 I'm Palmer Payne, WNEW News on the Radio Theatre. That's the theme from the Sears Radio Theatre. Tonight, a story of the West with Lauren Green as your host. Here's a preview. Well, now that you're rid of all that litter, what are you gonna do? Listen close now, little girl. One move from you or one single word which displeases me and I'm gonna ventilate you. The Sears Radio Theatre will begin after this message from your local station. Lucky. Yeah, I was lucky. It happened in my own living room and Rusty knew how to do CPR. What's that? Oh, let's see. CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Rusty learned it at school. They teach him how to do chest compression and mouth-to-mouth breathing for people who've had heart attacks or electric shocks. You mean your kids saved your life? Well, he kept me going until the ambulance arrived. I probably wouldn't be here now if Rusty hadn't known CPR. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, or CPR, was pioneered and developed by the American Heart Association to sustain lives until advanced cardiac support arrives. A person using CPR pumps blood for a heart that is stopped and breathes for lungs that can't. The American Heart Association wants everyone to learn CPR. Contact us to find out where and when CPR is taught in your community. We're fighting for your life. This is Lorne Green. The year is 1896. Grover Cleveland is president. In that year, Dorothy Dix began the first column of advice to the love Lorne in a New Orleans newspaper. Utah was admitted to the Union after trying for 40 years and being refused until they agreed to outlaw polygamy. In that year, only three years after the first hamburger was sold, book matches became popular and William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the presidency by the populist party. And also in that year, only two years before Sir John Dewar was to invent the thermos flask, William Jennings Bryan was defeated for the presidency. Billy Sunday began his career and a court rejected plans to build a subway in New York City by quoting St. Luke. Which of you intending to build a tower, siteth not down first and counter the cost, whether you have sufficient to finish it? Now who he'd such advice today? It was the mauve decade. Mauve said Mr. Whistler, mauve is just pink trying to be purple. In 1896, James B. Connolly won the hop, skip and jump in the first modern Olympics. Yet with all this progress, one of civilization's basic questions remained unanswered. What's a girl to do in a small town on a Saturday night? And that's only the beginning of our story. Sears Radio Theatre, a new adventure in radio listening. Five nights of exceptional entertainment every week brought to you in Elliott Lewis' production of The Sears Radio Theatre. Our story, A Poor Orphan Girl by Percy Granger. Our stars, Noelle North and Sam Edwards. The Sears Radio Theatre is brought to you by Sears Robot and Company. Sears, where America shops for value. And now a special message of interest to shoppers across America from Sears. Everybody has been talking about inflation. Well here's what Sears is helping to do about it. Starting the 1st of May, all prices in Sears Spring General Catalog will be reduced 5%. This means a discount of 5% will automatically be taken off the price of anything and everything you order from the Spring General Catalog between May 1st and July 31st, 1979. Also beginning in May, Sears retail stores across the nation will reduce their regular price of selected items, which means you can expect even greater values. In addition, for limited periods of time, Sears will sharply reduce the price on scores of items in our retail stores. Watch for these Sears Super Values on TV, radio and magazines and your local paper, and you'll benefit from price cuts each month. Everyone wants to control inflation. These are some of the ways Sears is helping to do it. Sears, where America shops for value. When my brother was my age, being in style meant wearing old jeans and about a pound of dirt. Today, us guys are more sophisticated in our style. And that's why Sears has StyleWorks. A guy can pick up on the latest styles in jeans, tops, sweaters, and dressier clothes like vested suits. I can depend on the StyleWorks shop at Sears for just about everything to keep me looking great. And the prices? Pretty reasonable. My folks like that. StyleWorks. Today, style's all in one place. At most larger Sears retail stores. It's in an old building in a small town in the west. There's a dining