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Hi, Michael.

Hey, Little Joe, Hoss.

Hi, Mike.

How are you, little buddy?

Fine.

Think you can beat me this time?

Hey, I wouldn't try it, Hoss,

you remember what he did to your hand the last time.

Yeah, but I been practicing.

I think I can take him this time.

Okay.

Ready?

Aah! Aah, okay!

Okay, that's enough, enough!

Doggone.

I told you, that Michael's got a grip like a grizzly bear.

Oh, what a grip. Oh.

Is that the mail you brought for us?

Yeah, it sure is. Where's your pa?

In the barn. Come on.

All righty, I'll give you a piggyback ride.

Oh! Ooh, you're getting too big for this.

Hey, Little Joe... Yeah?

What's "Samaritan" mean?

Well, where'd you hear that, Sunday school?

No, my dad said it.

He said that the Cartwrights

are good Samaritans for helping us. Are you?

Well, I don't know. It's awful kind of your pa to say so,

but we didn't do anything he wouldn't have done.

Come on.

If you want to be one,

you'll let me win at hand squeezin' every once in a while.

You see him, Lijah?

No, Mr. Thorpe.

Very dark here.

Hey, Dad, Hess and Little Joe brought that mare over.

Uh, just a second, Mike.

What are you doing up there, anyhow, Evan?

Oh, we got some stray owls in here.

We're trying to evict 'em.

Hey, Lijah, you're not gonna kill many owls

with that broom, are you?

Well, so far, I kill as many with broom

as Mr. Thorpe with gun.

Well, I guess that's enough for now.

When Lijah starts making remarks,

I think it's time for a cup of coffee.

You boys got time?

Yeah, sounds good to me.

Say, I want to see that animal, first.

Hey, that's a fine-looking horse.

Dad!

This is the part of doctoring I hate.

Death watch.

Nothing I can do now but wait and hope...

and try to think of a way to tell that boy when it happens.

Doc, isn't there...

isn't there something more you can do?

I believe in miracles, Ben, but...

I don't ever count on 'em.

Don't try to talk Evan, just... just lie still.

It's bad, isn't it, Doc?

Well, it... it's hard to say, Evan.

Don't lie to me, Doc.

I ain't got no time for lies.

I'm going out pretty quick, now, ain't I?

I'm doing all I can.

It's not your fault.

Ben...

Mike know how bad it is?

Yeah, I-I think so, yes.

Let me see him, will you?

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That you, Mike?

Yes, sir.

Well, you...

you better come closer, boy.

My eyes are all fuzzed up, seems like.

Come on.

Tell me, did you...

did you beat Hoss at hand squeezin' today?

Yes, sir, I did.

Well, you're a strong fellow, all right.

And a good boy, too.

Please, Dad...

Please what, Mike?

Please... don't die.

I'll try not to, Mike, I...

I'll fight and I'll pray...

Dad, please...

Don't, Dad.

Please don't die, Dad.

Please...

Lijah, why don't...

why don't you put Mike to bed.

He's in a coma.

It's up to God now.

Michael?

You sleep, Michael?

Did you hear what Dr. Randall said, Lijah?

He said that only God could help my dad.

Well, Dr. Randall wise man.

God...

What is God, Lijah?

God...

God is most strong thing ever.

All people come from God,

and God know everything.

God make everything to happen.

How do you know?

You're just an Indian.

Indian, white man.

All same God.

They teach Lijah at trader post church.

Did He make Dad get shot?

Make all things happen.

Then I hate God.

No.

No, not right.

God knows better than people.

Always have reason.

Have good reason.

But why would He want to hurt Dad?

God stronger than people.

Smarter than people.

He have reason.

He watch over everybody and everything.

Even over birds, He watch.

He live high in the mountain, all alone.

Like an eagle.

Where's He live?

High in the mountains,

all alone.

What's He look like?

God?

Uh-huh.

Ooh...

I think God

must be a strong man.

Maybe his face a little tired

from all the trouble people do, I think.

His eyes are cold, like fire.

His eyes see into soul.

He lives in the mountains.

Mm-hmm.

High in the mountains.

All alone.

Doc.

What should the boys do if Evan wakes up?

He's not likely to wake up, Ben.

If he does, though, just come and get me.

Good night.

I'll see you in the morning, Hoss.

Right, Pa.

I'll see you in the morning, Joseph.

Joseph?

I'm sorry, Pa.

Just thinking about the boy.

I remember when I was little, I...

I realized, one day, that all my friends had two parents

and I just had one.

