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Send out Tolwyn with yellow coat.

We go away.

You get up. Ain't you gonna give him a chance?

We wouldn't be holed up in here like rats now if it wasn't for him. He's

a better chance than he deserves.

Hurry, Pa. They're getting ready.

You can have him!

You might as well stop skulking around back there, Fallon. There's plenty of

coffee here for all of us.

Should we all put our guns away?

I've known you've been following me since the first day.

Then you had plenty of time to think about it.

You know what we want.

Sure.

That's why I've been leading you away from the claim.

We've been making one big circle.

Stay where you are.

Your gun take us to that claim.

Am I?

You got three guns on me.

But this is a double -barreled shotgun.

And before I hit the ground, it'll get all three of you.

You see, I've got a big advantage.

If you killed me, what would you have?

Nothing.

We'll argue that point later.

Right now, you put that gun down. And fast.

I don't think so.

You're gonna get on your horses and ride off.

You might be able to kill all three of us with that scattergun you got there.

But before you fire that second barrel, you'd have at least three bullets in

you. I don't think you want to die.

Nobody wants to die.

But you're not giving me any choice.

Sure we are, Sam. All you have to do is to drop that shotgun.

And you're going to.

Watch it now, Wes. Watch it set up.

We don't want to kill you, Harris.

We don't want the whole mine, neither. We just want you to cut us in for peace.

You're going to need some help anyway.

It'll be different if that mine belonged to you, but it don't. It belongs to the

Indians.

So none of us have got any right up here.

But I've found it.

And I'm going to keep it.

I don't need any help.

I'm going to count to three.

If you haven't dropped that gun, I'm going to drop you.

One.

I'm not bluffing.

We'll know in a couple of seconds.

You didn't have to kill him, Wes.

He would have killed me.

Ain't that right, Pa?

That leaves you, Metson.

I haven't ever been to the mine.

Well, your partner certainly must have told you where it was.

He was taking me there for the first time. He didn't tell me nothing.

Oh, that's too bad.

You've just seen enough to hang us all.

We might forget that if we had a good enough reason.

Wait. I swear I don't know where the mine is.

But I know something just as good. It'll get you there.

What's that?

At the pack saddle station, someone's coming on on the stage five days from

Someone who knows as much as Sam Harris.

But you need me there.

Who's coming in?

I'm not going to tell you anymore.

I'll wind up the way Harris did.

He's stolen, Pa.

I'll tell you anything you want to know when the stage comes in.

But not before then.

I can get it out of him now, Pa.

No, another dead man ain't gonna get it first.

You got something to trade?

All right, we'll trade.

But if you're bluffing, you're gonna wish you got it just as quick as your

partner did.

You give me a chance. You won't be sorry.

We'll see.

Get your horse.

Rip, when I go back inside, you wait half a minute or so, then come in after

and say the stage is coming.

And what are you going to do, Pa?

You find out when you get inside.

Now do like I say, and make it sound right.

here if you fellas feel hungry.

No, thanks.

Stage is coming, Pa.

I spotted the dust up on top of Pine Hill. They're early today.

I better be getting them there horses ready.

The stage is practically here. You tell us now.

I said I'd tell you when I got here. That could be too late, mister.

Once it's in this place, we'll be crawling with passengers. You could go

the deal and start yelling for help.

What's to keep me alive after I've told you what you want to know?

Well, we're not killers.

You've got a short memory.

Harris would still be alive if he hadn't tried to use that shotgun.

You said we need you. If that's so, what you so worried about? What are we

haggling for?

Tell us, mister. And you tell us now.

You sit down, Wes.

Now look at this thing logically.

You don't really think that we'd take a chance on killing you with a stage just

a few minutes out, do you? You've got a lot better sense than that.

All right.

Harris wrote to his wife in Boston and told her to meet him here.

He sent her a map of the claim in case anything happened to him.

She'll be on the stage.

Does she know you?

Yes.

You're a liar.

Now you get out of here before that state shows up.

Shouldn't we keep him here till we find out he's telling the truth? He told the

truth. Now get going.

You lousy butcher.

If you want my brother, I'd treat you right where you stand.

You mean you thought we were going to let him go?

Jaggedy, you rat!

