"Mr. Dickason, your daughter is with him." " You'll be around, won't you?" " Sure ...I'll be around." "Hello, son..." "Hello, sherif." "You weren't quite so steady on your fins the last time I saw you." "Took me about a week to rope that hangover." "Speaking of drinks, I owe you one." "All right..." "Back for more punishment, I see..." "Two." "I've turned over a new leaf since the sherif got me a job." "Is Shipley really leaving on the stage tonight?" "So he says." "Seen Ivey around?" "No." "He plays his cards smart." "Any chance of getting Connie out of town?" "No." "A dangerous set-up..." "you stay out of it, son." "I work for Walt." "For three weeks?" "What do you owe that fool?" "Your life?" "Maybe." "Thanks for the drink, son." "Make it two." "Hey, Dave..." "Where you been?" "I thought you'd run out." "No." "Dave...." "If our plan works, you'll be the foreman." "The ramrod of the whole outfit." "Ivey's not here." "He won't be either." "You think he'll show?" "Yeah." "What makes you so sure?" "Frank Ivey." "Connie wants to see you..." "upstairs, suite A." "Why?" "She's got a notion I'll need help." "Come in." " Sit down." " Walt said you wanted to see me." "Yes, I do." "Walt thinks Ivey's only bluffing they won't stop him from taking the stage." "But you think he meant it." "My own father's with Ivey against the man I'm going to marry." "Don't you understand what I'm up against?" "Yes, ma'am." "The valley is public grazing land." "Walt has as much right there as anyone." "But he threatened to bring in sheep." "This is cattle country." "You know how sheep ruin a country for cattle." "How many men will be there when the stage comes?" "I don't know." "You saw you father and his hands at the blacksmith shop." "I told Dad if one of his men step in, I'll never set foot in his house again." "There's still Frank Ivey." "Will you stick by Walt?" "He helped me when I needed it." "Thanks." "What if Walt takes the stage?" "He does bring in sheep?" "He won't even bring them in..." "If he makes the stage tonight, he'll control the valley." "Good night Miss Connie." "Wait!" "I'll go downstairs with you." "No, you won't." "The whole town knows Ivey wanted to marry you." "If you're there, they'll say he's hiding behind your skirt." "That's one sure way of ruining it." "This is Shipley's bag." "Stage ready!" "Get aboard!" "Made up your mind, sheep-man?" "I'm going." "Are you?" "I see you, drunk." "Listen Ivey..." "You're not God." "You can't keep a man off a stage." "Throw down his valise, Harry." "He's not going." "Is that you, Dave?" "It's your father, Connie." "I've come to take you home." " I suppose Ivey sent you." " No." "I just thought, on account of tonight, you might want to come home." "Connie, are you hurt about Walt throwing you over?" "You have such a thoughtful way of putting it." "Walt didn't throw me over." "He just took a look at you and Frank and decided he didn't love me enough to die for me." "Now..." "It's the truth!" "He gave you a wonderful excuse with his threat of bringing sheep." "Now you are right back where you started from, hoping I'll be impressed enough to marry him." "Well I'm not and I'm clearing out!" "I don't understand you." "At first, I thought you were just headstrong." "When you were little, I'd get a kick out of seeing you stand up and fight for what you wanted." "But... tonight, men could have been killed on account of you." "Could have been, dad ... but they weren't." "From now on, I'm going to make a life of my own." "And being a woman, I won't have to use guns." "There's something else you might as well hear now." "This isn't just a fight between father and daughter." "You've pushed Ivey at me ever since I can remember." "For years, I've watched him run things his way." "The town, the valley, you, and now me!" "No one's ever had the nerve to stand up to him." "Well, I have!" "I'm warning you, don't get in my way!" "And that goes for Ivey!" "Now, get out!" "Get out!" " 'Evening, Rose." " Come on in, Dave." " Have you eaten?" "Yes." "Come on, we'll have a cup of coffee." "I heard what happened." " What are you going to do now?" " Drift." "Where's Bill?" "You know Bill." "He'll hang around town for a week, raising cain." "Then, all of a sudden, he's gone." "Present for you." "It's lovely!" "It was sweet of you, but..." "Martin Bondurant already told his wife about the