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Gunsmoke - "Reluctant Violence" (Old Time Radio, 1960) · Gunsmoke | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On July 10th, 1960, CBS radio broadcast episode 431 of
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  Speaker 1: Gunsmoke Reluctant Violence. In Dodge City, Homer Lately arrives with
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  Speaker 1: a sack of gold and a public campaign against guns
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  Speaker 1: and killing. His appeal pits idealism against public hostility in
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  Speaker 1: a gun-carrying frontier town, while that conspicuous gold raises the
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  Speaker 1: stakes for Marshal Matt Dillon. William Conrad stars as Dylan
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  Speaker 1: with Parley Bear, Georgia Ellis, and Howard McNair. John Denner,
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  Speaker 1: Joseph Kearns, and Sam Edwards are also heard. Marion Clark
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  Speaker 1: wrote the broadcast, produced by Norman MacDonald. Here is the
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  Speaker 1: 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. Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad. The story of the
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  Speaker 2: violence that moved west with young America. And the story
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  Speaker 2: of a man who moved with it.
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  Speaker 3: I'm that man. Matt Dillon, the United States Marshal. The
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  Speaker 3: first man they look for and the last they want
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  Speaker 3: to meet. It's a chancy job, but it makes a
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  Speaker 3: man watchful.
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  Speaker 4: The End.
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  Speaker 5: What?
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  Speaker 6: You must be crazy going around talking like that.
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  Speaker 5: I want the man to give up his gun.
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  Speaker 7: It ain't hardly decent.
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  Speaker 8: I assure you, I'm in my right mind.
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  Speaker 9: Why, it would be a protection to all.
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  Speaker 8: A protection?
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  Speaker 7: It'd be like inviting your own killing.
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  Speaker 9: That's right, Zach.
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  Speaker 7: The man wouldn't be safe.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, he'd be safer.
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  Speaker 9: Now, you notice that I don't have a gun.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, and you ain't.
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  Speaker 7: Safe, mister.
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  Speaker 8: No one attempts to assault me.
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  Speaker 9: Well, what did you do of the day?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, what would you do?
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  Speaker 8: Well, no one has any reason.
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  Speaker 9: What did you do if somebody.
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  Speaker 7: Pushed you like that?
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  Speaker 6: And knocked you off your.
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  Speaker 9: Feet like that?
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  Speaker 8: I'd walk away from you. Oh, you'd have to get
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  Speaker 8: up first.
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  Speaker 6: Now, a gun would have.
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  Speaker 8: Come in handy now, wouldn't it, huh?
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  Speaker 7: All right, hold on there. Leave that man alone.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he kicked him.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: Bless on you.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, hey. Come on, let go of me now. That
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  Speaker 7: other fellow's running off. Let him go.
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  Speaker 6: Well, you should all let go of me too, Marshal.
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  Speaker 7: We wasn't doing nothing. You don't think knocking an old
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  Speaker 7: man down is anything, huh?
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  Speaker 8: Why, he was talking crazy, Marshal.
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  Speaker 7: So you knocked him down and kicked him? Well, you
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  Speaker 7: want to take our guns away, Marshal.
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  Speaker 8: I bet you were scared to death.
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  Speaker 9: I thought he ain't coming around, Mr. Jones.
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  Speaker 7: All right, Chester, you better go get Doc. Yeah, but
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  Speaker 7: what about me? From now on, you get out of here.
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  Speaker 7: But if anything serious is wrong with this man, I'll
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  Speaker 7: come after you. Yeah, sure, Marshal, but.
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  Speaker 5: We didn't mean no harm.
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  Speaker 9: All right, go on.
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  Speaker 7: All right, change my mind.
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  Speaker 5: Go on.
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  Speaker 7: You know, you better put your foot up on the rail, Kitty.
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  Speaker 7: Having a drink at the bar is illegal without doing that.
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  Speaker 6: Is it legal to stand here without drinking at all?
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  Speaker 7: You'd know more about that than I would, since you
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  Speaker 7: own the place.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to charge everybody
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  Speaker 6: for just standing around the back.
