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Well, you're back early.

Get all the work done at the ranch?

Sure did.

Everything is locked up and all the animals are fed.

Good. Any homework to do?

Well, a little bit of arithmetic.

Why don't you go over to micah's office and finish it up,

Then I'll buy us both dinner at the hotel.

Yes, sir.

Say, pa, are we gonna be staying in town

The whole two weeks that micah is gone?

Yeah, as long as I'm doing his job for him. Why?

Nothing, just that that way, we get to eat at the hotel,

And I don't have any dishes to wash.

Go on, see you later.

I'm sorry, we are just closing.

Oh, doggone.

Well, can't you stay open a minute, I just got into town.

Well, what is it you want?

Well, I got some money here in my pocket and, uh-

You wanna make a deposit?

Yeah. That's right.

See, I figure on, uh, stayin' around these parts

And maybe get myself a job, and goin' to work,

An', well, I just like to know that what I got is safe,

You know what I mean?

Otherwise I'm liable to go out there and spend it,

Or even lose it maybe.

Well, my clerk just left,

But, uh, well, a banker can't very well turn down

Taking money, can he? Come in.

Well, thank you, thank you very much,

I really appreciate this.

I said I appreciate it, now you're gonna find out how much.

Is that all?

Isn't it enough?

Practically the entire cash assets of this institution.

Yeah? Well, I guess it's enough then.

Come on, follow me.

Come on.

Now, listen to me, you're gonna raise up this window shade.

When I'm leavin' here, you're gonna smile and wave at me

Like I was an old friend you're saying goodbye to.

Now you don't do like I tell you,

I'll put a bullet through that window, right into you,

You understand me?

Aye.

All right. Now you lift it up, and you smile.

Smile.

Smile.

That's a real beauty.

Now you stay just like that.

You! Hold it!

Don't try it.

Lucas, in his shirt, the bank's money.

Who are you?

He's passed out.

Carry him over to the doc's, please.

Seemed just like an ordinary trail hand, lucas.

Fooled me completely.

Pay voucher receipt, that's all.

From where?

Bar horn ranch, outside salinas, rudy gray.

Can you imagine a loner like that holding up my bank?

You better get that money back to the bank, john.

Mark, will you take care of the horse, son.

Ask nils to put 'im up?

All right, pa.

Doctor burrage: Shut the door, lucas.

What do you think, doc?

I can't say.

If he don't hemorrhage or he ain't moved,

He might have a chance, but I doubt it.

Well, you can't keep him here.

Who says?

He's gonna need a lot of attention.

I got a room back there.

You move him to jail or any place else,

You're gonna have a dead man on your hands, for sure.

My job is to save lives, and I say he stays right here.

He certainly can't get up and walk away, lucas.

All right, but keep me posted.

If he starts talking, I wanna know about it.

I'll be in the telegraph office.

Foley! Listen to this!

Rudy gray done got himself shot down in new mexico territory,

A place called, uh, north fork, trying to rob another bank.

Foley: That darn fool! Lemme see.

Telegraph operator: And all that time

They've been looking for him up around here.

2,000 dollars!

If the sheriff had known gray was gonna get it so quick,

He could have saved the tax payer some money,

Instead of paying it out to them folks down there.

Yeah. But you didn't read this too good.

What do you mean?

Well, lookee here, it says, uh, "man tentatively identified

As rudy gray caught and shot during north fork bank hold up.

Identification places him...

Bar horn ranch, your area.

Gray unconscious, not expected to live. Please advice. Mccain.

Deputy marshal."

So?

So... Well, don't you see, the way this reads,

They don't even know who he is.

Well, the sheriff will sure let him know when I give him that.

Will you please go over there and sit down, behave yourself.

Now let's see. Two weeks.

Two weeks ago, he was working at the bar horn till he killed

That bank clerk trying to get off with the pay roll.

Well, the sheriff, he didn't send in those wanted posters

To the federal marshal's office in denver until-

It couldn't be more than three days ago.

Yeah, that's right.

Them posters, they-

They must not have got 'em in north fork yet.

It kinda looks that way, don't it?

If this mccain fellow knew who rudy was,

I mean if he had a poster or something,

He wouldn't be saying here "please advice",

He'd be yelling for his money, wouldn't he?

The denver marshal sends them out by stage. Let's see.

North... North... North fork, here it is.

The denver stage isn't due through there 'til, uh...

Let's see, once a month.

Next Friday! They couldn't have them posters yet.

Then they can't know about it.

See north fork, that's, oh, about a two-day ride.

I could be down there by Thursday at the latest,

Pick up ol' rudy. I could be out of that town before this...

Mccain even knew he was wanted.

Sure, and then he'd get them posters on Friday.

And he'd be wirin' up here after you first thing.

And you get the wire and you forget to turn it over

To the sheriff, jus' the way you're gonna forget

To turn this one over to 'im, and you an' I would be gone

Before anybody know the difference.

I don't know, foley.

Oh, come on, tom, it says right there on the poster,

Doesn't it? "wanted dead or alive."

Look at here, uh, "gray unconscious,

Not expected to live."

And we could kinda use 1,000 dollars a piece,

Now couldn't we?

Can you get away with it?

You gotta make out to be somebody else, you know?

Oh, yeah, that's...That's easy enough, that's no problem.

Simplest thing in the world, I think.

I'll bet you 2,000 dollars I can do it. How's that?

Come in.

How's he doin'?

Ah, fever's gettin' to 'im.

Burnin' up one minute, cold an' soaking wet the next.

