Around Dards City and in the territory on west there's just one way to handle the killers
and the spoilers and that's what the US Marshal and the spell of guns smoke
guns smoke starring William Conrad the transcribed story of the violence that
moved west with young America the story of a man who moved with it Matt Dillon
United States Marshal
my goodness mr. Dillon come over here to wind and take a look at this fellow I'm
busy Chester yes sir I know but you just got it well he's a dog on his thing you
ever saw please mr. Dylan before he goes away well I can't write what you're
talking look at there see in the coon skin hat cross the street there why he
looks to be eight feet tall that's cause he's so skinny and that long rifle looks
like a fishpole how's he gonna shoot Buffalo with that he's a squirrel hunter
Chester that's a southern mountain man that fella he's talking to now is
pointing this way oh here he comes
howdy hello well come on in be you the what you call him oh the marshal I'm
again schools and education never heard nothing called a marshal I'm a peace
officer I'm a country man I'm again towns to and jail houses well so am I
but sometimes they're necessary no they ain't no more than the law is it ain't
fitting for some folks to be meddling in other folks business uh-huh
well where do they figure it like that stranger the Ozark Mountains better
country than this my name is Luke Humburg mine's Dylan this is Chester
proud foot how do you do I know the fella called proud foot once that's all
yeah no ain't too many others it might be a relation of some kind all I remember
is how he crimped up every time I kicked him in the belly he did marshal man
outside said you'd help me find where Hank witherspoon living witherspoon
yeah the one who came out here about a year ago he's got old mountain gal with
him they're married sure I know them I got a place up near Rock Springs about
ten miles north of here what kind of place oh just a shack and a patch of
corn as I remember I'll find it well you come a long way to see your friends
Humbert the weather spoon ain't exactly a friend marshal I gotta get going
being Saturday and all wait a minute what are you talking about nothing
except I won't kill no man on a Sunday marshal I never have I never will
you think Humbert meant what he said mr. Dylan he's still mountain simple to lie
Chester hey look there's mrs. Witherspoon now out in the corn patch yeah I guess
it'd be polite to stop and say hello to her first come on hello mrs. Witherspoon
howdy marshal you too Chester all right ma'am poorly thanks done healed it in the
Dodge marshal you know today's Saturday oh what's Saturday got to do with it
every Saturday Hanks in Dodge he don't come back till Sunday night well that's
funny I don't recall seeing him in town much he's got his ways Hank has he goes
to town but he ain't too sociable I see miss Witherspoon the you and Hank know
a man called Luke Humbert Humbert don't say his name around us marshal there's
trouble between you trouble Marshal Hank's only with a spoon laugh and Luke's
only Humbert both families been whittled down to just them two oh a feud their
grandpa started it now there's only one man left on each side well don't you
think it's gone far enough anchor Humbert either one of them could call it
off only they both do newly for that well doesn't Hank come out here to well get
away from it of course not he's always talking about going back long enough to
kill Luke Humbert how this feud start man well they say Hanks grandpa stopped
by the Humberts one day and they asked him to set and eat he did dinner was
slow cooking and he got the hollering about it sat there pounding on the table
with his knife just a function and the slavering for his little until Luke
Humbert grandpa he took a fence and told them and not to feed him at all he went
off mad they've been feud never since well forever you mean they're still
fighting over that of course they are where'd you see Luke Humbert oh he was
in Dodge asking about Hank that's bad Marshall Hank don't even know he's around
well that's why I came out here thank ought to be told he's better shot than
Humbert any look miss Witherspoon the law doesn't recognize a feud as
justification for murder if one of them kills the other he's gonna hang for it I
never hear telling those six law Marshall you're making that up now it's
it's true miss Witherspoon I've warned Humbert and I'm gonna warn Hank they'll
shoot you you start meddling these people just don't understand nothing mr.
