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I don't care what you say, Barton. It's time you face the truth.

I don't love you, and there'll be no marriage between us.

I only stay in this house because your father's my guardian.

Amy, you're being unfair.

If your father knew the things you've done in this town... Put that knife away!

This?

I took this off a sailor. He drew it on me.

Over some woman, probably.

Amy, I'm not going to let you turn me down.

Please, darling, I'll behave myself.

You needn't try.

Amy, you listen to me.

Hiding in the library won't help you.

Open this door! Do you want me to break this door down? Mr. Barton!

Mr. Barton! Nobody answered the front door, but I'm gonna get me knife back.

Fetch the doctor, hurry!

Get up! Go get the sheriff!

Reduce your speed.

Captain, we're coming in.

Penny for your thought, Master Chip?

We'll be seeing Mr. Carney in ten minutes.

No, nine minutes.

You've missed him, haven't you, lad?

Yes, sir. He's been gone a whole month.

Imagine, he rode 100 miles inland on a stagecoach just to visit his brother.

And I suppose you'll be wanting me to give his brother a job now, won't you? Now,

come on, tell the truth, Jim.

Yes, sir.

But why tell the truth?

Why tell the truth? Because you've been trained to, that's why.

And always to keep my word when I give it.

Exactly.

You see, a man expects it of a... Well, a man.

Well, about Mr. Carney's brother. I'd like another Mr. Carney on the boat.

Oh, you would, huh?

Well, now, if he's as big as Mr. Carney is, where's he gonna sleep?

Well, he could sleep in the hole with the cargo.

Telling a wind gate dead ahead, sir.

Look, Captain, I can see the buildings over the top of the trees.

Stand by, forward lines, aft lines. Give her a blast, Joshua.

Start the gangplank, Ford.

Where's Mr. Carney? Have you seen him yet? I got his breakfast coffee for him.

Captain, what's that?

Well, that's a gallows, Chip.

All right, boys.

All right, make it fast.

Stand by.

Morning, Sheriff. Morning, Captain.

You really think that public monument over there

is good advertising for the town of Windgate?

Captain, we always done our hanging here on the dock.

I got to tell you something. Well, fine. Go right ahead.

I'm expecting my chief engineer, Mr. Carney. That's what I got to tell you.

That's for him.

What?

What are you talking about?

What did he do?

He killed Judge Wingate's son, Bart, and he had a fair trial.

Two weeks ago it was.

They're out with their minds. Mr. Carney's no killer.

It isn't true, Captain.

I'll take care of this, Chip. You go on back on board now. Go on, go on.

Where is Mr. Carney?

In the town jail until tomorrow morning.

I'm real sorry, Captain.

Tomorrow morning.

Hello, Skipper.

Josh.

I was hoping you wouldn't make it in time.

Why? You didn't kill him, did you, Carney? No!

But there's no way out now, is there?

They tried me fair and square, and the evidence is hanging me.

Well, if you didn't kill him, that's all I need to know.

We never believed for a second that you'd kill a man in cold blood. Well,

at the trial, they said my blood was hot and angry.

And the sheriff told you all about it? Well, enough.

You, uh, you weren't exactly sober, were you? Well, at that I wasn't.

But I didn't have the blind staggers, either. Well, you're not very dangerous, then.

There I was, as peaceful as an angel, settin' in the saloon,

mindin' me own business, talkin' to a lovely girl named Ruby.

And up walks this young wingate and starts talkin' nasty to the lady.

Well, I made me objections, and he come at me with a broken bottle.

So I suppose you pulled your knife. Well, that I did, sir.

But only in the saloon.

There I was, holding him off, holding... And I fell over a chair.

Well, he picks up me knife, laughs in me face, and he runs out. Well, why, Connie?

Why didn't you go to his house?

To get his knife back. Oh, yeah, yeah.

My head wasn't working too good.

I knocked on the front door and nobody came, so I climbed through the window.

And there he was, laying on the floor, stony as a mackerel,

with me own knife in him.

The judge's only son. But he saw to it that your man had a fair trial.

Yeah, and then I suppose you passed sentence on him, huh?

No, sir.

Circuit judge came up from Natchez.

Judge Wingate, he hired a good lawyer for Mr. Carney. He hired your attorney?

Well, I was out of money.

I missed my brother. He'd gone up north.

Don't you worry, Carney. They're not going to hang you.

Oh, aren't they, Chuck?

What odds will you give me?

Don't talk like that.

