Condemned Man’s Marriage | Dr. Sixgun (Unknown)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns Podcast

Episode: Condemned Man’s Marriage | Dr. Sixgun
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Air Date: January 23, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns presents a digitally restored episode of Dr. Sixgun, a classic frontier drama. The story, “Condemned Man’s Marriage,” revolves around Dr. Gray Matson (“Dr. Sixgun”), a gun-toting physician navigating the challenges of the untamed West. The episode tackles themes of justice, mercy, love under desperation, and the intertwining fates of drifters within a lawless territory. At its heart is a condemned man’s final plea—to marry before he faces the hangman, not for love, but to thwart his scheming cousin and find a glimmer of human connection.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Life in the Frontier Town (03:11 – 10:00)

• Pablo the Gypsy peddler introduces the local color, setting the atmosphere of hard labor, fleeting pleasures, and camaraderie at the Bull Run Saloon.
• Jenny Warren and Joe Corey arrive in town as entertainers—“songs, dances, and funny sayings”—but are visibly weary and down on their luck.
• A drunken saloon scene (05:34 – 09:02) escalates when Murdoch, a local, harasses Jenny, prompting Dr. Sixgun to deftly diffuse the situation, showing both his authority and compassion.

“If a man gets shot in the gun hand, I have to fix him up now don’t I?”
— Dr. Sixgun (08:30)

2. Eli Albert’s Desperate Plight (11:50 – 14:52)

• Eli Albert, a young prisoner slated to hang in the morning, requests to see Dr. Sixgun. He professes innocence—the murder conviction is a setup by his cousin Jake, who stands to inherit valuable mining claims if Eli dies unmarried.
• In a twist: Eli’s father’s will states that if Eli marries before age 30, the land goes to the Baptist church; otherwise, Jake inherits.
• Since his 30th birthday is still a week away, Eli asks Dr. Sixgun to find a woman to marry him that night, as his dying wish.

“Doc, I gotta get married.”
— Eli Albert (13:46)

3. A Marriage of Necessity (16:33 – 19:24)

• Dr. Sixgun proposes the arrangement to Joe Corey, pointing out that $100 would send Joe and Jenny east to pursue show business dreams.
• Joe consents to Jenny’s involvement—a pragmatic but emotionally charged exchange.
• The marriage is hastily performed at the jail, with Jenny and Eli exchanging vows they barely grasp, separated by prison bars.

“You may dis—well, I guess that wouldn’t be right in this case.”
— Judge/Dr. Sixgun (19:12)

4. Complications and Escape (20:03 – 23:49)

• The morning after, Jenny is processing her odd status as a “wife” she’s never seen—she’s relieved and slightly haunted.
• The sheriff discovers Eli has escaped; his cell’s empty, and the deputy was knocked out (21:11).
• Jenny is distraught, realizing her new marriage tied her to a fugitive—and fears the consequences.

“But I’m married to him, Joe. I’m married to a murderer. What am I going to do?”
— Jenny Warren (21:37)

5. Night Encounter: Eli Returns (22:24 – 25:45)

• Eli sneaks into Jenny's room, explaining he had no choice but to hide locally due to his injured leg and the intense search for him.
• They have a tender, honest moment: both admit to wondering what the other looked like at the wedding and gradually form an authentic connection.
• Jenny expresses concern and sympathy, offering Eli refuge for the night.

“You know, I reckon I got you in a kind of a mess. But you don’t have to worry. With $500 on the line, you’ll be shut of me soon enough.”
— Eli Albert (24:40)

6. Revelations and Changing Loyalties (26:04 – 29:13)

• The next morning, Joe catches Eli in Jenny’s room and, motivated by the $500 reward, threatens to turn Eli in.
• A tense confrontation ensues. Jenny pleads for Eli’s life, realizing she’s fallen for him.
• Joe is devastated—he’d envisioned a new life with Jenny, but she rejects him.

