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to me which I do not understand. All I

know for certain is I am alive. How I

got here, who I am, I do not know. But I

must have seen [music] or done

something, something terrible. To be

buried alive, to be left for dead. I can

remember nothing of my life, my friends

or my enemies. But the key to [music] my

identity lies somewhere out there. I

will search until I find the man I was

and hope to be again.

I have recollections like parts of a

broken mirror. one as being on a

battlefield and falling into a shell

hole. There were two dying boys in the

mud, one from the north, one from the

south. As I lay there, one reached out

to the other, too hurt to move. The

other crawled a few painful feet until

they could lie close. Before the

shelling stopped, both were gone. They

never knew who won the battle.

Now neither do I.

I said, "Get away.

That's close enough, mister.

Just riding by.

Didn't know if you needed any help.

There's

>> nothing you can do. Had to drop onto the

wagon train.

Now we got some sickness. You best just

ride on.

Go on. When Luke tells me you ain't got

what we need,

good luck to you then.

Heat. Heat.

>> [music]

>> What's that?

>> [music]

[music]

[laughter]

>> I've got a full

>> I need more. [laughter]

>> I need more.

[laughter]

>> [music]

>> Omin. Look at this.

>> It's a regular motherload.

>> How much did you get from that cowboy?

>> The usual.

>> Well, how much did he have on it?

>> I don't know, Marcus.

now. All right.

>> How are we ever going to get out of here

if I can't get you to go for those

extras?

>> Marcus,

>> I'm going back to the big time. It

doesn't have to be Denver. It doesn't

have to be Houston, but it is some

place. Now, are you going to help me or

not?

>> Yes.

>> No, no, no. No hesitation, darling. The

kind of men who come in here, they

haven't even seen a woman 6 months. You

should be able to get those boys to give

you their mother's eyeballs, if you ask.

It's different here.

[sighs]

>> Maybe it's just you.

[screaming]

>> Hey, [screaming]

stop.

Let go.

>> Let her go. Son of a [ __ ]

>> Hey, she's mine. I paid for her. You

stay away.

[screaming and crying]

>> [laughter]

>> Damn thief.

>> He don't need Go inside. I'll take care

of Lily.

>> Only one grave. Yeah, the ground's still

mostly froze.

I wouldn't worry about that fell in

there, Miss Harmony.

Come judge him today, the Lord will be

able to sort him out.

>> Just put Lily's name on the marker in

case that damn fool had some relatives

or the laws looking for him or

something.

>> Let's get back in. Come on.

>> No, not now, Marcus.

>> What [snorts] do you think this is? Some

kind of damn holiday? That fella has got

money to spend. It stays here. We need

every dollar, especially now. Come on.

Let's go. Come on.

>> Afternoon,

Paddyy.

All school bad? I'm just hoping it's a

bruise.

>> Lucky you made it. Anybody tell you

about our play?

>> Hardly talked to anybody but him in the

last three days.

Well, we are kind of a comfort station.

Boys like yourself get to sleep in a big

soft bed and have a kitchen cooked hot

meal all for $5.

Now, last I heard the most expensive

hotel in Denver was 75. Supply and

demand, sir. Supply and demand. Not to

mention the extras that we provide that

even the finest hotels consider an

additional charge.

>> Why don't you come on in, mister? When

was the last time you were really warm?

>> That's right. Come on inside. I have a

cup of coffee.

>> Don't you worry about your horse. My man

take care of your horse.

>> Come on in, soldier. Take care of your

horse for you.

Come on inside. You like whiskey? Got a

little whiskey. Ty blend. How about

tobacco? I think we got a little tobacco

left. Smoke to you.

>> Come on, boy.

>> Spill some milk. Spill some blood. We

still got to eat

or be eaten.

Finish up now. I don't want you to think

you didn't get your money's worth.

>> Never bought stew by the barrel.

>> There you go. Forgetting all about all

those items that are not on the menu.

Now, you don't have a problem with

women, do you?

>> None that everybody else doesn't have.

>> Uh, no. U religious conundrums. I'm just

a fellow trying to make it through.

[clears throat]

>> Thank you.

>> Welcome. What's your name, son?

>> Lazarus.

>> Lazarus.

>> I guess that'd be Methusela.

>> Oh, don't you never mind him. Names

don't mean much around here. We uh we

understand that old trouble sometimes

needs a new handle.

