Romantic Drama Love's Enduring Promises, English Romantic Movie
The Davis family saga continues as Missie's romance with a wealthy surveyor is interrupted by her father's life-threatening accident. However, the mysterious stranger who begins helping them makes Missie second-guess her true feelings.
Kisah keluarga Davis berlanjut saat kisah cinta Missie dengan seorang surveyor kaya terganggu oleh kecelakaan yang mengancam jiwa ayahnya. Namun, orang asing misterius yang mulai membantu mereka membuat Missie menebak-nebak perasaannya yang sebenarnya.
Stars
January Jones, Logan Bartholomew, Dale Midkiff.
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Kisah keluarga Davis berlanjut saat kisah cinta Missie dengan seorang surveyor kaya terganggu oleh kecelakaan yang mengancam jiwa ayahnya. Namun, orang asing misterius yang mulai membantu mereka membuat Missie menebak-nebak perasaannya yang sebenarnya.
Stars
January Jones, Logan Bartholomew, Dale Midkiff.
Please Full Watch the Movie, Like and Follow this Channel
Thank you so much
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00:00:00Are you really here with me?
00:00:20I'm here.
00:00:23And you'll never leave me?
00:00:26Never.
00:00:27Promise?
00:00:28How can I be certain?
00:00:32Because the two shall become one.
00:00:52What a wonderful life you've given me, Clark.
00:00:55What a wonderful life we've made together.
00:01:25I love you.
00:01:56Lord, we're grateful that the soil is warm and ready to be planted.
00:02:01And we ask that this season's crop be bountiful.
00:02:04We thank you for this nourishment before us.
00:02:07Bless it to our bodies.
00:02:09And bless this day.
00:02:11Amen.
00:02:12Amen.
00:02:15Hey, where's Missy?
00:02:19I thank you, again and again, for the honor you've done me in your proposals.
00:02:24But to accept them is absolutely impossible.
00:02:27My feelings in every respect forbid it.
00:02:30Can I speak any plainer?
00:02:54Yeah! Yeah!
00:02:59And I think I'm old enough to be riding by myself to school.
00:03:03Charlie's a good horse, and he don't like standing around all day with nothing to do.
00:03:09How do you know he don't like standing around?
00:03:12Charlie!
00:03:13Yeah!
00:03:14Hey!
00:03:15That was Missy!
00:03:19And Charlie!
00:03:21I believe it was.
00:03:24Yeah!
00:03:55Sam?
00:04:00Take your seat to get out your reading primers.
00:04:04Quickly, please.
00:04:10Daniel, please start reading from the top of page 25.
00:04:14Ahem.
00:04:18Just making sure the teacher made it here safely.
00:04:23Well, here I am, safe and sound.
00:04:26I would appreciate it, though, if you made sure that Arnie and Aaron got here on time.
00:04:30It's disruptive to the rest of the class when they enter late.
00:04:33Well, I think they're gonna be here on time from now on.
00:04:37You have a very nice day, Miss Davis.
00:04:41Miss Davis?
00:04:46All right, Daniel.
00:04:47Yes, ma'am.
00:04:55Get on up there.
00:04:57Boom.
00:05:03How you doing, Zeke?
00:05:05This is Mike.
00:05:07I just took the boys to school.
00:05:09They're late again.
00:05:11I tell you, though, I wish they'd stay young forever.
00:05:14How old's that boy of yours now?
00:05:16He'll be ten on his next birthday.
00:05:19And the younger one?
00:05:21Arnie? He's seven.
00:05:23Well, he's got it in his head, though, that one of these days he and Aaron, they're gonna swap places and he's gonna be the older brother.
00:05:29Yeah, well.
00:05:32The boys sure are full of big ideas.
00:05:37Yeah.
00:05:39Any word from your boy?
00:05:45Well, like you said, boys are full of big ideas.
00:06:02Lunch!
00:06:09Come on.
00:06:16Come on.
00:06:22Don't forget your phone.
00:06:28I was wondering if you'd do me a favor, Claire.
00:06:30I'm just not hungry today, but I don't mind lunch to go to waste.
00:06:33Maybe you'd eat it for me?
00:06:34I'd like to help you, Miss Davis.
00:06:36Thank you, Claire.
00:06:39Bye.
00:06:42I'll be stepping out for a few minutes.
00:06:44Charlotte will be in charge while I'm gone, and she'll report to me the names of anyone breaking any class rules in my absence.
00:06:50Anyone.
00:07:08Hey!
00:07:12I got the top today!
00:07:30Keep them in a break for lunch. I'll be back.
00:07:35You're the boss.
00:07:36All right, that's lunch.
00:07:46Is this a private lunch, or can anyone dine here?
00:07:51I hope I didn't startle you.
00:07:54No.
00:07:55I'm Grant Thomas.
00:07:57Missy Davis.
00:08:00Well, Missy Davis, I have surveyed hundreds of miles of land west of the Mississippi,
00:08:04but today is the first time I've ever seen anything as pretty as you in the viewfinder of my transit.
00:08:10We're just picking berries.
00:08:12Not a very substantial midday meal, if you don't mind my saying so.
00:08:17Did you say you have a transit?
00:08:19Yes. It's a device used to measure the...
00:08:21Horizontal and vertical angles of the land.
00:08:24That's right.
00:08:25And you have one close by?
