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Hold it.

I'll take that gold, friend Maverick.

Try anything and you'll stop a bullet.

Buckley, you're a crook and a cheat and a double -crosser, but you're not a

killer. You could no more squeeze that trigger than quit marking decks.

Lash those sacks onto my spare horse, friend.

The only way you'll get them is with a bullet.

In 1875, gold was discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota.

And a great stampede of gold -hungry men was started.

Thousands coming up the wide Missouri by steamboat.

Dancehall girls and entertainers.

Men who'd spent their last dime on a new suit and a steamboat ticket.

Men with strong backs.

And men with a flair for making money with three walnut shells.

Saloon keepers.

Women of mystery.

And men like me.

My name is Brett Maverick. I sometimes try my hand at a game of twist.

Or even poker.

Open for 100.

That's agreeable.

How you doing, handsome?

I'm holding my own.

Pompey, have you met Tony Cadiz?

Oh, yes, we've met.

When'd he crawl on board?

I see you have a new stable of harpies, Madame Pompey. It's about time.

Harpies, my bustle!

Why, these are sweet and genteel girls, straight out of finishing school in St.

Louis, and each one a gifted entertainer. So gifted you had to drag

Deadwood to make a living?

Girls! Hey, girls!

Girls, I've got somebody I want you to meet.

can look west, you can look north, or you can look south.

But you're never going to find a dirtier louse than Tony Cadiz.

If he comes near you, you'll just spit in his eye.

That was very funny.

Take him, Beth.

Take him for every dirty dime he's got.

Well, I'm working on him.

Watch out for that.

Well, thanks, Mom Faye, but I'd already noticed.

Just so you'll know.

Chuckie.

There's $1 ,000 here.

Now, I know that this $1 ,000 bill wasn't on the table, but...

2 ,000.

As long as we're bypassing the rules.

Here's your 2 ,000, and I've got 2 ,000 more if you think you can raise the

money that says you're bluffing.

I think I can get it.

The hand stays on the table.

Well, that was my intention.

Would you say that no one touches these, miss?

I'd be pleased to.

Just so there are no minor miracles, I'll be right back.

Excuse me, sir.

Pompey, would you still like to see me take Cadiz?

How much you need, Fred?

Two thousand.

Got a good hand?

I got $2 ,300 of my own invested in it.

I'm going to gamble with you.

Listen, if you lose, you owe me nothing. If you win, I get $3 ,000. Is it a

deal? It's a deal.

This I got to see. Me too.

That's $2 ,000.

I'm calling.

Full house.

Tight on King's fabric.

Pretty good hand.

Pompeii, you do the honors?

Sure.

Seven.

Seven.

Seven.

Queen.

Maverick, watch this.

I'm watching.

So he has muscles.

Muscles that'll pay off big in Deadwood.

There ain't a man alive can stand ten rounds with the battler. He's taken all

comers from New Orleans to St. Louis. In Deadwood, I'll give odds of two to one

that no man can beat him. He's a gold miner in himself.

I'll tell you what I'll do, Maverick.

I'll sell you a quarter interest in the battler for 2 ,500.

Well, if you have luck with this bruiser in Deadwood, I'll give you another

chance at me.

Pompey, set him up for the girls. Hey, I didn't know you were a drinker. Well,

I'm not. Doesn't keep me from buying from a friend.

Takes quite a man to outsmart Tony Cadiz.

So they tell me.

You and I ought to team up in Deadwood, Mr. Maverick.

My name's Carl Stacy.

Besides being beautiful, what can you do that's so special?

I'm a dealer, Pharaoh and Black Jack.

A dealer, huh?

They've got a few lady dealers in New Orleans.

They look good, but they're not much on card savvy.

I have both.

Would you like to step in out of the wind and I'll show you?

Lido?

Customers like me.

They keep coming back again and again for more.

You wonder why?

Well, I could make a couple of guesses.

Maverick?

Nice work, Coral.

I thought so.

Tony, you're slipping.

Dump him, Butler.

Let's hope Mr. Maverick can swim.

