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Around Dodged 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 Marshall and the smell of guns smoke. Gun move move. Towing William Conrad, the story of the violent that moves west, with the other America. And the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Dylan, the United States Marshall. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chance they job. That makes a man watchful. Had a little lonely.

I'm surprised they're ending it for them wrong. My dinghyette bed out there don't get no soccer. What's that gesture? I just tell you Mr. Derby the bed up in number four and don't have no more gift to it than an old McClellan saddle. Well I don't know. What were you doing up there anyway? I want to see that drummer pack your duds out of here so I know there wasn't any more falling on up. You got no right to go in my rooms, no right at all. Well now Mr. Derby I've been figuring out might take that room some day and I was just finally looking at over there. Oh for having to say gesture you're talking a lot of foolishness. You can't afford to stay in the dog house. Well I don't hurt none for a man to think about better than yourself. What in the world is that? Oh it's your fight right outside my home. No no no don't upset you tell me Mr. Derby you just set there on. I don't have any damage. You come on. Yeah. All right. Here now. Yeah man I think you better sit out. Here you have something hard to do. And then just put your jabber in. Here now here. You'll leave Charlie B. Yeah you better mind your own business

gesture. I said move along now. Leave him be. What in the hell are you talking here? Go on. Oh no. Oh no. Go on. Okay Jester. Okay and I just simmer down. Don't need to get so hard knows. Yeah you ought to be ashamed big brothers like you pushing old man around. We didn't mean no harm. We were just trying to get him to stop ragging at us to quit his talk. It don't make no difference to me what you was trying to do. Go on get it. So you can't walk down a street without he stops you and talks a year old. I said get. Oh come on. You heard Charlie. No. No. Hey. You take more than young brothers to hurt me. No. Oh they're pushing you around for. Oh I just trying to tell them something that's all. Young folks ain't got the gums to listen when to do them the most good. Well they've got shut down easy. Shot. Who's gonna shoot them? Where anybody they draw on. Where they is handling them guns.

I didn't hear no shooting. Of course she didn't. She wasn't done. They're talking about a fast draw. They've been shot down sure. Charlie was you trying to tell him how to do it? Younger than she don't listen. You try to tell him but they just don't live. Well you just have to act quite like. They won't bother you. Real joker have got both of them before they even slap the leather. The way they're doing it. Well sure. Real joker would outdo anybody. And that goes back away. Don't you? Smart Alex. Won't listen to the dog. Hey. They kind of winged you and I didn't they? Yes. Yes maybe the day there was a few elbows flying around. Well you better put some beef steak on it. Man need you. I shot these days. See in the good. Yeah sure. Well all right then you just sat there Charlie now. And you let me know if you get bothered. More. Nobody will listen no more. No matter how much you got to tell him. Yeah well I'll see you sometime.

I know you take care of yourself Charlie. And nobody will listen. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Can't you sit down with us? Maybe for a few minutes. Oh good. I got to check over the whiskey supply with Sam pretty soon. Well now I wouldn't want to interfere with that. It'd be a terrible tragedy for Dodge of a saloon rent drive. Yeah most of these men would rather see the river go throught. Well you're both sound and pretty high and mighty for a couple of fellows who aren't exactly talented. Well just philosophizing the kitty. Nothing personal. How come Matt bind you two bears though? Because I won two games of checkers. That's why. He's slowing up kitty. Oh. He's slowing up. Yeah.

I've noticed. Oh. Dark. Yeah. Mind fight. See you for a minute. Wish you're not just a son of a well no thank you. I think we might want to order your eye. I just. Look at me. Chester. Well Miss Kitty. You got a black eye. Let me see that Chester. You sure have and it's a view. Yes right. Yes. Dark you you got something put on it. Man hard to protect his eyesight. Well it's a little late for that. You should have ducked. Yeah. Why'd you pick that up? Just trying to help. You just don't pay about it. Trying to do a good deed anymore. What were you trying to help? That's all. Charlie what you're saying. You're saying that. You're saying that. You're saying that. That old Charlie what's his name? Sit down in front of the Dodge house talking to anybody who listens. Charlie don't tell me he gave you that. No. Dark. No of course not. Company young smart Alex is picking on him and I'm mixing it. Come out with this. It doesn't look like you accomplished much. Now stop teasing him you too.

