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Sorry.
Sorry.

Miss Annie.

Hello, Hoss!

Here, let me do that.

You ain't got no business
doing all this old heavy work.

Why, I say, I been
cleaning stalls and pitching hay

since before you was born.

Yeah, well, maybe it's time
you was taking a break, huh?

Uh, Charlie will be back
in a minute.

Say, I'm... I'm afraid
he, uh, ain't found time yet

to order that new harness
that your father wanted.

Oh, that's all right,
Miss Annie.

I can come back later,
pick that up.

Whoa.

Annie!

I'm here!

Oh, there you are.

Oh, howdy, Hoss.

Howdy, Charlie.

Good to see you.

Wait till you see
what I got here.

Yeah?

You didn't bring home
another one of them

surefire moneymaking deals,
did you,

like that posthole digger
that did everything except dig?

No, sir. No, sir.

That was foolishness.

Wait till you see this.

This is the pure quill.

I can sell them for
ten dollars apiece, maybe more.

Thousands of them.

99% profit.

That's a... that's a stirrup,
ain't it, Charlie?

Not a stirrup; it's the stirrup.

That's-that's the kind
them Eastern dudes wear

on them pancake saddles.

Feel it.

No slip.

Guaranteed to hold the boot.

Silver-plated.

Guaranteed silver-plated iron.

Not wood like ours.

Guess how much
they're gonna cost me.

Oh, I ain't got no way
of knowing it.

Go on, guess.

Well, I don't know,
Charlie. I...

How much are they gonna cost,
Charlie?

So cents apiece.

Fifty...?

How much money
have you given them so far?

Who said I give them anything?

This calls for
a celebration, Hoss,

and the drinks are on me.

We'll be back directly, Annie.

I don't want you doing any
heavy lifting while we're gone.

Just leave everything
where it is.

I'll straighten it up
when I get back.

You always do, Charlie.

Now, mind you,
don't forget dinner!

And, Hoss, I'm expecting you.

Miss Annie, I'd love to,
but I've got to get back...

Don't you say no.

I've got the nicest peach pie
waiting for you.

Doggone it, Miss Annie,
you got the...

you got the most convincing way
of arguing I ever heard.

Good. I'll see you later.

You know, Hoss, I didn't
let Annie in on everything.

These females ain't got
too good a head for finance.

Well, what would you say
if I could get the franchise

on that stirrup for every state
west of the Mississippi?

Oh, Charlie, they gonna...

they gonna give you that
for nothing?

Well, the next door to nothing.

A hundred dollars.

I got that much tucked away.

How many horses do you think's
in the state of Nevada alone?

A million? Two million?

At ten dollars apiece.

That's why I say things never
looked better, Hoss. Huh?

So, there I was,

pinned down in that dugout,
freezing blizzard wind...

Bruno!

Blizzard blowing down on me.

Out there on that hogback
sits old Black Kettle,

surrounded by his warriors,
over a hundred of them.

What'd you do, Charlie?

Did you fight 'em?

Fight 'em? No, no, no.

That would've riled them up.

No, sir.

No, sir,
I rigged me up a white flag.

And I walked out there...

knowing any minute
one of them savages

might run me clean through
with a lance.

And I says, "Black Kettle...

"I know you boys is hungry,
I know it,

but you're not gonna get no grub
fighting for it here."

And then a lot of other palaver,
all in In jun, of course.

And... well, anyway, I ended up
trading an old slab-sided beef

for two of the prettiest
pinto ponies

you ever seen in your life.

The general told me afterwards,
he says what I done

probably saved
the whole settlement

from being burnt
clean to the ground.

They give you a medal, Charlie?

No.

But I got something
a lot better.

I traded them two pintos
to the general

for a half dozen draft horses.

And that was the foundation
of my first fortune.

When did all this happen,
Charlie?

Uh, Christmastime,
December, I think it was.

This was Kansas Territory?

That's what I said.

You better get
your time straight--

'Cause the Cheyennes
had already gone south by then.

You calling me a liar, sonny?

Well, the Seventh Cavalry
was my outfit.

I was there.

I asked you...

you calling me a liar?

Well, uh...

Well, maybe I got
a little mixed up myself.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Maybe you did,
you young whippersnapper.