And sometimes, when...

when you used to go away

on trips for a few days...

...I used to wonder what it would be like

if you didn't come back.

Boy, it used to frighten me.

Course, I N... I never had to face that.

But...

if just the thought of it

scared me that way...

I just wonder what that little fella must be going through.

It's a pointless story, I guess.

Oh, no.

No.

Joseph...

there's never any need...

to apologize for compassion.

Good night, son.

Hey, it's kind of late for you to be up, isn't it?

I couldn't sleep.

How far is it to that mountain, Joe?

Oh, that one? That...

that's very, very far away.

Why'd you ask?

I just wondered.

Lijah said that God lives in those mountains.

Oh, well, see, that's a...

that's an old Indian legend.

They used to...

they used to think that mountain was sacred.

The place of God, they called it.

What's a legend?

Oh, a legend. It...

it's kind of a story, you know.

Like they teach in Sunday school?

No. No, not exactly.

See, in the... in the Bible...

God's in the Bible, isn't He?

Yeah.

Lijah said that God could help my dad.

Oh, I...

I think Lijah's right.

I see.

Good night, Joe.

Mule, we're gonna go find God.

We've gotta talk to Him.

You be quiet, hear?

Don't make sense he'd skedaddle off

in the middle of the night like that.

I think Michael go see God.

Michael did what?

God live in mountain.

Michael go see God, ask Him to help father.

Did you tell him that?

Did he believe it?

He believed.

Michael go see God.

You know, I think he's right, Hoss.

Boy asked me how far away those mountains were.

He's got a pretty good head start.

Let's get going. Oh, but, Joe, wait a minute.

We can't just leave Mr. Thorpe.

All right, you ride into town,

get Doc Randall, bring him out here.

In the meantime, Lijah can stay with Mr. Thorpe. Right.

I'll see if I can get a couple of deputies from Roy Coffee.

We're gonna need all the help we can get.

God take Michael to mountain to help father.

Man should not interfere.

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I can't see anything, mule.

Dad says never to ride a lamed-up animal,

and you're sure enough lame.

And if I can't ride you,

there's no point in taking you along.

So, mule, you can go home now.

Well, go on. Go home.

I'll be all right, mule, honest,

but you're all lame, and I don't want to hurt you.

I can take care of myself, mule.

Go home, mule. Don't you understand?

You're hurt, mule. You're hurt.

Hello...!

My name...

is Michael Thorpe...!

God...?

God...?

I need to talk to you...!

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Michael?

Michael!

♪♪

Michael...!

Cochise.

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Here we go, Mike.

You sit up nice and slow.

I want you to drink some of this.

It'll warm your tummy up.

That's a boy.

Yeah. How's that head of yours?

Sore.

Yeah, let me look. Whew...

I guess it is. You really got an egg on there.

We'll have the doc take a look at it.

The doctor?

Yeah, as soon as we get back.

I can't go back.

I got to stay.

I saw Him.

See, see, God isn't...

isn't something you can always see,

like a... like a tree or a rock.

I did see Him.

Up there, Little Joe.

It was God.

When was that?

Just before I fell.

Yeah, now, you sure that wasn't just after you fell?

No. That's why I fell.

He scared me.

Oh.

And, um... what did He look like?

He had a tired face...

Mm-hmm.

...and eyes like cold fire.

Oh.

Eyes like cold fire?

Just like stars.

Now, Mike, Michael,

you know, you're old enough to know the difference

between telling the truth and telling a lie.

I saw Him.

I'm not telling a lie.

Oh. Well,

see, sometimes-sometimes people...

people want to see something so bad

that they really think they see it.

No, it-it... it's not... it's not really lying, but...

But I saw Him.

I've got to stay.

I've got to ask Him to help my dad.

You know, God answers everybody's prayers.

Everybody's.

Sometimes, the answer is "no."

What are you gonna do if...

well, if God's answer is "no"?

I'll give Him a lickin'.

You say your prayers?

Sure.

Dad always says grace at meals.

And we go to church sometimes. Why?

Well, when you pray,

you're praying to God,

and He's right inside of you.

Same as .. same as He's inside me.

He's inside everybody.

But He's not a man who lives up on a mountain.

Don't you see?

There's a man living up in the mountains right now.

Where are we going? Up there.

You live up there?

Yeah.

I live up there.

Looks like an eagle's place, don't it?

Well, that's what I am boy-- a wild eagle.

I kill for my food, I live off this country.

I sit up here on top of this mountain,

and I see all that goes on down below me.

