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Afternoon. You Mr. Harden?

Yes. Gil Harden.

I'm looking for a fellow.

Supposed to live here in your town.

I thought maybe you could be of service to me.

If you wanna place a personal, it costs 25 cents a line.

Fill out a blank over on the counter.

It will be out in next week's edition.

I don't wanna wait that long.

This man's name is Morton. Peter Morton.

Peter Morton?

- Now let me see. - That's right.

Well, it's really Lt. Peter Morton.

He's a...

He's one of the officers in this photograph.

No, I don't know him.

Where are you going?

Well, you asked about seeing Peter Morton, didn't you?

- That's right. - Well, come on.

Sheriff?

- Sheriff? - Yeah.

Sheriff?

What is it you want, Gil?

I call upon you to do your duty

as sheriff of St. Veronica's Parish.

He says he's looking for a Peter Morton.

I say he's returning to the scene of the crime.

The heat got you, Gil?

No. He's the one, Sheriff.

He's the one who killed Matthew Eldridge four years ago.

? Oh, Shenandoah ?

? You're doomed to wander ?

? On beyond this land ?

? So lonely ?

? Oh, Shenandoah ?

? You're doomed to wander ?

? So roam ?

? In search of home ?

? 'Cross this land ?

? So lonely ?

[NARRATOR READING]

[NARRATOR] For some, the delights of the past are fond memories.

For others, the pains of the past are finally laid to rest.

For a man called Shenandoah,

the past is an unfamiliar ghost,

stalking the unlit corridors of time.

If I did murder the man, maybe you can give me

one reason why I came back here.

Your own guilt.

Like I said, criminal returns to the scene of his crime.

That's ridiculous. It doesn't even make sense.

Guilt has nothing to do with sense.

How many times do I have to tell ya?

I never heard of this man until I rode into the town.

Sure, you'd like to forget him,

but your conscience wouldn't let you.

We remember him. Don't we, Sheriff?

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eldridge founded this town.

It bears his name.

He built it out of the dust.

That's all well and good,

but that doesn't prove I murdered the man.

Mm-hm, we got a witness.

Who?

The last man to see Matthew Eldridge alive.

He was over there, across the street.

I can still feel the wind cutting into me

as I closed for the night.

[WIND BLOWING]

Evening, Mr. Eldridge.

Mean night, isn't it?

The same face, the same man.

Be reasonable. Because you saw me

walking down the street with the man,

that doesn't mean I killed him.

You were with him.

Did you see me pull the trigger?

There was no one else who would have killed him.

Not in this town.

How do you know that? That's an opinion, not a fact.

How do you know that?

Gil, it's your move.

Why don't you believe me, Sheriff?

I came to this town looking for a man

I was at Fort Totten with.

His name's Peter Morton. Why don't you ask him?

You won't be able to keep me very long anyway, Sheriff.

You don't have any real evidence against me.

Say, have you noticed there's been no people

in the streets today?

I wanna talk to a lawyer, Sheriff.

I want somebody to defend me.

- Defend you? - That's right.

Well, now you're gonna get a fair trial.

Real proud of this town.

Man loved and admired like Matthew Eldridge,

why, you'd expect a lynching mob, wouldn't you?

No, sir, not here.

Nobody's gonna lay a hand on you, boy.

I'll see to that...

because, you see, Shenandoah, or whatever your name is,

you're gonna go from right here

over to the courtroom, to the gallows...

no matter who defends you.

[DOOR OPENS]

Evening, Clifford.

That's him.

You mean you're accusing me too?

He ought to know. He's a witness.

It seems that everybody in this town is a witness.

Ah, thank you, Clifford.

Wait a minute, I want...

[DOOR CLOSES]

Who was that?

Well, that there is Matthew Eldridge's son.

[CLIFFORD] Why did he have to come back?

Are you, are you sure that he's the one?

Now everything will be stirred up again.

Cliff, are you positive that he's the man?

Yes. Yes.

It was a long time ago.

Maybe, maybe I should see him too.

You stay here. You keep away from him.

But I wanna be sure.

I'm sure.

You do what I tell you, understand?

All right, Cliff.

Cora...

I know it sounds harsh,

but it's really his own fault.

He never should have come back here.

There's nothing we can do now. It's too late.

But he's a human being.

Four years, Cora.

We can't throw away the last four years.

We've shut ourselves off from the world.

We've denied ourselves so many things...

because we had an obligation to fulfill.

Isn't he worth it?

Isn't he worth it?

Cliff...

he'll hang.