Go on out, Sharon.

That lawyer, Carney, has put up a good fight, all right.

Almost had me believing him.

Well, so far, I don't believe anything I've heard.

Watch what you say, Captain.

Judge Wingate's a good man. This town loves him.

He's seen us through bad crops, fever, and even lent us money.

Then his son got murdered. And you grabbed the nearest stranger. Well,

you got the wrong man. I don't think so, Captain.

Neither did the jury. The whole town thinks as I do.

We'll be back, Connie.

Skipper, how's the little chip taking it?

I've seen him through the window, and he was waiting with me coffee.

He thinks like we do.

Joshua, you better tell all the passengers to get off here. We're staying.

Yes, sir, they'll expect us out.

Wait for me, will you?

Yes, sir? I'd like to see Judge Wingate.

You just stay right there.

I saw the way you pushed yourself in here.

Would you please tell the judge that Captain Holmes wants to talk to him?

You'll tell the judge nothing, Williams.

Now, suppose you get out of here.

We've had enough grief in this house.

I'm not going to let you or anyone else upset the judge.

Now, there's the door. Get out.

Jim, that's enough.

The judge isn't feeling well. Perhaps I can help you.

Won't you come in?

Thank you.

Sometimes Mr. Tyler is too conscientious.

He's the judge's very good friend.

I'm Amy Carson.

The judge is my guardian, so this is my home, too.

I see. Well, I just arrived in town. I found one of my men's in jail for murder.

I know.

I'm very sorry.

Well, Mr. Carney's not the kind of a man to

stab another man just to get his knife back.

I'm inclined to believe you, Captain.

But they're going to hang him in the morning.

I'm afraid things got out of hand.

The town took over. Mr. Carney won't die.

I'm begging your pardon, ma'am, but that's not the way I heard it.

He won't die. Please believe me and return

to your boat. Now, now, just a minute now.

What is this? I come out here looking for facts,

And I get nothing but go back to your boat and wait, wait, wait for what?

Wait for his body? Captain Holden.

I'm Judge Wingate.

Hello, Judge.

Amy, Amy is telling the truth.

I want no more killing. Well, there is reasonable

doubt that your Mr. Carney is guilty.

Well, Judge, if you felt this way about it, how did Mr. Carney ever come to trial?

I just couldn't stop them.

Well, that's pretty hard to believe.

That's the way it happened.

Captain, my friends know how much I loved my son. Well,

they sought a punishment that I never wanted.

Well, then stop them now.

Believe me, Captain, I have hopes of doing just that.

Williams, I told you he wasn't feeling well.

Please go. Uncle Robert, is it very bad?

My medicine, please.

I'm getting it.

Haven't you any sense of decency at all? We'll

help you all we can. Now, please go away.

Yes, Miss Amy.

Williams, the judge of medicine.

And Williams, send two men to put this man out of the house.

Yes, ma'am.

Don't worry, ma'am. I'm going.

All right, let's go.

From all you've told me, the judge and Miss Amy want

you to sit around and do nothing. Yeah, I know.

The judge's sudden attack could have been rigged

to get rid of me, too. That's possible.

What about this girl, Ruby?

I don't know. I told the local barkeep that I want her to see her.

I hope he gets word to her. What'd you get from the others?

The same thing. They all think Carney's guilty.

You know that the judge and Miss Amy were at a trial?

Yeah, I know, I know. She'd gone to bed and he

was out of the house. That'd be their story.

Hello. I'm here for you.

I'm the captain.

Where's the captain?

I'm Ruby.

Come on in and sit down. I've been waiting for you.

Can I get you something to drink?

I think I had enough before I came over. Getting nervous, you know.

But I'm sure glad to see one friend of Carnie's.

He's a good fellow, and he took more than any man could take.

Why do you say that?

There were so many people who weren't in court who should have been.

Like who, for instance?

Oh, I put the names down.

Just like that?

Yeah.

Nobody will listen to me. I want to help Carney. He's been nice to me.

Those people had more reasons to want to see Bart dead than Carney did.

Lon Ogden.

Oh, he's a very good-looking bank teller.

But he gambles and couldn't pay Bart.

So Bart threatened to show Lon's IOUs to Lon's boss, huh?

Yeah, who told you?

Nobody, I'm just beginning to know this, Barton.

Well, it sounds like blackmail, but it's hardly murder.

Lon was frantic. He'd be dismissed from the bank for gambling.

What about Amy Carson?

Yes.

