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- Good morning Mavera. - How are you this morning Billy?

Oh, I'm all right I guess, I'm just putting the displays out for Mr. Denke.

- That necklace is very pretty. - OH, yeah.

It'd look real good on you.

Right now I'd settle for a stage to get out of here.

But you've only been here three days, you really got to go?

That's why I'm starting work at the Frenchman's...

week's wages will buy that ticket.

I got to get over there Billy.

Easy, easy. Hey, easy now. Come on, simmer down.

Easy boy, come on now, simmer down, simmer down.

- Why, you darned fool. - I'm sorry.

I didn't tell them to fall down.

Alright, he, he is clumsy.

But we put up with him, you understand?

Yeah, I understand, like he said, he didn't tell them to fall down.

You got a decent place to eat around here in this dust hole?

Frenchman is across the street.

Mavera, she just started work there this morning.

- You tell her I sent you. - Thanks.

- Come on. - And treat her nice.

Nice fella.

You should be grateful I didn't let him hit you. Now go on, pick them up, pick them up.

Tight.

There. Now mademoiselle, you are a waitress.

Just like that. You could really change yourself that easy.

First customer, good luck mademoiselle.

Good morning.

We got eggs, beefsteak, potatoes, pancakes, sweet rolls, coffee, milk.

- That's fine. - What's fine?

All of it. Oh, you can leave off the milk.

I'll hang that up...

I'm sorry.

You know something ma'am? I haven't been in this town for five minutes.

5 minutes and already I've been almost dumped off my horse and now you want to drown me.

I can sure understand why you and that kid across the street are friends.

You hadn't walked in here like a small dust storm, it wouldn't have happened.

Boy, you're a hard-mouthed one, aren't you?

Maybe you'd just like to go out in the street and wrestle?

You touch me and I'll break this on your head.

Mavera, what talk is this? Your first customer and you want to hit him?

I am sorry monsieur, but she is nervous, you understand?

Sure, I understand, she's playing mud pies with that kid across the street.

- Mud pies? - Oh no monsieur, she's a sweet girl.

- Sweet? - Sweet.

She didn't mean monsieur, she didn't mean anything by it, she won't harm anyone.

Hey, how many men has she killed since she come in here?

Oh Monsieur, I swear you are the first one.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, I mean, she has hurt no one.

No monsieur, no.

- What's wrong here? - Nothing wrong.

We just talking.

- This man giving you trouble Douchette? - Well no, I...

- Maybe you better get out. - Look like the man said, it's no trouble.

I was just funning with him, eh?

Like I said, get out.

- You better take your hand off me mister... - Mr. Cogan...

There was no argument, the girl spilled water, a little accident.

No trouble, you see?

You wait on them, I will serve the gentleman.

- What time did you get in last night Jim? - Midnight.

What did the young Brocious boy do?

Curly Bill Brocious was his father, after he wandered...

through here, I found out who he was, trailed him and brought him back.

- What would you like? - Just coffee.

- Oh, here's Ed. - Morning Dad, Sis.

Ed, have some coffee.

Can't, got to hustle over to the telegraph office and run a check on the Brocious kid.

Oh, no hurry about that, sit down.

Well, the kid is in jail without charge, I figure there is a hurry.

- Decided to stay in town a while, eh? - A little while.

Fine.

Say, if Douchette has the prisoner's breakfast ready...

I'd appreciate it if you'd run it over for me.

- I'd be glad to. - Thanks.

- Well, see you later. - Just a minute son, I want to talk to you,

Be right back.

Jim, do you really think you should hold that...

young man just because his father was a criminal?

Evil begets evil, there's a line you cross it, you have to pay the penalty.

You have any proof that young Brocious crossed that line?

I've heard stories. And what I've heard is proof enough.

- No room for error? - Not for me.

You see, no man really knows right from wrong, that's why laws are invented.

I've lived by them all my life. It's the only way I can be sure of myself.

No matter what you think, I have to know I'm right.

Jim, I wonder what you would do if you found out I'd broken one of your laws.

- Have you? - I don't know,

I think I've done pretty much what I was supposed to.

Then that was a foolish question, wasn't it?

Aren't you hungry?

A good food.

Yeah but it sure is a lousy atmosphere.

You got a real pretty smile, that helps a little.

Then eat, eh?

You spend much time in jails?

You should ask if I spend much time out of jails.

- What're you in for this time? - Same as all the other times.

I got the wrong last name. See, my daddy was a real bad man.

And too many young bloods borrow his name when they're out raising Cain.

Cogan?

I mean, the marshal, how long will he hold you?

It's hard to tell, got a real bad case like none I've ever seen.

A case of what?

I call it blood hunger.

It eats away at a man's guts and it don't matter what side of the law he's on.

