A drama about a young widow who finds a guardian angel in the form of a hobo who comes to her rural community looking for work.
Sebuah drama tentang seorang janda muda yang menemukan malaikat pelindung dalam bentuk seorang gelandangan yang datang ke komunitas pedesaannya untuk mencari pekerjaan.
Stars: Sydney Penny,Jason Gedrick,Shirley Jones
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Sebuah drama tentang seorang janda muda yang menemukan malaikat pelindung dalam bentuk seorang gelandangan yang datang ke komunitas pedesaannya untuk mencari pekerjaan.
Stars: Sydney Penny,Jason Gedrick,Shirley Jones
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00:00:30Becky? Luke? Best hurry up and get down here for breakfast. It'll be late for school.
00:01:00Okay.
00:01:30Frank, you okay?
00:01:51Almost worked my arm off. Trimming a dead limb with a dull saw. Coffee and I'll be alright.
00:02:01Why don't you come in and have some breakfast with the children? Get off your feet a moment.
00:02:07Work isn't gonna get done on its own. Listen, make sure you get the children fed and out here soon. I need to have them working with me from now on.
00:02:14Frank, they've missed so much school already this year.
00:02:16I can't talk about this every time. I need their help, Elisa.
00:02:19They're just children, Frank.
00:02:21Well, they're my grandkids.
00:02:23Those children have to grow up sooner or later. Best they do it while they're helping out their family.
00:02:46Mom, are you going to walk us to school today?
00:02:49I wish you weren't. All the boys call me baby when you do.
00:02:54Well, your grandpa and I have been talking and we're gonna need your help around here for a while.
00:02:59But Mom...
00:03:00No buts, Becky. And it won't be permanent.
00:03:04It's okay, Mom. There are only a few kids at school anyways.
00:03:09Why don't you change into your chore clothes?
00:03:21It won't be forever, Becky. I promise.
00:03:23Most of the girls are still going to school. The boys are the only ones not going.
00:03:27Those other families are blessed with lots of boys so the girls can stay in school.
00:03:31We can't do without you.
00:03:33I should go change into my chore clothes too.
00:03:37Becky, at night maybe we can work on sewing that new Sunday dress we've been talking about.
00:03:44Thanks, Mama.
00:04:07Hey, mister. You lost?
00:04:21Well, you have to know where you're going to be lost, sir.
00:04:24Me, I'm just looking for work.
00:04:26Well, you better keep on moving because there's not a job to be had in this county.
00:04:30Must be some work as a picker on one of these farms.
00:04:33If the folks around here could afford to hire a picker, this country would be overrun with people like you.
00:04:38I understand, Sheriff.
00:04:40Guess I'll just be on my way.
00:04:43Hey, wait a minute.
00:04:46You serve in the Army?
00:04:48Arrived in Paris, General Pershing, July 1917, 1st Division, served until the Armistice.
00:04:54I had a young brother served with the Marine Corps.
00:04:58He fought and died at the Marne.
00:05:00Sorry to hear that.
00:05:04My name is John Dawkins.
00:05:07Gabe Harper.
00:05:09Nice to meet you.
00:05:10Likewise.
00:05:11You had anything to eat lately?
00:05:13Nothing regular, but I find something here and there.
00:05:18I'll give you a ride into town. Maybe we can rustle something up.
00:05:22Awful hard to travel on an empty stomach.
00:05:25I appreciate that.
00:05:26Come on.
00:05:27I'll take you to see Mr. Walker. Maybe he's got something for you.
00:05:30Sure is nice of you, sir.
00:05:37So, how long this time before the children go back to school?
00:05:43Not until after the harvest.
00:05:46Even then, I don't see how we can spare them.
00:05:49We're struggling to make ends meet as it is.
00:05:54Well...
00:05:56Don't you fret about those children.
00:05:58I'll run through their lessons with them at night and keep them right on track.
00:06:02I don't know how you can stay so happy and optimistic.
00:06:05This is a wonderful opportunity for me.
00:06:08I can't hide in the garden with the chickens in my room forever.
00:06:12No matter how my brother feels about me.
00:06:17Awkward.
00:06:20How did it come to this?
00:06:22Things are going to get tougher before they get better.
00:06:25But you've got to remember that your faith isn't something that hard times or Frank or the depression or all the struggles that lay ahead can take away from you.
00:06:36You just let old Aunt Batty and your faith in the good Lord help get you through this.
00:06:51Nice sore arms, huh?
00:06:53Maybe that'll learn you some.
00:06:55You sharpen the tools the way I showed you, it won't be half as hard to trim these here branches.
00:07:00Yes, sir.
00:07:01Becky!
00:07:03We know what to do.
00:07:05We'll move through the rows and cull the crab that is most mature and come back around for the rest.
00:07:24Grandpa?
00:07:26What's wrong?
00:07:29Grandpa?
00:07:31I'm going to get Mom.
00:07:34Mom!
00:07:36Mom!
00:07:39Mom!
00:07:42Mom!
00:07:45Mom!
00:07:46Mom, come quick, it's Grandpa!
00:08:01Frank.
00:08:03Frank.
00:08:06Go home, children, go home.
00:08:13Stay with Frank.
00:08:15I'm going to get the wagon and take him to the doctor in town.
00:08:46We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation.
00:08:51Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow, but also a cup of joy, will we drink it.
00:09:14Mom, it's Daddy!
00:09:43It's Daddy!
00:09:59Never saw the storeroom in such good order.
00:10:02You get everything on the list?
00:10:05Yes, sir.
00:10:12Please, I'm Tom.
00:10:14Calling me sir makes me feel 20 years older than I really am.
00:10:17Gabe.
00:10:23Sorry I don't have the money to keep you on, Gabe.
00:10:25This here is payment enough.
00:10:27I haven't had a meal this good in some time.
00:10:31My wife will be happy to hear it.
00:10:39Get some of that dirt off there, Clement.
00:10:43What's wrong, Sheriff?
00:10:46Frank Wyatt's dead.
00:10:48Had a heart attack.
00:10:50Don't say.
00:10:51Thought if there'd be anyone outlast all of us, it'd be Frank.
00:10:54Can't help but feel for Liza and those kids.
00:10:57Gonna be near impossible to keep the place in order and bring in their crop.
00:11:01Yes, sir, it is.
