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Have a good month!

Oh, no.

I made a van and a ramen train after that.

Listened to rules.

A movie, then what would you ask me?

Might be good.

Do you know me?

I'm going to hang him.

Somebody find toss.

Yeah.

Sure, if you can get her away that time, sis and eddies.

The only way for me to win is to quit.

How much you take off of me?

Yeah, I'll see now.

No more than 25, shall we?

Why don't you just set fire to this bug-infested place of yours

and open up business as a full-time coin-tosser?

You do better.

I'm poor.

Oh, the coach is here.

Oh, it's about time.

All right.

Why are you in the same thing?

She's got everything to come to your place.

You're a lady, Abraham.

Don't need to lost the wheels, places for Warren's Crick.

Yeah.

Well, if you lost it, I wouldn't have money for my fair home.

I have a good trip, sis, man.

Oh, well, don't spend them coins too fast.

Get them a chance to get used to the new owner.

Huh?

Look!

Hello, guys.

Hello, guys.

Yes, sir.

Good-earned for you.

And I want you to take a look at it.

Mr. Sweet, I got Mr. Brooker's boy to learn me to alphabet.

I'd ask for you a little nice, Lucas.

Did you mean it when you said I could get the knife clerk

if I learned me how to read?

Lucas, there's always a promotion to my tavern

for a boy with ambition.

But right now you better take off and catch that coach.

I'm going to get you a little.

Good to miss an Addis.

Got you wallet sir. Back at the end.

I'll bring it to you.

Thank you Lucas.

I can't be heading on back now.

Much obliged for you.

Hey, Brook, stop the comms.

Stop the comms.

Stop the comms.

That's a comm.

Oh, break me back to Sweet.

What for?

You see that trailer dust back there?

Well, that ain't no trailer dust.

That's a real one.

And you're looking at the man that discovered the pot of gold

at the end of it.

Back there.

Come on, Abram.

Take me back to Sweet.

Take it.

Take it.

Come here.

Dendelboom was a man.

Just a big man.

With an eye like an eagle and as tall as a mountain was he.

Dendelboom was a man.

Just a big man.

He was brave.

He was purest in his stuff.

There's a mighty oak tree.

Tarnacoon skin cat on the top of old ant.

Through the heel of his raw high shoe.

The rip and nest roar and a spider.

This man.

The bun tear ever knew.

Dendelboom was a man.

Just a big man.

And he fought for America to make all Americans free.

Dendelboom.

The first thing you've got to do is understand about the Great Boonsboro race.

It is the biggest athletic event west of Plymouth Rock.

Yeah, I never heard of it.

You know that, Sweet. Why do you think I'm telling you?

Still don't understand about Aunt Lucas fits in with a horse race.

It ain't a horse race. How many times have I got to tell ya?

Look.

Every spring this bandit engine comes to Boonsboro.

See, to do their trade.

Well, I stay around town a couple of days just relaxing.

Well, now, six, eight years ago, this band come to town with a brave.

That they figured could just outrun anything on two feet.

Yeah.

They was bragging on him. We got to bragging on Daniel Boone.

And that's how all the betting started.

Becca, you said Becca?

You never saw anything like it in your life, Sweet.

About three or four days before the race, folks come to town like they was running from a flood with all the worldly goods.

You're just looking for a bet.

I recall about four years ago, a man won himself a wigwong complete with a squaw and four papuses.

Squaw and four papuses?

What did he do with him?

He drowned his wife and saved them.

Said the squaw was a better cook.

Then I'll dance to him. Then I'll always do it first.

And he won every time.

Then they came up with a rule.

That the same man couldn't race more than three times.

So we had to get ourselves another man.

Find someone?

We lost three years running.

Oh.

Hey, tell me something, sis and artist. They're engines. What are they, bet?

Skins.

Skins. No hard money, huh?

Well, Skins is hard money.

Do you know what a prime beaver belt brings in Louisville?

Plenty.

You ought to know it.

Of course, there ain't too much hard money in Boozboro.

But anything a man signs to, he redeems it, comes Skins.

All the time in Louisville.

And back home, a man's mark is just as good as gold.

So, uh, you ready to make yourselves a little deal?

Well, I don't know.

Lucas means not a lot to me.

He could mean a lot more to both of us.

Yeah, but even though Lucas is a slave, I always treat him like he was my own kin.

Oh.

Afraid I couldn't sell him to you, Cincinnati.

Who said anything about buying him?

All I want to do is just rent him for a spell.

Rent him? How much?

Well, how much you want?

