All language subtitles for The Virginian - 8x10 - Home to Methuselah

[ Wind Blowing ]

[ Anvil Clanging ]

[ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Anvil Clanging ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Chattering ]

Tom Rawlins.

That'll be a nickel.

[ Glass Slams ]

Tom Rawlins.

Six.

[ Grunting ]

[ Bottle Clatters ]

Oh! What the blazes--

[ Groans ]

Been a long trail, Tom.

[ Hammer Cocks ]

Wanna try and make it?

Where are they?

They... left.

I don't know where.

Didn't tell me anything.
Nothin'.

One of them
cost me a penny.

Comes out of my pay.

It's gettin' so
I hate to use 'em up.

Where'd you say they went?

Went to... Jacob's Crossing.

Two days ago!

[ Gunshots ]

[ Screams, Sobs ]

You a lawman?

He was young.
[ Whimpering ]

And he loved me.

And ya killed him!

[ Crying ]

The Benson Gang.

Eight people killed.

He set the dynamite.

Took me a year,
but I got 'em.

All but two.

Where's Jacob's Crossing?

In the Grand Tetons.

It's a mountain village.What's the nearest town?

Well, that would be,
uh, Medicine Bow.

Medicine Bow-- Shiloh.

Just amazing
what a penny can do.

What about the reward?

[ Sobbing Continues ]

Give it to her.

[ Wind Blowing ]

You'd better have a good reason
for cuttin' that fence.

Yeah, I have.

- Is this Shiloh range?
- That's right.

How far to your bunkhouse?

I think we better
go into the "why" first.

Fastest way to get
from one place to another
is a beeline.

- Ah, where's your foreman?
- You're about
to tangle with him.

A kid I knew once had a cowlick.
Stood straight up in the back.

Couldn't keep it down
with axle grease.

You sort of
remind me of him.

Got caught once stealing
green apples from a Swede.

Sh-Sheriff made him eat
every last one!
[ Chuckles ]

[ Laughs ]
Seth?

Seth James!

Well, now,
don't bore a hole in me, boy.
Have I changed that much?

Wel-- Not a bit!

Just got so old
you didn't recognize me.

Well, do you know
how long it's been?

Eh, long enough
to turn you in a man...

and me into a fence cutter.

[ Laughing ]

Well, let's get on
to that bunkhouse.

How'd you find out where I was?I hear talk about you
from time to time.

Last I heard, you was here,
foreman of Shiloh.

Ah, good to see you,
boy.

Me, I just been roamin' around,
tamin' a town here and there,

knocking the cussedness
out of them as still think
this is still the wilds.

Hmm.But civilization's settin' in,
so I settled down.

In Methuselah, Kansas.

You heard about me
all the way up here?

Well, Wyoming
has newspapers, you know.
You're quite a hero.

No hero,
just doing my job.

Now, if you knew where I was,
why didn't you come see me?

I always meant to.

Pictured myself
riding up to you, and you
not remembering who I was.

If I was given
a sawed-off minute,
I would.

See that speckledy rock?

Ah, you remember well.

You taught well.

The Grand Tetons?
They're beautiful
this time of year.

Mmm, yeah.
Good huntin' too.

You know, I might be able
to break away and go with you.

With the Graingers away and me
going, we'll need a good strong
foreman here to ramrod things.

Mr. Grainger'll be back in
a day or two, and-- [ Chuckles ]
there's nothing to do.

I know a stretch of wire on
the east line needs stringing.

If you've decided
to settle down,

I guess we won't be reading
any more of your adventures.

That what you call 'em?

Well, I settled down
because I was tired,

and I wanted
a regular place to sleep--

some peace and quiet.

See that tic there?

And I got that from, uh,

worrying too much
about some fired-up jasper
shootin' my backside out.

Gets to you after a while.

Are you married?

- I was.
- When was that?

You remember when I left
to take that job in Renfro?

I met her there.
A good woman.

Not strong.

- Died on me after a while.
- I'm sorry.

Yeah, my job's
hard on a woman.

Ah, you remember that now
when some dude-eyed deputy
takes some fancy to you.

Well, it's gonna be
just like old times,
us goin' huntin' again.

I'm sure glad it worked out
to be the slow season.

- I'm sorry you can't go along.
- [ Chuckles ]

Yeah, well, good old
indispensable me.

How long will you be gone? [ Virginian ]
Two or three weeks.

