03x12 - The Jailbreakers

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Gina...

how dumb
can a fellow be?

I was beginning to think
you weren't gonna come.

Dawson's been hanging
around the Silver Dollar

all evening
just watching me.

It's almost
as if he knew.

How could he?

Nobody's gonna tell him
I'd come back here.

He'll find out
sooner or later.

That marshal's batch,
he scares people so badly

they'll tell him
anything.

Darling...

how long?

Couple of weeks,

a month at the most.

Last letter I got
from Slim Sherman

says the job is ready
and waiting for me.

Then why can't
I go with you now?

I could keep on
working in Laramie.

No, Gina,
we get married.

I want you
all to myself.

I don't want to share you
with those saloon hounds.

How dumb
can a fellow be?

Do you think you've
ever had to share me...

even all the time
you were away?

In prison, honey,

don't be afraid
to say it.

It's nothing
to be proud of,

but I've paid and I'm square
with the world.

I'm starting all over again
from scratch.

We are starting
from scratch.

Please, Gil,

make it soon.

[ door creaking ]

Gina!

We're here, Lila.

Gina, you and Gil are gonna
have to get out of here.

Why, what's wrong?

It's Dawson.

He came over
to the Silver Dollar

right after you left.

He didn't believe me
when I told him

you went home sick.

He went right over
the rooming house.

Oh, no.

Gil, you've got to
take her out of here.

I've taken...
I'm gonna take off him.

No, you can't
fight him.

You know what happened
the last time.

He's not gonna throw me
in jail again.

But he doesn't want to,
don't you understand?

He's just looking
for an excuse to k*ll you.

That's just
what I've got.

No, Al,
please don't.

It isn't his fault,
I asked him to come back.

We had a deal.

You swore you'd never
see him again.

What do you mean,
deal?

How do you think
you got that parole?

If it hadn't been for me,

you'd still be
sweating out your time.

What kind of deal?

What do you think?

You're out of jail,
aren't you?

Well, let it go at that.

Gina.

Now get out of here,
will you?

He ain't going nowhere.

You can't hold me.

There's no law says I can't
come back to Cheyenne.

The law says no ex-con
can pack a g*n.

As far
as I'm concerned...

it's self-defense.

Run, Gil.

[ g*nsh*t ]

Gina!

She grabbed my arm.

I couldn't
shake her loose.

You k*lled her.

No, it was an accident.

Keep away.

Haven't got enough slugs
in that g*n to stop me now.

I can see him!

He's in here!

Get --

There's nothing
you can do for her now, Gil.

She is just covering
for me, wasn't she?

They wasn't any deal.

No.

Only a promise
never to see you again...

and she couldn't
even keep it.

Now get out of here,
will you?

No!

No, Gil, no.

He's got
too many men outside.

There's a backdoor,
now go on.

Go on!
Go!

All right, Martin,
come on out.

He's gone.

Pike, stay here.

Check the back.

The rest of you
go around the outside.

I'd hate to see
a nice girl like you

get herself in a jam...

but you shouldn't have
helped that k*ller get away.

He didn't.

The k*ller is still here.

How can you say that?

I was here myself.

Gina and Gil
were arguing.

All of a sudden,
he blows up...

and before
I can stop him,

he pulls his g*n
and kills her.

I saw the whole thing
with my own eyes.

I've got eyes too, Al.

But they're not exactly
seeing clear.

You know that
temper of Gil's,

it's what sent him to prison
in the first place.

You sent him to prison.

You sent him up
deliberately

when you told Pike
to get fresh with Gina,

you knew
Gil would beat him up.

Well, it seems to me
you're a lot smarter

than you're making
out right now, Lila.

You ought to know
wild guesses

don't hold water
in a court of law.

Especially...

when you are the law,
I suppose.

That's just what I mean.

So if you want to
stay here in Cheyenne

and if you want to stay
healthy enough

to get anyplace else,

you better go along
with what the law says.

Are you listening?

Yeah, I'm listening.

Good.

Because the law says
Gil Martin k*lled Gina.

