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00:02:24Starting at verse 6

00:02:27Then said I

00:02:30O Lord, kind

00:02:32Behold, I cannot speak

00:02:35For I am a child

00:02:37The Lord said unto me

00:02:41Save them, I am a child

00:02:45For thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee

00:02:50And whatever I command thee

00:02:55Thou shalt speak

00:03:02Be not afraid

00:03:05Be not afraid of their faces

00:03:07For I am with thee to deliver thee

00:03:10For I am with thee to deliver thee

00:03:10Thank you

00:03:12Thank you, Jenny

00:03:15Then the Lord put forth his hand

00:03:17And touched my mouth

00:03:20And the Lord said unto me

00:03:23Behold, I have put words into my mouth

00:03:29Beelzebub

00:03:30Forth among all inhabitants of the land

00:03:33And has traveled far

00:03:38Forth among all inhabitants of the land

00:03:44Yes, great-grandpappy

00:03:49Help me, cha-

00:03:50Great-grandpappy

00:03:52Forth among all inhabitants of the land

00:04:08Thank you

00:04:10Thank you

00:04:10Thank you, Daisy, Tos

00:04:13Read me the

00:04:14Twenty-third shop

00:04:22The Lord is my shepherd

00:04:24I shall not want

00:04:27He maketh me

00:04:29Till I doubt in green pastures

00:04:32He leadeth me

00:04:35Beside the still waters

00:04:38He restoreth my soul

00:04:41He leadeth me

00:04:43In the paths of righteousness

00:04:45For his name's sake

00:04:47Yea, though I walk

00:04:49Through the valley

00:04:50Of the shadow of death

00:04:52I will fear no evil

00:04:54For thou art with me

00:05:27Heelzebub

00:05:28Heelzebub

00:05:31Heelzebub

00:05:34Heelzebub

00:05:36Heelzebub

00:05:37Heelzebub

00:05:38Heelzebub

00:05:39Heelzebub

00:05:40Heelzebub

00:05:41Heelzebub

00:05:47Nothing can hurt me.

00:05:49Nothing can hurt me.

00:06:02Go away!

00:06:04Wild beasts are afraid of fire.

00:06:19You're a tame beast.

00:06:22You're a dog.

00:06:24Look at your fur.

00:06:26You've been burned.

00:06:29Beelzebub.

00:06:30Beelzebub burned you.

00:06:32Well, you're all right, I guess.

00:06:35Anyway, the good book says a living dog is better than a dead lion.

00:06:43It's a picture of Beelzebub.

00:06:47Wanna be my dog?

00:06:51All right.

00:06:53But we've got a long way to go.

00:06:56Come on.

00:06:59I wish I was a mole in the ground.

00:07:02I wish I was the mole in the ground.

00:07:05If I was the mole in the ground...

00:07:08Come on.

00:07:28Hey there!

00:07:30Hey!

00:07:32Who are you, the Sleeping Beauty?

00:07:35No, I'm Jenny.

00:07:37You aren't running away from home, are you?

00:07:39I'm on my way to Sodom and Gomorrah.

00:07:41You're what?

00:07:42My great-grandpappy always said that, unfortunately,

00:07:44you had to go to Sodom and Gomorrah for the staff of life.

00:07:48Where are you from, Jenny?

00:07:50We're from Springs.

00:07:51Well, you must be Reverend Hollingsworth's great-granddaughter, aren't you?

00:07:54Mm-hmm.

00:07:55Does he know you're out here?

00:07:56He's dead.

00:07:57My grandpappy always said that if he died,

00:07:59I should go to town and see the sheriff.

00:08:01I see.

00:08:03We'll get your things, Jenny.

00:08:05I'll give you a lift in the pan bucket.

00:08:07See, the sheriff happens to be a good friend of mine.

00:08:11What's your name?

00:08:12Well, my name's Steve Webster.

00:08:14I'm a doctor, and I'm pleased to meet you, Jenny.

00:08:16Why?

00:08:18I don't know.

00:08:20I just figure a speech, I guess, huh?

00:08:23Is that your dog?

00:08:25Yes.

00:08:26We'd better take him with us, hadn't we?

00:08:27What's his name?

00:08:28His name?

00:08:30It's, uh, uh, of course, it's the same as mine.

00:08:33Jenny?

00:08:35No, Hollingsworth.

00:08:36Uh-huh.

00:08:37Well, come on, Hollingsworth.

00:08:38Get in and join a party.

00:08:39You call it, Jenny.

00:08:40Hollingsworth, please.

00:08:40Come on, Hollingsworth.

00:08:42Come on.

00:08:42That's good.

00:08:43Now we'll close this door, Jenny.

00:08:45Ah, thank you.

00:08:48Jen.

00:08:49Oh, go on it, Abner.

00:08:50That's a third time.

00:08:52Don't check on, sheriff.

00:08:55Ten, twenty, thirty-five.

00:09:02Hello, Bill.

00:09:03Oh, hiya, Steve.

00:09:04Abner.

00:09:05Hiya, Doc.

00:09:06Got a customer for you.

00:09:07Who's busted the law now?

00:09:08This is Jenny Hollingsworth.

00:09:10Jenny, this is Sheriff Bolton.

00:09:11Howdy.

00:09:12Say, I know you.

00:09:13You're Reverend Hollingsworth's great-grandchild, aren't you?

00:09:16From Bullfrog Springs.

00:09:17Yes.

00:09:18Yeah, I was wondering about you.

00:09:19I was thinking of sending a welfare worker up there to see how you was.

00:09:22Uh-oh, we're forgetting our manners.

00:09:23Jenny, this is Abner Green.

00:09:25He's sheriff, Bolton Star Boiler.

00:09:32How do you do?

00:09:34I do pretty well, but my feet are tired.

00:09:37I walked a long ways, and I got thirsty, and I'm pretty hungry.

00:09:41Wait a second.

00:09:42Wait a second.

00:09:43Yes?

00:09:45When somebody says, how do you do, you ain't supposed to give a logical answer.

00:09:49I'm not?

00:09:50No.

00:09:51Well, you say, uh, fine, thank you, and let it go at that.

00:09:55But I don't feel fine.

00:09:57Well, you say so just the same.

00:09:59Folks don't give a down how you really feel.

00:10:02That's civilization.

00:10:06I don't think I like civilization.

00:10:11What are you going to do about Jenny?

00:10:13I don't know.

00:10:15I've been dreading this was going to happen for a long while.

00:10:18Well, I'll run up to Bullfrog Springs and have a look-see first thing in the morning.

00:10:50Maybe the old man ain't really dead.

00:10:52But this ain't no fit place for a kid.

00:10:55How about taking a home with you?

00:10:57Yeah, I thought you'd get around to that.

00:11:02Come on, Jenny.

00:11:03You're going to spend the night with me.

00:11:04Uh-oh.

00:11:05Murphy's just going to love that.

00:11:08Bye.

00:11:08Bye, Jenny.

00:11:22Holy cats.

00:11:23Why do you say that?

00:11:25Who are you and what are you doing here?

00:11:27Cats aren't holy.

00:11:29What?

00:11:29Look in the Bible.

00:11:31Cats aren't even mentioned.

00:11:33Well, who said they were?

00:11:34Where'd Steve pick you up?

00:11:36In the wilderness.

00:11:38Oh, driftwood, huh?

00:11:40What's driftwood?

00:11:41Driftwood's something that lays around for Steve to pick up to bring home to sleep on my sofa.

00:11:45Is that your dog?

00:11:47Uh-uh-uh, yes.

00:11:49Well, what do you think this is?

00:11:51It's wonderful.

00:11:52It's all wonderful.

00:11:54And beautiful like Solomon's temple.

00:11:57This joint?

00:11:58You must be rich as Solomon.

00:12:01What are you talking about?

00:12:04Ask and it shall be given unto you.

00:12:06Matthew 7, verse 7.

00:12:16And get that dog out of here.

00:12:20Lie down and be good.

00:12:28Oh, steal your vomit or I'll wring your head off.

00:12:41Howdy, Patrick.

00:12:42You sleep well last night?

00:12:48Don't try to put anything over on me, you little rat.

00:12:50I know what you're up to.

00:12:57Good morning, Henrietta.

00:13:01Well, how are you doing this morning?

00:13:05Oh, look, a little chicken.

00:13:07You let it alone.

00:13:09It's like Noah's Ark.

00:13:15Oh, look at all the pretty little boxes.

00:13:18What's in them?

00:13:19Now, look, you leave those things alone and stay off of this porch.

00:13:23This is no place for a kid.

00:13:26Steve, I'm going to get over bringing riffraff and everything else.

00:13:29I thought I told you to get this mud out of here.

00:13:32I'm sorry.

00:13:33You better wash your face for breakfast, too.

00:13:36Where's the spring?

00:13:38The spring?

00:13:39Good morning, Murph.

00:13:41Good morning, Jenny.

00:13:42Good morning.

00:13:43I see you two have met.

00:13:44Yeah, we've met.

00:13:45Did you sleep all right, Jenny?

00:13:46Oh, yes.

00:13:47Hollingsworth and I slept fine.

00:13:49Hollingsworth?

00:13:50Who?

00:13:50The dog.

00:13:52Everything under control, Murph?

00:13:53Yeah.

00:13:54She wants to know where the spring is.

00:13:56Well, why didn't you tell her?

00:13:58Oh, then you have got a spring.

00:14:00Why, of course we've got a spring.

00:14:01Hot and cold running water, and you can turn it off and on.

00:14:04Oh, who ever heard of turning a spring off and on?

00:14:07Show her, Murph.

00:14:08Oh, no.

00:14:08You show her.

00:14:09Murph, do you know what day this is?

00:14:11Saturday.

00:14:12So what?

00:14:12Saturday is the day we give little girls a bath around here.

00:14:15Oh, no.

00:14:16Come on, Hollingsworth.

00:14:17I'll clean you up while your friend Murph washes Jenny behind the ears.

00:14:20Now, just a minute.

00:14:21You're not making a nursemaid out of me.

00:14:22You brought her in, so you give her a bath.

00:14:25Gee, that bubble sucks pretty good, ain't it?

00:14:27Glad I brought that sample home from the drugstore.

00:14:29It's like warm snow.

00:14:31What's a drugstore?

00:14:32A drugstore is a store that's owned and operated by a pharmacist, which is me.

00:14:36Now, hold still.

00:14:38Do you love me, Murph?

00:14:39No.

00:14:40Abner Green said you would.

00:14:42When did you say that?

00:14:43Last night at the jail, when Doc Steve was going to take me home.

00:14:47Abner Green said, uh-oh, Murph will just love that.

00:14:51Oh.

00:14:56Oh.

00:14:56Hello.

00:14:57Oh, hi, Sheriff.

00:14:59Did you check on Reverend Hollingsworth?

00:15:01He's dead, all right.

00:15:03We found him in his church.

00:15:04Too bad.

00:15:05What about Jenny?

00:15:07Well, it looks now like I can't take her over to Lodestar till Monday.

00:15:11Yeah?

00:15:11How'd she get along in your place last night, Steve?

00:15:14She slept.

00:15:15Oh, good.

00:15:16I knew she'd like it in your place.

00:15:19Say, Steve, you don't suppose you could, uh...

00:15:21Oh, I can't do it, Bill.

00:15:22Well, I got a lot of dangerous medical experiments I've been working with around here.

00:15:27They're cages full of ticks with Rocky Mountain fever.

00:15:30Now, well, I'll take her over to Susan's after breakfast and...

00:15:38You gotta clean your ears.

00:15:41No.

00:15:42Now, look, let me tell you something.

