All language subtitles for S04E08 - Nobility of Kings

[ theme music playing ]

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[ horses approach ]

TRAMPAS:
Afternoon, gentlemen.

My name's Trampas.
This is Randy.

We ride for
the Shiloh outfit.
Are you Mr. Justin?

That's right.

I'm glad to meet you.
This is Tom Suchette.

He has a ranch just on the
other side of the ridge.

It's a pleasure meeting
you all.

Well, we, uh,
saw your fire--

figured we'd take the
chance to get acquainted
with our new neighbor.

It's a hot day for burnin'
a maverick, ain't it, Justin?

TRAMPAS: Tom.What do you mean by that?

Now, Mr. Justin,
you probably didn't know it,

but nobody's supposed
to touch them slick ears
until fall roundup.

TRAMPAS:
According to Stockmen's
Association rules,

any critter runnin' wild
belongs to--

I don't care what
your association says.
This calf is mine.

Well, maybe.

But he could belong
to one of the Shiloh crop
we missed last spring.

You accusin' me of runnin' off
your beef?!

No, I'm-- I'm not
accusing you of anything.
All I meant was--

Stop beatin' around
the bush, Trampas.

Next thing you know,
he'll be cuttin' into
my herd.

Now,
either you set him straight,
or I'll do it myself.

Tom, will you simmer down?

You're on my land.
Get off.

TRAMPAS:
Uh, Mr. Justin...

Now, that calf looks like...

the one that we chased outta
the brush this morning.

Now, he probably got into
your place through a break
in the fence.

We can understand
how you might figure
he was yours, but--

He ismine.
He's got my brand.
And that's the end of it.

Justin, you'd better not.Shut up.

I told you
to get off my land.

Well, this isn't exactly
the neighborly way to
handle a misunderstanding.

Understand me--
I burn my mark on anything
I find on this ranch.

Well, thanks
just the same,

but I'm already
spoken for.

You lettin' him
buffalo you like that?

He points that iron at me
and I'll blast him right
where he stands.

We don't handle
everything that way
at Shiloh, Tom.

This is a Shiloh
matter.

Maybe Mr. Justin
needs a little time
to cool off.

We'll talk to him
later.

Next time, I might not
talk at all.

Next time I might
just showhim what happens
to hot-eyed strangers

who think they're bigger
than the association.

You ain't very smart,
Justin.

They're gonna come
floppin' down on you

like a big-tailed jay
on a spring worm.

And I'll tell you,
I don't want to be around
when they come.

Then ride out.

Maybe I'll just do that.

My wife will give you
your time.

Next thing you know,
you'll be running
the whole shebang

lyin' flat on your back
in bed.

That's not a bad
idea.

Hey, I thought you were
supposed to be breakin' in
Randy up on the North line.

Well, uh, we had
a little trouble up North

with that, uh,
new neighbor of ours.

Caught him trying
to put his iron
on a stray calf.

We decided to set him straight
on the Association rules,

and he decided
to brand me next.

As a little gesture
of friendship?

TRAMPAS:
Well, I don't know.

The way he looked,
kinda... wild,I, uh--

decided to see how you
wanted me to handle him.

Well...

Well...
[ sighs ]

Guess it's about time
I paid a formal call
on our new neighbors--

chewed a few things over
with the man of the house.

Want me to go along?

To tell you the truth,
Trampas, I'd feel an awful
lot safer without you.

Oh?

Yeah, I don't like
the idea of taking
along a red blanket

when I go courtin'
a bull.

Ben, you will try to be
back in time for supper?

I have your favorite--I can't promise.

I gotta finish
that sluiceway--

get some water
to those beeves
in the south pasture.

Mr. Justin?You're the range boss
at Shiloh, aren't you?

Some of your cattle--If you're here to make trouble
over that maverick,

I'm ready to oblige.

Some of your cattle
just broke through a hole
in your fence.

VIRGINIAN:
They may be headed
for an alkaline water hole.

What do you mean?
What happened?

Some of your fool men
cut my fence?

My men had nothing
to do with it.

The fencepost may have
rotted out at the base.

I'd be happy to help you
round 'em up.

I don't need your help!

Now, you stay off my land
and let us alone!

Are you one of those men
who accused my husband
of stealing that calf?

Ma'am, my men never
accused your husband
of stealing a calf.

Our Stockmen's Association's
got certain rules
and regulations.

If a man brands a maverick
before roundup, he could
be blackballed.

That means he can't ship
his beef out of the Association
railhead in Cheyenne.

I wouldn't wanna see that
happen to your husband.

Oh...

Oh, won't you step down?

Thank you.

I'm ashamed
of my bad manners.

A gentleman's not
supposed to...

talk to a lady from the back
of a horse, anyway.

[ chuckles ]

I'm, uh, the foreman
of Shiloh Ranch.

We're your closest neighbors.

I'm pleased to meet you.
I'm Mary Justin.

Sure wish there was some way
your husband would let me
help him round up those strays.

Oh, I'd just forget about it
this time.

