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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-
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3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,
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4. a journey into a wondrous land
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5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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6. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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7. Pinto!
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8. You're covered on all sides.
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9. Raise your hands.
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10. He's still alive.
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11. Let's get him
into the old jail.
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12. Well, they did it.
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13. They shot him down.
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14. I never thought
they'd do that-
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15. not to pinto sykes-
not that easy.
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16. He's ain't got more
than a few minutes
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17. left to live, johnny rob.
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18. You go fetch
his paw and sister.
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19. All right,
mothershed.
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20. Yes, sir.
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21. That's the end of that!
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22. Normally, the old man
would be correct-
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23. this would be the end
of the story.
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24. We've had the traditional
shootout on the street,
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25. and the badman
will soon be dead,
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26. but some men of legend
and folktale have been known
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27. to continue having their way
even after death.
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28. The outlaw and killer
pinto sykes was such a person.
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29. And, shortly, we'll see
how he introduces the town-
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30. and a man named conny miller,
in particular-
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31. to the twilight zone.
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32. Who's that?
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33. It's me, conny. Jasen.
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34. Why'd they fence off that
piece of street down there?
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35. It's his blood.
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36. If you could see down
under all that dust,
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37. you could see
his blood down there.
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38. Whose blood?
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39. Pinto sykes'.
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40. They shot
and killed him
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41. day before
yesterday.
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42. Well, well. Lookee what
the wind blowed in.
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43. Hello, conny.
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44. Jim.
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45. Same, conny?
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46. That's... that's
all for me.
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47. Did you notice our little fence
out in the street, conny?
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48. That I did...
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49. and I know
what's in it, too.
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50. The blood
of pinto sykes.
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51. Who shot him?
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52. We did.
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53. Who is "we,"
mothershed?
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54. Us. The whole town.
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55. Not me.
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56. I don't believe
in gunfire myself.
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57. Only eight of us
actually fired,
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58. but the whole town
was behind it.
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59. We'll have to admit
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60. the whole town ain't
much of a marksman.
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61. Out of eight shots fired,
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62. only one of them hit him.
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63. We don't even
know who it was
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64. that got him.
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65. Bullet passed right through him.
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66. No one's bragging
that they did it.
No, sir.
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67. No one's
taking credit
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68. for that piece
of gunplay.
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69. You know something,
mr. Mothershed?
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70. Maybe, by now,
pinto knows
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71. who it was
that killed him.
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72. Reckon you're some
disappointed, conny,
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73. being as how you
spent so much time
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74. trying to find him
for yourself.
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75. That I am, ira.
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76. Four months wasted
looking for him,
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77. and I could have
found him here.
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78. That ain't the way
pinto tells it.
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79. He claimed you didn't
even try to catch up to him.
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80. Hello, johnny rob.
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81. Still as big a blabbermouth
as ever, I find.
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82. You do spout off
a lot, johnny rob.
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83. But no need to get
riled, conny.
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84. Us here ain't saying
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85. that you didn't actually
try to catch him,
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86. but it is a fact
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87. that pinto claimed
that on his deathbed.
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88. He talked
before he died?
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89. He lived
a half hour
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90. after he
was shot.
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91. Talked
a blue streak
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92. right up to
the very end.
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93. What did he say about me?
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94. I reckon that
conny deserves
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95. to hear it all.
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96. We got a new
circuit judge, conny-
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97. a young fellow
named ed thackeray.
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98. He was through
here last week,
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99. and we went to him
with our complaints.
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100. We told him
how one pinto sykes
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101. is wanted by the law
in three states,
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102. but treats this town
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103. like it was his
personal property
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104. just because he was
born and raised here.
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105. And we tell how we hired you-
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106. conny miller-
to track him down,
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107. but we ain't had much results.
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108. Well, sir...
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109. this thackeray
gets mad at us-
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110. tells us to grow up
and act like men,
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111. or else leave town
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112. and move to where
men can protect us.
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113. He gets us
kind of fired up.
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114. So we hold a meeting,
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115. and we all agree
to work as one
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116. so that the next time
pinto rode in
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117. we all join in,
and we take him.
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118. Day before yesterday,
he rode in.
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119. Now, do you want
to tell it, ira?
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120. That's about all
there is to tell.
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121. He rode in.
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122. Eight of the town
gunned him down
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123. out in the street.
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124. That's all there is.
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125. No, that is not
all there is.
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126. All right,
you tell it.
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127. We sent for
his paw- dan sykes-
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128. and for his
sister ione...
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129. I know the names
of his family.
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130. I was born here, too.
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131. He spent the last
few minutes
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132. talking to them.
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133. He told his paw
how sorry he was
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134. that he hadn't
turned out better,
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135. and his paw allowed
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136. as to how he'd
turned out right well.
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137. He told ione
how he wished
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138. she'd marry a fine
man and move away.
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139. Asked to be buried near his maw,
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140. only 20 feet away,
as she's too true a woman
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141. to have the likes
of him any closer.
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142. What did he say
about me?
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143. He got real riled
when he mentioned you.
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144. He said, the slower
he ran away,
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145. the slower
you chased him.
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146. He said he waited
for you in albuquerque.
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147. Even sent word
where he was.
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148. You never showed up.
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149. He said you
ought to be able
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150. to catch him now
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151. but, that if
you ever come
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152. anyways close
to his grave,
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153. he'll reach up and grab you.
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154. He lied... even
on his deathbed.
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155. I searched
all over albuquerque-
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156. every saloon, hotel.
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157. He wasn't even in
that town long enough
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158. to rent himself a room
for the night.
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159. Hello, ione.
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160. Give me a bottle
of rye, mr. Bodley.
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161. Seems your paw is
hitting the drinking
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162. a might heavy, ione.
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163. Maybe you ought
to try to get him
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164. to tone it down.
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165. He's a fine man.
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166. Now, the folks
here in town,
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167. they don't hold
it against him
that he's pinto's paw.
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168. This ain't for my paw,
mr. Bodley.
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169. It's for me.
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170. Well, look what
the wind blew in.
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171. Hello, ione.
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172. And how are you?
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173. Fine. Just fine.
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174. How's yourself?
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175. Just tolerable.
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176. You know,
my brother and I
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177. were just
talking about you
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178. just the day
before yesterday.
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179. He's real sorry
he's been missing you.
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180. We told him, ione.
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181. Even about how
pinto's going
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182. to reach up
and grab him?
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183. We told him that, too.
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184. You been chasing him
for so long, conny,
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185. you ought to feel lucky tonight.
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186. You know right
where he is.
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187. All you got to do
is walk out there.
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188. Isn't that nice?
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189. That whole sykes family-
they never was real bright.
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190. Tell me something,
conny.
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191. Are you afraid
of pinto's grave?
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192. The rest of us are.
Now, how about you?
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193. Are you afraid?
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194. No.
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195. I'm going to tell you
something, johnny rob.
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196. I was never afraid of pinto
when he was alive,
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197. and I sure ain't afraid of him
now that he's dead.
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198. I don't believe that.
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199. I ain't armed!
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200. Hold it,
conny.
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201. Let's not
have any
bloodshed.
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202. Nobody calls
me a coward.
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203. Now, you didn't
let me finish
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204. what I was going
to say, conny.
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205. I don't think
you're a coward.
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206. Leastwise,
I don't think
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207. you're afraid of
anybody in this room.
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208. Especially not me.
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209. I'm just
a poor old boy.
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210. I work hard
for not too much.
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211. But dogs and
kids like me.
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212. They follow me around
all the time.
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213. Sure is windy
tonight, ain't it?
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214. No, sir,
I don't think
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215. there's anybody
afraid of me.
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216. Whether you were
afraid of pinto alive-
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217. only you know that.
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218. But what I was
going to say
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219. before you hit me
and hurt me
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220. was... well, now,
I'll bet-
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221. I'm not accusing,
you understand-
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222. but I'll bet
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223. that you won't call
on pinto tonight.
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224. Why don't you shut up
before you really get hurt?
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225. It's almost midnight.
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226. Now, I'll bet you
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227. you won't walk
out of here
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228. at midnight sharp...
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229. and visit
pinto's grave.
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230. Now, I got
a $20 gold piece.
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231. Now, I'll bet you...
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232. I'll bet you this $20 gold piece
it took me 20 weeks to save
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233. that you won't do
what I just said.
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234. I'm going to tell
you something, boy.
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235. I don't like you.
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236. I never have,
and I never will.
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237. So old blabbermouth
got hisself
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238. a $20 gold piece, huh?
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239. Well, I just happen
to have one, too
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240. and it just
covers yours.
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241. I guess,
in a little while,
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242. one of us will have
$40 instead of $20.
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243. That's right.
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244. And, when I get back,
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245. I don't want you
hanging around here
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246. where I can see you.
You understand?
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247. Conny.
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248. You don't want to put up
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249. another $20, do you?
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250. Are you saying
that you want
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251. to bet against me,
too, steinhart?
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252. Betting's my
business, conny.
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253. You don't think I got the nerve?
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254. I didn't say that.
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255. I just said I'd bet
$20 you don't go.
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256. There.
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257. Keep an eye
on the bets, ira.
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258. Sure, conny.
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259. I still got some
betting money left.
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260. I can't afford
to bet tonight.
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261. Steinhart just took all
I can afford to lose.
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262. Well, if steinhart hadn't
hadn't taken all your money,
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263. whose side
would you be on?
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264. I reckon I'd bet
agin you, conny.
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265. What's wrong with you?
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266. You people know me.
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267. How come now
you think I'm afraid?
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268. Because we'd
be afraid.
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269. You can draw
your gun
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270. real fast,
conny.
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271. We've seen you.
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272. But, out in
that graveyard,
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273. that gun won't be
worth a copper cent.
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274. I don't get my nerve
from this gun, mothershed.
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275. I had it long before I could
pick one of them up.
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276. Conny...
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277. before you go,
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278. we've got to work out
a little detail.
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279. Since you're doing
this job by yourself,
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280. how will we be sure
you've done it?
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281. What do you mean?
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282. What's to keep you
from going
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283. to the edge
of the graveyard,
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284. then telling us
you've gone all the way?
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285. You saying you don't
trust me, steinhart?
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286. Business is
business, conny.
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287. And, with me,
this is business.
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288. Then, in that case,
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289. I guess you'll have
to keep me company
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290. so you can protect
your own interests.
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291. I have another way.
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292. Give me your
bowie knife, ira.
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293. What's that for?
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294. When you arrive
at your destination,
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295. simply stick it
into the grave.
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296. Then, at daylight
tomorrow,
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297. we'll see the proof
of your visit.
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298. If we see it
within five feet
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299. of the fresh earth,
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300. we'll concede
the wager.
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301. One thing,
conny.
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302. Won't nobody
go up there
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303. and steal
that knife
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304. once you've
planted it.
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305. Keep the bottle
on the bar, ira.
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306. I won't be long.
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307. Conny.
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308. Hello, ione.
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309. Come to see pinto?
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310. Maybe.
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311. You're braver
than I thought.
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312. Hmm... here.
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313. Maybe a good
belt of red-eye
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314. will make it
all easier.
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315. I don't get my nerve
out of a bottle, ione.
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316. You go on up there
and see pinto.
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317. I just came
from there.
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318. He's waiting for you.
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319. I don't
understand it.
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320. It's morning,
he ain't back yet.
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321. Maybe he didn't
have the nerve
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322. to come back
and face us
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323. when he didn't have
the nerve to do it.
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324. Not likely.
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325. His horse is
still here.
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326. I just can't
help feeling
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327. somehow I got
a man killed.
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328. Now, it's full
daylight, johnny rob
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329. and we can all think
with clear heads.
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330. Deep down,
we all know
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331. that the dead can't
really hurt nobody.
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332. Morning!
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333. Good morning, ione.
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334. What are you doing
with that plate?
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335. This is his.
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336. He used to eat
out of it
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337. when he was
a little boy.
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338. I'm going to put it
on his grave.
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339. I'll go with you.
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340. I got to see what
happened out there.
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341. Well, I reckon
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342. we can't spend
the rest of our days
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343. being afraid
of a dead man.
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344. I'll come with you.
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345. I knowed it!
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346. I knowed it!
I got a man killed.
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347. Cut it out,
johnny rob.
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348. You're acting
like a baby.
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349. It's not your
fault, boy.
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350. What do you mean?
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351. What happened?
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352. The whole story
is right there.
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353. Look at him.
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354. He came up here.
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355. He had more courage
than I thought.
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356. There's his knee prints.
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357. He knelt by the grave.
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358. He pulled his knife
from his belt
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359. and plunged it into the grave,
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360. but the wind was strong,
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361. and it blew his coattail
over the grave.
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362. Being dark,
he didn't notice
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363. he'd put his knife
through his own coattail,
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364. pinioning it
to the grave.
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365. Then he started to rise.
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366. As he did so,
perhaps halfway up
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367. he felt a sudden tug-
the knife holding his coattail.
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368. But, in his own mind, pinto
reached out and grabbed him.
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369. He was already
scared half to death,
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370. and that
finished him.
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371. His heart gave way,
that's all.
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372. There you are, bud.
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373. So you think conny's death
was an accident?
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374. That he stuck
the knife
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coattail?
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376. Yes, ma'am.
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377. How did his coattail
get over the grave?
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378. For some reason,
he had it unbuttoned.
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379. The wind must have
done the rest.
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380. What direction was the wind
from last night?
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381. The south. Why?
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382. The south...
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383. same as now.
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384. Look at
my cloak.
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385. I'm standing in the
same spot conny was.
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386. Look at my cloak.
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387. Is the wind blowing it
across the grave?
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388. You take this
with a grain of salt
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389. or a shovelful of earth,
as shadow or as substance.
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390. We leave it up to you.
And, for any further research,
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391. check under "g" for "ghosts"...
in the twilight zone.
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392. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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393. will tell you
about next week's story
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394. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.
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395. And now, mr. Serling.
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396. Next week, we borrow
from the exceptional talent
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397. of author jerome bixby.
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398. It's an adaptation
of what has been called
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399. one of the most terrifying
modern fantasies ever written.
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400. What you'll see is, in a sense,
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401. a portrait of a monster
as a young boy.
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402. Next week's very special
excursion into the twilight zone
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403. is called "it's a good life."
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404. I hope we see you then.
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405. This is james arness.
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406. You know, it's only a short hop
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407. fromthe twilight zone
to dodge city andgunsmoke-
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408. saturday nights
over most of these stations.
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