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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 (gun firing)
00:17 - We got the wrong man, Bob.
00:21 That's Adam Cartwright.
00:22 Come on, let's get out of here.
00:23 (gun firing)
00:29 (gun firing)
00:31 - Who are you?
00:45 - A friend.
00:47 - A friend?
00:52 Are you sure a feather-footed one?
00:56 Who are you?
00:57 - Gerald Eskif, my name.
00:59 Here, perhaps this will relieve your mind.
01:03 - U.S. Deputy Marshal.
01:06 I can't say I'm sorry to see you.
01:09 - Who are they?
01:10 - The Clevenger brothers.
01:11 Friends of yours?
01:13 - Hardly that.
01:15 But you may have made a terrible mistake.
01:18 - Just be thankful that you're still alive.
01:23 And I'll be thankful that I've reached
01:24 the end of a long trail.
01:26 The Clevengers were wanted in California for bank robbery.
01:29 I had the unpleasant duty of killing their older brother.
01:35 He was caught robbing sluice boxes.
01:37 - So you were the one.
01:39 - I was only performing my official duty.
01:42 (dramatic music)
01:48 (dramatic music)
01:51 (dramatic music)
01:54 (dramatic music)
01:56 (dramatic music)
01:59 (dramatic music)
02:02 (dramatic music)
02:05 (dramatic music)
02:07 - Mr. Eskif, welcome to the Barbaros.
02:32 - What Adam tells me, we're greatly in your debt.
02:35 - Well, I'm happy that I was fortunate enough
02:36 to be in the right place at the right time.
02:39 - We'll try to make your stay here a very comfortable one.
02:42 Please.
02:43 - Thank you.
02:44 - We appreciate a great deal with the good brothers.
02:47 All of us.
02:48 (dramatic music)
02:50 - Adam, anything else you want to tell me?
03:00 - Oh, I still can't believe it, Pa.
03:02 I mean, I'm not selling the Clevengers short.
03:05 Probably the best bunch of renegades I've ever known,
03:06 but I just can't imagine them taking a shot at me.
03:09 - You never know with that bunch.
03:11 Old Gid Clevenger and his boys
03:12 have made their own laws for so long,
03:14 you never know when they might step over the line.
03:15 And you did have the ranch payroll with you.
03:17 - They must have thought it was somebody else.
03:20 - Now believe me, Adam, I know how you feel,
03:22 but the Marshal did have a warrant for them.
03:25 - Well, the one thing for certain,
03:26 he isn't too upset about it.
03:27 - Come on, we've got a guest to take care of.
03:30 We'll decide later what to tell Gid Clevenger.
03:31 - If he gives us a chance to talk.
03:33 - The bucolic light is not for Gerald Eskett.
03:39 - Why, I put Mr. Eskett's bag in the upstairs room.
03:41 - Thanks, son.
03:42 - Well, one would scarcely expect to encounter
03:45 the F-bag out here in the wilderness.
03:47 - Well, little Joe's mother was Louisiana French.
03:50 He likes to play around with them.
03:51 - You mean you actually use this?
03:55 - No, I fool around with it just for fun.
03:57 - Use faster and grease lightning, Mr. Eskett.
03:59 Come on, Joe, let's show him.
04:02 (footsteps thudding)
04:05 - On guard, brother.
04:08 - You should never have given those two a chance to show off.
04:11 (gun firing)
04:14 - Oh!
04:15 (laughing)
04:19 (gun firing)
04:22 - You know, they really have no intention
04:23 of killing each other.
04:24 - He has an admirable skill.
04:30 (metal clanging)
04:33 - Whack him over the head, horse.
04:36 You'll never get anywhere poking at him.
04:37 (Joe screaming)
04:38 (Joe laughing)
04:40 - Touché.
04:42 Nevertheless, your technique is not quite flawless.
04:44 When you think to the left, you're a bit off balance.
04:47 On guard.
05:01 (gun firing)
05:03 (Joe sighing)
05:06 (gun firing)
05:12 (metal clanging)
05:14 (gun firing)
05:17 (metal clanging)
05:45 (suspenseful music)
05:48 - You know, you could hurt somebody with that.
05:56 Lost the button off the point.
05:57 So I did.
06:01 This might've been fatal.
06:06 Violence as such is vulgar.
06:12 Any man who in anger takes a human life
06:15 becomes a brother of the apes.
06:17 He's an aesthetically impoverished man.
06:21 Don't you think so?
06:22 - Oh, yes, sir.
06:23 I reckon.
06:26 - And yet the skills and rhythms of disciplined violence
06:30 have beauty.
06:32 Like a painting by Rubens or Botticelli.
06:35 Unfettered by personal emotion.
06:37 Yes.
06:39 There to that simple word can be traced the downfall
06:42 of most artists and many human creatures.
06:46 Emotion.
