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In this episode, Hoss Cartwright falls for a beautiful woman who is secretly a gambling addict. Despite Adam's efforts to prove otherwise, Hoss refuses to believe she is only interested in his money.
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00:30Josh, you know, I was just thinking about something. There's no reason why we both have to go see Josh
00:35Layton's widow.
00:36Now, listen, big shorty. You ain't about to saddle me off seeing some poor widow woman all by myself.
00:42Me being there's not going to help her any.
00:44Yeah, but it's going to help me. Now you're going, and that's it.
00:47Why?
00:47Well, because Mr. Layton was one of Paul's best friends, and we're supposed to be here doing everything we can
00:52to help.
00:53Besides, Paul told me to keep an eye on you anyhow.
00:56If I told you to keep an eye on me, what in the heck for?
00:58To keep you from getting chased all the way back to the Ponderosa by some hopping mad daddy in a
01:02shotgun in his hand.
01:04And the look in your eye, that's just about what's going to happen.
01:07Ah, horse, come on.
01:10Joe, you ain't about to take off with that pretty little filly I seen you making eyes with down the
01:14lobby a while ago.
01:15You're going with me, and that's final.
01:25Hey, Joe, come back here!
01:27Joe!
01:28Joe!
01:30Ladies!
01:31Ladies, you can't go in right now!
01:35Ladies, I'm sorry, you'll have to wait just a minute.
01:38Now, horse, you soak yourself real good now until the porter brings you something to wear.
01:43And ladies?
01:44Ladies, I want to thank you very much for your patience.
01:47You wait right here, ladies, and he'll be out in a minute.
01:51Joe!
01:51I'm going to whoop you for sure!
01:55Daggummit!
02:08Well, you're good.
02:11Yay!
04:17Let's get out and leave me alone.
04:19Ma'am, I ain't no bill collector.
04:21I was sent here to help Mrs. Layton.
04:26Who are you?
04:28Horse Cartwright.
04:30Cartwright?
04:32Oh.
04:36Ma'am, what's the matter?
04:39Can I get you anything?
04:40A glass of water?
04:41My smelling sauce, they're in the hair.
05:04Ma'am, I sure didn't mean to upset you like that.
05:06Oh, forgive me.
05:08Oh, forgive me.
05:08It's just that I...
05:09I was so touched that you came all this way for me.
05:15You Miss Layton?
05:17Yes.
05:20I wonder if you have a handkerchief.
05:24Why are you looking at me like that?
05:27Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am.
05:28I didn't mean to stare.
05:30I just had it in my head.
05:32I reckon that you was going to be a little different.
05:36Until a minute ago, I was half dead.
05:40Don't you worry, ma'am.
05:41I'm here to fix everything up.
05:45It's no wonder you're feeling so poorly.
05:49Empty house like this would give anybody the crawly skin.
05:53I had to sell the furniture.
05:57Ma'am, that's water all under the bridge now.
06:00Now, you go get yourself dressed.
06:03Dressed?
06:05Sure.
06:05I ain't going to eat by myself.
06:08Besides, you've got to show me where a good place is.
06:10I ain't too familiar with Sacramento.
06:13Now, get.
06:32Mr. Cartwright, I can't tell you how happy you've made me by asking me out to supper this evening.
06:38Pretty gal like you.
06:41Well, not to have to think about nothing, but living every minute, every day.
06:48I'm going to shake up that attorney of yours and see what's hanging up that will.
06:52Oh, it really isn't his fault.
06:55Josh had a lot of bills, and all the creditors have filed against the estate.
06:59That's what's taking so much time.
07:10Mr. Cartwright, would you come in for a moment, please?
07:23I just can't get the back of this dress hooked by myself.
07:26Would you mind?
07:40If that lawyer can't do the job, we'll get somebody that can.
07:45Oh, how long has it been since I've heard a strong voice like that?
07:49You Cartwrights are magnificent.
07:51That's the only word for you.
07:53Oh, ma'am, there's not anything special about us.
07:56The fact is, we're probably about the onerous bunch you ever run into.
08:02You can ask anybody in Virginia City about that.
08:04And what would they say?
08:09Well, for one thing, they'd tell you that Horace Cartwright
08:12was about the meanest and hungriest man this side of St. Joe.
08:17And he got meaner the hungrier he got.
08:25Why, Mr. Cartwright, whatever's the matter?
08:30I don't know, ma'am.
08:32Maybe it's a perfume?
08:36Oh, I was in hopes you'd like it.
08:38I do.
08:39What I meant to say was...
08:42Oh, there, it's all done.
