All language subtitles for The Virginian - 07x08 - Ride to Misadventure

What do you think,
Frank?

[ Ricochet ]

- Can you see him?
- Nah. They can be anywhere
off there in that brush.

Well, let's get out of here.
We couldn't hit him with these
even if we could see him.

Hey, what about
these mail sacks?Take everything.

- Well?
- We lost him.

There were two of you.
He was wounded.

Well, there were
a thousand places
to hide up there.

He had a rifle. I should've known you two
couldn't handle it.

- Let's move out.
- You think he's
coming back, don't you?

I don't think.
I know.

[ Cattle Lowing ]

Thirty head in five days.

Some of our
best breedin' stock.

This keeps up,
we're gonna burn Shiloh right
out of the cattle business.

Well, it could be worse,
I guess.

I've got a feeling
that's what Noah said
after the first week of rain.

[ Chuckles ] Any more outbreaks?

Yeah. It's spread
to the east range.

- Three more head this morning.
- [ Gunfire ]

They weren't supposed
to destroy any
till I give the order.

I don't see
any more Shiloh cattle.

Keep our stock
over there.[ Cattle Lowing ]

I'll handle this, boys.
We got a right
to protect our stock.

[ Virginian ]
Those are
Shiloh cattle, Matt.

You could've
let me look at him
before you shot him.

We know what you got
on your hands.

Those two might not
have been diseased.
Are you sure they were?

I've seen anthrax before.
There's a storm comin'.

When it hits,
the wind's gonna
spread that disease...

over every ranch
in Wyoming.

Now, maybe your Mr. Grainger
doesn't care about the rest
of us ranchers, but--

Matt, you know
that's not true. I'll say this.

We've all got our blood
and sweat tied up in our stock.

And if you can't do
something to stop this,
we're gonna have to.

Mr. Dooley, we've got
some medicine arriving on
the morning stage from Lincoln.

There ain't no medicine made
can cure anthrax. There is.

It's new, Mr. Dooley,
but it works, believe me.

All right.
But tomorrow morning
better mean sunup.

You boys, come over here!
We'll burn these carcasses!

We're doing
the best we can, Seth.

Now, when that stage
gets in in the morning,

we're going to start
inoculating every head
of cattle on this ranch.

And you can tell
that committee, or whatever
they call themselves,

that by sundown tomorrow,
this thing's going
to be under control.

Well, I told 'em, Clay.
Thanks, Holly.

What did they say, Seth?

Well, just talk, mostly.

Well?

Well, they talked about
riding on to Shiloh,

killing the rest of your herd
and then settin' the land
to the torch.

Hasn't anybody sense enough to
see that we can't destroy the
good right along with the bad?

I tried talkin' to 'em.I know you did, Seth.

It's not you
I'm angry with.Did they listen to you, Seth?

I'm afraid
they shouted me down.

Wasn't there a vote
or something?

There usually is
when folks want to
ease their conscience.

What was the decision?

Well, they're gonna
give you some time, Clay.

I don't know exactly
how much time.

But if this epidemic
isn't under control
in a hurry,

I'm afraid they're gonna
take things into
their own hands.

[ Chuckles ]

And then it's
right back to the torch,
the gun, the jungle.

Because if they come
to burn my land
and kill my cattle,

I'm gonna have
to protect 'em. [ Door Closes ]

[ Knocking ]Yes, Dave.

New epidemic's broken out
on the north range.
Six head down.

Well, I'd better be going.

- I hope things are
better tomorrow, Clay.
- Yeah, thanks. Thanks, Seth.

So long, Seth.
Thanks for coming by.

You know,
they're not bad people.

They're...
just scared.

Did you separate 'em, Dave?Yes.

You burn the field?That's a good piece of land,
Mr. Grainger.

It's all good.

But I didn't ask you
for an appraisal of it.

- I'll do it
first thing in the morning.
- What's wrong with right now?

Because I'm not used
to shooting sick animals,
burning rich land--

I'm just not used to it.

I once saw a thousand acres
of the finest grazing land
in Texas put to the torch...

and enough cattle to feed
a whole state destroyed.

