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You know, I used to enjoy coming to Lynchville.

This time I been here an hour

and I'm already ready to head back to the ranch.

- There's not much happening, is there? - There never is.

Anybody know why they decided to call this place Lynchville?

Yeah. Fella at the livery stable said it's 'cause they couldn't afford a sheriff

and they figured with that name they'd keep all the undesirables away.

Yeah, along with everybody else.

Whoa.

Why don't you go on down and saddle the horses?

- I just remembered something I forgot. - Need some help?

No, no, no, you go ahead. I'll be with you.

Oh, oh, oh, I nearly forgot.

- What? - Something I gotta do. You go on.

- Well, I don't mind waitin'. - No, no, no, no.

It's all right. I'll catch up with you.

Hi. I'm back.

I think I got everything just about ready for you.

Papa's gonna love that chair.

You get the wrapping on that chair. I'll get the flour.

Yes, ma'am.

Hi. I'm Joe Cartwright.

Why?

- Why what? - Why are you telling me?

Well, I thought you might be a little interested.

- Let me give you a hand with that, huh? - Oh, thanks.

Her name's Wilhelmina Calhoun.

- Save you the trouble of asking. - Thanks.

She and her pa's got a goldmine out in the desert south of here.

Whereabouts south?

Nobody knows. Plenty of 'em tried to find out, though.

Yeah, she comes in to town about every three or four months to get supplies.

Got this chair out of a catalog from Chicago.

Been waiting here for her for three months.

Sure be much obliged to you if you'd help me get this thing on the wagon.

Help you, Miss...?

- Calhoun. - Calhoun.

Calhoun? That was my grandmother's maiden name.

And if I'd said my name was MacGillacuddy?

Well, then, that would have been my grandmother's maiden name.

Actually, I'm not too sure what her name was.

Wagon's all loaded. Be happy to drive you home.

I can manage. Yah!

She's quick.

She likes me.

How can you tell?

She caught me in a lie.

Nothing a woman likes more than a charmin' liar.

Although don't ask me why.

As a matter of fact, I really think she likes me.

- Come on, you're kidding. - No, I'm serious.

I'll bet you a bottle of sarsaparilla and a bucket of snow to cool it

that I get a date with her before you do.

That girl is sure pretty.

And rich too.

I thought we were gonna follow her.

Virgil.

We gotta let her get a good start.

We can't let her see us on her trail.

Sure be nice to have all that gold.

There you go, counting your chickens before you even found the henhouse.

Oh, we'll find it. I'll lead you right to it.

I can track a bluebird across a empty sky.

How come the last place we was fired,

the foreman said you couldn't find a stray if it was sittin' in your lap?

Are we gonna kill 'em, Jesse?

More than likely.

Well, that's... that's where she left the road.

Yeah, there's a lot of dry country up ahead there.

- Oh, yeah. - Hardly seems worth it just for a girl.

No. Let's forget it.

Let's forget it, huh?

I think I'll ride on over to Juniper Springs and look for strays.

Yeah, good idea. I'll... I'll meet you back at the ranch, huh?

Yeah.

- Take care. - Yeah.

Miss Calhoun?

Uh, buenos días, amigo.

Dónde es la señorita?

I don't know. When she comes into town, I meet her at the old barn.

She drives in, she gives me a dollar, then I drive out.

Sometimes I come this way and sometimes that way.

I don't know where she goes.

Grac... Uh, thanks.

How you doin'?

Howdy, neighbor.

- Hot day, ain't it? - It sure is.

Hey, I seen you in Virginia City.

You're one of the Ponderosa Cartwrights, ain't you?

That's right, Joe Cartwright.

What you doin' out here?

It's kind of hard to believe, but I was looking for a girl. Didn't find her.

I'll bet you're fit to be tied.

Yeah.

Well, the girl outsmarted us, but we still got Cartwright.

I got a little mixed up. But I can still find that girl.

Couldn't find a stinkweed if it was in your mustache.

