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Well, the rail bed sure has held up after all that rain, Mr. Calhoun.

So far, we're in pretty good shape. No rail separation.

No, sir.

Trade is a... a rail.

What?

The idea when we put it there?

An eye out so we don't see any loose spike.

All right.

Let's go over it again.

Talk and wait and talk some more.

Let's listen to your brother, Luke. You go ahead, Murph. Might be we'll go over

it a dozen times.

Blow up the train, grab the money, and beat it out of here.

That's all there is to it.

And then we charge in like a patches.

There's the Comanches.

Listen, Luke.

I've just about reached the end of my rope with you.

Now, Jesse invited you in on this just like he done Tom and me.

You don't stop acting so smart, you're gonna get booted right back to where you

come from.

And be just as broke.

Maybe you forget how I don't take to nobody riling me.

I just up one of them. If Luke don't mean nothing, you know how he is.

Besides, a big haul like this makes a man edgy like him. Are you edgy? Sure.

It's only natural, ain't it?

Then I must be unnatural.

It's hard to figure you two.

My brother gives us a fine chance like this to make some money. You act like it

don't mean nothing to you. Your brother?

Jesse is my brother, too.

You guys are talking sure makes me feel like an outsider.

Not being related.

Well, you're practically family, Tom.

We grew up together.

It's only natural we'd be in this together.

Jesse should feel about you the same way he feels about us. Sure.

Oh, now, I don't like that word gives. Jesse gives, gives, gives.

We're working for our part, ain't we? Good thing I wasn't the law.

If you was out of blast, you're coming in.

42 minutes.

Due here at sky high in six hours at 9 .09.

And scalp lock, 26 minutes later.

Gonna be dark then.

You know, you sound like a real railroad man, Jesse.

Only you ain't gonna reach scalp lock, huh, Jesse?

Ah, six more hours of being poor.

Any change in the money?

It'll be aboard.

$50 ,000.

Don't forget, bud, that one goes to the side.

You ready for the passengers, Mr. Chair? Yes.

Now, let's see.

How many are there, and what do you know about them? There's seven. There's Mr.

Clampett, circuit preacher, entertained by the look of them.

Mrs. Coleman, visiting relatives in Scout Block, late child, oriental.

Mrs. Elwood and son, and Mr. Lester, salesman. Mr. Gore, I don't know much

him. Gore, Gore, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Martin Gore?

Mm -hmm.

He tried to get a job at the railroad.

We didn't have any openings at the time. He got sore. I thought we wouldn't harm

him because he'd been in prison.

Ex -convict, Mr. Terry?

Yeah, a man like Gore just happens to be traveling when we're carrying a $50

,000 payroll.

Listen, wire this list to Scalp. Look, I want Ben to know who's aboard. Yes,

sir.

All aboard!

Passengers, all aboard!

Hey, Mr. Tarrant. Hey, D. We on schedule?

Right on time.

We ready to go, Bert?

Yes, sir.

Ma 'am?

Yes, sir. We'll be pulling out in a couple of minutes. Now, under no

circumstances do you stop before we get the scalp on. Just keep this train

rolling. All right.

Jesse, wake up.

Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Parsons.

I didn't hear you come in. Good morning.

Well, not very, but I do hope that it improves.

There's a mistake in this manifest. Is Mr. Calhoun in? He and Barnabas are out

track walking.

Can I help you?

Well, there are 400 pounds of 10 -penny nails that do not appear on the

manifest. Now, they were specifically ordered by me, and they were

verified by the shipper.

But I gather from this manifest that they are not specifically being carried

the good old BPSMD.

Oh, yeah, I recall the order, ma 'am. I don't blame you for being annoyed.

Oh, I'm sorry. It does show, doesn't it? Well, it's just that it's a... It's

nothing personal to see it, but it's a big order from a very big customer.

Excuse me.

Jeffy, is there something wrong?

Jeffy? Huh?

Oh, no, no.

Nothing. I'm sorry.

You were saying?

Well, the nails.

You see, Mr. Barrington is adding on to his stable, and all the other things

that he bought aren't much good without the nails.

