02x20 - First to Thine Own Self

[bunniefuu]

[ theme song ]

Watch out there now, Melanie.

How many times have I told you
to be careful about snakes?

Snakes won't bite you
if you don't mean them no harm.

How do you know
what they figure?

Come on now.
Eat your breakfast.

Are turtles bad luck, Daddy?

Well, not if you're hungry
and like soup, I reckon.

[ horse approaching ]

Mornin'.

Mornin'.

Hungry, boy?

Wouldn't wanna put you out any.

Ah, there's plenty.

Been on the road long?

Long as I been livin'.

[ strums guitar ]

It sounds pretty.

Yeah, real pretty.

[ strums guitar ]

[ laughs ]

Maybe I'll play ya something
pretty soon.

If you're headed
toward Medicine Bow,

you can ride along with us
if you want.

Wagon will be a change
from that saddle.

Well, I don't mind,
I guess.

Much obliged.

Randy, will you be my friend?

Why, sure, if you want.
I bet you got lots of friends.

I used to when I
was a little girl.

Well, you're not so big yet,
you know.

I'm big enough
to help my daddy.

He says I'll have
lots of new friends

when we get to Medicine Bow.

Sure you will.

But you'll be my friend now,
won't you?

I said I would.

I'll be yours.

All right.

Not just sayin' it?

Cross my heart.

[ both chuckle ]

Do you have lots of friends,
Randy?

Well, not too many, I guess.

How many?

Here now,
instead of all this talk,

how would you like
to hear a song?

Oh, yes, please, Randy!

All right.
You listen now.

♪♪

♪ Shady Grove,
my little love ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
I know ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
my true love ♪

♪ I'm bound for Shady Grove

♪ Now I wish I had
a great big horse ♪

♪ And corn to feed him on

♪ A pretty little girl
to stay at home ♪

♪ And feed him
when I'm gone ♪

♪ Now when I was a little boy

♪ I wanted a whittlin' knife

♪ Now I am a great big boy

♪ And I want a little wife

♪ Shady Grove,
my little love ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
my darlin' ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
my little love ♪

♪ Goin' back to Harlan

♪ I wish I had a guitar string

♪ Made of golden twine

♪ Every time I'd pick on it

♪ I'd wish that you were mine

♪ I went to see
my little gal ♪

♪ She met me at the door

♪ Shoes and stockings
in her hand ♪

♪ Little bare feet
on the floor ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
my little love ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
I know ♪

♪ Shady Grove,
my little love ♪

♪ I'm bound for Shady Grove

That was good, Randy!

Thank ya.

Six years I've been placerin'.

Lost my wife last winter--

took by the consumption.

It's mighty hard country.

The way I hear
about them placer fields,

a man can pick up gold
right off the ground.

Most likely break his back,
barely make his wages.

Less he's lucky enough
to hit a rich pocket.

Six months ago--
richest pocket I ever saw.

Why, I can show you nuggets
I picked up there as big as...

Well, big ones.

Reckon we better
find a place to camp
before it gets dark.

Yes, sir.

Hmm, should be a spring
over in those trees.

So I guess
I'll make myself useful.

Thanks.

You take care of this
for me, ya hear?

I will.

Daddy, may I build a nest
under the wagon?

Well, I reckon
every young chicken
ought to have a nest.

Go ahead.

Hello there.

Get yourselves down.

The coffee will be boilin'
in two shakes.

That's right friendly of you.

Yes, sir.
This old pot's boiled
more cups of friendship than--

Ugh!

[ c*ck g*n ]

[ c*ck g*n ]

You said we wouldn't--Shut up.

Let's go.

Melanie,
you better come on, honey.

Now you stay right here,
honey, and don't move
until I come for you.

[ wagon approaching ]

Whoa!

Hey, what's going on over there?

Watch out, he's got a g*n!

[ g*nsh*t ]

He tried to k*ll me!
You saw him pointing that g*n.

I didn't see him sh**t it.

That's because
I got the jump on him.

It's the only way
to deal with a k*ller.

Take a look at him.

I got eyes, mister.

[ strums guitar ]

Melanie?

Well, I figured they'd take you
back on to town with them.

I just come back to see
if they missed my old guitar.

Well, you sure been takin' good
care of it, hadn't ya?

I was just gonna get it
and clear out of this country.

This is one place
I sure don't want no part of.

Sure didn't figure
to find you still here.

You left me alone.

Well, I had to or get k*lled.

I didn't tell you to spend
the rest of your life here.

Why didn't you holler out
to those people on the stage
so they'd find ya and help ya?

I'm sorry about your pa
and all but...

well, that wasn't my fault,
and you and me ain't no kin,

so I can't take care of ya.

You understand that, don't ya?

Now, Melanie,
you can't expect--

All right. All right,
but just for tonight,
you understand?

[ strumming guitar ]

You get away from here!
Go on now!

Well, first time I ever heard
a talking bullfrog.

It looks like somebody threw
some old clothes away here.

Put that down!

By golly,
I'll bet these clothes

belong to that old bullfrog.

You leave those alone,
ya hear?

