WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.000 Slaughter's my name. Luke Slaughter. 00:03.000 --> 00:05.000 Cattle's my business. 00:05.000 --> 00:08.000 It's a tough business. It's big business. 00:08.000 --> 00:10.000 I've got a big stake in it. 00:10.000 --> 00:31.000 There's no man west of the Rio Grande big enough to take it from me. 00:31.000 --> 00:44.000 Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. 00:44.000 --> 00:47.000 Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. 00:47.000 --> 00:50.000 Civil War cavalry man turned Arizona cattleman. 00:50.000 --> 00:56.000 Across the territory from Yuma to Fort Defiance, from Flagstaff to the Wachukas, 00:56.000 --> 01:01.000 and below the border through Chihuahua and Sonora, his name was respected or feared, 01:01.000 --> 01:04.000 depending on which side of the law you were on. 01:04.000 --> 01:21.000 Man of vision, man of legend, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. 01:21.000 --> 01:26.000 The bunkhouse had quieted down an hour before, and I should have been in bed myself. 01:26.000 --> 01:31.000 I stood on the veranda watching the heat lightning play around Apache Peak. 01:31.000 --> 01:35.000 It was quiet. Too quiet. 01:35.000 --> 01:39.000 Then I heard a single rider coming into the ranch, hell-bent for leather. 01:39.000 --> 01:42.000 I sensed trouble. I was right. 01:42.000 --> 01:45.000 Luke, is that you? 01:45.000 --> 01:47.000 Yeah, Wichita, would you hurry? 01:47.000 --> 01:52.000 That little, that little bunch that we cut out for breeding and took to the upper mesa this morning. 01:52.000 --> 01:53.000 What about it? 01:53.000 --> 01:54.000 The name Critters is gone. 01:54.000 --> 01:55.000 What? 01:55.000 --> 01:56.000 Yeah. 01:56.000 --> 01:57.000 There's only one trail leading up there. 01:57.000 --> 02:00.000 Yeah, and all the tracks on it are pointed downhill. 02:00.000 --> 02:02.000 At the bottom, they fan out toward the border. 02:02.000 --> 02:04.000 How much of a head start have they got? 02:04.000 --> 02:10.000 Well, Pete Packer come in for supper, and I went out night herd after about three hours, I reckon. 02:10.000 --> 02:13.000 Get Pete and Inky from the bunkhouse. Saddle up my night horse. 02:13.000 --> 02:17.000 We've got some riding to do. 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 Getting on toward Sunup, Luke. 02:25.000 --> 02:26.000 Yeah. 02:26.000 --> 02:31.000 I ought to be catching up with them brand artists pretty soon. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Without them knowing it, if we can. 02:33.000 --> 02:39.000 Darn cow thieves. When I get my old Winchester Lord on them, they're gonna know. 02:39.000 --> 02:41.000 Oh, oh, hold up there. 02:41.000 --> 02:45.000 Oh, what's the matter? You got a smell of them? 02:45.000 --> 02:46.000 Look, up there. 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 What? 02:47.000 --> 02:48.000 On top of that rise. 02:48.000 --> 02:51.000 Why, that's a she critter. 02:51.000 --> 02:56.000 Pete, Inky, circle and hold your fire until you can see who you're shooting at. 02:59.000 --> 03:01.000 On foot from here, Wichita. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 Sure. 03:03.000 --> 03:08.000 Oh, shut up, you darned more cow. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Over here. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 I'm coming. 03:15.000 --> 03:18.000 There's the herd, but I don't see any riders. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 That wasn't no cow. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 Rustlers must be down there in the draw. 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 Sit tight, Wichita. 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 We've got to give Pete and Inky time to get in the other side of them. 03:27.000 --> 03:33.000 Well, we keep on being announced. 03:33.000 --> 03:37.000 They're gonna know we're sitting out here waiting to pot them. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 Get ready. They know it now. 03:40.000 --> 03:44.000 Can't see too well in this light, but just show me something to shoot at. 03:44.000 --> 03:46.000 There you go. Off to the right. 03:46.000 --> 03:47.000 Hold your fire. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 But, Luke, they're getting away. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 And Pete and Inky are out there somewhere. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 Well, we just gonna sit here. 03:52.000 --> 03:53.000 Let's move in slow. 03:53.000 --> 03:55.000 Only one horse rode out. 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 This could be a trap. 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 We're coming in. 04:02.000 --> 04:04.000 Throw down your guns. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 Looks like there was only one man and he's gone. 04:12.000 --> 04:16.000 What do you think that is sticking out from behind that rock over there? 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 That's a boot and a man's leg. 04:19.000 --> 04:21.000 Come on. 04:21.000 --> 04:24.000 Yep. It's a man all right. 04:24.000 --> 04:27.000 But he appears to be dead and we ain't fired a shot. 04:27.000 --> 04:30.000 He's not dead, Wichita. He's been knocked out. 04:30.000 --> 04:34.000 If he don't wake up in time, he won't know he's been strung up. 04:34.000 --> 04:36.000 Come on, you. 04:36.000 --> 04:38.000 What about that other one? 04:38.000 --> 04:42.000 Without the critters to slow him down, he'll make the border before we can catch him. 04:42.000 --> 04:45.000 Let's see what this one has to say first. Come on. 04:45.000 --> 04:47.000 Oh, no. 04:47.000 --> 04:48.000 What'd you say? 04:48.000 --> 04:51.000 I didn't catch it. Give him a drink out of your canteen, Wichita. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 Give him a drink? 04:53.000 --> 04:56.000 He's still human, even if he is a thief. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 I hope it chokes him. 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 What hit me? 05:03.000 --> 05:06.000 Well, look, he's just a kid. 05:06.000 --> 05:09.000 Yeah. What's your name, boy? 05:09.000 --> 05:11.000 Who are you? 05:11.000 --> 05:15.000 Luke Slaughter. These are my cattle you're trying to steal. 05:15.000 --> 05:18.000 Let me go. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 Easy now. 05:20.000 --> 05:23.000 I'll ask you once more. What's your name? 05:23.000 --> 05:27.000 Rainier. Buck Rainier. 05:27.000 --> 05:30.000 Rainier. Oh, yeah. 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 You know the zombie, Luke? 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Yeah, I think I do. 05:34.000 --> 05:36.000 What you gonna do with me? 05:36.000 --> 05:39.000 We're gonna hang you up to dry on the nearest tree. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 I ain't done nothing. 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 Ain't done nothing? 05:41.000 --> 05:45.000 Ain't done nothing. You was trying to make off with 50 head of cattle, that's all. 05:45.000 --> 05:46.000 Hold it, Wichita. 05:46.000 --> 05:48.000 Ain't done nothing. 05:48.000 --> 05:54.000 Wasn't your father Buck Rainier, the shotgun messenger who was killed last year on the stagecoach run to Prescott? 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 What of it? 05:56.000 --> 06:01.000 How about your mother, Buck? What became of her? 06:01.000 --> 06:02.000 Well? 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 You just leave her out of this. 06:04.000 --> 06:09.000 Luke ate other ones two miles away by now. Let's string this one up and get after him. 06:09.000 --> 06:10.000 We're gonna let him go, Wichita. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Let him go? 06:11.000 --> 06:13.000 We got our cattle back, didn't we? 06:13.000 --> 06:17.000 Yeah, and one pipsqueaking kid. You gonna be satisfied with that? 06:17.000 --> 06:20.000 Yes, Wichita, I am. It's getting light now. 06:20.000 --> 06:25.000 You find Pete and Hinky and round up these critters. Buck and I will locate his horse. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Well, what are you gonna do with him? 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 Take him back to the ranch with us. 06:29.000 --> 06:30.000 I don't wanna go to no ranch. 06:30.000 --> 06:33.000 Doesn't look to me like you've got much choice. 