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Don't worry, son. You just be real quiet for me.

Don't make a sound.

Stop him!

Get out of my house!

Keep your nose out of our business!

How dare you! What do you think you're doing?

I'm warning you!

Stop! Stay out of this!

Sleep, child.

Your dreams are obviously more entertaining than this coach ride.

Just a little exercise for my rheumatism, darling.

Unless, of course, you indulge in games of chance.

I didn't think so.

Lordy, lord.

Didn't give me an ounce of trouble.

Yeah, well, of course. He's my son.

Thank you for watching over him.

I couldn't wait for your school holiday to begin. I missed you so much.

I know. I already said that.

Oh, we are going to have so much fun together.

Oh, baby, you must be tired.

Be careful with my luggage.

It's genuine French leather.

Let me give you a hand there, ma 'am.

Thank you, sir.

Who the hell needs that much stuff?

Now that, my friend, is proof there is a God.

Amen, brother.

Mother?

Such a good boy. I am so proud of you.

Is that little Billy Travis?

No, it can't be.

He couldn't have gotten so big in just one year.

You remember Mr. Wheeler, don't you? He owns the hotel.

He's a little tired from the ride.

Probably hungry, too.

Well, let's say we got Mike Cook to hustle up some sandwiches for you.

Yes, that sounds like a fine idea.

Well, come along. You can tell them what you want.

Hey.

You want to wait inside while I get the sandwiches?

I'll be right back then.

But I'm going to miss you.

What do you think?

Think that looks like a horse?

It's yours.

Too bad you had to come back to town.

You say one word and I'll kill your mother.

I'm the devil.

She can't hide from the devil.

Yeah, it looks all right, ma 'am. I think his nerves are just a little

up.

Long ride and he never missed with a wagon. He'll do that to a boy.

What were you thinking, Billy?

Running into the street like that.

I want to go back to Grandpa.

What's the matter, honey?

He's going to get you.

Well, who's going to get me?

The devil.

Honey, have those nightmares been coming back?

Your grandma said they went away.

Maybe coming back home stirred them up again.

I saw him.

Where did you see him, sweetheart?

I know you miss your father as much as I do.

But sometimes forgetting everything just makes it worse.

Maybe we need to just talk a little bit.

Billy, go away.

Miss Grant, I think we're going to use a little rest.

I'll be out of here.

Well, this is a sweet little town, Ezra.

Wonderful. That's what I want to hear.

What on earth are you talking about?

What are you doing here?

Something happen in St. Louis?

Well, things got a bit complicated there.

Oh, really?

I thought it proved to disappear for a while.

Your letter spoke so highly of this town's potential. I knew I should have

off my return address.

Oh, madam.

Right this long to you.

You're kind, sir.

I hadn't realized I had dropped it.

Not at all.

The handkerchief, the oldest bruise in the book. One can always rely on the

classics.

Appearances are everything, darling.

Rare masonry from ancient Rome.

Very valuable.

Uh -huh.

Mr. Larrabee, I'm in your debt for saving my son.

I know this may be a bit presumptuous of me to ask.

Well, I was hoping that you might be willing to have a little talk with

Talk? You see, he's never spoken about the night his father was killed.

Well, I can understand that.

But I think he needs to, or it'll keep haunting him.

You think he saw what happened that night?

But the loss of his father alone isn't enough to... He hasn't been the same

since.

That's partly why I sent him to live with his grandparents.

Too many ghosts here.

He just needs a little more time.

Best to just leave him be.

No, we've done that and he hasn't gotten any better.

But when I saw him with you earlier, the way he looked at you, he even smiled.

I don't know, Mary.

I'm just not sure I'd be much help.

All right.

You know, I can do rope tricks, too.

You want to see some?

Maybe later, J .D. You got it right here. Hey!

Hey, Buck.

How are you?

I'm fine, Virginia. Thank you kindly.

