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What do you think?

It could be, Cass. He's riding a good horse.

Fancy saddle.

Tailor-made clothes.

With a fat wallet in his pocket, too, I'll wager.

[ horse neighing ]

[ gunshot ]

It's a fair country piece of riding.

You know who that was?

Walt Douglas.

Well, if he's a friend of yours,

he ain't gonna be one no more.

He was the one that sent me down

from that stage driving job.

Now why should that bother you?

Didn't think you liked working.

No man talks to me the way he did.

Then you'd better ease up, boy, save your energy.

Appears to me like you're gonna need it,

unless we can get something in Laramie.

I'll settle up with him one of these days.

Sure you will.

I got a bit of cause to give you a hand myself.

How you doing, tiger?

All finished. Oh, no.

You ain't finished till that rag comes out of there good and clean.

Well, the first time I shoot it, it'll get dirty again.

Do I have to clean it between shots?

If you're gonna go deer hunting with me,

you're gonna go with a clean rifle.

All right?

Better listen to him, Mike.

Remember the last time we went deer hunting,

you got that real big one?

It came close to 3 pounds dressed.

Kind of tasted like jackrabbit, now that I think back.

All right, Mr. Sherman, would you care to make a bet?

[ horse approaching ]

Well, we got company.

Looks like Walt Douglas.

Hello, Mr. Douglas.

Jess, Slim.

You're a long way from Sheridan.

Good to see you.

Mike and I were planning a hunting trip.

If you're troubleshooting and looking for help...

I can use some help, all right.

But it's not stage line business.

It's personal.

Come on in the house, Daisy will be glad to see you.

DOUGLAS: I don't know for certain

if she's alive or dead.

She left home right after her mother died

and I've been looking for her ever since.

Well, that was over a year ago.

Oh, that picture was taken of Alicia

on her 20th birthday.

She's a beautiful girl.

I got the word that somebody

who looks like her was seen around here.

I haven't seen her.

I don't know, maybe somebody in town has.

She's all I have left that means anything.

I'm not going to stop looking until I know there's no hope.

Mr. Douglas, why don't you stay here with us?

Slim and Jess will help you look.

No, thanks, Mrs. Cooper.

I think I'll take a room in the hotel in Laramie.

It'll be easier.

Well, at least you can stay for supper.

There's a better part of the day left,

I think I'd better go into town.

Thanks anyway, Slim.

Well, you drop back, if you learn anything.

If I learn anything good.

I wonder if he'll ever find her.

Not the daughter he's looking for, Slim.

She's gone.

What do you mean she's gone?

You knew her?

I know her, Daisy.

Take my word for it, that girl on that picture

he's carrying is gone.

All right, Jess, come on, let's have it.

She calls herself Leona.

There ain't much need for her last name.

Where'd you know her?

Right here in Laramie.

What?

She works at Ben Dooley's.

Well, that should say it, shouldn't it?

He'd be better off if he never finds her.

Now that's not for you or anybody but him to decide.

Slim, you know I got nothing against saloon girls,

but this one's 100% no good.

She's got no use for working cowboys,

nor them for her.

Most of her friends are drifters or hard cases.

She takes pleasure in finding out

just how low she can get.

But he should be told where she is.

How you gonna tell him where she is

without telling him what she is? What are you gonna say?

Mr. Douglas, I got some news for you, your daughter's a--

DAISY: Jess.

Well, it seems to me a simple way is to see Alicia--

Leona and tell her that her father's here

and looking for her.

He's gonna show her picture around.

Somebody's bound to recognize her.

Why don't you stay out of it, Slim?

Seems to me if a man's got to be hurt it

shouldn't be a friend doing the hurting.

I'll see Alicia first.

Her name's Leona.

I didn't tell you where I was going,

'cause I didn't know myself.

When I saw you downstairs I knew my luck was changing.

Sure is about time.

You've changed, too.

Here's to your new name...

Leona.

I like it.

I'm kind of partial to it myself.

You know, when I was riding into Laramie

today I ran into,

well, a certain relative of yours.

My father?

Mm-hmm.

He fired me, you know?

For helping me run away?