Catch hold of my cane, weary traveler.

Thanks, friend.

There for a minute I didn't think I was going to make it to shore.

You didn't.

I'm glad to have you aboard. It was getting pretty lonely on this island.

Island?

In the middle of a wide Missouri river, friend.

Maverick. Dandy Jim Buckley. Small world.

Later, friend, later.

I've got to protect my new gloves, you know. Very expensive.

What are you doing here?

No, don't tell me. I know.

Well... I bought a new holdout clamp device.

Worked on springs.

It'd drop an ace into your palm with a flick of a wrist.

It was amazing.

And the blasted contraption developed a squeak.

Must have been embarrassing.

Oh, the skipper of the far west was not a reasonable man. He stripped me of

every dollar, then marooned me on this disgusting mud bank.

By the way, before asking what you were doing in the river, you got any money?

You too, Brutus.

No, wait, wait.

It'll make interesting conversation and help pass the time, so... Go ahead. Who

cleaned you?

Not sure.

I'd just taken Tony Cadiz for over four... Tony Cadiz?

Going to Deadwood, of course.

Right.

I'd taken Cadiz and I stepped out on a deck for a quiet smoke.

This pretty redhead came out and she said... Why don't we team up?

I'm a dealer, Pharaoh and Blackjack. Probably said her name was, um, Carl...

Plumping or other.

Well, her right name is Mrs. Tony Cadiz.

Anyway, you were knocked over the head, robbed and tossed in the river. Correct

me if I'm wrong.

Sounds like you know the lady.

$7 ,000 worth. Happened six weeks ago in St. Louis.

I should very much like to catch up with friend Cadiz.

I'd settle for some dry clothes.

You got anything in that fancy suitcase?

One shirt. Very expensive.

And a few picks for the trade.

Looked like a map of some kind.

Vermillion? Isn't that about 60 miles up the river?

Uh -huh.

Twin Peaks, mountain, and then a diamond fall.

60 paces to where?

X marks the spot where 40 ,000 in gold dust is supposed to be buried.

40 ,000.

Nice round sum. The man I got it from claims he and his partner held up the

Wells Fargo office in Vermillion.

His partner was killed, his own horse broke a leg, so he buried the gold dust

and lit out on foot.

I guess he had some reasons why he didn't go back to pick it up. I found

Natchez in a dive on Silver Street. He had a bullet in his chest, compliments

a Wells Fargo detective.

And he had a woman with him.

Fitty little thing.

Well, anyway, he had no money and he was worried about her, so I gave him 200

for the map.

The old buried treasure gag.

He died that night.

A dying man might just be telling the truth.

I thought exactly. That's why I bought the map.

If we find the gold dust, we cut it down the middle, 50 -50.

That doesn't sound like the dandy Jim Buckley that I know.

I haven't changed.

Just my situation.

This cursed island is over a quarter of a mile from shore.

You'll have to tell me. I can't swim.

Now I recognize you.

You know, Deadwood is over 400 miles.

Think your feet will hold up?

This, um, bauble should be good for two horses and a saddle, friend Maverick.

I'll keep the map, my friend.

Just so you won't be tempted to turn me loose in the river.

Now I won't ditch you in the water, and you won't run out on me when we reach

the shore.

Buckley's little bauble not only got us two horses and saddles, but $80 in the

bargain. And three days later, we'd reached our first landmark.

They must be the Twin Peaks, all right.

Now we cross the ridge between...

Drop down into the mountain meadow, find the diamond -shaped falls, step off 60

paces north and start digging.

Be dark when we get there. Not quite. There'll be a moon.

Buried treasure in moonlight.

Pleasant thought?

By nightfall, we'd crossed the ridge and come down into the mountain meadow.

There was only one thing wrong. The meadow had sprouted a full -sized town.

Well, don't look at me like that. How was I to know?

That's what I'm wondering.

Oh, come, come, Maverick. Small settlements are springing up all over

Just means we'll have to work at night.

Now's a good time to start.