00:11:04How'd old Gabe do today?
00:11:06I was just telling him.
00:11:08Too bad I can't afford to keep him on.
00:11:10Well, is that a fact?
00:11:12Sheriff, I'll just wash this off.
00:11:14Won't be but a moment to take you up on that ride.
00:11:16Oh, wait a minute, son.
00:11:17I may have another job for you.
00:11:20Mrs. Wyatt wants to bury her father-in-law as soon as possible.
00:11:23It's not a very clean job, but she needs a grave dug.
00:11:27Don't imagine it pays much, either.
00:11:29I'm sure it'd be more than fair.
00:11:32Well, I better tell the wife about Eliza's loss.
00:11:35She'll want to put something together for them.
00:11:37It was a pleasure to meet you, Gabe.
00:11:38Likewise, Tom.
00:11:45I don't know what's gonna become of her.
00:11:47Her husband passed away five years ago, and now her father-in-law's up and died.
00:11:52Poor little thing, she's got them two children at home,
00:11:55a crop to bring in, nobody to help her.
00:12:08Eliza!
00:12:10Sheriff?
00:12:12This is the man I was telling you about yesterday.
00:12:15Mrs. Wyatt.
00:12:17Gabe Hopper.
00:12:25If you'll give me just a moment, I'll show you both to the family burial plot.
00:12:38Who's that with the sheriff?
00:12:40A man named Gabriel Hopper. I've never seen him before.
00:12:42Neither have I.
00:12:48I'm gonna show them out to the family plot.
00:12:51Can you make sure that the children are up and dressed?
00:12:53Of course.
00:12:55The minister's gonna be here in a few hours.
00:13:01I've got a lot to do before everybody gets here.
00:13:05Be strong, Eliza.
00:13:09Every blade of grass has an angel that bends over it,
00:13:14and whispers,
00:13:16Grow with some help from the good Lord.
00:13:20We'll get through this.
00:13:22You believe me, don't you?
00:13:25I believe you.
00:13:28I'm afraid I don't have much in the way to pay you, Mr. Harper.
00:13:32Ah, a good meal and a roof over my head tonight.
00:13:35More than I can ask for.
00:13:37Well, fair enough.
00:13:40This is where we would like Frank to be buried.
00:13:43Next to his son.
00:13:44Yes, ma'am.
00:13:46Hey, Eliza.
00:13:48Hey.
00:13:50Hey.
00:13:52Hey.
00:13:54Hey.
00:13:57That'll take a few hours for us to dig it.
00:14:00Us?
00:14:01Yes, ma'am.
00:14:03He's a hard worker, but I don't expect he'll do it all by himself.
00:14:07Ask Luke to bring me a cup of coffee, would you?
00:14:12Thank you, Sheriff.
00:14:14I need the exercise anyway.
00:14:27By faith into this grace wherein we stand,
00:14:31and rejoice in hope in the glory of God,
00:14:34and not only so, but the glory of tribulations,
00:14:38also knowing that tribulations worketh patience,
00:14:41and patience experience, and experience hope,
00:14:45and hope maketh not a shame,
00:14:47because the love of God is shed abroad
00:14:50by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
00:14:53Amen.
00:14:55Amen.
00:15:25Amen.
00:15:55Amen.
00:16:26Would you like a cookie, Mr. Wakefield?
00:16:28Oh, I'm fine. Thank you, though.
00:16:36Thank you, honey.
00:16:43Come here to me.
00:16:49Mama?
00:16:51Is Grandpa in heaven with Dad?
00:16:53Of course. Why would you ask that?
00:16:57It's just, he was always yelling at all of us.
00:17:01And yesterday he was so angry with Luke
00:17:04that I'm worried he won't get into heaven.
00:17:07Oh, baby.
00:17:12Having a short temper was something that would keep a man out of heaven.
00:17:16Likely half the saints would be on the outside looking in,
00:17:19St. Peter included.
00:17:21Your grandpa loved both of you very much.
00:17:24Just had his own way of showing it, that's all.
00:17:27He yelled at you because he wanted you to grow up right, smart, strong.
00:17:31Now the good Lord wouldn't keep you out of heaven
00:17:33just for wanting what's best for your grandchildren.
00:17:36Certainly not for loving them that much.
00:17:39But I miss him.
00:17:43I know.
00:17:45But probably not half as much as he misses you.
00:17:49Mama?
00:17:51Are we going to be able to stay here?
00:17:54Of course.
00:17:56This is our home.
00:18:03Thank you so much for coming.
00:18:05If there's anything we can do.
00:18:07We appreciate it.
00:18:14Oh, Reverend, Reverend, thank you.
00:18:16God willing, everything will work out just fine.
00:18:19Yes, God willing.
00:18:21God willing. Good luck.
00:18:29Goodbye, Mr. Wakefield.
00:18:31Goodbye. Please, pass on my condolences.
00:18:34I know that Eliza's had a rough time,
00:18:37but I'll need to speak to her soon about the farm.
00:18:40And tell her I'll come visit here if coming down to the bank is too much.
00:18:45I'll pass on both.
00:18:47Goodbye.
00:19:01Oh, leave that out, dear. Mr. Harper's still eating.
00:19:05Oh, I completely forgot about him.
00:19:07Oh, not to worry. I took him a plate.
00:19:10Actually, he's already on his second.
00:19:15I didn't see him in the living room.
00:19:17He wouldn't come in.
00:19:19He said he wasn't fit to enter our home.
00:19:23Parents raised him well.
00:19:25You know, I think it's kind of strange
00:19:27that a man so polite and well-spoken
00:19:30would be out wandering across the country.
00:19:33I think we best mind our own business.
00:19:35Oh, I am.
00:19:37I just think it's kind of strange, that's all.
00:19:41Well, I'll go make up the spare room.
00:19:44I can't have a strange man in this house.
00:19:46Well, where's he gonna sleep?
00:19:48Well, he can stay in the barn.
00:19:50We'll give him some blankets. I don't think he'll mind.
00:19:52Okay. I'll go get the blankets.
00:20:10I hope this is okay.
00:20:12More than fine.
00:20:17I'm sorry for your loss.
00:20:20And I sure do appreciate the kindness you offer me.
00:20:23I'll come back in the morning to get you for breakfast.
00:20:26Well, Sarah's gonna pick me up early in the morning.
