Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

I wouldn't give you two cents for that rascal.

I don't care if he is the president

of these United States.

Now, I tell you, Jess...

I'm Jay, Mr. Hoover. Jay.

Jess is in the barn.

Huh? Did I... did I go do that again,

call you him and him you?

No offense taken, Mr. Hoover. We're used to it.

Well, you know a body can't be blamed, boy.

You know, you two are alike as two peas in a pod.

- So we've heard. - Why, sure.

All the folks in town, they always say,

"Jess and Jay are just like two peas in a pod."

Here, just a few more.

Of course, that's not really true.

You know, you don't all look all that much alike

even if you are twins.

But I guess the folks in town,

they're just used to seeing you together all the time.

You know, "Jess and Jay," they always say.

"Jess and Jay," almost like it was just one man.

"Jess and Jay," they say.

"Jess and Jay were here." "Jess and Jay were there."

"Jess and Jay were at the meeting."

"Jess and Jay were at the church today."

Yeah, why is that, Mr. Hoover?

Why? 'Cause you always do things together, of course.

I ain't hardly ever seen you apart.

There, that's it.

That's half a cord.

Well, fine.

Fine. Then I'll, uh...

I'll, uh, settle up with you come next market day, huh?

All right

- Hey, Jess? - Yeah?

You ready to go home for supper?

No, not just yet.

I've got some business to do in the office yet.

You go on, Jay. Tell Pa I'll be home directly.

Well, you want us to wait supper?

No, better not. I don't know how long I'll be.

- All right. - Going by your place, son.

Want me to drop you off?

Oh, much obliged, Mr. Hoover.

Guess I am kind of tired.

Tired. No wonder.

The way you work.

You know you boys are doing a wonderful job here?

Me and the missus,

we were talking about that the other evening;

how you boys have taken over since your pa's taken ill.

You know, it speaks well for the both of you.

Mmm. Come on!

Guess that's the fella

Jess is doing business with, huh?

Yeah, I guess.

♪♪

Oh!

Howdy, Festus.

Well, now, howdy, Miss Nancy.

I was... I was just cleaning up my spurs a little bit.

Say, you're out kind of late, ain't you?

Late? It only just got dark, Festus.

Well, I mean, for store-buying and such as that.

I'm on my way home right now.

Well, golly Bill, appears like I'm right in luck,

running into the prettiest gal in town all by herself

and needing company.

Needing a strong arm to help with these packages.

You sure have got that.

And if you like, you can walk with me

as far as the Feed and Fuel Yard.

Feed and Fuel... Oh, fiddle.

I ought to have knowed that.

A man ain't got a chance in this town

with them Bartell boys around.

Why, Festus, I don't know what you mean.

They're just boys I grew up with,

lived next door to all my life.

"Growed up with," my foot.

How... how you fixing to marry up with both of 'em?

You can't choose betwixt the two, Jess and Jay.

Impossible. I guess I'll just have

to marry somebody else altogether.

Well, that's what I'm talking about.

Why don't you just give a little ogle

to somebody else once in a while?

Who's carrying my packages?

Well, that wasn't a very long trip, was it?

There's a lamp a-burning in the office.

It's Jess, and it looks like he's busy.

Guess I better go on home.

Here, I'll take those.

Oh, no, I ain't near tuckered out.

But it's out of your way.

Well, how do you know that?

If I ain't complaining, you hadn't ought to.

Who's complaining? Come on.

Good night.

♪♪

Why...

What are you doing?

♪ Gather with the saints ♪

♪ At the river ♪

♪ That flows by the throne ♪

♪ Of God ♪

♪ Yes, we'll gather ♪

♪ At the river ♪

♪ The beautiful ♪

♪ The beautiful river ♪

♪ Gather with the saints ♪

♪ At the river ♪

♪ That flows by the throne ♪

♪ Of God. ♪

Thou shalt show me the path of life,

and thy presence is the fullness of joy,

and at thy right hand, there is pleasure for evermore.

Unto Almighty God we commend the soul

of our brother departed,

and we commit his body to the ground.

Earth to earth...

ashes to ashes...

dust to dust...

in the sure and certain hope

of the resurrection unto eternal life.

Let us pray.