My husband likes to do things
by himself,

without anybody's help.

It's hard to explain
unless you know him.

Oh, uh-- Will!

Come on out!
I want you to meet someone.

I'm sorry.
I'm not being very
neighborly, am I?

Won't you come in?
There's a pot of coffee
on the stove.

No, thanks, ma'am.
I have to be getting back.

Uh-- Will, this is
the foreman over at Shiloh.

My son, Will.

Howdy, Will.
Hello, sir.

You're pa's chasin' down
some cattle he lost through
a break in your south fence.

VIRGINIAN:
You'd better ride out
and help him.

I-- I--
I can't. Uh, I--

Sorry.

He... didn't mean
to be rude.

Uh, we only have two horses,

and his father
uses them both.

Besides,
Will can't ride.

I guess you think I might
seem a little young
to be his mother.

Actually,
I'm his step-mother.

Ben's first wife died
almost two years ago.

I-- I do what I can,

but I'm afraid the boy
still misses her.

I don't know whyI'm
telling a stranger all this.

Uh... if your husband
wouldn't take offense,

could be we could find
a horse over at Shiloh

that'd be just right
for breakin' in a greenhorn.

Well... we'll see.

I'll tell Ben.

It's kind of you
to suggest it.

Anything we can do.

Thank you for stopping by.

I hope you'll bring Will by
to visit us.

It's been a pleasure, ma'am.

Goodbye.

MARY: That you, Ben?

I know what a hard job
it was rounding up
those strays.

I'll heat up the veal
and dumplings.
That oughta perk you up.

I don't want anything.

Ben, you can't go--I lost two head.

I'm sorry.Lost two and ran the beef
off half a dozen more.

Well...
it couldn't be helped.

Couldn't it?

Pa home?
Mm-hmm.

Did he lose any?

Two head.

But, I-- I wouldn't talk
to him about it now.

He's feeling kinda low.

Oh.

[ sighs ]
Can I do anything else
for you?

You know-- you know
how bone tired he is.

It's the first time
I can remember he forgot
to take care of his horse.

Maybe--
I'll take him down
to the barn and bed him
down for the night.

Thank you, Will.

Evenin', Pa.

Ben--

[ glass shatters ]

I just don't know
what's the matter
with me.

Oh, it's all right.
It's all right.

I just don't know.

Sometimes I feel that...

it's like the sky's just
closin' in on me, and there's
no place left to go...

and nowhere to run.

I know, I know.

Oh, Mary...

I've just got to make it here.
I've just gotto.

And I can't depend
on anybody.

How 'bout the ones you love?

I don't mean that.
You know what I mean--
like back East,

when my partners ran out
on me and left me facing
that bankruptcy.

I can't trust anybody
again.

I'm gonna have to work...

and sweat until I make it
with my own two hands.

And this...

This is being weak...
and sick!

[ bottle shatters ]

Ben, your hand!

Let me get something--No, it's all right.
It's all right.

You know, Mary...

we're gonna get out from
under that debt at the bank,

and then we're gonna buy us
some Aberdeen Angus,

and we're gonna upbreed
every head we own.

I do this for you,
you know.

And for Will.

Someday, that boy's gonna know
he's got a father that's worth
something in this world.

I'll get something
for your hand.

[ crickets chirp ]

You know, I read in a book
once someplace that man
can be his own king out here.

As long as he owns his own
spread, runs his own beef,

he can walk with the nobility
of kings.

Mary, that's the way it's
gonna be for you and me
someday.

If I could just get
this bandage tied before
you bleed to death.

Put your finger there.

Oh, doggone--
I forgot all about
the horse!

Will's taking care of him.
He's out in the barn now.

Will doesn't know any--He knows a lot more
than you think.

He picked it up just
watching you.

I'd better give him
a hand anyhow--

Now, you just
stay right here.
He's fine.

Ben, you need somebody
to take that load
off your shoulders

now that you got rid
of Sanders.

I intend to hire
somebody else.What's wrong with your son?

He'd do as good a job
as any of these
free-bootin' hired hands,

and a lot better than some.

When he found out about
Sanders this afternoon,

all he could talk about
was how you wouldn't have
to hire anybody else

because he could do the job
for you if you just gave him
a chance.

Well, he's just a boy.

Maybe it's time you
started treating him
like a man.

What's that supposed to mean?

You ought to teach him
how to ride.

You know I can't spare
the time and I can't afford
to buy another horse.

That Shiloh foreman
this afternoon--

he said they'd be glad
to break Will in
on one of their horses--

save you the trouble.

You been talkin' about me
and my son to some stranger?

I don't see the harm.

It'd be so good for Will.

He's not cut out
for workin' cattle.

And he's always been
a sickly kid.

Well, at least
give him a chance.

Let me take him over--Stop gettin' at me
about him!

I oughta know what's best
for my own son.

Oh, Mary, I'm sorry.

What is it, Ben?

What's driving you--
eating at you--
making you be like this?

What is it you have
to prove to yourself?I don't know.