It's just like him.

No, I don't think he ever did find out about that.

Claimed I stole from him.

He blackballed me from every stage line in the territory.

Did you steal from him?

Twice.

What's he doing around here anyway?

Is he still looking for you?

I don't know, but if he is--

[ knocking on door ]

Whoever it is, you send him away.

Miss Douglas.

I'm busy, cowboy.

I'd like to talk to you, alone.

I told you I'm busy.

You heard the lady.

Now move along.

I think you'd be interested in what I have to say.

Something wrong with your ears, cowboy?Oh, forget it, Cass.

All right, what is it?

Your father's in town.

He's looking for you.

You tell him I don't want to see him ever.

You tell him that.

And you tell him if he comes near me I'll shoot him.

Now you tell him that, too.

I don't know what's between you two but--

It's none of your business what's between us.

Run along, cowboy, and deliver the lady's message.

Miss Douglas--

What does he do?

Pay you to beat up my friends?

Are you all right?

I will be when I put a bullet in him.

[ knocking on door ]

Slim, come on in.

Mr. Douglas.

What are you doing in town?

You heard something about Alicia?

I think the best thing for you to do is

to stop looking for her.

What are you talking about?

I'm telling you as a friend.

You know where she is.

Tell me.

If she's in Laramie, I'll find her myself.

Mr. Douglas...

MORT: Slim.

Where you been?

I've been looking for you.

Walt Douglas is in town.

That cowboy just--

Forget Douglas and that cowboy.

Now what are you more interested in, them,

that piece of lace you met or some cool cash?

What?

There's a mining payroll due in tomorrow.

It's gonna be kept over at the stage office.

What do you want first?

Cash or revenge?

Now how am I supposed to stop a man from seeing his own daughter?

I'm telling you, Mort, she's just liable to shoot him if he gets near her.

Ah, you think he'll give her that chance?

Well, at least you can have a talk with him.

He don't even know where to find her.

No, but it's just a matter of time till he does.

All right, let's go look for him.

[ gunshot ]

I'll take that.

I told you I'd shoot him if he came near me.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Douglas,

but I can't release your daughter.

And that's all there is to it.

She tried to kill you.

No. No, she didn't.

I tell you she was as close to me as you are.

If she really meant to kill me she couldn't have missed.

I have to enforce the law the way I see it.

She won't tell me, maybe you will.

Why did she shoot you?

If I knew that, I might be of some help to her

at the hearing.

I won't press charges.

You don't have to, I'll do that.

She broke the law in Laramie, Mr. Douglas.

Nobody does that and gets away with it if I can help it.

Sorry.

See, Mort, with a woman in jail here,

it might be quite a problem.

Now don't you start on me, Slim.Now wait a minute.

This is partly my fault.

Why don't you let me take her out to the ranch with me?

You know, protective custody?

Daisy could look after her until the hearing.

Sheriff, please.

Couldn't you do it that way?

Alicia...

this is Mrs. Cooper.

How do you do, Alicia?

I don't like to be called that.

Please come in.

I'll help you get settled.

Come on.

What did you bring her here for?

I couldn't leave her in jail. Why not?

That's where she's gonna wind up anyway.

It'll only be for a few days.

She'll probably be gone by the time you get back

with that venison you've been threatening to bring us.

All right, don't blame yourself, Slim.

I'm sorry.

I just tried to do what was right,

and it turned out to be wrong, that's all. Could happen to anybody.

Well, thanks, you're a great help.

All right, good luck, partner.

I'll see you when I get back.

[ knocking on door ]

I brought you some hot water.

I thought you might like to clean up a little.

Now I could put up with all of this a lot better

if everybody would stop trying to be so nice to me.

Well, we'd like to treat you like a guest

while you're here.

If you'll let us.

I'm not a guest.

I'm a prisoner, and we both know why.

I tried to kill my father.

Well, I'd like--

I'd like to be left alone if that's all right.

Well, of course, it's all right.

I-- I'll call you when supper is ready.

Oh, you haven't eaten a thing.

For some reason I'm not hungry.

My father used to say that the world

always seemed a little better when you looked at it with a full stomach.

