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What do you think, Frank?

Can you see him?

Nah. They can be anywhere off there in that brush.

Well, let's get out of here. We couldn't

hit him with these even if we could see him.

Hey, what about these mail sacks? Take everything.

- Well? - We lost him.

There were two of you. He was wounded.

Well, there were a thousand places to hide up there.

He had a rifle. I should've known you two couldn't handle it.

- Let's move out. - You think he's coming back, don't you?

I don't think. I know.

Thirty head in five days.

Some of our best breedin' stock.

This keeps up, we're gonna burn Shiloh right out of the cattle business.

Well, it could be worse, I guess.

I've got a feeling that's what Noah said after the first week of rain.

Any more outbreaks?

Yeah. It's spread to the east range.

Three more head this morning.

They weren't supposed to destroy any till I give the order.

I don't see any more Shiloh cattle.

Keep our stock over there.

I'll handle this, boys. We got a right to protect our stock.

Those are Shiloh cattle, Matt.

You could've let me look at him before you shot him.

We know what you got on your hands.

Those two might not have been diseased. Are you sure they were?

I've seen anthrax before. There's a storm comin'.

When it hits, the wind's gonna spread that disease...

over every ranch in Wyoming.

Now, maybe your Mr. Grainger doesn't care about the rest of us ranchers, but...

Matt, you know that's not true. I'll say this.

We've all got our blood and sweat tied up in our stock.

And if you can't do something to stop this, we're gonna have to.

Mr. Dooley, we've got some medicine arriving on the morning stage from Lincoln.

There ain't no medicine made can cure anthrax. There is.

It's new, Mr. Dooley, but it works, believe me.

All right. But tomorrow morning better mean sunup.

You boys, come over here! We'll burn these carcasses!

We're doing the best we can, Seth.

Now, when that stage gets in in the morning,

we're going to start inoculating every head of cattle on this ranch.

And you can tell that committee, or whatever they call themselves,

that by sundown tomorrow, this thing's going to be under control.

Well, I told 'em, Clay. Thanks, Holly.

What did they say, Seth?

Well, just talk, mostly.

Well?

Well, they talked about riding on to Shiloh,

killing the rest of your herd and then settin' the land to the torch.

Hasn't anybody sense enough to see that we

can't destroy the good right along with the bad?

I tried talkin' to 'em. I know you did, Seth.

It's not you I'm angry with. Did they listen to you, Seth?

I'm afraid they shouted me down.

Wasn't there a vote or something?

There usually is when folks want to ease their conscience.

What was the decision?

Well, they're gonna give you some time, Clay.

I don't know exactly how much time.

But if this epidemic isn't under control in a hurry,

I'm afraid they're gonna take things into their own hands.

And then it's right back to the torch, the gun, the jungle.

Because if they come to burn my land and kill my cattle,

I'm gonna have to protect 'em.

Yes, Dave.

New epidemic's broken out on the north range. Six head down.

Well, I'd better be going.

- I hope things are better tomorrow, Clay. - Yeah, thanks. Thanks, Seth.

So long, Seth. Thanks for coming by.

You know, they're not bad people.

They're... just scared.

Did you separate 'em, Dave? Yes.

You burn the field? That's a good piece of land, Mr. Grainger.

It's all good.

But I didn't ask you for an appraisal of it.

- I'll do it first thing in the morning. - What's wrong with right now?

Because I'm not used to shooting sick animals, burning rich land...

I'm just not used to it.

I once saw a thousand acres of the finest grazing land in Texas put to the torch...

and enough cattle to feed a whole state destroyed.

Believe me, Dave, you're as used to it right now as you're ever gonna get.

I guess waitin' till sunup isn't gonna make much difference.

I want somebody in Medicine Bow to meet that stage. Yes, sir.

Dave, you'll have your teams organized...

so we can start to work the minute that vaccine gets here.

According to the letter, you'll inoculate the calves first, then the others.

Those already showing symptoms you'll save to the last,

because there's not much chance it'll do them any good anyway.

Clay!

