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Speaker 1: On March 24th, 1947, Lux Radio Theater presented its 564th broadcast, Smokey.
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Speaker 1: Adapted from the 1946 20th Century Fox film, itself drawn
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Speaker 1: from Will James' novel Smokey, The Cow Horse, it stars
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Speaker 1: Joel McCrea and Constance Moore. McCrea plays Clint Barkley, a
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Speaker 1: solitary cowboy who comes to the Rocking R Ranch in
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Speaker 1: Utah country and takes on the patient work of gaining
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Speaker 1: the trust of a wild horse named Smokey. As ranch
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Speaker 1: owner Julie Richards and the ranch hands wonder about Clint's
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Speaker 1: guarded past, the relationship between cowboy and horse moves to
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Speaker 1: the center of the story. We now take you back
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Speaker 1: to the original broadcast. Follow Lux Radio Theater for more
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Speaker 1: classic broadcasts.
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Speaker 2: The Radio Theater, starring Joel McRae and Constance Moore in Smokey.
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Speaker 3: Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keeley.
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Speaker 2: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
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Speaker 4: Some 20 years ago, Will James, one of the West's
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Speaker 4: great writers, got out of the saddle long enough to
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Speaker 4: pen a simple yet thrilling story.
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Speaker 3: About a horse.
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Speaker 4: As a result from the rough and tumble country of
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Speaker 4: cattle stampedes and gun-toting cowboys comes Smokey, an epic saga
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Speaker 4: that has gone through many editions and been translated around
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Speaker 4: the world. Tonight we bring you 20th Century Fox's great
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Speaker 4: screen version of that story. And our stars are Joel
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Speaker 4: McRae and the lovely Constance Moore.
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Speaker 3: The only character missing from.
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Speaker 4: Our cast, that is, so far as personal appearance goes,
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Speaker 4: is Smokey himself. But I'm sure you can visualize a
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Speaker 4: sealed brown stallion, sleek and spirited, his black mane flying
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Speaker 4: against the blazing red, soft blues and yellows of the
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Speaker 4: Utah Rangers. And I can't imagine a better man to
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Speaker 4: gentle him, as the phrase goes, than Joel McRae. On
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Speaker 4: to our play, Act One of Smokey. starring Joel McRae
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Speaker 4: as Barclay and Constance Moore as Julie.
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Speaker 5: As our theater lights are lowered.
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Speaker 4: The curtain rises on Clint Barclay.
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Speaker 5: I remember the first time I ever saw Smokey.
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Speaker 2: I was traveling then, getting as far as I could
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Speaker 2: from Texas, but heading no place in particular.
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Speaker 5: I reined in when I saw this herd of horses
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Speaker 5: in the valley. Cowhands were bringing them.
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Speaker 2: In from winter pasture, except Smokey had no intention of
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Speaker 2: being brought in. Suddenly he cut loose from the rest
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Speaker 2: of the herd and made for the canyon. The men
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Speaker 2: tried to head him off, but Smokey was too smart
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Speaker 2: for them.
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Speaker 5: And too fast. I guess maybe it was kind of
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Speaker 5: foolish of me to feel the way I did because.
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Speaker 2: The horse wasn't mine, but when I saw him proud
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Speaker 2: and wild, I, well, I knew he was for me.
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Speaker 5: And so I went after him. A few hours later,
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Speaker 5: at the rocking our ranch.
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Speaker 3: Well, there's the herd, Judy.
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Speaker 6: Well, they seem to be in pretty good shape. Going
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Speaker 6: to be a job getting those drunks ready for the
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Speaker 6: market by the first of the month. Oh, fine talk
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Speaker 6: for a gal who knocked Indians off the tailgate of
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Speaker 6: a covered wagon. Did I say I was worried? About
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Speaker 6: time you brought those horses in, Jeff. Some foreman you are.
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Speaker 3: You're worth taking time with, Miss Richards. How do they look,
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Speaker 3: Miss Julie?
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Speaker 2: Fine.
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Speaker 6: Have any trouble with them?
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Speaker 2: Oh, they're a little skittish, but they're bound to be
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Speaker 2: out running wild for so long.
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Speaker 6: What about that few brown stallions? Did you bring him
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Speaker 6: in this time?
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Speaker 3: No, ma'am.
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Speaker 6: Outsmarted you again. Looks like I'll have to bring.
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Speaker 5: Him in myself.
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Speaker 3: He's all yours, Miss Richard. I'll bet you two.
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Speaker 6: Wait a minute. What's that over the rise there?
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Speaker 3: What? Why, it's him. The stallion.
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Speaker 6: Somebody's driving him in. Who's that rider?
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Speaker 5: He got me, miss.
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Speaker 3: Not one of our boys.
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Speaker 6: Sure made a monkey out of you. Whoever he is.
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Speaker 6: How'd he find the stallion?
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Speaker 3: I don't know. Willie! Yeah, Jeff? That fella coming in.
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Speaker 3: Tell him we want to see him. Now! Afternoon.
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Speaker 6: Nice work, young fella, bringing in that stallion.
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Speaker 3: I hope he's worth the trouble, you two.
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Speaker 5: He sure looks good to me.
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Speaker 2: Make a fine saddle horse if he's broke right. Oh, uh,
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Speaker 2: you the owner of the rocking arm, ma'am?
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Speaker 6: No, I am not the boss.
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Speaker 3: Just bossy.
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Speaker 6: Outfit belongs to my granddaughter here. What'd you say your
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Speaker 6: name is?
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Speaker 5: Clint Barkley.
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Speaker 6: Well, meet the boss.
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Speaker 3: Mr. Barkley? Miss Richards.
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Speaker 5: How do you do, Miss Richards?
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Speaker 3: Hello.
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Speaker 5: I heard you were hiring some extra wranglers.
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Speaker 6: Oh, well, I was thinking about it, but I don't
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Speaker 6: believe I mentioned it yet.
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Speaker 5: Must have been your thinking I heard then.
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Speaker 6: Maybe we could use an extra man. How about it, Jeff? Oh,
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Speaker 6: this is Mr. Hicks, our foreman.
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Speaker 5: Where have you been working, Barclay?
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Speaker 3: Texas, Arizona, New Mexico? I mean, what else?
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Speaker 5: Most all of them, one time or another.
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Speaker 2: Oh, don't like one spot for long, huh? Depends on
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Speaker 2: the spot. Some I like, some I don't.
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Speaker 5: This place, I think I like.
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Speaker 3: Can you break a horse?
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Speaker 5: I think so.
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Speaker 6: There's 30 broncs in that corral. It'll have to have
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Speaker 6: the rough edges off of them by the first of
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Speaker 6: the month. Think you could handle, say, half of them?
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Speaker 5: I'd sure like to try.
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Speaker 3: Okay, Jeff?
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Speaker 5: Okay.
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Speaker 2: That's the bunkhouse over there, Barclay. I'll give you orders later.
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Speaker 3: Thanks.
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Speaker 5: And thank you, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Richard.
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Speaker 6: What's the matter, Jeff? Don't you like him?
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Speaker 2: Oh, I'd just like to know a little something about
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Speaker 2: the men we hire, Miss Julie. When a man doesn't
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Speaker 2: want to give some reference, there might be something he's
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Speaker 2: trying to hide.
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Speaker 3: Well, there's room.
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Speaker 6: Enough around here to hide it. Come on, Graham. Let's
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Speaker 6: go see what we've really got in that corral.
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Speaker 2: Hey, you new man's sure a worker, Jeff. That's six
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Speaker 2: broncies stopped today.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Doing all right, Willie. I wonder what's made them drift
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Speaker 5: around so much.
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Speaker 2: Oh, some of us just can't stay put.
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Speaker 3: We're like flies. Yeah. Hey, look. It's going to work
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Speaker 3: out that stallion.
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Speaker 5: Well, there's something I want to see.
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Speaker 3: You going to saddle him in the chute, Cleve? No,
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Speaker 3: we don't want to rush this one.
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Speaker 5: I don't think I'll even try to ride him today.
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Speaker 3: He'll be plenty salty when you do get to him. Well,
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Speaker 3: here goes.
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Speaker 5: I'll get a rope on him first.
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Speaker 3: Take it easy. Take it easy, Johnny. Nobody's going to
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Speaker 3: hurt you.
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Speaker 5: You're not going to like this, but it's got to
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Speaker 5: be done.
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Speaker 3: Hang on to that rope, Clint. Hang on. Yeah, I'm
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Speaker 3: trying to. Boy, Kid Farley, he'll kill you. Put your
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Speaker 3: rope on that stubborn hose. He won't give me. That's it.
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Speaker 6: Give it another turn.
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Speaker 3: All right. Now fight. Go on. Get it out of
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Speaker 3: your system. Look at him.
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Speaker 8: Easy, boy.
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Speaker 3: Easy now.
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Speaker 5: You sure got your eye on me, haven't you?
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Speaker 3: That's good.
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Speaker 5: The more you watch, the more you'll see of me,
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Speaker 5: and the more you'll learn.
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Speaker 6: What's going on there?
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Speaker 5: He's working on the renegade, miss.
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Speaker 3: Come on, Willie. Now, we got work to do.
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Speaker 5: You better keep back. You better keep back, Miss Richards.
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Speaker 3: This fellow's not very polite yet.
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Speaker 6: Oh, I'm used to horses, thanks.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, but he's not used to humans. He don't know
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Speaker 5: quite what to make of it.
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Speaker 6: Oh, bad one, huh?
