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That must be a real interesting book you're reading.

Not really.

I noticed you haven't put it down.

It passes the time.

That's a real fine lookin' boy, your brother.

He's not my brother.

Your son?

No.

Well I think we can rule out grandmother.

She's Ms. Colby, my governess.

She is?

Pleased to meet you, Ms. Colby.

My name's Newly O'Brian.

Mr. O'Brian.

I'm Johnny.

Johnny, pleased to meet you too.

We're from Boston.

You are?

You're a long way from home.

Is that a real shootin' gun Mr. O'Brian?

Yeah, it's real all right.

I guess you need it for Indians.

Yeah, it might not be a bad idea

to keep your eyes peeled out there.

Johnny, come on over here.

You sit right here.

You can look out either side now.

Makes it easier for talkin'.

I mean when you get finished with the book.

I certainly don't think I'll be through

for at least a week.

I got lots of patience.

Whoa.

All right folks, 20 minute stop to rest the horses.

Mr. Brown, how's everything in these parts?

Oh, fair to middlin'.

I swear, there's a strange kind of stillness in the air.

The air does have a funny feeling to it.

Ms. Colby, can I go play?

Yes, but don't go too far.

I won't.

This here part of a stage stop is called a walkaround.

It's a chance for the passengers

to get to know each other and talk.

Well, I certainly wouldn't want to break any traditions.

Well thank you.

Just you and the boy travelin'?

Yes, his parents decided

they wanted to take a second honeymoon in Canada.

And Johnny's always wanted to see the West.

So, here we are.

Hang onto your hat.

If time is on your hands,

why don't you spend it in Dodge?

Hospitality's great.

You can have dinner at Delmonico's,

even a guided tour.

I don't know.

I hear that Dodge is a pretty dangerous place.

Oh it is, definitely.

But the guided tour provides a personal escort.

I promise not to let you out of my sight the entire evening.

Boy!

Johnny!

Get to the shack, we'll be safe there.

Get down.

Get closer the the wall.

Oh, oh my leg.

I think his leg's broke.

Oh, no.

I'll try to find a splint.

Hang on, partner.

It's all right, it's all right.

Cowboys don't cry.

Whoa.

Ms. Peary, how you be?

I know hadn't ought to be askin', but...

Carried the roof right off our house Festus.

Aww, that's a pity.

Well, now don't you fret none about the fixin',

'cause quick as we all get our breath,

we're gonna put a new roof on your house for ya.

Doc, they're still comin' in.

I don't know where you're gonna put 'em all.

We'll manage.

Put a lot of folks in cots over in the old warehouse.

Squeezin' people in every place.

Folks up and down the street are donatin' rooms.

You know they're just marvelous.

We're gonna make out all right.

The old man Crawford may be in trouble.

He didn't say anything, but looks to me

like he's limping pretty bad.

I'll drop in and see him tonight.

All right and you go slow.

It's not gonna help things if you fold up, you know.

I'll see you in just a minute.

All right folks, Sam's ready for you.

Plenty of good food inside.

Come on, don't be bashful.

Go ahead, go right on in.

Oh, Mrs. Ballard, it's all right to bring the children in,

the bar's closed for a while.

Go ahead, go ahead.

How bad is it out there?

Some of the farms have been hit pretty bad

but so far we've been lucky.

No report of deaths.

Woody said the shack town was practically leveled.

Everybody's using the old mine for shelter.

I better ride out there.

I'll be back in a little while.

What's your prognosis Newly?

He's doin' fine Doc, he's a tough one.

Lateral fracture of the tibia, but a clean break.

That's fine.

Young fella, I don't want you ridin'

any buckin' broncos for about a week.

- You promise me that? - Yes sir.

Newly, I'm gonna be awful busy.

I got about 40 calls I gotta make,

and there's just not enough hours in this day.

Tell you what I'd like,

for you to set up a kind of an infirmary

over in Delmonico's.

Can you do that?

Well Doc, maybe instead of havin' my own patients,

I can assist you.

After all, I haven't had too much experience.

I'm not worried about that, you'll do fine.

Oh doctor, since it looks like I'll be staying here

in Dodge for a while until Johnny can travel,

I've had some nursing experience.

I'd be more than glad to help out if I could.

Well that's fine, that's fine.