“I ought to shoot you down right now. I ought to turn you into them deputies and watch you hang… For a cheap, rotten joke.”
— Joe Corey (29:00)

7. Bittersweet Resolution (30:00 – End)

• Dr. Sixgun receives news: Eli has been pardoned due to a deathbed confession.
• Tragically, Eli is already gone with Jenny; Dr. Sixgun rushes to tell them, too late—he finds Joe instead, drunk and defeated, realizing he’s lost Jenny and the future he hoped for.
• The episode ends with a classic Western mixture of tragedy, hope, and the indelible sense of chance in frontier life.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“Guess that makes me the ideal bridegroom, huh? Woman would sure know where I was every night.”
— Eli Albert (14:03)
(Wry humor in the face of execution)

“It’s funny. I didn’t even see his face. It was so dark in the shadows. And it’s kind of hard for me to realize I’m married and… well, you won’t be for long.”
— Jenny Warren & Dr. Sixgun (20:34)

“You better stay here. At least till morning.”
— Jenny Warren (25:15)
(Jenny’s growing empathy and connection to Eli)

“I love him.”
— Jenny Warren (29:10)
(A turning point, declaring her loyalty and affection for Eli over Joe)

“Doc, you are very, very late... There’s a reprieve down from the territorial government... he’s going to be free.”
— Dr. Sixgun & Pablo (30:01)
(The cruel twist of fate—pardon arrives too late)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Saloon Scene & Jenny’s Dance: 03:11 – 09:41
• Eli’s Plea / The Jail: 11:50 – 14:52
• Marriage Ceremony: 18:51 – 19:24
• Discovery of Jailbreak: 21:11 – 21:22
• Eli and Jenny’s Night Dialogue: 22:24 – 25:45
• Joe Discovers Eli in Jenny’s Room: 26:48 – 29:13
• News of Pardon (Too Late): 30:00 – 31:00

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Tone and Storytelling Style

The episode’s dialogue is laced with dry frontier humor, bittersweet twists, and flashes of emotional honesty. Dr. Sixgun is the measured voice of reason and compassion, while Jenny and Eli’s dynamic evolves naturally from resigned desperation to genuine affection amid chaos. The Western setting—saloon banter, local color, and life-and-death stakes—grounds the story with authenticity and pathos.

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Summary for New Listeners

“Condemned Man’s Marriage” is a classic radio Western that balances suspense, romance, and moral ambiguity. It features colorful characters, a unique plot centered on a condemned man’s final wish, and a dramatic twist that illustrates both the cruelty and hope of frontier justice. Even if you missed this episode, you’ll appreciate the rich character development, emotional stakes, and timeless themes at its heart.

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Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

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

[Dr. Six Gun]

Across the rugged Indian Territory rides a tall young man on a mission of mercy, his medical bag strapped on one hip, his six shooter on the other. This is Dr. Six Gun. The National Broadcasting Company brings you another transcribed episode in the exciting adventure series Doctor Six. Gray Matson, M.D. was the gun toting frontier doctor who roamed the length and breadth of the old Indian territory, friend and position to white man and Indian alike. The symbol of justice and mercy. In the lawless west of the 1870s, this legendary figure was known to all as Dr. Six Gun.

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[Dr. Six Gun]

The territory has always been the place of hard life, back breaking work, and far too often an unmarked grave on the trail from here to there. But every once in a while, the men and women of the frontier take the time to sing a little and dance and laugh. Even I find it necessary to seek entertainment. Who am I? I am Pablo, the gypsy peddler. And this is my friend, Midnight. He is a raven.

[Jenny Warren]

