Jedro’s Woman | Gunsmoke (11-06-60)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns

“Jedro’s Woman” | Gunsmoke (Original Airdate: 11-06-60)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Date: August 16, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Gunsmoke, Marshal Matt Dillon and his loyal deputy Chester Proudfoot rescue a battered, starving woman near Dodge City. As the story unfolds, her background, the brutality she’s suffered, and her relationship to her husband, Jedro, come to light. The episode explores themes of domestic abuse, difficult choices, duty, and the harsh realities faced by frontier women.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Chester and Dillon’s Camp – Setting the Scene

• [03:32-05:00] The episode opens with a light, familiar exchange between Chester and Marshal Dillon as they camp and prepare beans over a struggling campfire. This relaxed banter quickly gives way to tension when their beans mysteriously vanish.

  “You know they ain't ready, Mr. Dillon. Beans has got to cook long and slow before you can eat them.”
  — Chester, [03:57]

• [05:53-07:18] They track the missing beans, discovering human footprints instead of animal tracks, leading them to a dramatic find.

2. Discovery of a Beaten Woman

• [07:41-09:53] Marshal Dillon and Chester discover a badly beaten and malnourished woman (later revealed as Hallie/Allie) who had tried to steal their beans but was too weak to eat. Sympathetically, they resolve to get her back to Dodge City for medical help, using an old wagon and Chester’s horse.

  “She’s been beaten, all right. She looks half starved.”
  — Dillon, [08:12]

3. Seeking Medical Help

• [10:35-12:35] Returning to Dodge, they bring the woman to Doc Adams. The situation is grave; Doc notes both her physical injuries and critical starvation.

  “Well, it isn't the beating that worries me so much... This woman is nearly starved to death.”
  — Doc, [11:51 & 11:55]

• Doc agrees to care for her, despite uncertainty about payment.

4. Speculation & Concern in Dodge

• [14:04-14:35] Dillon and Chester discuss the woman’s state with Kitty, who offers to visit and support her, highlighting the camaraderie among women on the frontier.

  “We women have to hang together or hang separately.”
  — Kitty, [14:34]

5. Conflict with Jedro

• [14:50-18:23] Jedro, claiming to be the woman’s husband, confronts Dillon, angrily demanding to see and reclaim his wife. Dillon challenges and questions him about abusing her.

  “Are you the one who beat her?”
  — Dillon, [15:12]

  “A man’s got a right to see his wife. Man's supposed to treat her decently.”
  — Dillon, [16:19]

  Despite Jedro’s aggression and insistence, Dillon forcibly restrains and challenges his authority, asserting Hallie’s right to safety and agency.

6. Desperate Flight

• [19:07-21:41] When Hallie disappears from Doc’s care, it’s clear Jedro has taken her, moving her despite her frailty. Dillon and Chester pursue, confronting Jedro on the road.

  “This woman has a right to decent care until she's well again. She has a right to decide for herself whether she wants to go back with you.”
  — Dillon, [21:08]

  Dillon physically subdues Jedro and insists Hallie is not to be moved or returned to him until she’s well, threatening to jail Jedro if he persists.

7. Aftermath & Hallie’s Choice

• [23:08-25:16] Some time passes; Hallie, fully recovered and strong, visits Marshal Dillon and Chester in town to thank them for saving her.

  “I got my strength...”
  — Hallie, [23:31]

• The episode’s emotional climax comes when Hallie reveals she plans to return to Jedro.

  “I’m going back.”
  — Hallie, [24:56]

  “Jedro don’t mean no harm. And if we get a good crop, maybe we’d have enough to eat this year. And Jedro ain’t took mean so often when he’s eating regular.”
  — Hallie, [25:16]

• Dillon is saddened, but respects her decision.

