01x30 - Forest Ranger

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The loretta Young Show.

Starring Loretta Young.

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Hello.

In one of theletters that I received

last week, the younglady recommended

that I wear the whiteshirt maker dress

with a black bowat the collar again.

Well, as you cansee, Jesse, I was

delighted to acceptyour recommendation.

Also, I think you want to knowthat it isn't white, it's yellow.

And the bow is darkgreen and so is the belt.

Our story tonight is an answer toa letter from a lady who says, she

wants to get even with someonefor a grave injustice done to her.

So right now we'regoing to take you to

the high mountainsof the Pacific slope.

Their cool forests are agreat relief from the stunted

growth of our lowlands. Butthey are also a great thr*at.

Because the fire and ourforest is never under control.

Until it's out.

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Guyos, Norma Kelvintalking for guy enos.

Say, Ranger Daily. How's thefire? Is everything under control?

Over.

All okay if the window change.

over.

A better not.

Last I hear from Johnny,expect to be home by four.

Today's our anniversary.

year.Over.

He's well on his way by now.Congratulations, Mrs. Kelvin.

Membera, over and out.

[putting down telephone]

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[door opening]

Oh.

Oh, you're scared me.

Can I see the Ranger.

I didn't expect to see anybody.

No, I'm sorry, he isn't here.

When will he be back?

At four o'clock.

I'll wait.

But if you want to join thefire crew, just take that....

I want to see the ranger.

I'll wait.

Alright.

I'm sorry I can't ask you and it'sagainst the house rules, you know.

Yeah.

I'll wait.

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[door closing]

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[cutting wood]

I thought if I filled your wood box,you might give me something to eat.

Oh.

[smiling]

Say, you must be a mind reader.

I sure need that woodright now. Come on in.

Put in the wood boxover by the stove there.

[putting wood down]

I'll have that readyfor you in a minute.

Mighty goodiot, Mrs Kelvin.

-You know my name.-Yeah.

-Oh.-I'll bring in some more wood.

[opening cupboard]

[closing cupboard]

Calling guy enos. Fembaro. Callingguy enos. Come in, please over.

Calling guy enos. Comein, Mrs. Kelvin. Over.

Guy enas to membrero over.

Got some news foryou from makori

mrs. Kelvin the windswitched on him. Over.

Oh, no. Did John getstarted home? Over.

I guess not. He's got a bigcrew from the road g*ng.

But I thoughtyou'd like to know.

You said you expecthim back by four over.

Just the fire out ofcontrol again, over.

What has blown up prettybad. But like I say, he's

got a lot of men. So don'tworry, Mrs. Kelvin. Over.

Don't worry, the mansays. My husband

has been up therethree days already

and the fire is flared up again.Of course I'm going to worry. Over.

Yeah, well, try notto, Mrs. Kelvin. Over.

Alright.

If you hear anything more,let me know, will you? Over.

I'll do that, Mrs. Kelvin.membaro, Over and out.

Guy enos oveer and out.

[Putting telephone down]

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Oh.

Yes, sure go ahead.

You have a way ofappearing out of nowhere.

Water way up here.

Yeah.

Good water too.

Sure.

Sam does all he can for us.

[putting down wood]

Very big hearted guy.

[Putting the chair]

I feel like you're Baconand eggs, well done.

The same old thousandon a plate, day in

and day out. Baconand eggs is a banquet.

Thousand on a plate.

Beans

Oh.

Never heard that expression before.

What I mean is that for bacon andeggs you ate another load of wood.

Oh, sit down.

Go on, sit down.

You've done enoughto earn your lunch.

My husband's goingto be very appreciative,

too. You know chopping thewood is usually his job.

How soon do you expect him?

o'clock, like I said.

Past four now.

Yeah, so it is.

Well, he'll be here soon.

Calling to enos.

Membero, calling to enos.

Come in please, over.

Guy enos to makori.Coming to makori over.

Hello, Norma. Areyou getting me okay?

Yes, John, you'recoming in very clear.

Are you all right, dear? Over.

Of course I'm all right, honey.I'm sorry about the night. Over.

Bailey told me aboutit. But don't worry.

We'll celebratewhen you do get here.

Honey, take careof yourself, will you?

Have you gottenany sleep at all? Over.

A little here and a littlethere. I might make it honey.

They're sending in moreconvicts from the state farm.

Bye now. the makoriis signing. Over and out.

Bye, Guy enos. Off and out.

To makori, to makori call..

What did you do that for?

I just don't want youto bother him, that's all.

He's got a fire to fight.

[putting down telephone]

Looks bad, don't it?

No. Looks to me like they'regetting the fire under control.

Look, my husband is going tobe late, but he is going to be here.

Like I said I'll wait.

Tonight, tomorrow, nextday. I got lots of time.

