1 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:17,074 Johnny, you forgot to do that problem over the way I told you. 2 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:20,051 After you do it, leave it on Miss Keller's desk. 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,883 - She'll correct it in the morning. - Yes, ma'am. 4 00:00:41,307 --> 00:00:43,434 Don't yell, lady. 5 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:46,775 Won't do you any good. Just get somebody killed. 6 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:49,144 I'll take the reins, teacher. 7 00:00:49,215 --> 00:00:51,149 Ma'am. 8 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:53,310 "Be not afraid of sudden fear... 9 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:56,753 neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. " 10 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:59,917 Proverbs, uh, 3:25. 11 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:02,359 Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! 12 00:02:24,344 --> 00:02:26,278 Whoa. 13 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:29,440 That's as far as the buggy goes. Get out. 14 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:31,507 After you, ma'am. 15 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:42,284 Okay, amigo. 16 00:03:03,082 --> 00:03:05,073 Let's go. 17 00:03:16,663 --> 00:03:19,996 - Any more comin'? - Fred's bringing up the rest. They should be following us. 18 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:23,001 Near as I can figure from the boy's description... 19 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:26,937 your mother was picked up by Will Hanley, Julio Gallego and Preacher Clegg. 20 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:28,997 Sam Beldon's boys. 21 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:31,066 Beldon? 22 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:36,905 - I told you to stay at home. - She's my mother too. I'm going. 23 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:40,009 No, you're not. Someone has to stay at home when the ransom note comes. 24 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:43,214 - You know who took her? - No. No, we don't. 25 00:03:43,289 --> 00:03:45,416 Jarrod, please. I want to go with you. 26 00:03:45,491 --> 00:03:48,153 I know how you feel. But this is no place for a woman. 27 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:51,823 Kelly, take Miss Barkley back to the ranch and see that she stays there. 28 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:55,163 As soon as you get the ransom note, you get word to us. 29 00:03:57,570 --> 00:03:59,697 Let's go. 30 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:41,970 We're gonna have to cover your eyes, teacher. 31 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:47,349 Easy does it now. 32 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:24,356 Come on, teacher lady. 33 00:05:28,127 --> 00:05:30,254 We'll take this off now. 34 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:39,661 I'm asking you again- What do you men want with me? 35 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:41,764 He'll tell you. 36 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:43,866 Afternoon, ma'am. 37 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,669 Where's Cleaver and Bates? 38 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:51,506 Ain't back from Socorro yet. 39 00:05:52,785 --> 00:05:55,777 Sure takin' 'em a long time just to get supplies. 40 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:59,290 You and Preacher watch the back trail. 41 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:02,453 Julio! Rustle up some grub. 42 00:06:04,764 --> 00:06:06,891 I'm Sam Beldon. 43 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:09,230 I know who you are. 44 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:12,461 Care to go inside, ma'am? 45 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:16,140 Ain't much, but there's some comfort. 46 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:22,877 I'm askin' you to go inside. 47 00:06:45,104 --> 00:06:47,095 Hold up! 48 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:05,451 It's ours, all right. They ditched it. 49 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:15,757 Well, which way do we go? Up over the ridge, or down on the flats? 50 00:07:15,835 --> 00:07:20,101 We've known for more than a year that Beldon's hideout is up there somewhere. 51 00:07:21,541 --> 00:07:24,476 But it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. 52 00:07:24,544 --> 00:07:27,843 Not too much light to go by either. 53 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:31,350 Get over that next ridge, we oughta figure to make camp, huh? 54 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,351 We get over that next ridge... 55 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:36,877 we'll keep on moving just as long as we can see the trail. 56 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,947 Come on. Giddap! 57 00:07:52,371 --> 00:07:54,771 "Then said he also... 58 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:57,537 "when thou makest the feast... 59 00:07:57,610 --> 00:08:02,741 "call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind... 60 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:04,749 and thou shall be blessed. " 61 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:06,808 Luke 15. 