Little Girl – Gunsmoke (07-03-60)

Summary

Gunsmoke | Episode: "Little Girl" (07-03-60) Summary

Introduction

In the "Little Girl" episode of Gunsmoke, United States Marshal Matt Dillon faces a poignant and challenging situation that tests his compassion and sense of duty. Set against the rugged backdrop of Dodge City, Kansas, this episode delves into themes of loss, responsibility, and the quest for a safe haven for a traumatized child.

Plot Summary

The episode begins with Marshal Dillon (voiced by William Conrad) addressing a distressing scene: a cabin engulfed in flames. Upon investigation, Dillon and his associate, Chester, discover the charred remains of a man, suggesting a tragic accident or possible foul play.

Shortly after, a young girl named Charity Gill emerges, visibly shaken and seeking refuge. She reveals that she survived the fire that claimed her stepfather's life but lost her mother at the tender age of seven. Charity's appearance introduces a layer of vulnerability and innocence amidst the harsh realities of the Wild West.

Dillon, grappling with the responsibility of ensuring Charity's safety, faces resistance from both Chester and the townsfolk. Chester expresses skepticism about accommodating Charity, highlighting the challenges of integrating a young girl into their austere environment.

As the narrative unfolds, Charity recounts the events leading up to the fire. She explains how her stepfather's negligence—stemming from his alcoholism—resulted in the tragedy. "He'd drink out of that jug and then he'd fall asleep. And if the lamp was near, he'd knock it over," Charity recounts ([12:00] Charity).

Struggling to provide immediate care, Dillon contemplates the best course of action for Charity's future. The dilemma intensifies when Charity insists on staying, revealing her deep emotional attachment to Dillon. "I like you, Marshall Dillon," she confesses ([25:16] Charity).

To resolve the situation, Dillon decides to take Charity to live with Aunt Annie, a relative residing five miles away. This decision underscores Dillon's commitment to ensuring a stable and loving environment for Charity, despite the logistical challenges. The episode concludes with Dillon and Chester escorting Charity to her aunt's residence, symbolizing hope and a new beginning for the young girl.

Character Developments

• Matt Dillon: Demonstrates his unwavering dedication as a marshal and a compassionate leader. Dillon's internal conflict between duty and personal empathy highlights his multifaceted character.

• Chester: Provides a pragmatic counterbalance to Dillon's idealism. His concerns about practicality and skepticism about Charity's integration reveal the societal constraints of the time.

• Charity Gill: Embodies innocence and resilience. Her traumatic past and yearning for a family spotlight the vulnerabilities faced by children in the frontier.

• Kitty: Represents the social dynamics and challenges of single women in Dodge City. Her interactions with Dillon illustrate the complexities of gender roles during the era.

Themes and Insights

1. Responsibility and Protection: Dillon's role extends beyond law enforcement; he becomes a guardian for Charity, emphasizing the broader responsibilities leaders bear in safeguarding their communities.

2. Innocence Amidst Harshness: Charity's presence introduces a stark contrast to the often ruthless environment of the Wild West, highlighting the need for compassion and care.

3. Community and Isolation: The episode explores the balance between communal support and individual isolation, showcasing how new members, especially vulnerable ones, are integrated into tight-knit societies.

4. Impact of Addiction: Through Charity's backstory, the destructive effects of alcoholism are portrayed, shedding light on personal and familial tragedies resulting from substance abuse.

Notable Quotes

• Charity Gill ([12:00]):

  "He'd drink out of that jug and then he'd fall asleep. And if the lamp was near, he'd knock it over."

• Chester ([16:16]):

  "Medlin, that's where she is. Thinking and talking free with a whole sewing circle of half wit women who should have been busted long time ago."

• Charity Gill ([25:02]):

  "At first I. I thought it'd be nice to live with you. But mostly you and I just walk around. I get tired."

• Matt Dillon ([25:31]):

  "Yeah, well, I like you, too, Charity. And tomorrow morning, we're gonna ride out to Aunt Annie, huh?"

Conclusion

"Little Girl" is a compelling episode of Gunsmoke that intertwines the ruggedness of the frontier with the tender narrative of a young girl's survival. Through Matt Dillon's character, the episode conveys profound messages about duty, compassion, and the importance of community support. Charity's journey from tragedy to finding a new home serves as a testament to resilience and the enduring human spirit in the face of adversity.

Transcript

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[William Conrad]

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[Narrator]

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 lonely.

