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DRIVER: Hyah! Hyah!

My name's Jim Hardie.

I'm a special agent for Wells Fargo.

Usually, my job is to go after outlaws

after they've robbed Wells Fargo.

But once in a great while, like now,

I have to try to prevent crimes.

I was in the station

waiting for a man named Vincent Dodd.

He was carrying a packet of jewelry

Wells Fargo had insured for $30,000.

There were a lot of people getting off the train,

some of them worth looking at

more than once, I might add.

But nobody answerin' the description of Vincent Dodd.

Mr. Hardie? Yes.

I'm Vincent Dodd.

Pleased to meet you.

I was afraid you missed your train.

I waited to make certain

I was the last one off.

Why is that?

This.

Happened last night on the train.

Nobody's supposed to know I'm carrying valuable jewels.

It's obvious someone does know,

and they wanted to kill you to get at 'em.

With all due respect to you, Mr. Hardie,

I feel like turning right around

and taking that train back to St. Louis.

Why don't you?

I can deliver the jewels to Wichita for you.

Wish I could let you.

After the stones are approved,

they have to be strung into a necklace.

Can you make a necklace, Mr. Hardie?

I'm afraid that's a little out of my line.

I think they're ready to leave.

You go on ahead.

Might be just as well if they don't know that we're acquainted.

Jim!

Well, Shaky Haygood, how are ya?

Well, well.

Who's the fella riding shotgun?

Well, he's a new fella.

Name's Thompson. Know anything about him?

Looks like he can handle that shotgun, all right.

That's all I'm interested in.

Say, climb aboard, Jim. We'll get goin'.

Hyah! Hyah!

Giddup! Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

Keep that thing off me!

I'm sorry.

If anyone's interested,

there's quite a history about those rocks out there.

Really? How's that?

About five years ago,

there was an Indian massacre.

A whole wagon train was wiped out by the Cheyenne.

Must have been horrible.

Don't let him scare you.

The Indians hereabouts have calmed down considerably.

I noticed your ticket was for Blanton, Miss, uh...

Morton. Sandra Morton.

Gerald Haggerty.

Any harm in asking what you're gonna do there?

They're building a schoolhouse.

I'm the new schoolteacher.

In a way, I'm sorry to hear that.

I was going to invite you to visit

my place when we get to Flat Rock.

Biggest saloon in town.

Saloon?

Yeah, saloon.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make a comment.

Just what do you carry in that case, Mister...?

Bodkins.

The way you carry it, you'd think it was glass.

What's in it?

Three guns?

BODKINS: Yes, I'm a gun salesman.

Anything wrong with that?

You?

Well, look at that.

A moving target.

What do you know? He got it.

You're quite a marksman, Mr. Bodkins.

Well, that's kind of you, Mister, uh...

Hardie. Jim Hardie is the name.

What are the chances of running into Indians?

They're not very likely.

Too bad, too bad.

Oh, look at those birds out there.

How many would you like...

You from the West, Mr. Bodkins?

Oh, definitely not.

I wouldn't be found dead this side of Philadelphia.

Out here, we're taught to kill

only what we need to eat.

Merely trying to demonstrate

my marksmanship, Mr. Hardie.

There's pleasure in killing.

DRIVER: Ho!

Whoa!

We spend the night here, folks.

You go on inside.

We'll take care of your baggage.

Hello. Get out of here!

Here. Brought you a towel.

I don't need it. Leave me alone! I just want to help.

Let go of me! What are you doing out here?

I just brought the lady a towel.

You know she's supposed to have

five minutes alone before the rest of us come out.

Why? She ain't any better than the rest of us.

Please, Mr. Haggerty, I can take care of myself.

I figure this ape owes you an apology.

What's the matter, Haggerty?

You sore 'cause you wanted to bring her the towel?

Somebody oughta teach you,

you don't kick a man when he's down!

Well, how 'bout you?

How'd you like to teach me a couple of things?

Let me go! What's the matter?

What's the matter? You're a teacher, aren't you?

Turn around here, and I'll teach you something.

All right! All right!

Now, that's enough entertainment for one evening.

What do you say we all go inside and have some chow?