Ben, you just have
to take the time to
be a father to that boy.

Just let him work
with you every
once in awhile.

Go places together.
That's all.

That's all he wants.I know, I know.

Mary, I'll try.

But it's just that
I don't like anybody
around.

I don't like anybody
watching me.

I can't explain it,
it's just that...

I don't know.

I don't think you even
know what you're doing
sometimes--

to other people;
to yourself.

Don't.
I'll take care
of that.

I'll get a broom.

Will--

I'll check it for you.

Oh good morning,
Mrs. Justin.

I'll be with you
in just a minute.

Oh, I-- I'm in
no hurry, Mr. Harper.
Please take your time.

Ma'am.

Hello.

How are ya, Will?Fine, sir.

We thought you both might
drop by last week

and take a look at that
horse corral of ours.

Oh, we've--
we've been busy.

Well,
there's always tomorrow.

Uh, by the way--

would you be sure
and tell your husband

about that Cattlemen's
meeting tonight?

Oh, he's over
in the bank now.

I'll tell him when
he comes by to pick us up.

Good.

In that case,
we'd better get
your order filled.

I guess I know
the merchandise
as well as Mr. Harper.

He's out back lookin'
for somethin' for me.

I'll overlook the fact,
sir, that you're two weeks
late with your payment.

I was mendin'
my fences.
I understand.

However, I think we
should be more prompt

in meeting
your obligations
under this note--

just to protect
your credit.

Henry!

I was about to ride out
to Shiloh to see you
about that horse ranch.

Well, I'll save you
the trouble.

You know,
the Virginian's been after me

to buy another pair
of those Angus bulls--

Well, I'll need
a draft to cover it.
But there's no hurry.

Oh, do you know
the Judge?

Mr. Justin,
Judge Garth of Shiloh.

Mr. Justin.
Oh, this is a pleasure.

By the way, you know
we have a Stockmen's
meeting at Shiloh tonight.

Well, I won't be there.
I've got work to do.

Well, I'm sure that
one night won't--

Not until I'm sure
my fences are tight.

I don't want anybody
accusin' me again of rustlin'
somebody else's stock.

What?

Two of your men did
the week before last.

And don't tell me they didn't,
because they did,

and it's happened to small
ranchers out here before.

You brand a man a rustler,

and then you get your
Association to scare him out.

You're not gonna
scare me out, Mr. Garth.
I want to stay right here.

I might not be able to triple
my herd in the first year

like you big boysdid
in the old days--

Look here, Justin.

Judge Garth didn't
have an easy time--Just a minute, Howard.

Mr. Justin isn't interested
in tales about the old days.

He's entitled
to his opinion.

Sorry you can't
make it tonight.

I'll wait
in your office, Howard.

Thinks he's Lord
of the sky blue water,
don't he?

Justin, when you
get to know the Judge,

you'll realize just
what kind of a fool
you've been.

Just a minute.

I haven't finished
my business with you.

I want a bank draft.

I'm gonna order me
a couple of those prize
Aberdeen Angus bulls.

Don't be ridiculous,
Justin.

They cost $400 each!

400?You barely have that
much in your account.

You won't have anything
left for an emergency.

Yeah?

Well, you send that draft
to the commission merchant--

for every cent I've got.

I'm gonna buy me
one of those bulls.

Now...

there's somethin'
to set your eyes
to dancin'.

[ laughs ]
A little toobright.

I'm afraid it'd keep me
awake all night just
hanging there in the closet.

[ laughs ]

Make a nice work shirt
for a cowboy, though.

Here, let's see.

At least, if it didn't
scare his horse.

[ laughs ]

How's that for style?

Well, sir, I--[ door closes ]

Morning, Mr. Justin.

This it?Yes.

I looked at the goods
like you told me to, Ben,

but I didn't see anything
that strikes my fancy.

Well, we'd better
load up, then.

Thank you
for helping us.

You've been very kind.

WILL: Pa!

Pa.

Mary said to tell you,
a rider just stopped--

I don't wanna have
to remind you again.

She's your mother now.
Call her that.

Yes, sir.

A message from the
Station Master at Medicine Bow.

He said
your freight's arrived.

My freight?

Well, what'd you order,
Pa?

You'll find out
when I get back.

You tell your ma
I'll be back late
this afternoon.

Could I come with you?
I could hitch up the wagon,

and carry back
whatever it is for you.

That wagon's too small.

And that sway-backed
dray just couldn't
handle the load.

You know, son, I was
saving it as a surprise
for you, too.

But if you really
wanna go--
No, Pa.

It's okay, Pa.

I want you to go.

We'll take the wagon.

Yes, sir.

JUSTIN:
Well, what do you
think of him, Will?

He's-- he's beautiful.

Someday...

his grandchildren and
his great-grandchildren
are gonna belong to you.

Just you wait and see.

Now, if you'll just
sign this invoice,

the cargo
is all yours.

Mr. Justin?

Mr. Justin.
Oh.

You have to sign
for the cargo.

