Love's Everlasting Courage

BYE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WHA--

YEAH!

WHOA, BOYS.

WHOA! WHOA!

WHOA!

WHOA.

CLARK?

WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO YOU?

- I'M AFRAID MY DAY WASN'T MUCH PRODUCTIVE.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

- SNAKE SPOOKED THE HORSES. I LOST MOST OF THE WATER.

I'M SORRY, CLARK.

- PA! YOU'RE HOME!

- MM, IT'S OKAY. I'M FINE NOW, THOUGH.

GONNA UNHITCH THE WAGON AND GET WASHED UP FOR DINNER.

- GOOD, 'CAUSE SUPPER'S ALMOST READY.

WHO IS THAT, MOM?

- MISSY ANN, GO ON INSIDE.

WHY?

- MISSY, GO ON INSIDE.

- MR. DAVIS. MRS. DAVIS.

- MR. HARRIS, WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT HERE?

- I FIGURED I'D COME OUT HERE AFTER THE BANK CLOSED

AND DISCUSS A FEW THINGS WITH YOU.

NOW AS YOU BOTH KNOW, YOU'VE FALLEN BEHIND

ON PAYING BACK THE LOAN THAT YOU TOOK OUT WITH THE BANK.

- YES, SIR, WE'RE AWARE WE'RE A FEW PAYMENTS BEHIND.

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WHEN THE WEATHER SHIFTS,

WE'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS AND THEN SOME.

- YOU'VE MISSED MORE THAN A FEW PAYMENTS.

- WE DON'T INTEND TO BE A BURDEN ON YOU.

WE'D MUCH PREFER TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS ON TIME.

I TRUST THAT IS THE TRUTH.

BUT I CAN'T BE LEAVING IT FOR ANY LONGER.

NOW MAKE THE PAYMENTS,

OR THE BANK WILL BE FORCED TO SEIZE YOUR LAND.

- MR. HARRIS, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE--

- THERE'S NOTHING TO UNDERSTAND.

YOU SIGNED A LOAN, WHICH CLEARLY STATES

THAT YOU WOULD MAKE THE AGREED UPON PAYMENTS

EVERY MONTH.

- GOOD NIGHT, PUMPKIN. - GOOD NIGHT, MA.

LOVE YOU.

THINGS WILL TURN AROUND.

THIS FARM HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

- WE NEED IT TO RAIN, ELLEN.

RAIN SOON.

- I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE

ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO FOR MISSY AND ME.

- I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT.

- I COULD TAKE THE JOB THAT MR. CONNER OFFERED ME

AS A SEAMSTRESS IN TOWN.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I DON'T WANT YOU WORKING IN TOWN.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS.

IT'S THE MAN'S PLACE TO PROVIDE.

CLARK...

YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER.

- YOU KNOW, WHEN I TOOK THAT LOAN...

I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS GONNA RAIN,

AND THINGS WERE GONNA TURN AROUND.

- THIS DROUGHT WON'T LAST FOREVER.

THINGS WILL GET BETTER.

I HAVE FAITH IN THAT.

- WELL, I HOPE THAT FAITH HOLDS UP

WHEN MY FOLKS GET HERE.

I KNOW MY MA CAN BE A BIT OF A HANDFUL SOMETIMES.

YOU ARE GONNA BE JUST FINE.

- PLAYIN' POKER, TOMORROW NIGHT!

HEY, JEB...

- GOOD MORNING, MR. CONNER.

- ELLEN, GOOD MORNING.

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

HERE, BOY. - THANK YOU.

HOW ARE YOU?

- I'M WELL. AND YOU?

I AM EXCELLENT.

SO ARE YOU...

READY TO BEGIN A WONDERFUL DAY OF WORK, I TRUST?

I'M ABSOLUTELY READY.

- THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE

SOME PROJECTS FOR YOU TO WORK ON.

- WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

THAT'S GOOD.

PLEASE, AFTER YOU.

YOU CAN WORK HERE.

WOW.

WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART.

I WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CONNER.

- WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME BRUCE?

- WELL, THEN, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, BRUCE.

WHOA.

READY?

BEN, HOW ARE YOU?

CLINT, RONNIE. - WE'RE GOOD, THANKS.

WHAT BRINGS YOU TO TOWN?

- WELL, ELLEN'S WORKING AT CONNER'S,

AND MY FOLKS ARE IN TOWN.

- BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN THEM.

SARAH.

