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MR. WEST, COTTONWOOD'S BEEN A TOWN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

IT WAS HERE BEFORE YOU CAME,

AND IT'LL BE HERE AFTER YOU'RE GONE.

NOT THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST,

MR. WEST.

IT'S NOT MY INTEREST IN COTTONWOOD THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S THE VIPER'S INTEREST IN COTTONWOOD THAT COUNTS.

NOW, THEY AIN'T BOTHERED US SO FAR, HAVE THEY?

THERE HAVE BEEN 11 RAIDS ON KANSAS TOWNS.

BANKS ROBBED, PEOPLE MURDERED IN THE STREETS.

IT AIN'T HAPPENED HERE IN COTTONWOOD,

AND IT AIN'T LIKELY TO,

NOT WITH ME AND MY DEPUTIES RUNNING THINGS.

WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS

FOR ME TO PRACTICALLY DEPUTIZE THE WHOLE TOWN

FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT NEVER HAPPEN.

SHERIFF, THESE 11 TOWNS ARE PART OF A PATTERN.

AND YOUR TOWN IS IN THAT PATTERN.

YOU COULD BE KNOCKED OFF TODAY.

MR. WEST, YOU SURE ARE A CALAMITY-HOLLERER.

NEXT THING YOU'LL TELL ME

IS THEM VIPERS COULD EVEN BE SNEAKING UP ON US

IN THAT BANK WAGON OVER THERE.

BANK WAGON?

THAT'S FUNNY.

THAT ARMORED WAGON WASN'T DUE IN HERE TILL 4:00.

JOE!

HOLD IT!

NOW, DROP THOSE GUN BELTS.

DRIVER, GET DOWN FROM THERE.

DROP THAT MONEY.

LET'S HELP GET THESE WOUNDED MEN TO THE DOCTOR.

COME ON. HIT HIM.

COME ON. LET HIM HAVE IT.

FIGHT BACK THERE. COME ON.

COME ON. HIT HIM.

COME ON. HIT HIM.

I AM DEEPLY AND SINCERELY APPRECIATIVE

THAT THE ST. LOUIS JOURNAL

THINKS ENOUGH OF OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY

TO SEND THE FAMOUS NED BUNTLINE

TO DO A STORY ON US.

WELL, YOU'RE NEWS, MAYOR BEAUMONT.

MISS CONOVER AND HER THREE NEWSPAPERS

HAVE SEEN TO THAT.

I AM SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT, MR. BUNTLINE.

BUT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW-- THEY SHOULD KNOW--

THAT THERE'S AT LEAST ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL

WHO STANDS FOR CLEAN, HONEST GOVERNMENT.

WELL, I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS

TO ANY THINKING, HONEST CITIZEN

WHY THE TOWN OF FREEDOM IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS SIZE

THAT HAS NEVER BEEN HIT BY THE VIPER GANG.

LOOK, THAT'S ALL VERY FLATTERING.

BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,

I CONSIDER MYSELF THE HIRED HAND OF THE CITIZENS.

AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT

TO EXPECT AN HONEST DAY'S WORK FOR AN HONEST--

EHHHH!

LET HIM HAVE IT.

UH...I NEVER FORGET A FACE.

I KNOW YOURS.

I JUST CAN'T QUITE PLACE THE NAME.

DON'T TELL ME. IT'LL COME TO ME.

WEST, JAMES WEST. RIGHT? GOVERNMENT AGENT.

WHAT MAKES THE GOVERNMENT SO INTERESTED

IN OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY, MR. WEST?

OH, MR. WEST, THIS IS OUR SHERIFF, DAVE CORD.

MISS CONOVER.

AND MR. BUNTLINE YOU'VE MET ALREADY.

OF COURSE.

AND I'M VANCE BEAUMONT.

YOU'RE THE MAYOR OF FREEDOM.

I'VE HEARD MANY THINGS ABOUT YOU, MAYOR.

ALL GOOD, I'M HAPPY TO SAY.

A WHILE BACK, I ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION.

IT APPEARS I MISSED YOUR ANSWER, MR. WEST.

I DIDN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, SHERIFF.

WHAT'S A GOVERNMENT AGENT DOING OUT OUR WAY?

YOU MIGHT SAY I'M VIPER HUNTING.

VIPERS ARE PRETTY DANGEROUS, THEY TELL ME.

ESPECIALLY THEM TWO-LEGGED KIND.

YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

COME ON!

