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Beer.

Talkin' of the devil.

Appears more like he's lookin' for you.

I didn't expect to find him until I got to Medicine Bow, at that Shiloh Ranch.

Strange how you take a thing like a drink for granted till you can't have one.

Same way with a gun. You never miss it till someone takes it away.

Five years is a long time not to wear one of these.

I feel like a new man already.

You sure you don't want to stay around here for a while?

Seemed like a nice, friendly town.

Nice, friendly bank cross the street.

You know what I gotta do.

Like you did five years ago. It was different then.

Do you think five years in prison made you any tougher?

I'll tell you the difference tween now and then.

Then there was three of us. You and me... we was lucky. We served our time.

Now we're free to go anywhere we want.

But there ain't nothin' gonna free your brother from that ground.

Not nothin'.

Liz.

Well, looks like you're about to open up your own dress shop.

A girl has to have something to wear. Here.

Direct from Paris. Well, I hope the livestock like it.

There are other things in this life besides cattle. Hmm.

Try to tell your uncle that. Well, that'll be easy.

He'll see me in my new clothes and know I'm right.

Wish you were going back with me.

Yeah. So do I, but I can't.

That new part we ordered for the hay baler hasn't come in yet,

and the foreman wants me to inspect it

personally before I lay out any Shiloh cash.

How long will it be? Well, the man said a day or two, maybe longer.

Why don't you stay on here?

Uh, yeah, I know this town doesn't have much to offer...

except parts for hay balers, but...

And the best dressmaker in the territory.

Then you're staying. No, I'll go on.

Mmm. You know, sometimes the company on these stagecoaches is pretty rank.

Maybe you'd better stay here. Stop treating me like a father hen.

I'm a big girl now. That's what bothers me.

Here.

He's sure tame enough. Wouldn't have bothered me any to have shot him.

Won't bother me much now either.

Now's just a little late. Like your dad always said, better late than never.

Just wasn't able to shoot a man in cold blood... then.

So, instead, he walks in, sees us robbing the bank and killed your brother.

Won't you ever let up? How many times I have to tell you?

I was just supposed to be standing watch.

You were supposed to keep anybody from comin' in.

I came back to that bank after I heard those shots.

I could see my brother was lying dead on the floor,

you had your hands in the air, and he...

Trampas... he had his gun still smokin'.

Well, I didn't know what to do. I just ran.

It wasn't till that posse caught up with me that I started to think...

about that man who killed my brother.

For five years, you ain't let me do anything but think about him.

I don't think it's right to walk away from a man who's killed your kin.

Stop it. I'll be able to take care of him now.

There goes the stagecoach.

You sure have got a killer instinct.

I got a feelin' Trampas is gonna die with old age.

I didn't plan it for here.

They stop to water the horses a few hours out of town.

When they do, I'll be there, waitin'.

Suppose he don't get out of the stage.

You just gonna walk up and stick that rifle in the window?

Trampas is fast. Ask your brother.

Then I'll follow him.

He's gotta get off that stage sooner or later.

And when he does, I'm gonna kill him.

Can someone help me?

Something's happened to my eyes.

Is someone there?

Are you all right?

You'll have to tell me. I can't see.

- Yeah, I'm all right. - How are the others?

They're dead.

Where's...

How many were on that stage with you?

Two, besides me. And the driver.

There must have been another one.

- No. - Yes.

I saw you headin' for the stage with somebody in Hanna.

- You must mean Trampas. - Well, whatever his name was.

He stayed behind.

My head's bleeding.

This Trampas... he your husband?

No. He works for my uncle at Shiloh Ranch.

He shouldn't have let you travel alone.

He wanted me to stay in Hanna, but I wouldn't listen.

I wish I had.

Yeah, well, you wish all you want. You're here now.

This is gonna hurt a little bit. I'm puttin' some whiskey on this.

They say good whiskey can cure anything.

Ah, it wasn't bleedin' so bad.

Thank you.

Could you tell me, are we closer to Hanna or Medicine Bow?

About midway.

Ten miles in either direction.

Could you take me to Medicine Bow?

I can't take you anywhere.

But I need help.

Where are you going? You can't just leave me here.

I can't see where I'm going.

If it's money you want, I'll be glad to pay you.

Please!

If you take me to Shiloh, you won't be sorry.

Please, just don't leave me out here by myself.

