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Billy Joe, look at those trees.

I've never seen such scenery.

To a cattle man, there's just so many places a cow can't graze.

We'll be starting uphill pretty soon.

Then you'll really see some sights.

Do we have a choice between the scenic route and the short route?

Billy Joe's not much of a traveler, Mr. Calhoun, but I've enjoyed every mile.

I'm glad.

Transportation's improved good eels since I first came to this territory.

And it was improved then over the time when your father came.

I've heard the story more than once.

How my daddy carved his ranch out of a solid wall of Indians.

He did, too.

Your daddy's a fine man.

Plus being a good friend.

He also ships a lot of cattle on this line, doesn't he?

How about some mint juleps to brighten up the dress?

Thank you.

Those drinks look as refreshing as your smile, Julie.

Thank you, Ben. Well, as my daddy always said, waste not, want not.

You're happy.

Now what?

If the water stop, it won't take long.

Tell me.

How did you and Miss Lewis meet?

Oh, in St. Louis during the fair.

Daddy sent me there to see some of those new Aberdeen blacks.

He wants me to feel like I'm doing something worthwhile.

Of course, we both know I'm no great shakes as a cattle buyer.

But I do consider myself a connoisseur of good whiskey.

And pretty ladies.

Even for a man of my tender years.

And when I saw Eve step down from a carriage in front of the palace, I said,

Billy Joe, you go home without that.

You have passed up the finest exhibit at this fair.

Come in.

Mr. Calhoun, could I see you outside, sir?

Excuse me.

Well, look, she's dry as a cinder.

There don't seem to be no water feeding into it.

That spring's dried up. The line's busted.

How much water you got left?

Well, we might be able to get halfway up the grade, but I think we're better off

here.

That old spur to glory just about a mile up the road? Yeah, but do you think we

can get water up there? I don't know.

We must have drank something up there besides whiskey.

Yeah.

Let's try for that.

Okay. Take it slow and keep your eyes open. Now, we haven't used that spur in

long time.

Yes, sir.

Let's go, Sam.

Well, we shouldn't be in glory too long. Just as soon as we get the tank filled

up, we'll be on our way.

Oh, I don't mind.

I find this all very exciting.

Oh, that brandy is bottled especially for Mr. Calhoun.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Excuse me.

If Mr. Calhoun extended the courtesy of this car to us, he wouldn't want his

guests to go thirsty, now would he?

You think I drink too much?

I'll reserve comment on that until after we're married.

I hope your family likes me, Billy Joe.

I like you.

They'll like you.

Getting married, though, Papa just might insist I go to work.

Would that be so bad?

Next stop, Glory.

Is there a saloon in town?

Water stop, I'm afraid, Billy.

I didn't exactly expect a brass band, but I did think the train's maiden

into glory. There might be a dog out here parking at us.

I don't imagine there's anybody left.

When the mines played out, there wasn't anything here to hold anymore.

It's sad to see a town die like this.

Too bad for Gloria.

She didn't have a long life, but boy, it was a rip -snorter while it was going.

Hello! Hello!

Hello!

Anybody here? Anybody here? Anybody here?

Try your whistle once, Bill.

I guess they finally

gave up and go.

The town is aptly misnamed. There isn't much glory here.

It's because they ran out of gold to the people. It doesn't necessarily mean

they ran out of water.

Come on, let's go.

I'll stay here.

Somebody's got to watch this bottle.

Oh, please, Billy Joe.

I've never seen anything like this.

I can tell you where it is right now.

General store.

A firehouse.

Three saloons.

Ladies aren't allowed in this room.

Yeah. We could drive through the general store.

Please.

All these buildings and no people.

Lookie here. James!

You saw you got water.

Ben?

What's the matter?

I don't know. I have a feeling like someone's watching us.

Let's take the water and get out of here.

If there is someone here, you can leave them a note.

I'll find something to carry them.

Not even Sunday.

They must figure us for real sinners.

No one in there.

Who was ringing the bell?

It might have been the wind.

Go on back to the car now.

What's the matter, Beth?

Say the name of the matter, just go back to the car.

would want to shoot at us?

I don't know.

Possibly some old miner thinks we're trying to jump his claim.

Whoever it was, they've stopped shooting.

Whoever it was didn't want to kill us or we'd be dead by now.

Good afternoon, Mr. Calhoun.

Welcome, sir.

Welcome to Glory.

Is that reception your idea?

De nada.

De nada.

We don't get many visitors to Glory these days, especially such a

one, shall we say?

You seem to have me at a disadvantage.

Victor Lamp here.

And you know who I am?

Oh, come, sir, you're too modest.

Everyone knows Ben Calhoun of the BPS.

And D.

Come in, come in.

I've been saving this table just for you.

