Transcripts For WRAL Today 20161114

I cant stand it any longer. Four days of this leaky weather. Im beginning to feel like a duck. You got a head start, charlie. You look like one. Very funny. Ha. Ha. Ha. I sure hope mccullough didnt run into trouble. Worried about him. Hell be the most surprised man in the whole country. If this doesest let up, the waters gonna come out of them mountains like a dam busted. Yes, sir, a few more days of this, and were gonna be in for it. We cant make weather, major, but we can sure make miles. Major adams ten minutes rest, boys. Tenminute rest, folks. Whoa. Hows the missus . Nonoso good, major. I dont know why the devil i ever did it. I swore a solemn oath id never take another pregnant woman on one of my trains. But you did. Yeah, and i ought to have my head examined for doing it, o. I dont know what was the matter with me. Look, major, were here, and theres nothing you can do about it now. At least we mind our own business, youre talking about the milforor, huh . Tell me, whats between you people and them, anyhow . Thats personal, major. But if i had known they were gonna join the train after we got rolling, i wowodnt have signed up with you. Excuse me, major. Come on out and stretch your legs. Is it still raining . The suns shining now. Oh, i had the most awful dream. Lets have your foot. I dreamed the baby was here, and you werent around. There was no one here to help me. Thats downright silly, and you know it. It was as clear as day. Come on out and get some fresh air. Anything i can do . No, thank you. All right, now. Thank you. Sure is. I hope it stays this way. Well, hello, danny hello, dan. You said you was gonna show me a real injun, major. Dont you worry, danny. Im gonna show you plenty of indians one of these days. Dan . Where are you, danl . Im with the major, mom now, dont you start wanderin she means i mustnt pass the time with them. Oh . Is it true you killed my pappy, mr. Richardson . Whats that, danny . Did you . No, dan. Then why does my mom say you did . Danny, i think you and me got a little w wk to do down the line. You stay here with me now. Major. Now, you listete to your mother. I know what the boys been telling you, but it wasntt no more than the truth. Thats pretty strong, mr. Milford. Maybe it is and maybe it aint. I aint lookin for trouble. Whats done is done, and theres no help for it. How can you talk like that, with what he did to your own son freds dead, laura. Nothing will bring him back. If theres gonna be any trouble on this train, i got a right to know about it. Well . Well, the. The Richardson Family and us, we came from the same county back in kentuck. Me and my son fred and laura here she was married to fred we worked us a farm. twerent much that is, compared to the richardsons. They owned a bank, raised horses, owned half the county. He was a fine man, major. Tell him all of it. Well, Perce Richardson died a couple of years ago and his son took over. That one. twerent more than six months before the bank failed. Haha the people in the valley went broke. He got a year and a day for embezzlement, but. It was too late to do any good. I see. No, you dont you dont see it at all everything we had in the world was in that bank. My freddie, he couldnt take it. You didnt see him walking the floor, broodin so he couldnt even hardly talk, and you didnt go to that barn like i did and find him hanging from a rafter stop it, will ya, laura . Use . Do you want me to forget it . Do you want me to forgive my husbands murder . Its what youre doing to the boy hates bad enough in one generation, maam. Whatll happen if it spreads to two . To dick richardson. I aint forgotten what he done not only to me and laura, but to the other folks back home. Milford, i wont have any trouble e this train, and id like to get your word that you wont start any. Well, i. I aint lookin for any. But i aint makin any promises either well, ive told you, i dont want any trouble, and i mean exactly t tt. Involve two parties discussing something . Why not give you some say . Or let your driving do the talking. Liberty mutual righttrack . Finally puts you in control. With savings of up to 30 , with an initial discount just for signing up. Visit a local office or call Liberty Mutual today at liberty stands with you . Why didnt i listen to you i didnt listen. And wait till after the baby came . Now, molly. Rockin and buckin. Im scared, dick. Im scared major adams ho ho. Whats going on back there . Whoa ill be right back, honey. Get up get up here can i give you a hand, mr. Milford . I dont reckon i need your help. Whats the matter, grandpa . Get up get up herer get up here whats going on here . Get him unhitched, bill. This is a very sick horse, mr. Milford. Its a cold its