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This story invites you to a quiet, rugged town—where courage, community, and romance intertwine against a breathtaking frontier backdrop.
At the heart of it all is a young teacher who leaves behind the comforts of city life to start anew in a small coal-mining town. What she finds isn’t just hardship—but resilience, friendship, and a love she never saw coming.
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This story invites you to a quiet, rugged town—where courage, community, and romance intertwine against a breathtaking frontier backdrop.
At the heart of it all is a young teacher who leaves behind the comforts of city life to start anew in a small coal-mining town. What she finds isn’t just hardship—but resilience, friendship, and a love she never saw coming.
From sweeping landscapes to heartfelt moments that linger long after the screen fades to black, this is a story about finding hope when everything feels uncertain… and discovering that sometimes, the life you never planned becomes the one you were meant to live.
✨ If you love slow-burn romance, strong characters, and stories that feel like home—this is for you.
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00:00:20I'd like to propose a toast to our Elizabeth, who has chosen the most noble profession a
00:00:28woman can choose. I pray that you shape the minds of a new generation of our citizens.
00:00:35Congratulations. Elizabeth. Elizabeth. Thank you, Daddy. Bon appétit. Dear sis, I'm so pleased that
00:00:43John and I could celebrate with you before we head home to New York. So what now, Elizabeth,
00:00:47when we receive your school placement? I meet with Superintendent Higgins tomorrow to discuss it.
00:00:52I hear he's very handsome, and he's very unattached, too. Surprising as it may seem, little sister,
00:00:59a school where I can do the most good is more important to me than what Mr. Higgins looks like.
00:01:04Hear, hear. Speaking of handsome, Ellibur told me that Edward Montclair has returned home.
00:01:09From where? Becoming a Mountie. A Mountie? Well, his father thought he was frittering his life away,
00:01:15so persuaded him, shall we say, to enter the Academy. I'm told the Academy can be hard on young man.
00:01:21Please, we're speaking about Edward. A perpetual idler, if ever there was one.
00:01:27You're just being blasé about him because he's the opposite of you. He's carefree, and you don't
00:01:31like anything you can control, which includes men. At least one worth being with. Isn't that right,
00:01:38Mother? Yep. Don't ask me. Ask your father. Well, your mother certainly tamed this old merchant marine.
00:01:43Yum. Yum. It's true, and I thank you for it. Without you, I would not have been blessed so abundantly.
00:01:47And look at your handiwork. The devoted wife and mother, the devoted soon-to-be teacher,
00:01:53and God help us, our very own young, spirited adventurer.
00:01:57Better to be an adventurer than end up an old schoolmarm never taking any chances in life and love.
00:02:02Julie Thatcher, apologize, please. This evening is for your sister.
00:02:15Valedictorian. Graduated summa cum laude. Impeccable marks from all of your professors.
00:02:23This is very impressive, Mr. Mitchell. Thank you, and just so you know, I'm fully equipped with all the
00:02:27latest teaching theories, such as the foregrounding method as a means of explaining the difference
00:02:31between the poetic and everyday life. Yes, yes. Trust me, I am aware of how well-equipped you are.
00:02:38What I mean is, I have a confession, Miss Thatcher. I have been following your aspirations for some time.
00:02:45You have? Oh, there was a symposium at the teacher's college some months ago, and I noticed you.
00:02:51I hope you don't mind, but I inquired about you. Well, I suppose that...
00:02:54Miss Thatcher, may I call you Elizabeth?
00:02:57Miss Thatcher. The truth is, I am very pleased that I now have this opportunity to enter your life at
00:03:03a time when I can be helpful.
00:03:06Thank you, Mr. Higgins.
00:03:08Now, in terms of your obligations, are there any distractions, say, any hobbies or suitors at the moment?
00:03:16None whatsoever.
00:03:18Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. There is an opening at Weston Day School. Grade 6 class.
00:03:25Weston! Oh, Mr. Higgins, to teach at a school with such an abiding regard for truth and excellence among its
00:03:31students.
00:03:32You won't be disappointed, I promise.
00:03:35Please, you must call me Thomas.
00:03:37Oh, thank you, Thomas.
00:03:38Now, in return for such a fine placement, there are obvious favours that would demonstrate your gratitude?
00:03:46Mr. Higgins.
00:03:47Uh-huh.
00:03:48I mean, Thomas.
00:03:49Mm-hmm.
00:03:50I will do my utmost to instill a love of learning in my students, which will make you proud you
00:03:55hired me.
00:03:57Yes.
00:03:58Yes.
00:04:01Actually, that wasn't the kind of gratitude I had in mind.
00:04:07Oh.
00:04:10Oh, my.
00:04:12Hmm?
00:04:14Mr. Higgins, I am only interested in a teaching position, not in anything else.
00:04:22May I expect the paperwork from my placement to Weston in the post?
00:04:25Well, that isn't highly up to you.
00:04:29Perhaps I need to speak with my father about this conversation.
00:04:34I see.
00:04:37Clearly, we have the wrong impression of each other.
00:04:41I apologise.
00:04:46But just out of curiosity, when the children in your classroom aren't behaving up to snuff,
00:04:52will you also call on Daddy to straighten them out?
00:04:57Oh, yes.
00:04:58Yes, I'm sure we can find just the right school for a woman of your...
00:05:03Hmm.
00:05:04Integrity.
00:05:10Wait up.
00:05:18Miss Elizabeth?
00:05:20The letter for you just came in the post.
00:05:25From Mr. Higgins?
00:05:30Yes, thank you, Emma.
00:05:32Yes, ma'am.
00:05:44Train ticket.
00:05:48It's west of here.
00:05:51Still further west.
00:05:55Huh?
00:05:56Coal Valley.
00:05:58Just west of the Rockies.
00:05:59Everyone, look who I found down at the club.
00:06:03May I have the pleasure of introducing Constable Edward Monclerc?
00:06:09Miss Thatcher.
00:06:10Oh, my!
00:06:12What?
00:06:13You actually graduated?
00:06:15Yes, ma'am.
00:06:16Which has turned him into quite a bore.
00:06:18He's so serious now.
00:06:22Well, congratulations.
00:06:24That's quite an achievement.
00:06:25Thank you, sir.
00:06:26Edward, now that you're part of the Northwest Mounted Police,
00:06:29would you please explain to our daughter that the west is no place for a refined young lady?
00:06:35Constable Monclerc's opinion is not necessary, Mother.
00:06:38I am capable of making my own decision, and I have a mind to say yes to Mr. Higgins.
00:06:42Wait.
00:06:43Are you saying Mr. Higgins gave her an assignment out west?
00:06:46In the middle of godforsaken nowhere.
00:06:49Mother, the west is hardly godforsaken.
00:06:51I've read there are plenty of people there.
00:06:53For instance, cowboys, whiskey runners, outlaws,
00:06:59men so eager for wives that they might even steal them if they have to.
