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♪♪

TELLER: 100, 200, 300...

350, 400...

420, 40, 60, 80, 500.

That ought to buy a sack of flower or two.

Thank you.

Always a pleasure to be of service to a Grainger.

When you get those cattle you're driving back to Wyoming,

you tell your grandfather Harry Polk sends his regards.

I sure will.

Howdy, Mr. Polk.

I was in town,

and I thought maybe things had changed

since the last time we talked.

They have, Joe, but not for the better.

Money's scarcer now than it ever was.

We need grub and tools and just about everything.

I was hoping you could see your way clear to--

I'm sorry.

I'll sell you my interest in the ranch

for whatever you think is fair...

and stay on and work it for you on shares.

Joe, that ranch is already mortgaged to the ears.

We're holding two unpaid notes for you.

As much as I hate to, I have to say no.

Figured.

Joe?

$5?

It isn't much, I know.

But it'll buy some food.

Thanks.

Joe?

Food.

♪♪

Howdy.

Nice pile of grub.

I'll be stopping to cook up meal shortly.

You're welcome to share.

This is more what I had in mind.

Just pull those bills out of your shirt pocket

and drop 'em on the ground.

You were in the bank in Dunn Flats.

It'll take the law five minutes to find out who you are.

So, why don't you just ride on and we'll forget the whole thing.

[ horse whinnies ]

Don't you try and give me any trouble, mister.

I've already ate all the dirt I'm gonna eat in one day.

I want that money now.

Hey.

Take me home.

I'll take you to a doctor in Dunn Flats.

No. Take me home.

It's just down the road.

About three miles.

The first place.

You're goin' to a doctor.

[ Joe groans ]

♪♪

Now, wait a minute, miss.

Don't come down.

I'd better talk to your pa.

That's my brother's horse.

No, wait.

Where's Joe?

I've been tryin' to tell you.

♪♪

What happened?

He tried to rob me.

I didn't mean to kill him,

but we were both shooting, and...

Where?

A couple of miles back down the road.

He saw me in the bank in Dunn Flats.

He knew I had money on me, so...

I was hoping he wouldn't try something like this.

Miss, if you'd tell me what--

tell me what you want me to do...

Just go away.

So I can cry or...

get mad.

What about your...

Our--Our wagon's over near the barn.

If you put him in it,

I'll take him into town.

I'll come with you.

No.

No, don't go into town.

Go wherever you're going. Just go clear away.

I can't do that.

Is there a sheriff in Dunn Flats?

Yes, but I just want you to get out of here.

I don't even want to know where you go.

But I want you to know.

I'm Stacy Grainger. I'm with the Shiloh herd driving north.

Don't you see? It's--

Oh, Lord, you're hurt.

The bleeding stopped.

Let me see.

It should be cleaned.

When we get to Dunn Flats.

Uh...

come in the house.

I'll dress it.

Come on.

Sit down.

Come on.

I'll have to cut the sleeve off.

It isn't bad.

You know, I still have to go in and tell the sheriff.

I'll tell him. He'll understand.

Maybe he will, but I don't.

We--I have a younger brother.

He could come back any minute.

He worshiped Joe,

and I don't know what he would do if here were here.

Don't you see?

Yeah.

But I can't help that. I still have to tell the law.

I told you I'd do that.

Is another killing what you want in this town, of a boy?

You told me there was nothing you could do about Joe,

and I believe you.

But there is something you can do this time.

You can help keep the last of the Willard men alive.

Please.

All right.

But you know who I am and where I'll be.

If anybody needs me, I'll come back.

♪♪

Get the fire goin', Ellie! We got steaks for supper!

Boy, I got me the sweetest little old forked horn you ever saw.

I was trailin' me this big, stringy old six-pointer--

tougher than boot leather, you can bet--

when this sweet, plump little old forked horn

stepped right out in front of me.

What are you wearin' your town clothes for this time of day?

What's the matter, Ellie?

Where's Joe?

He's dead.

Dead? When?

This morning.How?

Uh...

He was shot.

By who?

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[ whistling and shouting ]

[ mooing ]

[ whistles, shouts ]

Stace, good to have you back.

What happened to your arm?

Ran into some trouble.

Bad trouble?

Killed a man.

Supplies came to $188.

There should be about 312 there.

You, uh... gonna make me ask?

No, but it's gonna take a bit of telling,

and I'd like to get something to eat.

Jimmy.

How's everything here?

All right so far.

Rumors keep coming back--

some trouble up ahead in Beulaville.

