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No. Everything you pretty well took care of, ain't it? Yeah, everything's fine. Fine, Chester, yeah. Except for that buzzin' in your head. My head? Come on, what is it, Chester? Just speak it right out. Well, the thing is, I run into this friend of mine a few minutes ago. I ain't seen him in years. I knowed him a long time ago, way back in the Army. Oh. You know how it is. Well, go on. Well, see, he stationed out at Fort Dodge, right here. Only five miles away. My, just imagine that. Chester, I got an idea. Yes, sir. Look, why don't you ride out and see your friend, huh? Now, you can stay a couple of days if you want. There's nothing for you to do around here. Well, you think that'd be a good idea? Well, it's my idea, isn't it? Yes, sir. It sure is. Well, I'd better get going then. No use wasting time, isn't it? Goodbye, Chester. Bye, Miss Kitty. I'll be back in a day or two, Mr. Jones. Yeah, well, you have a good time, Chester, and to leave the door open, it's awful hot in here. Yes, sir, I will. Goodbye. So that's why I wanted you here. Oh, I guess he thought of my health, but he forgot to mention something. No, what's that? This dear old friend of his has got a pretty interesting job in the Army. Is that so? He's a mess sergeant. A mess sergeant? Well, after a couple of days of that, I'll have to go after Chester with a wagon. You may never see him again. Yeah. Marshal Dillon? Ah, come on in, son. I'm looking for Doc. Well, his office is right next door. I've been there. I've been everywhere. Oh, you need him bad? I was sent to fetch him. Somebody sick? My pa told me to bring him out to our place. Well, is it your pa who's sick? He wants the Doc bad, Marshal. Well, who is your pa, son? Ben Pitcher. Are you Ben Pitcher's boy? My name's Jerry. Oh, Jerry, your pa must be pretty sick if he's sent for Doc. I know. He hates doctors. Don't believe in him. But he wants Doc to come, Marshal. He told me he had to find him. Now, I've looked everywhere. 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I came along to keep Doc company, Miss Pitcher. Oh, where's the boy? Jerry said to tell you he'd be long directly. Why didn't he come with you? He said that you gave him a list of stuff to buy while he was in town. Oh, forgot. Have a wasting time. Where's Ben, Mrs. Pitcher? He's out back. He's out. In the barn. What's he doing in the barn? You ask him, Doc. I don't interfere in my husband's way of doing things. Is he sick, or isn't it? He's in the barn. You go see him. I got work to do. That woman could fairly drive me crazy, man. Maybe that's what happened to Pitcher, Doc. Between the two of them, it's a wonder the boys made out at all. Yeah, Jerry seems okay. If they have their way, they'll make a spook out of him yet. You know, you're not very charitable, Doc. Oh, charitable. You don't fool me, madame. You don't like them any better than I do. I always try to look for the good side of people, don't I? Oh, sure. Hogwash. Pretty good barn he's got, can you? Yeah. Look, I'll go in first. What's that? You follow me. Pitcher. Hey, Pitcher. He's here, Pitcher. What are you doing in there with that cow? I thought you were sick. It ain't me that's sick. Well, who is sick? Well, cow. Well, cow's got the colic or something. I've done everything I can for her. You mean you had me come all this way, way out here, to Dr. Cow. I wouldn't let you doctor no human. I thought there was something wrong about all this. Cow's, cow's different. I don't mind so much you working on a cow. Oh, you don't. No, cows are different. Humans can get well by themselves, but cows is helpless. They're kind of pitiful. Uh, listen to her. She's hurting bad, dog. I ought to kick you right in the head, Ben, Pitcher. Don't take it out on me that you doctors don't know nothing. If you're so smart, do something for my cow. Before she dies, dog. Oh, all right. Well, look at her. But you sure don't deserve it, Ben. You ain't doing it for me. You bet I'm not. Now get out of the way and let me in there. Ah, take your time, dog. I'm in no hurry. Leave him be, Ben. He'll let us know if he wants any help. How's my cow, dog? Oh, here's your knife, Ben. Did you stick her with it? I did, and she's going to feel a lot better. You can give her all the water she wants, but don't let her eat anything for a day or two. She going to live? I don't know. If she dies, I ain't going to pay you. I wouldn't take any money from you, anyway. What's wrong with my money? It's not your money. It's you. What do you mean? Hey, Pa, I'm back. I got all the stuff, Ma, wanted. You had better hope. Oh, Doc, Marshall. Jerry. Say, Doc, you missed all the excitement. Oh, that's it. Yeah, it happened just after you left. Everybody was running around looking for you. What happened, Jerry? Oh, Mrs. Hill, she was walking down the street, and I guess the sun was too much for her or something. Anyway, she fainted, and she fell against the window right there at the general store, and it cut her arm real bad. Nobody could get it stopped bleeding. They couldn't. That's why they were looking for you, Doc. I told them you'd come out here, but they wouldn't believe me. Well, what happened to Mrs. Hill, Jerry? She died, Doc. Huh? Just before I left. I'll pitch you. A woman died. If I'd been there, I could have saved her, but... But she died. Don't target me. She died because of you and your rotten, twisted wings. Oh, none