eyes are inflamed. What does that mean . Well, uh. Well, speak up, man, if you know. Looks to me like glanders. It sure does. Sometimes thth call it farcy. Its contagious, usually fatal. Its an infection they get from the water or from another horse. Every horse on the train might have it. Whoa. Whoa, boy. You seem mighty sure about this, dick. I am. Well, he knows his horses. Knows em as well as anyone. We better do something. We sure had. Well, the sick horses ought to be shot. Chances are, though, it wouldnt make much difference. The rest of them will probably come down with it anyhow. Well, wed better round up everybody, i guess. Have to talk this over with them. Come on, ken. And we find that over half of them have got glanders, and it looks like theres nothing we can do for the rest of em. We have no choice, folks, no choice at all. Every sick horse has got to be destroyed, so i want you to check every one of them very carefully. Youll leave us at the mercy of the indians, major. Im not worried about the indians ininhis part of the country. Only thing that worries me is if we get a flash flood while were down here in this wash. Were stuck without horses. Thats all there is to it. Probably a man or two can get up there and get back with a herd in abobo ten days. Ten days . What about the danger of flood . See that little knoll over there to the west . Tomorrow morning, well start hauling these wagons up there the best way we can. We can get em high enough there so that theyll be out of any danger of the flood. Well be all right till we get some new stock. Well, buying horses calls for horses, major. Most of us are mr. Logan, theres 1,500 in the emergency fund. Well, i dont rightly know. I dont know where the devil mccullough is, i cant send hawks, and i cant go myself. Ive sure got to have somebobo who knows about horseflesh. I was raised buying and selling horses. Ive done it all my life. Let me go. What about your wife . Youve got a baby due, you know. Major, women have been having babies for a long time. I guarantee you, i could swing a better deal than anybody on this train. Its important to me. Id consider it a personal favor. S any reason for you not to go. The main thing is to get those horses here as quick as possible. 1,500 is a lot of money, major. The way things shape up now, its a matter of life and death. If richardsons going for r ose horses, youd better send me along to see that he comes back. Youre just spoiling for it, milford. Now, get this straight. I aint askin for any trouble, but when you got a dog that bites, you muzzle him. When you give money to a thief, you protect yourself. Break it up break it up, you two you know, sending you two off together wowod be just fine might not be a bad idea at that, major. I wont start nothin, major. The way i look at it, were all in this together. I dont have to like a man to be on his side. Ill fight the injuns with him. The way i i e it, thats about the way it is now. What do you say, richardson . Id like y y to get out of here before dark. Were all in this together. If m mford wants to go along, well ride to maddenville together. Ry the money. All right, then thats settled. Pick the best horses you can, and get back here as soon as you can. Remember, theres a lot of folks counting on you. Be back in about ten days. The babyll be here by then, and you said youd be with me. Oh, dick, dont go. Weve got to have horses. Im the logical man to go. Have a baby do you know what will happen if we get a flash flood before we get those horses . I dont care whatll happen. I want you here with me when the baby comes. The people on this train and i see how they look at me like im a coward, a thief, like im dirt. And the way they look at you, i cant stand that. This is my chance to put another look in their eyes. Maybe its the only chance i have to prove to them that they can trust me, that the richardsons arargood people. I dont care about reputations. Im afraid. Afraid im going to die youre not going to die, molly. Oh, dick major adams you ready, dick . Be out in a minute, major. Ive got to go. I cant help it. Maybe the babybyont come as soon as you think. If you leave me now, you dont need to come back. I told you i had no choice. I mean it. All right, that suits me. Thats the first sensible thing youu said in weeks dick, mrs. Logan will look after her. Dont you worry. Shell be all right. Come on. sobbing you watch out for r urself, ken. Ill be all right, laura. Danl, boy, you take care of your mommy now. You watch yourself, grandpa. I dont want him to kill you indistinct shouting man okay morning. morning. Smells good. While were moving the rest of ththe wagons, we got a job wed like you ladies to do for us. All this harness has probably been