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...at long last reveals the true nature of this man

and I say in light of that revelation

that this president and all future presidents

must learn that they are servants of the people.

God forbid that he should have

one title of power, except what is derived

through congress

and the constitution.

Ours is not a government of kings and satraps

but a government... In the words of our beloved

martyred President Lincoln...

"Of the people

"for the people

and by the people."

And...

Over here!

And after

if he should fail to grasp... That simple principle

which was inscribed...

In the constitution...

Thief!

Young ruffians!

Come back here!

Thief!

Come this way.

Anything?

Come on. Get in.

Let's go!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Hey, get off!

Ha!

Help me!

What?

Help me!

Meet you at the old ferry building.

Let go of me!

I thought you were hurt.

Stay away from me.

Whoa, whoa.

Do you know how close

we came back there?

Aw, come on.

We got away clean, like we always do.

They had cops all around

that square.

They're on to us.

Time I was on my way.

What? What?

I told you how it was going to be.

I told you I'm going west someday.

I'm going to be a cowboy.

We thought it was just talk.

Well, start thinking different.

I ain't never heard of no colored cowboys.

Because it's different out there.

Out west a man ain't looked down on for his color.

We never looked down on you, Adam.

That's because

you'd be dead or jailed by now wasn't for me.

Fine. Go ahead. I don't care.

I can take care of myself just fine.

Good.

I will.

You're not going to believe this.

That's a baby.

What's it doing in there?

What do you think?

Somebody threw it away.

People do it all the time.

That girl in the street.

What girl?

Half crazy.

Tried to jump on the wagon.

It must be hers.

Her own baby?

Why?

I know where she came from.

I followed her.

We could bring it home.

If she wanted it back, she wouldn't have got

shut of him in the first place.

Least she put some milk

and extra nappies

in here.

Man, he's soaked through.

Anybody know anything about babies?

I do.

There were some in the orphanage.

We got to get the nappie off him.

His backside'll get sore.

Then do it.

All right.

We could just leave him right here.

Somebody will probably come along.

We're not going to leave him.

It's a girl.

You sure?

I'm definitely sure.

We got to find a home for her.

What? Why us?

'Cause we're all she's got.

Can't leave her here.

I ain't got time for this.

I'm going west.

I ain't staying in the city

for nobody or no baby.

Oh.

Never said you guys couldn't come along

if that's what you decide you want to do.

I thought you said it was time

we started taking care of ourselves.

Well...

I ain't begging you.

Adam!

I'll check the alley.

Coppers. Let's get out of here.

What about the baby?

Bring her.

Quickly.

Come on, hurry! Careful.

There you are...

Four tickets to Abilene, Kansas.

Boarding in about 20 minutes, track two.

Thank you, sir.

Good luck to you

son.

$65 for a train ride.

I hope you realize

we only got a couple hundred left.

I told you... Quit worrying.

Sure is a funny-looking little thing.

Everything okay?

No problem

ma.

Morning, boys.

Where is this

cute little baby's mama?

That's our little sister

sir.

Our mama died having her, I'm sorry to say.

Where's your daddy?

Papa?

Rest his soul.

Came down with the fever.

Passed on

right after mama.

Yes, sir.

So now we're headed west

to go live with our auntie prudence.

Yes. Yes.

I see.

What's this pretty

little darling's name?

Mary. Rose.

Uh, Mary Rose.

Clayborne.

And you are...?

I'm Adam clayborne.

Douglas clayborne, sir.

Cole clayborne.

Travis clayborne.

But Trav's fine.

Son?

How'd you all come to be

by the same last name?

Well, you see, sir

Adam here was adopted.

That's right, officer.

Mama and papa took him in after pa found him

near froze to death in a snowstorm.

Half starved and all pitiful like.

That so?

Yes, sir.

Yes.

You boys sure

you can handle this sweetheart?

Yes, sir.

Okay, any problems on the train

you go straight to the conductor.

You hear now?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Where'd "Mary" come from?

My mama. Don't remember much about her before she died.

What about "Rose"?

It's my mama.

Mary Rose.

That's a fine name.

Hello, Mary Rose clayborne.

Well...

If we're going west...

Let's get going.

Adam.

Whoa!

Hey.

What about those people?

Too rich.

You think rich folks are likely

to take in a strange baby?

They might start asking too many questions.

We got to at least get us some boots.

A real cowboy ain't nothing without his boots.

Forget about boots.

Start worrying about

getting some jobs and making some money.

You mean we're going to go straight

and have to work real jobs?

You see all those folks wearing guns?

You want to lift a wallet off of one of them?

How's Mary Rose doing?

Um...

She's still sleeping, but she's going to want

something to eat pretty soon.

We're going to have to get

some more goat's milk.

I got a better idea.

Why don't we find

a goat farmer to give her to?

Look, what about those ladies?

You fool.

Well, we have

to pick somebody.

That was the deal, right?

Wasn't it?

Shut up, trav.

I ain't seen no colored cowboys, Adam.

You sure you got it right?

I'm going to the stockyards.

Hey, you watch her careful now.

My name's Adam clayborne.

Looking for work.

