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The story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancy job and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely. What do you think makes the perfect snack? Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient. Could you be more specific when it's cravenient? Okay, like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at AM pm. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a second at a.m. pM. I'm seeing a pattern here? Well, yeah. We're talking about what I crave, which is anything from am pm. What more could you want? Stop by AMPM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience. Am, pm Too much good stuff. Have you noticed, Minna, the new houses all seem to be on one floor? I'd like that. 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Well, it's just that I don't like walking all the way to the end of Dodge to look at some horse that you want to buy. He's a pretty good horse. Oh, you're probably poor as a crow, Doc. If you remember, I didn't even ask you to come with me. Well, I wouldn't let you go alone. Horse could sell you a blind horse, lame and three legs, and you wouldn't know the difference. You don't know the difference between a slick fork and a single tree, and you're trying to tell me to put it. Well, I'll be. What? Look at that fella yonder, over by the stable. Oh, what about it, Doc? That's a coffin he's got in his wagon, ain't it? By golly, it sure looks like it. Hello there. Hello. What that's got there ain't my wagon. That's a burying box. And I might find one too. I made it myself. Has it got anything in it? Well, now, that's a mighty personal question, mister. I don't even know your name. Oh, I'm Chester Proudfoot, and this here is Doc Adams. Yeah, my name is Mather. Glad to know you. Hey, you. You a real doctor? Well, that's been argued both ways. I like you. Well, I. Well, I sure wish you'd been here when Orson Boggs took sick. Well, who's Orson Boggs? That's Orson Boggs laying right there in that box. Oh, what'd he die of? Killed an acre. He fought him for a whole week, and then he just give up. He was the best friend I had in this whole world. You live around here, do you? No. Now, we was traveling, heading west. You aim to take him with you? Orson? Dad, no. No, sir. He's his. His last request was to be buried in a proper burying ground. And I'm going to do it right here in Dodge. Proper? Yeah. You mean you call Boot Hill a proper burying ground? It'll do. I'm going to plant him this afternoon, and then tonight I got to fill his other last request for that. Well, Orson left me share of our grub steak. It ain't much, but it'll serve for a wake. A wake? Yeah, it's fitting improper. A man should have a wake if he wants one. And Orson said to hold a big one. They hold a wake, you know, before the burying, not after. Well, this is the way Orson wanted it, so that's the way it going to be. I'm going to hire a room and invite everybody who wants to come. And you're invited. Both of you? Oh, well, yes. Thank you. What about this burying? Don't you need a preacher and all? Oh, no. Orson Bobbs had no dealing with preachers. He asked me to let they dig a hole and put him in it and fill it up. And that's all. Well, maybe I'll speak a word or two. Well, I gotta find the stable man. I'll see you later. And be sure to come to the way. Bring anybody you like. Lots of liquor, lots of. You know, Doc, I wouldn't be surprised by what. I went to that barrel and wait, will you know something, Chester? I wouldn't be surprised if you did either. Wow, Mr. Don. Well, I sure am glad you got back, but I didn't expect you till tomorrow. I'm away three days and you've got to go and get married, huh? Oh, now looky here, Mr. Dung. Just cause a man wants to look nice for a party, ain't no cause to think he's clean lost his mind. Oh, party? Well, that's different. Who's celebrating? Gus Mather. He's holding awake tonight. Lots of free food and liquor. All he can drink, he says. Who Does a friend of his, Mr. Orson Boggs? Orson Boggs? I don't believe I know him either. Well, you're invited to the wake anyway. Everybody is. And you'd better come, too. Why? There's something funny about this whole business, Mr. John. How's that? Well, sir, Gus Mather drove into Dodge with Orson Boggs already in his coffin. Buried him on Boot Hill this afternoon. With no preacher, no nothing. You think something's wrong? To tell the truth, I don't know what to think. Well, we'll go see. That is, if you don't mind being with a man who isn't quite as flashy a dresser as you were. Oh, no, I don't mind him. All right, let's go. This is the story of the One. 