When I bring him in,

when I put him up in
the front of a judge and jury,

I'm gonna expect you
to be a real citizen...

to respect the law,

to obey it

and back it up
all the way.

You still listening?

Lila?

Yes, Al,

whatever you say, Al.

Well...

because that's just
what I want you to say

when I bring him in.

And don't think
I won't.

Gina.

No, Twink,
you can't come with us.

A circus is no place
for a little fawn like you.

They got lions
and tigers.

You just about make them
one good mouthful.

Besides, we'll be
back tomorrow.

I'd like to take you,
Twink,

but you know Aunt Daisy
would never stand for it.

DAISY: Mike!

Coming, Aunt Daisy.

Are you all ready?

Uh-huh.

You didn't forget to pack
your toothbrush, did you?

No.Good.

Here, would you
please take that

and this
out to the buckboard?

I'll be out
in just a minute.

Slim, this is
for your supper.

I know
you like beef stew.

All you have to do
is heat it up.

Slim?

Slim?Yeah?

Your supper,
it's all ready.

Thanks, Daisy.

I don't see why you insist
on laying this floor today,

all alone.

Jess will be back
tomorrow,

you could do it
in half the time.

What is so
world-shaking?

You haven't taken your nose
out of that newspaper
all morning.

I'm sorry, Daisy.

I've been reading the story
about Gil Martin.

I read it
a half a dozen times
and I can't believe it.

Gil Martin?

Oh, yes, that friend
you told me about,

that you wanted
to give a job to.

That's right.

I've been wondering why
I haven't heard from him.

m*rder?

Well,

your friend certainly
has his share of trouble.

I haven't seen Gil Martin
since the w*r

but he's not the
murderering kind.

He wouldn't do
anything like that.

Just doesn't add up.

According to
Marshal Dawson,

at the height
of the quarrel,

Martin suddenly drew a g*n
and shot the helpless girl.

This was verified by
an eyewitness to the crime

Miss Lila Stevens,
close friend of the victim.

Gina and he
were gonna get married.

That's why
he wanted the job,

to come out here
and settle down.

I'm afraid he won't do
much settling down.

Whole territory will be
looking for him.

Well, that's last
Thursday's paper.

Probably got him
by now.

Hmm.

Well, come and say
goodbye to Mike.

You've scarcely spoken
to him all morning.

Wish him a good time.

Mike, Daisy,
have a good time.

We will, goodbye.

Goodbye.

[ hammering ]

[ neighing ]

Hold it right there,
Slim.

Gil.

I didn't think
you'd remember.

You gone loco
or something?

Easy.

Put that iron down.

Not till I'm sure.

What do you got to be
sure about with me?

I'm not here
about that job, Slim.

Yeah, I know.

I get the newspapers
out here.

You believe it?

Spells it out
pretty clear.

I didn't do it.

I didn't k*ll her.

Now put that
g*n down.

Let's talk about it.

Hey, you look like

you could
stand a good supper.

Yeah, a week's worth.

Years worth of sleep.

If you didn't think
you could trust me,

why did you
come out here?

No place else to go.

I'm gonna tell you
one thing, Gil,

I'm not gonna hide or
protect you from the law.

I didn't k*ll her, Slim.

I'm listening.

It was Al Dawson,
he did it.

Dawson?
The marshal?

Dawson was ready
to g*n me down

and Gina tried
to stop him.

She got it instead.

Paper says there was
an eyewitness

Lila Stevens.

She says
you did it.

No, she is lying.

Dawson is making her lie,
he's got her scared to death.

Oh, then
she wasn't even there.

No, she was there
all right.

She saw
the whole thing

the way
it really happened.

She even helped me
get away.

But she couldn't stand up
to Dawson all by herself.

Nobody can.

Nobody can scare
a judge and a jury,

not even a marshal.

What makes you think
I'd ever see a judge or jury?

If Dawson catches up to me,
the only trial I'm liable to get

is under a tree
someplace with a rope

around my neck.

Or if I'm lucky,
he'd do it fast,

just g*n me down
for resisting arrest.

He's on my back, Slim.

My horse broke down
a couple hours ago.

I can't make it
if you don't help me.

How?