Believe me, Dave,
you're as used to it right now
as you're ever gonna get.

I guess waitin' till sunup
isn't gonna make
much difference.

I want somebody in Medicine Bow
to meet that stage.Yes, sir.

Dave, you'll have
your teams organized...

so we can start to work
the minute that vaccine
gets here.

According to the letter, you'll
inoculate the calves first,
then the others.

Those already showing symptoms
you'll save to the last,

because there's not much chance
it'll do them any good anyway. [ Knocking, Door Opens ]

[ Holly ]
Clay!

Sorry to bust in on you
like this,

but my prisoner and I
have been riding
since before sundown.

Both of us on one horse.

I'd like to buy
a couple of fresh ones.
I got money to pay.

- You a lawman?
- In a manner of speaking.

- Bounty hunter?
- That's right.

You better let me
change that bandage.

- I don't want you
to go to any trouble.
- There won't be any trouble.

Come this way.

If you'll
sit here, please.

David, would you
come with me, please?

You got a name, mister?

- Walker.
- How'd that happen, Mr. Walker?

That's my business.

Look, I got a long, hard ride
ahead of me. I just wanna
buy a couple of horses.

- You got any to sell?
- We have horses.

But that doesn't mean
we're gonna sell 'em,
least to you...

or anybody else
that barges in here.

Now, if you want
to be civil, maybe
we can talk it over.

Now, we'll take
a look at that.

I guess you'd be
more comfortable seated.

She'd probably
be more comfortable
with her hands untied.

Leave her be.

Who is she?

That there's
Ruby French.

That supposed
to mean something?

- You ever hear
of the Colton gang?
- Mmm. Stories.

Most of them sounded like
dime novels to me.

Well, now, maybe they wouldn't
if you ever run up against 'em.

I've been tracking Johnny Colton
and his woman here
for six months now.

I've seen 'em cover
a whole state
in 10 days,

stopping just long enough
to rob every bank
they come to, every stage.

Well, if they were so rough,
how did you take 'em?

Got drunk
a few nights back,

made the mistake
of separatin' from
the rest of the gang.

By the time they sobered up,
I had 'em hog-tied
and ready for delivery.

What happened?

Well, now, taking 'em
was one thing. Holdin' on
to 'em was somethin' else.

By the time the stage
I was taking 'em back to
Montana on got to Lucas Pass,

- the gang was
waitin' there to free 'em.
- What stage was that?

Lincoln, westbound.

Well, where
is it now?

Colton took it with him.

There was supposed
to have been
some mail sacks aboard.

Might've been. I don't know.
I had enough to do
keepin' my eye on my prisoners.

Look, if you've just
got those horses to sell,

I got a hard ride
if I'm gonna catch up
with Johnny Colton.

- You know where he's headed?
- No. But ain't no man alive
can track Colton like me.

I know his moves
before he makes 'em.

Why not organize a posse?
You'll need help.

Ain't no time,
not the way Colton rides.

- Then I'll just
go along with you.
- I don't share with no one.

I'm not interested
in your reward!

We've got medicine
on that stage
for some sick animals.

We need it!That's your business.

Yours too if
you want those horses.

[ Chuckles ]
Well, uh, I guess
I could use an extra gun.

You sure you want
to do this?Don't worry about it.

I'll be all right. [ David ]
Mr. Grainger.

If I could, I'd sure like
to go along with them,
lend a hand.

How about it?I'm for it.

All right, all right.
But we'd best get started.

Better talk
to the other ranchers,
tell 'em what happened.

We may need some time.I will.

And if necessary,
the rest of us will hold
'em off until you get back.

Can't the girl stay here?
We'll look after her.

Ruby goes with me.

I figure as long as I got
something Colton wants,
we got an edge.

Let's get those horses.

Thank you, ma'am.

Never even had a chance
to get set for 'em.

Which way did they come from?They was waitin'
behind those trees.

By the time we saw 'em,
they was on top of us.

Wonder what they did
with the shotgun and the driver.What difference does it make?

