"Pleased to meet you." "Two of the horses ran off, but that pinto you're riding hung around." " You got no idea what they were after?" " Nope." " Offend anybody lately?" " Not for five years." " Jefferson City?" " No, Leavenworth." "I've never been in there." "They just jumped you out of the blue?" "I had to get up anyway." "Me, I'm riding along, minding my own business, four cowboys come by and we decide to ride together for a while." "Friendly as can be." "I always figure you might as well approach life like everybody's your friend or nobody is." "Don't make much difference." "Get out in the middle of that frying pan, and suddenly everybody's pointing their gun but me." "I guess they admired my horse." "Looks like that's not all they admired." "Yep, my whole rig." "I don't care much about the rest, but surely will miss that bay." "At least they didn't kill me." "That was right considerate, I thought." "They were laughing when they left me." "They thought it was real funny." "I walked for a little while, but it was no use." "So I gave it up." "I figured it was just bad luck." "Looks like those boys are headed south, so they weren't the same ones that jumped me." " Where are you going?" " Where's the pinto going?" "Whoa." "I'll get these horses tended to." "I'm good for it." "Just a minute there, fella." "When I'm done helping the lady, I'll come up here" "I'll take this one." "This one is $20." " How much to borrow it?" " The guns are for sale." "All right, what can I get for that?" "Look, Ma!" "This is the man, sergeant." "He claims the animal was stolen." " How do I know this is your horse?" " Can't you see this horse loves me?" "I had a gal do that to me, it didn't make her my wife." "I'll tell you what, on the underside of that saddle, I've got my name scratched." "Take a look and you'll see." " And what would your name be?" " Paden." "P-A-D-E-N." "Hello, Cobb." "Hello, Paden." "How are you doing?" " You know this man, Cobb?" " I surely do." "Troopers let's take a look at this saddle." "All right." "Move along, folks." "Get these children outa here." "Now you, get some clothes on." "I see you've been prospering without me." "It's been a while." "Where's the dog?" "I appreciate the loan." " I'm good for it." " Well, let's talk about that." "I'm looking for some men." " I've given that up." " So have I." "I've got a legitimate job now." "I could use a guy like you." " You've got a legitimate job?" " Yes sir, you wouldn't believe it." "You're right." "This is mighty sweet, Paden." "I think I've finally found my place in the world." "Well, I'm real happy for you, Cobb... but I think I'll just keep looking for mine." "He's getting out." "Come on, Paden." "This ought to interest you." "Hey, look who's here, Tyree." "Our old riding buddy." "I invited Paden to join us, but he's not having any." "Where's the dog?" "You owe me $13." "Hyah!" "Thirteen." "Bad luck." "I see what you like." "She's mighty pretty." "Yeah, and bridle wise too." "The only thing I lost I really cared about." "Except for maybe my hat." "It's a great one." "Black, with a pretty silver band on it." "My head spent three years training it." " I sure do miss that hat." " I've got to be going." " Going to Turley, was it?" " Yeah." "Yeah, I've gotta stop off there." "Meet a guy, head out for Silverado." "What's Turley like?" "Well, it's a town." " Got a saloon?" " I expect." " Women?" " I expect." "Baxter, Hawley, where the hell have you been?" "You're late, and I tell you, I don't like it." "It's a bad start, boys." "I've got my people down there throwing snowballs and raring to go." "I'm afraid it is a bad start, friend, because my name ain't Baxter, he ain't Hawley." " You're not Baxter?" " My name's Emmett." " You're not Baxter either?" " No, I'm not Hawley." "Goddamn it." "Goddamn it, they ain't Baxter and Hawley." "Where the hell is Baxter and Hawley?" "Quit the yelling, you old coot." "We're right here." " Who are you calling a coot?" " Calm down, Mr. Hobart." "I'm Norm Baxter, that there's my partner, Tom Hawley." "You're late." "It's a bad start, boys." "Yes, sir." "That means we'll just have to get you people to Silverado that much quicker." "All right, let's get going." "You remember my letter, don't you, Mr. Hobart?" "Half now and half when we get there." "Yeah, I remember." "I remember." "Open the box, Eb." " Thank you." " Don't you even want to count it?" "Not at all friend, we trust you." "Let's get this wagon train on its way to Silverado." "You bet." "What