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Look out now, I'm Judge Roy Bean and I ain't foolin'. I'm the law-wasted the Prakish and that's Marulan. Roy Bean has been dead only 40 years, but his name is already legendary. More wonder still, up until the time he was in his late 50s, Roy Bean, living the life of a soldier, adventurer and businessman, had done little to distinguish himself from a thousand others of his kind. It was in 1882 that his fame had its beginning. On a sleepy afternoon of that year, he drove into a town on the west bank of the Prakis. In Vinegarone, it was called, a town crowded by workers who were ready to build the railroad and by sharpers who were ready to take the workers' money. Shut the brakes, ain't you? This is, senor. I mean, start unloading the wagon. Howdy, friends. Gee, it's hot enough to fry a cactus, ain't it? Yeah. It may become much more hot, senor. If I understood what you said right, huh, you gave orders that the wagon was to be unloaded? Yep, sure did. We will talk first, Ambrac. I am Hesra's Taurus. Well, howdy. I'm Roy Bean. And what is in the wagon you wish to unload? Oh, you're going to finish talking dry goods and salt, pork and other vitals and, uh, a right putty amount, right? I aimed to open me a store. That is what I thought. But you will open no store in this place, senor. My men and I, we make this town. We wait for the railroad. And I myself will open a store. Oh, will you now? See? There's no one else. My men here with me, they will back up what they say. Oh, so that's it. Well, I... You see these, huh? You're 45, and I'm right good at using them, too. They say I'm going to unload here and set me up a store. Do you argue? Oh, no, no, no, no, not at all. Welcome to Vinaigurus, senor Bean. Welcome from my man, me. Thanks. Okay, Pancho, I guess we can unload now. Thank you, senor. I think I'm going to like this town. Seems like a nice, orderly little place. You cheated. You took that last card off the bottom. You're a liar. I saw you, I saw you did it off the bottom. That'll teach you to call me a cheat. Town does get a little lively at times, though. My bottom, bro. A fellow down the road, a piece. You're riding a stolen horse, and that's all the evidence we need, yeah? Come on, boy. Gob seems like this the most rambunctious place I ever seen. You're in Roy Bean's establishment. So name your drink. It's a dollar a throw. Well, don't mind if I do. Hey, ain't you the fellow whose horse was stolen the other day? Yep, I sure am. Hmm, strung up the thief to see. We always do that to horse thieves in this part of the country. You know that. Didn't give him a trial or nothing? No, guess we'll never know for sure whether he actually stole a horse or bought it, like he said. Hmm, you mean you strung him up and out being sure? Why, maybe the dang fool did buy it. Well, serves him right for buying stolen property. Well, by gobs, that does it. This killer's killing's got to stop. I'm serious. You're going to give the town a bad name. Well, what can you do about it? We can get some law here. That's what we can do. A law that can force things. Where are you going to get it? Nearest law? First 300 miles away. We'll have a law officer of our own. We'll appoint one. You know somebody who wants to die quick? Who can we appoint? By gobs, we'll appoint me. I'll be the law. James? Give me attention a minute. The committee of Warren just had a meeting with me. And it was an almost unanimous decision that we got to have some law around here. And furthermore, I'd be appointed officer of the law. Now, I was a ranger once in California and I got me a law book underneath the bar here, right here. See, here it is. Revised statutes of Texas, 1879. And from now on... Wait a minute, Roy. Somebody always appoints officers of the law who's going to do the appointing here. Me, by gobs. I'm appointing myself right now. Judge Roy Bean, the law-west of the Pekes. Yeah? And just who's going to back up your law? I am. You see these? They're 45s. And I'm right-handed with them. I'm backing up my decisions with lead. Understand? Sure, sure. I understand, Roy. I mean, Judge, I mean your honor. And the first action of this year, Honorable Court, is to try you for contempt. You're gilly and they'll find your drinks for the house. And that's maruling. All right, Judge. Drinks are on me. Now, we're getting some ways. The law has come to have been a gruel, and you buzzards have got to learn to respect it. Now, I'm telling you, courts adjourn while we collect the fine. Judge Waker, let's marul them. Judge, what's the matter? Boys is bringing in a man. He just killed a couple of fellas. Oh, okay. And with my pants, we'll never try it right now. Yeah, but this is pant-hole bin, one in the Crocodile Bunch. Yeah. Was your man any shot carrying weapons? No, it wasn't. But Judge the Crocodile Bunch is our meanest gang inside the Spratabug Mount. My gobs about Cobbitt is my chief deputy. You ought to know I don't give a hoot who they are. Hang me my coat