62 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:13,888 He should have mentioned a pretty girl gives a man an appetite. 63 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,894 The lady's my guest. 64 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:17,896 Make sure the others know it... 65 00:08:17,964 --> 00:08:20,899 including Cleaver and Bates, when they get back. 66 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:22,958 Amen. 67 00:08:25,304 --> 00:08:27,295 Better eat a little, ma'am. 68 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:31,140 Why don't you do whatever it is you want to do? 69 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:33,144 I don't exactly know what you mean. 70 00:08:33,212 --> 00:08:38,172 He don't want what you think, senora. 71 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:42,187 You'd better eat. 72 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:44,519 Julio's not a bad cook. 73 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:47,684 - How much are you asking? - Ransom? 74 00:08:49,762 --> 00:08:53,926 If I wanted that, I wouldn't get it from some small-town schoolteacher, would I? 75 00:08:55,434 --> 00:08:58,562 No. No money, Miss Keller. 76 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:00,765 I'm not- 77 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:05,877 You've gone to a lot of trouble. Why? 78 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:08,379 I'll come to that. 79 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:10,711 Maybe I oughta point out a few things... 80 00:09:10,783 --> 00:09:12,717 make your visit a little more comfortable. 81 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:14,719 You call this a visit? 82 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:17,722 - Well, you're gonna be with us a spell. - Until they come for me. 83 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:19,724 Let 'em. 84 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,726 Nobody's ever found Sam Beldon yet. 85 00:09:21,794 --> 00:09:25,025 So I reckon they ain't gonna find you either. Will they? 86 00:09:26,899 --> 00:09:30,460 Tell me- How long you been a schoolteacher? 87 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:34,098 How long have you been a kidnapper? 88 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:37,301 You'll do. You don't scare easy. I like that. 89 00:09:39,378 --> 00:09:41,369 Whoa. 90 00:09:56,162 --> 00:09:58,096 Bates just got in from Socorro. 91 00:09:58,164 --> 00:10:00,598 Cleaver got drunk and landed in jail. 92 00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:03,601 Nobody knows him. They'll let him out in the morning. 93 00:10:03,669 --> 00:10:06,661 I don't think so. He shot a deputy. 94 00:10:08,140 --> 00:10:11,576 You judged bad on Cleaver, Sam... 95 00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:14,670 lettin' a new man go in for supplies. 96 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:17,011 I say we leave him there. 97 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:19,278 No. 98 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:21,013 We got nobody to spare. 99 00:10:21,087 --> 00:10:23,214 Our luck's been runnin' bad, Sam. 100 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,223 This ain't the time to push it. 101 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,225 Maybe. 102 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:30,888 But Cleaver's still one of my men, and that means we don't leave him. 103 00:10:30,963 --> 00:10:33,898 That Socorrojail ain't no different than the bank we busted in Carson City. 104 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:35,558 We do it the same way. 105 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:40,372 We get some sleep tonight, and we start on it tomorrow. 106 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:43,567 We do it like Carson City, we got no problems. 107 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:47,409 How you gettin' along with the little lady? 108 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:12,429 So you don't scare easy, Miss Keller. 109 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,235 You said it the first time. Now I'll say it. 110 00:11:15,307 --> 00:11:17,832 I don't scare easy. 111 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:20,435 You have one of two choices, lady. 112 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:23,448 Either you do as you're told and you don't make trouble... 113 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:26,781 or you fight me and I'll make you do as you're told. 114 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:30,083 You're gonna stay in there tonight. I'll have somebody make up your bed. 115 00:11:30,156 --> 00:11:32,090 Do us both a favor. 116 00:11:32,158 --> 00:11:36,720 Don't try to get away, because there's a guard outside. They get trigger-happy at night. 117 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:40,732 Don't you think it's about time you told me why I'm here and when you'll let me go? 118 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,735 I never said anything about letting you go. 119 00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:46,363 I'll let you stay alive as long as you earn it. 120 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:52,804 How do I earn staying alive? 121 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:55,813 You teach me to read and write. 122 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:18,670 You about ready? 