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She'll be here in a moment.

Yes, ma 'am.

Mr. Randall, tell me why you wish to see Miss Clary.

Yeah, I got this letter in the mail yesterday.

And you have no idea what it is she wishes to discuss?

No, ma 'am, but I thought the letter was that urgent.

You know, you get a fast answer.

Particularly when it comes from a school for young ladies.

Mr. Randall, this is Dolly Cleary.

Dolly, this is Mr.

Randall.

How do you do, sir?

I just knew you'd come.

Yeah, well, I got your letter.

Now then, just what is it you want Mr. Randall to do for you, Dolly?

Find my mother and father.

Go outside for a few minutes, Dolly. I want to talk to Mr. Randall.

Go on now.

I'll wait for you outside.

Sit down, Mr. Randall.

Yeah.

Cute little girl.

They all are.

She's just dressed in a little more hope.

I should have known about the letter.

I'm sorry you had the long trip out here.

Oh, no trouble.

Say, where are her family?

They're dead.

Well, why is it she thinks they're still alive?

Twice a year on her birthday and Christmas a present comes for her.

She's sure it's from her people.

Well, maybe they're not dead then.

Mr. Randall, when you abandon a child, even if you're still moving around...

You're dead.

Mm -hmm.

These packages, where do they come from?

How do you mean?

Well, I mean, they come in a mail or what?

Oh, they're left at the door.

She's tried staying up several times to see, but she's not been able to see

anything. You ever try to find out where they come from?

We've made inquiries.

But quite honestly, Mr. Randall, we don't want to press the issue.

Here we know that she gets the care and love that she needs.

Can you guarantee that you'll get it somewhere else?

Well, uh, maybe her family's still alive.

If they are, they can call for her.

But I don't want to give her to the first person who knocks on the door and

for her.

Yeah.

Well, you know what you're doing.

Not always.

We make mistakes, too, you know.

Well, uh, I'm gonna be going now. And you're not going to take her job?

No, ma 'am. You know, I learned a long time ago, uh, you keep your nose where

belongs.

You'll keep it soon.

I hope we meet again under more favorable circumstances.

Yes, ma 'am.

Mr.

Randall?

Are you going to find him for me?

I talked with the sister and she said that... I know.

She told you my parents were dead, didn't she?

Uh -huh.

But that's not true.

I know.

How do you know?

Because I can feel them.

My prayers.

I can feel them listening.

Will you bring them back, please?

Well, uh... I got a job coming up. I got a lot of things I gotta do. I gotta get

in town, pick up some...

wanted to know. I'll go in and start packing my things right away.

You tell them I'll be ready as soon as they get here.

I'll be all ready.

You tell them I'll be ready.

How did it go?

I was early.

About ten years.

With a little girl.

A little girl?

What do you want?

How long have you been in town, Craig?

About five years. Why?

Have you ever heard of a family called Cleary?

Cleary?

No. Why?

Why are little girls looking for a mother and father?

I thought you might know them.

Were they supposed to live around here?

Well, they did at one time.

That sister out at the home said that they're both dead.

I just thought you might know something about it.

Sorry, Josh.

Hey, Hard Rock.

Come on over here a minute.

It's Hard Rock Johnson.

If anybody in the state didn't know about it, he would.

It's Josh Randall, Hard Rock.

Not a few words with you.

Howdy.

I don't talk too good dry.

Now then, young fellow, what do you want to talk about?

You ever hear of a family called Cleary? Used to live around here.

Cleary?

Come on, Hard Rock. You know her, don't you?

Don't yell at me.

If you had any sense, you'd answer them yourself.

You know who he's asking after.

Old Matt.

Any old drunk? Lives out at the Jenkins place with Virgil?

Matt Cleary.

I never heard his last name before.

You don't use it much.

Been a long time since anybody called him mister.

Is he a good little girl?

You trust this fella?

You can talk to him.

Matt was a blacksmith, and a pretty good one, too.

Oh, that was 10, 11 years ago.

Had himself a pretty little wife, baby girl.

Done well.

Done real well.

Maybe too good.

Yeah, why's that?

Town was growing then. A lot of business for good smiths.

I don't know. Maybe working too hard or maybe it was just the times. But he took

to drinking.

