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Keep moving. Don't turn around.

Just move along nice and quiet.

You got a lot of nerve, mister,

pulling this off out in the open.

I didn't want to take any chances on losing you.

In case it hasn't sunk in yet...

you're under arrest. Inside.

It ain't no use. The sheriff's got him nailed for something.

Well, if I know Jess, he'll get out of it.

Why don't you just forget this whole thing?

I don't think this idea is gonna work anyway.

We got nothing to lose.

Jess goes along with this, we'll have another gun.

If he doesn't he'll make the best decoy you ever saw.

You tell Ray I'll see him tonight.

Now there's no use you trying to lie out of it.

This flyer's got you pegged.

You're Ray Thatcher.

Now you go ahead and deny it all you want.

I don't have to deny it.

I got all of Laramie

and half of Wyoming to prove it.

You're either just plain blind

or using your head for a hat rack, probably both.

You can't talk to me like that.

Well, looks like it's the only way anybody can talk to you.

I told you what I'm doing in Ironwood.

I showed you my papers and my identification.

What more do you want?

I want the truth.

You wouldn't know the truth

if it was spelled out in letters a mile high.

See old man Benson?

Yeah.

His story checks out.

He said he took delivery of 10 horses

from a fellow named Jess Harper.

But that don't prove that he's Harper.

You should have brought Benson back with you

and had him identify him proper like.

He wouldn't come.

Said he had no time for such foolishness.

Foolishness?

If you want him identified, you got to take him out there.

I'm ready whenever you are.

You're not going anyplace.

Well, yes, I am. I'm going right out that door,

unless you can find somebody to back up that charge.

Now get out and don't stop until you're well out of town.

I'd like to oblige you, sheriff,

but I'm a little tired and a little hungry.

Unless you can dig up some reason to use that badge,

Ironwood will just have to put up with me

till tomorrow morning.

Wait a minute.

You got a special charge in mind?

If you hang around here, so help me, I'll find one.

You got till tomorrow morning.

Oh, excuse me, mister, I--

Jess. Why, you old maverick.

Where'd you come from?

I'm sorry, mister, I--

Don't tell me you forgot.

Amarillo and that cantina we wrecked.

Waco, with a dozen Texas rangers after us.

Kett, Kett Darby, you old son of a gun.

Well, last time I saw you, you were growing a beard. What happed to it?

Uh, got so long, I started tripping over it, so I shaved it off.

What are you doing in these parts?

I'm just passing through, came up from--

Hey, what are we standing around here for?

Come on, I'll buy you a drink and we can really catch up.

That sounds good. Some food will go better though.

And food, too.

You know, you are the last man

I ever expected to see in these parts.

[ chuckles ]

Yeah, it sure beats me, Jess.

Oh, you're different.

I can't figure you all settled down

and satisfied on a two-by-four ranch.

What about you?

What you doing hanging around a two-by-four town like this?

Oh, maybe a couple of minuses,

but there a lot of pluses about this town.

Like that pretty little waitress?

She's one of them.

You make much at that ranch?

Enough.

Then I bet it don't compare to the way we used to live.

The way I used to live, I could get shot most anytime.

Thanks.

Say, Lottie, about tonight, I'm gonna be a little late.

Late?

Yeah, I got some important business to take care of.

Kett, you promised me.

Oh, lay off, will you, Lottie?

All right.

If it's that important to you, don't bother about tonight.

Women, they're all alike.

You pay them a little attention

and right away, they try to stake a claim.

Yeah, well, I can see you haven't changed any.

Still got the prettiest girls in town chasing you.

Trouble?

No, not yet anyway.

Well, that badge toter didn't look too friendly.

He ain't.

For some reason, he's got the idea I'm Ray Thatcher.

And he's sore 'cause he can't prove it.

Well, you do look a little like him.

Except he's older and 20 pounds heavier.

You know him?

Could be.

Same old Kett, still playing with fire, huh?

Ray's not nearly as bad as most folks make out.

Well, they make him out to be $5,000 worth of bounty,

dead or alive.

That's railroad money, Jess.

He never hurt anybody else.

They stole his land, they drove him to it.

You're a stage line man, you ought to understand.

Not like in a railroad, yeah.

But there's no reason for robbing and killing.

That comes from inside a man.

And he just don't stop by paying back the railroad.

Now you got him all wrong, Jess.

Sure, he can be pretty rough, but he always takes

real good care of anybody who rides with him.

