01x14 - The Julie Gage Story

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I sure wanna thank you,
Miss Julie.

That was a real fine set-to.

My pleasure, Mr. Wooster.

Oh, you're dancing with
an old man there, Miss Julie.

If I hadn't hurt my back, I'd be out
there really showing them how to dance.

Yeah, a fine gentleman you are...

All this talk about you straining your
back lifting a wagon out of the mud.

I think you just did it so you
wouldn't have to dance with me.

Oh, no, he didn't, Miss Julie.

He did it so I'd have
to wait on him hand and foot.

Well, that's the first work
you've done since this trip started.

Take it easy, Grandpa.
You'll bust a crutch.

I'll bust a crutch over that Wooster's
head if I can get close enough.

Come on, Miss Julie.
This one's mine.

What's the matter?
Don't you wanna dance?

I'd be glad to, Mr. Hedson.
I just like to be asked.

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You're getting along pretty good
on those crutches, Major.

Oh, get away!

These sticks ain't good
for nothing but firewood.

You better be careful.

Wooster there'll get a hold of
them, start whittling on them.

Look kind of funny
walking around on your knees.

Well, on my knees or on my head,

I'll still get the job done.

I know, but if you didn't,
you know we'd take care of you.

Pension him off maybe,
huh, Wooster?

That'll be the day.

You all set to pull out
first thing in the morning?

I'm not waiting till morning.

I can travel faster
in the heat at night.

Well, that makes sense,
for a change.

You got that list?
You know what we want?

Sure, you wrote it down,
didn't you?

And I think you told me
about 100 times.

Well, if I know you,
you'll forget something,

most likely my cheroots.

And if I did, you'd probably send
me clear back to Omaha to get them.

Oh, no, a young squirt like you
couldn't take that hard city life.

You'd probably waste away.

You think so, huh?
Well, I best get moving.

I'll meet you at the south fork
of the Plaid River.

That is, if you can keep
yourself together that long.

Don't worry about me.
You just keep your eyes open.

Oh, and if you get lost,
find yourself a tribe of Sioux.

They'll show you the way.

Take care, Wooster.

And you...
take care of yourself, Grandpa.

Major Adams! Major Adams!

What's the matter, boy?

It's Mr. Gage!
Where's Miss Julie?

Here I am. What's the matter?

It's your Pa, Miss Julie.

He's sick, real sick.
He's got the fever.

Well, don't just stand there.
Give me them sticks. Come on!

Help me up! Yes,
Major. Yes, Major.

Take it easy. Oh, look out.

Look out for my foot.
Come on, get out of the way!

Sure doesn't seem right...
The Major sitting up all night

with that fella
that has a fever.

What you want him to do?

Leave the girl to look after
her pa by herself?

It's all right
for you to talk, Cannon,

but we got young ones
to think of.

Major.

How is he?

He's gone.

He sure went fast, too.

Well, sometimes that's better.

I've seen them linger too long.

He'd been feeling poorly
ever since the trip started.

Doubt if he'd have made it
clear to California, anyway.

You just try to tell that
to Miss Julie, will you, boy?

You ain't going
back in there, are you?

Somebody's gotta lay her pa out.

Now, look, Major, you're liable to
spread that fever like a prairie fire.

You got the rest of us
to think of, Major.

You want me to let that girl
lay her own pa out?

Come on, Major.
I'll give you a hand.

Unto Almighty God

we commend the soul
of our brother departed,

and we commit his body
to the ground.

Earth to earth, ashes
to ashes, dust to dust.

We brought nothing
into this world,

and it is certain
that we can carry nothing out.

The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Amen.

ALL: Amen.

I know it's mighty hard,
Miss Julie.

There's nothing in the world
that I could say right now that

would mean a thing to you,

but if there's anything
I can do, just let me know.

Thank you, Major Adams.
I'll get on all right.

Well, we best be moving on,
as soon as you're ready.

Major Adams, I wanna thank you
for laying out my Pa.

Well, I didn't do that,
Miss Julie. Tobe Cannon did.