I have to be back before those
Albuquerque cattle arrive,

so I can get rid of all
the improvements that'll
be made while I'm gone.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

Well, it was in Seeley,
Montana, right in front
of the feed store.

The Marlow boys-- four of
the meanest, toughest, hardnose
hombres ever to spur a horse.

They'd just robbed
the land office when
Sheriff James here cornered 'em.

There the brothers was--

were--

standing there holding rifles,
barrels big as cow horns...

aimed right at his belly.

Sheriff James here had
a shotgun, and them Marlows
was scared of it.

Ain't that right, Sheriff?

Eh, almost.

Well, that shotgun only had
two barrels, right?

It wasn't the Marlows.
It was...

Luther Kotch
and his boys.

And it was in...

Red Ditch, Colorado,

where they had just
held up the Dixie Hotel
and Saloon.

And the gun I had was
an old Sharps Big 50.

Other than that,
you got everything right.

Ah, Jim was right about it
bein' in front of the feed yard.

And them rifle barrels
was as big as cow horns too--
four of 'em.

The old Sharps 50 I had
only had one shot,

Of course, it could
blast a hole through armor.

[ Cocking, Clicking ]

- [ Murmuring ]
- Well, what happened then?

Well--
[ Exhales ]
They killed me.

[ Men Laughing ]

[ Chuckles ]
Now, that there joke
is just about as old as I am.

And I fall for it
every time.

- How come you're up this way,
Sheriff?
- Oh, no reason in particular.

Just taking a rest spell,
moseying around,

seein' how things is.

No reason particular.

We'd better get to bed
if we're gonna get
an early start in the morning.

I wanted him to tell about
the time he tamed Placerville.
I heard it was wild.

Don't ask.

Well, when I get back,
we'll have a lot
of stories to tell.

[ Exhales ]
But the boy here's right.

Because tomorrow
we go a-huntin'.

- Someone passed this way.
- That so?
How long would you say?

- Two days.
- More like four.

See how the edges
have crumbled away?

Two men went that way. Now, what'll it be?

Deer, bear, elk?

What's up that way?

Mountain cat.

I always did like
the smell of pine.

[ Horses Blustering ]

This looks like
a good place to camp.I'm as fresh as when we started.

Come on.
Let's go on
some further.

Now, Seth? Hold up.

These horses are dead tired.Eh, there's nothing
wrong with 'em.

Well, we're not going
any further till
they get some rest.

Uh, you sure it's not you
that's give out?

Come on.
We still got good light.

This is as far as we go.

Well, I guess, uh--
good place to rest a bit.For the night!

We still got good light!
Now, sooner we get up there,

sooner we're gonna get
stalking those big cats.

Look, Seth,
I'm hot, and I'm tired,
and I'm in no mood for this.

Now, you want to tell me
why we're following
these tracks?

Uh, the tracks are...

goin' along
the same way we are.

It's the other way around,
and I want to know about it.

Who are they? Outlaws?

So that's our huntin' trip.
You're trackin' two outlaws,
and I'm your deputy.

I wanted to tell you.
I couldn't.

You will now.

Gang called Benson.
Ever hear of them?

Six of 'em set some
dynamite charges to blow
the bank vault...

right under my nose.

Blast caused a fire.
Hotel next door burned up
like nothing I ever see.

People screamin',
tramplin' each other
trying to get out of there--

them as could.

Folks jumping out
of the top floor,
breaking arms and legs,

crawlin' out
of that heat.

Next day, siftin'
through the ashes,

lookin',

scrapin' up them
that didn't make it.

You ever been
to a mass burial?

No.

All them coffins
lined up in a row--

eight of 'em.

Some sight it was.

Some sight.

Me who was paid
to protect 'em...

helping to lower 'em
into the ground.

I should've watched the bank,
should've watched the
express office, the railroad.

Anyplace there
was any money,
I should've been.

Got clean away from me.
Split up.

Eh, I tracked 'em.

Got Adam Sievers
in Dangerfield, Colorado.

Wally Buckalew in Laramie.

Frank Townsend I shot tryin'
to escape. Brought 'im back
dead to Masonville.

Another fella
named Tom Rawlins,

just got over
in Pickering.

I got two to go now.

Zach Ontro-- the leader.

And Jase Dubbins.

And I'll get 'em.

[ Stoking Campfire ]Well, you've...

been tracking 'em a year.