Jesse, are you all right?

Fine, fine.

If you'll leave him, ma 'am, I'll bring him to Mr. Calhoun's attention.

Oh. All right. Thank you, Jesse.

Don't tell him that I smiled at all.

Anything I can do to make your trip more pleasant, Mrs. Elwood?

Pleasant? Stick him up, mister.

Oh, you got me. You know them fighting words out here, partner.

You know my pa?

Oh, your pa? Sure I know your pa. He works for us. We're real good friends.

Well, I guess then we're friends too, partner.

Shake? Sure.

I'm Dave Tarrant. What's your name? I'm Tim Elwood. The two -gun skirt.

Scurge?

The scourge of the Wild West.

Where are you headed, scourge?

I'm going to see my pa.

Ain't seen him since I was a kid.

Oh, and how long's it been since you was a kid?

Four or five years, since he went away that time.

But we're going to surprise him this time.

Ain't we, Ma?

Oh, he's going to be real surprised.

You know, I feel a lot safer, Tim, knowing that you're riding shotgun.

You be sure and keep your eyes peeled, all right? Yes, Mr. Tarrant.

Well, Mr. Gore, what brings you to Scalp Lock?

Are it scenic wonders, natural resources, and those

golden memories?

Or is there something else that might interest me?

I wear it on that side. I'm left -handed.

You remember that.

Any grudges, Gore?

Some old grudges.

And some don't.

I don't know which is worse, getting saddle sore riding out to the tracks, or

getting foot wearish walking.

I appreciate your eagle eye, Barnum.

Nothing beyond the call on my 1 % to beat the S &D, Mr. Cowman.

Get in.

There's a washout at Hatch's Point.

We won't be making that run for another week. Get a crew on it.

I'd like Jesse to go off and leave this place unattended. The door's all

unlocked. Is there a note over there or anything?

No.

Probably just stepped out for a minute.

We've been here longer than a minute.

He was hired to attend a key.

A railroad runs on two things, dependability and punctuality.

Right now, I can't vouch for either.

Here's something. Attention, Ben Calhoun.

Passenger list.

Martin Gore.

There's a dandy. He was sent up for bank robbery.

Mrs. Elwood and son.

Jesse's wife and kid?

Yeah.

Well, I'm certainly glad to catch up with you, Mr.

Calhoun. The mountain won't come from Hammond. I'm sorry, Judy. Right now I've

got a problem. Indeed you do. That's just exactly what I told Jesse.

When did you see Jesse?

Well, before when I was in here, and he assured me that you would give the

matter of the misplaced ten -penny nails your immediate and total attention.

Uh -oh.

Look at here.

I found these stashed under the counter.

Looks like Jesse's gone for good.

Oh, but then he was disturbed when I was here. I thought so.

The, uh, something came over the wire.

It was the passenger list.

What'd he say? How'd he act?

Well, he said that there was nothing wrong, but he certainly acted like there

was.

Martin Gore's on that train, along with Jesse's wife, Boyer. Well, Jesse told me

that his family was coming to Skaplock, but he didn't mention that it was going

to be today.

Oh, there must be some explanation for it. He's been very dependable. You told

me yourself what a good job he's been doing.

I don't believe it's an accident.

Martin Gore.

Jesse's wife, Boyer, riding on the same train, carrying $50 ,000 in gold.

You sure are bent on trying my patience, ain't you, boy?

Hang on, I got a painstaking thirst. Your painstaking's an order. Your thirst

ain't. It's no cold to have done that.

And it's too bad I left home before you got to be of an age to handle, Luke.

I would have seen to it you was fetched up more proper like.

You must have been Ma's biggest headache.

Hey, Merv.

Merv, Jess is coming.

Merv. Merv, you think maybe the train's not coming?

You think maybe somebody's heard about it?

Murph, do you think there's... Shut up, will you?

What's wrong, Jess?

What are you doing back here?

I have to call it off.

Forget it. Why do we have to call it off?

Tim and Marion are on that train.

They'll be killed.