00:20:28Not without breakfast.
00:20:30I insist.
00:20:40Okay.
00:20:56Oh, Lord, what am I gonna do?
00:21:03I don't have nearly the faith that Aunt Patty has.
00:21:10I don't know how we're gonna make it through this.
00:21:32It's gonna be all right.
00:21:34I just want to run away.
00:21:37I just want to pack up the children and go.
00:21:39No, don't say that, dear.
00:21:52This place has become a prison.
00:21:54The farm is all we got.
00:21:58You must keep the faith, dear.
00:22:00It's always helped me get through hard times.
00:22:04You've only been back here a few years.
00:22:08This place has been dying for a long time.
00:22:11I never could believe you'd want to come back here.
00:22:14Especially with the way that Frank treated you.
00:22:19Children and I had no choice but you.
00:22:22I just had to come to grips with the understanding that if I wanted his love and his help,
00:22:28it was gonna have to be on his terms and not mine.
00:22:32And now, I'm where I should be.
00:22:36My home and family.
00:22:38Fine family we are.
00:22:41Not much of a home, either.
00:22:44You know, I like a home that has a few creaks in it.
00:22:49Makes you feel like it's lived in.
00:22:52And by the way, same with family.
00:23:07Sorry if I woke you up.
00:23:09No, you've been living on a farm all your life.
00:23:12You're up before the sun, out of habit.
00:23:15Yeah, I couldn't help but notice how low you were on wood in the barn.
00:23:19Cold as it was last night.
00:23:21You can only imagine how bad it's gonna be this winter.
00:23:24Thought I'd get you started on a decent supply of split wood.
00:23:26Excuse me if I'm being too forward, but...
00:23:29what's such a decent man like yourself doing here?
00:23:34What's such a decent man like yourself doing living the way you are?
00:23:37How's that?
00:23:39Well, you know, out in the world, no home,
00:23:42wandering from place to place.
00:23:45I wish I had an easy answer for it, but I don't.
00:23:47So, you're not headed anywhere in particular?
00:23:50Nobody out there waiting for you?
00:23:52No, ma'am.
00:23:54Well, perhaps I could convince you to get off the road for a while and stay here.
00:23:59We ain't got much, but we could give you room and board for helping out around here.
00:24:04Eliza's in a tough spot.
00:24:06And I don't think she'd ask for help from anyone.
00:24:09You know, sometimes it takes a crazy old woman like myself
00:24:13to do the speaking for the likes of people like you and her.
00:24:16Well, I could use a place on a steady basis.
00:24:20I've been on the road a long time.
00:24:22Good.
00:24:24Why don't you go to the pump and get washed up
00:24:26and come on in the house for breakfast?
00:24:28Mr. Harper, if you think you're too filthy to sit at our table,
00:24:31then clean yourself up. I won't have you eating outside anymore.
00:24:35Yes, ma'am.
00:24:37People around here call me Aunt Batty.
00:24:39Batty?
00:24:40You heard me.
00:24:42Now, get washed up.
00:24:44I'm going to go in and talk to Eliza and finish getting breakfast ready.
00:24:50Why don't you ask him to stay on?
00:24:53How are we going to pay him?
00:24:54Room and board.
00:24:56One extra mouth to feed in a room is a good deal
00:24:58for a man to help us bring in the crop, if you ask me.
00:25:02I'm starting to see why Frank called you Batty.
00:25:04Sometimes it just takes a free thinker like myself to cut through things.
00:25:09No, no, I cannot have a strange man living in this house.
00:25:13Dear, what else are you going to do?
00:25:16You're not thinking this through.
00:25:18This is so sudden.
00:25:20But if we don't have someone else to help us run this place,
00:25:22we're going to lose whatever else we have left.
00:25:25Come in.
00:25:27Good morning.
00:25:32I'm sorry. Should I leave?
00:25:34No, no. You're just in time for breakfast. Sit down.
00:25:51Father, we thank thee that thy kingdom is neither meat nor drink,
00:25:55but righteousness, peace and joy forever. Amen.
00:26:00Amen.
00:26:02Amen.
00:26:06Are you a hobo?
00:26:08Luke, watch yourself.
00:26:10No, sir. But I guess I sure do look like one.
00:26:14People around here don't like hobos and bums.
00:26:17All right, that's enough, both of you.
00:26:19Just let Mr. Harper eat in peace.
00:26:23What's your first name?
00:26:25Gabriel. But my friends and most folks just call me Gabe.
00:26:28Like the angel.
00:26:30Well, my mother and grandma used to say so, so maybe I am.
00:26:33My aunt says we're her angels.
00:26:36Is that so?
00:26:38Well then, fellow angels, what are your names?
00:26:41I'm Becky and he's Luke.
00:26:43It's a pleasure.
00:26:45Mom, Luke just poked Gabe with his fork.
00:26:48You poked him?
00:26:50Yeah, for no reason at all.
00:26:52But I think I have a reason.
00:26:54I wanted to see if he was really an angel.
00:26:56Luke, say you're sorry right now.
00:26:58I'm sorry.
00:27:00No, no harm done.
00:27:02Look, I think Gabe has probably had enough of you two by now,
00:27:05so finish your breakfast and get moving.
00:27:08We've got a lot to get done today.
00:27:11I know it isn't my place to say,
00:27:13but maybe you and the children should take at least one more day to yourselves.
00:27:18I can get to work if you show me where to start.
00:27:21Mr. Harper.
00:27:23Please, Gabe.
00:27:25Gabe.
00:27:27Do you know what you're getting into here?
00:27:29We have little or no chance of making it.
00:27:31I don't know what you're talking about.
00:27:33I don't know what you're talking about.
00:27:35I don't know what you're talking about.
00:27:37Do you know what you're getting into here?
00:27:39We have little or no chance of making it through the harvest.
00:27:42I have no money to pay you,
00:27:45and I have nothing of value to offer.
00:27:51Excuse me, ma'am. I understand your concerns.
00:27:54But the offer Batty made me was room and board
00:27:56in exchange for helping you out around here.
00:27:58That's more than generous enough of an offer for me.
00:28:02Just put it down there.
00:28:10Oh, yeah.
00:28:12We'll get it later.
00:28:18Yeah, pretty good.
00:28:20Okay.
00:28:31Last one.
