1 00:00:04,379 --> 00:00:07,121 [ playing mouth harp ] 2 00:00:24,834 --> 00:00:26,183 Looks like stealing cows 3 00:00:26,314 --> 00:00:28,316 is a lot easier than robbing banks. 4 00:00:28,446 --> 00:00:31,014 Sure seems to be, the way he does it. 5 00:00:31,145 --> 00:00:32,755 Why do we have to do all the work, Ross? 6 00:00:32,886 --> 00:00:35,105 He just lays there playing that fool mouth harp. 7 00:00:35,236 --> 00:00:38,108 - [ chuckles ] - GABE: What's so funny? 8 00:00:38,239 --> 00:00:41,633 You are, Gabe. You are, for sure. 9 00:00:41,764 --> 00:00:44,723 Three of you take over an hour to put 40 steers in a box canyon, 10 00:00:44,854 --> 00:00:47,552 while I've been unloading the gear, making camp, building a fire, 11 00:00:47,683 --> 00:00:49,337 putting supper on to cook and the coffee to boil, 12 00:00:49,467 --> 00:00:50,904 and you're the one that complains. 13 00:00:51,034 --> 00:00:52,731 What you cooking? 14 00:00:52,862 --> 00:00:53,907 Biscuits and beans. 15 00:00:54,037 --> 00:00:55,386 GABE: Not again. 16 00:00:55,517 --> 00:00:56,779 Oh, cool off, Gabe. 17 00:00:56,910 --> 00:00:58,955 Belly aching ain't going to get you anywhere. 18 00:00:59,086 --> 00:01:00,261 I'm fed up, Ross. 19 00:01:00,391 --> 00:01:01,566 Stop it, Gabe. 20 00:01:01,697 --> 00:01:03,655 Fix yourself some coffee and forget it. 21 00:01:08,182 --> 00:01:10,619 Look, Christy, I can put up with the chow. 22 00:01:10,749 --> 00:01:12,664 When do we get our money out of them beeves? 23 00:01:12,751 --> 00:01:14,928 Now don't get your belt in a knot about that again. 24 00:01:15,058 --> 00:01:16,103 I got buyers lined up. 25 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:17,582 We'll sell them as we go. 26 00:01:17,713 --> 00:01:19,106 Aw, that's too slow. 27 00:01:19,236 --> 00:01:21,151 I ain't no cow waddy. 28 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:24,546 Let's take us a bank or a stagecoach or something. 29 00:01:24,676 --> 00:01:27,418 I figure you boys have taken about all the banks 30 00:01:27,549 --> 00:01:28,942 you're gonna in this territory. 31 00:01:29,072 --> 00:01:31,031 You saying we washed up? 32 00:01:31,118 --> 00:01:34,338 No, I'm just saying that every lawman within 500 miles 33 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:36,079 is gonna have a picture of the three Banister brothers 34 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:38,821 right on top of his "wanted" stack. 35 00:01:38,952 --> 00:01:41,215 City life isn't going to be too healthy for you for a while. 36 00:01:41,345 --> 00:01:42,694 You better stick to the wide open. 37 00:01:42,781 --> 00:01:45,567 Well, lying low is one thing, 38 00:01:45,697 --> 00:01:47,308 but pushing cows all around 39 00:01:47,395 --> 00:01:49,266 Wyoming ain't my idea of a good life. 40 00:01:49,397 --> 00:01:50,746 A good life? 41 00:01:50,876 --> 00:01:53,183 I used to think about that once. 42 00:01:53,314 --> 00:01:54,619 I never figured I'd be traveling 43 00:01:54,750 --> 00:01:56,534 - in your company to get it. - Meaning? 44 00:01:56,665 --> 00:01:59,059 Don't take it personal, Gabe. 45 00:01:59,189 --> 00:02:02,062 I mean the three of you are willing to kill to get what you want. 46 00:02:02,192 --> 00:02:03,977 I've done it to stay alive. 47 00:02:04,107 --> 00:02:06,066 - Never to take. - I see. 48 00:02:06,196 --> 00:02:09,243 So that makes you better, huh? 49 00:02:09,373 --> 00:02:11,332 No, it just makes you sleep better. 50 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,424 Christy, your coffee stinks. 51 00:02:20,384 --> 00:02:22,038 You shouldn't have done that, Ross. 52 00:02:22,169 --> 00:02:24,084 I'm getting a little tired of pinning his ears back, 53 00:02:24,214 --> 00:02:25,911 just to teach him some manners. 54 00:02:26,042 --> 00:02:28,001 Gabe's a growing boy, Christy. 55 00:02:28,131 --> 00:02:30,438 I reckon that's the only way. 56 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:17,806 Slim! 57 00:04:17,893 --> 00:04:19,547 Slim, I found it! 58 00:04:21,984 --> 00:04:23,551 Slim! 59 00:04:47,052 --> 00:04:49,142 [ tree creaking ] 60 00:04:52,928 --> 00:04:54,321 [ horse whinnying ] 61 00:05:26,701 --> 00:05:30,313 It was Slim, all right, but I couldn't see Jess. 62 00:05:30,444 --> 00:05:33,447 Well, it's way past suppertime. 63 00:05:33,577 --> 00:05:36,493 You can be sure that Jess will be riding in soon. 64 00:05:36,580 --> 00:05:38,582 There are rustlers out there. 65 00:05:38,669 --> 00:05:40,932 Don't you think they should have stayed together? 66 00:05:41,063 --> 00:05:42,717 I don't think they should have gone at all 67 00:05:42,847 --> 00:05:44,371 without the sheriff. 68 00:05:44,501 --> 00:05:46,503 But they don't see things the way I do. 69 00:05:46,634 --> 00:05:48,288 [ door opening ] 70 00:05:52,944 --> 00:05:54,946 Oh, Slim. 71 00:05:55,077 --> 00:05:58,211 Half the dirt you're shaking is going right in your supper. 72 00:05:58,341 --> 00:05:59,995 Oh, I'm sorry, Daisy. 73 00:06:00,082 --> 00:06:01,518 Tried to get it off outside, 74 00:06:01,605 --> 00:06:03,172 but I just got more on than I did off. 75 00:06:03,303 --> 00:06:04,434 Well, I guess it doesn't matter much. 76 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,393 There's so much dirt in here now, 77 00:06:06,523 --> 00:06:08,308 it seeps right through the walls. 78 00:06:08,395 --> 00:06:10,005 Did you find the rustlers? 79 00:06:10,135 --> 00:06:11,615 Well, I sure didn't, Mike. 80 00:06:11,746 --> 00:06:13,400 But I can't say how Jess made out. 81 00:06:13,530 --> 00:06:15,402 We kind of lost track of each other a while back. 82 00:06:15,532 --> 00:06:17,752 You haven't seen him, have you? 83 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,710 Not since you left together this morning. 84 00:06:19,841 --> 00:06:22,278 You don't think he got lost in the storm? 85 00:06:22,409 --> 00:06:23,932 Well, you know Jess, Mike. 86 00:06:24,062 --> 00:06:26,500 He probably found some nice, quiet spot out of the wind. 87 00:06:26,630 --> 00:06:28,676 He'll be here when the dust settles. 88 00:06:28,806 --> 00:06:31,244 Mike, put the plates on the table so we can eat. 89 00:06:31,374 --> 00:06:32,680 It's about time. 90 00:06:35,204 --> 00:06:37,119 Slim, you don't think 91 00:06:37,250 --> 00:06:39,295 that Jess could have found the cattle thieves? 92 00:06:39,426 --> 00:06:40,992 I don't think so, Daisy. 93 00:06:41,123 --> 00:06:42,646 They must have been long gone 94 00:06:42,733 --> 00:06:44,692 by the time we missed that stock this morning. 95 00:06:44,779 --> 00:06:47,390 He's just out there looking, too stubborn to come in. 96 00:06:47,477 --> 00:06:50,785 And you don't think that you ought to try to find him? 97 00:06:50,915 --> 00:06:52,482 Daisy, there's dust so blamed thick out there, 98 00:06:52,613 --> 00:06:53,875 I could be standing right next to Jess 99 00:06:54,005 --> 00:06:55,311 and not even know it. 100 00:06:55,442 --> 00:06:56,965 We're gonna have to wait. 101 00:06:57,052 --> 00:06:59,837 Hey, Slim, you know what I can do today? 