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[gun cocking]

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[groans]

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[groans]

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I've been thinking, ma,

a building that high would block out the sun.

Not really.

In fact, since I was in New York last,

they may even have taller buildings than that.

And we're really going on a train to get there?

First the stage coach then the train.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

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Aren't you gonna help him, ma?

Whoa.

Can we help you?

I don't know.

How do you feel about the sight of blood?

I've seen it before.

Jimmy, are you alright?

I'm fine, pa.

What are you doin' out here?

I can't tell you. It's a surprise.

What do you mean a surprise?

Al, this man is hurt.

What are you doin' on my property?

You see my sign back there?

The one that says trespassers will be shot?

Sorry.

- A rustler beat you to it. - Rustler?

He was butchering a steer when I showed up.

Serves you right. Next time you pay attention to signs.

I don't think you ought to sit a horse.

You need a doctor. I'll get the buggy over here.

- You alright, too? - I'm alright, too.

Good.

Well, what's all this stuff for?

Just some things I was taking to have altered.

Surprise, huh?

Alright. Get back to work.

I bet I would've been surprised.

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- Was it in deep? - Seen worse.

Last of 'em died, though.

You were shot by a rustler, alright.

One of my boys came across a carcass

of the steer he was butchering.

Hard to believe a little thing like that

could cause so much trouble.

It could've been the same man we caught last week.

I told him, if we ever found him near a dead steer again

I'd hang him on the spot.

He must've thought you were one of my boys.

You, uh, run along, son.

No, you better leave that here.

Your mother wouldn't understand.

I hope you feel better real soon.

Thanks, Jimmy.

- Nice boy. - Yup.

He's the best.

A little bit too much like his mother,

but he's still the best.

Are you, uh, you on the run?

Eight thousand dollars is a lot of money.

You were unconscious for a while before the doc showed up.

You always welcome guest by going through their things.

You, uh, know a better way to find out about a man?

Well, are you on the run?

I'm a foreman of Shiloh ranch.

Medicine Bow, Wyoming.

And your boss just lets you run around

with 8000 of his money, huh?

He lets me.

I know why too.

You weren't even conscious and you put up a good fight

tryin' to hold on to it.

I'm just on my way back from Mexico

where I settled a big cattle deal.

Their cash looked better than their check.

Foreman of a ranch, huh?

What kind? Penny ante spread.

Not quite.

Nothing like what I got here, I can tell you.

I don't even know how much land is mine.

One of the biggest spreads in Texas.

For as far as you can see and more, huh?

- That's right. - You're in pretty good shape.

You should be back to normal inside a week.

Thanks, doc. But I gotta be moving a lot sooner than that.

A week.

I've got something to do that won't wait that long.

That rustler?

Well, I wouldn't worry about him.

I'm not worried about him. I just wanna meet him again.

Well, until all that blood you lost gets back into you,

you're not going anywhere.

You can bunk here. No problem.

I hate to put you out. I could stay in town.

[laughs] He sure must have come here the other way, huh, doc?

If you're gonna stay in town,

you got your choice of the saloon, the stable

or the church to room at.

Because that's all the town's got.

Well, there's no question about it.

You're staying here. Thanks, doc.

- How are you feeling? - Mm.

Afraid you're gonna have yourself a house guest

for a couple of days.

Don't give it a thought.

You won't be any trouble at all.

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Alright, May, let's have it out.

We don't need an argument, Al.

I don't plan on arguing.

But I don't want any more surprises, either.

So let's just decide if you're staying or going.

If you wanna leave

I'll give you all the money you need.

But Jimmy stays.

All the money I need?

Caveat emptor.

That's an old Latin phrase they used when somebody got cheated.

"Let the buyer beware."

That's what it looks like, isn't it?

Bought and now sold.

I'm not buying or selling anything.

I'm just telling you.

If you wanna stay,

you'll act like a wife and a mother.

If you wanna go, just get out.

And what do you want me to do, Al?

Do you want me to go?

What do you mean by that?

What I said. Do you want me to leave?

Don't you think you're a little late with that question?

Now, couple of hours ago you weren't giving me any choice.

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Now do yourself a favor,

lay off that stuff.

