gonna dress
when I go up on the stage

and shoot for money.

The stage?

That's what-- that's what I've
been doing every day with Mr.

Pendleton, practicing shooting.

He's gonna-- he's gonna put
me in a Wild West show with me

and some other men back east.

Yeah, but a stage--

Oh, I can do it.

I can.

I'm gonna make $50 a week.

I'll be known as Randy Gogan,
the Dodge giant killer.

Oh, Randy.

I'm gonna be doing a
lot of traveling around.

Mr. Pendleton says may--
maybe even foreign countries.

Well, if you're gonna be
leaving, what about me?

Well, I-- I have to be
making some money first.

Then we can talk about that.

All right.

It's about over.

Go as fast as you can.

Eat as much as
you can right now.

Gotta hurry up.

It's about over.

Time!

There we are.

That's all.

Stop.

Now, now, we're gonna find
out who the winner is.

I never saw such a
bunch of pie eaters.

You're all-- oh,
that's marvelous.

Oh!

Well, there's no doubt about it.

Right here is the champion.

Look at that.

Tommy, you're the champ!

Doc, I ate more
pie than he did.

No, you didn't.

It's all on your face.

Come on, Tommy.

We're gonna pick you out
a great, big, nice turkey.

First prize.

You ain't fixing to eat no
more of your pie, are you?

[laughter]

Well, now.

Who's that big bad man in black?

Hey, maybe it's
Wild Bill Hickok!

You look fine,
Randall, just fine.

NEWLY: There's three
contestants left,

Randy-- you, Burke, and Pasco.

Well, I don't think I
stand a chance, Randy.

-Good luck, Mr. Burke.
-Thank you.

-Are you all set?
-Yep.

NEWLY: Same rules,
three seconds.

I'm ready.

All right.

Now!

Five hits for Randy!

A new top score for the day!

[cheering]

My chance coming up?

You're supposed to be
the last shooter, Pasco.

Why don't we, uh, fire
together, freight boy?

Well, I just-- I
just did, Mr. Pasco.

Well, go ahead and reload.

In case we tie, we
can keep on going.

Well, that's it.

It's Mr. Pasco
against Randy Gogan.

Are you all set?

Randy?

Yeah, I'm-- I'm ready.

NEWLY: Pasco?

Let it go.

Now!

Six to five!

Randy Gogan's the top
scorer of the day!

[cheering]

Excellent, Randall.

I think we can move
forward with our plans now.

You were-- you were very
good, too, Mr. Pasco.

"Good, too"?

Yeah.

Those bottles weren't
shooting back at you, boy.

Oh, yeah, I know--
I know they weren't.

I'm buying Mr. Gogan
the first round.

Everyone, have the
first round on me!

[cheering]

Right into the Long
Branch there, folks!

Randy, some sour tongues figure
you lucked out with Jessop.

But you could take anybody.

You proved it!

The best, gentlemen.

There's no doubt about that now.

Where'd you learn
to shoot, Randy?

Jessop's gun.

There's something kinda
spooky about it, right, kid?

Randy, could I take
a close look at it?

That's a gun.

PASCO: I'll give
you $50 for it, kid.

What's the matter?

That not enough?

The gun, Mr. Pasco,
is, uh, not for sale.

I don't rightly believe
anybody asked you.

Well, kid?

I don't-- I don't wanna
sell it, Mr. Pasco.

Don't like the way I look?

Is that it?

No.

That's what I thought.

No.

No, I meant, I didn't
want to sell it.

What's wrong with
the way I look?

Now, this is a friendly
celebration, Mr. Pasco.

You know, I surely
admire you, freight boy,

fancy new duds and all.

The question is, are
you what you claim,

or were you invented by
that newspaper fella there?

He can't talk to
you like that, Randy.

You just stand
right there, Randall.

Look at your friends, kid.

A second ago, you
were a big hero.

Now, they're wondering
if I'm right.

There's only one way
to convince them.

JACOBI: I'm betting
on you, Randy.

Don't be stupid, Randy.

PASCO: Nah, he ain't stupid.

He's real smart.

Except he's gonna say
he's a liar and a coward.

Well, now your friends
are waiting, freight boy.

Step out.

Now, say you're a liar
and you're scared of me.

Loud, so everybody can hear you.

Randall is, uh, neither a
liar nor a coward, Mr. Pasco.

But this is hardly the,
uh, time or the place.

Pasco.

Get outta Dodge, tonight.

Freight boy, I'll let
you know when and where.

Well, you cow town folks do
manage a little excitement

now and then, don't you?

Pendleton, let me
tell you something.

Whatever excitement we
have around this town,

we like to make it ourselves.

We don't want it
manufactured by some outsider

who thinks that gunfighting
is a party game.

Is that clear?

Clear.

