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Love's Abiding Joy (2006) β The fourth installment in the beloved Love Comes Softly series from Hallmark. Missie (Erin Cottrell) and Willie (Dale Midkiff) LaHaye have built a thriving ranch and family on the western frontier. Their faith and love are tested by a devastating tragedy, a sudden railroad expansion, and the reappearance of Missie's father, Clark (Logan Bartholomew). This heartfelt chapter explores loss, resilience, and the abiding joy found in faith and family.
πΉ Starring: Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Logan Bartholomew, Maggie Elizabeth Jones
πΉ Director: Michael Landon Jr.
πΉ Genre: Family Drama, Western, Christian
πΉ Based On: The novel by Janette Oke
πΉ Themes:
β Grief and Recovery
β Frontier Community
β Unwavering Faith
β The Strength of Family
π¬ Why Watch?
β A continuation of a beloved and comforting series.
β A story that tackles difficult themes with hope and grace.
β Beautiful depictions of frontier family life.
πΉ Starring: Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Logan Bartholomew, Maggie Elizabeth Jones
πΉ Director: Michael Landon Jr.
πΉ Genre: Family Drama, Western, Christian
πΉ Based On: The novel by Janette Oke
πΉ Themes:
β Grief and Recovery
β Frontier Community
β Unwavering Faith
β The Strength of Family
π¬ Why Watch?
β A continuation of a beloved and comforting series.
β A story that tackles difficult themes with hope and grace.
β Beautiful depictions of frontier family life.
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00:04:29Same to you.
00:04:31Now, what is it you really wanted to say, Mr. LeHaye?
00:04:35I hate that we need the money from a teaching job.
00:04:38But between the drought and the cattle plague,
00:04:41the herd's much smaller than it should be.
00:04:44Well, only the good Lord knows how big our herd should be.
00:04:47Let's let our faith rest in him.
00:04:50You're right.
00:04:52I know I am.
00:04:54Now, I better get going, or Tetsford Junction's gonna start looking for a new teacher.
00:04:58I love you.
00:04:59Have a nice day.
00:05:14See you.
00:05:21Bring them up!
00:05:24Come on!
00:05:27Bring them up with their back here!
00:05:29Come on!
00:05:33Come on!
00:05:36There they go!
00:05:41Come on!
00:05:49Come on!
00:05:53Scotty, Jeff.
00:06:02Yeah, Jeff.
00:06:04Drive the herd to the creek.
00:06:05I'll meet you there in a little bit.
00:06:07All right.
00:06:09All right.
00:06:23Good afternoon, Mr. LaHaye.
00:06:36Mayor Doros.
00:06:38Abel.
00:06:40What brings you out my way?
00:06:42Always cut to the chase, don't you?
00:06:43Usually suits me best, Sam.
00:06:45That's why we came to see this man, Abel.
00:06:48Always directly to the point and honest to a fault.
00:06:53Well, I don't think you rode all the way out here just to pay me a compliment.
00:06:56It's official business, Willie.
00:06:58We need a share from Tetra Junction.
00:07:00Well, if you're here for my official position on the matter, I'd have to say I agree with you.
00:07:04I'm here to offer you the job.
00:07:06Well, I'm no lull, man. Doros?
00:07:07Hear me out, Willie.
00:07:10This job doesn't come without its share of bonuses.
00:07:14You get a good, steady paycheck.
00:07:16Why me?
00:07:17Because people like you.
00:07:19And you can be persuasive keeping the peace.
00:07:22Get the job done.
00:07:24I appreciate it, but not interested.
00:07:28See, I got my hands full looking after my herd until we take them to market.
00:07:33Well, I will be hiring a sheriff, Willie.
00:07:37And I'd like for that job to go to a man with integrity like yourself.
00:07:41You know, that way you could help your family and the town.
00:07:44Just think about it, Willie.
00:07:46I have a surprise for you today, boys and girls.
00:08:05Someone has donated brand new readers for our whole class.
00:08:10Yes, Annie.
00:08:13Are they for our very own to keep?
00:08:15Everyone will get their very own copy to borrow for the rest of the year.
00:08:20Would you like to help me pass them out?
00:08:21There you go.
00:08:27He's right over there.
00:08:30Now, I'd like for you to open up your readers and write your name on the inside cover.
00:08:37Use pencil and use your best penmanship.
00:08:41Mrs. LaHaye?
00:08:44Yes.
00:08:45My reader's already got a name in it.
00:08:48It says Samuel H. Doros.
00:08:50That's because it was Mayor Doros who donated these readers.
00:08:53Without his generosity, we wouldn't have these new books.
00:08:56All right, class.
00:08:58I would like to start with our penmanship.
00:09:01Now, let's begin.
00:09:03Turn to page three.
00:09:04Hey, Mandy!
00:09:30What's longer?
00:09:31Should be any minute now.
00:09:34Look who's up from her nap.
00:09:39Oh.
00:09:39Miss Kathy never wants to miss a phone.
00:09:41Isn't that right?
00:09:42Now, I want you two to be on your best behavior.
00:09:45Just because we live in the Wild West does not mean that we have to act like it.
00:09:49I see him!
00:09:50I see him!
00:09:51Oh, he's here!
00:09:52He's here!
00:09:53He's here!
00:09:57Paula!
00:10:02Whoa!
00:10:04Come here, sweetheart!
00:10:06Come here, sweetheart!
00:10:09Oh, ma!
00:10:11Are you here?
00:10:13Oh, you're finally here!
00:10:15I'm here.
00:10:15I'm here, sweetheart.
00:10:18Oh, you're a beautiful son for these eyes.
00:10:22I promised your mother I wouldn't have my eyes this very moment.
00:10:27Oh, ma, I can't tell you how much I've missed you!
