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- Ah, Pinto. - Anyone around?

Just me.

- Them horses ready? - Got two in the barn.

How come you ain't got four horses ready for us?

Well, I couldn't manage all at once.

The other two are in a box canyon waiting.

Hire cheap help, that's what you get.

Uh... I swear, Pinto, you'll have the horses.

Sundown, I'll be on the ridge waiting for you.

Pa?

I thought you said you was alone.

I meant me and family.

This is my daughter, Susan.

Susan, this here is Mr... Mr. Carter.

He's a land office man from Dodge City.

And this is Mr. Roberts, he's a horse rancher.

He's gonna buy the horses I told you was in the barn.

- Hi. - And this here fella...

he, uh, he works for Mr. Roberts.

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Carter.

Yeah, a pleasure, ma'am.

- Mr. Roberts. - Ma'am.

I... I guess I didn't catch your name.

Smith. Make it Pete between us.

You go about your cookin'.

Me and these gentlemen got some business to talk about.

All right, now, Hurley.

You're getting 500 for the horses and the supplies.

But if we come down through here with a posse on our tail

and you ain't got no fresh horses for us, you're gonna have 500 kinds of grief.

Come on.

♪ I gave my love a cherry

♪ That has no stone

♪ I gave my love a chicken

♪ That has no bone ♪ I told my love a story

♪ That had no end

- I'll be gone a couple hours. - All right, Pa.

Just talking business.

So... I want you to do something.

Sure, Pa.

Now, while I'm gone,

if you hear anybody, duck around the tool shed and hide.

- Why? - Because I say so!

Sorry.

It's just that I... I've seen so many saddle tramps around here lately.

Nobody ever bothered me.

Pa, is there something the matter?

No, nothing.

Got a surprise.

Surprise?

- We may be going to Kansas City. - Kansas City?

Listen, you're going to that school.

I'm selling out soon. That's why I had those men around here.

Oh, Pa!

And if everything works out all right,

we'll be on... on that coach by morning.

The deal's almost set.

You know, that Dodge land office man,

he thinks he can give me $500 over... over the mortgage here.

$500? But I thought you said the farm wasn't even worth the mortgage.

- I thought you said... - Well, I thought that too.

But I hear they're saying land prices are going up.

A good cash price we're gettin'.

I'll see you soon, Sue.

I got a lot of things to do.

Goodbye, Pa.

Well, how did you get in a predicament like this?

Well, I completely forgot I asked Merry Florene

to go to that taffy-pull the widow Hesper's giving for her birthday.

- Doc. Festus. - Newly.

- Newly. - Miss Kitty.

I was tellin' Miss Kitty that I meet Kathy Ryan today and she says,

kind of bashful like, she says,

"I guess I'll be seeing you over there, Newly." And I said yes.

- And? - Well, that's all I said was yes.

Oh. Well, in another words,

you're all gonna be at this party and both those girls are...

Well, each one of them is going to be expecting you

to pay attention to them, right?

Miss Kitty, being a single fella ain't easy these days.

- Oh, I don't know about that. - Well, it is if you got a conscience.

This is no kidding matter, Doc.

Now, when I was a young man your age...

When you were a young man his age, you didn't do such things.

Well, as a matter of fact, I was an awful lot more...

Uh, well, I was... I was subtle about it.

I... They... Well, I can't think of the word for it, but...

- I'd hate to suggest the word. - Sneaky?

Oh, shut up. I... I... I was a very proper young man is what I was.

Now, there's one thing I never did get caught up in,

and that was going to a taffy-pull and having two girls

with their mouths full of taffy glarin' at me.

Well, maybe I can say I'm sick, Doc. Uh, you were treatin' me for something.

No. No, sir. You're not gonna get me tangled up in any of your connivances.

- Connivances? - Newly, what you ought to do

is get yourself a great old big bandana and tie it around your head,

see, like you had a toothache.

'Cause none of them girls would expect you to go to no taffy-pull

if you had the toothache, don't you see?

Or... oh, you could just tell one you're gonna marry the other.

- Marry? - Oh, good heavens,

now he's gonna have apoplexy. No, Newly.