A cattle run.

You sure?

Sure?

This is

Mrs. Pruitt, Doug.

They're raising a big family

on a farm outside of town.

That's Douglas, and that's Cole.

That's our little sister you've got there.

Come on. We had a deal.

Shut up!

Good afternoon, everybody.

Trav gave Mary Rose away to them.

Again?

Ma'am, I'm real sorry about all this

but Travis here is a little off his head...

Always coming out with the first

fool thing that pops into his brain.

It's been a terrible trial for all of us

and I can't imagine how his two brothers

could have been so stupid

and leave little Mary alone with him.

Then she has a home.

With a warm and loving family.

As long as she's cared for...

That's the important thing.

Come on, children.

Great. I solve our problem and what do we get?

We don't have a problem.

Hey, mister, who's that?

Him?

That's Isom Dart...

About the best bronc buster to ever cross

the red river, in either direction.

Hey, fellas!

Fellas!

Pack up.

We're going to Texas.

Texas?

That's where all the big cattle ranches are

and where my good friend Mr. Isom dart

who happens to be a colored cowboy

has promised to help find us work.

That's right.

You smile, little Mary Rose.

'Cause we're on our way.

Ride him, Adam, ride him!

Come on, Adam!

Give him what for!

Come on, Adam!

Give him what for!

Come on!

Ride him, Adam!

Ride him!

Give him what for, Adam!

Mind how you talk now, young lady.

You ain't got nothing!

But, Travis, I want to stay and watch Adam.

Well, you can't.

We're just hired hands around here trying to learn

the ranch business, and we got to get to work.

Hyah!

Now you mind

what Ms. Nelson says now.

Okay.

I'll see you tonight, sweetie.

You want to play?

I don't care.

That's one of your brothers, right?

Uh-huh. He's Doug

and there's Adam and there's Travis and there's Cole

except Cole ain't here 'cause he's a Texas ranger.

He ain't no ranger.

Is too.

Right now, he's off chasing dirty gun slicks

and dry-gulchers and back shooters.

I don't believe it.

And another thing.

Adam can't be your brother.

He ain't even the right color.

He is so!

Color don't matter; He said it don't.

If he said that, he's just lying.

You're the liar.

I'm not a liar.

Yeah, you are!

Now what's all this

ruckus about?

I see.

Well, why don't you two share

these hot cinnamon buns I just made

and make friends again?

Annie, what is the problem now?

It's just a little spat.

Annie...

I've told you.

You're not to give the help food from the kitchen.

Mary's just a little girl.

Those Claybornes are the next thing to a band

of gypsies.

Let them get too familiar, next thing

you know, we'll be missing things around here.

Oh, I...

Annie, being kin and all

you're welcome to live here

but you must respect my wishes.

Oh, go back inside.

I'll handle it.

Playtime is over, Carrie.

Mary...

Mary, I want to have a word with you.

A word about what, Mrs. Parker?

Fighting.

I have warned Mary Rose

I won't have her provoking Carrie.

Provoking, was it?

My husband tells me

you're near finished with our band of horses.

Just as well.

Just as well y'all be moving on.

Bedtime, Mary, honey.

You want to tell me what's on your mind?

You know I won't be able

to sleep a wink if you don't.

I hate moving.

I wish we didn't have to.

I figured that might have something to do with it.

Guess what I'm thinking.

I'm thinking of a place.

What kind of place?

Oh, it's a fine place.

It's on a hill, and it's overlooking a lake.

It's got plenty of good grass

for cattle and flowers, too.

It's going to be ours someday.

Ours? All of us?

That's right, Mary, honey.

We're going to build us a house of our own

and that's where we'll live...

You and me and Cole and Doug and trav.

When? When can we go there, Adam?

I ain't found it yet.

See, that's why we're all working

and moving around so much...

So that, well, we'll have the money it takes

for when the time comes.

You sleep tight, Mary, honey.

Good night, Adam.

That's quite a promise.

Well, it's going to come true for her.

Oh? We ain't got near what it takes

to set up a spread on our own.

It'll be at least another three

four more years the way I figure.

We can't wait that long.

I mean, Mary'll be grown up before we know it.

And maybe you heard.

They hit gold up in Montana territory.

You thinking about taking up prospecting?

Well, miners get hungry...

Hungry for beef.

And I hear the grass up that way

is free for the claiming.

Cole!

Cole!

Cole!

Little Mary Rose.

Whoo-hee!

How you doing?

It's good to see you.

Travis.

Cole.

Douglas.

Now ain't this here a surprise.

Mary Rose

you come away from there now.

Don't you be looking at that.

Is he dead?

I want you to quit right now

before somebody kills you.

Mary, Mary...

Look, Mary, this badge here

has paid good hard money for a long time.

All right?

Money we all needed here.

But I'm all finished

with that now, all right?

So I want you to keep this for me.

That's yours.

Where's Adam?

Montana territory.

He's scouting the country for grass.

A-b-c-d-e...

Do you remember when Ms. Nelson

got in trouble for giving me them buns?

She did?

Well, come on.

F-q...

That's a "g."