00:10:30Mama and the boys are fine, and they wish they were here.
00:10:34The cost of the trip was just too much for all of us.
00:10:36I wish they could have come, too, but I am so glad that you didn't wait any longer.
00:10:41Your mother and I agreed that the timing was right for me to make the journey, and we know God's hand was in it.
00:10:47Suddenly, everything just found a place, and I'm here with you, my baby.
00:10:57Oh, my angel, I missed you so much.
00:11:01Oh, come meet all your grandchildren that I've been writing to about all these years.
00:11:05Yeah, you are still so beautiful.
00:11:08Hey, Grandpa!
00:11:09Hey!
00:11:10Hey!
00:11:13This is Maddie.
00:11:19Stagecoach was rough.
00:11:20I think I'll walk back, to tell you the truth.
00:11:21Well, Kathy's down for the night.
00:11:26Sounds like she gave up without a fight.
00:11:28Oh, she's worn out from all the excitement of meeting her grandpa today.
00:11:32Well, it's been pretty exciting for me, too.
00:11:35Marty and I have been very grateful to get to know all of you from Missy's letters.
00:11:41But it's so nice to finally be able to put the faces with the names.
00:11:47All of us being apart has been hard.
00:11:50And I know you've had some hard times.
00:11:52But God's with us.
00:11:54It's been a tough couple of years for all the ranchers in the area.
00:11:58Little to no rain made the grazing scarce, and then the cattle plague swept through the valley.
00:12:02Thankfully, we have my teaching job to help make ends meet.
00:12:05And we're just looking to hold out until we can drive the herd to the market in springtime.
00:12:12Pray for a big payday.
00:12:14Catch up on things.
00:12:16I'll pray for that myself.
00:12:19In the meantime, I'm just thankful to be here.
00:12:30How do you always manage to skedaddle before you're finished getting dressed?
00:12:33Come here.
00:12:34You might take your pa and show them to her this morning.
00:12:39Not before I see that baby granddaughter of mine.
00:12:42Rosy cheeks.
00:12:43I'll go get Kathy up.
00:12:45It's a rare thing she sleeps in this late.
00:12:50Morning.
00:12:51Morning.
00:12:56Willie!
00:12:59Willie!
00:13:03What's wrong?
00:13:04She's not breathing.
00:13:06Really?
00:13:07She's not breathing.
00:13:08Kathy?
00:13:10Kathy?
00:13:11Jeff, get out.
00:13:13Kathy?
00:13:13Kathy?
00:13:13Oh, my God.
00:13:15Oh, my God.
00:13:16Oh, my God.
00:13:17Oh, my God.
00:13:20Woo.
00:13:20What?
00:13:22Kathy?
00:13:22What?
00:13:23Kathy, please.
00:13:25Oh, my God.
00:13:27Oh, my God.
00:13:28Oh, my God.
00:13:29Oh, my God.
00:13:29Oh, my God.
00:13:30Oh, my God.
00:13:31Come for somebody.
00:13:31Kathy, come on.
00:13:35Come on.
00:13:37Home may die.
00:13:39Kathy, come on.
00:13:44Grief consumes us.
00:13:48Emotions betray us.
00:13:52Somehow, Lord,
00:13:54let us rest in your promise.
00:13:58Your promise that Kathy is safe in your arms.
00:14:04Safe in heaven.
00:14:07Where there are no tears, no pain.
00:14:12No sudden death.
00:14:15Only joy and peace and love.
00:14:22Lord, please be with Missy and Willie and their family.
00:14:28Walk with them in their grief.
00:14:33Hold them up when they falter.
00:14:38Sustain them when they feel like giving up.
00:14:47Amen.
00:14:48God bless you both.
00:15:12Maybe you could fix things for me this week.
00:15:16I'm happy to.
00:15:30I'm all right, Willie.
00:15:33Really.
00:15:34I'll be okay on my own.
00:15:35You take good care of Kathy, Sonny.
00:16:04Don't want to be scared or nothing.
00:16:09She's little and she could be awfully lonesome.
00:16:13Thinking that she's missing out on all the...
00:16:14I'm Colette Doros.
00:16:23I'm Colette Doros.
00:16:36I'm so sorry about your little sister.
00:16:47I'm afraid I don't know what to say.
00:16:50Me neither.
00:16:51I'm sorry.
00:16:53Please accept my condolences, Mr. Davis.
00:17:04It is such a tragedy.
00:17:07I am sorry.
00:17:12Hello, sweetheart.
00:17:13Mr. Davis, this is my daughter Colette.
00:17:18Colette, this is Mr. Clark Davis.
00:17:20Mrs. LaHaye's father and little Kathy's grandfather.
00:17:25I'm so sorry for your loss.
00:17:29It's awful.
00:17:34Colette is, uh...
00:17:35She's on break.
00:17:36She's been refining her ways
00:17:38at the Millington Finishing School back east.
00:17:41Very good.
00:17:46You know how it is with daughters.
00:17:51They sure can break their father's hearts.
00:17:59In more ways than one.
00:18:06The words were just right.
00:18:23Good.
00:18:25Strange.
00:18:27How in an instant everything can change.
00:18:30Make a man unsure about anything
00:18:33and everything.
00:18:36Tough times all over.
00:18:39I've got to say,
00:18:40you hired me a few years back.
00:18:42I was working as a ham for you.
00:18:45It might be easier on the nerves
00:18:47than having my own spread.
00:18:50Knowing I'm married
00:18:51and Linda's expecting.
00:18:55I realize
00:18:56how much is at stake,
00:18:58how bad I want it to work out.
00:19:06I put her to sleep
00:19:20just like always.
00:19:21I put her to sleep
00:19:22just like always.