Lund! Shoop!

Hey, Lund! Shoop!

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You think I've been calling hogs?

We didn't hear you.

You hear me now?

Well, yeah.

Get out and find that rustler.

Now?

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[whistles]

[horses neighing]

You're not suppose to be out of bed.

- Who said so? - The doctor.

Well, I'm bigger than he is.

Then I say so.

In that case I apologize.

Forgiven.

I mended that myself.

Sewing was my favorite course in finishing school.

Well, it's like new.

Thank you.

Oh, it is beautiful, isn't it?

No doubt about that.

May: Very beautiful.

At least that hasn't changed.

Mrs. Keets.

Call me May, please.

I'm sorry about the inconvenience I've caused you.

You haven't inconvenienced me at all.

Well, it's kind of you to say so.

But I've been talking to Jimmy.

He told me about the trip you had planned.

It isn't hard to figure out

that if you hadn't stopped to help me,

you and Jimmy wouldn't be here now.

Please don't concern yourself about it at all.

And don't judge my husband too harshly.

I'm not judging him at all.

Good.

It hasn't been easy for him.

This ranch is like an island.

Bandits raid from the south.

Renegade Comanches still break loose.

And every time he runs his cattle north

he has to fight through rustlers and worse.

So he has to be strong.

Now, how do you think you'd feel about something to eat?

I think I'd feel pretty good about it.

I'll call for supper.

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You ought to try to take it easy.

No chance.

[laughs]

I gotta hand it to you.

When you do something, you do it.

All the way.

Well, I've had harder things to take.

Answer came to that telegram you asked me to send.

He said for you to take as much time as you need.

Look, I'm a direct man.

When I wanna know something I find it out.

You, uh, you like your job?

Yeah, I like it.

You working for another man for 100 a month.

It just doesn't add up.

What does?

This.

And being your own man.

Having the power to take as much as you can grab,

and are man enough to hold on to.

With the sky the limit.

Or don't you think so?

I might.

If Shiloh was just another ranch

and John Grainger was just another boss.

But they aren't.

And I'm still my own man.

I'll bet you are.

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[laughs]

You have nothing to worry about, Sam.

I never cheated a man in my life.

- Rest of 'em like these? - Yup.

My boys just grabbed three of 'em out of the herd.

Nothing special.

You win, they'll all look like that.

I hope the same goes for you.

All the same, if you win.

Heh. We got a deal, Sam.

Well, you're comin' along pretty fast.

Yeah, I was gettin' a little restless.

Thought I'd look over the biggest spread in the world.

Well, not on foot you won't.

But as soon as you feel up to sit in a horse,

I'll show you around myself.

My neighbor from the next county, Sam Hardy.

- Hello. - Howdy.

Well, how does he look to you?

I've never seen any better. We could use him at Shiloh.

Well, when you get back you can tell your boss

he can have all of his mares and foals that he wants

for $50 a head.

We'll take 20 at $35 a head.

[laughs] Good enough.

And you shippin' to us.

Oh, no. Not a chance.

You sure? You know I got the money on me.

Yeah, but you said it isn't yours.

But it's Shiloh's and I'm buying for the ranch.

Your boss lets you make deals like that?

He lets me.

- Alright, you're on. - Now, wait a minute, Al.

Don't you think somebody ought to tell him

that you don't own these horses yet?

Well, I will as soon as the race is over.

Huh. We got a bet going. Right, Sam?

What's this, a horse race?

A gauntlet race. Six mile course.

Anything goes except murder.

I thought the gauntlet race was outlawed?

Well, I'm the law out here.

And I say it isn't.

You wanna come along while we lay out the boundaries?

I better not. I don't think I'm quite up to that.

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Sam.

[whistles] Ha!

[cow mooing]

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[yelling in distance]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[cow mooing]

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[gunshot]

[gunshot]

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Pretty good for a bad arm.

Could be a lot better.

Making sure, huh?

You know, your mind goes the same way mine does.

Always like to know what you got going for you.

Right now it isn't much.

You still set on, uh, heading directly back to Wyoming?

Well, I got some unfinished business

with that cattle rustler.

But I don't think I'm gonna have much luck on that.