do you want?" "I haven't had a drink of whisky or slept in a bed in 10 days." "Give me a bottle." "Hey, what are you doing, buck?" "Having a drink." "No, you're not." "Get out of here." "I haven't had a drink of whisky or slept in a bed in 10 days." " You ain't getting it here." " I'm real sorry to hear that." " Doesn't look quite fair." " Which way do you mean?" "What's all this then?" "This nigger's breaking up my place, Sheriff Langston." "I don't like that word much, Carter." "We don't serve them here, and you know it." "I asked him to leave, and he went crazy on us." "Now, he owes me money for all this damage." " Is that a fact?" " I'm afraid not, sheriff." " These other fellas started the ruckus." " Are these your friends?" "I wanted a drink and a bed." "I guess I came to the wrong place." "You came to the wrong town." "I don't tolerate this kind of thing." "It's hard on the peace, and it's hard on the furniture." "Now, knowing a bit about Carter here," "I'm gonna let you go without paying for the damage, but go you will." "And I mean now." "Is there a place in town that takes my kind?" "You misunderstand." "I want you out of town." "In fact, I want you all the way out of my jurisdiction." "That ain't right." "I decide what's right in this jurisdiction." "Now, move." "Ah." "Hey, who's going to pay for this, sheriff?" "Don't press your luck, Carter." " Now, let's talk about you chaps." " We'd rather stay." "Well, we'll see about that." "I'm Sheriff John Langston." "And as you may have guessed, I am not from these parts." "You're kidding." "But the good citizens of Turley have taken me in their embrace, and for one simple reason:" "I maintain the peace." "So when strangers come to town, I always ask them their business." "Have you come for the hanging?" "I'm meeting a guy here and moving on." "So far, I haven't been able to find him." "Well, in my town, if you're looking for someone, you ask me." "All right." "He's a young fella, full of juice, about my size." "Wears a fancy two-gun rig." "I know where that gentleman is." "Now, I want everyone to behave himself." "Emmett?" " Howdy, Jake." " Emmett!" "Oh, I'm glad to see you." "Lean back." "Thank you." " What's going on here?" " You got me." "This is a crazy town, Emmett." "I think we ought to just get out of here." "I mean, all I did was kiss a girl." " Is that why they got you in jail?" " Yeah." "I kissed a girl, and this guy didn't like it." "And so then we had some words, so I decided to get out of there." "So I did, you know, I got out of there." "You know me." "I don't want no trouble." "And so I walked out in the street, and this fella tries to shoot me in the back." " And you had to kill him?" " No, no, I winged him." " He dropped his gun." " You're in here for winging a guy?" "No, not exactly." "Because, you see, his friend opened up on me." " Which friend was that?" " That was the one with the shotgun." "The dead one." "Jake?" "Jake." "I'm gonna ask you once:" "Was it self-defense?" "Honest to God, Emmett, he would have killed me." "The jury saw it differently." " This the guy you're gonna hang?" " Tomorrow morning at 10:00." "I was afraid of that." "Emmett, can't you help me?" "You know the law, Jake." "You know what they did to me." "Blind Pete always said you'd hang." "I guess tomorrow at dawn he'll be proved right." "Ten a.m." "Right." "I always thought they did it at dawn." "So long, kid." "I'm sorry." "I hate to see any man swing." "It's bad luck." "It's bad luck for me." "I've got to bust him out of there." "You'll have to deal me out on that." "I've had some experience with that sort of thing." " I don't want any more." " I understand." " It's not going to be easy." " It never is, but..." "He's my brother." "We're going to California together but... first, we're going to stop off in Silverado, see our sister." "Say goodbye." "I can't show up there with a story like this." "Then I guess this is where we part ways." "Sorry." "No hard feelings." "Come on, I'll buy you a drink." "You ain't got any money." "Alright then you buy me a drink." "You know, a good smelly saloon is my favorite place in the world." "You're wearing my hat." "What else you got that's mine?" "Mister, I don't know what you're talking about." "I hope your fingers aren't tickling my ivory-handled Colt." "If you stand up real slow and let me see you, you might live through this night." "Sure." "You're making a big mistake." "That's what I told him." "You mean, you ain't coming with Emmett and me?" "I