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Pa!

Pa!

Where are ya?

Pa, you in there?

Pa!

The man's gonna kill me, Pa.

Jacob, Abel, Isaac, Esau.

Come outta there, Wakefield.

Don't make me come in after ya.

We've done his eyes blue and his skin fair, just like yours.

And he was took away on his birthday.

Just like you.

I'm gonna have to kill him.

I'm sorry about your boy, Wakefield.

But he robbed the bank in Dodge.

He shot the teller, he killed one man and wounded two others.

Now, I didn't mean to kill him

but he didn't leave me much choice.

How'd you know my name?

You mean to tell me you don't know there's wanted posters

on you and these boys of yours all over Kansas Territory?

We're regular scares ain't we, Pa?

Them things we did to those poor people.

You know, we ought to be shot.

Shot.

One of us was.

Today.

Wakefield, if what I understand is true,

you and these boys of yours have burned homesteads

all the way from here to the Dakotas.

You've killed 40, 50 people.

Can you tell me why?

You mean you got all of them posters of us...

and you don't even know why we done it?

No.

Maybe you think I go out killin'

for the mortal pleasure of it.

'Cause I ain't right in the head.

Maybe.

Well, before you die you're gonna know.

I done it for her.

Because they killed my lady.

Them righteous, psalm-singin' hypocrites that come out here

to squat on the land and try to bend every livin' thing

to their way of doin'.

Well, I showed 'em I don't bend.

And I'm gonna go on a'showin' 'em tell every last one of 'em

felt the wrath of Abraham Wakefield.

My lady loved me.

She was a queen and she loved me.

Me, a poor dirt farmer, and she took me to be her man.

There ain't no cold or loneliness nowheres to match

that what's in my soul since they took her away from me.

Who's they?

You did!

You and all your kind.

You mean law men?

That's what they call themselves.

Vigilantes they was.

One black day 20 or 30 of them blood-lusters

was chasin' a rustler.

They finally run him to ground at my place.

My lady was there all alone.

The man they's chasin' tried to use her to buy 'em off.

I come up just as they's burnin' my house down

to get him out.

I heard her screamin', screamin'.

I tried to get to her but I couldn't, I couldn't.

And when they seen what they done,

they shot me and left me for dead

so there wouldn't be no witness.

But I didn't die.

And I ain't gonna die till I've killed 100 of 'em

for every one of 'em that killed my lady.

Wakefield, you can't blame everybody

for the acts of a few.

The law's the worst.

Because they didn't do nothin'.

Nothin'.

What killed my lady was law-abidin' citizens.

Fresh-scrubbed and church-goin'.

They hired the law and paid it,

then they looked the other way

when it come to justice bein' done.

So, I'm my own justice.

Now, the law is after me for doin' what they shoulda done.

You let 'em put that up on a poster and show everybody

Abraham Wakefield's paid 'em all back

for what they done to his lady.

And now you...

you done killed one of my boys.

It wasn't me that killed him, Wakefield, you did.

Now you're leadin' these boys down the same path,

can't you see that?

You say you've suffered a lot.

Well you've taken it out on a lot of people

that didn't have anything to do with your wife's dying.

Where's the justice in that?

In my gun, mister.

- Pa. - Kill him, Pa.

What're you waitin' for, Pa?

- He's a stinkin' law man. - You kill him.

Yeah.

Pa.

He ain't gonna die that quick...

or that easy.

I'm gonna give him the rest of the night to think about it.

Tie him up and get to bed.

Not you.

You're gonna help with the killin' tomorrow.

It's a lot easier to put a bullet between the eyes of a stranger

than it is somebody you know.

So, you get to know him, talk with him.

I'm gonna make a Wakefield outta you yet,

or I'm gonna see you dead.

Why... you doin' this to me, Pa?

Because you're a weaklin'.

Your mother pained plenty to bring you into this here world.

Almost died.

I ain't gonna see you pukin' on her grave

like some baby that can't hold down his milk.

I won't have it.

I won't have no flesh of mine protectin' the likes of him.

Protectin' them that killed my woman.

You hearin' me boy?

Yes, Pa.

Law man...

don't you get no funny ideas about runnin'.

Shilo here will have you laid out for the grave

before you get halfway to the door.

