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It won't be ready to harvest in a few days.

Both fields came in real strong.

More than we need.

You've done a good job, especially for your first crop.

Mmm.

They're real sweet.

Well, perhaps someday I will find they taste sweet.

I know it ain't the same as hunting, but you can sell the extra corn just to buy

things you need, like some meat.

Bye, meat.

Is it what you've been waiting for?

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Is that the school your mom went to? Yes.

Is everything all right?

Did you get some bad news?

I didn't know medical school was going to be so expensive.

Now even if I get accepted, I don't know how I'm going to pay for it.

Why have you talked to Michaela and Sully about it?

I'm sure they'd want to help.

It's too much money. I couldn't ask them for that.

Well, I know how you feel.

I got a couple of things I want to do myself, but I don't know where I'm going

to get the money.

You don't want to ask Lauren to help?

I guess we both got the same problem.

What are we going to do?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Some pecan pie, Mr. Roper.

I know how much you like my apple yesterday.

Well, how can I resist?

You keep serving me food like this, Grace, I may never leave.

I know you didn't learn how to bake pecan pie like this in Colorado.

No, no, I'm from New Orleans.

That's it. I knew it.

Tasting this, I can smell coffee beans roasting on the rue Toulouse. I can hear

the carriages on the cobblestone.

Don't tell me you're from New Orleans.

Well, I grew up in Chicago, but I worked in New Orleans as an assistant

surveyor. You know what a surveyor does, Anthony?

Come around.

We plot out where to build streets and buildings.

You build cities?

Yes, we build cities.

We

went

to seminary together and we kept in touch. And now he runs the Indian school

Denver. How nice.

Um, are you going to finish those potatoes?

Oh, no.

Please, help yourself.

Now, the children at his school need to be inoculated, but all the Denver

doctors, none of them wants to immunize Indian children.

But he remembers me writing about you.

Oh, no, I couldn't possibly.

Um, I'm second thought on that piece.

He was hoping that I might be able to convince you to come with me to Denver

help him out.

Now, I know that it's an imposition.

Oh, not at all. I'd be happy to help.

Although I'm not sure about leaving the clinic.

Well, we'd only be a short train ride away.

And we'd be back in a few days.

What could go wrong in a few days?

Exactly.

Well, then when do we leave?

Oh, thank you, Dr. Mike.

I hear there are several good restaurants in Denver.

Well, we are going to need to eat.

I'm going to show Mr. Curtis the hot spring.

Maybe he could build a street out to him.

If it's all right with you.

He's a good child. You're a lucky man.

Oh. Excuse us.

No harm done, I suppose.

Could you inform me where I could find Preston Lodge?

My, my. Good old Andover.

And you were a student there when? I was a few years behind you. There's no

reason for you to remember me.

But we all lived in the shadow of the Preston Lodge, wasn't it?

Oh, my.

Thank you. Well, your prep school reputation certainly has borne up.

Here you are on the ground floor of a frontier banking empire.

Well, empire may be a bit too strong, but enough about me.

What brings you out here, Randall? Thank you.

Actually, I'm just passing through.

Had a few minutes while my train was in town.

I'm on my way to El Paso.

What's waiting for you in El Paso?

Family?

Business? A potential investor.

Oh, this is very impressive.

Is this weather Moroccan? Oh, yes.

What sort of business are you in?

Emulating you.

Trying to get in on the ground floor myself.

I'm financing a venture back east.

You did not purchase this walnut locally.

Oh, heavens no.

It had to be brought in from Boston.

Beautiful. What sort of venture?

Oh, mass production.

It's the way of the future.

You know, those who had the foresight to invest in the telegraph and the sewing

machine, millionaires now.

Indeed.

Thank you.

What sort of product are you involved with?

A new invention.

A home refrigeration box utilizing a scientific cooling system designed to

reduce spoilage. For preserving food.

Exactly.

I could see how that could be very profitable.

Yes, you could make a fortune.

Um, Preston, please, I've obtained almost all the financing, and there's a

fellow in El Paso that looks like he'll put in the last 15%, but until I do...

Discretion, of course. Thank you.

Randolph, you must spend the night.

Oh, I... As my guest, I insist.

