The Lady From Baltimore ,Wild West Western Full Movie Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Heat. Heat.

[00:00:05][bell] [music] >> [music] [music] >> over here.

[00:00:55]Oh, >> anything else I can help you with, Mrs. Banning?

[00:01:09]>> No, thank you very much.

[00:01:10]>> Mrs. Benning, I'm Ben Cartrite.

[00:01:14]>> Mr. Cartright.

[00:01:16]How good of you to extend your hospitality to a poor sick stranger.

[00:01:21]>> Well, really, the wife of Horus Banning is hardly a stranger.

[00:01:25]>> What a very nice thing for you to say.

[00:01:28]Oh, this is my daughter Melinda.

[00:01:37]>> Coachman, it's been a delightful experience.

[00:01:41]>> Thank you, ma'am. Might I suggest that in the future you try to keep your carriage a little bit cleaner?

[00:01:47]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:49]>> Mrs. Banning, my buck is right over there. I I hope you won't find that one too dusty.

[00:01:54]>> Oh, I feel sure that your conveyance will be more than satisfactory, Mr. Gotright. Come along, Melinda.

[00:02:05][music] >> [music] [music] >> Well, this is where the ponderosa begins.

[00:02:30]>> Well, this is the domain of an emperor.

[00:02:33]>> Well, how do you like it, Melinda?

[00:02:36]>> It's so different from home. It's like being in another world. Well, we want you both to feel that this is your home, and we want you both to stay as long as you possibly can, or at least as long as Horus can bear to be without you.

[00:02:47]>> Well, you do make us feel most welcome, Benjamin.

[00:02:50]>> I wish Daddy were here.

[00:02:51]>> So do I, [music] darling. So do I. It is too bad that he couldn't have come up with this. But publishing a daily newspaper is quite a job.

[00:03:01]>> You know, it must be about 25 years since I've seen Horus. But even in those days, I I knew he'd be a success.

[00:03:15][music] [music] [music] Heat. Heat.

[00:03:41][music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat.

[00:04:12][music] Heat.

[00:04:29]Start over, boys.

[00:04:31]Mr. Banning, their daughter, my boys, horse, little Joe.

[00:04:37]>> Well, how wonderful it is to meet both of you. My, they're striking specimens, Benjamin. Must be your fine ponderosa air here. Aren't they handsome, Melinda?

[00:04:48]Yes, very.

[00:04:50]>> Oh, thank you very much, ma'am. Welcome to the Ponderosa.

[00:04:54]>> We heard you was coming, Miss Benning.

[00:04:56]Paul told us you're in kind of bad health. Hope the Ponderosa and your stay here will make you feel better.

[00:05:01]>> Well, thank you very much, horse. It's nothing serious really. I'm just overt tired.

[00:05:06]>> I want to see the horses.

[00:05:08]>> Come with me.

[00:05:35]outside.

[00:05:37][screaming] I read about that once. I never dreamed I'd ever see a bucking bronco.

[00:05:47]>> Have a good look.

[00:05:52]>> Looks so dangerous.

[00:05:53]>> We have to do it every day. It >> was quite a dare, devil.

[00:05:57]>> It's my older brother, Adam. He's a darn good horseer.

[00:06:03]Horse looks like it's half wild.

[00:06:09]>> He was all wild once.

[00:06:12]>> It's hard to think of horses as being wild. Where I come from, they're they're all so gentle. Well, >> you got to break them and they won't do any work for you.

[00:06:20]>> What is it that has to be broken, little Joe?

[00:06:22]>> It's just a just a wild that's in them.

[00:06:38]Adam. Well, this is my brother Adam.

[00:06:40]Adam, this is our guest, Melinda Benning.

[00:06:43]>> Morning, Melinda. Welcome to the Ponderosa.

[00:06:46]I'm afraid we're going to have to excuse him for a minute. It's time for you to go to work, buddy. They got a little old horse over there all ready for you.

[00:06:56]>> Stay right here. I'll be back.

[00:07:03]Adam.

[00:07:04]>> Yeah, >> that was so exciting.

[00:07:07]>> It looks so very dangerous.

[00:07:09]>> It's just a job. Watch him.

[00:07:20]>> Turn him out. [screaming] That horse will kill him.

[00:07:33]>> Well, it hasn't happened to him yet.

[00:07:35][screaming] >> He stopped bucking now. Does that mean he's broken? I >> know, but most of the fight's out of him.

[00:07:59]Great, Joe. Just great. Oh, you're not so bad yourself, brother. All you need is a little practice. What'd you think of the ride?

[00:08:04]>> I don't know how you do it.

[00:08:05]>> He doesn't either.

[00:08:07]>> Thanks a lot. [laughter] Well, you see, it didn't hurt the horse, and now it'll be useful.

[00:08:13]>> No longer free to do what he wants, but useful.

[00:08:17]>> Melinda, >> come along.

[00:08:25]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I must say I find myself a bit surprised at these cartrids.

[00:09:07]For all their money, they live out here like so many savages. Of course, that could be improved.

[00:09:14]And they are of good family. A bit uncou perhaps, but there's good blood there.

[00:09:19]There is.

[00:09:21]And their holdings, they're as vast as half the state of Maryland.

[00:09:26]>> Mother, >> and what you could do with this place.

[00:09:30]I can see it. The servants, the butlers, the footmen. [sighs] >> Mother, may I say something?

[00:09:36]>> No, darling. Not in that tone of voice.

[00:09:38]That always means that you're about to think for yourself.

[00:09:41]Anyhow, we said everything there was to be said before we ever left Baltimore.

[00:09:45]But mother, please just listen to me for a moment.

[00:09:49]>> Yes, Melinda.

[00:09:52]>> Are you sure? Are you quite sure that what we're doing is right?

[00:09:56]>> Don't you know in your heart? Don't you know that what I'm doing is for your own good?

[00:10:05]>> Mother, >> come on now.

[00:10:07]>> Get out of that tub and get dressed.

[00:10:11]Mother, please listen to me. Melinda, there is nothing sadder, more futile than foolishness.

[00:10:22]And you, my poor darling, seem to have been blessed with more than your portion, thanks to your father.

[00:10:31]But you're lucky because to compensate, you have beauty.

[00:10:38]beauty that was wasted in Baltimore thanks to the way we had to live due to your father's continuous failures.

[00:10:45]But out here, here in Ponderosa, we're making that beauty work for us.

[00:10:52]>> Mother, that isn't what I wanted to know. I know all that. I wanted you to tell me that what we're doing isn't wrong.

[00:10:58]>> Wrong?

[00:11:00]Oh, no.

[00:11:02]No, of course not. Everything that we're doing is right.

[00:11:05]Happiness for you is right. Security for you is right. Security for your children. Nothing. Everything that we are doing is right. It's all right.

[00:11:16]How could I be anything but right?

[00:11:18]Wanting all of this for you, Melinda.

[00:11:26]Baby, I have fought for your happiness from the day that you were born.

[00:11:33]But I'm getting tired. I really am. I'm awfully tired.

[00:11:38]There isn't a great deal of fight left in me.

[00:11:42]Selfishly, I've even been hoping that somewhere in your future, there might be a little peace, a little satisfaction for me, too.

[00:11:54][music] No, no, no, no. Don't cry. You'll ruin those wonderful eyes.

[00:12:06]You are a lovely girl.

[00:12:09]I merely want someone to appreciate that.

[00:12:15]Come on, let's get dressed.

[00:12:20][music] >> That was a delicious meal, Benjamin.

[00:12:29]Really delicious.

[00:12:31]>> Oh, thank you. We uh I'm so pleased that you enjoyed your first meal at the Ponderosa. I enjoyed it all thoroughly.

[00:12:37]>> Miss Bennett, you ain't tasted nothing yet till you taste some Hobsing's Hong Kong mulligan. [laughter] >> Of course, Baltimore is noted for its food, especially seafood.

[00:12:48]>> We catch some pretty fine trout around here, too.

[00:12:51]>> Chinka Teague oysters lying on a bed of glistening ice and lobsters first broiled and then served in melted butter.

