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Hyah! Hyah!

Who's there?

Ohh! Ohh...

HARDIE: Twenty thousand dollars in gold had been stolen

from the Wells Fargo safe in Weber Falls.

My job was to get it back.

My name's Jim Hardie.

Good day, Marshal.

You the Wells Fargo agent?

Yes, Hardie. Jim Hardie's my name.

Clegg. Emmett Clegg.

Mighty sorry business, Mr. Hardie.

Usually is.

I never knew Ben King, but from all I can learn of him,

he must've been a fine man. He was.

He had a daughter, I understand.

How is she taking it? Tolerable.

Sure made good time gettin' here.

My name's Beecher.

Nice to know you, Mr. Beecher.

Joe's our local blacksmith.

At least, he used to be.

Sold his business about a month ago.

You'll be leavin' us soon, huh?

Tomorrow.

Oh, Annie.

Mister Hardie, this is Miss Anne King.

Nice to know you, ma'am.

Won't you come in, mister Hardie?

Thank you.

ANNE: Dad put so much into his job.

He could hardly sleep every time that gold shipment came down from the mine.

How many people knew about the shipment?

Just about everybody in town, Mr. Hardie.

Been comin' in the same day every month for two years now.

Hmm. You say you got here

about five minutes after the whole thing happened.

Right. See any sort of trail?

Nothing to trail. No sign of a horse or a wagon.

That gold weighed over a hundred pounds.

Wasn't dragged, either. It was lifted.

Whoever took it just picked it up and walked off with it.

Probably more than one man.

Maybe.

Hundred pounds is a lot of weight.

I think they'd need a wagon or at least an extra horse to get it out of town.

But nothing's left here since it happened.

I say it's still here. You're not sure of that, Emmett.

I'm sure, Joe. Whoever took it is just waitin' to cart it off.

But you can't watch everybody all the time.

Seen any strangers in town lately?

Yeah, couple of men come in last week

have been working out at Knowlton's ranch.

What do you know about 'em?

Nothin'. I went out this mornin' and tried to see 'em,

but they'd already drawn their pay and left.

Knowlton didn't know where they'd headed.

Uh, Mr. Hardie, you might do yourself some good

if you went over to see Johnnie Hogan.

He was seen talking to 'em a couple of times.

Leave him out of this, Emmett.

You already talked to Johnnie.

Now, look, no offense, Miss Anne,

it's just that Mr. Hardie might be able to get more out of him.

And who is Johnnie Hogan? Works over at Tregor's general store.

He's a friend of mine. Lived with him in this town a long time.

He's a decent man.

I vouched for him when he came back,

and I vouch for him now.

Why would you have to vouch for him, Mr. Beecher?

Well, about three years ago, he got mixed up with the wrong people.

Robbed a bank over at Killian Station, and was caught.

The other two men were killed.

ANNE: Johnnie paid for his mistake.

Two years in the state penitentiary.

Look, Miss Anne, I'm not judgin' him, now.

The devil you're not.

Everybody in this town has judged him.

Except Joe and me.

Oh, he was wild.

He's not anymore.

Believe me, Mr. Hardie!

Take it she's in love with him.

She's been in love with him ever since she wore pigtails.

Doesn't know anybody else is around.

I'm sure Johnnie can't help you, Mr. Hardie.

Well, I don't suppose it'll do any harm to talk to him, would it?

Good day.

And Mr. Hardie's coming over here to see you.

JOHNNIE: Let him come.

Did you tell Marshal Clegg everything?

Did you, Johnnie?

I never should've come back here. I mean...

I should've got a job someplace else.

You could've come to me after I had a stake so we could get married.

I hate this town.

Oh, Johnnie, you were friendly with those two men. I heard them laughing with you.

I even heard one man say he knew you up in prison.

You tell that to the Marshal?

Well, no. I thought you told him.

Why should I?

They did their time just like I did.

Why drag them into this?

Who are you loyal to, Johnnie?

Johnnie, Mr. Hardie. Johnnie Hogan.

Nice to meet you.

What do you want?

I'm an investigator with Wells Fargo.

I was hopin' you could give me a little help.

Look, I told the marshal I don't know anything.

You sound like you're being accused.

Well, just don't keep askin' me!

Ask the men hangin' round that saloon.

They talk to those fellas, too.

You wouldn't push me around like this

if I didn't have a jail record.

Thanks for givin' me this chance, Mr. Tregor. I'm quittin'.

I'm leavin' town right now.

Wait, Johnnie.

Think it over.

No, I made up my mind.

Joe, why can't I go with ya?