I don't know where I am.

I'm begging you! Don't leave me alone.

Did you say your uncle owns Shiloh?

Yes. And I can get money there.

If you need a place to stay, you'd be made welcome.

Give me your hand.

You're over six hours late.

Is Elizabeth all right? She didn't get in.

Well, what's that supposed to mean?

Caleb Johnson came riding into town with the team from the Hanna stage.

Said he found them grazing about a mile from the stage watering stop.

What about the stage? He went back up the road a ways.

The stage was there... Halfway down the mountainside.

And Elizabeth was...

He... He couldn't get down close enough to check.

He said it looked like everybody was dead though.

Some people from town have gone out to bring in the bodies.

I thought we should head out there by ourselves, not waste any time.

Yeah. Uh, g-get some provisions together.

A-A... Get medical supplies.

I don't think I can hold on much longer. You haven't got much choice.

It's just that I'm tired.

Maybe we should have stayed on the road.

I told you before. This is a shortcut.

But somebody may come looking for us.

Lot of good that'd do me. How would I get my money?

I'd see that you got it.

Yeah, well, this way I'll make sure.

Besides, if I bring you back to Shiloh myself, I might get more money.

You'd be paid... well either way. I give you my word.

You ever try eatin' words,

payin' off a mortgage or buyin' seed with them?

Well, if you have, you know what they're worth.

I went up the road a ways, but I couldn't find any tracks. You have any luck?

No luck at all.

She was on the stage, all right. Her suitcase is down there.

Well, at least it's a good sign.

What do you mean by that?

Well, she walked away from it. Yeah, but where?

How far? She's out there somewhere,

alone, afraid,

maybe helpless.

Let's go.

I thought you said you was hungry.

I can't.

Maybe you just ain't used to beans and hardtack.

A lot of times I go up on the range with my uncle.

That's all we have then.

Well, that's all you got now, so you better eat it.

What are these mountains called? Medicine Bow Mountains.

You ever been in 'em before?

Not too far. I was always afraid of getting lost.

- I can see why. - Are we lost now?

I didn't say that.

No.

We'll be startin' down the other side of the stage road soon,

and then on to Shiloh.

Then you should be able to see the peak from here.

What?

A peak that rises high above all the others.

I can see it from my bedroom window, far in the distance.

Can you see it?

Is it there? Tell me!

Yes!

Now eat.

I want to start before dark.

What is it like?

The peak. I've never seen it from this side.

Well, what do you think it's like?

Dark and ugly.

To me, it was always beautiful.

Yeah, that's 'cause you were looking at it from your bedroom window,

where it was warm and safe.

Try cuttin' out a living from it, feeding a family.

Have you?

On land just as bad. Me and my father before me.

But mountains are different.

No. A man can't live off the land, what good is it?

Mountains are to look at...

To see them covered with snow in the winter,

turning green in the summer.

To see the sun setting behind them,

to see them reach to the sky.

Oh!

Stop that and get up.

Nobody wants to be blind. You think you're the only one something's happened to?

You're alive.

I had a brother, not much older than you. He's dead now.

Don't you think he'd like to look at the sky...

and watch mountains, feel the wind?

Do you think that made any difference when they buried him in the ground?

Don't expect any pity from me.

- I'm sorry. - I'm not asking you to be.

But I am.

I'm sorry about your brother.

What about you? There's more.

Eat up. We'll be startin' out soon.

I don't know your name.

Ben.

Ben Oakes.

Elizabeth!

Elizabeth!

Elizabeth!

Elizabeth!

No sign, nothin'.

Even the trail comes to an end.

She couldn't just disappear.

We don't know for sure if we're even following her.

No, we don't. But the tracks were headin' west.

Well, it just doesn't make any sense,

her goin' the opposite direction from Shiloh.

I know. It's strange. But if it is Elizabeth,

she's headin' right into the meanest stretch of mountains in this whole range.

Let's go.

Ben?

Where are you?

Is something wrong? Ben?

I'm right here.

Could I get down and rest?

Yeah. Wait a minute. I'll help you down.

Come here.

Down.

Uh, we heading down to Shiloh yet?

Have we much farther to go?

Is it almost dark?

Ben? Will you stop asking so many stupid questions?

What difference is it to you whether it's dark or not?

I'd just like to know.

You'll know what I tell ya.

You wanna know somethin'...

