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End of the line just ahead, Mr. Calhoun.

Not the end of the line, Barnabas.

The end of the rainbow.

And our pot of gold's named Big Jim Banner.

Pot of gold?

What do you mean, Ben?

I mean he made a bad bet.

He bet that we couldn't get a railroad this far before the first snow.

I might add he couldn't have picked a nicer day to eat crow.

I got a feeling this is going to cost me money, but I promised you a loan, so

you need it.

25 miles of track from here on west.

How much a mile?

$2 ,000.

Sounds like a lot of money, doesn't it? Won't sound so much over a drink. Come

in.

Ulysses, come back here.

I just found a friend, I think.

That is very of all animals, little Bennett.

Well, help me catch him.

No, he does not want no one to chase me at times like this.

Ulysses?

Ulysses?

Get on your feet.

You're making a mistake, fella.

I don't go two against one.

But you...

One

of us.

Who are they?

I don't know.

Labran, I'm gonna kill you.

Mighty fine stuff, Ben.

But even after I slide under the table, $50 ,000 is still going to seem like a

lot of money.

I'm overing you a good deal. I don't need any answers from under the table.

Excuse, please.

Mr. Calhoun?

I expect you to celebrate our joining banner up with the BPS and D in this

matter. It wasn't my idea either.

They started it, then. Who did?

I don't know.

A couple of fellas kept calling me Claiborne.

Yeah. They was calling him Claiborne.

It's funny, isn't it?

All my life I've wondered what my last name really is, and then a couple of

fellas come along, tie me into a family they don't like, and beat me up for it.

Claiborne!

last time on someone's apron strings.

Is he hanging on yours now, Mr. Cowan? What are you talking about?

A Claiborne came in on a train, Pa.

Is that right, Ben?

Barnabas!

Was I right?

Who is he?

Works for me.

His name is Barnabas.

Barnabas who?

Rogers. And I'll vouch for it.

All right, Ben, I'll take your word for it.

And so will you.

Ha! That's enough.

All right, Neal. What?

Where'd she come from?

An orphan, raised in Chicago.

But now, so far, he's had to do all of the explaining.

Who are these people he's taking these beats for?

The Claiborne's?

The Claiborne's of Atlanta, Georgia.

All Critoline and Magnolia Blossom.

Claiborne. The way people say that name, it's a very bad word.

One of us.

I think you'd better get back on train.

No, I want to find out more about these Claibornes.

Look what happened to you first time.

If you know more, it could be very bad for you. I know, Nils, but I've never

been tied to a stray dog before, much less a whole family, good or bad.

Now, you don't even know these people, but you're willing to ride them out of

town.

Well, maybe the town's wrong.

You ever think of that?

Well, leave me alone.

Little Benner, I used to not want to see you get hurt.

Inside.

a minute, young lady.

You didn't pay me for that ribbon.

How dare you?

Trash, that's what you are. Poor white trash, just like the rest of this town.

And you're nothing but a cheap little thief and all your fancy airs can't

it. Wash out your dirty mouth.

I was gonna buy it.

Prove it.

Show me 22 cents.

I decided I don't want it.

It's trash like you.

There's nothing in that purse.

You're a thief and a liar.

Your whole family hasn't got 22 cents between them.

Considering the source, I can ignore that.

The lady has two bits.

Well, if a

Claiborne has money, he

stole it.

Keep the change.

Is he calling me a Claiborne, too?

He was paying you that compliment.

Yes. I don't think he meant it as a compliment.

Don't give him no mind.

You know, you look enough like... For heaven's sakes.

If I didn't know better, I'd swear that you were a Claiborne, too.

How come everybody else in this town is so sure I am, and you're so sure I'm

not? I'm Kitty Claiborne.

It wasn't just me.

They had the whole town thinking they were quality.

I had money.

And a daughter.

They had style.

So I ended up with a Claiborne for his son -in -law.

Then...

When the baby's on its way, I gave the money for the best of doctoring and

And Bo... Bo, he... He spent it on women.

Women and silk shirts.

And my... My daughter died.

This is my town, Ben.

Named after me.

I owe it something, too.

I can't preach law and order and call out a lynch party every time I'm stepped

on.

They never knew what my real name was.

