"Orders just came from the governor." "All 7 men are to be removed from the road gang," "And transported to yuma by prison wagon to be hung." "Extreme caution an' maximum" "Security must be exercised at all times." "Here's the route." "The wagon will stop only once for supplies here at north fork." "Well, when I went outside 5 minutes ago to saddle" "The horses, you were combin' your hair." "Still at it, huh?" "Well, if we're gonna have supper at the hotel tonight" "I gotta slick up for it, you know that." "Now, just a minute, young fella." "We're goin' into town to get me a new lever for my rifle" "At the gun shop." "I didn't say anything to you" "About eating' at the hotel." "Well, figured you didn't have to just come right out an' say it." "So I just added up two an' two an' got four, that's all." "How do you mean?" "Well, we haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?" "No." "And it's 5 o'clock, an' we haven't brought in any meat from" "The smoke house, you haven't asked me to peel any potatoes," "Or shuck any corn, an' it's about an hour's ride into town," "An' it'll take about half an hour to get your rifle fixed." "Another hour's ride back, an'" "That's about seven thirty, an' we never eat that late." "Do we?" "Well, I got admit you've got" "It all figured out." "But there's one thing I..." "Don't understand." "What's that?" "When're you gonna do your homework?" "Oh, I already did that." "Wh..." "When?" "Well, this afternoon, when I came home, after I heard you" "Tellin' micah that we were gonna eat supper with 'im." "Ooh!" "Sure you've got everythin', mark?" "Yes, ma'am." "Well, I'll be goin' along then." "I'm havin' dinner with mrs." "Sweeney." "Oh, good night, miss hattie." "Good night." "Coach driver:" "Whoa!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up, or you drop here." "That's all." "Let's eat, hank." "what do you mean?" "You shut up!" "You keep it up," "Go ahead!" "You do an' you get nothin' you hear, nothin'!" "No food, no water, nothin' 'tween here and yuma!" "Come on." "Someday..." "Someday I'm gonna get my hands on that guard." "Sure, when's that gonna be?" "When they turn us all loose?" "Look at that kid." "Look at that kid lookin' at us." "What's he" "Think we are?" "Animals or somethin'?" "Yeah." "An' you know what" "Happens to kids when they get too close to an animal cage?" "Come on, kid, a little closer." "That's right, a little closer." "Mark!" "Prisoner:" "Hey, sodbuster!" "Mark, what are you tryin' to do?" "Answer me, boy." "Well, I..." "I'm sorry, pa." "I..." "I just wanted to find out what it was," "I didn't mean to get so close." "You've got no business goin' anywhere near that wagon." "You can't blame the boy," "Lucas." "After all, that thing's got no business being' in the" "Street in the first place." "It's a prison wagon, mark." "Comes by here once a year on its way" "To yuma." "Those men in there, they've got nothin' to lose." "Even using' a boy to try an' get loose." "I'm sorry I snapped at you, mark, you gave me a scare." "It's alright, it was my fault." "It wasn't anybody's fault," "Exceptin' whoever's guardin' that thing." "There was two of them." "They went inside the hotel." "You get everythin', son?" "Yes, sir." "Good." "How about you an' I havin' a steak before we head home?" "Yes, sir!" "It'll make both of us feel better." "Hey, sodbuster!" "Nobody hits my hand an' gets away with it." "I'll kill you, you hear?" "If I ever get out of this cage," "I'll kill you." "You hear me?" "I'm gonna kill you!" "I'll get you, wait an' see!" "Just let me get my hands on him." "Three weeks they've had us in this stinkin' rotten hole." "Well, I'm getting' tired of it!" "Sooner or later I'm getting' out." "I'm getting' out of here!" "Sure, dorf." "What's keepin' 'em with our grub?" "Oh, that'll be fine." "You get a mess allowance for" "Those prisoners." "Why are you using it on food like that?" "Well, now, you've gotta admit, marshal, ain't much sense" "In spending' too much of the government's money on the likes" "Of them." "Every one of them's going to yuma to be hung." "Well, they sure are." "Believe" "Me, we'll be glad to get rid of them." "This here town's our last" "Supply stop, so as soon as we eat an' pick up what we need," "We'll be movin'." "Supply store is closed, won't be open 'til 7 in the mornin'." "Oh, that so, ma'am?" "Well, reckon we'll just have to wait." "Here, in north fork?" "You take that wagon back out on the trail where it belongs." "One of you