All language subtitles for The Virginian - 8x23 - Rich Man, Poor Man

[ Horse Blustering ]

Mind you now, pick a horse
that's heavy in the shoulders.

Big feet.Sure.

Don't let 'em palm off
some old piece of crow bait
on you.

Virginian wouldn't
do that to you, Pa.

Never you mind.

Just make sure it's wagon-broke.
And enough muscle for plowin'.

We're borrowing, Pa,
not buying.

Don't make no difference.

Stand up there.
Speak your peace.

We got our rights,
even if we ain't Clay Graingers.

Whew.

What I could do with this here
place if it was mine.

[ Man ]
Hey! Giddap!

Hyah!
[ Shouts ]

Howdy, Whit.Hi, Whit.

Hello, Harve.Howdy.

Figured as long as I was
comin' over to get them bees,

Whit might as well pick up
the horse same time.

Uh, Clay Grainger
say it would be all right?

- Well, he's not here right now,
but I'm sure he won't object.
- Yeah.

How are things?
Is Ellen well?

Oh, yeah. Fine and dandy.

You gonna go after
those bees dressed
like that?

[ Chuckles ]
No, I sure ain't.

Uh, got my bridal veil here.

And my gloves.
Been stung by a lot
of people in my time.

I ain't never been
stung by no bee.

[ Chuckles ] Where'd you
see 'em swarmin'?

- He didn't see 'em.
Jim Horn saw 'em.
- Botherin' the hands, was they?

Well, no. We just, uh, figured
you could use another swarm.

Well, I'll take 'em away
for you.

I'm always glad to do
a friend a favor.

Thanks.

Trampas, fetch Jim.

- And then you and Whit
pick out a workhorse.
- Yo.

I've never
seen it to fail.

Do him a favor,
he makes you feel
like he's doing you one.

Think Shiloh's
lending him a horse?

Mmm, he's breaking
it in for you.

Well, Shiloh could always
use a good plow horse.

Hey, Jim!

[ Jim ]Yo!Come out here.

I didn't expect to see
you around. I thought
you were gonna take off.

Ah, that was wish-talking.
He can't run that farm
by himself.

We got company.

You call Whit company?
I got better names
for it than that. Howdy.

His pa wants your ropin' arm.
Wants you to help him
round up a bunch of bees.

Me?Yeah. You.

Jim!

I don't know nothin'
about roundin' up bees.

They, uh, scare me.

I'll do that part
of the work, boy.

Just show Harve
where they were swarming.

Right now?Mm-hmm.

Well, they were
in a little woodsy
patch down by the creek.

Big swarm?

I didn't stop to count.[ Chuckles ]

Mind what I told you
about that horse, Whit.

I'll have him
gentled down for you,
time I get him back.

Fine.Hyah!
Get out of here!

Ha! Come on there!
Wake up there!

[ Mouths Words ]

Whit!

I've got something for Ellen.
It's a dress.

Tell her I've hardly worn it.
It doesn't fit properly.

And I'm sure she'll be able
to do something with it.

I'll thank you for her.It's just her color too.

Don't know which way
we're luckier--

Pa having the Virginian
for a friend, or us having
the Graingers for neighbors.

[ Chuckles ]
Well, now. That's a right
nice speech, Whit.

You're very welcome, Whit.
And tell Ellen
to come by soon.

Well, come on.
Let's find that horse
you're gonna gentle.

So long, Liz.

[ Surrey Approaching ]

They're right across
in there.

All right.

It's just up above
those rocks.

They're in kind of
a scrubby bush.

They were hangin' so heavy
on one of those branches,

it was darn near
bent to the ground.

All right.
I'll have a look.
You stay put.

No point in you gettin'
all stung up.

I was thinkin'
the same thing myself.

[ Horse Whinnies ]

No! No-- No, mister! No!

Harve? [ Gunshot ]

[ Hammer Clicks ]

Drop it!
I said drop it!

I think he's dead.

Did you shoot him?I ain't got a gun.

I didn't even know he was there.
I was just walkin' along.

Before I could say anything,
he shot at me twice--
and missed.

Yeah, he's dead.

That hole in him
is a day old at least.

Must have died
firin' at you.

And he's been dyin' ever since
he got that hole in his belly.
Why did he shoot?

I don't know.

Well, do you know him?
You ever see him before?

No, never.

He sure hold on to these
saddlebags tight enough.

Money!

Did you ever see
so much money?

We better get the sheriff,
get him back to Shiloh.

Put that stuff up
before it blows away.

Oh, wouldn't that feel cozy
just sittin' in your pockets?

Give me a hand.
We'll, uh, load him
in the wagon.

Whoa!

What--Whoa.

Look what he was carryin'.

Ever see so much money?
Must be $20,000, $30,000.

Jim, ride into Medicine Bow
and fetch the sheriff.All right.

You reckon
this money's stolen?

I never knew an honest man
to carry that much.

Cecil, put the wagon
in the barn.

Dan, you take care
of that horse.

- Did you count
the money, Harve?
- No, didn't have time.

- Reckon we should?
- We'll do that
in the bunkhouse.

Sorry, Harve. I didn't
mean to take charge like that.
It is your find.

- Yeah. 'Tis.
- Did you get your bees?

- Forgot.
- Well, you can
get 'em tomorrow.

Yeah, if they're
still there.

I'd have probably got me
40, 50 pounds of honey
this season off them.

Now all I got's a bag of money,
and ain't none of it mine.

[ Harve ]
$58,590.

Until we counted it,
there wasn't nobody
knowed how much it was.

Nobody, 'cept a corpse.

And you should have seen
all that money.

Tens, 20s, hundreds!

Here you are.

That's $500.

And there's 800.
Or it's a thousand.

Shows you the kind of luck's
been ridin' my back.

Find a bag of money,
and I can't do nothin'
about it...

'cause all of Shiloh's
lookin' over my shoulder.

Never was yours.
So why not forget about it?

"Forget it."

Do you know what just a little
bit of that money
would do for us?

