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♪ Amy, soft as the April snow. ♪

♪ Amy, lovely as indigo. ♪

♪ You only kissed me and paradise smiled. ♪

♪ And the man was a child and the wind was so wild. ♪

♪ Amy, here's what I mean to say. ♪

♪ Love me, if only for today. ♪

♪ Let me know April and indigo blue. ♪

♪ And let paradise smile for me too. ♪

♪ Amy, soft as the April snow. ♪

♪ Amy, lovely as indigo. ♪

♪ You only kissed me and paradise smiled. ♪

♪ And the man was a child and the wind was so wild. ♪

♪ Amy, here's what I mean to say... ♪

♪ Love me, if only for today. ♪

♪ Let me know April and indigo blue. ♪

♪ And let paradise smile for me too. ♪

♪ Let me know April and indigo blue... ♪

♪ And let paradise smile for me too. ♪

♪ Amy... ♪

♪ Amy... ♪

Soldier.

Keep that arm covered.

- Did you get the water? - Yes, it cost us Jeremy.

Make sure the wounded get a ration of water.

- Yes sir. - Elmer, go bring in the outpost guard.

Ain't going no be Yankee foot soldiers here tonight.

Not as long as they're using their big guns, go ahead, get.

- Sergeant, what's the count? - Eleven men.

That's counting any wounded that can walk.

Them Yankees will be all over as soon as the cannons quit.

Sure ain't got much to hold them off with.

You know something? We ain't even going to try.

No sir, look.

We move straight east, we get out of this pocket.

So you can use the dark and that cannon fire to keep us covered.

At least there's a chance.

- Damn slim chance. - Better staying here sergeant.

- Yeah, I guess. - I know. Now, get them ready.

- Yes sir. - Alright men, we going to move.

Major.

- What is it? - I can't find my rifle.

Private, you go right on over there, hear?

- I'll find your rifle for you. - I had it only just a minute ago.

Tully, Tully.

Take what's left of the men and move east and move fast.

I'll lay back here and cover for you, now get out.

Go ahead.

It's a thousand of them coming. Carl, I tried to get to you...

I tried..

Dave.

Dave.

- I'm dying Cal. - Dave, David.

Boy, I thought you was one of them stray Yankees.

Halt.

Halt, I'll open fire.

Dave.

Get him a doctor.

Get him a doctor.

Get him a doctor.

Hear, let me see that newspaper boy.

- Come on, look, look at that. - He's telling the truth.

- Listen, we going to get out of here boy. - What?

It's over major, we're going to be let loose.

Guard says we'll be issued mounts and sent on our way.

That's the fourth time this month that the war is been over.

But it's so this time. He had a newspaper, I saw it.

We're going to go home.

You ain't bringing them cows through here.

You better haul yourself out of the way old man.

You pull that fence down, you'll have to answer to me and Mr. Sprague.

Alright, move them out.

Easy.

- Watch it. - Thanks.

- Don't I know you boy? - Cord Decker.

Doggone if it ain't.

The war must be really over to send all you young lads home.

- You hurt, Smoky? - I've been cut with barbed wire before.

It could've been worse.

My missus will raise Cain when she sees this torn shirt.

- You ain't asking what happened. - It's plain to see.

You're a real Kansas boy.

I better get back, tell Mr. Sprague what they did to his field here.

- Lord's own shame, ain't it? - Yeah, well maybe we can still catch them.

A dozen of them, just two of us Cord.

Leave it be, the lord's own shame.

I got some hot coffee, you're welcome to a cup.

Come on.

Alright.

Come out into the light where I can see your face.

Cal.

Cal Wayne.

- How are you Cord? - Doggone surprised is how, I thought...

Cal Wayne.

You're going to stop folks dead in their tracks when you get into Abilene.

- I can't look that bad. - You're supposed to be dead and buried.

I got a letter, it must be a year now.

Somebody spread the word they'd seen you shot dead.

Even went to your burying and laid lilies on your grave.

That come pretty close to the truth.

Hard to believe, I don't mean you still being alive but I mean us.

Why, not more than a month ago, me and you could never have talked.

And we weren't any different except my uniform was blue and yours was gray.

And our thinking was different too I guess.

