1 00:00:09,768 --> 00:00:11,427 Excuse me. 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,463 Hello, Mrs. Gibson, I'm so glad you could come. 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,672 I wouldn't miss celebrating Little Joe's birthday, Ben. 4 00:00:16,712 --> 00:00:17,858 Well, neither would he. 5 00:00:17,992 --> 00:00:19,204 Of course, when you're his age, 6 00:00:19,336 --> 00:00:20,563 I guess you don't mind birthdays. 7 00:00:21,352 --> 00:00:22,563 He'll be down in a moment. 8 00:00:22,696 --> 00:00:24,465 He's just taking care of those last finishing touches. 9 00:00:24,488 --> 00:00:25,569 Let's join the others. 10 00:00:32,296 --> 00:00:34,402 You know, you work on that left side a little more 11 00:00:34,536 --> 00:00:35,813 you'll be a thing of beauty. 12 00:00:35,944 --> 00:00:37,090 Mm, thank you. 13 00:00:37,224 --> 00:00:41,381 Oh, Ann Wilson will certainly be overcome. 14 00:00:41,512 --> 00:00:43,400 Unless she stands downwind of you. 15 00:00:45,448 --> 00:00:47,488 Out of my way, peasant. 16 00:00:47,624 --> 00:00:49,599 Seriously, Joe, why did you work so hard 17 00:00:49,736 --> 00:00:52,158 at getting Ann Wilson to come? 18 00:00:52,296 --> 00:00:53,791 Just one reason: she never gets out. 19 00:00:53,927 --> 00:00:55,423 Her uncle keeps her in the house. 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:56,826 That poor kid never goes anywhere. 21 00:00:56,904 --> 00:00:58,596 You know something, younger brother, 22 00:00:58,727 --> 00:01:01,063 I've always thought of you as being something of a Lothario, 23 00:01:01,192 --> 00:01:03,582 but I think you're getting to be a Good Samaritan. 24 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:04,866 Well, thank you very much. 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,178 As being a Good Samaritan, 26 00:01:06,312 --> 00:01:08,931 I hope you got me a decent present this year for a change. 27 00:01:22,472 --> 00:01:24,742 Now you see if you can slide the wheel on 28 00:01:24,872 --> 00:01:26,247 while I hold this thing up. 29 00:01:26,376 --> 00:01:28,351 Please hurry, Uncle Fred, it's getting late 30 00:01:28,487 --> 00:01:29,634 and Little Joe's gonna worry. 31 00:01:29,768 --> 00:01:32,420 Drat Little Joe! Him and his parties! 32 00:01:32,552 --> 00:01:35,041 I'll get this thing fixed if it's the last thing... 33 00:01:35,176 --> 00:01:37,348 Dag-nab it! 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,456 What's the matter, Uncle Fred! 35 00:01:39,592 --> 00:01:43,368 Sick! Help... help me, Ann! 36 00:01:43,495 --> 00:01:45,122 - What can I do? I can't... - Listen. 37 00:01:45,256 --> 00:01:47,592 ♪ New Orleans woman, will you meet me tonight ♪ 38 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,404 ♪ Meet me tonight, meet me tonight ♪ 39 00:01:50,536 --> 00:01:53,286 ♪ New Orleans woman, will you meet me tonight ♪ 40 00:01:53,416 --> 00:01:55,838 ♪ And love me under the moon? ♪ 41 00:01:55,975 --> 00:01:58,759 Someone's coming. 42 00:01:58,888 --> 00:02:01,158 Get help! Hurry! Hurry! 43 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:02,750 ♪ Gentle with you, gentle with you ♪ 44 00:02:02,888 --> 00:02:05,410 ♪ New Orleans woman, I'll be gentle with you... ♪ 45 00:02:05,544 --> 00:02:07,170 Help! Please help! 46 00:02:07,304 --> 00:02:08,930 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 47 00:02:11,112 --> 00:02:12,771 Easy, little woman, easy! 48 00:02:12,903 --> 00:02:15,043 What're you doin' out here alone this time of night? 49 00:02:15,175 --> 00:02:19,399 My, my uncle's sick. Help me take him to the Ponderosa! 50 00:02:19,528 --> 00:02:20,935 The Ponderosa? 51 00:02:21,064 --> 00:02:23,007 It just so happens I'm on my way there. 52 00:02:23,144 --> 00:02:23,974 I surely am! 53 00:02:24,104 --> 00:02:25,861 Well, where is your uncle? 54 00:02:25,991 --> 00:02:27,651 - Down there! - Well, come on! 55 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:37,888 Uncle Fred! 56 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:40,675 All right, now step aside. Let me look at him. 57 00:02:46,664 --> 00:02:49,828 Your uncle's not sick, little girl... he's dead. 58 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,157 Oh! 59 00:02:53,288 --> 00:02:55,776 Calm down, calm down. 60 00:02:55,912 --> 00:02:57,523 These, these things happen! They surely do. 61 00:02:57,576 --> 00:02:59,943 Calm down. 62 00:03:00,072 --> 00:03:03,106 There, that's, that's better. 63 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,183 That's better. 64 00:03:06,696 --> 00:03:14,368 Yeah. My... my, your, your hair's so shiny. 65 00:03:14,856 --> 00:03:17,890 It's soft as silk. 66 00:03:18,024 --> 00:03:23,524 My, your skin... your skin is so, so soft. 67 00:04:26,870 --> 00:04:28,479 Well, I thought some of them would never leave. 68 00:04:28,642 --> 00:04:30,571 - That was a good party. - Oh, it was a wonderful party. 69 00:04:30,824 --> 00:04:32,497 Joseph, that was the best birthday party I ever attended. 70 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,978 I must say I think it went pretty well. 71 00:04:35,324 --> 00:04:37,627 Incidentally, the Wilson girl never showed up, did she? 72 00:04:37,756 --> 00:04:38,967 Can you imagine that? 73 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,221 After I practically had to force her uncle into promising 74 00:04:41,244 --> 00:04:43,285 to bring her here. 75 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:44,709 Yeah, yeah, it's kind of surprising. 76 00:04:44,732 --> 00:04:46,708 Fred Wilson isn't the easiest man in the world 77 00:04:46,844 --> 00:04:49,125 to get along with, but once he gives his word on something... 78 00:04:49,148 --> 00:04:50,905 I'm tired. Let's go to bed, huh? 79 00:04:51,036 --> 00:04:53,906 Yeah, I need my rest, too. You know, I'm a year older. 80 00:04:54,043 --> 00:04:55,092 Yeah. 81 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:59,768 Ben! Ben! Oh, Ben, Ben! Oh, Ben... 82 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:01,656 Mrs. Gibson, what's the matter? What happened? 83 00:05:01,788 --> 00:05:03,098 Ben, it's terrible. 84 00:05:03,227 --> 00:05:05,465 Come sit down. 85 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,379 Now just sit down, take it easy. 86 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:10,003 What is it? What is it? What happened? 87 00:05:10,140 --> 00:05:11,930 It's Fred Wilson. 88 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:14,101 He's back there on the road! 89 00:05:15,452 --> 00:05:18,071 What about Fred Wilson? 90 00:05:18,204 --> 00:05:19,699 Mrs. Gibson, what about Fred Wilson? 91 00:05:23,195 --> 00:05:24,177 He's dead! 92 00:05:24,316 --> 00:05:26,935 Mrs. Gibson, what about Ann? Was she there? 93 00:05:27,068 --> 00:05:28,891 I didn't see her. 94 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:32,887 I didn't see anyone... except Fred. 95 00:05:40,092 --> 00:05:41,881 He's breathing, Pa. 96 00:05:42,012 --> 00:05:44,217 Yeah, get his pulse. 