>> It's nothing like firsthand experience.

>> I'm sure Mr. Lazarus would enjoy hearing

you speak on a number of pleasant

topics.

>> When one occurs to me, I'll let you

know.

>> Would you excuse us?

>> What is the matter with you?

>> I looked at your horse.

There's no swelling. He going to be all

right.

>> You sure?

>> Yeah. I'd give him a day off though.

>> This is not

>> No.

>> Is it?

>> No.

>> Seen die before. Get up.

>> It ain't your fight, son.

>> You saw a lot worse in New Orleans. You

saw a damn shot in Houston. You remember

Houston, don't you?

>> Yes.

>> Think you could go back in there and

MAKE NICE NOW.

>> MARCUS, PLEASE.

>> WELL, UH,

MR. for Lazarus. Is it?

>> Yes, ma'am.

>> Please call me Harmony. One thing about

the men around here is they all have

such nice manners.

>> Is that so?

>> Oh, yes. Back east. Just often the most

distinguished looking gentleman who is

the crudest behind closed doors

>> on a place with no gardens.

Wild Flower is special.

>> Indeed.

>> Indeed. Well, this is your lucky day,

sir. You probably haven't seen anyone as

beautiful as our Miss Harmony in a long

time.

>> I've been on the trail almost a week.

The only women I've seen were starving

pilgrims, more dead than alive.

>> Where was this?

>> About a day's ride from here. East.

>> They were on the move?

>> No. camp by a spring pond.

>> I'm sure Mr. Lazarus has better things

to talk about than road trash.

>> Well, then perhaps it's time he got to

it.

>> Fine.

>> Well,

let's go. Dinner's over, mister.

>> He's playing boots and saddles, son.

Time to do your duty.

>> [music]

>> I don't suppose you've managed to fall

in a river the last few days.

>> It's the high desert.

H see when they were passing out

shoulders you got in line twice.

>> I'll get my horse ready first flight.

I'll take that minor horse with me.

>> You going to sell it?

>> Well, it depends on what these folks got

to swap.

Lady, I'm like the fell who got shoved

and can't quite catch his balance ever

since I got here. That stops now.

You go any further, all you're going to

do is catch a chill.

>> That's a load off.

I tell you, I never needed a no-go so

bad.

I tell you what, mister. I am tempting

to put you in my will.

>> You're not upset because I don't win.

>> Hell no. This bed or that one? What do I

care? You're not the first. You won't be

the last.

It's got the best timing.

Well, I don't take any of this personal.

Men respond because of their needs,

[sighs] not because of a woman's looks.

>> You must have married young not to know

all of this.

>> It's been a while since I've seen

wallpaper like this.

>> Put it up myself.

Not bad for a first time. It's the same

pattern as a great house I grew up in.

Well, until I was 12.

My daddy died. Couldn't keep it. My

mother used to say, "God only gives you

the crosses you can bear."

Never heard it after we moved in with

her brother.

Boy, did he like me.

>> It's beautiful wallpaper.

>> It is, isn't it?

I wonder how many times I've counted

that pattern.

Wonder how many more to go.

>> You ever had a perfect moment, Phil? No

sir.

>> Moment where everything is just right.

Money, women, clothes,

powerful people calling you by name,

asking you for favors.

>> No sir. Nothing like that.

>> Well, you have that just once.

Even if it's just for one evening.

>> All you ever want to do is get it back.

Did he hurt you?

>> Not like you mean.

>> I saw bruises.

He was upset. Happens.

Never the face.

Not so pure he didn't look. Huh?

You know you don't have to stay here.

You ever watch a single leaf fall from a

tree?

How it flips over and over and back and

forth all the way down? That's me and

Marcus.

You just see one flip.

I see when he saved me off a

Galveastston dock. Stokers

found out what I was and took what they

wanted and pretty much canceled my

ticket.

Marcus

took me back to his place more dead than

alive.

Do you know what that's like?

Yes, I do.

>> And you know,

once you've been hurt that bad, it's

different.

>> There's a limit to gratitude.

>> But he loves me. Don't you see?

Even after I was well, he didn't make me

go back to work. I wanted to.

I've stuck by him.

He killed a judge over some gambling

debts in Houston. None of his big

friends would help him out.

Nobody else stayed around.

He knows that.