[00:13:01]and our home brilliantly lit with hundreds of candles in crystal chandeliers and in one part of the room a small orchestra playing gently softly [music] very often the music by that gifted young Polish composer Mr. show and the servants, one behind each place in the white uniforms, the white cotton gloves, the white stockings.

[00:13:25][clears throat] And inevitably, the governor is the first one to arrive. He's always so prompt.

[00:13:32]But then he has great [music] respect for my husband and Horus. Poor dear, dear Horus.

[00:13:38]How he fusses about the social life I impose upon him. But I think deep down he enjoys it just as much as I do.

[00:13:45]>> I'm afraid he'd be rather disappointed in our primitive way of life out here.

[00:13:49]>> Oh, no, no, no, not at all. You're wrong about that. Horus is a great out ofdoors man. You'd all like him so much. But you know, his idea of a banquet is a hunt breakfast after an early morning exciting ride to the hounds. He has his own stables. Most of them are fairred.

[00:14:08]>> I feel a little faint. I I need some air. I think it was all the traveling today.

[00:14:15]>> Oh, no. No. Gentlemen, please sit down.

[00:14:17]Melinda's given to these momentary spells. Poor darling. She's been so delicately born and so delicately bred.

[00:14:25]I think I better see that she's all right. Excuse me.

[00:14:31][music] >> [music] >> Alinda, you all right?

[00:14:53]>> I'm fine, little Joe.

[00:14:55]You shouldn't have left the others.

[00:14:58]>> I I saw that way you looked. It worried me.

[00:15:01]>> You're nice, little Joe.

[00:15:05]You know, you don't talk much. Mother seems to do it for both of you.

[00:15:10]>> She's much wiser than I am.

[00:15:12]>> Yeah. You know, the things she was talking about, I I've only read about him in books. Must be a lot different for you out here.

[00:15:20]>> I [music] like it here.

[00:15:23]>> We like having you here.

[00:15:26]>> Such a a wonderful feeling of feeling of family. [snorts] >> Yeah, I know. Well, Pod talks about that all the time, the family. [music] That's how everybody thinks of us around here, the Cartwright family.

[00:15:37]>> You don't have to be here long to realize you all belong together.

[00:15:41]>> You know, sometimes I think we're together too much. It's a little rough on me being the youngest. Well, here I am talking about myself when it's really you I want to talk about.

[00:15:51]>> There isn't very much to know. Where I come from, I lead a very quiet life.

[00:15:57]>> Quiet? What? With that house and all those servants and the governor coming to dinner all the time, your father being a big newspaper publisher.

[00:16:07]What's the matter? You feel bad again?

[00:16:10]>> It's nothing. I >> mean, you're [music] not disappointed in the way the way we live out here.

[00:16:14]>> Oh, Joe, please.

[00:16:22][music] I can't stand these terrible lies anymore. Your awful stories about parties and servants and hunt breakfast.

[00:16:32]>> Until I conceived this idea of bringing you out here, you were irrevocably committed to the kind of life I've had.

[00:16:39]And nobody knows better than you what that's been. But here, out here, I've created a new image for you. You have glamour and distinction and mystery, and you mustn't do anything to alter that, darling. Not until after you and Joseph are married. Then it won't matter.

[00:16:57]>> Why must it be little Joe? Because Horse doesn't feel that way about you. And Adam is far too cunning. I watched him at dinner tonight. He'd be too difficult to control.

[00:17:09]Suppose I don't love Little Joe.

[00:17:10]>> That doesn't matter. Marriage is a contract. No contract can be executed under the influence of emotion.

[00:17:19]>> I suppose you're right.

[00:17:21]>> Of course, I'm right.

[00:17:23]You'll have a perfect marriage with Joseph. You'll be able to twist him around your little finger. Just think.

[00:17:28]You'll have everything your own way.

[00:17:30]Just think how happy you will be.

[00:17:32]>> You've been twisting my father around your little finger for 25 years. Has it made you happy?

[00:17:39]>> Who in the whole world could be happy with your father?

[00:17:44]For you, Melinda? It's going to be different.

[00:17:47]So different.

[00:17:50]And I ask you with all my heart to believe me when I say everything I'm doing I am doing for you.

[00:18:04][music] [music] And that's wonderful. Yeah, that's just wonderful. What is it? Well, >> the recipe has been in my family for generations. It comes from France.

[00:18:29]Do you have any wine?

[00:18:31]>> Well, it's a little early in the morning for that, isn't it?

[00:18:33]>> Not for me, silly. For the stew. I told you this recipe came from France.

[00:18:40]Well, I uh I don't think we have any wine around here.

[00:18:47]>> If you think real hard, it'll come to you.

[00:18:53]>> It's in the pantry.

[00:18:56]>> Yeah, the the pantry for the minister. I forgot.

[00:18:59]>> I knew it would come to you.

[00:19:03]>> I'll get it.

[00:19:21]I haven't seen much of you the last few days. Adam, >> you haven't seen much of anybody except Joe.

[00:19:27]>> I've missed you.

[00:19:30]>> I'll bet you have.

[00:19:32]>> No, Adam, believe me.

[00:19:41]What kind of a woman are you?

[00:19:44]>> First, it's Joe. And the minute his back his turn, it's me.

[00:19:48]>> Adam, if you just let me explain, Adam.

[00:19:54]>> Yes, Melinda.

[00:19:56]>> I was going to ask you if you'd like to taste some of the beef stew.

[00:19:59]>> No, I'd rather be surprised.

[00:20:02]>> He's going to be surprised. All right.

[00:20:03]Wine and beef stew. What are the Frenchman going to think of next?

[00:20:12]>> That was the most delicious dinner ever.

[00:20:15]>> Don't thank me. Thank you. Melinda's such a fine. She was instructed by one of the greatest Cuban American.

[00:20:23]>> I like it better here at night. You can't see how big the country is.

[00:20:29]>> I guess you must be getting pretty lonesome for home.

[00:20:32]I suppose I am. Not the way it sounds.

[00:20:35]It's It's just that I'm I'm used to it back there.

[00:20:40]>> You think you could ever get used to the way it is out here?

[00:20:46]>> You get used to love, little Joe. Then you don't have to get used to anything else.

[00:20:54]>> Does that mean what I wanted to mean?

[00:20:57]>> You're sweet, little Joe.

[00:20:59]You're the nicest person I've ever met.

[00:21:04]I know.

[00:21:04]>> You're pretty sweet yourself.

[00:21:07]>> I I haven't been able to think of much else since you got here.

[00:21:09]>> And I'm glad I came.

[00:21:13][music] Lyn, I'd like to ask you a question if I if I thought you'd give me an answer.

[00:21:19]Now, >> what answer do you want, little Joe?

[00:21:33]You answered me.

[00:21:35]>> Yes, Lu.

[00:21:44][music] [music] Oh, this air. It really is invigorating, isn't it? It's like fine perfume.

[00:22:08]>> Mother, the men may not like it bothering them while they work.

[00:22:11]>> Joseph asked you to come, did he not?

[00:22:13]>> Yes, mother.

[00:22:14]>> Men adore women who show an interest in their work. It makes them so proud of their little achievements.

[00:22:20]>> Mother, there's something I must tell you.

[00:22:21]>> Please, Melinda, I have ordered you not to think, >> Benjamin.

[00:22:30]>> Well, I uh I got these side saddles. I hope they're what you're used to.

[00:22:36]>> Benjamin, you don't think the boys would mind if we looked in on their work for a while, do you?

[00:22:41]>> Mine? Why? Not at all. As a matter of fact, I think you'd find the work we do in the Ponderosa very interesting. Now you won't forget where they are. They're just over that next rise.

[00:22:49]>> Um, shall I help you up?

[00:22:50]>> Oh, would you please?

[00:22:54]>> Oh boy.

[00:23:02]>> I wonder who asked them out here.

[00:23:04]>> Well, I did. Any reason why I shouldn't?

[00:23:06]>> They're our guests, Adam.

[00:23:15]All right, Melinda, you have a good ride.

[00:23:16]>> I think ma'am, you enjoy yourself?

[00:23:18]>> I should say we did. Thank you so much.

[00:23:22]Oh, >> there we are. That was just fine. Just fine.