Here we have the...

breed registration...

and the vet certificate
that the animal's healthy.

No tick fever,
no hoof-and-mouth.

Now, where's
your wagon?

JUSTIN: My wagon's
not big enough
to haul that bull.

I'll need somebody
to do it for me.

Yo, Gilly!

STATION MASTER:
You have a customer.

He drives part-time
for Doan's and he'll
take care of you.

Thank you.

Señor?

How much to haul
that bull over
to my place

on the other side
of French Creek?

GILLY:
El toro negro?

Aye, chihuahua!
Magnifico!

[ exclaims in Spanish ]

Ah, I don't charge
for a beautiful animal
like that, no.

Oh, but it's going
to cost you $2

for you to keep me
away from my siesta.

You know, the sun
is very hot--All right, all right.

I get the wagon!
[ exclaims in Spanish,
laughs ]

Will, you drive
our wagon back.

I'll ride with
the bullwacker--

make sure nothin' happens
to the King here.

It's almost a month
I am here.

I still don't got
a job.

That's why I ride
the wood.

Señor, I'm a good vaquero.

I'm the best vaquero
you can find no place.

You try me out just once.
Please, señor.

Maybe you need a hand--

I want you to turn in
around that first bend
way down there.

I got a sick wife
and 13 little ones

who are waiting for me
back in Sabinas.

Well, a man deserves
a chance.

I'll take you on
until the first snow.

$30 and found.

Ah, muchas gracias, señor.
Muchas gracias.

You know, the place
isn't very much right now,

but it's gonna be one of
the biggest in these parts.

It's good to dream.

Make a man want to stay alive.

Mary!

Will, I wanna
show your ma the bull.

Take Gill back to the barn
and show him the spare room.

Gill?Yeah, our new vaquero.

The room's in the back
of the barn.

But, Pa...It's got a bunk.

You can move in tomorrow
with your horse--

start work anytime
you're ready.

Si.Tomorrow?Tomorrow.

Oh-- this is Mrs. Justin.

Mary, this is our
new hand by the name
of Gilly.

Mucho gusto, señora.
It is my pleasure.

Pleased to meet you.

Come on, boy,
show Gilly the--

My son...
forgot his manners.

I think you can
find the room.

The barn's on the other
side of the house.

Si, gracias.

Excuse me.

Con tu permiso,
señora,I'll go.

Ben, you know Will
wanted so much--

Doesn't it matter
what Iwant anymore?

I'm sorry.

I know you wanted to
show me your surprise.

Oh, never mind.

I just bought my first
black bull, that's all.

Well, that's--
that's wonderful.

Mary...

you don'tmean it,
so why did you say it?

Of course I mean it!

We've both dreamed
so much of this moment.

I-- I just thought that--
well--

we were going
to wait until--I'm tired of waitin'.

I know that, um,

those Aberdeen Angus
cost a great deal.

$400.
Every cent we had left.

Now, let's see you smile
about that.

Ben, how are we
going to--?

A man has to gamble
sometimes, Mary.

He takes chances.
That's the way fortunes are
made out here in the West.

I can't expect any woman
to understand that.

Ben, talk to Will.

Explain to him why.

Will, he--
he didn't mean to...

If it means that much...

to learn to ride,
to show him you can do it,

then I...

I'll take you to Shiloh
next time we go to town
for supplies.

Well, it's your choice,
Will.

Gee,
I like 'em all, sir.

[ chuckles ]

That sorrel looks nice.

Yeah.
Well...

[ laughs ]

I just can't
make up my mind.

Well, you take your time.
It's not easy choosing
your first horse.

Yeah, I know
what you mean.

Judge? Maybe...

Maybe you'd pick one
out for me, huh?

'Cause you know a lot
more about horses.

Albie,
rope the buckskin!

What happened
to you two?
I was worried.

Oh, it just took
a little longer
than we thought.

The store was crowded,

and you know a woman
when she starts looking
around at things.

Well, the sun's about to go in.
You shouldn't stay out so late.

I was afraid something
might've happened to you
along the way.

I'm sorry
we worried you.

Well, you're both here.

I'll help you
unload the wagon

as soon as I
get rid of this.

Ho!

Back up.
Back.

Back.
Back up.

Yes, you really should
be pleased with this
young man, Mrs. Justin.

Only four times
up on that buckskin,

and already he's rarin'
to go chasin' cattle
for his father.

Do you think
he's ready?

Well, I don't know.
You were ridin' with him
before lunch, Jen--

what, uh--
what do you think?

You remember that day
when you caught me talkin'
to my horse, Uncle Henry,

And you said it
was the first sign
of a real cowboy?

Well, I caught Will
talkin' to his horse today--
not once, but twice.

Now, what did the buckskin
answer back?

Well, sir, he said,
"Stop fidgetin' around
up there, boy,

Remember the Judge
taught you to sit straight."

Ha!
Well, now, a horse
as smart as that

deserves some
special consideration,
and it just so happens...

Ah, go show it to him,
Jen, will you?

Oh...

A new saddle.

