Colleen So Green | Gunsmoke (03-03-57)

Summary

Podcast Summary: Old Time Radio Westerns – "Colleen So Green" | Gunsmoke (03-03-57)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Air Date: March 1, 2026 (originally broadcast March 3, 1957)
Show: Gunsmoke — “Colleen So Green”

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Episode Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns revisits the classic Gunsmoke radio drama, "Colleen So Green," digitally restored for modern listeners. The tale centers on the arrival of an enchanting young woman in Dodge City, whose helpless innocence quickly captivates the town—especially the men. As Marshal Matt Dillon strives to protect her, the episode turns on its head, flipping expectations of damsels-in-distress and exploring the pitfalls of underestimating others on the frontier.

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Key Discussion and Story Points

1. Colleen’s Introduction and Her Story

Timestamp: 04:28 – 05:45

• Colleen Tawney appears at the marshal’s office, captivating everyone with her beauty and Southern charm.
• She tells Matt Dillon she’s an orphan, robbed of all her money shortly after arriving in Dodge.
• The townsmen—including Chester, Doc, and even store owner Miles McTagg—are eager to help Colleen, offering everything from food to a room at the Dodge House.

Notable Quote:
"She is the prettiest girl I ever seen in all my life. Why, she just can't be real." — Chester (04:21)

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2. The Town’s Men Rally to Help

Timestamp: 07:27 – 09:00

• Colleen’s feigned helplessness elicits competing offers of generosity from the men: food, medical care, and even talk of a house.
• Chester is especially taken with her, fussing over her needs and becoming flustered at every encounter.

Memorable Moment:
Doc Adams offers free medical care:
"You want me for anything, my office is just upstairs... and I won’t charge you a cent. Person has to look after his health, you know." — Doc Adams (07:36)

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3. A Rivalry Forms—Bull Rieger’s Bold Gesture

Timestamp: 12:24 – 15:15

• Colleen receives more than charity: Bull Rieger, a rough older man with a reputation, wants to impress her.
• Rieger draws up a deed, gifting her a house outright—no strings attached—but with an eye toward marriage.
• Matt Dillon confronts Rieger, warning him not to take advantage of Colleen.

Notable Exchange:
"I'm aiming to marry that little lady if she'll have me." — Bull Rieger
"You better be, Rieger, or I'll change you myself." — Matt Dillon (15:07)

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4. Suspicion and Commentary from Kitty

Timestamp: 17:24 – 18:19

• Kitty, sharp-eyed and experienced, voices skepticism about Colleen.
• She observes how all the men, caught by Colleen’s charms, are competing and even acting foolish.
• She warns Matt about underestimating Colleen's type—women who seem helpless but are far from it.

Notable Quote:
"All she has to do is bat those long eyelashes and men'll start killing one another over her." — Kitty (18:13)

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5. Colleen’s Disappearance and The Revealed Scheme

Timestamp: 19:55 – 22:51

• Suddenly, Colleen vanishes from town, taking all her belongings.
• Bull Rieger is distraught and reports losing $100 to her over a game of draw poker, having been plied with drinks.
• The men realize Colleen has not only taken Rieger’s money but also sold the gifted house for $600 to Miles McTagg, making off with a sizable sum before boarding a train out of town.
• All involved men (Bull, Miles, Chester, Doc) are left feeling duped, and somewhat admiring of her cunning.

Notable Exchange:
"She sold it to me... signed over the deed and everything. $600 cash." — Miles McTagg (21:49)
"You won't do anything, Rieger. Nobody will. We've all been outsmarted." — Doc (22:10)

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6. Final Reflection and Message

Timestamp: 22:17 – 22:51

• The moral becomes clear: appearances can be deceiving—a helpless exterior may hide a sharp mind and determined will.
• Matt Dillon muses on Kitty's earlier words:
  "I don't put bars on a tiger's cage to protect the tiger." — referencing the idea that sometimes danger needs to be protected from others, not the other way around.

