Hedley Lamarr.Le Petomane: What the hell are ya worried about? This is 1874.You""ll be able to sue her.An urgent telegram, which arrived from the town of Rock Ridge the previous Friday, is read by the governor""s secretary: "Sheriff murdered, church meeting bombed.She tears in half the envelope to Mitch and leaves the card for Cathy perched next to the gift.Stealthily, she returns to the boat at the dock, as the scene reverses itself and tracks backward.Melanie paddles out a bit, crouches down in the boat next to the metallic outboard motor to hide so that she cannot be detected, and voyeuristically watches Mitch enter the house and quickly run back out - perplexed by the appearance of the lovebirds.And throughout the land, everyone was happy...until the sun went down and they saw that their daughter was cursed with a frightful enchantment that took hold each and every night.The yard boss pulls out a revolver and with a series of gunshots, fires at his adversary.The victim locks his adversary in a stranglehold.When the train reaches a bridge, both tumble sideways from the top of the car into he water below.The train whistles loudly as they fall.[Capital and Labor symbolically drown together in the moral lesson of the film.] Through the gurgling water, "THE END" slowly dissolves into view with a swelling musical finale.In a dark, projection screening room, successful comedy film director John ""Sully"" Sullivan (Joel McCrea) rises to his feet.