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Gunsmoke - "Bad Seed" (Old Time Radio, 1960) · Gunsmoke | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: May 29th, 1960, marked episode 425 of CBS Radio's Gunsmoke,
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Speaker 1: Bad Seed. On the trail toward Dodge, Marshal Matt Dillon
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Speaker 1: comes upon Trudy Trent, a hungry young runaway who says
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Speaker 1: she is escaping her father. Dillon takes her back to
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Speaker 1: the isolated Trent farm to learn what lies behind her flight,
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Speaker 1: but his decision soon carries the matter into Dodge. William
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Speaker 1: Conrad stars as Dylan, with Eve McVeigh as Trudy Trent,
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Speaker 1: Sam Edwards as Asa Trent, and the familiar voices of
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Speaker 1: Parley Bear, Howard McNair, and Georgia Ellis. Norman MacDonald wrote, produced,
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Speaker 1: and directed. Here is the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's
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Speaker 2: just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers,
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Speaker 2: and that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of
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Speaker 2: gun smoke.
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Speaker 2: Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that
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Speaker 2: moved west with young America.
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Speaker 4: And the story of a man who moved with it.
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Speaker 4: I'm that man. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first
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Speaker 4: man they look for and the last they want to meet.
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Speaker 4: It's a chancy job. And it makes a man watchful.
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Speaker 4: And a little lonely. It had been a long, hard
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Speaker 4: ride to Fort Larner, and as it turned out, a
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Speaker 4: useless one. The prisoner Colonel Matthews had been holding for
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Speaker 4: me died before I could get there, so I spent
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Speaker 4: the night at the fort and then started back for
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Speaker 4: Dodge the next morning. The trip back was more pleasant.
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Speaker 4: A breeze from the Rockies swept across the high plains,
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Speaker 4: and it was cool for the first time in weeks.
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Speaker 4: And now camp for the night, just a day's ride
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Speaker 4: out of Dodge, I was looking forward to a bath
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Speaker 4: and a shave at Mr. Teeter's. I must have been
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Speaker 4: asleep for some time when a sound awakened me. Somebody
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Speaker 4: was standing just outside the circle, a light cast from
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Speaker 4: the dying fire. All right, hold it. Now you raise
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Speaker 4: your hands and you walk in here slow. Keep coming.
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Speaker 4: Right up to the fire. Now just stand it. Is
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Speaker 4: there anybody with you?
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Speaker 3: No.
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Speaker 5: I'm alone. Please, mister. I didn't mean any harm.
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Speaker 4: What are you doing here?
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Speaker 5: I was hungry. Thought maybe I could get some food.
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Speaker 4: Well, I might have shot you.
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Speaker 5: I'm awful hungry, mister. I've been sitting out there watching
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Speaker 5: your fire. I thought you were asleep.
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Speaker 4: Well, there's some side meat in that fry pan that's cold,
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Speaker 4: but you can have it if you want.
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Speaker 5: Thank you, mister.
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Speaker 4: You really were hungry, weren't you?
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Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 4: What did you eat last?
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Speaker 5: This morning. Just before I ran away.
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Speaker 4: Ran away? That's right.
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Speaker 5: I ran away from home.
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Speaker 4: I see. What's your name?
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Speaker 3: Trudy.
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Speaker 5: Trudy Trent.
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Speaker 4: Well, where is it, Trudy? Your home.
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Speaker 5: About 40 miles from here. What's your name?
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Speaker 4: Dylan, Matt Dylan. I'm the U.S. Marshal in Dodge.
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Speaker 6: Dodge?
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Speaker 5: That's right where I'm headed.
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Speaker 4: Now look, Trudy, Dodge is a long way from here.
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Speaker 4: A whole day's ride. Don't you think you'd better ride
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Speaker 4: back home tomorrow and think about this a little? Your
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Speaker 4: parents are going to be a little worried.
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Speaker 5: That's just me and Pa, Marshal. I sure ain't going
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Speaker 5: back to him.