♪♪

I sure can't remember

when I've seen so many folks at a funeral.

I can't remember when this town

has been so shocked over a killing.

Nobody can believe it.

I can't imagine why anybody would want to kill

a nice boy like Jess.

Wish I could answer that, Kitty.

Looks like the motive might have been robbery, though.

The cash box was ransacked.

Any trace of that man

that Festus and Nancy Otis saw talking to him?

Not so far.

Here they come now.

Poor old Sam, he's had nothing but bad luck lately.

- Sam, Jay. - Marshal.

I'm sorry I didn't get over to the funeral, Sam.

I wanted to pay my respects.

I know. It's all right.

We never know, do we,

the riches we have until we've lost them?

First, my wife...

then my own health, and...

now my boy.

Sam, you still have another fine boy.

You're fortunate in that respect.

Yes, you're right.

Jay is my only comfort now,

and he'll have to take over alone.

Well, I'm sure he will.

Anyway, I just, uh, wanted you to know how sorry I am, Sam.

Sorry, Marshal?

But not sorry enough to find the man who did it, huh?

Why, Jay...

I'm doing everything I can, Jay.

Why, of course he is.

Well, if you can't find him, Marshal, I will.

Jay.

I can understand how you feel, Jay,

but you better leave that part of it up to me.

I'll do everything I can to find your brother's murderer

and bring him to justice.

Boy's upset, Marshal.

You understand.

Sure.

Oh, that poor boy.

Well, it's no wonder.

He and Jess were always so close.

Like a pair of matched horses.

Yeah.

I just wonder if he's gonna be able

to pull the load all by himself, Doc.

It may just be a little harder than anybody thinks.

♪♪

Oh, Jay!

Remember the day we did that?

You know...

not your father...

not my parents, nobody.

Nobody knows how it really was between us three...

except us.

That was on my 12th birthday.

We said we'd never ever be apart, any of us, ever again.

We were gonna go hunt buffalo

and live like Indians up on the Platte.

Now...

Oh, Jay!

Oh, Nan, don't.

Don't cry.

I'm sorry.

I'm being selfish.

I keep forgetting what you must feel.

I just can't keep the tears back.

I don't know how you can.

I don't feel like crying. I feel like...

But that won't bring him back, Jay.

Nothing will.

I know.

Sometimes I think about the other night,

when Festus and I saw him talking with that man.

If I'd just gone in...

he might still be alive.

There's no use thinking about that.

There's nothing we can do now.

No.

He's gone.

It's all over.

And that leaves Nancy and Jay.

Yes.

Nan, I know you loved him.

I mean, he was the one you were gonna marry.

Well, we were too close not to know.

We couldn't have very many secrets from each other.

Jay...

I just want you to know

that I'm gonna try and take his place.

I'm gonna try and mean everything that he was for you.

You know how much you've always meant to me, Jay.

But... right now...

I understand... you don't have to say anything.

There'll be plenty of time later.

Two whole weeks, and the marshal ain't found

any trace of him yet, huh?

Nope.

Hmm, well, not much chance of finding him now.

No telling how far away he is.

You know, if we hadn't seen that fella with our own eyes...

And Festus and Nancy Otis, too...

I wouldn't have believed that that... that stranger

was here that night.

He just up and disappeared so complete.

60 pounds enough?

Better make it 70.

Do you know... do you know what the marshal said?

The marshal said that that fella didn't stay no place

in this town... Not no hotel or nothing.

Why, he didn't even stable his horse.

He just snuck in town and he snuck right back out again.

Now, that in itself is proof he was up to something, isn't it?

You want some barley mixed in this?

Well, yeah, just a scoop or two, just to sweeten it.

Jess always does that for me.

No extra charge, that is.

Say, I guess, uh... I guess the marshal been asking you

all kinds of questions... You finding Jess's body and all.

How much later was it after we left

that you came back... You-you and Nancy?

Oh, maybe two hours.

After you dropped me off at the corner,

I went and did a few chores, had supper with Pa.

And then, when it got later and later, he sent me out to look.

Well, how come Nancy came back?

She wanted to.

Oh. Well...

maybe she was worried about Jess.

You figure they were in love?

- I don't know. - More than likely.