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[Narrator]

No sense trying to save the cabin. Chester. The bar and the sheds will cook them down good. All right, Mr. Dillon. Oh, hauling well water takes too long. You better get it from the stream.

[Chester]

I'm after the bucket sight bigger than these tin pails we got here.

[Narrator]

Let me give you a hand.

[Chester]

I'm sick of rust. I don't know how this fellow draws water. It don't seem like nobody has more fishing for a long time.

[Narrator]

Well, that's common, Tom. But the bucket's still a long way down there. Wait a minute. Hold it. Maybe I can hold it up by hand.

[Chester]

Can you get it?

[Narrator]

Yeah, I can get it.

[Chester]

Hold bastard now.

[Narrator]

I will. But whether this rope can hold a bucket or not, it's something else again.

[Chester]

That rope was plum rotten.

[Narrator]

Yeah, well, maybe out in the barn, the shed, you can find something to haul water in.

[Chester]

I just don't figure how he got his water. He sure didn't use his well.

[Narrator]

He.

[Chester]

Well, the fellow that lived here, there's the one Alby dragged out of the cabin.

[Narrator]

Where'd he take him?

[Chester]

Yonder on them trees.

[Narrator]

You check the barn, Chester. I'll see to Al. Look. Kind of singed. Alby, you all right?

[Chester]

He's just a cinder. That's all I can think. He's just a cinder.

[Narrator]

Got under the blanket here.

[Chester]

He ain't a man at all.

[Narrator]

He's a cinder, that's all. Elby, could you tell? Was he alone in the cabin?

[Chester]

I couldn't believe it. He was sitting at the table. His head was slumped forward and there was fire all around. And then I seen he was on fire. He was just sitting there on fire.

[Narrator]

Take it easy now. And I got to him and he.

[Chester]

Toppled off right onto the floor. And he laid there burning.

[Narrator]

He didn't know it.

[Chester]

I seen trees burn. I seen fields. I've seen logs. I never seen a man burn before.

[Narrator]

Just forget about it.

[Chester]

You know, it's funny. A man on fire, first thing you do is put a blanket on him. He's burning hot. So you smothered.

[Narrator]

You put the fire out, Albie. That's the way it looks.

[Chester]

You put a blanket on his.

[Narrator]

You put a blanket around his fender.

[Chester]

Were you talking to me, Marshall?

[Narrator]

The blanket. It was in the cabin. A blanket?

[Chester]

Oh, it was on the floor, right by the table.

[Narrator]

Well, it's wet.

[Chester]

It felt wet when I grabbed it.

[Narrator]

Uh huh. That's a funny smell, isn't it, Marshall? Yeah, whiskey and kerosene together make a funny smell, Albie. That what that is? That's what it smells like.

[Chester]

Mr. Dylan, can you come back here?

[Narrator]

Yeah, right away. Chester, you rest yourself out There. You've done more than your share. Oh, I'm all right, Marsh. Where'd you find them, Chester?

[Chester]

In the corral behind the barn. Poor things, ain't they? Puny looking, all thin, flesh bone mushroom. Yeah, somebody neglected them for a long time ago and they're about starved.

[Narrator]

Any feed in the barn?

[Chester]

Ain't nothing in that barn but rusty cans and a broke plow. Everything in there is crumbling except the rats.

[Narrator]

Well, there's grass down by the creek. We'll lead them down there.

[Chester]

It don't seem like this was Indians, does it, Mr. Dillon?

[Narrator]

Let's queer, Chester. Everything around here looks queer. So at least the barn is still standing.

[Chester]

And a couple of sheds. We done what we could, Mr. Gentlemen.

[Narrator]

You hadn't been riding by and come to fetch us, we couldn't have done this much of it.

[Chester]

I couldn't do enough alone. Funny, in a way. Seemed too far from Dodge. But you know, I didn't pass one.

[Narrator]

Settler on the way in. He doesn't see anybody around here at all. Not a soul.

[Chester]

It's just odd. That's what is. Odd. Odd as can be.

[Narrator]

Well, you got to figure he was alone excepting for them two starving horses. I don't know his name, so can't mark his grave. Can't help wondering about him, though. What's a man like that lives alone? That's his place. Go to rust and rubble.

[Chester]

His horses starve and that. Well, I don't know when that's been used.

[Narrator]

I don't think he drank water, Chester. You mean that smell of whiskey on the blanket? Martin? Might be drank himself into a stupor. Knocked the whiskey over along with it. A kerosene lamp. That'd start a fire. That'd burn a man to death.

