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William Conrad, the transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young America and
the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first
man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job and it makes a man watchful
and a little lonely.
What are you doing in here this time of day? I found me a dollar, Miss Kitty, and I thought
I'd round up at Barrow this afternoon so as I'd have some real money to gamble with tonight. Oh,
now that's what I call thinking ahead. Well, man, gotta take a chance once in a while,
else he won't never mind to nothing. You got your mind made up. I won't argue with you.
Would you come stand by me? Maybe give me a little luck? Sure. I got a feeling it won't
take long. Jack Davis is the only man playing there. We'll have plenty of room. It isn't a room
you need, Chester. Hey, who's that dealer? I never seen him before. New man, Lonnie Pike.
I don't like his looks. You never mind him. You watch the cards. Get your hand off them chips,
Pike. You lost, didn't you? I had them on the seven and you moved them. I did not. More trouble.
I told you to get your hand off them. I'm warning you, Pike. Here now, you fellas can settle this
without no fight. You stay out of it, mister. I'm taking these chips, Davis. Oh, no you ain't.
Then you better come up with a gun in your other hand. Now draw, Davis. You ain't gonna shoot me.
Get that knife out of my hand. Get it out. Quit fumbling for your gun. I quit. I quit. Look,
pull that knife out of there, Davis. Go on, pull it. Yeah, that'll earn him. My hand. You've torn up
my hand. If you go for your gun again, I'll tear up more than your hand, Pike. I mean it,
I'll open up your throat. Hold it, Davis. What are you busting in for, Marshal? Shoot him, Marshal.
Shut up. You lay that knife on the table, Davis. Go on, do it. I ain't gonna fight you. All right,
pick it up, Chester. Yes, sir. Why didn't you shoot him, Marshal? You seen what he done to me.
Now I'll take your gun, Pike. Where is it? In my pocket there. I wasn't gonna use it. I was
only scaring him. It's a lie. That's right, Mr. Dillon. Pike went for his gun before Davis pulled
that knife. That's no cause to pin my hand to the table. It's all tore up. It's ruined. And you let
him get by with it, Marshal. You won't even shoot him. You'll pay for this by heaven. I'll get even
with you. You can bleed to death while you're standing here talking, Pike. You better go see
Doc before you do anything. I'll go. But you'll see, Marshal, you and Davis both. You'll see.
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Kitty. And although Davis had acted in self-defense, I didn't care much for knife men. So I ran him out
of town on general principles. Had to run Pike out too. But the next day he left on his own accord.
And that's the last I heard of him for some time. A month went by and I forgot about the whole thing.
Until the day Chester brought word that an old friend of mine, a gambler called Cam Durbin,
had come to town. And he wanted to see me at the Dodge house. Durbin seemed like a real nice fellow,
Mr. Dillon. His wife's nice too. His wife? Wasn't he married when you knew him? I haven't seen Cam
in a long while, Chester. I think he's been over in Wichita all this time. Yes, he has. That's what
I said. They come on the Santa Fe this noon. There they are, sitting in the lobby. Oh yeah.
She's a pretty girl, isn't she? Yes, she sure is. Awful pretty. Oh, here he is, Dillon. He's Matt Dillon.
Hello, Cam. It's good to see you. Marshal Dillon, huh? Yeah, it's not much of a job,
but at least they eat regular. Here, I want you to meet my wife, Tilda. I'm glad to know you,
man. It's Tilda, Marshal. How do you do? Well, you're surprised to see me married, Matt? Well,
a man can get married, I guess. Sure he can. If you left that gun off, maybe some woman would have
you. Yeah, you used to be pretty handy with a gun yourself, Cam. I had to be. Yeah. But that's over,
Matt. I've gambled honest ever since my wedding day. It's a promise I made to Tilda. It was his
only fault, Marshal. Outside of being the most jealous man I ever met. Oh, now Tilda. It's true,
and you know it. Tell me, Cam, what are you doing in Dodge? Oh, I'm gonna run a Faro table at the
Long Branch, Matt. I made a deal by mail with the owner there. Oh, Sam Dillon? Yeah. I give him a
percentage, but it's my game and I run it. I don't aim to get rich no more, Matt. Just make an honest
living. Mr. Dillon. Yeah, what, Chester? I was here. Oh. He's seen you. Yeah. Marshal, I want to talk to you.
Why don't you come by the office later, Pike? I'm busy right now. You're busy, huh? Well, I ain't.
Nobody'll hire me. I've been all over. Look at that hand. Can't deal with that hand. They say I'm too
slow. I'm starving to death, Marshal. Why don't you look for some other kind of work? I want no
other work. Gambling's all I know. You're a troublemaker, Pike. I don't know. I want you in
Dodge anyway. Troublemaker, huh? Well, I'll make you more trouble you ever thought of if you don't
help me. Get out of here, Pike. Wait a minute. I don't know what this is all about, but I'll give him
a job. No, Ken. Well, I can understand why a gambler don't want to give up his trade. You a
dealer, mister? I own a Faro game at the Long Branch. You can deal in my off hours. You mean it? I
won't stand for cheating. First time out you go. Well, I wouldn't cheat nobody. I promise. Come in
tonight. I'll talk to you then. Sure. Thank you, mister. Be there tonight. It's a good thing for
Marshal Dillon. There's one decent man in this town. That was a mistake, Ken. You don't want him
sneaking around waiting to shoot you in the back, do you? I'd have handled that. Sure, but it's easier
this way. I don't care if he is a slow dealer. He can at least keep the game running. Pike's no good,
Cam. He'll cause you trouble short. Why should he try to hurt me? Because you're a friend of mine.
