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Where do you see it, Ben? We couldn't have custom -ordered anything better.

What's he asking for? I don't know. I haven't talked to him yet, but the

out that he's about bankrupt, so the price can't be too high.

Barnabas, give me a hand with this carpet.

All right.

What did I tell you, Bennett? Is she a beauty?

Yeah, she's a beauty, all right, but just what is she?

Something we need to finish our government contract, Barnabas.

What? Locomotive boiler.

Fleet with firebox.

Well, it's kind of small, isn't it?

Once I get a frame and some wheels under, she'll make the sweetest little

engine this side of Cincinnati.

And with the second engine, we can complete our government contract on

All right, get away from it.

I said get away from it.

Who are you? What are you doing here?

We're from the BPSD.

You the proprietor? I'm gonna give you boys a break. You get out of here now,

I'm gonna pretend like I never seen you at all. Who are you?

Don't make no difference who I am. I work for Sam McGinney. Giddy.

I had trouble with him up at Cripple Creek one time.

Move out.

What's he doing in these parts?

Or did he smell his sheep ready for fleecing?

I said move out.

One thing about Sam, he always had a good nose on him.

McGinney catches up with you, they're going to have to carry you out. You tell

McGinney that I thank him for the reception committee.

You also tell him that Ben Calhoun's in town.

He's looking forward to paying him back.

McGinney's out at the saloon negotiating with Phillips to buy the machine works.

Without that boiler, we can't possibly meet our deadline.

I know.

Well, we've got two problems.

McGinney's got about five gunmen backing him up.

And secondly, our total assets amount to whatever's in your pocket right now.

Which is about $53 at last count. Which wouldn't even buy the rivets on that

boiler. And I don't think Phillips can give us any credit. I know.

Well, then we better hope for a miracle.

I'm working on one right now. Did you get them? Right here.

What are those?

You did a good job, Barnabas. They're going to help us in our negotiation with

Phillips. What's going to help you with McGinney and his five gunmen? The gunmen

aren't going to do anything but give him a false sense of security. See if we

can't shake him up a little.

Come on.

That's my final offer.

And it's a generous one, I think, considering the circumstances, Mr.

The boiler itself is worth three times this.

If you could get a buyer.

Well, you'll pay in cash?

I will, Dad.

Do you mind if we talk it over?

Please do, go right ahead. Take your time.

Think about $2 ,000, Mr. Phillips.

So McGeady's off in thousands.

They're going to laugh at our $412 and our promise.

Well, we've got to do something.

We will, brothers.

When the time comes.

Nobody told me you were in town, Calhoun.

I figured they would.

Now, why don't you tell this boy what to do before he busts his button, boy?

Oh, Elton Wilcox.

Sit down and have a drink before you leave Calhoun.

Thank you.

Well, how long ago do you suppose it was?

You're swindling me up there. Quite a while and I haven't changed. I still get

what I set out after.

Betsy's what the old man calls that boiler.

Betsy's what I'm going to get.

I think you've got the determination all right.

But you still haven't got any class.

I think I asked you over here to insult me. You asked me to sit down because you

didn't know what else to do with me.

Now, I'm also interested in the boiler.

Let me ask you one question.

Now, I've got a train broken down on a Cripple Creek site.

There's not another boiler between here and St. Louis, and I got enough men to

back me up. Now, what makes you think that you can move in?

Because this isn't Cripple Creek.

It's Denver. It's not a small town. It's a big town. You can't operate here the

way you operate there.

Don't count on that.

I never count on anything.

Phillip? Uh, yes, I'm Phillips.

My name is Ben Calhoun, president of the Buffalo Pass Scalp Lock and Find

Railroad. I'm interested in your boiler.

Well, I've just about made a deal for Betsy with Mr. Maggette here.

Well, I've got a proposition for you.

Before you get roped into anything, there's something you ought to know.

Mr. Calhoun, he runs a blue sky railroad that's long on promises but short on

cash. I'd have a look at the color of his money before I talk to him.

Well, there's no point being evasive, Mr. Calhoun.

It's common knowledge that I'm just about ready for a receivership.

That's why I have to operate in cash.

Mr. Calhoun!

Sorry to interrupt, sir, but these telegrams just came in. But I have to

Well, sir, they're urgent.

Excuse me.

Tell him the answer's no.

Tell him I'll meet him on the 10th in St. Louis.

No stock, all cash.