[00:23:30]>> Well, are you cooking?

[00:23:34]>> No, ma'am. We're not.

[00:23:38]>> You don't seem very glad to see us, Adam. No, I was just thinking about your comfort. This might be a little rough on you.

[00:23:45]>> Thank you very much, Adam.

[00:23:47]>> But you'll find that Melinda can accustom herself to anything that happens on a ranch.

[00:23:54]>> Sure. I'll get the cat, will you? Joe, get some more wood.

[00:23:57]>> Right, Ev. Excuse me.

[00:24:19]You're not going to burn that tiny thing.

[00:24:23]>> All cattle look alike. It's the only way we have of putting our name on him.

[00:24:27]>> Besides, it's not really as bad as it looks.

[00:24:37]There you go.

[00:24:51][music] [music] What happened to her?

[00:25:07]>> I told you the women shouldn't be here.

[00:25:08]Now, why don't you just go back to the house?

[00:25:10]>> Adam, you don't have to talk to her that way.

[00:25:12]>> All right, the girl's sick. Why don't you take her home?

[00:25:14]>> I'll take her home, but only because she's sick.

[00:25:19]>> Come on.

[00:25:21]>> I'm sorry. I guess it threw me seeing her keel over that way. I'm sorry, Melinda.

[00:25:32]Looks like little Joe's sort of stuck on that gown on it.

[00:25:35]>> Yeah. Let's get back to work.

[00:25:36]>> Yeah. Just remember, we all got to live here together, Adam.

[00:25:39]>> Yeah.

[00:25:39]>> Get another cat, will you?

[00:25:40]>> All right.

[00:25:57]What kind of wire is that?

[00:25:59]>> Barbed.

[00:26:02]>> It's full of sharp points.

[00:26:04]>> Experience. That's the best way to learn.

[00:26:07]>> But it's so cruel.

[00:26:08]>> Well, it goes along with everything else here. Breaking horses, branding calves.

[00:26:13]Everything's done with pain.

[00:26:16]You don't have a patent on hurt.

[00:26:18]>> Melinda, you are a guest here and you're free to come and go as you please, >> but it is a working ranch and at the moment I'm pretty busy.

[00:26:39]>> Leave me alone. Get away from me. I don't need your help. Looks like you do.

[00:26:46]Yeah.

[00:26:50][music] [music] >> I'm sorry, Adam. I don't know what led me to do that. [music] >> Adam, what are you doing?

[00:27:08]>> Nothing, Joe. Nothing.

[00:27:09]>> What do you mean you're doing nothing?

[00:27:11]>> Oh, come on.

[00:27:17]Joe, what do you mean? Wait a minute.

[00:27:18]That's the girl I'm going to marry.

[00:27:21]>> Going to marry? It happened last night.

[00:27:22]I wanted to tell you when we were all together.

[00:27:24]>> Oh, wait a minute. Didn't this happened awful sudden? Like I mean Joe, are you are you sure you love her >> more than anything in the world? It's when I saw her without >> Wait a minute now. Joe, Adam didn't know how you felt about Melinda. Well, none of us did.

[00:27:43]I suppose you're right. So, I think I better set him straight.

[00:27:46]>> Wait, Joe.

[00:27:48]Joe, look. Uh, you go up to the house and please go up to the house.

[00:27:58]>> Yes, sir.

[00:28:13]Well, what happened? Nothing. She got her dress tangled in the wire and I helped her. That's all.

[00:28:22]>> Did you know that Joe wants to marry her?

[00:28:26]>> You're kidding.

[00:28:27]>> No, just told me.

[00:28:30]>> When did all this happen? Well, >> evidently last night.

[00:28:34]>> Well, it can never be. She's not in love with him.

[00:28:38]What do you mean?

[00:28:39]>> She's not in love with him.

[00:28:42]>> Look at him.

[00:28:46]Do you have any feeling for this girl yourself?

[00:28:48]>> No. No, but that's not the point.

[00:28:50]>> What is the point?

[00:28:51]>> The point is she kissed me. She kissed me, but she's marrying him.

[00:28:59]>> Oh, this is developing into some situation.

[00:29:01]>> That's for sure.

[00:29:04]Look, I think it might be a good idea if I got away for a couple of days, go down to Tucson, maybe uh look at that new strain of beef, huh?

[00:29:12]>> That might be a good idea.

[00:29:14]>> All right, if they cost >> Yeah, sure. Sure.

[00:29:18]>> Paul, what's going to happen if Joe marries her and then finds out that she doesn't love him?

[00:29:32]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Harris >> surprise Deborah. surprise.

[00:30:47]What in heaven's name are you doing here?

[00:30:59]>> Hello, Deborah.

[00:31:01]>> Horus, >> I asked you a question.

[00:31:07]What are you doing here?

[00:31:09]>> Well, my dear, I'm afraid I have some unfortunate news.

[00:31:12]>> Some unfortunate news.

[00:31:14]That means you've lost your job again.

[00:31:16]Well, that hardly surprises me.

[00:31:19]But why did you come here? Of all times, why did you come here now?

[00:31:23]>> But Deborah, you're here. Where else would I go?

[00:31:25]>> Any place. Any place in the whole wide world except here. Now you get on that thing and you ride out of here just twice as fast as you came in.

[00:31:32]>> But Deborah, I don't understand. It's been such a long trip. I'm hungry and I'm tired. Why must I go? Why can't I stay here? Why can't I see Melinda and my old friend Ben? Because your old friend Ben is the last person in the world I want you to see right now.

[00:31:48]Horus Melinda and Joseph Cartright are going to be married.

[00:31:56]>> Married? Why, that's just wonderful.

[00:32:00]Melinda and the son of my old friend. I think that's simply wonderful. Why, it looks like I got here just at the right time. Horus, I have worked for weeks in time and in effort to bring this marriage about. And now you come along unexpectedly and spoil everything.

[00:32:14]>> Spoil everything? How could I do that?

[00:32:16]Why would I do anything to hurt Melinda?

[00:32:18]I'm a father.

[00:32:19]>> You are not Melinda's father.

[00:32:24]>> Not a father.

[00:32:25]>> You are not the father I have described to Ben Cartwright.

[00:32:28]>> But Ben knows me. He knows I'm her father. Ben Cartwright thinks Melinda's father is a successful businessman. He thinks we have lived in grace and splendor. He thinks she has known culture and wealth.

[00:32:43]>> I don't know why you made up all those lies, but I know Ben Cartwright.

[00:32:48]And I know that whether Melinda had money or not wouldn't mean a thing to him if his son loved her.

[00:32:54]>> You fool.

[00:32:56]You dull, thickheaded, idiotic fool.

[00:33:03]All your life you've been avoiding reality.

[00:33:06]>> Deborah, I don't think that's fair.

[00:33:10]>> Well, this is one reality you're not going to avoid.

[00:33:15]You have been, you have always been a detriment to your daughter, >> Deborah.

[00:33:21]>> And now you are a threat to her future.

[00:33:24]If, as you say, you love her, if you really love her, you will get out of here.

[00:33:28]Don't bring her future happiness crashing down around her head.

[00:33:38][music] >> Daddy, >> my little lady. Oh.

[00:33:51]>> Oh, how I've missed you.

[00:33:52]>> And I've missed you, too, Daddy.

[00:33:54]>> Your mother tells me you're about to get married.

[00:33:57]>> Yes. Yes. And and now you can be here for the wedding, too. I was hoping for that. And Mr. Cartrite is going to be so pleased to see you. He talks about you all the time. Let's go see if we can find him.

[00:34:06]>> No, Melinda. I I'm not going to stay here.

[00:34:10]>> You're not going to stay? But where are you going? You just got here.

[00:34:14]>> Your mother, she thinks, well, uh, it's better that I go away again. You know, Ben thinks I'm a successful. Well, all he need is one look at me.

[00:34:26]Yes, I I see >> your mother's right, you know. Oh, yes, she's right. The only thing important now is you. What happens to you?

[00:34:35]Mustn't let anything endanger that.

[00:34:39]>> No, I I suppose she's right.

[00:34:40]>> Horus, will you please go before they come and find you here?

