Dirt {reused script} | Gunsmoke (11-27-60)

Summary

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Gunsmoke: "Dirt" (Reused Script)

Aired: August 24, 2025 (Original air date: November 27, 1960)
Podcast Host: Andrew Rhynes | OTRWesterns.com
Starring: William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon

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Episode Overview

This episode of Gunsmoke, titled "Dirt," centers around a tense wedding in Dodge City, haunted by a threat of violence. As rancher Nate Sybert prepares to marry Polly Troyman, Marshal Matt Dillon must untangle a web of suspicion, jealousy, and old heartbreak after an anonymous note warns of a potential killing if the marriage goes ahead. The story explores family tensions, the after-effects of the Civil War, and tragic obsession, culminating in a shocking act that disrupts hopes for a fresh start.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Trouble Brewing Before the Wedding

[04:15–08:19]

• The episode opens with Polly Troyman and Nate Sybert’s upcoming wedding. Polly’s brother Henry is deeply suspicious of Sybert, believing he might “shame” Polly by running out as he did before.
• Chester and Kitty observe the Troyman family’s anxiety about the marriage. Discussion reveals the Troymans were once wealthy Virginians, eager to marry Polly to the prosperous Sybert for security.
• Both Matt Dillon and Kitty recognize Polly’s genuine affection for Sybert, hoping he may finally settle down.

Notable quote:
"Marrying's your problem, Sybert. Just don’t kill any of them, that's all."
— Matt Dillon to Nate Sybert ([05:57])

2. A Sinister Warning

[09:43–12:15]

• Chester discovers an anonymous note at the jail:
  “If Nate Syberts marries that Troyman girl, there'll be a killing. I'm warning the law to stop it before it's too late.”
• Dillon and Chester investigate — suspicion falls on various townsfolk, but Sybert is unaware of any real enemies related to the marriage, though he admits he has old disputes.

Notable quote:
"All in all, it'll make for a lively smile."
— Chester, wryly observing the tense situation ([10:11])

3. Family Tensions and Suspects

[14:43–17:07]

• Dillon visits the Troymans. Polly is shaken to hear of the note.
• Speculation arises about former suitors, especially Red Withers, but Polly dismisses jealousy as a motive:
  "No, Marshal, there wasn't. Red Withers and I broke off two months before that…he’s gone to Los Alamos." ([16:08])
• Henry accuses Sybert of potentially faking the threat himself; Matt dismisses the idea, insisting he knows Sybert’s character.

4. The Wedding and an Uneasy Calm

[17:21–20:47]

• The ceremony proceeds with added vigilance: Matt, Chester, and others remain alert to any trouble.
• The wedding concludes without incident. However, Sybert remains unsettled, vowing to seek out whoever wrote the note if revealed —
  "I'll forget it when I find out who wrote it, Marshal…I'd kill him." ([19:13])

Memorable exchange:
"You're just not used to being married, Syberts. You better go on and start getting used to it."
— Marshal Dillon ([19:46])

5. Ambush on the Bridge

[23:43–25:04]

• As Sybert and Polly depart in a buggy, shots ring out at the bridge outside town. Sybert is wounded; Polly is traumatized.
• Matt and Chester quickly respond — discovering footprints leading away from the scene.

Notable quote:
"Who did it, Polly? How many were there?"
— Matt Dillon, as the panic unfolds ([24:27])

6. The Truth Revealed: Beulah’s Tragedy

[25:04–28:01]

• Footprints lead Matt to a nearby cabin and “Crazy Beulah”—a troubled woman notorious in town.

• Beulah confesses—her anger rooted in Sybert’s cruel dismissal after a drunken night together and her jealousy at his marriage to Polly.
  "He wouldn't even look at me on the street…Then he up and married that Troyman girl. I warned you, Marshal. I told you to stop the wedding." ([26:19])

• Matt quietly arrests her, compassion weaving through the confrontation:
  "I feel better now, Marshal. Now it's all over. He's dead and I feel a lot better."
  — Beulah ([28:01])

7. Aftermath and Closure

[29:01–32:01]

• Doc saves Sybert’s life. Matt gently suggests honesty with Polly about his past with Beulah.
• Beulah withdraws, never mentioning Sybert again. Matt arranges for her to be sent to relatives in St. Louis, finding her “more normal than he’d ever seen her.”