06:33.000 --> 06:37.000 By the way, why did your partner put you to sleep? 06:37.000 --> 06:40.000 I ain't gonna say. 06:40.000 --> 06:43.000 Suit yourself. All right, let's go. 06:52.000 --> 06:54.000 You alone, Luke? 06:54.000 --> 06:58.000 Yeah, come on in, Wichita. How's the boy doing? 06:58.000 --> 07:01.000 Didn't eat no supper. None of the hands will talk to him. 07:01.000 --> 07:05.000 Poor kid. Couldn't be more than 17. 07:05.000 --> 07:10.000 Luke, you're harboring a cattle rustler. His age don't make no difference. 07:10.000 --> 07:12.000 What you doing it for? 07:12.000 --> 07:15.000 Wichita, do you remember when his daddy was shot last year? 07:15.000 --> 07:18.000 I ain't exactly sure. 07:18.000 --> 07:25.000 He was riding messenger on the tombstone to Prescott's stagecoach when it ran into an ambush. Rainier was killed. 07:25.000 --> 07:27.000 Oh, yeah, yeah. I seem to recollect now. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 I knew Buck Rainier. 07:29.000 --> 07:33.000 He worked for me several years ago when I brought a herd up from Sonora. 07:33.000 --> 07:37.000 He was always talking about this boy. Proud of him. 07:37.000 --> 07:40.000 Said he was gonna build up a stake for him. 07:40.000 --> 07:44.000 Well, can't be much of a daddy when you're dead. 07:44.000 --> 07:47.000 Last I heard, he was living with his mother over in Prescott. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 Well, he sure ain't now. 07:49.000 --> 07:53.000 Appears to me he's made up his mind what trail he wants to ride. 07:53.000 --> 07:56.000 With a little help, he might change his mind. 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 Luke, you ain't figuring on keeping him here at the ranch. 07:59.000 --> 08:00.000 Why not? 08:00.000 --> 08:04.000 He's liable to stab you in the back and make a run for it. 08:04.000 --> 08:09.000 I've never had a son, Wichita, but I don't think there's any such thing as a bad boy. 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 Men make them look that way. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 You picked a good one to prove that. 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 It's open. Come on in. 08:15.000 --> 08:19.000 What here, slaughter? I want to know what you're aiming to do with me. 08:19.000 --> 08:22.000 Dang it, you speak when you're spoken to. 08:22.000 --> 08:27.000 Now, you turn around and march out of here before I blow a hole in your pants. 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 Put away that gun, Wichita. 08:29.000 --> 08:32.000 Luke, you gonna let him talk to you that way? 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 You go on back to the bunkhouse. I'll send him down in a few minutes. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 All right, Luke. 08:37.000 --> 08:44.000 Things is coming to a purdy pass when you treat rustlers like they was visiting neighbors. 08:45.000 --> 08:47.000 Sit down, son. 08:47.000 --> 08:49.000 I don't want to sit down. 08:49.000 --> 08:50.000 You smoke? 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 Sure I do. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 Here's the makings. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 Thanks. 08:56.000 --> 08:59.000 Wichita tells me you didn't eat any supper. 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 Wasn't hungry. 09:00.000 --> 09:04.000 I was just about to sit down myself. Can you join me? 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 You want me to eat with you? 09:07.000 --> 09:12.000 Well, now, I don't see anything wrong with a couple of men sitting down to a meal together. Do you? 09:12.000 --> 09:14.000 Well, no, I... 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 Sit down. 09:19.000 --> 09:22.000 What have you been doing since last year, Buck? 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 Odd jobs. 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 Been a cook's helper lately on a wagon outfit working out a press cut. 09:27.000 --> 09:29.000 That's an honest job. 09:29.000 --> 09:31.000 Why'd you decide to become a rustler? 09:31.000 --> 09:33.000 I didn't decide to... 09:35.000 --> 09:37.000 I ain't gonna tell you nothing. 