Now there's a "Q" with the little squiggly thing.

How do you know?

'Cause I learned to read a long time ago.

Who learned you?

Mary, honey, I mostly learned myself.

Now quit changing the subject.

F-g-h-i...

You want to know what happened

to Ms. Nelson's face?

She told you?

We talk a lot.

It was during the war.

She said the soldiers killed her husband

and her two little kids.

Burnt out their place...

With her in it.

But she got out.

That's sad.

Now back to work.

J-k-l-m...

Then she had to come

out here and live with her brother

but I don't think she's very happy.

I think she'd like to get away from that

mean Ms. Parker.

You just hold your horses.

Now I'd like to help Ms. Nelson

too, but...

Well, we just don't have any room

in the wagon for anybody else.

Mary Rose

now I told you...

There is so room.

Has there been some

misunderstanding?

From what Mary said, I...

See?

It ain't fancy, Ms. Nelson.

I don't need fancy, Mr. Clayborne.

I need a family again.

Whoa.

Look at all the roses.

It's Rose hill, Mary.

We're home.

Come on. Let's go.

That's it.

Easy, easy.

Easy, easy.

Whoa.

Whoa.

Hello, Charlie. Hello, Sam.

What are you boys up to

if you don't mind my inquiry?

Today's miss Mary's birthday.

I come to pay my respects.

Same. And I got here first.

If you got first dibs

why didn't you ride on in?

I got my reasons.

Why don't you?

All the Claybornes is home, are they?

Yeah. All of them.

One or two of them Claybornes is bad enough...

Watching every move a man makes around miss Mary.

But all four...

I'll tell miss Mary Rose you're a-roosting down here.

Maybe she'll send y'all a piece of cake

or something.

Come on, boys.

Whoa, whoa.

Hey.

Whoa, whoa.

Hey, Mr. Bates.

Well, now... miss Mary.

You joining us for Mary Rose's birthday party, Mr. Bates?

Well, I was wondering how long

it was going to take for somebody to ask.

Now, I got all the merchandise

you folks ordered.

And I got something real special

for you, miss Mary.

Oh, by the way, there's a couple of boys...

Sam Tucker and Charlie orr...

They's counting their chickens down by the fork.

I 'spect they might

enjoy an invite.

Well, I guess we'd better go talk to them, then.

Cole, don't you dare.

Don't you worry about a thing, Mary.

We're always real polite with your young men.

Come in and make yourself at home, Mr. Bates.

We'll be sitting down to supper directly.

Oh! Oh!

Mary!

Where is your mind today?

Might as well have a man in the kitchen.

If somebody would fix that...

Annie, when you were married...

Before you came to live with us...

What was it like?

When I was married?

That was a long time ago.

If you don't want to talk about it...

Well...

I don't know what to tell you.

I had a wonderful marriage.

You know, but a marriage isn't just one thing.

At first, when it's just the two of you

everything's all sweet and rosy.

Then the babies start to come along.

You have to think about the future.

I'm starved.

What is for supper?

Oh, get.

Cole, where are the boys?

What... boys?

Oh, yeah! Them two up the road there.

Turns out they had a pressing engagement...

Elsewhere.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Mary...

What's wrong?

Didn't you have a good time?

Wonderful. The only men I got to dance with

on my birthday was either my brother

or... fat cow bates.

I'm not a child, and they all still

keep treating me like one.

That's because you let them.

Do not.

Mary...

Those boys treat you the way they have always treated you

since you were a little girl

and you love it.

Well, you should.

Bless them.

They threw up a protective circle around you

that no harm could ever get through.

Oh, but you're

a young woman now.

It's time you step out of that circle

and become your own person.

I am my own person.

I know you believe that.

I think you still have a ways to go.

I didn't get a chance

to give you this earlier.

This was from your husband.

That part of my life is over.

You've given me a new life.

I want you to take it, Mary Rose.

I think it's time we told her the truth.

She knows enough for now.

I'm not sure how to tell Mary

about her real mother abandoning her

in the back of a garbage wagon.

We don't know for sure it was her real mother.

You sure you're not just afraid

she might find out she has a real family somewhere?

This is her real family.

Yah!

Whoa!

Shorthanded here, mister.

Care to sit in?

Ah, why not?

Foreigner, huh?

Aye.

Fergus Carroll's the name, from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Well, that ugly critter sitting next to you

is Charley Trent.

That's Wilbur Trueblood and Ernie Hawser

and I'm Travis clayborne.

Pleased to meet you, Fergus.

Clayborne.

You wouldn't happen to know a Mr. Cole clayborne?

That's my brother.

What's your business with him?

Might I have a word in private with you, Mr. Clayborne?

I wouldn't interfere with another man's business

but when I overheard them suggest

they had a job of killing to do, well...

You sure they're from Texas?

If me geography serves me

ft. Worth was last situated there.

Does your brother attract this kind of attention often?

Often enough, yeah.

Come on, Cole. We got a problem.

Thank you.

Adam, we need to talk.

Outside.

And who might this be?

A friend of mine... Fergus Carroll.

My brother Adam, my sister Mary Rose.