00:15:44Men admire women with clean ears.

00:15:46No.

00:15:48I used to scrub Doc Steve's ears when he was scraping your age.

00:15:51That was after his daddy died and he come to live with me.

00:15:54Tell me the story.

00:15:56There ain't none.

00:15:57He just grew up and I sent him to college and became a doctor.

00:16:00And a darn good one, too.

00:16:01Too darn good for this town.

00:16:04You can wash my ears.

00:16:05Mm-hmm.

00:16:06You sure need it.

00:16:08With half a bullfrog springs in him.

00:16:12Supposing Susan saw him like this.

00:16:14Who's Susan?

00:16:15Susan's a schoolteacher.

00:16:16Wants to marry Steve.

00:16:18She almost hogties him every now and then.

00:16:21And she goes and makes a mistake and he goes raring off.

00:16:24Why does he do that?

00:16:26Because most women don't know how to handle men.

00:16:28A smart woman's got to make a man feel that...

00:16:32that life's a picnic.

00:16:34Is that why you have no spouse?

00:16:36You bet it is.

00:16:37But I've had my offers.

00:16:38Who?

00:16:39Well, for instance, you take Susan's aunt.

00:16:42Her name's Matilda.

00:16:45She'd like to get my foot in the old bear trap.

00:16:48But not me.

00:16:50No, sir.

00:16:51Not old Murph.

00:16:53Doesn't she have a helpmate?

00:16:54Uh-uh.

00:16:55A man asked her once and then went away.

00:16:59You tilled away to 30 years and he ain't back yet.

00:17:02Picnic.

00:17:03Maybe I could make the beds.

00:17:06Say, now you're talking like an intelligent female.

00:17:09And plant carrots and lettuce and feed the chickens.

00:17:13Oh, no.

00:17:13You're not going to be here that long.

00:17:15Where am I going?

00:17:17Murph, the water's going out.

00:17:20Sure, I just pulled the plug.

00:17:21But the pearls, all the beautiful pearls of the Orient, they're going.

00:17:26Oh, that's life.

00:17:28Everything seems pretty as one of them bubbles.

00:17:30Then somebody comes along and pulls the plug and everything goes down the drain.

00:17:43Lord Jesus, be our holy guest, our morning joy, our evening rest.

00:17:48And with our daily bread in part, thy love and peace to every heart.

00:17:52Amen.

00:17:54Oh, daisies on your coffee pot.

00:17:57They're my favorite flower.

00:17:59Oh, yes.

00:18:00We're very elegant.

00:18:01I'll plant some daisies when I plant the other things.

00:18:04I told you, you're not going to be here that long.

00:18:07Where am I going?

00:18:09Well, Jenny, in a few days, the sheriff will take you over to the county juvenile home in Lodestar.

00:18:14What's the county juvenile home?

00:18:16Well, that's a place where, uh, you'll see.

00:18:20Eat your breakfast now.

00:18:21You taking your ticks to San Francisco with you, Steve?

00:18:24Ah, sure am.

00:18:25I want to continue my own experiments up at the Field Institute.

00:18:28She'll wish I was young enough to pull up stakes and go along with you.

00:18:31I'll write you everything that happens, Murph.

00:18:34Who's taking care of her today?

00:18:36Well, I thought I'd take her over to Susan's after breakfast and see if they'll take care of her on

00:18:39Monday.

00:18:42Good morning, Susan.

00:18:45Good morning, Mayor Snyder.

00:18:48You're very unfair to your flowers.

00:18:50Unfair?

00:18:50How?

00:18:51Unfair competition.

00:18:52They fade by comparison.

00:18:54Oh, no wonder the women voted for you.

00:18:57Did you?

00:18:59I forgot to register.

00:19:00But Aunt Matilda thinks you are the salt of the earth.

00:19:03Oh, and you?

00:19:05A schoolteacher is not permitted to voice her opinion of members of the administration.

00:19:09Is there any rule against giving an admiring member of the administration a flower for his buttonhole?

00:19:13Well, if there is one, it's overruled as of this moment.

00:19:18Oh, well, thank you.

00:19:20Hello, Susan.

00:19:21Oh, hello, Steve.

00:19:23Can I speak to you for a moment?

00:19:24Uh-huh.

00:19:24Susan, I must be running along.

00:19:26I'll see you later.

00:19:27Dinner, perhaps.

00:19:28Oh, I'm afraid I'll be busy, but thank you just the same.

00:19:30Well, thank you for the flower.

00:19:36What's the windbag hanging around for?

00:19:38The windbag wants me to marry him.

00:19:40Sure, sure.

00:19:41He'd love for you to mother that little poison ivy son of his.

00:19:44Who's my rival?

00:19:45Well, this is Jenny Hollingsworth.

00:19:47Jenny, this is Susan Moore.

00:19:49How do you do?

00:19:50I asked you first.

00:19:53Oh, what beautiful flowers, like the gardens of Babylon.

00:19:56We never had flowers like these in Bullfrog Springs.

00:20:00Daisy!

00:20:02Where did you find her?

00:20:03Well, I picked a sprout and her dog up in the desert last night.

00:20:06Well, what were they doing there?

00:20:07Well, she's an orphan.

00:20:08Old Reverend Hollingsworth's great-granddaughter from Bullfrog Springs.

00:20:12The old man died up there.

00:20:13Oh.

00:20:14And Susan, I'm sort of responsible for it on Monday.

00:20:17I was wondering whether it may be, uh, could she stay with you to lend?

00:20:21Of course she can, Steve.

00:20:23What a girl.

00:20:24Here.

00:20:25Susan.

00:20:26Have one of your own flowers.

00:20:33Did you let her from the Field Institute come?

00:20:35No, not yet.

00:20:36Well, I hope it never comes.

00:20:38Oh, now, Susan, you know you don't mean that.

00:20:40I hope they turn you down.

00:20:42I don't think they will.

00:20:44Steve, are you really set on going?

00:20:47Well, I can't get anywhere in this place.

00:20:49Snyder runs the town, you know that.

00:20:51Pan Bucket needs a hospital so badly it's criminal, and what happens?

00:20:54But, Steve, they...

00:20:55They vote a public park.

00:20:56Why?

00:20:56It looks good to the people.

00:20:58Snyder can use it when he goes campaigning again.

00:21:00That's not for me.

00:21:01I'm getting out.

00:21:02Well, what about me?

00:21:04Did I just imagine you said something about love?

00:21:07I said it all right, and I meant it.

00:21:09Then take me with you.

00:21:11Susan, you know how they've been paying me in this town with vegetables.

00:21:15Mostly cabbage, and I don't mean Uncle Sam's.

00:21:17But I like cabbage, and I know 22 different ways of repairing it.

00:21:21Honey, a steady diet of Kohl's Law is medically unsound.

00:21:25Steve, please.

00:21:27Look, darling, we've been through all this a dozen times.

00:21:30Two dozen?

00:21:30I'm sorry, Susan.

00:21:31That's just how it is.

00:21:33We'll have to wait.

00:21:34Well, isn't six years about long enough for a girl to wait?

00:21:39Has it been six years?

00:21:40Oh, darling, I've got little nuggets saved up.

00:21:42On your salary?

00:21:43It isn't much, but it could help carry us for a while.

00:21:45Oh, fine.

00:21:46Great.

00:21:46That's for me.

00:21:47I've always wanted to be supported by a nice girl.

00:21:49Oh, don't give me any of that old-fashioned malarkey, Steve Webster.

00:21:53I'm in love with you, and I want to make a life with you.

00:21:55I don't care who pays for it or how it happens.

00:21:57I want you now.

00:22:00Oh, darling, don't put me in cold storage.

00:22:03Don't make me the town's old maid, the ones they make jokes about.

00:22:07Oh, my cat, Matilda.

00:22:10A package from Railway Express for Susan Moore.

00:22:13I'll take it.

00:22:15Are you Susan Moore?

00:22:17You're new here, aren't you?

00:22:18Yeah, my family just moved over from Rainbow.

00:22:20Well, I'm Susan's aunt, Matilda Moore.

00:22:24Well, sign here, Mrs. Moore.

00:22:26It isn't Mrs. Moore, it's Miss Moore.

00:22:30I'm sorry.

00:22:32You're sorry.

00:22:34Here.

00:22:36Susan?

00:22:37Susan?

00:22:39Coming.

00:22:41All right, Steve, whatever you say.

00:22:43I know it'll work out somehow.

00:22:46It's got to.

00:22:47Certainly, everything will be all right.

00:22:49No, it won't.

00:22:51What?

00:22:52She makes mistakes.

00:22:53What?

00:22:54Murph says so.

00:22:56Just what does Murph say?

00:22:57But you hog-tie Doc Steve every once in a while,

00:23:00and then you make a mistake, and off he goes raring.

00:23:03Jenny, don't listen to her.

00:23:05She's just making it up.

00:23:06My good friend Murph.

00:23:08And from whom does Murph get his information?

00:23:10Well, so help me.

00:23:11I'm innocent.

00:23:11I never said...

00:23:13Susan.

00:23:14The material for your dress just arrived.

00:23:17Well, what's the matter with you?

00:23:19You look like you've been dragged through a knothole.

00:23:21Nothing.

00:23:21Just a little misunderstanding.

00:23:23Hmm.

00:23:23A little misunderstanding.

00:23:25If Steve Webster's at the bottom, I'd call it a big misunderstanding.

00:23:29Really, Susan, it's your own fault.

00:23:31With people like Mayor Snyder crazy about you,

00:23:33you have to lallygag around with this Steve Webster.

00:23:35He'll never amount to a hill of beans.

00:23:37Cabbage of me.

00:23:38Cabbage.

00:23:39And who is this picking my flowers?

00:23:42Oh, this is Jenny Hollingsworth.

00:23:44Jenny, this is Susan's Aunt Matilda.

00:23:46How do you do?

00:23:47Steve, I said it behind your back, and I'll say it to your face.

00:23:49You're an unsteady, impractical dreamer, not worth your salt.

00:23:53Why do you say, how do you do?

00:23:55And if Susan had any sense, she'd find a steady man.

00:23:58What did you say?

00:24:00I said, why do you say, how do you do?

00:24:03Well, I never.

00:24:04You don't care how I do.

00:24:05You didn't even expect me to answer you.

00:24:08What is the matter with this child?

00:24:10You don't even like me.

00:24:11She doesn't either.

00:24:13Oh, Jenny, I...

00:24:14That's impertinence.

00:24:15I ought to box your ears.

00:24:16Jenny, will you shut up?

00:24:17Don't you know that children should be seen and not heard?

00:24:20Not according to Jeremiah.

00:24:22Say not, I am a child.

00:24:23For thou shalt go to all that I shalt send thee.

00:24:25And whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt speak.

00:24:28Stephen, will you take her away from here?

00:24:30I'm sorry, Matilda.

00:24:31Now, wait a minute, Matilda.

00:24:32Wait a minute.

00:24:33Everything with Steve is waiting.

00:24:35You wait for him to keep appointments.

00:24:36You wait for him to stop dreaming.

00:24:38You wait for him to marry you.

00:24:40Really, Susan, it's your own fault.

00:24:42No self-respecting woman would wait for any man,

00:24:44particularly Steve Webster.

00:24:46How can you say that?

00:24:47Jenny.

00:24:48Murph says she's been waiting for a man for 30 years.

00:24:52Oh, Susan, I will not stay here and listen to this.

00:24:56I'll see you at dinner.

00:25:04What'd you do, come down from Bullfolk Springs on a broom?

00:25:08Doc Steve.

00:25:09Go away, go away.