  “A woman belongs where her man is. I’m thanking you, Marshal. But I’m going back.”
  — Hallie, [25:52]

• Chester questions if Dillon is going to stop her. Dillon replies:

  “Jedro hasn't kept her from going back. Nobody else.”
  — Dillon, [26:31]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Chester’s homespun humor:
  “You want to ride into Dodge and get some?”
  — Dillon
  “That’s a day and a night’s ride.”
  — Chester, [04:41]

• Marshal Dillon’s principle:
  “It’s my affair when somebody is killed. And this would be a killing just like a shooting.”
  — Dillon, [21:08]

• Kitty’s solidarity:
  “We women have to hang together or hang separately.”
  — Kitty, [14:34]

• Hallie’s resignation & realism:
  “Jedro don’t mean no harm... Jedro ain’t took mean so often when he’s eating regular.”
  — Hallie, [25:16]

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Important Timestamps

• 03:32 – Campfire banter between Chester and Dillon
• 07:41 – Discovery of the injured woman
• 10:35 – Delivery to Doc Adams, discussion of her condition
• 14:34 – Kitty offers support
• 15:12–17:35 – Confrontation with Jedro
• 19:07–21:41 – Hallie goes missing; pursuit and final standoff with Jedro
• 23:08–25:52 – Hallie’s thanks and decision to return to Jedro

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Conclusion

“Jedro’s Woman” is a poignant examination of the hardships of life for women in the Old West, touching on themes of autonomy, domestic violence, and economic hardship. While Marshal Dillon upholds the law and compassionately protects Hallie, her final decision to return to her husband underscores the limited choices many frontier women faced. The episode stands as both a dramatic story and a thought-provoking reflection on duty, kindness, and the social realities of its time.

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Transcript

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[Marshal Matt Dillon]

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[Chester Proudfoot]

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[Marshal Matt Dillon]

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[Chester Proudfoot]

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[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It's all right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

We're so far up here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

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[Chester Proudfoot]

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[Chester Proudfoot]

I don't know why it is. Ain't growing wood like they used to. Well, it can't hardly make itself an even fire no more. You just can't get it to burn. Everybody knows you can't cook none without an even fire. I swear Buddy might just as well decide to chew on a piece of jerky and let it go at that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Chester, you got the beans ready?

[Chester Proudfoot]

You know they ain't ready, Mr. Dillon. Beans has got to cook long and slow before you can eat them.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

They seem mighty slow to me.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, it ain't easy to cook them with this wet wood that's laying around here. It ain't dried out like it needs to do for a decent fire.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You know, you're getting pretty fussy, Chester, for a fellow who's camped out half his life.

[Chester Proudfoot]

A man gets tired of it sometimes, Ms. Dillon. A man likes a few comforts when he's a cooking his dinner.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Like that old pot bellied stove back in Dodge.

[Chester Proudfoot]

A decent stove don't hurt none, I can tell you that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Come on, Chester, stop your bleeding, will you?

[Chester Proudfoot]

You got me a decent slab of pork.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

A what?

[Chester Proudfoot]

A decent slab of pork for the beans, Mr. John. They ain't hardly worth fussing about about that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You want to ride into Dodge and get some?

[Chester Proudfoot]

That's a day and a night's ride.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, then why don't you quit complaining? Now, how long before we eat?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, at least about an hour or two, I expect. Them beans should just set and simmer that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, let them set and simmer. We'll go check that line shack for old man Goss like we promised, huh?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Guess that'll be all right.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You bet it'll be all right. Come on. I don't smell anything burning, Chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Of course not. I wouldn't eat until they burn, Ms. Dylan.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, I'm glad to hear that. Oh, I'm tired and I'm hungry.

[Chester Proudfoot]

You know, there's some cooks on the chuck wagons that won't let you touch their beans till they've sat all night.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

And I'm not about to wait all night. So why don't you dish them up and I'll say to the horses, huh?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Not sure. I was just telling you some folks, it's my particular about their. No, Mr. Dillon.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What?

