1 00:00:00,901 --> 00:00:03,363 FLINT: When you're scouting for a wagon train, 2 00:00:03,393 --> 00:00:05,080 two things are always a worry... Indians and no water. 3 00:00:05,104 --> 00:00:06,480 Indians can kill you one way, 4 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,607 but no water can kill you worse. 5 00:00:09,649 --> 00:00:11,675 It's a town. 6 00:00:11,699 --> 00:00:14,012 What's wrong with that? 7 00:00:14,036 --> 00:00:15,913 I didn't know there was one there... 8 00:00:15,954 --> 00:00:17,540 Where the spring is. 9 00:00:17,573 --> 00:00:19,576 That's where we watered last year. 10 00:00:19,618 --> 00:00:22,205 But last year, it was right in the middle of nowhere. 11 00:00:22,247 --> 00:00:24,542 It sure isn't this year. 12 00:00:26,678 --> 00:00:28,473 What's the matter? 13 00:00:30,058 --> 00:00:32,478 I don't know. I feel kind of uneasy. 14 00:00:32,515 --> 00:00:34,535 You know, like a horse that's about to shy 15 00:00:34,559 --> 00:00:36,549 because he senses that... 16 00:00:36,573 --> 00:00:38,659 That somewhere there's a rattler. 17 00:00:38,701 --> 00:00:40,162 Come on. 18 00:01:39,502 --> 00:01:41,254 Howdy. Howdy. 19 00:01:41,296 --> 00:01:42,981 What do you call this place? 20 00:01:43,005 --> 00:01:45,485 Don't have a name. It just started. 21 00:01:45,509 --> 00:01:47,652 This is where the spring is, isn't it? 22 00:01:47,676 --> 00:01:49,846 Yeah, this is where the spring is. 23 00:01:49,888 --> 00:01:52,058 I sure hope you got plenty of water. 24 00:01:52,095 --> 00:01:54,492 We got a wagon train back there that's really dry. 25 00:01:54,516 --> 00:01:56,727 We got plenty of water. 26 00:02:01,402 --> 00:02:03,697 The only thing is, we just elected the mayor. 27 00:02:03,736 --> 00:02:05,906 And the mayor just passed a law 28 00:02:05,948 --> 00:02:08,618 that no wagon train is to get any water 29 00:02:08,659 --> 00:02:11,037 unless they pay a dollar a wagon for it. 30 00:02:12,867 --> 00:02:14,744 You want to start shooting right now? 31 00:02:14,786 --> 00:02:16,789 Now, wait a minute. 32 00:02:16,861 --> 00:02:20,051 You go on in and talk to the mayor, 33 00:02:20,075 --> 00:02:22,644 and if you want to break the law... 34 00:02:22,668 --> 00:02:24,127 all right. 35 00:02:31,469 --> 00:02:35,308 Thomas, do you hear kind of a hum? 36 00:02:35,382 --> 00:02:37,036 A buzz, maybe? If you listen close, 37 00:02:37,060 --> 00:02:40,106 it sounds like a dry rattle. 38 00:02:40,147 --> 00:02:42,901 Yeah, I think I hear that little buzz. 39 00:02:42,931 --> 00:02:45,602 Stay out here and see if it gets any louder. 40 00:03:02,950 --> 00:03:05,996 Who's the man they call the mayor here? 41 00:03:06,038 --> 00:03:07,832 I'm Mayor Tucker. 42 00:03:07,874 --> 00:03:09,960 Call me Mr. Tucker. 43 00:03:12,250 --> 00:03:14,003 Howdy, Mr. Tucker. 44 00:03:15,631 --> 00:03:18,885 What's this I hear about chargin' a dollar a wagon for water? 45 00:03:18,929 --> 00:03:20,682 That's right. 46 00:03:20,724 --> 00:03:22,143 That's the family rate. 47 00:03:22,182 --> 00:03:23,933 If you got any livestock, 48 00:03:23,975 --> 00:03:25,645 it's 25 cents a head. 49 00:03:30,568 --> 00:03:32,780 Doesn't that strike you as kind of expensive? 50 00:03:32,819 --> 00:03:34,364 Expensive? 51 00:03:35,865 --> 00:03:37,618 That's a debatable point. 52 00:03:37,658 --> 00:03:39,452 Expensive. 53 00:03:39,494 --> 00:03:42,498 Expensive depends on how much you've got of it, 54 00:03:42,535 --> 00:03:43,996 and is it good. 55 00:03:45,874 --> 00:03:47,250 Zeke? 56 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:51,165 Zeke Thomas. 57 00:03:52,509 --> 00:03:54,512 It's been years. 58 00:03:55,972 --> 00:03:58,226 Violet, I... I thought... 59 00:03:58,265 --> 00:04:01,770 Uh-uh, honey. I'm not dead. 60 00:04:01,812 --> 00:04:04,357 Whatever are you doing way out here? 61 00:04:04,399 --> 00:04:07,237 I'm, uh... I'm goin' west. 62 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:10,451 Alone? 63 00:04:10,493 --> 00:04:11,912 No. 64 00:04:14,790 --> 00:04:17,085 You married, Zeke? 65 00:04:17,126 --> 00:04:18,711 Yeah. 66 00:04:20,338 --> 00:04:22,216 Is she young? 67 00:04:22,258 --> 00:04:24,428 Yeah, she's young. 68 00:04:24,469 --> 00:04:26,365 She's smart. 69 00:04:26,389 --> 00:04:28,057 She's real pretty. 70 00:04:29,433 --> 00:04:31,203 Well... 71 00:04:31,227 --> 00:04:33,147 what do you know? 72 00:04:33,185 --> 00:04:35,438 And she married a barge captain, huh? 73 00:04:35,479 --> 00:04:36,940 No. No, she didn't. 74 00:04:37,013 --> 00:04:38,640 I'm not a barge captain. 75 00:04:38,682 --> 00:04:40,935 I'm goin' west to start a new life. 76 00:04:43,022 --> 00:04:44,607 Well... 77 00:04:44,648 --> 00:04:46,610 what do you know? 78 00:04:50,574 --> 00:04:52,494 Now, don't let it upset you. 79 00:04:53,917 --> 00:04:55,563 What could be nicer on a warm day 80 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:57,047 than a cool drink of water? 81 00:04:57,089 --> 00:04:58,424 Yes, sir, at any price. 82 00:04:58,466 --> 00:05:00,427 I'll tell you what. 83 00:05:00,469 --> 00:05:03,389 Why don't you go back and talk it over with your wagon master? 84 00:05:03,463 --> 00:05:05,591 Explain to him how things are. 85 00:05:05,633 --> 00:05:07,302 It's the law. 86 00:05:07,346 --> 00:05:10,141 And what if we don't figure to obey the law? 87 00:05:11,727 --> 00:05:13,354 It's a funny thing. 88 00:05:13,389 --> 00:05:15,142 Every man in this town is a deputy, 89 00:05:15,184 --> 00:05:16,770 sworn to uphold it. 90 00:05:16,812 --> 00:05:18,898 I'll tell you another thing, Mr. Tucker... 91 00:05:18,942 --> 00:05:20,652 Even funnier. 92 00:05:22,359 --> 00:05:24,779 Every man in this town is a thief. 93 00:05:52,722 --> 00:05:55,017 What'd you do, used to know that fella? 94 00:05:55,059 --> 00:05:56,520 Yeah. 95 00:05:56,562 --> 00:05:58,272 On the Mississippi. 96 00:05:58,312 --> 00:06:00,482 I was watching from inside. 97 00:06:00,524 --> 00:06:03,403 Looked to me, honey, like you knew him real well. 98 00:06:03,442 --> 00:06:05,320 I never should've left him. 99 00:06:05,362 --> 00:06:07,073 Why not? 100 00:06:07,114 --> 00:06:08,908 Best man in the world. 101 00:06:08,950 --> 00:06:10,661 Yeah? 102 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:12,496 How do you know that? 103 00:06:15,289 --> 00:06:17,083 I was his wife. 104 00:06:20,663 --> 00:06:22,583 Maybe you still are. 105 00:06:26,137 --> 00:06:27,764 Maybe I am. 106 00:06:37,569 --> 00:06:39,154 Come on up. 107 00:06:39,196 --> 00:06:40,990 Everybody up, please. 108 00:06:44,648 --> 00:06:46,442 I want to tell you about tomorrow, folks. 109 00:06:46,484 --> 00:06:50,155 I got some news for you, not very good. 110 00:06:50,197 --> 00:06:51,866 The only water within 50 miles 111 00:06:51,908 --> 00:06:53,911 is in a spring up ahead of us, 112 00:06:53,949 --> 00:06:56,285 and there's a pack of thieves sittin' right on top of it. 113 00:06:56,327 --> 00:06:58,664 These fellas claim the water is theirs, 114 00:06:58,738 --> 00:07:01,200 and they won't give us any unless we pay their price. 