00:25:10But everything was so nice till we met her.

00:25:13No, everything was strictly shaky even before.

00:25:16Why on earth do you say those things?

00:25:18My grandpappy always told me, truth shall be thy shield.

00:25:21Look, Sprout, that may be true,

00:25:24but you can't go around hitting people over the head with a shield.

00:25:27It hurts.

00:25:27Did I hurt her?

00:25:28Hurt her?

00:25:29You massacred her.

00:25:31I'm sorry, Doc Steve.

00:25:33See, truth isn't always the kind thing.

00:25:36But if Susan makes mistakes, somebody ought to tell her.

00:25:39She does not make mistakes.

00:25:42Jenny, listen.

00:25:43Repeat after me.

00:25:44Susan does not make mistakes.

00:25:46Susan does not make mistakes.

00:25:48That's right.

00:25:48You can quote me.

00:25:50She's a very fine and lovely person.

00:25:52You should be just half as nice when you grow up.

00:25:54Come on.

00:25:55We'll break the news to Murph.

00:26:05Hi, Doc.

00:26:06That's it.

00:26:08What is it?

00:26:09A double chocolate soda for my girlfriend.

00:26:14Jenny still sleeps on the sofa.

00:26:17Why?

00:26:17What happened?

00:26:18You talk too much.

00:26:19Oh, it's a free country.

00:26:20Mm-hmm.

00:26:21And she courted you freely to Susan and Matilda.

00:26:24Well, doggone females can't keep anything to themselves.

00:26:28And the sooner we get rid of that little wildflower, the better.

00:26:33Now be a good dog, Hollingsworth.

00:26:36Hollingsworth?

00:26:37Who ever heard of a dog named Hollingsworth?

00:26:40Mine is.

00:26:41Mine is.

00:26:42Get a load of the rag she's wearing.

00:26:45Strictly sticky.

00:26:46Whose cat dragged that in?

00:26:48Maybe there's another wind in the dust bowl.

00:27:00Go away.

00:27:03Watch this.

00:27:09Let's do it now.

00:27:10Take it easy.

00:27:11Might have broken her arm.

00:27:13Listen, gruesome.

00:27:14That's enough bank talk out of you.

00:27:16Now you get out and stay out.

00:27:18You can't throw me out.

00:27:19My father's the mayor.

00:27:20I didn't vote for him.

00:27:21That dog ain't supposed to be in here.

00:27:24You sell food here.

00:27:25I'll report you to the health department.

00:27:27I'm the health department.

00:27:29Now you're made to report and I'll scram.

00:27:31Pop up! Pop up!

00:27:32Get that hound out of here before they can throw me in a calaboose with Dabner Green.

00:27:37I'm sorry, nurse.

00:27:42Kids.

00:27:43Bad enough as they are, but worse yet, look at the people they grow up to be.

00:27:47The movie's open!

00:27:48Oh, my God!

00:27:50Oh, my God!

00:27:52Oh, my God!

00:27:53Oh, my God!

00:27:54Oh, my God!

00:27:57Oh, my God!

00:28:07Okay.

00:28:08Double chocolate soda.

00:28:10Ah, that looks good, doesn't it, Jenny?

00:28:13Here.

00:28:14Come on, now.

00:28:15Eat your soda.

00:28:18She's not used to kids, I guess.

00:28:20You know, they can be mighty cruel sometimes.

00:28:23They said it was rags.

00:28:25It isn't.

00:28:26It's made from great grandpappy's best Sunday shirt.

00:28:31Come on, let's see.

00:28:40Hello, Judge.

00:28:42Oh, it's you.

00:28:44You two want to get married?

00:28:45No, not yet, but I'd like for you to meet my friend.

00:28:51This is Jenny Hollingsworth.

00:28:53Jenny, this is Judge Beckett.

00:28:54How do you do?

00:28:55Fine, thanks.

00:28:57I want to get her a new outfit, Judge.

00:28:59What kind of an outfit?

00:29:00Well, you know, like the other kids have.

00:29:02Only the best.

00:29:03The very best you've got.

00:29:04Oh, Steve, you ought to get a decent outfit for yourself instead of always buying for somebody else's kids.

00:29:08My outfit's quite all right, but my friend here is on her first visit to the big city, and she

00:29:13needs a couple of things badly.

00:29:15Including a, uh, B-A-T-H.

00:29:17I just had one.

00:29:19Murph gave it to her.

00:29:20What?

00:29:22Here, I think this will fit all right.

00:29:24Like that?

00:29:24Very pretty.

00:29:31I look beautiful.

00:29:35One dress, one pinafore, two pair of socks, two hair ribbons, one petticoat, one pair of shoes, and one nightgown.

00:29:42You forgot the D-R-A-W-E-R-S.

00:29:46So I did.

00:29:47So I did.

00:29:48One drawers.

00:29:50Uh, that comes to $13.86, including tax.

00:29:55Charge it.

00:29:56Oh, now, Doc, you've owed me four and a half bucks for the last three months.

00:29:59Really?

00:30:00Well, I'll settle the whole bill on the 15th, Judge.

00:30:03This is the 15th.

00:30:04Tilly take with clothes off that child.

00:30:05Well, now, the Sprouts gotta have a decent outfit.

00:30:07Not at my expense.

00:30:08Now, wait a minute, Judge.

00:30:09Look, look.

00:30:10You know, Susan Moore was telling me about your three boys, all of them at the bottom of their class.

00:30:14They don't take you after me.

00:30:15No, no, no, no, no.

00:30:16It's not their fault.

00:30:18They're out sick too much, colds and sore throats.

00:30:21They ought to have their tonsils removed.

00:30:22I can't afford three $10 operations.

00:30:25Well, I'll tell you what I'll do.

00:30:26I'll trade you, Judge.

00:30:27Three tonsillectomies for one outfit, and the other balance I'll still owe you, huh?

00:30:31Uh, I don't know.

00:30:33Well, all right.

00:30:34Thanks, Judge.

00:30:36But you've got to look respectable on your calls, Doc.

00:30:38So, uh, take along this shirt you ordered and never get paid for it.

00:30:42All right.

00:30:43Not that it's charity.

00:30:44No, sir.

00:30:46For the shirt, you take out the adenoids.

00:30:50All right.

00:30:51Send it over to the kids' stuff.

00:30:53Come on, Judge.

00:31:01What are these for?

00:31:04Well, they're two kinds of soda eaters.

00:31:06There's the bottom uppers.

00:31:07They use the straws and work from the bottom up.

00:31:10And then there's the top downers.

00:31:12They use a spoon and work from the top down.

00:31:14They can take your choice.

00:31:17I think I'll be a top downer.

00:31:20It's remarkable what fine clothes do to the personality of a woman.

00:31:24Sodas are pretty good, aren't they, Jenny?

00:31:28There are moments in life when words are superfluous.

00:31:36What's the idea of throwing my son out of here?

00:31:38They have reservations for wild Indians.

00:31:40You're carrying a personal feud too far.

00:31:42Meaning what?

00:31:44You were pretty uppity at the town meeting last night.

00:31:46Uh-huh.

00:31:47Walked out, as I recall.

00:31:49Sore, because my park and bandstand won and your hospital lost.

00:31:52Sure, sure.

00:31:53We don't need a hospital for saving lives.

00:31:55What we need is another cozy place for you to make speeches.

00:31:58You're a bad loser, Doc Webster.

00:32:00Why should the taxpayers build you a hospital to practice in?

00:32:04Taxpayers built you a courthouse to practice in.

00:32:06There's a perfectly good hospital in Lodestar.

00:32:09Fifty miles away.

00:32:11Maybe you can afford to reach it if anything happens to you.

00:32:13But most of the people in this town are stuck here.

00:32:16With nothing but kitchen table surgery.

00:32:18And the constant threat of spotted fever.

00:32:20You're always harping on spotted fever.

00:32:22You don't fool me, Webster.

00:32:24And I know the reason for your belligerence.

00:32:26You're a radical.

00:32:27And if there's any more trouble with you, I'll have you run out of town.

00:32:30I'd like to have you try.

00:32:31What?

00:32:31Now, now, boys, no violence.

00:32:33No violence.

00:32:35You won't have to run Steve out of town.

00:32:37He's leaving.

00:32:37Good riddance.

00:32:38It's just as well.

00:32:40And you stop selling sweets to my son.

00:32:42He has a delicate stomach.

00:32:44Come on, counsel.

00:32:45Publicans and Pharisees.

00:32:47That's what they are.

00:32:51That kid's basketball smart.

00:32:53I'll have to get out of this town, Murph, before they have me up for murder.

00:32:56Oh, no, they're not all like Snyder.

00:32:58Well, they all do what he tells them to.

00:33:00They won't even let me vaccinate their kids.

00:33:02Well, they've got to learn the hard way.

00:33:04Say, you know, I've got stacks of that vaccine on my shelves.

00:33:07They won't even take it for free.

00:33:09Might as well send it back.

00:33:10Oh, you'd better hang on to it, Murph.

00:33:12I'll probably be a long way off when it happens, but they may need that serum someday.

00:33:15Listen, after you're out of here, I don't care if the whole kit and caboodle of them die of spotted

00:33:19fever.

00:33:20Fine talk for a little kid to listen to.

00:33:22Why don't you let her go to the movie?

00:33:24Well, I was going to leave her here.

00:33:25Oh, no.

00:33:26Well, Murph, I've got to make some calls.

00:33:28Here's a dime.

00:33:29Go around the corner of the theater and give it to the lady in the window.

00:33:31How's she going to get home?

00:33:32Oh, I'll be here when the show's out.

00:33:33Jenny, come in to see me after it's over.

00:33:35Well, somebody ought to take her to the theater.

00:33:38Okay, Jenny, Murph will take her.

00:33:39Murph will what?

00:33:41Never mind.

00:33:41I'll do it.

00:33:42Come on, Jenny.

00:33:47Come on, Hollingsworth.

00:33:50Poor little kid.

00:33:52She ain't got a chance.

00:33:53Chance of what?

00:33:54Chance of living the way a kid ought to.

00:33:56Tender care.

00:33:57Kissing away the hurts.

00:33:58Understand it.

00:33:59Which is something you'll never understand.

00:34:01Ah.

00:34:03Female.

00:34:04Blah, blah, blah.

00:34:06Oh.

00:34:17Oh, Tilda.

00:34:18Good morning, Essie.

00:34:19Can I help you?

00:34:19You can help me get that conceited non-entity you call a boss out from behind that prescription counter where

00:34:24he's hiding.

00:34:28Customer to see you, Murph.

00:34:30Be right out, Essie.

00:34:35Well, well, Matilda, hello.

00:34:37This is a surprise.

00:34:39Something?

00:34:39It's a lucky thing for you that I was born and reared a lady.

00:34:43Or I'd bounce these bottles off that empty skull of yours.

00:34:46Oh, Matilda, you seem upset.

00:34:48Who wouldn't be upset with a blithering old gossip monger filling a child's head full of lies and innuendos and

00:34:54sending her around to insult people?

00:34:56Now, now, you're taking this all too personal.

00:34:58I was merely philosophizing out loud to Steve and Jenny must have been listening.

00:35:02What do you mean by saying that I've been waiting 30 years for a man?

00:35:05I've a good mind to sue you.

00:35:06Trust a child to get things backwards.

00:35:09What I said to Steve was, there's a man been waiting 30 years for you.

00:35:16What man?

00:35:18Well, now, Matilda, you know there's been more than one.

00:35:22There have been a few, I'll admit.

00:35:23You bet there is.

00:35:25If there never was a man born, I'd give the time of day.

