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It's the road to Rock Creek, boy.

Leap on the job.

Morning, Mr.

Dibble.

Tompkins.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

You know who that is, Marshal?

I locked him up a couple times.

Why? Teaspoon, I just rode in from Cottonwood. Now, Randall's there, and

he's headed this way.

I see. I suppose there's something you want me to do about it. That is your

job, isn't it? If he breaks the law, it is. If he breaks the law.

Mr. Devil.

I got here a piece of paper come a couple of weeks ago.

Something called a court order.

Got a lot of fancy words on it, but what it boils down to is when Randall broke

out of jail, he crossed in the territories, found himself a lawyer, and

got his conviction overturned.

Which means what exactly?

Which means exactly that Mr. Jared Randall is a free man. What?

This bounty ain't legal.

Pete, Randall's a killer. I know that, but the law don't quite say it that way.

Listen, Marshal, it was my brother's testimony two years ago that got Randall

convicted. And you figure he's coming back here to even the score?

Well, he swore he would.

Does Marty know?

How's he taking it?

All right, I guess.

But you know, Ma, she's worried sick.

The minute she heard, she wanted to pack up and leave town.

Well, since Randall...

I don't blame her.

I'll tell you what.

I'll talk to Marty.

Get him to lay low for a while.

I'll make sure that someone keeps an eye on him.

Marshal, what if you never received that court order overturning Randall's

conviction?

Well, then, I guess he'd be fair game, wouldn't he?

So, Jimmy, will you do it? Oh, Lou, it depends.

I've never given no brides away before.

What do I do?

Well, um, I think you want me down the aisle.

Yeah?

And then?

The preacher asks who's given the bride away, and you say, that's me.

And that's it?

That's it.

Sure, I guess I can do that.

Good.

Now that's settled.

Teaspoon?

We've been giving this a lot of thought, and... Well, we'd... We'd like you to...

You know, perform the ceremony.

Who, me?

It wouldn't feel right having anyone else.

Well, uh...

Suppose I could.

Dearly beloved.

I always liked that part.

Thanks, Teaspoon.

Teaspoon.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

That wouldn't have anything to do with that package that came yesterday, now

would it?

You know me pretty good, don't you?

Who is it from?

Polly, my third wife.

Only one that ever broke my heart.

How long's it been?

24 years.

What happened, if you don't mind my asking?

I was deputy U.S. Marshal in Austin.

Aside from the Army, it was the first job I ever had on the right side of the

law.

New to me, I took myself real serious.

Had to be away a lot.

May of 37, I come back after taking six months to track down a bushwhacker.

While he was gone.

Run off with a friend of mine.

Well, what'd you do?

Yeah, I got real good and drunk.

Swore I'd shoot them both.

After a while, I realized it wasn't anybody's fault.

Probably was too much of a woman to be left alone, sit around waiting,

wondering if I was dead or alive.

Did she say why she was coming?

Nope.

I'm gonna go spell buck.

Why don't you go on home, Buck?

Henry here's not gonna hurt me.

Because if he does, I'll shoot him. In fact, I'm gonna shoot you if you don't

give me some room to breathe.

It's not you I'm scared of. It's that mother of yours.

Look, Buck, I appreciate what the Marshal's trying to do, but it probably

wasn't Randall Mr.

Tompkins saw anyway.

You're probably right.

Marty, listen.

When I give the word...

I want you to get up nice and slow and go in the back room.

Whatever you do, don't look out front.

Randall, just do it.

Sorry, Buck.

Remember, you keep him in here.

You got no business here. Why don't you move on?

Stay out of this, Indian.

I got no quarrel with you.

Randall!

Well, if it ain't Teaspoon Hunter.

Still wearing a badge, too.

Don't know why you're here, and I'm here to tell you it ain't gonna happen. Not

in my town.

I don't know what you're talking about, Marshal.

Randall!

He's dead.

Merciful God.

Give me a gun.

What for?

He drew on me.

You don't understand, Randall. I ain't asking.

That's personal property.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

You're wasting your time, Hunter. You got no case against me.

You say I'm locking you up for your own sake. Yeah, well, you do what you want.

You can't hold me for good. You understand, Randall?

Up to three weeks ago, I could have shot you in the back and been $100 richer for

it. So don't tempt me.

I may forget what month it is.

Teaspoon, I heard about what happened.

Keep an eye on him, will you, Jimmy?

I gotta talk to Marty's people.

I don't think you'll have to go anywhere, Teaspoon.

Sam, please.

