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Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

Pay me. Nobody said it was for money.

What kept you? I had to rein up twice. Thought you were lost.

Well, I was holding back to let you win. Oh, you were?

Yes, I was.

Can I help you, miss?

- Uh, ma'am. - No. No, thank you.

If you're, uh, looking for the Graingers, they're not in right now.

I'm not looking for them. My husband's buying a horse.

He's with your foreman. Oh. I see.

Uh, this here's, uh, James Joseph Horn. My name's Trampas.

Where's your manners? Uh, howdy, ma'am.

That was clever. Now, you shut...

I'm Annie York.

How do you do?

Uh, we could show you around, if you'd like, while you're waiting.

Oh, well, I don't think I have the time right now. Thank you just the same.

Howdy. Your husband's a fine judge of horse flesh, Mrs. York.

You're the people that took over the widow Peterson's farm, aren't you?

Yes, we are. She's real lucky to have you help out like that.

Good-lookin' horse.

Oh, no. No, Mr. York.

Well, you said it was a fair price. Well, you misunderstood me.

I can't sell any of Mr. Grainger's stock without his permission.

He'll be back in a few days, and we'll settle it.

You can keep the horse as a loan until then.

I don't borrow, mister. Well, it's not a...

I pay cash for what I need, and I don't ask help from no one.

Well, I appreciate that. I just don't have the authority to sell.

Then I'll have to buy it from somebody else.

It's up to you, but I'm sure Mr. Grainger will have no objections.

I'll write him, and we'll know in a few days.

You can leave the money on deposit if you like until then.

You write him we agreed on that price. Of course.

If you'll wait, I'll give you a receipt.

I don't need it. I'm obliged to you. Thank you.

Good-bye.

Good-bye. Hope to see you again real soon.

Horn, say good-bye to the lady. Good-bye now.

You quit that, you hear?

So long, Buster.

I bet neither one of them kids's a minute older than me.

And did you notice? She's gonna have a baby.

Yeah, we noticed. That's not all that's worrying him.

It appears to me that's plenty.

Kind of hits close to home when kids that age are having babies, huh, Jim?

You better watch your step, or you'll end up with a family yourself.

I ain't even lookin' at no girl.

Just like you didn't look at her.

Looks like you boys lathered up your horses.

Why do you wanna stay here, Anna?

Well, we've been lucky here.

You call it lucky, near losing the baby?

We didn't lose it.

It just made us stop. That's all.

And we found this place.

I think it was a sign, Obie.

I think the Lord was tellin' us, "I want you to stop now."

And there's been no trouble.

No one knows we're here, and no one's come looking for us.

That don't mean nothin'.

I think maybe it does.

You think we can keep on like we are, croppin' for her?

She's old. She'll wanna sell one of these days.

You think we can buy her out?

- Yes. - Giddyup!

I think it'd be nice having our baby grow up here.

Whoa. Whoa.

Whoa.

Whoa.

But you won't feel safe till we're in Oregon.

Giddyup!

A good morning to you, sir.

My name is Rigby. I believe you have a bank draft waiting for me.

Nathan Rigby.

Fine little town, Medicine Bow.

I've heard a lot about it.

Heart of the cattle country.

Prosperous. We like it.

- Name of the sender. - Jonas Rigby.

- My brother. - Sign here.

Well, what do you think?

Kind of plain, ain't they?

The price wasn't.

What'd you do, blow your whole pay?

Darn near.

- Well, they're your feet. - The way I figure it is,

if I'm nice to them, then they'll be nice to me.

Howdy.

Hey, uh, I saw you out at Shiloh the other day.

You was buyin' a horse.

- Did your baby come yet? - No. Uh, not yet.

It's gettin' mighty close, huh? I bet you're gettin' nervous.

Yeah, sorta.

Well, look now, if you need a hand at anything, just let me know.

I'll be glad to help you out.

You there.

Let me go. Let me go. Oh, no, you don't.

Hey, hey! Hold on now.

Take it easy. What's the problem here, huh? That boy's a thief.