Well, Cartwright's pa'll pay to get him back.

We just ride to the Ponderosa, hand old man Cartwright that gun belt,

and say, "It proves we got your boy.

Cost you 5,000 dollars, you want him back."

But what if he don't want him back?

The way I heard it, them Cartwrights get along. They like each other.

Sounds more like friends than family.

- Jesse, I got a "what if" for you. - What?

What if old man Cartwright grabs the one rides in with that gun belt and says,

"All right, I got one of yours, you got one of mine, let's trade"?

Wouldn't do it.

Well, then, you're gonna have to get somebody else

to ride in with that gun belt.

Well, we just leave it on the porch

with a note telling him where to bring the money.

And when he does, then we turn Joe Cartwright loose.

Maybe, Virg. But just maybe.

Why don't we just take his horse and his gear over to Arizona and sell it?

There's a easy 100 dollars.

- All the way to Arizona? - Arizona.

- For 100 dollars? - 100 dollars.

100 dollars ain't a whole lot of money. You know that?

100 dollars is a whole lot more money than we got now.

- It's a long way from 5,000 ain't it? - Yeah.

- Jesse? Jesse? - What?

Um, maybe we better sell the horse,

on account of Cartwright... just escaped.

Why, you skunkhead.

He couldn't have got far.

All right, Virg, that way. Owen.

Cartwright's got a gun, Jesse!

All right, hold it!

Stop firing, both of you! Hold it!

- Come on up here! - Uh-oh.

He ain't got no gun.

His hands are tied.

Are you two trying to wipe out the family?

I'm sure sorry, Jesse.

Come on.

- I want you to look out there. - He ain't out there.

If he was out there, we could see him.

He's somewhere behind us in them rocks, he's gotta be.

And we're gonna find him, boys, if it takes all day and all night.

Jesse. Jesse, I been thinkin'.

Maybe we just ain't cut out for this line of work.

Hello!

Hey!

Hey, wait!

Hey! Hey, wait!

Wait!

Hey, stop!

I know it's silly of me,

but for a minute there I didn't think you were gonna stop.

Neither did I. Get in.

Thank you.

Oh, yeah. Thanks a lot.

What are you doing out here anyway? Figured you be home by now.

Why? I left after you did.

No, we followed you out of town.

That's the best way to keep people from finding you,

leave after they start following you.

- Oh. - Yah!

I don't think we're gonna find him, Jesse.

Well, not alive, we ain't.

Kind of saves us the trouble.

You know, for someone who keeps braggin'

about how good he is at trackin',

I don't see how you could lose a full-size man out here in this nothin'.

It's a big desert. There's boulders out there...

- Boulders. - And canyons.

- And canyons. - Sure are.

You shut up and stay out of this. You ain't been no help neither.

Well, I told you I was sorry.

Just I never had to keep anybody prisoner before.

I should have known better.

Ridin' night watch, you lost half the herd, got us all fired.

Hey, look at how fast our tracks are fillin' up.

It's no wonder Owen lost Cartwright's trail.

He's right, Jesse. Another two, three hours, they'll be gone.

Don't you tell me you ain't gonna be able to find the way back.

- You ain't tellin' me that, are you? - No.

All we gotta do is just head right for those mountains right over...

Well, they kind of moved, or we did.

But them's the ones we want, right there.

You better be right.

Now, lookee here, we can still get that money.

We'll ride into Virginia City and drop off this gun belt with a note.

Give his horse a drink of water, turn him loose.

How come he gets the water and I don't?

- 'Cause he's a dumb animal. - He ain't so dumb.

He's the one gettin' the water.

This outlawing's harder work than working.

And for less money. We ain't had a payday since we started.

There's a big reason for that.

You two just can't remember to do what you're told.

Jesse, I been thinking.

Maybe... if we rounded up them two Bar T steers I lost,

old Ed'd give us our jobs back.

The man told ya,

he didn't wanna see the likes of us in his part of the state again.