What kind of rumors?

Nobody knows yet.

Seems the president of the bank cleaned out the vault

and went south with every dime those folks had.

They're desperate for money.

It shouldn't affect us.

I hope not.

Get yourself something to eat.

I want to hear about the shooting.

Yeah, as soon as I get cleaned up.

I stay in these clothes another hour,

they're gonna take root and grow.

Toby, you don't even know who he is.

Stay home.

What makes you think I don't know who he is?

'Cause you won't tell me his name?

I don't need that.

What do you mean?

The man that brought Joe here

was drivin' a wagon with a narrow wheel.

All I gotta do is ride north, find me a herd,

and find me a wagon with a narrow wheel.

Toby, there are a lot of drovers.

You could accuse the wrong one.

The man I want

owns the rest of this shirt and a sore arm.

It'll be no trouble finding a drover with a sore arm

once I find the right herd.

What good will it do?

It's square things for Joe.

It'll let him rest easy in his grave.

♪♪

[ mooing ]

[ mooing ]

Howdy. You got a cup of coffee to spare?

I said coffee.

Coffee's over there.

Don't want the food, don't eat it.

Thanks.

♪♪

About ready to make your move?

Soon as I get cleaned up.

Let's not be all day about it.

Howdy. You lookin' for work?

I hadn't thought about it.

Ever drive any cattle?

I can do anything with a cow any other man can do.

We're trailin' all the way through to Medicine Bow.

You can sign on for the whole drive or any part of it.

There's another trail herd up ahead of yours, isn't there?

Yeah. And one ahead of that.

Why?

No reason.

You mind if I think about it?

Not at all.

♪♪

If that job's still there, I'll work for you...

for a while, anyway.

Fine.

I'm Toby...Jones.

Put your bedroll on the wagon over there with the rest of 'em

and then come on out to the herd.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Hi. New hand?

Just hired on.

Name's Stacy. This here's Belden.

Jones.

Glad to have you. We can use the help.

Thanks.

Just the way I like 'em--friendly.

♪♪

[ mooing ]

I was ahead of you.

Heh heh. Not by about 15 years, sonny.

Around here, top hands eat first,

and I was drawin' top wages before you learned how to crawl.

You got any rules about who eats first?

Not at all.

You from around here someplace?

No.

Don't let Belden bother you.

He doesn't mean any real harm.

These men are gonna be workin' with you,

and they just want to find out what you're made of.

You know what I mean?

You want something from me?

Just tryin' to be friendly.

All right, we're friends.

Is there anything else?

Where'd you find him?

I didn't. He found us. Something wrong?

No, but gettin' close to him

is like tryin' to pet a bobcat.

Well, he seems like a loner.

But that's his business.

Yeah, I guess so.

Something else, though.

He'll be a while learnin' to use that name Jones

like it belongs to him.

♪♪

[ mooing ]

Trail boss wants you.

Over there, back of the wagon.

He didn't want me.

No?

How'd I ever make a mistake like that?

It was no mistake.

You're right, sonny.

But it was for your own good.

A kid goin' down the trail for the first time

has got a lot to learn.

I just taught you how to get a nice place

for your bedroll.

No rocks, no lumps,

and no charge for the lesson.

STACY: Toby.

Come on over here. There's plenty of room.

♪♪

All right, it's another day. Let's make it a good one.

Move out. Stace, I've got a special job for you.

Didn't sleep so good last night, did you?

Kept waking me up with your rollin' and mutterin'.

Thistles in your bedroll?

What's the matter, kid?

Can't you saddle a horse?

Come on! It's a joke!

You don't want to fight over no joke, kid.

All right, you want me to apologize?

I'm sorry.

Look, kid, I don't want to have to hurt you.

♪♪

All right, that's it.

Mount up and get to work.

Move out, all of you!

You're hurt?

Not so bad I can't work.

That is, if I still have a job.

You do.

I won't stand for any more trouble. It's finished.

Talk to your men. Nobody walks on me.

Stacy, I've been thinking

maybe we ought to take the East Fork Trail

instead of tryin' to go through Beulaville.

But I've got to know how much grass we'd find.

Ride up there and take a look, will you?

Sure will.Go with him.

You all right?

Look, I'd rather not.

The man says go, you go.

Anything else?

Yeah.

On this spread, we don't point guns at each other.

Just the strangers, is that it?

♪♪

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You been workin' cattle all your life?

Pretty much.

Yeah? Have your own spread?

"Spread" wouldn't be the right word for it.

But it's ours.

