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Paladin is hired to research a lost chapter of western history for a writer he is told has cruel intentions.
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00:00I came here to find out what happened to her.
00:19Now, you make up your mind to it.
00:21You'll tell me about that lady.
00:30You'll tell me about that lady.
00:59You must attack perseverance and proven physical courage for possible hazardous mission.
01:03Must be man of taste and discernment, a West Point graduate and a former army officer.
01:08Communicate Colonel H.P. Lathrop, River Acres, Sacramento, California.
01:29You must be civilized.
01:51Come in, sir.
02:19Your name, sir?
02:20My name is Paladin.
02:21What's yours?
02:24Tuolumne.
02:25Tuolumne O'Toole.
02:27Tuolumne?
02:28You think it's a funny name?
02:31No, I think it's a charming name.
02:33It's Cherokee, isn't it?
02:34On my mother's side.
02:35My father was a railroad worker from Ireland.
02:38If you step into the drawing room, I'll tell the colonel you're here, sir.
02:41Oh, Mr. Paladin.
03:00Colonel Lazorup, happy to see you.
03:01Nice to see you.
03:03I see you're harboring my old friend Petronius Arbiter here.
03:06Yes, the old scoundrel painted quite a picture of his time, didn't he?
03:10Naturally, I forbid my wife to read a line of his.
03:13Oh.
03:13Sit down, won't you?
03:15Yes, I've been many years recuperating since the war.
03:23Books have been my refuge.
03:26Your pursuits have been far more interesting.
03:29Colonel, you seem to know a great deal about me.
03:31Well, only by hearsay.
03:32That's why I was forced to use a blind advertisement in order to reach you.
03:37And now that I'm here, what can I do for you?
03:39Oh, Martha, my dear.
03:40Do you have a moment?
03:43I'd like you to meet Mr. Paladin.
03:45Mrs. Lathrop.
03:46How do you do, Mr. Paladin?
03:48Mrs. Lathrop.
03:48Would you excuse me, please?
03:50Little Pablo is very ill, and I must hurry.
03:53Excuse me.
03:57Eternal nurse.
03:59My wife's always ministering to the sick.
04:01Or the lame.
04:03Or the lazy.
04:04Colonel, what is it you wish of me?
04:07I noticed that you were admiring that portrait, sir.
04:10Oh, was I?
04:12That's Jonathan Lathrop.
04:14He was an aide-de-camp of General George Washington's.
04:16The military seems to run in your family.
04:18Yes.
04:20All the mayors of my family have been in the military.
04:23All lawmakers or leaders in other fields.
04:26If pride of family be a sin, then I plead guilty, sir.
04:29I am proud of my ancestors.
04:32Well, I'm certain you have every reason to be proud, Colonel.
04:35Now, as to your business with me.
04:38Well, why don't we let that wait until after you've refreshed yourself?
04:41Your bag's in your room.
04:42There's a hot bath waiting.
04:44And we dine at eight.
04:46Follow me.
04:47Will you show Mr. Paladin to his room?
04:51Sure be Mr. Paladin.
05:09No, thank you.
05:10As my wife mentioned, Mr. Paladin, I've spoken of you often.
05:14But I'm not sure that she'll approve my reasons for asking you here.
05:17Colonel, why am I here?
05:19I want you to locate a woman for me, Mr. Paladin.
05:24Her name is Gloria Morgan.
05:28Do you know anything about her?
05:30I've heard the name.
05:33Then you've also heard of Lodestar, Nevada.
05:36Yes.
05:37It's just a sleepy little cattle town now, my dear.
05:39But during the silver boom, it was a roaring mining camp.
05:42Was it?
05:44Gloria Morgan was reigning queen of the Tenderloin district there.
05:47Till the boom burst.
05:49And then she disappeared.
05:51And your interest in her, Colonel?
05:54Well, she's a missing chapter in a history that I'm writing about the West.
05:59My heavens, was she that important, my dear?
06:02Women of that sort were an essential part of Western history.
06:05Isn't that so, Mr. Paladin?