Uh, Miss Morton, uh,

I guess you can have this side of the room to yourself.

Oh, thank you. Yeah.

Well, good night, folks.

I... I couldn't sleep.

My skin was crawling, thinking of that Mr. Smith.

I just had to get some air.

Coming out here alone like this,

you're inviting it to happen again.

I never thought of that.

And I never thanked you for what you did this evening.

It's all right.

I also liked the way you kept Mr. Bodkins from killing those birds.

I don't like senseless killing of anything.

No need in it.

DODD: Help!

Get that towel, quick!

Somebody hit him.

JIM: Bad gash, but I don't think it's serious.

Who did it?

I don't know. It was too dark to see.

Did you lose anything?

Did anybody see anything?

Say, cold I ask you a question, Jim?

JIM: What is it? Well, is that stuff worth a lot of money?

It's insured for $30,000.

Well, I kinda hate to stir up the pot,

but if anybody has a reason, Mr. Haggerty has.

What do you mean?

Well, I happen to know that your creditors

are pressing you pretty hard.

And I happen to know that you gotta get your hands on some cash,

or you're gonna lose the saloon and everything else you own.

Is that true, Haggerty?

What gives you the right to ask questions, Hardie?

Because my company's the one that got 'em insured.

DRIVER: Well, he's with Wells Fargo.

Wells Fargo? Yeah.

If you think I hit Dodd for the jewels, forget it.

I don't go in for that kind of thing.

It's more in Smitty's line here.

Keep riding me, Haggerty.

I enjoy raisin' a lumps on your head.

I saw Smith standing by the window

when Dodd let out that yell.

All right, so I was by the window.

What were you doing there?

Well, I heard somebody outside.

I was takin' a look to see who it was.

I saw you got there first.

How 'bout our gun salesman friend here?

What about me?

30,000 would go a long way

towards setting him up in Philadelphia.

Yes, it would. A long way.

You were standing over him when I came in.

Well, I heard him yell like the rest of you.

Came over to see what was the matter.

Why don't you ask him where he was?

JIM: Why him?

I do a lot of traveling. I've seen him before.

A man who's been to prison once for robbery

might try it again.

Is what he says true, Thompson?

Yeah, I... I made a mistake.

All right, I paid for it.

I came out here because I felt the west

was the one place where nobody cared about your past.

I didn't even know he had them!

Has anybody else got any suggestions?

Yeah. Me.

We gotta get an early start in the mornin'.

Now, suppose we all go back to sleep.

Why weren't you here?

I saw the girl go outside.

I thought I'd see what she was up to.

She might've purposely tried to get you out there.

If she was in with one of them,

it'd give him a chance to get the jewels.

That's possible.

You going to stay up for the rest of the night?

You think he'll try again?

I think once a man gets $30,000 on his mind,

it's hard for him to think about anything else.

Whoa! Whoa!

Flat Rock, folks.

This is where we spend the night.

All the baggage goes in the hotel.

That is, all except Haggerty's.

What's the matter with Haggerty?

This is his town, son.

Okay.

Hurry up the baggage, please. Yes, sir.

Thank you. Right up the stairs to the right.

I want a room with plenty of air. Yes, sir.

Right up the stairway.

I'll have a room for tonight only.

I'm taking the early stage to Blanton. Yes, ma'am.

Mr. Dodd.

I think it might be a good idea

if you put those jewels in the safe tonight.

Especially tonight. Why especially tonight?

The girl's gonna stay over

and catch stage tomorrow.

Haggerty lives here.

Bodkins is going to stay over and sell guns.

Tomorrow that'll leave Smith, Thompson, and the driver.

You think that any one of them might have done it, huh?

I think if there's another attempt

made on those jewels, it's gotta be tonight.

All right.

Right up the stairway. Thank you.

Will you put these into the safe for me, please?

Oh, Miss Morton. Oh.

Thank you for everything, Mr. Haggerty.

I was hoping I'd see you again.

The stage for Blanton leaves early in the morning.

Well, uh, why can't I show you my place tonight?

I'd like to see it, but I have to catch that early stage.

Sign your name across the seal, please.

Thank you.

