"Let´s go, Buster." "Beer." "And a bottle." "Ain´t much good." "It´s all there is." "Will you want anything else?" "Just a peaceful hour to drink it in." "Flea-bitten range bums don´t usually stop in Lago." "Life here´s a little too quick for ´em." "Maybe you thinkyou´re fast enough to keep up with us, huh?" "A lot faster than you´ll ever live to be." "Yes, sir?" "A shave and a hot bath?" "That´ll be 90 cents." "Cash." "What I mean to say is that the 90 cents usually comes fi rst... but, hell, it don´t really matter." "Before or after, what´s the diff?" "Eau de lilac´s only ten cents more." "Lilac water." "The ladies love it." "Shall we make it an even dollar?" "No." "Right you are, gentlemen." "Be right with you." "Just have a chair." "You don´t like our company?" "What´s the matter with you?" "I´m speaking´ to you, pig shit." "I think he´s got some ofthat pig shit in his ear." "I don´t know which smells worse, him or the shit in the bottle." "What did you say your name was again?" "I didn´t." "No." "I guess you didn´t at that, did you?" "Why don´t you watch where you´re going?" "Look at this." "It´s ruined." "There´s no need for all that." "All what?" "Ifyou want to get acquainted, why don´t you just say so?" "Acquainted?" "You´d be amusing ifyou weren´t so pathetic!" "Just a minute." "I´m not fi nished with you yet." "At a distance, you´d almost pass for a man." "But you´re certainly a disappointment up close, aren´t you?" "To your feet, ma´am." "They´re almost as big as your mouth." "You know what you are?" "Just trash." "A bottle ofwhiskey for courage and the manners ofa goat." "You´re the one who could use a lesson in manners." "Not from you, whiskey breath." "Let go of me." "Let go!" "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "Put me down!" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "My horse." "A room." "Would you like to register, please, sir?" "Somebody, please help me." "Help me!" "Damn you all to hell!" " Good morning." "Sleep well?" " Yeah." "Say, are you planning to stay, keep your room another night?" " I´ll let you know." " All right." "Anything you say." "Mornin´." " I´ve still got a bath coming." " Hot bath comin´ right up." "Yes, sir." "Put some more hot water in that tub." "This gentleman wants a bath." "You can hang your clothes right down there on the peg." " Miss Peekins does a nice" " I´m sorry." " Right this way, captain, sir." "Unless´n you want Mordecai to take ´em out while you´re soaking´..." "Miss Peekins does a right clean boiled wash." "Uses lye for pants rabbits, she does." "No itch, no scratch." "Pour the water, Mordecai, before it gets cold." "We want the gentleman to be comfortable." "I´ve been wantin´ to talk to you." "I might as well get this stool here... and set right down and do it, huh?" "Ifthat´s all right with you, huh?" "What it´s about is Billy Borders." "Don´t know the man." "You missed your chance, ´cause you shot him yesterday." "Him and Ike Sharp and Fred Morris." "You know, those isjust the names in case you´re interested." "Well, I´m not really interested, Sheriff." "I can´t say I blame you." "Billy, he wasn´t a loved man, no." "He didn´t have much personality." "What he did have was all bad, just bad." "What you´re tryin´ to say is there´s no charge, right?" ""Forgive and forget." That´s our motto." "You dirty bastard!" "I´ll kill you!" "Damn it, Callie!" " Callie, damn it!" " Let go of me, you fat lug!" "Stop" " Ouch!" "Tell him I´d appreciate it... if he doesn´t leave town until I talk to him." "Goddamn it!" "I´ll kill you!" "I wonder why it took her so long to get mad?" "Because maybe you didn´t go back for more." "It don´t seem to me that we got a choice." "Seein´ we got no time to send for help... and further seeing´ that our sheriff´s about as much use... as tits on a boar." "Sorry I´m late." "Anything happen?" "No, no." "His Honour´s had the floor." "In case you hadn´t heard, Stacey Bridges and the Carlin brothers..." " are due to get out ofjail today." " They comin´ here?" "That´s their plan according to reports." "No reason to believe they´ve changed it." "Possibly they´ve repented their ways." "Preacher, they´re gonna burn this town to the ground, and you know it." "What we´re talking about now is a way to stop them." "We´ve got to fi nd that way now, and quick." "Nevertheless, my conscience will not allow me to be a party... to the hiring ofa professional gunfi ghter." "Maybe you´d like to go out there and stand them offyourself, Preacher." "I´m