How come you're not workin'?

I expect we'd better be gettin' on up the trail.

How come you're not workin' your ranch, Toby?

Well, it got pretty run down.

First my father got killed,

and then my brother.

How?

Gunfights?

You really shouldn't have jumped Belden like that.

Well, he asked for it.

He asked for it, but you're the one who got it.

Doesn't that make any difference to you?

A man doesn't let himself get pushed around.

If he does, he's nothin'.

Who told you that?

Your father?

Your brother?

♪♪

That wind will blow the fire out on the range

and keep it going, five, maybe ten miles.

You don't have to sound so proud of yourself.

We got a job, Quincey.

Burning grassland?

That's the kind of job they normally put a man in jail for.

♪♪

Let's get a closer look.

Look at that.

Let's check this out.

We should've dumped the rest of this kerosene.

You ride ahead. I'll buy us a little time.

Hyah!

Do you see him?

Got a glimpse of him.

Top of the rise.

[ gunshot ]

I saw him that time.So did I.

Let's get him, huh?No.

We couldn't work our way up to him from down here.

It's too open.

[ gunshot ]

There's got to be a way.

As long as he's above us,

I think we'd better stay right here.

Nobody bushwhacks me and gets away with it.

[ gunshot ]

[ gunshot ]

Now, listen to me.

Those are just warning shots,

or they'd be a lot closer.

If he's any good at all, he'd be able to kill you

before you get halfway across that clearing.

We'll see about that.

You all right?

Yeah, I guess so.

I think I'm drowning.

Hey. Want to give me a hand up?

I must've been out of my fool head.

I didn't stand a dog's chance of makin' it up there.

Sure wanted to try.

I told you--

a man don't let himself get pushed around.

Better to get killed, is that it?

Hey.

Thanks.

♪♪

Did you get it done?We got it done.

There's no way a herd can get around Beulaville now.

They've got to come through.

Well, then why the long faces?

Some men came on us while we were settin' the last fire.

They recognize you? Give you a fight?

No, that's not the trouble.

The trouble is, Quincey here has had an attack of conscience.

What's biting you, Quince?

If you were there, you'd know.

It's one thing to talk about burning off range like that, Harry,

and blaming it on lightning,

but it's something else to do it and get caught at it.

What's the difference if they don't know who you are?

But I know who I am.

You were acting for all of us, Quince.

We've all got to learn to live with this.

The grass you burned wasn't being used by anything

but jackrabbits and antelope.

You're not facing what we did, Harry.

Yes! I'm facing what we did.

We burned the grass so the herds would have to come through here

and pay our toll.

You think that's pretty?

Wait a minute, all of you. We've got to get money.

Well, we've got a way to get it. Let's stick with it.

There's nothing wrong in what we're doing.

How about you, Ben?

You still gonna collect for us?

I don't make the laws. I just enforce them.

If the judge says it's the law, I'll do my job.

Well, you're on firm legal ground to charge a toll.

You made the law, put the law in the books.

Now, that's enough.

We don't need another doggone thing.

We've got 'em, and they have to pay,

or they can't come through.

Anybody got anything else to say?

Then this meeting of the County Commissioners

is hereby adjourned.

♪♪

You did it, didn't you?

You burned the grass.

We burned the grass.

I hope you feel proud of yourself.

You know how I feel? I feel ashamed.

You're my husband, but I'm ashamed at what you've done

and what you're gonna do.

And I'm not alone.

A lot of the other women feel the same way.

We've got no choice.

You have.

You don't have to go along with the others.

I know you don't agree with them.

No man lives in a town alone.

And a man who owns a store like this

has got to share the problems of every other man.

We gotta have money.

We figured a way to get it.

You're gonna make other men

pay for your trouble.

that's not a solution to your problems. That's robbery.

You weren't elected a County Commissioner

because you were a thief.

We're doing what we have to do,

and I don't need you to find out the wrong of it.

Do you understand?

I understand.

♪♪

There's about five, ten miles

here on this East Fork Trial that's all burned off.

So...

You're sure the man who shot at you set those fires?

No, I'm not sure. But there was the fire,

there was a man shooting-- just putting two and two together.

Looks like somebody in Beulaville wants to make certain

we come their way.

Let's wait till they tell us why.

If they don't, we'll ride in

and see what they have in mind.

There's, uh... somethin' else.

Yeah?

This kid Toby.

He's been carryin' that piece of shirt-sleeve

that I left at the Willard place.

I figure he's the younger brother.

Wanting to square things, huh?