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Speaker 4: He's probably out looking for you right now.
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Speaker 3: Pa?
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Speaker 5: He gets drunk almost every night.
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Speaker 7: Ain't likely he's out riding around on the prairie.
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Speaker 4: I see.
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Speaker 7: He's about the most terrible man ever lived, Marshal.
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Speaker 5: I could tell you things he done to me you
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Speaker 5: wouldn't believe. You want to hear?
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Speaker 4: Look, Trudy, a lot of kids don't always get along
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Speaker 4: with their pa.
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Speaker 5: I'm not a kid, Marshal. I'm old enough. I've been
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Speaker 5: old enough a long time.
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Speaker 4: Look, you're going back home in the morning. And I'm
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Speaker 4: going to ride with you to make sure you get there.
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Speaker 5: Don't you like me, Marshal?
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Speaker 4: Sure, I like you, Trudy, but you're still going home.
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Speaker 5: Don't make me go back there.
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Speaker 3: Please.
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Speaker 5: I'll do anything you want. But please don't make me
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Speaker 5: go back.
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Speaker 4: I got a blanket for you. You can sleep with
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Speaker 4: the fire.
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Speaker 5: Marshal, please.
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Speaker 4: Look, Trudy, whether you think so or not, you're still
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Speaker 4: just a kid and I'm taking you home in the morning.
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Speaker 3: The End.
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Speaker 4: In the morning, I awakened to a clear, warm day,
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Speaker 4: but the blanket I'd given to Trudy lay crumpled and
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Speaker 4: empty on the ground. For a minute, I thought she'd
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Speaker 4: run off. Then I heard splashing from the other side
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Speaker 4: of the willows. She was taking a swim. A few
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Speaker 4: minutes later, she was out, dressed, and we were breaking camp.
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Speaker 5: It was wonderful, Marshal. You should have tried it.
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Speaker 4: You ready to ride?
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Speaker 5: You're mad at me.
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Speaker 4: Trudy, you had something to eat, you got some sleep,
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Speaker 4: you had your swim, and now you're going home.
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Speaker 5: I changed my mind.
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Speaker 3: What?
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Speaker 5: I changed my mind. I'm not going home. I'm going
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Speaker 5: to Dodge with you.
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Speaker 4: Now, look, Trudy.
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Speaker 5: Can you think of one good reason for not taking
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Speaker 5: me to Dodge?
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Speaker 4: Dodge is no place for a girl like you.
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Speaker 5: You still think I'm too young?
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Speaker 7: Will you just wait till you see me all dressed up?
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Speaker 5: You won't think I'm too young then.
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Speaker 4: You belong at home, Trudy. Now, let's get mounted.
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Speaker 5: Marshall.
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Speaker 4: What?
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Speaker 5: If you want, you can marry me. And you want
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Speaker 5: to marry me?
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Speaker 4: It's not going to work, Trudy. I told you, you
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Speaker 4: belong at home with your pa, and that's where you're going.
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Speaker 5: And you keep talking about how Dodge is no place
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Speaker 5: for a decent girl.
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Speaker 4: We're wasting time. Let's go.
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Speaker 8: Let's go.
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Speaker 5: Well, there it is, Marshal. You can see we don't
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Speaker 5: make out too good.
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Speaker 4: This is hard land, Trudy.
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Speaker 7: Any land's hard for Pa. He had a pretty good
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Speaker 7: farm once, but he left it.
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Speaker 4: Why?
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Speaker 5: He had to.
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Speaker 7: Neighbors run him off for stealing stock.
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Speaker 5: He told me about it one night when he was drunk.
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Speaker 7: He laughed fit to kill.
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Speaker 5: Marshal, will you stay the night and think about taking
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Speaker 5: me away with you?
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Speaker 4: We'll see.
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Speaker 5: Come on. Let's go in and get this over with.
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Speaker 3: Pa?
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Speaker 1: Hey, Pa.