Dillon I'm worried about Hank he'll be drunk soon as it's dark oh I'll I'll find
him goodbye ma'am you better find him Marshall he'll get killed sure if you
don't yeah come on Chester
are hill people all like that mr. Dillon now they're mighty independent Chester
they're mighty crazy if you ask me why it's like they don't even hear what
you're saying I guess anything to do with the laws a new experience for him
I'll look over there Chester that little bluff over to your right there well how
did he get out here let's go ask him
hello Humbert that Witherspoons place Marshall you don't care whether you hang
or not do you shooting the Witherspoon for shooting anybody Marshall you're
getting downright contrary Humbert why don't you take that squirrel rifle and
go on back home because it ain't no squirrel rifle that's why this here is a
human rifle Marshall there's no use even talking to him mr. Dillon where's your
horse Humbert how did you get out here anyway I come a foot I don't need no
horse to travel by you mean you walked all the way from the Ozarks ain't far
when they'd witherspoon to waiting at the end of it and maybe I ought to just
throw you in jail for a while then nobody get killed Marshall at least not
till I got out again but you're being awful meddlesome I got to get closer to
that house so long now don't worry I don't aim to shoot his old lady
Mr. Dillon yeah maybe it'd be better if you just let them shoot each other and
have done with don't tempt me Chester well let's go find witherspoon
go ask Sam if he's seen witherspoon Chester all right hello Matt how are you
kidding things have been pretty quiet around here for Saturday night well I'm
not complaining about it the Santa Fe agent told me there's a big Texas herd
due to be shipped out of here in a couple of days now those boys alive and
things up for you yeah for you too I expect well you've been Matt it's pretty
near midnight kitty I've been trying to stop a feud a feud what kind of you an
old one there's only one man left on each side
been a long time since I heard of a feud around dodge now this one kind of got
transplanted from the Ozarks oh say don't tell me that crazy Hank witherspoons
mixed up in it I've been trying to find him all evening you know where he hides
out I bet you a dollar he's right out back man what regular is clockwork every
Saturday night he comes in carrying a long rifle and buys a bottle of corn from
Sam and takes it out back and drinks it all alone as far as I know he just sits
there looking at the moon and drinking his whiskey never causes any trouble
no wonder I never see him around yeah I know Chester kitty just told me go see
if he's there bring him in will you yes you who's he feuding with man fellow by
the name of Luke Humbert I never heard of him I just arrived today on foot on
yeah he's all legs kitty for real traveling man well if he's anything like
as weird as Hank witherspoon you got a problem on your end yeah I know I made
leave his rifle outside hello Hank now what do you want with me Marshall I
don't like it all cooped up in here Hank Luke Humbert is looking for you
I'm birds in the way this boon's been looking for each other now on the 40
years Marshall they most all got found how drunk are you Hank a martial my old
woman won't allow no drinking on the place so I gotta come into town every
Saturday Hank witherspoon it's Humbert mr. Dylan I got you caught like a bar up a
tree Hank but
down that rifle Humbert are gonna kill me I ain't even got my gun put it down I
said get out of the way Marshall I'll shoot you too if you don't now you
listen to me wait a minute everybody I just thought of something why don't all
you folks stop meddling in this it's after midnight Humbert what it's Sunday
Sunday oh no he's right Humbert well of all the god-blamed look now I'll have to
put off killing you Hank I won't shoot a man on Sunday even a witherspoon of
course you won't hey Luke you sure travel a long ways well I got tired
waiting for you to come back home I was figuring coming back this summer for a
spell alone I know I seen your old lady scratching around in that corn patch she
said she ain't never going back hard as it is here oh well fellers can make a
crop here sometimes Luke but it's a hard fight with a short stick you got no hogs
out there where are your hogs Hank I'll be getting some hey Luke I'll tell you
something what I got me a little drug out back it's most empty now but we could
maybe buy us another one and set out there for a spell and kind of kind of
get soured on the cob might as well we can't do no shoot until Monday where do
we buy this whiskey I'll show you fell her over here he sells it you'll have to
lend me some money Hank I didn't bring none with me
if that don't beat all why don't you put him in a cage and send them back where
they came from I'd like to kitty people here getting quite a kick out of this I
know those two hillbillies are making me look like a fool I don't know what to do
