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Mm, oh good heavens!

That is the worst stuff I have ever tasted!

That is poison, that's lethal!

If you ever drank that,

there's not an antidote known to medical science

that could take of ya.

You know what I think, Matt?

I think he's got something against you.

I think he's trying to get rid of you.

I'll tell you what I think.

I think he's after your job, that's it!

Pills with a mouth, that there is what you are.

Now, ain't nobody sayin' that you gotta drink it, is they, Matthew?

Matt, don't do it, don't now.

Come on, I'll buy ya a cup of coffee at Delmonico's.

Just hold your taters now.

Let Matthew make up his own mind.

He ain't even put a taste on it yet.

Go on, drink her down, Matthew.

I'm warnin' ya.

Does that offer still hold?

You bet, come on.

Now, just hold on.

What am I supposed to do with all this coffee?

I don't think I can tell him.

I tell ya, that makes me feel awful good.

There's nothing I like better, Matt,

than to just ruin his day, you see, just right off the bat.

Good morning, Marshal, Doc.

How are ya?

- Hello. - Hi.

Good to see ya in town.

You don't get in very much anymore.

Ah, it's only the second time this year.

Been spending the last couple of months

bringing in my harvest.

Looks like you had a good spring.

Well, the rain helped.

That and a lot of hard work.

If Mr. Lathrop gives us what were hopin',

we're gonna take it easy for awhile.

Well now, that's exactly what you oughta do.

- We'll see you later. - You bet, good to see you.

You know, Matt, I think that woman's

been kinda good for Eli.

Mm, settled him down a lot, I'll say that.

I think so too.

Mrs. Baines, Eli, it's good to see you again.

Well, looks like you're about ready

to talk some business, Eli.

Yep, I want you to take a look at my grain,

fix a price, then we'll haggle.

Glad to, glad to.

Maylee, you go do your shopping.

I'll go over to the Post Office,

and see if those catalogs are there that I ordered.

Eli, don't stop at...

Now, Maylee, you know it's been three months since.

I ain't plannin' on breakin' my promise to ya now.

Now, don't be long.

Eli Baines, I thought the wolves got you, man.

Hello, Bob, well, they did,

but they took one bite of this old hide

and spit me right out.

How long has it been

since you were in town last?

Oh, gosh, about three months,

but it sure seems like a year.

Well, you're just in time to help me celebrate.

What's that?

You remember Adam, my oldest boy?

Oh yeah, the old boy

with the crossed eyes and knobby knees?

Yeah, well, he ah,

just got an appointment to West Point.

Gonna be an Army officer.

Are you foolin' me?

If I was foolin', I wouldn't be buying.

Come on over to the Long Branch and have a drink with me.

Oh, Bob, Bob ah, ah, oh Maylee's in town,

and ah, you know how women are.

She's no worse than my wife.

Come on, have one, we'll never tell her.

Well, just one.

- How ya been, huh? - Not bad.

Well, do I have to wait all day

for you to take me to dinner?

Kitty, I got busy with these posters.

- I guess I just forgot. - Be right with ya.

That's not very flattering.

Marshal, it's Eli Baines, he's, he's gone crazy.

He's over at the Long Branch breaking up things.

Eli, let him go!

Eli!

Eli.

Marshal, I'm sorry.

It's gonna sting a little bit now.

How's Mrs. Baines taking it, Doc?

Well, she's taking it pretty hard.

Kitty's with her, looking after her.

What's that woman gonna do now?

Well, Matt, I don't know.

I just know that you didn't have any choice, not at all.

I've had to kill a lot of men.

Usually had a good reason.

Eli Baines was no killer.

He was just a farmer that had too much to drink.

Well, he couldn't hold his liquor.

We both know that.

Wasn't over a year ago that he almost killed a man

over at the Bull's Head with his bare hands.

Yeah, I know, but he wasn't a killer.

Was then, capable of it at least,

and he was again today too.

Matt, if you hadn't have used your gun,

he'd have killed you.

He almost did.

All I know is if I hadn't been wearing a gun,

Eli Baines would be alive right now.

And you'd be dead.

What you're saying, Matt, is that if you weren't a lawman...

Doc, that's the trouble.

I am a lawman.

One minute I'm having a cup of coffee.