We're lost.

We've been riding around lost for the last hour. Couldn't you tell?

I had an idea.

Yeah, well, now that you know, do you feel better?

Maybe you could describe where we are.

That's simple.

We're in those mountains you thought were so beautiful.

Only from where I stand, they don't look beautiful at all.

They look mean enough to swallow a man.

The peak.

I never saw any peak. But you told me you did.

I was lyin'. Why?

To keep you from askin' stupid questions, like you're doing now.

If you left me behind, maybe you could retrace your tracks before dark...

and bring somebody back... Somebody who knew the mountains.

And you'd just sit there? Wouldn't move?

Yes.

And what if I wouldn't come back, just go my own way?

You wouldn't do that.

You couldn't tell what I was gonna do if you could see me.

And since we're playing guessing games,

I don't think you care whether you're found or not.

I do.

I mean, I don't think you care whether you live or not.

Isn't that so? No!

Isn't that so, Elizabeth? Isn't it? Well, why should I?

'Cause you got a lot to live for.

Like what? Being a cripple? Needing somebody to take care of me?

Like being a woman.

Some people never have anything in this life.

They only get to see ugliness anyway.

Whatever they try, they fail.

With you, it's different.

You live in a nice house, and your uncle's got a big ranch.

These things won't change 'cause you can't see.

And you're young. Young and pretty.

One day a man will come along,

and he'll love you.

Won't make any difference to him whether you can see or not.

Don't. Elizabeth. Elizabeth!

Don't move.

Elizabeth, don't move.

You just wait there. Wait there.

Now... Now, reach out with your left hand. Reach.

Reach. Reach.

Re... Oh. Grab back on. Grab back on.

I'll come down lower. You just wait. That's okay. Everything's all right.

Go ahead now. Reach now. Reach.

There.

That's it.

All right. Slow, slow, slow. There's no rush. We're okay. Just...

That's it. Take it easy. Everything's okay. Just go slow.

Whatever you thought I was going to do, you were wrong.

Give me your hands.

What's the matter?

The scream. It must have spooked the horse.

It ran away.

Now, Elizabeth's no fool.

She's probably fast asleep beside a warm fire right now.

We'll pick up her track soon as it's light.

And if I know Elizabeth, we'll more than likely have to wake her.

You haven't been in those mountains.

No, I haven't.

About three years back,

some men broke out of the territorial prison.

Trampas and I led a posse in there after 'em.

Took us a week.

But you found 'em.

We found 'em all right.

Two had died from the cold, and...

the third shot himself to death.

You don't sleep in those mountains, Dave.

You close your eyes, but you don't sleep.

Where was that farm?

Kansas. Do you still have it?

I never did, really.

Although most of my kin are buried there.

Seems that when you're poor, you just die on the land.

You never get to own more than six feet of it.

If the land's that bad, why would you want to?

Seems you'd want to leave.

What for?

You do what you have to do, what you know how to do.

The land's there. You're a farmer. You work it.

You plant seeds in the spring. You harvest rocks in the fall.

You hope next year will be better, even if you know it won't be.

You left.

Yeah. After my pop died, I got to worrying who'd be left around to bury me.

So, one day, I just left.

What did you do then?

Got myself a job.

Thought if you worked hard and kept your nose clean,

you'd get somewhere in this life.

Should have known better.

All hard work gets you is more hard work.

It was exactly one year to the day that I left the farm...

that I got a letter from Timmy.

It'd been following me around for three months.

The letter said, "Come out west. Join me."

I didn't have anything holding me.

So I did.

We weren't together real long.

What was he like?

The best thing to ever come off that farm.

If you just got to know Timmy,

even a little bit,

you just couldn't help but like him.

You had to like him. Everybody did.

You see, our ma died when he was 10,

so I kind of looked after him.

But he hated the farm, so he left when he was 15.

You must have missed him.

Yeah.

I missed him.

Pa and me... we never took to talkin' much to one another.

While Timmy was around,

there were people always droppin' by.

But after he left, it seemed nobody ever came by.

See, I used to take him to a dance once in a while.

He's still just a kid, but...

How, uh, all the girls come flockin' around.

Well, there I was...

Me years older than him...

But he'd be doin' all the talkin',

makin' all the conversation.

How was he killed?

What difference does it make? He's dead.

He's 19, and he's dead.

Ben,

tell me what you look like.