00:19:23and then I ticked on her
00:19:38right before I went to sleep
00:19:39and she was fine.
00:19:43And in the morning
00:19:44I went to get her up
00:19:45and she...
00:19:46she wasn't...
00:19:48she wasn't breathing.
00:19:55I just want her safe.
00:19:59I'm protected.
00:20:00Missy.
00:20:11I'll be fine.
00:20:15I'll be fine.
00:20:16That was a beautiful service, Henry.
00:20:43Perhaps
00:20:44you should have stuck
00:20:47to your previous vocation
00:20:48judging by those
00:20:50glorious words you spoke.
00:20:52You know God a lot better
00:20:54than you know cattle.
00:20:58She knew?
00:21:00Gift to my wife from her father?
00:21:03It's a fine gift.
00:21:05It's a fine gift.
00:21:06It's a fine gift.
00:21:07It's a fine gift.
00:21:08It's a fine gift.
00:21:09It's a fine gift.
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00:21:12It's a fine gift.
00:21:13It's a fine gift.
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00:21:18It's a fine gift.
00:21:19It's a fine gift.
00:21:20It's a fine gift.
00:21:21It's a fine gift.
00:21:22It's a fine gift.
00:21:23It's a fine gift.
00:21:24It's a fine gift.
00:21:25It's a fine gift.
00:21:26It's a fine gift.
00:21:27It's a fine gift.
00:21:28It's a fine gift.
00:21:29It's a fine gift.
00:21:30It's a fine gift.
00:21:31It's a fine gift.
00:21:32Where's Kathy?
00:21:50Don't you remember?
00:21:52We told you she's with the angels.
00:21:56In heaven?
00:21:58Yes, sweetheart.
00:22:00Why?
00:22:02I don't know.
00:22:17Morning.
00:22:18Morning, Missy.
00:22:19Is Matty asleep?
00:22:21Yes.
00:22:23What are you doing?
00:22:25It's a school day.
00:22:26I'm getting an early start for once.
00:22:27Jeff, will you get my horse?
00:22:35Missy.
00:22:38It's too soon.
00:22:39Jeff, get my horse.
00:22:51Missy, all right.
00:22:52I didn't think you'd go back to teaching quite yet.
00:22:58Look, this is not my choice.
00:23:00We need to work.
00:23:02We need the money.
00:23:05Cookie, will you keep a close eye on Matty for me today?
00:23:09Yes, ma'am.
00:23:10Will you please move her cradle and the rest of her things up into the barn?
00:23:14I'll see you later.
00:23:15Oh.
00:23:39Oh.
00:23:39Oh.
00:23:40so you're out here all alone
00:23:49uh i don't mind helps me think things through while i get my work done
00:23:58moby dick i think it's the best thing melville's ever written yes ishmael and his whaling voyage
00:24:07as far as authors go i prefer dickens i'm halfway through great expectations
00:24:13so the evening mists were rising now and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed
00:24:19to me i saw no shadow of another parting from her this last few lines of the book
00:24:25didn't mean to spoil the ending for you you should keep reading though
00:24:32you shouldn't run full out like that there's wheel ruts and prairie dog holes
00:24:43oh you shouldn't worry about me i'm a very accomplished writer
00:24:46i was worried about him
00:24:48how's your father and mother oh they're they're not my parents
00:24:58they're not no the la hayes adopted me when i was 11 right after my older brother sonny died
00:25:04i'm so sorry
00:25:06um this horse
00:25:10looks familiar
00:25:14isn't he beautiful my father just bought him for me
00:25:18will you be ready for an adventure tomorrow
00:25:21what oh yeah probably
00:25:27good
00:25:29see ya
00:25:40good
00:25:42good
00:25:43good
00:25:45good
00:25:45good
00:26:03good
00:26:04I don't know.
00:26:34Mrs. Ahay?
00:26:49Mrs. Ahay?
00:26:52Oh, what?
00:26:54You didn't get my picture.
00:26:56Oh, I'm sorry.
00:26:59It's lovely.
00:27:00It's your little girl going up to heaven.
00:27:04It's your little girl going up.
00:27:34It's my little girl.
00:28:04I'm done teaching.
00:28:23I tried to do it today, and I just couldn't.
00:28:27We'll be just fine.
00:28:29Well, we might. We might not.
00:28:32I just know I can't go back.
00:28:34I just know.
00:29:04I just know I can't go back.
00:29:14Who is it, Abel?
00:29:16It's LaHaye.
00:29:23Willie?
00:29:25It came about the sheriff's position if the offer's still on the table.
00:29:28The offer still stands.
00:29:31Come on in.
00:29:32Talk about the particulars.
00:29:33And Samson called unto the Lord and said,
00:29:45O Lord God, remember me.
00:29:48I pray thee, and strengthen me.
00:29:52I pray thee only this once, O God.
00:29:55Pa!
00:30:01Hey, little man.
00:30:03Pa, you're squeezing me.
00:30:05Cookie left some supper on the stove for you.
00:30:20Mayor Doris offered me a job today.
00:30:30What kind of job?
00:30:31They're needing the sheriff.
00:30:32We didn't discuss it.
00:30:34Well, we need the money.
00:30:35Keep the ranch going.
00:30:37Well, who's going to run the ranch?
00:30:38Scotty.
00:30:40Scotty.
00:30:54Missy, your finger's bleeding.
00:30:56I didn't feel a thing.
00:31:15William LaHaye, a sheriff of Tetra Junction, your duties will be wide and buried.
00:31:20Not limited to, but including keeping the peace, executing court orders and warrants.
00:31:27Seizure of debtors' property when liens are due.
00:31:30Serving papers and posting notices when called for.
00:31:33Do you promise on your honor, as your word is your bond and the Bible is your conscience, to uphold these duties?