A pleasure, Mr... Mr. Clayborne.

What's wrong, boys?

Nothing to worry about.

You stay and keep Mr. Carroll company.

Cole...

Do as he says, Mary.

Come on, boys.

Well, then, maybe you'd care to explain, Mr. Carroll.

Well, uh...

Never mind. I know it's some kind of trouble.

They make me

so mad.

I'm sure they're only trying to protect you, miss.

I don't need protec...

Protect me from what, Mr. Carroll?

Well, if, as you suggest

there's some sort of trouble...

Well, uh...

Miss clayborne, Travis tells me

you and your brothers have a ranch.

Coincidentally, I happen to have

an interest in the cattle business

me'self.

You?

Aye.

You a broker?

A shipper then?

No, as a matter of...

Hush!

Miss clayborne, I'm not accustomed to being told hush.

There's going to be a fight.

I told you to wait inside.

Do you hear me, young lady?

I said wait inside!

I'm obliged

Mr. Carroll.

Things calm down, you come visit

the Rose... A real working cattle ranch.

That's... quite kind of you, sir.

You just had to run off and join the rangers.

Miss clayborne, I'm sure that your brothers

are more than capable of handling themselves.

I hear you two men

are looking to do business

with Cole clayborne.

Well, that'd be me.

And my name is Adam clayborne...

And that's Douglas.

And that's Travis.

They're Claybornes, too.

Gentlemen, you got business with one

you got business with all.

I want to know what happened.

Was there any killing?

Nope. Didn't have to.

Not after Adam blew a hole in the bar with that 12-Gauge.

We took them out back

had a chat, and sent them back

on the stage coach they come in on.

Who were they?

Hired trash.

What... you really want to know?

I mean

hearing about it will make you

feel all grown up, right?

It was some old business left over from Texas.

In those days

rangers weren't much for courts and judges and whatnot.

You caught a man red-handed

and there was a big enough tree close by

bullet if there wasn't.

Well, enough of that kind of justice

and sooner or later, somebody's going to make a mistake.

Is that why you quit the rangers?

I remember that day.

The dead man

in the wagon...

Was he a mistake?

I thought you quit 'cause you knew I wanted you to.

Those men today...?

That's the past.

Can't be buried, Mary Rose.

As much as a person might wish it could.

Mary Rose?

It's just that foreigner from town I told you about.

Would you look at him!

Whoa.

Good morning, Mr. Carroll.

Ah. Miss clayborne.

Did you bring that hat

all the way from Scotland?

Aye, by the way of Capetown, Sydney

and a few other stops along the way.

Goodness. All those places.

Guess you're some kind of tourist.

Well, better take

real good care of that hat.

Doubt you'll find any more

like it around here.

So I've noticed.

Well.

Welcome to the Rose, Mr. Carroll.

I was wondering when we might see you again.

Mr. Clayborne.

Come in.

Well... I represent a group of Edinburgh financiers

who have formed

an investment pool.

We intend to establish a cattle station

here which I shall operate.

Cattle station?

I heard of train stations and police stations.

Don't pay

any attention to trav.

He's not quite

as ignorant as he seems sometimes.

So have you

found yourself some likely grass?

I think so... On the musselshell

above Clark's crossing.

More coffee, Mr. Carroll?

Thank you.

And since we're going to be neighbors

my name is Fergus.

Better last your first winter

before you call yourself a neighbor, Mr. Carroll.

Mm. Mary has a point.

This is hard country.

He's handsome.

Carries himself well.

I hadn't noticed.

He's noticing you.

Man doesn't know

what he's doing.

Chew him up, spit him out.

Take all his money

for the trouble.

You had

any experience, Mr. Carroll?

Not here, of course

but my investors have holdings in South Africa

and Australia where I served my apprenticeship.

Of course, I studied animal husbandry

at the university of Edinburgh.

But I must say, I'm worried about all the overgrazing

I'm seeing here

and with more cattle coming in every year...

Well, frankly

I believe the lands are being mismanaged.

Mismanaged?

I don't think so.

Mr. Clayborne, the nutritional quality

of the grasslands here are as fine

as anywhere in the world

but unless the soil base

is allowed to replenish itself...

The point is, Mr. Carroll

this range isn't being managed at all.

It's free range.

Free range for free men.

That's why many of us came here.

And it always will be.

Well, perhaps I spoke too quickly.

Well, you come and see us again, Mr. Carroll.

Thanks. I shall.

And I look forward to returning the hospitality.

Don't forget, Mr. Carroll, take good care of that hat.

You two just leave him alone.

Shoshone?!

Where are your people, huh?

Yeah... I bet

you wouldn't mind watching me take

an arrow in the back

now, would you?

Come on.

Cole?

Cole!

Cole! Cole!

You Rose clayborne?

Sir?

I'm John stringer.

I'm sorry, ma'am, but your brother's been shot.

Cole... help me.

After the game, it turned out Cole

and me were riding the same direction.

And where would that be?

Me and my partners are camped

up on the little bell.

Anyway, when we crossed onto your grass

Cole found a fresh trail.

It was rustlers, three of them.