By himself?

Oh, I helped as much as I
could with these sticks, but...

You know, Miss Julie, this fever
has got these folks kind of scared.

They got family and all,
and I don't want you

to blame them too much
for the way they're acting.

I'm not blaming them, Major.

Just wanna thank you
and Mr. Cannon.

No need to, ma'am.
I'll drive for you today.

At least I can do that.

Thank you, Major.

You know you got
everybody's sympathy, Julie.

He was a good man.
If there's anything you need...

Thank you.

Sure am sorry, ma'am.

Thank you. Thank you all.

I don't mean to be rude,

but I don't wanna talk
about Pa's dying.

He's gone, and I'll get along,

and that's all there is to say.

Poor child.
Nobody to look after her.

Looks to me like she
don't want anybody.

Of course she does. She's
just all upset right now.

I feel sorry for her. All the
way to California by herself.

It just don't seem right.

Well, maybe she won't have
to go all the way by herself.

What do you mean by that?

Well, she's young,
pretty, and healthy.

There's a lot of young fellas on this
train that would really take a turn to her,

if she'd only give them
half the chance.

Oh, now wouldn't that be nice?

Solve everything, too.

Now, don't go marrying her off
the very first day.

Things like that take time.

Well, it wouldn't hurt none
to help them a bit.

Hi, Major.

Hi, Jess.

Look, Major, I don't know what
you and Miss Julie have planned,

but if you're looking for somebody to
drive this wagon, I'd be glad to do it.

I figure the boys can handle
the stock without my assistance,

in a pinch like this.

Well, you know, we were
just talking about that.

Nobody's in any pinch, Mr. Winn.

Tomorrow I start driving
for myself.

You just take care of the
cattle. I'll take care of me.

Why, anything you say, ma'am.
I was just trying to help out.

If you ever find out you need
anyone, let me know. I'll do what I can.

Now, you listen to me,
Miss Julie.

The last thing in the world I wanna
do is argue with you, Miss Julie,

but this just won't do,
that's all.

It's gonna do, Major Adams.

No, it's not.

I said I wasn't
gonna quarrel with you,

and I'm not
gonna quarrel with you.

But I'm responsible
for this wagon train,

and I'm gonna have to run it the
way I think's best for everybody on it.

Does that include
playing marriage broker?

Now what kind of talk's that?

Everybody on this train's
got the same idea...

Mrs. Hawks, Mrs. Bixby,
all of them.

All of them what?

All of them think it would be a good
idea for me to hitch up with a man.

Well, I don't think
that's such a bad idea, is it?

There's plenty of good men
on these wagons.

I'll bet you any one of them
would be tickled to death...

I'm not interested.

Miss Julie,
this is a hard country,

and a woman alone
just ain't got a chance.

Well, I'll tell you one thing.

No woman can drive
one of these wagons

all the way to California...
No woman.

It just don't make sense,
that's all.

Major, I've been handling a team

since I was knee high
to a grasshopper.

That makes no never mind.

These horses have gotta be
hitched and unhitched.

They gotta be watered.
They gotta be fed.

The wagons have gotta be greased
and repaired and generally cared for.

Nobody knows when
an axle's gonna break

or when a trace will give way
or what's gonna happen.

I don't give a hoot how young and
healthy and independent you are,

there ain't no woman can
do this kind of work, that's all.

Is that an order, Major?

Aw, Miss Julie, why don't you
quit arguing with me, will you?

Ain't I got troubles enough
as it is?

You try to do this yourself
and your rig breaks down,

then you hold up
the whole wagon train.

Now, is that fair?
I ask you, is it?

All right, Major.

That's a girl.

You'll be glad you did it.
You wait and see.

Now, tonight as soon as we
make camp, I'll round up Jess Winn

and have him report to your
wagon first thing in the morning.

That grinning ape!

You bet. Hi-ya!
Get over there! Come on!

ADAMS: A wagonmaster
will do almost anything

to keep his wagon train rolling.