My town they robbed,
my people they killed.

Town hired Seth James
to bring the law,
and he failed 'em.

[ Exhales ]
And you couldn't tell me
about this before?

I needed you,
and I just was afraid
you wouldn't come.

I had good enough reason
not to at the time.

This Tom Rawlins
had a gun hidden.
He almost got me first.

Just careless. I should've
checked the room out
like any lawman would.

I always do.

I'm gettin' old.

I guess maybe for
the first time in my life...

I figured I might
need some help.

So, uh,
I didn't tell you.

How do you know the tracks
belong to the men you're after?Oh, they're them.

They're headed
for Jacob's Crossing.

Probably going up
to Canada.

Moon's comin' out.

Trail'd be easy to see.

[ Exhales ]

What you lookin'
through that window for?

Nothin' out there
but trees.

Maybe a ghost or two.

I just wanna be going, Zach--
moving somewhere.

[ Sniffing ]I feel funny.

I been running all my life,
and I wanna get some rest.

Give me a couple of days.
We got a good place here--

all the comforts of
a mother's warm arms.

And there's nobody
out there for 30 miles.
Believe me.

And I can smell
a lawman...

quicker than a hog
can smell slop.

That's what
Townsend always said.

Seth got him just like
he got all the others.

Now you're
makin' me nervous!

[ Barrel Clattering ]

[ Exhales ]

You never figured outlawin'
would be anything like this,
did ya?

Thought it'd be excitin'--
stealin', shootin'...

and makin' love
to the girls?

Well, it's more lonely
than anything.

Hidin' and waitin'.

Waiting's the hardest part
of all--

for a job, for the law,
for one of your friends
to turn you in.

I guess I've been waitin'
for one or the other
all my life.

Ah, I'd do it again
if I had the chance,

'cause I guess
it's in my nature.

I remember
the first man I killed--
in Numbria, Montana.

[ Groans ]
My brother...

and I, afore he was
caught and jailed--

we used to rob stores
now and then.

And then one day-- [ Liquid Sloshing ]

I was playing cards
with a drummer.

Mmm, patent, uh,
medicine or...

cinch bones for ladies
or some such.

Well, he won
a stack of money.

And I put a gun in his back
when he came outside,

and the dang fool
yelled bloody murder.

I shot 'im, and I ran.
Had to leave
the money there.

So we both lost out.

Ahh.

Let me go, Zach.Mm-mmm.

I don't want
to go along no more.

[ Chuckles ]
But I was all right
right enough...

night you came...

runnin' into
my camp all hot,

runnin' from the law.

Who said I was
runnin' from the law?

Nobody runs from nothin'
like you did...

unless it's
from the law.

You tryin' to dog
my footsteps, boy?

Turn me in?

[ Cup Clatters ]

Tell 'em...
where I'm goin'?

Now, Zach, you-you know
I wouldn't do that.

But you don't need me!

Oh, I need ya,
and I like ya.

You're friendly
and good-natured.

And someone to talk to,
to be proud of.

I look up to you
as if you were
my own son.

I'm nobody's son.

All right.

Let's just say
I was to let you go.[ Kicks Chair ]

What would you go to
and what would you do?

I don't know.
I'd just get away
from all this, I guess.

I know what's
diggin' at ya, boy.

You wanna meet up
with some fancy
town perked-up-nose gal,

with her hair
hangin' long.

More than likely,
you're gonna end up...

clerkin' at some
mercantile store...

with a little whitewash house
with red and yellow flowers.

Probably with three or four--
[ Chuckles ] towheaded
freckle-face young 'uns...

all rusty from playin'
in the dirt and yellin'
for their pa to come home...

with your five dollars
week's work.

Is that what you want?

Hmm? Waitin' on some
fat, flabby, gossipin'
little old ladies,

and comin' home to
the same woman every night?

And not havin' no fun, mmm,

'cause everybody else knows
everybody else's business.

Well, is that it?It'd be better
than this. Huh!

That's what you want,
but it's too late.

You ain't gonna get it.

You're a mean,
terrible outlaw...

with a price on his head.

So I guess you and me,

we gotta
tough it up together.

Isn't that right, Jase?

So you ain't goin' no place,
are you?

No.

Ah.

Now we can be friends again.
Ain't that right?[ Exhales ]

Ain't that right?

Yeah, that's right.