And let that be a lesson to you.

All right, everybody to the bar!

Drinks are on old Charlie!

You have another one,
too, Hoss, huh?

No, thank you, Charlie.

I imagine me and you
better be heading for home.

Miss Annie's
gonna skin us alive.

Mr. Conners, would you mind
if I sat down a minute?

Buddy, we was
just fixin' to leave.

Sit down, sit down.
We got lots of time.

Not Mr. Conners.
Folks call me Charlie.

Well, I was just listening
to your stories, and...

well, you must be
a real rich man

with all them deals
you got going, huh?

I do all right.
Lord's been good to me.

What's your name, sonny?
Barker, sir. Billy Barker.

Where you from, Billy?

Uh... oh, all over.

I'm just fixin'
to go down to Arizona now.

Mm-hmm. So you're
a little strapped, eh?

Oh, no, no, sir. I...
I ain't looking for no handouts.

I'm just looking for a job,

and I thought you might need
a little help somewhere.

Well... well, you come around
the barn tomorrow morning.

We'll see what we can do.

Yes, sir. I'll do that, sir.

Bruno...

Uh... I seem to have
run off without my cash.

I got it, Charlie.
No, no, no, this is my party.

Put that on my bill, Bruno.

Thank you, Charlie.

Thanks, Hoss.

See you tomorrow, boys!

Hoss, you, uh, you go on in.

I'm going down to the barn
for a while.

Charlie, Miss Annie's
waiting supper for us.

Yeah, I know, but I got
to get at that paperwork.

There's a lot of paperwork
connected with setting up

a big deal, you know.
Yeah. Charlie.

If I was you, Charlie, I'd...

I'd give that stirrup thing
a whole bunch of thought

before I invest any money in it.

Well, don't you worry, Hoss.

I'll get that hundred back
and a hundred times over.

Tell Annie
I'll be along after while.

Yeah. I'll tell her, Charlie.

Come in.

Hi, Miss Annie.
Hello, Hoss.

Supper's ready.
Isn't Charlie with you?

No, ma'am, I... I don't reckon
Mr. Charlie's very hungry.

He's down there working
on that stirrup thing.

Here, let me get that.
Let me get it. Oh, thanks.

I got it.
Another one of them,

and my arms
was ready to drop off.

You ain't got you
a kitchen pump yet, huh?

Charlie's gonna do that for me
one of these days.

Sure he is.

What does that mean?

Well, I mean...

I know Charlie, Miss Annie. I...

Do you?

Well, I mean...

I mean, we're friends,
you know, like...

What do you know about him?

Know that he's a...

a nice old man that likes
to buy drinks for everybody

and tell stories...

and go around pretending that
he's something that he's not.

Is that right?

Yes'm.

What story did he tell
in the saloon?

Oh, it... wasn't important,
Miss Annie.

Just... he told the story

about the Cheyenne
and the beef.

It wasn't nothing.
You know.

Well, why don't I just tell you
what really happened.

There was Indians, all right.

There was Cheyennes.
There was a whole tribe.

And Black Kettle
was their chief.

And there was a beef.

That cow was all that we had
between us and starvation.

I'll never forget it.

It was when our first baby
died of the fever.

And I had it,
I was down with it,

and Charlie had it.

And that's when
these people came along.

Oh, they were pathetic.

They were the most forlorn,

starved-Iookin' bunch
of Cheyenne.

Their babies was
just crying from hunger.

And Charlie come into me
where I was laying sick,

and he said...

"I'm sorry, Annie...

but they needed it worse
than we do."

He had given them...

our milk cow.

There's all kinds of heroes
in this world, Hoss.

All kinds.

You understand?

Yes'm, I do.

Charlie.

Do you know
that he traded a sound horse

for a broken-down old ox yoke

because that farmer
needed a horse

to plow his ground,
or he'd have starved?

We didn't need an ox yoke.

We didn't even have an ox.

And this decoration, this
broken-down coffee grinder--

He gave Mel Fletcher ten dollars
for this

because Mel had sickness
in his family.

I tell you, this house
is just filled with junk.

These are Charlie's medals.

He doesn't think
they're worth anything,

but I do.

