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Georgia. Alabama.

Louisiana.

Seven states have left.

Our precious union.

There's a storm headed this way.

And it's coming soon.

Hell, you people know it.

Some of you already suffer because of it.

But unless you sign with me and put your life on the line for these United

States, that suffering is going to get a whole lot worse.

That one's got a point.

A lot of people I know wouldn't agree with that sort of talk.

Well, if somebody don't agree on something pretty soon, talk is going to

be the least of our worries.

Who's going to be the first to sign up and defend this great country of ours?

I have two brave volunteers.

Go on home to your mama.

You got lives to live this man shouldn't take away from you.

Who the hell are you?

You signed my son up on your last recruiting trip.

Told him you was full of lies, but he didn't know better.

If he had, he never would have joined with the likes of you.

What are you running on about, mister? You took my boy away from me. Three

weeks later, you sent him home in a box.

One of the greatest things a man can do is die for his country.

He died in a border skirmish that should have never happened!

boy was only 13 years old man's age don't matter just his convictions

don't listen to him boys you'll be joining one of the finest groups of

fighting men

Let him go.

You already took one of your sons. Don't push him any further.

You stay out of this.

You're a real inspiration to these folks.

You're drawing on an unarmed man.

You start listening to cowards, this country don't have a chance.

Let's go.

I thought you were on his side.

I agree with the cause.

It's not the way he goes about it.

Hard day?

You hungry?

Too tired to eat.

Looks like that blacksmith is working you pretty hard.

Too hard.

Hard work builds character.

Just what this town needs, another character.

Teaspoon, I gotta get another job.

Well, what you got in mind?

I wanna be an express writer.

Oh, you do, huh?

You don't think I can do it? Well, I don't think you can do anything you set

your mind to, but the fact is, Russell Majors and Waddell have set an age

requirement, and you ain't quite there yet.

So lie.

I don't cotton to lying.

Well, you weren't in too much of a hurry to tell him the truth about Lou.

Well, that's different.

She's ready.

I'm ready, Teaspoon.

Believe me, I'm ready.

Son.

Why are you in such an all fired hurry all the time?

Because I want to do something important.

Something I can do for you?

Quinn. What?

Quinn. Quinn Ellis. That's my name.

Oh, I'm... Dixon. Noah Dixon. You're an express rider?

Yeah.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

So? So, I really thought it was great the way you put that Libra and fella in

his place yesterday.

I didn't do all that much.

Should have done more.

Look, uh... Quinn? Quinn Ellis?

Yeah, right, right.

Felt like Lee Brandt just needs his attitude adjusted.

Violence never solved anything.

Quinn! Quinn Ellis!

That's you, right?

Quinn? That's my sister.

Quinn Ellis, where's that soap I sent you to get?

Soap. Soap. Soap.

Right, soap!

Yeah, I was on my way to get it when... Well, you see.

When... I'll go get that song.

I'm afraid I'm to blame, Miss C.

Quinn and I... Well,

he sort of started talking, and... With you and the rest of the town.

Signs don't make no difference whose fault it was. Fact is, there's a job to

be done, and he wasn't doing it.

Her name's Cassie.

Cassie Ellis.

Mm-hmm.

Works in the laundry. Her brother helps out.

Now, him I met.

Well, the two of them are inseparable.

From what I hear, she raised the boy herself.

You seem mighty interested in this Cassie Ellis.

Well, ain't nothing wrong with being interested.

No, nothing at all. Of course, you may want to ask her some of these questions

instead of me.

Ten cents, that's double last week's price.

Well, new owner ain't interested in making friends.

Ain't friends I'm interested in.

Couldn't be.

He's a thousand miles away.

I know that, and you know that.

But it looks like somebody forgot to tell him.

Mr. Tompkins, what are you doing here?

I'm running my new store.

You know, you folks had the right idea of leaving Sweetwater and coming over

here where the action is.

And with all that talk about the war, McCoy's widow was anxious to sell this

store. And you know, I'm always willing to help a needy individual.

You mean fleece a needy individual.

Oh, I can't deny I did get a bit of a deal.

But a man's got to eat.

Not at these prices.

Are you doing your best to get in my way?

Well, as long as you're here.

Maybe you ought to make yourself useful and fetch me a cup of all that whiskey

over there.

I don't work here.

I'll get that for you, Sergeant.

No, I want the boy here to do it.

He owes me for what he did yesterday.

I owe this town an apology for not finishing it yesterday.

Noah. You want a piece of me, don't you, boy?

I wouldn't dirty my hands.

Yeah, I'm gonna finish talking to you.

I'll let you know when you... I don't want no part of this in my store.

Rachel, just leave that list, and I'll see everything you need is brought over

later.

Come on, Noah.

Come on.

You were better than this.