of you doctors is any good. You could have done nothing. Oh, no good. Well, I'll show you. No, wait a minute, Doc. You're not. I'll show you. Nobody hits me. Pa's got a knife. No, pitch her. Put it down. Oh! He cut him. Hit her! Ripped me with a knife, Matt. You hurt bad? Well, it's bleeding. See that? He helped me in the house. We can look at it there. Yeah, sure, Doc. What about Pa? You let me know when he comes to. I'll come back and knock him out again. But it's still bleeding now. I don't care for that mess you're making on that bed, Marshall. Go get me another pan of hot water. You're ordering me around my own house? You do it! I don't think that knife rupts you. But a couple of those veins have to be tied off. And then it's got to be sewed up, you see? Oh? Yeah, there are needles and thread in my bag. Now, I'd do it myself. I can't reach it easy enough. You mean you want me to do it? Yeah, I'll tell you how much. What? You think I can? Oh, it's easy. Especially for a gunfighter. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I can bleed to death this way. I won't have any trouble, Doc. Here, you hold the cloth on it, huh? I got it. I'll go get you back. Get out of here, pitcher. You hit me awful hard. He jumped me first. You saw him. I was protecting myself. Pitcher, if Doc doesn't come out of this all right, I'm going to quit being a marshal, and I'm going to come after you as a plain man looking for revenge. You're threatening me. It's wrong of me, but I'm going to kill you, pitcher. No, no. Get out of here and stay out of this house. It wasn't easy. And I felt like I had fence posts for fingers. But I finally got Doc sewed up. He'd lost an awful lot of blood, and he passed out before I finished. So all I could do was sit there and watch him. And maybe that was the hardest part. In the morning, however, he seemed better. And he insisted that I take him into dodge. So I made him a bed in Pitcher's wagon and had Jerry drive the buggy alongside him. He was in bad shape by the time we reached Tom, but I got him into his own bed and then sent for Kitty to help me out. I don't know what I'd have done without her for that next week. Yeah, Kitty, I'm coming. You know what he wants now? Oh, what? He's tired of drinking plain water. He says if we don't start cutting it with some good corn, he won't drink anymore. Well, then let him go thirsty. He won't hold out long. No public servant's going to tell me what's good for him. He'll send that lawman down for some whisky. Doc, now we've gone to a lot of trouble to keep you alive. We sure have. Oh, don't you worry about me. I'd get out of bed right now. I like being weirded on you. No, no, who's that? No, that's a dumb question. Who's that? How do I know? Well, go look. Doc, I never thought anything could make you any ornerier than you've always been, but getting stabbed, didn't it? Oh, never mind the gab. Just answer the door. Well, come on in. Oh, what a man he is. Come on in, I said. Oh, good heavens. Well, go ahead, Doc, fire me. Doc? Doc! It's Jerry. Yeah, come on in, son. Oh, Doc, Marshall. Now, what are you doing in town, Jerry? I come for Doc. What? Paul's sick. He's about to die so sick. Oh, now look, Jerry. It's the truth, Marshall. Paul made me lie last time, but he don't even know I'm here now. He doesn't know you're here. He's too sick, Doc. It's like he's out of his head. He don't know nothing. What about your ma? Does she know you're here? I didn't tell her. Is she to stop me? Doc? Jerry, your pa tried to kill Doc the last time, and he's still in bed. Now, he can't go any place. Please, Doc. Why should he risk his life for your pa? Wait a minute, Matt. Now, just wait a minute. Here. Now, don't be silly. I'm a doctor, Matt. A man's dying. It doesn't matter what man. I knew you'd come. I knew you would. You're crazy, Doc. You'll open that cup right now there. Besides, you're not strong enough. You'll be taking an awful chance. Jerry. What? How'd you come to town? I figured you'd need it, so I brought the wagon. Where are you going to help me out, Matt? Best filter. Notice the color of the miracle tip. It's white. Pure white to give you the purest and best filter. Best flavor. You get a rich, good tasting, fully satisfying smoke. And that's what every smoker wants. Best tobaccos. Highest quality tobaccos. Low nicotine tobaccos. L and M tobaccos. 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No. Now, you sit down. Go on. You go see if Doc needs any help, huh? No, K. Marshall. You know, Miss Pitcher, you don't deserve Doc being here. You don't deserve it at all. I've been thinking. All night I've been sitting here thinking. No. I don't want my husband to die. I can't have him die. Doc's doing everything he can for him, Miss Pitcher. Can he save him? You think he can save him? I don't know. This is Pitcher. How is he, Doc? Well, he's passed the worst. I think he'll be a... Can I see him? Can he talk? Yes, but not for long. He needs a lot of rest now. Speaking of rest, Doc, you... look like you could use some, too. Yeah, we're going back to Dodge, man. I'll sleep the whole way. Good. Doc, he wants to talk to you. Where is it, Pitcher? Ma. Ma says you was here all night. I was, yes. She says you saved my life. Maybe I helped her. Maybe. But what I want to say is that... I ain't gonna pay you. I didn't ask you to, Pitcher. Pitcher, Doc saved your life. Maybe he did. 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