123 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,673 I got some steak and eggs left. You wanna finish it? 124 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,732 Save it for lunch. 125 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,837 If we don't have any luck today... 126 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:29,847 we'll drop back to Socorro and pick up some more men. 127 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:32,850 You're pretty sour first thing in the morning, aren't you? 128 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:35,853 Sorry, Nick. I'm just looking at the chances as they are. 129 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:37,912 Mount up. 130 00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:01,240 Mornin'. 131 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:04,239 You eat? 132 00:13:05,651 --> 00:13:09,087 Looks like a new world, don't it? 133 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:11,248 Not for me. 134 00:13:11,323 --> 00:13:13,257 Maybe not. 135 00:13:13,325 --> 00:13:17,125 But if you're as smart as I figure, you'll make the best of it. 136 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:19,960 Let's get started. 137 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:23,730 What's the matter? 138 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:27,239 That's really why you brought me here- to teach you to read and write? 139 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:30,070 That's the reason, teacher. 140 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,969 All right. Where are my books? 141 00:13:47,359 --> 00:13:49,293 This all right, Miss Keller? 142 00:13:49,361 --> 00:13:51,693 I'm not much for the indoors. 143 00:13:57,136 --> 00:14:01,368 We're headin' for Socorro now, Sam. When do you figure? 144 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:05,409 - How's Will doin'? - He's comin' along pretty quick. 145 00:14:05,477 --> 00:14:07,911 I'll be leavin' a little past noon. 146 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:10,778 I'll meet you in that alley at the end of town. 147 00:14:11,784 --> 00:14:14,776 Hyah.! Hyah.! 148 00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:20,925 You got shot up in that Carson City bank holdup, didn't you? 149 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:22,927 Things happen. 150 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:24,929 And, uh, there was a man killed. 151 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:27,090 Julio's brother. 152 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:29,600 That's a chance we all take. 153 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:32,660 Now, you gonna learn me to read, or ain't ya? 154 00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:36,207 Do you know your alphabet? 155 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:38,209 I can make an "X." 156 00:14:38,277 --> 00:14:40,575 And that's it. 157 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:44,377 Learning to read and write takes a long time. 158 00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:48,581 Mmm. Well, however long it takes. 159 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:51,913 All right. 160 00:14:54,026 --> 00:14:58,463 Now, this is an "A." 161 00:14:58,530 --> 00:15:03,058 "A" is for "apple," and that's a picture of an apple to remind you. 162 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:05,069 And it says here... 163 00:15:05,137 --> 00:15:09,733 "The lad ate the apple. Apples are in apple pie. " 164 00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:13,005 - Say it. - Say what? 165 00:15:13,078 --> 00:15:17,811 "A" is for apple. The lad ate the apple. Apples are in apple pie. 166 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:23,720 "A" is for apple. 167 00:15:23,789 --> 00:15:27,782 The lad ate the apple. 168 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:29,760 - Apples is- - Are. Are. 169 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:32,126 - Apples are... - Apples are... 170 00:15:32,197 --> 00:15:34,563 - in apple pie. - in apple pie. 171 00:15:34,633 --> 00:15:37,693 Good. Good. Now pick out the A's. 172 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:40,102 - Here's one. - Mm-hmm. 173 00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:42,106 - This one. - Mmm. 174 00:15:42,174 --> 00:15:44,574 That's one. 175 00:15:44,643 --> 00:15:47,476 And- No. Uh, this one. 176 00:15:47,546 --> 00:15:49,480 Five. I got 'em all, didn't I? 177 00:15:49,548 --> 00:15:51,539 There are three more. 178 00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:56,385 Uh, how 'bout that book? 179 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:00,958 That's for the second grade, Sam. 180 00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:04,152 Oh. 181 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:12,964 "'A' is for 'apple. ' 182 00:16:13,038 --> 00:16:16,474 "The lad ate the apple. 183 00:16:16,542 --> 00:16:19,477 Apples are in apple pie. " 184 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,479 Good! 185 00:16:21,547 --> 00:16:23,481 Now, uh, what's this letter? 186 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:25,483 That's "B." "B" is for "boy. " 187 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:28,486 And this is a "C." "C" is for "cat. " 188 00:16:28,554 --> 00:16:32,183 - And it says, "The cat saw the boy-" - The rat- 189 00:16:32,257 --> 00:16:34,191 - Boy. Boy. - Oh. 190 00:16:34,259 --> 00:16:36,193 The pictures will help you remember. 