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Gina...

how dumb can a fellow be?

I was beginning to think you weren't gonna come.

Dawson's been hanging around the Silver Dollar

all evening just watching me.

It's almost as if he knew.

How could he?

Nobody's gonna tell him I'd come back here.

He'll find out sooner or later.

That marshal's batch, he scares people so badly

they'll tell him anything.

Darling...

how long?

Couple of weeks,

a month at the most.

Last letter I got from Slim Sherman

says the job is ready and waiting for me.

Then why can't I go with you now?

I could keep on working in Laramie.

No, Gina, we get married.

I want you all to myself.

I don't want to share you with those saloon hounds.

How dumb can a fellow be?

Do you think you've ever had to share me...

even all the time you were away?

In prison, honey,

don't be afraid to say it.

It's nothing to be proud of,

but I've paid and I'm square with the world.

I'm starting all over again from scratch.

We are starting from scratch.

Please, Gil,

make it soon.

[ door creaking ]

Gina!

We're here, Lila.

Gina, you and Gil are gonna have to get out of here.

Why, what's wrong?

It's Dawson.

He came over to the Silver Dollar

right after you left.

He didn't believe me when I told him

you went home sick.

He went right over the rooming house.

Oh, no.

Gil, you've got to take her out of here.

I've taken... I'm gonna take off him.

No, you can't fight him.

You know what happened the last time.

He's not gonna throw me in jail again.

But he doesn't want to, don't you understand?

He's just looking for an excuse to kill you.

That's just what I've got.

No, Al, please don't.

It isn't his fault, I asked him to come back.

We had a deal.

You swore you'd never see him again.

What do you mean, deal?

How do you think you got that parole?

If it hadn't been for me,

you'd still be sweating out your time.

What kind of deal?

What do you think?

You're out of jail, aren't you?

Well, let it go at that.

Gina.

Now get out of here, will you?

He ain't going nowhere.

You can't hold me.

There's no law says I can't come back to Cheyenne.

The law says no ex-con can pack a gun.

As far as I'm concerned...

it's self-defense.

Run, Gil.

[ gunshot ]

Gina!

She grabbed my arm.

I couldn't shake her loose.

You killed her.

No, it was an accident.

Keep away.

Haven't got enough slugs in that gun to stop me now.

I can see him!

He's in here!

Get --

There's nothing you can do for her now, Gil.

She is just covering for me, wasn't she?

They wasn't any deal.

No.

Only a promise never to see you again...

and she couldn't even keep it.

Now get out of here, will you?

No!

No, Gil, no.

He's got too many men outside.

There's a backdoor, now go on.

Go on! Go!

All right, Martin, come on out.

He's gone.

Pike, stay here.

Check the back.

The rest of you go around the outside.

I'd hate to see a nice girl like you

get herself in a jam...

but you shouldn't have helped that killer get away.

He didn't.

The killer is still here.

How can you say that?

I was here myself.

Gina and Gil were arguing.

All of a sudden, he blows up...

and before I can stop him,

he pulls his gun and kills her.

I saw the whole thing with my own eyes.

I've got eyes too, Al.

But they're not exactly seeing clear.

You know that temper of Gil's,

it's what sent him to prison in the first place.

You sent him to prison.

You sent him up deliberately

when you told Pike to get fresh with Gina,

you knew Gil would beat him up.

Well, it seems to me you're a lot smarter

than you're making out right now, Lila.

You ought to know wild guesses

don't hold water in a court of law.

Especially...

when you are the law, I suppose.

That's just what I mean.

So if you want to stay here in Cheyenne

and if you want to stay healthy enough

to get anyplace else,

you better go along with what the law says.

Are you listening?

Yeah, I'm listening.

Good.

Because the law says Gil Martin killed Gina.

When I bring him in,

when I put him up in the front of a judge and jury,

I'm gonna expect you to be a real citizen...

to respect the law,

to obey it

and back it up all the way.