The orphanage handed out names in alphabetical order.

I was lucky. If I'd arrived two months later, my last name would have started

with X.

I know what you're thinking.

You're wondering if it bothers me much.

Not knowing where I came from.

Well, yeah, it bothers me a lot.

Well, what's it really matter?

Bistro Manu knows where he's going.

I'm looking forward to meeting this Jeff, too.

Is that why you're riding with me?

No, I didn't mean it like that.

Just how did you mean it? Well, I'm curious about the Claiborne's.

Especially after the way I was treated back there.

You mean after those lies?

And you want to see the Claiborne family on exhibit, is that it?

Oh, boy, just like everybody else in this town.

Just aching to treat me like dirt.

Well, they're nothing but dirt themselves.

Now, wait a minute, Kitty.

I don't know anything about this.

You do, too. You've seen it.

They're all white trash, and they hate it because we're quality.

Well, I hate everybody in this town. I just hate all of them.

Why did you leave?

Because I've got family here.

Of course, that's something you wouldn't know anything about.

Being raised in an old orphanage from behind the stockyards.

Barnabas. Do you want to kiss me?

Do you?

It always makes things right with Cousin Jeff.

It's done.

Let me handle it.

I see you found another kissing cousin, Kitty.

Claiborne, I'm going to tromp the truth out of you.

And when you're through, you're going to repeat it to my pa.

Get up young Jim.

Pay him back for Alice.

Well, now, if it isn't Junior Banner and the family wet nurse.

I've been waiting for you to come into town, Claiborne.

That's why I stayed away.

Thought I'd give you time to cool off.

Otherwise, I figured you might make me kill you.

Killing women's your game.

Stop bellyaching for Pete's sake.

My brother gave your sister a better name than she had in her whole life.

Too bad she couldn't live up to it.

Live up to what?

You'd have to crawl on your belly to get as low as a Claiborne.

I said let him go.

Sure.

I'll trade him for you.

Sorry he didn't let you get it.

You won't tell the truth, Jeff. He claimed you gunned him down.

Don't worry about it.

I'll tell them how it happened.

Just tell them it'll happen again.

Anytime they want.

Tell you one thing.

This is going to stop.

Big Jim Banner can't control that boy. He is and I can.

And will.

I'm not excusing him, but I can't really blame him either.

I should have seen him.

It's like looking in a mirror.

So now you found out that there are people that look alike.

It's not enough for me, Mr. Calhoun.

There's got to be more to it.

Chicago is a long way from Atlanta.

Well, I was only raised in Chicago.

Nobody knows where I came from before that.

Well, then remember another thing, that you can't make things come true just

because you want them.

Does that mean you stop looking?

No.

It means you go about them in the right way.

I've got a friend in Atlanta.

I'll send him a telegraph, have him check out a few facts for us. About the

Claiborne's.

Kitty, you are not giving enough care to this silver.

When are you going to stop calling this tinware silver?

And you get right up from this table and put on your coat.

You behave me, you hear?

Why do I have to put on my coat?

Because that's the kind of people we are.

And don't you ever forget it.

How many times do I have to tell you not to sing at the table, Jeffrey?

I'm whistling.

That Barnabas boy has better manners than you, Jeff.

You know, Aunt Jessica, when Barnabas first took my side against that

old storekeeper, at first glance I thought he was Jeff.

They favor each other that much?

Yeah, like brothers.

From the way he was handling himself in the fight, Bo.

He acted more like my brother than you.

Well, good or bad, little brother, I'm the only one you've got.

No, you're not, Bo.

I had three sons.

Glad you came over.

Saved me looking for you.

Now, call the season off on this boy.

I can't make it any plainer than that.

My boy doesn't lie.

He said the tower drew first.

Then... I want to talk to you.

Alone.

Well, Ben, how do you want your $50 ,000?

Investment or loan?

There's a loan.

I'll put up part of my stock as collateral.

You'll have the money.

Now, I want to ask you a favor.

Go ahead.

Send that boy back to Scalplock.

Why? Well, I'll take your word for it that he isn't a Claiborne, but young Jim

thinks he is, and sometimes what a man thinks is more important than what

actually is.

To who?

Right now, to me.

I've lost my little girl, and now my best friend.