Hoss, why don't you go
and fetch Charlie

and tell him supper's ready?

Yes'm.
Be right back, now.

Who is it?

Oh, uh, me, sir. Billy Barker.

Oh. I'll be with you
in just a minute here.

Got something to finish first.

Uh, yeah, well,
I'm sort of in a hurry.

Um, your-your friend,
the big fella--

Is he around here somewhere,
is he?

Hoss? Oh, he's over at my house.

If I know Hoss,
he's still eating.

But I didn't expect to see you
till tomorrow morning.

Then I suppose a fella's got to
have someplace to sleep, huh?

You hungry?

You bet your sweet life I am,
old man.

But I ain't gonna be
much longer, am I?

I mean, it just doesn't seem
right to me

for an old man like you
to have all that money, and...

and I ain't got none at all.

Wh-What are you talking about?
What money?

Well, I heard you
tell your friend

that you got some money hid
around here somewhere,

and I want it.

I ain't got no money hid.

Look, I heard you
tell your friend

that you got a hundred dollars.

Now, you gonna tell me
where it is,

and you're gonna tell me
right now.

Please, that's all I got left.

That's all my wife and me's
got left in this world, son.

Now, you tell me
where you got that money hid,

or the next time
you open your mouth,

you're gonna be chewing on this.

I-I'll get it for you.

Charlie.

I'll kill you.

Charlie.

You all right?

The boy's dead.

Howdy, Hoss.

Hi, Roy.

Glad I found you at home.

I'm going over to Carson City,

and I brought that deposition
statement of yours by to sign.

All right.

You take a good look at it,
and if it's all right,

you can sign it right there
on the bottom.

Yeah, I'm sure it's fine, Roy.
You got a pencil?

Yeah.
Let me use you for a desk here.

All righty.

I knew I seen a wanted poster
on that Billy Barker somewheres.

Yeah?

Look at this.

He's wanted up in Millers Falls
for stealing a horse.

Ain't much of a reward, but
you may as well put in for it.

I'll tell you what, Roy.

Why don't you... why don't you
just give it to old Charlie?

I got an idea he and...
he and Miss Annie could use it.

Well, that's up to you
if that's the way you want it.

Yeah, let's do it that way.

You, uh, planning
on holding an inquest?

No, I think the facts speak
for themselves, Hoss.

You might drop by
the office, though,

say the day after tomorrow,
in case the coroner wants

to ask you any questions
or anything, huh?

Be happy to. R-Roy?
Yeah?

About that reward--
let's just keep that

a little secret
between you and me, all right?

That will do.
Good-bye, boy.

Adios.

Well, I sure do thank you
for coming by, Hoss. Yeah.

I'll tell you folks,

you'd never believe it
if I was to tell you.

But I will tell you this.

A lesser man than old Charlie'd
never been able

to face up to him.

I give up trying

to get him off that soapbox,
'cause to hear him tell it,

he's Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone

and Wild Bill Hickok
all rolled into one.

Yeah.

Well, but he's harmless, Roy.

I reckon if it takes no more
than that to make a man happy,

the least me and you can do
is go along with it, huh?

You're right about that.

See you, Roy.
Yeah.

He had that cold killer gleam
in his eye.

Well, he has his pistol
in his hand when he comes in,

and he threatened me with it,
and I dared him to shoot.

I said, "You pull that trigger,

"and you'll have this whole town
down on you

in the flicker of an eyelash."

Well, he paused there
for a minute while

he tried to stare me down.

Finally had to avert his gaze,
and in that second,

I started to make my play.

But I give him credit.
He was quick.

"I don't need no gun for you,
old man," he says.

"I'll just cut
your gizzard out."

Then he makes a lunge for me,

and I sidestepped
and let him go on by.

How'd-how'd he do that,
old man? I don't know.

Well, was he all crouched down
at you, or did he...?

It all happened so fast,
I couldn't tell.

Pretty quick, was he?

Why, he was faster
than greased lightning.

What kind of a knife did he use?

Well, it was
a wicked-looking thing. Spanish.

Like that?

Who are you boys?

We're Billy Barker's brothers,
old man.

What-what do you want?

What do you suppose
we'd want, old-timer?

Just thought maybe we'd even up
the score a little bit

until we got a look at you
and heard you talk.