Tell me, where did you
were runnin' to...

that night that
you came into my camp?

[ Groans ]

[ Exhales ]

Think I'll
take a walk.Ah! Don't you--

You ain't goin' nowhere,
are ya?

Don't you do anything
I wouldn't do,

or the bogeyman liable to...

jump out behind
those trees and getcha!

[ Laughing ]

[ Hammer Cocks ]

Whoa.

[ Clears Throat ]

They can't be
far ahead now.

The way you been going,
I'm surprised they're
not behind us.

I've been tired near to death
lots of times, boy.

A few good hours' sleep
jerks you right back.

Thing that keeps you going
is knowing they aren't
as tired as you are.

That means you're
making up time.

It's not us I'm worried about.
Thin air and a rocky trail
can kill a good horse.

Ah, I've had horses drop
under me afore.

Kept right on going.

Well, I like the one I got.

Those two up ahead are...
the last.

Get them, I can go home
to Methuse--

Maybe hold my head up again.

Ready to go?

Look here.

Brushed a spiderweb
going through here.

Yeah. Nothing wrong
with your eyes.

I see good close-up.
It's the distance
cripples me.

How long ago
would you say?

Poor little fella
been spinnin', tryin'
to get back in shape.

About half done.
A day or two.
Maybe one.

Huh. What's that smell?

Eh?

Smells like smoke--
cedar smoke.

They wouldn't be
dumb enough to hole up.

Oh, what-- what
direction you get?

Wind's from the west.

Bad mistake they made.

Bad mistake.

[ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Laughing ]

Well, that old cow
was switchin' her tail
all over the place,

first in the bucket
and then in that farmer's face.

I asked him did he ever try
tyin' her tail to his bootstrap.

I said, "That's the way
we do it down Arkansas way."

[ Laughs ]
He was so dumb, he did it!

He tied that tail
around his strap!

Well, it worked all right
for a while,

until I took out my pistol
and fired!

And then I spooked
that ol' cow!
That ol' milky-milk!

Well, she started to kick
and jerked that old farmer
off his stool!

And spilled the milk
all over him!

And dragged him
throughout that whole yard,
over the mud and all!

The strap finally broke,

and I seen the fire
in his eyes.

Well, I lick-tailed it
outta there...

before he got
his gun after me!

Ooh, I tell ya, boy.

That was
the funniest sight...

I ever did see.
[ Laughs ]

Moo! Moo! That ol' boy!

Oh, I tell you.
It was funny!

Have a drink, boy.

You gonna go
for another walk?

- You mind?
- Oh, I trust ya.

[ Chuckling ]
You know that.

[ Cup Clinks ]The funniest sight--

[ Laughs ]
I ever saw!

[ Laughing ]
Moo!

Moo! [ Door Closes ]

[ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Rustling ]

[ Rustling ]

Hyah! Hah! Hah!

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

[ Zach ]
Come back here, boy!
Come back here!

[ Virginian ]
Hold it right there,
mister!

Drop that gun.
Drop it!I'm goin' after him.

[ Rifle Fires ][ Groans ]

Don't--You made too much noise!
You scared the kid away!

I'm gonna get the horse.
I'm goin' after him.You'll never find him, Seth!

-Moon's over that ridge. There's
not enough light to track by.
-I'm gonna give it a try.

You get out there and get lost,
you'll probably never find him!

He could've gone in
any direction. Pick up
his tracks in the morning.

Besides, we both need rest.

We'll get him
in the morning.

Well, there's the boss.

I wonder how many bodies
he's planted.

I'll get the horses.

[ Twig Snaps,
Footsteps Approaching ]

Come to yet?No. Mm-mmm.

Ah, you give him
a good crack, all right.

Ah, you couldn't
dent that skull with
that log you're sittin' on.

You want to sleep?

I've ridden into towns
you've never seen
nothing like 'em.

God-fearin' folks...

afraid to go out on
the streets lest they
get robbed or gunned down.

Even once in church.

In church, preacher tellin'
about God and love, beauty.

Four outlaws broke in,
held us all up,
robbed us.

I went after 'em.

And I got 'em.

You've done your part, Seth.
Why don't you quit?

Leave your job to someone--
someone who hasn't seen so much.

I can't retire.
There's more criminals
than there are lawmen.

Till it's the other way around,
I'm gonna keep on fightin'.