Already taken half a dozen steers

judging from the tracks

and they got wind

of us somehow.

Opened up on us.

That's when Cole got hit.

I thought he was a goner

but he come up shooting.

We backed our way

out of there.

He's a game one.

We appreciate what you did.

You're welcome at the Rose anytime.

I'll show you where it happened.

We'll find it.

Be careful.

Where are you from, Mr. Stringer?

Oh, here and there.

Kansas lately.

I meant, where were you born?

Tennessee. Yourself?

New York City... I think.

It's a long story.

How'd you know my name when you rode in?

Well, truth is, Cole kept going on and on

about his kid sister, Mary Rose, the whole time.

Mary Rose this, Mary Rose that.

One reason I went

is I figured if he went off and got killed

I'd never get to meet the famous Mary Rose.

Well... I hope this will do for you tonight.

This will do fine.

Good night, miss clayborne.

Good night.

No...

Stop!

No...

Shh. Shh.

Shh.

Cole, Cole.

Shh. Shh.

Very nice.

Okay, now stay with me.

Yeah. Stay with me now.

This is the tricky part.

This is where it all gets dangerous.

Oh...! Oh!

Very nice.

Back in.

Beautiful.

Forget about your feet?

Huh?

Not so hard, huh?

Mary Rose.

Douglas! Trav!

How's Cole?

His fever broke this morning.

He's going to be all right.

I was just seeing Mr. Stringer off.

I was just, uh...

Showing Mary Rose a sashay.

On your way, were you?

Yes, I was.

We won't keep you.

Good afternoon, miss clayborne.

I hope we'll be seeing more of you

Mr. Stringer.

I'd like that very much.

Gentlemen.

Didn't even come close.

Lost them at the river.

Miss clayborne.

Mr. Carroll.

I almost didn't recognize you

without your fancy hat.

I've since retired the hat, miss clayborne.

It seemed to attract

a totally unreasonable amount of attention.

How have you been?

Busy. I seem to have been remiss in calling on Cole.

How is he?

Already up and around.

He's chomping at the bit

to get after the men who shot him.

I can imagine. Shall I see you and your brothers

at the independence day celebration this weekend?

Wouldn't miss it on a bet.

Thought I might ask, miss clayborne

if I might escort you to the dance.

I don't know.

Nobody's had

the nerve to ask me to a dance before.

Is that so?

Perhaps you'd like a little time to think about it.

I think that's a good idea.

Thank you, Mr. Carroll.

Miss.

Where have you been?

Shopping.

I ran into Mr. Carroll.

Well, he, uh...

Morning, miss clayborne.

John.

Hear Cole's back on his feet.

Send him my best.

I'll do that.

So, there's a dance coming up, miss clayborne.

You been practicing that step I showed you?

I might need another lesson.

Oh. Well...

I'll count on seeing you there, then

unless you got other plans.

No.

Good.

Mary Rose?

You might be a little more sociable.

You hardly said a word to John.

I promised Annie I'd bring her some back liniment.

I won't be long.

This is shining water.

She's Shoshone.

She got no people left.

She's coming to live on the Rose.

Where did she come from?

Well, there's no room for her here.

She's taking Adam's room.

Adam says he'll sleep in the barn.

Move out?

He can't do that!

Just till they build a place of their own.

You were just complaining there ain't no room.

Lord, it ain't a mystery.

Adam's in his prime.

She's a pretty, young thing.

You think she's pretty?

Guess she is, kind of.

I know it's hard, child.

You've had all Adam's attention to yourself all this time.

Now a young woman comes along...

But he doesn't know her.

He doesn't even speak

the same language.

She's just using him

'cause she's got no place to live.

Now, shame on you!

Now, a little happiness is hard enough to come by in this world.

You begrudge it to someone

who hasn't done a thing in his life

but love and care for you.

You're a spoiled thing, Mary Rose.

Guess you're a family member.

Why don't you start over there?

Ah, the clan clayborne.

Hello, hello.

Sit down and join us, Fergus.

Thanks.

Miss clayborne.

Mr. Carroll.

Looks scrumptious.

Thank you.

I, uh, hear that new place of yours

is coming along just fine, Fergus.

Indeed, indeed.

The main house is almost finished.

I hope to be able

to entertain all of you there

in the near future.

We'd look forward to it.

Has Adam come to town?

Adam has other things on his mind these days

than the fourth of July.

Ah. Thomas?

He probably got roped into a card game.

He'll be along

when he gets hungry enough.

Excuse me. I believe I see a friend of mine.

Be sure to ask John if he's hungry.

Tell him we've got plenty.

What's that about?

Mary, you know there's been a lot of beef

stolen around here lately.

I was going to tell you the other day.

Rumor is, John's had a part in it.

No.

No, John stringer

is not a rustler.

Look what he did for Cole.

I'm just telling you what people are saying.

Mary Rose.

John.

Oh, John, this is Fergus Carroll.

This is John stringer.

I've been looking forward

to meeting you, Mr. Stringer.

You're the Scottie

with all the foreign ideas

on how the cattle business ought to be run.

Aye. Some are beginning to listen.

Are they now?

