gun brought to you by eleanor the modern cigarette but you've got full exciting flavor through the modern miracle of the pure white miracle tip live modern eleanor around dot city and in the territory on west there's just one way to handle the killers of the boiler and that's where the u s martial and the follow-up uh... barring william conrad story of the violence that move west with young america and the story of a man i'm not mad not delin the united states martial the first man they look for in the last thing what i mean it's a chance a job but it makes a man watchful but a little more uh... lay that down double-checked and you know okay i don't think that's how you want it and finally for a couple of grown-up men spend their time playing down but but i'm fighting that storm out i wouldn't want that one of the man of a plane for a change your play dot or doesn't mean these were about to go on to play dot quit following with you come on lay one down right now i'm going to have a good thinking not if you can count the twelve was president yeah store hasn't had its peak uh... pretty good well approach from so on but the group i thought i was going to have a good come on what would you talk to you play your play dot uh... like i don't know if you have any luck with my own office i thought you said that there's a better thank you but that's not a good but don't know what you're working dot you'd step up what i've got to do over the next two days what's my only got away you mean clay macklin yes sir what happened what's up picking coffee in here about miss ellen after he had come and when i took it to him jumped out yesterday company i would have been so careless with nobody else it would be a never tried to get away before i jumped it up i don't know i tried at this time that you've got no case against him play macklin's been wrestling cattle for the last two years but you can't prove it you know it judge bent one turn him loose the minute he's brought track and maybe but he's gonna stand trial anyway what do you plan to do after him of course it's where i have to be a mess whether dot i don't know anyway it changed waiting third that spent the last three years about a couple of ten like and i've done themselves who yet have been elder hadn't seen Macklin riding out of town finally got curious enough to come over to jail well it took him long enough because he figured Macklin had been turned loose whoa everybody in town knows he will be sooner or later maybe Marshall Marshall Dylan sound like old Judge Bantam over here judge well why don't you turn that bling landing up so a man can see his way around and I guess I've been saddling the horses long enough not to need much life yeah oh yeah Matt what's this duck tells me about you heading out on a wild goose chase I'm gonna bring Clay Macklin back and so but why when a prisoner escapes I go after him what good would it do to go right off blind into a storm like this probably lose your life enough that's not that bad Macklin was seen riding out of town Southwest the only thing in reach down that way is the chick-paw cattle company I got two line cabins toward the summer on and Macklin used to work for the check all right suppose you do find him hold up in one of those cabins suppose you are able to bring him back you know I'm just gonna have to turn him loose don't you that's your job not mine now Matt for the love of luck I've had Macklin in jail for two weeks waiting trial and every day I've had to listen to him brag how he'd get off scott-free hearing snare at the law make a big joke out of it all right Matt night he's not to prove he doesn't even have to wait for the law to decide on his case I don't like that judge I happen to be a lawman all right Chester if you're subtle up let's start right free yourself of old fashioned ideas we are freshen up your taste smoke and Alan live modern smoke modern smoke L&M enjoy full exciting flavor through L&M's pure white miracle tip L&M draws tastes richer smokes cleaner that's why today more people are changing to L&M than to any other cigarette so free up freshen up your taste live modern change to L&M it's America's fastest growing cigarette Mr. John yeah what is it Chester I just don't think I can go on much longer without resting up a little but Kevin's found to be pretty closer on here better keep moving yeah but he might not even be there when the find you'd be there all right he wasn't in the first one more reason he'll be at this one no place else to show her wait a minute what after the left there's no clear for a second I thought I saw it I sure do hope so let's head over that way it'll be gone in another half hour yeah there it is that's Kevin all right come on yeah we got a lot colder before we got warmer only we haven't missed it you think Macklin's done put up the fight no I think you'll figure about the way dark and judge bent then only a couple of crazy men had come after him in a storm like this you know I kind of agree with him but you're still came along though didn't have it I ain't sure why yeah let's leave the horses here and go up on foot all right he's here all right there's a horse standing in the lane to that yeah he's got one all right I'll hit the door and go in fast you follow me in all right all right hold it back on don't try for it well the partial tie his hands just turn around there man well you sure did catch me asleep that's a bad picture I was saved having to kill you Macklin maybe I was the weather out you boys look kind of red nose been drinking have you yeah we'll talk a fella ain't you I didn't figure you'd go to this much trouble just for nothing Marshall I didn't think you would hey there's the makings for coffee over there mr. Don't will it fix this time yeah sure go ahead let it be careful Chester that's what got you into trouble last night making coffee well you don't never catch a pop the same way twice Macklin and one thing sure you ain't gonna get none this time I had drunk a pot full before I went to sleep I kind of had it on you boys I got in ahead of the worst of the storm just there ought to be a slab of bacon around somewhere maybe some flour why don't you rustle this up something to eat while you're at it huh there's flour here all right they can probably want him can there's fit in a rustling my wish a lot Michael oh well now you're one of them high-minded lawmen you wouldn't miss tree to help this prisoner I'd regret it