115 00:07:01,242 --> 00:07:03,642 And that price is pretty goldarned steep. 116 00:07:03,666 --> 00:07:05,125 A dollar a wagon, 117 00:07:05,167 --> 00:07:07,087 and a quarter a head for stock. 118 00:07:07,128 --> 00:07:08,441 That's highway robbery! 119 00:07:08,465 --> 00:07:10,050 Why do we have to pay 'em that? 120 00:07:10,093 --> 00:07:11,779 Let's take what we need, let 'em try to stop us. 121 00:07:11,803 --> 00:07:15,475 Now, now, hold on, just a minute! 122 00:07:15,544 --> 00:07:18,283 Don't be too anxious to break out your guns. 123 00:07:18,307 --> 00:07:20,560 We can whip 'em probably, yeah. 124 00:07:20,602 --> 00:07:22,647 But there's bound to be a bunch of us 125 00:07:22,689 --> 00:07:24,984 layin' out there with our bones bleachin' in the sun. 126 00:07:25,025 --> 00:07:27,612 I'm not gonna agree to that, except as a last resort. 127 00:07:27,687 --> 00:07:29,773 What else can we do? Let's go get the water! 128 00:07:29,815 --> 00:07:31,400 Now, hold it, hold it. 129 00:07:31,442 --> 00:07:33,225 Listen me out, will ya?! 130 00:07:33,249 --> 00:07:36,170 We're in Federal territory here, 131 00:07:36,212 --> 00:07:38,800 within a day's ride of a Federal Marshal. 132 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:41,086 This is what we're gonna do. 133 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:43,983 Our stock needs resting, our wagons need mending. 134 00:07:44,007 --> 00:07:46,302 A couple of days' camp won't do us any harm. 135 00:07:46,344 --> 00:07:48,430 I'll leave Flint McCullough here in charge, 136 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:50,184 and Wooster and I will go see the Federal Marshal. 137 00:07:50,208 --> 00:07:52,233 We'll find out whether or not 138 00:07:52,257 --> 00:07:54,010 we have to pay for this water. 139 00:07:54,051 --> 00:07:55,554 That's all. 140 00:07:55,595 --> 00:07:57,055 Take care. 141 00:08:00,429 --> 00:08:01,764 Evening. 142 00:08:01,805 --> 00:08:03,808 Mr. McCullough, didn't Zeke come back with you? 143 00:08:03,878 --> 00:08:06,298 Why, yes, he did. I thought he was right here. 144 00:08:06,340 --> 00:08:08,753 No. No, I didn't see him. 145 00:08:08,777 --> 00:08:10,697 Thanks anyway. I'll find him. 146 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,410 What are you doin' here? 147 00:08:21,452 --> 00:08:23,355 Just being neighborly. 148 00:08:23,379 --> 00:08:26,509 You know, seeing how nice you're set up here and everything. 149 00:08:26,551 --> 00:08:28,637 Mm-hmm. Well, I can tell you 150 00:08:28,679 --> 00:08:30,598 we're not set up to entertain strangers. 151 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:32,684 Oh, I didn't expect to stay long. 152 00:08:32,759 --> 00:08:35,572 Mr. Tucker just sent me out on a little errand. 153 00:08:35,596 --> 00:08:37,376 About the water, you might tell Mr. Tucker 154 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,153 we've sent for the Marshal. 155 00:08:39,195 --> 00:08:40,715 So, if he wants to make any trouble, 156 00:08:40,739 --> 00:08:42,157 he'd better take it up with him. 157 00:08:42,199 --> 00:08:43,716 It's not about the water, either. 158 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:45,326 He don't expect no trouble about that. 159 00:08:45,367 --> 00:08:47,054 This is more of a personal matter... 160 00:08:47,078 --> 00:08:50,958 Kind of... well, intimate, you might say. 161 00:08:51,065 --> 00:08:53,760 I got a message for Mister, uh... 162 00:08:53,784 --> 00:08:57,081 Well, you know, the fella that rode into town with you. 163 00:08:57,123 --> 00:08:58,499 Give that to him. 164 00:09:04,965 --> 00:09:07,844 Zeke? Yeah? 165 00:09:07,916 --> 00:09:09,836 Is anything wrong? 166 00:09:09,878 --> 00:09:11,129 No, no. 167 00:09:12,604 --> 00:09:14,899 You were gone for so long, I worried. 168 00:09:14,941 --> 00:09:16,443 Nothin' to worry about. 169 00:09:18,478 --> 00:09:20,898 I just thought something might have happened to you. 170 00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:22,483 What could happen? 171 00:09:24,644 --> 00:09:27,434 Don't you know yet that nothing could ever happen to me 172 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:29,128 as long as I've got you? 173 00:09:31,631 --> 00:09:33,926 Oh, Zeke. 174 00:09:36,011 --> 00:09:38,390 Every time you tell me you love me, 175 00:09:38,499 --> 00:09:41,354 you just get so serious. 176 00:09:41,378 --> 00:09:44,250 You get so serious, you almost frighten me. 177 00:09:44,274 --> 00:09:46,777 Well, I guess that's how much I love you. 178 00:10:24,754 --> 00:10:27,049 Zeke? 179 00:10:27,091 --> 00:10:28,927 What is it? Nothing. 180 00:10:28,969 --> 00:10:30,680 Flint and I were just talking. 181 00:10:30,721 --> 00:10:32,683 Flint wants me to ride back into town with him... 182 00:10:32,724 --> 00:10:34,811 Kind of scout around, see that those fellas 183 00:10:34,852 --> 00:10:36,747 don't come out here tonight and stir up trouble. 184 00:10:36,771 --> 00:10:38,749 You mean, you're going now, without supper? 185 00:10:38,773 --> 00:10:41,151 The sooner we get started, the sooner we get back. 186 00:10:41,193 --> 00:10:42,988 Right, Flint? 187 00:10:43,026 --> 00:10:44,588 Yeah, that's right. 188 00:10:44,612 --> 00:10:46,991 Look, uh... I'll tell you what, Flint... 189 00:10:47,032 --> 00:10:49,327 Why don't I ride into town myself and look around? 190 00:10:49,366 --> 00:10:50,993 If there's no trouble brewing, 191 00:10:51,034 --> 00:10:53,079 that'd save you a trip. All right with you? 192 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:55,038 Sure, that's all right with me. 193 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,767 Zeke, do you have to go? 194 00:10:56,791 --> 00:10:58,042 Sure I do. 195 00:10:58,082 --> 00:11:00,002 It'll make things safer that way. 196 00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:09,511 Mr. McCullough, I wish you'd stay to supper. 197 00:11:09,587 --> 00:11:11,548 Thank you, Mrs. Thomas. I'd like that. 198 00:11:11,590 --> 00:11:13,703 Oh. The stew's burning. 199 00:11:13,727 --> 00:11:15,122 Doesn't smell burning to me. 200 00:11:15,146 --> 00:11:16,689 It smells real savory. 201 00:11:16,731 --> 00:11:18,692 After Wooster's cooking, it'll be a treat. 202 00:11:18,731 --> 00:11:21,151 Wild fennel. 203 00:11:21,192 --> 00:11:23,821 I picked that way back in Missouri. 204 00:11:27,148 --> 00:11:28,691 Thank you. 205 00:11:32,661 --> 00:11:34,748 Sit down. Thank you. 206 00:11:40,165 --> 00:11:41,876 Were you ever married, Mr. McCullough? 207 00:11:43,635 --> 00:11:46,264 No. No, I never quite made that. 208 00:11:47,805 --> 00:11:49,159 Never been in love? 209 00:11:49,183 --> 00:11:51,519 No, not really. 210 00:11:53,887 --> 00:11:56,516 I never was myself until just recently. 211 00:11:56,557 --> 00:11:59,628 It's hard to believe sometimes... 212 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:02,657 Someone else, they can be... 213 00:12:02,726 --> 00:12:05,188 so close... 