While we're
standin' here talkin',
Colton's gettin' farther away.

Why would they have to take
the stage with 'em?

I don't know, Dave.
But I got a feeling...

there was more on it
than our vaccine
and Walker's prisoners.

Hey, Walker.

I guess now we know
what they did with
the shotgun and the driver.

- How far you think
they're ahead of us?
- Least a full day.

We'd be a whole lot closer
to that medicine of yours...

if we hadn't stopped
to play undertaker.

The dead have to be buried.

When there's time.

For some things,
you make time, Walker.

[ Chuckles ]
Yeah.

Like they did during
Mr. Lincoln's war.

I remember once,
I see a hundred men
rottin' in the sun.

Captain said,
"Let's kill a hundred more
fore dark."

No one stopped to bury 'em.
Wasn't time.
Well, there was no time today.

- You'd have just
left 'em, right?
- That's a fact.

Dead don't feel nothin'.
Above the earth, 'neath it--
What difference does it make?

[ Chuckles ]
It makes a difference
to some of us.

Well, now,
let me tell you something.

The only thing important
about dying is how you die.

When my time comes,
I want it to happen quick.

Shot down in my tracks before
I know what it's all about.

After that, the buzzards
can fight over my body.

I'll tell you
something else, cowboy.

That ain't gonna happen
for a long time.

I'm gonna get some wood
for the fire.

Better check
the horses, Dave,
and get some sleep.

Yeah.

You better get
some sleep too.

Sure you don't want
to tie me up first?

That medicine must be pretty
important for you to risk
gettin' yourself killed over it.

I mean, if you think Johnny's
just gonna give it back to you,
you don't know him.

He's not much for
giving things back, cowboy.

Anyway, what difference does it
make to you if the cattle die?
It's not your ranch.

That old man's so worried,
let him go after the medicine.

- I work for him.
- You mean you're
the hired hand?

He tells you what to do,
and you jump.

If you jump high enough,
he just might
give you a bone.

And if you don't,
you get kicked
real hard and fast.

That's not the way it is.

Oh, that isthe way it is.

I've seen people like you
my whole life,

crawlin' on your knees,
beggin' for what little you get,

and then thinkin' you're
better than anyone else
just because you worked for it.

[ Sighs ]
Your way's better, huh?

My way is
Johnny Colton's way.

And that makes it right?

Johnny didn't start it.

He was working
his own piece of land,
and-- and then the war came--

the fightin'
and the-- and the burnin'.

And by the time he got back,
his land was scorched so bad,
it wouldn't grow weeds,

and everything
he owned gone.

But he learned one thing
along the way.

You take, cowboy,
or people take from you.

I'll take the first watch.
You'd better get some sleep.

You're doin' fine, Ruby.

Just fine.

They picked it clean.
Anything up there?

No. They must've taken
the mail sacks with 'em.

Looks like they had someone
waitin' here with a spring
wagon, then headed north.

I guess you were right
about there bein' something else
on the stage they wanted.

You have any idea why
they'd need a spring wagon?How should I know?

We're wastin' time.
Let's move.

There's a small settlement
a couple hours' ride
from here.

Maybe they spent
the night there.

Well, if they did,
I hope the settlement's
still there.

[ Hammering ]

If you're lookin' for rooms,
no use gettin' down
off your horse.

- How come?
- The owner, Jim Coffee,
was killed yesterday.

Hotel's all locked up.

[ Hammering Continues ]

How'd it happen?

Well, some riders came in
a little before sundown.

Had a spring wagon with 'em,
needed some fixin'.

One of the wheels
was about to come off.

I told 'em it would take
a few hours.

One of 'em, looked
to be the leader, asked me
if I couldn't do it sooner.

Said they was in a hurry.

And they--
they went inside the hotel
to have a drink.

They looked nice
and peaceful-like,

just riders wantin'
to mind their own business,
then go their way.

Well, about an hour or so later,
they began makin' a ruckus,

shoutin' and cursin' like
they had too much to drink
and was about to start trouble.