Three shillings out of every bet put down in Boozboro.

Three shillings.

Without a man, Lucas, you might lose the race four years running.

That's highway robbery.

Three shillings out of a bet is downright highway robbery.

Oh, no, no, Cincinnati.

There's one tower and keeper to another, you know.

What was I doing?

You've got to spend money to make some.

When did you ever part with a penny, sweet?

Well, I'm doing you a favor.

All you're doing is spending them easily three shillings in order to make 10, 20 or more.

One shillings.

Three shillings and no deal.

What am I going to tell the settlers?

I don't tell them how much money they're going to make off their bets on Lucas.

Better yet, let all Lucas give him a little demonstration.

All right. Three shillings out of every bet.

But I am going to make some money.

Three shillings out of every bet.

But I am going to keep track of them in a book.

I'll be right there in Boone's, where the suits are doing.

The three shillings comes with the bet.

I'm going to take the bets down. I've got to trust the settlers.

Why, they don't even put their money down until it.

You trust the settlers and welcome.

There's three shillings and no race.

All right. All right.

Plus down payment of five pounds for the rental of my man.

But you're already getting three shillings.

That's for the race.

I got to be paid for my time.

Lucas, there's a lot of work around here, you know.

You're leaving something out, ain't you, sweet?

How's that?

How much you're charging for the air he breathes

while he's in Boonsboro.

Oh, no. Since now this, I wouldn't do that to you.

That, I'm throwing in gratis.

They don't know if you both want to ride first class.

How much you have for one of us who wants to ride second?

Five pounds.

Five pounds.

Inside, Lucas.

And once you're exposed to the weather, you're too valuable.

Are you just mine? What, Mr. Cincinnati? Sounds you, Lucas.

Oh, no.

Fruggen, it's me, sweet.

I'll give you a whole pound if you'll hire Linus out to me for one week.

You, uh, figured out going to the blacksmith business, are you, man, or?

No, no, no. It's nothing like that.

It's just that Lucas is stuck to his bed.

Sick.

It's just for one week.

Well, now, uh, I'll settle for, uh, three pounds.

Three pounds. Mm-hmm.

I'll tell you what, Fruggen. I'll split the difference with you.

One pound, ten.

Well, now, considering you're the one that's the meat of your surface, it's, uh...

Two pounds, ten.

You think I made a money, Fruggen?

I don't know. No.

No.

You're regardless of that. It's two pounds, ten and no Linus.

All right. All right.

In advance.

You mean you, you wouldn't even trust me for a week?

How even neighbors for some ten years ain't the, uh...

And then the answer for you?

Honor?

Oh, that is sweet out here, what's the year?

Just look at him, Chief.

Oh, do I still sound like a man who speaks with a fork tongue?

Yes.

Well, then, I guess I gotta prove it to you.

Now, you'll pick out the fastest way to get understand.

Understand.

Him. Straight arrow.

Him. Linus.

Straight arrow. Best runner in all Indian nation.

Well, I still say that Linus will run him right into the ground.

I'm here to tell you right now. It just don't make no difference.

Who, them engines race against this?

Lucas, he'll run him right in the ground.

Well, he's mighty tall in all sense, in Addison.

Walt here almost beat Dan once, you know.

There ain't been nobody around here ever coming that close.

Yeah, Walt's grown him by.

Walt's just fine for ordinary purposes, but we're talking about betting real money.

We're talking about chances of making a real killin'.

Straight arrow. First, this runner in Kentucky.

Sure hate to see you squandering all that wampum on the loser, Chief.

Who you call loser?

Straight arrow, I'll sweep the then north wind.

Faster than Antelope.

Straight arrow, brother to Eagle.

Sepersides, son.

You're a insult, brother, to Eagle.

A whole-time nation, Chief. If you're so all fired, sure of him.

Let's have a little demonstration.

Straight arrow against Linus here.

Bear Claus, say, straight arrow rules.

You win number one squaw.

Ah.

She got a lot of confidence in your boy, Chief.

Take on Hatsy Tongo, daughter of Shaiman.

Ready, wise woman.

I ain't have you, loser, Chief.

When this sacred stick...

what you bet...

...um...

You sure you can beat this red skin, Linus?

How long do you want him to be?

A piece of the king's own silver.

You're expecting us to bid ever shilling we got on somebody we ain't ever seen, race?

Oh, no. Of course not. What do you think we're doing out here, anyway?

Wall or race Lucas? Out of the meadow and back.

Now that's fair, ain't it, Danno?

Danno's up to Wall. All right, Danno.