214 00:12:05,230 --> 00:12:07,358 they're just all your life to you. 215 00:12:08,693 --> 00:12:11,072 And then it frightens you... 216 00:12:11,114 --> 00:12:13,534 because when they go away, they can go so far. 217 00:12:13,572 --> 00:12:16,493 I never knew about that, ma'am. 218 00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:18,037 Not really. 219 00:12:50,291 --> 00:12:52,544 There's your note, Mr. Tucker. 220 00:12:52,586 --> 00:12:54,754 What do you think you wanted to see me about? 221 00:12:54,794 --> 00:12:57,299 A drink first, Mr. Thomas? 222 00:12:57,340 --> 00:12:59,217 After what you charge for water, 223 00:12:59,260 --> 00:13:01,013 I doubt if I could afford your whiskey. 224 00:13:01,054 --> 00:13:03,433 On the house. 225 00:13:05,431 --> 00:13:08,268 I've been hearin' about you from Violet. 226 00:13:08,306 --> 00:13:10,809 Now, there's a fine woman. 227 00:13:10,851 --> 00:13:12,896 And a happy woman. 228 00:13:12,938 --> 00:13:15,817 It's a fine thing for a man to have a happy woman around. 229 00:13:15,859 --> 00:13:17,795 Makes you almost want two of 'em, don't it? 230 00:13:17,819 --> 00:13:20,299 Mr. Tucker, do you mind getting at 231 00:13:20,323 --> 00:13:21,742 what you're getting at? 232 00:13:21,783 --> 00:13:23,327 Violet told me you were famous 233 00:13:23,366 --> 00:13:25,453 all up and down the Mississippi. 234 00:13:25,495 --> 00:13:27,664 Toughest barge captain there ever was. 235 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:31,002 I never went out of my way to hurt anybody, 236 00:13:31,044 --> 00:13:32,337 if that's what you mean... 237 00:13:32,378 --> 00:13:34,673 unless he hurt me first. 238 00:13:34,711 --> 00:13:36,797 Quite a man with the ladies, too. 239 00:13:36,839 --> 00:13:38,842 But that was back in the old days. 240 00:13:38,916 --> 00:13:42,003 Guess you don't talk about the old days, eh, Zeke? 241 00:13:43,470 --> 00:13:44,931 Where's Violet? 242 00:13:44,972 --> 00:13:46,766 Oh, but that's not like Violet. 243 00:13:46,807 --> 00:13:49,520 No, sir, she sure remembers. 244 00:13:49,551 --> 00:13:51,636 She told me you meant so much to her, 245 00:13:51,678 --> 00:13:53,138 she didn't ever forget. 246 00:13:54,390 --> 00:13:56,201 But she could for money, huh? 247 00:13:56,225 --> 00:13:58,503 Well, it might be a good idea to give her some, 248 00:13:58,527 --> 00:14:00,172 so maybe she could forget. 249 00:14:00,196 --> 00:14:01,865 Because what if she remembered? 250 00:14:01,907 --> 00:14:05,662 Want to ask a lawyer? He'd tell you. 251 00:14:05,702 --> 00:14:07,580 He'd tell you 20 years in prison 252 00:14:07,622 --> 00:14:09,542 for two wives and no divorces. 253 00:14:10,993 --> 00:14:12,744 Think it over, Zeke. 254 00:14:12,786 --> 00:14:14,558 What if your new wife finds out? 255 00:14:14,582 --> 00:14:16,060 Nice young girl. 256 00:14:16,084 --> 00:14:18,337 I'll bet she'd leave you fast. 257 00:14:19,883 --> 00:14:22,304 All right, how much do you want? 258 00:14:22,345 --> 00:14:23,973 300. 259 00:14:25,555 --> 00:14:27,432 I haven't got it. 260 00:14:27,473 --> 00:14:29,351 180 is all I've got. 261 00:14:29,393 --> 00:14:31,187 And that's all you're gonna get. 262 00:14:31,229 --> 00:14:34,275 Well, Zeke, you bring that here tomorrow. 263 00:14:35,731 --> 00:14:37,650 And let's make it 200. 264 00:14:37,692 --> 00:14:40,362 Round figure, easier to remember. 265 00:14:48,465 --> 00:14:50,927 Zeke, wait. 266 00:14:50,969 --> 00:14:53,237 Violet, was I ever mean to you? 267 00:14:53,261 --> 00:14:54,722 No. 268 00:14:54,763 --> 00:14:57,183 Then why are you doing this to me? 269 00:14:57,225 --> 00:15:00,271 I need the money. I sold the barge, 270 00:15:00,348 --> 00:15:02,184 took every cent to outfit... 271 00:15:02,225 --> 00:15:06,045 $180 is all I got left to start in the West with. 272 00:15:06,069 --> 00:15:08,239 Oh, honey. 273 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:10,327 I don't want the money. 274 00:15:10,369 --> 00:15:12,264 I just want you. 275 00:15:12,288 --> 00:15:15,585 You picked a fine way to go about it. 276 00:15:15,653 --> 00:15:17,864 Why'd you have to go and marry her? 277 00:15:17,906 --> 00:15:20,618 Couldn't you remember me? 278 00:15:22,086 --> 00:15:24,633 Couldn't you remember it was me you were married to? 279 00:15:24,666 --> 00:15:27,544 Sure I was married to you, Violet. 280 00:15:27,586 --> 00:15:29,756 But I was a kid. It was a mistake. 281 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,095 You know that. That's why you ran off. 282 00:15:32,136 --> 00:15:34,013 I looked for you, I looked for years, 283 00:15:34,052 --> 00:15:35,513 and they told me you were dead. 284 00:15:35,554 --> 00:15:37,974 Zeke... 285 00:15:38,016 --> 00:15:39,852 let me ask you one question. 286 00:15:41,439 --> 00:15:43,108 If anything ever happened to her... 287 00:15:43,145 --> 00:15:46,502 Like sickness or an accident or... 288 00:15:46,526 --> 00:15:50,322 maybe she just can't stand the West and she goes... 289 00:15:50,361 --> 00:15:53,156 What I'm saying is, 290 00:15:53,201 --> 00:15:55,996 if you didn't have her, 291 00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:57,707 would you have me back? 292 00:15:59,877 --> 00:16:01,964 If I couldn't have her, Violet, 293 00:16:02,005 --> 00:16:03,717 I wouldn't want to live. 294 00:16:07,219 --> 00:16:09,472 It's just a shame. 295 00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:12,306 A shame and a pity for everybody. 296 00:16:12,348 --> 00:16:14,852 Her, too. 297 00:16:14,888 --> 00:16:17,809 Because what'll she do when she finds out about me? 298 00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:23,567 You ever tell her, I'll kill you. 299 00:16:27,235 --> 00:16:29,713 But what if she finds out all by herself... 300 00:16:29,737 --> 00:16:31,990 and she leaves you? 301 00:16:32,031 --> 00:16:34,118 You going to kill her, too? 302 00:16:36,154 --> 00:16:38,657 You sure got a lot of killin' to do. 303 00:16:54,015 --> 00:16:56,518 Is he back yet? No. 304 00:16:57,896 --> 00:16:59,857 Would you like some company? 305 00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:01,604 Sure. 306 00:17:08,729 --> 00:17:10,232 Whew. 307 00:17:12,235 --> 00:17:14,179 Nice night. 308 00:17:14,203 --> 00:17:16,581 The sky's really big. 309 00:17:16,623 --> 00:17:18,779 Yes, it is. 310 00:17:18,803 --> 00:17:21,556 A little scary. I'm used to a roof. 311 00:17:22,974 --> 00:17:24,769 I like a night like this... 312 00:17:26,724 --> 00:17:28,560 The warmth still in the ground. 313 00:17:28,603 --> 00:17:30,940 Animals like it, too. 314 00:17:30,981 --> 00:17:32,983 They sleep real peaceful. 315 00:17:35,475 --> 00:17:37,602 You're up kind of late aren't you? 316 00:17:37,644 --> 00:17:39,272 Reading. 317 00:17:39,348 --> 00:17:40,976 Reading. 318 00:17:41,018 --> 00:17:44,633 That's something I don't get time to do much anymore. 319 00:17:44,657 --> 00:17:47,011 Why did he go to town, Mr. McCullough? 320 00:17:47,035 --> 00:17:49,330 Books, that is. 321 00:17:49,374 --> 00:17:52,188 But now I can read the stars. 