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♪ [ trumpet ]

A gold nugget and a six-shooter.

Like most of the West's mining towns,

Julesburg, Colorado, was a tough place.

In its heyday, it was called the "Wickedest Town in Colorado,"

and for good reason too.

You see, nothing was certain for these men who searched after gold.

Each new day might have brought

sudden wealth or sudden death.

Julesburg was a man's town, but of all its colorful stories,

perhaps the strangest of all is one about a girl--

a girl who claimed to have the power to see into the future.

People never knew her real name.

To them, she was simply...

These cards will tell your past,

these your present, and these your future.

Unless there are things you do not wish us to know.

Oh, well, I have no secrets from my friends.[ laughter ]

Go ahead, Gypsy.

What's a man gotta do to get a beer around here?

Hey, Monte.

Haven't seen you around for a couple of weeks now.

I've been doing a little prospecting on my own.

I don't wanna work for the company all my life.

Oh. Any luck?No.

Say, who's that girl over there?

She's a Gypsy.

Wandered in town three, four days ago and asked me for a job.

She tells fortunes.

Nice-looking, huh?

She sure is.

Ah.

There's a golden-haired girl who means very much to you.

Hey, that's right.

[ chuckles ] That's my girl back in Nevada.

But there is still another girl in your heart.

A dark-haired girl.

Yeah. That's Maria.

Hey. Hey, she knows everything about me.

Thanks.

Draws a nice crowd with that, uh, fortune-telling.

She'd draw a crowd just sitting there.

You mean, you know all that stuff about me just by looking at them cards?

There are no secrets from the cards.

Now your present.Never mind that.

Tell me my future.

Very well. And let us hope that fate is as kind to you as she has been in the past.

Ooh, I hope she's kinder than that.

I want to strike it rich!

We will come to that, but first...

What's the matter?

What do you see?

Well, what is it?

Something is going to happen to you.

W-Well, what do you mean, "something"?

What?

A-An accident?

Something like that?Yes.

Yes, an accident.

How bad?

I do not know. I only know that.

Tell me.I cannot tell you any more.

You know what it is? Tell me!

Let go of me, please.What did you see?

I see death.

[ gasps ]

Oh! Oh.

For crying out loud, Jannings, what's the matter with you?

What...

You've been tossing around like a ship in a storm.

I'd like to get some sleep.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You're sorry. Well, I'm tired.

Now go to sleep.[ breathing heavily ]

I can't.

What do you mean you can't?

You didn't hear about it?

About what?

You wasn't there when it happened.

I wasn't where when what happened?

At the saloon, where the Gypsy read my cards.

Well, what happened? What'd she say?

She knew everything about me, Beaver. Everything.

I get it. She embarrassed you.

No, no, that's not it at all.

Well, she told me...

Told you what?

Well, she-- she said I...

Well, she--

she-- she said I--

I'm gonna die.

Aw, come on, Jannings.

That's as old as the hills.

We're all gonna die someday. You know that.

No, that's not what she meant.

She said real soon. Now.

Use your head, Jannings.

She just makes up that stuff to get the boys, uh, scared.

To get them interested in her pitch.

It's part of her business, and you fell for it.

No, Beaver. She meant it.

Every bit of it.

I looked right into her eyes when she told me.

She was scared too.

Well, you're old enough to do your own thinking.

If you wanna believe her trash, that's your problem.

But I can tell you this:

The only way you're gonna die now

is that if you don't let me get some sleep,

then I'll kill you.

Beaver, you don't understand.

[ sighs ]

Charlie, take two of the lanterns

and light up the west stope.

Jeb, I want you to test those timbers today. Every one of them.

Sandy, you work outside here till lunchtime.

Say, Mac?Yeah?

Would you, uh, mind if I worked outside today?

What's the matter, kid? Sick?Oh, no.

I just don't feel like working inside, that's all.

Why not?

He's scared.

The Gypsy at the saloon told him he's gonna die.

Well, she knew all kinds of things about me, Mac.

Now, don't tell me you believe that hogwash.

Well, I...

Well, suppose it is true.

Suppose it's true, and I go into that mine with all them other fellas.

Well-- Well, if that mine caves in, well, they get killed too.

She's really got him spooked.

Now, look, Jannings, nobody's gonna tell you what's gonna happen.

She's a fake.Oh, no, she ain't, Mac.