He's lyin'. He's a thief, I tell ya.

He beat up my brother. He near killed him.

He stole 8,000. I didn't.

Now, hold on just a minute. Just hold on.

You got any proof to what you're saying, tell it to the sheriff.

- What about this, Obie? - I never saw him before.

- I don't know what he's talking about. - He knows all right.

Now, you get that sheriff, and you tell him to check with Jonas Rigby in Sycamore.

He'll tell you. That's Obie Moore there. He used to work for my brother.

- His name is York. - I don't care what he calls himself.

He's Obie Moore. He's got a wife... 17, 18 years old.

She was six months' pregnant when they ran off.

All right. Hey, uh, somebody go get the sheriff.

I've never seen him before. All right.

You stole $8,000 from my brother's safe.

He beat him up and ran off. There's a warrant out.

- Hey, stop him! - Hey, hold it.

- Stop him! - Giddyup! Hyah!

Stop him! Stop him!

Stop him! Stop him!

All right, hold it. Hold it. Sheriff, I want these men arrested.

You would've gunned him down. That boy's a thief, and they helped him get away.

All right, mister, I saw what happened.

Now, suppose you just calm down and tell me what this is all about.

He's a dangerous man, Sheriff. He's a thief, and you're letting him go.

He's got a pregnant wife. He's not gonna go very far. I tell you you'll lose him.

Look, mister, I know that boy.

He's been doing a man's job on a farm and doing it steady ever since he got here.

I don't know a thing about you.

Do I have to show credentials before you go after him?

Now, all I know is that I saw you draw on that boy when he was running scared.

Suppose we just step into my office, talk this thing over very calmly,

and you tell me what's going on, huh?

Mark.

All right, folks, all over. Nothing's going on.

Doggone. Yeah.

You think he did it? I don't know.

Well, I don't. I don't think he stole nothin' or beat up anybody either.

That fella seemed pretty sure about what he was saying.

Ah.

Gotta be something we could do.

Like what? There's nothing we can do until the sheriff settles it.

It's his job, and he'd thank us not to interfere.

Rigby's brother's in town.

He saw me. What do we do?

You're doing nothin'.

- I'm going. - Where?

As far as I have to. Obie.

You can't come with me, not the way you are.

You've got to stay here and have the baby.

I don't know how you'll make it, but you're gonna have to try somehow.

Obie, we've made friends here. Maybe we could stay and face it out.

They'd try me in Sycamore, not here.

But people here would speak up for you.

Wouldn't make no difference. They believe him in Sycamore, not me.

How do you know? You never tried.

You just ran! I can't fight it, Anna.

Like you're running now! Only this time, I can't go with you.

You should've never took up with me!

I can't help you none. I'm sorry.

Obie. Obie.

I'll send for you if I can, but don't count on nothin'.

You best get into town and have the baby there...

and forget about me.

Come on! Yah! Yah! Come on! Yah! Yah!

I been thinkin'.

If I had $8,000, legal or not,

I wouldn't break my back farmin' somebody else's land.

Me neither.

You got chores? Yep. Why?

Well, I feel like a fool doing it by myself.

If you was to come with me, why, then it'd just be neighborly.

What are you talking about? Ridin' over there, tellin' 'em they got friends.

I know we don't even hardly know 'em, but they ought to be told.

Well, I can't get loose, but why don't you do that?

Ah! Oh!

- Obie? - Hello!

Anybody home?

Anyone here?

Hello!

Hello!

Anybody home?

Mrs. York? Help me.

Obie!

Please. Help me.

I'm a neighbor, ma'am, from Shiloh.

I just stopped by to see if there was anything I could do.

Please help me.

Here.

I thought I could make it to town in time.

Where's your husband? Gone.

I'll get the buggy. No! No, there's no time.

It's coming.

I'm scared.

Please, help me.

I don't know what to do.

It came so fast.

Well, just lie down now.

Do you know what to do? Can you help me?

Yes, ma'am. Lie down now. You'll be all right.