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Speaker 6: Hey, where did you run off to, girl?
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Speaker 5: I guess she was worried some, huh?
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Speaker 6: You sash me and I'll fit you a clout.
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Speaker 5: This is Marshal Stillen, Pa, from Dodge.
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Speaker 6: What you bringing the law out here for?
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Speaker 5: He brought me home, Pa.
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Speaker 2: You what?
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Speaker 7: I ran away yesterday morning.
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Speaker 5: Marshall brought me home.
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Speaker 6: I ought to tell you, good girl.
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Speaker 9: Running off that way.
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Speaker 5: Worried about who'd do the chores, weren't you, Pa?
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Speaker 9: Now, don't you talk like that, girl.
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Speaker 6: I missed you. I missed you something fierce.
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Speaker 5: I'll bet you did.
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Speaker 6: I worried so much that I didn't hardly eat nothing.
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Speaker 5: But you sure have been drinking enough, though.
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Speaker 6: Hey, Marshal, don't you pay her no mind. She's my
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Speaker 6: little girl, and I care a whole heap for her.
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Speaker 5: Listen to him. Don't I make you sick, Marshal?
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Speaker 4: I'll spend the night like you asked, Trudy. Now I
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Speaker 4: better take care of the horses.
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Speaker 6: What's this with you? Just about spending the night?
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Speaker 5: I asked him to, Pa.
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Speaker 8: Well, first, we don't need him around here.
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Speaker 5: And I'll tell you something else. Tomorrow I'm riding the
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Speaker 5: Dodge with him to stay.
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Speaker 6: You're what?
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Speaker 5: I'm leaving you, Pa, for good and all.
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Speaker 9: No, I'm not.
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Speaker 5: I'll leave you. Don't you hit me, Pa.
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Speaker 4: Now look, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Trash.
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Speaker 6: I'll tell you the truth.
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Speaker 4: You take her away, I'll come to charge.
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Speaker 6: I'll tell people what you done, young girl like that.
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Speaker 4: Why don't we wait and talk about all this later, huh?
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Speaker 4: When you're sober.
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Speaker 6: Well, I don't know as I aim to get sober.
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Speaker 6: But I know one thing for sure. You ain't taking
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Speaker 6: Trudy away.
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Speaker 5: Never mind him, Marshal. You go take care of the horses.
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Speaker 5: I'll find something for suckers.
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Speaker 6: Drunk or sober, I'll say just one thing. Just don't
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Speaker 6: mess with me and my Trudy. Just don't mess.
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Speaker 4: The Trent farm wasn't much of a place inside or out.
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Speaker 4: The front room where we ate was just a broken stove,
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Speaker 4: a couple of bunks, and burlap hung over the two
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Speaker 4: one-glass windows. Supper was some boiled greens and sheepherder's bread,
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Speaker 4: which Asa used to sop up his plate.
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Speaker 5: You eat like a hog, Pa.
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Speaker 6: He's got a real sharp tongue, ain't he, Marshal?
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Speaker 4: She can talk, all right. Oh, yeah, she can do everything.
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Speaker 5: Sure. Cook, clean, fetch, carry, feed the stock, anything.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I taught her them things.
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Speaker 3: And a lot more.
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Speaker 4: I'll bet. And it's cheaper than hiring somebody.
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Speaker 7: Even cheaper than getting married, ain't it, Pa? Because if
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Speaker 7: you're married, you'd have another mouth to feed.
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Speaker 4: Ah, don't talk like that.
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Speaker 3: You know, you're my little girl.
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Speaker 6: We have good times together, don't we?
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Speaker 5: It's a palace of joy, Pa.
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Speaker 4: Now, Trudy girl.
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Speaker 7: You know how we celebrated Christmas, Marshall? Pa got drunk
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Speaker 7: and set me on fire. I had to run out
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Speaker 7: and roll in the snow or I'd have burned up.
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Speaker 7: And he wouldn't let me back in.