06:48 - Yeah, that's a very interesting observation, Mr. Eskens.
06:51 I don't think I could cast you
06:53 in the mold of an average lawman.
06:55 - I've been told that.
06:57 Well, I think the elegance and hospitality of your home
07:03 have made me forget my original mission.
07:05 I'm here to visit an old friend.
07:08 - Would you happen to know a Mr. Jason Blaine?
07:11 - What, do you say?
07:12 - Yeah. - Oh, yes.
07:13 Know him, know him very well.
07:15 And his wife.
07:16 - Wife?
07:17 Jason married?
07:18 - Oh, yes, about a year.
07:20 They were married right in this very room.
07:21 - Then you do know him well.
07:23 - Well, Jason has always been a little hard to know,
07:26 but Mariette is practically a part of our family.
07:29 - Mariette.
07:30 What a charming name.
07:33 - Yes, her father was a very dear friend of mine.
07:37 When he died, he left the raising of Mariette
07:39 almost entirely to my supervision.
07:41 - Jason Blaine married.
07:44 How very, very interesting.
07:48 Is she a pretty girl?
07:50 - Well, we always thought so,
07:51 but of course we could be slightly prejudiced.
07:53 - Oh, no, my dear Adam.
07:55 I have a feeling I can trust your judgment in such matters.
07:57 Time to eat, please.
07:59 - Oh, good.
07:59 - Could I freshen up a bit before supper?
08:01 - Why, of course.
08:02 I'll show you to your room.
08:06 (gentle music)
08:08 - Adam, what are you staring at?
08:13 - Oh, I didn't realize I was.
08:16 - Look, I know you feel bad about the Clevengers,
08:21 but it's like Eskett told Hoss and me.
08:23 Bob and Bill had a beat right on your back.
08:26 He had to shoot fast in any way he could.
08:29 You ought to just be thankful he was there.
08:31 - Yeah, I'll try to remember that.
08:36 - Come on, let's have some supper.
08:37 - Right.
08:38 - And so, under the circumstances,
08:44 there was little I could do.
08:46 And that, gentlemen, is the way I shot
08:48 my first tiger in India.
08:49 (metal clanging)
08:50 - Oh!
08:51 Hey!
08:52 (metal clanging)
08:52 Oh, for heaven's sakes, number one cousin,
08:54 can't you do anything right?
08:55 Here, let me do that.
08:56 - Mr. Cartwright, take you long time to know San Francisco.
08:59 Take me long time to know Pantalosa.
09:01 I help you in San Francisco,
09:03 you help me in Pantalosa, all right?
09:06 - All right, thank you.
09:08 (laughing)
09:11 - You know, for years we had the most wonderful cook,
09:14 Hop Singh.
09:15 So he went back to Hong Kong and talked me into hiring
09:17 his number one cousin, I don't know.
09:19 - Number one cousin, doesn't he have a name?
09:22 If he's got one, he hasn't told us about it.
09:23 (laughing)
09:24 - I'm sorry about this, Harold.
09:26 - Think nothing of it.
09:27 The same thing happened when I was dining
09:28 with the Prince of Wales in Paris.
09:30 - Dab gone, Mr. Esketh,
09:31 you ain't been just about every place.
09:33 - And there's one place I never cease to enjoy going to.
09:36 - Where's that?
09:37 - Beds.
09:38 (laughing)
09:39 I've had a long ride and I'm afraid
09:41 I'm not much of a night owl.
09:42 - Joe, this has been an extremely pleasant evening,
09:44 extremely pleasant.
09:45 I'm sorry about what happened at the end of it.
09:47 Hoss and Joe, see that Mr. Esketh has everything he needs.
09:50 - Yes, sir.
09:51 - Tomorrow morning, Adam and I will ride
09:53 into Virginia City with you.
09:53 We'll show you where Jason and Marianne live.
09:55 - Fine, fine.
09:56 - Have a good rest.
09:57 - Adam, I regret the circumstances under which we met,
10:01 but I'm grateful that we did meet.
10:04 A stranger in a strange community.
10:06 It's heartening to have substantial friends.
10:09 - Good night.
10:11 - Good night.
10:12 - Mr. Esketh, did you sure enough have that old tiger cat
10:18 from the tale?
10:19 - Sure enough.
10:20 (laughing)
10:21 - That house makes the most wonderful audience, doesn't it?
10:24 (dramatic music)
10:27 - I hope you'll go along with my little whimsy
10:31 in wanting to surprise Jason.
10:34 We were such close friends,
10:35 and it's been such a long time since I've seen him.
10:37 - Are you sure you can find the house?
10:39 - My dear Adam, your directions are most explicit.
10:42 - And don't forget, we want you to spend
10:43 at least a few days with us at the ranch house.
10:45 I know Adam and the boys will want to take you
10:47 on that cougar hunt.
