Transcripts For WRAL Today 20161101

Thats how i build the missouri and eastern. brakes screech flint the wagon train was cutting a pieshaped piece off the e rner of kansas, with california looking about as close as the moon. Hawks was supposed to be bringing up a group of wagons that had fallen behind, but he was late for the rereezvous. After a week, they still werent kicking dust over the horizon. So the major sent me back to find them. Before trouble did. Howdy, hawks. Hey, mccullough, whats up . Oh, majors getting lonesome for the rear wagons. Wants to form up the whole outfit before we hit the platte. He sent me down to hurry them along. Well, you cant push a bunch of greenhorns like this too fast. Theres hardly one good haha in the whole lot of them. Well, didnt you tell them to stay in line . Tell them . Told them a hundred times. Ill manage it. Woosters coming down with some of my gear on the supply wagon. Send him on down, will you . Yeah, sure. Hey, flint. Yeah . You know, they tell me rome wasnt built in a day. Maybe youre right, but im gonna teach this one left from right in one minute. You are, huh . chucklkl anybody here . whistles e driving this rig . I beg your pardon. You u ard me. The driver. The man in charge. Have we met . I doubt it. The names mccullough. Im in charge of this batch of wagons, more or less. How nice. There. E. Well now, mr. , uh, mccullough, was it . Well what . To San Francisco all alone . I am. You think those horses are gonna find their way by themselves . You think theyd get lost . Here . Besides, i was busy. Yeah, i noticed. Its out of the qution, lady. Ull just vern b to tuk. Dont be absurd. No sense in arguing. Its impossible. Obviously, you dont know who i am. No. No, im afraid i iissed the debutantes cotillion this year. Im Jennifer Jennifer smith. Charmed. You still go back. Look, jenny jennifer. Jedouble nifer. I loathe diminutives, dont you . The only way you can stay on the train, jenny, is to hire a professional driver. Oh, are you applying for the position, mr. Mccullough . I am not, but the big g tfits at the head of the wagon fine. Naturally, itll have totoe cash in advance, though. Naturally. Oh, ii left my money on the well, i left it. You see, this wagon naturally. You dont understand. I knowill pay you in San Francisco. Double wages. Thats all right, isnt it . No, it isnt. Then ill just have to get along the best way i can. Youre very kind, mr. Mccullough, but i couldnt accept. Rerely not. Not from a stranger. Well, looks like youve got everything under control. I have. All right. All right, you follow in behind mr. Wooster here. Everything he does, you do the same thing in the same way, if you can. You think you can handle that . I can handle anything. Anything i want to, that is. If i can. Mr. Mccullough. Yes, miss, uh, smith . Thank you for not making it the other way around. What . If you were the one i had to imitate, im afraid i could never manage to be quite so illbred. Good day. Shes a looker, aint she . chuckles yeah, charlie, shes a looker. no audio . Oh i thought you werent hungry . Mmm. Dont be silly, im ravenous. I was just sulking, thats all. Oh . I hadnt noticed. Its good, charlie. Thank you. Well, i guess ill turn in, though. Good night. Good night, miss smith. Good night, mr. Wooster. Thanks for the blanket. Oh, thats all right. I wouldnt have used it nohow. My beard keeps me warm. chuckles chuckles coyote howls whats that . Coyote. You better get used to that sound. Youre gonna be hearing it a lot between here and San Francisco. Theyeyound so lonesome. Lonesome for something to eat. Mr. Mccullough. Yep . You think im pretty dreadful, dont t u . Thats right. Willful, stubborn, spoiled. No argument. As far as youre concerned, im completelylyopeless. I guess so. So yourrgonna send me right back where i started from, arent you . sighs nope. Oh, dont think i wouldnt like to. But that rivers still running pretty high. May not be fordable again for more than a week, and we havent got the time to waste. Cant leave you here, so so San Francisco . If you make it. It is rather a long walk, isnt it . Its been done before. Oh, uh, you can bunk in here. Oh, but thats the supply wagon. I thoughti thought you i do, but theres