09:37.000 --> 09:40.000 I should turn you over to the sheriff. You know that, Buck. 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 Then go ahead and do it. 09:43.000 --> 09:45.000 You admired your father, didn't you? 09:45.000 --> 09:47.000 He was a good man. 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 I know, Buck. 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 But since he's dead, 09:51.000 --> 09:55.000 you're trying to prove in your own way that the name Rainier means something, aren't you? 09:55.000 --> 09:58.000 Yeah. And I will, too. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 By cattle rustling? 10:00.000 --> 10:04.000 Oh, you wouldn't believe me if I told you the truth. Nobody would. 10:04.000 --> 10:06.000 Why don't you try me? 10:06.000 --> 10:10.000 I'll handle this in my own way and in my own time. 10:10.000 --> 10:13.000 Why won't you tell me anything about your mother, Buck? 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 Did she remarry? 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 No! 10:18.000 --> 10:20.000 I don't want to talk about my mother. 10:20.000 --> 10:22.000 I see. 10:22.000 --> 10:25.000 Well, let's eat. Then you get out of the bunkhouse and get some sleep. 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 You've got work to do tomorrow. 10:27.000 --> 10:29.000 Work? 10:29.000 --> 10:32.000 Starting right now, you're one of the punchers on this spread. 10:32.000 --> 10:34.000 Forty a month and keep. 10:34.000 --> 10:37.000 And you're equal to any man in the outfit as long as you do your work. 10:37.000 --> 10:39.000 That is, if you want the job. 10:39.000 --> 10:42.000 If I want it? You bet I want it. 10:42.000 --> 10:45.000 Wichita'll outfit you in the morning. 10:45.000 --> 10:49.000 That sharps you were carrying when we picked you up will do for a saddle gun. 10:49.000 --> 10:52.000 And this Smith and Wesson ought to do for holster duty. 10:52.000 --> 10:56.000 You're going to let me carry that sick shooter? 10:56.000 --> 10:59.000 Every man carries at least one. 10:59.000 --> 11:05.000 Mr. Slaughter, I'm going to be the best doggone hand you ever had. 11:05.000 --> 11:08.000 You know, Buck, I believe you will. 11:08.000 --> 11:10.000 Let's eat. 11:10.000 --> 11:15.000 Luke, Luke, I give you credit for more sense than your showing about this kid. 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 What have I done now? 11:17.000 --> 11:20.000 Why, letting him ride out of here by himself at night. 11:20.000 --> 11:22.000 You don't expect him to come back, do you? 11:22.000 --> 11:24.000 What did you say? 11:24.000 --> 11:27.000 Well, you give him permission to take one of your horses, didn't you? 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 I did not. 11:29.000 --> 11:32.000 Then he's a horse thief in addition to being a rustler. 11:32.000 --> 11:35.000 Of course, if you want to let him go, well, I'm ready to go. 11:35.000 --> 11:37.000 I'm ready to go. 11:37.000 --> 11:42.000 Of course, if you want to let him go, well, I'm sorry I bothered you. 11:42.000 --> 11:45.000 All right, saddle up my night horse. 11:45.000 --> 11:47.000 Yours, too. We'll go after him. 11:47.000 --> 11:49.000 Yeah, if you're asking me. 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 Well, I'm not asking you. 11:51.000 --> 11:54.000 Now, let's get him before he pulls another fool's stunt. 11:54.000 --> 11:58.000 In a moment, Luke's Slaughter of Tombstone returns. 11:58.000 --> 12:00.000 Have you got a little list? 12:00.000 --> 12:04.000 Paper cups, paper plates, charcoal, sandwich wrapping, mustard napkins? 12:04.000 --> 12:07.000 Write it on a list so nothing will be forgotten. 12:07.000 --> 12:12.000 Next weekend, you'll be joining the rest of America for the first big outdoor weekend of the year, 12:12.000 --> 12:15.000 the big three-day Memorial Day weekend. 12:15.000 --> 12:19.000 And you'll be joining the rest of America for the first big outdoor weekend of the year, 12:19.000 --> 12:22.000 the big three-day Memorial Day weekend. 12:22.000 --> 12:25.000 You'll be heading for the beach, the woods, the mountains. 