You're too suspicious of people. Maybe. Well, what could he do to me anyway? I'm clean. I only got
one weakness, man. Tilda here. Cam. She's sure right about my being jealous. Well, don't get too
close to Lonnie Pike. It isn't only me he doesn't like, Cam. It's everybody. After a week or two
passed and nothing happened, I began to think maybe Cam was right about my being too suspicious. For
a while he joked me a lot about it, and then I began to notice a change come over him. Wasn't
anything I could put my finger on, but sometimes I'd find him looking at me and when I'd look back,
he'd turn away or start studying his hands. It was like he had something on his mind that he was
ashamed of. I wanted to ask him about it, but I figured he'd tell me when he got ready, and he
almost did one night at Delmonico's. Doc and I had finished supper and were sitting there talking
when Tilda walked up. Evening, Marshal. Doc. Well, hello, Tilda. Want you to have a chair, Tilda?
Thanks, Marshal. Where's Cam? I'm waiting for him. He told me to meet him at six o'clock. You can
have our table. We're all through. Oh, I thought maybe you hadn't started yet. Well, Doc likes to
eat early. I guess he's afraid there won't be anything left if he isn't the first in line. Oh,
anything. Oh, now that's a lie, of course. I eat early because I get hungry early. Sounds like a
simple enough reason. And also because I like to go to bed early when I can, like tonight. So,
if you'll excuse me. I'll stay with till little Cam shows up, Doc. Fine, fine. Goodbye, Tilda. Bye,
Doc. Hello, Pike. Hello. That's funny. Oh, what? Lonnie Pike just stood there, took a look at us,
and then left. Pike doesn't exactly approve of me. I don't like him, Marshal. Wish Cam had never
hired him. Well, he hasn't caused any trouble so far. I wouldn't trust him any further than I would
a Yankee. Well, I guess you couldn't put it much stronger than that, could you? Oh, I'm sorry. Well,
I just naturally thought you were from the South, Marshal. Well, you can't offend me, Tilda. I've
lived almost everywhere. So has Cam, I swear. I get the idea. Sometimes he couldn't have spent
more than a night in any one spot. He's been so many places. Cam was quite a wanderer before he
met you. He worries me sometimes, Marshal. Oh, why is that? I can't tell you now. What? Oh,
hello, Cam. What are you doing here, Tilda? What? I said, what are you doing here? I'm waiting for
you. That's so. Of course it's so. What are you talking about? You're supposed to be waiting for
me at the alacran. Oh, my goodness. I guess I wasn't listening. I just naturally thought you
said Delmonico's. Uh-huh. Oh, Cam, now that you've found her, why don't you sit on? I'll be at the
alacran, Tilda, when you're finished. Cam. Don't worry, Marshal. I'll explain it to him. Tilda
followed Cam out the door, and I sat there watching him and feeling pretty helpless about the whole
thing. I'd seen jealousy before, and I knew what it could do to a man. But somehow, I'd never been
mixed up in it personally. And I didn't like it now that I was. But I figured the only thing to do
was forget it. And I did. Until the next day. It was long about dusk, and I was riding back to
Dodge from a trip I had to make out to the Chatsworth place. At the edge of town, I caught up with two
other riders, Kitty and Tilda. So I rode along with them. I'll bet we've been 20 miles this
afternoon, Marshal. Well, it's good for you to get out once in a while, Kitty. Good for me, too. If I had my way,
I'd never go near a town. Why don't you make Cam buy you a ranch? All that money's when and ever
night. What would Cam do on a ranch? All he knows is cards and guns. Guns? I didn't think Cam ever
wore a gun. He doesn't anymore, Kitty. I made him stop. But he's awful good with one, just the same.
Yeah, he is. I've seen him. Oh, say, I forgot. I told Ma Riley I'd stop by and say hello today.
That's her house there. Why don't you go on ahead with Matt, Tilda? Well, I think I will, Kitty.
I'm kind of tired. I'll see you later. Sure, Kitty. Bye. Bye, Kitty. She's a wonderful girl,
Marshal. Yeah. Well, that's not the most enthusiastic response I ever heard. I'm sorry,
Tilda. I, uh, I'm just thinking about yesterday at Delmonico's. Oh, Cam was upset about something,
Marshal. It had nothing to do with you and me. Is that so? No, that isn't so. You know it.
It shames you when he acts like that, doesn't it? Yes, but he doesn't always act like that.
No, of course not. Oh, look, there he is waiting for you. And Pike. Yeah. Oh, Pike's leaving.