[00:34:43]>> Melinda, I I haven't been a very good father. I know that. Before I go, just tell me that you love this boy and and that you'll be happy.

[00:34:54]>> She has told you.

[00:34:56]>> She's my child, Deborah, just as much as she's yours.

[00:35:01]>> Now, you get out of here.

[00:35:04]And if you do anything to interfere with this marriage, I swear by everything that's in me, I will kill you.

[00:35:16]>> [music] >> At this moment, Deborah, that might be an act of grace.

[00:35:29][music] [music] All right.

[00:35:45]Horus.

[00:35:46]My golly, what a what a wonderful surprise. Ben, Ben, it's been a long time.

[00:35:52]>> Yeah, it's been a long time. Too many years.

[00:35:54]>> Isn't it wonderful, Ben?

[00:35:55]>> Yes, it now Horus is going to be here for Melinda's wedding after all. You were the one thing that was lacking, my darling. But now that you're here, everything's going to be all right. Oh, you must be so tired, my sweet. Come along. We'll get you washed up. Come along. We >> We'll We'll talk, Horus.

[00:36:14]I'll get your things.

[00:36:25]>> Oh, George, did you see Melinda's father? I'll tell you, it was the most wonderful surprise when I Yeah.

[00:36:31]>> Oh, what is it, Joe?

[00:36:33]>> It's Melinda.

[00:36:36]Oh. Say, um, what was troubling her?

[00:36:39]>> I don't know. She was crying.

[00:36:42]you said it was all the excitement about seeing her father.

[00:36:45]>> Well, of course it was.

[00:36:48]>> I guess it was. I'm I'm probably just imagining things.

[00:36:52]>> Well, what else could it have been?

[00:36:56]>> I don't know. Just a feeling I have.

[00:37:00]I love her so much. But you do.

[00:37:07]She's so beautiful.

[00:37:10]Well, you've been around pretty girls before.

[00:37:14]>> Yeah. It's not just that. It's it's everything about her. The way she talks, the clothes she wears, where she comes from.

[00:37:22]I've just never known a girl like her before.

[00:37:28]It's why I worry sometimes. [music] I wonder if she can be happy out here.

[00:37:33]She's so used to the way it was back there. Of course, she will be.

[00:37:38]Then I see her cry.

[00:37:42]I guess I get a little scared, though.

[00:37:48][music] [music] >> Good evening, Ben. Nothing like a shave in a bath to make one feel like a new man.

[00:37:59]>> Well, I'm glad you're feeling so much better.

[00:38:02]Will Melinda and Deborah be down shortly?

[00:38:04]>> In a little while. You know, women, it takes them longer to comb their hair than it takes a man to grow a beard.

[00:38:09]>> Exactly what you mean. Well, dinner won't be ready for an hour anyway.

[00:38:12]>> Another hour.

[00:38:13]>> Hop Singh wants to outdo himself.

[00:38:16]>> Well, that'll give us a little time for a talk.

[00:38:18]>> Ah, about old times. E, Ben, I've been looking forward.

[00:38:20]>> Well, not not exactly about old times.

[00:38:25]I uh I'd like to talk about your daughter and my son.

[00:38:33]All right, Ben. How about the happy young couple?

[00:38:37]That's just the point.

[00:38:40]Will they be a happy young couple?

[00:38:44]>> Why, I don't understand. Deborah assures me this is going to be a perfect marriage. The young people, she says, are very much in love.

[00:38:54]>> I'm worried about them, Harris.

[00:38:55]>> Worried?

[00:38:56]>> What's it possible to worry about? Well, for one thing, their backgrounds are so different.

[00:39:03]Joseph has spent most of his life out right here on the Ponderosa. Oh, boys have been back east and visits certainly, but he's a he's a boy who's grown up on a ranch. Well, Melinda, well, you know her background better than I do, Harris. You know, cultural pursuits, [music] the elaborate social life, the elegance of your home.

[00:39:24]>> Now, Ben, I I don't think that's important. It's important to Melinda if she has to give it all up for this kind of life.

[00:39:34]Oh, well, we like it, of course. It's what we know.

[00:39:40]But your daughter, do you think she loves Joseph enough to want to give up all the wonderful things that you provided her with back [music] east for this kind of life? Life on a ranch?

[00:39:57]Ben, I'm sure Deborah knows what's best.

[00:40:01]Harris, please. This is not Deborah's decision. It's Melinda's.

[00:40:10]Ask her now. She won't keep the truth from you anymore than you would from me.

[00:40:15]>> Then, there's something.

[00:40:18]You're right. I won't lie to you.

[00:40:22]I mean, I wouldn't lie to you.

[00:40:26]But lies have been told you about me and my success and Belinda and her background.

[00:40:37]>> Well, none of it none of it's true. Nothing nothing is further from the truth. I I don't even have a job.

[00:40:48]Deborah concocted the whole elaborate scheme.

[00:40:56]Why?

[00:40:58]Why? Why would you have to do a thing like that?

[00:41:05]To snare a husband for our daughter?

[00:41:11]But does she have to pretend to be rich?

[00:41:14]Does she think I'm looking for rich wives for my sons? My wife's ambitious.

[00:41:20]I guess she's had to be with a failure for her husband. What she did was wrong, Ben. Very wrong. But she did it out of a sincere desire to provide Melinda with a with a good home, with the kind of life that that Deborah's always wanted and and never had.

[00:41:47]That's not the question now, is it?

[00:41:48]Important thing is does Melinda love Joseph or would she marry him for for money for share the ponderosa [music] comforts that could be provided to her?

[00:42:04]>> I honestly don't know then. All her life Deborah's been telling her what to like, what to think, what to do.

[00:42:15]>> [music] [music] >> Melinda, there's something I must ask you.

[00:42:26]>> Yes, father. I heard you're talking to Mr. Cartrite.

[00:42:31]I know what I must do. Where is little Joe, Mr. Cartrite?

[00:42:37]>> Well, he's he's out of the barn. His horse went lame. He's tending to him.

[00:42:43]She's [music] a fine girl, Harris.

[00:42:50]I'm glad you're both so honest. I'm glad we both finally found the courage.

[00:42:57]Kind of rough for them out there.

[00:43:00]>> Yes, but it'll be better than a lifetime of unhappiness.

[00:43:05]I'll uh I'll tell Deborah. Uh we'll be leaving for Baltimore in the morning.

[00:43:09]again.

[00:43:10]>> Horus, there's no need for you to go back to Baltimore if you don't want to. I have a friend who's a publisher in San Francisco.

[00:43:19]Could be a fresh start for you. You could use a good man.

[00:43:27]>> I'm sorry, Joe. Not only for what my mother and I tried to do, but that we didn't fall in love.

[00:43:35]>> I fell in love?

[00:43:37]>> No. At least not with me. You fell in love with something my mother created.

[00:43:42]You can't stay in love with something that never existed.

[00:43:46]>> Everything's ready, Mr. Patty.

[00:43:49]>> Daddy. Mother.

[00:43:51]>> I I don't know. She's in there with Ben.

[00:43:55]>> I'm not sorry for what I did. Not one iota.

[00:43:59]>> Well, I can understand that, Deborah.

[00:44:02]you with all your money and your empire of the ponderosa.

[00:44:08]How could you understand?

[00:44:11]>> I didn't inherit the ponderosa. I worked to build it.

[00:44:15]>> But you've never known what it's like to be really poor.

[00:44:19]To scrimp and pinch and sacrifice. To feel ashamed, humiliated, and even angry at poverty. and to swear by all that's holy that the same thing won't happen to your daughter.

[00:44:31]>> Deborah, to want the best for your child, to fight for it, that's a fine thing. But to force her into your idea of her future, that's wrong.

[00:44:42]>> Wrong.

[00:44:45]Wrong for me to want the security and peace of a marriage for my daughter.

[00:44:50]>> Money can't guarantee that.

[00:44:52]Only love.

[00:44:55]Love.

[00:44:58]Horus and I married for love.

[00:45:01]Now look at us.

[00:45:03]>> I am looking.

