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This episode is going to be Gun Smoke original air dates July 5, 1952 and the title is Never Pester Chester. Hope you enjoy and again, thanks for listening. If you're the purchasing manager at a manufacturing plant, you know having a trusted partner makes all the difference. That's why, hands down, you count on Grainger for auto reordering. With on time restocks, your team will have the cut resistant gloves they need at the start of their shift. And you can end your day knowing they've got safety well in hand. Call 1-800-GRAINGER Click grainger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done. You're jamming your favorite song. And while you aren't missing a beat, you could be missing a signal from your body. It's an SOS from your kidneys and it doesn't sound like music at all. It's silent. High blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and other risk factors can quietly stress the kidneys, leading to negative impacts on the heart. That's why you should ask your doctor about a simple urine test called uacr. Most miss the signal for hidden kidney disease and related heart risk. You shouldn't visit detectthesos.com today to learn more. Around Dodge City and in the territory on West. There's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers. That's with the U.S. marshal and the spell of Gun Smoke. Gun Smoke Starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America. The story of a man who moved with it. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. Sure is hot today, Mr. Dillon. Yeah. Used to get hotter in Sweetwater, though. Texas? Yes, sir. But I wasn't there very long. No? What'd you do there, Chester? Oh, I was a salesman, Mr. Dylan. Salesman. Well, what'd you sell? Lightning rods. Lightning? Oh, well now they're good things to have, Mr. Dylan. Why? I had a line of light. Don't explain it to me, Chester. Too hot. Well, I'll go get us some beer. Maybe that'll help. I don't think I want any beer, Chester. Well then why don't you just go take a siesta, Mr. Dillon? I'll stay here in the office. Why don't you just leave me alone? All right, Mr. Dylan. Marshall. Yeah, what do you want, Doc? Couple of cowboys been peeling their liquor over at the Texas Trail. That's what saloons are for, isn't it? Yeah, they were giving Kitty a bad time. Oh, she got rid of them now. But they're down at the end of Front street now making remarks and pestering the town ladies. It just might lead to trouble. Well, I'm not gonna walk down there in this heat just to lecture a couple of hard nosed cowboys. I'll go, Mr. Dillon. Oh good. Chester, you go, huh? Just tell him to take it easy and leave the ladies alone. Yes, Sir, I will, Mr. Dylan. Hey lady, you ever been to Texas? Real men down there. Not like these short grass cans. All right boys, now that's enough. Who's this? A preacher maybe? Boys, Marshall Dillon sent me down here. And we're gonna send you right back. Fellas, Mr. Dylan said you can have all the fun you like, but to leave the ladies alone, that's a whole dang trouble. These Dodge ladies, they've been left alone too long. Yeah, what they need is a couple of big handed Texas men. Look now. Now why don't you go over there to the Alganza? I'll buy you both a beer. You will, huh? Well that's mighty thoughty of you, mister. We just don't want any trouble, that's all. Sure we don't. And I got an idea how we won't have any. Wait till I get on my horse here. Stay with our friend a minute, Trevit. Hey mister, I'll make a bet. What kind of bet? What do you mean? Any kind. You name it. Come on. Well, but I don't. I got him. He spilled his gun. Trevor, pick it up and grab your horse. Get this rope off of me. Maybe it'll wear off. Mister, you're going for a ride. Dragon. Tobo. Dragon. Let's go. They got Chester Marshall. What? What? Who got Chester? Cowboys. They roped him and dragged him out of town. Come on. What? Well, which way? West. I'm going with you. Hurry. Come. All right. There they are. But they're not dragging anything. They must have cut him loose. There he is. By that safe brush. Chester. Chester. Get that rope off his feet, Shiloh. Look at him. He's bleeding all over. They tore him to ribbon. I'll stay with him, Marshall, if you'd like. No, Shiloh. Go get our horses up. I get him back to the dock right away. All right, Marshall. So, Chester, I got you now. We'll be at the