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Well, boss, how am I doing?

And me.

All right, let's see how you are doing.

Pressure? Uh, 380 pounds, more or less.

Well, that's time on run so far.

Four hours and 20 minutes.

Average speed?

Um, oh, approximately 22 miles an hour.

Approximately...

Put it this way.

Pretty darn good.

Congratulations.

Well, how do you like that?

Well, I tell you, huh?

Hey, hey, look.

What's he trying to do?

Beat it to the crux.

At least we can leave him with his bride.

Hey, Hopps!

Hey, Hopps!

Ha -ha! Good riddance to you and your kids!

Self -respect sounds just fine to me.

Maybe a little noisy.

Quite a cigar box, Harris.

Solid silver for my sunrise mine.

The new vein assays had better than $400 a ton.

Quite impressive.

Profitable.

We're hiring 50 new miners a day.

What I want to talk to you about.

You move a lot of freight, Mr. Harris.

We've got the railroad that can move it for you.

It's ten of two, Mr. Harrison.

That's all right. That'll be all.

All right.

Tell me about your railroad.

Well, first I'd like to tell you about a man.

We've got what I consider to be one of the finest construction engineers in the

business. Now, he's strengthened every mile of that track and all of the

trestles to the point that we can now carry 20 ,000 pounds per foot of rail.

That much?

Let's see, we haul mining equipment and ore, all of it extremely heavy. I

understand.

As far as dependability goes.

Any of our shipments that don't arrive on schedule, you don't pay the freight

bill.

Sounds as though I can hardly afford not to give you my business, Mr. Calhoun.

There's one big problem.

The company payroll.

How big?

I've been bringing in money a little at a time in case of theft.

But I would like to ship the entire six -month payroll then.

Well, I don't think that a boxcar full of greenbacks would be too much weight,

Mr. Harrison. It would be safe.

I'll put the railroad up as your guarantee.

Done.

We'll make that a clause of the hauling contract.

Pleasure to do business with you, Mr. Calhoun. My pleasure, Mr. Harrison. And

I'll have my lawyer prepare the papers right away.

Good. I'll stop by in a day or two. You can't go in now.

Oh, uh, Mr. Calhoun, this is Waco Hobson of Hobson Wagon Freight Lines. We've

met. Kind of on a run.

Mr. Harrison, I come to talk about renewing our contract.

I'm sorry, Mr. Hobson, but I've already made arrangements with Mr. Calhoun.

You stole my contract.

Now, that's piracy.

No, Mr. Hobson.

That's progress.

Good day, Mr. Harris.

Good day.

Come on over and take these horses.

Paul, you want us to unload that wagon?

There's your wagon.

What?

The BPS and D run a locomotive right smack over it.

Ben, do you enjoy making every deal a life and death gamble?

That machinery is heavy.

Frankly, I'm surprised that Harrison would even risk our carrying it.

Probably wouldn't have if I hadn't assured him that our rails could support

,000 pounds of running foot.

Where'd you get that figure?

Made it up.

Got a nice ring to it, don't you think? You made it up.

That's what he wanted to hear, so I gave him our guarantee.

Like you guaranteed the payroll.

Now, if we lose that, you know we're going to lose the railroad.

We won't.

I'm working on a foolproof plan.

Another plan.

Relax, Dave.

Life itself is a gamble.

The future's always a risk.

So if we're going to take one, why not take a big one? The one thing I never

want put on my headstone is Ben Calhoun.

He never took a chance.

Don't worry.

I won't.

Especially since you'll be responsible for the payroll shipment.

Me? What are you going to be doing?

I've got to go to Kansas City to arrange for the new rails.

Well, congratulations to a couple of gamblers.

But just in case we lose this shipment, Ben, what do you offer me for my 3 %?

Sympathy.

Well, that does it.

I know.

We're in trouble.

Not anymore.

We are ruined.

Oh, Neil, I wish you'd stop looking like a woman and sounding like a bookkeeper.

I get paid for keeping these books.

And these books aren't worth keeping.

I mean it, Waco. For the past six months, we have done nothing but lose

That's right. Well, that railroad gets richer.

Paul, maybe Bart and I ought to get a hold of that Calhoun some night and

arrange a little accident.

Bart and you better start talking sense, Jared.

What did Harrison say about giving us an advance on the contract?

No advance.

Because there's no contract.

Railroad got that, too.

Harrison just isn't going to renew.

We were doing real well up to about a year ago.

Seems I got a touch for some kinds of failure.

Oh, Neely, don't talk like this.

Paul?