12:25.000 --> 12:28.000 And don't land there without the forks, the franks, and the film. 12:28.000 --> 12:32.000 Don't find out too late the vacuum jug fell to the floor last fall. 12:32.000 --> 12:36.000 Check now. Buy now at your grocers or druggists. 12:46.000 --> 12:50.000 And now, Act Two of William M. Robeson's production of 12:50.000 --> 12:53.000 Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 Eh? I'll say one thing. 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 The kid sure ain't trying to cover his tracks. 13:12.000 --> 13:15.000 Looks like he's headed straight for town. 13:15.000 --> 13:19.000 Eh? That new artillery he'll give him, he can create quite a rupture. 13:19.000 --> 13:21.000 Before he runs again. 13:21.000 --> 13:24.000 He's not running, Wichita. He's up to something. 13:24.000 --> 13:26.000 Wish I knew what it was. 13:26.000 --> 13:28.000 He's up to something, all right. 13:28.000 --> 13:32.000 Probably gonna meet his rustling friend and tell him what an easy mark you are. 13:32.000 --> 13:36.000 Wichita, if you'd been kicked around as much as that boy, 13:36.000 --> 13:38.000 you'd take a few wrong turns too. 13:38.000 --> 13:43.000 Ah, but he don't know right from wrong when you lay it out for him. 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 I think he does. 13:45.000 --> 13:48.000 Now, I know what you think, and I know what I think. 13:48.000 --> 13:50.000 Let's keep quiet and find him. 13:50.000 --> 13:53.000 Yeah, sure, Luke. That's the way you want it. 14:01.000 --> 14:04.000 There's my pie ball, tied up in front of the Crystal Palace. 14:04.000 --> 14:06.000 You think he's in there? 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 Let's take a look. Oh. 14:10.000 --> 14:14.000 Now, what you gonna do if he is in there? Haul him out? 14:14.000 --> 14:18.000 No. Let's stop here by the door where we can see. 14:21.000 --> 14:23.000 Do you spot him? 14:23.000 --> 14:25.000 Yeah, far into the bar. 14:25.000 --> 14:28.000 Talking to a man with a black mustache. 14:28.000 --> 14:32.000 Yeah, slick-looking saddle warmer, ain't he? 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 Looks like he's been riding hard too. 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 Ever see him before? New one to me. 14:37.000 --> 14:41.000 I told you that kid was coming to town for a powwow. 14:41.000 --> 14:43.000 Here he comes. Let's get back out of the light. 14:43.000 --> 14:46.000 Now's the time to grab him, Luke. Quiet. 14:54.000 --> 14:57.000 Well, he sure ain't looking to be spied on. 14:57.000 --> 15:00.000 Headed right back for the ranch. 15:00.000 --> 15:03.000 Wichita, you wait here. I'm going in and talk to that waddy. 15:03.000 --> 15:06.000 Talk to him? Why don't you get him arrested for wrestling? 15:06.000 --> 15:09.000 Takes more than suspicion to arrest a man, Wichita. 15:09.000 --> 15:13.000 You're sure doing a lot of pushyfootin' over one stray kid. 15:13.000 --> 15:15.000 We were all kids at one time. 15:15.000 --> 15:18.000 I think this one needs a nudge in the right direction. 15:18.000 --> 15:22.000 If you don't get your pin feathers singed while doing it. 15:29.000 --> 15:31.000 Whiskey, bartender. 15:33.000 --> 15:35.000 You, uh, you join me, stranger? 15:35.000 --> 15:39.000 Huh? Oh, why, sure. 15:42.000 --> 15:45.000 I'm Luke Slaughter. I own a spread in these parts. 15:45.000 --> 15:48.000 No, well, my name's Price. 15:48.000 --> 15:50.000 Price? Mm-hmm. 15:50.000 --> 15:53.000 I don't recall having seen you in Tombstone before. 15:53.000 --> 15:55.000 Well, I ain't seen you neither. 15:55.000 --> 15:59.000 No offense. I'm always looking for good cow hands. 15:59.000 --> 16:02.000 You interested in a job? Could be. 16:02.000 --> 16:05.000 That kid you were talking to just now, Buck Rainier. 16:05.000 --> 16:08.000 He works for me. You know him? 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 This is a public saloon, Slaughter. 16:10.000 --> 16:13.000 I was talking to him same as I'm talking to you. 16:13.000 --> 16:16.000 Sure. If you want that job, come on out tomorrow. 16:16.000 --> 16:18.000 Anybody can tell you where I'm located. 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 Thanks, Slaughter. I just may do that. 16:20.000 --> 16:22.000 Good night, Price. 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 Good night. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 Morning, Buck. 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 Morning, Mr. Slaughter. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 I see Wichita got you outfitted. 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 Sure did. These new duds feel awful good. 16:40.000 --> 16:43.000 The next thing you'll need is a string of horses. 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 A string? All my own? 16:46.000 --> 16:49.000 I never heard of a cowboy doing his job on foot. 16:49.000 --> 16:51.000 Gosh, my own string. 16:51.000 --> 16:54.000 Since you've taken a liking to that piebald you were riding last night, 16:54.000 --> 16:56.000 let's start with that one. 16:56.000 --> 16:59.000 How'd you know I rode into town last night? 16:59.000 --> 17:01.000 I know. 17:01.000 --> 17:03.000 Ain't you gonna do nothing about it? 17:03.000 --> 17:07.000 I figure when you get ready to tell me what you're up to, you will. 17:07.000 --> 17:10.000 You trust me, don't you, Mr. Slaughter? 17:10.000 --> 17:14.000 I trust any man until he proves he isn't worthy of it. 17:14.000 --> 17:17.000 Ain't nobody ever trusted me before. Not like that. 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 It's about time somebody did, then. 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 Oh, by the way, 17:21.000 --> 17:25.000 ran into a friend of yours at the Crystal Palace last night. 17:25.000 --> 17:27.000 Name a Price. 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 Price? He ain't no friend of mine. 17:29.000 --> 17:32.000 Oh, I thought he was. I offered him a job. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 You offered him a job? 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 Anything wrong with that? 17:38.000 --> 17:41.000 Well, it's your spread. 17:41.000 --> 17:44.000 Now, I'd like to pick out those horses now, if you don't mind. 17:44.000 --> 17:47.000 All right. Let's go down to the corral. 17:47.000 --> 17:51.000 Well, looks like Price is gonna take me up on that job. 17:51.000 --> 17:54.000 I'll go on down to the corral. No, you wait here. 17:54.000 --> 17:56.000 Good morning, Price. 17:56.000 --> 17:58.000 Morning, Slaughter. 17:58.000 --> 18:01.000 Well, hello, Buck. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 Morning. 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 I thought I'd amble out and see what you had to offer. 18:06.000 --> 18:09.000 Glad you did. You want the job? 18:09.000 --> 18:11.000 How many head do you run? 18:11.000 --> 18:14.000 Around 500 right now, increasing it gradually. 18:14.000 --> 18:17.000 That ought to be enough to keep a man busy. 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 I'll take it. 18:19.000 --> 18:21.000 Good. You're obviously in old hands, 18:21.000 --> 18:23.000 so I'll pair you up with Buck here. 18:23.000 --> 18:25.000 Mr. Slaughter. 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 That sounds good to me. 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 Maybe I can teach the kid a thing or two. 18:29.000 --> 18:31.000 I'm sure you can. 18:31.000 --> 18:34.000 Now, Buck, we'll pick out two strings of horses. 18:34.000 --> 18:38.000 Uh, riding night guards, my specialty, Slaughter. 18:38.000 --> 18:42.000 Oh? Well, we can start you right out at that, tonight. 18:42.000 --> 18:45.000 Most of the boys prefer bunkhouse duty after dark. 18:45.000 --> 18:48.000 Mr. Slaughter. Yes, Buck. 18:48.000 --> 18:51.000 Never mind. 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 Let's get the horses. 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 Ain't it all, Luke? 19:02.000 --> 19:05.000 You didn't even let me finish my supper. 19:05.000 --> 19:07.000 You can have two suppers tomorrow. 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 Did you tell the boys what I told you? 19:09.000 --> 19:13.000 Yep. Said you and me had to ride in the tombstone 19:13.000 --> 19:15.000 on a cattle deal this evening. 19:15.000 --> 19:16.000 Price overhear you? 19:16.000 --> 19:18.000 Made sure he did. Good. 19:18.000 --> 19:21.000 Now, we ain't going to town. Where are we going? 