Like a bad dream, little girl.

Bad dream.

Ben, I can't go on.

You've got to. You've got to.

If we stop now, we'll never make it.

I can't... I can't breathe. All right.

Liz!

Well, what'd the doctor say?

Well, she's, uh,

had some damage to the optic nerve.

She must have hit her head when she was thrown from the coach.

Well, that means if the nerve heals, she'll get her sight back.

If it doesn't, then...

She's alive. That's the important thing.

I, uh,

picked her some flowers.

- You think it'd be all right? - I'm sure she'll like 'em.

Come in.

Elizabeth?

It's me, David.

I brought you some flowers.

Uh, the kind you like.

I picked them up on that hill you're always going to.

They'll have this room smelling sweet and pretty in no time at all.

Thank you.

Would you like me to put 'em in some water for you?

I can.

Oh, no, no, no. You stay right there. Now, I can manage... I think.

You know, the doctor said you're gonna be just fine.

It might take a little while, but once that nerve heals,

you're gonna be seein' just as good as ever.

You know, in medical school, we had three, four cases just like this,

and they all turned out fine.

I'm gonna put these on the table here by your bed.

Now, you'll have to be careful not to knock 'em over.

I better move this back just a little.

Did I ever tell you about that aunt of mine in Pennsylvania?

No.

Well, now that I remember,

the same thing happened to her that's happened to you.

She just woke up one mornin' and-and couldn't see.

I was about 10 years old at the time,

and I remember thinkin' that she was just bein' punished...

for the way she used to treat me.

Aunt Ethel was her name, and... and she had a face,

well, like the work end of a straw broom.

My father used to say that's why she was always pickin' on everybody.

Well, that and because she was nearly 30 and never been married.

Well, she couldn't find anybody in Wales, and...

she hadn't had any better luck here in America.

Well, anyway, for a while there, it looked like she was never gonna see again,

and she began to get used to it.

She'd, uh, help with the chores, which included

scrubbing my face at least 10 times a day,

and she'd do her housework and keep my father in line.

And then one day...

Well, I will never forget it if I live to be a hundred...

I decided to help myself to one of her berry pies.

Now, Aunt Ethel baked the best pies in all of Pennsylvania.

And I figured she wouldn't notice one of 'em missing.

Well, I turned around, and she was standing right behind me.

If ever eyes could see, they were in Aunt Ethel's head...

and lookin' right at me.

I always suspected she got her sight back that morning,

and was just waiting for an opportunity to catch me at somethin'.

Well, she caught me all right.

And I didn't sit down for a week.

One thing about Aunt Ethel... she sure... sure wasn't much on sentiment.

Well,

the important thing is she got her sight back.

And you will too, Elizabeth.

Well, I guess I better be gettin' back to work now.

If you need anything, you just holler,

'cause I sure won't be far away.

David?

Thank you.

The doctor said you could have anything you want.

David's been downstairs, acting like a French chef.

Did the doctor also say you had to feed me?

Oh, I don't intend to. I figure you're big enough to feed yourself.

Now, give me your hand.

Now, if you think of your plate as a clock, it should be simple for you.

Over here at 12:00 is your vegetable.

Here at 3:00 is your bread.

Down here at 6:00 is your meat.

Over here by your other hand at 9:00 is your coffee. Be careful of that.

Now give me your other hand.

Here's your fork.

Come on, Liz. Where's your meat?

Oh.

Do you have to keep looking at me?

I can feel your eyes.

- Just want to be sure you can eat. - I'm not hungry.

Come on, honey. Try.

I can't. I can't do it.

It's all right. It's-It's no problem. It just takes a little time.

Is Ben still here? I think so.

I have to see him before he goes.

I've got to. I'll go get him for you.

Mighty generous, giving me a horse and saddle.

Well, it's the least we can do.

Elizabeth couldn't have made it without your help.

Maybe we both couldn't have made it without yours.

Say, how is it you didn't stay on that stage road?

Well, I figured we'd save time crossing the mountains.

I thought that'd be important to Elizabeth.

Well, I guess it doesn't take much to get lost up there.

Sure doesn't.

- I see you found a bridle. - Yeah. Got one right here.

Must take a small army to run a ranch this size.

Just about.

Elizabeth must have been calling to somebody from here when I found her.

Trampas, I think his name was.