00:35:29It'd be a sad world for us men if all women thought that way.

00:35:33Especially attractive women.

00:35:36You wouldn't be trying to soft-soap me, would you, Mur?

00:35:38Speaking of soap, Matilda, I've got something here I'd just like to have you try.

00:35:44Now, this is a brand new preparation designed especially for ladies of beauty, refinement, and discrimination.

00:35:50A formula of non-irritating ingredients guaranteed to preserve the youthful glow in the most delicate of skins.

00:35:58With my compliments, Matilda.

00:35:59Thanks.

00:36:00You're welcome.

00:36:01But don't you get the idea you're pulling the wool over my eyes?

00:36:04I can just hear that nasty little subconscious voice of yours saying,

00:36:07I ought to give the old bag a bar of naphtha for that horse face of hers.

00:36:11I never thought of naphtha.

00:36:12It's all right.

00:36:13Thanks.

00:36:14Thanks just the same, Mur.

00:36:15When a girl gets to be my age, she appreciates a compliment.

00:36:20Even if it is from hunger.

00:36:27I wish I was a mole in the ground.

00:36:30I wish I was a mole in the ground.

00:36:33If I was a mole in the ground, I'd know my way around.

00:36:37I'm going to kill you.

00:36:38Go away.

00:36:39I'm a monster.

00:36:41You certainly are.

00:36:42Who's a monster?

00:36:43You are.

00:36:44Now leave me alone.

00:36:45You're an orphan.

00:36:46I am not.

00:36:48You are, too, and you're going to have to go and live in an orphanage.

00:36:51I don't care.

00:36:52You'll care, all right.

00:36:53An orphanage is a horrible place.

00:36:55Just dirty little kids like you don't have any father and mother live there.

00:36:59That won't hurt me.

00:37:00Nothing can hurt me.

00:37:02I bet my top could land on your old toe and hurt like anything.

00:37:07Go away.

00:37:08You're wicked.

00:37:09You're wicked as pain.

00:37:11You're wicked as pain.

00:37:13No, no, Holly Brick.

00:37:15You mustn't.

00:37:19Hollingsworth, come back.

00:37:23I'll tell my father.

00:37:25I'll tell my father.

00:37:26Don't kill.

00:37:28He bit me.

00:37:29Papa.

00:37:30Papa.

00:37:31Come on, Holly.

00:37:45Doc Steve.

00:37:46I was coming home, and that boy threw his top at me, and Hollingsworth pulled his pants down.

00:37:53Doc Steve.

00:37:54Not now, Jenny.

00:37:55But I want to tell you about...

00:37:56Didn't you hear what Matilda said?

00:37:58Children should be seen and not heard.

00:38:00Why?

00:38:02I don't know.

00:38:03Maybe so grown-ups can do all the talking.

00:38:06Excuse me, Jenny.

00:38:07What did you want to tell me?

00:38:08Now, start all over again.

00:38:09He said I was an orphan, and that I was going to have to go live in an orphanage.

00:38:13That isn't so, is it, Doc Steve?

00:38:16I'm afraid it is, but you won't mind that.

00:38:19An orphanage is a nice place.

00:38:20No, it isn't.

00:38:21It's a horrible place.

00:38:23Well, you probably won't have to stay there very long, anyhow, because somebody will come

00:38:26along and adopt you, take you home with them to live.

00:38:30Then why couldn't you adopt me?

00:38:32Adopt me now, Doc Steve.

00:38:34See, I'm going away from here, too, Jenny, just as soon as I get a letter that I've been

00:38:38expecting.

00:38:39But if the letter doesn't come, maybe I could stay.

00:38:43Now, you sound just like Susan.

00:38:45But couldn't I?

00:38:47I wouldn't count on it, Jenny, because I'm pretty sure to go.

00:38:50Then I'd rather go back to Bullfrog Springs and just, just live with the bullfrogs.

00:38:57No water works now.

00:39:12Jenny, don't touch those.

00:39:14Why not?

00:39:15Because they're very dangerous.

00:39:17Why?

00:39:18Here.

00:39:20Let me show you something.

00:39:22Take a look through this.

00:39:24Now, just this one.

00:39:26Close one eye.

00:39:27I don't see anything.

00:39:29Now, look very closely.

00:39:32Do you see those little red objects?

00:39:33Yes.

00:39:35Don't tell me that you waste your time, Doc Steve, looking at those little things?

00:39:40Those little things are very dangerous.

00:39:45See, they live inside ticks.

00:39:47And when a tick bites a person, those red spots get in their blood and give them a horrible

00:39:51disease.

00:39:52Like a plague?

00:39:53Mm-hmm.

00:39:54Like the plague of locusts that came and devoured Egypt?

00:39:57Only more terrible.

00:39:59See, these little bugs devour people.

00:40:01Do they eat them alive?

00:40:03No, not exactly.

00:40:05You know what a fever is, don't you, Jenny?

00:40:08Great-grandpappy said I had a fever once.

00:40:10I was all hot and I up-swallowed.

00:40:12Oh, well, this would be just like that.

00:40:14Only worse.

00:40:15Then if you're the doctor, you have to go about the land and heal with the laying on of your

00:40:20hands.

00:40:21Well, no, it's not that simple.

00:40:23See, our laying on of hands is different.

00:40:25Today, we call it therapeutics.

00:40:27Thera-thera-putics.

00:40:30Therapeutics?

00:40:30Uh-huh.

00:40:31Or prophylaxis.

00:40:33Pro-pho-pho-laxis.

00:40:36That's right.

00:40:36And we use chemicals and serums and vaccines.

00:40:39See, that's the miracle that keeps people from having disease.

00:40:43It reminds me I'd better vaccinate you right away.

00:40:52All right, Jenny.

00:40:55Now, the first thing we'll do is to make your arm very clean.

00:41:02A little cotton from here.

00:41:05And then some alcohol.

00:41:08Put it right up here.

00:41:12It's cold.

00:41:13Now, you mustn't touch it after I swab.

00:41:15See, that makes the skin unclean again.

00:41:18Now, don't touch this one.

00:41:19I'll get things ready for your inoculation.

00:41:22What's inoculation?

00:41:24Inoculation?

00:41:25Now, that's the kind of medicine that keeps people from getting sick.

00:41:32There's a bell outside, you know.

00:41:34What do you want?

00:41:35I've come to kill that dog.

00:41:37What are you talking about?

00:41:38That beast is vicious.

00:41:39He attacked my son on the way home from the matinee.

00:41:41Lester is home in bed now with hysterics.

00:41:43And for all I know, he has hydrophobia.

00:41:46Well, I'll get my past your shots and get right over there.

00:41:48I'll not allow you to lay hands on my son.

00:41:49Well, if your son's been bitten, he's got to be looked after right away.

00:41:52No, no.

00:41:53He didn't bite your son.

00:41:54He didn't.

00:41:55Jenny, are you telling the truth?

00:41:57Yes, he didn't bite him.

00:41:58The dog protected me like the horse protected Roy Rogers in the movie.

00:42:03She's lying.

00:42:04No, I believe she's telling the truth.

00:42:06She happens to be the worst truth teller I've ever known.

00:42:08Get away from there.

00:42:09I'm going to shoot that dog.

00:42:10No, you don't.

00:42:11Just a minute.

00:42:12Here, you can't do this to me.

00:42:18Get out.

00:42:19I'll send her with you in a law court.

00:42:21Yes, be sure to bring this.

00:42:23Snyder, get out of those clothes and have them fume again.

00:42:29Jenny, get out of here.

00:42:30Keep that dog out of here.

00:42:35Now, we'll use the back door till I get things cleaned up.

00:42:39Bonded, Snyder.

00:42:41Mucks of work out of them.

00:42:51I want you to take this sign around to the front door.

00:42:55And tack it up.

00:43:05Jenny, I told you to use the, use the kitchen door.

00:43:09Now, stay out of there.

00:43:11Okay, Doc Steve.

00:43:23Hey.

00:43:28Hello there.

00:43:30Well, at least you didn't say, how do you do?

00:43:32Who are you?

00:43:33I'm Driftwood.

00:43:35Is that so?

00:43:36Are you the danger?

00:43:38No.

00:43:39Ticks.

00:43:40Oh, them things.

00:43:42Give this to the doc, will you?

00:43:44I think it's the one he's been expecting.

00:43:46Field Institute.

00:43:46Can you read?

00:43:48Certainly.

00:43:49Can you?

00:43:52I wish I was a mole in the ground.

00:43:55I wish I was a mole in the ground.

00:43:58If I was a mole in the ground, I'd know my way around.

00:44:03I wish I was a lizard in the spring.

00:44:06I wish I was a lizard in the spring.

00:44:09If I was a lizard in the spring, I'd hear...

00:44:19Did you let her come to the Field Institute?

00:44:21No, not yet.

00:44:22I hope it never comes.

00:44:24You see, I'm going away from here, too.

00:44:26Just as soon as I get a letter, I'll be expecting.

00:44:51Come in.

00:44:54Hello, Bill.

00:44:54Oh, hi, Steve.

00:44:56What's the danger sign for?

00:44:57Oh, Snyder was here and upset a table of infected ticks.

00:45:00Yeah, he's plenty burned up, Steve.

00:45:02I've got to take the dog.

00:45:03But he didn't bite less or he didn't.

00:45:05You're going to kill him.

00:45:06You're going to make him dead.

00:45:08Not on your life, honey.

00:45:10I'm just going to put him in jail until it's time for the trial.

00:45:12That's my job, Jenny.

00:45:14That's what a sheriff does.

00:45:15It's a pretty silly kind of a trial, a dog defending his life.

00:45:18I agree with you, Steve, but I've got my orders.

00:45:24Run, Hollingford!

00:45:25Run!

00:45:26Run!

00:45:27Jenny, I told you to stay off this porch.

00:45:35But I've got to catch the hound, Steve.

00:45:37Well, come on.

00:45:37I'll help you.

00:45:38He won't go far.

00:45:49Hollingsworth!

00:45:53Hollingsworth!

00:45:55Hollingsworth!

00:45:55Hollingsworth, come back!

00:45:58Oh, Hollingsworth!

00:46:15You're going out?

00:46:16Yep.

00:46:17Well, I thought maybe you're doing your...

00:46:19Yeah, I know what you thought.

00:46:19And if everything ran true to form, you'd talk me into staying home and playing nursemaid for Jenny.

00:46:24Well, tonight she's all yours.

00:46:25I got her a supper.

00:46:26You put her to bed.

00:46:27I'm going to jail.

00:46:28Huh?

00:46:28Yeah, I got a gin rummy game on with Abner Green.

00:46:31Oh, Murph, I got a date.

00:46:32So have I.

00:46:33You know you're the best gin rummy player in the county.

00:46:36You wouldn't take all of poor Abner's money, would you?

00:46:37He took it away from the sheriff, didn't he?

00:46:39And besides, if Abner gets enough money to pay his back alimony, they'll turn him loose.

00:46:42Was that bad?

00:46:43I'll say it is.

00:46:44While he's in jail, Abner's a happy man.

00:46:46Soon as he gets out, some woman takes him to the cleaners.

00:46:48Now you know Abner's a weak vessel.

00:46:50It's my beholding duty to keep him away from women.

00:46:53Far be it for me to have it said that Murphy shirked his duty.

00:46:56Good night.

00:46:57Now, look, Murph, I...

00:47:01What's the trouble, Jenny?

00:47:03He didn't bite Luster.

00:47:05He can't talk.

00:47:06How's he going to tell them?

00:47:08Well, we're going to tell them.

00:47:10They won't believe it.

