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Good evening.

Good evening.

From the looks of the town, you don't

get many callers, but I could sure use

the room for the night. Here.

I didn't see any place else when I

rode in.

No, I meant you want to stay here

in El Dorado.

Yeah, that's what I had in mind.

Well, look, I don't think that you...

Good evening.

This isn't the friendliest town I ever rode into.

Drifters bring trouble.

We don't like trouble.

Who does?

I'm just looking for a man here in town.

There are only a few of us too

stubborn to move on.

Your man probably took off a long time ago.

I doubt it.

His name's Ben Daniels.

Maybe you could tell me where I could

find him.

What kind of business have you got with

Ben Daniels?

It's a personal matter.

And I said, what kind of business?

The extra dollar should buy some oats and

a star for my horse.

I'll, uh...

I'll let myself in.

land El Dorado,

a town of empty streets and rotting buildings.

Of dead minds and buried dreams.

Another place to search for a man with

no name, no memory, no past.

For a man called Shenandoah.

Morning.

Good morning.

This hotel not only has a corner on

rooms, it looks like it's the only place

in town where a man can get a

breakfast.

Do yourself a favor.

Make your own breakfast.

On the trail a long way from here.

You don't have a very good memory.

I told you last night I have business

in town.

He's just fixing to set down for breakfast

there in the hotel.

If I give him both barrels of this

up real close, we'd be done with it.

No, no, no.

We've got to find out how much he

knows and who sent him.

That's the problem.

We don't rightly know that anybody sent him

at all.

He came here to talk to Ben Daniels,

didn't he?

We're 50 miles from nowhere.

It's a cinch he just didn't drift in.

All right.

Let's find out what he knows.

Then we'll kill him.

Let's see.

I think I'd like a steak, medium rare.

Eggs up.

Pot of hot coffee, black.

Very strong.

Well, this town may not be much on

hospitality, but you run a very fine kitchen.

Thank you.

I don't get much practice.

We don't have many strangers in here now

since the mines are dead.

How long has it been since the mines

stopped working?

About five years.

So there's really no reason for anyone to

ride into town anymore.

Nobody ever does anything without a reason.

Maybe if you told me what you were

looking for, I could help you.

I told you.

I was told in Laramie that Ben Daniels

had some information I needed.

Ben Daniels can't help you.

I'm afraid he's going to have to tell

me that himself.

Look right out of here now.

You've already asked too many questions.

Keep it up, and they're not going to

let you ride out when you want to.

What's going on here?

What are you so concerned about?

That's a good question, Annie.

Deserves an answer.

You're thinking of leaving us, aren't you?

You're thinking that maybe you'll get him to

take you with him when he goes.

Isn't that it?

No, I wasn't.

I was just making conversation.

What did you tell him?

I didn't tell him anything.

What did you tell him?

Didn't you hear the lady?

She didn't tell me anything.

Yeah.

I guess I'll have to find it straight

out from you why you're really here.

I told you last night, don't you remember?

Are you still sticking to that?

Why not?

It's the truth.

Well, maybe it isn't that.

I didn't hear all of it.

What did she just tell you?

Nothing.

Well, spill it out.

I'll decide if it's nothing.

Well, Kennedy, I don't know what you're afraid

I'm going to find out, but I'm really

not interested.

And I don't know what you're doing here,

and I really don't care because it's none

of my business.

Now, why don't we leave it at that?

I have to be sure of that.

You'll have to take my word for it,

I guess.

I'm afraid I can't do that.

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

It could go against you.

No, no, no.

I'm standing here ready to draw, and you've

got all that table in front of you.

Even if you're fast, you can't be that

fast.

I don't have to be fast.

I've got a .45 in my left hand

that's pointing right at your belly.

You've got three seconds to get your hand

away from your holster.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go on

with my breakfast.

You told him.

You and him.

You must have met him when you went

out last night.

No, I didn't.

I swear I didn't.

Please.

Here we are, sitting on a mountain of

gold, and you have to open your big

mouth.

I didn't.

I swear.

Well, then, who sent him here?

Oh, how do I know?

Maybe the mine owners did.

The mine owners?

Rich and fat and sitting in their fancy

offices in Denver.

Yeah, the mine owners sent him here.

That's why he wants to talk to Ben

Daniels.

Hey, dog!

Mister, you come here looking for Ben Daniels.

You found him.

How long has he been dead?

What difference does that make?

I guess it doesn't.

That's far enough.

I'm not looking for any trouble.

And the information I wanted, I'm not going

to get.

Let's leave it at that.

I'll be moving on.

Well, there seems to be a difference of

opinion about that.

I'm going to bury you right next to

Ben Daniels.

He's in the livery stable.

Well, I guess he knows by now he's

not leaving town.

Hey, you in the livery stable!

Come on out here!

Make sure your hands are up high!

And that you move real slow!

You're running out of time!

I'll check the hotel.

You check the street.

Right.

Don't make any noise.

They've taken my horse.

You know where they put it?

Take me with you?

I haven't got time to bargain.

Where'd they put it?

It's at the stable at the end of

town.

All right, let's go.

Get a bridle.

The bridles are tangled.

You're all tangled.

What's going on here?

Why is everybody trying to kill me?

It doesn't look too serious.

Serious enough.

I said, what's going on here?

Kennedy's my uncle.

And he found a vein, a very rich

vein, thank you.

And he's been mining gold that by rights

belongs to the company in Denver.

Well, so where do I fit in?

Well, he figured they found out about it

some way and sent you here to investigate.

Look, even if they didn't, he's not going

to let you get out of here alive

now.

Other men have drifted in.

They're still here.

How does Ben Daniels fit in?

Why do they clam up every time I

mention his name?

He was a nice man, but he had

one fault.

He was too honest.

He didn't like what they were doing and

he threatened to get word out.

And that's why he's dead?

And then you came along asking questions about

him and they figured that he'd gotten the

word out some way.

You know, he's just sitting out there waiting

for us to make a run for it.

We're not going to run.

He's picked the place we're going to fight.

But I'll pick the time.

How long have we been in here?

I don't know.

Four or five hours.

I'm hungry.

You can't be blamed for that.

Just that old dog.

What's the matter?

I think your uncle staked out across the

street.

Are you sure?

No.

But it's as good a gamble as any.

You lose.

Drop it or you're dead.

Well, that's it.

You sure you won't change your mind and

let me drop you at the nearest town?

I won't be any trouble at all.

I'm in a town.

I'm in a live town.

Live or not, it's the only real home

I've ever known.

Besides, I'm kind of partial to where my

roots are.

Roots?

Afraid I don't know much about that.

Anyway, when folks find out that the mines

are paying out gold again, they'll all come

back.

Who knows?

Maybe even you'll come back.

Maybe so.

Thanks.