room in the ground floor where guests may partake of simple food served by pretty girls in starched uniforms. It's not easy to find the girls, but the work is hard and the hours long and the pay small. But for some girls, the fact that room and board come with the job makes it all worthwhile. Even if the rooms are high in the attic, up five flights of steep stairs. Oh, mercy. Is my room on this floor, Miss Push? Let me find the key. I've never been up so high before. Is it safe? Safe? Of course it's safe. Safeest building in the territory. Safe. It is. This is your own personal room. Oh, look at that. The parade must stay closed. Sounds carry. Sounds? Don't want you hearing men cussing down on the street. Ma, you do look pretty in that dress. Thank you. It's the first nice dress I ever had. You're first. Well, I'm only 17. Ellison, I will not allow that tone of voice. Apologize at once. Okay. Well, never mind. You've been sent to us at a good time. Three, four times a year is when we're busiest. Cattle drives pull into town and those silly cowboys hunger for food and drink with pretty girls to serve them. I hope you don't mind, but I don't intend to be staying here very long. Well, I understand you're going to be married. Yep. Real soon. Them's Harvey's exact words. Real soon. He promised, soon as we can afford to. That's why I'm here waiting on tables and cleaning up. Oh, my Harvey. What are you doing? I'm putting Harvey's picture on this here bureau. It'll keep me from getting lonely. Oh, you'll be too busy to be lonely. Really? You don't think maybe I've made a mistake? Mistake? Do you want to go back to that orphanage, living off the charity of others who hate you for it? No. I'm grown up now. Well, then act it. I'll leave you now. Get cleaned up and dressed in your uniform, report the kitchen. Oh, and there's a tub under the bed with a box of epsom salts. A tub? What for? So you can clean yourself up. Soothe your feet after work. I ain't bathing in no clammy. Allison, the girls who wait on table here got to keep themselves immaculate, clean, and spotless at all times. Is that clear? Yes, Miss Push. Smile. Yes, Miss Push. The triumph of my twilight years will be to see you turned out to be a fine young lady. Now, last caution. There is to be no repeat, no gentleman in the rooms. You understand? Yes. Thank you, Miss Push. Sit on a cactus, Miss Push. Harvey's going to fetch me out of here real soon. You wait and see. Then was his words real soon. No reason for you to have to work, he says to me. And I'll have the window open too if I want to. What a view. I can see the whole town all at once and the prairie. And I can watch all them people down there in the street. Oh, someday I'm going to have a whole closet full of dresses. Doing with all those weapons. This window, the only escape route? I said... I said, is this window the only escape route? The only what? The door. There's also a closet. Depends on how far you want to go. What are you doing in my... Crap. How glamorous. This your room? You'd better get out of here or yell. There's no gentleman allowed in the rooms. Hey, where are you going? I told you. Touch that door and I'll ventilate you. What? You come in here without even knocking. Next thing you do is point that gun at me. Ain't taking no chances of dying un-pennaging. Die? Listen, mister, if you got a weak heart, you shouldn't have clung those stairs. I ain't taking responsibility for a dead man who entered my room uninvited. What is this? This is the Billings Hotel Restaurant Barroom. Oh, no. And now's the last time I'm telling you to leave my room. If Miss Push finds you... Oh, shut up. You heard me. You better go. I'm just going to deploy my arsenal about the room here. I want you to sit on that bed and keep quiet. I don't know what your business is, mister, but I bet you could replace the rodeo. Shut up, I told you. Well, now that you're rid of all that litter, what are you going to do? Listen close now, little girl. One move from you, or one single word which displeases me, and I'm going to ventilate you. Now, sit there real quiet, and keep your mouth shut. In Alaska, in Texas, in Maine, wherever the territory's tough, the kids wear Sears Tough Skins. The toughest jeans in Sears Tough Jeans territory. Fashioned from a permapress, tribal, and fabric, so tough, kids can actually jump on trampolines made from it. Sears Tough Skins in boys and girls sizes. Now in latest spring colors, styles, patterns. Brushed finish, too. You have tough kids, Sears has tough skins. Only