00:28:34Yeah, last one.
00:28:36Okay.
00:28:44Afternoon, folks.
00:28:46Sheriff.
00:28:48Gabe, can I talk to you a minute, please?
00:28:56Sir.
00:28:58Son, you know, I was kind of surprised
00:29:00when I got that call from Batty this morning.
00:29:02Now, you seem to be a decent sort of a fella,
00:29:04but I want you to know exactly what you're getting into.
00:29:07Now, Batty means well,
00:29:09but I don't want to give these folks any false hopes.
00:29:12Most of the people around here
00:29:15are having trouble surviving nowadays.
00:29:18But if you made them a promise
00:29:20to stick around here until the harvest is in,
00:29:22you've got to do exactly that.
00:29:24I told them I'd work through the harvest.
00:29:26I intend to do so.
00:29:28All right.
00:29:30But when you made those people a promise,
00:29:33you made that same promise to me,
00:29:36and I intend for you to keep it.
00:29:38I won't let them down.
00:29:40Or you.
00:29:43Good.
00:29:45You best get back to work.
00:29:49Sir.
00:29:52I'll be back in a few days to see how y'all are doing.
00:29:58All right.
00:30:28Good night.
00:30:52Mama, can we do some reading tonight?
00:30:55Certainly.
00:30:57Now, Luke, if you don't practice your reading,
00:30:59you're never going to get good at it.
00:31:01But Mom...
00:31:03No but Moms, you understand?
00:31:05Now, please, go on out to the barn and get Gabe for breakfast.
00:31:19Mama! Mama!
00:31:28Is he going to die?
00:31:30No.
00:31:32It's just a fever, that's all.
00:31:35I want you two to go back out to the trees
00:31:37we finished up on yesterday
00:31:39and start picking from there, okay?
00:31:41Go on.
00:31:44Run along. Work won't wait on any of us.
00:31:47Yes, Ma.
00:31:58You running a fever?
00:32:00As high as can be.
00:32:02Oh, no need to worry.
00:32:04My chicken soup could raise the dead.
00:32:07Come on. This is no place for a sick man.
00:32:09Let's get him inside.
00:32:11Inside?
00:32:13Yes, inside. Come on, Gabe.
00:32:15Come on. Come on.
00:32:17Come on.
00:32:27Come on.
00:32:57Come on.
00:33:27Come on.
00:33:4524 December, 1930.
00:33:47Christmas Eve.
00:33:49Jack spent it in some boxcar
00:33:51rumbling down the tracks to no place in particular.
00:33:54He traveled alone that night
00:33:56not his first without family
00:34:01but definitely his first
00:34:03without both family and friends since the war.
00:34:06At the last stop, he could hear carolers singing
00:34:09in some nearby square.
00:34:11Their voices carrying on the wind.
00:34:16They sang, Silent Night.
00:34:18Jack joined in for a verse.
00:34:20For a moment, it made him smile.
00:34:23Remember Christmases past
00:34:25when life was simple and good.
00:34:27Feeling he isn't so sure
00:34:29he'll ever know in his heart again.
00:34:3312 years ago today,
00:34:35Jack remembers it like it was just yesterday.
00:34:53How's Gabe doing?
00:35:13Fever's broke.
00:35:15Good.
00:35:17I found a journal in his bag.
00:35:19Well?
00:35:21About a hobo named Jack.
00:35:24And?
00:35:26Well, it's very well written.
00:35:28Very sad.
00:35:29How so?
00:35:30Well, Gabe, I mean,
00:35:32Jack is very alone in the world.
00:35:34Go on.
00:35:36I didn't read all that much.
00:35:37He started to stir and I lost my nerve.
00:35:40Well, at least now we know
00:35:42that our mysterious hobo
00:35:44is not only polite,
00:35:46well-mannered, veteran,
00:35:49but a good writer as well.
00:35:56Here are my famous cornbread muffins.
00:35:59Why are they so famous?
00:36:01Because I declared them so.
00:36:02Ain't that enough?
00:36:04Is Gabe up and moving yet?
00:36:05Not yet.
00:36:07Here, have a muffin.
00:36:09I don't mind if I do.
00:36:11That is, if you don't mind the company.
00:36:13Well, good morning, Gabe.
00:36:15I was pretty worried about you the other day.
00:36:17Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
00:36:19Last thing I knew,
00:36:20I was finishing chopping wood for a bed
00:36:23and everything went fuzzy.
00:36:25Well, you made it back to the barn
00:36:27and then we brought you back here.
00:36:31Again, again, thanks for your trouble.
00:36:34I'll just collect my things,
00:36:36fix up the room,
00:36:37head back to the barn.
00:36:38Gabe, wait.
00:36:40The guest room is yours.
00:36:42We can't have you living outside like an animal.
00:36:46Besides, you start sleeping out there again,
00:36:48you're liable to get just as sick,
00:36:49maybe even worse.
00:36:52Go on, eat.
00:36:53I'm sure you're starving.
00:36:56Go ahead.
00:37:09Thank you, Father,
00:37:10for this bounty we are about to receive.
00:37:13Amen.
00:37:14Amen.
00:37:45Morning, Eliza.
00:37:46Gabe.
00:37:47Sheriff.
00:37:49Mr. Wakefield, I'm sorry
00:37:50I didn't see you out after the funeral.
00:37:53You have some time to talk?
00:37:56Uh, well, sure.
00:37:58Let's go inside.
00:37:59Okay.
00:38:03Looks like you've all been busy.
00:38:05Yeah, dawn till dusk.
00:38:09Is this an official visit?
00:38:10Me? No.
00:38:12For him it is.
00:38:14I heard he wanted to come out here
00:38:15and talk to Eliza,
00:38:16so I offered him a ride.
00:38:18I wanted an excuse to come out here
00:38:20and see how everything's going.
00:38:23Please, have a seat.
00:38:24All right.
00:38:32I doubt if Frank ever talked to you much
00:38:35about family finances.
00:38:38It wasn't even his way to talk to me
00:38:41unless he had to.
00:38:43Since Frank had no will,
00:38:44his grandchildren will inherit the farm,
00:38:47which means you'll have a substantial payment
00:38:50on the mortgage.
00:38:56Now, normally we could wait
00:38:58until after the harvest was in,
00:39:00but because of the state of banking,
00:39:03a number of institutions have had to
00:39:06call in their outstanding debts early.