00:08:27Would you like to see?
00:08:42Would you like to look?
00:08:47Allow me.
00:08:57It's amazing.
00:09:01What are you all doing here?
00:09:04Follow me.
00:09:13We work for the Continental Railroad Company.
00:09:16It's our job to survey the lines to find the best and shortest routes for the men who lay the tracks.
00:09:22That's a Vigneault solar compass. It shows us which direction is true north.
00:09:26I've read about equipment like this.
00:09:29I know you said you're not hungry, but maybe you'd consider joining me for lunch.
00:09:35I'm sorry, I really have to go. I'm late.
00:09:39Late?
00:09:43Thanks.
00:09:50Are you sure you have to go?
00:09:52I'm afraid so, but it was nice to meet you.
00:09:55And good luck with all your work here.
00:10:07Let me in!
00:10:10Let me in!
00:10:14I know you're responsible for this, Brian Murphy.
00:10:17Get off this door!
00:10:20I'm giving you one last chance.
00:10:23Fine, have it your way. I'm leaving and coming back with your pa.
00:10:30I'm sorry. I assure you it isn't my desire to startle you every time we meet.
00:10:35No, it's fine. I was just about to go in and teach a class.
00:10:40I'm the teacher.
00:10:43I don't mean to hold you up, but you left this.
00:10:47I understand now why you couldn't accept my invitation for lunch.
00:10:50So, maybe you'll accept my next invitation to dine with me for lunch?
00:10:55A week from Saturday? It's not a school day.
00:10:59Unless you have a steady bow.
00:11:01No.
00:11:02No? You won't dine with me?
00:11:04No. I mean, no, I don't have a steady bow.
00:11:08Yes, I would be delighted to dine with you.
00:11:10Wonderful.
00:11:12I hear the hotel dining room has the best food in town I can arrange for transportation.
00:11:16Oh, no, that's all right. I'll meet you there.
00:11:20Around noon?
00:11:22Noon would be perfect.
00:11:26Better get back to my class.
00:11:29All right. Goodbye.
00:11:34Goodbye.
00:11:47And this handsome and mysterious stranger rides up on this mighty steed and sweeps me off my feet.
00:11:55Chrissy Davis, you are making that up.
00:11:57I'm not. It really happened.
00:11:59His name is Grant Thomas, and he works for the railroad.
00:12:01On the crew?
00:12:03Yes, but, I mean, he's different from the other men.
00:12:06I mean, he was well-dressed and self-assured, and they treated him like he was the boss.
00:12:12He even had his own tent filled with food.
00:12:15Looks like you're imagining a little more than just food.
00:12:18They invited me to dine with him at the hotel.
00:12:21He said dine?
00:12:22Yes.
00:12:23What'd you say?
00:12:24I said yes.
00:13:14Tom, when are you going to let me do the chopping and you do the loading?
00:13:39When you get older.
00:13:41But that's what you said about the plowing.
00:13:43Well, that's right. You're going to be a big help with the plowing someday.
00:13:48But I want to help now.
00:13:50You are helping me.
00:13:52But I want to do important work. A man's work.
00:13:56There's all kinds of work, son.
00:14:01There's a boy's work.
00:14:05There's a man's work.
00:14:08And there's God's work. It's all important.
00:14:11So feeding the chickens is important?
00:14:13Yep.
00:14:14And cleaning the pig's pen?
00:14:16Oh, you bet.
00:14:17Um, Pa, I gotta go.
00:14:21Go ahead.
00:14:22Be right back, Pa. Be right back to help.
00:14:26Okay.
00:14:27Okay.
00:14:51Aaron? Are you hurt?
00:14:54I've been trapped lots of times, Pa.
00:14:57I ain't never heard one do that till now.
00:15:08Scared me so bad, Pa. I don't need to pee no more.
00:15:24You all right, Pa?
00:15:25Come here.
00:15:30Listen to me, son.
00:15:32I need you to take off your belt.
00:15:35I need you to take off your belt and wrap it around my leg.
00:15:44Come on.
00:15:50There you go.
00:15:52What do I do again, Pa?
00:15:55Wrap, wrap underneath.
00:15:59Pa, help me. I don't know what to do.
00:16:03It's not your fault.
00:16:08Pa!
00:16:14Pa!
00:16:22Please, Pa.
00:16:24Don't leave me.
00:16:31Please, Pa.
00:16:33Pa!
00:16:36Pa!
00:16:52Yah! Yah!
00:16:56Hey! Hey!
00:17:02Yah!
00:17:13Yah!
00:17:21Yah!
00:17:25Move! Move!
00:17:32Move!
00:17:38Hello.
00:17:46Who are you?
00:17:48Yah!
00:17:56You've been missing.
00:17:57It's me.
00:18:02Mama!
00:18:07Mama!
00:18:08What?
00:18:09Come quick!
00:18:21Bleeding has stopped for now.
00:18:25No moving around, Clark.
00:18:27Uh-uh.
00:18:29I'm going to give that woman a chance to heal.
00:18:36For how long?
00:18:37At least a few weeks.
00:18:39Maybe more. That's a serious injury.
00:18:42Gash goes clear to the bone.
00:18:47I'll see you out.
00:18:50Thanks, Doc.
00:18:55How's Pa?
00:18:57He's resting.
00:19:00Thank you for coming so quickly.