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  Speaker 7: I don't think you have to worry about that. Your
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  Speaker 7: customers don't waste much time without glasses in their hands.
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  Speaker 5: Sometimes I wish they would.
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  Speaker 9: It's going to save wear and tear.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Kitty.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, Matt.
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  Speaker 1: Hello, Doc.
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  Speaker 7: Hello, Doc. You going to give me one of your
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  Speaker 7: old jokes about how you knew you'd find me wasting
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  Speaker 7: time in here?
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  Speaker 9: No, not today.
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 6: It's hot outside if this is the only sensible place
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  Speaker 6: to be.
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  Speaker 5: Even for you.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, better remember he said that, Matt. It may never
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  Speaker 9: happen again.
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  Speaker 7: You're so right, Kitty.
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  Speaker 5: I'll see you two later.
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  Speaker 9: I'm going to check these things with Sam.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Doc.
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  Speaker 7: How's the old man?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, uh, old man lately? Yeah, I think he's going
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  Speaker 9: to be all right. He twisted his leg when he
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  Speaker 9: went down, and he hit his head an awful lot.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 9: I'm keeping him with me for a couple of days,
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  Speaker 9: just to keep an eye on him.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, that's good.
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  Speaker 9: Wish you'd come out and talk to him, Matt.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, very special reason.
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  Speaker 9: And I'm afraid if you don't, this thing is going
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  Speaker 9: to happen all over again.
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  Speaker 8: How's that?
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  Speaker 9: Well, this Homer isn't just an old fellow who wanders
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  Speaker 9: around the town acting strange. No, no, he's perfectly sane.
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  Speaker 9: And he's quite serious about what he's doing. Now, he
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  Speaker 9: believes with everything.
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  Speaker 5: That's in him that there's a lot of senseless killing
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  Speaker 5: and violence in places like Dodge.
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  Speaker 7: He's right about that.
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  Speaker 9: Of course he is. Of course he is. But he's
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  Speaker 9: bound and determined to wager one-man campaign about it. See,
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  Speaker 9: he's going from town to town trying to put across
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  Speaker 9: his idea wherever he goes.
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  Speaker 7: You mean he wants everybody to give up their guns, huh?
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  Speaker 9: That's it.
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  Speaker 7: Not very likely, Doctor.
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  Speaker 9: No, it isn't. But he's completely dedicated about it.
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  Speaker 5: He's packing all of his worldly goods around with him.
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  Speaker 9: He has quite a sack of gold and... He's planning
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  Speaker 9: to spend the rest of his life trying to get
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  Speaker 9: me to give up guns.
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  Speaker 7: He's likely to get himself killed if he talks too
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  Speaker 7: much in.
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  Speaker 8: A place like that. You're probably right, though, Doc.
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  Speaker 7: I'd better go have a talk with him, I guess.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm heading for the barbershop, so I'll walk away
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  Speaker 9: with you.
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  Speaker 7: All right, let's go. You know, Doc, if you get
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  Speaker 7: a haircut, nobody's going to know you. You're a fine one.
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  Speaker 9: To talk to.
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  Speaker 7: You been listening or just swilling on that whiskey?
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  Speaker 8: I was listening when that Marshal's around.
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  Speaker 7: Don't tell me what a man that is.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, like now.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, like now.
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  Speaker 5: Lou, that old fella, that.
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  Speaker 7: Homer, sounds kind of interesting.
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  Speaker 5: You might want to get a little bit better acquainted sometime, huh?
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  Speaker 8: That's what I was thinking, Harry.
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  Speaker 5: All right, then, Lou. You just finish your drink, and
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  Speaker 5: we'll think about it.
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  Speaker 6: Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Lately.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, in here.
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  Speaker 7: It's Matt Dillon. All right, if I come in? Oh,
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  Speaker 7: come in, Marshal Dillon. Come in.
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  Speaker 4: Sit down.
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  Speaker 7: Sit down. Oh, thank you. Dr.
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  Speaker 5: Adams has told me of your kindness in rescuing me
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  Speaker 5: from those ruffians.
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  Speaker 8: I want to thank you, sir. Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 7: How are you feeling?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, there's nothing wrong with me, Marshal Dillon.
