"We're almost to Denton." "If you want to change your mind, you can keep working alongside of me." "No thanks." "I started for Denton, Texas." "I like to finish what I start." " Hi, Mayes." " Hi, fellows." "This way for the hotel, folks." "Bring that stuff over." "You're late, Bob." "Had a lame horse back in Betty-Lou." "Shoe was too tight, but Sam here found it out and fixed her up for me." " Sam Bass, Will Egan, the Sheriff." " Sheriff." " Riding gun for Mayes?" " Just this far." "I offered him the job but he wants to stay here in Denton." "Only the god lord knows why." " What're you gonna do here?" " Find a job." "You'd better if you expect to stay here." "We're not set up to feed tramps and sharpers in this town." "The only time you'll feed me is when you ask me." "Let him alone, Will." "If he wants trouble I guess I can take care of myself." "But I came here to be peaceful." "Hey, look out!" "Let go of him, you fool!" "Leave him alone!" "Excuse me." "They're sure having' themselves a time." "That's just the first bunch." "Why, by this time next week the town'll be swarming with 'em." " What's all the excitement?" " The big race." "I just got into town." "It's hold in Denton every year to start the cattle run." "Half the men in East Texas'll be trying to beat the Denton Mare." "The fastest horse in this part of the world." " Are you sure interested in those guns?" " I sure am." "And that can of peaches interests me, too." "Say, with a loaf of bread, a good big hunk of cheese, and some of that baloney." "All right." "Let's see, that'll be... 80 dollars for the guns, 2 bits for the cheese, a dime for the baloney, a nickle for the bread," "16 for the peaches, that's five..." "Five..." "That'll be 80 dollars and 66 cents." "We'll have to make a trip to the Post Office before I can pay you." "I got a letter there with some money in it." " What's your name?" " Bass." "Sam Bass." "Mr. Bass." "What can I do for you, Mam?" "Whisper in my ear." "I'm curious to find out what makes you different." "Pardon?" "Nobody's been able to handle my horse "Thunderbold" before, excepting' me." "He's half-killed men who so much as tried to lay a hand on him." "You had him purri' like a kitten with a half a dozen words." " Whatja say to him?" " Just conversation." "About what?" "This and that." "What is it, a secret?" "No, it might sound silly repeatin' a conversation you had with a horse." "Nobody's goin' to laugh at you, Mr. Bass." "She wouldn't dare insult a customer." "And the only thing that amuses me is lynching' a sheriff." "I just told him that he was a best lookin' horse I'd ever seen, and I'd been around horses all my life." "I said that he had real class but nobody's believe it unless he calmed down and behaved himself." " You said all that to a horse." " Every word." "You know a horse always knows when a man's speakin' the truth." "Here's my hand, Bass." "I like you." " Thanks." " I'll see you again." " I owe you a favor and I'll pay it back." " No need to trouble, ma'am." "There's nothin' much you can do for me." "You know, Mr. Bass?" "I think you been around horses too long." " Quite a woman." " Yeah." "Who is she?" "Don't you know?" "That's Calamity Jane." "Oh, yeah." "She's going to ride Thunderbold in the big race." " I'd bet on her." " But you haven't seen the Denton?" " Here's your letter, Mr. Bass." " Thanks." "Miss, I haven't got..." "My Uncle Dave never thought much of schooling'." " Would you read it for me?" " Of course." ""My dearest Sam..."." "Are you sure that's from my Uncle Dave?" " It's signed Sally." " Oh, my sister." ""Your agreeable letter from Rosedale, Mississippi, arrived yesterday..."." "A fellow wrote it for me." ""You can imagine how Uncle Dave acted when he found you'd run off." "At first he was going to have you sent for and dragged home again." "But Squirre Morris told him you're your own man now"." "I told him that before I left." ""I bite my lips every time I think of you alone in that wild Texas country." "I hope you take good care of yourself." "Love, Sally"." "Is that all?" "I'm afraid it is." "Well how about the money." "He's been collecting rent from our farm ever since my father died." "Now it's gotta come to me." "There should have been 300 or 400 dollars there!" "It must say something about it." "Look again." "There it is." ""P. S:" "Uncle Dave will send the money as soon as he gets the cash for the pigs sold in town."" "That shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks." "But it still leaves me in a hole, unless you'd care to give me credit against my prospect." "I think we can manage that." "For the food, I'll hang onto these guns until your money comes." "Don't sell 'em to anybody else, will you." "They sorta take my eye." " Thanks for the credit." " Sure." "Look out!" "Give me those guns." "So you came here to be peaceful, eh?" "There was a bunch of cowboys." "He was in the store." "They shoot these off the stand and he picked them for me." " Mr. Bass, this is my brother." " We've already met." "As a matter of fact, Sheriff, I've never fired a gun in my life." " Didn't you ride gun for Mayes?" " I wanted to get to Denton." "When I start someplace I get there the best way I can." "You rode gun from Betty-Lou to Denton without knowing to shoot?" "Don't you know that there're highwaymen and Indians on that road?" "We didn't meet any, ma'am." "He's got grit if not good sense." " Will, Mr. Bass is looking for a job." " I'll find one." "I'm in the