And you.

How could you do a thing like that?

How could you just stand there and watch them while they kill my son?

Why?

Albert, you best take her home.

Tough day, huh?

I keep thinking, if only... If only,

come on.

Only today's Randall's luck's gonna run out.

Just hope I'm there when it does.

You think Peterson's really got a case?

Randall don't even need a lawyer for this one. He could probably do it by

himself. Randall's a gunfighter, and if he called Marty out... Marty had to

drop, but don't matter.

Are you sure about that?

I wish to God I wasn't.

Hello,

teaspoon.

Luke?

Luke Murphy, is that you?

It's been a long time.

It has.

What you doing in these parts?

Can't be for no card game. Unless you're playing for the horse's feet instead of

the horse.

Truth be told, Teaspoon, I come to see you.

Hold on a minute.

Is that a territorial marshal's badge? What'd you do, marry the governor's

daughter?

Boys, Rachel, I'd like to meet an old friend of mine. Can I talk to you a

minute? Alone?

I don't believe I'm hearing this.

Now, the governor wants Randall convicted, Teaspoon.

He wants it a lot.

What got into you, Lute?

Times is different than when you and I started, Teaspoon.

Nowadays, they give a man a badge.

He's got to set a good example, do things right.

Lute, if I'm called to testify, I'm gonna tell the truth.

Which is?

The truth's the truth, Lute.

Whether the governor likes it or not.

I'll see you inside.

You should have killed him when you had the chance.

Well, I seen it was Randall, so I come across the street.

I had words with him.

And what happened next, Marshal Hunter?

Marty busted out a barbershop and yelled Randall's name.

I see.

And was he holding a gun?

Yeah,

he was holding

a gun.

Quiet! Quiet!

Quiet, please. Everybody be quiet. Really.

And was Mr. Hutchins aiming that gun at Mr. Randall?

No further questions, Your Honor.

Given the evidence presented to me at this time, I have no choice but to have

all charges against Jared Randall dismissed.

This hearing is adjourned.

Governor ain't gonna like this, V.C.

Well, then maybe he ought to take care of it himself.

Or is that why you're here?

V.C. and you.

And?

Oh, sugar lips.

Oh, my, it's been a long time.

Holly?

Well, is something the matter?

Well, no, no, no. It's just, uh... Well, how come I got older and you stayed the

same? Must be all that hard living, I guess.

Yeah, well, it does take it out of you, don't it?

Not you, silly, me.

Well, you sure are sight for sore eyes.

Uh, teaspoon.

Polly Hunter, this here is Jimmy and Rachel Noah Buck.

Pleased to meet you.

Polly here, my third wife.

And while I don't normally make comparisons, I have to admit, she is one

of the best.

One of the best?

How many were there?

Old Sugar Lips here has been married six times now.

Six times.

Yeah.

So tell me, did you ever manage to get it right?

Actually, no.

Come to the conclusion it can't be done.

Teaspoon.

Why don't you get it right?

Something's wrong. What is it?

It's a long story, Mary.

Let's just say you couldn't pick a better time to come visit.

I'm not here to visit. I'm here to stay.

I bought the saloon.

So, Polly, how exactly did you and Teaspoon get together?

When I first laid eyes on Teaspoon Hunter, he was behind bars in my daddy's

jail in Austin. I said to myself right there and then, that's the man I'm going

to marry.

What was he in for?

You know, I don't quite remember, but if it wasn't one thing, it was another,

because he was real wild back then.

Really? Uh, Polly, how is that father of yours?

Got a letter from him a couple months back, said he was taking off the badge.

Never thought I'd live to see the day.

Well, neither did he.

Got himself killed first.

He was leading a posse after a couple of horse thieves.

Chased him into a box canyon.

You know, Daddy, he walked in there alone, unarmed.

Managed to talk them into giving themselves up till they stepped out

there and they saw that posse wasn't there for justice. It was there as a

lynching party.

The horse thieves ended up shooting him in the back.

while he was trying to protect him from his own posse.

That's the kind of man he was.

Look what it got him.

Polly's father was important to you, wasn't he?

If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be here today.

When I first rode into Austin, I was an angry young buck, real good with a gun.

He saw something in me, something I didn't see.

When I hadn't made him his deputy.

Of course, when I saw his daughter, it was either that or shoot me.

What was he like?

Then I have an ounce of fear.

I always look for the best in people. I always give people the benefit of the

doubt.

I guess you could say he's the kind of man I always wanted to be.