00:39:10How long do I have?
00:39:12Less than 30 days.
00:39:14Well, that's not enough time
00:39:15to bring in the bulk of the harvest.
00:39:17I'm sorry, Eliza.
00:39:18It's not my call anymore.
00:39:20For the past few years,
00:39:22in order to save so many families
00:39:24and keep them afloat,
00:39:26I've had to sell off parts of
00:39:29and hold loans to larger banks.
00:39:32Well, there has to be a way.
00:39:33Eliza, let me be frank.
00:39:36The bank in San Francisco
00:39:37could try to foreclose this property.
00:39:39If I could find you a buyer
00:39:41for the whole spread,
00:39:42who'd give you a good price,
00:39:43would you sell?
00:39:52How much could I get?
00:39:53Enough to cover what you owe my bank
00:39:56and the bank in San Francisco
00:39:58and maybe a little extra
00:39:59for you and the children
00:40:00to set up a small home close to town.
00:40:04And then what would we do?
00:40:06People in this town
00:40:07never liked Frank that much,
00:40:10but they'd bend over backwards
00:40:12to help you and the children.
00:40:14Folks around here can barely afford
00:40:15to keep their own homes and land.
00:40:19Who's gonna give me a job
00:40:20that'll allow us to stay
00:40:21in any place we settle in?
00:40:29What if I can bring in part of the harvest,
00:40:32make a partial payment?
00:40:34Please, for the good of your family,
00:40:37let me try and find a buyer.
00:40:42Thank you, Mr. Wakefield,
00:40:47for anything you can do.
00:40:58Sheriff told me about the bank in San Francisco,
00:41:01wanted to call the loans early.
00:41:04Is there anything I can do to help?
00:41:08Oh, you are already doing more
00:41:10than I can ask.
00:41:11I'm not doing anything
00:41:12that you and your family
00:41:13aren't willing to do yourselves.
00:41:19I think it's about time
00:41:20we got you into some newer clothes.
00:41:23Come on.
00:41:26When I was a child,
00:41:29I spake as...
00:41:31Read a little more loudly, Luke.
00:41:33As a child,
00:41:35I understood as a child,
00:41:39for now we see
00:41:43through a glass...
00:41:48Is this a little more respectable?
00:41:53Well, this is a different cover to judge.
00:42:01I think that's going to be all for tonight.
00:42:03Why don't you all go up
00:42:04and get ready for bed,
00:42:05and I'll be up to tuck you in shortly.
00:42:07Night.
00:42:09Night, Luke.
00:42:11Good night.
00:42:13Good night.
00:42:17Good night.
00:42:24You have a wonderful family here, Liza.
00:42:27A good life.
00:42:29It'd be a shame to see it all slip away.
00:42:32Now, the way I see it
00:42:33is we double our efforts tomorrow.
00:42:35We stand a fighting chance
00:42:36to bring in your harvest,
00:42:38raise money,
00:42:39and hold off the bank.
00:42:41I don't know.
00:42:48Maybe I haven't had anything
00:42:49worth fighting for in a while,
00:42:51but to me,
00:42:52this place, you,
00:42:54the kids,
00:42:56are worth doing all I can for.
00:43:05Well, we could at least say
00:43:06we gave it a try.
00:43:08So what do we do next?
00:43:10Well, when we have most of the harvest in,
00:43:13I'll call the wholesalers
00:43:14that Frank used to work with.
00:43:16And they'll come out
00:43:17and assess the yield
00:43:20and make us an offer.
00:43:22Well, then,
00:43:24we have a ton more work ahead of us.
00:43:43Mom!
00:43:46Mom!
00:43:58I'm gonna need these lunches.
00:44:00The kids have been out there
00:44:01with Gabe since sunup.
00:44:11I was out on the Atlantic Ocean.
00:44:13Ship called a troop carrier.
00:44:15You're a soldier?
00:44:16Yes, I was.
00:44:17My brother.
00:44:19We're off to the war.
00:44:21Fight the Germans.
00:44:23Now, we've never been
00:44:24on the ocean before.
00:44:32Hey, Gabe, catch!
00:44:37Throw this one hard.
00:44:41Oh, he hit it!
00:44:42It went far!
00:44:44Oh, he's coming home!
00:44:45Gotta get him at the plate!
00:44:47You're out!
00:44:59In Susie,
00:45:01the scene of the accident...
00:45:08Yeah, you remember that one.
00:45:15George Herman Ruth
00:45:17was just 19 years old
00:45:19when he was discovered
00:45:21by a minor league scout.
00:45:24He was so young
00:45:26that the scout nicknamed him
00:45:28the bait.
00:45:30He will surely be remembered
00:45:32as the greatest baseball player
00:45:34of all time.
00:45:36When people think of baseball,
00:45:38they will always think
00:45:40of one name,
00:45:42the bait.
00:45:44That is so great!
00:45:46I'm so proud of you.
00:45:48Gabe's been helping me
00:45:50read better.
00:45:52Gabe wants Luke to read on his breaks
00:45:54instead of just sitting down.
00:45:56Oh, he does, does he?
00:45:58You know what, Mom?
00:45:59When I grow up,
00:46:00I want to be a baseball player
00:46:01just like Babe.
00:46:03Well, right now, you need to go
00:46:04and have some lunch
00:46:05with your Aunt Batty.
00:46:06I'm reading to Gabe.
00:46:07Can't I stay?
00:46:08You've got a lot of work to do, Luke.
00:46:10Why don't you go get some lunch,
00:46:12and we'll come back out
00:46:13and finish the work.
00:46:14Maybe we'll have some time
00:46:15to throw the ball around.
00:46:16Okay.
00:46:17Come on, Becky.
00:46:18Let's go.
00:46:19We'll be back soon.
00:46:29He's a good boy.
00:46:31Thank you for helping him.
00:46:33Luke's had such a hard time
00:46:34with his reading.
00:46:36I was a lot like him
00:46:37when I was his age.
00:46:39I had a terrible grade in school.
00:46:41We had this cook
00:46:42who worked for our family.
00:46:44She took me under her wing.
00:46:45She used to cook supper.
00:46:47She'd make me sit up
00:46:48on the kitchen counter
00:46:49and recite poetry to her.
00:46:51Keats.
