User: PseudoSkull
File: Tol'able David (1921).webm
Author: Henry King (1886-1982)
Publisher: Associated First National
Year: 1921
PD: PD-US|1982
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Cat: Drama film, Silent film
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INSPIRATION PICTURES, {{smaller|Inc.}}
<br>
{{cursive|Charles H. Duell,}}
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{{xx-smaller|PRESIDENT}}
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presents
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{{larger|RICHARD BARTHELMESS}}
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in
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{{xx-larger|"TOL'ABLE DAVID"}}
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{{xx-smaller|BY}}
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{{smaller|{{uc|[[Author:Joseph Hergesheimer|Joseph Hergesheimer]]}}}}
<br><br>
A FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION
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Copyright 1921
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by
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Associated First National Pictures, Inc.
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00:29
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Directed by
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{{uc|[[Author:Henry King (1886-1982)|Henry King]]}}.
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00:37
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Screen Adaptation by
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EDMUND GOULDING
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{{smaller|AND}}
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HENRY KING.
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Edited by
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DUNCAN MANSFIELD.
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Photographed by
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HENRY CRONJAGER.
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00:50
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{{c|{{di|B}}ehind three great ranges of mountains lay the pastoral valley of Greenstream.}}
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01:12
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{{c|{{di|T}}here the Kinemons had long made their home as tenants on the rich farm of John Galt.}}
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01:34
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{{c|{{di|H}}unter Kinemon kept the biblical tradition of a family united by every tie of love and honor.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''EDMUND GURNEY''}}}}
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01:51
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{{di|M}}rs. Kinemon,
{{c|mother of a home her tenderness helped create.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''MARION ABBOTT''}}}}
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02:02
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{{di|D}}avid,
{{c|the youngest son, was called his mother's boy.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''RICHARD BARTHELMESS''}}}}
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02:33
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{{di|A}}llan,
{{c|the elder son, reckoned the strongest man in Greenstream County.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''WARNER RICHMOND''}}}}
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02:46
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{{di|R}}ose,
{{c|Allan's wife, loved as a daughter of the house.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''PATTERSON DIAL''}}}}
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02:56
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}}t's eight o'clock, and time for bed."
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03:23
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{{c|{{di|T}}he morning rose serene and pure over the village of Greenstream.}}
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06:18
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{{di|E}}sther,
{{c|the granddaughter of neighbor Hatburn.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''GLADYS HULETTE''}}}}
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06:59
{{ft/d|
{{di|C|fl="}}an you spare us a cup of sugar? I'd fetch it back tomorrow."
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08:56
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{{di|A|fl="}}llan, if you want to stay home with Rose today, I'll drive the hack for you."
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09:07
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{{di|W|fl="}}hy, David, you're too young to carry the government mail!"
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09:17
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{{di|B|fl="}}ut I'll drive the hack when you go railroading!"
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09:40
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{{di|Y|fl="}}ou won't be a man for a spell yet, David, but you're tol'able--just tol'able."
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10:17
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{{c|{{di|T}}he sun crossing the eastern mountains found Greenstream peacefully awake.}}
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10:30
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{{c|{{di|A}}llan drove the daily hack 20 miles into West Virginia.}}
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10:41
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{{di|J}}ohn Galt,
{{c|storekeeper, village postmaster, and richest man in the Valley.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''LAWRENCE EDDINGER''}}}}
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11:22
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{{c|{{di|O}}n such a gentle summer day it seemed that nothing could disturb the peace of Greenstream.}}
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12:36
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{{di|I|fl="}}'ll beat you playing mumble-ty-peg."
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13:15
{{ft/d|
{{di|R|fl="}}emember you're not well, Pa, and don't overdo yourself."
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13:28
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{{c|{{di|B}}ut trouble like the shadow of a black cloud hurried across the countryside toward Greenstream.}}
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13:59
{{ft/d|
{{di|D|fl="}}on't shoot! They're across the State line. We're well rid of them."
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14:07
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{{di|I}}ska Hatburn,
{{c|chief of a fugitive family.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''WALTER LEWIS''}}}}
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14:16
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{{c|{{di|H}}is elder son, Luke, whose peculiar humor it was to destroy whatever he encountered.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''ERNEST TORRANCE''}}}}
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14:37
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{{c|{{di|L}}ittle "Buzzard" Hatburn, the baby of the clan.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''RALPH YEARSLEY''}}}}
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15:00
{{ft/d|
{{di|A|fl="}} cousin of ours lives in here. We'll find him--get something to eat, and lay up a while."
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15:25
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{{c|{{di|E}}lbow Barren, the home of Neighbor Hatburn.}}
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16:21
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{{di|I|fl="}}'ll bet there's not a man in the County who can snare a trout like that."