can't say I'm convinced you're going anywhere." "Sure are." "We're leaving at dawn." "I've got no reason to run." "It was a fair fight and there were plenty of witnesses." "Yeah, that's what happened with me too." "The other guy drew first." "Right." "Sheriff!" "Open up!" "Sheriff Langston, come quick!" "Lock the door." "Don't let anybody in." "Blind Pete used to do this all by touch." "All right, where is he?" " He left." " Like hell!" "This is the only way out." "I woke up, and he was gone." "All right, kid, come on out." "I know you're under there." "You, get over here." "Yeah, you." "Get over here." "Give me your hands." "Did you get him?" "Thanks for giving me a hand." " Shh." " Okay." "What now?" "We wait." "Let's go." "Shh." "Hyah!" "Hey!" "Come on, Jake, let's go." "Here's a trick for you, kid." " Is that them shooting?" " No, it's coming from those rocks." "Let's go." "He ain't hitting nothing." "You idiot." "He's hit everything he's aimed at." "They won't be out of our jurisdiction until they pass Flat Top." "Today my jurisdiction ends here." "Pick up my hat." "Hey, Langston!" "Ten o'clock." "This a friend of yours?" "He is now." " Who is he?" " Oh, a guy who got run out of town." "Just like us." "Hobart, what are you people doing here?" "Look." "Baxter and Hawley killed poor Eb and stole the money box." "They went north." "We're going after them." "Forget the money." "You've got to get these people out of here." "This is bad country." "Not a place to be setting with women and kids." "Your next water ain't for three days." "We got no life in Silverado without that money." "Everybody put in." "It's our whole stake." " How long they been gone?" " About an hour." "I'll go with you, Mal." "Deal me in." "Jake, you know the way out of here." "I want you to get this train moving towards Silverado, and fast." "I'll go with these guys." "You men stay with your wagons and your families." "Get rolling, keep your eyes peeled." "Wait a minute." "Even if you do get the money, how do we know you'll come back?" "Well, if we don't, you can keep my brother." " I'm trusting you, mister." " You trusted Baxter." "I don't plan on letting these men out of my sight." "You know, mister, if I'd brought a pretty lady like that into a place like this, I'd stay close." "That's none of your business." "Let's get going." "You've got a point." "Maybe I'd better stay here with her." "All right, let's get turned around and get these wagons rolling." "Come on, everybody rides." "Everybody rides." "You know, hanging around with you is no picnic." "Anybody got any ideas?" " You really did it this time." " Thanks, boss." "Tom did his part too." "Coming in!" "Coming in!" " Should I kill him, Mr. Dawson?" " In a minute." "I wouldn't do that if I were you." "You're gonna need every gun when that posse gets here." "Posse?" "What the hell you talking about?" "Me and my partner robbed a bank in Turley, hid it out with a posse on our tails." "My partner over there caught one a ways back, I think he kicked off while I was looking for this damn canyon." "You're Dawson, ain't you?" "Tex LaRue." "Used to ride with Rye Marsh." "You know him." "Well, Andy Sims told me there's a hideout near here, so I headed for it." "Hope you don't mind." "Mind?" "You brought a posse to my best hideout, and you ask me if I mind?" "Mister, I don't know any of those names." "You're about to die." "Hold on, hold on, hold on." "You don't believe me, ask them two there." "They saw me and my pal in Turley before we did the job." "I seen them there, all right, but I don't know nothing about any bank job." "If you took the bank in Turley, where's the money?" "You know, I'd get down if I were you." "They might be up there right now." "No money, huh?" "It's in my saddle bags." "I ain't getting out in the open to get it." "Stop your firing till you see something." "If we charge them, they won't stand a chance." "First, we got to get to them horses." " Horses?" "What are you talking about?" " Cover me!" "Brave man." "I think there's only a couple of guys up there, and this asshole is with them." "Get that guy." "Keep him from getting the horses!" "That was some idea of yours." "Next time, you go in." "I knew it." "Now, put that box on my horse." "Mister, you've got a lot to learn about people." "They got a place south of Silverado." "I guess they've done okay." "Good enough anyway so that my mama wrote me last time, she said they needed help to work the place." "That was almost nine months ago she