102 00:06:59,968 --> 00:07:00,925 What's that? 103 00:07:01,056 --> 00:07:03,014 I can spit mud. 104 00:07:30,128 --> 00:07:32,392 [ horse whinnies ] 105 00:08:43,288 --> 00:08:46,117 [ whistling ] 106 00:08:52,863 --> 00:08:55,170 [ horse approaching ] 107 00:10:03,325 --> 00:10:05,196 Sleeping on your horse, friend? 108 00:10:05,283 --> 00:10:06,676 Riding all night? 109 00:10:08,286 --> 00:10:11,507 Hey, Jess. Jess Harper, don't you recognize me? 110 00:10:13,683 --> 00:10:15,729 - Christy. - Sure, it's Christy. 111 00:10:15,859 --> 00:10:17,252 Ow. 112 00:10:20,385 --> 00:10:21,778 Jess! 113 00:10:21,909 --> 00:10:22,953 Come on. 114 00:10:41,755 --> 00:10:43,496 Been huntin' elephant? 115 00:10:45,062 --> 00:10:46,716 Looks like one of them stepped on you. 116 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:49,719 You're all stove in, boy. 117 00:10:49,806 --> 00:10:53,854 Spent half the night under a tree that fell on me. 118 00:10:53,984 --> 00:10:56,334 You can sure use some fixing. 119 00:10:56,465 --> 00:10:59,424 There's some ranches over that ridge; you better head for them. 120 00:10:59,555 --> 00:11:01,035 How long has it been, Christy? 121 00:11:01,165 --> 00:11:03,820 Seven, eight years? 122 00:11:03,951 --> 00:11:05,561 Yeah, I guess it has been that long 123 00:11:05,648 --> 00:11:07,781 since we rode trail together all the way up from Texas. 124 00:11:08,999 --> 00:11:11,654 Still a drover? 125 00:11:11,785 --> 00:11:13,395 Rancher. 126 00:11:13,526 --> 00:11:16,572 I help run a relay station on a small spread 127 00:11:16,659 --> 00:11:17,921 with a fellow named Sherman. 128 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:19,140 That so? 129 00:11:19,270 --> 00:11:21,446 You must be doing all right. 130 00:11:21,577 --> 00:11:23,840 We got our troubles now and then. 131 00:11:23,971 --> 00:11:25,581 So I'm glad it was you that found me. 132 00:11:27,801 --> 00:11:30,455 Figured it could have been somebody else? 133 00:11:30,586 --> 00:11:32,196 Yeah, rustlers. 134 00:11:32,327 --> 00:11:35,983 Somebody run off 15 head of our stock. 135 00:11:36,113 --> 00:11:38,115 They're marked with an "S" brand. 136 00:11:38,246 --> 00:11:39,203 You ain't seen them, have you? 137 00:11:39,334 --> 00:11:41,162 Well, Jess, 138 00:11:41,292 --> 00:11:43,512 guess I shouldn't try lying to an old friend, should I? 139 00:11:43,643 --> 00:11:45,035 Especially one that pure and simple 140 00:11:45,166 --> 00:11:46,950 saved me from a dirty back-shooter. 141 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:48,691 Remember him, in Abilene? 142 00:11:50,127 --> 00:11:50,998 Seems I do. 143 00:11:52,434 --> 00:11:53,435 You were saying? 144 00:11:53,566 --> 00:11:57,047 Oh, yeah, about the cattle. 145 00:11:57,134 --> 00:12:00,398 I've seen them, up pretty close. 146 00:12:00,529 --> 00:12:03,271 I guess I shouldn't try stealing from an old friend either. 147 00:12:04,925 --> 00:12:07,275 How'd you get into that kind of business? 148 00:12:07,362 --> 00:12:09,625 Too long a story to make very good listening. 149 00:12:09,756 --> 00:12:11,671 You know, I kept drifting, 150 00:12:11,801 --> 00:12:14,369 make some money, gamble it away. 151 00:12:14,456 --> 00:12:16,980 Take a little to get even. 152 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:19,853 I figure that's about market price for your beeves. 153 00:12:21,724 --> 00:12:23,465 Not the money, Christy. 154 00:12:23,596 --> 00:12:27,164 - I want the cattle. Where are they? - I can't do that, Jess. 155 00:12:27,295 --> 00:12:30,428 I got sort of a deal going with the Banister brothers. 156 00:12:32,169 --> 00:12:34,563 When did you start running with them three sidewinders? 157 00:12:34,694 --> 00:12:37,784 Oh, I'm not regular with them, but I got to see this through. 158 00:12:37,914 --> 00:12:39,524 Then I'm quitting, starting over in Canada. 159 00:12:39,655 --> 00:12:41,048 By money from stolen cattle? 160 00:12:41,178 --> 00:12:42,919 All right. 161 00:12:43,050 --> 00:12:44,921 Now take it and go over to those ranches. 162 00:12:45,052 --> 00:12:46,967 My partners aren't as forgiving as I am. 163 00:12:52,494 --> 00:12:53,756 Where's the stock, Christy? 164 00:12:53,887 --> 00:12:55,715 Oh, now, Jess, come on. 165 00:12:55,845 --> 00:12:57,978 Now take it and forget about it. 166 00:12:58,108 --> 00:13:00,458 You can't drive those cows back to your ranch in the shape you're in. 167 00:13:00,589 --> 00:13:01,677 Show a little sense for a change. 168 00:13:01,808 --> 00:13:03,723 You show a little sense. 169 00:13:03,853 --> 00:13:05,899 I'd hate to use this on you. 170 00:13:05,986 --> 00:13:08,031 Yeah, sure, Jess, you'd have a hard time, too, 171 00:13:08,162 --> 00:13:10,599 'cause that gun of yours isn't loaded. 172 00:13:10,730 --> 00:13:12,470 What now? 173 00:13:15,648 --> 00:13:17,345 I figured you might be on our trail. 174 00:13:17,475 --> 00:13:19,390 Look, you take that and get yourself fixed up. 175 00:13:19,477 --> 00:13:22,089 Things will look a lot different to you then. 176 00:13:22,176 --> 00:13:23,917 Come on. 177 00:13:37,844 --> 00:13:39,628 You're making a mistake, Christy. 178 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:41,064 No, not this time. 179 00:13:41,195 --> 00:13:42,849 I figure we're even now. 180 00:13:42,979 --> 00:13:44,894 Next time, who knows how it'll turn out. 181 00:13:45,025 --> 00:13:47,027 Good luck to you, Jess. 182 00:13:47,157 --> 00:13:48,463 Wish we had more time to talk, you were always-- 183 00:13:48,593 --> 00:13:50,117 [ gunshot ] 184 00:14:27,502 --> 00:14:29,678 If there's a rifle on you, mister, 185 00:14:29,765 --> 00:14:31,680 put up your hands and turn around. 186 00:14:33,203 --> 00:14:34,988 Look, lady, 187 00:14:35,118 --> 00:14:37,599 I got all the trouble I can handle the way things are. 188 00:14:37,730 --> 00:14:39,166 You heard what I said. 189 00:16:10,387 --> 00:16:11,780 I wouldn't do that. 190 00:16:15,218 --> 00:16:16,785 You've got at least one cracked rib, 191 00:16:16,916 --> 00:16:18,526 most likely more. 192 00:16:18,656 --> 00:16:21,007 I think you better stay right where you are. 193 00:16:21,137 --> 00:16:22,443 Hungry? 194 00:16:22,573 --> 00:16:24,488 My name is Sharon Helford. 195 00:16:24,619 --> 00:16:25,620 And you'd be? 196 00:16:27,709 --> 00:16:30,799 Harper, ma'am. Jess Harper. 197 00:16:30,930 --> 00:16:32,409 Sorry about the gun yesterday. 198 00:16:32,540 --> 00:16:34,281 We've been expecting a little trouble, 199 00:16:34,411 --> 00:16:36,500 and for a minute there, I thought you might be it. 200 00:16:36,631 --> 00:16:38,285 Aren't you going to eat? 201 00:16:43,246 --> 00:16:44,508 I thought you were never going to wake up. 202 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:46,989 You didn't even stir when I shaved you. 203 00:16:48,773 --> 00:16:49,949 You shaved me? 204 00:16:50,079 --> 00:16:52,647 Uh-huh. Hope you don't mind. 205 00:16:52,777 --> 00:16:54,823 I thought you might feel better if you were cleaned up a little. 