COME ON!

POOR DEVIL'S NO MATCH FOR KLAXTON.

NO ONE EVER IS.

I WISH.

COME ON, MAYOR.

YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO HOLD OUT ON A REPORTER.

YOU WISH WHAT?

I JUST WISH THE GOOD CITIZENS OF FREEDOM

COULD FIND SOME OTHER WAY OF AMUSING THEMSELVES

BESIDES WATCHING THIS KIND OF ROMAN SPECTACLE.

OH, THAT SETTLES IT.

I'M GOING TO TELL MORIARTY TO STOP IT. EXCUSE ME.

OF COURSE.

ISN'T THAT RIDICULOUS?

GREATEST OF ALL TRAGEDIES,

I SEEM TO HAVE COME OFF WITHOUT ANY CIGARS.

WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME WHILE I MAKE A PURCHASE?

OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

LET ME HAVE A BEER.

DID A LITTLE SNOOPING.

FOUND OUT THAT BRASS KEY

BELONGS TO ONE OF THE LOCKERS BACK THERE.

NICE GOING.

WELL, THANKS A LOT.

ONLY PROBLEM IS THERE'S SO MANY JOKERS THERE,

I COULDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE.

QUITE A FIGHT, ARTIE.

HE WAS REALLY OVERMATCHED.

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

IT SEEMS IN THE MIDST OF THE WHOLE THING

THE YOUNG LAD DECIDED TO TAKE OFF

TO THE LAND OF NOD FOR 40 WINKS.

ALL RIGHT, NOW,

THE STANDING OFFER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT STILL HOLDS.

$100 IN GILT-EDGED COIN OF THE REALM

FOR ANY BUCKO WHO CAN GO A FULL THREE ROUNDS

WITH MASTER KLAXTON HERE.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON. STEP UP.

WHO WILL BE THE FIRST?

WELL, NOW.

NOW, PLEASE, PLEASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE!

IF YOU'RE GOING TO WRANGLE AND ARGUE AMONG YOURSELVES

FOR THE HONOR OF SQUARING AWAY WITH MASTER KLAXTON HERE,

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SETTLE THE MATTER BY DRAWING STRAWS.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, LET'S SEE HERE.

WELL, THERE'S A BIG BRUISER OF A LAD.

HOW ABOUT YOU, TIGER?

ALL RIGHT. NOW, LET'S SEE.

AHH, NOW THERE'S A FINE BROTH OF A BOY.

TWO DOWN AND ONE TO GO.

NOW...

HOW ABOUT YOU?

WHAT DO YOU SAY, MY LAD?

YOU LOOK JUST RIGHT.

HE'S TRYING TO SUCKER YOU INTO THAT RING.

YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?

BLESS HIS LITTLE HEART.

BLESS HIS LITTLE HEART?

WELL, YOU NEED SOME TIME TO TRY THAT KEY OUT,

DON'T YOU?

I'LL EMPTY THIS HALL, ARTIE.

YOU'RE ON.

THE CHIEF DOESN'T WANT YOUR PLAYMATE AROUND

FOR A RETURN BOUT.

I'LL MURDER HIM.

THAT'S THE TICKET.

JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE...

COME ON. GET IN THERE AND GET HIM.

COME ON.

COME ON!

COME ON! HIT HIM!

COME ON!

HIT HIM!

COME ON.

THAT'S IT!

YEAH!

FOUL!

FOUL!

THAT'S AS DIRTY A STUNT AS I'VE EVER SEEN.

COME ON. GET UP AND FIGHT.

MAYOR BEAUMONT,

I DEMAND YOU PUT A STOP TO THAT DEPLORABLE FIGHT.

DO YOU NOW?

I BEGGED YOU TO STOP IT BEFORE,

BUT YOU WOULDN'T HEAR OF IT.

NOW IT WOULD TAKE THE SEVENTH CAVALRY

TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO.

COME ON, WEST. GET UP.

COME ON! HIT HIM!

LET HIM HAVE IT!

STAND ASIDE, EVERYONE.

I'M CALLING ON YOU TO MAKE WAY.

MR. WEST, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON?

HOW'S THIS FOR A STARTER?

DISTURBING THE PEACE,

FIGHTING IN A MUNICIPAL AREA, ENDANGERING CITIZENS' SAFETY,

AND INCITING A RIOT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO LITTERING, LOITERING, AND SINGING OFF-KEY?

CORD!