So I guess I'm set.

Any reason I shouldn't be?

Yeah, a good reason.

You could stay here if you wanted to.

You're offering me a job?

I've been operating without a foreman.

Couldn't find a man that suited me,

till you showed up.

I appreciate the offer,

but I still like the job I've got.

I can do better than 100 a month.

Aren't you curious how much better?

He's here Mr. Keets. Walvis.

Yeah? Come on.

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- Yahoo! - Hey. Ah.

- Did I do something wrong? - Huh.

You know it's not too healthy to feel poorly around here.

Well, how's he look to you?

Depends on what I'm looking for?

He's gonna be my rider on the gauntlet race.

I figured you'd be riding yourself.

I wish I could.

Couple of years I promised May I'd give it all up.

She said I was a bad example for Jimmy.

And a promise is a promise.

Gus, you square off with him.

I wanna see if he's as good as he says he is.

I can't take him, Mr. Keets.

Well, how do you know until you try, huh?

Go on!

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That's enough!

Proved your point.

Alright. Good enough.

You're hired. Day after tomorrow.

Thanks, boss.

Hardy doesn't have a chance.

- What kind of a rider is he? - Who cares.

This kind of a race, ridin' only half of it.

Something wrong?

I thought the gauntlet race was suppose to be

run between members of two families or settlements.

No outside participants.

Well, he's no outsider. He works for me now.

Right? [chuckles]

Is it really unfair to hire an outsider?

Talk that one over with your father.

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- Are you alright? - Never touched me.

Come on.

[piano music]

Who died?

The place looking like a funeral parlor.

And what's that for?

It isn't cold in here.

I like the atmosphere.

For what?

Burying yourself alive in dreams?

You used to like me to play the piano.

Used to. That's all you know.

Why don't you talk about now?

Now, that's where we are. No place else.

What do you want me to do?

Herd cattle and break horses?

You knew what was out here. I told you.

You told me a lot of things then.

And they all sounded fine to you then, didn't they?

But you had no choice then, did you?

So we're back to that again.

I married you for your money.

Look, uh, you dream all you want to.

Me, I know what's going on.

I've got a mirror and I've got eyes to see what's in it.

And I've got a bankbook and I can to see

what's in that, too.

And I don't have to go one of your fancy schools

to figure out what you and your old man saw in me.

Your pride wouldn't have allowed you to take me on those terms.

That's right. But I got soft.

And I lied to myself.

And you're lying to yourself now.

I pity you.

The truth is right in front of you

and you can't even see it.

Your old man was in over his head

and I bailed him out.

And that's the truth.

Now let's leave it at that.

Ma, you should've seen the fighter

pa got for the gauntlet race.

He even beat up Gus.

I'm not riding.

That's as far as our bargain goes.

You didn't have to stage a boxing contest for him to watch.

It was not a boxing contest. It was a fight.

And I think it's more important to him

than all those piano lessons.

A little culture will not make the boy a sissy.

Maybe not, but I never needed it,

and neither does he.

He isn't you.

Not yet he isn't. But he will be someday.

And this is all gonna be his.

And all the music and poetry and literature in the world

is not gonna help him with a stallion,

or a rustler, or anything else.

Except maybe a Park Avenue gold digger.

Jimmy!

Yes, sir.

Never mind, son. Go to your mother.

I'm sorry.

We had no right to do that in front of you.

I'll live.

Thanks.

I guess had no right to do it at all.

But it's like a, like a stampede.

Once it get started, it just has to run its course.

Now I'll have two or three days of silence

and then she'll come to me and apologize.

I'm wrong and she apologizes.

Have you ever tried it?

I'm not that tough.

But you see it, uh, it gets complicated.

A long time ago, I fell in love

but the lady in question only made a business deal.

Now, I'm afraid she's just gonna have to live with it.

You going somewhere?

I, uh, it's about time

I tested this shoulder on horse back.

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You should never speak that way about your father again.

Do you understand?

- But I-- - Never again.

Alright. But I don't like him no more.

You like him as much as ever.

He's a fine man. In many ways he's a great man.

You're a very lucky boy to be his son.

He's kind, and he's strong,

and he loves you very, very much.

