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Tonight on Brett Maverick. It's official. The railroad is coming to

The railroad could be sweet news for Sweetwater.

What about the Maverick situation? I heard there was some trouble this

Not nearly as much trouble as there's going to be.

And bad news for Maverick.

You've all misjudged me. If you think I'm going to fold my hand.

That's very good drives to Maverick. I knew I could depend on you.

All right, Maverick. I hope you know what you're doing.

Trust me.

Too many dusty trail towns, too few and far between.

Tired saloons and sawdust covered floors.

Too many one more showdowns and aces over queens.

Winning's just a way of keeping score.

My old pappy always told me your fate is in your hand.

Stand, pat, or draw, it's yours to choose.

Luck don't have a thing to do with how you play the game.

Maverick didn't come here to lose.

Maverick didn't come here to lose.

Maverick didn't come here to lose.

20 years of leave behind.

Things I was moving too fast to take with me. Souvenirs, books, tools of the

trade. And just what trade is that?

Yeah, I think I'm gonna like it here.

Look.

There they are again.

Been here for a week now.

I wonder who they're surveying for.

Nobody knows.

They ain't seen it.

Come on, come on, let's get this up on the porch.

You got a hammer?

Sure you know which hand to use?

Are you always this friendly, Si?

Just when I take on a new owner who won't last till first frost, Si is what

friends call me. And you, it's still Mr.

Whittaker.

This was my dear old Pappy's rocker.

You just watch me fill it with peaceful hours.

Never

stick,

boss. Never in a million years.

Don't bet on it. No guns. That apply to Maverick? Especially to Maverick.

Thought you were partners.

He has to abide by the same rules as everyone else. And Jack, stop watering

whiskey. You also want to stop turning a profit, Tom?

As long as I'm running the Red Ox, everybody gets a fair shake.

Del Grado, that means I want you to clean up the games.

It sure is quiet here.

Would be if you stopped popping your knuckles.

Two degrees warmer than last night.

You can tell that by looking at your watch?

Yeah.

Ow.

Cricket chirps.

Hey, count them by the minute. Take away 40, divide by 4.

And you add 50. Gives you the precise temperature every time.

Oh, I ever got along without that piece of information.

Well, I think I'll mosey on in town, see what's doing at the Red Ox.

First frost.

Hell, you won't last till the 4th of July.

Ain't nobody taking my gun.

You don't come in, Luke.

How about it, boys?

Get them or stay out. It's up to you.

Evening, Tom. Looks like you're doing a brisk trade.

Not so fast, Marbury.

You need to lose some weight.

Oh, come on, Tom. I'm just in for a friendly game of cards.

We agreed it would be my way.

Tom, playing cards without guns is like trying to shuffle without bones.

I feel naked without mine, too.

That's the way it's got to be.

I hope we don't regret it.

The beauty of the rule is that nobody gets in any serious trouble if nobody's

armed.

I try to leave the patrons some of their mortgage money.

Don't worry. I'm just in for an evening of relaxation.

Nightfall at the Lazy Ace gets hectic, doesn't it?

May I join you?

Right.

All right, I'm in, I'm in.

There you go.

Anyone find out what them fellas are doing in Sweetwater yet? Nope, but I got

the young one primed.

Have another on a red ox.

Thanks, Jack.

Nice to see a friendly face.

Long way from home, huh, son?

Yeah, railroad man ain't got a home.

Railroad? Coming to Sweetwater?

York, you think by the inch, talk by the yard.

The railroad's coming to Sweetwater? Look, friend, it may or may not be.

just doing a feasibility survey, so I'd sure appreciate it if you'd kind of...

Hey! Hey! Hey, the railroad is coming to Sweetwater!

Sweetwater? It might come through here.

How much is a good coming? A month.

Miss, sir, get out.

I suggest you tuck in your crew,

and I'll see you back at the hotel.

being someone the day you took off that star.

Luke.

And I'm not going to be shooting an unarmed man like you're thinking about

doing.

Guess your rules only apply to some folk, huh?

Go home, Luke, while you can.

I guess I just forgot about this one.

