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Yeah.

who he was.

Send a telegraph to the sheriff in Cactus.

Tell him Johnny Lawler's in his territory.

Thank you.

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Get up, Lawler.

Take off that gun.

Now mount up.

What are you waiting around for?

Get on home.

Muscle up some grub for a new guest.

and we're about to keep this fella down here.

He's over here in Santa Fe.

Reckon they'll hang him.

Yeah, they're gonna hang you, all right.

And you sure... I'd give up a year of serious drinking.

Bitch.

What did you do for a horse? I stole a head.

Marvin?

Marvin?

I wrote you, you know, and I dragged him all the way in the town. And the sheriff

hit that boy upside the head and bent his head.

Set him up on the bar. I'm gonna drink, Sheriff. Fill him up!

Fill him up!

Real good, man.

For your hands.

The sheriff said for you to get on home.

He give you any trouble?

Got a message for the sheriff. It's really important.

It's all about that outlaw they captured.

Marvin?

Oh, Neil, come on.

What did the outlaw do?

Where are you going?

Up to Cal Jodes.

Tell Pete to relieve Tom down at the jailhouse.

Tell Tom to be back there by six.

Where's the sheriff?

Went out to Cal Jodes.

Well, damn it. He's supposed to relieve me.

Hours ago, I ain't had no chance to clean up or rest up or shave or nothing

since we rode out of here. Sheriff says you're supposed to go on home. I'll wait

here until he gets back.

For you?

Me.

Well, hell, I don't care. I gotta get on down the road.

I'll tell you, if he gives you any trouble, you better holler.

In here?

Much obliged.

You ain't gonna cover up all that pretty long hair, are you?

Put that thing on, I'm walking right out of here.

My ma had long hair like you.

It fell way down low on her back.

Just about the same color, too.

In fact, as you favor her a bit.

I bet you brush it a whole lot.

Does she live around here, your ma?

No, she's been gone more than ten years.

Well, she was something else, my ma was.

I ain't never seen anybody like her.

Except you, maybe.

Guess that's why I feel like I knew you right off.

Of course, you're a whole lot younger than she was.

You got any young as they must be real small yet.

You ain't got any?

No.

You're still young. Yeah, you got plenty of time.

Strong, healthy-looking woman like you.

You ain't any young'uns yet. He must be that sheriff husband of yours.

Hell, I'll bet with a guy like me, it wouldn't take more than one time and

we'd... I'm sorry, man.

I guess I got carried away a bit.

Molly.

Call me Molly.

Oh, Molly.

Ain't that a pretty name?

My ma's name was Martha.

She's the one who named me Johnny after my pa who died before I was born.

I guess I've been alone most of my life.

After my ma died, I never really found anyone who... Now it's too late, ain't

it?

Sheriff said they was gonna hang me.

Well, not for sure.

There's gonna be a trial. He said so on the telegraph.

Telegraph?

The... She... The judge is coming in from Santa Fe

tomorrow.

Oh, yeah, so they can hang me legal.

Legal or not, it don't make much difference, does it?

What'd you do? Make them put such a high price on your head.

Nothing.

Nothing they can hang me for.

Sure, I killed the man. They probably told you that.

Nobody told me nothing.

Well, it's true.

I killed the man.

Shot him dead.

There wasn't nobody else around, so he was in self-defense.

Somebody done in one of his kin.

I tried to tell him. I said, Miss, you're making a mistake.

But he wouldn't listen.

He just went for his gun. There wasn't nothing I could do but go for mine.

Well, the judge will believe that.

Yeah, he might believe me.

If I had a real good reputation, come from one of the finer families, had

somebody high up to vouch for me.

My folks was dirt poor.

Ever since my ma passed, they ain't been in one place long enough to make any

good friends or build up a reputation.

Oh, hell, I don't know.

I just keep wandering around looking for...

for somebody like her, I guess.

What do you see out there?

Just a tree.

A hanging tree?

There was this prisoner once.

He was just a boy.

Barely into his teens.

It puts me a lot in mind of you.

You're the only other prisoner who ever talked to me except you.

He killed a man, they said.

They hung him from that tree.

I couldn't bear to watch it.

I thought it was all over. I looked up.

He was still hanging there.

He was... Marvin.

The sheriff was out of town at the time.

So I used to come over in the evenings and talk to him and try to cheer him up.

Poor little boy.

He cried himself to sleep every night.

You broke my heart.

Sorry, I didn't... It's just you put me in...

You want to see what he gave me?

I always keep it with me.

