Bonanza (1959–1973): Season 12, Episode 2 - A Matter of Faith - full transcript

You'd never believe it,

but this is one spring
that never went dry.

- We came to the right place.
- It's nothin' now,

Why, the grass around here
used to be knee deep

this time of the year.

What I said,
we came to the right place.

Yeah, I know.

But I wish I believed it the way you do.

Hey, it's all right. I know them.

Whenever I'm in this part
of the country, I work for 'em,

'til I get the itch to move again.



Well, I'll be doggone
if it isn't Dusty Rhodes.

Joe Cartwright. Ben, Hoss.

- Dusty, how are you?
- Fine and dandy.

Jamie.

This here is Jamie Hunter.

- We're traveling together now.
- Howdy.

- Good to see you, Jamie.
- Howdy, Jamie.

I remembered this spring
and figured it'd be a good place

to fill up our barrel
and water our horse,

but nothin' but dust.

Yeah.

Been like this for about four months.

This is the worst drought
we've had in years, Dusty.

Well, you've still got the lake.



Well, it doesn't help the grass
and the hills much.

People can make it rain.

Well...

I... I've heard that some people
can make it rain if they know how.

Yeah, I've heard some people
think they can,

but I figure it'll rain
when it gets good and ready to rain.

And I hope it gets good
and ready real soon.

Boys, we'd better get along
and find those strays.

Dusty, you and your young friend here,
you come and have supper with us.

- Thank you.
- See you.

- Good to see you again.
- I look forward to it.

If the Cartwrights don't think
you can make rain,

nobody else is gonna think so, either.

But this isn't the only place
suffering drought.

We'll go on to Carson City,
and try our luck there.

No, we won't.

They need rain here in Virginia City,
and I'm gonna make it.

Look at those prices, Mayor.

Last week, he was charging $2
a barrel, and that was steep.

Well, Scott, since then, we've had
seven more days without rain,

and there's always somebody
trying to make money

out of the misfortunes of others.

- It ain't right.
- No, but it's legal.

Why don't you go up and buy a barrel
before the price goes up again?

I got 500 head of stock out there,
baking in the sun.

A barrel wouldn't even get me started.

"Rainmaker."

The vultures are beginning to circle.

I don't know. I've heard
some people can make rain.

I heard spunk-water can remove warts.

- Did you ever try it?
- Never had warts.

We've had a drought like this before.

Come on,
it won't cost us nothing to listen.

Well, let's go find the mayor
and strike a bargain.

You'd strike a better bargain
if you let the mayor find you.

What makes you think
he's looking for us?

Did you see the prices
on that water wagon down the street?

- Yeah.
- He's looking.

You know, Jamie,
you put me in mind of a fella

I knew back in Big Springs.

No education to speak of,
but, oh, my, he was smart.

To hear him tell it, you'd think he knew
more than any man, living or dead.

Yeah? What's he doing now?

20 years.

Is your name Garibaldi?

That's what it says on the sign.

But you can call me Doc.

Well, I'm Mayor Corey.

What are you doing in Virginia City,
Mr. Garibaldi?

Well, we're just passing through.

Stopped to water the horses.

Is that a fact?

Well, the troughs are all dry,

and so are most of the wells
around here.

Oh, now, that's a shame.

- You think so?
- I said so, didn't I?

I guess you've come
to fill 'em up for us.

Yeah, all it takes is a little rain.

Which you can supply, I suppose.

You said that, neighbor. I didn't.

As a matter of fact,
we're on our way to Colton, Arizona,

where they haven't had a drop of rain
in three months.

So we'd better be on our way.

We promised 'em
we'd be there by the end of the month.

Just a minute, Doc.

Well, minutes make hours,
and hours make days,

and waiting around here
could make me late.

Uh, well, we'll only take
about 30 minutes of your time

and, uh, we'll see that
you get some water for your horses.

We've been without water here
for over four months.

Maybe we ought to have
a little talk, huh?

Talk talk or business talk?

Business.

All right. You got 30 minutes.

We can talk in my office.

You'd like us to believe that

you can, uh, make it rain
in Virginia City, huh?