Hmm? It'd buy us some fencin'
to keep them range cattle
out of what we plant.

Buy us some time
so we could maybe lay in
some irrigation...

and make something out of
this dried-up pile of rocks.

I tried to get you to do those
things when we first came here.

Well, had too many other
things on my mind.

We could do some of it now,
even without that money.

Now, don't be at me, boy!
This is not my fault!

Things been happenin'.

I ain't had nothin'
but bad luck ever since...

Clay Grainger stuck me
with this place.

Oh, he didn't stick you
with it, Pa.

You couldn't afford it
till the Virginian
talked him down on his price.

Well, Clay Grainger could
afford to let it go cheap.

He owns half this territory.

Sits up there in that big house
of his and he tells people,
"Do this. Do that."

And all the time he's seein' me
down here sweatin' to scratch
a livin' out of this place.

And never liftin'
even one finger to help me!

Pa, eat your supper.
It's getting cold.

I ain't got no stomach for it.

[ Chickens Clucking ]

Howdy, Harve.Howdy.

Seems like I spend half my life
hauling this dang water
from that there spring.

When you gonna get around
to diggin' a well?

Oh, I got too many other
things to do first.

Ain't nothin' but work
around here for all the good
it does me.

What brings you?Well, I've been
to Medicine Bow.

That was stolen money,
all right. The sheriff
heard from Cheyenne.

Seems three men stuck up
a bank there a couple days back.Three?

Mm-hmm. They found two of them
shot to death just outside
of town the next day.

From the looks of things,
the third man was wounded
and got away with all the loot.

They, uh, figured that they
couldn't agree on how to split
up the money and shot it out.

Oh, and they think
that there fella I found
was the third man?

Yep. With a reward
on his head--
dead or alive.

A reward, huh?

[ Laughs ]
Well, I--
I reckon I deserve it.

- How much, uh, share of
the reward you think I'll get?
- You get the whole thing.

Ain't Jim Horn
claimin' none?

He said what you just did--
You were the one who found it.

- He did, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, uh, I know a fella
once got a hundred dollars
for turnin' in a horse thief.

Reckon it might be as much
as that?

Well, depends on how badly
that fella was wanted.

Well, that fella stole $50,000,
and I got it back for 'em--
every cent.

They oughta give me more
than a hundred dollars for that.

Two or three hundred
dollars maybe.
Huh? Don't you think?

Don't get your hopes up
too high, Harve.

When the time comes,
I'll ride into Medicine Bow
and help you carry it all home.

I'll let you know
as soon as I hear anything.

Whew!

I asked you here, Jim,
because you were with Mr. Yost
when the money was found.

You could claim
a share of the reward--

unless, as is my understanding,
you wish to sign this
quit claim.

Yeah, I'll sign it.

There you are.

- And if you'll just
witness it?
- All right.

Just sign underneath.

Fine. Now to the business
at hand.

How much?

Well, let's see.

There is, from
the Laramie Express Company,
the sum of $100.

One hundred?

Why, that was more than
$58,000 I give 'em back.

The Laramie Express Company
is only one contributor
to the reward.

There's more?

Yes. From other companies
that suffered losses
to the outlaws.

The Rawling Corn Exchange,

the bank at Chugwater,

the Wyoming Cattlemen's
Association.How much is it?

Let's see.
The Green River Grange.

The Union Pacific Railroad.

And the Bank of Cheyenne
is adding a percentage
of the money recovered.

How much?Pa!

A total of $10,859,

which I am empowered
to present to you...

in the form of this check.

My congratulations,
Mr. Yost.[ Gasps ]

- Ten thousand dollars?
- [ Laughing ]

Mr. Yost, the check.

[ Grunting ]

[ Grunting Continues ][ Screaming ]

What are you gonna do
with all that money, Harve?

What am I gonna do?
I'm gonna spend it!

- [ Screams ]
- [ Laughing ]

♪♪ [ Folk: Upbeat, Distant ]

♪♪ [ Continues ][ Rhythmic Clapping ]

[ Guests Chattering ]

Pa, Shiloh's here.

Oh, good. Good.

Howdy, Trampas.Hello, Harve.

How do you like it?This is what I call
a party.

Yeah, wait till you see
the eats. They're over there.
You oughta go try some.

[ Laughs ]

Howdy, Harve.Hi. Good to see you.

Elizabeth.
You're as pretty
as a kitten with a bow.

Thank you.
Where's Ellen?

- Oh, she's upstairs
a-primpin'.
- Upstairs?

Yeah, we took us some rooms
here in the hotel.
We live in town now.

Who's lookin' after the farm?

Nobody. And if I never see
that dust hole again,
it'll be fine with me.

You're livin' pretty high
off the hog, aren't you,
Harve?

Yeah, just as high
as I can reach.

You oughta go in there
and take a look. You just
gotta see it to believe it.

Gol' darn,
go in there, Jim.
Take a look.

- Would it be all right
if I went up to see Ellen?
- Why, sure.

And you tell her to hurry up,
or the party will be over
before she gets down here.

- She's in room 27.
- Thank you.

♪♪ [ Ends ] [ Applause ]

Now, you ask her
to dance when she
comes down, you hear?

♪♪ [ Resumes ]I was going to do that
anyway, Pa.

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

Looks real festive, Harve.[ Laughs ]
Some spread, ain't it?

That's champagne punch
with real champagne.

[ Chuckles ]Picked all this here
food out myself.

Told 'em I wanted it good,
I wanted it fancy
and I wanted plenty of it.

Now, you boys just go ahead
and help yourself to anything.

Anything left
of that reward money?Plenty.

Plenty of use for it too.

Why don't you folks
just step right in here.
We'll get out of your way there.

Must have spent
a nice piece of change
here, Harve.

I sure did.

You didn't need to spend
all this. Folks would have
had just as much fun.

Ain't never had to spend before.
Gotta make up for lost time.

If you'd...
put this much money
into that farm of yours,

you'd have something
to show for it.