Take it off.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Take it off. Do not be alarmed, my friends. He is referring to the cloak which I put on his cage each night. But he too is a commissure of gaiety in the town of Frenchmansport. Entertainment comes in 50 gallon barrels or quart bottles and is served across the bar at the Bull run saloon by Mr. Gaucher and his helpers, all of whom wear their hair parted in the middle with large handlebar mustaches. It is there that I go for relaxation. And it is there that I often meet my friends. Dark seat gun. Pull up a chair, Pablo. Let your drink down. I'm afraid to. If you set a glass of or whiskey down hard, it curdles like cream in a thunderstorm. You just take the coffee the way I do. Oh, Doc, what is laudable in a surgeon is not necessary in the Pedler. I will continue to drink whiskey just right in the ground. Doc, I have been on the trail for so many hours, my trousers are still under the impression that there is a horse beneath them. Now, look here, Cory. Any fella can hand out a few yarns and get a laugh or two for a panhandled meal off of me, but it's about time you paid off at that there show. You sure, sure. Just give me a chance to finish the death plate of middles, that's all. Well, since when has O started the soup kitchen? Oh, that's some fellow who drifted into town this morning. He has a girl with him. He promised Roche they put on a show if he'd take him to some grub for us. Well, I think she dances a little. He plays the accordion. There's the girl over there at the table. Oo very beautiful.

[Eli Albert]

How.

[Dr. Six Gun]

But she looks a little tired. The fell said they've been riding for a couple of days. How about it, Cory? Let's have that dance. Kenny, are you ready?

[Jenny Warren]

All right, you guys.

[Dr. Six Gun]

A lady's gonna do a dance. I want you cow pokes to remember that this here's a place of refinement and high tone. How there'll be no whiskey curve till after the dance. Okay, go ahead. All right, Jenny, show them how you get that up up in the.

[Jenny Warren]

Hey, hey, look out for that beer scooter. Well, who's going to give me a hand off the bar?

[Dr. Six Gun]

You just hang on to me, honey.

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Yeah.

[Jenny Warren]

I'm down now.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Yeah, I can see you.

[Jenny Warren]

Then you can let go of me.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, now, I Reckon one of old Shea's meals and a schooner of beer ain't enough pay for a high class dance like you done. Well, I figured maybe we might pass the hat or something. If you gentlemen like Jenny's dance. I like it real fine.

[Jenny Warren]

Will you please let go of me?

[Dr. Six Gun]

As a matter of fact, I'm about to show my appreciation right now.

[Jenny Warren]

Let go of me.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Let go. Just a little kiss, that's all. Honey up. Oh, she bit me.

[Jenny Warren]

Staining saloons doesn't mean that we're for sale. Like the whiskey, you two bit cramp.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I'm sure Jenny did me any harm, mister. Jenny, come on over here. I could get blood poisoning from a means of cat like that. You wait a minute, mister. You started it. Jenny was over you talking back to me now cut it out, Murdoch. Shut up, o'. Shea. I'm talking to this here at Cordine. Playing fool. You standing up to me. No, Mr. Roney. We don't want no trouble, Jenny and me. We just want to make folks happy. Sing a little song, dance a little dance, that's all. Let's see what kind of a dance you can do, Misty. If you really put your mind to it. Murdoch, I don't want no shooting in here. Now put that gun away. Now look, mister, can we talk this over? And if I just happen to get too close, maybe you'll sing a little too, Murdoch.

[Jenny Warren]

No.

[Eli Albert]

You're ready.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Now listen, mister, you wouldn't do. Murdoch, put your gun away. Who's that, Doc? Who asked you, huh? I said put your gun away. That fellow didn't do anything to you. I got bitten there by that scrawny she coyote. Murdoch, that's no way to talk about a lady. This gentleman was right in trying to protect her. This ain't none of your business, Doc. Why, sure it is. I'm the doctor. If a man gets shot in the gun hand, I have to fix him up now don't I? Yeah, well, there ain't nobody shot in the gun hand. There will be if you don't put your gun back in that holster. Aw, now put it back.

[Eli Albert]

Well, I didn't aim to get in.

[Dr. Six Gun]

No fight with you, Doc. I mean, I got respect for you, see. Cause you're the doctor. Also because Doc has a six gun pointing at your belt buckle. Put the gun away. My doc. Well, sure, sure. It's all right, Doc. Okay, it's all over now. It's all over. Everybody get back to your drinking. Charlie, did you drink up for Merc? I guess I ought to thank you. Doctor? You. You are a doctor? Yes, Dr. Matt. Well, I'm Joe Corey and this is my partner, Jenny Warren. Delighted to make your acquaintance, man. And this is my friend. I don't know what I'd have done if you wasn't here. Probably I would have danced that big ape.