He was so like my own.

And he played?

Only the tune he taught me.

Let me hear it.

Oh, I never played it for anybody. I just...

Got some of it.

Got a pretty tune, isn't it?

Never thought I'd be playing it for anybody.

Here, I've been talking to you more than I've talked in a long time.

What about you and the sheriff?

Don't you and he talk?

Yes, we talk.

He's busy with the jailhouse and all. Yeah, well, you sure got a soothing

voice.

Makes your body feel real good inside.

Funny thing is, when I was a young girl, I used to talk a lot.

Folks used to say, that Molly, she talks a blue streak.

When the boys had come to call, I never was at a loss for words like some of the

girls were.

I guess I was just what you'd call a...

Good conversation, Lester.

You still are. I bet you had all the boys coming to call.

That's kind of pretty, Ben.

You still are.

I still got my pretty hair.

No, I mean it, Molly.

You're real pretty.

Well, it's getting dark.

Guess I better be getting on home before Marvin... before the sheriff comes in

from Cal Jodes.

Jimmy, don't fret about tomorrow.

The judge is bound to believe.

Not anybody can see.

You haven't got a main bone in your body.

This has been about the nicest day I ever spent.

We've been talking and...

I told you things I've never told anybody before, and you've been

listening and understanding.

Anybody can see you don't deserve to be hung.

Like that young boy he told me about didn't deserve to be hung.

Oh, Johnny, don't cry.

The only thing is, I'm falling because he's going to string me up tomorrow.

He's crying because of that.

It's on account of you.

Me?

These years, just wondering around.

It's like I finally got home.

Back at the bomb somewhere.

That's all they count on you.

All day long, it's been in the back of my mind.

As motherly as you are, you ain't even got any kids.

Just ain't been able to get off my mind, thought of us having a little boy.

She looked like you.

Oh, Johnny.

I could be just the two of us.

Just you and me and a couple of young'uns.

Get right out of here together and never come back.

Find ourselves a little place.

Molly, they're going to hang me tomorrow.

After that, it's going to be too late.

Oh, Johnny, I'd like to.

I've got a good mind to take that key out of that desk.

Do it for the both of us.

Please. I can't, Johnny.

There's my husband.

Oh, Molly, he ain't your husband.

It's just a name you give him.

Get right out of here with me.

And I'll show you what being a husband is.

Oh, Johnny, I can't.

I can't.

All my life I've been taught to obey the law.

I can't change that now, not for you, not for anyone. Molly.

I thought I'd wait up.

I thought we could talk.

We've got nothing to talk about.

Go on to sleep.

Remember when we made this picture, Marlon?

Not after we were married.

Remember what you said?

You said next year there'd be another picture.

And there'd be three of us.

You said I'd be holding a baby.

Go to sleep.

Maybe it's not too late for us to have a baby, Marvin.

Maybe I'm not too old.

I was talking to this squaw woman who cleans up down the saloon. She was

telling me about some herb that her people use and they get it... Stay away

from that squaw.

Keep your mouth shut about things that are private.

But, Marvin, if it works, if I could get... Give up, Molly.

Marvin. Turn down the lamp.

Are you gonna hang that boy at the jail?

You care whether Eliza dies. What's that to you?

Nothing. It's nothing to me, Marvin. It's just... He is so young, and I...

I was thinking, if we'd had a baby then, he'd be about that age,

wouldn't he?

You've been gabbing with my prisoner, haven't you?

Telling him how lonely it gets way out here.

No friends, nobody to talk to.

Is that kid going to be laughing at me tomorrow on account of you? No, Marvin,

he wouldn't laugh at anyone. He couldn't.

That bastard won't laugh when he starts swinging.

What do you know about the judge?

You read that telegraph, didn't you?

I'm going to learn you once and for all to stay out of my business. Keep your

big mouth shut around my prisoners.

Get some sleep in my own bed. I'll go where I can.

Go.

Johnny, oh, no, I can't keep up with you. You go so fast.

Can't we rest more often?

Johnny?

You asleep?

Yeah.

Tell me again about your ma, Johnny.

What's funny?

What you laughing at?

Woman, I ain't never had no ma.

Oh, Johnny, everybody's had a ma.

Well, some old sow gave me birth, that you're talking about.

But I never knew which one of them it was.

But, I mean, that that you told me back in Cactus.

How about your mother and the... Yeah, I had me a whole

house full of moths.

Ten of the greatest old whores you've ever seen.

The only one who gave me birth was dead.

I always thought I was a boss lady.