I'm sorry, but I'm goingto have to ask you to

wait outside. You see,strangers aren't allowed.

You are right. I was workingfor you. Bring it in. The wood.

Please, will you wait outside.

Don't be scared. I'mnot going to hurt you.

Mind if I smoke on my coffee?

No.

Thanks.

My husband and I likestrong coffee.

So do I.

It's the best I've had sinceI hit the Harvey house.

How long ago was that?

Over years.

Where you been all that time?

Iran.

What you've been doing?

Working.

-Where?-Here and there.

What kind of work do you do?

Construction job.

What was it you wanted tosee my husband about?

I'd say it's personal.

Then you know him.

Yeah, I know him.

What did you say your name was?

How long have you been married?

Two years.

This is our secondwedding anniversary.

Just two years,eleven months and

three days ago thatI met your husband.

Oh.

It's been a veryimportant occasion to have

you remember it downto the day like that.

It was.

Funny.

I don't remember hismention into you either.

Maybe it was moreimportant to me than to him.

[belt feeling]

[f*ring b*llet]

[g*n fall down]

Huh.

That's not very nice, Mrs. Kelvin.

I wasn't going to makeany trouble for you.

You're already making troublefor me, just being in here.

I told you, strangersaren't allowed in here when

the rangers away. Nowgo on, get out of here.

Get out.

And I told you Igot business with

your husband. I'vebeen waiting almost

three years to clean up. I'd like todo it without hurting you if I can.

Headquater's calling Guy enos.

Headquater's calling Guy enos.

Come in guy enos.

Urgent. Headquarters calling, over.

Go ahead. Answer it. Asusual. Nothing about me

being here? No signals?Nothing. Just to answer.

Alright.

Guy enos toheadquarter, Guy enos to

headquarter, comein headquarter, over.

Hello, Mrs. Kelvin. The fire isshifting towards Guy enos Canyon.

No great danger yet,but we'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, oneof the crew of convicts

fighting the fire reportsthe prisoners missing.

Five foot, eleven inches tall, pound, dark hair, brown eyes.

He ran away from a g*ng, maybeheaded your way. Take normal

precautions. Don't be alarmed.Just take normal precautions.

Acknowledge instructions, over.

Avoid acknowledged.

Instructions acknowledged.

Guy enos over.

That is all.

If you see any oneof your section, called

us immediately.Headquarters. Over and out.

Guy enos Over and out.

You escape convicts, did you?

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-How long were you in for?-Four years.

May I ask what you did?

They called it assaultwith a deadly w*apon.

You sh*t somebody?

I sh*t over his head. I wastrying to win an argument.

What about?

He said I wasgrazing more cattle in

Ghana's Canyon thanmy pyramid allowed.

Were you there?

Been a few more. So what?

Was your argument was a ranger?

Yeah.

That husband?

Yeah.

Now what?

And now I'm going to keep a promise.

I'm going to get evenwith his own g*n, too.

Yeah.

Now, i get you.

Ah.

Don't do that again.

I don't want to hurt you. Idon't want to hurt any woman.

-It's a strange thing you do say.-Is it?

Yes.

-You're not married, are you?-No.

I didn't think so.

Otherwise, you'dknow the easiest way to

hurt any woman isthrough her husband.

But all I know is I'm a guywho's going to keep his word

when it comes to m*rder.

Especially when itcomes to m*rder.

But if.

Ah.

You know.

You don't make much sense.

Why.

Here you've already spentthree of your four years in prison.

You only have onemore year to go to be free.

But instead, youbroke out to k*ll a man

so they can take you back tomine, put you in the gas chamber.

Now, honestly, tell me, do you thinkthat's really going to be worth it?

It's worth it.

To me.

And they have to catch youbefore they can gather you.

But they will catch you.

You know that don't you?

And then what goodwood wouldhave done? You'd have gotten even.

She seems to me like you're cuttingoff your nose to spite your face.

You're so pretty,

When you keep your mouth shut.

[running]

No.

On being women,going to stay right here

Make sure he comes.But don't worry. I'll b*at him

when I sh**t him down.Without any warning at

all. I suppose he'salready had his warning.

He'll expect me to have a g*n andto use it on him like I promised it.

Now, sit down and be quiet.

Now, sit down and be quiet.

Must be some way to reach you.

Some way to show you that youcan't blame a man for doing his job.

Look, doesn't it makeany sense to you at all?

It's John's sworn duty to enforcethe law on you or anybody else?

No.

Look, he's a forestranger. That's his job.

And I'm only a dumb cow poke.

Oh.

So dumb it took me tenyears to build up a little spread

I heard of my own.

That's all I worked for.

Come payday the other boysand buy liquor, fancy boots.

Whoop it up in town ofa Saturday night. But me,

I'd save up and buy another calf.

Always a good one, too.

They thought I was loco to payout $ or more for just one calf.

