"You've had your big day, laredo perkins," "And now I'll put you on that train back east." "But not for money." "For humanitarian reasons." "Hold it." "Don't try it, mister." "You're covered." "Well, I'm waiting." "Just ease yourself down, mister." "But mighty slow-like." "Now over here." "You keep them hands up wide." "Go right inside." "Move!" "Travis perkins, you put that thing down right now!" "Do you hear me, travis?" "Laredo." "Besides, what if he's one of amos saint's gang?" "Oh, fiddle." "Give me that gun!" "laredo, huh?" "Your name is travis." "And it just might not be so amusin'" "If you was the one who was saddled with 'im." "I'm sure it wouldn't." "If you knew what I had to put up with ever since he got here..." "You just wait a minute and I'll show you somethin'." "Look at this." "The brimstone kid." "That's a good one." "Half the trunk he brought from albany was filled with this." "He's my sister's boy." "She had 'im teaching' school at a young ladies' seminary." "What are you lookin' for?" "Mr. C. Palmer." "It ain't "mister." it's me." "Cynthia palmer." "Hey, you wouldn't be the fella from san francisco, would ya?" "Paladin?" "yes, ma'am." "Well, now, you took care of laredo..." "Um, travis real good." "But how you gonna make a whole town toe the mark?" "That the job you want me for?" "Yeah." "Town is cedar wells where I ship my cattle." "Last year, six of my men got cleaned at faro." "Two more of 'em were killed by amos saint and his people." "The foreman, while running' away from a purple tiger he seen," "Made a turn into a horse trough, broke his leg, and near drowned." "Sit down." "Thank you." "Where was the sheriff when all this was going on?" "Oh, they're so scared of amos saint and his people" "And so greedy for trail drive money." "They've run out every lawman ever set foot in that town." "Miss perkins, I don't know." "The idea of becoming sheriff..." "Oh, now, look." "I got me a sheriff already." "Bart reynolds." "What I'm hiring' you for is to go to cedar wells" "And see that he don't get run out before my herd gets there." "Oh, and..." "One other little thing." "I want you to take travis and board him on a train goin' east." "Oh, now..." "Now, don't say no." "I'm willin' to up the ante." "The thousand we agreed on and..." "And 200 more." "Uh, miss perkins, if I take travis along," "It won't be for the money." "It'd be for humanitarian reasons." "And the only condition on which I'll take him is that..." "This..." "Doesn't go along with us." "You know, paladin, my aunt's right." "I'm not man enough to do anything but go back and teach." "You really hate teaching?" "Well, not exactly, but..." "I got a lot of theories on how things should be taught." "For instance, take homer or shakespeare," "Battles and adventures, even ghosts." "I teach it as if it were fun instead of just with a ruler." "Why don't you do it?" "Oh, because I want something." "Something else." "I want just one day when..." "When people" "Listen to me as though they believed I was somebody." "Whatever happened, I'd never let go of that day." "That'd make it last a lifetime." "Well," "I suppose every man needs a day like that." "Well, let's get on with it." "You some of amos saint's gang?" "Well, hardly." "You're right or you'd have me shot dead by now." "If you're lookin' for a stage, why..." "Might be next week, might be next year." "Saint's gang shot the line up." "Ol' mr." "Reynolds been waitin' since yesterday." "Bart reynolds?" "Sheriff reynolds?" "You got business with me, mister?" "Well," "I had been hired to see that the good citizens of cedar wells" "Didn't ask you to resign." "But I guess I'm a..." "Little late for the election." "Miz palmer, huh?" "You can tell her I'd rather go back to jail" "Than spend another day in cedar wells." "What they need in that town is somebody so much worse" "Than the whole miserable grub of 'em," "They'll wish they had ten sheriffs." "I could try that." "They shoot to kill." "You ready to shoot your way in?" "They gotta be scared, mister." "What's wrong?" "You know, back at that ranch when you held a gun on me," "I believed it." "Till cynthia busted into it." "Well, cynthia's not here now and I am." "You want your day?" "That's fine." "Now all you need's a gun." "Mine's over there." "'tain't no good to me or anybody at all." "Oh, yes." "This one will do nicely." "Mm-hmm." "Laredo perkins," "School is about to begin." "Yee-hee!" "yee-hoo!" "Anybody killed out here?" "amos saint back in town?" "No." "Just a cowboy." "You mind taking your shootin' uptown a ways?" "We're playin' blackjack in here." "Mister, you put your fancy coat on." "Uh, n-n-now, just a minute here." "I'm gon' need me an undertaker along." "Yes, sir." "Everybody out!" "Beggin' your pardon, mister..." "Huh?" "But you're bound to get shot if you don't hightail it out." "Oh?" "This is amos saint's territory." "When he finds out there's another gunman around," "He ain't gonna like it." "Amos saint." "Now, you gentlemen all heard about laredo perkins?" "Last time he had one of his men get bumped into," "He burned the whole town right down to the ground." "What's going on?" "Don't nobody know who he is, mayor." "You better see to him." "And after he run the town council outta town," "He hung the mayor up by his toes." "That's what he done." "That's what he done." "¶" "Whoa." "Outta the way, cowboy." "Well, no." "Now, you two fellas gonna have to move." "The only man I ever stepped aside for was amos saint." "Amos saint?" "Now, undertaker, you go tell those two fellas" "That they better lay down there" "Because I gotta get way up on them steps" "And I don't feel strong enough to do it this mornin'." "He's one of laredo perkins' men." "Yee-hoo!" "We gotta get this town on a friendly basis." "Nobody having' any fun around here at all." "Oh!" "Ah." "Now, how's about havin' me a drink?" "I'll have a