From all of us
at Shiloh.

Thank you.

It's just--
it's beautiful.

But I can't.

My pa would never let me
accept a gift like this.

Well, then we'll
let you earn it.

Next month when you
ride in the roundup,

I'll expect you to chase
at least one Shiloh cow

out of the rush
for every Circle J you find.

Fair enough?

Can I try it out?

Don't take too long.

Jennifer, would you care
to ride along with me?

I'd have felt like the last
of the wallflowers if you
hadn't asked that.

Let's sit down.

Well, his father'll be
proud when he sees how
that boy sits a horse.

Thanks to you, Judge.

It's fun teachin'
a boy as eager
to learn as Will.

[ door closes ]

There it is, Judge.

I marked the clauses
you wanted to see.Oh, thank you.

If you'll excuse me,
Mrs. Justin,

I've got some
preliminary skirmishing
to do with this contract.

I'll be back
to say goodbye.
All right.

Excuse me.

We-- we missed you at lunch.

I wish I coulda been here,

but when you're ridin' herd
on a ranch as big as this,

you never know what's
gonna pull you away.

[ laughs ]
Now you sound like my husband.

Well, I should be going.

How'd Will like
his new saddle?

Oh, love at first sight!

I remember how I felt
the first time I ever
owned one.

I was telling the Judge

how much these trips
to Shiloh have meant
to Will.

Truth is... they mean
something to me, too.

Can you understand...
how I feel?

I love my husband...

and yet I feel
so alone-- lost.

I can laugh with you.

I can't laugh with him
anymore.

Mary, maybe--He wasn't always that way.

When I first knew him...

he was so gentle.

I was a nurse
in a hospital in Washington,

and they brought him into
my ward on the stretcher.

He'd been drinking heavily
ever since his wife died
a year before.

I imagined it was
me who brought him
back from the dead.

He had a dream about...
finding a new life
in the West.

I fell in love
with his dream...

and then with the man.

He's not the same anymore.

He's... bitter.

And it's my fault.

I'm afraid to look him
in the eye anymore--

afraid of what
I'll find there.

That's why I never
told him about these
trips to Shiloh.

I thought you had.

I told myself I was
doing it for Will...

but now I know it wasn't
just for him.

I had to get away myself...

to be with someone who--
who could--

make me feel
like a woman again.

And that's wrong.
I know it's wrong
of me to want that.

I never should've...

Mary, it wasn't wrong
to feel that way,

it was wrong not to tell
your husband.

I know.Don't wait any longer.

Tell him as soon
as you get home.

That you wanted to surprise him
how fast your son could learn
to ride a horse.

That was the reason
you came over here--

the onlyreason.

I don't want that.

Do you have
a few minutes
before you leave?

There's something--I let you talk me into
goin' to this thing tonight.

Now what more
do you want?

Nothing.
We'll talk about it
tomorrow.

Ah, Mary, I'm sorry.

I don't mean to
bite your head off
like that.

It's just that I don't like
people like that bunch
over at Shiloh.

And I can't help
the way I feel.
I understand.

But I'll tell you what--
I'll do right by you.

I'll keep a tight rein
on my temper,

I'll go around and shake hands
with everybody,

and smile at everybody.

I'll be whatever
you want me to be.

I just want you
to be yourself--

the man I knew back
at that hospital.

[ knock on door ]

Mr. Justin.
Glad you could make it.

Meeting's gonna start
in a few moments.

Come on in and let me
introduce you to some
of the others.

Well, I'm not much
for talkin' at these
affairs.

Well, most of
these old boys are
tongue-tied anyway.

Pour a little oil in 'em,

and pretty soon they're
jawin' away like a coyote
with a mouthful of feathers.

If you ask me,
I say there's a little
bronc in every horse.

Now, just the
other mornin'--

Mr. Procter, Mr. Turner,
this is Mr. Justin.

He just bought the old
Yarnall place up north.

Just call me Andy.
It's a pleasure to
know you, Mr. Justin.

Make it Ben.

Well, how you doin',
Ben?

Old Yarnall had a hard
wrastle with that
piece of scrub land,

but I hear you're
clawin' right into it.

Yeah, we're makin' out
all right.

Wonder where the Judge got to.
We can get this thing underway.

Now wouldn't you know it?

Soon as we vote
the Virginian ramrod
for this year's drive,

he starts gettin'
bossy.

[ chuckles ]

Well, if it ain't
the old bunch-quitter
himself.

You know,
gettin' this boy to
one of our meetings

is like draggin'
a cow thief
to a hangin'.

Well, you oughta know,
Tom.

I notice you rear back
every time you see
a coil of rope.

[ chuckles ]
Oh-ho!

Hey, you know,
I don't let just anybody
talk to me that way.

Well, gentlemen, we got
a lot to discuss before
I let you tap the keg.

[ all laugh ]

Mr. Justin,
I'm glad to see you.

You know, we're taking
the northern route
to the railroad this year,

so your herd'll
be joining up last.

All right.
Whatever you gentlemen have
planned is all right with me.