just a simple man of God." "It´s time we unsimplified you, Reverend." "Borders, Morris and Short were professional gunfi ghters... on the payroll ofthe Lago Mining Company... to protect our interests and the interests ofthis town... which are identical." "They stood around drinking beer and looking snotty for a full year." "Then one day before we actually needed the bastards... they managed to get themselves killed." "So ifyou´ve got a suggestion, we´d be delighted to hear it." "Otherwise, take your conscience elsewhere... while we think about saving your ass." "Land sakes!" "Where´s time gone to?" "Miss Peekins´ eldest is feeling poorly." "I promised" "Ifyou gentlemen will excuse me?" "Well, we were talkin´ about hiring´ a gunfi ghter." "But we don´t know anything about that fella there." "We know he took the best we could fi nd to hire like Grant took Vicksburg." "Yeah, with a hidden gun in his lap." "Three for three." "One right between the eyes!" "Goddamnedest shooting I ever even heard of." "I still say we´re asking for trouble!" "What do we know about him?" "Who is he?" "Where does he come from?" "You´ve got our permission to go and ask him." "Although the last three that tried that didn´t fare all that well." "Let me out!" "Damn you!" "Let go of me, you fat slug!" "Let go of me!" "Get off me!" "Hey, come here." "What is this?" "I wasjust down there sounding´ out that stranger..." " when she come in blasting´ away like" " All right, Sam." "You´re gonna let him get away with this?" " Be a little patient, will ya?" " Patient?" "When a man´s used to having his own way... you let him have it until he goes too far." "Just what do you consider goin´ too far?" "Isn´t forcible rape in broad daylight a misdemeanour in this town?" "There´s too much at stake to throw away on hysterics now." "Hysterics?" "I can remember some hysterics one night not too long ago." "Callie, keep your mouth shut!" "Morgan, get her out of here." "I´ll see you later." "Not while that squinty-eyed son ofa bitch is still breathing!" "You wonder ifthere´s a man left in this town!" "I mean, one honest-to-God man with a full set of balls!" "Well... why not?" "´Cause I´m not a gunfi ghter." "Well, don´t get fact mixed up with stupid." "Besides, I have nothing against these men." "Who´d you say they are?" "Stacey Bridges and his cousins, the Carlin boys." "They worked for the company." "What you call "troubleshooters."" "Just like those three you done in yesterday... except when they was here before, there was lots oftrouble." "And they took care of it too... except they got too damn big for their britches." "Started pushing´ people around and takin´ over the town..." " and we had to" " Had to what?" "We had to take them into custody, that´s what." "I clapped the old bracelets on them myself." "Hey, you won´t be wantin´ that slab of pie, will ya?" "You know what happened, friend?" "They stole a golden ingot out ofthe mining office... and they hid it under the floorboard ofthe shack that they lived in." "Kind ofcareless of´em, wasn´t it?" "Does a mining company usually leave gold ingots lying´ around like that?" "That does seem a bit peculiar." "Matter offact, Stacey kept bringing that up at the trial all the time... saying that he was being railroaded." "That´s why they´re mad at us." "I´ll tell you what you can do, Sheriff." "What?" "When those boys come back to town... you just clap the bracelets right on ´em." "Me?" "I might have forgot to mention... they were all three passed out at the time." "Look, I´m no lawman." "Theyjust hung this thing on me... when that young Marshal Duncan was killed." "You know he was whipped to death right here in this street." "Bullwhipped." "Damnedest thing I ever saw." "Why would anybody want to do a thing like that?" "I don´t know." "It wasn´t anybody from this town anyhow." "How do you know?" "This is a good town and these are good people." "Look, friend, we sure would like it ifyou´d help us with our problem." "Only problem you´ve got is a short supply of guts." "You people don´t need me." "Look." "Place a couple of good riflemen on top ofthat building." "Maybe a couple more with shotguns down behind grain bags over there." "A few more on this roof here." "A lookout up there in the tower." "Maybe a rifleman." "That should take care of it." "Well, what would it take to see that through?" "The ambush." "What would it cost us?" "Sheriff, I don´t know if I really like this town that much." "This is a God-fearin´ town." "These