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Howdy. What's the name of this place?

Star.

Light burning on the high desert.

Crossroads to the Superstition Mountains and points west.

You know the territory?

Sure, I've been here 20 years.

County judge, station agent, horse trader.

Name's Bannister.

Randall, how far did the man have to travel to get on the other side of

Superstition? Lawman.

No. And what do you want in the Super Station?

Looking for a man.

Bounty hunter?

Ah.

You, uh... Ever seen this man?

No.

Never came through here.

If he ever gets up there, he'll never find you. Yeah.

Well, if you're heading for water, where would I look?

Well, you'll have to stay to the north.

The trail's not marked, but there's a red adobe canyon up there. If your

knows the country, that's where he'll head.

Much obliged.

If I was you, mister, I sure wouldn't go after it.

Yeah?

Did he give you that?

Yeah, we both caught one last night.

Well, it's your neck.

Why don't you leave this here, so if anyone comes by, I can warn them about

this.

Miss Collins.

Yeah, you keep it.

I remember what he looks like.

I took a shortcut.

I didn't know how fast you'd travel.

I want to try to talk you out of this. What?

Because I don't want to have to come looking for you later.

You may not be a greenhorn, but this is not your country, mister.

What's this Collins done that makes him worth dying for?

Well, he killed a sheriff and blew a bank vault in a town called Cleary. You

sure? That's 50 miles to the south.

So it happened, mister.

Look, Bannister, what do you really want here?

I told you.

Don't go ahead with this. Next time, Collins may be lucky.

He, uh... Friend of yours?

Relative? I don't know.

Maybe my son.

I thought it was dead, but that poster... And, uh... Well, uh,

what if he is your son?

If he is, then I'll be against you.

I see.

I'm not sure, Mr. Jody. I'm not sure at all.

Is that your boy's name, Jody?

Three years ago, the army wrote me that Jody was killed on a mission down in

Juarez.

They couldn't recognize the body, so maybe they were wrong. But I do know one

thing. Jody would never turn to crime.

Not much.

Don't make light of this.

Not hardly.

What makes you think he's still alive?

Just my faith, mister.

All right, let's say this man is your son now.

You got any idea where he might go?

Well, there's a cabin up in Adobe Canyon, a cabin we built for hunting

years ago.

If it is Jody and if he's in trouble, he might hide there.

If I go along with you and show you the way, and if it turns out to be Jody,

will you give him a break?

What do you mean, a break?

I mean let him walk back without trouble.

Give him that chance either way.

Kind of careless letting me get this close.

How do you know it's even Collins?

I've been trailing that horse a long time before I met you, mister.

If he's my son, I don't want him killed.

Even if he isn't your son, I don't want him killed.

Wait a minute.

Let me call to him.

If it is Jody, maybe I can get him to come out to me.

Listen, Bannister, he's killed three men already. He wouldn't mind making it

four.

I'm well aware of that. Mr. Randolph.

Nobody gonna tell me.

Never saw him before in my life.

Didn't get away with a single dollar, did he?

I guess not.

That bullet's gonna have to come out of there. Are you with the knife?

I've had some practice.

Get me the bottle out of my saddlebag.

Bandage him up.

Listen.

What are you... You're gonna live a little bit longer.

What are you planning to travel?

You'll be ready to go first thing in the morning.

Won't you?

How'd you find this place?

Retardive, right?

One more day would have saved us both a lot of trouble.

Could have just buried you.

Well, things kind of work themselves out, don't they, Randall? Now, you don't

have to watch me. I don't have to watch you.

Better watch those horses.

Put them in the corral.

And what?

The Apaches. They get the chance, they'll run them off.

I'll spell you in a couple of hours.

All right.

You, uh, better get some rest.

If I were you, I'd take off that gun belt.

You know...

Just in case of a tie.

And, uh, the elevator's reached here.

Don't worry, Jody, your pa's right here.

All right, go ahead.

You bought it?

How'd you hear him coming up? I knew.

Now you try and get some rest, Jody, because tomorrow you're going to need

Paul?

Why wait until then?

What do you mean?

Well, just no reason to hang around here, that's all.

What about Randall?

What about him?

Oh, no. I don't want him hurt.

Jody, why did you do all this?

Well, I was scared, Pa.

More scared than all my life.

All right, son.

I ran away from the fight and down in Juarez.

I left my papers on another man down there.

And then...

When the army pulled out, I... Well, I joined up with three deserters.

Why didn't you come home?

I was a fool, Pa.

I know that.

I know I was.

Then they... They talked me into robbing a bank with them.

Then it was too late to come back.

Until tomorrow morning.

I'll think of something.

For?

I never killed a man.

I believe you, Jody.

What are you looking at?

Sort of lucky to find this place for somebody who's never been up here

wouldn't you say so?

What difference does it make? He's here now.

Step down and watch over those horses. It's about 4 a .m. I'd like to get out

here before dawn.

I can't ride with this arm.

You rode in with it, didn't you?

So you're real sure of yourself?

I don't know.

Better to always give the other fella the edge of it.

Get me out of here, Randall.

Give me a gun! The Patsy's are still in the horses!

The old man never killed an Indian, Randall! Get me out of here! Give me a

Bannister, you all right?

The Patsy's, four of them.

I didn't even hear a sound until it was too late.

Look where they go.

Forget it. It's like looking for shadows.

We're lucky to have one horse left.

Only one horse.

Them still on the prowl would be foolish to try to get out of these mountains.

Even without a wounded man.

What do you suggest?

I can say with Collins, you go back to my place and get some horses.

You ought to make it there and back day, day and a half.

If that don't make sense, you come up with a better idea.

Makes sense.

Where'd you get him? There were no Apaches, boy.

Paul, there was Apaches. No, I didn't tell you because I wanted you to play it

natural. I scattered the horses myself, scratched my head on a rock.

We're getting out of here, boy. Randall won't be back here for a day and a half.

Give me a gun now. You got another gun?

Take it easy, son.

Got a long ride ahead of us.

Ride where?

Mexican border.

By the time Randall gets back, that's where you'll be.

You came through, Paul.

I only did what I had to do. No more.

When we get you safe, I'll come back and turn myself in.

Why, Paul?

Nobody knows.

I know.

Where's Amy going for a while, Bannister? Would have worked too if the

hadn't given it away.

You know, when you started yelling how your father felt about Indians.

How are you going to know how a stranger feels about Indians?

Back away from the table, boy.

Kill him.

Kill him now.

You lied to me, boy.

Come on, Paul, give me the gun.

You're going back.

The least I can do is bury.

Signed and sealed, Mr. Randall.

Take that to the Marshal and Cleary, you'll collect your reward.

Yeah.

Look, Mr. Bannister, I feel like I'm kind of in the middle over this.

The boy was a killer.

I believe if I were in your place, I would have done the same thing.

I wonder.

Well, they'll never hear it from me that he was your son or how he died.

Don't worry, Mr. Randall.

My boy died three years ago.