Good evening, Mr. Pasco.

What do you want?

I've invested a great deal
of time in Randall Gogan.

You've complicated things.

Now, what's that
supposed to mean?

I should like this element
of doubt between the two

of you resolved.

I'd also like to
shake up a certain US

Marshal who seems to have
it in for both you and me.

I'm leaving town.

I've been told.

Oh, by all means, do so.

But the boy will
face you, Mr. Pasco.

This I promise.

Now, he may need
a little pushing.

He has many peace-loving
influences to overcome--

his girl, certain
citizens in Dodge,

his own natural fear of death.
-Get to the point.

I propose to do the pushing.

Wait in Four Corners.

In due course, I'll wire
you the time and the place.

Why are you doing this?

I have a certain very
lucrative plan for Randall.

Can't be realized as long as
there's a shadow of a doubt

he is the best gun alive.

Yeah?

Suppose I kill him.

In that case, you and I
will have a very profitable

discussion, such as your
becoming, uh, quite rich,

quite famous.

Staying in the best hotels.

Your head on a soft pillow
instead of a saddle.

Yeah?

Go on.

I thought you might say that.

"Gogan, I'm waiting.

P."

Oh, that's Pasco, all right.

Randy don't even
work here anymore.

Said he's giving up his
room at the end of the week.

Quit me cold.

Said he's gonna spend
the rest of his time

practicing shooting.

And now, this.

Oh, fiddle, Burke.

This could've been
just some kids' prank.

Yeah?

Well, how am I gonna
scrub that off?

Oh, well.

Randy Gogan can't ignore that.

JACOBI: He sure can't.

[knock on door]

Good evening, Randall.

Mr. Pendleton.

I'm afraid I'm going to have
to wire my booking agent friend

that, uh, the tour is off.

You mean-- you mean we're--
we're not going back east,

like we planned?

A thing like this
can't be kept quiet.

The word's already
spreading you've

backed away from a challenge.

But I-- but I quit my job.

I-- I quit Mr. Burke.

No, if I took you
on tour now, you'd

just be hooted
down as the coward

who ran out on Wade Pasco.

But I didn't run.

That depends on
the interpretation.

Now, I'm sorry, Randall.

I've done you a
grave disservice.

No, you-- you gave me a chance.

I can't advise you, Randall.

I can only give you the facts.

What you make of
them is up to you.

Good day.

[gunshot]

RANDY: Pasco!

Pasco!

I'm waiting for you, Pasco!

Pasco!

Come on out, Pasco!

I'm waiting!

I'm waiting!

I'm-- I'm-- Pasco!

I'm waiting, Pasco!

Boy's just plain
old drunk, Matthew.

MATT: Yeah.

Get him over to jail.

Let him sleep it off.

All right, come on.
Get a hold of him.

Help me out here.

Pasco!

Let's go, all three of us.

Pendleton, I'll take the gun.

A very wise
precaution, Marshal.

You know, that's the first
time in that boy's life

he's ever been drunk.

And, of course, you're
going to blame me for that.

Where's Wade Pasco?

I've not seen the gentleman
since he left town.

That's not what I asked you.

Marshal, I'm a man who
minds his own business.

I find that alone occupies
all my waking hours.

Good evening, sir.

Mr. Pendleton.

Oh, Mr. Pendleton, uh, me
and Jacobi here were figuring

we wouldn't mind seeing it.

Uh, Pasco and Randy
meeting, I mean.

Who said they were meeting?

Been talk.

Oh, we might come to
some sort of an agreement.

I'll need someone to
arrange transportation

at Garden City for a few
friends I'll have coming in.

Friends?

Now, what they
got to do with it?

Why don't we go up to my room
and discuss this over a drink?

Randy, you're gonna have to
face Judge Booker next time

he sets up court in town.

I'm sorry about
what I-- what I did

to the freight office, Marshal.

I'll pay for the damages.

You know, everybody's
talking about you accepting

Wade Pasco's challenge.

Is that what you were doing when
you shot up the freight office?

No.

I-- I was drunk.

I-- I didn't mean nothing by it.

Can I have my gun back?

Randy, you ain't
got no cause to be

wearing no pistol around town.

I should have my gun.

What for?

You can't te-- tell if
somebody wants to get

me for killing Vance Jessop.

I should-- I should have
my gun for protection.

No man, Randall,
could be more ready.

The time is tomorrow.

What?

9 o'clock sharp.

You know where the old
abandoned waystation is

between here and Garden City?

Yeah, sure.

Tomorrow?

9 o'clock.

Mr. Wade Pasco will be there.

By nightfall, you and I should
be on a stage headed east

and a new life for you.

From being nothing--
and I don't mean

that in a derogatory
sense-- you will become

one of the most
acclaimed figures ever

to tread the eastern boards.