about it and the limbs about as easy as trying to stop it from raining well I'm
going to bed
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well Chester I he went across the street for a beer doc he ought to be back soon
well it can wait till morning hearing all day about your feud mountaineers
yeah they've been drunk all day lying around out back of the Texas Trail the
shooting won't start till midnight oh you're gonna let them go ahead with it
and I've about decided to throw him in jail give me time to think of some way
to get rid of it well that's a good idea man and people are saying that this is
the first time you've run into something that you can't handle
kind of enjoying it there and I'll bet they are and all over a couple of crazy
what's that I was a rifle shot doc a long barrel human rifle you might as well
come along I thought they were against shooting each other on Sunday man I
thought they were to duck maybe they got so drunk they forgot yeah sure looks
that way I watch your step doc it's pretty dark back here
it's Humbert got shot I was right inside when I heard you oh that's over here here
let me take a look at it what's the matter with Hank Chester he looks like
he's been shot too too much corn whiskey I guess scoop some water out of that rain
barrel there and throw it on him huh
what what's that you're doing now give him some more Chester
oh now stop that I check you're making me all wet
say man this man over here is still alive let's get him over to my office I
give Doc a hand there a couple of you men huh
look huh where that's my rifle I got your rifle right here hang did you shoot him
Hank well sure I was aiming to I guess I could just shoot him if you were past
out I don't know Marshall we got pretty drunk I thought neither of you'd shoot a
man on Sunday well no of course not why did you then you mean it's still Sunday
Hank I don't believe you did this Marshall you quit messing around I'll
shoot you next Chester yeah throw him in jail I'm gonna take a look around jail I
ain't going to jail come on get moving Hank no come on I'll poke this rival
right quit there then start walking put me in jail I'll just bust right out
again no you won't
who's that all right hold it right there hold it or I'll shoot all right that's
better I get your hands up well I'll be I know I'm Marshall put your hands down
ms. Witherspoon what are you chasing me for I'm a woman Marshall come along ma'am
I'll put you in the same cell with your husband
well I just give them their breakfast mr. Dillon hello doc morning Chester
how's Luke Humber doing well I was just telling Matt it's like shooting a bullet
through water with that man oh he's not about to die yeah that's good news I
guess I'm gonna talk to the Witherspoons you two waiting here huh
morning Hank ma'am morning Marshall you come on out to our place someday Marshall
I'll cook you a better breakfast and you give us here thanks ma'am but it might be
a long time before you go home I've been trying to explain things to Hank Marshall
oh he's still arguing he shot Luke Humber but even he don't believe it you're
admitting that you did course I did you know Hank is too drunk Humber's all right
he's gonna live but you'll still have to stand trial for attempted murder ms.
Witherspoon yeah I ain't gonna do nothing to a woman what'd you go do it for
anyways feudin is a man's job I got to thinking that's why worrying about what
about you being too drunk to fight come Monday when I seen you laying around out
back there I know that's right so took your rifle and shot him don't you know
if you'd killed Humber and I hadn't caught you Hank would hang for this
you're still saying that Marshall don't pay him no mind woman hey Marshall when
you gonna let me out of here so you can go shoot Luke Humbered no no you're
staying here Hank you can't keep him locked up Marshall yes I can no no all a
mistake I didn't have to shoot Luke at all what the reason they got so drunk
was they celebrate celebrating what they decided to call feud off
Marshall both of them at the same time Luke Humber gonna come out go to work
for Hank he's gonna live on the place they got it all figured out they too
drunk tell me
uh miss Witherspoon I'll go talk to the judge if you'll do me a favor huh sure
Marshall go on home and take Hank with you and I'll send Humbert out as soon as
he's well enough to travel and keep him out of Dodge will you please both of them
sure I will come on Hank you're drinking days is over
gunsmoke transcribed under the direction of Norman MacDonald stars
William Conrad as Matt Dillon US Marshal tonight's story was specially written
for gunsmoke by John Meston with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey
featured in the cast were Virginia Gregg John Boehner and Lawrence Dubkin
parley bearish Chester Howard McNear as doc and Georgia Ellis as Kitty join this
again next week as Matt Dillon US Marshal fights to bring law and order
out of the wild violence of the West in gunsmoke
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