And, Ben, I am not going to lose my son, too. If anything should happen to young

Jim, I'm going to hire some gun hands and wipe out the Claiborne's. If you

to keep Barnabas out of the middle, send him to scalp lock.

Ben, look, if that boy's out of town, maybe things will simmer down.

I'll ask him.

Tell him.

I said I'd ask him.

Now you tell that boy of yours what I just said.

All right, man.

All right.

You're going back to Scalpa?

Yes, sir.

I thought you were going to ask me.

Well, I'm telling you.

If he loses that boy of his, it's not going to be on account of us.

Well, what about me? Don't you think I might lose something, too?

Yes. A fade hope, possibly.

After a lifetime of wondering, don't you think that's worth something?

You tell me.

Is it worth risking your life for?

I don't know. It could be.

Better make up your mind.

Because that's just what you're betting, your life.

There's nobody bluffing in this game.

And your hand's not that good, boy.

I advise you to fold it up and throw it.

No, sir.

I can't.

I got a name, Mr. Calhoun, but it's a gift, not a birthright.

I'm a loner.

There's nobody behind me and nothing ahead of me except what I make for

You've got friends. I know.

I know.

And I appreciate it, too.

And I thought I was satisfied, but I'm not.

Well, you've got that right.

But look at it this way.

If you are a Claiborne, you're pushing them right into a war with Big Jim

Banner.

Now, by leaving town, the Claibornes can stay out of trouble and not get hurt.

And they're not going anywhere.

And I give you my word that I'll stay with it and check it through to the end.

from atlantic

It says that there were birth certificates issued for three Claiborne

What about the third one? Is he still in Atlanta?

It doesn't say.

Just that he was born there 18 years ago.

That fits me.

Another coincidence?

Could be, yes.

Well, I'm going to find out.

Where? The Claiborne's. Barnum's!

Wait a minute.

You put on a clean shirt and a tie.

And don't ever let me hear you say again that nobody's behind you.

We're all behind you.

It's Ham.

It's Barnabas.

Well, what are you standing there for?

You're a sight.

Now go inside and change your dress.

And comb your hair.

For Barnabas?

He's a gentleman caller.

Any lady would know that.

Now go on.

And make yourself pretty.

How do you do, Mr Rogers?

I'm Mrs. Jessica Claiborne.

Mrs. Claiborne?

Won't you come in?

Thank you.

Ben Calhoun.

You didn't tell us we're going to have to fight the railroad, too. Wait, wait,

wait. Look, he's not going to be at the Claiborne place.

You better hire yourself another gun.

Look, I told you he's not going to be there.

All I want you to do is a job I'm paying for.

No deal.

All right, it's a deal.

Tell me, Mr. Rogers, exactly what does the special assistant to the president

a railroad do?

Mostly what he's told.

You mean it's a pretty fancy title for an errand boy.

I've run some pretty fancy errands to earn it.

You should have seen the train come in, Jeff.

Barnabas rides in a real nice car, too.

Oh, I remember when your daddy and I were guests on a private car out of

Atlanta.

From what I've heard, your private car sounds like a pretty big front for a

ragtag operation.

We've got nothing to apologize for.

Nothing to brag about, either.

The people in Banner are pretty happy to see us pull in.

Uh, we don't put much stop on what people in Banner feel.

I can imagine.

Regardless, Mr. Claiborne, they're back in their feelings with $50 ,000 hard

cash. You gotta put some stock in that.

What do you think about that, Jeff? You got $50 ,000 in your trousers?

Now, can't we think of a better topic than business?

I'm surprised at you children.

Now, change the subject.

Mr. Rogers, I've been trying to hide it, but your resemblance to

Jeffrey absolutely fascinates me.

A lot of people think I am a Claiborne.

Kitty told me.

I had another son.

You'd be about your age now.

Where is he, ma 'am?

Tell me about your family.

I never had one.

Hatched under a rock, were you, Mr. Rogers?

I was raised in an orphanage in Chicago.

Chicago?

My husband died near Chicago. A terrible accident.

He'd taken our youngest son, tolled up north with him.

Was Todd in the accident?

The police said no.

They could never find him.

That's his birthday.

That's the year I was born.

Beau favors me, but...

Jeffrey and Todd took after their father.