322 00:17:52,212 --> 00:17:55,466 I can tell you where Cincinnati is... 323 00:17:55,535 --> 00:17:57,580 or how long it'll be until morning. 324 00:17:57,622 --> 00:17:59,527 Don't you know? 325 00:17:59,551 --> 00:18:01,929 I can read Indian signs. 326 00:18:01,971 --> 00:18:04,558 I can almost read a buffalo's mind. 327 00:18:04,601 --> 00:18:06,872 You're talking so you won't have to tell me. 328 00:18:06,896 --> 00:18:08,773 I can look grass in the eye 329 00:18:08,851 --> 00:18:10,519 and tell you what last winter was like. 330 00:18:10,561 --> 00:18:12,439 Please tell me, Mr. McCullough. 331 00:18:12,481 --> 00:18:14,923 I'll tell you one thing, ma'am... 332 00:18:14,947 --> 00:18:17,218 A book's quite a thing. 333 00:18:17,242 --> 00:18:19,704 Look at the Bible... 334 00:18:19,745 --> 00:18:23,000 Maybe a book that asks where all those stars came from... 335 00:18:23,042 --> 00:18:25,754 or what's a million years 336 00:18:25,827 --> 00:18:28,289 one way or another... 337 00:18:28,331 --> 00:18:30,542 Or one year, for that matter... 338 00:18:30,584 --> 00:18:32,963 If all you do is sit and worry. 339 00:18:37,265 --> 00:18:38,916 Like a woman... 340 00:18:38,940 --> 00:18:41,360 worrying as to why her husband doesn't come home. 341 00:18:42,905 --> 00:18:44,323 Why doesn't he? 342 00:18:44,430 --> 00:18:47,309 Don't trouble the night, ma'am. 343 00:18:47,351 --> 00:18:49,547 Learn to sit. 344 00:18:49,571 --> 00:18:51,281 Whatever it is, it'll pass away. 345 00:19:00,452 --> 00:19:01,973 Well... 346 00:19:01,997 --> 00:19:04,487 what have you two got, secrets? 347 00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:07,056 You're up kind of late, aren't you? 348 00:19:07,098 --> 00:19:09,017 I was reading. 349 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,480 Reading to Flint? 350 00:19:11,522 --> 00:19:13,817 Did you know Maggie was an educated girl? 351 00:19:13,890 --> 00:19:15,727 Yeah. 352 00:19:15,768 --> 00:19:18,549 Back home, she was a teacher. 353 00:19:18,573 --> 00:19:21,285 Then she married a barge captain. 354 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,038 That's kind of unusual, 355 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,458 an educated girl marrying a barge captain. 356 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,752 Would you like a drink, Flint? 357 00:19:28,826 --> 00:19:31,621 No, thanks. I never do late like this. 358 00:19:31,663 --> 00:19:34,000 Oh. Funny thing... 359 00:19:34,038 --> 00:19:35,874 I never do myself. 360 00:19:37,585 --> 00:19:39,659 I just dropped by to tell you that, uh... 361 00:19:39,683 --> 00:19:41,327 I'm gonna wake you early. 362 00:19:41,351 --> 00:19:43,163 You're taking a hunting party out... 363 00:19:43,187 --> 00:19:44,815 You and Hawks. 364 00:19:44,887 --> 00:19:47,182 Well, can't you send somebody else? 365 00:19:47,223 --> 00:19:49,769 You're the best shot. While we're tied up here, 366 00:19:49,811 --> 00:19:52,648 I thought we might as well lay in some meat. 367 00:19:52,690 --> 00:19:54,927 All right. I'll be ready. 368 00:19:54,951 --> 00:19:56,704 Good night. 369 00:19:56,746 --> 00:19:58,832 Good night. Good night, Mr. McCullough. 370 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,260 Why were you gone so long, Zeke? 371 00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:07,061 A fella in town... 372 00:20:07,085 --> 00:20:09,195 A fella I used to know back on the River. 373 00:20:09,219 --> 00:20:11,032 Why didn't you bring him back here? 374 00:20:11,056 --> 00:20:13,392 Nobody you'd care to meet. 375 00:20:16,393 --> 00:20:18,396 What's wrong, Zeke? 376 00:20:18,438 --> 00:20:19,982 Nothin'. 377 00:20:22,060 --> 00:20:24,130 You look worried. 378 00:20:24,154 --> 00:20:25,990 Just been a long day. 379 00:20:26,032 --> 00:20:27,743 Let's go to bed. 380 00:20:33,122 --> 00:20:35,584 Maggie? 381 00:20:35,691 --> 00:20:38,696 You go to bed. I want to read for a while. 382 00:20:45,096 --> 00:20:47,432 Maggie... 383 00:20:47,474 --> 00:20:51,939 I know it's a funny thing, but... 384 00:20:51,972 --> 00:20:55,185 in the daytime, with all the other folks around, 385 00:20:55,226 --> 00:20:57,813 you look so sweet. 386 00:20:57,855 --> 00:21:01,192 Anybody would think you'd spent all your life in a convent. 387 00:21:02,571 --> 00:21:05,199 I can hardly believe you're mine. 388 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,368 But then... 389 00:21:07,410 --> 00:21:10,789 And late like this, in the lantern light, 390 00:21:10,831 --> 00:21:12,250 when I have you close... 391 00:21:12,292 --> 00:21:15,337 I can see your eyes shining soft. 392 00:21:17,137 --> 00:21:19,265 Then I know we're man and wife. 393 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:52,888 Hey, look down there! 394 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:54,623 That's what we've been lookin' for! 395 00:22:10,319 --> 00:22:12,489 You got him! Got him good! 396 00:22:12,530 --> 00:22:14,784 Nothin' to it. It's all in this. 397 00:22:14,855 --> 00:22:16,858 Yeah? Sure. 398 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:18,235 Just take aim. 399 00:22:18,277 --> 00:22:20,029 Look down the sights. 400 00:22:25,921 --> 00:22:28,007 I got it! I got it! 401 00:22:28,049 --> 00:22:30,093 You got my buffalo, but that's all right. 402 00:22:31,837 --> 00:22:33,788 First time I shot anything in my life. 403 00:22:33,812 --> 00:22:36,107 That's what I'm tellin' you... it's all in that. 404 00:22:36,149 --> 00:22:38,527 I don't suppose you'd care to buy it? 405 00:22:38,569 --> 00:22:41,448 Well, I'd offer you $10 for it. 406 00:22:41,557 --> 00:22:43,601 I got no need for 10. 407 00:22:43,643 --> 00:22:45,855 What have you got a need for? 20. 408 00:22:45,895 --> 00:22:48,774 Zeke, I can't give you 20 for that. 409 00:22:48,814 --> 00:22:51,359 I don't need it for that. 410 00:22:51,401 --> 00:22:54,531 Have you got a need for a watch... for 5? 411 00:22:54,571 --> 00:22:57,408 Winds good. Every night, when I wind it, 412 00:22:57,450 --> 00:22:59,328 it winds real soothing, 413 00:22:59,367 --> 00:23:01,471 like it was tellin' you, "Don't worry for tomorrow." 414 00:23:01,495 --> 00:23:03,707 All right, $20. 415 00:23:07,668 --> 00:23:09,421 Suppose you fellas can get that meat 416 00:23:09,462 --> 00:23:11,465 back to camp without me? 417 00:23:11,506 --> 00:23:13,926 I gotta see a fella in town, 418 00:23:13,967 --> 00:23:16,012 a fella I'm closin' a deal with. 419 00:23:21,820 --> 00:23:23,239 Hold still. 420 00:23:23,281 --> 00:23:25,117 I said, hold still! 421 00:23:26,274 --> 00:23:27,360 Ma! 422 00:23:27,401 --> 00:23:28,838 Ma! Shh! 423 00:23:28,862 --> 00:23:30,323 You hush up. 424 00:23:30,365 --> 00:23:32,242 You want to bother Mrs. Edwards? 425 00:23:32,284 --> 00:23:34,161 Don't you think she's in enough trouble now? 426 00:23:34,198 --> 00:23:35,867 Heh. I'll say she is. 427 00:23:35,909 --> 00:23:38,329 She's havin' a big baby, like you. 428 00:23:38,371 --> 00:23:40,123 Yeah. Isn't that trouble enough? 