08:44That wasn't so hard, now, was it?
08:46No, ma'am.
08:47You poor man, you must be starved.
08:50Why don't we go get some supper?
08:54Good evening, Mrs. Leighton.
08:56It is so pleasant to see you again.
08:59It's good to be able to be out among people again.
09:01Your favorite table in the game room?
09:03The new roulette wheel has arrived.
09:05Really?
09:06I must see it.
09:16You feeling poorly again?
09:18Oh, no.
09:19No, I'm fine.
09:20Jean.
09:22It was sweet of you to remember the table I had the last time I was here, but I wonder
09:27if we couldn't have something a little more private.
09:29Of course, mother.
09:30Right here.
09:33Right here.
09:52Our very best vintage, 1854.
09:55This champagne was brought all the way from France, sir.
09:57I'm sure you will find it to your custom taste.
10:00Mrs. Leighton can vouch for the year.
10:02It's excellent.
10:03Everything you say.
10:13What's the matter?
10:16Nothing.
10:18Ma'am, I'm just a cowboy.
10:22I don't reckon I fit into a place like this very good.
10:25Oh, I'm sorry.
10:27I didn't mean to make you unhappy.
10:28Oh, no, ma'am.
10:30You didn't.
10:31It takes something to do it to make a man unhappy when he's with you.
10:46See if you like it.
10:48Oh.
10:53It's real good.
11:04It's real good.
11:07Ma'am, here's to a whole lot more happiness than you've known the last couple of months,
11:12ma'am.
11:13Oh, thank you, Mr. Cartwright.
11:16I know I'll have it now.
11:25Dang, I don't think that that vinegar's going to make me sneeze.
11:29It does tickle your nose, doesn't it?
11:32You think you can go on avoiding me?
11:34I came by to see you this afternoon.
11:36I was busy, Mr. Hammond.
11:38I'll bet you were.
11:39But I won't stand for any more.
11:40But I want that ring back.
11:42Let go of me.
11:43Not till I get the ring.
11:44That's just about it, master.
11:47Now you've done it.
11:52We'll take care of him.
11:55I don't know what's the matter with that man.
11:59Ma'am, you're a lady.
12:02And a lady ain't got to explain no mean mouth drama.
12:06He was a friend of my husband's.
12:07Ever since Josh died, he's given me trouble.
12:09He actually has some ridiculous idea that this ring Josh left me belongs to him.
12:14Don't you pay no mind to that.
12:16Mr. Cartwright, please take me home.
12:19Everybody's staring at us.
12:22Yes, ma'am.
12:28I guess I really messed things up for you, didn't I?
12:32It wasn't your fault.
12:33He hit you first.
12:34It didn't hurt none.
12:38I ain't got the manners of a dang goat.
12:44Mr. Cartwright.
12:46We're going to sit down and enjoy ourselves.
12:48And don't you worry any about your manners.
12:52You stood up for me.
12:54My honor.
12:55You have no idea how that makes me feel inside.
12:59To know that someone cares.
13:02You're not only a gentleman, Mr. Cartwright.
13:05You're...
13:07You're wonderful.
13:10You're wonderful.
13:12Now let's sit down.
13:13Now let's sit down.
13:27I had no idea how late it was, ma'am.
13:30All that good food and champagne.
13:35I reckon I would apologize to you for keeping you out so late.
13:39Please don't, Mr. Cartwright.
13:42Can't we just...
13:43Just sit out here for a minute longer?
13:47Yes, ma'am.
13:48If...
13:48If you like.
13:57Do you think I...
14:00Do you think I was wrong?
14:03About what, ma'am?
14:04Because I...
14:05I was so happy with you tonight.
14:08Because for a moment I was able to forget.
14:15Am I supposed to shrivel up and die?
14:18Just because my husband is dead?
14:21No, ma'am.
14:22No.
14:22I don't think that'd be his wish at all.
14:25Mr. Cartwright.
14:28I just can't go back into that empty house.
14:31It's like a tomb.
14:32And I'm still alive.
14:34I can't go back.
14:36I can't go back.
14:39Ma'am.
14:42If you could just manage it one more night.
14:45Well, what I mean to say is I'll figure out some way to get you out of there.
14:53But what could you do?
14:54I'll think of something, I promise.
15:30Do you have a good time tonight, Joe?
15:40Well...
15:42Is that you, Oz?
15:44Yeah, I ask you.
15:45Do you have a good time tonight?
15:47No.
15:48No, I came right back after I left.
15:51I've been a lot better off if I'd go and see that old widow woman with you.
15:59Don't make no difference.