Slim, would you care for some more?

No, thanks, Daisy.

I can still have room for that apple pie

I see over there.

Mmm.

[ knocking on door ]

Well, I wonder who that is at this hour.

Whoever it is, it's pretty good timing.

You know, if I didn't know better

I'd think it was Jess.

He can smell your apple pie 2 miles away, upwind.

Well, Mr. Douglas.

Good evening, Slim.

I thought the doc told you to stay in bed.

May I come in?

Sure.

Mr. Douglas, have you had supper?

Yes, thank you.

Alicia, I came to talk to you.

No!

What are you trying to do to me?

Now wait a minute.

Your stupid tricks aren't gonna work.

A prisoner has some rights.

Don't talk to Slim like that.

Coming here was my idea, not his.

Honey, if you just listen to me...

[ door slams ]

Come on, sit down. Over here.

Getting a little shaky, son, thank you.

Looks like the wound's opened up.

Yeah, it'll have to be re-bandaged.

Help him get his shirt off.

All right, Daisy.

Okay, take it easy.

I shouldn't have come out here, I guess.

But I didn't know what else to do.

I had to see her.

You didn't do yourself any good riding all this way.

It didn't do Alicia any good either.

It's a long time since I have.

It doesn't look like anyone of us can help her.

I can't buy that, Slim.

I've got to go on trying.

You may find this hard to believe,

but she's got some pretty good reasons

for doing the thing she's done.

For trying to kill her own father?

She didn't try to kill me, Slim, I told you that.

This doesn't hurt as bad as finding her

in that saloon did.

Well, I can understand that, too.

Perhaps you always understood

too much about everything.

Or maybe you didn't start soon enough.

I'm not a man who asks for advice often.

But I sure need some now.

Slim, do you remember meeting my wife?

Yeah, long time ago.

I remember she was quite a beautiful woman.

She was a good woman, too.

And, well, she had a very hard time having Alicia.

She was afraid to have any more children,

and I wanted a son.

We had one.

He didn't make it.

Only lived a few hours.

She never forgave me.

Did Alicia know about this?

No, she was too young then.

Later there was no point in telling her.

Since that day I was never able to touch my wife again,

emotionally or any other way.

There was nothing left, no love, warmth, friendliness,

just hate.

She hated me until the day she died.

And she taught her daughter to do the same.

I don't know.

Maybe she did.

I tried to stay as close to Alicia

as I could when she was growing up.

I don't think she started hating me

until her mother died.

She blames me for her death,

and from her point of view she's right.

What about your point of view?

When I met another woman I'd like to have spent

the rest of my life with, Alicia was grown.

I think I could have made her understand,

but I never got the chance.

When I told her mother I wanted a divorce

she started screaming.

She followed me out of the house,

across the street.

She was still screaming when a wagon

came around the corner and killed her.

Oh.

Did Alicia see this?

She saw and she heard.

She left right after the funeral.

I didn't find her until yesterday.

She's got to hear what you just told us.

Even if we have to tie her in a chair to listen.

Most likely that's what we'll have to do

probably have to tie a hankerchief over her mouth, too,

but not tonight.

Well, we've got room in the bunkhouse.

We better get you to bed.

I'll feel stronger tomorrow.

I'd better.

Oh, thank you both for listening.

Just a minute, I want to get you an extra comforter.

It's cold tonight.

We can't be sure this place will be any easier

to knock over than that people in town.

We don't know how many are in there.

We're gonna find out.

That girlfriend of yours on the inside

is gonna be a big help.

Well, there's no argument there.

Let's go.

You stay here, Sherman knows you.

I'll let you know when I'm ready.

Evening.

[ horse approaching ]

Sorry to bother you at this hour,

but I lost my way.

You mind if I step down?

Not at all.

Where are you headed?Laramie, I thought.

As far as I know now I could be pointed toward Canada.

Laramie's that way.

Oh.

I'm much obliged to you.

I reckon I should've known

better than try to make it in the dark.

Oh, it's a clear road all the way,

you shouldn't have any trouble.

Some hot coffee inside if you like.

Well, thank you kindly.