19:21.000 --> 19:24.000 Same place we went two nights ago. Upper Mesa. 19:24.000 --> 19:28.000 Why? Kid and that new fella Price was riding night guard 19:28.000 --> 19:30.000 up there tonight. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 Went up nearly an hour ago. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 You trust that combination? 19:34.000 --> 19:37.000 Of course not, but you're the boss. 19:37.000 --> 19:41.000 Give a man enough rope, he's liable to hang himself. 19:41.000 --> 19:44.000 Give a boy enough rope, he might get tangled up. 19:44.000 --> 19:47.000 I figure Buck's tangled up. 19:47.000 --> 19:50.000 You're still trusting that kid, huh? 19:50.000 --> 19:52.000 I haven't seen him do anything wrong. 19:52.000 --> 19:55.000 If I do, I'll change my tune. 19:57.000 --> 20:01.000 Here's the trail entrance leading up to the mesa, Luke. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 You want to go first? 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 We'll stop right here. Here? 20:05.000 --> 20:08.000 Whoever comes down has to pass this point. 20:08.000 --> 20:10.000 It's the only trail. 20:10.000 --> 20:13.000 You aiming to ambush Price and that kid? 20:13.000 --> 20:16.000 Ambush? No. Observe is the word, Wichita. 20:16.000 --> 20:19.000 You could observe them back at the ranch. 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 Why don't you go into all this trouble for... 20:22.000 --> 20:25.000 Proof. I'll bet you a heifer against four bits 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 there's another wrestling attempt tonight. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 How do you figure that? 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 Would you take a look at Price's hands? 20:31.000 --> 20:34.000 I didn't like his face. Didn't get as far as his hands. 20:34.000 --> 20:36.000 Soft. A gambler's hands. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 He's not a working cowboy. 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 What does that prove? 20:40.000 --> 20:43.000 Nothing yet. But I think that Price is the wrestler 20:43.000 --> 20:45.000 who got away the other night. 20:45.000 --> 20:48.000 And I think he's forcing Buck to act against his will. 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 Well, if you ask me... 20:50.000 --> 20:53.000 I didn't. Now let's hide the horses and get set. 20:53.000 --> 20:57.000 Yeah, but, but, Luke, if the kid helps Price 20:57.000 --> 20:59.000 move them cattle out, he's guilty of wrestling 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 no matter what you think about it. 21:01.000 --> 21:03.000 This time he won't be knocked out. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 If he doesn't answer some straight questions, 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 he'll go to jail the same as Price. 21:15.000 --> 21:18.000 Here they come, Luke. Appears you was right. 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 Yeah. Let him get down off the trail into the flat. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 Then we'll challenge him. 21:23.000 --> 21:27.000 There's Price and the kid bringing up the rear. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 When they pass in front of us, I'm gonna stand up. 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 Keep me covered. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 One of them reaches for his gun, shoot. 21:33.000 --> 21:34.000 Got you, Luke. 21:34.000 --> 21:35.000 All right, get ready. 21:35.000 --> 21:36.000 Hold it, Price. 21:36.000 --> 21:37.000 Wait a minute. 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 This is as far as we're going. 21:39.000 --> 21:41.000 What are you talking about? Come on. 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 We gotta keep these critters moving. 21:43.000 --> 21:46.000 I'm not going any farther, and neither are you. 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 Don't you give me that backtalk. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 You do what I tell you. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 Now, what's the idea of the gun? 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 I've taken all I'm gonna take from you, Price. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 I'm gonna kill you. 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 You're gonna kill me? 22:01.000 --> 22:03.000 I don't know what my mother sees in you. 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 You're nothing but a lying, cheating gambler. 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 And now you turn into a rustler. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 Well, you can't make me one, too. 22:09.000 --> 22:12.000 Your ma's a pretty woman, Buck. 22:12.000 --> 22:16.000 We're gonna get married on the money we make selling this herd. 22:16.000 --> 22:19.000 You wouldn't shoot your own daddy now, would you? 22:19.000 --> 22:22.000 You ain't one-tenth the man my daddy was. 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 And my mother's had enough grief in her life. 22:24.000 --> 22:25.000 You ain't gonna add no more to it. 22:25.000 --> 22:29.000 You're forgetting that you're just as much of a rustler as I am. 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 No, I'm not. 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 If my mother wasn't mixed up with you, 22:32.000 --> 22:35.000 I'd have told Mr. Slaughter who you were the night you knocked me out 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 and left me to take the blame. 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 I don't know why he's been so good to me, 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 offering me a job and all, 22:40.000 --> 22:43.000 but I'm not gonna pay him back by letting you get away with this. 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 So I'm gonna kill you right now. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 Don't reach for it, Price. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 Cover him with your tongue. 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 Mr. Slaughter. 22:51.000 --> 22:54.000 You shot the gun right out of my hand. 22:54.000 --> 22:57.000 I couldn't stand by and let you commit murder, Buck. 22:57.000 --> 23:01.000 I've learned all I need to know about Mr. Price and his rustling. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Now, just a minute, Slaughter. 23:03.000 --> 23:04.000 We're still on your property, 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 and you can't prove a charge of rustling. 23:06.000 --> 23:09.000 Price, did I give you orders to move that herd down from Upper Mesa tonight? 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 Well, no. 23:11.000 --> 23:14.000 Just who do you think the judge is gonna believe? 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 You, uh... 23:16.000 --> 23:19.000 You still want me to work for you, Mr. Slaughter? 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 Of course I do, Buck. 23:21.000 --> 23:24.000 And after the trial of this sidewinder here, 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 it might be a good idea if you took a week off 23:26.000 --> 23:29.000 and rode over to Prescott to see your mother. 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 I'd like that. 23:32.000 --> 23:34.000 Take along a copy of the tombstone epitaph 23:34.000 --> 23:37.000 that tells about Price's trial. 23:37.000 --> 23:40.000 It'll set her straight on the mistake she almost made 23:40.000 --> 23:52.000 and let her know what kind of a man she raised. 23:54.000 --> 23:59.000 Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, starring Sam Buffington, 23:59.000 --> 24:03.000 was written by Alan Botzer and directed by William N. Robeson. 24:03.000 --> 24:06.000 Editorial supervision by Tom Hanley. 24:06.000 --> 24:11.000 Supporting Mr. Buffington were Junius Matthews, Sam Edwards, and Vic Perrin, 24:11.000 --> 24:15.000 with music composed and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 24:23.000 --> 24:26.000 Next week at this time, we return with... 24:26.000 --> 24:29.000 Slaughter's the name. Luke Slaughter. 24:29.000 --> 24:32.000 When we meet up again, you can call me that. 24:32.000 --> 24:36.000 Luke Slaughter. 24:36.000 --> 25:03.000 This is the CBS Radio Network. 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Thank you.