wrote." "Letter took a while to find me, but when it did, it was just the right time." " Where were you?" " Chicago." " Working in the slaughterhouses." " Chicago?" "You've been to Chicago?" " Was it wonderful?" " No." "Paden, where have you been?" "You know, I was just checking the, uh..." "You know, looking in." "Jeez, Paden!" "Her old man ain't even cold yet." "It looks pretty shallow here." "We could just go off, Emmett." "Keep moving." "Keep moving." "Come on." "Pull them up." "Yeah." "Yeah." "The bank is soft on the other side." "Let's go." "Well, this is it, gents." "Mama told me to head for that notch." " Good luck, Mal." " Yeah." "Maybe we'll see you around." "Yeah, maybe." "So long." " So long, Mal." " Bye." "Hope to see you again, ma'am." "I think I'll ride along with the lady here." "Take a look at this farmland before I come into Silverado." "See what makes a trip this hard worth taking." " I'll see you around." " I'll be around." "Jake, let's go." "See you in Silverado, Paden." "PADEN:" "I'll be there." "Mr. and Mrs. Parker have agreed to join their parcel to mine." "We'll work them together." "Mine starts right over there." "It's all I've ever wanted." "Pretty land, isn't it?" "And a pretty lady." "A lot of men have told me that." "Maybe it's true." "I guess some women are just slow to believe it." "Believe it." "They're drawn to me by that." "But it never lasts." "Why?" "Because they don't like what I want." " What's that?" " I want to build something." "Make things grow." "That takes hard work." "A lifetime of it." "That's not why a man comes to a pretty woman." "After a while I won't be so pretty, but this land will be." "Kate." "Come here." " Hi, J.T." " Jake, how are you?" "Come on, son." " Remember us?" " Yeah." "Hi, Augie." "It's good to be home, Kate." "Daddy?" "I saw the light." "I thought maybe Rae had come back to see me." "I never thought it'd be my boy." "I never thought that." " Mama?" " She was sick a long time." "She was sick when she wrote you, but she didn't say it." "I never thought you'd come back... but she did." " Where's Rae?" " She's gone." "Gone to town." "She hated working the farm, just like you." " What happened?" " They ran me off." "They burned me out and made it so I couldn't do..." "Just like Georgia." "You own this land." "I paid the government for it, all right." "That don't mean much out here." "Malachi, I'm living like a wildcat, in a cave in the hills." "Hiding out." "Afraid to walk my own land." " What about the law?" " Whose law?" "The law here runs a man down just like these cattle." "That ain't right." "I've had enough of what ain't right." "What we got here is a bad situation." "Those homesteaders you brought in with you gonna make it worse." "They come into the office and stake their claims, there's gonna be the start of big trouble." "Gonna cut McKendrick off in the north." "You know, a man could die of thirst before anybody offered him a drink around here." "Maybe you all ought to come to California with Jake and me." "Yeah." "Augie's gonna grow up here." "There's nothing wrong with the land, it's just some of the people." "Problem is, Emmett, you killed the wrong McKendrick." "J.T., watch what you're saying around Augie." "Emmett didn't kill anyone." "Well, Kate, it was self-defense, sure enough." "But I do think you'd have to say I killed old Murdo." "I think that's definitely the word." "Son is worse than the old man was." "He's smoother, so you don't always hear him coming." "He'll do anything to keep his range free." "I'm worried what he's going to do when he finds out you boys are back." "I think Jake here can take care of himself." "I just did five years I didn't owe." "McKendrick ought to be satisfied with that and let it lie." "What brings you out of your hole, Johnson?" " Who's that with you, Ezra?" " This is my son." "He's come home." "Ain't that sweet, Red?" "I'm afraid you boys are trespassing on McKendrick land." "You got it all wrong, mister." "This is our place." "What?" "Mr. McKendrick bought this place from your father." "That's a lie!" "Tomorrow, we're going into town and straighten that out once and for all." "The next day, we'll be back here, farming, and those cattle better be gone." "If I find any cattle on our land after tomorrow," "I'm going to start carving them into steaks." "And believe me, that's one thing I know about." "Killing cattle is a hanging offense in these parts." "If we shot you down right now, we'd be within our rights." "Mister, you