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00:00Oh, you know I was just thinking about something. There's no reason why we both have to go see
00:20Jashleighton's widow. Now listen big shorty, you ain't about to saddle me off seeing some
00:25poor widow woman all by myself. Me being there's not gonna help her any. Yeah but it's gonna help
00:29me. Now you're going and that's it. Why? Well because Mr. Leighton was one of Paul's best friends
00:34and we're supposed to be here doing everything we can to help. Besides Paul, Paul told me to keep an
00:38eye on you anyhow. I told you to keep an eye on me? What in the heck for? Keep you from getting chased
00:43all the way back to the Ponderosa by some hopping mad daddy with a shotgun in his hand.
00:48And the look in your eye, that's just about what's gonna happen. Hoss, come on. Joe, you ain't about
00:54to take off with that pretty little filly I seen you making eyes with down the lobby a while ago.
00:58You're going with me and that's final.
01:08Hey Joe, come back here! Don't! Don't! Ladies! Ladies, you can't go in right now.
01:16Oh ladies, you'll, I'm sorry, you'll have to wait just a minute. Now Hoss, you soak yourself real
01:21good now. The porter brings you something to wear. And ladies, ladies I want to thank you
01:27very much for your patience. You wait right here ladies and he'll be out in a minute.
01:33Joe! I'm gonna whip you for sure! Dangummit!
03:27You get out of here! I can't pay any bills! Get out and leave me alone!
03:46Ma'am, I ain't no bill collector. I was sent here to help Mrs. Layton.
03:51Who are you? Hoss Cartwright. Cartwright?
04:02Ma'am, what's the matter? Can I get you anything? A glass of water? My smelling salts, they're in there.
04:21Ma'am, I sure didn't mean to upset you like that. Oh forgive me, it's just that I, I was so
04:35touched that, that you came all this way for me. You Miss Layton? Yes.
04:45I wonder if you have a handkerchief.
04:46Why are you looking at me like that? Oh I, I'm sorry ma'am. I didn't mean to stare. I just
04:53had it in my head. I reckoned that he was gonna be a little different. Until a minute ago I,
04:59I was half dead. Don't you worry ma'am. I'm, I'm here to fix everything up.
05:07It's no wonder you're feeling so poorly. Empty house like this will give anybody the crawly skin.
05:16I, I had to sell the furniture. Ma'am, that's, that's water all under the bridge now.
05:24Now, you go get yourself dressed. Dressed? Sure, I ain't gonna eat by myself.
05:30Besides, you, you gotta show me where a good place is. I, I ain't too familiar with Sacramento.
05:35Yeah, get.
05:54Well Mr. Cartwright, I, I can't tell you how happy you've made me by asking me out to supper
05:58this evening. Pretty gal like you. Well, not to have to think about nothing but
06:06living every minute every day.
06:10I'm gonna shake up that attorney of yours and see what's hanging up that will.
06:13Oh it, it really isn't his fault. Josh had a lot of bills and
06:17all the creditors have filed against the estate. That's what's taking so much time.
06:29Mr. Cartwright, would you come in for a moment please?
06:42I just can't get the back of this dress hooked by myself. Would you mind?
06:58If that, if that lawyer can't do the job, we'll get somebody that can.
07:04Uh, how long has it been since I've heard a strong voice like that?
07:08You Cartwrights are magnificent. That's the only word for you.
07:11Oh ma'am, they, there's nothing special about us. Fact is, we're probably about the honorest
07:17bunch you ever run into. You can ask anybody in Virginia City about that. And what would they say?
07:24Well, well for one thing, they'd, they'd tell you that Horace Cartwright was about the meanest
07:30and hungriest man this side of St. Joe. And he got meaner the hungrier he got.
07:41Why Mr. Cartwright, whatever's the matter?
07:46I, I don't know ma'am. Maybe it's a perfume?
07:51A perfume? Oh, I was in hopes you'd like it.
07:55Well, I, I do. What I meant to say was...
07:59Well there, it's all done. That wasn't so hard now, was it?
08:02No ma'am. You poor man, you must be starved.
08:06Why don't we go get some supper?