[ Sighs ]
Well, I don't know
what the job's done to you,

but you're not
the same man I remember.

I'm the same.
You're the one
that's changed.

You was no more than 15.

That age, you don't
see much anything.

Well, I saw a man
who smiled once in a while.

I don't see that anymore.

I got no time to smile now.

That's too bad.
Too bad.

Medicine Bow's civilized.

Safe, secure.

Decent, law-abiding,
church-goin' folks
live there.

Ones I deal with are scum.

They're worse than animals.

Animals only kill
to survive.

Men are the only ones
that do it for no reason.

[ Door Opens ]

'Bout time you got back.

You know you're not
supposed to leave
a prisoner unguarded?

Where's your friend?

Cat got your tongue,
Seth?

Ain't talkin', huh?
Well, I can't blame you.

Meanin', what do we got
in common to talk about?

Eight graves.

Is that what it was?
I never heard.

Lot of flowers?
I hope so.

What's a funeral
without a lot of flowers?

How about a glass of water?

You are cussed quiet,
you are.

Yeah, maybe you
can answer me a question.

You remember when
Mase Benson got his,
and I took over the gang?

How come folks always
callin' it the Benson Gang
and not the Ontro Gang?

I would've been
mighty proud of that.

Could you
loosen these ropes?
Cuttin' off my blood.

[ Gunshot ]

Thought you
tied him.

I did-- tight.

Not tight enough.

Loosened them ropes.
Come at me to kill.

Well, maybe it's
for the best.

A prisoner would sure
slow us down.

[ Seth ]
How many folks you think
he's taken the time to bury?

Come on.

[ Blusters ]

Kid's not dumb.
He's still headed
for that crossing.

Makes it before us,
he'll get a fresh horse,
ammunition, food.

Be headed for
who knows where.

Has to be another way--
shortcut, something.

The only safe way I know
is this trail right here.

Well, then how about
an unsafe way?

Full of shale and rock slides.
I don't advise it.

I don't need advice.
I need to make up time.

Seth, I respect you
for your years
and what you've done.

But I'm getting pretty tired
of hearing that.

I know it, and, uh,
I apologize.

It means a lot to me.
Don't-- Don't quit on me now.

Is one boy worth it? Haven't you heard?

- The last is always the best.
- [ Birds Chirping ]

Well, come or not.
It's up to you.

[ Tongue Clicks ]

[ Kisses ]

[ Whinnying ]

Feels like it's on fire.

Ah, more than likely,
there's a doc
at the crossing.

Ease that up some.
Uh--

Dollar to buckshot,
the kid's already there
stocking up.

How does it feel?

Glad it wasn't a broken leg.
It might've slowed you up some.

[ Kisses ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ People Chattering ]

Well, howdy, boy.Horse ready?

That horse I sold you,
son,

is one of the finest specimens
of horseflesh ever put
on God's green earth.

I been thinkin' it over,
and I'm afraid
that I mischarged you.

- Yeah, more than it was worth.
- Less! By $20.

- I won't pay it.
- Well, so be it.

But you ain't gonna
get very far on that
worn-out nag of yours.

You're a thief!

Lord--

Now take off your hat, son.
You're in the presence
of the Holy Spirit.

Show some respect.

I forgive him, Lord.
I hope you do the same.
Amen.

Ought to ask the Lord to forgive
you for misrepresenting yourself
as a preacher.

- I am ordained!
- By who?

Myself! I'm a self-taught
deliverer of the Word.

What church?

- Each of us unto ourselves
is a holy temple!
- Fifteen.

I'll take it.

Is he ready to go?Yeah.

He's up there at the corral.
He's all saddled and bridled,

ready to carry
your soul to glory!

[ Groans ]Where you headin',
boy?

Gonna find me a place
where it's more blessed
to give than to receive!

The Lord be with you, son,
and with thy spirit.

- [ Rifle Cocking ]
- How are you, boy?

Been a long hunt.

You wouldn't try to get away,
would you?

Big Zach Ontro did.

[ Handcuffs Ratchet ]What'd he do?

You hurt yourself?Yeah.

Let me take a look at it.

I do some doctorin'
around here in addition
to my preachin' duties.

Just work over here
at the stables part-time.

Hurt?More than
I'd like it to.

- Where's your jail?
- Ah, we ain't got none.

What'd he do?You got a sheriff?

Oh, he comes up this way
every month or so
when he can make it up.