00:47:11Nobody likes the truth in Zettelman Gamora.

00:47:15Jenny, we're going to make them like it.

00:47:17Now, just don't be afraid.

00:47:18He'll die.

00:47:20Hollingsworth will die.

00:47:22He'll stop living just like great-grandpappy stopped living.

00:47:26He died and he didn't move anymore.

00:47:28Jenny.

00:47:29He just sat there in the church and he died and he never spoke another word.

00:47:35And I ran out of there.

00:47:37He'll die.

00:47:38Baby, baby, baby, Jenny.

00:47:46Come on, Jenny.

00:47:50Come on.

00:47:52Hello.

00:47:53Steve.

00:47:54Hello, honey.

00:47:56Steve, did you forget you're having dinner here tonight?

00:47:59I thought maybe you were mad at me.

00:48:00I thought maybe the dinner was off.

00:48:02Darling, I'm not half as mad as you as Aunt Matilda's going to be if you don't get over here

00:48:06right now.

00:48:07Would you hurry?

00:48:08Yes, I'll be right over here.

00:48:10Oh, and darling, don't start any arguments with Aunt Matilda.

00:48:13No, I'll be very careful.

00:48:15And don't forget to wear a tie.

00:48:16No, I won't.

00:48:17Goodbye, honey.

00:48:21Now, Hollingsworth's a good dog.

00:48:23And he's innocent, Jenny.

00:48:24We know that.

00:48:25And we'll make the others know it.

00:48:27Now, tomorrow, we'll go to church and we'll hold our heads up and we'll show them all we're not afraid

00:48:31for Hollingsworth.

00:48:32Huh?

00:48:33And then Monday, you'll have him back.

00:48:35All right, Doc Steve.

00:48:36Now, I gotta rush over to Susan's because I'm late already and Matilda will scalp me.

00:48:44You're not afraid to stay alone, are you?

00:48:46Because I'll be home early.

00:48:48You'll be a good girl now and you won't sit up too late, huh?

00:48:51I'll see you later.

00:48:55You sure you're all right?

00:49:01Never mind.

00:49:02Come on.

00:49:04Here.

00:49:06Put this on.

00:49:08Tomorrow, I'll see if I can't trade an appendectomy for an overcoat.

00:49:12Uh-oh.

00:49:22Well, I hope you don't expect any dinner at this hour.

00:49:24Hello, Matilda.

00:49:25I'm sorry that we're late.

00:49:26Late?

00:49:27The steak is as tough as shoe leather by now and looks the part.

00:49:30You are the most irresponsible.

00:49:31Matilda, I'm awfully sorry.

00:49:32I got held up.

00:49:33There was something important happened and I couldn't possibly...

00:49:35Alexander Bell invented the telephone in 1865.

00:49:391876, Matilda.

00:49:42It's a very handsome tie you have there, Steve.

00:49:45Oh, thank you.

00:49:46Hello, Jelly, dear.

00:49:47Hello.

00:49:48Well, I see that they're wearing sleeves a little longer this season.

00:49:52Doc, Steve is going to trade a peck of me for an overcoat tomorrow.

00:49:56Appendectomy.

00:49:58I don't recall that this young hoodlum received any invitation for dinner.

00:50:02Not that there's any dinner worth having by now.

00:50:05Oh, it's perfectly all right, Aunt Matilda.

00:50:07It's fine.

00:50:08In fact, I'm warming it up right now.

00:50:09Oh, I had my dinner with Murph.

00:50:11What's a hoodlum?

00:50:13A hoodlum is a fresh little girl who talks with impertinence about her elders.

00:50:17You mean what I said about you, Wayne?

00:50:19Shh.

00:50:20Jenny.

00:50:21Jenny.

00:50:21Well, I didn't mean to hit her on the head with the truth.

00:50:24I think you better come inside with me and help with dinner.

00:50:31Matilda.

00:50:32Yes.

00:50:32Let's kiss and make up, huh?

00:50:33Oh.

00:50:36Sue says you're leaving town.

00:50:38That's right.

00:50:39San Francisco.

00:50:41Can't say as I blame you, wasting your time with that riff-raff and shanty town on the river bottom.

00:50:46Funny thing about bugs, Matilda.

00:50:48They're not very social conscious.

00:50:49One of them just soon bite you is a Perkins.

00:50:52Comparison is odious, to say the least.

00:50:54I won't be in your hair much longer.

00:50:57I'm going to miss you, Steve.

00:51:00You'd take a cussing out better than anybody I ever knew.

00:51:03I never really minded it coming from you, Matilda.

00:51:05Makes me feel like one of the family.

00:51:08Are you thinking of taking Susan with you?

00:51:11You wouldn't like that, would you?

00:51:13I would not.

00:51:15Well, don't worry.

00:51:16I can't afford to take her, but I'll be back.

00:51:19Oh, no, you won't.

00:51:20They never come back to this town.

00:51:22I know.

00:51:25I'm a typical old maid.

00:51:27Everyone in town knows I got stood up 30 years ago.

00:51:32He never came back.

00:51:34You think I'm like him, don't you?

00:51:36You think I'm wrong for Susan.

00:51:39Well, I agree.

00:51:40I'm a poor catch.

00:51:41I'm a doctor.

00:51:43I like research.

00:51:44I believe in miracles in medicine, and I want to see them come true.

00:51:50Matilda, I'll probably always be poor, and Susan doesn't deserve that.

00:51:55But I love her, and I'm pretty sure she loves me.

00:51:59What do you say about that?

00:52:00Love?

00:52:01Well, that's what makes all the trouble.

00:52:04I ought to know.

00:52:07His name was Wilbur Brown, wasn't it?

00:52:09Yeah.

00:52:10Whatever happened to him?

00:52:12He just quit.

00:52:15He was a nice fellow, Wilbur Brown.

00:52:17Even though he was a little fat and puffy and too short for me, but what man isn't?

00:52:24Anyway, he proposed to me.

00:52:26You know how a fellow looks into your eyes and calls you darling, and then he takes you in his

00:52:31arms.

00:52:32Is that how he did it?

00:52:33No.

00:52:34No, he turned to me sudden-like, and he said, Matilda Moore, will you marry me?

00:52:38And you said no?

00:52:39No, I said yes, and I guess I scared him.

00:52:43Too bad you were in love with him, Matilda.

00:52:45Oh, well, you probably could have married most any fellow around here if you'd wanted to.

00:52:49Yes, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Captain John Smith.

00:52:53Steve, you want it on the phone.

00:52:55Who is it?

00:52:56Perkins.

00:52:57He said he called the house in the drugstore, as he told him to try here.

00:53:00I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.

00:53:05That's all right.

00:53:06Forget it.

00:53:06Sometimes we old ladies let loose with too much temperament.

00:53:11What's temperament?

00:53:13Temperament is temper that's too old to spank.

00:53:19Aunt Matilda, was Susan a chatterbox when she was little?

00:53:23She certainly was.

00:53:25She was a regular old magpie.

00:53:28So I'll get out there as soon as possible.

00:53:30Young Clem Perkins.

00:53:32Sorry, I've got to rush.

00:53:33Wait.

00:53:37Who is going to eat this steak?

00:53:40That's what I want to know.

00:53:44Thanks for letting me come, Steve.

00:53:47Uh-huh.

00:53:48Seems as if I never get a chance to be alone with you anymore.

00:53:51You're not alone with him.

00:53:53Steve, you're hopeless.

00:53:56You're incorrigible.

00:53:58You're untidy.

00:53:59You forgot your tie.

00:54:01You're stubborn as a mule.

00:54:04And I love you.

00:54:06Good.

00:54:07I even know a new recipe for cabbage.

00:54:10Fine.

00:54:12What's the matter, Jenny?

00:54:14I'm not very comfortable here.

00:54:16Oh, just sit still, dear.

00:54:18What's wrong, Jenny?

00:54:19The wind blows right in my face.

00:54:22And I'm cold.

00:54:24Oh, you couldn't be cold at night.

00:54:26It's all right.

00:54:27I'll get used to it.

00:54:30All right, Jenny.

00:54:31Climb in the middle.

00:54:38I'm sure it'll be much cozier next to Steve.

00:54:41It's much warmer.

00:54:44She's had a tough day getting used to civilization.

00:54:47I'm beginning to think some people are better off in the wilderness.

00:54:57I'll call you if I need you.

00:54:58All right.

00:55:01Howdy, Doc.

00:55:02Perkins, hello, Lane.

00:55:03Hello, Doc.

00:55:04Time is mighty sick, Doc.

00:55:05You've got to have them.

00:55:06Well, I'll do my best.

00:55:07Too bad you wouldn't let me vaccinate him.

00:55:09Then this could not happen.

00:55:09We'll do anything you say, Doc.

00:55:14You know what?

00:55:16What?

00:55:18You need some advice.

00:55:22You know, I was just thinking the same thing about you.

00:55:25You aren't handling things right.

00:55:27I think I ought to have a talk with you.

00:55:30Oh, great.

00:55:31You don't understand men very well.

00:55:34Well, you're right there.

00:55:36You don't know what men like.

00:55:38But Murph does, hmm?

00:55:41Not altogether.

00:55:42My great-grandpappy always told me to keep my eyes open.

00:55:46Did he ever tell you to keep your mouth shut?

00:55:49Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor.

00:55:53Do you know what men like best?

00:55:56No.

00:55:57Clean ears and picnics.

00:56:00I'm afraid I don't understand.

00:56:03The trouble can't be with ears.

00:56:06It must be the picnics.

00:56:08What are you talking about?

00:56:10Men don't like responsibility.

00:56:12They just want to have fun and feel like life is a picnic.

00:56:16Oh, I think I see what you mean.

00:56:19You do?

00:56:21Yes, you mean an intelligent woman makes everything easy and fun

00:56:25so a man just naturally falls in the spirit of things and enjoys it.

00:56:28So the right woman makes it possible for everything to be a picnic.

00:56:33Yes, and then you'll just want to get his foot in the old bear trap.

00:56:39When did you get that one?

00:56:40Murph knows everything.

00:56:46What about my boy, Doc?

00:56:48I don't know, Perkins.

00:56:50I really don't.

00:56:51At least we vaccinated the rest of you.

00:56:53You mean you didn't vaccinate Clem?

00:56:55Vaccine prevents.

00:56:56It doesn't cure.

00:56:58Ain't there no cure for him, Doc?

00:57:01Not for sure, no.

00:57:03The field institute claims an antiserum,

00:57:05but we don't know anything about its therapeutic value.

00:57:07Anyway, it'd take too long to get it here.

00:57:09All we can do is let the disease run its course.

00:57:12I do as I told you, Perkins.

00:57:13Keep the place clean of ticks

00:57:14and use plenty of that dearest powder I gave you.

00:57:17Keep the kids away from those sheep.

00:57:19We want to prevent the others from getting infected.

00:57:21Sure will, Doc.

00:57:22Won't we, son?

00:57:23Send Blaine after me if there's any change.

00:57:25Say, Doc, ain't there no place in town

00:57:27where little Clem could kind of be near you?

00:57:29We don't have a hospital.

00:57:31I'm sorry.

00:57:33Thanks, Doc.

00:57:36How is the boy, Steve?

00:57:38Not good.

00:57:39Spotted fever?

00:57:40Yes.

00:57:42What's this, Jenny?

00:57:44I'm going to ride back here.

00:57:45Why?

00:57:46Because I'm just a child

00:57:48and I'm trying to keep out of the way

00:57:49and speak only when I'm spoken to.

00:57:53Doc, Steve?

00:57:54Yes?

00:57:55What is a picnic?