Gentlemen, we've got a game.

Hey, boys!

Drinks on the house!

They answered your wire.

Linus Garrick is the chief purchasing agent for the PG &O.

What's wrong?

It's the Grinnelli gear again.

The railroad is coming just in time.

We need the additional revenue for a new press.

Clarence has been in the family for 20 years. I'm sure he can make it just a

little bit longer.

It really is happening, isn't it? Too bad your father couldn't have lived to

the day.

But we're going to come out with a commemorative edition that would make

proud.

Rodney, get this to the Decker brothers.

Tell them we need a new one by Thursday at the latest.

Right.

I can understand your concern, Mr. Crow, but I'm under strict orders not to

discuss the matter.

I control most of the land in this area.

I should have been told first.

Telegram, sir.

Thank you.

Well, it appears you'll get your answers this afternoon.

The vice president arrives by private coach.

Good day, gentlemen.

Rose, how are you?

Welcome to Sweetwater, sir.

Evidently, the element of secrecy is no longer working in our favor.

You must understand that we're only exploring the possibility of bringing

tracks through Sweetwater.

We're also considering an alternate route that would bring them on 100 miles

the north through Bitter Creek.

Says here that we'd have to post a $100 ,000 contingency bond?

Well, that's standard and refundable upon the inauguration of the Sweetwater

station. Now, Bitter Creek had no trouble raising the bond, but they're

experiencing resistance from a few landowners.

There would be no problem here.

Our entire population is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the railroad.

So I've noticed.

We'd hoped to make our major land purchases before the word leaked out.

Now, what route are you proposing?

Well, there's only one feasible route, and according to our purchasing agent,

you have most of the transecting land on the mortgage.

I doubt if there's a route through Sweetwater where that isn't the case,

Austin. Then may we count upon your assistance should we run into any

You have my complete cooperation.

Good. Well, then.

go in over the Rincon Pass, then hug the west side of the Haseyampa Valley into

Sweetwater. From there, it's a straight route right into Tucson.

The, uh, west side of the valley.

Any other route would mean more trestles and a very uneconomical grading factor.

You do control the land.

Oh, yes.

All but 100 acres.

Right here.

It's that gambler's land right in the path.

Will there be any problems?

Oh, no, no, Mr. Austin.

Nothing that we can't handle.

Well, what did you think you were getting into? A church?

Church? It's a clip joint, and I need your help to clean it up.

Look, Brett, with the railroad coming in here, the Red Ox is an honest gold

mine. We don't need to run a shady operation.

Well, not we, Tom. You. I'm a silent partner, remember?

And I got my own problems with the railroad.

And I'm still waiting to hear what you're going to do about them.

Look, I got a hunch Shifty Del Grado is dealing seconds.

And I need your help to catch him in the act.

Your sense of fair play could cost us a fortune.

And take a look at the gaming devices.

I gotta know they're being run square.

It's important to me. Yeah, well, my old pappy always said that importance comes

in two sizes, yours and mine.

And since the railroad is about to plow my ranch under, you'll forgive me if I'm

a bit preoccupied. How are you gonna stop them? Oh, even the least try.

Men have been killed trying to fight the railroad.

Only the kind with guts.

There's always a way around everything, including the railroad. They are not

gonna take this ranch.

Oh, you're going to make a stand, are you? With both feet. Well, you better

plant them quick because them survivors are setting up in the south pasture.

I could use some moral support.

I could use some help cleaning up the red ox.

Morning, gents. Pete Schroeder, BGN. Pack it up and get it out.

I'd like to keep this in a friendly vein if we can.

I can understand why you're upset.

We got a job to do.

Well, do it on somebody else's land. You got no right to be here.

Well, I guess you haven't heard of the new expansion concepts called eminent

domain. Sound like just more of that legal government stealing to me, eminent

domain. Easy, boys, easy.

We don't have any need for that.

Can we talk?

Yeah? Excuse us a minute.

You're not handling this right.

Well, good. I was wondering when that moral support was gonna start.

You only surefire way out of a situation like this.

You put the biggest one on his duff.

