All language subtitles for S05E02 - Ride to Delphi

[ theme music playing ]

♪♪

...give you
about the best
breeding stock around.

My pa spent three days
choosing them out
for you.

You tell your father
I'm pleased to do
business with him.

It's a pleasure
for us, too. Yes, sir.

Oh, here's your
tally sheet, sir.

That's 50 head,
and your foreman--
he signed it for me.

Thank you.

I have this already
made out--$1,400.

Oh, that would be
$1,460, Mr. Grainger.

1,400--that's
the cattle price.

And it's $60
to drive them here.

That's wages
to me and my drover.

That wasn't
my understanding.

Your father set the deal
at 1,400 delivered.

Tell you what--

I'll give you a check
for that 60,

and I'll write
your father a letter

and trust him to send me
back the check--

No, no! Never mind,
Mr. Grainger.

You and Pa
set that price.

I was just goin' by
the usual, that's all.

Don't trouble yourself.

My mistake.

You just drop it
out of mind.

If you're sure.

Yes, sir.
And thank you kindly.

Thank you.

Oh, Mr. Carlson...

you've had a long,
dusty trip.

Stay to dinner.

Oh, no, sir. Thanks.

My drover's
waitin' for me.

I reckon he wants
to get to town
and see the sights.

Mr. Grainger.

Mr. Carlson.

♪♪

Well, he didn't
bite on it.

I told him just like
you told me to,

and he didn't
bite on it.

Well, that's a pity.

Buxton, we can still
ride on into Clarion.

I got a couple
dollars silver.

Ain't that pitiful?

Lemoine, I was plannin'
on showin' you some sights

that maybe
you never seen before,

but we can't do that
on no $2 silver.

He was gonna write
a letter to my old man.

How come your old man
is so tight on you,
Lemoine?

I see your young step-mama
ridin' around the country

in a buggy hitched
behind your daddy's
favorite mare.

He don't hold
nothin' back on her.

And here you are
drovin' cattle like
a common cowpoke,

and all you got
in your pocket

is a few dollars silver.

You gonna sit
on that fence all day
and just talk?

No. I sit on this fence
and I consider.

What?

First thing I consider

is that there ain't
nobody around now but us.

Where's that foreman?

Well, he and the others
went to grub.

So, now, the second
thing I consider

is that somebody could
open up this here gate

and let a few
of them cattle out,

and then that way,
we'd raise us some cash.

Steal my own
father's cattle?

They're Grainger's
cattle now, son.

I ain't no cattle thief.

That's a pity.

So, I guess we'd
better get started--

Buxton,
you really think

we could have a big,
wild time in Clarion?

Lemoine, I heard that
there's a girl there,

and she does this kind of
Oriental-type dance.

And all the time,
she's balancing
a pitcher of beer.

Yeah. Ha ha ha!

I guess we'd better
forget about that--
Buxton.

I ain't gonna do
nothin' like you said,

but if I was to leave now
and ride on over to Clarion

and you was to
meet me there later,

and you had some money,

well, I wouldn't have to
know how you got it.

You ain't
no cattle thief,

but you don't mind
being friends to
a cattle thief, huh?

[ laughs ]

Well, all right,
Lemoine.

You get started
to Clarion, and I'll
see you there.

Okay.

♪♪

[ whistling ]

[ crows ]

Good coffee, honey.Thank you.

Anybody's coffee
tastes good at
the crack of dawn.

Thank you.

Can I have
a little more?

Hurry it up, Stace.

I want to ride out
and look at that
new breeding stock.

It ought to be pretty good
at $28 a head.

Mr. Carlson has a reputation
for breeding prime beef.

[ knock on door ]

Good morning.Morning, Elizabeth.

Coffee?Thanks.

Morning, Stace,
Mr. Grainger.

You wanted to see me?

I thought you'd like
to ride out with us

and look over
that new stock.

Oh, fine.

Have your
coffee first.

Go ahead.

The stock will keep
longer than Liz's coffee.

♪♪

I counted
these cattle in myself.

Signed a tally
for 50 head.

I only count 45.

You don't suppose
you counted wrong
the first time?

Nope.

They broke
the fence maybe.

Looks all right
to me.

They could've
squeezed through.

Why don't you take
a look out on the range?

They're probably
filling up on some of
that good range grass.

I'll check the range,
but I don't think
it's likely.

Then what?

Think somebody took 'em?

I don't know
what else to think.

Who?

I don't know.
But don't worry,
Mr. Grainger.

I'll get 'em back.

I'm not holding you
responsible.

I hold myself
responsible.

All right.

Take all the time
you need.

Good luck.

That's a prideful man.

I'm sure glad
it wasn't me.
What?

Tallied that herd.

Let's get back.

♪♪

MAN:
You like them cows?

Mm-hmm. Good stock.

I've driven clear
from Medicine Bow

lookin' for some cows
like that.

Mm-hmm?

You, uh...traveling
somewhere with 'em?

Over toward Delphi.

That's where I live.

I'm a sodbuster.

You?I'm a rancher.

Well...a rancher.

I'm pleased
to have you...

stand over here
and look at these cows.

But if you stay here
lookin' at 'em,

I might get nervous.

I wouldn't want to
make you nervous, Mr.--

Kiley.

Mr. Kiley.

But I think we've got
a problem.

See, the more I look
at these cows,

the more I think
they belong back in
Medicine Bow.

You're right.
You sure enough
got a problem.

'Cause I believe
they belong in Delphi.

Look, I want to be
reasonable about this.

If you stand quiet
while I move 'em out,

I won't even ask you
how you got 'em.