You still listening?

Lila?

Yes, Al,

whatever you say, Al.

Well...

because that's just what I want you to say

when I bring him in.

And don't think I won't.

Gina.

No, Twink, you can't come with us.

A circus is no place for a little fawn like you.

They got lions and tigers.

You just about make them one good mouthful.

Besides, we'll be back tomorrow.

I'd like to take you, Twink,

but you know Aunt Daisy would never stand for it.

DAISY: Mike!

Coming, Aunt Daisy.

Are you all ready?

Uh-huh.

You didn't forget to pack your toothbrush, did you?

No.Good.

Here, would you please take that

and this out to the buckboard?

I'll be out in just a minute.

Slim, this is for your supper.

I know you like beef stew.

All you have to do is heat it up.

Slim?

Slim?Yeah?

Your supper, it's all ready.

Thanks, Daisy.

I don't see why you insist on laying this floor today,

all alone.

Jess will be back tomorrow,

you could do it in half the time.

What is so world-shaking?

You haven't taken your nose out of that newspaper all morning.

I'm sorry, Daisy.

I've been reading the story about Gil Martin.

I read it a half a dozen times and I can't believe it.

Gil Martin?

Oh, yes, that friend you told me about,

that you wanted to give a job to.

That's right.

I've been wondering why I haven't heard from him.

Murder?

Well,

your friend certainly has his share of trouble.

I haven't seen Gil Martin since the war

but he's not the murderering kind.

He wouldn't do anything like that.

Just doesn't add up.

According to Marshal Dawson,

at the height of the quarrel,

Martin suddenly drew a gun and shot the helpless girl.

This was verified by an eyewitness to the crime

Miss Lila Stevens, close friend of the victim.

Gina and he were gonna get married.

That's why he wanted the job,

to come out here and settle down.

I'm afraid he won't do much settling down.

Whole territory will be looking for him.

Well, that's last Thursday's paper.

Probably got him by now.

Hmm.

Well, come and say goodbye to Mike.

You've scarcely spoken to him all morning.

Wish him a good time.

Mike, Daisy, have a good time.

We will, goodbye.

Goodbye.

[ hammering ]

[ neighing ]

Hold it right there, Slim.

Gil.

I didn't think you'd remember.

You gone loco or something?

Easy.

Put that iron down.

Not till I'm sure.

What do you got to be sure about with me?

I'm not here about that job, Slim.

Yeah, I know.

I get the newspapers out here.

You believe it?

Spells it out pretty clear.

I didn't do it.

I didn't kill her.

Now put that gun down.

Let's talk about it.

Hey, you look like

you could stand a good supper.

Yeah, a week's worth.

Years worth of sleep.

If you didn't think you could trust me,

why did you come out here?

No place else to go.

I'm gonna tell you one thing, Gil,

I'm not gonna hide or protect you from the law.

I didn't kill her, Slim.

I'm listening.

It was Al Dawson, he did it.

Dawson? The marshal?

Dawson was ready to gun me down

and Gina tried to stop him.

She got it instead.

Paper says there was an eyewitness

Lila Stevens.

She says you did it.

No, she is lying.

Dawson is making her lie, he's got her scared to death.

Oh, then she wasn't even there.

No, she was there all right.

She saw the whole thing

the way it really happened.

She even helped me get away.

But she couldn't stand up to Dawson all by herself.

Nobody can.

Nobody can scare a judge and a jury,

not even a marshal.

What makes you think I'd ever see a judge or jury?

If Dawson catches up to me, the only trial I'm liable to get

is under a tree someplace with a rope

around my neck.

Or if I'm lucky, he'd do it fast,

just gun me down for resisting arrest.

He's on my back, Slim.

My horse broke down a couple hours ago.

I can't make it if you don't help me.

How?

Give you another horse so you can keep on running?

No, Gil, that's not gonna work either.