16:02I didn't need you at all.
16:06You feelin' all right?
16:10Yeah.
16:12I ain't never felt better.
16:18You're talkin' kind of funny.
16:19What'd you do tonight?
16:21What the...
16:22Supper with Mrs. Layton.
16:24Yeah, what'd she like?
16:26Nothing like we thought.
16:28Oh, even worse, huh?
16:29No, no, no.
16:32She's...
16:33It's different.
16:35You been drinkin'?
16:37Hell, a little champagne.
16:41Champagne?
16:431854 was a good year.
16:461854 was a good year for what?
16:49Hey, Joe, you ain't gonna sleep in your boots, are you?
16:54Come here.
16:58What's the matter?
16:58Didn't you have no fun?
17:00Oh, yeah.
17:00I had a great time.
17:02Until that gal I met disappeared and took my money pouch with her.
17:06I'm sorry to hear that.
17:09You're sorry to hear that?
17:11How come you're being so doggone charitable?
17:13I figured you'd pound me when you got back here.
17:16Pound you?
17:17What?
17:17What'd I want to pound you for?
17:18I ain't mad at you.
17:24Lady, Joe.
17:26She's a real lady.
17:32Joe, I know what we're gonna do.
17:34I done made up my mind.
17:35We're gonna take Ms. Leighton back to Ponderosa with us.
17:39Hoss, come on.
17:41Look, I know how soft-tarded you are, but Pa sent us here to help her, not to adopt her
17:44and bring her back home with us.
17:47Joe, I can't just leave her here.
17:50Yeah, well, you can't take her with us.
17:52Look, you gotta think about it.
17:53We got a long trip ahead of us.
17:54We got two days by stagecoach just to get to Summit.
17:57Then we take the buckboard.
17:58It's another day through the pass.
18:00Now, what kind of a trip is that for an old lady to make?
18:02I sort of think maybe she'll be able to stand up under it.
18:05Yeah, well, I don't think so.
18:06I think it's one of the nuttiest ideas I ever heard of.
18:08Well, don't make any decision that's left.
18:11You've met her.
18:12We're gonna have lunch together tomorrow at noon.
18:15I done made reservations with the garcon.
18:28All right, where is she?
18:30She'll be here after a while.
18:31She's probably out shopping or something.
18:33Pretty fancy chug wagon, ain't it?
18:35Yeah, it's not bad.
18:40Not bad at all.
18:41What's the matter, Joe?
18:43Take a look at the girl over by the door.
18:50Women like that just don't run around loose.
18:53Hey, Hoss, loan me 20 bucks, right?
18:54Hey, for a second, I better make it 50.
18:56Huh?
18:57Oh, look, I can't impress her if I'm broke.
18:59Come on.
19:01Hey, look, she's smiling at me.
19:03Give me the money.
19:12Hi.
19:13Hello.
19:14Joe.
19:16Before you run off with that other gal, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Layton.
19:23Ma'am, this is Joe Cartwright.
19:25How do you do?
19:27It's very nice meeting you, ma'am.
19:55I don't reckon she's ever seen any country like this before.
19:59Well, I guess not.
20:00Otherwise, she wouldn't have brought all this stuff along.
20:03Well, if it was somebody on the verge of poverty, she sure had a lot of clothes.
20:06Not to mention all those rings on her fingers.
20:09Oh.
20:10The lady's got to have clothes, Joe.
20:12Besides, you wouldn't even expect her to sell the stuff her husband gave her, would you?
20:16Well, if I was hungry, I'd sell them.
20:18Oh, Mr. Cartwright.
20:23Is it all right if I woke up and take a look at the lake?
20:25Oh, sure, ma'am.
20:26But be kind of careful.
20:27Those trails can get tricky at night.
20:29Don't you worry.
20:30I'll be careful.
20:39Well, it's my turn to fix a child tonight.
20:41Why don't you, uh, come take a look at the lake.
21:02Topper's going to be ready in a minute, Ms. Layton.
21:05Does the Ponderosa look like this?
21:08Well, ma'am, this is a Ponderosa.
21:11It is?
21:13Sure.
21:14We've been riding through it for the last couple of days, ever since we left the stagecoach.
21:19Oh.
21:21Why, it's unbelievable that anybody could actually own all this.
21:27Well, ma'am, it ain't exactly owning.
21:35I reckon the Ponderosa holds about as much claim to us as we do her.
21:40It's more like a partnership.
21:44Like we're all sort of beholden to one another.
21:47What I mean to say is that Paul won't let us cut a tree down unless there's another tree growing
21:53to take its place.