Boy's a bad 'un, is he?
Usually, any offender
of the public decency--

which, to folks in this town,
takes some doin'--

is locked up in my back
storeroom over there.

Would you let go of it!

Well, mister,
I'd say that you've got
a sore elbow there.

Thanks for telling me.I can poultice
that up for you.

Take away some of the pain
for five dollars.

It's worth that just
to get you to keep
your hands off it.

- Where's this storeroom?
- It's right over there.

I'll get some stuff
for your elbow in a minute.

Ah, there'll be
a 50-cent charge for the use
of the storeroom as a jail.

If you boys want to bed down
tonight, I'd be glad
to take care of you.

You've got
no lock on that.

I could, uh, get you
one over at the store.
Of course, it'll be extra.

I'll be right back.

Go on.
I want to talk to him.

I got 'em all, boy.

You know that?

♪♪ [ Band: Up-tempo ] [ Hands Clapping To Beat ]

[ People Chattering ]

Howdy.

How's your arm?Hmm, that preacher may
be a lot of things,

but whatever that
stuff was, it worked.

Come on.
I'll buy you a drink.

I think I'll stay here.

The boy's handcuffed.
The door's bolted
and locked.

You've got the only key.
Where could he go?

Come on.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

[ Clears Throat ]
You've sinned, boy.

No more than most,
less than some.

What'd you do?

Now, I ain't here
to upbraid you, son.
Just the opposite.

I want to show you
how unfit for heaven you are.

Do you realize that you'll
never walk those golden streets,

you'll never be happy
in that holy place,

without you first have
a complete and utter
moral change of heart...

and find yourself
a state of grace?

How much'll that cost me?

Boy, you offend me!
Grace ain't for sale.

Well, of course,
my time and services
gotta be taken care of.

Look, preacher.

I got a hundred dollars
buried up in those mountains.

I'll give it to you
if you let me out of here.

Why, that'd be illegal.
Not only that, it's immoral!

No, I'll sell you my time
and services to help you
find a state of grace,

but not my soul.

It's a hundred dollars,
preacher.Absolutely not.

Besides, I don't
think you got it.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

If you're tiring, sir,
I'll take her.Thanks.

Look at him.

Eh, about the same age
as Dubbins.

But full of life,

hardworking,
law-abiding.

And why?

Why does that boy follow
the straight and narrow
and the... other one not?

How do you know he does?
He might be the biggest
fur stealer in the mountains.

Oh, I can tell by looking.
I can spot a lawbreaker as far
off as they can spot my badge.

They-They got
a look to them.

I don't believe that.

Well, it doesn't matter.

Just... puzzling to me.

This boy here's got
a full life ahead of 'im.

The one over there
in the storeroom? He just--

[ Smacks Lips ]
Most fun in a long time.

You know something?

I'm free.

No more trackin'.

So here's to the new man.

Or the old one
back again.

I told you, didn't I?
A little sleep would
snap us right back.

Night's about over.
Another day, we'll take
the boy and head back.

Preacher looked over
his calendar.

Federal marshal
is due here in a few days.

- Why not hand Dubbins
over to him?
- No, no. Nope.

Be easier than
taking a prisoner back.

We might even get in
that hunting you promised.

I'll take him back-- [ Whiskey Pouring ]

to Methuselah.

He'll stand trial.

Everyone'll see I got him.

I got 'em all.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

[ Footsteps In Distance ]

Hey.

Need anything, Dubbins?

Where is he?In the saloon.

Mister,

I don't know who you are
or why you're with Seth,

but, uh--

Please, I gotta get out.
He's gonna kill me.

Good night, Dubbins.

What happened to Zach?

Now, he's gunned down
a lot of men in
the name of the law,

and, uh,
he's gonna kill me.

Don't matter he's not
a sheriff no more.

Well, he wears
the badge of one.

What town's gonna give
their sheriff a whole year off
to hunt down outlaws?

Who'd protect the town?A deputy.

Look, outlaw's supposed to be
turned over to federal marshal.

He give up his job so he could
hunt us down full-time.

Sure as shootin', mister,
you don't help me-- [ Laughs ]
I'm not gonna make it.

You'll make it, Dubbins.Mister.

When he gets somethin'
in his head,

he gotta get it out.

Now, you don't know him.
I do-- better than anyone.

As well as any outlaw can,
I guess.Outlaw, hell.