00:58:09Wasn't that the sheriff's call?

00:58:11Yes.

00:58:11I wonder where he's going in such a hurry.

00:58:14Well, there's Judge Beckett and Mayor Schneider.

00:58:15Maybe they'll know.

00:58:23Good evening, Judge.

00:58:24Was the sheriff going in such a rush?

00:58:26An aeroplane crash last night

00:58:27near Four Frog Springs.

00:58:28Last night?

00:58:29The sheriff's going to be a little late, isn't he?

00:58:31They've just located it.

00:58:32I wonder if I'd better get over there.

00:58:34This Morabton needed an undertaker.

00:58:35They had an air search all day yesterday.

00:58:36It was a chartered plane from San Francisco.

00:58:38You can read all about it

00:58:39in the weekly set note, Steve.

00:58:40Silas, you're not serious

00:58:42about bringing that child's dog into court, are you?

00:58:45I certainly am.

00:58:46I will see that dog destroyed.

00:58:48The dog ought to be killed

00:58:49to see if he has rabies.

00:58:50If you're wrong,

00:58:51then you'll apologize to the dog

00:58:52for taking his life.

00:58:53I am more concerned

00:58:54with the life of my poor motherless son.

00:58:56Well, we'll see you

00:58:57and your poor motherless son

00:58:58in court.

00:59:23Excuse me.

00:59:28Get up.

00:59:34Now, Jenny.

00:59:35Yes, Murph?

00:59:36Don't be afraid

00:59:37when they ask you to talk.

00:59:38That's right, dear.

00:59:39Just tell the truth

00:59:40and do it in your own best way.

00:59:42The truth?

00:59:44That's right.

00:59:45You know,

00:59:46speak ye every man the truth

00:59:47unto his neighbor.

00:59:48Yeah, and speak up

00:59:49so they can hear you.

00:59:50No mumbling.

00:59:53I'm sorry that Steve Webster

00:59:54has you mixed up in this, Susan.

00:59:56I don't mind.

00:59:57However, I do admire you

00:59:59for sticking by your friends.

01:00:00And I want to assure you

01:00:01that your attitude

01:00:02will not prejudice me

01:00:03one iota against you.

01:00:05That's very white of you,

01:00:06Mayor Schneider.

01:00:09Where's Webster?

01:00:11She called out

01:00:11at Perkinsheck.

01:00:12He can't come.

01:00:13Who's going to represent

01:00:15the defendant?

01:00:15I am.

01:00:17You got any objection?

01:00:19What do you know about law?

01:00:24I know this much.

01:00:26They'd stick me in jail

01:00:27with Abner Green

01:00:28if I was to poke you

01:00:29in the nose.

01:00:30Jen.

01:00:36Now, that's eight for you.

01:00:38How do we stand, sir?

01:00:39You owe the judge

01:00:40four dollars

01:00:41and he owes you seven days.

01:00:42The court's assembled, judge.

01:00:44Well, take the defendant in.

01:00:45I'll be with him

01:00:45as soon as Abner pays out.

01:00:47Okay, four bucks.

01:00:54How are you, Smurf?

01:00:55Sorry, you can't talk

01:00:56to him now, Jenny.

01:00:57Witnesses ain't allowed

01:00:58to talk to the defendant.

01:00:59Thank you, Jenny.

01:01:02Everybody rise.

01:01:07Hi, folks.

01:01:08Hi, Judge.

01:01:10Man, Smurf?

01:01:11The justice court

01:01:13in and for the township

01:01:13of Pan Bucket,

01:01:14the Honorable William L.

01:01:15Beckett presiding

01:01:15is now in session.

01:01:16Be seated.

01:01:18Ready to complain.

01:01:20The plaintiff,

01:01:21one Lester Snyder,

01:01:22a minor,

01:01:23does aver that on

01:01:23May 19th of this year

01:01:25a certain dog

01:01:26known as Hollingsworth

01:01:27did viciously attack

01:01:28and maim him.

01:01:29Well, then,

01:01:30Lester came home crying.

01:01:32He was in great pain.

01:01:33I dressed his wounds.

01:01:34Thank you, Mayor.

01:01:36Maybe the dog

01:01:37did bite Lester.

01:01:39Of course,

01:01:40if he had,

01:01:40the dog would be

01:01:40dead by now.

01:01:42Lester don't get

01:01:43hydrophobia.

01:01:44He gives it.

01:01:45I object.

01:01:47Order, order.

01:01:48Sustain.

01:01:50Well,

01:01:50if the dog did bite

01:01:51your son,

01:01:52why didn't you call

01:01:52for medical attention

01:01:53from Doc Webster?

01:01:54Let that charlatan

01:01:55touch my boy.

01:01:56Now,

01:01:57just to understand,

01:02:00isn't it true

01:02:00that on Saturday

01:02:01that this vicious dog

01:02:02growled and tried

01:02:03to bite Lester

01:02:04while the little lad

01:02:04was in the drugstore?

01:02:05But,

01:02:07there is a good reason

01:02:08why.

01:02:08Answer the question.

01:02:10Did the dog

01:02:10growl at Lester?

01:02:12Well,

01:02:13yes, he growled,

01:02:14but Lester was behaving

01:02:15like a bat.

01:02:15That will do.

01:02:17Well,

01:02:18I'd have growled too

01:02:18if I'd been a dog

01:02:19and some brat

01:02:20had thrown a top at me.

01:02:21That will do.

01:02:21Your Honor,

01:02:22the witness will refrain

01:02:23from making canine

01:02:24flights of fancy.

01:02:25Look at here,

01:02:26Will Beckett.

01:02:27Don't you talk

01:02:27like that to me.

01:02:28Remember me?

01:02:30I'm S.E. Keelan.

01:02:31For the sake of this,

01:02:32this is a court of law.

01:02:33Next witness.

01:02:34Lester Snyder,

01:02:35take the stand.

01:02:37There he is,

01:02:38that dog.

01:02:39He bit me.

01:02:40He chased me

01:02:40and tore me apart.

01:02:42He did not.

01:02:43He didn't bite him.

01:02:44He's telling a lie.

01:02:46Your Honor.

01:02:47He's telling a lie.

01:02:50Order, order.

01:02:53Murph,

01:02:54will you please

01:02:54see the witness

01:02:55and the defendant

01:02:55do not interrupt the plaintiff?

01:02:56You see that the plaintiff

01:02:58tells the truth.

01:02:59I see.

01:03:00I submit to your Honor

01:03:01that this vicious dog,

01:03:02breaking the health rules

01:03:04of our city,

01:03:04was endangering the lives

01:03:05of all the children

01:03:06in the store

01:03:07and on the street

01:03:08and that this poor little type

01:03:10may yet pay the full penalty

01:03:12for the assault

01:03:13upon this person.

01:03:14In pen bucket,

01:03:15a man has a right

01:03:16to wear a gun

01:03:16just so long

01:03:17as he wears it

01:03:17on the outside

01:03:18so as everybody can see it.

01:03:19It's there for a purpose,

01:03:21for self-defense

01:03:22in case of trouble.

01:03:24Now, a little girl

01:03:24like Jenny,

01:03:25she can't tote a sixth gun

01:03:26to hold off a bandit

01:03:27like Lester.

01:03:28Objection.

01:03:28Sustain.

01:03:30Your Honor,

01:03:30if I had all the chewing gum

01:03:32that little locust

01:03:32has lifted off

01:03:33of my front candy counter,

01:03:34why I would...

01:03:35Sustain.

01:03:38Well, anyway,

01:03:39the little girl

01:03:40has a dog.

01:03:41When Lester tried

01:03:42to bully her,

01:03:42why the dog

01:03:43resented it.

01:03:44It shows the dog

01:03:44has good taste.

01:03:45Objection.

01:03:46This is all irrelevant

01:03:47and immaterial.

01:03:49Does learned counsel

01:03:50admit the dog

01:03:51bit Lester?

01:03:53Nothing of the kind.

01:03:55Jenny Hollingsworth,

01:03:57take the stand, honey.

01:04:00Good morning.

01:04:02Your Honor,

01:04:03we object to this witness.

01:04:04Why, counsel?

01:04:05Because her veracity

01:04:06is worthless.

01:04:07She's too young

01:04:08to know anything

01:04:08about the truth

01:04:09or perjury.

01:04:10Swear in.

01:04:16Do you solemnly swear

01:04:17to tell the truth,

01:04:17the whole truth

01:04:18and nothing but the truth?

01:04:19Yes, sir.

01:04:22Now, Jenny,

01:04:23you have just promised

01:04:24to tell the truth.

01:04:26Yes, sir.

01:04:28What is truth?

01:04:30It's very hard to answer.

01:04:32You see?

01:04:34Pontius Pilate asked

01:04:36that same question

01:04:37a long time ago

01:04:38and it was hard

01:04:39to answer then, too.

01:04:42The court accepts

01:04:43the witness.

01:04:44Proceed, Murph.

01:04:46Now, Jenny,

01:04:47you tell the judge.

01:04:49Did you meet

01:04:50Lester Snyder

01:04:50on the way home

01:04:51from the movie

01:04:51last Saturday?

01:04:53Yes, sir.

01:04:54On which side

01:04:55of the street?

01:04:56Right or left?

01:04:58Coming or going?

01:05:02Order in the court.

01:05:03Will you please

01:05:03keep quiet

01:05:04so we can hear this case?

01:05:05Proceed.

01:05:07Now, Jenny,

01:05:07did Hollingsworth

01:05:09bite Lester Snyder

01:05:10on Saturday?

01:05:11No.

01:05:12He just tore off

01:05:13Lester's pants

01:05:14and Lester yelled.

01:05:15And he yelled

01:05:16because he was bitten.

01:05:17Oh, no.

01:05:18He yelled

01:05:19because he felt

01:05:20so silly

01:05:20standing there

01:05:21in his under drawers.

01:05:25It is the judgment

01:05:26of this court

01:05:27that despite

01:05:28extenuating circumstances,

01:05:29this dog

01:05:30did viciously

01:05:31attack a defenseless child.

01:05:33And we hereby

01:05:34order this dog destroyed.

01:05:35No, no.

01:05:36He didn't.

01:05:37He didn't do it.

01:05:39Hollingsworth.

01:05:40You'd better take her.

01:05:41No, he didn't do it.

01:05:45Hollingsworth didn't do it.

01:05:46I was there.

01:05:47I saw him.

01:05:49Hollingsworth didn't do it.

01:05:51What kind

01:05:52of a court

01:05:52is this

01:05:53picking on babies

01:05:54and dogs?

01:05:55Why, you

01:05:56confounded,

01:05:57misplaced haberdasher,

01:05:58whoever told you

01:05:59that you would...

01:05:59Order, order, please.

01:06:01As I said,

01:06:01it is the judgment

01:06:02of this court

01:06:02this dog be destroyed

01:06:03as the minister

01:06:04of the citizens

01:06:05of Pan Bucket.

01:06:06And the judgment sticks.

01:06:07Sheriff carry out the order.

01:06:08Wait a minute, Judge.

01:06:10May I speak

01:06:11in defense of this dog?

01:06:12Oh, now, Doc,

01:06:13Steve,

01:06:13don't make it any tougher

01:06:14for me.

01:06:15The boy's been bitten

01:06:16and the dog

01:06:16should be killed.

01:06:17Yes, Judge,

01:06:18if the boy's been bitten.

01:06:19I object.

01:06:20Shut up.

01:06:21What, Steve?

01:06:22Before you pass

01:06:22a sentence on the dog,

01:06:23may I ask the court

01:06:25to insist upon

01:06:26a medical examination

01:06:27of Lester Snyder?

