- [last lines]
- Pete Levering: Ever wonder why Soldier kept picking on McGrath's ranch and none of the others?
- [pulls blanket off of a basket to show a litter of puppies]
- Jessica Fletcher: [laughs] Oh!
- Pete Levering: [as a pair of dogs enter] That's Rosemary. She's the mother and she belongs to McGrath.
- Howard Levering: Well, it looks like Soldier had a good reason for roaming, huh?
- Jessica Fletcher: Well, I'd say he had a-a-a bunch of reasons!
- [first lines]
- Pete Levering: Soldier!
- [whistles]
- Pete Levering: Soldier, come on, boy!
- [whistles]
- Pete Levering: Soldier!