All right, boy. Now, just imagine you got a lot of gold riding on your feet.

Go, boy.

Get ready.

Go!

Go!

Go!

There you go.

Oh, that Lucas is up, Lady Danno.

You good friend to Indian, sweet.

Always keep a soft spot in my heart for the underdog.

Oh, Linus.

Linus, would you mind taking a little stroll, me and the Chief are going to smoke a pipe of peace?

And I don't want any of that smoke getting in here long as you know.

You got to keep yourself in trim for the big race tomorrow.

Yes.

Fine, boy, Linus.

You make good brave.

Yeah?

And it's only going to cost you five shillings out of every bet you make with the white settlers.

Three shillings out of every bet.

I'm sorry, Colley, but that's the way it is.

You got to look on it like it was kind of insurance.

Well, I look on it like a robbery.

Yeah.

What do you say, Dan?

Well, the way I understand it, the money doesn't go to Cincinnati.

He just found a man to run the race.

And that was the only way Sweet would agree to hire him out.

That's exactly right, Danno. But the point is, do we want a win or not?

Why win if it takes all our money to do it?

Well, you're going to put a lot more than three shillings on the bet, ain't you, Colley?

I still say three shillings are too much.

And one's more than enough.

All right. I'll come down to four shillings.

One.

Two.

And that's my final offer.

Look, how many times have I got to tell you?

If Sweet don't get his three shillings a bet, he is going to take his man out of the race.

All right. Two shillings a bet, and that's final.

One.

All right, Chief, you win.

But only because I consider myself a friend of the year.

But that don't include Linus' food nor his wages.

Wages? I thought he'd slave.

Only when he ain't running.

So that means you got to pay me.

I remember, Chief.

You better keep Linus' camp till the race.

Wouldn't do for them folks in Boonsboro to get sight of him running.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

I will.

Hello, girls.

Yes, sir, Mrs. Sweet.

You mind what the Chief tells you?

Yes, sir.

Well, it's been a pleasure doing business with the Chief.

And that's my heart good, knowing I can help you, folks.

Here you are.

That's Mr. Conker.

I'm power of four, haven't you, since not as...

Mr. Martin, I got you for you.

Now, what is it?

Now, get me down. Joseph, Joe.

I'm 13, Joe.

How many times have I done it yesterday?

Now, when you put your shop...

Now, listen, the race ain't even until tomorrow.

Will you take your turn?

Just a minute. You're forgetting something anxious, isn't it?

No, wait a minute. I got everything right down here.

Nobody's going to teach you.

That ain't what I'm talking about.

I'll come here and get the head of us.

Oh, now, just a minute.

Excuse me. We got a little private business to take care of.

So, uh, you...

Clam, will you take over here for a minute?

Now, get your bets ready. We'll be right back in just a minute.

Now, what was it you wanted?

Well, I don't want no private talk.

All I want is my three villains out of every bet like we agreed on.

You got any idea how much trouble we had just getting two showings a bet?

Even if they see Lucas run?

Oh, you gave him a demonstration like I told you.

Well, of course I did.

And Lucas wanted me.

You don't understand.

And still, them fools object to my getting threes.

Measly, chillins out of every bet when they're going to make themselves a fortune.

Now, there ain't nothing guaranteed, sweet.

What do you mean by that?

Well, for one thing, how do we know who their engines is running against Lucas?

You hear something?

No, but I ain't got a hankering to be tardin' feathered if Lucas loses.

Now, now, you got every right to pull out of this thing if you want to.

All you gotta do is just give me back my five pounds and I'll give you back Lucas.

Of course, nobody makes no money, but you got every right.

Seen as how the arrangement was for three showings out of every bet.

Well, you know, I ain't about to turn down even two showings.

When I come all this way and went to all that trouble to help you folks out?

Oh, that was purely generous of you, sweet.

I want you to know that Champ Sweet ain't a man to go back in his word.

Champ Sweet's word is his bond, sisin' at it?

Excuse me, you lost me about three turns back there.

Are you telling me you are going to accept two showings out of a bet?

Ain't got no choice, have I?

Well, ain't none of us got a choice, Champ. Promoting's hard business.

All right, you all want to get rich, don't you? Come on, get your coins up here.

That's the stuff I'll take over now. Thank you, Lynn.

All right, come on now, then. It's 45 for the calf.

And, and 10 to the chief? 75. So that's your stuff.

All right, Davidson. And here you go. And, conquer the bank and yours.

That's your smile, isn't it, Chief?

Try believe tall pine win race.