191 00:16:36,261 --> 00:16:38,821 And this, uh- this is "D." 192 00:16:38,897 --> 00:16:40,865 "D"for "deer. " 193 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:42,867 That ain't no deer. 194 00:16:44,603 --> 00:16:49,040 That's what we call a pronghorn. Little pronghorned calf. 195 00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:50,939 Kinda like an antelope. 196 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:53,103 A deer fawn is prettier. 197 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,840 Prettiest thing in the world is a spotted fawn. 198 00:16:57,082 --> 00:17:01,576 I bet the fella who wrote that book never got out of the classroom. 199 00:17:02,621 --> 00:17:04,612 Why didn't you go to school, Sam? 200 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,551 We'll talk about that some other time. 201 00:17:13,832 --> 00:17:15,766 All right. 202 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:17,825 Now we'll start over. 203 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:27,741 Well, one guess is as good as another. 204 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:31,806 Up across there to the back country, down below to the flats. 205 00:17:33,285 --> 00:17:35,048 Maybe we oughta split up. 206 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:38,055 What I'd like to know is why we haven't heard from Kelly. 207 00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:41,354 He wouldn't have had any trouble finding us so far. 208 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:45,022 It don't make sense, Sam Beldon not asking for ransom. 209 00:17:45,097 --> 00:17:48,225 I say we'd better split up. 210 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:51,064 Maybe you're right, Nick. 211 00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:54,071 Hank, Pete, you go with the Barkleys. 212 00:17:54,139 --> 00:17:56,164 The rest of you, come with me. 213 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:58,607 We'll meet in Socorro after sundown. 214 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:09,012 I wish Beldon had asked for a ransom. Then at least we'd know she's safe. 215 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:15,552 - Come on and help me. - No. Figure this out for yourself. 216 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:24,767 "The cat... 217 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:29,666 "saw- 218 00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:33,568 "saw- 219 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:39,207 "saw- 220 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:43,318 The cat-" 221 00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:47,314 Now, that was childish and stupid! 222 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,903 I don't see why you have to devil a man so. 223 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:00,905 The learning process is very painful. 224 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:02,838 Now, let's get started again. 225 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:04,842 You wanna check this? 226 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:08,471 Double-check Bates on the hay wagon. See he don't use too much kerosene. 227 00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:11,141 All right, Sam. 228 00:19:11,216 --> 00:19:12,979 I'm shortening the fuse. 229 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:16,043 - It'll still give you enough time. - Whatever you think. 230 00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:19,413 All right, get goin'. 231 00:19:38,810 --> 00:19:41,574 I don't understand. 232 00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:44,138 What? It says right here, ma'am. 233 00:19:44,216 --> 00:19:46,411 "The cat... 234 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:49,352 saw the rat. " 235 00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:18,776 I can't be sure, but those look like hoofprints that have been brushed out. 236 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:21,785 If you're right, that'd put 'em in the hills somewhere above Socorro. 237 00:20:21,853 --> 00:20:25,448 That narrows it down to about a thousand square miles. 238 00:20:29,928 --> 00:20:31,862 Let's go over this once more. 239 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:34,956 Not now. I'm having my lunch. We'll go over it when I'm finished. 240 00:20:37,035 --> 00:20:40,027 Been a long time since I took orders from a lady. 241 00:20:43,041 --> 00:20:46,477 She was as pretty as one of them fawns we talked about... 242 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,536 my wife. 243 00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:56,487 San Francisco. 244 00:20:56,555 --> 00:20:58,489 That's where I met her. 245 00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:01,151 It was about nine years ago. 246 00:21:01,226 --> 00:21:04,093 She was younger than me. 247 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:06,392 She was soft and fresh... 248 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:08,456 like a new sunrise. 249 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:12,532 But, uh, she's dead now. Don't matter. 250 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:14,697 I'm sorry. 251 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:18,576 Don't be. 252 00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:20,578 She was happy. 