[Chester]

Yeah, that must have been the case.

[Narrator]

Well, if he was all alone, maybe it doesn't matter what we know.

[Chester]

Well, for the rub.

[Narrator]

What?

[Chester]

Mr. Don, look. Come out in the creek bed yonder.

[Narrator]

Maybe he wasn't alone after all. Well, that's just a child. She can't be more than nine or 10. I'm afraid I'm no judge.

[Charity]

Who are you?

[Narrator]

I'm Marshall Dillon from Dodge City. Who are you?

[Charity]

Charity. How's that, Charity? Charity Gill. That's my name. It was a big fire, wasn't it?

[Narrator]

Yeah, it was. You live here?

[Charity]

Mm.

[Narrator]

Well, where you been, Charity?

[Charity]

Up the creek. Now play up there. Stay up there. All I can. All right, get up there.

[Chester]

You knew about the fire, Charity?

[Charity]

I tried to make him move. I told him to and I. I Pulled at him, but he was too big. I couldn't move him. I tried, see, I burned my dress.

[Narrator]

He was your father?

[Charity]

No. He married Mama and me when I was little. She said I was to call him Daddy, and I did. But I didn't like him.

[Chester]

Where is your mama, Jerry?

[Charity]

Oh, she's dead. She died when I was seven. I'm almost 10 now. He's dead, ain't he?

[Narrator]

Yes, he is.

[Charity]

I didn't like him.

[Chester]

You don't think?

[Narrator]

I don't know. It'd be hard to think, wouldn't it, Chester?

[Chester]

Yes. I'd say you were a pretty healthy young lady.

[Charity]

I never been to a doctor before.

[Chester]

Yeah, never have. Would you take a tip from me? You stay away from him all you can. Journey.

[Charity]

You're funny.

[Chester]

Well, some folks think so. Now then, I guess you can slip into your dress yourself.

[Charity]

I always do.

[Chester]

Well, Marshall Dillon. I'll be waiting for her in the other room when you're ready.

[Charity]

I won't be long.

[Narrator]

What about her, Doc?

[Chester]

Oh, she's fine. You could use some more meat on her bones. But there's nothing really wrong with her.

[Narrator]

The way her dress was burned, I thought maybe the fire got to her, too.

[Chester]

Was not a sign of a burn. You know something? She seems a lot older than 10, doesn't she?

[Narrator]

I don't know anything about kids, Doc.

[Chester]

Well, I don't mean she is older than that. She just seems it.

[Narrator]

Older than her years, I guess she's seen a lot.

[Chester]

You talk to her much about the fire?

[Narrator]

She said she tried to move her stepfather couldn't. I suppose she didn't like him. She keeps saying that.

[Charity]

I'm hungry, Mr. Dillon.

[Narrator]

Yeah, well, we'll fix that pretty quick. Now, just.

[Chester]

Matt, get Chester to eat with her. Hey, he sets a mighty good example.

[Narrator]

He does at that, doesn't he? Charity, will you tell us about the fire?

[Charity]

What about it?

[Narrator]

Oh, how it started, for instance.

[Charity]

Well, it's almost happened lots of times. Mama used to tell him that it happened. Sometimes he wasn't careful. He'd drink out of that jug and then he'd fall asleep. And if the lamp was near, he'd knock it over.

[Narrator]

That's what happened this morning?

[Charity]

I guess so. I went down to the creek to get my breakfast. He didn't talk to me ever. So I didn't talk to him. He was just sitting there with a jug.

[Narrator]

Your breakfast, Jerry.

[Charity]

Yeah. The berries are nice down by the.

[Chester]

Oh, you ought to eat more than berries for breakfast.

[Charity]

I thought you wanted to know about the fire.

[Narrator]

That's right. We do.

[Charity]

When I came back from breakfast, the lamp was on the floor and everything was burning. I tried to make him move, but he was too big. And when my dress started to burn, I ran away.

[Narrator]

Just you and your stepfather? That's all that lived there, huh?

[Charity]

Mm. And Coley and Sue.

[Chester]

Coley and Sue?

[Narrator]

Yeah. The horses, Doc. We brought them into Moss.

[Charity]

Marshall.

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Charity]

Charity, will I live with you now?

[Narrator]

Well, no. We'll find a place for you. But.

[Charity]

But I like you.

[Narrator]

Well, yeah, but don't you like me? Well, sure. Sure, I like you. All right, honey. You want to say something, Doc? Yeah.