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Speaker 2: No, not bad. He's just got a mind of his own.
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Speaker 2: It's going to take plenty of time with him.
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Speaker 3: Why?
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Speaker 6: Think maybe he'll bring a better price than the others?
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Speaker 5: Well, you're not going to sell them with that bunch
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Speaker 5: of crows, are you?
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Speaker 6: Decide that when the time comes. After all, that's our business,
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Speaker 6: selling horses.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I know, but this one's in a class by himself.
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Speaker 6: Well, what would you suggest, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Barclay?
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Speaker 2: Keep him here on the ranch. He'll make one of
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Speaker 2: the finest cowhorses in the country if we break.
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Speaker 3: Him, right?
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Speaker 6: Well, incidentally, you'd enjoy doing that, wouldn't you?
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Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am.
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Speaker 6: Well, right now I think you've got your hands full
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Speaker 6: breaking in the others. Suppose you turn him loose.
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Speaker 2: You're the boss, miss. But you better get out of
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Speaker 2: the corral before I do.
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Speaker 6: I told you, I'm used to horses.
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 9: Get off!
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Speaker 3: Well, I warned you, miss. You all right?
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Speaker 6: Yes, I'm fine.
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Speaker 5: I never saw a man or a girl climb a
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Speaker 5: corral fence as fast as.
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Speaker 3: You just did.
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Speaker 6: What a horse!
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Speaker 3: Yeah, what a horse.
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Speaker 2: I worked on the horse every spare moment I had.
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Speaker 2: In a week or so, he calmed down enough for
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Speaker 2: me to get him halter broke. And so that day,
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Speaker 2: I led him beyond the soft pasture, down by a stream.
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Speaker 5: I'm leaving you here for a while, Smokey. I'm tying
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Speaker 5: you up. You've got plenty of grass and plenty of
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Speaker 5: water and plenty of time to think things over. Just remember,
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Speaker 5: the better you treat this rope, the better it's going
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Speaker 5: to treat you.
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Speaker 3: I'll see you later.
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Speaker 2: And then we're playing cards in the bunkhouse when I
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Speaker 2: got back. Willie the cook was singing some song about burritos.
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Speaker 4: All wrapped in white linen.
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Speaker 3: Wrapped in white.
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Speaker 10: Linen and cold as the clay.
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Speaker 2: He said, beat the drums slowly and play.
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Speaker 3: The pipe slowly. Play the dead.
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Speaker 10: March as you carry me along. Take me out of Laredo,
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Speaker 10: then lay the saddle on me. For I'm a young
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Speaker 10: cowboy and I know I've.
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Speaker 3: Fine, Willie. Willie, if you could only cook as good
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Speaker 3: as you can sing. Ain't that right, Clint?
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Speaker 2: You're sure a bird with that guitar, Willie.
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Speaker 3: Well, thanks, Clint.
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Speaker 2: Say, you ever been in Laredo, Clint?
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Speaker 5: No, I never have. I thought you said you worked
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Speaker 5: in Texas, Barkley.
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Speaker 3: I did.
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Speaker 5: Well, Laredo's the center of the cow business down there,
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Speaker 5: isn't it? Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Won't you?
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Speaker 3: Your deal. Didn't you like Texas?
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Speaker 5: Oh, I liked it all right. Then why didn't you leave? Well,
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Speaker 5: I just thought maybe I'd like it better up here.
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Speaker 3: Want to sit in the game, Clint? No, thanks.
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Speaker 5: I'm going out to do a little work.
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Speaker 3: Ambitious, ain't he?
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Speaker 5: Working on Sunday.
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Speaker 2: Well, he's as jumpy as one of them blots he's
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Speaker 2: been abusting. A man's bound to be a little jumpy
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Speaker 2: when he's hiding something.
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Speaker 3: Maybe.
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Speaker 11: Or maybe he's just tending to his own business like
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Speaker 11: a lot of us ain't.
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Speaker 3: His hat was broke back and his purse was a-jingling.
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Speaker 3: And as he approached, he was singing a.
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Speaker 5: Song.
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Speaker 3: Julie here, Miss Richards. What's the matter?
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Speaker 6: I thought you was playing cards.
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Speaker 5: I just want to talk to her for a minute.
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Speaker 6: Can't you even have her Sunday to herself? She was
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Speaker 6: fixing to go swimming. You want to see me, Jeff?
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Speaker 3: Oh, yes, I, uh.
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Speaker 2: Miss Julie, as long as I work for your father,
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Speaker 2: he never had any complaints about the way I.
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Speaker 5: Manage his ranch.
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Speaker 6: Well, have I ever complained?
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Speaker 5: No, ma'am. What about this fellow Barkley? Figure on keeping
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Speaker 5: him here after he gets through those Bronx?
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Speaker 6: He seems to know his job.
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Speaker 2: Yes, he does. He's a good hand. But you know,
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Speaker 2: Miss Julie, news has a way of getting around.
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Speaker 6: Especially if it's bad.
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Speaker 2: I was talking to a couple of boys in town yesterday,
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Speaker 2: and near as I can figure it out, Barkley was
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Speaker 2: mixed up in a pretty nasty scrape down in Texas.
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Speaker 6: Some folks would look for a rattlesnake.
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Speaker 5: In a bunch of us.
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Speaker 6: What sort of a scrape, Chester?
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Speaker 5: Some money disappeared, a lot of money.
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Speaker 6: I don't believe it.
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Speaker 3: Well, the boys wouldn't have any reason but just saying that, Mrs. Richards.
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Speaker 6: Well, what does Brockley have to say about it?
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Speaker 5: I keep trying to edge it out of him, but
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Speaker 5: he's always clamming up.
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Speaker 6: That fellow's no jailbird. And suppose he is. Why, there
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Speaker 6: ain't a cowhand on this ranch that hasn't wound up
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Speaker 6: at least one Saturday night in jail. And how do
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Speaker 6: you suppose your father got his start, Julie? Graham. Well,
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Speaker 6: he just didn't come by that string of horses he
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Speaker 6: swapped for this ranch. Are you trying to say Dad
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Speaker 6: sold those horses?
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Speaker 3: Well, no.
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Speaker 6: No, but he sure got them awful cheap. Excuse me.
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Speaker 6: Both of you, I'm going swimming.
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Speaker 5: All right, all right. I know you've got pretty legs.
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Speaker 5: You don't have to show them off to me.
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Speaker 6: When the.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I guess you don't like school.
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Speaker 3: Much, honey.
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Speaker 5: There are a lot of things more important than kicking
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Speaker 5: up your heels and having a good time. One thing
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Speaker 5: you have to learn is how to get along.
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Speaker 3: With people, see?
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Speaker 5: You understand?
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Speaker 3: Sure you do.
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Speaker 5: You haven't got this bump of knowledge for nothing.
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Speaker 6: Hello.
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Speaker 3: Oh, Miss Richards. Hello.
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Speaker 6: For a moment, I didn't know it was a horse
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Speaker 6: you were talking to.
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Speaker 5: Kind of looks like Smokey and I are trespassing on
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Speaker 5: the swimming hole.
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Speaker 6: Smokey?
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Speaker 5: Oh, I hope you don't mind my naming him Smokey.
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Speaker 5: I just figured that, well, where there's smoke, there's fire,
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Speaker 5: and you've got to admit he's got plenty of fire.
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Speaker 6: Oh, it's a good name for him. I see you're
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Speaker 6: still coddling him.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, but on my own time. You know, today's Sunday.
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Speaker 6: You think he's something pretty special.
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Speaker 5: Don't you? You bet.
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Speaker 3: Don't you?
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Speaker 5: Ah, Smokey's always been something special.
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Speaker 6: I used to catch glimpses of him when I was
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Speaker 6: out riding. He was an adventurous little cuss, even when
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Speaker 6: he was a yearling. He's wild, though, Clint. Completely wild.
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Speaker 5: Oh, you get over that.
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Speaker 6: Hello, Smokey. Hiya, boy.
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Speaker 5: I'm afraid he hasn't developed much of a sociable streak yet.
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Speaker 6: It's amazing how much you two have in common.
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Speaker 5: How do you mean?
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Speaker 6: Listen, from what I hear, you're not very sociable yourself.
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Speaker 2: I guess just doing my job as a wrangler isn't
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Speaker 2: enough for Jeff.
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Speaker 6: Jeff's just looking after my interests. Look, I don't like
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Speaker 6: to say this, but he's heard some ugly rumors about you.
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Speaker 5: Oh? If he believes them, I guess that means I'm through, huh?
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Speaker 6: Not necessarily. A little explanation would clear up everything.
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Speaker 5: But it isn't as easy as that.
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Speaker 2: Certain things you can never explain to some people, and
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Speaker 2: the few who would understand don't need an explanation.
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Speaker 6: I'll buy that.
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Speaker 3: Thanks.
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Speaker 6: But if my curiosity ever gets the better of me,
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Speaker 6: I'm going to ask Smokey.
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Speaker 3: See you later.
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Speaker 5: Sure has got three legs. Oh, shut up, Smokey. I
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Speaker 5: don't have to talk about you all the time, do I?
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Speaker 7: Hey, Buck.
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Speaker 3: Well, hello, young fella. Where'd you come from? Off the road.
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Speaker 2: I'm looking for somebody named Clint Barkley.
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Speaker 3: What, a friend of his? Yeah, yeah, a friend of his. Well,
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Speaker 3: they told me in town that he was... He's in
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Speaker 3: the blacksmith shop, I think. Okay, thanks, bud. You're welcome, bud.