infected. Its going to have to be boiled in hot water and washed with lye. Can you do that for me . Anything you say, major. Thank you. Oh, miss logan, hows mrs. Richardson feeling . She aint actin right, major. She dont talk and wont eat much. She shes made up her mind shes gonna die. Mmhmm. Excuse me. crying softly mrs. Richardson . Mrs. Richardson . Molly richardson. Women have been having babies for quite some time now, and i dont think their menfolk have ever been any help to them. Go away. He promised to be here. Molly, he had a job to do, a job for all of us. If there was a war on, youd want him to join up, wouldnt you . Well, every time a wheel turns on a wagon train, its war war against the land, against the weather, against the indians, against something. But he may not come back. Whatll happen to me if he doesnt . Hell be back. He went with ken milford, and he hates dick. Its just not right you know, molly, him going out with ken milfords probably the best thing that ever happened. That young man of yours has gogoquite a bit to live down. Nonoat all. Dont you see . No, i dont see. Ive got to tell someone. Somebody else in this world has to know the truth. Dick didnt steal anything, not ever. After his father died and dick took over at the bank, there was almost 200,000 missing from customers accounts. E was only one way it could have happened. His father, huh . Dick worshiped him. And he made up his mind that his fathers name would always stand for honesty y d decency, no matter what happened to him. He he tried desperately to raise some money to pay it back, but it was no use. If everybody else knew about this. Oh, you mustnt. Major, promise me you wont tell. You sure thats what you want . Its what dick wants. He went to p pson so people wouldnt know. All right, molly. All right. Coffee, major . Yeah, id love a cup. Thank you very much. Grandpa be all right, major . Hell be back here before you know it. Ill betcha if mr. Richardson tries any monkeyeyines, my grandpa will get the drop on him. You hush. Well, ill bet you. You wanna bet . Danny, why dont you go down and hehe the men with the wagons. Can i, mom . chuckles softly laura. You know, i think that the least that you and Molly Richardson could do would be to. Bury the hatchet. After what he did to me . Revenge is no good for anybody, laura. Itll hurt you just as much as it does the other people. You know, laura, youre a mighty pretty woman, and youre mostly sensible too, and one of these days, the pain is going to be gone, and youre gonna notice the fact that the world is just full of men that need a woman like you. Therell be some man that youll need too. Ornia, you mustnt talk like that, major. Its just full of men that are lonesome. This is a mighty good cup of coffee. Its the kind a man likes to drink. indistinct shouting thats the way thats the way now, come on, youre making it well get an early start. If our luck holds out, well be in maddenville the day after tomorrow. Look, im stiff as a poker. I aint used to this kind of ridin its not easy on anyone. Flash floods dont wait for tired muscles. I know all about duty. I got something thatll help you. Some ointment for those muscles. Wont help your disposition any, though. What do you make of the smoke, pete . I dont know. Eh, better have a look. approaching hoofbeats ud have been a long time dead. Were with major adams wagon train. This heres ken milford. My names dick richardson. Howdy. Names casey. En doing out here . Were on our way to maddenville to buy horses. Oh . I just might be able to save you u llows a trip. Im with the joe lassiter outfit, driving a herd over to fort claymore. Maybe we can make yoyo a better offer, mr. Casey, save ourselves that trip to maddenville. How far away is your wagon . bout a day and a half. Take about threeeeeeks to make claymore. I dont know, the boss just might be interested. Lets go see what he has to say about it. Casey found company. Howdy. Es. Oh . With a train, a day and a half back. Horses got sick on em. That so . Glanders, mr. Lassiter. This man here says you might sell us some horses. Well, i dont know. I kind of halfpromised these horses to the army. Well, the army aint no worse off than we are. My names ken milford. This is dick richardson. Well, you wont find no Better Horses nowhere around here. Ask anyone about t e j. L. Brand. Im joe lassiter. Id be proud. Come on. Whoa, there. Whoa. What do yoyothink . Theyre in good shape, but these are saddle horses. We need working stock. They may not be exactly what we want, but we dont even know they got working stock in maddenville. We could save ourselves quite a a w days if we buy these, and then when we go through maddenville, well, what do you say . Theyre nice. Cleanlegged stock. Im