Do you know what to do? Yes, ma'am.

I helped my sister have hers.

You did? Sure I did.

Now, just let it come now.

I'll, uh... I'll... I'll get some water boiling. Yes.

Oh, my.

We did it, little fella.

Are you all right?

Ma'am, I hope you'll excuse me for lyin' to you.

What?

Well, I didn't want you to be scared. That's the only reason.

Well, I don't have a sister.

Well, I mean... Well, I never helped no woman have a baby before.

Just cows.

You did all right.

Ah, he's a fine boy. You got a name for him yet?

Obediah. Obie.

Well, I reckon the sheriff will let his daddy come see him.

Of course he will. Obie got away.

He got away? Where'd he go?

I don't know.

- Well, what are you gonna do? - I don't know.

We didn't have time to make any plans.

He just took some things and went.

There was nothing I could do.

I couldn't go with him.

I couldn't even help him.

I don't know if I'll ever see him again.

He'll come back for you.

How can he?

Well, he'll get in touch with you some way.

Aw, sure he will.

And as soon as you can travel, you can take the baby and go to him.

He didn't steal that money.

Not the 8,000. He just took what was owing him.

- I know he didn't steal it. - As for the rest of it,

he was just protecting himself.

Jonas Rigby was cane-whipping him.

Yes, ma'am. Just don't worry about it.

He only stayed on that job because of me.

If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't be in trouble.

If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be.

Can I see my baby?

Shh. That's right. Shh. Shh.

There we go. That's right.

Shh.

Now, all you got to do now is just get your strength back...

so you can take good care of him.

And don't you fret none.

I'll, uh... I'll go clean up.

Well, if you're lookin' for Obie, he ain't here.

I believe you, Jim, but I still have to see for myself.

I lost his trail last night. I wanna make sure he didn't circle back.

Are you doing this on this man's say-so? Obie didn't steal nothin'.

I got a wire that says he did.

Well, she just had her baby.

I still got to make a search.

Not you.

- I've got a right. - Well, you just try using it.

You better stay here, Rigby.

You check the barn.

Are you ridin' with this posse?

Just ran into 'em.

Thought I'd come over and see what kept you.

All right if I get down?

You're mighty soft-hearted about thieves around here.

Well, some people are easier liked than others.

Ma'am.

May I come in?

Hey.

Uh, well, I guess Jim has already told you, but...

Well, I'd like to say it too. You do have friends.

Mrs. York... I guess it's Mrs. Moore.

If your husband should come back or you should hear from him,

you'd be best off to tell him to give himself up.

- Why? - He'll get a fair trial.

And a quick jailing.

You'll get to see him. You'll know he's safe.

I'd rather have worrying than that kind of knowing.

You like your trails cold, Sheriff?

Who's gonna take care of her?

Well, that's a good question for you to ask.

She'll need a woman helping her for a couple of days.

I'll send someone from town.

You fellas ever have to do something you didn't like?

Lord, deliver me from ever wearing a badge.

Who did the midwifing?

You?

- Hmm. Didn't know you knew how. - Neither did I.

- It must've been something. - Yeah, it was.

You look beat.

Yeah, well, the baby came around 10:00 last night,

and I've been choring around ever since.

I, uh...

I even milked her cow.

- No. - Don't you tell nobody.

I won't.

Yeah. I fed and watered the stock and the chickens.

And I cut up some kindling for her stove.

She was runnin' low after breakfast.

She told me that Obie didn't steal that $8,000, and I believe her.

I don't care what the sheriff says.

How is she gonna manage this place? She can't do it alone.

She'll have to leave. Go where? Live on what?

Well, I better get back inside.

You got Shiloh work besides.

Jim, I wanna see you a minute.

Howdy. Hi.

Staying up all night doesn't seem to agree with you.

Just a little bushed. That's all.

You were stumble-footed all day long.

You saying I didn't pull my weight?

Oh, you pulled it. Get some sleep tonight. Don't go havin' any more babies.

It's all right, Jim. No need to get stiff-necked about it.