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No, I mean for the vittles. I hope it ain't all gone. If I know you, you'll make out somehow. I want to thank all of you for coming tonight. Orson Boggs would have been mighty pleased. Orson Boggs was the best friend I ever had. He was the best man ever to come out of the Red bank country. Here's to him. My goodness. What a way to mourn for a man. Yeah. Of course, if he's dead, I guess it don't matter now anyway. That just Ma doesn't know how to throw a party, don't he? Well, it must be worth it to it. How do you mean? This whole business could be a way to let the world know that Orson Boggs is dead. Just mean you think he ain't. It could be. Well, why would a man want people to think Boggs was dead if he ain't? Escape the law would be a good reason. But we ain't never heard of no worse than Bugs being wanted. Maybe he hasn't been found out yet. Now, let's go say hello to Gus, huh? We're not being polite. Well, I guarantee we won't find out nothing from him. We can try. Hello there. Hello there, Chester. Hello, Gus there. This here is Marshall Dillon. What's up, guys? Whoa. You're welcome here. Thank you. Let me get you a drink. Thank you. It's too bad about Orson. Bugs, Gus. Where was your prom, anyway? Oh, he is a long way from here, Marshall. But he was from Kansas. Oh, yes. Yes, you could say that. Here's your dick, Marshall. Chester. Yeah, he was from Kansas, all right. We was headed west and I'll have to go it alone now. You from Kansas, too, guys? Me, Me. I'm from everywhere. I got no real home, Marshall. I just drift around like ocean bogs did. As we came in, you were saying something about the red bank country. That's down near the Pawnee Reservation, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, well, we drifted through here a couple of times in here, and we. Well, Marshall, I better see to the men's drinks. Gotta keep the boys oiled up, you know. Come on, boy. He's a sly old devil, ain't he? He's hiding something, all right, Chester. And it's gonna take time to find out what it is. Well, you sure ain't gonna find out tonight. And as long as we're here, there ain't no reason to be standoffish. Are they? I guess not, Chester. Come on, let's belly up to the bar. Sir? Huh? McDillan. Yeah, what do you want, Chester? Nothing. I just wondered where you was going. Well, I was going into the Long Branch for a beer. You want to join me? Or have you sinned enough for one day? You put it that way. And I don't know what to say. Don't say anything. Come on. Well, Matt, Chester. Come to join the party? Oh, what party? Gus Mather over there. He's buying drinks for everybody. We already been to one of his parties. Two beers, Salmon. I heard about the wakey too, the other night. But I heard there were men drinking there until dawn. And most of them were in here the next day trying to cure their hangovers. Oh, thanks, Dan. Here you go, Chester. Well, thank you, Ms. Dylan. Well, Matt, you're getting as free with your money as Gus Mather. He's been buying drinks in here right and left for three days running. You think he has millions? Kiddie, how much money has Gus been spending? Oh, that little group he's got over there with him now is nothing. Come evening, he'll have 15 or 20 men. He's treat always like that. What are you thinking, Mr. Jones? I'm thinking that's too much money for a man to come by easily. Legal, you mean? Yeah, legal. But now gone. Ms. Jones, why don't you just go set him down hard some words and make him talk? Chester, I can't just beat it out of him. Besides, he's pretty sly. He's only let one thing slip so far. What's that? About Orson Boggs coming from the Red bank country. Remember how he tried to cover that up when I asked him about it? Oh, by golly, he did, didn't he? It's a long way from here, but we're going anyway. We are? Finish your beer and get the horses. I'll meet you at the office. Yes, sir. That's all. I'm kidding. Good luck, Mat. Well, they sure ain't much of a police. Reckon that fellow was right. Police? Said he thought the bugs lived on Ash Creek. This is the only cabin we've seen in 10 miles. Well, there's somebody out in front, Poe, in the dust. Must be her, huh? Yeah. How do, ma'? Am? Not it you, Ms. Boggs. How do you know my name? We ran into a buffalo hunter way back. He said he thought you lived down along here somewhere. He was pretty nosy, wasn't he? I'm a marshal out of Dodge. Matt Dillon. This is Chester Proudfoot. I do, ma'. Am. Just what do you want here, Marshall? Oh, we're looking for Orson Boggs, ma'. Am. He is your husband, isn't he? Of course he's my husband. Is he around? I'd like to talk to him. He ain't here. Ain't been here for some days. So you might as well tell me what this is all about. Did you know a man named Gus Mather, friend of your husband? My husband don't have no friends, Marshall. We come out here to lead a moral life, to keep away from people and temptation and sin and worldliness. You sure picked a good spot