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Marshal, last Saturday, two United States Army soldiers were murdered while driving a supply wagon from here to Fort Dodge. The government payroll was stolen, and you seem to have taken no interest whatsoever in the matter. Now, Major, protecting the Army isn't exactly my job. The Army can protect itself, Marshal. Then how come there were only two soldiers carrying your payroll? Where was the rest of your Army? On maneuvers. On maneuvers. In my command, troops remain in garrison as little as possible. And you were asking for trouble, Major, knowing there was a payroll coming in? Marshal, the arrival of the payroll was secret. Even the two men carrying it didn't know what it was. Somebody knew? Yes, they did. Marshal, I regard this crime as a demonstration of your inability to control these Dodge City Ruffians. What? If no arrests are made in the matter, I'll give these bad men of yours a taste of Marshal Law. We'll see how they like that. Now, wait a minute, Major. This town will be patrolled 24 hours a day. Look, Major, you don't know these men. You run the Army in here and they'll fight. They'll be troubled. Bad trouble. They brought it on themselves. No. You made a mistake and you got to find somebody to blame it on. I want whoever committed those murders. And I want that money, Marshal, within a week. And if any more crimes are committed against the Army meantime, we'll take this town over at once. Good day, gentlemen. This is Jenny Lane. Ah, how do you do, Jenny? Pleased to meet you, Marshal. Sit down, that's... Ah. You're new in Dodge, aren't you, Jenny? Oh, I've been here most of the months now. Oh, she's only been working at the long branch of about a week, Matt. Ah, how do you like it? Fine, but I'm kind of worried now. Oh? It's this Army business everybody's talking about. Will it be bad, Marshal? Yeah, it could be. You think it'll happen? Might, especially if there's any more trouble. Say, Jenny, has your corporal been in? He was earlier. Well, how do the soldiers feel about all this? Well, he says they sure aren't anxious to mix it with all these gunmen and buffalo hunters and the like. But he's not my corporal, kiddie. He's just a lonely kid. He's not so lonely. He spends more time here than he does at the court. How does he manage it, anyway? Well, they made him a clerk, a sort of a bookkeeper. This time's pretty much his own. Well, he's lucky. Good, safe job, too. Yeah, I suppose it is. Well, I better get busy. I'm glad to have met you, Marshal. Glad to have met you, Jenny. I'll see you again. Sure. Nice girl. Mm-hmm. Where's she from, kiddie? Hey, city last. Ah. What's the name of this corporal who's been sniffing around? Stark. Corporal Stark's all I ever heard. Now, what else do you know about Jenny, huh? Oh, she doesn't talk much about herself, Matt. Well, uh, maybe you can get her to, huh? All right. I'll try. Meantime, I'm going to wire the sheriff in a city. He might know something. 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I never heard of no Nate Brand. No, neither have I. What's he doing, hiding him somewhere? Matt. Yeah, what is it, Doc? Trouble. Oh, what kind of trouble? A shooting. Out behind the Texas Trail. What? It's bad, Matt. It's real bad. Well, a shooting's always bad, Doc. Yes, but this one's going to lead to a lot more shooting. Somebody just killed a soldier. I come as no crowd around and said... No. Who told you about this, Doc? The bartender. He said he heard a shot and went out back and found him. He's dead. Is that all the bartender had to say? That's about all. Except that when he went back into the saloon and tooled everybody there about it, they didn't move a hair. I guess maybe they was thinking about the army taking over Dodge. Why didn't the bartender come to me first? Well, I don't know, Matt, but I've got the feeling that maybe nobody knows whether you're going to be on their side or all the armies. Yeah, they never do trust me, do they? Chester. Yes, sir? Give Doc a hand here. I'm right not to foot Dodge. A soldier? Uh-huh. Who? I don't know. Some private. Dodge City, of course. That's right. Have you arrested the murderer? Probably so it happened, Major. I see. Do you leave me no choice? Wait a minute, Major. I didn't write out here just to bring you the news. I want something from you. From me? I want you to keep all the soldiers out of Dodge for the next 48 hours. Put it off limits. That's not exactly what I had in mind. Lesson, Major, Dodge City's an armed camp. It's full of men who fought Indians, who fought the war between the states, who fought each other ever since they could spit. They'll fight you next. They'll make you hate it. They can't fight the army. Yeah, they will. A lot of men will die on both sides. But I'll make you a deal, Major. A deal? You give me 48 hours and I'll find your killers. You better take it, because it'll get you out of a lot of trouble. All right. But I want the criminals delivered here. To me? Sure. But