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Well miss. I don't know this fella says his name's Bassett But if he's drunk, I promise you he ain't right. How do you expect anybody to ride sober if you're driving Jim? What are you doing in Pawnee? Oh, I had some business up this way, but I'd sure like to get back to Dodge You got any room sure have oh, well, this here's Marshal Dillon miss Bell. How do you do Marshal miss Bell? It's Linda. All right, Linda. Well, when are you leaving Jim? Soon as I round up that Bassett fella Well, get him whoever he is and drive easy. Will you Jim? I wore out a horse getting this burn I sure need some sleep. I'm glad you're riding with us Marshal. I don't like the looks of that fella Bassett But you two climb in now. We'll pull out of here in five minutes Sleep, it's you I'm talking together. We better get acquainted Joe Bassett How do you do? There's no cause to be bashful You stayed in Dodge dancing girl or something ain't you Hey, hey mister You're making it awful hard for me to sleep. I'm pretty tired Well, that's too bad now. It's gonna be a long ride. So why don't you just sit there and look out the window, huh? Because I'd rather look at this Pretty little girl here. Come on, honey. Have a drink. No trouble your friend Bassett here wants to ride up on the box with you You want somebody to talk to Jim? Are you crazy? He's waiting for you Bassett I'm staying where I am You're holding us up now. You get moving You should have left your gun where it was all right now get outside hurry it up I'm wishing that already. I'm sorry for the delay Linda No, it was worth it though Maybe now we can both get a little sleep What'd you say I said I can certainly use some oh, yeah Yeah St. Louis. Oh, you come a long way. Oh, it'll be worth it once I reach Dodge How's that so I'm meeting my fiance there Marshall. Oh, well, maybe I know it Oh, he hasn't been there long His name's Lou Paxton Lou Paxton. Oh, what does he do? Well, I don't really know I met him in st. Louis It was only for a few days. Uh-huh. I See if you promise to keep it a secret. I'll tell you something Okay, I promise I Ran away from home My parents think I'm too young to get married. Oh Well, how old are you Linda 17? Do you think that's too young? Well, I don't know I guess that Depends on what you're like and what this fellow Paxton's like. Oh He's a wonderful man. He's so strong and so handsome. Uh-huh. You'll see when you meet him. Yeah Yeah, I'm sure Dodge like that man Bassett. Oh, why do you ask Linda? Well, he frightens me He's not gonna forget what you did to him just now. Oh, well, you let me worry about Bassett, huh? I don't like you. Well, I don't like him either, but Why don't we forget about him and try to get a little sleep? Dance out from all the rest Miraculous more flavor L&M's got everything. 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I mean she didn't say she was coming here to get married. Well, it's true What do you want Bassett? You got my gun in your belt Game to steal it Hey, you aim to sell it What do you mean by that you look like a gunman to me where you're from Wichita What are you gonna do about that? You didn't have to throw it at me and I wanted to see how you handle it You move pretty fast when you're sober. Are you pride in me for Marshall? You aim to stay here long No Not a long good and while you are here. I'm gonna be watching you That won't bother me. I got to thank you for taking care of Linda. I Yeah, I don't know who that basset fella is, but he shouldn't have been bothering her now. That's right. Well Come on Linda. We'll get you stuff. They got a room for you over to the downtown. All right Lou Marshall, I hope I'll see you again. You too Chester. Yes Thank Linda. We will see you so long Linda Haxen acts kind of funny, don't he? He's trying to hide something Chester He and Basset didn't handle that very well They know each other you think so I was pretty clear But they don't want anybody to know it. Well, why what do you know about Lou Paxon Chester? Nothing. I just seen him around Any idea what his game is I don't know Well, maybe we'll find out now I expect he's just been waiting for Basset to get here Something it seems a lot longer than on the stage Linda told me Linda How come you know her? She's sitting right over there. What? Well, it kind of surprised me too The Paxon brought her in this afternoon and made Sam give her a job Sam didn't like the idea much. She's only 17. Yeah, I know kitty What's this Paxon up to anyway? Well, I don't know and I don't care But you got to get that girl out of here. This is a terrible place for her That's not my affair kitty Since you're the only one that can do it. It is your affair now kitty I can't have a fair and a thing like this why because nobody's stolen anything I killed anybody because there's a law against it. Is that why? Oh, that isn't why but but nothing you know what can happen that little girl look at a match You scared half the death right now you wait till midnight wait till it starts to get really rough in here You know what some of these horn-handed drunken. Well men are likely to do You can't let it happen that you got to get her out of here and if you're any kind of a man at all You do it right now Well, well kitty, I all right ask her to come over here, huh? Sometimes I get a feeling that maybe you're not all bad I'll bring it back. He said you wanted to see me. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, sit down. Won't you all right? You don't have to be scared of the Marshall Linda. Oh, I'm not really but Well tonight I feel scared of everybody Then why do you stay here limit loose as I've got to Why he says it's to keep me out of the way Out of the way of what I don't know But if I'm here he knows where I am and he can always come to find me But I don't like it here Marshall. I'm not used to men like these Linda I want you to go back to your room and I want you to stay there Oh, I can't Marshall do get angry you don't have to tell him about it, but he'll find out He'll find out all right as soon as I explain things to Sam here He'll find out from me since room he came out of Why did you pretend you didn't know Bassett at the stage this morning? I don't know him Now he just walked out of your room. I Mean I didn't know him. I didn't know him this morning. You're lying Bassett's a gunman Paxson. What's your business with him? I Got no business with him Marshall. We were talking is all About how much are you gonna pay him? I got nothing to do with him. I tell you all right now I don't know who you're after but this time I'm gonna stop the trouble before it starts Chester When's the next stage leave? Not the day after tomorrow mr. Dylan, but there's a Santa P out in the morning. I'll be there to see that you're on it No, I can't leave mark Marshall you've got no right to make you're leaving and you're leaving alone Well, a man who'll put an innocent 17 year old girl to work in the long branch isn't gonna keep her if I can stop it I Got her out of there Paxson, and I told Sam. She's not to come back Well, I Got I got good reason for her being there And what are they? Well, it's none of your business you Marshall you're interfering in something you got no right as far as Linda's concerned. Maybe I am but I'm doing it anyway That you and Bassett are different And I'm gonna run him out of town tomorrow, too You're making the mistake Dylan if I am you can stop it. 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I'm looking for somebody to argue with and I'm your man Sounds like somebody beat us to it. Yeah, come on That came from right down the street And by the Alpha Gans. Yeah, it sounded like it Paxson they shot him he went into the back room at the Alpha Gans They're wearing a mask and carrying a gun in his hand, but they shot him before he could run off with any money He didn't even try to shoot back was he hurt bad just I know doc I didn't wait to see well I'll go see that he's taken up to my office. Give him a hand Chester I'll come up there in a few minutes. Where are you going? There's a man across the street I want to have a little talk with where Bassett, yeah, that's right. Even in Marshall What are you doing here Bassett? Watching Watching for what? Not for anything Just watching you working with Lou Paxson. Why he just got shot dead Why don't you go find out? He's nothing to me You know Bassett, I was gonna run you out of town tomorrow, but now I think I'll keep you around till I find out what this is all about And you're not going to because I'm gonna lock you up right now I've never been in jail in my life Marsha a lot of men have it even men like you But you're going now. No You leave your gun alone and get out of here and leave me alone. There's been one shooting already That's enough. I'll take your gun Bassett Goodness he missed you. He wasn't too much of a hurry Chester. Is he dead? He died standing. I knew there'd be trouble. I just had to wait and see what happened Go get Linda and bring her up to docks with him. Yes, sir. He's not good man One bullet in the neck another in the chest. I'm sorry Paxson. There's much I can do for him Can't live this way Not for long Paxson Chester's gone for Linda. She'll be here directly Poor thing. Yeah How did you expect to hold up the a la Fraganza like that? Was Bassett supposed to help you? him no, he was Just waiting for the money What I'll tell you don't matter. It's what he come here for we robbed the stage up north I run off and I spent the money in St. Louis He followed me he found me No wonder you didn't want to tell me what it was all about He said he was gonna hurt Linda if I didn't get the money so I Figured she was safer where there was a crowd around Bassett's dead Paxson is he so much Just oh, that's probably Linda. You better keep her out of here. Yeah Chester wait on there William What are you gonna tell him that I'm gonna tell her the truth doc The whole story all that would be awful hard on her wouldn't it? Finding out what kind of a man Paxson was You could spare her that Linda got off easy doc married to an outlaw. She'd have been in real trouble But all this won't do her any good at all if I don't send her home a lot smarter than she left And that's what I'm gonna do our star William Conrad. Thank you George. 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