They don't make them like that anymore, Jimmy.

Yeah, they do.

There's trouble at the hotel. It's Randall.

Where is it?

Come on, darling.

Marshal Hunter, open up, Randolph! Shut up.

Is there something I can help you with, Marshal? Shut up and get your hands off

her. We're having ourselves a little hard.

Miss, did he do this to you?

Of course not.

She fell and hit her head.

Didn't you, darling? I told you to keep your mouth shut.

Did he?

No.

Now listen, miss.

If he hurts you, I can put him in jail.

Make sure you protect him.

Oh, yeah. He's real good at that, aren't you?

Cheese poop?

You're right, Jimmy.

This ain't the place.

Let's go, miss.

Party's over, Randall.

I sure hope you ain't thirsty, because I'm not gonna be open for a while. You

gonna work all night?

Well, I got a lot to do.

You ain't planning on fixing this place up all by your lonesome, are you?

Teaspoon, what is it you want?

Well, I was just taking a walk.

I could use some company.

Sorry, but I got a lot to handle here.

You know, I've been thinking I could, uh...

Round up a bunch of strong boys for help, maybe even tomorrow morning.

Can't afford to pay him.

Sixty days of sarsaparillas on the house.

Two weeks.

A month.

Guess I could stand a little breath of fresh air.

You know, I didn't even make his funeral.

I'm Miss Empty Spoon.

Maybe that is the reason that I'm here is that I want to be close to family.

Oh, I forgot No, I couldn't he wanted you to have it

Tell me something

you got a girl me My

heart can't take the aggravation

We'll see about that.

Excuse me, Marshal Hunter.

What do you want, Peterson?

I want you to stop harassing my client.

You're kidding, right?

Did you see what he did to her last night?

Well, she didn't press charges, did she?

No, she didn't.

Marshal, Mr. Randall was engaged in a private concern when you broke down his

door and threatened his life. And then later on, someone threw this through his

window.

You think I did this?

I'm taking the morning stage to Fort Kearney for a writ of injunction,

protecting my client from any further harassment from you or anyone in your

charge.

Good day.

Now, Mr. Peterson, you've got your rock.

Luke?

Morning, Luke.

You know anything about this? What is it?

Someone talked you through Randall's window last night.

Come on, Teaspoon. You know me better than that.

You know, I was bear hunting one time. Big old nasty thing.

Chased him into a cave.

I could have gone in there after him, but I figured, why take the risk?

So I waited till the wind was blowing just right, then I lit a little fire.

Wasn't more than a minute before he come charging out straight at me.

What'd you do?

I wore his coat for the next ten winters.

You huntin' Baron my time, Lou?

Knock, knock.

Is there something you want?

Well, it's a saloon, ain't it?

How about a drink?

We're closed.

Well, I'm thirsty.

There's water outside.

I hate that stuff.

Look, Randall, I know who you are, and you ain't welcome in here. Now get out.

Yeah, what are you gonna do? You gonna run out there and get your boyfriend,

huh? Get your hands off me.

All right, fine. Anything you say.

you do?

You get out.

All right, all right, all right, fine, fine.

Whatever you say.

Go.

I'm gonna see you again real soon.

Get out!

I like you.

No!

Oh, yeah.

all right son he's a lucky boy i could have killed him if i wanted

oh my god

albert it's gonna be all right ma'am get your hands off of my stuff

Rachel told me I might find you out here.

I heard what happened.

Mind if I join you?

I was kind of hoping on being alone.

One thing I've learned living as long and stupid as I have is that there's

always time for that.

Now, when it comes to getting what you really need, that's something else

again.

What might that be?

Shoulder to cry on.

Warm body to pass the night.

Friend to sit with and just do nothing at all.

Seems like every day more and more trouble.

I'm caught in the middle and there ain't nothing I can do about it.

Oh, it wasn't supposed to be like this.

Well, I remember Austin 20-some years ago, and it wasn't exactly peaceful.

Well, that was different.

And so were you.

Honey, you've put a lot of years into proving yourself, helping other people,

trying to live up to something.

Trouble is, it's a game you can't win.

Hell, I was born to the best. Look what happened to him.

Polly. Now just turn around. Go on, shut up.

Oh.

I remember them magic fingers.

Sure do take the years off, don't they?

A little lower.

You know, I never did like playing second fiddle to a piece of tin.

Polly.

You don't have to do a thing, Sugar Lips.

This one's on the house.

She knows what she's doing.

My inside business is good. I haven't had this much fun in a long time.