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  Speaker 5: Just a bump on the head. I should be on
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  Speaker 5: my way. Doc usually knows what he's doing. You better
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  Speaker 5: stay a while if he says so. I'd be ungrateful
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  Speaker 5: if I didn't, sir. Oh, I'll stay until he releases me,
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  Speaker 5: of course. Yeah, that's good. You know a place around here? Temporarily, Marshal, temporarily.
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  Speaker 5: You know the old Miller place?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yeah, up north. It's been deserted.
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  Speaker 8: That's right, sir.
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  Speaker 5: I'm staying there till my work around Dodge City is completed.
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  Speaker 8: Your work? My mission, Marshal Dillard.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: I came to talk to you about that.
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  Speaker 5: Oh?
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  Speaker 9: I'd be glad to interest you in it, sir.
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  Speaker 8: It's quite simple. Yeah. You want people to give up
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  Speaker 8: their guns, is that it?
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  Speaker 5: There's too much shooting and violence, Marshal Dillon. There are
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  Speaker 5: too many guns.
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  Speaker 8: You're right, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Lately.
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  Speaker 7: There are.
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  Speaker 8: You mean you'll help me?
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 5: Huh? It just won't work. Guns don't work, Marshal Dillon.
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  Speaker 5: I was there at the siege of Atlanta. All that
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  Speaker 5: burning and the pillage.
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  Speaker 8: Guns didn't do us any good then.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe not.
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  Speaker 8: There has to be a day when mankind.
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  Speaker 5: Puts its guns aside and the world will end in violence,
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  Speaker 5: destroyed by its own arms.
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  Speaker 7: Now, that day may come, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Lely, but right now things are still raw and new
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  Speaker 5: around here. Man has to be able to protect himself.
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  Speaker 5: Shooting is no protection, Marshal Dillon.
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  Speaker 7: It's too early to make him believe that and dodge.
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  Speaker 9: I must continue to try.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I'm asking you not to. But is there a
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  Speaker 8: law against it, sir?
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  Speaker 7: No, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Lately, there's no law. But you could get hurt again.
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  Speaker 8: I'm fighting against violence, Marshal Dillon, but I'm not afraid. No,
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  Speaker 8: I guess you're not. But I kind of wish you were.
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 6: I can't even close his eyes when.
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  Speaker 9: He's asleep while I'm here.
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  Speaker 6: More over time like this anyway. Hey, Lou, look up there.
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  Speaker 6: There's a man reading those houses.
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  Speaker 9: How's that?
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  Speaker 5: Why don't you tell my partner here you sure do
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  Speaker 5: know how to handle that hammer?
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  Speaker 6: Well, now, I don't know if there's too much to it.
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  Speaker 7: Well, sure there is.
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  Speaker 9: I've seen fellas never get the knack, ain't you?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, sure, honey.
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  Speaker 6: Well, it ain't that he gets too much practice. Folks
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  Speaker 6: don't steal the marshal's sign very regularly. I'm trying to
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  Speaker 6: tear that down.
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  Speaker 5: That looks like a good job.
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  Speaker 8: Right nice job.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I thank you kindly.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I'll help you down.
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  Speaker 9: Well, thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 6: I declare it's nice to meet up with somebody who
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  Speaker 6: appreciates a man's work.
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  Speaker 8: I bet the Marshal appreciates your work.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know.
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  Speaker 9: Sometimes I ain't.
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  Speaker 5: So sure of that at all.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, you've got to know what's going on and all?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, well, sure, I know what's going on. That's why
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  Speaker 8: we come to you.
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  Speaker 5: We thought maybe you could help us.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I'd be proud to help.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's mighty friendly of you.
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  Speaker 8: I know.
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  Speaker 6: If a man can't take time to be friendly, he
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  Speaker 6: ain't worth much.
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  Speaker 7: That's true.
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  Speaker 9: And that's what we come to see you.
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  Speaker 7: About is a friend of ours.
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  Speaker 8: And we'd like to know where we could find him. Well,
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  Speaker 8: I know most everybody in Dodge. What's his name?
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  Speaker 7: Homer.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Well, there's Homer Park.