00:07:04Young lady, how do you know all this?
00:07:06Because of the diary.
00:07:08I mean, her romance novels.
00:07:12I'm not ashamed to open my mind to the literature of the world.
00:07:16And it's not only cowboys and outlaws and mounties.
00:07:21There are Indians all over the west.
00:07:25I'm sure most are peaceable.
00:07:27Although, you might want to consider bobbing your hair in case any of them feel the need for a fresh
00:07:32scowl.
00:07:32Julie, that's enough.
00:07:34Is what she says true?
00:07:36Well, obviously, I can't speak from first-hand experience.
00:07:40But my training suggests that the dangers out west are indeed real.
00:07:43We all know Elizabeth is afraid of her own shadow.
00:07:46She's not going anywhere.
00:07:47Especially if it's not within walking distance from home.
00:07:50Is that so?
00:07:51Well, as far as I'm concerned, we are through discussing this ridiculous idea.
00:07:57Is that understood, Elizabeth?
00:07:58No, it is not, Mother.
00:08:00Mother, this is a decision I will make alone.
00:08:05But I will take your position into consideration.
00:08:10Good night.
00:08:12Good night.
00:08:15Good night.
00:08:16Good night.
00:08:30Good night.
00:08:31Good night.
00:09:08Auntie Elizabeth.
00:09:19When I stepped off the train in Pine Springs, I was greeted by a small, precocious young girl named Pearlie,
00:09:27along with her father, Mr. Leverly.
00:09:29Wearing gold-rimmed spectacles and dressed all in black, Mr. Leverly loaded my suitcases onto his black wagon of death,
00:09:35also known as a hearse.
00:09:38He was, in fact, the undertaker.
00:09:41As the hearse continued traveling across the wide-open prairie, the little girl wouldn't stop talking.
00:09:48She covered every topic under the sun, from pickling pickles to her father's occupation of pickling people and everything in
00:09:56between.
00:09:56I've never got any waste. Speaking of pickles, do you like pickles?
00:10:00Uh, yes. Yes, I do.
00:10:02Me too. Saltyer the better.
00:10:05But I hate it when one of my hairs gets in a pickle jar. Don't you?
00:10:08I bet you got long pretty hair underneath that bonnet.
00:10:11We finally arrived at the place I would call home for the next year.
00:10:16They referred to it as the teacherage.
00:10:22That's everything.
00:10:23Thank you so much for all of your help.
00:10:25Good day, Miss Thatcher.
00:10:30See you more for school, teacher lady.
00:10:33I look forward to it, Pearlie.
00:10:36A teacher.
00:10:39She was a teacher.
00:10:42Out west.
00:10:45Out west.
00:11:16Only moments after the hearse had left, I eagerly made my way from the teacherage to the gleaming new schoolhouse
00:11:22so I could begin preparing for my first day of school.
00:11:25Good morning, children.
00:11:28My name is Miss Thatcher, and I am very pleased to be your new teacher.
00:11:35Yes, Johnny.
00:11:37Well, that is a wonderful question.
00:11:40A proportion is a special form of an algebra equation.
00:11:44Let me give you an example.
00:11:46Let's say we have a crate of apples and oranges,
00:11:51and they are at a ratio of four to five.
00:11:57Now, if we have seven apples,
00:12:03then how many oranges do you think that...
00:12:08Excuse me?
00:12:09Is someone there?
00:12:20Excuse me?
00:12:22Oh, oh.
00:12:24Oh, sorry.
00:12:26So sorry.
00:12:27Oh, man.
00:12:32Yeah.
00:12:34The undertaker asked me to find you some firewood.
00:12:38When I came in before and you were talking, I didn't want to disturb you.
00:12:46I was only practicing.
00:12:50I'm Elizabeth Thatcher, the new teacher that I suppose you have gathered that much.
00:12:56Yes, ma'am.
00:12:57I'm sorry.
00:12:57I'm not accustomed to small-town thinking.
00:13:00Not that the thinking is small, but the town itself is quite small,
00:13:05so one would assume that everyone knows everyone else's business.
00:13:10And, uh, forgive me, I'm rambling.
00:13:15I wouldn't know, ma'am.
00:13:17Uh, however, if there are any supplies you might need,
00:13:21I'm heading into town on Saturday.
00:13:23Oh, no.
00:13:24No, I'm quite all right, Sam.
00:13:28Then I'll be on my way.
00:13:31Okay.
00:13:32Okay.
00:13:35Okay.
00:13:37Okay.
00:13:38Okay.
00:13:39Okay.
00:13:39Okay.
00:13:39Why did I just turn it down?
00:13:43Mister?
00:13:44Whoa!
00:13:47I-I'm embarrassed to say I think I was too quick in declining your offer.
00:13:52I'll be by Saturday around, uh, 8.
00:13:55Get ya?
00:13:56Um, I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.
00:14:00Uh, Wyn.
00:14:01Wyn Delaney.
00:14:02Well, then, Mr. Delaney, I would be much obliged.
00:14:05Man.
00:14:06Yeah, log up!
00:14:26Well, I can clearly see where this is headed.
00:14:30No wonder she was keeping it hidden.
00:14:32It's no different than a romance novel.
00:14:45I worked long into the night, making lists of all the school supplies I'd need from town,
00:14:50along with preparing my first lessons.
00:14:53I wanted so badly to make a strong first impression on my students and their parents.
00:15:09Oh, Wolfs.
00:15:18Oh, my God.
00:15:26Mm hmm.
00:15:52Please come.
00:16:05I knew it.
00:16:06Where did you find that?
00:16:07The question is, where did you find it?
00:16:10In Mother and Father's safe?
00:16:12Did they know?
00:16:13Do you really have to ask that?
00:16:15So you stole it.
00:16:17I borrowed it.
00:16:18And then you stole it from me.
00:16:20And Mother was going to be furious when I tell her you've been reading it.
00:16:23Really? You don't think she'd be even more disturbed knowing her little adventurer read it first?
00:16:30Our secret, then?
00:16:34What I don't understand is why it even has to be a secret. It was so many years ago.
00:16:37I know.
00:16:38How far have you gotten?
00:16:40The wolves.
00:16:41No wonder you jumped out of your skin.
00:16:43Just imagine if you were truly there.
00:16:46You don't think I could rise to the occasion?
00:16:48If our auntie was in over her head trying to teach school on the prairie, you would be drowning.
00:16:54Please, you have no idea what I am capable of.
00:16:58I know what you're not capable of.
00:17:01For example, sleeping with the lights off?
00:17:05It's because I need light to read and study late at night, and then I sometimes fall asleep with it
00:17:10on.
00:17:12You wouldn't last one week without the comforts of home.
00:17:15Without Mamar and Daddy there to keep you safe.
00:17:18You're wrong.
00:17:22Fine.
00:17:23Then prove it.
00:17:25How am I supposed to do that?