206 00:16:57,304 --> 00:16:59,306 No, ma'am, I don't mind. 207 00:17:03,179 --> 00:17:04,964 Did I bandage you too tight? 208 00:17:06,835 --> 00:17:08,054 You bandaged me, too? 209 00:17:08,184 --> 00:17:08,968 Mm-hmm. 210 00:17:10,795 --> 00:17:12,580 Oh, they're not too tight. 211 00:17:12,710 --> 00:17:15,322 It's a good thing Pa was home when I brought you here. 212 00:17:15,452 --> 00:17:16,889 I wouldn't have been able to get you in the house. 213 00:17:16,976 --> 00:17:18,673 You're heavy. 214 00:17:18,803 --> 00:17:21,284 - Your pa lives here? - Uh-huh. 215 00:17:21,415 --> 00:17:23,373 Then it was him that put me to bed and everything, huh? 216 00:17:23,504 --> 00:17:24,984 Of course. 217 00:17:27,682 --> 00:17:29,989 Well, that's more like it. I was beginning to think 218 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,295 you might turn out to be a finicky eater. 219 00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:33,862 How were you hurt, Mr. Harper? 220 00:17:33,993 --> 00:17:36,952 A tree blew down, with me under it. 221 00:17:37,083 --> 00:17:39,694 I wandered around mostly after that. 222 00:17:39,824 --> 00:17:41,348 Reckon I was half out of my head. 223 00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:43,002 I should think so. 224 00:17:43,089 --> 00:17:44,568 It's a good thing I found you, 225 00:17:44,699 --> 00:17:46,570 or you might still be wandering around out there. 226 00:17:46,657 --> 00:17:49,312 You know, I don't even know where I am. 227 00:17:49,399 --> 00:17:51,445 Folks call this valley "the back of the moon," 228 00:17:51,575 --> 00:17:53,926 'cause it's so hard to get to from the outside. 229 00:17:54,056 --> 00:17:56,058 Pa calls it the backside of nowhere. 230 00:17:56,189 --> 00:17:58,191 You folks got it all to yourselves? 231 00:17:58,321 --> 00:18:00,236 No, there are some other small ranches. 232 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:02,673 None of them amount to much, ours included. 233 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,675 But we're beginning to build a pretty good herd. 234 00:18:04,762 --> 00:18:06,155 [ horse approaching ] 235 00:18:06,242 --> 00:18:07,852 Excuse me, there's Pa. 236 00:18:11,334 --> 00:18:12,945 Lon, what happened to your arm? 237 00:18:13,075 --> 00:18:15,730 I got nicked by a bullet, Sharon. 238 00:18:15,860 --> 00:18:17,123 Is that hurt fella awake yet? 239 00:18:17,253 --> 00:18:19,125 Yes. What's the matter with you two? 240 00:18:25,044 --> 00:18:26,262 - LON: Is it him? - He's the one. 241 00:18:26,393 --> 00:18:28,090 What one? What are you talking about? 242 00:18:28,177 --> 00:18:30,136 He was with Christy yesterday when I got shot. 243 00:18:31,702 --> 00:18:34,183 - You know Christy? - Yeah, I know him. 244 00:18:37,143 --> 00:18:38,709 And I'm telling you right off, 245 00:18:38,796 --> 00:18:40,581 any friend of Christy's is no friend of mine. 246 00:18:40,711 --> 00:18:43,627 - Lon. - Who is he, Sharon? 247 00:18:43,714 --> 00:18:45,281 I'm Lon Jamison. 248 00:18:45,412 --> 00:18:46,848 What about you, you got a name? 249 00:18:46,979 --> 00:18:47,936 He told me who he is. 250 00:18:48,067 --> 00:18:49,764 He's Jess Harper. 251 00:18:49,894 --> 00:18:51,418 It's good as any I guess. 252 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:54,203 It happens to be the real one, mister. 253 00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:57,641 I don't think you'd believe anything I say anyway. Why? 254 00:18:57,772 --> 00:19:00,688 Two months ago, Christy came through here 255 00:19:00,818 --> 00:19:03,038 trying to line up a buyer for his stolen beef. 256 00:19:03,169 --> 00:19:04,692 The ranchers around here told him to go fly. 257 00:19:04,822 --> 00:19:06,955 If they ever saw him again, they'd kill him. 258 00:19:07,086 --> 00:19:09,566 Well, I saw him again, yesterday. 259 00:19:09,653 --> 00:19:10,915 And you were with him. 260 00:19:14,180 --> 00:19:15,833 You were the one that bushwhacked us. 261 00:19:15,964 --> 00:19:18,619 With the two of you there, I couldn't take any chances. 262 00:19:18,749 --> 00:19:20,925 Is Christy really that bad, Lon? 263 00:19:21,056 --> 00:19:22,362 You came after he left, Sharon. 264 00:19:22,492 --> 00:19:24,407 Believe me, you take him any way you can. 265 00:19:24,494 --> 00:19:27,019 Looks like the odds weren't as even as you thought they were. 266 00:19:27,149 --> 00:19:29,717 You missed him, huh? 267 00:19:29,847 --> 00:19:33,112 I'm not too handy with a gun, but I had to try. 268 00:19:33,199 --> 00:19:35,505 Anyway, we got you. 269 00:19:35,636 --> 00:19:37,507 Aren't you even going to give him a chance to explain? 270 00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:40,336 Give him a chance to lie, you mean. 271 00:19:40,467 --> 00:19:45,037 Go ahead, let's hear your story. 272 00:19:51,260 --> 00:19:53,784 My name's Jess Harper. 273 00:19:53,871 --> 00:19:56,309 I'm part owner of the Sherman ranch near Laramie. 274 00:19:56,439 --> 00:19:59,181 Christy stole 15 head of beef from us. 275 00:19:59,268 --> 00:20:01,140 I was trailing him when I got hurt. 276 00:20:01,270 --> 00:20:03,403 I didn't know who I was after till I caught up with him. 277 00:20:05,448 --> 00:20:07,233 You were after him, and he didn't try to kill you 278 00:20:07,363 --> 00:20:08,973 when you caught up to him? 279 00:20:09,061 --> 00:20:10,584 You aren't even a good liar. 280 00:20:10,714 --> 00:20:12,412 He didn't try because he knows me. 281 00:20:12,542 --> 00:20:13,848 I bet he does. 282 00:20:16,459 --> 00:20:18,287 Christy knows me from eight years ago 283 00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:20,202 when we were drovers together. 284 00:20:20,333 --> 00:20:23,075 Now that's the story, Jamison, whether you believe it or not. 285 00:20:23,205 --> 00:20:25,512 You already got your head set against it. 286 00:20:25,642 --> 00:20:29,255 I don't think you'd believe me if I was a church deacon. 287 00:20:29,385 --> 00:20:32,432 I just hope the law around here isn't as stubborn as you. 288 00:20:32,562 --> 00:20:35,739 Mostly we make our own law, and we try to be fair. 289 00:20:35,870 --> 00:20:37,219 One deputy around here 290 00:20:37,350 --> 00:20:39,178 has got a lot of ground to cover. 291 00:20:39,308 --> 00:20:42,659 Lon, Harper's got a right to try proving what he's saying. 292 00:20:42,790 --> 00:20:44,661 Deputy McKay has been to Laramie. 293 00:20:44,748 --> 00:20:46,576 Maybe he'd recognize Mr. Harper. 294 00:20:46,663 --> 00:20:49,492 Well, we better find McKay. And call in the ranchers. 