I know he does.

>> So now you're going to finance his

comeback.

>> It's just another flip saw.

>> What happens when the leaf hits the

ground?

You sure ain't no usual saddle bum.

Say that.

Must be them deep eyes.

[music]

Morning.

>> Morning.

>> No matter how quiet she is, a man always

wakes up to the sound of a woman

changing clothes. often

spend the night with someone and

you know you don't I mean nothing um

>> last we never talked about so many

things before. Usually I do the

listening.

>> Well, maybe you're more interesting than

you give yourself credit for.

>> Well, it's another work day. $5 to hang

around.

>> Maybe we could talk some more later.

>> I'll be here.

Oh yeah.

>> [music]

[laughter]

>> Sorry, Phil. Wait for you, we'd all

starve.

>> You'll get butt on your gown, Miss

Harmony.

>> What's the matter? You're losing your

nerve?

Living out here, got to do what needs to

be done, right?

>> That's true of a lot of things, Miss

Harmony.

>> We'll get by for a couple of days

without Marcus.

>> Longer if need be.

I'll do

>> you rode in here. Mean you have

something to say.

>> You uh you like this horse?

>> We could bought her.

>> Blow your head off. You coming in here

offering us what we can't afford.

>> Mister, you are a man who is getting

perilously close to making some

decisions which will mean people living

and people dying.

You've got a lot of mouths to feed here.

Not much to do it with.

Now, you can either ride that animal or

serve him up. I don't care which. All I

want is one of those extra mouths.

Go.

Good enough.

Yeah.

So

your name is

Ariel.

Just answer yes or no, sir.

>> Yes, sir.

>> And you are Howell?

>> I'll be 15 in May.

You like that coat?

>> Softest thing I ever felt.

>> Better in a raccoon's tail.

>> Tell me, Ariel,

do you know what a

sporting house is?

>> Not sure. Well, it is a wonderful,

wonderful place filled with music and

lights and

lots of beautiful ladies and handsome

gentlemen all having a marvelous fine

time and eating whatever they like.

>> Sounds like a fairy castle.

>> I'm too old to believe in that.

>> Oh, this one is real, Ariel.

And in just a few years time, you and I

will live in one together.

>> You're going to have to help me, aren't

you?

>> Can't my brothers and sisters come and

visit,

sir?

All right, we'll see.

You going to stay on tomorrow?

>> Just through the morning.

>> You know my horse isn't the only one

around here with bruises.

>> Mr. Gorman's still going to want to go

and rape.

Yeah, he seems a man determined to get

paid.

He is that

he ain't going to like you stirring up

this harmony.

>> Last I heard, slavery was finished.

>> All the same, you best be gone before he

comes back.

Man like you, man like Gorman.

Don't take much water to break that

down.

Never had storebought dress before. Not

new. Anyway, that man inside keeps your

daughter.

Honey, look at me. Stand right [music]

there. Don't you move.

Let's get on the horse. [music]

Did I do something wrong?

>> [music]

[music]

>> Is that someone you were fond of?

Nah, just another working girl.

>> Lazarus?

>> Yes.

>> Do you really think I could make it my

own way?

>> Why not?

During the war,

women found that they could run farms

and stores,

work with doctors.

They even said that

two women died fighting at the Battle of

Gettsburg.

>> I couldn't do any of those things.

>> You always hang wallpaper.

[music]

Come in.

I can't remember Marcus ever knocking

anywhere.

>> I wanted to say goodbye.

>> For a while there, it looked like you

were going to become a permanent

resident like me and Phil. You can

leave, too.

>> I can't.

>> Yes, you can. I watched you.

>> He'll come after me.

>> Won't matter.

>> Why? Because you say so.

>> The only reason he controls you is

because you think he does.

>> A man can't understand.

You know, I imagined this world like a

big forest. Just went on and on. Turns

out there's lots of rivers and canyons

that you can't see.

After a while,

you just want to lie down and listen to

the wind.

I wish the

I wish we'd met

when we both had clean slates.

Stay for supper. Give me an [music]

excuse to get dressed.

>> I'd like that.

What the hell is going on here?

>> Come in,

>> Harmony.

>> Can't work customers. I don't have

>> What about the strip? If

>> he doesn't want what I'm selling, what

can I do?

>> You promised never the face.

>> Shut up.

>> There are new posters out on me.

