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Pa, what do you see when you look into the fire like you're doing?

What Pa?

Flames.

Ma?

Hush now.

You don't see nothing?

Just flames like your Pa.

Miss Palmer?

Do you see things set in flames?

Oh, I see all kinds of things, Freddy.

I see men with long beards and girls with flowing dresses.

Do you know, if I look real hard, I can see San Francisco.

San Francisco?

Could I, if I looked real hard?

Well, why don't you try?

It's an instinct, getting along with young'uns.

Some's got it, some ain't.

Here, let me have it.

You'll be wanting your boy back, ma'am.

We want to thank your wife for looking after the babe, mister.

Her arms are as strong as yours.

I guess there's a reason for a man taking a wife and a woman taking a husband, but sometimes

you wonder what sparked it.

Bedtime.

Come on, Freddy, Billy.

What is it now?

I never do it to fail.

Sooner or later, that good luck will run out on you.

Yeah, luck is just like a woman.

Yeah, one day you got her, the next day you ain't.

You talking from experience?

Oh, well, I ain't a braggart, man, but...

Looks like you got a little work cut out for you, Charles.

How long do you figure it's going to take?

Well, that depends on Charlie.

Are you going to stand around lending encouragement, or do we get a little sweat?

Sweat ain't no stranger to me.

Oh, you'll need it.

Come on.

Mr. McCullough, is there anything the women can do?

Not a thing, ma'am.

You might tell your husband we could use another hand.

Chad, bring in that pawl.

Oh, I'm sorry.

He didn't know.

He'd be most pleased to volunteer.

Come on, here we go.

Now lift her up.

Dan, they're shorthanded and they're wondering about you.

War never fails, does it?

They wonder about you when they need you and forget about you when they don't.

Turn their backs when it suits them.

You could get them to like you, Dan.

You could just give them a chance.

They like you.

That's half the loaf.

That's more than they're entitled to.

Oh, don't worry about me.

I can always do what I got to do.

Just don't ask me to smile while I'm doing it.

That's your gift, Nancy girl.

Smiling and looking sweet.

Get him in there.

Get that stump in there.

Get him in a bite, Chad.

There we go.

That'll do it.

That'll do it.

Let her down.

Lay over here until morning.

Get ready to move out bright and early.

Are we rolling tomorrow or are you just hoping?

I'm hoping for both.

I have a little suggestion.

Oh, is that so?

Well, come morning, I think we ought to roll no matter what.

You mean you think we ought to leave this family behind?

King City's only 20 miles away.

We could wait there for them while we're taking in the sights.

After all, one family's bad luck shouldn't be everybody's.

The rules around here are simple and they never change.

This train started together, it stays together, and it gets where it's going together.

The only people we've left behind so far we buried.

The only people we've left behind so far we buried.

Tell us another story, Miss Palmer.

Well, now, let's see.

There was a little girl and she was born on a plantation in the south.

Right in the middle of this plantation was a great big house.

And this house was all painted white and the shutters on it were a dark, dark green.

And sometimes in the afternoons, this little girl used to sit there on the veranda with her mama and her papa

and looking out, all she could see were fields and fields of cotton growing in the sun.

And you know what she thought?

What?

She thought that in all this world there was just that white house

and her mama and her papa sitting on the veranda and fields of cotton.

Really and truly?

Well, almost really and truly.

Because you see, this little girl had a grandfather and he lived in town.

And sometimes she used to go and visit him.

So she knew that there were other people in the world,

that there were other houses and fields in which cotton did not grow.

I like this story.

Better than the one you told yesterday.

What happened to the little girl?

She grew up.

Oh, just like any other little girl.

After a while, she didn't sit on her veranda very often.

Why?

Because she went to school and then she learned to ride a horse.

Then there were parties and there were dances and there were just so many things to do

that there wasn't much time for sitting.

Until the walk.

Sure makes it sound real, Flint.

Why not?

She was a girl.

You reckon?

Tell us what happened next.

Well, everyone went away.

The little girl's father and her brothers.

All her kin.

Brothers?

You didn't allow she had any brothers.

She had three.

Yeah, they went away.

Never came back.

Like many another.

They was ribs, wasn't they?

Yes.

General Purvis Yates and his three sons were ribs.

