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Looks like he's cut down the wires, son.

You flush him out, I'll pick him up on the other side.

Calf with that much spirit's bound to be prime.

We don't wanna lose him.

All right, pa.

Boy!

Boy?

Hey, you, boy! Boy, I wanna talk to ya.

Good job, son.

Now all we have to do is fix that piece of fence

He slipped through.

Is somethin' wrong, mark?

Nothin' is exactly wrong,

I- it's just I saw somebody back up on that hill.

Who was it?

I don't know, some stranger.

But he had some scars on his-

On his cheek, like I don't know what.

You mean you just looked at him and ran off?

Well, don't you think you might have hurt his feelings?

I-I didn't take time to think, pa.

Hello!

Good day, sir.

My name is will temple.

Lucas mccain, my son mark.

I didn't mean to startle you boy, callin' out like that.

I just wanted to talk, that's all.

Maybe it wasn't the callin' out that did it.

Well...No, I-I

I was just lookin' the place over here.

I bought this land a few days back

From the town road to the wash.

A handsome place, judge hanaman told me you'd bought it

After he evicted those squatters.

It's pretty much rundown, like them that lived here before

Me didn't care too much about keepin' things up.

They didn't.

They even let green land go brown but I...

Got it a pretty good price.

You say you wanted to talk to mark about somethin'?

Uh, yes. You, uh... Handle a team, boy?

Yes, sir.

Well, I gotta a field needs stumpin' if I'm gonna get

Anythin' in the ground come plantin' time.

I'd feel real good about gettin' a crop

In the first year on the place.

So I can't afford a full-time hired hand but, uh,

I'll give you 50 cents a day.

50? Pa, you remember that watch I was admiring at miss milly's?

Hm? You know you still have your own chores to do at home, son.

I know, pa, but- how about if I come over tomorrow

After I finish my chores?

That suits me fine. Now, you gotta be able to hold the team.

Yes, sir.

Keep a steady strain on the pull?

Yes, sir. Pa?

Ah, it's up to you, son.

Won't be easy holdin' down two jobs.

Thank you. I'll be over tomorrow.

That'll be fine.

Good day, mr. Temple.

Good day, sir.

Uh, you're sure 50 cents?

50 cents a day.

I'll be there.

You know stumpin' a field won't be as easy as that last job

You took workin' in a stable.

Don't expect so.

You figure on gettin' to bed early tonight?

That sure is a handsome watch.

Might not be so handsome at sundown tomorrow night.

Now, come on, let's get old slippy back to his ma,

She'll be bellowing for him.

Keep it straight on him, mark, she's comin' loose.

Haah!

Come on, mark, hold him on.

Haah! Haah!

Hold her, mark. Come on, mark.

Mark, come on, get her straight, huh? Hey.

That was a mean one, mr. Temple.

Ah, it's time we had ourselves a little rest,

A drink of water. Ah, we've done ourselves proud, boy.

I-I'll wait on you.

That's polite, boy, your pa taught you good.

I'm sorry for starin'.

It's all right. Drink the water.

Thank you.

Mark, you know 'em?

Uh, yes, sir, that's arnie and jess grady.

They're the squatters pa was tellin' you about.

You fixing to dirt farm this poorly land?

Maybe you don't hear good, I just asked you a question.

A right easy one.

What do you want here?

Well, me an' arnie, we was talkin' just this mornin'

About how we thought it would be a wholesome idea to...

Come back an' see what the old place looked like.

Is that all you came for?

Likely it ain't.

We heard tell some scum moved on here after the law moved us off.

Folks are all talkin' about how you never told them

Where you came from. Why is that?

It's none of your business.

He is mean.

You as mean as you are ugly?

Go on up to the house, boy.

I'll stay, mr. Temple.

He's just like his daddy, ain't he, arnie?

Standin' up there straight up an' proud like.

Only thing is, he ain't got no rifle standin' next to 'im.

I want you to get off this land.

Hear that, arnie? He wants us to get.

You heard what I said.

Now, you listen to me.

You're tellin' us to get

Is the same as invitin' yourself into a hole.

Our pa an' us, we worked this land.

An' no driftin' scar-face scum is gonna tell us to get.

You're trespassin'. Use that gun, you'll hang.