are God-fearin´ people." "You like ´em, you save ´em." "What ifwe offered you anything you want?" "Anything?" "Unlimited credit." "That´s what it means." "An open charge account with no reckoning´." "What His Honour´s trying to say is... you got yourself a free hand in this town." " Any damn thing I want, huh?" " Yeah." "Go on." "Help yourself." "Help yourself!" "Go ahead." "It´s my pleasure." "Yes, sir." "Anything you want that´s here... as best as we can get it foryou, we will." "Even if it´s some little squaw or Mex... to keep your bed warm at night." "Hey, you!" "Keep your sticky fi ngers off them blankets... and keep them kids under control." "Goddamn savages." "And besides, about handling´ that ambush... everybody in town, more or less, is at your orders." "Here you go." " No, no." " Tell him it´s all right." "It´s all right." "Anything I want, huh?" "How´s that feel?" "Not bad." "I´ll take ´em." "All right, that´s three pairs of hand-stitched boots... and a tooled belt with silver buckle." "That´ll be-- five and two, carry the nine-- that comes to exactly" "No charge." "Come on, now." "I´d like to get all these people a drink." "Yes, sir." "One round for the house." "There you are." "This gentleman here´s buying a round for the house." "No fair." "I ordered one too." "Don´t I get a glass of beer?" "You get a glass of beer right there." "Coming up." "There we are." "Now, that´s one round for the house, sir." "Anything else?" "Get yourselfsomething." "Thankyou very kindly, sir." "I´ll have a cigar." "And smoke it later." "Now, including the smoke, that comes to about $8.50." "There´s no charge, Lutie." "You was at the meeting." "Anything he wants in this town, he gets." " You voted on it." " I didn´t know that meant free whiskey." "Everybody´s got to put somethin´ in the kitty." "Right?" "Right." "About time this town had a new sheriff." "I´m the sheriff?" "I´m the sheriff!" "I´m sorry, Sam... but you looked so comical when he put your badge on the runt." "I´m not a runt anymore." "I´m the sheriff." " And the mayor." " And I´m the mayor." " Any objections?" " No." "No, that´s fi ne." "I´m the mayor." "I´m the sheriff." "No more "Mordecai, bring the water." "Mordecai, take the laundry." "Clean up the mess."" "Hot damn!" "I´m gonna declare a holiday." "Hot damn!" "Wait a minute." "I can´t be a sheriff if I don´t have a gun." "Is this about the size gun you´re lookin´ for?" "No, that one." "That´ll do." "Whatever this gent wants, he´s to have." "Orders of Mr Drake and Mr Allen." "I want every man in the regiment to have one ofthese nice rifles." "What regiment?" " The City of Lago Volunteers." " Never heard of´em." "You ought to." "You´re in it." "So are you, you and all ofyou out there." "I want you all out in the street in ten minutes for drill." "Well, that´s that." "Bridges, you Carlin boys... don´t forget your tickets back here to my little hotel." "And don´t worry-- they ain´t loaded." "What about our horses?" "We had three good animals." "What do you thinkyou´ve been eatin´ the last six months?" "Damn him!" "I didn´t eat my own horse!" "That slop he fed us wasn´t our horses." "Hejust stole ´em and sold ´em!" " Shut up." " That´s what he done!" "When we get to Lago, you can have the mayor´s horse." "Fried or barbecued." "Well, I guess we walk some." "Old Drake and Allen don´t seem to have remembered." "They´ll remember." "One way or another, they´ll remember." "All right." "You don´t want to get shot." "You don´t want your shops or houses burned." "You don´t want your women touched." "You don´t want anything to happen." "Except you´re afraid to do anything about it." "Oryou don´t know how." "Shit!" "Fire!" "I don´t remember lending my wagons to be shot up... by those goddamned fools out there." "You´re gonna look awfully silly with that knife sticking up your ass." "Fire!" "Pull those triggers!" "Come on!" "You still here?" "No, I wasjust goin´." " Damn!" "Can you do that every time?" " Damn right he can." "We´re not gonna have a thing in the world to worry about." "This is gonna be a picnic!" "All right, keep ´em after it, huh?" "You men carpenters?" "Sí, senor." "We do rough fixings." "Could you make some big tables that a lot of people could sit?" " Like for a church picnic?" " Exactly." "Well, you could use sawhorses and one-by-twelvers." "Could you have them ready for me by tomorrow morning?" " Ifwe have the lumber." " You´ll have the lumber." "Come on with me." " You really planning´ a picnic?" " Any