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Here we are. At last.

Well, it's been fine traveling with you, gentlemen.

May our paths cross again.

- I'm sure they will, Mr. Dugan. - Right.

We're ahead of schedule. That's the first time that's happened in years.

- Ahead of schedule? - Yeah.

Well, don't apologize. These things happen.

It's been a bit of a dry trip.

Would it be imposing for you to keep me luggage?

No, not at all.

I'll put it right over here and the agent'll keep an eye on it for you.

Now, this agent, would he know an inhabitant

by the name of Benjamin Cartwright?

Everyone around here knows the Cartwrights and the Ponderosa.

Then he wouldn't mind telling Benjamin I'll be waiting for him in the saloon.

Thank the both of you.

Oh, Mr. Dugan.

Would you like for me to take care of that little black bag for you?

Thank you, no.

Greetings, gentlemen, greetings.

Yes, sir?

I'll have something light if you don't mind.

Light, sir?

Well, about three ounces of whiskey'll be fine.

That's light enough not to strain a man's arm.

Oh, it's a pity for me to be drinking all by meself.

- Set 'em up for everybody, will you? - Get the boys over there.

Welcome to Virginia City, sir.

Yes, you know, in my opinion,

a friendly saloon is the crown of our entire civilization.

I couldn't agree with you more.

All right, gentlemen, to the health and to the good fortune of everybody.

Right.

It's excellent. Just excellent.

I always wanted to wear one of them fancy hats.

I'm sorry, my friend, but this was one time the property

of the Honorable James Buchanan,

who was the 15th president of the United States.

I captured it, as you might say,

at the great Democratic Convention of 1856.

Is that supposed to mean that it's too good for the likes of me?

No, not at all, at all.

It's just I have a fierce pride, you know, in being only the second man

to wear the favorite hat of the 15th president.

Well, let me warn you, mister, there's going to be a third.

Ow!

- Take patience, will you? - Nobody does that to me!

- Now, easy, Patrick. - Nobody!

You'll hurt the little fella! Now, you stop it!

You pick on someone your size!

Touché, as the saying is.

Now, mind your manners.

These things'll happen, lads. Don't let it interrupt your drinking.

O'Neill.

O'Neill, sit down.

Now, just stay put. You're drunk. Let's not get into any fights.

- Stay right where you are. - Look at that, will you?

Look at that. Nothing's changed.

It's exactly the way we met 25 years ago.

That's right, Ownie.

I might have known I'd find you in the middle of a big fight.

- How are you, my boy? - Just wonderful. It's good to see you.

Now, we're going out to the Ponderosa. We got a lot of talking over to do.

Give me that little black bag there, will you?

Ha-ha!

- Peace on earth, gentlemen. - Ownie...

You're lucky you came...

I might have known he'd be a friend of the high and mighty Ben Cartwright.

It'd be a pleasure to kill them both.

Mr. Hoss! Mr. Joe! They come! They come!

Here we are.

- Well... - Whoa. Whoa.

- These must be your fine lads. - Ah, yes, they are.

Mr. Owen P. Dugan of New York City, meet my son Hoss.

- Nice to have you here. - Little Joe.

Pleasure to have you with us. We've heard a lot about you.

And right behind him is the finest cook in the west, Hop Sing.

Now, I don't know if Mr. Dugan owns Manhattan Island outright

or just holds a long-term lease on it.

If I told you how long I'd known your father,

you might discover he's been lying about his age.

- Hoss, get Mr. Dugan's bags. - I'll get 'em, Pa.

It's a very impressive place.

My home is your home. Stay a lifetime.

It' just possible I'll do that.

Those were the wild, wild days. It's a shame...

I tell you, lads, whenever there was trouble and a man needed a friend,

there your father would be, like a tiger, like a tiger in the streets.

Don't pay too much attention to what he says.

Every second word he utters is pure blarney.

Am I saying too much? Am I giving away some state secrets?