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Speaker 3: Jim Crackhorn and I don't care.
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Speaker 2: Jim Crackhorn and I don't care.
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Speaker 3: Jim Crackhorn and I don't care.
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Speaker 8: Oh, my sister's gone away.
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Speaker 3: Hiya, Clint. Frank. Hey. You're a hard man to find.
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Speaker 2: Maybe you didn't look hard enough. You could have found
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Speaker 2: me at the Laredo jail. That's where I've been the
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Speaker 2: last eight months.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just heard about that last week. I heard
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Speaker 2: you'd been in jail. You sure that's the first you
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Speaker 2: heard of it?
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Speaker 3: Sure, naturally.
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Speaker 2: If I'd known before, I'd have come on back and told.
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Speaker 3: Them what really happened. Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I know you would, Frank.
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Speaker 3: Well, anyhow, I.
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Speaker 2: I want to thank you for what you did for me.
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Speaker 2: What I did for you? Well, at least you didn't
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Speaker 2: squeal on me. If I had, nobody would believe me. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: I guess you're in a pretty tough spot at that. Well,
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Speaker 2: I sure wish I'd known before. You didn't come here
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Speaker 2: to tell me that. What did you come for? Well, Clint,
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Speaker 2: I need a job. I was just thinking that maybe
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Speaker 2: you'd put in a good word for me around here.
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Speaker 5: I wouldn't put in a good word for you again
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Speaker 5: if you never got a job.
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Speaker 3: Now, get out of here. Oh, Clint, now... You know
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Speaker 3: how I am.
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Speaker 2: Every time I get a job, I just seem to
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Speaker 2: get into some kind of trouble.
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Speaker 3: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: I've been thinking that if, well, you know, if I
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Speaker 2: could work along with you, you'd sort of keep an
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Speaker 2: eye on me, keep me in line. I know you're sorry, Anthony.
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Speaker 2: I don't blame you. But I'd sure appreciate another chance. Well, Clinton,
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Speaker 2: if you won't help me, who will?
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Speaker 3: All right.
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Speaker 2: But look, I like my job here, see? I like
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Speaker 2: it better than any job I ever had before.
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Speaker 3: And if you start anything... No, no, no, Clint. I
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Speaker 3: promise I won't. I'll do everything you tell me to do. Morning, Clint. Morning. Hi, Baldy. Hi.
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Speaker 2: Hey, don't blame you for liking it here, Clint. I've
16:33
Speaker 2: only been here two days, but... Sure is a good outfit.
16:36
Speaker 5: Okay, now get to work.
16:37
Speaker 2: Well, Foreman sent me to watch you. He said I
16:39
Speaker 2: might learn something.
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Speaker 5: I doubt it. Smokey might learn something. I might learn something.
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Speaker 3: Oh, come on, Clint. Hey, you're saddling the bronc, huh?
16:48
Speaker 3: That's right.
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Speaker 2: You want me to hear him down while you put
16:50
Speaker 2: the saddle on?
16:51
Speaker 5: I'll saddle him.
16:51
Speaker 2: I don't think he's going to be much trouble. Well,
16:53
Speaker 2: how about when you get on that dog? He's liable
16:55
Speaker 2: not to like it. You better stand back, Frank.
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Speaker 3: Well, sure. Okay, okay.
16:59
Speaker 5: All right, Smokey. Easy, boy.
17:03
Speaker 3: Easy now. Easy.
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Speaker 5: That's the way I used to bake horses, Frank.
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Speaker 3: Easy. One step at a time.
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Speaker 2: That's the difference between us, Baldy. You don't believe in shortcuts.
17:13
Speaker 3: I do.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you would. That's a boy. Now, easy, Smokey. This
17:20
Speaker 5: isn't going to hurt you. Now, it's just a saddle, see?
17:23
Speaker 7: Go on, smell it.
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Speaker 3: That's it.
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Speaker 5: That's a boy.
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Speaker 3: Here we go now. That's the stuff.
17:32
Speaker 5: That didn't scare you now, did it?
17:35
Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 5: We'll tighten the cinch. How's that, huh? Too tight? Easy, Smokey.
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Speaker 3: Easy. Two bucks and he gets killed, Frank. What is that?
17:46
Speaker 3: No business, Wally. I'm no sucker. Stand back, you guys. Yep.
18:02
Speaker 2: A couple of days later, I rode Smokey out of
18:04
Speaker 2: the corral. A cow pony isn't a pleasure, or if
18:07
Speaker 2: he's a workhorse and he's got.
18:08
Speaker 5: To learn how to work. Once he's saddle-wise, the first
18:11
Speaker 5: thing you teach him.
18:12
Speaker 2: Is neck-raining so that he'll turn with the slightest pressure.
18:15
Speaker 2: And he's got to get used to things. To the
18:17
Speaker 2: man on his back. To a coyote hiding in the grass.
18:21
Speaker 2: Or a chipmunk scooting across the trail right under his nose. Well,
18:25
Speaker 2: we worked together on my own time before sunup or
18:27
Speaker 2: a dusk. And Smokey caught on fast. He'd gotten used
18:31
Speaker 2: to the rope sailing around his head. But when I
18:34
Speaker 2: shot it past him and cut that bush, it was
18:36
Speaker 2: another story.
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Speaker 5: Come on now. That's just a little old bush, Smokey.
18:46
Speaker 3: You're not going to be scared of that, are you? Oh, now. Whoa, Smokey. Whoa. Whoa.
18:56
Speaker 2: I brought the bush in for him to see so
18:58
Speaker 2: that he'd know that no matter what was on the
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Speaker 2: other end of the rope, why it wouldn't hurt him.
19:02
Speaker 5: Then he had to learn the feel of the weight
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Speaker 5: on the rope.
19:04
Speaker 2: He had to get wise to the sudden shift of
19:06
Speaker 2: the saddle when the weight pulls hard on the horn
19:08
Speaker 2: and jerks against his withers. Later that day, I roped
19:12
Speaker 2: Smokey's first cast.
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Speaker 9: Oh, son.
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Speaker 3: Oh, boy.
19:17
Speaker 5: Oh, now back.
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Speaker 3: Back.
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Speaker 5: That's better. That's it. Yeah. That's all right, Smokey.
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Speaker 3: That's good. Good.
19:36
Speaker 5: He learned fast.
19:37
Speaker 2: And what he learned, he never forgot. And I was
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Speaker 2: mighty proud of him. He wouldn't make a liar out
19:43
Speaker 2: of me, not Smokey. Best cow pony in the country,
19:46
Speaker 2: I told Julie.
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Speaker 5: And that's just what he was turning.
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Speaker 3: Out to be.
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Speaker 8: Be.
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Speaker 3: Well, our teacher's set today, Clint. He's doing all right, Willie.
20:02
Speaker 3: He's doing fine.
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Speaker 5: I'll let him cool off here in the corral.
20:05
Speaker 3: Well, he ought to do all right the way you've
20:07
Speaker 3: been nursing him along.
20:08
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, it's worth it, Willie. He really catches on
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Speaker 5: to things.
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Speaker 3: He's just kidding you, Clint.
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Speaker 2: First chance he gets, you'll go a-high-tailing it right back.
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Speaker 3: To them hills.
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Speaker 5: I'm not going to give him the chance. Hey, sure,
20:18
Speaker 5: he's a pretty little rascal, isn't he? Look at him
20:21
Speaker 5: nuzzling you.
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Speaker 3: Why, this son of a gun, he likes you. Yeah.
20:26
Speaker 3: You got those broncs ready here, Bosley?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, they're all over there in the other corral.
20:29
Speaker 2: And what about him, Smoky?
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Speaker 5: He doesn't go, Jeff. Why not? Well, isn't Miss Richards
20:34
Speaker 5: keeping him here on the ranch? She didn't say anything
20:37
Speaker 5: about it to me.
20:37
Speaker 3: Run him in with the others, Frank. Sure, Jeff, sure.
20:41
Speaker 5: Now, look, Jeff.
20:42
Speaker 2: That horse will be worth a lot more to you
20:43
Speaker 2: here than the price you could get for him. Well,
20:46
Speaker 2: if he's as good as you've been saying, we ought
20:48
Speaker 2: to get plenty.
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Speaker 5: Well, anyway, you can't send him out with the others.
20:51
Speaker 5: He's not ready yet.
20:52
Speaker 3: Not ready? No.
20:54
Speaker 5: Well, you've been riding him, haven't you?
20:56
Speaker 3: Get him out, Frank. You're not getting sentimental over a horse,
20:59
Speaker 3: are you, Clitter? All right, nuthead. Outside. You heard me move.
21:04
Speaker 3: Look out, Frank. Smokey, stop it. Oh, boy. I can
21:09
Speaker 3: handle him. Yeah, I just saw you try it.
21:10
Speaker 5: I told you he wasn't ready.
21:11
Speaker 3: I'll ready him. I'll throw him right on his back.
21:13
Speaker 5: You let that horse alone.
21:14
Speaker 3: I said not hit the killer. I said let him alone. Okay, Quint.
21:19
Speaker 2: Don't have to get sore about it. Wish I was
21:23
Speaker 2: breaking him, though.
21:24
Speaker 3: Now, look, Barkley.
21:25
Speaker 2: I don't know what you're trying to do with that stallion,
21:27
Speaker 2: but you take the fight out of him or I'll
21:29
Speaker 2: turn him back to the hills where he belongs.
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Speaker 3: Okay, Jeff. Sure.