That was a nice thing you did Chester. Thank you. I'll run off all right. With those coupes bound to get into more trouble. Oh how's that? Why he keeps telling folks what they ought to do and you know him. There's still many too many people who want to listen to old man like him. Tell them how to draw guns. Draw a gun? He's always talking about the gun fighters of olden days and books get tired of listening to that. Well you better not listen to either Chester. You only got one more ride. Now don't pay any attention to him Chester. I'll fix that eye up for you. A little raw meat kitty. That's about the best thing. Yeah and a few less jokes. I never did know what was so funny about a black eye. Come on Chester. Now you see boy. You gotta be careful about how he worked the barrel.

You gotta have a good true barrel on your gun. You sure can't whittle nice mister. Oh well boy don't take much to do some whittling. All you got to do is have sharp knives and remember in your hand for what you make him. Well you gotta remember that gun mister. Oh my like I have for the blaze of the Texas sun on my back. Man don't forget them things. It don't look like my paws gun. That part there is different. This here? Yeah yeah. Well they got no fangled ideas. You don't need no knots in the cylinder to make a good gun. Well paws shoots better than a weapon. I mean nobody needs nothing better than his gun. Well Rio Joe could hit anything he could see. You know Rio Joe? Yes I knew him. You seem to enjoy shooting.

It's good right with him. By jingle mister. You wrecked luck then you could tell me. Sure boy. I wrecked a real good. I wrecked the time down in border country when he faced down three men using the gun like this. Three men. Was they drawn on it? Yes they drawed. But that was the last thing there we did. You seem like we know man for do that. Rio could do it. He is good with a gun. He is real good. Go on mister. Tell me how he done it. Well wait was. Rio is coming along the trail by some cut of wood. He's still spinning them yarns all night. He's telling me about Rio Joe. Rio Joe. He's telling you about Rio Joe. He's telling me. He's good with him. He's that's no mister. Of course that's you. Don't listen to him boy. He's your old fool. He's like the himself top. He never seen a gun fight like Rio Joe.

His whole life is crazy. Well I did see that he runs our art in the wind of a stop here. He does talk so much the old pounds tired of a boy. You don't want to get took in by an old blowhard. Now you look here. Rio Joe. Mister. I was telling you straight boy. You believe me don't you? What? Can you prove it? I don't know boy. I don't know. I don't know boy. I don't know.

Hey, slide that bottle down this way. That's your ass. Well thanks. Hey, do the two fellows give that Marshall's helper a black eye? Chester. Well he was asking for it. He's working on it as a business. You know first I thought the old man gave it to him. Old Charlie? Well he does his talk. Oh he sure does that though. Don't he? Yeah. You think nobody else knows how to draw it? Yeah. Him and Rio Joe. He don't even wear a gun. No, I don't. I had never seen him draw. He just talks about it. He doesn't seem like fellow talks that much. Our back is play. Oh Charlie ain't got no play to back. I'd be mighty interested in put it up to him.

What you mean? My interest. What are you aiming at? I just got me a smart idea how to get rid of that old man. Wait a minute, right? He ain't done nothing bad enough to get shot for. No. Who's talking about shooting? You said get rid of. Oh sure I did and it'll work. All you got to do is just call his bluff. How's that? Well get him out the street man and tell him he's got to face up to one of us. Or else keep his mouth shut and leave town. Yeah that'd be calling him a man. He sure ain't gonna draw. No, not a call for him. That'd be nothing for him to do but. Come on let's go fetch him. Tonight or tonight right now he no reason to sleep on. Come on. Oh.