No, I'm only telling you I can.
You can believe what you want.

Do you absolutely guarantee
you can make it rain?

Absolutely.

Well, supposin' we did believe you

and supposin' we was to hire you
to perform these services,

just, uh, what do you suppose
it would cost?

Well, since we're only supposin',

I suppose it'd cost you about $5,000.

$5,000!

You expect us to pay you $5,000?

I don't expect you to pay me a red cent.

Where we're going, Colton, Arizona,
$5,000 doesn't bother 'em any.

They need rain
and they know I'll deliver,

so they're waiting there
with the money in their hands.

Jamie.

Uh, Mr. Garibaldi...

Uh, Doc.

It's just possible that
5,000 doesn't scare us much, either,

but we would have to know more
if were gonna close a deal.

Oh? Like what?

Why, you could camp on some
side hill until we get a natural rain,

and then come running to collect.

Well, you tell me,
when do you need the rain?

- Yesterday.
- You're wasting my time.

- We haven't said no yet.
- You haven't said yes, either.

Let's go on down the road.

Look, Doc,

if we don't get rain within two weeks,

there won't be anything here
worth saving.

Two weeks, huh? Oh, I can do that.

Sprinkles don't count.
It's gotta be a real rain.

It's gotta cover this whole area.

Oh, 20 miles in all directions.
Gotta be.

I wouldn't want the rain
to miss Ben Cartwright's place.

You, uh, say that like you know him.

Oh, I do. And Hoss and Joe.

Are you a friend of theirs?

Well, we was
in business together. Partners.

Well, why didn't you say so?

Martin, you go talk to your neighbors
south of town.

- Right.
- Gaston,

you talk to your neighbors
on the north and east.

I'll line up the local folks.

Well, Doc,
that puts it square up to you.

We gotta have a contract first.

Just have everybody sign
right here at the bottom.

Ah, well, we're all friends here.

Well, a man can lose
an awful lot of friends in a rainstorm.

And then, there's the little matter
of the advance.

What advance?

$200 to buy the chemicals
and explosives.

Chemicals? Explosives?

Certainly. We've got to blow away
the existing weather conditions,

frolicance the atmosphere,
and create a natural vacuum

to be filled
by the oncoming rain clouds.

And that takes more than two sticks,
a pinch of salt, and a loud sneeze.

200 out of city funds?
It's mighty irregular.

Here we stand, and down the road,

there's folks waiting
with money in their hands.

Doc, wait a minute.

Here's your advance.

Well, thank you, Mayor.

I'll be back for that contract tomorrow.

Now, what's all this about $200?

You told me all the chemicals we'd
need wouldn't cost more than 50.

- I'm doing this for you.
- For me? Now, hold on, boy.

We've got to buy the lumber
to build the tower.

- $150 worth?
- Yeah.

Just how much tower
are you figuring on building?

18 feet and 2 inches high, and strong.

High and strong, huh?

Well, you've come to the right man
for the job.

Did I ever tell you about the bridge
I built across No Bottom Canyon?

Yeah, you told me.

Now, this better work,
or we're gonna have

an awful lot of sore citizens
coming at us.

It won't matter. They'll never see us.

- Why not?
- It'll be raining too hard.

If you had
one of these that'd fit me, Fred,

one of these dress-up vests,
how much would you ask for it?

- Well, this is $1.75, Hoss.
- $1.75?

Here we go. Come on, come on.

Everything's going sky high.

- Now, that's not bad.
- Yeah?

It seems a little tight.

- Well, I have to let it out a little.
- Yeah.

But $1.75,
that's a ridiculous dang price.

Oh, hi.

Hi, Jamie. Go ahead
and wait on the young man.

Now, you look like a boy
with a nickel to spend.

I bet you want some jellybeans.

- No.
- Licorice whips.

Okay, I give up. What do you want?

- I need some buckets.
- Oh.

Those are solid oak.

They won't crack,
they won't split or leak.

They'll last a lifetime.

Good. I'll take ten of 'em.

Ten?

- Mm-hmm.
- That's gonna cost you a lot of money.

Oh, I've got a lot of money.

And more coming.

$4,800 more.