Not that I particularly
cherished playing cupid,

but we had no shortage of nice,
eligible bachelors in the outfit.

I thought I'd give Jess Winn
the first crack at it.

Morning.

Morning, Jake.

Morning.

Good morning.

Well, good morning, Miss Julie.

How are you, Jess?
How's everything going?

We're moving right along.

Miss Julie hasn't knitted me
any welcome mats,

but we're rolling along.

She sure is full
of orders, though.

I'm still waiting for those things
to happen that you talked about.

Hasn't anything happened so far
I couldn't have handled alone.

Well, you've been lucky,
Miss Julie.

I hope it keeps up all the way
to California, but I doubt it.

Anyways, you got company there,
of a sort.

You watch out, Major.
Don't fall in any gopher holes.

Ha! h*!

I'll gopher hole you,
you big lug!

Howdy, Major.

Howdy.

Gopher hole, huh.

Morning.

Ah, you're a real hard girl
to get funny with, Miss Julie.

Be a lot more fun for both of us
if you'd warm up to me a bit.

Would that make the team
move any faster?

All you're supposed to do is
to get this wagon to California.

Now, Miss Julie, it ain't natural for
a pretty girl like you to be so ornery.

Be more interesting if you weren't
so bent on holding yourself in.

This is still my wagon,
Mr. Winn. Remember that.

If you don't like it,
you can go back to your own.

Whoa.

I had a horse like you once...
real bossy till I broke her.

Ah, that's more like it.

Hey!

Hey!

Good evening, Major.

Well, good evening, Miss Julie.

Sit a spell. Sit a
spell. Thank you.

Say, you know, I heard that
you're in the market for a new driver.

Poor old Jess... I don't
know what happened to him.

He seems a little bit discouraged.
Says he wants to go back to his stock.

Aw, now that's a shame, Major.

And here I was thinking
some nice man

was just dying to court me
and do all my work for me.

You know,
I got just the man for you.

I'm sending young Buck Pierce
over to take Jess' place.

Now, now, now,
don't give me any backtalk.

You may be able to run
a man off with a bullwhip,

but you ain't gonna drive
your wagon clear to California

by yourself,
not on this wagon train.

You all through, Major?

I am, for now.

Keep a sharp eye on Lindy.
Don't let her lag.

Yes, ma'am, Miss Julie.

Loosen the reins.
Give them a chance.

They know what they're doing.

Yes, ma'am, Miss Julie.

Evening, Miss Julie.

Evening, Buck.

Did I...
Did I do all right today?

With the wagons, I mean.

Thank you, Buck.
Everything was fine.

Here, Miss Julie... some candy.

It's a mite stale, I reckon.

I've had it in my saddlebags
ever since we started,

but they're right smart sweets.

Thank you, Buck.

That's mighty nice of you,
but I don't eat much candy.

I figured something sweet for a
sweet girl would be just about right.

I appreciate you thinking of me.

Good night, Buck.

Good night, Miss Julie.

Buck...

Ma'am.

Thanks for the candy.

Yes, ma'am.

Did you grease that axle
last night like I told you to?

Shucks, Miss Julie.
I plumb forgot.

Forgot? How could you
forget a thing like that?

Well, gee, Miss Julie, I got so
interested in talking to you last night...

You know, the candy and all...
It just clean slipped my mind.

Look, Buck, you know what'll
happen if that axle flattens out on me.

Don't worry, Miss Julie. There's
more important things than this wagon.

Why, if anything happened,
I'd take care of you.

Whoa.

Good day, Buck.

You better
get back on your horse.

Huh?

I'm in need of a driver,
not a courter.

But, Miss Julie...

You going?

Yes, ma'am. Guess I'd best.

I'm sorry, Miss Julie.

Aw, it's not your fault, Buck.

We just got different interests.

Here's your candy.

Might be able to use it
someplace else

before the trip is over.

Giddy up!

I tell you, Tobe, you're
the only man for the job.

No, sir.

I know what you're trying to do,

and I ain't having none of it.

Tobe, she's a good woman,
and she's pretty, too.