THERE'S NO NEED

FOR THIS KIND OF ROUGH STUFF, SHERIFF.

MR. WEST IS NO LAWBREAKER.

MUNICIPAL STATUTES 4, 11, 12, AND 18 SAYS HE IS.

SEEMS I'M GUILTY OF ALL OF THEM, MAYOR.

WELL, I SUPPOSE TECHNICALLY YOU ARE.

BUT SHERIFF, THIS WHOLE THING

GREW OUT OF A PRIZEFIGHT

BETWEEN MR. WEST AND KLAXTON.

YOU JUST HOLD ON, MR. MAYOR.

I'M RECALLING A DAY A YEAR BACK

WHEN YOU CAME AND ASKED ME TO PIN ON THIS STAR

AND CLEAN UP A TOWN THAT HAD DONE A REAL OUTSTANDING JOB

OF ATTRACTING EVERY FANCY CARD ARTIST

AND BUSHWHACKER-FOR-HIRE IN THE STATE.

YOU TOLD ME I'D NEVER HAVE TO HOLD MY FIRE.

YOU CHANGING THE GROUND RULES AT THIS LATE DATE?

CRUSADING MAYOR AND FEARLESS SHERIFF.

PRIME INGREDIENTS OF THE RECIPE

FREEDOM HAS SERVED UP TO AN ADMIRING WORLD.

HOW'S THAT FOR A LEAD-IN TO MY STORY?

YOU MET MR. BUNTLINE,

FAMOUS WRITER FROM THE ST. LOUIS JOURNAL.

HERE TO DO A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FREEDOM.

FREEDOM--

A TOWN THAT'S LEAPED INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE

BECAUSE OF ITS HONESTY WITH AN ABSOLUTE BANG!

GET THE OTHER DEPUTIES!

HEY, WHICH WAY'S THE FIGHT?

FIGHT?

THAT WAY.

COME ON! HIYA!

THAT SHERIFF OF YOURS

IS REALLY SOMETHING OF A SKETCH, ISN'T HE?

YOU THINK SO?

MR. BUNTLINE, YOU KNOW THE MYTHOLOGICAL STABLES

THAT HERCULES CLEANED UP?

THE AUGEAN STABLES, WASN'T IT?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT FREEDOM WAS

BEFORE DAVE CORD ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES.

IT WAS A CESSPOOL WHERE ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.

ANYTHING VIOLENT, ILLEGAL, MURDEROUS.

AND IF YOU'RE STILL TAKING NOTES,

YOU CAN TAKE THIS QUOTE FROM ME.

"DAVE CORD CLEANED UP THE MESS

"AND ONLY DAVE CORD COULD HAVE DONE IT.

"THERE'S NO ONE I'D RATHER HAVE AT MY SIDE

WHEN THERE'S AN IMPORTANT JOB TO BE DONE."

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE,

WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING THE ENTIRE STATE OF KANSAS.

WHAT?

MR. BUNTLINE, AS YOU KNOW,

I INHERITED THREE NEWSPAPERS.

AND I WORK AT THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING THEM.

WE AT THE JOURNAL KNOW THEM WELL, MISS CONOVER.

MAY I SAY KNOW THEM AND READ THEM WITH MUCH PLEASURE.

THAT'S PROBABLY NOT TRUE, BUT THANK YOU JUST THE SAME.

ANYWAY, THE PEOPLE IN THIS STATE DO READ THEM,

AND THEY'RE INFLUENCED BY THEM.

AND AS OF TODAY,

ALL THREE PAPERS ARE COMING OUT,

URGING THAT VANCE BEAUMONT BECOME OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.

NOW LISTEN TO ME.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MR. WEST

AROUND HERE EVER AGAIN.

NOW I JUST GOT WORD FROM THE CHIEF HIMSELF.

THE GIST OF THE CONVERSATION WAS

THAT WHEN THE CIVIC-MINDED POSSE COMES UPON MR. WEST,

HE'LL PUT UP A FIERCE RESISTANCE,

WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE POOR LAD EXPIRING

IN A HAIL OF BULLETS.

YOU GOT IT?

NOW GET GOING.

OH.

WELL, IT'S YOU, IS IT?

JACK, THE GIANT KILLER, HIMSELF.

COME IN, MR. WEST.

COME IN.

THANK YOU, MR. MORIARTY.

THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU.

HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME WAS WEST?

HOW DID I KNOW YOUR NAME WAS WEST?