That weed patch ain't worth
two buttons and a bent pin.

Been a waste of money
tryin' to fix it up.

- All right.
- [ Sighs ]

Got something on your mind,
say it.

Well, it's just that you could
be doin' better things
with your money...

- than buyin' champagne punch.
- Like what?

Invest it. If you don't
want to put it into
your farm, then a business.

John Nelson started his bank
with less than $5,000.

♪♪ [ Ends ]Oh, I ain't cut out
to be no banker.

[ Applause ]A rancher then.
It's a good life.

♪♪ [ Resumes ]Well, you sayin' I should
set me up a Shiloh somewhere?

Well, not a Shiloh.
Something smaller.

- I been small.
- I'm not sayin' stay small.
You'll grow.

Think it over.I will.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

Now there. You think
that still looks awful?

It's better than it was,
but--
[ Sighs ]

You look very pretty.
Really.

I hate this dress.
I wish I'd never bought it.

There's nothing wrong
with your dress either.

Oh, I feel like
I'm getting
a terrible headache.

Are you afraid
to go downstairs? No.

But I've never been to a party
like this before, and I'd
hate to make a fool of myself.

But you won't.
Believe me.

All those people looking at me
and knowing about Pa's
reward money,

thinking it's wrong
of him to spend it
this way.

Is that what you think?

I don't know what I think.

It all happened so fast--
leaving the farm
and coming here.

Well, that's nothing
for you to worry about tonight.

All you have to do
is go downstairs
and have a wonderful time.

Oh, Elizabeth, is Jess--

you know, Jess Pulver
downstairs?

Jess Pulver
from the dry goods store?Mm-hmm.

No, I didn't see him,
but maybe he'll
come by later.

Ellen, stop fretting.
Everything's gonna be all right,
and you look just fine.

You're among friends tonight.
Shall we go downstairs,
both of us?

Come on. I'm just dying
to dance with that
brother of yours.

What if nobody wants
to dance with me?

Oh, Ellen.

♪♪ [ Ends ]Yee-haw!

Whoo!

♪♪ [ Resumes: Slow Tempo ]

Well, you know, dancin'
beats wrestlin' cows
any day.

[ Laughs ]Mighty fine party,
Harve.

Yeah. I-If I was to buy
a ranch...

close enough to yours,
you reckon you could come over
now and then to help me out?

Trampas, do you suppose...

if Harve were to buy
a small spread, you could
help get him started?

Small spread?
Well, sure, if you could
give me the time off.

- All the time you need.
- All right.

[ Laughs ]
I'll shake your hand
on that, Trampas.

And I ain't askin'
as no favor. I'm gonna give
you the pay of a foreman.

Foreman?Yeah.

You should have said that
in the first place.

I think I'll have a drink
on that. Foreman. Hmm.

May I have this dance,
Miss Grainger?

Of course, Mr. Yost.

Excuse me.

May I?

Thank you.My pleasure.

It seemed as if everyone
was staring at me.

They were.
You're very pretty.

Thank you again.

They look good dancin'
together, don't they?
Mighty good-lookin' couple.

Well, I sure didn't know
the ramrod could dance
like that.

He hardly ever dances
around the bunkhouse.

I'll meet you here
when I'm finished
in the bank.

All right,
but take your time.

I have several
places to go.

Three yards?And thread to match,
please.

Why didn't you come
to our party, Jess?

I had something else
to do.Something more important?

I kept wishing
you were there.

I was gonna come.

But seein' all those
buggies in front
of the hotel,

all the folks
goin' in--

Your pa's a farmer.

He ought to be runnin'
his farm instead of
showing off his money.

A farmer ought to farm.

If I had the chance--

Will that be all
for you today?

No, I'd like a packet
of needles too, please.

[ Bell Jingles ]Ellen--

What, Jess?

Nothin'. I'll get
the needles for you.

Miss Elizabeth.

Hello.Hi, Elizabeth.

What lovely fabric.

Yes, but it's not
what I came in for.

Anything wrong?

You know, having $10,000
doesn't make a person rich,
does it?

Well, it doesn't
make him poor either.

I haven't changed,
have I?

Well, not that I can see.
Who said you had?

Will that be all,
Ellen?

Yes, thank you, Mr. Pulver.
Would you put it
on our bill, please?

Bye, Elizabeth.Good-bye.

[ Bell Jingles ] [ Door Closes ]

She forgot
her dress goods.

I've been planning
to talk to Yost.

From what I heard
about that party
the other night,

it cost a pretty penny.Yeah, and then some.

He keeps drawing it out
as if the well was never
going to run dry.

I tried to give him
some advice about that
at the party.

You'd think he'd
listen to a friend.

How long have you known
Harve Yost?

Oh, four or five years.

Got caught in a blizzard
one time.

Stumbled around half the night
before I happened
on the Yost place.

I guess I was more dead
than alive when Harve
took me in.

I got to know him
in the couple of weeks
we were snowed in.

Where was this--
that farm of his?

No. He was, uh, trying
to homestead a piece of land
up in Nebraska.

That was before he came here.
Couldn't make a go of it.

And when he showed up here
a couple of years ago,

I happened to know
that Mr. Grainger was tryin'
to sell a piece of land.

I worked it out
for Harve to buy it.

- And he didn't make
much of a go of that either.
- No, he didn't.

Well, he's got a real chance
to make something for himself--

if he's just wise enough
to take some good advice.

Mr. Nelson--Oh, Mr. Yost.

Sorry, didn't mean to bust in.Oh, that's all right,
Harve. I was just leavin'.

Say, before you go back
to Shiloh, I want you
to see the new surrey...

and matched pair of geldings
I'm buyin'-- soon as I get
some of my money out of here.

How much will you need?

Ah, let's see.
I'll need, uh--

Harve, have you given
any more thought to what we were
talkin' about the other night?

Hmm? What's that?
Oh, the ranch. Yeah, sure.

I'm gonna buy one
right away.You are?

Yeah, soon as I arrange
for the mortgage.

