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00:01Previously on Hope Valley 1874.
00:04I promised myself nothing and no one could ever take her away from me.
00:08Who would take Sarah?
00:09Jim's parents.
00:10What?
00:12See?
00:14Just takes a gentle touch.
00:16Settlers are required gale and patents now.
00:18I already own land, Constable.
00:21Remarkable.
00:26Can I see it?
00:27We're almost there.
00:28Oh, I like it.
00:29Welcome to our new bedroom.
00:36I love it.
00:38You're welcome.
00:41All right, can I bring you my things?
00:42Yes.
00:43Good.
00:44Boy, it certainly seems to have made her day.
00:46Yeah.
00:47How do you look at these curtains?
00:48I stayed up all night working on these, but something's not quite right.
00:51Oh, no, Rebecca, they look fine.
00:52I don't know.
00:52I've got to do all the guest rooms in these.
00:54And if the pattern's not right, I'm going to have to start all over again.
00:56Rebecca.
00:58How are you doing?
00:59What do you mean?
01:01Well, you seem a little preoccupied with being occupied.
01:05Oh.
01:06I'm probably just trying to get the boarding house in order.
01:10Yeah, but nothing's going on.
01:14Well, uh, Jim's birthday in a few days.
01:18Probably just distracting myself.
01:21Okay.
01:24First one since he passed.
01:28Oh, that's pretty hard.
01:33How's Sarah?
01:35I haven't found a way of talking to her about it yet.
01:37She's been so happy.
01:39Yeah.
01:40Um...
01:40Okay, I know exactly where I'm going to put the bed.
01:44Where?
01:45Rebecca!
01:46It's here!
01:47Oh!
01:48Oh!
01:49Yes!
01:49Let's go see it!
01:50Yes, yes, yes!
01:51Oh, it's beautiful!
01:53Thank you, ma'am.
01:54Do you still want it in the middle?
01:55Yes, I do.
01:56Uh, just right.
01:56Just here.
01:57Um, yes.
01:58Over, over, over.
01:59Stop.
02:00Oh!
02:02Oh, my goodness!
02:05Oh, wow.
02:06Clayton.
02:08This is where my boarders will start and end their days.
02:11Us too.
02:11Us too.
02:13Clayton, you truly outdid yourself.
02:15Eh.
02:15It was Olivia's design.
02:16Well, we did it together.
02:18Rebecca, the whole place looks so beautiful.
02:20It could be shown in a magazine.
02:21I don't know about that.
02:22I still have to finish all the boarders rooms and, uh,
02:24oh, I've got to make lunch for the mess tent.
02:26Oh, everything doesn't have to happen at once.
02:28It actually does because, uh, I've got to pay Vince
02:31for all the furniture that's on the way.
02:32Mama, don't forget about the mattresses Jenny and I
02:35have been making at the ranch.
02:36Yes, we'll get those today.
02:38When are you taking on boarders?
02:39No time like the present.
02:42Alexander.
02:43You're back.
02:45All is well in my territory.
02:47Hmm.
02:47You miss me?
02:48We always do.
02:50All right, um, welcome back.
02:52Your room is not ready yet, sadly.
02:54I guess I'll just have to take it as is.
02:57Are you sure?
02:58Because I haven't been expecting boarders,
03:00so it's not nice.
03:02Pete's sleeping outside.
03:04Besides, I, I like the neighborhood.
03:08You must have a lot of work to catch up on, Alexander.
03:11Actually, I do have a lot of paperwork for you
03:13back at the trading post.
03:14Folks are bringing by their applications for land patents.
03:17I'll be right over to pick those up.
03:19As soon as I'm settled?
03:22Uh, yes, all right.
03:24Follow me, I'll show you to your room.
03:33Sarah, are you all right?
03:36Yeah.
03:37I, I just didn't know that a policeman would live here.
03:48Is there hope in the valley?
03:52I, I wanna see it come alive.
03:56I wanna see you come alive.
04:08I, I wanna see you come alive.
04:14All right, here it is.
04:15Just, uh, four walls and a ceiling and a floor.
04:19It's perfect.
04:21I hope to have a mattress for you tonight.
04:23Mattress would be grand.
04:25Uh, it was $5 a week we agreed to.
04:29Oh, yes.
04:31Oh, this is, um, seven.
04:32Yes.