WELL, I MUST HAVE HEARD SOMEONE SAY IT.

THE CHIEF MAYBE?

CHIEF?

AND UH... WHO MIGHT THAT BE?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME.

AH! YOUR MONEY.

OF COURSE, YOU CAME FOR YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY.

SURE.

THE WAY YOU LACED INTO KLAXTON

IS SOMETHING I'LL BE TELLING THE BOYS AROUND HERE

FOR MANY A LONG WINTER EVENING.

ALLOW ME.

MR. WEST, YOU GOT $100 COMING, RIGHT?

NO ONE EVER SAID MORIARTY WELSHED ON A BUSINESS DEAL.

I'LL GO GET IT.

BETTER SAVE YOUR MONEY.

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT TO BUY THINGS

WHEN YOU GET TO PRISON.

PRISON, YOU SAY?

I FORGOT TO TELL YOU.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST

FOR BEING THE VIPER'S BOOKKEEPER.

NOW, LISTEN, MR. WEST,

I WAS NEVER MIXED UP IN THAT ROUGH STUFF.

HONEST, I WASN'T.

YOU WANT A BREAK?

YEAH. I MEAN, PRISON'S NOT FOR ME, YOU KNOW.

I'M NOT THAT YOUNG ANYMORE.

I'LL GIVE YOU A BREAK.

JUST TELL ME WHO THE CHIEF IS.

DROP THAT GUN AND COME DOWN HERE REAL SLOW.

LET'S GO.

WELL, HELLO, JAMES. HOW YOU BEEN?

FINE.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AROUND YOU IN TOWN.

YOU'VE BECOME QUITE A CELEBRITY.

OH, REALLY?

UH-HUH.

JUST WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN SAYING ABOUT ME?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE USUAL SMALL TALK.

YOU'RE A MURDERER.

MORIARTY.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT YOU DID IT

BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO GIVE YOU THE PRIZEFIGHT MONEY

AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE RUN EVER SINCE.

WELL, WHOEVER DID DO IT

DID IT BECAUSE HE WAS THE BOOKKEEPER OF THE VIPERS.

MAYBE HE WAS A LOT MORE.

YEAH, I GET THE FEELING THAT WE'RE GETTING WARMER, TOO.

ALTHOUGH I CERTAINLY DIDN'T FIND OUT ENOUGH

BACK THERE IN THAT DRESSING ROOM TO PIN ANY HOPES ON.

I DID FIND OUT THAT THE KEY FIT LOCKER NUMBER 36.

WHEN I CHECKED THAT, IT WAS EMPTY...EXCEPT FOR THIS.

I STARTED TO CHECK THIS OUT WHEN I WAS INTERRUPTED.

INTERESTING DESIGN.

WHAT ARE YOU DRESSED FOR?

I'M HAVING DINNER WITH THE MAYOR AND THE FAIR NADINE.

I FIGURE ON LEAVING EARLY, THOUGH.

I'LL GO BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER WHACK AT THE GYM.

ARTIE, WHY DON'T YOU COVER THAT?

LET ME COVER THE GYM.

NOW, LOOK, THE WOODS ARE ALIVE OUT THERE

WITH SHERIFF AND DEPUTY-TYPES ALL GUNNING FOR YOU.

ARTIE.

LOVELY DINNER, WASN'T IT?

AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

HE SEEMED LIKE A THOROUGHLY DECENT YOUNG MAN.

THEN TO BRUTALLY MURDER

A HARMLESS CHARACTER LIKE MORIARTY.

MAYBE HE WASN'T SO HARMLESS.

WHAT?

OR MAYBE THIS YOUNG MAN-- WEST-- DIDN'T MURDER HIM.

NO, I'M AFRAID THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

SHERIFF CORD HAS TWO WITNESSES

WHO HEARD THE TWO OF THEM QUARRELING.

AND LATER SAW WEST RUNNING FROM THE SCENE.

NOW WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT MATTERS MAY GET OUT OF HAND.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE

WHO STARTS AGITATING FOR MOB ACTION.

AFTER YOU'RE GOVERNOR,

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

INSTEAD OF JUST WORRYING.

WE'RE BACK TO THAT, ARE WE?

NO, NADINE, AS I WILL KEEP ON TELLING YOU,

I HAVE A CONTRACT

WITH THE PEOPLE OF FREEDOM WHO ELECTED ME.

WHAT A DELIGHTFULLY CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN.

UH...EXCUSE ME.