Oh, name of tall pine, did you?

Tall pine, bring honor to Cherokee.

Not to mention little wampum, eh, Chief?

Nothing like a little friendly competition to bring our people together, eh?

Cherokee have wise saying, good Indian finish in happy hunting ground.

Oh, well, remember that, Chief.

Say, you're medicine man, ain't forgettin' my two showings every bet, is he?

He'll remember. But only one.

Silly.

Oh, I'm showin'.

That's right, Chief. I keep forgettin'.

Mr. Sweet, see you for a minute.

Oh, sure, sure, Linus.

Yeah, excuse me, Chief.

Well, Linus, uh, between your good boys, no complaints about the engines.

Ah. Say, that engine's got a new name for ya.

Here's what it is.

I heard. They got one for you, too.

Yes, that's all. I like what?

Natto-cunoma.

Ah, sounds mighty impressive. What's it mean?

Big frog who croaks.

Is that what you wanted to tell me, Linus?

No, sir.

Aye, eh.

Been doin' some thinkin', Mr. Sweet.

Nah, nah, nah, Linus. You shouldn't do nothin' like that.

Sliable to sap your strength.

You should be doin' nothin' but thinkin' about that race tomorrow.

That's exactly what I've been thinkin' about.

And I also happens to know that Lucas is not in store with you like you said, either.

Oh, where would he be? In Bloomberg?

Well, how would he be doin' there?

The same thing I'm doin' here?

Brudin' about that race?

You questionin' the word of Samuel Sweet, Linus?

Who do you think you are?

Tall, fine.

Oh, that engine sure swelled your head, Linus.

No, sir. I swear to all by myself.

What are you tryin' to tell me, Linus?

The chief made me honorary engine.

Well, how isin' that nice?

Hey, maybe we can make you an honorary white man.

The chief also expects me to win.

Well, of course he does.

Well, we all expect you to win, Linus. That's what the race is for.

The people in Bloomberg expect for Lucas to win too.

Because he's runnin' again me. Ain't he, Mr. Sweet?

Ah, yes, I'll write through my little scape, Dinja Linus.

Yeah?

Sham Sweet, a range in the race of the century.

Ever stop to ask yourself what for, Linus?

I'll tell you what for.

To bring a little joy and happiness to the lives of everybody.

I who take the poor white man, hacking his way through the wilderness.

Nothing but hard work and privation.

And an engine scalpel and plunderin'.

I said to myself, I said, Sham Sweet,

here's your chance to take their minds off them isreas.

Linus?

You?

You realize you and your brother are gonna make history tomorrow?

I don't want to make history, Mr. Sweet.

I just want to make me some money.

I can't believe I'm here in right.

I'll see it once more, Mr. Cincinnati.

Ain't gonna be no race at all.

That's not me and only she had a profit.

Profit?

Why don't you just come over here and tell me about it?

Yes, sir. I'll step right over here, Lucas.

What profit you're talkin' about?

What you're makin' off of me?

The son must've got to your head, boy.

I've been working you too hard, right?

Yes, sir. I thought, well, now, all you need is...

There ain't nothin' a little money won't cure, Mr. Cincinnati's.

I know I'm just a poor, ignorant slave.

But I got eyes and ears.

And I've been puttin' things together like...

What things?

Well, I know for certain the settlers are betting everything they've got on the race.

And I know Mr. Sweet's dung you for five pounds for my hire.

That's right. Right out of my own pocket.

And I also heard that the settlers have to pay Mr. Sweet two shillings for every bet they make.

Now, you can't keep things quiet in the place as small as Boonsboro.

You ought to know that, Mr. Cincinnati's.

Not only thing I ain't figured out yet,

it's what you were gettin' out of this.

Well, nothin' except what I make bettin' on you.

What you make bettin' and all that brew you're selling on a counter race.

Well, now, maybe you have got a point there.

Lucas, why don't we talk about your share of my winners tomorrow?

What do you matter?

It's my leg.

It's the sudden beginning to act up.

Might he strange how sudden it was?

Sure can't run as it keeps on hurtin'.

It's all gonna feel like I'm about to pull up lane.

All right, we'll talk about your share of the winners now. How much?

How much is Boonsboro betting?

What's that got to do with it?

Lots. I want a tenth of all the bets.

One tenth?

Well, that would come to more than 100 pounds.

Power like that could almost make you feel free.

And I want it in advance, too. Otherwise, no race.

I guess the folks around here would be pretty unhappy with you

if you had to tell them it wasn't gonna be no race.