Well, sure is a timid old frog
hiding there

and croaking
his fool head off.

Maybe I can poke him up
a little.

You better stay back.
I warn you or I'll...

Well, on second thought,

it may be kind of fun to see
a dressed-up bullfrog.

Maybe I'll give ya
about two minutes

to skin into those
old clothes

and come out after this old vest
the moths have been chewing on.

[ giggles ]

Hey, you bring that back!

Come and get it!

Gol darn you!
You goldarned girl!

[ whistling ]

I'll thank you for that vest,
miss, if you don't mind.

Well, it's not a bullfrog
after all.

If you was to get on
that horse and ride off,

it sure wouldn't
bother me none.

Well, it seems to me
it should be you who's leaving,
since it's my ranch.

Well, anyway, my father's.

Shiloh--that's the name of it.
You've probably heard about it.

My father's Judge Garth.

Well, I've never heard of him
nor Shiloh neither.

Well, you will after you've
been here a little while.

I'm only stayin' around here
long enough

to do one short chore,
and after I do that,

I'm gettin' out of here
as fast and as far

as my horse has got legs
to carry me.

What do you do?
Just drift around the country
all the time?

Mostly.

Well, don't you have anybody
that you care about?

My horse,
but not quite halfway.

Look, we have drifters
like you all the time

come here at Shiloh
asking for hand-outs,

but, well,
you're younger than most.

Good-bye.

Bye.

[ strumming guitar ]

What took you so long, Randy?

Hey now,
think I wasn't comin' back?

Just 'cause I met
some crazy girl.

No sense at all.

I sure told her
a thing or two.

[ chuckles ]

Hey, we better
get you cleaned up

before I take you
over to that aunt of yours
your pa told me about.

What's her name?

Miss Reese.

She does tailorin'--
sews for people.

She's your mother's sister.

She's gonna be real happy
and surprised to see ya

'cause she doesn't even know
you're comin'.

'Cause your pa didn't tell her
about that when he wrote.

She'll make
a lot of dresses for ya,

and you'll be real happy there.

I don't think so, Randy.

Sure you will.

Well, your aunt will fix
your hair a lot better,

but that'll do for now.

Hey, she's probably
a real good cook, too,

and after you get
a couple of good meals
under your belt,

you'll feel a lot better.

Then maybe you'll feel like
tellin' them what happened,

and she'll know
what to do about it.

I don't wanna think
about Daddy, and I won't!

And nobody's gonna make me!

Okay, honey.

Well, I guess I better
get the horse saddled up

so we can get goin'.

It'll be all right, Melanie.
I promise you.

Anyway, it was late by the time
I got the wagon back to town

and the body taken care of,

so I thought I'd stay in
and see if I could help
the sheriff.

This fella you saw
standin' over the body--

did you get a good look at him?

If I ever see him again,
I'll know him.

Yeah, I got a good look.

Well, I guess
his sister-in-law

just couldn't
keep it to herself
when she got the letter--

about him findin' gold,
comin' here and all.

I suppose that's about it.

Somebody heard about it,
and it gave them the idea.

[ knock at door ]

BETSY: Can I come in?

Come on in.

Hello, nuisance.

Takes one to know one.

Hey, Steve, would you
be a real sweet boy

and take care
of my horse for me?

Betsy, there's nothing
I'd rather do!

Oh, thanks!

If I didn't have
150 other things to do.

Like what? Telling stories?

Betsy, I want you
to stay clear

of any strangers
you might meet on--

So which one of these sneaks
has been spying on me?

What?

And I suppose
that they also reported
that I stole his clothes,

which, well, I know
that I shouldn't have done,

but at the time, it seemed
like kind of a funny joke.

Oh, I gave them back
right away, of course,

but by that time,
he was boiling mad.

Well, except for that,
he was really kinda nice.

Betsy, who you talkin' about?

Well, the stranger
that you said I wasn't--

what do you mean,
who am I talking about?

Aren't you the one
that just said--

Now hold on, wait a minute.

You mean to say you met
a stranger this morning?

Well, yeah, I thought
that's what you meant.

He was out by the water tank
south of the fork,

swimming
and washing his clothes.

What'd he look like?

Well, I guess he looked like
just about anybody else.

He was young
and had sorta yellow hair

and had the awfullest vest
I've ever seen.

Calfskin--
brown and white blotches?

Why, yeah.

Well, then he's still around.

Would somebody please tell me
what this is all about.

Betsy, there was a robbery,

and a man was k*lled
on the road south of town.

Steve here
saw the young fella

you were havin'
so much fun teasing...

standing over the body
with a g*n in his hand.

I don't believe it.

Fits the description.

But, well, he's so young.

You may have been real lucky
this mornin', honey.

We better take a look.

I don't believe it.

[ sighs ]

I, uh...

I guess you
already heard about it.

Yes, I've heard.

Is this what you've
been hinting about?

This big deal
that was gonna make us rich?

That's pretty wild talk, Alma.

I don't know what you mean.

Don't lie to me.
Don't you dare, not again.

Now listen here, Alma--

I'll listen to where
you've been all day
and half the night.

A poker game.