429 00:23:40,165 --> 00:23:42,668 Any news? Not yet. 430 00:23:42,710 --> 00:23:44,518 I brought a little extra water we had. 431 00:23:44,542 --> 00:23:46,587 Oh, thanks, Maggie. Hi, darling. 432 00:23:46,629 --> 00:23:50,026 Say, Maggie, when are we gonna sit outside your wagon? 433 00:23:50,050 --> 00:23:52,029 How about it, Maggie? 434 00:23:52,053 --> 00:23:53,262 What do you mean? 435 00:23:53,304 --> 00:23:55,099 Aw, come on, you can't fool us. 436 00:23:55,141 --> 00:23:57,895 Hey, I think she's puttin' on a little weight. 437 00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:00,273 Maggie, is it true? 438 00:24:00,316 --> 00:24:02,820 Is it? Yes, it's true. 439 00:24:02,861 --> 00:24:05,783 Oh, Maggie, congratulations. 440 00:24:05,826 --> 00:24:07,536 I'm so happy for you. 441 00:24:07,577 --> 00:24:09,247 I just knew it, didn't you? 442 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,116 I could just tell. 443 00:24:39,824 --> 00:24:41,118 Can I help you? 444 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,036 I'm looking for Zeke Thomas. 445 00:24:43,078 --> 00:24:44,998 He's not here. 446 00:24:45,072 --> 00:24:46,617 Isn't he around? 447 00:24:46,658 --> 00:24:48,136 He went hunting. 448 00:24:48,161 --> 00:24:49,704 Oh. 449 00:24:49,748 --> 00:24:51,977 Is there someone here calls herself Mrs. Thomas? 450 00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:53,504 I'm Mrs. Thomas. 451 00:24:55,012 --> 00:24:56,473 Yeah? 452 00:24:57,975 --> 00:25:00,562 Well, that's a little matter I came to straighten out. 453 00:25:04,813 --> 00:25:09,235 See... Zeke was in town last night to see me. 454 00:25:09,278 --> 00:25:12,283 Heh. You think Zeke has secrets from me? 455 00:25:12,325 --> 00:25:14,995 Well, honey, if he doesn't, he should. 456 00:25:18,194 --> 00:25:20,531 This your wagon? 457 00:25:20,575 --> 00:25:22,370 Looks real nice. 458 00:25:23,958 --> 00:25:26,962 I've been thinkin' I'd like to take me a little trip west. 459 00:25:27,004 --> 00:25:29,341 Why don't you tell me what you came for, 460 00:25:29,415 --> 00:25:30,792 and then you won't have to wait. 461 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,380 Sure. Why not? 462 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,965 I'll tell you what he didn't tell you. 463 00:25:37,006 --> 00:25:38,860 He's married to me, honey. 464 00:25:38,884 --> 00:25:42,055 June '51, in Natchez. 465 00:25:42,098 --> 00:25:43,725 Since we never got a divorce, 466 00:25:43,767 --> 00:25:45,535 that means he isn't married to you. 467 00:25:45,559 --> 00:25:47,728 That's all. 468 00:25:47,770 --> 00:25:49,605 That's all I came for. 469 00:25:55,318 --> 00:25:58,281 See, I just didn't figure it was fair for you not to know. 470 00:25:58,322 --> 00:26:00,720 Or fair to me, either, honey, because... 471 00:26:00,744 --> 00:26:04,054 after all, I'm his wife, and a wife has rights. 472 00:26:04,078 --> 00:26:05,789 I don't believe you. 473 00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:08,251 Why don't you ask him? 474 00:26:08,293 --> 00:26:10,588 I could show you a marriage certificate. 475 00:26:11,966 --> 00:26:13,760 You're lying. I know you are. 476 00:26:13,802 --> 00:26:16,180 Go ahead, ask him. 477 00:26:16,218 --> 00:26:18,178 Or maybe there's a lawyer here. 478 00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:20,265 You could talk to him. 479 00:26:20,307 --> 00:26:22,727 Honey, you need to talk to someone real bad. 480 00:26:22,768 --> 00:26:24,438 You need advice. 481 00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:02,325 What are you doing out here? What's wrong? 482 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:06,745 Is there something wrong? Yes. 483 00:27:06,787 --> 00:27:08,330 Well, what is it? 484 00:27:08,372 --> 00:27:11,460 I just found out Zeke is married to another woman. 485 00:27:13,087 --> 00:27:14,714 How do you know that? 486 00:27:14,752 --> 00:27:17,422 She came to me. She told me. 487 00:27:17,464 --> 00:27:19,258 Easy. 488 00:27:19,335 --> 00:27:20,838 Come here. 489 00:27:25,724 --> 00:27:28,103 You know, she could be lying. 490 00:27:28,144 --> 00:27:30,564 She wasn't. She wasn't. 491 00:27:32,153 --> 00:27:33,948 Oh, my mind. 492 00:27:36,114 --> 00:27:38,843 It's as if suddenly I'm nobody. 493 00:27:38,867 --> 00:27:41,287 Me, I'm just not me anymore. 494 00:27:41,331 --> 00:27:43,501 I don't suppose you've seen Zeke yet. 495 00:27:43,543 --> 00:27:46,690 And I'm going to have a baby. 496 00:27:46,714 --> 00:27:48,883 He doesn't even know it yet. 497 00:27:50,918 --> 00:27:53,757 I didn't know it myself until just last week. 498 00:27:53,798 --> 00:27:55,741 And now... 499 00:27:55,765 --> 00:27:58,895 Now I'm not even married to him. 500 00:27:58,937 --> 00:28:01,524 How could he do this? 501 00:28:01,567 --> 00:28:04,946 When you love, you just give everything. 502 00:28:06,316 --> 00:28:08,944 Please, Mrs. Thomas, don't cry. 503 00:28:08,986 --> 00:28:10,849 I know it's hard, but... 504 00:28:10,873 --> 00:28:12,917 you just can't help hurt. 505 00:28:15,464 --> 00:28:19,635 I... I've always felt that there was something... 506 00:28:19,673 --> 00:28:21,968 hidden in him, something dark. 507 00:28:23,637 --> 00:28:25,682 Now I know what it is. 508 00:28:25,721 --> 00:28:28,183 Why don't you have a talk with him? 509 00:28:30,602 --> 00:28:33,063 I can't. I'm afraid to. 510 00:28:33,105 --> 00:28:34,941 Well, then what do you plan to do? 511 00:28:37,647 --> 00:28:39,358 I want to go away. 512 00:28:39,401 --> 00:28:41,153 I want to go back east. 513 00:28:41,196 --> 00:28:44,971 I want you to take me to the first stagecoach going back. 514 00:28:44,995 --> 00:28:47,290 I'm sorry, ma'am. I can't do that. 515 00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:51,440 You mean you won't help me? 516 00:28:51,464 --> 00:28:54,092 You're wrong not to give the man his chance. 517 00:28:58,805 --> 00:29:00,557 Mrs. Thomas? 518 00:29:00,635 --> 00:29:02,656 You needn't accompany me. 519 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,017 Yes, ma'am, that's exactly what I have to do... 520 00:29:06,054 --> 00:29:08,808 Accompany you right back to your husband. 521 00:29:08,850 --> 00:29:10,477 Come on. 522 00:29:38,047 --> 00:29:40,384 Hey, if you people still need water out there, 523 00:29:40,429 --> 00:29:42,849 I was thinking maybe we could give you a special rate. 524 00:29:42,891 --> 00:29:45,437 Say, 50 cents a family. 525 00:29:45,476 --> 00:29:46,936 Price comin' down, huh? 526 00:29:46,978 --> 00:29:49,374 Well, we're just tryin' to avoid trouble. 527 00:29:49,398 --> 00:29:51,651 Thanks, Mr. Tucker. 528 00:29:51,693 --> 00:29:53,905 But the Marshal's coming. 529 00:29:53,946 --> 00:29:55,699 Yeah? 530 00:29:55,742 --> 00:29:57,118 You sure of that? 531 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,954 He'll be here tomorrow. 