When I get settled, you can.

But don't run out on this.

I'm not stayin'. I'm tellin' you right now.

Those men you wanted to know about, they knew me.

In the Colorado Penitentiary.

They did their time, just like I did.

I met 'em here by accident when they rode in last week.

And I didn't recommend 'em.

Mr. Knowlton gave 'em that job on his own.

What'd they quit for? I don't know!

And you can't hold me for that robbery last night

just because I got a jail record!

Could if I wanted to, Johnnie.

Speak of the devil.

There they are now.

Got a new man with 'em.

HARDIE: Sure have.

Name is Phil Tremaine.

Who's he?

He's wanted in three counties for armed robbery and murder.

Isn't he, Johnnie?

I wouldn't know. I never met him!

Just a minute.

Let me try to handle this alone first.

Hold it.

Throw down your guns.

You too, Tremaine.

Throw it down and get off your horse.

All of you.

I told you to stay outta town.

Shut up.

Throw it down.

Why should I?

They're gonna hang me anyway.

Give you two credit for just one thing.

You were a little smarter than he was.

Well, he never was any good with a gun.

Why don't you stay outta town?

Sure, kid, we'll be gettin' out.

HARDIE: No, you're not.

We're goin' over to the Marshal's office.

Come on, move.

You too, Johnnie.

Can you see that they get that body over to the undertaker's office?

It's all right, Anne.

Johnnie's gonna be all right.

What'd you find out?

Oh, nothin' in their saddlebags. None of 'em.

What'd you expect? If we stole that gold,

we wouldn't be stupid enough to walk through town with it.

You were stupid enough to ride in with Tremaine.

His mistake, not ours.

Well, that was quite a mistake.

What do you want to do with 'em?

What'd you come in to town for?

Well, to see ol' Johnnie.

I told you to leave me alone.

You can see how they're protectin' you, Johnnie.

Look, nobody's done a thing.

Now, we can't help it if a man wanted by the law aims to ride with us.

Are you gonna let us go, or not?

I wouldn't if it was up to me, but it isn't.

It's up to the marshal.

All right, go on. Get outta here.

All of you.

We, uh... We could've dreamed up somethin' to hold 'em, Mr. Hardie.

I suppose we could.

Johnnie.

Tremaine was a fool, Johnnie.

He should've stayed out.

We told him we'd watch over you.

Watch over me for what?

Ol' Tremaine's been sittin' up in them hills

just waitin' to grab that gold.

We was gonna help him. But you beat us to it.

But we're sharin' it together, Johnnie, when you dig it up.

Wherever you put it.

I haven't got it.

You know, you'd almost believe this boy was tellin' the truth, Hankers.

I didn't think he could lie so good.

You know, Picker,

I got me a real hankerin' to wait around a while.

Yeah.

But not around here.

Change your mind, Johnnie?

No.

All right...

I was wrong not tellin' Clegg about those two men.

Anne... I'm goin' to California.

California?

Yeah, nobody knows me there.

Month, maybe two, I'll have enough money for both of us.

Maybe I'll hit a gold strike or something.

Maybe get enough gold to have you come out real soon.

Well, just get an honest job, Johnnie.

Yeah.

I... I'll-I'll see you before I go.

Anne, I got a couple of questions I'd like to ask you.

Now, you called Marshal Clegg immediately after you found your father.

Is that right? Yes.

And you didn't see any part of the robbery, as I understand it.

No.

I... I heard Pa call out.

It couldn't have been more than a few seconds before I...

I came into the room, and...

saw Pa.

I understand.

There's one other thing.

You ever burn charcoal in this stove?

No.

You always use wood?

Yes...

why do you ask?

When I was here early this mornin', I found this little...

piece of charcoal over here by the safe.

Have you any idea how it could get there?

No.

Well...

that'll be all for right now, then.

Thank you, Anne.

Sure, I use charcoal. About 20 sacks a month. What's your interest?

I was just wonderin'...

if you have any customers, or anybody that...

stood around in here, spent any time in here yesterday?

Well, lots of customers, nobody waitin' around.

No one has that much time.

Oh, Marshal Clegg dropped in, just for a smoke.

Well, you stoked up a pretty good fire, I see.

I took in seven horses yesterday. All for shoein'.

My last job before I close this place up.

New owner's takin' over next week, but I'm leavin' tomorrow.

Suppose you're anxious to get settled down in your new location.

Well...

sure nobody else stopped by?

Oh, come to think of it, Johnnie was here.

We jawed for a spell when he delivered those sacks of charcoal.