I always thought I did.

Cassie.

Hi. I'm Noah Dixon.

We didn't get properly introduced yesterday.

I know who you are.

Quinn hasn't stopped talking about you.

I can imagine.

Yeah, he tends to go on, but he's a good kid.

Seen each other through a lot of bad times.

Is there something I can help you with?

Well, I ain't been in town long, and...

I don't know many folks.

I was wondering if maybe you might have some time to show me around.

I got more than I can handle, and with taking care of Quinn and all... Well,

you could ask him to come with.

Wouldn't be any lack of conversation.

So this is where you run to.

I don't run from nothing.

What's the matter?

That white trash wouldn't put up with you? So you headed back to your own

kind?

I don't like you.

And you don't like me.

Things would be a whole lot better around here if you and me just went our

separate ways.

Anxious for me to leave, huh?

If she's giving away for free, maybe I ought to get in line.

Go on back inside.

If you ever come near her again, so help me, I'll kill you!

This is what the winner looks like. I'd hate to see what the loser looks like.

Come on.

No, he couldn't feel any worse than I do.

Well, I guess it's inevitable, the two of you mixing it up like that.

I'd feel a whole lot better about it if I felt like it was the end of it.

A fella like Lieber, he ain't gonna be happy till one of us is dead.

Rachel?

Hello, Cassie.

Quinn. Miss Rachel?

Came to see how Noah's doing.

I brought you your hat.

Thanks.

I guess you got around to asking those questions after all.

Maybe Quinn would like to come over to the barn and see our new foal.

Who wants to see horses?

I want to hear about the fight.

Quinn?

All right.

Did you see it?

Hey,

you can't fault the kid's enthusiasm.

It's been like that since he was a baby.

It's been some trying times raising him.

I can't imagine anybody could have done a good as job as you.

Well, don't want to wear you out.

You got to get your rest.

You don't have to be going now, do you?

Well, I got half of yesterday's work to do, and it's practically tomorrow.

Besides, I just wanted to see how you were doing.

And say thanks.

Well, the least I could do is stick up for you.

It's not worth it.

Well, why not?

Because I'm not worth it.

The whole town's talking about you.

Let them talk.

It don't matter to me.

I would if you heard what Libran was saying.

What he says matters least of all.

Where you headed?

Just gotta set some things straight.

Sergeant Lieberman.

Noah, what are you doing up so early?

We still have some things to talk about.

I set out to talk to you last night, but I thought it best I sleep on it.

But I thought we... Look, I don't know you very well, but you have to let me

talk to you.

Noah, things are a lot more complicated than you think.

Sometimes things are a lot simpler with two.

Noah. Teaspoon's looking for you.

Well, can't it wait?

Lieber instead.

How?

Stabbed in the back.

Jesse found him in an alley.

Any idea who did it?

I was hoping you could help me out on that one.

What are you saying, Teaspoon?

Noah, I ain't accusing you of nothing, but you ought to know a lot of people

are. Why? Just because I had a fight with him?

Half the town wanted to see him dead. Problem is, the other half heard you say

it in the middle of the street.

Son, I'm trying to figure this out.

There's got to be something I can do to help this fool.

Best thing you can do is go back to the station and stay out of sight.

I ain't one to duck trouble. I don't like this any better than you do, but

the way things are in this town, people are just looking for an excuse to get

all riled up.

I don't want you to be it.

All I saw was Noah and Liebrent fighting.

Of course, I did hear the boys say he wanted to kill him.

But what the hell? A man can't be responsible for everything he says.

Tompkins, he sure ain't changed much.

Well, when I find something that works, I stick with it.

Where are we going now?

We? I thought you were supposed to be working.

Well, I got off early.

Wanted to give you a hand.

Doing what?

Finding Lieberman's murderer. Got a lot of ideas. I'm sure you do.

I've been asking around.

What have you been asking?

Questions. Lots of them. Seems everybody in town's talking about the murder.

Finding out who did it's a real important thing.

Oh, so that's what this is all about.

Yep.

What?

You doing something important.

That obvious, huh?

I can't believe anyone would think Noah's a murderer.

From what I hear, no one's given him a chance.

It ain't gonna matter much if they find out. We don't know where he went last

night. I went for a walk.

I guess a man my color ain't allowed to do that around here, huh?

You know it ain't like that, Noah. The hell I don't. Teaspoon want me to hole

up here like a gaged animal.

Teaspoon's got your best interest at heart.

Oh, that's easy for you to say.

Because you ain't colored, and you ain't accused of killing a white man.

Is your sister around?

Uh, she's kind of busy at the moment.

Yeah, well, I really need to talk to her.

Well, now's not the right time, Noah.

Noah!

Cassie.

Look, I know you don't want to talk to me.

Well, who told you that?

