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Push that bottle down this way, shave. You ain't meant to drink it all yourself. I'd have a fat chance with you in the same county. Here.
Nothing better to do in this forsaken town. I thought we'd be quit of it by now. We'll be moving along directly.
Well, we ain't never lollygag around like before. We got a reason now.
I'll be back in a little bit.
Where you off to now?
We're just over to that table.
Oh, I see. Ain't that nice. You got any objections?
Well, sure I have. You ain't got no business wasting time on a saloon gal.
I'm not wasting my time. You know, a woman living ain't a waste of time when there's work to be done.
I'll see you later.
Evening, Miss Kitty.
Hello, Shave.
I, uh, seen you come in.
Sit down. Have a drink.
I figure I've done enough drinking for right now, but I'd admire the talk for a spell.
Well, that's nice of you, Shave. Most people that come in here don't have much on their minds except whiskey.
And they don't know what they're missing.
Shave, I've been around noisy trail hands too long to be taken in by soft soap.
I ain't using none, Miss Kitty.
No?
That's for true.
You say things pretty nice, Shave.
I bet the Marshal has some nice things to say to you.
Not even that. He wastes about as many compliments as he wastes bullets.
You're pretty good friends, ain't you? You and the Marshal.
We've known each other a long time.
Way to see he thinks you're smart enough to talk to. Sure have seen him do it often enough.
Well, sure. He has to talk to somebody, and I'm handy.
The way I look at it, he's a lucky man.
Sure.
I mean it. I wish I was going to be around permanent like. I'd give him a run for his money.
Are you planning to leave soon?
Yeah, I'm pushing on to Texas in a day or two. As soon as I get a little job finished here in town.
Well, I'm kind of sorry to hear that. I've gotten kind of used to seeing you these last few days.
I mean to see as much of you as I can while I'm here, Miss Kitty, if it's all right with you.
Sure is, Shave.
Hi, Kitty. Are you ready?
Oh, hello, Mac. Ready for what?
Well, I told you I'd come by and take you along to supper, didn't I?
Oh, yeah. Sure. Matt, you know Shave Murdock?
Hello, Murdock. I've been sending you around the last few days.
Yeah, I've been here all right, Marshal.
All right, Kitty, let's go.
I'm sorry to run off this way, Shave, but I'll see you before you go, won't I?
Sure you will. You'll be coming back here tonight, won't you?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I guess I will.
I'll be waiting.
Well, come on, Kitty.
Oh, I'm coming.
Goodbye, Shave.
Miss Kitty.
There we go.
Ah, you sounded like you were saying your last earthly goodbyes in there.
Well, it might seem strange to you, but there are folks who like to do things in a nice way.
Who? Bad Drifter?
He's no drifter. He's in town on business, and he's a very nice fella.
All right, Kitty, all right, all right. Let's go eat.
Oh, yes, yes.
I'm surprised that you're able to eat at all, Matt.
The way that tooth looks.
I'm chewing on the other side.
Do you have a bad tooth, Matt?
I don't know.
I'm sorry.
I'm chewing on the other side.
Do you have a bad tooth, Matt?
Oh, it's one of the worst I ever saw.
Oh, it's going to be quite a painful job getting that out.
Yeah, it's quite a job.
You might have mentioned it.
You had other things on your mind, remember?
You going to pull it out?
Yes, I am, tonight.
Around midnight, I expect.
Midnight? That's a fancy hour for tooth pulling, isn't it?
Yeah, if you ask me, but the Marshal's a stubborn man.
What does that mean, Matt?
Doc's the one who's making a story out of it. Ask him.
What about it, Doc?
Well, Matt's going to need a lot of liquor and up to deaden the pain before I start.
Well?
Matt won't do it like a normal person.
He's insisting on going through it at night so that he can sleep it off by morning.
Stubborn as a Missouri mule.
The liquor won't taste as good in the morning, Doc.
All right, we've agreed to do it your way, haven't we?
But you better start getting some liquor down you pretty soon,
because you're so stiff-necked it's going to take a while to get any effect.
Don't worry, Doc. If we run out of whiskey, Kitty will send us up some more.
Won't you, Kitty?
Sure, Matt.
Do you want me to stay around, Doc? Maybe I can help hold him down.