04:34About that.
04:35Uh, my commanding officer has authorized me to make your boarding house my base of operations.
04:44I'm sorry?
04:45If that's okay with you, of course.
04:47It might just mean using your parlor every now and then for Mountie business, which I'd try to keep to
04:52a minimum.
04:56If the additional $2 a week isn't enough...
05:01It's fine.
05:03Grant.
05:04Uh, he will need you to sign this contract.
05:16If you're worried about me bringing danger to your door, I assure you, the whole reason I'm out here is
05:23to protect folks like you and your daughter.
05:28All right.
05:29I'll have a look.
05:34What? You said there wouldn't be any police in the Northwest.
05:37I, that's what I was told.
05:39I didn't know about them starting an entirely new force.
05:42And now there's a policeman living with us.
05:44He does seem well-intentioned.
05:48But perhaps we ought to be careful how much we say to him about where we're from.
05:53So they won't find us?
05:54That's right.
05:55Whoa.
06:03Easy, easy, easy.
06:05We can't afford both of us having broken legs.
06:07Somebody's got to break in this here stallion.
06:09Hey, easy, easy.
06:10I've got to be straight with you, Tom.
06:12I don't got a good feeling about this.
06:13Thunder and I here, we've got a bit of an understanding, don't we?
06:16It's going to be a short, smooth ride.
06:20If you say so.
06:20Here we go.
06:32There you go.
06:34Certainly short.
06:35Not exactly smooth.
06:38Very funny.
06:40Okay.
06:42Just take him back.
06:43Give him a little break.
06:44Are you okay, Mr. Moore?
06:46It's like you want to get hurt.
06:47I tried to warn him.
06:49I'm fine.
06:49Thanks for asking, sir.
06:51See, Sarah, only his pride is broken.
06:54That's a good one.
06:56Can I go find Jenny?
06:56Yes.
06:57Yes.
06:57But don't forget, we've got to serve lunch at the mess tent.
07:00Okay, Mama.
07:02So what's the secret to breaking a horse, anyway?
07:06It's just finding common ground.
07:08Ah.
07:09Is that just not one of your strong suits?
07:13Clayton tells me you've been putting my lumber to use.
07:16I have, yes.
07:17I'm almost finished with all the rooms in the boarding house.
07:20That's good.
07:21Yeah.
07:22Should be celebrating.
07:23I should be, except that Constable Vaughn is moving in.
07:26A little too close for comfort.
07:29I can't believe I moved us all the way out here to avoid crooked policemen,
07:32and now he's making the boarding house into a police station.
07:36The only difference, of course, being that Vaughn is too much of a by-the-books man to be crooked.
07:42Suspicion breeds suspicion.
07:45Try not to give him anything to be worried about.
07:48Yeah, you're right.
07:52Mama, look!
07:53Oh!
07:53We can carry it ourselves!
07:55That's a big load for small fry.
07:57Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
07:58Let me help you here.
07:59Let me help you here.
08:00You ready?
08:01Yeah.
08:01I got you.
08:02Go.
08:02Come on.
08:03Use your legs.
08:03Use your muscles.
08:17Man, what is going on here?
08:20Look at all this water.
08:22Pull up there.
08:23There we go.
08:25What's going on?
08:26Sea alfalfa.
08:27It's flooded.
08:37The shoots are drowning.
08:39Think it's from the rain?
08:42No.
08:43This water came fast.
08:47It's too much for the soil.
08:52It's coming from the stream.
08:55It's coming from the stream.
08:59I'll come with you.
09:00Yeah.
09:00No.
09:01You and John go get some ranch hands and start digging drainage ditches as quick as you can
09:04or all this work will have been for nothing.
09:06You got it.
09:07Yeah.
09:08Save the crop now.
09:11Let's go.
09:15We're going to have to hurry if we're going to make soup in time for lunch.
09:18Okay, Mama.
09:20And then I'll go back to the boarding house and keep working on the rooms.
09:24All right.
09:26Okay.
09:28Mrs. Clark, brought you a loaf of sourdough.
09:31Thank you so much, Rachel.
09:32How did you do this without an oven?
09:34In a pot.
09:35On our fire pit.
09:37Well, that must not be easy.
09:38You know, you're welcome to use the oven at the boarding house anytime.
09:41I don't mind taking off on that.
09:42All right.