No, I am surprised that he has never told you

about his youthful adventures, you know,

well, if only to educate you along historic...

What's the matter? And along cultural lines.

Come on, now.

You know, it's funny,

because Pa's always been very quick with that cultural stuff.

- Hasn't he, Joe? - Oh, yeah.

Of course there may have been some cultural aspects

that happened to slip your mind, Pa, some you didn't happen to mention to us.

Oh, well, just let me tell you something.

I'm not going to allow myself to be blackmailed in my own home

by a wild, imaginative, loose-tongued Irishman.

Well, you're lucky, 'cause we're gonna have to turn in.

- We gotta get up early. - Yep. See you in the morning.

See you both in the morning.

- Night, Ownie. - Good night, Pa.

Good night. I not through with tiger in street.

Those are two fine lads.

- You're a lucky man, Ben. - Oh, I know it, I know it.

- Tell me about your daughter, Julie. - I was hoping you'd ask.

I tell you one thing, she is her mother born again.

- Oh? - Isn't she?

- Hmm? - Oh, my.

She's beautiful, Ownie. Beautiful.

And she's living in San Francisco?

Yes, I sent her there to school after her mother passed away.

- That's nine years ago. - Mmm.

St. Rose's Academy.

And now she's at the College of Sacred Heart.

- Well... - And she is a lady to her fingertips.

And you haven't seen her in all this time?

No, I was all mixed up, you know,

with my factories and steel mills and shipping interests.

That's the way life goes, what with one thing and another.

And that is why I'd like to settle here in the west.

Not to be sitting on the poor girl's doorstep exactly,

but to be reasonably near in case she needed me.

Like this area, for example.

You know what I'd like?

I'd like to invest in a business of some sort.

- Around here? - Yes.

Like a racetrack in Carson City.

Or do you know what I've always dreamed of doing?

What?

To own and operate the biggest saloon in the world.

I tell you, you'd make a fortune.

Ownie, I think your ideas are just a little too rich for people around here.

There are some very good investments around here,

very practical investments that could be made.

- Are you really serious? - You see that bag over there?

- Yeah. - I'm at least that serious.

You don't think I carry this bag around with me

because I'm afraid somebody'll steal me laundry, do you?

There is $114,000 in this bag.

It's the proceeds from a little brewery I sold in Boston.

- You're not joking? - I never make that expensive a joke.

Won't you take this and invest it for me?

Me, invest that for you? Oh, wait a minute.

But I don't get the problem. We're both businessmen.

I've been here for eight or nine hours. I've talked with both of your sons.

It's as clear to me as a cow in a teacup

that you are the number one citizen of Virginia City,

and you're a man so honest that it hurts all over,

and what is the most important thing of all,

is after all you're my closest and my best friend.

Well?

Now, look, Ownie, I...

I have never been comfortable using other people's money.

Investing people's...

I couldn't do it. I wouldn't know how to...

There's a very good thing around here I think you might be interested in.

There's... What do you know about lumber?

Just that it comes from trees.

Oh, no, be serious now.

No, there's a piece of land, a lumber track, which I have an option on.

I've refrained from exercising the option on it.

I didn't wanna spread myself too thin.

Now, if you're really serious about investing $100,000...

- Let's start. - Now, wait a minute, Ownie.

This is your money we're talking about, not mine.

You've gotta know everything about this kind of operation.

If we were talking about entering into a pawnshop, say in the Bowery,

well, then I'd expect you to take my advice.

But here we are in your territory,

and I'd be only too eager and too proud to take your advice.

- As simple as that? - As simple as that.

We're in business, right?

Yes, I... I guess we're in business, right.

Right. Take it, count it and put it in the safe.

Ownie, I... Right.

♪ Oh, what was your name in the States?

♪ Was it Dugan, O'Reilly or Yeats?

♪ Oh, what was your name...

Ah, good morning, Hop Sing. I'm sorry that I'm late for breakfast.

That's all right, Mr. Dugan.