expensive silks just brought in." "If I appeared in a dress of the same material..." "I never thought of that." "Of course you didn't." "What's the matter?" "Why don't you get it off your chest?" "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to pry." "You're not, Rose." "I lost my wife when our son was born." "He would have been six just three weeks ago." "Would have been?" "Yeah..." "I was buying cattle in a small way and had to travel most of the time." "So I left him with some friends." "While I was gone, their house burned." "He was in it, sleeping." " They died trying to save him." " Liquor didn't help." "Bill Schell's crazy talk didn't help either." "It was you, Rose." "Putting up with us, cheerful, not asking questions." "That's why I wanted to thank you." "If you don't mind, I'd like to keep it, after all." "If you don't mind, I think I'll have that supper, after all." "I thought you would." " Morning, Miss Connie." " Morning." "I suppose you know Walt's gone." "Well..." "What did you expect him to do?" "Marry me and stay and fight." "Not stick a note under my door and run." "He just wasn't strong enough, was he?" "No." "Well, I am." "Strong enough to beat both Dad and Ivey at their own business." "They broke Walt and I'm going to fight back." "I'll make Circle 66 an outfit they'll respect." "I want you to run it." "No, ma'am." "Why not?" "They didn't break Walt." "They were just fighting sheep, like any cattleman." "They'd break any man I wanted." "They'd find a reason." "Like they made sheep the reason for breaking Walt." "But I'll never turn to Frank Ivey." "A little money of my own." "Enough to buy some cattle and hire a crew." "They won't break anybody when I get through with them." "Connie..." "Better let Link drive you home now that your sheep-herder's thrown you over." "Thanks, Link." "But I'm not going home." "Walt left me his ranch, and I'm moving in on valley grass." "All I can hold." "Wait a minute, you're just excited." "You don't think we'd let you steal our grass." "It's a free range." "I warn you." "They'll be gunplay." "Men will get hurt." "Your men, too." "What's come over you, Connie?" "You've changed." " You're so hard." " Coming from you, that's a compliment." "Looks like we won the first round." "Not we." "This is your fight." "You afraid?" "When I take the count, it'll be for my own mistakes." "If I can draw my wages, I'm drifting." "I'll leave it over at the Special Saloon." "You change your mind, come back." "You'll always have a job as long as I have a ranch." "Thanks." "Howdy, Dave..." "Miss Dickason sent this over for ya." "Hello, Jim..." " I hear your boss ran out on you." "Now you'll have to get a new sucker to pay for your drinks, boozehead." "I'd go careful, Red." "Sounds like Shipley, don't he?" "He just talked." "So do you." "That's enough!" "A man would never do that to me." "Or me." "Too bad you joined up with the wrong outfit." "Now, you're drifiting." "Am I?" "Yeah" "When I'm ready." "I warned you it was a tough set-up." "I didn't stay out of it." "Well, there are other places." "You, too?" "Sometimes it's hard to choose between friendship and duty." "And you've been sherif a long time." "Hello, Dave." "How many hands you think you'll need?" "All you can get." "Afraid that won't be many." "Ivey scared all the spare hands out of the valley." "There's one I think I can get." "He may know of others." "You stick close by the house 'till I get back." "Howdy." "I'm looking for Bill Schell." "Have you seen him?" "Nope." "I'll have a look around." "Go ahead." "Thanks." "How are you, kid?" "It's all right." "He's a friend of mine." "You look fine, kid." "Why'd you wanna go to work for?" "I miss you." "How's Rose?" "She's fine." "You on the dodge?" "I kissed a fella's girl last night." "George thought you might be him." "How would you like to go to work?" "Work?" "What for?" "I still got some money." "How do you stack up with Frank Ivey?" "I worry him." "I have too much fun to suit him." "I don't like him either." "He makes too big tracks." "Walt Shipley gave Connie Dickason his ranch last night." "She's out to get Ben and Frank." "I'm hiring an outfit." "You're not like me, kid." "You don't fight for pay." "Ivey ordered me out of town." "Count me in." "Under my orders, Bill." "That's the way it's gotta be, or don't take the job." "Sure." "That's the way it'll