in the children's store, at most larger Sears retail stores, and through the catalog. Summer is the time to enjoy the most with the least, like jogging shorts cut up to there, and tops trimmed for action at Sears. Misses save 20% on tank tops, only 480 each, and jogger shorts 399. Sale ends June 20th. Juniors run in for special purchases and colorful go-with-everything tube tops. 299 each. T-shirt tops are 399, and jogging racer shorts only 499. A special purchase, though not reduced, is an exceptional value. Prices and dates may vary in Alaska and Hawaii. Sears wants to break the ice when it comes to buying a Kenmore refrigerator, so we're taking $50 to $100 off three models through June 30th. You save $100 on the 19 cubic foot side-by-side, and $70 on the 17 cubic foot top freezer refrigerator. Both have automatic ice makers and Sears exclusive huma drawer. Save $50 on a Kenmore 17 cubic foot refrigerator freezer without ice maker. All are frostless. Kenmore, solid as Sears. Dates may vary in Alaska and Hawaii. Available at most larger Sears retail stores. We're an odd pair. The pretty girl seated uncomfortably on the edge of the bed nervously biting her lip. And the small, ragged man aiming an enormous pistol at her. She wanted to cry, but didn't. She was made of sterner stuff. After a moment, she slid off the bed. What do you want from me? I ain't done nothing to you. I just come to work here waiting tables and cleaning up the kitchen so I can make some money so as I can get married. I'm an orphan, you see. I was born and raised in an orphanage. Why can't you just shut up? And get back on that bed, so as I know where you're at. And I can keep wash here at the window. Come, you're limping. Is something wrong with your leg? Will you quit, Yavin? Look, now, if you're said on staying here, there's no need to be formal. My name's Allison. What's yours? Rooster. Huh? I said Rooster. The name's Rooster. Rooster? You want to make something with it? Oh, no, no. Do you get into a lot of fights with a name like that? I mean, do a lot of people make fun of you? Is that why you carry all those guns? And my word, ain't that money in that saddle bag? Where'd you- How close are we to the edge of town here? Not very. I would sincerely appreciate it if you'd aim that pistol somewhere else. Now, lookie here. In just about two seconds, I'm gonna throw you out of this here window mouth first. Yeah? Well, I've had to deal with a lot of tough traffic in my life, and you don't scare me a bit. I've cleaned the houses of guys that could eat you for breakfast, and if you give me any more trouble, I'll scream even if you was to shoot me. All right, all right. Why are you so nervous? I'm nervous because somebody's looking for me. Are you? Are you? Well, they jump up. It's about time they'll recognize me. Are you a crook? No, I ain't a crook. I'm a bandito. What'd you do to get all that money? I stabbed a horse. You have to heal anyone? What? You making fun of me? A bandito? This is exciting. Hey, come over here to the window. See that guy down there? Yeah? Ain't that the sheriff? Looks like he's headed this way. He probably is. What's he coming here for? He's supposed to be out looking for me. That's my fiancee, Harvey Hancock. Remember I told you I was going to get married? Your boyfriend's a sheriff? Yup, an orphan. Like I said, see the money I'm going to earn is for a wedding dress. Holy suffering soup bone. I don't believe this town. I rob a bank, and the sheriff goes calling on a hash sling and orphan who's saving for a wedding dress. What bank did you rob? None of your business. Out of my way. I got to get out of here. Was it the cattle man's cooperative? That's the biggest bank in the whole state. Leave me alone. Are you making your last stand? Can I watch? So long. Too late. I'm trapped. Oh, good. This is exciting. Now listen here. You see this gun? I got her aimed right on you. Sure. What do you want me to do? Get rid of that sheriff. He did. That's your problem. And if you don't solve it, I'll blow both of the interpieces. Here. Why don't you hide in this trunk? Yeah. One wrong move and my days is over. Gotcha. After this message from your local station. Here's a tip from your Better Business Bureau. Are you looking for a nursing home? Well, here are a few tips. Start by getting a list of the licensed facilities in your area from your local health department. Find out whether they are certified to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments. Also, talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors who've placed a family member in a home. You'll be able to find out whether they are certified to receive the family member in a home. You see, it's important to visit a nursing home to check the facilities and the services. For example, food handling, patient care, in-service staff training, housekeeping, and patient activities. Now, before you sign an admission agreement, you read it carefully including the fine print and ask a lot of questions about what's included in the price. A number of nursing homes charge extra for such items as wheelchairs, air mattresses, and personal laundry. A tip from your Better Business Bureau. If I want to make sure I buy the right thing, then I look at a magazine. I look at the Consumer Magazine. I do a lot of price comparing before I buy. Well, if I'm thinking of buying a certain refrigerator or air conditioner, I ask around, I see what experiences people I know have had with that manufacturer. I found it best to check with my friends who have the product I want to buy. When I have to make a decision between two items, I just toss the coin. I just let my wife decide. I always buy things on Wednesday. I think that's my lucky day. People have lots of ways to buy things. Some are good and some are not so good. But one way that really helps is to read and compare warranties just as you would price or quality. The law says, on purchases of $15 or more, warranties must be available for you to see before you buy. You'll find that some are full and some are limited, so compare. A tip from the Federal Trade Commission. It's good to read warranties before you buy and don't be bashful because it's your money. A fairly desperate situation, I'd say. Poor orphan girl on a first day of work and her room's taken over by a bandito named of Rooster at the moment hidden in a trunk loaded pistol aimed at where she is and outside the door her husband to be, the local sheriff, the name of Harvey, unaware of the terrible danger that waits for him in the room as the makings of a rousing scene. Hi, sugarloaf. Oh, don't you look a picture in that pretty dress sitting on that big bed. Oh, Harve, you shouldn't be here. Ms. Push said there was no man allowed in anyone's room. Hey. What? What are you doing on that bureau? I keep it. Well, it ain't just a sweetest thing. I keep it too close to me always. Oh, well, my, my. Harvey, you can't be here. Why not? Ms. Push said there's no gentleman allowed in the rooms. Well, I don't got long. There's some bona fide trouble tonight. I send ugly to round up a posse, but meanwhile, I'm a might royal and I want to relax a bit with my future bride. What happened? Oh, I hit my shin. What the heck's that bathtub doing under your skirts? My feet was nagging me, so I'm soaking them in salts. Oh, well, how come there ain't no water in the tub? Would you be a sweetie and fetch me some? How long have you been sitting there like that? Well... Hey. Maybe you ought to lie down and rest them dogs proper. I don't want to be too much from my sugar loaf. Harvey, please. The water tank's just down the hall. I know where the water tank's at. How am I doing, Mr. Oh! I'm pretty poor. Well, I'm doing the best I can. The thing least lack, I don't want you shooting me a hobby. Lampers? I, I, I need the what... What was that? Hmm? Oh, oh. Well, I, I gotta have the tub. The fire bucket's missing again. There. You sure we can't just, you know... I, I'm sorry, Harve. I, I don't have time. Well, we're gonna be married real soon. Can we just cuddle? No. Now get me that water. What's got into you all of a sudden? Nothing's got into me. Oh, all right. Give me the tub. No, you tell Miss Push, I'm gonna slap her with a citation good. If that water bucket ain't replaced, Pronto, hurry and get rid of him. He ain't never talked to me that way before. Cuddle? For we're married? Hey! Shut up. I'm doing my best. Well, stick a spur into it, or I'll do something you'll regret. Stop pointing that gun at me. Oh, I was here. I'm gonna have to fire that nosy, musk-brained pack of wood. Wiggle-tailed old coot. Oh. It's all the time I got for you now. We found that vomit's horse. Me as we got him trapped here in town somewhere. Don't want me to stay, anyways. Please stay. But you just said that I should... I know, but... Oh, heck, you're just like a woman. I quit acting like one. Stock over a bank? Where'd you get that notion? He knocked over with her boon jug, practically busted her hip, took her life savings, and some cookies. Where are your feet? You