- I hope all that's behind us. - Yeah, I hope.

You look like you could use some of that coffee.

- Come over, sit by the fire. - Oh, yeah.

Thought you'd never ask.

Hey Cal, I got a son.

He's two and I ain't even seen him yet.

- Is that right? - I got a picture though.

Ain't he a big one?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah well, you're a mighty, mighty lucky young man.

And on my way home.

You won't even know Abilene when you get back.

They had five sets of railway tracks running in there when I left.

- That right? - You ain't saying very much Cal.

You ain't giving much chance boy.

You know, I feel like, like I got wings.

Like I could flap my arms and fly.

Going home.

Hey, where's Dave Evers? You two get split up by Jeff Davis?

Would've taken a president to split you up.

Dave is dead.

Well listen now, you were reported dead, could be Dave Evers...

I said Dave is dead.

I'm sorry Cal.

So am I boy.

So am I.

Watch this.

Well, what's new Ed?

Oh, nothing much, things are about the same as...

Cal?

- Cal Wayne? - What's the matter?

You look like you just seen a ghost.

Folks thought you...

But you, you ain't dead.

Oh, I don't think so.

You getting a little thick around the middle, ain't you?

Well, yeah.

Frank, Frank Norton, come over here.

I'll be damned.

Ain't he, ain't he the healthiest looking ghost you ever saw?

- I'd have bet my shirt you wasn't killed. - Sure you would, me too.

The drinks are on me, come on.

Hey, hold, hold on Ed, I'd, I'd like to join you but...

well, I come here to see Grant Evers.

And I think I ought to do that first, where can I find him?

Odds are the king is in his counting house.

- Dave? - Yeah.

Grant put Dave's name on that sign when he first started.

He didn't took it off.

Grant is a farmer, what would he know about trading cattle?

All he has to.

Wayne, wasn't he sheriff here before the war?

- That's right. - Supposed to be fast with a gun.

- Supposed to be. - Not wearing one now.

Maybe he got religious.

Cal Wayne, he's alive, I just saw him.

- Cal Wayne? - He's coming here Alive.

Cal, I could hardly believe it, it's too good to be true.

Well, it's true, I don't know how good it is.

How about Dave?

He's dead.

- You were with him. - Yeah, up at Thompson's woods.

We got word, you know, soon after and seeing you again...

Thought maybe us...

My right arm. What I used to say he was.

And he was, he was.

Come on inside, I want you to see something.

- Please to see you back Mr. Wayne. - Thank you.

Well, you sure done real good for yourself, haven't you?

It's better than that.

You know Cal, when I first heard the railroad was coming through here...

I tied up all the big eastern cattle buyers.

- Cattle, eh? - Cattle, that's right.

I knew the ranchers would've to trail their herds up here for shipment.

You need land to graze the cattle on.

Fatten them up before shipping them out. Remember that land Dave bought for farming?

Yeah.

I've been adding to it ever since. This is it, Evers property.

Miles of it, second largest in the State and still growing.

Dave and Grant Evers. Sure wish Dave was here to see this.

His name will be up there as long as mine is.

Cal, did Dave say anything to you or...

give you a message for me before he died?

Grant, there wasn't much chance for him to say anything.

We got enough Yankee sod busters here in Abilene.

- Give me my gun. - Why sure, here it comes.

Alright, come on. We'll be glad to take you all on.

Come on, hold it. Go on, get out of here.

- Hey, my gun. - I'm taking the gun.

- It's mine. - I said I'm taking the gun.

Well, wait a minute.

Cord here, he was just minding his own business.

I'm sheriff of this town, Wayne, not you.

Back off, I want the gun.

Take it.

What are you backing that up with?

That gun in the dirt?

Why, you just back Wayne, so...

so I'm taking it easy on you.

This time, don't push.

- You told him Cal, just like the old days. - Did you see that Slade back down?

Yeah, he quit cold.

Come on Cal, take your old job back.

What about it Cal?

You know dang well we need you.

No, I've had about all fighting I want for a while.

Thanks just the same.

Cal, no use making that trip.

She's not there.

Amy, she's not at home, she's at the dressmakers.

I sent word to her but...

it's something I want to tell you before she gets here.

I mean, she's all right. Ain't nothing wrong with her, is it?