[00:45:05]And I see a lovely young girl who loves her mother so much that she tries to obey her even though it almost breaks her heart. And I see a husband who loves his wife still in spite of the indignities and humiliation sheeps on him. I see two people who love you and they're waiting for you. outside.

[00:45:26]I wrote a friend of mine, a publisher in San Francisco. I'm almost certain he'll give Horus a job. It'll be a fresh start for all of you.

[00:45:35]Go with them.

[00:45:45][music] >> Goodbye, Ben. And thank you for everything. Goodbye, Harris.

[00:45:52]Good luck.

[00:45:55]Goodbye, Melinda.

[00:45:56]>> Goodbye, Mr. Cartrite. And thank you.

[00:46:07][music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat.

[00:46:55][music] Heat. Heat.

[00:47:01][music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Must be his wife. She dead, too?

[00:47:55]>> Yeah.

[00:47:58]Wonder how it happened.

[00:48:00]>> I don't know.

[00:48:02]Reckon something must have spooked the horses.

[00:48:05]broke the tree. Wagon came tumbling down. That That road's icy.

[00:48:12]>> We're heading for high country. Wonder who they are.

[00:48:17]>> I don't know.

[00:48:20]Look around and see if you can find anything to identify him by.

[00:48:22]>> Right, >> Joe.

[00:48:25]See if you can find a shovel.

[00:48:29]>> Yeah.

[00:48:33]>> Hey, Joe.

[00:48:38]What is it?

[00:48:40]>> It's a kid's little toy bear.

[00:48:45]>> Maybe we better have a look around.

[00:48:49]>> Hey, Joe.

[00:48:51][music] Hey, Joe.

[00:49:05][music] >> Honey. Honey. Honey.

[00:49:11]We're going to help you, baby.

[00:49:12]>> Honey.

[00:49:27]Oh, she's blind.

[00:49:42]I've already talked to Sheriff Coffee about this, but I was wondering if if when you got back into town, perhaps you could look around and see if you could find any relatives of hers.

[00:49:51]>> I'll do that.

[00:49:52]>> Guess she's our responsibility.

[00:49:55]>> Good night, Ben. Boys, >> thank you for coming out, doctor.

[00:49:58]>> Thank you.

[00:50:07]Little gal has a lot of spunk. Paul, she fought like a wild cat this afternoon when I grabbed a hold of her.

[00:50:13]>> What do we do now, pal?

[00:50:16]>> That's a good question.

[00:50:20]I don't know how to take care of a little girl, particularly one who's it isn't going to be easy.

[00:50:32]>> [music] >> Don't be frightened, darling. No one is going to hurt you.

[00:50:41]>> Get you back into bed here.

[00:50:44]>> There we are.

[00:50:46]Now, you know, my name is Ben Cartwright. My son's brought you here and brought you to our home.

[00:50:55]Mama.

[00:50:58]Papa.

[00:50:59]>> Now, don't you worry [music] about anything, darling. Everything's going to be real fine.

[00:51:05]>> They're dead, aren't they?

[00:51:11]>> I know they're dead.

[00:51:14]I heard mama scream. Then the wagon fell.

[00:51:21]Darling, >> darling, please don't cry. [crying] Yes.

[00:51:29]Only little girls cry.

[00:51:32]>> That's right. And you're not a little girl, are you?

[00:51:36]>> I'm almost 12.

[00:51:38]>> Almost 12? Why? You You're getting to be real grown up.

[00:51:42]See, do you know something? I don't even know your name.

[00:51:48]>> It's Gabrielle.

[00:51:50]>> Oh, that's such a pretty name.

[00:51:51][clears throat] Gabrielle, can you tell me where you and where you and your parents were going?

[00:52:01]>> To the mountain. [clears throat] >> To the mountain.

[00:52:05]>> To find grandfather.

[00:52:08]Poor papa.

[00:52:10]You wanted so badly to see him.

[00:52:14]For us all to be together on Christmas.

[00:52:18]Now I have to find him.

[00:52:22]Gabrielle, >> I'm so tired.

[00:52:27][music] >> Is it night out?

[00:52:36]>> Yes, darling.

[00:52:45]Woohoo!

[00:52:50][music] [music] [music] All right.

[00:53:19]>> [music] [music] [music] >> What about [laughter] Hong [screaming] Kong.

[00:54:22]Hey, look out. Hey, look out. Look out.

[00:54:25]Be careful.

[00:54:32]>> You all right?

[00:54:33]>> Yes. I must have spooked him.

[00:54:36]>> Yeah, I reckon you did a little.

[00:54:38]>> I know you.

[00:54:40]>> You do?

[00:54:41]>> You brought me here.

[00:54:43]>> That's right. How'd you know that?

[00:54:46]>> Because you're so big.

[00:54:48]Yeah, right now I am.

[00:54:50]>> What's your name?

[00:54:52]>> Horse.

[00:54:53]>> Horse?

[00:54:54]>> No, no, just plain horse. H O S S, not H O R S E. And your name is Gabrielle.

[00:55:02]I was bringing breakfast down to you.

[00:55:04]But how'd you get out here anyhow?

[00:55:07]>> I walked.

[00:55:09]>> Looks like you did it that. Come on, let's go eat some of that breakfast.

[00:55:15]>> Just walk in front of me. I can hear your footsteps.

[00:55:45]feeling better.

[00:55:49]>> Why is everybody standing around?

[00:55:53]>> I suppose we want to see that you're enjoying your breakfast.

[00:55:57]>> You're probably wondering what you're going to do with me.

[00:56:03]Uh, Gabrielle, last night when we were talking, you you mentioned your grandfather living in a mountain.

[00:56:09]>> Yes. Will you take me to him?

[00:56:11]>> Of course I will.

[00:56:13]>> You promise?

[00:56:14]>> I promise. Now, about your grandfather, though. Um, do you know where that mountain is?

[00:56:20]>> I'm not sure. Papa knew. He hadn't seen grandfather for the longest time. Ever since he went to prison.

[00:56:30]Your grandfather went to prison, >> but then they found out he didn't do anything wrong to be put in prison for, so they let him go.

[00:56:37]>> Gabrielle, you never did tell me your last name.

[00:56:42]Now, would it happen to be Wickcham?

[00:56:47]>> How did you know?

[00:56:48]>> I've heard of your grandfather.

[00:56:50]>> Will you take me to him like you promised?

[00:56:53]>> Well, that doesn't leave me much choice, then, does it?

[00:57:00]Hops singing, why don't you take Gabrielle into the kitchen and uh give her one of those plum cakes that you've been making.

[00:57:09]Joe, she don't need no help. She likes to follow. Hops singing. Just walk along in front of her. She don't like to hang on.

[00:57:21]>> Was that you, Hops?

[00:57:25]I bump into a chair.

[00:57:27]>> You better watch where you're going.

[00:57:35]>> So, her grandfather's at old hermit up on Mount Davidson, huh?

[00:57:39]>> Yeah, I'm afraid so.

[00:57:40]>> What's this about prison, Paul?

[00:57:43]>> Well, you were just a boy at the time.

[00:57:46]Joe wasn't even born yet. Now, they uh they put him away in the Yuma territorial prison for murder.

[00:57:54]How'd you get out?

[00:57:56]>> Well, he he spent about 21 years in that hole of human misery. Then they found out he wasn't guilty.

[00:58:04]>> Boy, ought to come out of there with blood in my eye.

[00:58:06]>> No wonder he hates everybody.

[00:58:08]>> Well, first things first, Adam, I want you to ride into Virginia City and buy us some new clothes.

[00:58:19]>> Me?

[00:58:21]What kind of clothes? How do I know?

[00:58:24]Whatever kind of little girl is where.

[00:58:27]And you two, you keep an eye on her all the time. I don't care what you do. Talk to her, read to her, walk around with her, but don't let her out of your sight.

[00:58:37]>> This is one of our new little coats.

[00:58:39]>> He sure kisses nice.

[00:58:41]>> He likes you.

[00:58:42]>> I guess he thinks maybe I'm his mama.

[00:58:45]>> Yeah, well, he he ain't got no mama.

[00:58:52]What I mean to say is, you see, when he is born, his mama, >> it's all right, Hos. He'll learn to get along by himself.