00:31:41I do.
00:31:41As mayor of Tetra Junction, I declare you duly sworn in.
00:31:56Congratulations, Sheriff LaHaye.
00:32:01Hi.
00:32:08Hello.
00:32:09You look like someone who could use a little adventure.
00:32:12Do I?
00:32:14Come on.
00:32:14Come with me.
00:32:15I can.
00:32:16I've got a job to finish here.
00:32:18Do it later.
00:32:19A man just doesn't up and quit in the middle of a job.
00:32:21A man is the master of his own day.
00:32:24His own hours.
00:32:26Makes up his own mind.
00:32:27Come on.
00:32:29Come on.
00:32:34Come on.
00:32:36Cookie, you got some grub I can take out to Scotty and Jeff?
00:33:01I'm working on it as we speak.
00:33:03Matty down for his nap?
00:33:04Yes, sir.
00:33:07How's she doing?
00:33:12Well, sir, she won't eat and she won't come out of that room.
00:33:19It's like she just...
00:33:20It's like she just stopped.
00:33:23It's like she just stopped.
00:33:25Why don't we try to give her some of your soup?
00:33:27It smells so good.
00:33:29Oh, yes.
00:33:32I've been praying for God to give you comfort.
00:33:55I brought something for you to eat.
00:34:01I can't.
00:34:03Please.
00:34:03You gotta try.
00:34:05Even if you don't feel hungry.
00:34:08Please, Paul, just leave me alone.
00:34:11I can't do that, darling.
00:34:13I love you too much.
00:34:15Doris!
00:34:39Doris!
00:34:40Doris, get out here!
00:34:41Doros, you coward, get out of here
00:34:45Are you gonna run and hide?
00:34:51Face me like the man, Doros
00:34:54You can't hide behind your money now, can you?
00:34:57Joe Paxson?
00:34:59Is that you?
00:35:00It's me, who's that?
00:35:04It's Willie LaHaye
00:35:06I'm the new sheriff
00:35:08Do some sheriff and then lock up that crook, Doros
00:35:11Why don't you put the gun down, we'll talk about that
00:35:14Talking don't save a man's land
00:35:16Bullets to the ticket
00:35:17Come on, Joe
00:35:19I got some coffee in my office
00:35:21I'm gonna straighten this out
00:35:22Get to the bottom of what's troubling you
00:35:25Doros is at the bottom of it
00:35:27Samuel, sell me down the river Doros
00:35:32Listen, Joe
00:35:33Joe
00:35:34You don't want to give a plan away
00:35:38Like this
00:35:39Took my family
00:35:41Hey
00:35:48You gonna help me, LaHaye?
00:35:53Yeah
00:35:54I'm gonna help you inside
00:35:56Some coffee
00:35:57A good long nap
00:35:59It's all right
00:36:03You got one bad man left in town, Willie
00:36:07Soup's getting cold
00:36:10Stubborn
00:36:13Yep
00:36:14Yeah
00:36:15I'm gonna help you
00:36:28We went with the email
00:36:58It must be hundreds.
00:37:11My mother had them shipped over from her home in Boston.
00:37:15Father always said she lived and breathed books.
00:37:18The complete works of William Shakespeare.
00:37:20Oh, have you read much Shakespeare?
00:37:22Missy had me read Romeo and Juliet.
00:37:24So romantic, isn't it?
00:37:25Well, I read it a few years ago, and at the time I was more interested in the poison and the dagger.
00:37:30Well, perhaps if you read it now, you would be more interested in the romance.
00:37:37Maybe so.
00:37:38If you read it now, you would see that though they're young, they both knew their own hearts.
00:37:44They knew that theirs was true love.
00:37:46You can borrow it if you would like.
00:37:49Really?
00:37:50I don't see why not.
00:37:51I mean, I'm going to see you again, aren't I?
00:37:53I'm afraid that some of those are too fragile to be let out.
00:38:02Jeff and I were just out riding, and I wanted to show him the library.
00:38:05It's like nothing I've ever seen.
00:38:09Well, as you can see, this is also my office.
00:38:11I have work to attend to.
00:38:13Oh, Father, there are just a few more titles I'd like to show Jeff.
00:38:15Well, I'm afraid it's going to have to wait, Collette.
00:38:18But Father...
00:38:19It's fine.
00:38:22Your father's a busy man.
00:38:25Goodbye, sir.
00:38:27Goodbye.
00:38:38I am so sorry about that.
00:38:40My father's not usually so rude.
00:38:42Don't worry about it.
00:38:44I'll bring you the book next time I see you, okay?
00:38:46No.
00:38:47Better not.
00:38:48It might upset your father.
00:38:52I have been upsetting my father since I was old enough to tell him what dress I wanted to wear.
00:38:59You sound like a girl who likes to be contrary.
00:39:02I'm a woman who knows what she wants.
00:39:07And what would that be?
00:39:09I'd like to spend more time with you.
00:39:11Unless you don't want to.
00:39:16I'm sorry if I'm coming off like a spoiled brat.
00:39:19No.
00:39:21No, I'd like that.
00:39:25Collette!
00:39:25Please, sweetheart, come on in.
00:39:40Have a seat.
00:39:44So, are you in the habit of spending your time with strange young men?
00:39:48He's hardly a strange young man, father.
00:39:51I met him with you at the LaHaye's ranch.
00:39:54Have you been spending time with him ever since?
00:39:58I've seen him a couple of times.
00:39:59Is being at home so tedious to where you had to spend your time with the likes of him?
00:40:05You just have to give him a chance.
00:40:07He knows books and ranching and horses.
00:40:11You'll like him once you get to know him.
00:40:12That's hardly something that's likely to happen, baby.
