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We ought to be home by sundown.

- I'm glad that chore is over. - I don't know.

There's worse things than a 15-day cattle drive.

What?

A 16-day cattle drive.

You got to admit, you do get to thinking

and feeling sort of like a steer, don't you?

I'm glad you finally admitted it.

Well, here's where I leave you fellas.

What? Oh, now don't tell me you're going to go over

and see that Bessie Sue before you even get home.

I promised Mr. Hightower I was going to come by there

and take a look at that new bull of his.

I just hope you don't get the two of them mixed up.

No, he couldn't do that.

Bessie Sue is the one with the blue eyes.

Just because a gal's a nice armload.

A nice armful? There aren't six men

in the territory with that long a reach.

Well, you tell Pa I'll be home later anyhow, you hear?

Right.

Good luck!

Oh, you know, it's gonna be good to get home and get some rest.

Yeah, I almost forgot what a soft bed

and good food are like. Let's go.

Maybe he ain't home, Teague.

He's home.

I spotted some smoke coming out of the chimney

when we first got here.

And where there's smoke,

there's an old man and his gold, huh?

Huh, Teague?

Except, maybe all them stories about the gold ain't true.

Macie says it's there, all right.

Then what are we waiting for? Let's take him.

Macie's not sure he's alone.

Macie's too bossy.

Besides, we ain't gonna find out sitting up here.

And I ain't gonna find out by letting him shoot at me.

Go ahead if you want to.

Macie wants to talk to somebody.

Go ahead.

Why me?

'Cause you got feet like a mountain goat. Go on!

I ain't going unless you do.

All right, you knucklehead, come on.

What's up, Macie?

Look down yonder.

♪ Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? ♪

♪ Oh, where have you been, charming Billy? ♪

You reckon he's coming here?

Well, the trail goes right by the cabin.

♪♪

♪ Where have you been, charming Billy? ♪

We better decide what to do real quick.

No. No sense in asking for trouble.

We'll just stay out of sight.

But what if he's come to see the old man?

We're all the company we intend for that old man to have.

Maybe he'll go on by.

But what if he don't?

I'm against taking chances.

We'll kill him. Take him.

♪ Where have you been, charming Billy? ♪

♪ Well, did she invite you in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? ♪

Thanks a lot, mister.

- I'm much obliged. - What for?

Now, wait a minute.

You don't think I'm... I'm one of them?

Ain't got no reason yet to think otherwise.

But dad-burnit, they tried to kill me, too.

Could have been a trick to get you in here.

Now wait a minute. Wait a minute.

I ain't got nothing to do with them fellers.

I don't know who they are even.

I... I'm from the Ponderosa.

My name's Hoss Cartwright.

Walter?

Fella here says he's a Mr. Cartwright.

Well, did you see that?

See what?

The way Walter took to you.

He did?

Yes, sir, I never seen anything like the way he took to you.

You'll have to excuse Walter

for not getting up, but he's had a hard day.

Yeah, that's... that's all right.

Uh, make yourself at home. I bet you could use a drink.

Yeah, yeah, I could,

but what are we gonna do about them fellas out there?

Oh, Walter will warn us if they try to start anything.

Nothing to worry about.

Not a thing.

You had a clear shot at him, and you missed.

I didn't see neither one of you hitting him

when you had the chance.

Wasn't much chance

the way that old man had us pinned down.

I thought you said he was a prospector.

He is.

Sure knows how to handle a gun.

Well, it ain't gonna do no good to sit here and fret about it.

Leastways, we know what we're up against now.

Yeah. Two of 'em.

And there's supposed to be three of us.

You making me out a coward?

Yeah!

Now cool off.

Get up.

What are you two trying to do?

He's saying I'm yellow, Macie.

And I'm saying you're both loony.

This ain't no concern of yours, Macie.

Now you listen to me.

You two want to kill each other, I ain't about to stop it.

All I'm asking is you wait

till we lift that gold from the old man.

Or maybe you two knuckleheads don't want that gold.

I can wait.

How do I know he'll keep his word?

Because he's just as greedy as you are!

It's not often I get to share my whiskey.

Walter don't drink.

He don't like the taste of whiskey, huh?

Oh, he don't mind the taste.

It just seems it don't do much for him.

It makes him sleepy.

Yeah?

Look, mister, uh... Uh, Obie's the name.

Obie, Obie.

Obie, who are them fellers?

Oh, I got no earthly notion.

Well, what are they after? What do they want?