for him, Ms. Boggs. Do you know where your husband is? He went off on a hunting trip. Said he was getting restless. And he went alone. Of course he went alone. What's this all about, Marshall? Ms. Boggs, that man I mentioned, Gus Mather. He's in Dodge telling everybody that Orson's dead. He ain't dead. I'd know it somehow. I'd know it if he was. Gus Mather claims he's Orson's best friend. He's lying. You've got to be. You sure you don't know him? About 55, spry, gray haired? I told you, Orson don't have no friends. Then how did Gus Mather know Orson's name? How should I know? I ain't responsible for this Gus Mather. Now, if you leave me be, I got work to do. Good day to you. Well, if that ain't the cold blooded stoolman I ever did meet. She's hiding something, Chester. Too bad it ain't her face. We going back to Dodge now? Yeah. 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Plenty of time for the job. Marshall. Ms. Bars. Come in. Orson ain't come home yet, Marshall. Oh, this Gus Matthew he was talking about, I'd like to have a look at him. Well, he's your long branch, Mr. Jones. At least he was an hour ago. The Long branch is that saloon just across the street there. Saloon? The earth will open up one day and swallow this sinful town, Marshall. Well, I'm afraid they just build another one like it. Chester, why don't you go get Gus Mather out of there for Ms. Buggs? I said I'd like to have a look at him. I won't talk to any man who has liquor on his breath. Would you mind getting close enough to look through the window at him, Ms. Buggs? And no closer. All right, let's go then. You might maybe have went, but now, let's see. From what I hear about Gus Mather, he'll be there all right. Yeah, he's there. He's drunk. Little, maybe. I thought you said you didn't know Gus Mather. I've seen him. I never knew what he called himself. Then he is a friend of your husband, Marshall, that man in there is no friend of my husband or of mine. Never was. We wouldn't endure such sinful ways. Lying living in corruption. He's going down to the eternal fires of damnation. You feel mighty strong about Gus Mather, don't you? My husband was a fine, upstanding man. What's that got to do with Mather in there? Precious little, I can tell you. Well, Marshall, I've seen what I come to Dodge to see. Orson would be better off dead than in there. Yes, ma'. Am. What are you gonna do now? I'm going home first thing in the morning. There's a good hotel up the street there. Thank you kindly, Marshal. Well, if that don't be over. Traveling all this way just to take a look at Gus Mather. She had more reason than that, Chester. What's that? I don't know exactly. They go find Doc and then meet me at the office. We're gonna make a little trip up to Boot Hill. Well, where in the world have you two been? Covered with dirt. What have you been doing? You wouldn't believe me if I told you, Miss Kitty. Have you seen Gus Mather, Kitty? Gus? Yeah, about the middle of the afternoon. He went out back. He was mighty drunk. Wong about dark. Some fella found him and carried him up the docks. He thought he was dead at first. Probably had the fan. Todd's. I was looking for you earlier, Matt. Where were you? Digging up a grave on Boot Hill. Him? He's been in there 24 hours a day, every day since that wake. Now, when we want him, he's passed out. There isn't much we can do about it Now. Let's get some sleep. We'll see Gus in the morning. Good morning, Matt. Doc. How's your patient this morning? Well, his patient ain't the man he used to be, Marshall. Oh, I'm sure. Drinking forever. You'd better be, or you'll have no insides left. Oh, yeah. Come in. Yes, ma'. Am. He don't look so sick to me. Well, he was sick, ma'. Am. My descent. This is Mrs. Boggs, Doc. Mrs. Orson Boggs. I heard about him being drunk in an alley. Now some men drug him up here. Well, now, Mrs. Boggs, that ought to be your deathbed you're lying on. Hey, it would be a blessed thing if you was to have a forgiving nature. Forgiveness belongs to the Lord. Well, not to us here below. Get your pants on. Excuse me, Ms. Boggs, but this is a mighty sick man. Get your pants off. He was sick and it done him good. But he's coming home now. I'm getting him on. Hush. He just tried to do away with Orson Boggs, but it didn't work. No man can escape hisself. Then Gus here is Orson Boggs. Wait. You don't seem too surprised. Last night, Chester and I spent some time on Boot Hill. We found the coffin near buried. There was just a log in it. No body. No Orson Boggs. Oh, I thought I heard everybody. Plumb fool. He run off. Stole our savings. Spent every penny, the miserable sinner. Yeah, that's all true, Marshall. I thought up the whole plan myself. I just got tired of being good all the time. Well, you're going back to being good. 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