General Yates?

That was a real patriot.

History will prove that, Mr. Davidson.

Not just those of us who were there.

Children, it's bedtime.

Run along.

I was at Sheffield, Mrs. Palmer.

Were you, Mr. McCullough?

He died there.

I know.

He was very dearly loved, if that's any comfort to you.

Finding out you're his daughter brings back a lot of memories.

Happy ones, Mr. McCullough?

Well, I can only speak for myself.

We could all go on remembering how it was, or even how it might have been.

But we can't go on living it, being its prisoner.

Well, I see it different.

And I don't care who knows it.

Because inside of me is nothing but hate.

Well, we went on hating for five long years.

And as I see it, it didn't do any of us any good.

Papa knew that.

He fought for his own like any man, but he knew it.

Knew what, ma'am?

That there were two causes.

Ours and theirs.

Papa used to say that when men take a cause to their hearts,

they forget that they're brothers.

And they hate.

And they lay the land waste.

And you believe that?

Well, just look around you.

All these good people.

A short time ago, they hated us and we hated them.

Now they're our friends.

Mr. McCullough said it so well.

We can't be prisoners of the past.

Well, ma'am, I guess I just haven't got it in me to turn the other cheek.

It's time to take us to bed, Miss Palmer.

Oh, all right, darling.

Come on, children.

Let's all hold hands and go to bed.

Remember our song?

Come on.

Oh, yes, pretty girl, won't you come out tonight?

Won't you come out tonight?

Won't you come out tonight?

Some few is born good and to bear their burdens.

I guess she's such a one.

You know, I guess after all I am lucky.

I got you to turn the other cheek.

It upset me tonight, Dan.

Talking about Papa.

It was like reliving it all over again.

His death.

His death.

His death.

His death.

It was like reliving it all over again.

His death and Mama's, the boys,

and the flames of the house licking up against the sky.

They don't understand that.

How could they?

They're nobodies, all of them.

Their families were nobodies.

How could they know what loss is?

Never having had anything to lose.

Calluses.

I'm sorry, Maya.

Not the hands of a gentleman.

Sometimes when I watch them swill whiskey in a saloon,

as I've come to do myself,

I remember once I used to drink wine

through the large stem glasses.

Dan, what brought us together?

A homeless girl wandering the countryside

with a penniless, defeated man nursing his bride.

It wasn't love at first.

Wasn't it time for love?

No.

No, we should have met at a great ball in my father's house.

Perhaps I'd have given you every dance.

It's how it should have been.

I ain't got me no wife,

but I figure if I had one, I wouldn't put a razor in her hand.

My hand doesn't come to sleep, Mr. Worcester.

It's under them whiskers I got me a right handsome man.

And in this world, a body counts her blessings.

Stop fidgeting.

Maybe I ain't seeing right,

but he sure don't look like no blessing to me.

I'm sorry.

Maybe I ain't seeing right,

but he sure don't look like no blessing to me.

You know, it's such a long time since I've danced to a pretty tune.

It ain't every town that has friendly folks in it,

like King City, who ask you to share their pleasure.

Yes, well, when you get finished primping,

you can hold the babe, hmm?

I've got my chores to do,

and Miss Palmer won't be able to hold him for quite a while later, right?

Oh.

Well, that's certainly very generous of you, Mrs. Palmer.

Very generous of both of you.

Well, I can't say it was my idea, Mr. McCullough,

but sometimes a man's got to give in to his wife.

Yeah, I guess that's true.

Still, it doesn't seem fair for you to be stuck here

while we're all in town having a good time.

All those children, that's a big responsibility.

Mr. McCullough, for a childless woman, it's a sweet responsibility.

And they'll only be mine for a few hours.

Just as you say, ma'am.

I'm sure the folks will appreciate it very much,

from both of you.

Dean!

Oh, there you are, you little darlings.

Oh, we're going to have such fun tonight, aren't we,

all piled in our wagon?

You'll tell us stories, we'll sing.

Oh, yes, we're going to sing until we fall asleep,

all close and snug together.

I'd rather stay with you than to go to an old dance.

Oh, well, off you go now until it's time, you hear?

When will it be time?

When it gets dark.

Now, off you go, all of you. Run along.