08:10Good evening Mrs. Layton. It is so pleasant to see you again.
08:14Thank you. It's good to be able to be out among people again.
08:17Your favorite table in the game room? The new roulette wheel has arrived.
08:21Really? I must see it.
08:32You feeling poorly again? Oh no, no I'm fine.
08:35Jean, it was sweet of you to remember the table I had the last time I was here, but
08:41I wonder if we couldn't have something a little more private?
08:43Of course, madame. Right here.
09:06Our very best vintage, 1854. This champagne was brought all the way from France, sir.
09:11I'm sure you will find it to your custom taste. Mrs. Layton can vouch for the year.
09:15It's excellent. Anything you say.
09:26What's the matter? Nothing.
09:31Ma'am, I'm, I'm just a cowboy. I don't reckon I fit into a place like this very good.
09:37Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you unhappy.
09:41Oh no, ma'am, you didn't. It takes something doing to make a man unhappy when he's, when he's with you.
09:58See if you like it. Oh.
10:04It's real good.
10:11Ma'am, here's to a, to a whole lot more happiness than you've known the last couple of months, ma'am.
10:16Thank you, Mr. Cartwright. I know I'll have it now.
10:27Dang, I don't think that, that vinegar's gonna make me sneeze.
10:31It does tickle your nose, doesn't it?
10:33Oh, it does tickle your nose, doesn't it?
10:35It does tickle your nose, doesn't it?
10:37It does tickle your nose, doesn't it?
10:39It does tickle your nose, doesn't it?
10:41You think you can go on avoiding me? I came by to see you this afternoon.
10:46I was busy, Mr. Hammond.
10:47I'll bet you were, but I won't stand for any more of it. I want that ring back.
10:51Let go of me.
10:52Not till I get the ring.
10:53That's just about it, buster.
10:56Now you done it.
11:00We'll take care of him.
11:04I don't know what's the matter with that man.
11:06Ma'am, you're a lady, and a lady ain't gotta explain no mean-mouth drunk.
11:11No, he was a friend of my husband's.
11:13Ever since Josh died, he's given me trouble.
11:15He actually has some ridiculous idea that this ring Josh left me belongs to him.
11:20Don't you pay no mind to that.
11:22Mr. Cartwright, please take me home. Everybody's staring at us.
11:27Yes, ma'am.
11:29I guess I really messed things up for you, didn't I?
11:33It wasn't your fault. He hit you first.
11:34It didn't hurt none.
11:38I ain't got the manners of a dang goat.
11:44Mr. Cartwright, we're gonna sit down and enjoy ourselves.
11:49And don't you worry any about your manners.
11:52I'm not worried about my manners.
11:54I'm worried about myself.
11:55And don't you worry any about your manners.
11:58You stood up for me, for my honor.
12:02You have no idea how that makes me feel inside, to know that someone cares.
12:08Well, you're not only a gentleman, Mr. Cartwright, you're...
12:12You're wonderful.
12:18Now, let's sit down.
12:24I had no idea how late it was, ma'am.
12:27All that good food and champagne.
12:33I reckon I ought to apologize to you for keeping you out so late.
12:36Please don't, Mr. Cartwright.
12:40Can't we just sit out here for a minute longer?
12:44Yes, ma'am, if you like.
12:48I'll be right back.
12:54Do you think I...
12:57Do you think I was wrong?
13:00About what, ma'am?
13:01Because I... I was so happy with you tonight.
13:05Because for a moment, I was able to forget.
13:11Am I supposed to shrivel up and die just because my husband is dead?
13:18No, ma'am.
13:19No, ma'am.
13:19No, ma'am.
13:20No, ma'am.
13:21No, ma'am.
13:22My husband is dead.
13:24No, ma'am. No.
13:26I don't think that would be his wish at all.
13:28Mr. Cartwright, I...
13:31I just can't go back into that empty house.
13:33It's like a tomb!
13:35And I'm still alive!
13:37I can't go back!
13:38I can't go back.
13:42Ma'am.
13:44If you could just manage it one more night...
13:48What I mean to say is, I'll figure out some way to get you out of there.
13:52But what could you do?
13:56I'll think of something, I promise.