plenty of room. Besides, once we cross the platte, ill be out scouting most the time. Oh, one thing, though. Just one . Yeah. Keep away from the horses either end. I havent got time to be out looking after them. Did it ever occur to you, mr. Mccullough, that i wasnt born yesterday . Frankly, no. They say that all frontiersmen are halfsavages. Do they . Colette and i prefer coyotes to wolves. coyote howls well, suit yourself. Well, its been kind of a hard day. I guess ill turn in. Good night. coyote howls sighs screeches coyote howls owl screeches panting coyote howls gasps i thought you preferred coyotes. Its colette. She was oh . Well, you can sleep here. coyote h hls well, go on. Its made up. Oh, that dress of yours is gonna take a while to dry. Heres some old stuff of mine thats kind of shrunk. You can puputhese on. In the morning. Thanks. Oh, didnt i tell you . Oh, i never sleep in the wagon. It makes me feel kind of trapped, closed in. I thought i mentioned that. Well, good night. Mr. Mccullough. Yeah . I, uh. I. Well . Im sorry i misinterpreted. Oh, dont be. Dont misunderstand. Itssot that im a saint. Its just that, well, i guess youre not my type. Im too much of a lady . Not enough of a woman. What if you had a medical emergency away from home . My chest hurts. I cant breathe. What you need is mobile help. Th mobile help, you get help outside the home, with coverage nationwide on one of the largest cellular networks, at the press of a button. I couldnt dial 911 because i was out of it. I just pushed the button and when i woke up i was in the hospital. 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Mobile help has given me my life because im not restricted anymomo. I have freedom to live now. Join the thousands of people help. And remember. Mobile help keepepyou safe coast to coast Junction City. Ever been there, muhlenbach . Uh, once, sir. Population 93, i believe. Ratherer rough element. Theres a hotel . Of sorts, sir. Notify their chef. Never mind, well bring our own. Oh, im afraid not, sir. Nonsense he should go to the moon for what i pay him. Well, the moon, mr. Churchchl, but not kansas. Whats the difference . Indians, mr. Churchill. Chefs frightened to death of indiansns bah should have let jennifer marry that frenchman. Costing me a fortune rewards, posters, detectives mucking up my schedule. Now shes mucking up my digestion. Mmm. Well, i dont believe it. Usually dont find a mirage thth side of the south pass. All the women on the other wagons do all the cooking. You wont let me ride or drive, so. Well, anyway, its prairie stew. Sit down, charlie. Sure smells good. Missssalverson gave me the recipe. Of course, i added a few special ingredients of my own. Well . Well, its, uh. Unusual. Yeah, thats it. Its unusual. Its the most unusual stew i ever ate. Well, thank you. Must be the herbs i found along the trail. Herbs . Mmhmm, must have been herbs. Looked like herbs. Itsits fine, jenny. Its just that, well, i guess im not very hungry. Y. Me neither. Must be the weather, charlie. Yeah, thats it the weather. Charlie. Thank you. Where you going . Scientific research. What do you mean . Well, they say coyotes will eat anything, right . Right. They say it, but they cant prove it. We can. If this pots empty in the mornini, well know theyll eat anything, huh . You know, i think shes got something there, flint. Give me that water. jennifer screams indians well, do something dont just stand there oh, indians scalp people do they . They look like indians to me. Ays, it aint a raiding party. How can you tell . Paint and women. Oh . Yeah. Dont have paint and do have women. Women slow them m wn a lot. You sound like him. Those with the big hats those indians, too . No, theyre Bounty Hunters. I like indians best. Oh, come on, b by. Come on, lets go. Here, sweetheart. Do you go. whining shh, shh, shh. Well, thats a mighty long ride just to look for a missing girl. Buy a lot of horse shoes with 5,000. 