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Have my books arrived yet, Horace?

I don't know how this could have happened.

How what could have happened?

I lost yesterday's mail.

Oh, you must have just replaced it. Or it was stolen.

It's the kind of town where people steal the mail press.

Perhaps not in the past, but Colorado Springs has twice the number of people

it used to.

I mean, how could you lose anything in an office that small?

Well, Mr. Lodge does have a point.

You need to start taking precautions to ensure the integrity of our postal

delivery, Horace.

Well, I suppose I could put some kind of lock on my meal bag.

They pay for it, and that's it. I did what you asked.

Well, you better watch yourself.

Fixed it the way you asked. It didn't. You're lazy. No good. Is there a problem

here? This cowboy said he ain't gonna pay for that salad.

I told him to fix the back strap, and he gave me a new stirrup. Say you want it,

a new stirrup, and I'll put it on.

Robert E. is a man of his word. Anyone can tell you that.

I'm saying he's a liar. The only one here lying is you. He's not armed. Maybe

shouldn't.

Right there's the sheriff's office.

You want to come on out here and settle this, Sheriff?

Please, if you just pay Robert E., you could go on your way.

Well, it looks like the sheriff ain't around.

So it's my word against his.

The sheriff ain't here because we ain't got one.

Well, we got along fine without one since Kid Cole left.

Things ain't fine now.

So maybe it's time we thought about getting a new sheriff.

Thank you.

What are you doing?

Just getting a little fresh air.

I'm stirring up business in the process.

I think a doctor would approve, especially for girls who don't get out

There's a law against women soliciting outside the saloon.

They ain't soliciting. They're talking.

I've never seen you out here on a Sunday before.

The train's bringing new folks to town all the time.

Just making sure I meet them all.

Well, you can meet all the new people you want to in the saloon.

I don't know, Michaela.

I kind of like it out here on Sundays.

Who knows?

Maybe I'll start coming to church.

I'm going up to Denver so I can show this train here.

You're going to Denver by yourself?

My pa's taking us all.

They let you ride free if you go into the fair.

I thought that fair was just for men who work on the railroads.

Not only. They got model trains, too.

Where'd you get those?

Men, too.

How much did they cost?

Nothing. You stole them? It ain't such a big deal.

Yeah, it is.

You ever stolen anything?

Of course not.

Well, you ought to. What are you talking about? It's part of growing up. It's

how you get folks respecting you.

Folks respect you for it? Sure.

Don't act angry at first, but then they start laughing and talking about how

they did the same thing when they were young.

And in the end, they respect you because you're more like them than you used to

be.

You want to come to Denver with us?

All you got to do is get us one of these trains for our display.

I don't have one.

It's all right. Mr. Bray just got a whole new order in.

How much do they cost?

Three dollars.

I don't have that much.

You don't need it.

You and me could have gone with them.

Wasn't any of our business.

Just because we don't own the saloon doesn't mean we ought to let them get

I ain't saying we should let them get away.

Well, how come we're not out there? Because it's the marshal's

Heart's wired for him this afternoon.

What do we do till he gets here?

Jake, Hank, and the rest of them are going to be running around shooting at

everything that moves.

And I don't think that's a place where we want to be.

We need someone who can properly enforce the laws of the territory.

They shot one of them robbers dr. Mike Hanks take him to the clinic.

I'll ride into town with you.

Would you stand kids Colleen and Brian wake?

Put your gun away. He's not going anywhere.

You're darn right. He ain't going nowhere.

He's my prisoner

The Marshal will deal with him when he gets here.

We're going to take care of him ourselves.

You got no authority, Hank.

I don't need any.

He robbed me. He's going to hang for it.

Hang? We're going to make an example out of him.

If you're going to hang him, then why don't you bring him to me?

Why don't you just let him die?

Because there's a right way of doing things and a wrong way.

Yes, there is.

And that's why this man's going to stand trial.

We'll see about that.

Two dollars, fifteen cents.

Thank you.

You could have put that on account.

Account? What account? I never saw those people before in my life. Probably

never see them again, either.

You haven't complained about new business before.

I used to know the names of everyone that came in and out of this place.

The names of their families, too.

It's just new people to get to know now. Too many.

Here's a couple of faces I know.

Hey, Mr. Bray.

Miss Dorothy.

Afternoon. What can I do for you, boys?

Just came in for some candy.

Well, you know where the candy is.

Sure.

You wanna go to Denver with us or not?

I respect you for it.

We're planning the trip on Saturday.