253 00:21:20,646 --> 00:21:23,012 Times we had... 254 00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:25,072 why, she told me we- 255 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,053 She told me that anyhow. 256 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:31,112 Left me with something to remember. 257 00:21:32,724 --> 00:21:35,659 Sam, why is it so important for you... 258 00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:38,662 to learn how to read and write now, in this way? 259 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:42,723 Do you expect me to be sittin' in some classroom somewhere? 260 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,860 That'd be the sight. 261 00:21:44,936 --> 00:21:47,427 Sam Beldon learnin' his letters... 262 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:51,704 with a posse and six marshals waitin' outside the door with a rope. 263 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:54,541 Where's your home, Sam? 264 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:58,305 Oh, I got a place in the high country. 265 00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:01,610 It's a quiet place. 266 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:03,621 Is that really home for you? 267 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,692 My wife's buried there. 268 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,751 That makes it home. 269 00:22:11,863 --> 00:22:13,797 Last year, when I was about to leave... 270 00:22:13,865 --> 00:22:16,800 she got took with the fever and died. 271 00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:18,802 I, uh... 272 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:21,805 put some rocks over her place in the earth... 273 00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:23,807 and I left. 274 00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:26,275 Haven't been back since. 275 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,973 I keep thinkin' about goin' back. 276 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,120 Warm days. 277 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:39,624 The air is so clear, you can see for a hundred miles. 278 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:43,923 There's a little spring that runs by the side of the hill behind the house. 279 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:47,164 Indians say if you drink the water... 280 00:22:47,232 --> 00:22:50,167 the time will come when you sing your death song... 281 00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:52,567 within the sound of that spring. 282 00:22:56,908 --> 00:22:59,468 Sam, you still haven't told me... 283 00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:01,808 why you want to learn to read and write. 284 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,747 Hmm? Oh, yeah. 285 00:23:04,816 --> 00:23:07,751 Well, uh, the signs. That's why. 286 00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:10,754 We do a lot of traveling in strange countries... 287 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:14,258 and not knowin' what the signs say, sometimes we get into a lot of trouble. 288 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:16,760 That's why I gotta learn how to read. 289 00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:19,319 I see. 290 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,662 Is there somethin' wrong with that? 291 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:24,463 Every man's got a reason. I told you mine. 292 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:26,163 Did you? 293 00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:31,799 What do you want? 294 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:33,811 It's time, huh? 295 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:35,870 Yeah. 296 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:40,077 "S" is for "school," right? 297 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:42,086 "O" is for "out"? 298 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,418 School's out, teacher. 299 00:24:00,705 --> 00:24:03,037 Hey! Watch where you're goin'! 300 00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:34,629 How does it look? 301 00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:38,942 Are we all set? 302 00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:41,945 - Yeah, we're all set. Only- - Only what? 303 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:43,947 I don't like it, Sam. 304 00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:46,040 The way our luck's been runnin', I got a feelin'. 305 00:24:46,117 --> 00:24:48,051 You always got a feelin'. 306 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,110 Now, get ready. 307 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:55,957 We'll wait for your signal behind the store. 308 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:59,793 You got five minutes. Tether your horse behind the livery stable. 309 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,856 Let's get goin'. 310 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:11,953 The Beldon gang! I just saw 'em! 311 00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:17,758 It's a trick! Take cover! 312 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:13,549 Some of you fight the fire! The rest of you, come with me! 313 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:38,939 Let me see it. 314 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:43,410 - Can you stay in the saddle? - I think so. 315 00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:50,994 No sign of anybody since we lost 'em back at that turnoff. 