21:34
Speaker 5: Smokey'd have his chance to prove his stuff when we
21:42
Speaker 5: went out on the cattle roundup. We'd be gone for days.
21:45
Speaker 5: And if Jeff wasn't satisfied.
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Speaker 2: By the time we'd get back, I'd be willing to
21:49
Speaker 2: turn Smokey back to the hills. I was that sure
21:52
Speaker 2: of him. I wish I was only half as sure
21:55
Speaker 2: of Frank. Frank, who told me that all he wanted
21:58
Speaker 2: was just one more chance.
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Speaker 3: Boy, Clint, just look at it. Mmm, what a herd.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll have a work cut out for us for
22:07
Speaker 5: the next week or so.
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Speaker 2: No, I wasn't thinking of the work. Yeah, there's over
22:11
Speaker 2: a thousand heads there. Boy, if they can sell cattle
22:14
Speaker 2: for today, I'd settle for a.
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Speaker 3: Couple of hundred.
22:16
Speaker 5: One more crack like that and I'll... What's the matter, Clint?
22:20
Speaker 3: Don't you know when I'm kidding? I guess I don't.
22:23
Speaker 2: Just remember, Frank, you're punching cattle here, not selling them.
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Speaker 5: Oh.
22:38
Speaker 4: In a moment, we'll continue with the second act of Smokey,
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Speaker 4: starring Joel McRae and Constance Moore.
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Speaker 7: Many eyes watch the graceful ships sail into the harbor,
22:49
Speaker 7: including the eyes of espionage agents who watch and report.
22:53
Speaker 7: In every world port, they watch the cargo ships and
22:55
Speaker 7: military vessels. Agents find it easy to watch the harbors.
22:59
Speaker 7: A more difficult job is to gather classified information. This
23:03
Speaker 7: is almost impossible unless someone turns traitor. Someone gets careless
23:07
Speaker 7: or there's loose talk. The outcome of wars and the
23:10
Speaker 7: course of world history has changed because people, who should
23:13
Speaker 7: have known better, talked.
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Speaker 4: Now, here's Mr. Keeley at the microphone. We continue with
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Speaker 4: Act II of Smokey, starring Joel McRae as Clinton Barclay
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Speaker 4: and Constance Moore as Julie.
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Speaker 5: Well, we were still out on the range rounding up
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Speaker 5: the cattle.
23:37
Speaker 2: And one morning, right after breakfast, Jeff Hicks, the foreman,
23:41
Speaker 2: called me over. Okay, Barkley, we've got to get out
23:45
Speaker 2: to the streets this morning. You better ride over to
23:47
Speaker 2: Box Canyon. And, Willie, you do the same on Rock Ridge.
23:50
Speaker 2: Take Frank with you.
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Speaker 3: You can... Hey, wait a minute, Bobby. What horse are
23:54
Speaker 3: you riding?
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Speaker 5: The one I'm on, Smokey. Trust him so well, ain't you?
23:58
Speaker 5: He's earned a chance, Jeff.
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Speaker 3: Okay, maybe he has.
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Speaker 2: If he does a day's work on those strays, maybe
24:03
Speaker 2: we'll keep him at the right chapter.
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Speaker 5: Well, you'll have to take my word for it.
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Speaker 3: I'll be alone. I'll take your word. Thanks.
24:08
Speaker 5: What do you say, Smokey?
24:09
Speaker 3: Let's go.
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Speaker 2: I guess we were about ten miles out when it happened.
24:19
Speaker 2: It wasn't Smokey's fault. We'd cornered a stray steer among
24:22
Speaker 2: the rocks. But instead of staying cornered, he charged us.
24:26
Speaker 2: Smokey fell, and me with him. I don't know how
24:29
Speaker 2: long I was unconscious, but when I came to, Smokey
24:32
Speaker 2: was standing next to me.
24:34
Speaker 5: Wondering why I didn't get up. Hello, Smokey.
24:40
Speaker 3: It's all right, boy. It wasn't your fault. I guess I...
24:45
Speaker 3: I guess I got a few busted ribs.
24:47
Speaker 5: Better get back to the ranch. Pull up a little boy.
24:53
Speaker 3: No, no, no use, I guess.
24:57
Speaker 5: I just can't make the saddle.
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Speaker 3: I can't get up.
25:01
Speaker 5: If we can't stay here, they'd never find us here.
25:06
Speaker 5: Only one thing to do, Smokey.
25:10
Speaker 3: Just one thing.
25:13
Speaker 5: If I can get my arm through that stirrup.
25:16
Speaker 3: Like... Like this.
25:20
Speaker 5: If I can tie it tight enough with my bandana...
25:24
Speaker 5: Tight enough for you to drag me.
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Speaker 3: Maybe we can... Maybe.
25:31
Speaker 5: It's my only chance, Smokey. It's up to you, boy.
25:38
Speaker 3: It's up to you.
25:39
Speaker 5: No!
25:45
Speaker 3: Ah, five straight for good morning's work, Willie. Wonder how
25:49
Speaker 3: Clint's doing. I don't know.
25:50
Speaker 2: Say, Frank, when are you going to pay me that 20.
25:52
Speaker 3: Bucks you owe me? I told you, Willie, next payday.
25:55
Speaker 2: The payday's coming, John.
25:57
Speaker 3: Oh, there'll always be another payday, Willie. Will you quit worrying? Hey, hey, look.
26:01
Speaker 3: Ain't that Smokey down there? Yeah. Yeah, and he's dragging something. Well,
26:05
Speaker 3: that's a man. That's Clint he's dragging. Oh, he's thrown him. Well,
26:08
Speaker 3: that's no good. Horse, give me your rifle.
26:10
Speaker 6: Take it easy, Willie, and use your eyes.
26:12
Speaker 3: Clint's tied to the stirrup.
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Speaker 2: That's his bandana, ain't it?
26:15
Speaker 5: Yeah.
26:15
Speaker 3: He tied himself to the stirrup. Well, he'll be dragged
26:17
Speaker 3: to death. What are we standing here for? Smokey's still
26:19
Speaker 3: half wild.
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Speaker 2: Chris is the only one he let come near him.
26:21
Speaker 2: If we ride down on him now, no telling what
26:23
Speaker 2: that horse will do.
26:24
Speaker 3: Yeah, but we can't stay here. That's right. We'll follow him.
26:27
Speaker 3: And quietly. Come on. I hope I can sneak around
26:29
Speaker 3: and throw a rope on that jughead.
26:31
Speaker 2: He won't let you get near him.
26:32
Speaker 3: Nobody else either. I guess so. Oh, how far has
26:35
Speaker 3: he dragged him already? Quit making me dead now. Yeah, maybe.
26:39
Speaker 2: I bet your life he will be a gunner if
26:40
Speaker 2: we don't let Smokey alone, and at least he's heading
26:43
Speaker 2: toward the ranch.
26:44
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Clint's hanging on to the right stirrup, too.
26:47
Speaker 3: Son of a gun.
26:47
Speaker 2: Any other horse would have kicked his brains out for that.
26:49
Speaker 3: Look, I'll get the strays back to camp. You follow Clint,
26:52
Speaker 3: will you? I'll meet you at the stream. There they are,
27:02
Speaker 3: Miss Julie. In the corral.
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Speaker 6: That horse is riding him all the way back here. Well,
27:05
Speaker 6: what are you waiting for? Get his arm free of
27:07
Speaker 6: that stirrup.
27:08
Speaker 3: Miss Julie, stay back.
27:09
Speaker 2: That horse won't let anybody get near him.
27:10
Speaker 6: But Clint, look.
27:12
Speaker 3: He's out. Yeah, I know, Miss. He's pretty badly banged up.
27:14
Speaker 3: He's not feeling it, though.
27:15
Speaker 2: Been unconscious most of the way, best that we can tell.
27:17
Speaker 6: Oh, how are we going to get Clint out of
27:19
Speaker 6: the corral? It's all right, Smokey. It's all right, boy.
27:23
Speaker 3: Easy, boy, easy. We're not going to hurt you. We're
27:25
Speaker 3: not going to hurt Clint either. No, sir. Willie.
27:28
Speaker 6: Willie, you're trampling.
27:29
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's going to fight anything we can do to
27:30
Speaker 2: get Clint away.
27:31
Speaker 3: I'll get him away. He won't fight this.
27:33
Speaker 6: No, wait a minute. No rifle yet.
27:34
Speaker 3: No, why not?
27:35
Speaker 6: Look, he's moving. Clint's moving.
27:37
Speaker 3: Yeah. Clint.
27:39
Speaker 6: Clint, can you get your arm loose? Clint, can you
27:42
Speaker 6: get it out of the stirrup?
27:44
Speaker 3: Sure. I'll try. He's getting it, miss. Clint.
27:49
Speaker 6: Clint.
27:50
Speaker 3: Once more, boy. Just once more and you'll have it.
27:51
Speaker 6: That's it, Clint. You're loose now. Now, don't try to
27:54
Speaker 6: move again.
27:54
Speaker 3: Clint.
27:55
Speaker 6: Just lie there.
27:56
Speaker 3: Where is that rope now?
27:58
Speaker 2: Clint, I'll have to throw this rope around you. I'd
28:00
Speaker 2: rope the horse, but there's no telling what he'd do.
28:02
Speaker 3: Come on. Throw it.
28:08
Speaker 6: Slowly, Willie.
28:09
Speaker 5: Slowly.
28:12
Speaker 3: I'm pulling you over to the fence here, Clint. Hey, Frank.