You don't understand what I'm talking about, do you?

I understand, more than you think.

Ruth...

there's a dance Saturday, might be good time to announce you and Jim's marriage date.

You seem a little impatient.

Well, you and Jim been on the fence quite a while now.

- Folks begin to wonder. - Is that bother you Father?

You're the prettiest girl hereabouts Ruth.

We're the most of everything, we're the leaders.

- And Jim is like us. - Is he like us Father?

Lately I look at him and I wonder and I'm afraid.

I don't understand, why should I let her go?

This is my town Douchette, I want it kept clean.

- For decent people. - Mr. Cogan Marshal.

- It make no sense to me, a nice girl. - Douchette...

Alright Mr.Cogan, if you think best.

That will take care of her stage fare out of town.

Yes.

- When you get here? - Three days ago.

Now that you've found me, what are you going to do about it?

I didn't find you Cogan.

When I came here and learned you were the marshal, I was sick inside.

All I could think of was to run before you got back.

Well, you better start running now.

If you've said anything against me to anybody in this town...

- I'll... - I haven't said anything and I won't.

But not because I'm afraid of you anymore.

I haven't got the stomach to talk about it out loud.

Mavera...

Mavera, can I see you a minute?

What is it Billy?

Well I, I got something for you.

I mean, if you like it.

Billy, it's beautiful.

- You really like it? - Yes, very much.

But you shouldn't have Billy, I don't think I...

- Please Mavera, I want you to have it. - Billy...

Where is it? Where is the necklace?

So you gave it to her already.

He took it right out of the case, just like he was a thief.

Mr. Denke, I was going to pay for it working in the store.

Here, I'll put it back.

- Oh, stupid, clumsy fool. - I'll fix it.

I'll fix it.

I'll string them together just like new.

- She tell you to take that necklace? - No.

No, I was asking her if she'd like to have it and...

And I was going to pay for it working for Mr. Denke.

I'll pay for it, how much is it worth?

- Well, five dollars. - Five dollars.

He told me he was going to show it to the girl Marshal.

- What's your name fella? - Dunson, Dave Dunson.

A little while ago I let you off easy.

Now I'm warning you, stay out of this.

You believe he took it? I mean, are you going to press charges?

Well, maybe he, he did talk to me about it.

I never listen to half of what he says.

Kind of looks like you got no case Marshal.

You're under arrest.

No.

No, I didn't steal it, I didn't...

you ain't going to lock me up.

Stop him Ed.

Let me go Ed.

That's enough, that's enough.

What's going on here?

Book both of them.

This one for attacking a federal officer, that one for theft.

What?

Do as I tell you, get going.

I'll be over in a little while.

- You can sign a complaint. - Well, maybe we can talk about it later.

I'll give you a choice.

Either be on the noon stage or I book you as Billy's accomplice.

If you're smart, you keep your mouth shut.

First it was the army uniform, now it's a badge.

Some day you'll make a mistake and stand all alone.

Alright Billy, in there.

Ed Mr.Cogan is made a bad mistake, because I'm no thief.

Now, you can talk to Mr. Denke and make him understand.

Alright Billy, I'll talk to him.

Alright, in there.

- You didn't have to do that. - He resisted arrest.

Resist? He could hardly stand up.

I could understand your methods when this town was wild and needed a rough hand.

But I don't understand this and I don't like it.

You don't have to like it. Besides, you're too inexperienced to understand.

I hope I never get enough experience to think like you.

Where you going?

Going over to the telegraph office...

see if we got an answer on the Brocious kid before you beat him half to death too.

- I've never been in a jail before. - Then this is an occasion.

They hurt you too?

You fought them when they tried to arrest you?

Maybe I did argue a little bit but not much.

I'm not much good at fighting.

If they come after me...

I usually accept an invitation to jail without too much fuss...

but maybe I'm a little bit tired of that now.

If he comes in here and tries to hurt you...

I just might be in my best to kill him.

Otto.

Sign it.

Marshal, you don't understand about Billy.

Because you've only been here one year. He's, he's lived here all of his life.

He had no papa, no mama.

We, we, everybody takes care of him.

He's simple, but he's not a criminal.

Not in here, in Prussia.

Sometimes men marched through the villages, they were the Kaiser's soldiers.

They were the law of the land, they liked to march.

Sometimes they dug their heels into the dirt and sometimes...

they marched through the grain fields.

And the next year...

some of them died because of lack of bread.

Sign it.

- Well, thought I'd be alone this time. - You will be.

- How was the trip? - Hot and dusty.

Better water the horses down before you take off.

After you've delivered this money to my branch manager in Casper...

you go over to the hotel, pick up the judge.

- Alright, what's his name? - Miller.

Marshal wired him a little while ago.

He'll make his own connections to Casper, then you bring him back here.