I reckon they'd even close your tavern down out of pure spite.

I just can't believe this is tall pine talkin'.

Just plain line of huntin'.

And you're being plain unreasonable. That's what?

All I'm askin' is half of what you get in from the tribe here.

Only a whole man in advance.

Now, what's the only reason to worry about that?

Well, what just about rude me? That's all?

It'll pay me to let on to the chief that my brother Lucas is runnin' again.

Ah!

Now, you wouldn't do that to a whole share of the suite.

Have a man who's looks upon you and Lucas like his own two sons?

It'll sure make me feel low.

Doing something like that to my own part?

Of course it will be his partner, isn't it?

All right.

All right. I'll share it with you after the race.

No.

Before and in my hand.

I gotta say this for you, Linus.

You sure picked up the white man's ways in a hurry.

You can't scorned a man for trying to improve himself.

Can you, Mrs. Weave?

Four, five, and there you are, Mrs. Fidell.

That'll be two shillings.

Mm-hmm. And there's your change.

How much for the goose?

Looks a little scrawny to me, Abigail.

She's all plucked and ready for roasting.

Well, maybe six shillings.

I'll take it.

Now, never mind paying me.

Just put it on Lucas to win.

Just a minute, Abigail.

Come back here. I can't take this.

And why not?

Well, I happen to know that Jed's crop didn't do too good this year.

Since when did you start worrying about Jed and me?

I just gotta take a wager from a woman.

You tried to tell me, since Sanadis,

it's only a man privileged to put money on his shirt, winner?

Well, it ain't that exactly.

Well, I suppose Lucas...

Who's?

I'll take my chances.

I still can't do it.

You hear that?

Well, I still can't do it.

You hear that?

Well, you know what I mean?

No, no, no, ladies.

You'll tell me.

The ladies will you just sit in my dog's cupboard.

All right, I'll take your bets.

I'll get it.

I'll get it.

I'm dying, harpies.

They're all after me.

I never saw anything like it in my life.

You know, if I didn't know better,

I'd say you wouldn't find him to run that race yourself.

That'll...

Every blame female with an extra jar of bizarre turnips

just claw on it.

Need a lay that bets on Lucas?

What's the idea, man?

Well, you wanna see me ruin?

Every bet I've taken is gonna cost me 10%.

I thought you told me all the servers

had agreed to pay you two shillings per bet.

Put that big scare shame, sweet.

How about Lucas?

He's asking for his share now.

How ungrateful can he be?

That's exactly what I told him, Becky.

I took this poor, ignorant lad out of obscurity

and brought him to Boonsboro at my own expense.

And I said, boy, I'm gonna make your feet famous.

And then he turned against you.

I knew you wouldn't believe it when I told you.

Well, it's getting harder and harder to turn

on his profit these days.

You know, you're laughing at me, but I'm telling you

there ain't gonna be no race tomorrow

unless I pay him 10% of every bet I take.

Then he doesn't run.

It isn't the end of the world.

Doesn't run.

Becky, after I promised every critter in Boonsboro,

all the money they're gonna make off their engines?

Well, they might settle for a tar and feathering.

No, Dan, will you?

Don't you think they do that, do you?

Well, if they didn't get to shoot you,

I'm sure it wasn't my idea for Lucas just to help himself

to the settlers' money.

That's exactly the point. It should have been.

Who should be sharing the profits?

He's doing all the work.

But I done all the promoting.

All he did was a runnin'.

Look, Becky, it ain't me. It's him settlers.

If you got any idea how much trouble I had just getting

two shellons of that for Shamsuite,

now can you see me asking them for more?

I just wish I'd never heard of this.

Lucas, I never...

Dan, all I was trying to do was just get some money

from my friend's boozebrow.

I sure wish I knew of a way of sneaking out of town

with a man seven foot tall.

You know, since now, this is a way out.

How?

For heaven's sake, tell me how, Dan.

Well, didn't you tell me there was about 900 pounds of Boonsboro

bets, including Priam Peltz?

Yeah.

Well, that'll make about 90 pounds.

Well, that'll make about 90 pounds due to Lucas.

Well, it's just for runnin'.

Well, how much are you aiming to bet on Lucas?

Oh, I'm rakin' about 100 pounds. Why?

Well, why don't you use that to pay him?

You'll still come out ahead with all the extra business

that the race always brings in.

You ask him me to take every penny I have in this whole miserable world

and just give it to Lucas?

I'm not asking him to do anything, since, Nettis, I'm just telling you

there's a way out.