I don't think you've got the stomach

To walk up to a rope head on.

Take one more step and I'm gonna blow your head off.

Go on, jess, go ahead.

Go ahead, jesse, blow his head off.

Go ahead, boy, get him here! Jesse! Go on, jess.

Go on, go on, jesse.

Jesse!

Now you get on that horse and go.

Don't you ever let me catch you on this land again.

Feel like pullin' another stump

Before your pa gets here for ya, mark?

You sure had me worried there for a minute.

Hello, pa.

That cloud of dust I passed back there on the road,

Was that the grady boys?

Well, I guess it was.

It sure was, pa.

You should have seen the way mr. Temple handled jess grady.

Why, he even took the gun out-

Ah, lucas, this boy here has put in a right smart amount

Of work today. Held that lead line like he was born to it.

With all that dirt he's wearin'

He'd better save some of his wages for soap and water.

Ah, we've got plenty of that up at the house.

Sir, I'd take it as a favor

If you'd both of you join me for supper.

I got a couple of fryin' chickens already drawed.

Sounds good, pa.

Suits me fine, will.

Then maybe after supper I might see which one of you mccains

Holds the tall hand at checkers.

Why, pa is the best checker player this side of denver,

Except when I beat him, of course.

Now we've got a game.

I'll take care of the team.

Will, where can I wash up?

Come on, the house.

Checkers are on the shelf in the closet, mark.

Now, it was your pa's idea that the loser between you an' me

Would spare a hand washin' dishes.

Were you in the cavalry, mr. Temple?

I saw your-your uniform in the closet. 4th cavalry, wasn't it?

Well, I quit the army a while back, mark, for good.

Well, didn't you like it?

I always thought it'd be excitin' wearin' a uniform,

Fightin' for your country.

Don't ask so many questions, mark.

Oh, it's all right, lucas, I don't mind.

Boy's gotta ask questions. It's the only way he can learn.

I'll answer truthful, mark,

I don't think I ever really liked the army,

Leastways not at first.

I grew up on a farm, went off when I was 15 to join the army,

Like a long time ago.

Born into this world, a man's gotta fight just to stay alive.

An' seems like you're always fightin'.

I fought to stay alive more times than I care to remember.

Chickamauga, shiloh, then after the war,

The 4th cavalry fightin' the cheyenne.

Is that when you hurt yourself?

After all that fightin' to stay alive,

Come a time when I just wanted to die.

Talked to god about it, boy, I purely pleaded with him but, uh,

Didn't do no good. Guess he wasn't listenin'.

The, uh- this was done to me with fire.

Sometimes at night I can still feel it crawlin' an' burnin'.

Will, were you at willow creek with the 4th?

Uh, no. No, I wasn't.

Well, we best get on with this game.

Otherwise your dad's gonna be done with them dishes

Before we even get a king crowned. You move first.

Mornin'!

Mornin', pa. What time is it?

It's past time for feedin' the stock

An' almost time you went to work.

I'm sorry, I'll do my chores as soon as I get dressed.

Son, I saw milly yesterday, I ordered your watch.

I put up the money for you.

You can pay me back when you've earned it.

Well, gee, pa.

But I want you to know I did it for a reason.

Mark, I'm not only proud of you for the way you've carried

Yourself like a man ever since you went to work for mr. Temple,

I'm proud of you for somethin' else.

You learned not to dislike a man because he's unfortunately

Scarred an' looks kind of unsightly.

I know what you mean, pa.

Good, get dressed.

I've got some pancakes an' maple syrup waitin' for you.

All right.

Good mornin', mr. Mccain.

I'm lieutenant vaughn, 4th army provosts' office.

How do you do, lieutenant? Won't you come in?

No, thanks.

Marshal said you could tell me how to find will temple's place.

Oh, sure, you follow the road to the fork,

You'll see an old wagon trail cuttin' across a dry wash,

You follow that wash down to the hill, you'll see his place.

Much obliged.

By the way, uh, what kind of a fellow is this temple?

I don't know too much about him,

But I judge he's a good enough man.

Is his real name will temple?

His real name?

Well, you see the army is lookin' for a man.

A william traeger.

I've been trailin' him the better part of three months now.

He passed through here a short time back,

About the time the marshal said this will temple settled here.