21:54Or take a cup of water out of the lake if it makes a lake go down that much.
22:02Ponderosa's got a mighty lot to give.
22:05And like Paul says, we ain't to take one ounce out of her that she can't grow back.
22:14All my life, I never had enough of anything.
22:19My father was a drunkard and we were trash poor.
22:23When I married Josh, I thought that was all over with.
22:28Now I'm right back where I started.
22:32Maybe I, I don't really understand what it means to have enough.
22:41But I do know one thing.
22:43What's that, ma'am?
22:44If anybody could have enough, it, it would be the Cartwrights.
22:48You, you're kings and the Ponderosa's your empire.
22:58What chances are, a commoner, to become a Cartwright?
23:07It might not be as hard as you think to become a Cartwright.
23:14Even for somebody like me?
23:19Especially for somebody like you.
23:25Why haven't you kissed me?
23:30Ma'am, I, I reckon I figured if I ever put my arms around you, you'd, you'd break up like
23:38one of them little China dolls.
23:44Well, let's just try and see if I do.
24:00Hey, Joe!
24:01Joe!
24:03Joe!
24:05Come here!
24:06Hoss, what's the matter?
24:07Joe, me and Helen, we're going to get married.
24:10She's going to marry me?
24:11Me, Hoss Cartwright!
24:13You're, you're joking.
24:14No, I ain't.
24:15We're going to get married.
24:17Oh, no!
24:18Congratulations!
24:19Hey, congratulations, both of you.
24:21Jeez, I can't wait to see the look on Pa's face.
24:25Ain't it wonderful, Pa?
24:27Well, yes, yes, it's, uh, uh, uh, tell me, tell me about it at all, not so, so sudden.
24:37Hoss, I'd like to speak to your father alone for a moment.
24:41Come on, Hoss, let him get acquainted.
24:44I'll get you stuff.
24:54You don't approve of this, do you, Mr. Cartwright?
24:57Well, Mrs. Leighton, I haven't said anything.
25:00I've been led to believe that you'd be quite a different sort of man.
25:06I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
25:09What do you want me to do?
25:10Pretend that I'm mourning over the death of my husband?
25:13Mrs. Leighton, I wouldn't want you to pretend anything.
25:17I just assumed that...
25:18And I assumed that you and I could be honest with each other.
25:22Honest.
25:24I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.
25:27I'm talking about what you and I both know.
25:30About what Adam told you when he returned from the funeral.
25:32Well, Adam told me about Josh's death and...
25:36Nothing more.
25:39You mean he...
25:40He didn't tell you the circumstances?
25:43What circumstances?
25:46Is there something more that he should have told me?
25:49Of course.
25:51Adam would want to spare your feelings.
25:55Oh, Mr. Cartwright, I...
25:58I've been very rude.
26:02Mrs. Leighton,
26:04tell me what it is you think I should know.
26:11When Josh died, he...
26:14He wasn't the man you knew.
26:17Or the man I married.
26:23There's no other way to say it.
26:25Josh was a drunk.
26:27He drank himself to death.
26:29I find that almost impossible to believe.
26:32So did I.
26:34Until the debt started piling up.
26:37Until they started selling the furniture out from under us.
26:40Until I realized I was married to a madman.
26:44Adam should have told me.
26:47Now you realize why these past few months of mourning
26:51have been a mockery.
26:53Living alone in that empty mansion.
26:57Keeping myself locked off from the world.
27:02And then Haas came along.
27:05He was so sweet.
27:07So understanding.
27:10For the first time in months,
27:11I felt like a woman again.
27:16I fell in love with him, Mr. Cartwright.
27:18I couldn't help myself.
27:21I wanted to be with him.
27:23I wanted to make him as happy as he had made me.
27:30That's a woman now.
27:31Mrs. Le...
27:33Helena.
27:36You misunderstood.
27:37I...
27:38Yes, I had reservations.
27:41But I didn't know.
27:45All I want for Haas
27:48is the happiness that you want for him.
27:51You don't hate me?
27:53I hate you
27:54when I've been waiting all these years
27:56for a daughter-in-law?
27:57Oh, I didn't know
28:05you were going to get this acquainted.
28:07After all, Haas,
28:09you know the way
28:09pie is with the ladies.
28:10I guess this means
28:11that you're going to give us your blessing, Paul.
28:13Haas,
28:14when Adam gets back,
28:15we're going to put on
28:16the biggest wedding Nevada's ever seen.
28:18Ha!
28:19Ha!
28:19Ha!
28:22Ha!
28:25Ha!
28:26Ha!