can come in in the mornin' an' get what you need." "Whatever you say, marshal," "Soon as we get them fed an' had dinner." "While you're at it, get that thing off the street so it don't" "Offend anybody." "You can put it alongside the hotel." "Tell the waiter to get our steaks ready." "Bring me a cup o' coffee." "And two glasses of milk." "Alright, alright, alright, alright!" "How about" "Shut up an' eat!" "I'd like" "That bowl back by the time I get this wagon moved." "Give me some of that." "Alright, boy, ride back." "Haa!" "Back." "7 of 'em we got." "Bad, all bad." "Now, you take that dorf an'" "His buddy fitz." "They just don't come no meaner." "They robbed" "A bank up in kansas, an' just cuz there weren't as much money" "In the bank as they thought there should've been," "They killed 'em all." "Um-hm, tellers, cashiers," "Customers, just gunned 'em down." "I ain't never seen a meaner lot than what they is." "Never." "It ain't fit for humans." "Rotten, that's what it is, rotten!" "Just like that stinkin' guard." "Just like that sodbuster." "I'll get my hands on him, an' when I do..." "Wait a minute, wait a minute." "Huh?" "Stop it, do you hear?" "Quit that fighting." "I'll give" "Every one of you a taste of this horse whip." "Get his key." "Let's go!" "Get rid of 'im." "Sure is takin' him a long time" "To move that wagon." "Hmm, guess I better go take a look." "Now, get 'im out of here!" "Morty, the marshal's out, get the guns." "Dorf, I'll get the horses down there." "You're goin' no place yet." "Givens?" "Yeah." "Cover the back of the hotel." "An' don't let nobody out." "We gotta get goin'." "We can't go ridin' around in these things." "Frost?" "Yeah?" "Break in the guns place." "Get guns an' ammunition..." "Make it" "Over to the store, get decent clothes an' decent food." "Yeah." "Then I have a score to settle" "With that sodbuster before we ride out." "We ain't got time." "We'll make time." "Now move," "Get goin'!" "I'll meet the rest o' you back at the saloon." "You know what you're doin'?" "I know, and it won't take long." "That sodbuster is gonna be sorry the day he was born." "Well, there's nothin' wrong with your appetite, mark." "I'm just warmin' up for one o' those pies." "I'd like to stick around to see mark polish off that pie," "But I've gotta get back to work." "See you later, lucas." "Alright, micah." "Micah, you let us know when that wagon's gone." "May an' I are" "Not leaving' here until it's off the street." "Alright, hattie." "On second thought, I'll open up the store again after we're" "Through eating', an' they can get what they need an' clear out." "Why, it isn't fitting for a thing like that to be anywhere" "Near decent people." "Alright, hold it!" "Oh, there he is." "Lucas, cover me!" "Prisoners, all 7 of 'em, got out of that wagon." "Well, the marshal got back in." "Well, that's alright, we got the back covered," "An' us here, he can't do nothin'." "Yeah, what about us?" "We can't do nothin' either." "You can't" "Hold this town just cuz you got a score to settle" "With that sodbuster." "Who says I can't?" "He's right, dorf, we oughta clear out." "We got guns an'" "Horses out there, we got too much to lose." "We'll leave when I say." "Agh!" "You, get those hands down an' get some bottles up." "Dorf, will you listen to reason?" "Spread out some food, we got a lot of eating' an' drinkin'" "To catch up on." "We'll leave when I say, frost." "You watch 'em." "They must be waitin' for somethin', micah, else they'da" "Cleared out of here a long time ago." "We gotta get some help, lucas." "I know." "Look, you stay here, I'll try an' get out the back." "Must have shot 'im, how do we know if they ain't slippin' out" "The back door of that hotel right now." "Shut up." "Givens!" "Keep that back covered." "Satisfied?" "Lucas?" "My husband's over there in that saloon." "I know that." "What's gonna happen to him?" "What do those men want?" "That I don't know." "What are you gonna do, just stand there, eatin', drinkin'," "Wastin' time?" "Maybe he's forgotten they was gonna hang" "Us, but I ain't." "I don't want no" "Rope around my neck." "We got a chance now, I say we leave." "Any time, dorf, all these" "Farmers are liable to bring a whole lot of gun power" "From the ranches." "Why don't we grab them horses down at the stable an' leave?" "No, I ain't forgotten they wanna hang us!" "That's not the point, dorf." "But I ain't forgetting' those months an' years we spent in" "That hole." "All those guards