295 00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:52,104 We can't decide what to do about this man on our own. 296 00:20:54,715 --> 00:20:56,891 Harper, I wouldn't try running off, if I were you. 297 00:20:57,021 --> 00:20:58,719 That'd be all the proof we need, 298 00:20:58,849 --> 00:21:00,590 and we'd catch you for sure. 299 00:21:00,721 --> 00:21:03,202 He's not going anywhere. Not hurt like that. 300 00:21:20,784 --> 00:21:23,439 He's a real nice fella. 301 00:21:23,526 --> 00:21:25,267 Are all your neighbors like that? 302 00:21:25,398 --> 00:21:27,922 We're pretty much cut off from everyone. 303 00:21:28,052 --> 00:21:30,011 We get a little suspicious of strangers. 304 00:21:30,142 --> 00:21:32,622 Lon's got an awful temper, 305 00:21:32,753 --> 00:21:36,148 but you do have to admit he had some reason to suspect you. 306 00:21:36,278 --> 00:21:39,194 Yeah, I guess. 307 00:21:39,325 --> 00:21:42,241 I'm sure glad he didn't think to go through my gear though. 308 00:21:42,371 --> 00:21:43,851 Why? 309 00:21:43,981 --> 00:21:46,593 Bring my jacket over here, I'll show you. 310 00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:52,555 You mean this? 311 00:21:52,686 --> 00:21:53,991 You knew about it? 312 00:21:54,122 --> 00:21:55,297 Mm-hmm. 313 00:21:57,647 --> 00:22:00,433 The way your friend Lon jumps to conclusions, 314 00:22:00,563 --> 00:22:01,782 that'd just be all the more proof to him 315 00:22:01,912 --> 00:22:03,566 that I am a rustler. 316 00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:05,525 Glad you forgot to mention it. 317 00:22:05,612 --> 00:22:06,961 I didn't forget. 318 00:22:07,091 --> 00:22:08,963 But you didn't say anything. 319 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:11,922 No, because he would think it meant something. 320 00:22:12,053 --> 00:22:13,359 But you don't think so? 321 00:22:13,489 --> 00:22:17,014 I guess I jump to conclusions, too. 322 00:22:17,101 --> 00:22:19,234 At least, I have about you. 323 00:22:21,105 --> 00:22:25,197 [ cattle mooing ] 324 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:14,289 What's going on? 325 00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:16,987 This stone-head jumped me when I was coming in. 326 00:23:17,118 --> 00:23:19,468 It was dark. I didn't know it was you, Christy, honest. 327 00:23:19,599 --> 00:23:21,818 You knew. You try any more tricks like that, 328 00:23:21,949 --> 00:23:24,212 I'm going to do more than put a crease in your pants. 329 00:23:24,299 --> 00:23:25,300 Take care of his horse, Gabe. 330 00:23:30,697 --> 00:23:33,743 - Well, what happened? - What do you mean? 331 00:23:33,874 --> 00:23:35,876 You've only moved five, six miles today, how come? 332 00:23:36,006 --> 00:23:37,965 Well, we ain't in any great hurry, are we? 333 00:23:38,052 --> 00:23:39,793 You're the one who was making all the noise 334 00:23:39,923 --> 00:23:41,316 about getting the money for the cattle. 335 00:23:41,403 --> 00:23:42,796 Well, we've got plenty of time. 336 00:23:42,926 --> 00:23:46,060 See, I done a little scouting up here today. 337 00:23:46,147 --> 00:23:47,975 There's some fat little ranches up in this country 338 00:23:48,105 --> 00:23:49,759 you never told us about. 339 00:23:49,890 --> 00:23:51,500 I told you there are plenty of places farther along. 340 00:23:51,631 --> 00:23:52,980 You can pick up the cows as we go 341 00:23:53,110 --> 00:23:54,111 and sell them on the way. 342 00:23:54,242 --> 00:23:55,199 Why not here? 343 00:23:56,766 --> 00:23:58,464 They'd know me around here. 344 00:23:58,594 --> 00:24:00,683 I was raised on one of these little fat ranches. 345 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,511 It was pretty skinny when I was on it. 346 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:04,208 Don't tell me you got folks around here. 347 00:24:04,339 --> 00:24:06,036 No, not anymore. 348 00:24:06,167 --> 00:24:07,473 Then why are you fussing? 349 00:24:07,603 --> 00:24:09,475 These places look like easy pickings. 350 00:24:09,605 --> 00:24:11,346 I don't like it, that's all. 351 00:24:11,433 --> 00:24:12,695 I thought I was gonna be boss of this outfit. 352 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:14,523 You are. 353 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:16,786 We're gonna do just like you keep saying. 354 00:24:16,873 --> 00:24:18,179 Steal some cattle here, sell them there, 355 00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:19,833 it makes good sense. 356 00:24:19,963 --> 00:24:21,356 Only why miss out on something easy? 357 00:24:21,443 --> 00:24:23,532 The cows I get you will bring enough. 358 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:25,360 Enough just don't fit the bill. 359 00:24:25,491 --> 00:24:27,362 Now we've talked it over, 360 00:24:27,493 --> 00:24:28,842 and we want everything we can get. 361 00:24:28,972 --> 00:24:31,671 But I have to find a pasture for the herd, 362 00:24:31,801 --> 00:24:33,368 someplace we could put up a fight, if we had to. 363 00:24:33,499 --> 00:24:36,328 There's a lot of nice mountain meadows around here. 364 00:24:36,458 --> 00:24:39,069 Whitey is hoarding the herd on one of them right now. 365 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,593 What's the matter, Christy? 366 00:24:40,723 --> 00:24:41,985 Does it bother you to go stealing 367 00:24:42,116 --> 00:24:44,292 from your own neighbors? 368 00:24:44,423 --> 00:24:45,685 Nothing bothers me, Ross. 369 00:24:46,990 --> 00:24:47,774 Nothing at all. 370 00:25:18,674 --> 00:25:19,632 Sharon. 371 00:25:22,678 --> 00:25:24,114 Are you going to be all right alone with him? 372 00:25:24,201 --> 00:25:25,638 - Of course. - You sure? 373 00:25:25,768 --> 00:25:27,248 Oh, Pa, even if he isn't what he says, 374 00:25:27,379 --> 00:25:28,815 he's weak as a lamb. 375 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:30,817 He couldn't hurt me if he wanted to. 376 00:25:35,996 --> 00:25:38,433 Well, Sharon tells me you're still hurting some. 377 00:25:40,174 --> 00:25:41,871 I'll tell you, I've felt better. 378 00:25:42,002 --> 00:25:43,525 There's a meeting over at Lon's. 379 00:25:43,656 --> 00:25:46,223 I'm on my way there now. 380 00:25:46,354 --> 00:25:48,748 I thought you were gonna have somebody try and identify me. 381 00:25:48,878 --> 00:25:50,489 Right now our folks are a little more interested 382 00:25:50,619 --> 00:25:52,186 in Christy, and what he's up to. 383 00:25:52,316 --> 00:25:53,883 One of the youngsters claims to have seen him 384 00:25:54,014 --> 00:25:55,494 riding north of the pass just a few hours ago. 385 00:25:56,973 --> 00:25:59,106 So your neighbors figure I'll keep, huh? 386 00:25:59,236 --> 00:26:00,890 I guess that's about it. 387 00:26:02,544 --> 00:26:04,590 Harper, I don't much like 388 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,243 leaving Sharon here alone with you. 389 00:26:08,332 --> 00:26:09,812 She'll be safe, Mr. Helford. 