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0:15Please.
0:18>> Who's out there?
0:22Is everything all right?
0:24>> Please, ma'am, don't shut the door.
0:26>> [music]
0:26>> I know you've got no cause to trust me,
0:29but I can't go one more mile.
0:34For the stagecoach line.
0:36That's 40 cents, Mrs. Dawson.
0:38>> Thank you, Mr. Pruitt.
0:40Mr. Pruitt, could you spare one more
0:42sack of flour this week?
0:44>> I'm sorry, Mrs. Dawson. Times are hard
0:46for everybody this winter.
0:48>> Then one cup of flour, please.
0:50>> Get on home quick, Mrs. Dawson. Storm's
0:53coming in hard tonight.
0:55>> Mama,
0:56did Mr. Pruitt give us the flour?
0:59>> Just a cup, Tommy. It'll do us fine.
1:06>> 10 years, and nobody said my name kindly
1:08since.
1:15Whoa.
1:16Whoa, boy.
1:20Come on, boy. Up. Up.
1:24Legs hurt, isn't it, boy?
1:31All right.
1:33We walk.
1:36>> That's the last of the dry wood, Mama.
1:39>> Then we'll make it last, one stick at a
1:41time.
1:47>> Mama, is there any more?
1:50>> Mama already ate, sweetheart. You have
1:53mine.
1:56>> You said that yesterday too, Mama.
2:00>> Eat your supper, Tommy.
2:03>> Mama, will God hear you tonight?
2:07>> He always hears, sweet girl. Now, close
2:10your eyes.
2:13One heel of bread,
2:15one cup of flour,
2:18Papa,
2:20you were right about him. Every word.
2:22How do I ever tell you that?
2:26Lord, I don't know what to do. I tried
2:28to save, I tried to work, I tried to be
2:30strong.
2:32Tomorrow, my [music] children are going
2:33to wake up hungry, and I have no answer
2:35to give them.
2:37Then, my eyes are on you, Lord.
2:41Only on you.
2:47>> There, a light. Hold on, boy.
2:54>> Mama,
2:56who'd be out in this?
3:03>> Stay behind me,
3:05both of you.
3:07Lord, I asked you for help.
3:09Why would you send me one more hungry
3:11mouth?
3:13No.
3:14I can't turn anyone away on a night like
3:16this.
3:22Who's out there?
3:26Is everything all right?
3:28>> Please, ma'am, don't shut the door.
3:31I know you've got no cause to trust me,
3:34but I can't go one more mile.
3:36>> Mister, you're half frozen.
3:38Get in here before the cold takes you.
3:45>> I've got no money, ma'am. Not $1.
3:48>> Nobody pays to get warm in this house.
3:51>> Why would you do this? You don't even
3:53know my name.
3:55>> I don't need your name to see that
3:56you're cold.
3:57I've never turned a soul away from this
3:59door. And I won't begin tonight.
4:02Come in quickly now. Tommy, lead that
4:04horse to the lean-to and put the blanket
4:06over him.
4:14>> Easy, boy. You're safe now.
4:18>> Sit closer to the fire.
4:25>> Horse went through the ice at the
4:26crossing.
4:28I went in after him.
4:29Water to my waist.
4:31Coat froze stiff.
4:34Had to leave it. So, I walked toward
4:36your light.
4:38Just let me warm up a few minutes,
4:40ma'am. Please don't send me back out
4:42there.
4:43>> Hush now.
4:45You're safe here.
4:47It's only apple peel tea. Closest thing
4:49to cider [music] I've got.
4:56>> Mama, that's our breakfast.
4:59>> I know, sweetheart.
5:01But tonight, [music] he's colder than we
5:03are hungry.
5:04>> Oh.
5:08>> Ma'am, that's the last of what you've
5:10got. I can't take bread [music] from
5:12your children.
5:14>> My grandmother used to say, if a body's
5:16hungry or [music] cold, you help them.
5:18You don't count what's in their pocket
5:20first.
5:22And you don't count what's in your own.
5:25>> And tomorrow?
5:27What'll you give them tomorrow?
5:30>> Tomorrow belongs to the Lord.
5:32He's kept us this long.
5:36>> It's been a long time since I [music]
5:38said grace.
5:40Thank you, Lord.
5:44>> She'll keep you company, so you're not
5:46lonesome.
5:47>> Well, thank you kindly, Miss Molly.
5:51You were reading when I knocked.