Also tell him I want an option on his boiler for 24 hours. I'll wire him

tonight. Yes, sir.

Now, what's the proposition so far?

A down payment?

No, that was for my whole operation.

Well, I'm going to double that offer.

And it's just for the boiler. I'm not interested in taking over your whole

operation.

really think you can push me into a corner, Calhoun?

I'm not trying to push you into a corner. I'm trying to bring you out into

open. I'm going to suggest we have a public auction right here in front of

whole town.

Just what I had in mind. All right.

All right. When do you want that auction?

The sooner the better.

What about right now? Well, you just bit off more than you can chew.

You're on, Calhoun.

You're on.

Everything will be ready within the hour.

And good day, sir. Good day.

Drinks are on the BPS indeed.

You know, the town loves that old man.

They are going to boil us some more until they find out we can't back up

bill.

I don't want to take you to load the boiler.

No, maybe.

Tell the engineer to bring the train around and get it ready. Tell Barnabas

pick us up some supply.

I could indeed, sir, and thank you. Let me ask you something, Mr. Phillips.

You were in business a long time and had a good reputation.

What happened?

Well, progress is the problem, sir.

Nowadays, everything is ordered custom from the big locomotive works.

I have always built my engines first and sold them afterwards.

Now, you take Betsy there.

She's smaller, more powerful, lighter.

She'd have been the best of all of them.

The money ran out.

Well, have a drink. Better times.

To your good health, sir.

Let's find out.

McKinney's boys have really been painting the town red.

Bragging a lot.

Let's find out what his limit was.

One story says he has 10 ,000 cash. Another makes it 11.

I'd better count on 12 just to be on the safe side.

Nothing I'd enjoy more than pushing him beyond his limit just to watch him

squirm. Come here, guy.

We will proceed.

Did you get the papers?

All you have to do is fill them up.

The terms are cash.

The boiler will not leave the premises until midnight.

You know what to do.

Now, this boiler is fully guaranteed.

A fine piece of merchandise.

Gentlemen, what am I bid?

Do I hear $1 ,000?

$5 ,000.

$6 ,000.

Do I hear $6 ,000? Do I hear $6 ,000? $5 ,500.

$5 ,500.

Do I hear $6 ,500?

$10 ,000. $10 ,000.

Do I hear $11 ,000? I have $10 ,000.

$11 ,000.

$11 ,000. I have $11 ,000.

Do I hear $12 ,000?

$13 ,000. You are here $13 ,000.

$12 ,000 I have what?

$12 ,000 twice.

$12 ,000 three times.

Sold to Mr.

Ben Calhoun for $12 ,000.

Drinks are on me.

Wait a minute!

Wait a minute! It's not over yet!

I'm saying you're bluffing, Calhoun.

I'm saying if you've got the money to back up your bid, we've got the right to

see it.

I say you've got no rights at all.

I'm doing business with Mr. Phillips now.

Then I'll tell you at your face.

I'm calling you a liar, Callum.

I reckon you need a drink along about now.

Thank you.

You know, Mr. Calhoun, when I was a young engineer, I had a choice.

Either to design bridges or locomotives.

I picked locomotives because I found railroad people a lot more interesting.

He was right out there, wasn't he?

You don't have the money to back up your bid. Not anything close to it.

Better days.

Better days.

Well, I suppose you realize what'll happen to you if I turn you over to that

out there.

Probably skin me alive.

Can you think of an alternative?

A good one.

I've got 35 miles of track to lay between now and the 1st of August.

I can do it. The government's going to owe me $100 ,000.

With the engine that we'll put around that boiler of yours, I can do it very

easily.

In that envelope, you're going to find a transfer of 5 % of the total stock of

the BPS &D.

Also, there's an agreement in there allowing me to buy it back in 90 days

$25 ,000.

$25 ,000?

If you're going to gamble with me, you're going to take part of the

What if we lose?

If we lose...

All you'll have lost is 90 days.

You've still got the title of the boiler.

Well, McGinty did bid $11 ,000, and I do suppose he's got the cash.

Oh, I suppose.

But I never could stand a man who'd take advantage of another.

Mr. Calhoun, I would suggest you pour us another drink. It may take a little

time to get these papers in order.

Then we've got a deal?

We've got a deal.

You're done there now, Elton. You've got to be more careful. Help him up.

You know who you've got there, Elton?

Ben Calhoun's friend. You don't want to get old Ben Calhoun all riled up, do

you? Look at that dirty book. Take that back to old Ben.