The whole territory is looking for you

and sooner or later you're gonna be caught.

If I find Lila first, I still got a chance.

You think she's here?

She left Cheyenne, she's hiding out someplace

around Laramie.

I've got to find her and make her tell the truth.

She's the only one that can clear me.

Or hang you.

That's what you really think,

I'm just here to shut her up.

Well, that's what some folks are gonna think.

I'm putting it up to you, Slim.

Do you believe me or not?

I believe you, Gil.

Thanks, Slim.

But I'm not gonna help you

as long as the law is after you.

Now you turn yourself in, I'll do everything I can.

Turn myself in?

I'm telling you, Dawson will never--

Surrender yourself to Sheriff Corey right here

in Laramie, he'll protect you.

No!

You'll be safer inside, Gil.

I'll be trapped.

Outside you'll be dead.

Well, there's one thing sure,

I'm taking Dawson with me.

I'm gonna take you in, Gil, for your own good.

I thought you was my friend.

I'm sorry, Slim.

Sorry,

but it was the best way to wake you up.

Who are you?

Dawson is the name, Al Dawson.

Oh.

Do you know me?

Yeah, you're the marshal of Cheyenne, aren't you?

Yeah.

What happened here?

You have an accident?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I fell against the stove.

Cracked my head.

Oh.

Well, then it's a lucky thing we stopped by.

You might have been lying there all night.

Are you sure you're all right?

Oh, yeah, I'm fine.

Thanks for your trouble.

Well, that's no trouble at all, Sherman.

I want to talk to you anyway.

Oh.

I got your name from this.

That badge doesn't give you the right

to go through people's pockets.

This badge gives me the right to do anything I want.

To nail a fugitive from justice.

Fugitive?

Now let's stop playing games, Sherman.

You know why I'm here.

I'm looking for a friend of yours, Gil Martin.

Who said he was a friend of mine?

You did.

I saw that letter you sent him,

offering him a job when he got out of prison.

And I suppose you looked around.

You found him?

Yeah, we saw him.

Up in the hills only about

20 minutes ago,

on a fresh horse.

We winged him, knocked him off

but we couldn't find him in the dark.

What's that got to do with me?

The horse had your brand.

Then he must have stole it while I was unconscious.

Well, that was real convenient for him...

you being unconscious like that.

Of course, you would be in the clear

if he had come in and slugged you

but you did say it was an accident,

didn't you?

Yeah.

What do you mean in the clear?

We spot him coming from your ranch

on your horse and he is a friend of yours.

Marshal, found these in the back bedroom.

They are Martin's.

Well, just about wraps it up.

You're under arrest, Sherman.

On what charge?

Aiding and abetting a fugitive.

You can't prove it.

Suspicion will do for now.

You gonna come easy or are you figuring

on resisting arrest?

As one peace officer to another,

I demand your fullest cooperation, sheriff.

Conspiring to help a fugitive evade justice

is as bad a crime as--

I don't need you to tell me the law, marshal.

Thank you just the same.

Then do your job, lock him up.

How about it, Slim?

Anything more to say of yourself?

I've said it all, Mort.

I didn't help Gil Martin escape.

It's his word against mine.

That's right, Dawson.

It's like it's Gil's word against yours

how Gina Ross was killed.

What do you know about it?

Just what I read in the newspapers.

Then you read there was a witness.

That's right.

A scared girl.

On second thought, sheriff,

I want to take Sherman back with me.

Why?

I'm not getting any cooperation out of you

and my prisoner will be safer in Cheyenne.

Oh, I think this jail is about as safe

as anything you've got.

Anyway, since you brought Slim in here,

prefer charges against him here,

he's my prisoner now.

Oh, now wait a minute, Mort.

Sorry, Slim, like the marshal says,

I have got a job to do.

You're under arrest.

Come on.

Anything happens to him, sheriff.

Don't you worry now, marshal,

I'll take good care of him.