She knew all kinds of things about me.All right, all right.

Look, I haven't got time to stand out here jawing about no fortune-tellers.

Come on. Go on in. Go to work.

Well, come on, get.

I told you, Mac. I ain't going in there.

What do you mean you ain't?I-- I-- I'm quitting.

Now look here. You'll quit when your work's done and not before.

Let go of me. I said I'm quitting!Now listen here!

Get away from me! I told you!Take it easy, Jannings!

Leave me alone! Leave me alone, you hear?

All of you! Stay away from me!

You all right, Mac?

They're dynamiting down that way. Stop him.

Jannings, come back here! They're blasting in there!

Jannings, come back!

I tried to stop him. He just wouldn't listen to me.

Just like the Gypsy said.

What have I done?

And you were there at the time?

I never saw nothing like it before.

Why, he was running like a crazy man one minute,

and stone dead the next, just like she said he'd be.

Mind if I join you?

Of course not.

My name is Monte Dunning. I guess you heard.

About Jannings, I mean.

It seems everyone has heard.

Now they are afraid of me, I think.

Tell me something.

Was it a coincidence, or, uh, did you really know he was gonna die?

I knew.

You really believe what you tell people, don't you?

I mean, you really do.

It is a gift.

I never had this power until my mother died.

The gift was hers. She left it to me.

You mean you can pass this on?

We were very poor like most gypsies.

There was nothing else of value she could leave me.

Well, I don't understand

why she would be poor with a gift like that--

when she knew things that would happen before they happened.

Why, if someone had that gift, they could have money, power--

Only a gadjowould say that.

A what? Gadjo.

It means one who is not Gypsy.

You see, money and power do not mean so much to us.

Well, what does mean something to you?

Oh, many things.

Happiness, freedom...

Well, money can buy an awful lot of happiness and freedom.

If you know how to use it.

But the gadjousually becomes a slave to it.

Mm. I only want to make a living.

You're doing all right.

Since that poor boy died this morning, they won't come near me.

They'll get over that.

Maybe I can stir you up a little business.

How?

Just wait here.

Hi, fellas.Hi, Monte.

Sit down.

I was just telling Bill about Jannings.

I guess that Gypsy girl really does know what's gonna happen.

Ha! I don't believe that.

Well, you heard her tell Jannings that he was gonna die, didn't you?

Yeah. But I've been thinking.

And that don't prove nothing.

If Jannings hadn't believed what she said,

he wouldn't have run off that way, and he'd still be alive.

Maybe so. But I'll bet you'd be afraid to let her tell your fortune.

[ scoffs ] Wouldn't bother me none.

Except I don't hold with such nonsense as that.

Well, if you're so brave, why don't you go on over there?

All right. All right. I will.

Come on. Let's go over and see what she has to say.

Hey, fellas, the Gypsy's gonna tell Billy's fortune.

Within the cards

are hidden all the mysteries of your life--

past, present, and even future.

[ chuckling ]

Whiskey.

Howdy, Gross.

Haven't seen you in here in quite a while.

Well, my claim keeps me pretty busy.

Did you hear about Jannings? Who?

Jannings. One of the boys out at the mine. Got killed this morning.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

The strange thing is,

the Gypsy told him, the day before, he was gonna die.

What Gypsy?The girl over there.

She told him his fortune.

You mean you-- you believe in that malarkey?

I heard her say it, and I saw Jannings die.

[ laughs ]

That ain't enough to convince me.

Maybe so, but I'll bet you'd be just as scared as Jannings

if she told you something bad was gonna happen to you.

Yeah. Well, we'll see about that.

I see gold for you. Much gold.

Well, never mind that. What else do you see?

Well, what does that mean to you?

She sees something bad.

That's the same look she had when Jannings died.

What's he talking about?

I am sorry. I see no more.

That's what it is. She sees death again. Ain't that right?

Please, I am too tired.

Wait a minute. Just a minute, lady.

Now, I paid my money. You tell me what you see.

That's death, all right.

Tell him he's wrong.

Tell him!

It is true. [ crying ]

We're gonna have to use powder.

Hey, Pa, look.

I wonder what he wants.

Howdy, Gross, Tom.

Howdy.Hello, Monte.

I just stopped by to have a talk with you about that Gypsy in town.

There ain't nothing to talk about.

