"Carew, whether you believe I will defend ben harvey" "For principle or for money, you better believe this:" "I will protect him." "I'm lookin' for someone named paladin." "You got 'pointment with mr." "Paladin?" "He very busy man." "You take me to him." "He does not wish to be disturbed." "Take me to his room." "He out of town!" "Come on." "Now." "I tell him you out of town, but he no listen." "Turn him loose." "Sure." "You're paladin." "Turn him loose, mr." "Harvey." "All right, hey boy?" "Sure." "Fine." "I didn't know he's friend of yours." "I never laid eyes on him before, but I have seen his picture." "I ain't got a gun, paladin." "Neither have I." "Tip him." "What?" "When a porter performs a service, you tip him." "Since this one did this service under duress," "A dollar'd be about right." "A dollar?" "Now, look here." "A dollar." "Thank you." "Anything else, just call." "What do you want?" "Somethin' I picked up in prison." "A fella there give it to me." "I may have to have that card changed." "Seem to be too many of them floating around." "Well, like the card says, I wanna hire ya." "I don't work for criminals." "Lap seams here, I think." "Before ya turn a man down, you oughta listen to him." "I seem to be listening to you whether I want to or not." "Tailors, lawyers, and doctors learn to close their mouths" "Or close their shops." "I've done my time." "Five years." "And I've evened the score." "I'm not wanted anywhere." "And that makes the men your outfit murdered" "Lie easier in their graves." "All right, then." "Can't open my mouth without makin' a fool of myself." "I been that way all my life." "Those five years didn't pay for a thing." "Just bought me a chance to spend the rest of my life" "Tryin' to pay back what I owe the dead." "And myself." "You talk very well." "I made a deal with the marshals to give 'em a harvey in jail" "So they can show the voters and newspapers." "They let my kid outta missouri to go to a town" "Where they could farm, shoe horses..." "Ya try to live down a reputation." "It sticks." "Don't think it don't." "Your family did earn a reputation." "It was the bardstown massacre..." "During the war." "There were a hundred civilian gangs." "The only way they could make a livin' was to steal," "Because it was neighbor against neighbor." "We were northern in a southern county, mister." "And your family?" "They got a store in a place called glia." "It's a long haul through hell to gila." "I got a wagonload of goods and rifles and whatnot" "I wanna take to them." "What do you want with me?" "You see how I am." "Hot-tempered." "Some fellas can't take liquor." "Some got the gambling' fever." "Well, I don't dare trust myself with a gun." "I'd never get my wagon to gila without protection," "And I won't wear a gun." "I want you to take me to gila." "You have a thousand dollars?" "That's pretty steep, a thousand dollars." "I got a wagonload of goods worth $5,000..." "Mr. Harvey, I don't haggle." "Neither do the harveys." "Whoa." "Gila." "Four miles more to go." "If we had to fight bushwhackers all the way," "It'd still be $250 a mile." "Well, we're not there yet." "Cheer up." "I got to admit, you do make a good stew..." "For a thousand dollars." "You could've been bushwhacked riding' by yourself." "Yeah, that's somethi" I'll never know" "Whether I wasted my thousand dollars or not." "Hyah." "Let's go." "Giddap." "Giddap." "That was him." "Never thought they'd let him out once they got him in." "What ya think he's doin' back..." "I'll tell ya, curt." "I don't start to think till I got all the facts to work on." "Whoa." "sold to miss nelly for 25 cents." "And there's another one free for her mother." "Now, there goes two of the happiest women in town." "Business is booming." "that one looks more like cheesecloth." "calico bolts, 54" wide." "What am I bid?" "ten cents a yard." "Ten cents?" "Uh-huh." "You can have the whole bolt for ten cents!" "Here now, ladies..." "This is what they're shaped like in st." "Louis." "Hey, what is this?" "This gentleman has come to find the harveys." "Then he can go join the posse." "The posse?" "Every able-bodied man is out lookin' for 'em." "What for?" "What'd they do?" "You name it, they did it." "There are two dead men waitin' till we get the harveys to bury with 'em." "They had a trial, I presume." "Yes." "We had a fine trial." "We had five years of grief and trouble outta the harveys." "We finally got a jury to pass a just sentence." "It was the whole town, mister, and the sentence was unanimous." "The harvey family- root and branch- guilty as sin," "To be shot on sight." "Ben." "Now, what am I bid for this shape?" "Two dollars!" "It-it cost fifteen." "Now, I must ask you to take this sale seriously." "If this article is not worth fifteen, it's worth nothing." "Three dollars." "Three dollars?" "Uh-huh." "It's yours." "Get outta here, all of ya!" "What'd you say?" "Mr. Harvey said