You go on about your business of catching Martin.

Just one thing though, since I'm letting you

look for him here in my territory,

I figure I'm just extending a professional courtesy,

not a license to kill.

Sherman do any talking about Martin?

No.

But he'll be coming to Laramie

if he's not here already.

That don't make sense.

Seems like to me he'd lose himself in the Badlands.

You think he's gonna find Lila Stevens

sitting on a rock out in the middle of nowhere?

Now what do you want with her?

She is his only witness.

Shut her up and he's got a chance of weaseling out.

How do you know she's here?

After she disappeared, I checked all the stages

out of Cheyenne.

She wasn't on any heading east.

Then all we got to do is find her,

wait for Martin to show up.

Yeah, more or less.

Pool the rest of the men in town.

We're gonna set up a little hunting party.

[ knock on door ]

Open up, will you, honey?

It's me Rose.

Look, I don't mind sharing my room with you, Lila,

but when you keep locking me out.

I'm sorry.

It's just that I saw Dawson.

I was afraid it was one of his men.

Okay.Okay.

Well, there's your supper.

Had to do some fast talking down at the hash house

to get him to let me take the tray.

Thanks, Rose.

Believe me, I do appreciate this.

Well, appreciate it 85 cents worth.

Oh, sure.

What's the matter?

Your vaccination still bothering you?

Just a little bit.

Well, that doc and his crazy ideas.

Half the town's got sore arms.

Me, I'd rather have smallpox.

Say, honey,

how long do you figure on staying here?

Well, I don't know, Rose.

There you are, 85 cents.

Well, you know, Lila...

my rent's due tomorrow

and seeing how you figure on--

Yes, I don't think

I'll be here much longer.

I don't have much money left.

Say, isn't that the prettiest bracelet.

Why, I never noticed that before.

Bet it's solid gold, huh?

Yes, it is.

Never saw anything so pretty in my entire life.

Sure wish I had one like it.

Rose.

Rose, this is worth much more

than my share of the rent.

Well, now who said anything about that?

Of course, things have changed a little.

I found out who that fellow

you're hiding from really is.

You never told me he was a federal marshal.

I didn't think it would make any difference.

Oh, honey,

do you know what could happen to me

if they found out I was hiding you?

I could go to jail.

But nobody knows I'm here but you.

Sure, honey,

and don't you worry your pretty little head,

I'll try awful hard to keep from letting it slip out.

Such a pretty little thing.

Rose.

Would you--

would you like to wear it for a while?

Would I?

Well, now aren't you the sweetest.

But no, no, I couldn't.

No, please.

I'd like you to have it.

Well, well, now if you insist.

But it's just a loan, mind you,

I won't have it any other way.

Of course.

Guess I better be getting back to the factory.

Oh, wait till the girls see this.

Now you relax, honey, and don't worry.

Your old friend Rose

will take real good care of you.

At least I can say one thing,

you serve a better meal than I figured.

Oh, come on, Slim.

You know, I had to lock you up.

The way Dawson looked at you

when you talked about that girl's murder,

I was afraid he'd kill you

if he ever got you out of here alone.

So you do think there's something

to Gil Martin's story.

It's not for me to say.

Fraternal loyalty.

You all stick together.

I wouldn't count on it.

Sure Dawson's a rough one all right.

He keeps a real tight rein

but still I never hear anything dishonest about him.

This isn't a question of honesty, Mort.

It's a man's feelings.

Tell us he can trigger someone

into doing almost anything.

Yes, I suppose.

Sure hate to be in Martin's shoes right now.

Even if he did kill Gina Ross,

don't you think he's entitled to a trial?

You know the answer to that.

You honestly believe that Dawson is gonna see

that he gets one?

It's not my jurisdiction.

But Martin is someplace in this territory.

If you can find him first and bring him in,

at least he'll have a chance for a trial.

Slim, I can't interfere with Dawson,

this is his business.