When I wanna get married,
I'll do it on my own.

I don't want nobody
pushing me into it.

I ain't asking you
to marry the girl.

All I want you to do
is drive her wagon.

I don't want nothing
to do with her.

Well, of course if you ain't
got nerve enough to face up...

Ain't got nothing
to do with nerve.

You ever see me
shy away from anything?

Well, you ain't never
faced up to nothing yet...

A few apache,
couple of hundred Sioux.

Man, I'm talking about
something serious.

Well, Major, if you had sent her
back, we wouldn't have had that trouble.

Poor old Jess... he never
will live that whooping down.

You know, Tobe, that girl has a right to
get to California just like the rest of us.

She has three brothers out
there... miners I think they are.

She doesn't have anybody
back in St. Louis, not anymore.

Come on, Tobe.
Take a stab at it, will you?

Help this gal out
with her wagon.

All right, Major.
I'll give it a try.

But only on one condition.

And what's that?

You let me handle it my way.

I don't care how you handle it,

just as long as you
keep her wagon moving.

Grandma Birch, look,
there goes that Tobe Cannon.

Looks like he's gonna take
over driving Julie Gage's wagon.

Now the fur will fly again!

Wouldn't it be a sight easier
to drive that team to the water?

Why don't you mind
your own business?

I am. I'm your new wagon boss.

Boss? I told Major Adams to
stop pushing his friends off on me.

Ain't nobody pushing nobody,
leastways me.

I just came over to help you,
that's all.

Well, I can run my own wagon.

Now you best tell that
to Major Adams.

Not today.

You need a man to handle
that team, and I'm him.

You should've heated that water.

You won't be needing that.

Well, that sure
ain't no way to act.

All I want is to help you
with your team. I swear it is.

You go right ahead
and have a good cry.

After what you've been through,

it's a wonder you
waited this long.

Always whittling. Don't
you do nothing but whittle?

I like to whittle.

Howdy, Major.

Oh, hello, Tobe. How'd it go?

Ooh wee, that girl's a natural
born boss if I ever saw one.

If she ain't got nothing to boss,
she starts making up things to

boss in the future.

You gonna be able
to stick with it?

Well, if my eardrums hold up
all right, I reckon I can make it.

How about a little poker?

Better not, Tobe, Miss Julie
don't hold with gambling.

Well, that's all right with me.
I don't hold with Miss Julie.

Maybe you'd better
deal him a hand, Chuck.

You know the old saying...
Lucky in love.

Here, you deal.

ADAMS: The way that girl tried
to shake off poor Tobe Cannon

was a sight to see.

I was afraid she'd
talk him to death,

and I think he was, too.

But when that didn't work,
she took to bossing him...

Bossing him like no man
was ever bossed before.

But good old Tobe
took it all in stride.

He just sat there
pushing that wagon on,

letting it all run into one ear
and out the other.

It began to look to me
like maybe Miss Julie

had finally met her match.

There was no mistaking it...

She was getting tired,
mighty tired.

And I figured it
wouldn't be long now

before I'd be able to stop
worrying about her wagon

making it all the way
to California.

But I guess I was wrong.

What's the matter?

Oh, nothing.
Just seems extra hot.

I must be catching a cold.

I'll get me a drink of water.

Don't take all day.
The wagons are ready to roll.

I didn't see you
at breakfast, Cannon.

I didn't have any.

Oh, I figured maybe you
had changed living quarters.

That's enough, Jess.

If a man lasts two weeks with this wagon,
he must have pretty good arrangements.

You better move on, mister.
I don't like your kind of humor.

What's the matter, Tobe?
That little gal getting to you?

I keep telling you, Miss Julie,
you need a man on this wagon.

Mrs. Birch! Mrs. Birch!

Mrs. Birch!

What is it, Julie child?

Get Major Adams! Hurry, please!

It's Tobe. He's all
hot and dry, just like Pa!

He's got the fever!

ADAMS: Tobe getting sick
the way he did

sure gave us all a bad jolt.