[00:59:00]>> Papa said everyone has to learn that.

[00:59:06]>> That's old Blackie in there. He's really feeling his oats today.

[00:59:09]>> I'll bet he's shortbarreled and has real strong legs.

[00:59:13]>> That's right. How'd you know that?

[00:59:15]>> I can hear him. I bet he's good for climbing hills.

[00:59:20]Dad Bernard, I can tell you sure know something about horses.

[00:59:23]>> I can ride, too. Papa taught me how to tell the direction by the sun on my face.

[00:59:30]That's west. And there's a mountain there, all covered with snow and great trees.

[00:59:39]That's where my grandpa is.

[00:59:46]>> [music] >> The beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest. The cat has got it more. Scratch out thy eyes as >> Go on, little Joe.

[01:00:03]>> Rapunzel is lost to you.

[01:00:06]You will see her no more.

[01:00:10][music] May maybe you better go to sleep now, Gabrielle. need plenty of rest if you're going to go up to the mountain and look for your grandfather tomorrow.

[01:00:18]>> Will you come and visit me at my grandfather's?

[01:00:22]>> Yeah, sure I will. Now, look, I don't I don't want you to get your hopes up too high about finding your grandfather tomorrow. It's a lot of wild country up there.

[01:00:31]>> He'll be there. Papa said he was the kind of man who could live off the land.

[01:00:37]>> It's very important to you to find your grandfather, isn't it?

[01:00:40]>> Yes, little Joe. He's all alone.

[01:00:44]I don't want to leave him alone.

[01:00:46]>> Look, I want you to go to sleep. Okay.

[01:00:49]>> Will you read the last part to me? The part that goes, "And when Rapunzel's tears touched his eyes."

[01:01:03]>> And when Rapunzel's tears touched his eyes, they became clear again.

[01:01:09]And he took her to his kingdom, where he was received with great joy. And there they lived long and happily.

[01:01:29][groaning] >> Okay. On the horse. Okay. Up you go.

[01:01:34][sighs] >> You hang on tight, Gabrielle.

[01:01:37]>> Thank you, Mr. Cartwright and Adam. And don't worry, we'll find grandfather.

[01:01:41]You'll see.

[01:01:47]>> Careful now.

[01:01:48]>> Bye, Gabrielle.

[01:01:49]>> Bye.

[01:01:50]>> Bye.

[01:01:53]Careful now.

[01:01:56][music] [music] >> [music] [sighs] >> You sure this is the only way up there?

[01:02:20][panting] >> The only way, little brother. I told you the last two miles of foot. Old man don't like company.

[01:02:26]>> Well, it's not that I don't trust you as a guide, but I think I'm going to have a look around.

[01:02:30]>> Don't be long.

[01:02:45]>> [music] >> boss. What happened? I heard a shot.

[01:02:52]>> Get out of here.

[01:02:55]>> Is uh is your name Wickham?

[01:02:58]>> Devil take you ain't none of your business what my name is. Get away from here or I'll blast you. The kingdom come. Now hold on, old hammer. Just a minute. We've come a long ways to talk with you.

[01:03:10]If your name is Wickham, this little girl here is your granddaughter.

[01:03:14]>> Granddaughter?

[01:03:17]I ain't got no granddaughter. Get out of here. If you come beyond that point, I'll kill a lot of you.

[01:03:25][music] [bell] [music] We did all we could, P. Just didn't want to have anything to do with us or with Gabrielle. The >> wildest looking thing you ever saw, boy.

[01:03:40]He had long hair hanging down like this and a big beard and meaner and all. Get out, too. He kind of looked like Rip Van Winkle just waking up, didn't he, Joe?

[01:03:47]>> Yeah.

[01:03:49]>> What about her? What did she say?

[01:03:51]>> Well, she got pretty angry at us and we wouldn't let her go over and talk to him.

[01:03:54]>> She's kind of quiet all the way home.

[01:03:59]>> Excuse me.

[01:04:24]Gabrielle, >> why did he say I wasn't his granddaughter?

[01:04:28]Why didn't he want me, Mr. Cartwright?

[01:04:34]>> Well, you mustn't think of it that way, darling.

[01:04:39]It It isn't that he didn't want you. It You see, he he's been living a a strange kind of life.

[01:04:49]>> Awesome. Little Joe should have let me talk to him.

[01:04:52]>> Well, I don't know how much good that would have done.

[01:04:56]>> But I'm his granddaughter.

[01:04:58]He should love me even if he doesn't love anybody else.

[01:05:05]>> Yes, darling, that's [music] true.

[01:05:08]But you know, you can't make someone love you if they don't want to. You're grown up now, Gabrielle.

[01:05:20]You have to understand that [music] now. You you just lean back and have a nice rest. You've had a long trip.

[01:05:33]>> How is she?

[01:05:34]>> Yeah. Yeah. She's hurt.

[01:05:37]There's one thing though about her. She has an amazing amount of fortitude.

[01:05:42]>> Yeah. What do we do now?

[01:05:44]>> I really don't know.

[01:05:46]>> Paul, you picking on keeping her here? A >> She's a She's an 11year-old girl. She's blind.

[01:05:53]Hey, look, Paul, we could do it.

[01:05:55]>> Sure we could, boy. I'll keep an eye on her.

[01:05:58]>> I will, too. We can't just throw her out. You said we accepted the responsibility.

[01:06:03]>> Well, glad to hear that's the way you feel. But we're not equipped for it. She needs a home. The right kind of home and place where she can be taken care of properly.

[01:06:14]Yeah.

[01:06:14]>> Where you going to find that? Paulie ain't a ain't an orphan's home nowhere around here. Well, there's got to be somebody who would who would take her in, give her the proper care and the kind of love her own parents gave her.

[01:06:26]Maybe even the doctor legally.

[01:06:28]How about the pastors?

[01:06:30]>> Delivery stable on her.

[01:06:32]>> We've known them for a long time.

[01:06:33]They're marvelous people. And they have they have a boy about a year or two older than she is. Didn't they have a daughter once, too? Yeah. And that's just it. They lost her when she was a just a little baby. Typhoid.

[01:06:46]I think the pastors would be very happy to take Gabrielle into their home.

[01:06:50]I'm going to get her some milk and cookies.

[01:06:55]>> That's the story, Drew. A little girl all alone. Nowhere to go.

[01:07:01]>> Nowhere to go. Ben Cart, right? You bring that child right here.

[01:07:05]>> You've known us long enough, Ben. You should have brought her with you.

[01:07:08]>> Well, Everett, there's one thing I didn't tell you.

[01:07:14]Gabrielle is blind.

[01:07:17]>> Blind.

[01:07:21]>> Oh, the poor child.

[01:07:23]>> That's why I didn't bring her along with me. I thought I'd better tell you all about her so you'd have a little time to think it over.

[01:07:31]>> Ben, there's nothing to think over.

[01:07:33]She's all alone, isn't she?

[01:07:35]>> Well, no, not exactly alone. She She has a grandfather. Maybe you've heard of him. Zachariah Wickham.

[01:07:43]>> Wickcham?

[01:07:45]>> You mean that wild hermit up on Mount Davidson?

[01:07:48]>> Yeah, that wild hermit up on Mount Davidson.

[01:07:51]You know, Hos and Little Joe took the little girl up there thinking that maybe the sight of her would have some effect on him. You know, make him change his way of living so that he could take care of his own granddaughter.

[01:08:02]Didn't change him one bit.

[01:08:04]>> Ben, you weren't thinking of leaving the child with that man. Why? I heard that he just shoots at anybody or or anything that comes up there. Well, that's true, but he is her grandfather and she has no one else.

[01:08:16]>> She has us. Now, you go right back to the ponderosa and bring that child here and I don't want to hear another word.

[01:08:21]>> Well, Drew, if you're sure now.

[01:08:23]>> I've never been sure of anything in my life. Well, I've got a million things to do before she gets here. Come on, Jeremy. Don't just sit there, boy. Now, you go out and get the extra linen out and open the window in the back room.

[01:08:36]You see, Ben, we're just what that girl needs.

[01:08:41]And well, she's just what we need. Now get along with you and bring her back.