gonna make you a real price. Sell you the whole shebang for, uh. Oh, for 2,000, and thatatncludes all the horses in the back. Savings of times worth the money. Would you pardon us, mr. Lassiter . The horses are fine, but i still think wewe be better off in maddenville. The quicker i change this money for horses, the happier im gonna be. Takin no chances. Im gonna buy those horses. Mr. Lassiter, our limit is 1,500. Well, theyre worth more than that. Well, thats all the money we got. All right, if thats the best you can do. Thats a deal. If you herd the horses back to the wagon train with us. Sure. Fellas might need a bill of sale. If you drive through maddenville, casey, you and stan ride along to the wagon train. Ii get the rest of the boys and meet you at twin forks later. There you are, mister. Everythings legal. And heres your money. Man casey rustlers gunshots milford man hold your gun, mister drop it thought youd get away with my horses, huh . What do you mean your horses . We just bought them from joe lassiter. You did . Joe lassiter . Thats right. Here. Got t e bill of sale. Well. Thats a mighty cute dodge, mister, huh . I didnt sign it. My names lassiter. Joe this guy you shots casey, all right. Pete thomas gang, just like you thought. That other one over there, hes new to me. Thats ken milford you killed. Om major adams wagon train. String him up we got the rightsized tree, joe indistinct shouting lassiter save it well take him to maddenville. Judge wintons due to come through any day now. We aint had a legal hangin in these parts. I told you, youre makin a big mistake lets go, mister i told you, im from the wagon train youre gonna swing real high and legal. In you go. Youre gonna hang an innocent man. Thats what a judge and jurys for. Has nothing to do with me. Why dont you ride to the wagon train, see for yourself . And maybe have your pals bushwhack me . Listen, my wifes having a baby pping, mister. Youd better think up a better yarn than that by friday, come on, hurry it up, will you . We gotta get this stuff in. Dont know whats the matter with people. You tell em to do things, they never get em done whwh theyre supposed to. Why the devil dont you watch where youre going . Ill say one thing for you, major. Bad. Get out of here, you little major. What in tarnation do you want . I thought maybe i could do something for you. Any time i want you to do anything for me, ill tell you major well, what is it . Its Molly Richardson. The babys coming. Well, thats fine she dont look right. I dont like her color. Oh . We got everything ready. Two kettles on to boil. Mrs. Greens there, and mrs. Parker, id better look at her. Mrs. Richardson. Molly. Dick. Is that you, dick . Easy, molly. He said hed be back in time. Dick easy now, molly, easy. Youre never coming back to me molly, hell be back, believe me. Why dont you go back with the men . Theres nothing you can do around here. Youd only be in the way. You let me know if anything happens, will you, please . Sure. How is she . Laura. Why dont you go help em . That baby may be a long time coming. Well, i. Im sure your fred will understand. All right, major. Thank you. Ndnd pounding sound i still wonder if i did rigig, sending those two out alone. Oh, you got nothing to worry about, major. That fellow w lford, he doesnt look like much, dle. I know just what you mean, major. I knew a fellow in santa fe just like him once. Tried to stab me in the back. Youre a big help major adams. Major. How is she . Well, shes all right, i guess. But. The baby was born dead. Oh. Nine months shes carried that life within her. Away. Sure is a shame. Charlie, you know sometetng . That breeze smells to me like it could change. What breeze . I dont smell no breree. Ah. Major, look aint that milfords horse . Whoa, now whoa, boy whoa, fella whoa whoa, son. Whoa, whoa. We got trouble here. Blood on this saddle. Indians, maybe. How do i know . What do you suppose happened to richardson . Maybe he got a bullet too i dont know what happened to milford either, or whether richardsons on his way back here with the horses. Matter of fact, i dont know anything, a galdarn thing, except were stuck here in the middle of nowhere and no way to get out. Aint that milfofos horse . Yes, its milfords horse hes d dd richardsons killed him oh, now, laura, just a minute, will ya . Dont you even believe what you see, major . He killed dad and left with the money. And left his wife here with the wagon train . Laura, dont talk like a fool. Well see who the fool is they had a fight. You heard it yourself. Whatssonna happen, major . No horses, no. We just cant stand here and wait. I dont know what the devils gonna happen any more t tn you do. I know were in a mess, and as soon as we can get out of