10:48 - Ben, I can't tell you how much I appreciate
10:50 your hospitality.
10:52 And as I told you before, there's nothing in life
10:54 I find as exciting as a hunt.
10:56 Thank you again, both of you.
11:01 - Adam, when you get through with the bank,
11:03 meet me at the hotel.
11:04 We'll have a bite to eat.
11:05 - All right.
11:05 - Come on.
11:06 (dramatic music)
11:09 (knocking)
11:28 (dramatic music)
11:31 - Pardon me, dear lady, if I startled you.
11:38 But I had wrongly assumed that no one was home
11:40 and had started to leave.
11:42 I'm glad that I was in error.
11:44 You're Mrs. Blaine?
11:45 - Yes, I am.
11:47 - The Cartwrights told me all about you.
11:49 - Are you a friend of the Cartwrights?
11:51 - And an old and dear friend of your good husband.
11:54 Gerald Esketh is my name.
11:56 - Surely, Jason has mentioned me.
11:58 - No, I don't recall.
12:03 Well, that is, I've never met any of Jason's friends.
12:06 Did you meet him in California?
12:08 - I did indeed.
12:09 My dear child, Jason's mineralogy
12:16 has surely been worthwhile.
12:18 He's found a true jewel.
12:20 - I don't know if you're making fun of me or not,
12:24 but Jason is not at home.
12:27 - Then perhaps you wouldn't mind
12:28 if I waited a while for him.
12:30 Ben and Adam have some business to transact in town
12:32 and I'm a total stranger here.
12:34 - Yes, of course, how rude of me.
12:36 Won't you come in, Mr. Esketh?
12:38 - Thank you.
12:39 - Won't you sit down, Mr. Esketh?
12:49 - Thank you.
12:53 I'll make you some tea.
12:55 - How very thoughtful of you.
12:56 What a fine likeness of Jason.
13:00 - Yes, it is, isn't it?
13:01 - Jason, good morning.
13:07 - How are you, Adam?
13:07 - Fine, did your friend find you?
13:09 - Who's that?
13:10 - Your friend from California, Gerald Esketh.
13:12 - No.
13:15 - Is there anything wrong?
13:17 - No, everything's all right.
13:21 - Esketh, is he here in town?
13:24 - Well, he stopped over at our ranch last night
13:26 and he rode into town this morning with us.
13:28 Went to your house, he wanted to surprise you.
13:30 - Thank you, Adam.
13:35 - You have some very interesting things, Marianne.
13:43 I couldn't help but notice this jewel box.
13:45 - Oh, Jason took that for saying some oar.
13:48 I'm afraid he isn't very practical.
13:51 - But he is sweet.
13:52 We've been so happy here.
13:54 - I'm sure you have.
13:55 We thought most highly of Jason in San Francisco.
13:59 How elegant these must look on you.
14:04 - Oh, they're not real pearls.
14:06 - But your beauty would make them appear priceless.
14:10 Please, may I see them on you?
14:13 (glass clinks)
14:15 - Oh, Jason, darling, there you are.
14:35 Look who's here.
14:36 - My dear Jason, after all of these years,
14:40 - Ask him.
14:41 - They're reviving the old case in Sacramento, Jason.
14:46 And they couldn't very well proceed
14:47 without the chief prosecution witness, you.
14:50 - Is this something you two gentlemen
14:52 would rather discuss privately?
14:54 - No, no, not at all.
14:56 My business as a law enforcement officer is public business
14:59 and I'm sure that you and your husband
15:00 have no secrets from each other.
15:02 - I'll fix you some tea, Jason.
15:04 (dramatic music)
15:10 (door slams)
15:12 - Have you told her of this matter?
15:30 - No.
15:32 How could I?
15:33 She's almost part of the Cartwright family.
15:35 How much have you told her?
15:38 - Nothing.
15:40 I detest emotional display.
15:42 - What's the matter, Jason?
15:49 - Nothing, Mariette.
15:52 Nothing you'd understand.
15:55 - You're not aware of all the facts, Mariette.
16:00 He has a right to be a reluctant witness.
16:03 His testimony will be against the most sinister forces
16:05 in Northern California.
16:07 They may seek retaliation.
16:09 - Retaliation?
16:11 - However, he'll be in my protective custody.
16:15 Jason, I trust you to be ready for the journey,
16:18 shall we say, at noon tomorrow?
16:19 Does that allow you enough time?
16:21 - You trust me?
16:24 - I amend that.
16:26 I trust your wife to see that you're ready.
16:30 Thank you for the tea, Mariette.
16:32 It was indeed a pleasure meeting you.
16:34 (dramatic music)
16:37 (dramatic music)
16:39 - I should never have tried to run away from it.
16:58 - Jason, what do you mean?
17:02 - I loved you so much.
17:06 I thought I had a right to a little happiness.
17:08 - But you did have, and you still have.