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16:33
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{{di|Y|fl="}}es, David, you're right tol'able--"
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16:39
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"--for a boy."
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16:51
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{{c|{{di|N}}eighbor Hatburn.}}
{{right|{{smaller|''FORREST ROBINSON''}}}}
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17:36
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}hat are you laughing at?"
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18:35
{{ft/d|
{{di|A|fl="}}re you sure it was the trout you were after?"
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18:53
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{{di|L|fl="}}augh if you want to, but I'll--I'll bet there's not a man in this County can snare a trout or shoot like David."
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19:38
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{{di|D|fl="}}on't you know us? We're your cousins."
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20:04
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}} thought you were in jail."
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20:12
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}e were. Then we had a little trouble over Tug River way, and came to visit with you till it blows past."
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20:30
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}e won't trouble you--much. We can sleep anywhere."
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20:57
{{ft/d|
{{di|P|fl="}}ap, I'm hungry."
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21:55
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}ell, what are you waiting for?"
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22:05
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{{di|W|fl="}}e're not ghosts--we got to eat!"
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24:28
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}ho are these strangers?"
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24:37
{{ft/d|
{{di|F|fl="}}rom now on I don't want anybody hanging around here."
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24:52
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{{di|G|fl="}}randpa says they're cousins from up Tug River, and the Sheriff is after them."
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25:15
{{ft/d|
{{di|S|fl="}}hall we go back and lick 'em, Rocket?"
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25:34
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{{c|{{di|T}}oday Allan drove recklessly--anxious to get home.}}
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25:50
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{{di|S|fl="}}ay, what's the hurry?"
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26:26
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{{di|I|fl="}}t's a boy and weighs ten pounds!"
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26:58
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{{di|H|fl="}}e's a Kinemon all over, just like you."
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27:12
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}ell, David, you're not the baby of this house any more."
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27:18
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{{di|D|fl="}}avid must always be my baby."
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29:02
{{ft/d|
{{di|Y|fl="}}ou have a lot of time to learn to smoke."
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30:22
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{{di|I|fl="}}'m afraid of those Hatburns."
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30:30
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}hen one of them looks at me he--"
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30:46
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{{di|I|fl="}}f they get ugly you send for me."
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30:58
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{{di|D|fl="}}avid, they'd mow you down like a clump of daisies."
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31:39
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{{di|H|fl="}}ey! It's a boy and weighs ten pounds."
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31:55
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{{c|{{di|W}}ith the passing weeks Rose thought her baby became more and more a Kinemon.}}
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32:12
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}} reckon you won't need a doctor around here for a while."
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32:31
{{ft/d|
{{di|H|fl="}}unter is bothered with that old pain again, and we can't drive him to see you."
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33:26
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}}'ve been telling the doctor about your bad spells."
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33:41
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{{c|{{di|A}} wave of love swept over David--a love for everything and everybody that made his home.}}
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34:17
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}here is that dog?"
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34:21
{{ft/d|
{{di|A|fl="}}llan took Rocket with him this morning."
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36:14
{{ft/d|
{{di|H|fl="}}atburn, you killed my brother's dog! I have government mail and passengers now, but when I'm through--I'll be back."
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37:18
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}hat happened--an accident?"
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37:24
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{{di|N|fl="}}o, but there will be if you don't 'tend your own business."
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41:06
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{{c|{{di|T}}he shadow of the black cloud had crept across the Kinemon home.}}
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42:45
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{{di|I|fl="}}'d thank you to drive the hack to Greenstream and not bother the Sheriff."
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43:23
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{{di|A|fl="}}llan is helpless for life."
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43:46
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{{di|W|fl="}}e can do nothing more now. I'll call back this way tonight."
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44:51
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{{c|{{di|I}}t seemed to David he waited an eternity for his father to move.}}
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45:58
{{ft/d|
{{di|H|fl="}}unter, you've been a mighty good husband--I pray God will send you back."
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46:50
{{ft/d|
{{di|U|fl="}}s Kinemons can revenge our own."
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46:58
{{ft/d|
{{di|P|fl="}}ut that gun up and help your Ma."
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48:09
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{{c|{{di|T}}he realization that death had shifted the burden of the Kinemon honor to him.}}
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48:30
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{{di|D|fl="}}amn and Damn the Hatburns! I'll kill 'em all."
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49:00
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{{di|Y|fl="}}ou're my little David. You can't go. They'd kill you."
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49:11
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{{di|T|fl="}}here's Rose and the baby. You're the only man we have now."
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50:00
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{{c|{{di|W}}ith Hunter Kinemon dead and Allan crippled they were forced to move from the place that held all their past happiness.}}
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50:18
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{{di|I|fl="}}t's hard leaving our old home, Mr. Galt."