Now I don't know
as we're big enough.

Real ferocious-looking,
ain't he?

You get out of here.
Leave him alone!

Go on. Get out of here.

Yeah, we got us
a regular old pair

of mountain lions here,
don't we?

I think you two boys
better move on.

Oh, well, I guess we better
move on, then, brother.

Yeah.

You're standing
in our way there.

I ain't intending on moving.

Now, I asked you peaceful-like.

Now, beat it.

These boys
giving you trouble, Hoss?

No, no.
No... no trouble, Sheriff.

These fellas were just leaving,
wasn't you, fellas?

Oh, yes, yes.
There's no trouble, Sheriff.

Come on, George.

Uh, we'll see you around,
old-timer.

It's a good thing
you showed up, Sheriff.

I was starting to get mad.

Yeah. Say, Hoss, if them boys
do give you any trouble,

you let me know, now, you hear?

Yeah.

Ah, they ain't gonna
give nobody no trouble.

They're just a lot of talk.

Hess and I could have
handled them with one hand.

I don't doubt that, Charlie.

By the way, there is $100
reward money coming to you.

That boy Billy was wanted.

Well, by jingo.

A hundred dollars.

Uh, I... I figured that boy

for a hard case
the first time I ever seen him.

Wait till the boys hear about
this down at the saloon, huh?

Yeah, yeah.
Charlie, you got a minute?

I'd like to talk to you.
Sure. Come on in.

I want to tell you something.

Things are sure looking up.

They never been better.

Do you know how much money
we've taken in so far?

Let me show you.
Charlie?

Huh?

Charlie, you know
the truth is gonna out, Charlie.

You got to know that.

What do you mean, the truth?

Well...

Charlie, what I mean is,
you can't just go on

telling people
that you killed Billy Barker.

I mean, when-when he died
by accident.

That-that's the plain truth.

Accident?

Why, he come at me
with that knife.

He come at me
all over the place!

Charlie...

He thought he had me scared,

but he found out different.

Come right down to it, he wasn't
so tough as he might have been.

I've handled his kind before.

They used to laugh
at old Charlie. They did!

But now they got to listen
when he talks.

Charlie...

Yeah, Hoss, I... I, uh...

I got something out back
I want to do.

I wonder if you'd kind of look
after things here

for a little while, huh?

Where's Charlie?
Hi, Miss Annie.

Why, he... he's out
in the corral. Why?

Good. I need to talk to you.

I've been talking to Roy
about them Barkers.

Yeah?

They killed a man over
in Millers Falls last year.

He insulted their sister,
they said,

and then they provoked him
into a fight and shot him dead.

Nobody did anything about it.
Self-defense.

Miss Annie,
I guarantee you they...

they ain't gonna hurt Charlie.

Oh, no?

No, see,

Charlie didn't have nothing
to do with killing Billy Barker.

Well, I know he didn't.

You know?

Oh, you...

Oh, you forget.

I've been married
to Charlie for 30 years.

Yeah.

Then you know
what he's got to do, don't you?

You really want him to stand up
in front of this whole town

and tell them
that he's a liar and a fake?

Well, Miss Annie,
dad-burnit, I...

I know it ain't
gonna be easy, but...

there ain't no other way
around it.

Well, that would just kill him,
that's all.

I don't mean
the outside kind of killing

that would put him in his grave.

I mean he
would shrivel up inside,

and that's
the worst kind of death.

That's the death of the soul.

Hoss...

there is another way.

I got a little money put by
I've been saving,

and I don't think
he knows about it.

It ain't much,
but I think it's enough.

I want you to tell Charlie

that you need him to go away
on business for the Ponderosa.

Maybe Montana.
He'd like that.

Something real important

that would keep him
for several weeks.

You think you
could do that, Hoss?

Oh, I... I reckon I could
come up with some kind of a...

But would he do it?

Well, I-I could try
to persuade him.

When do you want me
to talk to him?

Well, I-I...

I don't know,
but I could let you know.

Yeah.

Look...

Miss Annie...

don't you worry about nothin'.

Charlie's gonna be all right.

Hoss, you're...

you're a real good friend.
Aw...

♪♪

Hello, Hoss.
Like a beer?