But she was as thick with you as she was with Jess.

Nobody could figure out which one of you she'd choose.

That'll be $3.82, Mr. Hoover, with what you have on the wagon.

No charge for the barley.

No charge.

All right.

I'll... I'll bring it around next market day.

You haven't paid me for that last half cord of wood yet,

and that was two market days ago.

What? I didn't?

Well, I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll be around and I'll straighten out the whole thing

come next market day.

I'd like to have it now.

Well, don't press me, Jay.

Jess never pressed me.

He-he always let me go for two or three months.

But Jess knew I was good for it.

I'm not Jess!

And from now on, this is gonna be strictly cash.

Well, I must say that's not

a very friendly way of doing business.

- Now, Jess wouldn't... - I said I'm not Jess!

I'm running this business now.

And if you don't like the way I'm doing it,

you just go trade over at Ulrich's.

Well, now, don't you think

that I might not just go and do that!

Well, you just go ahead. I'd be much obliged.

Why, you insolent young puppy!

Hear, hear, now.

What's going on?

Well...

Well, I'm sorry, Sam.

I always liked to do business with Bartells...

With you and Jess.

But this boy here, why, he's just the limit!

Oh, come now, George.

Give the boy a chance.

He's carrying a lot on his shoulders.

Don't judge him too hard. He'll settle down.

Well, I sure hope so, I sure hope so, Sam.

And I hope he learns to be a little civil.

Let him have it, boy.

You've got to get ahold of yourself, son.

Pa, let me run the yard.

We don't need his business.

You need everybody when you're in business.

And he's the third customer you fought with today.

Oh, don't read me no lectures.

Told you not to come down here in the first place.

I don't want you here.

Well, now, I didn't come down to spy on you, Jay.

I just come down to try to help out in the office.

Jess always did the bookkeeping, and I...

Oh, you mean I messed it up already... is that what you mean?

I didn't say that.

Well, you don't have to.

Comparing everything I do to the way Jess done it.

Oh, come now, boy.

You've got to learn to expect that.

It's only human nature.

I can do everything Jess could do and do it just as well.

You hear me?

I hear you.

But you ain't doing it, son,

because you ain't giving yourself a chance.

Now, you've got to get a hold of yourself.

You've got to settle down.

Sure, sure.

Listen, boy, I know how it is.

I understand.

It ain't been too easy for me, either, you know.

But you've got to forget.

Forget?

How can I forget?

I don't mean forget the sudden loss,

but...

just the way it happened.

Well, why doesn't that marshal find that killer?

And what good will that do?

Revenge?

No, that's what you've got to forget, boy.

Or it'll eat your heart away.

Forget it, Jay.

Forget it.

Forget it. Forget the whole thing, he said.

Maybe he's right, Jay.

Right?

Are your tears gone already?

I didn't mean that.

I'll never forget Jess.

Neither will you.

But revenge...

he wouldn't want that.

Well, if it was me dead?

How do you know he wouldn't?

I think I knew that much about him.

He might hate the killer, yes, want to see him punished,

but he wouldn't let it change him.

Are you saying I can't take it like Jess?

I'm not as strong?

You're saying that, not me.

Is that why you loved him instead of me?

I never asked myself why I loved him.

I never thought there was that much difference

between the two of you that way.

Maybe there was.

And maybe I sensed it.

And that's why you could never love me.

Jay, you're putting words in my mouth...

and thoughts in my mind that maybe you don't want there.

I know I've lost Jess,

and I have to face up to that.

And I know someday there'll probably be another man.

I just naturally thought it would be you.

So don't spoil it now.

If only they'd find that killer.

But why, Jay?

Why is that so important?

It's not revenge. It's not that.

Somehow, maybe when it's all over and done with,

maybe I'll feel like a whole man again.

Maybe I won't feel like I'm missing the other half of me.

Can you understand that?

I think so.

You see, they... they just have to find that man.

I just wonder if that'll really help.

- Evening, Matt. - Kitty.

- Doc, Festus. - How are you?

Matthew.

I see our young friend is still with us, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Third time this week.

You know, I'd refuse to serve him

except he'd just go someplace else and...

well, at least I can keep an eye on him here.

