Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

How soon can you get to me, Mr. Teeters?

- Well, right away, Marshal. - Good.

Now, you just let that steam a little.

I'll be back in a couple of minutes.

Uh... what'll it be, Marshal?

Oh, well, just kind of trim it up around the back there.

Trim it up there.

Nice day, ain't it?

Yeah.

Kind of warm for this time of year, don't you think?

Mm-hmm.

You know, this time last year...

and the year before, too, as I recall,

uh, it was some cooler.

Not a whole lot, mind you, but some.

Yeah.

It just goes to show you, Marshal,

you can't go by the weather.

You can't go by it.

Changes all the time.

Or don't you think so, Marshal?

Think what?

About the weather.

How it changes.

Yeah. Sure.

Sure what?

Look, Mr. Teeters, just cut my hair, will you?

Why, certainly, Marshal.

My, I declare,

getting so you can't carry on an intelligent conversation

with nobody anymore.

Well... now...

I'm obliged to you for what I took.

Well, like I said, you're welcome to 'em.

They're, uh... they're near worn out, you know.

Oh, they're good enough for a man who can't afford better.

I'm afraid if you use 'em,

that mule of yours is gonna come up lame.

Well, she ain't... she ain't had no others.

You know, if you wanted to, you could do some work around here,

earn yourself a new set of shoes.

Oh, that's mighty kind of you,

but-but my young'uns are waiting on me.

They're on up ahead, looking for a place to set camp.

They'd fret if I was late coming.

Well, it was, uh, just an offer.

And, uh, purely, uh... generous it was, too.

This is sure a...

handsome-looking, uh, country hereabouts.

Yeah, it's, uh, good farmland.

It-it... it seems that.

You know, I always wanted me a farm.

One day I'll have it, too.

- And, uh, that's a fact. - Quint, how are you?

Hello, Doc.

- Hi. - Uh, good morning to you, sir.

Thought maybe we might have some coffee.

Sure. Just as soon as I finish up here.

Well, all right, I'll wait.

And I'll be on my way. I got a piece to go yet.

My thanks to you again, sir.

Well, no thanks needed.

Just the same, it gives a man a warm feeling

to be treated so kindly.

Well... good day to you.

Good day.

Who is he?

I don't know. He just wandered in here

and wanted some old horseshoes.

Little soap and water wouldn't hurt him, would it?

Well, he was a little scroungy, at that.

Can't that wait?

How'd you like to wander around without any shoes on?

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Where's Orville at?

Pa, what was it like in Dodge?

I asked you where your brother was.

He's gone to the creek to fill the water kegs.

All right. How soon before we eat?

Oh, be a time yet.

Well, I'm hungry.

Where's Lonnie at?

He's gone to see can he get some meat for the stew.

Well, he better not come back empty.

Pa... Dodge, i-is it a big city?

I've seen bigger.

I sure wished I could've gone with you.

It's a good thing you didn't, girl.

It's a sinful place.

Sinful?

The money for them new horseshoes we needed...

was robbed right out of my hand.

Robbed?

Slick as a whistle. Four or five men done it.

Took me in an alley and beat me something awful.

Oh, Pa.

But knowing how bad we needed them shoes,

I went right down to the blacksmith shop, and I...

I chored and worked, three, four hours,

to pay for these miserable old things.

No, sir... city life ain't fittin'

for folks like us, Maybelle.

We're country folk.

We're gonna get us a farm.

That's where we belong.

That coffee's been boiled to glue, Pa,

and we ain't got no beans to make more.

You telling me not to drink it, girl?

A-A man come by while you was gone.

So?

Him and Orville talked.

Pa, he'd been clear to Californy.

Had he, now?

He told Orville it was purely true like...

like we heard before.

There is gold there just waiting to be picked up like...

like hickory nuts.

Ain't that a fancy story.

Could be it's true, Pa.

All this talk about gold in California...

It's a pack of lies.

Besides, we ain't going to California.

I told you enough times what we're gonna do, girl.

Yes, Pa.

All my life, I chored and worked

so's you children will have your needs.

Now that I'm getting on and my bones are brittlin' up,

seems like you young ones would have a little thought

- for your poor old pa. - Yes, Pa.

When a body works his whole life doing for his children,

seems like they'd consider him just once.

We do, Pa, we all of us do.

It's... it's just that Californy...

No California about it!

We're gonna get us some land around here

and work it!

What'd you get, Lonnie?

There's a farm about five miles on ahead.

Your sister asked you what you got.

Chickens, I... I got two chickens.

