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Here you are.

Well, lucas! What brings you out this way?

Trailin' you with a wire message.

Sheriff up at the county seat says

You can take your prisoner into santa fe,

Instead o' goin' all the way to indian bend.

Oh, that's fine, shortens our trip a day.

Sure sorry to trouble you like this, though, lucas.

No trouble, micah.

Mark an' I were on our way to little butte

To take in the county fair.

Mr. Reynolds!

Well, well, don't you remember me?

No, can't say as I do, boy.

Oh, about 3 years ago, you remember, down in that ravine,

I-I-I was hurt an'-

Well, for god's sake, how you been, son?

3 years ago, mark was bitten by a rattler.

This man, reynolds, found him,

An' took him to the nearest town.

Micah, what are they gonna do to 'im in santa fe?

I'm to be hanged, boy.

Hanged?!

But, micah, he saved my life!

Pa?!

Come on, son, we better be goin'. Come on.

Where are you puttin' up, lucas?

Oh, I figured the river bottom.

Why not stay here?

It will be an hour before you get to the river bottom.

By the time you get up a good cookin' fire,

Mark will be fallin' asleep.

Oh, I-I wouldn't worry about 'im, mark will be safe enough.

Well, I guess it would be late before we get bedded down.

All right, micah, we'll take advantage o' your fire.

Son, you get the bedding down and I'll get the grub together,

Fair enough?

But I won't be eatin', pa, I'm not very hungry.

Five hour ridin' an' not hungry?

All right, son, go on.

Well, nothin' like a long ride to make you appreciate bedding

Down by a campfire.

We both oughta sleep good tonight.

I guess so.

It doesn't seem fair. Just don't seem fair, pa!

Him dyin', an' gettin' nothing in return for...

For helpin' me?

Some things... You just got no answers for 'em.

The boy's takin' it hard, micah.

Well, I can see where mark might be addin' it up

Like two an' two,

Reynolds savin' his life an' losin' his own.

To a boy, I reckon it just don't make sense.

Well, there'll come a time in his life

When he'll find out that nothin' is ever so simple as...

Addin' two an' two.

I don't envy 'im that time.

Hey, uh, you're gonna need this.

Hey, my key, thanks.

Hey, boy, you grown some since I saw you last.

I guess I got a little bigger.

I-I've heard about you now an' then.

Oh? Hmm, I don't have to ask if it was anythin' good.

Oh, I guess it wasn't. I'm...

I'm sorry to hear about this here predicament that you're in.

Like they say, make a bed,

It's the one you're sure gonna lie in.

Goodnight.

Oh, I reckon it's about time to turn in, lucas.

Yeah, goodnight, micah.

Goodnight.

I'll stake out the horses with micah's, son, be right back.

All right, pa.

Still awake, son?

I can't seem to get to sleep.

Mark, I told you before,

There is nothin' anybody can do about mr. Reynolds.

I know, but I sure wish there was.

Well, maybe you can sleep.

If you think of somethin' pleasant,

Like the county fair tomorrow.

Maybe.

You know, son, pretty soon,

Maybe in the next year or two,

You'll kinda see things differently.

Maybe it will be for the better, an' maybe it won't.

But every boy comes to an age, a... Time when...

He knows certain things have to be the way they are.

It's a good world, mark, you'll see that,

You'll see plenty of sunshine,

But you'll also see some dark clouds comin' your way.

It's just the way the world is.

Happy times, good times,

But always some sad times.

Goodnight, son.

Goodnight, pa.

Micah!

Micah, I think there's a mountain lion

Botherin' the horses.

You stay here, mark.

Easy, boy. Easy, boy, easy. Easy now, easy, boy.

Wait! All I want is a couple o' minutes.

You'd have died that day if I'd thought o' my own skin

Instead o' yours.

Two or three minutes for savin' your life,

That's not too much to ask?

You were in a bad way that day, real bad.

If I'd left that would have been the end,

But I stuck my neck out for you, thanks.

Well, I... Guess he's given up on this meal.

Yeah, they generally only make one try.

I think we can go to sleep.

