The Rifleman S04E17
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00:00Hello, Lucas. Jake.
00:21Jake, how long has it been?
00:22Well, 15 years, I guess. War's been over a long time.
00:25Sure has, and it's good to see you.
00:27You too, Luke.
00:28Say, this here ain't your boy.
00:29This is Mark, all right, son? This is Mr. Stryker.
00:32Hello, Mark.
00:33How do you do?
00:34He's a fine-looking lad, Lucas.
00:36Emmy, she, uh, she always wanted a boy.
00:39I was sorry to hear about your wife, Jake.
00:40Well, she went peaceable.
00:41Well, I'm glad you came out here.
00:43You know, being a farmer's a lonely job.
00:45It's nice to have friends.
00:46Well, I'm not exactly alone, Luke.
00:48I want you to meet Abby.
00:50She's my daughter.
00:51You...
00:52You never told me you had a daughter.
00:54All the time we were soldiering together...
00:55Well, she was just a little tyke then, Luke.
00:57Well, Abby, I'm pleased to know you.
00:59You know, this old codger of a father of yours,
01:01he's full of surprises.
01:02I remember what...
01:03Luke!
01:04She, uh, she can't hear and she can't talk.
01:24The Rifleman!
01:29Starring Chuck Connors.
01:45Bryce?
01:46Bryce Hornsby.
01:47Come here a minute, will you?
01:56I'd like you to meet Mr. Stryker,
01:57the gentleman who bought your farm.
01:59And his daughter, Abby.
02:00Pleased to meet you, Hornsby.
02:02He didn't buy my farm, he stole it.
02:04Now, you ain't sure I understand what you mean.
02:07You had no call to say that.
02:08You got your price.
02:09Yeah, I guess so.
02:11I thought you said he was moving in by himself.
02:17Maybe I should have stayed on out there after all.
02:29Imagine, a woman that can't talk back at you.
02:35What's that supposed to mean?
02:37Well, I was over by the hotel when this date came in.
02:39That gal?
02:41Can't hear a thing and can't say nothing.
02:46Are you kidding?
02:47Next time you see her, say something to her.
02:49See how far you get.
02:53I'll be doggone.
03:00Meeting that, uh,
03:02Hornsby boy this afternoon.
03:05It's been on my mind.
03:07Sorry it turned out that way, Jake.
03:08What does Hornsby mean?
03:10He might have stayed on.
03:12Oh, the marshal and I thought it would be a good idea.
03:14If you needed help.
03:15See, the boy's been hanging around the saloon
03:17ever since he moved out.
03:18I hear he's lost half his money already over the poker table.
03:21Sorry to hear that.
03:22A boat.
03:24You know, a...
03:26You know, a...
03:29Picture she knows what she sees with her eyes.
03:33If I could only learn to read.
03:35It'd be such a pleasure for her.
03:37But a man like me, I never learned much reading myself.
03:41Brighton either, for that matter.
03:45Why didn't you tell me, Jake?
03:47Well, I figured you'd find out soon enough.
03:49You're not ashamed of her.
03:50That's a...
03:51Oh, a horse.
03:53Yep.
03:54Oh!
03:55Why should I be ashamed?
03:57She was given beauty and good health.
04:00Ain't her fault just because something got left out.
04:03Why do you...
04:04Lucas, it's people.
04:06They just don't understand.
04:09And you thought I wouldn't?
04:10I hoped you would.
04:11It's been 15 years.
04:13I didn't know you could have changed.
04:15But I do now.
04:17Trees.
04:19Big trees like in the forest.
04:21Reading.
04:22And it makes such a difference.
04:25Let's go outside and get some air, Jake.
04:32Abby?
04:33Uh, this is Buffalo.
04:35Buffalo.
04:36Here's the word down here.
04:38Buffalo.
04:39This word is that animal.
04:42Here, I've got an idea.
04:45I'm gonna write your name.
04:48Abby.
04:50A...
04:52B...
04:55B...
04:56What?
04:58Abby, that's you.
05:02This is you.
05:08That's right, this is you.
05:11Here, now you try it.
05:13Put it in your hand.
05:15Hold it tight.
05:18Now, first you're gonna write an A.
05:20An A.
05:22I like that.
05:26That's it.
05:27That's an A.
05:29A B.
05:36Now here, you write the next letter.
05:38It's another B, just like this.
05:40B.
05:51B.
06:02Good!
06:13Barnsby?
06:15Hello.
06:17Mr. Stryker?
06:20How are things going out there?
06:21All right, we're getting things in shape.
06:25You know the sluice gate down in the bottom land?
06:27Yeah.
06:28I made that.
06:30You did a good job.
06:32You know, all it needs is a turn screw.
06:34I didn't have any money, so I...
06:35I'm picking up a turn screw today.
06:39Oh, if, uh...
06:41If you're ever out that way, you're...
06:43You're welcome to stop by.
06:46Uh, thank you.
06:48If I ever get the time...
07:07Hello.
07:12It's all right.
07:13I just wanted to say hello.
07:15I ain't gonna bite you.
07:19That's better.
07:25This...