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Memorable Quotes and Moments

• Chester’s Awe: "She is the one prettiest girl I ever..." (04:21)
• Doc’s Offer: "My office is just upstairs... I won't charge you a cent." (07:36)
• Bull Rieger’s Declaration: "I'm aiming to marry that little lady if she'll have me." (15:15)
• Kitty’s Wisdom: "All she has to do is bat those long eyelashes and men'll start killing one another over her." (18:13)
• Doc’s Realization: "You won't do anything, Rieger. Nobody will. We've all been outsmarted." (22:10)
• Matt’s Closing Reflection: "I don't put bars on a tiger's cage to protect the tiger." (22:51)

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Timestamps for Important Plot Points

• Colleen’s Arrival and Speech: 04:28 – 05:45
• Town’s Men Compete to Help: 07:27 – 09:00
• Bull Rieger Gifts House, Pledges to Marry: 12:24 – 15:15
• Kitty’s Observations: 17:24 – 18:19
• Colleen’s Disappearance/Scheme Revealed: 19:55 – 22:51
• Final Reflection and Moral: 22:17 – 22:51

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Tone and Style

The episode balances the warm, chummy banter of Gunsmoke’s cast with the wiles of a clever con artist. The men’s infatuation brings humor, while the final revelation offers both irony and a dry Western lesson about underestimating women, outsiders, and the “helpless.” The tone swings from comedic to rueful as the truth comes to light.

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Summary

“Colleen So Green” is a playful, cautionary tale of Dodge’s citizens falling head-over-heels for the apparently innocent Colleen, only to learn they've been swindled by a masterful performer. The episode artfully weaves humor, Western archetypes, and a sly moral: the Wild West isn’t kind to the naive—or those who mistake naivety for weakness. With memorable comic exchanges and a twist ending, this classic highlights the enduring appeal of Gunsmoke and its sharply drawn characters.

Transcript

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Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines. And let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be Gunsmoke. Original air date is March 3, 1957 and the title is Colleen so Green.

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[Matt Dillon]

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[Chester Wesley Proud]

Mr. Dillon, you want another cup of coffee?

[Matt Dillon]

No, I don't think so.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, I'll just pour another little swallow for me in with you. Mr. Dillon. Come here and look out this winder.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

For gracious sakes, come here.

[Miles McTagg]

Come here, come here.

[Matt Dillon]

What are you talking about?

[Miles McTagg]

Oh, my goodness.

[Colleen Tawney]

Look at that. Come here.

[Matt Dillon]

Chester, what's the matter with you?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

She's coming here, Mr. Dillon.

[Matt Dillon]

Who's coming here?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

I don't know, but she is the prettiest girl I ever seen in all my life. Why, she just can't be real. She is the one prettiest girl I ever.

[Colleen Tawney]

Good morning, gentlemen.

[Matt Dillon]

Good morning, ma'.

[Miles McTagg]

Am.

[Matt Dillon]

Won't you come in?

[Colleen Tawney]

Thank you, sir. Would one of you gentlemen be the United States Marshal here?

[Matt Dillon]

Yes, ma'. Am. I am Matt Dillon. Is there anything I can do for you?

[Colleen Tawney]

Well, my name is Colleen Tawney. Marshall Dillon. And I've got the most terrible, awful trouble you ever heard of.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh. Well, would you like to sit down and tell me about it?

[Colleen Tawney]

Well, that's mighty kind of you, Marshall.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Here, take this chair, Ms. Colleen. Let me dust it off. A little damp for you.

[Colleen Tawney]

Oh, I'm right obliged to you, Mr. Chester.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Chester Wesley Proud. How do you do, ma'?

[Colleen Tawney]

Am? I'm proud to make your acquaintance, Mr. Chester.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

There you are.

[Colleen Tawney]

Thank you, Ma. I just love people. They're always so nice to you. Accept it.

[Matt Dillon]

You mention some kind of trouble?