Well...

I ain't sure... but my guess is, they figure on robbing me.

Well, if they was gonna do that, how come they ain't moved in?

There's three of them. There ain't but one of you.

Well, that's what they don't know.

The way Walter figured it, uh... Walter?

Oh, no getting around it.

That Walter is clever.

They no sooner showed up than Walter figured out

they was up to no good, and so we'd best lay low.

That's pretty good figuring.

Walter figured they wouldn't jump us before dark.

Now that they know there's only two of us, uh,

my guess is, they ain't gonna wait.

Dad-burnit.

Bessie Sue ain't gonna never believe this.

Well... Sure glad to have you fellas back.

Not half as glad as we are to be back.

How did things go?

Any sign of herd cutters?

Yeah, we had one gang follow us for a little while.

- We discouraged them. - Oh, good.

What about the buyer from St. Louis?

He was there, ready to pay the price.

- Well. - Things couldn't have gone better.

Good, good.

Where's Hoss?

Well, he won't be along for a little time yet.

He decided to stop over the Hightower place.

Oh. Good. I'm glad he did.

I've been meaning to drop over myself

and see that new bull.

If he's anything half as valuable

as Jim Hightower says he is, he ought to be something to see.

Yeah, well, I don't think the bull was the reason.

I think Hoss is just trying

to get a little better look at that Bessie Sue.

Hmm? What about her?

He's sweet on her.

Oh. What? Seriously?

- Yeah. - Turns red every time we mention her.

Of course, that doesn't mean much with Hoss.

He turns red every time we mention any girl.

Yeah.

Well, that's his problem.

All I want is some food and a nice soft bed.

Yeah, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Look, we got a lot of things to do.

That's why I'm very glad to see you back.

There's that fence to be fixed in the north pasture,

still a lot of hay to be hauled,

and I want to get started on that new well right away.

What was it you said about getting back for a rest?

Wishful thinking.

Oh, not at all.

Why, supper will be ready in a couple of minutes,

and you won't have a thing to do till sunup.

Oh.

Now that was a bonehead move.

Obie, we got to do something.

Walter used to make the same mistake.

Walter played checkers?

Well, not very good.

I could beat him a lot more than I do,

but I don't want to hurt his feelings.

Look, Obie, we can't just sit here.

Oh, go ahead. It's your move.

You're sure not much of a player, boy.

Well, dad-burnit, what do you expect

with them jaspers up there in the hills

just waiting to pounce down here on us?

We might as well be here playing checkers as stewing over it.

Besides, I told you, Walter would warn us.

Yeah. I just don't seem to have as much confidence

in Walter as you do.

Oh, why on the earth not?

Well, he don't seem very alert to me.

Well, that's because Walter's deep.

Real deep.

Hey, uh, maybe... maybe it would be all right

if just one of us stood there at the window, huh?

What? And hurt Walter's feelings?

How do you know he'd mind?

Well, you got to understand Walter

to appreciate how sensitive he is.

Well, I...

I hope he appreciates how sensitive I am to bullets.

Your move.

- You ready? - Yeah.

Let's go get 'em.

Fellers act mighty bound and determined.

Yeah, well, they ain't no more bound and determined

than I am, I'll guarantee you.

And they're mighty sly, too.

Staying behind them rocks...

can't get a good shot at 'em.

Sure wish I could figure out what they're after.

It ain't ammunition, they got plenty of that.

It couldn't be grub, them hills is full of game.

Obie...

you ain't feuding with nobody, are you?

Me and Walter ain't well enough acquainted with nobody to feud.

How about horses? You got any horses?

Nope.

You run any cattle?

Nope.

Dad-gumit, it beats all.

Well, it must be about supper time.

I sure am getting hungry.

I've been trying not to think about it.

If there's one thing I'm against, it's being hungry.

Me and Walter feel mighty strong on that.

You, Walter and me, but what about them?

Let them get their own grub.

Carrying on, shooting...

What do you figuring on doing,

holding out a white flag while we eat supper?

It's time to use my surprise.

What are you planning?

I'm gonna make sure I don't go to glory on an empty stomach.

You stay here and shoot steady for a minute.

What in tarnation was that?

Dynamite.

Lucky I cooked this morning.

I sure am hungry.

Dig in, boy.

Boy, oh, boy.

They sure do look good.

What's the matter, boy?

Mite too much spice in the beans?

Here, take some bread.

Had me worried there for a minute.