Madison could have stopped that stage before it got here, and before you knew

it, this place could have been full of lawmen.

Now let's get him on a horse and dump him in Thorn Canyon.

Station man's outside.

Something I can do for you?

Nope, not a thing. Just wondering. You seem to be in a mighty big hurry to get

here. I was.

Thanks for your interest, anyway.

Morning.

Got some grub there for the passengers that's coming in. You can dig in if

you've got a mind to.

Thanks.

Didn't get your name.

It's Maverick.

Hey, you must be waiting for the stage, same as the others.

Oh, is that so?

But they ain't much for conversation.

They thought you was a stage.

Sorry to disappoint them.

I don't get much company to talk to outside of a few skin trappers or

heading for the Sioux country.

Ain't nothing drops in here except the agency stage or a few shade -minded

sidewinders.

They make good eating.

Oh, drop for everyone inside, folks. Just help yourself.

That ain't no way to treat them animals. They gotta go back on the eastern run

as soon as that other stage gets in.

Yeah, but coming in, I saw what looked like Sioux tracks.

Maybe a renegade band, so I got out of there fast.

There ain't no Indians between here and the Black Hills.

And if there was, that thumb would start aching.

With some folks, it's weather. But with me, it's engines.

And that ain't never been wrong yet.

Oh, you're just getting old, Simmons.

It's rheumatism that makes it ache, not engines.

I'm Mr. Mattson, Sam's partner.

He's staying up at the mine, and I'm supposed to take you up there.

Oh, but that's not what Sam wrote in his letter.

Well, you see, he couldn't leave the mine alone. It's in Sioux country.

The land belongs to the Indians, which means the mine ain't legal in the first

place. Now, that kind of situation's just made to order for claim jumpers.

I see.

Now, as soon as you're ready, I'll take you there.

But how can you? Sam wrote that only he knew where the mine was.

Well...

You're supposed to take me with the map he sent you.

Well, if you don't mind, Mr. Manson, I think I'll wait a while.

Just in case Sam changed his mind.

Well, that ain't likely, but suit yourself.

Now, just let me know whenever you're in the mood to go, huh?

I will.

Thank you, ma 'am.

Don't know when a morsel of food tasted so good. It's just delicious.

Just like our southern fried chicken.

Rattle snake meat, ma 'am.

Rattle?

That's just the way I feel about southern fried chicken.

To each his own.

I was in the restaurant business, and you're going to please them all.

That fellow has a familiar look.

Be your friend asleep?

That's right.

Looks like a customer used to come into my place in Dodge City. The man was fair

daft about ribs.

Spare ribs.

He don't like to be waked up and he's never been to Dodge City.

My mistake.

All right, folks, we're ready to rumble.

Mrs. Harris, my name is Maffrey. I'm looking after this lady, and I don't

her husband and one stranger are talking to her. I don't think Sam Harris cares

one way or the other right now.

What do you mean?

Well, I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but your husband's dead. I buried

two days ago.

You lie.

I ran across Sam four days ago. Some men had shot him and left him for dead.

I tried to get the bullet out, but, well, I did what I could for him.

I hope you see what he's after, Mrs. Harris.

Your husband's claim.

You're a little late.

Sam took me to the claim before he died.

He asked me to come here and explain things.

If you're telling the truth, why'd you wait so long to talk?

I just figured I'd let you play out your hand first.

Well, Mr. Harris, you certainly ain't gonna take a stranger's word against

partner, are you?

Why take anyone's word?

Man over there with his hat over his face.

My guess is he's Mattson.

And I don't think he's asleep.

I think we'd better leave, ma 'am. You're not going anywhere, either one of

If you look hard enough, mister, you'll see there's two guns pointing right at

her from underneath this table.

You put that gun down right now, or she gets shot.

Put it on the bar.

What's going on here? Where's the hardware, Pop? You loco. Where is it?

It's underneath the bar.

Let's get it.

I don't want to inconvenience you any, Whiskers, but we got business to

transact. Now, if you just go over and sit by that water cooler there, you

get hurt.

Now, drag Matson's body over behind the bar just in case somebody comes in.

Shooting your husband wasn't our idea, ma 'am.

He forced it, trying to use a shotgun.