Good. Hello, Cam. How are you, Cam? We sure had a long ride. Nearly 20 miles, Kitty said. Kitty
said? Oh, well, she stopped off to see somebody up the street there. She did, huh? Cam, you don't
think I've been out riding with the Marshal, do you? Why shouldn't I? Well, we ran into him on the edge
of town, that's all. Oh, Cam. I'll take your horse over to the stable for you, Tilda. No, you won't.
I'll take it. All right, Cam. Why don't you ask Kitty if you don't believe us? She'd lie. She'd have
to for her own pride. Look, Cam, I want to ask you something. Go ahead. Who's been working on you?
Who's been putting all this in your head? I got my own eyes. You sure you aren't using Lonnie Pike's?
Pike, of course. That's who's been doing it. It's true, isn't it, Cam? Pike has nothing to do with this.
Now you're lying. You won't admit it, will you? You're too ashamed to admit it. I don't need
anybody to tell me what's plain as day. Matt? Yeah. Next time we meet, I'm gonna be wearing the gun.
No. No. I won't stand for this. I didn't start it, Tilda. No, Pike started it. I'm going to my room.
She's right, Cam. I warned you about him. With my wife. I'm gonna come looking for you, Matt.
I'm gonna kill you. Ah, you're a fool, Cam. I'll feel less like a fool when you're dead.
Where you be, Matt? I'm easy to find.
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What are you gonna do, Mr. Dillon? I'm going out of the Long Branch and I'm gonna get Pike and I'm
gonna make him face it out with Cam. And if he won't talk, I'll twist him till he does.
Ah, that's the only way to do it, I guess. Hey, wasn't that Cam's wife just went in there?
Huh? Oh, I wasn't looking, Chester. Well, I was and I know it was her. Now,
what would she be doing in the Long Branch? I don't know. Come on. Look, she's gone and shot Lonnie Pike.
Give me the gun, Tilda. Take it, Marshal. Why did you do this? I had to. He ain't dead,
Mr. Dillon. Well, get some help and carry him over to Doc's, Chester. Yes, sir. Hey,
a couple of you men give me a hand here, will you? I've got to arrest you, Tilda. Of course. I shot him,
didn't I? Let's go. It's Cam. He's wearing a gun. Don't you say a word to him. Let me do the talking.
What happened? There's nothing to worry about, Cam. He's taking you to jail. I said there's
nothing to worry about. Why'd you do that? Why'd you hit him? I need a couple of more men over here.
Well, at least you'll have some company now, Tilda. How's Pike doing, Mr. Dillon?
Doc will let us know when he knows. And at least he isn't dead. No, Tilda, not yet, anyway. I had
to do it, Marshal. Chester, go get Cam out of that cell and bring him in here. Yes, sir.
They hang me, Marshal. No, Tilda, they won't hang him. But you might be in prison a long time.
It's a good thing you hit me, Matt. Yeah. I'd have killed you otherwise. I'd never let you take
Tilda to jail. She shot a man, Cam. I don't care. If he dies, she'll go to prison. Why'd you do it,
Tilda? Why? Don't you know? You shouldn't have done it. You didn't have to. I figured I had to.
But why? Because of you, Cam. I don't know what you mean. If you really don't know what I mean,
then I shot Lonnie Pike for nothing. Isn't that so, Marshal? I think I understand, Tilda.
It ain't true about you two, is it? Well, is it? I guess you'll have to answer that for yourself,
Cam. Pike. Was Pike kept saying all those things? He was after me every minute. Now I think of it,
every chance he got. Yeah, Pike's quite a talker. He told me you were sitting there at Delmonico's.
And today, when we saw you riding up Front Street, that seemed to prove everything else
he'd been saying. That'd be a poor way to court another man's wife, wouldn't it? Right out in the
open like that? Yeah. Yeah, it would. Of course it wouldn't. Now why didn't I think of that?
Jealousy doesn't allow a man to think, Cam. He wouldn't have been taking you to dinner or riding
out with you like that. Now would he? It don't make sense. It don't make no sense at all. Of
course it doesn't. I'm ashamed, Tilda. I'm an awful fool. Being ashamed won't hurt you,
providing you remember it next time you start thinking that way. It's all clear to me now.
I promise you, Tilda, it'll never happen again. Shooting Lonnie Pike was the only way I could bring
you to your senses. You picked a mighty rough way. I'd rather go to prison than live the way we were,
Cam. Matt, do you have to keep her? I have to keep her even if Pike doesn't die. But maybe the judge
will understand. Guess I ought to tell you I'm sorry, Matt, about thinking what I did.
There's no need, Cam. Thank you. Oh, Matt. Doc, how is he, Doc? Tell me is he dead? No, no,
he isn't dead. It looks like he isn't going to be. Oh, Cam. He's a mighty sick man now. You shoot
pretty straight, Tilda. Never mind that, Doc. Just go on back and patch him up. Well, that's gonna
take a few weeks. I'll get him all as fast as you can. I think Lonnie Pike's gonna be leaving,
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