I was thinkin' of ridin' over there and seein' how things were.

Well, I can understand you wanting to do that.

You got any objections?

I don't care what you do on your own time.

As long as it doesn't hurt what you do on Shiloh time. It won't.

Well, what's keeping you?

♪ Little baby don't say a word ♪

♪ Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪

♪ And if that mockingbird don't sing ♪

♪ Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring ♪

♪♪

♪ And if that diamond ring is brass ♪

♪ Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass ♪

♪ And if that looking glass gets broke ♪

♪ Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat ♪

♪♪

♪ Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart ♪

♪ And if that horse and cart fall down ♪

♪ You'll still be the sweetest little boy in town ♪

♪♪

Ma'am? It's me... Jim.

The door's open. Come on in.

In here, Jim.

I just come to check up, see if there was anything you needed.

I just can't hardly believe he wasn't here yesterday.

I didn't thank you.

You didn't have to.

I've never really looked at a baby before.

The sheriff said he'd send a woman.

Did he? Mrs. Oberlin.

Nice woman? Yes.

I don't know what I would have done without her.

She cooked. She cleaned. She bathed Obie.

- She feed the stock? - Yes.

I noticed a section of fence down.

The cow got out.

I reckon I better go look for her.

I'll get some more wood in for you while I'm at it.

Jim. Four days ago, I didn't even know you.

And if it wasn't for you now, neither one of us would be here.

Well, I don't know about that.

You took care of us last night.

You set things in order so that Mrs. Oberlin could manage.

You're going out to hunt my cow for me, chop more wood,

mend the fence.

What else?

- How much can one person owe another? - You don't owe me nothin'.

Jim, I can't take from you like this.

- It'd pleasure me if you would. - Why?

Well, I never had much family life.

I've been on my own since I was 13.

Besides, after what him and me went through together last night,

why, I figure we're kind of related.

And you can't manage this place by yourself.

And you got nowheres else to go.

You got any money?

- Not much. - Ma'am, let me help you.

Till you don't need me. Till Obie gets back...

or you sell your wheat crop and move on.

I wish you would.

I've been making myself bear up under what I had to.

Like Obie leavin'.

I guess I can bear up under a little kindness.

What time is it? I don't know. It's late.

Mmm.

How'd you like to buy a new pair of boots? Hardly even broke in.

Yours? Yeah.

Not my size. What's the matter, they too tight?

Yeah. I could use the money too.

I... shouldn't have frittered it away on 'em.

Maybe one of the others.

You better hurry up and get to sleep.

You look like you been drug here.

Oh.

Anna? You near ready?

We'll be right out!

Oh, there we go.

Yes.

Shh, shh.

Oh.

Oh. Oh.

Shh.

Does it fit all right?

I haven't had it on now for nearly a year.

Why, I have to tell you, if that fit any better, I just couldn't hardly stand it.

Thank you.

Oh, it's a beautiful day, isn't it?

Well, I always try to arrange for my days off to be pretty.

Oh, now this here's a list I made of some things I seen you need,

like, uh, oats and linseed and meal.

So you just put down anything else you can think of.

Hyah!

That's an awful lot, isn't it? Well, you were running low.

I reckon Obie was plannin' to stock up before he went.

I don't know if I have enough money.

Yeah, you do. It's poker money.

Mostly it's Trampas and some of them others...

payin' me to teach 'em how to play. No, Jim.

Yes, Anna. Absolutely no.

Look, it's enough that you're doing all this work for me.

I can't do those things. But not this.

Well, the way I see it, that's fritterin' money.

Now, if I didn't have you and little Obie to spend it on,

why, I'd have just gone into town and blown it on sin.

So actually, you're just keeping me from the paths of wickedness.

- I'm serious, Jim. - Well, look.

It's just to hold you till harvest. You can pay me back then.

Except for a little present I wanna buy for little Obie.

- No. - Now, don't get upset.

The way I hear it, families are always quarrelin' about money.

How old are you, Jim?

Nineteen. Obie's 18.

You? Eighteen. Just.