Bart was chasing every woman, and Amy got fed up with it. They were to be married.

Really? Well, tell us more.

Well, she was in the house the night Bart died.

Now, Lon was her idea of a man.

I saw them riding out together many a time.

Made Bart awful mad.

I thought everybody loved Bart.

Yeah, a barroom fighter, card cheat.

Well, couldn't his father have stopped him?

Oh, the judge never knew. The whole town protected him.

He was like a wild animal away from home.

But you seem to know quite a bit about Bart.

I should. I once thought I was in love with him.

He sure opened my eyes.

Don't waste the time. We're listening to a highly prejudiced point of view.

If you don't mind, I'll have that drink now.

Yes, of course, I'll get it for you.

Uh, Joshua, where's the, uh... Excuse me a moment.

I don't believe that woman.

Well, I don't know. We haven't got anything else to go on.

We'll free Kearney tonight.

Yeah, we've got to.

But that doesn't clear him. He'll always remain a fugitive.

We gotta clear him.

You haven't done it yet.

Done what?

Get Mr. Carney out of jail.

Well, I'm working on it, Chip.

You haven't even been off the boat.

Well, that's true, but I'm expecting to meet somebody here.

Buck up, boy. It's going to be all right.

I don't want Mr. Carney to die.

Captain, he's here. He's in the main salon.

Yeah.

Good luck. It'll be a poker game.

I want to help, too.

You've always been good at praying, lad.

The harder you pray, the more it'll help.

You're Lon Ogden.

I don't like being threatened.

Your man got me out of the bank. Said there'd be trouble if I didn't come.

Well, I just thought we'd like to have a little

quiet place to have a little talk. What about?

Well, about Barton Wingate and your feelings about him.

We were friends.

Frank, well, I have here some IOUs that you gave to Barton.

I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, well, fine.

Then you won't object to my showing them to your employer, will you?

How did you get them?

They came my way. Apparently, they're for gambling debts.

What do you want?

Some information?

What could I possibly tell you? Well, let's start

with Barton Wingate's murder. Where were you?

I had dinner with Judge Wingate and Miss Carson. Go on.

Later, Miss Carson played the piano.

When Barton came home, the judge went to his room.

The judge wasn't in the house.

He's a very sick man. He rarely goes out.

I see.

So then you stayed later and had some drinks with Barton.

No, I went home almost immediately.

He ordered me out of the house.

Why, because of your attentions to Amy?

She was going to tell him that night. Yes, we're in love, Amy and I.

She knew she couldn't marry him, be a part of the life he led. I see.

Well, thank you.

Well, they're blank.

I know. I'm sorry, but you have helped me.

Where's my IOUs?

I wish I could tell you.

I wish I could tell you.

I wish I could tell you why the people won't talk.

Whoever killed him did this town a favor.

Now there's some kind of a conspiracy of silence to protect him.

Or her.

At my expense.

You can't put a noose around the neck of the whole town.

Yeah, well, maybe you won't have to. See, a guilty secret's a hard thing to keep.

Sooner or later, one link will weaken and the whole chain's gonna break.

And if it don't?

Well, I think I'm beginning to see a crack, and all I have to do is just widen it.

Shut up! Let me out of here.

Uh...

Captain. I hear you aim to start trouble.

Where people do gossip.

Let me warn you, don't try anything.

We're ready for you.

If you don't want to get hurt, don't fight with the law.

Well, thanks for the advice. I'll remember that.

Oh, I will, Captain. Yeah. Say, Captain, if you were talking to Lon about his IOUs,

I took him away from Barton quite a while ago, and I burned him.

You see, the judge would never approve.

You'd do anything to protect the judge, wouldn't you? Yeah, that's right, anything.

He's been like a father to me. He's been the only father I've ever known.

You see, he's been good to me, and I... Well,

I'd have to kill anybody that tried to hurt him.

Even his son?

I wouldn't do that.

See, that would hurt the judge.

Yeah.

Hey!

You want to earn 50 cents?

Good afternoon, Williams. Alexi, Miss Amy, please. Well, she went out, sir.

All right, then I'll wait.

Yes, sir.

I understand that you're the man that found

young Barton's body after he'd been killed.

Yes, sir. Did you hear someone calling for you?

Oh, no, sir. We heard someone pounding on a door. What door?

Well, I don't know, sir.

When Zeke and I came in, Mr. Barton was lying

on the floor. Where was he lying? Right there.

Right there?

Right there against the door. He wasn't breathing.