Now, the way to handle it is this way.

Just tell the girls that the Widow Hesper's been doing your laundry for a long time

and you'd kinda like to keep it that way.

Matthew.

Say, Newly, would you mind doing me a favor?

I just talked to the foreman of the Lazy Y Ranch.

He claims he's got some horses missing. Would you mind riding out there

- and checking up on that, Newly? - Would I mind?

Marshal, I'll bring those horses back with the reins in my bare teeth.

What was that all about?

Oh, the condemned man got a reprieve.

Anybody around?

Hello!

Anybody in there?

Who's in here?

Nobody.

- Ow! Oh! - What's the matter?

- Nothing. - Did you hurt yourself?

- Just my arm. - Let me see.

No. Please go away.

Don't act like a child. I'm not gonna bite you.

Please, just leave me alone.

You were alone when you fell over your own feet.

Come on out in the light where I can look at that arm.

Maybe...

Oh, I'm sorry.

- Please, let me help you. - I can manage.

Well, at least let me take a look at this arm.

- What were you doing in that tool shed? - Falling over my own feet.

You got a nasty cut here.

My pa'll bandage it when he comes home.

Well, I can do that much if you'll let me.

I got bandages in the house.

Good.

An ounce of prevention's worth a thousand cures,

according to my Uncle Newton. He was a doctor

and he tried pounding a few things in my head...

Watch your step. I've handled bandagin' before.

- How does that feel? - A lot better.

Maybe I should wait here till your pa comes.

Oh, I'll be all right now. But I don't mind you waiting.

Well, good.

Can I get you a cup of coffee or something?

- Would you like some, Mr... - O'Brien. Newly O'Brien.

- And your name? - Hurley. Susan Hurley.

Newly, that's a funny name.

I mean, it's kind of strange, sort of.

That's what everybody says, but that's what my folks named me.

I tell you, I'll settle for Newly instead of Mr. O'Brien,

if you settle for Susan.

That's good.

Thank you.

Nobody else on the farm? Just you and your father?

That's right.

You had a reason for asking like that.

No, it just seemed a little surprising, you being left here alone.

I'm not helpless, Mr... Newly.

I didn't mean that.

You didn't say how you happened by our place yet.

Well, it's nothing important.

My horse had a loose shoe so I thought I'd pick up some nails and a hammer,

and tighten it up before I get back to Dodge.

We have some tools in the barn.

You could take a look out there if you'd like.

No, uh... no. I'll... I'll wait here till your pa gets home.

Somehow it just seems to me you got something else on your mind

besides fixing your horse's shoe.

You know, when you can't see the way somebody looks when he's talking to you,

you have to listen real close.

Well, I guess I do have a few things on my mind, all right.

Your future husband's gonna be at a big disadvantage

coming home late with excuses.

I wouldn't wanna be unfair.

Maybe I'll just believe him.

Hey, I think I'm beginning to know what you look like.

All right, but be flattering.

- You're real tall. - Well, you might say that.

And your hair is light, sorta.

No, it's dark brown like yours.

Brown.

Wanna know something?

I don't exactly know what color is.

Pa's tried to tell me, but...

I guess it's like music you never heard before.

The color of your hair makes music all right.

Now, who's doing the flattering?

It's the truth.

You don't know how happy it made me to know Pa got a buyer for the farm,

money for the school in Kansas City.

We've been talking about it for a long time.

Me learning to read. It's done with your fingers.

I've heard about that. I'm real... real glad for you, Susan.

They teach all sorts of things at that school.

Sewing, how to make your own clothes.

They even have dancing...

Who are you, mister? What are you doing here?

Oh, Pa, this is Mr. Newly O'Brien.

He just happened by when I fell and I cut my...

I mean, I didn't cut myself badly, but he bandaged it for me.

Well, I... I thank you for your help, Mr. O'Brien.

Susan, the farm deal is set.

Now, why don't you start packing.

And I'll, uh, see Mr. O'Brien to his horse.

- You mean we're really going, Pa? - Deal's set.

Sold the equipment too.

In fact, nothing is keeping us from taking the stage tonight.