I was beginnin' to think
it would never break up,

but just bein' late
don't give you the right

to accuse me
of robbin' and killin'
your brother-in-law.

You don't wear them fancy spurs
when you play poker.

It's only when you're
ridin' out somewhere.

Oh, uh, I forgot.
I did ride out to see Pell.

That was early this morning.

Pell--

it was the saddest day
of both our lives
when you met him.

He winds you
right around his finger!

Nobody winds me
around their finger--

not Pell or you
or anybody else.

Not me--that's the truth.

It's more the other way around.

I just work for ya
and wait for ya.

I'm not lying, Alma.
I swear I'm not.

You better not be...
not about this.

Go ahead and have some water.

[ horse approaching ]

[ horses approaching ]

No sign of him on the trail,
and he isn't down
by the windmill.

Looks like he
camped here last night.

It's hard tellin' how long
he's been gone, though.

Funny he'd hang around here
with the whole countryside
out lookin' for him.

Yeah.

A k*ller will do strange things
sometimes.

Once a man knows
he's wanted for m*rder,

his mind
starts playin' tricks on him.

A man on the run's more animal
than human, anyway.

Randy! Randy!

Randy! Randy! Randy! Randy!

Randy!

[ all laugh ]

Well, here.
Hold on now, honey.

We're not gonna hurt ya.
What's your name?

Well, I've chased a lot
of yearlings in my day,

but none quite like this.

[ chuckles ]
Well, she's kinda scrawny,
isn't it?

Well, I guess we could put
the Shiloh brand on it
and keep it around for a pet.

Let's take a look up there--
the way she was headed.

Belden, you take care
of the little girl.

[ g*nsh*t ]

Miss Reese?

Yes?

I gotta talk to ya.

Go ahead.

Well, it's about the fella
in the wagon--

the one
who was robbed and k*lled.

He told me you were kin to him.

What do you know about it?

Well, we were friends sorta,

but it's the little girl
I wanna talk to you about.

What little girl?

Melanie--
she was in the wagon with him.

I guess I'm the only one
that knows about it.

Well, she's all right.
She's out at Shiloh ranch now,

but they don't know who she is,
and she's kinda scared and--

You're lyin'!
You're the k*ller
they're all lookin' for!

No, I didn't do it.
Melanie will tell ya.

You've gotta get her
and try to calm her down,

and she'll tell ya
what really happened.

She was there, and she saw it.

If you've done any harm
to that child--

Be quiet!

Please.

Now you get Melanie
and talk to her.

She'll tell ya.

[ horses approaching ]

Melanie!

I don't know nothin'
about a kid.

I gotta get word out
to Shiloh.

I'll go out myself
in the mornin' and get her.

You'll keep your mouth shut
and stay out of it.

Are you crazy?
What are you talking about?

She's only a little girl!

[ dog barking ]

What word out to Shiloh?

To your friend--why?

Keep your nose out of it.

He said Melanie
saw the whole thing.

Are you saying
that you were involved
and she may recognize--

I'm warning you.
Stay out of it!

[ continues barking ]

What's the matter
with that fool dog?

[ continues barking ]

What have you done,
and what in the name of heaven
are you thinkin' to do next?

Answer me!

Ugh!

You're in this
just as much as either of us.

Now you keep your mouth shut,

or I'll let Pell
teach you a lesson.

You mean k*ll me,
don't you?

[ door closes ]

[ all yelping ]

Pell, you're just in time.
Got a full day in the saddle
ahead of ya.

How come?

Break in the west drift fence.

We're gonna round up strays
all day.

Well, I already
rode 15 miles today.

Well, at least
you're gettin' calluses

someplace an ax handle
wouldn't put them.

Or a deck of cards, either.

[ laughs ]
Ooh, careful.

You're very funny now,
aren't ya?

That gambler from in town--
what's his name?

Uh, Reese.

He was out here
lookin' for you this mornin'.

Well, I met him on the road.
How's that?

Oh.

What happened?

Did he find out you
been playin' with them cards

with the little marks on them?

[ all laugh ]

Well, you boys
are really funny.

Let me tell you something.

All right.

What I do in town
is my business.

Now you remember that.

Just, uh...

Yeah?

That's right, Pell.

I don't check on you...
you don't check on me.

You mind if I
beg off on my work?

My back's a little lame
from all that wood choppin'
I did.

After one morning of it?

[ chuckles ]

Well now, I didn't hire on
as a lumberjack, did I?

No, you hired on
as a ranch hand.

Now that includes doin'
anything that needs doin'
around the ranch here.

What doesn't need doin'
is layin' over in town drunk

four nights
out of the last two weeks.

You wanna draw your time,
I'll figure it up for ya.

You aim to go on workin' here,
hit the saddle.

All right.

Let's go, boys!

Betsy, I'm goin' over
to the Lazy D

and see if they'll
loan us a few hands
to help with those strays.

I'll be back in about an hour.

You better stick close
to the house here.

All right.

When I get back,
little lady,

we'll take you into town
and see if we can find out
something about ya.

I've tried.
She won't tell me a thing,
not even her name.

My guess she's
had quite a shock.