You're laying in a pretty good supply for a man who's leavin' tomorrow.

What's all this about, Mr. Hardie?

Well, natural curiosity, I suppose.

Good day, Mr. Beecher.

Clegg! Clegg!

What happened, Hardie?

Get a posse and get after Hogan. He's got the gold.

Marshal, I saw him leave town a few minutes ago.

He took off behind Pearson's stables.

Get a posse and get after him!

All right. All right, Kit.

Frank. Come on, Caley.

Let's go!

Anne, where was Johnnie goin' to?

I don't know, but he didn't take that gold, Mr. Hardie.

He had it in his room a little while ago.

Where is he?

You'd better tell him, Anne.

He came by my place a few minutes ago.

He was near wild, I couldn't understand what he meant!

What did he say?

To forget about him.

For me to go ahead and leave town with you tomorrow.

You'd better see a doctor.

I'm goin'.

Good night, boys.

Well...

lost his trail on the lava beds on the other side of the Squaw Valley.

Spent an hour tryin' to pick it up again. No luck.

How's your head?

Sore. Doctor says I'll live.

Whoa! Whoa, whoa.

You figurin' on leavin', Miss Anne?

Yes, tonight.

Joe's goin' with me.

Boyd, will you take miss Anne's bags?

You're not leavin', Miss Anne?

Yes, Boyd, tonight.

Anne, I know this isn't the right time to say this, but...

there's a good life ahead for you

if you'll just reach out for it.

The stage won't be leavin' for a few minutes.

I'm gonna leave the key to my shop with Tregor.

I'll be right back.

You sure you doin' the right thing?

I've thought it all out.

I'll be all right, Marshal.

I hope so.

Town's sure gonna miss you, Miss Anne.

What scared 'em, driver? I don't know.

You sure broke that wagon tongue.

Well, we can't leave here till mornin'.

Joe, you think you can patch that up with a piece of scrap iron?

Yeah, I guess so. Unhitch 'em and get that tongue over to my shop.

All right.

Mighty strange, those horses takin' off like that.

JOE: Lots of strange things around here, Marshal.

Or you're blaming this on Johnnie, too?

What's that supposed to mean?

What about Johnnie?

Yeah, what about him.

Now, you saw what happened?

The stage won't be leaving tonight. You better get some sleep.

All right, Joe.

Think I'll be takin' this coach in the morning too, Marshal.

If we can't find Johnnie, then we'll let Johnnie come to us.

You mean... you mean you think because Miss Anne...

I think so.

I don't know for sure.

We'll see.

Let him go. Whatever he's waitin' for, we'll wait, too.

You think it'll hold?

Sure it'll hold. Let's get started.

Yeah, we're twelve hours late already.

Bye, Miss Anne.

Thank you, Marshal.

So long, Joe.

Let me know what happens, Hardie.

I'll do that.

Head up, now! Ho! Hyah!

Keep your hands on those reins, mister.

Don't touch your gun, Hardie.

Johnnie!

I didn't take that gold, Anne.

You gotta believe me.

Maybe I believe you, Johnnie.

It's the truth.

Somebody planted this bar of gold in my room.

Why didn't you turn it in?

I was afraid.

I figured as long as I was bein' blamed for everything else,

I might as well keep it.

But I couldn't go through with it, Anne.

I've been watchin' up in these hills all night,

waitin' for you to come along.

I'm no thief. You gotta believe me!

Hold it!

Drop those guns.

You too, Hardie.

All right, you.

Get down and help unhitch those horses.

That's just so you can't follow us.

You really weren't lyin', were you, boy?

I kinda figured that story was real honest.

I told ya, I didn't take anything.

We'll just start with this.

Get 'em on. Giddyup!

Oh, Johnnie!

Johnnie!

Oh!

I didn't mean to shoot Johnnie. It was a mistake!

Biggest mistake you made was when you held up that office and killed a man.

What're you talkin' about? The gold.

Why'd he try to kill me? Because he figured you'd found him out.

He had the gold with him all the time.

Pretty clever of you to hide it in a broken wagon tongue.

You know, for a while there, I think you...

might've had me figured in on that robbery.

I think I did, too.

I think at one point I even had Anne figured in on it.

Yeah, I suppose anybody could've dropped that piece of charcoal.

Yeah.

Gold can twist people up sometime.

I've seen it happen too many times in the past.

Probably see it happen a few more times before I die, too.

Good luck to you, Marshal. Goodbye, Hardie.

Bye, Anne. Good bye, Mr. Hardie.

And good luck to you, Johnnie. Thanks again!