316 00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:52,859 Let's go. 317 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:43,303 Help him inside. 318 00:29:57,162 --> 00:29:59,153 Give me the coat. 319 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:08,071 Doc Briggs is just the other side of Green Meadows. Now, go get him. 320 00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:11,472 Green Meadows? It's kinda risky around here right now. 321 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,534 Get the doctor! 322 00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:22,316 How are you doing, compadre? 323 00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:25,413 It's just a bullet, Samuel. 324 00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:34,059 You bury me by the spring? 325 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:38,928 You do that for me? 326 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:41,597 Ah, shut up, Julio. 327 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,870 We been together a long time. A long time. 328 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:49,070 Get over there. 329 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:52,649 Yeah? What do you want? 330 00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:54,651 Sam, we wanna talk. 331 00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:58,951 - Well, we sent for the doc. Julio's gonna be all right. - Yeah, well, that's fine. 332 00:30:59,023 --> 00:31:01,856 Sam, I reckon we hope he'll be fine. 333 00:31:01,926 --> 00:31:03,791 - But- - But what? 334 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:08,458 - Well, the men figure I should do the talkin'. - About what? Spit it out. 335 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,001 Well, it's no good anymore. 336 00:31:11,069 --> 00:31:13,560 Last time it was Carson City. Today's no better. 337 00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:20,239 So we figure there's no sense in hangin' around. 338 00:31:21,646 --> 00:31:23,580 So you're all gonna run out... 339 00:31:23,648 --> 00:31:27,311 just 'cause our luck went a little bad... 340 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:29,751 things ain't goin'just right. 341 00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:32,923 Yeah, well, somethin' like that. 342 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:36,586 Things aren't gettin' any better, they're gettin' worse! 343 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:40,290 - You speakin' for all the other men? - Yeah. 344 00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:44,130 Get out. Who needs ya? 345 00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:46,670 Get out! 346 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:48,831 Who needs any of ya? 347 00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:00,983 The twilight of Sam Beldon. 348 00:32:01,052 --> 00:32:03,145 What's that? 349 00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:05,382 Nothing. 350 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:10,760 I don't need their stripe. 351 00:32:10,828 --> 00:32:14,355 They run scared when things go a little sour. Better off without 'em. 352 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:18,027 Who are you trying to convince, me or yourself? 353 00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:21,299 The preacher's dead. I was gettin' tired of his lectures. 354 00:32:21,372 --> 00:32:24,864 So don't you start. You're here for one thing, so don't you forget it. 355 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:27,503 - I'm going to forget it, Sam. - You're what? 356 00:32:27,578 --> 00:32:30,513 I'm going out that door. 357 00:32:30,581 --> 00:32:33,106 Now, you have a gun. 358 00:32:33,184 --> 00:32:37,177 If you intend to use it, use it now. 359 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,624 Good-bye, Sam. 360 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,502 Now, get back here. 361 00:32:58,576 --> 00:33:02,979 Now, until that doc comes we're gonna continue with the lessons. 362 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,177 Sit down. 363 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:08,537 For my wife. 364 00:34:10,248 --> 00:34:13,308 Well, I-I made it to take the place of the rocks I put there. 365 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:20,257 The words that go on it, I wanna be able to put 'em on myself... 366 00:34:20,324 --> 00:34:23,816 and I wanna be able to read it when I'm through. 367 00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:12,367 "The cat... 368 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:15,742 "saw the rat. 369 00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:20,110 "The dog... 370 00:35:20,184 --> 00:35:23,449 saw the cat. " 371 00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:29,115 I'll bet they sure had a fight. 372 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:38,769 We trailed 'em as far as the Green Meadow turnoff, and then lost 'em. 373 00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:42,272 It was near dark, so we figured to try again at sunup. 374 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:44,274 Will you take us to the turnoff? 375 00:35:44,342 --> 00:35:47,334 - Now? - Yeah. Now. 376 00:35:48,412 --> 00:35:50,403 Sure. 377 00:35:57,421 --> 00:35:59,651 All right. 