It's my business too, Mort.

Dawson's got me in here on charges of aiding a fugitive.

I need Gil Martin to clear myself.

You do, don't you?

All right, Mort, I'll take over.

Get yourself some supper.

Thanks, Jerry.

You think Martin's somewhere in Laramie?

Or coming.

And I'm sure Dawson thinks so too.

If you want anything, just call Jerry.

Thanks, Mort.

I'll be a little later than usual tonight, Jerry.

Going to have a look around town.

Take your time, Mort.

All right, I'll try that.

Your move, Sherman.

Oh.

Oh, that's a break.

You got me all tied up.

I guess I didn't see that one.

That kind of wrecks my game.

I'm getting kind of sleepy, Jerry,

think I'll go to bed.

Sure.

Anything you want?

No, I'm fine.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

[ knocking ]

Slim, down here.

Gil, what are you trying to do?

Get yourself killed?

Dawson's in town.

I know.

I'm sorry, Slim,

I didn't mean to get you into this mess.

Forget that.

You just turn yourself in.

Go thorough those front doors,

tell that deputy who you are,

you'll be safe in here.

I got to find Lila first.

Are you hit bad?

One of Dawson's men.

You got to give yourself up.

You don't stand a chance in that condition.

I don't stand a chance without Lila.

You got to help me.

Help you?

Can't even help myself in here.

I'll get you out of here, Slim,

if you swear to help me find Lila.

Nothing doing, Gil, I'm over my head now.

Please, Slim,

I can't make it without you.

Gil, will you give yourself up?

No.

I've got to find Lila,

she is the only one that can clear me.

Gil!Slim, I'm dead.

I'm dead if you don't help me now.

You set that fire?

Yeah.

But don't worry about it, it's just a haystack,

but it's enough to keep everybody busy.

You need to move fast.

Gil. Gil, wait.

So this jail is good as any I've got, huh?

So you're gonna take good care of Sherman, huh?

I'll say you took care of him almost as good

as if he were your own brother.

Now hold on, Dawson.

If you're saying I let him go--

I'm saying you didn't do your job.

Now I've got two fugitives on my hands.

I'll take care of Sherman.

You'll take care of nobody.

I'm doing this my way

and my men have their orders,

shoot on sight.

Not in Laramie, they won't.

Don't bother reading the whole thing,

just look at the signature.

Your own mayor,

promising me all the cooperation I want.

You are getting cooperation.

Not the kind I want.

Dawson, your kind means two useless killings

and I know the mayor would never hold still

for anything like that.

You saw what he said.

Now I'm gonna go hear him say it.

Steger.

Now it's getting late.

Be a shame if that two-bit sheriff

woke the mayor up.

Sure would.

Take a couple men.

All right.

Marshal, ain't it kind of risky

moving in somebody else's territory?

Only risky if there's a chance

you can't get away with it.

We got nobody to stop us now.

We've got all night to squeeze this town.

Squeeze it so hard that Sherman and Martin

will pop right in our hands.

Slim.

We got to keep moving.

Dawson's men are all over the place.

I got to rest a minute.

There's a doctor's office only about a hundred yards

from here.

I got to find Lila first.

Look, I'll stay here.

You get her, bring her here to me, huh?

How can I get her?

I don't even know what she looks like.

She is kind of small,

light hair, kind of pretty.

She's gonna have to keep till I get you to the doc.

Come on.

Lila Stevens is in real danger.

Martin's a desperate man.

If he finds her, he'll kill her.

That's why I ask you all here.

I need your help.

Now think, think hard.

Have you seen anyone answering her description?

Have you seen any strange girls at all?

Her life is in your hands.

You.

She worked in a saloon in Cheyenne.

Chances are, she'll try to do it here too.

Do you know of any new girls looking for jobs?

How about you?

Nope.

I haven't seen her.

All right, you can all go on back to your own places now.