I might have to kill them to get them here. I've been waiting for you to get back. Oh, anything more happened? Not yet. I found a letter on that soldier. His name was Ravitch. Anything else? Yes. I dug the bullet out of him, Matt. And you know something? I haven't seen lead like that since I musted out in 65. What do you mean, Doctor? That soldier was shot with a cavalry pistol. He was. I'd swear to it. Thanks, Doc. I'll see you later. Well, now, where are you going? Into the long branch. I want to talk to a friend of mine. How are you, Matt? How have you, Kitty? Just he was in a while ago. He told me about that telegram from Hays City. Look, Kitty, I've got to work fast. There's going to be a war around here soon. I found out a couple of interesting things, Matt. One is, Jenny's been seen riding horseback at night towards the Arkansas, down by Brandy Bend. It might have something to do with that man she left Hays City with, Nate Brand. Yeah. I think he's hiding out down near Brandy Bend. Any idea of why? Corporal Stark and Jenny went for a ride one night. When was that? The night before that army payroll was robbed. Where's Jenny now, Kitty? Well, but Delmonico is having supper. Kitty. What? I'm the only one who can ever thank you for it, but... I think you just saved an awful lot of lives. Evening, Jenny. Well, hello, Marshal. Won't you sit down? You sure Corporal Stark won't mind? Don't be silly. Besides, he's out at the Ford. How would you see him last? Oh, about noon, I guess. Uh-huh. Anybody with him? Private Ravage. Corporal Stark didn't shoot him, Marshal. They were good friends. They worked together in the bookkeeping office. I see. That's a pretty good job, isn't it? Allen expenses, figuring out the payroll, things like that. I don't know. He never talked about it much. Also, he'd be in a good spot to know when to expect payroll money in, wouldn't he? Even when it was kept secret? You'd have to ask him, Marshal. But this isn't why you found me here, is it? No, of course not, Jenny. I'm sorry. You look real pretty tonight. Thank you, Marshal. You really mean that. Sure. Sure I mean it. Marshal, I have to work late tonight, but I can get off tomorrow. I know it's bold on me, but couldn't we, maybe take a ride together? There'll be a moon. Where would we ride to, Jenny? I don't know. Anywhere. Maybe down along the Arkansas. I know. Let's ride down toward Brandy Bend. All right, Jenny. We'll ride down toward Brandy Bend. Make today your big red letter day. Your L and M red letter day. Superior taste and filter. It's the miracle tip. Make today your big red letter day. Change to L and M today. L and M's got everything. Superior taste and superior filter. Get L and M today. This is it. L and M, superior taste and filter. Superior taste from tobaccos, especially selected for filter smoking. Tobaccos that are richer, tastier, light and mild. And L and M's superior filter is white. Pure white. 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That's beautiful. You're not even looking at it. Is I'm on your mind, Jenny? No. I should there be. Why, you tell me. That's nothing, Marshal. Let me ask you something, Jenny. Do you ever see a man killed? What? What'd you say that? What, did you? Yeah, once in a saloon. Tell me, did he have a fair chance? Of course. He even drew first. Then you never saw a man shot in the back or ambushed, huh? What are you driving at, Marshal? Oh, I'm just thinking about people, Jenny, like sometimes a person isn't really bad. He just falls into bad company. What's that got to do with me? Well, I think it sort of goes against your grain, the idea of a man being killed without a fair chance. Why'd you come with me, Marshal? Somebody had to. I suppose you know about everything. I think Private Ravage got killed by Corporal Stark because he found out about the payroll deal between you and Stark and Nate Brand. Well, what are you gonna do now? Gonna ride to Brandy Bend with you. But why? Because I'm gambling that you're still decent enough inside to let me have that fair chance I was talking about. That's quite a gamble, Marshal. Yeah, but we'll ride slow. And you'll have a little time to think about it. Yeah, I'd make a nice camp down here. Plenty of wood, get your water right out of the river there. It's real nice, don't you think, Jenny? Man could hide out real easy down here. Marshal. I could be safe here even while the army was trying to move into dodge and a lot of men were being killed over it. Yeah, it's real peaceful down here. Marshal, I can't do it. All right, tell me, Jenny. That big cotton would up ahead on the left. Okay, now keep moving. When we get close, I'm gonna ride ahead fast. You stay back out of gunfire. All right. Yeah, sure is pretty down here, Jenny. Maybe someday we can come down and go fishing, huh? This river's full of catfish. You'll eat a real catfish dinner. It can be mighty good if we're small on the... All right, stay back, Jenny. 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