Sorry to bust in on you like this,

but my prisoner and I have been riding since before sundown.

Both of us on one horse.

I'd like to buy a couple of fresh ones. I got money to pay.

- You a lawman? - In a manner of speaking.

- Bounty hunter? - That's right.

You better let me change that bandage.

- I don't want you to go to any trouble. - There won't be any trouble.

Come this way.

If you'll sit here, please.

David, would you come with me, please?

You got a name, mister?

- Walker. - How'd that happen, Mr. Walker?

That's my business.

Look, I got a long, hard ride ahead of me. I just wanna buy a couple of horses.

- You got any to sell? - We have horses.

But that doesn't mean we're gonna sell 'em, least to you...

or anybody else that barges in here.

Now, if you want to be civil, maybe we can talk it over.

Now, we'll take a look at that.

I guess you'd be more comfortable seated.

She'd probably be more comfortable with her hands untied.

Leave her be.

Who is she?

That there's Ruby French.

That supposed to mean something?

- You ever hear of the Colton gang? - Mmm. Stories.

Most of them sounded like dime novels to me.

Well, now, maybe they wouldn't if you ever run up against 'em.

I've been tracking Johnny Colton and his woman here for six months now.

I've seen 'em cover a whole state in 10 days,

stopping just long enough to rob every bank they come to, every stage.

Well, if they were so rough, how did you take 'em?

Got drunk a few nights back,

made the mistake of separatin' from the rest of the gang.

By the time they sobered up, I had 'em hog-tied and ready for delivery.

What happened?

Well, now, taking 'em was one thing. Holdin' on to 'em was somethin' else.

By the time the stage I was taking 'em back to Montana on got to Lucas Pass,

- the gang was waitin' there to free 'em. - What stage was that?

Lincoln, westbound.

Well, where is it now?

Colton took it with him.

There was supposed to have been some mail sacks aboard.

Might've been. I don't know. I had enough to do keepin' my eye on my prisoners.

Look, if you've just got those horses to sell,

I got a hard ride if I'm gonna catch up with Johnny Colton.

You know where he's headed?

No. But ain't no man alive can track Colton like me.

I know his moves before he makes 'em.

Why not organize a posse? You'll need help.

Ain't no time, not the way Colton rides.

- Then I'll just go along with you. - I don't share with no one.

I'm not interested in your reward!

We've got medicine on that stage for some sick animals.

We need it! That's your business.

Yours too if you want those horses.

Well, uh, I guess I could use an extra gun.

You sure you want to do this? Don't worry about it.

I'll be all right. Mr. Grainger.

If I could, I'd sure like to go along with them, lend a hand.

How about it? I'm for it.

All right, all right. But we'd best get started.

Better talk to the other ranchers, tell 'em what happened.

We may need some time. I will.

And if necessary, the rest of us will hold 'em off until you get back.

Can't the girl stay here? We'll look after her.

Ruby goes with me.

I figure as long as I got something Colton wants, we got an edge.

Let's get those horses.

Thank you, ma'am.

Never even had a chance to get set for 'em.

Which way did they come from? They was waitin' behind those trees.

By the time we saw 'em, they was on top of us.

Wonder what they did with the shotgun and the driver. What difference does it make?

While we're standin' here talkin', Colton's gettin' farther away.

Why would they have to take the stage with 'em?

I don't know, Dave. But I got a feeling...

there was more on it than our vaccine and Walker's prisoners.

Hey, Walker.

I guess now we know what they did with the shotgun and the driver.

- How far you think they're ahead of us? - Least a full day.

We'd be a whole lot closer to that medicine of yours...

if we hadn't stopped to play undertaker.

The dead have to be buried.

When there's time.

For some things, you make time, Walker.

Yeah.

Like they did during Mr. Lincoln's war.

I remember once, I see a hundred men rottin' in the sun.

Captain said, "Let's kill a hundred more fore dark."

No one stopped to bury 'em. Wasn't time. Well, there was no time today.

- You'd have just left 'em, right? - That's a fact.

Dead don't feel nothin'. Above the earth, 'neath it... What difference does it make?