Hey, could I bother you for some water for my horse?

Help yourself.

Trough's right over there.

I really hate to keep bothering you,

but would you mind raising your hands real high?

[ whistling ]

What are you doing?

You put that gun down.

You stand over there.

If this is a hold-up, you're wasting your time.

I wouldn't exactly say that.

Remember me, cowboy?

You're going to quite a bit of trouble

to get back at me, aren't you?

And Mr. Douglas, too.

Doggone if this just isn't one of my nights.

Let's go inside.

Come on.

Come on, get in there.

ALICIA: You forgot I had friends, didn't you?

Well, they didn't forget me.

You better believe we didn't, honey.

Friends?

Alicia, do you know that this man robbed--

ALICIA: You get away from me.

Turn loose the gun.

Leave her alone, Willard, she ain't gonna shoot nobody.

Look, me and you better understand each other.

See, I'll be giving the orders,

and you taking them, all right?

Now maybe you were gonna shoot your dad and maybe not.

But considering you did it once we can't take chances.

You see, he's worth a whole lot more to us alive.

Now if everybody would just take a seat.

What do you two want?

You heard him.

Sit down.

You, too.

You watch 'em.

I'll check the other rooms.

Now don't you worry about a thing, honey.

Everything's gonna be all right.

You and your friend,

you didn't come here for me, did you?

Well, sure, we did.

Of course while we're here, we're gonna pick up a little folding money.

Your daddy here's gonna help us.

So is that cowpuncher over there.

I wouldn't count on it.

I'm afraid you'll have to.

You see, we'll be taking the mining payroll off the stage

when it comes through here tomorrow.

What mining payroll?

What are you talking about?

Don't act smart, boy.

It don't look right on you.

You'll get up when I tell you to.

Try it any other time

and I'll bend this over your head.

Who are you?

I'm Mrs. Cooper.

You, uh, live here?

Yes.

Tell you what, Miss Cooper,

if you want to keep right on living just stay out of the way.

Hey, uh, Cass, what do you think?

Your girlfriend gonna make any more trouble for us?

Oh, you don't need to worry about her.

You're with us, ain't you, honey?

Yeah.

What do you want me to do?

Nothing right now.

Look, Willard, if that's your name,

if you're right about that mining payroll,

it's bound to be guarded pretty good.

And you and your friend are gonna find yourselves outgunned.

You don't say.

Well, the way I got it figured there'll be no shooting at all.

A big man here from the stage line

is gonna tell the guards

there has been a change of plans.

And the payroll gets unloaded right here.

'Cause you're gonna sign for it.

You think so? Yeah, I do.

'Cause if these people here are friends of yours,

you'll do just what I tell you.

Now you wouldn't want to be

the cause of somebody getting hurt,

or maybe killed.

Now do you, Mr. Douglas?

I'll settle with you.

Well, that's a fine way for a man

to talk about his future son-in-law.

Alicia...

All right,

you go in one of them rooms.

You take this extra gun.

If she gives you any trouble, you shoot her.

Now we'll just settle down and wait.

Why don't you get up and brew us a pot of coffee?

It'll give you something to do.

Fill her up.

Black, hot and strong keeps a man wide awake

and on his toes.

You know, if you pull this thing off,

the law is bound to catch up with you.

Well, how do you figure that?

The stage line doesn't take kindly on being robbed.

They're gonna put a big price on your head.

That's just a chance we'll have to take.

You figured out things pretty good, huh?

We try to.

You planning on leaving any witnesses?

Sherman,

I'm in the business of taking money, not lives.

Now you do what you're told to

and nobody will even get so much as a scratch.

Now listen,

you could make me change my mind about killing, boy.

You could do that real easy.

I'd be glad to take care of that for you, Willard.

Go to the barn and get some rope.

Now listen,

I'm gonna do you a big favor.

I'm gonna tie you up so I don't have to shoot you.

You won't shoot me.

You need me alive.

Stop that--don't.

Now listen...

I got short changed on patience,

and you're fast making it run out.

What happened out there?

Your friend Sherman must have tried to be brave.

They're tying them up.

No.