390 00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:11,901 I'd like your word on that. 391 00:26:12,032 --> 00:26:12,859 You've got it. 392 00:26:28,091 --> 00:26:30,354 I'll be back as soon as I can, Sharon. 393 00:26:30,485 --> 00:26:32,400 But in the meantime, if he tries anything, you just be careful. 394 00:26:32,531 --> 00:26:34,794 - He won't. - You seem mighty sure. 395 00:26:34,881 --> 00:26:36,752 Aren't you? 396 00:26:36,883 --> 00:26:37,971 I guess so. 397 00:26:38,101 --> 00:26:40,103 You know, Sharon, 398 00:26:40,234 --> 00:26:42,932 you and I have always been real good about sizing people up. 399 00:26:43,019 --> 00:26:44,978 I just don't want you to get hurt. 400 00:26:45,108 --> 00:26:47,676 Jess isn't the hurting kind, Pa. 401 00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:49,199 He's fun to talk to. 402 00:26:49,330 --> 00:26:51,332 He knows about things outside the valley. 403 00:26:51,463 --> 00:26:52,464 That where you want to be? 404 00:26:52,594 --> 00:26:54,727 I don't think so. 405 00:26:54,857 --> 00:26:57,469 It's nice to know things. Is that wrong? 406 00:26:58,731 --> 00:27:00,776 No, that isn't wrong. 407 00:27:00,907 --> 00:27:03,387 You grew into womanhood pretty fast when we lost your mother. 408 00:27:03,475 --> 00:27:05,651 Didn't have too much time for learning, knowing. 409 00:27:05,738 --> 00:27:07,261 Go ahead. 410 00:27:09,132 --> 00:27:12,309 Sharon, you haven't forgotten about Lon, have you? 411 00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:16,488 No, Pa, but maybe Lon's forgotten about me. 412 00:27:16,618 --> 00:27:18,011 Well, he isn't one for easy talk, 413 00:27:18,141 --> 00:27:19,969 like that fella inside. 414 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:21,710 But he wants to build his spread up a little more 415 00:27:21,841 --> 00:27:23,059 before he says anything to you. 416 00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:24,060 He told me that. 417 00:27:24,191 --> 00:27:25,497 Why doesn't he tell me? 418 00:27:27,455 --> 00:27:28,804 Maybe you just haven't got him mad enough yet. 419 00:27:39,162 --> 00:27:42,514 [ cattle mooing ] 420 00:28:28,211 --> 00:28:31,258 [ horse galloping ] 421 00:28:36,872 --> 00:28:38,265 Sharon! 422 00:29:10,036 --> 00:29:11,298 Sharon. 423 00:29:19,915 --> 00:29:21,003 Sharon! 424 00:29:22,483 --> 00:29:24,050 [ footsteps approaching ] 425 00:29:26,879 --> 00:29:29,229 Christy? 426 00:29:29,359 --> 00:29:31,535 Man, you near got yourself killed, charging out like that. 427 00:29:33,276 --> 00:29:35,191 Look at you, all trussed up like a roasted duck. 428 00:29:35,278 --> 00:29:37,237 - [ gunshots ] - [ men shouting ] 429 00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:39,761 Simmer down. It's just some friends of mine. 430 00:29:39,848 --> 00:29:41,458 Friends of yours doing what? 431 00:29:41,589 --> 00:29:44,157 It ain't my idea, Jess, but I couldn't stop them. 432 00:29:44,287 --> 00:29:45,941 They're stealing everything that ain't nailed down. 433 00:29:46,072 --> 00:29:47,464 Everything in the whole valley. 434 00:30:37,732 --> 00:30:39,342 All right, quit stalling, Christy. 435 00:30:39,429 --> 00:30:40,909 Where's the girl? 436 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,781 I tied her up out in the barn. 437 00:30:42,868 --> 00:30:46,306 She fought some, but I made it a point not to hurt her. 438 00:30:46,393 --> 00:30:48,395 Well, that's real nice of you. 439 00:30:48,525 --> 00:30:49,875 You run off all her cattle 440 00:30:50,005 --> 00:30:52,094 so she and her father will starve to death, 441 00:30:52,225 --> 00:30:54,096 but you don't hurt her. Jamison was right about you. 442 00:30:54,183 --> 00:30:57,143 Jamison? Lon Jamison, you run into him? 443 00:30:57,230 --> 00:30:58,884 You could say that. 444 00:30:59,014 --> 00:31:01,538 He took a shot at you yesterday when he saw us both together. 445 00:31:01,625 --> 00:31:02,714 Only, you winged him instead. 446 00:31:02,844 --> 00:31:04,672 That's too bad. 447 00:31:04,803 --> 00:31:06,326 He was just a kid the last time I saw him. 448 00:31:06,456 --> 00:31:08,589 Yeah, well, he's far from that now. 449 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,722 He and all the others around here think we're friends... 450 00:31:10,852 --> 00:31:12,027 close friends. 451 00:31:12,158 --> 00:31:12,985 Are you kidding? 452 00:31:21,297 --> 00:31:23,430 I sure wish I had the time to set them straight about you. 453 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,998 - GABE: Christy! - Don't seem like too good an idea the way things are. 454 00:31:27,477 --> 00:31:29,088 You really think they'd lock you up? 455 00:31:29,175 --> 00:31:31,481 When they find all that stock run off, 456 00:31:31,612 --> 00:31:34,397 they'll likely think I'm a decoy and put a rope around my neck. 457 00:31:34,484 --> 00:31:35,747 GABE: Christy! 458 00:31:39,011 --> 00:31:41,187 Tell you what, I'll take you into this. 459 00:31:41,317 --> 00:31:42,971 You got to be hung for a thief, 460 00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:44,668 you might as well enjoy some of the profits. 461 00:31:44,756 --> 00:31:46,148 Payday pretty soon, too. 462 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:47,889 We got a buyer in the Sweetwater. 463 00:31:48,020 --> 00:31:50,544 GABE: Christy, what's keeping you? 464 00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:53,373 It'll be like old times, Jess. 465 00:31:53,460 --> 00:31:55,462 What do you say? 466 00:31:55,592 --> 00:31:56,811 Go to blazes, Christy. 467 00:31:58,944 --> 00:32:00,554 Jess, that's the best I can do. 468 00:32:00,641 --> 00:32:02,599 I gave you a break yesterday. 469 00:32:02,686 --> 00:32:04,558 Now we're even, quits. 470 00:32:07,604 --> 00:32:08,736 GABE: Christy! 471 00:32:12,392 --> 00:32:14,786 - Is he the only one here? - Yeah. 472 00:32:14,916 --> 00:32:18,050 He won't be bothering us anymore. Not now. 473 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,228 Maybe he'll learn the trade after all. 474 00:32:22,358 --> 00:32:24,186 Come on, 475 00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:26,014 Ross says we've got to hit them other places fast. 476 00:32:31,541 --> 00:32:32,804 GABE: Christy! 477 00:32:42,770 --> 00:32:44,293 [ groaning ] 478 00:33:15,455 --> 00:33:16,891 You got any idea how long you've been here? 479 00:33:17,022 --> 00:33:19,589 I don't know. About an hour. 480 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,461 I thought you'd been killed. 481 00:33:21,591 --> 00:33:22,897 By Christy? 482 00:33:22,984 --> 00:33:24,507 No, not yet anyway. 483 00:33:24,594 --> 00:33:25,595 Was that Christy? 