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(soft dramatic music)

- They gonna hang that man?

- Yeah.

- Stole some dust more likely.

- That's right, 700 ounces of dust from George Prentice

and some nuggets from Sam Blake.

- [Dion] You mean they're gonna hang him for stealing?

- I know it seems hard to you,

but that's mining camp law, Dion.

There aint any locks on this door.

- A man couldn't trust his neighbor,

there'd be no living in these here diggings.

- What are they picking up?

- Pebbles, they're the firing squad.

- [Dion] They're gonna shoot him too?

- [Steve] Watch, just watch, will you?

(dramatic music)

? Californi-A, Californi-A ?

- [Narrator] The Californians.

? I've come to live where life is best ?

? In the golden West ?

? I'm going to strike it rich in Californi-A ?

? Californi-A ?

- [Dion Voiceover] The gold fields of California.

At last I was in them.

Soon, I'd be mining gold myself.

Me, Dion Patrick, who'd come all the way

from Boston, Massachusetts, to make my fortune.

And with me was Steve Thompson from who knows where?

We'd met in San Francisco, and he'd suggested

we throw in together.

So now I not only had a partner who knew the ropes,

but I had a friend, a man I liked.

I was riding high.

- Dion?

There she is, the gold.

(soft music)

Howdy.

- Howdy.

- Is that, uh, is that gold in there?

- Some of it.

Greenhorn, eh?

- Yeah.

Hey, what's that?

- Quicksilver. Gold sticks to it.

Sand don't.

By tonight, I pick it up, quicksilver blows away.

What's left is pure dust.

- [Steve] Come on, partner.

- Thanks, Mister.

(soft music)

- You take this here rocker.

Same principle as the pan, except it handles more dirt.

The dirt gets washed away, and the gold, being heavier,

gathers along those pleats at the bottom.

- Say, how much can you make this way?

- Oh, two men, 80, 100 a day.

One man, 40 maybe.

- Holy smoke.

Well let's get at it.

Of course, it's your claim and this is your rocker.

- No, we work it together, we share.

We're partners, aint we?

- Yeah.

(water flowing)

- I don't know whether to work it or not.

Getting sick of it.

You break your back, you work yourself to death

and you aint any better off than when you started.

- Yeah, but $100 a day.

- Small change.

- Well, then why'd you come back? You came back all right.

- This here is a creek bed, aint it?

This claim, and Jasper's and all the rest of them?

Then it washed down, didn't it, the gold?

- Yeah.

- From where.

Up there, up there's the mother lode,

and that's what I want, the big strike.

- Well, I guess everybody wants that, don't they?

- No, not Jasper and all the small-timers.

20, 30 a day, that's all they can see.

- But we got this gold already.

- Nothing.

Don't you wanna get rich?

- Sure I do.

- I already dug more dust outta this claim

than we can dig in a month.

Been saving it for a grub stake.

We can use it to hunt the big one.

- Yeah, but that seems like a pretty risky gamble,

hunting for the mother lode.

- Well of course it's a gamble.

Everything's a gamble.

That's what we're here for, aint it?

- Yeah, sure.

- Don't settle for this. We deserve more than that.

We gotta go for the big stake.

- Yeah.

The big one.

- It's up there, someplace.

- All right, let's go find it.

- That's my partner.

We can get some fresh supplies and start tomorrow.

(soft music)

- This here is Dion Patrick, my new partner.

- Howdy.

- Did you see Jack McGivern in San Francisco?

- Yep, I saw him.

- When's he coming with my supplies?

- He didn't say. I thought he'd be here already.

Two whiskeys.

- Well, he aint and until he is, there's no whiskey.

All I got's brandy.

- Never drink it. Makes your feet swell up.

- That's a dadburned lie.

Don't make your feet swell up, no such thing.

- Well it made yours swell up, didn't it?

- [Bertie] No.

- What did?

- Kicking smart alecks.

(group laughing)

You want the brandy or don't you?

- Two coffees.

- Make your feet swell up, huh.

No shovels.

No whiskey.

No bacon.

Nothing.

If McGivern don't get here by tomorrow,

he don't get no more of my business.

- Nobody asked you to set up a store out here.

- No?

Well what would you crazy miners do

without Bertie Bowles, huh?

Two pinches apiece.

My pinches.

- Your thumb's getting wider all the time.

(patrons chattering)

- My pinches run exactly 16 to the ounce.

- That's $2 for a cup of coffee.

- Don't drink it then.

- My idea of pricing's changing pretty fast.

(coughing)

It's worth every dollar, Mr. Bowles.

- Evening, boys.

I passed McGivern's pack train on the road, Bertie.