Drank like payday at the mines every day.

One night, it was up to silver dollar.

Matt was drunk.

His wife come after him driving a buggy.

She begged him to go on home with her in front of the rest of us.

Made him mad.

Real mad.

But he went.

Got in that buggy and started whipping the horse.

The animal run away, rig overturned, and, well, the woman was killed.

Matt buried the woman, took the baby out to the nuns, left her there.

Said he didn't even have the right to see her after what he'd done.

And you mean for ten years he hadn't wanted to see that girl again?

Don't think it's a matter of wanting.

He's just making himself pay for what he done.

Um, who would have found this fellow?

He lives out at the Jenkins place, about two miles south of town.

Him and Virgil.

Who's Virgil?

Virgil?

Well, you take all the meanness in the world and throw in about half the

Grind it up and pour it out.

That's Virgil.

Only man in town that can get along with him is old Matt.

And that ain't all the time.

What'd you blot?

I'd be careful if I was you, son.

Either one of them alone is bad enough, but together, well, just be careful.

Yeah.

Nice young fella.

Yeah. It's kind of interesting to see if he gets any older.

Say hello!

What

do

you want?

Howdy. Mr.

Cleary?

you, mister.

What do you want?

I want to talk to Matt Cleary.

What about?

I think I ought to tell him that, huh?

Well, you tell me first.

I'll let you know if he wants to listen to you.

It's about your daughter.

What's wrong?

Everything's all right, isn't it?

Yeah, she's all right. It's just he wants to be with her father.

She's better off with her sisters.

Doesn't even know I'm alive.

It's better that way.

Go away.

Go on, leave me alone.

You had your answer, mister.

Now get on your way.

It's okay with you. I'd like to talk to him.

So far, you've been doing pretty good.

Now you get on your horse, point him in the direction of town, and kick him, you

understand?

You can do all the talking for him. Any particular reason?

Yeah, because I'm the only friend he's got.

Now you get out of here and forget you ever found this place.

If you come back, plan on being buried.

How long are you going to stay in town?

The way my life's been running, her husband's probably Billy the Kid.

I think I'll leave first thing in the morning.

Mr. Randall.

Hello, Matt.

What are you doing here?

I, uh... I wanted to talk to you.

Sit down.

Now, why don't you have one you can taste?

What do you want to talk to me about, man?

I just wanted to say I was sorry about what happened this afternoon.

After hearing about my girl and all, I just didn't know what to do.

What do you want to do?

I want her with me.

Not that simple.

I don't care. I want her with me.

I

guess...

I guess nothing good is ever easy.

Every cent.

Don't worry about it.

Well, when's the big day?

Tomorrow. Matt and I are going to ride out to school together.

Right?

You know, if anybody had told me a week ago you could make this change, I'd have

called them a liar.

It's good to see you looking this way, Matt.

Feels good, too.

Well, come on. Let's order some food. We've got to get an early start. Right.

Sally?

Get his feet.

Got him?

There was nothing I could do, Josh. He came in and started poking fun at Matt.

Said one or two wouldn't hurt him. Kept at him all the time, picking him like a

little dog.

Who got him drunk, Craig?

Huh?

Virgil.

Clary drunk. Why'd you do it?

Because he's my friend, that's why.

A friend, huh?

Funny way to show it.

Listen, Virgil, I came out here because I wanted to try to make you understand

that Matt needs help to stop drinking.

Little girl's awful important to him.

I think the best thing for you to do is stay away from him.

I mean that friendly like.

I'll bet.

Well, how about it, bounty hunter? You got a lot of friends?

Me, I never had none.

Not in my whole life did I ever have a talking friend until Matt came along.

He's the only man in the county that's no better than me.

He's my friend, and you nor anybody else is gonna change that.

You're wrong.

Matt's little girl is gonna change it.

Like I said, I think it'd be better for you to stay away from him.

Are you asking or telling?

Any way you want to take it, big fellow.

The only friend I ever had. If you want to take him away.

I just wanted a friend.

That's all.

Just somebody to talk to.

Come on.

That's your father, honey.

Darling, my baby.

Dolly, I want you to meet my very best friend, Virgil.

Who's the other gentleman?

He's a man with a friend.