00:19:03It takes me a better part of a month to do my rounds, but I'll be back to check on him then.
00:19:09I'll make sure he stays med.
00:19:11Infection? That's your biggest worry now?
00:19:14A bad infection could lead to gangrene.
00:19:18He could lose his leg.
00:19:21Or worse.
00:19:27No.
00:19:45Dear Lord,
00:19:47You healed the lame.
00:19:49Please.
00:19:52Please help this good man.
00:19:54Give us the strength to endure this.
00:19:58He will.
00:20:04That look of worry on your face, it's a lot more than this leg does.
00:20:09I'm fine.
00:20:11I'm right here.
00:20:14I know, but...
00:20:16I'm right here, Marty. I'm not going anywhere.
00:20:19Marty, I'm not going anywhere.
00:20:24Yeah, I'm figuring that...
00:20:28A couple days, I'm gonna be right as rain.
00:20:34You can't work the fields, Clark.
00:20:37I have to.
00:20:40If we don't get a good crop this year, we're gonna lose everything.
00:20:46I know.
00:20:48That's why Missy and I will do it.
00:20:52You can't.
00:20:55We will.
00:21:17Shh.
00:21:19Pa's asleep.
00:21:23I wanna make you lunch.
00:21:25I wanna stay here with Pa.
00:21:28I'll be right here with him.
00:21:30Pa needs me.
00:21:47Okay.
00:22:17Whoa!
00:22:47Hmm.
00:23:17Oh, God.
00:24:01Here you go, sir.
00:24:28Whoa!
00:24:47Lunchtime.
00:24:54Saturday?
00:25:05Sit.
00:25:08Sit.
00:25:18Sit.
00:25:25What is it? What's wrong?
00:25:28I'm just redressing the wound. Can you hand me that canister of yeast?
00:25:37Elm bark and yeast?
00:25:48No.
00:26:00This should make it all better.
00:26:05And if it doesn't?
00:26:18Please.
00:26:28God.
00:26:29Please, God, help my Pa.
00:26:48Whoa.
00:27:01Afternoon.
00:27:03I think this belongs to you.
00:27:07You're the man that helped bring my Pa home.
00:27:10How is he?
00:27:13He's alive.
00:27:15He's alive.
00:27:18How did you happen upon him?
00:27:20I was out checking my traps.
00:27:27What do you think you're doing?
00:27:29Thought I might have a turn at the plow.
00:27:33Why are you helping me?
00:27:37Wait a minute. What's your name?
00:27:39Nate.
00:27:42I thought maybe we'd met before.
00:27:44I don't think so.
00:27:56Got Anders and Malone working on the next quarter mile like you asked.
00:28:01I'm glad someone is where they're supposed to be.
00:28:04I know it's none of my business, boss, but maybe the lady had a good reason for standing you up.
00:28:14Yeah.
00:28:34So you've handled a plow before?
00:28:36Yep.
00:28:38Are you from around here?
00:28:39Here and there.
00:28:41Just passing through.
00:28:44Do you always ask so many questions?
00:28:46Just wondering on your work experience.
00:28:49Because it seems to me you should be spacing the rows a little closer together.
00:28:53Because the more rows you plow, the more seeds I can plant and the bigger the harvest is.
00:28:57Do I tell you how to braid your hair?
00:29:00Don't tell me how to plow a field.
00:29:10Come on.
00:29:23Where is he?
00:29:40Mind if I take a look?
00:29:45There's water in the bowl, Missy.
00:30:02Best if your boy wasn't in here.
00:30:05Aaron, Pa needs fresh water.
00:30:08Missy can.
00:30:10No, I want you to get it.
00:30:12No, Mama. I'm not leaving Pa.
00:30:16Pa will be all right. We're here to see to that right now.
00:30:19I'm not going! No!
00:30:21Aaron, go and get fresh water.
00:30:24I'm not leaving!
00:30:26Hand me that chair.
00:30:28Let me in!
00:30:31He needs me in there, Mama.
00:30:34Let me in!
00:30:36Please!
00:30:38Let me in!
00:30:40What didn't you want him to hear?
00:30:42We're going to have to open that wound very clean.
00:30:45It's the only way to get rid of the infection.
00:30:47I thought the ombar would help draw it out.
00:30:52He could lose his leg or his life if you let the infection get worse.
00:30:57No, you're not touching my Pa.
00:31:02Have you ever done this sort of thing before?
00:31:05I've been a ranch hand for years.
00:31:08I've seen a lot of mishaps.
00:31:10So I've taken care of my share of accidents.
00:31:15Mom, can't we just wait for Doc?
00:31:19The Doc won't be around for another three weeks.
00:31:29What do you need?
00:31:31Take my knife and clean it with whatever you got.
00:31:34Brandy or iodine.
00:31:36I'm going to need some hot coals and a fry pan.
00:31:49It would be best if you could take your brothers out of here, Sean.
00:32:00I love you, Pa.
00:32:30I sleep beside the living stream.
00:32:35He brings my wandering spirit back.
00:32:39And I forsake his ways.
00:32:44He leads me for his reasons.
00:33:01Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:33:23Appreciate it.
00:33:55The fever broke.
00:33:57He's awake. He's even hungry.
00:33:58He's asking for my fried chicken.
00:34:13Make sure you thank him and invite him for supper tonight.
00:34:16I will.
