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I always thought I'd end up here first.

Last miss your hands up put them where we can see him

Teaspoon

said it was cagey

I wouldn't get too set on leaving if I was you.

It's a wise choice.

How's it going, boys?

Buck, take his gun very carefully.

Boys, take them on in and lock them up.

Well, Simon, you done good.

Did I?

Lots of lawmen been looking for him for a long time.

You ought to feel proud.

Maybe.

Did you know him?

I thought I did.

That sure is an ugly situation you got going on over there, Teaspoon.

That thing's big enough for target practice.

Maybe we ought to shoot it off.

Buck, you got anything constructive to offer?

You could try wrapping it in a bandage. You think that might cure it?

Well, I can't say, but we wouldn't have to look at it.

Teaspoon, you wanted to see us?

Yeah. Boys, step outside for a minute.

Not a word from either of you.

Jesse, stay clear of the cell.

Wood alcohol and horse linoleum.

Beg your pardon?

Ought to take care of your problem.

Thanks for the tip, Mills.

Don't talk to him.

So how many men you killed?

Since when is it our job to escort killers to their hangings? Since the

territorial governor ordered me and two men of my choosing to take them to Fort

Kearney. You and the kid are elected.

See what happens when you got such a big reputation?

Yeah, that's right, Cody.

But since I'm laid up like I am, you can go in my place.

See what happens when you got such a big mouth?

Boys, listen up.

Paul's been after Elias Mills for 20 years.

What'd he do?

Killed a lawman to his deputy. Some say he's done a lot worse since then.

Hard to believe he's lasted this long.

Well, I brought him in once, but he got free.

The boy's gonna have to watch him every step of the way.

I'm really looking forward to this.

I'll do it.

Sorry, Lou.

I already made my decision.

You're already sending me in that direction to pick up that pouch and

frag.

I'm... Look, Teaspoon, you're always saying that me being a girl don't make a

difference, right?

Yep.

Doesn't?

Nope.

So then I can go, right?

Cody, looks like you got your replacements.

Listen up, you three.

Mills is gonna be looking for an edge.

God help you if he gets it.

Fella ain't putting up much of a fight considering where we're taking him.

What'd you expect him to do?

Something other than whistle his life away.

Well, the odds aren't exactly in his favor.

Well, he's got nothing to lose by trying.

Maybe he's just picking his spot.

Could be. He's just tired of running.

Considering what Teaspoon said, you boys ought to be doing a lot less jawing and

a lot more watching.

Thank you, ma'am.

I'd appreciate the peace and quiet.

How'd you know?

In my experience people ain't always what they seem you want to know what I'm

talking about Hickok

Trails

washed out which way now Only try East that's no good.

Why not dead in you want to go south?

He says south, let's go east.

Suits me.

No hurry to get where I'm going.

How about that?

Okay, how'd you know?

Been here before.

Chased by a man I stopped for beating on a saloon girl.

It's a shame he didn't catch you.

He did.

Is your foot still bothering you?

What's it look like?

I rounded up some of that horse liniment and wood alcohol Elias was talking

about. Can't you forget about that stuff?

Just because the man's a killer doesn't mean he doesn't know how to take care of

his feet.

I don't know how to take care of them.

Marshall?

Yes,

how can I be? of service.

Us folks up in Cottonwood heard you caught yourself the notorious Elias

Mills.

Yeah. Should have seen it. Was a thing to behold.

So it is true.

Well, we were just all worried that maybe he was going to be headed up our

way. No need to concern yourself. He ain't even in town.

He's gone.

Where to?

Port Kearney for hanging with an armed guard.

So you ain't got nothing to worry about.

That is comforting.

I'm sorry I missed him.

Well, thank you, Marshal.

Anytime.

Try a corn pole or something.

Ain't you got someplace you got to be?

Not particularly.

You know, you really ought to try some of this horse liniment on that. Ow!

Couldn't hurt.

Let's see, that's one box rifle plus the two bags of pistol balls, uh, comes to

three dollars.

All this ammo, uh, planning on doing yourself some target practice?

A hundred.

Can't quite figure it out. You point us in the right direction back there.

Lily and me done enough running over the years.

No sense in making this trip any longer than it needs to be.

You're just trying to get on our good side is all.

How am I doing?

It ain't working.

This ought to hold you till you get back to Rock Creek.

What are you talking about?

I ain't a doctor, kid.

I need this tended to.

The time we spend worrying about you is time we ain't watching him.