NADINE, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE DETERMINED

THAT I RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR,

LET'S ALL DISCUSS IT IN THE NEXT ROOM.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

COME ALONG, EVERYBODY!

MR. BUNTLINE, YOU MAY BE THE WINNER AT BILLIARDS,

BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

ARE THE REAL WINNERS.

MY FRIENDS, I GIVE YOU OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.

WELL, IF THAT'S SO, I CAN ASSURE YOU

THAT MY COLUMN IN THE JOURNAL

IS GOING TO MAKE MUCH TO-DO ABOUT IT.

THE INDOMITABLE VANCE BEAUMONT,

FREEDOM'S EMBATTLED MAYOR

WHO HAS STOOD UNFLINCHING BEFORE BATTERING WAVES OF CRIME,

CORRUPTION, AND VIOLENCE,

TODAY HAS FINALLY SUCCUMBED

TO A FORCE FAR MORE POWERFUL--

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

I WISH I COULD REPRINT THAT.

MY DEAR LADY, IT'S YOURS.

OH, MR. BUNTLINE.

WELL, AHEM, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY I CAN RECOVER FROM THAT

AND THAT'S WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MY HOST'S EXCELLENT BRANDY.

ALLOW ME, SIR.

NO, NO, NO, PLEASE.

THAT'S A CHORE I WOULD ENJOY THOROUGHLY MYSELF.

THANK YOU... GOVERNOR.

BUT MR. BUNTLINE...

MR. BEAUMONT, YOU CAN'T GO NOW.

IT'S YOUR TURN.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

SETTLE DOWN AND LISTEN.

THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING SPECIAL

TO THE OPERATION,

AND I DON'T WANT ANY SLIP-UPS.

YOU GET IT?!

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, KIMBLE.

YES, SIR?

WHAT TIME DID I SAY WE WERE GOING TO HIT THE BANK?

11:30 TOMORROW.

VERY GOOD.

NOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO INTERFERENCE WITH OUR WORK,

WE'RE GOING TO CREATE OURSELVES A LITTLE DIVERSION.

COLTER, LUTZ, YOU TWO ARE GOING TO BE RIDING POINT

WITH THE WAGON.

WHEN YOU PASS THAT SCHOOLHOUSE, YOU DROP BACK,

YOU WAIT A MINUTE, AND THEN YOU BLOW IT UP.

THE SCHOOLHOUSE?!

BARNEY, SLADE, WHEN YOU PASS THAT BARBER SHOP,

YOU START BLASTING AWAY AT ANYTHING THAT STIRS.

OKAY.

AND KIMBLE,

WHEN THAT WAGON'S OPPOSITE THE RESTAURANT,

YOU MAKE SURE THAT CANNON'S PRIMED, LOADED,

AND READY TO BLAST.

WELL, WELL, WELL.

IT'S MR. WEST HIMSELF.

DON'T MIND ME. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MEETING, SHERIFF.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST ALL OVER AGAIN.

NOW, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS AROUND HERE

THOUGHT A HEAP OF OLD MAN MORIARTY.

I'D HATE TO BE IN YOUR BOOTS

WHEN THIS CASE COMES UP FOR TRIAL.

YOU MEAN THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRIAL?

IT IS FREEDOM, MR. WEST.

WE DO THINGS RIGHT AND PROPER HERE.

ALL RIGHT, GET A BOX.

IT'S ONLY FITTING WE GIVE MR. WEST A REAL SEND-OFF.

ARTIE, WHAT DO WE KNOW?

WE KNOW THAT THE VIPERS

ARE GOING TO BLAST THE BANK TOMORROW.

LOCATION UNKNOWN.

WE ALSO KNOW

THAT CORD HAS HIS ASSAULT WAGON BOOBY-TRAPPED

TO GO SKY-HIGH ANYTIME HE WANTS IT TO.

IT HAS ALL THE SMELL OF GOOD LOGIC

THAT BEAUMONT IS THE BIG CHIEF OF THE VIPERS

BECAUSE I SAW THE BLUEPRINT FOR THAT BOOBY-TRAPPED WAGON

RIGHT IN HIS OWN SIDEBOARD.

NOW...

TELL ME ABOUT THAT BRIEFING SESSION AGAIN, WILL YOU?

CORD SAID THAT BLASTING THE SCHOOLHOUSE

WOULD BE A DIVERSION.

CHECK.