Well, now maybe.
No, you go along, Kitty.
I'd be glad to help.
You don't want to keep that nice fella waiting, do you?
Hello, Sam. Everything going all right?
Oh, back so soon, Miss Kitty?
No, I'm back.
Well, things going fine. Not much business, though. Kind of quiet.
Glad to see you back, Miss Kitty.
Hello, Shave.
I got a table over there. Care to sit down?
Might as well, I guess.
You sure do run a nice place here, Miss Kitty.
Thanks.
I ain't expecting to run into nothing like this in Texas.
At least, I ain't expecting to run into nobody like you down there.
You suppose I will?
Miss Kitty?
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you.
Well, I was just talking about how I'm heading for Texas.
Oh, yeah, Texas. Do you know when you're leaving?
You shouldn't be long now.
I sort of expected the marshal to walk you back here.
Well, he would have, but Doc thought that he should go right on up to his place.
Is there something the matter with the marshal?
Even lawmen get toothaches.
Toothache, huh?
Well, the Doc's going to pull it for him, is that it?
Just as soon as he gets enough liquor down him.
Is he going to pull it tonight?
Matt wants plenty of time to sleep it off.
Doc says he'll be groggy most of tomorrow, as it is.
I guess he ain't going to be up and around first thing in the morning, huh?
I don't think so.
Well, now, Miss Kitty, that's interesting.
That's mighty interesting.
Oh, come on now, Shave.
You can sympathize with a man who's got a toothache even if he is the marshal.
Ah, you're right, ma'am. I give him my sympathy.
Well, the next time you see him, you tell him that, huh?
Well, here's another bottle, Doc.
Oh, thank you, Jester. Thank you.
So, here you are, Matt. Now, start to work on this one.
Yeah, sure, Doc.
Now, in Detroit, it'll take a lot to fill him up, don't it, Doc?
Well, he's taking a lot tonight, but you can never tell about whiskey, Jester.
Some nights you can just take two drinks, and it'll do something to you.
Well, you do things you wish you hadn't.
Yeah, well, I've seen that happen.
I've seen it happen, too. To you.
Well, yes, sir, I guess you have.
Now, go on, Matt. Go on now. Stop talking and drink it down.
Drink it down. This isn't a social gathering, you know.
All right. All right, Doc.
Oh, this whiskey isn't good enough to drink like that.
Well, you feel just as bad tomorrow as if it was.
Go on, drink. Go on.
All right.
Oh.
Jester.
Yes, sir?
How's the town?
Oh, it's fine. Thank you, Mr. Jones.
That's good. That's very good.
You want to be sure and keep it just like that, that way, huh?
Oh, yes, indeed. I sure will.
Because you're going to be in charge now for a while. You know that.
Yes, sir. I know that, Mr. Jones.
That's good. That's good. Because you...
You got to remember...
You remember that Zoby and folks like him,
when a marshal is in charge every minute.
Oh, yes, sir. I sure do intend to.
Of course, it doesn't take much to be a marshal.
All you got to do is care about certain things
and not care about certain other things.
You understand that. I trust you.
Oh, yes, sir. I certainly do.
Well, I don't exactly understand it, Mr. Jones,
but the way you say it makes it seem like I understand it.
Yes, well, all right, all right, Jesse.
Help me get him over to that big chair.
He's got to care about certain things.
Now, don't you worry now, Mr. Jones.
Don't you worry about a thing.
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Yeah, man, like I was saying,
ain't nothing so hard about running a Marshall's office.
That so?
Well, sure.
Mr. Doon and me was talking about it just last night.
All you got to have is a town to watch out for.
Yeah.
And you've got to have a good time.
Yeah.
And you've got to have a good time.
Yeah.
And you've got to have a good time.
Yeah.
And you've got to have a good time.
Yeah.
And you've got to have a kind of mind to watch out for, eh?
Looks to me like a broom might come in handy, too.
Well, now there ain't no call to make no remark like that.
Hey.
Hey, Chester.
Man.
Howdy.
Well, hello, Leander.
Oh, where's the Marshall?
Well, he ain't here right now, but I'd be pleased to help him.
Well, you better find him, then, quick.
Well, now, I can't write.