The rest of them will pick him up and carry him off.

I punch Schroeder. That's what you call moral support?

Nope.

Moral support is I'm gonna do it for you.

Oh, well, if you think that'll work.

You'll help me clean up the redox.

Right up to Shifty's hole now.

My friend would like a word with you.

Nothing personal, but... Well, it usually works.

Oh, and I usually don't need any help to almost get my butt stomped either.

Well, he's clean for now.

Honest, boss, I don't know how this stuff got here. Get your clothes and get

of here.

Railroad man's here to see you, Maverick.

Mr. Maverick.

Linus Garrick.

I apologize for Schroeder.

I think I found a way to settle this matter fairly.

You see, with the minor recalculations, we can skirt your land instead of coming

right through the middle of it. Then all we need do is purchase a right -of

-way. No deal. I don't want to spend the rest of my life next to a railroad

track. Well, it's your choice.

Accept our generous offer or we have the government condemn your property and

turn it over to us.

Excuse me, I have to see the sheriff about a complaint.

Somebody nasty bruises, Mr. Guthrie.

Schroeder seems to be getting better with age.

Well, he'd better stay out of here if he wants to get any older.

Tom, it's the Decker brothers.

Oh, no.

Not about them.

You're right, Maverick. You probably do have a case.

Like July is probably hot.

Are you going to arrest them? Ah, but you must understand.

I can't do anything to jeopardize the situation.

We've been waiting for years for the railroad.

Sir, the Decker brothers are going at it hammer and tong.

You got three?

I'll handle this.

Well, okay, Mitch.

There are a couple of things you should know about the Decker brothers.

Seems you're forgetting who's sheriff now.

I said I'll handle it.

Suit yourself.

Break it up. Break it up, boys.

I wouldn't do that, Mitch.

I told you to butt out.

Come on, get up.

Get it out.

Get it out.

Give me that arm.

I got him.

Let's go.

You're not helping here, Sturgis.

I have over $70 ,000 in the trust fund, and it is still coming in.

Now, your commemorative addition is going to help put us over the top.

When can we expect it out?

Editorials written, typeset. We're just waiting for the Decker brothers to make

us a Grinelli gear.

I'd say day after tomorrow.

Almost all the landowners have fallen into line.

What about the Maverick situation? I heard there was some trouble this

Not nearly as much trouble as there's going to be.

Now, I'm not going to sell.

You're not going to run me off my land. and I'll take the bet of anyone that

says otherwise.

Not selling.

Don't sound any different when you say it, does it, Crow?

Give me credit for a little more brains than that.

I mean, you're just a drifter who got very lucky in a poker game. You ended up

with a little property and now you're trying to parlay it into even a larger

profit. I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll give you $60 ,000 for it right now.

You could drift an awful long way from Sweetwater with money like that. It's

for sale.

And you tell your Mr. Austin to keep his men off my land, or I will.

No, you won't.

Mr. Austin is my guest. I don't want you even near him.

We're in competition with Bitter Creek for the Root Maverick. Please don't do

anything that would push it over into their column.

Are you speaking as a reporter, a concerned citizen, or a lumberjack?

You know, I think I really misjudged you.

You've all misjudged me.

If you think I'm going to fold my hands.

We will confiscate your lamp.

Just try.

Maverick!

Well,

I just want to say that it'd be all right if you want to call me Si.

Lumberjack. Well, we've raised the bond money, and we will do everything in our

power to expedite the passage of the railroad through our area, Mr. Austin.

Yes, you've been most cooperative, and that will be taken into consideration

when it becomes time to determine the final route.

Mr. Austin?

In here, Zeke.

I'll take it.

Oh, dear.

Home office.

Another delay in section 109.

If I could just buy a little more time.

If you gentlemen will excuse me, I am very tired.

Oh, of course.

Good night.

Good night. Good night, gentlemen.

Good night.

How could you tell him we already raised the bond money?

Because if we haven't got the money by the day after tomorrow, I will put the

remainder in myself.

But, Elijah, you've already donated $25 ,000.

And I've waited 20 years for this, and I'm not going to let a few thousand

dollars stop me now.