Killed for a little dust with some golden.

Don't hardly seem worth a man's life, huh?

Lots of people die for the wrong reasons.

Bleeding to death because you want to stay with me is one of the worst I've

ever heard Hate to admit it kid, but he's right

There's no need to worry.

It'll make it back just fine.

Hey!

Don't even think about it. Just stretching my leg.

Well, how about stretching it back in this direction?

Think we'll be passing through Lone Tree Valley?

Yeah, sometime tomorrow.

Why?

Place is open.

Free.

Suit a woman like you.

What sort of woman is that?

Like the one I used to know.

It's time we moved on.

Be as tough as everybody says.

Things get exaggerated.

Always do.

Couldn't sleep.

Good night.

Jimmy.

I didn't hear you.

I'm looking for four riders.

One of them's in chains.

What do you want with them?

One of them aren't you.

I guess I'm headed in the right direction,

Elias.

Much obliged.

Looks like he's getting on your good side after all.

If he let that Ratner have his way, there'd be no side for him to get on.

Least we can do is give him a decent name.

I don't imagine you've had much time, what with being on the run and all.

I made a choice way back.

I've had to live with it ever since.

I like that song.

I thought the one you've been whistling was your favorite.

That one's kind of special.

I used to share it with someone.

The woman you said I remind you of?

What happened to her?

Trouble's always shadowed me.

It's just a matter of time till it caught up with her.

So you left?

Seemed like the right thing to do.

Is that how she felt?

Didn't wait around to ask.

Sounds to me like you should have.

You can get close to me.

Have a way of regretting it.

We got some unfinished business.

You owe me some gold dust.

Hold it!

Drop it.

Drop it!

Back

off.

Just give me an excuse.

Who? He shot Kidd. He ain't worth it.

I ought to know.

Let's get him to the marshal.

I'll go find him.

Seems awful quiet.

Guess you got him thinking.

Having your life saved isn't something that happens every day.

But it is on this trip.

I find it awful strange.

You putting your life on the line for two people taking you to be hanged?

What's so strange about it?

Don't make sense with all that we heard about you.

People like to talk.

The more they do, the further they stray from the truth.

Pretty soon the stories are dogging you worse than the law.

So about all you got left is which one's gonna get you first.

Can't sleep?

Jimmy?

You're thinking about him, aren't you?

Man's an outlaw.

Ain't much more to think about.

Yeah, there is, and you know it.

It's late.

Stay up if you want. I'm going to sleep.

When are you going to stop walking away?

When are you going to admit the truth?

What truth is that, Lou?

That when you look at a lass, it's like staring in a mirror 20 years from now?

That scares you to death?

I'm sorry.

I had no right saying that.

Yeah, you did.

I keep telling myself that that ain't gonna be me.

But all I see is myself heading down that same road.

It doesn't have to be that way.

I don't think it's gonna turn out any different.

People got their minds made up about it.

It doesn't matter what others think.

It matters what you think.

For what it's worth, though, I... I think you're a much better man than you

give yourself credit for.

Well, that's nice and tender and You

throw him them keys

What about Elias?

He's gone.

Well, it looks like Teaspoon was right.

Give Elias one second and he's gone.

Yeah.

Well, this ain't no use.

Probably miles away by now.

Lone Tree seemed to hold some interest for him.

Maybe we should start there.

This trip ain't turning out like it was supposed to, huh?

And it sure surprises, that's for sure.

I'll be fine.

You think it's all right, us leaving him back there like that?

Yeah, we'll tell the marshal and little tree where to find him.

He ain't going nowhere till then.

Jimmy, something else happened last night besides the last one.

Well, there ain't nothing to discuss, Lou.

We just weren't acting ourselves.

We can't just pretend like it didn't happen. Yes, we can. This ain't gonna

happen again.

Jimmy, someday someone special's gonna come along.

And you can't just treat her like she don't count for nothing.

There won't be no one, Lou.

Maybe I was wrong.

Maybe you're more like the last than I thought.

What kind of life do I have to offer?

Not being able to look into the future because I never know what's coming up

from behind.

What if you found someone who could live with it?

Why should I care for someone if it's just going to bring him pain?

Then you will end up like him.

Alone.

Alas, would have thought you'd be long gone by now.

Figure you can handle Gilmore.

Yeah, no thanks to you.

And who the hell is Gilmore?

Marshal.

Caught me ten years back.

Yeah, I heard you were caught once. So what?

Biggest day of Gilmore's life.