Oh, I do hope that rifle fire didn't frighten you ladies. I just wanted to

sure nobody left town.

You got a real strong promotional campaign going on here. I'll hand you

Who is he?

I have no idea.

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

Waiting.

Waiting for what? What do you do?

My occupations vary.

Occasionally, I rob a bank.

Or if there's a ready market, I rustle cattle.

But that's very hard work, and you'd be surprised how little profit there is in

it.

Trains.

Trains are always a challenge.

Yes, I imagine it would be.

Unless, of course, they're dropped on your doorstep.

Now, don't be embarrassed, Mr. Calhoun.

Your behavior under the circumstances was quite logical.

Mr. Calhoun, what's happening?

Well, obviously, that water tank didn't just happen to be dry.

It was all part of a plan, hoping that we would do just exactly what we did do.

Well, why don't we just leave?

That's what.

My good right hand, Michael.

And here are two others.

Dink.

And pops.

more, but they're occupied just at the moment.

Before you break your arm patting yourself on your back, I think it's only

that I tell you there's nothing on that train worth stealing.

Well, I can't agree with you there, Mr. Calhoun.

Right now, I'm looking at a half million dollars.

It's in Duncan's Mill. The train passed through there on schedule.

But it didn't turn off at Atkinson's Forge. Now, that means it's got to be

somewhere between Duncan's Mill and Scalp Lock. Right?

Right. Well, it probably stole.

Right? Right.

I mean, maybe it had engine trouble or... Could have been the hotbox.

Hey, you ran out of water.

No, there's a water tank between here and Duncan's Mill.

Yeah, but Ben would have made that stop and then continued on here. There

weren't any more scheduled stops between that tank and here. But since the train

didn't get here, I think we ought to go there, right?

Right.

Just try not to think about it, Dink.

The young lady has promised to Mr. Schofield here, remember?

You'd better keep a closer watch on your property, Mr. Schofield.

I can't vouch for the character of some of the men around me.

Yes, indeed, Dink.

We not only have us a money fool, but a couple of eye fools as well.

Or do you have first claim on the young lady's charms, Mr.

Callum?

I've tried never to hijack my way into a lady's affections.

To your old daddy and his money.

To tell you the honest truth, my dad said more than once I'm not worth a plug

nickel.

And he'd be glad to be shut of me.

Somehow I don't see him laying out a half a million dollars just to get me

Then I would have gone to a lot of trouble for nothing.

Maybe if you changed it to 10 ,000, something more reasonable.

You're too modest, Billy Joe.

Besides, the figure's already been set, and Daddy has his instructions.

I've given him 48 hours to scratch it up.

It seems you've taken an awful lot for granted up here.

Not only the money, but the train as well.

Oh, I pride myself on being thorough.

Since I saw to it that you couldn't get water in one place, I knew you had to

get it somewhere else.

Where else could you go?

And right on schedule, too.

Schedules have been upset before.

Or you're expecting someone.

I can just hear the wheels turning in your head, Mr. Calhoun.

Yes, you're figuring that when your train doesn't show up in scalp lock, The

good folks will start scurrying around like chickens in the proverbial

looking for it.

And that sooner or later they'll follow the tracks up here looking for it.

And you know what they'll find when they get here?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

It'd be a little difficult making an 80 -ton train disappear, wouldn't it?

I expected you to say that.

Because, you know, that's just exactly what's happened.

Right down to the last flower bud in that teakwood car of yours.

Dry. Bone dry.

That's never happened before.

Our train's never been this late before either.

Find something?

Yeah, cinders.

Well, that proves the train was here. And recently, the wind hasn't had a

to blow them away.

Well, if the train couldn't get water and we know it didn't backtrack to

Duncan's Mill, where'd it go from here?

I don't know.

But it has to follow the tracks, and that's what we'll do.

Now, aren't you going to say anything?

Where's that fireman and engineer?

Oh, you mustn't worry about them.

They've got fewer worries than any of us.

If you kill them, I'm going to see you hang.

Mr. Calhoun, there's a rope waiting somewhere for every man jack of us.

And nobody's worried about hanging twice.

You'd do well to remember that.

Took the old spur, Barnabas.

How do you know?

Well, our tracks are clear.

These rust flakes were dislodged from the old tracks.

Where's that spur lead to?

An old mining town named Glory. It's about a mile up.

Well, there's one consolation.

Least we know the train hasn't left the tracks so far.

Let's go.

appetite, Mr. Calhoun?

Something seems to have spoiled it.

Well, I suppose it's some time since you had a supper of salt pork.

I can't even remember when.

Then I always enjoyed dinner.

Pleasant surroundings.

Pleasant people.

And not having to change my fork for a six gun every time a twig snaps behind

back.

Oh, Mr. Lamphere?

