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Mr. Jones?
Yeah, Chester.
You don't suppose that stream has gone and dried itself right out of the prairie, do you?
It just seems like it. We'll be coming across it any time now.
I sure do hope so. I'm dried inside out.
I got some water left in my canteen.
Oh, no sir, it ain't drinking water I need, Mr. Jones. It's my feet that's burning out.
You'll live.
Well, sure, I'll live. Ain't no question about that, but I sure would like to get these boots off and get to soaking.
Guess we'll come to it all right. I remember them trees.
Yeah.
Hey, look at there, Mr. Jones. There's other folks there.
Yeah. Yeah, there sure are.
What in the world? Why there, I think...
They were gonna lynch that man.
Well, you sure did scare them off, firing over their heads that way. Look at them ride off.
Yeah, but one of them isn't. Come on, let's get on there.
Cut his arms loose, Chester.
I will.
Now, we'll get that gag out of your mouth.
There we are. Cowards. Lousy, running cowards.
You all right?
Well, the couple of minutes had to finish me for sure.
You don't look hurting on me.
I ain't hurt. I just want to thank you some for that.
Some?
You know who it was?
I sure I know. Ain't never gonna forget neither.
What were their names?
Why, they...
Hey, you're a lawman.
Yeah, US Marshal out of Dodge.
Well, ain't that something? Getting my neck saved by a lawman.
Any objections?
I guess it ain't something I can be too particular about.
Who are you? And who were those men?
I'll tell you, Marshal, this is something I'm particular about.
What do you mean?
Ain't my habit to tell nothing to a lawman. Don't approve of it, you might say.
Mr. Dillon?
Yeah.
Lookie here. Hanging out of his saddlebag.
Huh? Let's see.
Just an empty sack, Marshal.
Money sack.
Says which top bank on there?
Well, what do you know about that?
I know more than I did a minute ago. Three men robbed that bank, Mr.
You got three guesses then, ain't you, Marshal?
I don't need more than one about you.
Come on, Chester, let's take him in.
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You take care of the horses, Chester. All right, sir. All right, climb down, you.
And here.
You gonna lock me up? Come on.
You've made a big mistake, Marshal. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.
I ain't gonna do no worry.
All right, get in there.
I'll go in easy, Marshal. Nice and easy.
I'll be coming out easy, too.
Don't count on it.
It's a fact, Marshal. My boys ain't gonna leave me sitting here very long. They'll have me out of here right soon.
You the head man of your outfit?
Ain't many folks living who'd argue about that.
Your name's Brass. Pete Brass.
You heard about me?
Yeah, I've heard about you. Besides that Wichita bank, I've heard you're wanted in three states.
Well, Marshal, there are some states I just ain't had time to get around to yet.
You just might not make it either. I'll have Chester bring you some supper.
Wait a minute, Marshal.
What? What is it?
You don't want me to get away. You'd have done better to let them highbinders lynch me.
You figure you'd be better off?
Not me, Marshal. You. You're gonna feel mighty foolish after my boys get me out.
I didn't notice your boys getting you out of that rope this morning.
My boys didn't have time to hear of it. You see, a lynching is a sudden thing.
You borrow a horse and a couple of hotheads want to string you up. Ain't time for word to get around. My boys didn't know.
Now there's plenty of time now.
That's what I mean, Marshal. My boys are real good at figuring. They'll study out a real nice plan.
I ain't gonna be here long. When my boys come, it's gonna be real hard on you.
Yeah? I'll tell you something, mister. It might be kind of hard on your boys, too.
I'll say this, Jess. He sure didn't pick out much of a town to get himself locked up in.
It ain't so bad, Milt. I see two, three saloons right down the street there.
Saloons ain't what we're looking for.
You know, I'm not gonna let you down.
I'm not gonna let you down.
I'm not gonna let you down.
I see two, three saloons right down the street there. Saloons ain't what we're looking for.
Well, there's a Marshal's office. That sure don't look like much.
They probably got brass locked up in the back of it.
Hey, hey, there's the bank, Milt.
We ain't going anywhere near that bank. Looks like it'd be real easy.
Listen, Jess, you gotta keep your mind on what we're here for.
To get brass out of jail, that's all.
Sure, Milt, sure.
How are we gonna do it?
That's what we gotta figure.
You know, we could bust in there tonight shooting.
We could have a horse ready.
Uh-huh. We might just get shot doing it like that.
Well, if we ain't gonna shoot him out, how are we gonna get him?
We gotta learn about this town. Gotta work it out real careful.
Shooting's easier.
Now, you listen to me, Jess. We gotta have a plan.
All right, Milt, all right.
Where are we gonna get one?
We're gonna start in right here.
Well, you said we wasn't looking for saloons.
Not for drinking, Jess, for listening. Come on.
You telling me not to have a drink?
You stick to beer till we get this thing settled.
And you drink it slow, you hear?
Look out, Milt, them doors.
As soon as you're able to get on your horse, you ride right out of town.
You got that straight...
All right, then.
