"Doctor burrage!" "Doctor burrage!" "Doctor burrage!" "Doctor burrage, we need you!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Somethin' wrong at the ranch, mark?" "Mr. Hannaberry, a couple just rode in, they'd been crossin'" "The plains." "Well, the woman she needs a doctor bad." "Well, pa" "Asked me to get doctor burrage and I already tried his office," "But it's locked." "I think she's real sick." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." "You see, doctor burrage is in santa fe," "Won't be back till mornin'." "You tell lucas that I'll have that doctor at your place" "As soon as he gets here." "You sure you won't forget, mr." "Hannaberry?" "No, I'll manage to remember." "You see, he gets in at dawn." "I'll meet him at the stage." "He'll be out at your place before breakfast." "Thanks a lot." "If you were gonna kill the doctor, would you wait for him" "Here where he's surrounded by his friends?" "Or would you prefer the country?" "A ranch, for example." "I'll get the horses." "that's it now." "Relax." "That's it." "Marston, can I see you a minute?" "The doctor's out of town, mr." "Marston." "He won't be here till mornin'." "We need a doctor right now." "I'm scared, mr." "Mccain, real scared." "I don't want my wife to die." "Now, doc burrage is the only doctor around here for miles." "There's a neighbor woman, minnie grant, who might help out" "If worse came to worst." "Could you send for her, please?" "Soon as mark's through feedin' the hogs, he'll go fetch 'er." "Meanwhile, why don't you try an' get some rest, huh?" "You a farmer, mr." "Marston?" "Of sorts." "Well, would you do me a favor?" "Those hogs need feeding'," "And I need mark in here to give me a hand." "Could you take over for 'im?" "We'll be right here, if she needs anything'." "Mark?" "Your father wants you in the house." "I'll feed the hogs for you." "Oh, thanks, mr." "Marston." "I'll finish this basket first." "Uh, are you sure you feel all right, mr." "Marston?" "You know," "I can feed the hogs." "Only would take but a few minutes." "No, I'll feed 'em." "It's just that- are you sure the doctor" "Will be here, first thing in the mornin'?" "Yes, sir." "At least that's what mr." "Hannaberry," "The doc's neighbor, told me." "Well, hope that's not too late." "Mrs. Marston will be all right, sir." "Dr. Burrage is a good doctor." "All the folks in town pile a lot o' store in 'im." "Oh, thank you, mark." "I'll just finish that now." "Uh, the hogs are behind the barn." "And watch out for that sow, she's a mean one." "Are you sure he can take care o' the hogs, pa?" "Didn't much seem to know what he was doin'." "Well, he's tired, son." "He needs to get his thoughts off himself." "Men tend to get that way." "Look, I want you to go get minnie grant." "You tell her that this" "Woman's havin' a baby, and that she fell from a wagon" "A couple o' days ago." "And tell her about the doc." "What is this?" "Hold it!" "Give it to me." "Hope you weren't plannin' a quiet evening' at home." "What do you want?" "Never mind the questions." "No one leaves the house while we're here." "Check that room." "All right, mr." "Cooke." "There's a..." "Woman asleep in' there, mr." "Cooke." "Told you, my wife's sick!" "She needs help, bad." "She needs a doctor." "Now, isn't it too bad doctor burrage is in santa fe?" "So we'll all just have to wait here till mornin'." "I saw them in town, pa." "They were standin' in front of doc burrage's house." "You're waitin' for doc burrage?" "You bet I am." "Six years I've been waitin' for 'im," "Six years almost to the hour." "But I'm a very patient man when I have a score to settle," "I can wait one more day." "You must have a bottle in the house." "You're not very hospitable, are you?" "I'm not proud, I could serve myself." "To tell you the truth," "I've done it before." "Oh, that's better." "That's much better." "Maybe you didn't hear mr." "Cooke." "Nobody leaves the room!" "I won't miss next time." "Lee?" "Lee?" "My wife, she's callin' me." "Well, all right." "All right." "Lee, what was that gunshot?" "It was nothin', sarah, nothin'." "Mr. Mccain was loading' a gun, and it" "It discharged accidentally." "Oh, this is all my fault, lee." "I'm so sorry." "There's nothin' to be sorry about." "We should've stayed in colora- easy, fella, we're in no hurry." "I hope the baby will be all right." "'course he will." "Mmm." "Not even born, he's got a mind of his own." "takes after you." "Would you be disappointed if it were a girl?" "I wouldn't mind." "Yes, you would, but it doesn't make any difference." "It's gonna be a boy, I know it." "Pa?" "The irrigation water is gonna overflow in the lower pasture." "You scared, son?" "Don't be afraid to admit it." "It's nothin' to be ashamed of." "What are you two whisperin' about?" "Okay, break it up." "Break it up!" "well supplied." "That's