He gives them a fair shake and they always come out ahead.

Have you come out ahead?

Like I said, there are a lot of pluses about this town.

Yeah, I reckon that's your business.

I'd like to make it yours.

- We could use a good hand like you. - Forget it.

There's something going for tonight at the junction.

I said, forget it.

It will be easy, fast in, fast out, nobody will get hurt.

All we do is stop the train--

Look, I don't want to hear about it.

What's the matter?

Afraid you'll go for the idea?

No, I'm afraid you'll give me no choice but to go to the law.

That wouldn't be very smart.

Then don't tell me any more.

Well, I guess I made a mistake, Jess.

You just be sure that you don't make one, too.

Like what?

Like forget what you heard.

I don't like funerals, specially my friend's.

Well, I'll look you up the next time I'm in Laramie.

Maybe I'll even buy me a horse.

Mr. Harper, can I talk to you for a minute?

Sure.

Are you a good friend of Kett's?

I reckon.

At least I thought I was.

Then you can't stop him?

Are you asking me to talk him out of that business deal

he's got tonight?

Do you know what it is?

He's mixed up in something with Ray Thatcher again, isn't he?

He's old enough to know what he's doing.

With him everything's a lark.

Only this time I have a feeling

he's going to get his wings clipped.

Well, I'm sorry, ma'am,

there's nothing I can do about it.

What you mean is, you're his friend

when you want someone to drink with,

have some fun with.

But when he's really in trouble--

It's his choice, not mine.

Sure, and it's a blind man's fault

when he walks in front of a buckboard, too.

But there's always someone there to set him straight again.

Well, you go on back to Laramie, Mr. Harper.

You just keep your hands nice and clean.

Only I wonder how clean you're gonna feel someday

when you'll have to be on the posse that hunts him down.

It's getting late, sheriff.

If we're gonna round up a posse

and get to that junction on time,

we better start moving.

I will tell you when and if.

And for the last time,

where did you get that information? Who told you this?

A little bird.

You expect me to believe that Ray Thatcher

is gonna hold up the train at the junction tonight?

I don't expect you to believe anything.

I told you everything I know.

What you do about it is strictly up to you.

That's right. And you know what I'm gonna do about it?

Nothing. How do you like that?

I don't think the railroad's gonna like it.

Seems to me we can't just let it slide.

According to that wire from the division superintendent,

the east bound's carrying some pretty valuable mail.

Oh, well, hang it all, Floyd,

we just can't take his word for it.

He didn't have to come in here and tell us.

That's right, and I don't have to stick around here

while you make up your minds either.

- I got better things to do. - You're not going anyplace.

You're not gonna start that again.

You've got nothing on me.

I'm holding you as a material witness.

Witness for what?

The train robbery or a wild goose chase,

I don't know which,

but either way you're in plenty deep. And I better take this.

- Now wait a minute. - You wait a minute.

You've got a big mouth and I'm getting tired of seeing it open.

Now you just keep it closed, obey orders, you understand?

Give him the best room in the house, Floyd.

Go on, get over there.

No, the East Bound Limited

came through here 10 minutes ago,

and there wasn't any trouble.

There's nobody around.

Sorry you and your men had to come

clear out here for nothing.

Maybe it wasn't for nothing.

Somebody must have wanted us out of town real bad.

We'd better get back there and find out why. Thanks.

It looks to me like you hired a lot more men

tonight than you're gonna need.

Well, it ain't over with yet.

I told you it would work, right?

Yeah.

So far.

Now you two stay here and cover for us.

The rest of you, come with me.

It's gonna be easy.

It's never easy till it's over and done.

What you gonna do with that?

Help a friend. It'll just take a minute.

Hey, wait a minute, come back here.

Deputy, there's some kind of trouble outside.

What do you mean?

Over at the bank.

Kett, what are you doing here.

You don't think I'd let an old friend down, do you?

What are you talking about?

You told the sheriff we'd be at the junction, didn't you?

Well, that left the bank wide open for us.

The bank?

I hope you still know how to use a rope.

I'm sorry, I can't give you a better chance.

Kett, wait a minute.

If I were you, I'd hightail it out of town.

When that sheriff finds out what happened,

he ain't gonna be very friendly.

Kett!

What in the blazes do you think you're doing?

Forget it. Everything going all right?

We'll have her all emptied out in a minute.

Floyd.

Floyd, it's the Thatcher gang, they're robbing a bank.

Wait a minute, let me go with you, you can't take them alone.