Fever is always
a mighty bad business,

but on a wagon train
the size of mine,

it's plain m*rder,

and I couldn't blame
any of the folks

for being scared
half out of their wits.

I did what I could to keep
Miss Julie's wagon

as far away from the others
as possible,

but that was just about
all anybody could do,

besides waiting and praying.

Except Miss Julie, that is.

And that girl showed real spunk.

Things just seem to go from bad to
worse for you on this train, Miss Julie.

He's a good man.

Stubborn like a mule,

but I'm beholden to him
for driving my team for me.

Sometimes he calls my name
soft and needing.

You know, young lady,
you ain't fooling me a bit.

You ain't half as tough
as you make out to be.

Major, from now on,
and as long as Tobe's sick,

I'm staying in the wagon
with him at night.

He's got to be tended to.

Well, I've been meaning to
talk to you about that, Miss Julie.

Some of them women over there
at the wagon say...

They've been talking, complaining
about you staying here alone with Tobe.

They just don't seem
to think it's quite...

Well, it's... it ain't...

Decent?

Well, you know how women talk.

I don't notice any of them
coming back here to tend to him,

nobody but you,

Well, don't blame them too much
for that, Miss Julie.

They're afraid. A thing like this
fever could just spread like wildfire.

Fine chance of that.

Nobody will come within
a mile of this wagon.

Every time they even
look at me, they run.

Well, I'll stay with him
tonight.

You're needed
to run this wagon train.

You can't take a chance
on coming down sick.

It's my job,
and I don't aim to shirk it...

decent or no decent.

Well, them women folk
ain't gonna like it, Miss.

Well, he's not gonna die,
not from lack of care.

Not if I can help it.

Julie, you're all right.
You're a fine woman.

Ain't quite ready.

Nothing like soup
for them that's sick.

That's mighty nice of you,
Grandma Birch...

Taking a chance like this.

What chance? I ain't got time
enough left to worry about.

They'd be awful mad
if they caught you.

They won't come looking. They're
scared as a gobbler at Thanksgiving.

Yes, sir, this soup will do that
boy more good than store medicine.

It's been all I can do to get
him to take a sip of water.

Well, maybe Major Adams
can get him to take it.

He told me he was gonna
sit with him tonight.

No, he's not.
I'm sitting with him...

tonight and every night
as long as he's sick.

You can't do no such thing,
Julie Gage!

You know what people are saying,

and you've only been
with him one night.

Well, he laid out my Pa.
I'm beholden to him for that.

I don't care what people
think about me.

What do you think them
brothers of yours are gonna do

when you get to California
with all this talk?

What can they do?

Ain't but two things...

Either they'll make
Tobe marry you...

or they'll k*ll him.

They would, too.

What am I supposed to do,
Grandma Birch?

If I don't tend to him,
he'll die.

Nobody's gonna make
nobody marry me never!

Take him his soup, girl.

You do what
your conscious tells you.

Worry about the rest
when the time comes.

ADAMS: Miss Julie.
Miss Julie, you awake?

What is it?

I was just checking.
Everything all right?

No change,
about the same I guess.

Well, I'll come back every couple
of hours just in case you need help.

Major Adams,
can I talk to you a minute?

Well, sure. What's on your mind?

A lot of talk back in camp?

Well, you know how
those things are, Julie.

People are just worrying
about you, that's all.

Julie Gage... shameless woman,

and him in there
not able to lift a finger.

I told them about that.
They know that.

Oh, they don't worry me.
It's my brothers.

Grandma Birch was right. If this talk gets
to California, Tobe will wish he had died.

Why don't we just cross that
bridge when we get to it, huh?

Major, I got an idea.

I suppose it's silly, but at least
it would make me feel better.

Well, what is it?

Well, I don't wanna do anything

everybody thinks is wrong
and might hurt Tobe.

So, well, I was just
kind of wondering

if you could sort of marry us?

Marry me to Tobe.

What?!

You can do it.

According to the articles
we signed, you got the right.

You're the master
of this train...