docks soon. Easy, Chester. Easy, fellow. Easy now. I'll carry him when you get tired, Marshall. I won't get tired, Shiloh. Not for a long time. Well, Doc? He's in bad shape, Marshall. The worst is something's bothering his breathing. I don't know what it is. We'll just have to wait and see if it goes away. If he lives the next few days he'll pull through. Oh, Doc. I know, I know, I know. I'll stay right here with him. Why did I have to send him? Why didn't I go? Oh, and I don't blame myself. I told him to go, didn't I? Yes, but Doc, can I talk to him? No, no, Martha. No. Not too well. All right, then. Would you tell him this for me? They've gone after those men. I'm going to bring them back alive. Or at least half alive. In the street outside, waves a heat move back and forth, making things seem unreal. Like Chester line up there at docks. That seemed unreal somehow. I walked down to the jail and I went inside and I sat there for a while. Then all at once I got up and unbuckled my guns and I hung them on a peg behind the desk. And I went over to the Texas Trail. I'm over here, Matt. Sit down, Matt. I heard about Chester. How is he? Doc doesn't know for sure. Oh, they were in here bothering you. Who were they, Kitty? I never saw him before. One was a kind of weasel faced man named Trevitz. And the other big man, real brute named Stobo. I think I see what outfit they say. Would it be the crow track? Yeah. The crow track's holding a herd up the river. Thank you, Kitty. Wait a minute, Matt. Yeah? No business of mine to ask, but where are your guns? It would have been easier for Chester if it had shot him and killed him. But I don't see. So I'm not going to shoot them. Chester dies, I'll see him hanged. Otherwise. Otherwise what, Matt? I don't know. But I'm going to bring him back And? And we'll wait and see. You're taking an awful chance. Maybe. Oh, Matt, please be careful. Sure. Kitty. Yeah, man. Look in on Chester once in a while, will you? Maybe. Of course I will. Don't worry about him. Thank you, Kitty. So long, Marshall. What is a chalum? I walk out side with you. Marshall, I want to ride after those cowboys with you. No, Shilo, I'm going alone. But we could use you here at the jail here. I'm going to take two prisoners. I don't know when or how, but I need a jailer when they come in. So I'll bring them in with you and then I'll. No, that's something I have to do alone, Marshall. You're a stubborn man. But okay, I'll do it. Keys are in my desk. Now, here's my horse. I'm going now. He. Wait a minute, Marshall. You're not armed. I know it. Shiloh. Goodbye. Who's the trail boss here? Where is he? Here I am. And I don't need any rider. Maybe not, but you got two riders I need. What do you want, mister? That's the coat track outfit, isn't it? That's right. I'm looking for a couple of your men called Stobo and Trevor. They ain't here, mister. And where are they? I come back this afternoon, picked up the gatherings and left. Didn't even wait to get paid off. I'm telling you this just because they're no good and I'm glad they're gone. Which way did they go? I wouldn't tell you if I knew. I didn't think you would. Who are you anyway? I'm a U.S. marshal on the Dutch, that's all. Well, I don't know what you want them for and I don't care. But how you gonna take a marshal? Put salt on her tail. You ought at least take a club if you're going after that Stovo. He's mean. He's big. Besides being a Texas, we've hung Texans up here before, Mr. Marshall. Yeah, I heard Stobo and Trevit say they were heading west, following the Arkansas. Where are you from, son? Texas. Near Waco. And what are you sniveling around and forming on these men for? Let Stobo kick me. Knock me down and kick me. All right, son, I'll ride along the Arkansas. But you ride back to Texas and learn how to fight your own battles. We will return for the second act of gun smoke in just a moment. But first, the conventions start next Monday. When The Republican Party takes over Chicago. CBS radio's greatest reporting names and a core of technical experts manning mobile units and studios covering the convention floor and corridors are all set to bring you history as never before. Whatever happens, wherever it happens you'll miss nothing when you tune in the conventions on CBS Radio starting next Monday. Now the second act of gun smoke. I cut straight down to the Arkansas and followed it west. I rode close to the