[Colleen Tawney]

I'm an orphan, Marshall Dylan. All alone in this world. Oh, I was brought up by a dear old aunt, mostly in the south, but then she took me to San Francisco. And last month, she. She passed away.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, that's too bad, Ms. Tony.

[Colleen Tawney]

Colleen. Just about everybody calls me Colleen. It's kind of Irish, I reckon. Though I'm more Southern than most anything else you are. I came from San Francisco on the stagecoach, and I had just enough money to get me to my kinfolks down south, if I got any kinfolks anymore. And I could just kill whoever done it. Marshall Dillon.

[Matt Dillon]

Whoever did what, ma'?

[Colleen Tawney]

Am? What? Took all my money. I put my pocketbook on that baggage truck just for a minute. Over at the depot, it was. People are always so nice to you.

[Matt Dillon]

You just don't think somebody robbed you, is that it?

[Colleen Tawney]

Every living cent I had in this world. Well, I'm a pauper, Marshall Dylan. I'm destitute.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Oh. Well, can I fetch you a dip of water or something, Miss Colleen?

[Colleen Tawney]

I'm all alone without nobody to turn to, no even a roof over my head or anything to eat or.

[Matt Dillon]

Or anything well, now, it's not as bad as all that, ma'. Am.

[Colleen Tawney]

It's not, really.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I think we can fix you up with a room over at the Dodge House for a few days.

[Colleen Tawney]

You could?

[Matt Dillon]

By that time, something may turn up. Maybe we can get your money back.

[Colleen Tawney]

Really?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Would you like a dip of water, Ms. Colleen?

[Colleen Tawney]

I knew the minute I walk in that door you'd help me.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Ms. Colleen, would you like to go for water?

[Colleen Tawney]

I just knew if I told you my troubles. Marshall Dillon, you. You just make everything all right again.

[Matt Dillon]

You don't have to worry about a thing. I'll arrange with Mr. Dobie over the Dodge House.

[Miles McTagg]

Well, good morning.

[Colleen Tawney]

All right?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Oh, yes. It was a mighty fine morning. Oh, well, I didn't know you had company, miss.

[Matt Dillon]

This is Dr. Adams. Ms. Colleen Tawney.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, I'm pleased to meet you, miss.

[Colleen Tawney]

Are you a real doctor? A physician?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Oh, yes, indeed, young lady.

[Colleen Tawney]

My goodness.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Welcome to Dodge City. And if you want me for anything, my office is just upstairs. Doc, you know, medical examination, diagnosis, treatment, services, medicine, drugs, anything. You and I won't charge you a cent. Person has to look after his health, you know.

[Matt Dillon]

Chester, would you take Ms. Tony over to the Dodge House?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

I'd be glad to, Mr. John. This way, ma'.

[Colleen Tawney]

Am. Oh, you're all just so nice. I think people are just wonderful.

[Matt Dillon]

I'll be in touch with you, ma'.

[Colleen Tawney]

Am. I sure do hope to. Bye.

[Matt Dillon]

Goodbye. Well, Doc, there goes trouble.

[Miles McTagg]

Trouble?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

A girl who looks like that? Why, Matt, she's like a. Like a dream in spring. She's as wide eyed and helpless as a newborn baby.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, Doc, that's exactly what I.

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[Chester Wesley Proud]

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[Miles McTagg]

Where? Good afternoon, Matthew.

[Matt Dillon]

How are you, Miles?

[Miles McTagg]

Something I can do for you, is there? Oh, no.

[Matt Dillon]

I was just passing by and I saw Chester back there. Looks like he's stocking up for a trip or something.

[Miles McTagg]

I haven't seen any of his money yet.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, you're not likely to. Chester isn't exactly the biggest spender in the world.

[Miles McTagg]

I've often suspected that, Matthew.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello, Chester.

[Miles McTagg]

Well, hello there, Mr. Dillon.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

What in the world are you doing here?