Folks might think I'd married a good woman.

But I know better.

I married a smart one.

Now you hush.

A woman who looks like an angel and acts like one.

You're very convincing out of Nancy.

They suspect nothing.

So you just go right on looking the angel and playing the angel.

You don't have to keep on repeating it, Dan.

I've learned what the world teaches.

And I learned it standing over five graves.

We saw it at every turn, even among our own.

The weak forgive.

The strong only pretend that they do.

They pretend and they take.

Well, now it's our turn to take.

You've done your part.

Now I'll do mine.

Miss Palmer!

Miss Palmer!

Doreen, what is it, child?

Who are you going to let sleep next to you tonight?

Me or Billy?

Both of you.

One on each side.

Now you run along.

You know, I can't help but wonder how much pretending goes on with those children and how much is real.

Even to me, who knows you, it looks real.

Well, they're young, Dan, and your heart has to go out to them a little.

It's only what they turn into when they grow up.

It's hateful.

Lullaby and goodnight.

Go to sleep, my baby.

Never fear.

Mother's near.

Lay thee down now and rest.

May thy slumber be blessed.

Lay thee down now and rest.

May thy slumber be blessed.

What's the matter?

Dan.

You loaded it before.

I just want to make certain.

Teddy, I'm all right.

I'm always all right when the time comes.

I learned that by myself when I was little.

My first horse and my first rifle.

And I wasn't ready for them.

But I wanted that horse and I wanted that rifle.

Because I was my father's son and I was entitled to them.

And I got them, too.

And I made myself mount that horse and press that trigger.

It's what I remember that night in Springfield.

And it's what I remember tonight in King City.

You can take what you're entitled to.

I'm counting on there to be dancing and drinking and thinking other things.

Dan.

Dan, don't take any risks.

I'm telling you.

When I'm pressed, I can always do what I have to do.

We're bound for California.

Dan, they're back.

Do I look as if I've had a good lunch?

Did you all have a good time?

Wonderful, wonderful.

Were the young ones a bother?

No, they were as good as gold.

Oh, I guess you're the ones who are good as gold.

Lem, help me with the children.

Sure.

Come on, you little fellas, come on.

Time to go.

I don't suppose I have to remind you that we're already two days outside of King City.

I'm still counting hours, Dan.

Are you?

I've stopped.

Temperament is a strange thing, isn't it?

Some of us sweat it out before we do what we've got to do.

That's my way.

Others do their sweating after the fact.

That's your way.

I guess you might say there's a time for fear.

But after it's all over and done with,

there's also a time for gloating.

Just sit back and close your eyes and you dream.

Looks like we've got company.

Hold it up, Charlie.

I guess we're meeting again sooner than you expected.

Or have you got a poor memory for faces?

No, I've got a good memory.

Especially for faces, Sheriff.

What's wrong?

Mr. McCullough, I've heard tell about you.

Good or bad?

Oh, no complaints, I guess.

But we ain't been in the saddle day and night for nothing.

Well, is something wrong?

There was a dance in King City to which you folks was invited, remember?

Yeah.

By some strange chance that very night our bank was robbed

and somebody got away with $20,000.

You got any idea who somebody is?

We got good reason to believe that whoever done us right on this wagon train.

Now, we could be wrong, but we aim to find out

and we ain't heading back until we do.

Well, let's have a look.

No man rides hurt over me.

Makes charges against me.

Work, that's what these hands know.

Not stealing.

Lem.

No, let him look to the others.

Don't look to my family.

My mother gave birth to a son.

And he go to the army on a military mission.

I know what he's done, I know what he's done.

No, no, no, no, let him look to the others.

Don't look to my family.

Let him look to the other families.

Don't look to your family.

Let him look to the other families.

Don't look to my family.

Point a finger at the poor, that's what they do.

Well, there's rich ones here.

Look to them.

They're greedy and never satisfied.

If you're meanin' me, ma'am.

I work for what I got.

And I'm not fightin' the law like your husband.

I didn't object to being searched.

I didn't hear you say a good word for me.

I didn't hear you say that Lem Salter's an honest man.

I don't know he is.

You what?

Wait a minute, Lem.

Fighting isn't gonna get you anywhere.