what I've always said." "You got to get to open range" "Before you can find true hospitality." "Mr. Cooke, I've been thinkin' maybe- who asked you to think?" "I'm payin' you plenty to carry that gun." "If I thought" "You'd start thinkin' I'd have never brought you here!" "I've done plenty of thinkin' myself, six years of it." "You there, come on over here." "I don't fancy doin' my drinkin' alone." "Sit down, my friend, an' help yourself." "I don't much appreciate being invited to drink my own liquor." "You know, you gun down doc burrage," "You'll have the whole town on your trail within the hour." "I'll take my precautions, thank you." "Come on, have a drink." "Suppose you tell me what's between you and the doc." "you wanna know?" "I'll tell you." "He killed me." "Six years ago, he killed me." "Look at my hands." "They were fine hands once." "The best surgical hands in the territory." "Right now, they're the hands of a drunkard, mister." "but I tell you," "They brought health to those they touched." "Day an' night," "People came an' they asked for my hands," "For my hands would heal 'em!" "An' one night they..." "Brought a patient in, an' I was ready to help her," "My hands were ready to help her, an'..." "My body was tired," "So I took a few drinks." "They said I was unable to stand" "On my feet while I was operating on her." "Well, it isn't true." "She'd have died anyway, I tell you," "She would have died!" "She didn't have a chance." "What's this got to do with doc burrage?" "six years ago, he testified against me." "The others were undecided, but he convinced 'em" "That I was drunk!" "That I was a drunk!" "So they barred me" "From practicing, an' they chased me out o' town!" "There were other places to go," "The prairies are cryin' for doctors." "with hands like these?" "I tell you," "No matter what burrage said, she didn't have a chance!" "Maybe this wasn't the first time you were drunk" "Before an operation." "no, I was a good doctor." "I was a good doctor." "For years I helped 'em with these hands, and..." "They chased me out." "Chased me out." "Mr. Mccain, the pain's comin' on." "We've got to get someone to help her." "Where are you goin', mister?" "I'm gonna get a neighbor woman," "Unless you think you can deliver a baby!" "That order still stands, nobody leaves this house." "Don't you understand, we've got to have help," "Or my wife will die!" "Anybody tries to leave this house, I'll kill 'im." "It's almost 3 o'clock." "Why don't you try an' get some rest?" "I can look after things in here." "What if the pain comes back?" "We haven't even got a woman here to help." "If the child comes" "Could be, she'll be all right." "She's been quiet the last hour." "I think your wife is runnin' a fever, mr." "Marston." "Yeah, she's runnin' a fever all right." "What's he paying' you to kill doc burrage?" "Look, if you're tryin' to make a deal, you forget about it." "Don't you see he's a coward," "He doesn't have the nerve to pull that trigger." "He's usin' you because you don't know any better." "He's payin me well for it!" "Whatever he's payin', do you think it's worth it?" "You don't understand, do you, mister?" "Man's gotta be somebody." "If he can't be somebody good, he might- might have to be" "Somebody that just people talk about." "It's your chance to prove you've got somethin'" "The others haven't got!" "Maybe you're the one who doesn't understand." "You're only a wet-nosed kid, this may mean nothin' to you," "But I'm tellin' you because I think you got a chance" "To go on livin'." "But once you've killed, that chance is gone." "You got to keep on killin', and when you've had enough," "An' you wanna settle down, they'll find you." "Sooner or later, they'll hunt you down like an animal." "Now, I don't know what he's payin' you," "But I can tell you this." "No pay is worth it." "Mr. Mccain, we've gotta have help," "The pain's comin' on again." "I don't think she'll" "All right, you can go get the woman." "The kid stays here to make sure she's all you get!" "So now I can leave to get help?" "But I'll tell you somethin'," "I don't think anybody but a doctor can save that woman now," "An' he won't be here till mornin'." "So that leaves us your doctor." "Get that black coffee on the stove, mark." "Now, you may not be much of a doctor, but you're the best" "We can do now." "Now, listen to me!" "Listen to me!" "That woman's hurtin' an' needs help bad." "He's out cold." "Wake up, mister." "Wake up!" "That woman's runnin' a fever an' that baby's comin'." "An" "Drink it, all of it!" "Now, listen to me!" "Listen to me!" "You're gonna save that woman an' her baby," "You're gonna get on your feet!" "I'm so useless, I won't do her any good." "I don't care if I have to carry you an' support you" "While you're helpin' her!" "You're gonna get on your feet!" "Now that woman