store all day." "Since my brother's been elected sheriff, he's been in town most of the time." "Lucy's got more than she can handle trying to run our ranch all by herself." "She needs help." "Well, you can come out to supper." "If my wife likes you, you can stay." "I guess I did you wrong." "Poor Will." "This time of year he sees gamblers everywhere he turns." "A gambling man's got a streak of larceny in him." "It might not go any further or it might." "I'm not going to set around and see." "I hope you'll like working for us." "Mr. Egan hasn't hired me yet." "Mrs. Egan does the hiring in this family, Mr. Bass and Mrs. Egan has a lot of faith in my judgment." " Hello!" " How're you doing, Sam?" "Hello, Sam." "They're a wild bunch of doggies, but I guess I can handle 'em!" "Sam came out west to be a cattle hand." "Cowboy or no cowboy, those animals are giving three times as much milk as they were when you were chasin' them around that pasture." "Hollering and swearing like a sheriff." "You should be ashamed of makin' fun of Sam." "A man that can handle these can do all right with steers." "They both need calming' down." " Joel Collins, Sam Bass." " How are you, Joel?" "Joel runs the beef cattle to the Abilene market for all the ranchers." "If you're really serious about wantin' to be a cattle hand," "I'm leavin' on my yearly run next week." " I'll even lend you an outfit." " But you'd be gone for weeks!" "Thanks, but I guess I'll see how my lucky holds up here, for a while." "If you change your mind," "I won't be leavin' until after the race." "Most likely see you there." " You will." " So long, folks." "Goodbye, Joel." "Did you see her?" "Did you see that horse?" "That's the Denton mare." "You remember." "I told about her." "Mr. Underwood'd be ashamed, running her when she has to race this afternoon!" " I've gotta have a look at her!" " Don't forget your dinner, Sam." "Don't worry, Katherine." "He'll be back." "Best odds!" "Best odds, folks!" "Place your bets, folks!" "Three to one on Thunderbold!" "20 on Thunderbold." "Hello there, Sam." "Hello, Joel." "You're lookin' at the Denton mare." "She's a real horse." "I just saw her run." "That was only exercise." "She's never been beat racing in her life." "If she ever was, Mr. Underwood sell her for crow-bait." "Mr. Underwood?" "I'm not in business for my health." " Ready for your horse, Mr. Underwood." " All right, Go right ahead." "Bass, turn them broad shoulders around and look this way!" " Hello." " Been lookin' for you." "Thought I'd let you know to bet on today." "I'm not betting." "What's stopping you, money or morals?" "Money." "If I could get my hands on some..." "It's a sure thing the Denton mare can't lose!" "I thought you said Thunderbolt was the best horse you'd ever seen." "That was before I laid eyes on the Denton mare." "She's the fastest thing that ever traveled under a saddle." "There isn't an entry in the field that can beat her!" " I don't reckon you know who I am." " Yes I do, ma'am." "You're Calamity Jane, and you've won from Delaware to California." "But you better cross Texas off your list." "Let's take a look at this Denton mare." "There she is." " Think she's better than Thunderbolt?" " That's no insult to him." "There isn't a horse in the country..." "Whoa, lady" "Hey, mister!" "Hey..." "Whoa!" "Right over here, folks." "Place your bets, folks." "Place your bets!" "Bets odds in town!" " Sam." "Kathy went..." " I need 60 dollars, Will." " 60 dollars!" " I've got a chance to get a horse." " Well, now, Sam..." " A man needs a horse in this country, and 60 dollars is a bargain for a good sound." "You know that very well!" "But I don't know the horse is good, sound or well-broken." "You know that Sam knows horses!" "60 dollars is pretty nearly 2 months pay." "I've got several 100 dollars coming in a few days." " Wait till the money comes." " I've got to get it right now." " How do I know you've?" " Here." "It's all in this letter." "Give him the 60 dollars, Will!" "You can read the letter afterward." "But that horse better be a real bargain!" "Believe me, she's going to be!" "Even money, Denton mare." " What's the odds on Thunderbolt?" " Three to one." " I want to bet on him." " Aren't you forgetting' the Denton mare?" "No, I'm not, Joel." "60 dollars on Thunderbolt's nose." "Three to one." "Thank you very much." "Got those horses up on the starting line!" "Come on!" "Sam!" "Sam!" "You haven't had your dinner!" "Lucy says you're buying a horse!" "Have you got him yet?" "Just about." "Last chance to bet, folks!" "Place your bets now!" "Eight to one!" "Last chance to bet, folks!" "All right!" "Line 'em up!" "Line 'em up!" "Riders to the line!" "Sorry you can't follow the race." "I'll be back." "Thanks, Joel." "I'm gonna give you final instructions." "Listen carefully." "The race goes up the street and out of town." "Judges along the way will mark the course with flags." "Follow that course." "You start and finish here." "Ready, now?" "On three." "One, two..." "The Denton mare all the way." "60 dollars gone, I told you not to bet on Thunderbolt." "You what?" "Thunderbolt is the winner!" "Alright, you men, break it up!" "Come on, break it up!" "Thunderbolt, three to one." "160." " And 60." " Thanks." "Well?" "Maybe she pulled a tendon, can't tell how bad it is, but if you take care of it, she'll be alright for riding anyway." " I got no use for a riding horse." " How much do you want for her?" "300 dollars." "I give you 