00:40:15Because you'll be going back to school and he'll be going back to doing whatever it is that he does.
00:40:19Oh, my God.
00:40:49Oh, my God.
00:41:19You're home late.
00:41:46I didn't mean to wake you.
00:41:50You didn't.
00:41:52Just like you're thinking.
00:41:53Okay.
00:41:53Welly.
00:42:07Have you been able to cry ever since cast?
00:42:15No.
00:42:16Come on in, Sheriff.
00:42:38Mr. Doros has been expecting you.
00:42:39Boys.
00:42:53Sheriff LaHaye.
00:42:55I hope you brought your appetite.
00:42:57Pull up a seat.
00:42:58All right.
00:43:02All right.
00:43:04Thanks.
00:43:05I may have some pressing issues that will need your attention shortly.
00:43:17It seems that Henry and Melinda Klein have me between a, shall we say, a rock and a hard place.
00:43:24Well, Henry and Melinda are good friends of mine.
00:43:26I'm sure they're good people.
00:43:27But they've got to pay their debts just like everybody else.
00:43:32They had a bad spell last year.
00:43:34See, Klein borrowed a lot of money from me, using his land and his livestock as collateral.
00:43:47They've missed several payments.
00:43:48How much does he owe?
00:43:50Enough.
00:43:51He needs to pay me, or you need to move him from the premises.
00:43:55Like Joe Paxson?
00:43:57I know about that ruckus with him in town.
00:44:01Drunken fool.
00:44:02The man lost everything.
00:44:05He even had to send his wife and daughter away because he couldn't provide for him.
00:44:09You know, when I was a boy, I can remember going for days without anything in my stomach.
00:44:14And when I did have a meal, see, I couldn't even enjoy it because I was too busy worrying about where my next meal would come from.
00:44:23All because I had a father that was weak.
00:44:26He built everything up, only to let someone come in and take it from me.
00:44:31I'm not my father, LaHee.
00:44:33You're sitting in the biggest house for 100 miles.
00:44:36You know, the gap between me and a chance of poverty will never be big enough to suit me.
00:44:42And if it means tossing people like Paxson off his land, then so be it.
00:44:48And I refuse to let life take a sucker punch at me.
00:44:54See, we all make choices, LaHee.
00:44:57You know, take you for instance.
00:45:00You made the choice to become sheriff.
00:45:03Keep food on your table for your family.
00:45:04Now, Paxson, he chose to raise cattle.
00:45:10Which ended up on another man's table.
00:45:12What?
00:45:13Oh, yeah.
00:45:15When you get back to the jail, you can thank Joe Paxson for that steak.
00:45:21Lunch was on him.
00:45:28Gotta get back to town.
00:45:29Oh, sheriff.
00:45:39Aren't you forgetting something?
00:45:40Now, those papers, they give me the legal rights to claim Henry Klein's property if he should default.
00:45:58If he's got the money to pay me, well, that's fine.
00:46:00If not, then you do your job, sheriff.
00:46:04Sheriff, and you give him notice.
00:46:07Seven days, and they vacate the premises.
00:46:11Leaving all their possessions, including livestock, behind.
00:46:18You tell Doris, I'll pay him when I drive the cows to market.
00:46:23That's still a month away.
00:46:25Listen, the loan contract says you gotta pay him something now.
00:46:29You need to make at least one payment.
00:46:32Maybe something you could sell.
00:46:34I sold everything that's not tied down.
00:46:38And you know, Melinda's expecting.
00:46:52Why didn't you tell me things were so bad for you?
00:46:57I guess I was praying for a miracle.
00:47:01Doros will force this issue, Henry.
00:47:03He'll take your land.
00:47:04Over my cold, dead body.
00:47:08That kind of talk won't do your family any good.
00:47:10The law says you got seven days, or else I have to remove you from your property.
00:47:14Hi, Pa.
00:47:28hi pa morning you're up and out early
00:47:45i tell you scotty he sure is one tough old man he's keeping me busier than a farmer with a broke
00:47:56plow on a lame horse
00:47:57you all right trying to be pa
00:48:09most times it just feel like there's a dark cloud hanging over us i can't get out from under
00:48:19just nagging doubts and shaking faith i feel like like willie and i are pulling apart
00:48:31losing a child that's the hardest pain any parent can go through
00:48:36you just have to make sure that you don't let that dark cloud overstay its welcome
00:48:45steal your joy make you bitter it'll whisper lies skies truth it will attempt to divide you
00:48:57from those that you love
00:49:00you know that you're willie are both welcome back home if you decide not to stay
00:49:08we will do everything in our power to make sure you get a fresh start
00:49:13thank you pa hey you two have been working so hard to make sure everything else gets done
00:49:19i guess that's it
00:49:21well you know where he is
00:49:24what do you mean
00:49:25i'm saying it might be high time that you went to visit your husband
00:49:30the sheriff
00:49:36now you go freshen up
00:49:38and i'll sell your horse okay dog
00:49:45i can't stop clit
00:50:12how can i help
00:50:19how can i help
00:50:27you want to hand me the hammer and a nail
00:50:33how can i help you
00:50:42to have a look at your-
00:50:46how can i help you
00:50:50Well, you were right.
00:51:04Colette and the LaHaye boy have been getting pretty cozy.
00:51:07They're together right now.
00:51:13I'm just going to regret that.
00:51:20I hope I'm not intruding.
00:51:37If this is a bad time to visit, I can go back.
00:51:39No, no.
00:51:40It's really nice to see you, Melinda.
00:51:42Please come in.
00:51:51I'm sorry I haven't stopped by until now.
00:51:53I've been an awful friend.
00:51:55Oh, no.
00:51:57No, please don't say that.