it, well get out of it. Galdarn mccullough next time, i send him off with a string around him so i can yank him back when i need him. I ought to have my head examined. Probably off therere gallivanting someplace between maddenville and those mountains. You sent him yourself, major. Oh, shut up and go get my horse yes, sir all right, sheriff, im finished lets have it. Oh, just got word. The judge is getting here tomorrow. Is that right, sheriff . Yeah. Well, looks like the end. Looks like it. wanly help. Help. stronger help lassiter hold it, richardson get off of that horse. Am i glad to see you, major. Why the gun . Never you mind about that. Just get off of that horse like i said. All right. Before i do any talking, hows molly . Shes all right. Baby come yet . Yeahahborn dead. low molly. Thats pretty rough, major. Its gonna be a lot rougher unless youve got a good story to tell. Wheres milford . Hessead. Did you kill him . No, major. Thats not much of a story, boy. Most of the folks back on the train figure that you killed milford and took off with the money yourself. Do you think i did, major . R . I dont know. Lieve that youre the one that took that bank money. I told her not to say anything, er. Let me tell you something, boy. Theres a place in the book where it says let the dead bury their dead. No matter what anybody says about your pa, it cant hurt him now, but it can sure ruin the lives of you and that gal of yours. Your pas name aint worth a nickel in san francisco, but yours could be worth a lot. It can get pretty hard to carry after a while, major. Im sure it can. Whats this story of yours about milford . Is it true . Every word of it, major. I swear that. What about this bunch of rustlers thth you got the horses from . I heard them say they were gonna meet over at twin forks. Thats where i was headed for when you ran into me. Twin forks . I know that coununy. Come on, son. Rest of em will be in the cabin. Yoyocover the cabin from here, cocks hammer you drop that rifle gunshot stan gunshot gunshot come on, boys drop that gun, richardson i think the rest of em might be in there. Whats the matter, mister . Have a little fallin out with your friends . Thats right, theyre in there. Ive got them holed up. Im trying to get back that money i paid for those horses and ive heard enough of that story. Here, jim, take this rope. Im tellininyou the truth. Theres good enough tree right there. Well get the others later. gunshot turn that fella loose you want the rustlers . We got em pinned up in there, but that boys not one of em. Well, who are you . Im seth adams youd better make up your mind. I cant hold you and them too. Well, i guess wed better take a look. Lets get em. sighs you all right . Fine, major. I want to thank you. Nothing to thank me for. More than youll ever know. Heres your money, major. Why dont you carry it yourself . We gotta go to maddenville. We still havent got any horses, you know . chucklkl come on. indistinct happy chatter wooster good work, dick. Thank you kindly. Dick, im sorry about the baby. We all are. Thats very nice of you, maam. I thank you. Hes a mighty good boy. Sure glad we had him on this trip. Well, come on, get me a cup of coffee. Oh, dick youre back its all right, darling. Its all over now. Im so sorry about the baby. He was so weak. Things were so bad for you all the time i carried him. Babies cant come from misery, dick. He wasnt meant to be. But next time. Next time, therell be no lies, nor ever again, any time. The lord gave. The lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the lord. Amen. How awful sorry i am. I carried a lot of hate around too long. Ii guess my fred. Well, ii guess he just couldnt stand up to things when they got too tough. Maybe just living was too much for him. Like the major says, i still got danl, and theres no hate in him, and weve got a new life to make for ourselves, in califorora. Ready now, mr. Richardson . Were all ready now, major. Stay close behind, you hear . Wagons, ho . Roll along, wagon t tin . . Rollin oveveprairie where there aint no grass . . Rollin over mountains where there aint no pass . . Sittin on a a ard, eyein the weather . . Prayin to the lord we Stay Together . . Sididby side . . On the wagon train . . Roll along . . Pickin up a passssger in every town . . Wonderin if hes ever gonna shoot you down . . Lookin f f a pal, aint it a pity . . . Lookin for a gal, neednt be pretty . . If shell ride . . On the wagon train . . Wagons ho . . Gotta keep em on the run . . Time to go and follow the sun . . Roll along . . Wagon train . . Never had a cabin near a general store . . Only hahaa wagon and a. 44 . . Sittin on a board, eyein the weather . . Prayin to the lord we Stay Together . . Side by side . . . [hoofbeats]