200." "Alright, son, she's yours." "No sign of him yet." "You know it probably has something to do with that horse." "Yeah, I know it probably has something to do with that horse." "If it hadn't been for those men fighting, Id' have..." "He's most likely out of the country by now." "With that money he cheated me out!" "I tell you..." "I've told you twenty times it was my fault." "He thought he had the money on the way." "I pretended it was in the letter when I read it to him." "I wanted to buck him up." "He looked so miserable." " Kathy, he took you in." " That's nonsense, Will." "I'm going to bed." "And you'll show sense if you give up this all night vigil and sleep." " Come on, Will." " I'll be right along." " Will!" " Don't wait up for me." "This is the last lap." "I'll have you in the barn in a few minutes." "What are you gonna do, Sam?" "Sell her for glue or buy her a crutch?" "She wouldn't make good glue, and a crutch'd ruin her stride." " How are you, Calamity?" " Curious." "You take one look at this mare, and tell me she can outrun anything." "You're right too." "But you bet on Thunderbolt." "And then when she goes lame you buy her for what a sound horse'd cost." "Why?" "Didn't you see her wince when the blacksmith was shoeing her?" "He drove the nail too high up." "That's what made that hollow sound." "As soon as the nail's pulled out, she'll be as good as new." "I thought I knew about horses." "You're a smart man, Sam, if you're right." "I am." "You'll go a long way before you're through." "You know horses." "I know every race track from the Susquehanna to the Columbia." "We ought to work together." "We'd own half the country before we were through." " That's not what I want." " You can't own it all." "What I want is a ranch." "Somewhere around here." "You're not really sold on that ranch business, Sam." " Why not?" " You're not cut out for it." "Your mind doesn't work that way." "If it did you'd have told Underwood the truth." "Maybe." "But any time you get around this way, you'll find me right here." "Alright, Sam." "I hope it works out for you." "But if it don't, you come and find me." "Whoever she is, she can spare that one." "Come on." "Hundreds of dollars coming from Indiana?" " What do you mean?" " Will." "Kathy told you it was her fault." "Sam didn't know." "No money?" "I'd've thought that old tightwad wouldn't pay me what he owes." "I don't care." "You took 60 dollars from me to buy a horse." "There she is, you'll have to take it out of my pay." "You won't have any pay, you're fired!" " In the morning..." " I want him off this place." "I won't stick around." " After I've seen Kathy..." " You're not seeing her." "I told you I don't like gamblers." "I won't have them around." " Sam, I..." " Lucy, come on." "Hiya, there, Dakota!" " Who's this?" " Sam Bass." "He's riding along with me." "This is Dakota, Sam." " He cooks for us." " Glad to meet you." "Understand me, boy, I've got no love for cooking." "But I got a wife in Deadwood and a mother-in-law in Carson City and between the two of them I'm hard-pressed to make a living." "Dad-blasted mosquitoes!" "You give 'em half a chance in this country and they'll do your laundry." "Wait till you taste his vittles." "He's the best gosh-darned cook here." "Don't pay none to flatter me, Joel." "I told you, as soon as I save up enough cash, I'll quit this job." "You'd be smart if you quit right now." " No, thanks." " We'll start assembling the herd." "You go ahead, first stop at Simpson Fork." "Always giving' orders, don't forget I warned you." "Get out of here!" "That's a great guy, Dakota." "Always harpin' about something, but it don't mean a danged thing." "Morning, Joel." " Morning, Mr. Bass." " Morning." "That was a good one, you played on old Underwood." "Very good!" "I'd like to see his face when it gets around this morning and he finds you tricked his mare right from under him." "I got work to do." "After you told me that story I just couldn't help passing it around." "Guess I talked too much." "No harm done, I guess." "There's nothin' Underwood can do." "He got what he deserves." "I'm not worried about Underwood." "I hate to think of Kathy getting it the way her brother's gonna build it." "Sam!" "Sam!" " Kathy!" " You were going without seeing me." "Your brother wasn't too cordial about me being around his place and Joel couldn't hold up the drive until you opened the store." "How long will you be gone?" "You're not going away for good?" "Since I first saw you, I've thought about settling myself in my ranch." "Some place around here, if you can wait." "I'm not going any place." "I want you to remember me." "I don't need any help." "And if I did," "I named her after you." "Take them anyway." "I still haven't got the cash." "You've got more credit with me than you had when I first saw you." "Lots more." "I'll be danged!" "All of 'em clean hits!" "I never saw anyone take to anything the way you have to a gun." "A man'd think you'd been shooting all your life." "It's just like anything else." "Decide where you wanna go and get there the best way you can." "She's spoiling for a race!" "We're getting close to Abilene and soon we'll start meeting Oklahoma." "She'll get a chance to race." "It's Abe Jones outfit." "The man on the big gray." " Nice-lookin' animal." " Abe sure thinks so." "Maybe we can have a little fun with him." " Hello, Joel!" " Hey, Abe." " How are you?" " Nice seein' you." "I thought I caught sight of you this afternoon." " Yeah." " You