"Sancho, by tomorrow morning, all the water will be gone." "If you haven't been able to think of something to do by then," "I promise you I will." "Ooh!" "O, senor!" "Lo siento mucho!" "No corria, la cucaracha estaba alli!" "Don't take the doll, eh?" "Esta bien, hijo." "Pero otra vez, que intendes tan gran casarilla..." "Ahazatod tu punteria." "You can talk english." "I can understand english so good like you." "Perhaps better." "Senor, if you please, something for san sebastian?" "San sebastian?" "Donation." "The padres need money very badly." "Gracias, senor." "De nada." "Your prey is getting away from you." "Where's the stagecoach?" "You said it would be here by ten o'clock" "And it's almost noon." "Any time now, senor." "Unfortunately, my san francisco connections can't wait until "any time"." "Where can I wash up?" "In the back." "There is a a water pump." "Gracias." "Well?" "I..." "There is something I can do for you?" "Polish the boots?" "Brush off the clothes?" "What's the matter, didn't I give you enough?" "You have been most generous, senor." "Gracias." "Well?" "a dangerous man there." "I'd advise you to hide your money or carry a gun" "If you're planning to spend any time in san sebastian." "Just passing through." "I've never heard of him." "Does he just work around here?" "He's run off nearly 200 head" "Of my prime beef for the last three months." "That's why I posted the reward." "I'm ian crown." "Paladin's my name." "If you don't mind a suggestion," "You won't get many takers at that price." "I'm not one to be throwing my money away." "If you should decide to raise the ante," "I'll give you my card and..." "What is it?" "My billfold..." "I had it when I gave the boy..." "The boy." "17, 18, 19, 20!" "Magnificent, pedro!" "Where did you get so much money?" "I saved it, padre." "Tell it again, pedro." "What's the meaning of this?" "Take your hands off that boy!" "Save me, father!" "Don't let him take me away!" "Explain yourself!" "Ask him to explain where he got the money." "Huh?" "Pedro?" "I found it!" "Where?" "Perhaps you'd better tell us." "Padre, you just don't find something in a man's pocket." "Where's the wallet?" "There's a bank draft for $3,000 in it." "I hid it." "Get it." "Immediately." "My apologies." "Please do not be too harsh with the boy" "He's not really a thief." "He's an orphan and we have raised him." "He simply wanted to help us." "As soon as he brings back the wallet," "We'll forget it ever happened." "Gracias, senor." "Come then." "Let me give you some wine." ""have..." "Gun..." "Will..." "Travel."" "Father, you've done a remarkable job of restoring this mission." "Most of them are still in ruins." "We were fortunate." "Most of the people that owned the missions" "Before president lincoln returned them to the church" "Were not interested in the buildings, only the land." "Senor crown is more careful of property." "Crown?" "The owner of the black angus ranch?" "Yes, you know him?" "Slightly." "Enough to know" "He's very careful in money matters." "And most difficult, too." "He had to be forced to relinquish the mission" "And the land around it." "Why?" "He was paid, wasn't he?" "Well and fairly." "He was not in sympathy with the price." "He has the statue of our beloved patron, san sebastian." "He refuses to return it to us" "Unless we pay him for it." "How much?" "$2,000." "An impossible sum." "Without the statue our people are unhappy." "They want san sebastian to return." "Ah." "Senor paladin." "And the money," "With my gratitude for your understanding." "Not all of it, padre!" "One dollar is mine!" "He gave it to me." "Now pedro..." "He's absolutely right." "Pero, here is your dollar," "And here is one dollar more as a reward for finding the wallet." "Gracias, senor." "De nada." "Father, I wouldn't worry too much about san sebastian." "The way pedro works, you'll have the statue back in no time." "I am sorry, senor paladin," "But there will be no stagecoach today." "It has been wrecked." "How did that happen?" "Sancho fernandez." "He stopped the stage and taked the money." "Senor crown's foreman bring from the bank into lard." "The payroll for the ranch, I think." "Crown seems to be his pet target." "His only target." "Why?" "Some time ago, sancho's brother was killed" "On crown's ranch." "He worked..." "It was during a cattle drive." "An accident, it was said." "Senor..." "Pedro, let's not start this all over again." "I start nothing." "I have business with you." "You?" "One can hire you for a certain job?" "What did you have in mind?" "I wish you to get the statue of san sebastian back