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Gunsmoke - Beekers Barn Ralph Moody

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Duration:: 26m
Broadcast on:: 15 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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And if you don't take your boots off that stove, you're going to have two feet on the bare ground, Chester. What are you talking about? Well, your soles are starting to smoke, now take them off. Mike Dolly, I thought I smelled something burning in here. The stove's red or hot. Well, at least my feet's warm for the first time in two days. Yeah, maybe I'll rub my boots with Tallah, the leather oughta, soak it up real good, clean the hot that way. Oh, hello Kitty, come on out. Hello Kitty. Come on out. How's the night? Well, come over here to stand by the stove and burn with Chester. I can't stay, Matt. I got to get back to the long branch. Big crowd tonight? Yeah, but quiet one. Men get sentimental around Christmas time. Oh, I'm that way myself, Miss Kitty. So my Chester. I was thinking earlier this evening, what it was like when I was a little girl, we just got to go. Well, that was a long time ago. Well, why don't you steal while Kitty has got the sample on the place tonight, huh? Well, the boys sort of need me, Matt. Talk with them and laugh with them, even though they're thinking that somebody else at the time. Well, yeah, I know, but-- Well, I don't mind really. Kind of nice to be needed by somebody. What I was thinking though, Matt, later on midnight, maybe the three of us could get together. Make some hot run, maybe? It's a good idea, Kitty. Yeah, does not-- maybe I can get old Mr. Jonas to-- to rustle up some chestnuts. And I'll be counting on it. All right. I'll come here if that's all I. I'd kind of like to get away from the long branch. Oh, OK. Well, how are you, Mr. Bacon? Good evening. Well, I better get on back. I'll see you later. All right, Kitty. Come on in, sir. You look like you could stand some warming up. Marshall Dylan? Got some trouble out in my place. Oh, what kind of trouble? I've been invaded. Attacked it on my own property. Shot it. Look here. It's at their hat. Ah, well, it'd come much closer. You'd have been shot, not shot at. Who was it? A couple coming through in the wagon. They took over my barn and won't let me put a foot inside. Now, what do you mean, a couple, a man or what? I don't know whether they're a man or a wife or not. Well, maybe they just wanted shelter from the storm. Marshall, don't care what they want. They took protection of my barn without so much as to buy your leave. And I want them to throw it out tonight. And I can't believe it till morning, Jethro. No, sir. We're all seen spending the night on my property. Will Ross. Yeah. Is your daughter with him? Harmony? Marshall? I ain't got no daughter. How do you did have until two years ago when she married Ross and you threw them both off the place? For the last time, I ain't got no daughter. Yeah, I had one for 19 years, speaker. You know me for a man of my word, Marshall. Now, I'm telling you this. You don't ride back out there with me right now and get them to off my property. I'm going to burn that barn down with them inside it. 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Jethro, if I'm going to handle this, I'll handle it my own way, and I use stay right here. Come on, Chester. Yes, sir. Now, don't you go easy on them. I want them to treat it like any other criminal. You make mighty good targets again this snowman, don't you think that wind dies down, may not turn into a blizzard after all. But I just don't like the idea of walking mighty into a gun. Who is it? We got there. It's Matt Dillon. How's your fire, Will? Stay back. Good morning, Marshall. I just want to talk to you, Will. Now come out, open the door. It's cold out here. Don't, Chester, over here. No. Just me and Chester. You can come in alone, Matt. Believe you're gone out there with Chester. All right, open it up. Here, Chester, hang on with us. Mr. Young, I just don't like this. Now, we got no shorts. All right, hurry up, man. Well, welcome home, Will. You took a big chance walking up here like that. All right, doubt that. You wouldn't have shot anybody in cold blood before, I don't think a man changes that much in two years. Not unless he's pushed hard enough. Maybe. I'll take that gun, Will. You said you just wanted to talk. I do. But not over a gun, said. Now, hand it over. No, now, stay back, Matt, after me. No. Like I said, Will, a man doesn't change that much. No, I guess not. I wouldn't even have shot old Jethro. I figured that. We didn't aim to stop here, Marshall. We was trying to make dodge in the storm come down on us. A man takes shelter where he can. I wouldn't even ask him for a drink of water. Now, after the way he treated us when we got married, but we didn't have no choice. Well, there's harmony, Will. She's in the tack room, it's