be, kid." "We oughta have three or four more men." "I can get fifty men to work for nothing." "Just for one crack at Ivey." "Want 'em with grudges?" "I don't care." "But they've got to pass with Jim Crew." "Jim Crew?" "What's he got to do with it?" "The sherif's on blue chip." "Anything we do against Ivey has got to be legal." "It's a deal." "Where's Miss Connie?" "Miss Connie went back home to get her trunk." "Then this happened." "Who did it?" "We know who did it." "I said before, Frank Ivey leaves pretty big tracks." "But none we can show the sherif." "Who cares about the sherif?" "We know who we're fighting!" "Now's the time to take him apart." "I give the orders around here and we're playing this on the square." "Remember?" "All right..." "All right, kid." "You're the ramrod of this outfit." "Wait here until I get back." "If you're so set on a running a ranch, you can have mine." "Anytime you want it." "You and I would get along better... if you pulled back to your side of American Creek." "And let you grab half the grass?" " What if I won't?" "Then, I'll have to take it." "That kind of fight is supposed to be from men." "Think you're tough enough?" "She thinks Dave Nash is pretty tough." "He'll be drunk when she needs him the most." "That's my risk." "You've heard my proposition." "Do I get the grass or not?" "I said I'd stick by whatever Frank says." "I've been doing it so long, it's gotten to be a habit." "Miss Connie here?" "Yes, she is." "How's your nose, Red?" "Don't worry." "I can still smell with it." "Right now, I'm sorry." "Come in, Dave." "No, thanks." "Hello, Dave." "I came to help you." "Thank you." "That's sweet of you." "How's everything at the Circle 66?" "Just fine." "Everything's cozy and warm." "You still insist on leaving, huh?" "Just what do you expect to get out of this?" "Wages?" "And something Shipley said got me curious." "What was that?" "He said Ivey wasn't God." "Ivey says he is." "I want to see who's right." "I'll wait for you outside, Miss Connie." "What'll we do, Dave?" "We can't hold a crew together without even a house." "Sorry." "It's my fault." "You told me not to leave the house." "Ivey's got a line camp near here." "It's built of stone." "Fireproof." "Hello in there!" "I can lick anyone in there for a meal and a bit!" "Well, if it ain't Bill Schell." "You wouldn't have to ask for a handout if you'd get a job." "Come in." "It's an idea." "Morning." "How many hands you got here?" "Just us." "Makes it easy." "Come on in, Dave." "They're all here." "Come on in." "I got a job, Gus." "I forgot to tell you." "Dave, this is Ed Burma." "Ivey's tough ramrod." "I'll remember this, you saddletramp." "Get the buckboard up here." "Come on." "Get out." "Come on!" "Get going, all of you!" "Hurry it up." "Virg Lea..." "Try to hang him, he'd go through the rope." "Jess More..." "He likes to play "injun"." "We'll be back." "Anytime." "Miss Dickason... does your old man know about this?" "Tell Ben and Ivey that she'll be glad to trade houses." "Tell him it's for keeps." "I'll tell him." "A sure sad bunch." "Where do we put it?" "Oh, anywhere or there." "After travelling all night, I'm sure hungry." "Me, too!" "There's plenty of food here for our outfit." "Hey, this ain't bad!" "That's going to be just fine, Curley." "It aint' stylish, like you're used to." "It'll be all right when it's clean." "Give me a hand, Curley." "You mean to wash this place?" "At least, I can scold a few spiders." "Looks like we're going to have visitors." "Good morning, Connie." "How's my little land-feed?" "I'm not your little anything." "Besides, this land was filed on today." "Seems you neglected that when you built here." "So I found out." "Very clever of you." "The cleverness was my foreman's." "Since we're busy, I'll thank you to get off my land." "Your foreman's new in this country." "I wonder who told him I hadn't filed." "Virg, bring Curley over." "We have a legal right to be here." "You can't put us off this land." "Oh, I can't?" "I can discourage your men." "All right, Virg." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop it, I say!" "Hold it, Virg!" "Take your dirty hands off her." "It's not the camp." "It's not Curley." "I'd be through here if I let you get away with it." "Can't play second fiddle anymore than you can." "We're alike that way." "Nice, Connie." "That's the first time you've ever touched me." "Go ahead, Virg!" "Is the doctor here?" "He's out on a call with Mrs Parks." "Dave!" "What happened?" "I couldn't stop it, Dave." "Two of Ivey's men held him, while Virg..." "Don't waste time talking." "We've got to get him to bed." "Take him to Rose's." "I'll get the doctor." "Rose's?" "Hurry up, Connie!" "Was he dragged by a horse?" "No." "I'll relieve you later." "I'm sorry, Dave." "Somebody had to cry for him, I guess." "That's you, Rose." "I'll pay Ivey back for this if it's the last thing I do." "Ed Burma's down there." "Let's send him back to Ivey in a basket." "You do, and I ride out." "They did it to Curley." "Who you fighting?" "Ivey or Burma?" "Ivey." "Then fight him." "Get some sense into that thick, little head of yours." "They want that." "We make a wrong move and Crew's on their side." "You won't back up your own men?" "It's gotta be my way." "Jim..." "Hello, Dave." "I want you to deputize me." "To go after Virg?" "Lindstrom and I have already attended to that." "Where is he?" "Ben and Ivey's doing his bail." "Three thousand." "Ben's bringing it in." "I'd have done better." "I take my law from the book, Dave." "Virg'll go the pen for this." "And if Curley dies..." "Virg dies!" "...but it better be legal." "Mind you that." "Hello, Burma." "Heard about Curley?" "I had nothing to do with that." "I don't want no trouble, Bill." "You ain't got two men to hold me like they held Curley." "Won't take a chance without them, will you?" "If I ever mind to fight, nobody has to hold for me." "What'll it take to give you a mind to?" "Right now, an awful lot." "I won't be rawhided into this." "I ain't gonna draw!" "They can all see my hands!" "I ain't gonna draw!" "Pokey... here." "Buy yourself a bottle and take a vacation far from town." "And quick!" "Connie!" "I heard two shots before Bill could draw." "There's his gun." "It'd better be true." "Sure, it's been fired all right." "What were you doing all this time?" "While he was shooting fast, I was aiming careful." "Ask George." "Well, I..." "Sure." "And I'll ask Pokey, too..." "When we find him." "He sure let out quick." "Guess he was scared." "Bill ain't the kind to wait two shots before he moves." "How'd he get this burn on his hand?" "Bill laid his cigar down." "Maybe Burma put his hand on it." "It happens to be on the back of his hand." "He fell on his back." "It might have been under his hand." "You two are lying." "George and Bill have been in cahoots for years." "You put Virg on the barn." "Why don't you do the same here?" "If Curley dies and Burma's been murdered," "Bill and Virg will both hang." "I can't hang a man for self-defense." "Burma's dead." "And all Curley had was a poke in the nose." "Ben..." "I'd like to show you what a poke in the nose can do." "I don't want to see it." "Afraid?" "Connie saw it." "Lindstrom..." "I'd like to take care of Curley." "And pay all of his expenses." "Paying his expense won't restore his sight." "I don't want to fight with her, Rose." "She's all I've got." "She's got her pride, Ben." "You broke a man in front of her." "You don't know how a woman feels." "You didn't have to let Frank do that." "Maybe, but she couldn't have loved Walt Shipley." "He was trash." "What's Frank Ivey?" "The biggest man in the valley." "I get Connie's side of it, but I don't get yours." "Are you after Connie?" "We'll just pretend you never asked that." "Hello, Bill." "Hello, Connie." "Where's everybody?" "Around." "Sure could do with a cup of coffee." "Bill..." "Did Burma really draw first?" "George said so, didn't he?" " Did he?" " What do you think?" "I think you're not afraid to take a chance." "I like that." "What are you after, Connie?" "All right." "I'll tell you." "I want to break Frank Ivey." "I want to see him crawl out of town the same way Walt did." "If Curley dies," "Dave will take care of Ivey." "Dave's way is too slow." "Just what's on your mind, Connie?" "I want you to stampede my herd." "Stampede?" "It's the one way to make Dave and Jim Crew more fast." "I've thought about it for a long time." "They'll think Frank Ivey did it." "Yeah." "They might." "They will." "This is something I didn't figure in." "What did you figure?" "To tell the truth, I..." "Why bother?" "C'mon, people... push them on!" "Head 'em for the cliff!" " Hello, Rose." " Hello, Bill." " How's Curley?" " I wouldn't