Two?

There's four of us. How come you only got two?

Don't you have no consideration?

I had to run for it, Pa.

They almost caught me.

If you used half your brain, you could've stole more.

Yes, sir.

Maybelle, start plucking up them chickens

and get them to boiling.

And Lonnie, you get on down by the creek

and give Orville a hand with the water bag.

Yes, sir.

I'll never know why I got cursed with one so lunky-headed as him.

How soon can we eat, Pa?

Soon as Maybelle says.

You gonna cook that stew to death?

Them was puny chickens to start with.

I'll tell you when.

Lonnie got 'em at a farm on up a ways.

I seen it.

We're out of coffee and near out of flour.

We'll ride up there in a little bit and borrow some.

You mean beg some.

What kind of talk is that?

We got no money to buy with

and no way to pay back what we borrow.

Seems like begging to me.

You gettin' awful mouthy.

I'm old enough to say what I think.

You ain't so big I can't still whip you.

You don't stand so tall, Pa.

Tall enough to make this your sorriest day.

Not no more, you can't.

You lay that club on me once, and I'll forget I'm your boy.

I don't like harsh words passing between a man and his children.

Let's forget about all this.

Maybelle...

done or not, start dishin' out that stew.

Help her down, Jeb.

I can manage.

I'm sorry about your ma.

Thank you.

You go on up to the house, Annie.

We'll bring your gatherings up.

How long do you figure she's planning on staying, Pa?

Well, I can't say exactly.

Bringing all her things like this...

looks like she figures maybe quite a spell.

Well, with her pa gone a long time back

and her ma being taken now,

she can't stay alone at their place.

Well, I know...

Now listen, son.

I promised Annie's ma

that when the time came, we'd look after her.

That time's here.

We got an obligation.

I know, but...

Look, son...

she's grieving.

Being a girl, it'll take her a little time

to get the right of things.

But whether it's a day or a lifetime, it don't matter.

She's one of the family now.

Yes, Pa.

Now, let's get her belongings up to the house.

You just set yourself down, Annie.

We'll put this hamper in your room for now.

There.

Well, I-I guess you'll, uh, want to freshen up.

- Uh, Jeb, fetch some water. - Yes, Pa.

Uh, you can put the horse and wagon up later.

Yes, Pa.

Well, it was a nice burying.

Yes.

Your ma looked that restful.

Of course, buryings always make me kind of skittish.

Oh...

Uh, sit down, Annie.

As soon as Jeb comes back,

you can change.

Yes, sir.

You'd be surprised how much better it makes you feel.

I reckon.

And then it'll be time to think about dinner.

Oh, I'll get to fixing that.

I-I did most of the cooking at home.

Ma taught me.

Then I'm sure you'll do better than Jeb and me.

Now, you just holler out if you can't find anything.

Larder's full, Annie.

Anything you fix will be fine.

Annie, that's about the best piece of pie I ever ate.

There's more.

Mm, no, thanks. Just plain couldn't hold any more.

Jeb?

No, thanks.

You did just fine.

Your ma taught you real good.

Thank you, Mr. Willis.

Oh, Pa, I near forgot.

We lost two of our chickens this afternoon.

Oh?

Wolf or coyote?

Well, I couldn't find no tracks,

but it didn't leave any blood like a coyote might leave.

I figured it was a man.

Well, we'd better keep our eyes open

if there's somebody around here.

You mind if I clear the table now, Mr. Willis?

Now, you just rest yourself, Annie.

You've had a hard day.

Jeb and I'll clean up.

Hello! The house!

Who could that be?

Good evening to you.

Evening.

I'm just a poor man travelin' with my young'uns.

Name's Hack.

You lost, Mr. Hack?

No, sir, just passin' by,

lookin' for a place to rest our bones.

This here's Maybelle...

and them's my boys, Orville and Lonnie.

Uh, anything we can do for you?

That's a fine-looking young man there.

Is he your boy?

I said, do you want anything?

Yes, sir, as a matter of fact, I do.

I ain't never been one to ask a favor, mind you,

but there comes a time when a body

just don't have no choice.

Not if he's given to worryin' about his children like I do.

If you want something, mister, come right out with it.

Uh, truth is, we're plumb out of coffee and, uh, flour.

If you could see your way to, uh, lendin' us some, I...

Get 'em some, Jeb.

Yes, Pa.

Fine boy, that.

A delight to your old age.

Where you heading?

I'm searchin' a place to make a home for me and mine.

Of course, for tonight, I'd settle for a place

to keep out the damp from my old bones.