Then I looked up, and that sailor came in from the drawing room.

In here? Yes, sir. Uh-huh.

Where does this door lead? To the library.

It was locked until Miss Amy came out. She had fallen asleep in there.

Thank you, William.

I'm glad you came back, Captain.

My apologies for my behavior this morning. I was very rude.

Yes, you were.

The judge is feeling better, and he's staying in bed.

Oh, as he did the night his son was killed?

No, he was in town that night.

Well, Lon Ogden told me that the judge went

to his room right after his son got home.

I've just seen Lon.

He realizes he was mistaken.

He was thinking of another night.

Yes, but you and I know that he wasn't.

You wouldn't be calling me a liar, would you?

Mm-hmm.

You're insulting. Uh-huh.

You also forgot to tell the sheriff that Barton was

pounding on that door just before he was killed.

I never heard him.

Well, if you didn't, then you weren't in that room.

The doctor said that knife was thrown.

He was pointing on that door. He had his back to this room.

The knife had to be thrown from here. Now, Carney is not going to die for this.

When a man and a woman argue about someone else, a lover,

then that argument can get very ugly.

All right.

All right, we did have words.

It wasn't the first time, but not over a lover.

I wasn't going to marry Barton, and I told him so.

And then you locked yourself in that room.

Yes.

And he tried to break the door down.

Yes, but I didn't kill him.

Well, if you didn't, then you know who did.

There's not a soul in sight. Seems like the right time. The crew knows what to do.

Johnny, we sail the second the Connie gets on board.

All right, let's go.

Kearney!

We're pulling the bars out. And when they go,

you run through and head for the boat, quick. Yes, sir.

Kearney!

You talk to somebody?

Yes, sir.

But talk to me yourself.

Nobody else will talk to me. I've got so much to say,

it's a little time to say it in.

All right, come on, pick up those poles! We gotta stop that boat! Come on,

get that boat here! Damn that wheel!

Let's go on it!

Get you on the paddle wheel. Chip, you get topside.

Captain, you and your men are under arrest for helping a prisoner escape.

Cornyn, take us.

You give us Cornyn, you can get out of here. I don't know where Cornyn is,

but he's not on board the boat.

I'm gonna search it.

You got a warrant?

Your wheel is jammed. You ain't going anywhere.

All right, come aboard. Come on, man.

Mr. Carney.

A friend.

Who is it?

A friend, is it?

Oh, it's Miss Amy.

I saw you run in here. We were going to get you out,

but now everything's gone wrong. My friends haven't arrived yet.

Will you take me someplace that's safer, Isabel?

No, you better stay here.

Well, it's too close to the jail, and besides, I need a doctor.

How bad is it?

Well, it's as bad as a bullet can make it.

Ah!

Carney's ghost!

No, no, no, in person. Oh, sit me down, Ruben Belov, and get the doctor.

Well, Carney isn't on this deck.

Then he ain't on this boat. I told you that, and I'll get off my boat and stay off.

Well, he won't get far. We'll search the town for him. Yeah, you do that.

We can't go to the doctor. He'll feel it's his duty to report where Mr. Carney is.

We've got to get him to Clearwater, down river.

Now, that makes sense, Ruby, my love. You know,

there's medicine and tools for bullets in the captain's cabin.

Oh, but I can't stand blood.

Then you go to the boat.

I'll clean his wound.

You talk to little Chip, he'll help us.

What?

And leave you here with your... Well, fetch me a bottle of the dew,

place it at me elbow, and I'll keep myself alive.

Well, they haven't gotten Mr. Carney yet. That's a good sign.

Are you sure to see the captain? I'm a friend of Mr. Carney's.

Would you give me your word of honor?

What for? To help Mr. Carney.

Yes, ma'am, you have my word.

Well, he's been hurt, and we need the medicine box.

But you mustn't say a word about me being here.

No, ma'am, I'll get the box.

I think that Amy could have gotten around that room to throw that knife.

Yeah, or it could have been Tyler or any one of a dozen people who ate it.

The other servants.

Yeah, I can't think straight. I'm so worried about Carney. Where could he be?

Why hasn't he gotten in touch with us?

I've got to get off this boat.

Where could Carney be?

This is it.

Can I come and help?

No, but remember, you've given your word about me.

Yes, ma'am.

Come here, Andy.

Mr. Carney's in a safe place. They can't get him now.

Chip, what are you doing up at this hour?

Oh, just talking to Andy.

Well, now you hopped right to bed.