And does he love you too very, very much?

Yes, Jimmy, I think he does.

It's just that it's hard for him to show it sometimes.

He's always making you cry all the time.

That doesn't mean he doesn't love me.

Do you love him too very, very much?

Even when he yells at you?

Sometimes people yell when they wanna hide something

that they'd like to really say.

What about--

What about you getting your arithmetic book

and letting me help you with that problem

you've had such a hard time with.

But I--

Your arithmetic book.

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[piano music]

Come in.

Now, here's a course that should be taught

to every proper college girl.

How to play Beethoven with one hand and pour with the other.

It have about as much meaning as anything else

they ever teach girls.

Come on outside. I got something I wanna show you.

There he is signed, sealed and delivered.

Take a look.

That's your rustler.

- How do you know it's him? - It's him.

Clear tracks all the way.

Looks like you used him for target practice.

The boss told us to go get him so we got him.

He had it coming.

Nobody's got that coming.

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May, I'll be away for a couple of days.

Is there anything you want in town?

I have everything I need.

Al.

Maybe I do need something.

- Do you have a minute? - Yeah.

Remember the other day I asked you

if you wanted me to leave.

You didn't give me an answer.

I want that answer now.

Let me put it in other way.

Tell me that you don't want me to go.

That you want me to stay.

First, I want you to know what you mean.

May, I know what it means.

That you won't blame me for something that isn't true.

And the world is flat,

and the moon is made of green cheese,

and if a man was a bird he could fly.

Is that your answer?

May, do you want anything from town?

Hey, uh, what's this I hear about you heading back?

Stiffness is all gone.

Sit down. I wanna talk to you.

I'm, uh, ready to raise the ante on that deal we talked about?

Well, it's the wrong game for me.

I'll make the stakes right for you.

I'm not just talking about a job.

I mean in. Partners.

What you see here isn't the end, you know.

I'm gonna have more.

More land, more stock,

the biggest house in Texas.

I'm offering you a piece.

Why?

Because I want more than one man can handle.

- I need help. - I doubt that.

If anything happens to me I want it to go to Jimmy.

I want the Keets ranch to go on.

And to make sure that that happens.

I need a man I can trust.

What's makes you so sure you can trust me?

On instinct?

Oh, it's more than that. Much more.

Like in the middle of the night when everybody's asleep,

you too.

Then all of a sudden you wake up.

You pick up a gun, and you go out looking.

By the side of the herd you come across a coyote

ready to take one of your steers.

When you get back to camp everybody is still sleepin',

and you are the only one who knows what happened.

You know why? It's because you care.

You care more.

So you're always listening and watching.

Oh, there are lots of good men around.

But to find one out of all of 'em who really cares,

now that's a tough thing to do.

What do you say?

I appreciate the offer. I really do.

And the hospitality, someday I hope to repay you.

No deal, huh?

Why?

Tell me. Straight from the shoulder.

- Straight from the shoulder? - Mm.

You're two different men.

One of them I understand.

The other, I don't like.

You don't have to like me to get rich with me.

I have to like myself.

I wouldn't fit into your operation.

Good enough.

No hard feelings.

Everything's square between us.

Everything's square, and...

Thanks again.

Oh, it's you. I was just looking for you.

- You can save our lives. - Oh?

[chuckles softly]

Nothing that dramatic really.

It's just that I was planning Jimmy's birthday party.

Al left for town to pick up some party things,

and a few children.

Well, I wish I could stay for the cake.

You can. It'll only be a day.

That's sounds tempting, but I really must be getting back.

Then you can help.

Would you let Jimmy ride along with you when you leave?

He'd never suspect a thing, and he'd love it.

Then, later this afternoon,

Al or I could pick him at the line shack.

If you could wait there with him.

It would only be a few hours.

I'd be glad to.

[instrumental music]

Thank you.

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[music continues]

Oh, you look all down in the dumps.

Somethin' wrong?

It isn't very much, is it?

Well, what we're you expecting?

Haven't you ever been in a line shack before?

My dad was gonna take me hunting, but somethin' came up.

Oh.

I've never been on a cattle drive either.

But I will some day

if mom says it's alright.

[chuckle softly]

Well, what do we do now?