got a big herd there." " Not very big, how is it with you?" " Riding with one man." " A man I know?" " No, he's a newcomer." "Tenderfoot." " Yeah?" " Farm boy from Indiana." "He's horse crazy." "He's got a little mare and you'd think she could beat a jack-rabbit crossed with a steam-locomotive and never go out of a trot." " She must be pretty good." " She is." "But not as good as that." "He talks about her all the time, he never keeps quiet." "I'd give 60 bucks to have him fixed so he'd shut up a while." "I could do it cheaper than that." "You might even make a little on the deal." "Race her against your gray?" "No, I wouldn't do a thing like that." "Why not?" "You said it was driving you crazy." "Don't be soft, it's all in fun." " Isn't that a too big bet?" " Of course not." "Unless he forced me." "Alright." "We can have it in the morning, before we start up for the day." "Any time." "Ready!" "I thought I lost you." "Let me take a look at her." "She ain't even breathing hard." "Doggone it, Abe!" "There's something I forgot to tell you." "That's the Denton mare." " The Denton mare?" " Yeah." "Might have heard of her." "I sure let you take me in." "Maybe I had it coming to me." "I was talking pretty big." " There you are." " Thanks." "Can't say that you're welcome." "Next outfit we meet, they're mine." "I think I played plenty for the right." "How's the coffee, Dakota?" "Strong enough, yet?" "Drop a rock in it." "If it don't sink, it's strong enough." "Well!" "Glad to see those chaps, again." "Always have been fond of them!" "I feel the same about that silver saddle." "We'll get it back in Abilene." " Not for him." " From Harry Dean." "Dean?" "Who's Harry Dean?" "The man that practically owns Abilene." "Him and his partner, fellow name of Wells." "Dean brings in Eastern thoroughbreds." "Every year around round-up time, he sets up a big race." "Supposed to be for cow horses, but at the end he's rung in racehorses." "Always finds a way to make it paper-legal, too." "Some poke works for him using the racer for cow work before the race." "Why don't you just by-pass his race?" "You have some money, you get a little drunk..." "No matter what your mind tries to tell you, everything looks bright." "Yeah, it's gonna be this year." "Unless Sam's horse drops dead on us." "I just want to see his face." "It'll be a pleasure to take him." "We can't be too anxious when we talk to him, gotta be careful." "We gotta take him just like we've been taking each other." "Yeah." " Abe." " Hello, Mr. Dean." " Still got that gray of yours?" " Sure have." "Ran a good second last year." "Better luck this time." "Thanks." " You brought in a lot of beef." " Yeah, I wish it was all mine." "Belongs to ranchers back home." " With your cut you'll do alright." " Sure." "Got a runnin' horse this year?" "No, not me, but my friend Sam wants to get into the race." " Yeah?" " Sam is a real horseman." "Learned on an Indiana farm." "I think I may have a few tricks to teach you westerners." "I'm sure you have, Sam." "Just have to look at you to see you're a sharp man." "Fancy pair of guns, you got there." "You bring them from Indiana, too?" " Sam." "He fell right into it." " Easy!" "You'll tip 'em off." "It'll be an honor to buy you a drink." "I'll take a piece of that honor." "Listen, this is what we'll do." "We'll hold all our bets 'til the last minute and then pool 'em." " Alright." " 'Em all in one shot." " That'll be bigger odds for all of us." " That's it!" "Abe Jones, 2,800 dollars." " Yeah." " Morgan." " 2,300?" " Yes." "Link, 2,100." "I got Dakota's last night." " Got Sam's money yet?" " No, he's over at the stables." "I'll pick him up on my way over to the bank." "He'd bounce a horseshoe off your head if you forgot." "It is good to talk to a man from home." "I'll see you, Doc." "Right after the race we'll have a drink together." " Thanks, Dakota." " Sure, Sam." "I've looked at the horse." "He can't hold a candle to my girl." "That's Dean's race horse there." "The old fellow is Doc Purdy, the vet that works for him." "You're sure an easy man to make some friends." "Just a brother Hoosier who's been homesick for 30 years." "Dean's horse had trouble with the Western saddle but he's alright now." "Too good for her to beat?" "I got pretty near 8,000 dollars, here." "The boys have dug way down deep to back you up." "I wish it was all mine." "Then tonight, after we win, I'd be all fixed to marry Kathy and settle down on our own ranch." "I wouldn't mind going along with you." "I sure get tired of herdin' somebody else's cattle for wages." "We'd make good partners." "If we had the money to put up." "You've got another 8,000 dollars in your pocket." "The money for the cattle?" "That belongs to the ranchers, Sam." "It'd be like keeping it in the bank for 'em until after the race." "Yes, but suppose they found out." "They will, when we pass out an extra dividend." "I'd want 'em to get a share of what we make." " You must be sure we'll win." " I'm positive." "I know horses, Joel." "No argument about that." "I don't know what to say." "You'll have to decide that for yourself." "Whitecloud." "Two to one." " Do better than that on my horse." " That's tops." " Well, all right." " Ok." "Why haven't the rest of the fellows been around to bet?" "Haven't they got any faith in their horses?" "Maybe you're too tight on their odds." "Hiya, Calamity!" "Maybe everybody's finally getting wise to you." " Hello, Wells." " Hello, Calamity." "Sit