97 00:05:44,348 --> 00:05:47,764 Mr. Wilson? Mr. Wilson, can you hear me? 98 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:51,388 He's conscious, Pa. He heard me. 99 00:05:51,516 --> 00:05:53,589 Better get him to the doctor as soon as possible. 100 00:05:53,724 --> 00:05:54,683 Is Ann with you? 101 00:05:54,779 --> 00:05:58,097 Mr. Wilson, where is Ann? 102 00:05:58,236 --> 00:06:00,473 Mr. Wilson? 103 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:05,596 He can't answer you. 104 00:06:05,724 --> 00:06:08,059 He's had some sort of stroke. 105 00:06:08,188 --> 00:06:12,150 Maybe Ann went to get some help. 106 00:06:12,284 --> 00:06:14,587 The closest place is the Ponderosa. 107 00:06:20,027 --> 00:06:22,876 He's had some kind of stroke. Give us a hand. 108 00:06:37,148 --> 00:06:40,313 - You see Ann on the way? - No. 109 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:42,266 We better start looking for her. 110 00:06:46,236 --> 00:06:48,277 Better take him into Doc Martin's right away. 111 00:07:05,670 --> 00:07:07,296 Pa, come here! 112 00:07:08,806 --> 00:07:10,236 What's that? 113 00:07:10,374 --> 00:07:13,222 She was with him. 114 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:14,627 Are you sure this is Ann's? 115 00:07:14,757 --> 00:07:16,449 I've seen her wear it lots of times. 116 00:07:16,582 --> 00:07:18,306 It's funny. She didn't get to the Ponderosa. 117 00:07:18,437 --> 00:07:20,293 I wonder which way she went. 118 00:07:20,422 --> 00:07:21,615 If anything's happened to her... 119 00:07:21,638 --> 00:07:23,013 Oh, stop jumping to conclusions. 120 00:07:23,141 --> 00:07:25,760 After I convinced her uncle to let her go to that party. 121 00:07:25,894 --> 00:07:27,683 Look, let's get back to the ranch 122 00:07:27,814 --> 00:07:29,724 and organize a proper search, huh? 123 00:07:54,469 --> 00:07:57,951 ♪♪ 124 00:08:50,437 --> 00:08:53,504 Whoa, whoa. 125 00:08:56,453 --> 00:08:58,341 I'll get Dr. Martin. 126 00:09:16,613 --> 00:09:18,654 It's Little Joe Cartwright, it surely is. 127 00:09:18,789 --> 00:09:21,244 Nice to see you, boy, that's a fact. 128 00:09:21,381 --> 00:09:22,909 Oh, yeah, Mr. Poole. 129 00:09:23,045 --> 00:09:24,750 That's right, thought you might have forgotten. 130 00:09:24,774 --> 00:09:26,629 Poole the Thunder Man in person. 131 00:09:26,758 --> 00:09:28,547 We, uh, we expected you yesterday. 132 00:09:28,678 --> 00:09:31,100 Oh, yes, I know, but I got a late start from Carson City. 133 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:33,061 Just drove into town this very minute. 134 00:09:33,189 --> 00:09:35,612 I hope the delay didn't discommode you. 135 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:37,158 Uh, I surely do. 136 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:38,120 I hope that I... 137 00:09:38,143 --> 00:09:40,286 No, no, no, Mr. Poole, it's fine, it's fine. 138 00:09:40,421 --> 00:09:41,567 Excuse me, will you? 139 00:09:41,702 --> 00:09:43,197 Uh, yeah. 140 00:09:43,334 --> 00:09:45,888 The girl at the undertaker's? 141 00:09:46,021 --> 00:09:47,331 Yeah. 142 00:09:47,462 --> 00:09:48,891 I'll be back in a little while, Ben. 143 00:09:49,030 --> 00:09:50,307 Keep an eye on her uncle for me 144 00:09:50,437 --> 00:09:52,162 till I get back. 145 00:10:02,693 --> 00:10:04,483 Excuse me, sir. 146 00:10:04,613 --> 00:10:06,272 Are you Mr. Cartwright? 147 00:10:06,405 --> 00:10:07,901 Yes. 148 00:10:08,038 --> 00:10:09,632 Oh, I'm a friend of Little Joe's. 149 00:10:09,765 --> 00:10:10,781 My name is Poole. 150 00:10:10,918 --> 00:10:13,024 Little Joe watched me at work in Carson City. 151 00:10:13,157 --> 00:10:15,951 Oh... Of course, the explosives man. 152 00:10:15,974 --> 00:10:17,600 - How are you, Mr. Poole? - Fine, sir. 153 00:10:17,734 --> 00:10:19,971 Well, actually, we sort of expected you yesterday. 154 00:10:20,101 --> 00:10:21,713 I hope the delay caused no trouble for you. 155 00:10:21,765 --> 00:10:23,342 - I do for a fact. - Oh, no, no, of course not. 156 00:10:23,365 --> 00:10:24,910 As a matter of fact, I'm glad you're here. 157 00:10:24,933 --> 00:10:26,429 I arranged for some neighboring ranchers 158 00:10:26,501 --> 00:10:28,673 to see your demonstration tomorrow at the Ponderosa. 159 00:10:28,806 --> 00:10:30,595 Well, I'll be there bright and early, sir, 160 00:10:30,726 --> 00:10:32,549 and I hope your neighbors enjoy my work. 161 00:10:32,677 --> 00:10:34,588 I'm sure we all will, Mr. Poole. 162 00:10:36,678 --> 00:10:40,094 Oh, Mr. Cartwright... 163 00:10:40,230 --> 00:10:42,784 I noticed that Little Joe seemed sort of discommoded, 164 00:10:42,917 --> 00:10:45,885 and then I heard the doctor mention the undertaker's. 165 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:49,601 Well, actually, it was a... friend of Little Joe's, 166 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:52,451 a... lovely girl. 167 00:10:52,581 --> 00:10:54,404 We found her this morning dead, 168 00:10:54,533 --> 00:10:56,901 just 19 years old. 169 00:10:57,029 --> 00:10:59,616 Dear heaven, just 19. 170 00:11:04,901 --> 00:11:08,644 You were right, Ben, it's a clear case of murder. 171 00:11:09,893 --> 00:11:12,545 Whoever it is is a powerful man or a complete maniac. 172 00:11:12,677 --> 00:11:15,198 Her neck was broken. 173 00:11:15,334 --> 00:11:18,334 Excuse me, I want to take another look at Mr. Wilson. 174 00:11:22,021 --> 00:11:25,317 Uh, Mr. Cartwright... 175 00:11:25,446 --> 00:11:29,156 the, uh, the Mr. Wilson the doctor just mentioned... 176 00:11:29,286 --> 00:11:31,196 Would that be the girl's uncle? 177 00:11:33,061 --> 00:11:34,972 Yeah, he's, he's in there. 178 00:11:37,605 --> 00:11:41,184 Well, that surely is a blessing that he didn't die, 179 00:11:41,317 --> 00:11:43,106 it surely is. 180 00:11:43,237 --> 00:11:45,026 But I'll tell you one thing, sir. 181 00:11:45,157 --> 00:11:47,310 It isn't a blessing... me coming here, bothering you good folks 182 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:48,398 in the midst of all this trouble. 183 00:11:48,421 --> 00:11:49,949 It, it surely isn't. 184 00:11:50,085 --> 00:11:51,941 Little Joe, I'm very sorry. 185 00:11:52,070 --> 00:11:55,387 I had no idea that you'd be in the midst of all this trouble. 186 00:11:55,525 --> 00:11:58,341 I'll go away and come back next week. 187 00:11:58,469 --> 00:11:59,451 - Mr. Poole? - Yes, sir? 188 00:12:00,870 --> 00:12:02,365 Mr. Poole, I think that... 189 00:12:02,501 --> 00:12:03,582 I think it might be better 190 00:12:03,717 --> 00:12:05,102 if you went through with the demonstration. 191 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:06,583 After all, you-you did come a long way. 192 00:12:06,693 --> 00:12:08,603 My neighbors have made their arrangements. 193 00:12:08,742 --> 00:12:11,328 They've set time aside to see this demonstration. 