Thank you, Patricia, very much.

You can just stay and help Newly, that'll be fine.

All right.

Oh say, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do,

I'm just gonna leave you this bag, Newly,

'cause I got a spare up in the office.

I'll, I'll see you tomorrow, young fella.

My squad is gonna take good care of ya.

Why I quit medicine is a question I often ask myself.

The answer I get is that I was

well, restless, at least that's the answer I give myself

and I know it's not an honest one.

What is the answer?

If that's not too personal a question.

Well, Doc says it's selfishness.

We've had some long talks about it.

I remember in school and at the teachin' hospital,

I was surrounded by misery and sickness.

Well it depressed me, that's all.

Well I wouldn't call that selfishness.

I mean, well there's a lot of people

that just aren't suited to medicine.

He's runnin' a pretty high fever.

Doc had an answer for that.

He said there are people that

could perform but don't want to, meaning me.

Shying away from their responsibilities.

But that's the way Doc is,

that's the way he feels about medicine.

He just plain loves workin' with people.

Well, from what I saw today,

so do you.

Oh I'll plow a field for somebody,

or go to a barn building.

That kind of helpin' people I like.

But I don't like the responsibility of

havin' a life in my hands.

Is that why you didn't wanna be on your own today.

It wasn't easy, but I'm glad you were with me.

But you would've done just fine on your own.

You were so much in control,

and you're so good with people.

I did the best I could.

Some men have a special gift, Newly.

It's kind of an instinct for healing.

I think you have it,

and I think it would be a shame

if you didn't do anything with it.

Well, I've gotta go now.

Oh.

You all right?

Yes, I'm just really tired.

And we've got a long day tomorrow.

You get some sleep tonight, get a good nights rest.

'Tell me somethin'.

How long do you figure on stayin' in Dodge?

Oh, well that depends on Johnny.

How long do you think it will be before he can travel?

Oh, I'd say 99 years.

I could be a very old lady.

Patricia?

Tomorrow morning you and I

ought to have breakfast together

and go over the list of patients.

All right, goodnight, Mr. O'Brian.

It was Newly at least once today.

Newly.

Wait a second.

I'm gonna walk you home.

Look at that, Matt. Looka there.

They've been on their feet 24 hours,

don't even seem to have bothered them a bit.

Maybe they're talkin' medicine.

Oh, sure, you bet they are.

I'll tell ya, I aint never saw

so many barns get tore down.

We're gonna have to do a heap of barn raisin'

when this here dust clears.

Doc, Matthew.

Well, I've seen you two lookin' better.

I've felt better too, when it comes to that.

How 'bout some coffee?

- Sounds good. - Oh, fine.

Sam could we have some more coffee?

Comin' right up.

How's everything south of the river Festus?

Oh, they aint too bad, Matthew.

They didn't get tore up too bad out yonder.

How's the medical situation, Doc?

Lot better than it was this morning.

Well, it's a good thing you go Newly to help you.

By the looks of him,

I don't know just how much help he's gonna be.

Newly's in conference with his nurse.

Newly?

Newly!

I'd like to let y'all in

on the most sensible decision I ever come to.

She doesn't know it yet,

but Ms. Patricia Colby is about to become

Mrs. Newly O'Brian.

The Indians call this the Valley of Thunder.

Why's that?

I guess because on a still night

they could hear horses hooves pounding

across the prairie so loud, it sounded like thunder.

As long as anybody can remember,

I guess wild mustangs have been usin'

that valley there and the canyons to the west.

Oh, aren't they beautiful, Newly?

They sure are.

You know, when I was a little girl,

I used to tell myself that someday

I'd come out west and have a horse ranch.

Really?

But you stayed in Boston instead?

Well, when you're young, you dream dreams.

Now there's half the trouble with the world,

people settlin' for dreams.

When you want somethin'

you shouldn't just sit there and dream about it.

Your philosophy of life doctor?

That's right.

Come on, I wanna show you someplace.

Whoa.

This here's the place nobody's been able to make a go of.

It's been abandoned now for about two years.

Why is there something wrong with the land?

No, ground is too rocky for anything other than grass,

but there's plenty of that.

It's kinda brown now, but come spring, early summer,

it gets so green around here it'll make your eyes ache.

