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What happened, lucas? Who's he?

Brett, uh, you know where micah is?

Yeah, he went up the street a few minutes ago. What happened?

Now, later, brett. Micah?

All right, folks, break it up,

All of you, go about your business. Come on now.

You know who he is?

Name's joey francis,

He works for the hazlitt clan up on charon ridge.

Well, hazlitt's son, corey, just gunned him.

You see 'im do it?

Well, they rode up to the ridge at my south 40,

Corey blasted him out of his saddle

An' took off for the hills.

The hazlitts have been trouble ever since they moved in

To those hills, but nobody has ever been able

To prove anythin' on 'em.

No, this can be proven, micah, I saw it.

Brett, do me a favor, take 'im down the funeral parlor.

Come on, lucas,

We gotta notify every law officer in the territory.

Pilgrims landed at plymouth rock in 1620.

The french an' indian war was 1754,

The boston tea party, 1773.

Mark? Son?

Huh?

You better get goin', or you'll be late for school.

Ah, just one moment, all right?

I thought you did all your homework last night?

Oh, I did, but we're havin' a history test today,

An' I wanna be sure of all the dates.

Well, you better be sure an' get there in time

To take that test. On your way.

When was the battle of bunker hill?

1775.

Run along, son.

Mornin', lucas.

Micah, you're up early.

Corey hazlitt was picked up last night in willow springs.

The sheriff's bringing 'im in this afternoon.

You'll have to make the identification.

Anytime you say.

The sooner the better, how about this afternoon?

I'll be there. Say, I've got coffee on.

No, thanks. I've got to get back to town.

See you later, lucas boy.

He's a liar. A lousy, stinkin' liar!

Well, lucas?

Like I said, micah, he killed joey francis.

Liar!

Out at my south 40.

I wasn't within 50 miles of his place that day. Liar!

You're willin' to swear to your statement in court?

I'll swear to it.

Ooh, rotten liar! Liar!

All right, lucas.

I'll get you, mccain!

Either me or my ol' man. We'll get you, just remember that!

Remember that, mccain!

Circuit judge is due in north fork next Tuesday,

That means the trial will be Wednesday mornin'.

Wednesday mornin', all right, micah, I'll be there.

Dessert, mr. Mccain?

Of course, angie.

Oh, we've got fresh baked green apple pie.

Good, let's have two pieces, one coffee, one milk.

Not for me, pa.

I... I noticed that miss milly has a shipment

Of fresh rock candy in the store.

Oh.

Is it all right if I just swap the pie for the candy?

Well, mark, since you did so well

In your history exam yesterday, you can have both.

Oh, well in that case,

Can I have a double bag of rock candy instead?

Angie, one pie, one coffee.

Mark, double bag.

Thanks!

Hey, don't forget the change.

I won't. Eh, excuse me.

It's quite all right, son, quite.

Mr. Mccain?

That's right.

Might I have the pleasure of your company for a few moments.

We've never met, so please permit me to introduce myself,

C. Henry whitmore.

Nice son you have, fine little gentleman, mark.

Somethin' for you, sir?

Ah, nothin', thank you quite.

Like you said, mr. Whitmore, we've never met.

Quite. My first visit to north fork.

Then how do you know so much about my son?

It's my business to know a great many things, sir,

When I'm on a case, so to speak.

What kind of a case are you talkin' about?

Please don't wait on my-

What kind of a case?

Well, sir, I've been summoned from santa fe

To represent a man to whom a great injustice has been done.

And it appears, sir, you are the architect of that injustice.

You're talkin' about corey hazlitt.

Namely. Let's say...

You were mistaken when you identified 'im.

Let's not.

Joey francis was a blackguard, a worthless,

Detestable bushwhacker who'll be missed by no one.

And that's a fact, sir.

I saw corey hazlitt kill 'im, that's a fact, too.

There's $1,000 here,

Which I've been commissioned to hand over to you.

$1,000, sir, it could be a nest egg

To send that fine, young son of yours to a good eastern college

When the time comes.

Now, I ask you, mr. Mccain, isn't that logical?

Doesn't that seem reasonable to you?

Tell you what, mr. Whitmore.

Yes?

You tell frank hazlitt the answer is no.

I'm takin' the stage tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I'll be at this hotel,

In case you change your mind an' wanna get in touch with me.

Well I'd advise you to take the stage today,

Or I'll have you hauled in for tryin' to bribe a witness.

Now get while the getting's good.

Pa, how're you gonna feel sittin' in a witness chair?

Fine, all I have to do is give straight answers

To the questions they ask me.

Guess it isn't quite like sittin' in a...

A head chair at the town council meetin', huh?

Not much, the judge is the boss in court, son.

Think you might be nervous? I sure would.

Nothin' to be nervous about if you tell the truth.

I guess so, but all those people lookin' at you

Sure would make me nervous. Pa?

I'd sure like to go there an' see ya.

That's a school day, son.

I know, but, well, you've always told me yourself

That I should try an' learn everythin' I can

About the law, right?

That's true, but the...The three r's are important too, right?

I guess so.

How're you? You're mccain, ain't you?

That's right.

I wanna talk to you.

What do you wanna talk about?

About my little brother, corey hazlitt.

Mark, we're out o' water, son. Go on.

Now, about corey hazlitt.

Well?

You say the wrong thing at his trial,

My little brother will hang.

I'll say the right thing, an' he'll hang.

Oh, now, now that's brave talk.

Ain't that brave talk, cousin carl?

All right, get off my property, you've had your say.

One more word.

Every man got his price, ain't that right, cousin?

Yeah, his price. Now, sometime it be money, an' sometime...