Floyd!

All right, we're finished.

Let's get outta here.

[ gunshot ]

They're heading south, go after them.

All right.

Oh, it's just a scratch.

Ain't nearly enough to keep you from getting hung.

Whoa.

Whoa.

I beg your pardon.

Could you direct me to the jail?

The jail?

Yes, that's right.

Right around the corner, the other side of the town hall.

Oh, thank you.

Uh, are you in charge here?

Well, I'm the sheriff, if that's what you mean.

How do you do?

I am Mrs. Cooper from Laramie.

Ma'am. What can I do for you?

I'm here about Jess Harper.

I understand you have him locked up in jail.

That's right.

I'm afraid you're making a big mistake.

Well, Mrs. Cooper, I don't know

what you've got in mind,

but I'm holding him for aiding

and abetting a bank robbery and the death of my deputy.

Sheriff, I'm sure that is what you believe,

but I know,

I know Jess Harper would never do a thing like that.

We're having a trial to prove it.

If you prove it, there'll be something wrong

with the evidence.

I'm kind of busy, ma'am.

If you don't mind, I'd like--

I want to see Jess.

What for?

I told you, I know him and--

and anyway, it's none of your concern.

No matter what a prisoner has done,

he has a right to have visitors.

All right.

I'll give you five minutes and no more.

Wait a minute, what have you got in the bag?

A hacksaw, a gun and a bomb.

Oh, Jess.

Daisy. Daisy, what are you doing here? Where's Slim?

He's up in the mountain somewhere.

He took Mike on a hunting trip.

I don't know when they'll be back.

Your wire was so urgent,

I thought perhaps I could help.

Remember, five minutes, no more.

Well, can't you let me inside?

You can see him plain enough from right there.

Well, if that is a sample of the law in this town,

no wonder innocent people are in jail.

Daisy, I appreciate you coming all the way out here,

but there's nothing you can do.

How do you know? At least tell me what happened.

I don't even know myself. It's all kind of mixed up.

I ran into a friend of mine I hadn't seen for a long time.

Sheriff, jury just came in with a verdict.

Guilty?

Yeah, I thought you'd want to know right away.

When do they want the sentence carried out?

Daybreak, tomorrow.

Can you have the scaffold ready by then?

I'll check with the carpenter to see.

You better do that.

So the wind-up was that Thatcher killed the deputy

during the robbery,

and I wound up with the blame for everything.

But couldn't you have explained that?

I talked myself blue in the face, Daisy.

They needed somebody, and I was the only one.

Maybe if I talk to the judge.

Talking's no good. We need proof.

This man, Kett Darby you were telling me about,

you said he was a friend of yours.

Some friend.

But he wasn't the one who killed the deputy.

So maybe...

No good.

I wasn't even there to see it.

I wouldn't know where to find him anyway.

He's probably hiding out.

Jess, what is it?

I was just thinking.

Lottie...

Lottie?

Yeah, the girl that Kett goes with.

Nah, there'd be no chance there, though.

How do you know?

No matter how small it is, it's your only one.

Where can I find her?

She works across the street in a saloon, but I don't--

You said we could have five minutes,

I'm sure it isn't even--

Now take it easy, ma'am,

you can have all the time you want.

The jury just came in with a verdict.

Harper, I'll take your order for supper now,

and you can have anything you want, the whole works.

I'm afraid this is your last meal.

Hey, Lottie, that order for the jail

will be ready in five minutes.

Why do I have to bring it over?

Because you work here.

I'm sorry, ma'am, but the ladies' dining room

is around the other side.

Hmm?

Oh, I don't want anything to eat.

Are you Lottie?

Well, that depends on who's asking.

I'm Daisy Cooper from Laramie, a friend of Jess Harper's.

Well...

Where is Kett Darby?

How should I know?

Oh, you must know.

You are our only hope.

Look, ma'am, I've-- I've got a lot of work to do.

Please,

Jess is going to be hanged tomorrow morning.

Don't you care?

Well, I'm sorry,

there's nothing I can do about it.

Kett Darby can.

He knows that Jess was tricked.

And what do you think would happen to Kett

if he ever told?

They'd put that rope around his neck.

Oh, no, they wouldn't, I'm sure.

Not if he confessed what he knows to save a life.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Cooper, I can't help you.

Here it is.

The best meal I ever cooked.

Sure hope Harper appreciates it.

Oh, Lottie.

I heard somebody come in.

I see you've brought the feed.