Wanna be there? You gotta bring that train.

Find something you want?

No, we probably shouldn't be eating candy for supper.

Well, that's very grown up of you.

Todd, I ain't hungry.

Come on.

What are we supposed to do with the man who robbed us of us?

We'll have to keep him until the marshal arrives.

How do we know he's even going to arrive at all?

I'm sure he'll get here as soon as he can.

Well, how about as soon as we need it?

You all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

I'm waiting for Marshall.

This town needs a sheriff of its own to watch over this jail.

And that sheriff's going to be me.

You sure you want to do this?

Positive. What has got to be, Sheriff?

I was just thinking the same thing.

Well, since Matthew appears to be our only volunteer... He isn't?

I'm volunteering, too.

I captured, uh, Bell Starr, didn't I?

I got the guy that tried to rob me last Sunday.

The way I see it, I'm the only one fit to be, Sheriff.

That ain't the way everyone sees it, Hank.

I thought Jake already gave me the job.

I never said that. Who's gonna give it to me?

I never said that neither.

Then how do you propose to resolve this, Mayor?

I'm calling an election.

We'll let the folks decide for themselves.

You know what it means to be sheriff?

We need to get to keep people safe.

It means you wear a gun every day.

That's what it takes to keep folks safe.

The minute you put on a gun, you're saying that you won't use it.

Now, that's just inviting trouble.

Trouble's already here.

Not like the kind of trouble you'll have once folks start shooting each other.

If you'd been wearing a gun at the livery, those two cowboys would have

you.

You've never done anything like this before, Matthew. You're not ready for

No, I am ready for it.

It's you two already.

Well, there are other things you can do.

You mean things that ain't gonna make you worry about me?

Is it wrong of me to hate the thought of you wearing a gun? No.

Look, I ain't crazy about the idea either.

But if everyone coming into town is gonna be wearing a gun, then I better be

wearing one too.

Wearing a gun don't make you an expert at using one.

Listen.

You sat there the other night and said that we needed somebody to enforce the

laws of this territory.

Well, I'm going to be that somebody.

Somebody, huh?

That boy of yours gets to be sheriff.

He's going to be nobody.

Real fast.

I got folks coming for me.

And then he put it in his pocket and he walked right out.

Brian could have taken the other trains, too, if he'd have wanted.

I didn't want to take anything else.

In fact, I'm going to pay back, Mr. Bray, as soon as I can.

Then it ain't stealing.

All you said I had to do was get the train, and I did.

So it don't matter if I pay him later.

How are you going to pay for the next one?

What next one?

All you said I had to do was get one train. We need more if we want to win

prize for best display.

Why can't we just use what we got?

Because first prize is free train tickets to anywhere in the country.

Mr. Frey finds out you helped us win, he's going to respect you a whole lot

than if you just pay him back a few dollars.

You really think Hank could make a better sheriff than me, Dorothy?

Oh, Matthew, I know you want to help folks, but being sheriff, well, you need

certain... I think you'd make a fine deputy.

Deputy. Dorothy's point's well taken. We need a man like Hank for this position.

What we need is somebody like Matthew.

Being sheriff's a man's job, Grace.

I know, that's why I'm voting for Matthew.

Now, you ought to be sure if you've got to have a level head.

If trouble gets started, I know Matthew will keep it from getting out of hand.

A level head ain't going to do you no good when you come face to face with

criminal.

You need a mean streak to keep the law.

Well, then Hank's your man.

He's the only choice we got.

You're only saying that because you know him since I was little.

And you're still thinking of me as a kid. You are considerably younger than

Hank. He's also considerably smarter.

Thanks for the support, Myra.

Oh, face it, Hank, you have a way of losing your temper real bad, and that's

usually when you do crazy things.

The only reason Hank wants to be sheriff is so he can hang the man who robbed

him. That ain't it.

Then why do you want to be sheriff? I want to be sheriff because I got a

business and I want to keep my business safe just like I want to keep everybody

else's business safe so we can all keep on prospering.

Why do you want to be sheriff?

Because I think there's more to prospering than just making money.

And I think there's more to being sheriff than just looking after people's

businesses.

I want to look after all the folks in this town, not just the ones who are

making the most money.

Well, we got ourselves a sheriff.

Matthew Cooper.

I want to retune. I know how to count, Hank.

We lost by more than 30 votes.

Thank you.

Yes, Sheriff.

Congratulations, Matthew.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

I don't expect you to be happy about this.