It makes a difference to some of us.

Well, now, let me tell you something.

The only thing important about dying is how you die.

When my time comes, I want it to happen quick.

Shot down in my tracks before I know what it's all about.

After that, the buzzards can fight over my body.

I'll tell you something else, cowboy.

That ain't gonna happen for a long time.

I'm gonna get some wood for the fire.

Better check the horses, Dave, and get some sleep.

Yeah.

You better get some sleep too.

Sure you don't want to tie me up first?

That medicine must be pretty important for

you to risk gettin' yourself killed over it.

I mean, if you think Johnny's just gonna give it back to you, you don't know him.

He's not much for giving things back, cowboy.

Anyway, what difference does it make to you if the cattle die? It's not your ranch.

That old man's so worried, let him go after the medicine.

- I work for him. - You mean you're the hired hand?

He tells you what to do, and you jump.

If you jump high enough, he just might give you a bone.

And if you don't, you get kicked real hard and fast.

That's not the way it is.

Oh, that is the way it is.

I've seen people like you my whole life,

crawlin' on your knees, beggin' for what little you get,

and then thinkin' you're better than anyone else just because you worked for it.

Your way's better, huh?

My way is Johnny Colton's way.

And that makes it right?

Johnny didn't start it.

He was working his own piece of land, and... and then the war came...

The fightin' and the... and the burnin'.

And by the time he got back, his land was scorched so bad, it wouldn't grow weeds,

and everything he owned gone.

But he learned one thing along the way.

You take, cowboy, or people take from you.

I'll take the first watch. You'd better get some sleep.

You're doin' fine, Ruby.

Just fine.

They picked it clean. Anything up there?

No. They must've taken the mail sacks with 'em.

Looks like they had someone waitin' here with a spring wagon, then headed north.

I guess you were right about there bein' something else on the stage they wanted.

You have any idea why they'd need a spring wagon? How should I know?

We're wastin' time. Let's move.

There's a small settlement a couple hours' ride from here.

Maybe they spent the night there.

Well, if they did, I hope the settlement's still there.

If you're lookin' for rooms, no use gettin' down off your horse.

How come?

The owner, Jim Coffee, was killed yesterday.

Hotel's all locked up.

How'd it happen?

Well, some riders came in a little before sundown.

Had a spring wagon with 'em, needed some fixin'.

One of the wheels was about to come off.

I told 'em it would take a few hours.

One of 'em, looked to be the leader, asked me if I couldn't do it sooner.

Said they was in a hurry.

And they... they went inside the hotel to have a drink.

They looked nice and peaceful-like,

just riders wantin' to mind their own business, then go their way.

Well, about an hour or so later, they began makin' a ruckus,

shoutin' and cursin' like they had too much to drink and was about to start trouble.

Well, Jim Coffee always prided himself on the kind of place he ran,

so he went inside and told 'em if they didn't get quiet,

they'd have to go someplace else.

They didn't like this. Said no one was gonna tell 'em what to do or how to behave.

So they took Jim outside,

put a rope around his neck,

hung him right above his own hotel.

After that, they just went wild,

riding in and out of stores, breaking everything in sight,

shootin', burnin', killin'.

- See which way they went? - North.

The spring wagon... Did you see what was in it?

They had it covered. And someone stayed with me to be sure I didn't look.

Much obliged.

Maybe she just wanted someone to talk to, Ruby.

What?

The woman at the grave. Maybe she just wanted someone to talk to.

Listen, if you think I'm sorry about what happened back there, you're wrong.

Nobody asked that man Coffee to interfere.

If he'd minded his own business, he'd be alive now and so would the town.

It was his business. It was his hotel.

But then I expect with the kind of life you've been leading,

you wouldn't understand something like...

a man's right to look after what's his.

Listen, cowboy, I know all I want to know about all that.

Rights. Like my old man. He had his rights.

When he got a good yield, he made enough to pay back...

what little he got from the boss's store.

When it was bad, he broke his back just to get more in debt.

But when he up and died, well, it all went to the landowner to pay for his buryin'.