Yeah, come on.

My key! He had my key!

I must have lost it when I got up.

Well I- I guess I take the prize for stupidity.

Mark, did you see what happened here?

Did you see reynolds find the key?

I wasn't lookin' at 'im.

You must have seen 'im leave.

There must have been time to call out or run to us.

Mark, answer my question.

Could you have called out or run to us?!

You sayin' you deliberately kept quiet?!

You deliberately let reynolds escape?!

Pa, I couldn't call out, I just couldn't.

He- he saved my life, pa,

I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him.

Mark, reynolds was a prisoner, an outlaw.

You had no right to let 'im get away,

Not when you could have stopped 'im by callin' out

To micah or me!

It's not his fault, lucas, he feels he owes reynolds a debt,

An' it's got 'im a little mixed up.

There's no mixin' up right or wrong, micah.

You get our things together.

Micah, reynolds probably headed north, toward the badlands.

Logical place for 'im to hide out.

I'll saddle up an' get on his trail.

I'm sorry, pa.

One thing is sure,

We're not goin' to the county fair this year.

I'm takin' you over to abe merar's,

You're gonna stay there.

I'm comin' back an' helpin' micah track down your friend.

Howdy, abe.

Hello, lucas, I haven't seen

You for quite a while. Hello, mark.

Hello, mr. Merar.

Abe, do you mind if I leave mark here with you for a while?

Micah an' I have to head north after a prisoner

Who got away from us last night.

Well, of course I don't mind, be glad to have you, mark.

Got several little jobs around here

I could use a little help on, if you're willin'.

I'd be glad to.

Be back when I can.

I'm sorry, pa.

You been causin' trouble, young fella?

Sure have, pa's all riled up at me.

Well, I wish I had a young fella like you to get riled at.

I've never seen my pa so mad.

It was my fault that that prisoner got away.

Pa an' I were startin' out for the county fair

Down in little butte, then we kinda took a detour,

An' we had to give this message to micah for-

All I know about this squirrel gun I found in your barn,

Ol' man, is that it's loaded.

How straight it shoots we'll both be finding out

If you move one finger the wrong way.

I wouldn't put too much confidence in that gun

If I was you.

I got the same advice for you, ol' timer.

I wouldn't put too much confidence,

That it's gonna go over your head.

Go in the house. You too, boy. Come on.

You'll not get away with this, fella.

Maybe.

Now look, ol' man, all I want from you is food, water,

An' a horse, an' this handgun.

Now, you be real obliging, there'll be no trouble.

Got no horse to spare.

That one out by the barn you were trimmin', that'll do fine.

You go out an' saddle 'im.

Boy? Get these canteens, fill 'em.

Didn't you two hear me?

What you take at gunpoint you take.

But, I'll be darned if I just hand a horse over to you.

Now, look, that sheriff an' the boy's father

Are about a half mile north, an' the sound o' this in this room

Won't carry more than 100 yards.

Now, do we understand one another?

I say it again, you take it, but I'm givin' you nothing.

You'd better do as mr. Reynolds says.

Boy's got sense.

I hope your pa didn't take it outta your hide.

My pa's never hit me!

Well, I'm glad you didn't

Have to do any woodshed yelping over me.

I figure we're pretty good friends by now, huh?

I'm no friend o' yours! I know you helped me that day-

Mr. Merar!

You old fool.

Don't worry, son.

I've carried bigger pieces o' lead than this.

Well, you'll be carryin' a bigger piece between your eyes,

Try somethin' like that again.

He's only nicked, you can't hurt those old buzzards.

Come on, get those canteens filled, I'll get some food.

I'm puttin' a bandage on mr. Merar first.

Well, it doesn't make sense, micah.

Reynolds leavin' such an easy trail to follow.

Well, all he'd have to do is stick to those rocks up ahead,

And he'd have us guessin'.

Now, look, he was runnin' along there.

I, uh, seem to recall a creek up ahead.

Well, if he's backtracking,

He's probably used that creek to throw us off.

We better get movin'.

Come on, he's had enough attention.