objection?" "No, just it´s the damnedest thing I ever heard of." " You haven´t heard the funny part." " What´s that?" "You´re furnishing the beer and whiskey." " Preacher." " Good morning, Brother Belding." " Mrs Lake wasjust asking about you." " How is the dear old soul?" "She´s chipper as a jaybird." "I don´t know how she does it." "She´s got the strength of her faith, Brother Belding." "Praise God." "The strength of her faith." "Too bad about your barn." "Termites?" "There´s nothing wrong with my barn." "It´s sound as a dollar." "How come those two Mexs is tearin´ it down?" "What?" "What do you greasy bastards thinkyou´re doing to my barn?" "Exactly what I told ´em." "We´re requisitioning your barn, Belding." "Any objection?" "You men can go back to work." "Would you mind tellin´ me what the hell´s goin´ on here?" "You can help out too." "You want me to help you tear down my barn?" "Wait a minute." "Maybe he´d be better use if he´d help us collect... the few little items we´re still missing." "Items?" "What items?" "What for?" "You got the list, Sheriff." "Read it to him." "We still need 35 bedsheets... one barbecued steer... and 200 gallons of red paint." "Red paint?" "We´re counting on you for the bedsheets." " Is there anything else?" " Yes, there is." "How long´s it gonna take you to get everybody out ofyour hotel?" " What?" " Everybody out." " How long is it gonna take?" " I just can´t" "I got eight people living in rooms up there in my hotel." "Where are they gonna go?" "Out." "You know better´n to walk in a man´s camp and" "What the hell is goin´ on?" "Well, Stacey, it looks like we got three fresh horses." "Wait a while." "He´s got him some snappy duds." "Faster!" "Fire!" "Pull that trigger!" " Any improvement?" " Some." "Lew and I were thinking." "Maybe we were hasty in our decision." "What do you mean?" "Maybe we don´t need any outside help to solve our problem." "Hell, Dave, maybe we don´t even have a problem." "Every man that ever got sent up... went away saying he´d come back and get even, right?" "But can you actually remember anyone ever comin´ back and doin´ anything?" "I can´t think ofone." "Can you?" "You want to get rid ofthe gunfi ghter, is that it?" "Dave, we´ve got to before it´s too late." "He´s making a mock ofthis whole town." "Making that little dwarf the sheriff." "Kickin´ my own people out of my own hotel." "Got halfofthe women in town sewing bedsheets together." "Got those Mexicans down there building long picnic tables." "Lutie Naylor barbecuin´ a whole damn steer." " Some kind ofa picnic." " Right here in our own town." " Sounds pretty good to me." " What do you mean?" "It sounds like a good idea bringing´ everything out in the open." "This whole thing´s all for nothin´." "They´re probably all three blind drunk in some Nogales whorehouse." "Well, ifthey´re dead drunk in Nogales, we´ll know in 24 hours." "Surely we can put up with the man for one more day." "No." "He´s got this whole town so people are turnin´ on each other." "What´s the matter, Morgan?" "Anybody special turn on you?" " You want to spell that out, Drake?" " Spell it yourself." "I´m not gonna jeopardize everything I´ve built here... because some blond bitch in heat threw you out of bed." " Don´t talk to me that way!" " I´ll talk to you any way I like!" "I´ll say what I have to say while I´m running this company." "Say it, but you could listen once in a while yourself!" "What´s the matter?" "Not gettin´ your fair share ofthe profits?" "It´s not the profits." "This whole business has gone sour... since that deal with that former marshal, Duncan." "We had no choice in that matter and you know it." "The big mistake was hiring that man Duncan in the fi rst place." "You did that all by yourself." "Quiet!" "Shut up." "We can trust one another." "This whole town had a hand in what happened." "Why do you think Bridges and the Carlin brothers... kept their mouths shut all this time?" "Same reason everybody else did in this town." "One hangs, we all hang." "Now, you just grit your teeth a little bit longer." "The gunfi ghter stays till I say otherwise." "You understand?" "There it is, just like he said." "That stranger´s got everybody turning´ on everybody." "Being put out in the middle ofthe night!" "That man!" "Right here." "Folks, put your bags right here in the wagon." "All right, folks." "Just put your bags in the wagon." " What´s going on here?" " What the hell does it look like?" "They´re emptying my whole hotel." "Throwing out paying´ guests, right into the street... just to make room for our new guardian angel." "He likes to be by himself, more or less." "You can see who´s runnin´ our town now." "He´s sitting right over there, Mr Belding." "Ifyou don´t like it... why don´t you just go over there and tell him he can´t?" "Mordecai... someday soon someone´s going to step on your scrawny neck, you lizard." "When they do, you´re going to be nothing but" "See here... you can´t turn all these people out into the night." "It is inhuman, brother." "Inhuman!" "I´m not your brother." "We are all brothers in the eyes of God." "All these people, are they your sisters and brothers?" "They most certainly are!" "Then you won´t mind ifthey stay at your place, will ya?" "All right, folks, let´s go." "Put your bags here." "Friends, don´t worry." "We shall fi nd haven foryou in our own homes... and it won´t cost you one cent more than regular hotel rates." "That´s ridiculous." " My room ready?" " Two connecting rooms." "The best in the hotel." "One for entertaining your many new friends in town... and one for sleeping... ifyour conscience lets you sleep." " I sleep just fi ne, ma´am." " Is that so?" "You care to see foryourself?" "You tell Mrs Belding there´ll be two for supper." "I like chicken, fried." "And anything else?" "Best bottle ofwine in town." "Remember:" "He won´t be around forever, you little" "Marshal." "Help me, please." "Help me." " What are you doing?" " Let go!" "You´ve got to stop this!" "Let go of me!" "Damn you all to hell." "How did you get in here?" "You had your chance and you missed it." "You´re hurting me." "What do you want?" "Just a little pleasant female company for supper." " You know what you are?" " What?" " You´re an animal." " You have a way of bringing that out." "Thankyou, but I don´t eat with dogs." "You might, if it´s a dog that runs the pack." " Give me halfan hour to get ready." " You´re ready right now." "I could be readier." "Halfan hour." "You know, actually, I eat like a bird." "I´ve got it!" "I knew that old bastard Hobart had it in a hole under the store." " Look." "But I got it." " Yeah, all the way from France." "Stick a bent knife in that, get the cork out." "Do you have any special request for dessert?" "No, I´ve already taken care ofthat." "Can´t fix that without a blacksmith or a vet." "Maybe both." "It´ll be hell fi nding´ either one out here." "I´ll tell you something, Stace." "I think we´ve been pushin´ too hard." "Like as not, all three ofthese horses could have come up lame." "I feel pretty lame myself, not being on a horse 1 2 months in thatjail." "Back off, Cole." "Maybe we ought to leave you and the horse here." "Now, Stace, I didn´t mean nothin´." "He can ride double with me until we come across somebody." " We´ll all need fresh animals." " All right!" "But quit cryin´ about it." "I´ll tell you what, though." "Soon as they fi nd those bodies... they´re going to have a huntin´ party out for us." "And I want time to take one year of my life out of Lago... before we move on." "How long is that going to take, you fi gure?" "A lifetime... for some of´em." "You´re out late, Mordecai." "Fornication and sins ofthe flesh." "That´s what´s going on under my roof right now while I´m talking to you." "That stranger has taken over my hotel... and thrown good, honest, decent folk out into the night." "Why didn´t you stop him, Lewis?" "You´ve got a gun." "Shut your fat mouth, Sam." "We´re tired of giving you money for doing an incompetentjob." " Don´t you talk to me that way!" " Gentlemen!" "Please!" "Look at us!" "Sweet God, look what´s happening to us!" "Right, it´sjust like the preacher says." "That stranger´s got everybody at each other´s throats." "He´s set himself up like a king." "He´s got you all snake-fascinated, every damn one ofyou." "This crazy picnic." "Two hundred gallons of blood-red paint." "It couldn´t be worse ifthe devil himself had ridden into Lago." "Welcome to Lago, you son ofa bitch." "Get out of here!" "God, what was that?" "I´m sorry." "Morg!" "Where are you going?" "Morg?" "Take me with you!" "You better take me with you!" "Where are you going?" "Don´t leave me here!" "He´ll kill me!" "Oh, no!" "My beautiful hotel." "They promised me they wouldn´t" "Ruined." "A total loss." "Didn´t even touch my store." "I want you to watch that pilfering." "I hold you responsible, Sheriff." "I´m not your goddamn sheriff." "I´ll need one, two-- two up there." "I´ll need four boxes from you... and shovels from you, so these