The next minute I'm killing a man, a good one.

Matthew, I was just fixin' to go over to Long Branch and...

Hmm, maybe I'll see you over there later.

What is it you're doin' there that's gotta be did now?

I'm making up my report to Judge Brooker, Festus.

All right, then.

Maybe I'll see you over there directly.

Mrs. Baines.

Marshal, can we talk?

Yes, would you like to sit down?

Thank you.

Marshal, I know what you're going through.

Doc Adams told me,

and it's plain just by lookin' at you.

I want you to know that I know it wasn't your fault.

If anyone was guilty, it was me.

I should've been with him every moment.

No woman can keep that kind of hold on a man, Mrs. Baines.

Oh, I know.

He didn't have an angry bone in his body.

He was the most gentle man I've ever known.

Marshal, you and I both know that wasn't the man

you were forced to shoot.

That man I only saw a few times,

and I lived in fear of him.

Whiskey had a hold on Eli like I never saw.

He said himself they didn't mix.

- If he knew that then why? - I don't know.

Eli was a strong man,

but every man wants to believe he can hold his liquor.

Even the worst drunk won't admit he can't.

Maybe he was tryin' to prove to himself that he'd changed.

Like a sick man hopin' he's cured.

He was strong,

but like any other man he had his weaknesses too.

Maybe Eli was being too proud.

It wasn't your fault, Marshal.

Please don't blame yourself.

Ah, thank you.

Goodnight.

How long will you be gone?

Oh, I guess just a few days, Kitty.

I was gonna come by and tell ya about it.

No need, Matt, you can't keep blaming yourself.

If it was anybody's fault, it was mine.

When Sam was here he knew about Eli's problem.

Never served him more than one drink.

New bartender came on, I just didn't tell him.

Eli hadn't been in Long Branch in so long,

I just completely forgot about it.

Well, I appreciate your saying that, Kitty,

but the fact remains,

Eli's dead and it was me that shot him.

You know, most of the time I got about one second

to decide whether or not to kill a man?

Sometimes that's a weight

that gets a little heavy to carry around.

I just wanna get away from it.

Festus and Newly will look after things till I get back.

Don't be gone long, huh?

See ya later, Kitty.

Please don't hurt me.

I'm not gonna hurt you, Miss.

What're you doing here?

Sure you ain't no outlaw or something?

Miss, I'm not gonna hurt ya.

My name's Matt Dillon.

I'm the United States Marshal from Dodge City.

The baby doesn't look very old.

Got a name for him?

It's a her.

She ain't got no name.

She's pretty.

It's chilly in here. She needs her mother.

No, I don't want her.

She's your baby, Miss.

She needs ya.

I didn't ask for her.

I ain't got no husband.

You must have a family.

Yeah, but they don't want her neither, or me.

She's shivering, she needs to be kept warm.

Take her, go on.

Let's get over here by the fire.

What's your name?

Lettie.

Where you from, Lettie?

A farm near Plainville,

but I haven't been home in seven months.

I, I've been in sort of a school.

It's a place where they send bad girls.

Some of them like me... having babies.

Here we go, sit down.

Easy now.

What was that, kinda like a school of corrections?

They called it a home for wayward girls.

I ran away.

The doctor told me that the baby

wouldn't be coming for a couple of weeks yet.

See, I, I was scared to have it there,

'cause one of the girls died.

Where were you headed?

To see Mrs. Rogers.

She delivered every baby from miles around my home.

She even brought me into the world,

and I, I wanted to be with her...

and I walked.

Then yesterday, I started getting these terrible pains.

It was the baby comin'.

Who sent you to that school?

Papa did. He said I shamed him.

The baby coming wasn't my doin'.

Where's the child's father?

I don't know.

It didn't happen like it did to all them other girls.

Honest, it didn't.

Papa didn't understand.

Some man came by when Ma and Pa were away.

Buffalo hunters they was and...

one of them... he made me...

It's all right, Lettie, you don't have to talk about it.

A couple of months later

I found out I was gonna have a baby,

and Papa sent me away.

Well, why'd he do that?

He said the baby was an evil doin' and...

he didn't want me or it in his sight.

What about your mother?

She, she felt bad about sending me off,

but seeing me the way I was and...

You see, she's just like Papa.

They're God fearing people.