00:34:18Mate!
00:34:20Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:34:28For everything.
00:34:32I was glad I was there.
00:34:35Especially when one of your brothers watched his father die and then live in the life wondering what he could have done different.
00:34:43Well, I hope you like fried chicken.
00:34:45That's what we're having for supper.
00:34:49Come on.
00:34:59I'm hungry.
00:35:01You hear my stomach growl here?
00:35:03We're all hungry. We've been waiting all day.
00:35:05So who cooked this fine feast anyway?
00:35:07What do you think cooked it?
00:35:09Come on, who cooked it?
00:35:11I cooked it, of course.
00:35:13Who put the salt on this chicken?
00:35:15The what?
00:35:17My favorite.
00:35:19He's here. Can we start eating?
00:35:21Patience.
00:35:23Nate, come on in.
00:35:25We're having a picnic. We made you a plate.
00:35:27Pa's leg is getting better, Nate.
00:35:29And I'll be right here to make sure you have everything you need, Pa.
00:35:33Like if you need water.
00:35:35Or biscuits.
00:35:37Or someone to get you a piece of ham.
00:35:39Or your Bible.
00:35:41How about you get me some help with the chores?
00:35:44Pa needs me.
00:35:46All right, you two.
00:35:47Let's say the blessing so we can eat this fine meal that your mama has prepared.
00:35:52Lord, we thank you for the blessings that you've bestowed on this family.
00:35:58My family.
00:36:00And to Nate.
00:36:02Our very own miracle.
00:36:05Who has reopened our eyes to your enduring promise.
00:36:08Amen.
00:36:10Amen.
00:36:12Eat up.
00:36:14Marty tells me that you've done more work in that field today than she and Missy have been able to do all week.
00:36:22Well, it wasn't my first time behind a plow.
00:36:25You got your own piece of land?
00:36:28No.
00:36:30No land yet.
00:36:32Just plans.
00:36:34You never despise meager beginnings.
00:36:43You got some wheat.
00:36:45And corn.
00:36:47Needs to get in the ground.
00:36:49Next couple weeks.
00:36:51I'll pay you a fair price.
00:36:53As soon as the crop comes in.
00:36:55But Missy here, she's young and able.
00:36:57And I'm sure she'd be happy to help you with the planting.
00:37:07I'll be out there to sign up.
00:37:10All right.
00:37:13Shh, shh, shh.
00:37:18Do a bunny.
00:37:22He has a big mouth.
00:37:24You better watch out, he might get ya.
00:37:30What I won't give for a handful of quiet.
00:37:36Do a swarm.
00:37:44Do a bear.
00:37:46He has a big mouth.
00:37:48You better watch out, he might get ya.
00:38:14Cut your hair for two minutes.
00:38:16Actually, I'm not here for a haircut.
00:38:18I just need a little information.
00:38:20Information's two minutes.
00:38:24I'm looking for a young woman.
00:38:26Missy Davis.
00:38:28I can tell you just where to find the Davis place.
00:38:30That'd be most appreciative.
00:38:32Want to head back out of town?
00:38:34No.
00:38:36I'm going to miss you.
00:38:38I'm going to miss you.
00:38:40I'm going to miss you.
00:38:42Want to head back out of town?
00:38:44Go south from the post office.
00:38:46You'll get two big oak trees.
00:38:48Head west.
00:38:50You can't miss it.
00:38:52Sometimes when I'm outside like this,
00:38:54surrounded by all this beauty,
00:38:57it feels like I'm walking through one of God's paintings.
00:39:00It feeds my soul.
00:39:04Speaking of God,
00:39:06what did your poem mean by
00:39:08His enduring promise?
00:39:11That someday,
00:39:13He'll wipe away all our tears.
00:39:15That all pain and
00:39:17suffering and heartache will be gone.
00:39:21That evening when we were all together,
00:39:23feeling joyful that Pa wasn't in pain,
00:39:27you helped give us a glimpse of that promise.
00:39:42We have plenty of wood back at the cabin.
00:39:45Not a sturdy piece of oak like this one.
00:39:49What's it for?
00:39:53None of your beeswax.
00:40:02Are you alright?
00:40:11Yeah.
00:40:18Crazy.
00:40:25You're foolish to mess with bees.
00:40:28I've done this plenty of times.
00:40:30Smoke puts them to sleep.
00:40:35We'll surprise your mama with some honey.
00:40:42Ouch! Hey, ouch!
00:40:45What's the matter?
00:40:47One of the bees not sleeping?
00:40:57What about the honey for mama?
00:41:00I'd stop talking and start running if I were you.
00:41:11Ah!
00:41:23Come here!
00:41:37That was close.
00:41:39Smoke puts them to sleep.
00:41:42That's always worked before.
00:41:44Throwing a rock at him didn't help either.
00:41:52Oh, no!
00:41:54What is it?
00:41:56My locket.
00:41:58It can't be gone.
00:42:00Missy.
00:42:06My mama gave it to me.
00:42:11Come here.
00:42:17Come on.
00:42:27I can't believe it.
00:42:31Someone you know?
00:42:34Someone I never thought I'd see again.
00:42:41Come on.
00:42:46Good afternoon, Missy.
00:42:49Good afternoon, Grant.
00:42:52I was worried when you didn't show up at the restaurant.
00:42:55It took every bit of my surveying equipment to find you.