That's how you go about
gettin' more money,
ain't it?

Uh, well, yes, but first
you find the right property.

Oh, I'll take care
of that, all right.
Hey, don't forget.

When I buy the place,
your top hand is gonna give me
a hand runnin' it.

- We shook on that.
- Yeah, that's right.

Have you got some sort
of a little place in mind,
Harve?

I got someplace in mind.

I'll tell you about it
as soon as I close the deal.

Now, Mr. Nelson, I'd like
some of my money if it
wouldn't be too much trouble.

Well, it's your money,
Mr. Yost.

[ Chuckles ]
Mm-hmm.
Don't I know it.

[ Laughing ]

Whoa.
[ Mutters ]

Well, there it is, boy.
What do you think of it?

Dorcas ranch?Yeah.

Kinda big, Pa.It's not too big
if a man works it right.

What about the hands
and the stock
and all the rest of it?

[ Cattle Lowing ]One thing at a time.

That, they tell me,
is how you get ahead
in this world.

Hmm. Well, let's go talk
to Mr. Dorcas before we make up
our mind one way or the other.

Hyah!

My east line runs
right down here,
right along this ridge.

Now, that's Shiloh range
over here.

Well, what's that there
in the middle?

Well, that piece of land
we share.

How do you mean, "share"?
Who owns it?

Well, we both do,
in a manner of speakin'.

There's no clear title to it.
We just got a handshake
deal on it.

Well, who's usin' it now?

Nobody.

Got overgrazed
during the drought,
and we're letting it...

lie fallow
for a couple of years.

Any deal you and me make,
we'd, uh, have to make that
a part of it.

[ Inhales ]
Hmm. Whatever you say.

This place could sure use
some sprucin' up.

Yeah, I'd be the first one
to agree with that.

Things just got too big
for me to handle
the last few years.

Afraid I let it
run down a mite.

I didn't notice much
in the way of cattle
on your range, Mr. Dorcas.

Oh, I had a bigger herd,
but, like I say,
the years creep up on you.

Well, a man could have
a bigger herd if he's
a mind to, couldn't he?

Say as big as Shiloh's, maybe?

Not ever. No, sir.

Take a heap of work
just to get this place
back like it was.

Well, now, work's something
I ain't afraid of.
I've been at that all my life.

You know much
about ranchin', Mr. Yost?

Well, not a lot.Hardly anything.

Well, I got the promise
of some expert help.
Whit here, he's a good learner.

Well, even so, you'd have
to pump a lot of money into it
just to get it goin'.

Well, now, that's
something I don't have to
worry about at all.

Be a good deal
for a man with experience.

- Tryin' to talk me out of it?
- [ Chuckles ]

No, I want a sale,
and you're a buyer.

I just want you to be sure
that you could run a place
like this, Mr. Yost.

What do you think?

[ Inhales, Exhales ]

Why not?

Why the plucked chicken not?

By golly, Whit, boy,
with a fine piece
of land like this,

a man could make a fortune,
sure as shootin'.
[ Laughs ]

Who says there ain't
no pot of gold at the end
of a rainbow?

[ Laughs ]
Yes, sir.

Cece, hold still.
You're squirmin' around
like a calf at brandin' time.

Look out you don't
notch his ear.

Cecil, if you don't hold still,
I'm gonna take it all
off the top.

Well, as long as you're
gonna peel him,
why don't you use this.

[ Hoofbeats Approaching ]

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

Trampas.

Tell me the truth.
Haven't you seen worse-lookin'
haircuts than this?

The foreman here?He's in his room.
Uh--

Howdy.Howdy.

Well, he's done it.

Old Harve's
up and done it.Done what?

Hmm? Oh, he did just what
you advised him to do.
He bought himself a ranch.

When was this?Today.

I was in Medicine Bow
when he was signin'
the papers at the bank. Yep.

Old Harve's a rancher now,
just like you wanted.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.
That's good news.Mm-hmm.

Oh, that's
wonderful news.
Yeah.

Your old friend Harve's
got a nice little ranch.

Small place.
Easy to take care of.

No trouble at all.
Not a bit.

- Well, what place did he buy?
- Huh? Oh, I forgot to tell you.
The Dorcas ranch.

Only the second largest
ranch in this
whole dang valley!

The Dorcas ranch?

Harve can't handle
a place that size.

Well, sure, he can.
He's got help, remember?

Me! I agreed to help
get his ranch started.
I must have been drunk.

Trampas, I don't know
what to say.

Well, I'll tell you
what you say. You say
good-bye to your top hand.

Because I'm a foreman now.

I'm a foreman
of the second-largest ranch
in these here parts.

So long, pardner.

[ Knocking ]

Trampas, come in.Hello, Ellen.

Have you seen this house?
Isn't it beautiful?
It's like a dream come true.

Yeah. I was here before
when Dorcas owned it.You were?

Then you saw the kitchen.
I've never seen a stove
like that in all my life.

It's magnificent.Welcome to the "H" Bar "Y."

Hello, Whit.How do you like it?

Oh, it's just fine.
Just fine.

It's great
havin' you here, Trampas.
We got a whole lot to do.

Well, I figured
there would be.Howdy, Trampas.

Ready to go to work?Yeah.

Pot up some coffee, Ellen.
Fetch a cup to Mr. Reardon.

He's in the dining room
there looking at the walls.

Got me a builder.
I'm gonna make some
improvements here.

It's not the house
that needs improvin'.

For the rest of that
I'm gonna leave
up to you.

Comes to cattle ranchin',
you're the expert.

Come on.
Sit down over here,

and you just tell me
where you wanna get started.

Well, I thought I'd mosey
around with Whit here and see
what there is to be done.

There'll be enough
to keep you busy, all right.

I, uh, got some hands
comin' in tomorrow.

You hired already?

Sure.
Picked 'em out myself.

You know Whitey Edwards?
He signed on.
Billy Castle. Joe Pierce.

- Yeah. Yeah, I know 'em.
- Good men, ain't they?