You all right now?

That choking made me think maybe I...

put a speck too much seasoning in the beans.

Just like I always fix 'em.

Sure good, ain't they?

Me and Walter... likes 'em flavorsome.

Be careful, that coffee may be hot.

You had a hard day, boy.

Don't you worry, you'll get your appetite back.

You got to eat, boy.

Need your strength.

Every bite they get better, don't they?

I went through the whole Mexican War

and I never got hurt like this.

When I get through with them two fellas...

they're gonna wished they'd killed me outright.

My head feels like one of them rocks

with a bad crack in it.

Hurry up with the grub.

You'll wait or you'll eat it raw.

Don't you two ever stop jawing at each other?

What does he expect me to do, magic?

It don't take magic to rustle up a little grub.

How would you like a little poison in yours?

Believe me, in your cooking, it wouldn't taste no different.

Oh, quit low rating him.

- Oh, let him... - I said shut up!

Ah, I reckon it's done.

I think that we might as well forget this job.

We could have robbed the biggest bank

in the West with a whole lot less trouble.

Yeah... but I don't like quitting on it.

I don't neither, but...

I sure ain't eager for any more surprises

like that rock shower we had.

Hey...

you don't suppose he's got any more of that dynamite

buried around here, do you?

Hmm. I don't know.

And right now...

I don't feel too anxious to find out.

Ain't that the truth.

Old coot... that loony

ain't likely to have much gold anyways.

We're not only gonna get that gold,

we're gonna pay him back for these bruises they gave us.

I'll take the first watch.

See that they don't slip out in the dark.

What'd you do that for?

Covering up them windows so we can have some light.

- Play a little checkers. - Obie, we can't play checkers.

We've got to keep guard every minute.

You're forgetting Walter.

Let me ask you something.

Lot of people use this trail by here?

Oh, it's pretty well traveled.

Yeah? When was the last time somebody came by?

Well, it's real recent.

Not more than two or three months ago.

You want the red or the black?

I got to figure out some way to get out of here alive.

- Shh. - What's the matter?

You'll upset Walter.

How am I gonna upset Walter?

Talking about getting killed.

We talked about it all afternoon.

I know, but Walter figured you was just joking.

If you keep on talking about it, he'll think you're serious.

I am serious. What's all the big secret?

What does Walter think all that shooting is about anyhow?

Oh, he figures we're about to get robbed.

Well, they got to kill us to rob us, ain't they?

- Shh! - What's the matter now?

I told you talking about killing upsets Walter.

Well, he can't hear me.

I know, but he reads lips.

I'll take the black.

I don't see no sense in waiting around here until morning.

You heard what Macie said.

It would be a lot easier to sneak up on that cabin at night.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna go down there and take a little closer look.

I don't trust you.

I'll go with you.

You got the makings of a real player, boy.

You just gotta pay closer attention.

How am I supposed to pay attention when I'm worried sick?

I never saw a young boy fret so.

You stay around Walter more, and you'll have faith.

Walter's got a little plan.

♪♪

See anything?

"See anything?" What do I look like, an owl?

Shut up and follow me.

Hey, what was that?

Wild animal trap.

Thought Walter was clear out of his head

when he wanted to build that.

Now why didn't you watch where you were going?

You pushed me.

I never did. I didn't touch you.

What was that for?

That was for that gal in Wichita...

when I bought all the drinks and you danced with her.

That was five years ago.

I don't care. I still don't like it.

She was no good anyway.

I still don't like it.

Five years, five years.

How many times I gotta tell you lunkheads

this robbing is serious business?

Yeah...

Dad-burnit!

Wonder what they're so all-fired anxious to get?

Gold.

Gold?

Me and Walter is prospectors.

You ain't never struck no pay dirt, have you?

We struck a nice little vein a while back.

Do you keep it in this cabin?

Well, that's a fool question.

Now, where else would we keep it?

Where's it at?

Well, right here's a little poke here...

steadying the table leg.

Walter likes to rest his head on some.

Some up there on the shelf,

few over there in the wood box.

Obie... how much of this stuff you got?

Well, now me and Walter ain't reckoned it up lately,

but I'd say offhand, about 25 to 30,000.

Oh, no.

Whatever's the matter?

Obie, don't you understand?

Them fellers are gonna stay out there

till they get their hands on this gold, no matter what.

Maybe they will, but sometimes plans don't always work out.

Well, that's fine, but what are we gonna do?

I'll tell you.

