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The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

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00:00.
00:30I don't know what to do, but I don't know what to do.
00:46Who's there?
00:47Officer Pothelwistle of the Canadian Mountain.
00:55Good evening, Mr. Snavely.
00:57Is it still snowing?
00:58I don't know. To tell you the truth, I never looked.
01:01Did you get your man?
01:02Well, not yet, but I got my eye on him.
01:05Well, that's something.
01:07Are you pulling up?
01:09I'm thinking I'm going over the rim tonight.
01:13How's your son Chester?
01:15Did you hear from him lately?
01:18If I heard from Chester, it'll be a year.
01:22I was thinking of the song that you read about him.
01:26I wanted to sing it to my wife last night.
01:29You know, we got a boy just about Chester's age
01:34who's got a hankering to go to the city.
01:38Have you got your dulcimer here?
01:40Yes, I have, officer.
01:42I wonder if you'd mind singing me that song.
01:44I'd be tickled to death.
01:53You have to excuse me, though, if my voice isn't just right.
01:56You know, we can't get any epicac up in this part of the country.
02:00Go ahead, Mr. Snavely.
02:02You won't consider me rude if I play with my mitts on, will you?
02:08Not at all, Mr. Snavely. Not at all.
02:11Not at all.
02:16There was once a poor boy, and he left his country home.
02:23And he came to the city to look for work.
02:28He promised his ma and pa he would lead a sinless life.
02:35And always shunned the fatal curse of drink.
02:42Once in the city, he got a situation in a quarry.
02:48And there he made the acquaintance of some college students.
02:57He little thought they were demons,
02:59for they wore the best of clothes.
03:04But the clothes do not always make the gentleman.
03:12So they tempted him to drink.
03:16And they said he was a coward.
03:20Until at last he took the fatal glass of beer.
03:24And when he found what he had done,
03:30he diced the glass upon the floor.
03:35And he staggered through the door,
03:38with delirious tremors.
03:46Once upon the sidewalk,
03:49he met a Salvation Army girl.
03:51And wickedly, he broke her tambourine.
04:00All she said was,
04:02Heaven bless you.
04:04And laid a mark upon his brow.
04:08With a kick she'd learned,
04:10before she had been saved.
04:13Now, as a moral to young men,
04:19who come down to the city,
04:23don't go around breaking people's tambourines.
04:29That certainly is a sad song.
04:38Don't cry, constable.
04:40It is a sad song.
04:44My uncle Ichabar said,
04:47speaking of the city,
04:49it ain't no place for women, gal,
04:53but pretty men go there.
04:58You always said something
05:00that would make you split your sides laughing.
05:02A comical old gentleman he was.
05:04Well, I think I'll be a high-tailed over the rim.
05:11And it ain't a fake night out for man or fish.
05:14I'm a large group.
05:15I was one guy.
05:18I was one guy.
05:20I'm a slave.
05:21You remember me?
05:23You never know,
05:25you never know his name.
05:27I'm a slave.
05:29You never know you.
05:31You never know your name.
05:33You never know your name.
05:35I'm a slave.
05:37It's more like cornflakes.
05:39It's more like cornflakes.
06:09It's not a good night out, a man of peace.
06:17It's not a good night out, a man of peace.
06:39Let's go.
06:51Hello there.
06:56Hello there.
07:00Hello.
07:05Hello.
07:07Hello, Mr. Sinsley.
07:09Hello, Chief.
07:11Hello.
07:12And how?
07:14A mousse.
07:18A mousse.
07:28It's not a good night out, a man of peace.
07:36It's a good night out.
07:38It's a good night out.
07:39It's a good night out.
07:41It's a good night out.
07:43Who's there?
07:45It's me, Ma.
07:46It's me, Ma.
07:49It's my mom.
07:52It's a good night out.
07:54It's a good night out.
07:56It's a good night out.
07:59Who's there?
08:01It's me, Ma.
08:17Did you find any gold in the Gulf Park?
08:20I found that nougat on the table.
08:23A nougat?
08:24A golden nougat.
08:26Just what you've been combing them hills for,
08:29for now on to thirty years.
08:31It must be worth almost a hundred dollars.
08:34It'll help to pay off the mortgage on the old shack.
08:37Is that pill for medicine happening here again?
08:40Yes, and he wants more money.
08:42Right as high?
08:43He wants more money and if he doesn't get it,
08:45he'll take our Malamute.
08:47He won't take old Balto, my lead dog.
08:50Why not, Pa?
08:51Because I ate him.
08:54You ate him?
08:56He was very good with mustard.
09:01We were over blind nougat last night,
09:05and I got very hungry.
09:06and I got very hungry.
09:15You better take your muck locks off, Pa.
09:17Captain Pipperton of the Canadian Mounted
09:20smuggled a police dog across the border for you.
09:23Smuggled a police dog across the border for me?
09:25Yes, and he says for you to keep it under your hat.
09:30How big is it?
09:31About so high.
09:33He's crazy.
09:33Pa, it's just three years since they put our dear son in jail
09:40for stealing them and our bonds.
09:42And I know he never stole them.
09:44Sure, he never stole them.
09:46Pa Chester never stole nothing.
09:49From nobody.
09:51Hardly ever.
09:53Do you think he'll come ahead and for home
09:55when they turn him loose from that plague of jail?
09:58I reckon, guess and calculate he will, Ma.
10:03I'm sorry.
10:05I'm sorry.
10:06I'm sorry.
10:07I'm sorry.
10:08I'm sorry.