Hi, Bruno.
No, thanks.

You seen the Barker boys?
They been around?

They're in the back room.

Thanks.
They been, uh...

hitting the bottle
kind of heavy.

You take care.
Yeah. Thanks, Bruno.

Well, we got company.

Sure we do.

Come right in.
Don't be bashful, Cartwright.

Here, have yourself a drink.

No, thanks. I want to...
I want to talk to you.

Now, we sort of figured on that.

You sober enough
to listen to me and...

remember what
I'm gonna tell you?

I got a mind
like a bear trap, friend.

Once it takes a grip,
it holds on.

Well...

I'm sorry about your brother.

I got brothers of my own.

But you got
this thing all wrong.

You see...

Billy was trying to rob
the livery stable,

and there was a fight, and...

he fell on his own knife.

Looks like you're gonna owe me.

Now, just hold on.
He's not finished yet.

Are you finished?

No, I ain't.

You see... your brother
had knocked old Charlie out.

He was unconscious, cold.

He didn't even see the fight,
didn't know nothin' about it.

And I don't want you
hurtin' him.

Anybody say anything

about hurting that old man,
brother?

You hear anything like that?

No, I didn't hear
anything like that.

Maybe that old man might have
to sweat a little bit, but...

Now, look here...

like I told you, old Charlie
didn't know nothin' about it,

and I want you
to leave him alone.

Oh, come on,
you ain't gonna say you did it.

You ain't gonna say that.

That's right.

Your brother's fight
was with me.

Well, pay me up, brother.

I just won me a bet.

George here said
somebody'd come along

and try to take
the old man's place.

Now, hold on a minute...
All right, then,

quit all the talk.

Now, our fight's
with the old man.

And you'd do well
to keep that in your head.

Well... where did you get that?

Well, that Hoke family...
come in last night

and didn't have any money
for feed, so I...

So they gave you the cradle.

Their little girl's outgrown it,

so I figured maybe the Stephens
could use it for their new one.

You mind?

No.

I didn't think you did.

Now, what was that for?

Oh... nothing...

in particular.

Charlie, I just had
a long talk with Hoss.

Oh? What about?

Well...

it seems that the Ponderosa
has got something big

doing up in Montana,

only they haven't got anybody
to handle it for them.

0h?

Yeah.

He was wondering if...

if you'd be interested
in taking care of it for them.

It's a big deal, Charlie,
big deal.

Big deal?

Well, I wonder why
he didn't mention it...

I see.

And how long is this job
supposed to take?

Long enough for the Barkers
to get tired of hanging around?

Charlie, be reasonable.

Annie, I told you not to worry.

Now, I'll take care of things.

Charlie, I know
you're not afraid of anything,

but Roy Coffee
is an old friend...

The answer is still no, Annie.

I'm not gonna run to the sheriff

because of a couple
of saddle bums.

What would the people
of this town

think if I...
Charlie.

Charlie. Miss Annie.

Hoss.

Charlie, I was, uh, just
gonna go over and get a beer.

Would you care to join me?

I think that's a great idea.

Now, you get them other ideas
out of your head, Annie.

I'll be right back.

Hi, boys!

Things are looking up!
Old Charlie's here!

Howdy, Hank.
Howdy, Charlie.

Good day to you, Sam.
How about a beer? Why not?

You're looking pert today,
Charlie.

Well, it's a great day,
and that's a fact.

You might as well draw us
three tall ones there, Bruno.

Sam, you know, that reminds me,
did I ever tell you about the...

Well, how's the missus, Hank?

Fine, Charlie, fine.

Well, I believe
we need another bottle.

Well... better days, Hoss.
Yeah.

Say, now...

I ever tell you
about that time down in Natchez

when I run
into old man Reynerson...

Yeah, yeah, Charlie,
you-you told me about that.

Oh, yeah, well...

I guess maybe I did.

I'll tell you one I'd like for
you to tell me again, Charlie.

Tell me about that fight
you had with Billy Barker.

Well, you was there,
you seen it.

What... what do you mean,
tell you about it?

I mean... tell it to me
all the way through.

I want to hear it all.

Well, there's...

no use boring you
with that again.

It just happened, that's all.