He was gonna hit Pop.

Freddy, you stay with your ma.

Now, while we're at it, let's get a few things straight.

We ain't got time for speeches, McCullough.

I don't know that this is gonna be a speech, Sheriff.

But if it is, you'll listen.

Because it's intended for yours as well as the others.

Now, $20,000 has been stolen from the bank in King City.

And the Sheriff here is suspicious of us.

Because we were in town, I guess he's got a right to be.

But suspicion is one thing, Sheriff.

And proof is quite another.

The law says a man is innocent until he's proven guilty.

So if the Sheriff doesn't find what he's looking for,

he and his men are gonna get on their horses and ride back to town.

Is that a fair statement of fact, Sheriff?

That's the law.

Two more wagons to search.

Don't miss nothing.

Who do they belong to?

One of them is mine.

The other belongs to me, Dan Palmer.

Folks, you trust your children too.

You don't suspect of stealing.

And what the lady means is that the Palmers didn't go into town.

They stayed here and looked after the kids.

Uh-huh.

Well, Sheriff, I reckon we all have ideas about each other since you've come here.

But not about these folk.

You all are very kind.

It's right and proper to repay kindness.

There's little enough of it in this world.

I'd better take...

Oh, he's no bother.

Sheriff, Dan and I are no different from the others.

And there's just as much reason to be suspicious of us as there is of them.

So if one wagon is to be searched, all should be.

Thank you, ma'am.

You help them reload.

I'll keep the baby with me.

Thank you.

Nothing?

Nothing?

I'd like you to ride a piece with us, Mr. McCullough, if you can spare the time.

Always time for the law.

Come on, boys. Let's go.

Stay back.

All right.

Well, I'll be seeing you, Sheriff.

Remember, you've got a long journey ahead, and you're going to get to know these folks better.

One of these days, you'll be riding back, right through King City.

And we'll be expecting you to be bringing that money.

You're not asking for a guarantee, are you?

In these parts, it's healthy for a scout to have friends.

And you're no exception.

Oh, hush, little baby.

Thank you, Mr. Henry.

Madonna and child, that's what you look like standing there.

Oh, isn't that nice?

I'm not going to let you go.

I'm not going to let you go.

Oh, isn't that nice?

Dan. Dan, there's no time for gloating.

We were almost caught, Dan.

I don't think I could brazen it out again.

You can do anything.

Give it to me, Dan.

Where are you going to put it?

There's only one place.

On me.

See if it's safe.

I'll take my things off.

Come on.

Um, is the boy asleep?

Yes.

Then I'll say what ain't meant for his ears.

Took a smart one to steal all that money.

Get away with it.

From now on, we do not mingle so free and easy.

Civil tongue in your head is all you need.

Uh, I got a question.

Yeah?

Is there a reward on his head?

Whose head, mister?

Well, him who stole the money.

A thousand dollars, why?

Well, uh, I reckon I'm curious, that's all.

Just, just curious.

Something wrong, Finn?

I just picked up a stone.

What are you doing back here?

Oh, them old boards get hard day in and day out.

Bill's spelling me for a while.

Yeah?

Besides, something worries me.

What is it?

Well, up until yesterday, everybody's getting along just fine.

Now all of a sudden, like, everybody's suspicious of each other.

Do you figure they got a reason?

Oh, sure, Chuck, they've got a reason.

Sheriff knows the territory.

He also knows the town.

But after the robbery, he comes to us.

As I see it, either figure he's smart or he's stupid.

I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Let's say he's smart.

Well, have you got a suspicion?

Not yet.

What are you going to do about it?

Wait.

For what?

For somebody to make the wrong move.

You tell Bill to make camp down in that drawer.

When will he be back?

I'll be back in the morning.

Well, I better go tell Bill.

All right, you be the mother.

I got to get my doll first.

Well, get it, mother!

Miss Palmer!

Miss Palmer!

Bad girl.

You should be home in your own house.

Maureen!

Hurry up!

Hurry up!

Mr. Hawks, Mr. Wooster.

Yes, Doreen.

I'm the mother and she's my most favorite baby.

I'll bet she is.

Doreen?

Honey, where'd you get this?

I found it.

In Miss Palmer's wagon.

Doreen, darling, you go on and play, huh?

