Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

All right, take a deep breath and hold it.

I said hold it, hold it.

Now let it out.

All right, do it again.

Oh, this is ridiculous.

- What'd you say? - I said this is ridiculous.

I ain't gonna do it.

Well... y-you want me to examine you or not?

You've examined me enough... Just tell me how I'm doing.

I want to get out of here.

I'm tired of being put through my paces

like some joke of a lapdog.

Man's got his dignity, ain't he?

You doctors just hide your ignorance

behind this kind of stuff.

Well, Doc?

- Well, what? - How am I?

Well, you're about as mean and as ornery as you ever have been.

My morals ain't none of your business.

I'm asking you the state of my health.

Well, now, maybe if you'd come in here sometime

and let me examine you, I could tell you something about...

Come on, Doc, you must have some idea. Tell me.

Oh, yes, yes, I've got an idea as far as I went.

You're just about the same as you were the last time

when I went as far as I went.

How much do you expect for that information?

Office call is two dollars.

- Whistle for it. - Nothing's changed

about that, either.

You're a very lucky man.

Lucky? What are you talking about?

Nobody's shot you yet.

♪♪

- Hi, Marshal. - Hello, Mary.

- Hello, Marshal. - Tom.

- How are you? - Fine.

You're in time for supper. It'll be ready in about an hour.

- Can you wait that long? - Well, wish I could, Mary,

but I got to head back to town.

Well, I ain't heard no shootin', Marshal.

Dodge seems quiet enough.

Well, maybe they're waiting for you to get into town, Tom.

- What do you got there? - Oh, this.

I traded my old .45 for it the other day.

- Do you like it? - Well, an old .36 Colt Navy.

You don't see many of those around anymore.

It's a little different.

I guess maybe that's why I liked it.

Sure. Well, if you decide you don't like it anymore,

you can always trade it off and come out pretty well.

What are you doing out here camping?

Why don't you come on into town?

Oh, I am going into town in the morning,

pick up my money... Dan Braden owes me

- $1,200. - Braden?

I sold my ranch to him two weeks ago.

Well, I thought you were doing fine out there.

Oh, we was doing all right.

Tom promised to take me to California

when he married me, Marshal.

And I'm finally living up to it.

We sold everything but what you see here, Marshal.

We're gonna start a-fresh.

We're gonna buy another ranch in California.

$1,200 is a lot of money out there, they tell us.

$1,200 is a lot of money anywhere.

I'm going in in the morning to pick it up,

and then we're gonna start out about noon.

Well, I'll miss you two around here.

Miss those good dinners, too, Mary.

It'll only be about an hour.

Oh, I wish I could stay.

But I'll be out to say good-bye to you in the morning.

Thank you.

Oh, say, Marshal. Dan Braden is in town, ain't he?

Well, he was last time I saw him.

Good. I'll see you in the morning.

Oh, sorry you're gonna miss a good supper.

So am I.

♪♪

How you doing, Louie?

Tom Stocker! What are you doing in town today?

Ain't seen you for some little time, Tom.

Well, I been busy, Louie.

You know, I don't get into town much.

Oh?

Still got the habit?

Drinking?

Nah, I give that up years ago.

Did you, now?

Well, in that case, Louie, here's a little reward for you.

Oh, my goodness, Tom, I don't deserve this.

I didn't say you deserved it, now, did I?

Go ahead, warm your belly.

I thank you, Thomas.

I do thank you.

- Braden? - Over here.

Ah.

- Morning, Dan. How are you? - Good morning.

Come by to get my money.

- I ain't got it. - What?

I've been gambling some; nothing but bad luck.

Well, now, I'm sorry to hear about that,

but... I want my $1,200.

I'm plumb out of cash, like I said.

Now, wait a minute, Dan, I told you a week ago

I was coming in here this morning to pick up my money.

You're just gonna have to wait for it.

How long is that gonna be?

Oh, I don't know.

$1,200 ain't easy to come by, you know?

You leave me be, now. I'm busy.

Now, wait a minute, Braden, you listen to me.

My wife and I are camped out there by the river.

We're leaving for California this afternoon.

Let me know where you settle... I'll send you the money.

Oh, no, now, Dan, that's no good.

We'll move back to the ranch if we have to.

That's my ranch now.

I don't want nobody on it.

It ain't your ranch until I get my money for it.

Forgetting you signed the deed over to me?

Well, you signed the note right here.

It says that you owe me $1,200 today for it.

It just says that I owe you $1,200.

All right. So?