That's what I'm talking about, what you're doing right now.

You can't keep your minds on your work.

Now, here we got 5,000 dollars practically in our hands,

and you talk about a two-bit job.

Now, we been bearing north most of the day.

Virginia City ought to be straight west of here.

Right.

And a little bit south.

You better hope you know what you're talkin' about.

Whoa, whoa.

Howdy.

- What'd you bring him here for? - I couldn't leave him out there.

He would have died.

Now that you brung him here, what are we gonna do with him?

Papa, you're talking like he's some sort of a lizard,

you're wondering what we're gonna feed him

and which drawer I'm gonna keep him in.

I wouldn't mind so much if he was a lizard.

My name's Joe Cartwright. Sorry I'm not a lizard.

That remains to be seen.

- Really friendly fella. - Are you a friend of his?

- No, I just met him. - Then what do you expect?

Yeah. Let me... Let me give you a hand with that.

Easy. Where do you want it?

Put it right over here.

- What'd you buy this for, Meena? - For you to sit in.

- I already got a chair. - I'll get the rest of the things.

It was pretty. I liked it, so I bought it.

We got too much stuff in here now. It's crowded.

Leave it here. We'll move something else out.

Out in the back with the rest of that stuff?

Small mountain out there.

Won't be no time before this thing'll be full of mice.

There we go.

Papa, what do I look like?

- You look like a girl. - Is that all?

- Well, you look a lot like your mama. - Was she pretty?

She sure was.

Almost as pretty as you.

I'll go take care of the horses.

Mr. Calhoun, I sure wanna thank you for being so kind,

taking me in like this, but I'm kind of late gettin' home.

- I should be on my way. - The sooner the better.

Yeah, well, I just wanna borrow a horse and a couple of canteens for a few days.

- You told me your name was Cartwright. - Right.

But you didn't say who was chasin' you.

- Well, there was nobody chasing me. - No?

Well, a man roamin' around in the desert out here without a gun or a horse,

he sure wasn't out there to break in a new pair of boots.

You're absolutely right. I ran into these three fellas and they robbed me.

Then you were chasin' them when Meena found you?

- No, not exactly. - Then they were chasin' you.

You got yourself caught out in a big fat lie, didn't you?

I ain't about to loan my canteen or my horse to any liar.

Look, I can't get across the desert without a horse.

- That's a fact. You sure can't. - Look, Mr. Calhoun, all...

Listen. You already admit consortin' with outlaws.

- I did not. - You know where my mind is?

You go ridin' around here and the next thing I know,

this whole place'll be crawling with outlaws, bandits and claim jumpers,

a lot of people trying to get something for nothing.

- I can't stay here. - You can leave whenever you want to.

But my canteen and my horse stay here.

How long you think I'm gonna last on the desert without a horse?

How do I know? Maybe three or four hours.

I don't know. Damn chair.

- Uh, Wilhelmina. - Just Meena. That's what Papa calls me.

He used to say I was "meena than this and meena than that."

Why, I was the meanest thing alive. I'm not really.

That's just his way of teasing me, a long time ago.

Yeah, uh, Meena? Meena, I wonder if you'd do me one more favor.

See, I wanna get back to Virginia City.

Is there someone there that might be worrying about you?

Yeah, my pa and my brother'll do more than worry. They'll come looking for me.

- They'll never find you here. - That's what I'm afraid of.

If I could just borrow a horse and a couple of canteens...

You'll have to talk to Papa about that.

Yeah, I did talk to Papa and I didn't do so good.

I'm sorry, Joe, but when Papa makes up his mind...

Yeah, but I can't stay here.

If you're thinking of stealing one of our horses,

Papa's a fine shot with a rifle.

That doesn't surprise me.

It had good cause.

It takes both horses to pull that wagon.

Now, if you was to take one and something should happen to you,

we'd never get out of here alive.

But maybe you never thought about that.