You know, I never saw anybody fall apart so fast.

Well, I'll tell you what I think it might be.

Just might be that he feels guilty because he wasn't there

to help his brother when he needed him.

Well, could be, Doc.

You ain't had a lead on that feller

that me and Nancy seen that night, huh?

Not a thing, Festus.

I've inquired all over town, asked questions.

I've even sent a description of him back east.

So far, there's nothing.

I'll tell you something, Matthew.

He shows hisself around me now,

and I'm going to jab that pipe right down his throat

and deliver him to you in a wheelbarrow.

What do you think of that?

You!

Turn around, you skunk!

What did you say?

Jay! Jay!

Get away from him. Come on.

That's not the man you're after. That's Barney Cogswell.

What's the matter with him, Marshal?

I'm sorry.

I've told you to leave finding this killer up to me.

But you're not doing it, Marshal.

You ain't found him yet.

Well, maybe I never will find him.

Maybe you'd better get used to that idea

and forget about this man.

Come on. I'll take you home.

He'll be all right by morning, Sam.

You, uh, say he tried to kill Barney Cogswell?

Well, Barney was wearing a tweed coat and smoking a pipe.

What am I going to do with him, Matt?

You know, Jay ain't nothing like Jess was.

The town was all wrong about that.

That "two peas in a pod" stuff.

People who knew them, like... like me

and little Nancy across the street,

we knew they were as different as night from day.

Jess was the one who managed, who did things.

He was the strong one.

Nobody ever knew that because he was always

covering up for his brother.

Helping him, supporting him.

Now...

Jay ain't got anybody to support him.

I try...

Nancy tries, but...

we just don't seem able.

I know it's a... a terrible thing to say, Matt,

but if one of them had to die, it would've been much kinder

if it had been just the other way around.

Well, maybe, Sam, but it wasn't.

So now we got to try and help Jay.

Let me ask you something.

Do you think it's possible he's hiding something?

That, uh, he knows something about this business

Jess had with the stranger?

Well, I don't see why he'd hide it.

Well, neither do I, but the two brothers didn't keep

much apart from each other, did they?

Well, no, but... there are some things

that even brothers don't tell one another, Matt.

Well, I didn't think there was between those two.

What kind of things?

Oh... dreams, maybe.

Or what they thought about certain people.

And then there were things they never talked about,

they... they just knew.

Well, this business didn't seem to be one of them, did it?

No.

And I've been thinking a lot about that

since you asked me the first time, and...

and I remember something.

Jess came to me a few weeks ago

and asked me if I'd mind if he maybe someday

bought a ranch and left Dodge.

A ranch, huh?

I told him he was free to do whatever he wanted.

Jay could run the business, or we could sell it,

if he wanted to go along with Jess.

Didn't make any difference to me.

I've got all I want. You know that.

I just wanted the boys to be happy.

He didn't, by any chance, say

where this ranch was gonna be, did he?

He never even said there was any special ranch.

It was all sort of offhand.

I don't know if this has anything to do with the business

Jess had with the stranger that night,

but it's all I can come up with.

Well, Sam, it just doesn't add up to me somehow.

It doesn't make sense.

No, not much.

And another thing...

why would this stranger have ridden into town so openly,

right in front of George Hoover and Jay,

walked into that office if he intended murder?

Well, he... maybe he didn't intend it then.

Well, maybe not, but still...

You, uh... got any other suspect?

No.

Sam...

I'll talk to you later.

♪♪

Well, I'm back, Mr. Bartell, right when I said I'd be.

And everything successful, too.

I...

I beg your pardon, but, uh...

you're not the same Mr. Bartell, are you?

I'm Jay, not Jess.

Ah, of course, the twin brother.

Your brother spoke about you.

There is a remarkable resemblance.

You had me fooled there for a moment.

Is your brother around?

No, not right now.

Do you expect him back soon?

No, not soon. Can I help you?

Well, I'm afraid not.

It's Jess I'm doing business with.

Uh, perhaps I'll come back later.

Or maybe there's someplace I could catch him.

No, he's not gonna be back today.

Not at all?

But we had an appointment.

Well, maybe I could help you.

No, I'm afraid not. It's-it's a private affair.