AND THAT THEY WERE TO BLAST THE BARBER SHOP,

THE RESTAURANT...

ARTIE.

DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE RESTAURANT...

IS THE FREEDOM BANK.

NOW I KNOW

WHY BEAUMONT WANTS TO BLOW UP HIS OWN WAGON.

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE THE GOVERNOR.

HE LACKS ONLY ONE INGREDIENT.

HE'S GOT ALL THE MONEY HE NEEDS,

BUILD UP A BIG, POLITICAL WAR CHEST

WITH ALL OF THE BANKS THAT HIS GANG HAS KNOCKED OFF.

HE'S GOT MISS CONOVER'S NEWSPAPERS

SQUARELY BEHIND HIM.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS HE'S STILL UNKNOWN.

SO IF BEAUMONT KNOCKS OFF THE VIPERS

WHEN THEY MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ATTACKING FREEDOM...

HE WINDS UP A HERO, GETS RID OF A GANG

THAT WILL BE EMBARRASSING TO HIM ANYWAY.

THEN HE WINDS UP IN THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR FOR SURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

JUST GO HOME AND STAY THERE.

THE BANK WILL BE OPEN VERY SHORTLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HI, ARTIE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS, MR. BUNTLINE.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

I KNOW I PROMISED YOU A STORY YOU'D NEVER FORGET.

I'M SORRY I COULDN'T GIVE YOU ANY DETAILS,

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO GET HERE

BEFORE THE VIPERS.

YOU'RE NOT NED BUNTLINE, ARE YOU?

NO, I'M NOT.

I'M ARTEMUS GORDON, UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE.

VANCE BEAUMONT?

HE'S THE HEAD OF THE VIPER GANG.

DON'T LISTEN TO THEM, NADINE.

THEY'RE INSANE.

NO, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE JUST IN A HURRY.

EVERYTHING SET, JIM?

SEE YOU LATER.

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS, MR. WEST?

IN SIMPLE TERMS, THIS BANK IS GOING TO BE BLOWN UP.

HE'S GOING TO BECOME THE GOVERNOR.

THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT, ISN'T IT?

HE'S MAD. RUN FOR HELP.

I DEMAND THAT YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR IMMEDIATELY.

MISS CONOVER, LISTEN TO A FEW SIMPLE FACTS.

YOU THINK YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE

FOR PUSHING HIM UP THE POLITICAL LADDER?

UNLOCK THIS DOOR.

MY COMPLIMENTS.

ONLY I WANT YOU TO KNOW HE HAS ONLY BEEN USING YOU.

USING ME?

VANCE BEAUMONT NEVER DREAMED OF RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

UNTIL I TALKED HIM INTO IT.

CORRECTION. HE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR FOR YEARS.

IF HE HADN'T CHARMED YOU INTO PUBLICIZING HIS CAMPAIGN,

HE WOULD HAVE FOUND SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT IS THE TRUTH, ISN'T IT, BEAUMONT?

THERE ISN'T A WORD OF TRUTH IN THAT.

WHY ARE YOU WATCHING THE CLOCK, BEAUMONT?

IS IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW AN ASSAULT WAGON

IS DRIVING DOWN THIS ROAD

AND GOING TO BLOW THIS BANK SKY-HIGH AT 11:30?

YOU'RE TALKING IN CHILDISH RIDDLES.

JUST ABOUT 11:30.

THAT ASSAULT WAGON

SHOULD BE ON ITS WAY ANY MOMENT NOW.

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

LEAVE HIM ALONE, MR. WEST.

CAN'T YOU SEE HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH?

IF HE'S LYING, A LOT OF INNOCENT CHILDREN

ARE GOING TO DIE IN A FEW MOMENTS.

THAT WAS THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

HERE COMES THE ASSAULT WAGON.

NO, FALSE ALARM. JUST A DELIVERY WAGON.

PLEASE LET ME GO.

IT'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE.

PLEASE.

BUT HE SAID IT WAS JUST A DELIVERY WAGON.

THIS IS IT.

THIS IS THE ASSAULT WAGON.

WE HAVE TO GET OUT NOW BEFORE THEY OPEN FIRE ON US!

GET OUT OF HERE.

WEST, WHAT ABOUT ME?

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!

WEST!

I'VE BEEN SITTING UP HERE WATCHING IT ALL, WEST!

YOU JUST PUT MY LAST TWO DEPUTIES AWAY!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BET I CAN PLUG YOU

BEFORE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

MR. WEST.

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