Meaning he was trying to keep what was his.

You're going to chuck yourself right into a box, mister.

Mine didn't belong to your husband anyway. It was on Indian land.

From a practical standpoint, the gold is just there. I'm waiting for anybody

that wants it.

And we want it.

I'll take that map, Mrs. Harris.

I don't have it.

Mrs. Harris, I'll strip every stitch off of you to get that map.

It's on the stage.

When you told me I was to take you to the mine, I didn't trust you.

I decided then to leave my luggage on the stage.

Rip, go off that stage and don't come back here without that luggage.

Rip ain't got much stomach for that kind of job.

There's always a chance you might scare off.

You should have sent me, Pa. I'd get it. Yeah, you'd have shot the driver to get

it, and we got enough worries as it is.

I figured that maybe you could save us a lot of trouble.

And you got plenty of that.

Now, a man ain't leaving a million dollars worth of pay dirt without making

little map to get him back to it.

You're going to have to read my mind to find it, because that's where it is.

Every inch of it, right there. We'll see about that.

Take off your coat.

How'd you find out about Harris' claim?

Well, everybody knowed it.

Took a chunk of that ore down to be assayed at Twin Bluffs.

It ran 90%.

When he turned down $100 ,000 for the mine, it went all over town.

Your boots.

You weren't very smart.

Harris knew you were trailing him. He led you away from a strike. We knew

But Harris is dead, and I'm alive.

Now you figure out who's smart.

All right, your socks.

You're wasting your time.

I got plenty of that.

I sure hope there's no such map on that stage, Mr. Harris.

Right now, they're just keeping me around for insurance.

If that map shows up, it'll just be another case of them having to kill

they were forced into it.

If he does come back with a map, they won't need me either.

They won't need any of us.

You just stopped me from feeling sorry for myself.

All right, get them all.

Was she lying?

We'll never know.

What happened?

It was awful, Pa. Just awful.

What happened, boy?

There wasn't nothing left at that stage.

Just a heap of burning wood and charred bodies.

Well, why in the thunder would anyone... It was Indians, Pa. And they don't need

reasons. Where'd it happen?

On the other side of Beaver Creek.

Well, it ain't likely they'll be heading this way, then.

The best picture's between there and Twin Bluffs. Could be they're heading

your ranch.

They got a spread?

Over a thousand head just east of Twin Bluffs.

Most folks say they had other brands on them first.

A thousand head?

Now, why would anyone with a spread that big want to kill a man over a mine?

Doesn't seem to me like you need it.

Well, why don't you answer him, Pa?

That's a question I've been wanting to ask more than once.

You ask it some other time.

Well, maybe I can answer it for you.

Sure, we got a big spread.

But there isn't anybody in this valley who doesn't think we're dirt.

You've always wanted to buy that land up above Jackson's place. Why?

So you could cut off his water? With a gold mine, you could do that.

You could get back at Jackson and all the rest of them.

I don't know what you're talking about. Neither does he, Pa.

I'm still thinking about those cattle.

With you and your boys away, we'll make a nice haul for those Indians.

I hear anything they can't carry away, they burn.

You'd like for me to forget you and go back, wouldn't you? That's what you'd

like. Well, he just might be right, Pa.

Look whose side you are, little brother.

If you had any sense, you'd know. If you had any backbone, I'd know.

You didn't like this idea from the start. Now you want us to give up and

the ranch. What's the matter with you? You didn't have to kill Harris or

Mattson. Now, stop it!

Both of you.

At least you got one boy who can think for himself.

Mr. lets you and me get one thing straight.

Nobody comes between me and my boys. No matter what happens, we stick together.

There's nothing but trouble, Pa.

I should give it to him right now. No!

Your pa wouldn't like that.

Just happens that I'm the only one who knows where the mine is now.

which sort of makes me a privileged character.

That's telling him, mister.

The same privilege don't extend to you. That's where you're wrong.

Goes for the three of us.

How far is this, Mike?

Two days, hard riding.

Rip, get all the food in this place together.

I didn't say I was taking you.

Mister, you only got one thing to bargain with, and that's your life.

Now, if you don't take us there, you're gonna lose the privilege of staying

alive.