No, I'm not.

At least you know I'm doing it for the right reasons.

I don't ever want to see you lying here, looking up at me and telling me you got

shot for the right reasons.

There are no right reasons to get shot.

Is that what you put in front of Cheyenne?

That time of cussing his men were going to shoot him?

That was a rash decision. No.

It wasn't.

You were standing up for what you believed in.

And now I'm doing the same thing.

The first thing I'm going to do is get that office cleaned up. I'll help.

Thanks.

I... I can't.

Excuse me, but you forgot to pay.

Hold it!

How much he owe you?

Fifty cents.

You do that again, you're going to jail.

Thank you, Matthew.

Nice to finally have somebody looking after things around here.

Thank you.

I swear I didn't know who it was.

You thought you might be somebody trying to steal the mail again.

Is he going to be all right?

I could have killed him. But you didn't.

I swear I didn't kill him. I didn't have time to think. I saw a gun on fire.

Things happen faster with a gun, Matthew.

I don't ever want anything like this to happen again.

You can try and be more careful, but there's always going to be that chance.

Not if I don't carry a gun.

You don't want to be sheriff any longer?

I still want to be sheriff.

I just don't think that folks should be running around town wearing guns.

Myself included.

Outlaw gun?

I ain't saying you can't own them.

All I'm saying is that I don't think that anybody in town ought to be wearing

them. If you don't want to carry a gun, maybe you ought to turn in your badge.

There are plenty of places where lawmen operate without guns.

Where? Well, England, for one. That's why we beat them on the Revolution.

They didn't know how to use a gun, and we did. Just because Matthew's too jumpy

to be wearing a gun, ain't no reason for me to give up mine.

I know how to shoot straight. If you'd have made me sheriff... You would have

killed Horace.

If you insist on enacting this legislation, I'll just hire my own

force. And they won't have guns either.

I run a bank.

Does anybody here understand how much I could lose in a robbery? I do.

I'm expanding my business.

I got more to lose.

So the person that's protecting my property better be carrying a gun.

I remember when folks were more interested in who they were rather than

they owned.

You let the town pass this law. Who knows what they'll do next?

I'm tired of all these laws telling me to live my life.

We're not telling you how to live your life.

We're making this a safer place for you to live.

All right.

Let's get this over with. I vote no.

And I vote yes.

I agree with Dr. Mike. I don't.

I don't know how many of you have ever been shot.

But I can tell you, it hurts.

A lot.

And I never want to see a gun again as long as I live.

Motion passes.

From now on, no one in Colorado Springs carries a gun.

Take your help, son.

I'm going to do what you ask. You are the sheriff now.

He's getting out, Matthew.

Who? Zachary Brett.

Your prisoner's brother.

Zachary Brett sentenced to seven years in prison for armed robbery will be

paroled on Saturday.

I heard about him years ago. The man's a gunfighter.

Doesn't know his brother's here.

That other man he was riding with made it up to Denver and told him what

happened. He could be here tomorrow.

Well, there's nothing I can do to keep him from coming here.

Nope. You should be ready for him when you get to him. Come on.

Who can tell me what that means?

Colleen? It means that the United States has the right to expand from the

Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Excellent. Even if the land don't belong to us?

Well... If we can take the land, then it belongs to us.

I think... But that ain't fair.

We fought for it and we won, fair and square.

Would anybody else like to add their thoughts?

We could share the land. That ain't how things get done.

You want land, you take it. It's the only way. That don't make it right.

My pa says the West is spreading out.

And anybody who wastes time thinking it ain't right is gonna get left behind.

Come on, Matthew.

Try it again.

I ain't getting it.

That's because you're fighting the way you used to.

You've got to start thinking about things differently if you ain't going to

a gun.

How'd you get to be such a good fighter?

Back when I was mining.

There was a man I worked with.

He could beat anybody in a fair fight.

Even you.

Especially me.

He was about half my size.

But every time I'd challenge him, he'd be the one left standing.

How'd he manage that?

Go over there.

Take a swing at me.

See that?

A little more pressure and I'd break that arm.

See, when I come at you, you're just standing still.

But when you come at me, I'm using your strength against you. That's all there

is to it.

Me keeping my balance, you losing yours.

Want to try it?

Yeah.

It's gonna take a lot of fighting to get as good as you.

I'm teaching you this so you don't have to fight.

How's that?

I think the sheriff's job to get in fights.

Sheriff's job to stop them before they happen.

Hello?

Oh, cleaning up the clinic.