I'll send him down the trail.

No, don't fire him.

He's bound to figure you out sooner or later.

And he's good with a gun.

But he doesn't know who I am yet.

It'll take him a while longer to find out.

It'll give me a chance to get to know him better.

Why bother?

I owe him something.

All right, Stacy. I'm gonna watch him real close.

♪♪

[ men shouting ]

[ shouting continues ]

[ men shouting ]

You seen Stacy?

He's ridin' drag.

No, he isn't. He went back for a canteen of water,

and he's long overdue.

I'm goin' back.

♪♪

[ music swells ]

[ roars ]

Looks like you got him.

Or you did.

Well, let's just say we both got him.

What are you doin' here anyway?

What do you think? I was trackin' me a cat.

You know what I mean, Toby.

You're not the only man in the world that gets thirsty.

I ran out of water, too.

Then I spotted your tracks,

and I couldn't tell whether you were following him

or he was following you.

To tell you the truth,

I wasn't too sure which was it was myself.

Thirsty, huh?

That's right.

That's real interesting the way you managed to fill that canteen

without gettin' the top wet.

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[ mooing ]

You know, I could go the rest of my life

without chasing another cow across the country.

What happens when you get back to your place?

All the stock we have you can fit in my bedroom.

Sounds like you don't like ranchin'.

I can think of about 100 other things

I'd rather do.

Why don't you sell it?

I wanted to, but my brother wouldn't hear of it.

He said the bank owned most of it,

and what was the point of selling something

you weren't gonna get any money for?

Who's workin' it now?My sister.

Sister? Alone?

While you're out here?

Well, there's something else I have to do.

Something that's important.

Is there anything wrong with that?

I guess not.

I was just wondering

what could be more important to a man

than protecting his property and taking care of his family.

[ horse approaches ]

Was worried about you, Stace.

No need to be.

What were those shots I heard?

Mountain lion following the herd. We got him.

Then let's get back.

We've heard from Beulaville.

♪♪

Well, now we'll see.

Good morning.

Sheriff. I'm the trail boss of that Shiloh herd

that's headin' up this way.

This is Stacy Grainger, the owner's grandson.

I'm glad to know you both.

Sit down, sit down.

Muggy, isn't it?

This thunderstorm weather--

you sweat through your shirt just sittin'. Heh!

You sent word you wanted to talk to me?

That's right.

Maybe I can save you a speech.

My men aren't wild,

and they don't get paid till the end of the drive.

We'll stay well east of the town limits...

and won't give you any trouble at all.

Well, that's fine, that's fine.

How many head you drivin'?

Oh, about 2,500.

I ought to know closer than that.

Why?

We can't do business in round figures, can we?

How many head?

Business? What kind of business?

How many head?

2,465 at last tally.

I expect I've lost about 30 head

to Indians and wolves

and the general wear and tear of the drive.

Hmm. Well, we'll make it 2,300 even, then.

That's--Let's see.

That's, uh...$4,600.

You can pay me now,

or you can pay me when you get here with the herd.

Either way, it's all right.

What are you talking about?

Well, the head tax. I thought you knew.

Head tax? You mean a toll.

No, I mean a tax. A county tax.

And since I'm sheriff of this county,

it's up to me to collect.

$4,600?

It had to come, you know.

Herds drive through here pretty regular,

use up the grass, bring in diseases

that might wipe out the local cattle.

These folks have to be paid for their losses and the risks they take.

Oh, it's all perfectly legal.

The law's on the books.

If a man brings a herd through here,

he pays a tax of $2 a head.

For that, he gets the best grass

and the cooperation of all the ranchers in Beulah County.

Who gets the money?What?

We get the cooperation. Who gets the money?

Well, that's up to the County Commissioners.

Yeah, I'll bet.

You don't have to come through Beulah County.

You can go any way you like.

We have to come through, all right.

The grass on the East Trail is all burned off.

That's not my problem.

It is now.

Because we're not gonna pay the toll.

You're not?

Nope. It amounts to the hog's share

of what profit we could hope to make out of this drive.

I don't see how you can get out of paying. It's the law.

You can call it a law. I call it piracy.

Now, you listen to me, mister.

I don't make the laws, but I do enforce 'em.

If you don't pay that tax,

you're not comin' through Beulah County.

♪♪

They can do that? Just pass a law

that makes highway robbery legal?

They can and they did.

Kind of a stacked deck. What chance does that give us?

None. That's why we're not gonna pay.

They can make and pass all the laws they want--

no argument about that.