afterwards if that's what you mean my god I bet you would I don't cook all of it maybe half there's three of us got to lose stormbows itself out maybe well then they look like we'll be back in Dodge before midnight tonight what are you talking about I couldn't stand your company for a week we're heading out as soon as we eat in this weather why it's the craziest fool ever I come what why don't you shut up free yourself of old-fashioned ideas we are freshen up your taste smoke and only the modern miracle of the pure white miracle tip can bring all of L&M's full exciting flavor through to you and that's the big reason why today more people are changing to L&M than to any other cigarette remember L&M draws tastes richer smokes cleaner so live modern change to L&M make today your big red letter day and start to live the modern way it's America's fastest growing cigarette oh you're gonna find a nice and dodge let him plus for your chest real follow up your break and trail for him Macklin stay with us not try to drift off like that I ain't trying nothing you don't time my hands maybe I could leave this fool horse straight you can lead him straight now get back over this way for a forest are beyond his back with him breaking trail wait for the knowledge right now easy now here's the edge of the ice flatly with wind cutting its pieces in the river bottom where there's a little bit of snow would be wait a minute Chester let me test that ice freeze came out pretty fast there's still alive water underneath sound pretty solid mr. John yeah it'll hold us all right and Macklin come back here how many times I have to tell you to stay close then we're done Marshal I've crossed as much ice my time as you have through that's a mount up that had been one end of your lariat I'm going to do I'm going in after his hands that's my friend this year yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah we're not out of here in 30 seconds we won't come out at all any better I don't love you all right all right take up your horse but easier you'll pull my arm all right all right a little more Chester easy easy all right that's it all right Chester it's got a fire going on a big one by genius it was left to my choosing I'd get right here with this fire let go down from blows itself out get pretty hungry in a couple of days I'm pretty hungry right now I never saw the time when you weren't how you feel mr. John well I've seen better days how you making out Michael I never gonna take another bath as long as I'm here you're lucky to be alive sure we better get ready to push on there only about a half hour out of dodge won't be so bad you know I just can't figure you Marshall I've known lawmen before crooked most of them but I ain't ever know the one like you that's up hey take this thing you're coming after me in a storm like this you didn't have to do that did you depends on how you look at it I guess I got a job to do Macklin try to do it right besides I guess I got a kind of respect for the law what's that got to do with it oh I'd say the laws of subtle rules to make things run smoother read not so everybody knows what they are and what the penalties are the rules hold for a lawman the same as for anybody else and even more so what rules talking about when a prisoner escapes it's your job to go after him bring him back that's one of them even when they're gonna turn me loose nobody knows it that's up to the court it's got nothing to do with me it just don't make sense not to you maybe I reckon you'll try to tell me there's some rule about you jumping into that water and dragging me out a prisoner in custody is not able to look out for himself it's up to the law man to take care of it and I wouldn't have jumped in that to you I'd have cut out and run for it I guess you would I'm too sure that's why you've done it Marshall just because of some rule now you figure it's your way anyway I'm much obliged for you following me out of there sure thought I was done for come on let's get started I got a jail cell waiting for you guess old judge Ben finally made up his mind Mr. Jones you don't show much respect for the court Chester there he goes well as you all know I ain't one of them judges appeals in a lot of legal jabber so I just say it out plain hey Macklin stand up and face the court now I puzzle this evidence over every which way Macklin and I tried to find some way to give you your just desserts me and every man in this courtroom knows you've been wrestling cattle now judge that ain't no way to talk get up like I said yeah nothing but a county but by golly they just ain't enough evidence to stick you on it wouldn't do no good if I tried because some book judge up into peak head reverse me on it just assure you I'm sorry Marshall Dylan you went to a heap of trouble that's all right judge well you're lacking do is throw the case out this miss well it's a crying shame that's what is judgment did the only thing he could just here with us an outside chance anyway but everybody in town knows Macklin guilty a man's innocent till he's proved guilty in a court of law Chester's a Macklin's innocent Marshall Dylan yeah what is it back when the judge let me off all right yeah there's something I want to pick up your stuff at the jail whenever you want no no that ain't it Marshall something well I reckon you wouldn't believe me if I was to tell you tell me what well you kind of give me some things to think about Marshall what saved my life the way you've done the moves all that so I don't know for sure but well maybe I won't be doing any more wrestling Marshall not that I ever did wait you know I see I just just want to say thank you guess I'll be leaving now bye well I never I guess it's Macklin ain't all bad after all no man is Chester no sir tell you what just to prove it to you I'm gonna buy you a drink you are right with a little sugary why not come on in a moment our star William Conrad America's Protestants Catholics and Jews are strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and friendship by helping the needy overseas through their houses of worship these three faiths are sending voluntary relief to virtually every free country in the world hundreds of millions of pounds of goods clothing and medicine will go to victims of war disaster and famine in many parts of the world more than 80 percent of American voluntary relief work for the 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