'The Trade'
Episode 24
I just got Mark off to school and was finishing shaving when I heard someone ride up. It was Sam Morley. "Been a long time hasn't it Lucas?" Asked Sam. Yes it had been a long time. I thought they shot him down in Rio Grande three years ago. I asked him why he ran out. He didn't really know anymore, he just figured he was too good with a gun to waste his time punching cattle. Sam remembered
how I used to talk about having a ranch like this someday. A fine woman, have a son. He heard that when Margaret died I had sold out and that I had moved out here with the boy. He started laughing. "Honest Lucas McCain! Huh?" "That's right Sam, how about you?" I asked. He told me they had stopped looking for him years ago. They think he's dead, but he's still worth $500. He showed me a wanted poster. I told him he better keep moving. He told me he came here for a reason. He wanted to give himself up. I don't understand, Sam give himself up! He asked if we could go inside. He told me that he needed the money. He felt I was the only man he could trust. He told me about this woman he had fallen in love with and that she took sick and wouldn't go thru with the marriage, not until she was well. So they took off for California, hoping that the climate would help her. Beth didn't know about his past. It would take $300 to probably save her life. With this money she could go to St. Louis where she could get medical care. He told me the other $200 I was to keep for my troubles. But of course there was a catch, he wanted her to have that money and be on the stage before I turned him in. I told him I couldn't do that, I didn't have that kind of money and I would have to raise the money first. I told him I was sorry, I just didn't have that kind of money. He said he would try and raise the money another way. 
He had promised to himself that he would do this the honest way. As he started to leave I asked him "What if I could raise the money?" He said I had nothing to worry about that he would not run out on me. He asked me to go to North Fork with him where Beth was. He would stay in my sights the whole time. I agreed.Mark was on his way to school when he heard Doc Burrage yell out to him to go to his office and get a bottle of white pills on the end of his desk and bring them up to him in room 205. Mark went and got the pills and took them to room 205 and knocked on the door. A lady answered the door, she looked worried. He gave the pills to the Doc and asked him if there was something else he could do for him. He told him no and to get on to school. As he was leaving he notices the lady was crying. He asked her if something was wrong. She asked him if he never seen a women cry before and then asked him if he ever saw his Mother cry. "No ma'am, my Mother is dead," said Mark. He was concerned and if something was wrong he would like to help. She told him that she would be most proud to ask if she would need him. "You're not very sick are you ma'am?" Asked Mark. She replied no.
She wondered why Sam never mentioned me until today. She's didn't want Sam to borrow money. Sam didn't want to talk about it. He assured her he was going to be working for me on my ranch. She laughed; she knew Sam wasn't a farmer. Before they knew it, she would be well and he would be waiting for her.
and I told him if anything would go wrong I would be completely responsible. My ranch was worth more than $500, enough to cover "The Trade." Morley would be in his hands one hour after the money came in. He agreed and went to wire the Marshal.
get it engraved. She gave him a note with the instructions on it and when the watch was finished he was to give it to Sam Morley, who had a room across the hall. She also gave him a letter to give him, but asked him not to do this until after she was gone.
en Ferris sneaked into the hotel and forced Eddie to tell him what room Morley was in. I saw the stagecoach in the distance and went to tell Sam the stage was here. As I entered the hotel I saw Ferris going up the steps and I called to him. I asked him where he was going. He told me he was taking Morley. I told him that Morley was mine. He told me that as long as Morley hadn't been turned in, that he was worth $500 to him. I told him to get down off the stairs and that we were going outback until the stage left. He slowly came down off the stairs and as he walked across the lobby, he turned and drew. I was ready for him and I shot and killed him.
provoking violence. He sets out to prove that even lawmen are expendable. He ruthlessly shoots down anyone who dares to upset the chip on his shoulder, including Matt. This was the premiere show of "Gunsmoke" and it was introduced by John Wayne. 