Significant moment:
"I don't know, Marshal. I might even tell her the truth."
— Sybert, on what he’ll say to Polly ([30:36])

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• Matt Dillon’s reflection on his job:
  “It’s a chancy job and it makes a man watchful and a little lone.” ([02:46])

• Doc’s grumbling about Dodge’s eggs and people:
  “If I charged nothing, they’d still cheat me somewhere, Matt.” ([09:29])

• Kitty, on town gossip and class divides:
  “Why do you think they're so happy to … marry Polly off to a big rancher like Sybert?” ([06:43])

• Marshal’s gentle wisdom:
  “They’re just people, Kitty, like anybody else.” ([07:58])

• Bittersweet summary:
  “She seemed quite happy about the trip and more normal than I'd ever seen her.”
  — Matt, on sending Beulah to her family ([32:01])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Threat discovered and first suspicions: [09:43–12:15]
• Troyman family interviewed: [14:43–17:07]
• Wedding and Sybert’s vow of revenge: [17:21–20:47]
• Ambush at the bridge: [23:43–25:04]
• Beulah’s confession and arrest: [25:04–28:01]
• Resolution with Sybert and Polly: [29:01–32:01]
• Matt reflects on Beulah’s fate: [32:01–32:55]

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Tone and Atmosphere

• The episode blends melancholy, suspense, and brief moments of humor (notably in Doc and Chester’s exchanges).
• The central tragedy—Beulah’s isolation and unresolved grief—renders a haunting caution against cruelty and the lingering pain of neglect.
• Underneath, Gunsmoke’s trademark themes persist: duty, hard choices, and the human costs of justice on the frontier.

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Summary prepared for listeners who value character-driven drama and rich, thoughtful storytelling in Western radio classics.

Transcript

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[Marshal Matt Dillon]

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Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode.

[Narrator]

Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a U.S. marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it.

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I'm that man. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancy job and it makes a man watchful and a little lone.

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[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Good evening, Mr. Sybert.

[Chester]

Oh, well, Henry, I buy you a drink? No, thank you, sir. What you come into a saloon for if he ain't going to drink? No offense, Mr. Sabbath, I just don't feel like a drink. Well, a man's free to do what he feels like, Henry. Up to a point, he is. You're all alike, you Southerners. We keep our word to men and the women. Now, is that what you're here for? To see that I don't run off? No man's gonna shame my sister, sir. What are you talking about? I'm gonna marry her in two days. Yes, sir, you are. Look, Henry, we postponed the wedding last month because I had to go to Abilene on business. I run a big ranch and it takes a lot of hard work and time. And the ranch comes first. Now, can you get that through your head? I understand. I just hope for your sake you don't have to go anywhere this time. Polly wasn't proud having to call off the wedding last month. Now suppose you leave that to me and Polly. And keep your puppy nose out of this. I don't care for that remark, Mr. Sabbath. No. And let's see what a young Confederate gentleman does about something he don't care for.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, go ahead.

[Chester]

You're wearing a gun. You can't bluff me.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, hold it, you two.

[Chester]

Oh, get this little whipper snapper off my back, Marshall, before I shoot it.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That's enough. Cybert. All right, Henry, get out of here. Go drink someplace else tonight.

[Chester]

I'm not drinking, Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It's still ahead. Now get out anyway.

[Chester]

All right, sir. But don't you forget what I said, Mr. Sybert. I don't know if I ought to marry into a family like that or not.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Marion's your problem. Cybers just don't kill any of them, that's all.

[Chester]

Have a drink, Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I've got one at the table over there. Thanks.

[Chester]

Later maybe, huh?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah, maybe.

[Chester]

You should have stopped that just in time.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester]

That kid wouldn't have had a chance against Nate Cyrus.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

No, but he'd have tried it anyway.

[Chester]

They're gonna make a real happy family now.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

They'll get along, Kitty, Sybert's and Polly anyway.

[Chester]

They will if Henry and his father give him a chance. Too bad Mrs. Touman isn't still alive. She'd handle it better.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

They're nervous about the wedding, that's all.

[Chester]

Yeah. And about Sybert's money. They need it bad.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

They used to be rich, Kitty, back.

[Chester]

In Virginia before the war. Why do you think they're so happy to be able to marry Polly off to a big rancher like Sybert? You know what it looks like, do you?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Except for Polly. I think she's real fond of Sybert.

[Chester]

He fond of her too. After all, she's a woman, isn't she? Yeah, I know.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

But maybe you'll settle down, quit running around so much.

[Chester]

I hope so, for her sake. When's the wedding match? Day after tomorrow.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That's what they say.