That damn Tim Wynn was sicker than flies.

Had a way all her own.

Always protecting each other.

Figured if Log found out which one of them let herself get bloated by a

customer, they'd run her out of town.

I longed for these all run out of town.

But more than 13th of time.

Then you haven't, really haven't had a mother.

Oh, Johnny, I'm sorry.

No wonder when you saw me, the thought of what you wanted your mother to be

came to life.

When I saw you, the only thing that came to life was the thought of getting out

of that goddamn jailhouse.

I was just using you to save my ass.

What are you doing?

Leave.

Like hell you are.

You're staying here.

They're going to be looking all over for me.

Especially if they're going to be watching the border.

So I've got to wait here until I can cross over.

Until they start forgetting.

Well, you don't need me.

I don't need somebody going to town for supplies, do I?

It ain't likely I can do that with my picture plastered all over hell, is it?

Besides that...

Where in the hell do you think you're gonna go?

You can't go back to Cactus.

Not after what you've done.

Come here.

Well, come in here.

You ain't much, but you're a hell of a lot better than nothing.

You think there are any Hopis still living here, Johnny?

Oh, Pat, you run them all off.

You sure?

I just told you, didn't I?

What are

you

doing?

I'm having me a bath.

So you're not gonna...

you

Hey.

Johnny, I thought you liked that tune. You told me back in Cactus you liked it.

Isn't anything you said back in Cactus true, Johnny?

For two weeks now, you've been asking me that.

And I'm going to tell you one more time.

No.

It was all lies and sweet talk.

All of it.

But, Johnny... God damn it, woman!

Just don't ask me again.

Johnny, it is.

That's an Indian all right.

The hell that old squaw's doing out here all alone.

Look, it's funny.

Looks like she's gonna have a baby.

Yeah.

I think she's sick.

You could be. But, Johnny, she's sick.

She's burning up, Johnny.

I need some water.

Get some water, quick!

You're not gonna have that baby here.

Come on.

You can't have a baby here.

Help me, Johnny.

It's a boy, Johnny.

It's a baby boy.

She keeps saying something. Johnny, do you understand her?

white man bought her off her people after she blew up with child

he kicked her out she finally got back to her people they didn't want her

neither count she was carrying a white man's kid

Well, that's it.

Will you come on? We gotta get out of here.

I wouldn't put a pass from Apache to come here looking for her.

You know, come on, I'm going without you.

You ain't planning on taking him with you, are you?

We ain't got enough food for the two of us, let alone some squalling brat.

Little John won't eat much.

I can't figure out what in the world she was doing down at the jailhouse in the

first place. I mean, that time of night.

I suppose your ma and everybody else is trying to figure that one.

Well? Oh, well, my ass, I know what she was doing down there.

It ain't nobody else's business.

Not damn right, Marvin.

Amen.

Oh, hell, Tom and Molly and me.

I had words that night. I said some things.

I ended up hurting her. I guess I hurt her pretty bad.

So she must have slipped out and went down to the jailhouse to talk, tell

somebody.

I don't know what I'd talk to with that Lawler fella.

That bastard Lawler took advantage of her.

Impressed as she was.

You know something, Tom?

I miss her.

I never thought I would.

But I miss her.

If you hadn't thrown my harmonica away, I could have played it to sleep.

Yeah, well, your harmonica playing ain't any better than your singing.

I wish I had some milk for him.

Baby's gotta have milk.

Isn't there someplace where we can get some?

We ain't far from Cerritos.

I was thinking maybe I'd send you in there tomorrow.

Not for milk.

The baby's got to eat, Johnny. Then you find something else for him to eat.

Milk wouldn't last an hour out here.

I wish I had the milk for him.

I read somewhere if a baby doesn't start out with his mother's milk, it turns out

like... Like me?

I didn't say that.

You were thinking it. Thinking maybe if I had myself a real maw, it turned out

to be something respectable.

Instead of hiding out from the law?

Man's got to have love, Johnny.

You're all like... Every one of you.

Always trying to change a man.

Bet there has never been one that's loved you and stayed with you like I

have.

I bet.

I know what you said back in Cactus wasn't true.

But the way you said it... Like you wanted it to be true.

Like you really wished you had a mother that favored me.

Oh, God damn it, woman, you stink. Oh, Johnny.

We had some water back there. Why in the hell didn't you use it?

Pray maybe I'd look?

Pray maybe I'd get a good peek of you sitting there naked in that water?

Let's get a little peek right now. Now, Johnny, stop that. Now, don't do that!