I want to hear more about this venture of yours. As you say, the telegraph is a

marvelous invention.

It allows you to be late without worrying people.

Let me buy you lunch.

The principle is based on Boyle's experiment number 38, you know, the one

shows that a vacuum... Boyle?

Robert Boyle, the English scientist.

Remember Iggy, teaching us about him at Andover?

Professor Igstrom?

I haven't thought about him in years.

He provided some of my best, deepest sleep.

One of my professors at Oxford studied with William Cullen at Glasgow

University, and Cullen discovered that volatile liquids produce a strong

effect. One place under a vacuum. So this is a vacuum. Exactly.

When I returned to the States, I commissioned a couple of scientists.

After several months of experiments, we came up with this.

Do you have a prototype?

I sent it on to El Paso.

My investor is a very cautious man.

Caution is an admirable quality.

Might we have this prototype sent here, Randolph?

I suppose so. Why?

I might be interested in helping you out.

Well, my investor in El Paso... Did not go to Andover.

Am I correct?

I never dreamt I might be in business with the legend himself.

Oh, my investor in El Paso, he did express interest in the entire 15%, even

cattle. That's a fairly large investment.

It shouldn't be a problem.

If I like the prototype.

I hate to put you on the spot here, but I couldn't hold off my investor for more

than a couple of days.

Then let's wire for that prototype right now, shall we?

That ought to do it.

A nightcap question.

No, thank you.

I'm very tired after a very stimulating day.

I'll see you tomorrow, then. Excellent. Good night.

Not so fast for us.

I need you to send a telegram to Andover.

And another one to the Dean of Science at Boston University.

Ready? Dear Dean.

Mrs. Ferguson will be coming by for her medicine.

And don't forget looking on Mr. Damon. I remember.

I was talking to Mr. Lodge, and maybe I ought to open the savings account.

Why?

Medical school's going to be expensive.

Oh, Colleen, I don't think that's such a good idea.

Can we talk about this when I get back?

And now, if anything happens, I'm only a train ride away. Don't worry.

Everything's going to be fine.

You're getting much too mature, Brian.

Just make sure you don't grow any taller while I'm gone.

Oh, Matthew. No.

Make sure that nothing bad happens to anyone, anywhere.

I promise.

Just take care of yourself, all right?

Reverend, don't let her work too hard.

Make sure she stops work every day by three. You can depend on it.

Let's go.

Seems like one of us is always coming or going.

Modern life.

You take care of yourself.

I'll be fine.

I'm not sure that everything's going to be all right here.

What could go wrong in a few days?

You little fool!

Now I've got to wait for them to make me another steak!

You half -wit!

You ain't waiting for anything here, mister. Get out!

It weren't my fault the boy who dropped the plate.

Excuse me, sir.

What line of work are you in?

Carpenter. Why?

Well, now, that's a highly skilled profession.

You've got to be a smart man to be a carpenter.

You ever drop a hammer?

And yet you're still an intelligent man, aren't you?

Don't ever let anyone tell you that colored people aren't as smart as white

people, Anthony.

Much obliged.

You'd have done the same thing.

You hoping to find surveying work around here, Mr. Roper?

Please, call me Curtis.

I can't imagine there'd be much call for surveyors around here, but I put away a

little money. I was thinking of finding a pretty spot to settle down, start some

kind of business.

You can start one here.

That means you'll be sending for your family.

I'm afraid my wife and I weren't blessed with children.

My wife passed on three years ago.

I'm sorry to hear that.

This ain't gonna be easy.

I got my own suppliers.

People I know I can count on. You can count on us.

You ain't got experience as business people.

Why, you ain't even been farmers till now.

Our crop is large and the quality is good.

How can I be sure?

Give it a try, Lorne. If it don't work out... Well, you ain't talking good

business. If I take Indian corn, I got to turn away my regular suppliers.

But if folks don't buy it, I could be left with nothing.

It's the same fee that your suppliers are using. I'm sorry. I don't mean no

offense, but I got to stick with folks I can count on.

But... He does not try.

We're getting more and more customers all the time. It's a real exciting time

be involved in planning.

Myra, I've been wanting to ask your advice.