ever see what a Henry rifle can do in the hands of somebody who knows how to use it?" "Who would that be?" "You?" "Hyah." "This ain't the end of it." "What can I do you for, stranger?" " Do you work here?" " I run the place." " What can I get you?" " Bourbon." "Right." "Nifty." "The world is what you make it, friend." " If it doesn't fit, make alterations." " I'll drink to that." " Will you join me, Miss...?" " Stella." "Paden." "Stella, are you the midnight star herself?" "I am." "I'm always there, but I only shine at night." "Compliments to you, Miss Stella." "This is what I call a saloon." " Thanks." "That's what I call it too." " And I know what I'm talking about." " You like a good saloon?" " It's the only place I'm happy." "Me too." "What's wrong with us?" "You wouldn't be needing any help around here, say, with the gambling?" "See that fella playing with his hair?" "That's Kelly, my so-called partner." " He runs that side of things." " So-called?" "Yeah." "Apart from being a loudmouthed lying cheat, he's just the man I would have picked." "Why'd you go into business with him?" "I don't own this place." "The man who does stuck me with Kelly." " Who's the owner?" " Here he comes right now." "You look fine tonight, Phoebe." "Well, look at this... two of my favorite people in the world, talking to each other." "Stella, this is one of my oldest surviving friends." " Treat him right." " That was my plan." "You two are gonna get along just fine." "You got a lot in common." "Hey, Kelly, get over here." "You didn't come all this way just to pay me back that money, did you?" "Kelly, meet my friend Paden." "Howdy." "Give the man a line of credit." "He already owes the house 13 bucks." " You got a place to stay?" " I just got into town." "We still got an extra room out back?" "It's not in use at the moment." " What brings you to my saloon?" " Luck, I guess." "Good old Paden." "I was hoping maybe you'd changed your mind about the job." "You didn't tell me you owned a saloon." "Oh, that ain't the half of it, friend." "Welcome to heaven." "Where's the other one, Johnson?" "Our orders are to run you two out of here." "You couldn't leave well enough alone, could you, old man?" "You tell us where your son is." "There don't have to be any shooting." " You're lying, Hoyt, like always." " No, not this time." "I've got my orders." " My son's on the way to town." " That's too bad." "You're just going to have to go by yourself." "Daddy." "Daddy." "Hannah's a smart, pretty woman." "But she's got a hard idea for living." "Yeah?" "All I'm saying is, you won't trip over me if you look her up." "I'm going to California with my brother." "Cobb, I want you to meet Emmett." "He's a friend of mine." "This is Sheriff Cobb." " Pleased to meet you, sheriff." " The pleasure's mine." "Always happy to meet a friend of Paden's." "Hey, Stella, bring Kelly out here, will you?" "You're Kate Hollis' brother, aren't you?" "That's right." "Ah, you're the one who killed old Murdo McKendrick." "I didn't have much choice." "He was about to shoot my brother in the back." "Ah." "We can't be having that now, can we?" " You wanted to see me?" " We're going to make an adjustment." "I wanted you to be here when I offered Paden your job." "I think he could do it without getting greedy." "Stella and I are tired of you skimming our profits." " What are you talking about?" " I'm done talking, Kelly." "Get out." " You can't do this." " Really?" " How about it, Paden, want the job?" " So you're an understanding boss." "Nothing like that would ever happen between us." "Maybe we ought to ask Stella." "You'd be welcome." "No, Kelly, he'll kill you!" "Stella... thanks for warning me." "Didn't have much choice." "All right, stand back." "I never enjoy killing a man." "Excuse me, sheriff, I'm a gambler who'd like to run an honest game here in your town." "To whom do I speak about that?" "I hope it's not this gentleman." "That's him." "I'd better find somebody to clean up this mess." "You used to ride with that guy?" "What are you doing?" "I told you to practice on a horse that's not moving, huh?" "Uh-huh." "Yeah." "Where are you going?" "Well, I've got things to do, kid." "I'm a busy man." "I'll go with you." "A grown man can't have a little boy with him everywhere he goes, yeah?" "Who's a grown man?" "Hello, Rae." "What are you doing here?" "I thought you were done with our family." "Daddy's dead." "He was murdered." "Who did it?" "I'm not sure, but I got an idea, and when I'm sure, they gonna