Oh, well, I'm beginning to think about it now.

Well, if you wanna talk to Papa again, follow the path to the mine.

That way, huh? Thanks.

- You find what you're looking for? - Yeah, I was looking for you.

Well, then, you found me.

I just wanted to talk to you one more time about...

I wanna talk to you one more time about the horse.

- You ain't gonna get my horse. - Look, I only need...

Don't come screamin' and hollerin' at me, boy.

That way. That's the way to Virginia City.

We don't owe you nothin'.

If it's anything, it's the other way around.

Now, if you gonna go, go. If you're gonna stay, mind your manners.

I know I'm right, but for some reason you make me feel like I'm wrong.

I'll stay, I have no choice, but I'm gonna warn you,

I'm gonna leave the first chance I get.

You can leave any time you want to. On foot.

Now that you're here, I might as well show you around.

Come on.

Pa, ain't you gonna eat?

I'm eating.

Pa, Joe and Candy are both grown men, old enough to look out after themselves.

Yeah, I know that.

You got back hours ago.

They said they were gonna be right behind you.

Maybe a horse threw a shoe or came up lame, broke a leg or something.

Who knows?

They've got two horses.

Well, maybe one of them got hurt,

and the other one's staying there to look after him.

Fine. First we have an injured horse, now we've got an injured man.

Maybe both of 'em got injured.

Now we've got two injured men.

No, they're... they're all right. I know that.

They'll be back just as soon as they decide to come back.

Of course they will.

- Where are you going? - I'm going out to the barn.

Gonna saddle up a horse, look for 'em?

- Yeah. - Saddle mine up. I'll go with you.

Mr. Calhoun, you know, that mine's dangerous.

You need more shoring in there, heavier timbers.

I know it.

I bring in a load of lumber every once in a while, but it still ain't enough.

I'd be happy to take the wagon into town, get you some more lumber.

Well, better go wash up for supper. It'll be getting dark pretty soon.

Besides, Meena won't like us late sitting down.

Well, we'll make camp here for the night.

We lost, Jesse?

No, wouldn't call it that.

Well, Jesse, just what would you call it?

Undecided.

We need some water from the spring, Papa.

You should have told me that before I washed up.

Hey, the... the table looks great.

Thank you.

You look great too.

Well, thank you. Won't you sit down? Papa will be back in a minute.

Yeah. Right here?

It's just beautiful.

Don't you ever get lonely for somebody to talk to?

I've got someone to talk to.

I mean somebody your own age, women.

Well, what about 'em?

I don't know. What do women talk about?

I don't know.

Joe, what do women talk about?

Just, you know, things. Homes, clothes, babies.

And what do they say?

I don't know, but they always have something to say.

What you got all them candles burning for, Meena?

Joe, what do you do? I mean, um, what do you work at?

Ranching mostly. Thank you.

And we do a little... little timber, some mining.

You only need one candle to show you where the food is.

Where do you ranch?

A little spread outside Virginia City.

Just like eatin' supper in the middle of a brush fire.

Papa, we've got company.

It's a good thing we ain't got company every day,

else I'd go broke buying candles.

- Joe, where do you sell your cattle? - We drive most of 'em to the railhead.

All the way to Kansas City?

No, Carson City. The railroad'll be all the way to Virginia City by next year.

You mean I could go to Carson City

and catch a train and go all the way to Philadelphia?

Sure enough, if you wanna go to Philadelphia.

Nobody in his right mind wants to go to Philadelphia.

- I asked if I could. - I said you could if you wanted to.

Joe, you'll have to excuse Papa.

This is my house and nobody has to excuse me for anything.

- Papa! - You just sit down and eat your supper.

I will not sit down and eat. I'm not a baby anymore.

Getting too big for her breeches.

Burning all them candles.

There's something about the desert this time of day when things cool off.

That's when the bugs come out.

You don't see a living thing all day long.

Then the sun goes down

and you're standing in a sea of bugs eight feet deep.

