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Mark?

Oh, mornin', pa. I tried to be quiet.

I knew you would be tired from your trip. Sorry-

Where are you going so early?

Well, I was gonna leave you a note.

Well, where are you going, son?

To town.

Ah! You still have your Saturday chores to do.

I told you last night the flower box needed paintin', remember?

I remember.

Well?

I painted it!

What about the firewood? Did you stack it?

Yeah. All right, pa?

Yeah, I guess it's all right.

Thanks.

Now, wait a minute, son. What's all the rush?

Well, it wouldn't look good if I were late my first day.

First day for what?

I got a job!

It's working saturdays an' after school for mr. Swenson

At the livery stable.

What about your homework,

An' your chores around here after school?

Don't worry, pa, I'll get them done. So long.

Lucas?

Micah.

Good mornin'. I haven't seen you for a week. What's new?

Hm?

I said what's new?

Mark?

Oh, hello, pa.

I'll be with you in a minute,

Just as soon as I finish with this.

I wanna talk to you, son, now.

Well, you've always said yourself, pa,

That when there is a job to be done, get it done.

That's exactly what I wanna talk to you about.

You didn't get the job done.

What job do you mean?

Your chores! I had to clean the paintbrush, stack the firewood

An' do your dishes.

Gee, I'm sorry, pa. Guess I just didn't wanna be late for work.

Mark, uh, have I ever told you we were so bad off

That I needed you to bring money in?

No.

Well then, why are you working here?

Just because I wanna.

Why?

To make money.

Money. Now, mark, listen to me.

You know it's true that I have been givin' you an allowance

Ever since you've been seven years old, haven't I?

Yes, sir.

I increased it every year, didn't I?

Yes, sir.

I know a boy needs money in his pocket.

Now wait a minute, I pay you for extra chores too, don't I?

pa, it's not the same.

What do you mean, "not the same"?

What you give me, it's family money, it's yours.

I wanna earn my own.

Why?

Because I wanna. Don't get angry, pa,

It's just something I gotta do.

Whoa!

Well, I gotta get back to work, here comes mr. Swenson.

Nils?

Oh, good mornin', lucas. Hey, that's a good boy you got there.

He's a solid worker.

Uh-huh. For you maybe.

Why, is there something wrong, luke?

My boy is my business, nils, who asked you to hire him?

Well-

What right have you got to pick a boy up off the street

An' put him to work? What kind of business is that?

Well, do you mind if I explain?

What's there to explain?

There are plenty of able-bodied men in this town who need a job,

But they want more pay than a 13 year ol' boy, don't they?

Well, now, that isn't fair, luke.

Look who's talkin' about being fair,

He doesn't do his chores at home. I-

Now listen, luke, I got something to say!

An' you're gonna stand there till I finish.

Anybody works for me gets the same pay, man or a boy!

Besides, I didn't haul mark in off the streets,

He came to me to ask for a job, said he needed the money.

Why, when you were gone this week, he's been all over town

Lookin' for work. And-

Well, just ask anybody on the street!

I'm sorry, nils.

Well, I'd have asked you about it, luke,

But you were outta town!

Yeah. Oh, nils, he said he needed money?

Yeah.

You know what for?

Well, he, uh- look, luke,

If you want me to let the boy go, just give me the word.

Ah, no, just let it be, let it be. Thanks.

First day a pretty tough one, son?

No, it wasn't too bad.

I don't know, you look plum tuckered out.

I feel fine, pa, honest.

Mark, if you wanted some extra money,

I'll be happy to advance you a couple o' dollars.

No, pa, that'd still be yours.

You don't expect me to do your weekend chores for you, do you?

I'll do 'em.

I feel fine, honest, pa.

"I feel fine, honest, pa."

Come on, let's go to bed, huh?

Come on.

Well, I figure we'll go on down the ridge,

An' then outside o' north fork,

We'll cut down through border pass.

We ought to get in there by Saturday.

Saturday?! With every lawman in the territory gunnin' for us?

That's five days off!

All we have to do is head right this way,

An' we're in mexico day after tomorrow!

I know that, but I told lester to wait for me in north fork,

Told him I'd pick up in there by Saturday night.

Ben, I'm not goin' with you. It's too dangerous.

Look, my life belongs to me,

That's not so unreasonable, is it?

No, no, I suppose it is. I-

Can I have my half of the money?

Sure, I mean, it's yours.

No hard feelings, ben?

Well, no, ain't gonna be no hard feelings.

We're gonna have a good time, lester an' me, though.

Good luck, ben.

Take care o' yourself now.

Ain't no hard feelings, wally.

Mornin', pa.

Mornin'.

Did all my chores, barn swept, wood chopped an' stacked,

The way you want it. See you, pa.

Now, just a minute.

It's been one week, I wanna know how long this is gonna keep up.

Please, pa, I have to go-

Mark, answer my question.

Oh, I'll be late for work, I gotta go, pa.

Now-

Oh, never mind that, son, I've got an errand for you.

Yes, sir?

Here, I want you to take this up to tom merar,

Bring back another horse for shoeing.

You know where the merar place is, don't you?

Yes, sir, just past twin oaks.

That's right, it shouldn't take you more than an hour.

I-I can make it faster than that, mr. Swenson.

There's a shortcut up the border pass.

Oh, now, you never mind about any shortcuts.

That border pass is no place for a boy.