00:51:59To be honest, I don't think I could have dealt with the company before.
00:52:07How are you and Henry?
00:52:09And the baby?
00:52:11Fine.
00:52:12Except for, you know, the ranch.
00:52:14But...
00:52:15The ranch?
00:52:16Willie hasn't told you?
00:52:17I don't really see Willie that much nowadays.
00:52:24Not since he's been working as sheriff.
00:52:26Did you know that?
00:52:27Hmm.
00:52:28He came by the other day.
00:52:34What happened, Melinda?
00:52:35Melinda?
00:52:35Henry owes Sam Doros some money.
00:52:47And he sent Willie to come by to collect.
00:52:50I'm sorry.
00:52:52I'm really sorry, Melinda.
00:52:54Last year after the drought, um...
00:52:57Doros paid Henry a visit.
00:52:59And he made it seem like...
00:53:01He wanted to help Henry get back on track.
00:53:03And like everybody, we were hurting financially, so...
00:53:07We took him up on his offer.
00:53:11And now we're behind on our payments.
00:53:14And, um...
00:53:17And since Willie is sheriff, he's the one who has to force us from Marlene.
00:53:21Willie won't do that.
00:53:21Sheriff doesn't have a choice.
00:53:24What happens to Henry and Melinda if they don't pay Doros on time?
00:53:33Doros will furnish clothes on their ranch, just like he'd done to Joe Pax and probably others.
00:53:40I know this is awful for you.
00:53:45I've been thinking about going back to teaching.
00:53:47If I go back, then you wouldn't have to do this and be in this situation.
00:53:53You can't go back to teaching, Missy.
00:53:54Yes, I can.
00:53:55I can reopen the...
00:53:56Not now.
00:53:58Please.
00:53:59Why?
00:54:00I don't understand.
00:54:02I can't explain.
00:54:05I just need to know you're here, safe.
00:54:11I'll stay, Willie.
00:54:13I'll stay.
00:54:14I'll stay.
00:54:17Have you been praying for his help?
00:54:23I can't seem to.
00:54:25Maybe we should try praying together.
00:54:27What exactly would we be praying for, Missy?
00:54:30The only thing we both want, we won't ever see again.
00:54:47It's so bad.
00:55:01It's so bad.
00:55:15Oh, God, please.
00:55:22Don't let this be happening.
00:55:23That's right.
00:55:32Yeah, that's right.
00:55:33That's right.
00:55:33Let's go.
00:56:33As you can see, Mr. Taylorson, everything I brought with me is of the finest quality.
00:56:44I'm sorry, Mrs. LeHaye, but $13 is all I can do.
00:56:49It still leaves me $2 short of what I need.
00:56:56Well, that's entirely up to you.
00:57:03But if it's worth $2 to you...
00:57:16You get the cooking supplies you need.
00:57:20Watch your back, Taylter, Maya!
00:57:22Come on, Taylter!
00:57:52I'll be right back.
00:58:05Why?
00:58:10I'll be right back.
00:58:13Jeff?
00:58:15Jeff!
00:58:17Jeff!
00:58:21Jeff!!!
00:58:29Jeff!!!
00:58:33Jeff!
00:58:35Jeff!
00:58:37Jeff!
00:58:39Jeff!
00:58:41Jeff, Jeff, what are you doing?
00:58:44I need to talk to you.
00:58:46What a moonlight stroll.
00:58:48I was hoping you'd say that.
00:59:11I'm glad you can make it, Sheriff.
00:59:27We both think we're standing on our own land.
00:59:33Henry, you knew this day was coming.
00:59:36You should have packed something, gotten your goods together
00:59:38so we couldn't have them.
00:59:39I'm not going anywhere.
00:59:41Come on, is this going to take all day?
00:59:44I know, you're just doing your job, Willie.
00:59:47Seems that me and Klein have come to an impasse.
00:59:53Hey.
01:00:02You're too full of yourself to realize
01:00:04that the user you are is indeed being used.
01:00:07To the grave you'll be dragged by the seducer of your greed.
01:00:10And when you're an old man, you'll live off the memory
01:00:14of your usury and your escapades, too full of pride to admit
01:00:18you're nothing but an empty shell.
01:00:21I know men like you, despise and reproof, that you were made that way, that you rejected
01:00:31what you were made for.
01:00:34Here, Doros.
01:00:37Here's enough to keep us on our land.
01:00:41Gives you another 30 days.
01:00:42Oh, and by the way, I used to be a good pastor, but now I'm a rancher.
01:00:53So why don't you get off my land?
01:00:5530 days.
01:00:5730 days.
01:00:59Lady.
01:01:03Lady.
01:01:03Lady.
01:01:04Lady.
01:01:04Lady.
01:01:04Lady.
01:01:04Lady.
01:01:05Lady.
01:01:06Lady.
01:01:07Lady.
01:01:08Lady.
01:01:09Lady.
01:01:10Lady.
01:01:11Lady.
01:01:12Lady.
01:01:13Lady.
01:01:14Lady.
01:01:15Lady.
01:01:16Lady.
01:01:17Lady.
01:01:18Lady.
01:01:19Lady.
01:01:20Lady.
01:01:21Lady.
01:01:22Lady.
01:01:23Lady.
01:01:24Are you all right?
01:01:26I would have had to do it, Missy.
01:01:28I know.
01:01:31Are you right home with me?
01:01:34I've got to get back to town.
01:01:54Colette? Is that you?
01:02:14Hello, Father.
01:02:16Hey. Where you been?
01:02:18Just out riding.
01:02:19By yourself?
01:02:20I'm going to be surrounded by girls at school in a few days,
01:02:22so I don't mind the solitude.
01:02:24I see.
01:02:25Well, if that's all, I'm going to go change.