You take the red for awhile and I'll take the black.

Hey, boy, wake up.

Wake up.

No, no. Shh.

Obie, what's the matter?

Walter woke me.

There's somebody right outside.

Ow!

That got him.

What got him?

Oh, bear trap.

Had some old bear traps I was going to throw away

and Walter wouldn't let me,

so I planted about five of them under the cabin just in case

some smarty britches got the idea to burn us out.

Walter thought of that?

Yeah. Ain't he a caution?

Wake up.

Wake up!

Wake up! Macie's gone!

What do you mean "gone"?

He ain't here, stupid!

Bet he figured how to get that gold himself.

His horse and things are still here!

Of course.

Macie's smart.

He thinks that's going to stop us from following him.

Oh, he does, does he?

Well, he ain't gonna get away with it.

Let's go.

Go ahead, you first.

No, you first.

Now, I ain't gonna argue with you.

And I ain't gonna have you following me in the dark

with a rifle pointing at my back.

Why you...

Stop it!

Stop it! I said to stop it!

What's the matter with you two knuckle... Ow!

Cut it out!

Can't I leave you two birdbrains alone for a minute?!

Get this bear trap off of me!

Macie, we thought you run off on us.

Yeah, we figured you was taking

the old man's gold for yourself.

So you gotta get sore at me and decide to fight yourselves?

No, it's just that Willard here didn't have the brains enough

to understand something.

I ain't got no brains? It's you that...

Oh, cut it out, will ya?

Geez, Macie, how'd you get tangled up in this thing?

I figured I'd start a fire and smoke 'em out.

With a bear trap?

Oh!

Here, you help him with that, Willard.

I tell you, one of them fellas down there,

either that big one or the old man, got an evil mind.

I swear, I don't care about that gold anymore.

I'm gonna kill 'em, so help me, I'm gonna kill 'em.

A mind like that shouldn't be allowed to live.

Easy, easy, easy.

Hey, Adam, do you know Hoss didn't come home last night?

Yeah, I looked in his room.

Boy, Pa's gonna have his hide when he finds out

he didn't spend the night in the house.

Well, maybe if we don't tell him, he won't find out.

We'd better get over to Hightower's place

and get him back here quick.

Must be some bull, huh?

I think we'd better take a closer look at Bessie Sue.

You take a closer look.

I can tell she's a girl from way over here

just by the way she wears her clothes.

Oh, very good.

Well, good morning, gentlemen.

How is everybody this morning?

Fine, Pa.

Good. Say, do you know Hoss didn't sleep here last night?

Well, h-how do you know that?

Well, I, uh, walked into his room

and the bed hadn't been slept in.

- That must be it, then. - Yeah.

Yeah, we were thinking about riding over to the Hightower's

and check on him.

Good. Now, I know he has a good reason

for not coming in last night, but still,

mightn't do any harm to check.

I'm riding into town.

Why don't you meet me there after you do?

Oh, and give my very best regards

to Jim and to, uh, Bessie Sue.

You know, he wasn't even mad at Hoss.

I think he has more faith in him than we do.

Yeah? What do you mean?

Well how would you like to have Bessie Sue as a sister-in-law?

Come on, will you?

Hoss wouldn't do that to us.

Would he?

He would.

What do you think you're doing?

I was just gonna shoot him in the eye.

Yeah? Which one?

The left one.

I don't know which is more dangerous,

you or them fellas in the cabin.

Why don't you shut up?

Let's see what these fellas are gonna do.

I must have dropped off.

You been sleeping real sound.

How long has it been daylight?

Quite a spell.

Obie, you should have woke me up.

Well, you was plumb tuckered out.

Yeah, but it ain't fair for you to have to do all the watching.

Me and Walter was proud to do it.

In fact, Walter's got a high opinion

of the way you've been handling this ruckus,

and I got to say that I agree with him.

Anything new?

Well, Walter woke up with a little headache.

Oh. I'm sorry to hear that.

Walter woke up with a headache?

Well, he feels fine now.

Walter's got a wonderful constitution.

Of course, he's always taken real good care of himself.

Yeah, well, that-that always helps.

Hey, Obie?

Obie, you reckon them polecats are still out there?

Oh, more than likely.

Dad-burnit, I wish I could figure out some way

to get us out of here without going right by 'em.

Hey, Obie?

What'd happen if we busted out some of these boards

and went out the back way?

Wouldn't do any good right up against the mountain.