Well, I hope it don't go to waste.

He don't seem very hungry.

Go ahead and take it in.

Do I have to?

Well, I'm not the waitress.

Come on.

All right, all right.

Hello, Mr. Harper.

Hello, Lottie.

Wait a minute.

No knives allowed.

How do you expect him to eat the steak,

tear it apart with his teeth?

I reckon that's what he's got teeth for.

You don't trust anybody, do you?

Like they say, man is the only animal

you can skin more than once.

Did Mrs. Cooper talk to you?

- Yes. - Well?

Well, I'm sorry, but there...

there isn't anything I can do for you other than that.

Thanks, but I'm not very hungry.

Oh, come on, come on.

Well, eat it anyhow. It'll make you feel better.

Yes, nothing like a good meal to cheer a man up, you know?

Everything's quiet, sheriff.

No sign of any strangers around town.

You know, it looks to me like Thatcher

is leaving Harper to swing.

You can't be sure until it's over.

How is the prisoner doing?

About as good as any man in the same spot

as he's in, I guess.

I can't say that I've got a taste for this much myself.

You and the other boys watch the street.

If there's any change let me know.

[ Harper moaning ]

What's going on in there?

Harper, what's the matter with you?

If you think you can fake-- Oh, no.

You think you're going to cheat that rope--

That's exactly what I'm gonna do.

And you ain't gonna be around to see it.

Now listen, men.

Jess Harper's got about a half hour's head start on us.

But he hasn't got a mount,

so he'll probably try to steal one.

Now you boys on horseback here,

I want you to spread out and cover every farmhouse

and every ranch for the next five miles around.

Tell them to watch out for their stock tonight

and keep an eye out for prowlers.

Now go on. Get it done.

And the rest of us will search the town.

Carl, you take your boys down the south end

and work this way, and we'll go north.

And check every house and every barn and every cellar.

And don't take any chances.

If you see him, shoot if you have to.

Now let's go.

[ knock on door ]

Lottie.

Isn't Jess here?

No. I've been so worried.

All those men looking for him, ready to shoot him down.

Well, he's better off now than he was before.

Now they have to find him first.

Why did you think Jess would be here?

Well, you're his friend,

there isn't any place else he can go for help.

Does that make any difference to you?

I suppose it does.

Lottie, you helped him escape, didn't you?

Me? Do you think I'm crazy?

I heard someone smuggled Jess a gun,

and you took his supper over to him.

Mrs. Cooper, please, the sheriff isn't overly bright.

It won't be long before he figures out

what really happened.

[ knocking on door ]

Go on.

Jess!

Oh, you'll never know how worried I've been for you.

Are you all right?

I'm all right, Daisy, I'm all right.

I wanna thank you, Lottie.

That's the best supper you ever served.

Forget it.

I have to be able to sleep nights.

Jess, you're hurt.

It's nothing, Daisy. I just had to convince that sheriff

I was bleeding plenty good,

or he'd have never come into that cell.

Jess, now somebody's got to get you out of town right away.

Everybody's looking for you.

I'm surprised at you, Daisy.

But you know that breaking jail's against the law.

I thought you'd give me a harder time about that than the sheriff.

When I get you back to Laramie safe and sound,

I'll read the riot act to you.

I left a horse for you behind the livery stable.

You'll have to get it yourself.

But if you make it, don't stop riding until you get home.

And leave this town with a murder charge hanging over my head?

No chance.

I won't stop riding until I find Kett Darby or Ray Thatcher and bring them back here.

Well, you can't, you'll never find them.

Oh, yes, I will. But I could use your help.

Do you know what you're asking?

Please, Lottie, you must help him.

Well, I got him out of jail, didn't I?

I got him a horse. What do you call that?

The right direction, but I hope your conscience

won't let you stop there.

Are you forgetting what you asked me

about helping to stop Kett before it's too late?

Or was that just a lot of talk?

No.

No, but don't you understand, I love him.

I don't want anything to happen to him.

Then you got to do what you think is best,

and so do I.

I just hope I don't hurt you any more than he has already.

[ banging on door ]

SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Open up in there!

DAISY: Who is it?

Sheriff Douglas. I want to talk to you.

Keep him talking, Daisy.

Coming.

At the forks of the Green River

about 20 miles north, Kett has a cabin there.

[ banging on door ]

- Thanks, Lottie. - I'm coming.

SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Come on, come on.

[ continues knocking ]

I'm coming.

SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Open up, open up.

