The Mortgage
Gunsmoke · October 18, 1959 · 25 min · 3,031 words
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The Round Odd City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's where the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Gun smoke. Starring William Conrad, the story of the violent that moved West with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it.
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they looked for and the last thing what a meet. It's a chance, a job, that it makes a man watchful. And a little lonely.
Oh, Mr. Dillon, ain't just a fine morning though. Little nippy, maybe, but just fine. Yeah, and in summer, hanging on, winter holding off. You know, just at this time of year, I wouldn't trade Western Kansas for everything east of the Mississippi.
It's a morning, Kellam. I've been waiting in this jail office for a full two hours. What time do you start to work, Marshall? You start to work, Marshall. Chester, you know Kayla Banderous. Oh, yes, you are, I'm a friend.
Marshall, I have an order here from the U.S. District Court. I believe it's your job to serve such orders. It is. I don't get them off enough. You're an eviction. At Blake. Why are you doing this, Ed?
Man borrowed money from me and gave me a mortgage on his farm and household effects. He can't pay you. It only came due three days ago. You shouldn't waste any time. Well, I'm not interested in your opinions, Marshall Diller.
out of the mortgage four hundred and twenty dollars but you need with four hundred and twenty dollars your own half of four county right now it's not your place you know as well as i do why it played can't pay this off his horse road on him last spring and broke his leg and then his wife and kidney
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