28:26Ha!
28:27Ha!
28:34Helen, this is a pretty tough place.
28:36I don't know whether
28:36you ought to go in here or not.
28:37What could happen to me?
28:39I'm with you, Art.
28:40I...
28:40Besides, it's so hot out there.
28:42Just dine for a cold lemonade.
28:44All right.
28:45Okay, ten, eight.
28:47Hang on, I bet.
28:48Is this a gambling place?
28:50Yeah, sure it is.
28:52They run one of the biggest poker games
28:53in the whole Comstock in here.
28:55Really?
28:56How exciting.
28:59What's this?
29:00This is one of them
29:02newfangled contraptions
29:03you play with silver money.
29:04It's just like gambling,
29:05only you play with a machine
29:06instead of a dealer.
29:08Do you think I could play it?
29:10Sure you can, wouldn't you?
29:11Be careful your fingers
29:12don't stick to that crank, though.
29:13Some folks just can't turn it loose.
29:15Oh, that's hard to believe, isn't it?
29:17I wonder what they'll pick up next.
29:24Hey, hey,
29:24you won the first time.
29:26Oh, Hoss,
29:26I really won.
29:28How exciting.
29:30Oh, I wonder if I could have
29:31that lemonade now.
29:32Yeah, I'll get it.
29:35Howdy, Hoss.
29:36What'll it be?
29:39Give me a...
29:40Give me a couple of lemonades, Charlie.
29:43Lemonade?
29:44Did you say lemonade?
29:49One for the...
29:50One for the little lady over there
29:51and one for me.
29:52Little lady seems to have
29:54changed you already.
29:56Ain't she cute?
30:00Well, Reg,
30:00she ever seen one of them before.
30:02Wish I'd never seen it.
30:04Took $20 off me last week.
30:07Oh, Hoss, darling,
30:09I'm having so much fun.
30:10I wonder if you could
30:11give me a little more money.
30:12Honey, you just won over there.
30:14You already spent that?
30:15Oh, but I just know
30:15I'm gonna make it pay off again.
30:17I just know it.
30:17Oh, thank you, darling.
30:23Two lemonades, Hoss.
30:25On the house.
30:27Thank you, Charlie.
30:33Sort of a hungry beggar, ain't it?
30:35Oh, darn.
30:37I was so sure
30:38I was going to win again.
30:44I don't guess Charlie's
30:45hadn't much experience
30:46making lemonade.
30:53Hoss, is there something
30:55you could do alone
30:56for about an hour or so?
30:58Yeah, I gotta talk to
30:59a couple of people
31:00about the wedding arrangements.
31:01But what are you
31:02going to be doing?
31:04Silly, I'm going to
31:05finish my shopping.
31:06Well, I'll go with you
31:07and talk to them later.
31:10Hoss, you know,
31:10there are some stores
31:12where ladies shop alone.
31:17Yeah, I don't reckon
31:19I thought about that.
31:20You go ahead.
31:22All right, darling.
31:25Oh, Hoss, I hate to be
31:29asking you for money, but...
31:30Oh, I should have done this
31:33when we started.
31:34How much do you need?
31:36Well, it's hard to tell.
31:38Well, here, you just take it all.
31:41There's $300 there.
31:42You get what you need,
31:43and if that ain't enough,
31:44there's more where that comes from.
31:45Oh, thanks, darling.
31:46Where'll we meet?
31:47How about the mercantile
31:49store down on the corner?
31:50Oh, that'll be wonderful.
31:51Now, you take these packages
31:52and put them in the buggy,
31:53and I'll meet you
31:54in the mercantile
31:55in about an hour.
31:56Fine.
31:59Ace.
32:01Six.
32:02Jack.
32:03Four.
32:04You're high, Ace, bet.
32:10It'll cost you $100 to stay, ma'am.
32:14I'll see that
32:16and raise you $100.
32:18I'm afraid you don't have
32:19quite enough money there, ma'am,
32:21but I think the credit
32:23of the future Mrs. Cartwright
32:24is good enough for us.
32:38Hey!
32:39Hey, Adam!
32:40Hey, Paul, Adam!
32:41Come in!
32:45Well.
32:48Nice of you to decorate the place
32:49to celebrate my return
32:50from San Francisco.
32:52Welcome home, Adam.
32:53Good to see you, son.
32:54Nice to have you back.
32:55I got the message
32:56from the telegraph office
32:56that we'd won the case.
32:57I didn't think
32:57you'd be back so soon,
32:58but I'm certainly glad
32:59you got here when you did.
33:00Well, I had my fill
33:01at the big city, Pa.