What do you think, Mama?

Todd.

How close are we related?

Well, our distant cousins find us.

How distant?

What we call in these parts, cousin cousins.

nice little horses and ride out of here.

There

it is,

Ben.

Fifty thousand dollars.

All yours.

I even had them open the bank for it.

Now there's nothing to keep us here, is there?

I'll have the collateral in your hand.

before I leave.

And now, about my favor.

Barnabas will be leaving on the train. Me.

Then I'll see you tomorrow, son.

Later, Jeff. Bye, Brother Tom.

Mama, if I didn't know how much this means to you, I think I'd be jealous.

You think you know what this means to me, Bo?

And your daddy was never anywhere near Chicago.

When he deserted us, he took Todd, despite me.

And then he got himself shot for cheating in a riverboat card game.

I found Todd dead, and I buried him with my own hands. Oh, Mama.

You have a great understanding of family and love.

Thank you, son.

Why, Jessica?

Why'd you claim him?

Well, that boy is worth $50 ,000 to us.

No, you can't. You can't just use him. That's enough, Kitty.

Mama, we don't give you the trash, and we don't adopt her.

You're perfectly correct.

And you will learn as I have, Kitty.

To balance a little feeling against $50 ,000.

You know, the funniest

thing is that I've wanted it for so long.

Now that I have them, the family, I don't know how to act. I don't know what

say.

They're fine people, boss.

The best.

I'm afraid you're alone in your opinion on that.

I don't care what people say about us and people in this town.

When we're finished building this railroad, everybody in this town is

be proud to know the Clayburns because I'm one of them. My mother, she's a real

lady.

You'll like her. I want you to meet her.

Say, how about an advance on my salary?

I'd like to buy her a present.

What does a fellow buy his mother anyway?

Well, I don't know.

We'll find something.

Let me ask you, what's made you so positive?

Everything. Everything fell into place.

My father took me to Chicago. That was the year he was killed, and it was the

same year that the orphanage found me.

And you remember I was telling you about Jeff? Looking at him was like looking

in a mirror.

You should have seen this picture of my dad that they showed me. The resemblance

was unbelievable.

Well, the pieces sure fell in place, though, right?

Of course, now you know where this puts us with Big Jim Banner.

Well, it doesn't change my position any.

Yes, it does.

Mr. Calhoun, you know I can't leave now.

If there's any trouble, I've got to stick with my family.

I understand that, boy.

But I suppose I'd better go over and explain it to Jim Banner.

Well, I'm causing the trouble, so I'll come too.

You'll do no such thing.

There's $50 ,000 in that box right there.

You're still getting paid with the BPSB. You got it.

Mr. Calhoun, you said he was leaving before.

He didn't.

Is he leaving this time?

No, he isn't.

You said he wasn't a clayboard.

Is he?

Is he a clayboard?

He's found evidence which leads him to believe that he is.

Evidence that, quite frankly, I didn't think existed.

Well, Pa.

I'll have your money back in the bank the first thing in the morning, Jim.

Why? Because if trouble comes, I've got to back the boy.

Between you and me, we've got a business agreement.

But I told you I'm not going to lose my son, too.

Right or wrong, I'm backing him.

It's me, son.

Hello, Mother.

I had to see you.

I've got to talk to you.

It's beautiful.

Mr. Calhoun will be back in a while. He's anxious to meet you. Son.

Come on, sit down.

Make yourself at home. This is harder for me to say than it is for you to

You've been lost for so long that you've got no claim of love on us.

But it's family trouble, and I thought you might want to help.

Sure, anything.

We have got to leave this town.

You know how they feel about us here, and I'm afraid for your brothers.

The Claiborne men have...

Always had too much courage.

They won't be driven out.

But if they stay here, they'll be killed.

We can all move to Scalplock.

I can get Bo and Jeff to work on the railroad.

Do you know how much it would cost for us to get settled again?

Oh, that's all right. I'll borrow from Mr. Calhoun.

I knew you'd say that.

But we don't need to borrow money.

There was a time when our family had a great deal of jewelry.

We were just overflowing with it.

200 years of gifts from Claiborne men to their women.

Now, all that's left is a necklace and a brooch and these earrings.

But it's enough to get us moved.

What do you want me to do?