Give you another horse
so you can keep on running?

No, Gil, that's not
gonna work either.

The whole territory
is looking for you

and sooner or later
you're gonna be caught.

If I find Lila first,
I still got a chance.

You think she's here?

She left Cheyenne,
she's hiding out someplace

around Laramie.

I've got to find her
and make her tell the truth.

She's the only one
that can clear me.

Or hang you.

That's what
you really think,

I'm just here
to shut her up.

Well, that's what some
folks are gonna think.

I'm putting it
up to you, Slim.

Do you believe me
or not?

I believe you, Gil.

Thanks, Slim.

But I'm not gonna help you

as long as the law
is after you.

Now you turn yourself in,
I'll do everything I can.

Turn myself in?

I'm telling you,
Dawson will never--

Surrender yourself
to Sheriff Corey right here

in Laramie,
he'll protect you.

No!

You'll be
safer inside, Gil.

I'll be trapped.

Outside
you'll be dead.

Well, there's
one thing sure,

I'm taking Dawson
with me.

I'm gonna take you in,
Gil, for your own good.

I thought
you was my friend.

I'm sorry, Slim.

Sorry,

but it was the best way
to wake you up.

Who are you?

Dawson is the name,
Al Dawson.

Oh.

Do you know me?

Yeah, you're the marshal
of Cheyenne, aren't you?

Yeah.

What happened here?

You have an accident?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I fell
against the stove.

Cracked my head.

Oh.

Well, then it's a lucky
thing we stopped by.

You might have been
lying there all night.

Are you sure
you're all right?

Oh, yeah, I'm fine.

Thanks for your trouble.

Well, that's no trouble
at all, Sherman.

I want to talk
to you anyway.

Oh.

I got your name
from this.

That badge doesn't
give you the right

to go through
people's pockets.

This badge gives me the right
to do anything I want.

To nail a fugitive
from justice.

Fugitive?

Now let's stop
playing games, Sherman.

You know why I'm here.

I'm looking for a friend
of yours, Gil Martin.

Who said he was
a friend of mine?

You did.

I saw that letter
you sent him,

offering him a job
when he got out of prison.

And I suppose
you looked around.

You found him?

Yeah, we saw him.

Up in the hills
only about



on a fresh horse.

We winged him,
knocked him off

but we couldn't
find him in the dark.

What's that got
to do with me?

The horse
had your brand.

Then he must have stole it
while I was unconscious.

Well, that was real
convenient for him...

you being
unconscious like that.

Of course,
you would be in the clear

if he had come in
and slugged you

but you did say
it was an accident,

didn't you?

Yeah.

What do you mean
in the clear?

We spot him
coming from your ranch

on your horse and he is
a friend of yours.

Marshal, found these
in the back bedroom.

They are Martin's.

Well, just about
wraps it up.

You're under arrest,
Sherman.

On what charge?

Aiding and abetting
a fugitive.

You can't prove it.

Suspicion will do
for now.

You gonna come easy
or are you figuring

on resisting arrest?

As one peace officer
to another,

I demand your fullest
cooperation, sheriff.

Conspiring to help
a fugitive evade justice

is as bad
a crime as--

I don't need you to tell me
the law, marshal.

Thank you
just the same.

Then do your job,
lock him up.

How about it, Slim?

Anything more to say
of yourself?

I've said it all, Mort.

I didn't help
Gil Martin escape.

It's his word
against mine.

That's right, Dawson.

It's like it's Gil's word
against yours

how Gina Ross was k*lled.

What do you know about it?

Just what I read
in the newspapers.

Then you read
there was a witness.

That's right.

A scared girl.

On second thought,
sheriff,

I want to take Sherman
back with me.

Why?

I'm not getting
any cooperation out of you

and my prisoner will be
safer in Cheyenne.

Oh, I think this jail
is about as safe

as anything you've got.

Anyway, since you
brought Slim in here,

prefer charges
against him here,

he's my prisoner now.

Oh, now
wait a minute, Mort.

Sorry, Slim,
like the marshal says,

I have got a job
to do.

You're under arrest.

Come on.

Anything happens
to him, sheriff.