I want to be
reasonable, too.

Suppose you just turn
in that direction

and go a considerable
distance,

I won't even ask you
why you're interested.

I can probably
work this pistol

a whole lot faster
than you can work
that rifle.

Elver?

Elver, you there?

ELVER: Over here, Daddy.

Speak up, son...

so the rancher
believes in you.

ELVER: Do you want me to
shoot him in the ear, Daddy?

Oh, no. Go slow, son.

So long as
he's reasonable.

That's Elver.
He's my backup.

All right, suppose I do
ask you how you got 'em?

Bought 'em.

Got a bill of sale?

You got one?

Yep. 50 head
of Carlson cattle.

Shucks.
This ain't no 50 head.

It's only five.

That don't advance
the situation much,
does it?

Five is what
I'm missing.

Well, I sympathize
with you, rancher.

I'd miss 'em, too.

Mm-hmm.

You mind tellin' me
where you got 'em?

Sure do.Why?

Don't figure it's any
of your business.

I paid for 'em in gold.

And I aims to keep 'em.

You don't like
my questions.

Oh, I like 'em fine.

But Elver, layin' on
the ground over there

in the cold night air--

he's gonna get bored.

Tell you what, rancher--

you ride on ahead
into Delphi

and get the sheriff
and bring him back
out to my place.

Kiley's place.
Tell him Ransome Kiley.

Then we'll both
do some answering.

I'll just do that.

That your son Elver--
your backup?

No, no,
that's my son Jethro.

He's Elver's backup.

Good-bye, Jethro.

Say good-bye
to the rancher, Jethro.

Now, Jethro, that's
not being polite.

♪♪

They're Shiloh cattle.

They got Shiloh ranch
dust all over 'em.

With Carson's brand.

We didn't have time
to change the brand.

He'd just
sold 'em to us.

Carlson sells
a lot of cattle.

The man--No, thanks.

The man wouldn't even
answer my questions.

Kiley? He didn't like
how you were askin' them.

You made a mistake,
mister.

I know Kiley.

He's a decent,
hard-working man who's
worth respecting.

Did he tell you
anything at all?

He said somebody
sold him those five cows.

Look, I didn't try
to settle it myself.
I came to the law.

He said
he'd talk to you.

Will you come on
and ride on out
to his place with me?

Well, sure I will...
to talk.

When?In a day or so.

You ain't in
Grainger country now.

You're in Delphi.

In the second place,
you got no evidence

Kiley took them cattle.

In the third place,
I'm up to my ears

in more important
things to do.

Now, why don't you get
a room at the hotel,

and as soon as
I get ready, well--

Sheriff, if we wait,
he'll have 'em skinned
or hidden out,

if he's still around.

Friend, you need
more trust.

Kiley ain't goin' anywhere.
Neither are those cattle.

Look, Sheriff--

Need more patience, too.

Now, I'm sayin'
you're wrong,

but tomorrow, next day,
we'll find out.

If you can't
stay here till then,
I won't keep you.

Whoa.

Gonna look for Buxton.
I'll get off here.

If I wanted Buxton,
I'd first try the saloon.

That's where I'm goin'.
I'll meet you by the bank.

Lemoine, I could
wait for you.

Annie? Annie?

Whoa, boy.

Annie. Heh.
I just got to town.

I gotta stay
a couple of days.
Where'd you drop from?

I don't know you.

I was just going to
the hotel, and I looked up--

I'm sorry.
You've mistaken me
for somebody else.

I'm sorry.

What are you tryin' to--
I called your name.

What--What are you doin'?

Where you goin'? Here!

Here! Come here!

Come here!

♪♪

All right, Lemoine.
Then what?

Then she ran away.

Then he stared
after her a while.

Then he went over
and registered
at the hotel.

Well, now,
that's peculiar.

I reckon your step-mama's
got more old friends

than she allows.

[ laughs ]

I ain't got time
to reckon.

I'm clearin' back out
to the ranch.

Why's that, Lemoine?

They found
those cattle missing.

He's come here
askin' questions.

Well, Lemoine,
you don't know that, really.

You don't know, Lemoine,
if he suspicions you
or me or what.

Boy, I've tried
to teach you

and learn you
about people--

to reckon with people
and deal with people--

like I've learned, Lemoine,
that you're a coward.

I didn't steal
those cattle.

That's just what I mean!

You rode off
and you let me do it.

Of course, son,
I ain't gonna make
no mention of that

when they haul me in.

Boy, I want you
to stay here...

and I want you
to start reckoning.

You want me to hang
around till that ramrod
bumps across me?

No!

I want you to bump
across him first.

♪♪

Hi, I'm Lemoine Carlson.

Delivered you some cattle
a week or so back.

Oh, sure, Mr. Carlson.
Come on in.

Thought I saw you
on the street just now.

Then I said,
no, it couldn't be.

Went over to check
the hotel register,

and, by golly, it was.
What are you doin'
around here?

We had some of
those cattle stolen.

Sit down.

That's bad news.

You got any idea
who took 'em?

I know who's got 'em
anyway.

Sodbuster named Kiley,
lives just outside of town.

Oh?

He claims he bought 'em,
of course.

Oh.

What do you plan
on doin' to him?

Ride out there
with the sheriff

and claim them back,
I guess.

Well, I guess it's
workin' out all right, huh?

Sure hope so.

Say, I see you got
some friends in Delphi.

Friends?

Before,
down on the street.

Wasn't you with
some woman?

I couldn't see
very clear.
Oh, yeah.

Someone I thought
I remembered
from Abilene

eight years ago--
great girl.
Oh.