I tell you, we'll just tough it through. We'll cut rates, Bart, and I'll handle

the teams.

Yeah, we can take double shifts.

Neela, how bad is it?

Feed bill, harness bill, repairs on two wagons, payment for a new team.

All of them overdue.

There's just no give left.

How much could we get if we sold out?

That's hard to say. I mean all of it. Horses, wagons, barns, warehouse,

everything.

Everything is either worn down or mortgaged up, Waco.

We'd be lucky at the outside to clear $1 ,000.

$1 ,000.

Maybe.

Maybe.

That's $1 ,000 more than I had to start with.

It could give you boys a stake.

They can head out further west.

Oh, no way, Pa.

That sign out front, it says, Winkle, Hobson, and Sons.

And here we stay.

Times have changed, boys.

I drove the first wagon.

Through Buffalo Pass over the Kiowa Trail.

I hauled the pieces for the first sawmill.

Saw him cut the first lumber for the first house in Scalplock.

Maybe that's my trouble.

I look too far back.

Pa, you ain't gonna let Calhoun and that railroad beat you down.

All right.

Jared!

You're good boys.

But the fact is, we are down.

Six feet down.

And they're shoveling the dirt right down on top of us.

I'm tired.

You two stay here. I'm going to get some food in.

I've never seen Pa that hammered down.

He'd break Pa's heart if he was to lose the freighting line.

And pinch his belly. How'd he eat?

He's getting older.

It's just not fair. A man working like a draft mule all his life so he can end

up bankrupt.

Well, that railroad gets richer.

What if we was to sell out and give that thousand dollars to Pa?

Wouldn't do any good.

He's tired, like he says.

He's getting old, too old to start all over again.

He doesn't need $1 ,000 for a grub stick. He needs $5 ,000, maybe more.

to live on the rest of his life.

I've never seen that much money before. I've never even heard of it.

Except maybe in a bank.

Or a railroad.

That railroad!

Yeah, that railroad's rich.

And I figure they owe Pa quite a bit.

I figure you're right.

And there's only one thing to do when you're owed something.

Collect.

Whatever you two think you're thinking, stop it.

All right.

What do you want of me?

Well, you see, Mr. Randall, we hunted you up because there's someone that...

Hunted me up?

How?

Have we got your name?

Where? Well, if somebody used to know you.

Why?

Well, we needed an outlaw who was good enough to be running free, with no law

after him.

Now I can blow both your heads off with no trouble.

So do tell me what you want.

And please, make it convincing.

Well, sure, Mr. Randall. We wanted to hire some expert advice.

And that is, I mean, if you're agreeable to... Not convincing enough.

Get on with it.

Is $10 ,000 convincing?

That's interesting.

From you two?

Not from us.

From a railroad.

We don't stop for anything this side of Scout Block.

What if there's something on the track?

Well, throw it if you can. If you can't, give me a couple of whistles.

Now, if there's any trouble... Don't worry, Mr. Terrence. We'll handle it.

Five minutes more.

You ready for this one?

They'll beat you this time.

And they'll open with $300.

I'm happy to see you two with so much free time on your hands.

You told me to keep watch on payroll money, Stapes.

That is what I am doing.

I'm learning to win monies while I am here.

Mr. Calhoun said there's two things every gentleman should know. How to play

poker and how to keep the peace from rolling off his knife.

Yeah, in case you have dinner with the president, right?

I want to notice you're all dressed up in a suit and a tie just to talk with

Harrison. Well, I figured if I had to go down and pick up the payroll, I would

impress him with a little elegance.

Let him know that we're rich over here.

You do look elegant, Dave.

Yeah, well, I think I'll go back to being an ordinary engineer now.

How many do you want?

Three cards.

I'll take two.

I'm going to bet 500 more dollars.

I'll see you.

Now, raise another five.

Three jacks.

That's about what I figured.

Full house.

You gave it away, Nils.

Twished your left eyebrow when you drew the third jack and you frowned when you

missed the full house.

Another one?

Yeah. All right.

Look at that.

It's beautiful, eh? Oh, it's gorgeous.

I wonder sometimes where Ben gets this junk.

Actually, I think it was a gift.

Yeah, well, I hope next time he leaves a gift at home and brings along the girl,

huh?

Well, watch the payroll, and I'll see you later.

All right. Bye -bye, Dave.

It's time.

Jared, I'm nervous.

You know what Pa says about drinking hard liquor.

That really worries you, doesn't it? Yeah.

Yeah, I thought it would.

So I filled it.

Bart, do you remember that time as that hound of yours treed the bobcat and I

went up after him? Oh, do I?