Mary Rose, I can't stay.

I want to thank you for the invite, though.

You know you're always welcome, John.

How many head

you grazing up there, Mr. Stringer?

Well, 5,000.

Not much compared to your operation, but...

We're proud of it.

Will I see you at the dance

later, Mary Rose?

Yes.

Good.

Nice to meet you.

5,000 head.

Stocked up pretty fast.

Doug, stop it.

You don't know the first thing about him.

Mary, the truth is, nobody does.

He comes from Tennessee...

And Kansas and...

No one knows

where his money comes from

or how he comes by his stock.

I'm sure Douglas

is only trying to protect you.

Protect me.

I've had enough protection from the both of you.

I've lost at least 200 head me'self.

I know others that have lost more.

The federal marshal in great falls

might as well be on the bloody moon.

And the army, they're of no use at all

when it comes to cattle rustlers.

It's time we acted on our own.

I'm in a hard place, Fergus.

He's Cole's friend.

And any fool can see how Mary Rose feels about him.

Douglas, these thieves have to be stopped...

Caught in the act and dealt with.

I'm going to offer a $5,000 reward

for the right piece of information.

That's a lot of money.

True, but I don't have time to haggle.

I wonder how long it will take them

to miss you.

My brothers?

Don't mind them.

I don't.

They just haven't faced the fact

that I'm not a little girl anymore.

Don't you agree?

I agree.

I've just had word:

They'll hit Ben hawser's place tomorrow night.

Who are they?

My informant gave no names.

Adam, will you and your brothers ride with us?

Yeah, we will.

Whoa.

They're coming in from the south.

You ready?

Let's go.

You men, stop where you're at!

Throw down your weapons!

John?

Ah, Cole.

John!

Mary, I need your help.

What happened?

Night riders come after me and my partner.

Claimed we'd been stealing cattle.

It's lies.

Mary, I made a run for it

but they're right behind me.

I don't know how far they are.

I need a fresh horse.

My brothers rode out tonight.

They were wearing hoods.

I couldn't see who they were.

Will you come back?

I don't think so.

Take me with you.

I can't.

I'm sorry.

I'll send for you, I promise.

Five minutes, Mary.

Give me five minutes to get saddled.

That's all I need.

Go!

Mary Rose, what are you doing out here?

I couldn't sleep.

I was worried.

Where's Adam and Cole?

Miss clayborne, has anyone been here tonight?

What do you mean?

I think that's a simple

enough question.

I'd better check the barn.

We tracked one of the rustlers down this way.

Lost him in the creek bottom.

I think it's John stringer.

No.

Couldn't have been.

He wasn't, he wouldn't...

Travis? Hey, tra...

No! No!

Cole is dead!

John stringer shot him!

It's true.

No, it's not true!

It's not true!

No, it's not true!

"Many waters cannot quench love.

"Neither can the floods drown it.

"A man who will give

"all the substance of his house for love

"would utterly be condemned.

Amen."

Amen. Amen.

Mary, Mary.

I know the pain you're feeling.

It's the same for your brothers.

It will pass.

Mary Rose?

How's she taking it?

Travis and Douglas both love you

and that's the important thing.

Any news of stringer?

That's what I've come to tell you.

He made a run for the badlands.

We caught up to him

yesterday morning

the other side of crow's landing.

Stringer reached for his gun and I shot him.

No!

No! No!

Are you crying for him?!

For stringer?!

He promised

to send for me.

Ain't this family

been hurt enough?

Family?! This isn't a family!

You made it up

and I don't belong here.

Rose hill, all of it.

You never told me

the truth about my real family.

Mary!

You want to know

the truth about your real family?

Then it's time you should know.

All I can tell you is what Cole told me.

The day we stole that wagon with you in it

there was a girl, and she was carrying on

and she tried to stop us

but there was no stoppingus with the cops on our tail.

And Cole followed her back to where she came from.

And Mary, honey, you have to figure

that's where you

come from, to.

I'm sorry.

Cole said it was a big place down in the battery.

He remembered, 'cause it was just a few blocks

up Maple street from Purdy's pawn show

where we did a lot of business back in those days.

He said there was a fountain in front of the house

with one of them little baby angels off to one side.

But that was a long time ago, Mary Rose.

Everything could have changed by now.

Yes?

Is Mr. Elliot in

please?

I'm Richard Elliot.

Who are you?

My name is Mary Rose clayborne.

I'm looking for my family.

I think you better come inside.

Who is she?

That's, uh... My wife, Helen.

Your, uh... remarkable resemblance to her

is why I brought you

into my house.

Where is she?

She's dead.

She, uh, died almost seven years to the day

since our daughter was lost.

That's our daughter, Victoria.

She was, um...

Kidnapped when she was four months old.

She would be, uh, just 19.

I'm sorry.

It was a long time ago.

Helen and I had gone out for supper

earlier in the evening, and when we got back

Maude had, um...

That was the woman you met at the door...

Maude had already discovered

that Victoria was missing

and had called the police.

There was a girl.

Someone who worked here.

How would you know that?

I knew someone who saw her.