Just like you was captain
on a ship.

Well, sure, I can do it,
but don't you think

it would be a good idea if we
wait till Tobe is conscious?

That might be too late.
He needs me now.

But he can't even read the vows.

Then half-marry us.

Half-marry? What the devil
are you talking about?

Well, I thought... if you
thought it would mean anything,

you just let me do my half.

Let me say what's needed,
and then I'd be married to Tobe,

but he wouldn't
be married to me.

You listen here, young lady.
Just why are you doing this?

So you can stay here
and take care of him

or so you'll be bound to him
and he won't be bound to you?

That's part of it.

What's the other part?

Well, I think my brothers
would forgive us both this way.

Well, I don't know what
the rule is in a case like this,

but I just don't think
the Lord would want me

to refuse his strength
to anybody that needs it.

This is probably the only
half-marriage in all history,

but by gall darn
I'm gonna do it.

Oh, thank you, thank you, Major!

Would you hurry, please?
I gotta give him a real bath.

I'll go get my bible.

Here's mine.

You sure you know
what you're doing?

All right.

Grab hold of his hand.

Repeat after me...

I, Julie...

I, Julie...

Take thee Tobe... Tobias...

Take thee Tobias...

To my wedded husband.

To my wedded husband.

Well, I don't care what you say,

it appears to me that
you'd put a stop to it!

Shucks, you were hollering
when she wasn't married,

now you're yelling
'cause she is.

Half-married...
I never heard of such a thing.

Just what would you have me do?
Let that boy die?

Why is it she's
got to look after him?

'Cause she's the only one...
Just hold on a minute, Buck.

'Cause none of the rest of you
would go near her wagon, that's why.

Of course if you ladies would like to
take a chance on catching that fever,

I'd be glad
to rearrange things for you.

It just ain't right, that's all...
having that kind of a woman.

Now you hold on.

All you know about Miss Julie
is that she had the Major here

bind them so she
could take care of Tobe.

Now you can twist that
any way you want.

I know her better than most, and
there ain't anything she could do

that will make me think she's anything
but a decent, God-fearing woman.

If what she's been doing this
past week don't prove that to you,

then some of you better
wash the sand out of your eyes

'cause I think you're missing seeing a
lot of things that are pretty good to see.

Well, we aren't saying...

Last night I went over
and tried to help.

You know what she told me?
She told me not to stay.

She told me she was afraid I'd bring
the fever back to the other wagons.

You come on now
and get in our wagon

and don't you ever let me hear you
say one more thing about Miss Julie.

Well, I declare!

You heard me. Come on now, get.

Jess, you're all right.

Shucks, Major,
a man can't always be a fool.

I reckon I've had
my dander up long enough.

I just hope what Miss Julie's
been going through ain't for nothing.

He's a real sick boy.

I'm going back to see how he is.
Give me a hand.

Come on, Buck.

If the Major ain't caught it,
it ain't gonna be caught.

Hey, ain't you going with us?

I'll be right with you. I got
some candy in my saddlebag.

It's for Miss Julie.
She could use the strength.

You go on back in that wagon
and rest.

Oh, I'm all right.

Eight days of pushing
yourself like this...

how long do you think
you're gonna last?

If his fever would only break.

I better give him some water.

Well, does he seem
any better at all?

He sleeps mostly,
ever since he first came down.

Major Adams!

Whoa!

h*. TOBE: Julie...

What's the matter?

Did you hear him? He knows me.

Julie...

Did you hear?

Take it easy, son.
You're doing all right.

You sure got a sorry wagon boss.

Now, you be quiet.
You gotta rest.

Tobe, you've had
a mighty soft trip,

lying here while the rest of us
have been working.

Sorry I couldn't
appreciate it more.

Now, you stop
talking to him, Major.

Now, you just be quiet.
You gotta save your strength.

Still bossing away.

Well, she's got
kind of a right to...

That's right, boy.
You just save your strength...

'cause you're gonna need it.

Ha! Get out of here!

Julie. Miss Julie.
What's that I smell cooking?