He scratched me to pieces, didn't he? Sure. Ten seconds to get hold of him and

ten minutes to get loose.

Scratched me all to pieces.

Hey,

why don't you give those nice people a little bit?

That's a good idea.

Hey, you folks like a little drink? You know, we're drinking and we thought... I

like a little... I need a little company, don't you?

Hey,

folks. Guess there wasn't thirsty.

Hey, don't run away from us.

It's good for you.

Goes down smooth.

Hey, you're going to have a drink with me. Bart, why don't you put that bottle

away? Oh, no, I know. No, you're going to have it.

Jared? Have you got a cork for that bottle?

And use it.

Now put your brother in the baggage car to sleep it off. You roll him off at

your destination.

All right, all right.

Oh, don't be discouraged, Nils.

Took you longer to go broke this time.

The reason I lost is I was thinking about something.

How do you keep peas from rolling off knife?

Eat them with syrup, of course.

Anything unusual, Frank?

No, but she's losing pressure.

Yeah, I know.

She always loses speed on the stretch.

Evening.

Now, what's it gonna be? A little drinky or a little kissy? How about a little

crack on the head?

I guess it's gonna have to be a little kissy.

Nils, you better stay with the strongbox.

I'll go see later.

I won't let you guard this car very good while I am gone.

I'm all right. You better rest a bit.

You won't fight, huh?

True love runs deep.

Isn't that pretty?

All right, Frank.

Keep her moving and keep watching.

Don't worry, Mr. Tarrant. Nobody but you gets in this cab.

Good.

All right, Nils.

Well,

I just don't know what I would have done if you hadn't rescued me from that...

That... That masher.

Slob.

You've got to admit, you're a walking provocation.

Well, I don't know what I can do about that.

Well, maybe stop walking.

Come on.

We'll go back to the private car. We'll sit down and discuss what the BPS &D can

do to soothe your nerves.

Dave!

He is all right.

The money!

Dave!

The strongbox is gone.

What's the matter with you?

He's hysterical.

Dave! Listen.

All right, all right, all right. Now take it easy.

I mean, there's no reason to cause all this fuss over a $5 strong box filled

with 20 cents worth of bricks.

A decoy. The very word.

My apologies, miss, for causing all that noise. Why don't you sit down here and

relax?

Hey, where's the pillow?

Oh, I'm very comfortable.

Nils? What pillow?

The one you admired so much. Where is it?

I don't know.

Barnabas? How should I know?

Well, that true love runs deep on it. Where's the pillow?

Where is it?

This is the place, isn't it?

Kyle, we're out. Sure, I tossed it out here.

Mr. Randall, we're here.

Mr. Randall?

What's that?

Oh, I tossed it out too. Isn't it pretty?

Thanks. I never got so much money for so little

trouble.

And I'm leaving you the pillow to cry in.

He cheated us.

He stole that money.

Jared, I thought you said he... I know, Bart. I said he came. Highly

recommended. You're... as a thief.

Well, if you want to rob a train, you don't start out by asking a sheriff.

And stop cuddling that pillow.

It's pretty.

Well, you ain't your lunkhead.

Well, don't get mad at me.

Just cause Gabe Randall crossed us?

Well, at least I didn't waste my time stealing some fancy pillow.

Now, get out!

Give me that.

We

outsmarted

him.

Hallelujah.

Hey, Bart, some of these bills are hundreds.

And 50.

We never hauled anything like this for Harris.

There must be a million dollars here.

Paul could retire for 200 years on all this.

Jared, this is going to cause a certain amount of bad feelings in some places.

This could retire us both for life.

In jail.

You don't suppose we could put it all back and keep just a few thousand, do

They're getting caught?

You figure they'll be stirred up?

Bart, if we'd only stolen a few thousand, the whole mess would have

in six months, but what is this?

This makes us outlaws for life.

Well, Jared, what are we going to do?

Huh?

There's a dry well in back of the old Webster place.

We could hide it there, take turns gardening, until we figure out what to

That sounds like a reasonable notion.

Let's get all this money back.

The office is closed.

Sorry. You're mighty conscientious working this late. I'm Dave Tarrant of

BPS &D.

As far as you're concerned, this office is permanently closed.

Well, in that case, let's lock it up.

You're out of your mind, you know that?

You and your boss did sort of run over Waco.

But then you had a locomotive along to help you.

Hostile, aren't we?

You guessed.

Now the question is, what else?

A thief?

That's an interesting word coming from the chief engineer of the railroad that

stole our contract.

that's putting us out of business.