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50:26
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}}'m sorry, Mrs. Kinemon, but it takes a man to manage the cattle."
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50:45
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{{c|{{di|H}}ow could David let them see the grief that was choking him at the destruction of what he loved most.}}
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51:45
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{{di|D|fl="}}avid, is there anything I can do?"
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51:51
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{{di|I|fl="}} hate you and everything that's Hatburn!"
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52:14
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{{di|W|fl="}}e haven't left a thing--nothing at all."
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52:53
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{{c|{{di|I}}n the poverty of a small dwelling in the Village the Kinemons tried to hide their sadness from each other.}}
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53:51
{{ft/d|
{{di|N|fl="}}o David, you can't drive the hack. You're too young to be trusted with the mail."
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54:10
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{{di|I|fl="}}f I was David Kinemon I'd have fed them Hatburns a dose of hot lead."
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54:20
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{{c|{{di|T}}o David's unhappy mind it seemed that all the Valley held him a coward.}}
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54:56
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{{di|I|fl="}} was just telling Rose you'd be better off with me dead."
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56:15
{{ft/d|
{{di|D|fl="}}avid, run down to the store and fetch some soap."
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57:16
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}}t's like David blames it on Esther and me, and that's not right, Mrs. Kinemon, it's not right."
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57:42
{{ft/d|
{{di|D|fl="}}avid doesn't mean it, Esther."
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58:00
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}}'ve made up my mind--"
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58:04
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{{di|Y|fl="}}ou can't drive the hack--"
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58:16
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{{di|B|fl="}}ut you can start to work in the store tomorrow morning."
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58:29
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{{di|T|fl="}}hank you, Mr. Galt. I'll--be here."
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58:43
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{{c|{{di|L}}ife went on unhindered by individual sorrow and the gaiety of a dance filled the schoolhouse.}}
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59:47
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{{di|I|fl="}} just had to bring Esther tonight, she wanted to come so bad."
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1:03:32
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{{c|{{di|D}}avid resolved to meet every obligation of his fully accepted responsibility.}}
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1:04:59
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{{di|I|fl="}}f you don't aim to ride with me you can walk."
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1:05:16
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{{di|Y|fl="}}ou're fired for good!"
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1:05:23
{{ft/d|
{{di|Y|fl="}}ou can't fire me. I quit!"
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1:05:36
{{ft/d|
{{di|W|fl="}}hat'll you do now? I'll miss the through train."
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1:06:03
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{{di|D|fl="}}avid, I'll have to let you drive the hack today."
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1:08:53
{{ft/d|
{{di|T|fl="}}his has gone on long enough. It's got to stop."
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1:09:29
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{{c|{{di|T}}he afternoon was passing from Greenstream with its appearance of old serenity.}}
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1:09:46
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}} tell you Sheriff I can't stand them. Something must be done to get them out of my house."
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1:10:30
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{{c|{{di|T|fl="}}hey'd be arrested now for crippling Allan Kinemon but Court's three months off and the jail wouldn't hold 'em."}}
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1:12:40
{{ft/d|
{{di|L|fl="}}et him tell at the Village he lost the government mail."
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1:13:22
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}} guess I'll wait for David with the mail."
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1:13:52
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{{c|{{di|H}}e had passed no one on the road but a Hatburn.}}
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1:16:08
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{{di|I|fl="}} only tried to clip off his ear, but he moved."
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1:17:06
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{{di|D|fl="}}on't hinder me. I'm the Government's agent--and David Kinemon too."
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1:21:30
{{ft/d|
{{di|I|fl="}} wonder what's happened---David's late."
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1:21:40
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{{di|Y|fl="}}ou can depend on David. His ambition has always been to drive the hack."
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1:23:11
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1:23:33
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{{c|{{di|I|fl="}}t seems only yesterday he was a child and sat on my knee while I read his favorite story of David and Goliath, and now--he's a man and driving the government mail."}}
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1:25:01
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{{di|I|fl="}} won't wait for the mail. I must hurry home to Esther."
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1:27:12
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{{di|D|fl="}}avid--they've killed him!"
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1:28:20
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{{c|{{di|R}}esponsibility, conquering his broken body, drove him on.}}
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1:29:40
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{{c|{{di|I}}n the darkness upon him a single determination lived--he must keep the horses on the road, he must deliver the mail.}}
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1:32:39
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{{di|D|fl="}}avid, you're wonderful!"
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1:32:50
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{{di|M|fl="}}a's right. I'm only tol'able--just tol'able."
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{{smaller|TOL'ABLE DAVID}}
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THE END
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FIRST<br>NATIONAL<br>PICTURES
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{{smaller|A First National Attraction}}
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