00:42:58Actually, I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of asking around in town.
00:43:01I had planned to be there.
00:43:03My pa had an accident and was quite ill.
00:43:06Is he alright?
00:43:08He's still recovering, but I think the worst is behind him.
00:43:11I'm so glad.
00:43:15This is Nate.
00:43:17He's been working for my pa since his accident.
00:43:21This is Grant Thomas.
00:43:24We had a mishap with some bees.
00:43:27A mess.
00:43:29A beautiful mess, if you don't mind my saying so.
00:43:33Would you like to meet my folks?
00:43:35My pa might be sleeping, but...
00:43:37I don't want to disturb them with this unannounced visit.
00:43:38But if it's alright, I'd like to come back and do things the right and proper way.
00:43:43Things?
00:43:45Yes. I'd like to ask his permission to court his daughter.
00:43:48If that's alright with you.
00:43:50Yes. That would be fine with me.
00:43:54I'll look forward to my next conversation with him when he's feeling up to it.
00:43:58It's nice to meet you, Nate.
00:43:59Take care.
00:44:07I'll see you soon.
00:44:11Alright, John.
00:44:29I love you.
00:45:11Mama sent me to get you. She's got supper ready.
00:45:15I'm not real hungry.
00:45:18But thank her for me anyway.
00:45:20Alright.
00:45:22I could bring you something for later.
00:45:24No.
00:45:26But you can do something for me.
00:45:31Give this to your pa.
00:45:33He's gonna need it to get around.
00:45:38A sturdy piece of oak.
00:45:42I know how much he'll appreciate it.
00:45:46Night.
00:45:55Night.
00:46:02Boom, boom.
00:46:06Good to see you.
00:46:08I just wanted to thank you for making this fancy cane for me.
00:46:12It's mighty thoughtful of you.
00:46:14I know what a chore it can be to get around at first.
00:46:17You had some experience with a bum leg yourself?
00:46:20My pa...
00:46:22He needed a cane for months.
00:46:25I guess if I get the horses brushing time.
00:46:27Alright then.
00:46:55Come on.
00:47:25Come on.
00:47:55How was your walk?
00:47:57Well, it felt good to get out for a while.
00:47:59Thanks to you.
00:48:01I went back to that spot in the woods where I had my accident.
00:48:04Woods are nice and green this time of year.
00:48:06Yep.
00:48:08Feller could get lost in those trees if he wanted to.
00:48:11Will he?
00:48:19How long have you known?
00:48:20How long have you known?
00:48:22Boy does a lot of growing and changing in his teen years.
00:48:25When you told me about your pa's leg, well, that kind of confirmed it for me.
00:48:35My middle name's Nathan.
00:48:38Nate.
00:48:40Been using it for years.
00:48:42Because I thought if I changed my name, I could change my past.
00:48:47How's that working out for you, son?
00:48:51Most days it seems like the past is breathing down my neck.
00:48:56Reminding me I'm Willie.
00:48:59Even in a room full of folks who call me Nate.
00:49:03Well, your family had a lot to deal with.
00:49:08And it must have been awful hard.
00:49:13But a tragedy...
00:49:16happens.
00:49:18A real family pulls together.
00:49:21And mine ripped apart.
00:49:27My ma, she...
00:49:30grieved herself crazy and she...
00:49:32went back east.
00:49:35My pa, he just quit.
00:49:38So I left home six years ago.
00:49:42I imagine you got your reasons for coming back now.
00:49:48I got some things that need to be said.
00:49:54But then I came close to going home.
00:49:56And I couldn't face my pa.
00:50:02I left, I left like I did.
00:50:05And then you found...
00:50:08Aaron and me.
00:50:11Yes, you did.
00:50:15I saw your pa today, son.
00:50:18I don't know what happened between you two.
00:50:21I do know you're never going to step out of the shadow of your past until you see him.
00:50:38Did you tell him about me?
00:50:40That's not up to me.
00:50:42He probably doesn't want to see me.
00:50:45I saw a man.
00:50:48With a face full of regret.
00:50:53Seeing you.
00:50:55Talking to you.
00:50:58That might help him put his past to rest.
00:51:04I suppose you think I'm a coward for running the way I did?
00:51:07The way a man grieves.
00:51:09That's a personal thing.
00:51:12I do know there are times...
00:51:14when a man can be driven...
00:51:17and take a trip...
00:51:19in search of answers.
00:51:21And if that man doesn't find the answer he's looking for?
00:51:24Most often we're not looking for answers.
00:51:28We're in need of comfort.
00:51:31And for me the only trip worth taking...
00:51:34is when I kneel to pray.
00:51:39All the comfort I could ever ask for...
00:51:41is right there...
00:51:43in God.
00:51:48You'll be fine, son.
00:52:07Yes, of course.
00:52:18I love you.
00:52:21I love you.
00:52:48I love you.
00:53:02What's your business here?
00:53:05Pots. Me Willie.
00:53:18Come on.
00:53:20I guess you would be old enough to have whiskers by now.
00:53:24Yes, sir.
00:53:35I'm going to make some coffee. You want a cup?
00:53:41Coffee won't be good.
00:53:43Maybe I'll fix some eggs.
00:53:53I found your parents to be very gracious about our lunch together, Missy.
00:53:57Back East, young women must often be accompanied by a chaperone.
