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I'd take you with me if I could.

You must go?

Oh, Rosie, you know I have to.

Another man would say, let them come to me.

That wouldn't be right.

For Aaron Winters, no.

Why you take that one?

It will not shoot.

It looks as if it could,

if you don't get too close to it,

and I'm not expecting any trouble any way.

No trouble? There are Indians in the mountains.

Outlaws.

I don't imagine they're gonna waste much time

on a broken down rancher

riding in a broken down wagon.

Besides, if they do,

I've got this.

I won't have to use it, Rosie,

so you can quit worrying.

Five long days to Bellemont.

Five days till you come home again,

but I'm not to worry.

You know I don't like leaving you here alone.

Will they thank you when you give them the money?

It's not a matter of thanks.

I owe a bill.

It has to be paid.

You are such a stubborn man.

You knew that when you married me.

I think that is why I married you.

Go now.

Go quickly.

Rosie,

I'll tell you what I'll do.

When I'm up in Bellemont,

I'll try and find a man I can hire

to help me work on the ranch,

someone I can trust.

And that way, you can always have somebody around

you can count on, too.

That's what we need around this place,

is another man.

It should be our son.

Your son.

Now, Rosie, don't start that.

If I had given you a son,

you wouldn't have to go on this journey.

Please!

Forgive me.

Forgive you?

I'll deliver this in Bellemont,

and I'll find a hired hand

and I'll be back before you hardly know I'm gone.

I will not even miss you.

Aaron!

Be careful.

Vaya con dios.

[Horses snorting]

Good morning, ma'am.

Good morning.

We're, uh--

well, we happened to see your place

from up in the hills.

We thought, maybe--

well, see, we're kind of out of where with all to pay for it,

but we could sure use a meal.

I will get you something.

It will only take a minute.

She ain't very hospitable, is she?

I wonder why not.

She's scared.

Nice, friendly fellas like us.

Oh, I didn't fool her a bit.

She knows what we're up to.

Like what?

Well, you're gonna rob her, aren't you?

Why would we want to do that?

Now, I'll do all the talking from here on in.

Well, now. Look at this.

Well, you're a life saver, ma'am. That's what you are.

I hope you like lemonade.

Well, I like mine with a little whiskey in it.

If you'll just take it.

We don't have any whiskey.

Mr. Winters is not a drinking man.

Mr. Winters-- would that be your husband?

Yes, Aaron Winters.

Aaron Winters, seems like I've heard that name somewhere.

Hey, wait a minute.

That's the one discovered the Borax mines in death valley.

Was in all the papers.

That's right. I remember.

He must have made a lot of money on that.

I'd like to meet a famous man like him.

He's away right now.

Away? Where?

He had to drive up to Bellemont.

Belle-- ooh, that's a far trip, ain't it?

Must have been awfully important business.

Man go all that way, leave his wife alone.

Jeb.

What's eating you?

We better get moving, huh?

We've been riding and riding. We're from Kansas.

I thought I'd find a gold mine in Nevada.

Sure didn't turn out that way.

There's plenty of work around.

He's not the "work for a living" kind, ma'am.

I could've been.

Yeah, and I could've been rich like Aaron Winters, but I ain't.

See, my little brother talks too much, ma'am.

But he'll grow out of that.

Come on, let's go.

Thanks for the lemonade, Ms. Winters,

it was sure fine.

Put a slug right through his wishbone.

If you do, we'll just have a runaway team to chase.

Now you're getting smart.

That'd be too much like having to work

for what we can get a lot easier.

You know, you don't even know if he's got anything we can use.

Well, we know who he is.

We know he's going to Bellemont

on big important business.

We know he's rich, so he's our mate.

Yeah, if I was Mr. Winters, that's what I'd do.

What?

Well, there's a lot of dry country

between here and Bellemont.

Find me a waterhole somewhere.

Let my horses fill up on it.

Then I'd start up about sunrise.

You talk just like you could read his mind.

Well, you could too, if you had been in the business

as long as I have.

Circle around and come back to where he camps.

Are you just gonna gun him down cold?

You are so anxious

to keep Mr. Aaron Winters alive.

Supposing you can go back to the lady

to give you the good lemonade, huh?

Well, you do your job like I tell you to,

and nobody will get hurt.

Come on.

[Man] Help! Help!

[Gunshot]

All right, Mr. Winters.

Drop it.

Well, then you go ahead and hold onto it.

Jeff, don't!

Simmer, boy!

If you don't quit forgetting who's running this deal,

I am gonna cut you down to size.

Mr. Aaron Winters.

Man that found Borax in Death Valley.

What do you want from me?

I'll start with what you've got under your coat, there.

You take it easy.

I'm taking this to a man at Bellemont.

He'll be waiting for it.

Sure is gonna have a long, long wait.