194 00:12:11,461 --> 00:12:13,230 I-I think perhaps you should go through with it, 195 00:12:13,253 --> 00:12:14,596 if you don't mind? 196 00:12:14,725 --> 00:12:15,684 Well, sir... 197 00:12:15,814 --> 00:12:17,440 Please, you'll be doing me a favor. 198 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:26,499 Can I go in and talk to him yet? 199 00:12:26,630 --> 00:12:28,125 Talk to him? 200 00:12:28,261 --> 00:12:29,582 He might have seen something last night, 201 00:12:29,605 --> 00:12:31,232 might be able to help us find the killer. 202 00:12:31,365 --> 00:12:32,773 How? 203 00:12:32,902 --> 00:12:34,310 He's paralyzed; he can't talk. 204 00:12:34,437 --> 00:12:35,485 Let me try. 205 00:12:35,622 --> 00:12:37,117 No, 206 00:12:37,253 --> 00:12:38,478 because you won't be doing him any good, 207 00:12:38,502 --> 00:12:39,695 and you'd just be wasting your own time. 208 00:12:39,718 --> 00:12:40,677 Look, Doc, I've got... 209 00:12:40,805 --> 00:12:41,919 He's in good hands, Joseph. 210 00:12:42,053 --> 00:12:44,323 All right, maybe he is in good hands, 211 00:12:44,453 --> 00:12:46,876 but is he safe? 212 00:12:47,013 --> 00:12:48,192 What do you mean, "safe"? 213 00:12:48,325 --> 00:12:50,431 Look, sooner or later, 214 00:12:50,565 --> 00:12:52,127 the killer's gonna find out he's alive. 215 00:12:52,261 --> 00:12:54,050 He's gonna know he's a danger to him. 216 00:12:54,181 --> 00:12:55,709 Then what's gonna happen? 217 00:12:55,845 --> 00:12:58,213 Can you guard him 24 hours a day, Doc? 218 00:12:58,341 --> 00:12:59,716 No. 219 00:12:59,845 --> 00:13:02,945 But even if Fred does know who the killer is, 220 00:13:03,077 --> 00:13:04,507 he can't tell anyone. 221 00:13:04,645 --> 00:13:06,382 Well, the killer doesn't know that. 222 00:13:06,405 --> 00:13:10,013 Doctor, what Joseph says makes some sense. 223 00:13:11,365 --> 00:13:13,787 I just think he'd be better off out at the ranch. 224 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:15,519 Would it hurt to move him? 225 00:13:15,653 --> 00:13:17,596 Not any more than he's hurt already. 226 00:13:17,733 --> 00:13:19,022 There's nothing more I can do here. 227 00:13:19,045 --> 00:13:20,126 Just keep him quiet 228 00:13:20,261 --> 00:13:22,051 and send for me if there's any change. 229 00:13:22,181 --> 00:13:24,418 Well, we'll see that he's well taken care of. 230 00:13:24,549 --> 00:13:26,273 Do you have a stretcher or something? 231 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:27,748 Yes, yes, of course. 232 00:13:27,877 --> 00:13:29,787 Help yourself. 233 00:13:34,821 --> 00:13:36,895 May I be of any help, Mr. Cartwright? 234 00:13:37,029 --> 00:13:37,988 Well, thank you. 235 00:13:38,085 --> 00:13:39,995 The more hands we can get, the better. 236 00:13:42,757 --> 00:13:47,010 We must be careful with this poor man. 237 00:14:23,781 --> 00:14:26,532 Even a thunder man has to be careful of that stuff. 238 00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:32,289 Here it comes, the greatest power on earth. 239 00:14:42,533 --> 00:14:43,941 Mr. Poole, 240 00:14:44,070 --> 00:14:47,387 is it all right to, uh, go closer and have a look? 241 00:14:47,525 --> 00:14:48,671 Surely, Mr. Cartwright. 242 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:50,716 Come on. 243 00:14:53,605 --> 00:14:55,810 Mm-mmm. 244 00:14:55,942 --> 00:14:57,633 Well, Mr. Cartwright, what do you think? 245 00:14:57,765 --> 00:15:00,155 Well, that's sure impressive. 246 00:15:00,293 --> 00:15:01,820 Sure impressive. 247 00:15:01,957 --> 00:15:04,030 Mr. Poole, with a demonstration of this sort, 248 00:15:04,165 --> 00:15:05,390 you-you're not gonna have any trouble 249 00:15:05,413 --> 00:15:06,429 finding work around here. 250 00:15:06,565 --> 00:15:07,547 Well, thank you, sir. 251 00:15:07,685 --> 00:15:09,344 Wasn't that amazing, Ben? 252 00:15:09,477 --> 00:15:11,005 Amazing, absolutely amazing. 253 00:15:12,549 --> 00:15:14,492 Why, those south acres of mine 254 00:15:14,629 --> 00:15:16,802 could be cleared in no time. 255 00:15:16,933 --> 00:15:19,203 I want to be one of your first customers, Mr. Poole. 256 00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:20,545 Oh? 257 00:15:20,677 --> 00:15:22,288 Well, uh, which one of these fine gentlemen 258 00:15:22,373 --> 00:15:23,388 is your husband, ma'am? 259 00:15:23,525 --> 00:15:25,414 I'm a widow. 260 00:15:25,541 --> 00:15:27,168 Oh. 261 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:28,796 I'm truly sorry, ma'am. 262 00:15:28,933 --> 00:15:31,236 It's just... 263 00:15:31,365 --> 00:15:33,188 Well, I never thought such an attractive woman 264 00:15:33,317 --> 00:15:36,799 could be so unattached, you might say. 265 00:15:39,141 --> 00:15:40,931 You seem to be as accomplished with words 266 00:15:41,061 --> 00:15:42,469 as you are with nitro, Mr. Poole. 267 00:15:42,597 --> 00:15:43,645 Yes. 268 00:15:43,781 --> 00:15:44,927 Well, Mrs. Gibson, 269 00:15:45,061 --> 00:15:46,850 as soon as I'm through here at the Cartwrights, 270 00:15:46,981 --> 00:15:48,055 you'll be my first customer. 271 00:15:48,101 --> 00:15:50,306 Of course, I understand. 272 00:15:54,277 --> 00:15:55,438 You know, I thought of something 273 00:15:55,461 --> 00:15:56,804 that might solve a small problem. 274 00:15:56,933 --> 00:15:57,915 Oh, what's that? 275 00:15:58,053 --> 00:15:59,330 Ladies first. 276 00:15:59,461 --> 00:16:01,698 Why don't I take care of Mrs. Gibson's acres first, 277 00:16:01,830 --> 00:16:03,805 then come back here when your son's feeling better. 278 00:16:03,941 --> 00:16:06,593 Mr. Poole, that might be a very good idea, 279 00:16:06,725 --> 00:16:08,482 if it's all right with Mrs. Gibson. 280 00:16:08,613 --> 00:16:09,661 Of course, Ben. 281 00:16:09,797 --> 00:16:11,025 Would you like to start tomorrow? 282 00:16:11,077 --> 00:16:13,892 Bright and early, ma'am, bright and early. 283 00:16:14,021 --> 00:16:17,404 Will you tell Mr. Poole how to get to my place, Ben? 284 00:16:17,541 --> 00:16:19,331 Of course I will. 285 00:16:19,461 --> 00:16:22,277 My, such a pretty woman 286 00:16:22,405 --> 00:16:24,413 to be sorrowed by widowhood. 287 00:16:38,661 --> 00:16:40,353 How is he, Hop Sing? 288 00:16:40,485 --> 00:16:42,340 He seems just about the same. 289 00:16:45,061 --> 00:16:47,102 You can see it in his eyes. 290 00:16:47,237 --> 00:16:50,272 He wants to talk so badly, but he can't. 291 00:16:50,405 --> 00:16:52,675 Yes, Little Joe. 292 00:17:07,013 --> 00:17:08,923 How is he? 293 00:17:10,533 --> 00:17:12,444 Oh, he's the same. 294 00:17:12,581 --> 00:17:14,589 I sure wish he could talk. 295 00:17:16,165 --> 00:17:17,584 Well, there's not much chance of that, 296 00:17:17,669 --> 00:17:19,231 according to Doc Martin. 297 00:17:19,365 --> 00:17:21,602 I have to ride over to Genoa, 298 00:17:21,733 --> 00:17:23,392 take a look at those MacPherson yearlings. 299 00:17:23,525 --> 00:17:24,639 You want to come along? 