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  Speaker 6: But he's been dead for two years.
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  Speaker 8: Then there's Homer Lately. Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: That's the one.
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  Speaker 6: Well, now, I'm afraid I got some bad news for
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  Speaker 6: you there, too.
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  Speaker 8: Homer ain't dead, is he?
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 8: No, he ain't dead.
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  Speaker 7: He's up at Doc's, though, for a couple days.
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  Speaker 6: He was beat an awful bad head.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, well, ain't that a shame.
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  Speaker 6: Who'd want to do a thing like that, hurting a
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  Speaker 6: poor old homeowner?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 8: No, it was a terrible thing, all right.
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  Speaker 6: You want to go on up to Doc's and pay
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  Speaker 6: him a visit?
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  Speaker 5: Well, uh, I'll tell you, I always figured it'd A
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  Speaker 5: man ought to have some time.
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  Speaker 8: To himself when he's bad hurt.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, to get strong with.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, well, he'll be going home in.
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  Speaker 7: A couple days.
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  Speaker 8: That'd probably be better.
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  Speaker 7: You know, for us to wait and see him out there.
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  Speaker 8: It feels better.
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  Speaker 7: What do you think? Well, that's what I think. Sure
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  Speaker 7: it is.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Only thing is, with us new here in Dodge, I
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  Speaker 5: don't know where homeless place is.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I mean, but this is me.
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  Speaker 6: I can tell you that.
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  Speaker 7: You can?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, it is out at the little bar place just
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  Speaker 6: out of.
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  Speaker 8: Town of P.
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  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 7: You know how to get there?
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  Speaker 8: Why, sure I do.
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  Speaker 6: You head north about a mile to the first crossroad.
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  Speaker 8: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 6: Then you head east down the creek. You can't miss it.
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  Speaker 4: Well.
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  Speaker 7: Well, that's fine. We sure do.
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  Speaker 9: Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: It wasn't nothing at all.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, say, we'd like to ask you just one more thing.
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  Speaker 9: What's that?
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  Speaker 8: If you should run into our friend Homer, you know,
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  Speaker 8: don't tell him. We're going to look him up.
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  Speaker 7: We sort of want to surprise.
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  Speaker 4: Him.
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  Speaker 6: Now, that's kindly nice.
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  Speaker 8: Of course, I won't tell him. Okay, then.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you. Yeah, thank you.
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  Speaker 6: That's all right. And I won't say a thing. I
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  Speaker 6: couldn't really tell him nothing anyhow. I don't know what
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  Speaker 6: your names are.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, dear, you all right, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Petey?
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  Speaker 7: How are you?
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  Speaker 9: Ah, thank you, John. You all right, sir?
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  Speaker 7: I wish I could buy you a better dinner for
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  Speaker 7: your birthday, Kitty, but this is about all Dodge has
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  Speaker 7: to offer. That's all right, Matthew.
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  Speaker 9: I don't want my birthday remembered too well anyway.
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  Speaker 7: Come on, Kitty.
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  Speaker 8: It's not that bad.
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  Speaker 6: It's that bad for a woman as soon as she
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  Speaker 6: gets out.
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  Speaker 7: Of her teens. I'm not a woman. Sure is.
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  Speaker 9: How's the old fellow at the docks, Matt? He gone
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  Speaker 9: home yet?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, he went home yesterday. Let's hope he stays here.
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  Speaker 9: Poor old man.
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  Speaker 8: He'll be all right. He just keeps from arguing with people.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I guess if you believe in something like he does,
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  Speaker 9: you can't keep quiet.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, maybe not.
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  Speaker 9: He's right, you know.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm not kidding. I know, I know.
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  Speaker 9: You can't take off your gun right now, but... But
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  Speaker 9: he's got the right idea. It makes me sick, men
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  Speaker 9: and their senseless gunfights.
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  Speaker 8: Well, old man Lately has at least one follower.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, he certainly does. It's awful lonely when the Warriors
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  Speaker 9: need to listen to you.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I guess so.
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  Speaker 9: Good, he has friends.
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  Speaker 7: Friends? Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 8: I didn't think he knew anybody in Dodge.