Captain, somebody just went into the street in

this direction. Looked like a woman. Chip!

Come here. You know anything about this?

Was there somebody on the boat?

I can't say, sir.

Why not?

Chip, I want an answer.

I gave my word.

Was someone on the boat?

Can't you tell us who it was?

Was it about Mr. Carney?

I gave my word.

All right, Chip, get up to my cabin, boy. Come on.

Now, Chip, this is a very serious matter.

Now, if you have any news about Mr. Carney, you must tell me.

Do you want me to break my word?

Chip, there are men out there who are hunting for Mr. Carney.

Can't you at least tell us who you talked to?

I gave my word.

Chip, if those men find him before I do,

they'll hang you higher than the chandelier.

I want to help, but I can't.

All right, Chip. Come on, wait outside in the passageway.

Yes, sir.

Medicine box is gone. Joshua?

Chip, did you give it to someone?

Was it Miss Ruby?

I gave my word.

Of course it was Miss Ruby. Carney's been hurt, and he's hiding out there.

I didn't tell.

I understand, Chip.

A man's words is bond.

Joshua, lower the offshore boat. I'm going to get Carney. Yes, sir. Chip?

I can't bear to look. Have you got the bullet out yet?

There wasn't any bullet.

Just a bad scratch.

No bullet. It felt like a cannonball.

Now, we've got to get you out of town.

Oh, yes. There's some place where I can find a bullet.

Carney, open up. It's Gray Holden.

Let him in. Let him in.

Well, this is a fine way to do things. Now, come on. Get on your feet.

We're clearing out of here.

Oh, wait a minute. I'm in a delicate condition.

The sheriff and Tyler are out combing the streets for you.

Who?

We'll find him after sunup.

He's probably all over one of those alleys or stables we missed.

Well, he hasn't any friends. No girl. Hey,

what about that dance hall girl, that Ruby?

No, I've searched her room. Carney isn't there.

Now, wait a minute. Where else would he go?

I want to see her room myself.

Thank you.

Come on, Carney. Come on now. You can walk to the boat.

All right. You know, Miss Amy was going to rescue me.

She was going to take me to another town.

Yeah, or bury you in the woods before you guess the truth.

That's what I was thinking.

Her so eager to save him from the hangman.

What truth could he guess?

Barton Wingate was killed, and why?

So you were behind all this.

I knew it.

You were to blame.

Now shoot him if he makes a break. No, you don't.

I'll give the orders.

I want him alive.

You boys wait here.

Come on, boy. Now hold it.

Don't go over your gun, Captain.

Well, I sure figured it right.

All the bandages, medicine box you left at Ruby's.

I knew you'd got him. This is the only place you could have taken him.

Well, he's my prisoner now.

I'll take that.

And now I got him.

You start moving towards shore, Mr. Carney,

or I'll kill you right here for resisting arrest.

You got no authority or no deputy?

I got the authority right here in my hand. He's a fugitive. Now go on, get moving.

Get off my boat! You don't belong here!

Shooting a step's put on board. Holden, you're not going to get away with this.

We're going to hang that man. Sheriff, you tell Judge Wingate I want to see him.

No.

This is between you and me, Holden.

If the judge believes in law and order, you get him over here. I'll wait.

You're going to settle this with me.

Come on, Connie.

Come on, Jim. Come on.

We'll find out what this is all about. Come on.

I was in a spot like this once before. It was in the Indian Wars.

Our army was pinned down, but we fooled the Indians.

Joshua, Joshua, we're not playing around with Indians.

Those men out there have a lot of law on their side.

All right. But I still don't believe what you've been telling me about Miss Amy.

Mr. Carney, an eyewitness saw Miss Amy on the veranda.

Now, why?

Oh, right. Why?

Because she'd just come from the living room from throwing the knife.

Then why would she want to turn me free? You're innocent.

So?

Well, I guess it must be, because she didn't want you hanging on her conscience.

Captain, why don't we just rush the deputies and

take the timber ourselves and paddle wheel?

This isn't going to free Mr. Carney, nor clear him either. No, no,

we're staying here a while longer.

Yes.

And for once, we've got enough wood to make a run for it.

Well, Mr. Carney! You're safe again. They can't hang you now.

Oh, little ship.

And you missed me.

Oh, do you know how I got here?

Yes, sir.

Some of the hardest praying I ever did.

I'm only telling you because it's my duty.

The captain wanting to see you can be some kind of a threat.