Get those canteens filled, we got a long way to go today.

We?!

Yeah, you're goin' with me as far as the border.

This boy's father shows up,

You tell 'im I'm holdin' a strong hole card.

I want no rifle bullets flyin' around my ears

If he catches up with us.

I tell you once more to fill those canteens,

I'm not gonna be usin' words.

Move!

Yeah, I didn't think it was bad.

Where do you keep your tobacco?

You're kinda pressin' your luck, aren't you, ol' man?

Well, I quit usin' strong language some time ago,

Or I'd tell you where to get off.

Well, don't take it all.

Reynolds?!

Anythin' happens to that boy, his pa will hunt you down.

Nothin's gonna happen to 'im.

He's just my insurance, 'til I get to the border.

Matter o' fact, I like the kid.

You mean you still haven't filled-

Let's go.

Micah?

I was right, he's circling to the south.

That means he'll be cuttin' across the valley

To steal a horse from one o' the farms.

Yeah, an abe merar's place is the nearest,

Right where I left mark.

Let's take a rest for a minute.

What's botherin' you, boy?

Nothin's botherin' me.

Well, you take it easy on that water.

You won't be findin' any between here an' the border.

Kerosene!

Kerosene! You figured on slowin' us down, didn't you, boy?

Well, you did.

In fact, you slowed yourself down right about to a stop!

Kerosene.

Kerosene.

That took guts, boy, I like that.

Yeah, wait till the boys hear that, they won't believe it.

Now, we can't get across these wastelands without water.

We'll have to veer east.

There's a ghost town 10, 11 miles over that way.

We'll get some water there.

Come on, mount up.

Reynolds is pretty sly.

If he said he's headin' for the border,

I'll bet he took another trail.

Well, then in this case, lucas, he headed south,

So it's my guess he's tryin' for the border.

Well, he probably felt safe enough talkin' about it,

Mark along with 'im as a hostage.

Well, abe, the first farm we pass,

We'll fetch you out a doctor.

Don't worry about me, you take out after your boy.

Take care o' yourself.

You ever been in a ghost town before, boy?

Further up north.

I remember when this was a hustlin' border town.

Part of the regular stage run.

Come on, let's go inside.

Sure is a gloomy place.

Oh, I'll give you a little light,

While you're waitin' here.

Waitin' here?!

Yeah.

Your father isn't too far behind us.

No sense tanglin' with him unless I have to.

We're gonna part company here.

I'm gonna tie you up, so you can't cut short my time

Gettin' away by goin' back.

Come here!

Look, boy, I'm gonna tap a gun butt off your head

If you don't settle down.

Put your hands behind.

That's more like it.

Well, they've turned east.

Yeah, couldn't have been too long ago.

Micah, if he's harmed that boy,

I'll bury him right where I find 'im, come on.

Kerosene, I ought to make you drink it.

There's a... A pump across the street.

I'm gonna go over there an' fill these up.

An' if you're loose when I get back,

I'm gonna hang you up by your feet, make sure you stay put.

Mr. Reynolds, help!

Mr. Reynolds!

Hyaa! Hyaa! Shoo!

Where are you, boy?! Don't panic, I'll get you.

You all right, boy?

Mark? Are you all right, son?

I think so, pa.

Pa, he saved my life again.

Micah can't take 'im now, pa. He can't.

Mark, this wouldn't have happened

If you hadn't interfered.

Now, let's not start all over again, boy.

Reynolds, the way I figure it,

You got a fair trial an' a fair sentence.

Frankly, I don't think you deserve a break,

Cuz I don't think you'll ever change.

But, uh, well, you tell 'im, micah.

Lucas an' I have been talkin' it over.

We're all goin' up to santa fe together to see the governor.

Maybe he'll think you got a favor comin',

An' swap your hangin' for a prison sentence.

Well, can't say as I object to a nice airy cell,

Instead o' stretchin' some rope.

I feel better now, pa.

Us doin' something in return for mr. Reynolds.

You feel better, do you?

Well, you just remember, when we get home,

We've got a few things to talk about.

Oh, yeah.