[Chester Proudfoot]

They're gone.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What are you talking about?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Them beans, they're gone.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What?

[Chester Proudfoot]

And they wasn't rightly done yet neither.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Whoever took them wasn't too particular, I guess.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Maybe it was an animal.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Mr. Dylan, no animal would come in there with a fire like that.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I guess you're right.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

There's nothing spilled.

[Chester Proudfoot]

No, they ain't.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Your animal is a two footed one. All right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I'll be clear. Looks like they was just dragging along, don't they?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester Proudfoot]

You. You gonna track him?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I don't Begrudge anybody a free meal, Chester, but I wanted some of those beans myself.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Sure. See you. Reckon I better go get the horses?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

No, not yet. Let's see where these tracks lead to.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Them princes going right down the creek, ain't they?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Maybe he didn't have a horse.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Nobody don't go around without no horse, Mr. John.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Unless you don't have one.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, yes, but then.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Hey, Chester, keep your eyes open in these bushes, huh? Yes, sir. Down this way.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Looky there. There's my bean pot.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Look yonder.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I declare, it's a woman.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Come on.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Turn her over. Easy. Just sexy.

[Chester Proudfoot]

She alive?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

She's still breathing.

[Chester Proudfoot]

She don't look Very good, Ms. Dillon. Just look at them bruises. Mm.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

She's been beaten, all right. She looks half starved.

[Chester Proudfoot]

She didn't even get to eat them beans she stole.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

We gotta get her to duck.

[Chester Proudfoot]

She ain't fit to ride. She. Mr. Dill?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

No. Chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You notice that old wagon out back of old man Goss's shack?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir, I seen it.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, you ride up there and get it, huh?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, but there wasn't no horse.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You'll have to hitch your horse and lead him, huh?

[Chester Proudfoot]

All right. Do you think you'll settle down enough to pull that wagon?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It's the only chance we have, Chester. Go on now, Chester. Chester, if there are any old blankets in the shack, put them in the wagon, huh?

[Chester Proudfoot]

All right, Ms. Dylan.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I'll do that. Hold up a minute, Chester. Want to take a look at her? All right, sir.

[Chester Proudfoot]

How does she see Mr. John?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

It's hard to tell, Chester. She hasn't moved. And she's still alive anyway.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Poor thing.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah, whoever she was running from gave her plenty of cause. All right, you get on my horse, Chester. I'll lead the wagon for a while.

[Chester Proudfoot]

No, no, I ain't tired, Ms. Dillon. I can go on walking.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Go on, Chester. Mount up. I want to stretch my legs.

[Chester Proudfoot]

All right. I'll say one thing. You're gonna have plenty of time to stretch them between here and Dodge.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I guess you're right. All right, let's go.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I swear in Declarative Dylan, I didn't think we'd ever get here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I'm just glad the wagon hung together.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I don't suppose you'd go much farther.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

And that's a fact, Al doesn't have to. Come on, let's get her up to dock. All right, you take her shoulders. We'll lift her together. All right, now, careful now, Chester. Take her up easy.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I am sure do hope Doc's here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Madden. Chester. What's the matter? Where is it? It's a woman, Doc. Yes.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yes, I see it is.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Where'd she come from?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

We don't know, Doc. She was out near Hat Creek when we found her.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes. You didn't get her here any too soon. She pretty bad off, ain't she, Doc? She's in bad shape, Chester. Yes, she is.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

She took a mean beating.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, it isn't the beating that worries me so much.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

How's that?

[Chester Proudfoot]

This woman is nearly starved to death. Just a. Pour some water in that pan for me, will you? Yeah, Doc. Sure, Doc. Oh, yes. Thank you.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

This is an ugly business, Matt. Yeah, I think she'll be all right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

She has a chance. It's a little too early to say how good a chance.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You'll keep her here?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, of course I'll keep her here.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Thanks, Doc. I. I don't know if you'll get paid.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Oh, stop wasting my time. Help me get her into bed.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, Doc. Come on, Chester. Here, give me a.