To our railroad.

Well, I'll be damned.

Franchi, Montana.

I thought you'd retired.

When the history of this territory is written, Sweetwater will be on the first

page. Oh, I wouldn't start dancing on the tables just yet if I were you.

What are you doing here?

Catching snakes.

Your Mr. Austin is none other than Frenchy Montana, the master of the big

charade.

You remember the water rights swindle in Nacogdoches?

Mr. Crowe.

You assured me that your guest suite would afford more privacy than the

I see that is not the case.

Oh, come on, Frenchy, it's all over. You know, he once sold the same riverboat

to six different cities.

In my own home, I protect my guests from this sort of dementia.

That's very good try, Mr. Maverick. Very good.

But you'd say anything to save your land.

The lazy ace was never in jeopardy.

No, but to make it look like the railroad is really coming to Sweetwater,

have to have a few disgruntled landowners. It's all part of his game.

Good night, Mr. Maverick.

You're really going to eat this bull muffin, aren't you?

Oh, please.

No, no, no. It's beautiful, Frenchy. It's beautiful.

Oh, firing the young surveyor. Now, that was a real nice touch.

I am very sorry, Mr.

Ben, go get the sheriff.

No, no.

Hey, it's your money. I'm no crusader. I was just leaving.

Good night, man.

Well, if you gentlemen are harboring any doubts, now's the time to express it,

and I'll be on my way to Bitter Creek.

No, no, no, no. That won't be necessary.

I assure you.

Good.

I'll wire the home office and recommend Sweetwater.

We should have the final route to termination by tomorrow.

You know, I figured you for a fool when you signed over 75 % of the red ox to

me.

Now I know why.

Well, that's the only way I can duck 100 % of the work.

I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a saloon keeper, though.

No, I'm not. No, this is the life for me, fishing.

I'm going to get me some quality bulls, be a country gentleman.

Kind of like your dear old Pappy, huh?

Well, it can't be all bad. He lived in 93.

After all the gaming and chasing all these years, I'm perfectly content to

on the bank and watch the water go by.

No more angles to figure, schemes to concoct.

No more horse waiting in the alley.

Peace.

Quiet. This is songbirds, wildflowers, sunshine.

Yeah.

Peaceful, long, empty hours.

After week.

Sounds awful, don't it?

Especially when there's a big game going on right under my nose.

And a big fat poke at the end of the rainbow, too.

How are you going to start that again?

Well, if the people of Sweetwater are so bent on throwing all their money away,

how can I sit by in all conscience and let Frenchie Montana end up with it?

Yeah, I could do that.

Do that, and then if he came back with that, I could... Nah, nah, he's too

for that.

Yeah, he'd expect it.

I think I'm getting too complex. A simple bag switch, maybe. Yeah, yeah,

that's... Nah.

No, I need help with that.

There's nobody in town I can trust.

How would you like to make $50 ,000, huh? Then you could hire someone else to

run the Red Ox for you.

Look, even if it is a con, I could... If... If the town would lose its money.

So, what have they ever done for me?

I can't help you steal their money.

I like Sweetwater.

I don't know why.

Crowe bought the sheriff's election for Dowden and ordered you out of town.

If I hadn't offered you the Red Ox deal, you'd be hiring your gun out to the

highest bidder right now.

You talk about your misplaced loyalties.

You forget it. I'll just do it without you.

You would, too.

All right, Maverick.

I'm in.

If you can prove it's a con.

I knew I could depend on you.

It's Sweetwater!

Sweetwater! It's Sweetwater!

It's Sweetwater that picked us! It's Sweetwater!

It's Sweetwater that picked us!

You know where to go? What'd you say? Right, Tom.

And why are you still here?

A special courier will be arriving at noon tomorrow with the documents.

There will be a signing ceremony, and then the courier will leave with the

signed documents and the bond money.

Once it's confirmed by wire from the home office, it's official. The railroad

coming to Sweetwater.

And us without a Grinnelly, dear.

that little show you gave at Crow's last night. The whole town has.

I'm beginning to think you're crazy.

The whole town does.