That's it. Come on man. You brought down these stairs. Hey wait a minute. I hate your boys now. And we got something to show you outside. But it's a made it to the night. It's gonna make much difference. Oh man. I'll drag him right out from the middle of the street. Uh, you're not man enough to free up together to get away with it. Wait a minute. You ain't got enough guts to water shot me. I thought we was gonna shut him up. Sure. Ever found yourself in a beautiful foreign city, utterly lost in translation? Imagine standing in a quaint little market, trying to buy something as simple as a loaf of bread. But you just can't get your point across. It's frustrating right? That's where Babel comes in. It's not about drilling grammar or memorizing huge vocab lists. Babel is about real conversations. The kind you'll actually use in real places. With just 10 minutes a day, you can start having real conversations in a new language in just three weeks.

Designed by over 200 language experts, Babel teaches you phrases that locals actually use. Not outdated textbook language. And it's flexible too. Whether during a coffee break on your commute or just before bed, Babel fits into your life. That's probably why it's the number one selling language learning app in the world. Ready to break down those language barriers? Visit Babel.com slash pod and save up to 60% off your subscription. Start your journey to real conversations today. I'm making a lot of noise for old man standing around him. Drawing a picture of him. Yeah, the belly's dragging the man from his bed. He just gave me a chance to get that to you. We're different, you're a chance, old man. Down in Texas, we just strummed you up. Oh, you've been talking mighty big for a man that don't wear no guns. Yeah, and you're lucky, I don't. Yeah, now we just see about that. We're gonna give you one. We're gonna see just how much you learn from Rio Jucco.

Let me throw him. Let me throw him. Let him go. Oh, Marshal, we were just having some fun with him. Let him go. He sure needed the list. He doesn't need any lessons from you. Go on now, get away from here. Well, ain't no call to get rough about it. Marshal, somebody had to shut the old man up. You listen to me, I find you pestering him again. I'll be roughin' away. You're gonna really understand. There you go, on a get outta here. Come on, Charlie. You'll go back to your room. You don't need to give me no help, Marshal. I can take care of myself. Sure, I know that, Charlie.

I wasn't scared of him. I just do a depth to him. Yeah, come on upstairs. Ain't nobody never got by with nothing like that before. I don't worry about it. It's not gonna happen again. I know, Dean, Marshal. I know, Dean. Charlie, you might've come in for a few minutes. Yeah? Oh, oh. Well, yeah, shoot yourself. You'll figure it out and stayin' on Dodge, Charlie. Well, I did kinda have it in my mind. Man likes place to settle. Yeah. You don't need to change your mind because of those ruffs, Charlie. I don't have one. Yeah, no one needs it at, Marshal. Oh, would you step over this way? I'd like to get in that trunk. Oh, yeah, sure.

Oh, if I give you those guns a long time, Charlie. Yes, I have. Good shape. You're old friend, Marshal. Now take good care of them. The kind of comfort me to have them with me. Yeah. I, uh, wouldn't get any idea about starting to wear them again, Charlie. They're old guns. Oh. And I'm an old man. You get what you're sayin'? You're old enough to leave your gunfights behind you. What'd you remember that?

I hope they didn't hurt the old man. No, they didn't hurt him. Not physically, anyway. I guess his pride took a beating. Yeah. The terrible thing they did to me. You think he's gonna leave town? I don't know, Kelly. I wouldn't blame him. No. It would really be a shame. I don't know. It would really be a shame. You wasn't doing any harm, tellin' those stories. And the kids seemed to like him. Yeah. But Rasp didn't. That Rasp killer. He's always been a bully. Unlike I hear my name mentioned, Rasp. You did Rasp, and I'm glad to repeat what I said. I called you a bully. Well, now that ain't real lady-like, Miss Kitty. It didn't Marshall. Why don't you move along, Rasp?