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  Speaker 9: Well, according to Chester, he does.
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  Speaker 7: Oh? Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Chester said two men stopped.
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  Speaker 9: And asked him all about Homer and how he was
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  Speaker 9: getting along and where he was, where he lived.
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  Speaker 8: And Chester told them? Well, sure.
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  Speaker 6: They asked Chester not to say anything to old Homer
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  Speaker 6: about it.
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  Speaker 5: They were going to surprise him.
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  Speaker 7: I think I better pay him a visit, too.
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  Speaker 9: Any special reason?
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  Speaker 5: I'm not sure, Kitty, but it could be Homer's friends.
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  Speaker 8: Are making a surprise visit on his sack of gold.
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  Speaker 9: Sack of gold?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: And Homer insists on keeping it with him.
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  Speaker 9: You're awful suspicious about people, aren't you? They could really
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  Speaker 9: be friendly, you know.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, they could.
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  Speaker 7: But I still think I'll go out and visit Homer.
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  Speaker 4: THE END.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Lately, you're home.
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  Speaker 7: Who's there?
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  Speaker 4: Matt Dillon.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I was just a minute, Marshal Dillon.
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  Speaker 4: I'll unlock the door.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, come in, come in.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. Ah.
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  Speaker 7: Glad to get in and out of that rain.
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  Speaker 8: Pull up that chair near the stove, Marshal Dillon. I
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  Speaker 8: was just making some coffee.
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  Speaker 7: Could I offer you something?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, that'll be fine.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, yes, it's good and hot.
• 16:48
  Speaker 7: The hotter, the better.
• 16:52
  Speaker 9: There you are.
• 16:53
  Speaker 7: Ah, thank you. Ah, that's fine. Thank you. You've got
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: quite a bolt on that door of yours. Just because
• 17:06
  Speaker 7: a man doesn't wear a gun, Marshal Dillon.
• 17:07
  Speaker 8: Doesn't mean that he's foolhard.
• 17:10
  Speaker 7: I'm glad to hear that. That's one thing I came
• 17:13
  Speaker 7: to see you about. The bolt on my door? No, Mr.
• 17:17
  Speaker 8: Lely. The gold you have with you.
• 17:21
  Speaker 7: You know about the gold. News like that gets around fast.
• 17:26
  Speaker 8: Oh, sure, Dylan. Are you suspicious of my gold? I
• 17:29
  Speaker 8: assure you it's mine.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: No.
• 17:31
  Speaker 8: No, I... I just wonder if it's safe. I've always
• 17:36
  Speaker 8: been able to take care of it.
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: You're getting farther west all the time, Mr.
• 17:40
  Speaker 8: Lately.
• 17:41
  Speaker 7: Things are sometimes harder to control.
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: Especially if it's known that you don't carry a gun.
• 17:48
  Speaker 7: Have you ever thought about... Put near gold and the
• 17:52
  Speaker 7: vault at the back.
• 17:54
  Speaker 8: Oh, no, it won't be necessary.
• 17:57
  Speaker 7: I'll be glad to ride in with you when you
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: do take it in.
• 18:00
  Speaker 5: No, thank you, Marshal Dillon, but no.
• 18:04
  Speaker 7: A man has a right to keep his things with him.
• 18:06
  Speaker 8: I just want to be sure you keep it.
• 18:09
  Speaker 5: I know you mean well, Marshal Dillon.
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: Oh!
• 18:15
  Speaker 6: Do you have storms like this often in this part
• 18:17
  Speaker 6: of the country?
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: It gets this bad and worse.
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: Why don't you stay here the night?
• 18:23
  Speaker 7: Why, you can't go out in that.
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: Look there.
• 18:27
  Speaker 9: Why, you can't see ten feet in front of you.
• 18:30
  Speaker 7: Yeah, maybe you're right. Can I put up my horse
• 18:34
  Speaker 7: in the barn? Sure. There are bolts and.
• 18:38
  Speaker 9: Sacking to rub him down.
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: And then come back here.
• 18:41
  Speaker 7: You can bed down here for the night. Well, thanks, Mr. Lately.