Dan, let ain't human ask a man to take the money he's going to get rich

on and then just give it away.

Well, then find the money someplace else.

Well, where? There ain't no extra money left in Boonsboro.

Sounds like a good idea to me, since Nettis.

For who? For Lucas? Well, what about me?

He wins, and I get to stand around and watch folks stuff their pockets.

Well, it looks like the only thing left for you to do is ask folks for

10% of whatever they bet.

I could just jump off the cliff over Catfish Creek

that there ain't no water in it.

Where are you going?

Oh, I'm going back to the tavern and get my hundred pounds.

Panel?

The profit system still could use some tinkering money.

What's the profit system, Paul?

I thought you were asleep, young man.

I was, but since Nettis woke me up.

He sounds real and happy, since Nettis.

It is real. It's late. And you should go right back up to bed.

How well, Ma? I promise, please. In five minutes.

Please?

Well, five minutes, but not a second longer.

Can I get help to make Boonsboro?

Is your hand steady?

Yes, sir.

Is your eye clear?

Well, I can see that big chip on that log over there at the end of the fireplace.

Well, since you put it there, I'm not too surprised.

All right. Be careful.

What's the profit system, Paul?

The profit system?

Well, that's the system we live under.

Say that I go out and trap a prime lever, and then I skin it,

secure the hide and take it into Louisville, and somebody pays me fifteen shillings for it.

Then I take the money home, give it to your mother, and she buys thanks for you in the house.

Like she goes out and she sees this prime goose.

And Mr. Stovall says he'll take all six shillings for it, and she gives him six shillings and brings home the goose.

And back in Louisville, the man your father sold the skin to is making a fine hat of it.

And he'll sell that hat to somebody.

So he'll have money, too, to go out and buy things with him.

I see. And then Mr. Stovall is taking the six shillings he got for the goose.

Then he goes out and buys what he wants.

That's right.

That's right.

You're something you don't understand?

You and the man in Louisville.

Mr. Stovall, they're all making money.

I understand that, fine, but...

But what, dear?

Poor Cincinnati's. He's out in the cold.

He had to spend all his money.

Who do you say he was going to give it to Lucas?

Well, I guess Cincinnati's kind of got himself in a trap.

Well, then, it always isn't a profit system.

Sometimes it's a spend system.

I guess it is.

Spend for some profit for others.

Now, don't you think Lucas should make money for running the race?

Well, sure, but Cincinnati isn't the only one betting on the race.

Don't you think the other one should spend, too?

Don't look at me. He asks you.

Well, Israel, it's kind of complicated.

You see, Cincinnati's has already collected two shillings

from everybody that's bet on the race.

And he's afraid if he asks for more money, they won't give it to him.

He's afraid they'll turn, feather him.

You heard him say that, Ma.

Mm-hmm.

And I also heard someone say that to him.

And I also heard someone say just five minutes.

I promised to go right to bed.

I'm going.

Lucas, how tall are you?

Oh, 16, 17 feet.

I just remember which.

You're not?

How tall are you, Thi Gai'an?

Gosh. You tall and tall.

Up to now, he's the tallest man I ever saw.

You should see my baby brother.

He's even taller than me.

I'm an ally. Where's he?

Back in Davis County, working for the Smith.

It's all gone. I wish I hadn't mentioned old Linus, making me home sick.

Here comes Cincinnati.

Hi, Cincinnati. Right there for the race, isn't it?

We're so great about it.

You got it.

I had it. It's yours now.

I just wanted to know how it's felt.

I got no use for it. I don't keep it.

Thanks. You didn't have any trouble collecting.

No trouble at all.

Of course, I was one group who wanted to just hang me on the spot.

And I was worried because they used to busy arguing with the other two groups.

Other.

A second one wanted to run me out of town on a rail.

Well, the third bunch wanted to have me burned at the stake.

You can't be mean in this as your own.

Well, it was my money.

Or shall we have it all before I enter after the race?

Mighty nice of you, Mr. Cincinnati's.

It'll kind of remind me of what I'm running for.

Hey, hold up a minute. I'll find you to twist you.

Lucas!

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

Yes!

Run, boy! Run!

Linus?

He's the last person I have expected to see out here.

Yes, I am at that, brother.

Who are you?

You don't seem too surprised to see me, though.

I guess we got something to catch up on, brother Lucas.

Now, here's the way the situation is.

You got the energy, buddy?

You got your energy, buddy?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's the energy.

Yeah.

Hi!

Yeah!

You got your energy, buddy?

You got your energy, buddy?

You got your energy, buddy?

