- [first lines]
- Bart Maverick: [narrating] There are two things that make a strange town seem less lonely. The sound of a friendly voice or word of a friendly game. Since the friendly voice had told me of the friendly game, I felt an irresistible urge to pull up a friendly chair and partake of the hospitality.
- [last lines]
- Sheriff Luther Hawkins: Seems like you were mighty pleased with Maverick, there at the end.
- Marla: My new partner just got the most exciting message at the telegraph office. Oh, we're going to be rich. Frightfully rich.
- Sheriff Luther Hawkins: Now that's funny.
- Sheriff Chester Bentley: Funny? What's funny about being rich?
- Sheriff Luther Hawkins: No, no. Getting a telegram, I mean. There ain't a telegraph office within thirty miles of this town.