00:46:52Tennyson.
00:46:53Shelley.
00:46:56Yeah.
00:46:58Then my dad found out about it.
00:47:00I had her fired.
00:47:03That's horrible.
00:47:04Yeah, it was.
00:47:05It was,
00:47:06but I think my father
00:47:07did what he did
00:47:08out of shame and spite.
00:47:10He just couldn't grasp the fact
00:47:11that people could be kind
00:47:12for the sake of kindness.
00:47:15Sounds a lot like Frank.
00:47:17Yeah, well, many men are.
00:47:20So are you still in touch
00:47:21with your father?
00:47:23No, not for a while.
00:47:39Look at that.
00:47:40It's so pretty.
00:47:41Oh, yeah, it is.
00:47:42Look at that.
00:47:43So pretty.
00:47:44Yeah, I know,
00:47:45it's a big one.
00:47:58Ha ha ha!
00:48:01I got you, I got you.
00:48:03Luke's taking to Gabe.
00:48:04No, no, no.
00:48:06He thinks he's an angel.
00:48:07Downright handsome as well.
00:48:14Say your name!
00:48:37Jack.
00:48:56I can't believe I'm doing this.
00:48:58I could walk in here any minute and start reading.
00:49:00Okay.
00:49:02Jack had been to war and seen things no man should ever have to see.
00:49:07He'd traveled the world and lived a life he considered rich and full.
00:49:11But when he went to sleep at night, his mind always wandered back to that day he arrived home from war without his brother.
00:49:21He could see the pain that was etched on his parents' faces that they were sorry that it was he who returned and not his brother.
00:49:33Your baby.
00:49:35Yeah.
00:49:37Well that one shouldn't be too hard to find.
00:49:39Flip those ones off.
00:49:41Yeah.
00:49:42And we'll do these.
00:49:43Alright.
00:49:44There we go.
00:49:45The last piece we've got.
00:49:47Hey Luke, would you put this up in the corner for us?
00:49:49Okay.
00:49:51There you go.
00:49:55Still worried about those children?
00:49:57I don't know.
00:50:00The first time in a long time I feel hopeful.
00:50:06See if this one fits over.
00:50:08Yeah.
00:50:12Perhaps you should get to know that man a little better.
00:50:15Answer some of those questions rolling around in your head.
00:50:23Alright.
00:50:29Come in.
00:50:51Come in.
00:50:57Elijah.
00:50:59Gabe, do you mind if we talk for a bit?
00:51:02Oh no.
00:51:10Please.
00:51:21There's something that I've been wanting to ask you.
00:51:24Okay, go ahead.
00:51:27Why are you running from your home and your family?
00:51:35You read my journal.
00:51:37I know it was wrong, but it was so well written and I wanted to know what inspired the stories.
00:51:46That's my business.
00:51:48Gabe, it isn't hard to see that Jack is you.
00:51:51Whenever I ask you about your past you change the subject.
00:51:55It's as if you're trying to...
00:51:58Hide something.
00:52:00We all have things in our past that we aren't proud of.
00:52:03I wasn't meant to be here either.
00:52:16I ran away from home when I was 18.
00:52:19I joined up with a traveling theater group.
00:52:22We'd move from town to town every few days and at first it was exciting.
00:52:26And then being on the road and the men I ran into, I wished I'd never left home.
00:52:32But I didn't want to go back there either.
00:52:35One day we came to Deer Springs and I met my husband during the intermission.
00:52:40He was the only man that ever really listened to me.
00:52:43All I know is we went out for dinner after the show.
00:52:47I decided then that I wasn't going back on the road.
00:52:51That I would stay here and do whatever it took to make my own home, my family.
00:53:00I have two children I love with all my heart.
00:53:03But it is hard to keep hoping for the best when all we've seen is things go from bad to worse.
00:53:09This certainly isn't the life I would have imagined for myself.
00:53:14And you?
00:53:16I think you already know enough about my life.
00:53:43You and Gabe didn't say a word between you at breakfast.
00:53:56I told him I read his journal.
00:53:59I ended up telling him just about everything.
00:54:02And he didn't do the same.
00:54:04You can't expect a man to just open up and spill his guts to you.
00:54:09Talk to a man.
00:54:10Make him feel comfortable about opening up to you.
00:54:13It's a big leap for any man to show his true feelings.
00:54:17And I think that whatever's troubling Gabe is making it especially hard for him.
00:54:23Hey, Becky, can you grab the board?
00:54:25I got it.
00:54:26I got this one.
00:54:28Keep it up now.
00:54:30That's right, you're doing great.
00:54:35All right, gentlemen, time to stretch it out.
00:54:41They usually don't take to strangers like they've taken to you.
00:54:44Yeah, well, we've been bunkmates for a while.
00:54:48Not for a short time.
00:54:51You know, animals have a special way of knowing who to trust and who not to.
00:54:56Especially old boys like these two.
00:54:59Ain't that right, guys?
00:55:02Most wouldn't expect a horse to be a much better judge of people than you or I.
00:55:07Well, then I'm a pretty good judge of people, Gabe.
00:55:12And I think you're a sensitive soul with a lot of potential.
00:55:17You know, Eliza thinks so, too.
00:55:19She wouldn't have come to you the way she did before.
00:55:22Yeah, well, don't get me wrong.
00:55:25I like it here very much.
00:55:27Nala, you've become very dear to me in a short time, but I don't want there to be any misunderstanding about who or what I am.
00:55:35Well, that's pretty hard to avoid if you're not willing to open your heart to us.
00:55:40Yeah, well, I just don't see any good in bringing others into my troubles.
00:55:45For me or them.
00:55:47Nobody's asking you to lay yourself out there for the buzzards, Gabe.
00:55:52Just talk to her.
00:55:55Make her feel that you understand and appreciate the way she opened up to you before.
00:56:02What you decide to tell her and how long it takes you to say it is up to you.
00:56:08All right.
00:56:10Thanks, Patty. I'll give it some thought.
00:56:13You do that.
00:56:25I think I'll go in and listen to the radio with the children.
00:56:56Excuse me.
00:57:11I want you to know I'm truly sorry for what I did.
00:57:15I just want to know you better.
00:57:18Know who you are inside.
00:57:21Eliza.
00:57:23I've given you any reason to doubt me and my intentions.
00:57:27No.