No, no, she's fine.

Cal, I want to level with you.

Amy is going to marry me, claims she hadn't heard from you for a year.

And then she got word for you that you were dead.

I hadn't heard from Dave and got word that he was gone and...

she had nobody, I had nobody.

There was nothing underhanded about it Cal.

- I understand that Grant. - You were still alive.

- I can tell you this... - Cal...

Amy, congratulations to you.

Grant here was telling me about you two.

- You didn't write. - Well, I...

That's all in the past, ain't it?

Well, look, look at the three of us standing here like...

kids caught with our hands in the cookie jar.

Shouldn't be that way at all, should it? I'm happy for both of you.

Well, forgive me, I got to be going.

Somebody is got to really welcome you back Cal.

You mark my words.

This time we'll get a legislature that'll look after the interests of the cattleman.

Teach some of these farmers the facts of life.

Up to now we've had to fight for everything the hard way.

Too many fences left in this state.

You know, you're right.

Kansas is changing from farm to cattle country and the...

sooner them sod busters find out about it the better it's going to be for him.

The farmers were here before that cussed railroad.

Mister, I wasn't talking to you.

Then you keep your speech making to yourself.

- Oh? - Nelson, I think you best go home.

I said get.

Nelson, I think you best stay home.

That was close.

Close only counts when you pitching horseshoes Frank.

You ever see 500 head of cattle on the move?

They take up plenty of space and they'll stomp you right into the...

ground, they don't stop for nothing, fences, sheds, crops, nothing.

That's why I sold out to Grant.

Considering there was nothing left of the farm, Grant give me a pretty good deal.

There's nothing for you in Abilene Cal.

Do yourself a favor and get out while you can.

No, no, you won't.

- Who's Joe Slade? - He was Grant's range boss.

Boyce Madden was sheriff and done a good job and Slade came on as his deputy.

Six weeks later Madden was bushwhacked.

Slade got his badge and they never did find the killer.

- Thanks Frank. - Cal...

I don't know what you figure on doing but if you stay...

you can't just sit on the front porch and fan yourself.

You going to have to pick a side.

Wayne.

You got a big reputation with a gun, how come you're not wearing one?

Well, everybody around here tells me that we got a real good sheriff.

So I figure I don't need me no gun.

Well, we got some pretty rough boys here bringing in those Texas cows.

I'd hate to see them take advantage of you.

Oh, thank you Sheriff, I, I appreciate that. I tell you what I'm going to do.

If I run into any kind of trouble whatsoever, why, I'm going to holler for you.

I'm not proud Cal.

- Leann, I... - I was waiting for you.

You didn't come to me, I came to you.

- I'm sorry I... - I love you.

I always have.

Grant, come out here Grant.

We want to talk to you, we got business with you Grant.

This is your last chance, we're going to take what's ours Grant.

We're through talking. Grant, you got 60 seconds to get out here.

They'll murder you, they will.

You just listen to them, they'll murder you.

- Come on out. - Come on out here.

Get out here Grant or we'll...

You can hear me in there Grant.

We ain't going to hold off no longer Grant. We'll come in and get you.

Thirty seconds.

Watch is running a little fast, ain't it Rod?

Stand clear of this Cal, don't try and stop us.

Well, that's not a job for me, that's a job for the sheriff.

- Well, what's your problem? - Grant drove in a herd yesterday.

Right through my property, tore out five miles of fence and my whole fall planting.

I want what's coming to me.

Well, there's a law here in Abilene and there's a courthouse too.

Well, you've been away a long time Cal, cattle money pays the judges.

We got cattlemen's law here, we know.

We're no being pushed another inch Cal.

We're going to protect what belongs to us.

Yeah.

I'm coming in to get you Grant.

I don't know, it seems to me that...

the way you want to do it, you going to get in a whole lot of trouble.

Now if Grant owes you, well, you'll get paid.

- Let's go. - Come on, let's go get him.

Cal, thank you, you said it all for me.

If you men had come here like businessmen instead of a hanging posse...

I'd have come out and told you myself. Now, my men made a mistake.

It's their fault and it's my responsibility.

So Sprague, you take your bill to the bank.

- I'll see that it's honored. - That's the first mistake Grant's made.