Kind of sudden all this, ain't it?

The marshal is a man of action.

Yeah, well, if this Dunson fella was trying to kill him, I could understand.

But Billy, it don't seem right him being locked up.

Well, it's unfortunate.

But perhaps we're better off without that man around here anyway.

Maybe you know best.

Mister, how long before we leave?

- In about five minutes. - I'll be right back.

You feel better?

Sure, I feel great.

They're going to send me up for 10 years, I feel just great.

Well, thanks anyway for what you did.

That was real decent.

- Was real stupid. - True.

But I'd take my hat off to you if it wasn't already off.

I came to say goodbye, I'm leaving.

Oh, that figures.

- I've got no choice Mr. Dunson. - Sure.

Mavera, where you going to go?

Oh, she's going to find somebody who can steal her a necklace without getting caught.

You're beginning to sound like Cogan. You got no right to pass judgment on me.

Look, there's no use fighting among ourselves.

Now, I don't think you came up her just to say goodbye.

You here because you feel responsible for these two, right?

I guess I did have some crazy notion about getting you out of here.

That's not crazy, it's the first thing that begins to make sense.

Don't you see? We're committed to each other, the four of us.

Boy, that sounds like real brotherly love.

It's not love that holds us together Dunson, it's hate.

Hate for Cogan and for all the others like him...

in all the other towns we've ever been in.

Why should I let you out? You'll be released anyway.

Sure, I'll be released, I'm always released.

And I crawl away or turn the other cheek.

Well, I'm tired of it.

You bust out of here boy, you're nothing but a darn fool.

Then you're a bigger fool...

because you put your neck in the noose for somebody you didn't even know.

You can't fool me Dunson, you're an honest to goodness hero.

Oh, get out of here.

Look, don't you see?

We not alone anymore. We got something to hang on to.

They're in the other desk.

- Wait until the stage pulls out. - Alright, bless you Sister.

You might say thank you.

You got me in, you got me out, thanks.

Good luck Billy.

Evening Mr.Dunson, the lady is been expecting you.

Hey.

- Oh, I think you're joining us. - That should be sweet.

Ed saw Mavera leaving and he's coming in here.

Hey, get back of the door.

Billy.

- He'll be all right. - Come on, let's just get him in a cell then.

Well, I guess if I'm going to be a wanted man...

I might as well wear this.

Every well dressed bad man does Billy.

Alright Brocious, where's yours?

Oh, I left at home about nine years ago, for my own protection, you understand.

- See this? It's a rifle, shoots bullets. - Heard tell.

My horse is across the street but there's some right out here in front.

What? Are we going to steal them?

- Spoken like a true desperado Billy. - Hey, there goes the stage now.

Alright, I'll get the horses and bring them around back.

Anybody sees me they'll just figure I been let out.

Alright.

Hey, the back door is locked.

- Here's the key. - Come on Billy.

Hey, what's the extra horse for?

Billy said the deputy saw our girl leaving the office.

She might get picked up for letting us go.

Come on.

Hey, pull up, pull over.

Alright, pull over.

Stop, stop or I'll shoot.

I'll stop them.

Alright, stop.

Alright, throw it down.

You get the girl, I'll tend to Billy.

- They know I let you out? - If they don't know now, they soon will.

- What you stopping here for? - Taking a cutoff into town.

Billy, this sure is your day, you not only steal your first necklace...

you break out of jail, help rob a stage and get yourself baptized in the bargain.

Yeah, it's some day.

Where you going?

Going to see what I can do with this money.

- You mean take it back? - Yeah, that's right.

Well, I can just see that.

You just go riding back into town, stop somebody on the street...

Pardon me sir, I wonder if you'd mind taking this money off my hands.

You see, I just broke jail this morning, right after I tried to kill the marshal.

Then this fool stage driver come riding up and trowed it right in my lap...

and then he high tailed it back for town.

Now since my specialty is murder and breaking jail, I really don't have any use for it.

You understand sir?

Well, brethren, what do we do now?

That's the spirit Dunson.

We've got to get out of here so I can get a bandage for Billy.

They must've found that other deputy by now too.

And by the time that stage gets back to town they'll know right where to look for us.

They sure not going to have any trouble tracking us down in this terrain.

No, we got no better choice, we'd best get moving.

Come on.

- Will you be able to ride Billy? - Sure.

Let me give you a hand, eh?

We're following you Dunson.

Come on.

Here's where they turned off.

The marks said that he winged Billy so they won't be able to travel very fast.

We catch up with them before dark, they may give up without a fight.

Hey Will...

- How is Billy doing? - Not looking too good.

We better get somewhere where there's some water so we can tend to his shoulder.

- Ok, come on up here. - Come boy.