[ Sighs ]
Yeah, well,
they're good enough.

But, Harve, before you start
hirin' any more,

there are some characters
I'd like to stay clear of.

You know, you're movin'
pretty fast.

I sure am. Uh,

I'm dickerin'
for a herd already.

Wait a minute, Harve.
Uh, what am I here for?

You're gettin' me started right.

Looks more like
I'm catchin' up to you.
Have you closed that deal yet?

No, not yet,
but it's good stock.

- It's the Garrick-Peabody herd.
The outfit was selling out.
- Have you looked 'em over?

No. Took Mr. Nelson's word
for it.

But he's puttin' up
the mortgage.
He wouldn't steer me wrong.

Well, do you know how big
a herd you can graze here?

Yeah, I sure do.
Mr. Dorcas told us
when he sold us this place.

Yeah, but, Harve,
grass changes
year after year.

Last year,
the creek dried up.

Some grazing land
got burned off.
A lot of things happened.

You'd better let me
size this place up
before you close that deal.

Sure, sure.
[ Laughing ]

I was gonna do that anyway.All right.

Whit, I want you to show
Trampas his quarters.

When you get set,
come on in and have
a cup of coffee.

We'll have a talk.
I'll be through
with Reardon by then.

And I want you to make
Trampas feel at home.
He's one of the family now.

Come on. I'll show you
where to stow your gear.All right.

Quite a rig.Yeah, ain't it?

Must have set your pa
back a few nickels.

Trampas, I think Pa's
gonna make it this time.

He's always been beaten out
before, but, well, this time--

He's startin' out right
on this ranch.

Bringin' you in to help
run it? I think he's
got a good chance.

Well, I hope so, Whit.
Hope your pa knows
what he's doin'.

It's a good spread.
Everybody says so.

Banker Nelson wouldn't have
put up the mortgage money if he
didn't think it was a good idea.

Well, that's the thing about
mortgages. Nelson stands to make
money no matter what happens.

Whether your pa makes or loses--
that's something else.
That's up to your pa.

Yeah. Sure glad you're here
to steer him straight.

I'll do my best.
Now, where's a new member
of the family bunk down?

I'll show you.

Well, what do you
think, Mr. Reardon?

Well, you can add on
without too much trouble.Good.

Here, I'll show you.

Uh, this is just
a rough sketch
of what it's gonna look like.

Mm-hmm.We'll break through
this wall.

So that's that wall.
And then we'll extend
the parlor there.

That'll give us more room.

Can I have a--
another room...
right there?

You know that-that study
that Clay Grainger's got?

I'd like to have one
just like it with a big
stone fireplace and everything.

[ Sighs ]

Yes, I can do it for you.

I'll have to redraw
these plans.

The estimate will be
higher, of course.

Just how much higher,
I can't say right offhand.

Mmm. When can you
start buildin'?

Soon as the lumber's here.
It may take a few weeks.

- You'll have to approve
the plans first.
- You go ahead and order.

All right.
I'll need your signature here.

[ Muttering ]

Thanks, Mr. Yost.
I'll get on it right away.
You can count on me.

Good day, Mr. Yost.

[ Whistles ]
Come on! Hyah!

[ Whistles ]

Hyah! Hyah!
Come on!

[ Whistles, Shouting ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

Hey, Whit, I think
your horse is smarter
than you are.

Back off, and he'll
come right down here.

Here, I'll show you.

Stay right there.

Now then, see?
He'll come right down
to you.

[ Whistles ]
Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!Hyah!

You got to learn to let
your horse do some of your
work for you. Come on.

Now, keep 'em together.
Move 'em along.
[ Whistles, Shouts ]

[ Cattle Lowing ]

Whoa.

Howdy.

Well, pretty near finished.
Got some good beef here.

'Tis.

[ Lowing Continues ]

[ Whistles ]

All that beef.
Getting fat
and making money.

Yeah, looks good.
Your pa's done all right
so far.

He had good help.[ Chuckles ]

Excuse me.Yeah.

[ Whistles ]
Come on.

Everything's goin'
fine, Pa.Good.

Now, tomorrow I want you
to stay close to the house.

Got a couple loads
of lumber comin' in, and I ain't
gonna be around myself.

Couple of loads?
What are you doin'?

Fixin' up the house
like I said. How much fixin' up?

Pa, do you know how much money
you've been spendin'
since we came here?

There are bills
you haven't paid yet.I'll pay 'em.

With what?

Now, don't be at me, boy!
I done all right so far,
ain't I?

But you're not gonna have
anything left.

We're good for it.

Beef out there will
buy us everything we need.

[ Cattle Lowing ]

You know, a man don't like
havin' his own family
doubtin' him.

Your ma used to do that
all the time.
Never could cure her of it.

It's what kept me down
so long.

Made me feel
like I was nothin'.

Don't you worry, boy.
We're doin' all right.

Trampas told me so hisself.
We got good beef out there.

Be nice to have twice as many.

We can't handle any more.

I'm thinkin' of next year.
Who's ridin' the east line?

Joe Pierce.

You know-- is he keepin'
my cows off that piece
we share with Shiloh?

Well, you told him,
didn't you?

- You want me to check?
- No. I'll talk to him tonight.

Now, don't you worry
so much, boy.
It'll make an old man of you.

Just let me handle it.
All right?

Bah!

You get the fence
fixed yet?What?

Did you get
the fence fixed yet?Couple of more hours' work.

Why'd you quit
in the middle?Wire cutters broke.

Gotta be in here somewhere.

Ah, here they are.
Now I'll get the job done.

Fine.Maybe.

What do you mean,
"maybe"?

[ Chuckles ] Mr. Yost,
me and the boys is wonderin'--
We ain't seen our pay yet.

You'll get it.

- When?
- When this job's finished.

We'd kinda like
to see it before.

Don't push me.
You'll get it!

[ Bell Dings ]

[ Cash Register Bell Dings ]

Good day.

[ Bell Dings ]

I haven't seen you
for a while, Ellen.