Here's his hat, Max.
Oh, thanks, Kelly. Here you are.
Come on back, Max. He's not gonna cause any more trouble.
You finish your drink.
All right, Kelly. I guess I will with that.
You see that, Milt? You see that big fella throw that man out of there...
like he was a sacramene?
Yeah.
He's a fella we got out smart. Marshall.
Come on, let's go in.
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Hey, Barkeep.
Yeah?
We just seen that bad Marshall throw a fella out of here.
Marshall didn't go full around.
He in the habit of mushing up your customers like that?
You think it's acting smart with Miss Kitty, he is?
Kitty?
Uh, that sloughin' gal sitting over there with the
old lady, she's a little bit of a bitch.
She's a little bit of a bitch.
She's a little bit of a bitch.
Uh, that sloughin' gal sitting over there with her?
I'd be careful how I talked about her, mister.
The Marshall's partial to her, is it?
You don't like nobody to cause her trouble.
You're sure about that?
Yeah, mister, I'm sure.
You'd better be sure about it, too.
That's interesting, friend.
Mighty interesting.
Oh, my dear, I mean that, Miss Kitty.
Well, thank you, Chester.
But you really don't have to say nice things about me
just because I'm going away from you, huh?
Now, if ain't that at all, why, you'd be just pretty
if you were staying, ain't that so, Miss Kitty?
Yeah, that's right, Chester.
Now, see here, boys, I can stand a little chivalry,
but this is too much, especially from you three out,
boss.
Out, boss.
Now, Kitty, it seems to me we're acting in a fine,
upright manner.
We're giving you a farewell dinner, we're being as nice
as we know how.
Yeah, that's just it.
When you all start acting so nice, I begin to worry.
It doesn't sound like she appreciates us, Doc.
No, man, it doesn't.
It doesn't at all.
Oh, well, if my company isn't wanted, maybe I'd better
not ride along with her on the stage tomorrow.
Why, you old faker.
Nothing could keep you from coming along with me.
You gonna be gone long, Doc?
No, Chester, just a couple of days.
I've had some things to tend to up there in Lyner for some time.
Figured I might as well make the trip with Kitty for company.
But now I don't think...
You know, we better stop teasing her, Doc.
She's got a nut look in her eye.
Well, I ain't been a team, Miss Kitty, not a particle.
Well, I know you haven't, Chester.
So here, you can finish up the pie.
Well, say now, I think.
Well, looky there, there.
Man.
Yeah, Kitty?
Those two men at that table right over there behind you.
You know them?
Uh, no, I don't. Why?
Well, maybe it's nothing, but they've been sitting
there staring at us all through dinner.
It's as though they were listening to everything we said.
Oh.
Maybe I better go find out what's on their minds.
Excuse me a minute.
Yeah.
Uh, you men seem kind of interested in what we've been talking about over there.
Little lady told you, huh?
Yeah, that's right. She told me.
You know, she's mighty furtive.
Shut up, Jess.
We ain't breaking no law, Marshal.
No, but if you got any business with me, it's better to come straight out with it.
That's just what we'll do, Marshal.
When the time comes, we'll come straight out with it.
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I don't know about you, Doc, but I'm kind of sorry I thought about making this trip.
Yeah, a ride like this doesn't make you want to do much traveling, Kitty.
Well, you're right about that.
Feels like the driver's trying to show us how fast he can go.
I don't think it makes much difference, Kitty.
A jolt's a jolt on a trip like this.
Going slow just makes them last longer.
I guess you're right.
Hey, maybe you heard us, Doc.
How's that?
Well, before it's falling down.
Oh, let me see. I'll look out here.
Yeah, you're right.
Sit quiet, Kitty.
What's the matter?
We're not slowing down. We're stopping. It's a hold-up.
A hold-up?
Now, don't you worry, Kitty. You won't be hurt.
Drive right over. Just keep your hands up high.
Jess, you cover him.
Okay, Mila.
Come on out.
I have nothing of value.
Not you, her.
Me?
Now, see here.
Don't make me do no arguing.
Come on out, Miss Kitty.
You come out, lady, or I'll fix this old geezer so his doctor won't never be able to help him.
Kitty, don't do it.
It's all right, Doc.
That's better.
Now, Doc, it's your turn.
Don't you hurt him.
Why, I ain't gonna hurt him, nun.
I'm just gonna send him back to Dodge in a message for that big marshal.
I'm not going to leave her.
You better, or there ain't no chance for her at all, or for you neither.
Go on, Doc.
That's more like it.
You head right back there and tell the marshal that I'm in the mood to do some horse trading.
Matt!
Matt!
Oh, Doc, for the life of me, I thought you were on the stage.
Where's Matt?
He just went down to Jones's store for a minute.
Chester?
Chester?
Chester, I'd better see him right away.
Doc, I saw you walking to the office.
What are you doing back here?
They've got Kitty.
What?
Who's got Kitty?
They held up the stage by an hour out of town.
Matt, they're holding her for Pete Brass, and you've got to do something about it.
