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Gunsmoke - Yorky

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Duration:: 32m
Broadcast on:: 28 Jun 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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My son saw him in time to warn me, and we put up a standoff fight in them. Arapahoes didn't get a single horse. Well, what's the trouble then? We got the kid. He's still there, wilder than a deer. He got shot in a leg a little. We brought him into the house after. I want to know what to do with him, Marshall. Well, how old is the boy, Mr. Brandt? Hard to say. I bet he's 12 or under. That's pretty young to be on a Raiden party. Yeah, it sure is. But he's awful wild. He's tried to kill me twice already. Then why don't you turn him over to a reservation somewhere? They'll take care of him. I can't do that, Marshall. It wouldn't have him. Why not? Well, he ain't an Indian. He's a white boy. A white boy? Sure acts like an Indian, though. I think he's been living with him or Applehose a long time. Well, I don't know what I can do about it, Mr. Brandt. One thing is sure, Marshall. I can't keep him no more. And you don't seem right, you know, for a white boy to go back, living among them or Applehose. Yeah. So you've got to come up there with me and do something about him. Mr. Brandt, after you asked Marshall, I'm hired to keep the piece not to play nurse-made orphans. There was only man I've heard of around here that I thought might help that boy. Well, if you want, you want. Just run him off into the prairie, I guess. All right. All right, Mr. Brandt. We'll ride back with you in the morning. I don't see nobody around, Mr. Brandt. Oh, my son will be out in the cattle this time of day. I told him I locked that kid in the potato cellar when he had to leave the house. Is that it over there? That's it. He'll be in there. He'll be in there. He'll be in there. He'll be in there. He'll be in there. I don't see nobody around, Mr. Brandt. Oh, my son will be out in the cattle this time of day. I told him I locked that kid in the potato cellar when he had to leave the house. Is that it over there? That's it. He'll be in there. Just open the door, Marshall. Maybe he'll come out. All right. Chester, grab him if he runs. Yes, you can watch out for him. He'll do anything that kid. Hey, kid. Come on out. Stand back now. What? Well, look at him. You hardly know he was a white boy, Mr. Dylan. Hello, son. You've come to kill me, haven't you? Oh, my goodness. Nobody's going to kill you, son. We're here to help you, that's all. You look pretty weak to me. Is it that hole in your leg or haven't they been feeding you? He won't eat, Marshall. At least he wouldn't when I left. You've been eating, kid? No. You know what I mean? It's easier to be tortured on an empty stomach. Oh, now, son. Nobody's going to torture you. Nobody's going to kill you. I'd just like to have a look at that leg where you got hit. I'm all right. Come on, let's go on the house and see for sure. No. Well, he's fading. I got him. Oh, the poor little kid. Why haven't you done anything about this bullet in his leg, Brian? I tried, Marshall. You wouldn't let me near it. Try to fight me. Well, he can't fight now. Come on, show me where to put him. I carried the boy into the house. Laid him out on a bed and went to work. He came, too, in the middle of it. But he didn't move a muscle or utter a sound. The bullet wasn't very, very deep. I dug it off, cleaned the wound as best I could. When it was over, I got some strong tea down him and then he went to sleep. A couple of hours later, I noticed he'd waked up and I went over to the bed. You fixed my leg? Sure, of course I did. Why? Oh, you might have died if I hadn't. A wound like that gets infected. A rapper who's don't care if their prisoners die. Well, you're not a prisoner here. Yes, I am. Look, what's your name, anyway? Yorkie? Well, is that all? It's all I remember. Is that what the Europa hose got? Yes. They won't give me another name 'til I'm a brief. Yorkie is a white man's name. What are your parents? Killed in a raid, they told me. I've been a rapper, whoever, since. What was your father's name, do you know? I was too young. Well, then how come you remember English so well? An old man of the tribe makes me talk every day. I don't know where he learned, but he says it'll come to you later when I'm a brave. In our wars against the white man. You're a white man, Yorkie. Yes, but I live with the rapper, of course. Well, you're dead, but you're back among your own people now. You gotta learn to live a different life. No. Wait, you mean you want to go back with the Indians? First I have to make a big coup. Make a big coup? What for? I'll be killed if I don't. What are you talking about? I allowed myself to be seen and expose the raiding party. So I'll be killed if I don't make a coup and return with a scalp or some horses. You? A kid like you? Unless you kill me first. Oh, Yorkie, if I was going to kill you, why did I take that bullet out of your leg? I don't know. Well, nobody's going to kill you, now you just get that out of your head and you're not going to kill anybody either. Still any horses, so forget about