Just a minute.

What took you so long?

Sheriff, I am accustomed to being decently dressed

when I allow a gentleman to enter my room.

What are you doing here?

There isn't any law against it, is there?

Lottie has very kindly agreed to keep me

company this evening.

This is a very trying time for me, sheriff.

I think even you can understand that.

All I understand is Jess Harper got a gun from somebody,

and you were his only visitor.

What? Are you accusing me?

Do I have to spell it out for you?

I was there, too, remember?

Well, sure, but I was with you all the time.

Besides, you didn't have any reason to help him, and you did.

Then I will spell it out for you, sheriff.

I did not have a gun when I came to the jail.

I did not give Jess Harper a gun.

I did not help him escape. But believe me, I wish I had.

Oh, you do, do you?

How would you like to keep his cell warm for him?

Are you arresting me?

Well, I'd certainly be within my rights if I did.

Suspicion of aiding a jailbreak.

Very well, then, I shall demand an immediate trial,

where I will be very happy to present

my suspicions.

Yours?

Yes, you were trying to cover up the fact

that Jess Harper made a complete fool of you.

He took your gun away from you.

That is a boldface lie.

Possibly, but if you stay here one second longer

making charges against me,

I shall have some charges to make against you.

But I shall make them in court, where the whole town will hear.

Oh, I ought to arrest the whole lot of you.

Oh.

Nice going, Mrs. Cooper.

But now how do we get Jess out of here?

Hold it right there.

Oh, Jess, am I glad to see you.

I'll just bet you are.

What you got, another train robbery in mind?

No, Jess, nothing like that. I...

I didn't know the sheriff got you that bad.

It wasn't the sheriff, it was Thatcher.

- Thatcher? - Jess, I'm sorry,

I didn't mean to leave you in a mess like that.

When I heard they were gonna hang you, I--

Jess you got to believe me,

I-- I didn't know things would turn out that way.

It's all right, just take it easy.

What happened after you took the bank?

Well, we brought the gold back here.

We were gonna bury it.

Gold?

Yeah, ingots from the mine, over $20,000 worth.

No wonder you had to use a wagon.

How did you figure on cashing it in?

You must have known the whole territory would be looking for you.

Yeah, we were gonna wait a couple of months

and take it out to California,

spread it around like it came from another mine.

We were gonna come back here and break up the gang

and lay low for a while.

They left me around here to watch the haul

that's buried out in front.

I'm sorry, I have to do that.

Next thing I knew...

Thatcher and Moss come back, I was--

I didn't know how to figure it.

I thought they'd be 100 miles away by now.

I was down by the river fishing when they rode in.

How come Thatcher gunned you?

It wasn't Thatcher, it was Moss.

Thatcher just gave the order.

- Why? - Real simple.

So simple a guy like me couldn't figure.

See, they wanted the gang broken up permanent.

They'd already gotten rid of Joe and Harry,

and just me and Red left, they were gonna

take care of me and finish off Red.

But he didn't care of you?

I fell in the river, got back to shore,

made my way back to the cabin.

Well, it ain't gonna do you any good

to sit around here.

I got to get you to a doctor. That bullet's got to come out.

Jess, I want to get you off the hook.

I want to set things straight.

Might be a little late for that.

Thanks, anyway.

You don't have to thank me for anything except

getting you in a mess of trouble.

I just wish I could have gotten to Thatcher first, though.

Taking care of him the way he took care of me.

[ gun cocking ]

Glad to oblige, kid.

Anytime you think you're ready.

You doing fine.

Just keep at it.

- I want this wagon loaded by nightfall. - And what if it ain't?

Then you're gonna fill that hole a lot sooner than you expected.

And who is gonna be left to do the work?

Shut up and keep at it.

Make sure he doesn't waste any time.

If we can get out of here by evening,

we can be across the north fork by morning,

and nobody will ever find us.

I don't know. It seems to me like no lawman's gonna find

that gold where it is.

Digging it up and taking it out of here is just a--

Harper found the cabin, didn't he?

Somebody must have told him.

So the sheriff could find it the same way.

They'll trail him up here.

What if he did?

Well, I'm not taking any chances.

Now relax, will you?

Everything's worked out fine so far,

and by tomorrow we'll be in the clear.

What about Darby and him?

Eh, Kett won't last too long with that bullet in him.

And when he's through loading those ingots,

that hole is going to be his grave.

Now keep an eye on him, I'll fix some coffee.