Quinn!

Inside.

But Cassie!

Now.

He's always been overprotective.

I've got to pick up some laundry. If you want to come with me, we can talk then.

Okay.

Folks around here are about ready to measure my neck for a noose.

Even my friends are looking at me different.

Don't know how much trouble you're in, do you?

No, I can handle it.

Still, it ain't easy talking to them.

But you're talking to me.

I know.

Don't make sense.

You said it yourself. You hardly know me.

Maybe that's what makes it easier.

What you should be doing is getting yourself out of town. I ain't just out

to run. Besides, there's so much I want to tell you.

I don't think that's a wise idea.

Anyway, I gotta get back to work. Cassie, if I thought you were walking

away from me, it's what you really wanted.

I'd let you do it.

But I don't.

I'll come by tomorrow after you're done working. We'll go for a ride. Put some

distance between us and this town.

No, I don't think that... Just think about it, okay?

All right.

I'll think about it.

Saloon owner said Liebrandt stumbled out of there sometime after midnight.

He was the last person to see him alive.

I appreciate it, Cody.

Marshal Hunter?

That's right.

Colonel Edwin Sawyer, assistant to the adjutant general.

I'm here to apprehend the killer of Sergeant Liebrandt.

Well, since we find him, we'll turn him over to you.

Marshal, I know you have your job to do. I have mine.

The fact is, we're both looking for the same man. I see no reason to step on

each other's toes while we're looking.

Agreed. Seems like an awful lot of trouble to go through for a man like

Liebren. I knew Liebren, and I didn't like him any better than the next

person. He was mean, he was ornery, but he was a hell of a soldier.

And right now, this country can't afford to lose anyone who's willing to fight

for it.

Colonel, I understand what you're saying.

And you also understand that I have a murderer to find, and I'm not going to

stop until I do.

And when I do, he's going to hang.

You look beautiful.

I ain't used to thinking about myself that way.

You ought to get in the habit.

You really think this is a good idea?

That's the one I've had in weeks.

I don't know.

That Colonel Sawyer's been asking questions all over town.

All he's hearing is about how you and Liebman got into it.

Yeah, I can't stop people from talking.

Man's gonna turn Rock Creek upside down till he comes up with someone Just don't

want it to be you

Mr.

Walker, I know you I'm Jesse James.

So?

Well, I'm trying to help Marshall Hunter find Lebron's killer.

I told that army fellow everything I know.

Did you tell Sawyer about what Lebron did to your son?

I don't see how that's any concern of his.

Or yours.

But... Jesse!

Over there, young man, right now.

Now!

I apologize, Carl.

Sometimes that boy just gets out of line.

Matter of fact, I've been meaning to talk to you myself.

About what?

I heard about what happened between you and Liebrandt.

Marshal, I'll save you the trouble.

I didn't kill Liebrandt.

If you're colored right or dead, I'll be the first to buy him a drink.

The man died here. Like it or not, I've got to find out who did it.

I ain't shedding a tear for Liebrandt.

I've done all my grieving.

Already. Come on, man.

Come on.

I was just trying to help.

Son, you're so busy thinking about yourself, you don't care who you hurt on

the way.

You keep heading in that direction, you're going to be awful lonely when you

get there.

Finally touched your food.

Guess I wasn't that hungry.

Opening the company.

Of course not.

I just can't stop thinking about what's going on back in town.

Well, I thought that's why we came out here, Cassie, to get our minds off all

that. I can't.

And I don't see how you can either.

If I were you, I'd be a hundred miles away by now.

That colonel is not going to find one thing to tie me in with killing me.

I have seen his kind before. They get what they want, no matter what it takes.

My town was filled with men like that.

What town was that?

It's not important.

Well, it is to me.

I don't know anything about you, Cassie.

And I'd really like to.

Me and Quinn was born in a plantation outside Baton Rouge.

Stayed till I was 12, when suddenly Mama got us out of there.

They track you down?

Made it to Kansas.

But then Mama got sick.

The trip took its toll on her.

As she was dying, she told me that my daddy was the master's son.

He used to get drunk at night.

and have his way with the slave women.

When Mama saw his eyes turn in my direction, she knew it was time to get

us out of there.

She died making sure what happened to her didn't happen to me.

Have you seen Noah?

Who wants to know?

When I was Tom Cassie's brother?

I know they were gone.

All right, look, they went to Willow Bluff, and they should have been back

hours ago.

Look, you're asking the wrong person. Nobody wants to tell me anything.

I can see why.

I've got nothing else to tell you except I know you're on the wrong track.

I still haven't found anyone who was with Dixon on the night of the murder.

We also haven't found anyone who saw him with Lieber. Something wrong, Colonel?