Five more minute, you late for dinner too.

Well, that's the wasteful, sinful habits of a lifetime.

There's nothing you can do about it now. Where's everybody?

Mr. Cartwright just come back from town. He in kitchen.

Sit down. I fixing dinner.

Very good.

Well, you're not much of a family

for lounging around in the morning, are you, Ben?

Can't afford to. I just came from town.

I just put you in the lumber business, lock, stock and $100,000 worth.

- Well, I never. - Listen, there's a telegram for you.

- For me? - Mmm.

For heaven's sake.

It's from Julie.

She's coming here to Virginia City.

Well, that's great news.

What's the matter, Ownie? Aren't you pleased?

Well, course I am, it's just that I have no recollection

of writing the lass and telling her that I was going to stop here

on my way to San Francis...

Oh, but I did. I remember now.

I must be losing me memory in me old age.

It's a very happy day for me, Ben.

Well, it's a happy day for all of us.

- Dinner is served. - Come on, let's eat.

Now, Ben, after dinner, you know what I'd like?

I'd like to take a ride up and... and look at me investment.

- Well, I'll ride up with you. - No, if you'll just show me the way.

I'd like to go alone. I've suddenly got a bit of thinking to do.

All right.

There you are.

Ah, well, if it isn't the respectable member of the organization,

Ownie himself.

Come in, come in.

Greetings, children.

Have you gotten any leads

on putting some of the boodle into an honest business?

That's why they sent me here, isn't it?

I'm a silent partner in the lumber business

with an old friend, Ben Cartwright.

Fine, fine. We've heard the name mentioned since we've been here.

He's a respected man.

Listen, I'm going to see to it that his name stays respected.

You'll do what you're told, and don't forget it.

Don't threaten me, lad. I've a short Celtic temper.

I'm not threatening you, Ownie.

But if you want your daughter to find out

what you've been doing all these years, well, that's up to you.

So it was you that sent her that telegram.

Ah, just following orders, Ownie, just following orders... like you will.

Am I right?

- Yes, you're right, lad. - We'll expect another report soon.

He'll stay in line.

Timber!

I do miss the city, you know, but...

When you have something like this?

Well, you know, you get used to the dust and everything.

- Ah, it's great. - Well, it's good for your lungs.

The New York as we once knew it is changing.

- Is it, now? - For example, do you remember Brooklyn?

Yes, yes. Yes, certainly.

Now, there's talk of one day making Brooklyn a part of New York City.

- Really? - Yes.

It's as clear a case of joining a silk purse to a sow's ear as ever I've heard.

Ah, look at that.

Ownie, get down. Down.

- Pa! - Joe, he's behind the wagon!

Ownie, stay down. Stay down. All right, now.

It's all right, Pa!

Joe, hurry up and get Doc Martin, quick!

All right, Ownie. All right.

Ownie, they've gone to get the doctor. You're gonna be all right.

There's no need to be lying to me.

But thanks just the same.

Any fool knows when his time has come.

Now, you just be quiet. Drink some of this.

It's like...

It's like the Lord told Lucifer.

You can't win 'em all.

That's not a direct quotation, but I think it'll serve.

Now, just stop your talking and be quiet.

No, I'm afraid I... I have to talk.

There's something you should know.

I am a man that is not worth your friendship,

'cause I am a scoundrel and a cheat.

The money I gave you...

it was never my own.

It was booty and graft from Tammany Hall.

And it was my job, you know, to... to invest it,

the one miserable bag of it,

with somebody I... I could trust,

somebody who would make it seem legitimate.

Now, don't despise me.

This is my deathbed.

You know, it's true, but if I had my life to live over again,

I'd be a different man, I tell you that.

It's too late.

I'd like to postpone this, I tell you,

'cause I had grand plans for my funeral.

You know, I used to think...

I used to think I'd have six black horses

to haul the poor skin and bones that was left of me

through the streets of New York.

Now, you promise me something.