go in now." "He's asleep." "Wait a little while." "This is nice." "Bill..." "you've torn your sleeve." " That's right." " Give it to me, I'll fix it." "With two women out at the ranch, I'd think you'd be looked after better." "No one looks after me." "Annie looks after Connie..." "And Connie looks after Dave." "Who does Dave look after?" "Who do you think?" "The cattle." "I wonder what's up." "Ivey and his crew jumped us about midnight." "Set us off of the herd and started shooting." "Part of them chased us...?" "and the others stampeded the whole herd off the cliffs.?" "So Ivey's really gone wild." "I'd never thought it." "He's always been wild." "Well, I've heard your evidence." "Remember boys, no liquor." "We got a big job ahead of us." "Your men ain't going, Dave." "Everyone of them has a grudge against Ivey, and the law has to be immune." "But you'll need help, Jim." "Thanks." " This is my business." " And it's my fight." "It doesn't call for shooting." "But it might if you were there." "You're probably right." "I know I'm right." "This has been my life time job, son." "You ever want to quit, I'll give you a job on my outfit." "Even sign you on as ramrod." "At my age, I take that as quite a compliment." "Virg, watch yourself." "Jim Crew's coming." "Glad to see you." "You look kind of thirsty." "How about a little drink?" "Come here for Virg?" "No..." "I will be soon." "Doc says Curley won't last." "Found Pokey?" "No, not yet." "Here." "Something wrong, Jim?" "You coming?" "Coming?" "Where?" "To jail." "Jail?" "For what?" "Stampeding Connie's cattle last night wasn't exactly legal." "What?" "I wasn't off the place last night and I can prove it." "Come here!" "Where was I last night, boys?" "Right here." "All night." "He sure was." "He won a months wages off of me in the poker game.?" "You hear that?" "Better put your boots on." "I told you I wasn't off the place." "You'll get a chance to prove that before a jury." "You're lying." "I'm not lying when I say I'm taking you in." "I'm warning you, Jim, get away from here." "I'll tell you just once more." "Come along." "Don't do it, Jim!" "Red..." "Get over to Dickason's and spread word that Virg shot the sherif." " Listen..." " Shut your mouth!" "I'll take care of you." "Go on." "I want Dave Nash to hear about this." "Virg wasn't the real killer." "He just pulled the trigger." "I killed him." "I killed him by playing safe and using the law as a weapon." "The law was just a tired old man." "Don't risk everything now." "Miss Connie." "I'm tired now, Link." "I hate to bother you... but there's something you oughta know." "What is it?" "I seen what happened." "Your own men stampeded your cattle." "They done it on purpose." "I seen them." "But nobody saw me." "There must be some mistake." "No, ma'am." "Tom Peebles, Bailey and Bill Schell..." "I seen them." "Sit down, Link." "Link" "You know Dad tried to force me to marry Frank Ivey." "That's why I left home." "So, I heard." "Frank fights dirty, and I've got to fight the same way." "Curley's dying because of him." "I know Bill Schell stampeded the cattle." "The orders were mine." "But... on account of that," "Jim Crew is dead." "I know." "It's a terrible thing to have on my conscience." "I didn't know this was going to happen." "Should I take all the blame?" "Oh, no." "Don't tell them nothing." "And you don't have to worry about me, Miss Connie." "I'll keep my mouth shut." "Thanks, Link." "Dave..." "Frank Ivey killed the sherrif." "Dave!" "Dave!" "You'll have to help me, Rose." "Where's Curley?" "Died this afternoon." " Fine!" " I'll find him." "Bailey and Peebles, too." "Look in Idaho or Montana?" "They quit after Crew was killed." "C'mon, Nash is wounded." "He can't get far." "Head back to town!" "Out in the open, ain't it?" "Why not?" "I'm in it, too.?" "Didn't they stampede those cattle and try to hang it on me." " Bill." " Hello, Rose." "How is he?" "No change." "I found out there's no passengers on the stage." "It's our only chance." "They just been through our house." "Thank heavens Doc wasn't home." "Here they are." "You two women go out the back way and quick." "Get my gun." "Where's my gun?" " You two get..." " I have an idea." "It's you, Frank." "Well, I'm busy." "We won't be long, Rose." "Take a look in the kitchen." "Just looking around." "Look somewhere else." "Not here." "I won't stand