Well, there's a cottonwood grove about a mile on.

Well, now, I'm obliged.

And I'm grateful for your kindness.

If there was a chore to do, Orville here'd be

glad to work it off, wouldn't you, Orville?

I'd be obliged.

No need.

Can you tell me how far it is to the next town?

Well, Dodge is about a day's ride back that way.

And there's a place called Mead about half a day on.

I been to Dodge.

Didn't cotton to it.

I reckon we can, uh, stock up in Mead.

Oh, thank you, boy.

Thank you.

Oh, I see you got a daughter, too.

No, she's not my daughter.

A good evenin' to you, sir.

Giddap!

That's the meanest-looking lot I've seen in a long while.

Yeah, there's something wrong with that old man.

All of 'em give me the shivers.

Well, they'll camp out tonight, probably be gone in the morning.

♪ Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo ♪

♪ Dee-dee, do-do-do, dee-do, do-do... ♪

Yes, sir, this is a mighty fine farm.

And big, too.

Take a heap of work to run a place like this.

I figure maybe it'd suit us just fine.

What are you thinkin' of, Pa?

We've been lookin' for a place to settle down

a long while now, and I think this just might be it.

How we gonna afford to buy any piece of that ranch?

You got us robbed of the last two dollars we had, remember?

I ain't talkin' about buyin' nothing.

Then how in the world we gonna get us a piece of land, Pa?

If'n we was

part of that family... Kinfolk, you might say...

That old man'd sure want to take care of us.

What you gettin' at, Pa?

That boy back there had an eye

for our Maybelle here.

He didn't hardly look at me once.

Come to think of it, that old farm boy

was eyein' you, Maybelle.

He weren't, neither.

B-Besides, that there girl was probably his intended.

Howsoever...

if he got to know our Maybelle real good...

Pa!

You shut your mouth!

You ought to be proud of your old pa,

figurin' out a way to make things easier for you all.

Yes, sir, I made up my mind.

We ain't gonna move on.

But what if he don't want to marry up with her, Pa?

He'll want to.

You leave that to me.

♪ Ha, ha, you and me ♪

♪ Little brown jug, don't I love thee? ♪

♪ Ha, ha, ha, you and me ♪

♪ Little brown jug ♪

♪ Don't I love thee? ♪

Good grief!

Oh, Miss Kitty, Marshal,

I'm sorry, I didn't hear you coming.

Well, no wonder, Louie, with all that singing

and flooding the place you're doing here.

Getting her done, though, ain't I?

Yeah, you're doing just fine.

Ooh, oh, oh, oh, wait, Miss Kitty.

I guess...

I washed off more things than I even intended.

There, now. Sit down.

Thank you.

Louie, you certainly are in good spirits.

You must have stayed sober last night.

Well, hardly, Marshal.

Hank and me had a real good time.

Kind of making up time, if you know what I mean.

Hank who?

Hank Dooley.

I haven't spoke to him in...

oh, a month or so.

Yeah, I know. He's that fella

that washes dishes down at Delmonico's.

That's right.

Oh, I didn't even know he was gone.

He ain't been away.

He's been here all the time.

It's just that I ain't spoke to him.

How come, if you're such good friends?

Well, Miss Kitty...

Do you remember some time back when I quit drinking?

I can remember 100 times.

That's when Hank and me had a falling out.

See, as far back as I can remember, I never seen Hank

and drawed a sober breath at the same time.

He always seemed to be a charming fella,

full of jokes and grand ideas.

Then one night, after I swore off drink,

I met him stone sober.

What happened?

I couldn't stand him.

And I told him so.

He took offense,

and I didn't talk to him again until last night.

Everything's fine now, though, huh?

Right as rain.

Well...

appears like I'm through here, Marshal.

Let me know when you need me again.

Odd jobs and fixing up, you know.

I will, Louie, and don't forget, you're going to look

after the place for me while I'm gone, now.

Right, Marshal.

Bye, Miss Kitty.

Bye, Louie.

Well, I guess, uh,

Louie's what you might call a social drinker now.

Yeah.

I keep wishing that some day he'd give up drinking for good.

Well, maybe he will, Kitty.

You ready?

Yeah, just about.

When do you think you'll be back?

Well, if I don't get rained out,

I should be back in three or four days.

It's not far to Mead, you know.

Mm. By the way, did I, um, thank you for breakfast?

Well, no, but you can, uh,

buy me a free drink soon as I get back.

That's a bargain.

Jeb?

Ma'am.

Hello.