There's such a difference between you and him.

You're so gentle and kind.

You never seem to get your back up about anything.

Whoa.

Well, Miz Moore, come to spend some of my brother's money?

Stand aside.

It's funny how I keep finding you around all the time.

But then I'm beginning to understand why.

Somebody stop 'em, please! Help!

Somebody stop 'em! Hold! Hold! Hold! Hold it! Hold it.

This boy attacked me.

I'll bet he did.

Well, is it over?

As far as I'm concerned.

I won't press charges.

All right, folks, it's all over.

I made a darn fool out of myself.

No. No, you didn't.

Come on.

We've got shopping to do.

Get that steer out of there.

You all right?

Yeah. Just shaken up a bit. Caught me off guard. Caught you off guard, huh?

Yeah, that's right. Mm-hmm.

Ho!

Hyah!

You see Jim? You see Jim? He rolled off that old horse like it was a rocking horse.

And then he landed right down on the bank...

within kissing distance of that old steer.

C.J. here was recollectin' everything that happened this afternoon.

Jim, that was the funniest thing I ever saw.

Yeah. Real funny. You're slowin' down, boy.

Gettin' too old for this kind of work.

I never seen it to fail. A fella gets hisself a family...

Even if it ain't his own, Harp... right away, turns him into an old man.

Is that what happened?

Why, sure, that's what... Why, listen, you remem...

Jim here wasn't a bad hombre, till misfortune overtook him.

Now, why don't you just quit, C.J.?

He's a little soft in the head maybe, but, you know...

Kind of sickenin' to feast your eyes on now and then.

But you can forgive a man for that. Now look at him.

There is a... There's a living warning to all you fellas.

Somebody says "Daddy" to you, right away dries up your juices.

Is that right, Daddy?

That is enough, C.J. Huh, Daddy?

Wait, wait. You can see this happen. Watch it. Daddy.

Daddy.

Everybody say it to him... Daddy.

Daddy. Aw, Daddy, Daddy.

Get 'im! Get 'im!

All right, all right. Don't go breaking any heads.

Jim, I wanna talk to you for a minute.

Sit down. Want some coffee?

No, thanks.

I never had to holler at anyone for doing too much before.

But it's showing on you.

You tell me what I haven't done like I should.

You can't tend cattle and run a farm as well.

It's not fair to the men you work with.

Well, what do you want me to do?

I'm asking you to be sensible and think about your health.

It's a wonderful thing you've done for Anna York, a wonderful thing.

But she's not your responsibility.

- Are you asking me to quit her? - Jim, she's not your wife.

And Shiloh is.

Well, I thought it meant a lot to you.

Well, I reckon it did.

But if you're asking me to choose between her and Shiloh, then I'm choosing.

You tote up what's coming to me, and I'll go.

- Aw, Jim. - That's my choice.

Whoa!

Jim. What are you doing here? This isn't your day off.

- Well, it appears like I'm pitchin' hay. - Well, what about Shiloh?

Well, I, uh, been giving it some thought.

Uh, said to myself, "Well, this here's haying season.

There's a lot of work to be done around here."

And you're gonna need yourself a good hired hand.

You can't afford it.

So I quit Shiloh and hired me on here instead.

- Oh, Jim. - I work cheap.

No. I...

I don't want no argument. I don't wanna get riled up.

And there just ain't no other way around this.

- How long have you been here? - Oh, a couple of hours,

just, uh, long enough to get this load in.

- You haven't eaten? - I wasn't hungry.

Well, I'll fix breakfast, and we'll talk about it then.

Anna.

I'm finished talkin' about it.

Jim!

Oh, Jim.

Looks like he's coming to, Anna. Thank God.

Go on. Let me see you open up them pretty gray eyes.

Hey. Jim.

Whoa, whoa. Whoa now.

- What am I doing here? - Loafing, I'd say.

- Oh, I must've fell. - Well, now that's real good figurin'.

Yeah, you fell all right. You fell off the hay wagon and landed on your head.