it!" "What's the matter with you?" "I want Dave Nash, that's all." "I haven't seen him." "And if I had, I wouldn't tell you." "Now, get out." "Both of you." "Not until I've found Dave Nash." "Nothing in the kitchen." "He isn't here!" "We'll see." "You're not going in." "Mrs. Parks is in for a fitting.?" "I'll look anyways." "You're not coming in!" "I'm undressed!" "I'm sorry." "They forced their way in." "Better put some clothes on." "I'm coming in." "You're not." "I'm not dressing for your sake!" "You think you can run this town?" "Here's one person you can't run!" "I know enough about this town to know you've done one thing too many." "I never did think decency meant anything..." "They just brought in Pokey." "He says Bill rawhided Burma into that fight." "Bill Schell's dead." "He may not know it, but he is." "I have some business." "When I get back, that fitting better be over." "My fitting will be over when we get things right and not before." "Bill Schell, turn your back!" "Hey Pop, c'mon, we're going." "That's the first time you ever let a woman bluff you out cause she didn't have clothes on." "She wouldn't have taken them off if Dave was there." "Dave, listen..." "You remember what we told you." "You know what you've got to do." "C'mon..." "You wait here." " Ready to roll, Joe?" " Ready to roll, Harry?" "Is that all tonight?" "That's all tonight, Harry." " I'm looking for Dave Nash." " Haven't seen him." "If you do see him out on the road, come back and let me know.?" "I will" "I will." "Come on!" "Yes?" "Thank you." "Go back to the house, honey." "I gotta get moving." " Bill..." " Oui." "I better go." "I gotta beat Dave through the leaf." "What's the matter, Bill?" "All right, kid?" "I'd have taken it easier had I known Dave was inside." "Where are you hiding him, Bill?" "You're a friend of mine, but not that good friend." "Another thing..." "If Frank Ivey hears of this, I'm gonna kill you!" "Dead!" "?" "Don't worry." "He won't." "I said "dead"!" "?" "Keep the bandages and medicine separate." "And see that he's warm." " Morning, Rose." " Morning." "Good morning, Miss Connie." "I'd like to talk to you" "We'll go in the living room." "Sit down, Connie." "Frank Ivey was at my place, yesterday, looking for Dave." "He's been hurt." "I waited, but he didn't come home." "You've seen him." "Yes." "Bill's hiding him." "How is he?" "Weak." "All he needs is rest and quiet." "Why didn't you send word to me?" "You don't like me, do you?" "I used to pity you, Connie." "You got a rough deal from Frank and Ben." "But your fight is costing too many lives." "It's not worth it." "Isn't it?" "Not if Frank gets Dave." "He's the only thing that matters to me." "It happens I feel the same way, too." "Not the same, Connie." "You want him along with revenge and power." "You're letting him break himself on your greed and ambition." "You told him that, I suppose." "You don't tell a man about a woman." "He has to find that out for himself." "Where is he?" "Frank Ivey will be watching all of us." "Especially you." "The only way you can get to Dave is by following someone who goes to him." "You'll never find out from me where he is." "Sure takes a lot to kill you, kid." "You still hungry?" "What good does it do me?" " Any salt left?" "No." "But Rose is sending up some more grub." "Some day, a man is gonna stop her from taking in strays." " Like us." " Yeah." "Guess she won't know what to do." "Has she got a man?" "She can take me right off the Christmas tree anyday" "But she knows I'm a drifter." "Jim Crew always said:" "no one ever fools with Rose very much." "Just can't figure it out." "I mean Ivey cutting loose his dogs." "He was playing for Crew, same as we were." "Well, he probably got a wild streak." "No, things just don't fit." "He knows a stampede would bring Crew down on him." "If he wanted to kill him, there are easier ways" "Well, he did and that's enough." "We're licked." "No ?" "There's just one load and a gun between Connie and what she wants." "The load that gets Ivey." "Not mine." "I've seen Ivey work." "When you're ready to ride out of here, it's over the hill for me." "How about you?" "I'll stay." "What is it?" "Connie?" "I don't know." "Listen, kid." "Frank got shot at once for hugging a gal." "Connie will get you killed just working for her." "You'd better sleep on it, kid." "Like just one