Well, they were in Hanna together. He had to stay behind to pick up some equipment.

Well, say, does he know what happened to her?

As much as we can tell him by wire. He won't be back for a day or two.

Afternoon, Ben.

Dave got you all fixed up?

Sure did. Horse and saddle.

Well, you'll need a bedroll and some cooking equipment. Dave.

Oh, I'll get it. Excuse me.

Uh, how's Elizabeth?

Well, uh, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.

She wants to see you. Oh, I don't think that's such a good idea. Do you?

Look, Ben.

If she's ever gonna see again,

she's got to learn to help herself.

She's not doing it now. She won't even try.

- What do you expect me to do? - Talk to her.

There must have been times with you when she wanted to give up.

- That was different. - How was it different?

You could have left her, gone off by yourself.

I had my own reasons.

It wasn't the money. You wouldn't take it.

I intended to. I just changed my mind.

Well, I sure wish you'd change your mind about seein' her.

She's your responsibility now.

Well, I'll tell her you already left.

Foreman.

Well, since I gotta wait for Sutton, I'll see her.

The peak. Can you see it?

Yeah. I can see it all right.

And I can see how it fooled you too.

All warm and friendly-lookin' from here.

We know better, don't we?

Yeah. We know both sides of the story. That's for sure.

I'd like to see it again.

You will.

You just do what the doctor says.

Get your strength back.

Now, what's this here? You haven't even touched your food.

Ben, don't leave.

I said I'd stay a while.

No. I mean stay on here at Shiloh as a hand.

No. I can't do that.

Why not? You said you were tired of drifting...

and working for people who were unfair to you.

Here you wouldn't have to. My uncle's good to work for. Ask anyone.

- It's not that. - What is it then?

I've got something to do.

Couldn't it be done here?

You should see the way they're treating me... like I were a cripple.

They don't mean to, but they feel sorry for me.

Everything they do to help makes me feel more helpless.

Ben, you're different. You understand.

If you stayed on, I'm sure I could get well.

Please.

I couldn't stay long, Elizabeth.

I'd have to... leave after a while.

Stay as long as you'd like.

You'd speak to the foreman for me? Yes.

You wouldn't have to tell him I was gonna leave soon.

No.

All right.

I'll do it.

On one condition:

that you eat.

And you're gonna do it yourself.

I'm not gonna help you. You can manage it yourself.

I know I can. Well, show me.

Come on.

Show me.

Just like you're gonna show me you can get well and see.

Course I'm sure it's missing.

Now, if... if it's not where it's supposed to be...

and it's not where it's not supposed to be, then it's missin'.

Well, where was the rifle supposed to be, David? Uh, would you like some coffee?

No. No, thank you. Now, where would a rifle be?

Well, you got the question right.

Well, it was either in my scabbard or in my bunk.

No, it was in my scabbard. I remember, 'cause I'd just finished cleaning it.

- Well, what happened then? - Well, then Ben came along,

said you wanted to give him a horse.

You know, there's something about Ben that bothers me.

It wouldn't be that he's spending so much time with Elizabeth, would it?

Now, if you think I'm envious, you're wrong.

Oh, I didn't say that, did I?

No. No, you didn't.

It's just that she's startin' to depend on him too much.

You-You see the way she is when she's with him.

I see that she's happier, trying harder.

Well, what happens if... if he just rode off one day, left Shiloh?

Sooner or later, Elizabeth's gonna have to face other people.

- I'm hoping she'll be able to see by then. - And if she can't?

I don't know, Dave.

But I know this:

If Ben gives her the will to go on living,

trying to get better, that's enough for me.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

But that still doesn't help me find my rifle.

Well, I'm sorry. I can't help you.

Well, that makes two of us. It certainly does.

Come in.

Hey, you didn't finish your supper, young lady.

I ate everything but the burnt parts.

Now, I thought I cut all those burnt parts away.

Not quite.

Liz, why don't you come downstairs with me for a minute?

Well, I was going to rest. Oh, nonsense.

Now, you've been resting all day.

All right. Good.

All right. It's the perfect time to go downstairs.

Careful now. There we go.

When we get you down in that big easy chair you like so much,

you're gonna feel a lot better.

One more and the landing.

There it is.

And the other landing. And let's count 'em.

One, two,

three, four, five,

six, seven.

And one more. And you're down. That wasn't so bad.

You are doin' just great.