Any chance?

A day, maybe two, nothing more I can do.

Doc, you, uh, couldn't make that three days, could you?

Huh?

From the sheriff in salinas.

"rudy gray, local family, do everything possible.

Brother arriving by Thursday."

I don't know, lucas, I don't know.

Well, do what you can.

Sir, you, uh, I see your deputy badge.

Would you be mccain?

That's right.

My name is gray, tom gray. I just come in from salinas.

Mr. Gray.

My, uh, brother, rudy, where is he?

He's at the doc's office.

Is he still alive?

He's still alive.

Well, I come as fast as I could.

But there's...Not much hope, mr. Gray.

I'd like to see him.

Doc, this is, uh, tom gray, the brother.

Oh, how do you do?

Doctor.

I'm sorry, mr. Gray, I did everything I could,

But he never regained consciousness.

You mean he's gone?

No. Not yet but-

Well, I wanna see him!

He's in there.

I'd like to see him alone for a minute, if you don't mind.

Well, there ain't no sense in you an' me wasting any time,

Is there?

Sugar?

Doc? Doc? Come in here!

He... He stopped breathing.

I'm sorry, but it was just luck that he lasted this long.

He... He just quit!

What about your family? I can wire salinas.

No, no. Don't do that.

It's all over, isn't it?

There ain't nothing more you can do to him now.

He robbed your bank, and he paid for it,

And that's the end of it.

It's true, isn't it?

I suppose so.

Well, I just wanna take him home,

As quietly as I can.

Be a whole lot easier on the folks, they're kind of...

Old, and... It will be a lot easier on them,

If I can do it my way,

Instead o' just sending 'em some kinda cold telegram.

All right.

The blacksmith will have to make a box, an' tomorrow,

You can take your brother home on the denver stage.

On the stage?

It's due in the morning. It goes back by way of salinas.

Something wrong, mr. Gray?

Well, no, nothin' wrong.

Uhm... I just-

I don't wanna take him on a stage, that's all.

People shootin' their mouths off,

An' being sympathetic, I don't need that.

Well, nobody on the stage has to know.

Couldn't I just do it my way?

Just him an' me?

I'll buy a wagon, ain't no law against that, is there?

Havin' a little privacy.

No, no law.

I guess you're entitled to that much.

Thank you.

Doc, er, you, er, keep him here?

The undertaker's just up the street.

Oh, well, I'll attend to that and, uh,

See about gettin' a wagon.

Doc, I don't know how to thank you.

If you'll just tell me how much I owe you.

It's all right, mr. Gray. I'm sorry I couldn't do more.

There's no charge.

That's kind of you, doc.

Awfully kind, and I thank you for it.

What's the matter?

Hmm? Oh, nothing, doc. I'll see you later.

-Pa? -Mm?

Are you gonna be goin' to bed?

In a while. How's the homework?

All finished.

Well, you'd better get ready for bed, too.

That hammering an' sawing nils is doin',

When you know what's it's for, well,

It just doesn't sound the same as when you're fixing a fence

Or somethin' like that.

No, it doesn't, son.

Well, I'm gonna have another look around town.

I'll be back in a few minutes. You'd better go get your books.

All right.

Mr. Mccain, you're out makin' your rounds?

Yeah, it's nice an' quiet.

Yeah, it is.

I hope all this noise isn't disturbing everybody.

Well, it has to be done.

Yes, well, it does.

I was just...On my over to the blacksmith,

To see how he's makin' out.

Well, I'll walk over with you. Get you a wagon?

Yeah, he did, nice little buckboard.

Nils?

Oh, howdy, lucas? Mr. Gray?

Are you about finished?

Yeah, just a little sanding, she'll be all done.

Well, that's fine. It's, er, just fine. Nice wood.

Rudy'd be proud.

Well, got the buckboard out back, an' as soon as I finish,

I'll load 'er up, an' all you gotta do in the morning

Is take 'er out an'... Get your brother.

I... I don't know what the cost is, but-

I don't like to charge for-

Well, it'll just be 3 dollars, for the material.

Holy gee, you folks have been awful good to me.

I'm just terribly sorry

That you had to get mixed up in it at all.

Well, it's been a long day.

I'm awfully tired, I don't mind tellin' you.

Tomorrow we'll, uh-

Well tomorrow will be here soon enough.

I guess I'll go turn in.

I wanna thank you, nils.

Good night, mr. Gray.

Good night, mr. Mccain.

Nice fella, sure is takin' it hard.

Yeah, I guess he is.

Good night, nils.

Good night, lucas.

That's far enough.

Mr. Mccain?

That's right. Take your hand away from that gun.

You sure gave me a turn comin' out of the shadows that way.

I was just, uh, well,

I just wanted to see if my brother was all right.

You wanted to get that body out of here

Before the denver stage arrives in the morning,

That's what you wanted.

Bounty hunter!

Bounty hunter?

I dunno what you are talking about, mr. Mccain.

Rudy gray is my brother.

I wired the denver marshal.

Rudy gray has no family.

All he's got is a price on his head.

Got a telegram from the... Sheriff up at salinas, pa.

He arrested that clerk that was working with mr. Foley.

Good.

You have to write out another report?

Mm-hm. That's the worst part of taking over for micah.

Every time you get a job done, you've gotta write a long letter

To the marshal in denver tellin' him all about it.

"when I attempted to... Pick up the bounty hunter-

"when I attempted to... To stop-

Pa, apprehend.

Apprehend. Thank you, mark.

Apprehend.