bottle here." "Lovely, just hold this bottle." "Everybody's gonna drink..." "Sit down!" "Mr. Undertaker, you get my friends a drink" "So they'll all be happy, too." "Yes, mister." "Mmm." "Sinful, you want a drink?" "Who is he?" "One of laredo perkins' men." "Some of the talk is, they took over amos saint's gang," "And they got a whole army in the hills." "Mmm." "N-now, boys," "Don't start anything." "Shut up!" "Drinks for everybody!" "Who's gonna pay?" "It's all on laredo perkins." "He may just buy this place, he doesn't decide to burn it down." "Throw him out." "Them two fellas just keep bumpin' into each other." "Ain't that the darndest thing you ever saw?" "I'm really glad to meet you, mr." "Perkins." "Oh, honey, I'm not laredo perkins." "I'm just a hired flunky works for him." "It's him!" "It's him!" "He's comin'!" "Laredo perkins is comin'." "He's comin'." "Laredo perkins is comin'?" "Well, now, let's everybody get up!" "Get up." "We're all goin' out and welcome ol' laredo perkins." "Yes, we're all goin' out there and welcome laredo perkins." "Come on, lovely." "Sinful." "Come on." "Everybody out!" "Come on!" "Come on." "Let's go." "Welcome to cedar wells." "Ask him not to bring the rest of his men into town." "If-if-if you could see your way clear, mr." "Perkins," "Not to bring your gang into town," "We-we'd sure appreciate it." "Ah!" "You gonna kill any of them today, laredo?" "Oh, depends." "Suppose the whole town chipped in" "And paid the other one to kill this one?" "Paladin?" "But who's gonna kill him?" "Well, now, mr." "Undertaker, maybe I got a solution for you." "You come over here." "Uh, j-just joshin', that's all." "I know where there's a sheriff." "The one you run out." "Maybe I can go and get that sheriff." "I sure am not gonna draw against that laredo perkins." "If I got that sheriff, I could turn laredo perkins in to him," "Provided none of you smart and clever people here in this town" "Are gonna try and steal that reward from me." "Is that the way we're gonna do it?" "Yes, that's the way." "You go and get me my horse, mr." "Undertaker." "Yes, sir." "Mm-hmm." "And you figure you killed more people than jesse james?" "Depends." "How 'bout billy the kid?" "Theodore thomas!" "Teddy, you get back into class." "I don't have to." "You tell her, laredo." "Tell me what?" "Well, I..." "These louts may be afraid of you, but I'm not." "I try to teach these children a decent respect for learning," "And then I have a killer undermine all my work." "I don't care what you do." "I won't take back a word of it." "It's..." "It's because of..." "Depraved animals like you there are saloons and dance houses" "And only a dirty old warehouse for a school!" "You don't understand." "I-I-I do." "Yes, I do." "Ain't you gonna kill her?" "No, no." "You run to the gold chance and tell 'em" "I want all of them at the school." "Make certain they bring paint and tools with 'em." "Warehouse for a school." "That's a terrible thing." "I don't think you're usin' the right methods." "Drill- is that all you do?" "What?" "Now, my theory is..." "Well, take shakespeare." "Macbeth." "You gotta make 'em see the three witches in their minds." "Well, I..." "I never looked at it that way." "Sure hope paladin gets back with that sheriff right quick." "This one's sure goin' plumb crazy." "Keep working out here." "I've really got 'em workin' now, miss ruth." "They're startin' on the roof." "Oh, that's wonderful." "Thank you." "Do you know this is the only full set of shakespeare" "North of santa fe?" "I brought it with me from normal school." "Oh, I had such great ideas, but..." "Well, how can you expect children to care about poetry" "When they live in a town like this?" "Now, you see, here's what I mean." "King henry, before the battle." "Everything stands against him." "But he's not afraid." "He gambles." "He dares everything." "Not just memorizing." ""we few, we happy few," ""we band of brothers." ""for he today that sheds his blood with me" "Shall be my brother."" "Oh, it's terrible." "I'm sorry, miss ruth." "My voice is a little..." "Oh, no." "No." "No." "I mean that you should be so vicious and depraved." "Why, you would've made a wonderful teacher." "Do you really think so?" "Yes." "Well, at least we got that porch fixed." "Yeah?" "Well, now you better go up there and fix the roof." "Look." "Oh!" "Mr. Perkins!" "Mr. Perkins!" "Amos saint's back." "I'm lookin' for laredo perkins." "That's him there." "I hear you're gonna ramrod this county." "They say you got the fastest gun." "You're gonna have to kill me to prove it." "You ain't gonna nerve me off." "I don't care how many you killed." "Now, make your play." "Come on!" "Draw!" "What's the matter with you?" "No firing pin." "Boys," "I'm gonna kill me a real live badman." "But first we'll let him sweat a bit." "Huh?" "That's amos saint!" "Move!" "Move." "What are we gonna do?" "Keep 'em busy." "You're cut off!" "You can't get out!" "Come on in and get me!" "You can't do that." "Only set of shakespeare north of santa fe." "Laredo." "Laredo!" "Come on, laredo." "Laredo, if we're gonna catch that stage, we better move." "Oh, no." "He's not traveling with your sort anymore." "That true, laredo?" "You reformed?" "He's never wearing a gun again." "Isn't that right?" "He's going to stay here and build a new school and teach." "Aren't you?" "That's right." "I'm gonna stay here and build a new school and teach." "I'm through killing'." "Well, that's what they all say." "Well, he means it." "And you..." "You can just get out." "Well, yes, ma'am, miss ruth, if you say so." "Ain't you gonna shoot it out with him?" "Well, no." "Laredo's hung up his gun." "I know his sort." "Once a killer, always a killer." "I don't know, mr." "Undertaker." "I think maybe laredo's had his day." "Hmmph." "So long, sheriff." "So long." "¶ "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 ¶"