484 00:33:25,726 --> 00:33:27,510 Yeah. 485 00:33:27,597 --> 00:33:29,382 You know, he didn't seem so bad. 486 00:33:29,469 --> 00:33:31,688 He tied me up, but he didn't even hurt me. 487 00:33:31,775 --> 00:33:33,386 Acted like he was kind of sorry. 488 00:33:33,516 --> 00:33:35,344 Yeah, I know. 489 00:33:35,475 --> 00:33:37,477 He felt kind of sorry that the folks around here 490 00:33:37,607 --> 00:33:39,609 think I'm part of his rustling crew. 491 00:33:39,740 --> 00:33:40,828 That's as far as it went. 492 00:33:40,959 --> 00:33:42,090 You're not? 493 00:33:43,613 --> 00:33:45,789 You're wondering, too, huh? 494 00:33:45,877 --> 00:33:47,574 I guess I can't blame you. 495 00:33:47,704 --> 00:33:49,750 You said you knew Christy before. 496 00:33:49,837 --> 00:33:50,925 Was he a friend of yours? 497 00:33:52,927 --> 00:33:56,626 It's kind of hard to explain how I feel about Christy. 498 00:33:56,757 --> 00:33:59,847 All I know is he's as wrong as last year's Almanac. 499 00:33:59,934 --> 00:34:01,980 But I still got a feeling for him. 500 00:34:02,110 --> 00:34:03,895 I reckon with a couple of different breaks, 501 00:34:04,025 --> 00:34:05,461 I'd be just like he is. 502 00:34:05,592 --> 00:34:06,723 I don't believe that. 503 00:34:08,290 --> 00:34:10,945 LON: Harper, stand away from her! 504 00:34:11,076 --> 00:34:12,729 I was just untying her. 505 00:34:12,860 --> 00:34:15,515 - I said stand away. - He's telling the truth. 506 00:34:15,645 --> 00:34:17,778 Well, if that's all the truth he's told, then where's Christy? 507 00:34:17,909 --> 00:34:20,215 - Where do you plan to meet him? - I don't plan to meet him. 508 00:34:20,346 --> 00:34:22,478 Can't you get it through your head, I don't work for him? 509 00:34:22,609 --> 00:34:25,917 Sharon's unharmed. I guess I ought to be grateful for that. 510 00:34:26,004 --> 00:34:28,136 Jimmy Lane on the next ranch is dead. 511 00:34:28,223 --> 00:34:30,269 They shot him down cold. 512 00:34:30,399 --> 00:34:32,140 Somebody is gonna pay for that. You hear, Harper? 513 00:34:32,271 --> 00:34:34,360 We're wiped out, Sharon. They took all our stock. 514 00:34:34,490 --> 00:34:36,623 We're all ruined, every one of us. 515 00:34:36,753 --> 00:34:38,190 I'm sorry, Sharon. 516 00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:40,496 If I could have stopped Christy, I would. 517 00:34:40,583 --> 00:34:42,324 Wait, Lon, stop it. 518 00:34:42,455 --> 00:34:43,891 I'm sick and tired of hearing those lies from him. 519 00:34:44,022 --> 00:34:45,893 How can you be so sure he's lying? 520 00:34:46,024 --> 00:34:47,242 What makes you so sure he isn't? 521 00:34:47,373 --> 00:34:48,852 You were tied up here in the barn 522 00:34:48,983 --> 00:34:50,289 and he hasn't got a rope mark on him. 523 00:34:50,419 --> 00:34:52,073 No, not yet. 524 00:34:52,204 --> 00:34:54,293 Christy didn't have to tie me up. 525 00:34:54,423 --> 00:34:55,990 He knocked me out. 526 00:34:56,121 --> 00:34:58,210 I came to a few minutes ago, and I went looking for her. 527 00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:04,042 You don't believe me, do you? 528 00:35:04,129 --> 00:35:06,000 You don't want to believe me, 529 00:35:06,131 --> 00:35:07,393 that's the whole truth, isn't it? 530 00:35:07,523 --> 00:35:09,308 You're afraid you'll have to give up 531 00:35:09,438 --> 00:35:11,266 some of that hate you're hanging on to so hard. 532 00:35:11,397 --> 00:35:13,965 Harper, I'm sick of hearing you talk. 533 00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:17,490 Sharon, you go in the house. 534 00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:19,057 Lon, you can't. 535 00:35:19,144 --> 00:35:20,797 Pa, I found this man hurt, needing help. 536 00:35:20,928 --> 00:35:21,885 I brought him here. 537 00:35:22,016 --> 00:35:23,409 I sat by his bed last night 538 00:35:23,539 --> 00:35:26,064 when he was half out of his mind with pain fever. 539 00:35:26,194 --> 00:35:27,761 I was with him today, talking to him, 540 00:35:27,891 --> 00:35:29,371 listening to him. 541 00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:31,417 He's not the kind of man you think. 542 00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:34,986 I keep thinking of Jimmy. He was only 16. 543 00:35:35,116 --> 00:35:36,639 Better go in the house. 544 00:35:36,770 --> 00:35:38,250 Jess, I'm sorry. 545 00:35:38,380 --> 00:35:40,382 I thought I could help you. 546 00:35:40,469 --> 00:35:42,036 You'd have been better off if I hadn't found you. 547 00:35:42,167 --> 00:35:43,907 It's not your fault, Sharon. 548 00:35:44,038 --> 00:35:46,475 It's not your doing, none of it is. 549 00:35:46,606 --> 00:35:48,042 I don't reckon it's theirs either. 550 00:35:48,129 --> 00:35:50,305 They've just been hurt. 551 00:35:50,436 --> 00:35:52,481 They're acting like a rattlesnake that had its back broken. 552 00:35:52,612 --> 00:35:54,135 Striking out at everything around them. 553 00:35:54,222 --> 00:35:55,136 Pa, you can't let him do it. 554 00:35:55,267 --> 00:35:57,399 I said it's all right. 555 00:35:57,530 --> 00:35:59,358 I ain't gonna let them get the job done easy, 556 00:35:59,488 --> 00:36:00,837 I'll tell you that. 557 00:36:00,924 --> 00:36:02,709 I don't want you hurt, you'd better go. 558 00:36:02,839 --> 00:36:04,406 [ horses approaching ] 559 00:36:16,288 --> 00:36:17,898 What's going on here? 560 00:36:18,029 --> 00:36:19,421 Can't you men wait till we catch the whole bunch? 561 00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:20,553 There's no chance of that now. 562 00:36:20,683 --> 00:36:22,294 We got a chance. 563 00:36:22,381 --> 00:36:23,643 They headed for the hills down at the end of the valley. 564 00:36:23,773 --> 00:36:25,819 We found a fence down and some footprints. 565 00:36:25,949 --> 00:36:26,950 Come on, the others are waiting. 566 00:36:27,081 --> 00:36:28,996 Wait a minute, can't leave him. 567 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:31,085 - [ cocking gun ] - Lon, please, you can't shoot him. 568 00:36:31,216 --> 00:36:33,348 Why not? Did his friend Christy show Jimmy Lane any mercy? 569 00:36:33,479 --> 00:36:35,046 All right, so you got a reason to be mad. 570 00:36:35,176 --> 00:36:36,873 We all have, I'm not arguing that. 571 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,919 I just say we do it inside the law. 572 00:36:39,050 --> 00:36:40,703 You want to turn him over to some strange judge 573 00:36:40,834 --> 00:36:42,314 and jury who will most likely set him free? 574 00:36:42,444 --> 00:36:44,446 No, I don't. I want to do it right. 575 00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:46,274 I say we catch this whole bunch, bring them back here, 576 00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:47,884 give them a trial and hang them. 577 00:36:48,015 --> 00:36:49,190 And nobody from the outside can come in 578 00:36:49,321 --> 00:36:52,933 and find any fault if we keep it lawful. 