378 00:35:59,724 --> 00:36:02,090 Hyah! Hyah! 379 00:36:05,897 --> 00:36:08,593 All right, Sam, once again. 380 00:36:08,666 --> 00:36:11,794 "The man-" Come on. 381 00:36:11,869 --> 00:36:14,133 "The man... 382 00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:17,470 "saw the fox. 383 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:21,478 "The fox ran. 384 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:23,946 The man-" 385 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:30,247 Why don't they shut up? Wolves, they gotta sound off all night long. 386 00:36:31,455 --> 00:36:33,616 Foxes, now, like this one, they're quiet. 387 00:36:36,427 --> 00:36:39,328 "The man... 388 00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:41,831 chased the fox. " 389 00:36:43,901 --> 00:36:45,892 Get over there under the window. 390 00:36:57,782 --> 00:36:59,716 Sam? 391 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:02,048 - Yeah, Will? - Brought the doctor. 392 00:37:09,794 --> 00:37:12,126 - You Sam Beldon? - That's right. 393 00:37:12,196 --> 00:37:15,165 I'm Miss Keller, the schoolteacher at the mission in Stockton. 394 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,928 I'm Dr. Briggs. 395 00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:26,469 - What's wrong with him? - He's got a bullet in 'im. 396 00:37:26,544 --> 00:37:28,535 Fix 'im up, Doc. 397 00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:35,308 I'll need more light. 398 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:50,533 - Hold the light right down over my bag, Miss B- - Keller. 399 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:52,535 Keller. 400 00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,594 Over my bag, Miss Keller. 401 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,180 He's lost a lot of blood. 402 00:38:07,885 --> 00:38:11,480 This man will need considerable care if you expect to keep him alive. 403 00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:15,992 You fix him up for now, Doc. We'll take care of the rest later. 404 00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:25,798 Could I have that bottle, Miss Keller? 405 00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:37,270 Bandages. 406 00:38:43,921 --> 00:38:47,789 Bullet's too deep. I can't take it out here. 407 00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:52,090 If you get him into town, he might live. 408 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:55,064 Well, thanks for everything, Doc. 409 00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:58,829 Will, you walk the doc to his horse. 410 00:39:01,672 --> 00:39:04,607 Let's go, Doc. 411 00:39:06,243 --> 00:39:09,508 What are you waitin' for, Doc? I'll write you where to send the bill. 412 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,119 Go ahead and shoot. 413 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:20,283 If you don't let the doctor go, I will shoot. 414 00:39:24,628 --> 00:39:26,619 Hold it, Will. 415 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:30,190 All right, I'll let him go. 416 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:34,033 You swear to it? 417 00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:37,336 I swear. Now hand over the gun. 418 00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:41,402 I give you my word. 419 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:51,387 Keep his horse here and take offhis shoes. 420 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:54,083 The walk'll do you a lot of good into town, Doc. 421 00:39:54,158 --> 00:39:56,456 But it's 15 miles. 422 00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:58,995 Then you oughta make it by noon tomorrow. 423 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:08,171 I told you I wouldn't kill him. 424 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,764 I didn't say I wasn't gonna slow him up. 425 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:14,310 What now, Sam? 426 00:40:14,378 --> 00:40:17,506 Tomorrow morning we're leaving, before the posse comes. 427 00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:22,146 But we haven't finished our lessons yet, teacher. 428 00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:05,121 - It's Doc Briggs! - Jarrod- 429 00:41:05,196 --> 00:41:08,131 - What are you doing up here? - Sam Beldon's got your mother. 430 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,633 Is she all right? Have they hurt her? 431 00:41:10,701 --> 00:41:12,635 - She's not hurt, I'm sure. - Where are they? 432 00:41:12,703 --> 00:41:15,638 - Back there, high country- - Do you think you can lead us to 'em? 433 00:41:15,706 --> 00:41:18,266 - Yeah, I think so. - Can you ride? 434 00:41:18,342 --> 00:41:20,333 - Yeah. - Okay, let's go. 435 00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:23,778 Gonna have to make a litter for him. 436 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:26,783 He ain't gonna make it, Sam, on a horse or a litter. 437 00:41:26,851 --> 00:41:29,786 - I don't think I'll make it this time. - What? 438 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:32,789 What are you talkin' about? Sure you are. You're gonna be all right. 