Well, Jim Coffee
always prided himself on
the kind of place he ran,

so he went inside and told 'em
if they didn't get quiet,

they'd have to go
someplace else.

They didn't like this.
Said no one was gonna tell 'em
what to do or how to behave.

So they took Jim outside,

put a rope around his neck,

hung him right above
his own hotel.

After that,
they just went wild,

riding in and out of stores,
breaking everything in sight,

shootin', burnin', killin'.

- See which way they went?
- North.

The spring wagon--
Did you see what was in it?

They had it covered.
And someone stayed with me
to be sure I didn't look.

[ Hammering Continues ]

Much obliged.

[ Blowing ]

Maybe she just wanted
someone to talk to, Ruby.

What?

The woman at the grave.
Maybe she just wanted
someone to talk to.

Listen, if you think
I'm sorry about what happened
back there, you're wrong.

Nobody asked that man
Coffee to interfere.

If he'd minded his own business,
he'd be alive now
and so would the town.

It was his business.
It was his hotel.

But then I expect
with the kind of life
you've been leading,

you wouldn't understand
something like...

a man's right to
look after what's his.

Listen, cowboy,
I know all I want
to know about all that.

Rights. Like my old man.
He had his rights.

When he got a good yield,
he made enough to pay back...

what little he got
from the boss's store.

When it was bad,
he broke his back
just to get more in debt.

But when he up and died, well,
it all went to the landowner
to pay for his buryin'.

His family got told
they'd best
clear off the land...

or they'd get plowed
right under too.

You make your own rights,
cowboy, or somebody comes along
and does it for you.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

We was lucky
to find this cabin.
It's gonna be a cold night.

[ Dish Clatters ]

Hey, Ruby girl,
what's bothering you?

She talks, she cries.
She's almost human.

She even knows how to play
on a man's good nature,

take advantage of him
for her own good.

She can tell quite a tale
about her and Johnny Colton--

how he's the bad one,
and she just goes along.

We weren't talking about Colton.

Well, I'll tell you,
I never seen Johnny Colton
do one single thing...

without Ruby there being
right there at his side.

Ain't that right, Ruby?

When Johnny met Ruby here,
she was working in
some small Mississippi town.

No one knows just exactly
what kind of work
she was doin',

but I hear tell she was on
most friendly terms with every
rich landowner in the Delta.

Leave her alone, Walker.

[ Chuckles ]
Sure enough.

But don't let her
take you in, cowboy.
She's had a lot of practice.

[ Groaning ]

[ Groaning Continues ]

Get away from--

You were having
a bad dream.

[ Sighs ]

When I was a kid
in the Mississippi Delta,
the hottest place on earth,

I used to sneak out of
my room at night and run down
to the bank of the river.

Just sit there thinkin'
of all the places...

that big old river
could take me.

St. Louis, New Orleans.

Cities,
not dusty farms.

But then morning
would always come,
and I'd--

I'd still just
be sittin' there.

Nothin' would be
any different.

Well, you got
what you wanted.

You got out of there.

[ Chuckles ]
Yeah.

Look where I am.

I'm sorry about
the way I acted
when you woke me. I--

It was the dream.

You know those things
that Walker told you
about me in the Delta?

They're the truth.

So they're the truth.
He shouldn't have said them.

Yeah.

But there are things
that he doesn't know.

Things that...

he just doesn't know
about me.

When my old man died,

my ma got a job cooking
for one of those...

big landowners
in Mississippi.

I was only 13.

[ Chuckles ]
I thought, for the first time
in my life,

I was gonna be happy.

Then, uh,

one afternoon,

the big boss,

he caught me in the field.

[ Exhales ]

He didn't let go
till near sundown.

[ Crying ]

I'm not saying that
things would've been
any different for me...

if that didn't happen.

[ Crying Continues ]

It's just that, well, maybe--

I'm sorry, Ruby.
I'm sorry.

[ Shivers ]
It's cold.

Here.

[ Birds Chirping ]

[ Horse Blusters ]

[ Twig Snaps ]

Get the kerosene
out of that lamp
and spread it around.

