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After schoolteacher Abbott breaks the windows in Mawson's saloon because it is too near the school, Dink Davis' henchmen hold her hostage in Mawson's cabin.
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00:00The End
00:02Here he comes! Here he comes!
00:05There's the trumpets, there's the drums, here he comes!
00:09Ha-Belong, Cassidy, here he comes!
00:25Hoppy, I'm kind of worried.
00:28All right, let it out.
00:30What have you done now?
00:31Oh, it's not me.
00:32It's California I'm worried about.
00:34California?
00:35What's the matter with him?
00:36Well, I don't like to carry tails,
00:38but he says he's going to do a little gambling and drinking.
00:42He's been saying that for years, but he's never done it.
00:45He'll be around when we want him.
00:46Maybe so, but there's a first time for everything,
00:48and right now he's on his way downtown.
00:51He is, huh?
00:53Well, maybe we'd better see what our friend's up to.
00:58California had completely disappeared.
01:09Well, so far you're wrong.
01:11California must have crawled off someplace to take a nap.
01:13There's still another place down the street.
01:15Well, take a look.
01:19You think that could be California?
01:21Hard to tell.
01:22He once said if he ever got started,
01:23he'd be a rootin' toothin' terror.
01:25Let's find out.
01:28Well, somebody sure fixed this place up.
01:49Coffee!
01:50Lucky!
01:51Name your own poison and join your old pal California.
01:55How much have you had to drink?
01:58Oh, three, four bottles, maybe.
02:01Can't drink too much of the stuff.
02:03Bubbles, get up your nose and tickle.
02:06Bubbles, what are you drinking?
02:10Sarsaparilla.
02:13What did I tell you?
02:14He's all right.
02:15Oh, no, I ain't a hobby.
02:16I came in here to get some of the real stuff,
02:18but gas kind of lost my nerve.
02:20Yeah.
02:21But someday I'm gonna taste it.
02:22And when I do, I'm gonna be a rip snort.
02:25Oh, no.
02:25What happened?
02:26We thought you were mixed up in all this.
02:28Oh, that?
02:29I don't know what happened.
02:30I was standing here drinking a Sarsaparilla
02:32when all of a sudden,
02:33things started busting wide open.
02:35And everybody died.
02:37Everybody except me.
02:38I'm used to bar fights.
02:40I ain't afraid of nothing.
02:42Besides, I just paid for Miss Sarsaparilla.
02:44And there ain't no critter
02:45that's gonna stop me from drinking it.
02:51I ain't long for this world.
03:14It was Miss Abbott, the schoolteacher,
03:17and she was fighting mad.
03:23That's all right, folks.
03:24You won't be bothered anymore.
03:28The back of my head's all sticky.
03:30It's a leaking.
03:31Is it blood hoppy?
03:32No, it's applesauce.
03:35Applesauce?
03:35You ain't insinuating in my head.
03:37What happened here?
03:39Well, come on.
03:40Speak up.
03:41I don't know, Mr. Mawson.
03:43I was standing here running the game
03:44and all of a sudden we were attacked.
03:46Attacked?
03:46Yes, sir.
03:47I leave the place for half an hour
03:49and look what happens.
03:50Somebody's trying to ruin my opening night.
03:53Well, who did it?
03:54Say something.
03:55Well, we don't know, boss.
03:57But if I were you,
03:58I'd ask Dink Davis about it.
04:00Davis?
04:01I told you, I heard him say last night
04:02this town wasn't big enough
04:03to hold both of you.
04:04Well, we'll see about that.
04:05Hey, what's going on here, Mawson?
04:08Hello, Sheriff.
04:09Well, as usual, you're a little late.
04:11Yeah, well, I had to stop
04:12and lock up the jail.
04:13Why?
04:13There's nothing in it but mice.
04:15Say, now, don't you be flip.
04:17I'm the sheriff around here
04:18and I want to know what goes on.
04:20So do I.
04:21And I'm not waiting for you to find out.