You're a real mystery,
young lady--

much so as that stranger is.

There's a lot more I'd like
to know about both of ya.

One thing I'm sure of--
at least he's not guilty
of m*rder.

Running is a bad way
to prove innocence, Bets.

But it's the only way he knows.
He's done it all his life.

He said so.

Betsy,
you've got a good head on ya
and a good heart.

You just better
get them workin' together.

Betsy, to be fair,

why don't we both withhold
final judgment on this fella
until we both know.

All right?

All right.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

If you don't eat,
you'll get sick.

I know you're scared
and feel completely alone,

but all of us here
are your friends,

and we're trying
to help you.

Can't you understand that?

I'm your friend.

Well?

Randy!

I knew you'd come for me!

Sure you did.

You all right?

Of course she's all right.

Well, she won't be
if I don't get her out of here.

What are you saying?She ain't safe here.

Well, that's
the most ridiculous thing
I've ever heard.

Somebody on this ranch
intends to do her harm.

Like who?

I don't know who,

but I heard a man in town
say he was gettin' word

to somebody on this ranch
about Melanie.

Now I'm takin' her away.

I don't believe a word
you're saying.

Well, whether you believe it
or not don't matter none.

She hasn't gotten over
seein' her pa get k*lled,

and somebody's
gotta take care of her

until this mess
gets straightened out.

You mean she was there?
She saw it happen?

Yeah, she was there all right.

Hidin' under the wagon--
lucky for her.

She never said
a word about it.

I know.

She don't even like
to think about it,
much less talk about it.

I guess I don't blame her none.

Come on, Melanie.

Randy.

Where were you
when it happened?

I was fetchin' water
for supper,

but I wasn't close enough
to see who done it.

I believe you.

Too bad you ain't the law.

Randy, please leave her here
at Shiloh. I promise no harm
will come to her.

Now how you gonna do that?

I promise!

You promise?
Suppose I was the man
I was talkin' about.

How could you help her?

How could you
stop me from takin' her
just like I'm doin'?

Please.

I've already told ya,
she's not safe here.

Now I'm sorry.

Suppose I yell for help?

I been watchin' the place
for nearly three hours.

The way it looked to me,
you're the only one here.

Randy, you can't do this!

You'll only make it worse
for yourself!

I don't see
how it could be any worse

with half the people here
tryin' to hang me

and the other half
tryin' to sh**t me.

But running away
only makes them sure
you're guilty,

like the Virginian says.

Stay and talk to him.
He'll listen.

Yesterday,
he was doin' his listenin'
over his r*fle sights.

But you've got to face it--
tell your side of the story.

If you don't, you'll be sorry
for the rest of your life.

How come you're so anxious
to get me caught?

You don't trust anybody,
do you?

All right then,

but you're teaching her
to run, too.

You'll turn her
into the same kind
of coward you are!

I'm keepin' her alive.

Just one thing, Randy.

You better ride fast
and you better ride far

because they're really
gonna be after you now.

You men know what happened
as much as I know about it.

He's got the girl,
and we've got to find them.

Divide your men up
into parties of four
or five a piece.

Fan out to the north and west.

Yes, sir.

I want you to beat every bush,

thicket, and briar patch.

Steve, take Betsy into town.
Let her talk to the sheriff.

She's had more contact
with Melanie and the kid
than anyone else has.

Maybe she can help him.

All right, let's get started.

He won't hurt Melanie.

Well, if for no other reason,

she's the only one
that can clear him.

Or hang him.

Betsy.

Better head on down that way.

We'll search in here
and circle around.

That was quite an argument
you had with the sheriff.

I didn't argue, he did.

Well, I never heard
any lawyer

give a better case
for the defense than you did.

The Virginian
says when a man runs,
he leaves his brains behind.

Well, I think that
people do the same thing
when they're chasing somebody.

They're like a pack of hounds
taking off after a rabbit.

Well, yeah,
I've seen that happen but--

Hey! Wait up! Hold it!

How about tyin' this prisoner
on to that go-cart of yours

so I can get back
and join up with the grownups?

Go ahead.

Well, that's Randy's horse.

Well, that's what we figured.

Well, then you haven't--

No, ma'am.

Found the horse
about two miles from here.

Figured it went lame on him.
He took the saddle off
and turned it loose.

He can't get far on foot.

Hey,
you're supposed to be playin',
not lookin' out for me.

Are the bad men
gonna find us here?

Well, not if we stay lucky.

I'm getting awful thirsty.
Hungry, too.

Didn't they give you
anything to eat or drink
at the ranch?

They tried to,
but I wouldn't take it.

Why not?

Because they chased you,
and they shot at you.

They're bad.

Oh, no, they're not, honey.
Not all of them, anyway.

Is Betsy bad?

Well, not the way
you probably mean.

She's--well, I'm sure
there's lots worse.

She treats you good?

I guess she tried to,
but I wouldn't let her.

Randy?

Huh?

I'm still thirsty.

Come here.

Tell you what I'll do
a little later.

Soon as it gets dark,
I'll try and get us
some water, okay?

I'm thirsty now.
You could get some
at that windmill.