5:55>> I was
5:56praying.
5:58I'd just finished asking God what I
5:59ought to do.
6:02>> Did he tell you?
6:04>> He sent you.
6:06I haven't worked out yet what he meant
6:08by it.
6:12Get some sleep, mister.
6:14>> Yes, ma'am.
6:20>> He's walking better, mister.
6:22>> Thanks to you, son. You did right by
6:24him.
6:26My name's Henry.
6:29>> Just Henry?
6:33It's still bitter out there.
6:35If you ever pass this way again, you can
6:37bring it back.
6:41>> I'll bring it back, Clara.
6:43You have my word.
6:47>> Is he coming back, Mama?
6:50>> I don't know, sweetheart.
6:57>> Is that all of it, Mama?
6:59>> It's enough for today.
7:01Lord, thank you for this good breakfast
7:04and for a warm stove and a guest you
7:06kept alive.
7:11>> Mr. Walsh!
7:12Lord almighty, WE HAD 20 men out
7:15searching the ridge.
7:17Where's your coat, boss? And whose scarf
7:19is that?
7:21>> A widow's on Cedar Creek.
7:2912 chairs and nobody to talk to.
7:36Not yet, Ma.
7:40Have the cook fill a sack. Beans, bacon,
7:42coffee.
7:44>> Want me to send a wagon down, sir?
7:47>> No. I'll carry it myself in my old
7:49shirt.
7:50And not a word to anyone, Gus.
7:59>> Easy now, Henry.
8:04>> Henry.
8:06>> Brought back your scarf, ma'am.
8:08And I owe you a loaf of bread.
8:10A man pays his debts.
8:12I'd be obliged if you'd let me work off
8:14the rest.
8:21>> Henry.
8:22Where on earth did you
8:24>> Let's just say I had a good week.
8:28And one for you.
8:29>> Peppermint.
8:31Thank you, Mr. Henry.
8:34For me, too?
8:36>> [laughter]
8:38>> Specially for you, Miss Lucy.
8:42>> [crying]
8:46>> The barrel of meal wasted not.
8:52>> Mr. Henry.
8:53How'd you get so good with an axe?
8:55>> Lot of winters, son.
8:59>> Like this?
9:02Just like that.
9:03>> Pull it snug.
9:05>> You don't have to do all this, Henry.
9:10>> I want to.
9:12>> A man who scrubs pots. My mother would
9:15faint.
9:16>> [laughter]
9:17>> Then don't tell the boys I ride with.
9:23>> She's never done that with anyone.
9:26>> Then I'll sit very still.
9:29>> The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not
9:31want.
9:32>> My mother used to read me that one.
9:35>> Mr. Henry, don't you have a Bible of
9:38your own?
9:39>> I had one once, son.
9:41It was my mother's.
9:44Haven't opened it in a long, long time.
9:48>> Then it's been waiting on you a long,
9:50long time.
9:57>> Neither know we what to do,
9:59but our eyes are upon thee.
10:05>> My father back in Missouri,
10:07he warned me about Jesse.
10:09"That man doesn't fear God, daughter.
10:12Marry him and you'll weep for it."
10:14I married him anyway.
10:16>> And was he right?
10:19>> Every word, and I've never had the
10:21courage to write and tell him.
10:24>> A father who prayed over you all those
10:26years doesn't just stop, Clara.
10:30>> I'm not brave enough yet.
10:32>> Then I'll ask God to make you brave.
10:39Missouri, is it?
10:40>> Missouri.
10:42To my father.
10:43>> You're smiling, boss. Ain't seen that in
10:4610 years.
10:48Gus, you ever meet somebody who wants
10:49nothing from you?
10:51Not since your ma.
10:53And when she finds out who you are,
10:56I'll tell her.
10:58Soon.
11:04Frank Doyle,
11:05Walsh Land and Cattle Company.
11:07The company purchased every acre along
11:09this creek last week.
11:11>> Purchased?
11:13But this is our claim.
11:16>> Your husband never proved up the claim.
11:19Never filed the papers. This land was
11:22never yours.
11:24>> Mr. Doyle, I've never seen $400 in my
11:26whole life.
11:28Please.
11:29I have two children.
11:34>> The company does not concern itself with
11:36widows and washtubs, ma'am.
11:40If you're still here in 2 weeks, we'll
11:42set your things out in the snow.
11:48>> Clara?