His family got told they'd best clear off the land...

or they'd get plowed right under too.

You make your own rights, cowboy, or somebody comes along and does it for you.

We was lucky to find this cabin. It's gonna be a cold night.

Hey, Ruby girl, what's bothering you?

She talks, she cries. She's almost human.

She even knows how to play on a man's good nature,

take advantage of him for her own good.

She can tell quite a tale about her and Johnny Colton...

How he's the bad one, and she just goes along.

We weren't talking about Colton.

Well, I'll tell you, I never seen Johnny Colton do one single thing...

without Ruby there being right there at his side.

Ain't that right, Ruby?

When Johnny met Ruby here, she was working in some small Mississippi town.

No one knows just exactly what kind of work she was doin',

but I hear tell she was on most friendly

terms with every rich landowner in the Delta.

Leave her alone, Walker.

Sure enough.

But don't let her take you in, cowboy. She's had a lot of practice.

Get away from...

You were having a bad dream.

When I was a kid in the Mississippi Delta, the hottest place on earth,

I used to sneak out of my room at night and run down to the bank of the river.

Just sit there thinkin' of all the places...

that big old river could take me.

St. Louis, New Orleans.

Cities, not dusty farms.

But then morning would always come, and I'd...

I'd still just be sittin' there.

Nothin' would be any different.

Well, you got what you wanted.

You got out of there.

Yeah.

Look where I am.

I'm sorry about the way I acted when you woke me. I...

It was the dream.

You know those things that Walker told you about me in the Delta?

They're the truth.

So they're the truth. He shouldn't have said them.

Yeah.

But there are things that he doesn't know.

Things that...

he just doesn't know about me.

When my old man died,

my ma got a job cooking for one of those...

big landowners in Mississippi.

I was only 13.

I thought, for the first time in my life,

I was gonna be happy.

Then, uh,

one afternoon,

the big boss,

he caught me in the field.

He didn't let go till near sundown.

I'm not saying that things would've been any different for me...

if that didn't happen.

It's just that, well, maybe...

I'm sorry, Ruby. I'm sorry.

It's cold.

Here.

Get the kerosene out of that lamp and spread it around.

We'll keep you covered.

I'll give Sutton a hand.

Dave! Get down! Get down!

What happened? They hit me from behind.

Must've come through late yesterday.

Colton ever been this far north before? Not that I know of.

You thinkin' what I am?

Misadventure. You'd better make camp outside of town.

Dave and I will go in and check. Wouldn't do for anybody to recognize Ruby.

- What's "Misadventure"? - You'll find out soon enough.

And you ain't likely to forget it.

Whiskey. Same.

Leave the bottle.

Welcome to Misadventure.

Fore you start makin' yourself too much at home,

we got a couple of rules you might like to hear...

Rules that could save you a lot of trouble later on,

might even keep you alive.

Yes, ma'am.

Now, first. We got no sheriff here.

No deputy. No marshal.

No one with a little tin badge tellin' you what you can do, what you can't.

That don't mean to say we ain't got no law.

The law of Misadventure is to mind your own business.

Don't ask no questions.

Don't stick your noses where they don't belong,

unless you wanna get 'em shot off.

Is that clear?

Now, second.

Here in Misadventure, we respect the property of others,

no matter how they come by it.

We don't steal from one another.

You could fall down dead drunk in the middle of the street...

with a $20 gold piece in your pocket.

Come morning, you might still be there,

but so would that $20 gold piece.

- Is that clear? - Yes, ma'am.

If these little rules make you unhappy,

then I suggest you ride on out.

But if you think you can live with 'em,

I'm Ma Daggert, this here's my son Clint.

We'd be happy to share that bottle with you.

Two more glasses.

That cowboy ain't gettin' to you, is he, Ruby?

I wasn't asleep last night when you had your little dream.

All got kind of cozy. I was cold.

You sure that's all it was?

Don't you think I ain't noticed the change that's come over you.

I've seen it in your face.

Maybe he's right. Maybe there's been too many killings.

You should've thought of that a long time ago.