there. We'll give Pinto Ben a fair trial, and then we'll hang him. Stand up, Ben, and receive your sentence. Ben, you've been tried by twelve good men and true. Not of your peers, but as high above you as clouds is above sagebrush. Because some of them are honest. And they've said that you're gilly. Now, Ben, you listen to me. Time will pass, and seasons will come and go. Summer, like it is now, with heat shimmering on the horizon. Then it'll come fall, turning the hills brown and golden, making the air crisp and nippy. Then winter, soft and cool. And after winter, spring, Bammie hair, smelling of a thousand kinds of wildflowers. A gentle sun and laughing brooks and streams. And the little birds will be singing in the trees. But you won't be here. You won't be here, Ben, not by a long shot. Because it's the order of this year court that you be took to the nearest tree and hung. Hung by the neck until you're dead, dead, dead. You shadow-colored son of a pole catch. What's now in station? Well, your honor, this fellow land there was found in a rowy outside of town. He got a barred hole right between the eyes. Anything on him? No, nothing, George. Nothing, huh? Well, it's the verdict of this court that the deceased died of lead poisoning brought on by somebody who was right good shot. Next case. Well, this somebody has hauled out of the river, George. Looks like he's drowning. Anything on him? Yes, about $40 in a sex shooter. Well, now, hand the money over here. This year court finds the deceased's guilty of carrying concealed weapons and finds him $41, $42. $43. That's marudan. You two promised to love, honor, and obey till death do you spot. Now, if you folks change your mind, lady, you can get a divorce for $10 more. And now pronounce your man and wife. Judge Bings, on behalf of the railroad and the ranchers hereabouts, I want to tell you we appreciate the job you're doing in keeping law and order. Well, now, it's mighty kind of you, Tom. I'm glad you do. And we want to ask the governor to appoint you justice of the peace. But, gov, Tom, you don't have to do that. Why, I'm already appointed. I did it myself. Oh, yes, but having an appointment from the governor will make your position legal. Give you some standing. Uh, a regular justice for the peace and ain't in business for yourself, though, is he? I mean, he, uh, just don't collect the fines and put them in his pocket. Oh, no, no. He turns them over to the proper authority. Mm, just a thought. Uh, Tom, I want to thank you for your good intentions, but, but, shucks, I'd be a lot happier going along in my own quiet little way just as I've been doing. Oh, but, Roy, I... So I'm going to insist you don't mention me to the governor at ATOL, see? Now, I'm going to insist on it. That's marudan. Hey, Judge, I just heard it. Oh, how did it, Tom? Oh, how did it, boy? Something on your mind, bud? Uh, not exactly. Well, I guess I'd better be running along. You fellas have something to talk over. Oh, no, that's all right, Tom. I'm sorry you won't let me speak to the governor. No, no, I'd rather go on in my own quiet little way. Thanks, you're the same. Yeah. What's on your mind, bud? Bad news. Judge, I just found out the railroad ain't going to run past this town at all. What's that? No. One's along the land that's owned by your friend, Torres. There'll be a new town built over here, and this one will be deserted. Well, it's nothing to worry about. Not a dang thing. While our building is sluying over there, now carry my law books along, too. We'll move locks, stock and barrels. No, you won't. Torres has had it in for you ever since you opened your store. Always said he'd get even with you for putting them guns in his ribs and making them back down in front of his men that first day. Yeah, well, I'll make them back down again, too. No, he got you this time, Judge. When he saw the land of the railroad, he had him to write a contract. And it says that the railroad promises never to sell you a single darned foot of land. Why is that honoree Stephen Coyote? I ought to have him hung for contempt of court. Well, he ain't showed no contempt of court, Judge. He ain't. He won't let this here honorable court move into the new town. If that ain't contempt, I'd like to know what it is. Well, shall I go get him? No, not yet. I'll figure out a way to turn his hide. He can't beat me. I'll show him. I'll show him if it's the last thing he ever do. I'm building me a new courtroom in Sloan, of course. Well, this lot belongs to the railroad. Yep, Judge. Well, the railroad cannot sell you any land in this town. I have a contract, which says that. So I hear. That don't prevent the railroad from leasing me to land in for 99 years. What? You... Now run along, Torey, and don't be obstructing justice. You stand it in the way of the law west of the Pekers. You are listening to Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean in the law west of the Pekers. On the capital, Cade of America, sponsored by the DuPont Company, maker of better things