Oh, I've been busy
with the new house.

You could have come by
and paid me a visit
if you'd wanted.

[ Clears Throat ]
I didn't know if it would
be all right.

Why wouldn't it be?

Well,

there's a church social
Sunday.

Would you go with me, Ellen?

I'd love to.
I've been hopin' you'd ask me.

Maybe we could go
for a walk after.

I'd like that too.

Oh, Pa's waiting for me
in front of the bank.

I have a list of some things
I need for my new curtains.

Maybe you better
talk to Mr. Naughton
about it.

He'll be back
in a minute.Why?

He told me...

there's some things
he wanted to go over
with you.

Do you know what they are?No.

Yes, you do, Jess.
Why won't you tell me?

It's, uh, somethin'
about the bill.

Didn't my pa pay it?

Well, no, he didn't.
Not yet.

[ Paper Rustling ]

I'm sure it just
slipped his mind.

I'll remind him of it,
all right?

Sure.

Let me have the order.
I'll take care of it
for you, Ellen.

Thank you.

What do you mean,
I can't sign for it?

It don't make sense.
I signed for the herd.

I signed for everything
else I need.
Why can't I sign now?

I'm afraid it isn't that easy.
This is just a bit
too speculative for me.

I think you're rushing things.

But you shouldn't have
any trouble finding
the money somewhere else.

Well, "somewhere else" where?
This is the only bank
in town.

There are other towns.

In other words,
you don't want my business.

Now, I didn't say that.You don't have to say it.

[ Grunts ]
I ain't been a farmer
all these years...

without bein' able
to tell which way
the wind's blowin'.

You bankers don't like
to see a man climb up
out of the dirt, do you?

You're like
all the rest of 'em,
Nelson.

You're tryin' to keep
ol' Harve Yost in his place
at the bottom of the pile.

But I'll climb to the top,
'cause I know
how to get there.

Like it or not,
you showed me how.

Oh, now, Mr. Yost--

You know what I'd like
to do someday?

I'd like to buy this here bank
and turn you out to pasture.

Another herd?

I've already made
the deal for the cows.

The bank in Laramie
is expecting you.

All you gotta do is just
go down there,

and when the loan comes through,
why, you close the deal.

But we can't handle
another herd.

Trampas says we're grazing
as much as the range
will hold now.

Dorcas grazed twice
that many here.

You gotta remember, Son--

The more beef you fatten,
the more money you make.

But Trampas told me-- I'm doin' exactly
what Nelson told me to do.

I'm borrowin' the money
from a bank in Laramie
to buy the herd.

There can't be anything
wrong in that.

You better talk
to Trampas first.

Trampas doesn't pay my bills!

Things are runnin' smooth.
We stand a chance...

to make a lot of money
if we get that new herd.

Pa,

you're not
in any trouble?

Hmm? Trouble? Boy--
[ Laughs ]
I'm ridin' high!

I'm ridin' high,
and I wanna keep it that way,

and I know you do too,
so there's no sense
in us arguin'.

Now, that herd is waitin'
for you. Why don't you go
down there and drive it home?

After that, we're in clover.

You sure, Pa?

As sure as I'm standin'
in the parlor of my own house.

I just wish your mother
could have lived to see
this here place.

[ Chuckles ]
And share in our glory.

Aside from that,
there ain't one thing wrong
in this whole world...

as long as we get
that herd.

It's a long ride
to Laramie.

I better get started.Go on.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Groans ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Trampas ]
Hyah.

Well, if you two fellas
are lookin' for work,

I could sure use
a couple of good hands.

Well, we're already
doin' your work-- bringin' home
some of your strays.

They were grazin'
on that piece
of shared land.

Shouldn't have oughta
been in there.

I told 'em to keep the herd out
of that section, give the grass
a chance to grow back.

Doesn't anybody ride line
in this outfit?

Well, sure.

You're the foreman.
Check into it.

I will as soon as I get back.
I just found out about it now,
all right?

Fine. Just keep 'em
out of there.

- See ya.
- Yeah, so long.

That's it, Mr. Yost.

All of it good,
seasoned lumber.

I'll have my men over here
on Monday to start work
on the additions to the house.

That's good.
Just, uh, give me a pencil,
and I'll sign for it.

Well, I guess you forgot.
Uh, our arrangement was...

that you'd pay
for the materials
as they arrived.

Oh, I guess I did forget.
I don't have this much
cash on me.

I didn't think the lumber
would get here today,

or I'd have had enough
on hand to cover it.

Tell you what.
Let me sign for it now.

I'll get the money
to you next week.

I'll be goin' into town,
oh, sometime Wednesday,
Thursday,

and I'll stop
by the bank.

I'm out of pocket for that,
Mr. Yost.

Well, now, that lumber
ain't gonna walk away
on you.

My ranch, neither.

Well, all right.

[ Muttering ]

There.

I'll see you
next week then.All right.

Pierce?Yeah?

Did you ride
the east line?Yep.

Didn't I tell you
to keep our beef out of that
section we share with Shiloh?

You told me.

I just came from there.
Jim Horn and the foreman found
some of our cows on it,

and I found three sections
of our fence down on our side.

Now, you got an explanation?I was just doin'
what I was told.

By who?The old man-- Mr. Yost.

Sure, I told him.
But half that land
is mine.

And I got use for it.

But, Harve, you made a deal
not to use that land--
not for another two years.

Well, ain't seen no papers
on that.

All right, it was a handshake,
but you made it.
You gotta stick to it.

Nobody's stoppin' me
from usin' what's mine.

- But why do you need it?
- 'Cause Whit's trailin' in
a new herd.

It'll be here
in another couple of days.

How big a herd?

Oh, about the size
of the one I'm runnin' now.

[ Sighs ]
Harve, have you gone loco?

Well, you don't have enough
grass to handle another herd.

That's why I'm movin'
on that piece.

You better call that deal off.
You can't do it.

Tomorrow I want you
to take a gang of men,

and I want you to take 'em
out there and tear down
the rest of that fence.