In fact, you've been a big help.

Say, can I open up now?

No, not till I find Lila Stevens.

And you girls can tell that to your bosses too.

Got the town sewed up tight.

The men are working their way through it now.

What about the sheriff?

Steger's got him in cold storage.

All right,

keep moving.

I'll be in here if you turn up anything.

You sure are mighty anxious

to find this Stevens kid, ain't you?

Yeah.

It looks like I'm gonna have to do it myself.

First time ever I saw women who wouldn't talk.

Usually they chatter like a bunch of magpies.

A little bird seed might have helped.

You never said nothing about any kind of reward.

Well, there ain't none...

but I might throw in 50 bucks

out of my own pocket.

You do mean bird seed, don't you?

Now wait a minute.

Are any of you holding out on me?

Well, not that I know of

but we might try thinking a little harder.

Now if you don't mind,

will you please let me go?

Oh, I'm sorry.

This business has got me kind of crazy.

Sit down, have a drink.

I've got work to do.

Well, I'm your only customer, ain't I?

Come on.

Here.

Drink up,

and let's me and you get acquainted.

I don't like it.

I don't like it a bit.

Won't you be able to get the bullet out?

I'm not talking about the bullet,

I'm talking about waking me up

in the middle of the night for something like this.

Well, you're a doctor, aren't you?

This man needs help.

Yeah, as I see it, this man got what he deserves.

He's the man that marshal's after, isn't he?

Gil Martin?

Yeah, that's right.

And you are helping him?

He's a friend of mine.

Nobody's friend gets them into a mess like this.

And I don't appreciate anybody dragging me

into it either.

I could get into a pot of trouble.

Not if you report it.

I thought you had some brains.

[ knock on door ]

Could be some of Dawson's men.

You better hope it's just some kid with the croup.

[ knock on door ]

What's the matter?

Belly ache or too much whisky?

We're looking for a couple of men.

One of them was hurt.

You wouldn't be treating a patient in there, would you?

I'm working on my experiments.

Well, then you don't mind

if I take a look just to be sure.

Wait a minute.

You know what's in here?

Smallpox cultures.

If you get too close, you're liable to catch it...

unless you've been vaccinated.

Have you?

Everybody in town's supposed to be.

Well, we just got here from Cheyenne.

Well, then you are in trouble.

I better do it right away.

There may still be time.

What do you mean, vaccinated?

Vaccinated. You may be contaminated.

Come on in here, all you,

shuck off all your clothes.

Everything you've got on.

We'll have to burn them.

Well, come on.

Never mind.

Thanks, doc.

Now I got as many brains as you have.

More, or you wouldn't be in the fix you're in.

Well, don't worry about these,

these just some flower seeds I'm trying to sprout.

Well, let's go and see

if we can save your friend's life.

Well, I've had a lot of chances

to move on to bigger things you understand,

but a girl can't be too careful, you think.

She's got to watch out for the company she keeps.

Well, it seems to me you keep fine company...

especially if you can get presents like that.

Gentleman from Louisiana gave it to me.

Marshal...

there's nothing so far.

We checked the north and the west end of town.

Drop it. Call the men in.

Call the men?

You're not gonna look for that girl anymore?

I don't have to... because you are gonna tell me where she is.

Me?

This bracelet belonged to Lila Stevens.

She had it less than a week ago.

Now you must have got it from her.

Enough of that eyewash about that gentleman

from Louisiana.

Just talk to me about Lila Stevens.

He's got the constitution of an ox.

Couldn't be anything else to stand up

to what he's gone through.

Then he is going to be all right?

Well, that depends on how you see it.

Looks to me like I just kept him alive

to see him hung.

He says he's innocent, doc.

We've been trying to find the witness

that can clear him.

Well, I'll tell you one thing.

He won't be doing much for a while.

How long will he be that way?

well, til morning anyway.