What?

The theater,
Randall, the theater.

Even now, I'm negotiating
contracts for appearances

at $1,000 each in
Paris and London--

if you should face
and defeat Mr. Pasco.

$1,000?

We'll discuss your
share of that later.

Right now, there's a certain
detail we should go over,

the legalities involved when
two gun hands face each other.

You mean-- you mean
about the marshal?

Exactly.

I'll have a couple
of witnesses present.

They will swear the winner
was the man provoked,

an act of self-defense.

And technically,
that'll be the truth.

Now, you be sure to
wear your new outfit.

London and Paris, Randall.

Paris and London.

Now, that's a far cry
from sweeping a freight

office floor, now, isn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Stella.

Randy, I've been
sorta scared all day

wondering what was happening.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning
at the old number 7

waystation that they
don't use no more.

Wade Pasco.

He'll be waiting.

You're actually
gonna kill another man

or get killed yourself.

Now, there's no-- there's
no way out, Stella.

Wade-- Wade Pasco challenged me.

You can just say no.

And I can go back
to being nothing?

Randy.

He called it right,
you know, Mr. Pendleton.

I'm nothing.

All I-- all I ever have
to look forward to is--

is sweeping for a few pennies.

No schooling.

I'm nothing.

That's not true,
and you know it.

You were promised a promotion
when the time comes.

Yeah?

Well, that's only
a promise, Stella.

And anyway, it's--
it's not that simple.

Not anymore.

People are gonna forget
about this thing with Vance

Jessop and Wade Pasco.

And I'll-- and I'll always
wonder how it might have been.

Stella, Stella,
this is-- this is

the only chance I'm ever liable
to get at-- at a decent life.

Now, I-- I can't run from that.

I'm going.

Randy, whatever
happens, if you love me,

let's-- let's do it together.

Matthew, I was just
fixing to go fetch you.

I found this here under the
door when I got up this morning.

Oh, it's from Stella.

Is there something I can
help you with, Matthew?

No, it's nothing I
can't handle, Festus.

You wait here.

Randy.

Morning, Randall.

You-- you brought
them here to watch?

The witnesses I spoke of.

A few newspaper friends,
interested sportsmen.

It's to your advantage
to have the results

of this confrontation
authenticated.

That is, if you
win, freight boy.

Now, we'll, uh,
toss a coin to, uh--

I don't-- I don't
want no people around.

Oh, now, sonny, you're gonna
drop just as bug-eyed dead,

no matter who sees.

Some of these people
come all the way

from St. Louis, Randall.

One is a famous publisher.

Another runs the biggest
Western carnival in the country.

Get on with it, Pendleton.

We're not paying to
see a prayer meeting!

Paying?

These-- these people are
paying money to see this?

Well, they, uh, made a
token payment to defray

certain expenses I've incurred.

MAN: We got 'most $15
bet on you, Randy.

Be a bottle on us tonight.

MAN: What are you
waiting for, Randy?

Get on with it, Pendleton.

Please, ladies and gentlemen,
this is a duel of honor.

Things like this
cannot be rushed.

Now, as I was saying, we'll
toss a coin to determine

who takes what place.

Mr. Gogan is the man challenged.

It is therefore traditional
he call heads or tails.

It's-- it's all over.

The kid's hightailing it.

You're throwing away the
opportunity of a lifetime!

Turn around, kid!

That gun you're
wearing, I want it.

You got it.

I want it the same way
you took it off of Jessop.

And that's the last lead
I'll put in the dirt, kid.

Now, I'm gonna count to three.

If'n you ain't
turn and set-- 1--

[horse galloping]

Drop your gun belt, Pasco.

You're under arrest.

You're under arrest,
too, Pendleton.

On what charge, Marshal?

Arranging for a
gun fight, and I'll

think of a few other charges.

Why, these two men have
simply called each other out.

It is my understanding as long
as there are witnesses to--

Shut up.

You've said too much already.

All right, drop the gun
belt. You too, Randy.

I was told the kid
wanted to meet me.

Now, a man don't break no law
when he's calling, Marshal.

What'd he do, promise you a lot
of money in his Wild West show?

He promised that to both of us?

I'm not gonna tell you again.

Drop the gun belt.

Marshal, you've made a
personal thing out of this.

Mr. Pasco, you have
witnesses, if you'd

like to stand up for your
rights to defend yourself.

If you want my gun, Marshal,
you gonna have to take it.

Don't be a fool.

Now, Marshal, you and I
could have a very profitable--

All right now.

You folks saw what
you came to see.

Go on home and think about it.

Randy, you should've come to me.

I used-- I used to read
about Wade Pasco, too.

Some-- sometimes
wishing I could be him.

NARRATOR: Stay tuned for scenes
from next week's "Gunsmoke."

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