Maybe you're even thinkin' of usin' that cowboy to get away from me.

If you are, Ruby, you'd best forget it.

'Cause after what happened at that stage,

I ain't never gonna lose nothin' again.

Try to get away, Ruby, I'll kill you.

What'd you find out?

Misadventure's a most unfriendly town.

What about Colton? Didn't run into him.

Well, did you ask about him? We just listened.

But you're welcome to go back in and ask around yourself, if you'd like.

Colton's top gun's a man named Buck Stargil. Did you hear anything about him?

I'm going back in alone later when it's quiet.

You think it's wise going in alone?

We've gotta do something, Dave.

We don't get to that vaccine pretty quick, we won't have any use for it.

Except for the hole, it's good as new.

Bet it wasn't worn more than a month before he had no more use for it.

Make you a good deal. Not right now.

What'll it be, then? You name it, I got it.

A long knife.

Take your pick. I had a real good one a while back.

I lost it in Dodge. You from there?

Friend, there's not a place in this whole country I ain't from.

And can't go back to none of 'em, huh?

Well, that depends on who I go back with.

Now, you take when I was riding with Johnny Colton.

There wasn't a town in this country we couldn't walk into.

I'm not saying they were happy to see us,

but nobody asked us to leave.

But that was a long time back.

You don't ride with Colton anymore?

I guess I'm just too much of a loner.

Not that Johnny and me still ain't good friends.

Truth is, I was kind of hopin' to run into him here in Misadventure.

You haven't seen him, have you, pop? Maybe he rode through.

You buyin' that knife, mister?

- Sure. - That'll be a dollar.

Thanks. Hey, mister.

That's a nice vest you're wearin'.

♪♪

♪ When I was young ♪

♪ Jimmy came to me ♪

♪ Took me across the land and sea ♪

♪ But then my love ♪

♪ Went far away ♪

♪ And left me alone ♪

♪ Till this lonely day ♪

♪ Now, who will come ♪

♪ And take his place ♪

♪ Lift my hands ♪

♪ To touch his face ♪

♪ Now that I'm old ♪

♪ And turning gray ♪

♪ Who will make love come back ♪

♪ Like it went away ♪

♪ Who will make love come back ♪

♪ Who will make love come back ♪

♪ Who will make love come back ♪

♪ Like it went away ♪♪

Hey, Clair. I'll buy you a drink.

Not now. When? When?

When you take a bath.

How 'bout you, mister? Wanna buy me a drink?

Clair's the name. Be my pleasure.

Thank you.

What would you like?

That looks like about as good as anything they serve here.

Another glass.

I liked your song.

Really? Yeah.

I don't believe I've ever heard it before.

- Kind of sad, but pretty. - I wrote it.

Well, you've got a real talent, ma'am.

It's just something to do.

Thanks anyway.

Welcome to Misadventure.

- Where you headed? - Canada, maybe. I haven't decided yet.

I used to sing in Saskatchewan.

- What were you doing way up there? - Passin' through.

- Another? - It's your bottle.

Say, I've passed through more places than the seasons.

Stayed just about as long. Then why stop at Misadventure?

Who's stopped, cowboy?

Just slowed down a bit, that's all.

Here's to ya.

- What decides for you? - Decides what?

Where you're headed.

Whether or not I find what I'm looking for.

What's that?

Something Johnny Colton took from me.

Thanks for the drinks, cowboy. Maybe you can help me find it.

Maybe you didn't hear Ma Daggert's little speech.

Oh, yes, I have. Every word of it.

Then you must not value your life much.

As much as any man.

Then take my advice, cowboy, and ride,

or they just might plant you here.

Colton's trail led me to Misadventure.

Now that I've found it, I can't turn back.

Nothin's that important.

Lot of people think different.

Good people. Hardworking people.

They're counting on me.

I sure don't want to let 'em down, and I won't.

There's a little house, coming into town.

It's all boarded up. I saw it.

I'll meet you there in an hour.

Maybe we can talk then.

I'm telling you like it was.

He said he once rode with Johnny Colton...

and asked if I'd seem him around.