We'll keep you covered.

I'll give Sutton
a hand.

Dave! Get down!
Get down!

What happened?They hit me from behind.

Must've come through
late yesterday.

Colton ever been
this far north before?Not that I know of.

You thinkin'
what I am?

Misadventure.
You'd better make camp
outside of town.

Dave and I will go in and check.
Wouldn't do for anybody
to recognize Ruby.

- What's "Misadventure"?
- You'll find out soon enough.

And you ain't likely
to forget it.

[ Horse Whinnies ] [ Clopping Hooves ]

[ Chattering ]

Whiskey.Same.

Leave the bottle.

[ Woman ]
Welcome to Misadventure.

Fore you start
makin' yourself
too much at home,

we got a couple of rules
you might like to hear--

rules that could save you
a lot of trouble later on,

might even keep you alive.

Yes, ma'am.

Now, first.
We got no sheriff here.

No deputy.
No marshal.

No one with a little tin badge
tellin' you what you can do,
what you can't.

That don't mean to say
we ain't got no law.

The law of Misadventure
is to mind
your own business.

Don't ask no questions.

Don't stick your noses
where they don't belong,

unless you wanna
get 'em shot off.

Is that clear?

Now, second.

Here in Misadventure,
we respect the property
of others,

no matter how
they come by it.

We don't steal
from one another.

You could fall down dead drunk
in the middle of the street...

with a $20 gold piece
in your pocket.

Come morning,
you might still be there,

but so would that
$20 gold piece.

- Is that clear?
- Yes, ma'am.

If these little rules
make you unhappy,

then I suggest
you ride on out.

But if you think
you can live with 'em,

I'm Ma Daggert,
this here's
my son Clint.

We'd be happy to share
that bottle with you.

Two more glasses.

[ Glass Sets
On Table ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

That cowboy
ain't gettin' to you,
is he, Ruby?

I wasn't asleep last night
when you had your little dream.

All got kind of cozy.I was cold.

You sure
that's all it was?

Don't you think
I ain't noticed the change
that's come over you.

I've seen it in your face.

Maybe he's right.
Maybe there's been
too many killings.

[ Chuckles ]
You should've thought
of that a long time ago.

Maybe you're even thinkin'
of usin' that cowboy
to get away from me.

If you are, Ruby,
you'd best forget it.

'Cause after what happened
at that stage,

I ain't never gonna
lose nothin' again.

Try to get away, Ruby,
I'll kill you.

[ Rustling ]

What'd you find out?

Misadventure's a most
unfriendly town.

What about Colton?Didn't run into him.

Well, did you ask about him? We just listened.

But you're welcome to go back in
and ask around yourself,
if you'd like.

Colton's top gun's a man
named Buck Stargil.
Did you hear anything about him?

I'm going back in alone
later when it's quiet.

You think it's wise
going in alone?

We've gotta do
something, Dave.

We don't get
to that vaccine pretty quick,
we won't have any use for it.

Except for the hole,
it's good as new.

Bet it wasn't worn
more than a month before
he had no more use for it.

Make you a good deal.Not right now.

What'll it be, then?
You name it, I got it.

A long knife.

Take your pick.I had a real good one
a while back.

I lost it in Dodge.You from there?

Friend, there's not a place
in this whole country
I ain't from.

[ Chuckles ]
And can't go back
to none of 'em, huh?

Well, that depends
on who I go back with.

Now, you take
when I was riding
with Johnny Colton.

There wasn't
a town in this country
we couldn't walk into.

I'm not saying they were
happy to see us,

but nobody
asked us to leave.

But that was
a long time back.

You don't ride
with Colton anymore?

I guess I'm just
too much of a loner.

Not that Johnny and me
still ain't good friends.

Truth is, I was kind of hopin'
to run into him
here in Misadventure.

You haven't seen him,
have you, pop?
Maybe he rode through.

You buyin' that knife,
mister?

- Sure.
- That'll be a dollar.

Thanks.Hey, mister.

That's a nice vest
you're wearin'.

