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Heeyah! Heeyah!

NARRATOR: Tales of Wells Fargo.

He says this country...

I understand that much.

He says it's big.

Yeah, it's more than big, se�or.

It's magnifico.

Si. Si, magnifico.

It takes a lot of courage to leave your home,

come to a strange country.

Don't you think you ought to teach him

a little more of the language,

before you leave him on his own?

Se�or Hardie, we are...

Basques from the Pyrenees.

They are the best shepherds

in the world.

Sheep are sheep

and mountains are mountains.

My brother Manuel,

he knows that.

In time, he will learn the language.

Not from the sheep, he won't.

He says America is the land of opportunity.

Here, every man is equal.

A man can breathe.

He can even grow rich.

Well, it's big, all right.

There's plenty of room for growing.

There's no doubt about that.

Se�or Hardie,

where do you travel for the Wells Fargo?

The Daly City.

But that is where I go to.

Oh, and Manuel?

Manuel?

He stops at Sentinel,

the American Wool Company

has a station there too.

I have been with them five years.

It is on my word

that they hire Manuel.

You think a great deal of him, don't you?

Well, he is my brother.

What a country, America.

We travel in the same coach,

you and I.

You for gold,

me for sheep.

What a country.

Hmm. The only difference being

that you've got all summer to herd your sheep.

If I don't get that gold back

to San Francisco in three days,

I'm gonna have a lot of answering to do.

Si.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Bueno.

JIM: They liked each other, those two.

What's more important, they like themselves.

And that is important when a man has no company

but a sheep and a dog.

I'd heard of more than one sheep herder

that went out of his mind from loneliness.

I told Pablo that Manuel would be all right.

I was coming back through Sentinel in two days,

and I told him I'd check to see

that his brother got off to a good start.

It seemed to make him feel better.

I didn't have the time,

but somehow I'd take it.

Heeyah.

Juanito.

Amiguito.

Amiguito,

ven.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Juanito.

Juanito, ven.

Ven, Juanito.

She's in there.

Pray, mister. Pray hard.

Hey.

It's gonna be legal like.

We're gonna take him back to town.

You've got a kind of strange sense of justice, ain't you, Bill?

Hauling this scumbag to town ain't worth the time nor trouble.

He'll get what's coming to him.

Don't you worry none about that.

I'll be happy to furnish the rope.

We're taking him back to town.

If he's hurt that child,

ain't nobody gonna stop at hanging.

Here. Take Abby to her ma.

Somebody get a rope.

The rest of you best get on about your business.

You ain't sheriff yet, John Egan.

I'm hoping to be. Not without them.

Let's get him into jail.

Don't do that again, Pete.

What call you got telling us what to do?

I'm the sheriff here.

Acting sheriff.

Just acting sheriff.

You ain't been elected yet.

And you ain't likely to be.

That's not like you, Ralph.

You was of the first ones to offer my name

when folks around here wanted a sheriff.

I can change my mind.

And so can those people out there.

Standing up for a man when there's a question

about his being guilty is one thing,

but we caught this one dead to rights.

Now, you think about that, Bill.

Come on, Pete.

You know, I almost feel sorry for you.

You should have taken up horse stealing,

you'd have had a better chance.

I'll only be a little while, Frank.

I wanna inquire about a friend of mine.

We ain't got much time, Jim.

You boys got time for one drink.

You don't have to say that twice.

Are you in charge here?

That's right.

What can I do for you?

I wanted to check on a friend of mine.

Working for us?

Yes, he's a sheep herder

named Manuel.

You say you're a friend of his?

Not of longstanding.

I met him on the stage the day he came in.

He's a nice fellow.

MAN: Well, you ought to be more choosy

about who you talk to, mister.

What's that supposed to mean?

I never did hold with hiring him in the first place.

A man can't speak American's

got to have something wrong,

you can bet your life on that.

And I wonder how you'd make out in Spain.

Do you speak Spanish?

No, and I don't want to.