00:17:40Spend the next week alone in the old groundkeeper's cottage.
00:17:45Eat and sleep there, cook your own meals, do your own laundry with no help from the staff.
00:17:52And if I win this little wager, what of yours will be mine at the end of the week?
00:17:59My admission that I was wrong to underestimate you, along with my full blessing for you to pursue this teaching
00:18:07position in the middle of nowhere.
00:18:09Deal.
00:18:39A touch of comfort for you, sister.
00:18:40Sister, with deep admiration, Julie.
00:18:50Well, this is a surprise.
00:18:55All right, Fanny.
00:18:56It's just you and me now.
00:19:02My first few days were filled with every possible disaster, starting with that pack of ravenous wolves that kept me
00:19:08up half the night before my first day of class.
00:19:17Yes?
00:19:22Coming!
00:19:30One moment!
00:19:37Yes.
00:19:50The parents are wondering if you will be coming to class to teach today.
00:19:56Oh, goodness gracious.
00:19:58Um, um, yes, please, please, please pass the message on that I will be there momentarily.
00:20:08Oh, my God.
00:20:14Shh.
00:20:16Shh.
00:20:17Shh.
00:20:18Shh.
00:20:20Shh.
00:20:35good morning my name is Elizabeth Thatcher and you of course may call me Miss Thatcher
00:20:46um I do apologize for my tardiness this morning this is not something I will be encouraging here
00:20:58at school out of a bit of a bit of a sleepless night I am very pleased to be your
00:21:07teacher
00:21:07and I very much hope to show you all the many joys of learning this year at school
00:21:18so um let's begin then shall we
00:21:31then I had to deal with troublemakers like Carl who take pleasure in goading unsuspecting teachers
00:21:37into touching things they shouldn't see children the woods are filled with interesting things we
00:21:42learned to spell well Carl these do have three leaves but I don't believe these are clover oh I
00:21:51guess you're right how do you spell poison poison p-o-i-s-o-n as in poison ivy
00:22:03no she wouldn't
00:22:11to a Lothario unfaithful to his wife
00:22:16Miss Thatcher
00:22:17Mr. Delaney
00:22:19hey
00:22:23is it still convenient for me to come by and take you into town Saturday
00:22:27yes of course
00:22:29you ready to go son
00:22:34Philip Delaney of course
00:22:35uh Miss Thatcher
00:22:40Philip's mother and me are grateful that you're here teaching the children
00:22:43I'm grateful for the opportunity
00:22:47afternoon then
00:22:58the plot thickens
00:23:15where are the lovely flowers I left you from now on I'm just gonna call you Carl
00:23:19evil Carl
00:23:21conniving Carl
00:23:23cruel Carl
00:23:24it wouldn't be an authentic waiter if I didn't introduce some of the shenanigans from
00:23:28the time besides the poison ivy complimented the orchids perfectly don't you think don't
00:23:38scratch you'll scar did you just come to bloat or is there another reason for your visit I
00:23:44just wanted to let you know that while you're apparently having boiled potatoes for dinner
00:23:48Frederick is preparing us a scrumptious meal just admit it Elizabeth it's not worth it
00:23:55call it quits and come back to civilization never
00:23:58I'll never give in to you as I know our auntie never gave in to that scoundrel
00:24:01Wendelaney
00:24:02don't be so sure of that
00:24:05please tell me she doesn't fall for him
00:24:07that would make her too much like you
00:24:09for me to know and you can find out
00:24:14what on earth are you doing
00:24:16relieving the itch a wild west cure for what ails me
00:24:20didn't know your pampered sister was this resourceful did you
00:24:26like I said I'm not losing this wager
00:24:30good evening
00:24:46as I rode into town with mr. Leverly I relished the thought of Wendelaney finding my note on the door
00:24:50I had successfully rebuffed the charms of this wrapped scallion who believed himself to be so irresistible
00:24:57my apologies for any inconvenience
00:25:01okay
00:25:03good decision auntie
00:25:08once in town my first order of business at the mercantile had to do with rebuffing another kind of pest
00:25:13that of the mouse variety
00:25:16I purchased several of these killing devices but arming them proved more difficult than I anticipated
00:25:26oh
00:25:31Oh, my God.
00:25:59Oh, I'm sorry.
00:26:03I didn't mean to.
00:26:05I suppose I did.
00:26:15I'm a murderer.
00:26:19This isn't a love story.
00:26:21It's a horror story.
00:26:28Good morning.
00:26:30Good morning.
00:26:32Good morning, dear.
00:26:39The poison ivy may have been a little too much.
00:26:42You spoke to her?
00:26:44I have my spies.
00:26:47I'm to the office.
00:26:49We're taking on new government shipping business.
00:26:52I'll be back in time for dinner.
00:26:56Good day, sir.
00:26:58Your father's far too gentle with you.
00:27:01I wanted him to disallow you from seeing boys for an entire year.
00:27:06Oh, Mother, it was just a silly little prank.
00:27:09Scratching could scar her beautiful complexion.
00:27:12Not possible.
00:27:14The layer of potato paste was like an elephant hide.
00:27:17Besides, someday you'll be thanking me.
00:27:19Oh, why is that?
00:27:21She stuck her heels in about this offer of a teaching position out west.
00:27:26That's what this is about?
00:27:28She's trying to prove herself worthy in yours and father's eyes.
00:27:32This silly wager is my way of dampening her spirit.
00:27:40I don't want her to leave home any more than you do, Mother.
00:27:45I fear she's more serious about this than I thought.
00:28:18I fear she's more serious about this than I thought.
00:28:21I fear she's more serious about this than I thought.
00:28:57Ms. Thatcher? Wait, is everything all right?
00:29:02No, don't do that. It's going to cause the...
00:29:08It's going to cause the ash to combust.
00:29:19When the fire gets going well, you can turn that over to slow it down some.
00:29:26But to get it started, you just turn that upright.
00:29:33Thank you for explaining the proper use of a stove.
00:29:38Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get cleaned up.
00:29:46Coming down out there, I could give you a ride over to the teacherage on my horse if you'd like.
00:29:51Might have got deep pretty quick on the prairie.
00:29:53I would not like.
00:29:55Excuse me?
00:30:05If you'd like, I could take you to the teacherage on my horse.
00:30:07I certainly...
00:30:09I'll just sit in front of a married man so I can make an extravagant sound because he's safe and
00:30:13dry.
00:30:16Are you sure you're okay?
00:30:18Yes, I'm perfectly all right.
00:30:23Good luck.
00:30:30Good day!
00:30:34Good day!
00:30:59This rogue of a man, Mr. Delaney, is indeed a swift kick to his moral posterior.
00:31:04And I am just the one to deliver it!
00:31:10Oh, my!
00:31:12I didn't know I was...
00:31:13I'm afraid you'll have to excuse my daughter.
00:31:16This, um...