horse." "Probably, George." "I'll take a look." "Connie, why'd you come here?" "Didn't Rose tell you you'd be followed?" "I didn't know if Dave was dead or alive." "What was I supposed to do?" "Wait." "Same thing Rose is doing." "I was careful." "I wasn't followed." "Does Dave know the truth about the stampede?" "Not from me." "I feel the way you must feel about killing Ed Burma." "You don't know." "You're just guessing." "I know." "That's your secret, Bill." "The stampede's mine." "Sounds like a deal." "It is." "Happy now?" "Ivey's after us." "I heard the shots." "How do you feel?" "I'll be all right when I get to saddle." "That's Connie's horse." "Sure." "And you're taking it." "You're riding south, alone." " Connie, you take my horse." " Why?" "Look, kid." "They followed Connie's horse here." "They know its tracks." "Ivey doesn't want her." "What about you two?" "We're heading north." "They'll think they're trailing us." "Then, after a while, Connie will head back to town." "Then they'll chase me." " I won't let you do that." " Don't argue!" "I can hold them off for a whole day." "You'll be out of the county by then." "Good luck, kid." "There's just one more thing." "Connie, I want you to hear this, too." "I braced Ed Burma, and got him cold." "I ain't sorry." "I figured you did." "I came up here to help you." "But all I've done is put them all on your trail." "That would have to come some time." "All I'll remember is that you did come." "I'll be waiting for you." "Hope you come back." "I will." "I promise." "Connie!" "You wanna be sure and get him killed, just keep on talking." "There it is, Connie." "Head for Signal." "You heading for the Pass?" "No." "Ivey knows we were at the mine." "He'll have the pass blocked." "They'll corner you up there." "Yeah !" "But it'll take them plenty of time." "And Dave needs that." "Thanks to you." "You haven't much use for me, have you, Bill?" "You're like a horse or dog, or a man or any other woman..." "Once I understand you, you're all right." "They stop you and you tell them you're riding with me, they won't believe it." "Well, they parted here." "That goes back to town." "Nash wouldn't take that." "You two better follow it anyways." "C'mon with us, Pop." "He must want to get himself shot, taking this trail." "We'll accomodate him." "He'll never get out of there." "All right, let's get it over." "Hold it!" "Keep covered." "We've got plenty of time." "We'll wait." "You'll have to get mighty close for that, Frank." "I'll get close." "Pop, take the ridge." "You take the Kolab side." "You'll have to take me a fresh horse and some grub." "You think you're fit to go on?" "Link!" "Link!" "Sit down." "I'll get you some water.?" "They got me on the run, Ben." "They'll be beating the brush for me." "I know." "They are now." "Link!" " Get him a fresh horse." " Right away, Mr. Dickason." "Ivey shouldn't have got Bill Schell that way." "How?" "How?" "A shotgun in the back." "Miss Connie isn't blaming me, is she?" "I haven't told a soul." "Not even Mr. Dickason." "I'm tired, son." "You'll have to talk plainly." "Ivey didn't find out from me." " Maybe Bill Schell told him." " Told him what?" "Don't treat me like I was four years old." "When I told Miss Connie I seen it, she admitted giving the orders." "Orders for what, Link?" "For her own men to stampede her cattle out of the country." "Listen, Frank." "We've been riding for two nights." "We're all dead for sleep." "Go get some." "Keep out of this." "You gotta get awful close with that." "But you won't." "Dave!" "I'm all right." "It might have been you lying there." " But it isn't." " No." "This is the way it was meant to be." "It's all over now." "You've got what you wanted." "What we wanted, you and I." "All this is ours now for the rest of our lives." "Don't you see what we've won, Dave?" "Can't you hear what I'm saying?" "I'm thinking of Jim Crew and Bill Schell." "That couldn't be helped." "Link told me about the stampede." "Would it make any difference if I said I am sorry." "Terribly sorry." "Funny how people fall back on those words." ""I'm sorry"." "What counts now is our happiness." "Our freedom." "The way we want to live." "Not we, Connie." "Just you alone." "But I don't want it alone." "So you don't want it alone?" "I guess that squares everything." "It sure is a pretty dress." "You like it?" "Would it do for a wedding dress?"