I know 'cause he's my father.

[ Footsteps
Approaching ]

[ Man, Whispering ]
Hurry up.

Trying to decide whether
to be a sheriff or a father?

[ Glass Clinks ]He told you.

I want to know why, Seth.
Why'd you track down
your own boy?

[ Slams Table ]

Because he's my boy,
not in spite of it.

You think I want
to take him back to hang?

Well, then why?

'Cause he's guilty.

He didn't kill anybody.
He only held the horses.

He tell you that?

And I believe him.

Put him in jail maybe,
but don't kill him.

The town's decision.
Mine's just to bring him in.

Seth, the decision's already
been made. You know that.

It doesn't matter
what he didn't do.
He was a member of that gang.

Look, you've got to turn him
over to a federal marshal...

so he can stand trial
somewhere else.

- Oh, it's gotta be Methuselah.
- That'll be legal revenge.

It's gotta be Methuselah.

Why? Because it's yourtown?

Because the Right Honorable
Seth James, town-tamer,

spawned an outlaw
and can't hold his head up?

Yes!

Yes. Boy was always bad.

[ Exhales ]
In trouble more than out.

Tried to beat
the meanness out of him.

Only made him meaner.

Beatings got harder.

Didn't do no good.

Took his ma's name
just to spite me.

No wonder he ran to Ontro.

You probably treated me better
than you ever did him.

You were deserving.
He wasn't.

Look, that boy's
afraid of you.

What happens if on the way back,
he tries to escape?

- I'll go after him.
- And kill him?

He's an outlaw.

Judge, jury, executioner.

Tell me something, Seth.
All those towns you tamed--

when a man went to jail
or to a grave...

on your say-so,
with no questions asked,

how many innocent men
got mixed in with the guilty?

None.

None.

I never killed
an innocent man.

Well, I guess if
I was in your boots,

I'd have to
believe that too.

I want to tell you somethin'
you don't know nothin' about.

Nothin'!

I came into those towns
because...

folks was too scared
to do for themselves.

My back a target for every
gunman walking the street.

Hey, Dubbins.
Come here, quick.

Come here.

Yeah?Been readin' the Book--
the part where it says...

a man should be free
to pursue his own destiny--
hopefully good.

And where it says that
some folks die too soon ever
to find a true state of grace.

How much money
you got on you?

About $30.
But there's that money
I got hid up in the mountains.

You gonna let me out?Ah, you was an outlaw.

You ran with
an outlaw band.

Most likely you've got
more than a hundred dollars
out there.

No, that's all I got.
But you can have it.

Well, tell me where it is,
boy, 'fore I open that door.

Tell you after.

Well, pass through
the 30 now.

Now, you promised
you'll tell me.

Yeah, I promise.
Now get a crowbar.

I don't need a crowbar.

Keys to the heavenly gates.

Tell me again how Zach Ontro
tried to escape.

I didn't murder him,
if that's what you mean.

He loosened them ropes,
come at me to kill.

No reason to lie.
I never killed no man
hands tied.

All right, boy.
Where is it?

A promise to a fellow being
is like a promise to the Lord.

I lied.

Come on!

[ Horse Whinnies ]

What is happening to us,
Lord,

when a man's word
means so little?

Seth, I'm not gonna let you
go after him. You don't know
right from wrong anymore!

Now, Seth, listen to me!
[ Groans ]

You're interfering
with the law!

Preacher!
Get your skinny neck over here.

Open this door!

If you don't open this door
by the time I count to one,

I'm gonna kick it down
and you with it.

[ Keys Jangling ]

[ Wind Blowing ]

Hyah! Hyah!

[ Blusters ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Blusters ]

I hate you more than
I ever hated anybody!

And you got it
comin' to ya!

But I never killed anybody,
and I'm not gonna start
with you.

You ain't worth it!

[ Laughs ]

It don't matter no more, Seth.

Not if I go to prison.

Not if I hang.
Not if you kill me.

Not anything.

No more.

You do what you want.

[ Virginian ]
Trouble sorting it out, Seth?

That boy's gone loco.
Clean out of his mind.

Then that explains it.

Couldn't be you've been
wrong all these years.

Couldn't be that.

Don't look to me
for no favors, boy.

Why should I now?

'Sides, what could I do?

Grieve a little.

I... never learned how.

Boy!

All I could think of
to give him.

I don't even know
if he can play.