00:54:00Mothers and sisters...
00:54:02aren't too busy with the tasks of the day to spend time chaperoned.
00:54:06If you don't mind my saying so, Mr. Thomas...
00:54:09the entire town is very happy...
00:54:12that your family is bringing the railroad right past our doors.
00:54:14Glad to hear we have the support of the community.
00:54:17Oh, the cook is preparing that special chicken dish that you requested.
00:54:22Well, whenever you're ready for your first course, just signal me.
00:54:26Good.
00:54:28I thought you were a surveyor.
00:54:30I am.
00:54:32When your family owns the business, it's only smart to know every aspect of it.
00:54:35I hope you find everything to your satisfaction, Missy.
00:54:38Everything's so lovely.
00:54:40The table linens, the crystal...
00:54:42the beautiful legs in China.
00:54:44You know the pattern?
00:54:46Her Majesty's filigree.
00:54:48See the scroll designs along the rim?
00:54:50Give it elegance.
00:54:52And the raised accents make it unique.
00:54:55I spend an exorbitant amount of time reading.
00:55:00I believe that's our lunch.
00:55:02Morning.
00:55:04Sorry.
00:55:08Excuse me.
00:55:10I'm sorry.
00:55:13Oh.
00:55:16Here you go, sir.
00:55:24A connoisseur of knowledge and a chicken wrangler.
00:55:28The advantage of being raised in the West and educated by a woman from the East.
00:55:34My mother died when I was just a child,
00:55:37and my father ended up marrying a woman from the East.
00:55:43Oh, no.
00:55:45I'm so clumsy.
00:55:47No, no, not at all.
00:55:49Missy, no, Missy.
00:55:51No, I know they're expensive. I can pay him back.
00:55:53Missy, Missy, the crystal is mine.
00:55:55As are the plates.
00:55:57They are easily replaced.
00:55:59Sit.
00:56:01They're yours?
00:56:03I wanted the table to be perfect,
00:56:05so I had my man John bring them over this morning.
00:56:07Now, don't worry another moment about it.
00:56:09I have 20 more crystal glasses just like that one at home.
00:56:10Yes.
00:56:12And I would happily let you crack each and every one
00:56:14if you'll dine with me 20 more times.
00:56:17Well, maybe next time we'll have to have a picnic instead.
00:56:20You can leave all your crystal at home.
00:56:22I'm already planning the menu.
00:56:30This is potatoes with scrambled eggs.
00:56:34Just like you always used to have.
00:56:37That wasn't me. That was Matt.
00:56:39Matty.
00:56:42I hate to waste good food.
00:56:44Well, you know, Pa, I could probably eat some of this.
00:56:47Just don't do me any favors, Willie, all right?
00:56:49I mean, it ain't gonna break my heart if you don't eat the eggs.
00:56:52Really, Pa, I could eat some of that.
00:56:55Well, you can eat nothing now.
00:56:59Six years since I've seen or heard from you,
00:57:01I guess I'm entitled to forget a few things.
00:57:04Oh, Pa.
00:57:06I'm sorry I left like I did.
00:57:09Well, at least your ma had the guts
00:57:12to tell me to my face she was leaving.
00:57:17You know what happened to her?
00:57:19No.
00:57:23Then I guess you're a lot like your mama.
00:57:28Well, near now,
00:57:31I came back to set things right.
00:57:32Hope you could.
00:57:34What could I do?
00:57:36I could pretend that none of this ever happened.
00:57:38I'm not asking you to pretend nothing, Pa.
00:57:40I'm asking you to forgive me.
00:57:42You want me to forgive you?
00:57:50Maybe you should forget you still have a son.
00:58:02I don't know.
00:58:32Take care.
00:58:55My goodness.
00:58:57You make him sound like a fictional hero
00:58:59from one of our novels.
00:59:00Gran is educated
00:59:03and handsome
00:59:05and attentive.
00:59:09He's traveled all over for his job
00:59:11and seen places I've only read about.
00:59:13Just remember
00:59:16that God has written his own story for you.
00:59:19And it's not the feelings of your heart
00:59:21that it should be based upon,
00:59:23but rather the thoughts of your heart
00:59:25that you need to hear.
00:59:27That inner voice that tells you
00:59:28that this man will care for you
00:59:30no matter what.
00:59:32That he'll still want to kiss you
00:59:34when you're old and gray,
00:59:36tend to you when you're sick,
00:59:38honor you.
00:59:40And if the thoughts of my heart
00:59:42say yes,
00:59:44he is the one?
00:59:47Then you should trust your instincts
00:59:49and pledge your heart to him
00:59:51because a man like that
00:59:53is as rare as a diamond in the rough.
00:59:55Like Pa?
00:59:56Yes.
00:59:58Like your Pa.
01:00:04Aaron said he saw you
01:00:06packing up your horse.
01:00:08You planning on going somewhere?
01:00:10Took your advice.
01:00:12Saw my Pa.
01:00:14I figured that's where you were.
01:00:19According to him,
01:00:21I ruined his life.
01:00:23I'm sorry.
01:00:24It's not the way you hoped, Willie.
01:00:27I really thought your father
01:00:29was ready to make amends with you.
01:00:32He'd never be ready to do that.
01:00:35He'll never forgive me.
01:00:40You're his son.
01:00:43Not anymore.