What makes you think it's a con?

Oh, I don't. I was wrong.

No, the railroad's coming, all right. You heard him. The signing ceremony's

tomorrow at noon.

I myself sent a wire to the PG &O main office requesting a photo of its vice

president for publication.

It came on the stage today, and it's I .T. Austin.

Well, you're very thorough, and as I said, I was mistaken.

They also confirmed that they're considering the Sweetwater line.

I also know that Crow has wired for and received information once when Austin

arrived, and again last night, quietly, after your little scene.

Well, he's smarter than I thought.

Where are you both going?

Honey, he's going to prove to me it is a car.

Got three.

This could be amusing. Do you mind if I tag along?

As a matter of fact, I do.

Would you tell me something?

Do you own a dress?

Nobody reads stories written by people in dresses.

I'll get my horse and be right with you.

I thought you were supposed to be the silent type.

Well, if it is a con, who better to expose it than Mary Lou? I don't want to

expose it, Tom.

There's no profit in that.

Uh -huh.

Well, probably be somewhere where you can't see the lines from the road.

He had to control communications in and out of Sweetwater.

Normal telegrams were intercepted and relayed, and then the ones of an

nature like Crow's and Mary Lou's stopped right here, and the appropriate

sent back.

That barrage of telegrams from the Denver home office originate here.

What about the photographs Mary Lou got in the mail?

That's simple. They intercept the request, wire cohort in Denver, he puts

the post.

It could also be a legitimate line crew. They're always working on the lines

through here.

Uh, I guess you're right. They're probably legitimate.

Well, the one with the cup of coffee standing up looks like the young

that Garrick fired at the Red Ox.

Wow, he's lucky he got a job so soon, huh?

Yeah, I guess I'm wrong.

Better be going.

What do you think, Tom?

I think he's on to something.

And what's he planning now?

I don't know the details, but it'll happen at the signing ceremony.

You know, you're a real fountain once you get started, Tom.

Look, I had some suspicions. I was wrong. Let's let it go at that. What are

going to do tomorrow?

And you're a real sledgehammer, you know that? If you were any good at your job,

you'd be hitting Austin over the head with a bunch of questions instead of

getting cow -eyed at the mention of a railroad.

Sledgehammer.

Lumberjack.

Terrific.

It's becoming a younger man's game.

Not much longer to play.

Maybe the doctors are wrong.

We both know better roads.

Anyway, just 24 more hours and we're off to Florida.

Yes? Telegraph.

Thank you.

I hope he had enough sense not to foul another man's game.

I was wrong.

Time to deal Mr.

Maverick out permanently.

Overholt. U .S. dispatch.

Plank D's.

Rieger security.

Stock certificate.

Plymouth Express, man. Well, the odds are he's going to be carrying one of

these. Sheriff's badge.

So we can just take them all since we don't know which one.

Essay reports, phony mustaches.

You got your parts straight for tomorrow?

I ain't agreed to nothing yet.

Oh, my God, what are those?

They're just fake diamonds.

Come on, Si, I need your help.

Oh, you do, huh?

I ain't so sure it shouldn't be Mr. Whitaker again. Fake diamonds?

Don't quit on me, Maverick! I built her with my own hands, so I ain't gonna let

her go!

All right, gentlemen, hold perfectly still.

Straight size. She's all yours.

You got it straight?

There's nothing straight about it.

But I got it.

He's using a Klamath Expressman.

There we are, the Klamath Expressman.

Now, you remember, you only got ten seconds after I light the cigar. What if

decides he wants to double -check the contents?

That should take care of a cursory glance.

I hope you know what you're doing.

Well, trust me.

I know better than that.

My old pappy never said anything smart in his life.

Mr. I .T. Austin, vice president in charge of expansion for the PG &O

I present Sweetwater's good faith bond for $100 ,000.

This was raised by the leaders of our community, who

by this act have taken a giant step into the future.

With modern age of bank drafts and telegraphic account confirmation, why is

we're giving Mr. Austin cash?

The PG &O has lost over a million dollars due to bank failures in the last

months.