it. If I make a big coup, my mistake on the raid will be forgiven. And I'll be the youngest brave in the whole tribe. Well, we'll argue about that later. But what were you done on this raid in the first place? A white boy must prove himself many times. It's harder than for an Indian. That's why they let me go. Oh, I see. You got quite a problem, haven't you? But right now, why don't you go back to sleep for a while, huh? I'll have some soup for you when you wake up. ♪♪ Oh, good morning, Mr. Brand. Good morning, Chester. Marshall. Good morning. Your son left a few minutes ago. He would be back for the evening. Yeah, and I ought to be out with him. We're all through, but our cookies made. Oh, just coffee for me. All right. Well, what are you gonna do about the kid, Marshall? There's not much I can do, Brand. You can't leave him here. Well, I didn't bring him here. Here you are. Marshall, I'm serious. Even if it was an ordinary kid, I got no way to raise him. And this one is bad. I told you, you've been after me twice already. He needs a scalp to take back. It's a matter of life or death with him. He ain't taking mine. You really think he might kill somebody, Mr. Dylan? Left the one, yes. But he's so young. Well, I heard Billy the kid killed a man when he was 12. Age doesn't seem to matter much. Well, can't you talk him out of it? Show him it's wrong. I've tried, but Yorkie thinks like an Indian. He doesn't know anything about the white man's world. Eh... How's he feeling this morning? Well, I'd hope this fever would be down, but it isn't. He needs a doctor, that's what? Yeah. By the way, Brent, is this one of your guns? Where'd you get it? Yorkie had it when I went in there this morning. But he was too weak to use it. Well, I told you it's a bad one, Marshall. He'll kill someone yet. All Yorkie understands right now is kill or be killed, Brent. Eh, if you've got a wagon, we'll take him in a dodge. ♪ Say, what goes on at your house at breakfast? Well, you can take it from me. The best thing that can go on your breakfast table is post-toasties. Yes, sir, post-toasties, the heat-good cornflakes. Those gold-and-crisque cornflakes are the best thing that's happened to corn since the Indians discovered it. You know how to prove it? Well, just pour out breakfast bofos of post-toasties for your whole tribe. Then watch how they enjoy 'em. Post-toasties are crisp and tasty. From the first bite down to the last spoonful, that sweet, kernel corn flavor makes your breakfast. So always ask for post-toasties, the heat-good cornflakes. Post-toasties, heat-good cornflakes, the best thing that's happened to corn since the Indians discovered it. Heat-good cornflakes, post-toasties, heat-good cornflakes. Remember, post-toasties is one of the famous triple-wrapped post-serios, guaranteed fresh or triple your money back. Now back to gun smoke. ♪♪ On the drive into Dodge, Yorkie never moved or never said a word. I look back at him from time to time and tried to put myself in his place. Here was a boy whose only experience of life had been with a war-like tribe of Indians, a tribe which he couldn't even go back to without a white man, scallopers and stolen horses. Now this in itself would be a problem for a grown man. But little Yorkie also thinks of a prisoner sooner or later to be killed. There was no wonder that, during the next few days, as he lay on the couch in Doc's office, he watched us with wild, restless eyes. In spite of his obvious courage, I think he was a little frightened. And when Doc was suddenly called out on a case in the contrary for several days, I had an idea. And I sent Chester to find Kitty. You want me to nurse him? Is that it, Matt? Hardly, but also I thought maybe you could talk to him a little. It's hard for him to trust a man. I know, Chester told me about it. He'll be well enough pretty soon to get into trouble, bad trouble. I'll do what I can. Where is he in the front room? Yeah, on Doc's couch and Kitty tried to get him to eat something. I haven't had much luck. But you stay here. Hello, Yorkie. Who are you? My name's Kitty. I wouldn't take care of you. Why? Because you're sick. Wouldn't you take care of somebody you're sick? Not an enemy. We're not enemies, Yorkie. Even if we were, I'd take care of you. Prisoners get willed by themselves, or they die. Not me, they don't. Anyway, you're not a prisoner. You can leave any time you want to. Is that the truth? Of course it is. Unless you do something wrong, like killing or stealing. But let's not talk about all that. I want to know about you. All sorts of things, what it was like with the Arapahoes, or what you remember about when you were younger? I won't tell any secrets. I don't want to know any secrets, Yorkie. But maybe you can tell me, well, did you have a mother in the tribe? Tell me about that. I'm a white boy. They've never let me have a mother. Anyway, I was big enough I didn't need one. Do you ever want one, Yorkie? I don't know. I guess so, sometimes. It's better to have a mother. Mine was killed in a raid when they found me. I know. Do you remember her at all? No. Sometimes I think I do. Sometimes when I'm asleep there. What do you remember about it then? I don't know. Just a feeling, I guess. Sort