[Chester]

You're going, aren't you?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester]

I love when.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, Kitty, that reminds me. I saw Polly on the street the other day and she asked me to tell you that you'd be welcome at the wedding if you want to come.

[Polly Troyman]

She did?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Uh huh.

[Chester]

I've only met her at the store in her arm.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Seems like she likes you anyway. That's what she said.

[Chester]

Me G Mat. Did you think I should?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You were invited by the bride. I don't know why not.

[Chester]

Well, maybe I'd better think it over. You got enough trouble as it is. Anyway, I feel kind of good her asking me.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

They're just people, Kitty, like anybody else. Yeah.

[Chester]

I check you. If there's anything I hate, it's a liar. Max.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What's the trouble now, Doc?

[Chester]

Ah, these eggs. The cook swore they were fresh. I know darn well they've been put down in water glass.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, why don't you raise some chickens then?

[Chester]

I would, but it'd just create a whole new class of feed chicken feet.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Seems to me you're in for a bad day, Doc. You started feeling this way.

[Chester]

I'd sooner trust crazy Beulah over there than most people I know around here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Crazy Beulah?

[Chester]

Yeah.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh yeah. I haven't seen her in a long time.

[Chester]

Funny thing about her, Miss. She's still sort of pretty. Yeah.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

When you look in her eyes, she is not something dark. I. I can't help feeling sorry for her.

[Chester]

I know there's nothing anyone can do to help her.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

No, I guess not.

[Chester]

She came to see me a couple of weeks ago. She had the aging and she paid my fee too. And the crazy bureau can pay up. You think the more prosperous citizens around here could. I tell you, I sometimes wonder about these people, Matt.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Maybe you charge too much.

[Chester]

If I charge nothing, they still cheat me some more. Ms. John. Here. Just look at this. Read it.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

If Nate Seiberts marries that Troyman girl, there'll Be a killing. I'm warning the law to stop it before it's too late. There's no signature. Where'd you get this, Chester?

[Chester]

It was under the office door when I opened up this morning. What do you make of it? Let me see. It's printed. I thought I might recognize a Henry.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That's why he printed it, I guess.

[Chester]

Well, I wouldn't want to be in Nate Sabitz boots. Young Henry's gonna shoot him if he doesn't marry Polly. And here's somebody who's gonna shoot him if he does. All in all, it'll make for a lively smile.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, I think we better talk to Cyber about this Chester.

[Chester]

He's in OR at the Dodge House last the wedding.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I know. So long, Doc. Have a pleasant day.

[Chester]

Yeah, sure, Matt. Yeah, come on. Well, Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Chester.

[Chester]

Oh, Nate.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Like to talk to you, Sellers.

[Chester]

Sure, Marshall. Come on in. Come here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Chester. Found this note at the jail this morning.

[Chester]

This? Now, who wrote this?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I thought maybe you could tell me.

[Chester]

No, I got no idea.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Marshall, can you think of anybody who doesn't want you to get married? Savage.

[Chester]

I got enemies, sure. What man hasn't? But they don't have nothing to do with me and Polly. What do they care if I get married? Well, maybe it's just a joke somebody's kind of playing on you. Mighty poor joke. Under the circumstances, I suppose it would lead. My old man told me to stay away from women a long time ago.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Should listen to him. A little late now. Yeah. If you get any idea, let me know, William. Anyway, we'll be at the wedding. We'll do what we can.

[Chester]

I'll be wearing a gun too, Marshall. You can count on that.

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[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I didn't like the idea of a groom having to wear a six gun at his wedding, and even less the fact that a shooting might take place in church. So I went out to see the Troyman. Polly came to the door and ushered me into the front room where Father and Henry were sitting. Can we fetch you something, Marshal? Glass of bourbon? No, thank you, Mr. Troyman.

[Chester]

It wouldn't be very good bourbon, I'm afraid.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Prices are up, money's down.

[Chester]

Things haven't been easy lately. Well, we're in luck with this family, anyway.

[Polly Troyman]

Please, Father.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Polly, I hate to bother you this.

[Chester]

Way, but it's important.

[Polly Troyman]

Nothing happened to Nate.

[Chester]

If he's run off, I'll find him. Quiet, Henry.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Let the Marshal speak. He's all right, Polly. I just want to know if you can think of anybody who'd try to put a stop to the wedding tomorrow.

[Chester]

Try to stop it?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That's right.

[Polly Troyman]

Marshall, I don't understand what you.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Somebody's threatened to Polly. I don't know who it could be, and neither does Nate Siberts. I talked to him about it. This is mighty strange, sir.