14:18Crack a corn and I don't care
14:21Crack a corn and I don't care
14:23Most men's gone away
14:35You have a good time tonight, Joe?
14:38Huh?
14:42Is that you, Hoss?
14:43Yeah, I asked you, you have a good time tonight?
14:46No. No, I came right back after I left.
14:50I'd been a lot better off if I'd gone to see that old widow woman with you.
14:58It don't make no difference.
15:01I didn't need you at all.
15:05You feeling all right?
15:08Yeah.
15:10I ain't never felt better.
15:13Well, you're talking kind of funny. What'd you do tonight?
15:18Went to supper with Miss Layton.
15:21What's she like?
15:22Nothing like we thought.
15:24Even worse, huh?
15:26No, no, no.
15:28She's just different.
15:31Have you been drinking?
15:33Yeah, a little champagne.
15:36Champagne?
15:381854 was a good year.
15:401854 was a good year for what?
15:43Hey, Joe, you ain't gonna sleep in your boots, are you?
15:51What's the matter? Didn't you have no fun?
15:53Oh, yeah, I had a great time.
15:55Until that gal I met disappeared and took my money pouch with her.
15:59Sorry to hear that.
16:02You're sorry to hear that?
16:04How come you're being so doggone charitable?
16:06I figured you'd pound me when you got back here.
16:08Pound you? What do I want to pound you for? I ain't mad at you.
16:16Lady, Joe, she's a real lady.
16:24Joe, I know what we're gonna do. I done made up my mind.
16:27We're gonna take Miss Layton back to Ponderosa with us.
16:30Oh, now, Horace, come on.
16:32Look, I know how soft you are.
16:34But Pa sent us here to help her,
16:36not to adopt her and bring her back home with us.
16:38Joe, I can't just leave her here.
16:41Yeah, well, you can't take her with us.
16:43Look, you gotta think about it. We got a long trip ahead of us.
16:46We got two days by stagecoach just to get to Summit.
16:48Then we take the buckboard. It's another day through the pass.
16:51Now, what kind of a trip is that for an old lady to make?
16:53I sort of think maybe she'll be able to stand up under it.
16:56Yeah, well, I don't think so.
16:58I think it's one of the nuttiest ideas I ever heard of.
17:00Don't make any decisions, Horace.
17:02Don't make any decisions till after you've met her.
17:05We're gonna have lunch together tomorrow at noon.
17:08I done made reservations with the garçon.
17:16All right, where is she?
17:18She'll be here after a while. She's probably out shopping or something.
17:21Pretty fancy chug wagon, ain't it?
17:23Yeah, it's not bad.
17:27Not bad at all.
17:29What's the matter, Joe?
17:31I don't know the girl over by the door.
17:37Women like that just don't run around loose.
17:40Hey, Horace, loan me 20 bucks, all right?
17:42I'm thinking I'd better make it 50.
17:44Look, I can't impress her if I'm broke. Come on.
17:48Look, she's smiling. Give me the money.
17:58Hi. Hello.
18:00Joe.
18:02Before you run off with that other gal,
18:05I'd like you to meet Mrs. Layton.
18:08Ma'am, this is Joe Cartwright.
18:10How do you do?
18:12It's very nice meeting you, ma'am.
18:31Oh, no.
18:33I don't reckon she's ever seen any country like this before.
18:36I guess not.
18:38Otherwise, she wouldn't have brought all this stuff along.
18:40Well, if it was somebody on the verge of poverty,
18:42she sure had a lot of clothes.
18:44Not to mention all those rings on her fingers.
18:47A lady's got to have clothes, Joe.
18:49Besides, you wouldn't even expect her
18:51to sell the stuff her husband gives her, would you?
18:53Oh, I don't think so.
18:55I don't think so.
18:57You wouldn't expect her to sell the stuff her husband gives her, would you?
19:00Well, if I was hungry, I'd sell them.
19:02Oh, Mr. Cartwright.
19:06Is it all right if I walk up and take a look at the lake?
19:09Oh, sure, ma'am, but be kind of careful.
19:11Those trails can get tricky at night.
19:13Don't you worry. I'll be careful.