♪♪ [ Honky-tonk ]

♪ When I was young

♪ Jimmy came to me

♪ Took me across
the land and sea ♪

♪ But then my love

♪ Went far away

♪ And left me alone

♪ Till this lonely day

♪ Now, who will come

♪ And take his place

♪ Lift my hands

♪ To touch his face

♪ Now that I'm old

♪ And turning gray

♪ Who will make
love come back ♪

♪ Like it went away

♪ Who will make
love come back ♪

♪ Who will make
love come back ♪

♪ Who will make
love come back ♪

♪ Like it went away ♪

[ Applause ]

Hey, Clair.
I'll buy you a drink.

Not now.When? When?

When you take a bath.[ Laughter ]

How 'bout you, mister?
Wanna buy me a drink?

Clair's the name.Be my pleasure.

Thank you.

What would you like?

That looks like about
as good as anything
they serve here.

Another glass. ♪♪ [ Honky-tonk ]

I liked your song. [ Liquid Pouring ]

Really?Yeah.

I don't believe I've ever
heard it before.

- Kind of sad, but pretty.
- I wrote it.

Well, you've got
a real talent, ma'am.

[ Scoffs ]
It's just something to do.

Thanks anyway.

Welcome to Misadventure.

- Where you headed?
- Canada, maybe.
I haven't decided yet.

I used to sing
in Saskatchewan.

- What were you doing
way up there?
- Passin' through.

- Another?
- It's your bottle.

Say, I've passed through
more places than the seasons.

Stayed just about as long.Then why stop
at Misadventure?

Who's stopped, cowboy?

Just slowed down a bit,
that's all.

Here's to ya.

- What decides for you?
- Decides what?

Where you're headed.

Whether or not I find
what I'm looking for.

[ Chuckles ]
What's that?

Something Johnny Colton
took from me.

Thanks for the drinks, cowboy.Maybe you can help me
find it.

Maybe you didn't hear
Ma Daggert's little speech.

Oh, yes, I have.
Every word of it.

Then you must not
value your life much.

As much as any man.

Then take my advice,
cowboy, and ride,

or they just might
plant you here.

Colton's trail led me
to Misadventure.

Now that I've found it,
I can't turn back.

Nothin's that important.

Lot of people
think different.

Good people.
Hardworking people.

They're counting on me.

I sure don't want to
let 'em down, and I won't.

There's a little house,
coming into town.

It's all boarded up.I saw it.

I'll meet you there
in an hour.

Maybe we can talk then.

I'm telling you
like it was.

He said he once rode
with Johnny Colton...

and asked if
I'd seem him around.

What did you tell him?You know me.
I showed him the door.

You're a good man, Jake.

We'll see you get
his possessions.

Ma. He's wearin'
a real fine vest.

Try not to put
too many holes in it.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Blows ]

Whew. This place could stand
a good airin' out.

Good dustin'
wouldn't hurt either.

Whose place is it?

Mine.

Least it was before
I moved to the hotel.
[ Blows ]

Now it's just like
one of those museums
they have back east.

[ Ratchet Clicking ]Nice place to visit,
but not to stay.

♪♪ [ Chiming ]

When did you
board it up?

When my husband
was killed.

He rode with Daggert.

Some even say
they had a fight,
and Daggert shot him.

Course,
that's just rumored.

Daggert says
the law got him.

No one questions
Clint around here.

That is, uh,
until you came along.

Do you still wanna know
about Johnny Colton?

Yes.

He rode in last night
with his gang.

Are they still here?

There's an old army fort 'bout
a day's ride north of here--
Misadventure.

He's holding up there.

He-- He was traveling
with a spring wagon.

Did you see it?

How do you know
you can even trust me?

How do you know
this isn't a trap?

I wouldn't be here, Clair,
if I didn't think
I could trust you.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

♪♪ [ Ends ]

The last I saw that wagon,
they rode it
into Daggert's warehouse.

Where is this warehouse?

[ Sighs ]
Next to the dressmaker's shop.

Well, guess I'd better
go have a look
at that warehouse.

Hey!

Can't it wait?