What did you tell him? You know me. I showed him the door.

You're a good man, Jake.

We'll see you get his possessions.

Ma. He's wearin' a real fine vest.

Try not to put too many holes in it.

Whew. This place could stand a good airin' out.

Good dustin' wouldn't hurt either.

Whose place is it?

Mine.

Least it was before I moved to the hotel.

Now it's just like one of those museums they have back east.

Nice place to visit, but not to stay.

♪♪

When did you board it up?

When my husband was killed.

He rode with Daggert.

Some even say they had a fight, and Daggert shot him.

Course, that's just rumored.

Daggert says the law got him.

No one questions Clint around here.

That is, uh, until you came along.

Do you still wanna know about Johnny Colton?

Yes.

He rode in last night with his gang.

Are they still here?

There's an old army fort 'bout a day's ride north of here... Misadventure.

He's holding up there.

He... He was traveling with a spring wagon.

Did you see it?

How do you know you can even trust me?

How do you know this isn't a trap?

I wouldn't be here, Clair, if I didn't think I could trust you.

♪♪

♪♪

The last I saw that wagon, they rode it into Daggert's warehouse.

Where is this warehouse?

Next to the dressmaker's shop.

Well, guess I'd better go have a look at that warehouse.

Hey!

Can't it wait?

A house gets lonely when it isn't used.

After a while, it dies.

I'm sorry, Clair. There's no time.

There's just no time.

Sure.

Well, you be careful. You hear me? In that warehouse?

Daggert's got men all over. Hey.

I'll write a song for ya.

Thanks, Clair.

And who knows?

If you live long enough,

maybe I'll even get to sing it for ya.

♪♪

If you're lookin' for something that belongs

to Johnny Colton, he took it with him.

Maybe you didn't understand them two little rules that Ma laid down for you.

Or maybe you did, and you just didn't care to pay 'em any mind.

- Which was it? - Look.

Colton's got some property of mine that I need very badly, and I want it back!

You ain't got no property in this town, boy!

Ma told you about the drunk and his $20 gold piece?

Well, you're gonna wish you learned that story...

just like it come out of the good book itself.

Well?

Colton's holed up in an old fort about a day's ride from here.

Let's cinch up.

You gotta know something.

Johnny Colton and me never set out to kill anybody.

Somebody always tried to be a hero.

One killin' led to another.

Like I said, Ruby...

Does that make it right?

What do you think?

I was planning an ambush, this is the spot I'd pick.

Sutton and me will ride on around, take a look-see.

You keep an eye on Ruby here. All right.

Let me have the pack horses.

Whoa, Joe.

You can get down if you like.

It's so quiet, you can almost hear the sun go down.

Please, don't go any further. You haven't got a chance.

I don't have any choice, Ruby. And if you get yourself killed?

Johnny won't give up. I know he won't.

And if he wins, you'll be back together again, just like before.

You have to understand that I don't want Johnny anymore.

He's not the same man he...

The killings made him a killer.

Could be he was always like that.

Some men come home from the war and find their farms plundered...

and make a fresh start, live in peace.

Maybe Colton always was a killer.

All right! Come ahead!

Well, in a little while,

you'll hear the guns all the way to Kansas.

If there's no other way, you'll hear the guns.

♪♪

Hey, what's the matter, Chuck? Can't you catch that woman?

Just a little kiss. That's all I want.

A little one!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

No! No!

Hey, Frank, you're missin' the party! Later! Later!

Hey, boy, what's the matter with you?

Hey, Frank, you're late. Come have a drink.

Ever heard of knockin', Frank? I talked to Clint Daggert.

They raise the money for the gold? Ma's still workin' on it.

You were supposed to stay there until they did.

I came to tell you someone was in town asking about the Colton gang.

Clint caught him snoopin' around the warehouse, but he got away.

It's not who you think. I was in town when they rode in.

There were two of 'em. I ain't never seen 'em before.

Get out!

- Well, what are we gonna do? - About what?

What if they're lookin' for the gold? Suppose they find out where we are?