And that flower sack with the big hole in it. Ben won't like that.

You want to fight, do you, boy?

Well, you're going to get one.

You tell Ben Calhoun he won the first round, but there's another one coming

Turn him over.

You about tricked me out of that boiler, boy.

You tell him he'll never get to you.

McGinney says you may have the boiler now, but you'll never get to use it.

Well, that's McGinney's wishful thinking.

You're going to be all right. You'll probably have a shiner, but that's about

the extent of it.

I should never have let them jump me like that.

They picked the time and the place. There wasn't much you could do about it.

go fix us some coffee. We're going to need it.

All right.

Pride suffered the biggest injury.

Mr. Calhoun, we was at the auction.

So? Well, we figured that you were expecting some trouble, and seeing as

kind of shorthanded... We figured we might go along with you. Yeah.

And how much would all this extra help cost me?

Oh, nothing.

Just a free ride to Cotter's Gap.

You get that far and you'll be clear.

And we live up near there.

You know the track, then?

Oh, yeah, every twist in it.

I was a gang dancer when they was building it. He's right. If we get to

Gap, we can highball it that far.

No, Ben, we've got to make a water stop at High Ridge Tank.

McGinney could be waiting for us.

Well, let's just figure he will be waiting for us. Keep our eyes open.

All right, you boys get on, wouldn't you?

Hi, fellas. Hey, hi.

You got yourself a pretty good boiler there, huh? Oh, not just pretty good.

of the best in the country.

How's it work?

You mean you've never seen one up close?

No.

Well, it's really pretty simple.

Here, I'll show you.

First you have a water tank.

It's filled with 175 gallons of water.

175 gallons?

And a firebox.

Now, back here. Excuse me. Sure.

Back here is where you put the wood in.

Put the wood in. That heats the water. The water makes the steam here.

Now, while this pressure is building up, the smoke leaves through the smoke box,

through the chimney in the front. What it does, it causes what they call an

alternating vacuum effect. See?

No, no.

Wait a minute.

I mean, you've got all that power in there.

How do you get it out?

Yeah. A valve.

You see, the pressurized steam leaves through the valve, and that causes your

cylinders to run.

Wait a minute.

What the... Yeah.

Well, I don't have any on this. This is just the boiler.

Oh, well, then everything's not here.

I mean, you couldn't run it just like it is.

Uh, no, no. It's pretty complicated. You're right.

I see. Well, I guess it must take a lot of schooling to run this, huh?

Well, not to run while it doesn't.

No?

Could you teach me how to do it?

Sure, if I had enough time.

We're going to the high ridge.

Stick on your wire and get out of here.

Keep your eyes open.

Did you see anything?

Not yet.

Maybe McGinney decided to back down.

Not him. Once he gets his teeth in, it's something he doesn't give up.

Where's Barnabas? He's still in the gallery, I guess.

Don't let me interrupt you.

Thinking about going into the ring?

You pushed me around like I was nothing.

You think a little shadow boxing is going to help, huh?

I got to do something.

Let's see what we can do.

Go ahead and put your hands up there where you had them.

Go ahead. You got to start somewhere.

And the whole thing about a fellow like Wilcox is he's a gut fighter.

He's got to catch you off guard.

Go ahead.

Swing at me a couple of times. I'll show you what I mean.

You sure?

It's all right.

Well, all right.

See what the trouble is?

Anybody can see those punches coming.

The whole thing is to get a man relaxed, catch him off guard.

Then let him have it.

The element of surprise, right? That's right.

Well, let me try it again.

You ready?

I just can't.

I did it, didn't I? I caught you by surprise, right?

Yes, I'd say you did. You got on real fast.

Now go fix us some coffee.

Yes, sir, I sure will.

Thanks for the lesson.

Right about here.

Yeah. Ben?

Willard hasn't figured out where McGinney might hit us. No? About 15

here, the track makes a wide curve.

The tracks go through and narrow right in here.

Lots of trees here.

Lots of rocks.

To pile on the tracks, the train has to slow down for the curve.

I figure they'll leave us right here.

Sounds logical. Sir, there's a crossroads here.

A couple of miles this side of the narrow.

Now, I figure a couple of us can kind of go around here, fire a few shots, draw

them out.

All right, let's try it. You ride up the cat. There was water.

Bullard and I are going to scout him out to wait here.

Nothing doing. I'm going with you. Hold it right there.