Now, you look like a nice clean-cut fella.

Why don't you stay out of this?

And why don't you leave that up to me?

Where is he?

Your friend is in trouble, mister.

They've got him over to the jail now.

But he won't be there long.

Who are you? Jim Hardie.

I'm with Wells Fargo.

We're carrying a special shipment

through to San Francisco.

Se�or Hardie.

What's he done?

Plenty.

You know him?

Look, I'm getting tired of this run-around.

If this man has broken the law, then tell me about it.

Maybe we can get it straightened out.

Mister, I don't know how to put a name to it.

Kidnapping maybe.

A little girl.

You got any proof?

We caught him with the girl.

BILL: You savvy what he's saying?

No.

But I'm a pretty good judge of what's in a man's eyes.

Folks around here have to go by what a man does.

Regardless of what he's done, he's got a right to be heard.

And that mob out there is not about to listen.

Mr. Hardie, what am I supposed to do?

I've seen it before. Some bloodthirsty crackpot

will stand up and buy drinks

for the house.

They'll talk.

They'll build up their courage to hate.

Then they'll come breaking in here

and drag that poor devil out.

And he won't even be able to understand the curses

when they haul him off to Hades.

I'll say it again.

What do you want me to do?

You can start by finding somebody

who can understand what he's trying to say.

There ain't nobody, not unless you go to Daly City.

JIM: Have you talked to the little girl?

She can't talk. She's still unconscious.

Say, what's eating at you?

He's a human being

and he's traveled halfway around the world

because he believed in an idea.

He believed that in this country

he'd be as good as the man next to him.

He has a right to be heard under law.

Which will hang him.

It'll hang him if he's guilty,

but not with that mob out there

as the judge and the jury.

I will do my best to keep that from happening.

And I don't think your best is good enough.

Mister, you've done an awful lot of talking

and now you're gonna listen to me for a change.

I helped start this town.

I call every man and woman out there by their first name.

They're good people.

They got some rights too,

and among is the right to protect their young'uns.

If they take him over my say-so

he'll be dying just a little bit

ahead of his time.

That's what I mean when I said

I don't think your best is good enough.

I'll be back.

Come on, Ralph.

The next one's on you.

Fill 'em up. None for me.

Thanks just the same, but I got things to do.

Well, we got a thing or two to do ourselves.

You just stick around, mister,

and you're gonna see a lot of fun.

Well, you said one drink.

I sure been nursing it.

Let's get going. Never mind that.

You've got to go ride back to Daly City.

But Jim, we're supposed to be in Frisco tomorrow.

This is more important.

You better lay off, Pete.

This ain't no picnic.

But when are we gonna get started?

I'm just giving Bill Egan a chance

to make up his mind.

You ain't gonna wait for no circuit judge,

are you?

Well, are you?

You know better than that.

But when he hangs, I want Bill Egan's hands on that rope.

What's going on in there? What are they talking about?

There's a man in jail. They're gonna lynch him.

I haven't got time to explain now

but I want you to ride back to Daly City.

Go to the American Wool Company,

there's a man that works for 'em

named Pablo Ortiz, bring him here.

But the shipment. The home office will fire you for that.

They'll have to wait.

Go to the livery stable and get your horse.

Hurry.

What do you think you're doing? What you would be doing

if you had the stomach for it.

You ain't no deputy, you got no right.

What are you? I'm acting sheriff.

Then act like one.

You better get a gun down out of that rack,

because I got a feeling you're gonna need it.

I don't need no gun.

I can talk those people around.

Then you better get over to the saloon

and start talking. All right, I will.

But mister, even with that,

if they've made up their minds,

you don't stand a chance.

If I were you, I wouldn't run for sheriff, Mr. Egan.

Because I don't think you would make a very good one.

Manuel.

Pablo,

Pablo here.

Huh?

Gracias, Se�or Hardie.

Bill here says there's a man aiming to stop us.

He's got a shotgun, Bill says.