That's pretty open
down there, honey,

and there's a lot of people
lookin' for us.

You real thirsty?

Awful thirsty.

Yeah?

More than I've been
in my whole life.

Aren't you thirsty, Randy?

Well, doggone it,
the more you talk about it,
the more I am.

You sit right here...
and hold that...

and don't you fret none.

[ strums guitar ]

When we get to the windmill,
let's stop. I'm thirsty.

We'll be home in half an hour.

I'm thirsty now.

[ wagon approaching ]

Something wrong?

Nope, let's hurry and get home.

I thought you were thirsty.

Thirsty?
Are you out of your mind?

[ guitar music playing ]

♪ Hear that
lonesome whip-poor-will ♪

♪ He sounds to blue to fly

♪ The midnight train
is windin' low ♪

♪ I'm so lonesome
I could cry ♪

♪ I've never seen
a night so long ♪

♪ When time goes crawlin' by

♪ The moon just went
behind the cloud ♪

♪ To hide its face and cry

♪ The silence
of a fallen star ♪

♪ Lights up a purple sky

♪ And as I wonder
where you are ♪

♪ I'm so lonesome
I could cry ♪

It sounds pretty, Randy.

Thank ya, honey.

But it's awful sad.

Yeah, I guess
I know more sad songs
than any other kind.

Why?
I don't know.

I guess there's
more sad people than others...

least that's
been my experience.

Are you sad?

Well, lonesome would be
a better word, Melanie.

Me, too, Randy.

[ horses approaching ]

Get back there.
Hurry up.

Randy? Randy?
[ gasps ]

How many of them
did you bring with ya?

What do you mean?

I mean how many men

do you have waitin' outside
for me to show my face.

That's the way
they got it figured, isn't it?

You come in here and talk me
into goin' outside

so they can g*n me down
without havin' to risk
their own necks.

Randy--

If you're gonna start in on
that trustin' people business,

the answer's
the same as before.

I don't trust you anymore
than I trust anybody else.

Look, would you
please listen to me?

Why should I?

Because you're gonna find
you're wrong as usual.

About what?

No one is with me.

Nobody knows I'm here.
I slipped off alone.

The only time I ever did,
all I did was get hit
in the head.

What are you
doin' around here, anyway,
sneakin' around?

Is there a reward for me
or something?

So how'd you find us?

I saw you at the windmill.

I was with Steve,
but I didn't say anything.

I knew you'd be here.

Hardly anybody except me
knows about this cave.

I found it when I
was a little girl.

I used to come here and play.

It was my secret place.

Melanie! Are you all right?

Hey, what's that you got?

I found it in the cave.

Princess!

I lost her years ago
and never knew what
happened to her!

Give it back to her, Melanie.
We don't want another crime
added to our list.

You keep it, Melanie.
I want you to have it.

If I'd had meant
to turn you in,

I could have told them
where to look.

I haven't been here
in a long time.

What'd you
ever have to hide from?

Not necessarily hiding,

just a place where I
could come to be alone

and sad and happy
at the same time.

Must take a heap of doin'
when your pa owns half
the territory like you said.

He didn't own it then.

Well, at least you had a pa--
still do.

Don't you?

I'm sorry.

What's there to be sorry for?

I don't need nobody,
least of all you.

Look,
I'm only trying to help.

Can't you understand that?

Well, I don't need any.

Oh, yes, you do.

You've got no food
and just what water
that's left in that canteen.

They found your horse,
so they know you're afoot
and can't be very far.

I know that.

They've got guards
at the windmill

and every other water hole,

and the ranchers have all
gathered in their horses.

So now what do I do?

Ask the Virginian
for advice.

I don't need his advice
or yours or anybody else's.

Then what do you need, Randy?

At least I know
you need some food and water.

I'll sneak some off to you
later... somehow.

Probably send your friends.

Well, that's a chance
you're gonna have to take.

I haven't said
you could go yet.

And just how you gonna stop me?

Oh, of course,
you could k*ll me.

That is if you were a k*ller,

but since you're not,

I guess you're just
gonna have to trust me.

It's funny, isn't it, Randy?

You're finally
gonna have to trust somebody.

[ knock at door ]

Come in.

Can I talk to you?

Bets, where have you been?

Well, I, uh,
I've just come from the barn.

Um, what I wanna talk
to you about is...

well, with Daddy being gone--

Betsy, dear, this has been
a very unproductive day.

I've got an awful lot
of work to take care of

before your father comes back
or he'll have my hide.

Of course,
if it's really important...

Well, it is important
or else I wouldn't
have bothered you.

It's--well, it's about life.

Sit down.

Well, what about life?

Well, it's something about
what Daddy always says,

what he believes in.

The one that says
"First to thine own self
be true."

No, Betsy,
you don't remember it right.

It goes "This above all--
to thine own self be true.

"And it must follow
as the night the day--

thou canst not then
be false to any man."

But what does it mean
to be true to your own self?

I mean,
what does it really mean?

Well, I guess people
have been wondering about that

and arguing about it
ever since Shakespeare wrote it
and before.

But I care about now--
tonight.