Don't you worry now,
marshal,

I'll take
good care of him.

You go on about your
business of catching Martin.

Just one thing though,
since I'm letting you

look for him here
in my territory,

I figure I'm just extending
a professional courtesy,

not a license to k*ll.

Sherman do any talking
about Martin?

No.

But he'll be
coming to Laramie

if he's
not here already.

That don't make sense.

Seems like to me he'd lose
himself in the Badlands.

You think he's gonna
find Lila Stevens

sitting on a rock out
in the middle of nowhere?

Now what do you
want with her?

She is his
only witness.

Shut her up and he's got
a chance of weaseling out.

How do you know
she's here?

After she disappeared,
I checked all the stages

out of Cheyenne.

She wasn't on any
heading east.

Then all we got
to do is find her,

wait for Martin
to show up.

Yeah,
more or less.

Pool the rest of
the men in town.

We're gonna set up
a little hunting party.

[ knock on door ]

Open up,
will you, honey?

It's me Rose.

Look, I don't mind sharing
my room with you, Lila,

but when you keep
locking me out.

I'm sorry.

It's just that
I saw Dawson.

I was afraid
it was one of his men.

Okay.Okay.

Well,
there's your supper.

Had to do some fast talking
down at the hash house

to get him to let me
take the tray.

Thanks, Rose.

Believe me,
I do appreciate this.

Well, appreciate it


Oh, sure.

What's the matter?

Your vaccination
still bothering you?

Just a little bit.

Well, that doc
and his crazy ideas.

Half the town's
got sore arms.

Me, I'd rather
have smallpox.

Say, honey,

how long do you figure
on staying here?

Well, I don't know,
Rose.

There you are,


Well, you know,
Lila...

my rent's
due tomorrow

and seeing
how you figure on--

Yes, I don't think

I'll be here
much longer.

I don't have
much money left.

Say, isn't that
the prettiest bracelet.

Why, I never
noticed that before.

Bet it's
solid gold, huh?

Yes, it is.

Never saw anything
so pretty in my entire life.

Sure wish
I had one like it.

Rose.

Rose, this is worth
much more

than my share
of the rent.

Well, now who said
anything about that?

Of course, things
have changed a little.

I found out
who that fellow

you're hiding from
really is.

You never told me
he was a federal marshal.

I didn't think it would
make any difference.

Oh, honey,

do you know
what could happen to me

if they found out
I was hiding you?

I could go to jail.

But nobody knows
I'm here but you.

Sure, honey,

and don't you worry
your pretty little head,

I'll try awful hard to keep
from letting it slip out.

Such a pretty
little thing.

Rose.

Would you--

would you like
to wear it for a while?

Would I?

Well, now aren't you
the sweetest.

But no, no,
I couldn't.

No, please.

I'd like you
to have it.

Well, well,
now if you insist.

But it's just a loan,
mind you,

I won't have it
any other way.

Of course.

Guess I better be getting
back to the factory.

Oh, wait till the girls
see this.

Now you relax, honey,
and don't worry.

Your old friend Rose

will take
real good care of you.

At least I can say
one thing,

you serve a better meal
than I figured.

Oh, come on, Slim.

You know, I had
to lock you up.

The way Dawson
looked at you

when you talked about
that girl's m*rder,

I was afraid
he'd k*ll you

if he ever got you
out of here alone.

So you do think
there's something

to Gil Martin's story.

It's not for me
to say.

Fraternal loyalty.

You all stick together.

I wouldn't count on it.

Sure Dawson's
a rough one all right.

He keeps
a real tight rein

but still I never hear
anything dishonest about him.

This isn't a question
of honesty, Mort.

It's a man's feelings.

Tell us he can
trigger someone

into doing
almost anything.

Yes, I suppose.

Sure hate to be in Martin's
shoes right now.

Even if he did k*ll
Gina Ross,

don't you think
he's entitled to a trial?

You know
the answer to that.

You honestly believe
that Dawson is gonna see

that he gets one?

It's not my jurisdiction.

But Martin is someplace
in this territory.

If you can find him first
and bring him in,

at least he'll have
a chance for a trial.