00:57:30You've been a godsend to us all.
00:57:32I don't know what I would be doing right now without you.
00:57:35I want you to know I really appreciate you coming and talking to me before.
00:57:40I really do.
00:57:41Mom, Gabe, come quick.
00:57:43Weather Bureau has informed me that the Tri-County area can expect a high pressure system to move into the area tonight,
00:57:51bringing temperatures at or below freezing.
00:57:54All farmers should take whatever steps they can to protect their crops or orchards.
00:58:01Well, we don't have much time.
00:58:03There are smudge pots and oil in the barn.
00:58:12Come on, kids.
00:58:17Coming up around the other side.
00:58:32It's heavy.
00:58:33Here, put it here.
00:58:37Put it down in the middle.
00:58:43All right.
00:58:45Think that's going to stay?
00:58:46Yep.
00:58:53I hope the oil holds out.
00:58:55A barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the crews of oil fail.
00:59:001 Kings chapter 17.
00:59:06Should we put it on tight?
00:59:15Yeah, okay.
00:59:16Watch your feet.
00:59:40Well, all we can do now is wait till the morning.
00:59:46Daddy talks about faith like it grows on trees.
00:59:51It's so hard to believe that there's anyone looking out for us.
00:59:55We've just gone from one bad turn to the next.
00:59:58You haven't lost all your faith, have you?
01:00:04Don't say that.
01:00:11Liza, we've done all we can.
01:00:14Let's have faith in that.
01:00:48Let's go.
01:01:09Whew.
01:01:24Yes!
01:01:35This fresh air makes me feel young again.
01:01:38Last night was a miracle.
01:01:42Soap, we don't get another frost.
01:01:47I think it's about time I call the wholesalers that usually bid on the crop.
01:01:49Get them out here and make an offer.
01:01:51We're running out of time before the notes do.
01:01:53You got enough in?
01:01:55We got to do something. It's our best shot.
01:01:58Well, Mrs. White, it's a little early to come out there.
01:02:00I understand.
01:02:02Well, maybe I can arrange a trip in about four days.
01:02:05Four days.
01:02:06The money's got to be in the boxes, not on the trees.
01:02:08I understand, sir. We'll be ready.
01:02:11All right, I'll see you in four days, Mrs. White.
01:02:18There is no way we'll be ready.
01:02:25So?
01:02:26Well, I was only able to reach one wholesaler.
01:02:29He's going to be around here in about four days.
01:02:32He'll see how big an order he can take.
01:02:34Four days. Got a lot more work ahead of us.
01:02:37Here comes the sheriff.
01:02:50See, the crop seems to have weathered the frost.
01:02:53Eliza, I was talking to Preston earlier today.
01:02:57He put me on the phone with a gentleman by the name of Cornhouse.
01:03:02Works for a bank in San Francisco.
01:03:04Said they'd be out to sea the day after tomorrow.
01:03:07Well, I can't get a wholesaler out here by then.
01:03:16What?
01:03:17A few extra hands couldn't hurt.
01:03:20Well, all right. Let's go to work.
01:03:27I don't want there to be any more secrets between us.
01:03:30I was so desperate to make my father proud of me that when the war came along, I decided to sign up.
01:03:45That's my older brother. He wouldn't let me go alone.
01:03:49So he signed up too.
01:03:52A few years later, I was on a boat coming home, and he was in a grave in France.
01:04:03I'm sorry.
01:04:05I know my family never forgave me for my brother's death.
01:04:10They kept quiet about it.
01:04:14And that silence is what ate away not only at me, but all of us.
01:04:22After that, my house, family, all of it seemed like anything but my own.
01:04:36I couldn't stand the looks on their faces.
01:04:40The coldness in their hearts.
01:04:47I've seen in your heart.
01:04:50You're a good soul.
01:04:54You need to hold on to that, not some bad memories or feelings that others have forced on you.
01:05:02I want to make new memories.
01:05:07Good ones.
01:05:10With you.
01:05:32With you.
01:05:58Strange weather we've been having.
01:06:01It froze to death the other night.
01:06:04Yeah, it's hot as blazes in the daytime.
01:06:08Uh-oh, here comes trouble.
01:06:11Gentlemen, this is Mr. Kornhaus of the First Allied Trust in San Francisco.
01:06:18How do you do, sir?
01:06:19We've spoken.
01:06:21Sheriff, I wonder if you'd escort Mr. Kornhaus and myself for a few days.
01:06:27Unfortunately, I have some rather unpleasant business to discuss with a few members of our community,
01:06:33and Mr. Kornhaus feels the need of an objective representative of the law to come along with us.
01:06:39Most people are resigned to their fate, but a few just refuse to cooperate.
01:06:44All right, I'll go with you.
01:06:46But I want to make one thing clear.
01:06:48I'm going to enforce the letter of the law.
01:06:51I'm not going to be a debt collector for your fancy San Francisco bank, Mr. Kornhaus.
01:06:56You understand that, we'll get along.
01:07:16Mrs. Wyatt, I was wondering if we could have a word.
01:07:21Come with me.
01:07:27This is Mr. Kornhaus of the First Allied Trust in San Francisco.
01:07:31Mr. Kornhaus.
01:07:33Madam.
01:07:34This is my property manager, Mr. Gabriel Harper.
01:07:37Sir.
01:07:38Mr. Harper.
01:07:39Eliza, we all know that you have a payment due on the mortgage.
01:07:43Now, I told you that because of certain emergency funding requirements,
01:07:50that Mr. Kornhaus' bank is requesting a call on your loan.
01:07:55I also said that I would try and find a buyer for your property.
01:08:03Someone who would make you an offer that would pay off all of your debts
01:08:08and leave you with enough to get set elsewhere.
01:08:12It's a fair offer.
01:08:14From Unified Farms out of San Antonio, Texas.
01:08:17Unified Farms out of San Antonio, Texas.
01:08:20They're helping a lot of people in the region who are in the same bind as you are.
01:08:25They're only trying to help everybody out.
01:08:28It isn't much.
01:08:30It's fair.
01:08:31And your only offer.
01:08:33Eliza, if you don't sell the property,
01:08:36Mr. Kornhaus' bank intends to foreclose in 48 hours.
01:08:41That is, unless you can make a full payment of the money owed the bank before then.