[Matt Dillon]

No, I just came in to satisfy my curiosity.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Curiosity?

[Miles McTagg]

About what?

[Matt Dillon]

You. You going on a buffalo hunt or something?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

No, sir. I was just thinking of buying a few groceries. If I can find anything here that's fit to eat. Fit to eat? Oh, well, now, Mr. McTagg, I didn't mean nothing.

[Miles McTagg]

By the way, I beg to tell you that you're in the establishment of Miles Mct, a name that stands for principal, integrity, morality.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

And I didn't mean for you to get started.

[Miles McTagg]

I'm a man who believes in honest toy over an honest profit and no shilly shallying around. A man who gives honest value on every item in the store. And whoever started that rumor about weevils in my flour barrel is an outright liar.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Sure, Mr. McTagg, sure.

[Miles McTagg]

Anybody can get weevils in hot weather.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Of course they can.

[Miles McTagg]

Yeah. Well, now, are you really planning to buy anything, Chester?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, sure I am.

[Miles McTagg]

What?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, whatever somebody could use if they're

[Miles McTagg]

not set up to cook, if they're

[Chester Wesley Proud]

just living in one room.

[Miles McTagg]

Well, a few pounds of beans and some cracklings ought to do it.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Sure, for a mule skinner, I need something better.

[Matt Dillon]

Now, what's the matter with all this stuff you already got picked out?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, now, sir, that's kind of what I had in mind. Beans and cracklings ain't fit for a lady.

[Matt Dillon]

Lady. Ah, so that's it. Now I know what you're up to.

[Miles McTagg]

Colleen. Tony, is it? Well, I haven't seen that girl yet, but she certainly must be something. She's got everybody turning handsprings.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, she sure has, Ma.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, now, she's just a kid. Somebody's gotta look after her, that's all.

[Miles McTagg]

Somebody's already looking after her. I sent over a load of food a couple of hours ago. You did?

[Colleen Tawney]

Aye.

[Miles McTagg]

Bull Riga bought it.

[Matt Dillon]

Bull Riga? He's old enough to be her father.

[Miles McTagg]

He didn't act very fatherly. All dressed up as if he was going to a preaching. Well, now, I hear that he's quite the devil with the women. Chester you're going to have to get up and hump some if you're going to run rivals with him.

[Matt Dillon]

Never mind, Chester. Look, before you pay for this stuff.

[Andrew Rines (Host)]

Stuff?

[Matt Dillon]

I think I'll go over and have a little talk with Miss Tawny.

[Colleen Tawney]

Oh my goodness. Oh, I'm just sure you must be mistaken, Marshall. Dylan. Why, he seems to be about the nicest man a girl had ever wanted. Me?

[Matt Dillon]

Look, Miss Tawny, you're young and I've known Bull Rigger for a long time. He's a rough, tough, hard living old devil. And he's just no kind of a man a young girl ought to associate with, that's all.

[Colleen Tawney]

My dear aunt always said, rest her soul, that innocence is its own defense.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, but your aunt never met Bull Rieger.

[Colleen Tawney]

Now, Marshall Dillon, Mr. Rieger is just being kind and helpful just like you are.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, sure.

[Colleen Tawney]

Everybody's been so nice and thoughtful. Mr. Chester's already been by three times today. Doc was here.

[Matt Dillon]

That old goat here too.

[Colleen Tawney]

He took my temperature and my pulse and said I was just fine as far as he could tell. Yeah, well, look, Riza just insisted on helping me. He said he had a little old empty house up the street.

[Matt Dillon]

Ah, yeah, that would be the old Sackler place.

[Colleen Tawney]

Well, he said I could just live in it for nothing as long as I pleased. And of course I told him I wouldn't think of such a thing.

[Miles McTagg]

Well, good.

[Colleen Tawney]

And then he said he'd give me the house.

[Matt Dillon]

Give it to you?

[Miles McTagg]

That's exactly what I've done.