[Jenny Warren]

He could see Joe wasn't carrying a gun.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, Murdoch's pretty decent fella. Except when he gets a skin full of Shea's whiskey. You two married?

[Jenny Warren]

We're just an axe. Cory and Warren. Songs, dances and funny sayings.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Funny sayings? I didn't notice any of those. We ran out of them about three months ago. We also ran out of money. How did you get way out here?

[Jenny Warren]

Well, we were standed by some no good manager back in Chislin City. Joe thought we might pick up a grub at stake at one of these one horse towns.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Madame, you couldn't have picked a more unfortunate adjective for Frenchman's Ford. One horse? You wouldn't say that if you roamed above the livery stable when I do. Well, it's just a way of talking. No offense, man. Think there's another couple of rooms we could rent somewhere? Oh, certainly. If you like, I'll take you to my landlady and recommend you highly as old friends. Well, I appreciate that. You go on, Jen. You're plumb dead in your feet. Maybe I can wrestle up enough to pay for a couple of nights by singing and passing the hat.

[Jenny Warren]

Well, Mr. Pavlo, would you really show.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Me over to the rooming house? My pleasure.

[Eli Albert]

This way.

[Jenny Warren]

Thanks again, Doctor, for standing up for it that way. There haven't been many who did in the last couple of weeks.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Don't mention. I'll see you later, Jen. Hey, come on. Very beautiful girl, your partner. No, that ain't all, Doc. Jen's got talent. Well, not like me. I just go a couple hundred songs and get a laugh out of the saloons. But Jen, well, she's a real artist. If she could get back to one of them big managers back east in Chicago, she could. Don't matter. No harm, really. Down on your luck, huh? Man, Doc, I am so low I could walk under a snake's belly with stilts and a high hat and never tickle his ribs. You got any other line of work? I don't know no other trade. Besides, there's gin. Say, Doc, suppose you could lend me the price of a shot of whiskey? I mean, only till after I pass the hat. After my next number. I'm temporarily embarrassed. It was several hours later that Doc got The message from the sheriff asking him to come by the jail. There was a young prisoner that was asking for him. Eli.

[Eli Albert]

Albert.

[Dr. Six Gun]

What's the matter, Albert? That leg bothering you again?

[Eli Albert]

Sure, but that don't make no never mind. After tomorrow morning, it ain't going to bother me none to speak of.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I'll try to make you comfortable tonight, Albert, with a nasty wound.

[Eli Albert]

That ain't why I called for you, Doc. H. Sit down.

[Dr. Six Gun]

All right.

[Eli Albert]

You know, Doc, I never shot that fella. I never was anywhere near the river trail that afternoon.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, Jury.

[Eli Albert]

Now, look, Doc, don't interrupt me. I ain't got time. Sure, the jury figured different, but let's get this straight. Because my cousin Jake Liverat got me into this mess. And witnesses against me. Half of Mojake money and the other half.

[Dr. Six Gun]

You mean your cousin framed you for murder?

[Eli Albert]

I'm not asking you to believe me, document, but it's the truth. But why? Five acres of mining claims up in the Grand Pear Mountains was left to me by my pa. They go to Jake when I die. Under terms of the will, I thought.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Those claims were worthless.

[Eli Albert]

Well, Doc, so did I. But Jake knew better. That's why he arranged to get my neck stretched tomorrow morning. Isn't there some way you can prove this, Eli? No.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Tell you the truth, Jake's a lot.

[Eli Albert]

Smarter than I am. But I think I found a way to keep him from getting the land. I sent for you because you're the one fellow that gimme a decent chance. You took me away from that mob that was set to save the territory the cost of a trial.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Doesn't look like it's much use.

[Eli Albert]

Listen, Doc, my pie didn't hold with Marion Young. He's got one clause in that will that says if I got married before I was 30, I'd get cut off. And all the property goes to the Baptist church. Doc, my birthday ain't gonna be till a week from Sunday. So I ain't never likely to be 30.

