 in a moment you'll hear james stewart as the six-shooter just one of many fine programs brought to you each week on nbc tomorrow night there's top comedy entertainment with the bob hope show the philharis alice fey show and can you top this with senator ford bob hope delivers rapid-fire comedy routines while philharis and alice fey bring both mirth and music it's a great friday night lineup of comedy programs all of them heard only on nbc james stewart as the six-shooter man in a saddle is angular and long-legged the skin the sun dyed brown the gun in his holster is gray steel rainbow mother of pearl it's handle unmarked people call them both the six-shooter the nbc radio network presents james stewart as the six-shooter a transcribed series of radio dramas based on the life of brit ponson the texas plainsman who wandered through the western territories leaving behind a trail of still-remembered legends this was my first trip in a powder crack for a full three months working the spring round up for bar why I've been keeping me pretty busy and I hadn't been any special reason to come to town but I figures about time making appearance scars saddle was showing a lot of wear and tear well as my own outfit didn't exactly look like it had just arrived fresh from the mail order house pants were getting a little thin around the seat and there's a pretty big hole in the sleeve in the jacket I tried to patch it up but I hadn't done a very good job so I left scar at the livery stable and held it over the east and green rivers general store I am getting another jacket a new pair of britches shirt or two and I'd probably be able to find out what's been going on the town while it was out of even usually managed to keep up on the latest powder-crick happenings store hadn't changed much everything seemed to be about the same at Ethan he hadn't changed much either he must be almost 65 but now he sure didn't look that old though standing there by the pickle much on a great big fat juicy dill hot even we'll we'll we'll I've been wondering when you was gonna honor his with your presence with that song yes sir I was remarking about you just this morning told miss Bennett when she come in to get some yardage for a new dress I said to miss been about time for the six shooter to be coming into town he sort of overdue I said overdue what are you talking about it well there's milk for you for one thing letter somebody and to pick a Kansas from the looks of the envelope no must be from out of my she listens to pay care oh she does eh well here you are a bit under the postal rules I should have sent it back when you didn't show up but I figured I could expect your point well it's gonna read it oh oh oh my oh that pickle through his bit of it must have got too much bigger in this batch I ain't very fond of dills anyhow don't know why I keep on eating them holy smoke hmm something to matter break holy well oh what's a letter from Adam I think she's she's she's coming out here to powder Craig oh gonna pay a little visit now ain't that nice no it's more than just a visit even oh no no she's figuring on settling down here well she aims to make this her home look oh well there's a lot worse places a buddy can live no no but she expects me to live with her she's she says she's gonna keep house for me well that's real considerate of her real considerate you know well I appreciate her wanting to look after me but why well a dog gone at Ethan now you know I couldn't settle down not permanently I'm used to traveling around and living alone and bunking were from a fancy strike you know that sure but maybe it's good for you to take root some place huh you know what they say Britt rolling stone gathers no more living alone does have its disadvantages oh well now you're a fine one to talk I have noticed you making any effort to acquire a family oh now look here I'm a lot older than you are too old to change my ways but you're still a young book you ought to be sort of a reliable man yes sir I think you ought to take your hand up on this here offer you don't think anything of the kind you know you do not you're just trying to get my goat that's all I know you I'm just right and I'm tonight now thank her for what she wants to do for me but I'll just explain I'll explain to her and I kind of doubt that the letter would reach her in time to hit her off for you what yeah that one she sent you has been here for several weeks now oh yeah well I guess I'll just send her a telegram then that line out of powder cricket still working oh yeah yeah ain't been a single breakdown lately not since Emma patches headed south back into their own territory yeah well that's what I'll do then I was a telegrammer well I am kind of doubt that a telegram would do much good either we're seeing is how you and them is already in powder cricket yeah well I'll send it one I'm fine she got here a week ago that's Tuesday coming on the same fee I've run a whole lot of furniture too well I'll hold on Nathan no you're not serious so you're joking with me I know I'm not just you take a stroll over to the old Mac Dennis house you know on the corner behind the bank oh yeah you and render the place right after she arrived must be all moved in by now well I just don't want to say I understand she's got your room all fixed up waiting for you my room well that's what she's here for ain't it to look after you well I don't need any look on that well maybe not maybe not but it appears and Emma's got all the ideas seems to be a real understanding maybe don't says it's all right for you to keep sky if your heart said on it is to keep sky up what she probably don't care much for horses herself you see now you just listen