people can dig the holes." "Well, I thought perhaps we could" " Right now!" " Yeah." "All right, everyone." "Was you here?" "Did you see anything?" "Somebody left the door open and the wrong dogs came home." "Get the shovel, will ya?" "I hope you´re not going to blame us for Morgan Allen´s stupidity... because the rest of us here have an agreement with you." "Right now I don´t feel too agreeable." "Well, maybe a little bonus will make you a little more appreciative." " How little?" " Five hundred a head." "Five hundred an ear?" "Done, done." "$3,000?" "You promised that son ofa bitch $3,000... after what he did to my hotel?" "Promising´s one thing." "Paying´s another." "He mayjust catch a bullet." "You and Lewis can grab shovels too." "I knew you were cruel, but I didn´t know how faryou could go." "You still don´t." "It doesn´t matter to you." "I don´t know where you´re going to sleep now." "Bodies everywhere." "All the rooms are ruined except for our room." "Wait." "Wait a minute." "Oh, no!" "Let go!" "Let go!" "Lewis!" "Lewis, don´tjust stand there." "Let go of me!" "Stop!" "Look, you don´t need me." "Let go!" "Let go of me!" " What are you going to do with those?" " Defend myself." "Against what?" "It´s no secret what you did to Callie Travers." " Did?" " The other day in the stable." "As I recall, she enjoyed that quite a bit." "I promise you, I won´t." " You flatteryourself, lady." " I flatter myself?" "I´d love to oblige you, but a man´s got to get his rest sometime." "Oblige me?" "But ifyou come back in about a half hour..." "I´ll see what I can do, all right?" "Why, you low-down, stinking, son ofa" "Have you ever heard the name Jim Duncan?" "I´ve heard a lot ofthings." "Why?" "He was town marshal here." "He´s lying out there in an unmarked grave." "They say the dead don´t rest without a marker ofsome kind." "Do you believe that?" " What makes you think I care?" " I don´t know." "He´s the reason this town´s afraid ofstrangers." "I was going to warn you about that." "Pretty funny." "What´s funny?" "You ask me that in a blown-up hotel... with seven dead men to your credit already?" "I wasjust stopping by for a bottle ofwhiskey... and a nice hot bath." "All right." "Ifyou say so." "You don´t believe me?" "Mister, whateveryou say is fi ne with me." "Be careful." "You´re a man who makes people afraid, and that´s dangerous." "It´s what people know about themselves inside... that makes them afraid." "I don´t know ifwe shouldn´t mark the grave somehow." "Sam?" "I don´t see any need." "Ain´t likely anybody´s gonna cry over ´em anyhow." "You know what to do." "Yes, sir, captain." "All right." "Everybody grab a brush and start in." "You mean, you want the whole place painted?" " Everything." " You can´t possibly mean the church." "I mean especially the church." "All right." "I´ll paint ifyou say we´ve got to... but when we get done, this place is gonna look like hell." "Hello, Lewis." "I want you to go to that meeting with me, Sarah." "It´s very important." "No." "Not now, not ever." "They are still your neighbours!" "Yes, they´re my neighbours, and they make me sick." "Hiding behind words like faith, peace and trust." "Good words." "Damn good words." " But we hid a murder behind them." " Will you never understand, woman?" "That wasn´t anything we wanted to do." "When Duncan found out the mine was on government property... it wasjust a technicality, really, but he was determined to turn us in." "Wouldn´t listen to reason." "Is that why?" " Is that really why it happened?" " Don´t you see, Sarah?" "They would have closed down the mine." "Do you know what would´ve happened to this town then?" "It would´ve been the end ofeverything we´ve worked on." "All of it, all of us." "And you too, wife." "Sometimes we have to do what´s necessary to do... for the good ofeverybody." " That´s the price of progress." " And what´s the price ofa human life?" "Askyour good friends ifthey know that." "Your damn conscience." "It´s sure taken a hell ofa while to botheryou." "I´m packing to leave, Lewis." "I won´t be coming back." "That´s Morg Allen, or what´s left of him." "Well, now, what´s he doing riding´ around like that?" "He´s come back to pay us back for some jail time that was rightfully his... only he don´t know it yet." "Stacey, help me." "My arm." "Help me." "Help me, Stacey." "I´m curious, Morg." "You helped them railroad us, and then you´ve got the balls... to come down here and ask us for a favour?" "Goddamn if I don´t admire you." "Do something