00:31:17deprivation in preparing to teach out West has left her a little unhinged.
00:31:25And very red.
00:31:27Yes.
00:31:30Well, you need not deprive yourself any longer, Miss Thatcher.
00:31:34I believe you'll find this opportunity more suitable than the last.
00:31:46Weston!
00:31:48Why the change of...
00:31:51heart?
00:31:54Let's just say I saw the error of my ways and realized what a quality candidate you really are.
00:32:01Well, I'll need to think about it.
00:32:03What's to think about?
00:32:05It's perfect.
00:32:06And it's not out West.
00:32:08No, it's all right, Mrs. Thatcher.
00:32:09Well, I agree.
00:32:11She needs to weigh up her options.
00:32:13Well, won't they be needing a speedy reply?
00:32:15No, no.
00:32:16No.
00:32:17I think we should let her think it over.
00:32:19Hmm?
00:32:22Good day, Miss Thatcher.
00:32:34I'm not sure we should be doing this.
00:32:36Yeah, well, I am.
00:32:39It's her decision.
00:32:40Yes, but she can be very stubborn, and she doesn't know what's best for her.
00:32:45And you do?
00:32:47Yes.
00:32:47And I'm not leaving anything to chance.
00:32:50We are going to help save her from a life of misery, and perhaps even death.
00:32:54That's what Amandie is supposed to do, right?
00:33:02All I know is the old Edward would have done this just for the fun of it.
00:33:13Right, broken window.
00:33:36Mission accomplished.
00:33:45Goodbye, Cole Bally.
00:33:47Hello, Weston.
00:33:49Please help!
00:33:51They're everywhere!
00:33:53This doesn't sound good.
00:33:54You're fine.
00:33:55Help!
00:33:56Help me, Mike!
00:33:59Tell me where in the box.
00:34:01Miss Elizabeth!
00:34:03Please help me!
00:34:04Miss Elizabeth!
00:34:07Are you all right?
00:34:11Oh, my God!
00:34:13Oh, my God!
00:34:14Oh, my God!
00:34:15Oh, my God!
00:34:17Oh!
00:34:18Oh!
00:34:21Oh!
00:34:22Oh!
00:34:25Oh!
00:34:28Oh!
00:34:29Oh!
00:34:29It was awful!
00:34:32They were everywhere!
00:34:33What is it?
00:34:33What's happened?
00:34:34What was everywhere?
00:34:35Mice!
00:34:36The cottage is infested with them!
00:34:38Mice!
00:34:39Oh, my word!
00:34:40Oh!
00:34:41Oh!
00:34:42Elizabeth, are you all right?
00:34:44We heard screaming and we came running.
00:34:47You win, little sister.
00:34:50I'm not cut out for prairie life.
00:34:51It's too much.
00:34:53I'll ring Mr. Higgins in the morning to accept the teaching position at Weston.
00:35:00I'm not made of the same stuff as Auntie Elizabeth.
00:35:03Where did you get that?
00:35:07I...
00:35:07How dare you take something from our safe without permission?
00:35:11Elizabeth didn't take it.
00:35:15I did.
00:35:18You have no right to steal from our safe.
00:35:22Steal?
00:35:23Well, at least I don't bribe people.
00:35:27What do you mean by that?
00:35:31Perhaps I should take my leave.
00:35:33I apologize, Edward.
00:35:35Thank you for your concern.
00:35:39I'm so sorry, Elizabeth.
00:35:41I was only trying to keep you from making a horrible mistake.
00:35:45What have you done, woman?
00:35:49I went to see Mr. Higgins.
00:35:52I offered him remuneration.
00:35:57If he would find a position for you that would keep you here under my wing.
00:36:02Good Lord.
00:36:02You paid him to offer me a position?
00:36:04I only did it to protect you.
00:36:08I...
00:36:09I...
00:36:09You're only 22.
00:36:10I can't have you just out there somewhere.
00:36:13All alone in that wilderness.
00:36:16The world is too dangerous.
00:36:19It appears I'm not fit to go West.
00:36:22Or worthy of teaching here either.
00:36:38I was told you wanted to see me, young man.
00:36:42Yes, sir.
00:36:44I have made a tremendous error in judgment.
00:36:48And I have a confession to make.
00:36:56What happened to her daddy?
00:37:00Aunt Elizabeth?
00:37:02Why all the secrecy?
00:37:04Did she meet with the tragic end?
00:37:05The truth, Beth, is that we don't know.
00:37:09Except for a short visit after her teaching post in Pine Spring.
00:37:14My little sister left home and just never came back.
00:37:18But we're her family.
00:37:25Beth.
00:37:33Sometimes life takes a young person on their own path.
00:37:38They receive a higher calling.
00:37:40A calling that becomes more important to them than everything else.
00:37:44Even the family.
00:37:48So Mother kept her from us because she was afraid of losing us to the world, like you lost Aunt
00:37:52Elizabeth.
00:37:53Exactly.
00:37:55Not perhaps how nature intended birds of the nest, but...
00:37:59Human emotion is more complex.
00:38:04When I was reading her diary, I found myself desperately wanting to follow in her footsteps.
00:38:10Perhaps it's no accident that you're Elizabeth's namesake.
00:38:16But when I consider who I am, I feel unequal to the call.
00:38:21I feel the fears rise up in me.
00:38:26I wonder if all this bluster about going west is just me trying to prove I'm not a shrinking violet.
00:38:34Edward came to see me today to confess to stacking the deck against you.
00:38:39How so?
00:38:40Julie persuaded him to help her release the mice into the cottage.
00:38:45So he hasn't changed.
00:38:46Well, actually he has.
00:38:48I don't believe the old Edward would have had the moral fiber to face me.
00:38:53That still doesn't change the fact that I was terrified.
00:38:56People who live in fear tend to do plenty of nothing.
00:39:00Except perhaps rob themselves of the possibility of joy.
00:39:05I don't want to be afraid anymore.
00:39:08Then be confident of who you are.
00:39:11Commit to something, an idea, a vision of the world.
00:39:13Something that's grander than yourself.
00:39:16I don't want you to miss out on God's purpose for your life.
00:39:26I love you, Beth.
00:39:47Today, I had to put my foot down and say, enough's enough.
00:39:51I thought we could use nature to help us with our spelling.
00:39:56For instance, this lovely little spruce.
00:40:00Spruce.
00:40:01S-P-R-U-C-E.
00:40:04Now you all try it.
00:40:06Spruce.
00:40:07S-P-R-U-C-E.
00:40:13Good.
00:40:14Boulder.
00:40:15B-O-U-L-D-E-R.
00:40:19Yes, Andy.
00:40:21May I use the privy?
00:40:22Children, please, let's remember to use the privy before school so we don't have quite so many interruptions, alright?
00:40:27How do you spell accident?
00:40:28You know, accident.
00:40:29Like, someone just had an accident.