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Speaker 5: I'm here froze to death.
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Speaker 6: Well, I'm going to go out to the barn and
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Speaker 6: get me another jug of whiskey.
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Speaker 4: The one under the bed's empty.
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Speaker 1: I'll get myself a mug.
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Speaker 5: Well, Marshal, what do you think now? Still think I
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Speaker 5: shouldn't go on to Dodge with you?
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Speaker 4: Is he always like that?
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Speaker 5: Not always. Right now, he's kind of on good behavior
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Speaker 5: on account of you being here.
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Speaker 4: I see.
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Speaker 5: Dodge couldn't be worse than this, could it?
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Speaker 4: No, I guess not.
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Speaker 5: Then will you take me, please?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll take you.
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Speaker 5: Honest?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, but your pa's gonna make a fuss. There's gonna
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Speaker 4: be trouble.
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Speaker 5: You afraid of him?
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Speaker 4: No, it's not that. I just don't want anybody hurt.
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Speaker 5: Well, ain't I worth fighting for?
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Speaker 3: Just a little?
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Speaker 4: Now, Trudy, I want you to get something straight. I'd
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Speaker 4: do the same for anybody. Now, look, the first thing
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Speaker 4: in the morning.
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Speaker 5: Pa, how long you been standing there?
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Speaker 6: Marshal, you can sleep in the barn.
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Speaker 4: Fine. You'll find a good spot right at the edge
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Speaker 4: of the loft.
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Speaker 6: You'll like it fine there.
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Speaker 4: You'll sleep good, too. The barn was warm and filled
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Speaker 4: with the smell of sweet hay. As I drifted off
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Speaker 4: to sleep, the figures of Trudy and her father turned
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Speaker 4: and twisted my mind. Then suddenly I was awake again,
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Speaker 4: wide awake, because somebody was moving toward me across the
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Speaker 4: barn floor. For a moment I thought it was Trudy,
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Speaker 4: and then I saw the rifle in his hand. Hold it, Trent. Die, blast, ye... Asa. Asa. Pa!
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Speaker 5: Where are you, Pa?
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Speaker 2: Marshall?
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Speaker 4: In the barn, Trudy. What happened?
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Speaker 5: Did he shoot you? No. I heard him get up
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Speaker 5: and go out, and I followed as soon as I could.
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Speaker 5: Is he dead?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: He shouldn't have tried it.
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Speaker 4: Trudy, I'm sorry.
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Speaker 5: Don't be. He had it coming.
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Speaker 4: You go on back to the house. It'll be dawn
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Speaker 4: in an hour. I got some work to do here.
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Speaker 5: I ain't gonna stay on this rotten farm now, Marshal.
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Speaker 5: That's for sure.
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Speaker 4: You get your things together, Trudy. We'll leave for Dodge
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Speaker 4: as soon as it's light. Just as the sun was
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Speaker 4: breaking over the horizon, Trudy and I rode away from
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Speaker 4: her father's ranch for the last time. She never once
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Speaker 4: looked back, but I did. The roof sagging at one end,
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Speaker 4: the boarded windows, the unwatered patch of corn, the makeshift barn.
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Speaker 4: A small cross now stood over a stone-covered grave. It
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Speaker 4: wasn't a hard place to leave. In Dodge, I told
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Speaker 4: Kitty about the whole affair, and she promised to give
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Speaker 4: the girl a hand. So she put Trudy to work
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Speaker 4: in the long branch, so she could keep an eye
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Speaker 4: on her that way.
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Speaker 3: Hello, Matt.
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Speaker 4: Hey, you're doing quite a business.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, sit down.
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Speaker 4: Oh, thanks. Well, how's Trudy working out?
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Speaker 3: Oh, fine, I guess.
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Speaker 4: What do you mean, you guess?
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Speaker 3: It's a little soon to know yet. That girl's got
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Speaker 3: a mind of her own.
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Speaker 4: Any trouble?