pay." "Oh, that's just fine." "Where were you when Mama and Daddy needed you?" "It's too late, Mal." "Now you finally show up, and all you can think is to get yourself killed." " Are you okay, Rae?" " Yeah, I'm okay." "Why don't you introduce me to your friend." "He's not my friend." "He used to be my brother." "Calvin Sandhope, but my mother called me Slick." "Excuse me." "What are you doing here, Rae?" "This ain't for you." "That's none of your business." "Rae, all we've got is each other." "I don't have any family anymore." "Yee-haw!" "I'm surprised to see you out here today." " Just came out to say goodbye." " Goodbye?" "Yeah." "Jake and me will be heading out for California soon." "You came all the way out here just to tell me you're going to California?" "All you had to do is go, and we'd never see each other again." " That's why I'm here." " Why?" "You don't make it easy on a fella." "Maybe you thought you'd be back this way someday." "Yeah, that must have been it." "It's McKendrick's men!" "Move!" "All right, let's go." "Goddamn it!" "We won't quit!" "You bastards!" " Is that a fair mix?" " I'm saving lives here." "The straight stuff would raise a blood blister on boot leather." "I meant, it seemed like a lot of whisky." " What's this?" " That's the good stuff." "Oh, yeah?" "How good?" " Here's to the good stuff." " May it last a long time." "You'd better get out here." "Nothing happened, Tyree." " This is my job." " Shut up." "I don't believe a lady has to explain anything to a man this ugly." " What's the trouble here?" " Stay out of this, Paden." " He can't do that." "Cobb's hired him." " That's Cobb's mistake." "Come on out of there, Phoebe." "You've done enough." " Go on home, Jake." " All I did was kiss the girl." "That's what you said in Turley." "Remember how that ended?" "What's the matter, Paden?" "Are you afraid I couldn't get those two behind me?" "I don't want you getting anybody in my place." "Boom." "I should have killed you a long time ago." "Why not now?" "Don't do it, Tyree." "I just lost a partner." "If you kill him, I'll never get anyone to work in here." "You'd better start looking." "You really are a gambler, aren't you?" "Give me some of the good stuff." "Whoa." "Whoa, there." "Sorry about that." "Hey!" " Where did you get this horse, kid?" " This is my uncle's horse." " Like hell it is." " What's the problem, Swan?" "Yeah, what's the problem?" " Emmett." " McKendrick." " I didn't know you were out." " Seem short to you?" "That's all over with as far as I'm concerned, Emmett." "I'm satisfied." " That sounds good." " All right, then." "Let's go." "Mr. McKendrick." "Don't you recognize this pinto?" " What?" " That's Lee's horse." "Shut up, Swan." "Wait a minute." "Get down from there, Augie." "The man who lost this horse must have been working for you." "I should have known." "But you changed your brand, Ethan." "A lot of things changed when my father died." "He must be pretty good." "He's good, all right." "Too good for my men." " That why you've got to take care of it." " What about his brother?" "We'll handle that." "He's careless." "Things are getting messy around here." "I hear Ezra Johnson got himself killed." " I heard that too." " Did you hear his son is still around?" "Cobb, looks like you're finally going to earn your money." "From what I've seen, Paden doesn't care about money." "He says he doesn't care about anything, but he does." "There's just no telling what it's gonna be." " Howdy, Mr. Slick." " Sheriff." "Let me tell you about your friend Paden." "Me and him, Tyree and a few others, we did a good bit of riding together a few years back." "Business, you know." "And business was pretty good." "We were moving around a lot." "Well, you have to, in that line of work." "Along the line, we picked up this dog." "One the boys took to feeding it, so it followed us everywhere." "Anyway, this one time, we were leaving a little Missouri town in quite a hurry." "Bunch of the locals hot on our tails." "This dog somehow got tangled up with Tyree's horse." "And Tyree went flying." "Tyree was pretty mad when he jumped up." "And being Tyree, he shot the dog." "Didn't kill him though." "Before you know it, Paden is off his horse, and he's holding this dog." "He'd gone all strange on us, said we should go on without him." "Well, I thought he was kidding at first, but he wasn't." "Tyree was ready to plug them both." "All this with a posse coming down on us." "I thought we were pals, after all that riding we'd