09:43I was wondering, maybe I could keep bringing you sourdough, um...
09:48Maybe I could keep making you sourdough in exchange for meals.
09:52Uh, Lars and I have been saving up to move into a place.
09:55I think that's a great idea.
09:59Should we be reserving you a room?
10:02Lars has been away a lot.
10:04Panning.
10:06It's been, um...
10:08Tough getting him to commit.
10:09Yeah.
10:11I understand.
10:14Help me help you.
10:17You know, I remember after Sierra was born, Jim went away to war and...
10:24And then after, it's, uh...
10:28It's hard to be on your own.
10:34Gotta look out for each other.
10:45Archie Doyle.
10:48And Tom Moore.
10:51This is going to get ugly.
11:00A dam?
11:03That's right.
11:04Your dam upstream flooded my property, Doyle.
11:08Oh, that wasn't my intent.
11:11Well, what did you think was going to happen?
11:15Well...
11:17First off, who says this is your land?
11:19Me.
11:21And second, that mounted police officer said we could prospect here and that's exactly what we're doing.
11:26You tell him, Paul.
11:27There's nothing you could do.
11:31Actually, there is.
11:33I've applied for a land patent to keep you off my land for good.
11:37Yeah.
11:38I applied too.
11:42Soon...
11:43This will all be ours.
12:23Won't you?
12:40I'll have to.
12:41I'll have to.
12:48Sandbags doing anything?
12:49Yeah, helping stem the flow away from the field.
12:52Water keeps coming, though.
12:55Doyle's got no right.
12:56Well, the problem is that Mountie's
12:58made him believe he does,
12:59which is why I gotta put a stop to it.
13:02Want some backup?
13:04No.
13:05I'm gonna handle this one on my own.
13:09Let's work, boys.
13:11All right.
13:12I think this is everything.
13:14Coffee, beans,
13:16porridge, bacon.
13:18Sounds delicious.
13:18Oh, good morning.
13:20Come on in.
13:21I've made you a plate.
13:23Much appreciated.
13:24Hi.
13:25Taking you up and you're offering
13:26a big bread in your oven.
13:27Oh, fantastic.
13:28Constable looks like we'll have
13:29fresh bread in a few hours.
13:30Fresh bread?
13:31Doesn't get better than that.
13:34Mama! Furniture is here!
13:37Oh, he's a week early.
13:43Oh, my goodness.
13:45Mama, do you have furniture?
13:46Do you have furniture ever?
13:47You see?
13:47That's why I love my job.
13:49People are happy to see me.
13:51I don't get that in my line of work.
13:53Vince, you're early.
13:54Well, I reckon you'd be eager
13:56to get a hold of this stuff.
13:57Oh, I am.
13:58I just don't have your money
13:59all quite together right now.
14:01Well, I hear you're a woman of your word,
14:02so don't worry about it.
14:05I'll help out.
14:06Great. Okay, yes.
14:07How about we all pitch in?
14:08Hello!
14:09Hey.
14:12Pat can go over there, buddy.
14:16Cheers.
14:16Oh, gosh.
14:18Cheers.
14:19What about a dining table?
14:20Just go ahead and put that there.
14:22Just go ahead and put that there.
14:24Oh, Rebecca.
14:24Whoa.
14:25How are you?
14:25Are you all right?
14:27Well, maybe you should have a seat
14:29in one of your brand new chairs.
14:31That's all right.
14:32I just have to get this finished
14:33so I can get to the mess tent
14:34and pay for all of it.
14:35Look, just maybe you should
14:36take a moment for yourself.
14:38Well, when was the last time you ate?
14:39I'm all right.
14:40Don't worry about me.
14:41What?
15:04Finally.
15:07Morning.
15:09Hello.
15:10Have you seen the constable?
15:12Yes, he's inside.
15:13Ah, thank you.
15:20You okay?
15:22Yes, I think I just...
15:24Would I help you?
15:26Still helped you.
15:26Whoa, hey, whoa.
15:27Rebecca.
15:31Rebecca.
15:34Whoa.
15:34Oh, what happened?
15:35I don't know.
15:36She collapsed.
15:40What's wrong with Mama?
15:42Oh, she'll be okay, honey.
15:44Rebecca.
15:49Rebecca.
15:58Hey.
16:02You all right?
16:02You all right?
16:03I just stood up too fast.