You were too big for Anna to tote, so she fetched me and the doc.

You had a good night's sleep all day.

How does it feel?

Big.

Yeah, it's gonna feel like that for a couple more days, too, the doc said.

Well, you didn't do any real damage. Good thing you landed on your head.

- Does it hurt? - Not-Not much.

The doctor said it was more exhaustion than anything else that knocked you out.

You had me so worried.

It was a fool thing to do.

Yes, it was. I've got some soup on the stove.

Can you eat something? Yeah, I reckon I can.

You stay there. I'll bring it in.

I don't want you waitin' on me. I think it's about time I did.

I been here all day? Yep. And you're gonna stay a couple more, too,

even if we have to hobble you to keep you here.

You wore yourself out. You know, you got no sense at all, no sense at all.

Hmm. Oh, uh, don't worry about the work.

I fixed it with the foreman.

We're gonna spell you until you're able to get up on your feet,

and then you can take turns here like the rest of us...

till she don't need us anymore. Now, look, I quit...

Hey, you got nothin' to say about it. And it's all right with her.

Here.

Thanks. Mm-hmm.

Well, I think I'll mosey along now.

Someone will be here first thing in the morning. Thank you for everything.

Oh, I'm happy to help out.

Uh, he won't give you any more trouble. He's a-scared of me.

Want me to feed you? No, no.

Uh, this here's your bed.

Yes. I'll sleep in the kitchen.

Now, you ain't gonna go sleep in... Jim Horn,

if you say one thing against it, I'll throw that soup at you.

I've taken too much from you. Now shut up and eat.

What did I tell you?

Well, I was just testin'.

If you wanna try getting up, I'll help you.

But you're not to do it alone.

I can't stand bossy women.

Do you wanna try? Yeah.

Come on.

Easy.

Why don't you let me try it alone?

Oh. Oh!

Uh, how did you and Obie meet?

I was living in Sycamore with an aunt.

My parents were dead. And Obie came in lookin' for work.

He left his folks. Couldn't get on with them.

Then he started clerkin' for Jonas Rigby, and I met him there.

We took to each other.

Neither one of us felt anybody in the world cared anything about us.

So we got married.

First thing we knew, the baby was on the way.

It was all right at first, I guess.

It was more like playing at family than being family.

If you had it to do over, would you?

I don't know.

I'm beginning to wonder if I ever really knew Obie.

He was sweet and kind. But when he took that money, he changed.

He was so scared. Both of us were.

But he made me feel as if I was holding him back.

I couldn't travel far enough for him or fast enough.

Then just outside Medicine Bow, our horse went lame.

I started getting pains, and we had to stop.

I felt he grudged every minute we spent here.

He was so set on getting to Oregon.

He thought he'd be safe there.

I guess we stopped being a family.

He's got everything out there all soakin' wet.

Now, here. I'll hold him.

There we go.

Got thrown out of bed finally, huh?

Where's Anna? The cabin?

I got a letter for her here. She's nursin' the baby.

Oh. Well, you better give it to her.

What do you want me to do? Uh, hay still standing?

Yeah. There's one more wagon-load.

All right, I'll go get it.

It's from Obie.

Oregon. Yep.

Giddap! Hyah! Hyah!

Can I come in?

Come in, Jim.

It's the fare to Oregon.

He says he has a job in a mill.

In Portland.

He wants me to join him.

Right away?

It's like hearing from the dead.

It's funny. I used to think about this,

wonderin' if it'd ever happen.

Then I stopped.

I thought about it again yesterday.

Well, uh, wheat's not in, but I reckon that's no reason for you to stay.

It didn't occur to him that we owe Mrs. Peterson.

I could harvest it for her, and maybe Trampas

and some of the others would spell me.

Are you gonna go?

It's been so long.

I keep trying to remember were we ever happy.

And I can't.

I can only think about what's happened here.

You've been so good to me, Jim.

I don't wanna go.

I don't want you to go neither.

Come in.

Well, well.

Welcome back, cowboy.

Sit down.