You know I'm an engineer.

I'm interested in our competition.

And so are your employers, the Hobson brothers.

They demonstrated their interest tonight by stealing the Harrison mine payroll.

And you've come busting in here just to accuse me?

Waco Bart and Jared have one thing in common.

Dumb and strong.

I know who the brains behind Hobson Freighting is.

But I'm a girl!

Did you say girl?

Get out of here, Terrence.

Well, call me Dave.

All my friends do.

The way it was, Sheriff.

He just came busting in here and tried to attack me.

What could I do except blow him in half?

You got till I count ten to get to that door and get out.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six. Seven.

Eight.

Ten.

I figured if I had to die, I wanted to do that first.

Was it worth it?

Bio and ready.

You're a conniving man.

I'm an engineer.

I'm interested in the way things work.

That seems to work just fine.

So did the plan to rob my train last night.

Dave, believe me, it can't be true.

Bart and Jared are rough and they're not too bright, but... But you're not sure?

I am sure.

Now, me?

I bet on things I can see, I can touch, calculate.

I bet on the boys.

All right, let's bet.

My payroll against a look at what's in your safe.

It's not even locked.

Have a bite.

It's one of my specialties.

Crow.

Neela, I'm a romantic.

I've got a weakness for pretty girls and a tendency to believe in human

goodness.

But not all that money's worth.

You're a hard man, Tarrant.

Until I'm satisfied you're not involved, yes.

Me in a robbery?

Bart and Jared don't have the brains to rob a wheelbarrow, much less a train.

So I'm curious.

Who planned it?

And I'm asking.

Finished asking?

No, I just started.

Way goes next on the list.

Dave?

Luck.

All of it's bad.

Don't go away neither I might come back

Oh

What

happened we got

suckered by a strong box full of bricks

I thought it was the railroad.

It's built just now.

But it must be that Bart and Jarrett got the money.

Those lunks.

Not unless they fell into it.

Then they fell.

But it's got to be them.

Get after him before Tarrant finds him.

Let him do the finding and I'll be right behind him.

We'll be right behind him. I'm coming along.

Now, you sit tight, honey.

As soon as I get my hands on that payroll, I'll be back.

Gabe.

Careful of Tarrant.

He's dangerous.

If you remember.

So am I.

Me?

Are you accusing me?

Oh, I'd like to see you broke and begging for pennies, Tarrant, but I

steal.

Not even from your railroad.

All right, Waco, you say you didn't plan it. Now, ask your sons.

Who did?

Jared? Bart?

Come in here a minute.

Jared?

What's he doing in that house?

Well, never mind that now.

Where were you today?

The Buffalo Pass.

Tell this man how he always traveled.

By wagon? Both ways.

Well, no, Pa. At the same time, we took the train back.

We?

Bart came along.

All right. Now tell me about this fight you and Bart had on the train.

We were just having a little bit of fun.

Well, all right. So Bart and I got a little bit rowdy, but you and that ox

heads your timber crew threw us off, so I figured we were all even.

Now answer me true.

You didn't steal payroll off his train, did you?

Well, now, answer me.

Did you and Bart rob the train?

Are my sons thieves?

Get over there. I'm getting too old for this.

Ow, Bart.

I'm getting too old, Bart.

Stand up straight.

Now, I'm not going to beat it out of you.

A beating don't pay for robbing a train.

But I want you to tell me, Jared.

We did it.

Why?

Just give me a reason.

You. We only did it for you.

For me?

Paul, you're getting too old to have to work anymore.

Oh, too old, am I?

Waco! That's enough.

Jared told the truth.

All I want to know now is where's the money.

It's the old Webster homestead.

What happened?

He shot me.

named Gabe Randall. Who?

Neither did I till tonight.

He shot Bart.

I'm gonna break that Randall in two if I get a hold of him.

Seems to me you've accomplished about enough, boy.

I'll go fetch Dr. Trevor. We already went by his office, Neela.

He's out. He'll be back in the morning.

I think Bart's gonna be all right. He's just got a shoulder wound and one

alongside the head.

That's all right, Neela. He's a first -rate nurse.

It's a good thing you're still here.

Yes, isn't it?

Well, he's just leaving, too.

He'll survive.

You can't kill a Hobson by shooting him in the head.

Now you.

Where is this Gabe Randall?

In our quarter million dollars.

I haven't got any idea.

A quarter million?

Oh, yes.

My sons did me real proud.

They don't steal anything small.

Pa, we didn't mean to get all that.

But you did.

Well, anyway, that Randall's got it now.

There.