19:22Well, it's my turn to fix char tonight.
19:24Why don't you come take a look at the lake?
19:43Topper's going to be ready in a minute, Ms. Layden.
19:46Does a ponderosa look like this?
19:49Well, ma'am, this is a ponderosa.
19:52It is?
19:54Sure. We've been riding through it for the last couple of days,
19:57ever since we left the stagecoach.
20:01Why, it's unbelievable
20:04that anybody could actually own all this.
20:07Well, ma'am,
20:10it ain't exactly owning.
20:16I reckon a ponderosa holds about as much claim to us as we do her.
20:20It's more like a partnership,
20:23like we're all sort of beholden to one another.
20:27What I mean to say is that
20:30Paul won't let us cut a tree down
20:32unless there's another tree growing to take its place
20:35or take a cup of water out of the lake
20:38if it makes a lake go down that much.
20:41Ponderosa's got a mighty lot to give.
20:44Like Paul says, we ain't to take one ounce out of her
20:47that she can't grow back.
20:51All my life, I...
20:54I never had enough of anything.
20:57My father was a drunkard, and we were trash poor.
21:01When I married Josh, I thought that was all over with.
21:05Now I'm right back where I started.
21:10Maybe I...
21:12I don't really understand what it means to have enough.
21:17But I do know one thing.
21:19What's that, ma'am?
21:21If anybody could have enough, it would be the Cartwrights.
21:25You're kings, and the ponderosa's your empire.
21:34What chance is a...
21:37a commoner
21:39to become a Cartwright?
21:42It might not be as hard as you think
21:45to become a Cartwright.
21:48Even for somebody like me?
21:52Especially for somebody like you.
21:58Why haven't you kissed me?
22:03Ma'am, I...
22:05I reckon I figured if I ever put my arms around you,
22:08you'd break up like one of them little China dolls.
22:14Well, let's just try and see if I do.
22:27Hey, Joe! Joe!
22:30Joe!
22:32Joe!
22:34Joe!
22:36Joe!
22:38Joe!
22:40Come here!
22:41Hoss, what's the matter?
22:43Joe, me and Helen, we're gonna get married.
22:45She's gonna marry me. Me, Hoss Cartwright.
22:47You're joking.
22:49No, I ain't. We're gonna get married.
22:51Oh, no! Congratulations!
22:54Hey, congratulations, both of you.
22:56Geez, I can't wait to see the look on Pa's face.
22:59Ain't he wonderful, Pa?
23:01Well, yes, yes, it's...
23:05Tell me, tell me about it.
23:07Not so suddenly.
23:09Hoss, I'd like to speak to your father alone for a moment.
23:14Come on, Hoss, let him get acquainted.
23:17I'll get your stuff.
23:26You don't approve of this, do you, Mr. Cartwright?
23:29Well, Mrs. Leighton, I haven't said anything.
23:32I've been led to believe that you'd be quite a different sort of man.
23:36I... I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
23:40What do you want me to do?
23:42Pretend that I'm mourning over the death of my husband?
23:45Mrs. Leighton, I wouldn't want you to pretend anything.
23:48I just assumed that...
23:50And I assumed that you and I could be honest with each other.
23:53Honest?
23:55I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.
23:58I'm talking about what you and I both know.
24:00About what Adam told you when he returned from the funeral.
24:03Adam told me about Josh's death and...
24:07nothing more.
24:09You mean he...
24:11he didn't tell you the circumstances?
24:14What circumstances?
24:16Is there something more that he should have told me?
24:19Of course.
24:21Adam would want to spare your feelings.
24:25Oh, Mr. Cartwright, I...
24:28I've been very rude.
24:31Mrs. Leighton,
24:33tell me what it is you think I should know.
24:40When Josh died, he...
24:43he wasn't the man you knew.
24:46Or the man I married.
24:51There's no other way to say it.
24:54Josh was a drunk.
24:56He drank himself to death.
24:58I find that almost impossible to believe.
25:01So did I.
25:03Until the debts started piling up.
25:05Until they started selling the furniture out from under us.
25:08Until I realized I was married to a madman.
25:12Adam should have told me.