[Dr. Six Gun]

But I don't see how that helps you.

[Eli Albert]

It don't help me much. But if I was married, I'd be cut out of my pa's will. And my cousin Jake don't get to inherit nothing. Doc, I gotta get married.

[Dr. Six Gun]

But you're gonna be hanged tomorrow morning.

[Eli Albert]

Guess that makes me the ideal bridegroom, huh? Woman would sure know where I was every night. Eli, I don't think that's so funny. Neither do I, Doc. But I've got to keep trying about it.

[Dr. Six Gun]

About what?

[Eli Albert]

Can you find somebody to marry me?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Marry what? Eli, this is the craziest thing I ever heard of.

[Eli Albert]

Maybe, but I'd give her a hundred dollars if I had time. I'd get one of them girls from the gambling house, the Chisholm City to do it for 20 cents. Thought I couldn't get one of them over here in time.

[Dr. Six Gun]

That's basking an awful lot, Doc.

[Eli Albert]

You find me some gal who wants $100 and don't mind being a widow by tomorrow.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I don't know.

[Eli Albert]

That's my dying request, Doc. Well, you wouldn't refuse a man on his deathbed, now would you?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, it's crazy, Eli, but I'll see what I can do.

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[Dr. Six Gun]

Hi, Doc. Hey, you missed all the big doings. That Cory fella knew some of the darndest songs. There was one about this here gal from Paris, France. Where is he, Corey? He's over there at the table. Whenever See, the fellow's anxious to drink himself into a blind stagger. He passed out all but well.

[Eli Albert]

There he is.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Help yourself.

[Eli Albert]

Doc.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Cory. Last gentleman. For my next number, I will sing. Cory, come on. Come on now. Wake up. Come on, wake up now. Come on, gentlemen. It wasn't that bad. I'll try better next time. Cory, can you see me? Yeah. Go. My ear.

[Eli Albert]

Here.

[Dr. Six Gun]

The doctor want to save me. I can't ever think.

[Eli Albert]

Yeah.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Now listen. Did you mean it when you said you wanted to get back East?

[Eli Albert]

East? Yeah.

[Dr. Six Gun]

How much money do you need? Just the price of a drink. Would $100 do it? Oh, I don't need that much to drink, just a quarter. Give me that glass of beer.

[Eli Albert]

Hey.

[Dr. Six Gun]

What'S the idea of torment my face? Listen, if you had a hundred dollars, could the both of you go back east? Well, sure. Sure, we could. Only you ain't got $100. Well, you can get it.

[Eli Albert]

Oh, now, listen.

[Dr. Six Gun]

There's a fella in the jail here. He'll give a hundred dollars to any girl who'll marry him. Say, Ms. B. Looney in that jail, he's gonna be hanged tomorrow. But for his own reasons, he wants to get married tonight. You mean Jen? He wants to marry Jen. He doesn't care who it is. $100, and tomorrow it's all over. I figured I'm marrying Jen myself and I get her back east and she's a big star like I promised her. But a hundred dollars, you say? That's right. It's gonna hang tomorrow morning, huh? Right so. And all Jen has to do is marry him tonight. It'll all be over in 10 minutes, and he won't ever be out of the cell. Yeah, just as long as she don't go into it. Well, how about it, Corey? Who knows? Well, sure, Doc, sure. It's okay with me. Just gotta ask. J. Do you, Eli Albert, take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife, to love and cherish till. All right, Judge.

[Eli Albert]

Go ahead and say it don't worry me none.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Till death do you part?

[Eli Albert]

I do.

[Dr. Six Gun]

And do you, Jenny Warren, take this man to be your lawful wedded husband, to love, honor and obedience as long as you both shall live?

[Jenny Warren]

Go ahead, J. I do.

[Dr. Six Gun]

And by the powers vested in me by this territory as justice of the peace, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may dis. Well, I guess that wouldn't be right in this case.

[Eli Albert]

Now, them bars kind of get in the way. Thank you, miss. What's your name?