But they got no right to burn the grass

so their trail is the only one we can use.

You men hired on to herd cattle,

not to fight a war.

And that's what this could turn out to be.

Any of you want to quit now,

go right ahead. No hard feelings.

All right.

Those you riding nighthawk better get moving.

♪♪

You told me I could hire on for the whole drive

or any part of it.

I thought I'd tell you-- tomorrow's my last day.

All right.

It's not that I'm afraid

of what might happen up the trail. It's--

I have to go home.

It's important.

You don't have to explain.

I'll stay with you tomorrow,

but when we make camp, I'll take off.

We'll be sorry to lose you, Toby.

♪♪

Can I help you?

Are you the sheriff?

Sheriff Ben Morris. And you?

I'm Ellie Willard from down Dunn Flats way.

I just came in with a freighter

who was kind enough to give me a ride.

Would you like some coffee?

No, thank you.

Well, sit down, please.

That cloud of dust off to the east--

that's the Shiloh herd, isn't it?

That's right.

Can you tell me-- in the last three or four days,

have the drovers had any trouble?

Trouble?

That's a word that can mean most anything.

What kind of trouble do you have in mind?

Shooting.

A gunfight.

A gunfight?

Did you expect there'd be one?

I hoped not.

I hoped I could get here in time for you to stop it.

I might be able to help you a little more

if you could tell me who's going to be in this gunfight.

My brother Toby Willard

and Stacy Grainger.

♪♪

[ men shouting ]

Sun's been sayin' 4:00 for the past three hours.

Stace...

I want to thank you.

Why?

Well, I guess mostly just for talkin' to me,

for bein' a friend when I needed one.

You see, there's something about me that you don't know.

I think I know everything I need to know.

No. When I joined on this drive,

I really wasn't lookin' for a job.

I was lookin' for something else.

Trouble.

Either of you two know a Toby Willard?

Yeah, I--

Cover him, Cal.

Hey, what's goin' on?

I don't want any trouble from you. Just stay out of this.

You're under arrest for the murder of Joe Willard

in Dunn Flats.

I didn't murder him.

I know a young lady says you did.

Stacy?

Did you kill Joe?

What young lady?

The boy's sister.

She came to Beulaville and told me all about it.

All right, get on your horse.

You're goin' to jail.

You knew it.

You knew who I was all the time!

It ain't over yet!

'Cause I'll come for you!

You almost had me fooled!

But not anymore!

I'll come for you!

Sometime, somewhere!

♪♪

You could've saved me a lot of trouble down there if you'd told me his name.

You might've gotten the wrong man killed.

But there's nothing you can do about it now.

You're wrong about that.

Look, Toby...you were ready to go home

before you found out it was Stacy.

Let's go home, then.

After I settle with him.

There's nothing to settle, Toby.

I think there is.

He lied to you, Ellie. I know that now.

He knew who I was.

He could've told me the truth.

But all he was interested in was getting me out of there

to save his own skin.

To me, that doesn't sound like a man

with nothing to hide.

Took you a while to get here.

The herd takes more than a little lookin' after.

I expect so.

All right, what are you up to?

I'm not up to anything.

I'm just doin' my duty.

I heard about a murder, and I brought the killer in.

Well, let's take a few shortcuts.

Stacy Grainger did not murder anyone.

He killed a man who was tryin' to rob him.

You know that as well as I do.

You're only holding him so we'll pay the toll on our herd

and get him out of your jail.

When you say a thing like that,

you're saying I'm using my office for an unlawful purpose.

Well, let's say it this way.

If I were to put the toll money on the desk right now,

it'd change the whole picture, wouldn't it?

It would. And now let me tell you why.

That boy's gonna have a jury trial.

Since this is the county seat,

the jurors are gonna be people from this town.

Now, if that tax is paid the way it should be--

no sweat, no trouble--

then the jurors are gonna be what I'd call "kindly disposed".

It's still blackmail.It's legal!

That's what I'm tryin' to get through your head!

We go the law on our side.

BELDEN: That's some law--

tailor-made to do what you want it to do.

Whenever you come across somebody makin' laws

for the benefit of strangers,

bring 'em around. I'd like to meet 'em.

Well?

You gonna pay that tax or not?

Because you'd better get used to one idea right now.

You try drivin' that herd past us without payin',

and you're gonna leave at least one man behind.

We don't have that kind of cash.

We'll take cattle.

At fair market value.

I don't have the authority to make that kind of deal.

I'll have to wire my boss.

Tell him his grandson says hello.