You're saying that it would be good for horses?

You bet, there's 2000 acres here

runnin' up to those canyons.

You could run a 100, 150 head of horses here easy.

Why hasn't anyone tried to raise them here.

Well they have.

Just takes a lot of patience.

What's required is somebody

who'd look that far into the future.

Yes, I can see somebody with that kind of vision

making a go of it.

Oh, look at those clouds, Newly.

Aren't they lovely?

Step number one is to buy it.

Well you're not suggesting that I

Mr. Bodkin at the bank,

I bet he'd go for whatever terms

a serious buyer wanted to make.

Oh but that, you can't be serious.

I mean it would take money to stock it.

Well I forgot to mention,

there's this fellow in Dodge, he runs a gun shop,

and he's saved a few dollars.

Wouldn't take much to coax him in as a partner.

Newly, it would be impractical.

It would be... A childish dream?

Well no not that.

It takes a man to run a horse ranch.

I got that figured out too. You need a husband.

And I know somebody who wants to marry you so much

he can't sleep nights any more.

You know what we could do?

We could take some of these cuttings

and plant them up there by the porch.

We?

I can't sleep either.

I don't know if I heard ya,

- but did I hear ya... - Shh.

Coming.

I hope you're not busy, Doctor Adams,

I saw your light on.

No, come right on in.

I don't wanna be a bother,

but I wondered if you would have any tonic pills

on hand, like these I've been taking?

I probably have.

I got about every pill imaginable, I guess.

I...

how long you been taking these, Patricia?

Oh for quite a while.

Our family doctor in Boston prescribed them...

several years ago.

He said they'd improve my appetite, among other benefits.

Well yes, I guess so...

Here, just come on over here and have a seat.

Patricia, I want you to sit down right in this chair.

Thank you.

Yeah, that's it, that's just fine.

Now look at me, right straight, right up there.

I don't think any doctor worth his salt

would prescribe for anybody without examining them first.

Yes, fine.

Let's have...

What's that, where'd you get this bruise?

You just breath on me and I bruise.

I don't know, I must have gotten that

during the cyclone, I guess.

I'll tell you what,

I wanna take a blood sample from you.

Blood sample?

It's routine, Patricia, just routine.

It'll kinda help me with my diagnosis, you see.

Anything you say.

By the way, are you busy on Sunday?

Sunday?

No, can't think of anything, why?

Do you think that you could find time

to be best man at a wedding?

Wedding, who?

Mine and Newly's.

I know, it's very sudden.

Sudden or not, I think it's just wonderful,

just marvelous. Newly's a fine fella.

You're both gonna be very happy, I'll tell you that.

I think it's just wonderful.

Well, they're not wastin' much time

settin' that wedding date for Sunday, are they?

Well, here's to the new couple.

You look really tired, Doc.

Drink up, it'll make you sleep better.

Tomorrow's a brand new day.

Some days just... just stay the same Kitty.

Somethin' botherin' you Doc?

Yes there is Matt.

Long time ago I swore an oath.

Went something like this: "Whatever I may see or hear,

"in the lives of men, which ought not to be

"spoken abroad, I will not divulge."

I swore to that.

All of my years of practice, I've never broken that oath.

But now I need help.

And I hope I may be forgiven.

What is it, Doc?

They've set the date for the wedding.

Yeah.

Newly sent Festus to Garden City for the preacher.

What's wrong with that?

Patricia's dying.

Dying?

She has Leukemia.

Leukemia, I've never heard of it.

I'm not surprised, Kitty.

There's very little known about it.

In simple language, the white cells run wild,

just completely out of control.

It's fatal.

How long's she got, Doc?

Well Matt I couldn't say that.

See Patricia's such a strong girl,

but it's my considered opinion

that she has a very short time.

You know I've always felt that my patients

should know everything.

That is if I think they can take it.

I think they have a right to make their own peace,

settle their own affairs.

But you don't feel that way about her?

Matt, I just don't know how I feel about Patricia.

Here's a girl who thinks she has

this whole wonderful life ahead of her.

She thinks it's just beautiful.

Now do I have the right to rob her of that?

The joys of everyday living,

do I have that kind of authority?

Do you want my opinion Doc?

Yes, I do.

Well, I know that I wouldn't want anyone

taking my last remaining happy moments away from me.