Looked up, and there
she was again,

right in the middle
of nowhere.

Naturally,
you grabbed her.

She didn't seem to know me.
I could've been mistaken.

Well, I hope
it works out all right.

About the cattle, I mean.

Say, I've been thinkin'--

your sheriff here
is very strong on
proper evidence.

Yeah, that's true.

I'd kind of like to
talk to your father,

see if he ever sold
any cattle to Kiley.

Makes sense.

Why don't you come on
out for supper?

Oh, if you're sure
I wouldn't be
puttin' you out.

No, no trouble at all.

Towards supper, then.
I'm lookin' to see you.

All right.

♪♪

LEMOINE: Annie!

Where you been, Annie?

Couldn't find the buggy.
I missed you.

I've been hunting
all over.

I'm sorry, Lemoine.

I went to...stop
and call on Mrs. Hagar.

I guess the time
just went by.

Why'd you put
the top up?

The sun--
it warmed up so.

Yeah, it is.
It is kind of warm,
isn't it, Annie?

Mrs. Hagar--she someone
you knew down south?

What?

Mrs. Hagar.

You used to live
southwards, didn't you?

Originally, before you
married my pa?

Oh, yes.

Kansas, wasn't it?

I've been a lot of
places, Lemoine.

My father--he traveled.

He was in
the telegraph business.

Before he died.

Before he died, yes.

He traveled a great many
places with me,

so I've been a lot of
different places.

Then you married my pa.

Lemoine, I'd sort of
like to get back.

Well, let's see what
we can do about that.

♪♪

♪♪

I got a hard time
to believe that.

Ransome Kiley--
he's not the kind of man

to steal cattle.

Sodbuster, ain't he?
They're all alike.

He gave you no explanation
as to how he got 'em?

Guess he didn't feel
obliged to.

His various sons were
holding rifles on me.

But you didn't
sell them to him?

No.

And no one you know of?

No.

Well, it's kind of you
to give me the information.

Not kind, it's right.

Fact. Fact is fact
and right is right.

Well, it's kind of you
to have me to supper.

Oh, Pa. I clean
forgot to tell you.

I invited him
to eat with us.

Oh?

Well, I can just go on
back into town.

Oh, no, no, no.
Please stay.

There's plenty of food.
You'll stay, absolutely.

Lemoine, you'd better
go tell her out there.

A woman likes to know.

Yeah, sure I will, Pa.

THE VIRGINIAN: I don't like
putting your wife out.

Oh, not at all.
Plenty to eat.

She loves company.
She's young.

And you'll see...

Oh, Lemoine,
I didn't see you.

Want something?

Oh, a drink of water,
I guess. Kind of dry.

Oh, Annie,
when you get a chance,

I think Pa would like
to see you out there.

Well, it'll have to
wait a bit.

I'm baking bread.

Yeah.

Lemoine? Uh...

you were very nice to me
when we were coming
back here today.

I appreciated it.

I wish we'd always
got on as good as that.

Well, Annie, maybe we
just need to learn
more about each other.

Five years ago,
she died--my wife.

Lemoine's mother.

Bad time.
Hard for Lemoine.

She was gentle with him.

I'm not so gentle.

Too strict,
too old country.

Oh, I wouldn't
say that, Pa.

Heh.

Then there was
three years

when I was so lonely,
you know.

And one day in church,
I saw this woman--
this girl.

She was so pretty,

I could hardly stand
to look at her.

Then a long time
troubling, you know.

Old man, old fool
you are, Einar...

to even hope
that she sees you.

But--But I married her.

Heh heh.
It was a miracle.
She's an angel.

I'd say you're
a very lucky man.

Some fellas,
they ain't got no sense.

Goes with Buxton
to Clarion City,

waste two days with
cheap saloon women.

Buxton?
You mean the drover?

Yes.

Is he around?

No, I fired him.

You don't go with
cheap saloon women.Well--

Pa, I reckon he knows 'em
from here to Texas.

Lemoine, you someday
want to marry that kind
of a woman--dirt?

Of course not, Pa.

Then keep yourself
clean and wait...

and marry a woman
like that.

And look hard,
because there ain't many.

They're too free
and easy nowadays.

Look for a girl
raised pure and decent,

one who could keep house
for you and cook and--

Einar,
did you want me?

Oh, Annie. This is
Mr. Grainger's foreman.

♪♪

Mrs. Carlson,
Lemoine asked me to
come out to supper

so I could meet
his pa and yourself.

It's kind of
short notice.

Lemoine, didn't you
tell her we're having
company for supper?

well, I--

Hope I'm not putting
you out, Mrs. Carlson.

No, no.

Oh, we have plenty
of food, huh?

Well, you look like
you already know each other.

You met before?

No.

But, Mrs. Carlson,
I'm proud to
meet you now.

I'm most proud
to have you here.

Most welcome.
I'll set another place.

♪♪

Maybe now
you'll believe me
how she cooks, huh?

I have to believe
what I've just eaten.

You should've
seen your face

when Annie first came
in the room.

You didn't think that
an old, ugly man like me

could get such
a beautiful gal, huh?

I'd say she seems
contented with you,
Mr. Carlson.

Altogether.

I'd say that's all
there is to it.

I got chores to do.Hmm.

Chores to do.

Oh, I'd better
check that calf.

Excuse me.
Have some more coffee.

I come so near
ruining myself.

To see you
standing there...

Been a long time, Annie.

To see my whole past
walking in.

Lemoine planned it.
He tried to trap me.

Oh, he hates me.

He must've seen us
together in town.