04:23Come on, get moving.
04:24Clean this place up.
04:27We're still in business
04:28and we're going to stay there.
04:30Come on.
04:30Oh, he sure is mad.
04:37If you owned this place,
04:38wouldn't you be sore, too?
04:40That man they was talking about
04:41seems I've heard his name before.
04:43Oh, what is it?
04:43Dink Davis?
04:44Yeah, that's right.
04:46I know him by sight.
04:47He owns the other saloon down the street,
04:48the big dome.
04:50I know this is none of our business,
04:52but there's going to be trouble.
04:54And usually where there's trouble,
04:55somebody gets hurt.
04:56You got any ideas, Hop?
04:58Maybe.
04:59I'll let you know when I get back.
05:00I'm going to have a talk with somebody.
05:01You two wait here.
05:11Well?
05:11How do you do, Miss Abbott?
05:13My name is Hopalong Cassidy.
05:15Well, I can't do anything about that.
05:16Why don't you have it changed?
05:17Well, the Hopalong's a nickname.
05:19My real name is Bill.
05:21William would be the proper pronunciation for that.
05:24Now, just how did you happen to know my name?
05:26I don't think I've seen you here before.
05:28No, you haven't.
05:29But I've seen you.
05:30Well, what is it you want?
05:32I'd like the answer to a very puzzling question.
05:35Hmm.
05:36It's a pleasant surprise to meet a man in this town
05:39who wants to learn anything other than how to play poker.
05:42What is your question?
05:44Just why do you throw apples and break windows?
05:48Do you mind if I speak to Mawson?
05:50Of course, I may not do any good,
05:52but sometimes a man can be a little more convincing than a woman.
05:56You mean that you're a better shot than I am with an apple?
06:00Not exactly with an apple.
06:04Now, whoever could be doing that?
06:07This goes to show you how much trouble can be started by an apple.
06:13Seemed like a bad day for saloons.
06:15Now the big dome was getting it.
06:16A lot about even things, huh?
06:22That's one way of making Dink Davis see the light and feel the fresh air.
06:25Well, from the sound of things, you must have done a pretty good job.
06:40He breaks two of our windows, we break all of his.
06:42That's a fair exchange.
06:43Set him up, Mike.
06:45Too bad you wasn't there for all the fun, boss.
06:47Yes, I'd like to see his face when he finds his place all messed up.
07:03I think you know I said this town wasn't big enough to hold both of us, Mawson.
07:07Sorry to see you leave, Davis.
07:09I always kind of liked competition, even the cheap kind.
07:13It won't be cheap when you get through paying for it.
07:16What's the idea of breaking up my saloon?
07:18You broke up mine, didn't you?
07:19You're crazy. I've never been inside this joint.
07:21That's a lie.
07:22Take that back, Mawson, or I'll...
07:23Take it easy, gentlemen.
07:29I don't like to interfere, but one of you is liable to get hurt, and that might not be necessary.
07:33Who are you?
07:34I'm Hopalong Cassidy.
07:36I'd like to have a talk with you two before you try to kill each other.
07:39I can handle my business without your help.
07:42I ain't got guns to prove it.
07:43Maybe so, but here's two more that can make a mighty fine argument out of that.
07:47Thanks, boys.
07:48I don't get your angle, but you say you've got something on your mind?
07:51That's right.
07:52Now, if you call off your men, we'll talk it over.
07:55All right, boys.
07:56Go ahead.
07:57Let's have it.
07:59I take it you two don't care too much for each other,
08:01and there's been a little window breaking around here today.
08:04Sure, I broke up his place,
08:05but not till after he broke up mine.
08:06I told you before I didn't do it.
08:09He's telling the truth, Mawson.
08:10How do you know?
08:12Because I happen to know who did it.
08:14Who?
08:15Well, I can't very well mention the name.
08:17All I hope to do is maybe keep you two from killing each other for no good reason.
08:22Could it be your own name you wouldn't be mentioning?