to me even green rubber I'm not gonna live here on that what a I mean I never asked Adam to go to the cheese shouldn't take it upon her self to without my with hey the old Mac Dennis house you said yeah that's the one ain't very fancy but from here on it's gonna be home sweet home hey Brit just see about that are you grown Brit oh no no Adam no I had my full growth the last time you saw me I 25 years old now it seems to me you've shot up some since then not much flesh on you though that is you're just plain skinny well I reckon being so tall make me a little thinner than I really am you know your father was just as tall as you are but he must have been a good 20 pounds heavier yes ma'am yes ma'am well we'll put some flesh on those bones of yours a couple of good home cooked meals and you start filling in yes you well you like the house yes it seems real comfortable I haven't quite finished unpacking yet and some of the big pieces have got to be moved I was waiting for you to give me a hand yeah I'll be glad to have your rooms right over there if you want to take a look at it go on Brit go on you needn't be afraid I fixed it up real frilly or anything like that oh no no I wasn't worried about that well oh that looks fine it's just fine just take a good feel of that bed mm-hmm oh yeah I bet you don't get a soft mattress like that in the bunk house where you didn't sleep yeah no no we sure don't I'm working on a patch quilt for it started before I left Kansas expect I'll have it finished up in a week or so well I'm before you go too much trouble yes you see you see I I didn't know you were coming to powder Craig yes Mr. Green River told me you haven't been in to pick up my letter you must have been kind of surprised to find out I was already here I was practically flabbergasted yes I whatever made you decide to come west all about it while I'm fixing something come on out in the kitchen I was going to have a real fancy meal for your first night in your new home but you didn't give me enough warning so I'll just have to warm up yesterday's pot roast that's all right oh there's nothing I like better oh there's some potatoes in that sack would you mind stealing a couple of them for me no I bet I'm bad here I use this plan the nights in the draw beside you oh no not the butcher now here now this one oh I say that would be better well now about my coming to powder Chris I just felt it was my phone in duty you ma'am well you see Carrie got married last February carry my youngest girl you got me carried oh oh cut and carry she was almost 30 and I was beginning to wonder whether she'd ever get a well she finally found herself a real nice man yes he works for the Sanctuary Railroad Company she's got me a train ticket at half price that's all well anyway after she left home that meant my family was all taken care of my immediate family that is and then I got to thinking about you my only brother son all alone with nobody to look at dear well I've been getting along all right now don't you try to tell me that if ever I saw a man that needed a woman to take a hold of him why those clothes you're wearing are a disgrace oh yes these are your way well I was gonna buy some new ones today well they was washed and ironed and mended proper you wouldn't be needing new clothes all the time a wife that's what you really ought to have but I suppose you like the rest of the punks it's put off everything until the last minute well I don't go with it alone is expensive oh I'm not saying the two can live as Jesus one and I don't want you to get the idea that I expect you to support me has never even crossed my mind oh indeed I've still got some of the money your uncle George left and my boy is both sending me a little bit from time to time I don't imagine we'll have any finance problems bridge well you see Adam I'm signed up with the bar why and I'm sorry but I I just can't very well stay on here in town with you there are other jobs besides ranching well it's about all I'm good for I've had a talk with Mr. Allington at the bank he says he'll give you a position of manager say the word me what in a me work in a bank oh no Adam I'm in a bank I wouldn't know the first thing about it I don't seem to bother Mr. Allington he was really pleased with the idea said it would probably cut down some of his losses having you as an employee what's the matter brisk sort of neck the finger a little bit nuns here you can use this piece of rag for a bandage it's no no you don't want to get blood poisoning do you now tie it on all right all right and you'd better let me finish those potatoes you're feeling them there wouldn't be enough left to cook well you see what I'm getting at Adam is well I'm not the stay-in-put type of man I'm sort of used to being on the move it's high time you let some place oh I've heard about you and that gun of yours all the way back to Kansas so wonder to me you haven't been shot up half a dozen times by now at least of those stories folks tell a true well the stories probably did some growing on their way east I'll bet I know one thing you don't they'd even got a title for you back there oh the six shooter that's what they call you know as if the name of ponset wasn't good enough well don't you feel too bad about it dear after we live here in peace and quiet for a spell everybody'll forget all about those escapades of yours now Adam I there's just something I've got to explain to you and I want you to understand that I I know what you're trying to say you think I'm making a big sacrifice and coming here and setting up a home for you know no no no exactly no no indeed and it's it's not just a feeling of duty either the plain truth is I I wanted to