down." "Don't mind if I do." "Put this in my account." " Well, hello, Joel." " Dean, a little money here." " Remember that fellow you met?" " Yeah." "Wants to back up that mare of his." "Three to one." " D'you want to discourage him?" " I'll tell you what I'll do." "Four..." "I'll make it five to one." " Five to one?" " How much you got?" "8,000..." " 16,000 dollars." " 16,000!" " Yeah, give me a receipt." " Sure." " Good luck." " Yeah, thanks." "I wonder where he gets that kind of money." "What d'you care?" "You'll not give it back." "I don't like it, Dean." "That kid comes out of nowhere with 16,000 dollars and a horse we never heard of." "Did you check up on him?" "All I know is that he's a tenderfoot from Denton." "Denton?" " What's his name?" " Bass..." "Sam Bass." "Sam Bass?" "You two have finally met your match." " What d'you know about him?" " Know about him?" "Just that his horse is the Denton mare." "The fastest thing on hoofs I've ever seen." "I wish I'd known about this before." "I'm gonna try and get back here." "I wanna see that put-up race of yours turn around and smack you right in the pocket-books." "You wouldn't like another bet at five to one?" "Did we win yet?" "Don't forget what I told you, Sam." "Take it easy, Doc." "You got a long day ahead of you." "Line 'em up." "Riders to the starting line." "Let's get this race started." "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Come on, Sam!" "Come on!" "She's dead." "I'll have your mare buried for you, Sam." "I'm mighty sorry." "Come on boys, drink up, it's on us." "Dean and Wells." "Come on, have a drink." "Sure." "That's it, boys." "Fill 'er up for the Doc." "He looks a little dry." "Come on, cheer up." "That does it." "No use going home." "If I could find a way to hold on to my ranch." "I don't know what I'll do." "The money I borrowed." "At least the people I borrowed it from knew they were lending' it." "That wasn't your doing but mine." "I'll find a way to make it up." "Listen, Sam." "Nobody made me do anything." "Hello, Calamity." "I'll buy you a drink." "Sure, why not?" "Barney, a drink for the lady." "Sam!" "What are you doing here?" "Let's drink to the winner." "Leave me alone!" "What's the matter with him?" "30 years tending horses." "Never hurt one in my life." "People trusted me." "And now..." "Dean, he made me do it." " I poisoned her, I wish I'd died." " Purdy, now take..." "What's this all about?" "Bass's horse keeled over the track and felled dead." " Old Doc's sorry for the boy and..." " I think you're lying." "Calamity, you don't believe that drunken sot?" " I believe him." " Let go of me." "You know you wouldn't win and you killed her." " What's this..." " Look out, Sam." "Sam, take my horse." "I know how you feel." "We better move on." "Calamity said she'd let us know when it is safe." "It's Calamity and Dakota." "Should've walked off the job 3 years ago when all I had to worry about was a pair of screaming', meaning', dissatisfied women!" " I'll take care of him." " The least I can do is help." "Dig in, fellow." "It's been a long time." "I put you in good hands." "You've been awful good to us." "We'll never forget it." "I've gotten here sooner only Dean was stickin' closer behind me." "Yeah, we saw him and the posse down below." "Morgan, Abe and Link jailed." " What in blazes for?" " Obstructing justice." "So he called it." "It's alright, Sam." "Town was on their side." "He had to let them out the next day." "Dean still a little jumpy not knowing where you fellas are." "What's the matter, d'you think we'll sue him?" "Whatever he thinks it's got him plenty worried." "He's taken every cent the bank can spare out of Abilene by Dodge City Stage." "When?" "He hadn't pulled out when I left." "He's right, we're gonna sue him." " Let the pack horse go." " What are you gonna do?" "Stop the stage." "Hold court in the middle of the road." "We'll get that money back." " Here's where we separate." " I'm going with you." "No, you've taken enough chances for us already." "The money is not your responsibility." " No, Sam, I..." " Bye, Calamity." "If that's the way you want it..." "That's the way I want it." "Come on out." "Cut the horses loose and get Thunderbolt." " Get the box." " There isn't any strong box." " Not here." "Where is he?" " Inside." "Get it." "He left most of it." " Did you notice the fancy gun he had?" " Yeah." "You better round up the horses." "I wanna get to town." "We could have had our ranch out of that box." "No, Joel, no." "Even if this thing comes out, people'll know that we took back only what he stole from us." "They'll be on our side." "We wouldn't want 'em to think we robbed a stage dishonestly." "That's one way of putting it." "We'll send the money to Abe, Morgan and Link, so they can start up again." "And the ranchers will get theirs right on the barrelhead." "We still have our ranch, Joel, and hold up our heads in Denton." " Morning, Miss Egan." " Good morning." "Sam!" "Sam!" "What are you doing here?" " Don't you like what I'm doing here?" " Lf Will knew, he'd..." "I can't spend the rest of my life running away from your brother." "You don't even know." "About what?" "The "Wanted" signs from Abilene." "Murder and robbery for you and robbery for Joel and Dakota!" "It isn't true, is it?" "It can't be!" "You don't even know!" "I'll tell you all about it." "Then you make up your own mind." " Go on, Jim, tell us your big news!" " No, sir." "I'll wait for the sheriff." "Sure." "Fellow