[Matt Dillon]

Don't you know how to knock, Rigger?

[Miles McTagg]

Not when the door's open, Marshall. Well, I went and done it, little lady.

[Matt Dillon]

Got it drawed up all proper and legal over at the bank. There's the deed. Ah, Mr. Riga, house is yours, lock, stock and barrel. No strings on it.

[Miles McTagg]

You can move in right now if you're mind to.

[Colleen Tawney]

Isn't it wonderful, Marshall Dillon?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, yeah, it's great.

[Colleen Tawney]

Well, I'm just going to sit right down and read this little old paper right through Rigor.

[Matt Dillon]

Would you come out into the hall for a minute? I'd like to talk to you. I know what you're going to say, Marshall. That girl's just a kid. Rigor. I'm aiming to marry that little lady if she'll have me. You're what? Oh, I know, Marshall. I've been kind of cussed all my life. But you're seeing a changed man standing here. I better be rigor or I'll change you myself. And don't you forget it. Another visit with Joe and Daphne Forsyth.

[Colleen Tawney]

Johannie, huh? Joe, darling, put down the paper. I've got something important to ask you.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Okay, Joe. All right. All right what?

[Colleen Tawney]

How many savings bonds do we have?

[Miles McTagg]

What kind of a question is that? A good one. How many?

[Matt Dillon]

I'm not sure.

[Miles McTagg]

I'd have to count and I'm reading the paper. What do you want to know for?

[Colleen Tawney]

Have we got enough to make things comfortable for us?

[Matt Dillon]

Very comfortable.

[Miles McTagg]

That's why I buy on the payroll.

[Matt Dillon]

Savings plan upon the month will give us quite a nest egg for the future.

[Colleen Tawney]

Enough for a college education eventually.

[Miles McTagg]

But who's going to college?

[Colleen Tawney]

Our children, silly.

[Miles McTagg]

We don't have any yet.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, what do you mean oh?

[Colleen Tawney]

Better buy some more bonds, honey. Daphne, you mean we've got a new investment?

[Miles McTagg]

How about.

[Matt Dillon]

Matt?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

You men are all alike. Every last one of you.

[Matt Dillon]

Is that something you just learned recently, Kitty?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

No, but I sure been reminded of it the last three days. Watching them all play around that little Colleen Tawny.

[Matt Dillon]

Don't count me in on that, Kitty. I'm only helping her. She's just a kid.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Well, she's done pretty well for just a kid. Flat broke three days ago. Now she's got a house of her own, enough food to last her a month. Chester runs over there three and four times a day with something else for her to eat. Doc stops by morning and night to check on her health.

[Matt Dillon]

I feel sorry for her, Kitty. She's an orphan.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

It's not what we do. Drowned her parents. Not kidding, Matt. I know these helpless old southern belles. Especially the big green eyed kind. Sam will never hire one here in the Long Branch and I go right along with him.

[Miles McTagg]

But why?

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Because all she has to do is bat those long eyelashes and metal start killing one another over Kitty.

[Matt Dillon]

I've already told you, no matter what I think, it's my job to protect her.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Protect her? Look Matt, do you think they put bars on a tiger's cage to protect the tiger? Oh, kidding. All right man, shut up. But I just hope you're all still on your feet when the smoke finally clears. Well, getting late, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, that's right, Doc.

[Miles McTagg]

Yes, I better be running along.

[Matt Dillon]

Won't do you any good though, Doc. Bull Rieger's calling on her. He's been over there all evening.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

He has?

[Matt Dillon]

Uh huh. Chester's hanging around outside in case she needs help, as he puts it.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

I kind of find that she's more than likely will too. With that ruffian in the house.

[Matt Dillon]

She ought to have a cultured man I guess. Nice and refined. You happen to know anybody like that, doc? Well, yes, Mr. Do.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

I've been kind of thinking, son, the last few days.