come or it's kind of hard to put into words but well after George died I still had the children to keep you busy but now now there's no one no one but you I guess I'm the kind of person that just has to have somebody to worry over must be my nature and I'm only 60 for it I ought to be able to run a house for a good 10 years yet the ponsets a long life as a rule oh sure sure so I I just don't know what I'd have done if there hadn't been somebody I could be of use to I guess you're kind of a godsend for it it looks like I need you more than you need me mm-hmm well I reckon we both need each other well I made out about as well as could be expected that first night I stayed with that and I wasn't exactly what you'd call comfortable the bed was too darn soft for one thing and it wasn't easy getting used to having another person around all the time at least ways it's oh I I knew she had my best interest bread puns that you eat the rest of those turnips are good for you and that all before I forget it don't you think you ought to see about getting a haircut it's hanging way down the back of your neck and whenever she asked me to do something well I sure didn't have any right to object they were things that had to be done and a sack of flour a spool of number 60 white thread and some empty fruit jars I think I'll put up some of that rhubarb out in the garden looks real nice to me and as for the advice she gave me well it was probably good advice well worth listening to I just don't see why you can't try working at the bank for it you don't take to it you can always quit I'm not saying that you have to keep on with it for the rest of your life well after a week I knew that I couldn't go on much farther and when Dan Porterfield came in I told him I'd be back the ranch by the end of the month but I sure didn't know how I was going to manage it I just I just couldn't leave at him not without hurting her she just needed somebody like me to fuss over and there wasn't anyone else who seemed to fit the bill at least nobody at least nobody I could think of right off here is the last of it great coffee salt bacon good material it's all in it yeah that's all I say one thing you sure surprised me Britt I don't see why I do I figured you wouldn't stay on with your aunt not more than two three days at the very outside but by Jiminy it's it's over a week now ain't it oh no it hasn't been a week but it it couldn't be that long by George it is a weekend well the time sure does fly when a man's contented and satisfied uh-huh Ethan I'm gonna let you in on a little secret you remember the other day when you first told me how damn it was in town well now the truth of the matter is I was kind of upset I I didn't exactly welcome the idea it ain't no secret Britt I guess I know how I'd feel was I in your place well that's just dead I never realized what I've been missing all these years what are you talking about I want to tell you that I wouldn't give up living with Adam for all the gold in California in the first place she's the finest cook ever lived why her hot biscuits alone is enough to make your mouth water and that isn't the half of it she takes care of all my clothes you I can put on a clean pair of socks every day I have a mind to do it no a clean pair every single day if I want to but the best part of it is that that I'm not lonely anymore guys it's sure as nice as somebody to talk to and to play Casino with in the evening yeah of course I know none of this sounds appealing to you Ethan but gosh I sure hope I never have to go back to living alone well see you later huh oh yeah yeah I'll be seeing you break oh yes guess it did I sort of slipped my mind you sure aren't much good at remembering things oh well I'll go back up town and pick one up it'll only take me never mind never mind we can do without until tomorrow better get your hands washed son supper will be ready in little bit as my by the way I had a little chat with Ethan Green River this afternoon you know I kind of feel sorry for him living alone nobody care whether he comes or goes on I don't know I'm sure yeah I was just thinking maybe we could have him over to supper one night oh well now I'm not as young as I used to be and get non-food for company that's kind of an effort well but it wouldn't have to be anything special and besides it might be nice for you and Ethan to sort of get together to sort of a little get a little better acquainted you don't think I'd so much as look at another man after your uncle George do you I'm surprised oh no no I didn't mean anything like that oh no no no no no no no no the fact is Ethan is kind of spoken for in a way you don't say oh yes oh yes yes Maude Hinsdale she's got her eye on him Hinsdale Hinsdale yes you know the soprano on the church choir the screech one oh yes and come to think of it somebody was telling me Maude was sort of worried about you when you first showed up and she was afraid another widow might give her some competition for Ethan and she's been having trouble enough land them as it is you know she needn't have concerned herself oh she's not concerned now not that she's seen you well no at least that's the story I got well for Maude Hinsdale's information I've had plenty of chances to remarry since your uncle passed on oh sure you have I'm sure you have now that you mention it tomorrow night might be a very good time to have Mr. Green River over for supper I was planning on chicken and dumplings and there'll be plenty for three well now you're sure you it won't mean too much work for you oh what's a little work for it this is your home as much as it is mine your friends are always welcome oh fine fine that's that's real generous of you I