You wouldn't want to buy
this whole store, would you?

No.

That's what I should have said
ten years ago.

Oh, you want ten, uh, uh, buckets,

and was there anything else?

- Oh, oh, yeah. A whole lot of things.
- Ah.

- Um, 20 gallons of turpentine.
- 20 gallons turps.

- 15 pounds of sulphur.
- 15 pounds of sulphur.

- Um, 20 pounds of soda.
- 20 pounds of soda.

Um, do you have blasting powder?

- That comes in ten-pound kegs.
- Good. I'll take five.

50 pounds?

Mm-hmm.

Would you mind my asking,
what do you want this stuff for?

Atmospheric manipulation.

Oh. I guess that explains it.

Uh, was there anything else?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Uh, 20 pounds of salt.

20 pounds of salt.

- You have that?
- Yes, uh-huh.

Yeah. And a bottle of quicksilver.

Quicksilver. Beans?

Oh, no, no. We'll need scoops.

- How many scoops?
- Three, three.

Three scoops. Anything else?

Um, let's see.

- Oh, we need something to stir with.
- Uh-huh.

Big, something big,
like an oar... an oar or...

- An oar?
- Yeah.

- Well, I've got an oar.
- Okay, I'll take that.

Uh, cups?

- Okay, four cups.
- Four cups.

- You hired a what?
- A rainmaker, Ben.

Said he was a friend of yours,
Dr. B. Barnaby Garibaldi, rainmaker.

- Never heard of him.
- See?

- I told you he was a phony.
- You did not.

Well, wait a minute, fellas.
There's no harm done,

unless you've already paid him
for the job.

Not a chance. We were gonna pay him
when it rained.

- Oh.
- Except for the advance.

The advance? How much?

Uh, he said he needed some supplies.

- How much?
- Chemicals, explosives.

- Uh, $200.
- Oh.

All right.
Where is this miraculous rainmaker?

Uh, last time I saw him,
he was heading out of town.

Toward the Ponderosa.

- Howdy, Hoss.
- Oh, howdy, Dusty.

Hey, it looks, uh...

it looks like you two
are gonna stay around for a while.

Oh, a couple weeks, more or less.

- Did you get everything?
- I got everything.

Not everything. Where's the grub?

That comes to $84.23.

Now, are you sure
there isn't anything else?

- Yes.
- We'll need lumber for the tower.

Oh, I've got that.
I've got that out back.

- Well, let's have a look.
- I've got all kinds of it.

Right through here.

Hey, uh, Jamie.

Explain... What...

Tell me about that...
that, uh, manipulation.

What is that, anyhow?

Oh, um, I'm gonna make it rain.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. I'll see you, Jamie.

Okay, bye.

Uh... Something wrong?

Oh, no. No, no.
There... There ain't nothin' wrong.

- Best of luck, Jamie.
- Thank you.

Here she comes!

On the ground, just touching.

Just like I said, 18'2" exactly.

All right. Well, come on down.
We got a lot more to do.

One quart, iodine.

15 pounds of sulphur.

Blasting powder!

Heh! We're in business with a bang.

That's the way it's supposed to be.

Ten gallons of turpentine.

Ten gallons of turpentine.

- 20 pounds of soda.
- 20 pounds of soda.

That could mean trouble.

Well, if it is,
it's been a mighty short two weeks.

You wait right here.
I'll go talk to 'em.

- Howdy, neighbors.
- Howdy.

Something wrong?

Yeah, that's sure some piece
of construction you got there.

Yeah, and it had to be
exactly the right size.

Well, Ben, is he a friend of yours
or ain't he?

Oh, yes, yes, I know him.

What about the advance?

Well, anybody who's gonna
build a tower like that

sure isn't fixin' to run off somewhere.

Well, since they're on your land,
you can keep an eye on them.

I think I'll be getting back to town.

It's a comfort to know
he's a friend of yours

and you vouch for him.

I'll, uh... I'll see you back in town.

Now...

Come here.

Where'd you learn to build like this?

Well, you know that trestle
over at Walnut Creek?

Yeah.

Well, I did six months
carpentering on that trestle.