25:15Now you realize why these past few months of mourning have been a mockery.
25:21Living alone in that empty mansion.
25:24Keeping myself locked off from the world.
25:30And then Haas came along.
25:32He was so sweet.
25:34So understanding.
25:36For the first time in months, I felt like a woman again.
25:42I fell in love with him, Mr. Cartwright.
25:45I couldn't help myself.
25:47I wanted to be with him.
25:49I wanted to make him as happy as he had made me.
25:53But...
25:55It's all over now.
25:57Oh, Mrs. Le...
25:59Helena.
26:01You misunderstood.
26:04Yes, I had reservations.
26:07But I didn't know...
26:11All I want for Haas...
26:13Is the happiness that you want for him.
26:16You don't hate me?
26:18Hate you?
26:20All these years for a daughter-in-law?
26:27Oh, I...
26:29I didn't know you was gonna get this acquainted.
26:32After all, Haas, you know the way pie is with the ladies.
26:35I guess this means that you're gonna give us your blessing, Bo.
26:38Haas, when Adam gets back, we're gonna put on the biggest wedding Nevada's ever seen.
26:51Helen, this is a pretty tough place.
26:53I don't know whether you ought to go in here or not.
26:55What could happen to me? I'm with you, aren't I?
26:57Besides, it's so hot out there.
26:59I'm just dying for a cold lemonade.
27:01All right.
27:03Ten, eight... Hang on, I'll bet.
27:05Is this a gambling place?
27:07Yeah, sure it is.
27:09They run one of the biggest poker games in the whole Comstock in here.
27:12Really? How exciting.
27:14And what's this?
27:18What's this?
27:20This is one of them newfangled contraptions you play with silver money.
27:23It's just like gambling, only you play with a machine instead of a dealer.
27:26Do you think I could play it?
27:28Sure you can.
27:30Be careful your fingers don't stick to that crank, though.
27:32Some folks just can't turn it loose.
27:34Oh, that's hard to believe, isn't it?
27:36I wonder what they'll think of next.
27:42Hey, hey, you won the first time.
27:44Oh, Haas, I really won.
27:46How exciting.
27:48Oh, I wonder if I could have that lemonade now.
27:50Here, I'll get it.
27:52Howdy, Haas. What'll it be?
27:54Uh...
27:56Give me a...
27:58Give me a couple of lemonades, Charlie.
28:00Lemonade?
28:02Did you say lemonade?
28:06One for the...
28:08One for the little lady over there and one for me.
28:10The little lady seems to have changed you already.
28:12Has she, Q?
28:16I don't reckon she's ever seen one of them before.
28:18Wish I'd never seen it.
28:20Took $20 off me last week.
28:24Oh, Haas, darling, I'm having so much fun.
28:26I wonder if you could give me a little more money.
28:28Honey, you just won over there. You already spent that.
28:30Oh, but I just know I'm gonna make it pay off again.
28:32I just know it.
28:34Oh, thank you, darling.
28:38Two lemonades, Haas.
28:40On the house.
28:42Thank you, Charlie.
28:46Sort of a hungry beggar, ain't it?
28:48Oh, darn.
28:50I was so sure I was going to win again.
28:56I don't guess Charlie's had much experience making lemonade.
29:04Haas, is...
29:06Is there something you could do alone
29:08for about an hour or so?
29:10Yeah, I gotta talk to a couple of people
29:12about the wedding arrangements.
29:14But what are you gonna be doing?
29:16Silly, I'm going to finish my shopping.
29:18Well, I'll go with you and talk to them later.
29:22Haas, you know, there are some stores
29:24where ladies shop alone.
29:28Yeah.
29:30I'm already thought about that.
29:32You go ahead.
29:34All right, darling.
29:36Oh, Haas, I...
29:40I hate to be asking you for money, but...
29:42Oh, I should have done this when we started.
29:44How much you need?
29:46But it's, uh, hard to tell.
29:48Well, here, you...
29:50You just take it all.
29:52There's $300 there.
29:54You get what you need, and if that ain't enough,
29:56there's more where that comes from.
29:58Oh, thanks, darling. Where we meet?