He said he saw me
with someone.

I don't think
he saw it was you.

Why'd he invite you here?

Natural enough.
Business connection.

He kept asking us
if we knew each other.

I guess we looked
pretty startled when
we saw each other.

Annie, it's good
to see you again...

in the kind of place
where you belong.

Where I want to belong.

I've never told Einar
about me.

I've wanted to,
and I've started to,

but he has that idea of
what a woman should be.

If he knew the kind I am...

What kind?

Raised in saloons.

But it's given me
one advantage.

I've heard a thousand
men's complaints
against their wives.

I've tried not to give
Einar those complaints
against me.

I don't hear him
complaining.

I hope not.
I love that man.

You've changed.
Eight years.

You used to be
kind of unsettled.

Unsettled inside
and green all over.

Hmm. You didn't have
too much common sense--

talking rough to two of
the meanest gunmen
in Abilene.

[ laughs ]
You know something?

I can't even remember
the name of that bar.

Olin's Red Cat Bar.

The Red Cat.
Ooh, how I hated that--

[ clang ]

It's nobody.

You don't mind if we
don't talk any more,

if I just stay apart
from you generally?

I hate to ask it.

Annie, after what
you did for me once,

you can ask anything.

Well, it isn't just
the thought of losing this,

of losing Einar.

I have to be
doubly cautious.

I mean, at my old age,
I'm gonna have a baby.

Annie,
that's wonderful!

Don't say anything,
please.

I haven't even told
Einar about it.

Told me about what?

About, uh--

About what you don't know
won't hurt you.

[ laughs ]
A wicked woman.

Heh. Keeps secrets?Mm-hmm.

You stay
overnight, huh?

Annie,
how about we--

No, thanks. I ought to
get back into town.

It's a long ride
back into town.

Lemoine,
you tell him to stay.

Why not? I reckon Annie
can find a place for you.

THE VIRGINIAN:
Well, I paid for
a hotel room.

I think I'd
better use it.

Besides, I got
a couple more things
to do tonight

before I could
sleep good.

[ laughs ]

[ piano music playing ]

Queens and threes.

Take it, Tern.

You won everything
but the schoolhouse.

It's a good loser
makes a handsome winner.

Love, bring my friends
whatever it takes
to celebrate with.

And, uh,
bring me the change.

Careful town,
careful sheriff,

and a careful
saloon keeper.

All right,
here you are.

We find it cuts down
mortality.

I'll take a beer.Right.

Boys, it's dealer's
pleasure.

We're gonna play
a little high-low
and change my luck.

[ chuckles ]

Good evening.

Hey, a gold coin.

Buy that from you?

Here. Thank you.

Hello.

Say, don't I
know you, dealer?

You and Lemoine Carlson
brought some cattle

over to Grainger's place.

Yeah, yeah.

Name's Buxton
or something like that.

I'm Mr. Grainger's
foreman.

Glad to see you.

Cards.

Funny thing
about those cattle--

five of them
got stolen.

I'm real sorry
to hear that.

Here you are, honey.
You're just in time.

I'm gonna have to
bump you there.

I found them, though--
those cattle.

Buxton,
I found the cattle.

Well, that's real good.
That's really good.

Sodbuster had 'em.

Imagine that--
a sodbuster.

He claims somebody
sold 'em to him,
of course.

Of course,
he could be lying.

Only one thing you can
tell for certain

about a sodbuster.

[ clears throat ]
What's that?

Well, they're dirt poor

and miser close.

You take a sodbuster
with a gold coin

like as not he'd scratch
his initials in it...

like this.

R.K. for
Ransome Kiley.

You've been playin' poker
with Kiley's money.

Oh. Is that so?

Where'd you get it?

I said,
where'd you get it?

I tell you, friend,
money changes hands

pretty often around here,
don't it, boys?

Then maybe you'd like to
ride up to Kiley's place

and let him
take a look at you.

Look, friend,
are you tryin' to tell me

that I sold
those cattle to Kiley?

I'm just askin' you
to take a ride out to
his place with me,

let him have
a look at you.

Well, uh...

all right.

[ grunting ]

All right, all right!
That's enough of that!

Now, just settle down!

What you creatin' now,
friend?

Just tryin' to
get Buxton here

to ride out to
Kiley's place with me.

Buxton? What for?

Figured maybe Kiley
could identify him

as the man who
sold him those cattle.

You were tellin' me
Kiley took your cattle.

I changed my mind.

What evidence?

He's playin' poker

with Ransome Kiley's
money.

Money could come from
anywhere, Sheriff.

A gold coin with
Kiley's initials on it.

Friend, in this town,

we don't go around accusing
this one and that one

and jumpin' into fights.

Now you're tellin' me
Buxton stole your cattle

and sold 'em to Kiley?

It's possible.

And it's possible
I'll be lookin' into it.

Buxton,
you clear out of here.

But you stay
around town.

Sure, Sheriff,
anything you say.

You're a stranger here.
I'll do you a courtesy.

I won't lock you up.

What about Buxton?

When I get a chance,
I'll be talkin' to Kiley.

You want to hang around,
you'd better cool it off.

♪♪

♪♪

Mr. Kiley?
[ knocking ]

Mr. Kiley.

KILEY:
Hold on out there!

All that noise
ain't necessary.

Well, now,
if it ain't the rancher.

How are you, Mr. Kiley?

Tolerable. Yourself?

Before we talk,
why don't you call
Elver and Jethro in

so they won't
have to lay out
on that cold ground?

Heh. Boys?

You might as well
come in.

Mr. Kiley, you've got
some Grainger cattle.