I wanna thank you for what you done...

and for giving me my job back.

I was glad to do that.

You, uh, will have one, won't you?

I certainly will.

Something on your mind?

I reckon you ought to know about this.

I don't want it to get around to the others yet, not for a while.

She heard from Obie. He sent her the fare to join him,

and she sent it back.

She thinks he sent it out of obligation...

Like he knew he ought to do something about her and the baby,

and so that's what he done.

What do you think about it?

It wouldn't be right for me to stay on there and help her, not the way things are.

So what I'd like to do is to come back here to Shiloh, if you'll have me.

Take my turn helping out there with the others, as long as you're willin',

till we see how things are.

- Well, that can't go on forever. - It won't.

You keep talking about "how things are."

- Well, we ain't settled anything yet. - But it's on your mind.

I reckon I don't have to ask what you think about it.

What I wanna know is, now that I've told you, will you still have me here?

It won't go on long. It can't. But I need the money.

- All right. - I'm obliged.

When's the wedding?

You been eavesdroppin'? Don't have to.

Got a Dutch uncle, Jim?

Somebody ought to talk to you like one.

Might as well be me.

You want some polly seeds?

Understand, I got nothing against falling in love.

Matter of fact, I fall in love pretty regular myself.

And I got nothing against doing folks favors.

But it's a mighty big favor to take on a wife and a baby...

just because you feel sorry for somebody.

You've said your piece. Come on. I'm not finished yet.

Now, look, Trampas, I ain't no tow-headed kid.

I don't need nobody to tell me right from wrong.

Oh, simmer down. Just keep your nose out of what I'm doing.

I don't know why everybody's got to have an opinion about this.

If you were so set on what you're doing, you

wouldn't be kickin' up this kind of a fuss.

Now, all I'm sayin' is that you got two minds on it.

Why don't you give yourself a chance and let both of 'em argue it out? Huh?

You finished now? Yeah.

I figured I'd better wait till my day off before I come over.

Sure.

Well, have you been taken care of?

There's been someone here every day.

It seems strange not having you around.

I couldn't get used to it myself.

- Oh, how's the baby? - Come see.

I missed you. It's lonely without you.

Even though someone's here. I missed you too.

I sure missed him.

What makes a baby so special? Doing for him.

Want some coffee? Please.

My finger's bigger than his whole hand.

You got any word from Obie?

Not yet.

Well, what's been done?

Harper started on the wheat yesterday.

- Harvest time sure come on fast. - Yes.

I've been thinking. If Obie don't write you a letter soon,

maybe you ought to write him.

Let him know things is different from what he might be thinking.

All of a sudden, things are different, aren't they?

Yes.

Howdy.

Has the sheriff been out Shiloh way?

Yep. Lookin' for Rigby.

You got any idea what it's about?

Nope. Do you? No.

Going to town today?

What for? What for?

It's Saturday. Where you been?

I'll buy you a beer if you go.

Aw, come on. You haven't been in that saloon since before the baby came.

What are you gonna do then?

Well, uh... Well, I don't know.

You're acting like you're married already.

Even a married man builds up a thirst once in a while.

What's the matter? You lost all your natural feelings?

No. I... reckon I haven't. All right.

What's wrong with going into town on a Saturday and having a beer?

You got nothin' else on. That's right.

Yeah. Well, you comin'?

Yeah.

How did I talk you into it?

Yah!

Hey, Jim! Jim Horn!

I'm glad you rode into town.

Why? Got a piece of news for you.

- Like what? - Come into the office.

Now, hold on, Mark. We got a thirst up. We're going to the saloon.

You'll be thirstier after. I got something to show you.

- About what? - About Obie York.

I knew I'd seen your face someplace before, young fella.

Now it comes to me.

Funny how you tie a face and a place together.

You see somebody where he don't belong, and you don't rightly recognize him.

You used to live around Medicine Bow, didn't ya?

Yeah.

Sure. Give me another minute, and I'll have your name.

Anna, it's me. Can I come in?

I'm in the bedroom, Jim.