300 00:17:25,893 --> 00:17:27,356 No, I don't think so, Adam. 301 00:17:27,493 --> 00:17:28,813 Why don't you come on; we'll be there 302 00:17:28,836 --> 00:17:29,870 a couple days. Do you good. 303 00:17:29,893 --> 00:17:31,301 I said I don't want to. 304 00:17:34,181 --> 00:17:35,971 I'm sorry. 305 00:17:36,101 --> 00:17:37,629 I didn't mean that. 306 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,043 I understand. 307 00:17:39,173 --> 00:17:41,283 If it's any comfort to you, I saw the deputy and his men 308 00:17:41,413 --> 00:17:43,022 on the road this morning. They're combing the area. 309 00:17:43,045 --> 00:17:44,955 Maybe they'll come up with something. 310 00:17:46,181 --> 00:17:48,091 Well, they better. 311 00:18:04,645 --> 00:18:06,653 You've worked very hard all day, Mr. Poole. 312 00:18:06,789 --> 00:18:08,797 I thought you might like to clean up before supper. 313 00:18:08,933 --> 00:18:10,813 Well, thank you, ma'am. That's mighty kind of you. 314 00:18:10,917 --> 00:18:13,406 You know, working with explosives 315 00:18:13,541 --> 00:18:15,069 does something to a man. 316 00:18:15,205 --> 00:18:17,093 It does for a fact. 317 00:18:17,221 --> 00:18:18,815 You turn your life to it, 318 00:18:18,949 --> 00:18:21,317 and all the gentle things escape you. 319 00:18:21,445 --> 00:18:22,755 They certainly do. 320 00:18:22,885 --> 00:18:24,380 You're just a lonely traveling man 321 00:18:24,516 --> 00:18:26,427 with a fist full of thunder. 322 00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:36,102 This house becomes you, ma'am. 323 00:18:36,229 --> 00:18:37,757 It surely does. 324 00:18:37,893 --> 00:18:39,104 Ben Cartwright was right. 325 00:18:39,237 --> 00:18:41,180 You do have a way with words, Mr. Poole. 326 00:18:41,317 --> 00:18:43,009 You can wash up over there. 327 00:18:43,141 --> 00:18:45,695 Thank you, ma'am. 328 00:18:45,829 --> 00:18:48,219 You said you were lonely a moment ago. 329 00:18:48,357 --> 00:18:50,300 I know how it is to be lonely. 330 00:18:50,436 --> 00:18:54,016 My husband's been gone five years now. 331 00:18:55,941 --> 00:18:57,852 To lose someone you love, 332 00:18:57,989 --> 00:19:00,575 that's the lonesomest time of all. 333 00:19:00,709 --> 00:19:03,230 Did you? 334 00:19:03,365 --> 00:19:04,740 Yes, I did, ma'am. 335 00:19:06,917 --> 00:19:08,957 There was a girl I loved. 336 00:19:09,093 --> 00:19:12,061 Her hair was shiny. 337 00:19:12,197 --> 00:19:14,369 Her skin, soft. 338 00:19:14,501 --> 00:19:17,917 She came near where I was wiring. 339 00:19:18,053 --> 00:19:19,842 I wired carelessly. 340 00:19:19,973 --> 00:19:22,079 I didn't understand explosives then. 341 00:19:22,213 --> 00:19:25,859 She was caught up in the explosion. 342 00:19:27,845 --> 00:19:30,180 I swore I'd never touch glycerin again. 343 00:19:30,308 --> 00:19:31,324 No, I wouldn't. 344 00:19:31,461 --> 00:19:33,666 How terrible. 345 00:19:33,797 --> 00:19:35,423 I tried to run from it. 346 00:19:35,556 --> 00:19:37,379 But there's no running from glycerin 347 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:39,135 once you've touched it. 348 00:19:39,269 --> 00:19:41,179 It's something that reaches out for you, 349 00:19:41,316 --> 00:19:42,910 pulls at you. 350 00:19:43,045 --> 00:19:44,540 It's like something from another world. 351 00:19:44,677 --> 00:19:49,595 Touch it and mountains change, rivers turn. 352 00:19:49,733 --> 00:19:51,522 You're a thunder man. 353 00:19:51,653 --> 00:19:55,040 That's... That's what you are. 354 00:19:55,173 --> 00:19:56,286 Yes, it is. 355 00:19:58,244 --> 00:20:00,100 Well, now, I'm sorry, ma'am. 356 00:20:00,229 --> 00:20:02,084 I hope you'll forgive me for going on this way, 357 00:20:02,213 --> 00:20:05,214 but a man has to tell his thoughts to someone. 358 00:20:06,693 --> 00:20:08,482 Would you mind getting me a towel? 359 00:20:14,885 --> 00:20:16,446 The nearness of a woman, 360 00:20:16,581 --> 00:20:19,430 the soft and gentle things, 361 00:20:19,557 --> 00:20:22,209 I sure do miss them, ma'am. 362 00:20:22,341 --> 00:20:24,252 I surely do. 363 00:20:26,565 --> 00:20:29,730 Mr. Poole, a man like you would be very handy around a ranch. 364 00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:32,066 Did you ever think of settling down? 365 00:20:32,196 --> 00:20:34,914 Yes, I did, ma'am, 366 00:20:35,045 --> 00:20:36,955 but never really seriously. 367 00:20:38,724 --> 00:20:41,114 Maybe you should, Mr. Poole. 368 00:20:42,404 --> 00:20:45,253 Well, maybe I should, at that. 369 00:20:46,852 --> 00:20:49,275 We'll have supper in a little while. 370 00:20:49,413 --> 00:20:51,170 Thank you, ma'am. 371 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,668 Then I think I'll go over to the Ponderosa 372 00:20:53,797 --> 00:20:54,910 and tell them that I need 373 00:20:55,044 --> 00:20:56,541 a little more time here than I reckoned. 374 00:20:56,645 --> 00:20:59,428 You surely have a large place here, ma'am. 375 00:20:59,557 --> 00:21:01,216 You surely do. 376 00:21:01,349 --> 00:21:03,804 I'll go get supper. 377 00:21:13,124 --> 00:21:14,914 Yeah, leg's gonna be a little stiff, Pa, 378 00:21:15,044 --> 00:21:17,118 but he'll get over it. 379 00:21:19,173 --> 00:21:21,083 Sounds like we got visitors. 380 00:21:29,252 --> 00:21:30,268 It's Mr. Poole. 381 00:21:30,404 --> 00:21:32,380 Yeah, probably came to see Little Joe. 382 00:21:32,517 --> 00:21:34,460 Hey, Pa, bring that light back. 383 00:21:34,596 --> 00:21:36,507 All right. 384 00:22:04,133 --> 00:22:07,003 ♪♪ 385 00:22:32,612 --> 00:22:34,752 ♪♪ 386 00:22:46,981 --> 00:22:48,389 Hey, Poole, 387 00:22:48,516 --> 00:22:50,510 I thought you were staying out at the widow Gibson's. 388 00:22:50,533 --> 00:22:53,534 Oh, hello, Little Joe. 389 00:22:53,669 --> 00:22:54,880 Yes, I am, 390 00:22:55,013 --> 00:22:58,112 but Mrs. Gibson was very worried about old Mr. Wilson here, 391 00:22:58,245 --> 00:23:00,417 so I thought I'd ride over and see how he was. 392 00:23:08,525 --> 00:23:10,468 Looks like we woke him up. 393 00:23:10,605 --> 00:23:12,515 - Let's go outside. - Yeah. 394 00:23:18,029 --> 00:23:20,169 I'm sorry about the way I came walking in. 395 00:23:20,301 --> 00:23:23,466 I surely am, but there didn't seem to be anybody here. 396 00:23:23,596 --> 00:23:25,572 It's all right. 397 00:23:25,709 --> 00:23:28,230 Well, good night, Joe. 398 00:23:30,797 --> 00:23:34,698 Oh, bye the way, did they find anything out 399 00:23:34,828 --> 00:23:36,585 about who did that terrible thing? 400 00:23:36,717 --> 00:23:39,467 They're still looking, I guess. 401 00:23:39,597 --> 00:23:42,347 Sheriff Coffee's out of town, and that deputy of his 402 00:23:42,477 --> 00:23:43,907 couldn't find fleas on a dog. 403 00:23:45,388 --> 00:23:47,658 Yes, but he's still deputy, ain't he? 404 00:23:47,789 --> 00:23:49,903 I suppose, that's what they call him. 405 00:23:50,006 --> 00:23:51,567 I'm gonna ride into town tomorrow, 406 00:23:51,703 --> 00:23:53,152 make sure he's doing something about it. 407 00:23:53,175 --> 00:23:56,209 Well, a man does what he has to do, 408 00:23:56,342 --> 00:23:58,112 but these things are best left to the authorities. 