warmer there. I made up a bed for her with some straw and some blankets. A bed? You better go talk to her, Marshall. She'll be right glad to see you after all this time. All right. Chester. Yes, sir. Come on in. I'll be right back. All right, sir. Have you been making out? Will. Nothing bad. Harmony? Who is it? Matt Dillon. Oh. Matt. What's going on here, young lady? Oh, everything Matt. We're in trouble. We're in trouble. Well, what's wrong? You're sick? I reckon you might call it that. In a baby time now, I think. Oh. What? Oh, no. Look, don't you worry, Harmony. I'm going to get some help out here right away. Everything's going to be all right now. All right. I'll be right back. Get out of my barn off my property, Ross. Take that woman to yours, would ya? Geoff, I told you to stay outside. I'll remind you, teach it my own premises, Marshall. We'll worry about that later. Chester, go get Doc out here fast. Oh. What'll it tell him? He's miss Harmony. Sit down. Not exactly, no. What? Just got ridin', Chester. Oh, my. Yes, sir. [Music] Happy holidays from L&M. And here's how to say it to your friend. Give Modern. Give L&M Holiday Cartons. L&M Holiday Cartons are gay, handsome. 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Why didn't it have to happen? Here, left. Oh. Harmony, take it easy. Oh, Bob, he had something to hold on to. Maybe, if you give me your hand. Here, here, take my hand. Oh. Here. Oh. There you go, there you go. Oh. There you go. You know, babies first look at the world. Oh, love and joy. Not like this. Oh, pie hatein' it like he does. Oh, no. Harmony does. He does. He hates it. Willin' me, both. Well, maybe not as much as he puts on. Oh, Matt. Oh. You're right, I think. What do you mean? Oh, it's not gonna be much longer. Oh. Just take it easy. Doc doesn't get here. You'll stay with me. You'll help me once, Matt. Well, sure, it will harm me. I'll do what I can. He'll get here, though. Doc always makes it. I hope so. I hope so, Matt, but I'm afraid of you. Oh, no. See what's going on. Now, what's all this... Oh, Doc. Oh, thank goodness. So, fine time and I to drag a man out in the snow. Here, put my bag around. I can't see why you didn't plan this thing at a decent hour. Oh, young lady. Doc, I'm scared. Oh, scared. Fiddlesticks. Not a thing to worry about. Women were having youngins long before you and me was even bored. Sorry, please. Oh, well. Now, then, you just settled back here and you quit working. I'll tell you when it's time to hurt. Doc, you're minus. Well, now, Matt. Well, you're as wide as she is. Oh, well, Doc, I... Oh, you thought you was gonna have to take over by yourself, huh? You know, you go on out there and you tell that old buzzer doctor to heat up some more water. He hasn't got half enough. All right, Doc. And then stay out from underfoot. Me and Herman, he's got some work to do. Go on, now, get... Doc, howdy, y'all, fellas. Welcome to the world. My gracious, it is cold, Mr. Dylan. Stop snoring, old. Clear as a bell. There you are, Mr. Bigger. Better put some more wood on that board, you guys. It's burning down pretty low. Man, so is my wood pile. You were wasting trying to heat up barn in mid-winter. I'll cut enough to make it up for a wheelie. Eh, one thing sure, Jethra, we ain't going up beholden to you. You always was a fine one to talk. Mostly, I can back it up. You didn't with Harmony. We don't need your old man's farm, you said. We'll have us one price as big as you said. We run in a bad luck. Yeah, sure you did. And you come crawling back with your tail between your legs. Not to you, we didn't. We got caught here tonight by accident. Bad luck, accident. That's all he's born for. Just what I told Harmony when she defied me enough to marry you. That's all you listen to me, Jethra. All right, that's up. Subtle down, both of you. Well, I didn't give you back your gun just to have you start another argument. I'm sorry, Marshall. I'm just kind of on edge, you reckon? Well, it ain't no wonder when a man's got a new little boy less than a hour old. Yeah, and the rich get richer and the poor have youngens. Jethra'll shut up. Marshall, I'll remind you that all of your crash-passes are on my property. I thought we'd subtle that. I'm here because you call the law and remember? Man, you sure ain't done nothing. For some circumstances, Jethra. They'll leave as soon as your daughter's able to. You can count on that. I ain't got no daughter, Marshall. Well, anyway, while they're here, you're going to keep the peace. And he don't law against talking. There is if a talk leads to violence. Just remember that Harmony and Will don't like putting up with you any better than you like putting up with them. Real high and mighty, ain't they? And without a rough over their heads. A lot of folks might figure that makes you look worse than them. Now, what kind of talk is that, Marshall? Out with a rantsus size, a big house on it and a man your age trying to work it all