[Chester]

It sure is.

[Polly Troyman]

Is it true, Marcia?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yes, it looks that way.

[Polly Troyman]

Well, who's not want us to get married?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Polly, when you took up with Nate Siberts, was there anyone else who might have been jealous about it? Uncommonly jealous, I mean. Enough to start trouble tomorrow?

[Polly Troyman]

No, Marshall, there wasn't.

[Chester]

What about Red Withers?

[Polly Troyman]

Red Withers and I broke off two months before that, Henry. Besides, he's gone to Los Alamos.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

There wasn't anybody else?

[Polly Troyman]

No.

[Chester]

Marshall, have you thought that maybe Nate Sievitz himself might have started this?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

He didn't.

[Chester]

How do you know he didn't do it? He ran out once before.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

He's not that kind of a man, Henry. That's why. Now, let's not get all upset about this. I promise you, Polly, that Chester and I'll be there tomorrow and we'll see that nothing goes wrong.

[Polly Troyman]

Thank you, Marshall.

[Chester]

I'll be there too. Don't forget that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Sure, Henry. But don't come wearing a gun.

[Chester]

Why not?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Because I'll take it off you if you do. You're too ready to use it.

[Chester]

Is there anything I can do, Marshall?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I'll let you know if there is, Mr. Truman. I'm sorry I had to trouble you with this.

[Polly Troyman]

I understand, Marshwin. I thank you kindly. I'll see you to the door.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Thanks.

[Chester]

For as much as Nate and Polly have consented together in holy wedlock and have witnessed the same year before God and his company and there too have given.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Come on, Chester.

[Chester]

Hedged their true other and have declared the same. Thank you. Well. What? I see a lot of real plantations in there, Mr. John.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah? There's nobody outside here.

[Chester]

Yeah. That's Sarbich's buggy right there, ain't it?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah. He's driving Polly off to the ranch right after the ceremony. She didn't want a celebration of any kind.

[Chester]

Well, looks like there won't be no trouble after all. I sure hope not. On their wedding day and all.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It sounds like it's over. They'll be coming out now. Yes, sir. We'll stay close to them till they drive off. It could happen right out here.

[Chester]

Well, I'll watch whichever way. You ain't watching.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

How would you know which way I'm watching unless you spend your time watching me, Chester?

[Chester]

Well, I'm sorry. I didn't mean exactly. Oh, here they come. Oh, my, don't they look pretty?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Congratulations, Cyber.

[Chester]

Ah, thanks, Marshall. Let's go over here a minute, huh?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Sure.

[Chester]

I guess that warning wasn't much to worry about after all.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That looks that way. You got nothing but friends here as far as I can see.

[Chester]

Sure unsettles a man, though, note like that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

And I think you can forget about it now, Severs.

[Chester]

I'll forget it when I find out who wrote it, Marshall. That's what I want to ask you. But if you learn anything about it, let me know.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Will you promise?

[Chester]

Me that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What would you do if I did find out?

[Chester]

I'd kill him.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That's what I thought. Look, Sybert, you're married now, and you've got more than yourself to think about. I'm a peace officer. I'm paid for it. It's my job. And if I find out who wrote that note, I'll run him out of the country. And I'll try to keep you from finding out who it was.

[Chester]

I'm not a boy, Marshall. I'm not sure I appreciate your trying to protect me.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What about Polly?

[Chester]

Polly?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester]

All right. I think I see what you mean.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Marshall, you're just not used to being married cybers. You better go on and start getting used to it. Paulie's looking for you over there.

[Chester]

Well, thanks, Marshall. Are there Anything wrong, McGillen?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Come on, let's see him off. Goodbye.

[Chester]

Oh, my goodness.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What's the matter, Chester?

[Chester]

Yeah. No, I. I'm just like old woman at a wedding. You know, they ought to have more weddings around here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

But if you like them that much, why don't you do something about it?

[Chester]

Oh, my land. What could I do?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Get married.

[Polly Troyman]

Me?

[Chester]

Get married?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, why not?

[Chester]

Now, Mr. Jones, you know I wouldn't be able to do that. I don't make enough money to keep body and soul together just for me. Let alone a wife and a lot of kids and in laws and such as that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You could start with just a wife. Let's down that road. Cybertruck. Come on, grab a horse. Anybody's horse.

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[Chester]

There's a buggy just past the bridge there. And that mate all hunkered over. He must have been hit.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Pull up so we don't scare the horse just yet. You take a look under the bridge?