To the right, at the head of the landing.

You've been a big help, Hardie.

May I ask what you intend to do now?

Try to find your stolen property.

I suggest we ask Haggerty where it is.

Why Haggerty?

Before I was hit on the head back at the relay station,

I noticed Haggerty was out of his bed.

I turned around to find where he was,

and next thing I knew, wham!

Why didn't you tell me this before?

DODD: It would've been just my word against his.

As long as he didn't get the jewels,

I didn't see any reason to make an issue of it.

Well, let's have a talk with him. What for?

"What for?" What do you mean, "What for?"

We haven't got enough evidence to arrest him.

And if he is the guilty one,

we're only going to make him more cautious.

What do you want to do?

Wait till he disposes of the stuff?

Mr. Dodd, I admitted I couldn't string a necklace.

Now don't you try to do my job.

Mr. Hardie.

Miss Morton, I thought you'd be on the way to Blanton.

They're holding the stage for me.

I have to talk to you and Mr. Dodd.

I want to show you this.

I heard the talk about the robbery... Where'd you get this?

First I want to know, is it one of yours?

It certainly is.

Where'd you get it?

Well... It was Mr. Haggerty.

He said he wanted me to have it as a memento.

Thank you for your honesty.

I'm sorry you won't be able to keep it.

Well, I might've known.

It's... It's not the sort of thing

schoolteachers wind up with.

I this enough evidence for you?

It's enough for me.

Hardie.

Thank you, Miss Morton.

MARSHAL: Mr. Haggerty!

The jewels.

Ho! Haw!

Well, Miss Morton's on her way to Blanton.

Mr. Dodd.

There'll be a stage leaving for Alcove shortly.

I suggest you be on it.

What about the jewels?

If I can't find them, Wells Fargo will make up the losses.

What about the job I undertook to do?

What about my reputation?

How can I face my employer?

No one can say it's your fault.

I'm sorry about what happened.

Being sorry won't bring back the jewels, will it?

No, I suppose it won't.

But if you're gonna make that stage,

you better get over to your hotel and pack.

I see Haggerty has one mourner anyway.

I didn't know him well enough to mourn him.

One thing I did know. What's that?

He's no fool.

Any man who gets himself killed

over money or a woman is a fool.

If it was Haggerty, he would've waited until she was on the stage

for Blanton before he gave her that little memento.

That's just a guess, isn't it?

Maybe.

I'll know more after I send a telegram.

Pullin' out, Hardie?

Yeah. I got an answer to my telegram.

Sandra Morton never arrived in Blanton.

Not only that, they've had the same schoolhouse

and the same schoolteacher for 27 years,

and they're not contemplating any changes.

So it was the girl.

Think she worked it alone?

She couldn't have.

I was with her the night Dodd got hit in the head.

Then who was it?

I'm not sure yet,

but I'll let you know when I do.

Hyah! Hyah!

See if you can make a noose out of 'em.

What are you doing here?

Trying to save my company $30,000.

Put 'em in the bag and hand it to me.

Wells Fargo can afford $30,000.

It's enough for the two of us.

And what about Miss Morton? What does she get?

The noose that you mentioned.

She's the one who killed Haggerty.

I had nothing to do with it.

She's got a different story.

So that's how you knew where to find me?

She told you? No.

You gave it away yourself back at the relay station.

How?

When you put that gash in your head,

said she had me decoyed outside.

So?

So no one else knew who I was.

You were the only one

who could've possibly known I had to be decoyed.

That will make a nice epitaph.

Stay where you are!

Get his gun.

Yes, a very nice epitaph.

"Here lies Jim Hardie. He was decoyed away."

You should have left well enough alone.

Then you could've gotten out of this with your life.

I'll have the jewels, please.

Uh-uh. Toss them.

You're a little careless

with human life, Miss Morton.

A knife for Haggerty, a bullet for Dodd.

I wonder what the jury will have for you?

Let's go.

Wells Fargo guaranteed

arrival of a certain shipment,

so I was on my way to Wichita again.

No matter how many times I tell myself

a criminal's a criminal, regardless of the sex,

I'm never comfortable putting a woman behind bars.