Now, you just spit out everything you know.

Where has this Randall got to?

Where, you whelp? Where? I'll wake when I hold it.

Jared.

Now, you just relax for a minute.

Now, Bart's going to be all right. The robbery's over and done with.

Let's start thinking about Gabe Randall.

You and Bart hired Gabe Randall to help you with the robbery.

Yeah.

Had a strong box.

You were going to throw it off the train. Gabe Randall was going to pick it

That's right.

Then we were supposed to get together.

Bart and I were to take enough for Pa and Randall was to get the rest.

Where were you going to meet him?

What plans did you make for afterwards?

We didn't make any plans.

You didn't?

See.

We trusted him.

Oh, no.

Boy, you must have had some idea where he was heading.

Oh, Waco, wait a minute. Maybe we're heading in the wrong direction.

The question's not where's Gabe Randall, but who he is.

How long have you known him, Jared?

I never even met him before.

You never met him?

Well, how'd you reach him?

How'd you find him? How'd you and Bart get his name in the first place?

Jared. Jared? How?

From me.

I gave him the name of Gabe Randall.

Maybe I'm an accessory, but they were going to try to rob your train anyway.

So you thought you'd help and locate an expert for them?

To tell you the truth, I didn't think they'd really locate him. I thought that

just looking would, well, cool them off.

You know, half of your charm, Neil, is your unpredictability.

Excuse us, gentlemen.

Honestly, Dave, I just threw out a name.

You threw Gabe Randall two suckers.

They took all the chances. He collected the loot.

You and he must be old acquaintances.

I just knew him.

At one time, he was a friend.

Close friend, I hope.

Close enough so you might tell me where he is.

Dave, I have no idea. Tell me the truth, Neela.

Believe me.

Neela, I'm not Jared.

Now, you understand me.

My railroad's on the edge, Neela, and I'm not going to watch it go over.

You're an accessory to a crime, and I'm not that forgiving.

The law won't touch me.

I only mentioned a name. That's a mistake, not a crime.

The law won't touch you.

Now, while I've got you, you see, I'm not going to let you run, Neela.

I'm going to hold you while Gay Randall counts his money, makes up his mind, and

leaves you flat.

But you're kidnapping me.

No, Dave told me that just holding you here is not kidnapping.

Mr. Torvald, Nils, you're a civilized man.

Now, I've committed no crime, and you're keeping me here by force.

I know, but Dave says... Dave said, Dave... Dave ordered, Dave Almighty

He's making the law to suit himself.

His own horrible suspicions.

Please, I'm frightened.

You're not going to be hurt. I promise you.

Thank you, Nils. Please, sit down.

This is why you do not have to use these things, huh?

Nils, don't tell me you're afraid of me.

No, I'm not afraid, but... Oh, I see. It's Dave Tarrant again.

Yeah. You've described me as some sort of criminal.

Well... I just wanted to say that... that I was grateful.

Very grateful.

Put your hands behind your back.

What are you doing? Wait a minute. No, you wait.

For Mr. Tarrant to come back.

Nils... I want you to know that it's been wonderful.

You all right?

Yeah, except for my sore head.

But she is gone.

Please.

Little Neela.

You always had the making.

And this time it's made.

A quarter of a million dollars worth.

Mr. Randall, honey.

Shall we go somewhere?

And spend it all?

Here it is.

A $40 horse with a $250 ,000 saddle.

That's all I wanted to know.

Dave! I figured if I gave you the opportunity, you'd jump at the chance.

You're a nice girl, Neela.

Just a little too trusty.

Take it easy.

You're making all the other men look bad.

This is the only way I know how to work.

The way Pa taught me.

All right, then. Go ahead.

I'll be sure you stop when you get to Pacific Ocean, huh?

Are they all set?

Yeah, the marshal's waiting in Buffalo Pass.

I may stand trial, but I bet I won't go to prison.

Speaking as a gambler, I'll take your bet.

I guess you're right.

May I straighten up a bit?

Right in here.

Larson received the shipment. He's very pleased with our service.

Yeah? He says he's going to give us two times more freight now. What?

Yeah? Our roadbed won't hold that. Oh, that's simple. All you got to do is

rebalance, double brace the trestles. It's that simple.

Who told you that?

Mr. Callahan.

Nela.

Yes, Dave?

Just a second.

I think she likes you, Dave.

Yes, in her larcenous way.

It's the curse of my profession, Neela.

I always check on the table.

Tell me something, Mr. Tarrant.

When I'm locked away, will you come visit me?

Of course.

That comes under the having it paid.