16:04That's a Z.
16:05Yeah, I got you.
16:06There you go.
16:07Take it slow.
16:09Mama.
16:10Oh, sweetheart.
16:11I'm all right.
16:12Yeah.
16:13Didn't know if we're doing it is all.
16:15Yeah.
16:16Come on.
16:16Thank you, everyone.
16:18Oh, we gotta get to the mess tent.
16:20Oh, I don't think that's such a good idea.
16:22Yeah.
16:22And now that you got a new bedroom, let's get you where it's quieter.
16:25Yeah.
16:26Yeah.
16:27Yeah, come on.
16:27Okay.
16:29Hey, Olivia.
16:31Sarah.
16:33Vince delivered a fresh patch of rock candy to the trading post.
16:36Why don't I go get some?
16:39Come on.
16:42Oh, that's enough excitement for me.
16:44Boy, it's best to finish the shirt.
16:45I'd best get to my breath.
16:57Constable, I was actually coming here to talk to you.
16:59Will you say anything?
17:00I know about the dual applications.
17:03Great.
17:04What are you gonna do about it?
17:05I'm gonna review the law, and I'll make a determination.
17:09No, you said that all I had to do was file a land patent.
17:13I never said the filing alone would settle the matter.
17:16No, for...
17:17Doyle has damned my stream, and he's putting my crop in jeopardy.
17:21I need that feed for my cattle this winter,
17:23and I need you to get him off my land.
17:29Mr. Moore.
17:32I'll hold an emergency hearing tomorrow to resolve it.
17:37Good.
17:46Here you go.
17:48No, thank you.
17:56Must have given you quite a fright, seeing your mama like that.
18:02A little rest, and she'll be right as rain.
18:06That's what they said when my papa got sick.
18:11Except he never got better.
18:14That must have been really hurt for you.
18:17I know I was really sad when I lost my papa, too.
18:21I really miss him.
18:24Of course you do.
18:25I know.
18:32Papa used to take me on long walks,
18:34and then he'd give me a piggyback ride when I got tired.
18:38That's a beautiful memory, Sarah.
18:40I think about him all the time,
18:43but talking about it makes Mama sad.
18:56Ginger tea?
18:58Just like you asked for.
18:59Oh, thank you.
19:00This will help with the dizziness.
19:05You really need to take better care of yourself.
19:07I will, as soon as this boarding house is in order.
19:12Sarah's really worried about you being okay.
19:16Well, I'll get up and show her that I'm fine.
19:19No, no, she's fine.
19:20She's with Olivia right now.
19:24Rebecca, distractions only helped for so long.
19:31Maybe I just need some fresh air.
19:35You know, when you're up for it,
19:37there's something I'd like to show you.
19:46It's my first real nugget.
19:48It's a good one.
19:49Okay. Half an ounce.
19:52I can give you $10 for that.
19:56I thought it'd be more.
19:58Sorry, Lars, it's what it's worth.
20:04Ugh.
20:12Constable.
20:13Tom Moore's still giving me trouble at the creek.
20:16He says you damaged his crop.
20:17Oh, I have just as much right to my livelihood as he has his.
20:21Your land patent applications cover the same territory.
20:25So tomorrow I'm holding a hearing to decide whose prevails.
20:29Let me ask you this.
20:31Who filed first?
20:34You did.
20:37So I win.
20:39Doesn't that decide it?
20:41I'll see you tomorrow at the boarding house.
20:4310am.
20:45I'll be there.
20:54Rachel.
20:55You finished early today.
20:59Yeah, I made a fine.
21:01Ten greenbacks for it.
21:03Lars, that's two weeks' rent at the boarding house.
21:08What's wrong?
21:15I need to tell you something, Rachel.
21:17What is it?
21:21We can't move in.
21:24The money we have will barely cover food and whatnot.
21:28Oh.
21:29You could find more.
21:31All the time I've been here, that's the biggest nugget I've found.
21:36Takes that long again.
21:41Just isn't enough.
21:50I'm sorry.
21:54I let you down.
21:57All these promises of striking a ridge.
22:03And maybe buying our own farm one day.
22:11You haven't let me down one bit, Lars Joost.
22:15No.
22:18I followed you out here.
22:21Because this was our dream.
22:25Now when you look at me,
22:28you always see a failure.