Well, well, well, as I live and breathe, a diamond -shaped falls.

I knew you'd be lucky for me the moment I saw you.

Look over there.

That's due north.

That building ought to be just about 60 paces.

No, no, it's much farther than that. The moonlight plays tricks.

Well, set it up for yourself and you'll see I'm right.

Two, three, 55, 56, 57.

the devil was that for?

You knew they built the jail over there.

You've been there before.

Here?

Well, as a matter of fact, yes, I have been.

That was another reason for the 50%. I needed help.

Why pick on me?

Well, there was no one else here I could trust.

So, I was on my way to St. Louis to get my cousin, whom I don't trust very much

either, when I ran into you.

And your greatest weakness, my friend, is that you're completely trustworthy.

Also, I needed someone with special qualities. A strong man for the digging

a man who won't mind being tossed into jail.

For $20 ,000.

Not bad.

But what about the marshal?

He's over there now. He might not like the digging. At 9 o 'clock, he locks up

and goes home. You'll be there all alone.

And that's when you hand me the tools through the window.

Yes, of course.

And then I hand you the gold back through the window.

Yes. And I'm left there all alone, locked up tight.

Maverick, my friend.

Have I ever given you cause to think... Oh.

I have, eh?

All right, then suppose you come up with a better plan.

Low Man goes to jail.

Oh, no, no.

I'm supplying the brains in this deal. You, my friend, the brawn.

Cut or get yourself another jailbird.

Well, if you put it that way... A king.

I seem to have lost my touch.

Well, now, let's see.

What can I do to get myself tossed into jail?

Something inconsequential that will only get me a day or two.

Well, you try to figure it out. You're supposed to be the brains of the outfit.

Your name Maverick?

That's right.

Let's see your watch.

My watch? Sure.

What's this all about, Marshal?

Splendid job of apprehension.

That's my watch, Marshal.

You'll find my name engraved on the inside.

That's right, Mr. Buckley.

Is this lunatic accusing me of... It was in your pocket.

Well, maybe it was, but I didn't put it there.

That's what they always say.

Why? None of that now, none of that.

Look, Marshal, can't you see through Buckley?

He's a well -known con man, a crook. He must have put that watch in my pocket

himself. Oh, come, come, Maverick, you can do better than that.

A hardened pickpocket like you?

Better lock him up, Marshal. He's a dangerous character.

We'll go talk to the Justice of the Peace.

Closing up shop, Marshal?

Yep. Lock up at nine.

Bring your breakfast over at six sharp.

Then you start paying for your keep.

Fell in trees and sawed them up for winter fuel.

Looks like you're the boss.

You're a darn tootin', I am.

Maverick.

You dirty lowdown.

Tuck, tuck, tuck, man. Let's not quibble over trivialities.

Look here. I brought you the rules.

You know, I ought to break your neck.

Oh, the urge will pass.

Besides, it's much better to have the brains on the outside.

As witness these.

The gold dust is supposed to be in two 50 -pound bags.

Never get them through these bars.

So I made these this afternoon.

You just transfer the dust into them. Clever?

Yeah.

How deep is this stuff supposed to be buried?

Oh, five to six feet, I believe.

And with those muscles, it oughtn't to take you over a couple of hours.

You, you got me stuck in this chicken coop for 60 days.

Don't be silly, partner.

First thing in the morning, I'll use some of the gold dust to pay your fine.

And we'll be on our merry way to Deadwood.

Yeah.

Have you got it?

It's here, all right.

$40 ,000.

Beautiful, isn't it?

Now, you won't forget to bail me out of here, will you?

First thing in the morning, cross my heart.

old friend goodbye good luck and bless you

come back here Buckley Buckley come back here

I'll take that gold, friend Maverick.

Try anything and you'll stop a bullet.

Buckley, you're a crook and a cheat and a double -crosser. But you're not a

killer. You could no more squeeze that trigger than quit marking decks.

Lash those sacks onto my spare horse, friend.

The only way you'll get them is with a bullet.

Do you know?

I could learn to dislike you intensely.