I mean, does it mean that
when you believe in something
so strongly

that you know it
without any question

and that you stick
to what you know and believe

no matter what anybody else
says or thinks or does?

Well, I'd say
that's a pretty good way
of explaining it--

at least a part of it.

An important part?

Mm-hmm.

Very important part.

[ exhales ]

Thank you.

[ yawning ]

I'm a little worried
about Betsy.

Said she wasn't feelin' well
and went right up to her room
after supper.

Nothin' to worry about.
Just a stage that young girls
go through.

That's just a stage
that young girls go through.

What do you know
about the stages
a young girl goes through?

Belden, my boy,
let me explain--

Please.
Please, spare me.

Save me.
I'm sorry.

Well, here's a bunk I bet ya
ain't gonna be used tonight.

Whose that? Pell's?

Pell's.

Yeah, that Pell
spends more nights in town

than any man
I've ever seen in my life.

I don't know what it is--
wine, women, or cards.

Cards.

The only thing Pell
thinks about is money.

You know, if thinkin'
about money was money,

Pell would be rich.

Well, I don't know
how he does it.

I can't stretch
my wages that far.

I'm hard--
look at them--

Hey.

Anybody that would
put gravel in a man's bunk

has gotta have a pretty mean
sense of humor, fellas.

If a man would take a bath
once in a while,

he wouldn't
have gravel stickin' out
all over everything.

[ laughs ]
Three.

I take more baths than the rest
of you saddle bums put together.

Yeah, well, it's probably
just them packrats.

I've been listenin' to them
gnawin' and squeakin' round here
for the last couple of weeks.

We ought to get us
a cat or two.

No cats.

I ain't sleepin'
in no bunkhouse with no cats.

It ain't healthy.

For the cats?

Look at that.
Look at that gravel.

Must have used a bucket.

Hmm, well, I...
[ clears throat ]

I kinda got
that lucky feelin'.

Maybe I should have
gone down with Pell.

[ chuckles ]

Why don't you
go to bed instead?

[ clears throat ]

Two pair.

[ hums ]

Me, too.

Ace, ace, ace, ace, king.

Stupid kids' game.

Pell, I was just worryin'
how to get in touch with ya.

Well, now you don't
have to worry anymore,
do ya?

Huh?

[ chuckles ]

Look, I found where
that little girl is hidin' out.

She's hidin' out
with that wanderin' boy,
you know.

They're hidin' out together.

Did you--

Just be quiet now.

Shh.

Ain't no need to talk so loud.

You don't think I'm a fool,
do ya?

I mean, with the Shiloh riders

ridin' all over
the countryside...

Besides, Judge Garth's daughter
is in on it with them.

That's how I found out
where they was--
by followin' her.

Maybe we just better pull out.

Ah, wait a second.

Ain't nobody
pullin' out of nothin'--

neither you or me--
ever.

You understand that?

The first thing
that we gotta do
is to keep your voice down.

The second thing
that we gotta do

is to get
that bratty little kid
and that wanderin' boy

far enough away from Shiloh

ain't nothin'
gonna be kickin' back on us.

Well, how do you figure
to do that?

Well now,
I got that all planned.

It's all planned out.

You know where that windmill
is on that north road
that's north of the ranch?

Mm-hmm.

Well, I'm on guard duty there
tomorrow.

Now you be there at noon.

Listen, Pell,
I don't like this at all.

Now let me
tell you something, friend.

You hang just as high
for one killin'
as you do for three.

Now don't forget that.

There's something else.
We got other trouble.

Like what?

It's my wife Alma.

What about her?

She's, uh,
she's upset.

I think she's gettin' ready
to spill the whole thing.

Mm-hmm.
How much did you tell her?

Oh, it's not like that, Pell.

I didn't tell her nothin',
but she guessed most of it.

I thought you told me
something about

that you could handle her
and she wasn't gonna be
any trouble.

Oh, I have,
but with the little girl
bein' her niece and all...

and I didn't
figure on no killin'!

Shh.

If you can't handle
that wife of yours,

I can.

Now, Pell, don't.

I know how you get
when you get riled.

You know what that feels like
around your neck, huh?

What's that feel like, huh?
You don't like that, do ya?

Have you ever felt
that rope around your neck,

chokin' out your wind
and your senses?

Ah, a little touchy about that,
aren't ya? Huh?

[ chuckles ]

You know what I think?

I think that Mr. Pell
had better have a talk
with Mrs. Reese.

Because I think
she needs to find out

that it's time
that her husband

ain't one that likes
to be pushed around.

[ chuckles ]

Makes you swallow
a little hard, doesn't it?

Now I would suggest...

that you be at the windmill
tomorrow at noon.

Understand?

Thanks.

Morning.

Morning.

Well, thank you.

What's the matter with you?
Aren't you hungry?

I was just wondering
if that little girl

had anything to eat
this morning.

I'll talk to her.

[ crying ]

Wanna tell me about it,
Betsy?

I'm so ashamed of myself.

I thought I was doing
the right thing,

and then later,
I wasn't sure.

Now I just don't know.

I didn't sleep very well
last night.

Here. Blow your nose.