hear? Sorry they're pestering you. Your first night waiting table. He sure talks a lot. Widow boon jug. Get out of that trunk, you. You want a cookie? Come on, the big band sticking up widows. Get out. Well, just listen to her. A little ways back, it was all for having me stay. Now you find out I ain't killed no one you want me to go. It's no wonder man does the things he does. Take a walk, mister. I want you to spread out. They got my horse. Now what am I going to do? You're going to get out of my room for a start, widow robber. I was going to rob the bank, but... I don't want it to discuss it. Well, I'm sorry, but there's a limit to what one man can do. And that happens to be the toughest bank in the area. How was I supposed to know? Anyhow, it was insured. What was? The money. It was insured. How do you know? A man takes what he can get. Were you? I've killed a lot of men when I had to. Out! Now you listen. This here town's crawling with a lot of amateur vigilantes that was dragged from their beds. And they ain't going to be none too slow to use their guns. And you can aim your pistols somewhere else. I'm going to call Harvey. You try calling that sheriff boyfriend of yours. And I'm going to give your mouth a view out of the back of your head. All right. I'm going to call Miss Push. What? What? You ain't going nowhere. We're going to take the starch out of your spine and make it a little more peaceful around here. Say goodbye to everyone you know. Crazy down there. You are nervous. Harvey's never nervous. That's cause no one would get a reputation if they killed him. And they would if they killed you. You're darn straight they would. In the old days I could have taken that bank. I held a gang. Of widow robbers. How old are you? 25. And you never heard a rooster, red leg? Who's he? Me, darn your eyes. Do you call her? Yeah. How many? I don't know. Don't you keep notches? If I had kept notches, I'd have to blow bullets through the barrel like a pea shooter. Have you ever killed a woman? You're pushing me. Why do people always push me? How do you kill somebody? The quickest way they'll die. Do you always have a good reason? I'm on the street. Oh no. Answer it. Who cares? Set me up to get your story and so on. Good. Golly. Stay back. This could cost me my job. I need that money. You just listen. I ain't sticking around to get healed by a bunch of Johnny Come Lately green horns. I'm going to fan this guy's head who's outside your door. And then I'm taking you as a hostage and I ain't going to be no man's hostage. Hello in there. I got a gun here. It puts an end to any further debate on the subject. Now, I'm getting behind the door. I use stand right over there in the middle of the room and calling forth. Who's that? I beg your pardon. Excitement town tonight. I was shot at three times on my way over here. Who the dickens are you? Rooster. Shut up. Be nice, Rooster. Now, what are you here for? A miss push told me I could get a story from the young lady about how she was in an orphanage. Oh, yeah. Well, please, I must assist. We begin at once. I don't have a little while. We go to press tonight. Give me that watch. Hey, wait. Immutation, pewter. Here. Aren't you going to leave? I'm going to cut you a new mouth to look at you. Mr. Johnson, who are you with? I beg your pardon. You said you wanted to get a story and you was going to press. Oh, I'm with a weekly transcript. The largest if not the only newspaper in the state. Give me your wallet. Rooster. Sorry, sister. It's a reflex. All right, ink slayer, hand it over. Rooster, leave him enough for a supper. What's the matter with you, ink slayer? You look like you've died standing up. I've never been robbed before. Rooster? Rooster Red Leg? Yeah. Rooster Red Leg, the Arapaho Savage, the Scourge of the Plains, the Worst Insult of Civilization as we know it, West of Denver. The most despised and feared one man massacre virtuoso north of the Pecos? Yeah. Boy, am I glad to meet you. Hold it right there. No, Rooster, you don't understand. I want to interview you. Nearly everyone at our party mentioned our new Sears Dream Supreme carpeting. Didn't anyone say anything about my rutabaga dip? Marvin said Dream Supreme looks so thick and luxurious. He loved its velvety soft plush pile. What about my rutabaga dip? Eloise adored the color. Of my rutabaga dip? I told her that avocado lime is just one of Dream Supreme's 20 lustrous colors, and when Doris heard the Dream Supreme is so reasonably priced and treated with Scotchgard brand fabric protector. What