Marshal Dillon.

Well, Jeb!

This your place?

Well, it's Pa's and mine. Step down.

Well... didn't expect to see you out here.

I just stopped by to see if I could water my horse.

Why, sure. Oh, Marshal, this is Annie.

How do?

Why, did you get married, Jeb?

Oh, no, I ain't married to her.

Well, what I mean is, uh...

she's just staying with us... Pa and me.

I'm Annie McGovern,

- Marshal Dillon. - How do, Annie?

Well, where you headed for?

I'm going up to Mead.

You after somebody?

No, I'm just gonna deliver some papers to the sheriff up there.

Could you stay a spell? Maybe take supper with us?

Pa'll be back about dark. He's checking fence right now.

Well, I don't know, uh...

It'd be after midnight when you got to Mead.

Well, that's right.

You might as well stay the night.

No point taking a chance on breaking your horse's leg

in a prairie dog hole in the dark.

Well, you sure I wouldn't be putting you out any?

No, sir. We'd be proud to have you.

All right, thanks.

Uh, Annie, you just take the marshal in

and heat up some coffee,

and I'll take care of your horse and be right in.

All right, Jeb.

Pa, I don't want to go up there.

Now stop sassin' me!

You'll do what I tell you when I tell you!

And I don't want to hear any more talk.

But Pa, I...

Now, you get on that horse, and don't you come back here

unless you got that farm boy with you, you understand? Huh?!

Yes, Pa.

And if you've got any ideas about runnin' off,

not coming back, just forget 'em.

Now get!

Maybelle... you go wash your face.

Wash it good, too.

I want you looking...

I want you looking good for him.

Pa, please!

Oh, what's ailin' you now?

It's just I...

I never thought about gettin' married this way.

Ah, you'll have a preacher and all.

I aim to do this right.

Pa, I don't even know that boy. I don't even know him!

Now don't start spewlin', or I'll give you reason to.

Now, go do what I told you!

Yes, Pa.

Wash them hands, too.

Hey, Pa?

What?

You think it'll work?

Will he marry her, I mean?

He'll marry her, right enough.

I waited all my life for this chance,

and I ain't gonna lose it now.

Yes, sir.

Marshal Dillon figured Annie and me for being married.

I don't know that there's anything so strange about that.

Are you married, Mr. Dillon?

No, Annie, I'm not.

And if single life is good enough for him,

it ought to be good enough for me.

Well, everybody's got their own lives to lead.

Can't plan them to be like somebody else's.

Right, Marshal?

That's the truth.

More coffee, Marshal?

Thank you.

Now what?

Howdy.

Well, don't tell me you've run out of coffee and flour already?

Uh, no, sir, it ain't that.

I-I just want a word with him.

With Jeb?

Yes, sir.

What do you want with me?

Uh, it's Pa, my pa.

He's got business to talk with you.

Well, what kind of business?

Well, I don't rightly know.

Pa said he'd tell the boy when he come.

I can't figure on any business I'd have with your pa.

Well, he told me to fetch you.

Well, I'm sorry, but I ain't going.

Well, you got to.

You just got to.

What exactly does your pa want?

It ain't exactly what my pa wants.

It's like what my sister wants.

- Your sister? - Maybelle.

I can't tell you what it's about, but Pa will.

Well, none of this make any sense,

but if your pa and sister have got business with us,

you can tell 'em they can come up here.

Then you ain't coming?

No.

Pa...

I think maybe I know where two of our chickens got to now.

Yeah, you may be right.

Well, where's he at?

He wouldn't come, Pa.

Wouldn't come? Why not?

He just wouldn't, that's all.

Well, that ain't no answer, boy.

Did you tell him it was about our Maybelle?

Yes, sir, but that didn't seem to make no difference.

Well, I can't figure him

not being interested in a Hack woman,

especially one so pretty as your sister.

I figure he wouldn't come

on account of that farm girl they got up there.

Well, no man would want to marry up

with a pale-eyed wench like that.

Well, maybe he likes her.

Well, it don't matter none what he likes.

He's gonna marry Maybelle.

I want my part of that farm, and I aim to get it!

Lonnie!

Yeah, Pa?

Come over here!

Come dark, I want you to ride out to that farmhouse.

What for?

It could just be Orville's right.

It could just be that farm girl is getting in our way.

Why am I riding over there?

'Cause you're going to steal that girl off.

Steal her off?

That's right.

There ain't no real need to kill her.

It would serve as well if we just carried her out

to the country ten, 20 miles and left her.