28:15
Speaker 5: Yeah?
28:16
Speaker 6: Get around on that other side.
28:17
Speaker 2: Make out like you're trying to climb into the corral
28:19
Speaker 2: or something.
28:20
Speaker 3: Okay.
28:21
Speaker 5: Easy, Willie.
28:21
Speaker 6: Easy.
28:22
Speaker 3: Okay, over here.
28:24
Speaker 6: That's it, Frank. Smokey's going after you now. He thinks
28:27
Speaker 6: you're trying to get in.
28:27
Speaker 3: Well, hurry up, will you, before he puts this corral down.
28:30
Speaker 3: I got him, Frank.
28:31
Speaker 6: I got him. Oh, he's unconscious again. He's alive, though.
28:34
Speaker 3: Okay, Frank.
28:35
Speaker 6: Close the gate, Willie. Then get Clint up to the house.
28:37
Speaker 6: Graham's trying to get the doctor now.
28:38
Speaker 8: He's covered with bruises, miss.
28:48
Speaker 3: I don't think anything's busted, though, except them ribs. I... I...
28:52
Speaker 3: Take it easy, Clint. First to breathe, huh, boy?
28:55
Speaker 6: Keep quiet, Willie.
28:56
Speaker 3: Yeah.
28:57
Speaker 6: Please don't try to talk, Clint. Just lie still till
29:00
Speaker 6: the doctor gets here.
29:01
Speaker 5: Smokey.
29:02
Speaker 3: He's all right.
29:03
Speaker 6: Frank and Scrubby are out there looking after him right now.
29:06
Speaker 6: Just try not to move, Clint. Try not.
29:12
Speaker 3: To move. Get in that stall. Dog fronted? I said sit.
29:16
Speaker 6: Take it easy, will you, Frank?
29:18
Speaker 3: Take it easy, huh? One man horse just ain't no
29:20
Speaker 3: horse at all. Get in there and not hit her
29:23
Speaker 3: or I'll... Frank!
29:26
Speaker 6: Frank, you all right?
29:27
Speaker 3: Oh, he bit me. Bit me in the shoulder. Oh,
29:30
Speaker 3: he won't get away with that, scrubby. Stop him.
29:34
Speaker 2: Stop him.
29:35
Speaker 3: He's being quick-wired.
29:36
Speaker 6: He's coming up. Now leave him alone.
29:38
Speaker 3: Okay.
29:40
Speaker 5: Okay.
29:41
Speaker 3: I'll leave him alone.
29:42
Speaker 2: But someday, nuthead, somebody's going to teach you manners. And
29:46
Speaker 2: that somebody might even be me.
29:56
Speaker 6: Well, how's the patient this morning?
29:58
Speaker 3: What patient?
29:58
Speaker 5: I'm getting out of bed this afternoon. Oh, no, you're not.
30:01
Speaker 6: All right, open up your pajama coat.
30:03
Speaker 3: Huh? What for?
30:05
Speaker 6: I'm supposed to re-tape your ribs today.
30:07
Speaker 5: That's what I was afraid of. Dr.
30:08
Speaker 6: Jameson can't get out again until next week.
30:10
Speaker 5: Oh, well, maybe we better just wait until next week then.
30:14
Speaker 6: Come on now, come on.
30:15
Speaker 3: Okay. Now what?
30:18
Speaker 6: Well, first I'll just have to pull off this old
30:21
Speaker 6: adhesive tape.
30:22
Speaker 3: Oh, no, no, no.
30:22
Speaker 5: Don't, don't, don't.
30:23
Speaker 6: Well, what are you yelling about? I haven't even started yet.
30:26
Speaker 5: Yeah, I know, but you were going to. Now, look,
30:27
Speaker 5: I think the best way is to work it off
30:30
Speaker 5: bit by bit.
30:30
Speaker 3: See? Like this.
30:32
Speaker 6: Uh-huh.
30:33
Speaker 5: See? See, it's coming off all right.
30:35
Speaker 6: Slowly, huh? Like this?
30:37
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, that's it.
30:39
Speaker 3: Nice and... No! No!
30:43
Speaker 6: Oh, now, is that so bad? Would have hurt twice
30:46
Speaker 6: as much belonging it.
30:47
Speaker 2: You just killed me, that's all. Well, I'm glad we
30:50
Speaker 2: don't have to do this again next week.
30:52
Speaker 3: Hey, what's that? Ether. Oh, great.
30:54
Speaker 5: First you murder me and then you bring out the ether.
30:56
Speaker 5: Why didn't you bring out the ether first?
30:58
Speaker 6: The ether's for your skin, to clean it off.
31:01
Speaker 5: How do you know there's any skin left?
31:03
Speaker 6: Come on, you'll have to help me with this. Here,
31:05
Speaker 6: hold that.
31:07
Speaker 5: Say, this isn't too bad, is it?
31:11
Speaker 6: Look, I'm just trying to get this fresh tape around you. Now,
31:14
Speaker 6: take a deep breath.
31:15
Speaker 3: Ow. Be careful.
31:16
Speaker 6: Hold the scissors, please. Come on, sit. Oh, I saw
31:20
Speaker 6: Smokey today.
31:21
Speaker 3: You did? How is he? Fine.
31:23
Speaker 5: Is Frank Denton still working with him?
31:25
Speaker 3: No.
31:28
Speaker 6: Oh, well, a blind man could see how you felt
31:29
Speaker 6: about somebody else handling Smokey, so I pretty much passed you.
31:33
Speaker 5: Oh.
31:34
Speaker 6: And then when you're well enough, you can pick up
31:35
Speaker 6: the screwing right where you left off. Okay?
31:37
Speaker 5: You bet it's okay, thanks.
31:39
Speaker 3: Mind it! Good morning, Mrs. Richards.
31:41
Speaker 6: Did Julie do a good job on those ribs?
31:43
Speaker 3: She sure did.
31:44
Speaker 6: Just take a look, Graham.
31:46
Speaker 3: Oh, dear.
31:47
Speaker 6: Oh, dear, dear. Julie, I'm ashamed of you. That's no
31:51
Speaker 6: way to tape a man.
31:52
Speaker 3: Huh?
31:54
Speaker 6: Oh, this has got to come off right now.
31:56
Speaker 3: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. There you.
32:00
Speaker 6: Go!
32:04
Speaker 2: My first day out of bed, a man drove in
32:06
Speaker 2: looking for me, a fellow named Gordon. He owned a
32:08
Speaker 2: gambling house in town. He asked me to step out
32:11
Speaker 2: to the bunkhouse for a minute. So you're Clint Barkley, huh? Well,
32:16
Speaker 2: you're the wrong Clint Barkley, then. What are you driving at, Mr.
32:20
Speaker 3: Gordon? Oh, just this piece of paper.
32:23
Speaker 5: It's an IOU for $ 200. Signed, Clint Barkley.
32:27
Speaker 2: Yeah, except you're not the fellow who gave it to me.
32:30
Speaker 3: I've had it about a month, so I thought I'd
32:32
Speaker 3: come up and collect.
32:33
Speaker 2: Got any ideas who could have signed your name?
32:36
Speaker 5: Yeah, I might have.
32:37
Speaker 3: Who is it?
32:40
Speaker 2: I don't like people signing my name to things. Do
32:41
Speaker 2: you mind if I hang on to this piece of paper?
32:43
Speaker 3: What for?
32:44
Speaker 5: If you let me handle it. Maybe I can get
32:46
Speaker 5: your money for you.
32:47
Speaker 3: Well, that's okay. Just so I get it. But if
32:50
Speaker 3: I don't, I'll be up to see you again. Hi, Clintus.
32:55
Speaker 3: What's on your mind, boy?
32:57
Speaker 5: You're the guy that wanted another chance, huh, Frank?
32:59
Speaker 3: Yeah, what about it?
33:00
Speaker 5: Just this, this IOU.
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Speaker 2: You're not getting sore about.
33:05
Speaker 3: A little thing like that, are you?
33:06
Speaker 2: A little thing, huh? Signing my name, that's forgery, isn't it?
33:10
Speaker 2: What did you have in mind? He can't collect from me. Oh,
33:12
Speaker 2: that's the point, Clint. He can't collect from you, and
33:14
Speaker 2: he's got nothing on me.
33:16
Speaker 5: You're no good, Frank, and you never will be.
33:19
Speaker 2: Now, go draw your pay and get out of here.
33:21
Speaker 2: You've caused me all the trouble you're going to.
33:22
Speaker 3: Oh, quit worrying. If that's the way you feel about it,
33:24
Speaker 3: I'll pay Gordon.
33:25
Speaker 2: You bet you'll pay him, because I'm driving you to
33:27
Speaker 2: town right now and see that you do.
33:28
Speaker 3: Now, go on, pack your things.
33:29
Speaker 2: Now, just a minute. Maybe I'm not ready to quit
33:31
Speaker 2: this job. Besides, you can't fire me. You're not the
33:34
Speaker 2: foreman around here, not yet.
33:35
Speaker 5: I said go pack your things.
33:38
Speaker 2: You're making a mistake, Clinton. You wouldn't want me to
33:41
Speaker 2: tell the boss about you, would you?
33:43
Speaker 3: Of course I.
33:45
Speaker 2: I think she's a little stuck on you, but she
33:47
Speaker 2: might change your mind if she knew you spent quite
33:49
Speaker 2: a stretch in jail.
33:51
Speaker 3: She might even... Okay. Okay, Clint. I'll go.
34:10
Speaker 9: Is that you, Clint?