Bacon. Why?

'Cause I'm hungry.
Can I have some?

Well, I'll see if I
can spare a little bit.

Well, I'm sure glad you're able.
I'm sick of spoon feeding you.

Miss Julie, you don't scare
me a bit... not anymore.

I know how good
you've been to me.

If it wasn't for you,
I wouldn't even be here.

Well, maybe you'll wish
you weren't before long.

Soon as you're strong enough,
I've got a surprise for you.

Well, I'm strong enough now.

You sure?

Well, maybe I better tell you
before somebody else does.

Tobe, we are half-married.

We're what?!

We're half-married.

What are you
talking about, Julie?

Nobody's half-married.

And we ain't no ways married,
half or any other way!

We are to!

Everybody carried on so about my
staying here in the wagon with you,

and I thought when my brothers
heard about it, they'd sh**t you.

What?!

So I got Major Adams
to marry us... kind of.

Well, I never heard
of such a thing...

Making a man marry you
when he's out of his head!

I don't believe it.

Well, don't you fret.
It's not you, it's me.

I'm married to you. Major Adams
just said the words for the bride.

You couldn't say yours,
so you needn't worry.

You're not bound.

Well, I never saw such a woman...

Even bossing the marriage rules!

I told you, you're not bound!

Half-married, half-bound.

It's a sight better than
having my brothers sh**t you.

Well, I reckon
you're right at that.

Guess it must have been
pretty hard for you.

And I know you done it
just to tend me.

I'm mighty beholden to you.

I don't want you
to be beholden to me.

I need you to get me
to California,

and I'd do the same for anybody
who'd help get me there.

All right, Miss Julie.
I'll get you there.

Then you and me...
We're all square.

Where'd Miss Julie go?

Down at the creek bathing.

The wonder to me is she
never got that fever herself.

Well, there are things that
some people just don't catch.

Mr. Gage told me when Julie
was a little kid,

she had a real bad case
of scarlet fever.

And ever since that time, she
hasn't caught anything like that.

I've been wondering
about that all afternoon.

She don't look good.

Well, sitting up nights with you
and driving that team all day

could be the reason for that.

You could have
knocked me over with a feather

when she told me
about you playing parson.

What'd you think of it?

I don't wanna be tied up
to nobody.

Least of all a bossy woman,

no matter how good
she's been to me.

Oh, there's worse things, Tobe.

Here. Here's a present for you.

A little harness.

Right to scale.

Chuck, I reckon you must be
about the best whittler...

I think I get the meaning.

Oh, it's just to remind you that maybe
sometimes a harness ain't a bad thing.

It's bad for me!

I wouldn't make up my mind
too fast about that, boy.

I don't wanna get married!

I don't want no harness
around my neck.

Tied up, never able
to make up your own mind,

never going any place
by yourself... no, sir.

Here, you better take this back.

Nope, I made it for you.
You keep it.

You can fool around with it
till you're able to work again.

Might give it some thought, too.

I've thought.

Tobe, did you ever think about a
team of horses harnessed up together?

They're never alone, are they?
Never alone, are they?

Going gets rough,
well, old Baldy...

He just has to look across, and
there's his teammate helping him pull.

Night comes and gets real cold,
well, he just huddles up

against her,
and they both keep warm.

They've been harnessed up
together so long,

they know they
can trust each other.

Tobe, sometimes a harness
ain't such a bad thing.

All right, Chuck.
I'm gonna keep this.

You made it for me.

But I guarantee you one thing...

It'll be the only harness
I ever take.

Oh, I wouldn't bet on that
if I was you.

Uh, Charlie, give me
some more coffee, will you?

You can drive for an hour
or two until the sun gets hot.

Then you best rest.

I tell you I feel all right.

No sense in me spending the
rest of my life being waited on.

A few days rest
won't hurt you none.

Miss Julie, you ever hear a man
was supposed to wear the pants?

A man's supposed
to have some sense, too.

If you had it your way,
you'd have a relapse.

Now, you best do as I say.