[Chester]

Oh, no, no, no. No, I don't.

[Narrator]

Oh, come on, Doc. Help me make her understand now, would you?

[Charity]

You wouldn't let me be alone, would you?

[Narrator]

Well, no, Charity. I wouldn't do that.

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[Charity]

You walk too fast.

[Narrator]

Huh? Oh, yeah, I guess I do.

[Charity]

Are you in a hurry?

[Narrator]

It's going to be dark before long. I want to get you settled with Ma Smally for the night.

[Charity]

Who's Ma Smally?

[Narrator]

She's a woman. Runs a boarding house.

[Charity]

What's the boarding house?

[Narrator]

Well, you know, you board there, you get a room to sleep in and your meals.

[Charity]

Can't I eat with you?

[Narrator]

Well, sure, sometimes. Maybe.

[Charity]

Sure, I can cook a little bit. I mean, when there's food in the house, I can cook.

[Narrator]

Well, yeah, I bet you can.

[Charity]

Do you have a little girl like me?

[Narrator]

No.

[Charity]

Little boy?

[Narrator]

No.

[Charity]

Why not?

[Narrator]

Well, I. I'm not married, Charlie.

[Charity]

Well?

[Narrator]

Well what?

[Charity]

Why don't you have little girl, little boy anyway.

[Narrator]

Now, you listen to me, little lady.

[Charity]

You were Gonna call me Charity?

[Narrator]

Yeah. Well, you ask an awful lot of questions, Charity.

[Charity]

That's how you learn, asking questions.

[Narrator]

Well, sure, that's how you learn.

[Charity]

Then why don't you have a little girl like me?

[Narrator]

I told you, Charity, I'm not married.

[Charity]

Well.

[Narrator]

Come on, Charity, you're gonna like moss.

[Charity]

Wally, does she have a little girl?

[Narrator]

No.

[Charity]

She married?

[Narrator]

Well, I think she used to be. Yeah, but the.

[Charity]

Well.

[Narrator]

The. Charity, I just don't understand. I know you don't, honey, but I just don't figure I'm the one to make you understand. Now come on.

[Chester]

Evening, Marshall.

[Narrator]

Evening, Rob.

[Chester]

What's that you got there?

[Narrator]

This is Charity, Rob.

[Chester]

Why she's a young and a girl.

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Charity]

Do you have a little girl?

[Narrator]

Don't start that again, please.

[Chester]

Well, you talk right up to her, don't you, Marcia?

[Narrator]

Is Ma around, Rob?

[Chester]

Can't start that soon enough. With a young un Girl especially. Can't give them the head, you know. Gotta lay down the law right early in life.

[Narrator]

I was asking after Ma, but where is she? Inside?

[Chester]

No, she is not.

[Narrator]

Then where is she, Rob?

[Chester]

Medlin, that's where she is. Thinking and talking free with a whole sewing circle of half wit women who should have been busted long time ago.

[Charity]

Is he mean, Marshall?

[Narrator]

Oh yeah, he's mean as a butterfly.

[Chester]

Ain't no mean about it. Just sitting down the back. Stating the case, you might say. Now if someone had put Ma and them others in their place when they was this youngin's age, we'd have had a warm supper this evening and a few of the comforts us men folks are entitled to.

[Narrator]

Rob, you're gonna run down pretty soon and tell me where Ma is.

[Chester]

Clean all the way to Wichita Hall. Wichita left on the morning. Santa Fe, big as you please. Her and the Dorsey girls, Boss Grimmick's wife, Fanny Do, Clara Jones.

[Narrator]

Hold up a minute, will you? You're calling off every woman in Dodge. They can't all be in Wichita.

[Chester]

Well, you're the marshal. Make yourself a house to house search. Ain't woman left in town and they ain't going to be for five days running.

[Narrator]

Well, what's going on? Suffering, Rob. You talk straight to me now or.

[Chester]

So what they call it suffering. They all met for it. Women from all over the state, according to Ma, pouring into Wichita. And every single one of them has got suffering on their minds.

[Narrator]

Suffering? You mean suffrage?

[Chester]

Oh, it wasn't the same thing. It's that sneaky way women folks has a talking. Why don't they just come out plain and say that they want the vote? No, they got to call it suffering suffrage. Well, you let them vote a while and see if the country ain't suffering.

[Charity]

I'm awful sleepy, Marshall.

[Narrator]

Yeah, me too. Charity.

[Kitty]

You're not serious, man.