No, sir. Nobody's going anywhere.

Put your gun down.

Put him down.

Kick him over here.

the firemen and the engine you're bringing down here.

You're barking up the wrong tree.

We haven't got enough money among us to buy a box of cigars.

Well, we don't want your money.

Just stay put and nobody will get hurt.

We're taking the boiler.

You drop it and crack it, you're going to ruin it for good.

Get up there and help him. Come on.

All right, all right, listen.

If you're that determined to do it, I'll see what I can do to help.

You're going to help him steal it?

Why is it so good to anybody if they ruin it?

How about it?

All right, no tricks.

I'm going to give you one last chance to reconsider. Now, once you put the

boiler in the wagon, it's going to be too late.

Are we going to steal that boiler, Mr. Calhoun?

We're not.

No, we're going to pay you for it.

We're going to send you a little bit of money until it's all paid for.

That's right.

Come on, friend. Give us a hand.

Got their guns yet? I got them.

If I were you, Mr. Calvin, I wouldn't try to follow them.

You'd be up against a lot more than you bargained for.

Now that you've got it, how are you going to make it work?

We ain't.

He is.

Get aboard.

Now, just a minute.

You wouldn't want to see anything happen to this boiler, would you?

Maybe you're forgetting what we've got riding on this boiler, Ben.

A little piece of the railroad, remember?

I'll go along and keep an eye on it while you catch up.

Come aboard, brother.

Let's go, Jesse.

Come on. Yeah, let's go.

Come on.

I

don't

know. I think those fellas are loco.

But I suppose we'll catch up with them, right?

Not on foot, we won't. We're going to need some horses.

Horses? How are we going to get horses around here?

I got a hunch they're going to be waiting for us.

Just up ahead.

Good afternoon, McGinney.

All right, Calhoun. Where's Betsy? What have you done with her?

She's been stolen.

Stolen?

Check the rest of the train.

Use your head, McGinney. Where am I going to hide a boiler?

It's been stolen on that side. It's going to take both of us to get it back.

The fault of us.

You've got the men, the guns, the horses.

Then why should I deal with you?

Because I know where to start looking.

All right, what do you suggest?

A merger of forces.

A truce till we get the boiler back.

And then what?

After that, it's every man for himself again.

That's a deal.

Good. Get your men and horses. Load them up in here. We'll go back down the

track and start looking.

What's happened?

They're coming, Mr. Bear. They got it. They got it. You see?

Daddy,

what's happened? We're delivered.

That's what happened.

Oh, look at that.

for our salvation.

I'm glad you came with the boiler, Mr. Tarrant. Yeah, I bet you are.

There's something you better understand.

Miss Coulter, Constance.

Miss Coulter, I'm not here by choice.

They didn't buy that boiler. They stole it.

I see.

I didn't think they had enough money.

Well, I'm a willing hostage. I don't know why they took the boiler. I don't

care.

Because it's got to go back.

Now, the Hope boys, they don't understand that.

Well, now, maybe you better understand something, Mr. Tarrant.

This is the original hard luck town.

We fought off claim jumpers, fire, plague, you name it.

And then the boiler at the sawmill blew up.

Now, as far as I'm concerned, that new boiler is heaven sent to give us our one

last chance.

I don't care whether they begged or borrowed.

Or stole it.

We are not going to give it up.

Uh, Mr. Tarrant.

Yeah.

Uh...

Willard told me what happened, Mr. Parent.

Let me know you can't keep the boilers, sir.

Well, look at it this way. Being a God -fearing man and mayor of this town, I

can't be party to a theft.

That's a healthy point of view.

So, we'll draw up the papers this evening.

What papers?

The contract, the bill of sale.

See, we got $412 to put in.

and we'll make a deal with your railroad to haul the lumber first. Oh, wait a

minute. You see, down in Denver, rough lumber is fetching a smart price.

Mayor, if you want to talk deal, you talk to Ben Calhoun. He's the president.

And even if you could keep the boiler here, you'd never make it work.

Why, some of our boys is pretty smart at machinery.

They'll find a way to rig it.

Hey, what are you doing?

Wait until we cry it out.

Put a little water and a little wood, fire it up, see if it holds the

Yeah.

Well, you'll split that thing wide open if you don't know what you're doing.

Those valves have got to be open.

This is a complicated piece of machinery.

You can't run it like an ordinary boiler.

You've got to have a throttle, a water glass, an injector.