Are you crazy? You're going to back out because of his woman and kid?

Now, Luke's right.

We can't call her off.

Ain't nobody gonna back down.

Tom,

you know Mary.

You've been to our house.

You're eating off her table. They'll be killed.

Wouldn't that be a stinking pity?

Keep that mouth of yours shut, boy.

You're talking about Jesse's wife and kids.

No, it's our stake in this we're talking about.

They're coming back to me. I didn't know they were coming back today. You got to

back off.

Well, I say that we... Shut up.

Luke, take his gun.

Merv.

Hate to do this to you, Jesse. I got no choice.

Tom, take his horse. Put it up there in the trees with ours.

And fetch that rope off my saddle.

We're going to have to tie you up, Jesse.

Go on.

Why would Jesse need dynamite? Well, he'd been telling me all about his

and how he plans to settle down here.

He said that the dynamite was to clear some boulders off this property he

bought. He wanted it to be ready for when his family came.

And yet until he got the wire, he didn't know his family was coming today.

It's true. He didn't mention it, and he has talked about everything else. Where

is his place?

It's about one mile south of Ferry's Pass.

Barnabas, you get over to the office. You wire Seymour. Tell him to stop that

train, and I don't care how they do it, but to hold it there.

Yes, sir.

In.

You don't think Jesse... I'm going to find out.

Jesse!

Anybody here?

sky, mister.

Spare me, son. I don't want to tangle with a dead eye like you.

You're carrying one for real.

Yes, well, I just use that to keep my hip in place.

Timothy, stop bothering the man. Oh, it's no bother, ma 'am.

The boy's just naturally energetic.

Now put that silly toy away and come over here. Oh, ma.

I get tired of just sitting and sit.

Isn't it time to eat yet? We're going to eat in a little while. Now come on, sit

down. Maybe you'd like something to eat too, mister.

My ma packed plenty.

Later, son. Can I thank you?

Ma, I... Timothy.

Are those laying chickens?

The ground -scratching, worm -grubbing, honest -to -goodness laying chickens,

young man.

Ken, watch your finger.

They're nearsighted and nervous and might mistake your pinky for a worm.

Timothy.

Oh, Ma.

Sit. Sit.

Now, if you're hungry, I'll give you a nap.

Pardon me, ma 'am.

My name is Jerome Lister. I don't mean to be forward.

This is Albert Coleman.

Mr. Coleman is deceased.

Well, I'm very, very pleased to meet you. May I sit down?

I'm very glad, Mr. Lister.

I'm in the barber supply business.

I sell tonics, elixirs.

And scented water.

Oh, well, I really have no use for anything like that. My firm is

the special Abigail Adams cosmetic line for women. And you certainly are a

beautiful woman.

Would you be good enough to accept this token from me?

A mild astringent, soft as dove skin.

Why, thank you, Mr.

Lester.

Young man.

Yes. What time do we get into Seymour?

We don't stop this trip, Mr. Lester. This is a special run.

But why wasn't I told that when I bought my ticket?

We must stop at Seymour.

You bought a ticket to Scalplock, sir. But I always do, and by the same token,

the train always stops in Seymour.

Not always, sir. Just when it's necessary.

We had a schedule posted there in the Clayville Depot. I'm sorry you didn't

it. Well, you're sorry, are you?

Well, I always make a sizable sale from the barber in Seymour.

And your story is not going to make up for the money that I'm going to lose.

Now, I demand... We're not stopping.

You ought to knock.

Yeah, I'm sorry, A .G.

Thought you might want a break.

I ain't flossing nobody with this payroll, Mr. Tarrant. Not even you.

You still on schedule?

Yeah, everything's fine so far.

How about that sandwich here? Oh, no thanks.

What about that passenger?

That jailboy, Gore?

What'd he do time for?

Bank robbery.

After he got out, he came to Scalplock, asked the railroad for a job.

I just happened to notice him off a water poster.

Did you hire him then, huh?

No.

I mean, less because of his past.

It's just we didn't have any openings.

See, the VPS &D kind of respects a man that wants to make a fresh start.