Well, my brother and I

don't have any secrets from each other, Mr., uh...

Maclntosh.

Angus Maclntosh.

Hays City, attorney-at-law.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Maclntosh.

It's a pleasure, sir, a pleasure.

Then you do know about this business?

Why, of course.

We talk everything over.

Isn't that the usual thing in a family?

Well, uh... I suppose so, but, uh...

in this case, he wanted it to be a surprise.

But I think he meant it mostly for the girl.

Oh, yes, the, uh, girl.

Well, he knew I wouldn't give it away to her.

Aye. And I don't mind saying

she'll be jolly well pleased.

It's a fine farm, for sure.

He'll be able to give her exactly the kind of homestead

she had her heart set on.

And I made a very fine bargain for him.

You can trust a Scotsman for that.

Yeah, that's fine. Uh...

Well, he didn't say exactly where...

No, of course not.

Uh, I couldn't tell him exactly myself

until I'd been there.

It's on a small branch of the Smoky Hill,

perhaps, uh, 30 miles southwest of, uh, Grinnell.

Good, rich land, well-built house,

uh, about ten years old...

everything he'll need.

In short, just what he was looking for.

And just what Nancy wanted.

Aye.

I have the contracts right here,

all ready for signature and the down payment.

It's a pity your brother isn't here.

We could settle the whole thing in a few minutes.

The, uh, down payment, that was for...

$4,000, as I said.

The rest will be taken care of by the bank in Hays City.

It's all in the contract.

Excellent terms.

I'm afraid my brother's not going to be able

to buy that farm, Mr. Maclntosh.

Can't buy?

But he assured me. He gave me his promise.

Do you realize how much time and trouble I've gone to?

He can't buy because he's dead.

Dead?

Oh, my word.

Ooh.

It must have been very sudden.

He was killed.

Was it an accident?

No. He was shot...

evidently by robbers.

Oh, my poor boy, this is most unfortunate.

Such a fine young man.

Such a fine young man like yourself, of course.

He was.

It's a sad blow, for all of you.

Your father... I understand he's ill.

Yes.

And especially that poor girl...

the marriage plans and all that.

Most unfortunate.

And all the work and time I put into it.

Well, maybe you won't have to suffer any loss.

How do you mean?

I mean maybe I'll buy that farm.

Well, now, uh...

Any reason why I shouldn't?

No, uh...

I suppose not.

No, of course not. Uh...

I'd be delighted.

I'm sure you'll find it an excellent investment.

It's, uh... I'm only surprised to learn

that you were interested in farming, too.

Well, my brother and I liked the same things.

We talked about it a lot.

Yes, I think I'd like to buy that farm

now that my brother can't.

Well, I... I don't see any objection.

Well, you'll have to give me a few moments

to arrange the form of payment.

You know, I didn't expect this so suddenly.

Sure, whatever you like.

Uh... perhaps I'll walk down the road

and get a bite of supper.

No. Um...

I mean, uh...

why don't you just stay here, out of sight?

I beg your pardon?

Well, it's-it's gonna be dark pretty soon out there.

And with all this violence going on around here...

Robbery, killing...

There might be somebody just lurking out there in the street.

Well... my word, uh...

I had no idea there was anything like this.

Well, uh... I'll do as you say.

Uh, I'll stay right here.

Good.

Pa.

Well, what are you doing home so early, son?

It ain't hardly dark out yet.

I'm going back in just a minute.

I came home because there's some business

I have to talk to you about.

Me?

What business?

Did Jess ever say anything about buying a farm?

Why you asking that?

Well, never mind. Did he?

Well, yes, a farm, a ranch or something.

He just mentioned it.

Said he might like to sometime, and asked if I'd mind.

- Why? - Well, what'd you tell him?

I told him he could do whatever he wanted.

I never wanted anything for you boys

but what you wanted for yourselves.

And you'd let him leave the feed yard?

Why, certainly.

And leave me to run it?

If you wanted to.

Or we could sell it, if you wanted to go on along with Jess.

I never wanted to stand in the way

of either of you boys.

But you knew I wasn't the person

that Jess intended to take to that farm.

Uh, I didn't know anything for sure.

He never said, and I never questioned.