And after that, he won't have the strength to crawl,

much less run around looking for anybody.

That leaves it up to me to find that girl.

And I don't even know what she looks like.

Hey, doc,

those smallpox vaccinations,

did you give them to everybody in town?

I sure did.

Tried to stop an epidemic before it got started.

What about the people that just arrived,

say in last week?

Yeah, we got them too.

We practically dragged them off the stages

when they came in.

Do you keep a record?

Oh, we've got to.

Where is it? Can I see it?

Oh, I suppose so.

It's outside in my desk.

I don't see what good it'll do you.

See, if she did come to Laramie,

you must have vaccinated her.

Now think back, do you remember a young girl?

Gil said she was pretty, had light hair.

At my age it doesn't pay to look at girls' faces.

If I weren't a doctor, I wouldn't bother

look at them at all.

Let me see here.

You say she came in during the last week?

Yeah, that's right.

Well, here they all are.

You know, if she's running away,

she's probably not using her real name.

Lily Smith.

I thought you said Lila Stevens.

Yeah, but if she changed her name.

Yeah, it's close enough.

Great Western Hotel, room 204.

Thanks, doc.

Wait a minute.

What about him?

Well, I can't take him with me now.

It figures.

I'm stuck with him.

Boy, you sure complain a lot, don't you?

Pike, stay here.

Keep an eye open.

Mort...

what happened?

I can't swear to it but so help me,

it was a couple of Dawson's men.

Came up behind me and laid me out.

Next thing I know I'm in here.

I think Dawson has found the girl

that Gil Martin said could clear him.

Oh, where?

Right here at the Great Western.

I saw Dawson go inside.

To protect her or shut her up?

That's what I'd like to know.

Come on, let's find out.

Dawson's got a man outside.

I don't care if he's got the whole 7th Cavalry.

Well, wait.

If we didn't surprise them, they wouldn't find out

what we want to know, too.

You're right.

See you on the second floor, 204.

It's up front on the corner.

Here we go.

Why, Al?

Why did you have to come after me?

Why can't you leave me alone?

Because I didn't trust you.

But I told them what you said, every word.

And then you ran out.

Why does it have to be like this, Al?

I know it wasn't your fault,

it was an accident.

You didn't mean to kill Gina

and I backed you up, Al.

It was Gil.

He killed Gina.

No.

I loved her.

I'd never hurt her, not for one minute.

It was Gil I tell you.

If it hadn't been for him,

she'd have never gotten away.

Just like it always was, Gil gets into trouble

and she stands up for him.

And I was always hanging around the outside,

like a dog waiting to get patted,

get my ears scratched.

She always kept going to him.

She...

she was in love with him.

Why?

What was the matter with me?

Wasn't I good enough for her?

Wasn't I man enough?

Look at me, Lila, look at me.

You could love me, couldn't you, Lila?

No, please!

Come on, Lila,

there's nobody in the whole world like me.

Nobody stronger, nobody--

Let me go, Al!

Yeah.

What's the good?

I could take you...

like this.

But it wouldn't make no difference, would it?

No difference at all.

Al, please, Al.

I'd never come back.

Nobody, nobody would ever know.

That's right, Lila, nobody.

You can't.

They'd know you did it.

How?

Gil Martin is in town looking for you,

just to shut you up.

SLIM: Dawson!Al, please, no!

You can stop running now, Lila.

Slim, we've got to keep him alive.

Go get the doctor.

Goodbye, Slim.

Thank you.

Everything will work out, Lila.

You go back to Cheyenne and try to forget.

Trying is one thing, Slim,

forgetting is something else.

Did you see Gil before he left Laramie?

Yes, I did.

He, uh-- he said he'd come see me

as soon as he could travel.

Oh, that's fine.

He's still in love with Gina.

A man can love a memory for just so long, Lila.

Then he'll be looking for something to love back.

You be patient.

We're ready to roll, Slim.

All right, take it away.