409 00:23:58,135 --> 00:23:59,216 They surely are. 410 00:24:01,686 --> 00:24:03,694 Well, good night, Joe. 411 00:24:03,831 --> 00:24:04,912 See you in a few days... 412 00:24:05,047 --> 00:24:06,559 soon as I finish up at the widow's, right? 413 00:24:06,582 --> 00:24:07,860 Good night. 414 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:25,677 Seen Joe Cartwright? 415 00:24:28,343 --> 00:24:30,035 I hear you been looking for me. 416 00:24:30,167 --> 00:24:31,855 Yeah, I went over to your office three times. 417 00:24:31,958 --> 00:24:34,610 Well, here I am. What do you want? 418 00:24:34,742 --> 00:24:36,383 Do you have any leads on the Ann Wilson case? 419 00:24:36,406 --> 00:24:37,618 No, I'm afraid not. 420 00:24:37,751 --> 00:24:39,694 I'm having a tough time making any headway, Joe. 421 00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:42,701 No witnesses, no starting point, not a blame thing to go on. 422 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:44,301 I've covered that road for ten miles. 423 00:24:44,438 --> 00:24:45,535 Well, there must be something. 424 00:24:45,558 --> 00:24:47,218 Killers have something in common: 425 00:24:47,351 --> 00:24:48,562 they don't like to get caught. 426 00:24:48,695 --> 00:24:50,687 Well, most of the people in the area were at our party. 427 00:24:50,710 --> 00:24:52,160 Now, if you just question the others... 428 00:24:52,183 --> 00:24:53,645 I've been questioning the others. 429 00:24:53,782 --> 00:24:54,896 Another thing about killers: 430 00:24:55,031 --> 00:24:56,223 ask them if they killed somebody, 431 00:24:56,246 --> 00:24:57,457 they'll usually say no. 432 00:24:57,591 --> 00:24:59,744 And you mean everybody else has an alibi for their whereabouts? 433 00:24:59,767 --> 00:25:00,815 I mean everybody. 434 00:25:00,950 --> 00:25:02,495 I've checked them all: drummers, cattlemen, 435 00:25:02,518 --> 00:25:04,014 even strangers that have come into town, 436 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:05,680 like that Poole, the explosives man. 437 00:25:05,814 --> 00:25:07,222 Poole? What did you check him for? 438 00:25:07,351 --> 00:25:08,767 He wasn't even in town when Ann was killed. 439 00:25:08,790 --> 00:25:09,772 I know that. 440 00:25:09,910 --> 00:25:11,138 That's why I checked, to be sure. 441 00:25:11,191 --> 00:25:12,832 Yeah, well, maybe you're checking the wrong people. 442 00:25:12,855 --> 00:25:14,830 When's Sheriff Coffee get back in town? 443 00:25:14,967 --> 00:25:19,190 Joe, Roy's a good sheriff, but I'm a good deputy. 444 00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:20,334 That's your opinion, Clem. 445 00:25:20,470 --> 00:25:21,728 I'm doing everything Roy would have done. 446 00:25:21,751 --> 00:25:22,799 Except find the killer! 447 00:25:22,934 --> 00:25:24,416 Now, maybe I ought to start looking myself. 448 00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:25,743 Now, you listen to me, young fella. 449 00:25:25,814 --> 00:25:27,328 Oh, now don't start that "young fella" stuff. 450 00:25:27,351 --> 00:25:28,735 You go to sticking your nose in my business 451 00:25:28,758 --> 00:25:30,069 and you'll wish you hadn't. 452 00:25:30,199 --> 00:25:32,128 Now you'd better get on home, and stay there, young fella. 453 00:25:32,151 --> 00:25:33,663 Well, somebody better start sticking their nose 454 00:25:33,686 --> 00:25:35,711 in your business, Clem, 'cause you can't seem to handle it! 455 00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:37,197 Now you better come up with something, 456 00:25:37,334 --> 00:25:39,506 and come up with it fast. 457 00:25:45,559 --> 00:25:46,518 Who's that? 458 00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:48,949 It's me, Pa. 459 00:25:56,246 --> 00:25:58,800 I thought you were helping Hoss out with the branding. 460 00:25:58,935 --> 00:26:01,237 No, I went into town. 461 00:26:01,367 --> 00:26:03,190 What for? 462 00:26:03,318 --> 00:26:04,978 To see the deputy. 463 00:26:05,111 --> 00:26:07,730 Did he have anything to report? 464 00:26:07,862 --> 00:26:09,619 No. Nothing. 465 00:26:09,751 --> 00:26:13,232 Of course, he does now. 466 00:26:13,366 --> 00:26:16,629 Oh. Go ahead. What happened? 467 00:26:16,758 --> 00:26:19,214 I made a fool out of myself. 468 00:26:19,351 --> 00:26:20,808 I tried to tell Clem how to do his job. 469 00:26:20,886 --> 00:26:22,447 Guess he got pretty mad. 470 00:26:23,670 --> 00:26:25,581 I know how you feel about Clem, Joe. 471 00:26:25,719 --> 00:26:27,675 You've got to put this thing right out of your mind. 472 00:26:27,766 --> 00:26:28,847 Forget it. 473 00:26:28,982 --> 00:26:32,398 I wish I could, Pa, but I... 474 00:26:32,535 --> 00:26:34,641 I just can't forget that I went out of my way 475 00:26:34,774 --> 00:26:36,750 to make Mr. Wilson bring Ann to that party. 476 00:26:36,887 --> 00:26:41,143 Joseph, we all do things in our life 477 00:26:41,271 --> 00:26:43,126 for which we're sorry, 478 00:26:43,255 --> 00:26:45,973 but that doesn't mean that we must torment ourselves 479 00:26:46,102 --> 00:26:47,663 for the rest of our lives. 480 00:26:47,799 --> 00:26:52,982 But if I had just minded my own business, 481 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:56,276 Ann and Mr. Wilson would have been safe at home that night. 482 00:26:58,582 --> 00:27:00,787 Oh, what's the use? 483 00:27:25,687 --> 00:27:28,851 If there was only something I could do. 484 00:27:31,447 --> 00:27:33,586 If I could only find out who did it, I... 485 00:27:37,815 --> 00:27:41,296 If there was only some way you could tell me... 486 00:27:50,807 --> 00:27:53,393 Oh, what's the use? 487 00:28:05,046 --> 00:28:07,251 Your hand. 488 00:28:09,622 --> 00:28:12,885 Mr. Wilson, you're moving your hand. 489 00:28:13,014 --> 00:28:15,382 You're trying to tell me something. 490 00:28:20,919 --> 00:28:22,894 Could you write? 491 00:28:24,566 --> 00:28:28,429 Oh, God, could you write? 492 00:28:28,566 --> 00:28:30,290 I'll get you paper. 493 00:28:34,326 --> 00:28:35,308 Pa! 494 00:28:35,446 --> 00:28:38,742 Pa, get a pencil and paper. Quick! 495 00:28:40,983 --> 00:28:42,838 Mr. Wilson, you just hold on. 496 00:28:42,966 --> 00:28:44,319 You hold on. My pa will bring the paper. 497 00:28:44,342 --> 00:28:46,253 Here. What is it? 498 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:47,569 Pa, he moved his hand. 499 00:28:47,703 --> 00:28:49,526 I think he can write. 500 00:28:49,654 --> 00:28:51,035 Now, Joseph, you mustn't disturb him! 501 00:28:51,094 --> 00:28:53,089 I asked him who the killer was and he moved his hand. 502 00:28:53,207 --> 00:28:55,542 He wants to tell us. 503 00:29:02,455 --> 00:29:04,310 That's it. 504 00:29:19,479 --> 00:29:24,466 "New... "Orleans... woman"? 505 00:29:24,598 --> 00:29:26,224 "New Orleans woman." 