It does make a difference.

While you're looking, take a look at the date.

You're not gonna get away with this, Braden.

N-Now, now, hold on.

Shut up. Stand up.

Now, you get walking out onto the street. Go ahead.

I ain't gonna fool around with you. Come on.

Come on.

Well, he owes you $1,200, all right.

The month and the day are right, if you wait a year from now.

Marshal, it can't be legal to date that note

a year ahead of what I thought it was, can it?

Why not?

You gave him the deed to your property,

and he gave you a note promising to pay

a year from now... It happens every day.

All right, Braden, there's your deed.

Now, Marshal, just because I got excited

and didn't notice what date he wrote down...

It's all clear and legal, Tom.

- All right, Braden, make him your offer. - What?

What are you gonna offer him for the ranch?

Well, I'm kind of broke right now.

I guess I could raise $500 or $600 on the store.

That is, if the bank's willing, of course.

What are you talking about?

What he's saying, Tom, is that if you want to go

to California, he'll give you about $600

for the ranch.

Oh, I get it.

That's pretty smart.

I'd never collect the rest of the money, would I?

Not likely, from California.

So I've been robbed of half of my money.

Well, unless you want to stay around Dodge for another year,

or else come back from California.

Oh, that's some choice, that is, Marshal.

You got the money... You're lying about being broke!

I got the deed to the ranch; that's what counts.

Marshal, ain't there nothin' I can do about this?

I wish there was, Tom. I wish I could help you.

Braden's as rotten a man as I ever met.

But I don't think there's a thing you can do.

Well, he can stop herding me around in front of a six-gun,

that's one thing he can do.

I just may be wearing a gun myself

the next time you try that.

You're too much of a coward to wear a gun.

Tom, I... I'm sure sorry about this.

Oh, Marshal, what am I gonna tell Mary?

I promised her I'd take her to California, I swore to it.

Then why don't you take the $600 and go, Tom.

Chalk it up to experience.

Do you know how hard I worked

to make that ranch worth $1,200, Marshal?

I know, Tom.

How about a cup of coffee?

No, thanks. I think I need a drink.

- I'll see you later. - Liquor's not gonna solve it, Tom.

You better go home and talk it over with Mary.

I couldn't face her, not now.

♪♪

It's getting kind of late, Tom.

You want me out of here, huh?

Only for your own good.

Mary's probably worried sick about you.

Well, I guess I got to face her sometime.

Miss Kitty, I want to thank you for listening to me a while ago.

That was three hours ago.

But you're welcome anyhow.

You know, I thought that...

it might do some good.

Talking about it, I mean.

I ain't so sure now.

Things will probably look better in the morning.

I don't know how.

Anyway, thank you and good night.

Good night, Tom.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

What are you doing in there, Braden,

getting ready to go to sleep?

Who's that?

What do you want?

Tom Stocker.

Came to get my $1,200.

You've got it, I know you have.

Get out of here! Leave me alone!

I ain't leaving without my money.

I'm coming in to get it, Braden.

Get out! Get out!

I don't want no fight.

Come on out here where I can see you.

Mary?

Mary, wake up.

Mary!

- Tom, what is it? - Get up quick.

We got to get out of here.

Tom, what's the matter? What happened?

Where are the saddles, Mary? We got to find the saddles.

We got to leave the wagon here, everything.

- Where are they? - They're in the wagon.

Well, you get 'em. I'll bring the horses around.

Tom, wait.

I'm not gonna move till you tell me what's happened.

Mary, I just shot a man.

No.

Dan Braden... I killed him.

Now, come on. We got to ride fast, Mary.

Get that canteen full of water

and get a couple of blankets. And hurry.

- Help! Fire! Fire! - Fire! Fire!

♪♪

Doc Adams ain't there, Marshal.

But he left a note saying he was going on a call in the country

and maybe wouldn't be back till this evening.

Ah. Well, I'll have to wait to get an autopsy.

That body's burned so bad

I don't know what the cause of death was.

Well, if you ask me, he got hisself a bellyful of smoke

and fell down and hit his head and burnt to death.

Well, it looks that way. Louie,

you want to make yourself some extra money?

Why, sure, Marshal. What do I do?

Well, I want somebody to stand guard around here for a while.

I'll do it gladly, Marshal.

Be at least 24 hours.

I can spare the time. But don't you worry, Marshal,

I'll keep a real good watch here.

All right, Louie.

Hello?

Well, glory be, a woman.

Now, what in tarnation are you doing out here all by yourself?