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Speaker 3: Well, no, no trouble at all. She's over there at
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Speaker 3: the bar now, talking with Gar Klein.
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Speaker 4: Gar Klein?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that nice-looking kid there.
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Speaker 4: Now, who's he?
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Speaker 3: I don't know too much about him. Never used to
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Speaker 3: come in here too much. I think maybe he's in
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Speaker 3: love with Judy.
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Speaker 4: In love?
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Speaker 3: What's the matter? You jealous?
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Speaker 4: I don't start that, Kitty.
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Speaker 3: Well, I know one thing. The girl's got quite a
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Speaker 3: case on you.
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Speaker 4: She's just a kid. It won't last.
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Speaker 3: I don't know about that. A U.S. Marshal's a good
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Speaker 3: catch for a girl.
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Speaker 4: She meets a lot of men here. Maybe she'll forget
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Speaker 4: about it.
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Speaker 3: From what I can see, Gar doesn't let her meet
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Speaker 3: many men. He's so jealous he won't let her out
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Speaker 3: of his sight.
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Speaker 4: I guess they're both pretty young.
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Speaker 2: Ha!
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Speaker 3: Don't underestimate young love matters. Besides, this has been going
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Speaker 3: on for three days now.
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Speaker 5: I saw you come in, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: How are you, Trudy?
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Speaker 5: Gar says he never met you.
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Speaker 4: Hello.
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Speaker 9: Marshal?
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Speaker 4: You new in town, Gar?
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Speaker 5: Gar hasn't been here much longer than I have, Marshal.
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Speaker 5: But he's staying on, ain't you, Gar?
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Speaker 4: Yes, I am. Well, that's good.
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Speaker 8: I've been promised a job of work out at Emmett
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Speaker 8: Bower's place. Then when I'm able, I'm getting Trudy out
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Speaker 8: of here.
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Speaker 3: Well, the long branch isn't that bad. I keep an
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Speaker 3: eye on her when you're not around, Gar.
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Speaker 8: I thank you for that, Miss Kitty. But just the
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Speaker 8: same girl like Trudy. She shouldn't have come here in.
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Speaker 9: The first place.
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Speaker 8: She's not used to being around a saloon.
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Speaker 4: I guess you're right.
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Speaker 9: Like I say, it wasn't fitting to bring her here
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Speaker 9: at all.
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Speaker 5: Now, don't drop like that. Marshall knew what he was doing.
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Speaker 5: He wanted to bring me here. Didn't you, Marshall?
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Speaker 4: Well, uh... I don't know as I had much choice.
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Speaker 5: But you did bring me. And now you're responsible for me.
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Speaker 9: No, I ain't.
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Speaker 8: There's not any such thing. I'm the one who's responsible
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Speaker 8: for you and me only.
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Speaker 9: You keep away from her, Marshall. You keep away from
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Speaker 9: now on. Come on, Trudy.
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Speaker 3: Come on. Well, you see what I mean?
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Speaker 4: All I came in here for was a quiet drink.
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Speaker 4: You know, the next time you better have Sam bring
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Speaker 4: a bucket of beer down to my office.
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Speaker 3: Oh, it's not that bad, Matt. I'll tell you what.
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Speaker 3: This time it's on the house, huh?
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Speaker 4: I guess I'm getting old, Kitty, but... somehow it rubs
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Speaker 4: the wrong way to be warned off by a youngster
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Speaker 4: who's not dry behind the ears yet.
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Speaker 3: He's just showing off, Matt.
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Speaker 4: I hope you're right, Matt. Well, how about that drink, huh? Yeah,
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Speaker 4: come in.
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Speaker 5: Evening, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Trudy, what are you doing here this time of night?
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Speaker 5: I came to see you.
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Speaker 4: Well, aren't you supposed to be working?
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Speaker 5: I asked Kitty for a few hours off. Said I
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Speaker 5: was sick.
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Speaker 4: I see.