They have formed a new policy, which I have confirmed by wire with the main

office, that all bonds of intention will be for cash.

Chrome, above all, is an astute businessman.

I'm sure he wouldn't let loose of all that money unless he'd checked out all

angles. Mr. Maverick has a point, although I am not exactly sure which end

the sword it's on.

Look, I'd like to admit that I was wrong. This is a great day in

history, and I just want to be a part of it.

Oh, Mr. Maverick, your sudden conversion is most interesting.

Who am I to stand in the way of golden opportunity?

Let me take some precautions considering this man's reputation.

Sheriff Dowd, you will keep your eye on Mr. Maverick until after the courier's

departure? Have you actually contacted Bitter Creek to see if they were ever in

competition for the line?

Well, now, I was through there last week, and that's all they're talking

Be careful, Donna.

Godspeed.

Through a shoe, Mr. Austin!

By gosh, two shoes!

In the future.

I wish you'd consider the long -range effects of your short -sighted justice.

You could have cost Sweetwater her rightful place in history.

I do apologize for the delay, but it won't be much longer. Nobody can show a

horse faster than the Decker brothers.

You can start a fire like that.

That was very careless of me. There's just no saving these wooden buildings

they get started.

So I'm told a fire could create quite a diversion.

Oh, I would never do anything like that. No, I've always been afraid of wolf

rats. Wolf rats?

Oh, yes, ma 'am. They live in packs underneath the straw.

Terribly sorry. I thought it was wrapped.

Oh! Get up!

Check the bags!

Come on. I was standing right here all the time.

Check them anyway!

It's all right, sir.

Of course they are.

So the great maverick ends up holding an empty bag.

How poetic.

Thank you. Goodbye, everybody.

Thank you very much.

Rotten Guthrie. He never made the switch.

Oh, Guthrie's too honest to cheat another man.

Maybe it was that fancy con man double -thinking you. You ever think of that?

I'd rather not.

What is the meaning of this? Who the hell do you think you are coming in here

like this?

Virgil Stubbs, chief of security, PG &O Railroad.

According to that young man, you've got some folks here representing themselves

as being with the outfit.

We take a very dim view of that.

So much for Florida.

Sorry.

Not quite.

They left town an hour ago with the money.

Well, I hate to tell them I told you so, but I think I will anyway just because

it'll feel so good.

I didn't have a whole lot to do with it.

I have to thank that man there. It was his plan.

With all your abuse, he found a way to take you off the hook.

Sounds like a mighty good citizen to me.

Possibly we were a little bit hasty in our judgment of you.

Therefore, I would like to thank you on behalf of the town.

Well, I didn't do anything more than any other good citizen would have done.

Yeah, well, some good citizen burnt down our barn. I say that man's responsible.

Sigh, sigh.

Come on, it's just a barn. Just a barn.

We'll rebuild it.

We?

You couldn't drive a nail into a snowbank without bending it weak, he

Maybe. everyone could pitch in and help to show their gratitude for your

gallantry.

Welcome to Sweetwater.

That should be the last one.

Well, now I can sleep at night.

Look at that, Jack.

Clean games, not a gun in the house.

You said I couldn't make it stick.

You know, I've never had any trouble sleeping.

Ever since you gave Crow that money back, I keep tossing and turning all

But look at all the friends you made.

You can't spend friends.

Uh -oh, here comes the town crowbar.

I wish you wouldn't refer to her that way, Britt.

Inside, she's sensitive.

Hello, Maverick. I've come to blackmail you.

Real sensitive?

Either you give me the definitive Maverick interview, or... I don't give

interviews. Or next week, I print the real story right down to the wolf rats

the botched bags. Well, maybe small interviews.

I knew you'd see it my way. If you wear a dress.

I don't wear dresses.

That's too bad. I think you'd look great in one.

Unless I'm dining with a gentleman.

Eight o 'clock tonight?

I'd be honored.

Hey, Tom, the fella here says he wants to buy the house a drink.

What are you telling me for? Take care of it yourself.

Well, he says he's the advance man for the DNRG Railroad.

And they said you couldn't make it stick.