That's what you say.

Now I think
I've found the man
who sold 'em to you.

Oh? I thought
I was makin' that up.

About 5'10", lean,

dark-haired, around 35.

That be him?

Boy, that's a shame
how these flies

come around
the lantern light.

That's possible.

Name's Buxton.
Lives in Delphi.

I wonder if you'd
come into town tomorrow
and identify him for me.

Say, now, I got me
a full day of plowing
tomorrow.

Suppose you bring him
out here?

Afraid I can't do that.

The sheriff
don't favor me much.

That's too bad.

Mr. Kiley,
I'm only asking you
to do what's lawful.

Hold on there.
That's rancher's law.

And I'm a sodbuster--
outsider.

I had a sodbuster
friend once,

got mixed up in
rancher's law--Tomlinson.

These two ranchers
had a court case.

One of 'em asked him
to testify, and he did.

The other one got a bunch
of cowmen together.

Hitched up one end
of his fence

and pulled it
clean out of the ground.

His house wouldn't
burn so good.

They set everything
afire inside,

including his wife's Bible
and the children's clothes.

So, I figure a sodbuster
ain't got no business

mixin' in ranchers'
problems.

Good night, now.

Mr. Kiley, I'm kind of
an outsider myself.

I'm from Medicine Bow.

I don't swing much weight
here in Delphi.

I'm lookin' to gain
more respect for...

all of us outsiders.

You know, you still ain't
said somethin' to me.

What's that?

An apology for the way
you talked to me
the first time.

All right, Mr. Kiley.

I apologize.

Well, now...

I just might be
into town tomorrow...

around about noon.

Thank you kindly.

Good night, gentlemen.

Good night.

Well, Jethro,
I do believe

you learned to be
polite, boy.

See there, Elver?
You can learn somethin'
from your brother.

Now, come on in here,
let's get into bed.

♪♪

Morning, Lemoine.
Sleep good?

How about you?Hmm?

Did you sleep good,
Annie?

Yes. Why?

Pa still asleep?

Yes.

Yeah, well,
he's gettin' on.

Gettin' older.

You know, it's funny
you didn't marry
a younger man, Annie.

A man like that
Shiloh foreman maybe?

Lemoine,
as a matter of fact,

I didn't sleep too good.

I've had a gutful of you.

Is that any way to talk
for a nice, respectable--

You once said
I wasn't your mama.

Well, I agree. I got
no cause to suffer you.

I never sinned
against your mama.

She died. I met your pa,
I loved him,

I married him.
That's fair enough.

That all depends on
what you mean by--

I've tried being fair
with you.

I've made excuses
to your pa for things
you've done.

But, Lemoine,
don't push it to
a point in this house

where there's a choice
between you and me.

Because I know
which way it would go.

How you want it
to go, maybe.

But maybe there's
a few things that--

[ knock on door ]

Mornin'.Mornin'.

Mrs. Carlson.Good morning.

Lemoine, there's
something I'd like
to talk to you about.

Won't you come in?

Well, I've got
things to do.

Why don't you sit down?

I owe you something for
your hospitality, Lemoine.

I think I owe it to you

to ask this question
straight out.

Did you and Buxton go
to Clarion City together?

Yeah.

I mean, we were
in Clarion together.

We didn't go there
together.

Buxton said
he had some friends
he wanted to visit.

Well, I'm glad
to hear that.

I think Buxton is the one
who stole those five cows.

Oh, I doubt that.
Wall Buxton--

he's a little easy,
sure enough. But I don't
reckon that he--

No need
to reckon about it.

Mr. Kiley's comin' in
to town today.

If Buxton's the man
who sold him the cows,
he'll say so.

Of course,
Buxton could claim

that it couldn't
have been him

because he was with you,

unless you were to testify
that he wasn't.

Yeah, well, I guess
I'd have no choice,
would I?

I mean,
if that's the facts.

Well, maybe this time
I can satisfy the sheriff.

Thanks. I'd better
go along and see
if I can find him.

♪♪

Everything all right?

Yeah, everything's
all right.

What'd he want
to talk with you about?
You look kind of--

Look,
it's all right! I--

I gotta go somewhere.In town? Your pa's--

Look, I'm just goin'
somewhere, all right?!

So, why'd you tell him
we went together?

I didn't know
what he knew.

I thought he was
tryin' to trap me.

So you let him trap me
instead, huh?

Buxton,
just clear out before
Kiley gets to town.

No one's gonna
chase after you
for just five cows.

That foreman did,
didn't he?

What are you doin'?

That Kiley's a sodbuster.

He ain't got no right
messin' with rancher people.

I'm gonna teach
him a lesson.

We'll throw a scare
into him.

He ain't gonna
identify me, boy.

Where are you goin',
Lemoine?

I'm goin' back home.

Now, Lemoine...

after all I teached you
about life,

you ain't learned
nothin'.

You're in this, son.

Believe me.

♪♪

Whoa!

What's the matter, Pa?

Well, son...

lookin' down
this lonesome road here,

it occurs to me
some people might not
want us in Delphi.

Should we go
back home?

Heh. No.

I gave a man
my promise.

You boys jump down here.

Trot along
the tops of those hills
while I ride the bottom.

That way we won't meet
no bad surprise.

KILEY: Don't trip
over that rifle there.

Jethro?

Don't you step
on no rattlers.

Hyah!

♪♪

Lemoine, will you
stop dancin' around?

There ain't
nothin' to this.

Yeah, there ain't nothin'
to a lot of things.

You promised to show me
a big, wild time in Clarion.