by himself while his own Ken Rome the country said. Some folks might figure a man like that's got a lot of meanness in him. I told her what to expect if she married this feller. Man might tell somebody most anything when he's mad, Jethra. But it's plain stubbornness that makes him stick to it afterward. And he comes sneaking into my barn like bandits, Marshall. Didn't even knock on my door. Now you're saying how to go crawl into him? I didn't tell you what you ought to do. Man, it comes to that, though, and I ain't doing it. Don't worry, Jethra. We don't want no part of your rants, and it ain't being offered to you. I worked mighty hard to make this place look what it is. A little peace and quiet out here wouldn't do the patient any harm, you know. How is she, Doc? Is she going to be all right? She's fine. And so is the enemy. She'll live to have a dozen mourns. And he'll go up and probably come to a bad end. And like being a Marshall or a country doctor. Oh, now young lady, I'll be back in the morning. You get yourself some sleep. All right, Doc. But would you tell my poor-- If you've got any telling to do, you do it yourself. Poor. Poor? Well, answer your old crew she's talking to you. Yes, what is it? Paul, would you come in here and say, howdy to your grandson? Grandson. Did she say, "My grandson?" Of course he's your grandson. Well, I hadn't thought of that. My grandson. Wait a minute, I don't know. Oh, you just got through claiming you didn't even have a daughter. Tom found it, Marshall. You're trying to put words in my mouth. Of course you got a daughter and a grandson. Man, there's finer boys you could ask for. Yeah. Well, what? Well, I'd-- I'd be much obliged to hear if we could shake hands and kind of forget about things. Well. Can't see no reason not to, Jeffle. Yeah, good. Good. Now, come on, Will. Let's look him over. Back, golly. Grandson. Oh, look at him, the crazy old fool. Youngens born every day. It's nothing to get all worked up about. Do you fool him, Doc? Huh? Nobody. Well, what are we going to do? Head back to town? Might as well, Doc. You know, they'll probably have some ups and downs yet, but I guess the four of them will be able to work it out. No. They'll spoil that kid rotten. Well, that ought to be a fine night after the snow quit, didn't it? Mmm. Mmm. Look at those dark non-stiles. Say, Doc, why don't you come by the office when we get in, Tom? Kitty'll be there and we thought we'd have a little something to drink. And sit around a while and talk. Oh, that sounds fine. Yeah, hold on. It's pretty near four o'clock in the morning, Mr. Dunne. That's right, Chester. Well, Mr. Kitty won't still be waiting up. Huh. You want a bet? [MUSIC PLAYING] In a moment, our star, William Conrad. Just one person can make the mistake that causes an accident. A pedestrian, passenger, or driver. Any one of us can go into the kind of solo mistake that spells trouble on the road. It can happen even though we know better. Most drivers know how their cars operate and what the traffic rules are. We know that speed kills and that alcohol and gas make a bad mixture. An impulse sometimes takes over. We show off, act defiant, or let off steam. We take the gamble that figures in the majority of accidents today. Don't be sorry later. Be sure now. Drive with courtesy and care. Use posted signs and signals. They were placed there for you to know the road ahead. Keep in mind that just one person can cause an accident when a dangerous impulse takes over behind the wheel. It's what psychiatrists call emotional immaturity. Whatever your age, on the road, grow up and live. Remember, careless driving is kid stuff. And now, William Conrad. You know, the frontier cowhand was pretty proud. And he'd fight anyone who had bad to say of his horse's hat or his saddle. The next week, it's because of an old spotted harm dog that two men nearly died. And that was the West. Gun smoke. Produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall. The story was specially written for Gun Smoke by Les Crutchfield, with editorial supervision by John Messon. The music was composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Town patterns by Tom Hanley and Bill James, featured in the cast were Ralph Moody, Vic Perron and Virginia Gregg. Harley Bear is Chester Howard McNier is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. Join us again next week for another story of the Western frontier. When Matt Dillon, Chester Proudfoot, Doc and Kitty, together with all the other hard living citizens of Dodge will be with you once more. It's America growing west in the 1870s. It's Gun Smoke. [Music] [Music] [Music] A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. You may be able to save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? Single people making less than $23,000 a year or a married couple who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. 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