of Jim's standing in the community naturally wants to do business with the top man!" "That wasn't murder, Kathy." "Right was on my side." "And the 16,000 is all you took from the stage?" "Here it is, right here." "Every last cent of it, except what belonged to Joel and Dakota." "I'm giving the ranchers, Abe, Morgan and Link, theirs with my own hands, to make sure there's no slip-up." "We're going to go to Will." "You'll give yourself up, have a trial, clear your name..." "It is clear." "Don't you believe me?" "It's clear to you and to me." "To the town you're guilty and you will be until you've had a trial." "I don't care what the town thinks!" "You do, Sam, and so do I." "What do you want out of life, Sam?" "Is it still to settle down someplace on your own ranch?" " Our ranch?" " I haven't changed my mind." "Nor have I, dear." "That's why we're going to Will and why we'll have a trial." "I shot in self-defense!" "I took back what they stole from me!" "Sam, you've got a choice to make." "I can't make it for you." "If you run now, you'll run as long as you live." "Not because of Abilene, but because you'll be hunted." "Because you'll have to hide." "Like an animal from cover to cover until you become an animal yourself!" "I love you very much." "All right." "All right." "Let's get it over with." "You take care of the money." "Get it to the right men." "Here's the list." "Abe 2,800, Link 2,100." "Wilson, 976..." "I guess that does it." "All right, Bass." "If it isn't sheriff Egan, enforcing the law!" "Let that money alone!" "Kathy'll get it back where it belongs." "I'll take care of that." "When you hear the whole store, you'll agree that Sam's innocent." " That's for a jury decide." " That's exactly what Sam wants." "He was on his way to your office." "Sorry, I get paid for being a sheriff, not a mind-reader." "Come on, Sheriff." "Let's get going before the tax-payers start complaining." "Joel and Dakota are waiting for me." "I'll explain it to them." "It's all right, honey." "I won't be long." "How long do you think it'll take to get us a trial?" "Couple of months, maybe." "Couple of months?" "You can pick up a jury around here in a couple of hours!" "It wouldn't do much good." "You're gonna be tried in Abilene." " Abilene!" " You can't send us to Abilene." "Dean runs that town!" "We won't get a fair trial there!" "The murder was committed in Abilene, that's where a trial has to be held!" "That's a low a trick as a man can pull, Egan." "If we'd know that, we'd never have given ourselves up." "Listen to me, Sam." "I'm not gonna admit I like you, but I don't believe in railroading." "The law says that the trail has to be held in Abilene." "If I can do anything to change it, I give you my guarantee I will." "I had guarantee once on a two-dollar gun." "Aimed it at a flock of wild ducks overhead;" "the blamed thing shot my big toe off!" "I don't hold much for guarantees!" "But it's the money for our cattle!" "It belongs to us!" " Why can't we get it back?" " There's no proof it's yours." "From what I understand, there is!" "Sam left a list." "That doesn't make it legal." "Until the Court decides the owner," " it stays in my safe." " Sheriff." " A lady's waiting for you at the jail." " It's not the end of this." "It wasn't Kathy's fault." "She didn't know the trial would be in Abilene." "You may be right, but I doubt it." "Jail's a heck of a place for a man with dependents." "Sam!" "That's my horse, all right." "I remember him now." "You rode him at the races here." " How did Bass get him?" " Stole him." "To make his getaway after the killin'." "I'd like to see him again!" " He's still here, luckily." " Good." "Couple of fine lady-friends you have!" "You still think the other one believed what she was sayin'?" "Will you swear out a warrant?" "You bet I'll swear out a warrant for him!" "Get goin'!" " I don't know why you keep doin' this." " Don't you?" "Head for the hills." "I'll find you there." "Thanks." "Thanks for everything." "You have a way with horses." "I have a way with sheriffs." "Sam." "Another one of them "Wanted" signs." "Why, thunder!" "You ain't worth much, air yuh?" "Come on." "This is no place for us." "I'm not gonna just curl up and die." "And I figured you fellows might feel the same way." "We'll live the only way they'll let us live!" "There's a railroad stop right here just made for us." "That doesn't have to go for you three." "You make up your own minds." "Morgan?" "You can count me in." "Abe?" "All right, me too." "Well, Link, thought about it yet?" "As I see, Abe and Morgan and me are worse off than you." "At least the Sheriff wants you." "Nobody wants us." "All in." " That's about the size of it." " No quite size enough." "Hello, Sam." "How did you find us?" "You don't think a famous man like you can go ridin' round without bein' recognized." " That farmer yesterday..." " That fella in the Waco store." "I didn't like the way he looked at us." "Don't worry, if people didn't think you were in the right," "Dean woulda had you a long time ago." "Now about that railroad train..." "I told you a long time ago that's not your responsibility." "I tried to tell you a long time ago that it is." "You're bein' here in the first place is my responsibility." "Your mare's poisoning'..." " What do you mean you're responsible?" " Sam!" "I happened to be in the bank when Joel came in." "When I heard whose horse he was betting' on," "I told those two sharpers that they'd been tricked by a better