Is there anything else
I could do?

You slowed down
the wagons enough.

We wouldn't have slowed them
down none at all

if you'd let some
of the others help.

Maybe I should've let you
rot with that fever.

I'd just as soon you did that
as get myself...

Married? Is that what
you were gonna say?

Nothing. Let's forget it.

I don't wanna be married
to you, Tobe Cannon.

I did what I had to do.
Now remember that.

I'm the one that's married,
not you.

You can leave this wagon
any time you want.

And have everybody say I
left you after you saved my life?

Huh. Maybe I ain't married,
but I'm tied up pretty good.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I told you, you
shouldn't be on your feet.

Now get back in there
and rest a spell.

Miss Julie, just once,
will you stop ordering me?

In my wagon, I am boss.

All right, Miss Julie.

Just remember this...

Some women are content
just to be women.

I don't suppose
these here vittles

are quite up to what
you're used to, Mr. Cannon,

but maybe you realize that a man

has to take a little rough
along with the smooth, huh?

Tasted mighty good to me.

Oh, the eating's all right
I guess,

but we're not as pretty
as the company you been used to.

No. I'll say amen to that.

You know, Tobe,
I still owe you half a wedding.

Whenever you're ready,
you just holler, will you?

No, thanks. The half I got now
is more than I can handle.

Well, I gotta turn in.

Gotta get an early start tomorrow.
Come on, give me a hand.

Wooster.

Hey, you get nervous in the dark
here by yourself, Tobe,

you just holler.

Hey, Tobe, were you serious
about what you said...

About not finishing the wedding?

I sure was.

She's a good woman, Tobe.
A mighty fine one.

Well, I never expected
to hear that from you.

Well, neither did I.

Now, you be good to her,
you hear me? Real good...

so her brothers will
never get a chance at you.

We'll be stopping
in a few minutes.

I know.

I'll give you dinner here.

I want you to stay and put
a new bolt on that double tree.

The one in there's worn loose.
I noticed it a while ago.

It can wait till evening.

No, it can't.

I don't want anything coming
to pieces on these grades.

Needs to be fixed,
let's get it fixed.

All right, Miss Julie.

They're stopping now.

Whoa.

There's a new bolt in that
harness box behind the seat.

I know.

Hand me that bucket.

I'm going over
to Grandma Birch's.

I'll be back in time
to fix your dinner.

Yes, Miss Julie.

And don't forget that bolt.

No, Miss Julie.

What the devil are you doing?

Oh, just fiddling.

Say, when are you gonna quit
loafing and get back to work?

I'd get back to work
a lot quicker

if I didn't have to look
at that ugly face of yours.

Hello, Tobe.

Oh, howdy, Major.
How you feeling?

I'm all right.
Where you heading?

I'm just going over
to see Grandma Birch.

Oh, you looking for somebody?

Tobe! Tobe, has Julie
came back yet?

Ain't she with you?

No, she went to get water.
She's...

Aah!

ADAMS: By golly,
it took a falling mountain

and several battle-scarred
Romeos to do the trick.

But in the end, there they were,

standing before me
just like little lambs.

And pledged your troth
each to the other

and have declared the same
by giving and receiving a ring.

Hey, you got a ring?

Gosh, Major,
it all happened so fast...

Never mind, never mind.

Wait a minute,
I got something else.

This ought to hitch us up
pretty good.

Well, put it on her. Go ahead.

Go on, that's it.

By the power vested in me,

I now pronounce you
man and wife.

Hey, don't we all
get to kiss the bride?

ALL: Yeah!

JULIE: What you doing, Tobe?

I'm fixing to grease the wheels.

Seems to me I heard
a little squeak yesterday.

Well, why don't you grease
the front wheels first, darling?

Well, it don't make any difference
as far as I can see, honey.

I'm gonna grease them all
before I'm through.

Pa always greased
the front wheels first.

Well, what difference
does it make?

Pa always greased the front...

All right, all right.

I'll grease
the front wheels first.

Tobe...

Grease them any way you like.

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