0. Yeah, i guess thats so. Oh, you got a picture of her . Man yeah. Jed. Cut it from a st. Jo paper. Oh . Well, havent seen her. Must be loco. Must be. Mind if we check the wagons . Uh, no. No, help yourselves. Man thank you. Come on, jed. Uh, i like you boys to meet my sister. She decided to leave the plantation in virginia and move to california. Sally jo. Sally jo, honey. Why, yes, flint, honey . Id like you to meet jed prentice and tex hall. Well now, im right pleased to make your acquaintance. Seems that some Railroad Tycoons daughters run off to San Francisco, and jed and tex here figure to beat the pinkerton men to the r well now, im sure they can do just that. Yes, maam, if shes in the kansas territory, well sure find her. Im impressed. Truly, i am. Yeah. You got folks in california, miss mccullough, maam . Not folks, exactly. Well, not yet, that is. You see, mama thought it was downright disgraceful s betty lou and sarah ann, that is and they decided there was lots more eligible men in california and less competition for them at home, if you get my meaning. I guess so. Thing is, from what i see, i dont see no need to go all that way. Sally jo, i told you to stop flirting. Im not flirting, flint, honey. Im just speaking a simple truth. There you go bossing again. Hes always bossing just because hes the oldest and the only boy. Anyway, im sure these gentlemen wouldnt mistake my meaning. Now, would you . Why, sure, maamam i mean, no, maam. Lets get out of here. Ill show you around. Its a waste of your time, though. A brat like that churchill girl would never last a minute on a tough outfit like this. sighs sally jo. Thats your name, isnt it . Sally jo. I heard mccullough talking to them Bounty Hunters this evening. So . What i mean is, well, its a long, long way to california, as the song says. Thought you and me might as well be friends. Im frankie palmer. Friends it is then. I choose my own friends. Oh, come now. You werent nearly so standoffish with them Bounty Hunters this evening, not by a long shot. Well, you dont hit like a lady. Now, do you kiss like one . Ugh you all right, jenny . Quite. Get back to your wagon, palmer. Keep away from her. Sally jo, im just looking after my little sister. so, the train went east, colette and i went west, and thats the who story. Poor litite rich girl or spoilede ritl girl or stubborn little rich girl. Well . You forgot the last line, didnt you . Hmm . S always ended and they lived happily ever aftft. That depends on you, doesnt it . Why me . You get me safe to San Francisco, and ill double any reward my father offers. I shouldnt have said that, should i . You must love this fella armand an awful lot. Maybe. Maybe im just that stubborn. Governesses, teachers, my father. Maybe, just once, i wanted to to do things my way. Just once. Make sense . I guess so. Flint. Yeah . Youre pulling out . Sun up. Didnt i telelyou . Bebeuse of me . No, not because of you, jenny. I work here, remember . Major adams wants me to scout camp sites about as far at ft. Kearney. Want company . Sorry, i got enough hazards already. sighs ill miss you. Thanks. Goodbye, jenny. Save it for armand. Tell him. Hold up, mccullough. We gotta have a little talk, you and me. Whats on your mind, palmer . All right, its forgotten. The thing is, i was thinking we could be partners, you and me. How do you mean, partners . I know about the girl, you see. What do you know . Shes no more your sister than i am. Shes that missing heiress the one theyre all hunting. She is . Oh, come now, mccullough. I could handle this alone all right, but then. Well, i dont want no trouble, you see. Meaning what . We work together, and it goes smooth as silk. She trusts you. A sort of lamb to the slaughter, you might say. What about the reward . We split half and half. Could be wrong, you know. Ohohwe could be in times square, but were not. Now what do you say . Flint, i knew youd come back. Get your things. But last night you said forget what i said last night. Just hurry. Bring the dog. I dont understand. Well cut soutut pick up the overland stage route somewhere near Junction City. Youll be in california before this outfit gets to chimney rock. Well, thats what you wanted, isnt it . Yes. Thats what i wanted. Then hurry. Wait a minute. My sinch is loose. Ill race you. Come on now, be careful jennnner screams oh, naturally. Ive fallen dozens of times. both grunting oh oh, im fine. chuckles still cold . A little. Mm. Thats better. Now im warmer. So am i. Have you ever thought about getting