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Speaker 5: You haven't been to Long Branch all night.
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Speaker 4: Well, I've been busy.
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Speaker 5: You don't seem very glad to see me.
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Speaker 4: Now look, Trudy, let's get this straight.
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Speaker 5: Marshall, I came here to tell you something. What? I
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Speaker 5: just thought you ought to know now. I'm going to
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Speaker 5: get married.
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Speaker 4: Well, that's fine.
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Speaker 5: To you.
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Speaker 4: Now, wait a minute. I thought you were talking about
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Speaker 4: Gar Klein.
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Speaker 3: Gar?
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Speaker 5: Why him?
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Speaker 4: Because he's in love with you. He got himself a
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Speaker 4: job at Emmett Bower's so he could save enough money
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Speaker 4: to marry you, get you a place.
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Speaker 7: Gar's just a fence-riding cowboy, and that's all he's ever
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Speaker 7: gonna be. I'm not gonna marry a man like that.
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Speaker 5: Like I said. I'm going to marry you.
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Speaker 4: Trudy, you're a foolish, romantic little girl, and I'm sure
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Speaker 4: not about to get married to you or anybody else,
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Speaker 4: not now or any time. Now, have you got that straight?
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Speaker 5: Little girl, am I?
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Speaker 4: You ask for it.
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Speaker 5: I'll teach you how to talk to a woman.
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Speaker 4: Stop it.
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Speaker 3: Stop it.
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Speaker 4: Take it.
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Speaker 5: I said stop it.
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Speaker 4: Now, you just calm down. You feeling better now?
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Speaker 5: I'll tell you how I feel.
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Speaker 7: I'm going to tell everybody in Dodge you killed my
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Speaker 7: pa and then you ran off with me.
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Speaker 5: How my pa tried to stop you and you shot
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Speaker 5: him dead and forced me to come with you.
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Speaker 4: Trudy, you listen to me. You don't really care about
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Speaker 4: me at all. Now, you be honest with yourself. You
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Speaker 4: just want to be a U.S. Marshal's wife. Isn't that right?
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Speaker 2: Trudy.
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Speaker 4: Trudy, wait a minute. You try and do good for
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Speaker 4: somebody and this is what happens. Matt, you look kind
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Speaker 4: of tired. What?
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Speaker 9: I say you look tired.
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Speaker 3: Oh.
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Speaker 10: Well, just like I've always told you, Chester, you can't
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Speaker 10: burn the candle at both ends and not have it show.
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Speaker 5: Oh, she must be a handful, all right.
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Speaker 9: She's got Matt going all right.
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Speaker 10: It's a sure sign something's in the wind when they
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Speaker 10: won't even talk about it.
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Speaker 9: Yeah. Well, it even happened to me one time, Doc.
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Speaker 4: Yeah? Back in Texas it was.
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Speaker 8: And this little old gal, bless her heart, just wouldn't
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Speaker 8: give me a minute's peace.
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Speaker 4: She must have been a ridge-running beauty.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 9: Well, now she wasn't too bad, Mr. John.
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Speaker 10: Say, you better get married, Matt. It's a whole lot
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Speaker 10: easier in a man than all this court.
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Speaker 4: I'd just hate to do this to you, gentlemen, but
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Speaker 4: I'm going to have to leave. Don't forget my check
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Speaker 4: when you leave, huh? Steak, eggs, and coffee.
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Speaker 9: Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Matt!
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Speaker 3: Matt!
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Speaker 9: Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Huh? Oh, gar.
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Speaker 9: I've been looking for you.
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Speaker 4: Now, what's the trouble?
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Speaker 9: I heard all about it.
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Speaker 4: All about what?
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Speaker 9: Trudy told me last night. She told me everything.
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Speaker 4: You've been drinking?
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Speaker 9: Last night I was, but not now.
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Speaker 4: I see.
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Speaker 8: Last night, Trudy told me how you shot her paw
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Speaker 8: so she could run off with it.