I'm not by myself. My husband's with me.

Why, I don't see any husband around.

He's out after meat. He'll be back any minute.

Now, you don't have to worry about me, ma'am.

I never harmed nobody in my whole life.

I'm Lem Hubley, ma'am. Just a harmless old man.

You got nothing to fear from me.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to act afraid.

It's natural. A woman out here alone.

But I'm not alone.

- You, uh, live around here, do you? - No.

You're traveling mighty light.

Well, what difference does that make?

Nothing, except how you gonna cook the meat

your husband's coming back with?

Well, I'm not a greenhorn, Mr. Hubley.

I can get along without pots and pans when I have to.

You don't have to. I got plenty.

Well, that's one way of inviting yourself to dinner.

But I'm throwing in some taters, some lard and some coffee.

And after dinner, I'm gonna tell you some of the doggonedest lies

you ever heard.

You're invited, Mr. Hubley.

Then just set down there and take it easy.

I'll get the stuff off the burro,

and then I'll gather some wood for a fire.

It's been a long time

since I've had a chance to set and eat with anybody.

It's gonna be a great pleasure for me.

Hello. I'm Lem Hubley.

I'm having dinner with you.

- Tom... - What is he doing here?

It's all right. He's just a lonely old man.

- What is he doing here? - Well, he's having dinner with us,

and he's supplying part of it...

The potatoes and coffee and whatnot.

No, I don't like it, Mary.

He's gonna ask questions.

What's our name, what are we doing out here.

Listen, you... you tell him... that...

we've changed our minds.

- We're moving on. - Oh, Tom,

he's harmless. It means so much to him to have a little company.

Go on and tell him.

Tom, this isn't like you.

Now, listen to me, Mary,

last night I killed a man.

That's not like me either.

Now, you go on and get rid of that fella.

I'll saddle up your horse.

Matt.

Doc, I didn't know you were back yet.

Yeah, well, I got back about a half hour ago.

I got your note about old Braden, but...

I can't do anything about it right now.

I got to go out to Sam Perkins... It's his wife.

- She have another baby? - Yeah.

Well, Doc, I got to get an exact cause of death on him

as soon as I can.

You mean you don't know?

Well, you're saying he burned to death?

Well, no, I can't say that exactly.

You know, old Dan had a bad heart.

It could've taken him anytime in the last three or four months.

I didn't know that.

Here's something else I don't think you knew either.

Take a look at that.

Is that a bullet hole?

Well, like I said, Matt, he's pretty badly burned...

It's hard to know for sure.

But if I get a bullet out of there I'll know.

You're pretty sure right now, aren't you?

Well, I'm sure enough that I think

you ought to start looking for his murderer.

How soon can you get the bullet out of there, Doc?

Well, kind of depends on Mrs. Perkins.

Maybe by noon tomorrow.

All right.

You have any idea who might've shot him?

I'm afraid I do, Doc.

Find anything?

There's a small ranch on the other side.

We'll ride around. Won't take but a few minutes.

But you said you weren't going near a ranch.

We need food, Mary.

I've got to admit, I've kind of used up the rabbit

we had last night.

I was a fool to be out shooting yesterday.

We can't afford it anymore.

Might as well be sending up smoke signals.

You're awful sure the marshal's on your trail, aren't you?

Why shouldn't he be?

But if you shot Dan Braden in self-defense like you said...

Mary, nobody saw me. I can't prove anything.

If nobody saw you, then nobody can prove you did it.

Mary, there's something I haven't explained to you.

You see this?

That's an old Navy Colt .36.

Now, .36 is a rare caliber, Mary.

At least, it's rare enough that if they find a .36 bullet

in Dan Braden and put it next to my motive for shooting him,

I'd say they got a hanging case against me.

But that's only circumstantial evidence.

You want me to go back and take my chances on that, huh?

We can't run forever.

Maybe not, Mary, but I sure aim to try.

Come on. We're not sure how close the marshal may be.

Beth.

Beth, we got company.

You know 'em?

No.

Well, they're in time for dinner, anyway.

- Howdy. - Hello.

Well, get down and come on in, mister.

And the missus, too.

My name is Bill Miller.

This is my wife Beth.

- Howdy do? - Hello.

We, um, come to ask for some food.

A little bread and some meat if you can spare it.

Well, now, isn't that something?

Dinner's gonna be on the table in less than half an hour.

Just give you enough time to wash up.

Thank you.

But if you could just wrap up

some bread and meat, uh, that'll be fine.