What about them?

They ain't your problem.

I'm making them my problem.

All right.

You take us there and we'll let you all go.

Correction.

You let them go and I'll take you there.

Don't do it, Pa.

They'd have a posse after us as soon as they hit Twin Bluffs. You don't have to

tell me that.

You're all going.

The odds against you ever seeing that mine have just doubled.

Wes, see how they'd like a slug in that left arm just to lower their mods a

little.

Look at him, poised and joyous.

Shut up, little brother.

It could be all of us against them instead of just the three of you. I

give you a gun if they was looking down my throat.

They are.

Are these the same Indians that burned the stage?

That'd be my guess.

I don't get it, Pa.

If they were a raiding party, they would have stolen the stock and burned the

barn by now.

That's what I was thinking.

They're after something.

Yeah, but what?

No matter what happens, I want you to know I'm grateful for what you tried to

do.

Frankly, I thought that getting you out alive would be the easiest part.

I thought you'd be all broken up about losing your husband.

But you don't exactly act like a grief -stricken widow.

If it's of any interest, I lost my husband four years ago.

The shock has worn off.

I lost him to... call it gold fever.

He left us to come out here.

We have a son, Timmy.

He's in Boston with my mother.

Sam was doing it for his son.

He wanted to leave him something.

He did.

He left him without a father.

They

quitting?

I don't know.

No, they ain't.

Send out Tarwin with yellow coat.

We go away.

He means him, Pa.

Wes, keep your eye on that Indian.

What do they want you for?

You've been in the Black Hills. You ought to know the answer to that.

I want your version.

Did you ever know the suit would let a white man out of their backyard when

thought he found gold?

And they thought you had, huh?

I didn't ask them why they were shooting.

I just kept dropping nuggets, hoping it'd slow them down.

They kept right on coming.

And that's why they're out there now. They want to make sure you don't take

nobody back there.

Well, that's just a piece of it. I had to kill two of them trying to fight my

way out.

They don't take kindly to that.

No, they don't.

Do they know where the mine is?

I was two hours away before they spotted me.

Then you knew all the time why they raided that coach.

They was looking for you.

That's a fair deduction.

And you knew the sooner or later they'd get here.

Nothing's ever certain.

Except where you're concerned.

Pa, they ain't gonna wait much longer.

You can't send him out there. He won't. Right now he thinks more of that gold

mine than he does his own skin.

Now's his only chance of finding it.

Don't you be too sure.

I told you nothing was for certain.

There are few things I'll put money on.

Like a straight flush.

Or a crooked mind.

There's too many of them out there, Pa.

We're going too far now to turn back.

I'll die for a yellow coat.

We can't hold out forever, Pa.

Well, that eastbound stage is going to be by here soon.

We'll try breaking out then.

Suppose the stage hightails it back to Twin Bluffs when they hear the shooting.

And suppose they bring back a full posse. We'd get the same treatment those

Indians get.

Hey, Simmons, what time does another stage come by?

It's worse than an oven.

Well, they got it just as hot out there.

Pa, look.

Give up yellow coat.

You get up. Ain't you gonna give him a chance?

We wouldn't be holed up in here like rats now if it wasn't for him. He's

a better chance than he deserves.

Hurry, Pa. They're getting ready.

Lee Timo.

I'm putting her back.

Sure figured it right, Pa.

Don't turn around.

I could have killed Wes.

You start shooting and I will.

Get the guns.

You was hiding the gun here all the time. No, no, I always keep one up there

just such occasions. Now get the others.

You should have dumped him out instead of Maxon. There's a lot of things I

to have done, but right now he's in charge of the doing.

Right. Now suppose you sit down.

Can't we leave now?

As soon as I transact a little business.

I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to sit down.

I don't understand.

I said sit down. What's going on here? You two.

Rip, go over to the end of the bar.

Now look behind that post there.

Unroll it.

It's a gold nugget.

Now look at the paper.

That's a map, Potts, the one to the mine.

You were right about one thing.

I made sure I'd find my way back.

I hid that behind there when I found out you three were here.

Well, I'll be a three -toed sand lizard.

You sure can't tell a grass snake from a sidewind until you get bit.

So you got the map.

What's that got to do with us?