You promise me there won't be one word about my sins to... to Julie.

I promise.

Thank you.

I'll do the same for you someday.

How is he, Doc?

He's a lucky man, Ben.

The bullet didn't even reach a vital area.

I think he's more scared than hurt.

But given some good care and rest,

I think he'll be back on his feet in no time.

- He'll get that. - Good night.

Good night, Doc. Thanks.

Thank you.

Come in.

What's that for?

I think you know.

Oh, it's a terrible and humiliating thing

for any man to survive his deathbed confession.

Ownie, I can't use that money.

- Why can't you use it? - Because I can't.

It's not as though you stole it yourself.

If I used that money, it would be exactly as if I'd stolen it myself.

Oh, Ben, for heaven's sakes.

When you thought you were dying, I heard you say, with my own ears,

that you wished you had a chance to live your life over again.

- I did. - Well, you have your chance now.

How? What?

Now, I... I don't wanna be your conscience.

But the thought occurred to me that if you really wanted another chance,

you'd give back that money.

You know, that is the maddest statement that I've ever heard in me life.

Why?

Well, in the first place, politics is politics.

And then no decent man would ever betray his fellow thief.

And besides, it's not so easy as all that, you know.

You can't look a crooked dollar in the face and you say,

"Oh, this dime belongs to that construction job

and this 15 cents belongs to the other."

It's all mixed up. It's all part of the system.

And then, in the long run, what does it matter?

Well, it matters to me.

Now, Ben, look, this lumber deal is already under way

and Hoss is up there right this very minute.

- That's right. - Well, you need the money.

Yes, I do.

Ben...

My... little girl Julie'll be here in a few days.

Yes?

And you won't allow any of this

to make any difference with Julie, will you?

Well, what do you think?

I... I think that you know she's the only good and decent thing in me life

and that I'd sooner die, for real, you know,

than give her one moment of heartache.

- Miss Dugan? Miss Julie Dugan? - Yes.

I'm Joe Cartwright. I've come to meet you.

- You must be Ben Cartwright's son. - That's right.

- How good of you to meet me. - It's my pleasure, ma'am.

Where's Father?

Well, your... your father's waiting for us at the house.

He... He had sort of an accident.

- Is he all right? - Oh, yeah, he's fine, he's fine.

We were a little worried about him for a time.

He's up and around now like a nervous rooster.

We almost had to tie him down to keep him home.

I can hardly wait to see him.

Well, my pa's over taking care of some business.

I'll get your luggage down and as soon as he gets back, we'll be on our way.

Just sit over there and rest yourself.

Hand me that bag, Charlie.

I signed this contract with you in good faith, Mr. Cartwright.

Now, it was my understanding that I'd get my $100,000 today.

You're absolutely correct, Mr. Giblin.

I'm trying to explain to you, an unforeseen circumstance has arisen

and I must ask you for a... a slight extension

so that I can raise the money elsewhere.

Well, I'm not happy about this at all, not at all. Time is money.

You've already started your lumbering operations on my land

and I'm expected to wait for the money.

Oh, Mr. Giblin, I... I'm not asking for... for a year's extension.

It's just a couple of days and...

I hope that you think that I'm good for it.

I'm certain of that, Mr. Cartwright.

However, I shall expect reasonable recompense

for allowing late delivery of the lease money.

There'll have to be certain alterations in our contract.

Uh, what are you suggesting?

Well, I've no wish to be hard on you, Mr. Cartwright,

but business is business.

Shall we say... 25 percent of your gross on the operation?

25 percent?

Mr. Giblin, I thought you used the word "reasonable."

What you're suggesting is highway robbery.

Take it or leave it.

Well, if that's the way you're gonna put it, Mr. Giblin, I will leave it,

and I will leave your land tomorrow.

You'll pay damages.

Reasonable damages, Mr. Giblin.

Reasonable damages.

♪ Did you ever fly with Riley in his wondrous gas balloon?