about my tuna fish upside down cake? Dream Supreme carpeting in most larger Sears retail stores. Sears makes a hit this Father's Day with exciting menswear and popular accessories. We've got quite a lineup of values, each a sure winner for Dad. Fine, complete looks he'll wear to work out to dinner to the tennis court or the baseball game. Plus extras from ties to t-shirts, robes to wallets, underwear basics to belts. We've hit all the bases and prices you'll like. So put Dad on Sears Father's Day team and he'll know you're no rookie when it comes to gift selection. Watch the birdie. Oh, that's great. Your baby's wearing Sears sleepin' playsuit, right? Mm-hmm. And that baby stroller with the shovel handles from Sears too? Right. Why Sears? Because Sears has what I need. Take Winnie the Pooh sleepin' playsuits. They have double fabric toes. A must for my infant dynamo. And the stroller. That's one hand. But why the questions about Sears? Well, my wife's expecting. Oh, we get the picture. Available at most larger Sears retail stores. Green again. And here's the concluding act of a poor orphan girl. You want to interview me? What a scoop. We'll have to print an extra edition. Why? Rooster. You are a money name, surefire copy. Yeah? Sure. Climb down. Where to begin? Red leg is spelled with a hyphen. How'd you get that name, anyway? I took a wound once in my knee. People said I was so mean, the blood never stopped flowin'. Uh-huh. I was raised in Norfinich. I never knew my mama or daddy. I was hired out to clean houses. What brings you to this neck of the woods, Rooster? I'm the guy they're shootin' up the town for. Really? Hey. You must have done something spectacular. Uh... I changed my mind. I don't want to be interviewed. Let's see. We have to have a lead in. Hell's Grim Tyrant, Rooster Redleg's last interview. I don't want to be interviewed. In a few deceptively calm moments before Rooster Redleg one-time famed outlaw met his end, he paused to reflect on his abysmal career of rank and abjected... I don't want to be interviewed. Un-sense. You've come out of retirement for one last big job. That's front-page stuff. I ain't been in retirement. There's still a price on my head. You won't get anything out of him, Mr. Johnson. Your average killer of hapless a wrap-a-hoes or a wrap-a-loss a haplos has a vocabulary of 82 words. You shut up. Those being the three most often heard. You shut up. I rest my case. Now, Rooster, Rooster, think of your reputation, what you mean the example you'll set with the forces of law and order drawing the noose ever tight around his neck Rooster Redleg maintained a relentless calm arrogant enough in the face of certain death to hold at bay a poor orphan child preparing for her first day of work in the outside world. Wait a minute! Aren't you going to use my name? This is what his consumptive crusade of sanguine carnage had led him to trapped finally in a helpless lady's private room. This carbuncle on the instept of a society seized the grim reaper by the throat and held him at arm's length long enough to grant this exclusive interview. There won't be a dry eye from one coast to the other. There won't. You'll be a hero again. A man who never lost his warped sense of style and brute grace under pressure your funeral procession will be longer than Jesse James but Rooster who's going to know all this don't write it down. Yeah. Tell me, when did you first discover you were no good? Well, I guess it was when I was in the second grade. Second grade? I was 18 at the time, you see. Oh, yeah. What'd you do? Well, I won't tell you the first thing I did but the second thing was to shoot the school marmspabby. Mr. Johnson, do you want to hear about the orphanage? Well, Miss, I just came in for a go. Hey. Big pardon. The school marmspabby. Right, right. Well, I don't know. Hey, Rooster, cut off your drink. We could go downstairs. Would you care for a nip of popsicle? I can't drink. I got an ulcer. An ulcer? There, now that's just a sort of detail the public is starving for. How'd you get it? Well, you'd have one too if you was on the run all the time. Uh-huh. Jesse James, Ambas, Cole Younger we was all nervous, Rex. All my life, I wanted to be independent then when they mis-pushed come to the orphanage and offered me a room and board if I was to wait table for her. She's just trying to get you to pay attention to her. Rooster, was it tough to earn your reputation? You don't earn a reputation. You steal it like everything else. I ain't enough of it to go around so