Fact is, we've got a telegrapher that's no rosebud either.

Then why is Gore heading back to Scalplock again?

I don't know.

It's making me mighty curious. I'm going to keep an eye on him.

Maybe you ought to be doing that now.

Listen, if he were going to make a move, he'd have to have some help.

He's not going to get me when we're rolling.

It'd be mighty hard to jump this moving train.

With this much money at stake, ain't nothing easy.

Stealing it or guarding it.

Hey, maybe I will have a happy salad.

Be my guest.

Won't be long now, Tom.

I know what you're thinking, Tom.

I'm sorry about Marion being on that train, too.

If there was some way we could get her off, something we could do.

What, Mr. Terrence? They weren't badgered. Well, $50 ,000 to manage the

wings. Now, hit that throttle.

What's going on? What's happening out there?

Why is he blowing the whistle?

We're going through Seymour.

You nervous about something, Terrence?

Should you be back there guarding that gold or whatever it is?

Yeah, hold on.

The train barreled right through Seymour. They couldn't stop him. No more

for Scalp Lock. You didn't find Jesse out of his place?

No. I didn't find any boulders either. His place was painted with plate.

You got any coffee, Julie?

Of course.

What are you going to do, Ben? I don't know.

You know, I could forgive Jesse. His past, his drinking, his brushes with the

law.

But I can't forgive the purchase of that dynamite. Or his disappearance.

Then add to that a...

$50 ,000 payroll, that adds up to just one thing.

But you can't be sure.

But I can resolve all doubts on my side.

That train's going to be blown up, I'm sure of that.

I see. And Jesse's trying to stop the train because he found out his family

it.

I'm thinking about Dave and the train full of passengers.

What can you do, then?

Got to find out where.

We haven't got any time to waste.

A little more than an hour of daylight left. Could be a hundred places. He was

always riding out to the mountains.

Any place could be a hold -up spot.

Sure, he used to bring me back Indian relics to sell.

Probably to cover his trips.

Did he mention any place in particular?

No, there are a dozen different tribes around here around the whole Paiute.

That's no help.

Where? Where?

Well, he got the relics from all over. You know, there's Navajo weaving and,

uh... Pima baskets, Mandan pottery, some Cherokee... You say Mandan?

Yes, an epidemic destroyed them years ago. The last survivors lived up in

Hey, there's some old caves around here somewhere with Indian markings on them.

Around, um, Sky High, where we were track walking.

That's right. May have to slow down to make the bend there. A perfect spot.

Worth a gamble.

You get back over there and you keep your nose glued to that key. You get

Marshall, okay, Julie?

Careful, Ben.

I can smell that money already.

Rich and sweet.

Merv.

How's that cut up now?

Three ways instead of four, I mean?

Don't do it. I'm begging you, please.

Luke!

I knew you'd come to beg.

You stopped goading him, Jesse.

The only thing saving your hide now is that you're kin.

He ain't no kin to me.

What do you mean by that, Tom?

Well, it means we got no use for him anymore.

It means we got no choice what to do with him.

Can't turn him loose.

That's right, Merv. You stay out of that, Luke.

Look, we're all in this pretty deep.

Now, I got to vote.

And Tom's got to vote.

So it's two against your one.

Says get rid of him. And my vote says Jesse gets his share for what he helped

with.

And don't you go big -mouthing me anymore, Luke.

We'll do what we gotta do at the right time.

You and Tom get any better ideas, I'll take both of you on right now.

Well, I thought he was inexhaustible.

I'd sure like to run the train on some of his energy.

You'll change.

You know, I just know Jess is going to be proud of him.

Will the boy be proud of the man?

That's a curious thing to say.

I didn't wire Jess we were coming.

For one specific reason.

I want the father and the son to meet.

Like for the first time. No planning, just head on.

That way, Jess won't have time to prepare or put on an act.

An act? I don't understand.

Timothy adores his father.

The way he remembers him.

I remember him differently.

He was big, with a gun.

Footloose, always in trouble.

Couldn't stand to be tied down.