17:11 I won't let you go back.
17:13 We can leave, and we can make another start.
17:15 - Don't you see that that's what I tried to do,
17:17 and this is the result of it?
17:19 Nothing will change.
17:20 I've gotta go back with him.
17:22 - But he said that it would be dangerous.
17:27 I don't intend to lose you, Jason.
17:28 I love you much too much.
17:35 - Bob? - Oh.
17:36 - Have you seen Esketh?
17:38 - No, he's probably still with Jason.
17:39 Did you get that matter straightened out at the bank?
17:41 - Oh yeah. - Good.
17:41 - But as I was leaving, I ran into Jason,
17:44 and I told him that Esketh was looking for him,
17:47 and he seemed very upset about it.
17:50 Think Esketh is here as a friend to see Jason,
17:53 or is he here in an official capacity?
17:56 - Well, I don't know.
18:02 Esketh is a United States Deputy Marshal.
18:05 Of course, what do we really know about Jason?
18:07 Came in here, swept Mariette off her feet.
18:10 Of course, it's done very well.
18:11 The year he's been here, he's been very good to her.
18:13 I suppose that's all you could ask of any man.
18:16 - Yeah, well, I'd feel better
18:17 if I had a talk with Mariette and Jason.
18:18 Just ask them if there was anything wrong.
18:20 What do you think?
18:21 - I think it's a good idea.
18:23 And also remind Mariette that we still have family
18:25 for as long as she needs us.
18:27 Look, while you're over there, I'll go see Judge Rand.
18:30 (dramatic music)
18:32 (door creaking)
18:35 - Going someplace, my dear Jason?
18:44 - I was young, Esketh.
18:49 It was over five years ago.
18:52 - Time gets away from a man, doesn't it?
18:54 I'm curious, Jason.
18:57 Why didn't you go back to Ohio?
19:01 My arm isn't quite that long.
19:03 - You know I'm a mineralogist?
19:05 - Yes.
19:06 I traced you through Arizona, Idaho,
19:08 and all over the Comstock load.
19:10 You changed your name a couple of times, but I found you.
19:14 - Well, you can't take me out of Nevada territory.
19:16 - Here are the extradition papers.
19:19 I trust, Jason, you're growing tired of trying to run away.
19:24 - Everything legal and above board, huh, Esketh?
19:30 - Always.
19:31 Which reminds me, I must present my credentials
19:35 to your local judge.
19:37 I had a little official business on the way in.
19:40 Billy and Bob Clevenger.
19:41 - You saw the Clevengers?
19:44 - Briefly, through my sights.
19:46 They're both dead.
19:48 - What about Gideon, the old man?
19:58 - Always a good friend to you, wasn't he, Jason?
20:01 No, I haven't seen him yet,
20:02 but I'll plan to see him before he sees me.
20:05 You seem to have built up a nice little business here.
20:11 - Why don't you get it over with?
20:12 Why don't you kill me and have done with it?
20:14 - No, Jason.
20:15 I'll kill you because that's what I came here for.
20:19 But I'll pick my own time and my own place.
20:22 Besides, I intend to get much better acquainted
20:26 with your wife.
20:27 She's lovely, Jason, completely lovely.
20:30 - Hello, Marianne.
20:54 - Oh, Adam, I'm so glad to see you.
20:57 - What's the matter?
20:59 Is there something wrong?
21:01 - Oh, no, nothing.
21:02 It's just that I haven't seen you for so long.
21:06 - Where's Jason?
21:08 - Oh, he went to the office to pick up some things.
21:14 - Mariette, you're just about as close
21:17 to being a sister as I'll ever have.
21:19 Now, a big part of that pleasure is being able to help you.
21:23 Tell me, what happened when Gerald Esketh came here?
21:26 - Oh, nothing happened.
21:28 I think Mr. Esketh is a very charming person.
21:33 We even had tea.
21:36 Oh, Adam, I just can't lie to you.
21:41 I've tried, but I just can't.
21:44 - That's more like it.
21:49 Now, tell me about it.
21:51 (Mariette sobs)
21:53 - Jason has to go to California to be witnessed in a trial.
21:59 - Well, that doesn't sound so terrible.
22:03 - I know, but the men that he has to testify against,
22:06 they threatened to kill him.
22:07 You see, that's why Jason left California.
22:11 - I see.
22:14 Did he talk to Judge Rand about this?
22:17 - Oh, that was my first suggestion,
22:18 but Jason didn't think it would do any good.
22:22 - Well, Jason's upset.
22:24 I think I'm in a better position to decide than he is.
22:28 So why don't you and I have a talk with Judge Rand?
22:30 I think we'll find that Jason can make a legal deposition
22:33 right here in Virginia City.
22:34 - Oh, Adam, could we do something like that?
22:37 - Well, we won't know until we ask, will we?
22:39 Come on, get your hair.