30:00How about the mercantile store down on the corner?
30:02Oh, that'll be wonderful.
30:04You take these packages and put them in the buggy,
30:06and I'll meet you in the mercantile in about an hour.
30:08Fine.
30:10Ace.
30:12Six. Jack.
30:14Four.
30:16Your high ace bet.
30:20It'll cost you $100 to stay, ma'am.
30:24I'll see that
30:26and raise you $100.
30:28I'm afraid you don't have
30:30quite enough money there, ma'am.
30:32But I think the credit of the future Mrs. Cartwright
30:34is good enough for us.
30:36Thank you.
30:40Hey!
30:42Hey, Adam!
30:44Hey, Pa, Adam's coming.
30:48Well.
30:50Nice of you to decorate the place,
30:52celebrate my return from San Francisco.
30:54Welcome home, Adam.
30:56Good to see you, son. Nice to have you back.
30:58I got the message from the telegraph office
31:00that we'd won the case. I didn't think you'd be back so soon,
31:02but I'm certainly glad you got here when you did.
31:04Well, I had my fill of the day,
31:06and I'm glad you came.
31:08I'm certainly glad you got here when you did.
31:10Well, I had my fill of the big city, Pa.
31:12Now, what do you think of the decorations, huh?
31:14Now, what's the occasion? Just because we won the case?
31:16Well, that's not exactly it.
31:18Yeah, well, if I let little Joe tell you, he'll spring out all right.
31:20Horst is getting married.
31:22What?
31:24Yeah, wait till you see her, Adam. She'll fry your eyeballs.
31:26She's a real beauty, and I'll tell him all about it.
31:28Just get Adam's horse back to the stable and have him watered down.
31:30Oh, yeah, well, I just...
31:32Hey, well, tell him about that thing in the restaurant.
31:34As a matter of fact, I think you know the girl.
31:36I do?
31:38Mm-hmm.
31:40Don't tell me that girl over in Mormon's Cross
31:42finally got to him with those gooseberry pies.
31:44No, no.
31:46It's Helen Layton.
31:48Josh Layton's widow?
31:50Yeah. Quite a surprise, huh?
31:52It's more than that.
31:54I know how you feel.
31:56A little unusual so soon after her husband's death.
31:58As a matter of fact, I felt the same way about it
32:00until I talked to Helen,
32:02and she told me the truth about Josh.
32:04What'd she tell you?
32:06Well, what's the point of talking about it
32:08when they're genuinely in love with each other?
32:10Ah, she never loved anything in her life
32:12except a deck of cards.
32:16What are you talking about?
32:18She gambled away every penny Josh Layton had.
32:20She dropped $27,000 in one night
32:22in a club in Sacramento City,
32:24and that's what started him drinking.
32:28She told me?
32:30Why didn't you tell me this before?
32:32Last time I saw Josh, he was dying.
32:34Now, what good would it have done
32:36to tell you about it?
32:38He wasn't even cold in his grave,
32:40and she'd found herself another man
32:42to buy her expensive jewelry and dresses
32:44and pay her gambling debts.
32:50Adam, are...
32:52are you positive?
32:54I am.
33:00I'm gonna have to tell Horace.
33:06What's this gonna do to him?
33:08I don't know.
33:10Well, at least he won't marry her.
33:20Better let me handle this.
33:22Hey, Adam,
33:24you old hornswaggler!
33:26Whoa!
33:28Hey, Paul Taylor, you got news?
33:30Yeah, yeah.
33:32Come on over and say hello.
33:34Hello.
33:36Ellen, your beauty always leaves me breathless.
33:38Still the same old flatterer.
33:40It's good to see you again, Adam.
33:42Were you surprised?
33:44Oh, yes, I was surprised.
33:46Come on, listen, let's get this buggy unloaded.
33:48We can visit the rest of our lives.
33:50Horse,
33:52why don't you let Adam
33:54put the buggy away there?
33:56Sure, Paul, what is it?
34:00Oh, Huss,
34:02can't you see your father
34:04wants to talk to you alone?
34:06Yeah, but right now, Paul?
34:08If you don't mind, son.
34:10Good for you, Mr. Cartwright.