Don't you get lonesome?

I've gotten used to it.

Now, move on.

You know me, don't you?

Yeah, something about your face.

I'm Tom Caine.

Tom Caine, Summit Ridge Massacre.

The very same.

And I thought you were dead.

I am.

Or I was... till you came along.

Now, move on.

That suit your fancy?

Just about as much as you do.

Kid, see them canteens over there?

There's a creek across that knoll.

You take them canteens and get 'em filled, you hear?

Yes, sir.

And don't get any notions about running away

'cause you got no place to go.

Why should I run away?

I came to see you.

What? You know me?

Yes, sir. I know you.

Well, all right then. You do as I tell you, do you understand?

Why'd you hurt my father?

What are you talking about?

You shot my dad.

Well, I've been blamed for a lot of things I didn't do.

I don't even know your father.

Yes, you do. Lijah said that you know everything.

Now, what's all this talk?

You do as I tell you.

Michael, go on. Do what he says.

We'll talk about your dad later.

Go on.

Yeah.

Later.

You tie your horse up to that tree.

Then you get inside here...

where I can keep an eye on you.

Go on. Move on across.

Now, what are you doing

bounty hunting with a kid like that along?

I'm not bounty hunting.

He said you were looking for me, didn't he?

No, not exactly.

His father was wounded in an accident.

He's not expected to live.

What's that got to do with me?

Well, an Indian who worked for his father said

that God lived up here in this mountain.

He came up here to ask God to spare his father's life.

And he thinks that I'm God?

Yeah.

That's kind of funny, ain't it?

Me, old Tom Caine, huh?

You know, in a way, I am God, though, ain't I?

I think that'll take a little stretch of the imagination.

Does it?

You just think about that, you and that boy.

Your lives are in my hands, aren't they?

The power is mine to...

give a life or to take it.

Oh, that's a good feeling, you know.

That's a real good feeling.

You ought to know it pretty well.

Yeah.

You sit down-- right there.

Put your hands behind your head.

Move.

You're a tough kid, aren't you?

No.

Yes, you are.

All you kids are tough.

You got to be to survive this country.

I was.

You wait'll you get old like me,

and all the things you done, they come back on you.

You know, even up here alone,

up here alone...

it seems crowded sometimes.

The memories and the faces.

Yeah, that's called a conscience.

Yeah.

Yeah, you got to have a crutch to fight that.

Like this.

Yeah, go ahead, kid. Go ahead and make it easy for me.

Be tough.

I'm gonna kill you anyway.

You'd just save me the trouble of getting drunk to do it.

Coals are still hot.

That's Little Joe's bedroll.

They can't be too far away.

Little Joe dead.

Lijah...

This is God's place.

God kill Little Joe.

Lijah, you quit that kind of talk, you hear?

Spirits take Little Joe away.

How you think we find him?

Look, Lijah, that's superstition talk.

Now, let's get this straight.

There ain't no spirits on this mountain.

There ain't but two people and they desperately need our help

and we're gonna find 'em.

Hoss, Bob and I found some tracks up ahead.

What'd I tell you?

They're going up on that mountain.

There's something mighty strange about them tracks, Hoss.

Yeah? What's that?

Well, me and Charlie could make out

where Little Joe and the kid was walking, leading the horse,

but there's another set.

Who do you figure it could be, way up here?

I don't know, but let's find out.

Lijah?

Giddyup.

Well, what are you looking at?

Is it all right to talk about my dad now?

It'll be all right when I say it's all right,

not before.

Now what are you staring at?

Not much.

Well, stop staring at me.

Kid,

you go on down the slope there and gather up some wood.

It's gets cold up here in this mountain.

Yes, sir.

Boy, I hate kids.

Did you know that?

Yeah, I've heard stories.

Summit Ridge.

Yeah, there were a lot of little Indian kids that night,

up on Summit Ridge.

We rode in there, the eight of us,

drunker than newborn calves.

We killed 'em.

Boy, did we kill 'em.

Well, it was no worse than killing a bunch of young wolves.

You know, you get 'em when they're young

before they're old enough to take your scalp--

That's what we figured.

The government...

the government put a price on our heads. For what?

It was no worse than killing young wolves.

That's why I led that raid.

Why, if those Indians had been here now,

burning and raiding right now-- that's why I stopped them.

And He curses me for it.

Takes my wife.

Takes my daughter, takes my land,

takes everything I had and He drives me here

to this blasted mountain.

What are you telling me this for?

You think I'm gonna feel sorry for you?

No, I don't want your pity and I don't want his either.