01:02:27Well, there is one more thing.
01:02:30It's a matter of conscience.
01:02:35I had a change of heart about that new horse I got you.
01:02:39You mean the one you took from the clients?
01:02:41Yeah, it's been...
01:02:42been on my mind for the last couple of days.
01:02:47I think the only right thing to do is to give it back.
01:02:50Father, that's wonderful.
01:02:51I just find myself in a bit of a buy and knows exactly how to do that.
01:02:55Just give it back.
01:02:57I am a businessman, and I have a reputation, Colette.
01:03:02It can't appear soft or indecisive.
01:03:05I think the best way to handle this situation is that
01:03:07if you were to give the horse to that friend of yours, Jeff LaHaye,
01:03:12and, well, have him return it to the clients.
01:03:15One more thing.
01:03:19I'd rather nobody knew it was my idea.
01:03:21I won't tell.
01:03:24Thank you, Father.
01:03:25You're doing the right thing.
01:03:26I know I am.
01:03:31I know I am.
01:03:31I know I am.
01:03:34I know it was my experience.
01:05:05Missy.
01:05:06Missy.
01:05:07Missy.
01:05:08Come on out of the rain now.
01:05:11You're gonna get pneumonia.
01:05:12Come on now.
01:05:13Come on now.
01:05:14Come on now.
01:05:15Come on.
01:05:16Come on now.
01:05:17Come on.
01:05:18Come on.
01:05:19Come on.
01:05:20Come on inside.
01:05:24Come on.
01:05:25Come on.
01:05:26Come on.
01:05:27Come on.
01:05:28Come on now.
01:05:29Come on inside.
01:05:31Let's go.
01:05:33Come on.
01:05:34Come on.
01:05:35Come on.
01:05:36Come on.
01:05:37Come on.
01:05:38Come on.
01:05:39Come on.
01:05:40Come on now.
01:05:41Let me go.
01:05:42We gotta go inside.
01:05:43What's this about?
01:05:44Let me go.
01:05:45I can feel it.
01:05:46It's the rain.
01:05:47It's the drop.
01:05:48I can feel it for the first time.
01:05:50Why her?
01:05:51I just don't understand.
01:05:52No.
01:05:53We're not always meant to.
01:05:54You didn't even get to know her.
01:05:55She was as sweet as an angel.
01:05:56Well no.
01:05:57I just don't know what I'm doing anymore.
01:06:26You're doing it, little one.
01:06:34You're doing it.
01:06:56Oh, uh, Missy, I didn't know you were coming into town today.
01:07:08I'm a little surprised myself.
01:07:10Is it all right?
01:07:13Um, yeah, it's fine.
01:07:26Looks good.
01:07:30It's just leftover ham.
01:07:33How's Maddie?
01:07:35Keeping cookie on his toes.
01:07:38That's good.
01:07:56Lord, for the time that we had her, we thank you.
01:08:22For all the days of our lives that we will miss her.
01:08:28We ask that your love helps ease the ache in our hearts.
01:08:36Amen.
01:08:38Amen.
01:08:52Amen.
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01:09:24ΒΆΒΆ
01:09:29ΒΆΒΆ
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01:09:39ΒΆΒΆ
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01:09:48Jeff!
01:09:49No.
01:09:50Oh.
01:09:53I'm so glad you came.
01:09:57They knew I'd come to say goodbye.
01:09:59It's only goodbye for a little while.
01:10:01I'm gonna miss you.
01:10:03I'll miss you too.
01:10:05Oh, I brought you something.
01:10:07Oh, but I don't...
01:10:09It's two things actually, but they're not gifts in the traditional sense because you can't keep them.
01:10:13Here.
01:10:18Oh, Colette, I can't take this.
01:10:20Please take it.
01:10:21Read Romeo and Juliet again.
01:10:23For me.
01:10:25Oh, here.
01:10:34Here.
01:10:35I want you to take my horse and give it back to Mrs. Klein.
01:10:42Oh.
01:10:43But, Colette, your father...
01:10:44My father gave me this horse.
01:10:46Now I want to give it back.
01:10:52I should go.
01:10:54Oh.
01:10:55I'll give you a leg up.
01:11:08Oh.
01:11:09I'll give you a leg up.
01:11:24Okay.
01:11:38Thanks.
01:11:41Come on.
01:11:46Write me.
01:11:47But I don't have your address.
01:11:49Shakespeare does.
01:11:54I love you.
01:11:55Bye.
01:11:56Bye.
01:12:24Bye, Father.
01:12:48I'll see you in a few months.
01:12:54Looks like we got it's a horse thief.
01:13:13Let's go get him, boys.
01:13:24Get up.
01:13:52Jet, is that right?
01:14:01You know my name.
01:14:08Abel here tells me he caught you stealing one of our horses,
01:14:11red-handed.
01:14:14Like I told him, Colette gave me the horse
01:14:17to return it to the Clines.
01:14:18This must have been a conspiracy that you made up with the Clines.
01:14:21I mean, them being as good of friends to your family and all.
01:14:25Henry and Melinda don't know anything about this.
01:14:27Listen to me, son.
01:14:29I can't help you unless you get honest with me.
01:14:31You don't know what we do to horse thieves.
01:14:35We're going to handle this one by the books.
01:14:37I'm taking you into town.
01:14:41That sheriff ain't going to do nothing to one of his own.
01:14:44William LaHaye is a man of the law, and I don't want to have any doubt.
01:14:51You'll do the right thing.
01:14:54Now get this trash out of my house.
01:14:57I think we're going to have a healthy problem here.
01:15:11Get on down, sonny.
01:15:15Get on down, sonny.
01:15:29Get him.
01:15:33Jeff.
01:15:37Well, I got another prisoner for you, sheriff.