532 00:29:58,996 --> 00:30:00,874 We'll get all the water we want, 533 00:30:00,916 --> 00:30:02,728 legal and free. 534 00:30:02,752 --> 00:30:05,112 Speakin' of the Marshal comin', 535 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:07,031 don't that worry you, Zeke? 536 00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:08,891 Why should it worry me? 537 00:30:08,932 --> 00:30:10,935 Oh, I don't know. 538 00:30:11,012 --> 00:30:13,349 I just thought a man with two wives... 539 00:30:13,390 --> 00:30:15,393 One of them might go to the Marshal. 540 00:30:19,614 --> 00:30:21,825 Well, that's better. 541 00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:24,621 I was afraid your memory was slippin'. 542 00:30:28,114 --> 00:30:30,034 $200? 543 00:30:30,076 --> 00:30:32,079 Perhaps I'd better explain, Mr. Tucker, 544 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,831 so you won't be too disappointed. 545 00:30:33,873 --> 00:30:35,249 That's only half of it. 546 00:30:35,290 --> 00:30:36,792 You mean, 100? 547 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:39,104 No, I mean half of 200. 548 00:30:39,128 --> 00:30:41,131 Well, that's 100. 549 00:30:41,161 --> 00:30:43,748 Maybe you'd just better open the envelope. 550 00:30:47,594 --> 00:30:49,137 What, are you out of your mind? 551 00:30:49,179 --> 00:30:50,765 You tore the bills in half! 552 00:30:50,836 --> 00:30:52,815 That's right. You'll get the other half 553 00:30:52,839 --> 00:30:54,783 when I get the divorce papers from Violet. 554 00:30:54,807 --> 00:30:56,225 What are you talkin' about? 555 00:30:56,266 --> 00:30:57,978 That wasn't part of the deal. 556 00:30:58,019 --> 00:30:59,480 It is now. 557 00:30:59,519 --> 00:31:01,354 Where am I gonna get a divorce out here? 558 00:31:01,396 --> 00:31:02,791 Might take months. 559 00:31:02,815 --> 00:31:04,793 I'm in no hurry. 560 00:31:04,817 --> 00:31:06,945 Where will I find you? 561 00:31:06,987 --> 00:31:09,073 Just send the papers to Sacramento, 562 00:31:09,115 --> 00:31:12,661 care of General Delivery, and you'll get the rest of the money. 563 00:31:12,703 --> 00:31:14,163 Oh, Mr. Thomas? 564 00:31:15,829 --> 00:31:18,039 Even half-bills I like to count. 565 00:31:20,671 --> 00:31:22,256 Oh, did you hear that, honey? 566 00:31:22,297 --> 00:31:24,050 We're fixin' to get you a divorce. 567 00:31:24,092 --> 00:31:27,138 And that's gonna suit me fine. 568 00:31:27,209 --> 00:31:28,837 Matter of fact, Violet and me... 569 00:31:28,879 --> 00:31:30,244 We kind of had in mind 570 00:31:30,268 --> 00:31:31,686 a wedding ring ourselves. 571 00:31:31,728 --> 00:31:33,605 Didn't we, honey? 572 00:31:33,647 --> 00:31:36,526 My, it's a hot night. 573 00:31:36,566 --> 00:31:39,988 Well, I guess we got things all fixed up, then, huh? 574 00:31:41,239 --> 00:31:43,844 Maybe you men think you got things all fixed up, 575 00:31:43,868 --> 00:31:46,204 but there's gonna be just one little hitch. 576 00:31:46,243 --> 00:31:47,537 What's that, Violet? 577 00:31:47,579 --> 00:31:49,373 I'm not giving you a divorce. 578 00:31:50,878 --> 00:31:52,172 What? 579 00:31:52,213 --> 00:31:54,050 What's that you say about it? 580 00:31:54,091 --> 00:31:56,136 I'm not giving him a divorce. 581 00:31:58,133 --> 00:31:59,844 You'd better ride along. 582 00:31:59,888 --> 00:32:01,724 And don't worry... I'll change her mind. 583 00:32:01,766 --> 00:32:04,537 You'd better do that if you want the other 100. 584 00:32:04,561 --> 00:32:06,939 I mean, the half of the 200. 585 00:32:27,593 --> 00:32:28,904 Have you seen him yet? 586 00:32:28,928 --> 00:32:31,181 Yes, he's coming now. Good luck. 587 00:32:31,257 --> 00:32:33,277 Now, don't you go. 588 00:32:33,301 --> 00:32:35,263 Remember, you promised. 589 00:32:36,691 --> 00:32:38,527 I don't know how I'll even start. 590 00:32:41,368 --> 00:32:42,953 I don't know how I'll start. 591 00:32:47,587 --> 00:32:49,590 Maggie mad about something? 592 00:32:49,632 --> 00:32:51,301 I don't know. 593 00:32:51,343 --> 00:32:53,346 What did she go in for? 594 00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:55,348 Maybe she's not feeling too well. 595 00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:59,456 Looks to me like something's going on. 596 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,316 Looks to me like there's a storm coming up. 597 00:33:01,361 --> 00:33:03,114 I'd better tie things down. 598 00:33:03,156 --> 00:33:05,576 Flint, you been talking to Maggie about anything? 599 00:33:05,620 --> 00:33:07,306 Giving her advice about anything? 600 00:33:07,330 --> 00:33:09,643 What's going on between you and Maggie? 601 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:12,881 If you don't like it, why don't you stay at home at night? 602 00:33:12,926 --> 00:33:14,511 What do you mean by that? 603 00:33:14,553 --> 00:33:16,639 I mean, why don't you stay at home at night? 604 00:33:16,682 --> 00:33:18,327 If you've got something to tell the woman, 605 00:33:18,351 --> 00:33:20,104 go on in there and tell her. 606 00:33:20,149 --> 00:33:22,170 Flint, you been talking to her about violet? No. 607 00:33:22,194 --> 00:33:24,256 Look, that's all over. What Maggie don't know won't hurt her. 608 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,120 That's what you think. If you don't go in there 609 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:27,597 and talk to that woman, you're gonna lose her. 610 00:33:27,621 --> 00:33:29,624 Lose her? Thanks to who? 611 00:33:29,665 --> 00:33:31,710 You? That's what you been doin'? 612 00:33:31,754 --> 00:33:33,691 Tellin' her to run off? Have you? 613 00:33:33,715 --> 00:33:35,008 Easy, Thomas. 614 00:33:36,471 --> 00:33:38,223 You fool, I didn't tell her anything. 615 00:33:44,401 --> 00:33:45,904 Zeke! 616 00:33:48,784 --> 00:33:50,244 I'm sorry, ma'am. 617 00:33:51,381 --> 00:33:53,426 What were you fighting about? 618 00:33:53,468 --> 00:33:56,013 It doesn't matter. Let it go. 619 00:33:56,090 --> 00:33:58,134 I've kept some supper warm for you. 620 00:33:58,176 --> 00:33:59,874 I'm not hungry. 621 00:33:59,898 --> 00:34:02,377 Zeke, I just don't understand you anymore. 622 00:34:02,401 --> 00:34:04,738 Is that why you were talking with Flint? 623 00:34:06,242 --> 00:34:08,036 Yes. 624 00:34:08,078 --> 00:34:10,289 You thinkin' of going away? 625 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:12,044 What do you mean? 626 00:34:12,086 --> 00:34:15,465 Remember Steve Russell's wife back on the River? 627 00:34:15,541 --> 00:34:18,545 How she took up with that traveling man? 628 00:34:18,586 --> 00:34:20,702 Steve loved her. 629 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,854 When he found her laughing in that bar in Memphis, 630 00:34:22,896 --> 00:34:24,274 he put a bullet in her mouth. 631 00:34:24,315 --> 00:34:26,318 Did that show his love? 632 00:34:26,396 --> 00:34:28,941 That's right, it did. 633 00:34:30,329 --> 00:34:32,249 Then he put five more down her front, 634 00:34:32,291 --> 00:34:33,626 like buttons, 635 00:34:33,668 --> 00:34:35,587 just because he couldn't live without her. 636 00:34:35,631 --> 00:34:37,550 Are you trying to frighten me? 637 00:34:37,591 --> 00:34:40,305 No, Maggie. I'm... 638 00:34:40,349 --> 00:34:42,268 I'm just sayin'... 