water where I could use the sound of it for only my cover. After an hour or two, I spotted a hobbled horse alone. Stobo and Trebek must have separated. I got down and followed the animals tracks as best I could in the moonlight until I caught the dying cools of a campfire on the bank ahead. To one side, I could make out the huddled figure of a man asleep in his blanket. Took a long time to crawl to his head where I saw the weasel face of the man. Trevit. His gun belt lay on a sleep saddle blanket in easy reach. I stood up and heaved it out to the river. And as Trevit set up, with a snap, I kicked him back. Don't you. Don't you. You sit up again and I'll smash your skull. Trevit. Don't kill me. Don't kill me. Shut up. Now, where's your rope? I told you to lie down. Now, where's your rope? Under my saddle. There. You gonna lynch me? No, but you may hang legally if you live that long. Now, keep your arms, not blanket, and lie still while I get you roped up. Here. Who are you, mister? Yeah, that'll do it. Let's just say I'm a good friend of a man you dragged out of Dodge this morning. Stobo was in on that too. It was his idea. He did it. Don't worry. I'll find Stobo. You ain't gonna leave me like this. I'll be back. You ain't even carrying a gun. Too bad for you I'm not. Now, Trevin, I'm gonna throw you across my horse and tie you on. He'll take you under Dodge, right to the jail. When you get there, tell Shilo who you are. If you can still talk, he'll give you a nice clean cell. You're the marshal. I'll be back when I find Stobo. You can't do it, marshal. I'll die on that. Son, ride like that across a horse? No, no, listen. Stobo's about a mile up river. We had a row and I left him. See, I told you Marshall. Let me go. Now, Rabbit, how would you like to go to Dodge? Behind my horse with a rope around. Jeez. No, no, no, no. Don' don't kill me. I'll pack you on. Now, I tied Trevit across my horse and started him off in the direction of Dodge. And then I forgot about him. Stobo was next. I rode west on Trevit's horse. Dawn was just breaking when I saw him crouched behind a campfire cooking breakfast. His horse was saddled and stood nearby. I rode straight up, got down and walked over. You lost, stranger? No, I'm not lost, Stubbo. No tricks, mister. I don't see a gun, but no trick. Relax, Stubbo. I'm on unarmed. Who are you? Matt Dillon. I'm U.S. marshal out of Dodge. You're a long way from Dodge, Marshall. Stobo, you and your pal had some fun with a friend of mine yesterday. You hurt him bad. Maybe you killed him. You rode out here without a gun to tell me that? You're the craziest marshal I ever saw. I'm gonna shoot you, Marshall, and bury you in the river. What do you think of that? I expected you would. But unless you want it on your conscience that you refuse to feed a man on the trail, you better give me a piece of that pork first. You're about the coolest man I ever saw, Marshall. Do I eat? Sure you do. Sure. You just stand right there across the fire and don't move. I have to shoot you before you've been fed. I know. It's too bad I only got one dish for your last meal, Marshall. A man can keep sassy on meat alone, Stobo. Yeah, he sure can. Well, looks about done. At least this here piece is. You can't. All right. I got your gun sober, so don't try anything. You burn me, you burn me. Just a few colds. It won't hurt you. Now shut up and get on your horse. Oh, kill you for this, Marshall. You can't hurt me like that. I'm your horse. Come on, now. Get up there. Now, you just sit there, Sobo. I'm gonna throw a noose around your neck, so keep your hands down there. Now, you ride to Dodge and you do anything I don't like, and I'll jerk you off your horse and drag you the rest of the way. All. Jail's on the left. You see it? I see it. All right, pull up. Shiloh. Shilo. Well, hello, Marshall. This other one? Yeah, Private. Get here. More dead than alive. But he's here. That was rough, Marshall. Real rough. Yeah, Shiloh. How about Chester? Tell me. Doc. Ain't sure yet, but he's alive. Lock Stovo up. I'm going over to Doc's. All right, you get down and walk straight, or I'll shoot you through both knees. Chester was a sleep, but the doc let me take a look at him. Seemed to me he had more trouble breathing than before. But the doc said another day might see him out of it, and there was nothing I could do. So I went up for a steak and some sleep, and the next morning