will be able to eat again for a month a Sunday is Ms. Bancroft and so on is do it oh now Mr. Green River is another whole apple pie we haven't even touched I thought we're too strong healthy men like you one pie wouldn't be near enough oh please not another month well if you're absolutely certain I can't tempt you to more of anything I guess a mile as well as we're off the table can I help you on am by fridge you know I don't like anybody in my kitchen you two just go in the parlor and enjoy yourself here's your bread you wasn't exaggerating one little bit then any yours just about the plan is cooking ever come across my nice view to say that eighth and considering that this is just a sort of a plain ordinary Ronald Mills supper is about like what we get every night no oh yes oh yes Sunday dinner now there that's when she really put yourself out oh oh yes that's Sunday where I see you don't suppose you can manage to get me an invite to one of her Sunday meals do you breathe I don't know now look but I sure appreciate I am I well I can't promise anything but I'll do best well for the next 10 days or so Ethan was practically a steady border at Anna and he sure did put it away too and Emma didn't seem to mind she said she liked to see a man enjoy his food and Ethan more than obliged her I tried to leave them alone as often as it could but as far as I could tell their friendship just didn't seem to be progressing past the dining room table look like I just have to sort of give Ethan a little touch of spur so one evening after I ripped the sauerkraut while Adam was out in the kitchen doing a good let my build out another notch it's always to it Ethan yeah there's something I've been mean to ask you you're right here well now you know I'm at Emma's only relative in powder quake that is yeah she's sort of my responsibility mm-hmm well what I'm getting at is your intentions my what your your intentions about Emma oh oh I see what you're grabbing at now but well you don't have anything to worry about I don't know no I wouldn't I am real fond of Emma and it's more than just a cooking tool and other circumstances where I might even consider asking it to marry me other circumstances yeah well you you told me how you'd feel if anything happened upset this little home you've got here and I'd be the last man in the world to cause you any misery Brit why you're one of my closest friends now now just hold on here a minute now look what you can take my word for it you and Emma can live on here together just as long as you've a mind to and I won't do a thing to interfere but I'd like you to interfere huh I if you want to marry Aunt Emma and she wants to marry you you'd be doing me a favor no no Brit I just won't let you make such a sacrifice sacrifice yes that's just what it is a sacrifice all right Ethan you can believe whatever you like but I've made up my mind I'm not staying here in powder Crick I'm heading back to the bar why the first thing in the morning and after I'm gone and am will be all alone here all alone unless you plan to do something about it well I guess I really wouldn't have gone through with it leaving that and I mean but I was pretty sure that Ethan really liked her and all he needed was a little prod well a big prod anyhow I got scarred at the bar and I rode around for an hour or so but when I came back to the house Ethan's buggy was gone maybe maybe he hadn't proposed at all or maybe she turned him down well only one way to find out let's go inside what happened to your brain oh well I I just wanted to give scar chance to stretch his legs oh I thought maybe you were given Ethan a chance to propose to me oh he asked you to marry him that was the general idea I see you turned him down huh is that what you thought I do well I was afraid you I mean I I figured you'd be worried about what would happen to me that was all I'm not the least bit worried about what'll happen to you Britons it why why I've known since the first week you moved in here that it just wouldn't work out it's clear as day that you and that horse of yours aren't going to be happy unless you're roving around somewhere bedding down without a roof over your head oh I saw those blankets of yours on the floor I know how you've been sleeping well I it appears to me that there are some men who take to be a nook after and cared for and there are some who just don't that's why I agreed to marry you accepted him of course I did he's the kind of man who will take to be a nook after well I hope you're right and am I sure hope you're right and you know she was she was 100% right why the next time I came through Potter Creek to visit and him and uncle even well well sir he was just about the most married man I ever saw and so help me he seemed to enjoy it too of course maybe when I'm his age well well I guess I don't need to start worrying about it now the six shooters that transcribed NBC radio network production in association with review productions it is based on a character created by Frank Burt and is written by Mr. Stewart may currently be seen in the Universal International picture the Glenn Miller story others in the cast were Eleanor Audley and William Johnstone special music for this program was by Basil Adlam and the entire production is under the direction of Jack Johnstone all characters and incidents were fictitious and any resemblance to actual characters or incidents is purely coincidental by the way you'll be interested in knowing that the six shooter has been chosen for broadcast or men overseas through the facilities of the armed forces radio services this is John Wall speaking tonight played truth or consequences with Ralph Edwards on the NBC radio network