33:02Now, what do you think
33:03of the decorations, huh?
33:05Now, what's the occasion?
33:06Just because we won the case?
33:07Yeah, well, that's not exactly it.
33:09Yeah, well, if I let
33:09little Joe tell you,
33:10he'll spring out all night.
33:12Horse is getting married.
33:13What?
33:14Yeah, wait till you see her, Adam.
33:16She'll fry your eyeballs.
33:17Well, see, she's a real beauty,
33:18and I'll tell him all about it.
33:19Just get Adam's horse
33:20back to the stable
33:20and have him water down.
33:21Oh, yeah, well, I just...
33:22Come on, now.
33:22Come on, do as I tell you.
33:23Hey, well, hey,
33:24tell him about that thing
33:24in a restaurant.
33:26As a matter of fact,
33:27I think you know the girl.
33:28I do?
33:29Mm-hmm.
33:31Don't tell me that girl
33:32over in Mormon's Cross
33:32and finally got to him
33:33with those gooseberry pies.
33:34No, no.
33:35No, it's Helen Layton.
33:39Josh Layton's widow?
33:41Yeah.
33:42Quite a surprise.
33:45It's more than that.
33:46I know how you feel.
33:48A little unusual
33:49so soon after her husband's death.
33:51As a matter of fact,
33:51I felt the same way about it
33:52until I talked to Helen
33:54and she told me
33:55the truth about Josh.
33:57What'd she tell you?
33:59Well, it's the point
34:00of talking about it
34:01and to genuinely
34:02in love with each other.
34:03Ah.
34:04She never loved anything
34:06in her life
34:06except a deck of cards.
34:10What are you talking about?
34:11She gambled away
34:12every penny
34:13Josh Layton had.
34:14She dropped $27,000
34:16in one night
34:17in a club in Sacramento City
34:18and that's what
34:18started him drinking.
34:22Oh, she told me.
34:27Why didn't you
34:27tell me this before?
34:29Last time I saw Josh,
34:31he was dying.
34:32Now, what good
34:33would it have done
34:34to tell you about it?
34:35He wasn't even cold
34:37in his grave
34:37and she'd found herself
34:38another man
34:39to buy her expensive
34:40jewelry and dresses
34:41and pay her gambling debts.
34:47Adama,
34:49are you positive?
34:51I am.
34:57I'm going to have
34:58to tell Haas.
35:03What's this going
35:03to do to him?
35:05I don't know.
35:07Well, at least
35:07he won't marry you.
35:16Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
35:18Better let me handle this.
35:20Hey, Adam,
35:21you old horn-sweckling.
35:23Whoa.
35:24Hey.
35:25I'll tell you
35:26the good news.
35:27Yeah.
35:27Come on over
35:27and say hello.
35:29Hello.
35:31Ellen, your beauty
35:32always leaves me breathless.
35:34Still the same old flatterer.
35:36It's good to see you again, Adam.
35:38Were you surprised?
35:40Oh, yes.
35:41I was surprised.
35:42Boy, listen.
35:43Let's get this buggy unloaded.
35:44We can visit
35:44the rest of our lives.
35:48Haas?
35:50Why don't you let
35:50Adam put the buggy
35:52away there?
35:52I'd like to talk
35:53to you about something.
35:54Sure, Paul.
35:55What is it?
36:00Oh, Haas.
36:01Can't you see
36:02your father wants
36:02to talk to you alone?
36:04Yeah, but
36:05right now, Paul?
36:06If you don't mind, son.
36:09Good for you,
36:09Mr. Cartwright.
36:10You just keep him busy
36:11while I go in and change.
36:19What's the matter, Paul?
36:21Adam bring home
36:21some bad news
36:22or something?
36:23Well,
36:26in a way.
36:28What is it?
36:32It concerns Helen.
36:35All right.
36:38Anything that concerns Helen
36:39concerns me.
36:40I won't hear it.
36:43It's not going to be pleasant.
36:48What is it?
36:52Haas.
36:54You don't know
36:55Helen very well.
36:59Go and say it, Paul.
37:01And when you're done,
37:02I want you
37:03and Adam and Joe
37:04to keep still about Helen.
37:05I'm now on out.
37:08All right.
37:11This is the news
37:12Adam brought back.
37:15Helen is
37:16Helen is a gambler,
37:18a compulsive gambler.
37:19Before Josh died,
37:20she gambled away
37:21every penny he had.
37:22That ain't true.
37:24Yes, it is.
37:24There's more.