08:25Yeah, who are you covering up for if it isn't yourself?
08:27I said I couldn't mention the person.
08:29Listen, mister, you've stuck your neck out and your mouth open,
08:32and now I'm going to know the reason.
08:35Well, what's the answer?
08:36Right here, Mr. Mawson.
08:38I thought William would come here to protect me,
08:41and that's just what I didn't want.
08:44William?
08:44Who's William?
08:45I guess she means Harvey.
08:47But that ain't his right name.
08:48It's Bill.
08:49Now, look here, Miss Abbott.
08:50This ain't no time for you to come around here and do a lot of talking.
08:52I'm not going to do a lot of talking.
08:55My argument with you has passed that stage.
08:58I broke your windows, Mr. Mawson,
09:00and I intend to keep on breaking them until you close this place up.
09:04There isn't much more.
09:06He knows very well that we can't run our school
09:08as long as this place casts a shadow over it.
09:12Maybe you'd like me to tear it down.
09:14I'd like nothing better.
09:15But I know you won't,
09:16so I've started doing it my own way.
09:19That's why I wanted to be sure
09:20that you knew who broke your windows and why.
09:23You come around here again and do any damage,
09:25and I'll...
09:26I'm not afraid of you, Mawson.
09:28And tomorrow I'll prove it
09:29by calling a mass meeting of the decent citizens of this town.
09:33Then we'll see whether it's the three R's that I teach
09:36or whether you've changed them to rye, rabble, and roulette.
09:43I wouldn't have missed that for a $5 stack of chips.
09:46I'm not afraid of you, you big, bad saloon keeper.
09:49One more crack like that and I'll...
09:50You won't do anything
09:51except maybe a little homework
09:52and that lesson the school marm just gave you.
09:55Well, so long, Mawson.
09:59Come on, boy.
10:02Here he is, right.
10:05Cassidy!
10:06Yes?
10:06Hello.
10:07I'm Nova Blair.
10:08I work for Steve Mawson.
10:09I guess you know that.
10:10Lucky you're noted.
10:11Be quiet.
10:12You seem to be concerned about Miss Abbott's welfare.
10:15That's right.
10:15Well, I'm afraid she's going to be in serious trouble.
10:18Well, what's happened now?
10:19Well, last night I overheard some of Mawson's men talking to him
10:22and they told him he ought to run her out of town.
10:24I thought you should know this and perhaps warn her.
10:27Well, thank you very much, miss.
10:30So that's Miss Lola, huh?
10:33She's all right.
10:33She's all for us.
10:34Yeah, and you're all for Miss Lola.
10:36We'd better stop by the schoolhouse and see Miss Abbott.
10:38Where's your teacher this morning, children?
10:49We're waiting for her.
10:50She hasn't come to school yet.
10:52Has she ever been late before?
10:53Oh, no, sir.
10:54We could sit in the corner for a day.
10:56But I guess maybe she won't do that to herself.
10:58Oh, I guess she wouldn't.
11:00Well, I'm sure she'll be back soon.
11:01In the meantime, you think you can get along all right without her?
11:03Yes, sir.
11:10I'm going to find out where she lives and go to her house.
11:12Lucky, you go back up the main street and see if you can find anybody that's seen her this morning.
11:16Right up.
11:16You go back to the Golden Mill and hang around the bar.
11:18You might learn something.
11:19Anyhow, we'll meet there later.
11:26What'd you find out?
11:27Nothing.
11:28Except I'm getting mighty tired of this sarsaparilla.
11:31Nobody's seen Miss Abbott since yesterday.
11:33Well, I think I found out all that's necessary.
11:36Miss Abbott wasn't home, but she had been and she'd had company.
11:38What do you mean?
11:39There were several chairs and a lamp overturned.
11:41She must have put up a terrific fight before they took her away.
11:44Ah, that lady couldn't fight a head cold.
11:46No.
11:47She's got a lot more courage than some men I know.