579 00:36:53,064 --> 00:36:54,761 Now let's tie him up. 580 00:36:54,848 --> 00:36:56,284 You stay with him, Lon. 581 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:58,330 They just might come back for him. 582 00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:00,158 Besides, you got a bad arm. 583 00:37:00,288 --> 00:37:02,421 Well, that suits me fine. 584 00:37:02,551 --> 00:37:05,598 And if they do come back, he gets it first. 585 00:37:05,728 --> 00:37:07,730 - All right. - Oh, wait, please. 586 00:37:07,817 --> 00:37:10,472 Look at him. You've been to Laramie. 587 00:37:10,603 --> 00:37:12,648 Never saw the man before. 588 00:37:12,779 --> 00:37:14,911 Come on, let's move. 589 00:37:20,134 --> 00:37:21,831 Let's go. 590 00:37:21,962 --> 00:37:23,181 We'll wait in the house. 591 00:37:40,154 --> 00:37:43,157 If you're thinking of making a run for it, you just go right ahead. 592 00:37:43,244 --> 00:37:44,898 Keep moving, Harper. 593 00:37:51,034 --> 00:37:52,297 Sharon, what are you doing? 594 00:37:52,427 --> 00:37:53,820 Oh, Lon, stop acting like a schoolboy. 595 00:37:53,950 --> 00:37:55,996 You won't let him stay in bed where he should be, 596 00:37:56,127 --> 00:37:58,172 at least let him get dressed before he catches his death. 597 00:37:58,259 --> 00:38:00,435 Don't get between us. 598 00:38:00,566 --> 00:38:03,438 Use me for a shield, he won't shoot. 599 00:38:03,569 --> 00:38:05,919 Get away from him! 600 00:38:06,049 --> 00:38:07,790 What's got into you, Sharon? 601 00:38:07,921 --> 00:38:10,489 The way you're actin', I just can't figure it out. 602 00:38:10,619 --> 00:38:12,360 Like-- Like this drifter was something to you, 603 00:38:12,491 --> 00:38:14,449 - and I was the outsider. - Oh, Lon. 604 00:38:14,580 --> 00:38:17,583 I know this is a sorry business, but it's what has to be. 605 00:38:17,713 --> 00:38:20,499 Maybe it's asking too much, but I thought you'd understand. 606 00:38:20,629 --> 00:38:22,196 All I understand is you've been taking a lot 607 00:38:22,327 --> 00:38:23,937 too much for granted. 608 00:38:24,067 --> 00:38:26,548 Sharon, I-- I've spoken for you. 609 00:38:26,635 --> 00:38:28,115 You mean you're going to marry him? 610 00:38:28,246 --> 00:38:30,204 - You keep out of this. - No chance. 611 00:38:30,335 --> 00:38:31,553 Go ahead and shoot if you want. 612 00:38:31,684 --> 00:38:33,120 I ain't keeping out of it. 613 00:38:33,251 --> 00:38:34,295 - Jess. - Well, what is he? 614 00:38:34,426 --> 00:38:36,602 The only guy for 100 miles around? 615 00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:38,734 - Harper, you open your mouth again, I swear-- - Stop it, both of you! 616 00:38:38,865 --> 00:38:40,301 Look, I know I ain't been much and I never had much to offer 617 00:38:40,432 --> 00:38:41,868 even before Christy cleaned me out. 618 00:38:41,998 --> 00:38:45,567 But I always figured you and me together, Sharon. 619 00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:48,657 Yeah, you'll put it all back together, won't you, Lon? 620 00:38:48,744 --> 00:38:50,529 What are you gonna do? Hitch her up to a plough? 621 00:38:50,616 --> 00:38:52,574 Harper, shooting's too good for you. 622 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:54,054 Maybe I'll just wrap this iron over your head. 623 00:38:54,141 --> 00:38:55,664 Lon, did you ever think 624 00:38:55,795 --> 00:38:57,623 maybe it doesn't matter to me how many cows you own? 625 00:38:57,710 --> 00:38:59,451 You never once said you wanted me. 626 00:38:59,581 --> 00:39:02,018 - But I spoke for you. - But not to me. 627 00:39:02,149 --> 00:39:04,195 To my pa, but not to me. 628 00:39:04,325 --> 00:39:08,068 But you knew, didn't you? 629 00:39:08,199 --> 00:39:10,418 Didn't you always know? 630 00:39:10,549 --> 00:39:12,681 Maybe you'd better marry him, Sharon. 631 00:39:12,768 --> 00:39:15,554 Looks like the only way he's going to get any brains. 632 00:39:24,258 --> 00:39:25,868 He'll be all right. 633 00:39:25,999 --> 00:39:27,261 I'm sorry I had to bait him like that, 634 00:39:27,392 --> 00:39:29,263 but it was the only way. 635 00:39:29,394 --> 00:39:31,613 I understand. You'd better go now. 636 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:32,962 But you better hurry. 637 00:39:33,093 --> 00:39:34,312 I'm going... 638 00:39:35,791 --> 00:39:38,011 - after Christy. - Alone? You can't. 639 00:39:38,098 --> 00:39:41,144 You give me a half an hour. 640 00:39:41,275 --> 00:39:42,972 And you tell Lon where I'm going. 641 00:39:43,103 --> 00:39:45,148 Christy said something about heading for the Sweetwater. 642 00:39:45,279 --> 00:39:47,281 That means he's traveling north. 643 00:39:47,368 --> 00:39:49,327 When I catch up with him, I want to be alone. 644 00:39:49,414 --> 00:39:51,590 After that, I'm likely to need some help. 645 00:39:51,677 --> 00:39:53,200 Jess. 646 00:39:55,289 --> 00:39:57,987 I want to thank you for everything you've done, Sharon. 647 00:39:58,118 --> 00:40:00,729 You sure you're gonna be all right after what's happened? 648 00:40:00,860 --> 00:40:03,645 Well, you've seen us at our worst. Don't judge by that. 649 00:40:03,776 --> 00:40:05,430 Lon's a good man. 650 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,475 You've got the whole big world out there. 651 00:40:07,562 --> 00:40:09,347 But Lon, it's home. 652 00:40:19,661 --> 00:40:20,532 Go. 653 00:42:17,562 --> 00:42:20,478 [ playing mouth harp ] 654 00:42:31,532 --> 00:42:33,839 [ footsteps approaching ] 655 00:42:35,275 --> 00:42:37,886 JESS: Morning, Christy. 656 00:42:38,017 --> 00:42:40,889 - Jess? - I saw your crew ride off. 657 00:42:41,020 --> 00:42:43,762 Yeah, they're fixing to move the herd. 658 00:42:43,892 --> 00:42:45,503 Make sure we got rid of those ranchers. 659 00:42:45,633 --> 00:42:47,635 Oh, you did that all right. 660 00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:49,724 I just saw them back down the trail a ways, 661 00:42:49,811 --> 00:42:52,510 what's left of them. They were heading home. 662 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,337 Yeah, maybe you should have gone with them. 663 00:42:54,468 --> 00:42:55,904 What for? 664 00:42:58,429 --> 00:43:01,127 To face a hanging rope? 665 00:43:01,257 --> 00:43:03,172 Yeah, I guess that's right. 666 00:43:03,303 --> 00:43:06,524 Oh, sorry about having to catawump you the way I did. 667 00:43:08,134 --> 00:43:10,136 You were in a hurry, and I was in your way. 668 00:43:11,267 --> 00:43:14,227 Yeah, that's about it. 669 00:43:14,357 --> 00:43:17,578 Thing is, Jess, are you still in my way? 670 00:43:17,709 --> 00:43:20,276 This means a lot to me. Might be my last chance. 671 00:43:20,407 --> 00:43:22,670 That's something we got to talk about, Christy. 672 00:43:22,801 --> 00:43:25,151 What I said before, about you joining with us, 673 00:43:25,238 --> 00:43:26,805 still goes if you want. 674 00:43:26,935 --> 00:43:28,894 Well, what about those people down in the valley? 