00:40:30Carl!
00:40:31Perhaps you can spell accident for the class.
00:40:35Andy, you may be excused.
00:40:38Children, eyes appear, please.
00:40:41Perhaps you can spell a synonym for accident, such as calamity or misfortune, or do you even know what a
00:40:47synonym is?
00:40:51Children, it is easy to humiliate one another with our words or in other ways.
00:40:57But let's all strive to treat each other the way we would like to be treated.
00:41:01With respect.
00:41:05Now I want you all to stay right here and look around for other things we can learn to spell
00:41:10together in nature.
00:41:11I will be gone for a moment.
00:41:20While I went searching for Andy, who I knew was hurting deeply from being humiliated,
00:41:26I prayed for the right words that would comfort him.
00:41:32Andy.
00:41:35Are you alright?
00:41:38What do you know is happening till too late?
00:41:41Oh.
00:41:43I want you to run home and get some nice dry clothes.
00:41:46Alright?
00:41:47Can you tell the class what I did?
00:41:49Oh no.
00:41:51Of course not.
00:41:52Accidents happen to everyone.
00:41:56In fact, I have a secret of my own.
00:42:02When I was your age, I used to wet my bed because I was so very afraid of the dark.
00:42:07So there.
00:42:08Now we both know something about the other that no one else will know.
00:42:12You're a really good teacher, Miss Dutcher.
00:42:16Thank you, Andy.
00:42:18I want to be.
00:42:25I want to be.
00:42:26No, Andy.
00:42:39Julie, wake up.
00:42:41Wake up.
00:42:42What is it?
00:42:45I'm going.
00:42:48Going where?
00:42:49It's the middle of the night.
00:42:50No, I mean I'm taking the teaching job in Gold Valley.
00:42:53No, you're not.
00:42:55Now go to bed so I can go back to sleep.
00:42:57I'm serious.
00:43:00I believe it's what I'm supposed to do.
00:43:03No.
00:43:04I won't listen to you.
00:43:06I don't want you to go.
00:43:07I'll hate you if you do.
00:43:09I mean it.
00:43:10I'll hate you if you leave me.
00:43:11Julie, you're not losing me.
00:43:14I'm going to write you about everything that happens.
00:43:17So that even though I'm so far away,
00:43:19neither one of us will ever feel alone.
00:43:27Julie, please.
00:43:42You have the list I made you?
00:43:43Yes, Mom.
00:43:44For the hundredth time, I promise to dress warmly and keep dry
00:43:47and not go out after dark.
00:43:49There's snow up there in the winter on those prairies,
00:43:52so remember to wear your woolen socks.
00:44:01Stay buttoned up.
00:44:02You don't want to catch cold.
00:44:11Forgive me.
00:44:12I must keep this brief.
00:44:14Because if I don't,
00:44:16I'm already doing everything to my power to hold the damn back.
00:44:20I love you, Daddy.
00:44:23I love you, Daddy.
00:44:24And are you, Beth?
00:44:25Are you?
00:44:27Goodbye, now.
00:44:28Bye.
00:44:30All aboard!
00:44:33Here, I, um...
00:44:35I want you to take this...
00:44:38so you can...
00:44:40embrace new frontiers without the fear of getting lost.
00:44:44And most importantly,
00:44:46so you can always find your way home.
00:44:52Uh...
00:44:53Now go.
00:44:54Go, and find out what God's got in store for you.
00:45:05Why don't you stand for those rooms?
00:45:14Elizabeth, wait.
00:45:20I'm sorry for what I said.
00:45:23I do believe that your story will have a happy ending.
00:45:27You're going to get married,
00:45:29and have children,
00:45:30and have adventures and hardships,
00:45:33and more adventures for years and years to come.
00:45:36Someone once said this to me.
00:45:39Better to be an adventurer than end up an old school monk.
00:45:43I can't imagine who said that.
00:45:46My best friend did.
00:46:01My best friend did.
00:46:03My best friend did.
00:46:07All right, Aunt Elizabeth.
00:46:11Time for us to get reacquainted.
00:46:32Teresa.
00:46:34Can you come see me, please?
00:46:43Yes.
00:46:43Yes, Ms. Thatcher?
00:46:44Andy isn't having a good day, is he?
00:46:50No, ma'am.
00:46:52I think perhaps it's best if you walk him home, all right?
00:46:56Yes, ma'am.
00:46:57Let's go.
00:47:03I'll take you home.
00:47:05I think I'm gonna take you home.
00:47:19He's really sick, ain't he?
00:47:21His folks should take him to the doctor.
00:47:23They ain't got no money.
00:47:25Well, it sounds as though things are hard for Andy and Doris' family.
00:47:32Well, maybe.
00:47:36We could help them.
00:47:37How?
00:47:38We could take in a collection like they did to build the school.
00:47:42We could do one of them penny circuses.
00:47:44I say we do a box social.
00:47:46People like to eat good food.
00:47:48Why can't we do both?
00:47:49What do you think, Miss Thatcher?
00:47:53Well, I think that's a fine idea.
00:48:13Please, don't climb over.
00:48:15Let's do it, Philip. Have your fun.
00:48:17Bye.
00:48:43Miss Thatcher?
00:48:44I'm so happy to finally meet you.
00:48:45I'm Lydia Delaney, Philip's mama.
00:48:47I'm so pleased to meet you as well.
00:48:49I love having Philip in my class.
00:48:50Oh, not half as much as him.
00:48:52Neither he nor Wynne can stop talking about you when they come home.
00:48:55All right, folks.
00:48:56Excuse me.
00:48:58Folks, gather around.
00:49:00It's time to get this big started on our box social here.
00:49:03Now, folks, remember that we're raising money for little Andy Moran's hospital visit,
00:49:07so let's turn those pockets out, huh?
00:49:09Now, our first bid will be on a box lunch with our very own teacher, Miss Thatcher.
00:49:15Let's start the bidding at $1.
00:49:17$1.
00:49:18$1.
00:49:19$1.
00:49:19I hear $1.
00:49:20Do I hear $2?
00:49:21$2.
00:49:23$2.
00:49:24Now, The Undertaker's good for $2.
00:49:26How about $3?
00:49:27$3.
00:49:28$3.
00:49:29Do I hear $4?
00:49:31$4.
00:49:33$4.
00:49:33I hear $4.
00:49:34We have a standing bid of $4.
00:49:36Do I hear $5?
00:49:40$5.
00:49:41$5.
00:49:42$5, ladies and gentlemen, $5.
00:49:44Ha, ha.
00:49:45Nicely done, son.
00:49:46Now, do I hear $6?
00:49:50$6.
00:49:51$6.
00:49:52$6.
00:49:52I hear $6, young man.
00:49:54Do I hear $7?
00:49:56Do I hear $6.50?
00:49:59$6.50, anyone?
00:50:02Is $6 all there is, folks?