11:49What you gonna do?
11:51I want to have a talk with Mawson.
11:52He won't admit anything.
11:54I know that.
11:55But I can at least accuse him and that'll start something.
11:58Right now, that's all I want.
12:03I want to have a talk with you, Mawson.
12:07So you're back again.
12:08No, go ahead.
12:09I'm listening.
12:10Miss Abbott isn't at school today.
12:13Well, now, what do you think of that?
12:15I'll tell you something.
12:17I didn't go to school today either.
12:19So I see.
12:22Maybe you did go to her house, say, last night.
12:25What are you talking about?
12:27I'm talking about Miss Abbott.
12:28She's missing.
12:31What would that mean to me?
12:33It might mean a lot to you.
12:35Seems that you're the one that has the most reason to get rid of her.
12:38Are you insinuating that...
12:39I'm not insinuating anything.
12:41I'm asking a question.
12:42Where's Miss Abbott?
12:43I don't know where she is.
12:45But I know where I wish she was.
12:47And that goes for you, too.
12:55That bullet only burned your hand, Mawson.
12:57And I hope I never have to come any closer.
13:00In the meantime, I'm staying around town
13:01until somebody remembers where they misplaced that schoolteacher.
13:10Where did he start?
13:11Where's the dad?
13:12Well, don't stand around there.
13:13Do something.
13:14Get a pan of water.
13:15Right, boss.
13:15That sure was fast shooting, Hoppy.
13:17Yeah, and fast talking, too.
13:19You know, Mawson had plenty of reason to be sore to me.
13:21Yeah, and your head would have been a lot sorer
13:23if you hadn't naked him in time.
13:25What do we do?
13:26I'm going to school where I can learn a few things.
13:29To school?
13:30Well, children, your teacher won't be here today,
13:47but this school has to keep running for a lot of reasons.
13:50I had a little concentrating to do myself,
13:52and I couldn't think of a better place to do it than in a school room.
13:55Now, suppose I assign you some lessons,
14:01and we'll all settle down to some nice, quiet work.
14:11Ah, let's see.
14:17Do you all have your history books, children?
14:18Yes, teacher.
14:20That's fine.
14:28What is it?
14:30I'm thirsty.
14:30Can I get a drink?
14:32Oh, yes.
14:33Go right ahead.
14:34I found a band from a high-priced cigar in Miss Abbott's home,
14:45and it had given me an idea.
14:51Well, how about you, sonny?
14:53Young man, what do you want to be when you grow up?
14:56An Indian.
14:57An Indian?
14:57Why?
14:58My pop says the country's in bad shape,
15:01so we should give it back to the Indians.
15:03that way I'd be giddy's.
15:07I don't know.
15:08If we keep on with what we're doing to it,
15:09the Indians won't want it back.
15:15How about you?
15:16Me?
15:19I'm going to run a saloon.
15:20A saloon?
15:21Sure, like my old man.
15:23What is your name?
15:24Dinky Davis.
15:25Only Ma calls me Stinky,
15:26so she can tell me from Pa.
15:28I see.
15:29I've heard of your dad.
15:33What about you, son?
15:35I'm going to be a bear hunter like my big brother.
15:38See?
15:40All I need now is a gun.
15:41Well, that's a great business,
15:43but I didn't know there weren't a bear around here.
15:45Sure.
15:46Way up in the hills, there's plenty.
15:49Just a week ago,
15:50I went with my brother,
15:51and he got two of them
15:52by the old Mawson cabin.
15:54You mean, uh, Steve Mawson?
15:56Yeah,
15:57but it's just a shack.
15:58Don't reckon he uses it much.
16:00Oh.
16:00Is it very far from here?
16:02No,
16:02but it's a hard ride
16:04way up to the end of
16:05Tuttle Creek.
16:07Oh,
16:07what direction is that?
16:09You know Dark Canyon?
16:11Yeah.
16:13The description of the Lawson cabin
16:15made it sound like a perfect hideout.