needs a doctor's help bad." "You said you were a doctor, now prove it!" "it's been six years, it's too much for my hands." "Why, you spineless" "You're the worst excuse for a doctor I ever saw!" "Don't even have the nerve to do your own killing'?" "I'm gonna tell you somethin'!" "Oh, you may already know this," "But the man you're aimin' to have killed is ten times the man" "You are!" "You get yourself so drunk," "You don't even think what you're doin'!" "Six years you've been feelin' sorry for yourself." "Well, it's about time you started feelin' sorry" "For somebody else!" "And you listen to me, doctor, I don't know if that woman can" "Be saved, but you're gonna do your best to pull her through," "I promise you that." "Now, wake up, wake up, wake up." "Doctor!" "Get some hot water." "They've sure been in there a long time." "Those things take time, son." "Same as was when you were born, I waited an' waited." "She'll be all right, won't she, pa?" "I don't know, son, I don't know." "I'm sorry, mark." "See, son, when you were born," "Your mother almost- well, she was sick for a long time." "You don't have to talk about it, pa." "I understand." "You're growin' up awful fast, mark." "Whatever you're thinkin' you can save yourself the effort." "Nothing's changed." "I did what I did because I'm the man I am." "Things turned out all right." "That's as it should be, but it doesn't change a thing." "You came here to take a life, instead you brought a new one" "Into the world." "I think that makes a difference." "Mister, you couldn't be more mistaken." "You get lonely when people turn their backs on you." "An' this dream o' mine, someday catching' up with doctor burrage," "Well, I've grown very fond of it." "Mr. Cooke, I've been thinkin'" "What did I tell you about thinkin'?" "Next time you start thinkin'," "I'll send you riding out of here!" "I can handle burrage alone." "Then that's what you're gonna have to do, mr." "Cooke." "I wanted to prove somethin' to myself, an' everybody else." "I wanted to be somebody." "But doin' what you wanted me to do, that's being nobody." "I'm movin' out, mr." "Cooke." "Get out!" "It's the gunman." "The young one, he's leavin'." "Uh, I-I think I just saw pa goin' out to the barn." "I-I better lend 'im a hand." "Uh, we're all real thankful to you, doctor." "Uh, I don't know what's troubling you," "An' pa always did say to leave people alone" "When they're grieving', but well, your friend's left an'- an'" "It's almost dawn outside." "I thought perhaps you'd want someone to talk to." "Well, I think, maybe you'd better get some sleep." "I'd better go out an' help pa milk the cow." "Well, we want you to stay for breakfast." "What did you call me?" "Well, I don't recall your name." "I mean before, when you just spoke to me." "I" " I called you doctor." "Um, I better go." "That baby sure is beautiful." "There's nothin' more beautiful than a newborn baby, mark." "Seems to make everythin' all right with the world." "You know, pa, that doctor," "I don't think he wants to hurt doctor burrage anymore." "No, he doesn't, son." "I think it was his helpin' with the baby that- well," "That- that changed his mind." "You know, mark, sometimes a man can go his whole life" "Hatin' people, makin' one mistake after another," "An' all it takes is one experience," "Like helping' that baby be born," "To- well, to change his entire outlook." "I think that doctor's gonna be all right." "You look tired, pa." "I think I'm gonna stay home today," "An' help you with the chores." "Thanks, son." "You can start by finishing' up with these cows," "Huh?" "I've got somethin' more important to do." "You oughta be mighty proud, ma'am, you got a fine boy there." "lee, I wanna see the baby." "He's asleep." "I do, though, wanna thank the doctor." "Would you get the doctor, lee?" "The doctor had to leave, ma'am." "Said you two were doin' fine." "Had to make some other calls." "He'll be sendin' another doctor out real soon." "I did so wanna thank him, he was such a wonderful man." "So kind, gentle." "Oh, good mornin', doc!" "Oh, hello, lucas, mark." "I got here just soon as I could." "Had to be out of town, where I was needed, of course." "How's the woman?" "She's fine." "Yeah, you're too late." "Too late?" "I got here just as soon as I could," "But the stage was late gettin' out o' santa fe." "Are you sure, there ain't somethin' I can do?" "Not a thing, doc, mother an' baby both doin' fine." "I hope you sent for minnie grant." "There wasn't time." "Yeah, you see, this doctor just happened to come by," "An' then he delivered the baby an' left again." "A doctor just..." "Happened to come by?" "I don't get it." "It's like mark said, doc." "A doctor happened to come by, delivered the baby an' left." "Come on in an' meet the proud parents," "Probably can use some breakfast, could you?"