But if you mean he meant to take a wife...

I'd say that was only natural.

He'd be wanting a wife someday, just like you will.

Now, will you tell me what this is all about?

Well, it takes money to buy a farm, Pa.

Did you tell Jess you'd give him the money?

Why, yes.

Why not? It was his to have.

- And mine, too. - Of course.

You're my son, just like he was.

Well, then, I want it, Pa.

$4,000 down payment on a farm.

A good one up in the Smoky Hill country.

A full section, a house, everything.

Why, ain't this kind of sudden, boy?

I didn't know you were interested

in anything like this.

I've been thinking about it for a long time.

It's just what I want. This is my chance.

Chance?

Why, boy, you don't know nothing about farming.

I know as much as Jess did.

Oh, but Jess was...

And I can manage just as well as he would.

Look, I'll prove it to you.

I'll show everybody.

Just give me the money, $4,000,

and I'll never ask you for anything ever again.

Well, now, that's a lot of money, son, and...

how can you be sure this is a good farm?

You ain't never seen it.

Let me worry about that.

I'm satisfied.

But you got to be sure about such things, boy.

I mean, there are people who will rob you.

Now... now, who you buying this farm from, anyway?

A man named Maclntosh, a lawyer from Hays City.

And he's honest, all right, so don't worry about it.

He couldn't be the same man who was with Jess that night?

Would I be doing business with him if it was?

No, no, of course not.

But who is he? Where did you meet him?

Don't you trust me?

It's not you I don't trust, boy!

It's just that... well...

this is all so sudden and rushed.

I want to look into this some more.

Give me the money. $4,000.

That's all you have to do.

Just give me the money and let me go.

Is it that important to you?

All right, son.

All right. I'll give you the money.

♪♪

Oh... excuse me.

Uh, just come in to get a dab of horse feed.

I'm sorry.

There's no one here at the moment to serve you.

Yeah.

Well, I expect he'll be back directly.

You're waiting for him, too, I reckon?

Obviously.

Well, I'll be back myself directly.

You just stay right where you are.

♪♪

I'm sure you won't regret this move, Mr. Bartell.

It's only too bad the young lady

won't have the place of her dreams.

It's even possible that she might someday.

You mean you...?

It's just possible.

Ah, and why not?

You're as like your brother as a new pair of shoes.

And maybe the farm will help to swing it, eh?

Good fortune to you, sir.

It's all there.

And thank you.

Where do you stay in town?

Uh, I don't.

Uh, I don't care for Dodge much.

But you didn't drive all the way from Hays City.

Oh, no, hardly.

No, I came down by stage,

but I stop off down the road a bit.

Uh, Spearville.

Uh, have relatives there.

That's their horse and carriage out there.

Oh, that explains it.

It's very convenient.

It's only a few miles and a lot pleasanter

than a hotel, as you can imagine.

That's true, and, uh, you going back there right now?

After I've had me supper.

I detest restaurant food,

but, uh, it's getting a wee bit late now,

and, uh, last time, I didn't stop,

and by the time I got back to Spearville,

I was mighty hungry.

Well, just the same, I wouldn't, uh, stop if I were you.

What?

There's not a decent restaurant in this town.

But more important, with all this crime,

and you carrying all that money,

if I were you, I'd get back to Spearville

just as fast as I could.

All right, I-I'll do as you say.

It's very friendly of you to think of me safety.

Wait.

All right.

Well, good-bye. Good luck to you.

If you need any more information,

you have my address.

Be glad to help you.

Thank you. Good-bye.

We don't get there afore young Jay gets back,

he's a dead man, and I mean it.

Think of that, Matthew...

Coming back to get the other brother.

Why, I'll swear... That's him!

There he is!

Hold up there, you villain!

Just hold it right there.

What's going on here?

Just don't you move.

I'd like to talk to you, mister.

Ah, you're a marshal.

As a matter of fact, there are a few questions

I'd like to ask you, too.

I'd be glad if you stopped pointing that thing at me.

Nan?

What is it, Jay?

I want to talk to you.

I'm fixing supper.

My folks will be home before long.

Well, just for a minute, please.

Well, just for a minute.

Come on.

All right, what is it, Jay?

I haven't got much time.