And when Whit gets here
with that herd, I want you
to move 'em into that land.

Well, you clear that
with Shiloh first.

I ain't askin' Shiloh,
"Please, can I use what's mine?"

- Well, half is Shiloh's.
- I'm orderin' you, Trampas!

- You'll get your men out there!
- You clear that
with the Virginian!

The herd isn't here yet,
and that'll give him chance
to agree.

Are you gonna do
what I tell you?

I'm not gonna move that herd
on that land, no.

- Do you work for Shiloh,
or do you work for me?
- I'm here on loan.

Well, now, the Virginian said
you were to give me
all the help I needed.

Well, I'm not gonna do that.
And I quit.

Then get out!
I don't need you,
and I don't need Shiloh!

I can handle this myself.

Hey, Harper, ain't those
beans ready yet?

Could use a pinch more
chili peppers.

That oughta
just about do it.

Trampas.
What are you
doin' here?

I'll bet you
he missed my beans.

You ever notice some fellas,
they get to be foreman,

they don't hardly
speak to you anymore.Ain't it a fact?

What's the matter?I just quit.

You quit?That's right, I quit.
Yeah, I know.

You wanted me to go and help
your old friend Harve,
and that's just what I did.

Well, I quit.

- Something go wrong?
- Oh, what could go wrong?

After all, I gave my word to get
his little ol' ranch started,
and that's just what I did.

His little ol' ranch turned out
to be one of the biggest
spreads around Medicine Bow.

But when Harve needs help,
why, naturally, all his friends
pitch in and help.

All right. What is it?

We don't have to
help Harve anymore.
He's gonna help himself.

Of course, what he's gonna
help himself to is a piece
of Shiloh range land.

Shiloh land?I mean that piece of land we're
supposed to be sharin' with him.

That section we're not
supposed to use
for another two years,

but ol' Harve's gonna use it
as soon as he brings in
his new herd.

New herd?
What are you talkin' about?I forgot to tell you.

Harve's expanding.Did you try to talk him
out of it?

Sure, I tried to talk him
out of it. You ever talk to
somebody who won't listen?

And he never did
listen to me.

Well, I'll talk to him
myself.[ Coughs ]

All right.
Well, you better
talk loud.

I think Harve's
gettin' hard of hearing.

Oh. Thanks for the drink.

Hey, Trampas, now that you're
makin' foreman's pay,

what are you gonna do
with all that money?

That's another thing.
That son of a gun never paid me!

[ Men Laughing ]

I ain't here
to beg for crumbs.

You just ask anybody.
Harve Yost don't beg.

All I want's one of
them short-term loans.

Oh? And what's
your collateral?

My herd. Mr. Yost,

this bank already holds paper
on your ranch and your stock.

My new herd.
I sent Whit
to Laramie for it.

Then you were successful
in securing a loan elsewhere?

Course I was. Ain't nobody
in Laramie tryin' to keep
their foot on my neck.

They see it as purely business,
and I don't see why you can't
see it the same way.

I need the cash.

You've exhausted your account.

I know that. And I can't lend you money
against a herd...

for which you borrowed
to buy.

I don't do business
that way, Mr. Yost,

and I can't imagine
any other banker who would.

You sayin' no to me?

I have no choice.
I'm sorry.

You're sorry?
You and that Virginian...

and the whole world,
waitin' to see me
fall on my face.

Well, it ain't gonna happen.

I'll pull out of this
without you.
Without nobody!

I'm so glad you came.
Maybe he'll talk to you.

I haven't been able
to get a word out of him
since Trampas left.

And you don't know
why he's doing this?

No. He tells me there's
nothing for me to worry about.

Most of the time, he acts
like he believes that too.

But he gets so angry
when I ask him any questions.

[ Stagecoach Approaching ]

That must be him now.

Pa, the Virginian's here.

I'll fix dinner.
You'll stay, won't you?

[ Sighs ]Harve.

[ Clears Throat ]
Want me to guess
what's on your mind?

I wish I knew
what was on yours.

I got my ranch
to think about.

I guess it slipped your mind
that Dorcas...

had an agreement with Shiloh
not to use that common land.

But I didn't make
that agreement. I didn't have
nothin' to do with it.

Yes, but you agreed
to honor it.

Well, I've changed my mind.
I need to use that piece
of land. I got my rights.

Legal rights, maybe,
if you want to take it to court.

Well, I ain't got time
to waste on courts.

Well, maybe that's
the trouble, Harve.
You're in too much of a hurry.

Well, Whit's bringin' the herd.
I gotta get the place ready.

I'm not talkin' about the herd.
You were in a hurry
to buy this place.

Couldn't wait for
a sensible judgment on it.

You just rushed into it.
You've been rushing ever since.

Why don't you slow down
and listen for a minute?

I don't want advice--
not even from you.

All right. I thought
we knew each other
better than that.

The man you knew
was a failure.

Now, I got this place,
and I'm hangin' on to it.

And you or nobody else
is gonna drive me back down
into the dirt!

Is that really
what you think
I'm tryin' to do?

I've got a job, Harve.

My job is to protect
what belongs to Shiloh.

- Well, that piece of land
is part mine.
- And part Shiloh's.

If you put a herd in there,
it won't be of any use
to anybody.

That's why I just
can't let you do it.

- You gonna stop me?
- I'll have to.

Don't try it, Harve.

Get out.

You try and stop me,
you'll see what happens!

Pierce, come here
a minute!

Yeah?How many of the hands
got rifles?

I got one.
Maybe six, seven others.

[ Harve ] All right, tell 'em
to load up and carry 'em
with 'em tomorrow.

We'll wait for the herd
out on that piece
we cleared the fence off of.

Expectin' trouble?

Foreman's job's yours,
you keep the men
in line.

Double pay this month.

Well, that's real persuadin'.
[ Chuckles ]

You're not gonna
fight Shiloh over this.It's up to them.

You're forcing it on them.Everything I got
rides on that herd.