Now that you're working at the bank and practically an expert on these matters,

why should I?

I've been thinking that, well, with all these new folks coming into town, that I

should expand the Gazette.

That's a wonderful idea.

Well, there's no room at the store and...

Anyway, it's time for me to move out. It's a perfect time. You could buy the

telegraph. No,

I couldn't afford to buy it on my own.

Well, I suppose Lauren would lend me the money, but it wouldn't be good to put

money between us.

Especially with Lauren.

I was wondering, how's that loan working out, the one that Horace took for the

Surrey?

There's a better way.

There is?

Investing. Putting your money to work for you.

Oh, isn't that risky?

Not all the time. Not if you buy companies that make things that folks

buy. Oh, my goodness.

I couldn't afford to buy a company. Oh, all you got to buy is a little bit of

it.

That's what I'm going to do so we can get a bigger house.

You see that man with Preston?

I wasn't going to tell anybody else, but you're such a good friend.

Just between you and me.

Home refrigeration box. I promise you won't tell anybody.

Let me ask you something.

You get a lot of folks in here, you probably know what folks would go for.

I hope you ain't selling nothing.

Actually, I was thinking of buying.

Now, don't go spreading this around.

You think folks want to buy something like this?

Sounds like it's amazing.

That's what I was thinking. That everyone would want to have one in their

thing in the morning milk the cow milk wouldn't spoil in a home refrigeration

box a what a home refrigeration box it keeps the food cold without ice

sure it's real and scientific too mr bray says it's the next big thing just

the railroad folks are going to make a lot of money off of it

You think the children will like this picture of Long's Peak?

As long as you assure them you didn't climb it.

In my present condition, it's all I can do to climb stairs.

Oh, I hope everything's all right at home.

What can go wrong in a few days?

Any response to my telegrams? Not yet.

Will you let me know as soon as something comes in? Sure thing.

Mr.

Cummings.

Curtis Roper.

I understand you are selling shares in a company that... That seat is taken.

I'll only take a minute of your time.

Mr. Lodge.

I'm interested in investing in your company.

Pardon me.

It's just... I was afraid of.

Word gets out and people want in.

Not our kind of people.

Colored money is as good as any, Mr. Cumming.

You can't have too much to invest.

I might be able to get you a couple of shares.

Excuse me, excuse me.

Mr. Cummings, I got some money set aside. I was going to invest in a

house, but, you know, land ain't worth spit compared to mass production.

Well, you're a man of great foresight, Mr. Bray.

Thank you.

Pleasure.

I

got

the money.

Give me the shirt.

Preston sent some telegrams to check about this.

Maybe we ought to wait till we get some replies.

Horace, for once in your life, take charge.

There's only so many shares, and we've got to get them before everybody else

does.

the company?

It's like if you and me put our money together to buy some cattle.

We'd own the cattle together and when we sold it, we'd split up anything we

made. So what's in perpetuity?

Perpetuity? It means forever.

What's a surefire investment?

Has Lauren been filling your head full of nonsense again?

There's no such thing as surefire, Brian.

It's like when I was gambling.

Couldn't see any way I could lose.

But you lost because you got cheated.

I cheated myself.

Let myself get greedy.

Someone's money seems like it's too good to be true.

Probably is.

I'm going to go talk to Lauren about making an investment in the reservation.

I can't remember the last time I took a moment off just to do nothing.

It's a beautiful town. You should take advantage of it.

Oh, it's nothing like you're used to.

Nothing like New Orleans.

The houses and the clothes and all the markets.

Oh, and the music spilling onto the street everywhere.

All the spices from the Far East and baskets perfuming the air.

People from all over the world.

You can't possibly miss being indentured.

Of course, don't miss being a slave.

I was talking about New Orleans.

You gonna sell Miss Grace one of your refrigeration boxes, Mr. Curtis?

Well, I don't sell them, Anthony.

I just own a small part of the company that makes them.

Besides, Anthony, I don't know if we'll ever be able to afford one.

It's good quality, Loren. It's better than the corn you had last year. Ah,

corn I had last year sold just fine. Just fine. Is that good enough for you?

Loren, this corn will sell.

What if they don't deliver as much as they say?

They will.