Say, I'm sorry you couldn't
be with us this afternoon,

but I enjoyed having
your wife and boy.

You've got
a charming family.

Well, now, Judge,
I'm afraid you let
the cat out of the bag.

They were saving it
as a surprise for when
Mr. Justin saw Will.

What's this all about?

Well, it's a surprise
that has to do with
your son Will.

Yeah, well, keep talkin'.

I'm afraid I can't
say any more.

Your wife wants to be
the one to tell you.

Seems like you know more
about what my wife wants
than I do.

You tell him, boy.Now, Mr. Justin--

This afternoon isn't the first
time my wife's been out here,
is it?

Well, no, sir, but--

What's the matter,
Mr. Justin--

you havin' trouble
keepin' your woman
on a tight enough rein?

Shut up, Tom.

I don't blame you
for being upset--

I'm through listening to you.

Wait a minute--

Ben!

Are you all right?

Tell me!

I worried all night
when you didn't come back.

I was just gonna hitch up
the wagon and ride out
to Shiloh to--

I'm all right.

I just rode up
into the hills to be
by myself for awhile.

Did anything happen
at Shiloh?

I came back...

and I'm here,
and I'm ready to go to work,
and what more do you want?

I'll, um--

I'll fix your breakfast.I don't want any.

You feed that new hand.

Give him a couple of axes
and send him up on
the north hill.

I'm gonna cut some
more timber for that
sluiceway.

You-- you can't go off
without anything
in your stomach.

Ben.

Ben.

We have to talk.

I'm truly sorry
for any pain
I've caused you by--

by my trips to Shiloh.

The last thing I ever
want to do in the world
is hurt you.

I mean that.

I thought I had
a good reason
for lying to you...

but I guess lies,
even for good reasons,
never seem to turn out right.

Anyway, I should have told you
to your face what I intended
to do about Will.

That's the way it should be
between a husband and a wife.

That's the way
it willbe from now on.

Forgive me... please.

[ horse approaches ]

Pa.

Judge Garth really made me
tow the mark.

I'm sure now I'll be able
to do my share to help you.

Now you won't need
an extra man for the roundup.

You and Will
can work together.

Pa?

What's the matter?

I'm goin' someplace,
and I don't want
anyone followin' me.

Pa, wait!

There's nothing
you can do, Will.

[ all laugh ]

Howdy.

I want a double whiskey.

[ clears throat ]
I'll have a couple bottles
to take with me.

What?

Can't you hear?
I'll take a couple bottles
with me.

And give me
another double.

Well!

TOM: If it ain't
my old pal Justin!
[ chuckles ]

TOM:
The lone wolf himself.

How you doin', Ben?

And how's them horns of yours?
Are they still growin'?

Didn't you boys
hear about it?

It seems like them
four-legged critters
we chase day and night

ain't the only ones
with horns.
[ chuckles ]

Someone out at Shiloh
hung a pair of horns
on old Ben here.

[ Tom laughs ]

Now, go ahead.
Turn tail-- run!

Just like you did
with the Virginian.

[ chuckles ]

Here-- here!

Can't you see
he's finished?!

All right, this's
not your fight,
so sit down.

He ain't finished
till I say he is.

Oof!

I said sit down
before somebody
gets hurt!

I don't need your help.
You stay away from me.

And you stay away
from my wife
or I'll kill you.

[ horse approaches ]

Ben, your face!Out of my way.

No, Ben!
No! No!

No matter what happened,
it isn't worth killing for--
or being killed!

You wouldn't understand.

No, that's right!

I wouldn'tunderstand.

I'm not a man carrying
his bitterness and hate
like a loaded rifle.

I'm not a man who's
so resentful of the way
his life is

that he can only let himself
live in the future!

I just can't live your way.

I can't go on watching
you hate every moment
of your life,

and hateeverybody else
because they have
more than you,

and hate Will because
he dared to learn how to ride

so that he could work with you
like a son should...

and hate me
because I wanna smile
and enjoy the day--

thisday, here and now!

Then you enjoy it with him--
that man from Shiloh.
That's what you want, isn't it?

No... that's not true.

Yes, it is!

You wish you were
married to him!

Ben, don't!

Ben!

[ sighs ]

WILL [ singing ]:
♪ If I ever make my way
off the train ♪

♪ And the Indians
don't find me ♪

[ stutters ]
♪ I'll make my way
straight back again ♪

♪ To the gal
I left behind me ♪

♪ That sweet little gal,
that true little gal ♪

♪ That pretty little gal--

Whoa!

Whoo!

Jennifer!
Whoo!

[ laughs ]

Get up there, boy!
[ mumbles, slurs ]

Whoa, whoa,
you're an obedient horse.

[ laughs ]
Hi

Whoo!
I just came along
to say goodbye

and sing you
a little song.
[ chuckles ]

Here... just try
a sip of this, Will.

No... don't let him
do it...

no...
well, if I could
just hide the bottles...

I don't wanna
be like that anymore.
I'll do anything...