They believe real strong in the gospel.

I'm gonna fix something to eat.

Well, then what're you gonna do?

I don't know.

I'm not gonna leave you here by yourself, that's for sure.

We'll think of something.

Maybe she's hungry.

I'm gonna take you back to your folks, Lettie.

No, my Pa, he'll turn me away again.

You're gonna need your folks.

I'll talk to your Pa.

When we be goin'?

Soon as your strong enough to travel.

She's got such tiny hands.

I ain't never held a baby before.

She's got my mother's eyes.

That's a miracle.

You're right, Lettie.

Marshal, there's Mama.

Papa must be out in the field.

Lettie!

It's a girl, Mama.

My name's Matt Dillon, I'm a United States Marshal.

I found your daughter here in a cave with this baby alone.

Take that child and leave here, girl, now!

- Joseph! - It was agreed!

I know that, Joseph,

but after all that she's been through,

we just can't send her away.

Where will she go?

She's no long a part of us!

She's your daughter, she needs ya.

Do you know what kind of a man it was that...

I know, what difference does that make?

She's not to blame.

We only got her word for that.

Papa!

That child is the seed of an evil act!

The sins of the fathers!

I want them out of my sight!

Would you liked it better if she'd been killed that day?

That child is part of that man.

Evil begets evil.

The Bible says!

Yeah, well, those are fine words,

but you stay too close to the letter of them

you get blinded.

My life is guided by the gospel, Marshal.

Yeah, and the gospel says a lot of things

you're not livin' by, either.

Leave here, Marshal.

Take her and the child with you.

If she leaves, Joseph, I go with her.

You don't know what you're sayin', woman.

Lettie is still a child.

She needs me.

And what of me?

It'll be your decision.

There's no way I can let that child stay.

And Lettie?

She's my daughter.

Go into the house, child. Wait there.

Marshal, I'll never be able to accept that child either.

I don't understand either of you people.

That child's a human being.

How can you turn your back on her?

It would only remind us of that day.

Surely you can understand that.

Marshal, Lettie is only a child herself.

That's why she needs your help!

Yes, she does and she can stay, but the baby can't.

Even if it could, it would grow up being unloved,

and punished for something she couldn't help.

I'm sorry, but you were right.

We've lived too long by the word.

Much too long to change,

and the pity of it is we're the poorer for it.

Will you take the baby, Marshal?

Find a home for it.

Here's some things for the baby.

They were Lettie's.

There's a milk bottle in here, some milk, and some diapers.

It's clear, Marshal, you don't think much of us.

They say that time heals all wounds,

but in this case, I don't know if that's true.

That's a question you and your husband

are gonna have to live with a long time, Mrs. Graham.

I'm sorry. You know, I never even gave her a name.

You'll have to name her.

She belongs to you now.

Goodbye, Lettie.

Goodbye.

Go away, we're closed!

Kitty, it's me!

- What is that? - Trouble.

I'll see ya in the morning.

Would you warm up some milk for me, she's hungry.

We don't have any milk, Miss Kitty.

Well, then get some.

Yes, ma'am.

What's the matter with you guys?

Haven't you ever seen a baby before?

Well, you can button her up now, Kitty.

How is she?

Well, she's amazing, just amazing.

You know when you brought her in here,

she was kinda frail and I was kinda worried about her,

but my golly, she's got the heartbeat of a racehorse.

What have you been giving her?

Security, can you imagine what it was like

out in the wilds with Matt?

Hello, Matt.

How's she doing?

Well, fine, just fine, Matt.

Thanks to Kitty's expert care.

Oh well, now I don't want you two to get any big ideas.

You know I've got a saloon to run,

and a saloon is no place to raise a baby.

Well, I'm sorry it's taking so long.

I'll try to find a place for her as soon as I can.

Well actually, you don't have to be in any real big hurry.

Well, you know, I was hoping the Parkers would take her.

Oh, Matt, they've got enough of their own.

Well, I thought maybe they wouldn't mind one more.

You know, if we don't find a place for her pretty soon,

we're gonna have to take her over to Pierceville.

You mean the orphanage?

Well, I don't know what else we can do.

Oh no, Matt, mm-mm, not an orphanage, no.

No, Kitty's right.

No, I wouldn't stand for that.