I let you steal
cattle for it,

and there wasn't nothin'
to that, either.

Well, Lemoine,

I can show you
where the sin is,

but I can't make you
enjoy it.

Yeah, I done stupid things,

and I listened
to the stupid talk.

Well, Lemoine, this ain't
the proper time to repent.

[ horses approaching ]

LEMOINE: What are you
loadin' up for?

I got to scare
that old man.

You could just get
out of town, Buxton.
I told you that.

Look, I've gone along
with you, Buxton,

but this is
my stoppin' place.

You plan on killin' him,
don't you, Buxton?

He's just a sodbuster,
ain't he?

I told you, this is
my stoppin' place.

And I told you he's gonna
witness against me!

I ain't gonna let you
kill him, Buxton.

I'll witness
against you myself.

Hyah!

Elver?

Elver?

Annie?

Annie?

Annie!

Annie?

[ door opens ]

Annie?

Been wherever
you were going?

Look, I got
some berries.

Where's Pa?

Outside.
I saved you some--

Annie, you gotta help me
with something.

Something bad's
happened, hasn't it?

I killed Buxton.

Annie, I couldn't help it.
He tried to kill me first.

He took me out to
bushwhack that sodbuster--

that Kiley.

He was gonna murder him.

I told him I couldn't
go along with it.

Annie, that's how it was.

Why'd you go
with Buxton?

Buxton is the one that
stole Grainger's cattle.

I let him do it.
He was holdin' that
over me.

Well, go to the sheriff.

Oh, Lord, it's gonna
kill your pa.

Annie, they'll
lock me away.

If it was self-defense--

Who knows that?
It's only my word.

Annie, I said
you gotta help me.How?

Listen, I've
thought it all out.

No one saw me
with Buxton.

No one's got any reason
to connect me with him,

except that fella
from Shiloh.

What's he got
to do with it?

He suspicioned
Buxton and me.

He asked me about Buxton
and Clarion.

Lemoine,
go to the sheriff.

Listen, I want you
to get him out of town,
that's all.

I got no intention of it!

Why do you think
he'd leave on my say-so?

Because you know him
from a long time back,
right?

I got no idea what
you're talking about.

Eight years back.
Abilene.

Olin's Red Cat Bar,
right, Annie?

I mean, I could
tell Pa about that.

I could stand
on some hilltop
and shout it out--

that the young, shy,
sweet girl my Pa married,

that girl he'd seen
in church one day,
bright as an angel--

ask about her
down Kansas way,
they'll tell you.

That woman my Pa married,
she ain't nothin' but a--

I won't cover up
for murder!

Annie, Buxton was
the murderer, not me!

I was tryin'
to keep him from it.

I was tryin' to do right.

Annie, should a man suffer
for tryin' to do right?

Or a woman?

Or a man's pa--
my pa?

Should he suffer
for it, Annie?

♪♪

Annie.

You shouldn't be here
like this,

in a man's hotel room.

No one saw me...
I hope.

How'd you get in?

Picked the lock.

I used to know
a lot of things like that.

Something the matter?

I gotta ask you a favor.

Can you leave town?

Well, I've got good
reasons not to, Annie.

I found my cattle thief.
I'm going to get
him identified.

That's not
too important, is it?

A cattle thief?

Well, it's $150 important,

and it's important to me
personally.

I have the money for you.

Why should you pay that?

Don't ask me
questions, please.

That should make it even.

Doesn't it--
for the cattle?

There's nothing else
really matters.

I'd like to see
Buxton put--

He doesn't really matter.

Please.

I did something
for you once.

Last night you said
I could ask you
to do anything.

This is all I'm asking.

Take the money,
go back to Medicine Bow,

and go there now.

All right, Annie.
I guess I owe you that.

Oh, thank you.

I'll let you go first.
I'll slip out
the back again.

♪♪

Just stop right there.

Put your hands up.

What's this all about?

Arrest on
suspicion of murder.
Wally Buxton's dead.

I didn't kill him.

Wally's dead.

I played him poker
last night.

Lost himself $100.

And now he can't
never win it back.

That's enough, Tern.

Speaking of money,
let's see what's here.

Where'd you get this?

You couldn't beat it
out of Buxton, huh?

Figured you'd shoot it
out of him?

I didn't do it,
and that's no evidence I did.

You'd better
come along with me.

Nice and easy.

[ men murmuring ]

You've been
looking for trouble
since you got here.

You're the only man around
with motive to kill Buxton.

You were angry enough
last night.

And there is
evidence.

Kiley?

Well, I can't say much
for certain, Sheriff.

Well, say
what you can.

Well, I was
on my way to town.

I sent the boys
up on the ridges--

to kind of patrol
my flanks.

Then we heard
those shots.

Jethro here ran up
and saw Buxton
layin' on the ground,

another man
runnin' away.

But he wasn't close.
He couldn't see his face.

But could it
have been him?

Jethro, do you think
he could've been the man?

Come on, boy,
speak up when I ask you.

KILEY: Jethro?

I don't like it,
either, boy.

But you must
tell the truth.

Could it have been him?

All right.
There's a cell waitin'
right behind that door.

♪♪

Makes no sense.

All he had to do
was wait.

Get the cattle back,
get the money back,

get Buxton put into jail.

No use to kill a man.

No right to kill a man.

I guess Buxton ain't
gonna be missed.

No right to kill any man.

It's only angry, foolish.

Angry men
do foolish things.

Makes no sense.

Einar?
Einar, I want to--

No! Make no mistake,
Annie.

You tell about me,
I got things to tell
about you--even for even.

That was an accident.