Go on.

[ blows ]

[ sniffs ]

Thank you.

Now what's this all about?

I know where they are.
I found them.

Randy and Melanie?

I've seen them twice.

I sneaked out last night
and took them some food
and water.

Is Melanie all right?

Yes, but I promised Randy
I wouldn't tell,
and now I have,

and I promised you
that I wouldn't leave the ranch,
and I did,

and all I was trying to do
was just be true to myself,

and now I'm not true
to anybody.

[ continues crying ]

All right, Betsy.

We're gonna wait
exactly five minutes,

and then we'll all
pull ourselves together

and try to figure out
what the right thing to do is.

♪♪

[ horses approaching ]

Who's coming, Randy?

You get in the back.
Hurry on in there.

BETSY: Randy.

I know, Randy.
I broke my promise,
and I'm sorry.

You can say what you want
or think what you please,

but you've got to listen to me.

I reckon
I ain't got much choice now.

Randy, it's not a matter
of choice. It's a matter
of what's right.

Sure.

Look, I wouldn't
have tried to help you

if I hadn't believed
you were right,

but you've
got to stop running sometime

and try to prove what you say.

And just how do you
suggest I go about that?

Well, you wouldn't come
and talk with the Virginian

because you said
he wouldn't believe you.

Well, he's come here,
and you've got to talk with him

because if he's convinced,
he's gonna try and help you.

[ footsteps approaching ]

Don't be a fool, boy.

I got four Shiloh riders
down in the ravine.

Protection for Betsy.

They're armed, I'm not.

Well, what do you want?

I wanna find out why
Betsy's so all-fired sure
you're innocent.

Are ya?

Yes, sir.

Too many wrong moves
have been made
in the last few days.

It's time we started
makin' some right ones,

like takin' Melanie
back to the ranch.

RANDY: Can't do that.

I know, Betsy told me.

You think somebody at Shiloh
may be mixed up in this.

Whoever it is
might be a threat to Melanie.

Well, I'll guarantee ya
nothin' will happen to her now.

I'll listen to your story,
and I'll see if I can help.

And meanwhile,
you figure to lock me up
somewhere, huh?

Meanwhile,
you can stay right here,
if that's what you want--

provided you promise me
you will stay.

You trusted Betsy,
and I think it's about time
somebody started trustin' you.

Now what's your story?

Whoa.

Mrs. Reese,
what happened to you?

Here, let me help you.

I've come here to do

the hardest thing
I've ever done in my life.

I have every reason
to believe that my husband
is a m*rder*r.

I'm certain that he
and a man that works for you

are the ones who m*rder*d
my brother-in-law for the gold
that he had with him.

[ crying ]

Here, let me help you
in the house.

Belden, take care of the horse
and then round up as many men
as you can find.

BELDEN: Yes, sir.

Hey, Randy.

Randy, we comin' in.

We're friends.

Betsy sent us.

[ coughs ]

[ chuckles ]

We wasn't sure
ya was still in here
when ya didn't answer.

Ya say Betsy sent ya?

Yeah,
I ride for the Shiloh.

I'm about the only one
that she trusts, I guess.

Oh, he's a friend of mine.
He's okay.

Well, what'd she send ya for?

Well, she says
that everything's changed,

and you gotta
high tail it out of here
just as fast as you can.

She told me where to take ya,
so I brought you an extra horse.

Little girl
can ride on double with you.

She said that?

Well, she didn't actually
mention anybody's name
but yours.

But that little girl's here,
isn't she?

The Virginian know you come?

Well, I didn't talk
to nobody but Betsy.

You know, I was on duty--

guard duty up there
at the windmill.

You know where that's at.

Matter of fact,
I was waitin' for you,

but you never came back.

Tsk, tsk, tsk,
tsk, tsk, Randy.

[ chuckles ]

I was back at the ranch
just five minutes

when Betsy
come right up to me.

You recall what she said--
I mean, exact words?

Just about
what I already told ya.

She said tell you
to get out of here

just as fast as you can

and get over
to that other place

and that she'd
see you there later.

Well, if she's up
to something on her own,

I'd be a fool
to go along with it

'cause I promised
the Virginian I'd stay here.

Well, you know
now that I think of it,

she said that we'll
meet him there later.

Now that's got to mean
her and the Virginian, right?

Look, Randy, if Betsy
don't think that it's safe
for y'all here,

you ought to think about
the little girl, right?

Well, she's at Shiloh,
but you wouldn't know that,
see,

because you weren't there
when they brought her back.

So I gotta think about this.

To think she's really
my sister's child,

and I'd never seen her.

I thought she'd been sent
to San Francisco...

after my sister died.

I guess Silas
wanted to surprise me.

Come here, dear.

Give her a little time,
Mrs. Reese.

MRS. REESE:
It must have been terrible
for her.

Yes. It's a blessing
that she can't seem
to remember it.

Here, let me help you.

Betsy, maybe you'd like
to go along and tell Randy.

Randy?

That's right.

You'll see him soon, Melanie.

According to what
Mrs. Reese says

and the way
other things add up,

Pell's in this
up to his ears.