Until he celebrated with too much drink.

I got him in my cell and left him locked inside.

The town took away his badge.

And he's been chasing you ever since?

Don't know what hell's like, but that sounds pretty close.

Actually, I've always been grateful to him for handing me a chance to try life

different.

What do you mean?

Decided to try and steer clear of trouble.

Even held down honest worth.

Of course, I wasn't in any one place too long.

All right.

We've wasted enough time here. Let's get a move on. I can't.

Oh, we'd love to oblige you, but we just can't do that. You don't understand.

What's left to understand?

I can't leave without seeing my daughter.

I didn't know Caroline was with child until after I left.

By that time, trouble was already closing in on me.

Besides, she had met Simon, and he was a good man.

And he led Teaspoon to you.

He gave Caroline a good life, and he raised Laura as his own.

Now, Laura's full grown and married herself.

Figured it was time she had this.

There's a key in it to a deposit box.

It's $3,000, the only honest money I ever made.

I came to Rock Creek to give it to Caroline, but she'd already passed on.

I got no right to ask you a favor, but you gotta take this to her.

I couldn't? I don't want her to know who it's from.

She's never known about me.

It's as it should be.

Please, Lou.

I'm sorry.

It's not my place.

Hickok.

I'd be indebted to you, kid.

Some things you just can't run away from.

Go see your daughter.

Laura?

You startled me.

I'm sorry.

Do I know you?

We've never met.

I... I knew your mother.

I've got something for you.

Oh.

Oh, it's Mama.

Look how pretty she looks.

Open the bag.

That's a key to a box at the first security bank in Hastings.

The inheritance was to be Caroline's. Now it's yours.

I don't know what to say.

No need. Just take it.

You turned out to be a fine young woman.

Thank you.

Reed will be back from town soon.

Will you stay for supper?

I can't.

You raised yourself a nice family.

That'll help.

Sure you won't change your mind?

Well, who are you?

Who are you really?

Like I said, I'm a friend of your mother's.

You didn't tell her, did you?

Tell her what?

That her father's an outlaw.

I wouldn't hurt her that way.

We best keep this real official, right?

Alas... Hickok, I know what I come for. Let's get it over with.

Never imagined anything could be so beautiful.

Oh, you're a beautiful one too, girl.

And I'd appreciate it if on your way back through here you'd let Lily go.

She'd take to here, you know, fine.

Don't forget about me too quickly.

No, I can't figure a man like yourself gunning down three long.

It just don't make sense.

I killed them, all right.

Those deputies were horse thieves.

They tried to get me to hang in their place.

They deserve what they got. I haven't had a moment's thought about them since.

It ain't that simple, is it?

Well, Marshall showed up with him. I was forced to kill him, too.

Turns out he was an innocent man.

I've had to live with that every day since.

That's why you left Carolina?

Hardest thing I ever had to do.

Well, being on the run all these years, I can't imagine, was much easier.

Never got bored.

But you do get tired, awful tired.

Never know what sort of company you'll run across.

Yeah.

I want to thank you.

For what? For letting me, for getting me to go down that hill.

There may be hope for you yet, Hickok.

You wouldn't be an easy one.

What are you talking about?

You two.

I saw you by the fire the other night.

Oh.

That. You like him, don't you?

I don't know.

You'd be woman enough to match him.

Told you. Don't know if I feel that way.

Besides, there's others to consider.

Always are.

What were you two talking about?

Nothing.

Everything.

What the hell is he stopping for now?

Figured you had to come this way.

Why don't you just throw them guns in the dirt?

Now!

You seem surprised to see me, Elias.

Just noticing how old you've come to look.

Yeah, well, the years, they, uh... They've been hard on all of us.

You got no right to them.

My jail.

The bad years ain't good anymore.

They out of this, Hickok?

You listen to him, boy.

I already got cause not to be civil with you.

But I am trying to respect your badge.

Well, then you should let them go with us.

Everybody has to know they were wrong about me.

I'm taking them in myself.

I can't let you do that.

No, I don't suppose you will.

Okay.

Never wanted you killing nobody because of me.

Well, I'm gonna die anyway.

Well, then you'll die because of what you've done.

And not because of another man's pride.

I never expected I'd be burying you.

Jimmy, you know what I'm doing, kid?

You do?

Yeah, I've thought real hard on it.

This way you get a second chance.

Say you got loose one Gilmore jump this nobody will know He will

It's my choice no, it's not

You'd rather die everybody dies

Only difference is what you do till then