22:29When I look at you,
22:32I see a wonderful husband.
22:35And father.
22:37A kind,
22:40hard-working man.
22:43You may have been looking for Pater in that stream.
22:47I hit Pater the day I married you.
22:52I feel the same about you.
22:55We're gonna figure this out.
22:57Together.
23:06This is stunning.
23:09This is Frank's lucky fishing spot.
23:15I always assumed me and Frank would grow old together.
23:18But my life changed in the blink of an eye.
23:23Heart attack.
23:25Jim died of pleurisy a week after his last birthday.
23:33Such a long illness.
23:35And his care and Sarah's well-being naturally
23:39became the most important thing.
23:41It took up all the time.
23:42And then...
23:43And then afterward,
23:44it just became about keeping Sarah safe.
23:47How long after Jim died
23:49did you start planning this trip to the Northwest?
23:55Weeks.
23:57Rebecca, see...
23:58You never had time to grieve.
24:05I heard Sarah talking to Olivia earlier.
24:08I think she'd really love to talk to you about her father,
24:11but...
24:12she's worried about upsetting you.
24:19Uh-oh.
24:20I didn't mean to make her feel that way.
24:23No.
24:24No, I...
24:25After Frank died, I tried to be strong for Olivia.
24:29I had to show her and everyone else
24:31that I could just carry on
24:32so nothing had happened.
24:34But...
24:35Grief has a way of catching up with you
24:37whether you like it or not.
24:39That is the truth.
24:43So I started coming out here.
24:46Be with Frank.
24:50And the memories just made me smile.
24:53I used to sit on that rock and say,
24:55oh, honey, have faith.
24:57I'm going to catch a big one.
24:58And then tell Olivia
25:01that there were mermaids in the lake
25:02and...
25:04treasure in the river.
25:06Well, he wasn't wrong about that.
25:08Oh, you're right.
25:10You're right.
25:12But, yeah.
25:14Help me get through my grief.
25:16And appreciate the time we actually had together.
25:23I envy you that.
25:24No.
25:25You don't gotta envy me.
25:28You just gotta take some time to feel your feelings.
25:31Give yourself some grace.
25:38Yeah, I guess I can...
25:40mend up a boarding house till it sparkles.
25:43And that alone will mend my broken heart.
25:46Come on.
25:48Ah.
25:50Thanks, Addy.
25:52Of course.
26:01Are you sure you're feeling all right?
26:04Yes.
26:05Oh, sweetie, I just...
26:07Sometimes I think I have to do everything at once.
26:10I'm learning my lesson.
26:12Slow down.
26:15I was afraid.
26:17I'm sorry.
26:21I'm sure you were.
26:22After the way Papa left us,
26:25it must have worried you even more.
26:30You know, tomorrow's his birthday.
26:34I know.
26:37I thought you forgot.
26:39You thought I forgot.
26:40I will never...
26:41I will never forget.
26:43He's always going to be a part of our lives.
26:46I can't.
26:49I just wish I could talk to him...
26:52one more time.
26:55He'd tell you what he told me a thousand times.
26:57That being your Papa changed his life.
27:00He said that?
27:02He did.
27:03A thousand other wonderful things.
27:07What did he tell you...
27:08before he left us?
27:10He said that he loves me.
27:12Mm-hmm.
27:12And that I'm kind.
27:14I'm smart.
27:16And I'm trustworthy.
27:17And that he was...
27:17he was grateful for the time that he had with us.
27:19That's right.
27:24I think it's okay for us to be sad that he's gone, Sarah.
27:28And we can be happy for the time that we had with him.
27:33Yeah.
27:36Oh, I want to show you something.
27:47I was waiting for the right time to show you what he wrote to you in the back of this
27:51portrait.
27:54To you, Sarah.
27:55You will always be the source of my greatest pride.
27:58Love, Papa.
28:00You remember the story that we posed for the photograph?
28:03Yeah, Papa kept making me laugh.
28:05He did.
28:06He loved making you laugh.
28:09What are some of your other favorite memories of him?
28:14Making apples in the fall.
28:15Yeah.
28:16Loved that.
28:17We would go to the countryside and get bushels full.
28:21We ate apple everything.
28:23He loved it.
28:24Apple cake.
28:25Apple strudel.
28:25Apple pies.
28:26Apple pies.
28:27Who knew pie making was going to come in so handy?