of like being warm. Is that what it's like? Yeah. I think that's what it's like, Yorkie. Very much like that. I'm hungry, Kitty. Do you let me have something to eat? Of course I will, Yorkie. Of course I will. Kitty spent as much time with Yorkie as she could manage. And whenever she'd been with him, he always seemed calmer and less frightened. And we began to have hopes that maybe the boy would take to his new life after all. Chester and I were busy and except for taking some food up now and then we turned Yorkie's care over to Kitty completely. When'll that be back, Mr. Dylan? I forgot to tell you, Chester. He sent word he'd have to be out there another day. I guess Ms. Taylor's been mighty sick. You think maybe Yorkie could just live with Doc? I don't know what to do with him, Chester. We sure got to do something with him. Where's Yorkie? He's upstairs, Kitty. Have you been up there today? Have you seen him? No, I thought you were with him. I couldn't get here till now. Yorkie's gone, Matt. What? I'll go take a look. I've already searched the place even there. Well, let's look in the street, Chester. Maybe somebody's seen him. You better find him. That's all I can say. Yeah, we'll find him, Kitty. Don't worry. Maybe he's got hold of a gun. And I hope not. Anyway, if he's as smart as I think he is, he'll locate a horse that got away on first. Maybe a couple of them. Just come out to begin to think he was going to settle down a little. She never know. But I still got faith in that kid somehow, Chester. Oh, here, let's cross over to Moss Gremick's stable there, huh? All right. There's Moss, Matt. Inside there. Yeah. Moss? Oh, Marshall, Chester. Oh, Moss? Yeah, I was going to come see you, Marshall. Oh. That kid and you brought in the other day I caught him trying to steal one of my horses. You got Yorkie? That is named... Where is he, Moss? Back here. He put up quite a fight for a sick boy, Marshall. A little wildcat. I had to tie him up, finally. I'll throw him in the saddle room there. He sure means him. There he is. A little double. You'll hang it. Give me your knife, Chester. Oh, don't untie him. I'll handle him, Moss. Here you are, Marshall. Don't. Yorkie, I'm sorry this happened there. I'd have given you a horse if you'd have asked me. Now, there. I wasn't going to steal him. And what was you doing riding him out of that stall, young fellow? Wait a minute, Moss. Yorkie, you say you weren't going to steal him? No. What were you doing, then? Kitty didn't come, and I got lonely. I don't know. Well, I think I do, Yorkie. You just wanted to be around something familiar, something you know. Isn't that right? I guess so. And you've lived with horses all your life. You know him pretty well. So you came over here. I wasn't going to steal him. I just wanted to get on him. You know, I have to believe the boy. He's telling the truth, Moss. Yorkie, I'm sorry. I treated you rough. Why don't you tell me? You are going to kill me. Me? Kill anybody? If kid, guess you don't know me very well. What are you going to do with me now? Doc, I'll be back tomorrow, Yorkie. If he says it's okay for you to stay up when you can. I mean time, Kitty will be there. All right. Tell me what, Yorkie. You get well. You come over here. I'll give you a horse to ride. You will? Sure. I got lots of horses. You can take your pick. What if I steal them? I've had horses stole before. I don't understand you. It trusts you, Yorkie. We all do. You shouldn't. You shouldn't trust anybody. Maybe not, but we do anyway. Moss, I got an idea. I don't suppose you could use a stable boy around here, huh? Some kid who really knows horses and who's used to hard work. Well, I don't have much money, Marshall. I could feed him a little and maybe fix him in bed in the saddle room here. Of course, a good boy is like a good horse. There's bound to be some hot blood. Try to lift my hair. I'll whoop him good. That clear young fella? You're talking about me? Of course, they're talking about you, Yorkie. One thing I can't hire nobody less than you has a whole need. Well, Yorkie don't know his last name. Well, call him anything. Kelly. Kelly. That's a good name. Yorkie. Kelly? Grimick and Kelly. Yeah, sounds all right to me. You people get out of here now. I got work to do. And when Doc says you're a fit in Yorkie, you come back. I'll be back, Moss. In just a moment, we'll tell you about next week's adventure on gun smoke. Say exciting things happen to breakfast when there's sugar crinkles at every place. Sure, new sugar crinkles make breakfast more fun than a circus. You know why? Sugar crinkles is the sugar rice treat that's just right sweet. Not too sweet, the way some sugar could cereal seem to be. And not like others that aren't sweet enough. Sugar crinkles, every golden crisp nugget of them, is just right sweet. So try starting your day off just right with new sugar crinkles. And don't forget, when you're listening to the radio or watching television, sugar crinkles make great snacks. From the bowl or from the pack, for your breakfast or a snack. Sugar crinkles are more fun than a circus. Try sugar crinkles soon. They're the sugar rice treat that's just right sweet. 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