There was a girl

a servant girl named Gwen

who we'd... had to fire a couple of weeks earlier

for stealing silver

and obviously, we suspected her, but then, she disappeared.

Anyway, the police told us

to expect a ransom note.

As you would imagine, I was prepared

to pay any amount, but the, um...

The note never came.

So finally, we were forced to accept the idea

that something terrible had gone wrong, and that, uh...

Victoria was dead.

So...

That's my story, Mary Rose.

I think you'd better tell me yours.

Where's the major?

He's in

the drawing room.

He has a visitor.

Oh?

Good lord, Maude.

You look as though somebody

put salt in your pudding.

Ignore him, Maude.

Harrison, come in.

There's somebody

I'd like you to meet.

This is Harrison, Victoria's brother

and his wife, Emily.

This is Mary Rose clayborne.

She's come here all the way from Montana

to find her family.

Oh... hello.

It's obvious she's a gold digger.

Please don't tell me you believe she's Victoria.

I don't know.

I do believe her story.

At least, I believe it until it's proven I shouldn't.

Father, assuming, for a charitable moment

that everything she says is true

it still doesn't mean she's Victoria.

She has only a second-hand account

of an incident 18 years old

and somehow, after all this time

she stumbled on to you.

A golden opportunity.

How do you account for the resemblance?

She is after the money.

Harrison, whether you understand this or not

this is something that I have to pursue.

I suppose.

But why must you invite her to stay here?

If she is a hoax

the quickest way to find her out

is to have her here where I can watch her.

Don't you agree?

The guest room.

I've been badgering Richard to let me

in here to redecorate

but he's been on an economy binge lately.

Well, it will have to do, I'm afraid.

I've never seen anything so fancy.

You know, I never was cut out to punch cows.

There's too much hard work in it.

You'll be back.

I know you will.

Good-bye, Adam.

You take care of him.

Going to miss you, Annie.

Especially them sourdoughs.

Don't know who you got left to boss around.

Got to go out and get yourself a lazy dog.

Maybe I will.

You be careful.

Snow owl.

I heard of them, but I ain't never seen one.

Her people call it "kissin-ay-ooo-way-oh."

It means, "it blows cold."

Oh.

Telegram.

It's from the investigators you sent to Montana.

"Inquiry Mary Rose clayborne.

"Confirm Rose hill.

"Confirm brothers Adam, Douglas, Travis clayborne.

"Confirm deceased brother Cole clayborne.

"Still investigating outlaw John stringer, deceased.

Details to follow."

Hmm.

Outlaw? I'd say

the plot thickens.

When are you going to confront her with this?

I'm not going to confront her.

Much of this

she's already told me.

Emily has taken a great liking

to Mary Rose, hasn't she?

Oh, lord have mercy.

Oh, god.

Oh, thank you, Annie.

It's bad.

I never seen it this bad so early.

Don't be nervous, my dear.

You're going to be the belle of the ball.

I wouldn't bet my saddle on it.

I would. Besides, I have a suspicion

they're going to have to get used to you.

Richard, I don't even know if I belong here.

Smile.

Let me introduce you to some of the people.

Mrs. Ambers...

I'd like you to meet Mary Rose from Montana.

Nice to meet you, Mary Rose.

Merry Christmas.

And where did you go to school?

Most of the time, in the front room.

Sometimes, in the back of the wagon

or maybe around the campfire come round-up.

Oh! Well, that just sounds...

Charming.

Miss...

Maude.

What is it?

I'm...

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

What are you sorry about, Maude?

He said it would be all right...

There'd be no harm done to you.

We would just hide you for a little while

and collect the ransom and bring you back

and then, he didn't

show up when he was supposed to

and the police were coming

and the wagon was right there

but the boys...

The boys came running.

It was you.

It was you.

Miss Victoria, I'm so sorry.

He...

He went away.

He said he'd send for me, but he never did.

He?

Who are you talking about?

His name was Tom Flannagan.

I loved him, but he was just using me.

Can you ever forgive me?

Maude, I know what it's like

to do something wrong in the name of love.

I do forgive you.

I think what you did caused you

so much more unhappiness than it ever did me.

This is the end of it.

It's dead and buried forever.

Morning.

Morning.

I've never called anyone "father" before.

It's going to take some getting used to.

Are you sure?

Oh, Victoria.

Thank god.

Thank god.

What happened between last night and this morning?

I'm sorry, father.

That's...

It's just something I can't tell you.

Oh, Victoria...

The things you've missed.

Oh, it makes me so angry.

You could've been raised

in a fine home with a loving family.

You'd have attended the finest schools.

You'd have seen the world by now.

No, father.

I was very lucky.

I was raised by a family

that loved me more than anything in the world.

These were the very people

who took you away

that didn't even try to find your family.

Father, they were boys!

Th-they were running from the police.

They didn't mean anybody any harm.

Don't you see, father?

They gave me

so much.

I had the whole wild west for a playground.

And... and as for schooling

maybe it was in the back of a wagon

going from camp to camp

but it was enough.

And I had Rose hill...

The most beautiful home that ever was.

I had four brothers

who would do anything for me.

I don't think I ever really appreciated that until now.

