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From then on it was one blizzard right after another, roaring down off the flat basin, freezing the creeks and the ponds and piling up snow in the gullies. Stock suffered and men suffered and it got so nobody in town would do anything or go anywhere unless there was some reason they just had to. It was a winter that started out cold and it kept getting col. One of the few places in town where a man could go to get warm was a long branch. They had a big pot bellied stove there that would take 4 foot chunk of cotton wood Most nights they kept it red hot. Matt, you want to know a secret? Yeah, sure Kitty. What is it? I'm in love with a man who invented woolen underwear. You under that? You're darn right. Don't let the dress fool you. Well, it can't do much good. About as big as a saddle blanket for a cotton tail in this Weather, anything helps. How about a drink, Matt? Well, I was kind of waiting around for Doc Kitty, but I guess that baby of Ms. Tucker's turning out to be pretty stubborn. The Tucker's another one? Uh huh. Well, it started out to be a quiet evening. Ah, it's Ned Crater and old man Side Roy. I think it's just a talking fight now, Kenny. This one's due. It's been building for a week now. I'll see you later. You ain't scared, why don't you borrow a gun? Anybody in here alone? You one? They'll be glad to see you called for once. You're yellow, Josh. You're mean, dirty and. Yeah. All right, Crater, you've had your say. Now how do you feel, Marshall? How would you feel about it if you was in my place? Probably the same way you do. But this kind of talk's not gonna help you any. Now. Why don't you take a walk, Go have a drink somewhere else. Oh, sure, while that old skin print stands. Crater, I said take a walk. I'll get it. All right, Marshall. That was well handled, Marshall. Join me for a drink? No, thank you. Siderow, what makes you like you are? I don't believe I understand you. Joshua Siderow, the meanest man in town. Do you like being thought of that way? I'm not much concerned, Marshall. One way or another, a prudent and successful man's always envied, maligned by fools like Ned Crater. That hay barn of yours is full to the roof. You got five times what you need to hold your stock through the winter. Crater's on a ragged edge. He's desperate. A couple of loads that probably carry him. You wouldn't even miss it. Well, he's for sale. Oh yeah, sure, and twice what it's worth. A thing is worth whatever you can sell it for. Marshall, he's no better than the other nesters. They're buying from me. Them has got cash. It's his first year on the land. He's got no cash and no credit, you know that. And he should have been more industrious, shown some foresight. He was caught short by the early rains, the same as the rest of it. Now what's the use? You know, Joshua, someday you're gonna end up being the richest man on Boot Hill. Well, Ned Crater'll never put me there. He might. He's worked up enough. Yeah, he's like all failures. Talks big and does small. He's a fool. Now I'll be here long after he starved to death. I swear to goodness. Mr. Dylan, tomorrow would you chunk into this Cusset stove? The less heat it seems to give off. That's a cold morning, Chester. Throw some buffalo chips in. Yes, and burn out the grates. Again. This jailhouse can't afford a halfway decent stove in weather like this. There we go. Forevermore. Look there. Look who's up bright and early this morning. Joshua's side rope leading the pack horse. Maybe he's gonna pull out, Mr. Dillon. That's wishful thinking, Chester. I wonder why he's coming here. Marshal. Marshal Dillon. Well, I guess there's only one way to get it over with. Marshall. Yeah, Joshua. I brought in the body of my son Jabil. He was murdered during the. Stop Shop. 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Same as last night at Hayes Valleyville. And I didn't aim to lose it. You didn't wake up during the night? You didn't hear anything? Clear conscience makes a sound sleeper. Marshall Jabel wasn't around this morning. I thought he must be out in the barn doing his chores. About 7:30 I went out the barn looking for him. Lock was broke off the door. Finally I found him laying there in the barnyard covered with snow that fell during the night. Any hay missing? No. I figured after they shot Jabil, he got scared and ran off. Matt? It's pretty hard to tell much. It was colder and blue blazes last night. The bodies froze stiff. I got the bullet though. It was a rifle of some kind. Wasn't any six gun. Marshall. If you have no more questions, I'll go and make arrangements for a coffin. Yeah, sure. Go ahead. Joshua. Huh? I. I'm sorry about your boy. I don't regard sentimentality as being a function at law. It's not sympathy I want. It's retribution. Good day. Mean. Mean. That is the one meanest man I ever seen. It's too bad it kicked back on J. Below. He was a good boy, Matt. He was warm hearted and generous. He was nothing like that old man. Yeah, I know, Doc. How do you figure it, Mr. Dillon? And I'm afraid there's only one way to figure it, Justin. All right, let's settle up. We'll go out and get cr. Ain't much sign of life, Mr. John. There's smoke coming out of the chimney. Yeah. Well. Marshall dillon. Chester. Come in. Thank you, ma'. Am. Morning, Ms. Crater. I'll pour you some coffee. We're kind of pushed for time, ma'. Am. Is. Is Ned here? No, it's just me and the young un. Ah. Hey, you know where he is? No, I don't. Marshal Dillon. He's been gone since last night. Hitched up the big wagon, Took the four mules and his saddle horse and left here. Ah, thank you, man. Thank you. He didn't tell you where he was going? No, it just said he wasn't going to sit around while the stock died of starvation and me and the young un went hungry, no matter what it costs. He said if he wasn't back in five days, I was to sell out and go home to my folks. I don't understand what he meant. Well, there's no use reaching for trouble till it gets here, man. Somebody told him yesterday about a camp of Kiowa Indians out toward Badger Crossing. I thought maybe he was going to try to find them and borrow some hay from them. Maybe, but I don't know. And with this blizzard fixing to hit, I'm worried. Marshall. Oh, he'll probably be back by