34:12
Speaker 3: Willie?
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Speaker 12: Yeah, I was just putting away the car.
34:18
Speaker 5: Thanks for letting me use it.
34:19
Speaker 6: When did you get back from town?
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Speaker 5: Oh, a half hour ago.
34:22
Speaker 6: Come on up on the porch. Had your supper?
34:24
Speaker 5: Yeah, Willie just fixed me a couple of eggs.
34:26
Speaker 6: You know, Graham is sure you'll move back to the
34:28
Speaker 6: bunkhouse because you're like Willie's cooking better than hers.
34:31
Speaker 5: She's wrong about that.
34:33
Speaker 2: It's just that, well, I appreciate you taking care of
34:35
Speaker 2: me while I was laid up, but it's time I
34:36
Speaker 2: started back to work.
34:38
Speaker 6: Are you sure you're able to?
34:39
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm fine now.
34:40
Speaker 2: I stopped in at the doctor's, and he said I
34:41
Speaker 2: can ride again if I take it easy.
34:43
Speaker 5: You know, I thought maybe the first thing in the
34:45
Speaker 5: morning I'd go out and bring in Smokey. How about
34:47
Speaker 5: you riding along?
34:48
Speaker 6: Oh, I'd love to. I'll fix up a nice lunch.
34:51
Speaker 5: Hey, hey, now wait a minute. I'm supposed to be
34:53
Speaker 5: going back to work.
34:54
Speaker 6: Well, you still have to eat, don't you?
34:56
Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess.
34:57
Speaker 5: Say, do you suppose maybe we could bring Smokey in
35:00
Speaker 5: if we rode out tonight?
35:01
Speaker 6: Oh, now, Clint, look, you can wait till morning. Anyhow,
35:04
Speaker 6: how do you expect to find a black horse at night?
35:06
Speaker 5: Well, it'd be fun to try. Go on, change your clothes, huh?
35:10
Speaker 6: Oh, okay. It won't be long.
35:12
Speaker 3: Miss Julie! Miss Julie! Oh, Jeff?
35:15
Speaker 6: What is it?
35:15
Speaker 5: Scrubby's just come in from the South Meadow, miss.
35:18
Speaker 3: Some of our prized cattle has been stolen. Stolen?
35:20
Speaker 6: Oh, now, wait a minute.
35:21
Speaker 2: Well, I didn't believe it either. Figured they just broke
35:22
Speaker 2: through the fence, maybe, but... Scrubby saw them.
35:25
Speaker 5: He rode up just as they were hauling them off
35:27
Speaker 5: in trucks. Smokey was in the South Pastor, Jeff.
35:29
Speaker 3: Yeah, they got him too, Clint.
35:30
Speaker 6: Did Scrubby get a look at them?
35:31
Speaker 3: Not too good, miss.
35:33
Speaker 2: Too dark for that, but whoever was in charge, Scrubby
35:35
Speaker 2: says he sounded just like Frank Denton.
35:36
Speaker 3: Excuse me, miss. I'm calling the sheriff. Reach the sheriff, Jeff.
35:41
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's coming right over.
35:43
Speaker 2: Barkley, what do you know about Frank Denton? Just about everything,
35:48
Speaker 2: I guess. And you knew he asked me for his
35:50
Speaker 2: time today?
35:51
Speaker 5: I told him to.
35:52
Speaker 6: You told him to? Why?
35:54
Speaker 5: I had a good reason.
35:55
Speaker 2: Well, I guess you also had a good reason for
35:57
Speaker 2: talking me into hiring him.
35:58
Speaker 3: I thought I did.
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Speaker 2: You know, Barkley, ever since you've been here, I've watched
36:03
Speaker 2: you like a hawk. Now, so far, you've been all right.
36:06
Speaker 2: You haven't slipped once. But what I want to know is,
36:09
Speaker 2: Where do you fit into this?
36:10
Speaker 6: Now, now, just a minute, Jeff. You've no right to
36:12
Speaker 6: accuse Clint. You're not even sure it was Denton. After all,
36:16
Speaker 6: Scrubby didn't see him. He's just heard a voice.
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Speaker 5: I'm as sure as Jeff is that it was Denton.
36:20
Speaker 3: You are? Why?
36:21
Speaker 2: Because I know him. He's just crazy enough to try
36:24
Speaker 2: something like this. Well, if that's the case, why did
36:26
Speaker 2: you recommend him for a job?
36:28
Speaker 3: Because....
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Speaker 5: Because he's my brother.
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Speaker 6: Your brother?
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Speaker 2: Ever since we were kids, I've covered up for him.
36:35
Speaker 5: I even went to jail for him. Then he came
36:38
Speaker 5: here looking for a job. He promised me he wouldn't
36:40
Speaker 5: make any trouble, and I believed him because, well, he
36:43
Speaker 5: knew how much this place meant to me. I guess
36:46
Speaker 5: I made a mistake. You think you might know where
36:48
Speaker 5: to find him? No, but I'd sure like to try.
36:52
Speaker 6: Then take the station wagon kit and get started. We'll
36:55
Speaker 6: follow later on, soon as the sheriff gets here.
37:24
Speaker 4: We'll return with Act Three of Smokey, starring Joel McRae
37:27
Speaker 4: and Constance Moore in a moment.
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Speaker 13: Rumor had it that 20,000 people milled in and around
37:35
Speaker 13: the White House the day of Andrew Jackson's inauguration. The president,
37:39
Speaker 13: trying to escape the mob, was exhausted. Retreating, he stood
37:43
Speaker 13: against the wall of the East Room while friends with
37:46
Speaker 13: linked arms tried to protect him from the exuberant crowd.
37:50
Speaker 13: When the people had been lured outside by promises of
37:53
Speaker 13: lemonade and ice cream, Jackson escaped to a nearby hotel
37:57
Speaker 13: and went to bed. another page in the White House story.
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Speaker 3: Mr.
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Speaker 5: Keeley returns to the microphone.
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Speaker 4: It's time for the curtain for Act Three of Smokey,
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Speaker 4: starring Joel McRae as Clint and Constance Moore as Julie.
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Speaker 2: Months before, when I'd come to the Rocking Hour Ranch,
38:24
Speaker 2: I'd noticed an abandoned ranch not.
38:26
Speaker 5: Far from the spot where I'd first seen Smokey.
38:28
Speaker 2: And as I drove down the road that night looking
38:30
Speaker 2: for Frank, I knew it would be hard to find
38:33
Speaker 2: a better spot than that ranch for hiding.
38:35
Speaker 5: Out stolen cattle.
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Speaker 2: But it wasn't an easy place to locate at night,
38:38
Speaker 2: five miles anyway from the highway. And if Frank was there,
38:42
Speaker 2: it wouldn't be for long. All right, you can't hang
38:45
Speaker 2: around here, Bart. Soon as you switch brands... We're all finished,
38:47
Speaker 2: Brandon Denton. Well, then put out the fires. They can
38:49
Speaker 2: be seen for miles.
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Speaker 3: Relax. Put out the fires, Charlie.
38:52
Speaker 5: Get the steers down to the road and back in
38:53
Speaker 5: the truck.
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Speaker 3: Your hand, boys. Get going.
38:56
Speaker 2: Well, as far as I'm concerned, that's it then, Bart.
38:59
Speaker 2: And our deal was cash on delivery.
39:01
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. Here's the money. Thanks.
39:03
Speaker 5: From now on, it's my responsibility.
39:05
Speaker 3: Hurry up, boys. Get moving. Hey.
39:08
Speaker 5: What about that black horse?
39:09
Speaker 3: What's he still doing in the corral?
39:11
Speaker 2: Well, that horse isn't for sale, and if it's all
39:13
Speaker 2: the same to you, I'm going to stick around for
39:16
Speaker 2: a while and gentle him down.
39:17
Speaker 5: Not afraid of him, are you?
39:19
Speaker 3: Uh-uh, not now I'm not. Not the way I got
39:21
Speaker 3: him roped. Poor horse.
39:24
Speaker 2: Just got to stand there and take what's coming to us.
39:26
Speaker 3: Well, I'll see you in a few days. Good thing
39:28
Speaker 3: we got him on tonight. We'll be out of this
39:30
Speaker 3: state in no time.
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Speaker 2: Okay, Smokey. If you're ready, I am. I got plenty
39:38
Speaker 2: of room this time. No stall where you can back
39:41
Speaker 2: me into a corner and sink your teeth into me. Ah,
39:46
Speaker 2: so you want to learn the hard way, huh? Now,
39:49
Speaker 2: that's good enough for me. Look, here's a cinch. You
39:53
Speaker 2: see this, knothead? It's a cinch with steel rings, see?
39:58
Speaker 5: What's it feel like, huh?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I sure wish old Finner could see this, Smokey.
40:06
Speaker 2: I sure wish that he was here.
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Speaker 3: Finch? Yeah, Jeff?
40:15
Speaker 5: You all right? They've been here tonight. Your brother and
40:18
Speaker 5: some others. How do you know?
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Speaker 2: Sheriff and I just found something here in the corral, Clint.
40:24
Speaker 2: Used to be a man.
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Speaker 3: Who is it? Jeff, what have you.
40:28
Speaker 5: It's him, all right.
40:30
Speaker 3: Frank. Dead? That's right, Barkley.
40:33
Speaker 5: Killed by a horse. Near as I can figure from
40:36
Speaker 5: the cinch belt and the broken ropes. He was beating
40:38
Speaker 5: the horse. The horse broke the ropes and, well.