Oh, all right. Take the blasted animal.

Our deal was to split down the middle.

Maverick, old man.

You are, as I said before, completely trustworthy.

What are we stopping here for?

Howdy, Sheriff.

My name's Brett Maverick. That's my partner, Jim Buckley.

I understand Wells Fargo pays 10 % reward on the return of stolen gold.

That's correct. You've got some?

We've got some.

We found it hiding in some rocks up around Twin Peaks.

I was hoping that you'd be kind enough to take us to the Wells Fargo office.

I'd be glad to.

And I'm proud to meet two such upright citizens.

The Wells Fargo office is right down the street.

Ah, cheer up, friend Buckley. We still have $2 ,000 apiece and a clear

conscience.

A clear conscience.

We've just lost $36 ,000.

I've pulled some pretty mean tricks in my day, but I've never stooped to such

foul nauseating.

Look out!

Get back! Get back!

Don't you ever give a shout?

I'm mighty sorry, folks. I didn't hear you.

You know, horses don't make much noise on them pine needles.

But if you wait just a minute, while I clear the trail...

my friend.

Didn't you say that Cadiz has got a fighter who takes on all comers?

At two to one odds.

I'll handle this friend Buckley.

Well, she's all clear now.

Ah, we're in no hurry.

My name's Brent Maverick. It's my partner, Jim Buckley.

Noah Perkins.

How'd you do?

Mighty pretty country you got here.

A little lonely, though, isn't it, Noah?

Shucks, it ain't lonely, Mr. Maverick.

Well, I got lots of friends here.

There's bear, coon, birds, elk.

Why, the whole valley's full of friends.

Long about dark, why, they all come up to my house and we sit around and watch

the stars.

It's quiet and peaceful, but... It ain't lonely.

But a lot of folks moving west.

Won't be long until people start moving into this valley and start hunting and

killing.

I worry about that considerable.

I keep turning it over in my mind.

I never did hold with killing harmless wildlife.

Of course, there is a way you could protect them.

I don't know about that. I wish there was.

Well, this is all government land. Sells for about 50 cents an acre.

Why, you could buy this whole valley for $1 ,000.

That way they'd be safe.

Where'd a man like me get that much money?

You ever do any fighting?

Just fighting.

That's the reason I come out here from Council Bluffs. Cause they was always

picking on me on account of my size.

Oh, don't tell me they beat you up, huh?

I ain't never been beat yet.

But I don't hold for jaw -busting, Mr. Buckley.

Well, just one fight would get you that thousand dollars.

Nope. I don't reckon I want to do it that way.

Noah, I know a fighter who just lives to hunt.

He slaughters deer just for the sake of killing.

Well, he ain't done no killing in this valley.

And if there's two things I'm square again, one's fighting and the other's

lying.

I'm glad to know that.

Did I hear you say that nobody ever licked you?

I don't reckon nobody could.

Um, Noah, you know, Mr. Maverick wasn't lying about this Kruger.

He sneaks up on deer at night, blinds him with a lantern, and then starts

shooting.

Fightin's plum again, my nature.

Thought you were going to bring a friend with you.

Cedric, come on out and meet our new friends.

This here is Mr.

Maverick, and that's Mr. Buckley.

Yeah, well, Cedric, remember, we're your friends.

Yeah, just in case he forgets, Noah, would you mind leading the way?

About 50 paces.

Well, he's even got it in writing.

4 ,000 to 2 to 1.

8 ,000 for us.

Ah, sweet music.

And 1 ,000 for Noah.

Now, remember, Buckley, nobody gets gypped in this. Not you, not me, not

Noah.

How about Tony Cadiz?

Well, we'll handle him gently, but thoroughly.

I'm standing.

All right.

Pay 21.

It just ain't my night.

Sorry, Jack.

We were going to team up, remember?

Were we?

I don't recall you agreeing.

It's a little difficult to talk from the bottom of the Missouri River. It's a

very lonely place.

Too bad you weren't there, Mrs. Cadiz.

How did you find out I was Tony's wife?