Me and Sugar Plum were hoping that we'd see you on our ride today.

Virginia, I need your help inside.

Yes, Papa.

What are you trying to do to me, Buck?

I'm not helping if I've got animal magnetism. Animal what?

Animal magnetism, I read about it in the magazine. It's a power I've got no

control over once women get a whiff of it. What can I do?

Kick about?

Mr. Wilmington, I know my daughter may seem very mature, but perhaps you should

keep company with people your own age.

Keep an eye on him.

Sometimes this animal magnetism, it's a curse.

He takes his little skirt and he puts it on the poor dog and makes her dance the

can -can.

Full house.

And I said, Ezra, honey, you better be careful. Elfie's going to bite you.

But he keeps dancing her round and round until she goes...

She nips him on the kisser.

So he pulls off her skirt and he says, well, fine then. You'll just have to

dance naked.

Debra, we're just hearing about you and your dog.

The naked dancer.

If you'll excuse us, gentlemen, my mother needs her rest.

This is fine for me.

You done cleaned us out.

Well, how about that?

Well, I thank you, gentlemen, for the libations.

You need some help carrying my money?

Think I can handle it.

Night, Ma.

Night.

I've never had a dog named Elsie, and I certainly never dressed her up.

Well, it's doing a dog story.

All right, gentlemen, this game is called Read Him and Weep. I'm out. I'm

already weeping.

This game is called Deleter.

Don't worry, son. You just be real quiet for me.

Don't make a sound.

You're making a mistake. You keep your nose out of our business. Don't do this,

Frank.

I'm warning you.

Stop sticking out of this.

He's just wandering around the town.

You better stay.

But I want to help.

What if he comes back?

I don't know.

Maybe you're right.

Yeah. We looked all over town.

He ain't here.

He's probably just hiding.

Pretty good at that myself when I was a boy. Keep looking. Well, let's give it a

second try. You'll be the expert. No.

Since when do you go riding after little runaway boys?

Well, the kid's mother wields considerable influence around here.

It'll be good to have her owing me a favor.

That's my boy.

Always working an angle.

Who? What do you want to start looking? Let's start at Baker Pass, then head

south from there.

All right.

Fine. Yeah!

Kids.

You just never know what kind of crazy thing is going to get into their head.

When Ezra was a little boy, he got his hands on a tomahawk.

An engine or some such thing.

Next thing I know, his little cousin's fingers are all... Well, honey, it all

worked out in the end.

I don't know. He ain't here either.

Nathan? Oh, you're a doctor type fella, aren't you? You got cold? Uh -huh.

Um, you sure about this animal magnetism thing, haven't you? I mean, it's women.

They can spill it on you. Now, medically speaking, if a man's got it, it's not

his fault, right? I mean, it's more like a condition.

It's like a rash or an ailment.

It won't ever go away, will it?

It won't.

You should have done something.

Honey, by the time you're my age, you'll realize there's a million things you

should have done.

And each one of them will take you in the heart like a knife.

You're saying it never gets easier?

Never.

But once in a while, you see something you did right.

And it helps.

It does. It helps a lot.

Any luck, Mrs. Jones?

Why, didn't I see you at the hotel?

Well, very likely, since I own it.

Well, I was just on my way over there now.

Perhaps you could escort me.

I just love to hear the finer points of hoteling. Well, there's not much to

tell. It must be a very lucrative business.

We're getting closer.

Managed to cover a lot of ground for a little kid.

He must be scared.

What do you think made him up and run off like that?

I don't know. He's running from something.

Ain't we all?

Billy!

I hope we find the boy all right.

Travis looks ready to lose her mind over him.

My mother lost her mind long before I was born.

Mother's cursed to worry over her kids.

What about Ezra's mom, Josiah?

Charming woman.

She sure is.

You know, she told me my fortune the other day, Ezra. Didn't even charge me.

And what did she say from the great beyond?