01:06:28No, no, nothing doing.

01:06:29We object.

01:06:30Why, Thompson,

01:06:30you brought the action.

01:06:31I will not allow

01:06:32that man to touch my boy.

01:06:33Hey, I'm the health department.

01:06:36I'll examine him.

01:06:36Well, Lester isn't well.

01:06:37He shouldn't be here.

01:06:39You insist on your boy's

01:06:40protection, Mayor.

01:06:40This court agrees.

01:06:42Murph, you will examine

01:06:43the boy,

01:06:43and I think I will, too.

01:06:45Papa, Papa!

01:06:46I object.

01:06:47Overruled.

01:06:49You see any bruises

01:06:49or scratches?

01:06:50Not a thing.

01:06:51Why, you ain't been bit,

01:06:53you young wharf.

01:06:54I got a good mind

01:06:54to snap at you myself.

01:06:57Mayor Snyder,

01:06:57there's not a mark

01:06:58on this boy.

01:07:00The health department

01:07:01officially reports

01:07:02that said Lester Snyder

01:07:03is without a scratch

01:07:04and therefore could not

01:07:05have been bit

01:07:06by the said

01:07:06Jenny Hollingsworth's dog.

01:07:08Well, Lester heals quickly.

01:07:11Order, order.

01:07:12You have made statements

01:07:14under oath, Mayor,

01:07:14which could be called perjury.

01:07:16Instead, I'll hold you

01:07:17in contempt of this court

01:07:18and fine you $100.

01:07:20No.

01:07:21No, now you listen to me.

01:07:23When that dog

01:07:24pulled off Lester's pants,

01:07:26it's only an accident

01:07:26that it wasn't skin he grabbed.

01:07:28Maybe the dog

01:07:29didn't actually bite Lester,

01:07:30but he tried.

01:07:31Now, he may be sick.

01:07:32Have the rabies.

01:07:33He's dangerous

01:07:34and he ought to be killed.

01:07:35Dogs aren't killed

01:07:36as if they have rabies.

01:07:37They're kept

01:07:37under observation.

01:07:38Anyway, the dog's

01:07:39leaving town.

01:07:40So is Jenny

01:07:40and so am I

01:07:41and we're just as anxious

01:07:42to leave as you are

01:07:43to have us go.

01:07:44Then I insist

01:07:45that the dog

01:07:45be kept under observation

01:07:46until you go.

01:07:47The citizens of Panbucket

01:07:48ought to be protected

01:07:49against unhealthy beasts

01:07:50wandering about its streets

01:07:51with a questionable vagrant.

01:07:53And if I see that dog

01:07:54again in the streets,

01:07:55I'll kill it.

01:07:55If the mayor is so concerned

01:07:56with the health

01:07:57of the citizens,

01:07:58it may interest him

01:07:59to know that Panbucket

01:08:00has spotted fever.

01:08:01I warned you

01:08:02it might happen

01:08:02and it has.

01:08:03You're always crying

01:08:04panic about spotted fever.

01:08:06Perhaps I am, Snyder.

01:08:07But today,

01:08:08young Glenn Perkins

01:08:09is dead from him.

01:08:13Lester!

01:08:14Lester!

01:08:14Come here, Lester!

01:08:15Oh, oh, oh!

01:08:18Lester!

01:08:20Let me out of here!

01:08:22Let me out of here!

01:08:24Allingsworth will die

01:08:26out of me

01:08:27because it's my fault.

01:08:29Because I lie.

01:08:31My heart is black.

01:08:33Not pure.

01:08:34Penny, what are you

01:08:35talking about, dear?

01:08:36I plunged in the sin.

01:08:39I said he was mine.

01:08:41He's not mine.

01:08:42He came from the Olds of them.

01:08:45What are you trying to say?

01:08:46The picture.

01:08:48I'll show you the picture.

01:08:49I hid it.

01:08:57Oh, Steve,

01:08:58I'm so glad you're here.

01:09:00Doc, Steve,

01:09:01is

01:09:02Hollingsworth dead?

01:09:03No, no,

01:09:04he's all right,

01:09:04Jenny.

01:09:05He's not going to die.

01:09:05They're just keeping him

01:09:06in custody at the jail.

01:09:08He isn't coming home.

01:09:10Oh, he's having

01:09:10a fine time.

01:09:11Abney Green's probably

01:09:12teaching him gin rummy

01:09:13this very minute.

01:09:16Steve,

01:09:16there's something

01:09:17on her mind.

01:09:17She's been trying to tell me.

01:09:19Oh, Murph,

01:09:19I've got to see

01:09:20Dr. Steve,

01:09:20right away.

01:09:21I heard about

01:09:21the epidemic.

01:09:22A little clamber.

01:09:23He could have been

01:09:23one of my children.

01:09:24Take it easy,

01:09:25Mrs. White.

01:09:26Customers for you,

01:09:26Steve.

01:09:27Hello, Mrs. White.

01:09:29Doctor, I'm sorry.

01:09:29I was so slow.

01:09:30You always told me.

01:09:31Could you vaccinate us

01:09:32for spotted fever now?

01:09:33Well, of course.

01:09:34Roll up the sleeves.

01:09:36I'm glad you had

01:09:36the sense to come.

01:09:38Holy cats.

01:09:39Half the town's outside.

01:09:40I'll dash back to the store

01:09:41and get the rest

01:09:41of that vaccine.

01:09:42Steve,

01:09:42is there something

01:09:43I can do?

01:09:43Well, yes, Susan.

01:09:45Have that crowd

01:09:46line up outside

01:09:46and put some

01:09:47distilled water

01:09:48on the boil.

01:09:48It's out on the back porch.

01:09:49All right, fine.

01:09:53Good gracious.

01:09:54Did you forget

01:09:55them all yourself,

01:09:56Mrs. White?

01:10:01There you are, Jane.

01:10:03Now, get all the rest

01:10:04of your friends

01:10:04to come over,

01:10:05will you?

01:10:05Anything for you, Doc.

01:10:09All right, girls.

01:10:10Come on.

01:10:11This way.

01:10:12Well, it's the last

01:10:13of the Syrian one.

01:10:13I'll have to wait

01:10:13until Murph gets here.

01:10:16Oh, here he is.

01:10:17Just be patient, folks.

01:10:18We'll get to each one of you.

01:10:20Keep them in line,

01:10:20Mrs. Sixth, please.

01:10:22Well, you've been

01:10:23wanting to vaccinate

01:10:24the whole town.

01:10:25You sure get in your wish.

01:10:36All right, all right.

01:10:37Keep your shirt on.

01:10:41Hello.

01:10:41I've got some more needles

01:10:43in my bag.

01:10:44I'll get them.

01:10:45All right, Steve.

01:10:45Well, Doc's too busy

01:10:46to come over there.

01:10:47You bring the kids

01:10:48over here.

01:10:49Ow.

01:10:50Ow.

01:10:51Ow.

01:10:54Well, you seem

01:10:56to be quite at home here.

01:10:58Just trying to help.

01:10:59A body could perish

01:11:00and not be found for days

01:11:01with all the thoughts

01:11:02you give them.

01:11:03Now what happened, Tilda?

01:11:04I waited lunch, you know,

01:11:05until the cream tuna

01:11:06was just ruined.

01:11:08I sat there and worried

01:11:09until I had a splitting headache,

01:11:11but did that make

01:11:11any difference to you now?

01:11:13You know, vaccinating the children

01:11:14did seem more important

01:11:16than cream tuna.

01:11:17This is an emergency, Matilda.

01:11:19You could have telephoned.

01:11:20The telephone was invented in...

01:11:22In 1876.

01:11:23In 1876.

01:11:25Well, it's plain to see

01:11:26that I can't talk with you.

01:11:27You know, for once,

01:11:28you're right, Matilda.

01:11:29This is the first time

01:11:30I've ever been in Steve's kitchen,

01:11:31and I like being in Steve's kitchen.

01:11:33It's fun.

01:11:34It's a picnic.

01:11:35In fact, I think I'll scrub the floors.

01:11:37It's not his kitchen.

01:11:38It's Murph's.

01:11:40Everything that Steve Webster owns

01:11:41is on that front porch.

01:11:43If you must scrub something of his,

01:11:44go scrub those guinea pigs.

01:11:46Well, I think I will.

01:11:48Listen to that old man chap.

01:11:49Blah, blah, blah.

01:11:50You know, it's about time

01:11:52that you and Steve and everybody else

01:11:54knew what I think about something.

01:11:56Honestly, Susan,

01:11:57I don't know what's come over you.

01:11:59Any self-respecting, unmarried woman

01:12:01who would walk into a...

01:12:01We've got to get Susan out of this.

01:12:03You can soften her up.

01:12:05Oh, no, no, no.

01:12:06There's a lot of work for them.

01:12:09Why, Matilda, you here?

01:12:12Now, isn't that just like you

01:12:13to come and help?

01:12:14Well, I...

01:12:14Matilda, you're a good, good neighbor,

01:12:16and good neighbor's hearts

01:12:17are in the foundation of American homes.

01:12:19So are termites.

01:12:21Well, if you're going to make a fool of yourself

01:12:23by staying in this man's house,

01:12:24I suppose I better stay here and protect you.

01:12:26Where are the aprons?

01:12:29Well, let's get organized.

01:12:32The floor could stand a scrubbing.

01:12:34Leave it to a man.

01:12:35It certainly could take a woman's touch.

01:12:38Oh, Murph, you look kind of tired.

01:12:41I'll make you a cup of coffee.

01:12:43I'll get the coffee.

01:12:45Well, hello, Matilda.

01:12:47Hello, Matilda.

01:12:49All right, let them in, Susan.

01:12:50Everything's ready, Steve.

01:12:53All right, next to...

01:12:55No, Helen, Margaret, that's all.

01:12:56Hello, Margaret.

01:12:56Come on over here.

01:12:58Roll your sleeves up, please.

01:13:00Way up.

01:13:02Has anybody seen Jenny?

01:13:03She's in the living room, isn't she?

01:13:05I don't know.

01:13:06Jenny?

01:13:09Howling's word!

01:13:12Hi, Jenny.

01:13:14What are you doing here?

01:13:15I came to get Howling's word.

01:13:19Catch your breath, catch your breath.

01:13:23I come to take him home.

01:13:25Well, I don't know.

01:13:27The sheriff ain't here,

01:13:28and I'm sort of in charge.

01:13:30Then can I take him?

01:13:32Absolutely not.

01:13:33I got my orders, Jenny.

01:13:37But if you was to untie him

01:13:39and walk him out of here,

01:13:41there ain't much I could do about it, is there?

01:13:44What's the matter?

01:13:46What's the matter?

01:13:47Nothing.

01:13:48I guess I ran too fast.

01:13:50Take it easy.

01:13:52Thank you, Adner.

01:13:54Oh, you remembered my name, did you?

01:13:56I read about you in the Bible.

01:13:59You were the captain of Saul's host,

01:14:01and you went over to David's side.

01:14:03I did?

01:14:04Well, what do you know?

01:14:07Goodbye.

01:14:09Don't let Mayor Snyder catch her.

01:14:11I won't.

01:14:23It's that girl Jenny,

01:14:24and she's got the dog with her.

01:14:26What?

01:14:29How did she get that dog out of jail?

01:14:33Defy me, will she?

01:14:35Where's my gun?

01:14:42Get away from that dog!

01:14:44Doc Steve!

01:14:45Doc Steve!

01:14:46Don't let him shoot!

01:14:48Oh!

01:14:53You all right, Jenny?

01:14:54I'm all right.