37:26Josh Layton was
37:27hardly resting in his grave
37:28when she began
37:29running around
37:29with another man
37:30to get more money
37:30to gamble with.
37:32Paul, you said
37:32just about enough.
37:33I'm not finished.
37:35Haas.
37:37You can't think
37:38of getting married.
37:40She'll ruin your life.
37:42She's no good.
37:44Paul.
37:45Don't you talk like that.
37:48I ain't gonna listen
37:48to them lies.
37:49Adam was there,
37:50Hoss.
37:51He saw Josh Layton
37:52drink himself
37:52to death over her.
37:55Where are you going?
37:57I'm gonna go ahead
37:57and talk to Helen.
37:58I'm gonna tell her
37:59what Adam's saying
38:00behind her back.
38:01Adam's telling the truth.
38:03It ain't.
38:04It's a lie.
38:04It's a dirty lie
38:05and I'm gonna make
38:06Adam eat every filthy word.
38:07Helen's got an explanation
38:08for this
38:09and I'm gonna get it.
38:24Who is it?
38:26It's me, Hoss.
38:27Just a minute, darling.
38:30Come in.
38:40I just couldn't resist
38:41putting it on.
38:42This is what I wanted
38:43to buy when I sent you away.
38:47Hoss,
38:47you...
38:48you don't like it.
38:50Yes, I do.
38:52It's...
38:54it's the prettiest thing
38:55I ever saw.
38:59Helena,
39:00I gotta talk to you
39:01about something.
39:03Oh, darling,
39:03it's...
39:03it's so wonderful
39:04to have someone
39:05to talk to.
39:07I'm afraid I...
39:08I don't feel much
39:09like talking right now.
39:11Out with your arms
39:12around me
39:13and this dress on.
39:19It's been so long
39:20since I've been happy
39:21like this.
39:23If you only knew
39:24how miserable
39:25those last months
39:26with Josh were.
39:28How he twisted the truth
39:29until...
39:30until even my closest friends
39:32were telling horrible lies
39:34about me.
39:36Then you came along
39:37and...
39:38there were no more yesterdays,
39:40only tomorrows.
39:41But...
39:42people will still talk,
39:43I suppose.
39:44They just...
39:45have to be cruel
39:46and...
39:47and twist everything
39:48into a black awful lie.
39:50Yeah, I suppose they do.
39:53You wouldn't believe them,
39:54would you, House?
39:56You won't believe
39:57what they tell you
39:58about me.
40:06No.
40:09Besides,
40:09it...
40:10it don't make no difference,
40:12even if it were true.
40:14Just wouldn't matter.
40:16What's done is done.
40:19And I don't want you
40:20worried about it
40:20no more to hear.
40:22you're the kindest,
40:24most understanding man
40:26that ever lived.
40:32Oh,
40:33awesome.
40:35What was it
40:35your father wanted
40:36to talk to you about?
40:41It was nothing.
40:44Just forget it.
41:02Well, son?
41:04I know that
41:05you and Adam
41:06mean well.
41:09I'm sorry
41:09I lost my temper.
41:12I didn't mean
41:13to call Adam
41:13a liar.
41:14As far as I know,
41:16maybe a part
41:17of what he says
41:17is true.
41:18As far as I'm concerned,
41:22Helen's and my life
41:23started the day
41:24we met.
41:26I ain't interested
41:27in her past.
41:29And I don't want
41:30to hear no more
41:30about it.
41:42What's at stake
41:43is your brother's
41:44happiness.
41:45Ah,
41:45don't you think
41:45I've considered that?
41:47Look,
41:47I told you
41:48what kind of a woman
41:48she is.
41:50You told me
41:51what kind of woman
41:51she was.
41:53Could be a difference.
41:56Maybe Haas is right.
41:58People can change.
42:01Pa?
42:01Yes, Joe?
42:03Frank's here to see you.
42:06Oh, Frank.
42:07A little out of your way,
42:08aren't you?
42:09Mr. Cartwright,
42:09Adam?
42:10Now,
42:10don't tell me
42:11one of my boys
42:11has gambled away
42:12the Ponderosa.
42:13Not one of your boys,
42:14Ben.
42:15Ben,
42:16I'm a businessman
42:17same as anyone else.
42:19I took that
42:19in good faith,
42:20figuring you'd honor it.
42:25Well,
42:25that kind of proves
42:26what I said,
42:26doesn't it?
42:27I wish you hadn't
42:28lost that much.
42:29The way things are,
42:30I can't just forget
42:30about $5,000.
42:42I'm...
42:42I'm sorry it happened,
42:44Ben.