It's Pell.

It's pretty certain

that he and Reese
k*lled that wagon driver.

Well, he was gone that night--

stayed in town, he said.

Yeah, I remember.

He's standin' guard
out by the windmill.

That's where we're goin'.

I still don't feel right
about it--leavin' like this.

You still trust her,
don't ya?

I don't know.
That girl can get some
crazy notions sometimes.

[ horses approaching ]

Pell!

That's a Shiloh bunch.

Let's get out of here.Shut up.

You better run for it, kid.

What for?

'Cause it's a double-cross,
that's why.

They used me to get you
out here in the open

so they could sh**t you down.

Well, I ain't runnin'
from anybody anymore.

Fool. Get his g*n, Reese.

If you'd have had
sense enough to run,

you'd have got it
with a b*llet, boy,

but now you're
gonna get it with a rope,

and you keep your mouth shut.

Now get down.

That's right.
That's right.

We found your k*ller.

Where'd ya find him?

Ah, he come sneakin' down
lookin' for water.

He stole one
of the Shiloh horses here.

REESE: Alma!

That's her!
She's the other one!

She's in on it with him!

She's the one who put him up
to the whole thing.

He told us when we caught him.

He offered to split
half his gold with us--

if we'd let him loose.

[ chuckles ]
Told us about a letter

that she got
from her brother-in-law.

She's the one who put him up
to the whole thing.

I hope they hang you twice,
Pell.

This boy says that he
paid a visit to your house
the other night.

Now is that true or not?

I just went over there
to tell her about Melanie--
tell her who she was and all.

Well, that ain't quite what
he told us five minutes ago,
you understand?

Now Reese here's
been suspicious of his wife
right along from the start.

He come to me the other day
and asked me for my advice,

but we didn't have no evidence
until we caught this boy here.

None of that is true at all.

Well, we'll just leave it
to a court.

Pell and I will turn
the prisoner over to you

and let a court decide
who's tellin' the truth.

Maybe it's you and Pell
who should be the prisoners.

My wife is lyin'
just to cover up for herself.

[ spurs jingle ]

You're the man!

You're the man
that k*lled my daddy!

I saw you! I saw you!
You're bad!

Now--now hold on.

I'm not the one
that k*lled her father.

I thought all we was gonna do
was rob him. Pell here--

[ horse whinnies ]

[ grunting ]

Ugh!

Ugh!

Ugh!

I'm terribly sorry
about this, Mrs. Reese.

Well, Melanie's
going to need me now.

Well, Randy,
how'd ya like to give up
this driftin' around

and work for Shiloh?

Well, I wouldn't
wanna put you out any.

You'd be doin' me a favor.

Then I'd like it fine...
sir.

So what do you
like for breakfast?

Huh?

Well, I have to know.
Sometimes I cook.

Well, I gotta feelin'
that just about everything's
gonna taste fine from now on.

♪♪

♪ There was a rich old rancher
who lived in the country by ♪

♪ He had a lovely daughter
on whom I cast my eye ♪

♪ She was pretty, tall,
and handsome ♪

♪ Both neat and very fair

♪ There's no other girl
in the country ♪

♪ With her I can compare

♪ I left the state of Texas
Arizona bound ♪

♪ I landed in Tombstone City
and I viewed the place around ♪

♪ Oh, money and work was plenty
and folks around were kind ♪

♪ The only thought in my heart
was the gal I left behind ♪

♪ One day as I was ridin'
goin' into town ♪

♪ I met the stagecoach driver
and he handed me a letter down ♪

♪ He handed me a letter
which let me understand ♪

♪ The gal I left in Texas
had married another man ♪

♪ So listen all you cowboys
yeah listen to my song ♪

♪ If it hadn't done you any good
well it hadn't done you wrong ♪

♪ When you court a pretty gal
well marry her while you can ♪

♪ For once you
go across the plains ♪

♪ She'll marry another man

This has sure been
one heck of a week.

You know, if the work
around here gets any rougher,

I'm gonna give up cow punchin'
and do something else.

Yeah? Like what?

Well, like...

I could always, uh...

I mean, if I had to, I...

There's plenty of things
I could do.

Yeah, sure they're are.

All right.

Doggone pack rats.

You keep me awake every night
with your gnawin'.

Now you're
throwin' gravel at me again.

Well, we'll see.

[ screams ]

You little buggers!

Ow!

Hey.

[ grunts ]

Hey!

Gold!

I found gold!

Did he say gold?

Look at that!

Get your hands off of that!

Look at that.

[ screams ]

I'm gonna quit!
I'm gonna quit cow punchin'!

Wait a minute.
That was Pell's bunk.

Yeah, so what?

That must be the gold
he and Reese stole

from Melanie's father
when they k*lled him.

Afraid you didn't
strike it so rich,
Stevie boy,

but Melanie sure did!

Ah, I knew it!

I knew it was too good
to be true.

Well, look at it this way--

if you wait around
for about 12 years,

maybe you can talk her
into marryin' ya.

Twelve years ain't so long.

[ all laugh ]

Let's bag it up, boys--
ever bit of it.

[ theme song ]