00:50:04All right, Mr. Leberley, it's going once, and it's going twice, and it's...
00:50:09$7.
00:50:10$7.
00:50:10$7.
00:50:14Well, now we have a standing bid of $7.
00:50:18So do I hear $8?
00:50:23I'm ready to go to my top bid of $10.
00:50:30Uh, well, uh, Mr. Delaney, we've got a standing bid of $10.
00:50:38Do you got anything to say about that?
00:50:52$15.
00:50:56$15.
00:50:58$15, folks!
00:51:02Mr. Leberley?
00:51:04I'm ready to go to the state.
00:51:08I'm ready to go to the state.
00:51:09I'm ready to go to the state.
00:51:12I'm ready to go to the state.
00:51:29I'll tell you younger, man. You might want to get your money.
00:51:33Miss Thatcher?
00:51:34Yes, come in.
00:51:39Edward!
00:51:40What are you doing here?
00:51:42I was checking to make sure you're safe and comfortable in your car.
00:51:46Yes, I am, but my question stands. Why are you here?
00:51:50Your father didn't inform you.
00:51:53Inform me of what?
00:51:54Excuse me. Come in there.
00:51:56I'm your escort, Elizabeth.
00:51:59He asked me to see you safely to Coal Valley on the way to my first post.
00:52:03Well, he had no right, and I don't need an escort.
00:52:06Well, clearly he thinks differently.
00:52:08Clearly, but the fact remains that I can take care of myself just fine.
00:52:11So feel free to get off the train.
00:52:15Oh, it's, um, moving a little fast.
00:52:18I don't mean right this moment, but at the next stop.
00:52:21Well, very well.
00:52:22Seeing as that's where we'll be meeting the stagecoach at those 700 hours,
00:52:25taking us the rest of the way to Coal Valley, I'd be happy to.
00:52:28I don't think you heard me.
00:52:30I don't need or want your company.
00:52:33Well, then you can just pretend that I'm not here.
00:52:36It just shows you're clear, I will be on that stagecoach.
00:52:40And I will see you safely to your destination, rain or shine.
00:52:53Good evening, Elizabeth.
00:52:56Good evening, Elizabeth.
00:52:59Good evening.
00:53:01Good evening.
00:53:12Good evening.
00:53:15Good evening.
00:53:29I never got a chance to apologize for the mice.
00:53:33I don't feel like talking right now if it's all right with you.
00:53:37Of course.
00:53:38I understand.
00:53:48Despite the money we raised for Andy's medical treatment,
00:53:51Wynne Delaney had sunk to new lows bidding on a picnic lunch with me.
00:53:54And now he's given me no choice but to confront the situation head on.
00:53:59However, I know doing that is going to come at the risk of harming his lovely wife and family.
00:54:20Miss Thatcher.
00:54:22Mrs. Delaney.
00:54:25Oh, I feel just awful.
00:54:26I didn't think to invite you to our lady's quilting.
00:54:29I just assumed you'd be busy.
00:54:30No, no, not at all.
00:54:32That's not why I'm here.
00:54:33Oh, but perhaps at a more convenient time.
00:54:36I see.
00:54:37Miss Thatcher, you're here.
00:54:38I was just about to leave to come pick you up.
00:54:40Let me get my hat out of the lean-to.
00:54:44I have to tell you, I'm surprised Wynne bit on this picnic with you.
00:54:50That is, in fact, why I'm here.
00:54:57Mrs. Delaney.
00:55:00I...
00:55:02I want to make it perfectly clear that I have never made any advances towards your husband.
00:55:10My husband?
00:55:12What are you saying?
00:55:16I'm sorry to have intruded.
00:55:19I think it best I go.
00:55:21Not until you explain yourself, Miss Thatcher.
00:55:26I...
00:55:28I only felt that if I confronted this directly, that perhaps we could stop.
00:55:33Stop.
00:55:34What?
00:55:36Mrs. Delaney.
00:55:40Surely, you see...
00:55:42I know of no other way to tell you.
00:55:45Your husband is womanizing swine.
00:55:49Oh, how dare you say such a thing?
00:55:52My husband is the kindest, noblest soul on earth.
00:55:57And the fact that you stand here making these horrible accusations while he lies in a hospital bed is disgusting
00:56:03and pathetic.
00:56:04Lydia?
00:56:05Is there a problem here?
00:56:07Our dear teacher is either ill or has been drinking.
00:56:10Because she just called my Philip a swine and accused him of having romantic feelings for her.
00:56:18You're not Philip's father?
00:56:20Uncle.
00:56:22Oh, my Lord.
00:56:24Oh, I don't know how...
00:56:28Miss Thatcher, please, come and sit with us.
00:56:29No, I...
00:56:30Let me get you something cold to drink.
00:56:31No, I'm...
00:56:33I'm very sorry.
00:56:34I don't know how...
00:56:36I'm very sorry.
00:56:38I'll go.
00:56:43My profound disgrace, however, did not stop Wynne from making good on what turned out to be a splendid picnic.
00:56:58I had a wonderful time.
00:57:03Elizabeth.
00:57:07Miss Thatcher, I'm sorry.
00:57:09Elizabeth, please.
00:57:14I was thinking, and I don't mean to be presumptuous, but there's a very special dance next weekend, and I
00:57:24was wondering if you might like to accompany me.
00:57:26If, uh, if your time isn't already spoken for.
00:57:33It must be quite a dance.
00:57:35Yes, it is.
00:57:37Uh, you'd...
00:57:38You'd have to take the train and spend the night in a hotel.
00:57:41I'd like to help.
00:57:44Um...
00:57:46My intentions are most proper, and I'd be seen to all your arrangements.
00:57:54It would give me a chance to visit Andy in the hospital.
00:57:59You're always thinking of your students.
00:58:05I accept.
00:58:07Oh, okay.
00:58:09Okay, good.
00:58:13Good.
00:58:15Good.
00:58:18Good.
00:58:41It's good.
00:58:45what is he then he's like you a Mountie he was caring for his brother's wife and child while
00:58:53his brother was recovering from an injury and intending their farm sounds like something a
00:58:57Mountie would do my aunt had no idea until they took her to a special Mountie's ball
00:59:01I've been told it's quite the grand event when I'm reading it is
00:59:07I have to get there someday I'm sure they have nothing like that in Coal Valley
00:59:11yeah probably not
00:59:47may I have this stance Miss Thatcher
00:59:52oh I don't think that would be a
00:59:53please just in case I ever make it to the Mountie's ball
00:59:57I don't know
01:00:10I don't know
01:00:11Let's go.
01:00:42I'm suddenly sleepy.
01:00:46I want to get a good night's rest before our journey tomorrow.
01:00:50Right.
01:00:52Of course.
01:00:57Night, then.
01:01:02Good night.
01:01:15Good night.
01:01:23Good night.
01:01:24Good night.
01:01:26Good night.