11:50What's happened?
11:54>> A company bought this whole valley,
11:56every acre along the creek. A man drove
11:58out and handed me this.
12:00We have 2 weeks to leave our home.
12:04He said they'll set the children's beds
12:06out in the snow.
12:08Everything I've held on to.
12:11>> Which company, Clara?
12:22My own name.
12:26Look at me.
12:28Nobody is taking this home from you.
12:31I promise you that.
12:33>> You're the best friend I've ever had,
12:34Henry.
12:36But you don't understand. They have
12:37money, lawyers, writers.
12:40>> Just trust me.
12:43Get up tomorrow
12:44and do what you do every morning.
12:46Leave them to me.
12:49>> The whole creek valley's ours now, boys.
12:52There's a washerwoman squatting down
12:54there with two brats.
12:56If she's not out in 2 weeks, pull the
12:58cabin down and use the logs for fence
13:00posts.
13:02That water's pure profit.
13:07>> Mr. Walsh, sir, nobody told us you were
13:10coming in today.
13:12We were just discussing the creek
13:13purchase, sir.
13:16>> Cancel it.
13:19>> Sir?
13:22>> Every notice you sent
13:25today.
13:27>> But sir, that water is worth $30,000 a
13:30year to this company.
13:33I don't want $1 that comes from putting
13:35a widow and her children out in the
13:37snow.
13:38Not one.
13:39Do you understand me?
13:41Yes, sir. Of course, sir.
13:44And the cabin on the creek? Survey 160
13:48acres around that cabin, creek and all.
13:51Deed it free and clear to Mrs. Clara
13:53Dawson and have it recorded. Then ride
13:56to every family on that creek and
13:57apologize
13:59or collect your wages. Yes, sir. I'll
14:01start this hour.
14:03Reading every line now, boss?
14:06Every line, Gus.
14:08Never again without reading.
14:14>> Mr. Henry hasn't come in 4 days, Mama.
14:18>> He's a poor man who made a kind promise,
14:20Tommy.
14:21Don't be bitter with him.
14:26My eyes are upon you, Lord.
14:29Even now.
14:32>> Mama, a buggy and riders.
14:35It's It's Mr. Henry.
14:41>> What is all this?
14:42That coat, those men, whose horses are
14:45those?
14:46>> I told you I'd speak to them, remember?
14:49I came to bring you your papers myself.
14:55>> This says 160 acres
14:58in my name, paid in full.
15:01>> Nobody can ever put you off this land
15:03again.
15:05>> How is this possible? Who are you,
15:07truly?
15:10>> My name is Henry Walsh.
15:13The company that tried to take your home
15:15is mine.
15:17>> You let me believe you had nothing.
15:20>> The night I came to your door, I did
15:22have nothing.
15:24No coat, no faith, no one.
15:2760,000 acres
15:30and not one soul who'd share a crust of
15:31bread with me without wanting something
15:33back.
15:35You gave me your children's breakfast,
15:36Clara.
15:38>> [snorts]
15:39>> And you didn't even know my name.
15:41I kept quiet because for once someone
15:43was kind to me, not to my [music] money.
15:46I should have told you sooner. I ask
15:48your forgiveness.
15:49That notice carried my name. [music] I
15:51signed it without reading.
15:53That wrong is mine. I've set it right
15:55for you and [music] every family on this
15:56creek.
15:59>> I asked God for an answer
16:01and he sent me a freezing stranger.
16:04Be not forgetful to entertain strangers.
16:08For thereby some have entertained angels
16:10[music] unawares.
16:12>> I'm no angel, Clara.
16:15>> No, you're not.
16:17But God sent you [music] all the same.
16:19>> You saved my life twice, Clara.
16:22Once from the cold
16:25and once from myself. [music]
16:27I don't want to go back to that big
16:28silent house.
16:30I'd like your leave [music] to court you
16:31properly.
16:33Before God,
16:35before your children,
16:36and before your father if he'll have me.
16:41>> Then stay for supper, [music] Henry
16:42Walsh. There's bread to bake.
16:45And this time there's enough flour.
16:50>> Mr. Henry.
16:53>> I'll always come back, Miss [music]
16:54Lucy.
16:57>> Look, Pa. I'm doing it.
17:02>> That's my boy.
17:05>> Neither know we [music] what to do.
17:06>> Know we what to do.
17:09But our eyes are upon [music] thee.
17:19>> No.

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