beating' us like we's animals." "That sodbuster smashed my fingers." "He's the last man" "That's ever gonna touch me." "Now, shut up an' get back to your drinkin'." "Micah, I can't figure out what those prisoners are waitin'" "Around for." "They got guns an' ammunition, there's horses in" "The stable, you'd think they'd" "Have cleared out a long time ago." "I can't figure it either, lucas." "Well, for heaven's sakes ask them." "That's one way of finding out." "Hey!" "You in there, you hear me?" "We hear you." "What do you want?" "Who's askin', that you marshal?" "That's right." "Well, now, you're a real smart man, marshal." "You can see" "That from where we're standin'" "There ain't much in this here street we're gonna miss." "We can see that, what do you want?" "Is that you, sodbuster?" "I'll tell you what I want, I want you." "That's all, just you." "You an' me, we got a little score to settle." "What's he talkin' about?" "Oh, he's the one that grabbed mark." "Come on out, sodbuster." "Let's get this settled, what do you say?" "He's out of his mind." "He ain't no fool, dorf, he ain't gonna come out of there." "You got no right to keep us here on account of you" "I told you to shut up!" "I guess he's gonna take a little prodding' huh?" "You, come here." "That's right, you." "Hey, sodbuster, look here, you too, marshal." "See what I got" "Here?" "I got a little bald headed bartender that's so scared," "He's shakin' all over." "Fact is, he's so scared, he's liable to make" "Me pull the trigger of this gun I'm holdin' to his head." "No!" "They've got my husband" "May, come here, come here." "No, lemme go, they'll kill 'im." "May, let the men work this out." "You see 'im, sodbuster?" "Alright, let 'im go, he's done nothin' to you." "I know that, but I won't do anythin' to 'im either if you" "Come out like I say." "You don't," "This town's gonna need a new bartender." "Now, look, I have a wife" "Shut up!" "You or him." "You're loco, dorf, what's he care about him?" "You" "He killed 'im!" "He shot 'im!" "He's alright, he's standin' there, look." "Look for yourself, may." "Don't hurt 'im please." "It's you they want, why don't you do" "Somethin', you can't let 'im die!" "Yeah, it's me he wants." "Lucas!" "Alright." "What do you want with me?" "Sodbuster, remember what" "I told you?" "You hurt me, all I wanna do is hurt you." "And you'll kill 'im anyhow, huh?" "That's a chance you'll have to take." "You don't come out, I kill 'im." "You try anythin' funny, I kill 'im." "You come out an' face" "Me, maybe I will, maybe I won't." "And, sodbuster, you ain't in no position to argue." "What happens afterwards?" "We ride outta town." "No, I didn't mean it, lucas," "You don't have to go." "It's just that they" "You heard 'im, may, we're in no position to argue." "Hattie." "Micah, the one at the back, watch out for 'im, huh?" "Fitz." "Well, you came out just in time." "That bartender didn't have long to live." "You mean you'd kill 'im just to get back at me for somethin'?" "You smashed my knuckle, sodbuster, and I swore no man" "Would ever lay a finger on me again!" "And what did you expect me to" "Do?" "Stand by that wagon an' let you get your hands on my boy?" "All you're doin' with all that talkin' is makin' this" "Trigger finger itch." "Now, stop the blabbin' an' let's get on with it." "How do you wan' it?" "watch the front." "It's way past your bedtime, mark." "I know, I just don't seem to be tired." "Alright if I stay in here an' watch for a while?" "Suit yourself." "Pa, is it possible we'll lose the town?" "Lose the town?" "Oh, you're thinkin' about what happened" "With those prisoners last night, huh?" "Yeah." "They could've taken the town away from us," "Couldn't they?" "Well, they could have taken it physically, mark," "But they couldn't have kept it." "Takes more than just guns to hold a town." "No, son," "The time a town or even a country" "Is really lost is when the people who live in it" "Get careless an' stop payin' attention to how it's bein' run." "Oh, you mean like the roman empire." "Are you up to that already?" "Well, miss adams started us on it last week." "Well, then, you know the value of studying' your history." "An' you were a hundred percent right when you said, "like the" ""roman empire." by knowing' the mistakes that people made" "Hundreds of years ago, we can learn a lesson an' profit by" "Not making' the same mistakes ourselves." "I hope so." "Well, I think I can sleep now." "Goodnight, pa." "Goodnight, son."