01:01:35Good night.
01:01:59Good night.
01:02:13After the rapture of going with Wynne to the Mounties Ball, I began to sense he was pulling away from
01:02:18me.
01:02:19Well, you must be relieved to have Mr. Delaney Beckham safe and sound.
01:02:23Yes.
01:02:24I could have made it through this without Wynne's help.
01:02:29And you're wondering what happens to Wynne now that Philip's home.
01:02:35I have feelings for him.
01:02:38I think he feels the same.
01:02:41He's putting it mildly, dear.
01:02:43Taking you all the way to Calgary is saying something in the Mounties salary.
01:02:50Do you think he'll ever settle down?
01:02:53He gave you the why, Mountie, can never marry, speech, didn't he?
01:02:57Well, I can't lie to you.
01:02:58He believes it deeply.
01:03:02I can't believe that a man and a woman who are truly devoted to one another couldn't find a way
01:03:08to make it work.
01:03:09I agree.
01:03:11But if anybody is going to prove that to him, I believe it's you.
01:03:23Whoa.
01:03:26Elizabeth?
01:03:28Wynne.
01:03:33I'm into that part of the fence where the hurt's been getting at.
01:03:36Good.
01:03:37Well, then you can go get yourself cleaned up and take Elizabeth back home.
01:03:42Of course.
01:03:48Do all Mounties fear falling in love?
01:03:50Fear?
01:03:52No.
01:03:53Why?
01:03:54Is that what happened to your aunt?
01:03:55Yes.
01:03:56Wynne Delaney gave my aunt his why a Mountie can never marry speech.
01:04:01Well, if you think about it, it'd be quite hard.
01:04:04Raising a family, settling down.
01:04:06Especially when you're constantly putting your life on the line and moving from post to post, following a higher duty.
01:04:14Someone's in a hurry.
01:04:17Get off now!
01:04:20This can't be good.
01:04:27Stay here.
01:04:36Dear Lord, please help us.
01:04:41All right, put your hands in here.
01:04:42Now put your hands up.
01:04:45Wynne.
01:04:46That's it.
01:04:47No sudden moves.
01:04:50But what about them?
01:04:56I believe that belongs to me.
01:05:01Edward!
01:05:03Believe it or not, it was I who had the gun pointed at his head.
01:05:07Until they showed up.
01:05:25Nothing but dresses.
01:05:28Shoes.
01:05:29And books!
01:05:32Where is the money?
01:05:33What do you think would be foolish enough to travel with money?
01:05:39Please, that's mine.
01:05:41Not anymore.
01:05:42It's just something my father gave me.
01:05:43Its value is very little.
01:05:47Please!
01:06:00Where's the money?
01:06:04I'll give you the money.
01:06:05Elizabeth.
01:06:05It's hidden under the coach bench.
01:06:07Just lift the leather cushion.
01:06:08Let's go.
01:06:11Let's go.
01:06:12Let's go.
01:06:13Let's go.
01:06:45Please, please, my compass.
01:06:46Sorry, ma'am.
01:06:47I need it.
01:06:48It's easy to get lost on this burial.
01:06:58Quick.
01:07:00Glad my father had you come along to protect me.
01:07:03You're a teacher, aren't you, Elizabeth?
01:07:05Yes.
01:07:06Right, so you can count.
01:07:07There were three of them and there was one of me.
01:07:09And more to the point, there's one of you.
01:07:11What would have happened if I had taken them on and lost, huh?
01:07:14How would you get to Coal Valley then?
01:07:16Look, I promised your father I would get you there safely,
01:07:18and I'm not shirking that duty.
01:07:22I'm sorry, you're right.
01:07:25What do we do now?
01:07:26We need to go moving.
01:07:27How?
01:07:28They shoot the horses away.
01:07:29You have feet.
01:07:30Don't you, Elizabeth?
01:07:33Elizabeth?
01:07:44You grab the other one.
01:07:45No, no, no.
01:07:46We're not taking the trunks.
01:07:47I can't just leave them here.
01:07:48They're just things, Elizabeth.
01:07:50They can be replaced.
01:07:50Well, I just can't.
01:07:52I need to at least bring my school supplies.
01:07:54It contains all of my important teaching manuals,
01:07:56my literature collection.
01:07:57Look, I'm sorry.
01:07:58Truly, I am, but they will never make it to Coal Valley.
01:08:01They're too heavy and it's too far.
01:08:02Now, the sooner you realize that, the better.
01:08:04Come on.
01:08:25I can't go any further.
01:08:27Leave the trunk.
01:08:28I can't.
01:08:29You must.
01:08:30I'm not talking about the trunk.
01:08:31It's my feet.
01:08:32I can't walk.
01:08:33I'm in too much pain.
01:08:50May I?
01:09:12Okay, I'll carry you.
01:09:14They can't do that and carry the trunk.
01:09:18Okay.
01:09:26This one.
01:09:28I'll give you one.
01:09:55What was I thinking?
01:09:59I just want to go home.
01:10:01I know it's hard, but we need to keep going.
01:10:04I'm not cut out for this.
01:10:20Maybe it's Providence.
01:10:22What's happening to us?
01:10:23So lovely.
01:10:24Please explain.
01:10:30Maybe God's making you stronger, more resilient for Coal Valley.
01:10:35Like your own basic training.
01:10:38Is that what it was like for you?
01:10:40You know, you know, the first few weeks, I hated my father for forcing me into the service.
01:10:47Is that what you said?
01:10:48I want to go home.
01:10:51Now, I didn't see the purpose of the pain of pushing myself, you know, especially in light of my years
01:11:00growing up.
01:11:03I thought, I thought life was about how much you could get out of the world, you know, what's my
01:11:08share, like it's my birthright.
01:11:13And then one day, and then one day, Providence struck.
01:11:17We were on basic training, trekking across a pond.
01:11:23Suddenly I broke through the ice.
01:11:25And before I knew it, the current had ferried me away from the hole.
01:11:30My Lord.
01:11:32I remember seeing the blurry forms of my comrades calling out to me through the ice.
01:11:40And then they were gone.
01:11:44They'd abandoned me.
01:11:48And as I started to run out of air, I realized how small we are in this universe.
01:11:56How every breath, every moment, it's a gift.
01:12:00How did you survive?
01:12:02My friends.
01:12:04They hadn't abandoned me as I thought.
01:12:05They'd simply raced ahead of the current, chipped through the ice, just in time to pull me out.
01:12:13And as I was being hauled out, I realized that every one of them had put their lives on the
01:12:19line for me.
01:12:19I mean, they could have all drowned, all of them.
01:12:23I knew that.
01:12:25I knew it was my purpose to put my life on the line for others.
01:12:32Knowing your purpose.
01:12:36And my father said very much the same to me.
01:12:40I took the liberty of reading ahead.
01:12:43I hope you don't mind.
01:12:46I'd like to read something to you.