to leave his store." "Ben harvey?" "Ben harvey." "Murderer." "Highwayman." "Robber!" "Now get outta here, all of ya!" "If you're anything like your brother..." "I'll murder ya!" "Here." "Gimme that!" "Sam, sam." "You better get out, harvey." "You and your gunman with ya." "The posse'll be back." "Get out!" "There you go." "Jumpin' in headfirst, scaring' the devil out of 'em." "Ah, what difference..." "Try to kill the past, but..." "Memory's an unkillable thing." "Every shot in the dark, every look in the wrong direction..." ""why, it's the harvey boys."" "Just like bardstown, missouri, all over again." "I knew there was somethin' up" "When I heard the rumors about the harvey boys in gila." "You knew there was trouble here when you hired me?" "Aw, have a drink." "Stop yappin'." "You'd never come if you'd have known." "Whew." "Mr. Harvey," "You still owe me $1,000." "Well, take the wagon." "It's worth a lot more than that." "You can't stay here." "They're my only kin, paladin." "This is it." "Sink or swim." "Ya gotta stop runnin' or killing' somewhere, and..." "This is where it might as well be." "You'll have to wear a gun." "Those people'll just shoot you down." "Look." "You had an easy trip up for the thousand." "Can ya throw in a day and..." "Wear my gun for me until I find out what this is all about?" "gunfighter!" "Harvey's a dead man." "You get out now before the posse gets back." "We'll give ya half an hour." "After that, you step out." "We'll kill you and him both." "You go if you want." "I stay." "Carew, get those women and old men off the street." "They're just gonna get hurt." "There's a mess of us and only two of you." "Go on." "Save yourself." "You stay here." "I'll try and get you a fair chance." "Sure." "Hold your fire, carew." "I'm comin' out." "Good sense." "Well, keep your eye on the store." "Come on, gunfighter." "I wanna show you somethin'." "There." "Look." "They were partners of mine." "Men I've known all my life." "Jack and curt harvey shot 'em down like dogs." "Why?" "We've already had the trial." "You had a trial and the harveys weren't here to defend themselves?" "Defend what?" "I saw 'em shoot." "If the sheriff was out on the posse, who held the trial?" "I did." "Right here." "There is exhibit "a" and "b." mr." "Carew," "You're the only witness, the prosecutor, the judge," "And, as far as I can determine," "The soul beneficiary of this murder." "When we drove in," "You were already selling off the harveys' merchandise." "Uh, tell 'em." "Are they murderers or ain't they?" "These wasn't the first, mister." "At least the harveys aren't vultures feeding on prey" "Somebody else killed..." "Now, listen, you..." "Ben harvey was in prison the last five years." "A harvey is a harvey." "I see." "Now, I have no wish to gun any of you." "But you have no right to murder a man you've never seen before." "A man who's innocent of anything his family may have done." "In addition, ben harvey owes me a thousand dollars." "That makes it necessary for me" "To keep him alive until he can pay me." "Now, whether you believe" "I'll defend ben harvey for principle or for money," "You had better believe I will defend him." "The sheriff will be back." "We'll deal with him when he gets here." "In the meantime, carew, will you get these women off the street?" "Making them accessories to your stealing is inexcusable." "Maybe you'd have trouble shooting a woman." "By all means, rely on my chivalry, mr." "Carew." "But I assure you all..." "I will shoot anyone who tries to kill me." "The husbands will hardly thank the man who organized women" "And a few old men into a posse against a professional fighter." "N-n-now, wait a minute!" "When the posse gets here, there'll be a lot of gunplay." "Jack harvey is a killer." "He swore that he's gonna kill me on sight!" "All right, gunfighter." "The posse'll get 'im." "The posse'll get all of 'em." "What's happenin'?" "Your family seems to have made enemies, whatever they did." "There's a posse coming back," "And you aren't gonna have any chance to explain." "Come on." "What's the use?" "You better get out while you still got a chance." "Mr. Harvey, you're forgetting my thousand dollars." "Nah." "If I use it, I'll be right back where I started." "I'll stand by our deal." "You did hire me to be your gun." "Thanks." "A thousand'll never pay for that." "Carew!" "Get on out here." "That's not the posse." "Those are my brothers." "Ben." "Ben!" "Let's just see what this is all about." "Carew, I'm waitin' for you." "Old man, you give us five years of misery" "And rigged a trial to get us hanged." "You come on out and get what's comin'." "In the street." "Inside." "It's all the same to me." "Now, uh, jack, uh, this won't solve a thing." "It certainly will." "It'll make me feel a whole lot better." "Thing I'll never understand is you're no better'n a highwayman." "Only you use your loans and legal papers" "And the