07:26This is something.
07:30Barnsby!
07:36What are you doing?
07:38I was just trying to say hello to her, that's all.
07:40That's all?
07:41Yeah, I was just trying to be friendly.
07:43I wanted to...
07:44To explain to her about the other day, you know?
07:46The way I acted, and...
07:48Well, it...
07:51Oh, uh...
07:52Well, what's the use?
07:58Bryce.
08:00I'm, uh...
08:03Sorry, I...
08:04I didn't mean to jump on you.
08:06It's...
08:07It's just that...
08:08Well, some folks, they...
08:09They get the wrong idea about Abby.
08:11They... They don't understand.
08:14Do you know what I mean?
08:16Maybe it's you that don't understand.
08:39Well, that does it, Lucas.
08:41I'm beholden to you.
08:42Oh, forget it, Jake.
08:43Say, when do you figure to start your planting?
08:45Next week, if I can find a hand to do the heavy work around here.
08:49You know, Lucas,
08:51I ran into that Hornsby boy yesterday.
08:54He was, uh, kind of curious as to how I was getting along out here.
08:57If I thought he'd tend a business...
08:59You thinking of offering him a job, Jake?
09:01I, uh... I gave it some thought.
09:02No, don't. He had his chance.
09:04If he needs a job, let him ask for it like any other man.
09:07Yeah, I see what you mean.
09:10Hey, Jake, uh...
09:12Anybody you hire, meet him halfway.
09:15What do you mean?
09:16Abby, she's a grown woman.
09:18You can't protect her forever.
09:20Be suspicious of every man who comes around.
09:22You got to let her find out for herself.
09:25If you don't, Jake, you'll be denying her her rights and feelings as a woman.
09:29You know, Luke,
09:31a farmer, he plants a seed.
09:33He's got to know how to care for it.
09:35Help it grow.
09:37I guess being a father ain't much different.
09:39You're right, Jake.
09:40Come on, Mark and I've got to go.
09:44Abby?
09:45Look!
09:46Now you write it just the way I showed you.
10:08Papa.
10:21Papa.
10:23That's the first time.
10:25Come on, son. We better go.
10:30Mark.
10:31I, uh...
10:33I can't tell you what this means to me when...
10:36what you're doing for Abby.
10:38Oh, we haven't done much.
10:40But at least she can write her name and things like this.
10:44Once she knows the alphabet,
10:46well, she'll learn.
10:50We'll be seeing you, Jake.
10:52Lucas.
10:55Something wrong?
10:56Nothing's wrong, son.
10:58Everything's right.
11:07Come on.
11:15I take it somebody ruffled your feathers in there.
11:18It was just luck.
11:19It was just plain luck.
11:21I had kings and tens,
11:23and Martin comes up with four deuces.
11:26And you know, if I didn't know better, I...
11:29It's all the same.
11:30He's always egging me on.
11:32All the time pretending to be my friend.
11:34There's no friends in a poker game.
11:35You ought to know that.
11:37Why don't you quit before he cleans you?
11:39Or is it too late for that?
11:43He called me Farmer Boy,
11:44and he laughed right in my face.
11:46Told me to go back and dig in the dirt.
11:49And all the time, he just had his palm out there
11:51with that money, loaning it to me.
11:53How much do you owe him?
11:55A hundred dollars.
11:56Yeah, he did you a favor.
11:57But Martin was weaned on a poker table
11:59you'd never get even because he wouldn't let you.
12:01If you had any sense, you'd realize that.
12:04Rice, there's nothing wrong with digging in the dirt,
12:07being a farmer.
12:08You know that.
12:09The trouble with you is you never learn how,
12:11and you're just too stubborn to ask for help.
12:16Well, who'd want to help me now?
12:18Nobody in there, that's for sure.
12:21Hey, I want to show you something.
12:23Come here.
12:28That sign's been up a couple of days.
12:31Think it over
12:32before somebody beats you to it.
12:36A man works for me,
12:38a young fellow like you.
12:40I gotta have his trust.
12:41You understand what I mean?
12:43Yes, sir, I do.
12:44Now, there's three of us here.
12:46I expect everyone to get along.
12:48No reason for one to be worrying about the other.
12:50Farmers work.
12:52I guess you know that.
12:53Making a farm pay and prosper,
12:56that's even harder work.
12:58Yes, sir, I reckon it is.
13:00And that's what I want to see.
13:02I want to see something made of this place.
13:04And I want to see how it's done.
13:07You keep that in mind, we'll get along.
13:09Now, get your things and put them in the room back of the barn.
13:12Supper's in a half hour.
13:14Mr. Stryker,
13:16thank you, sir.
13:17All right, Bryce.
13:33Come on, Abbie.
13:35Hey, come on, half of them shirts is mine.
13:38Boy, I've been dirtying them up and all,
13:40and you're doing the washing.
13:41Least I can do is carry them for you.
14:03Excuse me, sir.
14:13Where have you been, son?
14:14School was out an hour ago.
14:16I stopped by Mr. Stryker's.
14:18Abbie wanted to borrow my speller.
14:19You didn't have to do that.