You take it.

You know how they feel about us here. We'd never get what it's worth. So you

take it and try to sell it for us at scalp lock.

You're trusting me?

Of course, son.

Well, I'll take care of it.

Mother, don't worry.

I won't, darling.

I'm getting sentimental and it's...

It's not fitting.

My family is the bedrock of my life.

What we were.

And what we're going to be.

Right.

I'll get a good price for it, too.

Son, look out!

Son.

Son.

Son. There were two of them.

Oh, son.

I screamed.

Oh, son.

Are you all right?

Who were they? Did you recognize them?

They were masked.

Oh, son, they took everything.

Everything we had.

What on earth are we going to do?

We're going to get Mr. Calhoun. That's what we're going to do.

Now, son, what good would that do?

He's got to do something.

There was $50 ,000 of the railroad's money in that box.

Oh, Lord.

Oh, Lord.

And here I am thinking about little bits and pieces of jewelry.

Oh, Lord.

It's all over his stinking Claiborne face.

He's lying.

There were two of them, boss.

Three, including you.

This lump's all I need for evidence.

This is no concern of ours, boy.

It was our money.

It was my money and my responsibility.

I'll repay your loan when it's due.

I know you will, Ben.

Quite a life, aren't we?

We'll stick by him, right or wrong, huh?

What about him? Come on, boy, come on, let's get going. Come on.

Now tell me what happened, Barnabas.

I didn't take the money, boss, you know that.

Of course you didn't.

But you made it awfully easy for whoever did.

I didn't see who did it, really.

Then how'd you know there were two of them?

Boy, if I'm going to lose $50 ,000, I need a good reason.

All right.

All right, I opened the box, but I didn't see who did it, really.

For all I know, it could have been those two fellas that Banner sent out to the

Claiborne place.

Then which of the Claiborne women were here?

Banner would blame her if she got beat up and lost everything she had, but he'd

blame her anyway.

And what exactly did she lose?

Some jewelry.

Not much. It was all she had.

But it was their stake to get out of here.

I'm willing to go along with a certain amount of coincidence.

But doesn't it strike you as sort of odd that just as you opened up the box to

put her jewelry in, that two thieves happened by?

That's my story.

And it's my money.

I think I'll go out and visit this family of yours.

Mr. Calhoun.

If there's any trouble, I'm siding with them.

Against me, Barnabas.

Ready to pitch in and help us, little brother?

Looks as if it's all done, brother.

Fine of us. He coming with us.

Son.

That money has to go back.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You lied about the money.

Did you lie about me, too?

No, I didn't lie about you, son.

You're coming with us.

I was going to send for you.

I told Mr. Calhoun, no matter what, right or wrong, I'd stand by you.

And I will.

But that money is his.

No.

Son, you don't know what it means.

What it can buy.

A life.

A way of life.

Our way of life.

With it, we can live like the kind of people we are.

And what kind of people are we?

Quality.

We'll be dressed like we ought to be.

We'll be respected like we ought to be.

Living the kind of house we deserve.

You know...

Do you know what it means to be surrounded by beautiful things?

How it makes you feel?

And how you feel when you've lost it? I'm sorry.

Bo, help your brother.

Kill him, Bo. You hear me? You kill him.

In due time, Mama.

Leave him alone, Bo.

Hey, you want the money, little brother?

Come on, let's get it. It's right over here.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Get up. Come on.

Come on, it's right over here.

Huh? You on your feet?

Now.

Bo?

Mr. Calhoun, I believe.

Paul Claiborne.

The light -fingered Claiborne, I believe.

I resent your accusation, sir.

And I resent your taking $50 ,000 of my money, ma 'am.

You have no proof of that statement?

Mr. Calhoun.

We've got your money.

Kitty. Where is it?

Right here, Mr. Calhoun.

The money's in that bag, Mr. Calhoun.

That's the end of it, Bo.

When we get into the scalp block, tell them to hook on to that other coach.

Sclabard will be traveling as our guest.

What about their family?

I figure it's about time to lose her family, too.

Jim has something to say.

Next time you pull in, I won't make the same mistake.

Right.

So long, Jim.

Mr. Banner. So long, Banner.

Come on, Jim. Let's say goodbye to Mr. Calhoun.