Judge Priest Page #2

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...you can sit right there

till we understand each other.

That's all right.

That's all right.

We don't need any more practice

for them old men.

Besides, that, uh, exertion calls for a julep.

Yes, but you gonna wait

for that young gentleman before you-...

Wait for him?

- Uh-

Unless young folks has changed

since I was skirmishin' around...

...he won't be back for quite a while.

Hey, Judge, look at that goat.

Ain't that a pretty sight?

- What? That goat?

Ain't nothin' prettier in the world

than two young folks in love in the spring.

Uh, Judge, what you

gonna do about that goat?

Oh, goat. My Lord,

ain't you got any sentiment?

Ain't you got no girl?

Wasn't you ever in love?

Standing around here talkin'

about a goat or something.

But your mint.

- What about my mint?

That's goat's in your mint bed.

- It's in my mint bed.

Get out of there.

- Get.

Get on out of here.

Acting like you was starved.

Get you home with you. Shoo.

Why, William Priest.

- Oh, hello, Carrie.

This is a fine how do you do.

What will the neighbors say?

I'm ashamed of you.

What's ailing you now?

Dadgum goat come in here

and eat up my mint bed there.

I'll bet he must have

been the ruination of a million juleps.

You and your precious mint juleps-

a circuit court judge.

Where is your dignity?

Dignity?

I don't reckon the Priest family...

...will ever have to worry about dignity

as long as you're alive and kickin'.

Well, it's a good thing somebody

in this family has pride.

I always told my brother

when he married you...

...that he saved the family name.

Well, if he were living, he wouldn't be

fooling around the front yard with a goat.

That's not what I came for.

Have you seen Rome?

Oh, Rome?

Rome?

Oh, appears like I did see that, uh,

son of yours around here a while ago.

I expect he's downtown though now,

uh, you know...

...struttin' around,

showin' off his button shoes.

Now don't you play possum with me.

As if I didn't know

you've been encouraging that-...

...that girl over there

to set her cap for Rome.

Carrie, Carrie...

...if I didn't know that

you had the biggest heart...

...of any woman in the world...

I'd think you was the most

suspicious creature...

...that ever come down the pike.

Never mind that.

You come up on the porch.

I want to talk to you.

If I'd have known that's the way you felt...

...about it, I wouldn't

have hurried home so fast.

I'm sorry, Rome.

After all, you have your career...

...and your family and

everything in the world...

...that matters to you right here.

I don't think you care what matters to me.

- That's not fair, Rome.

After all, I'm- I'm only telling you

for your own good.

William, I'm not a woman

to beat about the bush.

This business of Rome

and that girl next door has got to stop.

What do you got against Ellie May?

She's an awful sweet girl,

it seems to me.

She's got gumption,

and she teaches school

and supports herself.

I don't want to be unkind.

She may be a very nice girl and all that...

...but, after all, Rome is

one of the Kentucky Priests.

And the name of Priest

means something in Kentucky.

Well, uh, I've never heard

that it meant intolerance.

It means good stock and family pride.

You know the kind of stock

she comes from.

Yep. Her, uh-

Her ma come to this town penniless

and died givin' birth to Ellie May.

I remember the night.

She was a frail little woman-...

...uh, wasn't any bigger than

Ellie May is now-and just as pretty.

But who was her father?

Well, uh, nobody don't,

uh, rightfully know.

Well, family may not

mean anything to you...

...but it means a whole lot to me.

I'm not going to have my grandchildren

come into the world under a cloud.

You, uh, haven't, by any chance, picked

Hod Maydew as a grandpappy, have you?

Oh, I know you've never

liked Senator Maydew...

...but you can't say anything

against his folks.

They've got money,

they're an old family...

...and Virginia's a lovely girl.

She's always been crazy about Rome.

He could do a lot worse.

Well, I guess, uh, me and Rome...

...we ain't got anything to say about it.

I knew you'd come around to my way.

You're gonna-You're gonna

stay for supper, ain't ya, Carrie?

Not tonight, thank you, William.

The Daughters of the Confederacy are...

...having a chicken supper

at Kate Maydew's...

...and I'm late already.

Looks like you Daughters

get more ferocious every year...

...towards Yankees and, uh, fried chicken.

Got your badge on there.

- Yes.

Mighty pretty.

- Good night, William.

Sometimes, I, uh-

I think you women got

more badges and medals...

...out of the war than the soldiers did.

Good night, Carrie.

Listen to that old whip-poor-will

callin' his mate.

Him and his kin has been nestin'

around here for nigh on 30 years.

A lonesome kind of sound,

isn't it, Uncle Billy?

Mmm, 'tis so.

You know, the good Lord

never meant for nobody-...

...either man or bird- to live by theirself.

Uncle Billy, why didn't you come

live with us after Aunt Margaret died?

Oh, l-

I never could stand your ma's cookin'.

Awful fine swing over there

on that other porch.

I wouldn't be surprised if there

ain't a pretty girl sittin' in it now.

She's got another fella tonight.

Ellie May sure is pretty.

The fella who gets her

will certainly have to do some prancin'.

He can't sit around

and look glum all the time.

There he is now.

- Who?

That Flem Talley.

The barber?

- Yeah.

Gives an awful poor shave,

that fella.

Whoa. Whoa, babe.

Here I am, honey.

Hee, hee, hee.

Ellie May, here's good news.

Hee, hee.

Hee, hee, hee, hee.

Uh, son, uh, there ain't nothing'll

get your mind off womenfolks like work.

Will you run back in my library there

and get my old Kentucky Code of Statutes?

It's, uh- It's an old calfskin book

up on the top shelf there.

Hee, hee, hee, hee, hee.

That gets me, that braying there.

Long ears. I'm just

gonna see if I can't stop him.

Gabby Rives and Joe Herringer-...

...you know, the boys that work

for me down at my barbershop-...

...well, they comes to me tonight

and wants me to go over to old town.

Some high-flying gals over there.

But I tells 'em no.

I can have all the fun I want

right here at home.

Now, guess who I was talkin' about.

Couldn't l-

Couldn't I make you some lemonade?

Lemonade? Sure, honey.

And I got something to sweeten it with...

...right out of the mountains

and kickin' like a mule.

Hee, hee, hee.

Judge. Oh, Judge.

Y-Y-You seen anything of Mr. -

Mr. Flem Talley,

the barber man, around here?

No. What he be doin' around here?

Uh, I don't know, Judge, but-...

...but they's- they's

headed this way for him.

What are you- What are you talkin' about?

Who's they?

Uh, some lady's pappy with

a two-barrel shotgun.

He says Mr. Talley's been messin' around.

He sure is in a killin' mood.

What? You mean that,

uh, he's going to annihilate him?

Uh- Uh, no, sir.

He- He just-just gonna shoot him.

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