That's why me and Walter built it like that,

so nobody could sneak up behind us.

Hey, what about a tunnel?

What if we dug a tunnel?

Uh, the ground's like rock.

Come to think of it, it's pretty near all rock.

Dad-burnit, Obie, we gotta do something!

Well, I don't know what it might be.

But there's no use to worry now.

You can see Walter ain't worrying.

He's playing.

He's playing?

What's he playing, dead?

No, he hardly ever plays dead unless he's real tired.

He's playing he's paralyzed.

Oh.

How about some breakfast?

Yeah, I'm starving to death.

I think you would be after that little dab of supper last night.

Sit down.

Beans?

Yeah, and plenty of 'em.

I generally cook up a batch to last a week.

But if there's just us,

by golly, we can have us some good eating three or four days.

Obie, is beans all you ever eat?

Well, we have a little fish and game now and then,

but me and Walter figure as long as

we don't have to answer to nobody for what we eat,

we might as well have what we like.

Yeah, I can't argue with that.

I declare, boy,

as finicky as you are about eating,

I don't see how you ever got to be your size.

Now what'd you do that for?

We don't need a fire.

Well, you know some other way to get hot coffee?

We ain't gonna have no hot coffee,

so forget it for a while.

I got an idea.

I'm listening.

All right, we ain't had any luck

getting anyways near close to that cabin, have we?

Not so far.

And we ain't likely to

as long as we keep putting up an open fight.

Somebody down there seems to know where we are

before we get there.

Ain't that the truth!

We're gonna try a new tack: we're gonna give up.

- Give up? - Give up!

Leastways, that's what we're gonna make them think.

I don't know, Macie.

Why don't we just rush them and get it over with?

Depends on what you want to get over, Teague.

I don't know anybody yet that's had any luck rushing a bullet.

Maybe Teague here figures he's the one to do it.

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Half share instead of a third.

There wouldn't be nobody would have to force it on me.

What's your plan?

Well, I figure we don't do nothin'.

We stay right here,

as long as we don't light any fires or make any noise.

- And then what? - Well, sooner or later,

they're bound to step out of that cabin,

and when they do...

Yeah. It'll be as easy as picking off buffalo.

Huh?

Okay, Macie... on one condition.

What?

You and me do the shooting.

All right.

Boy, you're getting better every time.

Dad-burnit!

See anything?

Not a thing.

I can't figure it, Obie.

I never figured them to give up,

and I ain't seen a fire or nothing out there all morning.

Oh, they ain't givin' up.

Well, how come they ain't shot at us?

Well, like I said, Walter figured...

Ain't you ever known Walter to be wrong?

Well, not that I recollect offhand.

If he's so dang good at figurin', how come

he ain't figured out some way to get us out of here?

Well, Walter don't claim to know everything.

Wouldn't be in this jam in the first place

if you and Walter had've...

if you would've put that money in the bank where it belongs.

Well, you could be right about that.

It's your move.

Obie, how can you just sit there doing nothing?

Doing nothing?

I'm doing two things.

I'm keeping my mind on this game

and keeping it off of everything else.

The least we can do is get ready for the attack

when it does come... let's get the rest of the ammunition out.

What ammunition?

The rest of your ammunition...

Let's get it all out.

It is all out.

All out?

You mean there ain't no more?

Well, we didn't figure we needed any more.

Me and Walter don't hold to violence.

No, sir, there's a lot to be said against it.

It's your move, son.

Uh, Bessie Sue... Oh!

Oh, howdy, boys. Good to see ya.

Uh, howdy, Bessie.

Well, that looks like a pretty heavy timber.

Aw, this little bitty thing?

I can toss 'em around all day long.

They told us up at the house we'd find you here.

Do you know where Hoss is?

That's what I'd like to know.

You mean he wasn't at your place last night?

Well, I ain't seen hide nor hair of him,

and we were supposed to make plans

for the dance Saturday night.

I've got a good mind to go with somebody else.

Serve him right.

I-I-I'm taking Jenny.

Mary Ann.

I understand, boys.

That's the trouble with being so popular.

The timid ones never speak up

for fear you're already spoke for.

Yes, that's true.

Did you say Hoss was coming to see me last night?

Well, we-we don't know.

It was either you or the bull.

The what?!

Uh, what he means to say is that Hoss is the shy one.

You don't suppose that big moose could be double-dealing me

with that little ol' Cindy Larson in town.

No.

No, not that little ol' thing.

No, of course not.