about my arm, Stacey." "I am doing something, Morg." "I´m sitting here watching you bleed to death." "Things have changed in Lago." "You need me." "I gotta tell you about it." "From the looks ofyour arm, Morg... you´ve run your welcome out in Lago, and ours too." "The boys want to know how we´re gonna get 1 2 months´ back pay... and everything else that´s owed us?" " Stacey, for God´s sake." " No." "For our sake." "You can help us, and you can help yourselftoo." "Just give me the combination to that big iron box in your office... and me and the boys will sneak in there... real quiet like, take what´s ours... bring you the rest, or leave it there safe and sound." "First, ofcourse, we´ll fix up your arm... and set you over there in the shade... with a nice canteen full ofwater." "You no-good, worthless son ofa bitch." "You´re probably right about that." "Give me that combination, Morg." "I wouldn´t give you the combination to the gates of hell." "Dog!" "Sure had a lot of blood left in him, didn´t he?" "Two sticks ofdynamite will take care ofthat iron box anyway." "We don´t need him." " Dan, you hit?" " I don´t know." "I don´t think so." "Damn near tore my leg off!" " Who the hell is that?" " Must be Dave Drake." "What the hell did you hit?" " Keep shooting, damn it!" " He shot my ear off!" " Somebody up there´s playing games." " He shot my ear off!" "He could´ve shot your damn head off!" "Now get down!" "Dave, is that you?" "Come on out!" "We´ll settle this." "Morg was almost dead anyway from that arm!" "I just put him out of his misery!" "I´ll kill you!" "You son ofa bitch, I´ll kill you!" "Come down out ofthere, you bastard!" "I´ll cut your heart out!" "Don´t go up there." "There might be more dynamite." "I´ll kill him, whoever it was up there." "I´ll kill every man in Lago!" "The guests are on their way to the party." "Gather all the people together." "Right, captain!" "All right, men, get that sign up!" "Come on!" "They´re coming!" "All right, everybody, get a little move on!" "I want you up in that tower." "First sign ofdust, you ring the bell." "Are you sure this is gonna be all right?" "It´s gonna be all right." "He´s back!" "He´s here!" "It´s time to get ready." "What´s the matter with everybody?" "Wait´ll we gun ´em down." "All right, everybody, I think we´re expected outside." "I just hope that shooter we hired is feelin´ up to snuff." "Don´t worry." "He´ll be fi ne." "Let´s go." "Senor, can we come to the fiesta?" "No." "I want everybody to have plenty ofthose." "Ain´t it about time we got out there, huh?" "There´s plenty oftime." "But they´ll be here any damn minute." "I think Sam´s right." "We ought to." "What about after?" "What about after we do it?" "What do we do then?" "Then you live with it." "Where you gonna be?" "Are you gonna take the fi rst shot?" "Are you gonna get Stacey Bridges fi rst?" "Or maybe you´re gonna get all three by yourself?" " When are you gonna give the signal?" " I´m not." "You are." "You old people, move outta here!" "Here they come!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Get ´em!" "Don´t shoot!" "A party?" "Welcome-home party, huh?" "Well, here´s to your party." "Give me another bottle." "Give me another bottle!" " Well, now the party´s over." " Let go of me!" "Look what I found in the bushes!" "Stacey, it was always you." "That´s why Morg Allen hated you." "He knew how much I loved you." "Yeah, I bet you just cried yourself to sleep every night... thinking about me in that territorial prison." "But I did." "I really did!" "Yeah, well, I can see it all now." "You lying there in Morg Allen´s bed... just a-cryin´ and a-humpin´." "Oh, no!" "Give me that bottle." " Cole, go and get the horses ready." " You got it, Stace." "You´re going to take me with you, aren´t you?" "I can do better than you in a four-bit fancy house." " You still here?" " Goddamn right I´m still here!" "I wanna know who them sons of bitches was that ambushed us." "That´s what we´re gonna fi nd out right now." "Who are you?" "Don´t hit me!" "Don´t hit me, please!" "Come on, Stacey." "Let´s get outta here." "Shut up!" "Everybody out." "Everybody out!" " Out!" " Move!" "Go on." "Get out!" "Hurry up in there." "Move!" " Get in there." " Hold it right there!" "Dynamite!" "Stacey, the goddamn horses are gone!" "Go on." "Go on!" "Help me." "Help me!" "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "I´m just about done here." " I never did know your name." " Yes, you do." "Take care." "Yes, sir, captain."