Just where is it you're heading for, mister?

Um, friends, uh, on up north here.

Well, do we get the food or not?

My wife invited you to the table, mister.

And I said that we couldn't stay.

Please, missus, can we have some food?

We're in an awful hurry.

No one's in that much of a hurry unless they're in trouble.

"Trouble"?

That's what I said.

But it ain't none of my business.

Now, why don't you just keep on riding, mister?

Sure. "Keep on riding."

You stand right where you are, mister.

Don't you move. Not one step.

Tom, don't.

I won't if they do just what I tell them.

Oh, please.

Please, mister, don't shoot him.

All right, then you get in that house,

and get us some food like I told you.

Make it fast.

I'll do it!

No tricks, missus!

Now, you just turn around and stand quiet.

You're quite a fella.

And keep your mouth shut.

Must be real bad trouble you're in to act like this.

Maybe I just don't like to eat with strangers.

You keep on, you're gonna meet

nothing but strangers in this world.

You keep on, there might not be any world left for you at all.

You may just mean that.

Tom, you might've killed him!

Maybe I did.

Bill.

Well, what's the matter?

You won't hit her.

I can't shoot him, Beth.

Why not? He liked to killed you.

Well, somebody else will have to do it.

Someone sure will the way that man's running scared.

- Howdy. - Howdy.

Hi, you fellas want to water up?

Oh, we watered a few miles back, thank you.

Say, uh, you a lawman?

U.S. Marshal from Dodge.

That's right where I'm heading.

Dodge City.

Oh, you been far?

Well, I'd say 65 years is a mighty long way, Marshal.

I meant traveling.

I've been traveling since I was eight.

Left my folks.

Ran away from home.

Now, look, you haven't by any chance run across

a young man and woman out here, have you today?

Traveling light, moving fast?

No.

Well, we'd ought to hit the trail

one of these days, Matthew.

Run into 'em yesterday.

What? Where?

Back that way a piece.

The woman... she's nice, but that young fella...

He's scared to death, Marshal.

Plumb scared to death.

You after him for something?

- I'm after him. Thanks a lot, old-timer. - So long.

So long to you.

Morning.

Where have you been? I woke up over an hour ago.

I've been out hunting.

Hunting? But we still have food from those people.

Horse hunting.

You mean the horses broke loose?

They're gone. I can't find 'em anymore.

What are we gonna do?

Well, I got a plan.

Come on, I want to show you something.

Mary, you stay here and keep hidden.

Tom, be careful.

I will. Don't worry. Just stay down low now.

Whoa. Whoa, buddy.

Hello.

Howdy.

How come you got no passengers?

Oh, stage broke down at Rock Creek station.

Run this one out there to replace it.

If I was carrying any goods or passengers,

I'd also be carrying a shotgun,

and I wouldn't have stopped for nobody.

That's your policy, huh?

You bet it is, son.

What's your story? Lose your horse?

Busted a leg.

Oh, well, climb on aboard.

No.

Why not?

You just sit right there, mister. Don't move.

Now take out your gun and throw it to me very slowly.

Slow.

Now climb down.

All right, now what?

Unhitch them horses and do it faster

than you've ever done it in your life.

You're making a big mistake, son.

Don't you worry about that.

Just don't you make any mistakes.

All right, now get into the stage.

Hurry up.

Now don't try to come after me, mister.

I'll go out of my way to be at your hanging, son.

- My hanging? I didn't... - I didn't say

you killed anybody.

As of this minute, you're a horse thief.

What's the difference?

♪♪

We're almost there, Mary.

Tom, I've got something to say.

Well, can't it wait until you're out of the saddle?

You're awful tired.

I'm tired.

I'm too tired to ride any farther.

Well, Mary, it's, uh, just a few hundred yards.

No. In an hour, it'll be dusk, and then it'll be dark.

I can't ride another hour.

Tom, I need some food, and

I need to lie down and rest until morning.

Sure. Sure, you do.

Listen to me. You're planning to ride up to that man's shack

and pull your gun and take some food

and then ride out until it gets dark

and we can hide some place.

Mary, I-I ain't said a word about drawing my gun on him.

If he offers to share some food with us, we'll accept,

and we'll eat it there, and we'll rest there till morning.

I'm serious, Tom.

All right, that's the way we'll do it, Mary.

Come on.

Hello.

Your missus sick or something?

No, she's just tired and hungry.

Well, why don't you take her home?

We ain't got no home.

We was traveling by wagon. We hit a rock.

Busted the, uh, wheel right off.