14:20We're going over there for supper tonight.
14:21Well, it was on the way.
14:23Son, will you put your things away
14:24and help me clean up that brush?
14:26Sure, Pa.
14:27Say, Bryce Hornsby is working out real good for Mr. Stryker.
14:31That's all I've heard.
14:32I reckon he found out that poker playing is only for suckers.
14:52Well, if it ain't the little old farm boy.
14:56Hold on there, boy.
14:58I ain't seen you in a long time now.
15:00How do you like it out there, old Stryker?
15:06I reckon you like it a lot.
15:08Yes, sir, I reckon you like it a lot.
15:11Go on about your business.
15:13I'm in your own business.
15:14$100 worth.
15:16Of course, now, you ain't gonna earn
15:18that kind of money pushing a plow.
15:20But maybe you don't care because you got something else
15:24that makes it worthwhile.
15:31Come on, honey, I'll help you get in the wagon.
15:33Take your hands off him.
15:35Get out of my way, boy.
15:51All right, hold it.
15:52Hold it here now.
15:53Any more of this and you'll both go to jail.
15:55He hit me, he did.
15:56I know what he did.
15:57Get that girl out of here.
16:01You gonna let him go?
16:24What's that for, huh?
16:26What?
16:27For that?
16:28What?
16:29For that?
16:31That didn't even hurt.
16:39Bet your...
16:41Bet your Martin's jaw hurts worse, huh?
16:43Huh?
16:57You know, I know why your pa would be worried about you.
17:02But, uh...
17:06He doesn't have to worry anymore because I'm around.
17:13Huh?
17:29Oh, that was, uh...
17:31That was Bud... Bud Martin.
17:36Bud.
17:40Bud.
17:44Bud.
18:10That's right, that's right.
18:11Bud.
18:14Boy, that McCain kid is...
18:17He's sure teaching you good.
18:26You...
18:27You better go back in and, uh...
18:31Cook that chicken.
18:32Uh...
18:36Yeah.
18:38Yeah.
18:41Yeah.
18:51You...
19:12You...
19:14You little wildcat.
19:20What are you doing?
19:24Now, take it easy on me.
19:32Now, take it easy on me.
19:41Now, take it easy on me.
20:03Hi, Martin, Lucas.
20:04Hi.
20:10Well, I'm... I'm glad you got here early.
20:12There's a reason, Jake.
20:13You'd better have plenty of fried chicken.
20:15Mark's been starving himself all day.
20:16I know a young boy's craving for fried chicken.
20:18We got more than he can eat.
20:20Pa, look.
20:28Bryce, what happened?
20:30Where's Abby?
20:31I don't know.
20:32Abby.
20:35Abby.
20:37Abby, child.
20:38Abby.
20:41I'll kill him.
20:42So help me, I'll kill him.
20:45What happened?
20:46I trusted you.
20:47What did you do to her?
20:48I don't know. I didn't do anything, Mr. Stryker.
20:50I left her with you.
20:51What did you do to her?
20:52Jake.
20:53Leave me alone, I'll kill him.
20:55Jake, take care of Abby.
20:57Jake.
20:58Mark, there's a washstand outside.
21:00Get a towel and some water.
21:01Jake.
21:08Sit down, Bryce.
21:22Abby.
21:23Abby, honey.
21:27It's me, your pa.
21:29Abby.
21:31Abby.
21:35He's coming around.
21:41He's opening her eyes.
21:43Abby.
21:48Who did this?
21:51Was it him?
21:52Did he do it?
21:54Who?
21:55Who hurt you?
21:59Bryce.
22:00No, no.
22:02She's pointing at you.
22:03No, she's not.
22:05She can't be.
22:20That was what she was...
22:29All right, bud. Come on down.
22:37All right.
22:41You wouldn't shoot an unarmed man, would you?
22:58Come on.
23:19Bryce, I...
23:21I just don't know what to say.
23:23It's all right, Mr. Stryker.
23:28It's all right.
23:54That about does it, Mr. Stryker.
23:56All right, we'll see you in six weeks.
23:57Luke, you look in on him, will you?
23:58Make sure he don't loaf.
23:59I don't think he'll do that.
24:01You think you can handle the place
24:02while Abby and me are away at that school?
24:04Yes, sir, I think I can.
24:05Imagine, going all the way to Denver
24:07just to learn how to talk with your fingers.
24:09Well, from what I hear,
24:10it's easier than learning how to read and write.
24:12Yeah, Mark, at my age, it better be.
24:15Come on, Abby.
24:23Abby.
24:27Abby.
24:39You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
24:44Yeah, I sure have.
24:57You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
24:58Yeah, I sure have.
24:59You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:00Yeah, I sure have.
25:01You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:02Yeah, I sure have.
25:03You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:04Yeah, I sure have.
25:05You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:06Yeah, I sure have.
25:07You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:08Yeah, I sure have.
25:09You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:10Yeah, I sure have.
25:11You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:12Yeah, I sure have.
25:13You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:14Yeah, I sure have.
25:15You really have taken to farming, haven't you?
25:16Yeah, I sure have.
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