Well, it won't be the first time

I look down the barrel of a gun.

What happens if we wait?

Well, I'll tell you.

Some circuit judge with a fancy coat

and a clean collar will come in here and say,

two years in the territorial prison.

What do you do with a sheepdog when he goes bad?

You kill him.

You don't pen him up for two years

and then say, "All right, go ahead.

You're all right now."

What do you think, Bill?

I said, what do you think, Bill?

I think that a man that does what he did

deserves to hang.

All I was holding out for was to say it was done legal.

And what if the law won't do it?

Then the law is wrong.

Dead wrong.

Now you're talking like you got some sense.

Come on, let's go get him. Hold on.

Now, it's the Spaniard we're gonna hang.

No use anybody going with him.

You all stay here.

I'll go have me a talk with this

Wells Fargo man.

Tell him we changed our minds, Ralph.

Tell him it'll be just as good as a trial.

Well, you might make a good sheriff

after all, Bill.

For a while there,

I didn't think you had the guts.

That's far enough, mister.

I'm alone. I wanna talk to you.

Seems to me like you're taking the wrong side.

I don't stand in front of no man

like a dog, mister, talk to me.

I'll talk to you.

You go back over in that saloon.

Tell those men in there if they do

what they've got in their mind,

they'll never be able to look each other

squarely in the face again.

You won't give him up?

You've had your say and you've had your chance.

I'll be back,

but I won't be alone.

And I'll be here.

Hey, Ralph, two men just went in

to the Sheriff's Office.

What has he done?

They say he stole a little girl.

He says she was sick and lost.

He tried to feed her,

and was going to take her home.

He is innocent.

Are you with us, Frank?

You stay here with Manuel.

I'll holler if I need you.

Miss Turner?

Yes?

I'm Jim Hardie from Wells Fargo.

Come in.

How's Abby?

She's all right now.

Just tired, that's all.

I suppose you've heard

what's going on in town.

I heard.

You can save that man's life.

Save him?

The man who stole my own child?

Do you know what I went through?

Have you got any idea what I went through?

That mob is gonna hang him.

That's murder.

You don't wanna be a part of that.

He kept my child

for a day and a night.

You should have seen her when they brought her back.

No. He didn't take your child.

Didn't take her?

They found Abby in his wagon

and you mean to tell me he didn't take her?

He had her in a wagon, bringing her home

when they rode down on him.

I don't believe you.

There isn't much time, Mrs. Turner.

I can hold that crowd for a little while

but only for a while.

And if it hadn't been for that man,

your daughter would still be out in those hills.

He saved her life. Now she can save his.

You mean you want me to bring her over to face him?

No, to save him.

She's exhausted.

And if it hadn't have been for him,

she'd be dead.

Come on. Let's get him.

Hey, Come on. Let's go.

Give him to us.

You best give him up, Mr. Hardie.

There's no changing things.

I didn't expect to see you here.

I thought you'd be home under your bed.

He didn't steal that girl.

She was lost.

On your say-so?

What are we waiting for?

Come on, let's get him.

Now, you listen to me, all of you.

If one of you had found that girl,

you could explain it,

but because you can't understand him,

you figure he's guilty.

We seen him... Pete and Bill and me.

And we didn't come here for no speeches.

And I don't aim to give one.

You can't shoot us all.

No. I can't stop you.

But somebody's got to be first,

then there'll be a second.

And I'm telling you now,

the man is innocent.

Well, telling ain't proving.

I'll prove it.

You ain't got the nerve to pull that trigger.

If he gets me, tear him apart.

Now, I'm gonna bring Manuel out.

But don't get any ideas because I'll kill

the next man that comes forward.

Here comes your proof now.

Pablo,

bring him out.

Maybe you could make it up to this man.

I don't know how, but I hope you'll try.

I do know one thing:

he wants to believe in you.

JIM: I went down to the telegraph office

to wire Wells Fargo

that their shipment

would be a little late.