• 18:44
  Speaker 7: I'll be back as soon as I take.
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: Care of my horse. You sure picked a fine night for.
• 18:57
  Speaker 9: Riding out here.
• 18:58
  Speaker 8: We're going.
• 19:04
  Speaker 7: Home and bed is the way we want it.
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: Well, we didn't need to stay so long on that saloon.
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: Before we got shot.
• 19:10
  Speaker 8: Oh, we did.
• 19:11
  Speaker 9: It gives the rain time to slack off.
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: Now, didn't it?
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I guess so.
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: And it gives old man time to get dead asleep.
• 19:20
  Speaker 6: Supposing he ain't?
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: Well, that don't matter much.
• 19:24
  Speaker 8: What do you mean?
• 19:27
  Speaker 5: I sure ain't going to start worrying about an old
• 19:29
  Speaker 5: man who don't even carry a gun.
• 19:32
  Speaker 7: No, well, shut up, man. Well, what are we going
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: to do? I ain't ready to tell you.
• 19:39
  Speaker 9: Just ride along.
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: Well, you don't have to tell me here. Ain't I
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: your boss?
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: I'll tell you when we get there.
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: Now, shut up. Open up, old man. Mr. Lely.
• 20:12
  Speaker 8: What was that?
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: Old man, throw the bull around.
• 20:18
  Speaker 7: You stay down, Mr.
• 20:18
  Speaker 8: Lely.
• 20:19
  Speaker 7: I'll take care of it. Did you take my gun?
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: Marshal, I.
• 20:24
  Speaker 9: I don't want any shooting.
• 20:25
  Speaker 8: There's shooting already.
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: You're in trouble. You better dig up that gun.
• 20:27
  Speaker 5: Oh, no, no, no.
• 20:28
  Speaker 9: I can handle it.
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: My gun, Mr. Lely. I'm not afraid. I'll talk to them. Now,
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: don't open that door.
• 20:42
  Speaker 8: Now.
• 20:44
  Speaker 7: They wouldn't even talk to me, Marshal. They didn't come
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: to talk.
• 20:50
  Speaker 9: I wouldn't have harmed them.
• 20:53
  Speaker 8: They'll take it easy, Mr. Lately.
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: They'll shoot you, too.
• 20:58
  Speaker 8: They're sure going to try.
• 20:59
  Speaker 6: I can't have that.
• 21:01
  Speaker 7: I can't be the cause of another man's death. Mr. Lately,
• 21:05
  Speaker 7: where's my gun? Your gun? Where is it? Just tell
• 21:08
  Speaker 7: me where.
• 21:09
  Speaker 9: Where's your gun?
• 21:09
  Speaker 7: Come on, quick, quick.
• 21:11
  Speaker 9: Back room. Over ten buckets.
• 21:14
  Speaker 8: Okay, sure.
• 21:22
  Speaker 7: Well, at least you didn't unload it.
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: Hey, Marshal.
• 21:36
  Speaker 7: Are you all right?
• 21:38
  Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm all right.
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: One of them rode off. I think I got the
• 21:42
  Speaker 7: other one.
• 21:44
  Speaker 8: You just lie easy while I check.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: You shot one?
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: Yeah, Mr.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: Lately, I shot one.
• 21:52
  Speaker 7: He's dead.
• 22:22
  Speaker 8: Oh, maybe, maybe you were right. How's that?
• 22:27
  Speaker 9: Maybe it is too soon for men to give up guns.
• 22:32
  Speaker 8: Well, tonight it is.
• 22:34
  Speaker 7: Someday, someday maybe. Yeah, Mr.
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: Lately, maybe someday men will be walking on the streets
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: of Dodge City without guns.
• 22:42
  Speaker 8: But I'm afraid I won't live to see it.
• 22:47
  Speaker 7: But somebody will, Mr. Lately. Don't forget that.
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: Produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Matt Dillon, U.S.
• 23:34
  Speaker 7: Marshal.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark,
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: with editorial supervision by John Meston. Harley Bear is Chester,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: Howard McNair is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: And so we leave Dodge City with Gunsmoke, Reluctant Violence.
• 23:50
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