I think you told me
that he came at you

with a gun first, right?

Well, yeah, a... pistol.

And you took it away
from him, right?

Well, uh, no, I didn't.

He... he dropped it,
and I says to him,

"There's no use
coming to me with that thing.

You better..."
So he... dropped it.

How come the sheriff never did
find it there on the floor?

Come on, now, Hoss.

How do I know
what happened to the pistol?

Maybe he threw it outside.

Maybe somebody come along
the next day and stole it.

How do I know
what happened to it?

Charlie...

there wasn't no pistol,
was there?

As far as you know,
there wasn't even no fight.

When I came out there, you was
laying there on the floor

where you'd been knocked,
wasn't you?

Well, no, I...
Charlie.

I fought Billy Barker.
I fought Billy Barker.

And he fell on his knife
and he died.

And you was Ia yin' there
on the floor all that time

out colder than a wedge,
wasn't you, Charlie?

Well, you... you
trying to tell me I'm a liar?

I thought he was my friend.

They give me the reward.
Me, Charlie Conners!

And Why'd they give it to me?

They give it to me because
I deserved it, that's why.

He tried to rob me,

and I stood up to him like
a man, that's what happened.

That's what happened, Sam.

That's the gospel truth.

I never run from nobody.

I took Billy Barker!

Why else would they give me
the reward?

You tell 'em, Hoss, why else?

Because I told the sheriff
to give it to you,

'cause you needed the money.

Nee... Needed the...

the money?

Charlie Conners
never needed no money.

I've had deals all around here.

You... you boys all know.

You all know.

♪♪

Bruno...

you got a little rat poison
for this beer?

Hoss... nobody's gonna blame you
for doing the right thing.

Well, it looks like you're
gonna have to give me back

my five dollars.

Yeah, sure looks that way,
don't it?

Now, me...

I'm real pleased
the way things turned out.

Scaring an old man
ain't much sport, Cartwright.

Now, you, I bet you don't scare.

I've told you boys once,
and I'll tell you again.

Your brother's death
was accidental.

Sure. We'll be seeing you
around, Cartwright.

♪♪

Miss Annie, I...

Why didn't you just shoot him
and be done with it?

I told you to wait, but you had
to go ahead and do it your way.

I'm sorry. I...

Sorry?

You know that this whole town
is laughing at him?

How do you think
he's gonna face 'em?

Didn't you stop to think
what you were doing to him?

Think. Miss Annie, I thought
about it all afternoon.

Ma'am, it-it was his pride
or his life.

Charlie's pride is his life.

Yeah.

Well, maybe you and me
can help him

get back some of that pride,
but if he was dead,

there ain't much we can do
for him, is there?

Where is he, anyhow?

Nobody's seen him
since he left the saloon.

Well, come on.
I'll help you find him.

Don't need any more help
from you.

You done enough already.

Your horse is in the stable.

You can pick him up
whenever you're ready.

♪♪

It's like a tomb in here.

Where have you been all day,
Charlie?

I've... been looking all over
for you.

Been here twice.
Been all around town.

I wanted to be alone.

I suppose you already heard
what happened.

I heard.

How that Hoss could turn on me.

How he could tell the lies
he told about me.

Lie?

You say he lied?

Well, I've had enough for today.

I don't want to talk about it.

Maybe it's about time we began
to tell the truth around here.

Hoss didn't lie.
He told the truth.

What are you...
Admit it!

You didn't kill Billy Barker,
did you?

What are you trying to do to me?

I'm trying to tell you

that you don't need
another man's courage.

You have enough of your own.

Lord knows you've lived
through enough

to kill a hundred gunfighters.

And you've come through it good
and sweet and generous.

You don't need these big stories
and these big deals!

Just a Iyin' fool, huh?

No.

Just a pretender.

A man who...

doesn't think enough of himself
to just be himself.

Charlie,

I love you

for what you are.

Don't you know that?

I don't see how you can love me.

We-we never had nothin'.

I always wanted to get you
a big house, servants.

Oh.

I---

I... never wanted no big house.

I wouldn't know what to do
with servants.

What I have is enough.

All the work you have to do...

But, Charlie,

we work together.

We have each other.

Sure.

I guess there's people
who have fine, easy lives.