Now there's nothing you can do.

Now you just sit down or go to sleep or do something.

It'd be easier on both of us.

You're right.

I can't do anything out there.

I may be able to do something in here.

Well, if you have a lecture in mind

you might as well save your breath.

No lecture, Leona, just a few facts.

First of all, you must realize

your friends can't afford to leave anyone

behind to identify them.

Oh, don't be ridiculous.

I'm being practical.

If I were in their business I'm sure I'd be very careful not to.

You're wasting your time, Mrs. Cooper. Perhaps.

But it's my time to waste what little I have left of it.

You don't owe Slim or me anything,

but your own father's life is involved.

My father.

Well, I couldn't kill him, but if my friends do,

it'll be what he deserves.

For what?

For killing my mother.

He didn't.Well, you weren't there.

No, and I wasn't there when your little brother died,

but I know about it.

What are you talking about?

You were just a little girl

when your mother had another child, a boy.

Your father wanted a son.

He didn't survive.

Your mother blamed your father,

and after that there was never anything between them but hate,

at least on her part.

That's a lie!

I don't think it is, Alicia.

Think back.

Did you ever see any affection

between your father and your mother?

Did she ever--Will you stop it?

Did she ever say a kind word to him

or for him that you remember?

Oh, you learned hate from your mother, not love.

And you've been trying to learn love all by yourself

in that saloon.

It isn't working, is it?

Will you leave me alone?

[ screaming ]

Hold it, Douglas.

What now?

Get out of here.

Anymore trouble out of you

and I'll forget that you're a sweet little lady.

They're blading me to set the place on fire between them.

Now you see they stay apart, you hear?

Now wait a minute, Willard.

You're the one who put them together, not me.

Cass, you take care of your girlfriend.

Now the rest of you, you sit unless I say otherwise.

Or so help me, I'll think of a way

to take that money without your help.

Amazing what a good meal will do for a man's disposition.

I don't call a cup of coffee much of a meal.

You'll have plenty of time to eat afterwards,

after we transact our business with the stage.

Hey, uh, you scramble mighty good eggs, Leona.

Fill it up, honey.

Hey, you ain't so talkative this morning.

You feeling all right?

I feel fine.

Sorry about last night.

Must've been tired.

It won't happen again.

Good.

[ wagon approaching ]

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the waiting's about over.

They're coming.

Cass, don't you get rattled, boy.

I'm counting on you.

Now don't you worry about me, Willard.

With half that payroll I know just what to do.

Good, now get out there.

You stay put.

All right, one wrong move from you

and she gets the first lug.

Both of you, over by the door.

Now you remember this,

this Cass is after your daughter.

You see, I've got no such problem.

You try to cross me up,

and she won't live to know about it.

Now get out of here.

Ho! Ho!

Morning, Slim.

Howdy, Matt.

Mr. Douglas, what are you doing clear out here?

I'll take care of the team, you help Mr. Douglas.

Routine check, Philips.

Get that payroll shipment down.

I'll give you a signed receipt for it.

I ain't got the payroll, Mr. Douglas.

I promised the Medicine Bow mining people

I'd have it here for them.

It's coming out on a special run, sir.

No passengers, just the guards.

When will they be here so we can--

Well, it's due today.

Yes, sir.

It's coming through about 11 or so.

Get away from here!

That's the fastest change I've seen you make in a long time, Slim.

You trying to impress the boss?

Got to keep you on schedule.

Say, I saw Jess and Mike a few miles back.

Had a nice-looking buck, they did.

Was that so?

Yeah, they were trying to flush out some pheasant.

Well, see you on the next time around.

Yeah.

Who's Jess and Mike?

Couple of neighbors.

Willard ain't gonna like this.That wasn't our fault.

He's still ain't gonna like it.

Get inside.

Get over there.

What happened?

Nothing. Ease off.

Tell me!

The money is coming through on another stage

in a couple of hours.They're onto us.

No, no, they just don't want to carry it with passengers aboard.

The driver, is he onto us?

We made sure he wasn't.

You better be right.

Now sit down.

All of you.

No reason to get all riled up, Willard.

There ain't, huh?