married . Oh, yeah, ive thought about it. Why didnt you . One reason or another wrong time, wrong place, wrong girl. Youre really not such bad husband material, you know, except you do snore. I wonder if armand snores. Probably. I hear that its an old french custom. Oh, that settles it. Weddings off. Oh . Well, its out of the question. Ow to say im anymore. Oh . A girl cant be in love, really in love, with two men at once, can shsh i wouldnt know. Well, you do think its a gooooidea, dont you . Which one . My not marrying armand. Maybe i should marry you instead. Marry me . Why, you said that i was half a savage. Well, who then . Im open to suggestions. Did anyone ever tell you that marriage was for grownups . I could be growing up. Oh. How far is it to Junction City . Two or three days. Oh, too close. Maybe we should take the long way around. We already are. thunderclap better hold up here for a while. Theres a storm coming up. Yeah. Dont look very friendly. Oh, that doesnt mean a thing. They just put that up to protect their claim. Ners are the most hospitable men in the west. Famous for it. I hope youre right. Here. Come on. All right, if you donon trust me, take the horse and wait over there by the rock. I forgot you drown easily. Hello anybody home . gunshot evening. You read . Yeah. She aint here and you aint staying. Im just looking for some shelter. Theres a storm coming. Whats he saying . Says theres a storm coming. multiple gunshots co. Most hospitable men in the whole west. Famous for it. We better get out of here. For a resourceful frontiersman, mr. Mccullough, you do give up easily. You think you can do any better . You mind if i try . Go right ahead. I hope you know what youre doing. Oh, quite. I dont suppose you hahaen to have a comb. Oh, well, its not quite like crashing the copely cotillion, is it . thunderclap sighs come on, baby. Do you mind hooking me up . They didnt teach you this at finishing school, did they . chuckles thunderclap raining hello anybody home . Its a woman. Uhuh. No woman this side of Junction City. What is it then . Mirage. You cant have a mirage in the rain. Why cant you . Mirage is water, aint it . Good evening. banging looks like a womom. How sweet of you to notice. Sounds like a woman. Youre sweet, too. Shall we go in . Both after you, maam. Thank you. Oh, dripping water. I still think its a miragag a she mirage oh, excuse me. whistles flint whistles its all right. Were together. Huh . Its a he mirage oh, little colette. Shes all wet. Ing. Mccullough, ure sure a lucky man to have a wife can cook like that. You and your husband take the bed. I say you and your husband can take the bed. Fred and me will bunk down in here. Oh, how very generous of you. Oh, youve been a perfect darling. Mm and you, too. Coming, dear . Yeah. Ht. Sweet dreams. Oh, a real bed. Id forgotten what one looked like. Oh, i could sleep a month. Flint. Yeah . How long has it been since you said i love you to somebody . A while. Please. You dont have to mean it. Just say, i love you, jenny. Go on. I love you, jenny. Sounds nice. Hoist them whats wrong . Going somewhere, mr. Mccullough . I was just going out to bed down my horse, if thats all right. Maybe, maybe not. I dont understand. Shh, shes sleeping. Get over there. Tie him up, fred. Well now, wait a minute. Fellas, you got me all all wrong. Yeah . And you two want t t reward . No, dont need it. We aint no Bounty Hunters, mccullough. Its her. Shes a nice girl, mr. Mccullough, if thats your name. A fine girl. And we dont aim to see no Bounty Hunter drag her into Junction City like a criminal. Im not a Bounty Hunter. Rewards same as a bounty, seems to me. Im on her side. Taking her to Junction City, werent you . To put her on the stage for San Francisco. chuckles if you dont believe me, ask her. Her old mans in Junction City. Him and most of them pinkerton men, Bounty Hunters. I didnt know that. Weve been on a wagon train. Search him, fred. Bossed by major seth adams. Huh. Gal acted like she trusted him. Yeah, seemed kind of sweet on him to me. chuckles no telling with women. You swear you didnt bring her here by force . Force . Jenny . Im pretty good, fellas, but im not that good. Welllli reckon we got you all wrong, mccullough. Better