You got your energy, buddy?

You got your energy, buddy?

More than I ever expected to have in my whole life.

What's it going to do with you?

Well, all my life I wanted to own my own animal.

Get him tired of pounding on brookins.

But he still owns you, Linus?

Maybe.

But he won't own the animal.

That's going to be all mine.

That's where you miss Calcutin, the termination of the system.

Aye, yes?

Aye, yes.

You see that, brother?

Mm-hmm.

That's a letter, brother.

The letter A.

Is that a good one?

Well, it ain't much by itself.

But if you get a little bit of a good one,

it ain't much by itself.

But if you get enough of these bugs together

in the right order of placement, you see,

you got yourself a word.

I'll still rather have me an animal.

You will also notice that all of these little,

scrawny letters are black.

So it is.

And this page, this is a page.

Brothers, it's white.

You still ain't catching the dabbies relation of a meaning.

No, can't say the right ideas.

Well, what I'm trying to tell you, Linus,

is that white ain't nothing without black.

You see?

Well, Chief, I see you're betting real strong this year.

This year, we win again, boom.

Our money says it's our turn this year, Chief.

Well, however it comes out, let's hope it's a real contest.

Contest?

Uh, sort of the same, you know, like the runners evenly matched.

Like, uh, one good as other.

Same?

Uh, I know even.

Yes, huh?

I know even.

I know even.

Well, Chief, your braves can put their bets in the tavern right alongside ours.

You.

I'm gonna get out on that.

I'll show them where to put them.

I'll get back.

Oh!

Oh, oh!

Oh, get spicy!

Yeah!

When I ever had enough time for any guessing, any?

Yes, I'll get some ice cream.

I'll tell you, I'll go that push the basket.

Well, good bad boom.

Indeed, trust you.

The paw!

In a minute.

Now, the race will begin, Chief, when the sun is directly overhead.

Is your runner all set?

But paw!

All set.

Show his eyes, huh, Dennell?

Bet your boots since an Addison.

You running straight air again this year, Chief?

No.

Straight out of it will get to sight, get too slow.

Indians have other runner.

Oh.

Well, uh, wish him luck for us.

And by the way, we have a new runner this year, too.

And I think I'd better warn you.

He goes like the wind.

That's what I gotta tell you.

Some win slow.

Some fast.

You gotta let me tell you this.

Yes, though.

Now, Chief, is your betting list ready?

All here.

And there's right here.

Well, I reckon we're all set.

But paw, won't you let me tell you?

Israel, whatever you have to tell me, I reckon can wait until after this race is over.

Now, do you understand? That's final set.

All right, folks, come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Won't somebody listen?

My goodness, you don't seem very excited about the race.

Is something wrong?

Well, have you seen Cincinnati's?

No, I haven't.

Well, I gotta tell him something.

Paul, won't let me tell him.

Can't you tell me?

Man's secret.

No, it's not supposed to be.

Well, sort it.

But it shouldn't.

There he is.

He's Cincinnati.

This is it. I gotta talk to you.

Not now, boy. Race about to start.

Lucas out in the woods and I gotta go fetch him.

I tried to tell Paul, but listen.

There are two of them.

Two of what, Israel?

Two runners.

Well, it's supposed to be.

There's, uh, Lucas and their champion.

No, they're two Lucas and...

The guy running for the Indians?

He looks just like Lucas.

He's even as tall as Lucas.

Boy, you start from the beginning.

Talk real slow so I don't miss a thing now.

All right, now, remember this morning?

When I followed Lucas out into the woods, to help him train.

Well, I lost him.

But then when I found him, instead of one Lucas,

there was two Lucas's.

And I backed off real quiet like Paul learned me.

And I ran all the way to Boothboro.

But I couldn't find anybody to listen except you.

Since Anatus?

You weren't listening, weren't you?

Boy.

Gotta find your Paul.

Come on, boy.

All right.

It sounded like they were brothers.

They were counting out all the money since Anatus gave me.

Well, I couldn't tell what they were doing,

because all of a sudden they shook hands.

I got out of there real quiet like you showed me.

And I ran all the way back here.

But you wouldn't listen to me.

So I had to tell Spencer Mantis.

That's all I know, Paul.

What is it that has happened, friend?

I'm sorry.

Angry Wolf, tell me what you say and what you do.

Completely two things apart.

What is it that you try to do to me?

I tell you, I didn't know no more about it than you did.

All right, go talk, but fuck it, come.

Who you calling old?

You whiskers like goat eyes like goat smell like goat.