done together." "All of a sudden he's more worried about some mutt." "Well, we did like he asked, and we left him." "And he went to jail for a dog." "You want to hear the funny part?" "Paden didn't even like that damn dog." "It evened out in the end." "They locked me up." "The dog sprung me." " Where's the dog now?" " He left me." "Come on, Paden, I'll buy you a drink." "I took out $13." " This is a lot of money." " I told you it was a sweet set-up." "It is that." "Maybe you could you run it without Stella." "This is her life." "I'll go before she does." " Easy, boy, it was just an idea." " Well, thanks, but forget it." "You know, Paden, what makes all this work is me doing my job." "Those fellas you come to town with, they're causing some trouble." "It's going to take some straightening out." "I have my responsibilities." "I just want you to understand it has nothing to do with us." " What is it you want from me?" " Nothing." "Do nothing." "Don't get between us." "I'm a great believer in doing nothing." "Then we understand each other." "Don't worry about me." "You're taking on Emmett." "The last place I want to be is between." "You're empty, mister." "Ain't you dead yet, mister?" "Cobb said he'd be hard to kill." "I guess you couldn't hear us coming." "He was practicing so hard for a fight," " he missed the whole thing." " So long, stranger." "Now, I don't want to kill you, and you don't want to be dead." " He can't be that good, Tyree." " You want to find out?" "I think we should do like he says." "How are you feeling?" "Be a lot worse, you hadn't come along." "Well, I didn't just come along." "I was looking for you." "Jake said you were out there." "I saw him in town, and he told me about that business the other day." "He said you boys took a Henry rifle off of one of McKendrick's men." " I wanted to see it." " That's it." "This was my father's." "The men who killed him took it." "I'm sorry." "I've got to get to my brother." "They come after me, they'll want him too." " You'll never make it." " I got to." "I'll go." "I'll bring Jake out here." "You be careful." "You're in it now, and it's gonna get mean." "Augie, I've had enough of this." "Kiss your father and get in bed." "Get out." "We have nothing to talk about." "Rae, I need help." "So why come to me?" "Because you're my sister." "There's nobody else." "The men who killed Daddy are after Jake." "I gotta talk to him." "What's stopping you?" "They're watching the Hollis place." "I can't get through." "What makes you think I could?" "Why would they stop you?" "Because I'm your sister." "He ain't in the saloon either." "Where is that boy?" "You're crazy." "Yee-haw!" " Why him?" " You need help, don't you?" "Jake said he'd meet you behind the church." "Be careful." "They're all over the place." "Thanks." "Good luck." "Well, you must be Ezra Johnson's boy." "Don't shoot the sheriff." "That's against the law." "So is killing a deputy." "Now, we're gonna give you a fair trial... followed by a first-class hanging." "Or you could ride out of here before dawn." "All you gotta do is tell me where I can find your friend Emmett." " Why are they doing this, Mal?" " Because they enjoy it." "What happened to Emmett?" "Cobb's men just about killed him, that's what happened." "I got there just short of too late." "Lucky." "Yeah." "This is working out real good." "Where's Emmett now?" "You're working for Cobb these days, aren't you?" "Your friends have been beating me to find that out." "You think I'm just gonna tell you?" "You waltzed in here pretty easy." "You can go out the same way." "Me, they're figuring to carry out." " Is he all right?" " It looks bad, Rae." "He's a hard man, and he won't give them what they want." "It's gonna cost him." "Well, can't you stop them?" "I don't think so." "Rae." "What is it?" "Kate." "Sweet Kate." "Don't." "Jake's been with me all evening." "I just left him." " Where is he now?" " He went home." "Been with you all evening?" "Even after Slick came to get him?" "Slick didn't come." "No!" " Stop it." " He saw us." "Bring him with us." "Fire!" "The land office is on fire!" "Help J.T." " Where's Augie?" " Her boy must be upstairs." "No." "No, they took him." "They took my Augie." "Easy, easy." "Derrick and Lefty, you go around the back of the house." "You go over there and help out." "Tom, you go help with the buckets too." "Nathan, help with that wagon." "Give it up." "I hate to see this kind of thing in my town." " Gonna have to look into this." " Yeah, maybe