Sure gonna be a mighty big grave.

Big enough for three.

Good, then you and Darby won't crowd each other.

I didn't mean it that way.

I was talking about you.

Go ahead and talk, but keep digging.

Sure.

Thatcher had this worked out pretty good.

Six of you rob the bank...

now there's only two of you left.

A two-way split, $10,000 each.

That's the way we figured it.

That's the way you figured it, you mean.

Oh, sure, I know a two-way split's better than six.

But a one-way split's better yet.

Ray and me are partners.

We got a deal.

Yeah, I'll bet you do, like all the others, huh?

Like Kett in there?

Thatcher's got a funny way of paying off.

I ain't losing any sleep on how to take care of myself.

Yeah, well, I'm glad to hear that.

Meantime, don't forget what I said.

It's gonna be mighty wide and mighty deep.

Now just a minute, don't you start bullying this poor girl.

I'm sure she can explain the whole thing.

That's just what I want to hear,

why she left a horse where Harper could take it.

It just happened.

And it just happened that he had a gun

after you left his cell.

Well, you were there, too.

Yes, and you made me look like

seven kinds of a fool, slipping that gun by me.

[ Daisy chuckles ]

Now just a minute, last night you were accusing me.

The only thing I'm accusing you of

is sticking your nose in where it don't belong.

Now you either keep quiet or get out of here.

Lottie, in the last couple of days,

I've used up my whole quota of mistakes,

but finally it's all beginning to fit in.

Now you're mixed up with Harper.

And for some reason, you're in with this Ray Thatcher

and the whole rotten mess.

Now you make up your mind with this,

you're going to stay right in this office

until you tell me everything you know,

the whole story from top to bottom.

Well, you look like you put in a hard day's work.

He finished?

- Wagon's loaded. - Good.

Let's start moving some of this furniture out of here.

What for?

We got to carry something besides gold ingots,

lame-brain. Now hurry up.

You too.

No, I'm through, Thatcher.

I figure you're gonna cash me in anyway.

Why should I work myself to death?

Oh, it took you a long time to figure that out.

I was stalling for time before.

Now it looks like it's run out on me.

Go ahead, get it over with it.

All right, Moss, oblige Mr. Harper.

Yeah, that's right, Moss, do what your boss says.

Do his killing for him, like you did all the others,

so he can keep his hands nice and clean.

And nobody can hang a murder charge on him.

What are you waiting for?

Just one piece of advice, speaking about furniture,

I'd sure like to see how fast you can draw

when you're carrying a chair or something.

Like I said, there's room for three out there.

Oh, wait a minute.

Is that what's been bothering you, Moss?

You really swallowing all that kind of talk?

I don't know, but this whole deal,

it ain't been going like you said it was.

Well, now you got to change your plans according to what happens.

And the last thing in the world I want, Moss,

is trouble between us.

Nice try, Harper.

But for your information...

sometimes I like to do my own dirty work.

Jess.

Help me.

Go on, Jess, get Thatcher, Jess. I'll be all right.

All right, get it over with.

Oh, no, I ain't gonna make it that easy for you.

SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Harper, you in there?

In here, sheriff.

I doubt if you'll believe this, sheriff,

but this is the man you've been looking for,

Ray Thatcher.

Yeah, I know.

You know?

I thought that--

Never mind what you thought.

Lottie told me part of the story

and Darby filled in the rest of it.

You mean you're not looking for me anymore?

Well, it isn't quite as simple as that...

but maybe we can work it out.

Get him out of here, boys.

Aunt Daisy, Jess, where have you been?

Oh, it's a long story, dear.

You bet. As far as I'm concerned, it ain't worth telling.

Well, it better be, after what I've been through.

Oh, Slim.

[ wolf whistle ]

What are you doing all got up?

Oh, nothing... besides cooking, washing dishes,

cleaning the house and baking a pie that just burned up.

Not to say anything about doing your chores.

I sure hope you had a good vacation.

Vacation?

Slim, don't forget about that telegram

that came for Jess just now.

Oh, yeah.

Slim, you'll never believe what happened to us.

Maybe not, Daisy but will you try me?

Hey, Daisy, listen, it's from Lottie.

Oh.

"Kett given a special hearing before judge.

Recovery of gold and testimony against Thatcher in his favor.

Will be put on probation with me as jailer.

- Love, Lottie." - That's wonderful.

Will somebody please tell me what's going on?

Well, sure, pard.

It's like this.

I was just walking along, minding my own business...