16:18We left California behind
16:19with instructions to keep his eyes and ears wide open.
16:25There it is.
16:25Think there are any guards around?
16:36There must be,
16:37if they got Miss Abbott here.
16:39Let's put our horses over here.
16:55He's asleep.
17:02Let's try the door on the other side.
17:25I'll close the door
17:27before I catch my death of cold.
17:29Hello, Miss Abbott.
17:30William.
17:31I had a feeling you'd come.
17:33Thanks.
17:33Now, will you please untie these ropes?
17:35I feel like a pullet
17:36trussed up for roasting.
17:37Not so loud.
17:38They'll hear you.
17:39You all right?
17:40Oh, certainly.
17:50Well,
17:51that comes from the shack.
17:55Thanks, Miss Abbott.
18:17Oh, it was nothing, William.
18:19He sure is not cold.
18:20Oh, that's nothing new for him.
18:22He was unconscious 15 years ago
18:23when he was a pupil of mine.
18:25Hoppy,
18:28two men are rushing the house.
18:30Come on, get him.
18:31Get down in the corner.
18:46Hurt bad?
18:47Yeah,
18:47they just raised my shoulder
18:48and knocked him down.
18:49I don't know
18:50who's in there with her,
18:51but they ain't getting out now.
18:55Lucky,
19:07we've got one more chance.
19:09Miss Abbott,
19:09hand me that rifle,
19:10will you please?
19:10you take her
19:29and go out the back door
19:30and I'll meet you
19:30where we left the horses.
19:31the rifle girl
19:42sticking out the window.
19:57must have got the fellow
19:59that was shooting it
20:00because it ain't doing
20:00any shooting now.
20:02There's no more firing,
20:02let's move in.
20:03Here comes Hoppy.
20:32Here's a horse for you,
20:42Miss Abbott.
20:43I am not getting up on that
20:45or any other animal.
20:46Well,
20:47it's a long walk
20:47over this kind of country.
20:48I don't care.
20:50I can...
20:50How long?
20:52It's about six miles.
20:54Six miles?
20:55Mm-hmm.
20:55Hmm.
20:56Well,
20:57no man ever defeated me.
20:59I don't know
20:59why a horse should.
21:01Now,
21:01you two turn your backs
21:02while I got aboard.
21:03Yes, ma'am.
21:04Hello,
21:17awesome.
21:18What's on your mind?
21:19A couple of things.
21:20Mind if I sit down?
21:21We're overlooking this.
21:28Red 9 plays
21:29on the black tent.
21:30Thanks,
21:30but I think I can play
21:31this game without your help.
21:33Maybe.
21:34But there's another game
21:35you might need my help in.
21:37What's that?
21:38Let's call it
21:39the Abbott game.
21:40People are beginning
21:41to talk.
21:41Get to the point.
21:45Everyone knows
21:46there's a feud on
21:47between you
21:47and the old girl.
21:49So when she disappears,
21:51what do you expect
21:52people to think?
21:53I don't know
21:53anything about it.
21:55No?
21:55Well, I do.
21:57I know where she is.
21:58Where?
21:59In your cabin
22:00up in the mountains.
22:01You're out of your mind.
22:03No, I'm not.
22:03Sit down.
22:04I know what I'm talking about.
22:06I've got a proposition
22:07off here.
22:10Go on.
22:11Close up this place
22:12and leave town.
22:13If you don't,
22:14this town might get
22:15rough with you.
22:16I tell what I know.
22:18Davis,
22:19I ought to kill you
22:20for this.
22:20I wouldn't do that,
22:21Mawson.
22:27We thought we'd drop in
22:28for a few minutes.
22:29Miss Abbott was very anxious
22:30to see you, gentlemen.
22:32Well,
22:33what have you got
22:33to say for yourself?
22:34Now get this straight,
22:35Miss Abbott.
22:36I don't know
22:36what happened to you
22:37and whatever it was,
22:38I had nothing to do with it.