as soon as you've got it then everyone starts trying to steal it from you. Well, I reckon I have enough here to get me started. Rest assured I'll make up a real nice story. What do you mean make up a story? Wait a minute. No, no, no, Rooster. You have a date with Destiny and I have a story to file. I ain't got a date with nothing. You keep your shirt on. Listen, you interfere in widow, robber. He ain't got my name. Widow, robber? Shut up about that. Take your cookies and get out. Cookies. That's what your massacre machine here is done to rile up the citizenry. No, really. Well, well, we'll certainly have to change that. Don't you change nothing. What I done, I done, see? But, but cookies and widows, Rooster. If I wrote that they'd laugh you all the way to the institution for juvenile punishment. They wouldn't believe it. Unless... Yeah? Of course. Outlaw, legend, fraud, or even better, from school marmed to oatmeal raisin, outlaw's career comes full circle. Uh-huh. Rooster? I ain't going. No? No. Then grab stars, you egg-sucking dog. Right. I got one of your own guns here, says you are. In the Argo, your profession I got you covered. You think you're man enough to turn me in? Hardly worth the effort. But with the inflation and the threat of free coinage of silver, that 20-year-old price on your head wouldn't even compensate me for the cost of the soup du jour in this flea bag of hotel. So... limp on down the line has been... This town's crazy. They'll tear me apart. Not my concern. Now, Rooster, you got a quick three count to cut awake in the wind. Hey, that you pencil pusher! What you hitting with that brandon iron fur? This ain't a flea bag of a hotel. This is the best place I ever lived in. For a skirt, you pack quite a wallop. I reckon that's going to cost you your job. I don't care. What are you doing here at all? I'm going to earn enough money waiting tables so I can get married in a wedding dress. You said you was working for room and board. Well, yeah. How much you think you'll get in tips? I tell you, nothing. Not one cent. I'm getting out of here. Rooster, there ain't no need to go now. Them guys tire off in a bit and head over to the saloon. I reckon I'll go now just the same. Can I go with you? What? A hostage, remember? You just get in the way. That's a whole point of a hostage, ain't it? Forget it. The only way you're going to get out of this town alive? That sheriff's boyfriend of yours is to shoot anyway. Not at me, he wouldn't. Harvey's not like that. Add it up. If he lets me escape, he loses his job. Harvey left his star here on the bureau. Put it on. What for? Then they'll think you're one of them and they won't shoot. I ain't wearing no star. And they'd recognize me anyway. Who's going to recognize you after 20 years? They'll recognize me. Rooster, I got to come with you. I can't stay here. I got to get some money so I can get married. No. I can get some horses from the stable. What do I need with some smart alec kid? Ain't 25. I'm only 17. So? So that's why I didn't know who you was. I heard all them things that inkslinger called you. The scourge of the planes. I bet you've been just about everywhere and back. Between us, we could wrestle lots of money and I wouldn't get in the way. We could be partners. We could become famous, start a whole new era. The first man-woman team to humble the whole population. We'd have money, get our name in the papers. We'd never top Jesse Hassel or Phil Coe. Who are they? That's what I mean, kid. So long. Rooster! Okay, man. He ain't down by the stockyards. Let's cover the main streets. Oh, no. Rooster, they're right down in front. His push says to tell you they need you in the kitchen. Yeah? Soon as you're ready. I got something I got to do first. Excuse me. Check out the saddlebags on the thief's horse. They did recognize you. Stress, you just jump. You hear? You jump and you have... What's the good? What's the doubt? You should go and be ready. $89 through June 16. Prices and dates may vary in Alaska and Hawaii. Nothing but the best for my dad. Like Sears Best Double Knit Slacks on sale for Father's Day. Regular cut slacks are just $13.99. That's $4 off. Choose popular solids and refined patterns and wrinkle-resistant double knit for Trout Polyester. Top off his day with Sears Best Short Sleeve Knit Sports Shirts. Also at $4 off, now just $9.99. It's Sears Best Best guy I know. Dad. Sale ends June 16. Prices and dates may vary in Alaska and Hawaii. Convenience and security. 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