[Jenny Warren]

Warren. Jenny Warner.

[Eli Albert]

Well, thank you, Doc. You take care of giving her the hundred dollars, will you?

[Dr. Six Gun]

All Right, Eli?

[Eli Albert]

You know, I wish. I'd just like to be around long enough to see the look on Jake's face. Doc. Take a good look at him for me when he hears the news, huh? Now, if you gentlemen will let me be. I figure I need a good.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Sit down, Ms. Warren. Sorry I can't offer you anything. I don't do much cooking in the house.

[Jenny Warren]

Oh, that's all right, Doc. Joe and I just came by to thank you before we left town.

[Dr. Six Gun]

You going back east now? We're taking the stage out at 10 o' clock to Chisholm City and St. Louis and finally Chicago and maybe even New York.

[Jenny Warren]

I don't know how to thank you, Doctor.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I didn't do anything, Ms. Warren.

[Jenny Warren]

I. I suppose it should be Mrs. Mrs. Albert. Is it over yet? I'm in the key.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Sometime around now. I wouldn't think about it if I.

[Eli Albert]

Were you, Ms. Warren.

[Dr. Six Gun]

That's right, Jen. Don't even think about it.

[Jenny Warren]

It's funny. I didn't even see his face. It was so dark in the shadows. And it's kind of hard for me to realize I'm married and.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, you won't be for long.

[Eli Albert]

Just don't think about it.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Hey. Stop. Stop. What's the matter? Murdoch, they need you.

[Jenny Warren]

Quick.

[Eli Albert]

What's the matter?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Charlie Potter's hurt. What happened? He got a gash on the back of his head a couple inches wide. He's bleeding like a stuffed pig. I got my bag. How did it happen? He got hit on the head with a gun butt, likely. Now who'd do that to Charlie Potter? Well, last night Ed Rafferty got took sick and the sheriff swore Charlie in his deputy. He was sitting outside the cell door of that Eli Albert. Albert?

[Eli Albert]

Is it hanging over?

[Jenny Warren]

Over?

[Dr. Six Gun]

When they went to get Eli Albert this morning, there wasn't a hive nor hair of him in that cell. And Charlie Potter was stretched out cold as a mackerel on the floor. No.

[Andrew Rines]

No.

[Dr. Six Gun]

He escaped.

[Eli Albert]

Come on, Duck.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Charlie's hollering like a bull in the chute. Hurry. Look after. Anybody moving, Murdoch? Oh, no. He's just lying there where he was. Jen. Now listen, Joe.

[Jenny Warren]

What have I done? What are we going to do?

[Dr. Six Gun]

It wasn't your fault, Jen. You couldn't help him.

[Jenny Warren]

But I'm married to him, Joe. I'm married to a murderer. What am I going to.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Jen, you all right?

[Jenny Warren]

It's all right, Joe.

[Dr. Six Gun]

You get some sleep, you hear? Jen?

[Jenny Warren]

It's all right, Joe. I'll get undressed now and get to bed.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I'll see you in the morning. Don't worry, honey. We'll figure out something. All right.

[Eli Albert]

Night.

[Jenny Warren]

Joe? Joe? Joe, is that you? Joe? Who's outside there?

[Eli Albert]

There ain't nobody outside. Don't make no noise.

[Jenny Warren]

What are you doing in here? Who are you?

[Eli Albert]

You don't know me. That's a funny one, ain't it? Married only one day and forgot me.

[Jenny Warren]

How did you get here?

[Eli Albert]

Tell you the truth, I didn't have no choice. Got loose out of the jail. If I'd rode out of town, there would have been 40 men chasing me inside of 10 minutes. They're still hunting for my trail up in the hill, so I just come over here. I've been hiding in the box stall at the livery stable till a couple hours ago. That's why I don't smell so good.

[Jenny Warren]

I was just going to bed.

[Eli Albert]

Uh huh. I notice. If it'll make you feel better, I'll turn the other way while you finish taking that thing off or putting it on or whatever you were doing.

[Jenny Warren]

It's all right. It's dark.