No, I don't think the marshal here believes, Pa.

He's a regular Doubtin' Thomas.

Ah now, we don't like folks to call our daddy a liar,

especially a badge.

Ain't no call for this, Esau.

Shut your mouth...

before I shut it for you.

Now, it ain't the marshal's fault he don't know.

He just never been showed.

Shilo...

Show him, Shilo.

Back, Shilo.

You know, I think we might just have ourselves

a believer here.

What do you think, brother Jacob?

Well, sleep tight, marshal. Don't let the bed bugs bite.

Watch him.

You tie him up.

Quiet, Shilo.

Why do I get the feeling you don't belong in this family?

I belong.

I just don't like killin', that's all.

Uh huh, yet you ride out with your father

when he gets in his head it's time for another massacre.

Sometimes, when I don't wanna get beat.

I never did like killin'.

I seen my fill of it.

But I ain't put a hole in nobody yet.

Ma's dead.

Ain't all the killin' in the world's

gonna bring her back.

Pa...

He's gone crazy.

All he thinks about is the next time he rides down off this mountain

to take vengeance on the hypocrisy on the world.

Worshiped her more'n God.

Still does.

They was dirt poor but he worked for five years,

mornin' till night, and seven days a week,

to save enough money so's he could buy her that dress

and have her painted by a real artist.

Keeps her bedroom locked all the time.

What's in it?

Somethin' that means more'n all the gold in the world to him,

Mama's things.

Her bed, her dresser, clothes.

Brought it all from the old place,

set 'em up here after she died.

Everything belonged to her that didn't burn's in there.

Sometimes he goes in there for a whole day.

Sometimes two.

And he, he kept talkin' to her like she was still alive.

I can remember when my...

Pa was the most gentle man livin'.

I don't even know him no more.

Then why do you stay?

The man's my pa.

I still love him.

I gotta.

Sometimes I watch him when he's quiet to sleep.

He looks just like he used to, quiet and fine.

For a moment I pretend everything's like it was before.

Then he wakes up, achin' and painin' and plottin'.

Then wantin' to cry and set a torch to the world.

Laban was a good boy.

He honored his father and done right by his blessed mother.

Died a soldier of righteousness,

his sword lifted agin them

that struck down your honor and mine.

See that he rests with kings. Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

Come on, put your muscle up on the table,

you dirt-mouth dung-pusher.

Time to see what kinda stuff you're made of.

Has a little spice, don't ya think?

Now I don't want you goin' soft on me

in the middle of this game and givin' up.

I'm gonna put that pig sticker through your hand.

But I don't wanna do it without a fight now, do ya hear?

If you had any sand you'd put one over there.

Isaac.

Now, I don't wanna put no yella in your grip, law man,

but there ain't nobody ain't never beat me at this game.

You sure talk a lot.

Come on, Esau.

Atta boy, get him Esau, get him.

Atta boy.

Go ahead, come on, Esau, you can get him.

Atta boy.

Atta boy, get him in there.

Whoo, get him.

Esau, come on Esau, get him.

Don't give up, Esau.

I rode all the way to Ashland

to get this mirror for you, remember?

I like to see you sit here and brush your hair

until it shines like rubbed wood.

You always told me it was just for me.

But, sometimes I figured maybe Ezra,

or some of them handsome young bucks

we see at the barn raisings.

Well, you just let me catch you makin' eyes at 'em.

Annabel, I love you more than life.

No.

It ain't me.

I's young.

Young I was and handsome.

No.

Don't give up, Esau.

Come on, Esau, don't give up, come on.

Don't be a fool, Wakefield, give it up.

Huh uh, not till that blade's stickin' through your hand.

Come on, Esau.

What on earth's goin' on, Isaac?

Well he's run that knife though Esau's hand, Pa.

Get him, Pa, or I will.

I said put it down.

Pa, we told you what he done.

Looks like you won fair and square to me.

You sidin' with him?

Don't you never say that to me again.

Esau didn't mean no spite, Pa.

Us Wakefields is fair and square.

Well, ain't we?

- Yes sir. - Sure.

Fair and square.

Just what you gettin' at, Pa?

You're a sportin' lot.

Well, I just been a'thinkin',

wouldn't hardly be sportin' just to shoot him

and not give him a chance to defend hisself.