Tell you the truth, it wasn't that good. She told me I was going to be beating

my first and last bullet within six months.

Except?

Except she did this ancient ritual and it lifted the curse and now I'm going to

be fine.

And the cost of that ritual?

Usually it's ten dollars.

But for you?

Five.

Billy!

Down here somewhere.

Hey, Billy.

Billy, don't run.

I got you.

It's okay. Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go. Hey, hey, hey. We're going to take you back to your mom.

No, no.

J .D. Dunn, what's your name?

Evening, Pat.

I was off visiting neighbors that night.

Billy was supposed to go with me, but he wanted to stay home with his father.

When I got back, I saw men riding away.

How many?

Two.

But it was dark. I couldn't really see their faces.

But they must have heard me coming.

And that's probably what stopped them from finding Billy.

Anyone you can think of that would have wanted your husband dead?

Stephen upset a lot of people with this newspaper.

He fought for the truth.

Published it.

I remember afterwards there was an investigation.

Yes, and they decided that it was a robbery.

That the guilty men were long gone.

I guess they've come back.

We never left.

Son.

Now, I know this is hard for you.

But I have to ask.

Did you see anything that night?

Honey, please.

We can't hide from this anymore.

Don't let me get up. Let him, honey.

Mother? I understand they found the boy.

Scared out of his wits, but we found him.

Poor boy.

You've ingratiated yourself quite well with this town.

I've made a few acquaintances.

Nothing more.

A position ripe with opportunity, wouldn't you say?

Up on the perfect mark.

A Mr. Wheeler.

Owns the hotel.

In fact, he and I spent the very evening together.

Really?

We used the same car we pulled in Chicago.

You know, the cotton gin investment.

No.

Excuse me?

I said no. Is that clear?

The answer is no.

Now, now.

Listen, Mother.

I've got this town believing that they can trust me to protect it from people

like you.

Hell, from people like me.

I thought that protection job was just a front.

Well, of course it is.

Now, you haven't gone and joined the ranks of the employed, have you?

Now, that would be undignified.

Ezra.

Ezra.

What a waste of your God -given gift.

I raised you better than that.

Raised me?

Did you say raised me?

Come on now, Mother.

You didn't raise me as well as a...

As a stray cat raises a litter.

You dumped me, remember?

At every aunt and uncle's house you could find.

Of course, you needed me.

For a con.

I taught you a trade.

I did the best I could.

I'm sorry if it wasn't good enough.

Satan's up to his old tricks again, eh?

Yep. Apparently he's using a .44 these days.

Except this time Satan ain't no all -powerful demon.

If he was, he'd know Billy couldn't finger him.

Yeah.

So how are we going to flush this guy out?

You could put an advert in Mary's newspaper.

You know, advertising might not be a bad idea.

Hey, Buck.

Josiah, did you hear that Mrs. Travis and the boy are leaving?

Already? Yep.

Thought he was planning on staying for a month.

Hey, Nathan, did you hear the Travis boy is leaving?

Really? Leaving already?

Yep.

Know what made him change his mind, J .D.? I'm not sure, but I imagine the

God in this town helped.

Tough world.

You have a nice trip, Hart.

We're going to stay here in your old house until your mom gets back.

It's safe there.

You're making a mistake.

Keep your nose out of our business. Don't do this, Frank.

You don't have to do this.

Listen, Billy.

I've met the devil.

More than once.

And he ain't beat me yet.

How many times are we going to have to drop you on your head before your neck

breaks? Now, mister, I know you're not from around here, but only a fool takes

money from a stranger when you do a killing.

Now, I know you're not a fool, are you?

Huh?

Maybe we should ask his friend.

little description i can't hear a word this boy's saying can you no maybe you

should try your animal magnetism on him buck that's animal magnetism boy

Your part teacher?

Bet you miss him a lot, huh?

Billy?

It wasn't your fault.

I was scared.

I bet you've never been scared.