And then there's folks
like us that...

do well just to hang on.

But we've hung on together,
Charlie.

And I don't think
we missed a thing.

Well, uh,

I got to go out
and fix something in the corral.

Good afternoon.

What do you fellas want here?

What do you want?

I'm gonna get the sheriff.

Just behave yourself, old woman,

and we might not have
to hurt him.

Say, that's his horse, ain't it?

He ain't gonna walk home.
He's got to come back here.

And we'll just be right here
waitin' for him.

Yeah, well, keep 'em over here
and keep 'em quiet.

I'm gonna have a look around.

Yeah, he'll be around.
We got nothin' but time.

What are you gonna do to him?

That should be pretty clear,
shouldn't it?

Now, why don't you keep
your mouth shut. Stop.

We got you and your old woman
sewed up tight.

It's either gonna be Cartwright
or you two.

So when he comes in here,
don't you make a sound.

You hear that?

Y-Yes-yes, sir.

Come right in, big man.

Just take it off
and toss it right over there.

Way over there.

When I get through with you,
big fella,

you're gonna be
about three feet tall

'cause I'm gonna cut you
right in half.

Why don't you let them go.

They-they ain't done nothin'
to you.

No, no. No, sir.

They're gonna end up
on this knife

just like our brother Billy did.

Besides, you oughtn't
to worry about them too much.

You ought to worry
about yourself

'cause you ain't got long
to do that.

I'm gonna carve you
like a big fat hog, Cartwright.

They'll kill him, Charlie.

No, they won't!

Unhook me, you...
you little rattlesnake!

Miss Annie, you all right?

Yes. How's Charlie?

Never felt better in my life.

Well, we sure done it,
didn't we?

Yeah, we sure did, Charlie.

I reckon we can kind of turn it
over to the sheriff now, though.

Oh, Charlie, you were wonderful.

Well, if that's
what being a hero is,

I'm never gonna tell
another story as long as I live,

so help me.

So, there they was.

Roy can tell you.

Two of the coldest killers ever
to come west of the Cimarron.

Out to carve me up with
their knives because I disposed

of their mad-dog brother
in hand-to-hand combat.

I'm not a killer at heart.

Anybody here can tell you that.

But when a man is looking
at death,

he has to rely
on his animal instincts.

I wasn't so worried about me.

It was my friend,
Hoss Cartwright.

Oh. So it was Hoss you was
a-worryin' about, huh?

I guess Hoss was scared
to death.

Well, it's no laughing matter,
my cynical young friend.

Sure, Hoss is
a scrapping young fella.

But he's muscle-bound.

He was outnumbered.

Why, them Barkers had pistols
and knives

sticking out
of every pocket they owned.

So what did you do, Charlie?

What did I do?

I gave 'em
the old Comanche war cry

and I jumped right down
amongst them.

No weapon, bare hands.

For a couple of minutes there,

these old fists were busier
than a windmill in a hurricane.

Say, what was Hoss doing
all this time anyway?

Why, I told you,
he was in danger.

Charlie.

Charlie, I was just fixin'
to take off,

so I want to say so long and...

I wanted to thank you
for saving my life, Charlie.

You're a courageous
and brave man

and a good friend.

Well.

There's the mark of a great man.

Hoss Cartwright.

Not afraid to step up
and say thank you.

I guess Charlie ain't never
gonna change.

And I wouldn't want him to.

I don't blame you.

Sort of like it myself.

Good-bye.

...finest humans I ever knew.

And red men.

Yeah, that brings to mind
a little altercation

I had with Amos Many Wounds.

Charlie, I never heard that one.

Tell 'em about it.

I'm going to.

You remember him, Roy.

Sure, Charlie.
Tell 'em about it.

Amos Many Wounds.

Big chief of the Kickapoo.

You know, them...
them anthropologist fellas

said he was the finest specimen
of aboriginal manhood

ever to come out of the Plains.

Well, Amos and I was joshin'
around one day,

and he challenged me
to a wrasslin' match.

Of course he couldn't know
that I'd been tutored

by the first terrible Turk
ever to step into the ring.

You all heard of him--
Abdul Abulbul.

Well, we didn't have no ring
or nothin'.

We just went out there
in the woods...

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