for better living through chemistry. Now for the second half of our story. Now the railroad didn't come to the town of Vinegarone. So Judge Bean, his establishment and his law book moved to the new town, along with most of the citizens of Vinegarone. Life changed not at all. The new town might well have been Vinegarone, except for its name. And the new town, well, it didn't have a name. Hey, gobs, looky here, bud. Look at this magazine, that drum lift. Oh, say, that sure is one pretty woman. Pretty? Why, there's the most beautiful woman in the world. Lily Langtree, Jersey Lily. Jersey Lily? I mean, she raises milk cows to put a woman like that? Oh, no, you lunkhead. She's an English lady, an actress. She comes from the Isle of Jersey. Say, about the nearest picture up over the bar there. Oh, sure, sir. Everybody over. Sure is a beautiful woman by gobs. Most beautiful woman in the world. In by gobs, I'm going to do something for her. From now on, this here saloon is going to be known as the Jersey Lily in her honor. And I'm going to do something else. Gents, let me have your attention a minute. Gents, I'm going to name this dead burnt town. I'm going to name the whole thing. It's going to be called Langtree. Yes, it'll Langtree, Texas, after the most beautiful woman in the whole blame world. In by gobs, that's Marulan. Any arguments? Well, it's right nice, you fellas, to agree. Come on earlier. The drink's on the house. Oh, sure, Bert. In all the time I've been the law-westered of the pickers, there's one thing I kept right up in the front of my mind. And that's dignity and fear-dealing. Personal feelings never got nothing to do with my ruling. Hey, hey, I'm your master. Hey, that's your friend, Torres. Bill Robby says, come on. There's a thief. There's a thief. Stop! Stop or I'll plug you! Now, come back here with your hands up. This hombre, he committed my story for the gun in my fist. He took my money on wrong. Caution-sation. Search him, Bert. Young fella, do you think you could get away with a hold up here? Yes, sir. Yes, I did. Where'd you get them fancy clothes? St. Louis. Them Easterners. Bob, you know what we do with bandits in this country? Yes, sir. What? Hang them. That's right. How much do you take, Torres? Yeah, $290. How much do you find on him, Bert? $210, Judge. Torres, you're a liar. Here's my ruling. Young fella, if you're trying to pull a hold up and fail and I find you $210, the money Bert found on you will pay. Oh, no. No, that is my money. As for you, Torres, I find you $10 for lying. $220. This is just as I am robbed, and yet I have to pay a fine of $10. That's my ruling. Now, young fella, you take this $10 and get yourself east of the pickers and don't come back again till you learn how to pull a better hold up. Oh, thank you, Judge. Thank you. Now, let's see, what was that about? Oh, yes. As I was saying, I always keep dignity and fear dealing up in the front of my mind. At all times, personal feelings get nothing to do with my ruling. Johnny, I'm sorry to say it, but this is one time I think you overstepped your mark. Oh, no, such a thing. I'm the law-wisher of the pickers and what I say goes. Well, you went to law to hold that gum state, and the state legislatures passed the ruling making price fights illegal. Then let shame come down on their heads. You can't go and fight promoters to hold a fight here in Lantry. I can't. We've already done it, ain't I? Blame. Fight would have been cold off. I hadn't wired them. Stopping price fights. Why, this is the year 1898. It's modern times. Price fights has got a right to be held. But I'll tell you, they're illegal. Rangers will be coming in here and carting you off to jail. Let them come. I'm in the law-wisher of the pickers for 20 years. And if there's any cotton to be done, I'll do it. I'll hang them. I'll hang them for treason. Begin the government of Lantry. Oh, now you can. But listen to me now. If I made a ruling they had to be hung, what would you do? Well, I'd hang them. That's all I wanted to know. We're looking for Judge Bean. You him? Oh, you sure, son? You fellas come in on the special train to see the fight that pile of folks did in the town. We're Texas Rangers, and the governor set us down here. His fight's against the law of the state, and we're going to stop it. Hmm, you don't see. Well, in that case, you have to go over the ring, then, won't you? If that is if you stop it. I reckon that's just what we'll do. Well, uh, do you mind if I sort of amber along with you? I just kind of like to see how a fight stopped. I guess you start stopping them now, don't you? What's the first thing you do? Just watch. First I'll climb into this ring and order the crowd to disperse. Tell them there won't be any fight. Uh-huh. Well, uh, go ahead. I'll watch. Keep your eye on me. You see how this is done, Judge. Uh-huh. They say, uh, before you go in there, maybe ought to tell you something, though. Your law is no good here. Judge, I represent the law of Texas. The law of Texas is good anywhere. Not