Doc is there any way she could harm herself

by not knowing about it?

Physically no, none whatever.

Then I'd sure vote for not tellin' her.

What about Newly, Doc?

I believe Newly must be told.

I don't believe it.

Newly, I've spent hours and hours

not wanting to believe it myself.

But here are the results of my findings.

The outward symptoms, the results of the blood workup.

I don't care about your workups, Doc.

That don't make any sense.

Newly, the evidence is right here.

Evidence? You told me yourself

we don't know anything about blood diseases.

Well it's true, we know very little,

but there's one thing we do know for sure,

and that's the symptoms of Leukemia.

Wait a minute, let me explain something to ya, Newly.

The principle of cellular pathology

was established a long time ago in Germany

by a doctor by the name of Rudolf Virchow.

Now, since then, it's considered a positive medical fact.

Have you told Patricia anything about this?

No.

Well don't!

Don't!

Because it's not true, it can't be.

There's nothin' wrong with her.

She's had, she's put in a lot of hard work this past week.

That's not gonna happen Doc.

Somebody who never wanted to hurt anybody,

only wanted to help.

It's not gonna happen.

I'm telling you, you and your blood studies are wrong.

I'm telling ya.

Newly, I don't blame you for disputing my diagnosis.

I don't blame you at all.

I kind of expected it.

Now here, I don't think you can dispute

the diagnostic facts.

Here's a letter I want you to mail yourself

to Doctor Burman,

St. Louis General Hospital.

He is the outstanding authority

on blood study in the country.

I've asked him to send his findings directly to you.

Doc, I'm marryin' that girl.

I'm marryin' her.

We're gonna have a long and happy life together.

Gonna miss you, Ms. Colby.

I'm gonna miss you too, Johnny.

Little something for a wedding present, Pat.

Oh thank you, that's very kind of you Mr. Henderson.

Not at all.

Mr. O'Brian, you've captured a real prize.

Thank you sir, I know that.

Bye, Ms. Colby.

Goodbye, Johnny.

Thanks for the hat, Mr. O'Brian.

You bet.

Well, I am late for a last minute fitting.

- Oh. - What's wrong?

I've just been feeling the heat all day.

Don't be late for rehearsal.

I won't.

Newly, I just got back.

And the Reverend,

he said he can't get here from Garden City tonight.

But he guaranteed that he'll be here tomorrow.

Oh.

Now don't fret, Ms. Patricia,

that don't mean a thing.

See the Reverend, he wants us

to run through all the proceedings without him.

And I know just exactly how it's all did.

Festus.

Doc, I mean where everybody stands

and stuff like that.

Why, there aint nothing to it.

I recollect when my grandma,

great grandma, actual, Sneedy,

went and got herself married up for the third time,

I was right there with my eyeball peeled on everything.

Festus I wanna talk to you for just a minute.

You know it's the funniest thing about grandma,

she never would tell nobody how old she was.

And I'll guarantee ya that she pretty nigh as old

as old Doc here.

All right, let's get, Ms. Patricia,

you come with me now.

You come right up here.

Sam, now see since Patricia's papa aint here

to what they call "give the bride away,"

you're gonna play like you're her papa, see.

So you stand right there

and you take aholdt of his arm, like that.

Now, Ms. Kitty, now if you'll just herd the youngin's

right up here in the front, like that.

And you stand behind them right there, like that, see.

- Okay. - All right.

And then you come down when they come.

Matthew, you stand right up here.

You and old Doc, right along about in there, see.

And pretend like I'm standing with you,

but I aint, see.

What I'm gonna be doin', I'm gonna be right here.

Newly, you're right there, like that, see.

And what you're doin', see, you're waitin' for your missus

to come sashaying down to meet up with you,

don't you see?

All right, Ms. Baker.

Now see there, aint that plum easy?

Aint nothin' to it at all.

Now the onliest thing, you have to

take everything nice and slow.

Now, now, the two of you,

you just kinda stand there and ogle one another

like fellers and gals do that's been a courtin' for a spell.

And then the Reverend, he's a fixin' to say things like

he says, to kinda be polite like,

"you're the pertiest gal that I have ever saw

and I aint never saw no handsomer feller than you."

And stuff like that.