I'm so glad you came. Little Obie's just been impossible.

And I've got stew cooking on the stove. It'll be boiled down to nothing.

Look, I heard something in town. Here. Hold him.

His cradle's one big muddle, and I...

He won't stop crying long enough for me to... Oh! Look at that mess.

You want some help?

No. Just get him to sleep if you can.

He seems to know when you're not around.

He saves all of his bad temper for then.

I suppose it's my fault though. I put him down before he bubbled.

You didn't tell me what you heard. I got some news.

I can't hear you. What?

It can wait.

Shh.

- All right. - There you go. Oh.

It's, uh, Obie something.

Yeah. Pull up, will ya? I wanna get off.

You ain't to Medicine Bow yet. I know it.

This is as far as I wanna go.

You plannin' on walkin' the rest of the way? Maybe. Will you pull up, please?

Whoa. Ho.

Giddyup.

Will you listen to that baby?

Not a sound. I don't know how you manage it.

Obie. Oh, Obie!

Obie, why didn't you write me?

Why didn't you say you were coming? I was going to.

What's he doing here?

Well, he's been helping out, Obie.

That's why you didn't come to me.

So's you could be hidin' what's been happenin'.

What are you talking about? Nothing's been happening.

- Then what do you call this? - We didn't know if you were dead or what.

She needed carin' for. That's what I done.

Obie! Stop it! Stop it, please! Stop it!

Both of you! Get out of my way!

- Leave him be. We never done nothin'. - You expect me to believe that?

If you don't, you just get right out of here.

He's been takin' care of me and the baby,

like he said, and that's all.

And you didn't care enough even to write, not till you sent that money.

I cared.

Then why didn't you let me know?

I didn't know where you were.

I didn't know if I'd ever see you again. Why?

I had nothin' to show.

Not even that you were alive?

It wasn't enough.

It would've been enough for me.

I left you when you needed me.

I couldn't come back with nothin'.

You could have anytime.

All I needed was you, Obie.

And I needed you so much.

Obie, it was needin' and not havin' you that made me turn to Jim.

It was thinkin' you didn't care.

And Jim was here where you should've been.

He helped me bear the baby.

He looked after me and nearly killed himself working this farm for me.

So, uh,

you fell in love with him.

In a way.

But not the way I loved you, the way I still do.

Obie, I don't care if you have nothin'.

I never gave you anything but trouble.

You gave me everything I wanted.

I'm still in trouble.

Nah. I couldn't stay away from you.

We'll face it together, Obie, and not run from it.

Yeah, but if it means jail... You'll have a trial.

You'll tell the truth, and you'll make them believe you, Obie.

You will. Now, there ain't gonna be no trial.

There's no need of one.

What are you saying?

You come bustin' in here, using your hands instead of your head,

not askin' how it was but tellin' how they are.

I didn't get a chance to tell Anna here what I came to say...

What I would've said if you hadn't come rollin' through here like a buzz saw.

- You're in the clear. - Clear?

The sheriff in Sycamore finally caught on to Jonas Rigby.

It was him and his brother Nathan that took that $8,000 and laid the blame on you.

Jonas confessed, and Sheriff Abbott just showed

me the wanted circular they got out on Nathan.

Well, don't just stand there gawkin' at me. It's true.

Now that you finally made up your mind to stop runnin', you don't have to anymore.

Oh!

Well, ain't you even gonna ask her about the baby?

Where is it? Let me see it.

Not it. Him.

Oh, what's his name?

What do you suppose?

That's your boy.

He's kind of small, ain't he?

No. What are you talking about? He's just right.

Look at those eyes.

You wanna hold him?

Ye-Yeah. Sure. Here.

He's bigger than I thought he was.

Thought you'd like to know. Stage driver told me Obie's back.

Yeah, I know.

What happened?

Lots.

I guess I ought to feel all cut up about losing her.

You don't look it.

Well, I guess maybe I got some growin' up to do.

Race you back to Shiloh?

You're on. Come on, Buck!

Yahoo!