34:12You just keep him busy while I go in and change.
34:20What's the matter, Paul?
34:22Adam bring home some bad news or something?
34:24Well,
34:26in a way.
34:28What is it?
34:32It concerns Ellen.
34:36All right.
34:38Anything that concerns Ellen concerns me.
34:40I want to hear it.
34:44It's not going to be pleasant.
34:48What is it?
34:50Huss,
34:54you don't know Ellen very well.
34:58Go on, say it, Paul.
35:00And when you're done,
35:02I want you and Adam and Joe
35:04to keep still about Ellen.
35:06All right.
35:10This is the news Adam brought back.
35:12Ellen is...
35:14Ellen is a gambler,
35:16a compulsive gambler.
35:18Before Josh died, she gambled away every penny he had.
35:20That ain't true.
35:22Yes, it is. There's more.
35:24Josh Layton was hardly resting in his grave
35:26when she began running around with another man
35:28to get more money to gamble with.
35:30Paul, you've said just about enough.
35:32I'm not finished.
35:34Huss,
35:36you can't think of getting married.
35:38She'll ruin your life.
35:40She's no good.
35:42Paul, don't you talk like that.
35:44I ain't going to listen to them lies.
35:46Adam was there, Huss.
35:48He saw Josh Layton drink himself to death over her.
35:52Where are you going?
35:54I'm going to go in and talk to Ellen.
35:56I'm going to tell her what Adam's saying behind her back.
35:58Adam is telling the truth.
36:00It ain't. It's a lie. It's a dirty lie.
36:02And I'm going to make Adam eat every filthy word.
36:04Ellen's got an explanation for this, and I'm going to get it.
36:06Who is it?
36:08It's me, Hoss.
36:10Just a minute, darling.
36:12Come in.
36:22I just couldn't resist putting it on.
36:24This is what I wanted to buy
36:26when I sent you away.
36:28Oh, I'm so sorry.
36:30It's all right.
36:32It's all right.
36:34I just couldn't resist putting it on
36:36when I sent you away.
36:38Oh, Hoss, you don't like it.
36:40Yes, I do.
36:44It's the prettiest thing I ever saw.
36:48Ellen,
36:50I got to talk to you about something.
36:52Oh, darling, it's so wonderful
36:54to have someone to talk to.
36:56I'm afraid
36:58I don't feel much like talking right now.
37:00Not with your arms around me
37:02and this dress on.
37:08It's been so long since I've been happy like this.
37:12If you only knew how miserable
37:14those last months with Josh were.
37:16How he twisted the truth
37:18until even my closest friends
37:20were telling horrible lies about me.
37:24Then you came along,
37:26and there were no more yesterdays,
37:28only tomorrows.
37:30People will still talk, I suppose.
37:32They just have to be cruel
37:34and twist everything into a black, awful lie.
37:38Yeah, I suppose they do.
37:40You wouldn't believe them, would you, Hoss?
37:44You won't believe what they tell you about me.
37:52No.
37:54Besides,
37:56it don't make no difference
37:58even if it weren't true.
38:00It just wouldn't matter.
38:02What's done is done.
38:04And I don't want you
38:06worrying about it no more, do you hear?
38:08You're the kindest,
38:10most understanding man
38:12that ever lived.
38:18Oh, Hoss,
38:20what was it your father wanted to talk to you about?
38:22What?
38:28It was nothing.
38:30Just forget it.
38:48Well, son,
38:50you and Adam mean well.
38:52I'm sorry I lost my temper.
38:56I didn't mean to call Adam a liar.
38:58As far as I know,
39:00maybe a part of what he says is true.
39:02As far as I'm concerned,
39:06Helen's and my life started the day we met.
39:10I ain't interested in her past.
39:12And I don't want to hear no more about it.
39:20What's at stake is your brother's happiness.
39:22Pa, don't you think I've considered that?
39:24Look, I told you what kind of a woman she is.
39:26You told me what kind of woman she was.
39:30Could be a difference.
39:32Maybe Hoss is right.
39:34People can change.
39:36Pa?
39:38Yes, Joe?
39:40Frank's here to see you.