Oh, I don't know. What would you like to do?

- Eat. - What?

Let's eat, I'm hungry.

Alright. Did you bring any food with you?

No, did you?

Well, let's see what I got here.

[glass clinking]

Flour...

That's, uh, pepper.

Salt.

Side meat to cook with.

Dried chili peppers for flavoring.

Everything but the main course.

But...

I got somethin' that's just as good as that.

What's that?

Eh, wait and see here.

There.

A stick of twine, some fish hooks.

Fish hooks? Those look like straight pins to me.

Hm-hm. They'll be fish hooks

when I get through bendin' them.

Watch this.

There, see.

Just bend it over...

nice and round.

You bend another little hook on this end.

May: Al, darling, I loved you.

I love you yet.

And I pray you will let me love you always.

As you read this note, I will be gone with Jimmy.

I am leaving, not to lose you, but to find you.

I am not running away from you,

but towards you.

Please try to understand that there is no other way for us.

[horse galloping]

[instrumental music]

Where's Jimmy?

You're back early.

Yeah, well, uh... I thought I'd take him with me.

We don't get much chance to spend any time together.

Well, where is he?

Out, playing around somewhere, I suppose.

What do you mean suppose?

He often wanders away when he's playing.

What're you so nervous about?

Charming, as always.

[Keets sighs]

What's the use?

[instrumental music]

[whimpers]

[sighs]

Any of you see my son?

No. We've been here all day.

Something wrong?

He's been gone since right after breakfast.

Hey, boss...

I saw him then. That early.

Yeah? Where'd he go?

Here? I saddled up a horse for him.

A horse? Why?

- When did he go? - Well, I don't know.

You mean, you let him ride off just like that?

Well, why not? He wasn't alone.

Well, who was with him?

The fellow who's been staying with you.

[dramatic music]

[door opens]

May!

May, you get down here!

May! I'm callin' you!

Or are you deaf too?

What do you know about Jimmy ridin' off?

- Know? - Yeah.

Lund saw him ride away after breakfast.

After breakfast?

Will you stop repeating everything I say?

I'm askin' you a simple question. Did you see him?

I didn't see him.

Hey, Lund. Shoop, Gus. Get over here!

[intense music]

I want you to get out and find my son.

Get every hand on it.

I'll cover the east fork myself.

The rest of you, fan out so that nothing is missed.

Alright.

Hey, Lund...

- Tell the boys to be careful. - Right, boss.

[dramatic music]

Any more hooks in there?

Nope.

Well, this ought to do it.

There, they're all baited.

Now...

String this across the stream, and in no time at all

we ought to have juicy trout or two.

- Can I do it? - Sure.

Here, take this stick,

unroll it as you go now.

Careful. Careful.

There.

Wait a minute. Hold it.

There we are.

[instrumental music]

Come back here and tie it all below to that tree.

Tie it off a little lower, if you can. That's good.

That's good.

[music continues]

Well, how was it?

I never knew anything could taste so good.

Is there somethin' different about the way we cooked it?

Something very different.

First of all, we caught it ourselves.

Gee, wait till I tell dad.

[chuckles softly]

Do you think he'll believe I cleaned it all by myself?

I think so.

Well, what now?

- Let's eat somethin' else. - What?

I'm hungry.

Growing boy, huh?

Ah...

Let's see. How do you like rabbit?

- I don't know. - You don't know? Well...

What do you say we find out.

You clean up these dishes,

get some more wood, get a good fire going,

I'll catch the rabbit.

Could I help you hunt it?

A good hot fire is the most important thing

about good rabbit. Alright?

[instrumental music]

Well, hello, Jimmy boy.

Hello, Mr. Lund. Mr. Shoop.

You're a long away from home, aren't you?

What's goin' on?

Plenty. I'm gonna cook a rabbit.

That sounds great, eh?

Need more wood.

[door bangs]

Well, what're we gonna do now?

Wait around all day while the kid

collects wood?

Let's take him back.

- Why? - Why?

Shoop, did you ever think about being rich?

I mean, really rich?

You know, Keets will pay an awful lot of money

to keep Jimmy safe and get him back.

