Bonanza (1959–1973): Season 7, Episode 31 - Home from the Sea - full transcript
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♪♪
What's the matter?
What's the matter, you
think you got cheated?
No, but if I make a mistake
on this Mendoza cattle deal,
Pa'll skin me alive.
Hey, that's not a bad
idea, skin you alive.
You know, we'd have
a rug for the living room,
one for the upstairs
bedroom, the hallway...
Very funny.
We...
Give me the first one.
The seabag.
Been a fine journey, lad.
Pleased to have made your
acquaintance, you might say.
Aye, sir. Good luck to you.
Hey, Andy, you got any mail
in there for the Cartwrights?
Why, I ain't sure, Hoss.
Let me go through the pouch.
There, uh, won't be
any letter from Adam,
if that's what
you're looking for.
What makes you so sure, mister?
Obviously, you
must be Little Joe...
and you must be Hoss.
My name's Gilly Maples.
I'm pleased to meet you.
Gilly Ma... Gilly Maples!
Oh, Gilly Maples!
You're on the boat
with Adam, ain't you?
I was... only they
called it a ship.
Hey, Adam wrote
us about the time
you pulled him out of the
water and saved his life.
Oh, well, that wasn't anything.
Dad-burn, Pa's
gonna bust wide open
when he hears you're in town.
Well, now, look, I-I've
already got a room
- reserved at the hotel.
- You haven't got a room.
- Oh, no, you're staying at the Ponderosa.
- You've got a room at
- the Ponderosa, and that's it.
- Now, now, wait a minute...
Nah, come on, we're not
gonna hear anything like that.
Hey, Hoss!
Ain't nothin' there from Adam!
Now, look, I've got the hotel...
- That's what you think, Andy!
- Hey, how's he doing?
- How's he doing?
- All right.
♪♪
Hey, Pa!
Hey, Pa, wait'll
you see who's here!
Mr. Cartwright,
he not here all day.
Dad-burn it.
Hey, he must be working
on those dipping fences.
He's getting ready
for the Mendoza herd.
He's gonna be tickled pink
to see you anyhow,
though, Gilly.
Well, look, I really don't
think this is such a good idea.
I can just as easily
go back to town
- and put up at the hotel.
- Now, look,
you're talking silly again.
You kidding? Pa'd skin us alive
if we didn't keep you out here.
To make sure, I'm gonna
put your bag upstairs.
Well, I guess I just don't have
much choice in the matter, huh?
That's right, you sure don't.
I'll see if old Hop Sing can't
rustle up something to eat.
Make yourself at home.
Right.
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Adam?
No, sir, Mr. Cartwright,
not Adam.
A shipmate of his.
My name's Gilly Maples.
Oh, of course, of course.
Adam wrote me about you.
Well, welcome to the Ponderosa.
- How's my son? I...
- Hey, Pa, see you met Gilly.
I sure did.
Hey! You saw the surprise, huh?
- Yeah.
- What a surprise.
- Wonderful surprise.
- Hey, I put your bag up in Adam's room.
Oh, I appreciate that very much.
Hop Sing's getting
you some dinner ready.
Hey, well, come on,
we'll go upstairs and...
Wait, wait. Enough
is enough, now.
It's one thing to shower
hospitality on our guests.
It's another thing
to drown 'em in it.
Now, which is it
gonna be, food or rest?
Well, now, that, uh...
that food sounds
mighty tempting.
All right, come on,
let's have some food!
Hop Sing! Fix the table.
We got a very special guest.
- Wonderful to have you here.
- Which way do I go?
- Here?
- No, no, no...
Hop Sing, we're about
out of food, looks like.
I fix plenty more.
You one of family.
You got appetite
just like Mr. Adam.
Nothing more for me, thanks.
I'm afraid if I'd
have another bite,
I'd weigh more than
this chair could take.
You don't have to
worry about that...
We've had them all
reinforced, for obvious reasons.
Gilly, I didn't
want to interrupt
while you were eating, but...
- I wonder...
- Adam's fine, Mr. Cartwright.
- Never better.
- Good.
Good. I'm glad to hear that.
Did he say anything
about... visiting at any time?
No, sir, I don't think so.
He had hoped to
be in San Francisco
long enough to get home
for a few days, but, uh...
well, when he
heard about this ship
pulling out for the South Seas,
I, uh, I guess that was a
chance he just couldn't pass up.
Yeah, well, I don't blame him.
First Hawaii, and... then
the whaling grounds, I figure.
Adam thinks that the whale
herds are being thinned out too fast,
that, uh, something's gonna
have to take the place of whale oil.
Thinks maybe copra is the thing.
Well, that sounds
like Adam, all right.
Adam always had a lot
of ideas on board, too.
Like the sails.
The sails?
He told the first mate that
they could get more speed
out of the longboats
if they rigged the sails
a different way.
Well, now, this mate,
he wasn't too happy
about someone telling
him how to rig the sails.
No, I don't imagine he would.
- Well, the point is that...
- Adam was right.
No, no, he was dead wrong.
The boat capsized the
first time they tried it.
You know, every time
Adam talked about all of you,
he'd smile.
I'm beginning to
understand why now.
Gilly, I, uh, can't
offer you any rum...
I know you prefer that... But,
uh, how about some brandy?
Aye, aye, sir.
- I'll drink to that.
- I'll drink to that.
You know, back in those
days, a herd of whales
would, uh, would extend,
oh, as far as the horizon.
It wasn't a question of
could you take the whales;
it was a question
of which one first.
Ah, New Bedford was
the center of the world then.
That's changed, huh?
Well, nowadays, you got to
look long and hard, Mr. Cartwright.
You know, Pa, speaking of herds,
when's that Mendoza
cattle supposed to arrive?
Ah, I clean forgot
to tell you fellas.
One of Mendoza's advance
riders came by today.
That herd's been
delayed two weeks
on the trail up from Mexico.
Adam showed me the letter that
you wrote to him about all that.
- Oh, yeah?
- It must be quite a thing to set up,
all the way from Mexico.
Mm. Well, this deal
took six months to set up.
You know, Pa, that...
that delay could help us.
It'll give us a little more
time to round up that gold.
The gold?
Yeah. Yeah, Mendoza doesn't
have too much faith in governments.
He wants everything
in pure gold.
Mr. Cartwright, I, uh...
I hope you don't mind Adam
showing me your letters.
No, of course not.
Why should I mind?
Well, it's just that, um...
I never had what you
could call a proper family,
and, um, well, reading
letters like yours, I...
I sort of adopted
you in my mind.
Sounds kind of
silly, doesn't it?
No, it doesn't...
doesn't sound silly at all.
As a matter of
fact, I'm kind of glad
that Adam adopted
you as a friend.
Somebody who can swim
and pull him out of the drink.
Adam would have done the
same thing, Mr. Cartwright.
Of course he would, but...
that doesn't change
our feeling toward you.
Do you remember this?
Oh, yeah.
"To my son, Adam."
I gave each of the boys
one of these money clips.
Well, you remember you
were talking about feeling.
Well, Adam felt the
same way as you.
That's why he gave me that
right after I pulled
him out of the water.
Well, I'm glad he did.
Only I can't keep
it, Mr. Cartwright.
Why not?
Because it was meant to be his.
Well, he wanted you to
have it; he gave it to you.
No, sir, I just can't.
He wouldn't take it back...
but I'm asking you, as a favor,
to... take it.
You... you keep it for him.
Sure.
Now, I better be
getting back to town.
- Well...
- You mind if I borrow one of your horses?
- Oh, no, no, of course not.
- Thanks a lot. All of you.
Gilly, there's no necessity
to go back to town.
- We have plenty of room...
- No, sir, Mr. Cartwright.
It just wouldn't work.
Thanks a lot.
Okay, but you're
welcome here, buddy.
Well... I'll help him saddle
up one of the horses.
No, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Uh, you're gonna have an
awfully unhappy mare there
unless you put a saddle
blanket on her first.
Gilly... you're a
seafaring fella.
You're on board ship,
everything's done a...
a certain way.
That's the way it is out here.
You just don't turn
down a man's invite
unless you have a good reason.
Have you got a good reason?
I told you, I don't
want to be in the way.
And I told you that
you're not in the way.
If that's your reason.
No, no, Mr. Cartwright,
that's not the reason.
People like me, we just...
we just don't fit in.
Especially not around
a place like this.
A place with a family.
Aw, come on, now, Gilly.
Mr. Cartwright, I've
had the wrong shoe
on the wrong foot for just
as long as I can remember.
Other fellas, they-they
dream about, uh...
running away to sea.
Well, me, I was a
cabin boy at eight.
And I hated it.
Some of the other
fellas on board,
like Adam...
they'd stand at
the rail for hours
just staring out
over the horizon.
But the ocean...
only made me feel lonely...
because there aren't any
markers on the ocean...
and I'm a man who needs markers.
Wait a minute, now. What, uh...
what are you gonna do?
The sea's the only
thing you know.
I'll find something.
Yeah, but what do you want?
I want to have me a place.
A place.
Somewhere I can
look at and say...
"This is where Gilly
Maples belongs."
I want a plot of
ground when I go.
Not just to be...
tossed over the side
in six feet of sailcloth.
Well, you know, young
fella, you sound just like
the kind of... kind of man
we need around here.
Heaven knows
there's plenty of land.
All we need is a...
a man to work it.
And, uh, you'll-you'll
get the know-how.
I will.
One way or another.
Well, the first thing you're
gonna have to learn is...
not to put a saddle
on backwards.
Young man,
I'm trying to give you a
chance to learn these things.
And I'm not doing it out of
the goodness of my own heart
or because you're
a friend of Adam's.
I want you to be a
friend of mine, too.
Before you leave
here, I want you to find
that place that
you want so badly.
Now, let me have
my own way in this.
Let me be selfish about it.
Huh?
Attaboy.
Now, you get yourself inside...
We'll see if we can outfit you
in some of Adam's old clothes.
Get you some land clothes to
go with those land legs of yours.
Mr. Cartwright, I just
don't know how to...
I said get inside,
now, didn't I?
Wait a minute.
I can't let any guest of mine
take the saddle
off his own horse.
Frontwards or backwards.
♪♪
Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.
There you go.
- Climb aboard, Gilly.
- This is the same horse
I tried to saddle
last night, isn't it?
Yeah, it's the same one. Why?
He didn't look so big then.
Let me tell you
something, Gilly.
Horses are a lot stronger
and a lot bigger than men,
but they ain't got
something you got.
You got brains; they ain't.
Listen, if I had any brains,
I don't think I'd
be doing this at all.
Well, uh, there's a
first time for everything.
Here we go.
- I don't think that's right.
- No, you got to face the end
with the head on it.
- Try again.
- There you go.
All right.
How am I doing so far?
I think you're a
natural born rider.
Well, the riding I don't know,
but sitting there
in that saddle,
- you're doing a real good job.
- Good.
Go on, give her a
little kick; she'll start.
Oh, I don't want to hurt her.
Oh, Gilly, you ain't
gonna hurt her.
Can't talk him out of
it, old girl. I'm sorry.
Well, here we go.
♪♪
Hey, come on, relax, Gilly...
She's not gonna bite you.
Don't give her any ideas.
♪♪
Oh, look at him bounce.
Ride 'em, cowboy!
Loosen up your rein, Gilly.
I-I think I've had enough!
You've got a lot
to learn yet, Gilly.
Yeah, you're just
getting started.
Stay with it.
Hey, I-I... I think
I've had enough!
How do you stop this thing?
S-Stop.
Slow up, at least!
Help me stop her! Please!
Please!
- Help!
- Whoa, whoa, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Ho, ho, ho.
Wha...?
Wha...?
That never happened before.
Never.
Well, look, Gilly, as soon as
you get used to the horse...
No, no, no, it's
not that, it's...
for the first time in my life...
after all those
years on the sea...
here I'm a thousand miles
from the nearest ocean...
I think I'm gonna be seasick.
♪♪
Hey, you feeling any better?
Oh, uh, sure, Joe,
just fine. Thanks.
Here.
No, I reckon that was sort of
a bad suggestion, wasn't it?
Well, it's the
thought that counts.
Well, uh, what's next?
Aside from riding
a horse, that is.
Oh, well, let me
see, we got a...
we got a terrific stream
not too far from the house,
trout about that size.
- We could have a good time...
- Oh, no, no.
I mean, what's next
in the way of work?
Gilly... you're our guest!
We don't want you running
around doing chores and such.
Sit down, relax.
I'm a guest.
All right.
Yeah, relax a little bit.
Well, so I'm a guest, huh?
Bring me something to eat.
- Here.
- No, no, no, no.
I don't mean anything like that.
Bring me a... a roast,
like we had last night.
Well, that takes Hop Sing
a half a day or so, Gilly,
- to fix something like that.
- Yeah, you just don't
whip that thing up in
a minute, you know.
Well, that doesn't matter to me.
I haven't got a
schedule to keep.
After all, I'm... a guest.
You know, Gilly...
I think we just changed our
mind about the whole thing
while we've been
sitting here talking.
Well, if I can't be a slave,
I want to be a master.
You got a deal. Hello, slave.
Yeah.
Ah, I'm happy to
break your back.
Well, how's this for
starters? I'm gonna go in town
to the livery stable... I got
some stuff to bring in there.
- Want to come along?
- That sounds just fine.
- How about you?
- There's still a sandwich, ain't there?
- You answered my question.
- Right.
Okay.
Joe, there's, uh,
there's just one thing.
Yeah?
The next time you want
to be nice to a whaler...
don't invite him to go fishing.
You got a point.
Gilly, you got a point.
♪♪
You sure he's open?
I don't see anyone around.
Yeah, he's open.
He's probably...
probably out having
lunch or something.
You mean he just leaves it
like that, the door's wide open?
Well, they say there's only
one thing a blacksmith's got
worth stealing, and there's
not too many folks around
strong enough to lift an anvil.
Well, you sure wouldn't
find that kind of thinking
on a ship... there, you got
to watch your belongings
- every minute, or...
- Or what?
Well, or they're
liable to get stolen.
Here, let me give
you a hand with that.
Eh, don't worry about it.
We got three more
of them in the wagon.
Hey, first thing you better
do is go over and talk
to that fella in the gray
suit across the street.
That's Mr. Bannerman...
He's the clerk at the hotel.
You got to cancel that
reservation of yours,
or he'll have his books
messed up for a month.
Yeah, I'll do that.
Thanks.
Sure thing, friend. Uh,
what can I do for you?
I, uh... wonder if you could
give me some information.
Well, I'll try.
But if it's work clothes
you're looking for,
well, I'd say go down
to the mercantile.
They got good quality
with a pretty fair price.
Thanks a lot.
Being a stranger in
town, I just didn't know.
No trouble at all,
friend, no trouble at all.
♪♪
Did you get everything
straightened out?
- Yeah.
- He wasn't mad about you canceling
the reservation, was he?
No, no, not a bit.
♪♪
Yeah.
Here we are... Logbook
Lucy B, Master Ben Cartwright.
- You know where I got this logbook?
- No.
From John Williams.
Does he still have his ships
chandlery in New Bedford?
He does... but his
sons help him run it now.
Yeah, I bet they do.
Yeah, see? I was right...
Eight days out of New Bedford
when that black squall hit.
Gilly, I'll tell
you, it was like...
it was like
doomsday all at once.
Two masts snapped
like matchsticks.
- Two?
- Two of them.
When that wind came up...
What's the matter?
- Excuse me.
- What for?
Well, here I am
talking to a fella
who wants to leave the sea,
and what do I talk about? The sea.
That's all right,
Mr. Cartwright. I don't mind.
Well, just the same,
you'll find that the sea
and this part of the
country are very much alike.
They demand the
same things of a man.
That's what I told
Adam this morning.
You told Adam?
Yeah. I wrote him a letter.
♪♪
Told him about you visiting us.
Well, I wish I could be
here to read his answer.
Oh, you will be. Yeah.
Mr. Cartwright, uh...
I'm afraid I can only
stay long enough
to see that big
Mexican herd get in,
and I don't think Adam's
reply can get here by then.
Oh, of course it can.
Hoss got the letter on
this morning's stage.
Which means it can catch
the pass back into Hawaii.
No, Adam's reply and...
the herd from Mexico
should be arriving at
just about the same time.
♪♪
Morgan, it's me.
I've got to talk to
you. It's important.
You don't have the
brains of an oyster!
This is the last place
we should be seen.
Morgan, I had to...
Something's come up.
Bilge! Whatever it is
can't be that important.
Morgan, we can't
go through with it.
Say it again, lad.
I surely didn't hear you proper.
Cartwright sent a letter
to his boy this morning.
He thinks that the
answer will get here
before the herd arrives.
Go on.
Well, Morgan, they'll know.
And what'll they do?
You've committed no crime.
And if the letter
arrives after the herd,
we'll have the gold and be gone.
It's simple.
Everything's simple to you.
I wish I could feel that way.
You used to.
What changed your feelings?
Look, when you got that letter
out of Cartwright's seabag,
well, I thought, like
you, that it was a...
a good chance to
get some easy money.
It still is, lad!
Since then, I've gotten
to know these people.
Would you like
to call it off, then?
Would you be willing
to consider it, Morgan?
I'd sooner give up my eyes, lad!
Look at you.
You got the guts of a barnacle
and the spine of a jellyfish.
Now, look, lad...
I've helped you.
I taught you things, didn't I?
All sorts of things.
- Yes.
- I took you as a runny-nosed
snip of a cabin boy...
and I showed you
what it was to be a man.
Didn't I?
Yes.
Taught you the currents...
that can run deep in a man,
that can spill forth
like a struck whale's
boiling, black blood.
Yes.
Well, my boy, none of
the things I taught you,
none of them...
are more important than this.
You and I... we travel no
more with the baitfish, lad,
we move alone, like sharks.
You'll trust me on this?
Won't you, Gilly?
♪♪
Yeah, you're
looking real pretty.
How you doing, Gilly?
Okay.
You're starting to look
real good on that horse.
Thanks, but I'm, uh...
- not in your class yet.
- Well, things take time.
We'll have you riding with
the best 'em before you know it.
I'd hate to think about all
the things I'd have to learn
about ships and the sea.
Oh, no, that's not so.
I... I could teach you what
you'd have to know in no time.
Yeah, we both got
things we could learn.
You... you want to learn
about sailing and such?
Well, not to be a
regular sailor, but...
you know, I get
letters from Adam,
and he talks about things
he's seen, places he's gone.
It's a lot different
than the Ponderosa.
Different, yeah.
It is that.
Depends upon what a man
wants for himself, doesn't it?
Yep. If you don't want a
sick horse on your hands,
you'd better get him in a
barn and get him rubbed down.
Like you say, I
got a lot to learn.
Come on.
Oh, I'm not gonna leave
you, don't you worry.
We've been together too long.
♪♪
Hop Sing's cooking gets
better all the time, don't it?
- Sure does.
- What, you didn't like it before, huh?
Well, it was tolerable,
just tolerable.
Yeah, well, I'll
tell you something.
Hop Sing's been outdoing
himself ever since Gilly got here.
Well, in that case,
Gilly, my thanks.
How about a game of checkers?
Uh, no, thanks. I was thinking
about heading upstairs to bed.
What's the matter,
Gilly, eat too much?
No.
I'm just a little
tired, that's all.
Well, what about
you, big brother,
how about a whuppin'?
Yeah. Let's see
about that whuppin'.
Good night.
- Night, Gilly.
- Good night.
Good night, Gilly.
I like that young fella.
Has either one of you...
noticed that he bears a
certain resemblance to...
Adam? Is that what
you were gonna say, Pa?
Well, as a matter of fact,
yes, I was about to say that.
You know, Hoss and I
were talking about that
the other day... we think
there's quite a resemblance.
They got one thing in common...
He takes off by himself
every time he's got
a thought or a notion he
can't shake loose from.
Well, I'm glad
you both noticed it.
I... was beginning to
think my imagination
was running a little wild.
Wonder why he was so
quiet at supper tonight.
Yeah, he was quiet, wasn't he?
You know...
here's a young man
who's never had a home...
never had the
permanency of a family,
and he suddenly finds himself
among people who like him
and accept him...
and he begins to think
that one day pretty soon
he's gonna have
to leave all this.
♪♪
And I guess that would, uh...
quiet a man down, thinking that.
If that's what he was thinking.
So it's no mystery to
me why he was subdued.
Well... I don't reckon
it was to Gilly, either.
♪♪
We'll return to tonight's
story of Bonanza
in a moment.
And now the exciting
conclusion of tonight's story.
♪♪
Easy, now, girl.
Quiet and easy.
♪♪
Well, now, lass...
you're a bonny
beauty, aren't you?
Come here.
I should go downstairs.
Why? Aren't I treating
you with respect,
like a proper gentleman?
It's not that, Mr. Morgan.
- It's that I've got a job to keep.
- Job?!
You listen to me, my girl.
I'm no ordinary sea scum.
I'm going to be rich.
Do you know what
it's like to be rich?
No, sir.
It's like nothing
you've ever known.
Gentlemen tip their
hats to you in the street,
and servants jump
when you bark at them.
And the ladies...
oh, the ladies, they
smile sweetly at you,
and they say, "No, sir,"
- and, "Yes, sir."
- Really, Mr. Morgan,
I'll get fired if I don't
go back to the saloon!
You aren't going
anywhere till I give the word!
Be gone, you, whoever
the devil you may be!
Morgan, it's me.
Blast your eyes, lad,
you've come at a bad time.
I had to see you.
She brought me a
bottle from below.
Here you are, lass.
Keep the change. Bless
you for your kindness.
Stow a little of that
rum in your bilge, lad.
Tell me your news.
Mendoza's herd
arrives in the morning.
By heaven, it's done!
Our luck runs ripe, lad.
When do they get the gold?
In the morning, early.
Soon as the bank opens.
How will it be guarded?
From the bank, by,
uh, three ranch hands...
Mr. Cartwright and me.
No good, no good.
Too many people.
At the ranch house,
what happens then?
He'll put the gold in the safe
until the Spaniard arrives.
How many guards then?
Most of the men will
be busy with the herd.
Aye... that's it!
We'll strike then
like two sharks
on a weary swimmer.
Pour us a drink, lad.
We'll drink to our fortune
and our glorious future.
Where will we go when it's done?
Have you ever known...
the Caribbean, lad?
Yes.
Hot nights, rum sweeter than
any you ever put your tongue to,
and bonny girls with
the hot sun in their limbs.
Ah, it's a musical land.
To fair weather
and a running sea.
♪♪
♪♪
Hello, Gilly.
I was just... reading
before turning in.
Thought I heard
a... horse ride in.
Oh... that was
me, Mr. Cartwright.
I... I couldn't sleep.
I thought a ride
might cool my head.
Yeah.
Isn't it funny, once
you've been to sea,
and you're on land, it's
hard to get to sleep at nights?
- You-you miss the feel of the sea, the...
- Yeah.
- The creaking of the ropes at night.
- You sure do.
And-and the roll of
the ship and the wind.
And the flapping of the sails.
Yeah, once you've been
to sea, it... never leaves you,
it's always part of you.
And ships, ah...
you know, they're like
women you've loved.
You feel bad about
leaving the sea?
No.
No. Life is...
life has been good to
me here at the Ponderosa.
Yes.
You do have a good life here.
Yes, we do.
And I'm glad you're
sharing it with us.
Well... it's time to get bed.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
Aye, sir.
Good night, Gilly.
Good night, sir.
♪♪
Ben? Are you sure you don't
want me to get Sheriff Coffee?
Come on, Bob, you'll have
to go to Carson City to do that.
It's a lot of money.
Well, it's gonna
buy a lot of cattle.
Now, stop worrying, will you?
I got four guns besides myself.
All right, boys, let's move out.
Right.
♪♪
Go.
Boys, move on ahead!
All right!
♪♪
Here, Charlie.
Men, you better get
over to the cattle dipping,
- report to Hoss there.
- Yes, sir.
And, uh, tell Little Joe to
have Señor Mendoza come by
- as soon as they start dipping the cattle.
- I'll do that.
You sure you
don't want one of us
to stay on guard
here, just in case?
Oh, no. Gilly and I
will take care of things.
We'll be all right.
Oh, uh, Hop Sing
set the chuck wagon
up in Wilson's Draw.
Stop off there if you're hungry.
Right.
Well...
let's get that gold
inside and open her up.
Why do that?
I think Señor Mendoza will
want to see what he's getting.
Well, doesn't he trust you?
Sometimes I don't
know if he trusts himself.
- Help you?
- No, I can manage.
There it is.
Yeah. Gilly...
lot of capital right in there.
Uh, look, you
don't need me here.
Why don't I, uh,
put my horse away.
♪♪
Mr. Cartwright.
All right, now, stand
up, slow and easy.
All right, now...
drop your gun belt.
Come on, come on, come on.
All right, now,
kick it over here.
Gilly, if you want
this gun belt,
you better come and get it.
Get over there.
Go on. Go on!
Please, I don't want to
have to use this gun on you.
Do you think you
could use it, Gilly?
I assure you, sir, he'll use it.
He's a good boy, my
Gilly... He'll do what I tell him.
Who's this, Gilly?
A man who wants to
see you open that safe.
Gilly, who's this man?
Never mind who I am!
No, wait! Leave him be.
I know the combination.
So this was your plan, Gilly.
Shut up!
You know, Gilly...
being as you know
the combination,
we don't need
Cartwright no more.
Gilly, do you hear, lad?
Morgan, will you shut up?
I got to concentrate
on these numbers.
How much longer
is it gonna take you?
Not much longer.
What?
Not much longer.
Just a few seconds.
There it shines, lad.
There it shines.
You know what you
got to do now, Gilly.
Yes, I know.
Hurry, lad.
Look... I'll fire a
shot into the air,
and then you can escape.
It won't work, Gilly.
We'll get over what you're
doing to us with the gold, but...
you'll never get over what
you're doing to yourself, Gilly.
I've got to go through
with it, don't you see that?
Yeah, well, you...
you'd better take
all of the gold.
The boys, uh, wanted
you to have that.
Their way of saying...
we'd like to have you stay.
What's the matter
with you, Gilly?
Have I got to do this for you?
Morgan, no!
You keep out of this!
You made a mistake, Cartwright.
Those boys of yours
won't even recognize you
by the time this gets
through with you.
Morgan, no!
Gilly.
Gilly?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I should've been
honest with you.
No, it's all right, Gilly.
I-I never knew
people like you before.
I wanted to have
a place like this.
A place where I belong.
♪♪
I wish I could've...
helped you find
your marker, Gilly.
What'd you find out?
Well, I found out enough.
And too much.
Pa, how come Gilly done
hooked up with this Morgan?
He didn't, Hoss.
Gilly Maples is still on
board that ship with Adam.
See, Morgan and...
the young fella we
knew as Gilly Maples
were shipmates of Adam's,
and they heard him talking
about the cattle
and the gold, and...
well, it was Morgan's idea.
He stole Adam's money
clip from the real Gilly Maples.
Well, you know the rest.
He fit in so well... it's hard to
believe he was an impostor.
Yeah.
Sure is, isn't it?
I prefer to believe
he wasn't an imposter.
I think I prefer
to believe that...
there are two Gilly Maples...
The one that saved
Adam's life at sea and...
and the one that saved my life.
♪♪
Well, let's get home.
♪♪
Say, do you remember
those great old Western
movies we saw as kids?
And how the hero would rather
kiss his horse than the heroine?
Well, I was just thinking
there might have
been a reason for that.
Americans have always had
a strong feeling for anything
that could take them to
new and exciting places.
The difference is that
today, instead of a horse,
the object of our affection
is probably the family car.
And, oh, how we dote on it.
It's almost as if it were
a member of the family.
And it is.
Yes, sir, our love affair
with cars goes deep,
so we want and expect
our new Chevrolets
to be ever more
beautiful, to work better.
And we count on them
to take us everywhere
and bring us back,
dependably and safely.
And it's been the
Chevrolet tradition
to build 'em so they'll
do just that for years.
For example: new
safety features,
such as padded
instrument panels;
seat belts, front and rear.
Plus things like better,
more dependable engines;
self-adjusting brakes
for greater safety;
stronger, longer-lasting
bodies, like this body by Fisher.
When you compare
today's Chevrolets
with those of a few years ago,
the progress is truly amazing.
Not only in appearance,
but in room and comfort,
performance, durability,
value and safety.
If the car you're driving now
is a '58, a '60... even a '63...
You'll be surprised at
how big the difference is.
Take Impala, the
world's most popular car,
the finest value.
Chevy Il, thrifty, hard-working.
The rear-engine
Corvair, a smart-looking,
smooth-handling car
that's a joy to drive.
And the young, exciting
Chevelle SS 396,
a real style leader.
They really make you want to
get out and go places, don't they?
Well, why don't you?
The weather's great.
All America is waiting
out there to be seen.
So see your
Chevrolet dealer soon,
and start a new love affair!
This has been a color production
of the NBC Television Network.
is brought to you in
living color on NBC.
♪♪
What's the matter?
What's the matter, you
think you got cheated?
No, but if I make a mistake
on this Mendoza cattle deal,
Pa'll skin me alive.
Hey, that's not a bad
idea, skin you alive.
You know, we'd have
a rug for the living room,
one for the upstairs
bedroom, the hallway...
Very funny.
We...
Give me the first one.
The seabag.
Been a fine journey, lad.
Pleased to have made your
acquaintance, you might say.
Aye, sir. Good luck to you.
Hey, Andy, you got any mail
in there for the Cartwrights?
Why, I ain't sure, Hoss.
Let me go through the pouch.
There, uh, won't be
any letter from Adam,
if that's what
you're looking for.
What makes you so sure, mister?
Obviously, you
must be Little Joe...
and you must be Hoss.
My name's Gilly Maples.
I'm pleased to meet you.
Gilly Ma... Gilly Maples!
Oh, Gilly Maples!
You're on the boat
with Adam, ain't you?
I was... only they
called it a ship.
Hey, Adam wrote
us about the time
you pulled him out of the
water and saved his life.
Oh, well, that wasn't anything.
Dad-burn, Pa's
gonna bust wide open
when he hears you're in town.
Well, now, look, I-I've
already got a room
- reserved at the hotel.
- You haven't got a room.
- Oh, no, you're staying at the Ponderosa.
- You've got a room at
- the Ponderosa, and that's it.
- Now, now, wait a minute...
Nah, come on, we're not
gonna hear anything like that.
Hey, Hoss!
Ain't nothin' there from Adam!
Now, look, I've got the hotel...
- That's what you think, Andy!
- Hey, how's he doing?
- How's he doing?
- All right.
♪♪
Hey, Pa!
Hey, Pa, wait'll
you see who's here!
Mr. Cartwright,
he not here all day.
Dad-burn it.
Hey, he must be working
on those dipping fences.
He's getting ready
for the Mendoza herd.
He's gonna be tickled pink
to see you anyhow,
though, Gilly.
Well, look, I really don't
think this is such a good idea.
I can just as easily
go back to town
- and put up at the hotel.
- Now, look,
you're talking silly again.
You kidding? Pa'd skin us alive
if we didn't keep you out here.
To make sure, I'm gonna
put your bag upstairs.
Well, I guess I just don't have
much choice in the matter, huh?
That's right, you sure don't.
I'll see if old Hop Sing can't
rustle up something to eat.
Make yourself at home.
Right.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Adam?
No, sir, Mr. Cartwright,
not Adam.
A shipmate of his.
My name's Gilly Maples.
Oh, of course, of course.
Adam wrote me about you.
Well, welcome to the Ponderosa.
- How's my son? I...
- Hey, Pa, see you met Gilly.
I sure did.
Hey! You saw the surprise, huh?
- Yeah.
- What a surprise.
- Wonderful surprise.
- Hey, I put your bag up in Adam's room.
Oh, I appreciate that very much.
Hop Sing's getting
you some dinner ready.
Hey, well, come on,
we'll go upstairs and...
Wait, wait. Enough
is enough, now.
It's one thing to shower
hospitality on our guests.
It's another thing
to drown 'em in it.
Now, which is it
gonna be, food or rest?
Well, now, that, uh...
that food sounds
mighty tempting.
All right, come on,
let's have some food!
Hop Sing! Fix the table.
We got a very special guest.
- Wonderful to have you here.
- Which way do I go?
- Here?
- No, no, no...
Hop Sing, we're about
out of food, looks like.
I fix plenty more.
You one of family.
You got appetite
just like Mr. Adam.
Nothing more for me, thanks.
I'm afraid if I'd
have another bite,
I'd weigh more than
this chair could take.
You don't have to
worry about that...
We've had them all
reinforced, for obvious reasons.
Gilly, I didn't
want to interrupt
while you were eating, but...
- I wonder...
- Adam's fine, Mr. Cartwright.
- Never better.
- Good.
Good. I'm glad to hear that.
Did he say anything
about... visiting at any time?
No, sir, I don't think so.
He had hoped to
be in San Francisco
long enough to get home
for a few days, but, uh...
well, when he
heard about this ship
pulling out for the South Seas,
I, uh, I guess that was a
chance he just couldn't pass up.
Yeah, well, I don't blame him.
First Hawaii, and... then
the whaling grounds, I figure.
Adam thinks that the whale
herds are being thinned out too fast,
that, uh, something's gonna
have to take the place of whale oil.
Thinks maybe copra is the thing.
Well, that sounds
like Adam, all right.
Adam always had a lot
of ideas on board, too.
Like the sails.
The sails?
He told the first mate that
they could get more speed
out of the longboats
if they rigged the sails
a different way.
Well, now, this mate,
he wasn't too happy
about someone telling
him how to rig the sails.
No, I don't imagine he would.
- Well, the point is that...
- Adam was right.
No, no, he was dead wrong.
The boat capsized the
first time they tried it.
You know, every time
Adam talked about all of you,
he'd smile.
I'm beginning to
understand why now.
Gilly, I, uh, can't
offer you any rum...
I know you prefer that... But,
uh, how about some brandy?
Aye, aye, sir.
- I'll drink to that.
- I'll drink to that.
You know, back in those
days, a herd of whales
would, uh, would extend,
oh, as far as the horizon.
It wasn't a question of
could you take the whales;
it was a question
of which one first.
Ah, New Bedford was
the center of the world then.
That's changed, huh?
Well, nowadays, you got to
look long and hard, Mr. Cartwright.
You know, Pa, speaking of herds,
when's that Mendoza
cattle supposed to arrive?
Ah, I clean forgot
to tell you fellas.
One of Mendoza's advance
riders came by today.
That herd's been
delayed two weeks
on the trail up from Mexico.
Adam showed me the letter that
you wrote to him about all that.
- Oh, yeah?
- It must be quite a thing to set up,
all the way from Mexico.
Mm. Well, this deal
took six months to set up.
You know, Pa, that...
that delay could help us.
It'll give us a little more
time to round up that gold.
The gold?
Yeah. Yeah, Mendoza doesn't
have too much faith in governments.
He wants everything
in pure gold.
Mr. Cartwright, I, uh...
I hope you don't mind Adam
showing me your letters.
No, of course not.
Why should I mind?
Well, it's just that, um...
I never had what you
could call a proper family,
and, um, well, reading
letters like yours, I...
I sort of adopted
you in my mind.
Sounds kind of
silly, doesn't it?
No, it doesn't...
doesn't sound silly at all.
As a matter of
fact, I'm kind of glad
that Adam adopted
you as a friend.
Somebody who can swim
and pull him out of the drink.
Adam would have done the
same thing, Mr. Cartwright.
Of course he would, but...
that doesn't change
our feeling toward you.
Do you remember this?
Oh, yeah.
"To my son, Adam."
I gave each of the boys
one of these money clips.
Well, you remember you
were talking about feeling.
Well, Adam felt the
same way as you.
That's why he gave me that
right after I pulled
him out of the water.
Well, I'm glad he did.
Only I can't keep
it, Mr. Cartwright.
Why not?
Because it was meant to be his.
Well, he wanted you to
have it; he gave it to you.
No, sir, I just can't.
He wouldn't take it back...
but I'm asking you, as a favor,
to... take it.
You... you keep it for him.
Sure.
Now, I better be
getting back to town.
- Well...
- You mind if I borrow one of your horses?
- Oh, no, no, of course not.
- Thanks a lot. All of you.
Gilly, there's no necessity
to go back to town.
- We have plenty of room...
- No, sir, Mr. Cartwright.
It just wouldn't work.
Thanks a lot.
Okay, but you're
welcome here, buddy.
Well... I'll help him saddle
up one of the horses.
No, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Uh, you're gonna have an
awfully unhappy mare there
unless you put a saddle
blanket on her first.
Gilly... you're a
seafaring fella.
You're on board ship,
everything's done a...
a certain way.
That's the way it is out here.
You just don't turn
down a man's invite
unless you have a good reason.
Have you got a good reason?
I told you, I don't
want to be in the way.
And I told you that
you're not in the way.
If that's your reason.
No, no, Mr. Cartwright,
that's not the reason.
People like me, we just...
we just don't fit in.
Especially not around
a place like this.
A place with a family.
Aw, come on, now, Gilly.
Mr. Cartwright, I've
had the wrong shoe
on the wrong foot for just
as long as I can remember.
Other fellas, they-they
dream about, uh...
running away to sea.
Well, me, I was a
cabin boy at eight.
And I hated it.
Some of the other
fellas on board,
like Adam...
they'd stand at
the rail for hours
just staring out
over the horizon.
But the ocean...
only made me feel lonely...
because there aren't any
markers on the ocean...
and I'm a man who needs markers.
Wait a minute, now. What, uh...
what are you gonna do?
The sea's the only
thing you know.
I'll find something.
Yeah, but what do you want?
I want to have me a place.
A place.
Somewhere I can
look at and say...
"This is where Gilly
Maples belongs."
I want a plot of
ground when I go.
Not just to be...
tossed over the side
in six feet of sailcloth.
Well, you know, young
fella, you sound just like
the kind of... kind of man
we need around here.
Heaven knows
there's plenty of land.
All we need is a...
a man to work it.
And, uh, you'll-you'll
get the know-how.
I will.
One way or another.
Well, the first thing you're
gonna have to learn is...
not to put a saddle
on backwards.
Young man,
I'm trying to give you a
chance to learn these things.
And I'm not doing it out of
the goodness of my own heart
or because you're
a friend of Adam's.
I want you to be a
friend of mine, too.
Before you leave
here, I want you to find
that place that
you want so badly.
Now, let me have
my own way in this.
Let me be selfish about it.
Huh?
Attaboy.
Now, you get yourself inside...
We'll see if we can outfit you
in some of Adam's old clothes.
Get you some land clothes to
go with those land legs of yours.
Mr. Cartwright, I just
don't know how to...
I said get inside,
now, didn't I?
Wait a minute.
I can't let any guest of mine
take the saddle
off his own horse.
Frontwards or backwards.
♪♪
Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.
There you go.
- Climb aboard, Gilly.
- This is the same horse
I tried to saddle
last night, isn't it?
Yeah, it's the same one. Why?
He didn't look so big then.
Let me tell you
something, Gilly.
Horses are a lot stronger
and a lot bigger than men,
but they ain't got
something you got.
You got brains; they ain't.
Listen, if I had any brains,
I don't think I'd
be doing this at all.
Well, uh, there's a
first time for everything.
Here we go.
- I don't think that's right.
- No, you got to face the end
with the head on it.
- Try again.
- There you go.
All right.
How am I doing so far?
I think you're a
natural born rider.
Well, the riding I don't know,
but sitting there
in that saddle,
- you're doing a real good job.
- Good.
Go on, give her a
little kick; she'll start.
Oh, I don't want to hurt her.
Oh, Gilly, you ain't
gonna hurt her.
Can't talk him out of
it, old girl. I'm sorry.
Well, here we go.
♪♪
Hey, come on, relax, Gilly...
She's not gonna bite you.
Don't give her any ideas.
♪♪
Oh, look at him bounce.
Ride 'em, cowboy!
Loosen up your rein, Gilly.
I-I think I've had enough!
You've got a lot
to learn yet, Gilly.
Yeah, you're just
getting started.
Stay with it.
Hey, I-I... I think
I've had enough!
How do you stop this thing?
S-Stop.
Slow up, at least!
Help me stop her! Please!
Please!
- Help!
- Whoa, whoa, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Ho, ho, ho.
Wha...?
Wha...?
That never happened before.
Never.
Well, look, Gilly, as soon as
you get used to the horse...
No, no, no, it's
not that, it's...
for the first time in my life...
after all those
years on the sea...
here I'm a thousand miles
from the nearest ocean...
I think I'm gonna be seasick.
♪♪
Hey, you feeling any better?
Oh, uh, sure, Joe,
just fine. Thanks.
Here.
No, I reckon that was sort of
a bad suggestion, wasn't it?
Well, it's the
thought that counts.
Well, uh, what's next?
Aside from riding
a horse, that is.
Oh, well, let me
see, we got a...
we got a terrific stream
not too far from the house,
trout about that size.
- We could have a good time...
- Oh, no, no.
I mean, what's next
in the way of work?
Gilly... you're our guest!
We don't want you running
around doing chores and such.
Sit down, relax.
I'm a guest.
All right.
Yeah, relax a little bit.
Well, so I'm a guest, huh?
Bring me something to eat.
- Here.
- No, no, no, no.
I don't mean anything like that.
Bring me a... a roast,
like we had last night.
Well, that takes Hop Sing
a half a day or so, Gilly,
- to fix something like that.
- Yeah, you just don't
whip that thing up in
a minute, you know.
Well, that doesn't matter to me.
I haven't got a
schedule to keep.
After all, I'm... a guest.
You know, Gilly...
I think we just changed our
mind about the whole thing
while we've been
sitting here talking.
Well, if I can't be a slave,
I want to be a master.
You got a deal. Hello, slave.
Yeah.
Ah, I'm happy to
break your back.
Well, how's this for
starters? I'm gonna go in town
to the livery stable... I got
some stuff to bring in there.
- Want to come along?
- That sounds just fine.
- How about you?
- There's still a sandwich, ain't there?
- You answered my question.
- Right.
Okay.
Joe, there's, uh,
there's just one thing.
Yeah?
The next time you want
to be nice to a whaler...
don't invite him to go fishing.
You got a point.
Gilly, you got a point.
♪♪
You sure he's open?
I don't see anyone around.
Yeah, he's open.
He's probably...
probably out having
lunch or something.
You mean he just leaves it
like that, the door's wide open?
Well, they say there's only
one thing a blacksmith's got
worth stealing, and there's
not too many folks around
strong enough to lift an anvil.
Well, you sure wouldn't
find that kind of thinking
on a ship... there, you got
to watch your belongings
- every minute, or...
- Or what?
Well, or they're
liable to get stolen.
Here, let me give
you a hand with that.
Eh, don't worry about it.
We got three more
of them in the wagon.
Hey, first thing you better
do is go over and talk
to that fella in the gray
suit across the street.
That's Mr. Bannerman...
He's the clerk at the hotel.
You got to cancel that
reservation of yours,
or he'll have his books
messed up for a month.
Yeah, I'll do that.
Thanks.
Sure thing, friend. Uh,
what can I do for you?
I, uh... wonder if you could
give me some information.
Well, I'll try.
But if it's work clothes
you're looking for,
well, I'd say go down
to the mercantile.
They got good quality
with a pretty fair price.
Thanks a lot.
Being a stranger in
town, I just didn't know.
No trouble at all,
friend, no trouble at all.
♪♪
Did you get everything
straightened out?
- Yeah.
- He wasn't mad about you canceling
the reservation, was he?
No, no, not a bit.
♪♪
Yeah.
Here we are... Logbook
Lucy B, Master Ben Cartwright.
- You know where I got this logbook?
- No.
From John Williams.
Does he still have his ships
chandlery in New Bedford?
He does... but his
sons help him run it now.
Yeah, I bet they do.
Yeah, see? I was right...
Eight days out of New Bedford
when that black squall hit.
Gilly, I'll tell
you, it was like...
it was like
doomsday all at once.
Two masts snapped
like matchsticks.
- Two?
- Two of them.
When that wind came up...
What's the matter?
- Excuse me.
- What for?
Well, here I am
talking to a fella
who wants to leave the sea,
and what do I talk about? The sea.
That's all right,
Mr. Cartwright. I don't mind.
Well, just the same,
you'll find that the sea
and this part of the
country are very much alike.
They demand the
same things of a man.
That's what I told
Adam this morning.
You told Adam?
Yeah. I wrote him a letter.
♪♪
Told him about you visiting us.
Well, I wish I could be
here to read his answer.
Oh, you will be. Yeah.
Mr. Cartwright, uh...
I'm afraid I can only
stay long enough
to see that big
Mexican herd get in,
and I don't think Adam's
reply can get here by then.
Oh, of course it can.
Hoss got the letter on
this morning's stage.
Which means it can catch
the pass back into Hawaii.
No, Adam's reply and...
the herd from Mexico
should be arriving at
just about the same time.
♪♪
Morgan, it's me.
I've got to talk to
you. It's important.
You don't have the
brains of an oyster!
This is the last place
we should be seen.
Morgan, I had to...
Something's come up.
Bilge! Whatever it is
can't be that important.
Morgan, we can't
go through with it.
Say it again, lad.
I surely didn't hear you proper.
Cartwright sent a letter
to his boy this morning.
He thinks that the
answer will get here
before the herd arrives.
Go on.
Well, Morgan, they'll know.
And what'll they do?
You've committed no crime.
And if the letter
arrives after the herd,
we'll have the gold and be gone.
It's simple.
Everything's simple to you.
I wish I could feel that way.
You used to.
What changed your feelings?
Look, when you got that letter
out of Cartwright's seabag,
well, I thought, like
you, that it was a...
a good chance to
get some easy money.
It still is, lad!
Since then, I've gotten
to know these people.
Would you like
to call it off, then?
Would you be willing
to consider it, Morgan?
I'd sooner give up my eyes, lad!
Look at you.
You got the guts of a barnacle
and the spine of a jellyfish.
Now, look, lad...
I've helped you.
I taught you things, didn't I?
All sorts of things.
- Yes.
- I took you as a runny-nosed
snip of a cabin boy...
and I showed you
what it was to be a man.
Didn't I?
Yes.
Taught you the currents...
that can run deep in a man,
that can spill forth
like a struck whale's
boiling, black blood.
Yes.
Well, my boy, none of
the things I taught you,
none of them...
are more important than this.
You and I... we travel no
more with the baitfish, lad,
we move alone, like sharks.
You'll trust me on this?
Won't you, Gilly?
♪♪
Yeah, you're
looking real pretty.
How you doing, Gilly?
Okay.
You're starting to look
real good on that horse.
Thanks, but I'm, uh...
- not in your class yet.
- Well, things take time.
We'll have you riding with
the best 'em before you know it.
I'd hate to think about all
the things I'd have to learn
about ships and the sea.
Oh, no, that's not so.
I... I could teach you what
you'd have to know in no time.
Yeah, we both got
things we could learn.
You... you want to learn
about sailing and such?
Well, not to be a
regular sailor, but...
you know, I get
letters from Adam,
and he talks about things
he's seen, places he's gone.
It's a lot different
than the Ponderosa.
Different, yeah.
It is that.
Depends upon what a man
wants for himself, doesn't it?
Yep. If you don't want a
sick horse on your hands,
you'd better get him in a
barn and get him rubbed down.
Like you say, I
got a lot to learn.
Come on.
Oh, I'm not gonna leave
you, don't you worry.
We've been together too long.
♪♪
Hop Sing's cooking gets
better all the time, don't it?
- Sure does.
- What, you didn't like it before, huh?
Well, it was tolerable,
just tolerable.
Yeah, well, I'll
tell you something.
Hop Sing's been outdoing
himself ever since Gilly got here.
Well, in that case,
Gilly, my thanks.
How about a game of checkers?
Uh, no, thanks. I was thinking
about heading upstairs to bed.
What's the matter,
Gilly, eat too much?
No.
I'm just a little
tired, that's all.
Well, what about
you, big brother,
how about a whuppin'?
Yeah. Let's see
about that whuppin'.
Good night.
- Night, Gilly.
- Good night.
Good night, Gilly.
I like that young fella.
Has either one of you...
noticed that he bears a
certain resemblance to...
Adam? Is that what
you were gonna say, Pa?
Well, as a matter of fact,
yes, I was about to say that.
You know, Hoss and I
were talking about that
the other day... we think
there's quite a resemblance.
They got one thing in common...
He takes off by himself
every time he's got
a thought or a notion he
can't shake loose from.
Well, I'm glad
you both noticed it.
I... was beginning to
think my imagination
was running a little wild.
Wonder why he was so
quiet at supper tonight.
Yeah, he was quiet, wasn't he?
You know...
here's a young man
who's never had a home...
never had the
permanency of a family,
and he suddenly finds himself
among people who like him
and accept him...
and he begins to think
that one day pretty soon
he's gonna have
to leave all this.
♪♪
And I guess that would, uh...
quiet a man down, thinking that.
If that's what he was thinking.
So it's no mystery to
me why he was subdued.
Well... I don't reckon
it was to Gilly, either.
♪♪
We'll return to tonight's
story of Bonanza
in a moment.
And now the exciting
conclusion of tonight's story.
♪♪
Easy, now, girl.
Quiet and easy.
♪♪
Well, now, lass...
you're a bonny
beauty, aren't you?
Come here.
I should go downstairs.
Why? Aren't I treating
you with respect,
like a proper gentleman?
It's not that, Mr. Morgan.
- It's that I've got a job to keep.
- Job?!
You listen to me, my girl.
I'm no ordinary sea scum.
I'm going to be rich.
Do you know what
it's like to be rich?
No, sir.
It's like nothing
you've ever known.
Gentlemen tip their
hats to you in the street,
and servants jump
when you bark at them.
And the ladies...
oh, the ladies, they
smile sweetly at you,
and they say, "No, sir,"
- and, "Yes, sir."
- Really, Mr. Morgan,
I'll get fired if I don't
go back to the saloon!
You aren't going
anywhere till I give the word!
Be gone, you, whoever
the devil you may be!
Morgan, it's me.
Blast your eyes, lad,
you've come at a bad time.
I had to see you.
She brought me a
bottle from below.
Here you are, lass.
Keep the change. Bless
you for your kindness.
Stow a little of that
rum in your bilge, lad.
Tell me your news.
Mendoza's herd
arrives in the morning.
By heaven, it's done!
Our luck runs ripe, lad.
When do they get the gold?
In the morning, early.
Soon as the bank opens.
How will it be guarded?
From the bank, by,
uh, three ranch hands...
Mr. Cartwright and me.
No good, no good.
Too many people.
At the ranch house,
what happens then?
He'll put the gold in the safe
until the Spaniard arrives.
How many guards then?
Most of the men will
be busy with the herd.
Aye... that's it!
We'll strike then
like two sharks
on a weary swimmer.
Pour us a drink, lad.
We'll drink to our fortune
and our glorious future.
Where will we go when it's done?
Have you ever known...
the Caribbean, lad?
Yes.
Hot nights, rum sweeter than
any you ever put your tongue to,
and bonny girls with
the hot sun in their limbs.
Ah, it's a musical land.
To fair weather
and a running sea.
♪♪
♪♪
Hello, Gilly.
I was just... reading
before turning in.
Thought I heard
a... horse ride in.
Oh... that was
me, Mr. Cartwright.
I... I couldn't sleep.
I thought a ride
might cool my head.
Yeah.
Isn't it funny, once
you've been to sea,
and you're on land, it's
hard to get to sleep at nights?
- You-you miss the feel of the sea, the...
- Yeah.
- The creaking of the ropes at night.
- You sure do.
And-and the roll of
the ship and the wind.
And the flapping of the sails.
Yeah, once you've been
to sea, it... never leaves you,
it's always part of you.
And ships, ah...
you know, they're like
women you've loved.
You feel bad about
leaving the sea?
No.
No. Life is...
life has been good to
me here at the Ponderosa.
Yes.
You do have a good life here.
Yes, we do.
And I'm glad you're
sharing it with us.
Well... it's time to get bed.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
Aye, sir.
Good night, Gilly.
Good night, sir.
♪♪
Ben? Are you sure you don't
want me to get Sheriff Coffee?
Come on, Bob, you'll have
to go to Carson City to do that.
It's a lot of money.
Well, it's gonna
buy a lot of cattle.
Now, stop worrying, will you?
I got four guns besides myself.
All right, boys, let's move out.
Right.
♪♪
Go.
Boys, move on ahead!
All right!
♪♪
Here, Charlie.
Men, you better get
over to the cattle dipping,
- report to Hoss there.
- Yes, sir.
And, uh, tell Little Joe to
have Señor Mendoza come by
- as soon as they start dipping the cattle.
- I'll do that.
You sure you
don't want one of us
to stay on guard
here, just in case?
Oh, no. Gilly and I
will take care of things.
We'll be all right.
Oh, uh, Hop Sing
set the chuck wagon
up in Wilson's Draw.
Stop off there if you're hungry.
Right.
Well...
let's get that gold
inside and open her up.
Why do that?
I think Señor Mendoza will
want to see what he's getting.
Well, doesn't he trust you?
Sometimes I don't
know if he trusts himself.
- Help you?
- No, I can manage.
There it is.
Yeah. Gilly...
lot of capital right in there.
Uh, look, you
don't need me here.
Why don't I, uh,
put my horse away.
♪♪
Mr. Cartwright.
All right, now, stand
up, slow and easy.
All right, now...
drop your gun belt.
Come on, come on, come on.
All right, now,
kick it over here.
Gilly, if you want
this gun belt,
you better come and get it.
Get over there.
Go on. Go on!
Please, I don't want to
have to use this gun on you.
Do you think you
could use it, Gilly?
I assure you, sir, he'll use it.
He's a good boy, my
Gilly... He'll do what I tell him.
Who's this, Gilly?
A man who wants to
see you open that safe.
Gilly, who's this man?
Never mind who I am!
No, wait! Leave him be.
I know the combination.
So this was your plan, Gilly.
Shut up!
You know, Gilly...
being as you know
the combination,
we don't need
Cartwright no more.
Gilly, do you hear, lad?
Morgan, will you shut up?
I got to concentrate
on these numbers.
How much longer
is it gonna take you?
Not much longer.
What?
Not much longer.
Just a few seconds.
There it shines, lad.
There it shines.
You know what you
got to do now, Gilly.
Yes, I know.
Hurry, lad.
Look... I'll fire a
shot into the air,
and then you can escape.
It won't work, Gilly.
We'll get over what you're
doing to us with the gold, but...
you'll never get over what
you're doing to yourself, Gilly.
I've got to go through
with it, don't you see that?
Yeah, well, you...
you'd better take
all of the gold.
The boys, uh, wanted
you to have that.
Their way of saying...
we'd like to have you stay.
What's the matter
with you, Gilly?
Have I got to do this for you?
Morgan, no!
You keep out of this!
You made a mistake, Cartwright.
Those boys of yours
won't even recognize you
by the time this gets
through with you.
Morgan, no!
Gilly.
Gilly?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I should've been
honest with you.
No, it's all right, Gilly.
I-I never knew
people like you before.
I wanted to have
a place like this.
A place where I belong.
♪♪
I wish I could've...
helped you find
your marker, Gilly.
What'd you find out?
Well, I found out enough.
And too much.
Pa, how come Gilly done
hooked up with this Morgan?
He didn't, Hoss.
Gilly Maples is still on
board that ship with Adam.
See, Morgan and...
the young fella we
knew as Gilly Maples
were shipmates of Adam's,
and they heard him talking
about the cattle
and the gold, and...
well, it was Morgan's idea.
He stole Adam's money
clip from the real Gilly Maples.
Well, you know the rest.
He fit in so well... it's hard to
believe he was an impostor.
Yeah.
Sure is, isn't it?
I prefer to believe
he wasn't an imposter.
I think I prefer
to believe that...
there are two Gilly Maples...
The one that saved
Adam's life at sea and...
and the one that saved my life.
♪♪
Well, let's get home.
♪♪
Say, do you remember
those great old Western
movies we saw as kids?
And how the hero would rather
kiss his horse than the heroine?
Well, I was just thinking
there might have
been a reason for that.
Americans have always had
a strong feeling for anything
that could take them to
new and exciting places.
The difference is that
today, instead of a horse,
the object of our affection
is probably the family car.
And, oh, how we dote on it.
It's almost as if it were
a member of the family.
And it is.
Yes, sir, our love affair
with cars goes deep,
so we want and expect
our new Chevrolets
to be ever more
beautiful, to work better.
And we count on them
to take us everywhere
and bring us back,
dependably and safely.
And it's been the
Chevrolet tradition
to build 'em so they'll
do just that for years.
For example: new
safety features,
such as padded
instrument panels;
seat belts, front and rear.
Plus things like better,
more dependable engines;
self-adjusting brakes
for greater safety;
stronger, longer-lasting
bodies, like this body by Fisher.
When you compare
today's Chevrolets
with those of a few years ago,
the progress is truly amazing.
Not only in appearance,
but in room and comfort,
performance, durability,
value and safety.
If the car you're driving now
is a '58, a '60... even a '63...
You'll be surprised at
how big the difference is.
Take Impala, the
world's most popular car,
the finest value.
Chevy Il, thrifty, hard-working.
The rear-engine
Corvair, a smart-looking,
smooth-handling car
that's a joy to drive.
And the young, exciting
Chevelle SS 396,
a real style leader.
They really make you want to
get out and go places, don't they?
Well, why don't you?
The weather's great.
All America is waiting
out there to be seen.
So see your
Chevrolet dealer soon,
and start a new love affair!
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