Did you?

Well, what's it for?

And what about that?

"B. Barnaby Garibaldi.
Doctor of Precipitative Practices."

Now, would you mind explaining to me

where you got that rig
and that new name?

Why, sure, Ben. Jamie!

Is everything all right?

Everything's fine.
You can put the gun away now.

Why don't you kick up the fire there
and put the coffee pot back on?

Holler when it's hot.

- Is he a relative of yours?
- No, he's a stray like me.

We kind of got together by accident.

Oh?

I was coming back from Montana,

coming over a high pass,
and I found this wagon in a ditch.

Jamie was trying to get it out,
and Tom Hunter, that's Jamie's dad,

he was down sick
in the back end of the wagon,

and wrapped up in a blanket,

freezing one minute
and burning up the next.

Yeah?

Well, I didn't know Tom Hunter
very long,

but he was one of the best.

And he knew he was dying, too,
but not a whimper out of him.

He just worried about the boy

and he asked me if I'd take care of him

and kind of see
that he got a fair share of education.

I told him
I wasn't the man for that job,

but he insisted.

And you promised to do it.

Yeah.

But, like I said,
he was one of the best.

Coffee's ready.

Be right there.

That's quite a responsibility
you've taken on.

Oh, it ain't been too bad so far.

It's probably strong enough
to float a bullet,

but that's the way my pa liked it.

Yeah.

Oh, yes, it's strong, all right.

You old enough to drink coffee?

If I'm old enough
to take care of myself,

I'm old enough to drink coffee.

I'm old enough to take care of him, too.

Now, just a minute.
You're a mite confused, aren't you?

I'm taking care of you, remember?

Well, I'm a mite confused.

Now, if you're Dusty Rhodes,

and you're Jamie Hunter,
who's this Dr. Garibaldi?

Nobody, really.

The name just kind of goes along
with the wagon and the book.

And Dusty's a bad name
for a rainmaker.

Yeah, it sure is.

Now, what makes you so all-fire
certain that you can make rain?

I'm not sure, but he is.

It's all in the book, Mr. Cartwright.

My pa wrote it all down, step by step.

Well, son, I... I sure don't mean
to be disrespectful to your father,

but I just don't believe

that it's possible
to shape or twist nature

to make it do whatever you want it to.

Why, sure you can.

You can dam up a stream
and water a field.

You can plow up the ground
and spread fertilizer around

and plant corn
where nature's grown nothing

but weeds and wildflowers.

Well, of course
you can do that in the ground,

but you can't make rain out of the sky.

No, no more than you can make corn
out of the ground,

but you can plow the ground
and plant the seed.

Jamie, this is not a game.

This is serious, dangerous business.

Look around you.

It's tinder dry
as far as the eye can see.

We haven't had rain here in
four months, and people are upset.

Now, they can't take
their frustrations out against nature,

but if someone like you comes along,

and you say you're gonna make rain,

and they believe you,

and then you cannot make rain,

they can sure take it out on you.

We got hired, Mr. Cartwright.

We're gonna make rain.

Thanks for the coffee.

You shouldn't have talked to him
like that.

He as much as said my pa was a liar.

Now, hold off, boy.

He said there are some things
a man can't change,

and the weather might just
possibly be one of 'em.

My pa was right,
and I'm gonna prove it.

Oh, now, listen, Jamie...

Are you gonna
try to talk me out of it, too?

It'd be a waste of my breath.

- That's right.
- But I'll tell you something.

If you don't start
being a little nicer to people,

I'm gonna turn you over my knee.

And another thing, it's about time

you started to learn a little
"yes, sir" and "no, sir"

and "thank you very much, sir."

- You think so?
- I know so.

- All right.
- What?

- I said, "all right."
- "All right" what?

- All right, sir.
- That's better.

Yes, sir. No, sir.
Thank you very much, sir.

- What'd you say?
- Nothing.

I'll be very honest, Corey.

I don't think there's a man alive
who can make rain.

- That's not a happy thought, Ben.
- No, it sure isn't.

We've got to let 'em try, Ben.

Things are desperate now,
and getting worse by the minute.

Not so bad for you, Ben.
You've got a whole lake full of water.

Yes, and no grass.

Well, I've got little of either,
and I'm willing to try anything.

All right,
but don't get your hopes up too high.

Well, you're the one
who vouched for them.

I didn't vouch
for their ability to make rain.

Well, if it don't rain, you were right.

If it does,
you get the benefit without paying.

Gentlemen, if it rains
within the next two weeks,

I'll be more than happy
to pay my share.

Number one!

Number two!

Number three!

All right, Dusty,
start mixing those chemicals!

What's going on here?

We're preparing
to sow the seeds, Ben.

Now, you don't believe any of all this,
do you?

Not for one minute.

Then, well, why are you doing all this?

Why don't you just stop it
before it goes any further?

Well, I don't know how we can do that,

short of tying him
in the back of the wagon

and riding him out of the country.

Now, look, I've got a book here
that a friend of mine gave me in town.

It's all about frauds
and confidence games,

and there's a whole chapter here
about rainmakers.

Now, we can prove to him
that he cannot make rain.

Won't make a bit of difference.

But we can prove it.

Ben, all you've got is a book
that says he can't.

He's got a book that says he can.

Now, just what have we proved?

Dusty, this book
was written by an authority.

And his book's written by his pa.

Well, his pa was wrong.

Look, Ben, he's heard all that.

He's heard his dad called a charlatan,
a fraud, a scoundrel.

He's seen him run off
and chased away.

Why, he's even seen him
tarred and feathered

and ridden out of town on a rail.

Well, then he knows
that it's dangerous.

Better than either one of us.

That's what killed his daddy.

- You saw all this?
- Yeah.

They worked Jamie over
with a willow switch

while they were at it.

When his pa died,
Jamie latched onto that book,

and set out to make it rain
with a vengeance.

I guess he's trying to prove
to the whole world

that those people were wrong
and his daddy was right.

Hi, Jamie.

What are you doing here?

Well, I... I just, uh,
came out here to help.

Why? You don't believe
in anything I'm doing.

It's just that
we have different opinions, Jamie.

I know we do.

Why do you want to help?

Well, they asked me in town
to come out here

and keep an eye on you, and...

Well, as long as I'm out here,
I might as well help.

Well, as long as you're here.

Come on, Dusty,
we've got lots of work to do.

We're wasting time.

Remind me to teach him
how to say "please."

If I was a rain cloud,

I wouldn't come
anywhere near that noise.

I said I'd pay my share,
but I'm beginning to wonder.

You know, I've seen that
Doc Garibaldi someplace before,

but I don't remember him
being partners with the Cartwrights.

He said he was.

What do you figure
he's doing up there, anyway?

Wasting our time and our money.

- Have you finished eating?
- Yeah.

- You never even touched it.
- I wasn't very hungry.

Jamie, the ink on that page
isn't gonna fade.

It's still gonna be there in 20 minutes.

Now, you eat.

- Howdy, Jamie, Dusty.
- Howdy, Hoss.

What brings you way out here?

Oh, I thought I'd just sort of come out
and jaw with you fellers.

- How about a cup of coffee?
- Hey, that sounds good.

As a matter of fact,
I was hoping you'd invite.

Hey, uh, Jamie,

do you sure enough believe for real
that you can make it rain?

Darned right, I can.
I mean, it's all right here in the book.

Yeah?

Hey, uh, read me some of that, huh?

Here you go.

What you got there, Hoss?

- Oh, this. It's...
- What is it?

It's an umbrella. Uh, I, uh...
I brung it out to Jamie.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

- Read to me, boy. Read to me.
- All right.

No clouds. Must be the rainmaker.

Playing with gunpowder
and cooking up stinks

that would shame a skunk.

He said two weeks,
and it ain't been but...

13 days, and I've got
waterholes full of dust

and cattle dying.

Maybe it ain't real thunder.

Rain is what he promised.

We've got to get it by tomorrow,

or that Garibaldi's gonna think
he's been hit by lightning.

That makes nine.

Here's the soda.

That's ordinary soda.

You use that in a rainmaking mixture?

Mm-hmm. You use salt, too.