We're not gonna do nothin', Frank.

We're gonna wait right here, right where we are.

They come, we'll bury 'em.

♪♪

Whoa. Whoo!

There they are.

That fort's gonna be a whole lot quieter come sunrise.

You sound like you're looking forward to it, Walker.

I look forward to gettin' back what's mine.

And that goes for anything I lay claim to.

We'll have to get rid of that guard up there.

♪♪

Let's take a closer look.

See anything out there? A lot of dark.

I don't like it. I don't know what you're worried about, Frank.

We're gonna be rich.

If we can find a buyer for the gold.

If not, we'll just be totin' around a lot of worthless metal till the day we die...

or somebody kills us for it.

There's a break in the wall over there.

You're right.

We could make a run for it.

We'll wait till the clouds pass over.

You're really anxious to get in there, aren't you, Walker?

You ever work hard for something, cowboy, and have it taken away from you?

I've worked hard for things and lost them. Everyone has.

No, this is different. I mean have something in your hands,

something you risk your life to get, and see it taken away?

No.

Well, when it happens, you'll know how I feel, cowboy, inside.

It's like having a friend turn against you,

a woman betray you.

No, I want more than what was taken from me. I want the men who took it.

Not this time, Walker. What do you mean?

There's been enough killing. This time, it's my way or no way at all.

And what way's that? Go in and ask 'em to hand Colton over?

Those men are drunk in there.

We get inside without being seen, we get the drop on 'em.

Those two on the wall... They look drunk to you? We can take 'em.

Well, is it my way, or do you go in all by yourself?

All right, all right. Your way. But let's go! Let's get movin'!

Dave, keep us covered...

and keep her quiet.

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When we get inside, you go to the wagon. I'll go this way.

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Frank?

Hold it right there! Don't turn around.

Drop your rifle over the wall.

Drop it!

Your handgun too.

Easy.

All right. Come on down here.

All right, all of ya! Put your hands in the air!

All of ya! Now!

Come on! Move!

Anybody else?

All right, men. Drop your gun belts.

Now move!

Dave, let's put 'em in the blockhouse. Come on! Move!

Move! All right. Come on.

Move! Go on. Get in there.

You're wasting your time.

I would've come back from the grave to get you.

You!

Better see what that firing is. You stay with 'em.

In, in, in. Come on.

Is that Colton?

I'm Johnny Colton, cowboy.

Now, you sure was right.

There was something else on that stage besides your medicine.

A hundred thousand in gold.

Had to pretend to be a bounty hunter...

and Ruby here my catch to get a couple of horses.

Of course, Ruby played right along with it, like always.

Didn't you, Ruby? Yes.

Turned out to be good luck when you wanted that medicine as much as I wanted the gold.

He wanted gold too... my friend, my right arm, Buck Stargil.

While I was planning the holdup of the

stage, he was turning my own men against me.

When we got the gold, they turned their guns on us.

You know something, Ruby girl?

For a time there, I really thought you were with them.

No, you couldn't do that to your Johnny boy, could you?

Could you, Ruby? No.

No. Of course not.

Boy, that's... that's what you start thinkin', cowboy. All sorts of things.

Maybe they're right. Maybe they're true.

Maybe they ain't. But you think 'em anyway.

Like maybe you and Ruby here...

Now, you might just have a feelin' for each other.

No, Johnny.

Well, now, there's only one way for me to be sure, isn't there?

Like there's only one man in this room I trust now, and he's dead.

No, Johnny, he helped us.

Johnny!

You were right. Your way's better.

But I couldn't let Johnny down.

He was my river.

She chose her life.

There was nothing you could have done.

She was lookin' for a river...

A river to carry her away from a little Mississippi farm.

Instead, she found Johnny Colton, and he carried her here.

You're right, Dave.

She chose how she lived,

and she chose how she died.

I owe her my life.

I'll have the law up here to pick up the prisoners first town I hit.

Good, Dave.

Get that vaccine back to Shiloh just as soon as you can.

I sure will.

We're gonna have that epidemic all taken care of time you get back.

I just bet you will.