I'll do that.

Can I see Stacy?

After you send the wire.

♪♪

They're here, and they haven't got Stacy.

Toby, give it up.

The law's between you and Stacy now.

If you try anything, they have the perfect right to kill you.

And they will, Toby!

You really gonna send that wire?

Yeah. It might get 'em to relax a little.

We're not gonna pay him.No.

What if Mr. Grainger wires back and says we should pay 'em?

He won't.

He'll pay. I know he will.

And if you're wrong?

Then we'll fight, right out by those fences.

The fence won't stop that many cattle.

The fence is to serve legal notice

that they're crossing over onto our range.

If that doesn't stop 'em, we'll use guns.

You mean, Ben and his deputies will use guns.

I'll be with them.

There'll be dead men...

on both sides.

Including his grandson.

And if that's the way it has to be, it has to be.

♪♪

Sheriff, we won.

Message came from Medicine Bow

addressed to the Shiloh trail boss.

"With regards to your request,

"you have full authorization

to make whatever arrangements you deem necessary."

All right, boys. You can go home.

We won't need you here.

Might interest you to know that you might not hang after all.

Your grandfather has decided to pay.

I don't believe you.

Take a look.

Well, everybody's entitle to one mistake.

♪♪

Hold it.

Just what do you want?

You got one of my men locked up.

I came to get him out.Did you, now?

[ gunshot ]

Go ahead and try it if you want to.

But he means it, and so do I.

Get the keys.

Some guys will do anything to get out of ridin' drag.

All quiet so far. Horse is out back.

♪♪

Well, you guessed right.

They got a fence across the trail

and men to back it up.

I guess there's nothin' more to be said.

We'll have to take out the fence.

Let's get started.

♪♪

[ men shouting, gunfire continues ]

Cut our share out of the front of the herd.

When you get 'em well away from here,

I'll cut the fence and let 'em through.

[ gunfire ]Hear that?

It's a stampede.

Probably coming right at us.

No, they wouldn't do that-- not with Grainger in jail.

Use your head. They're doin' it.

Come on, let's get out of here.

No, wait. We gotta try to turn 'em.

How, with bullets? It's 100-to-1 shot.

Well, then let 'em run right over us, if they dare.

I say they won't.

Does the money mean that much to you?

It's not so much the money. We can't quit

now that we've come this far.

Maybe you're right.

But that's the shame of it.

[ shouting, gunfire ]

It's not gonna work! We're not gonna stop 'em!

Come on!

Hobart! Give it up!

HOBART: Aaaah!

Well, so much for the head tax.

Anybody hurt?

Yeah, one of their men, dead.

BELDEN: Comes trouble.

My trouble.

Stay out of it.

You ain't about to draw on that kid, and you know it.

If you think we're gonna stand by--

I said, stay out of it.

You were laughing at me.

No.

All that time...

tryin' to be friends, givin' me advice.

And behind it all, you were laughing!

You're wrong. But even if you were right,

even if I was laughin',

the only thing that's really hurt is your pride.

Is that worth killing a man for?

You killed my brother.

And you want to get even.

'Cause a man doesn't let himself

get pushed around, right?

Does he? Do you?

No. That's why this herd was just stampeded.

That's why there's a man laying on that trail, dead.

But a man has to use his common sense, too.

He doesn't draw his gun just because somebody loosens his cinch,

or somebody busts into a chow line.

Doesn't take a giant brain to figure out how to fight that sort of thing.

We're talkin' about my brother!

All right, let's talk about him.

What if it was you, Toby?

What if you were carryin' $400 of the boss' money

and somebody tried to rob you?

Joe didn't try to rob you!

Are you sure.

I mean, right down at the bottom--

are you real sure?

Because if you are,

maybe we ought to have it out.

Right now.

♪♪

Well, I guess we'd better start puttin' the herd together.

Well, good law or bad law, you broke it,

and I can't say I like lettin' you get away with it.

Maybe the next herd that comes up the trail

will have time to fight you in court. I didn't.

Won't be necessary.

I think I can convince the rest of the County Commissioners

that we made a mistake.

Good-bye and good luck.Thank you.

Sheriff.

We decided that...

Ellie's going on back and selling the ranch.

Then we're gonna move on up to Canada.

We have some cousins there.

I asked her to meet me in Medicine Bow.

That is, if it's all right if I ride with you.

You think you can handle the job?

I think so.

♪♪

Whoa, there.

What's the matter, old man?

Didn't you ever learn how to saddle a horse?

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