28:34I'd really like to leave this photo out if it's all right with you.
28:38Yeah.
28:39Someplace we can see it every day.
28:42Yeah.
28:54Would you help me with this, Sarah?
28:55Yeah.
29:00Rebecca.
29:18Oh.
29:20Hello.
29:21Hi.
29:22What do you have there?
29:23Just some supplies for Rebecca?
29:27Burning the midnight oil?
29:29I'm preparing for a hearing tomorrow.
29:31Oh.
29:32I have to make a decision about a land dispute.
29:35Police officer and a magistrate all rolled into one.
29:39Impressive.
29:42It's more out of necessity than anything else.
29:44The fact is, just 300 of us Mounties have been sent out here to cover almost two and a half
29:50million square miles.
29:52Not a lot of magistrates running around, so they gave us that responsibility as well.
29:57Have you ever had to make a decision like this?
30:02I just hope I'm up to the task.
30:05Tom Moore and Archie Doyle both got strong opinions on how this should go.
30:10Well.
30:11Just remember.
30:14You're the one wearing the uniform.
30:29Oh.
30:30Laura, it's Rachel.
30:31What do you got there?
30:32Well, um, we were hoping that you might be able to buy some of this panning equipment off of us.
30:37We made a decision.
30:39We're, um, we're packing up and we're moving on.
30:42Oh, no.
30:44You're giving up prospecting?
30:45Truth is, I was never good at it and my family needs a proper roof over their heads.
30:51Well, where will you go?
30:53We thought we'd try Union City.
30:55Maybe I could work at the candle factory there.
30:57No, no.
30:58Tell you what.
30:58How about I extend you some credit and you just stay on a little while longer?
31:02And Rachel, I could easily sell your delicious sourdough.
31:07We sure do appreciate the offer, but it's simply not going to be enough for our future.
31:13Well, we'll give you a good price for the equipment.
31:17Yeah.
31:18We're just really going to miss you.
31:21We'll miss you, too.
31:24Can I let you in on a secret?
31:28You've been our favorite prospectors.
31:40All right.
31:43Welcome.
31:48Let's begin.
31:53I've made my decision.
31:55I've made my decision.
31:57That's enough.
31:58Settle down, you two.
32:04Let's begin.
32:05Okay.
32:10Constable?
32:11What's everyone else doing here?
32:13We all wanted to know if we were going to lose our land to these Johnny-come-latelys.
32:17Oh.
32:17Well, take a seat.
32:19Hi.
32:20Hello.
32:21You feeling better?
32:22Much.
32:26Oh, I suppose this concerns all of you as well?
32:29Well, you got that right.
32:36You ranchers aren't the only ones who got numbers.
32:39Looks that way.
32:45Jeremiah.
32:46Not you, too.
32:48Sorry, Tom.
32:50So am I.
32:51Let's get started.
33:02Let's get started.
33:09Country, we ought to be able to prospect where we want.
33:11Hey, easy on the table.
33:13While you're in my establishment, you will treat the furniture and each other with respect or I'll send you outside.
33:21Yes, ma'am.
33:26Sorry.
33:27Tom Moore and Archie Doyle.
33:29The matter at hand concerns the two of you.
33:31So, I will allow each of you to make a statement, and then I will make my decision as to
33:36who gets the property.
33:39Mr. Moore.
33:40First, you.
33:45Look.
33:47I've been working this land over three and a half years before there was any law on these parts.
33:52But now that there is, I filed my application.
33:57I poured my soul into this ranch.
33:59It's taken my blood, sweat, and tears.
34:04And the fine folks who live and work here are counting on me to continue doing so.
34:09There should be no question who it belongs to.
34:15That's all I gotta say.
34:21You should stand, Paul.
34:24I stand for no man.
34:28This rancher thinks he can plant a flag in the ground and claim everything he sees as his own.
34:35Well, it don't work that way.
34:38My daughter here, she's smart as a whip.
34:40She read a newspaper article about this law.
34:45Doom.
34:51It said that to get a land patent, you gotta be the first person to file an application for that
34:56property.
34:57That's me.
34:59It also says that to file the application, you have to work the land which I have done by damning
35:04that creek and prospecting.
35:06So, by law, that property belongs to me.
35:19Well...
35:24I need a few minutes.
35:26Collect my thoughts.