I will too." "I thought we talked about that." "We didn't talk about this." "They took the little boy, Cobb." "You're still worried about the dog, aren't you?" "You gotta calm down, Paden." "Everything will be put straight in a few days." "I saw how you're putting Mal Johnson straight." "I never could count on you to be reasonable." "Don't force me to make an adjustment around here." "Cobb, you've got nothing I need." "I'm not thinking about your future, Paden." "I'm worried about Stella." "What's she got to do with this?" "Not a thing." "She's just a mutual friend." "But if you wind up on the wrong side of this, she's going to get hurt." "I'm trying to save you from yourself." "Don't change your luck." "What is it that I can't figure?" "What do you mean?" "Cobb's got something on you, and it must be pretty good." "What makes you say that?" "If he didn't, you'd never sit still, with all this going on." "Are you sure?" "Maybe that's the kind of friend I am." "No." "What's he got?" "Cobb says there's no telling what you're going to care about." "Is that what he said?" "Well, he figured it okay this time." "Look who's here, Johnson." "Your sweet little sister." "Maybe I'd better search her." "It won't be easy, you know." "I've only got one good hand." "Rae!" "Garth!" "Are you in there, Garth?" "To my midnight star." "Cobb's using me to stop you." "So good people are being hurt because of me." "That makes me mad." "Some people think because they're stronger or meaner they can push you around." "I've seen a lot of that, but it's only true if you let it be." "The world is what you make of it." "I like your attitude, but it can be risky." "I'm ready for that." "What about you?" "I don't want you to get hurt." "He can't hurt me if he's dead." "Stella, come quick." "She sprung her brother all by herself, and this is what happened." " He brought her here." " Where did he go?" "I told him about Jake and the little boy, and he went off after Emmett." "Stop your crying." "Go get Doc Skinner and bring him to the shed." "Pick her up." "I've got a place to hide her." "You'd better get in there with her until this thing is over." " Where's Jake?" " McKendrick's men got him." "Is he alive?" "It's worse than that, Emmett." "They took him at your sister's house." "Her husband was shot." "I don't know if he's gonna make it." " Kate?" " She was hurt pretty bad." "Emmett... they took the little boy with them." "You want one of these?" "This ought to do." "Garth!" "Fox!" "Get Kyle and Dusty over here, and keep your eyes open." "I'm running out of deputies." "Stampede!" "Mount up!" "Whoa!" "Whoa, boy!" "Go." "Augie, where's Jake?" "He's dead." "What?" "He was trying to get away and fell off his horse, off a cliff." "Jake fell off his horse?" "It's all right." "Yee-haw!" " Yeah!" "Where's Emmett?" " He's inside." " Where've you been?" " Playing dead." " Let's get out of here." " Right." "Mal!" " Jake!" " Uncle Jake!" "Hi, guys!" "Come on, Augie." "Come on, Augie, jump." "Come on!" "Hyah!" "He's on the roof, Paden." " It never should have got this far Cobb." " This is as far as it's going." "I'll do my part, but you'd but better watch your ass, or these guys will shoot it off." "I'm gonna enjoy this." "This used to be a peaceful town." "What's going on, sheriff?" "Hide and watch." "Any sign of Stella?" "Keep looking." "Now, see if you can find Rae." "Yeah." "You wait till we get back." "Don't come in." "See you around." "Last one in the Midnight Star buys." "You're on." "Let's get them!" "Hey, Paden... good luck." " I'm going for the doctor." " Okay." " You're gonna be all right." " Okay." "Don't be afraid, baby." "I'll stay with you until your little friend comes back." "Come on out, boys." "Jake's in town." "Let's start the ball!" "Hey." "Mal." "I'm glad you're here." "I've been watching her, but she needs a doctor." "Yeah." "Looking for this?" " It's all right." "I'm here now." " Mal." "Mal." "What a waste." "This coulda' been such a sweet deal for us." "Yeah." "Bad luck." "Goodbye, Cobb." "Goodbye, Paden." " To California." " California." " Gotta go." " Right." "Whoa." " You take care of yourself, you hear?" " You too." "Jake." "Paden." "Come on Myra." " Bye." " Bye-bye." " Bye." " Bye." "Weren't you gonna come out and say goodbye?" "I already did that." " You know where I'll be." " Yeah." " So long, Paden." " So long, Jake." " Ah, you might make a farmer yet." " I've got a job." "Let's get going." " You take care of your folks." " I will." "We'll be back!"