675 00:43:28,981 --> 00:43:30,678 Me and Slim? 676 00:43:30,809 --> 00:43:32,680 We won't miss 15 head of cattle. 677 00:43:32,811 --> 00:43:35,204 Not to the point of having it ruin our ranch. 678 00:43:35,291 --> 00:43:38,033 Those folks down there, you picked them clean, Christy. 679 00:43:38,164 --> 00:43:40,862 And a boy was killed. 680 00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:43,735 You probably wouldn't believe me if I said I was sorry. 681 00:43:43,822 --> 00:43:46,389 But I am. I didn't want it that way. 682 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,827 Well, that's the way it is, Christy. 683 00:43:48,957 --> 00:43:51,133 Now I got to take back what you stole from me, 684 00:43:51,264 --> 00:43:53,222 and all them other folks. 685 00:43:53,353 --> 00:43:55,355 Because if I don't, I'll be wearing the same brand as you. 686 00:43:57,226 --> 00:43:59,664 You didn't used to be so particular. 687 00:43:59,751 --> 00:44:01,013 And you didn't used to bushwhack men. 688 00:44:01,143 --> 00:44:03,102 Or shoot horses out from under them. 689 00:44:03,232 --> 00:44:06,758 Now look, Jess, last couple of days, I've let you off easy 690 00:44:06,888 --> 00:44:08,020 'cause of what you did for me once-- 691 00:44:08,150 --> 00:44:09,456 [ gun cocking ] 692 00:44:12,154 --> 00:44:13,982 What about it, Christy? 693 00:44:14,113 --> 00:44:16,594 Is this your idea, setting me up like this? 694 00:44:16,724 --> 00:44:18,770 No, it was mine, and don't move. 695 00:44:18,900 --> 00:44:21,163 Now you see, you should've listened to me. 696 00:44:21,294 --> 00:44:23,296 You're just lucky he didn't drop you first 697 00:44:23,426 --> 00:44:25,516 and ask questions afterwards. 698 00:44:25,646 --> 00:44:27,039 I was listening to you talk, Christy, 699 00:44:27,169 --> 00:44:28,997 that's what stopped me. 700 00:44:29,084 --> 00:44:31,217 What do you got stuck in your craw now? 701 00:44:31,347 --> 00:44:32,784 You were offering to bring him in with us. 702 00:44:32,914 --> 00:44:35,090 I figure I got something to say on that. 703 00:44:35,221 --> 00:44:37,702 You still don't know who's boss of this outfit, do you? 704 00:44:37,832 --> 00:44:41,140 I've been taking your orders, about most everything. 705 00:44:41,227 --> 00:44:43,882 Comes to adding another split, that's where I draw the line. 706 00:44:44,012 --> 00:44:45,710 Well, as usual, 707 00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,016 you're getting your hackles up over nothing. 708 00:44:48,147 --> 00:44:51,019 Mr. Harper doesn't like our company too much. 709 00:44:51,150 --> 00:44:52,804 And what are you gonna do with him? 710 00:44:52,891 --> 00:44:55,197 Well, seein' as how you pulled his teeth, 711 00:44:55,328 --> 00:44:58,244 I figure we can hogtie him up some gully and take his horse. 712 00:44:58,374 --> 00:45:00,072 By the time he gets loose and hikes for help, 713 00:45:00,202 --> 00:45:02,378 we'll be counting our profits from the herd. 714 00:45:02,465 --> 00:45:04,511 A lot of trouble for nothing. 715 00:45:04,642 --> 00:45:06,774 I say we get rid of him for keeps now. 716 00:45:06,861 --> 00:45:08,559 I thought you were boss in this outfit, Christy. 717 00:45:08,689 --> 00:45:10,473 You let him make a decision like that, 718 00:45:10,604 --> 00:45:12,606 the next thing you know, he'll be calling all the turns. 719 00:45:12,693 --> 00:45:16,001 Now you shut up, Jess. I got a notion to let him go ahead. 720 00:45:16,131 --> 00:45:18,612 This is one thing you've got nothing to say about. 721 00:45:18,743 --> 00:45:20,875 My friend here will do all the talking. 722 00:45:23,051 --> 00:45:25,227 Never argue with a powerful friend like that. 723 00:45:25,358 --> 00:45:27,621 He's all yours. 724 00:45:27,708 --> 00:45:30,319 You've got to learn, Christy, we play for keeps. 725 00:45:45,378 --> 00:45:46,597 Let me see, Christy. 726 00:45:46,727 --> 00:45:49,817 No, this is one I don't have to look at. 727 00:45:49,948 --> 00:45:51,471 Watch for the others, Jess. 728 00:45:53,299 --> 00:45:54,561 Thanks, Christy. 729 00:45:55,736 --> 00:45:57,782 I couldn't let him do it, 730 00:45:57,912 --> 00:46:01,089 even though I knew you'd try to take me in. 731 00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:04,963 I wouldn't mind taking you myself in a fair fight. 732 00:46:05,050 --> 00:46:07,835 Couldn't let that no-good Ross do it. 733 00:46:07,966 --> 00:46:09,881 You rate better than the likes of him. 734 00:46:11,752 --> 00:46:13,493 But he'd have got you sooner or later, Christy, 735 00:46:13,624 --> 00:46:15,103 you must have figured that. 736 00:46:15,234 --> 00:46:17,062 Sure, Jess. 737 00:46:17,192 --> 00:46:19,934 I've known that past couple of days. 738 00:46:23,459 --> 00:46:24,896 [ gunshot ] 739 00:46:59,495 --> 00:47:02,847 I-- I reckon I was wrong about you, Harper. 740 00:47:02,977 --> 00:47:05,371 I'm sorry. 741 00:47:06,938 --> 00:47:07,765 Harper... 742 00:47:09,375 --> 00:47:11,116 are you-- are you hurt? 743 00:47:11,246 --> 00:47:12,378 No. 744 00:47:14,467 --> 00:47:15,860 Not where it shows. 745 00:47:35,096 --> 00:47:37,142 Oh, Slim, I can't figure out 746 00:47:37,229 --> 00:47:40,841 why you didn't get all this work done before I got home. 747 00:47:40,972 --> 00:47:42,887 Well, it seems like we wasted a lot of time 748 00:47:43,017 --> 00:47:45,367 looking for someone who was lost. 749 00:47:45,498 --> 00:47:47,326 Is that a fact? 750 00:47:47,413 --> 00:47:48,893 Would you like a pillow? 751 00:47:49,023 --> 00:47:51,025 Let me pour you some more lemonade. 752 00:47:51,156 --> 00:47:53,549 No, thank you, Daisy. I'm fine. 753 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,247 Can we have some yet? 754 00:47:55,377 --> 00:47:57,640 Pretty quick, as soon as we get the cleaning done. 755 00:47:57,771 --> 00:47:59,512 Oh, the dust got into everything. 756 00:48:01,166 --> 00:48:03,385 Sure glad to hear you're feeling better, pard. 757 00:48:03,516 --> 00:48:04,865 Maybe you'd like to help us knock some of this dust 758 00:48:04,996 --> 00:48:05,997 out of the furniture. 759 00:48:08,608 --> 00:48:10,653 I don't know, Slim, you know, 760 00:48:10,784 --> 00:48:13,091 my side's still pretty sore. 761 00:48:13,221 --> 00:48:14,701 I don't know what got into Daisy anyway. 762 00:48:14,832 --> 00:48:16,790 The furniture looks fine to me. 763 00:48:18,879 --> 00:48:20,228 Oh, is that right? 764 00:48:20,359 --> 00:48:23,057 Sure, women are too darn particular. 765 00:48:23,144 --> 00:48:26,365 What you're trying to say is dust doesn't bother you, huh? 766 00:48:26,495 --> 00:48:28,280 Not a bit. 767 00:48:28,410 --> 00:48:31,109 Well, that's good, pard. 768 00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:32,719 Let's go, Mike. 769 00:48:34,199 --> 00:48:36,636 Oh! Come-- Oh, what are you doing? 770 00:48:36,767 --> 00:48:38,725 [ Daisy laughing ]