Slim, I can't interfere
with Dawson,

this is his business.

It's my business too,
Mort.

Dawson's got me in here on
charges of aiding a fugitive.

I need Gil Martin
to clear myself.

You do, don't you?

All right, Mort,
I'll take over.

Get yourself
some supper.

Thanks, Jerry.

You think Martin's
somewhere in Laramie?

Or coming.

And I'm sure
Dawson thinks so too.

If you want anything,
just call Jerry.

Thanks, Mort.

I'll be a little later
than usual tonight, Jerry.

Going to have a look
around town.

Take your time,
Mort.

All right,
I'll try that.

Your move, Sherman.

Oh.

Oh, that's a break.

You got me all tied up.

I guess
I didn't see that one.

That kind of wrecks
my game.

I'm getting kind of
sleepy, Jerry,

think I'll go to bed.

Sure.

Anything you want?

No, I'm fine.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

[ knocking ]

Slim, down here.

Gil, what are you
trying to do?

Get yourself k*lled?

Dawson's in town.

I know.

I'm sorry, Slim,

I didn't mean to get you
into this mess.

Forget that.

You just turn yourself in.

Go thorough
those front doors,

tell that deputy
who you are,

you'll be safe in here.

I got to find Lila first.

Are you hit bad?

One of Dawson's men.

You got to
give yourself up.

You don't stand a chance
in that condition.

I don't stand a chance
without Lila.

You got to help me.

Help you?

Can't even help
myself in here.

I'll get you
out of here, Slim,

if you swear
to help me find Lila.

Nothing doing, Gil,
I'm over my head now.

Please, Slim,

I can't make it
without you.

Gil, will you
give yourself up?

No.

I've got to find Lila,

she is the only one
that can clear me.

Gil!Slim, I'm dead.

I'm dead
if you don't help me now.

You set that fire?

Yeah.

But don't worry about it,
it's just a haystack,

but it's enough to keep
everybody busy.

You need to move fast.

Gil.
Gil, wait.

So this jail is good
as any I've got, huh?

So you're gonna take
good care of Sherman, huh?

I'll say you took care
of him almost as good

as if he were
your own brother.

Now hold on, Dawson.

If you're saying
I let him go--

I'm saying
you didn't do your job.

Now I've got two fugitives
on my hands.

I'll take care of Sherman.

You'll take care of nobody.

I'm doing this my way

and my men
have their orders,

sh**t on sight.

Not in Laramie,
they won't.

Don't bother reading
the whole thing,

just look
at the signature.

Your own mayor,

promising me
all the cooperation I want.

You are getting
cooperation.

Not the kind I want.

Dawson, your kind means
two useless killings

and I know the mayor
would never hold still

for anything like that.

You saw what he said.

Now I'm gonna go
hear him say it.

Steger.

Now it's getting late.

Be a shame
if that two-bit sheriff

woke the mayor up.

Sure would.

Take a couple men.

All right.

Marshal, ain't it
kind of risky

moving in somebody
else's territory?

Only risky
if there's a chance

you can't get
away with it.

We got nobody
to stop us now.

We've got all night
to squeeze this town.

Squeeze it so hard that
Sherman and Martin

will pop right
in our hands.

Slim.

We got to
keep moving.

Dawson's men
are all over the place.

I got to
rest a minute.

There's a doctor's office
only about a hundred yards

from here.

I got to find
Lila first.

Look, I'll stay here.

You get her, bring
her here to me, huh?

How can I get her?

I don't even know
what she looks like.

She is kind of small,

light hair,
kind of pretty.

She's gonna have to keep
till I get you to the doc.

Come on.

Lila Stevens
is in real danger.

Martin's
a desperate man.

If he finds her,
he'll k*ll her.

That's why
I ask you all here.

I need your help.

Now think, think hard.

Have you seen anyone
answering her description?

Have you seen
any strange girls at all?

Her life
is in your hands.

You.

She worked in a saloon
in Cheyenne.

Chances are, she'll try
to do it here too.

Do you know of any
new girls looking for jobs?

How about you?

Nope.

I haven't seen her.

All right, you can all go on
back to your own places now.