Pa, that's a terrible thing.

That might kill her just as easy as putting a bullet in her.

You might just be right, Maybelle.

Ain't there some other way, Pa?

No, there ain't no other way! You'll do what I say.

I swear I don't know what gets into you young'uns.

Why me? Why can't Orville do it?

'Cause you're smaller than him, and you don't move around

like you had two tubs of butter on your feet.

But Pa, that old man might shoot me.

I didn't say go up to the house and tell 'em you're there.

Sneak up on 'em, boy.

Great toads, I got to do your thinkin' for you, too.

Soon as I put the dumplings on, supper'll be ready.

Good.

Now plan on what you're gonna do, Lonnie.

Stop being a lunky-head.

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You about through out there, Annie?

Just about.

We could have given you a hand.

Oh, I don't mind.

This is woman's work.

Besides, you got company.

That's Annie!

Stay back!

Did you kill him, Marshal?

- Yeah. - Good.

You better get back to your pa.

There's no hurry to get back to him now, Marshal.

I'm sorry, Jeb.

I don't think he ever knew what happened.

It was that quick.

You'd better get back to Annie, then.

She's gonna need you.

♪♪

You Mr. Hack?

That's my name.

Is he hurt bad?

He's dead.

Lonnie's dead?

What happened?

I shot him.

Just who are you, mister?

My name's Dillon. I'm a United States marshal.

Oh. I heard of you.

Lay him down gentle, Orville.

What'd he do, Marshal, that you had to shoot him?

He killed a man named Willis.

Oh, no. That nice old fella.

Now why would Lonnie go and do a thing like that?

I was hoping you could tell me.

I knew he would come to a bad end one day.

If I told him once, I told him a hundred times...

"Evil is as evil does."

You can't tell me anything then, huh?

Except to say "bad seed," there ain't another thing

I can tell you.

"Bad seed?"

Lonnie always was a trial and a tribulation

to me and to his brother and his little sister.

He was forever doing bad things.

I can't tell you the sorry times he's caused us.

He was the shame of our lives.

Ain't that so, children?

It seems like Lonnie's dying

is a kind of a blessing, you might say.

A blessing?

Him being took from temptation.

It must be for the best.

You were over at the house earlier.

Yes, sir. Pa sent me.

You see, Marshal, I-I had it in mind to strike a proposition.

Proposition?

My children have always had a hankering

for a piece of land to I-live on.

They want to work it and make a decent livin' off'n it.

And we-we... we thought to talk it over some.

Why didn't you come yourself?

Well, I'm a plain man, Marshal.

Orville here is better with words than me.

He said it was something to do with your daughter.

He didn't!

What in the world did you mention your sister's name for?

You make it sound like she was some kind of a loose woman.

Like you was usin' her for bait.

Oh, I-I'm truly shamed.

I don't know what this is all about, but I do know one thing.

I want you out of here by morning.

Packed up and gone, the whole bunch of you.

And we will be, Marshal.

We'll just take time to bury our wayward boy, and we'll be gone.

We'll leave our shame behind us, and no regrets.

If I wasn't a gentle man at heart,

it would be pure pleasure to put a bullet through his neck.

Pa...

He ain't got no respect for a grieving family,

telling you to move on when your youngest lies there

torn and twisted, shot down in the prime of life.

But Lonnie killed a man, Pa.

Oh, who cares about that?

If that Marshal crosses me again,

if he gets in my way one more time,

I'll take an ax to him, and that's a fact.

Pa, let's leave. Let's get out of here.

No!

You ain't planning on stayin' here now, are you?

I am.

Pa, if he comes back here tomorrow

and finds us still here, we'll catch it for fair.

Oh, we'll break camp, all right.

But we ain't leaving these parts.

Not when I'm so close to gettin' what I want.

We can't hide forever.

We don't have to.

We'll just wait till that nosey marshal moves on,

and then we'll set about gettin' our hands on that there farm.

Pa...

maybe I'm seeing you for the first time.

You're rotten clear through.

Did I hear you right, boy?

You did.

Not one gentle thought for Lonnie.

No thought at all.

All you can think about is your wants,

and your son lyin' dead so close you could stumble on him!

Don't try it, Pa.

You're right, boy.

I've been selfish.

Now put that thing away, and we'll have a family talk.

Don't push me, Pa!

You reach for that gun, and I'll shoot.

I reckon you would.

I'm leaving.

I'm ridin' out of here tonight.

Leaving? What about our farm?

Who's gonna work it with me?

However it's done, it'll be without me.