man." " I didn't think..." " You didn't think they'd kill Kathy." "But they did." "They murdered her!" "Sam..." "Dean got the money back from that girl's brother." "It wasn't her fault." "I betrayed you to Dean." "She betrayed you to her brother, guess there's not much difference between the two of us." "There's a difference." "Yes, there is, a great difference." "I knew you needed me." "I found out where you were and I came to you." "I'm here with you, Sam." "I'll always be with you as long as you need me." "Be right with you, lady." "Wait a minute." "Here, here." "Sit down." "What's the matter?" "What's the matter?" "There's a train..." "Goes through here at 21:10." "Yes, ma'am, the Fast Express." "San Francisco to Omaha, but it don't stop here." "Could you flag it for me?" "Wait a minute!" "I can't do that, I'd lose my job." "Please!" "You'll have to excuse me now, I've got to..." " He can wait." " But..." "You can't flag that train down for the lady?" "All right, Dakota." "Come on, open up!" "If I shoot, you might get hurt." " Open up the safe." " I don't know the combination." " Maybe I can help you to remember." " I give you my word." "I don't know." "Leave him alone." "If he knew, he would have told you." " How much is there?" " Chicken feed." "Maybe 400 dollars and some silver." " What's in these?" " I'm not sure, maybe machine castings." "Castings?" "In a box like this?" " Big haul, Marshall." " Brings the Government down on him." "But you don't know that it was Sam." "We're pretty sure, Miss Egan." "We're very sure." "The baggage man described him." "He was excited." "He'd been seeing descriptions of Sam on posters." "But there's no mistaking that woman Bass has got with him." "It isn't fair..." "Woman?" "What woman?" "Calamity Jane." "She's been with him ever since he left here." "She was hiding out someplace nearby when he was in the store telling you how much he wanted to marry you." "She got him away." "No, it isn't true!" "Sam and I..." "It isn't true." "I'm sorry, Miss Egan." "Sam..." "Sam couldn't..." "Excuse me, please." "Well..." "This is kinda tough on you." "Kathy thought he'd marry her." "We took her in from the first day." "She's not the only one." "That's why he's hard to catch." " He's got a lot of friends." " Not around here." "Not very far from here." "Oh, I didn't mean Kathy." "You know how ranchers felt when you sent that money back to Dean." "Strangely enough, Dean never got it, he was killed in a shooting scrape." "The Court said the money belonged to Dean or his family." "The ranchers feel Bass played square and you stopped him." "They're gonna stand in back of him." "For 2,600 dollars somebody's apt to move away from behind him." " He might get shot." " Well, let's hope so." "You know I always stuck up for Sam, but Will's right." "He's no good anymore." "If he was half a man, he would have stood trial like he promised, instead of running." " He must have had a reason." " There's no reason good enough." "Now he's gallivanting around with that Calamity Jane." "Honey, he isn't worth of one of those tears." "It's no use, Lucy..." "I don't care what you say about him." "If Sam would come back now, I'd forgive him everything." "He's not coming back, Kathy." "So stop thinking about him." "Sam was bad from the beginning." "Anything could've brought it out." " In this case, it was the mare." " That's not true." "When a man loves a horse, like Sam did, he can't stand for it to be hurt;" "he'd do anything for it." "I can't stop thinking, if they hadn't killed that mare of his, things would have been different, he would be here now." "Take my word for it, Gordon, every outlaw has a weakness." "With Sam Bass it's a horse." "All you have to do is to tell him the mare is alive and in my corral." " His curiosity will do the rest." " I couldn't find him, Sheriff." "One day he's in the hills, next day, some place on the border..." "It's a standing joke that everybody knows where Sam Bass is hiding out." "Except the law." "It shouldn't be too hard to ask around and find out." "But no one's cross Mr. Bass." "He'd killed me if he suspected I was leadin' him into a trap." "He may not believe me." "If he doesn't go for the horse story, the 2,600 dollar reward money will make you find another way of trapping him." "I don't wanna force you into anything." "Forget that I talked to you." "Well... 2,600 dollars is a lot of money." "Want a hand, Sam?" "I wish we'd get out of this place." "Sam knows this country." "He got friends here." "There are lots of other places I got friends that'll stand back on me and him too." " Friends aren't any worry." " I want to get back to work." "Let me alone!" "I'm not doin' anything." " You know me, Mr. Collins." " It's only Jim Gordon, Abe." " Mr. Bass." " He was sneaking around the camp." "I wasn't sneakin', I swear it." " I was lookin' for you." " He's harmless." "Let him go." "What do you want, Jim?" " The Denton Mare's back." " The Denton Mare?" " You're lying." " I swear I'm not, give me a chance." "I saw her with my own eyes." " You saw the Denton Mare?" " Sheriff has her." "He said you ran away too fast back in Abilene." "The mare wasn't dead." "The vet pulled her thru." "Egan bought her." "He's got her in his corral." " Where are you going?" " I'm gonna find out for myself." " No, Sam!" "You can't do it." " Don't tell me what I can't do." " How well do you know the Denton Mare?" " Know her?" "What do you mean?" "Would you stake your life that