01:00:45You want to talk about it?
01:00:48Talking about it don't change anything.
01:00:51Sometimes just talking it through
01:00:54will help you see things
01:00:56in a whole different light.
01:01:01There ain't no light in the world
01:01:03that'd make this better.
01:01:08Can't hurt to try.
01:01:12Unless you're afraid.
01:01:21I used to set traps for Pa.
01:01:26Matty was always after me
01:01:28to let him come along.
01:01:31I didn't want him to.
01:01:33I just figured he'd slow me down.
01:01:36I didn't want him to.
01:01:38I just figured he'd get in the way.
01:01:44Matty had a way about him.
01:01:45He just had to get Mom and Pa
01:01:47to let him have his way.
01:01:51When are we going to set
01:01:53the first trap, Willie?
01:01:55Find the right place.
01:01:59When are we going to eat
01:02:01the food Mama sent?
01:02:03You get hungry.
01:02:05How do you know when it's
01:02:07the right time for the traps?
01:02:09Can't you hush up for just two seconds?
01:02:11I can't concentrate
01:02:13with you yammering on and on.
01:02:15I don't know how I lost
01:02:17track of the day.
01:02:19I guess I was just so intent
01:02:21on getting those traps
01:02:23so Pa would know
01:02:25what a good trapper I really was.
01:02:27Thinking back,
01:02:29I don't know how I couldn't see
01:02:31how tired and worried Matty was.
01:02:33I'm cold and it's getting dark.
01:02:35Don't you think
01:02:37we better head back?
01:02:39We've got one more trap to set.
01:02:42Mom's going to be worried.
01:02:46Hush.
01:02:48We've got to make this last trap count.
01:02:50Pa's depending on me.
01:02:53It was like a curtain
01:02:55dropped over the sun.
01:02:57One minute I could see
01:02:59where I was going
01:03:01and the next minute
01:03:03it got so dark
01:03:05I couldn't make out
01:03:07the right way to go.
01:03:12I'm so sorry, Matty.
01:03:14I should have listened to you.
01:03:16There's no way I can get us home
01:03:18in the dark.
01:03:20May,
01:03:22maybe Pa will come find us.
01:03:24Maybe.
01:03:26More than likely
01:03:28just after half the night
01:03:30he's at home
01:03:32at first light.
01:03:34I'm awful cold, Lily.
01:03:36Here.
01:03:38Stay close to me.
01:03:40It'll
01:03:41keep you
01:03:43warm.
01:03:45Thanks, Willie.
01:03:56Thanks, Willie.
01:03:59The kid is shivering and shaking in the cold
01:04:01and he says thanks.
01:04:07Then what happened?
01:04:09Then...
01:04:12Then, uh...
01:04:18You know,
01:04:20I was right.
01:04:22Talking about it doesn't change anything.
01:04:35I was about done
01:04:36and this time I moved on.
01:04:38I did what I came for.
01:04:40Did you?
01:04:43I came home
01:04:45and saw my Pa.
01:04:48Are you sure that's who you really needed to face?
01:04:54He should be on my way.
01:04:57The doors will always be open to you, Willie.
01:05:00And our prayers will be with you.
01:05:02Thanks, Willie.
01:05:04Our prayers will be with you.
01:05:31Come on.
01:06:01Come on.
01:06:31Come on.
01:07:01Maddie, wake up.
01:07:20Maddie, wake up.
01:07:26Come on, Maddie. Quit fooling.
01:07:27Quit fooling.
01:07:30Maddie?
01:07:32No, Maddie.
01:07:34Maddie, come on.
01:07:38Come on, Maddie. Wake up.
01:07:40No.
01:07:42No! Maddie!
01:07:44Maddie!
01:07:47Maddie!
01:07:48No!
01:07:50Maddie.
01:07:53No.
01:07:57Maddie.
01:08:00Maddie.
01:08:04It was my fault, Maddie.
01:08:11I was supposed to protect you and I didn't.
01:08:19I didn't want it to happen.
01:08:24You slipped away and I didn't even know.
01:08:28You were so brave and I didn't even get to tell you.
01:08:38I'm sorry, Maddie.
01:08:45Please forgive me.
01:08:57I'm sorry.
01:09:08After you.
01:09:19Grant.
01:09:22I've never seen anything like it.
01:09:25It's just like a real home.
01:09:27It is my home.
01:09:30The tent goes up wherever I am.
01:09:32I don't see any purpose in depriving myself of the comforts I've become accustomed to.
01:09:39You travel with all these books?
01:09:41Books?
01:09:43Music?
01:09:50Honor me with a dance.
01:09:57You're an excellent partner.
01:10:00My father taught me.
01:10:02You see, I'm not generally a man who thinks much past the next site I'm working.
01:10:08But since we've met, I've found myself daydreaming about a future with you.
01:10:15What do you see for us in your dreams?
01:10:18I see us traveling and exploring together.
01:10:22Midnight picnics under a canopy of the brightest stars.
01:10:26Or dining in the finest hotels.
01:10:29A life brimming with anything and everything you could ever want.
01:10:35That life sounds like a fairy tale.
01:10:41That life could be ours.
01:10:43You would never have to turn a spade in soil again.
01:10:46Or toilet planting your own food.
01:10:49And if I did have to plant and plow?
01:10:51Would you see yourself right there beside me?