for the mission." "And the fee?" "How much do you ask?" "That depends upon how difficult the job is." "The way senor crown feels right now," "I don't think he's in any mood to be very generous." "The way senor crown feels now," "It would make it very easy." "He would do much for the one who catch sancho." "You've got it all figured out, haven't you?" "Will you do it?" "Please?" "For san sebastian?" "This is my price, mr." "Crown." "San sebastian." "Nothing more, nothing less." "You've been talking to the padres" "At the mission, haven't you mr." "Paladin?" "They've told you what a heathen I am" "Because I won't give them back their statue." "Your personal faith was not discussed." "I am not one to be cheated." "For 20 years I've owned this land." "All of it including the mission." "Was I supposed to be grateful when some high mucky-muck" "In washington tells me that I have to sell the mission back?" "That high mucky-muck happens to be abe lincoln" "And I'm sure you got a fair price." "What's a fair price for 20 years of blood and sweat?" "The franciscans were here a long time before you." "Their blood and sweat went into that mission." "And when the mexican government sold it out from under them," "They got nothing." "Absolutely nothing." "That is none of my concern." "But sancho is and he won't stop until he bleeds you dry." "The man's out of his head." "I didn't kill his brother." "The girth in his saddle broke and he fell off his horse." "It was an accident." "And you'll pay for that "accident" for many years to come." "I'll give you $500." "Good day, mr." "Crown." "Wait!" "How are you going to do it?" "Nobody else has been able to find him." "Am I hired?" "All right." "What are you going to do?" "He's like a ghost." "I've never been able to find him." "He's never in the same place twice." "The trick is to be in the same place the first time." "You'll need more money from the bank to meet your payroll, won't you?" "Make sure that everyone knows I'm getting it for you." "Mr. Crown..." "My rifle is pointed straight between your shoulder blades." "You do not believe me." "Try to turn around." "I believe you." "Dismount." "Stand with your back to me." "Now carefully drop your gun belt to the ground." "Carefully!" "You have some money for senor crown?" "Where is it?" "You're well informed, sancho." "As well, if not better than you, senor paladin." "Ho!" "Sancho, what makes you so sure that ian crown murdered your brother?" "The way I heard it, it was an accident." "Girth on his saddle broke." "Have you also heard that the same day" "Before the cattle drive began," "My brother asked crown for a new girth," "Because his was badly worn?" "They would not give him one unless he paid for it." "Si, an accident," "But it did not have to happen." "If revenge is all you want, why don't you kill ian crown?" "But I am killing him." "Slowly, and in a way most painful to him." "The money!" "Where is it?" "It's in my jacket." "Throw it to me." "Gently." "Drop it, sancho." "Hold onto the horn." "I'll get you to a doctor." "Ay!" "Stop it, sancho." "The wound is not that bad." "You cannot fool me." "All right, padre." "As long as I can fool everyone else." "You should not have come here." "Why not?" "This is the place for the sick and helpless." "You are neither." "Sancho, remember where you are." "You are a persistent man." "Your trail wasn't very hard to follow." "Is it serious, father?" "A long way from the heart." "He can travel then." "You wish to take me to senor crown?" "I think it's time you and he came to some kind of an understanding." "He will only understand one thing from me." "A rope!" "You stole his money and rustled his cattle." "He killed my brother." "Both of you think you've been wronged." "Neither one of you is right." "This has to stop sometime." "Not this way." "I will not go with you." "Sancho, I just had a long walk on your account." "I don't like walking." "My feet hurt, I'm tired and I'm in no mood to argue." "You're going with me one way or the other." "Guns and violence will not be tolerated here." "If you must fight, leave the mission, both of you." "No, padre." "I'm staying here." "You cannot." "I am a wounded man!" "Helpless." "I ask sanctuary." "You cannot refuse me." "You cannot turn away anyone who seeks help and shelter." "Crown offered to exchange the statue for sancho." "San sebastian?" "In exchange for him." "I'm sorry, padre." "I would like to help you." "But first I must help myself." "If this man wishes to stay here," "He shall have the care and the protection of san sebastian." "Here you