Now you stick to the main road, all right?

All right.

You bet.

Hi there, sonny.

Hello.

Well, I...Suppose you heard my gun go off, huh?

Yes, sir.

Yeah, I had a terrible thing,

I had to shoot my horse over there.

He busted his leg an' everything,

Had to put him out of his misery.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Say, uh, this a nice, uh- a nice animal you got here.

You uh- what you doin' out here, anyway?

I mean, you live around here? Where you live?

I...Live on the other side of north fork.

Oh, well listen, that's awful long.

I mean, how come a boy like you is so far away from home, huh?

Well, I'm on an errand.

Oh, for your pa, huh?

No, sir. For the livery stable in north fork.

Oh. Well, uh, seems awful funny sending a boy out here

On an errand through this pass like this.

I took a shortcut.

Oh, on your own then, huh?

Honest, mister, I gotta be on my way.

Sure, sure you do.

Whoa, whoa. Now you don't need be impolite, boy.

I mean, I am out here in the middle of nowhere,

No horse or nothin'.

You ain't even giving me a sociable minute,

I mean that ain't even being polite, boy.

Honest, mister, I gotta be on my way.

Sure you do, sure you do.

But your mom must have taught you better manners than this.

I haven't got a mom.

Well, you must have a pa or somethin' then, cuz-

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Look- boy, whoa!

Now there ain't gonna be no more arguin' about it, boy.

You get down off that animal.

I don't know what's happened to that boy.

It's got me puzzled.

One week, and I still can't get a straight answer out of him.

He's never held back on me before.

Says he wants to earn his own money, but he won't tell me why!

Another thing I can't figure, when he first started this job,

He neglected his chores. Now he's doing them.

I should be back doing my work, but I can't keep my mind on it.

What are you grinning at?

If you ask me, lucas, I think you've got growin' pains.

I've got growing pains-

Mark's growing up, and you're feeling the pain of it.

Now look, micah, you know it better than anybody around here.

I've always given that boy a sense of responsibility,

Haven't I? I've tried not to be too strict with him, haven't I?

The boy-

And I certainly haven't pampered him, have I?

No, the boy has got to grow into a man on his own, you know.

Well, part of that growing is being straightforward

With people, especially your father.

Well, could be, you're steppin' on the brakes

A little too hard now.

Oh! What's that supposed to mean?

Well, I'll tell you, lucas.

Maybe you're trying just a little bit too hard to hold on

To the boy. Maybe you're thinking more about yourself

Than you are about mark.

Oh, come on, micah, he's only 13 years old.

Boy that age has no right working for a living.

Now you come on, lucas, he's not working for a living.

No, he's got no right working at all.

Tell me, lucas boy,

How old were you when you first started working?

When I was a boy, things were different.

Oh, sure, sure.

You know the trouble with you, micah? The trouble with you

Is you always got an answer for everything.

Isn't that why you come in here?

Oh!

Well, don't say you're sorry.

Hi, micah. What's the matter with him?

Growin' pains.

Huh?

Skip it, ed.

Oh, for you micah, came in on the central city stage.

Oh, thanks.

Now, see you, sam.

Nils, where's mark?

Well I sent 'im on an errand. He should be back by now.

Well, where did you send him?

On to tom merar's place to

Take a horse back an' bring another one in for shoein'.

Shouldn't have taken him this long.

Tom?

But- what-

Where's mark?

Mark? What do you mean, lucas?

He was supposed to be at your place.

To pick up that mare.

Nobody came, I thought you forgot, nils.

Must have seen 'im along the road, he had to travel that way.

Shortcut. He was gonna take the shortcut up at the border pass.

The border pass?

I told 'im not to.

Well, if he took the shortcut

He would have been at my place a long time ago.

Unless somethin' happened.

I'm lookin' for a boy. He was mounted.

A boy?

He's my son, about 13 years old.

Oh.

You haven't seen 'im, huh?

Well, no, I haven't seen anybody around here all day.

thanks.

Yeah I hope you find 'im.

Hey, you gonna be here for a while?

I don't know. Why?

Well, if he should ride by, tell 'im I'm lookin' for 'im.

Will you tell 'im to wait here for me?

Why I sure will.

Uh, thanks, his... Name is mark.

Mark, huh? Yeah, mark.

All right, hold it, mister! Move away from that horse.

My boy was ridin' that horse, where is he?

Ain't gonna make no difference to you.

Where is he?

I said move away from there!

Where is my son?! Where is he?!

You dirty scum, I'll kill you, so help me, I'll kill you!

Where is he?! Where is he?!

I didn't lay a hand on 'im.

Pa! Pa!

Pa!

It's all my fault, pa.

Mr. Swenson told me not to take the shortcut.

You've got a right to be angry with me.

Yes I have, son. But let's forget about it for now.

I'm glad you're all right.

Mark?

Mornin', pa.

I thought we settled this workin' business last Saturday.

You're not gonna start that again, are you?

No, sir.

Well then why are you up so early?

No special reason.

What are you hidin' there?

Happy birthday, pa.

You mean this is the reason that-

I bought it with the money that mr. Swenson paid me.

I wanted to earn it, pa.

I wanted this to be somethin' from me to you. Really.

Well, it isn't... Exactly new or anythin' but... It's real shiny.

Son, I... I'd say it's the shiniest saddle

In the whole world.

Thank you.