The tracks are getting a little hard to follow through these rocks.

Blood.

Listen, I'm going to go fill the canteens while you bandage the kid.

Come on, get the horses out of sight, take them up there.

How you feeling?

Oh, I'm not so much feeling as thinking.

You know, I'm kind of glad all this happened.

Folks will be looking for me now.

- I've got a face now. - Didn't you have a face before?

No, I had a nose, a mouth and a couple of eyes...

but I never really had a face,

because nobody ever stopped to notice or to look twice...

except maybe Mavera.

You got a kind face Billy, that's why we're friends.

We got to get him to a doctor.

I'll get some water.

- How is he? - He's a little weak.

You kind of like her, eh?

- Yeah, I do. - She's a good friend.

I got to take care of the horses, I'll be right back.

Come on.

- Got some company. - Cogan?

- Yeap. - Looks like we got a fight on our hands.

No.

No, we take their guns, we give them back the money and then we send them home.

Are you out of your head?

Listen boy, you've been walking on the edge of trouble all your life.

Now whether you realize it or not, today you just dove in.

- Maybe you need it, I don't. - Listen Dunson...

The good and the evil in this world don't walk around with signs on their backs.

Now we're four little bugs scratching for a hole.

Cogan forced us into this and we got every right to kill him.

Nobody makes me do what I don't want to do, not even Cogan.

Sister mine, will you talk sense to this mixed up hero of ours?

Maybe he's right.

Come on, let's get Billy out of here.

Come on boy.

Come on.

- Alright, hold it right there. - Throw them down on the ground Cogan.

Come on, throw them down on the ground.

Alright, your stage driver got a little excited and dropped this.

- Dropped it? - We just wanted the girl.

You must be soft in the head to think we'd believe that.

I told you it wasn't any use Dunson, let me kill him.

No.

Now listen Cogan, you know and I know just exactly what you are.

We also know that nobody deserves to be hunted down like animals.

Now maybe there's some folks in town who favor bloodsuckers like you but I don't.

This is the last time I meet you halfway mister.

Now you get on your horse.

Now you people ride out.

- Well brethren, now what? - Now we ride, come on Billy.

You figure the stage has left town again by now?

Sure, should be near the Casper turnoff by now.

Come on.

You got them.

Toss us your guns.

Old man Flynn will be happy to see this again.

- Just about had a heart attack when... - Said toss us your guns.

- Where you going? - I'm going after them.

No, you're not, you pushed them far enough.

Put that thing down.

They never really asked for that money, did they Perkins?

- No. - You believe Dunson?

That doesn't really matter now.

You pushed those four until they had no choice but to run.

Now you want to hunt them down, feed on their misery.

After all they did give us the money Marshal.

You know, you could be legally shot for what you're doing?

Legally, that's the word you like, isn't it?

Well, maybe I could be shot but I'm buying them some time, so give Perkins back his gun.

Then we're taking a long, slow ride back to town.

Unbuckle that belt.

Ed, look out.

I had no choice, you remember that.

I reckon it ain't tore too much inside Ed but it's going to bleed pretty bad.

Take him home. And if they ask, tell them straight.

Oh, I'll tell it straight alright Marshal, you can count on that.

You catch up with them, I hope they kill you.

- I'll be back in a minute. - Alright Billy.

Why you staring at me?

You've known Cogan for a long time, haven't you?

You've known him too...

maybe with a different face, in a different town.

But he didn't scare you.

And no matter what he did, he couldn't change you.

- What you dodging my question for? - Why did you have to ask it?

Gabe...

Ah, let's just forget about it. We'll be splitting up soon anyway.

Why? Because I wouldn't answer your question?

- Billy. - He's out this way.

If you want him to keep breathing, drop your guns.

Billy...

- He's dead. - Oh, Cogan?

Alright, pick him up, let's go.

Alright, come on off the horses.

Ruth I...

I'm sorry about your brother. He, he didn't understand.

Oh, I'm not going to press charges or anything like that.

He died this morning.

But Ruth, he was wrong, he was going to let them get away.

You all look ready to back off.

Let Mister Cogan hide behind the law again.

So I think there's something I'd better tell you.

Mavera, you better shut up.

He came to my town as a Union officer and established martial law.

Martial law, it was his law.

My brother and others fought him because what he wanted, he took.

If he couldn't stop them one way, he found another.

He even murdered.

Then he used me as an example to the others.

His soldiers degraded me.

And then...

Why don't you tell them about how he cold bloodlessly knifed Billy in the back.

Now Brocious...

You're all free to go.

We're wiring in his resignation, the charge will be murder.

Put him in a cell.

I said I'd see you without a uniform or a badge to hide behind.

You wanted an answer, now you have it.

He never did get to show off his brand new face.

He was my friend.

I will bury him.