42:44And, uh,
42:45I don't discuss
42:46my customers'
42:47private affairs.
42:48That's why
42:49I came out here.
42:51Thanks, Frank.
42:54Thank you very much.
42:59You want to count it?
43:00I don't have to count it, Ben.
43:16I guess this I.O.U.
43:18ought to show us
43:19the truth.
43:28Not a word of
43:30what you've seen here.
43:32Neither one of you.
43:38Shouldn't have torn it up.
43:41Well, he was only
43:42thinking about horse.
43:43Well, that's all
43:44any of us
43:44are thinking about.
43:45We have to do
43:45something about this.
43:49We'll put a stop to it.
43:52Horse will get hurt,
43:53but...
43:55I'd rather see that
43:56than Pa trying
43:56to pick up the pieces
43:57the rest of his life.
43:59Yeah, you're right.
44:02Now, what can we do
44:02about it?
44:09Where are we going?
44:11Virginia City.
44:13Virginia City?
44:14What are we for?
44:15I heard about
44:16your little experience
44:17at the Sazerac
44:18yesterday afternoon.
44:21Oh, you mean
44:23those silly coin machines.
44:24Wasn't that awful?
44:25No, I mean
44:26the I.O.U.
44:27for $5,000.
44:28The dealer presented
44:30it last night
44:30for payment.
44:32What are you
44:33talking about?
44:34You know what
44:35I'm talking about.
44:36Pa paid it off
44:37in full.
44:38And now you're
44:39going to ship me
44:41out of the country
44:41to protect your
44:42little brother,
44:43is that it?
44:43No, that's not it.
44:45Horse does no
44:45thing about it.
44:48Then what are you
44:49up to?
44:51We're going to
44:51take you back
44:51to the Sazerac.
44:52I'm going to give
44:53you a chance
44:53to win back
44:54that $5,000.
44:56You mean you...
44:58that you'll stake me?
45:00I'll stake you.
45:03Adam Cartwright,
45:04I like your way
45:05of thinking.
45:07It's $5,000.
45:09Paired of deuces
45:10and a ten.
45:10Make your bet.
45:14You're a hundred
45:15and a hundred more.
45:20Kings up.
45:22Good enough.
45:29Deuces are high.
45:29Make your bet.
45:51Jack,
45:52deuces are high.
45:52Make your bet.
45:56I'll see you
45:57at a hundred
45:57and a hundred more.
46:08I'll see you
46:09Paired of aces.
46:18Don't go me,
46:18Joe.
46:18You better have
46:19a good reason
46:19for bringing me
46:20all the way in here.
46:21Mrs. Layton,
46:21it'll cost you
46:22a hundred more
46:22to see if you
46:23can improve them.
46:32Cards,
46:32Mrs. Layton?
46:34I'll stamp
46:35hat on these.
46:40Want to beat a flush,
46:41ma'am?
46:48How much
46:48you lose, Adam?
46:51Well,
46:51let's see.
46:53five,
46:55ten,
46:57fifteen,
46:59twenty thousand
47:00dollars.
47:03Don't worry,
47:03hoss,
47:04they're good.
47:05I signed
47:05for every one
47:06of them.
47:10I'm sorry.
47:14Hoss,
47:14we did it
47:15for you!
47:36If there's one
47:37thing that
47:37offends me,
47:38it's any
47:39display of
47:39violence.
47:40Oddly enough,
47:41I was thinking
47:42that very same
47:43thing.
47:44I wonder
47:45if it would
47:45be asking
47:46too much
47:46to ask you
47:48to take
47:48me out
47:48of here.
47:49Dear lady,
47:51nothing would
47:51please me
47:52more.
47:53We might
47:54even have
47:54dinner together.
47:55Dinner?
47:56Oh,
47:56that would
47:57be wonderful.
47:58I can't
47:58think of
47:59anything
47:59I'd enjoy
48:00more.
48:08Well,
48:08you think
48:08Joe and
48:09I enjoyed
48:09doing it?
48:10There was
48:11no other
48:11way.
48:13I know
48:14you meant
48:14well.
48:17Maybe
48:17there was
48:18no other
48:18way.
48:21Hoss is
48:22the only
48:22one who
48:22can decide
48:23that.
48:39you
48:39fellers
48:40gonna
48:41sit here
48:41and
48:41mope
48:42all
48:42here.
48:43You're
48:44gonna go
48:44out and
48:44go to
48:44work
48:44with
48:45me.
48:45me.
48:47I
48:47don't
48:47I
48:48don't
49:00I
49:03don't
49:04know.
49:05I
49:06don't
49:07know.
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