01:14:56I got him home, didn't I?

01:14:57I got him home, didn't I?

01:15:20I got him home, didn't I?

01:15:25I got him home, didn't I?

01:15:26You can't account for all the ticks in pan buckets, Steve.

01:15:29I could have accounted for my experimental ticks.

01:15:32She must have gotten infected when she was out on the porch.

01:15:34Stop, Steve. She might have gotten it in the desert from her dog.

01:15:38Yes, I've done a great job. I told them all to watch their P's and Q's.

01:15:42I told them to build a hospital, that I was too big for this burger,

01:15:45that I needed major league medicine.

01:15:47I told everybody everything about the ticks,

01:15:49and I forgot to vaccinate a little girl in my own home.

01:15:52But you can help her, Steve. You can stop it.

01:15:56Could I help little Clem Perkins this morning?

01:15:58He died in my arms.

01:16:05Beelzebub.

01:16:09Beelzebub.

01:16:13Beelzebub.

01:16:14It's strange.

01:16:16What?

01:16:17She keeps talking about Beelzebub.

01:16:20It's just delirium.

01:16:29Beelzebub.

01:16:36Beelzebub.

01:16:45Beelzebub.

01:16:49Beelzebub.

01:16:52Steve.

01:16:53When she was crying so hard, there was something she was trying to tell me about.

01:16:57About what?

01:16:58Have you seen the Weekly Sentinel?

01:17:00No.

01:17:01Come with me.

01:17:02There's something I want to show you.

01:17:09Be still, sweetheart.

01:17:12You got the mother touch, Matilda.

01:17:14You should have had a flock of kids to your own.

01:17:16You should have had a flock of grandkids, you old goat.

01:17:20Maybe it ain't too late.

01:17:21For you or me.

01:17:22I don't know about you, but kids always ran in our family.

01:17:27Before Jenny got sick, she was trying to tell me the truth.

01:17:30She told me that Hollingsworth was not her dog.

01:17:33She said he belonged to Beelzebub.

01:17:35Well, she was mixed up then, Susan, and feverish.

01:17:37No.

01:17:37She was telling me the truth.

01:17:39And then she came over to your desk and started looking for a picture she'd hidden.

01:17:55The plane was carrying a dog, Tamerlane, who was en route to the Denver Spotted Fever Control Station at the

01:18:00Field Institute.

01:18:02Dr. Nichols Adams, head of the Institute, stated that the collie was a great loss to his laboratory.

01:18:07By accident, he said, Tamerlane had been bitten by spotted fever ticks and a medical miracle transpired.

01:18:14He developed an exceptionally strong immunity to the disease.

01:18:18Injections from his blood killed spotted fever germs and carrier guinea pigs.

01:18:22The dog became the bearer of the most potent therapeutic anti-serum we've ever been able to develop for this

01:18:27dread fever.

01:18:28Steve, wait, look.

01:18:29This is Beelzebub.

01:18:31Jenny saw an airplane and it was on fire.

01:18:33Yes, it's the same.

01:18:34His name isn't Hollingsworth at all.

01:18:36She picked him up in the desert.

01:18:40Tamerlane.

01:18:45We wanted a miracle, Susan.

01:18:46We've got one.

01:18:47We've got the greatest miracle in the world.

01:18:50Call the Field Institute in San Francisco.

01:18:52Come on, boy, we've got a lot of work.

01:18:54Operator.

01:18:55Operator, get me long distance.

01:18:57Hurry.

01:19:01Keep your fingers crossed, old man.

01:19:06Steve, I got through.

01:19:08The Field Institute?

01:19:09Yes, but Dr. Adams isn't there.

01:19:11They said he's on his way to Denver by car and they've no way of reaching him.

01:19:14Oh, we've got to reach him.

01:19:16I know, but how?

01:19:18Radio.

01:19:18Call KNQP and Lodestar.

01:19:20Tell them to put it on the air and keep trying.

01:19:22We may be able to locate him that way.

01:19:25Susan.

01:19:26I'm all right.

01:19:27I get to sleep at 48 hours a day, that's all.

01:19:30Here, you two.

01:19:31Drink this while it's hot.

01:19:33I'll call the radio station.

01:19:35All right, Matilda.

01:19:42Good evening, sir.

01:19:45Good evening, sir.

01:19:47Fit it up, will you?

01:19:48Yes, sir.

01:19:54We interrupt this program of music to bring you a special flash.

01:19:58It is urgent for Dr. Nicholas Adams, repeat, Dr. Nicholas Adams,

01:20:03to telephone the Field Institute in San Francisco at once.

01:20:07I wish they'd find that fella.

01:20:09He's been busting up good programs all evening.

01:20:11Mind if I use your telephone?

01:20:12Up yourself, right inside.

01:20:17Let me give that a twirl, Steve.

01:20:19I was swinging a centrifuge before you were born.

01:20:22You go on back with Ginny.

01:20:23I'll bring the serum soon as it's ready.

01:20:27Sure hope it works.

01:20:39More digitalis, Steve.

01:20:41You can't give her any more.

01:20:43You've got to do something.

01:20:45What is it?

01:20:47105.

01:20:51Steve, she's slipping away from me.

01:20:53I touch her and I can feel her going.

01:20:57What about the serum?

01:20:59That's just it. What about it?

01:21:01How do I use it? How much?

01:21:03I'm working in the dark, Susan.

01:21:04You've got to take that chance, Steve.

01:21:06If you wait much longer, it's...

01:21:08It'll be too late.

01:21:13All righty, Steve.

01:21:17No more.

01:21:18You have no choice, boy.

01:21:20Remember your Hippocrates.

01:21:22You used to quote him to me when you came home from college.

01:21:26He was the master of all medicine.

01:21:29He said extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

01:21:39God help me.

01:21:40It couldn't help much more, Steve. It's your ball from here.

01:21:43Steve! Steve!

01:21:45It's Nicholas Adams of the Field Institute on the phone.

01:21:51Withdraw 50 cc of the dog's blood and proceed to make a serum.

01:21:55Yes, I've got the serum. I drew it out, as you say, but how much do I give her?

01:21:58I'd say, uh, 10 cc.

01:22:02Intravenously?

01:22:03Yes, in the arm. But cautiously.

01:22:05I wish you were here, Doctor.

01:22:08I'll get this quickly as possible.

01:22:10Where are you now?

01:22:11Uh, Goldstone, Colorado.

01:22:13I should make it by noon tomorrow.

01:22:26Oh, Reverend McDougall, come in.

01:22:29Hello, Matilda. I brought my grandchildren over to be vaccinated.

01:22:33Took hours to round them up.

01:22:35Hope I'm not too late.

01:22:36Oh, I'm so glad you came.

01:22:38Steve says Jenny is dying.

01:22:39He's tried everything, everything that can be done.

01:22:42He says it's no use.

01:22:43But there is something.

01:22:45If a thing can be done, science and skill can do it.

01:22:48If a thing cannot be done, only faith can do it.

01:22:51That's what I mean.

01:22:53And Jairus besought him gently, saying,

01:22:56My little daughter lieth at the point of death.

01:22:59I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her,

01:23:02that she may be healed, and she shall live.

01:23:08Now, children, Jenny is very sick.

01:23:11I want you to help me to pray, so that we may help her.

01:23:18The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

01:23:23He maketh me to our young, he ween pastors.

01:23:27He maketh me beside the still waters.

01:23:32There is a toast.

01:23:34There is a toast.

01:23:36Make camp happy.

01:23:39Yeah.

01:23:40Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

01:23:43the shadow of death.

01:23:46I will fear no evil.

01:23:49I will fear no evil.

01:23:53For thou art with me.

01:23:55Thy rod and thy staff.

01:23:57They comfort me.

01:23:59Fear and goodness and mercy shall harm you all the days of my life.

01:24:06And I will dwell on the house of the Lord forever.

01:24:10Amen.

01:24:21It's dropping.

01:24:23The fever's dropping.

01:24:25It's worked.

01:24:26She's been breathing better.

01:24:33It is, darling.

01:24:34Hello, Hollingsworth.

01:24:40Daisies.

01:24:42They're my favorite flower.

01:24:47Steve.

01:24:48Shh. She's just sleeping. She's going to be all right.

01:24:58Susan, don't you realize what that means?

01:25:01She's going to be all right.

01:25:03Oh, darling, you're wonderful. You're wonderful.

01:25:05You get more and more wonderful for the minute.

01:25:08You think that Donna's time to say things?

01:25:13Darling, darling.

01:25:15Come in.

01:25:17Hi, Red. Who's dead?

01:25:18Telegram for Dr. Adams.

01:25:20You sign it. You went to school.

01:25:22For you, doctor.

01:25:23Oh, thank you, Mark.

01:25:26Mind if I open it?

01:25:27If you don't, I'll drop dead with curiosity.

01:25:31I've been expecting this.

01:25:35Steve, I want you all to hear this.

01:25:38For meritorious work, Field Institute is happy to present Dr. Steven Webster a fellowship in its ranks.

01:25:43The sum of $5,000 that he may continue to fight against dreaded disease of spotted fever.

01:25:50$5,000.

01:25:52$5,000?

01:25:54$5,000?

01:25:55Uh-huh. That's what it says. $5,000.

01:25:57Well, I've got to be on my way.

01:26:01Thanks for the refreshments, Matilda.

01:26:04Nobody can bake like you.

01:26:06Oh, thank you, Reverend.

01:26:07Well, you know what they say about the way to a man's heart.

01:26:12Matilda, have you ever thought about, uh, marriage?

01:26:16Thought about it? I've dreamed of orange blossoms so often I sleep with a smudge pot at the foot of

01:26:21my bed.

01:26:24You know the Reverend is right, Matilda. Things sure are different since you pitched in.

01:26:29Why, Murph.

01:26:30Say, I get a bear trap down, so would you want me to grease it for you?

01:26:34That isn't necessary. Here, have one.

01:26:38I found you can catch bears with honey, too.

01:26:40Oh.

01:26:43Dr. Adams, Susan says you're going away.

01:26:46Yes, Jenny, I have to leave.

01:26:48Are you... are you going to take Hollingsworth with you?

01:26:52Well, I guess Tamerlane, eh, Hollingsworth, I mean, has done just about enough for humanity.

01:26:57I'm taking samples of his blood with me. That's all I need.

01:27:00I think he should settle down in a nice home with a devoted family, don't you?

01:27:06Yes, he should. Only.

01:27:09Only what, Jenny?

01:27:11Only there isn't any family.

01:27:13Well, what's wrong with us?

01:27:15But you aren't a family, Susan. Doc Steve thinks he's too poor to have a family.

01:27:19Ah, but he isn't.

01:27:21Of course he isn't.

01:27:22He's got flowers in his garden and daises on his toffee pot, and he's rich as Solomon.

01:27:27You'll bet I am, Jenny. Look at that, Susan. Cabbage.

01:27:31And you've got the love of a good woman.

01:27:34Jenny!

01:27:35I mean, me!

01:27:37But even if I do love you, I suppose you'll go away.

01:27:41I'm not going away, Jenny.

01:27:43What?

01:27:43I think I'm going to like being a country doctor.

01:27:46The Institute's given me this money for research, and I'm going to stay and work right here and raise my

01:27:52family.

01:27:53And my family's dog.

01:27:55Right here in Sodom and Gomorrah?

01:27:58Great Grandpappy was wrong.

01:28:00It isn't Sodom and Gomorrah, Murph.

01:28:03It's heaven. That's what it is.

01:28:05It's just heaven.

01:28:20It's just heaven.

01:28:22You know, there's no crime.

01:28:23You had a little more day.

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