Have you seen anything around here we can use?

Oh, it's impossible.

Well, not if you help us.

I'm here to watch the boiler, not to work it.

We brought you here to fix it.

If you didn't know what to do, you shouldn't have taken it.

Stand back. Hold it. Hold it. Let him be.

Are you going to do it or not?

All right.

Make a deal with him.

I'll look over these spare parts.

I'll see what I can do.

But I'm the only one who touches it.

Agreed? That's agreed.

Good enough.

Why is Nicky stalling?

Don't matter.

We're in business.

Amen.

You're welcome.

Do you think your Mr. Calhoun will sign that contract my father offered?

Not likely.

I'm doing a lot more than I should right now.

Well, I don't know.

You did take unfair advantage of us bidding up that boiler to three times

it's worth.

It was important to us.

Just as important as it was to Coltertown to steal it.

Where did you learn about boilers?

Back east.

MIT.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

You're a long way from home.

Yeah, the edge of nowhere.

But I didn't mean it that way. I know what you meant.

And it used to be like that, but it's not anymore.

This is our home now.

We came out from Missouri because the promise of what's here is better than

we left behind.

There's work for us here.

And there's hope.

That's what that boiler represents to us.

And without it, there's nothing.

Do you think the men would mind working tonight?

Have you figured out a way to get it to work?

At least in theory.

You see, the big problem here is whether the drive shaft can handle a torque.

I want you to understand something.

I'm doing this to show you how to make it work.

When you get your own boiler.

Because that one's got to go back.

Well, for now it's enough to see that sawmill working again.

All right, let's go.

Let's see if she works.

What was that for?

Because you've got a good heart.

Maybe just because I like you.

A sawmill?

That's impossible.

They've done it all right, and your man's helping them. That's a lie.

How many men did they have?

10, 15 maybe.

They'll take them by surprise.

They probably wrecked the border in the process.

Dave's helping them. There's got to be a reason for it.

All right, on ahead.

Any luck at all, I'll bring that boiler out of there without a fight.

All right, go ahead.

Give me three hours.

One hour.

Two.

All right, but the boy stays here with me.

No, he's not going to stay here. I need him with me.

Well, how do I know the three of you won't run off with that boiler?

Nobody's going to run off with the boiler, McGinney. You can rest assured

that. It's either going to be my way or it's not going to be at all.

All right.

Go ahead.

You trust him, McGinney?

Of course I trust him. I trust him to get his full head blown off and those

in town along with him.

And there'll be nobody left to stop on.

Well, I figure maybe 1 ,004 feet an hour.

24 hours a day.

We're out of the woods.

We made it. We're on our feet.

Mr. Calhoun, I'd like to present Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Rogers. This is Mayor

Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun's done a bang -up job here, Mr. Calhoun.

He's done the impossible.

I can see that.

I think I'd better talk to him alone.

We'll see you later.

Excuse us.

Suppose you tell me just what's going on here.

Well...

Well, they would have ruined the boiler if I hadn't rigged it up for them.

Ben, the people of this town aren't thieves.

They're just desperate.

Not half as desperate as they're going to be.

The guinea's on his way in here now.

He'll be here in less than two hours.

Now, you constructed this mechanical marble. You take it down.

Now, wait a minute. I think there are a couple of things we ought to discuss

first. We haven't got anything to discuss.

It's going to take time for that boiler to cool down. Ben, don't touch it.

Dave. Now, you stay out of this, Barnabas. This is between him and me.

Now, I say let's...

Let's let the town buy it. We can find another one.

After what we've been through, you can say that.

Even if we can find another boiler, we haven't got the money for one. I've got

all that figured out. And we can finish laying that track on schedule by working

double shifts.

We haven't got the men for double shifts, either.

The whole point in getting that boiler was to build a second engine and reduce

the workload on the one.

What about the $25 ,000 we owe Phillips?

Well, what's the deal we've got here? You wouldn't... We've got no deal here.

I've got all the deals going right now that I can afford. Now, you either go

tear that boiler down or I'm going to do it. I'm not going to let you touch it,

Ben.

I'm still running.

I suppose now is as good a time as any for you to be reminded.

Now, if you'd just take a minute.

This is no good, Mr. Calhoun.

Nothing's going to get solved this way.

Sometimes there's not any other way you can solve it.

One day I won't be able to solve it this way either.

The secret is not to let anybody know when that day gets here.

Right here.

Put those things away. We're not armed.