40:42
Speaker 3: Just went crazy, I guess.
40:44
Speaker 2: Then he must have just jumped the fence and headed
40:46
Speaker 2: for the hills. Smokey's probably 20 miles away by now. Well,
40:51
Speaker 2: I guess there's nothing more we can do. I'll go
40:54
Speaker 2: out on the.
40:54
Speaker 3: Road, Jeff.
40:56
Speaker 2: Get Miss Richards to sign a complaint against those fellas
40:58
Speaker 2: we caught with your cattle.
40:59
Speaker 5: I'll be back in a little while. I'm going to
41:02
Speaker 5: look for Smokey, Jeff. Don't you think it'd be better
41:04
Speaker 5: to forget him after what's happened?
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Speaker 3: No.
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Speaker 2: No, they'll say he's a killer now. They'll never believe
41:10
Speaker 2: he had a reason for doing what he did. That's
41:13
Speaker 2: why I've got to find him before someone else does.
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Speaker 3: Sure. Go ahead. I hope you'll find him.
41:19
Speaker 5: I spent weeks going from rancher to rancher, glad that
41:27
Speaker 5: no one had caught him yet, but scared to death
41:29
Speaker 5: that sooner or later someone would find him before I did.
41:32
Speaker 2: Yeah, mister, I heard tell of that horse. He's somewhere
41:36
Speaker 2: around this part of the country. Real killer, ain't he?
41:40
Speaker 5: He was a four-year-old. He stood about 16 hands high.
41:43
Speaker 3: No, I ain't seen him.
41:45
Speaker 2: Some boys went out last month and tried to track
41:47
Speaker 2: him down, but he's too slick for them. He's probably
41:51
Speaker 2: over in Arizona by now.
41:52
Speaker 3: Well, thanks.
41:53
Speaker 5: Thanks anyway.
41:59
Speaker 3: I tell you, I've seen that horse, Mr. Nelson. I've
42:02
Speaker 3: seen him not a mile from this very spot.
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Speaker 11: Now, look, Peters, I own a rodeo, and I'll give $ 1, 000
42:06
Speaker 11: for such an animal. But I'm beginning to believe there
42:09
Speaker 11: just ain't no such thing. You'll believe when we catch him.
42:12
Speaker 11: You're sure going to have the wildest front you've ever.
42:15
Speaker 3: Seen in a rodeo. I hope you're right. We could use... Hey, look. Look.
42:18
Speaker 3: Up there on the bluff. It's him.
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Speaker 6: Hey, hey, there he is.
42:21
Speaker 3: I didn't know it was him. How do I know
42:22
Speaker 3: that rope? See, it's still around.
42:23
Speaker 9: Of his neck when he busted loose.
42:25
Speaker 6: And killed that guy.
42:27
Speaker 12: You know, mister, all I know is that that fellow
42:34
Speaker 12: owns a rodeo, hides some men to go looking for
42:36
Speaker 12: a horse like that.
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Speaker 6: Don't know if they ever found him, though.
42:39
Speaker 5: Well, when will he be back?
42:41
Speaker 3: Who knows?
42:42
Speaker 6: So all this snow that wouldn't be coming down this
42:44
Speaker 6: side of the mountain anyway. It'd head over through the valley.
42:47
Speaker 6: I probably won't know what happens till next spring.
42:51
Speaker 9: When the.
42:55
Speaker 2: Weather keeps up, we'll be.
43:02
Speaker 6: Snowed under for sure, Julie. There's still a lot of
43:04
Speaker 6: our cattle out on Pine Ridge. Willie and Scubby brought
43:07
Speaker 6: in what they could. Almost froze to death doing it.
43:10
Speaker 6: Weary must have thawed out considerable with all that caterwauling
43:14
Speaker 6: he was doing. Graham, I'm worried.
43:17
Speaker 3: Huh?
43:18
Speaker 6: We have another heavy snowfall. We'll never bring that stock in.
43:21
Speaker 5: Don't worry. Jeff and I will pick them up the
43:23
Speaker 5: first thing in the morning.
43:24
Speaker 6: Graham! Well, hello, stranger.
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Speaker 3: Hello, Mrs. Richards. Hello, Julie.
43:28
Speaker 6: My, it's good to have you back. All these weeks,
43:31
Speaker 6: where have you been?
43:32
Speaker 3: Everywhere.
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Speaker 5: Just ran into him riding back from town, Miss Julie.
43:35
Speaker 6: You find smoking?
43:36
Speaker 5: No, ma'am, I didn't. Somebody else may have found him, though.
43:39
Speaker 3: Maybe not. Well.
43:41
Speaker 6: Take your coat off. Sit down.
43:43
Speaker 3: Thanks.
43:43
Speaker 6: You wanted a cup of coffee, didn't you, Jeff?
43:47
Speaker 5: No, ma'am. I had three cups of supper.
43:49
Speaker 6: Then the one I'm getting you now will make four.
43:51
Speaker 3: Come on. Huh? Oh, sure, sure. Hey.
43:57
Speaker 6: You, uh, had any supper, Clint?
43:59
Speaker 2: Yeah, I stopped in town on my way here.
44:01
Speaker 6: Didn't you even find a Tracer, Smokey?
44:03
Speaker 5: Tracer?
44:04
Speaker 3: Yeah.
44:05
Speaker 2: Here I followed them into the Antelope Mountains, then into Arizona,
44:08
Speaker 2: around the Tonto Basin.
44:10
Speaker 5: They had an early winter down there, and the trails
44:12
Speaker 5: were all snowed in. I just had to give it up.
44:16
Speaker 6: I'm sorry, Clint.
44:17
Speaker 5: Well, one way of looking at it, Smokey's probably got
44:21
Speaker 5: his freedom again.
44:21
Speaker 6: Stop kidding yourself. You'll never be happy until you find him.
44:26
Speaker 5: He saved my life the time he dragged me back
44:28
Speaker 5: to the ranch. I can't forget that, can I?
44:31
Speaker 3: No.
44:32
Speaker 6: No, of course not. Tell him when the trails open
44:35
Speaker 6: up next spring, you'll want to start looking for him
44:37
Speaker 6: all over again.
44:38
Speaker 5: Yes, I guess I will.
44:40
Speaker 6: Okay, then. You have a job until the middle of March,
44:44
Speaker 6: and then you're fired.
44:45
Speaker 3: That's a deal, Julie.
44:47
Speaker 5: Thanks.
44:53
Speaker 2: But that March when I started out again to look
44:55
Speaker 2: for Smokey was the same thing all over.
44:57
Speaker 5: Reports, rumors, trails that ended nowhere.
45:00
Speaker 2: But all the while, as I found out long afterward,
45:03
Speaker 2: Smokey had been captured. That spring, his new owner was Nelson,
45:08
Speaker 2: the man from the rodeo. That spring in Ogden, Smokey
45:11
Speaker 2: was packing him into the grandstand. Cougar, they called him.
45:15
Speaker 5: The world's wildest bucking bronco.
45:19
Speaker 6: Now, now, ladies and gentlemen, what you've all been waiting for.
45:23
Speaker 5: Cougar, the wildest bucket of drunk in all the world.
45:26
Speaker 6: Cougar, the man killer. $ 500 for any rider staying alive.
45:31
Speaker 5: Flagstaff, Plymouth, Bakersfield, Reno, cities and towns. What I was
45:41
Speaker 5: searching for in two forests and canyons.
45:43
Speaker 6: Smoky.
45:45
Speaker 5: The sweetest cowpony I ever knew.
45:47
Speaker 2: Was building himself a reputation for being the wildest horse
45:50
Speaker 2: who ever lived. The cash register jingled and the money
45:53
Speaker 2: rolled into Nelson's box office. The crowds came and cheered
45:56
Speaker 2: and Smokey did.
45:57
Speaker 3: His job as he always had.
45:59
Speaker 5: Season after season, Nelson grew richer because Smokey.
46:02
Speaker 3: Had a great heart and a great spirit. But one
46:05
Speaker 3: day he fell. He was hurt.
46:06
Speaker 5: Nothing gave way. talking about horses.
46:17
Speaker 2: He'd once seen this cougar, was at the rodeo in
46:21
Speaker 2: Cheyenne the night he got hurt. His description of the
46:24
Speaker 2: horse was enough to take me to Cheyenne for this
46:26
Speaker 2: man called Milton.
46:28
Speaker 5: Yes, he had a horse.
46:30
Speaker 3: Like the one you're talking about, Mr. Barkley, except we
46:32
Speaker 3: called him Cougar.
46:33
Speaker 5: Where'd you first get hold of him, Mr. Nelson?
46:35
Speaker 3: Up in that Red Rock country. You know, he was
46:37
Speaker 3: the toughest animal I ever had in the show.
46:39
Speaker 5: That sounds like Smokey, all right. What happened to him
46:42
Speaker 5: after his accident?
46:43
Speaker 3: Well, I had to get rid of him, naturally.
46:46
Speaker 5: What does that mean?
46:47
Speaker 11: Well, he'd made so much money for me that I
46:49
Speaker 11: didn't want to shoot him.
46:50
Speaker 3: I gave him away. Who'd you give him to?
46:52
Speaker 2: Oh, some old man that runs a riding academy on
46:55
Speaker 2: Maple Street.
46:56
Speaker 3: He thought maybe you could fix him up. Gets a
46:58
Speaker 3: little use out of it.
47:00
Speaker 5: Seems to me that I'll remember that horse.