The idea was to get the money and get it early,

and to get out of here.

The longer we wait the more chances we take.

Nothing's gonna go wrong 'cause we still got these three.

Cass.

Keep an eye on them.

What's wrong, Willard?

You know what's wrong.

I don't like this waiting.

Willard sure is jumpy.

This will be all over soon.

Yeah.

Are you beginning to wonder about him, too?

Maybe he feels the way the other one obviously does.

What are you yapping about?

It's nothing. Go on.

Tell him how his friend acted a little while ago.

You got something to say, you come out straight with it.

Your partner doesn't consider Leona

quite as much a part of things as you do.

What did he do?

He treated her like one of us.

Maybe he doesn't plan for her to leave with you.

When we went out to the stage he swore he'd kill my daughter if I tried anything.

Did he bother you?

No, he was just upset about the way things were going.

You three are as plain as a wart on a nose.

Now what if he does decide not to take her?

What would you do about it?

Cowboy, I don't like you.

I owe you something, so you shut up or you're gonna collect on it right now.

You won't shoot me.

And you don't have the guts to do it any other way.

[ door opens ]

Cass, get the horses.

I want them ready when we need them.

You're lucky, cowboy.

Did I interrupt something?

You pulling some kind of stunt, like trying to split us?

Cass forgot to ask you

if you meant two horses or three.

Sherman, you know we can pull this thing off

without your help.

Now what Cass does with her is his own business.

Willard, stagecoach is coming.

All right, just like before.

Ho! Ho!

Well, howdy, Slim.

Got an extra run today.

Yeah, I heard.

Matt came through a while ago.

You know Mr. Douglas.

Sure.

Checking up on us, sir?

We got three of the finest rifle shots

in the territory with us today.

Taking no chances with this cargo.

A mighty big load off my mind. I'll bet.

Surprised though, not one try at it from anybody.

You were lucky.

All right, here's your receipt--

Now just a minute, Mr. Douglas.

Pardon me, Slim.

Hmm, like I thought, you're missing one zero.

That's supposed to be 15,000 not 1,500.

Glad you caught that.

Station master would've torn into me pretty good.

Probably would've remembered it yourself and come on back.

I don't know.

Well, I'll just turn around now.

Thanks for saving us the full trip.

Hyah!

It wasn't deliberate, was it, making that mistake?

Ease off, Cass.

Well, Willard, it went smooth as milk.

You get the saddle bags, hurl it up.

Right.

Take that box in the house.

Come on.

That's all of it.

More money than I've ever seen.

Honey, we're gonna live.

Hurry with those straps.

Alicia!

You keep it on chair.Listen to me, Alicia.

Listen, we've got the money. Can't we leave?

Come on now, Willard.

Ain't got no hard feelings about anybody,

not even that cowboy.

Come on, let's go.

We ain't gonna leave no witnesses.

Cass, you can't let him!

Shut up and get over there!

Hold on now.Keep out of this!

He's alive.

Well, can tell by looking at you two,

the hearing went the way you wanted.Yes, it did, Slim.

Thanks to the sheriff, Alicia's parole in my custody.

Oh, that is wonderful.

It's the way I hoped it would happen.

I baked a pie for the occasion.

Come on in and tell us all about it.

No, thanks, Mrs. Cooper.

I'm not leaving this rig until I get home.

Then I'm going to sleep for 6 months.

All right, Mr. Douglas.

Leona.

It's Alicia again, Mr. Harper.

Well, that's good.

It's a nice name.

I like Leona myself.

Oh, Mike.

I don't know how to thank you all,

but, well, I know things are going to work out

for Dad and me, together.

I know they will.

Of course, they will, but you must have patience.

Give it time.

Let's go.

All right, driver.

Well, Slim, I don't reckon

we'll have to worry about anymore outlaws

messing with our shipments.

Not after the way you handled them.

Well, you know, I did have quite a bit of luck, too, Jess.

Yeah, well, I guess that's what heroes are made of,

part luck and part plain foolishness.

What'd you say?I said foolishness.

If you would've kept your big nose out of it in the first place

probably nothing would've ever happened.

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