trust people have in you to steal what they got." "But we harveys always fight out in the open." "Uh, jack, uh, your brother's here." "He's, uh, right behind ya." "I saw him come in." "Uh, jack, uh, listen." "Your brother's got no gun." "I-I think that he's trying to reform." "Now, you look out for the gunman that he's got with him." "That's a friendly warning." "That's from me to you, jack." "Well, thank you." "He's gonna kill that man, ben..." "He was unarmed." "Well, he never did fight with guns." "If I'd thought about it," "I'd have brought a loaded mortgage and shot him with that." "Now, who are you?" "Your brother hired me to defend him" "While he tried to prove your innocence." "His arm's busted." "Jack, we can't shoot our way outta trouble anymore." "Oh, no?" "I don't see any other way." "apparently, you never did." "Carew sold us out, man." "He tried to hang us." "Shut up, curt." "I don't know what ben and his gunfighter friend here want yet." "You did kill those two men in the wagon." "Curt?" "Clay?" "You watch old ben's friend here." "Carew was supposed to pay us for killin' 'em." "But when we come to collect, he had a posse runnin' for us." "Ben, you would've been proud." "I gave five years of my life" "To give you a chance to do somethin' right." "Ya cheated me." "Get off that horse!" "Oh!" "Too bad, gunfighter." "Ben, I'm runnin' the harveys now." "We ain't a bunch of storekeepers." "Maybe you are." "Curt?" "No." "Clay, don't be a fool." "You're sittin' on the ground with a headache, not me." "you don't think that posse's gonna catch us." "What's left of that posse ain't gonna catch anybody." "You, uh, wanna draw your gun there, mister?" "No?" "Sorry." "They're murderers, aren't they?" "You know 'em better than I do." "Ben, I'm not a fool." "I won't try and take them alone." "I'm gonna get me a gun." "hyah!" "Curt, clay, you stay outta this." "It's jack I want." "Little clay." "Even little clay." "That outfit operates like a well-drilled army squad." "Yeah." "hey, ben." "Ain't this like old times?" "ben, you're a little outta practice, ain't ya?" "That's a little closer, ben." "Where's curt?" "Ya wanna talk, ben?" "You talk for a jury, kid." "That ain't fair." "This wasn't my idea." "Maybe a jury'll believe that." "Give up, son." "Our deal is over, paladin." "This is between me..." "And my brother." "I ain't giving' you no choice, clay." "You give yourself up." "I don't wanna shoot, ben." "One way or the other, you're gonna get it." "You'd shoot me?" "Yes!" "Now, drop that gun!" "All right." "Drop it, you fool kid!" "For the love of heaven, drop it!" "Please drop it!" "I ain't sure I'm not changin' my mind." "Don't, kid." "Please." "It's not your fault." "No?" "I trained 'em up that way." "You didn't train 'em to like killing." "That was all their own." "The harveys are dead." "Ah, it's no use." "I got nothin' to pay you with." "They won't buy this stuff." "I still gotta run from the harvey name." "Run where?" "I don't know." "But I'll get ya your thousand dollars." "That stuff in the wagon's worth more than a thousand." "Then take it." "I give ya the whole works." "wakey, wakey!" "Step right up, ladies and gentlemen." "Come one, come all." "I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do." "Walk in closer, ladies and gentlemen." "You can't see the merchandise from back there." "Come on." "Come one, come all." "Now, this wagon contains six cases of these rifles- 20 rifles to the case- and ammunition." "A shot fired from a rifle like this" "Was started on its way by gunsmiths" "Whose skill in carving steel was like a lover's caress." "These rifles represent the triumph of american industry." "As dependable as honest labor can make them," "As inexpensive as efficient management dare sell them for." "For a rifle embodying- as this one does" "The accumulated skills and sciences" "Of mankind's 3,000 years of civilization," "I am asking you the enormous price of... $40!" "Is that a fine rifle, sir?" "Look at that." "Smooth as silk." "Silk?" "Silk?" "Silk, the man says!" "And silk, we say." "Ladies... oh!" "That fine, imported french silk... $1.98 a yard!" "Paladin." "Paladin." "Just a minute." "The owner wants to say something." "$1.98 a yard?" "I only paid 50 cents for it." "Give it to 'em for a dollar even." "Well, if mr." "Harvey wishes to give his merchandise away..." "One dollar even!" "Can I trade my gun for the rifle?" "Sorry, sir." "You will have to talk to the owner." "Just a minute, ladies and gentlemen." "Just a minute, now." "Let's make it orderly and quiet." "Tomorrow, we'll have the grand opening!" "I'll pay $35." "Yeah, man." "How 'bout that?" "I'll take one." "¶ "have gun, will travel" reads the card of a man ¶" "¶ a knight without armor in a savage land ¶" "¶ his fast gun-for-hire heeds the calling wind ¶" "¶ a soldier of fortune is the man called ¶" "¶ paladin ¶" "¶ paladin, paladin where do you roam ¶"