A friend, or maybe even a relative,

A very close relative.

Don't you make trouble for yourself, mccain,

Or for that fine-lookin' boy o' yours, you know what I mean.

What did they want?

Just a talk, son.

We've got to finish unloadin' this wood.

Will there be any trouble?

No, there's not gonna be any trouble.

Come on, we haven't got all day.

Mark?

Yup.

I want you to stay close at all times, son,

Don't go anywhere unless I know exactly where you're goin'.

Is that clear?

But I-

Is that clear?

What's the matter, pa?

Nothin's the matter, son. I just want you to do as I say,

All right? Let's finish up.

Mark?

What're you doin' here?

I'm finishin' the work on-

I told you to stay home, didn't I? Well, didn't I?

Yeah.

You were told to stay close.

I've been out lookin' for you, I've been lookin' all over.

You think I enjoy worryin'?

How do you think I felt when I couldn't find you?

I'm sorry.

Well, never mind being sorry, the damage is done.

I gave you an order an' you did just the opposite,

Do you think I gave that order just to hear myself talk?

Well, do you?

No.

Well, then why did you deliberately disobey me?

I didn't mean it that way,

Pa, I guess I was just thinkin' of the surprise.

What surprise?

Well, the...The fence needed fixin' for quite some time,

An'... An' I wanted to get it done,

I thought you'd be pleased. I'm sorry.

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

Come on, let's get back to the house an' pack your things.

I'm takin' you over to glencoe

To stay with tom an' iva wilson for a few days.

What for?

Well, it will just be for a few days, son. It's better that way.

But why?

It doesn't matter why, son, it's just gonna-

We've always gotten along fine, mark, because we spoke the truth

To each other, no secrets, nothin' to be ashamed of,

An' nothin' to hide.

It looks like I'm forgettin' that. Son, this was my fault,

Even gettin' excited the way I did, an' yellin' like that,

That was my fault. I just want you to know it wasn't because

I didn't trust you, it's because I was so worried. I guess

There's no reason for you not to know what's really wrong.

Remember those two men who rode up when we were loadin'

The firewood into the wagon? One of them is the brother,

An' the other is the cousin of corey hazlitt-

Hey! Hey, you! Hey!

All right, all right, be quiet, I'm comin'.

Now, what do you want now?

You expect me to eat this slop?

The same as I had for supper, tasted pretty good to me.

Yeah?

All right, hazlitt, you won't have to worry much about the

Meals around here after the trial tomorrow mornin'.

Uh, ain't you goin' to trial, mccain?

You won't be needin' this.

The way I got it figured,

The trial should take place this mornin'.

Now, the only difference is that you're gonna change your story.

Mccain, my boy is on the spot.

I didn't put 'im there.

Oh, I know, I know, but you're gonna get 'im off.

You're the only one that can save his life.

Well then, killin' me isn't gonna do you any good, is it?

Oh, I'm just tryin' to talk sense to you.

What makes you so stubborn anyway?

You wouldn't understand, hazlitt.

Now, who told you to go an' do that?

Don't you touch 'im until I tell you to, you hear?

Well I...I'm sorry he done that, mr. Mccain.

Yeah.

You know what it means being a father,

You got a boy you love.

I love 'im enough to bring 'im up the right way.

Well now, I ain't askin' for no lectures,

I'm askin' for my boy's life. Don't you understand that?

I understand it, hazlitt,

But there's nothin' I can do about it.

Well, they ain't gonna hang my corey,

'cause you're gonna see to it that they don't.

Now, since I can't talk no sense into ya,

I'm gonna have to knock it into ya!

Brett: Lucas, you all right?

Well, lucas, what happ-

Where've you been, what happened to you?

Let 'im out.

Huh?

Let 'im out.

Why?

Let 'im out, micah!

Your father didn't wait around to hear my final say,

So I'm tellin' it to you,

Nothin' he can say or do is gonna change my mind.

That goes for bribes, threats against my son,

An' beatin' up on me. Nothing!

When I get in that witness stand, I'm tellin' the truth,

The whole truth, so help me god.

An I'm tellin' you now, hazlitt,

So you can know just what to expect, you understand that?

I'll tell the judge you're ready, lucas boy.

Mr. Mccain, I was at the trial

This mornin', an' I want you to know how much I admired you.

Thank you, angie.

In fact, everybody does. I guess you're glad it's over now.

Yes, I am, thank you.

You know, it's not over, lucas.

Frank hazlitt has nothin' to lose by killin' you now,

An' that's just what he an' his boys will try to do,

Just as soon as they can, you know it.

Hmm, I know.

Now, wait a minute, lucas-

Look, micah, I'm goin' back to my place now.

They'll figure on that.

I'm goin' with you.

No, you're stayin' here.

Now, just a minute, there are times when it pays

To be stubborn, but this is not one of the times, and, uh,

Besides, I, uh, always did enjoy your cookin'.

Hmm.

He's mine.

Hold it!

Drop your guns.

You heard what he said, drop your guns or we'll fire!

How about it, hazlitt?

All right. All right.

I'm through.

My boys.

I sure don't understand you, mccain.

No, you don't, hazlitt, an' I don't think you ever will.

Boy, I'm sure happy to be back home, pa.

And I'm sure happy to have you, son.

'course the thing I'm...I'm happiest about is that you're...

Is that you're all right. You know, I can worry, too.

Sure I know you can worry.

You went through a lot o' trouble, huh?

I had to.

Why?

Well, son, the truth has to be told,

No matter how much it hurts sometimes.

You hungry?

Yup. Say, any more of that rock candy?

No, there isn't, son, I... I ate it all.