506 00:29:26,359 --> 00:29:27,789 I don't understand. 507 00:29:27,926 --> 00:29:30,709 Mr. Wilson, are you trying to say the killer is a woman? 508 00:29:30,838 --> 00:29:32,083 Who is it?! 509 00:29:32,215 --> 00:29:33,174 Easy, Joe. 510 00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:35,094 Let me try. 511 00:29:35,222 --> 00:29:38,736 Fred, if-if you know who the killer was, 512 00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:41,522 would you please write down his name. 513 00:29:48,502 --> 00:29:51,634 He's too weak even to hold the pencil. 514 00:29:51,767 --> 00:29:53,939 Wait a minute. There's another way. 515 00:29:55,222 --> 00:29:57,645 Mr. Wilson, you can close your eyes, can't you? 516 00:29:57,783 --> 00:30:00,434 Show me. 517 00:30:05,815 --> 00:30:08,368 All right, now I'm going to ask you some questions. 518 00:30:08,502 --> 00:30:11,732 If the answer is "yes," close your eyes. 519 00:30:11,862 --> 00:30:15,027 If the answer is "no," leave them open. 520 00:30:15,158 --> 00:30:17,974 Do you understand? 521 00:30:19,574 --> 00:30:21,484 - Good boy. - He understands. 522 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:26,550 All right, here's the first question: 523 00:30:26,678 --> 00:30:30,509 You wrote "New Orleans woman." 524 00:30:30,646 --> 00:30:32,556 Was the killer a woman? 525 00:30:35,958 --> 00:30:38,261 No, I didn't think so. 526 00:30:38,390 --> 00:30:40,726 What can he mean, "New Orleans woman"? 527 00:30:40,854 --> 00:30:43,441 I don't know. 528 00:30:46,454 --> 00:30:49,804 Mr. Wilson, do we know the killer? 529 00:30:53,046 --> 00:30:54,476 Pa, he says we know him. 530 00:30:54,614 --> 00:30:55,793 Whoever it is, we know him. 531 00:30:55,926 --> 00:31:00,183 Yeah, but we know an awful lot of people around here. 532 00:31:00,310 --> 00:31:03,028 Joseph... 533 00:31:03,158 --> 00:31:05,942 Joe, when I was down in Louisiana, 534 00:31:06,070 --> 00:31:09,038 there's a song, "New Orleans Woman." 535 00:31:09,174 --> 00:31:11,118 A song! 536 00:31:11,254 --> 00:31:12,479 Mr. Wilson, is that what you mean? 537 00:31:12,502 --> 00:31:13,998 Is "New Orleans Woman" a song? 538 00:31:16,182 --> 00:31:17,427 You're right! 539 00:31:17,558 --> 00:31:21,007 Now, whoever it was, 540 00:31:21,142 --> 00:31:24,143 whoever the killer was, was he singing that song? 541 00:31:25,846 --> 00:31:27,091 That's it! 542 00:31:30,199 --> 00:31:33,014 I can't remember how the song goes. 543 00:31:35,222 --> 00:31:39,696 That man, Fred, was he here at the Ponderosa? 544 00:31:41,430 --> 00:31:43,635 Pa, we're so close! If... 545 00:31:55,126 --> 00:31:57,069 He tried so hard. 546 00:32:04,182 --> 00:32:05,743 We're all set, Pa. 547 00:32:05,878 --> 00:32:07,733 Wait a second. I'll be right out. 548 00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:09,646 Hoss? 549 00:32:09,782 --> 00:32:11,441 I want you to give this to the deputy. 550 00:32:11,574 --> 00:32:12,533 Yes, sir. 551 00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:13,595 And make sure you tell him 552 00:32:13,686 --> 00:32:15,489 exactly how Fred Wilson came to write that down. 553 00:32:15,574 --> 00:32:17,484 Right. 554 00:32:17,622 --> 00:32:18,768 You better get going now. 555 00:32:18,902 --> 00:32:20,092 Well, as soon as Joe gets back. 556 00:32:20,182 --> 00:32:21,011 No, get going now. 557 00:32:21,142 --> 00:32:22,101 Yeah, but Pa... 558 00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:24,653 I want you to go into town alone. 559 00:32:24,790 --> 00:32:26,863 Yeah. Right. 560 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:34,710 Hyah. Hyah. Hyah. 561 00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:40,115 Hey, Hoss, wait a minute! 562 00:32:40,246 --> 00:32:43,247 What's he in such a big hurry for? 563 00:32:43,382 --> 00:32:45,074 I told him to go without you. 564 00:32:45,206 --> 00:32:46,516 Why? 565 00:32:46,646 --> 00:32:48,403 Come inside. I want to talk to you. 566 00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:50,739 But, wait a minute, Pa, I want to go into town now. 567 00:32:50,870 --> 00:32:52,758 Inside, Joseph. 568 00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:07,125 I don't want you to go into town. 569 00:33:07,254 --> 00:33:09,710 What do you mean, you don't want me to go into town. Why? 570 00:33:09,846 --> 00:33:11,734 Well, you know what happened the last time. 571 00:33:11,862 --> 00:33:13,805 You made a fool of yourself. You admitted that. 572 00:33:13,942 --> 00:33:15,317 That's not gonna happen again. 573 00:33:15,446 --> 00:33:16,415 Well, what do you want me to do, 574 00:33:16,438 --> 00:33:17,567 stand around here and do nothing? 575 00:33:17,590 --> 00:33:18,769 Just forget all about it? 576 00:33:18,902 --> 00:33:22,580 I want you to stop losing your temper. 577 00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:24,447 Criticizing the deputy isn't going to help matters. 578 00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:25,965 He was just doing his job. 579 00:33:26,102 --> 00:33:28,722 Now, Hoss will tell him what happened here with Mr. Wilson 580 00:33:28,854 --> 00:33:30,797 and we'll have done our legal duty. 581 00:33:30,934 --> 00:33:32,179 Fine. 582 00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:36,305 Also... there's one other thing. 583 00:33:36,438 --> 00:33:40,694 We could take one step beyond our legal duty. 584 00:33:40,822 --> 00:33:42,928 Yeah? What's that mean? 585 00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:48,333 Well, Mrs. Gibson plays the organ at the church. 586 00:33:48,470 --> 00:33:50,446 She's a pretty good musician. 587 00:33:50,582 --> 00:33:54,860 Now, maybe she knows the song, "New Orleans Woman." 588 00:33:58,806 --> 00:34:00,814 Sure beats the heck out of standing around here. 589 00:34:00,950 --> 00:34:02,577 Thanks, Pa. 590 00:34:17,910 --> 00:34:19,329 Little Joe! What brings you over here? 591 00:34:19,382 --> 00:34:20,627 Hi, Miss Gibson. 592 00:34:20,758 --> 00:34:22,431 I wonder if I could come in and talk to you for a second? 593 00:34:22,454 --> 00:34:23,436 Why, of course. Come in. 594 00:34:23,574 --> 00:34:25,397 Thank you. 595 00:34:25,525 --> 00:34:27,468 Mr. Poole still on the job? 596 00:34:27,606 --> 00:34:29,973 Oh, he finished blasting the first section this morning. 597 00:34:30,102 --> 00:34:31,790 Now he's just piling the stumps to burn them. 598 00:34:31,830 --> 00:34:32,828 He's a pretty fast worker. 599 00:34:32,918 --> 00:34:33,933 Yes, he is. 600 00:34:34,070 --> 00:34:35,527 Here's the reason why I came over here. 601 00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:36,533 I had a question for you. 602 00:34:36,566 --> 00:34:37,832 I knew you knew a lot about music. 603 00:34:37,942 --> 00:34:40,660 Have you ever heard of a song called "New Orleans Woman"? 