Oh, Pa, that's just wonderful.

Go pack your clothes.

Newly...

It's been a mighty pleasure knowing you.

Same here, Susan. Good luck in Kansas City.

Thank you.

We'll talk outside.

Over to the barn.

You're in a lot of trouble, Mr. Hurley.

The barn.

One thing I'd like to know, Mr. Hurley,

is why a farmer'd take a chance stealing horses.

So you sell 'em for $40 a piece. You can't need money that bad.

Look, I never killed a man.

And before this, I never even broke the law.

But to keep my daughter from knowing what I've done,

I'd kill a hundred men.

Anybody can follow tracks here like I did.

When I don't show up in Dodge, other people be come looking.

What are you gonna do when they find me?

I don't know. We'll be gone by then.

All I can see is a sorry life for Susan.

Well, it's been a sorry life, mister.

- It's gonna change now. - Pa!

Whatever you gotta say, you say it right.

In here, Susan!

Pa, I wanted to ask you about that old trunk. I can't find it anywhere.

Oh, it's, uh... it's in the back closet.

Well, of course, I forgot.

I heard some talking before. Is Mr. Newly still here?

- Yes. Yes, he's here. - You'll have to forgive me.

I'm just running around like a chicken, I'm so excited.

I can't even think straight. Are you fixing your horse's shoe?

What's the matter?

This Mr. O'Brien is trying to sell me two horses.

Oh, we won't be needing them.

- It's something else. - Yes. Yes, there is.

Mr. O'Brien...

Well, the two horses are wearing Lazy Y brands.

He's got no bill of sale.

He's an out-and-out horse thief, Susan.

But that don't seem possible.

It's possible all right. All you have to do is ask him outright.

What about it, Mr. O'Brien? Or whatever your name is.

Well, I guess, for once...

I don't know what to say.

But you sounded so...

Susan, I got him tied up pretty good.

Now, I'm going into Dodge for the marshal.

Oh, Pa, he helped me.

- Don't you think maybe we'd... - Susan, it wouldn't be right.

Now, put it out of your mind.

Go back in the house and finish packing. Go on.

And Susan...

I want you to stay away from the barn and him while I'm gone.

Go on.

You know, I'm pretty mixed up with everything...

everything the way it's been happening.

But sometime tonight,

I'll be freeing you if we come to an understanding.

There ain't gonna be no understanding.

You're in no position to bargain.

The only understanding you're gonna get from me is that I'm not gonna be the one

that hit your daughter in the face with the truth.

There's something stupid about your game here, Mr. Hurley.

- It don't make no sense. - Well, it's...

- too late to back out of now. - Why can't you back out of it?

You know I'll be coming after you unless you kill me.

I never killed a man.

I'll just have to take the chance you won't catch up with Susan and me.

Now, we won't go to Kansas City, we'll go someplace else, change our names.

Why is it too late to give those horses back?

Susan!

Susan!

Susan!

Susan!

What is it?

Susan, I'm hungry.

You want me to untie you, Mr. O'Brien, and I can't do that.

Susan, wait. Wait a minute.

Susan!

You can feed me without untying me. Haven't eaten anything all day.

My pa told me to stay away from you.

You wouldn't let a dog go without feeding him, would you?

Nobody has to teach you how to cook.

I kinda picked that up from my pa.

How did you get started, Mr. O'Brien?

Started?

Well, taking things not belonging to you.

Well, that's kinda hard to answer.

When you said you knew something about doctoring you were telling the truth.

I could tell.

Well, like I said, I went to medical school a long time ago,

but I never stuck it out.

Couldn't have been that long ago, you're not that old.

Well, let's just say it was a number of dreams ago.

Since then, there's been a few others.

Like what?

Lawyer, gunsmith, most everything.

Horse thief wasn't among those dreams.

I never knew a... a...

before.

I would have never thought one would be like you.

What am I like?

You're sort of gentle, like my pa.

Well, if you think that, why don't you let me go?

I can't go against my pa like that.

Do you wanna see me go to jail?

Susan, listen to me. Now, listen.

As long as I live, I'll never steal. Now, that's a promise.