47:05
Speaker 3: Sure it was.
47:05
Speaker 5: Where'd it go, Andy? No, sealed brown, nearly black. He
47:09
Speaker 5: got a white star on his forehead and a look
47:11
Speaker 5: in his eyes. Well, if you'd seen it, you'd remember.
47:14
Speaker 2: Would you be willing to go as high as $ 100
47:18
Speaker 2: to get him back?
47:19
Speaker 5: I'd give a lot more than that.
47:20
Speaker 3: Where is he? Sure wish I knew.
47:23
Speaker 2: Ain't very often anybody offers.
47:25
Speaker 6: Me money like that for one of my horses.
47:27
Speaker 2: Nelson told me he gave you the horse the last
47:29
Speaker 2: time his rodeo played here.
47:30
Speaker 5: Try and remember, will you? Yeah, they come to me,
47:33
Speaker 5: they all look pretty much alike.
47:34
Speaker 2: None of them ain't worth much, and when I get
47:37
Speaker 2: through them, they're worth less. I sell them for what
47:39
Speaker 2: I can get, mister. For dog food and sometimes for glue.
47:43
Speaker 2: What kind of a look did you say he had?
47:47
Speaker 5: If you can't remember, I can't tell you.
47:49
Speaker 3: Thanks. Thanks anyway.
47:58
Speaker 2: They were holding Pioneer Days in Cheyenne that week, and
48:00
Speaker 2: Scrubby and Willie had come along with me.
48:02
Speaker 3: To see the celebration.
48:03
Speaker 5: That afternoon, we were standing on the street, watching the parade. Hey,
48:08
Speaker 5: look at the billboard, Cliff.
48:09
Speaker 10: The Tornado Rodeo, featuring the world-famous outlaw, greater than the cougar.
48:17
Speaker 2: As far as I'm concerned, there never was a greater
48:20
Speaker 2: horse than the smoker.
48:21
Speaker 6: But we'd only known if this cougar was smoking. Hey, look.
48:25
Speaker 3: Did you look at that? The junk wagon's joining the parade.
48:28
Speaker 9: Hey, look at that magnet.
48:29
Speaker 3: Pull up the rear.
48:30
Speaker 5: Where'd he come from anyway?
48:31
Speaker 6: He was standing by that warehouse at the corner.
48:33
Speaker 3: Who is that junk wagon? I'll teach you to run away.
48:40
Speaker 3: I'll teach you to run away. Take it easy, mister.
48:43
Speaker 3: I said take it easy. I'll teach him to run away.
48:46
Speaker 5: He wouldn't yank on his mouth like that. He just
48:48
Speaker 5: wanted to get in the parade.
48:49
Speaker 3: Why don't you mind your own business? As for you, you... Sorry, mister.
48:53
Speaker 5: You're not using that whip on him either.
48:55
Speaker 3: You bust that whip and I'll... Use what? Never mind.
48:57
Speaker 3: I'm going to go on my horse. Sure.
49:02
Speaker 5: Wouldn't hurt you to feed him once in a while, either.
49:05
Speaker 3: Come on, get up there. Hey, look at him, Pete.
49:07
Speaker 5: That old nag.
49:08
Speaker 2: He's trying to get another look at you.
49:11
Speaker 6: Looks like you made a Hitler hit.
49:13
Speaker 3: It's your job, doesn't it?
49:14
Speaker 9: He said, I'm hungry.
49:15
Speaker 3: How about it? Let's go get something to eat.
49:22
Speaker 6: What'll it be, gentlemen?
49:23
Speaker 5: Hamburger, no oranges, and java.
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Speaker 3: Same here. A lot of it.
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Speaker 5: Say, did you notice before that horse, he had a star?
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Speaker 3: Huh?
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Speaker 5: That junkie's horse, he had a star on his forehead.
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Speaker 6: All right, he had a star. What do you have?
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Speaker 5: Oh, I'll have the same.
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Speaker 3: What?
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Speaker 5: You know, there was something about that old horse.
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Speaker 3: Good.
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Speaker 6: Hey, where are you going?
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Speaker 5: Never mind.
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Speaker 3: I'll see you later at the hotel.
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Speaker 2: I'm a junk dealer, but I don't know what you're
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Speaker 2: talking about, brother.
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Speaker 5: I ain't got no horse with a star, and I
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Speaker 5: can't tell.
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Speaker 3: You who he is.
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Speaker 5: Well, somebody must have him. I saw him today.
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Speaker 2: He was trying to get into the parade.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, he said he'd been over at Schultz and Brown's,
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Speaker 5: and they didn't have him.
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Speaker 3: And old Lady Barry's got a truck.
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Speaker 5: And like I said before, I ain't got him, so
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Speaker 5: I guess I just about dodged him. Well, much obliged, anyway.
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Speaker 3: Hey, wait a minute, Dirk.
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Speaker 5: Come to think of it, I did hear of a
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Speaker 5: new man moving in the.
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Speaker 3: Other side of Crow Creek.
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Speaker 5: Where's that?
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Speaker 3: Any side of town. They said his name was Mingo
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Speaker 3: or something like that.
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Speaker 5: Mingo.
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Speaker 3: Thanks.
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Speaker 5: Thanks, I'll find him.
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Speaker 3: Hey, sure looks like rain, don't it?
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Speaker 8: What do you.
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Speaker 3: Want? It's late. Ain't open after 7 o'clock. You Mr.
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Speaker 5: Mingo? I sure had a hard time finding you.
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Speaker 3: Say, you're the wise guy... What do you want here?
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Speaker 5: I want to take a look at your horse.
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Speaker 3: What for?
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Speaker 5: Well, if he's the one I'm hoping he is, I'd
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Speaker 5: like to buy him from you. Well, that's different, mister.
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Speaker 3: I might sell him at that.
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Speaker 5: Where is he?
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Speaker 3: Out there in back. Wait a minute. I'll get a.
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Speaker 5: Lantern. That's him, mister?
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Speaker 3: That's the horse?
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Speaker 5: Give me that lantern. Star on his forehead, yes. Look
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Speaker 5: at him.
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Speaker 1: No.
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Speaker 3: Oh, no.
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Speaker 5: His feet. His eyes.
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Speaker 6: His eyes.
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Speaker 3: Smokey.
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Speaker 5: Smokey.
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Speaker 3: It's me, Smokey.
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Speaker 6: It's me.
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Speaker 5: No, Miss Richards. Clint brought Smokey back last week. I
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Speaker 5: thought we'd have to shoot him.
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Speaker 6: Well, he's taking him out of the barn today. Turning
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Speaker 6: him to the pasture.
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Speaker 5: Look at him, Jeff. He'll be all right.
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Speaker 6: Ain't that a picture now? Look at him.
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Speaker 3: Well, ain't it? Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 5: Never seen a man so crazy about a horse in
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Speaker 5: all my life. Hope we never do again.
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Speaker 2: Maybe now we'll get some work done around here.
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Speaker 6: He just doesn't seem to believe he's home, does he, Clint?
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Speaker 5: Give him a little time, honey. He will.
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Speaker 6: Go on, Smokey. Why don't you be anxious to get
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Speaker 6: out the pasture?
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Speaker 5: Sure, he's anxious. He's waited a long time for this, Julie.
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Speaker 5: All right, boy.
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Speaker 3: Go on. There it is.
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Speaker 5: It's all yours.
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Speaker 3: Go ahead.
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Speaker 6: Oh, look at him, Clint. He just can't believe it.
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Speaker 6: He can't believe it.
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Speaker 5: Go ahead, Smokey. That's it, boy. Go ahead. Well, he
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Speaker 5: believes it now.
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Speaker 6: Clint, do you think you'll settle down for a while now?
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Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah, I think I'll settle down. Happy?
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Speaker 3: Happy.
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Speaker 5: Awful happy, Julie.
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Speaker 9: He is home now, home for the same.
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Speaker 2: He spills his night now.
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Speaker 5: Contentment his day.
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Speaker 4: There's a happy postscript to Smokey as our stars appear
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Speaker 4: in answer to your curtain call. Joel McRae and Constance Moore.
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Speaker 9: Joel, I don't know anyone.
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Speaker 4: Better qualified to play a role like Clint Barkley than
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Speaker 4: you yourself.
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Speaker 5: Well, Bill, it's true. I just about grew up in
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Speaker 5: a saddle.
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Speaker 6: Is that how you first got into pictures, Joel?
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Speaker 5: Well, in a way, you might say. My first job
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Speaker 5: was teaching Rudolph Valentino how to ride at four bucks
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Speaker 5: a day.
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Speaker 6: Four dollars a day?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I had to supply the horses.
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Speaker 4: Well, I can imagine that was quite a promising association.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Rudy introduced me to people like Bill Hart and
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Speaker 2: Wally Reed, and the first thing I knew, I was
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Speaker 2: riding in pictures as a double for Greta Garbo.
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Speaker 6: Oh, come on now, Joe, not Greta Garbo.
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Speaker 3: That's the truth.
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Speaker 2: Remember, I was only 18 then, and a wig could
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Speaker 2: make an awful lot of difference.
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Speaker 4: And so, from doubling for greater garble, you became a
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Speaker 4: double for yourself.
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Speaker 6: Good night.
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Speaker 3: Good night.
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Speaker 14: Good night, and our sincerest thanks. This is William Keeley
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Speaker 14: saying good night to you from Hollywood.
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Speaker 6: Good night.
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Speaker 1: This has been Lux Radio Theater's March 1947 presentation of Smokey.
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