22:40 - All right.
22:41 - I'm sure when we know all the facts...
22:46 (door slams)
22:48 - Adam.
22:49 My dear Mariette.
22:52 What a pleasant surprise this is.
22:54 Forgive me, Your Honor.
22:58 I am United States Deputy Marshal Gerald Eskin.
23:01 - You're in my federal district, Marshal.
23:05 If you have business here,
23:07 you should have presented your documents to me.
23:09 - I fully intended to do so, sir.
23:11 As a matter of fact, I was on my way to your chambers
23:14 when your messenger intercepted me.
23:18 Mrs. Blaine states that her husband's life
23:21 will be in danger if he gives certain testimony
23:24 in Sacramento.
23:25 - To some extent, she may be right.
23:31 I myself will not feel too secure as his pledged bodyguard.
23:34 You will note there, sir,
23:37 that this is the state versus Hadley Murdoch
23:40 and a number of John Does,
23:42 all of whom comprise a political machine
23:45 known as the Murdoch Gang.
23:47 Now, these are infamous men, sir.
23:49 Grown fat on terrorism and plunder.
23:53 So rich and powerful indeed
23:55 that they now have most of the state of California
23:57 under their rule of dread and fear.
23:59 - Blaine is the key witness?
24:02 - We on the side of the law earnestly believe
24:04 that Jason Blaine is the one man
24:07 who can send these culprits to the gallows.
24:09 - Well, your husband's duty is clear, Mariette.
24:12 And we can't very well call out the militia to guard him.
24:17 (people chattering)
24:20 - Well, I was planning a trip to Sacramento
24:23 in a week or so.
24:24 I could change my plans, go along with you.
24:28 It would make Mariette feel better.
24:30 - Oh, it would, Adam, it would.
24:32 - Anything to relieve this dear lady's anxieties.
24:38 And rest assured, we'll be joined
24:39 by other officers in Sacramento.
24:42 - Oh, I'm very grateful to you, to all of you.
24:46 Mr. Esketh, I'm terribly sorry
24:47 to have caused you all this trouble.
24:49 - There's no trouble, my dear.
24:51 On the contrary, I was delighted to see revealed
24:55 that jewel which money cannot buy, loyalty.
24:59 - Marshall, you and Adam both, I'd like to talk to you.
25:03 If it's all right with you, Mariette.
25:05 - Of course not.
25:08 Adam, Jason will be so pleased to know
25:10 that you're going with him.
25:12 Thank you, gentlemen, thank you.
25:13 (footsteps tapping)
25:16 - It's about the killing of the Clevenger brothers.
25:26 - Ah, yes, distasteful duty, I assure you.
25:30 But there is a warrant out in California for their arrest.
25:33 - I was talking to your father, Adam.
25:36 He was telling me that Gideon Clevenger came to see him.
25:39 - Yeah, but he didn't seem to want to make any trouble.
25:43 - Strange man, Gideon Clevenger.
25:45 He'll brood about the death of his sons.
25:49 Then he'll decide to take the law into his own hands.
25:51 He can be very dangerous if he makes up his mind to it.
25:54 - Well, the thought of any further bloodshed
25:58 is completely repelling to me.
26:00 - I'll rest a whole lot easier when you're out of town,
26:03 on your way back to Sacramento.
26:04 - Then you think that this Gideon Clevenger
26:10 will make the death of his two sons
26:12 a personal issue between himself and me?
26:14 - I think that precisely.
26:16 - I see.
26:18 - Jason, Jason, I have the most wonderful news.
26:25 I've just come from talking to Judge Rand.
26:28 - You what?
26:29 - Oh, it's all right, darling.
26:30 He's going to write a letter to a friend in Sacramento,
26:32 a judge, and then Adam is going to go with you.
26:35 - No, no, he can't do that.
26:37 - He can't?
26:38 - No, he can't.
26:39 No, no, he can't do that.
26:41 - But Jason, Adam only wants to help.
26:43 - Well, he can't go with me.
26:44 - But why?
26:47 Tell me why.
26:48 - Because if Adam Cartwright goes with me,
26:51 he'll never get there alive.
26:53 (dramatic music)
26:56 - Jason, what are you trying to tell me?
27:02 - Can't we make one move in our life
27:03 without the Cartwrights getting mixed up in it?
27:05 - But the Cartwrights are my best friends
27:07 and they're the best friends you ever had.
27:09 - I don't want to talk about it.
27:10 - Jason, now come on, this isn't like us.
27:14 I'm your wife and I have a right to know the truth.
27:16 - Well, I have told you the truth.
27:18 - Tell me something.
27:20 Why did you say that if Adam went with you,
27:22 he would be killed?
27:23 - Because that is the truth too.
27:25 - Jason, I have never asked you anything
27:28 about your past life before
27:29 because it just wasn't important, but now it is.