01:10:54You're missing my point.
01:10:56I wouldn't have to be there because no wife of mine would ever struggle, if even for an hour, in a field.
01:11:01I'm a very wealthy man.
01:11:09What's wrong?
01:11:13I just always thought my first kiss should be for the man I marry.
01:11:17Then marry me.
01:11:19Missy, you don't want to say no to a man who's offering to save you from a life of adversity.
01:11:24I'm saying no to a man who doesn't think adversity is something you get through together.
01:11:29It's just not real, Grant.
01:11:35I'll tell you what's real.
01:11:37We've just given up the chance of a lifetime.
01:11:40I can have any heart I want.
01:11:43Until now.
01:11:45Until now.
01:11:50I'm sorry, Grant.
01:11:53I'll get someone to take you home.
01:12:05God bless you.
01:12:07Nate.
01:12:09Actually, I'm Willie Nathan LaHaye.
01:12:16Willie LaHaye.
01:12:18You were the boy that stole my hair ribbons and dipped my braids in ink.
01:12:24And then when your brother...
01:12:30And then you were gone.
01:12:32Why didn't you tell me who you were?
01:12:37I've been Nate for years, as strangers.
01:12:40I guess I wasn't ready to be Willie again.
01:12:44Until now.
01:12:47Well, you don't look like anything I remember.
01:12:52I was just a boy when I left.
01:12:55It's been a while.
01:12:57I was just a boy when I left.
01:13:00It's been a while.
01:13:02People change.
01:13:05They do.
01:13:11Well, how about your pa? Have you seen him?
01:13:17I've seen him.
01:13:20But he's not ready to see me.
01:13:27I'm sorry.
01:13:32Well, you know, I wanted to thank you for all you did for my family.
01:13:36That you left without saying goodbye.
01:13:43I had some thinking to do.
01:13:45Some things to get right.
01:13:50I am grateful to you and your family for helping me put down a burden.
01:13:55I've been carrying it for a long time.
01:13:59Actually, I'm headed further west.
01:14:07You've got land to farm?
01:14:09No.
01:14:11Not yet.
01:14:13When I do claim my land, it'll be for raising cattle.
01:14:17Not crops.
01:14:19I've worked on a couple cattle ranches and it's what suits me.
01:14:25The thing is...
01:14:28I came by today because I didn't want to make the same mistake.
01:14:33I wanted to see you.
01:14:35And...
01:14:39And give these back to you.
01:14:48My ribbons.
01:14:51You kept them all these years.
01:14:52You kept them all these years.
01:14:56Probably seems silly to you.
01:14:59No, not silly.
01:15:01It's sweet.
01:15:05Well, anyway, that's what I came for.
01:15:08To give you those and...
01:15:12Say...
01:15:14Goodbye.
01:15:19Bye.
01:15:22Bye.
01:15:41Never despise meager beginnings.
01:15:48Wait!
01:15:50Willie!
01:15:58Willie!
01:16:09I was just wondering...
01:16:12Are cattle ranches tied to the seasons the same way farmers are?
01:16:15No.
01:16:16Not in the same way, I suppose.
01:16:19So it wouldn't make a difference if you leave now or leave later?
01:16:23I guess not.
01:16:25After all the work you did plowing and planting our fields,
01:16:28it would be a shame for you to miss the harvest and not collect your pay.
01:16:32And I make really good cornbread pudding once the sweet corn's chucked.
01:16:40I bet that fellow Grant Thomas would really like that.
01:16:42Yes, I bet he will.
01:16:45If he finds someone to make it for him.
01:16:50That won't be me.
01:16:55I guess I could postpone my trip long enough to be here for the harvest.
01:17:01Good.
01:17:12Good.
01:17:32They named it Big Earl.
01:17:34Big Earl, he didn't...
01:17:36Hey.
01:17:39Dear Father, we thank you for this harvest,
01:17:41for your faith in us,
01:17:43and for the time we spend together.
01:17:45Amen.
01:17:46Amen.
01:18:05You working hard?
01:18:07Trying to.
01:18:26Aren't you two?
01:18:27You know, it's expected.
01:18:31Time to waste them, boy.
01:18:36Aww.
01:18:40Aww.
01:19:06I love you.
01:19:19I love you, Missy Davis.
01:19:24Always have.
01:19:28I love you, too.
01:19:32Missy Davis,
01:19:35will you marry me?
01:20:09Happy day.
01:20:35Happy day.
01:21:05Happy day.
01:21:36Try and send word as soon as you're settled.
01:21:39I will.
01:21:44And walk as much as you can.
01:21:46It's better than riding.
01:21:51I know how much we love you.
01:22:06I know it's not so far,
01:22:07but send word once you're settled.
01:22:15I'll take good care of her.
01:22:17I know you will.
01:22:19You take good care of both of you.
01:22:31Ever since you were just a little baby,
01:22:35I knew this moment would come.
01:22:40You always had an independent spirit.
01:22:47My heart's breaking.
01:22:49Mine, too.
01:22:53Can you fix it?
01:22:56Not this time, little one.
01:23:03Not this time.
01:23:06Not this time.
01:23:19Wait, now.
01:23:23Your husband's waiting on you.
01:23:26Come on.
01:24:10Remember his promise.
01:24:13No tears.
01:24:16No tears.
01:24:23No tears.
01:24:25No tears.