You're lookin' to get yourself hanged.

It's all laid out for us.

Look, Lund, I...

Well, Jimmy, I guess we better get going.

Now? I can't.

Well, I'm afraid you're gonna have to.

You see, your father sent us out

to take you to a... Well, some place else.

- He'll come along later. - But what about...

Jimmy, I think we ought to do what your father told us.

Don't you?

[horse neighs]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[door opens]

Where is he?

What have you done to him?

You mean Jimmy? Isn't he here?

Where'd you get this?

It was on the table when I got here.

But if you didn't write it, who did?

Get back to the ranch and give this to your husband.

I'll try and pick up their trail.

It was Jimmy's birthday three months ago...

stage coach passes by here every night,

just over the hill.

Go on.

Al came back sooner than I expected.

He sent his men out to look for Jimmy and...

And, me. Is that it?

I'm sorry.

What will we do?

Find Jimmy.

[door closes]

[instrumental music]

Gus, wait outside.

[music continues]

[May sobbing]

[sniffles]

May, I, ah...

I got the money together.

I'm, I'm going after Jimmy.

- Al. - Yeah.

There's something I must tell you.

There's something you must know.

What?

What May?

I know what you're going through, May. I...

I'll get Jimmy back safe.

I swear to you.

[instrumental music]

[door closes]

[horses neigh]

[horses neigh]

[music continues]

[door closes]

Just gonna leave it?

Nothin' else I can do.

Well, maybe I could hang around, and...

No, thanks, Gus. Can't take a chance.

Come on.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[horse trotting]

[music continues]

[chuckles softly]

From now on, we're gonna live like kings.

If we live.

Couple of days from now you'll be thanking me.

[crickets chirping]

Well, you might as well get it over with.

I still don't like it.

You have no choice. Kid might say something.

The kid doesn't even know what's happening for sure.

You better forget it.

Unless you really do wanna hang.

[dramatic music]

Virginian: Alright, keep your hands out there, just like that.

Drop your gun belt.

You too.

[gunshots]

[horse neighs]

[grunts]

[instrumental music]

Grab him!

Anything happen to you, Jimmy?

No, pa.

[grunts]

You're all wrong about this, Keets...

[Keets grunts]

Pa!

Pa, it wasn't his fault.

They pulled their guns on him.

[sighs]

Alright, Jimmy, tell me what happened.

We were out camping when Mr. Lund and Mr. Shoop

come and got me.

Did they tell you I sent them out looking for you?

Yes, they said they were gonna

take me back home in the morning.

[Keets sighs]

Is this how you really got the eight thousand

you've been carrying around your waist?

You know it isn't.

[grunts]

[horses approaching]

[music continues]

Oh, Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy! Are you alright?

I'm fine, mom. Mr. Lund and Mr. Shoop are dead.

Are you sure you're alright?

Just a little sleepy.

[May sighs]

We can remedy that.

- You go upstairs. - I got to finish up outside.

[music continues]

I want you to go upstairs, and start getting undressed.

Ma, I like trailing.

Can I go out with dad sometimes?

You start getting undressed.

You got some words you want to say, now is the time.

I didn't kidnap your boy.

That's it?

Gus.

May: Al!

Have you lost your mind?

[horse neighs]

He kidnapped Jimmy, and he killed two of my men.

There's isn't a court in the country that wouldn't hang him.

Now, if your stomach can't handle it, go back in the house.

What about Jimmy? He might be watching.

Well, maybe he should be.

He saw this man kill Lund, and Shoop.

And they're the ones that wrote the ransom note!

Now how do you know that?

Take my word for it. I know it wasn't him.

You're drunk.

- You're lying. - I wish I were.

Jimmy was there at the line shack by no accident.

I was taking him away from you again.

[dramatic music]

Get him down.

You know, you ought to be put away somewhere.

You nearly made me hang an innocent man.

For whatever it's worth to you...

I'm glad I didn't have to do it.

Al?

Al.

I love you. I did when we were married, and I do now.

Please understand. Al...

Look, I wrote you this.

Please read it.

Please.

Alright.

So I read it.

Then you see...

I see a lot of words

that don't mean anything.

"Running away to come to me.

Losin' me to find me."