[Eli Albert]

Dark as it was when we was married. You know, it's funny. I mean, didn't make no difference to me. I was figuring on hanging this morning, but I kept wondering if I was married to a. A pretty girl. That's crazy, ain't it?

[Jenny Warren]

I. I know what you mean. I thought the same thing. I wanted to see what you looked like, but I was afraid.

[Eli Albert]

Afraid of a murderer?

[Dr. Six Gun]

No.

[Jenny Warren]

I was afraid I'd cry and make you feel bad. Move into the land.

[Eli Albert]

Wilson. I didn't have to worry, man. I mean about you being a pretty girl.

[Jenny Warren]

What are you going to do?

[Eli Albert]

Well, I don't know. I heard two fellas say they got a $500 reward out for me. I reckon I'll run till they catch up with me. Maybe I'll go visit my cousin Jake first.

[Jenny Warren]

Isn't there any way that you can get out of here?

[Eli Albert]

No, it's not too likely. I can't ride too good with this leg.

[Jenny Warren]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Eli Albert]

You know, I reckon I got you in a kind of a mess. But you don't have to worry. With $500 on the line, you'll be shut of me soon enough.

[Jenny Warren]

Oh, no.

[Eli Albert]

Don't you want to be?

[Jenny Warren]

Well, I don't think I want you to be killed. I mean, not after I've talked to you like this.

[Eli Albert]

Well, that's right nice of you, man. So. Reckon I'd better get going soon.

[Jenny Warren]

But you can't. I mean, if your leg is hurt.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Where can you go?

[Jenny Warren]

You better stay here. At least till morning.

[Eli Albert]

How about that other fella, Joe Cory?

[Jenny Warren]

He won't know. You better push that washstand against the door. The lock doesn't hold too good.

[Eli Albert]

Hold the lamp.

[Jenny Warren]

Your name's Eli, isn't it?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Mm.

[Jenny Warren]

I suppose I should have remembered.

[Eli Albert]

No reason why you should.

[Jenny Warren]

I better blow out the lamps. Somebody might notice the light.

[Eli Albert]

You sure you feel all right about it?

[Dr. Six Gun]

All right?

[Jenny Warren]

That's all right. We're married.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Jenny, honey, you want me to bring over some breakfast on the saloon?

[Eli Albert]

Jenny.

[Jenny Warren]

Just a minute. Joe.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Honey, you want something to eat this morning? You didn't touch that tree last night.

[Jenny Warren]

I got kind of hungry in the middle of the night. Joe, I guess I would like some breakfast.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Oh, well.

[Eli Albert]

Well, sure, sure, sure.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I'll get you something. Now, don't you worry. Maybe some coffee or griddle cakes or something. You just wait right here and I'll come right back with it.

[Jenny Warren]

It's all right, Eli.

[Eli Albert]

I can't stay here any longer. I'll have to get out somehow. He'll find out.

[Jenny Warren]

He didn't notice anything. I'm sure. You have to have something to eat and some money. I've got $90. We bought the stage tickets to Chisholm City. But I've got the rent.

[Eli Albert]

No, no, that's yours. I couldn't take that back.

[Jenny Warren]

Look, maybe if you went on the stagecoach in Joe's place.

[Eli Albert]

Well, it's no use. It's just making trouble for you.

[Dr. Six Gun]

All right, Albert, put your hands up. I got your cover.

[Jenny Warren]

Joe, what are you doing?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Capturing a murderer, that's what I'm doing. I dropped your gun on the floor. Now, go ahead, Joe. You thought you was pretty smart, didn't you? Staying here in town with all the rest of them deputies riding through the hills after you. Sneaking into a girl's room and threatening her.

[Jenny Warren]

No, you don't understand.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Get out of the way, Jen. I'll handle him. You wasn't so smart, mister, hiding behind them dresses. I saw your boots in the mirror. Did he hurt you, Jen? I'll shoot him down right now, so help me.

[Jenny Warren]

Don't listen to me.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Thank you, Mr. Jen. You know what the reward is? $500. 500? We can get to New York in that and see their managers.