06:06Well, I suppose every boom town had its Gloria Morgan as a sort of symbol of its success.
06:13Now, as I understand it, she was a great deal more than that.
06:17Gloria Morgan was the high priestess of a cult made drunk by wine and sudden wealth.
06:22She was beautiful and mysterious.
06:25Exotic, exciting, a sort of a living flame.
06:28She must sound foolish to you.
06:31I seem to have been carried away with a vision of some woman that I've never even seen.
06:35And that, Mr. Paladin, is why you are here.
06:40Will you excuse us, my dear?
06:42Certainly.
06:42Colonel, these clippings are very interesting.
06:57A pity there's no picture.
06:58Yes, isn't it?
07:00I'll pay your fee upon delivering the information.
07:03Until I know what's involved, I can't name a fee.
07:05Well, I know that a gun battle was fought for her favors.
07:12I want to know more about that.
07:14I want to know if she's still alive.
07:16If so, what she's called.
07:18And especially, I want to know where she is now.
07:22Colonel, why don't you do this yourself?
07:25I regret that I'm not physically able to, sir.
07:28My advertisement mentioned a hazard.
07:29You're the second man that I've sent up there.
07:32The first one never returned.
07:34In that case, my fee will be $2,000.
07:46Well, Tuolumio, too.
07:49This is indeed a pleasure.
07:51I didn't come here to give you pleasure.
07:53I came here to warn you.
07:54Don't go to Lodestar.
07:58Oh, why not?
07:59The country's full of bandits and wild Indians and grizzly bears.
08:03How about cougars?
08:04Them, too, yes.
08:06You're beautiful, Tuolumio.
08:07And you're such a bad liar.
08:10I didn't think I could scare you.
08:13Why did you try?
08:15That man isn't what he seems to be.
08:18He likes to hurt people.
08:19He's a monster and a torturer.
08:22Colonel?
08:23Well, you noticed that he didn't mention the name of Gloria Morgan
08:27until his wife was there to hear him, didn't you?
08:29Yes, I noticed.
08:30The colonel's been using that name to torture Mrs. Lathrop.
08:34Now, why would the colonel want to do that?
08:37I think Gloria Morgan was his sweetheart.
08:40I think he wants to bring her here.
08:43The colonel says he never laid eyes on her.
08:46I'm sure he lies.
08:49Well, that's hardly my business.
08:50I'm being paid to locate Gloria Morgan.
08:54If you do,
08:56if you come back here,
08:58I'll kill you.
09:01Now, you better believe me.
09:03Well, I believe you'd try.
09:05Good night, you all of me.
09:15Good night, you all of me.
09:15Good night, you all of me.
09:16Good night.
09:17Good night.
09:33Good night.
09:38Good night.
09:38yes sir room for you well that's something we got plenty of around here
09:55mister you're staying with us long paladin well not too long I hope I'm
10:00trying to look at an old friend of mine can I help you I know what everybody
10:03hereabouts possible this is a woman of some repute Gloria Morgan you made a
10:13mistake Carl you don't have an empty room Steve's right I forgot there's a bunch
10:20of mining men coming down from San Francisco they got everything booked
10:24it's the way it is mister I'm partially combinations of three I'll take room
10:3433 where is it it's at the top of the stairs
10:43thanks
10:49tell Clay right
10:56bartender I'd like a bottle of I'm out of it well I haven't named it yet
11:17whatever it is you want we ain't got it here
11:20she must have been quite a lady what lady did I say lady yeah well I was a
11:35slip of the tongue I'm not sure she was a lady judging by the things I hear about
11:39her well mister nobody ain't ever gonna hear of you if you don't clear out
11:50you mind not at all I wonder if you'd mind sharing this with me I've often
12:04wondered what whiskey tastes like
12:08you ain't gonna get any information out of me mister but I can tell you this she was a
12:22first-class can of tomato was she now of course good looks and immobility she couldn't hold a candle to me
12:33you don't say oh I do why I could out drink her any day of the week and when it
12:39came to trapping a loose dollar I could take I wonder whatever happened to her
12:45Clay could tell you he's a fellow that owns this place but he won't I bet Lulu