[01:08:49]>> Now, Gabrielle, you'll have a lovely home there. You'll >> I don't want to go there.

[01:08:54]>> Well, you'll have everything you could possibly want. The pastors are wonderful people, and they'd be so happy with them there.

[01:09:00]>> But I want to be with my grandfather, >> Gabrielle.

[01:09:06]Your grandfather wouldn't be able to take care of you any more than we could.

[01:09:10]You know, he lives in well, he lives in a man's world. So do we. And just not the right kind of place for a little girl to grow up in.

[01:09:17]>> He's all alone. I could help him. I could cook for him and I could feed the goats and I could.

[01:09:23]>> Will you please listen to me?

[01:09:27]>> Do you trust me?

[01:09:28]>> Yes.

[01:09:30]>> Well, then will you please do as I ask?

[01:09:32]Give the pastors a chance. They'll be very good to you. And we'll try it for a while.

[01:09:39]>> For how long?

[01:09:42]>> Well, uh um until Christmas. Is that fair enough?

[01:09:47]>> Yes.

[01:09:48]>> Good. And we'll come and visit you most every day and and we'll be together at Christmas time. And how would you like to have the most wonderful Christmas party that's ever been given in the Ponderosa in your honor? Now, wouldn't that be a wonderful party?

[01:10:00]>> Yes.

[01:10:02]If only grandpa could be there, too.

[01:10:07][music] >> Come in.

[01:10:14]>> Well, Ben, >> here we are.

[01:10:19]>> I'm Mrs. Pastor Gabrielle. I'm so glad you're here. This is going to be your home now for just as long as you wish.

[01:10:26]>> I Mr. Pastor Gabrielle, you don't have to worry about a thing anymore.

[01:10:31]We're going to take good care of you.

[01:10:34]This is our boy Jeremy.

[01:10:36]>> Hello. You're um you're real welcome.

[01:10:40]>> Thank you.

[01:10:41]>> We're going to have supper in a few minutes, Gabrielle. I hope you like chicken pie. Good. Jeremy, why don't you take Gabrielle into her room so she can put her things away? H Come on.

[01:11:08]Well, she's a little shy right now, but Oh, she'll she'll feel right at home very soon. I know.

[01:11:14]>> I'm sure she will. And I think she'll be able to talk to Jeremy easier than to us old folks.

[01:11:18]>> Yes. [laughter] >> Well, I I just don't know how to begin to thank you.

[01:11:22]>> Oh, now you boys are going to stay to supper, aren't you?

[01:11:24]>> Well, yes, ma'am. We'd be happy to, Miss Paster, if you think you got enough of that chicken pie left. Well, of course I do, horse. I knew you were going to be here, didn't I?

[01:11:32]>> It smells awful good.

[01:11:33]>> Let me have your coat.

[01:11:34]>> Yeah, [laughter] >> it ain't much, but it's clean. Mom made me scrub the floor twice.

[01:11:40]>> I'm sorry you had to go to all that trouble.

[01:11:42]>> Well, it wasn't too much trouble. You want me to put that stuff in a drawer?

[01:11:45]>> I can do it.

[01:11:46]>> I don't mind.

[01:11:48]>> All right.

[01:11:50]>> I guess you'll be going to school with me, huh? The kids are real nice. You'll like them. And Mr. Hanley. He's an old bear.

[01:12:00]>> Well, I've never been to school.

[01:12:03]>> Never been to school. How'd you ever manage that?

[01:12:11]>> Oh, I'm sorry, Gabrielle.

[01:12:15]>> You don't have to be.

[01:12:18]>> Have uh have you been blind long?

[01:12:21]>> All my life. But I don't mind. You don't miss something you've never had.

[01:12:27]>> You're a You're sure a pretty girl.

[01:12:35]>> Gabrielle, we'll drop by and see you a couple of times a week just to see how you're getting on. I I just know you're going to be very happy here.

[01:12:43]>> Don't you forget that Christmas party.

[01:12:44]It's going to be a real fancy shindig.

[01:12:46]>> It sure is. We'll have a good time.

[01:12:48]Thank you very much for very very nice supper.

[01:12:51]>> Thank you.

[01:12:52]>> Thank you. Night. Bye.

[01:12:54]>> Bye.

[01:12:54]>> Bye.

[01:12:54]>> Bye.

[01:12:58][music] >> Gabrielle.

[01:13:09]Gabrielle.

[01:13:17]>> Gabrielle. How'd you get out here all by yourself?

[01:13:21]>> I walked. Don't you think I can walk?

[01:13:24]>> I was worried about you. One Pod told me not to let you out of my sight until they got back.

[01:13:30]>> Everybody treats me like a baby just because I can't see.

[01:13:35]That's why I want to go live with my grandfather.

[01:13:38]>> Why are you always talking about going to live with him?

[01:13:41]>> Because he needs me. I want somebody to need me instead of it always being the other way around.

[01:13:48]>> Well, you wouldn't like living with him.

[01:13:50]I've heard about him. He sounds terrible.

[01:13:52]>> He isn't terrible.

[01:13:54]>> Sure he is. He's just an old hermit with a dirty beard.

[01:13:59]>> Hey, what'd you do that for?

[01:14:01]>> He isn't just an old hermit with a dirty beard. And I can prove it to you.

[01:14:06]>> How could you do that?

[01:14:08]>> You just take me up to the mountain.

[01:14:10]I'll show you.

[01:14:12]>> Oh, I couldn't do that.

[01:14:13]>> You're scared.

[01:14:15]>> I ain't either. It ain't that.

[01:14:17]>> Yes, it is. You're scared of an old hermit. That's all you are. Just plain scared.

[01:14:24]>> I'll show you who's scared.

[01:14:29][bell] [music] [music] Oh, [music] [music] heat, heat.

[01:15:01][music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat.

[01:15:20][music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> What is it?

[01:15:49]>> It's a cabin. I think it's your grandfather's.

[01:15:53]>> Take me there, Jeremy. Please, >> Gabrielle. Let's go back.

[01:15:58]>> No.

[01:16:03]>> Do you see grandfather?

[01:16:05]>> I don't see anyone. Gabrielle, I think we better start back.

[01:16:08]>> Listen. Go bails. Grandpa must be here.

[01:16:14]>> Get out of here.

[01:16:18]>> Go. Get out.

[01:16:20]>> No.

[01:16:24]>> Come on, Gabriel. Let's go. But I don't want to go.

[01:16:27]>> Go and get out of here. I'll have skin to hide off here.

[01:16:40]>> Ain't you got ears? I told you to get out of here.

[01:16:44]>> But Grandpa, I can't see where to go.

[01:16:52]Grandpa.

[01:16:54]>> Well, you can stay here and freeze for all I care.

[01:16:59]>> Grandpa [music] >> [bell] >> grandfather.

[01:17:42][music] >> [music] >> Is that you, grandfather?

[01:18:10]>> What do you want here?

[01:18:12]We were on our way to find you. Mama and papa were killed.

[01:18:20]>> Why did you come back? I told you to stay out of here.

[01:18:24]>> You're my grandfather.

[01:18:26]I wanted to come.

[01:18:33]>> Grandpa, it's so soft. Is it muskrat >> beaver?

[01:18:43]Sounds like you're getting a cold, grandfather. Onion syrup is good for that. And I can make a tea out of wild cherry and dogwood bark.

[01:18:52]>> I'm taking you out of here.

[01:18:54]>> But I don't want to go.

[01:18:56]>> But I don't want you here. You understand?

[01:19:01]>> I'm staying, Grandfather.

[01:19:04][music] >> [music] [music] >> Your shirt has a hole in it. You see, grandfather, you need me.

[01:19:31]Glory.

[01:19:35][music] [music] Hallelujah. [music] [music] Hey Joe, there's my best socks. Yo, >> I needed the biggest sock I could find for Gabrielle. [laughter] >> Come on, you two. Let's go pick out that Christmas tree and make sure it's the finest one in the Ponderosa, too.

[01:20:27]Ben.

[01:20:30]Oh, >> Albert, what is it?

[01:20:31]>> Jeremy took Gabrielle up the mountain up to her grandfather's.