Yeah?

We got some, um, relatives about 25 miles west of here, though.

We'll be there tomorrow.

The truth is, mister, I'm with child.

Well, why didn't you say so?

Get down out of there.

Here, let me help ya.

There you are.

I suppose you'll be wanting to lie down?

I'd give you the bunk inside, but it's not too neat in there.

Oh, that's all right.

I can fix her up a place out here. She'll be fine.

All right. Now I was aiming

to have some salt pork and potatoes for supper.

I'll go throw some more in and I'll bring it out here,

and we can fix up a table or something.

That's awfully kind of you, mister.

Cox. Barney Cox.

Well, you take care of her and I'll go fix supper.

Sure.

He seems nice.

He didn't seem so nice when we first rode in.

It was you telling him about being a mother

that changed his mind.

Mary, why don't you go over there and sit down?

I'll unsaddle the horses

and fix you a nice comfortable spot.

Thanks, Tom.

Well, I found their trail, Matthew.

They heading on west.

Ah. Well, we'll have to be leaving you now, Crane,

but, uh, there'll be a stage along tomorrow.

It really don't matter, Marshal.

I get paid driving or not.

You did the right thing by not trying to fight him.

You know how that young Stocker,

getting more nervous all the time.

Yeah, he put up a big front, Marshal,

but, uh, well, if you ask me, he's scared to death.

We gonna stay on their trail, are we, Matthew?

Well, won't we catch up to 'em today.

They got too much of a head start on us.

That means another night camp on the prairie,

but we'll catch up to 'em directly, maybe tomorrow.

Well, if we don't lose 'em.

Enjoy your day off, Crane.

- You about ready? - Anytime.

How you feeling this morning?

I feel a lot better.

Good. You're just not used to all this hard riding.

That's part of it.

Cheer up, Mary. Things could be worse.

How?

Well, what if you really were with child?

Well, you leaving?

Yes.

We want you to know how grateful we are to you, Mr. Cox.

Sure.

Feeding us when you had so little for yourself.

We won't forget it.

I won't forget it neither.

Let's get started, Mary.

Say, you never did tell me.

What's the name of your kinfolk 25 miles west of here?

Harper. William Harper.

Funny, I never heared of 'em.

Well, it's a long ways away.

Especially for a man who ain't got a horse.

I got a horse. It's out grazing.

Mister... you and your wife, you're liars!

Now wait a minute, Cox.

Never mind him, Tom.

I hate liars!

But you're probably something even worse.

You're running, ain't ya?

You done something bad and you're running.

Stay where you are, Cox.

Tom, get on your horse and let's go.

No, he's up to something, Mary. You go ahead, I'll follow.

- No. - Go ahead and ride!

What was it you done, kill someone or rob someone?

Don't come any closer, Cox.

Ah, I thought so, but that gun don't scare me.

I'll use it if I have to.

You're bad and you're evil!

But the law's on my side, and you can't hurt me!

There's got to be a reward out for you,

and I swear I'll get it!

You're crazy. There ain't no reward on me.

Want some water, Mary?

No, thanks. I'll wait a while.

What do we do now, Tom?

Well... we gotta just keep riding.

We'll find something to eat before dark, though,

don't you worry.

And tomorrow, what do we do tomorrow?

Tomorrow will just have to take care of itself.

No, I want to take care of tomorrow today, now.

What do you mean, Mary?

I want us to go back into Dodge.

I want you to give yourself up.

You don't mean that. You can't.

We can't keep living like this.

We'll go back and we'll take our chances.

No, Mary.

We're gonna keep on running,

and sooner or later you will kill somebody,

and then it'll be murder. It won't be self-defense.

I had to scare that fellow Cox.

He wanted me for the reward. Now, you know that.

Either we go back together or I go back alone.

Are you coming with me or not?

Mary... you wouldn't leave me.

To keep you from murder, Tom.

♪♪

♪♪

You want to know something, Matthew?

That Tom Stocker is a-gettin' hisself in deeper and deeper

all the time.

Too bad he isn't here to listen to you.

Let's see if we can't catch up with him.

I just don't understand it.

I just purely don't.

Yeah, it's strange all right, Festus.

Just betwixt you and me and the fence post,

it's a heap more'n strange.

Why don't you eat something?

Matthew, they're a-heading for Dodge City.

Looks that way.

Well, it can't be that they're backtracking on the trail.

That don't make a lick of sense.

If they're so all-fired set on turning their selves in,

well, then why in the thunder didn't they wait

at that water hole till we could catch up with 'em?