639 00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:44,563 I don't quite know how the future's gonna work out. 640 00:34:44,604 --> 00:34:47,233 But no matter how it works out, 641 00:34:47,277 --> 00:34:49,488 it's gonna work out with you and me together. 642 00:35:09,692 --> 00:35:12,071 Isn't there something you want to tell me? 643 00:35:12,116 --> 00:35:13,952 Let's go to bed. 644 00:35:13,994 --> 00:35:15,704 Maybe we'll talk later. 645 00:35:25,097 --> 00:35:26,641 What is it? 646 00:35:26,682 --> 00:35:28,268 I'm just checkin'. 647 00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:29,603 Checkin' what? 648 00:35:29,645 --> 00:35:31,675 Some of the men are acting kind of nervous, 649 00:35:31,699 --> 00:35:34,828 talkin' about going into town and shootin' in out. 650 00:35:34,906 --> 00:35:37,493 If they ask you to join up, make sure that you don't. 651 00:35:53,781 --> 00:35:55,409 What was that for? 652 00:35:55,485 --> 00:35:57,822 I just wanted to see if you were still alive. 653 00:35:59,116 --> 00:36:01,231 You looked dead. 654 00:36:01,255 --> 00:36:03,257 I feel dead. 655 00:36:03,298 --> 00:36:05,301 Maggie... 656 00:36:05,344 --> 00:36:07,389 can't we just forget everything 657 00:36:07,431 --> 00:36:10,143 and be like we used to be? 658 00:36:10,188 --> 00:36:12,316 No. 659 00:36:12,358 --> 00:36:13,861 Why not? 660 00:36:17,115 --> 00:36:19,618 Don't you know? No. 661 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:21,621 I mean, up to now, 662 00:36:21,664 --> 00:36:23,292 you've had no complaint, have you? 663 00:36:23,333 --> 00:36:25,155 We haven't had a fight, have we, Maggie? 664 00:36:25,179 --> 00:36:27,266 No. 665 00:36:27,307 --> 00:36:30,270 You always liked it, living on a boat with me. 666 00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:32,893 You like the River... 667 00:36:32,934 --> 00:36:35,396 and the flowers in the spring. 668 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,028 You even liked the River in the winter. 669 00:36:39,069 --> 00:36:41,114 And you liked me. 670 00:36:41,158 --> 00:36:43,703 You liked the trip west right up till today. 671 00:36:43,745 --> 00:36:47,167 At least I got the idea you did... 672 00:36:47,211 --> 00:36:49,422 The way you carried on, laughing... 673 00:36:49,464 --> 00:36:52,968 and close, like every man dreams his wife's gonna be. 674 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:59,187 Well, maybe it was just put on. Was it? 675 00:36:59,231 --> 00:37:01,339 Was it what? 676 00:37:01,363 --> 00:37:03,491 Everything you ever said or did. 677 00:37:03,533 --> 00:37:05,513 Was it put on? 678 00:37:05,537 --> 00:37:07,205 No, it was true. 679 00:37:07,247 --> 00:37:09,708 Well, then why isn't it true now? 680 00:37:09,750 --> 00:37:12,191 Because it's all a lie! 681 00:37:12,215 --> 00:37:14,260 A cheap and ugly lie. 682 00:37:14,301 --> 00:37:15,964 What do you mean? 683 00:37:15,988 --> 00:37:18,742 Oh, Zeke, stop pretending. 684 00:37:18,783 --> 00:37:21,329 I saw her. She was here today. 685 00:37:25,154 --> 00:37:26,949 All right. 686 00:37:26,991 --> 00:37:28,826 What do you want me to say? 687 00:37:30,597 --> 00:37:33,100 I just don't understand how you could do it. 688 00:37:33,142 --> 00:37:35,103 I did it because I loved you. 689 00:37:35,146 --> 00:37:37,441 I loved you too much. 690 00:37:37,483 --> 00:37:39,611 I was afraid I'd lose you. 691 00:37:39,653 --> 00:37:41,864 And I honestly thought she was dead. 692 00:37:41,974 --> 00:37:44,185 You thought she was? Why didn't you find out? 693 00:37:44,227 --> 00:37:47,217 I tried, Maggie, I tried for years. 694 00:37:47,241 --> 00:37:49,053 Then I met you, and... 695 00:37:49,077 --> 00:37:50,525 then I didn't try. 696 00:37:50,549 --> 00:37:52,843 I was afraid I'd find out she wasn't dead, 697 00:37:52,885 --> 00:37:54,554 and I'd have to give you up. 698 00:37:54,595 --> 00:37:56,190 Well, you don't have to be afraid anymore, 699 00:37:56,214 --> 00:37:57,568 because now I'm going. 700 00:37:57,592 --> 00:37:59,051 Maggie. Please leave me alone. 701 00:37:59,093 --> 00:38:01,221 Can't you see it's over? 702 00:38:05,034 --> 00:38:06,703 Maggie. 703 00:38:06,744 --> 00:38:09,391 Maggie, please don't cry. 704 00:38:09,415 --> 00:38:11,418 And don't worry. 705 00:38:11,453 --> 00:38:13,289 I'm gonna get a divorce from her. 706 00:38:13,331 --> 00:38:14,642 It'll just take a little time, that's all. 707 00:38:14,666 --> 00:38:15,959 Just a little time. 708 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:18,464 Look, you believe me, don't you? 709 00:38:19,633 --> 00:38:22,291 I believe you. 710 00:38:22,315 --> 00:38:24,860 But what difference does it make? 711 00:38:24,901 --> 00:38:26,946 Maggie, it means we're together 712 00:38:26,991 --> 00:38:28,595 and we're married. 713 00:38:28,619 --> 00:38:32,165 We're not married, and there's no time for a divorce. 714 00:38:32,208 --> 00:38:33,753 Why not? 715 00:38:33,794 --> 00:38:35,964 Because I'm going to have a child! 716 00:38:37,636 --> 00:38:39,263 Maggie. 717 00:38:41,728 --> 00:38:44,649 Maggie... you wait here. 718 00:38:45,786 --> 00:38:48,790 Promise me you'll stay here. 719 00:38:53,674 --> 00:38:55,636 You wait here, and I'll be back. 720 00:38:57,508 --> 00:38:59,552 Just remember one thing, Maggie... 721 00:39:01,171 --> 00:39:02,924 We're going west together. 722 00:39:25,223 --> 00:39:27,202 Anything stirring? 723 00:39:27,226 --> 00:39:29,205 Nothing as yet. 724 00:39:29,229 --> 00:39:31,509 Well, they're gonna be stirring, I'm sure of it. 725 00:39:31,533 --> 00:39:33,077 They wouldn't come snooping around 726 00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:35,247 if they weren't up to something. 727 00:39:35,291 --> 00:39:38,546 I don't think you should've sent those men out to get that Marshal. 728 00:39:38,587 --> 00:39:41,883 Well, that's mighty nice of you, Bragg, 729 00:39:41,928 --> 00:39:43,889 using your brain on my behalf. 730 00:39:43,931 --> 00:39:45,225 It was just an opinion. 731 00:39:45,268 --> 00:39:47,020 What was I supposed to do, 732 00:39:47,062 --> 00:39:48,707 let the Marshal ride up here and shoot us down? 733 00:39:48,731 --> 00:39:50,650 Look where we are. We've got five or six men, 734 00:39:50,693 --> 00:39:53,572 and that whole wagon camp's gonna come riding in here. 735 00:39:53,613 --> 00:39:55,575 It is? Yeah. 736 00:39:55,616 --> 00:39:57,220 Well, I don't see it. 737 00:39:57,244 --> 00:39:59,330 I don't see a head movin' anywhere. 738 00:40:00,666 --> 00:40:02,544 But if you see a head movin', 739 00:40:02,586 --> 00:40:05,089 just shoot it, huh? 740 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,775 Gettin' yourself pretty? 