But if it comes to a choice,
it's better him than me.

And I guess it has
come to a choice, Annie.

You want me to call him back
so you can tell him?

Want me to call him
for you, Annie?

♪♪

You want somethin'?

Ask you to send a wire.

Writin' to the folks
back home.

They'll be
interested to hear.

Just send it.

Pretty soon,
you could have
more news for 'em.

There's a hearing
being held tomorrow

to see if we hold you
for trial.

Expect we will.

In a cautious town,
you move fast.

That's right.

And, friend...

next time you hammer
on these bars,

I'm gonna chain you
in the back cell.
Believe that.

But no more visitors.

I haven't had
any visitors.

You've got one now.

Mrs. Carlson?

Annie.

Are you all right?

Aside from being
in a jail, yeah.

I talked with Einar.
He's getting a lawyer
for you.

Fine. Thanks.

But how about
gettin' me out?

Annie, you know
something about this.

No.

You came to my hotel room.

You gave me 150--

I've been talking
with people.

They say
you'll be let off.

Who says?

They know Buxton
stole your cattle.

Mr. Kiley's
a witness to that.

They know Buxton
fired his rifle.
They'll say you--

They'll say it was
a case of self-defense.

But I didn't do it.

They'll let you off.

I don't want
to be let off.

I want to be cleared.
I'm innocent.

It's the same thing.

No, it's not
the same thing.

Annie, I keep asking you
what you know about this,

how you're mixed in.

"Leave town, don't ask
any questions," you said.

But with a hearing
sitting on me,

I've got to ask questions.

Please, I'm begging you.

Please, there's things
I can't say.

And there's things
I don't want you to say.

I got a chance
at a decent life,

and I can't lose it.

Not so much for me.

Oh, I could take care of
myself all right, but--

A decent life for that
baby I'm gonna have.

No.

They'll let you off.

Maybe.

You want me to just
stay quiet and take
that chance, huh?

But it's a good chance
for you.

And it's my whole life.

♪♪

♪♪

Judge is ready.

You want
a little advice?

People know Wally Buxton
wasn't much account.

They know he stole
your cattle.

When you come to testify,
I advise you

to tell them in a frank
and manly way

he went to shoot you,
and you naturally
plugged him back.

Suppose I didn't?

Well, you go
against the evidence,
you could hang.

You take my advice,
the judge will let you off.

A good, strong confession
and sincere repentance--

it'll get 'em every time.

I don't want to keep you
here talking, Sheriff.

Let's go.

Einar, you said you were
going to get a lawyer.

Did you get one?

No lawyer today.
It's just a hearing.

If the judge
holds him for trial,
then he needs a lawyer.

They won't hold him.
Hear a few witnesses

and let him off--
that's all.

Don't be too sure.

People getting to realize
you just don't kill
even a sodbuster.

Even a thief--
it's a human life.

The hearing is convened.

On the afternoon
of August 11,

the coroner was called
to examine the remains

of Wallace R. Buxton,
deceased, of this town.

The ascertained cause of death
as follows--

puncture and contusion
by pistol ball

of not less
than .45 caliber,

penetrating left center
of rib cage

and passing through
lung and heart.

From the examination
of the body

and testimony of witness,

we've established
the death occurred

at or near 11:00
of the morning.

♪♪

I hear the shot.

One was a rifle shot,

and the other one
was a pistol shot.

I climbed up there,
and Buxton was already dead...

leanin' over that rifle.

Let the record show
that Mr. Kiley
indicates the rifle

of Winchester manufacture,
model 1873.

Mark "A" for exhibit.

Mr. Kiley, did you know
the deceased?

I'd met him once before.

On what occasion?

He sold me five cows.

Did you know
they were stolen cows?

Not then.

How did you find out?

A man came up to me
and told me.

What man?

Do you see him
here now?

That man over there.

Annie.

It's all right, Pa.
Let her go.

She'll be all right.

♪♪

Well, no. The first time
he come to me,

he never mentioned Buxton.

He said Kiley
stole the cows.

What did he ask you
to do about it?

Ride out there right away,
get the cows.

What was his manner
of asking?

Impatient.

What did you answer?

I told him not so fast.

In this town,
we go by evidence.

What was
his manner then?

Angry.

What was his manner
in general?

Angry and impatient.

Yeah, so then
he knocked down Wally.

Mr. Buxton.

And us, we took
to render assistance
to Mr. Buxton.

And, uh,
he knocked us down.

Then the sheriff came in
and, uh--

Well, the man says
that Buxton took the cattle

and he can prove it.

The sheriff says,
"Which is it, now?

Kiley or Buxton?"

First he accuses Kiley,

and now it's Buxton.

The man says now it's Buxton
and he's got evidence.

Something to that effect.

Was this a fight
with weapons or hands?

Well, if he'd
have had a weapon,

he'd have used it,
all right.

♪♪

Annie?

Annie?What's happening?

Nothing.
Other witnesses.

You all right?

Yes. It was just
so hot in there.

I thought maybe
some air might help.

You're worried
about him, huh?

You like him? Me, too.

Don't worry.
It's all right.

They'll let him off.

Listen, do you want
to go home maybe?

No, thanks, Einar.
I'll be fine.

Please, you just go
back in there.

Yeah, it'll be
over soon.

As soon as it's over,
they'll let him off.

I'll come tell you
right away, I promise.

We've heard testimony
of accusations by you--

first against Mr. Kiley,
then against Buxton,
the deceased.

Do you have any comments
to make on that?

I wanted to get
my cattle back.