She just makes that stuff up out of head.

That's what we thought until Jannings died.

[ scoffs ] Now, from what I hear, Charlie got himself killed.

Even if there was anything to it, nothing to be done about it.

Oh, now, I wouldn't say that.

You know that Gypsy kind of takes a shine to me.

So?

Well, I told her I wished there was something she could do

so you wouldn't die like Jannings did,

so she gave me this.

That's a genuine Gypsy charm.

See that bird on it?Yeah.

That's the bird of Terramora.

It has a powerful charm against harm.

Sounds like some more of her gibberish to me.

Yeah, I guess so.

Still, a man can't be too careful.

Not that I believe in this stuff, you know.

What do you want for it?

Well, considering that I'm saving your skin,

I figure it's worth a lot.

How much?

A third of your claim.

What?

You must think I'm loco.

Okay, if you don't wanna go on living.

You get going, mister,

before I show you how much good that gold piece will do

against a hunk of hot lead.

[ scoffs ] There's no sense in you running me off.

I was only trying to help, that's all.

Nice evening, isn't it?

Is that what was so important you had to see me out here right away?

Mm-hmm.

Besides, I wanted to get you away from the others.

Now, why would you want to do that?

Tell me, Gypsy,

am I about to kiss a beautiful lady?

Beautiful, maybe.

Kiss? Yes.

Now let me tell you what's gonna happen.

From now on, you and me are gonna see a whole lot more of each other.

I'll tell you another thing. By tomorrow,

all the people in this town are gonna think differently about you.

Wait and see. By tomorrow, I predict

everybody in this town's gonna believe in you.

I do not understand.

You will.

You will, my Gypsy.

Pa, wait a minute.

You want me to ride into town and pick up that report

from the assayer's office this morning?

No. You wait till this afternoon. I'll go along with you.

Okay.

[ door closes ]

[ rumbling ]

[ screaming ]

Pa!

Pa!

Pa.

I'm going to the bank, so take care of things.

Hi, Monte. Help yourself to a beer. I'll be right back.

Thanks, Pete. Hi, honey.

Oh, Monte.I got news for you.

Great news. Your prediction came true.

Gross is dead.How did it happen?

An accident. A boulder rolled down a hill and hit him.

It'll be all over town in another hour.

I did not think it would happen so soon.

Monte, I must leave this place.

Leave? What for?

There is too much death here.

Now all of them will be afraid of me.

Don't you see? That's good for us.

Now they'll all believe in you.

We can own this town-- you and me together.

What do you mean?

Well, don't you see, honey?

You tell someone they're gonna die,

then we sell them a phony charm to keep death away.

At any price we say.

That would be a curse.

Well, whatever you call it.

No.

No, I won't do it.

If I put a curse on the head of one who has done me no harm,

I will receive that curse ten times over.

That's just a silly Gypsy superstition.

You heard me foretell the death of two men.

Does that not prove it is not superstition?

Why do you laugh?

Because I saw both those deaths.

Jannings-- he died because he was stupid.

What he saw in those cards scared him so much, he caused his own death.

Perhaps. But what about the second?

I killed him.What?

I rolled a boulder right down on top of him.

Oh, no. [ shuddering breaths ]

No.

That look...

Stay away from me, please.

Now wait a minute.Go away!

Now shut up!

You are evil.

Only evil can come to you now. [ shuddering breaths ]

[ gasps ]

You think something's gonna happen to me, huh?

Well, let's find out!

Now tell me what you see in my future.

Well, come on. Let's see if that gift of yours is as great as you say it is.

Well, come on. Tell me what the cards hold for me.

This is your past.

Never mind those two.

Tell me what's in my future.

You are going to die.

Yeah? When?

Very soon.

In a week?

Sooner.

Okay. Whatever you say.

In a week, we'll know whether you're telling the truth or not.

Maybe by then, you'll see things my way.

[ gunshots ]

[ clicks ]

I found boot prints up where he--

where he pushed that boulder down on my pa.

I knew they had to be his.

I did not know until a moment ago. [ shuddering breaths ]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry too.

Gypsy stayed on in Julesburg for the rest of her life.

She married a miner there and continued to tell the fortunes

of those who still believed she had a rare gift.

It's said that many years after the death of Monte,

she foretold another death--

her own.

Next week, another true story of the old West.

See you then.