A house gets lonely
when it isn't used.

After a while, it dies.

I'm sorry, Clair.
There's no time.

There's just no time.

Sure.

[ Exhales ]

Well, you be careful.
You hear me?
In that warehouse?

Daggert's got men all over.
Hey.

I'll write a song for ya.

Thanks, Clair.

And who knows?

If you live long enough,

maybe I'll even get
to sing it for ya.

[ Clopping Hooves Departing ]

[ Ratchet Clicking ]

♪♪ [ Chiming ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Clattering ]

[ Hammer Cocks ]

If you're lookin' for something
that belongs to Johnny Colton,
he took it with him.

Maybe you didn't understand
them two little rules
that Ma laid down for you.

Or maybe you did,
and you just didn't care
to pay 'em any mind.

- Which was it?
- Look.

Colton's got some property
of mine that I need very badly,
and I want it back!

You ain't got no property
in this town, boy!

Ma told you about the drunk
and his $20 gold piece?

Well, you're gonna wish
you learned that story...

just like it come out of
the good book itself.

[ Shotguns Cocking ]

Well?

Colton's holed up
in an old fort about
a day's ride from here.

Let's cinch up.

You gotta know something.

Johnny Colton and me never
set out to kill anybody.

Somebody always tried
to be a hero.

One killin' led to another.

Like I said, Ruby--

does that
make it right?

[ Whinnying ]

What do you think?

I was planning an ambush,
this is the spot I'd pick.

Sutton and me
will ride on around,
take a look-see.

You keep an eye
on Ruby here.All right.

Let me have
the pack horses.

Whoa, Joe.

You can get down
if you like.

[ Birds Chirping ]

It's so quiet,
you can almost hear
the sun go down.

Please,
don't go any further.
You haven't got a chance.

I don't have
any choice, Ruby.And if you get yourself killed?

Johnny won't give up.
I know he won't.

And if he wins, you'll be
back together again,
just like before.

You have to understand that
I don't want Johnny anymore.

He's not the same man he--

The killings
made him a killer.

Could be he was
always like that.

Some men come home
from the war and find
their farms plundered...

and make
a fresh start,
live in peace.

Maybe Colton
always was a killer.

[ Horses Whinnying,
Nickering ]

[ David ]
All right! Come ahead!

Well, in a little while,

you'll hear the guns
all the way to Kansas.

If there's no other way,
you'll hear the guns.

♪♪ [ Fiddle ] [ Chattering, Laughing ]

Hey, what's the matter, Chuck?
Can't you catch that woman?

Just a little kiss.
That's all I want.

A little one!

[ Continues, Indistinct ]

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

No! No!

[ Woman Laughing ]

Hey, Frank,
you're missin' the party!Later! Later!

Hey, boy,
what's the matter
with you?

Hey, Frank, you're late.
Come have a drink.

Ever heard
of knockin', Frank?I talked to Clint Daggert.

They raise the money
for the gold?Ma's still workin' on it.

You were supposed to
stay there until they did.

I came to tell you
someone was in town
asking about the Colton gang.

Clint caught him
snoopin' around the warehouse,
but he got away.

It's not who you think.
I was in town
when they rode in.

There were two of 'em.
I ain't never seen 'em before.

Get out!

- Well, what are we gonna do?
- About what?

What if they're lookin'
for the gold? Suppose they
find out where we are?

We're not gonna do nothin',
Frank.

We're gonna wait right here,
right where we are.

They come,
we'll bury 'em.

♪♪ [ Fiddle Continues ]

[ Virginian ]
Whoa. Whoo!

[ Walker ]
There they are.

That fort's gonna be
a whole lot quieter
come sunrise.

You sound like you're
looking forward to it, Walker.

I look forward to
gettin' back what's mine.

And that goes for anything
I lay claim to.

We'll have to get rid
of that guard up there.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

Let's take a closer look.

[ Footsteps ]

See anything out there?A lot of dark.

I don't like it.I don't know what
you're worried about, Frank.

We're gonna be rich.

If we can find a buyer
for the gold.