It's a nice girl.

$100 bill.

What do you make of that?

I don't know, Charlie.

I can't.

You got to do it.

They believe you.

I relieve you that, Mr. Hawks.

You heard what Doreen said.

She found it in our wagon.

Little folks traveling all the way to San Francisco,

put by a state for the rainy day.

Is there something troubling you, Mr. Hawks?

Well, it's just that the sheriff said

half the money was in $100 bills, ma'am.

Well, it's just a coincidence.

I have heard of such.

Well, Mr. Hawks, there's something I don't understand.

Do you want to search our wagon again?

Because if so, you have our permission.

And Dan will be abiding by anything you say.

Well, a lady has right to claim what's hers

and also keep it.

Sorry.

Do you think he's bluffing, Bill?

You're an old poker player, Charlie.

What do you think?

I'd have called him.

But on the other hand,

that's such a nice lady.

It's so pretty.

I don't think she'd lie.

Yeah.

You got to be right, Charlie.

How'd it happen?

I don't know, Dan.

I restracted and I guess...

Oh, you should have let me do it.

I risked my life for that money.

You hear me? I risked my life.

Come on.

It's not exactly good news,

but there's an analogy that says

to be forewarned is to be forearmed.

So, we're going to head north.

It's a lot longer, ain't it?

Yes, it is.

So, we know we'll find water.

Couldn't we get by if we rushed what we got?

No, not a company of this size.

As it is, we'll have to rush again.

You'd better get on board.

Well, let's go.

Come on, son.

Let's go.

Come on.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Come on.

Come on.

As organized as it is,

we'll have to rush in what we have,

but if we all cooperate,

we'll make it all right.

Well, I think I'll turn in.

I'm worried mainly about the horses.

We ought to be able to get along on a planet day.

That's going to be a long haul.

Yeah, pretty long.

Flint, there's something I want to talk to you about.

What is it?

Well, it happened yesterday.

Real strange-like.

It involves him.

Nancy.

Hawks was talking to McCullough about us.

I'm sure of it.

Well, think of something.

I'm counting on you.

It's always you who can think of a way.

Well, what is there to do

except go on trading on my innocent face?

Maybe we can any longer.

Listen to me.

We're not a whole company.

We're just two.

We'll steal a couple of horses

and enough water and head south.

Dan, we can't take water.

Don't be so squeamish.

They'd take from us to save themselves.

Isn't that the lesson we learned?

I'm thinking of the risk.

Risk?

Robbing a bank is a risk.

Carrying money strapped to your body is a risk

and taking what you need to protect yourself is a risk.

To protect myself, I can do anything.

We're in this together.

We won't ever forget it.

Aren't we?

Tonight?

Yes.

Better...

Better hand over the money to me.

I feel easier if I have it.

Come here.

Clint!

Clint!

What is it, Charlie?

Our water's all gone.

What do you mean, the water's gone?

The barrel's dry. Not a drop in it.

Clint!

Somebody took two of the saddle horses.

Let's check the Palmer wagon.

Let's go.

Looks to me like they took everything they could carry.

I guess you were right.

Including the $20,000?

That's the way it looks, Charlie.

Let's get the people together. We'll have to tell them about the water.

All right.

We'd better ride for a while.

No, Dan.

We rode all morning.

They're feeling the sun, too.

It's not going to do me any good if they survive and I don't.

Can we? Without them?

Just a drop, Dan.

We've unnerved to keep up.

We have enough water.

And we have the money.

Water to keep us alive.

And money to keep us going.

Give us the water.

I said, give us the water.

Give us the water!

Give us the water!

Give us the water!

Give us the water!

Give us the water!

And money to dream on.

We've just got to remember that

somewhere beyond

it comes to an end.

It's what I keep telling myself.

Somewhere beyond

it comes to an end.

What water we have left, we have to save for the horses.

Sparing some for the children, of course.

Now, I don't know if you folks are wondering what I think you're wondering, but I'll say this.

That where we're headed north, we'll find all the water we can use.

Where the Palmer's are headed, there just isn't any water.

They're going to need every drop they store.

Now, let's get the wagons ready. Bill, let's move.

I just can't believe it of her.

Him, yes. But her, no.