But we got to keep looking for him, so we'll see you later.

You tell Hoss when you see him

that I'm expecting him to take me to the dance,

and if he don't show up on time,

I'm gonna skin him with a dull knife.

Yes, ma'am.

We'll tell him.

Well, see you at the dance.

Do you suppose she's right about Cindy Larson?

Cindy ain't half the girl Bessie Sue is.

What girl is?

Listen, we got to stop in town to see Pa anyway...

Why don't we check by Cindy and ask if she's seen him.

If she has and Bessie Sue finds out about it,

Hoss ain't gonna be in shape to dance for a month.

How about a drink?

No, thanks.

Might pass the time a little.

Uh, don't think it'd help much.

Can't hurt.

Opposed to whiskey in the morning?

No, it ain't that.

Your wife object to drinking?

I ain't got a wife.

You ain't feelin' up to snuff, are ya?

I feel fine. You go ahead and have one if you want it.

Oh, I don't take any pleasure drinking alone.

All right, I'll have one with you, then.

Of course, there's ways to fool a wife.

I knew a fella once...

He was a regular devil.

Drank hard liquor every day.

Was always careful to chew on a clove.

His wife thought he just had a fondness for cloves.

Tsk.

Yup.

Here's luck.

Yeah. Me and Walter will go along with that.

It's your move.

I'm surprised a nice boy like you ain't got a wife.

You ain't got a wife.

I know.

Don't need one.

I got Walter.

Yeah, he's a real lively companion, he is.

Ain't he, though?

Tsk. Dad-gumit, Obie!

I can't stand another minute of this.

Why? Whatever's the matter, boy?

I can't just sit here and wait for them fellers

to come down here and pounce on us

whenever they get ready; I gotta do something.

Well, you think of something; we'll both do it.

I'll tell you what we're gonna do.

We're gonna bust out of this back wall,

that's what we're gonna do.

Well, I told you you can't go anywheres,

smack up against the mountain like that.

Yeah, but if we can make them think there's a place to go,

and they think we've gone, then they gotta come in here

to find out which way we went, ain't they?

Well, sounds likely.

Only we gonna be waiting right here for 'em.

Get over behind that door. Go.

Well, you know, them fellas have been so anxious

to get close to this gold, I mean to oblige them.

All right, we're pulling out!

You're welcome to the place!

Open up.

What do you reckon that meant?

You reckon it'll work?

Already did.

How can you tell? I don't hear nothing.

Look at Walter.

He ain't been this excited since he was a puppy.

Well, I'll be dad-burned.

He's opened his eyes.

Ain't that something.

Yeah.

The door's wide open.

They're gone.

Gone? Where could they go?

This is mining country.

That shack could have been built over an old tunnel.

Yeah, it could also be some kind of a trap again.

Don't you forget, one of them fellas in there

has got a real evil mind.

What if he has?

I'm getting tired of sitting around here.

What are we gonna do?

Yeah, what are we gonna do?

All right, it's against my better judgment,

but let's go take a chance.

Ooh!

Huh!

By ginger,

ain't had so much fun in 30 years.

Looks like Walter enjoyed it, too.

Yeah?

Look at him.

Nerves of steel, ain't he?

So I want to press charges against these fellers, Sheriff.

What kind of charges?

Robbery.

Robbery? What'd they steal?

They stole Obie's gold, that's what.

What gold?

Yeah, what gold?

Hoss, they don't seem to have any gold.

Yeah, well... maybe they didn't steal it,

but... but they jumped us and tried to kill us.

They did?

They sure did.

They, they gave ol' Obie and Walter and me a real bad time.

They did?

Now, Sheriff, you've got eyes.

Now, I ask ya,

who do you think had tried to kill who?

Now, Sheriff... Sher... Sheriff...

You got the makings of a good player, boy.

You just gotta pay closer attention, that's all.

Hoss.

Oh, hi, Pa.

Well, Sheriff told us we'd find you in here.

Says he's holding you and some strangers

till he gets to the bottom of this.

Son, the bottom of what?

Yeah, it's... it's a long story, Pa.

There ain't nothing to worry about, though.

Now, well, you better start worrying.

You're gonna be in a lot of trouble

if you're not out in time to take Bessie Sue

to that dance Saturday night.

And she said something about

skinning you with a dull knife.

It ain't nothin' to fret about, Hoss.

Oh, it ain't?

That's right, Obie's right.

Ol' Walter will think of something.

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