I keep forgetting you're the big Marshall taking care of the ladies and old men around town. I have an idea that one particular old man can take care of him. So you've been listening to too many stories. I'm not so sure they're just stories. What do you mean? I saw a pair of horse pistols in his room last night. They look like they had a lot of wood at old. Coof don't wear no gum. He's wearing one now. Old Charlie? I would get in his way if I were you. You mean that old geezer might draw on me? No. You've been took in by his talk. I'm just telling you to be careful. He's not gonna forget what you did to him last night. All right, Marshall. I'll play a law. I'll tell you one thing. That old man better not start nothing. I wear my guns all the time so do I, Rasp. You ain't scared me, not Marshall.

I'll be around. So will I, Rasp? So long, Miss Kitty. Really think there's gonna be trouble, Matt? I don't know, Kitty. Old Charlie was pretty upset. Well, you gotta stop it. Don't let him put on those guns and march around until I get himself killed. I can't take him away from him, Kitty. Why can't you? Because he hasn't done anything. Oh, yeah, I forgot. You have to sit and wait until something happens. So somebody gets killed before you can do anything. Why don't you just go stop this thing now before someone gets hurt? Oh, I don't see what I can do. Oh, Matt.

Oh, how about Doug? Yeah, we're your bound for. Well, I'm gonna go to the telegraph office. I'm gonna walk along. All right. They're waiting for a wire from Washington. About time I came in. I'll take you bad, you know, honey. Days like this, they're welcome to it. Hello, Ed. You've got something for me. Well, how that's you, funny thing, Marshall. Something just did come in. I was gonna bring it up as soon as I hit my dinner. No. Yeah, here you are. Oh, likes. Yeah. Well, see you later, Ed. Good, I'm sorry. You don't look too happy about what's in that wire, man. There's wires and really good nose dark.

It's something I've been expecting. That's your salary, did they? No, I wish it was that simple. What's our hurry? Where we gone? I want to find Old Charlie and take his guns out of it. You mean that wire was about Old Charlie? Yeah, I'd ask a couple of questions. You better stick with me, Doc. You may be needed. Sure. Done. Done. Yeah, Chester, I'm on my way. Good job, man. He's fast. Old Charlie. The wire was too late. What's that? Never mind. You look at Charlie over there, Doc. Sure, man. I'm pretty sure a rat's dead, don't you? Yeah. He's dead. That old man just stood there. He was supposed to be flat-rass, raw first. And he shot him down, one of them old pistols.

Well, I'm not surprised. Let's go see him. How is he, Doc? He's not good, man. He's not good, though. I'm not sure. He out, Charlie. I ain't going to make it. Don't worry about it. Oh, I don't care about that. It's past time for me to settle. But, Marshall, I'm right here, Charlie. Oh, I want you to know I wasn't making up them stories. I know you weren't. I wasn't making no brags or no bluffs. I did stand with Rio Joe.

I know. I could shoot, too. I could shoot as good as he could. I could draw as fast as Rio Joe. Now, Charlie, you could. You believe me, Marshall? Yeah, I believe you. I figured maybe you kind of know the whole thing. Yeah, I do. I guessed it, Rio. Sure, sure. Tell the others for me. Tell them I... Tell them I've worked no... fake. Oh. And he's gone, man.

Yeah. Mr. Dune, just a minute ago, what did you call him? Rio, just a... Old Charlie was Rio. Oh, that's just terrible. Don't hang like that. Nobody knows who you are. I don't know, Chester. I have a hunch, Rio, to like it just this way. I had to wear a resty, mother-was. Rio's been a wanted man for 20 years. I'm not a man. I'm not a man. I'm not a man. I'm not a man.

I'm not a man. I'm not a man. Run. Produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, a tourism conrad as Matt Stilland, US Marshall. The story was specially written for guns woke by Marion Clark, with editorial supervision by John Metson. Featured in the past were out moody, Lauren Sobkin, Dick Biel, Sam Edwards, Dick Harron, and Jack Moils. Farley Bear is Chester Howard McNair, is Sock and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. This is George Walton, fighting you to join us again next week. When CDS radio presents another story of the Western Frontier, when Matt Stilland, Chester Pogfoot, Sock and Kitty, together with all the other art living citizens of Dodge, will be with you once more. It's America's growing west in the 1870s. It's Gunsmoke.

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