here, it ain't. This is Mexico. What? Yeah, that bridge we come across back there. Had it built myself. That's the Rio Grande running under it. This is Mexico. This... What? Well, George, you're a... you're... Yep, I probably am. Probably am just what you're thinking. Well, but look here, Judge. Prize fights are against the law in Mexico, too. Yep, that's right. They are. But they ain't no law officer within 200 miles, though. The fight'll be over, and we'll all be back any other side weeks before anyone get here. Well, I'll be doggone. Say, Eugene, sir, I'd like to sit and watch the fight now that you're here. I'll fix it so it won't cost you nothing. Yeah. The fight was highly worth seeing, was it? Mm-hmm. What a man that fits him with this. Yeah, oh, he's all right. But what I meant was, uh, you fellas traveled all the way here just to see Fitzsimmons knock Ma out in the first round. Oh, well, George, we... Oh, by the way, we, uh... we dropped back here to say that we think Landcris is a nice, orderly little town. You do, huh? Uh, tell me, George, how'd you manage to run this country? Mainly by being quick on the draw, and then when I got old and slow by making them think I was still quick. That ain't all, though. Laws can't be upheld by force alone. Yeah, no, I guess you're right. I think I've been the... law-westered of the pickets for so long, mainly because... well, because they give the people the kind of law they wanted. Well, uh, have you always followed the letter of the law, George? Oh, crops, no. At least it was not according to lawyers. Why, only yesterday I'd find a fella $20 for saying he'd seen a prettier woman than Lily Langtree. Lily Langtree. You, uh, named this town after it, didn't you? Yeah. We wrote a couple of letters back and forth, her and me. She said she was highly honored and hoped to get out here when she made her next tour west. Oh, that's fine. She even wanted to show her thanks by giving us a drinking fountain for what she called the Village Square. A drinking fountain? Yeah. And I wrote back and I told her not to send it. I told her it wouldn't be no use to us because if there's one thing people here in Langtree don't drink, it's water. I said, Doc's ruling. Oh, he said not to worry. Said he'd have you out of here in no time. Hmm. Either they... Doc's losing his mind or else you're a liar. He ain't gonna fix me up this time. I'm old. And I've played my hand. Oh, no, you ain't. You got plenty of time left. What, George? Lily Langtree's coming to see you. She wrote you'd be here in three or four months. Lily Langtree. Gobs. I sure would like to see you. Show her the town, would you? But I don't think I'll be here. But... Yes, sir. Do you think people will remember me? Remember you. When Judge Ewan was a man that made this country I heard a couple of fellas talking about you yesterday. They said you was a legend. Legend? Is that good? Well, they should remember me. I was one of the first men in this section. A couple of weeks ago a fellow here from New York he'd heard about you clean back there. He wanted to know if it is true that you made a corpse pay a fine once. I remember that. Them was the days. But don't let them put no poetry or dates on my tombstone, would you? No dates? No. No dates. Just my title. It's the way I want to be remembered. Just haven't put on the... Judge Roy Bean. The law wish to the peckish. And that's my rule. Our thanks to you, Walter Brennan. And to all members of tonight's DuPont cavalcade cast. Now, here is Gain Whitman. When you and I try to form a mental picture of the huge B-29 super fortresses that are bombing Japan these days, we visualize tremendous wings, a huge body, whirling propellers and so on. And when a chemist thinks of the B-29, he forms another picture. A DuPont chemist sees a B-29 as a collection of thousands of formed parts, many of which are chemical compounds. For example, a tire. The chemist sees more than you and I see, more than a big black donut nearly as tall as a man. He sees in a B-29 tire cords of DuPont nylon or Cordura rayon. He sees the many chemicals which are added to the rubber before it goes into the tire molds. DuPont rubber accelerators which speed up the vulcanizing and make the rubber tougher. 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Most folks' telephones were on a party line and the operator at the switchboard really ruled the town's roost. We know you'll smile with recollection next Monday at our radio adaptation of Louise Baker's current bestseller, Party Line. Agnes Morehead will be on hand as our star as the switchboard operator who controlled the whole town of Mayfair and her vantage point on the Party Line. The music for tonight's DuPont Cavalcade was composed and conducted by Robert Ambruster. Our Cavalcade play was written by William E. Robinson. This is Frank Graham inviting you to listen next week to Agnes Morehead in Party Line. On the Cavalcade of America brought to you by the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware.