WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:28.440 The Armed Forces Radio Service presents The Spend. 00:28.440 --> 00:35.240 The Shot, starring Mr. Van Heflin, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 00:58.440 --> 01:12.440 Well, a cherry good morning to you, Mr. Tatum. And to all of you other gentlemen. 01:12.440 --> 01:17.400 Everyone's here, I see. You're late, Rose. Dawn. A minute or two before and where the other 01:17.400 --> 01:22.440 certainly can't make too much difference. Besides, I stopped to pick these. Cherry, anyone? 01:22.440 --> 01:28.720 No? They're delicious. For a man who's about to die, you don't seem too concerned. 01:28.720 --> 01:33.960 Oh, I am concerned, Peyton. Here's a whole hat full of delicious cherries that certainly 01:33.960 --> 01:39.880 have to be eaten. On the other hand, Peyton, I'm not certain that I have to die. 01:39.880 --> 01:42.840 We'll see about that. Did you bring a weapon? 01:42.840 --> 01:46.600 Mm-hmm. Right here. And I noticed you're all ready. 01:46.600 --> 01:50.520 Let's get on with this. You will draw lots, gentlemen. 01:50.520 --> 01:52.960 Of course. It's customary. 01:52.960 --> 01:59.800 That's sweet. The papers in this hat are numbered from one to ten. You will each draw a paper. 01:59.800 --> 02:04.560 The man who receives the highest number will give the first shot. Is that agreeable? 02:04.560 --> 02:08.680 Yes. Of course, of course. After you, Lieutenant Peyton. 02:08.680 --> 02:13.120 And good, good luck, sir. Your draw, sir? 02:13.120 --> 02:15.680 Mm-hmm. Mr. Peyton? 02:15.680 --> 02:17.720 Eight. Oh. 02:17.720 --> 02:23.560 Now, it seems I've won the first shot, Peyton. I've drawn a ten. 02:23.560 --> 02:29.600 Then it's settled. Back to back. You will pace away until the count is completed. Mr. 02:29.600 --> 02:31.600 Rawls has the first shot. Understood? 02:31.600 --> 02:35.720 It's understood. Is there anyone present here who finds this 02:35.720 --> 02:39.520 not an honorable way to settle the dispute between these two men? 02:39.520 --> 02:42.880 Are you ready, gentlemen? All ready? 02:42.880 --> 02:49.880 I'm ready. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 02:49.880 --> 03:00.880 eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. Mr. Peyton, are you all right? Are you hit? 03:00.880 --> 03:04.280 Stand back. I'm all right. The bullet went through my hat. 03:04.280 --> 03:10.680 It's your shot, Lieutenant Peyton. Yes, I know. 03:10.680 --> 03:17.080 Sure is a wonder. Well, you seem so anxious to kill me, sir. 03:17.080 --> 03:20.080 Do I have to remind you that you have a shot at me? 03:20.080 --> 03:25.720 I wouldn't want to spoil your breakfast. Don't worry, Peyton. You'll never spoil anything 03:25.720 --> 03:29.880 for me. Go ahead. Take your shot. 03:29.880 --> 03:34.480 Well, you're going to shoot, and you understand they're aiming at me. 03:34.480 --> 03:41.480 No, not now. Zachary has taken his shot at you. You have 03:41.480 --> 03:45.480 to take your shot at him. Shut up. I don't have to do anything. Not yet. 03:45.480 --> 03:48.480 You challenged him to a duel, Zachary. Splat. 03:48.480 --> 03:57.480 Would you like to take it from here? No. You don't seem ready for death this morning. 03:57.480 --> 04:02.480 Oh, you're wrong again, sir. I'm always ready for death. All life. 04:02.480 --> 04:05.480 You've disappointed me, Peyton. Have I? 04:05.480 --> 04:09.880 Or perhaps I've disappointed you. At any rate, all of these gentlemen witnessed that I went 04:09.880 --> 04:14.480 through my part of the challenge. You owe me a shot, Peyton. 04:14.480 --> 04:18.480 And if you aren't afraid, I'll always be ready for you to take it any day, any place. 04:18.480 --> 04:22.480 I'll remember that, Rawls. Please do, sir. 04:22.480 --> 04:31.480 Good day, gentlemen. It's a lovely morning. 04:31.480 --> 04:37.480 Zachary, he'll tell everyone about this. You'll be ruined. You can't expect to stay in the regiment now. 04:37.480 --> 04:41.480 What's the use of depriving him of life when he attaches no value to it? 04:41.480 --> 04:44.480 Nevertheless, you entered the duel your way, and it's not an honorable way. 04:44.480 --> 04:46.480 It's not ended. What? 04:46.480 --> 04:51.480 I'm still going to take my shot. You hurt him, all of you. He owes me a shot. 04:51.480 --> 04:57.480 I'll choose the day, and I'll choose that place. And I'll still see if he wants to eat cherries 04:57.480 --> 05:15.480 and laugh down the barrel of my gun. Any day, any place. 05:15.480 --> 05:16.480 Are you awake, Mr. Peyton? 05:16.480 --> 05:18.480 Where do you want? 05:18.480 --> 05:22.480 I want to speak with you. I've brought your maid. 05:22.480 --> 05:25.480 Well, open the door. 05:25.480 --> 05:27.480 Sit at the end of the table, Mr. Temple. Thank you. 05:27.480 --> 05:31.480 Yes, sir. Oh, I didn't know you had a visitor. 05:31.480 --> 05:34.480 Mr. Stockwell, this is Mr. Temple. He's my landlord. 05:34.480 --> 05:35.480 How do you do, Mr. Temple? 05:35.480 --> 05:37.480 Colonel Stockwell, Virginia Volunteer. 05:37.480 --> 05:43.480 Mr. Stockwell now, Mr. Temple, there's no longer Confederate Army or Confederacy. 05:43.480 --> 05:47.480 I forget sometimes, sir. I served under you in the 3rd Volunteers. 05:47.480 --> 05:52.480 Mr. Temple had quite a career as a soldier. He's told me about it every day since I took this room. 05:52.480 --> 05:56.480 Only thing left to talk about now, Colonel. 05:56.480 --> 05:58.480 Oh, some Yankee. 05:58.480 --> 06:00.480 We all know how it is, Willis. 06:00.480 --> 06:01.480 Yes. 06:01.480 --> 06:02.480 Was there anything else? 06:02.480 --> 06:08.480 Huh? Oh, yes. That's a fine pistol, Mr. Peyton. 06:08.480 --> 06:09.480 You've told me that before, Mr. Temple. 06:09.480 --> 06:12.480 Don't you think so, Colonel? Mr. Stockwell? 06:12.480 --> 06:14.480 I've already admired Mr. Peyton's firearm. 06:14.480 --> 06:17.480 Would you believe how good Mr. Peyton is with it, Colonel? 06:17.480 --> 06:24.480 Why, he lays right here on his bed and fires away the little old playing card stuck on the fence post out there in the back. 06:24.480 --> 06:28.480 Hits it every time. Some shooting, I declare. 06:28.480 --> 06:31.480 Oh, Mr. Peyton practices all the time. 06:31.480 --> 06:32.480 Do you, Zach? 06:32.480 --> 06:36.480 Every day for the last seven years. Is that all, Mr. Temple? 06:36.480 --> 06:37.480 Huh? 06:37.480 --> 06:40.480 I ask you if that was all. Is there something else you had to say? 06:40.480 --> 06:47.480 Uh, well, I did want to ask, do you have to practice from the window? 06:47.480 --> 06:49.480 I prefer to. You object? 06:49.480 --> 06:54.480 Oh, no, no, no. Of course not. It's my wife. I mean Libby don't like it. 06:54.480 --> 06:59.480 I keep telling her these are hard times and we sure appreciate getting a man in here who can pay us a little rent. 06:59.480 --> 07:05.480 Well, then you tell her that I practice shooting at all kinds of light from all kinds of position. I'll continue to do that. 07:05.480 --> 07:06.480 I only ask. 07:06.480 --> 07:08.480 Good day, Mr. Temple. 07:08.480 --> 07:12.480 Yes. Well, good day to you both. 07:19.480 --> 07:20.480 Jim? 07:20.480 --> 07:21.480 No, thanks. 07:26.480 --> 07:29.480 You haven't changed too much, Zachary. A little gray. 07:29.480 --> 07:32.480 Well, it's been seven years now. 07:32.480 --> 07:37.480 Zach, maybe you have changed. That man who was just here. 07:37.480 --> 07:40.480 Scared, shrinking little man. 07:42.480 --> 07:44.480 He's frightened. 07:44.480 --> 07:48.480 If I might comment, Zach, you didn't do anything to alleviate that fright. 07:48.480 --> 07:53.480 It's not his wife, that's him. He's a frighten of my gun. He knows what I can do with it. 07:53.480 --> 07:56.480 He means nothing to you, has no bearing on your life. 07:56.480 --> 08:03.480 True, but he knows that a gun that can be pointed at a card stuck on a fence can just as easily be pointed at a heart stuck in a man's chest. 08:03.480 --> 08:05.480 Well, am I right? 08:05.480 --> 08:07.480 I suppose you are. 08:07.480 --> 08:10.480 Would you mind putting him in the case? 08:10.480 --> 08:12.480 Are you afraid too, Jim? 08:12.480 --> 08:15.480 Don't treat me like a Willis Temple, Zachary. 08:15.480 --> 08:20.480 I'm your friend. I came here to meet you because you asked me to. 08:22.480 --> 08:24.480 Better? 08:27.480 --> 08:30.480 Why am I here, Zachary? What do you want of me? 08:30.480 --> 08:33.480 Nothing that'll interfere with your life, Jim. 08:33.480 --> 08:38.480 We go, I got a letter from Norfolk, mentioned that an old acquaintance of mine's living here. 08:38.480 --> 08:41.480 A man who was an officer in my regiment. 08:41.480 --> 08:44.480 His name is Benjamin Rawls. 08:44.480 --> 08:45.480 Oh. 08:45.480 --> 08:46.480 You know him, Jim? 08:46.480 --> 08:50.480 Oh, slightly. I've seen him about town, spoken to him once or twice. 08:50.480 --> 08:53.480 Hmm. How's he look these days? 08:53.480 --> 08:58.480 Not knowing how he looked when you know him, I'd say he looks mighty fine, Jim. 08:58.480 --> 09:02.480 He's in good health, I think. And he's done better than most of us. 09:02.480 --> 09:04.480 Rawls has always wanted to do very well. 09:04.480 --> 09:05.480 How do you mean? 09:05.480 --> 09:11.480 I understand his family lost all they had at Savannah, but there's an English branch that died off and filled in the inheritance. 09:11.480 --> 09:12.480 He's very well off. 09:12.480 --> 09:15.480 I suppose he would be. 09:15.480 --> 09:19.480 He had a great deal of money when I know him. And other things. 09:19.480 --> 09:20.480 You mean women? 09:20.480 --> 09:25.480 Is he, uh, is he still ambitious and gallant? 09:25.480 --> 09:30.480 Well, Marcia Pemberton's considered to be a very, very lucky young lady in these parts. 09:30.480 --> 09:31.480 Marcia Pemberton. 09:31.480 --> 09:33.480 The girl he married last week. 09:33.480 --> 09:34.480 Last week, you say? 09:34.480 --> 09:35.480 Yes. 09:35.480 --> 09:37.480 Does he love her? 09:37.480 --> 09:38.480 What? 09:38.480 --> 09:41.480 Do you know if he loves this girl he married? 09:41.480 --> 09:45.480 It's apparent to everyone in town that he loves her very much. 09:45.480 --> 09:49.480 When he was courting her, folks in town saw them together often. I saw them. 09:49.480 --> 09:55.480 I'd say Ben Rawls is in love the way a man loves only once in his life. 09:55.480 --> 09:57.480 Is that what you want to know? 09:57.480 --> 09:59.480 Yes. 09:59.480 --> 10:04.480 Because I'm your friend, Zachary, I'm talking to you about Ben Rawls, but I'm uncomfortable. 10:04.480 --> 10:07.480 I don't like talking about a man. 10:07.480 --> 10:10.480 You see over there? Large White House on the hill? 10:10.480 --> 10:12.480 Mm-hmm. I see it. 10:12.480 --> 10:15.480 That's where Ben lives. He's right there, Zachary. 10:15.480 --> 10:17.480 You can talk to him instead of me. 10:17.480 --> 10:18.480 I'd rather talk to you at the moment. 10:18.480 --> 10:23.480 I won't answer any more questions, Zachary. I think I'll be going. 10:23.480 --> 10:26.480 As you will, Jim. 10:26.480 --> 10:31.480 Zachary, I've asked no questions of you. May I ask one now? 10:31.480 --> 10:33.480 All right, Jim. 10:33.480 --> 10:39.480 Is it the duel? Is that why you want to know these things about Ben Rawls? 10:39.480 --> 10:46.480 Yes. I want to satisfy myself that he's at last found something to live for. 10:46.480 --> 10:49.480 I see. And you're going to call on him? 10:49.480 --> 10:55.480 Tonight. I want to know if he can still laugh down a gun barrel. 10:55.480 --> 11:00.480 I won't let you do this thing, Zachary. There's been enough killing. 11:03.480 --> 11:04.480 Jim. 11:04.480 --> 11:06.480 Yeah? 11:06.480 --> 11:35.480 I'd hate to kill you too. 11:35.480 --> 11:36.480 Zachary? 11:36.480 --> 11:38.480 Jim Tocqueville? 11:38.480 --> 11:44.480 Yes, it's me, Zach. I've been waiting for you to come out of the house, Zachary. 11:44.480 --> 11:48.480 You haven't been waiting alone, Jim. Who are your friends? 11:48.480 --> 11:51.480 This is Paul Geiger, Quince of Talbot. 11:51.480 --> 11:53.480 We were in the Army together, Zach. 11:53.480 --> 11:55.480 I'm glad you're here. 11:55.480 --> 11:57.480 I'm glad you're here. 11:57.480 --> 11:59.480 I'm glad you're here. 11:59.480 --> 12:01.480 I'm glad you're here. 12:01.480 --> 12:06.480 Paul Geiger, Quince of Talbot. We were in the Army together, Zach. 12:06.480 --> 12:07.480 I do, Peyton. 12:07.480 --> 12:08.480 I do. 12:08.480 --> 12:12.480 Tocque and Quince were executive officers for me in the 3rd Cavalry. 12:12.480 --> 12:13.480 We served together at Appomattox. 12:13.480 --> 12:16.480 What is it you want, Jim? 12:16.480 --> 12:19.480 You're on your way over to Ben Rawls' house now, is that right, Zach? 12:19.480 --> 12:22.480 I told you I was going over there tonight. 12:22.480 --> 12:27.480 I want to talk to you about that some more, Zach. Could we go back upstairs to your room? 12:27.480 --> 12:29.480 No, Jim. 12:29.480 --> 12:33.480 I'd like to very much, Zachary. That's why we waited here for you. 12:33.480 --> 12:36.480 I think it's important we talk about it. 12:36.480 --> 12:41.480 It's important enough, Zachary, that I've told Tocque and Quince all you told me. 12:41.480 --> 12:44.480 They're close friends to me now. I've asked them to assist me. 12:44.480 --> 12:46.480 That's right, Captain. Mr. Stockwell's told us everything. 12:46.480 --> 12:48.480 We can talk right here, Jim. 12:48.480 --> 12:51.480 Anything you have to say can be said right here. 12:51.480 --> 12:53.480 Can't we go to the room, Zachary? 12:53.480 --> 12:56.480 You could have come back to the room to talk to me. You didn't want that. 12:56.480 --> 12:59.480 You wanted to meet me out here with Tocque and Quincey. 12:59.480 --> 13:03.480 Come on, Jim. Speak up. I'm in a hurry. 13:03.480 --> 13:07.480 The war did many things to all of us, Zach. 13:07.480 --> 13:11.480 Everything we thought and lived for is gone now. 13:11.480 --> 13:15.480 But we're still men, and we can all recover. 13:15.480 --> 13:20.480 Tocque and Quincey and I are the only ones who know what you said to me in that room there. 13:20.480 --> 13:23.480 You want to kill Ben Rawls tonight. 13:23.480 --> 13:26.480 Then this is what the war's done to you, Zach. 13:26.480 --> 13:29.480 This is what I want to talk about. 13:29.480 --> 13:34.480 Wanting to kill a man in cold blood, a man you haven't seen for seven years or better, doesn't make sense. 13:34.480 --> 13:38.480 And you and Tocque and Quincey are here to see that I don't call on Ben Rawls, is that it? 13:38.480 --> 13:42.480 We're here to quietly see that you don't do anything foolish. 13:42.480 --> 13:45.480 I'm your friend, Zachary. I knew your daddy. 13:45.480 --> 13:49.480 I want to see what's the matter, what sickness the war gave you. 13:49.480 --> 13:51.480 And I want to help you. 13:51.480 --> 13:53.480 Go home, Jim. 13:53.480 --> 13:55.480 Talk, Quincey, this is none of your business. 13:55.480 --> 13:57.480 We can't do that, Zachary. 13:57.480 --> 13:59.480 We can't let you kill a man in cold blood. 13:59.480 --> 14:02.480 Let's all go upstairs to your room and talk a bit, Captain. 14:02.480 --> 14:05.480 Quincey's got some fine whiskey. It's came in from England. 14:05.480 --> 14:06.480 Haven't you, Quincey? 14:06.480 --> 14:08.480 Sure I have, Captain. 14:08.480 --> 14:11.480 Your men I'd be mighty proud to share it with. 14:11.480 --> 14:16.480 Uh, Captain, Mr. Stockwell is your friend, and he's thinking of you. 14:16.480 --> 14:19.480 Is Ben Rawls your friend too, Jim? You trying to protect him? 14:19.480 --> 14:22.480 What I know of Ben Rawls, I told you this afternoon. 14:22.480 --> 14:26.480 But you are my friend, and I won't let you go there and do this thing. 14:26.480 --> 14:27.480 Now you get out of my way. 14:27.480 --> 14:29.480 You'll have to kill me first, Zachary. 14:29.480 --> 14:31.480 Kill these two boys who've never done you any harm. 14:31.480 --> 14:33.480 But I won't let you go over there. 14:33.480 --> 14:34.480 Park! 14:34.480 --> 14:35.480 Quincey! 14:35.480 --> 14:37.480 You're a fool, Zachary, a fool. 14:37.480 --> 14:38.480 Now stop it! 14:40.480 --> 14:41.480 Park, it's the only way. 14:41.480 --> 14:42.480 Right, Mr. Stockwell. 14:42.480 --> 14:45.480 Let me down there. 14:47.480 --> 14:49.480 Quincey, hand me that whiskey. 14:49.480 --> 14:51.480 Yes, sir. I'll get us hid, Mr. Stockwell. 14:59.480 --> 15:01.480 I'm sorry, Zachary. 15:01.480 --> 15:04.480 Sometimes we all go about things the wrong way. 15:04.480 --> 15:08.480 I'm noted for my poor judgment in many matters. 15:08.480 --> 15:12.480 You stop me, Jim, for the moment. 15:15.480 --> 15:17.480 Ask them to wait over there. 15:17.480 --> 15:19.480 All right, Paul, Quincey, over there. 15:19.480 --> 15:22.480 You're sure it's all right, Mr. Stockwell? 15:22.480 --> 15:24.480 Captain Peyton is a man of honor. 15:24.480 --> 15:25.480 Come on, Quincey. 15:25.480 --> 15:27.480 He'll be right over by the trees, sir. 15:29.480 --> 15:31.480 I have to kill him, Jim. 15:31.480 --> 15:34.480 I have to before I can ever live again. 15:34.480 --> 15:38.480 There was so much killing. Look what it got him. 15:38.480 --> 15:39.480 I hate him. 15:39.480 --> 15:41.480 When you've lived with a hater, I've lived with it. 15:41.480 --> 15:42.480 There's nothing else you can do. 15:42.480 --> 15:43.480 Zachary. 15:43.480 --> 15:44.480 Why do you think I resigned my commission 15:44.480 --> 15:46.480 before the war was over? 15:46.480 --> 15:48.480 Why do you think I disappeared from the Confederacy? 15:48.480 --> 15:50.480 Why do you think I never returned to my home? 15:50.480 --> 15:52.480 I heard you'd done all those things. 15:52.480 --> 15:54.480 I didn't ask any questions, but I know... 15:54.480 --> 15:56.480 Ben, Ben is the cause of everything. 15:56.480 --> 15:58.480 Benjamin Rawls. 15:58.480 --> 16:01.480 I know he had a reputation for being a man of honor. 16:01.480 --> 16:05.480 I know he had a reputation for being arrogant and slick 16:05.480 --> 16:07.480 when he was an officer, but for underhand... 16:07.480 --> 16:09.480 No, no, no. It was nothing underhanded, Jim. 16:09.480 --> 16:11.480 It was open-handed. It was a slap. 16:11.480 --> 16:13.480 Rawls' slap? 16:13.480 --> 16:15.480 Yes, one night in front of a whole regiment. 16:15.480 --> 16:17.480 Over what? Why? 16:17.480 --> 16:19.480 A girl, just a girl that we both liked. 16:19.480 --> 16:21.480 I don't even remember her name. 16:21.480 --> 16:23.480 Oh, everyone had seen it coming. 16:23.480 --> 16:24.480 Until Rawls joined that regiment, 16:24.480 --> 16:27.480 I was the most popular officer with my fellow officers 16:27.480 --> 16:28.480 and the ladies... 16:28.480 --> 16:30.480 Zachary, that was then. 16:30.480 --> 16:33.480 And this is now, but my life stopped then. 16:33.480 --> 16:36.480 Try to remember how it was then, Jim. 16:36.480 --> 16:39.480 In the early stages when the North was dying, not the South. 16:39.480 --> 16:42.480 It was so fashionable to be young and reckless and brave 16:42.480 --> 16:44.480 and an officer in the Confederate Army. 16:44.480 --> 16:46.480 And then to be slapped by a man. 16:46.480 --> 16:48.480 More brave, more reckless. 16:48.480 --> 16:50.480 More... more of everything. 16:50.480 --> 16:52.480 It was... it was too much. 16:52.480 --> 16:55.480 Zach, those days are gone. Forget them. 16:55.480 --> 16:57.480 The whole way of life is different now. 16:57.480 --> 16:58.480 It's no different for him. 16:58.480 --> 17:00.480 And it's no different for me, Jim. 17:00.480 --> 17:03.480 You have no right to stop me. You know that. 17:03.480 --> 17:05.480 That's true. 17:05.480 --> 17:09.480 But Zach, can you kill a man for something that happened then? 17:09.480 --> 17:11.480 I can and I will. 17:11.480 --> 17:14.480 He shot at me once. Now I owe him a shot. 17:14.480 --> 17:16.480 Don't I? 17:16.480 --> 17:18.480 Don't I, Jim? 17:19.480 --> 17:22.480 Yes, Zachary, you owe him a shot. 17:22.480 --> 17:37.480 Go ahead. 17:37.480 --> 17:39.480 Letting him go, Mr. Stopwell? 17:39.480 --> 17:42.480 Yes, I can't stop him. I can see that now. 17:42.480 --> 17:44.480 If we can't, then? 17:44.480 --> 18:12.480 It's between him and Ben Rawls now. 18:12.480 --> 18:15.480 I understand you have some business with me, sir. 18:15.480 --> 18:18.480 I don't usually receive people who refuse to give their names to my servants. 18:18.480 --> 18:21.480 Hello, Rawls. 18:21.480 --> 18:25.480 Well, don't you recognize me? 18:25.480 --> 18:27.480 Peyton. Zachary Peyton. 18:27.480 --> 18:29.480 Exactly. 18:29.480 --> 18:32.480 And I do have business with you. 18:32.480 --> 18:36.480 What are you doing here? 18:36.480 --> 18:39.480 Well, I owe you a shot, Rawls. 18:39.480 --> 18:41.480 And I've come to pay off. 18:41.480 --> 18:43.480 I see. 18:43.480 --> 18:46.480 Are you ready? 18:46.480 --> 18:48.480 I'm ready. I told you I always would be. 18:48.480 --> 18:50.480 Yes, you did. 18:50.480 --> 18:53.480 And you asked me to remember it. 18:53.480 --> 18:57.480 Well, you don't seem quite as certain as you were the last time we met. 18:57.480 --> 18:59.480 What's the matter? Is there something wrong? 18:59.480 --> 19:02.480 I believe we were at twelve paces before. 19:02.480 --> 19:04.480 Yes. 19:04.480 --> 19:06.480 You mind if I count? 19:06.480 --> 19:07.480 I'll count. 19:07.480 --> 19:09.480 As you will, Rawls. 19:09.480 --> 19:11.480 Back to back? 19:11.480 --> 19:26.480 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. 19:26.480 --> 19:29.480 Shoot, man. Shoot and do it quickly. 19:29.480 --> 19:32.480 Well, you seem in a hurry to die, Mr. Rawls. 19:32.480 --> 19:35.480 Marsha, my wife, she'll be coming home any minute. 19:35.480 --> 19:42.480 Well, in that case, we'd better get on with it then. 19:42.480 --> 19:44.480 Sure. 19:44.480 --> 19:49.480 I apologize, Mr. Rawls, that this pistol isn't loaded with cherry stones. 19:49.480 --> 19:54.480 You have no idea how often I've dreamed of cherry stone bullets since last we met. 19:54.480 --> 19:58.480 I think they'd be somewhat lighter than lead. 19:58.480 --> 20:03.480 Oh, this doesn't seem to me like a duel anymore, but just plain murder. 20:03.480 --> 20:07.480 And if I'm anything, I will not be called a murder. 20:07.480 --> 20:12.480 You must understand that I've had quite a long lecture on why I shouldn't be doing this. 20:12.480 --> 20:15.480 I don't like shooting an unarmed man. 20:15.480 --> 20:16.480 Rawls. 20:16.480 --> 20:17.480 What? 20:17.480 --> 20:20.480 There's another pistol in my case. It's all loaded. 20:20.480 --> 20:24.480 Would you please take it and then we could start over? 20:24.480 --> 20:26.480 Will you hesitate, Mr. Rawls? 20:26.480 --> 20:30.480 I do not hesitate, sir. 20:30.480 --> 20:31.480 I'm ready, sir. 20:31.480 --> 20:34.480 Go ahead, Mr. Rawls, you're shot. 20:34.480 --> 20:35.480 What? 20:35.480 --> 20:36.480 You may have the first shot. 20:36.480 --> 20:40.480 I'm ready. 20:40.480 --> 20:46.480 Well, sir, you've broken a candle holder and ruined a picture. 20:46.480 --> 20:50.480 Now I truly owe you a shot. 20:50.480 --> 20:53.480 Sam, Sam, dear, what is it? What's the matter? 20:53.480 --> 20:54.480 Oh, Benny, you're all right. 20:54.480 --> 20:56.480 I'm fine, boss, you're fine. Truly I am. 20:56.480 --> 20:58.480 But the shot, this man. 20:58.480 --> 21:02.480 Now, dear, there's nothing to worry about. Can't you see we're just joking? 21:02.480 --> 21:04.480 Don't be so frightened. 21:04.480 --> 21:06.480 I'll tell you what. 21:06.480 --> 21:09.480 You go out and find Abram and ask him to bring up some nice wine. 21:09.480 --> 21:11.480 And then I'll introduce you to my old friend here. 21:11.480 --> 21:15.480 Tell me, sir, is my husband telling the truth? 21:15.480 --> 21:17.480 Is it true you're just joking? 21:17.480 --> 21:20.480 Oh, he's always joking, Miss Rawls. 21:20.480 --> 21:23.480 Once he slapped me in the face for a joke, 21:23.480 --> 21:26.480 now the time he put a bullet through my cap for a joke. 21:26.480 --> 21:29.480 Just now he fired a gun at me and missed. 21:29.480 --> 21:32.480 That's another joke. 21:32.480 --> 21:36.480 Now I think I'll have my little joke. End joking. 21:36.480 --> 21:39.480 It's a dupe. This is the man Peyton you told me about. 21:39.480 --> 21:41.480 Marsha, this is between us. Now leave the room. 21:41.480 --> 21:45.480 This man has a right to shoot at me. I wouldn't have any honor if I didn't allow it. 21:45.480 --> 21:50.480 Oh, shoot Peyton, shoot man and stop making her suffer for me. 21:50.480 --> 21:53.480 Will you fire or not? 21:53.480 --> 21:59.480 No. No, I won't fire, Rawls. 21:59.480 --> 22:02.480 I'm satisfied. 22:02.480 --> 22:06.480 I've seen you afraid. I forced you to fire at me. That's enough. 22:06.480 --> 22:10.480 You'll remember me all of your life, Rawls. 22:10.480 --> 22:13.480 I leave you to your conscience. 22:13.480 --> 22:16.480 Oh, as for that shot. 22:16.480 --> 22:20.480 Here it is. 22:20.480 --> 22:23.480 Goodbye, Mr. Rawls. 22:39.480 --> 22:42.480 Zachary. 22:42.480 --> 22:44.480 You did it. 22:44.480 --> 22:46.480 You took your shot. 22:46.480 --> 22:48.480 Yes. 22:48.480 --> 22:53.480 I put it in the picture right next to his shot. 22:53.480 --> 22:55.480 Zach. 22:55.480 --> 22:57.480 Zachy's alive. 22:57.480 --> 22:59.480 You could have killed him, but he's alive. 22:59.480 --> 23:02.480 Oh, he's fine, Jim. 23:02.480 --> 23:06.480 And he's still the bravest man I ever met. 23:06.480 --> 23:19.480 Let's go, Jim. 23:36.480 --> 23:38.480 Let's go. 24:06.480 --> 24:08.480 Let's go. 24:36.480 --> 24:45.480 The Span has been a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 25:06.480 --> 25:08.480 The Span. 25:36.480 --> 25:38.480 The Span.