Eh? I wouldn't be too sure.

- I wonder what got into him. - I don't know.

- Just as long as I get my money. - The first time we ever came out on top.

- How about taking your old job back Cal? - We'll throw Slade out.

- Yeah Cal, how about it? - That's that Decker kid again.

Yeah Cal, how about it?

- Yeah, we need you Cal. - We all need you.

We're the shipping center of the west.

Price of beef is sky high, the demand is more than the...

supply and it all has to come through Abilene.,

Well, I've heard the same argument about wheat.

Cuban, the best.

Now I'm beginning to understand why the price of beef is so high.

Seems to me that, well, everything around here is the best.

Everything is the best, eh?

Almost.

Like to trade places?

What are you plans Cal?

Oh, I figured I'd head out to Oregon, California, maybe.

You know, a town like this could sure use you.

We're sitting on top of a powder keg here it's ready to go off any minute.

- We need a strong man. - You got a strong man.

Oh Slade, he's heavy handed, and he's got poor judgment.

He made an enemy of every farmer within a hundred...

miles of here and some say even further.

Funny, I wasn't talking about Slade.

Well Cal, I won't deny that the cattlemen have pushed the farmers pretty far till now.

But we'd be out of business if we hadn't.

- Well, how about now? - Now the trails are pretty well established.

We have all the grazing land we need, it's a kind of a balance.

But there's going to be trouble now and then and you can help maintain that balance.

The way you talked with Sprague this morning.

You got a hothead like that to listen, there be no trouble.

- Seems to me he had his reasons. - Well, it hasn't all been one sided Cal.

We paid double for that land, triple.

The cattlemen and the farmers listen to you, they trust you.

Now, Sprague said it this morning, Abilene needs you.

- You take the job as sheriff, will you? - I don't want it.

Alright, let me put it this way.

I need you.

It's a little hard for me to believe. Seems to me you don't need nothing.

That's how it looks from where you're standing.

Everything I own, every penny is tied up in those herds out...

in my range and if there's a range war, I'm wiped out.

Farmers are ready for it. Make no mistake about that.

Anything can set it off, it almost started this morning.

You know Cal, since you and Dave went away...

I've been at the mercy of every two bit gunslinger that had comes into town.

That's why I had to hire a man like Slade...

to be my right hand, the right hand that Dave was going to be.

But he's hired help, I can be out bid at any time.

I can't shoot Cal.

I can't trust anyone, it's like living with an ax over your head.

Watching every stranger that comes into town.

If Dave was here, it'd be no problem but Dave is dead.

There's only you Cal.

I need you, take the job.

Ok, seeing as how you put it that way, I...

- That's the least I owe you, eh? - Now, just a minute.

I don't blame you for my hand, we were kids, that was an accident.

No matter how you look at it,

if weren't for me, you still have both hands.

No, no.

I don't want you to take the job for that reason.

Look, I...

I'm here and I'm available. I'm willing to do it now.

Why don't we just let the reasons go by, eh?

But what about Joe Slade?

He used to work for me, I just hire him back is all.

Good, one more thing.

Has to be a law here saying, no guns in Abilene.

Oh, even you are going to find that hard to enforce.

To your health Sheriff.

Easy Tar.

- I'll see who it is Dad. - Oh, fine, sure, sure.

Play nice.

When Tar started barking, I knew it had to be you.

Old Tar didn't forget me. Well, I didn't mean that the way it sounded, that I.

I waited a long time Cal.

Grant told me, I...

I just left him.

Amy, looks like I'm going to take my old job back.

Grant said he was going to ask you, I never thought you would.

Man is got to earn a living somehow.

But you always talked about farming, we even...

If you'd only let me know you were still alive.

Too late to do anything about that now.

Besides Grant is going to make a good husband, real good.

Do you love him?

He's shown me nothing but kindness and consideration.

In a way, I do.

- Sheriff Slade on his way to see Grant. - Yeah? Well, I guess I better be going.

- Cal, why did you stop by? - I don't know.

Thought I wanted to talk.

I don't know.

Alright Cal.

The fat is in the fire and a man is a fool if he can't see it.

- You're asking me to step down. - I'm telling you to step down.