We've heard opinion that
during that saloon fight,

if opportunity
had offered,

you would then and there
have killed Buxton,
the deceased.

Well, I didn't kill Buxton,
the deceased.

What caused
the saloon fight
between you and Buxton?

I thought
he might be the one

who had sold the cattle
to Mr. Kiley.

I wanted to take a ride out
to Kiley's place with him.

Now, wait a minute.

It wasn't until
after Buxton's death

that Mr. Kiley
identified him as
the seller of those cattle.

Before that, Buxton had
had enough money

to have a high time
down in Clarion City.

And then I found out that
Mr. Carlson didn't trust him,

had fired him.

There seemed to be
good reason to suspect him.

That's all?

I thought I had evidence.

Did the sheriff feel
you had evidence?

He was going to
look into it.

You just couldn't wait.

♪♪

Were you with Mr. Buxton
at the time of his death?

No, I was looking for him.To what end?

I wanted to make sure
he was in town when
Mr. Kiley got there.

Were you with him
at any time on the day
of his death?

No.

I checked his shack.
His things were there.

Where were you going
at the time of
your arrest

outside the hotel?

I was leaving town.

Not waiting for Kiley?

Not waiting for anything?

No.

Why? What made you
decide to leave town?

You may either refuse
to answer

on grounds of
self-incrimination

or be held in contempt.

What is your answer?

Let the record show--

witness gives no answer,

nor reasons for refusal
to answer...

and will be cited
for contempt of court.

When you were arrested,
you were in possession
of $150.

Where did you get
that money?

Witness refuses answer
as before.

Mr. Kiley testified that
he heard a rifle shot,

then a pistol shot.

The court may find it
reasonable to suppose

that the rifle shot
was fired by Buxton,

and the pistol shot
was fired in return...

in self-defense.

I suggest to you
that in that case

the court might not
bring charges.

With that in mind,

do you wish to reconsider
any of your testimony?

I didn't kill Mr. Buxton,

in self-defense
or any other way.

Witness dismissed.

The court has
three obligations.

To certify cause of death,

to determine whether
a crime has been committed,

and to determine
whether any person

shall be bound over
for trial.

The court
has no alternative

but to certify
death by violence

with the presumption
of homicide,

and directs that
the suspect, here present,

be held for trial.

If you please...

I'd like
to give testimony.

Annie.

Annie, no.
Testimony's all over.

There's nothing
you can say.

Einar, get your son
away from me.

Mrs. Carlson, we've just
closed the testimony.

The court is about to--

I won't take long.

The defendant
has refused to answer
some of the questions

because of
his regard for me.

[ people murmuring ]

I met him in his hotel room,

and I paid him that money
and asked him to leave town.

I was previously
acquainted with him

in Abilene...

where I managed a saloon.

[ murmuring grows louder ]

My stepson, Lemoine Carlson,
found that out.

He threatened
to inform my husband

if I didn't
ask this man to go.

He--Lemoine.

CARLSON: Lemoine what?

I killed Buxton.

I had no choice.
He tried to kill me first.

The only thing
I had a choice about

was lettin' him steal
those cattle.

I did that.

Take him in charge.

♪♪

I'm sorry, Pa.

If you have
no more need for me.

No more need for you,
Mrs. Carlson.

Don't think it'll go
too hard with Lemoine.

Probably bind him over
to Ransome Kiley

to pay off the cost
of them cows.

A year's work
pullin' vegetables

will do the boy
a world of good.

I'm sorry for
your inconvenience.

But I bet you've never
been in a cleaner jail.

Too bad about her.

Yeah.

And him, too.

♪♪

Mr. Carlson.

There's some women
that are born

to do things
for other people and
get no thanks for it.

You want to set
your mind clear about me
and Annie and Abilene--

I was a whole lot
younger then.

I decided to take on
two of the worst-tempered
gunmen in town.

They would've killed me.

Annie got me thrown
in jail to cool off,

and she got me out,
gave me breakfast,

and sent me along my way.

She was raised
in that kind of life,

but she don't
belong to it.

She belongs
with a good man--

keeping his house
and having his children.

She's gonna have one.

A child.

She wanted to
surprise you with that.

♪♪

Next stop Clarion City.
Load up, please.

Load up, please.

Hyah!

Hyah!

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa.

You fool, what are you
tryin' to do?

Get out.

No, I'm not going to,
Mr. Carlson.

You'd spend the rest of
your life forgiving me

and hating me.

No. I don't forgive.

But you're going to
have a baby--my child.

I'll have it by myself,
thank you.

Get out!

Mr. Carlson...

in that courtroom
just now,

you looked at me
like a stranger.

That's what you've made it.
We're strangers.

Strangers?

Like I've never
seen you before?

For the first time only?

No. Mrs. Carlson--
my wife.

Move over.

Move over.

[ clicks tongue ]

♪♪

There's a fella here
askin' for a cup
of coffee.

Well...

I was just
leaving for Delphi,
get you a lawyer.

No, thanks. I don't
need a lawyer.

I handled
my own case.

What happened
to the cows?

Turned out Carlson's
drover stole 'em.

They're back
with the herd.

They ran a little
fat off 'em,

but they'll get it back.

You were gone
three days longer
than I'd planned.

I was gone three days
longer than I'd
planned on, too.

Reasonable I dock you
three days' wages?

Reasonable.

Granddad, what about
his time and trouble?

Well, I tell you what--

suppose we call it square.

That'll be just fine,
Mr. Grainger.

Uh, is that coffee
on the stove?

Uh-huh.

What are waiting for?

What was that
all about?

Just man talk, honey.

Honestly.

♪♪

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