There's something we haven't thought of.

Maylee Baines is out there on that farm all alone.

Think she might be interested, Doc?

Well, I don't know now.

Eli and Maylee had a baby about six years ago, stillborn.

They wanted another one, they couldn't have it.

Just might be that Maylee would want this baby.

She just might.

That's a good idea.

I'm gonna go out and see her.

Miss Kitty, how is she?

Well, she's fine, Festus, just fine.

Ain't she the very tee-aye-inkdum-dinkdum?

She's growing like a weed, ain't she?

You know, Miss Kitty, I noticed here the last few days

you've been a haulin' this youngin around here and there.

Why don't you git you one of them kind of

a pushy around things that's got the wheels on it?

I'm on my way to Mr. Lathrop's now to see if he has one.

Well, good, that way she'll be ridin' in style,

don't you see?

Are you doing anything for the next few minutes?

Well no, ma'am, I was just fixin'

to go in' yonder and gittin' me a beer.

Would you like to carry her for me?

- Me? - Mm hmm.

Can I?

Well, certainly.

Yessum.

Now, just hold your arms out.

No, the other way, it'll be easier, yeah.

Now, just like that.

Be sure to keep her, keep her head up there, that's it.

Well, you can hold her a little tighter than that.

She's not made out of crystal, you know.

She sure is little, ain't she?

Just like a little old chick that went got herself hatched.

Come on.

Oh, Matt.

Hello, Doc.

How are ya?

How's Miss Baines?

Oh, fine, fine, it's good news.

She wants that baby.

In fact, she was all excited about it.

She's out there now getting her house all straight around.

I'm gonna take the baby out tomorrow.

Should be a big burden off of Kitty.

Well, I ah, I don't know.

What do you mean?

I'm not sure that Kitty is gonna be

all that happy about it, Matt.

This one just came in last week, Miss Kitty.

Well, it's kinda plain for a little girl.

I'm sorry, but it's the only one I've got,

but you could pretty it up a bit yourself.

You know, a little silk, some satin, a few frills.

All right, I'll take it.

I've got some nice material right here in the back.

Good, and I'm gonna need some baby clothes too.

All right, Festus, you may put her in the carriage.

It's all hers now.

All right, Miss Kitty.

In you go, little dumpling.

You little bitty old scutter you.

You ain't no bigger than a tater bug.

Binky, boppy, boggy, bee, bee, bop.

Binky, binky, bop, you...

Why don't you let a feller know you're around.

You come a slippin' up like a

blamed ole coyote through a bog.

What're you doing to that baby?

Well, I'm makin' her laugh, that's what...

Making her laugh with an ugly face

full of whiskers like that,

you're scaring her to death!

Now, you just hold on, now you...

Well, where'd you get the buggy?

Miss Kitty just went and bought it for her.

Where's Miss Kitty?

She's back yonder.

Itsy, bitsy, bits.

Woody, would you excuse us?

Oh sure, I'll see ya up front, Miss Kitty.

All right, Mr. Lathrop.

Kitty, can I talk to you?

What is it?

Well, Matt just came back from seeing Mrs. Baines,

and ah, she wants the baby.

I'm keeping her, Doc.

Doc, Kitty admits herself

she's in no position to raise that baby.

I know that, but you see she's been ah, taking care of it.

Now, she's become attached to it.

She don't wanna give it up.

Well, Mrs. Baines is expecting

that baby out there tomorrow, Doc.

What am I gonna tell her?

I don't know.

It's up to you to make Kitty realize she can't keep it.

Me?

Sure, you're the only one.

Lord knows, I've tried.

Matt, Maylee Baines has already lost one baby.

I just don't think we want to see her lose this one.

Well, all right, I'll go have a talk with Kitty.

Kitty.

Matt.

She's ah, she's gone to sleep.

Um, well, I guess I know why you're here,

and you might as well forget about it.

Kitty, you can't expect

to take care of that baby by yourself.

Mrs. Baines is alone.

Well, I know, but she leads a different kind of life.

You mean she doesn't run a saloon.

Well, you said yourself the Long Branch

is no place to raise a child.

Well, Matt, I've taken care of that.

I've taken a room over at the Dodge House, move in tomorrow.

And then when she's a little older,

I'm gonna take a house outside of Dodge.

