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Gunsmoke 60-12-25 455 Minnie

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Around Dodge City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's where the US martial and the smell of guns smoke. The gun moves forward, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States martial. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful, and a little lonely.

Well, I see this, so yes, that's a real good man. At least it doesn't seem to be any infection. Good. How long will this happen? A few months ago, Doc, I don't remember exactly. You get a bullet in your leg and you don't remember when it happened. I was way out in the country, Doc, clear up by Indian woes. I don't know what that's got to do with your remembering. Honestly, Matt, sometimes you make a wise much sense as Chester. I've got enough sense to know that you've folk around long enough. Well, that bullet's got to come out, Matt. But you said it was healing. I did, but it's still got to come out. The bullet could move around in the encloser trouble. Ah, maybe next week sometime, huh? I'm busy right now. No. Come to think of a true worse than Chester. Next week, and all right, by then you'll probably have some more left that I can dig out anyway. That's what I like, a nice, cheerful position. You, Doc, Adam. Yes, man. I've seen your shaggle down below. Who are you? Marshall Dylan.

Hello, man. What can I do for you? I want you to have a look at my arm. Oh, I sure. Sit right there. My name's Minnie Higgins. You can call me Minnie. All right, Minnie. Yeah, just what's wrong with you? I fell off the horse, got scratched up soon. Oh, look at this. Ain't nothing bad, but there's some proud flesh develop in there. Oh, yeah. I already put some dirt in time on it. Oh, well, that helps, yeah. It still needs cleaning out. Even if the bullet did pass clean through. Well, it's Doc, got him. It's just about a bullet. I just told the Doc what happened. I wasn't no bullet about it. I fell off the horse. I hit a stick and it run clean through my arm, see? As I see. Don't you believe me? No, I don't think Doc does either. Man. You live around here, Minnie? I don't live nowhere in particular. But I'll tell you one thing. Soon as Doc here fixes up my arm, I'm leaving this town.

I'm leaving it dawn. Are you welcome to stay as long as you like? I'm still leaving it dawn. You're going to tell me how you got shot. It was accident. Clean in the rifle. An accident. An accident. Okay. I'll see you later Doc. Sure, that's it. They're marshals. They're all alike. Real nosy. That's not so bad. It's just that he likes to know why when people take a bullet. Whether it's serious or not. Real nosy. Now, Minnie, I'm going to be as gentle as I can. Oh, I can take it. Go ahead Doc. Dark cotton. Well, I sure didn't ever think a man could start to death waiting for his coffin arrested before. Sometimes it beats drinking at just a...

Oh my God, I never thought of that. Well, you'd merge, just a... You wouldn't have this problem, you know. Or, or... Hello there Doc. Marshall. Hello, Minnie. I thought you were leaving town this morning. Well, a girl can always change her mind, can't she? Yeah, sure. This is just a problem. How do you... How do you do, man? Well, you're kind of kind to even for Dad, ain't you? Well, what do you think? They get awful crowded in here ain't it? Oh, would you like to sit down here anyway? I mean, that's weird of me. What do you think of my new clothes, Doc? And my new hat. Well, perhaps my name's Precious. Well, I thought it was Pirty. Who would he be? Just it is indeed, man. Here's your coffee, gentlemen. Say you. Man. You're going to take out there in the kitchen? Sure. Well, bring me one about two inches thick and flat, four fried eggs on top of it. Yes, man. One thing you sure do know how to eat. Well, girls gotta keep up her strength, don't you?

A good meal once in a while, don't hurt a body, man. Does it, Doc? No, no, no, no. You ain't asked me about my arm, Doc. Oh, no. I'll say, how is it? Oh, it's hurt during the night. Oh, wow. I thought maybe I ought to stay over so you could take another look at it today or tomorrow. Oh, well, it'll help to move right now, after dinner. And driving out into the country this afternoon. Yeah, are, huh? Come on, Shuster. We got work to do. But I ain't finished with coffee. And get some later. So long, Doc. Oh, I'll see you. See you later, my name. Sure, my. I shall so long, Kester. But wait a minute. I'm going with you. You ain't going to leave a lady to eat alone, are you? Well, of course you ain't. Yeah! Oh, no, maybe. Oh, what's got menu anyway? I was thinking you might lack a little company this afternoon when you drive out into the country. Oh, no. No, you don't. No, absolutely not. Oh, Doc. No, I mean it, my name. Well, you'll be back. Well, not until tonight. Wait.

I'll have a very late. Okay, Doc. I'll see you then. I'll be waiting for you. Oh, dear. Doc! Oh, Doc! Huh? Well, that's awful late. Getting back to town, Doc, you had me worried. Uh, Minnie, what in the world are you doing up at this hour? Why aren't you home in bed? Well, I was down to the table waiting for you to almost run me out. Why, it's going on 10 o'clock. You usually out this late. I don't work on a schedule, you know. You had a long drive, didn't you?