And then he'll say "Patricia,

"do you take this here feller for better or for worser,

"to do what he tells you, and to make him happy?"

and you say, "I do."

I do.

Now Newly, you say, "I take this here gal..."

"I take this here gal..."

"to love and protect, and stuff like that..."

I'm gonna love her and protect her.

""Til death do us part."

""Til death do us part."

All right, now go to work and kiss her.

See, that there's your reward

for standin' around here and waitin', see.

Go on, go ahead on and kiss her.

Forever.

Congratulations, Newly.

Oh Kitty, bye bye.

That was some weddin'.

It sure was.

Come out here yesterday to paint it,

but so many odds and ends need fixin'.

I want it to always look just the way it does now.

You do?

Yes, I do.

- Well, maybe not always. - Well, I'll tell ya somethin',

if I don't get that roof fixed,

we'll be runnin' around with buckets

in our hands some night.

Well we certainly wouldn't want that, would we?

No, we wouldn't.

No, we wouldn't.

I got a surprise for ya.

- Yes? - Um hmm.

He's yours.

Oh, oh, he's beautiful.

Oh, Newly...

I do love you...

so very, very much.

Oh hello, Mr. Burke.

Mornin' Mrs. O'Brian, Newly around?

No, he's down by the creek in the western section.

Little argument with the beavers.

Well a wire just came in for him.

Maybe I can take it over to him.

Well, he might have started back by now.

You might miss him.

I'll see that he gets it.

How's everything coming along out here?

Lots to do, but I've never enjoyed anything

so much in my life.

Say, maybe you better open it up

if it's important I can take it to him right away.

Hmm, "Confirmed prognosis by Doctor Adams."

Oh it's just a confirmation of some sort.

You take care of yourself.

Bye, bye.

"Confirmed prognosis by Doctor Adams.

"If your patient desires I will examine,

"but I concur with your findings and conclusions

"as to young female being terminal."

I want you to take these pills, Patricia.

No, no, just a tonic for the blood.

Incidentally, try and take things easier,

get plenty of rest.

Patricia I'd like to take a blood sample from you.

How'd you get that bruise there?

'Til death do us part.

Forever.

Plenty of sleep... plenty of rest...

Just a tonic for the blood.

For the blood, for the blood, for the blood!

Patricia!

Hey, hold on!

What are you tryin' to do?

You're cryin'.

No, no, it's the wind.

What's wrong?

Do you hear it?

I don't hear anything.

The world is so alive.

Come on over here and sit down.

What's all that runnin' and ridin' for?

It's just something I felt like doing.

You might have broken your neck.

It's funny.

What's funny, besides you?

Things we're afraid of.

What have you got to be afraid of?

It's little things.

They don't matter.

Sleepy?

Yes, I'm tired.

Sleep for a while.

- Newly? - Um hmm.

Do you remember that you said

we had to talk about the spring?

About the things we had to do?

We got plenty of time for that.

No, now.

Now?

Yes.

Well the first thing we're gonna do before winter

is dig us a root cellar.

And then we're gonna shedroof the house.

And then I think behind the barn

we'll put us up a regular hen house.

And the, the added room?

That's for our son.

Our son.

I'll start building that the first thing come spring.

Patricia?

Patricia?

God, please help me.

She loved wildflowers Doc.

She loved everything wild.

Whatever was put on this earth,

she saw as simple and good.

Strange Doc, we can't even explain

the disease that took her.

Nope, not yet.

Why Doc, why her?

Why her?

I don't understand, Doc.

Well Newly, if you're a doctor,

there's a lot you don't understand.

You spend a lot of time wondering

why some of us are taken, some of the best of us.

For no apparent reason at all.

But, I've learned to look at it this way,

perhaps there is a reason.

There must be a reason.

You know the world needs gunsmiths,

there's no doubt about that at all,

but it needs doctors, good doctors, an awful lot more.

And that's what you could be,

you could be a good doctor.

You've got the feel for it, you'd be fine.

I've practiced medicine for 40 years,

and in that time I've learned a little something.

It'd sure make me happy if I knew someone

that I could pass on that knowledge to,

someone that really cared.

When do we start, Doc?

Right now.

Tell you what, you come by the office

about 6 o'clock tomorrow morning.

We'll just start right off a couple of hours

of basic medicine.