YOU KNOW ELLEN DAVIS, DON'T YOU?

OF COURSE.

BRUCE, THIS IS A SMALL TOWN.

DON'T YOU THINK EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYBODY WHO LIVES HERE?

OKAY,

SINCE YOU TWO ARE ALREADY ACQUAINTED,

THEN, ELLEN, YOU MUST KNOW HOW QUIET AND SHY SARAH IS.

QUIET AND SHY.

- BRUCE TOLD ME SOMEONE ELSE WAS COMING TO WORK HERE.

HE DIDN'T SAY THAT IT WAS YOU.

- WELL, CLARK AND I COULD USE THE EXTRA MONEY.

AND FRANKLY, I DON'T MIND THE WORK.

I LOVE SEWING.

ALWAYS HAVE. EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG GIRL.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SINCE YOU WILL BE DOING PLENTY OF IT.

- I THOUGHT YOU MOSTLY DID MIDWIFE WORK.

- WELL, THERE HASN'T BEEN

MUCH OF A CALL FOR A MIDWIFE LATELY.

I PICK UP WORK HERE WHEN THINGS ARE SLOW.

MR. CONNER.

CLARK.

WHAT A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. - YOU, AS WELL.

I JUST CAME BY TO SEE ELLEN FOR ONE MOMENT,

IF THAT'S OKAY. - YEAH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

- CLARK. WHERE'S MISSY?

- SHE'S WITH BEN AND THE BOYS DOWN AT THE GENERAL STORE.

- YOUR FOLKS ARE GONNA BE HERE SOON.

- OH, I CAME BY TO SEE IF THE ROOM WAS READY.

AW, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

A SON MAKING SURE THAT HIS FOLKS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

- SARAH. - HELLO, CLARK.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. - YOU AS WELL.

- COME ON, LET'S GO SEE YOUR MAMA.

- HOW'S THE FIRST DAY GOING?

- I MADE A PATTERN FOR A NEW DRESS,

AND I ALREADY STARTED SEWING IT.

- WELL, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

MAMA!

HELLO, PUMPKIN.

- DID YOU MISS ME? - OF COURSE I DID.

MISSY,

LET'S LET THESE LADIES GET BACK TO WORK.

- I'LL BE HOME AS SOON AS I CAN.

BYE, SWEETHEART. - BYE, MAMA.

- LADIES. - BEN.

GOOD-BYE, MR. GRAHAM.

PA, THEY'RE HERE!

COME ON, MISSY.

WHOO, BABE, WHOO.

- CLARK, MY DEAR SWEET BOY!

OH, UH!

- OH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. -

- HOW ARE YOU? - GRANDMA!

- WHOO! LOOK AT YOU.

OH, MY GOODNESS, HOW YOU'VE GROWN LIKE A ROSE!

- YES, WELL, I'M ALL GROWN UP NOW.

- OH, WELL, YOU CAN SEE THAT, MY DARLING.

- WELL, DON'T I GET A HUG?

- GRANDPA! -

OH, LOOK AT YOU.

SON, IT'S BEEN FAR TOO LONG SINCE WE'VE SEEN YOU.

- IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, PA. LET ME GRAB YOUR BAGS.

HELP YOU GET SETTLED.

WHERE'S ELLEN?

SHE'S AT WORK.

- WORK? - AT HOME?

AT THE TAILOR'S.

- WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

I CAN SEE THAT.

HELLO, SWEETHEART.

MM.

COME HERE.

YOUR FOLKS GET IN ALL RIGHT?

- THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY HERE.

I'M LATE?

ANDI'M THE WIFE WHO DIDN'T MAKE SUPPER?

- YOUR MA IS GONNA HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

- OH, SHE'LL BE FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT HER.

YOU ALL WASHED UP?

- YES, MA'AM. PA MADE ME.

- THEN WHAT ARE WE WAITING ON? LET'S GO EAT.

- SO HOW WAS YOUR FIRST DAY?

- OH, I ENJOY WORKING WITH SARAH.

- YEAH. - YOU KNOW, SHE'S A WIDOW.

YEAH.

- YOU KNOW BEN'S A WIDOWER.

MM-HMM.

YEAH, HE HAS TWO KIDS, TOO. - MM-HMM.

- ELLEN, DON'T GET ANY IDEAS.

WELL, HELLO, LLOYD.

- ELLEN, OH! SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

- IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LOOK AT YOU.

HOW WAS YOUR TRIP IN?