"Well, look what Santa Claus brought me." "I must have been a real good girl." "You buy me a drink?" "I am cold, weary, hungry, and I got half the dust of Texas on my back." "Will you excuse me while I get something to eat?" "No offense." "When you thaw out, the name's Annie." "Jake, give me a bottle." "Give me the money, give me the money, you'll get to it." "Come on, Jake." "Give us more." "Now, if you're looking for a room, there ain't none." "Boys had reserves two months ago." "Do it every year." "They like their holiday." "A hot meal will do." "Our kitchen was cleaned out hours ago." "'Course, I could heat you a little stew, but I wouldn't guarantee it." "Ain't exactly fresh." "A hot meal will do nicely." "You know, mister, it wouldn't do no harm if you was to get a little of that holiday spirit." "Well, I'm very happy to see that the true Christmas spirit prevails." "Now, will you get me that stew?" "Give me back my boot!" "Of course, I'll trade you for it." "Man shouldn't be by himself this night." "You look lonesome, mister." "Like a little snort to celebrate the occasion?" "Those presents for your children?" "Children?" "Oh, I ain't got no kids." "They all grown up and gone." "Ain't got time for the old man." "Every year, I buy these doodads for 'em just like when they was little." "And you know what?" "I wind up keeping 'em for myself." "Got nobody to give 'em to." "Them young'uns." "Got no place and no time for the old man." "Oh, well." "All I can say about that stew is it's hot." "Mister?" "Mister, I need a room." "Well, I'm sorry." "We're all out of rooms." "Well, any place." "Any place at all." "I can pay." "Told you, we're all filled up." "Well, wait." "Just let me explain." "I said we ain't got any!" "Well, I am sorry my stew got in your way!" "I'm sorry he doesn't have a room for you." "I'm sorry he also doesn't have a room for me." "Will you get me another plate of that stew?" "Mister, I know it don't do no good, but I do beg your pardon." "Well, son, you're probably just as tired, as cold and as hungry as I am." "If you sit down, all I can tell you is the stew is hot." "Well, I couldn't eat right now." "Thanks anyway." "Hey, mister, bet you five bucks you can't do this." "Don't have a room." "You think you can make it?" "No." "Please." "Please." "I can't." "This your wife, son?" "You bring her on inside." "We'll get her a room." "Come on, Henry." "Go!" "Come on, Jake." "Give me a beer." "Give me a beer." "Now, that cowboy and his wife... they need a room very badly." "You didn't hear me very well, did you?" "We ain't got one!" "Well, I may just have to empty one for you." "I suggest you look at her very closely." "No, she don't." "Not in here, she don't." "Now, when your friend comes to," "I suggest you tell him merry Christmas for me." "You all right?" "Oh, she's not going to have that baby in the street!" "Just who do you think you are?" "You come in here throwing your weight around, you..." "Well, uh, I-I got a storeroom." "I guess they could use that, huh?" "Uh, thank you very much." "Get out of there." "Get out of there!" "Well, I guess you won't be needing this for a while." "Mister?" "I sure do thank you." "Your first child?" "Yeah, we've prayed for this, and now I'm afraid." "She's not very strong." "And... we thought we had more time, but guess these things are decided somewhere else." "Yeah." "You stay with her, huh?" "Yeah." "Now, you got a doctor in this town?" "Yes, we got a doctor." "Best sawbones in the whole state of Texas." "That's fine." "Now, where can I find him?" "Come on." "There he is." "All year long, he doesn't touch a drop." "Then..." "Well, his holiday vacation, he calls it." "You can't blame a man just once a year." "Well, how much coffee will it take?" "You can pour coffee into him until you're blue." "Won't do no good." "Not even due to move for another day." "We just prop him up here, then we wait." "Hasn't anybody ever needed him while he was on vacation?" "Yeah, once." "And?" "Man died." "You can't get Doc back from his vacation before it's over." "Well, I'm just gonna try." "Gentlemen!" "Ladies." "That girl in the storeroom there... well, she's pretty obviously going to have a baby." "Now, who is there who'll help me get that doctor in some shape so he can assist?" "Well, not me!" "There ain't a milder gent in all of Texas, except when he's got a slew full!" "And besides, Doc's on his annual stem-winder!" "And I don't blame him none, either." "Yeah." "Look, mister, some of us come to this town only one time a year." "It ain't like she was the only woman to ever have a baby." "Now, you listen to me!" "There's a human being in there that needs your help." "She'll live without it." "And if she dies?" "Well, she won't be the first woman that ever done that, neither." "Friend, in just a few minutes, you could be sleeping a lot more soundly than your doctor." "Now, you looky here, mister." "Most men don't talk to me that