I hate it.

- It is kind of rotten. - Yeah.

How come you live out here?

I prefer bugs to people.

Come on, what do you know about people?

I know enough. Papa's told me.

And I've seen the people in town. The way they treat me.

Talk about me behind my back.

Come on. They're not talking about you behind your back.

It's 'cause you don't know 'em. You gotta make friends.

Why would they wanna be friends with me?

Well, for lots of reasons.

- You're beautiful. - I am?

Sure you are. Hasn't anyone ever told you that?

Well, sure. Papa. But he's supposed to say that.

He's just telling you the truth.

Look, if you lived in Virginia City, I'd be camping on your doorstep.

- Would you? - Sure I would.

We'd sit out on the porch or go for a buggy ride.

Sundays I'd pack a lunch, take you on a picnic.

Then what would we do?

Sit and talk, about how we felt, what we thought.

I might try to hold your hand.

Then I might kiss you.

Then I might really kiss you.

- And then we'd fall in love. - Mm-mm, yeah.

We don't have to live in town. We can do that right here.

- I'll tell Papa. - Go... go... go tell him what?

- That we're gonna get married. - That we what?

Who said anything about getting married?

Well, isn't that what people do when they fall in love?

Well, usually they do. But this...

And you kissed me. Would you kiss a girl you weren't gonna marry?

No, no. Well, yes, I might, just to see what it was like.

- Well, don't you know what it's like? - Well, yeah, I know what it's like.

But, you know, it's a little different with every girl.

And you've kissed someone you like better than me?

- I didn't say that. - Well, just what were you saying?

Well, I'm... I'm saying... I don't wanna get married.

- To me? - To anybody.

Then all you were doing was leading me on.

- Everything you said was a lie. - That's not so.

I don't like the desert this time of night.

At what point did you stop telling the truth and start lying?

Look, this must run in the family.

Now, I know I'm in the right and you make me feel like I'm in the wrong.

Joe, if it's gonna make you feel bad, you shouldn't tell lies.

You know...

Supper was getting cold, honey. I put it in the oven.

Thanks, Papa.

Ain't you gonna eat?

I'm sorry, I... I...

Papa, what's it like to be lonely?

Being alone, all by yourself, I reckon.

Not liking the company you're in.

- Are you ever lonely? - Well, I expect I am.

Are you?

Papa, I wanna get married.

To Joe.

- You hardly know him, honey. - Well, that doesn't matter.

It does matter. Matters a whole lot.

He might be a fugitive, a bank robber, a murderer, anything.

No, Papa. Why, he ain't even a good liar.

Well, that proves one thing, he ain't already married.

But I wish you'd take your time, Meena, and think about it.

'Cause when you get married, it's for a long, long time.

I know that, Papa.

- Would you help me? - How?

Well, I don't think Joe wants to get married.

Well, that is something.

But I think I've got the answer.

Oh, hello, Joe. Come on in, Joe.

Sit down. Have a drink?

Uh, no. No, thanks.

- How do you like this place, Joe? - Hmm?

- How do you like it here? - Oh, it's cozy.

How'd you like to stay around here?

You already know how I feel about that.

I know, but... but this is different. I'll show you.

How'd you like to have a fourth of that, the gold mine and everything?

You mean you're... you're just gonna give it to me?

Well, no, not exactly give it to you.

Just a present, you know, a wedding present.

- Who's getting married? - You and Meena.

Now, wait a minute. I ain't gonna take you in town to see a preacher.

I'm gonna go get him, fetch him back out here to perform the ceremony.

I wouldn't be in too big a hurry to saddle your horse, Mr. Calhoun.

- You can call me Luke, Joe. - I don't wanna get that friendly.

Ain't enough, huh?

- All right, a third of everything. - Look, Mr. Calhoun, it isn't fair...

Wait a minute, now. You're pushing me. All right, half of everything.

We'll split it right down the middle and that's as far as I'll go.