And if I can't pasture it,
I can't market it.

And if I can't market it--
well, I ain't gonna let
that happen,

even if it takes
men and guns.

[ Crying ]

I'm sorry.

I didn't know
how desperate he was.
[ Sniffles ]

You know, he just kept
everything bottled up
inside himself.

Maybe I've been...
too wrapped up
in other things.

[ Sniffling ]

Please-- Please don't
let him get hurt.

We won't. Will we?

We won't let anybody
get hurt if we can help it.

Does that mean you're not
gonna try to stop him? No.

I have to represent
Mr. Grainger here
and do what I know he'd do.

He'd keep your pa
from using that land.

Maybe you should send
for the sheriff.

I'd rather handle it
without him.

Maybe--
[ Sighs ]

Maybe if you could
just reason with Pa--

We've all tried.
Didn't do any good.

It's up to him, Ellen.

I know.

I'll do what I can.

Are we just
gonna wait here?No.

You men dismount
and take cover along here...

till they show
or the herd comes.

I'll stay out here where
they can see me, but they better
not see any of you others.

If they make any move
against the herd, you shoot.
Don't wait on me.

What if they come
before the herd?

You wait for my signal.All right.

There he is-- alone.

He's hidden his men.

We've got to risk it.

There's only three
of 'em.

Yeah, his others
is holdin' back.

Same as I'd do.
You bluff first.

Maybe-- Maybe they
want to parley.

Hey, there's a rifle
behind that mount
on the left.

The sun just hit it.I see it.
There'll be others.

Let 'em get
to hailin' range.

I still see
only three.What of it?

Hmm. Hardly seems right,
all us guns
and just them three.

You let me decide
what's right.

The horses are hidden
behind those clump of trees.I see 'em.

There's another rifle.
We'll be in a cross fire.

[ Jim ]
Sure hope nobody
has a nervous finger.

That's far enough.

[ Virginian ]
Came to talk,
not fight, Harve.

Neither will get you
nowhere.

My men are all around--
they got their
rifles on you,

so just speak your piece
and git.

There's no reason for that.
Call them off.

I need them cows,
and I need 'em here.
That's reason enough.

Bringin' in a herd
won't do you any good.
The grass is too thin.

When it's all gone,
what will you do then?I'm talkin' about now!

So am I.

A herd will strip this land
of everything that grows.

There'll be nothing to hold
the soil when the rains hit.

You can't treat land that way
and expect anything of it.

You near wrecked your farm
runnin' it like you did.

A dozen men like you would
turn all of Wyoming
into a desert.

Talk's easy. But first,
you get out of my way.

You gonna shoot us, Harve?
All three of us?

I'm gonna do
what I have to do.

You fellas gonna back him
on this?

They got to,
if they wanna get paid.

Is that right, Pierce?
Are you gonna kill
to bring that herd in?

Show him, Pierce!

- Now, Harve--
- They're in my way, Pierce.
Clear 'em out.

Hold it!
There's somebody comin',
and in a hurry.

[ Harve ]
That's Whit!
He's bringin' the herd!

[ Trampas ]
You'd see the dust.

I can only see Whit.

Where's the herd?

[ Panting ]
There isn't any.What?

You haven't got any
but what's on your land
right now.

What do you mean?
Why didn't you bring it?

I couldn't get the money.
They wouldn't give it
to me, Pa.

[ Whispers ]
We had a deal.

It's off!
I'm telling you--
you're not worth a nickel, Pa!

You're dead broke.
You have nothing--

No credit. No cash.
No herd.

And what you're grazing now
won't be there much longer.

I walked into that bank
in Laramie and asked
for the loan.

They all but laughed
in my face.

Even all the way down there,
they knew you weren't
good for it.

I was sure
that loan would go through. Then you're a fool!

How much did you think
you could borrow?

How in the name of heaven
were you gonna pay it back?

I'd have paid. With what?

You can't even pay the hands.

You're busted,
and that's the end of it.

I came back here
to tell you that
to your face.

And I'm not stayin' around
to help you scrape up
what's left.

I'm done, Pa.
I can't take any more.

I told you
to get out of my way.
Pierce!

Ain't my fight, Mr. Yost.

We'll take what you owe us
in leather and horses
and be on our way.

Boys!

You dug yourself
into this hole, Harve.

If you blame anyone
but yourself for it,
you'll never climb out of it.

Well, hello, Harve.

Howdy.

Just in time
for a cold dipper.

Thanks.
That's good well water.

Yeah.

I see Whit's back.

It ain't Whit.
Whit's workin' a ranch
in Montana.

That's Jess Pulver.
Wants to be my son-in-law.

Says he's tired of
store-clerkin'. Wants to
help me run this here farm.

Don't know which end's root
and which end's fruit.

Can't plow. Can't milk.
Can't even tend
the chickens.

[ Chuckles ]
Wouldn't you know I'd
get a son-in-law like that?

I'll make a farmer
out of him come spring.

I'll teach him
how to plant.

If he can dig at all,
I may even lay in
some irrigation.

Whit always wanted
to do that.

The bees are swarmin' again.
I thought you might
like to know.

Wasn't the bees
that brung you, was it?

No.

Been wonderin' what I'd say
if you showed up.

That last time we met--
that was a bad time.

Well, it's over.

Things were said and done.

It was something to go through--
losin' my ranch, my cattle,

my furnishings and the credit
and the cash all at once.

Is there anything I can do
to help you?

No. Will take them bees
from you though,
as a favor-- to me.

[ Laughs ]

That honey will fetch
a good price.

I'm through
with handouts though.

Even that $10,859 was like
one big handout.

It's back to spit and grit
for me, as the fella says.

You know, I done me some
dang fool things in my time.

You'd think I'd learn
a lesson from 'em,
wouldn't you?

But I ain't sorry
for none of 'em.

I figure a fella's
entitled to one big spree
in his lifetime.

And I'm gonna tell you,
I had me one humdinger
of a time...

while it lasted!
[ Laughing ]