In fact, you've
been a big help.

Say,
can I open up now?

No, not till
I find Lila Stevens.

And you girls can tell that
to your bosses too.

Got the town
sewed up tight.

The men are working
their way through it now.

What about the sheriff?

Steger's got him
in cold storage.

All right,

keep moving.

I'll be in here
if you turn up anything.

You sure are
mighty anxious

to find this
Stevens kid, ain't you?

Yeah.

It looks like I'm gonna
have to do it myself.

First time ever I saw
women who wouldn't talk.

Usually they chatter
like a bunch of magpies.

A little bird seed
might have helped.

You never said nothing
about any kind of reward.

Well, there ain't none...

but I might
throw in 50 bucks

out of my own pocket.

You do mean
bird seed, don't you?

Now wait a minute.

Are any of you
holding out on me?

Well,
not that I know of

but we might try
thinking a little harder.

Now if you don't mind,

will you please
let me go?

Oh, I'm sorry.

This business has
got me kind of crazy.

Sit down, have a drink.

I've got work to do.

Well, I'm your only
customer, ain't I?

Come on.

Here.

Drink up,

and let's me and you
get acquainted.

I don't like it.

I don't like it a bit.

Won't you be able
to get the b*llet out?

I'm not talking
about the b*llet,

I'm talking about
waking me up

in the middle of the night
for something like this.

Well, you're a doctor,
aren't you?

This man needs help.

Yeah, as I see it, this man
got what he deserves.

He's the man that
marshal's after, isn't he?

Gil Martin?

Yeah, that's right.

And you are helping him?

He's a friend of mine.

Nobody's friend gets them
into a mess like this.

And I don't appreciate
anybody dragging me

into it either.

I could get
into a pot of trouble.

Not if you report it.

I thought
you had some brains.

[ knock on door ]

Could be
some of Dawson's men.

You better hope it's just
some kid with the croup.

[ knock on door ]

What's the matter?

Belly ache
or too much whisky?

We're looking
for a couple of men.

One of them
was hurt.

You wouldn't be treating
a patient in there, would you?

I'm working
on my experiments.

Well,
then you don't mind

if I take a look
just to be sure.

Wait a minute.

You know
what's in here?

Smallpox cultures.

If you get too close,
you're liable to catch it...

unless you've been
vaccinated.

Have you?

Everybody in town's
supposed to be.

Well, we just got here
from Cheyenne.

Well, then
you are in trouble.

I better do it
right away.

There may still be time.

What do you mean,
vaccinated?

Vaccinated.
You may be contaminated.

Come on in here,
all you,

shuck off
all your clothes.

Everything you've got on.

We'll have to burn them.

Well, come on.

Never mind.

Thanks, doc.

Now I got as many
brains as you have.

More, or you wouldn't be
in the fix you're in.

Well, don't worry
about these,

these just some flower seeds
I'm trying to sprout.

Well, let's go and see

if we can save
your friend's life.

Well, I've had
a lot of chances

to move on to bigger things
you understand,

but a girl can't be
too careful, you think.

She's got to watch out
for the company she keeps.

Well, it seems to me
you keep fine company...

especially if you can
get presents like that.

Gentleman from Louisiana
gave it to me.

Marshal...

there's nothing
so far.

We checked the north
and the west end of town.

Drop it.
Call the men in.

Call the men?

You're not gonna look
for that girl anymore?

I don't have to...
because you are gonna
tell me where she is.

Me?

This bracelet
belonged to Lila Stevens.

She had it
less than a week ago.

Now you must have
got it from her.

Enough of that eyewash
about that gentleman

from Louisiana.

Just talk to me
about Lila Stevens.

He's got the constitution
of an ox.

Couldn't be anything else
to stand up

to what
he's gone through.

Then he is
going to be all right?

Well, that depends
on how you see it.

Looks to me like
I just kept him alive

to see him hung.

He says
he's innocent, doc.

We've been trying
to find the witness

that can clear him.

Well, I'll tell you
one thing.

He won't be doing
much for a while.

How long
will he be that way?

well, til morning anyway.