01:12:52I devoted all of my energy to my beautiful students.
01:12:56But there was a deep void in all of us.
01:12:59Despite the best efforts of the doctors our fundraiser had provided,
01:13:03it wasn't enough to save little Andy.
01:13:18Why did he have to leave?
01:13:22Why didn't God make him better?
01:13:26For a boy.
01:13:27He was real nice.
01:13:29Yeah, Miss Toucher.
01:13:30Andy was real nice.
01:13:32I think God's making better.
01:13:33Because God don't care, that's why.
01:13:36That's not true, Carl.
01:13:39I agree with Carl.
01:13:44We can't all assume that God doesn't care.
01:13:49Because Andy passed on.
01:13:52What does Sue mean?
01:13:54Sue means to believe something when you don't have any proof.
01:13:59You assume Uncle Win is my daddy.
01:14:01Yes.
01:14:03Like that.
01:14:05We all assume many things.
01:14:10Sometimes we're not right to do that.
01:14:12Mama assumes it's her fault.
01:14:15Because she didn't take Andy to the doctor when she first saw you sick.
01:14:21What?
01:14:25See, we all assume.
01:14:28Much of the time.
01:14:32And maybe we do that with God as well.
01:14:35So, if we can't assume God doesn't care, then we can't assume he does, right?
01:14:44Yes, Carl.
01:14:46That's right.
01:14:49But all of us, including me, need to dig for what is true.
01:14:58For example, I care about you all.
01:15:03And I love you so very much.
01:15:06And where does that love come from, if not from God?
01:15:16This is you.
01:15:21If there's one thing I learned during basic training, it's recognizing the good and the bad in people.
01:15:28You're going to change the world, Elizabeth, with your gifts.
01:15:33Just like your aunt did.
01:15:37I guess there are some students waiting for me.
01:15:39She's going to be.
01:15:41No.
01:15:42Listen.
01:15:45Huh?
01:15:50Bye.
01:15:51Bye.
01:15:53Bye.
01:15:59Bye.
01:16:02Bye.
01:16:04Bye.
01:16:04Bye.
01:16:05Bye.
01:16:06Bye.
01:16:07Bye.
01:16:09Bye.
01:16:09Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:16:12That's me.
01:16:14Yeah.
01:16:58Next equation, 4 times 5 times 8.
01:17:12Can I help you?
01:17:15Yes, I'm Elizabeth Thatcher.
01:17:17Miss Thatcher?
01:17:18You're two days late.
01:17:22Yes, I...
01:17:24You see, our stage was robbed.
01:17:26We were left stranded by three outlaws.
01:17:28We had to come most of the way on foot.
01:17:31Constable Montclair braved all to see me safely here.
01:17:36Constable.
01:17:39Do you mind if I have a word in private with Miss Thatcher?
01:17:41Of course.
01:17:41Mrs. Stanton, will you join us, please?
01:17:44Next equation, 7 times 3 times 6.
01:17:50Miss Thatcher, we're very sorry for your hardships.
01:17:52I'm Frances Tony Cliff.
01:17:53It's not a girl, Stanton.
01:17:55It's very nice to meet you.
01:17:56You might say we're a skilled bard.
01:18:00You're very young to be a teacher.
01:18:04I'm realizing, and perhaps, not what you were expecting.
01:18:08But to be honest, I wasn't expecting the town to be so empty.
01:18:11Or the school to be in a saloon.
01:18:14Yes, well, the schoolhouse would be far more appropriate if it hadn't burned down.
01:18:21Miss Thatcher, Superintendent Higgins did tell you what happened here, didn't he?
01:18:26Tell me what?
01:18:27Three months ago, there was a terrible explosion at the mine.
01:18:31And 47 brave men lost their lives.
01:18:34Many of these youngsters became fatherless that day.
01:18:41We asked Mr. Higgins to send us his very best teacher.
01:18:46One who would not shrink at the challenges of Coa Valley.
01:18:49This teaching post is one of the only things in this entire town the coal company doesn't own anymore.
01:18:55The mothers, all of us who have managed to hang on, decided that we weren't going to let Pacific Northwest
01:19:03Mining be responsible for our children's education any longer.
01:19:06So if you take this job, it'll be us paying your salary.
01:19:12Miss Thatcher, please understand something.
01:19:17We are all very proud of the work that our husbands and sons did in that coal mine.
01:19:22We know it was an essential risk for the good of our growing nation.
01:19:28But for many of the women in this town, these children are all they have left.
01:19:33And we want them to grow up having choices about what to do or where to go.
01:19:37Even if it means leaving this town behind.
01:19:40So whomever we entrust them to has got to be fearless in their ability to help them reach their dreams.
01:19:49I believe in those same ideals, ma'am.
01:19:52You won't just be teaching them to read and write.
01:19:55You'll be fighting for their future.
01:19:58Miss Thatcher, to put it bluntly, are you a woman enough, Miss Thatcher?
01:20:12Miss Thatcher?
01:20:16I know I speak for everyone in saying that we are most grateful for your love of our children this
01:20:20year.
01:20:21It's beengood for everyone's sake...
01:20:28...
01:20:33...
01:20:34...
01:20:37...
01:20:37...
01:21:13Children, may I have your attention?
01:21:18My name is Elizabeth Thatcher, and it will be my great joy to be your new teacher.
01:21:26I hope you will never be afraid of approaching me with your questions.
01:21:30Where to?
01:21:31The first rule in my classroom will always be, there are no bad questions.
01:21:39Miss Thatcher, may I have a word with you? Immediately?
01:21:44Excuse me, children.
01:21:51The men who held up our stagecoach are just leaving town now.
01:21:54So if you'll excuse me, I have some money and a compass to retrieve.
01:21:58But there's three of them.
01:21:59I like those odds.
01:22:01Edward, I don't care about the money.
01:22:02And I can live without the compass.
01:22:04I know, but it's my duty to out behind the back eyes.
01:22:08Just as it's yours to teach these children.
01:22:12Now, if you remember, I read ahead.
01:22:17Some Mounties do end up selling down.
01:22:38Excuse me again, children.
01:22:39I'll be right back.
01:22:45Edward!
01:22:46Edward!
01:22:50I didn't get to tell you, I...
01:22:54I just wanted to say, please come back safely.
01:22:54I...
01:22:55I just wanted to say, please come back safely.
01:23:21The movie you just watched is soon to become an original series.
01:23:25Based on the beloved novel by Jeanette Oak.
01:23:28And directed by Michael Landon, Jr.
01:23:31You are going to have that feel-good experience.
01:23:33There's going to be some glimmer of hope or some ray of sunshine that you can hang on to that's
01:23:38going to make you feel better.
01:23:39When Calls the Heart.
01:23:41The Hallmark Channel original series.
01:23:43Coming in January 2014.
01:23:46On Hallmark Channel.
01:23:48The heart of TV.
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