Met a man on a sandbar. Hit me.

You're tempting me.

Standing.

Pay 21.

21.

I didn't think you'd get here, Maverick.

Well, I started swimming.

Well, well, well.

Practically old home week, eh, friend Maverick?

It's a nice place.

Yours? Mine.

I've been cleaning up with the battler. You should have bought that 25 % when

you had the chance.

You know, I was on the deck thinking about that when something happened.

Like I said, I've been cleaning up big, but I've been smart with it.

I gave some away, a little here, a little there, so that now I've got a lot

friends. They'd back any play I'd make.

Big gun, huh?

The biggest.

Now, you boys had a little tough luck in the past.

You might even consider it a raw deal.

You've got another name for it.

No, but I'll give you a friendly tip.

Just forget about it and charge it up to experience.

Because if you don't, you might run into trouble.

I wouldn't like that to happen, especially to a couple of old friends.

Well, thanks.

It'll give us something to think about.

Hiya, handsome.

Well, it's all set for tomorrow night. You're gonna get your thousand dollars.

You can buy the valley.

How's Sidney?

He ain't none too pert, ma 'am.

He didn't eat much supper, and he won't drink his milk.

Of course, Cedric's not used to cow's milk.

Back home, I always used to give him goat's milk.

Why don't you feed him a whiskey sour?

Tone his stomach up.

Todd got a better idea.

We saw the battler fight today.

He's got a weak belly.

All you got to do is go to work at his midsection. The fight will be over

nothing flat.

You got to remember that, Noah. It's important.

I'll remember, Mr. Maverick.

But I'm plum worried about Cedric.

It ain't like him to shy off in his bills this way.

Here's something that'll make him feel a lot better.

And you'd know about making a hole in it, too, ma 'am. Sure.

I used to have a pet skunk of my own back in Pennsylvania.

I used to call him Jim Dandy.

Mr. Cadice, meet Red McClinton, champ of cold creek diggings.

Red's got him up the floor up with Batlin Kruger.

How much is this?

Two to one odds?

That's my standing offer.

We got 3 ,000, says so.

Jack?

Jack Flair, my cashier, will hold the stakes.

Here's my 6 ,000.

Get your man in the ring.

from Cold Creek Diggins, Red McClendon.

Here's $10 ,000. You get your $20 ,000 and plunk it right alongside.

Who is this fellow?

Just call him Pompey's mystery man.

Is this some pug you imported from back east?

Doesn't matter who it is. The posters challenge all comers. Two to one odds.

I know what the posters say.

But I want to look at anybody that battle or fights before I place any

Trying to crawfish out, huh? No, but I run my business according to Hoyle.

And I'd like a look at the outside of your mystery man ahead of time. Not his

wares. For all I know, you may be dragging in a grizzly bear.

Ha! He's hairy, but he's no grizzly bear. Although the badger might think he

afterwards. Mr. Cadiz.

Be right back.

Take that bet, Mr. Cadiz. It's a 14 -carat cinch.

You know who this mystery fellow is? I've been seeing Frankie one of Pompey's

girls. Pompey's got her mystery man catched out on the second floor of the

Bonanza. It's a fellow named Noah Perkins.

I know him. What's he like?

Big, all right.

Big and stupid and afraid of his own shadow.

Lives alone in the woods.

Claims he talks to the deer and bears.

You sure about this?

Look, I know him. I've seen him back down for men half his size.

Pompey sold on him because he's big.

I don't think he'll even show up for the fight.

Madam Pompey!

Think your mystery man can whip the battler?

He'll slaughter him. You get together all the gold dust you can and come back

here tomorrow night.

All right, Pompey.

Although it's not according to Hoyle, I'll take that bet on your mystery man's

sight unseen.

Where's your 20 ,000?

Right here.

But as long as you're choosing the rules, I'll make one, too.

Fight time, 9 o 'clock tomorrow night.

And if either fighter fails to make an appearance, the money is forfeited.

I just want to make sure I'm not going through all this for nothing.

You won't be.