And after that, he won't
have the strength to crawl,

much less run around
looking for anybody.

That leaves it up to me
to find that girl.

And I don't even know
what she looks like.

Hey, doc,

those smallpox
vaccinations,

did you give them
to everybody in town?

I sure did.

Tried to stop an epidemic
before it got started.

What about the people
that just arrived,

say in last week?

Yeah, we got them too.

We practically dragged them
off the stages

when they came in.

Do you keep a record?

Oh, we've got to.

Where is it?
Can I see it?

Oh, I suppose so.

It's outside in my desk.

I don't see
what good it'll do you.

See, if she did
come to Laramie,

you must have
vaccinated her.

Now think back, do you
remember a young girl?

Gil said she was pretty,
had light hair.

At my age it doesn't pay
to look at girls' faces.

If I weren't a doctor,
I wouldn't bother

look at them at all.

Let me see here.

You say she came in
during the last week?

Yeah, that's right.

Well, here they all are.

You know,
if she's running away,

she's probably
not using her real name.

Lily Smith.

I thought you said
Lila Stevens.

Yeah, but if
she changed her name.

Yeah, it's close enough.

Great Western Hotel,
room 204.

Thanks, doc.

Wait a minute.

What about him?

Well, I can't take him
with me now.

It figures.

I'm stuck with him.

Boy, you sure
complain a lot, don't you?

Pike, stay here.

Keep an eye open.

Mort...

what happened?

I can't swear to it
but so help me,

it was a couple of
Dawson's men.

Came up behind me
and laid me out.

Next thing I know
I'm in here.

I think Dawson
has found the girl

that Gil Martin said
could clear him.

Oh, where?

Right here
at the Great Western.

I saw Dawson go inside.

To protect her
or shut her up?

That's what
I'd like to know.

Come on,
let's find out.

Dawson's got
a man outside.

I don't care if he's got
the whole 7th Cavalry.

Well, wait.

If we didn't surprise them,
they wouldn't find out

what we want to know,
too.

You're right.

See you
on the second floor, 204.

It's up front
on the corner.

Here we go.

Why, Al?

Why did you
have to come after me?

Why can't you
leave me alone?

Because
I didn't trust you.

But I told them
what you said, every word.

And then you ran out.

Why does it have
to be like this, Al?

I know
it wasn't your fault,

it was an accident.

You didn't
mean to k*ll Gina

and I backed
you up, Al.

It was Gil.

He k*lled Gina.

No.

I loved her.

I'd never hurt her,
not for one minute.

It was Gil
I tell you.

If it hadn't been
for him,

she'd have
never gotten away.

Just like it always was,
Gil gets into trouble

and she stands up
for him.

And I was always hanging
around the outside,

like a dog
waiting to get patted,

get my ears scratched.

She always kept
going to him.

She...

she was
in love with him.

Why?

What was the matter
with me?

Wasn't I
good enough for her?

Wasn't I man enough?

Look at me, Lila,
look at me.

You could love me,
couldn't you, Lila?

No, please!

Come on, Lila,

there's nobody
in the whole world like me.

Nobody stronger,
nobody--

Let me go, Al!

Yeah.

What's the good?

I could take you...

like this.

But it wouldn't make
no difference, would it?

No difference at all.

Al, please, Al.

I'd never come back.

Nobody, nobody
would ever know.

That's right, Lila,
nobody.

You can't.

They'd know you did it.

How?

Gil Martin is in town
looking for you,

just to shut you up.

SLIM: Dawson!Al, please, no!

You can stop
running now, Lila.

Slim, we've got
to keep him alive.

Go get the doctor.

Goodbye, Slim.

Thank you.

Everything
will work out, Lila.

You go back to Cheyenne
and try to forget.

Trying is one thing,
Slim,

forgetting
is something else.

Did you see Gil
before he left Laramie?

Yes, I did.

He, uh-- he said
he'd come see me

as soon
as he could travel.

Oh, that's fine.

He's still in love
with Gina.

A man can love a memory
for just so long, Lila.

Then he'll be looking for
something to love back.

You be patient.

We're ready to roll,
Slim.

All right,
take it away.