Her you've seen with different eyes.

You was no smarter.

I trusted her because I thought she was a good woman.

But you was different.

You figured she was a better woman than your own wife.

I had no desire for her, Match.

Desire ain't everything, Lem.

Respect counts.

Will you look at me again?

I'm weak, and I'm frightened.

But I ain't evil like her.

Match, come on now.

Stealing money, I can understand.

But stealing water, that's precious to us.

There is no crime law.

She's from my part of the country.

But if she was here, I'd put a bullet right through her.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

I tell you, it ends.

It's gotta end.

There are rivers and streams in this world.

And green.

Green grass and trees.

It's the stillness.

It's like, like a day of judgment.

I don't like it when you talk like that.

You can survive if you got something to live for.

I got something to live for.

And we got this.

This, and this.

Need my strength to go on, don't I?

Oh.

I know how you people feel about the Palmers.

Still, I'm looking for a volunteer.

Just one.

Master McCullough, we've been spared.

And I look on it as God's will.

Maybe it's His will that they should perish.

It's written that the wages of sin is death.

My mind does not go.

Mine neither.

Well, I'm not much good at judging sin.

But I do know that to die of thirst in the desert is to die inch by inch.

I've been pretty close to it.

I'm looking for a volunteer.

I'll go.

No.

I'm like him.

I'm a poor judge of sin.

A lot of other things, too.

Including human weakness.

Maybe it's about time I stopped sitting in judgment.

Oh.

Come on.

Come on.

You want to turn back?

I figure we're going to get as far as they're going to get.

Ready?

Let's go, Tom. Come on.

Try to sleep.

Tonight we'll have the moon.

The silvery light of the moon guides.

When I was a little girl,

I used to sit in church on Sundays

with Mama and Papa.

And so many,

so many Sundays,

the preacher would stand up there and he'd say,

What does it profit a man

if he gain the whole world

and lose his own soul?

Do you notice?

It's beginning to look different.

It still does, but it's beginning to look different.

Maybe tonight, if we nurse our strength,

we'll come to Canaan.

What'd I say Canaan for?

Nancy, look at me.

There's hope for us, isn't there?

Just say there's hope and I'll believe you.

I can't say it alone. You've got to say it, too.

Say it!

I don't want to die.

Not here, not this way.

I've got strength left, Dan.

I've got strength left.

I've got strength left,

but not to go on, to turn back.

It's so still here.

We're alone in it.

There's nothing to hear

but the sound of your own voice.

The voice is reminding you

who you are

and what you were once.

We could die here tonight, Dan.

No. No, it's not true.

I'm not ready to die.

Then I can't die

hating my own kind

or believing

that it's right to fight evil

by being evil and doing evil

as you and I have.

It's strange, Dan.

I can't see the faces

of the people who hurt me.

Only the faces of the people

I hurt.

What is it, Dan?

You're leaving me, Dan.

I have to listen to my own voice

just like they listen to theirs

and now you to yours.

Sometimes there are no choices.

There's only one horse, Dan.

Take it.

You want it this way, don't you?

Yes.

Swear you want it this way. Swear.

I swear it.

I swear it.

What?

That's right. That's right, pray.

Perhaps a searching party will come.

No, Dan.

It's too late for that.

I'm praying

to be forgiven.

I can't.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Why do we stray, Mr. McCullough?

Miss Palmer!

Miss Palmer!

Wait. You stay here, both of you.

She ain't fit company for a boy.

She ain't fit company for a boy.

She ain't fit company for a boy.

Guess we'll all have to do for her now,

but I can't say I've the heart for it.

Do only what you have to do. No more.

I reckon none of us needs to be told.

I told you, she's a bad woman.

Mind now.

No, she isn't. She loves me.

Miss Palmer!

Wait!

Oh, Miss Palmer.

We're so glad you're back.

What happened to you, Miss Palmer?

It'll be all right, Freddy.

Can you tell us more stories? We'll sing.

Yes. Yes, we'll sing.

And we'll tell stories.

They're too young and innocent to understand.

That's right. They don't.

And they'll never understand,

unless we stop pointing our fingers

and saying he's evil and she's evil.

Well, she's alive and there must be some purpose.

Perhaps only...

Only the children know why.

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