Listen, I understand you express riders are very attached to the boy, but that

doesn't change the fact that Noah Dixon is most likely the person I'm looking

for. Well, then you ain't looked hard enough.

You're right.

So I'm gonna look now where I should have looked in the first place.

You got no right to do this.

With all due respect, ma'am, I do have the right.

It's his brother.

Rayshaw and Flavor don't got no choice.

Territorial governor ordered me to cooperate with the colonel as much as

possible. Which one is Dixon's bum?

That one.

What do you

expect to find?

I don't expect to find anything, but I'm gonna look.

Well, you're wasting your time.

Am I?

E.L.

Earl Lieber.

Somebody must have put that in there.

Get the rest of the men. Find Noah Dixon.

I'm really glad I came with you this afternoon.

Got a feeling things might be looking up.

Noah!

Noah, you gotta get out of here.

Why? What's wrong, Cody?

Sawyer ain't gonna listen to reason and we ain't got time for a discussion, that

kid. He's right. You have to.

Cassie, I... It'd kill me to see you in jail. You gotta go.

Do it for me

Hold

your

fire I wouldn't go no further Colonel Sawyer. You will regret this maybe so

had no right to shoot at noah he was fleeing from an officer of the united

states government who had ordered him not to resist did he draw on you no but

he did that man's locked up he ain't gonna do you a lot of harm the harm is

done so from now on i don't want to see you or your writers and if i do

these cells are going to be very crowded

And whatever you do, stay clear of Sawyer's men.

He has a frame of mind to catch you looking for Noah.

What do we do if we find him?

Lay low and let me know where you are.

Maybe by then I can figure a way out of this mess.

We'll do our best.

Right safe, Jimmy.

Guess you ain't talking to me, huh?

Just you ain't interested in what I got to say.

Oh, it ain't that.

Just that I'm so busy thinking about how to help Noah.

Matter of fact, you ought to be thinking that way, too.

Noah! Jesse, how'd you find him?

Lucky guess.

I figured you might need this stuff.

How you doing?

About as well as can be expected.

Whole town's still looking for me.

Ever since Sawyer found Libran's watch in your trunk.

I didn't put it there.

I know that, Noah.

Maybe if Teaspoon finds out who did it, you can come back home.

How's Teaspoon bearing up?

He's doing fine.

Though I ain't been much help to him.

Yeah, well, none of us have.

You know, sometimes Teaspoon really makes me mad.

And what really gets me is he's usually right.

More often than not.

Appreciate you bringing me this stuff.

Still can't figure out how you knew to come here, though.

Quentin was waiting outside the bunkhouse for you and Cassie.

Said you'd gone to Willow Bluff.

Figured it was worth a try.

Wait a minute.

Quentin was waiting for us at the bunkhouse?

Yeah, what's wrong with that?

Everything.

You shouldn't be here, Noah.

Everyone's looking for you. I ain't the one they ought to be looking for, am I?

You killed Lieberman, didn't you?

What are you, crazy?

I know you were at the bunkhouse.

What are you talking about? Jesse saw you there.

You're the one who put Lieberman's watch in my trunk, ain't you?

Ain't you?

I had to!

Why'd you try to blame me?

Mr. Cassie.

Cassie?

Don't you see she's the only thing I've got?

You didn't kill him, did you?

No.

I did.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I tried everything.

Don't let him take her away from you, please.

Please don't let him take her away. Quinn.

Quinn.

There's some things, Noah, and I need to talk about.

No! No!

No!

We have to, baby.

Please.

Quinn, you just wait out here for us.

Everything's going to be all right, isn't it?

Isn't it?

It was a long day.

And I was working very late.

I was just about finished when Liebrandt showed up.

He was drunk and had his mind on one thing.

I guess he thought having me was the best way to get back at you.

I tried to fight him, but he was too strong.

He forced himself on me.

All I could see was Mama.

She died trying to save me from this.

And I wasn't going to let it happen.

I got my hands on some scissors.

I didn't think twice about it.

Quinn came out right after I killed him and helped me get rid of the body.

I didn't know about him taking the watch until I heard him tell you.

He really loves you.

If I had known what Lee Brent did to you, I'd have killed him myself.

What are you going to do?

You know what I'm doing, Teaspoon.

I hear you've been looking for me.

Noah Dixon, you're under arrest for the murder of Sergeant Earl Liebrandt.

Your gun, please.

Wait!

Noah didn't kill that man.

I did.

Cassie.

Show him what he did to you.

Go on, Cassie.

You have to.

Lebron did that?

And worse.

Colonel, you put this girl on trial, a whole lot of folks are gonna know what

kind of man Lebron was.

That ain't the image the armor's looking for, is it?

No trial necessary.

This young lady's been through one already.

You ready to move?

Yes, sir.

Ready?

We're all done here, folks.

Go on home.

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