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[Chester Proudfoot]

And you don't know who she is?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Don't know anything about her. Just that she was badly hurt and hungry.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Shame. Is she a young woman? Man, Kitty.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

That's kind of hard to tell. She wasn't skinny and so sick.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yeah, Well, I hope she comes out.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Of it all right. The doc said she was doing a little better this morning.

[Chester Proudfoot]

That's good. Maybe I could go see her when she feels well enough.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Would you, Kitty? That'd be nice.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Sure. We women have to hang together or hang separately. That's a lawman's attempt at A joke if I ever heard one. You want me, Sam? I came to speak to the marshal, Miss Kitty.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What can I do for you, son?

[Chester Proudfoot]

That big fell at the bar Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Down at this end. That's the one.

[Chester Proudfoot]

They've been asking after you.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I thought maybe it'd sooner see him over there. Yeah. Sam Banks. See you later, Kitty. I'm the marshal. You were looking for me? You got my woman. Now, what's your name? My name? Jedrow. I come from a woman. What makes you think I've got her? You were seen. You brung her here in the wagon. Are you the one who beat her? I'm her husband. That's not what I ask you. Did you beat her? That ain't rightly none of your business, Marshall. It is if she dies. Allie. Allie ain't gonna die. Well, the doctor isn't so sure. I come to get her. She's in no shape to be moved. I to get her. You here. You listen to me. No, you listen to me. You ain't going to tell me what to do about my war. All right, come on. Get out of here. No need. You ain't telling me. Yes, I am telling you. Now, come on outside. Come on.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Come on.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, now just stand easy. Maybe we can talk. There's nothing to talk about. A man's got a right to see his wife. Man supposed to treat her decently. I got a right to see her. Now, the law says that. All right, Chadro. I'll take you to see her, more like it. But I'll be there too. Come on.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Oh, it's you, Matt.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Hello, Doc. This man's name is Jedrow. He's the woman's husband. Oh, yes. He wants to see her. Well, and I got right. Will it hurt her, Doc?

[Chester Proudfoot]

I don't know if she'll even know him. I shouldn't think she'd want to see him.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

She's my woman. Yeah, she's your woman. It's all right, Doc. I'll take him in there for a minute. All right, man, if you say so.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Come on in. Don't touch it.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

He won't. Ally. I've come to get you, Ally.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Jetro.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Come to take you back. She turned her head away.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Let me get to her. She's unconscious again. She won't speak anymore now.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, General.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Come on up.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I come to get you, Ally. That depends on the dark General.

[Chester Proudfoot]

And on the good Lord. Sam.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Wake up, Matt.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Come wake up.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What? Oh, Doc. What are you doing here?

[Chester Proudfoot]

She's gone, Matt. The Woman's gone.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You mean Hallie?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, Matt. I. I had to walk to the Maury place tonight on a call. When I got back, she was gone. She can't stand it, Matt. She's not well enough.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, hand me that other boot, will you, Doc?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Jedrow must have been waiting. Yeah, and that wagon's gone too. That old one you left out back of the office.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, thanks, Doc. I'll go get the horses. Go get Chester for me, will you? And have him meet me at the livery stable.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Sure, Matt, I will. And I'm awfully sorry this happened.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

But don't worry about it, Doc. We'll get her.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I hope so, Matt. I hope so. It been a sight easier if that general would have took his woman off in the daytime.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

He's not interested in it being easy, Chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, no. Just. Ain't no sense in everybody losing a night's sleep.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I'll kill you. I reckon not. But all things like that might be the wagon there ahead, see?