Apparently, they are not going to give

up. back in Houston. Some of these other

judges must decide to make a an example

of me. Well, to take money, I know them.

I bought a new girl. You'll teach her

the ropes. When the weather changes,

everything will be better.

Get dressed. Come down to dinner. I

don't open your mouth except to eat.

I've seen you before.

>> What's she doing here?

>> What do you think?

Miss Ariel,

soon to be the flower of the west.

>> So, you're Mr. Gorman's new friend.

>> Nice. He has someone his own age to play

with.

>> Don't make Ariel a real princess.

>> How does her mama and papa feel about

that?

My mama's dead.

Miss Era could make her own way in the

world. You like it here, don't you, Era?

>> It's a worm.

>> You see, I understand her better than

you do. When I was a boy, I worked in a

glass factory as a reject picker. Every

night, I went home with little shards of

glass in my fingertips. 12 years old,

everything I touched was pain. Tell me,

dear, have your duties been explained to

you?

>> Not now, Harmony.

>> Coffee.

>> See, Miss, we have meat every night.

Worst we ever have is leftovers. Now,

right, Phil?

>> Yep. Only complaints we have are people

who aren't hungry.

>> You have chicken on Sundays?

>> More often than that, if they ain't

producing

>> something for us all to remember.

>> Shut up and eat.

>> The lady's just trying to make supper

talk.

I'm just making the point that one's

stomach is not the area of concern

around here.

>> I'm not going to tell you again.

>> Mr. Gorman, for example, has problems

with his underdeveloped guts.

>> You try that again and I'll break your

hand.

>> You think this is your business?

Mhm.

>> Would you like a dress like this, Ariel?

Pretty dress to go with a pretty name.

You deserve a dress like this, honey. I

got this when I first went to work for

Mr. Gorman. He was so nice to me. He had

me begging him to go to work. Finally,

one warm spring evening, he came to me

and he said, "Darling, together you and

I can touch the stars. [laughter]

Take a good look from the porch, honey,

because you can't see nothing with your

face down in a pillow."

>> You weren't no slave in New Orleans.

>> You always were a cheap [ __ ] though.

The only thing I did was raise your

price. Harmony, you come with me. Ride

with me tonight.

Wait till you see this guy.

>> You just don't know how hard you're

pushing, do you, mister? You start over.

It's not that bad out there. You can

make it.

>> Harmony, you go in the other room now

and you go to bed. No one's going to

disturb you.

>> Please

get in there. Tomorrow morning,

everything will be back to normal.

I'll put another blanket on Lily's

on your bed. Still gets cold towards

morning.

>> You know that uh that night ride you

spoke of before? That still sounds like

a good idea. Soldier boy.

>> Phil, what do we got for after?

>> We got peach pie. That sounds good. Oh,

you know, even in the middle of winter,

nothing I like better than good, painful

service.

>> You said it, Mr. Lazarus. There is a

limit to gratitude.

I would like to leave now.

>> Well, you're going to push this all the

way, aren't you? Over a woman

>> and the girl.

Soldier glory. It's a little different

than mini balls with 100 paces in it.

>> [groaning and screaming]

>> This is my place.

>> [music]

>> It was our place.

>> I wondered where you were going to come

down on this.

>> You think I always serve pie with a

knife that big.

Hey, you don't worry. Find some place

nice for you.

>> Yes, sir. I believe you mean it.

You won't be needing that third horse.

>> Where is she?

Hard to move on. I know. Been doing it

my whole life.

How can I leave? You'll can't even catch

a chicken.

>> Doors wide open.

All you have to do is walk out.

>> Walking in dark places is how you get

hurt.

>> I don't believe that.

You have to deep ass. That's the way the

world is.

>> Maybe it'll be different for her.

You know, you only had a minute after

dinner.

Barely time to put on your coat, let

alone pack a suitcase.

How long were you planning to get me to

take care of Marcus for you?

>> You're always going to wonder about

that.

>> Listen, if you're thinking about me next

week, it's a mistake. I'm not worth it.

We'll never know, will we?

>> [music]

[music]

>> No need to touch that, cowboy.

Come over here. We got some counting to

do.

>> Do you know if she wanted it this way?

>> No more than she knew for sure.

Care for

Marcus never saw that. You're a smart

fella.

Not as smart as some

>> [music]