Surprise!

I don't want anybody to see me. I want to go back to my room. Honey. Honey.

We thought you might be a little tired of just seein' us and Ben.

Liz.

It's good to see ya up and around.

Martha, isn't it?

We would have come by sooner, but we weren't

sure the doctor was gonna let you see anybody.

Sarah. Yeah.

And the Pettets. And the Calishers are here.

And let's see. The Hobsons are here.

The Alexanders. And there are the Dudleys.

Come on. Sit down over here, Liz.

Turn around. Okay. Good to see you again.

Good to be seeing you, Liz.

And, Liz,

even those reprobates from the Rocky

Mountain Saloon are here... the Irish Rovers.

It's good of you all to be here.

I'm glad you came.

♪♪

♪ I'm bidding farewell to the land of my youth ♪

♪ And the home I love so well ♪

♪ And the mountains grand in me own native land ♪

♪ I'm bidding them all farewell ♪

♪ With an aching heart I'll bid them adieu ♪

♪ And tomorrow I'll sail far away ♪

♪ O'er the raging foam for to seek a home ♪

♪ On the shores of Amerikay ♪

♪ So, fare thee well my darling Marianne ♪

♪ We sail at the break of day ♪

♪ O'er the raging foam for to seek a home ♪

♪ On the shores of Amerikay ♪

♪ It's just for the want of employment I'm goin' ♪

♪ It's not for the want of fame ♪

♪ But fortune bright may shine over me ♪

♪ And give me a glorious name ♪

♪ Our land may be poor but of this I am sure ♪

♪ We're welcome wherever we roam ♪

♪ At the dawn of the day we'll be sailin' away ♪

♪ To the shores of Amerikay ♪

♪ So, fare thee well my darling Marianne ♪

♪ We sail at the break of day ♪

♪ O'er the raging foam for to seek a home ♪

♪ On the shores of Amerikay ♪♪

Evening, Ben.

Ah, we thought it would be a good idea...

if Elizabeth got together with some of her friends.

Looks like you're right.

♪♪

May I have this dance? Ben.

I don't think I can.

Well, why not? Unless you're the kind...

that has to look at her feet all the time.

I never looked at my feet.

♪♪

If I tripped, would you catch me?

Course I would.

You mean right now. What about tomorrow and the day after?

Well, by that time, you'll be seeing every bump and hole in the ground.

You won't need me.

But if I did, would you be there?

I told you, Elizabeth, I couldn't stay long. I...

Nothing's changed.

Is it something about me?

No.

I like you.

I like being with you.

I like seeing you. I like talking to you.

I like being needed.

What is it then?

You wouldn't understand. I'd try.

I've gotta do something.

What?

I can't tell you.

Does it have something to do with your brother?

It must. Whenever I mention him, you get angry.

♪♪

I'm not angry.

You'd better sit down. You mustn't tire yourself out.

Ben...

I'll see you in the morning.

Ben...

That's all the doctor can tell us.

We just have to wait. How's she taking it?

Oh, when that Ben Oakes is around, pretty well. And when he's not...

I sure wish the Graingers would get back.

Ah, I should have made her wait and come back with me.

Maybe if I did that, the... Yeah, and maybe

the stage you were on could have been wrecked,

and both of you could have been killed, or a hundred other possibilities.

There's absolutely no reason for you to feel responsible in any way.

- I guess you're right, but... - But what?

I know what you're saying. It just, uh... It doesn't help much.

I know that too.

Liz?

Trampas? Hi, Liz.

Oh!

Hello, Liz.

He's home.

Well, uh...

Hey. You look... You look just fine. Just fine.

That's the way I feel, thanks to Ben.

Oh. Trampas, this is Ben Oakes.

Oh, uh, they told me what you did for Liz. I...

I sure want to get to know you better.

Maybe I can convince him.

I'm not gonna eat up in my room anymore. I'm coming down.

No arguments.

No arguments.

It's good to have you back, Trampas.

Well, it's sure good to be back.

I, uh...

Everything's gonna be all right.

It's gonna be just fine.

That's quite a girl.

Yeah. Yeah, she is.

Say, uh,

you ever know Ben Oakes before?

No. Why? I don't know.

Just... something about the way he acted.

Well...

How'd things go in Hanna? Oh, uh, well, I got the part for the hay baler,

and, uh, the rest of the time I just spent sitting around.