I'm sorry.

I had no idea.

Perhaps if you'd like to go back there for a visit...

Thank you for understanding

but after what I did, I can never go back.

That's not true.

If the upper sands are anything like this...

It's 90% of the herd.

Douglas...

Are you sure you must go?

There's nothing left to stay for.

You were right.

Free range is finished.

What are you going to do?

I'll find something...

A long way from here.

All right, then.

Giddyap!

Ha!

It's a sad day.

A sad day.

Adam...

What have you heard from Mary Rose?

She writes.

She found

her real family.

She made her choice, Fergus.

That's the end of it.

Emily...

It's Fergus.

It's Fergus Carroll.

Mm...

Come with me.

Mary Rose.

Fergus.

It's so good to see you.

We must talk.

I heard it was a hard winter.

By January, it was hopeless.

The cattle headed down for the coulees

bunched up against the snow.

But what grass there was

lay under a dozen feet of snow.

They starved to death by the thousands...

Tens of thousands...

From Texas to the Canadian plains.

Adam and Douglas did what they could

and more

out in it for days on end

but the herd was lost.

What about yourself, Fergus?

I made it through, barely.

But then, I was better prepared than most.

Mary... Douglas is gone.

I don't know where he went.

It ruined Adam's health.

He's very ill.

What about Travis?

He's gone, as well...

In the fall, before the blizzards.

I heard he went down to Santa Fe

to run a card parlor.

But you're the one that Adam most needs to see.

I should have gone back a long time ago.

I kept putting it off.

I was afraid to face them...

Adam especially.

It's what Adam wants, Mary.

Won't you come home, then?

The Madagascar white.

I thought you said it was being stubborn.

I saw you talking to a man in the street.

His name is Fergus Carroll.

He's a friend of mine from Montana.

Father, I'm going back to Rose hill.

Well, I had hoped that you'd never go back

but, uh...

I can't say I'm surprised.

I have to.

Adam's very ill.

I see.

The truth is, I want to go back.

Please don't worry.

I'm your father, Victoria.

It's my job to worry about you.

Don't be hurt.

You are my father.

And Adam is my brother

and Travis and Douglas

and Cole is still a part of me

and now, Harrison and Emily are, too.

But I'm Mary Rose.

Rose hill is my home.

Then go back to Rose hill, Mary Rose.

Go back with my blessing.

Mary...

Oh...

It's been so long.

Shining water, look at you.

Adam must be so thrilled.

Can I see him?

Come in.

Mary...

Adam.

None of that.

It's just good to rest eyes on you.

You look fine.

Fine.

How are you, Mary, honey?

I'm home.

I'm happy to be home.

Lord, I wish you didn't have to see it this way.

Adam, we're going to fix it up.

Fix it up just like it used to be.

No...

Never going to be that way again.

Not like it was when we first come.

When it was all so big and free.

As far as the eye could see.

Oh, made a man's... heart

want to explode.

It's all gone now.

All of it.

No, Adam, it's going to be better.

First thing I'm going to do

is help shining water to get you well.

Then we'll all go to work on this place.

And I'm going to be here when your baby's born

and see what kind of daddy you're going to make.

We'll do that, Mary.

We'll do that.

Well...

This is a fine mess.

Hello, Jake.

Mr. Carroll.

Could you send this immediately?

"Santa Fe sentinel...

"Place the following under your 'personals' column:

Travis clayborne

"'contact Rose hill.

"'Adam ill.

"Whereabouts

of Douglas unknown.'"

All right. Looks like everything's in order.

I appreciate your coming in, and it's been a pleasure.

Travis.

We need to talk.

I'm glad you could come.

How is he?

Poor.

Doc doesn't think he'll make it.

He's got consumption.

I guess we'll go see him.

Wait.

Please.

I didn't ask you to come back

just to say good-bye.

Lord knows, I've made mistakes

and I'm sorry

but... there's some other things

to think about here.

What do you mean?

Shining water has a baby coming.

I can't let Adam go not knowing if his child

has a place in this world.

I want to build Rose hill back up

so Adam can see it one more time

the way it was.

I can't do it alone.

Will you two help me?

Where do we start?

I heard there's work to be had in these parts.

Can't pay much.

We'll work for our supper.

Another one, Douglas, coming up for you.

All right.

Go, go, go, go.

Mary Rose! It works!

What do you think, Adam?

A ranch without cattle ain't much of a ranch.

They're coming.

My father offered enough

to get us started.

You did fine, Mary, honey.

You did fine.

It's Rose hill again, Adam...

For all of us...

Always.

Here, Cole. For you.

Stay.

Rose hill's as much yours as it is anybody's.

It was always yours, Mary.

You're the only reason there ever was for it.

I'm happy you brought us back here, Mary

and I know Cole would have been proud

of what you've done.

Will you be back?

We'll be back for Thanksgiving.

Be happy here, Mary.

Thank you, Fergus.

Well, I... I did nothing.

It was you, Mary.

You brought this place back.

You saved Adam's life.

Thank you for bringing me home.

Well... it wasn't

only for Adam's sake that I came for you.

I know.

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