604 00:34:40,790 --> 00:34:44,369 "New Orleans Woman"? I don't think so. 605 00:34:44,502 --> 00:34:48,562 Maybe it's in one of these songbooks over here. 606 00:34:48,694 --> 00:34:50,899 Why are you so interested in this song, Little Joe? 607 00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:53,006 I never knew you were musically inclined. 608 00:34:53,142 --> 00:34:55,085 I'm not especially, ma'am. 609 00:34:55,222 --> 00:34:57,940 It's just this particular song. 610 00:34:59,062 --> 00:35:01,583 Here it is, "New Orleans Woman." 611 00:35:04,533 --> 00:35:06,095 Do you think you could play it for me? 612 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:07,376 Of course. 613 00:35:14,806 --> 00:35:19,662 ♪ New Orleans woman, will you meet me tonight ♪ 614 00:35:19,798 --> 00:35:23,541 ♪ Meet me tonight, meet me tonight ♪ 615 00:35:23,670 --> 00:35:28,428 ♪ New Orleans woman, will you meet me tonight ♪ 616 00:35:28,566 --> 00:35:32,723 ♪ And love me under the moon? ♪ 617 00:35:32,854 --> 00:35:35,091 Silly little thing, isn't it? 618 00:35:35,222 --> 00:35:36,467 Why are you so interested? 619 00:35:38,806 --> 00:35:42,800 Just never heard it before and I... wanted to see how it goes. 620 00:35:42,933 --> 00:35:44,527 It's the kind of tune 621 00:35:44,662 --> 00:35:47,084 that sort of rattles around in your head, isn't it? 622 00:35:47,222 --> 00:35:49,198 ♪ New Orleans woman ♪ 623 00:35:49,334 --> 00:35:50,895 ♪ Will you meet me tonight ♪ 624 00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:54,326 ♪ Meet me tonight, meet me tonight ♪ 625 00:35:54,453 --> 00:35:58,033 ♪ New Orleans woman, will you meet me tonight ♪ 626 00:35:58,166 --> 00:36:01,745 ♪ And love me under the moon? ♪ 627 00:36:01,878 --> 00:36:05,043 It is sort of romantic, Little Joe. 628 00:36:07,350 --> 00:36:09,489 Mrs. Gibson, Mr. Wilson died this afternoon. 629 00:36:09,622 --> 00:36:12,405 Oh, no. 630 00:36:12,534 --> 00:36:15,405 Oh, no. That poor man. 631 00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:19,121 Before he died, he wrote three words on a piece of paper, 632 00:36:19,254 --> 00:36:21,622 trying to leave a clue as to who killed Ann. 633 00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:23,856 Clue? What do you mean? 634 00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:26,991 Whoever murdered Ann was singing that song, "New Orleans Woman." 635 00:36:29,973 --> 00:36:32,211 Oh, what a terrible thing. 636 00:36:32,342 --> 00:36:34,165 It's why I came out here. 637 00:36:34,294 --> 00:36:35,724 I wanted you to play it. I... 638 00:36:35,862 --> 00:36:37,968 thought if I heard the song I might be able 639 00:36:38,102 --> 00:36:40,656 to remember back to someone I heard singing it. 640 00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:43,820 I can't. 641 00:36:45,014 --> 00:36:46,902 I want to thank you very much, though. 642 00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:49,714 I... I better be getting on back to the ranch. 643 00:36:49,846 --> 00:36:51,756 Thanks, again. 644 00:37:22,838 --> 00:37:24,627 Oh, hello. 645 00:37:24,758 --> 00:37:27,125 Was that Joe Cartwright I just saw leaving here? 646 00:37:27,254 --> 00:37:29,164 Yes. Yes, it was. 647 00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:31,854 What's the matter? Something wrong? 648 00:37:33,206 --> 00:37:36,141 They think they have a clue to Ann Wilson's killer. 649 00:37:36,278 --> 00:37:38,035 You don't say. 650 00:37:38,166 --> 00:37:39,760 You don't say for a fact. 651 00:37:39,894 --> 00:37:41,172 Yes, Little Joe believes 652 00:37:41,302 --> 00:37:44,751 that whoever killed that poor girl was singing this song. 653 00:37:49,878 --> 00:37:52,115 "New Orleans Woman." 654 00:37:52,246 --> 00:37:54,221 Don't believe I ever heard that one before. 655 00:37:54,357 --> 00:37:56,660 Well, I think I have. 656 00:37:56,790 --> 00:37:58,678 Have you? Where? 657 00:37:58,805 --> 00:38:01,589 That's just it. I can't recall where. 658 00:38:01,718 --> 00:38:04,654 I just keep thinking about it. 659 00:38:04,790 --> 00:38:06,001 Couldn't have been 660 00:38:06,133 --> 00:38:07,727 at the concert at the opera house. 661 00:38:07,862 --> 00:38:09,837 It's too cheap a piece for that. 662 00:38:09,973 --> 00:38:14,197 ♪ New Orleans woman, will you meet me tonight ♪ 663 00:38:14,326 --> 00:38:16,334 ♪ Meet me tonight ♪ 664 00:38:16,470 --> 00:38:18,260 ♪ Meet me tonight... ♪ 665 00:38:22,805 --> 00:38:24,781 No, I can't remember! 666 00:38:33,942 --> 00:38:35,731 That's it! 667 00:38:35,862 --> 00:38:37,935 It was somebody whistling it. I... 668 00:38:40,341 --> 00:38:43,059 Whistling, Mrs. Gibson? 669 00:38:43,190 --> 00:38:44,816 Who did you hear whistling it? 670 00:38:47,157 --> 00:38:52,432 I... I don't think I can remember. I... 671 00:38:54,070 --> 00:38:57,748 I think I better be going. 672 00:38:57,877 --> 00:38:59,886 Where do you think you're going, my dear? 673 00:39:00,022 --> 00:39:01,517 Well, I... 674 00:39:01,653 --> 00:39:03,759 I think I'll go over to the Ponderosa. I... 675 00:39:03,894 --> 00:39:06,033 I think I ought to speak to Little Joe. 676 00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:09,036 You see, I don't think I understood everything he... 677 00:39:09,174 --> 00:39:10,735 No, ma'am. 678 00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:13,205 I don't think you should go over to the Ponderosa. 679 00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,532 Mm. 680 00:39:24,245 --> 00:39:26,450 Please. Please let me go. 681 00:39:26,582 --> 00:39:27,847 Don't be frightened, little widow. 682 00:39:27,894 --> 00:39:29,171 It was mighty careless of me 683 00:39:29,301 --> 00:39:31,190 to whistle that tune in front of you yesterday. 684 00:39:31,317 --> 00:39:32,529 It surely was. 685 00:39:32,662 --> 00:39:35,030 But you can't be blamed for having too good a memory. 686 00:39:35,157 --> 00:39:36,139 You surely can't. 687 00:39:36,277 --> 00:39:38,864 Oh, please. Please! 688 00:39:38,997 --> 00:39:41,584 You know, you're really quite attractive. 689 00:39:41,718 --> 00:39:44,916 Yes, you are. 690 00:39:45,046 --> 00:39:47,916 We could have been very happy here, 691 00:39:48,054 --> 00:39:49,843 just the two of us. 692 00:39:49,973 --> 00:39:51,982 You did it! 693 00:39:53,397 --> 00:39:54,860 You did it. 694 00:39:54,998 --> 00:39:57,071 You killed Ann Wilson! 695 00:40:04,213 --> 00:40:06,735 What lovely hair. 696 00:40:06,870 --> 00:40:11,410 So soft, fragrant. 697 00:40:11,541 --> 00:40:13,452 Shiny. 698 00:40:18,422 --> 00:40:25,681 Skin... so cool, sweet. 699 00:40:25,814 --> 00:40:27,603 It's too bad. 700 00:40:27,734 --> 00:40:31,051 It surely is. 701 00:40:31,189 --> 00:40:34,932 But there's no other way... I'm afraid. 702 00:40:35,062 --> 00:40:39,024 There's no other way. 703 00:40:46,645 --> 00:40:49,396 The next time, you just better watch where you're going. 704 00:40:53,302 --> 00:40:55,670 It's funny. 705 00:40:55,797 --> 00:40:58,035 She said he was all through blasting. 706 00:41:00,438 --> 00:41:02,348 Well, we better check it out, Coch. 707 00:41:22,710 --> 00:41:25,394 Mrs. Gibson? 