I bet. Oh, there was some excitement.

Some... Some guy wanted to rob the bank.

The, uh, teller wouldn't open the safe, and so he got away,

and some clerk took a couple shots at him.

I guess he missed. Posse's looking for him now.

They know who he is? No, he's just somebody passing through.

Hmm. Well, listen. Come on in. I-I want to show you some of these tally sheets.

Yeah.

- Yeah, well, that's all right. - I... Listen.

I think if we can get $20 a head for this... I can see.

I can see!

- I can see! - Liz?

Liz, look at me.

She can see. You... Can you...

Oh, I was so afraid. I didn't think I would ever see again.

Aw, Liz, I told you. Now, I told you it'd be all right, didn't I?

Well, uh... Well, you better get...

You better send a telegram to your... your uncle.

Oh. I've gotta talk to Ben. Where is he? Uh, I don't know.

Well, he hasn't left.

Li...

Thank God.

Ben!

Ben?

You don't look like a bad dream at all.

You can see.

I told you.

I told you it'd come back.

It's so much better now.

I won't be a burden. You could never be a burden to me.

My aunt and uncle will be back soon.

I can't wait for them to meet you.

And you'll like Trampas. He can teach you a lot about ranching.

What's wrong?

It's not that easy.

We can make it easy. You don't even know me.

I know you can be happy.

A man can't let a thing like that just go by.

Can't live with it.

Ben, I know how important your brother was to you, but...

You see, Elizabeth,

it's like paying a debt.

Paying the biggest debt I ever owed.

But to find him, you'll have to go away.

And if you do, you'll never come back.

I wish it weren't this way.

Elizabeth, more than anything in the world, I wish it weren't this way.

Elizabeth, it's been a big day.

Let's go back to the house.

I want to stay here, with Ben.

Go with him, Elizabeth.

Please don't leave.

Not now.

She's 18 years old, Ben.

She's never been hurt in her life. Not really.

Would you want to be the one to do it?

That was real touching, Ben.

Real touchin'.

All right. He's older than I am.

What difference does that make?

But so much older.

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter at all.

You'd have to know him.

All right. Let me know him.

What about his past? Where does he come from?

He had a farm in Kansas.

Wh... This is Wyoming, ranch country.

He sold it and joined his brother.

- Well, then, where is his brother? - He was killed.

Oh?

All right!

There's a lot I don't know.

But what I do know is important.

You don't have to know somebody his whole life to understand him...

and know that he's been unhappy, and maybe I could change that.

And I know he wants to do something wrong.

Maybe I can stop him.

I know he loves me.

Isn't that enough?

What does he want to do, Elizabeth?

I can't tell you.

Does it have anything to do with Trampas?

Of course not. Why do you ask?

Maybe it's just a feeling, but...

I saw the way he looked at him when they met,

like he had known him before, like he had something against him.

Are you sure, Elizabeth?

Yes, I'm sure. I want to go talk to him.

I don't think you should.

You can't stop me. You haven't the right.

Your uncle asked me to look after you.

You don't have to. Ben will.

Elizabeth,

I won't order you not to see Ben,

and I won't tell you you have to stay here,

but I think it'd be better if you didn't see him.

I don't care what you think.

All I care about is Ben.

I'd say you've done real nice for yourself.

Good girl.

Big spread.

Rescue her, and you get a real warm reception here.

Then you just sit back and wait to kill Trampas.

Right? That's right. How'd you know all that?

I heard talk down at Hanna, after the stage wreck.

When I seen Trampas still in town, I figured you'd head here.

You kill him yet, Ben?

- Not yet. - Well, that figures.

You want me to look at that arm?

Nah, it's healin'.

It's a funny thing. You'd never figure a bank clerk to be that good a shot.

All right. You'll be safe here until I bring a horse, if I can manage it.

I'm plannin' on stayin' a little longer than a half an hour.

Like I said, my arm's healin', but slow.

I don't want to move on till it's better.

But you can't stay here long. Somebody will pass by and spot you here.

Not likely. Unless you're planning on bringing somebody up here.

I'm not planning to bring anybody here, Jed.

Good.

I figure in a day or two I'll be able to travel.

With that posse behind me, I got to get up to Canada.

But I'm gonna need some money. I haven't got any.

Course you ain't. I know that.

But I'll bet they got a lot of money at that ranch.