Oh, Amy, a man has asked to talk to me. I can't deny him that, right?

Don't go.

They've got Carney.

Let them sail away.

Amy, what are you afraid of?

The doctor warned you.

Excitement, arguments, they're bad for you.

I love you so. I don't want anything to make you ill again.

No, no.

I'll be all right, don't worry.

No.

No, they'll try to accuse me again.

Amy, why are you afraid of words?

It's only the truth that matters now. And I know you've done nothing wrong.

Sheriff, please.

All the men at their posts?

Yes, sir.

No sign of action on the dock? Uh-huh. There's something on your mind. Uh-huh.

Captain!

Hold it!

It's a bluff to get Carney.

No, no, Jim Tyler isn't bluffing.

Only you put Carney ashore or we're going to burn your boat.

I'll give you two minutes.

I don't need two minutes.

He's not coming ashore. These sticks are dipped in lard.

Now, you can't put out a dozen fires. Put Carney ashore.

Well, I can't stop you.

Now, you boys listen to me.

You set fire to my boat, and you better kill me too.

Because if you don't, I'm going to come back here and burn your town.

All right, throw your fires.

Well, come on, throw your fires.

Well, I'll show you how to do it.

Judge is on his way with Miss Amy.

All right, you tell him to come aboard with you, Sheriff.

Oh, you better send Mr. Tyler to a doctor. I think he hurt his hand. All right,

boys, let him come aboard.

Well, it's been a good many years since I've been aboard a riverboat. You know what?

I used to go to New Orleans.

Pleasures of a young man.

Well, I suppose that's better than establishing

a reputation for yourself in your own hometown, isn't it, Judge?

It's rather unkind, Captain.

I was a man of my time. A little polite drinking cards, horse racing.

My son was exactly like me.

A man of his generation.

Mm-hmm.

Well, now, what I'm about to say, Judge, may be a little hard on you.

As long as you tell the truth.

Please go ahead.

Mr. Carney's sitting right over there.

Now, if what I'm going to say isn't right, then you can hang him.

Now, I told you before, I don't believe him guilty.

All right, now, we were told that you were

in town the night that your son was killed.

I also heard that your son was killed while

trying to break into the room where Amy was. I hadn't heard that.

Why do you torture us this way?

Nothing you can say will bring Barton back.

Do you want Barton back?

Yes.

I never wanted anybody to die.

You had a fight with Bart just before he was killed.

What of it?

We had several quarrels.

You lied to me. You weren't in that room when he was killed. What does he mean, Amy?

You were in the veranda. Now,

that knife was thrown either from the living room door or the front door.

What of that, Captain?

She knows it's who that knife.

You want me to say I did it?

I'm not so afraid now.

All right, I got out of the room and I took the sailor's knife.

I'm not accusing you.

Someone was in that garden, heard the fight and had to act.

Now you saw who that was.

No.

The judge threw that knife.

That isn't so.

You found out at last what kind of a man your son really was, didn't you, Judge?

All right.

I thought I could bluff you.

Well, it's all over.

I'm glad.

You see, Captain Barton was such a fine young boy. A fine young man.

I worshipped him.

But then...

When I learned that he was so evil, he was so rotten.

I don't believe that, Judge.

You're covering up for somebody.

You don't know how to throw a knife.

Have you a knife, Captain?

You see that circle over the door?

I never intended that Mr. Carney should die for my act.

So many ways were tried to save him, so many ways.

But, Captain, I can assure you of this.

I would have confessed if he hadn't been freed tonight.

Barton would have killed me.

I'll swear to that in court.

Well, we don't know.

I just had to make sure that he never laid hands on you again.

As much as I loved him.

I'm sorry it had to turn out this way, Judge.

Oh, no. Captain, you're right.

You fought for one of your men. I respect you for that.

Mr. Carney!

Yes?

Don't you think it's about time you did an honest day's work?

You know, I'm only here to let the sunshine pour down on me wound.

What wound?

You know, you'd think nothing had happened to me.

Thank you.

What I don't understand is why no one believed you when you told the truth.

Well, there are just some people who are not trustworthy. That's a fact.

Stay right where you are, Mr. Carney.

How's your arm? Oh, it's painful, painful, very painful. Oh, yes.

You know...

When I do locate my brother, I'm going for a nice long visit. Mr. Carney,

after what we've just been through,

don't you think it would be a good idea if you didn't

visit your brother for another three or four years?

Mr. Carney, that's an order. Aye, sir.

I see what you mean.