[Jenny Warren]

But, Joe, I'm not going.

[Dr. Six Gun]

What do you mean?

[Jenny Warren]

I'm his wife.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, sure, but. Now, hang him 10 minutes after I turn him in, and you won't have to worry about him no more.

[Eli Albert]

Yeah, I guess you Might as Well have that 500 as anybody.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, that's the way to look at it, mister.

[Eli Albert]

Jan, this is our chance.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I can really take you to New York in style. Put up one of them Fancy Hotels on 14th Street. Jen, honey, we could be married, you and me, like I always figured. I never had a chance to tell you somehow, but now we can.

[Jenny Warren]

You see, Joe, you don't understand. When I married him at the jail, I didn't see him. I didn't talk to him. I didn't know who he was.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, sure he.

[Jenny Warren]

I don't know how it happened, Joe, honest I don't. But I've been talking with him and I saw him in the lamp and. Well, you can't turn him in to be hanged. I love him.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Well, you don't have to worry about him, Jenny.

[Jenny Warren]

Joe, I'm his wife and I love him.

[Dr. Six Gun]

You don't mean that, Joe.

[Jenny Warren]

I'm sorry. Even if they. I couldn't go with you anyway. I. I mean, not now.

[Eli Albert]

Oh. Oh. Well, Joe, what.

[Jenny Warren]

What are you going to do?

[Dr. Six Gun]

You.

[Eli Albert]

Albert.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Hear what she said?

[Eli Albert]

Yeah, I did.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Three years we've been together, Jenny. Me, it wasn't much good. I mean, not really.

[Eli Albert]

We got fired out of every job.

[Dr. Six Gun]

We had because of me.

[Eli Albert]

Because I was too drunk to go.

[Dr. Six Gun]

On or just wasn't good enough.

[Eli Albert]

But there, this was our chance.

[Dr. Six Gun]

I could take Jenny East. I could work up enough courage and self respect to tell her how I feel about her. And then you. You had to come along for a rotten joke. For a cheap, rotten joke. I ought to shoot you down right now. I ought to turn you into them deputies and watch you hang it.

[Eli Albert]

Jen. Jen, you don't mean it, do you?

[Jenny Warren]

I love him.

[Eli Albert]

Big. Fair just ain't fair.

[Jenny Warren]

What are you going to do?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Nothing, I guess. Here, you pick this gun.

[Eli Albert]

Joe. Joe.

[Dr. Six Gun]

Get away from me.

[Jenny Warren]

Joe, how can I thank you for this?

[Dr. Six Gun]

You can't. Hold on, Kenny.

[Eli Albert]

Hey, where you going?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Don't you worry. I ain't going to tell no deputies. I'm going to cross that saloon and swap them stage tickets for whiskey. And I hope it's enough to drown me. Cory Corey. Fella did me a favor. Got me an easy hundred dollars.

[Eli Albert]

You did?

[Dr. Six Gun]

Let me buy you a drink. Listen, do you know where he is? Who? Eli Albert. Sure, they hanged him yesterday morning. Just like Skip said you would. Doc, you're a liar. Listen, I've got to find him. There's a reprieve down from the territorial government. One of the witnesses against him got shot and made a deathbed confession. He's going to be clothing now. Did you see him? Doc, you are very very late. Did you see him? I've got to tell him he's going to be free. You know, when I came into this town, I had a girl d this thing you ever heard of. I lost her. Wasn't that careless? Now listen to me. Where is he? He's over at the Rumen house. He's with his wife. Let me buy you drink stock. Long life to the Brighton.

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[Eli Albert]

Not this onion I'm chopping.

[Dr. Six Gun]

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[Dr. Six Gun]

You've been listening to Dr. Six Gun. Doc6 gun is played by carl weber and pablo by william griffiths. Today's script was written by ernest canoy. Heard in the cast were peggy lavin as jenny, bill redfield as eli, nelson armstead as corey, bob dryden as murdoch and william keane as o'. Shea. Dr. Six gun is directed by fred wade. This is jack costello speaking.

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