For myself, I don't question your loyalty Slade...

but a man has to pull his horns in sometime and this is it.

You saw what happened today in the streets, gun play.

Trouble every day and it's building up.

You can't push a man and expect him to thank you for it.

Slade, you heard them yelling at you today, didn't you?

Sometimes I think they hate you worse than they hate the cattlemen.

Oh, it was that Decker kid, he needs a good lesson...

Could've been anyone.

It's building up for some time now.

Got to have something to keep them from breaking out.

It's why I'm giving them Cal Wayne.

The farmers want him and they trust him.

- I can get him to do what I want him to do. - Don't be too sure.

- I have my way of handling him. - What about your Amy?

From what I hear, you're taking a chance having him around.

That's my business.

Ok, what's next?

You hand in your resignation in writing in the morning.

I want Judge Fennis to swear in Cal Wayne as soon as he can.

Then you come back to work for me at your old job.

There's a real future here Slade, for the right man.

What about Cal Wayne? He's a friend of yours too, isn't he?

Joe, when I grow, you grow with me.

Ok.

I'm ready.

- Good night. - Good night.

Hello Sheriff.

Sorry I wasn't here to see you sworn in but I figured somebody ought to mind the store.

Got a present for you.

- You planning on retiring? - Guess it's up to you.

- You like your work? - Yeah, I do.

Well, why don't you pin that back on?

I could be a spy left here by Slade to keep an eye on you.

Yeah, you could.

You still want me to pin this on?

If I want it back, I sure know how to ask for it.

If I was you, I wouldn't take the chance keeping me on.

You'll be good at your work, I've seen you at work.

- Yeah, I know that but you can't be sure. - Hey, you always so gabby?

Ok Sheriff.

Now, what are these?

Oh Joe Slade sure love those shoes. Took them off a gambler he shot last year.

Used to kill Joe's feet.

Get two sizes and too small.

You know, I still can't figure what you going to do with this.

I had them up all over town for two days now and had about 12 guns turned in.

- All from harmless folks. - Oh, why didn't you enforce it?

I was waiting for you to be sworn in Sheriff.

Let me tell you something.

A man wears a gun...

It means he's ready to use it.

Now I'm going to take my first tour, would you like to join me?

Sure, half the town is out, I wouldn't miss it.

- You forgetting your own gun. - I give it up.

You know what kind of man they got driving those cows in from Texas?

Tell you what, you stick real close to me and make sure nobody shoots me in the back.

Anything special you want done with your body?

No.

Just see that Slade don't get my boots.

Here they come.

I give them about a minute and a half for that turn in your gun law.

You don't know the man.

I got 50 dollars here says he never lives to see nightfall.

You're on.

- Hey Loop, here comes the new sheriff. - Hey Wayne, you the new sheriff?

Looks like you going to have a reception committee.

Come take a look at this.

I want to see Wayne talk himself out of this one.

You want me to give up my gun Sheriff?

- I ain't giving my gun up to nobody Sheriff. - Tell him Loop, tell him, tell him.

You best come take it from me Sheriff, if you want it.

- That's right Loop. - You know the law, I'll take the gun.

You can pick it up when you leave town.

I'll make him eat it.

Come ahead Sheriff.

That loudmouth is mean and fast and itching for trouble.

You better take this.

She looks kind of worried, doesn't she?

Come on Sheriff, I'm waiting for you to take my gun.

Alright, hold that a bit.

There ten guns in back of me to take care of you.

Now, you all know the law in Abilene.

Check your guns.

Well, you heard what the sheriff said, get.

- He's got them. - And they know it.

We were losing stock up in the north range, take some men up there.

See what's going on.

- Here, that will see you through. - Thanks.

- Anything else you want taken care of? - I'll let you know.

Anytime.

I don't like him either.

She's wonderful hostess Grant, everything was just perfect.

- I think she's too good for him. - Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves.

Good night.

- Pure magic Amy. - Thank you.

You know, I've always wanted to make this house a place that...

people would want to be invited to and you've done just that for me.

A wonderful way with people dear.

You're the best thing that's happened to me Amy.

She sure is.

- You still want to marry me? - What do you mean?

I'm a proud man Amy but I love you.

I don't want anything belongs to me belonging to somebody else.