708 00:41:26,933 --> 00:41:29,269 Mrs. Gibson? 709 00:41:30,390 --> 00:41:32,179 Mrs. Gibson, you up there? 710 00:41:40,438 --> 00:41:42,162 What happened? 711 00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:44,498 Poor, poor woman. 712 00:41:44,630 --> 00:41:46,125 Poor woman. 713 00:41:46,262 --> 00:41:48,467 I told her to stand back. 714 00:41:48,597 --> 00:41:50,191 Poor thing. 715 00:41:50,325 --> 00:41:52,017 Her neck's broken. 716 00:41:52,149 --> 00:41:53,776 Part of a stump must have... 717 00:41:53,909 --> 00:41:56,212 Oh, she was such a wonderful woman. 718 00:41:56,341 --> 00:41:58,709 So sweet and so kind. 719 00:41:58,838 --> 00:42:01,043 She was so sorry for me wandering the countryside. 720 00:42:01,173 --> 00:42:03,563 She... she wanted me to settle down. 721 00:42:03,701 --> 00:42:05,841 We even talked about me staying on here. 722 00:42:07,478 --> 00:42:09,900 Well, I... I was just here a little while ago. 723 00:42:10,037 --> 00:42:11,980 She said you were through blasting for the day. 724 00:42:12,118 --> 00:42:14,672 Oh. Well, yeah. Yeah, I had. 725 00:42:14,806 --> 00:42:16,563 All except one little stump which... 726 00:42:16,693 --> 00:42:18,418 which I wasn't even going to bother with. 727 00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:19,925 Right close to a fence, it was. 728 00:42:20,054 --> 00:42:22,291 Wouldn't have been in the way of a plough at all. 729 00:42:22,422 --> 00:42:25,652 Why did you bother with it then? 730 00:42:25,781 --> 00:42:27,455 Well, you know women, when they pay for something. 731 00:42:27,478 --> 00:42:28,897 She came out there a little while ago, 732 00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:30,526 and insisted on me blowing out that little stump, 733 00:42:30,549 --> 00:42:31,531 and then, somehow, she... 734 00:42:31,670 --> 00:42:35,249 she got in the way, and... Poor thing. 735 00:42:35,381 --> 00:42:37,171 There was nothing I could do. 736 00:42:37,301 --> 00:42:38,644 Nothing! 737 00:42:40,597 --> 00:42:42,322 Better make room in your wagon. 738 00:42:42,453 --> 00:42:43,981 We'll have to take her into town. 739 00:42:44,118 --> 00:42:46,573 Yeah. Yes, of course, Little Joe. 740 00:42:48,502 --> 00:42:50,063 Sure is a sad business. 741 00:42:50,197 --> 00:42:51,605 Surely is. 742 00:42:51,734 --> 00:42:52,978 I swear, 743 00:42:53,110 --> 00:42:55,980 I'll never touch nitro again, I swear it! Never! 744 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:03,021 Strange. 745 00:43:04,437 --> 00:43:06,543 Page ripped out of Mrs. Gibson's songbook. 746 00:43:08,021 --> 00:43:09,931 Who could have done that? 747 00:43:11,286 --> 00:43:13,588 Well, I couldn't even guess. That's a fact. 748 00:43:13,718 --> 00:43:16,337 Well, like I said, I just left here a little while ago. 749 00:43:16,469 --> 00:43:18,380 The book was all right then. 750 00:43:19,701 --> 00:43:21,360 You haven't been back in the house 751 00:43:21,494 --> 00:43:22,869 since I left, have you, Poole? 752 00:43:22,997 --> 00:43:24,886 Me? Of course not. 753 00:43:25,013 --> 00:43:27,316 Not till just now when I brought her in from the field. 754 00:43:27,445 --> 00:43:29,585 'Course, you can't tell about women, Little Joe. 755 00:43:29,717 --> 00:43:31,987 They do the dangdest things! They really do. 756 00:43:33,622 --> 00:43:35,630 Yeah, but this. 757 00:43:35,765 --> 00:43:37,741 Rip a page out of her own songbook, 758 00:43:37,878 --> 00:43:40,399 then tear it to bits as though she were angry. 759 00:43:40,533 --> 00:43:41,843 What for? 760 00:43:59,958 --> 00:44:01,868 "New Orleans Woman." 761 00:44:05,558 --> 00:44:07,446 That's the song the killer was singing 762 00:44:07,574 --> 00:44:08,884 the night he murdered Ann. 763 00:44:16,437 --> 00:44:19,821 Mrs. Gibson wouldn't tear it up. 764 00:44:21,782 --> 00:44:23,343 Well, if she didn't, 765 00:44:23,477 --> 00:44:25,845 I surely can't guess who did, and that's a fact. 766 00:44:25,974 --> 00:44:28,146 Well, I can. 767 00:44:28,277 --> 00:44:30,831 What? 768 00:44:30,966 --> 00:44:33,585 What do you mean, Little Joe? 769 00:44:33,717 --> 00:44:35,376 I mean, I think you and I ought 770 00:44:35,509 --> 00:44:37,518 to go in town and see the deputy, Poole. 771 00:44:39,477 --> 00:44:41,267 Well, Little Joe, 772 00:44:41,397 --> 00:44:44,431 if you want me to go into town and see the deputy, then... 773 00:44:46,838 --> 00:44:48,813 All right, Poole. 774 00:44:48,949 --> 00:44:51,055 Get up in the wagon. 775 00:44:51,190 --> 00:44:53,395 We're going to town. 776 00:44:53,525 --> 00:44:56,821 Are you accusing me of murdering Mrs. Gibson? 777 00:44:56,950 --> 00:44:58,739 I'm not accusing you of anything. 778 00:44:58,870 --> 00:45:01,685 Just want you to go into town and talk to the deputy. 779 00:45:01,813 --> 00:45:04,181 It's like you said, Mr. Poole. 780 00:45:04,309 --> 00:45:06,798 These things are better left to the authorities. 781 00:45:08,597 --> 00:45:13,518 Yes, I said that... but not this time. 782 00:45:18,388 --> 00:45:19,461 Go on, put it down. 783 00:45:19,395 --> 00:45:21,371 That's not gonna do you any good this time. 784 00:45:21,507 --> 00:45:23,418 I think it will. 785 00:45:24,799 --> 00:45:26,556 You throw your gun over there, Little Joe. 786 00:45:26,687 --> 00:45:29,142 Right now! 787 00:45:36,799 --> 00:45:38,327 You shouldn't have mixed in. 788 00:45:38,463 --> 00:45:39,839 You really shouldn't have. 789 00:45:39,967 --> 00:45:41,910 Of course, now, I'm going to have to report 790 00:45:42,047 --> 00:45:43,641 that two nice people got too close 791 00:45:43,775 --> 00:45:44,889 to one of my explosions. 792 00:45:45,023 --> 00:45:46,431 How many others were there, Poole, 793 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,022 besides Ann and Mrs. Gibson? 794 00:45:48,159 --> 00:45:51,575 Well, now, I, uh... 795 00:45:51,711 --> 00:45:54,265 I... I don't rightly know, and that's a fact. 796 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:55,895 It's like nitro. 797 00:45:56,031 --> 00:45:58,618 One wrong move, and things change. 798 00:45:58,751 --> 00:46:01,141 You mean, they die. 799 00:46:01,279 --> 00:46:02,709 Why was it always women? 800 00:46:04,671 --> 00:46:06,527 They resist me 801 00:46:06,655 --> 00:46:10,453 with their fair skin and their shiny hair. 802 00:46:10,591 --> 00:46:12,447 I want to touch 'em, 803 00:46:12,575 --> 00:46:14,965 but they never understand. 804 00:46:15,103 --> 00:46:16,828 They resist me. 805 00:46:16,959 --> 00:46:18,749 So then you kill them. 806 00:46:18,879 --> 00:46:20,669 But you don't understand. 807 00:46:20,799 --> 00:46:23,582 I'm the power in the thunder and the lightning! 808 00:46:24,591 --> 00:46:28,683 Oh, no, Poole, you're just a man. 809 00:46:28,815 --> 00:46:30,955 A very, very sick man. 810 00:46:31,087 --> 00:46:33,325 I'm a thunder man! 811 00:46:33,455 --> 00:46:38,126 And no power in heaven or on earth can touch me!