I don't mean it isn't fair to me. It isn't fair to Meena.

Meena ain't complaining, is she? Take it or leave it.

- Look, Mr. Calhoun... - Yes or no?

No.

Don't worry about Meena. It'll all work out.

You being the only man here and she being the only woman.

In six months to a year, it'll all work out.

In s... In six months?

Six months ain't no time at all out here.

Six...

Excuse me.

Meena, I wanna talk to you.

I wouldn't marry you now if you were the only man in the world.

Look, Meena, out here I am the only man in the world, and if you married me,

it would be because you didn't have any other choice, and that's not right.

You have to meet other people.

There're a whole lot of men that'd like to marry you.

But you're not one of them?

Well, no, not out here, not like this.

What if we lived in town?

I told you, I'd be camping on your doorstep.

- We wouldn't have to do that if... - Oh, Meena, Meena, I can't.

Not like this.

Don't you ever wanna get married?

- Well, sure I do. - Then I'll wait.

Last time I seen them, they was heading right up this way.

Said they had some personal business to take care of and they'd catch up,

but they didn't.

Sure wish I knew where they disappeared to.

- You fellas looking for somebody? - Yeah, a young fella, Joe Cartwright.

Another young fella with him, Candy.

Oh, yeah. Last I seen of them, they was helping Meena Calhoun load her wagon.

- When was this? - Yesterday.

Do you know, did they ride out with her?

Not that I know of. They could have, though.

I would have if I was their age.

- Ah. Young gal? - Yep. And pretty too.

Funny, I didn't see no gal.

Oh, I figured that, Hoss. You'd have been with 'em if you had.

Hey, we gonna go looking for 'em?

No, I don't think so.

I think they're probably big enough to do their own courting by themselves.

- Well, thank you very much. - You're welcome. Glad I could help.

Sure didn't see no gal.

Well, long as you're here, you might as well make yourself useful.

I didn't ask to stay here, you know.

No work, no food.

That's what I said, I wanna make myself useful.

Hey, don't shoot! It's me!

Hey! Hey, hold it, will you? He's a friend of mine.

- How'd he get here? - On a horse.

Just let me talk to him, all right?

Come on out. She won't shoot anymore.

Well, you got here first. Doggone.

I thought she lost you by the creek bed back there by that blind trail.

- No, she couldn't lose me for a minute. - Well, you won the bet.

Hey, was it worth it?

Well, I'll tell you, I'm not sure.

You know, she's kind of hard to get to know.

Oh, no, that's not... You're just not going about it the right way.

You think you can do better, huh?

I'm the man that wrote the book.

Yeah, well, look, I could use a few pointers.

I'll even take care of your horse for you.

- Well, that's very big of you, friend. - What's a friend for, huh?

- Thank you. - Go to it. Have a good time.

- Where's he goin'? - It don't matter, Pa. Let him go.

Howdy.

- Papa? - Yeah, I guess he's fair trade.

Hmm?

Well, I guess he figured we needed a little time alone together.

- My name's Candy. - Candy what?

Just... Candy.

You see, when I was a little boy, I was raised on an army post,

and my daddy's name's Canaday.

Well, they naturally called me Candy...

Your living all the way out here

don't make it easy for a fella to come calling.

Now, if you lived in town...

Would you be camping on my doorstep?

Yeah, I would.

And we could sit out on the porch and talk.

- Or go on a buggy ride. - Yeah.

- And then on Sunday... - We could go on a picnic.

Down by the river.

Or... we could talk.

Yeah, yeah. We could kind of... get to know each other.

Hold hands.

And maybe I'd give you a little kiss.

And I'd kiss you back.

Hey, are you sure I don't know you from some place?

And we'd fall in love and get married.

Uh, well, uh, uh, maybe, maybe.

Uh, in time.

Oh, we have time. Months and months and months.

You sit down and finish your coffee.

I'll be back in a minute.

Who are you? What do you want?

We want gold, your gold, and all of it.