35:29Why?
35:30It's the law.
35:31It's the law.
35:31It's the law.
35:32It's the law.
35:33It's the law.
35:35It's the law.
35:36It's the law.
35:36It's the law.
35:38It's the law.
35:39Hey!
35:42If things get out of hand while I'm gone, neither of you will get the property.
35:54Can he do that?
35:56He should be able to.
35:57I don't think he can.
35:58I don't think he can do that.
35:59I don't think he can do that either.
36:07I don't think he can do that either.
36:15Here we go.
36:15Here we go.
36:16I have made my decision.
36:22The new land patent law is clear.
36:25The first to file the application gets the property.
36:28And it is my finding that Archie Doyle filed his application before Tom...
36:32You have got to be kidding me.
36:34Okay.
36:36However...
36:40I remember the words of my commissioner, who said,
36:45In a world of right and wrong uphold what is right.
36:53Tom Moore has been working this land for years, long before the prospectors arrived.
36:59This new law was targeted at the vast territory that remains wild, unclaimed.
37:05Not a ranch like his.
37:07And it is for that reason that I will be accepting his application and not Mr. Perry's.
37:13There you go.
37:14Eureka!
37:15There we go.
37:17So you're saying...
37:18I can't prospect on the creek.
37:21Even though I followed the rules.
37:24Not on the property that I've ruled belongs to Tom Moore.
37:26And you can't do anything to the waterways that would damage his land either.
37:30There you go.
37:30Get your dam off my property, Doyle.
37:34Should've stood up, Paul.
37:38There are other streams, not on his property, but nearby.
37:43But it would take me nearly a day to get to him.
37:46There's a thing called an easement.
37:48It allows people to cross another person's property.
37:51Under the circumstances, I'm going to rule that you also have an easement to get to those streams.
37:55Wait, wait, wait.
37:56I thought this ruling was going to keep him off my land entirely.
38:00Then you thought wrong.
38:01No.
38:01Yes, and that's it.
38:03Good day to you all.
38:04It still isn't right.
38:06I'm taking this up with your superior.
38:07Go ahead.
38:08On a fast horse?
38:10It'll take you a week to reach him, but be my guest.
38:12Now, I think Mrs. Clark would very much appreciate having her dining room back.
38:22Dismissed.
38:36Well, how do you feel?
38:38I can't say I'm happy about the fact that Doyle gets to cross my land, but it could have gone
38:44worse.
38:46Constable Vaughn seems like a fair man who wants to see real justice done.
38:50Yeah.
38:52It's beautiful when you're done here.
39:02Mrs. Clark?
39:04Hello.
39:06Couldn't leave without saying goodbye?
39:08Leave?
39:11You've been real good to us.
39:12What do you mean?
39:13Where?
39:13I don't understand.
39:15Why?
39:15It's time to face facts.
39:16I didn't have much luck as a prospector.
39:19My mate, more working for you.
39:21We'll never forget you.
39:26Wait.
39:28Uh...
39:31I have a business proposition for you.
39:33If you stay and run my mess tent, then you can live here for free. Room and board.
39:39Really?
39:40Really?
39:41I can't continue to run the mess tent and the boarding house, and it's a part-time job, so you
39:45can still try your hand at panning for gold?
39:48That sounds too good to be true.
39:52What do you say?
39:53Yes.
39:54Absolutely, yes.
39:56Wonderful.
39:57Thank you, Rebecca.
39:57Yes.
40:01Thank you, thank you.
40:02All right.
40:04Crisis averted.
40:05Go get your things.
40:06I'll show you your room.
40:11How's the field looking?
40:12We did it.
40:13Alfalfa's gonna be just fine, boss.
40:15Well, that is great work.
40:16Gentlemen, you saved the crop.
40:21I'm forever grateful.
40:23Just doing our job.
40:24We?
40:25I should say, they did.
40:27We're useless with this cast.
40:29Don't sell yourself short.
40:30Even with a cast, you're my most steady hand.
40:54Oh.
40:56That should be deep enough.
41:01Pick a good one.
41:05This is for you, Papa.
41:07Happy birthday.
41:12Well, that apple seed will grow into a tree.
41:16Now every time we look out our window and see it, we'll think of Papa's sweetness.
41:21And his hope for our future.
41:52Thanks for waking love.
41:52Oh.
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