[Chester]

That's right, Will.

[Polly Troyman]

Marshall. Marshall. They shot him.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Is he dead, Paula?

[Polly Troyman]

He's breathing, but I couldn't drive the horse back in Olden too. Marshall. What? Why did they do it?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Who did it, Polly? How many were there?

[Polly Troyman]

I don't know. I didn't see anybody. We were just driving across the bridge and they shot us. Please, Marsh. Marshall. Please nothing. You die just to get in the.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Buggy and drive back to docks. Quick. Yes, sir. Give me that line. Tell everybody to stay in town. I don't want them messing up the tracks out here. Now hurry.

[Chester]

We'll be there for you. No. Callie. Get a good tight hold on.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

As soon as the buggy had gone and the dust had settled, I looked around everywhere. I could see no one when I walked back. Followed Chester's horse tracks down off the wagon road. His were the only marks on that side of the bridge. I crossed over to the other side. There I found the footprints of what must have been either a child or a woman. They let off in the direction of a small cabin about 300 yards away. I follow them, gun in hand.

[Polly Troyman]

Oh, it's you, Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Who's in there? Tell me.

[Polly Troyman]

Nobody, Marshall. Nobody. Now that I'm not here, get out of the way.

[Chester]

Bulla.

[Polly Troyman]

That's what Nate said. Get out of the Way crazy be, Nate. You won't say it no more. I fixed him, Jula.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What are you talking about?

[Polly Troyman]

He wouldn't even look at me on the street after. Then he up married that Troyman girl.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You mean you shot him?

[Polly Troyman]

I warned you, Marshall. I told you to stop the wedding. I told you what would happen. I told you. Why didn't you stop it? Why didn't you stop it?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Take it easy.

[Chester]

Now.

[Polly Troyman]

You believe me. Marcia.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What?

[Polly Troyman]

Take a look in the cabin.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right. What's this all about? Bu? There's nobody in there.

[Chester]

Mail.

[Polly Troyman]

My rifle.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Where is it?

[Polly Troyman]

Right there by the door.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It's been fired. All right. Did you really shoot Nate Savage? Bueller? I want the truth now.

[Polly Troyman]

I said I would, didn't I? I hate him.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Why, Bueller? Why did you do it? Tell me.

[Polly Troyman]

No, I won't tell you. I don't have to.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, Bill. I got your things. Let's go into town.

[Polly Troyman]

I don't need nothing, Marshall. I got all dressed up and everything. See? See?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah, yeah, you look fine.

[Polly Troyman]

I feel better now, Marshall. Now it's all over. He's dead. And I feel a lot better.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Give her anything she wants, Chester. See that she's comfortable.

[Chester]

Yes, sir, I sure will. It sure beats all though, don't it? Yeah.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, I'm going up to darks. Maybe Cybert can talk now.

[Chester]

Let me bury up. Oh, he'll be back there any minute.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right.

[Chester]

Oh, hello, Matt.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

How is he, Doc?

[Chester]

I can't hear yet, but don't tire him out.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Hello, Cyrus.

[Chester]

Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I guess we should have stayed with you a little longer, huh?

[Chester]

I don't even know where it came from, Marshall. He was under the bridge there, I guess. Got me right in the back.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It wasn't a he severed. It was a she, a woman. Crazy Beulah. I just locked her up. Beulah.

[Chester]

How do you know it was her, Marshall?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I trailed her to her cabin. She admitted it. She say why she did it? She said you wouldn't look at her on the street. Told her to get out of the way or something. Doesn't matter much. Unless you want to tell me.

[Chester]

Well, I got drunk one night, Marshall. She kind of chased after me ever since. I said I tried to keep out of her way.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I said, what are you gonna tell Polly if I leave? Yes, if you live.

[Chester]

I don't know, Marshall. I might even tell her the truth.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, Nat, that's enough. That sure does. So long, Cyber.

[Chester]

Goodbye, Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Two days later, Doc announced that Nate Cybert would live. And the next day they moved him up to the Troyman house where Polly could nurse him. I never did know if he told Polly what it was all about. Maybe he didn't have to. Crazy Beulah never asked about him, never mentioned his name again. For her it was all over and done with and finally somebody remembered. She had people in St. Louis and once I located them I put her on a train and sent her off. She seemed quite happy about the trip and more normal I'd ever seen her.

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[Chester]

Hi, maybe you.

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[Chester]

Foreign.

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