What does the army want with the man you're lookin' for?

He's a deserter.

Well, he couldn't be talkin' about mr. Temple.

He wouldn't desert.

Do you know why he deserted?

The 4th cavalry lost nearly a whole troop

At a place called willow creek.

Yes, I heard about it.

Traeger was the man that told the cheyenne

Where the troop was hidden.

They captured him when he was riding patrol.

I don't believe it was him.

Mark.

The marshal said that this fellow temple

Had a scar on his face.

Yes, on the left side.

Does it look like it was done by fire?

Cheyenne way of brandin' a man a coward.

I know, lieutenant.

As long as a man lives,

The cheyenne can recognize that mark on 'im.

I don't care what you say.

He's not a coward an'- an' he's not a deserter.

Mark, do not talk like that.

When did he desert, lieutenant?

Well, the cheyenne turned 'im loose

After they hit willow creek with a full war party.

At least that's what we heard from one of the brays who we

Captured later on, but he never went back to his company.

I guess he figured the army thought he was dead.

Well, many thanks. I'll be gettin' along.

Oh, I almost forgot. This is for you, son.

Miss milly sent it along.

That's your watch, mark.

You know, it could be you're right about your friend, son.

I hope you are.

Good day.

There's times when every man wants to be alone, mark.

Is this one of those times?

Yes, sir.

All right, son.

The lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul, he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness

For his name's sake.

Thou anointeth my head with oil, my cup-

Come in.

What's your name? Your real name, I mean.

Who did it?

Mccain?

Come on, who did it?

A man named carney, he was waitin' here for me at the fork.

He rode scout for the 4th.

He's been followin' me ever since I left the southwest.

Carney lost two brothers... At willow creek.

He swore he'd get traeger if it took him the rest of his life.

Mark, I'd like to tell you about it, if you'll let me.

I'm not ashamed of this scar an' what it stands for,

That's not the reason I ran away.

I stood up to everythin' the cheyenne did to me.

When I told, I don't think I even knew it back then.

You see, boy, god, he didn't-

Didn't make us the same way as he made the red man.

I guess we're just not as strong... Inside.

You didn't have to run away, though.

You could've told 'em how it was.

Right, I could've. I could've-

Every man in my company knew the cheyenne, mark.

They would have wondered- wondered just how much I endured

Before I told an' I knew I couldn't go back.

All the old faces gone.

Jason, hardy, bellows,

Men I rode with a long time, mark.

All gone because of one man's weakness.

Mine.

Carney: Traeger?

Traeger?

Stay in the house, boy.

But-

I said stay in the house.

Yes, sir.

Over here in the barn, traeger.

What's the matter, are you scared? Come on, traeger.

That's far enough, traeger.

What do you want here, carney?

Now, you think on that a little, maybe you can figure it out.

I followed an army man 1,000 miles across the wasteland

Knowin' he'd lead me to you.

Well, I-I did the best the lord gave me strength for, carney.

Did you now?

I would've given my life, but it wasn't to be.

Well, I'm gonna give you another chance at that.

Too bad you couldn't have seen my brothers, traeger,

After the cheyenne had done with them.

I waited for you to come back, but you never did, did you?

Get it done with, carney, I'll not crawl for you.

Turn around, trooper.

Is mark all right?

In the house.

All right, mister, this is none of your affair. Get movin'.

I said you'd best get movin',

I don't wanna have to kill you, too.

You've done all the killin' you're going to.

Now drop that rifle.

I've come a long way, mister,

An' I haven't finished what I've come here to do.

I'm gonna have to take you to town, carney.

Now, you wanna go lyin' across your saddle or sittin' up on it?

Will, I think it would go better for you

If you turned yourself in.

I'll saddle my horse.

Pa! Pa.

It's all right, son, it's all right.

Pa?

Yes, son?

What will they do to mr. Temple when he gets back?

Court marshal, then after that, I don't know. Turnin'

Himself in to micah will be in his favor, though.

An' he's not a coward, is he?

No, mark, he's not a coward.

I couldn't think bad o' him, no matter what.

Will he be all right?

As long as he keeps makin' friends like you, mark,

He'll be all right.

What time is it?

9:00 o'clock.

Oh, good night, pa.

Good night, son.