Just lie back
quietly, Will.

[ sighs ]

Oh, oh, I gotta
go to Cheyenne--

No--
and I'm not
comin' back.

Here, try some of
this hot coffee, Will.
It might help.

Is there anything more
I can do, Uncle Henry?

No, dear, thank you.
Why don't you go back
to bed?

Mmm.

I can't stay, Judge.
I just remembered-- Mary.

She'll be worried about me.
I forgot to tell her
I was gone.

Oh...

Your father'll be worried
about you, too, Will.

No, he won't.

He don't care two cents
about me.

I don't mean nothin' to him.
Nothin'-- nothin' at all.

That's not true, Will.

Why don't you let me send
someone to tell 'em both
you're all right?

Oh, what do you know
about how he feels?

All he cares about...
is strikin' it rich somewhere.

Or, if he can't do that,
then grabbin' a bottle
and drinkin' himself blind.

That's all he cares about.

I know something about
your father's life, Will.

I got to thinking about it
after he bought that bull.

There's another thing--
that prize bull.

That bull is his hope
for the future.

Maybe it helps him
forget the past.

Your father's had more
than one setback.

It hurts when a man feels
he's a failure.

I know.
It's happened to me.

You, Judge?

When I was mustered out
after the war, I had that
rusty sword they let me keep,

$300 in my wallet, and...

a handful of dreams.

I wound up in Texas,
put every cent into beef,

and I worked hard for two years
and headed north for Kansas.

And we got as far
as the Staked Plains
when it hit.

It was a simple squall--
thunder, rain.

The lightning started 'em
running.

Tried to stop 'em,
but... we just couldn't.

I can still hear
that bellowing

as a thousand longhorns went
crashing down a 30-foot bluff.

The whole thing left me
with a feeling of-- maybe--

I was no good.

That the stampede
must have been my fault--

that I should've been able
to stop those cattle.

I tortured myself
for a long time after that.

A long time.

But not so long you didn't
fight your way back.

I'll bet you had a new herd
inside year or two.

Oh, I tried to start again--Sure.

Because you could stand up
to what happened to you.

[ sighs ]
My father can't do that
and he never could.

Why don't you give him
a chance, Will?

[ knock on door ]

Where is he?

Put down the gun
and we'll talk.

I hunted high and low,
and finally it dawned on me
where he'd be.

And sure enough,
there's that horse outside.
Now, where is he?

Mr. Justin.

I want my son.
What have you done with him?

He's in this room.

Wait.

He's in a bad way.
He drank some of the
whiskey he took from you.

Right now,
he's a sick boy.

Well, you just give him to me
and I'll take care of him.

I don't think
he should ride
any more tonight.

Why don't you let him
spend the night here

and you pick him up
in the morning?

Yeah, sure.
You'd like that,
wouldn't you, Judge?

I know what you're doin'.
You're tryin' to buy
a man's son

with horses
and fancy saddles.

Ben, the Judge never--You stay outta this!

I want my son
and I want him now.

Will, your father
wants to talk to you.

Come on, we're goin' home.

I'm stayin' here.

You obey me.
I'm your father.

No!
JUDGE: Will.

You listen to your father.

It's your duty.
If he wants you to go home
with him, you do as he says.

It's for the best.

He's my son.

You ever interfere again,
it'll go even harder on him.

I wish he hadn't
found him.

He won't hurt him.

This is something
that has to be settled
between father and son.

He won't hurt him.

So, you wanna drink
like your pa, huh?

Well, Son,
I'm gonna teach you
how to be a man.

I'm gonna teach you how
to stand on your own
two feet like a man,

so's you won't have to
get your courage and your
dreams out of a bottle.

Now, you watch me, boy.

This is the way
a real drinker
hits the bottle.

Now, you stand up.

I said stand up!

I'm gonna do to you,
boy,

what my father would've
done to me had he
a speck of care for me.

I'm gonna make sure
that you don't whimper
like a pup

and run to a bottle
like this for a crutch

every time you figure
the world has you whipped.

Pa...

Are you ready, boy?

I just-- just wanted
to be near you.

to work with you
and to help you--

Don't you understand?

I couldn't let you
near me!

I didn't want you to see me
the way I really am!

I'm a nobody, boy.

I'm the kind of a man that
quits and runs as soon as
one little thing goes wrong!

I'm a failure at everything
I've ever touched!

No...
you're not that way.

Don't you look at me
like that.

I don't want your sympathy.

Turn around!
I don't wanna see your face.
Turn around.

Oh...

Go on...
get outta here.

I can't even whip you.
I can't even do that.

Go on, get out
and leave me be.

Mary! The barn!

Are you burned?

Just look at that bull.

Those flames didn't
even touch him.

He's alive and he's free.

You know, that bull is gonna
be king of hundreds on this
land-- maybe thousands, even.

[ cow moos ]

Pa!

Pa, there's one
down by the stream.

Looks a bit sick
and straggly.

It's the third one
I've found like that.

I think they musta taken on
too much alkaline water.