Since you're so interested in that mine, I'm gonna sell it to you.

It isn't yours to sell.

You're about half right.

Belongs to those Indians that were just here.

I can't give you a deed, Fallon, but I can give you a map.

You double -dealing hyena.

Interested, Fallon?

What's the deal?

Fifteen thousand cash. Don't do it, Pa. The mine's worth a million. He's up to

something. There's one thing about it, Crook.

He thinks everyone else is dishonest. His question still needs an answer. Why

only $15 ,000?

There isn't enough money to get me back in that Indian country.

Not after what happened to me.

What makes you think the same thing wouldn't happen to me?

That's your problem.

But you've got three times the chance that I have.

If you run out of backbone, you can always call the men from your spread.

But you've already killed two men to get what you want. I don't think a few

Indians are going to stop you.

You've got things figured right down our hair, ain't you?

You interested or not?

Boy, I'd get $15 ,000 out here. Not out here.

At your ranch.

It takes operating money to run a spread.

Your money would be there.

You can let one of your boys ride for it.

I'm the only one that knows the combinations to save.

You can ride out the combination.

Or don't you trust your boys?

All right, give me a pencil and something to write on.

Get it for him, Simmons.

You're worse than they are. I'm sorry to disappoint you, ma 'am.

You let my husband believe you were his friend.

He trusted you. He even showed you the mine.

I didn't ask him to.

You gonna take all day?

Then I'll make it fast.

Now write out the combination.

You better tell him to forget that first note.

Because if he doesn't, you'll be dead.

You'll be an orphan.

Like he says, Wes.

I mean it.

Just bring back the money.

I'll take that map.

You can have it back if he brings the cash.

He will.

Now, Simmons, suppose you tell me when the stage for the East is due.

So now you're squirming.

The shoe's on the other foot.

As passenger agent here, you're supposed to give out that information.

So you can make sure how much time you got to get your dirty money.

Where money's concerned, it can be dirty or dusty or soggy. As long as there's

money.

Now, when's that stage due? I don't know.

When I leave here, I have the choice of taking you with me or letting you loose

or leaving you here with him.

You know too much on Fallon for him to be as generous.

You'd better tell him.

It'll be here in two hours.

Well, let's all just sit and relax.

Since nobody's going anywhere.

Well, if everything works right, you'll be on your way to Dodge City by morning.

Thanks for your consideration.

Well, since your son's in Boston, I figured you'd want to go there.

Does it matter to you?

Well, I promised your husband you'd be all right.

It's too bad he died without knowing what kind of a man you really are.

As for the mine, well, when opportunity scratches my back, I make the most of

it. No matter who gets hurt.

You can't lose something you never had. Sam died for it. It belongs to his son.

He died for something that didn't belong to anyone.

Then why did you say Sam left it to our son?

It was Sam's way of thinking.

When a man is dying, you let him think the way that makes that going easier.

You have a way of twisting words, making black white and white black.

Next you'll be asking me to thank you for stealing the mine.

I might attack.

It's a two -hour ride to the ranch.

We both got something to lose if Wes don't make it back here before that

he gets in.

He will.

There's some things that even you can't guarantee.

The Indians took care of that for us.

Now, what would the burning of one stagecoach have to do with the other?

Well, now, suppose you were driving the eastbound stage, and you ran on to what

was left of the other one.

Well, I'd tell it back to Twin Bluffs for some help.

Well, I see what you mean.

That's going to give Westmoreland enough time to get back here.

Hey, you don't leave much to imagination, do you?

If I did, I wouldn't be alive today.

It'd be nice having a fella like you on my side.

Gonna make you a deal.

I've got one.

Fifteen thousand against a million.

Oh, I don't blame you for not wanting to go back up in them hills all by

yourself, but if you was with me and the boys and a couple of hands from the

ranch, you'd feel different about it.

And you'd be a partner.

Fifty -fifty.

And I wouldn't get my fifteen thousand?

No, you'd get a half a million. Or a bullet in the back.

You've got too much imagination.

Maverick, it's too bad you're a crook.

I was just beginning to like you.

That's the way I feel about Rip over there.

If he didn't have him for a father and a brother who shoots people for fun, it

might turn out all right.