Yes.

What's a man called Shenandoah compared to him?

My dear sister...

you've been listening to me...

ever since he passed on, haven't you?

Haven't you?

You just trust me.

Everything will turn out just fine.

[DOOR OPENS SOFTLY]

- Who are you? - Never mind.

Leave as fast as you can.

[SHERIFF] Nobody's gonna lay a hand on you, boy.

I'll make sure of that.

Because you see, Shenandoah, or whatever your name is,

you're gonna go from right here

over to the courtroom, to the gallows.

[GUNSHOT]

I don't care how he got out. He's out.

Now, Cliff, you just relax now.

Relax with my father's murderer loose because of you?

Simmer down, boy. We'll find him.

This office will take care of it.

Now won't you go on home, Cliff?

Not a chance. I'm in on this hunting party.

I told you to simmer down, boy.

We'll take care of it.

We'll take care of it.

Besides, you ain't even deputized.

This is my father's town, remember?

Don't you tell me about being deputized

to get his murderer.

Don't you dare tell me.

Well, I reckon I'll have to agree with you there.

All right, you can go with me to cover the north end.

You boys take the south end of the town.

Let's go.

Make any noise, and I'll kill you.

Now start talking.

- What do you want me to say? - The truth.

I was the last man to see Eldridge alive, except you.

There's something wrong in this town,

and you know it. Now what is it?

I can't tell you anything.

[GRUNTS]

Maybe I can choke it out of you.

- Do what... - Talk.

Do what you want.

It won't change anything.

I told you the truth.

I told you all I know.

Get off the street.

[PIANO MUSIC]

[SHENANDOAH] Miss Eldridge?

Why didn't you tell me it was you?

Well...

it wouldn't have made any difference.

The daughter of a man I'm supposed to have murdered?

I'd say it makes a great difference.

It's an ingenious plan.

You help me escape,

I'm shot, the case is closed.

- Oh, it wasn't that way. - What way was it?

Well, there's no doubt that the court

would have found you guilty.

- I, I truly wanted to help you. - Why?

Will you, please, go away?

I gave you a chance.

Will you please take it and just go?

No.

There's something wrong here.

The pieces don't fit, and you know it.

No, I...

I-I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm talking about the part I didn't play

the night your father was murdered.

But you did play a part.

That night...

out there in the foyer.

In those days, it didn't matter how,

how unpleasant the weather was.

The house was never melancholy.

I may be late, so don't wait up for me.

[CORA] Is something wrong?

No, nothing's wrong.

It was you. I saw you.

You mean because I was with your father

the night he was murdered, you assume that I did it?

Well, all the evidence pointed to it.

That's what I keep hearing, but what evidence is there?

Won't you, please, go away?

- Please... - No.

I want to know what the truth is.

There's got to be more.

But there isn't, there isn't any more.

There's got to be, unless you helped me escape

so I wouldn't show up in co...

I helped you escape because I didn't wanna see you hang.

No, so that the truth wouldn't come out.

You didn't want the past raked up.

You wanted me out of the way to protect yourself

and your brother and whoever else is...

I didn't murder your father, and you know it.

I'm innocent,

and I'm not leaving this town until I know the truth,

even if I hang for it.

But I'm gonna dig and dig and dig

until I find out what's going on around here.

I, I...

Go on.

I don't wear black,

and this house isn't dark because I'm mourning.

It was out of shame...

and out of pride.

My daddy died because of shame.

And we kept his memory precious because of pride.

He was an honorable man.

And the war came...

and the business failed...

and the investors' money was gone.

And my brother found him...

and he made it look like murder and...

and robbery.

Nobody killed Matthew Eldridge.

He killed himself.

You shouldn't have done that, Cora.

You shouldn't have told him that about father.

What will people think of us now?

The house has been dark long enough, Cliff.

All settled?

Yep.

Didn't think you'd drop in to say goodbye to me.

I didn't.

I asked you about Peter Morton

before I got sidetracked, remember?

Yeah.

Now I suppose you're gonna tell me

you don't know who he is.

Oh, I know. He's dead.

So the War Department says.

What about next of kin?

He was the last of the Mortons.

I never thought I'd wanna forget anything...

but that's before I rode into the town of Eldridgeville.

? The man I thought ?

? That day was buried ?

? Deep within the land ?

? So lonely ?

? Oh, Shenandoah ?

? You're doomed to wander ?

? So roam ?

? In search of home ?

? 'Cross this land ?

? So lonely ?

[THEME MUSIC]

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