[Matt Dillon]

Forget it. You're old enough to be her grandfather.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

In Europe, they don't look at it like that. They're civilized.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, but this happens to be Dodge City, Doc.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Oh, well, at least a man can dream.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I guess so.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

I'm just talking, man. I just like sitting and looking at him.

[Matt Dillon]

You and Chester both let Bull re. I do believe he's real serious now. He sure acts like it.

[Miles McTagg]

All right, Marshall, where is she? What have you done with her?

[Matt Dillon]

What's the trouble? Rigor.

[Miles McTagg]

She's gone, that's the trouble. Yeah, bag and baggage. And you had something to do.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, now wait a minute.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

She is gone, Mr. Dillon, and she's

[Miles McTagg]

took all her belongings.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

I went in the house and looked. Oh, she must have snuck out the back way.

[Miles McTagg]

I. I was right out there in front the whole time.

[Matt Dillon]

Were you out in front, too?

[Miles McTagg]

We were sitting and talking and I was teaching her draw poker and I. Well, I reckon I must have dozed

[Matt Dillon]

off for a minute.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

Drunk, more than likely.

[Miles McTagg]

Never you mind, Doc. I got the stomach for a fair amount of liquor, but she just kept

[Chester Wesley Proud]

filling up my glass.

[Matt Dillon]

So you taught her draw poker, huh? How much did you lose? Rigor?

[Miles McTagg]

About a hundred dollars, as far as I could tell.

[Matt Dillon]

But how'd you know I lost? That's pretty easy. You mean you reckon she was cheating? Marshall, you were there, but I wasn't paying no attention.

[Miles McTagg]

I figured it was just a joke, sort of. I kept plaguing her to marry me and she was.

[Matt Dillon]

She was wearing a real pretty lacy thing.

[Miles McTagg]

And you paid too much for it. Riga.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, come on in, Miles. It's open house.

[Miles McTagg]

I could have sold you one of them house robes for half the price. Never mind that now.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

You gotta do something, Marshall.

[Miles McTagg]

You gotta find her. She left town on the 10 o' clock train.

[Matt Dillon]

Are you sure of that, Miles?

[Miles McTagg]

I walked up to the station. Fine young woman, Emily. You glad I didn't meet her any sooner? That might have cut up as crazy as Rieger. Marshall. Marshall, you got us in the wire. Haver took off the train.

[Matt Dillon]

Are you willing to go into court rigor and tell what happened?

[Miles McTagg]

Yes, I sure am, Marshall. I'd go in. No, no. I'd be laughing.

[Matt Dillon]

The stock of the country. All right, all right.

[Miles McTagg]

At least she couldn't take the house with her. No. And a mighty lucky thing for me she couldn't. What do you mean? She sold it to me. Signed over the deed and everything. $600 cash. What? Woody, it's worth a thousand dollars. Ay, that's about what I figured it at for Marshall when you.

[Matt Dillon]

Sorry, Rigor. But you gave it to me. Her. No strings. And if she wanted to sell it to Miles, she had a legal right to.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

If.

[Miles McTagg]

If I get my hands on that

[Chester Wesley Proud]

girl, so help me, I'll.

[Matt Dillon]

Why, I'll.

[Chester Wesley Proud]

You won't do anything, Rigor. Nobody will. We've all been outsmarted.

[Miles McTagg]

There's nothing we can do about it

[Chester Wesley Proud]

but just sit still and keep our mouth shut.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, but I. Doc's right. You forget it, Rigor. You can afford it. Well, at least we've learned one thing from all this. What's that? It's like a friend of mine said to me last night. I don't put bars on a tiger's cage to protect the tiger.

[Colleen Tawney]

Sam.

[Matt Dillon]

Gun smoke produced and directed by norman McDonald stars wicked william conrad as matt dillon, us marshal featured in the cast were parley baer as chester, howard mcnear as doc, and georgia ellis as kitty. George walsh speaking. Join us again next week for another specially transcribed story on gun smoke. This is the united states armed forces

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