You better see the battler doesn't head for tall timber.

Because Pompey's mystery man's going to be Johnny on the spot with a two -ton

wallop in each fist.

He'll be there.

And here's my $20 ,000.

Marshal Hunt?

Marshal, there's been some sticky fingers involved in this deal, and I'd

appreciate it if you and your deputy take this money over to the jail and

it up for the night.

I got an idea what you mean.

I'd be glad to do it for you, Pompey.

How'd I do, Pompey? You did just great, Jack.

Listen, here's your $200.

You better get out of town before Cadiz finds out. And don't leave till just

before the fighter Cadiz will smell a rat.

Plan on leaving at the sound of the opening bell.

All right, gentlemen, $15 ,000 to match your $7 ,500.

Why'd you tell Pompey you wouldn't fight the battler?

I trusted you, Mr. Maverick, and you outright lied to me.

What's this all about, Noah?

I met the battler on the street today and called him a dirty deer killer.

Said he ain't never killed no deer before.

In fact, he likes deer.

Well, I'm sorry about this, Noah, but Cadiz, who owns the battler, is worse

a deer killer. He's a thief.

He stole $7 ,000 from me and over $4 ,000 from Mr. Maverick. You want to buy

that valley, don't you?

I've got no call to fight the battler now.

Look, Noah, your friends have got $10 ,000 bet on you.

You don't want us to lose everything we've got.

I'm mighty sorry, Mr. Buckley, but fighting without just cause is plumbing

principles. Principles be hanged. I've got $2 ,000 riding on you.

Noah, it'll only take you a couple of minutes.

But you can't just walk out on us now.

Mr. Maverick outright lied to me.

Lying's a mighty bad thing.

I reckon I'll be going home soon as Cedric's feeling better.

But, Noah, can't you forget... Lay off him, Buckley.

He's right.

I shouldn't have lied to him.

Well, that's that.

Of course, I've been flat -busted before.

Well, it's the girls and the miners I'm thinking of.

It's going to be pretty rough on them.

an idea last night Pompey put no name to her

mystery man so we simply ring in a substitute

bets $10 ,000, Pompey's mystery man can slaughter the battler.

I'm sorry, gentlemen. We've already laid out $35 ,000 to cover the bets and

we're just out of money.

What are you trying to pull, Cadiz? Last night you said you'd take all bets at

two to one.

And we will.

The golden nugget's worth $20 ,000. We'll put that up as security.

Suit you?

Suits me? I always did crave to own a saloon full of liquor.

mystery man.

History man Pompey.

Got any more money to bet?

I wouldn't want to take your last dime.

Since when?

I brought along an impartial referee too, Marshal Hunt.

Wait a minute, I didn't agree to this.

Man, who'd you rather have, Marshal Hunt or this crook?

We'll take the Marshal. Yeah, we're going to get a fair fight this time.

We're going to use the new rules.

Three -minute rounds, one -minute rest in between rounds.

Mr. Buckley will take care of keeping time.

I reckon that's all.

pretty cheap once the liquor's gone.

I'm all through with that, Brett.

I'm gonna buy me a valet.

Don't tell me you've fallen for Noah.

hat and yellow gloves and a silver -headed cane? Sure was.

Why, that dirty lowdown.

And you picked him for a partner.

You're wrong.

He picked me.

Maverick? You're still alive?

Why, he massacred the battler.

So sure that you want to blast open the jail and light out with the money?

But I was only trying to protect us all.

Look, Maverick, you know, you weren't doing so very well. So the only way left

to beat that crook was to blast open the jail and take the money.

Well, Marshal, you heard the gentleman's evil intent.

What he had in mind ought to rate about 30 days.

No, with blast and powder, it's 60 days.

Well, let's go over to your office and divide up the money.

We'll leave your share with the marshal.

No, no, you can't do this to me. I was only trying to help.

Your share minus a thousand for no.

Maverick, I'm your friend.

Didn't I pull you from the river?

Didn't I let you in the gold?

Didn't I get you tossed into jail so you could...