[Chester Proudfoot]

It does for a fact.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Come on. Hold up, Jedrow. I keep telling you, Marshall, she's my woman. She's not in any shape to move, General. And that just ain't none of your affair. I told you once, it's my affair when somebody is killed. And this would be a killing just like a shooting. Now, come on, snap the wagon. All right, grab the reins, Chester. Now, you listen to me, Jet Roof. This woman has a right to decent care until she's well again. She has a right to decide for herself whether she wants to go back with you. No, I do the decide. She might even want to file charges against you for the beating you gave her. She's going to get the chance, Marshall. Her place is with me. Not right now, it isn't. Now, come on, climb down from the wagon. Well, I ain't doing that. I said, climb down. You ain't gonna shoot me, Marshall, because I ain't wearing no gun. Ain't no way for you to get me down. Yes, there is. You're coming down. No, there ain't.

[Chester Proudfoot]

My arm.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You ain't go. My arm.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Pull it all.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

All right, get up. Oh, my army. You could have broke it. You're lucky I didn't no call to break my arm. Now, you listen to me. I'm gonna drive your wife back to Dodge. And if I see you around there again before she's well, I'll lock you up if I have to break both your arms to do it. A woman's got a right to drive his wife. Yeah, the woman Has a right too, General. All right. Come on, Chester. We're heading back.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Look at that. There's one.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Go ahead, sir.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I tell you one thing, Ms. John. This new batch of circles, these fellows on these wanted posters sure don't get no better looking, do they?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Now, we all can't be handsome like you, just.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Miss Dillon. I ain't handsome, but I don't look like no desperadio, I'll tell you that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I guess you don't at that.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Marshall Dillon?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yes, ma'.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Am.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Marshall Dillon.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, I'm Hallie and I come to thank you, Hallie. Well, Doc Adams told me all you'd done. Affection me to him and all.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, Halle. Yes. I guess I didn't recognize you looking so well like that.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, I. I got my strength.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, Hallie, this is Chester Proudfoot. He helped me bring you.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, I come to thank you too, Mr. Proudfoot. Oh, my. Well, that's all right, ma'. Am.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Doc said that you'd been out the winter's place for a few weeks. Right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

They took me and Marshall like I was one of them. I'm beholden to them all.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Sure looks like they fed you all right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, I. I've took on some and that's a fact.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Fine.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Marshall?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Yes, Helen?

[Chester Proudfoot]

I. I got another reason for coming to see you.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I figured you might, Ellie. What do you want me to do?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well. Well, that's. That's just it, Marshall. I don't want you to do nothing.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Well, what do you mean?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, it's. It's that I'm trying to save you some trouble like Marshall.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

How's that?

[Chester Proudfoot]

I just want to save you the trouble of coming after me.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

You think Jedrow's coming again?

[Chester Proudfoot]

No, Marshall, it ain't Jedro. It's me. I'm going back.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Going back?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, Marshall. I'm going back to Jedrow.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Oh, you don't have to do that, Hallie. He can't force you to.

[Chester Proudfoot]

He ain't forcing me none. He don't even know it.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Then why.

[Chester Proudfoot]

He'Ll. He'll be needing me. Marshall, the crop's coming in.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

What if he treats you so badly?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Jedro don't mean no harm. And if we get a good crop, maybe we'd have enough to eat this year. And Jedrow ain't took mean so often when he's eaten regular.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Allie, you've been a very sick woman. You better think this over.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I've been thinking. That's my place out there. I spoke up to the preacher that.

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I'd take Jedrow the law protect you, Hallie. You don't have to go back to him.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, I do, Marshall. Yes, I do. A woman belongs where her man is. I'm thanking you, Marshall. But I'm going back. Ms. Dylan. Is that right?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

I don't know if it's right or not, but that's the way it's going to be.

[Chester Proudfoot]

You mean you ain't gonna keep her from going back?

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

No, Chester, I'm not. Jedro hasn't kept her from going back. Nobody else. Gun Smoke, produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark with editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine and James Musser. Harley Baer is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, 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.

[Podcast Host Andrew Rines]

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[Chester Proudfoot]

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