27:32 Now, do they want you as a witness for something you saw?
27:37 Or for something you did?
27:38 - What difference does it make?
27:48 Eskis told you about the Murdoch gang, didn't he?
27:52 - Yes.
27:53 - Well, that gang isn't gonna let me
27:54 get the Sacramento alive.
27:56 - Not even with Mr. Eskis and Adam to protect you?
28:02 - Don't you realize that Eskis was sent here to kill me?
28:06 Once I leave here, I'll be dead before I can get
28:09 as far as the Ponderosa.
28:10 - Why would anybody want to kill you?
28:14 - Because that's why he came here.
28:17 He is a hired, paid killer.
28:20 Now try to understand that.
28:21 - Jason, there must be something we can do.
28:27 There must be.
28:28 - What?
28:29 You want me to get a gun, go up against him?
28:32 He would love that.
28:33 Self-defense, everything above board, legal.
28:35 - Then why don't you go to Judge Rand,
28:36 tell him the truth and he'll protect you.
28:38 - You saw his papers, he is a marshal.
28:41 He has every right in the world to take me in.
28:43 - And you're gonna stand there and let him do it?
28:45 - Well, what else can I do?
28:46 - We can go away, we can go east.
28:50 Jason, please, please, they can't reach that far.
28:52 Even if we have to spend the rest of our lives hiding.
28:55 I don't care.
28:56 I'd much rather have you that way
28:57 than not have you at all.
28:59 Please.
29:00 - If we only could.
29:04 If we only could.
29:05 It would be like starting from the beginning.
29:11 No west, no past tense.
29:13 - Jason, Jason, we must do it.
29:21 We must, we can, I know we can.
29:23 You get some things packed.
29:25 - There's still Eskett.
29:27 Don't forget, I tried this once before.
29:29 - Oh, but don't forget, you didn't have me before.
29:31 Now, I can handle him.
29:33 I think I know a ladies' man when I see one of yours,
29:35 I know how to deal with him.
29:35 - No, I can't let you do that.
29:37 He's too dangerous.
29:38 - Oh, no, darling, really, he won't be with me.
29:40 Please trust me.
29:41 Trust me.
29:43 Now, hurry, hurry and get something packed, please.
29:48 - Adam, I find this a land of unexpected pleasures.
29:54 Little did I dream that you'd be making the trip
29:56 to Sacramento with me.
29:57 - Well, since I am, don't you think it might be a good idea
30:00 to let me in on the truth?
30:02 - Well, isn't that a rather strange way
30:04 to put a question, Adam?
30:06 - Well, as Pa and I both told you,
30:07 we think a great deal of Mariette.
30:10 - And so do I think a lot of her.
30:12 That's why I tried to spare her
30:15 the seriousness of Jason's case.
30:17 - Then he's not just a missing witness.
30:19 - No, a missing criminal.
30:22 But on your honor, Adam,
30:25 this is to go no further in Virginia City.
30:28 By turning state's evidence, he'll be able to return here
30:31 with no damage to his so-called reputation.
30:34 - I appreciate whatever protection you can give Mariette.
30:37 - You know, I believe we think alike.
30:40 I even had him listed in the documents as a witness,
30:44 not as one of the accused.
30:46 - Thank you for telling me.
30:51 Pa would like to get the best lawyer he can find.
30:53 - Adam, I don't want you to think it rude of me,
30:56 but under the circumstances,
30:57 I think it best not to return to the Ponderosa.
31:01 I'll take a room here at the hotel,
31:02 and if it's convenient for you,
31:03 we'll leave, shall we say, first thing in the morning?
31:06 - Fine with me.
31:07 I'll bring your luggage in with me.
31:09 - And bring along your best suit, Adam.
31:11 I know some pretty girls in Sacramento,
31:13 and perhaps we can forget some of the more unpleasant aspects
31:16 of a marshal's duties.
31:17 - Very good.
31:19 If I seemed a little cool towards you,
31:21 it was only because of my concern for Mariette.
31:24 Well, I better let Pa know what's happened.
31:28 See you in the morning.
31:30 (dramatic music)
31:32 - The Clevengers!
31:34 (crowd cheering)
31:36 The Clevengers!
31:37 The Clevengers!
31:39 (dramatic music)
31:42 - Get Clevenger.
31:44 - I'd hoped this wouldn't happen.
31:45 (dramatic music)
31:48 - Maybe we can reason with him.
31:51 - No, Ben.
31:52 Let me try it.
31:54 (dramatic music)
31:57 (thunder rumbling)
32:00 - Hello, Gideon.
32:06 We haven't seen you for some time.
32:08 - Save your words, Judge.
32:10 I know Gerald Eskett's in this town.
32:12 Now, where is he?
32:13 - I really don't know, Gideon.
32:15 - Look at me when I talk to you.
32:17 I don't like fellows who can't look straight.