Well, Nan, I want to talk to you about this.

You never told me much about what you wanted for yourself,

but I figured it wasn't staying here in Dodge

and living off a feed yard and keeping house.

What are you driving at?

Well, I bought a farm up on Smoky Hill.

A full section, good house, everything.

You? When?

Just today.

I'm going up right away and take possession.

Pa's gonna sell the feed yard.

I never knew you even cared about anything like that.

Well, you do, don't you?

Well... I might.

And so do I.

So, Nan, come with me. Marry me.

Jay, I told you I'd have to have time.

I haven't had near time enough.

I'm sorry.

You... you go on and-and get settled.

Then later, maybe.

Maybe?

Jay, I told you,

I... I'm not sure yet.

I can't make any promises till I'm sure.

You'll have to go without me.

But that's what I can't do.

Why not?

You got to stand on your own feet sometime.

Well, it ain't that.

Don't you see?

I-I'm doing it all for you. The whole thing's for you.

For me?

Well, it-it's your dream place.

A farm of your own. Just what you've always wanted.

How'd you know that?

Well, Jess told me.

He told me he never talked to you about us.

Well, he did.

Anyway, I know.

That's why I bought the farm... Just for you.

Well, then you shouldn't have.

If you don't really want it yourself, it'll never work out.

It will work out.

I swear to you it will.

I'll make it work out.

You mean everything to me, you.

Being a husband to you,

making a life for you, making you proud of me.

You're the whole world to me.

That's why I can't go without you.

You've got to come with me.

Jay, don't make me answer that yet.

If I changed, if... if I proved to you

I'm as good a man as Jess?

I can't promise anything.

You... you go on to your farm...

get things settled.

Try to find yourself.

And then, after a while,

if you still want to come back...

we'll see.

That's all. We'll see.

If I'm not here, how can I show you?

That's the only way, Jay.

Maybe time will change us both.

All right.

Now, I... I have to go in.

Nan?

Thanks a lot for the lift, Mr. Maclntosh.

Obliged, Marshal.

If you need me, I'll be at Fergus's.

Well, good. I'd appreciate it

if you'd be available for a day or two.

All right.

That's the man!

Marshal, that's the man that was with Jess!

Jay!

Jay, put that gun down!

But that's the man that killed Jess!

That's the man you saw talking to Jess.

It so happens he's a reputable attorney from Hays City.

His name's Maclntosh.

But you can tell them all about that, can't you, Jay?

Why, that's the man you bought the farm from.

That's right, Sam.

But you said it wasn't the same man.

You must have wanted that farm pretty bad.

Almost as bad as you wanted to get him out of town

once you'd made the deal.

What are you saying, Marshal?

Yes, what's this all about?

You want to tell them, Jay, or shall I?

I don't know what you're talking about, Marshal.

You know what I'm talking about.

There's one thing you may not know.

That night, after Mr. Maclntosh left Jess,

he turned around and looked back as he was leaving.

He saw a man entering the office.

He thought it was Jess.

Tonight, after talking to me,

he realized that Jess wasn't wearing any hat and coat.

The other man was.

Outside of that, the man looked like Jess.

When you got back home that night,

you did some chores out in back,

and nobody saw you doing them, did they?

How long did those chores take, Sam?

Oh, ten, 15 minutes.

Just long enough to get down to that feed lot and back.

Using the alley, nobody saw you.

Nobody except Mr. Maclntosh here.

Oh, no.

Jay!

Stay back, Marshal! I'll use this!

What good will it do you, Jay?

I won't be taken! I won't go to jail!

You think you can get away with what you've done?

You know better than that.

Your conscience has been torturing you for weeks,

and it's gonna get worse.

Stop it, Marshal! Stop it!

You come on out of there, Jay.

No, I-I can't face all those people!

You think you can escape your punishment?

Now, come on out of there!

No! No, you're gonna have to come and get me!

Why don't you come and get me?!

Come on, Marshal, shoot!

Come and get me!

What are you waiting for?

What are you waiting for?

All right, Jay.

Why didn't you kill me, Marshal?

Why didn't you kill me?

I already killed a part of me, the best part.

I just didn't have the guts to do the rest.

Come on, son.

Nan.

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