All right, Doc, all right, just slow down.
Now, tell me just how it happened.
They held up the stage and took Kitty off.
They say they won't let her go until you turn Brass loose.
Now, that's all there is to it.
Well, you know who they were?
No, I don't know their names.
They weren't hiding anything.
I can recognize their faces.
They were the two men who were so interested in us at Delmonica's last night.
Oh.
You know where they're holding her?
No, Matt, I don't.
They just had to have Brass ride down the stage road until he does their holding Kitty.
Now, you've got to do something, Matt, because this...
Mr. Dillon will let Brass out.
No, Chester.
But Mr. Dillon, they've got Miss Kitty.
I know they've got her, Chester.
Well, aren't you going to help her, Matt?
I'm going to try.
Well, then let's...
Listen to me, both of you.
Now, we don't know where they've got her, do we?
No, no, no.
It's no sure thing that they'll let her go even if Brass goes loose.
Well, I guess you're right.
But what do you plan to do?
Wait.
Wait? Why, Mr. Dillon, we can't...
They're not likely to hurt her as long as she can be some good to them.
If they don't hear from me, they'll have to try again.
Well, I've got to wait.
Mr. Dillon, I sure do hope you know what you're doing.
Yes, so do I, Chester.
So do I.
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Sure glad you decided to do the cooking, Miss Keery.
Maybe you'll choke on it, and it'll be worth it.
Don't seem to be like you're acting too friendly.
Any reason why I should?
Sure, Miss Keery.
You and me.
You and me.
That's the way it's gonna be.
It's never gonna be like that.
You kind of caught me that big marshal.
That's none of your business.
You think he's gonna get you out of this?
He'll be here.
Sure, he's gonna be here.
Milt went down to talk to him, make sure he'd be here.
I know that.
Then we both know it.
I know something else.
Don't you want to hear about it?
Not much.
Well, you better want to.
I done me some figuring.
Milt ain't the only one to do the figuring.
He thinks he is.
Sure he does.
This time I done some figuring all by myself.
I got it all worked out about that big marshal.
What do you mean?
Even if he comes, even if he lets brass go, he ain't gonna get you.
How do you plan to stop him?
Why, ain't nothing to it after the figuring's done.
How's that?
I just ain't gonna let him ride out of here.
That's all.
We're already getting pretty close now, Mr. Jones.
Yeah, Chester.
Right along in here.
You think they'll really show up with Miss Kitty?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
You think they'll really show up with Miss Kitty?
Hell, if they want this man, they will.
They really got you squirming, ain't they, Marshal?
Don't worry about it, Brass.
I told you, my boys, to study it out.
They haven't finished it yet.
Dylan, there, under them trees.
Yeah.
Come on.
Look there.
I can see Miss Kitty and one of them fellas.
Just keep your eyes open, Chester.
All right, Marshal, that's far enough.
Let her go, mister.
Well, now, let's do this nice and regular like.
Dismount all of you.
Brass?
Yeah, Milt?
You all right?
Ain't nothing wrong with me.
Except my hands are tied.
Walk over here, we'll fix that.
Let her go.
All right, Marshal.
Can't say I blame you, mighty pretty little lady.
She ain't going no place.
You all right, Mr. Dylan?
Yeah.
Not yet, you eight.
Oh, man.
It's all right, Kitty.
You have both of them.
Yeah, it's all over.
This one's still alive, Mr. Dylan.
It don't seem right.
No, it doesn't seem right.
All right, Brass, we'll untie your hands now.
Untie them?
You letting me go?
No.
But you're going to need your hands to dig two graves with for your boys
before you go back to jail.
Chester, put down that gun.
I can't, honey. Mr. Dylan told me to practice.
Oh, I don't care what Matt Dylan says.
Mrs. Dennis Weaver says no guns in the house.
But Mr. Dylan told me.
Oh, here's our picture in Look Magazine,
and it says Chester of Gunsmoke and his wife,
known in private life as Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Weaver.
But Mr. Dylan told me, honey.
Now, does Maverick practice fast draws around the house?
No, he helps his wife cook dinner.
Well, now ain't that something.
Oh, here's your old friend Doc here in Look, and the riflemen,
and there's Yancey Daringer.
Well, forevermore. Well, ain't their wives pretty, though?
You know, everybody ought to get look and take a look at them,
because you know that girls was made to be loved.
Chester, you show Matt Dylan a copy
and let him see what other Western heroes and their wives do around the house.
All right, music lover, I'll be seeing you.
Where are you going?
Down to News Stand to buy a copy of New Issue of Look Magazine.
Why?
Well, for Mr. Dylan.
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Gunsmoke.
Produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dylan, U.S. Marshal.
The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark,
with editorial supervision by John Meston.
Featured in the cast were Harry Bartel, Vic Caron, James Nusser, and Ken Lynch.
Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Giddy.
This is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week for another story on Gunsmoke.
Latest news follows, then Mitch Miller with tonight's guest stars on the CBS Radio Network.
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