He says he'll be here tomorrow.

- It's about time.

- How about a little game tonight, boys?

- Sure.

- How about you, Gustav? I didn't scare you out, did I?

- I think I just watch tonight, Mr. Smith.

- Just as you say.

- Listen, Steve, that man was onboard ship with me

all the way from Boston.

He broke everybody who played with him.

- I've played with him. He's a good poker player.

- He's a cheat.

I tell you, they almost put him off the ship in Panama.

- Well what of it?

He wouldn't dare cheat in a mining camp.

They'd string him up.

No harm playing a few hands, if you keep your eyes open.

Deal me in, Charlie.

- Well, Dion Patrick, isn't it?

Welcome to California. Try your luck?

- Not with you.

- Suit yourself.

- Pass.

- I'll bet an ounce.

- Your ounce, raise an ounce.

- I'll just call.

- [Dealer] Cards.

- Two.

- I'll take three.

It's your bet.

- I'll bet it all.

- I'll just call you.

- Three lucky sevens.

- Beats two pair.

- [Steve] I'll raise you.

- I'll just call.

- Three kings.

- I've got a small straight here, Steve.

Steve, what happened to all your dust?

Spend it in San Francisco?

- He banked it with McGivern. A good thing too.

- Kinda free with your tongue, aren't you?

All right, Steve, if you bank with McGivern

your credit's good with me.

Unless of course you've had enough.

- Look, Steve, you ...

- Deal.

(dramatic music)

- Morning.

- Morning.

Coffee's ready.

- Did you play late?

- All night.

- How'd you do?

- That Smith's the luckiest man in California.

- Lucky?

Steve, he cheats.

He cheated on the ship.

- He didn't cheat. I watched him like a hawk.

He's lucky, that's all.

And I just hope I'm there when it turns against him.

- How much did you lose?

- 7,000.

- Seven thou ...

Steve, that's everything you left with McGivern.

It's your whole stake.

- I'll get another stake.

- Well why'd you do it?

- Because I wanted to play some poker, that's why!

Now look, Dion,

I don't want a partner who runs my life.

So I'll be working my own rocker from now on.

You better find yourself your own claim.

- Yeah, sure, Steve.

Sure, I understand.

That was two years' work you lost.

- All right.

I played and I lost, so drop it!

(dramatic music)

- Good morning, Steve.

- It may be good for you, but it aint for me.

(soft dramatic music)

- Steve.

(soft dramatic music)

- Hey, what's going on here?

- Caught him stealing red-handed.

Go ring the gun.

- All right now.

Each one of you have got a black bean and a white bean.

You pass by this here box and drop one in.

If there's more blacks than whites, we hang him.

If there's more whites, he goes free.

- Wait a minute.

Now you listen to me.

Steve only took back what was his.

- What was his?

How you mean?

- He didn't lose. He was cheated.

I tried to tell him last night.

I was on shipboard with Smith for more than three months.

He cheated everybody who'd play with him.

The crew wanted to throw him overboard.

You oughta hang him instead of Steve.

- You got any evidence?

- I tell you, I know. Everybody on the ship knew it.

- I watch whole game.

Smith was lucky, but I don't see him cheat.

- I never denied I was a gambler. Gambling's my profession.

I'm a good card player because I know

the mathematics of cards.

That's why I win more times than I lose.

Otherwise, I'd find a different business.

I'm sorry a man has to hang because he lost to me.

But I can't help it.

- Smith, you're a thief and I'll prove it. I promise you.

- You wanna get yourself killed?

- Let's vote. Black beans or white ones.

(dramatic music)

The prisoner will be made comfortable until four o'clock.

Aint too mean to hang a man in the heat of the day.

- Steve, I ...

Is there anything I can do for you, Steve?

I mean like, write to somebody?

How about a Bible? I got a Bible.

- Bible?

Maybe I would.

Yeah.

- I'll get it.

(soft dramatic music)

(door closing)

(soft dramatic music)

(door closing)

(dramatic music)

(soft dramatic music)

- [Dion] Stop, stop!

- Well, if it isn't Honest Leo Smith.

What seems to be the trouble, Leo?

- There's no trouble. I'm on my way to San Francisco.

- You just left San Francisco by vigilantes' request.

Now I wouldn't go back if I were you.

- Stop, Smith!

- Let me by.

- Just one moment please, if you don't mind.

- They're hanging Steve for taking back what this man

cheated him out of in a poker game.

- Hanging Steve? Steve Thompson, you mean?

- That's right.

- It's no fault of mine.

- Why are you running away then?

- Hya, let's go.

- Come on, get over here.