You don't want it or you don't think you can get it?

Where should I put this wood?

Put it over there.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Just wanted a drink, if you don't mind.

A drink?

Well, no.

No, I don't mind at all.

Yeah, I'll, uh...

I'll pour you a real good drink.

You might as well enjoy it

as long as you can.

Hey, kid, come here.

If you can take this

over to him

without spilling one drop,

your father will be all right.

Yes, sir.

I won't spill it, sir.

Caine!

Tell him you're lying.

What?

Tell the boy it's a lie.

Well, now, kid, I ain't exactly lying.

Uh... I'm, uh...

I'm just sort of testing you.

That's all.

Joe...!

No!

No, no. Not you.

You can't do that.

All right, kid.

You look after him.

You can't leave! You can't!

You get out of my way.

Hello!

They're coming...

Hoss!

Hoss!

Hoss, we gotta get after him.

You just lay here and take it easy.

Hoss, you don't understand.

Michael's gone after him.

He might kill the boy.

I know. You told us all about it.

Just don't worry about nothin'.

How is he?

He'll be all right.

That Indian just took off. Took off where?

I don't know.

He just lit out of here like he was on fire.

Guess he was scared stiff of them spirits of his.

Well, we can't be worried about that now.

Look, Joe, we're gonna track that feller down.

You stay here and just take it easy.

Don't you worry about nothin'.

We'll be back as soon as we can.

You've done everything you could do.

Let's go, Bob.

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What are you tryin' to do, kid?

Did I pass the test?

What?

My dad always said that God tests people

to see if they're worthy.

Did I pass?

Yeah.

Yeah, you passed, kid.

You, uh, come on with me.

What's your father like, son?

He's just a father, like everybody else's father.

Nah.

He must be pretty special.

Or you wouldn't be doing all this for him.

He must be a pretty good father.

He is.

Hey, what are you doing?

Don't you know?

I-I just prayed that you would make a miracle happen

to save my father's life.

Well, listen, kid, I...

I don't know where you got this cockeyed notion that I'm...

Well, I'm not who you think I am.

And I'm sure that I believe in Him, but...

Look, kid, I...

I'm just a guy that's on the run.

See, I'm-I'm the guy they preach the sermons about.

You know, the-the-the-the lost sheep

or whatever they call 'em?

Now, listen, kid--

I'm nothin'.

Just that.

Just nothin'.

Lijah's my friend.

He wouldn't lie to me.

You're testing me again, ain't you?

Please.

Just say Dad will get better.

Now, kid...

listen to me,

and listen to me close...

Hey, fellers...

Those tracks go right over that little knoll.

Let's go.

That's Hoss. He's my friend.

You keep away from me, kid, I'm fighting for my life.

They won't hurt you if you tell 'em who you are.

Look, you stay back, will ya?

Just calm down, Bob.

He's got that kid up there with him.

We sure don't want to shoot in that direction.

He could hold off an army from that mountaintop.

What can we do? We can't just sit down here

and let him take potshots at us.

I think I can get across that clearing and up the other side.

That's a good idea, Charlie. We'll try it.

Bob, you keep me covered. Make sure you don't shoot

any lower than the top of them pine trees.

We sure don't want to hit that youngster.

I'm gonna try to outflank him.

That's Little Joe.

He's my friend, too.

You get... But he's...

Joe! Little Joe!

Go back, Joe! Go back!

Go back, Joe! Go back!

Kid, don't go out there. Go back!

Kid, come back-- you want to get yourself killed?

Let me go! Come here!

Don't die, God.

Please don't die.

Help him, Joe. Help him. Mike...

Mike, you...

you go on over to Lijah, now, you hear?

Okay.

Lijah, you killed God.

You killed God...

No.

No, kid, no.

He didn't.

You listening to me, kid?

Kid, I-I ain't testin' you now.

I'm telling you the truth.

I ain't God.

I'm about as far from God as a man can get.

I can't save your father.

But-But let me tell you something, kid.

If there is a God,

and He cares about someone who believes in Him--

Someone like you--

No matter how tough things get,

your dad'll be all right.

He couldn't save my father, Joe.

He couldn't save him.

Well, maybe he saved himself.

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Michael...

Michael.

Michael...

your father wants to see you.

He's alive?

Yeah, you bet he is.

Dad! Dad!

Hello, Mike.

When did he come out of the coma?

About three hours ago.

Joseph, the doctor had given him up.

It's-It's-It's like a miracle.

You know, Pa, I think that's just what it was.

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