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Speaker 4: Now, wait a minute, Gar.
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Speaker 9: Now you got a hearing dodge and you don't want
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Speaker 9: her no more.
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Speaker 4: Gar, will you listen to me? Trudy's lying to you.
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Speaker 4: You're a fool to believe all that talk.
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Speaker 9: I love her, Marshal, and she loves me. And I
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Speaker 9: ain't going to have you make sport of her.
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Speaker 4: I'm not trying to hurt her. I haven't said anything
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Speaker 4: against her. Can't you see this is what she wants?
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Speaker 4: She's trying to make you jealous, trying to get back
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Speaker 4: at me for turning her down.
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Speaker 9: I'm going to kill you, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: You better just go along, son. We can talk about
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Speaker 4: this later.
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Speaker 9: Not hardly, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Gar, don't be a fool.
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Speaker 8: This is for Trudy and what you've done to her.
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Speaker 5: Gar.
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Speaker 9: Why don't you finish me off?
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Speaker 3: Why don't you.
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Speaker 4: You're not hurt bad, son. You're going to be all right.
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Speaker 4: What in the world happened, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Dillon?
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Speaker 9: Aren't you all right, Vic?
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Speaker 4: Yeah. Doc, see to this boy here, huh? And that
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Speaker 4: Chester can take him over to the jail till he
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Speaker 4: cools off.
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Speaker 5: Where are you going?
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Speaker 4: Down to the Long Branch. I'm going to have a
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Speaker 4: talk with Trudy Trent.
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Speaker 5: I heard the shooting, Matt.
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Speaker 3: What was it?
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Speaker 4: Gar Klein, but I'll tell you later. Right now, we're
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Speaker 4: going to find Trudy.
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Speaker 3: It won't be too easy, I'm afraid.
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Speaker 4: Well, easy or not, I'm going to find her and
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Speaker 4: I'm going to run her out of town. Trudy's caused
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Speaker 4: all the trouble she's going to around here.
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Speaker 3: She's already gone, Matt.
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Speaker 4: What?
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Speaker 3: What happened to Gar? Did you shoot him?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, but he'll be all right. What's this about Trudy?
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Speaker 3: Well, last night, Gar was in here with Trudy and
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Speaker 3: she got him pretty drunk. From what I could tell,
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Speaker 3: they were talking about you. Later, Gar passed out, and
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Speaker 3: I had Sam put him in the back room to
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Speaker 3: sleep it off. That's when Judy met the gambler.
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Speaker 4: Gambler?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, from St. Louis. He came in last night, late,
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Speaker 3: real late, on his way to San Francisco. Judy was
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Speaker 3: at loose ends, and she got to talking with him,
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Speaker 3: and they left together just half an hour ago in
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Speaker 3: the morning stage.
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Speaker 4: I see. I guess maybe he was a better catch
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Speaker 4: than Gar Klein.
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Speaker 3: He looked like he was pretty rich. Fancy clothes and all.
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Speaker 3: so I suppose she figured he was better than you
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Speaker 3: two since she finally figured out she'd never get you.
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Speaker 4: It's too bad about Gar. But I guess he was
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Speaker 4: trying to do the right thing, at least the way
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Speaker 4: he saw it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Trouble is, she never really cared for him at all.
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Speaker 4: He was fighting for just a lot of shadows.
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Speaker 3: Well, maybe that's better than not fighting for anything at all.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess you're right, Kitty. I guess you're right.
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Speaker 3: THE END.
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Speaker 2: Produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, stars William
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Speaker 2: Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S.
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Speaker 3: Marshal.
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Speaker 2: The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Norman McDonald
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Speaker 2: with editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast
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Speaker 2: were Eve McVeigh and Sam Edwards. Harley Bear is Chester,
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Speaker 2: Howard McNair is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
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Speaker 1: You have been listening to Gunsmoke Bad Seed. Good night,
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Speaker 1: and may the radio dial bring you another memorable hour.