You can't hold up that ranch, Jed.

I don't intend to.

I'm just gonna walk right in and help myself.

Well, what's got you so mad?

I'm not mad. I'm just worried. About what?

Elizabeth and Ben Oakes.

Oh. It's just that we don't know anything about him.

Are you sure you never saw him before?

It's funny. I've been thinking about it.

I didn't think so when I first saw him, but, uh,

now I get the feeling I have, but I-I can't remember where.

Come on in. I'll buy you a drink. Maybe it'll come to you.

Yeah, it...

That's it. The Hanna Saloon.

The morning the stage left, I, uh... I went in to have a drink... a beer.

And, uh, he was sitting at the table with another fella.

Little older and bigger than Ben. Yeah. Hmm.

I wonder why he didn't mention seeing me that morning.

- Could be he didn't notice you. - Could be, but, uh...

I think I'll have a look around, see if I can find him and ask him why.

You do that.

Yeah.

Let me see your gun.

It's a lot better than the one you bought in Hanna.

This the one you planned on using?

Longer I stand here talking to you, more likely somebody's gonna find you here.

That's true.

I think I'll just hold on to this for a while.

What for, Jed? You afraid of me?

I want to make sure you don't start taking potshots at Trampas fore I'm ready.

Before you're ready?

Figure it out. Got that posse behind me,

and I'm gonna need money to get to Canada.

And when you shoot Trampas, you're gonna need some too.

So, why not make his killing work for both of us?

I still don't get what you mean.

You never was no good at figurin' out schemes, Ben.

It's simple. At the right time, you kill Trampas.

That ought to stir up quite a bit of commotion, now oughtn't it?

People running around and gathering posses, heading out after you.

Oh, maybe they'd leave one man to watch the ranch.

But I can handle one.

I'd walk into that house just as pretty as you please...

and just help myself.

We could pick us out a place up north to meet.

Then we could both have what we need.

Me, the money, and you taking care of your brother's killer.

All those years in prison,

all those things you said to me... they made sense.

He was my brother, and I had to take care of the one who killed him.

First chance I got, you said.

"Shoot him just like he shot your kin."

It all made sense.

But it was wrong.

You were wrong.

Are you saying Trampas wasn't the one?

No, he's the one all right.

Go on and kill him.

Like you're supposed to. Like I said.

Just make sure it's good for both of us when you do.

And that'll make it even better, won't it?

If we both gain from it?

That's not gonna happen.

I'm not gonna kill Trampas. I'm not gonna kill anybody.

I knew that.

No difference. No difference at all.

You're the same fool that stood in front of that bank five years ago...

and the same fool your father had nothing to do with.

The same fool not seein' what he has to do.

Oh, I see. I see real clear, though you'd have me think otherwise.

You had me thinking that way a long time.

There are some things just more important than my brother.

There ain't nothin' more important than your kin.

Not even other people's lives?

You saying Trampas is more important than your brother was?

No.

But he did what he had to do because my brother was wrong.

And you're wrong! And I've been wrong!

But that's all changed now.

I'll get you some food and supplies, but that's all.

You're gonna be leaving, Jed.

You're just gonna stay here with the girl, huh?

I hope so, if she'll have me.

I'll have you, Ben.

I came up to talk to you.

I was afraid for you... For what you were gonna do.

But I heard what you said.

It's gonna be all right. Hold it!

All right, miss. Get over here between these rocks.

Jed.

Jed, leave her alone.

I'll kill her.

Get over there.

Get away from her!

Now, Ben, this is the way you wanted things,

but you're gonna help me first.

You're gonna go down to that house and get the money. I don't care how.

Otherwise, there ain't no reason for you to stay on here.

No reason at all. Ben.

Hold it, mister, or I'll kill her!

Jed, you leave her alone!

Now, you take a look at that man there. He's the one that killed your brother.

Look at him, and see if you're gonna let him get away with that.

Stay away from him, Ben.

He's not gonna leave her alone.

He's gonna take her with him. I know him.

Now, you stand back, Ben, or I'll kill both of you.

You're going to be all right.

You are. You have to be.

That peak...

Where is it?

Over there.

I can see it.

And beyond the peak,

the sun.

Yes.

And the mountains.

Ben, they're warm and friendly for us now.

You'll see.

We'll be able to go walking through them together,

just you and me.