Long enough. You're tired. But you needed a drink. Take the chill out of your bones. I'll buy you one. Very now, Doc. Doc, don't you want a drink? Well, as a matter of fact, I do. I'm going to get one right now. What? Alone. Alone? You won't take me? No, I won't. The ladies don't go into saloons. No, you know what that is. Now, you little one. You come to see me about that iron tomorrow, huh? No, good night. Doc. I'm going to get one right now. What alone? Alone? You won't take me? No, I won't. The ladies don't go into saloons. No, you know what that is. Now, you little one. You come to see me about that iron tomorrow. No, good night. Doc? Good night, Minnie. Good night, Doc. Good night, Doc. Good night, Minnie. Good night, Doc. Good night, Doc. Sam, sit on a glass and a bottle of rice. Yeah, sure, Doc. Usually you take time to stay alone before you order with me. Oh, good. Hey, looks pretty nervous. Oh, you're so very well for you, Doc. You don't have the problems tonight, Doc. There's one thing I can't stand. It's a doctor's feeling sorry for him. You'd have nothing to do with my medical problems. It's that board. That carrot that was been chasing.

I don't know what it is you got, Doc, but it must be my part. Yeah, that's just about as much sympathy as I expect from you. I'm jealous, that's all. Oh, you ought to take it easy on him, Doc. Doc's got real trouble from when I... No, why? No, why? Haven't got real trouble, Doc. Gun it. No woman can force herself on me. That's the spirit, Doc. Doc? I'm gonna brace yourself, she's in. You run, come eat, Doc. I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill you. You lied to me, Doc. I lied to you. About what? About there being no woman in here. What do you call her? Oh, no, look here. Now women are welcome here anytime, Minnie. It's just that most ladies don't approve. Well, you look like a lady. I'm saying. That's the spirit, Minnie. You don't understand, Kitty works here. She owns the place. What's the difference? Well, the men wouldn't understand them. Minnie, they might get the wrong idea about you. You saying so? Well, I know about men. Bar teeth, drinks for the high. Hey, you're dead.

I'm a fool. Go. There. I don't take care of the men. Now you come and sit at the table with me, Doc. No. I'll set up all hours. I'll start off us and I can do it too. She means it, Doc. You better go long, Doc. Oh, he's gone all right. There ain't no question about it. Now come on, Doc. Come on, Doc. Look here, Minnie. No. She can't erupt, is she? Yeah. But she's not a bad woman at heart. I can tell. I hope you're right for Doc, Sick. I'll say one thing. Sure got a mind of her own. Bar teeth. Oh, it's so easy. Where's Matt? He had dried out the Jake's work or to be back to dark.

Oh, my gracious, I do declare Doc. You ask nervous, he's a bright groom. You know what that woman did this morning? What woman? You know very well what woman. She waited and hiding from me outside of the Lomonacos. She spray out at me like a mutt-line. She said she was going to have breakfast with me. Well, now Doc, like she said, her girl has got to keep her strength. And she did she had an order to stake in the exeter found her a graft horse. Well, potatoes and pie on the side. She's going to be an awful big expanse to you, Doc. A awful big expanse. Oh, you're welcome. And I'm going back up to my... Yeah, wait a minute, Doc. I'll walk with you as far as you're scared. I got a gorgeous drawer. I just made a new town for the satin sister. You're the rest of money, Doc. If you find you, that lady is awful determined. You are no close. Oh, oh, oh, oh, look from now. There she is. Let's go the other way. It will win, then. No, that big blue boy. Why? I need for her. Have I offered her a head and prompt on him? Now, back to her. Just a moment, let's go. Yeah, you ain't got no right to do that. He'll be just in her next tron. I'm going to just... Oh, my God.

Don't touch it. I just bought me some new clothes, Dick. Let your father be here for her anyway, you big ugly. Hey. What were you? You got a crumb out of hand. I think I'll walk you a good way. Hey, hold on. All right, now that's enough, mister. Why? Beating up, ladies. Just don't go in this town. Where are you? Hey, take that easy, Jake. He don't carry no guns. What's he doing messing around without a gun? I can go get one quick enough. Yeah. Who's his other little fella? Well, that's Doc Adam. He's Dick. He's sick. Marm. It took him two days just to fix that on him. No, I think I know. I'll put that blue thing on him. Oh, well, Doc, he hit with the accident. He didn't do it on purpose. And, Minnie, is this your husband? Not no more, he ain't. What do you mean not no more? I'm leaving you, Jake. Don't leave me. I've got me all over here in Dodge now. What? What, Minnie? Yep, I've got me a lover. A real gentleman, not an old hog wall or a lucky one. Where's he at, Minnie? I'll kill him dead.

You just let me reach him. Oh, Terry's hard out. Who is he, Minnie? Who says, name? No. I won't tell you nothing. I'll beat it out of you. No, you won't. You'll leave her be, Minnie. No, you'll leave her be. I'll leave you all be. Because I'm going to get me a drink. And I'm going to go looking for this lover of yours, Minnie. And when I finish with him, I'm going to start on you. So now, now, don't know what he'll get in my way. He wins it. He'll do something, Terry. You're out of your mind telling him you've got a lover. But I feel that way, Doc. I feel that way real strong. Stop feeling that way. I'm not sure. Love her and I never will be. Oh, you come around. I'm not on me in your family shot, sir. Now, you'll just admit me. Now, Jake, there's your husband. And you've got no right to be running around chasing over Minnie. A dog is right. Minnie at eight bitten. Once a lady has been churched in wedlock, she's got a duty to her husband, Good Orbe.