Cal Wayne?

- That's over and done with. - You sure?

I'm sure.

Only two people in the whole world that ever meant any to me.

Dave and you.

Dave is lost now but...

I don't know what I'd do if I lost you.

I'll never let you down Amy.

I tell you what,

Why we have to wait until next month to get married?

- Why not next week? - Next week?

Sure, we can send out the invitations in the next couple of days.

That is unless something is holding you back.

- Nothing. - Good.

Dave...

Eh Dave?

You're alive, I'm glad, glad to see you're alive.

Dave, no Dave, I didn't do it.

The gun did it Dave, the gun did it Dave.

I, I didn't do it Dave...

I'll be back in a minute.

Thank you, sure she won't mind?

- She? - Leann.

- Beautiful team you got there. - An engagement present from Grant.

Fine animals, real fine.

- Is Leann the reason you didn't ask me to... - No.

I'm jealous Cal.

I've got no right but I am.

- Your wedding is in a week. - Why don't you tell me not to marry him?

Cal...

if I was you, I'd take a run out to the north trail and have a talk with a few people.

Some of Grant's men beat up the Collins boys last night.

They claim the farmers have been helping themselves to Grant's cattle.

- Well, have they? - Some people think Grant owe them something.

Subtle, ain't he?

Hold it. Hold it.

Separated from the herd, come on.

Slade, Slade, it's that loudmouth boy.

Yeah.

Let's go.

Look is here.

The calf strayed onto my farm, I was just bringing it back.

Sure you were.

Now Loop, you know farmers don't lie.

This man says he was bringing him back,

- He was bringing him back. - That's just what I was doing Slade.

Well, I'm not arguing with you boy.

I'm grateful to you, I've been meaning to thank you anyway for looking after my boy.

Well, you know he must be old, two years old by now.

Awful good-looking boy.

He lives with his mother at your house. Awful good-looking woman your wife.

You filthy...

Hey Slade, about that boy. He ain't yours, he's mine.

Go get him Loop.

Hey, it could be just as easy anybody's kid now I come to think on it.

- She wasn't too choosy. - Shut your...

- I want your ears. - He's mine.

He's mine, get off him.

Get off.

Alright now, strip off his shirt, tie him up to that wagon.

Move.

Give me the rope.

Now sod-buster...

You stay off Mr. Evers' land and you keep your hands off Mr. Evers' cattle.

Now get him out of here.

Come on, we can't hang around here all day.

Ain't you ever seen a horse run up a hill before?

Trouble with this business is it makes a man old before his time.

I never did hear of no sheriff living to be an old man, did you?

Sure.

They didn't shoot old Walter Smith till he was almost 31.

- Probably lied about his age. - Probably.

Ward.

- What's that? - Let's have a look, come on.

- Take him down easy now. - Ok.

Easy, easy.

Watch his back, watch his back, watch his back.

Man, I never saw nobody cut up like that before.

He's just about alive.

Going to need a wagon to get him to doc Caswell's.

I'll get one Nelson's place is about a mile from here.

Yeah.

He ain't come out of it yet. Ain't no sense in you hanging around.

- I'll stay with him. - If you need me just holler.

Sheriff, what you going to do about it?

- I don't know yet. - You don't know?

- But Cord is a friend of yours. - Why is it matter?

Cord came to for a couple of seconds.

Between what he said and what his wife told us, we found out how it happened.

Cord was taking a stray Calf off his land back onto Evers'.

He ran into Slade and a couple of his buddies.

Cord was on Evers' land, we can't hang a thing on Slade.

Yeah, I know that.

You see...

in this state it's perfectly all right to just go ahead and shoot a man...

if he trespasses on your property.

Legally, our hands are tied.

Well, your hands may be tied but ours ain't.

I tell you something else Sheriff, you better strap on a gun.

If Cord dies, you going to have to use it on me to stop me.

He was trespassing.

- The law says... - I know what the law says.

For the past 3 years, we've gotten what we wanted from the farmers by splitting them up.

By out-guessing them every time they tried to get together and you...

give them the one thing that could pull them together.

And you know what will happen if Cord Decker dies?

I got a pretty good idea, yeah.

I thought this is just another stupid mistake of yours Slade but it wasn't, was it?