741 00:40:38,817 --> 00:40:40,903 I'm gettin' ready for bed. 742 00:40:40,946 --> 00:40:43,574 I thought maybe you were gettin' pretty to go out. 743 00:40:44,827 --> 00:40:46,955 Why should I go out? 744 00:40:46,998 --> 00:40:50,169 People sometimes like to go out. 745 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:52,760 Sometimes they like to travel. 746 00:40:52,802 --> 00:40:54,680 Some even like to go west 747 00:40:54,721 --> 00:40:56,474 with a wagon train. 748 00:41:03,285 --> 00:41:06,081 Now, if you want to go west, Violet, 749 00:41:06,158 --> 00:41:08,161 you just bring that subject up to me. 750 00:41:08,203 --> 00:41:10,206 You just ask me. 751 00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:12,855 Say, "Tucker, let's go west." 752 00:41:12,879 --> 00:41:14,171 And we'll go. 753 00:41:14,213 --> 00:41:16,326 Only in my opinion... 754 00:41:16,350 --> 00:41:19,312 You at your age and me at mine... 755 00:41:19,354 --> 00:41:21,190 There's not much point. 756 00:41:22,855 --> 00:41:25,211 What I'm tryin' to say is, honey, 757 00:41:25,235 --> 00:41:27,864 after you've spent your life goin' down the wrong road, 758 00:41:27,906 --> 00:41:29,283 why try to turn around? 759 00:41:29,325 --> 00:41:31,146 I don't believe you! 760 00:41:31,170 --> 00:41:32,923 You can always change. 761 00:41:32,965 --> 00:41:34,968 There's always a chance. 762 00:41:35,010 --> 00:41:37,847 You mean, change for another man? 763 00:41:37,891 --> 00:41:39,643 You just try. 764 00:42:00,014 --> 00:42:02,100 What are you doing... Shootin' stars? 765 00:42:03,564 --> 00:42:05,192 Would you boys be nervous? 766 00:42:05,233 --> 00:42:06,993 I don't see hundreds of men chargin' by here. 767 00:42:07,029 --> 00:42:08,657 There was someone movin' out there. 768 00:42:08,698 --> 00:42:10,263 I know there's somebody movin'. 769 00:42:10,287 --> 00:42:13,124 Get back to your places. Maybe there will be. 770 00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:20,298 ZEKE: Violet? 771 00:43:20,342 --> 00:43:22,054 Violet? 772 00:43:31,489 --> 00:43:32,908 Zeke. 773 00:43:39,459 --> 00:43:40,949 What's that? 774 00:43:40,973 --> 00:43:42,869 Some fellas from the wagon train, 775 00:43:42,893 --> 00:43:45,897 come to finish things up, like me. 776 00:43:45,931 --> 00:43:48,267 You needn't have bothered to come for that. 777 00:43:49,728 --> 00:43:51,898 I told you I'll never divorce you. 778 00:43:51,941 --> 00:43:54,253 That's right, Violet, you won't. 779 00:43:54,277 --> 00:43:56,906 There's no time left for things like that now. 780 00:43:58,418 --> 00:44:00,399 What are you talking about? 781 00:44:00,423 --> 00:44:02,402 Maggie's gonna have a child, Violet. 782 00:44:02,426 --> 00:44:04,096 My child. 783 00:44:05,799 --> 00:44:07,552 That's too bad. 784 00:44:11,068 --> 00:44:12,820 You shouldn't have married her 785 00:44:12,861 --> 00:44:14,423 while you still had another wife kicking around. 786 00:44:14,447 --> 00:44:16,200 That's right, Violet. 787 00:44:18,029 --> 00:44:19,799 That was a mistake. 788 00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:22,285 But I won't make another, I promise you. 789 00:44:22,329 --> 00:44:24,291 Whatever else happens, 790 00:44:24,332 --> 00:44:26,780 I won't see my kid come into the world like this. 791 00:44:26,804 --> 00:44:29,391 There's not much I can leave him. 792 00:44:29,432 --> 00:44:31,727 But he's got the right to a name. 793 00:44:33,699 --> 00:44:35,786 So I'm gonna have to kill you. 794 00:44:37,566 --> 00:44:39,861 Oh, Zeke, don't talk like that. 795 00:44:39,903 --> 00:44:41,342 You couldn't. 796 00:44:41,366 --> 00:44:43,703 Oh, yes, I could, Violet. 797 00:44:47,978 --> 00:44:49,772 But they'll hang you for it. 798 00:44:49,814 --> 00:44:51,733 Don't matter. 799 00:44:51,777 --> 00:44:54,072 Nothin' matters except that kid. 800 00:44:54,114 --> 00:44:56,993 You and me don't count, Violet. 801 00:44:57,062 --> 00:44:59,190 We don't count at all. 802 00:45:00,838 --> 00:45:02,965 I'll never let you go. 803 00:45:49,897 --> 00:45:52,651 Zeke, don't kill me! I can't give you up! 804 00:45:52,726 --> 00:45:55,021 I just can't! 805 00:46:02,797 --> 00:46:04,590 Put the gun away, Thomas. 806 00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:09,171 Easy. 807 00:46:14,610 --> 00:46:16,279 Where'd you come from? 808 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,115 Maggie asked me to come. 809 00:46:18,156 --> 00:46:19,784 I ran into a little trouble, 810 00:46:19,826 --> 00:46:21,536 but that's quieting down, 811 00:46:21,581 --> 00:46:23,710 so all I've got to do now is take care of you. 812 00:46:23,751 --> 00:46:26,005 Nothin' you could do to take care of me. 813 00:46:26,047 --> 00:46:28,134 I gotta do it all myself. 814 00:46:30,262 --> 00:46:32,453 All right. 815 00:46:32,477 --> 00:46:35,231 You want to kill her, you gotta take me first. 816 00:46:35,273 --> 00:46:38,235 That don't make sense. We're friends. 817 00:46:38,279 --> 00:46:41,325 Are we? You do what you're set on doing, 818 00:46:41,367 --> 00:46:43,579 and you're not worth crossing the street for. 819 00:46:43,620 --> 00:46:46,166 But I happen to care about Maggie, 820 00:46:46,210 --> 00:46:47,796 and she doesn't deserve this. 821 00:46:49,340 --> 00:46:51,801 So go ahead. If you're gonna draw, go ahead. 822 00:46:51,845 --> 00:46:53,806 You think I won't? 823 00:46:53,848 --> 00:46:55,997 FLINT: I'm waiting. 824 00:46:56,021 --> 00:46:57,666 You'd better enjoy yourself. 825 00:46:57,690 --> 00:46:59,442 You won't have long to wait. 826 00:46:59,484 --> 00:47:01,028 Zeke, don't! 827 00:47:01,073 --> 00:47:02,509 He'll just kill you. 828 00:47:02,533 --> 00:47:04,828 I'll give up. I'll do anything you want. 829 00:47:04,870 --> 00:47:07,874 You can have her. I love you. 830 00:47:20,396 --> 00:47:22,387 What's goin' on here? Nothing much. 831 00:47:22,411 --> 00:47:25,852 We came into town because... Well, we got kind of thirsty. 832 00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:27,544 Yeah, I see. Where's Flint? 833 00:47:27,586 --> 00:47:29,589 He's in the saloon, seeing that things are quiet. 834 00:47:29,631 --> 00:47:31,342 You bring the Marshal with you? 835 00:47:31,419 --> 00:47:33,422 The Marshal's dead, shot in the back. 836 00:47:33,463 --> 00:47:35,734 From the looks of things, it looks like your friend Tucker 837 00:47:35,758 --> 00:47:37,904 might've had something to do with it. 838 00:47:37,928 --> 00:47:41,002 Well, if he did, he's not gonna be able to tell you about it. 839 00:47:41,026 --> 00:47:43,363 And, Major, you got all the water you want. 840 00:47:43,405 --> 00:47:44,865 Tomorrow you can roll. 841 00:47:44,907 --> 00:47:47,034 Who have we got to thank for this? 842 00:47:47,076 --> 00:47:49,997 I guess you might say Zeke Thomas here. 843 00:47:50,039 --> 00:47:53,585 How it came about is gonna be pretty complicated to tell. 844 00:47:55,678 --> 00:47:57,407 Well, let's get our wagons. 845 00:47:57,431 --> 00:47:59,350 We gotta get loaded and get rollin'! Come on! 846 00:48:06,575 --> 00:48:08,326 All right, lead on! 847 00:48:08,368 --> 00:48:09,763 Let 'em roll! 848 00:48:09,787 --> 00:48:11,957 Come on, Wooster! Hyah!