Well, leave him be there,
then.

Can I help you here?

No, it'll be dark in an hour.

Why don't you get some supper
and turn in?

No, I'll ride back with you.

I'm gonna stay here tonight.
I've got my bed wool
and some grub.

I'll stay with you.

You go back
and keep your ma company.

I-- no!

Go on, do as I tell ya!

Gilly, we'll call it a day
after we pen 'em up in that
draw.

The drive's comin' trough
late tomorrow and I want
those beeves ready.

Bueno, señorJustin.

$6,800 on the hoof
at the Cheyenne railhead
or I miss my guess.

I'll make the next payment
on the loan,

put all the rest back
in Aberdeen Angus,

and next year's market herd
will bring twice as much.

Hello!

Hip-hip! Yaah!

Jimmy, start movin' that
beef into the main herd
the other side of the wash.

Right away.

Gonna have to move 'em
faster than this, ramrod.

We're movin'
fast enough.

You better light a fire
under Justin.

Justin.

We're about ready
to move your cattle
into position,

take 'em out
through the north pass.

Where're
they at?

They're penned up in
that draw down there.

Move 'em out that way.

Gilly!
Move 'em out!

Hold on a minute.

What's wrong
with that steer?

[ wheezes ]

This animal's infected.
That's Aftosa.

Can't you tell
a simple case
of range fever?

I know what I see, Justin,
because I've seen it before.
That's Aftosa.

And it spreads
like wildfire.

It couldn't have come
this far north.

Had an outbreak
in Colorado in '79.He's right.

Yeah, talk was it came
across the border
and up outta Texas,

on a coil of hemp that
belonged to some trail hand.

That vaqueroof yours-- Gilly--
there's your carrier.

You talk like a fool,
Suchette.

Looks like Aftosa.
Hard to tell, though.

Symptoms are a lot
like Spanish Fever.
I don't know.

Well, Iknow, and we've
got too much at stake
to take any chances.

Suchette's right.

I say shoot Justin's herd--
now--

and bury 'em
good and deep.

That's one way to stop
from contaminatin' our
whole herd.

That's the onlyway.

You wanna kill my cattle,
you better plan on killin' me
first, Suchette.

If that's the way you want it.

Suchette...

Are you willin' to bet
a man's life that those
cattle are infected?

I'm willin' to do just that.

We either shoot his
little cow-pen herd

or we turn that
gallopin' plague loose

to infect thousands
of cattle out there
on the trail.

Now, you listen to me.

No amount of beef on the hoof
is worth a man's life,
no matter how you add it up.

We'll send Randy into town
after Doc Linnell.

He can be back by nightfall--
tell us whether or not
it's Aftosa.

I don't need no vet to tell me!Well, I do.

Randy, can you make it to town
and back by nightfall?I'll do my best.

Better stop by and tell
the Judge what's happening
on the way.

Right.

By the way, Suchette,
'bout time you took
a little responsibility.

Why don't you ride back
and tell the rest of the men

to hold the herd
south of the pass.

What's gonna happen,
Pa?

Nothin'.

Nothin's gonna happen.

Ben...

isn't there something
I can do for you?

Maybe get you a--No... nothin'.

I know how the waiting
must be.

Just... go on home.

He looks so...
lost.

I don't think he knows
what's happening to him.

I mean, how can a man
understand something like that?

Nobody can.

Do you think
it is Aftosa?

[ horses approach ]

It's Aftosa.
That means your whole
herd's infected.

Nothing we can do to save them.
They have to be destroyed--

buried under quicklime
so they won't infect
that trail herd.

We're gonna need as many men
with rifles as we--Suchette.

They're mycattle.
I'll destroy them.

Gilly, get me a box of
shells out of the wagon.

Justin, uh--It's my job.

And I won't need any help.

[ gun fires ]

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[ gun fires ]

[ gun fires ]

[ gun fires ]

[ gun fires ]

[ gun fires ]

[ gun fires ]

Looks like
there's one more.

The black bull's
still standin', Pa.

You want me--?
No.

He's mine.

Somebody's got
to dig 'em under.

You've done your job.
Let us finish it.

Well, they're gone,
Mary-- all of them.

There's nothin' left
for us here now.

Ben...

Yet, somehow I just can't
turn my back anymore.

I can't just leave it
end here.

Mary, if we can hang on
somehow,

through the winter,

we might be able
to find a way to, uh--

We will-- yes!

Why don't you two
go back down,
turn in for the night?

We'll take care
of what has to
be done here.

All right.

I'll catch up with you
in the morning.

You'll need every hand
you can find to get
to Cheyenne on time.

TOM: Hey, Justin.

You're gonna have
to build you a whole
new herd.

When the time comes,

I got a few head that
maybe you can use.

That's...
a very decent offer.

Justin, I think you'll find
that every one of those men
down there with a shovel

will come up with a few head
to get you started again.

I'm sure the Judge will.

Well...

There's nothing
a man can say,
except... thank you.

Come on, son.
Let's go home.

[ theme music playing ]