You'd lose that bet.

It was after I lost someone real special.

Someone a lot like you.

Most scared I've ever been was having to go on without him.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to keep on living.

I'm afraid she's got some squatters.

Squatters? I'll pass along my way out here. I think I saw someone go inside.

Well, I'll send somebody else.

Let's go. Come on.

Lock them up, boys.

Where are you going, Papa?

Just go on. Go!

with them?

Don't look like it.

Get Jack and Willie.

Meet me as the old Travis play.

Ten o 'clock.

You raise him, you shower him with love. And what happens?

They grow up to despise him.

What's the point in having him in the first place?

Well, I wouldn't know, ma 'am. I never had any. Smart man.

And good looking.

Deadly comedy.

Bartender, a whiskey, if you please.

Well, we saved him.

With faith and sound.

Save two.

Travis, boy.

Well, bully for you, Ezra.

Now you can return him to the mother who cares.

Well, my, my, how foolish of me. I actually thought you might

take some maternal pride in all this, but I forgot you are bereft of such

instincts.

Perhaps I should be going.

No, no.

Don't bother.

I'm the one who's going.

Where? To protect some little lost kitten?

Touche. As a matter of fact, I'm going back to the jail to find out who hired

those men.

Then I'm going to hunt the bastard down.

Ricky, throat out.

Out left?

Well, then, I'm going to invite you to watch.

Didn't be doing that.

That's Brad. That boy.

Vultures.

Please don't feel obliged to stay.

I just don't fancy watching a man being dismembered.

Dismembered?

That's what a mob does to people who prey on little children.

Oh, I've seen it before.

Eyes gouged.

Limbs torn clean off.

Inner yanked out.

Excuse me, ma 'am, but I really do have to go.

Certainly, Mr. Wheeler. Call of nature.

This is a mistake.

You got it all wrong. Why are you running?

Mary, it wasn't my idea.

I had to go along with it. I had no choice.

Always got a choice.

You don't understand.

Stephen was digging into the land deeds, and he would have found out that they

were fake.

So you killed him.

Oh, God, no.

No, no, it wasn't me.

No, I just wanted to talk to him. I wanted to get him to back off. He was

to cost me everything, Mary.

I swear.

I tried to stop it. I protected Billy as long as I could.

And it wasn't my idea to hire those men. I wanted to let Billy go.

Mary, please, you've got to believe me.

I'm about to land you in a shallow grave.

Now you best tell me who your partner is and where we can find them.

It's going to burn down.

Come on, Billy.

Come on.

Billy, we're going to have to make a run in the barn, all right?

You should have stayed out of this.

Let me see that arm, Chris.

He killed my father.

It's over, Billy.

You'll pay for what he did.

Listen, Mother, about some of the things that were said to you last night, I...

Goodbye, Buck.

Oh!

Ma 'am, you have yourself a good trip. Thank you.

What's that smell?

Smell? Like animal or something.

It's you.

Well, it was nice meeting you.

What on earth was all that about?

Nothing. Now, what do you think?

Well, I just wanted to say with all that's going on, I just didn't want you

feel as though I feel. Thank you, ma 'am. Don't mention it.

Yes.

Well, although talk was spoken, I want you to know that in my

heart... Oh, ma 'am.

I do believe I'll die if you leave.

So nice to meet you.

I'm sorry, darling.

Well, I... I just want you to...

Take care of yourself.

I always do that.

Extraordinary woman.

Oh, yes, indeed.

Now, you be careful with that, lovey.

That's genuine French leather.

Mama, Chrissy, we should start our early service.

I'm coming, I'm coming. But the fish aren't going anywhere.

And you know what else Chris said?

He said he'd take me out, too.

Just remember, Mr. Larrabee has an injured arm.

Oh, Chris don't care. He's just attached.

Billy, you ready?

Just be careful, honey.

I know, Ma. I'm not a baby.