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Howdy.

Howdy.

Give me a kind of noise.

Corby.

Don't.

Anything you say, friend.

We're vegetarians.

Give me any trouble, you'll never feel them bite.

I believe you.

What do you want me for?

We're looking for a man.

That's right.

I buried him this morning.

I kept this. I guess

you figured anybody wearing this would have a price

on them, huh? No, no. I figured a good thing to keep that for identification.

What's your name?

Randall. The bounty hunter.

The bounty hunter.

I wouldn't be surprised if he killed Mitchell himself.

Now listen, when I found that man, he was dead and I buried him. If you want,

can show you.

I guess there won't be necessary.

Sling him on his horse and take him back to town. Tell Mr. Winters I sent him a

replacement.

It says his name's Randall, Sheriff.

There's a bounty on it.

Now, look, you tell me what is law against burying a man when he's dead.

Law don't say you can't.

Law says prove you did.

I told this fellow here I'd show him where he's buried.

Can't do that. You might try to escape.

And as far as that goes, how do we know you didn't shoot him?

No, I'm sorry.

I have to hold you for trial.

So I could judge you'll be around in two, three months.

That seems a little severe, Sheriff, if you don't mind my butting in.

What I need is a lawyer, and I need him right now.

I'm no lawyer.

I'm a mining engineer, but I've got a smattering of law. George Winters.

You could reduce the charge to burial without a permit.

That would make it a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

Yeah, I guess so.

If you want to plead guilty to that, I could let you off and save you five

And one day off for last night in the lockup.

Trying to lose the end of the week.

That's nice of you.

Let it settle.

He's all yours, Mr. Winters.

Let's go around.

Where?

Oh, I neglected to tell you.

I have a labor contract with the sheriff.

I took all his prisoners out of his hands.

It's quite legal.

If I don't go...

Or you'll regret it.

A new hand, Bell. He'll help you load.

This town belongs to me, Randall. The town and everything in it.

Remember that. Stay in line. We'll get along.

Yeah, I'll try to remember that.

It's been a long time, Josh.

Yeah?

You call me ma 'am and Abilene, too.

Don't stop working.

Good job, Abilene.

Texas Queen Saloon.

Drink. A couple of dances.

I wouldn't expect you to remember.

I remember you.

What you doing out here?

I got married.

There's one way of keeping out of the gutter.

I'm not so sure the gutter would have been... How many times do I have to tell

you? Don't talk to him.

You talk to my woman only if I say so, you understand?

Please, Cree, I was only showing him how to load the wagon, that's all.

That leaves just one more thing, then.

Don't, Cree!

You get on back to camp.

to stop work?

I've been making little ones out of big ones and son of them. I'm tired.

You got a big mouth, Randall.

If you don't keep it shut, you're gonna wind up with no teeth in it.

You'd like to try it, friend?

Mr. Jakes!

All set with the charge.

It's about time.

as a key of it. Well, it wouldn't matter to Kohler as long as Winters gets the

ore out of here.

What a goldmine. Why use convict labor?

Well, the ore don't have to pay that much. As long as they can get it out

there's a profit.

He's built the whole valley that way.

Farms, roads, the whole valley.

The only decent thing I got.

Don't pay no mind to Charlie.

He figures if he keeps off to himself that it'll shorten his time.

The first four years he was here, he made all kinds of trouble, but the last

eight, nine months he's been towing the mark.

It ain't gonna help, Mark.

You mean death?

Did you hear Cola say back to work?

See if you get all the trouble he wants.

He and Dane along with him.

All right, come on. Get him over here, fellas.

Be careful with that blasting, Calder.

I don't want to take a chance on losing any manpower.

You're about to lose something.

We've got a problem sitting right in the middle of our laps.

What are you talking about?

Charlie Martin.

His time's up tomorrow.

You know what to do about that.

It won't be that easy.

Charlie isn't going to do anything to allow us to take more time on his

sentence. You must be losing your grip, Kohler. If you can't find a way to...

Now, wait a minute.

There's an old story about how mules do their best work if you hold a carrot out

in front of them.

What's that supposed to mean?

They'll have less trouble with these men if they think there's a chance of them

getting out.

Are you serious?

One gets out, he comes back with the real law, we'll all be in the soup.

Listen to me, you just dangle it.

You don't let go of it, we won't be losing much anyway.

Old Charlie hasn't done a good day's work in a year.

You got that chow ready?

Yes, sir.

All right, ciao.

Come and get it on the double.

Just one to a customer.

Give me a plate.

You got no reason to share with me. Go ahead, eat it. I need an empty plate.

I strike you that there's not many of those and an awful lot of us.

Yeah, but the difference is, they're wearing guns. We're wearing chains.

Every time you break a rule around here, they add to your sentence.

And they make the rules.

You spit the wrong way, they give you two more months. You loaf in the job,

three months.

How long you been here?

For over a year.

Started out to be 30 days for a barroom fight I wasn't even in.

Where'd you get that food?

Did you give it to him?

Yeah.

You blink an eye and I'll cut you from ear to ear. Get the gun!

He's being smarter than you are, Rat.

Get the gun!

Light him up, Reinald. You shoot.

And I'll still come from here to here.

No, James.

Don't.

Dane, the gun.

Don't do it, Mr. Randall.

You keep out of this.

Please, I'm begging you.

Don't do it.

They'll get you for it and we'll all pay.

I can't take any more time here.

I want out.

Son, I'll take the ugly out of you, boy.

I should have cut his throat.

All right.

Someday I'll be getting out of here while the rest of you are still cooking

your own juice.

I'm an old man.

I've got a friend in the world.

I've got nothing to look forward to but getting out of here.

You've got to make sure that nobody gets out of here but you.

You're wrong, Randall.

I've been around here long enough to know you can't beat them your way.

Anybody here ever really tried to get out?

I mean all together.

You know, I just remembered something we used to recite in school.

United we stand, divided we fall.

In union there's strength.

Randall, I'm with you.

Now how about the rest of you?

Yeah.

Hold it.

You breathe one word of what we've been talking about.

Put your foot up in the chair, Charlie.

No.

I didn't do anything.

No. I didn't do anything.

You asked me to hold it. Come here and put your foot up so I can unlock your

chains. Your time's up.

You're getting $10 and a horse.

You're going out.

Watch your hands.

Could I have a couple of seconds, Mr. Willis, please?

You men do right, you'll all get the same fair shake.

And union their strength.

How's it going to be?

We'll play it Charlie's way.

Charlie never got as far as the hill.

I won't throw it.

This is our ticket out of here.

No. Besides, you might kill some of the men. You don't want to risk them, too.

The time will come when we'll find a way out. But not this way.

Back to work.

That's just like we used to recite in Union or Strength.

Yeah, lots of us are.

I got myself a little homestead.

Some of the boys put in claims on the mine.

Mrs. Colder's gonna run the cafe down the street.

Pretty good valley, Randall.

You'd do a lot worse than to settle here yourself.

I couldn't make a living here in Scorpion Rock.

Anyway,

it's a little too purified for me.

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