Has anybody seen Teaspoon? He said he was going to be here.

Well, you know, he's proud and all, and our people are in here.

I'm sure he'll be around sometime.

I told you before, you ain't welcome here. I just thought I'd come in for a

friendly little drink, ma'am.

The lady asked you to leave.

Now.

You know, a pretty little gal like yourself oughtn't run a place like this.

You never know what kind of trouble she's gonna run into, huh?

What a town!

Show's over, folks.

I wouldn't do that if I was you.

What are you going to do? You going to shoot me?

That ain't your style, Hunter.

Just drop it.

Good. Now take off your gun belt and toss it over there.

Whatever you say.

Ha ha.

Feel better?

Yeah.

A lot better.

Come with me.

I figured.

You know, aside from the food... Food just ain't a bad life, deputy.

So what are you gonna do when you finally get out?

You mean, am I going after Randall?

Mm-hmm.

Well, I don't know.

Maybe he'll come after me.

Teaspoon, if it were me in there instead of you, I know exactly what you'd say.

You'd ask me if killing Randall would make you feel any better.

Would it?

It's hard to say.

Looking forward to this.

is reinstating the bounty on Jared Randall.

$100, dead or alive, no questions asked.

First man that rides out of here looking for blood money

has to deal with me.

All right, now, if we're gonna mount a posse, we're gonna do it right, which

means I'm in charge.

It also means no bounty and no shoot until I say so, understand?

All right, we got to make this legal, so I'm going to have to deputize a lot of

you. Raise your right hand and repeat after me.

I state your name.

You saw what he done. Now, damn it, Jimmy, let me out of here.

So you can track him down and kill him? If I don't, they will.

Posse that large. Grendel, hear him coming a mile away.

When they leave, we'll go after them, and we'll bring them in alive if we can.

One way or the other, Randall's gonna die. Now, son, I'm asking you, please,

as a friend, unlock the damn door!

I'm sorry, T-Spring.

We can't do that.

It didn't cross.

It's not here.

Alright, let's split up.

Buck, you come with me.

You two try down three.

Careful.

Hi,

Teaspoon. I thought you might be hungry.

Rachel, there's something I want you to do for me. There's an extra key hidden

under that stove.

I want you to get it and bring it over to me.

Teaspan, you know I can't do that.

Why not?

Because Polly needs you more than you need revenge.

Rachel, if me and the boys had stopped you from going after the man who killed

your husband, you'd have found a way, wouldn't you?

This is different.

No, it ain't.

Someone's been through here.

Not long ago.

All right, let's just hope it keeps heading toward them hills.

It's a box canyon.

Come on.

Yeah.

How the hell did he get out?

It's his jail.

What are you doing here?

Putting an end to this once and for all.

Randolph!

We're taking him in alive, Teaspoon.

Hold it!

I appreciate what you're doing, boys.

But this ain't your fight.

Yeah, it is.

No, it ain't.

Randall! Randall, can you hear me? I want to talk to you!

About what?

Throw down your gun and come out so as I can see you.

After you, Hunter.

I'm taking you in, Randall.

Give yourself up. You got my word, you'll get a fair trial.

What for?

Any way you look at it, I'm a dead man.

You know, uh... I seen your lady friend last night.

Oh, yeah.

We had ourselves a real party.

Don't do it, Teaspoon.

Well, then I guess we got nothing to talk about.

I guess not.

Teaspoon!

Did what you had to, Teaspoon.

Get the horses.

I

guess

you got what you come for.

Yeah. Sorry things worked out this way, Teaspoon.

Me too.

You ever see a landslide, Luke?

Sure, why?

If a man's on the mountain and the rocks start slipping, he's got a choice.

He can either run and hide, or he can try to stop them.

Careful they don't roll you over.

I'll take that chance.

Nice seeing you.

Ain't she supposed to be in bed?

Coming here was a crazy idea, wasn't it?

Depends on what you mean by crazy.

Trying to make up for all my past mistakes.

I never could figure out how to do that.

You know, when I heard that Daddy died, something inside me changed.

All of a sudden, I felt real tired, you know?

I wanted to start over.

Why don't you stay around for a while? Give it a try.

You really mean that?

Yeah, I've been giving it some thought.

I know a bunch of strong boys. I could get them together and fix this place

back up in no time.

I can't afford to pay him.

Sixty days.

A month. Let's have Sparilla's on the house.

Deal.

Good. That's settled.

Now, uh...

You suppose a man could get a drink around here? The things that can be

arranged.