tonight, ma'. Am. Tomorrow morning, anyway. How's the boy? Oh, well, he's been a little croupy all week, but I guess in this kind of weather you have to expect that. Sure. Half the kids in Dodger got a touch of it. Well, we better be riding on this crater. Well, I'll tell Ned you was here. Yeah, you do that, will you? And thank you very much for the coffee. Bye. Goodbye. Bye. What do you think, Mr. Jones? I don't know, Chester. Them Kiowas don't do much loaning. No, but they'll trade. He didn't get any hay at the side rows. You figure he Went on to Badger Crossing. There's only one way to find out. The storm really hit us a couple of hours out. Blinding snow on a cold driving wind. The trail was already a foot deep and it got worse. The horses didn't like the going and kept trying to tail off to the wind. Times it got so bad we had to take shelter in a coulee and wait it out for a while. When it came dark we hadn't made over 8 or 10 miles. And after all that trouble we still come pretty close to missing it. Did you hear something, Mr. Dillon? I'm not sure, Chester, but pull up. Whatever it was, it came from over there toward the creek bank. Sure sounded to me like that's what it is. It's somebody yelling. Yeah, it's down that way. Come on over here. Watch out for that bank. I see it. There he is, Mr. Dylan. His wagon is down in the creek. Yeah, it's Ned Crater's rig. He's broke through the ice back down. Give me a hand here. Cut those mules loose and get them out of there, Crater, before you lose them along with the wagon. They can pull out all right, but I believe the box here loose the lines. They'll found her right into the water. Marshall, grab the lead mules halter and get them straight. They'll pull her out all right. That water's freezing, Mr. Dylan. Well, that's not going to get any warmer before April. Come on, sister. All right, keep the lines tight, Crater. Yeah, I know. All right, get her out of there, mule. Come on. Just go straight. That's it. Come on. That's it. That's it. Get her out of there. I told you that Colin. Oh, now. Well. Marshall, what the devil are you doing? Clear out here. Talk about it later. Kick some wood out from under that snow and let's get a fire going before we freeze to death. I sure wasn't aiming to lose that load of hay, Marshall. Well, you just about did in that creek. Where'd you get a crack? A band of Kiowas back at Badger Cross and I traded him my saddle pony. Now that pinto mare. There's a lot of horse for a load of hay. Well, what are you gonna do when you ain't got choice? That argument you got into with old Joshua's sidewalk, what started it? Quiter. Well, that boy of his, young Gable, stopped by our place a couple days ago. Told me he'd see to it I got at least one load of hay. Then when I run into old Joshua the long branch and told him about it. He just laughed, old devil. He said Dick kid was out of his mind, that he didn't have no more authority around the place than the other cowhand. You got your rifle with you? Yeah, sure. I'd like to take a look at him. All right. I won't guarantee what condition it's in. I've been so plain busy, I ain't had time to do nothing. Right here. Here you are. Thanks. Where'd you clean this gun last? A couple of weeks back. I told you it was in pretty bad shape. Couldn't be much worse. I wouldn't try to fire it till I got the rust out of that barrel. Marshall, what's all this about? Jabol's side row was found lying dead in the barn lot this morning. You've been shot. So that's what you're doing out this way. Yeah, that's it. Well, Marshall, if you figure I killed Jabo side row for this load of hay, you're wrong. I'd do most anything to keep my stock from starving, but not that. Not killing. I know. Then you're not arresting me? No. Well, I figured you thought that. I did at first, Crater. That's why we rode out to find you. But I guess you couldn't have shot him. Not with your rifle in that condition. You mean I can go home? Yeah. And Chester and I'll give you a hand with a wagon. Thanks, Marshall. Well, after we get Crater home, what are we going to do, Mr. Gill? Have a look at a barn full of hay. Chester, Stop. Start smoking with a smile. With Chesterfield? Yes. Put a smile in your smoking. It's as easy as abc. 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I thought we was being quiet. What are you gonna shoot at? Well, the moon makes as good a target as anything, so that made enough racket to raise the dead. I hope you're right. Hold it right there you are. I got a rifle on you. All right, calm down, Joshua. It's Matt Dillon. Marshall, what you meaning of this? What's happened to that clear conscience of yours, Joshua? You're not sleeping as sound as you claim you were night before last. I thought somebody was after me. He? Who'd you have in mind? I don't know. That's what I come out to see. Shot woke me up. It didn't night before last. The shot, Other dogs. None of it woke yet. Well, what happens once don't have to happen the same way again. No, in fact, some things can't happen the same way again. What do you mean, Marshall? When you only got one son, you can only kill him once. Now, what was it, Joshua? An argument? Did he finally stand up on his feet and defy you? No. No, you're wrong, Marco. You know you're the only man in Dodge with a lock on his barn. You told me something. Did Jabil have a key to it? No, he didn't. And what made you think he was out there at his chores yesterday morning when he didn't even have a key to get into the barn? All right, I shot him. He was a thief. He was your own son. I caught him in the middle of the night breaking into the barn. He was going to take a load of hay to the craters. Give it to him. Mind you, he ignored my orders, cursed me, and I shot him. He's the same as any other common thief. Jury will see it that way. I wouldn't count on it, Joshua. All right, now give me a little rifle. Give it to me. All right, let's go. Wait a minute. I got a nail up that door. I can't leave it open. I got valuable hay in that barn. Don't worry about it, Joshua. The neighbors will take care of it for you. Now, come on. In a moment, our star, William Conrad. Put a smile in your smoking. It's as easy as abc. Because Chesterfields made with Accuray are. 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