Do you know where he is?
Sure, I know where he is.
You tell him to come on down to the bank and to come quick.
It's been robbed.
What?
Tom Johnson was shot.
Oh, my goodness.
Shot, eh?
Oh, well, I guess I'd better get on down there and see about it.
Well, ain't nothing for you to see, Chester.
The bank's been robbed.
The fellas have done it.
They're off scot-free.
The safe was blowed right open.
You'd better go get the Marshall, Chester.
This is going to take more than a broom.
All right, now, you wait here.
Yeah, you'd better go and get him, Chester.
They're going to be sending out a posse without him.
All right.
It sure don't mean much getting left in charge of a town.
Doc?
Chester, you're out early.
Where is he?
Who?
Mystery down on the course.
Well, he's in there, sleeping it off.
I got to see him.
Ah, no, Chester, there's nothing to worry about.
Everything came out just fine.
I know, Doc, but I...
Nice job.
If I do say so, it was a nice job.
Doc, I got to go.
I'm going to go.
Doc, I got to go in there.
Go ahead then, for heaven's sakes.
He won't know anything about it.
He'll be asleep for some time yet.
You don't understand, Doc.
We got to wake him up.
We got to do no such thing.
We got to, Doc.
The bank's been robbed.
Tom Johnson's been shot.
Doc, this just ain't the kind of thing I can be in charge of.
The town just won't stand still for nobody but Mr. Dillon taking care of it.
All right, Chester, come on.
We'll wake him.
That's an awful shame.
What a hit he's going to have.
Matt.
Oh, Matt.
Come on.
Wake up.
Come on, Matt, now.
Come on.
You better get me some water, Chester.
You want some wine?
Come on, Matt.
Watch it.
Come on.
Wake.
Come on, Matt.
Here you are, Doc.
Thank you, Chester.
I hate to do this, Matt.
But...
What's the matter?
Come on, Matt, now.
Wake up here.
I'll help you sit up.
What's the matter?
Chester, get his feet on the floor.
All right, Doc.
Just get that tooth out of there.
Oh, the tooth.
It's all over, Matt.
The tooth is out.
Oh, well, then don't bother me.
Let me go back to sleep.
No, no, no.
Don't let him stretch out again like that, Chester.
Let's splash some more water on him.
Doc, leave me alone.
I'm sorry, Matt, but you've got to get up.
What for?
Matt, the bank's been robbed.
Tom Johnson's been shot.
What?
Where's Chester?
I'm right here.
Oh, you know what happened, Chester?
Well, sure I do, Mr. Dillon.
I found out about it all right.
I figured it was my job.
Well, you see, them two fellas, the ones that's been hanging around the long branch, that
friend of Miss Kitty's and that other one, well, they broke into the bank early this
morning.
They blowed the door clean off a safe.
What happened to Tom Johnson?
Well, he seen him riding off and he started hollering, and they shot him.
He's dead, Mr. Dillon.
All right, Chester, let's go.
Mr., do you want me to fix your powder for your head, man?
No, thanks, Doc.
I'll make it all right.
It'll make you feel better?
I'm not going to feel better until I catch up with those men.
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How you feeling by now, Mr. Dillon, any better?
I feel all right, Chester.
You sure there ain't nothing I can do for you?
I could tote some fresh water from that stream up here.
No thanks, Chester.
Oh, I'd just be proud to do it for you.
Chester, the sooner you stop acting like a nursemaid, the better I'll feel.
All right, Mr. Dillon, I was only trying to help.
Uh, Mr. Dillon?
Yes, Chester.
Sure was a lucky thing to miss killing that shave fellow with his friends now, wasn't it?
Yeah, murdering bank robbers is a nice friend to have.
Oh, no, no, no, no, Mr. Dillon, now you know I never meant nothing like that.
What did you mean?
Why is plain to see?
Well, point it out to me.
Well, Mr. Dillon, if Miss Kitty hadn't been so friendly-like with him,
we wouldn't have known which way to come.
Yeah, they was seen ridin' out of town this way, weren't they?
Well, sure they was, but what that shave fellow told Miss Kitty sort of confirmed it, you might say.
Well, what did he tell her?