12:51knows Lulu best buddy they used to work here together poor Lulu she got fat
13:02all she's good for now is taking in laundry
13:06lazy you better go home easy or tomorrow you could be taking in washing
13:15get up don't be too hard on mr. summers it was all my fault you'll get out to Bradley out of town
13:27after we've had a talk Harry in your office
13:30there now we have that talk with the summers up now or ever
13:41are you ma'am
14:10how's yourself I'm fine my spare shirt shows the trail I was told Lulu would
14:16clean it Lulu will that'll be a dollar in advance you know I have a great deal of
14:27admiration for women of your profession laundry I find women of your profession
14:32all over the West independent honest you find a bucket some water soap you're in
14:38business well what's a girl to do when she isn't a girl no more the figure goes but the
14:44shoulders stay it's an honorable profession I'm certainly a necessary one I can think
14:50of some others we could do without don't credit me too much dearie I've done my time in the saloon
14:55you well I didn't always look like this you know wait a minute
15:01Lulu I think you look fine do you work the saloons here in Lodestar you bet you must have known um what's her name the one they all talk about um Gloria
15:12that's it Gloria Morgan say she really gathered in the honey around here or so they tell it on the
15:18trail oh they do huh mm-hmm a saint mister right out of the book that's Gloria Morgan well now that I
15:25didn't hear oh I'll bet did the boys tell you about that black winter we had when everybody around here
15:30was dying like flies now why did you start talking about Gloria Morgan I didn't you did did I I don't do that often these days
15:42well that looks fine I don't think the creases will ever
15:51I should have known we'll get rid of them Lulu well it seems to me you people are going to a lot of
16:05trouble just to keep me from asking a few innocent questions come on hey mister your shirt next time
16:17somebody puts a bullet through it I hope you're wearing it
16:28right Paladin keep going don't come back I'd like my gun we'll keep that I'll have to come back for it
16:35for nothing else you do and I promise you'll be shut head-on from the side in the back nobody's
16:42going to make a fair fight out of it we see you we shoot now get
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17:34This is an excellent gun, Mr. Summers. I just couldn't leave it behind.
17:54Oh, that's a beautiful woman.
17:58You must have been very fond of Gloria Morgan.
18:01How does she rate all this loyalty?
18:03Why will men here and women, too, kill for her?
18:06I was told that Gloria Morgan was filth.
18:09That she was an abomination who preyed on the weaknesses of lonely men.
18:13You're a liar.
18:14That she was a liar, a cheat, a thief.
18:17And she was a liar.
18:19Am I?
18:20Then what is the truth, Mr. Summers?
18:22I don't want to hurt her.
18:29I don't.
18:31Do you want me to tell people she was a saint?
18:36Nonsense.
18:39Have you ever known a woman that was?
18:40No, I haven't.
18:42Part saint, part devil.
18:45Great deal of turtledove and a whole lot of cattle.
18:50That's Gloria.
18:51I understand a gun battle was fought for her favors.
18:54Not for her favors, sir.
18:56For her hand.
18:57In marriage.
18:58I beg your pardon?
19:00I suppose the other fellow had as much right to court her as I did, but if you hadn't noticed,
19:08I walked with a limp.
19:11It was a good fight and a fair fight.
19:13And when it was over, we were both near death.
19:16And Gloria Morgan?
19:17She waited until we'd both recovered our helps.
19:22Then told us she didn't love either one of us.
19:30Went away.
19:47I believe Clay sent word I was coming.
19:54Yeah, he did.
19:55And you know what Clay wants you to do?
19:57Clay and I have disagreed before.
19:59You faced your gun at some time.
20:01Got a couple of souvenirs in this carcass from it someplace.
20:04You or the other man?
20:14That's right.
20:17Lori Morgan.
20:21She's one of the finest women I ever met.
20:41You found out about that woman?
20:43I did.
20:45And you're going to tell?
20:46I am.
20:46To all of me, I don't think Gloria Morgan will hurt your mistress.
20:50You better not be lying.