If not, we'll just be totin'
around a lot of worthless metal
till the day we die...

or somebody kills us
for it.

There's a break
in the wall over there.

[ Walker ]
You're right.

We could make a run for it.

We'll wait till
the clouds pass over.

You're really anxious
to get in there,
aren't you, Walker?

You ever work hard
for something, cowboy, and
have it taken away from you?

I've worked hard for things
and lost them. Everyone has.

No, this is different.
I mean have something
in your hands,

something you risk
your life to get,
and see it taken away?

No.

Well, when it happens,
you'll know how I feel,
cowboy, inside.

It's like having a friend
turn against you,

a woman betray you.

No, I want more than
what was taken from me.
I want the men who took it.

Not this time, Walker.What do you mean?

There's been enough killing.
This time, it's my way
or no way at all.

And what way's that?
Go in and ask 'em
to hand Colton over?

Those men are drunk in there.

We get inside
without being seen,
we get the drop on 'em.

Those two on the wall--
They look drunk to you? We can take 'em.

Well, is it my way,
or do you go in
all by yourself?

All right, all right.
Your way. But let's go!
Let's get movin'!

Dave, keep us covered...

and keep her quiet.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

When we get inside,
you go to the wagon.
I'll go this way.

♪♪ [ Ends ] [ Laughing, Chattering ]

♪♪ [ Song Changes ]

Frank?

[ Whispering Loudly ]
Hold it right there!
Don't turn around.

Drop your rifle
over the wall.

Drop it! [ Rifle Clatters ]

Your handgun too.

Easy.

- [ Pistol Clatters ]
- All right. Come on down here.

[ Virginian ]
All right, all of ya!
Put your hands in the air!

All of ya! Now!

Come on! Move!

Anybody else?

All right, men.
Drop your gun belts.

Now move!

Dave, let's put 'em
in the blockhouse.
Come on! Move!

[ David ]
Move!All right. Come on.

[ David ]
Move! Go on. Get in there.

You're wasting your time.

- I would've come back
from the grave to get you.
- You!

[ Gunshots ]Better see what that firing is.
You stay with 'em.

In, in, in.
Come on.

Is that Colton?[ Hammer Cocks ]

I'm Johnny Colton, cowboy.

Now, you sure was right.

There was something else
on that stage
besides your medicine.

A hundred thousand in gold. [ Door Opens ]

Had to pretend to be
a bounty hunter...

and Ruby here my catch
to get a couple of horses.

Of course,
Ruby played right along
with it, like always.

Didn't you, Ruby?Yes.

Turned out to be good luck
when you wanted that medicine
as much as I wanted the gold.

He wanted gold too--
my friend, my right arm,
Buck Stargil.

While I was planning the holdup
of the stage, he was turning
my own men against me.

When we got the gold,
they turned their guns on us.

You know something,
Ruby girl?

For a time there,
I really thought
you were with them.

No, you couldn't do that
to your Johnny boy, could you?

Could you, Ruby?No.

No. Of course not.

Boy, that's-- that's what
you start thinkin', cowboy.
All sorts of things.

Maybe they're right.
Maybe they're true.

Maybe they ain't.
But you think 'em anyway.

Like maybe
you and Ruby here--

now, you might just have
a feelin' for each other.

No, Johnny.

Well, now,
there's only one way for me
to be sure, isn't there?

Like there's only one man
in this room I trust now,
and he's dead.

No, Johnny, he helped us.

Johnny!

You were right.
Your way's better.

But I couldn't let
Johnny down.

He was my river.

She chose her life.

There was nothing
you could have done.

She was lookin' for a river--

a river to carry her away
from a little
Mississippi farm.

Instead,
she found Johnny Colton,
and he carried her here.

You're right, Dave.

She chose how she lived,

and she chose
how she died.

I owe her my life.

[ Horse Blustering ]

I'll have the law up here
to pick up the prisoners
first town I hit.

Good, Dave.

Get that vaccine
back to Shiloh
just as soon as you can.

I sure will.

We're gonna have that epidemic
all taken care of
time you get back.

I just bet you will.