He left us.

Does Timmy know that?

I know it.

But I never tried to turn the boy against his mother.

All these years.

But now I want Tim to have an opportunity to find out what he's like

himself. Make up his own mind.

He might grow up real suddenly.

But that alone is worth the trip.

But surely not turning the boy against his father.

He must still feel something.

Well, Jess, I remember the good times.

Day by day, moment by moment, things happen.

Sometimes you don't know they even happen until it's too late.

How much longer with that?

Just a couple more twists, Merv.

Now get this plunger down to them trees below.

Luke, you keep an eye open and your temper in.

He's coming left. He blew up the train.

What are you doing, Luke?

Wasn't connected.

Thanks.

We'll be in Scalp Lock in a couple of hours.

Mrs. Elwood.

Yes?

Excuse me, but knowing Jesse the way I do, I'd like to say a couple of things

about him.

He's been trying to do an awfully good job for us.

He sure didn't pull any punches on himself when he came to work for the BPS

We both know what he is?

Some of us wouldn't get anywhere without a second chance.

Well, it does speak well of him.

Making a friend.

What I'm what I'm trying to say is It's just awful hard, you know coming on a

man the way you're figuring to do I Appreciate your interest mr. Tarrant

But up to now this has been my burden to bear and I'm determined that Tim is

going to find out for himself

Will you be staying with your family in Scalp Lock?

Well, yes, with my younger sister.

Do you think she would think it proper if possibly I stopped by one evening and

took you for a walk or for dinner or something?

Well, I don't see any reason why she should mind.

And neither would I.

Neither would I.

No one's allowed in that baggage car without an authorization.

Mister, I wasn't into it, to it, or even at it.

Now tell me, what have you got back there, the crown jewels or gold bullion?

Nothing that concerns you, Cor.

You get kind of cramped, cooped up all the way from Clayville to Scalplock,

nonstop. Those are the accommodations.

You know the rules.

Well, it's no Union Pacific.

I'm back to a hard place.

all right in here?

How much longer to scalp lock?

A couple of hours.

It'll be dark in one hour.

Gore's going to make his move. We can expect it soon.

One of you's got a fine touch.

Well, you gave us a bit of trouble.

We had to wire that dynamite again.

You brung him here. Let me finish. Easy, boy.

We still got a few minutes till train time.

We gotta find out what brung him here, what he come here for.

You know him?

I, uh, work for him.

I mean, I worked for him.

Who are you?

Ben Calhoun?

President of the railroad.

Well, now, that's mighty important.

How about that? We're going to kill us a railroad president.

No! It's my fault things have gone wrong.

I didn't plan on all this killing.

You didn't figure I've been in the wrong end of things either, Josh.

That train you're planning on blowing up is carrying passengers.

They're all going to get killed.

Well, we feel real sad about that, Mr. Calhoun.

Get it done. Get it done, boy.

Ain't kind to make a man wait like that. That payroll.

They're not going to get it.

It's not on board that train.

That payroll's on that train, ain't it?

Knowing Jesse's past, do you think I'd trust him with that kind of information?

You're lying, Mr. Calhoun.

Jesse said he found out that that payroll was on that train when I left

Clayville. It was when I left Clayville.

But I had the train stopped at Seymour.

He's lying about that, too.

I had to know something, didn't I?

Or else I couldn't have found the dynamite.

Now, let me just figure this.

First you say there's no money on that train.

And then you say you stopped the train and took the money off.

That train you're planning on blowing up.

He's got passengers on board.

You wouldn't be here if that train was stopped.

But maybe you ain't sure.

Well, if you ain't sure, Mr. Calhoun, then I ain't sure.

He's bluffing. I say kill him. No.

You gotta let him live.

We're gonna get that money one way or the other.

If we don't get it off on that train, we're gonna get it off on Mr. Calhoun.

Somebody will pay to get him back.

The president ought to be worth a lot more than some old payroll, wouldn't you

say, Mr. Calhoun?

You're calling the shots.

But I'll give you another one.

This time you won't have to roll for it the hard way.