♪ Up and over the lovely city By the pale light of the moon

♪ No, I've never flown with Riley because I can plainly see

♪ That living the life of Riley

♪ Might well be the death of me ♪

Now, try it, will you?

- All right, everybody. - Here we go.

♪ Did you ever fly with Riley in his wondrous gas balloon?

♪ Up and over the lovely city By the pale light of the moon

♪ No, I've never flown with Riley because I can plainly see

♪ That living the life of Riley

♪ Might well be the death of me ♪

Thank you, my darling.

When I look at you, I feel 30 years younger.

Oh, Papa.

When I try to get up, I feel 40 years older.

Well, old man, let me help you.

Bring on the redcoats, I tell you. That's right.

That was fun, but I think I could do with a breath of air.

- I was just about to suggest... - I was just about to suggest...

Shall we go? Excuse us.

Well, how delightful to be escorted by two gentlemen.

Well, I can see why you're so proud of her. She's beautiful, just beautiful.

Yes, she is. That she is.

- It's a lovely evening. - Yeah.

- It's more than I deserve. - Oh, it was a grand evening.

♪ Did you ever fly with Riley in his wondrous gas balloon? ♪

- I meant to ask you. - What?

How did you get along today with that Mr. Giblin?

Oh, Mr. Giblin. Uh, not too well.

But don't worry. Somehow we'll work things out.

Tell me the truth.

Didn't he give you enough time to raise the money?

Well, yes, as a matter of fact he did,

and all he wanted in return was 25 percent of the gross.

Why, that crook.

Yes, that's what I thought too.

You're not gonna do business with him under those circumstances?

I'm not gonna do business with him under any conditions.

I'm pulling my men and machines off his place starting tomorrow morning.

That'll cost you a pretty penny.

Well, it'll be cheaper in the long run.

Oh, it's all my fault.

Ownie, let's talk about something pleasant, shall we?

- How about a brandy? - All right.

All right.

Giblin. Giblin.

♪ Oh, I've never flown with Riley because I can plainly see

♪ How living the life of Riley

♪ Might well be the death of me

♪ Did you ever fly with Riley in his wondrous gas balloon?

♪ Up and over the lovely city...

If you plunge your arm into this little black bag,

you will find not a snapping frog

but $114,000 in cash.

You say you're looking for some profitable business venture

in which to invest your money?

Yes, I am.

You've come to the right place, Mr. Dugan.

I thought I had. By the way, will you call me Ownie?

Now, regarding my investment, Mr. Giblin...

- Ah, call me Hubert. - All right, Hubert.

I think that you have a building here in town

by the name of the Golden Horseshoe.

Yeah, that white eleph...

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, a sturdy structure.

Well, I see you have that rare ability

to realize the business potential of the place.

I'm glad you see it that way.

It makes it easier for me to propose the partnership that I have in mind.

Now, you provide the building

and I will use this entire sum

to make a grand and elegant place.

With the proper financing, it just might be quite a success.

With what I have in mind, it'll be packed.

It'll take a man of vision like yourself to make a go of a place that size.

A man of vision, yes, but better than meself, someone more experienced.

I have a father in New York.

He's run a place, like, twice that big for years now.

He'll be taking over.

Father, you say?

Well, no offense, but isn't he a trifle old to be working?

There is no substitute for experience, right?

Well, you make the offer sound most attractive.

And we'd split the profits, 50-50?

Right down the line.

All right. I'll draw up the partnership agreement right away.

Just one thing.

Now, I may have to loan this money temporarily to a friend of mine

before we go into business together.

- His name is Cartwright. - Is that Ben Cartwright?

- Do you know him? - Uh, we've met.

Well, then, you'll understand that he keeps things to himself.

But I was able to find out that he'd made a bad lumber deal.

He has to pay out an unfair portion of his profits.

I may have to force this money onto him in order to help him get out of it.

It just so happens that I have some influence

with the timber interests here.