And sulphur and turpentine

and things people keep
in their pantry shelf.

It ain't what's in it,
it's knowing how to use it.

Take it up to the tower, Dusty.

There's a lot of stars up there.

The clouds'll come.

You'd be surprised how fast
they pile up once they start.

Well, uh, I'll tell you,
if the rain doesn't come...

I still got the rest of the night
and all day tomorrow.

It's gonna rain, Mr. Cartwright.

If it ain't clouding up come morning,
I still got Pa's emergency page.

- His what?
- His emergency page.

Getting the air ready
takes two weeks sometimes.

If it ain't raining by then,
you just double the batches.

It worked every time Pa used it.

Well, I'd better get to the tower.

Jamie?

Jamie.

I'll take care of that for a while.
You get some sleep.

No, I'm not sleepy.

I'm wide awake.

So am I.

Well, if neither one of us can sleep,

I'll keep you company.

I used to sit up on the tower with Pa
and watch him work.

Sometimes I'd go to sleep,

and the next morning,
I'd wake up in back of the wagon.

Didn't even remember him
picking me up and moving me.

He was a genius, you know.
He really could make it rain.

People just didn't understand.

They thought he was trying to
cheat 'em or something.

That's what you think, isn't it?

Well, I'm willing to be shown.

Well, I'm gonna show you.

My pa was a genius,
and I'm gonna prove it.

You getting a little tired?

No need for both of us to be up here.

That's right.

One of us
could be getting some sleep.

That's right.

But you call me
as soon as it gets light.

Crack of dawn.

No.

Let me go. Let me go.

No, leave my pa alone.

No!

Leave him alone!

- Leave him alone!
- Jamie!

- Leave him alone!
- Jamie!

Don't touch my pa! Don't hurt him!

Please leave him alone!

- Jamie!
- No!

Jamie! Jamie!
It's all right, boy. It's all right.

It's all right. Jamie.
Jamie, come on, wake up.

- I gotta get to the tower.
- Wake up, wake up, wake up.

Everything's all right now.
It's under control.

Come on, now.

Okay.

I was dreaming about my pa.

You were having a little nightmare.

- I was yelling, huh?
- Yeah, you were yelling.

I done it before.

Pa used to wake me up.

For a minute, I thought you were Pa.

I was dreaming about Grass Flat.

I... I could...
I could smell the tar boiling.

And then they were coming at us
from every place.

It's all right.

Then, tar and feathers.
That's what they did to my pa!

Come on, you'd better get some rest
now. Tomorrow's a big day, Jamie.

I'll go tend to things.
You try to get some rest, Jamie.

There were... There were
rainmaking jobs after Grass Flat.

We'd... We'd just get started.

The drunks would come
and call my pa a fool and a cheat

and lots worse,

and we'd run.

My pa was sick and shaking and...

and we just couldn't wait
'fore the air was ready.

- I ain't runnin'.
- Of course you're not.

- Now, come on, lie down.
- I ain't runnin'.

Come morning,
I'm gonna show everybody.

I'm gonna double the batches
and I'm gonna show everybody

that my pa knew how to make it rain.

Come on. Of course you will.
Come on, now, lie down.

Come morning. You'll see.

Come morning.

No breakfast, two bites for dinner.

That boy makes a sparrow
look like a hearty eater.

- He's worried.
- Well, he's not alone.

I never was a believer,
but I admit, I did a lot of hoping.

I know what you're thinking.

Well, if you do,

you'd know I wish it was raining.

Thanks.

It's only 4:00. I've got 'til midnight.

You've got eight hours.

That's enough time for three batches,

but I ain't got enough stuff
to make even one.

What do you need?

Soda, turpentine.

We've got some at the Ponderosa.

I'll get some for you.

Why? You don't believe
I can make it rain.

I'll try to be back by dark,
maybe a little after.

So, we've got
'til Mr. Cartwright gets back.

I hope he gets back soon.

Maybe that's him coming now.

Take it easy.

I've seen that look, on the ones
that tarred and feathered Pa.

Where's the rain?

We've been trying, day and night.

It ain't midnight yet. I have...

You shut your mouth, boy.

Dr. Garibaldi, huh?

I finally remembered
where I seen you before.

You was partners with Hoss and Joe
on that livery stable deal.

Yeah, we was learning the business
from the ground up.

He's got a wise mouth,

but he ain't no doctor
and his name ain't Garibaldi.

I never said it was.

That's what you led us to believe.
It's the same thing.

You already stole 200.
You was hoping to steal a lot more.

Now, we're gonna fix it,
so you don't do that to nobody again.

Start wrecking it, boys.

Now, hold on here!
You got no right to...

What's that, Doc?

You let him alone! I'm the rainmaker.

Well, look who's talking.

Is your name Garibaldi?

No, but I'm the rainmaker.

You're a half-pint of nothing, boy.

You'd better
find yourself a hole and hide,

or you're gonna get walked on.

Stay out of this, Jamie.

- Get moving, boys.
- Wait!

It's all in here.
My pa wrote it all down.

He was a rainmaker. He taught me.

What are you talking about, boy?

Look, my pa knew
what he was talking about.

He wrote it all down in the book.

- Let me see that.
- Give me my book!

Hey, you give me my...

Hold it.

Now, give that boy his book,

and then clear out of here, all of you.

You heard me.

Now, give that boy his book,
and then clear out!

Give me my book!

Give me my book! Give...

Who did this?

The folks that hired us to make rain.

Scott was one,

and Garrison.

- I'm sorry, Jamie.
- Just a bunch of burnt pages.

What... What's to be sorry about?

Jamie, I'm gonna take you home.

My home is in that wagon,
Mr. Cartwright.

Besides, I can't leave Dusty.

Then, Dusty will come along with us.

I didn't run.

I said I wouldn't run, and I didn't.

No, you didn't run.

And I didn't cry.

I'm too big to cry.

That's right.

You're too big to cry.

Come on.

Two minutes to 10:00.

It came two hours ahead
of when we promised.

It's raining.

It's really raining.

See?

Trespass, assault and battery,

destruction of property,

there's enough here to keep
a court busy for a solid month.

Well, Jamie, I guess
you're not gonna be able to leave

as soon as you thought.

Anyway, there's not too much work
for a rainmaker these days.

And with the muddy roads,
it's not gonna be easy to travel.

I'm used to bad roads.

Well, you've got to stick around
'til the wagon is fixed.

We're gonna take care
of your wagon for you.

Wheels, axle, paint...
be as good as new.

Or better.

A new sign, too.

What about my pa's book?

I guess you can't put that
back together again, can you?

No, we... we can't.

But we're mighty sorry about it.

You look like
you've been out in the rain.

Yeah.

We decided to ride in
and save you the trouble

of having to tell us what happened.

Might as well get on with it.

We hired ourselves a rainmaker.

Rain in two weeks,
or we don't have to pay for it.

The night before last,
rain started at 10:00,

two hours before the time ran out.

We ain't denying the rain,

but we sure didn't hire a boy
to make it.

You hired Dusty and me
and my pa's book.

We did get rain, and it did come
just before the contract time ran out.

For them that want to argue,
I got documents here,

charging trespass, assault and battery,

destruction of property,
and sundry other crimes.

Seven pages of them.

Well, we did make a mistake,

and we're willing to set it straight.

Pay for the rain, too,
just like we agreed.

Well, Jamie, it's up to you.

They gotta say my pa made it rain.

I just did what he put in the book.
Pa made it rain.

Your pa made it rain, son,

and we're willing to put it in writing.

Mr. Cartwright's already paid

for his share of the rain,

and as soon as
the rest of us do likewise,

we can forget
about the warrants and charges.

Jamie.

It's gonna be a while
before you can leave.

Gotta get that wagon fixed up,
get all the money collected.

Uh, Dusty's gonna work with us
on the Ponderosa.

You're welcome to stay
just as long as you'd like.

Well, I'm not much on taking favors,

but, well, I could stay for a while,
if I could pay for board.

Well, now, tell you what.

We'll find you a bunch of chores
to make it come out even, huh?

All right.

Hey, looks like
it's beginning to clear up.