What if they don't?

I'll make good on it. How are you going to do that?

I'll find a way.

You got my word on it, Loren.

I'll think about it.

No.

Robert A., we've got to think about our future. We ain't got much, and we've got

to make our money work for us.

Money don't work for us. We work for money.

And I ain't giving it to somebody else. It's investing, not giving. Well, what

are we going to do?

Scrape along, penny to penny, day to day.

With Anthony's sickness and all,

We never know what we're going to need.

We've got to provide for him now.

I can do that with my own two hands.

Well, Curtis is investing, and he knows what he's doing.

And I don't.

Love it when the girls pay me.

What the hell are you doing? Relax.

It's an early time. No, you know the rules. No contact until we leave town.

That's just it. It's time to move on.

You surprised me.

I saw the way you were looking at that woman who runs that cafe.

I just figured we bled it for all this work. Oh, no, no, no, no. We still have

the big fish.

I'm just about ready to reel that banker in.

Lottie, we're gonna make a kill it on this town.

Thank you. Thank you.

Bye -bye.

Mr. Cummings, how many shares can this buy?

Let me count that for you.

This is a nice day.

Sure is.

Never better.

Thought you'd be trapped inside working away at your little jobs.

I don't think I'm going to be working so hard from now on.

Planning a little trip myself.

Paris.

France. Oh, Lauren, no Bolivia.

Oh, ain't I never going to live that down?

Nope.

That was the plan of a man without financial resources.

Now you're rich.

What's so funny about that?

It's as funny as Jake getting rich.

Maybe I got me a little financial plan of mine.

You gonna branch out into cutting pet hair like that little Fifi rat dog?

I got a surefire investment.

Yeah, well, not as surefire as mine.

You're pathetic.

What do you know about finances?

Enough to invest in the future.

Mass production.

Yeah, but it's what gets produced that counts.

I'm in home refrigerating.

I'm in home refrigerating. You rubes. I bought into the Cummings. Home

refrigerating box.

Boy, you think this looks like the Buck Knucklehead home refrigerating box?

So, Mr. Cummings went to your school after all.

I guess you're pretty happy all this mumbo -jumbo about the refrigerating box

seems right.

I appreciate your concern, Horace, but I must admit I find it intriguing.

Do you have some personal interest in this matter?

Oh, you bet, Mr. Lodge.

Myron and I put in here every cent we got in that company.

I understand, sir. I understand.

What does this mean? I listed all the royalties from my book.

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, there's

reason for your concern.

Sir, an undertaking of this size requires a substantial amount of

capitalization. Well, how do we know you haven't sold too many shares?

I'm glad you asked that. My records are open and available for anyone to see.

Why, your local banker, Mr. Lodge himself, will tell you this is perfectly

legal. And what's more, it's a very shrewd way of investing your money.

Isn't that so, Preston? Yes.

Yes, of course.

Some of the largest, most successful companies in the world are financed just

this way.

And they pay substantial dividends to all their investors.

Right, Preston?

Absolutely.

You put money into this?

You put up our money without asking me? The president said that it's all right,

and he's a banker!

I can't expect plans or a perspective to understand.

Plans and a perspective aren't sufficient for me either, Randolph.

When's that prototype going to arrive? Tomorrow.

I'm afraid I have some unfortunate news.

Well, as far as you're concerned, anyway.

The company is now fully funded.

Of course it is.

I was hoping you'd understand.

God knows a man like you doesn't need my little venture.

When you say fully funded, you don't mean completely fully.

I'm afraid I do.

But wait, there must be some shares left. Well, between them, your neighbors

funded the last 15%. But you told me I could. And you didn't.

I'm sorry.

But waiting for a hesitant investor isn't something a legendary Preston

would do.

Is it?

I thought I'd just have a look myself.

Go ahead.

I

might

be able to take some of it off your hands.

35 cents a bushel. It's worth 45.

Nobody's going to pay you any of that kind of money.

All right, Sully, look.

Because it's you, I'll go to 40 cents.

if they can deliver tomorrow and justice once.

All right.

Remember, delivery tomorrow or the deal's off.

Let's get to work.

You said it was worth 45 cents.