I just might be able to prevail upon them

to be a little bit more reasonable with Mr. Cartwright.

Well, in that case, I wouldn't have to lend that to him, would I?

And we could proceed with our little business agreement.

Exactly. Onward and upward, as they say.

Ownie, you talk my language.

Hubert, I should. I've had a lot of practice.

Well, shall we get to this partnership agreement?

Good idea. I have it right here with me.

Sign there.

I don't know what kind of a tree you fell out of,

but I can guarantee you're a nut.

How can I take a job chopping trees

if I'm going to spend the next ten years in jail?

Well, that's an interesting question.

Now, I've got one of me own.

What have you got against the Cartwrights?

Oh, I don't know. It's... It's, well...

It isn't easy to say.

Well, think deep about it.

I still don't know.

When I'm sober, I don't seem to mind them too much.

Ah, well, why don't you try staying sober for a little bit?

- Well, I could try. - All right, then.

I'll withdraw the charges against you,

I'll straighten things out with the sheriff and the judge

and I'll arrange... some kind of a parole.

- Do you hear what I said? - I hear you, but I don't believe you.

Why would you do this?

Well, it's not an easy thing to explain.

It has something to do with balancing the books,

it has something to do with casting the first stone,

and something to do with the fact

that a man by the name of Patrick O'Neill can't be all bad.

I'll drink to that.

Ownie, it was nice of you to get Patrick O'Neill out of jail.

You know, of course you were right,

he wasn't... he wasn't intending to kill us, he was drunk.

But do you really want me to hire him?

Well, you said yourself he was one of the best logger foremen in the business

- when he was sober. - Ah, exactly, when he was sober,

and he hasn't been that in a long, long time.

He'll change. A man may be down, but he's never out.

Well, all right, I'll hire him.

But the first time he's in trouble on the job, I'll have to get rid of him.

I don't think he will.

But you sure are right about people changing.

You know yesterday, that fella Giblin,

I wouldn't have given a dead coyote for him.

And today he gives me all the time I need to pay what I owe him,

no penalties attached, all free and clear.

- He's a changed person. - He is? Well, I never.

There you are, you see?

You give people enough time and they'll mend their evil ways,

as my grandmother used to say.

Well, I gotta get me an early start.

I'll see you in the morning.

- Help yourself. - Oh, yes.

Oh, look at that, will you?

You know, we don't have trees this tall in the east,

but we've got more squirrels per square foot.

Yes, Patrick.

You know, if Ireland had this much timber,

we'd have overwhelmed the English with our shillelaghs.

Ownie, Pa and Little Joe are over here.

Aye.

Who's that popinjay?

He happens to be a very good friend of mine, that's who.

Any more questions?

Not with the answers you give.

Well, then, let's get on with the work.

You better have the men clear the lower slope first, huh?

That'll make it easier to skitter the logs down from the upper ridges.

- Ben! Ha-ha! - Well, Ownie, how are you?

Yes, your men are as busy as a pocket full of bees.

Yeah, they sure are.

And that Patrick, how's he working out so far?

Oh, he's... he's doing great, great. He's a good foreman.

I just can't figure out how he managed to hire

every Irishman in town since this morning.

You can't trust him. He's from the north.

Forgive me, I've got a bit of me own business to do in town.

- I'll see you, though. - Right.

What kind of business is Ownie in?

I don't know, but with that blarney,

he's gonna get through it without much of a struggle, I'll guarantee.

He may.

I think, however,

that he's gonna have a bit of a struggle on his hands just the same.

- With what? - With himself.

With himself.

- Hello, Ownie. - It's a nice day.

It was a nice day.

The sight of you two would chase a snake up a rope.

You don't really mean that.

We've been kind of worried about you, Ownie.

Let's go over to the saloon and have a little drink.

Come off of it, Tierney.

I'm here as a retired gentleman, rich and respectable.

What would I be doing with the likes of you?