That wouldn't be sportin', would it?

Well, would it?

Wh-what're you sayin', Pa?

I'm sayin' we give him a head start on foot.

He's got a forest and a whole mountain to hide in.

And one hour to do it.

Then us and Shilo'll go lookin' for him.

You call that fair odds, do ya?

Good'n fair for a scum who killed my boy.

Don't look so grim.

Just think, this time tomorrow

all your worldly cares'll be over.

Less'n of course you manage to stay away from us longer.

What happens if I do?

I told ya, I'm a sportin' man.

If by the grace of the devil this time tomorrow

you're still alive, I'll leave ya be.

You got my word on it.

I don't like it, Pa.

You will when we start a'trackin'.

Pa, what happens if he gets away?

Shilo can smell a law man 50 miles away.

Our friend here'll be lucky to get three or four miles

afore we start a'lookin' for him.

We'll bag him and be back here afore supper.

Get your coat off, the dog'll need a scent.

He's gonna freeze out there, Pa.

He ain't gonna have time to freeze,

he's gonna be to busy runnin'.

I told you to get that coat off.

What's the real reason for this, Wakefield?

I told ya, I don't want ya dyin' quick or easy.

I want you to have time to run like Laban did.

I want you to have time to feel your bones freezing stiff.

I want you to have time to suffer.

Then I'm gonna kill ya.

Time.

Let's go get us a badge.

Let's get outta here. Come on, Shilo.

Now we're gonna do right by Laban today.

Or your flesh'll on you like clothes on a line.

There ain't nobody down there.

He backtracked, Pa.

Get up.

Pa, tracks goin' out this way.

Kinda artful, ain't he?

Give Shilo a sniff of his coat,

he'll find him quick enough.

To quick. Our big friend ain't run long enough yet.

Come on.

No, Pa.

What do ya mean? We'll find him soon enough.

That's right, we.

Well it's gotta be me, just me.

What're you talkin' about?

He shamed me this mornin'.

And I gotta kill him, me.

He killed Laban.

Laban belonged to all of us.

We all got a share in his hide.

But it's gotta be me.

You come back here, boy, you hear me?

I'll give you the lash.

I'll give you the lash.

Looks like you just ran outta room.

Come on, big man, or are you too weighted down

by all that yella?

I'ma make you pay.

Think you can do the job yourself?

Ah now, this ain't no game.

- Esau bagged him. - Maybe.

Esau, Esau where are ya?

What'd you let him kill ya for?

Why'd ya let him do it to ya?

- Go bring me that coat. - Yes, Pa.

Here, Pa.

Law man, kill.

Law man, kill.

Kill!

Just when's Pa comin' back to himself?

How should I know?

If he's in a memory mog,

there ain't nothin' gonna bring him back till he gets his fill.

Well, we can't just stand around here

with our hands in our pockets.

If that badge killed Shilo, he'd get clean away.

How could he kill Shilo?

We found Esau's gun on him.

Yeah, we didn't find his knife.

Even if he had Esau's knife

he still ain't no match for that hound.

Then where's the dog?

What if he did kill Shilo, just what if he did?

It'd take him a long time to climb down off this mountain.

We could still track him down.

Not if he gets back to our place first.

He's got a horse up there or do ya forget?

He'd ride outta here and come back with a whole legion.

Pa.

Pa!

You stay here with Pa, ya hear?

As soon as he comes back to himself

you tell him we went off trackin'.

You tell him we waited here as long as we could.

Don't want him to think we was anxious to claim

no glory for ourselves, he'd beat us ragged.

Don't give him no chance

to get no contrary notions in his head, either.

All the talk in this world won't change his thinkin'.

You hear me, brother?

Let's get outta here.

If I get lashed you're gonna get a bullet from my gun, you hear?

Hee-yaw.

Heyaw.

Shilo musta ripped him good.

There's blood all over the place.

He ain't no ordinary man.

He was no ordinary man.

He's only a half of one now.

He ain't goin' nowhere.

Well, let's see to it he don't. Come on.

Pa's gonna fix us good, you know that, don't ya?

Well, if you think I'm gonna let him get away,

you're crazier than a coon.

I know Pa'd be real pleased with us

if he knowed we let him suffer to the end.