You ain't no better roses yourself, Chief.

Well, you skinny.

You ever think you'd be this important, Liness?

Can't say that I have, Lucas.

Hey, wonder where Mr. Sweet's going.

On somewhere, Sweet?

No.

Well, don't seem right for an outsider to be mixing in a local squabble.

Well, now, that's where you're a dead wrong, friend.

We like outsiders mixing in, especially when they're more inside and outside.

Yeah, well, I think...

Oh, no, it will be plum unnebrally of you to depart before the fun start.

Let's just walk right over here, shall we?

Excuse us, friend. We're just coming right through here.

Oh.

Look, don't open that.

I'm going to snook him.

You'll try to make fool of Bear Claw.

I always know you was low, Sweet.

And, Arthur, since it's as one tavern keeper to another...

Don't you tavern keeper me.

You might as well squeeze no bag of bones.

I'll give back the money I took out of the bets.

I'll even refund the two pounds for the Russell...

It was five pounds. You conniving!

You'll give Big Frog to Cherokee.

Him burn good at stake.

Dannell, you wouldn't let him do that to me, would you?

One thing is, sure, Sweet, you're going to give back every shilling you scrounged out of all of us.

Well, you've got it all wrong, Dannell. You're accusing the innocent promoter.

It was them two fellas there, the brothers that did the scroungen.

Only to get what was coming to him.

And they're going to get what was coming to him.

But only if they race.

That's right, Kelly.

What about the race, Dann?

Yeah, Dann, do we let him race?

Don't seem sensible to give up the race just because Sweet tried to cheat both sides.

The runners are here.

We can't blame all this on them, and we have got our bets down.

I say let them race.

That's right.

What do you say, chief?

Both runners told swift like ponies.

Who here can say which man Fuster?

Bear Clossy, they race.

I got it.

Are you willing?

Just point us in the right direction, Mr. Boone.

All right, from the fort, you go to the pond, behind the pond, over to the cow-matter.

Behind that, around the oak, standing back to the fort.

Twice around.

If I was you and I was a praying man, landlord, I'd pray that they both win.

Are we really going to race, Pa?

Israel.

Later on, when we get a minute, I'm going to apologize, profit, and not letting you tell me what you saw.

You don't have to.

All right.

Now, I'm going to say, get ready, and then I'm going to blast off my blunderbuss.

That's it.

All right, all right. Get ready.

Run!

You know, we just might have ourselves to race you.

Ha ha ha.

Yeah!

So bad!

Ha ha!

Tall pine.

I'm going to go to the park.

All right, man. Even I could have finished the race by now.

Cheddar key have wise saying, good brave.

No make crooked arrow. Shoot straight.

What's it mean, Sinatus?

I'll tell you what it means. It means we've been took. That's what.

Like you're going to take them?

No, we men, Dan. I was just thinking about the...

That's what all of us were thinking about. You, sweet, the chief,

everyone of us had had a bet on that race.

Well, now to tell you the truth, I wasn't thinking about money at all.

I was thinking all these folks and their high hopes was up and...

Well, all that anticipating and fun just went down the creek.

Well, we still got a barrel of money left.

And some of us were going to lose half of it.

So what do you say we celebrate looking sheepish?

Friend of Indian have good idea.

Bear claw, bet. Big frog who crook.

Drink more fire water than old white goat.

Who you calling a goat?

I'll take Sinatus for 20 shillings.

I'll take care of that.

What 10 shillings on Sinatus?

I believe, uh, I believe I'll bet on the old frog.

There you go.

French de pours.

French de bplay.

There is one consolation, Adel.

What's that, Cincinnati?

They're mother brothers, you know.

They'll never show their face in civilized parts, the key.

I can just see them, uh, there.

I hate it.

I can just see them, uh, there.

I hate it.

Some people are like, oh, this is...

It's a fair being brought to justice.

It says here that West Indian sugar is one of the best commodity buys this season.

You sure it says that, brother?

You ain't miss Dottin' the Philadelphia Gather Tier, are you, brother?

I ain't miss Dottin' the paper, brother.

But since I don't know you can't read,

how would you know that West Indian sugar is one of the better commodity buys this season?

Well, it ought to say that.

Well, if you say so, it ought to.

We ain't done too bad on the exchange, do we have a brother, Linus?

Not half bad, brother, Lucas.

Gosh, you ever stop and think what you could be?

If you could read?

Yeah, old man, sweet's night clerk.

He's too illiteracy.

And fast be, yeah.

You're a good man.

You're a good man.

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You're a good man.