the horse you saw is Sam's?" "My life?" " I'll go with Mr. Bass." " No, you won't." "You'll stay here!" " And if your judgment's wrong..." " But Sheriff said..." "I have seen her race, but it's been a long time." "There was somethin' funny about Egan, the way he smiled." "I believe this gentleman's right, and this lady." "I wouldn't put it beyond Egan to play a trick like that." " Shall I get rid of him?" " I was trying to help you." "Don't kill me." "You can't blame him for bein' taken in by Egan." "I was myself, once." "If it hadn't been for Calamity, I'd been hanged the Abilene jail by now because Will Egan took me in." "He's all right." "Put your gun away." "You know, I always been your good friend." " Maybe I ought to go and see that horse." " No, you oughtn't." "I wouldn't try to stop you if it was just you." "You could be puttin' the noose around all of our necks!" "You stay here with us." "Join this band?" "I..." " Gentlemen..." " Here's what Sam means:" "If it turns out you're all right, we'd like to have you with us." "If it turns out there's somethin' wrong, we'd like to have you with us too." "You'll do better here with us than on that scrubby farm of yours." "There's a bank at Round Rock." "One bank I'm thinkin' of..." "The big ranchers put their deposits there." " No!" " Why not?" "Listen to me, Sam." "We didn't get into this business because we liked it or wanted to!" "We gotta stop now while we got the chance." "We haven't get the chance!" "If we had, it wouldn't make any difference!" " We get 30.000 dollars." " That's not a patch on what we'll have." "But it's more than any of us over lost!" "We could change our names, the men could go their own ways!" "The boys don't seem to like your idea." "But you can change your name go your own way, nobody's stopping you!" "Is that what you want?" "Nobody's holding you here!" "First thing in the morning I'll go down Round Rock and size up the situation." "Thank you very much." "Hope to see you again, Mr. Ackerman." "You will, Mr. Sherman." "Thanks for the cigar." "Got a light?" " We're all set." " When?" "Next week." "Monday." "Saturday's the big deposit day." "Get your horse." "We're leaving." "Writing to the wife." "You should keep in touch with your family." "Quiet and peaceful." "We'll go to the creek, make camp, and tomorrow morning..." "Tomorrow morning we'll be 60 miles from here." "It's a shame to waste that quiet and peace." " We're gonna take that bank right now." " We can't." "It's Sunday." "We can't get in the bank." "The safe's locked!" "We'll get into the bank." "There's a trap door in the roof." "I guess we've got enough gunpowder among us to open safe." "Calamity, you go to the edge of town and wait." "When we get through, we'll ride and give you what we've got." "Then we'll leave town, one by one." "They won't know we've been around until tomorrow morning." "You all know where to meet." "Go ahead." "You follows come with me." "I'll spot my men around town tonight." "I want no slip-ups tomorrow." "But Mr. Ackerman is such a friendly man." "Mr. Ackerman and Sam Bass are the same." "We're not making a mistake." "Now you understand what we expect of you?" "Go to the church." "Get the men down here." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Gordon." "I told him what would happen if he tricked us!" "Wait till they get inside and we'll get 'em in a bunch!" "If we can't stop them, the men at the church will came at the first shot." "Take cover now." "Let the others in." "Come on." "I'm supposed to wait outside stand guard." "Dakota can stand guard." "Sam doesn't want you out here." "This is one time when him and I agree." "Gimme your coat!" "I wouldn't do that, Sam!" " Egan!" " Those locks are expensive." "Drop those guns!" "You too!" "I warned you!" "I swear they changed their plans!" "Believe me, I didn't know..." " You dirty scum!" " Mr. Bass..." "Come on!" "Come on!" "There goes two of our horses." "We're not goin' anyplace." "They still got lead to waste." " And men." " In an hour it'll be too dark to shoot." "They'll still be there in the morning." "Time is on our side." "I better try and speed up time." "I'll go around to the other side." "Sam!" "Sam." "You know, Calamity?" "I wish I'd gone down there when Jim told me about the Denton Mare." "Even though he was a rat," "I wish I'd seen for myself." "While I still could that's fool talk, isn't it?" " No." " Sure it is." "Just the same," "I'd like to know." "Take me there, please." "They've still waitin' down there, Sam." "We couldn't get through." "Please." "It don't make any difference now I guess." "It's dark enough." "We'll try leavin' by the other side." "If we can." "Try to get up, Sam." "Go back to your homes, boys." "Thanks." "We had them barricaded on a hill." "When we got up there this morning, Joel was dead." "But Sam slipped out during the night with that Calamity." " Then he's alive." " Well..." "We're here, Sam." "You can't fool a man on his own horse." "You know..." "I had a funny dream, it must have been last night." "I don't remember when it was." "Here we are on our ranch... our own horse." "I don't remember when." "I don't know when it was I had that dream" "Sam, don't try to talk." "I dreamed I went away and there was a girl, a different girl." "You've got to know, you've got to know you're the only one I ever loved..." "The only one I ever cared for." "Even in my dreams, the only one..." "Sam!" "Subripped by Tantico (Croatia) January 2011"