32:19 - You've lost three sons trying to fight a private war.
32:22 Why don't you just find yourself a rocking chair
32:26 and live to a ripe old age, huh?
32:28 - I've got a better idea that'll help a lot more people.
32:31 You deliver Eskett to me,
32:34 I'll get out of Virginia City and stay out.
32:36 You don't, I got 20 more men anxious to ride in here.
32:41 - You're not serious.
32:42 - I have offered you a fair deal.
32:49 Get me that back shooter.
32:51 (dramatic music)
32:54 (knocking)
32:56 - Come in.
32:57 Oh, my dear Adam.
32:59 They tell me Gideon Clevenger's looking for me.
33:01 - He's threatening to tear the whole town apart
33:04 unless you're handed over to him.
33:06 - He seems a truly dedicated scoundrel.
33:10 Faithful to his purpose, honest to a fault.
33:13 - I want you to know that Pa and I'll be backing you up.
33:17 - Thank you kindly, Adam.
33:18 (dramatic music)
33:21 (dramatic music)
33:24 - Shall we look into the matter?
33:42 - Well, you're certainly a cool one.
33:46 I'll have to admit that.
33:47 (dramatic music)
33:50 (dramatic music)
33:53 - What are you gonna do?
34:01 - Make our friend a sporting proposition.
34:05 He's in the saloon.
34:05 Clevenger!
34:19 (indistinct chatter)
34:22 - Can you hear me?
34:24 - I can hear you, Askith.
34:26 It's a voice I'm not likely to forget.
34:29 - You made this personal, Clevenger,
34:31 so let's keep it that way.
34:32 There's no sense in harming innocent people.
34:35 - You've made yourself a deal.
34:37 But if the Cartwrights or anyone else tries to get into it,
34:41 I'm cutting my boys loose.
34:43 (dramatic music)
34:46 - You're free to change your mind anytime.
34:55 - Thank you, friend,
34:55 but I find the arrangement most satisfactory.
34:58 I've already planned my strategy.
35:01 (dramatic music)
35:04 (dramatic music)
35:06 - I don't like this, Adam.
35:22 I'm beginning to think Askith knows what he's doing.
35:25 (dramatic music)
35:28 (dramatic music)
35:31 - Make your play, you filthy little back shooter.
35:55 - You first, my dear Clevenger.
35:58 (dramatic music)
36:00 (gunshots firing)
36:26 - You better finish the job, Askith.
36:29 - Adam, you better get the doctor,
36:54 see what we can do for Clevenger.
36:56 (dramatic music)
36:59 - How is Clevenger?
37:05 - He'll cope, though.
37:07 He wants to see you.
37:08 - I took the liberty of dropping in without knocking.
37:22 - Well, I was sure the door was locked.
37:24 - You grow lovelier each time I see you.
37:31 - I must look aside.
37:35 - Aside indeed.
37:37 The very kind and inspired words were at the rhapsodize.
37:41 She was a phantom of delight
37:43 when first she gleamed upon my sight.
37:46 - Now you know that you much prefer
37:49 those sophisticated San Francisco women
37:52 to a country girl like myself.
37:54 - I hope someday to prove the error of that statement
37:59 by putting you beside them.
38:00 A ruby in a diadem of glass.
38:05 - Oh, you mean the ones from the Barbary Coast?
38:09 - What lies has Jason been telling you about me?
38:12 - Why, none, none.
38:14 It's just that I know so little about San Francisco,
38:18 it was only a chance remark.
38:19 - Then please accept my apology.
38:23 I'm thin-skinned when it comes to matters of honor.
38:28 - Oh, I apologize too.
38:29 I had planned to look much more presentable
38:34 the next time we met.
38:36 - Then it was rude of me to arrive so unexpectedly.
38:40 But I thought I'd better tell you
38:42 that Judge Rand suggested
38:44 that I start back to Sacramento immediately.
38:47 - Oh, so soon.
38:49 You don't know how lonely it gets.
38:53 I mean, Jason has to work such long hours.
38:56 I've never met anyone like you, Gerald.
38:59 - A little more time won't matter.
39:10 Could you come to the hotel
39:13 to let me know when Jason is ready?
39:16 - Just as long as you aren't too impatient.
39:19 - Now let us not misunderstand my honorable intentions.
39:23 - I understand your intentions perfectly.
39:28 (dramatic music)
39:35 - You little fool! - Oh!
39:44 - You're gonna learn just who you've been playing games with.
39:47 - Who?
39:48 What are you?
39:50 - He's Murdoch's hatchet man.
39:53 Around the Embarcadero,
39:58 they call him the Dude Butcher Boy.
40:01 It's my reckoning he came here
40:05 to lead Jason Blaine to the slaughter
40:08 'cause Jason knows too much.
40:09 - Jason was mixed up with Murdoch?