untie him, fred. Thank you. Well, that gall aint safe here noways. Nope, them buzzards come by here every day or so. If we could get her to mexico. Suppose we said we had her and we lost her and she went to mexico. What then . Ha theyd chase her clear to chihuahua if they believed us. Yeah, which they wont. No, not without proof. Weve got proof. Theyll believe us. Get the horses, fred. Yeah. Say, suppose she gets scared being here all alone. Shh. Women are like that. whines horses riding off flint. Flint . Flint . Flint . Therefore, im taking colette to Junction City and claiming the reward. Wait here for me. All will work out for the best. You the one that saw the churchill girl headed for mexico . Yeah, im the fella. Thought youd like to know you were wrong. Is that so . Got into town about an hour ago riding a mule. Are you sure . I saw her myself. She signed this in person. What is it . Your name Flint Mccullough . Thats right. Warrant for your arrest. Whats the charge . Abduction. This one is for kidnapping. Assault and battery. Unlawful transportation of a female person against her will. Theft. Question about it being grand or petit. Itemone pet dog. Well, i dont know what shes trying to prove, but im sure gonna find out. Why, uh, ive got another one of these. Lets go, boys. You got a visitor. Mrmrmccullough. Its a oneman cell. Im richard churchill. Cant say that i blame you. Had a chat with my daughter. Seems to be a slight misunderstanding. Thats a slight understatement. Oh, these have been dropped. Youre free to go. Well, nice having met you. Youre forgetting something. Its in the sum of 10,000. I thought the reward was 5,000. It was. Ive lived with jennifer for over 20 years. What you went through was above and beyond the call of duty. Well, lets just say it was a priceless experience. Thought youd do that. You ever lose . Sometimes. Not very often. I like you, mccullough. How about coming to work for me . Sorry, mr. Churchill, im not for sale. Thats where yourrwrong, mccullough. Ive learned two things in my life. One thing is that every man has his price. Sometimes its wealth, security, and position. Sometimes its honor, courage, and frereom. Price is never the same, but every mans got one. Wellllill settle for getting out of here as soon as possible, from your daughter as possible. Why dont you marry her . Jenny . Thats right. If i wanna commit suicide, i can think of less painful ways than that. Dont tell me her faults. Im her father. You, however, are in love with her. In love with her . Mr. Churchill, any man that would be in love with your daughter would have to be as lamebrained as she is. chuckles thats the second thing ive learned, mcmcllough. Every mans a little lamebrained one way or another. Good luck. I just got a message. Its all settled then. Armand will arrive in Junction City on friday. We travel east together. The wedding will be in boston. Muhlenbach has drawn up a tentative guest list. Youd better look it over. Oh, some other time. You dont seem very happy. Its your wedding, i just pay the bills. chuckles im just tired. I have a headache. Due to your great passion for armand . Why not . Mccullough . Oh, dont be absurd he tore up the reward, you know. He d d . Oh, naturally. Wouldnt take a job, either. Flint mcculloughs perfectly selfsufficient. He doesnt need anyone, nor does he want anyone. People said that when i wanted to build a railroad. Thought they didnt need it. What made them change their minds . I did. Salesmanship. Basis of the industrial revolution. Sell ice to an eskimo, if you got time enough and youre good enough. Flint is no eskimo. Makes it easier. Besides, he loves you. Certainly not dont think he knows it himself yet. Oh, papa papa, sometimes youre positively loveable sometimes. chuckles hi, flint. Hi. gunshot whistle what are you doing here . I signed up for San Francisco, remember . This time, broug two drivers just in case. I thought armand was on his way east. Whats in frisco . He is. Im not sure. Its whats between here and there that counts. Meaning . Enough time to sell ice to an eskimo. Im no eskimo, jenny. That makes it easier. Jenny, im gonna have to talk to you. Theres plenty of time. Byby well see you later. Giddy up