The right lines and the right bone.

What's he used totelling you about it?

You wouldn't understandwhat it means to

a man to have hisown herd free and clear.

See his own brand.

in the finest half it's

ever a man had and lost.

yeah.

Yes, I understand.

I understand exactly what it meansto a man who own his own herd.

The love is work. It's

his life's. Blood, almost.

You know what becomesa stock and a blizzard?

They drift till they hit a fence

and they stop.

They freeze

They die.

That happenedwhile I would be in

help at trial steersposing a pile

up against the government sense bec-ause I wasn't there to cut it wrong.

No man can do thatto me and not pay for it.

Look I know.

I know I rememberthat blizzard very

well as a worst itwas in twenty years.

Thousands of catalogwere lost on this range alone.

And believe me, the governmentdid everything it could everything.

Yeah, that's just howyou talk. You and all

the other politicalpaupers. Government duty.

That's because youdon't know what it is

to do something.Something on your own.

Work and sweat and build something.

you live in other people's work.Taxes. Uncle Sam. Santa Claus.

Oh, look Mr.

My husband was outfighting in that blizzard

for five solid dayswithout any relief at all.

Every man in the service worked likea demon trying to save your cattle.

Yes, yours and everyother ranger are like you.

No, it's true. They didn't save

most of the herdbecause the blizzard struck

so hard and so fastthey didn't have a chance.

And for your information.

Six of those rangerspolitical pawpers, as you

call them they weren'tas lucky as my husband.

They d*ed trying tofight to save your cattle.

Just yours. Ranger like you and

My father.

I'll say one thing for Kevlin.

He sure buried himself a wife.

He ain't going to diefor sending me to jail.

He's going to diefor k*lling my cat.

Oh, look.

your herd was agreat loss to you all.

I meant it took tenyears out of your life.

But you're a young man.A young man? What about

the men who lostthousands of head of cattle,

wiped out overnight aftera whole lifetime of work?

Men with big families,

old men who opened up this country,who brought in the first livestock

who started rangingfor men like you?

What about him?

Your man could besaved with talking,

Mrs. Kelvin. You could do it.

Oh.

That's a lot morethan talk with me.

My father was one of those menwho was wiped out that winter.

What outfit?

Guy in grandy.

Was his name?

Lefty Watson.

Oh, man wants to giveme my first white faced care,

He did?

He did?

Yeah.

It was a policy of his togive a start to any young

ranger whose ambitiousleft to start out on his own.

What happened to him?

He d*ed in that blizzard, too.John found him and brought him in.

From Makroi calling Guy enos , over.

Answer.

Come in, Guy enas. Hello? Guyenos to Makroi calling. urgent.

Oh.

Come in to makori.

Guy enos returning over.

Ted Bradley. Mrs. Kelvin.

You're right cool forsomeone on a hot spot.

I've got a message foryou from your husband.

Things have eased up here,but it's blowing up there fast.

John is on his waythere now in a jeep.

He can't get through downthe canyon, so he's going

to swing around North Forkand then up to Guy enos.

IS that clear to you?

Over.

Yes, it's clear. Over.

Get everything all officialwrecklers ready for evacuation.

By no means leave beforeJohn gets there. North

Fork is the only wayout. Is that clear? Over.

It's clear. Over.

And don't be scared, Mrs.Kelvin. You'll be all right.

To makroi over and out.

guyenas over and out.

Yeah, you missed yourchance to tell him, didn't you?

Look, we only have onechance between this now

John and me and youto get out of here alive.

My luck, lady. You'rein bad company.

Let's say you're in good luck

because ours has beengood so far. Come on. Will

you please help meget these files out on the

front porch? Look,there's gasoline in the lean

too that we'll have toget to for the trip back.

Come on. That fire isgoing up fast out there.

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Are those gasoline cans out there?

Yeah, they're all out.

Something to rewind it.

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[jeep horn]

He made it.

He made it, he madeit i told you you're lucky.

Norma, Norma.

john.

John.

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You could get away afterwe leave the danger zone.

You could, you know. You could.

Norma.

Norma.

John.

John.

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John.

Honey, are you all right?Yes, I'm alright.

Sure.

Matt Rowley.

You're looking for me Kelvin?

Are you still looking for me?

John.

he came along justin time to help me.

He's the one that hebrought all this stuff out for

me. I don't know whatI'd have done without him.

And look, he's evencarrying your p*stol for

me. You don't havefree down the firearms.

Well, are you still looking for me?

You sure got an awfultalking of wife, Kelvin.

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I guess you can handle this now.

All right, let's get thesegasoline cans out of here.

Yes.

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There are many thoughts in thisbook that we can take comfort in.

There's also a lot of practicalknowledge too. For instance,

In taking revenge, a manis but even with his enemy.

But in passing itover. He is superior.

Well, Goodnight.

See you next week.

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