It is. I tried to get it, but... I could have gotten 45 cents.

You saw him. He was not going to budge. I could have gotten 45 cents.

Preston, I've been waiting for you.

Look at this.

One of my primary investors.

12 % of my financing.

Dead.

I was hoping that you'd still be interested.

But he already put up his money.

I know his wife. She's never been keen on investing in startup companies. I'm

certain she's going to withdraw his investment.

I still need to see that prototype.

No problem. It'll be on today's train.

Excuse me, Mr. Cummings.

I couldn't help but overhear. If there's a greater investment available, I'd be

extremely interested.

I'll wire for it right now.

I'm afraid you're too late.

Thank you so very much.

This is for you.

We can't accept it.

Oh, please.

You came through for our children.

Nobody else cared.

But you need the money here.

This is my own personal contribution to your church, Reverend.

It's the least I can do.

Thank you.

I'll make sure it gets back safely to Colorado Springs.

Don't drop it.

Come

on,

let's see it.

Okay.

Nothing but ice in there. It's a piece of ice.

You've been had.

Randolph.

Randolph.

Randolph.

Not bad.

Not very wrong.

What's the matter?

That's better than we ever did in Idaho.

We never took colored books before.

Well, like you did.

Colored money is as good as anybody else's.

Can you believe an Andover man thinking anybody's ever going to invent a home

refrigeration box?

Fuck it.

You've got to do something. I'd like to believe. Matthew, that

was all must say.

I wish I could help. You're the one wanted to be sheriff. You have to do

something like a thousand.

But you're the one that said it was safe.

I gave him all the money we had.

There's nothing I can do. You can ride after him and arrest him. He can't do

that. Why not? Well, then wire the marshal. I'd like to, but I can't figure

any law he's broken.

Hey, what are you talking about? You stole our money. This box will keep food

cold, just like it said. What about the plans you showed me? It made it look

completely different. Yeah.

It's good. Where are they?

Uh. Speak up. We can't hear you.

He kept them.

Kept them?

Did you give him

money?

I wanted to help pay for medical school.

We'll find a way.

He ain't been around since you opened that box.

Probably run off on the same train.

What? Sometimes these swindlers work in teams.

Matthew, please, please, do something.

I'm sorry, folks.

Legally, there's nothing I can do.

Next train out is to Salt Lake City. We can stop there or continue on to

Virginia City, Sacramento, Frisco.

Anything so far?

There's one in Salt Lake City. Jason Faraday opens elegant restaurants.

You can use the food spoiler jam. You can come in for a meal.

Right.

Faraday, graduate of the Deseret Academy.

Ah, yes.

The legend himself.

Here we are, Dr. Mike. Why don't you sit right over here and read?

Can I get you something to eat?

When can you not?

Oh, strudel.

How about a nice slice of strudel?

Sounds lovely.

Train to catch.

Get it?

Like taking turtle from a baby.

Father, forgive me.

Oh.

And there you are, Grace.

My

goodness, we

received Horace's telegram in time.

It was Joey's idea for you to try and catch him.

Well, I knew they'd be arriving in Denver, and Matthew wrote out what they

looked like.

Never knew you were so crafty, Dr. Mike.

Did we have trouble playing a hungry pregnant lady?

I guess we're lucky the Reverend has experience as a con.

I'm sorry, Reverend.

Don't apologize, Matthew.

I can't help but wonder myself if it was right for me to use those...

The guild.

I promised myself I'd let them behind.

But you used them for good.

You and Ma got back everybody's money.

Oh, that reminds me.

Colleen?

Did Mr. Curtis feel that, Louie?

Sometimes people aren't what they seem to be, Anthony.

I made a mistake.

About time to close up, Anthony. Let's go home.

I knew he was a scoundrel first time I've laid eyes on him. And why'd you

your money?

Can't trust anyone these days.

Your corn,

as we promised.

Maybe we can make this into a permanent arrangement.

If we do that, we'll have to renegotiate.

Renegotiate?

Fifty -five cents a bushel.

What? That's outrageous.

That's highway robbery.

Forty -five cents.

That's my final offer.

I'm glad you're back.

Were you worried about me?

Sure. A little.

Why?

What could go wrong in a few days?