[Narrator]

You're the only woman in town, Kitty. It's only natural that you'd want to take care of her now, isn't it?

[Kitty]

In a saloon, there's nothing natural about that.

[Narrator]

She can sleep in your room, can't she?

[Kitty]

My room, the long branch, any of this. It's no place for a little girl. You should know it isn't.

[Narrator]

You think one of my jail cells is better? Maybe.

[Chester]

Well, it's no worse.

[Kitty]

Honestly, Matt, I. I know this is a problem, but I. I don't think I'm the solution. There must be someplace in town or even out of town some family we rode out to.

[Narrator]

Alby Stevens.

[Kitty]

He's got eight kids.

[Narrator]

Yeah, they're stacked up out there and they're all boys.

[Kitty]

What about Mr. Stevens?

[Narrator]

She gone to Wichita with Ma Smalley and the rest of them.

[Kitty]

Eight kids. And she wants to vote, too.

[Narrator]

Well, Alby says she went for the outing. I guess you can't blame her for wanting to get away.

[Charity]

Hello.

[Kitty]

Oh, hello, honey. You got the drink you wanted?

[Charity]

Well, the man said he didn't have any milk, so I had some water.

[Kitty]

She ought to have milk, man. Well, yeah, but they keep a car at Del Monaco.

[Narrator]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I guess they do.

[Kitty]

Well, go and get us some. Teddy will be all right here for a little while.

[Narrator]

Here, honey, you sit down here and you wait with Miss Kitty, huh?

[Charity]

You're not gonna leave?

[Narrator]

No, I'll be back as soon as I get you some milk.

[Charity]

I like him.

[Kitty]

Yeah, I like him, too.

[Charity]

You're pretty.

[Kitty]

Do you think so, honey?

[Charity]

And you smell pretty, too. Only.

[Kitty]

Only what?

[Charity]

You got your face painted. Mama used to tell me only Indians painted their faces.

[Kitty]

Maybe your mother was pretty enough without using powders and things.

[Charity]

Oh, she was pretty. Freckles. She had freckles all over.

[Narrator]

Well, that proves it.

[Kitty]

I don't have any freckles.

[Charity]

This is a funny place, ain't it?

[Kitty]

Kind of funny, yeah.

[Charity]

Sometimes I don't understand grownups, Ms. Grand. Kitty, outside there's alfalfa and sweet clover to smell and quick water to drink and currants and wild gooseberries and cheap shower to eat. But grown ups are always crowding together indoors and smelling smoke and drinking whiskey and talking loud. Why is that?

[Kitty]

I don't know, Charity. I just know they do. And if they didn't I'd be out of business.

[Chester]

Now, Mr. Jones, I just don't see the need of this at all. I never been in jail before in my life.

[Narrator]

Stop acting like an old woman, Chester. You're not in jail now. Really?

[Chester]

Poor mcp. In the same doggone cell last week before they took him off to Hay City to hide.

[Narrator]

Now, you listen to me, Chester. It's been a long day. I had about all the jaw and I can handle. Charity's going to sleep in your bed. I'm going to sit up in mine, and you're going to sleep on that cot there. And that's the end of it. Now shut up.

[Chester]

Yes, sir, I understand. But I don't see why I got to be locked up to come.

[Narrator]

You're not locked up, Chester.

[Chester]

You closed the door shut on me.

[Narrator]

All right, all right, all right. There.

[William Conrad]

Better.

[Narrator]

Is that better, huh?

[Chester]

Yes, sir, it is a sight better.

[Narrator]

Good night, Chester.

[Chester]

Night, Ms. Jones. Yes? I guess Charity's asleep. But now all right.

[Narrator]

She probably was before we started this ruckus. Yeah.

[Chester]

Oh, that poor little thing. Whatever's gonna come her, Mr. Dunn?

[Narrator]

I don't know, Chester. I don't know anyone who wants kids that hasn't got them. I sure never run up against anything like this before.

[Chester]

She plumbed on on you. Tags along like a little stray. Too bad you can't keep her.

[Narrator]

Now you're out of your head.

[Chester]

Well, now I can see it ain't the most practical thing in the world. Chances are you'd feel a lot better having a little boy.

[Narrator]

But all the time, Chester.

[Chester]

Yes, sir.

[Narrator]

I'd feel a lot better having nothing at all. No boy, no girl.

[Chester]

Well, yes, I suppose so. You're more used to that.

[Narrator]

Good night, chester.

[Chester]

Good night, Mr. Dillon.