(soft dramatic music)

(horses approaching)

- Hey, stop, stop!

Wait, here comes McGivern. He's got Smith.

Steve's innocent.

- Men, I found this man here leaving camp in a mighty hurry.

So Mr. Patrick and I brought him back

to find out the reason why.

- He's all right, McGivern.

This is the man we're gonna hang for stealing.

- Then why was Honest Leo here running away?

- [Man] Maybe his stomach turned. Let's get on with it.

- Now easy, men, easy.

Let's not be hasty.

Remember, the hardest thing in the world

to do is to unhang a man.

- [Bertie] It's no use, McGivern.

Steve was caught red-handed.

- [Jack] Was the game fair and square?

- It was, in my store.

- I watch every minute.

- You satisfied now?

- Not entirely, my friend.

Not till I have a look in your saddle bags.

- Oh no you don't.

- Take care of him, Dion boy, will you?

All right, Charlie, Gustav.

You too, buddy, gather around here.

Here we go.

All right now, Charlie.

You've got a nine, a six, a four

and, uh, two jacks.

Bertie, you've got a king, a 10,

a seven, a three and a deuce.

Gustav, you're holding two pair, queens and aces.

- By golly, he's right.

How you do that?

- Well it's very simple.

Just takes lots of study.

He knew every card that Steve held in his hand.

Look here, I'll show you.

See these two cards here?

See in this right-hand corner here, a tiny vertical line?

That stands for an ace.

And over here in this left-hand corner,

a little series of dot designs.

That stands for spades, the ace of spades.

See this card here?

See these two tiny cross lines over here?

That stands for a 10, and over here, this box-like design,

that's for diamonds, 10 of diamonds.

Well, do you see what I mean?

- [Bertie] Where'd he get these?

- Two weeks ago, the store at Bedford

brought in a shipment of the San Francisco gamblers,

five cases of loaded dices, 50 roulette wheels rigged.

And 100 gross of these marked cards.

Our vigilante committee learned of this,

and we raided his headquarters in Sydney Town.

I thought that we'd destroyed everything that was there,

but, well, I guess we didn't.

Gentlemen, I give you Honest Leo Smith.

- So you're the one, huh? - String him up.

- Wait, men, wait!

Look, there's gold in here,

everything that he stole from you.

- Hold it!

- Well, don't you want your money back?

All this is yours. Let him go.

He isn't worth hanging.

(men shouting)

- Where's his shack?

- Under there.

Come on.

- Here, easy does it. Easy.

That's it.

- I'm fine.

All of a sudden, weak as a baby.

- It always happens when life is handed

back into your hand like that.

- Hadn't been for you and Dion (laughs).

Partners again, huh?

We're gonna hit the big one, huh?

- Yeah, sure, Steve.

We'll hit it.

- That Smith.

- Luckiest man in California.

- You try to sleep a while, huh?

- Gotta change, though. Luck's gotta change sometime.

I'd have beat him.

If they hadn't caught me.

- You mean that's why you stole?

I mean, not to get your money back?

He just stole so he could gamble again.

That's it, isn't it?

That's why you stole the money, that's it, isn't it?

- What's wrong with that?

I needed a stake, to get back in the game.

I told you.

His luck's gotta change sometime.

I think I'll get that sleep now.

(soft dramatic music)

- Some partner.

(soft music)

- You know, gold does strange things to men.

You're gonna find out about that

if you stay here long enough.

- Turn my back some night, and I'd probably end up

with a tinhorn cardsharp for a partner.

- How do you know what gold might do to you, for instance?

- I don't.

- All right then.

You've got a partner that you like.

Just tie on to him and forget his faults.

Because doubtless he's going to have to overlook

some of yours, too, you know.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I guess he will.

- It's the same old story.

It always hurt to find that someone we like

has something the matter with them.

Yeah, but who's perfect?

By the same token, who am I to be preaching sermons here?

Look, it's your business, now do what you want.

There's a cool breeze that's blowing up in here, isn't it?

- Yeah.

You know, maybe he oughta have a blanket over him there.

(upbeat music)

? California ?

? Oh I've traveled here, I've traveled there ?

? I guess I've been most everywhere ?

? But I like where I am today and here is where I'll stay ?

? Now one thing I just can't endure ?

? Is being broke and being poor ?

? So I come West to take the cure and he is where I'll stay ?

? I've come to Californi-A, Californi-A ?

? There's gold in them thar hills in Californi-A ?

? I've come to live where life is best ?

? In the golden West ?

? I'm going to strike it rich in Californi-A ?

? Californi-A, Californi-A ?

? There's gold in them there hills ?

? In Californi-A ?

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