We're simply fellow New Yorkers you happened to meet,

interested in a little friendly business conversation.

- Yes. - You want to be friendly, don't you?

- I do not. - Well, extend yourself.

Ah, for heaven's sake.

Anything you need, Mr. Dugan, just call on me.

Thank you, Bruno.

Huh.

I must say, you're a big man in town, Ownie.

It's royal treatment every time.

That's because I'm not shanty Irish like you.

Bruno can sense the royal blood in me veins.

Sure, Ownie, sure.

It may seem a bit unfriendly, our checking up on you like this,

but the organization's a little nervous these days.

There's a new atmosphere back home,

what with the reformers sticking their sharp blue noses

into everything except a man's morning coffee.

Tweed himself was worried about the last report.

The boys would like to check on the current state of their...

"investments" is the word we use.

What's that got to do with me?

Well, you took a hundred odd thousand dollars out of New York

to invest it in some honest enterprise with your friend Mr. Cartwright.

- That was with the boys' approval. - What about it?

You didn't invest it with Cartwright.

You deposited it in the Virginia City Bank.

Not only was the money deposited,

but you've been withdrawing big chunks of it in bank drafts.

Why?

Well, I think you two deserve some answers

and I'm going to give them to you.

Now...

I'll tell you.

You recall that big saloon on the corner,

the one with the handsome pillars?

- You mean the one that's vacant? - The same.

Only it won't be vacant long because I'm taking it over,

and it'll be the biggest in the west.

- That's your investment. - It is.

So you see, I couldn't ask Cartwright to go in with me

'cause he knows nothing about it. So I went big with Giblin.

Well, I must say, Ownie, you never did think small.

That's what the bank drafts were for.

I sent for the equipment and it took almost all of the $114,000.

But it was worth it.

I'm starting on the inside first so that we can open sooner.

- Good thinking. - I thought you'd see it my way.

I'm sorry if we appeared to be a bit rough on you,

but, well, that's our job, you understand.

And I... I really want to say it, and I mean it from the heart,

I'm glad we didn't have to tell Julie about your misguided past.

Of course I understand.

And now you can report that Ownie Dugan

has made the smartest investment in his life.

- Sláinte. - Sláinte.

Sláinte.

Good day, gentlemen.

The saloon business.

The Golden Horseshoe.

Golden Horseshoe?

Ownie, when I... when I heard that you had bought that saloon,

I could not believe my ears.

On your own deathbed

you confessed to me that that money that you had

was stolen money, it was tainted money,

and the moment you find out that you're not gonna die, what do you do?

- You buy a saloon with it. - I didn't buy anything.

- Well, whatever you did with it. - You don't understand, Ben.

No, I don't understand. Now, will you kindly explain?

Well, I can't do it yet. You will have to give me one week.

Ownie, I have given...

Oh... Ownie... What?

Oh, darling, darling. Ah, you should...

You should have been in bed hours ago.

We're just talking over a little business, Ben and I.

Nothing you'd be interested in.

You didn't hear us, did you?

Do you think in all these years I didn't know what you were doing?

The stolen money, the deals, the payoffs?

You must have misunderstood.

No, Papa.

I know everything.

- Everything? - Yes.

Oh, my friend.

You may think it strange, but I wish I'd been killed by that bullet.

It'd be less painful than this.

Ow, ow.

If only I had another week.

Do you think in one week you could make up what you've done in a lifetime?

Oh, no.

But as my grandfather used to say... I can try.

After all, it only took six days for the Lord to make the whole Earth.

Well, I see Ownie's missing breakfast again this morning.

Yes, fifth day in a row.

I heard him leaving when I was getting dressed.

Don't can understand, Mr. Dugan.

At first all-time late for breakfast.

Now too early. Huh.

Looks like he's gonna go ahead with the saloon, huh?

Sure does. He's very serious about it.

Let's eat and get up to the lumber camp.

Ben! Ben!

- What? - Whoa!

My week is up. I want you to come into town with me.