439 00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:35,792 - You heard him. Leave him here! He's only gonna hold us up! - I don't leave him! 440 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:37,418 Por favor, I- 441 00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:41,431 Sam! Sam! Can't you see he's in pain? 442 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:46,198 Sam, they come, find him like he is, they gotta take care of him. 443 00:41:46,270 --> 00:41:48,534 They'll leave somebody behind to do that. 444 00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:51,131 It'll help even up the odds for us. 445 00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:53,438 He's bleeding badly again. 446 00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:55,445 - Get him inside. - You get him inside. 447 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,174 I'm leavin'. 448 00:41:57,248 --> 00:42:00,081 Will! You heard me! I said inside! 449 00:42:08,826 --> 00:42:11,386 Patr�n- 450 00:42:12,763 --> 00:42:16,722 Julio.! Julio, hold on.! 451 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,325 No- No more- 452 00:43:04,148 --> 00:43:07,083 Things work out for me, Julio... 453 00:43:07,151 --> 00:43:09,619 maybe someday I'll come back and get you. 454 00:43:10,955 --> 00:43:13,947 Take you up to that place on the spring. 455 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:18,793 Maybe you and me, we'll be there together. 456 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,853 I'm leavin' now, Sam. 457 00:43:21,865 --> 00:43:23,856 Don't try and stop me. 458 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:30,063 Give up, Sam. Give up and ride out now. 459 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:32,973 Ever see a hangin', Miss Keller? 460 00:43:33,043 --> 00:43:36,638 That's what's waitin' for me if they ever get their hands on me. 461 00:43:36,714 --> 00:43:41,242 Ain't no man alive that can do that to Sam Beldon. 462 00:43:41,318 --> 00:43:44,253 No, we're going up to that place. 463 00:43:44,321 --> 00:43:46,448 Just you and me. 464 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,134 Change your mind, Will? 465 00:43:58,202 --> 00:44:01,535 No. They changed it. 466 00:44:11,215 --> 00:44:13,843 Better check the other side. 467 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:23,315 Get over there, down on the floor. 468 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,797 There's 10 or 12 of them. 469 00:44:38,776 --> 00:44:41,836 Beldon, you're surrounded! 470 00:44:41,912 --> 00:44:44,506 Send Mrs. Barkley out.! 471 00:44:44,581 --> 00:44:47,448 - Mrs. Barkley? - That's right. 472 00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:51,344 You ain't the teacher? 473 00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:56,451 At times, when Miss Keller is ill, I fill in for her. 474 00:44:56,527 --> 00:45:00,657 Beldon.! This is Nick Barkley.! Send my mother outta there.! 475 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:04,928 Nick Barkley? 476 00:45:05,002 --> 00:45:07,402 Then you must be Victoria Barkley. 477 00:45:11,642 --> 00:45:13,837 Queen bee of the whole valley! 478 00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:16,744 You been laughin' at me all the time. 479 00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:19,476 Me, I thought I got me a schoolteacher. 480 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:21,484 Instead I got Victoria Barkley. 481 00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:24,248 Oh, how you must've been laughin'! 482 00:45:24,321 --> 00:45:26,516 No, Sam, I wasn't laughing. 483 00:45:26,590 --> 00:45:29,058 Then what? You figured I was stupid. 484 00:45:29,126 --> 00:45:31,560 Can't read, can't write, can't do nothin'. 485 00:45:31,628 --> 00:45:34,062 Is that what you thought? "He's stupid"? 486 00:45:34,131 --> 00:45:36,224 No, Sam, not stupid either. 487 00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:40,327 I guess I just figured you were another pupil who- 488 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,395 who wanted to learn. 489 00:45:44,441 --> 00:45:47,774 Beldon.! You're completely surrounded.! 490 00:45:47,845 --> 00:45:50,279 You've got no chance.! 491 00:45:50,347 --> 00:45:52,941 Let her go. I got no more use for her. 492 00:45:53,016 --> 00:45:55,450 Are you out of your mind? We can't do that! 493 00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:57,783 They won't shoot while she's in here. 494 00:45:57,855 --> 00:46:00,085 I said let her go! 495 00:46:02,826 --> 00:46:04,817 Come on, lady. 496 00:46:08,165 --> 00:46:10,258 Bye, teacher. 497 00:46:11,935 --> 00:46:15,962 It's too bad it couldn't have been another time in another place. 498 00:46:18,776 --> 00:46:21,768 You go ahead and kill yourself if you want to, Sam. 499 00:46:21,845 --> 00:46:23,369 Let her go, Will! 500 00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:26,780 Just take it nice and easy, lady, if you wanna stay alive. 501 00:46:26,850 --> 00:46:28,784 - Now, open the door. - Will! 502 00:46:28,852 --> 00:46:32,015 Take one more step, Sam, and I'll kill her! 503 00:46:34,358 --> 00:46:36,349 Open the door, lady. 504 00:46:40,164 --> 00:46:42,496 Nice and easy now. Come on. 505 00:46:51,008 --> 00:46:53,135 Hold your fire! Don't anybody shoot! 506 00:47:03,887 --> 00:47:06,082 Anybody even moves, I'll kill her! 507 00:47:12,696 --> 00:47:15,130 All right, lady, now let's just get movin'. 508 00:47:15,199 --> 00:47:19,033 - Will, let her go and get back here! - No, Sam! 509 00:47:23,574 --> 00:47:26,771 Keep away from your gun and crawl up here. 510 00:47:29,246 --> 00:47:31,111 Stay down. 511 00:48:03,580 --> 00:48:05,571 Hold your fire! 512 00:49:34,204 --> 00:49:36,536 The cat saw the rat. 513 00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:40,400 The dog saw the cat. 514 00:49:43,180 --> 00:49:46,343 I bet they sure did have a good fight.