The way things are going, he doesn't have much of a chance of straightening

Pot calling the kettle black.

Maybe.

But I've seen men who have been where he's headed.

You tried splitting us up once before and it didn't work.

Ain't that right, Rip?

Now we're here on business, so spare us the sermon.

Consider it finished.

What kind of a hypocrite are you?

A man doesn't have to be a saint to give advice.

I just don't understand you at all.

Things that don't make sense sometimes add up when you look back at them.

I hope I live to have that opportunity.

I'm counting on it.

Didn't figure on him being this late, did you?

Just might be the stagecoach might get here first. Yep.

Just might be.

Why don't you shut up?

Well, since you ain't got no gun, I'll just ignore that.

You know, if he's right, though, Pa, we'll be trapped in here.

Well, you could leave now.

If 'n he'd let you.

Yeah, maybe we could. We're staying right here.

That money must mean an awful lot to you.

Is that my boy?

Yeah, that's him.

Now, how could I be that careless?

Count it.

It's there every lousy penny of... Your son doesn't sound convinced.

You want to back out?

Are you serious?

You can have your money back, but you'll never see the mine.

We've made a deal.

It's all there.

All right.

Here's your map.

There.

Right where I figured it.

Next time, play your hunches.

It's cheaper.

Go, boys. Sit down.

We've made a deal.

You leave after we do.

Simmons, get the horses.

Take them all. What did I tell you, Pa? It's a stacked deal.

We'll turn them loose about five miles out.

Who knows? They may find their way back. I don't like it, Pa.

If you did, it'd worry me.

How can you let them go? They're murderers.

The horses are ready.

Shall we leave, Mrs. Harris?

You killed him.

No, Pa.

I never killed him or nobody.

Get your hands off me.

What ever happened to you?

It was always the three of us against everybody else.

No, Pa.

It was always you and him against everybody else.

I'm sorry, Pa.

Looks like you've got the mine all to yourself.

Are you still going to let him have it?

He paid for it.

It cost him a lot more than he thought.

They're in here.

It's the eastbound state, and they got a posse with them.

Thanks for all your help.

They'll stand trial back at Twin Bluffs.

From what I saw, Rip deserves a break.

I'd be dead now if he hadn't warned me.

I'll show him every consideration.

Just a minute, Sheriff.

I've been waiting for this lady to tell you, but since she ain't, I will.

That two -faced lobo sold a map that rightfully is hers.

Sold it to Fallon for $15 ,000.

That's a serious charge.

You want to accuse this man?

No. I'm afraid that whatever he did, he had a right to do. That's the last time

I'll ever try to help a woman.

What about this map you sold?

I made a map of a mine in the Black Hills.

Belongs to Fallon now, and I don't think you can take it away from him.

A mine in the Black Hills don't belong to anyone.

I didn't sell him a mine. I sold him a map.

No law's been broken. There's another thing, Sheriff.

He was going to give them back their horses so they could get away.

The horses belong to them.

But they wouldn't have gotten far. I figured you'd send out a posse from Twin

Bluffs. Can't arrest him for something he didn't get around to doing.

Next thing, you'll be giving him a medal.

I hope you have a nice trip east, Ms. Harris.

Thank you.

Simmons was right about one thing.

The money's yours.

I couldn't have drawn the map if your husband hadn't shown me the mine.

Well, if you intended for me to have it, why did you wait till now to tell me?

If I hadn't, Fallon wouldn't have gone through with the deal.

There's so much I don't understand.

I... Time to roll them.

But the map's worth a million dollars.

Fallon still has it.

He bought it.

But I wouldn't worry about that.

Your husband didn't know too much about mining.

He struck a pocket of free gold.

It wasn't worth much more than the nuggets he had to save.

He realized it before he died.

Then you sold Fallon a worthless piece of paper for $15 ,000.

He wanted the claim so bad that he killed your husband for it.

I figured he should have it.

I don't know what to say.

Everything's ready, ma 'am.

I'm almost sorry I'm going back.

So am I.

Sure is amazing how an hombre can steal a woman blind and make her love it.

Yeah, keep this as a souvenir.

Might bring you luck.

Nothing more, it'll remind you of quite a woman.