You're just a kid.

[Gunshot]

You don't give up, do you?

Not when a man's got something I want.

What about you, boy, what do you want?

See another man get killed?

He'll get used to that.

I'll take that load off of you.

Not while I'm able to give you an argument, you won't

I set out to deliver this to Bellemont.

That's what I am to do.

Jeb, you can't!

Get out of my way!

Get over there.

Something here belongs to me.

Huh, you crazy old coot.

Hey, Billy, take a look at that.

That's your kind of gun, Billy.

I'm gonna give it to you.

It's all barrel and no shoot.

You hear me, Billy?

I'm talking to you, Billy.

When I talk to you, you listen.

Leave the boy alone.

Get on your feet.

Give me your gun.

Gently.

Is he dead?

He's dead.

That leaves just you.

He was my brother.

I heard him call you "little brother."

What are you gonna do now?

Take you in.

Where?

The nearest jail is in Bellemont,

and that's where I'm headed.

Grab hold of him.

You want to leave him here for the buzzards and coyotes?

Put him in the wagon.

Sit down.

I said, sit down.

Give me your boot.

Give me your boot.

The other boot.

[Hammering with pistol]

You stopped your brother from killing me.

I owe you a debt.

I pay my debts.

I don't know how fast you can run

without heels on your boots,

but I'll tell you something,

you can't outrun a bullet.

Now, you're gonna walk about 20 feet

ahead of them horses.

And by-and-by, we'll get to Bellemont.

It must be a hundred miles to Bellemont.

Only about half that far, the shortcut we'll take

through the Badlands.

Now, get up.

Start walking, son.

What'd you call me?

Never mind.

Start walking.

That's far enough.

You keep that distance ahead of that team.

No more. No less.

Whoa.

Billy!

Billy Slade.

Come on back here.

Feet hurt?

Want to quit?

I'd like to be up on the wagon with you.

We'll get to that in a minute.

How bad did you want to be an outlaw?

I didn't.

What do you plan to do when you get out of jail?

I don't know.

Except one thing. What?

I don't want to live or die the way my brother did.

Climb up.

I'll let you ride the rest of the way

now that we sweated the meanness out of you.

Folks still living?

No, sir.

No home to go to?

No, sir.

We'll camp out tonight.

Be in Bellemont in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Winters,

did you ever get in any trouble

when you were young?

That's so long ago, I can't remember.

You don't act that old.

You mean the way I killed your brother?

You had to do that.

I'm sorry it had to happen,

but I got to get this money to Bellemont.

I know, sir.

What I owe, I pay.

You don't owe me anything.

You may think differently as time goes by.

No, sir, I won't.

He had it coming, and he got it.

I guess that's about how it goes for everybody, buddy.

If you believe that and stick to it,

you've still got a chance.

Whoa!

I'm gonna need my hands free.

Anything starts, run 'em out.

Yes, sir. Sure, Mr. Winters.

Who are you?

My name is Winters. Aaron Winters.

I have a ranch about 180 miles

down the south corner of the county.

Who are you?

Sheriff Danielson, county seat Bellemont.

And who are they?

Well, right now, they're deputized members of a posse.

We've been looking for three men

that robbed a bank over at Kiowa City.

Were you in on it?

Don't lie to me, boy.

I wouldn't lie to you.

I held their horses, that's all.

I didn't want to do that.

Where'd you run into them two?

Back down the road a way.

What happened?

I was taking some money to Bellemont.

They tried to rob me of it.

You know who they are or were?

No, Sheriff.

Well, I do.

You're the man I set out to give this to.

Why, me?

You collect the county taxes, don't you?

In-between other duties, yes.

$209.40.

Just a minute, Mr. Winters.

You mean to tell me you drove 180 miles,

fought outlaws, killed two of them,

just to pay your taxes?

I make it a rule to pay what's due

when it's due.

Well, sir, I've seen everything, now.

You'd better count it.

There's no need for that.

I'll take your word anytime for any amount.

Thank you, Sheriff.

You got more than thanks coming to you.

We'll take those two off your hands.

No need to haul them all the way into town.

I'll take a receipt if you don't mind, Sheriff.

You don't need a receipt for them two.

I mean for my taxes.

Paid as due.

Oh, all right.

You'll have to wait a few days for the reward.

Reward? What for?

Thousand dollar price tag for Jeb Slade and Stony Carter.

Dead or alive.

All right, boys. We'll get 'em out.

We'll bury 'em.

As good a place as any for their kind.

There are only two.

I wonder...

That's all that came at me, Sheriff.

Three of 'em would have been one too many.

Who's he?

He works for me down on my ranch.

He works hard, long hours,

low wages,

but he don't mind so long as it's honest work.

Do you, son?

No, sir.

No, sir. I sure don't.

All right, then. Get on home.