I went back to the jail. Morning, Marshall. Everything all right, Shiloh? Doc looked over your prisoners. Trevor's pretty sick yet, but Stobel's all right. Got a few burns is all. Nothing could hurt that moose. A hanging might. Sure, but what if Chester pulls through? You can't hold us in, Marshall. There's no law that says. I don't like the sound of your voice, Trevor. But you can't. Be quiet. Don't worry, Travis. You too, Stobo. Shut the door, Shiloh. I don't even want to look at him. That Stobel's a mean one, but I feel kind of sorry for training and go cry about it someplace else. I don't feel sorry. Don't you take it out on me, Marshall. I didn't send Chester off to do my job. I. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. I'm. I'm sorry. Go get some breakfast, huh? Shiloh. I'll wait here now. I'll be back later. Hello, Marshall. Doc. What? Well, what? Is the doc coming? Chester. He's gonna be all right. You sure? Well, of course, Marshall. His breathing suddenly changed. The pressures off some ways. Oh, he's going to be fine. That's good. That's good. Of course, he'll be in some pain for w, I think. Yeah. Yeah. All right, Doc. I'll. I'll come see him in a little while. I'll tell him for you, Max. All right. Come on, Travis. Where to? Come on, I said. What's up, Marsh? I'll be back for you, Stobo. Now get going. It was Stobo. Did he? Not me. You can't do anything to me. Shut up. Revit your horses down at the National. Go get on it. You turning me loose? Get your horse and ride. And don't ever come back to Dodge. Not while I'm alive. Now go on before I change my mind. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, I'll go. You're next. What you do with Travis? Put a knife in Him. I turned him loose. Now come on, get out of that cell. Am I free to. You will be in a little while. Tell the doc Marshall. Chess it. Hey, where you going with Stovo? Going to shoot me in the back, probably. That right, Marshall? I'm gonna do what I should have done three days ago when I sent Chester after you. Bring him outside, Shiloh. Let's go, Stovo. Slow and eas. Bring him over here, Shiloh. You're gonna drag me, is that it? You try that, that's what you do, isn't it, Stubbo? Don't try. Never mind. Shiloh. Hold my gun here. What? I get it. You're gonna fight me. Marshall, you're crazier than I thought. Why? I'll tear your throat out if he wins. Let him go, Shiloh. Maybe I will. I said you'll let him go. All right, Marshall, all right. Maybe you are crazy, but I guess this is your party. Come on, Marshall. I'll make it short for you. Real short. Stand back, everybody. Get back, do you hear? You're big Sobo, but you're stupid. You're ugly stupid. Why you. Give me my guns. Shallow. You don't look too good, Mar. I better get that doc. He's hurt, but he isn't dead. If he can't ride, throw him on a stage. Forget him. Out of here. I see him again, I'll shoot him. Chester, can I come in? My, what happened to you? I been lecturing a couple of hard nosed cowboys. One in particular. Oh, I see. I'm sorry, Mr. Dillon. Lucy sort of got the drop on me. Yeah, sure did. Mr. Dillon. Yeah? I've been thinking and, And. Yeah? What is it, Chester? Well, Mr. Dillon, I, I'm not much help to you here. Maybe I better just. That's enough, Chester. Well, but I, I've been thinking. Well, just stop thinking. Yes. Now, look, Chester, I'm gonna tell you something. I, I, I need you here. You see, you're the only man in Dodge I can really trust. The only one. Yes, sir. Well, you, you can trust me, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, and I know, and I'm thanking you, Chester. But you're sure no help to me lying there, you know, no help at all. Well, I, I don't aim to stay here long. The doc says I'll be up and around again. Look, Chester, I, I tell you what. I, I'll go get patched up and then we'll make Kitty come over and fix us some sticks and we'll, we'll have some beer too, huh? Well, what do you say My, that'd be fine, Mr. Dillon. My, I'd sure like that. Gun Smoke Transcribed under the direction of Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U. S. Marshal. Tonight's story was especially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Featured in tonight's cast were Paul Dubov, Lou Krugman and Georgia Ellis with Don Diamond, Gil Stratton and Jack Crucian. Parley Bear is chester and Howard McNear is Doc. 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