01:08:45I have a wholesaler coming to make an offer on my harvest, morning after next.
01:08:50So I'm going to have to refuse the offer.
01:08:55Mrs. Wyatt, you should know this offer has been made in a generous and benevolent fashion.
01:09:01I appreciate the offer, but thank you.
01:09:03We'll be just fine.
01:09:45Gabe?
01:10:15Gabe?
01:10:46Where's Gabe?
01:10:49He's gone out for a bit.
01:10:51Where did he go?
01:10:53I don't know.
01:10:55When will he be coming back?
01:10:57Let's not worry about Gabe.
01:10:59We've got a long day ahead of us.
01:11:03Oh, good.
01:11:05Help's arrived.
01:11:10The walkers and the sheriff are here.
01:11:12Kids, come and take them their breakfast.
01:11:22What's going on?
01:11:24I don't know.
01:11:26I don't know.
01:11:29We'll be out shortly.
01:11:37I knew this would happen.
01:11:39How am I going to tell those kids that he's gone and he's not coming back?
01:11:42Let's not jump to conclusions.
01:11:45Conclusions? He's not here. What am I supposed to think?
01:11:47I know he just wouldn't up and leave, Eliza.
01:11:50He really cared about you and those children. It was plain as day.
01:11:54To me, he's gone.
01:12:24Come on.
01:12:45Don't lose your faith, hon. We'll be all right.
01:12:49You're missing that one.
01:12:51Oh, you need help getting that one?
01:12:53Okay, I'll come over there.
01:12:55Lift your arms up.
01:12:57Okay.
01:12:59I'll get that one.
01:13:01I'm going to go over there, okay?
01:13:19I'm so sorry.
01:13:21We tried.
01:13:23I didn't want to let you down.
01:13:26I was just hoping we could keep this place going a little longer for the children's sake.
01:13:38I'm so sorry.
01:13:40I didn't want to let you down.
01:13:43I'm so sorry.
01:13:46Now what am I going to do?
01:13:57A man from the bank comes tomorrow, so we need to be ready.
01:14:01I think we should pack everything we can and put it in the wagon.
01:14:06I don't want to leave our home, Ma.
01:14:11We'll go up and pack together.
01:14:14I don't even have a suitcase.
01:14:16Well, you can share mine.
01:14:21Patty, would you mind calling the walkers?
01:14:24Tell them not to come tomorrow.
01:14:44Okay.
01:15:04Penny for your thoughts?
01:15:07They're not even worth a penny.
01:15:11You miss Gabe, don't you?
01:15:17Me too.
01:15:21He didn't even say goodbye.
01:15:26Well, it's easier that way for some people.
01:15:31Goodbye is their heart.
01:15:34I thought he cared about us.
01:15:38Ma, I'm scared to leave.
01:15:45We're going to be okay.
01:15:48Just as long as we're together, huh?
01:15:58Right under that tree over there.
01:16:01Right in the rail there for two days.
01:16:08That house over there, remember?
01:16:17Mama! Mama!
01:16:19Luke, what is it?
01:16:21There are men outside!
01:16:23What?
01:16:24There are men outside!
01:16:26What?
01:16:27There are men outside!
01:16:29Luke, what is it?
01:16:30There are men outside!
01:16:34Get your batty up.
01:16:59Whoever's out there, show your faces.
01:17:15Step out here where I can see you.
01:17:17The rest of you.
01:17:30Come on, man.
01:17:32Come on in, man.
01:17:34We're coming for you.
01:17:39What are you doing here?
01:17:41What do you want?
01:18:00Thought we could use some help.
01:18:02If you want to bring the crop in on time.
01:18:05Okay.
01:18:12I thought you'd left.
01:18:14I've run from enough things in my life.
01:18:17If I can't make a stand here for people I care about,
01:18:21I might as well wander the rest of my life.
01:18:25Pete!
01:18:27Hey, guys.
01:18:29How about it?
01:18:31How you been?
01:18:33Pete.
01:18:35Batty.
01:18:37I brought some friends along.
01:18:39You boys hungry?
01:18:41I think you're the best breakfast you ever had.
01:18:44Orange picking's tough work.
01:18:46Needs your strength.
01:18:48Go to the barn. I'll bring it in there.
01:18:50Come on, kids.
01:18:55How did you find all these men?
01:18:57You ride the rails as long as I have.
01:18:59You know where to look.
01:19:24Come on.
01:19:55How high can I take you?
01:19:57I'll start off the next road.
01:20:05Come on, give me a hand.
01:20:15Please do.
01:20:24Come on.
01:20:31Mrs. Wyatt,
01:20:33we're here to officially serve you with notice of foreclosure.
01:20:38All right. Hold on, Sheriff.
01:20:41Mr. Kornhaus, this is Mr. Jennings
01:20:44from Gilbert Wholesalers.
01:20:46Mr. Jennings was just telling myself and Mr. Harper
01:20:49that he's willing to cut a check for the entire crop
01:20:52minus rejects and runs.
01:20:54But I'd be more than happy to draft that check to you, sir.
01:20:57It'll be enough to cover our debt.
01:21:12How in the world did you do it?
01:21:15I just gathered up some hard-working men
01:21:17that wanted a fair shake, like the one I got.
01:21:20Mr. Jennings liked the looks of what he saw in the barn
01:21:23and even more of what's in the fields.
01:21:25Well, it's good when your faith in somebody pays off.
01:21:33Thank you, Mr. Jennings.
01:21:35Don't thank me. Just get that crop in.
01:21:37It's been a pleasure.
01:21:39Yes, sir. Same here.
01:21:41I look forward to seeing you folks next season.
01:21:43Good luck to you.
01:21:50Good luck.
01:22:03Eliza, wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband
01:22:07to live together after God's ordinance?
01:22:10Wilt thou love him, comfort him,
01:22:14honor and keep him in sickness and in health
01:22:17as long as you both shall live?
01:22:19I will.
01:22:20Repeat after me.
01:22:22With this ring I thee wed.
01:22:24With this ring I thee wed.
01:22:27With my body I thee worship.
01:22:29With my body I thee worship.
01:22:31And with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
01:22:34And with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
01:22:37Amen.
01:22:39Amen.
01:22:43I now pronounce you man and wife.
01:22:46You may kiss the bride.
01:22:49APPLAUSE
01:23:19CHATTER