What did you expect me to do?

Come crawlin' to New York?

Beg for you to come back?

Yes, if you wanted me.

You asked me for an answer, May. Well, I'm giving it to you.

You got an hour to get outta here,

or I'll dump you at the edge of the desert myself.

[dramatic music]

[door closes]

What happened?

- I'm leaving alone. - When?

After I say goodbye to Jimmy.

Why don't I wait, and see you into town?

I'd like that.

Thank you.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[instrumental music]

Hup! Hup!

[horse neighs]

All you got to do is ride the horse...

[indistinct chatter]

Just a minute. Just a minute!

I'll double what I told you.

I don't want no part of it.

What's the matter with you?

He's nothin'!

There's something you don't know.

They've tangled twice before,

Walvis lost.

Is that right?

That's right.

[Keets sighs]

He's not one of your boys.

Oh, yes, he is.

I never saw him around before.

How do I know he's with your outfit?

How do I know he's with yours?

Because I say so, that's why.

I'm ready.

Don't you want to talk to him again?

No, he wouldn't believe me.

Not that I blame him really.

Not after everything I've done.

But what I feel sorry for is Jimmy.

It could've worked, you know.

After I'd gone and come back of my own free will.

Maybe it still can.

You know something, Hardy.

I'm just about in the mood to run this race myself.

Alright?

That's fine with me.

You won't look so happy about it when I finish with him.

- Keets... - We've already said goodbye.

You know what a gauntlet is, Keets?

Yeah, I know what it is.

Well, I'm throwing it down.

You mean, you're challenging me?

Why?

Your boy, for one thing. I like him.

Yeah? Well, so do I.

Well, you better know this,

I didn't know what your wife had in mind

when she had me take him out to that line shack.

If she had told me the truth, I would've helped her anyway.

Your buttin' in pretty good, mister.

I got dragged in, by the neck.

So that's it.

You still all head-up about nearly getting hung, huh?

Well, you picked a dumb way to try to get even.

You're turnin' me down?

What are the stakes?

If I win...

your wife can leave freely...

with Jimmy.

Hardy!

Our bet's off.

I'm going against him.

You got yourself a race, mister.

If I lose?

I don't care what you're part of it is.

Let's go.

I'll get my horse.

Son.

Why don't you take mine. He's trained for it.

I'd like to see what he can do.

Well, thanks.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

[metal clanking]

You know the course?

I've heard you describe it often enough. I'm ready.

Well, don't be too anxious.

Before I'm through with you, you'll wish I'd hung you.

Gus.

Ready...

Set...

[gunshot]

[cheering]

[indistinct chatter]

[whistling]

[cheering continues]

[clamoring]

Ride that horse! Ride it!

[indistinct chatter]

[cheering continues]

[indistinct chatter]

Five to one, the boss kills him.

- How much, Gus? - Twenty.

- Come on. - You got a bet.

- Anybody else here? - I'll take five.

- Yes, sir? - I'll take three, Mr. Hardy.

- You got a bet. - Shut up!

All of you!

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chatter]

[music continues]

[whiplash whooshing]

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[whiplash whooshing]

[music continues]

[stones rattling]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[horses neighing]

[splashing]

[horses neighing]

[grunting]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[galloping]

Here they come!

- Who's in front? - The Boss.

[dramatic music]

[galloping]

[music continues]

[horse neighs]

Hyah.

[dramatic music]

[grunts]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Oh, Al.

- Get out, you won. - Let me stay.

[sighs] Just take my boy and go if you want.

What victory is that for me if I lose you?

It's what you've always wanted.

I've always wanted you.

May: Can't you believe that?

Please, Al, ask me.

For once in your life say something you feel.

[breathing heavily]

Alright, May.

- I'm asking you, stay. - Oh.

You know what you said?

Yeah, I know what I said.

Piano lessons.

And hunting trips.

Keets: And trail drives.

If you say so.

And Gauntlet races.

No, Al. No more Gauntlet races.

Oh, Al.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

That partnership deal?

I wouldn't have you.

You're too soft.

But if you're not in a hurry to get a ride back...

I'd like to buy a friend a drink.

With pleasure.

[music continues]

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