Home Surgery
Gunsmoke · September 13, 1952 · 29 min · 3,875 words
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And the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with the US Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Gun smoke.
Starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved West with young America. The story of a man who moved with it. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. They told us a man we'd been looking for, a murderer, was in a cow camp on the North Fork in the Canadian River about a hundred miles south of Dodge.
So Chester and I rode down to take a look. We found a fellow there with a right name, but the wrong face. So we started back. First night we camped in a dry buffalo-rudded depression.
The next morning I woke shortly after daybreak to find Chester already cooking breakfast. Morning, Mr. Dillon. Me to be done soon. The coffee made Chester. That's what I need. I didn't make much, though. I thought I'd better save our water.
You know, Chester, I'll bet right now the docks back there in St. Louis. Hold up and some fancy hotels still asleep. That's quite a thought, sir. Yeah. Him right in the middle of St. Louis and us way out here on the prairie.
I bet he's even got sheets on his bed. I wouldn't be surprised, Mr. Dylan. Doc said this was one vacation he was going to splurge on. He's riding a Santa Fe both ways. Huh? Well, meat's done. I cleaned off this rock here to cut it on.
Oh, good. Oh, you got warm, anyway. Well, now, meat shouldn't be overcooked, Mr. Dillon. That takes a taste clean out of it. I didn't want to be able to taste everything about this steer. Eggman's disappointment.
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