- You're trying to force a showdown. - I can handle anything that ends up.

Well, you're a fool.

That's the one thing we've got to avoid.

I work for you.

But I want to tell you one thing.

Any stupid mistake was made was yours.

When you paid off Sprague in front of those farmers last...

week you showed them you could give in,

That's something you never did before and you never should've done it.

You got to where you are by clubbing them till they was too scared to move...

and you got to keep on doing it if you want to stay on top.

Alright alright, you said your piece.

Not going to argue with you.

Go on up to the range cabin in the buttes.

And just hope that Cord Decker doesn't die and this whole mess blows over.

What if he does die?

Then we'll both know which one of us made the mistake Slade.

You were hoping that was Cal.

I'm stone sober Amy.

Is there anything I can do?

I know I haven't given you much to be proud about since your mother died Amy.

But even if I failed, your happiness is all I ever wanted in the whole world.

I know Dad, I know.

As long as you know Cal is alive you never be happy with Grant.

Don't marry him Amy.

You'll regret it for the rest of your life if you do.

Don't do it, don't.

Take it easy now, take it easy boy.

It's me, Cal.

Slade.

Filthy lies about my Annie, my son.

Don't you worry, I'll take care of Slade.

Thanks Cal.

Two years of war, didn't get a scratch.

Come home and...

You be all right boy.

It's funny.

Man is got to fight to live in peace.

- How is he? - He's conscious but that's about all.

Now look, you're not doing Cord or yourselves any good.

- We not breaking the law, are we? - No.

Then why don't you just let us worry about that?

Look, Cord is my friend.

And if my friend dies, then I'm going to make Slade a personal affair.

Slade takes his orders from Grant Evers, you going to make that a personal affair too?

Pretty edgy.

- Notice that wagon they got with them? - Yeah.

I'm glad you got the good sense to leave it alone.

You've seen Grant?

He's got a herd of cattle coming in, he's probably at his ranch.

Well, I think I better take a ride out there.

What I do if Cord dies?

Don't do nothing, I won't be gone that long.

- I came by to see Grant, is he around? - I'm waiting for him myself.

Well I, I think I better wait outside till he gets back.

I came to tell Grant I'm not marrying him, you can come in.

I'm returning the team and buggy, the saddle horse is mine.

I just can't marry Grant.

You going to hurt him Amy, he loves you.

Is that all you can say Cal?

- That's all. - You loved me.

We planned our life together, is that all gone?

Amy, I can't hurt Grant.

I've been trying to understand Cal, ever since you got back.

It just can't be a guilty conscience over that accident to Grant's hand.

You weren't like this before the war, what is it Cal? What happened?

Amy, the war does funny things, it...

You're somebody else.

You're the man that left Abilene and you're somebody else too.

You never knew how to run and hide before.

And you don't love Leann. She loves you but you don't love her.

You let her hide you and she doesn't care.

The fight you had in front of the Star saloon.

You were afraid, I saw it.

I did, you were afraid and you didn't use your gun.

Why? What were you afraid of?

It wasn't the man, it was something else.

What are you running away from Cal? Please please, let me fight this with you.

Let us both fight it with you Cal.

I've seen things too Amy.

I saw Cal give you up.

I saw him take the job of Sheriff when he wanted no part of it.

Just because I asked him to do it.

I think you're right Amy.

A man doesn't do all those things just out of friendship.

What am I holding over your head that I don't know about?

I killed your brother Grant.

You killed Dave.

We were on patrol.

Ran into a Yankee advance.

Boxed us in for about three days.

And snipers were picking off my men one by one.

And they started throwing those heavy guns.

They followed that up with an infantry rush.

We push them back, they start the whole thing all over again.

Well, they kept that up.

No sleep.

Pretty soon the supplies were down to zero.

Down to five guys.

Five guys out of a whole patrol,

I sent four of them to try to slip out, get away.

I laid back and I covered them.

Yankees started throwing some big guns again.

And all of a sudden everything was real still.

Real still.

I heard a noise in the brush and I wheeled and I fired.

I didn't even realize I'd pulled the trigger.

Was Dave.

By the time I got to him...

he was dead.

I was, I was taking his body back in when the snipers got me.