way." "Well, I'm not most men." "Mister?" "Hurry." "Let's go!" "The pain's bad now." "What are we going to do?" "It'll be all right." "You try not to be afraid?" "I'm not afraid." "It's a good thing that's happening to me." "Well, it's not a very good place for it to happen." "I don't mind those men out there." "My father and brothers were like that." "Their lives are hard, and they have to be hard, too... or die." "You're a very wise girl." "I love you so much." "A fact he never tries to conceal." "Ah-ha-ha!" "Now." "Now what?" "Now I want a bottle of whiskey, some clean cloths and some hot water." "Now, you listen." "I left this bar twice tonight on account of you:" "once to give you your dinner, once to introduce you to our doctor." "That register's just busting at the seams." "I ain't had a night like this since they strung up Holby Peters." "Now, the good Lord gave you two hands:" "one to take with and one to give with, and you'd better start giving." "Now, Mr. Paladin, there's no reason for you to get all riled up, riled up like that." "That's for the hot water." "Now, you listen!" "It's bad in there, and it's going to get worse." "You people are not going to help that girl, the least you can do is give her some peace and quiet!" "You're singing psalms to a dead horse, mister." "Annie..." "Annie..." "I need you." "I had a feeling you'd change your mind, honey." "That girl in there needs you." "Not me." "Are you a woman?" "You ought to know what she's going through." "I know." "Well, then help her." "Annie's gonna help!" "Here." "That's right." "A little more." "It'll ease the pain." "I don't know." "Maybe I..." "Jake's not going to like this." " Jake pays me to entertain the customers. " "And he believes in value received." "Annie, I can't do this alone." "I need your help." "But Jake's going to come in here!" "You leave Jake to me." "It's not really that." "I'm not really sure I can help her." "You can try." "Yes..." "I can try." "Angels can do no more." "Don't worry, honey." "Come on, now, take my hands and squeeze just as hard as you want." "Now, I won't mind." "Here." "Hey, Annie!" "Them boys are kicking up a storm out there." "Now, you come on out and keep 'em happy." "Annie, stay right where you are." "You sure are putting a damper on the proceedings around here, mister." "I wouldn't want those men to lose that holiday spirit." "That would be a shame." "Look, I'm not running no charity ward." "This is costing me money." "Now, I..." "I'll try to find a room..." "She stays right where she is." "Now, get out of here." "Hey, Annie!" "I come to collect that debt." "Annie, stay right where you are!" "I'll take care of this!" "Hey, Annie!" "Well, I didn't know you were sweet on Annie." "Hey, Annie!" "Excuse me." "Now, put that over the window when you get time." "I'd like to shake your hand, mister." "Anybody who can take care of Harry Beldon like that's all right with us." "Huh, boys?" "!" "I wonder how many of you have read the gospel of Luke." "What are you getting at?" "Well, it might interest you." "It tells the true story of Christmas." "Your halo's on too tight, mister." "We're having a little fun, that's all." "Fun?" "There's a woman in that other room fighting for her life." "You people out here are behaving like a pack of animals." "What kind of fun are you having?" "Please, listen." "Listen to me, now." "This is no time to be fighting." "Don't you know that in just a few more minutes it'll be Christmas?" "Old man, I know how you feel, but the rest of you, what difference could that possibly make to you?" "Who do you think you are, mister?" "Busting in here, insulting us?" "Throwing your weight around?" "Now, you either apologize or we're gonna have to teach you some manners." "Well, you're welcome to try." "It's a beautiful child." "It's a boy." "I promised you a son." "Did you doubt me?" "No." "He's beautiful... like his mother." "You're a very lucky young man." "Yes, I know." "I'll never forget this night..." "or you." ""Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels" ""and have not charity," "I am become as sounding brass or tinkling cymbals."" "Tears, Annie?" "Up until now, I never cared much for Christmas." "It was just a time to be lonely." "But when I put that baby in her arms, it was like I gave her something." "We, uh... all of us... uh, we got... got to thinking about what you said out there." "And we, uh... well, we wanted to do something." "It's-it's not very much." "We'd like to have them have it, though." "Thank you very much." "Uh, these are for the baby, ma'am." "They might not be, uh, appropriate-like, but it's all I got." "Thank you." "Uh, ma'am, you did me a big favor." "I got somebody to give them to." "Innkeeper, will you send my jacket on to the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco?" "Merry Christmas." ""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" "Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam?"