[01:20:34]>> Up to her grandfather's?

[01:20:35]>> What incarnation for her?

[01:20:36]>> Well, she teased him about being afraid to take her up there. He didn't think it would hurt anything.

[01:20:41]>> Well, you mean she's still up there?

[01:20:42]>> Yeah, she's still up there. Jeremy tried to get her to come back with him, but she wouldn't budge. Ben, I feel terrible about this, but Well, he's just a kid.

[01:20:51]>> It's all right, Evan. Uh, go saddle the horses.

[01:20:54]Ever. You go back home. Take care, Driscilla.

[01:21:12]Look, Grandpa. I mended your shirt.

[01:21:24]Papa told me so much about you. How you used to take him fishing in the mountains.

[01:21:30]How you read to him from this book. He told me how they sent you away to prison even though you didn't do anything wrong. And how he tried so hard to see you, but they wouldn't let him. He loved you, Grandpa.

[01:21:48]This is my favorite book. I'll read you, Grandpa.

[01:21:54]I know most of the stories by heart.

[01:21:57]There once was a man and woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length, God was about to grant her wish.

[01:22:05]>> I want you to read to me.

[01:22:10]>> Maybe you are just an old hermit with a dirty beard.

[01:22:14][music] Heat.

[01:22:23][music] Heat.

[01:22:29][music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat.

[01:23:13][music] Hallelujah.

[01:23:19][music] [bell] >> [music] [music] >> If that old buzzer hurt that little girl. Easy now.

[01:23:58]Grandfather, is that you?

[01:24:03]>> Gabrielle, it's the cartrids. Are you all right, darling?

[01:24:07]>> Grandfather went away. He went away.

[01:24:11]>> What do you mean, Gabrielle?

[01:24:13]>> He doesn't want me. He went away. He's been gone all day. Hasn't come back.

[01:24:19]>> Gabrielle, you'd better come back home with us.

[01:24:23]>> I mended his shirt. I know he needs me.

[01:24:27]Why doesn't he know that?

[01:24:29]>> Gabrielle. Honey, this ain't no place for a little girl.

[01:24:33]>> But I don't want to go back. I tried so hard. I've got to stay here.

[01:24:39]>> Oh, you'd better pick her up.

[01:24:40]>> Poor. Don't you think? Maybe.

[01:24:41]>> Put this hat on her and pick her up. I don't want to do this any more than you do. But she'll be much better off with the pastors. Come on.

[01:24:48]>> But I don't want to go. Please. I don't want to leave, Grandpa. Maybe if I call to him once more. Grandpa.

[01:24:58]Grandpa.

[01:25:01][music] [music] [music] Jeremy, Gabrielle, I I know how you feel and I I know how much you wanted to be with your grandfather, but Well, you see, we we just didn't think that he was the kind of man you should be with.

[01:25:48]>> But maybe if I had stayed with him longer, he would have changed.

[01:25:54]>> I'd like to believe that, but we just couldn't leave you up there all alone.

[01:25:59]>> I read to Grandpa out of the book all about Rapunzel. Little Joe, I think I lost the book.

[01:26:13]You have a wonderful home here, Gabrielle, and people who love you and and you have friends, and we are your friends, aren't we?

[01:26:24]>> Yes.

[01:26:25]>> I have lots and lots of books, Gabrielle. Be glad to read you anytime.

[01:26:29]>> Yeah. I'll teach you a couple things about horses. I'll bet you didn't know, too.

[01:26:38]Gabrielle, you can have a wonderful life with us if you'll just give us a chance.

[01:26:43]You can have anything you want.

[01:26:45]>> I just want to be needed, Mrs. Pastor.

[01:26:50]>> We need you, Gabrielle. We need you very much.

[01:26:54]>> But my grandfather needs me more.

[01:27:07]Now, you promised me that you give the pastors a fair try until Christmas.

[01:27:14]Remember?

[01:27:16]Now, tomorrow night, tomorrow night, we're going to have the biggest Christmas party the Ponderos has ever had.

[01:27:24]And I want you to take that scowl off your face so you can enjoy it. Do you hear me?

[01:27:31]Come on now. Have a little smile.

[01:27:34]Come on.

[01:27:50]>> Hey, here they come.

[01:27:52]>> Come on. Let's Let's get ready. I'm I'm going to sing a bass.

[01:27:54]>> Just sing on Kate, will you?

[01:27:56]>> All right, boys. 1 2 3 4 >> Joy to the world [singing] is let earth receive her king. [singing] Let every heart prepare him room. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven [singing] and heaven and nature sing.

[01:28:19]Joy to the world. The Savior reigns. Let men their [singing] songs employ while fields and floods, rocks, hills and [singing] plains. Repeat the sounding joy. Repeat the sounding joy.

[01:28:34]Repeat. Repeat [singing] the sounding joy.

[01:28:40]>> Merry Christmas.

[01:28:43]>> Merry Christmas.

[01:28:45]>> Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

[01:28:46]>> Merry Christmas.

[01:28:48]>> Merry Christmas. [laughter] I am very to decorate this room.

[01:28:55]>> You know, I think every pine cone from the ponderosa is right here in this very room.

[01:28:59]>> That's right. Now, here's the tree. You know, it's so tall. It goes all the way to the ceiling.

[01:29:04]>> Does it have an angel on top?

[01:29:09]>> The most wonderful angel you could ever imagine.

[01:29:12]>> Yeah. With pink wings and a golden halo.

[01:29:15]>> And over here is a feast fit for a queen.

[01:29:18]>> Mhm. We have turkey and cranberry sauce and apple pie and dumplings. I hope you brought your appetite with you.

[01:29:24]>> I'm not very hungry.

[01:29:26]>> Well, I sure am.

[01:29:27]>> Well, you always wonderful. Look at that. Ho ho ho ho.

[01:29:31]>> And a merry Christmas to all.

[01:29:33]>> Well, look who just came down the chimney. Somebody came special to wish you merry Christmas.

[01:29:38]>> Who is it?

[01:29:40]>> St. Nicholas himself.

[01:29:44]Ho ho ho ho ho. And what would this sweet little girl like for old Santa to bring her for Christmas? Huh?

[01:29:53]>> I know who it is. It's Hos.

[01:29:56]>> Hos? I don't [snorts] know no horse. I'm Santa Claus.

[01:30:00]>> You can't fool me, Hos.

[01:30:06]>> It's just like grandpa's beard.

[01:30:12]Well, let's have a little music here and liven things up. How about a couple of carols before supper?

[01:30:16]>> All right.

[01:30:17]>> Oh, come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant.

[01:30:24]Oh, come.

[01:30:39]Welcome to the Ponderosa, Zachariah.

[01:30:42]>> Don't hand me no welcomes, mister. I don't want no part of your world. You hear?

[01:30:46]>> Well, then what do you want?

[01:30:49]>> You stole something from me.

[01:30:51]>> Stole something from you?

[01:30:53]>> You know what I'm talking about. My granddaughter. I aim to speak to her.

[01:31:08]>> [music] >> Grandfather, where are you?

[01:31:32]Grandpa, I'm so glad you came.

[01:31:38]>> [music] [music] [music] >> There's food inside, Zechariah, and a warm fire.

[01:32:09]We'd be mighty pleased, and Gabrielle would be too if you came in and joined us.

[01:32:14]>> Please, Grandpa. Please come in.

[01:32:18]>> That ain't no place for me, child. My home's up on the mountain in the wind and the snow.

[01:32:24]>> But you just have to see the beautiful Christmas tree. It's got an angel on top with a golden halo. It's the very most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

[01:32:37]>> You've ever seen? You can't see nothing, child.

[01:32:41]>> But I can, Grandpa. Somehow I can inside.

[01:32:48]I can see.

[01:32:52]>> Can you see me?

[01:32:55]>> Yes, Grandpa.

[01:32:57]I can see you.

[01:32:59]And I love you, Grandpa, very much.

[01:33:07]>> I'll go and look at the tree.

[01:33:11][music] >> Maybe stay for a little while.

[01:33:16]>> I'll stay with you with a little while, Mr. Cartrite.

[01:33:21][music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat.

[01:33:57][music] [music]