We've got to run away together, Doc. Right now, while we've got the chance. We'll have a few hours start. He won't find out who run away. No, Minnie. No. No. That's as simple as I can make it. No. Um, the morn just done going up to my office. I think I better fix myself a powder. How did it? Wow, there, Bill. Where's the Marshall Chester? Well, here. Well, I got to find him right now. Well, he's out of time. We'll be back, after Doc and I had hardly something wrong. There's a buffalo hunter over at the lawn branch. She's slopping up whiskey. He says he's going to kill Doc. How'd he find out about Doc? He heard a couple of barflies laughing about Minnie.

How she bought drinks for the house and all. How she's in love with Doc and him. Where's he at now? I left him standing at the bar. Sam's keeping an eye on things. I slipped out the back window and came over here. That don't sound too good, does it? Right. Is he the husband of that many of Doc's been sporting around? No, Doc. He's been sporting nobody around. It's all heard of him. Anyway, he's sure in trouble. Yeah. And thanks for telling me. What do you think you're going to do with that gun? Well, I got to do something. Well, you're going to get yourself killed. Yeah, I'll be careful, Bill, but I got a worn-dog. Well, what's the occasion? I don't try to be funny, Doc. Dick Higgins has found out about you and Minnie. What's it going for? He's going to be a little bit of a fool. I'm going to be careful. I'm going to be careful. I'm going to be careful. Well, what's the occasion? I don't try to be funny, Doc. Dick Higgins has found out about you and Minnie. What's it going for? He claims he's going to kill you, Doc. Oh, are you off of your mind? There's not going to be any shooting over this nonsense. I won't stand for it. I don't know how you can do much about it. Well, I'll go talk to him. I'll stop and test tonight. Doc, that man is crazy jealous. He's got a belly full of liquor and he's totemagum.

And beside he's a buffalo hunter. If you will, they eat a buffalo hunter-live. You could call even a little bit, so alive. I'm not thinking of pallying around with it. Well, you better start thinking of something. Dick Higgins ain't going to go away just because you try to ignore him. Right, this whole business is ridiculous. It was, maybe, but it's got pretty serious. No one's going to drag me through a mess like this. You're already in it, Doc. Maybe you can spit it bad, but you can't change it. Doc, hey, no, no, no, no. You just stand right, easy, Dick. It's you that's been caught in my mini-doc. I haven't been caught in anybody. I've got to shoot you, Doc. You pull that trigger. There's going to be an awful lot of lead plan around this office. What's your partner? Let's just say, Doc, they're friend of mine. Yes, but no wait. Wait. I'm going to shoot an armman. Now you're not going to shoot an armman, are you, Jake? Doc, I got to right, shoot you, certain standing or laying down, any way at all. And you know who you don't? Doc, don't go on you. Just remove out of the way. I'll shoot right through you if I ask you. Well, that's what you're going to have to do.

I never seen a man wanted to die so bad. Jake! Jake, what are you up to now? I'm going to kill Doc. Now there's no need for a shoot, Jake. I reckon I'll decide that. Jake, listen to me. I was wrong. I'm coming back with you. I made a mistake, that's all. Look at me, Jake. I sold away all of them fancy clothes, see? I ain't going to try to be a lady no more. Oh, what about him? Doc? Oh, he didn't do nothing, Jake. It was me. I got to feel and girlish again. Girlish! Doc and Chester told me a while ago they were about being married, no? Well, they was right. It brought me to my senses. Yeah, it's a bad girl. It never had no quarrel with Doc. Jake, is this true, Minnie? All this year, Sam? Yeah, it's true, Jake. Yeah. I'll be on with you. Out there on the prairie, skin in buffalo for your fetching and carrying.

Oh, I never was cut out to be no ladies. Oh, you're late enough for me. You always was. These cityfellers don't know everything. Let's get our horses and ride. I never did really want to shoot you, Chester, but you shouldn't go around getting in the way like that. Well, come on, woman. All right, this is as soon as I pay Doc for fixing my horse. I'm going to need to get it off again, Edmoh! You don't owe me any. Keep the money, you keep buying a bottle with it. Well, that's right, they'll believe you. It's my pleasure, Tom. Bye, Chancellor. Goodbye, Doc. Goodbye. Good luck. Yes. Phew. I know. You sure got all that, but the skin of your teeth? All by the skin of yours. Yeah. Well, I could have been... All right.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Gunsmoke. Produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dilland, US market. Story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Maston and adapted for radio by Norman McDonald. Featured in the cast were Virginia Greg, John Daener and Vic Perrin. Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kidding. This is Ashley Akinati from the Almost Amos Podcast. You ever noticed you and your spouse keep saying, we need to get away, but you never actually plan anything? That was us until we did something fun and spontaneous. We went to ResortPass.com. There are hundreds of hotel resorts, pools and spots and private beaches that you can enjoy.

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