39:42Oh, Frank.
39:44A little out of your way.
39:46Mr. Cartwright, Adam.
39:48Don't tell me one of my boys has gambled away the Ponderosa.
39:50Not one of your boys, Ben.
39:52Ben, I'm a businessman same as anyone else.
39:54I took that in good faith,
39:56figuring you'd honor it.
40:00Well, that kind of proves what I said, doesn't it?
40:02I wish you hadn't lost that much.
40:04The way things are,
40:06I can't just forget about $5,000.
40:08I'm...
40:10I'm sorry it happened, Ben.
40:12And, uh, I don't discuss my customers' private affairs.
40:14That's why I came out here.
40:16Thanks, Frank.
40:18Thank you very much.
40:24I don't know what to do.
40:26I don't know what to do.
40:28I don't know what to do.
40:30I don't know what to do.
40:32I don't know what to do.
40:34I don't know what to do.
40:36You want to count it.
40:38I don't have to count it, Ben.
40:52Well,
40:54I guess this I.O.U. ought to show Horst the truth.
41:06Not a word of
41:08what you've seen here.
41:10Either one of you.
41:16Shouldn't have torn it up.
41:20Well, he was only thinking about Horst.
41:22That's all any of us are thinking about.
41:24We have to do something about this.
41:26We'll put a stop to it.
41:28Horst will get hurt,
41:30but...
41:32I'd rather see that
41:34guy break up the pieces the rest of his life.
41:36You're right.
41:38What do we do about it?
41:46Where are we going?
41:48Virginia City.
41:50Virginia City? Whatever for?
41:52I heard about your little experience
41:54at the Sazerac yesterday afternoon.
41:56Oh,
41:58you mean those silly coin machines.
42:00Wasn't that awful?
42:02No, I mean the I.O.U. for $5,000.
42:04The dealer presented it
42:06last night for payment.
42:08What are you talking about?
42:10You know what I'm talking about.
42:12Pa paid it off in full.
42:14And now you're going to
42:16ship me out of the country to protect
42:18your little brother, is that it?
42:20No, that's not it. Horst doesn't know a thing about it.
42:24Then what are you up to?
42:26I'm going to take you back to the Sazerac.
42:28I'm going to give you a chance to win back that $5,000.
42:30You mean you...
42:32that you'll stake me?
42:34I'll stake you.
42:36Adam Conrad,
42:38I like your way of thinking.
42:40Here's 5, 10,
42:42pair of deuces, and a 10.
42:44Make your bet.
42:48You're 100,
42:50and 100 more.
42:54King's up.
42:56Good enough.
43:00Deuces are high.
43:02Make your bet.
43:22Jack.
43:24Deuces are high. Make your bet.
43:26I'll see you then, 100.
43:28And 100 more.
43:38Pair of aces.
43:48Doggone it, Joe, you better have a good reason
43:50for bringing me all the way in here.
43:52Mrs. Layden, it'll cost you 100 more
43:54to see if you can improve them.
44:02Cards, Mrs. Layden?
44:04I'll stand pat on these.
44:10Want to beat a flush, ma'am?
44:18How much you lose, Adam?
44:20Well, let's see.
44:22Five,
44:2410,
44:2615,
44:28$20,000.
44:32Don't worry, boss, they're good.
44:34I signed for every one of them.
44:38I'm sorry.
44:42Boss, we did it for you!
44:52Thank you.
45:06If there's one thing that offends me,
45:08it's any display of violence.
45:10Oddly enough, I was thinking
45:12that very same thing.
45:14I wonder if it would be asking too much
45:16to ask you to take me out of here.
45:18Dear lady,
45:20we might even have dinner together.
45:22Dinner?
45:24Oh, that would be wonderful.
45:26I can't think of anything I'd enjoy more.
45:34Well, I think Joe and I
45:36enjoyed doing it.
45:38There was no other way.
45:40I know you meant well.
45:44Maybe there was no other way, but...
45:46Well,
45:48Hoss is the only one who can decide that.
46:04Are you fellas gonna
46:06just sit here and mope all day,
46:08or are you gonna go out and go to work with me?
46:16I don't know.
46:46THE END