Mr. Lamphere, weren't there people still living in this town?

Oh.

A couple of old coots, but they couldn't... They

couldn't take orders.

This probably comes from living alone so much, wouldn't you say?

Well, Mr. Calhoun, have you...

Figure out yet what happened to your train?

No.

Been too busy trying to figure out what's going to happen to all of us.

You mean I haven't explained that?

Why you'll all stay here, as my guess, until Billy Joe's daddy drops off the

money at Wolf Point.

Then, well, then I guess we'll just go our separate ways.

Me a little richer and you a little wiser.

And suppose he can't raise a half million dollars.

Oh, now, now, let's not ruin dinner thinking about that.

More coffee, Billy Joe?

No, thank you.

This will do just fine.

There'd be plenty of signs if the train left the track.

Now, let's go.

How many?

Two. They're pretty close.

Now, remember.

They leave here as dumb as they came in or they don't leave.

Everybody out.

Dink, hurt him in there.

No train in sight.

Every inch of track this side of Duncan's Mill has been covered.

Well, let's see if we can rouse somebody. There's somebody to rouse.

Hinton, fire.

First one scratches his ear wrong, blow Billy Joe's head off.

He brings just as much dead as kicking.

Everybody got that?

You've made your point. You're very sensible.

Pops, you come with me. Dink, keep that rifle ready.

Give me that bottle.

You don't find any answers out of a bottle.

The next time you're thinking of offering me a ride in your private car,

bother. Come on, get.

You two.

Evening. Evening.

My name's Tarrant. This is Barnabas Rogers.

We don't get many callers up here.

You fellas lost or something?

No. A train might be, though.

Say, I wonder if we might back up to your fire a spell.

In the dining room.

Step right up.

Now, what's all this about the train?

Well, it's overdue at Scalp Lock.

We thought it might have come up here.

No, Pops.

I'm sure we'd seen it. You know, that'd be a big event in this town.

You the only people up here?

Yeah, just me and Pops.

Everybody else come to their senses and move down the hill.

I was just too stubborn for our own good, Pops.

You know, every morning we wake up and we think, by jingles, this is going to

it. Today we're going to find ourselves another glory hole.

Yeah, I guess between us bops, we covered about every foot of this

You know, the trouble is, most of the big strikes you hear about, oh, they

about by accident.

Some dang fool drops his pick or his mule stumbles and there's color.

Sure wish it happened to us.

You ain't never seen a rifle like that before, boy?

You don't usually see them cocked.

If that fell down, it could go off.

Oh, that's a rat exterminator. You know, when them big fellas stick their heads

out, you've got to be ready for them right now.

Well,

we best be getting on.

Thanks for the use of your fire.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Can't take it with you.

Now, if I see a train running around lost anywhere, I'll sure send it right

home.

Yeah, thanks a lot.

Best to let your horses find their own way down that hill. It gets pretty black

in that canyon of the night.

Thanks.

And mine.

We won't make a good time going back. Be set up before we get to Scout Block.

Ain't no more miners than we are, Barnabas. See their clothes? Neither one

them's done a day's work in years.

What are they, then?

Train robbers, for one thing. That was Ben's special brandy at the end of the

bar.

Mr. Calhoun's here. Where's the train?

Couldn't spread out wings.

I don't know, but there's got to be some answers in that hotel. Come on.

If I'm not back in 20 minutes, get a posse from Scout Block.

Where's Nochi, senor?

If you would like to stay here, please check in at the desk.

Inside. Then I said, if I see a lost train running around anywhere, I'll sure

send it right on home.

They were prowling around.

What'd you expect to find?

Billy Joe?

You forget this?

He took it from me.

Pops, over here.

Michael, it's time.

You better leave and pick up the money.

Right. You're wasting your time. I told you, my daddy won't pay.

If daddy doesn't pay... You'll kill us all.

Oh, I've taken the possibility of non -payment, however remote, into

consideration.

Your train gets us there, Mr. Calhoun.

We'll all take a nice long ride together.

Hostages. Until I get where I'm going.

Then you'll all be corpses.

I wonder why you left this, Mr. Calhoun.

Bonfire brandy, expressly bottled for Ben Calhoun, President B .P .S. and D.

Scalplock.

My, you do live well.

Special brand, well -tailored clothes, beautiful woman.

Why have I lived like that? You know, that just might go to my head.

And I've got a hunch it'd go to your head a little faster than it would to

anyone else's.

Now, it appears I'm going to have to put you folks up for the night.

Any further abuse of my hospitality and this bottle will go to your head.

It won't be long, Dink.

We'll be getting shaved in the barbershop of some big, fancy hotel.

Maybe New Orleans.

Have you ever been to New Orleans, Mr. Calhoun?

Many times.

Oh, that's right. I forgot.