[Charity]

Ain't you gonna get in your bed, Marshall?

[Narrator]

Hey, you're supposed to be asleep, young lady.

[Charity]

I know, but I keep thinking. I never can sleep when I'm thinking.

[Narrator]

I guess the secret's to quit thinking then, huh?

[Charity]

I'm worried about you, Marshall Dillon.

[Narrator]

Worried?

[Charity]

You don't know what to do about me, do you?

[Narrator]

No, honey, I sure don't.

[Charity]

I guess you're tired of me, too.

[Narrator]

I'm not tired of your Charity. I just don't rightly know what to do with you.

[Charity]

You don't want me to live with you, do you?

[Narrator]

Well, honey, you can't very well. You've seen how I live here. It is not the right place for a little girl. You ought to have a home. A real home, Charity, with folks close to you who see that you're cared.

[Charity]

For, who'll love you like my Aunt Annie.

[Narrator]

Aunt Annie?

[Charity]

Oh, maybe I haven't told you about Aunt Annie.

[Narrator]

Maybe you haven't.

[Charity]

At first I. I thought it'd be nice to live with you. But mostly you and I just walk around. I get tired.

[Narrator]

Charity, where does Aunt Annie live?

[Charity]

Just down yonder from where I used to live before the fire. Maybe five miles. Not far. I like you, Marshall Dillon.

[Narrator]

Yeah, well, I like you, too, Charity. And tomorrow morning, we're gonna ride out to Aunt Annie, huh?

[Charity]

I think I'll sleep better now.

[Narrator]

Yeah, me too, honey. Me too.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

Nearly 90% of kids who vape say flavors are why they do it.

[Teen Advocate]

A lot of the flavors that I've heard are like pepper, peach, mango, watermelon. It makes it seem like more childlike and innocent. Oh, if I try this once, it won't be that much of a problem. But then eventually it becomes a problem.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

It's time to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products in Oregon and protect our kids from nicotine addiction. Urge lawmakers to Pass Senate Bill 702A. Take action at flavorshookoregonkids.org paid for by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Action Fund.

[Narrator]

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[Chester]

Munch, munch, munch, munch. Burritos, Corn chips. It's not polite to smack your lips, but you can't help it with burritos. Corn chip munch, munch, munchy bunch Fritos, corn tip.

[William Conrad]

Some things you eat because they taste good and some things you eat because they're good for you. But Fritos corn chips are one snack you can eat for both reasons. Gun Smoke, produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, stars William Con Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. The story was specially written for gun folk by Kathleen Height with editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast were Anne Whitfield, Joseph Kearns and Lawrence Dobkin. Harley Bear is Chester Howard MC and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. This is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents another story on Gun Smoke.

[Charity]

Sam.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

Nearly 90% of kids who vape say flavors are why they do it.

[Teen Advocate]

A lot of the flavors that I've heard are like peach, mango, watermelon. It makes it seem like more childlike and innocent. Oh, I tried this once, it won't be that much of a problem. But then eventually it becomes a problem.

[Father]

Problem.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

It's time to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products in Oregon and protect our kids from nicotine addiction. Urge lawmakers to Pass Senate Bill 702A take action@ flavorshookoregonkids.org paid for by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids action fund. Nearly 90% of kids who vape say flavors are why they do it.

[Teen Advocate]

A lot of the flavors that I've heard are like peach, mango, watermelon. It makes it seem like more childlike and innocent. Oh, if I try this once, it won't be that much of a problem. But then eventually it becomes a problem.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

It's time to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products in Oregon and protect our kids from nicotine addiction. Urge lawmakers to Pass Senate Bill 702A. Take action at flavorshookoreegoids.org paid for by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Action Fund.

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[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

Nearly 90% of kids who vape say flavors are why they do it.

[Teen Advocate]

A lot of the flavors that I've heard are like peach, mango, watermelon. It makes it seem like more childlike, like an innocent. Oh, I tried this once. It won't be that much of a problem. But then eventually it becomes a problem.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

It's time to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products in Oregon and protect our kids from nicotine addiction. Urge lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 702A take action@ flavorshookoreegonkids.org paid for by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids action fund. Nearly 90% of kids who vape say flavors are why they do it.

[Teen Advocate]

If there weren't flavors in these tobacco products, a lot of kids would wouldn't get as hooked.

[Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids]

Urge lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 702A. Learn more at flavorshookoreegoids.org paid for by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Action Fund.

[Energy Trust Representative]

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