You won't have to worry about a thing.

She'll be raised in a proper manner.

Even if I have to sell the Long Branch to do it.

Who is it?

It's Matt Dillon, Mrs. Baines.

Come in!

In here!

Morning, Marshal.

Mrs. Baines.

I'm just going through some things.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry, Mrs. Baines.

What happened?

Well, you know, I told you

that Miss Kitty was taking care of the baby.

Yes.

I don't know how to tell ya this, except just to tell ya,

but she's gotten so fond of that baby

that she wants to keep it, I'm sorry.

Did she know I wanted the baby?

Yes, I told her that.

Marshal, you've known Miss Russell for a long time.

She's a very beautiful woman,

and has her own business and money and everything.

Does she really want the baby,

or is it just a passing fancy,

something she'll get tired of in a few months?

Well, she says she's willing to give up

everything she has to keep it.

I spent the whole night gettin' this room ready.

Just spent the rest of it tossin' and turnin' and waitin'.

That trunk full of baby clothes.

Six years ago Eli and I expected a child of our own.

This nursery was for our baby.

You can see for yourself it's still empty.

After that we just closed the room off.

Used it for storage mostly.

Yesterday was the first time I've been in here since...

I'm not blaming you, Marshal.

You started out with good intentions.

Thank you for coming out.

Miss Russell, please.

She's in the back, ma'am, workin' on the books.

Is the baby with her?

Oh no, ma'am, she's upstairs in Miss Kitty's room.

Would it be all right if I went up

and sat with the baby till Miss Russell's free?

Well, I guess so.

Her room's at the end of the hall.

Thank you.

Miss Kitty, Mrs. Baines is here to see you.

She's ah, she's waitin' upstairs.

Thanks.

I was tempted to steal her.

I don't blame you.

Sit down, Mrs. Baines.

Can we talk without wakin' her?

Oh, she'll sleep through a storm.

Marshal says you mean to keep her.

Yes.

Miss Russell, I guess you know how much wanted her.

Yes, and I understand how you must feel,

especially when you thought she was gonna be yours.

That was my fault for letting it go so far.

You know, um, when Matt first brought me the baby,

I felt like it was an intrusion, I was busy,

but then after, well, feeding her, and clothing her,

caring for her, and most of all loving her,

well, she gave me a feeling of responsibility

I'd never had before.

That's a good feeling.

Up till now I'd always felt

that my life was reasonably full,

but the baby's changed all that.

She's all I care about now.

I can understand why you won't give her up.

In your position, I wouldn't either,

but ma'am, I gotta try.

Miss Russell, I know you never had a child,

but now suddenly you wanna be a mother.

The only difference between us is I always wanted to be one.

I did have a child, a girl.

Although she died,

and I never really knew her in one way,

I was very close to her in another.

For nine months she was part of me.

You've only known this baby for two weeks.

If you lost her now, it'd be hard,

but only a woman who's carried a child

really knows the loss.

I lost mine.

This baby can take her place.

Kitty.

Matt, I, I decided that Mary

will be better off with Mrs. Baines.

Will you take me out there?

Are you sure?

Now, look, it's not gonna take very much

to get me to change my mind,

so please don't say anything.

Let's go.

Miss Russell.

Take her, Mrs. Baines, she's yours.

But you were so sure.

Well, I, I changed my mind.

Would you like to see what I fixed for her?

Well, sometime later, not right now.

Miss Russell, when we come into Dodge,

I hope we can come by.

You better. Bye.

Oh, ah, when you do come into town,

there's a baby carriage, it's Mary's.

Oh, thank you, but I can't afford it.

Oh, no, no, it was just an old thing

that was just lying around.

Good luck to ya, ma'am!

Oh, thank you, Marshal.

Thank you, Miss Russell, thank you very much.

Hey!

Kitty, it's gonna be all right.

She's, she's in good hands.

Oh, I know that, damn it.

What'd you have to say that for?

Didn't know what else to say.

I, a woman crying, boy.

What'd you want me to say?

Well, you could've said that, well, I don't know!

Why don't you just ask me to have dinner with you tonight?

All right, how about it?

Well, say it!

Well, Miss Kitty, I'd consider it a pleasure

if you'd join me for dinner tonight.

How about my place?

Sounds good.