Took me to a prison hospital till a couple months before the war was over.

Then to a prison camp.

That's what I owe you Grant, a part of it's paid.

I can't fire a gun.

I should've told you when I first got back to town but...

- don't ask me why I didn't. - I'm sorry Cal.

He kills my brother and takes you away from me and you're sorry for him?

I never belong to you Grant. What happened to Dave was an accident.

An accident, eh?

I see.

I'm sorry but I can't...

Go on, get out, both of you.

Where's Slade?

I rode out here to tell you that Sprague is lining up a bunch of farmers in town.

If Cord Decker dies, be a whole lot of trouble.

Sprague, eh?

Sprague, eh?

Well, you tell those farmers that Decker trespassed on my property.

If anyone else tries it, they'll get the same treatment.

And I would think about that.

I got 40 men, 20 more than I need, you think that over.

I'll go the rest of the way myself.

Alright.

- Seems to be nobody home. - Dad is spending the night in town.

- Good night. - Good night.

You know, it's nothing the matter with his farm that a man who wanted to couldn't cure.

Leann?

That's more than that, it's Leann and Grant...

Slade and all of it.

Cord is dead, everything is busted wide open.

Sprague's bunch has already had a run-in with Grant's men and...

and Frank Norton is dead, so are some of his hands.

Everybody got a taste of blood and now the...

farmers want to hang all the cattlemen they can find.

I thought Sprague had more sense than that.

Yeah, well, the last I heard he was yelling to hang Grant and Slade.

That means they'll be coming back this way.

You better not stay here alone.

We going to go back to Grant's so you take the back road.

It's longer but it's safer.

Get yourself to the hotel. See you there later, come on.

It's open.

What do you want?

Bill Reardon just rode into town through the buttes, the Decker kid's dead.

Sprague is fixed up a posse to hang all the cattlemen starting with us.

Get out of here.

I risked my neck to ride in here and tell you that.

Get out of here, smell like a wet sheepdog, get out.

You're drunk.

Not drunk enough to know that no good will come of your hanging around here.

Slade, I tell you what I'm going to do for you.

There you are.

Now ride off my land and don't come back.

Your land? 200 acres you got from your dead brother?

I killed men so you could build this place up into something.

Because you didn't have the guts to do it yourself.

That's not enough.

I want more than that.

Alright, you want more?

I'll get you more.

You're not scared, eh Slade?

Not at all.

You should because I'm going to kill you.

I'll settle my differences with the farmers and be a hero besides.

I'm going to kill the man...

that whipped Cord Decker to death.

- Looks like it's my deal. - I'll raise the ante Slade.

- But I won't crawl. - It's too late for that.

That was Slade.

Grant.

Open up, it's me Wayne. Grant Grant.

What is it?

Oh Grant used to keep the keys to, to his storeroom at the office on this chain.

They're gone, he had them on him last time I saw him.

If Slade took it, he must be heading for town right now.

You be able to use it, you talk in your sleep.

You take care of him.

I'm going after Slade.

Good luck.

Don't worry Mrs. Decker, we're not letting Cord down.

We're hanging Grant and Slade.

- And you're not going to stop us Cal. - Grant is dead.

Slade got to him first. Ward is bringing the body into town now.

Well, I just say that save much trouble.

- We'll still get Slade. - Be no lynching.

I take care of Slade.

Why won't you all go home and put away your guns...

before you get yourselves in a whole lot of trouble?

Alright, we'll let you take care of him.

- He's packing a gun. - Yeah,

Cal.

- Cal. - What are you doing here?

- Go back upstairs. - Who is it? Grant?

Grant is dead.

Slade is throwing all that lead out there, he killed Grant.

Wayne, if you step out into the street, I'll argue the point with you.

My horse is in the stable, you can get out through the back door.

I always thought you had a yellow streak, you can prove me wrong.

- I'm going out there. - You got no chance out there.

It's my only chance.

I'm ready to fight it even.

Amy, if I run now...

I'm finished.

Me and you is finished.

It's right here in this gun.

I got to pull the trigger.

♪ Amy... ♪

♪ Amy... ♪

♪ You only kissed me and paradise smiled ♪

♪ And the man was a child and the wind was so wild ♪

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