Wait a minute!

Johnny! The water we come to, I'm putting you in. Oh, Johnny, stop!

I sure wish we could stop someplace long enough to get him some milk.

You know, that stuff I bought in Surreal's is almost gone.

Little Johnny eats the corn mush and oatmeal as fast as I can fix it.

You know, we hadn't in the last Christmas one of these days.

Johnny?

When you go across the border, you're taking me with you, aren't you?

Tell her to leave him alone.

Tell her to put Little John down.

Put him down.

Put him down!

She's only got half a nose.

Sally Apache punished her woman for cheating on a man.

She was pulling at my hair. Will you tell her to stop?

Shut up. She won't hurt you.

She's cutting off my hair.

You're going to have the whole damn camp in here now. Shut up.

Wait a

minute. I've got to get the baby. I've got to get little John. Part of the

bargain. I'm not going without him. I'm not going without him.

All right. Stay for a little bastard.

Get me the baby.

Oh,

baby!

Give me nothing you can do.

How about a bite of old Noah?

Wish you hadn't cut up Noah that way.

Woman, that mangy nag ears wasn't no good anyway.

At least dropped right off Monday, didn't he?

You should have helped me bury Noah, Johnny.

I can't get the picture of them all cut up out of my mind.

Damn thing didn't even taste no good.

You shouldn't have let that squaw cut my hair, Johnny.

You're lucky as hell that squaw didn't cut more off you than that hair.

Too damn hot with that stuff hanging on your back anyway.

Can't we rest a while?

I'm thirsty.

Get off.

I said get off!

Thank you.

You just get right inside like this.

Doesn't anybody live here?

Tell me again what I'm supposed to do when I get to Las Cruces, Johnny.

I already told you three times, ain't I? Well, I want to make sure I don't want

to do anything wrong.

Just do what I told you and don't talk to nobody and nothing will go wrong.

I'm sure I can find Las Cruces.

What if I get lost?

Damn it, woman, I already told you that too, now, ain't I?

I said I'm going to leave you halfway.

You be sure and take care of little Johnny while I'm gone.

Make sure he doesn't get hungry, okay?

Yeah, I'll take care of him.

Thank you.

Get out of here! Dammit! Shut that door!

Dolly?

I'm looking for Dolly Winward.

Who wants me?

I ain't got all day. Now, come on. I gotta get back to the store.

Hold your horses.

What do you want?

I'm carrying a message for you.

You've got a message for me?

From who?

Johnny. Laura.

What's going on?

Why don't you suit up and get the hell out of here?

Oh, Johnny.

Johnny.

Do you love me Johnny?

Do you love me?

Please don't leave me.

God damn it, Johnny. What are you doing with that other woman?

She ain't even as pretty as I am.

I need that gal to get me across the border.

Ain't nobody inspect a man's toting an old bagwife like that in a kid.

Well, what are you gonna do with her?

Well... After that, she'll just be on her own.

John, I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy

Spirit. Amen.

May God bless and preserve and keep thee as his own this day and forever.

What is the date, Mervyn? The 15th.

And the month?

August.

Get up. Get up.

Where

the

hell have you been? Johnny, the posse. They found us.

Get that horse inside.

He leads you out the other side.

See anything?

We better get mounted up. We gotta get across that border.

How were you this morning?

Went into town.

You talk to anybody?

Tell someone where I was?

No.

Maybe it was Dolly.

Not Dolly. She wouldn't do that.

You got any other ideas?

Took that Papoose with you, didn't you?

What for?

To have him baptized.

To what?

To have him baptized in case anything happened to him.

In case I hurt him, you mean?

That minister pours water on that kid. They gotta have a name, don't he?

Don't he?

What names you give him?

I said, what name did you give him? Yours!

Little Johnny Lawler.

You dumb bitch.

You let that goddamn posse ride to me, didn't you?

I didn't mean to.

The Reverend just asked me to write in the book.

I just wanted him baptized so... So the little bastard can go to heaven.

That's where he's going right now.

That goddamn Papoose has been nothing but trouble to us since the day that

squaw born him.

Now get him over here.

Goddamn it, woman! I said get him over here!

I tell you one more time.

Bring that son of a bitch here.

Now!

I loved you Johnny.

This is the body of Johnny Lawler.

He held me captive and forced me to escape with him.

This here's my baby.

I named Marvin.

Spud, you get on over and send a telegraph to Santa Fe.

You tell him I got Johnny Lawler's body here and I want my $2,000 reward.

Get. Yes, ma'am.