Now, turn around.

Maybelle, collect your gatherings.

We're ridin' out of here.

Your sister ain't no turncoat.

She ain't going to desert her poor old pa in his time of need.

She'll make up her mind without your help.

You stay right where you are, girl.

You don't have to listen to him, not no more.

You heard what I said, Maybelle!

What's the matter with you? You coming or not?

Maybelle, think of me, your poor old Pa.

Now make up your mind.

I'm leaving.

I ain't goin' with you.

You sure?

I'm sure.

I'm sorry for you.

Truly sorry.

I'm glad you didn't ride with him.

Now it's just you and me.

You're the only one who ever amounted to anything, anyway.

Them two boys was always a shiftless lot.

Now we're gonna get us that farm.

If you say so, Pa.

I say so.

Like I told you, we'll move out of here,

hide the wagon.

That marshal will be gone soon, and when he leaves...

well, you'll see.

What if he don't leave, Pa?

Marshals die just like anybody else.

Now, you start breakin' camp.

I'll tend to Lonnie.

Pa made it through Indian trouble,

through the cholera that took Ma... and more.

Makes his dying seem all the more waste,

happening the way it did.

There is no right or wrong in dying, Jeb.

Pa was a peaceful man,

but he wasn't afraid of anything.

Those terrible people.

If only they hadn't stopped by.

I think I'll stop by their place, be sure they've gone.

I'll ride out with you.

You go on up to the house,

and put up some food for the marshal.

He'll be riding on to Mead when we get back.

All right.

We'll be back directly.

You're not welcome here.

You, or any of your family.

I understand that.

I-I seen you at the grave.

But I've come to talk to you.

About what?

About the plan my pa has.

I'm not interested in any plan that comes from you or your pa.

You people have caused enough hurt.

I don't know the right of it. I...

I only wish there was something I could do

to make it up to you.

There isn't.

It's too late now.

You'd best ride on.

If you don't listen to me now,

there's gonna be a lot more dying.

You got to leave here!

Leave? Why?

If... if I was to marry the boy, Jeb,

Pa figures he'd have what he wants.

What makes him think Jeb would marry you?

Pa says he'd find a way, if...

if only you wasn't here.

And that's why you got to leave.

If you don't, Pa'll take matters in his own hands...

and a lot more people'll be dead.

Annie?

I'm all right.

What's she doing here?

She came to tell me to leave,

to tell me she was going to marry you.

She what?!

Where's your pa?

He-he's around somewhere.

Let's go inside. I want to hear more about this.

No, Marshal, I... I got to go...

Let's go inside.

Sit down.

Now, we just came from the grove

where your camp was, and nobody's there.

I know.

Where are they?

Orville's gone.

Gone?

He run off last night.

He... he said he couldn't stand it no more.

Where'd he go to?

Californy.

W-We all of us wanted to go to Californy, except for Pa.

Now Orville's gone.

Where's your pa?

He's out there somewhere.

He's just waitin' for me to come back.

Does he know you're here?

He sent me.

He told me to...

to run her off.

To do a better job of it than...

than Lonnie done.

You should've gone with your brother.

I know...

but I was too feared of Pa.

Maybelle, girl,

what in the world are you doing here?

I been lookin' for you everywhere.

It was just pure luck that I seen your horse

out in front.

Pa...

Now, now, come on, girl.

You remember how I promised the marshal here we'd be movin' on.

He'll think I'm breakin' my word.

Pa...

I did what I could.

We'll talk about it later, child.

I tried.

I tried to do it so no more's'd get hurt.

What's the matter with you? Put that gun down.

Not likely. And you...

It's on your head that these people are dying.

- Pa, no! You can't! - Oh, yes, I can.

I might as well hang for a sheep as a lamb.

This boy won't marry you now.

How else do you figure we'll get this place?

Pa, you can't kill 'em.

I'll kill you, too, if I have to.

Pa, you...

One son dead...

another run off...

and a daughter that don't care a fig about her Pa.

A thankless bunch of children, after all I done for them.

Poor Pa.

He couldn't even be honest when he was dying.

It was like...

like some kind of sickness,

wasn't it, Marshal?

Yeah, I guess it was.

Well, in the end, he... got what he wanted.

He was always after a piece of land to call all his own.

Well, I reckon now he'll have it.

Can I go now, Marshal?

Yeah.

Where will you go, Maybelle?

Will you be all right alone?

I'll be fine.

I always wanted to see Californy.

I guess now maybe I will.

Good luck, Maybelle.

Thank you.

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