Make it quick.

I'll make you a deal.

Doesn't it figure that if somebody else would be willing to pay to get me out of

here, that I'd be more than willing to pay to get out of the same predicament?

He can talk smooth, Merv.

You got as much as they're carrying on that train?

I can get it. I bet you could.

But it would take time.

And I'm thinking you're thinking sharply on how to beat us out.

Nope.

It's much cozier having you right where you are, Mr. Calhoun. I told the marshal

where I was going.

Just to tell you who's running this show, boy. Yes, sir, Merv.

Now, if that train's on time, it's due here in 15 minutes.

All right.

I guess we're all set.

We're just going to scrunch in that tree and listen for the purr of that engine.

We're going to blow up that engine and stop the train.

There's no one who can time it that close.

If you blow up that engine, the whole train's going to jackknife.

Merv, listen to him.

Please, please.

Neither one of you is making any points.

Tom, get the artillery.

Murphy, he said something about the marshal knowing he was headed here.

block. Could be.

Could be not.

We can't take no chances.

Now, Luke, just in case someone else is down there, you stay up here and cover

us going down to the ammunition.

When you hear the train come and you start coming running down there, you

understand, Luke? Yeah, like I say, you hear the train come running.

Well, Mr. President,

before our calculations go, it should be as smooth as a rail.

If it don't we still got you

Not

much sense in me saying I'm sorry I Didn't know how much

Tim and Marion meant to me.

Until they left.

The money was going to be for them.

So we could live decent.

Get a fresh start.

Sorry, your wife and boy are on board that train.

But I'm also thinking about the other passengers.

Marion and me.

We had our problems.

But Tim...

There's a real good boy, Mr. Kellogg.

A fine good boy.

Don't you worry, Jesse.

Uncle Loke here will see to it that he don't want for a thing.

All his uncles will look after him.

We'll be able to afford it.

What time is it? It's getting right close to that time, Mr. President.

I'll afford me.

new boots and a new hat.

I'll buy the kid.

And I'll buy him a whole new rigging. You're not going to buy anything except

short piece of rope and a small piece of real estate.

Nothing more.

If that money ain't on that train, it means you're a dead man, Calhoun.

Let's go over it again.

Detonator.

Dynamite.

Wires.

Merv, we did all that.

We only got one chance.

Calhoun almost wrecked that.

Everything's fine here, Murph. Good.

Now we'll just wait for that train.

What are you walking around for?

Sit down

Ten minutes.

Oh, it'll be a relief to get in the scalp lock in 45 minutes.

Don't make no mind to me.

Just a job.

When you finish tying him, put that fire out and then meet me down in those

trees. You're going to help me stop your brother.

I hear the train bearing down.

Merv, Luke's coming.

Get yourself set, son.

Yeah, Merv. You set?

Are you set?

Yeah.

Hold it right there.

You push that handle and I'll cut him right in half.

Throw down your gun.

Now get away from that dead man.

Watch out, Ben!

Help!

No grudges.

But somebody out there's got other ideas.

All right, stay put.

What should we do, Mom?

Should we go out?

No, you just stay right here.

I'll go and find out. Now stay put.

Yeah, nobody's hurt.

How about you?

I'm all right.

A Jesse part of this.

Yes.

Well, I guess that $50 ,000 was a little too much for her.

Marion, I...

Jesse, just once I was hoping that if there was a loose dollar around, you

wouldn't be trying to grab it. I think you should know, ma 'am.

Jesse prevented this robbery.

Don't cover for me, Mr. Calhoun. Or as I'm concerned, you'll square with me.

You've grown, boy.

What do you expect, Pa?

Dave, when you get back to town, you better send a crew out here and get that

rail fixed.

Jesse, why don't you ride back on the train with your family? Thank you, Mr.

Calhoun, but if you don't mind, I'd like to stay here and help take care of

things.

Well, I can use your help.

How about it, Dave?

All right, everybody back on the train.

Timmy, Mrs. Elwood.

Come on, Tim.

When you get back to town, we'll talk, Jeff.

Yes.