Then why didn't you say that to my pa?

He would've understood. I know he would have.

I just don't know what to think.

It's not what you think, it's what you feel.

I just can't trust my feelings. None of them, it seems.

I'll trust them.

I don't know enough about men, except my pa.

- You said I was a little bit like him. - He don't lie.

Listen, when my pa comes back,

you tell him you won't steal no more.

And I'll ask him to free you. But you gotta make him believe

you won't do it no more. That's fair, isn't it?

Except he's bringing the marshal back with him, he said.

I forgot.

Susan.

Trust me.

Can't do any more ridin' tonight.

Not till I get this side tended.

I gotta stop the bleedin'.

Yeah.

Well... that's what happens sometimes.

- Let's get movin'. - Wait a minute.

We're in this all together. All the way.

Pinto.

Won't do you any good if we get caught too.

Well, by morning I'll be able to... I'll be able to ride on.

Maybe yes and maybe no.

I say yes.

Now, we can hole up at that farm. Be safe enough there.

Hurley'll be waitin' on the ridge with fresh horses.

Well, Gulley can bring 'em to the farm.

Can't you, Gulley?

Especially since that's where the gold is gonna be.

All right, Pinto. Put the gun away.

I'll play along with you.

I guess we owe you that much anyway.

Susan, I just don't know how else to ask you.

- I wish you'd never come here today. - Oh, I don't wish that.

- You're a nice person to know. - Don't say things like that.

- You don't mean them! - I do mean it.

Get out the back way.

- Pa? - Ain't him, missy.

Marshal?

Whoever he is, he's not the marshal.

- Are you Mr... - It's your old friend,

Pete Smith, honey.

- How are you, Deputy? - Deputy?

I seen you months ago on the Dodge street wearin' a deputy badge.

- You saw right. - Are you a deputy?

- Pa... Pa said... - Get up to the house.

You too, honey. Get. Cook some food.

Don't sound too clear, Deputy.

It's not too clear what you two are doing here.

Not supposed to be. Now, you come up with an answer and quick!

Mr. O'Brien, you really a lawman?

That's right, Susan.

Then I just don't understand nothing that's going on.

Pa... Pa said...

We're waitin', Deputy!

Been tracking stolen horses.

Told you we shoulda gotten our own horses.

Then you mean that Pa made a mistake?

But why didn't you tell him?

No.

- Pa said... - Honey.

You just come over to the stove.

And you cook us some good food.

Carr, you get a knife! You sharpen it.

Carr!

I want... I want this bullet outta here.

I wanna get ridin' tonight.

I can feel it right down in here.

Over here.

Now, just try not cuttin' too much.

Gimme that thing.

Now, girl, do you got any whiskey around here?

No.

Ah...

- You might as well cut his throat. - What?

The way you've been bleeding, that bullet's deeper than it feels.

He starts cuttin', you're gonna have more blood on the floor

- than you got in your body. - Nobody asked for your opinion.

Just a minute!

It's my hide.

Seems like you been here before.

Enough to know that that bullet should stay where it is

till the bleeding stopped.

I don't care too much for your hide either, but I can see him burying you

in about an hour if he starts cutting away with that knife.

All right. Untie him.

- Wait a minute. - I said untie him!

- Hurley. - Where's Pinto? Where are the others?

- Been a change of plans. - What?

We're gonna spend the night at your place.

Oh, no, no, you can't do that.

Now look, I got 500 coming now!

That was the deal.

You got a bullet in the head coming if you don't get that stock down there.

My...

My pa is in on it, isn't he?

Your old man's got his fingers in as deep as us.

Only he works cheap.

Newly?

I'm afraid so.

Susan, I'm gonna need me some more hot water, please.

This is gonna hurt.

Well, but it don't exactly bother you much, does it? Huh?

You know, adding it all together,

you people needed fresh horses after a robbery, only it went wrong.

Only one little piece went wrong.

- This little chunk of lead inside me. - The money went right.

You know, it's occurring to me, I'm not gaining too much around here.

I mean, you gonna ride off, but maybe I won't exactly be fit for riding.