20:54How do you do, Mr. Paladin?
20:55Colonel, come in.
20:58Mrs. Lathrop, how's your patient?
21:00Oh, Pablo's very well, thank you.
21:01Won't you sit down?
21:04Did you find Gloria Morgan?
21:06Colonel, I found out a great deal about her.
21:08And where is she now?
21:09Well, sir, I think perhaps it's more important to know who she was rather than where she is now.
21:14I know who she was.
21:15I doubt it.
21:16I talked to a great many people.
21:19Actually, Colonel, Gloria Morgan was a young girl abandoned in a mining camp by a man who brought her there under false pretenses of marriage.
21:25She had no friends, no one to turn to.
21:28So she did the best she could.
21:30She sang and danced in the saloons.
21:32And she shared in the money men paid for the pleasure of drinking in her company.
21:37Is this distressing you, my dear?
21:40No, no.
21:41Go on, Mr. Paladin.
21:43Some of the people I talked to, Colonel, think she was a saint.
21:47A saint?
21:48Yes, sir.
21:49There was a cholera epidemic in Lodestar.
21:51No doctors, no nurses.
21:53Gloria Morgan nursed the sick.
21:56Nursed them, bathed them, and fed them.
22:04Well, sir, I'm trying to crystallize in my mind the impression I've gotten of Gloria Morgan
22:09in the last few days.
22:11And that impression is?
22:14That she was a remarkable woman whose friendship I would have considered a high honor.
22:20Shall I go on, Colonel?
22:22Yes.
22:24Go on, Mr. Paladin.
22:26Well, Gloria Morgan saved enough money to go to San Francisco and study nursing.
22:31Naturally, she was worried that her past would come up and spoil her new life.
22:35So she borrowed a name.
22:37She borrowed it from the privately printed family history of a friend.
22:41And under that name, she met, fell in love with, and married a man.
22:48And for a while, they were quite happy.
22:52And then, Mr. Paladin.
22:56And then, recently, someone sent her husband a poison pen letter, exposing her past in the
23:02worst possible light.
23:04Out of hurt and arrogant pride, he decided to punish her by getting a third party to confront
23:12her with proof of her identity in his presence.
23:15That's quite enough, sir.
23:16The scheme was unworthy of the man, Colonel.
23:20If he'd gone to his wife in any reasonable manner, she would have told him anything he wanted
23:24to know.
23:25Oh, I'm sure she would have.
23:30Mr. Paladin, my husband paid you to make a report.
23:33Why don't you make it?
23:38Oh, that's right.
23:40You want to know the present whereabouts of Gloria Morgan, don't you, Colonel?
23:46No, I don't.
23:48Well, it's just as well.
23:50The Gloria Morgan of Boomtown days is dead.
23:53She lives only in the memory of those who loved her.
23:57Do you believe that, Colonel?
23:57Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:58Colonel?
23:59Colonel?
24:00Colonel?
24:00Colonel?
24:00Colonel?
24:01Colonel?
24:02Colonel?
24:04Yes.
24:05I believe it.
24:21Mr. Paladin.
24:25I promise I'll never try to kill you again as long as I live.
24:29And don't you ever try to lie to me again either.
24:30Now, what did Mrs. Lathrop ever do to deserve such loyalty from you?
24:34Well, I was born in Lodestar.
24:36When I was 14, I took a job in the saloon where Gloria Morgan was working.
24:40And?
24:41She took me to her home and spanked me so hard I couldn't sit down for a week.
24:47And now, I suppose, there's a young man.
24:49Little Pablo's big brother.
24:52But you're the only man who's ever kissed me.
24:55Well, Tuolumne, I'm terribly sorry.
24:57That first kiss belonged to little Pablo's big brother.
25:00He won't mind, as long as I save the third one for him.
25:03The third one?
25:30The third one is lost all at our house.
25:38Can I die?
25:39The third one is my friend.
25:41The third one is lost all.
25:43The third one is lost all.
25:45And if he's aarlone who's ever iber of los guirier and you're old enough.
25:47And I suppose closing is a Index to Hendracks about you.
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