40:11 - He was a spotter.
40:12 - He was mixed up with Murdoch?
40:14 - He was a spotter for the bunch.
40:16 That's easy for an essayer.
40:18 Whenever he'd see gold bullion, he'd tell Esketh.
40:22 That slimy killer would lead his night riders
40:26 claiming they were vigilantes.
40:28 That was a good cover for him.
40:31 But Jason got sickened.
40:33 He quit and ran away.
40:36 Jason was too soft for Esketh's shooting parties.
40:39 I saw him later in Virginia City.
40:43 But I figured let a feller go straight.
40:45 It's trying hard.
40:46 - And your oldest son?
40:48 - Esketh backshot my boy at our California stamp mill
40:51 while his outfit looted.
40:54 The other two, you know about Ben.
41:03 They wasn't killers.
41:07 They heard Esketh was headed this way.
41:11 They mistook Adam for him.
41:12 That fool Jason.
41:22 Why couldn't he tell us the trouble he was in?
41:25 - There's a thing called reputation, Ben.
41:27 Especially if you're married to a woman like Mariette.
41:30 I'd swear she never knew that Jason had a record.
41:39 (dramatic music)
41:42 - No, don't!
41:49 - Sorry honey, it's me, it's Adam.
41:50 - Oh, Adam.
41:51 - Where's Jason?
41:52 Was Esketh here?
41:53 - Yes.
41:54 He hit me.
41:56 He slapped me.
41:57 And he wanted me to tell.
41:59 - Did he tell you who he really is?
42:02 - Yes.
42:03 And he said terrible things about Jason.
42:05 - Where is Jason?
42:06 Where is he, where is he?
42:08 - He's at the Silver Corazon Mine.
42:12 I'm supposed to meet him there.
42:14 He gave me a little trail map.
42:18 He took it, it's gone.
42:20 He took it, he took the map.
42:22 He'll kill Jason.
42:23 - Come down!
42:24 Now listen, I'll send somebody to look after you.
42:28 Now don't go away, you stay right here, okay?
42:31 (footsteps)
42:33 Jason?
42:44 Jason!
42:48 You can't get away, Jason.
42:54 (water dripping)
42:57 Can you hear me?
43:23 Would you like to hear what happened to your wife?
43:25 She died in my arms, Jason.
43:29 I held her.
43:32 I watched her.
43:33 Can you take that and run away with it?
43:39 - In here, Esketh.
43:47 Come on!
43:50 Come on!
43:53 (dramatic music)
43:56 (footsteps)
43:58 (dramatic music)
44:01 (footsteps)
44:03 (dramatic music)
44:06 (footsteps)
44:08 (dramatic music)
44:11 (dramatic music)
44:14 (dramatic music)
44:38 (footsteps)
44:40 (gunshot)
45:02 (dramatic music)
45:05 - The unruly emotions, Jason.
45:19 But don't be ashamed because they've destroyed you.
45:23 They've conquered more men than Napoleon's armies.
45:25 (gunshot)
45:31 Go ahead.
45:31 Go ahead and shoot.
45:33 The sound will bring it right to you.
45:35 I'm here!
45:41 We're in here!
45:42 We're in here!
45:45 (thudding)
45:46 (dramatic music)
45:48 (dramatic music)
45:51 - Don't turn around.
46:18 (dramatic music)
46:20 Jason?
46:22 - Mary.
46:25 - He's all right.
46:26 I'm taking you in, Esketh.
46:29 - It's hot in here, isn't it?
46:35 Or is it just the uncomfortable circumstances
46:39 I find myself in?
46:40 - No.
46:41 It might have worked on Clevenger,
46:47 but it won't work on me.
46:48 - My dear Adam, you don't think that I'd be childish,
46:53 so childish as to pull the same chestnut twice.
46:56 (gunshot)
46:58 (dramatic music)
47:00 - I wish you hadn't tried it, Esketh.
47:03 - I suppose I knew all along that this would happen.
47:08 Someday.
47:16 - Thank you for your hospitality, dear.
47:19 I never dreamed that Gerald Esketh
47:25 would be defeated by emotions.
47:27 - I can't believe you ever had any.
47:30 - Oh yes, I did.
47:32 I was in love, you know.
47:35 I was in love with Gerald Esketh.
47:42 (dramatic music)
47:44 - We'll miss you very much.
47:51 - Thank you, Ben.
47:54 Thank you for everything.
47:55 Judge Rand said it shouldn't be more than a year.
47:57 - And that will be the longest year of my life.
47:59 - Well, I'm glad you made the decision on your own, Jason.
48:04 When you come back, your house will be here waiting.
48:07 - Thank you, Ben.
48:09 Goodbye.
48:10 - We'll be waiting too.
48:11 Things will be just the same.
48:14 - Thank you, Ed.
48:15 (dramatic music)
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49:22 I love you.