Well, you're alive.

You're breathing.

As they say, you ought to count your blessings.

It's about time Gulley and Hurley come in with them horses.

- Can I, uh, give you a little help? - No thank you, I can manage just fine.

The night goes pretty fast.

- I want you to quit that! - Leave that girl alone!

Get on with it!

Pay attention to your job, Deputy.

- Mr... - Now, just pretend

- you and me are alone. - No, mister, please let me go.

- Carr, leave her be! - Mind your business!

I said leave her be!

Let me go, mister, please! Mister, stop it!

Oh, no! Let me go!

Ah!

Carr, get back here!

Ah!

Ah!

Shh! Susan! It's me, Newly.

Don't move.

Newly?

Newly?

- Susan. - Pa!

- Susan, what's the matter? - Pa!

- What's the matter? - Pa!

Tell me.

- Tell me why I shouldn't. - No, you can't.

I was mad. She burned me.

You got one more chance. And Deputy... you got one more chance.

Susan.

- Susan, you... - No, don't touch me!

Don't even put your hands on me.

- Susan. - Oh, don't fool me, Pa.

Don't fool me!

Susan, there are some things you have to understand.

You knew Mr. O'Brien was a lawman.

You're in with them, these men. You're part of whatever it is.

All right, Susan.

I stole the horses. But that's all I did.

Never... never in your whole life

did you ever fool me 'cause I couldn't see.

Never.

- It's for you, Susan. - No!

Oh, Pa.

I don't know how you got yourself into this, and I don't care,

but you gotta get yourself out. You're taking money we don't ever need.

Don't need.

Me knowing you should be in that school, so I can make a life for you.

So that you're not like an animal,

not reading, not knowing what the world is like.

I didn't ask for it to turn out this way.

All I know is I've got you and me to worry about and nobody else.

Oh, that's not what you taught me!

That's not how you read the Bible!

The Bible says honor thy father!

I'll obey you, Pa.

I'll obey you.

Pinto.

- Time to go? - Yeah.

- It's morning. - Yes.

And what happens to you, Newly?

It'll be another day, it always is.

Why do things like this happen?

My Uncle Newton'd probably have the answer to that question.

Trouble is I never thought to ask him.

- Should I take care of that deputy? - You might as well.

- I was just thinkin'. - About what?

Well, he could be of use to you.

Posse wouldn't be so free with bullets if you had a lawman around.

- He's got something there. - That make it better, Pa?

You don't have to be there to see it happen?

You don't have to see them kill Mr. O'Brien?

All right, bring him along.

Hey, let's go. Get on your feet. Let's go!

It's all right, Susan. It's all right.

Pa, we got nothing left! Nothing!

Hey!

Hold it!

All right, you get over there.

What's happening? Tell me. Pa?

Put it down. Put it down.

- Hurley, you're crazy. - I was.

You turned us in, you turned yourself in too.

- Pa... - Thank you, Mr. Hurley.

You see, Newly, I did know my pa.

We're gonna get out of here even without that money. Won't we, Pa?

Won't we, Mr. O'Brien?

Can I pour you a little dab of coffee, Susan?

No, thank you.

Susan, everybody expected the guilty verdict.

But you see, Judge Brooker knows that Newly wouldn't be alive today

if it hadn't of been for your pa.

Just came in from Hays City.

Susan, your pa got probation.

You said that might happen, didn't you?

Well, I was hoping it would.

Hey, um, I've been sitting here thinking...

that no matter how it would have turned out,

you did the right thing, Mr. O'Brien.

- Are we still on last names? - No. I mean Newly.

We can have dinner over at the Dodge House and wait for the Hays stage.

Your pa'll be coming in on it.

- Marshal Dillon? - Susan.

I just wanna thank you.

Well, I'm... I'm happy it worked out this way.

Watch this first step.

Right there's nice.

Matthew, have you noticed how Newly's actin'

kinda peculiar here lately?

No. What do you mean?

Well, you just can't hardly turn around if there ain't some she-male

a-standin' there not a foot away.

Well, that's kind of natural, isn't it? I mean, he's single...

Well, so am I, single.