22:39Then why was I
22:40taken to your cabin?
22:41I can't answer that.
22:42What's the use
22:43of lying, Mawson?
22:44How did she get up there
22:45if you didn't take her?
22:46I've just been telling him
22:47I knew what he'd done.
22:49Maybe it's better
22:50you settle this whole thing
22:51instead of me.
22:52I intend to do that,
22:54Davis.
22:55Now suppose you tell us
22:56how you knew
22:57where Miss Abbott was.
23:00Well,
23:01I knew there was
23:02bad feeling between them.
23:04I sympathized
23:05with the school one.
23:06I'm a father.
23:08I don't like the idea
23:09of this place
23:10being practically
23:10on the school grounds,
23:12even though I run
23:13a saloon myself.
23:16One of my boys
23:17saw Mawson
23:17out of the Abbott
23:18woman's house
23:19last night.
23:19That's the last lie
23:20you ever tell.
23:21Wait a minute.
23:22Stop it.
23:23Both of you.
23:25Well,
23:26I guess that ought to prove
23:27what I've been trying
23:28to tell you.
23:28I had him trailed up
23:29to his place
23:30and I know
23:30the whole layout.
23:31I was trying
23:31to talk reason
23:32to him when you came in.
23:34Well,
23:34I guess I'm all through now.
23:36You certainly are,
23:37Davis.
23:38If you have to smoke cigars,
23:39you should be more careful
23:40where you throw the bands.
23:42What do you mean?
23:43I found one of those bands
23:44on Miss Abbott's
23:45living room floor
23:45this morning.
23:47A lot of folks
23:47smoke the same brand.
23:49Not around here
23:49they don't.
23:51I found out
23:51you have those cigars
23:52sent to you from Waco.
23:54Davis,
23:55you abducted Miss Abbott.
23:56That's crazy.
23:57Why should I?
23:58Because you found
23:58a chance to make
23:59Mawson the goat.
24:00You figured everybody
24:01in town thought
24:01he was mad enough
24:02to do most anything to her.
24:04You all soon knew
24:04about that shack of his.
24:06It was a perfect setup
24:07to frame him
24:08but it didn't work, Davis.
24:10All right.
24:12He was smart enough
24:13to find out about it.
24:15I'll see if you're smart enough
24:16to hold me here.
24:17The first one
24:17that makes a move
24:18who pulls a gun
24:19is going to get it.
24:26Hey, come on in.
24:27Come on in.
24:29Yes, young lady
24:30again, Sheriff.
24:31Oh, no, I'm not.
24:35What do you mean?
24:36Well, you forget
24:37that I'm also
24:37the undertaker
24:38in this town.
24:39All right, boys.
24:40Thanks, Cassidy.
24:41I was in a pretty
24:42tough spot.
24:43You're still going
24:43to be in a tough spot
24:44if you don't make peace
24:45with Miss Abbott.
24:46Now, Miss Abbott,
24:47I don't want
24:47any more trouble
24:48but I can't move
24:49this building
24:49and you can't move
24:50your school.
24:51Tell you what,
24:52I don't think Davis
24:53needs this saloon
24:54any longer.
24:55I'll buy it for you.
24:57It'll make a fine school.
24:58Well, that sounds
24:59like a good deal,
25:00Miss Abbott.
25:01Yes, William.
25:05Your offer
25:06for the new
25:06Mawson Elementary
25:07School is accepted
25:08and gratefully.
25:13My goodness,
25:14those children.
25:15I forgot all
25:16about them.
25:17Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
25:18There he goes
25:21on his way
25:23down the moonlit trail
25:24to where
25:25cowboys rain.
25:28Hop along,
25:29Cassidy.
25:31Hop along,
25:33Cassidy.
25:34He'll return
25:36soon again.
25:38There's no use
25:39to say goodbye
25:40until then.
25:43Hop along,
25:44Cassidy.
25:45So long,
25:47cop along.
25:58You
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