01:15:45You need to lock him up until the federal marshal arrives.
01:15:47Get your hand off my boy.
01:15:49My men, they caught him dead to rights on a stolen horse.
01:15:55Oh, it's true enough.
01:15:57I'm an eyewitness along with my men.
01:15:59And the last I heard, horse thieves, they get the noose around these parts.
01:16:04But I might be willing to drop the charges as long as he leaves and never returns.
01:16:10Just slow down, Doros.
01:16:12I mean, there's got to be some kind of misunderstanding.
01:16:14No, there's no misunderstanding.
01:16:18I mean, the boy, he took my horse.
01:16:21That's my property.
01:16:24You both would swear to that in front of a judge?
01:16:27On a stack of Bibles.
01:16:28You're going to take my boy away from me?
01:16:30I'd send my own daughter to jail if I knew she was a thief.
01:16:36You can't let something like family interfere with the law, LaHaye.
01:16:39You know, Doros, for once I agree with you.
01:16:48How could you?
01:17:05Colette, baby.
01:17:07I'll put you on that stage myself.
01:17:09Oh, I stopped the stage.
01:17:10I can, you know.
01:17:11When I happened to see the horse in my corral, I asked Jeff about it.
01:17:16He told me Colette wanted to give the horse back to the clients.
01:17:19I see.
01:17:20I knew a snake like you just might be up to something.
01:17:24Something that might get my boy into trouble.
01:17:26So I went after Colette as a witness.
01:17:29Just in case there was any kind of misunderstanding.
01:17:32Just like I make a better sheriff than even I knew.
01:17:40What are you going to do?
01:17:42I mean, do you honestly think you could get my daughter to testify against me?
01:17:54Colette.
01:17:55It's like you said, Father.
01:17:58You can't let something like family get in the way of the law.
01:18:02Colette.
01:18:12What do you want, LaHaye?
01:18:14Colette.
01:18:19These are my terms.
01:18:27It's one of my favorite dresses on you.
01:18:33I think you forgot something.
01:18:35Turn around.
01:18:44Oh.
01:18:57Now you look perfect.
01:18:59How?
01:19:00Well, you stopped wearing the locket about the time Henry and Melinda came up with the money for Doros.
01:19:05I just figured it out.
01:19:08You didn't tell Henry or Melinda?
01:19:09No.
01:19:11No, that's still your secret.
01:19:13How did you get it?
01:19:14We don't have any money.
01:19:16Found my first paycheck.
01:19:18Couldn't think of anything else.
01:19:20We needed more.
01:19:24Thank you for getting it back.
01:19:35There you go, Cookie.
01:19:39Oh, everything looks so good.
01:19:40How are you?
01:19:41Good, Melinda.
01:19:42How are you?
01:19:44How are you?
01:19:45Good, Melinda.
01:19:46How are you?
01:19:59Nice party.
01:20:01Yeah, lots of happy folks.
01:20:02Yes, you battered that chicken up with some nice cayenne pepper and the boy makes it nice and special.
01:20:09Hey, you boys, you get out of here.
01:20:11You come around here stealing all of my chicken, you watch that old fox in the head house.
01:20:15You gonna come around here getting the best part of my chicken, too.
01:20:21Excuse me.
01:20:22Mr. Paxton, can I get you anything?
01:20:23Well, I'd say you and your husband have done plenty for me, ma'am. I'm back at my ranch.
01:20:36Oh, I'm so happy for you.
01:20:39Yeah, I, uh, telegraphed my wife and daughter, told them we gotta roof back over our heads again, and, uh, got a message back saying they're coming home.
01:20:46That is so wonderful.
01:20:48Yeah, it is.
01:21:00Excuse me, please.
01:21:01Sure.
01:21:02I'll tell you what, it's gonna take me a month of Sundays when I get home for me to tell your mother about the trip.
01:21:17Oh, well, you could make plans to stay and make some more memories.
01:21:20Oh, you'll do future visits, I promise you that.
01:21:23Now, in the meantime, I seem to recall that I taught my little girl how to dance once upon a time.
01:21:30dreamed of.
01:21:31shoot.
01:21:35woo, hoo, hoo!
01:21:40woo, hoo!
01:21:44andere?
01:21:45zo
01:21:47woo!
01:21:48woo!
01:21:49woo!
01:21:50woo!
01:21:51woo!
01:21:53woo!
01:21:54woo!
01:21:55woo!
01:21:57Werder!
01:21:58WWIND!
01:22:00Take care of yourself son
01:22:04Come here you
01:22:06Oh my goodness you're getting big
01:22:10You mind your folks
01:22:15I love you too grandpa
01:22:19Thank you for all the help
01:22:21It made a huge difference from all of us in a bad way
01:22:24I seem to recall you doing it for me once
01:22:29You have a safe trip
01:22:32You too son
01:22:33Say hi to Marty for me
01:22:34I will
01:22:48Give mom a big hug for me
01:22:50I will
01:22:51And Arnie
01:22:52And Aaron
01:22:53Oh I will
01:22:54Oh
01:22:57I'm so thankful that you were here with us Paul
01:23:00I don't know what we would have done without you
01:23:03Well I know mistakes Missy
01:23:06God's timing is always perfect
01:23:10Even if we don't realize it at the time
01:23:14Come here
01:23:15Come here
01:23:19I don't want to let go
01:23:22You keep those cards and letters coming you hear
01:23:30Especially now I can place those beautiful faces with the names
01:23:33I love you sweetheart
01:23:43More than anything in the world
01:23:45I love you too ba
01:23:47Bye
01:24:03Bye sweetheart
01:24:06Bye
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01:24:35Bye
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01:24:39Excuse me
01:24:40I love you too
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