Maybe they didn't know we were following 'em.

Well, they know somebody's a-followin' 'em.

They been a-running like a danged old rooster

with a bobcat a-breathing on his tail feathers.

I'll tell you, I'm just getting plumb wore out a-chasing them.

Well, then why don't you eat something and get some rest?

You know better than that.

When I'm a-figuring on something, I can't quit

till I get 'er figured out.

Well, then I'm afraid

you're gonna have to figure it out by yourself, Festus.

I'm gonna get some sleep.

Colder'n a well digger's boot sole.

I'll tell ya, it just beats all.

Now if they was a-figuring on going back all the time,

well, why did they do all the things that they've did?

If they wasn't figuring to go back,

well, what made 'em change their minds?

Matthew?

Oh, Matthew?

Golly Bill, just beats all.

A man does all the working, all the tracking,

the cooking and the fixing the bedrolls

and the saddling up,

and then he's got to do all the worrying on top of that.

Matthew?

Gettin' just about half tired of it.

- Howdy, Louie. - Louie.

Marshal, Festus.

Well, you fellas took yourselves a long ride for nothing.

Kind of looks that way.

Seemed like we rode all over Kansas,

and then tracked 'em right back here to Dodge City.

Have you seen 'em, Louie?

I seen 'em. They're out there at the wagon by the river.

Said they'd be waiting for you right there.

What do you think of that, Matthew?

Well, looks like Tom decided to give himself up.

I got something here for you, Marshal.

I found it in the storeroom, on the floor

near where Dan Braden was.

A Colt .44.

Looks like Braden was waiting for Tom.

Sure do look like it, don't it?

Louie, take this back to my office

and wait there for me, will ya?

Right, Marshal.

Ride out and tell Tom I'll be coming out, will ya?

I'm gonna stop by Doc's.

All right, I will.

- Matt. - Doc.

Did you find anything?

Well, we found 'em, all right.

Trailed 'em right back to Dodge.

Did you get Braden buried?

Yeah, the autopsy report's in your office.

What does it say?

Very simple language, said he died of a gunshot wound.

Did you find the bullet?

Yeah, it's right over here.

You sure this is the bullet?

Well, I'm reasonably sure. I took it out with my own hands.

I'll let you know about changing the autopsy report.

Change...? What?

Later.

Well, I guess you fellas would have caught up with us

sooner or later anyway, wouldn't you?

I reckon it'd just been a matter of time, Tom.

Sure.

But when a... a man's out there like that,

he always thinks he's got a chance to get away.

It has happened.

Not very often, huh?

Not too often, Tom.

I shouldn't have put Mary through that.

I'll never forgive myself.

A man gets spooked,

he can't think too good, you know?

I sure know that now.

I know that all right.

Here's Matthew.

Tom, you finally quit running, huh?

Mary made me come back.

Should've never let him get started, Mary.

I was scared, too, Marshal. I ran with him.

Those the stage horses?

Yes. I'm a horse thief, too, Marshal.

Marshal, did you know Tom shot Dan Braden in self-defense?

You telling me that he drew first, Tom?

I didn't go in there to shoot him, Marshal.

Scare him maybe, but not to shoot him.

I went in there to collect my money.

And he shot at me first, and I shot back.

There's the bullet that killed him.

That's there's a .44.

That's a .44 all right.

Wait a minute.

I don't understand that, Marshal.

My gun's a .36, and I took a shot at him.

I'm confused. I...

You'd been drinking, hadn't ya?

Yes.

Well, probably just missed him, Tom.

We found a .44 lying beside him.

He must have fallen on it when he was trying to shoot you.

Oh, Tom, you didn't do it!

You're free, Tom!

Wait a minute.

Tom, I'd like to know what happened

out at that nester's shack.

That Cox fella?

He knew we were running

and he thought there might be a reward for Tom,

so he tried to hold him.

I put a couple shots close to him to scare him,

and then I rode off.

Is that what happened, Mary? Did you see it?

I-I saw it from the distance.

But after the second shot, I rode hard, too.

I rode right after her, Marshal.

And you didn't look back?

No. No, that I remember. Why?

We found the nester, Tom...

lying face down on the ground.

Shot dead.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mary.

Are you gonna jail him, Marshal?

I got no choice, Mary.

It's not far. Can I walk him there?

All right.

Shall we go, Tom?

You gonna let 'em go alone, are you, Matthew?

They're not alone, Festus.

They're together...

for about the last time.