I forgot.

Sorry, Ma.

You look like you've got a lot on your mind.

Am I going to help you with it?

I don't think so.

It's a beautiful train.

It ain't mine.

It's somebody else.

You must be a very good friend to trust you with such a special train.

Have you ever known a group that says you can't join them unless you do

something they want you to do?

Oh, I remember what that was like.

So you can either do something you don't want to do, just so you can be in the

group, or you can not do it and be out of the group.

What do you think is the right thing to do?

I don't know.

No fun either way.

When I was your age?

all the girls got together and formed a secret club.

And the way you knew who was in the club was by wearing a certain kind of

bonnet.

Well, I bought one of these bonnets, but I kept forgetting to wear it because

I... well, I didn't much care for bonnets.

I always had other things on my mind.

And they didn't want you to be in their club, did they?

No, they didn't.

You didn't have any friends?

The only reason someone likes you is because you do something that they want

to do.

They're not much of a friend, are they?

You ain't supposed to be wearing that, Hank.

Well, Zachary Brett shows up in town.

Somebody better be wearing a gun.

Nobody's wearing a gun, Hank, because it's against the law.

Are you planning on forcing it?

Sure.

I'm asking for your gun.

With this gun so much, why don't you just get it yourself?

Give me your gun, Hank.

I'm going to have to arrest you.

Come on.

Try.

Take.

You think you're going to be able to do that to Zachary Brett, huh?

If you're the man keeping his brother in jail, they're going to shoot you.

Anybody else stupid enough to stand in his way.

Mr. Bray?

There that is. Where did you find that? I've been looking.

Did you?

Oh, Brian.

I'm sorry.

Why'd you steal that?

I went to go to a train fair in Denver.

My friends... They said I couldn't.

So I had one of these.

And, uh, you wanted to go bad enough that you took it from me, huh?

Why'd you bring it back?

Because it was wrong to take it.

They're not real friends.

You are.

Well, I guess if I was your age, I'd want to go to a train fair in Denver,

But you wouldn't steal something just so you could go.

You're honest.

But there's some things I've done in my business that I ain't exactly proud of.

It doesn't feel very good.

No, it doesn't.

But that's the way it is, see, when you take something that doesn't belong to

you. You think you're getting it for free.

Then somewhere down the line you find out it's going to cost you in ways

you never thought about.

I wish I could set a few things right the way you're doing now.

I didn't really want to go to that train fair anyway.

You didn't, huh?

Well, that's strange, because I was just thinking about going to that train

fair.

You were?

Well, of course, I'd need somebody to go with me, you know.

Someone who knew about trains, liked them.

I don't suppose you know of anyone who'd be willing to...

Show me around, do you?

That man's a professional gunfighter.

Matthew ain't.

So we better not challenge him with a rifle.

Unless he wants to get shot right off.

What if he decides to shoot Matthew anyway? When you wear that badge, you're

accepting that your life is going to have certain risks.

What about the risk to you or me?

Or to Colleen or Brian? You think I don't want to make sure that nothing bad

ever happens to Matthew?

But worrying about him doesn't give us the right to tell him how to live his

life.

You've got to accept that. I don't want to accept it.

I want to keep Matthew safe.

You don't raise children to keep them in a way that puts your mind at ease.

You raise them, They know how to look out for themselves.

And they move on in life and they start making choices on how they're going to

live.

That doesn't mean you stop worrying about them.

No.

I don't.

He's coming, Sheriff.

And you're the one he's going to be looking for.

about carrying firearms.

It's all right.

I don't plan on being here long.

I just came from my brother.

Well, he was arrested for robbing the saloon, and he'll have to stand trial

it.

No.

He's going to be with me when that train pulls out of here.

You stay in here.

If you want to see him, you'll have to give me your gun.

You know, I've never seen a sheriff without a gun.

Now you have.

You must like taking chances.

Maybe you got somebody with a gun.

Someplace I don't see.

Nobody's got a gun on them.

Suppose I just got you.

I bet I'd flush out whoever you got backing you up.

Where are the people backing him up?

There are only three of them.

Five of us now.

Sheriff's got the whole town behind him.

You want to see your brother?

Give me your gun.

By the way, that train's getting ready to leave.

And you can see him when he stands trial.

You're a lucky man, Sheriff.

Lucky? We'll see about that.

Next time I come back here, you don't have so many of your friends around.

These folks are always going to be here.

This is our home.

This is for you.

I'm so proud of you, Sheriff.