Well, she told me that this fellow shave kept telling her about how he was heading for Texas as soon as he pulled off a big deal.
Miss Kitty wanted me to be sure and tell you that.
Oh, you waited a while to mention it, didn't you?
Yes, sir, but with the Russian bustle and all, I kindly forgot, I guess.
Anyway, I guess it don't matter so much as that, they left us a clear trail.
Well, that might matter.
Hold up a minute.
The trail leads over to this stream, all right.
Well, ain't good, it just got thirsty and it's awful hot out here.
I'm gonna look around a little.
You find anything over on that side?
No, nothin'.
The trail leads up to the stream, but it doesn't lead out again.
You know, if they were really going to Texas, they'd have gone straight on through, but they didn't.
So they must be trying to trick us, Justin.
They probably doubled back.
You reckon all that Texas talk was just meant to fool Miss Kitty?
I think it was meant to fool somebody.
I was hoping I'd find you here, Doc.
Oh, good morning, Kitty.
Morning.
Sit down, sit down, have some breakfast.
Yeah, thanks, Doc.
Little late in the morning to eat, but I've been busy.
Have some coffee?
Yeah, please.
That was a terrible thing about Tom Johnson.
Yes, it was, Kitty.
From what they tell me, he lived long enough to suffer pretty bad, too.
Wounds in the stomach can be very cruel.
I thought I knew.
If I ever find out who the blabbermouth is, I'll be tempted to pull all of his teeth, and without any whiskey.
Blabbermouth?
Well, there had to be one, didn't there?
It's much too much for a simple coincidence.
What do you mean, Doc?
I mean I'd like to find the big talker that let those outlaws know that Matt was going to be full of whiskey yesterday morning.
His tongue must be hung in the middle.
I can't understand it either.
You can't?
No, I can't.
We tried to keep it as quiet as we could.
Why, Matt even insisted on my pulling the tooth at night so nobody'd know about it or get any crazy ideas.
And now Tom's dead and the bank's been robbed.
Oh, how awful.
Matt'll find out someday.
Don't you worry.
I don't envy whoever it was.
No, Doc, neither do I.
Doc, when do you think Matt'll be back?
Well, I understand he came in late last night.
I haven't seen him though.
Why didn't you tell me before?
You didn't ask me.
I'll see you later, Doc.
Can I come in, Matt?
Sure, Kitty, come on in.
Why don't you sit down?
Yeah.
Something on your mind, Kitty?
Well, yes, there is, Matt.
There's something I want to talk to you about.
Is this an official visit?
In a way, I guess it is.
I'll be glad to help you.
It's just it.
Oh, Matt, I've been such a fool.
It's all my fault.
What's all your fault?
Everything.
Well, that covers a lot of territory.
You know what I mean, Matt, getting taken in by that shaved Murdoch.
Well, I will admit you're generally a better picker than that.
I just kept listening to him talk.
And I'm the one that told him, Matt.
I told him about your tooth.
Yeah, I figured it might have been you.
And I'm the one that was so taken in with all this talk about Texas.
I sent you off on a wild goose chase, Matt.
It must be safe home by now.
Oh, Matt, I'm sorry. I truly am.
Oh, don't worry about it, Kitty.
To tell you the truth, I was suspicious of that Texas talk.
It's too late now.
I'm ashamed of myself.
Well, all he wanted with me was to find out about you.
And I told him. I even helped him get away.
You ought to lock me up, Matt.
Well, I don't think the town would stand for it, Kitty.
What do you mean?
I don't think they'd like me to lock a man and a woman in the same cell.
Matt, what?
I've got Shave locked up back there.
You got him?
Yeah. We got them both, Kitty.
We left the other one buried out on the trail.
I don't understand.
Well, they let us on our way and then double back.
Just like they led you on with the Texas talk.
I don't see how you...
Well, you don't have to, Kitty.
And will you promise me that you won't try?
Matt...
Just leave the tracking to me, huh?
I may not do things in a nice way like Shave does,
but I'm a better man on the trail.
Oh, come on.
I'll buy you some dinner.
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Gunsmoke, produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald,
stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark,
with editorial supervision by John Meskin.
Featured in the cast were Vic Perrin, Harry Bartel, and Lawrence Dobson.
Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
This is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week
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