You're used to the easy life, aren't you?

No, it hasn't been an easy life.

In fact, I could probably match hard knocks with you.

The only difference between us is when the going got really tough, I didn't

to a gun.

Good for you.

Now, there's a man that readily adjusts to his environment.

You know, I had better accommodations planned for you upstairs, but after that

stunt with the bottle, I can't afford to take any chances.

I can imagine a man in your position couldn't afford to trust many people.

It's to keep Michael from running off with all the money.

Oh, he's thought about it.

But he also gets a very cold feeling right here every time he thinks about

He knows I'd catch him and cut his heart out.

Well, no, just as soon as he gets back.

Schofield should have dropped that money off about an hour ago.

What about Dave and the boy here?

About in town, knew where they were going and just what the procedure was to

Well, I admit they didn't figure in my original plans, but that's part of the

business, the unexpected.

You just have to make do.

Now, I'll have a lot of miles between this hole and me before I have any more

visitors drop in.

Dig it.

I'm going to check around.

If the needle rises, shoot.

And with my blessing.

Anything happen yet?

Just waiting, dear.

That's the worst part.

The worst part is that we've run out of brandy.

You ever try facing a situation without a drink?

We're going to have to do something.

He'll get us all killed.

Wait until the money comes.

But you've been so certain all along that your father wasn't going to come up

with the money.

Well, I'd like to believe that he would.

You always get ready.

Barnes, get up and stroke that fire. It's getting cold in here.

You stay right where you are.

You stoke the fire, Calvin.

On the eight arms.

Thank you. Haven't got the prints.

The next one that moves, shoot him. You understand?

Just so you won't have too much to think about, I'll take one of these with me.

Leave her alone.

Don't push your luck.

The price is the same for you, dead as alive.

Thank you, Billy Joe.

Please don't try anything more. He needs it.

That's right, Calhoun.

The lady's with me.

My, oh, my, isn't that beautiful?

Ever see anything so downright fascinating?

Easy, Dink. Now, he'll all have plenty of time to finger it.

Ah, you see, Billy Joe, your old daddy thinks pretty highly of you after all.

Yeah, I see it.

I didn't think I meant that much to him.

He's a little late. It's too bad you didn't think as much of yourself as he

That's enough talk. We got it. Let's get out of here.

Oh, there's still a few odds and ends to clean up, Dink. I feel I owe these good

people an explanation.

And as bad as you hate to say it, you're going to have to kill us, huh?

Oh, I don't want to appear boastful, but, you know, I'm rather proud of the

this has turned out.

And it just wouldn't be fair to the men that helped me to leave any loose ends.

Dink, get the girl.

Well, Mr. Calhoun, have you figured out yet how we got your train into the mine?

Took a section out of the main spur, put it on the mine spur, ran the train in

the mine, and that was that.

That's good. Very good.

Now I'll put the track back on the main line, and nobody will be the wiser.

Then put us in the train, blow the mine shut, and nobody will ever know.

You know, Calhoun, we should work together. You know, our minds run on the

channel.

I find that a rather discouraging thought.

Well, this may come as a surprise to you.

When that mine blows, you're going to be alive in there.

Pops, move him out.

Well, I gotta hand it to you, Eve.

Or whatever your name is.

I really thought you cared for me.

For the first time in my life, I thought that... I meant something to somebody.

I'm sorry, Billy Joe.

I really am.

It had nothing to do with you personally.

Why didn't you show your true colors when we first got here?

I had an understanding with Victor that if the money didn't

show up or if something else went wrong, then you wouldn't be any wiser and

I could still be Mrs.

Billy Joe Schofield with all the benefits and privileges pertaining

All right, Billy Joe.

Move along.

Victor.

Victor, do we have... Yes.

No witnesses.

But you got what you wanted.

I intend to keep it.

Now, don't tell me you've gone soft on the kid.

He showed a lot more... a lot more character under pressure than I ever

credit for.

Well, your share of a half million dollars will ease your conscience.

You'll get over it.

I used plenty of dynamite. I want to see that whole face come down.

Bring him in.

You ready with that dynamite?

I think it's very nice of you to come down and see us off.

Oh, I give every detail my personal attention.

Let's go.

Go down this side.

You up?

Outside. Victor.

Victor, no.

You quit or she dies.

Drop it, Lampert!

You all right, Dave?

Yeah.

Barnett!

These men out there, get them digging.

You value your life. You won't look up.

Billy Joe.

I know what this sounds like, but I'm awful glad you're not hurt.

She means that.

She tried to stop Lampier inside.

Yeah.

Well, maybe you learned something, too.

Come on over here and help me dig.

Thanks, Mr. Calloway.

The experience was almost worth all that money.

You all right?

Yep. You?

I used to come out all right.

How are you at digging?