are, mr." "Crown." "There's your money from the bank." "You can pay your hands tomorrow." "Then the trap didn't work." "It worked, but sancho got away from me." "Took refuge in the mission." "San sebastian?" "He claimed sanctuary and it was granted." "You think he'll stay there?" "For a while, but I can wait him out." "Thank you very much, mr." "Paladin." "Good night." "What's this?" "One hundred dollars." "The reward for information leading to the capture of sancho fernandez." "Mr. Crown, my price was san sebastian when I capture sancho." "Which you did not do." "Your services are no longer required." "Not a chance." "Stocker!" "Good night, mr." "Paladin." "Mr. Crown..." "Good night, mr." "Crown." "If I were you, sancho, I'd get out right now." "Crown intends to trap you in this mission." "I could not be in a safer place." "Don't bet on that." "Come, senor." "Everyone respects the law of sanctuary." "You would like to get me outside the mission, wouldn't you?" "Suit yourself." "Padre!" "Padre!" "Softly, pedro." "Senor crown and his men are outside." "Wait here." "I'll speak with him." ""our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win."" "Shakespeare." "It would be an easy shot from here." "Would you take it?" "Why are you here, mr." "Crown?" "What do you want?" "Sancho fernandez." "Send him out." "I cannot." "He has been granted sanctuary." "You're going to protect a thief?" "A common criminal?" "You, a priest?" "I will shelter anyone who seeks my help" "Because I am a priest." "I'll go get him." "You do not dare." "This is holy ground." "Very well, padre." "If I can't go in, neither can anyone else." "We'll see how good your sanctuary is" "Without food and water." "I'll have some of that, stocker." "When you're making your rounds, brace them in." "They're getting careless." "Sleeping and playing cards." "They're not keeping a sharp watch." "It's been three days, mr." "Crown." "It's kind of dull just sitting around and waiting." "They won't have to wait much longer." "You and the brothers must leave, padre." "He does not dare harm you." "He will let you out." "This is our home, sancho." "We will not leave it." "But there is nothing left." "The food is almost gone." "There is hardly any water." "San sebastian will provide." "The padres will not leave the mission." "Why should they?" "Then you think I should leave?" "You ask me to surrender now?" "Crown would hang me." "I don't ask you to do anything but think of the padres." "It's crown's fault." "He's responsible." "It's both your faults." "Your fight is harming innocent people." "I can't help that." "Sancho, by tomorrow we'll be out of water." "If you haven't been able to think of something to do by then," "I promise you I will." "Well?" "Nothing." "Haven't seen anybody all morning." "We can't hold out much longer." "Mr. Crown, the men don't think this is right." "Going after sancho was one thing." "But the padres..." "I'm not forcing them to stay." "They can leave any time they want." "Paladin!" "Mr. Crown, we have a business arrangement." "I want your word right now that you'll keep it." "I don't need you, paladin." "Then you're willing to take the responsibility" "For whatever happens to the padres." "What were the arrangements again?" "The statue of san sebastian" "If I get rid of sancho." "You have my word." "Paladin!" "I know what you tried to do." "You deal with him for me!" "Sancho, I told you before." "You're leaving here one way or the other." "For both of us!" "One way or the other!" "All right, mr." "Crown." "You take care of the rest of it." "Sorry, padre." "It was the only way." "To violate sanctuary and to kill?" "May god forgive you." "All right, mr." "Crown." "Satisfied?" "Excuse me." "Mr. Crown, the statue please." "All right, stocker." "Nail her up." "A miracle!" "No, father." "It's just a trick." "Please explain later." "I can hardly breathe." "The strap is so tight." "It had to be tight." "If your chest moved," "You'd really be dead." "Did you fasten the side of the coffin?" "Oh, si." "Si, and the weights." "They did not move." "I do not understand." "Very simple, father." "I fixed the side of the coffin." "All sancho had to do was slip out of the coffin" "And hide under the table." "And senor crown believed..." "We fool him good, padre." "And you get back your statue of san sebastian." "And I've made a business arrangement with mr." "Crown." "I intend to keep it." "You're riding out with me right now" "And you're not coming back." "Gladly, paladin." "Thank you, father." "Buenos suerte." "And to you." "Adios, padre." "Gracias." "Vaya con dios, sancho."