Calm down. Calm down, now.

Won't get hurt too much. Come on.

Just give me that rifle before you get somebody killed.

- Where's Meena? - I don't know. Somewhere out there.

Somebody's shootin' at me from the top of the hill.

Not so close. It's to spook him. Don't hit him.

If you do, he ain't gonna be able to tell us where the gold is.

Hey, you down there at the cabin! I wanna talk to you!

- What about? - Got your girl!

Cost you gold to get her back! All the gold you got!

All that diggin' just to make that man rich.

- You can dig for more gold. - I know.

But you don't realize how hard work it is, digging and blasting.

My back just aches thinking about it.

- Hey, you up there! - Huh?

Send a man down here to pick up that gold!

But put that girl out there where I can see she's all right! You hear?

All right, Virg, get her out there in the open where they can see her.

Come on.

Virgil, if she tries to run, kill her.

Why don't I just hang onto her instead?

- Jess? - Huh?

I got a "what if" for you.

- I got a "what if" for you. - Huh?

What if you just shut up?

Everybody be calm, now.

Did he really mean that about killing me?

Well, it ain't what he means.

It's what the fella down there thinks he means.

That's the way outlawin' works. Gotta keep folks scared.

Virgil, would you shut up?

- Are you really an outlaw? - We're kind of workin' toward it.

Caught you, didn't we?

You wouldn't really kill me, would you?

No, ma'am, I sure wouldn't.

Is that all?

You mind watching where you point that gun?

Wouldn't want anything to happen to me now that I'm rich.

You just make sure the girl starts down when you start up, all right?

Oh, she will, she will.

Everybody be calm.

- Let me see that. - Go on, get the horses.

- Go on. I'll get the rest. - Yeah.

Who done that? Did you do that?

When I say tie 'em up, I don't mean tie 'em up.

- Get that undone. Come on. - I got it.

Pull.

Ain't nothin' ever gonna come out right?

Oh!

If you say "what if," I'm gonna kick you in the liver.

I'll take over rest of the night. You get some sleep.

Yeah, sounds good to me, Mr. Calhoun.

Your friend's asleep out on the fresh hay near the corral.

If it's good enough for a friend, it's good enough for me.

That was sweet, what you said, Virgil, on the hill.

Wasn't nothin'.

If I wasn't going to jail, I would probably say a lot more.

Would you be camping on my doorstep?

- I sure would. - Would we go on picnics?

I've never been on a picnic.

Well, we'd pack a lunch and go to the spring.

And what would we do?

We'd talk about things, how we felt, what we thought.

People talk about things like that?

Sure.

And then we'd... I'd...

Are those ropes too tight, Virgil?

Well, now you mention it, they are kind of cuttin' off the blood.

I'll do that.

Are you sure he's the one?

Sure as I've ever been, Papa.

I'd like to have a few words with you.

Sure. I wasn't planning on going anywhere.

- Hey. - Hmm?

All right, hold it!

Get back in the house.

You got the wrong notion, friend.

Get back in the house.

We caught these two trying to steal the horses and ride out.

Well, it wasn't exactly like that. You see, they were just going to town.

I know. We're gonna take 'em in and put 'em in jail.

Well, there have been some changes.

What kind of changes?

Well, I had a little talk with them last night.

Found out they were innocent.

Innocent? You gotta be kiddin'. They're thieves. They tried to kill you.

Well, I did hear some shooting, but I can't swear to it.

Yeah, well, Meena can. She saw it all.

No, I'm afraid not, 'cause a wife can't testify against her husband.

- Her husband? - Yeah, Virg.

That's the reason why Jesse was riding to town, to fetch back the preacher.

Sure gonna be nice to have three strappin' in-laws

to help me with my mine.

Virg is gonna make a fine husband for Meena.

He wasn't my first choice, I gotta admit that.

You two boys are fine, upstanding citizens.

Now, if you could see some way

where you could change your mind, one of you.