- What're you sayin'? - I'm sayin' let the marshal be.

Let him suffer.

He ain't goin' nowhere.

If that wound Shilo give him don't stop him, the night will.

He can't find our place in the dark.

With all them clouds in the sky,

he won't even have a moon to work by.

Not to mention the fact that by mornin'

he'll be froze stiff as a post.

All right, let's start a fire afore we freeze over.

We can pick up his trail at the first light.

I hope we find him in time.

Maybe we can even keep him alive long enough

for Pa to catch up so's he can have a hand in the glory.

I know that'd please him.

You're afraid of him, ain't ya?

Afraid of who?

Pa.

Ain't you?

Gonna help me start a fire, or ain't ya?

Why couldn't things have been different, Pa?

Why couldn't ya just have buried Mama and lived on with

a piece of the grace she spent her lifetime givin' ya?

That woulda pleased her more'n,

more'n what's become of you and the rest of us.

Woulda showed her more than you buildin'

half a dozen graveyards in her name.

What're we doin' here?

Where's Isaac, Abel?

We gotta get after that law man.

You was into yourself again, Pa.

Isaac and Abel rode out after him.

Rode out without me?

I'll beat 'em to death.

Pa, they just didn't want him to get away, that's all.

Shilo got him, didn't he?

Shilo!

- Where is he? - He didn't get back yet.

Probably with Isaac and Abel.

Then why ain't they back?

I don't know.

Pa, you can't find nobody in this black.

It'll be dawn in a few hours.

Be plenty of time, then.

Looks like he held up here.

How'd he start a fire?

He can't be hurt as bad as we thought.

Esau had matches on him.

And his coat, he weren't wearin' no coat when we found him.

There's no show of blood goin' off with the rest of him.

He ain't as crippled as we thought he was

and he's headin' straight for our place.

Should've tracked him down last night

but you wanted to leave him be.

Leave him suffer, you said.

Well it's us that's gonna suffer if'n we let

him slip through our fingers.

We got horses, ain't we?

He don't, we'll get him.

You're a'scared of Pa too, ain't ya brother?

There's a darkness hanging over me, Annabel.

And a cold wind a-blowin' on my dreams.

The enemies are lurin' our boys away,

killin' them off so's I don't have no family left

to help me hold a sword over your grave.

Pa, you all right?

I'm gonna have to be terrible hard on Abel and Isaac, Annabel.

Gonna have to put the lash across them

before they all get killed.

There ain't nothin' left of you.

What is it?

Looks like we got him.

- What're you doin'? - It's Pa.

We got the law man, Pa!

He's up there on that hill.

We was waitin' for you, Pa.

Pa.

Your run off.

No Pa.

You run off.

Laban run off agin my orders.

Run off and got himself killed.

Pa, what're you talkin' about Pa?

Esau run off agin my orders and he died for it.

And your mama's a'standin' over there

weepin' on their graves.

You ain't makin' no sense, Pa.

And you two run off.

We didn't run off.

You coulda got yourselves killed.

We didn't.

We didn't.

And how do I tell your mama you's dead too?

Jacob told you why we left, didn't he Pa?

We waited as long as we could, Papa.

I told your mama I's gonna be turrible hard on ya

and I am.

I'm gonna cut the meat of your bones.

I'm gonna learn you so's you won't never grieve

your blessed mama again.

You can't Pa, you'll kill 'em.

You're too far outta yourself.

Pa, please.

You're talkin' crazy, Pa.

You've gone crazy.

I won't let you do it, I won't.

I'm gonna learn ya to be good soldiers,

an army of the righteous.

And I'm gonna learn ya so's ya don't never forget.

Don't you raise your hand against me!

What're ya doin', Pa?

Pa!

Pa!

Don't you run away from me!

Go ahead, Papa.

Kill me too, Papa.

Go ahead, Papa, pull the trigger!

Kill me like you did the rest of us!

You done it Papa, you, you...

Oh, Pa.

I was right, Jacob.

It was to happen.

Where's your pa?

I'm gonna have to take him in.

Give him a few more minutes with my...

To himself.

Take care of him, marshal.

He can't hurt nobody no more.

I won't hang him, Jacob.

He'll be looked after.

Goodbye, Pa.

Goodbye, Jacob.