Well, I figure we can't take any more chances now, Mr. Calhoun.

And don't mistake us.

You give us any trouble and we'll kill all three of you.

ever since the day this town was founded, Mr. Calhoun.

We've been peaceable here.

We don't like violence.

Which, uh, means, I suppose, that you're not above using. You force us to.

The mayor has torn up that paper.

Our terms are on that paper, and they're fair all around.

We're not going to bargain.

Well, I'd like to hear these fair terms, Mayor, from you. We'll take over your

debt with Phillips, the whole thing.

We'll contract with you to haul the lumber for us.

Three months and we'll all be making money. And if I refuse?

It's that or nothing.

We didn't go to Denver and Lark.

Oh, no, sir.

Well, we built and seeded and poured our blood into this place with our bare

hands and our backs.

We raised our families. We've been scratching all our lives.

And right now, this boiler is our life to us.

Our lives, for yours.

You force us to it.

Gentlemen, I've negotiated all kinds of deals.

I've gambled, played cards, shot fools.

I've wheeled and dealed and I've lucked in the deal.

There ain't nobody here to propose me into one at the point of a gun.

You're making a mistake, Mr. Calhoun.

Now you go ahead and either hang us or shoot us.

Let's do it right out here in the open in front of those kids so they can see

how to get what they want when they grow up.

Father, how could you?

Somebody get the kids out of there.

Mr. Calhoun, look at that boiler. Is that worth dying for?

Is it worth killing for?

No one's going to get hurt if you'll sign this paper.

You haven't thought it through far enough.

Can't afford to let us go even if I sign that ridiculous paper.

I'll have a federal marshal down on your neck inside of two weeks.

And on the other hand, if you kill us, then you never would get a night's

But who knows when one of these nice citizens here might decide to leave this

town or maybe get mad at the mayor and let the secret out.

Once you've started, there's no end.

That's... no more talking.

That boiler's our only hope.

Then you haven't got any hope.

And it's on my neck.

Just mine.

Nobody else. Oh, you're wrong. It's on all our necks. Get him. He's right. Look

at you. We're all in this.

We built something good here.

And here we are fixing to throw it all away on account of an old piece of

Let him take it away from here. We'll do without it.

That boiler's turned us into a bunch of animals.

Earl, get him out of here.

Get him out of here.

Where are you going?

Pearl!

Don't you remember?

We took a vote.

Like they just changed their ballot.

We'll load the boiler onto the wagon for you.

Looks like we won't have the chance.

Give me two hours.

Oh, Calhoun, me what? Stop, isn't that too bad?

Well, I see you made short work of this town.

This town's got a conscience.

Mayor Calhoun?

Sam McGinney.

My pleasure. Now, whatever Mr.

Calhoun may have told you, all deals are off.

You keep your boys out of this and nobody will get hurt.

All right, now.

Let's see what needs to be done.

Get rid of the toys.

Now we need to put that boiler onto that wagon back there.

You put that thing together, didn't you?

Right. Well, then you can take it apart. Put it on the wagon.

Come on, Barnabas.

It's cool enough to move.

We can't let him take it.

If I can get close enough to Wilcox... Yes.

Yeah, that one.

Oh.

I don't know.

What do you want?

Oh, sir, that's kind of hard to explain.

What?

I got enough sense to quit when me luck goes sour, Calhoun.

Elton, where are you?

Elton!

Get your men mounted up.

Everybody mount up.

All right, Calhoun.

I've enjoyed tanking with you.

I'll be back.

You can count on that.

All right, mount up.

On behalf of the town, Mr. Calhoun, I'd like to apologize.

You already made up for it, ma 'am.

And that's the darndest thing I've ever seen. That's a fact.

Fall out now!

I've got a hunch that I can make a whole lot more money with you folks by

joining you rather than fighting you or by using Betsy there to build a spare

engine.

You mean you're letting us have that boiler?

No, I've got to pay $25 ,000 for that boiler, and I'm not that rich that I can

give it away.

But I can use it to buy a part of your business.

You've got it for 20 % of your business.

Rights to haul your material from here on out.

Sounds fair enough.

Well?

You got a deal.

determined to make a go out of this sawmill. If you were to hang on to that

boat, we're all going to make a lot of money. Yes!

Now we need one more horse so we can get out of here. You've got it. Give him

mine.

All right, boys. We'll keep the saw going.

Come on, James!

We'll have it.

I got it written down right here.