- Town? For what? - My shipment's coming in.

Now, this is the last favor I'll ask you.

Now, you come on, will you? And will you bring Patrick O'Neill with you?

- Will you? - All right, all right, I'll do it.

We better get Patrick O'Neill. Come on, let's go.

Well, today's the big day, eh, partner?

That it is, partner. That it is.

And here she comes now.

I can hardly wait to see our equipment, Ownie.

Undoubtedly the finest marble-top bar, cut-crystal chandeliers,

plate-glass mirrors, piano,

and rugs as thick as bearskins.

I can't imagine an operator like you buying second-rate furnishings.

I didn't. Be assured of that.

There we are, eh, gentlemen?

♪ Fly with Riley ♪

All right there. Hello. Take the covers off there, will you?

- That's an altar. - It is.

What's this all about, Mr. Dugan?

No, call me Ownie.

Well, where's the fixtures you ordered for the saloon?

Saloon? I don't recall guaranteeing that there'd be a saloon.

What was all that talk about your father coming from the east to run the place?

Well, not my father. A father. Father O'Brien.

And a very fine man he is too.

Don't you try to cheat me, you crook.

I own half of this place. I've got a paper to prove it.

Well, it's my investment too, and I say it'll be a church.

It's a long way from being a church and you know it.

As far as I'm concerned, it's a saloon and it's going to stay that way.

And I say that it'll be a church.

We'll see about that.

All right, see about it.

What are you staring at there? Give him a hand, will you?

Ha! Let's go.

Oh, my darling, my darling.

It's the least I could do.

Hey!

Well, pitch in, will you?

You know, this is the church you'll be attending from now on,

unless, of course, you intend to go back to New York

and give Boss Tweed a full progress report.

Hey, hey.

All right.

Well, there's a bit of equipment that's been long time needed around here.

And I hope you'll be spending a good deal of time in it, Papa.

I will, I promise.

Cartwright!

Mr. Cartwright.

Giblin's been tearing around town hiring every tough he can find.

Well, that doesn't surprise me at all.

He's the type who'd steal a dead fly from a blind spider.

I guess he intends to make good on his threat.

Well, we're not gonna have too much longer to find out.

Well, I told you I'd be back, Dugan.

We'd not have been disappointed in the least

if you'd failed to keep your promise, Mr. Gaboon.

That's Giblin. I'm a man of action and I'll not be cheated.

All right, men, you know what I hired you for.

Everything goes back in those wagons.

You're a smart man, Mr. Giblets,

and you'd be smarter still if you'd buy these poor young men a drink

and not let them get their heads broken.

Walk right over the top of him if you have to. He's only one man.

Mr. Giblin.

This make any difference?

And besides me friends there,

it may interest you to know that it wasn't for nothing

that I hired the firm of Duffy and McGee to do me hauling.

I'll double your pay. Now, get in there and get 'em.

Let's get 'em!

Well, now that that's over with,

is there any further business matters you'd like to be discussing with me?

The church is all yours.

There we are.

I wanna thank you.

Didn't I tell you he was a tiger in the street?

You know, how can I ever thank you gentlemen

for the magnificent help you've given me over the last three weeks?

- It looks wonderful. - Here comes me father.

Oh! Father O'Brien, welcome to the wicked west and your new parish!

You remember me daughter, Julie?

- Little Julie? - Yes, yes.

- Oh, bless your heart. - Hello, Father.

These are my good friends, the Cartwrights.

- How do you do, gentlemen? - Father, how are you?

I've got to be admitting it, Ownie,

it's every bit like you said it was in your letter.

Indeed it is. Now, about the church.

We haven't even started on the outside yet, you know.

It looks like the devil. But the inside looks like heaven itself.

Sure, anyone can tell at a glance it's a fine, upstanding, peace-loving town.

Which nobody can deny, my friend, which nobody can deny.

Come along, Father. Oh, did you ever...

Which nobody can deny.

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