10:09I'm sorry.
10:11I'm sorry.
10:12I'm sorry.
10:16Chester, my darling boy.
10:20And it ain't a pit night out.
10:23A man of peace.
10:24We have our son back again, don't we?
10:28Welcome home, Chester.
10:31Thank you, Pa.
10:34And I don't think we'll have him with us long.
10:39Once the city gets into a system,
10:44he loses his heart.
10:47He loses his heart.
10:50He loses his heart.
10:52He loses his heart.
10:56For the country.
10:59Sit down, Chester.
11:01Thank you, Pa.
11:03Will you have some soup, Chester?
11:05That's my soup, Ma.
11:09Hand me that bread I was drinking, will you?
11:13Thanks.
11:15Dad, I won't leave the farm again.
11:19I've come back here to stay with you and Ma.
11:22And I won't leave again.
11:52It's so good to see you both again.
11:56And I'm so glad to be back home with you and Ma.
11:59But I can't talk.
12:01I'd like to go to my little bedroom.
12:03And lay on the bed.
12:05And cry like I was a baby again.
12:07There, there, there.
12:08Go to your room and have a good cry, dear.
12:11I know how you feel.
12:12I feel so tired.
12:13I feel so tired, I think I'll go to bed.
12:15Why don't you lie down and take a look at me and take a look at me.
12:19I feel so tired, I think I'll go to bed.
12:21Why don't you lie down and take a look at me?
12:22Well, good night, Pa.
12:23Good night, Chester.
12:24Good night, Ma.
12:25Good night, Ma.
12:26Good night, Chester.
12:27Good night, Ma.
12:28Good night, Ma.
12:29Good night, Ma.
12:30Good night, Ma.
12:31Good night, Chester.
12:32My dear, I know how you feel.
12:36I feel so tired, I think I'll go to bed.
12:40Why don't you lie down and take a little rest first, Chester?
12:45Well, good night, Pa.
12:47Good night, Chester.
12:48Good night, Ma.
12:49Good night, Chester.
12:51Sleep well, Chester.
12:52Thank you, Pa. You too.
12:54Good night, Chester.
12:55Sleep well, Chester.
12:57Thank you, Ma. You sleep well.
12:59Don't forget to open the window a bit, Chester.
13:01Don't forget to open yours a bit, Pa.
13:03I won't, Chester.
13:04Yes, don't forget to open your window a bit, Chester.
13:06Put yours up a bit too, Ma.
13:07Good night, Chester.
13:08Good night, Pa.
13:09Good night.
13:10Good night, Pa.
13:11Good night.
13:12Good night.
13:13Good night.
13:14Good night, Chester.
13:28I think I'll go out and milk the elk.
13:31Good night.
13:34Good night.
13:35Good day, Pa.
13:36Good day.
13:41Good night.
13:42Good night, Pa.
13:43Good night.
13:57Let's go.
14:09Lena?
14:12Lena, honey.
14:14Papa is calling.
14:18Papa is calling you.
14:23Lena!
14:27My old Ambashore isn't what it used to be.
14:33Hello, Lena?
14:35Hello, Lena?
14:37Have you seen Lena?
14:40Tell her, Mr. Snavely once.
14:43Hello, Lena.
14:45It's certainly a bright moonlight night tonight.
14:49I'm sorry.
14:51I'm sorry.
14:53I'm sorry.
14:54It's certainly a bright moonlight night tonight.
15:02Hello, Lena.
15:04Hey, Lena, it's me.
15:06Come here, don't you know me?
15:08Mr. Snavely.
15:10Hello, honey.
15:24Come here.
15:36Chester, did you steal them bonds?
15:40Yes, Ma.
15:42I stole them bonds.
15:43I was a bank messenger and they caught me fair and square.
15:47I wasn't framed.
15:49I know you stole them, but I never would admit it to your father.
15:55If he thought you stole them, it would break his poor old heart.
16:01Never tell him any different.
16:03Good night, Chester.
16:07Good night, Ma.
16:09Good night, Ma.
16:20And it ain't a fit night out.
16:23A man or beast.
16:33Good night.
16:34Good night.
16:52Has Chester gone to bed yet, Ma?
16:55I don't think so, Pa.
17:03Good night.
17:21Chester?
17:23Can I speak to you a minute, son?
17:25Yes, Pa.
17:26I know you stole them, son.
17:28But I never would admit it to your mother.
17:31She thinks you're innocent.
17:33You must never tell her any different.
17:35She thought you stole them.
17:36It would break her poor old heart.
17:38Oh, it's so good to be home, Dad.
17:40I'm going to stay here now with you and Ma for all time.
17:42I'm going to stay here now with you and Ma for all time.
17:44I know you stole them, son.
17:46But I never would admit it to your mother.
17:48She thinks you're innocent.
17:50You must never tell her any different.
17:52If she thought you stole them,
17:55it would break her poor old heart.
17:59Oh, it's so good to be home, Dad.
18:02I'm going to stay here now with you and Ma for all time.
18:06What?
18:08Chester?
18:10Have you any of them bonds on you?
18:13Or any of that money?
18:15No, Dad.
18:16I ain't got any of them bonds on me.
18:19And I took that painted money and threw it away.
18:24And you came back to me and my mother.
18:29Yes, Pa.
18:31Spons on us and the rest of your life!
18:33You love you!
18:37You love...
18:38Skwatter!
18:40Get off!
18:50Get off!
18:51Clamp, you!
18:52I'll lay the pit night out, a man of peace.
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