04x16 - The Betrayers

[bunniefuu]

Keep moving.
Don't turn around.

Just move along
nice and quiet.

You got a lot of nerve,
mister,

pulling this off
out in the open.

I didn't want to take
any chances on losing you.

In case
it hasn't sunk in yet...

you're under arrest.
Inside.

It ain't no use.
The sheriff's got
him nailed for something.

Well, if I know Jess,
he'll get out of it.

Why don't you just forget
this whole thing?

I don't think this idea
is gonna work anyway.

We got nothing to lose.

Jess goes along with this,
we'll have another g*n.

If he doesn't he'll make
the best decoy you ever saw.

You tell Ray
I'll see him tonight.

Now there's no use
you trying to lie out of it.

This flyer's got you pegged.

You're Ray Thatcher.

Now you go ahead
and deny it all you want.

I don't have
to deny it.

I got all of Laramie

and half of Wyoming
to prove it.

You're either just
plain blind

or using your head
for a hat rack, probably both.

You can't talk
to me like that.

Well, looks like
it's the only way
anybody can talk to you.

I told you
what I'm doing in Ironwood.

I showed you my papers
and my identification.

What more do you want?

I want the truth.

You wouldn't know the truth

if it was spelled out
in letters a mile high.

See old man Benson?

Yeah.

His story checks out.

He said he took
delivery of 10 horses

from a fellow named
Jess Harper.

But that don't prove
that he's Harper.

You should have brought
Benson back with you

and had him identify him
proper like.

He wouldn't come.

Said he had no time
for such foolishness.

Foolishness?

If you want him identified,
you got to take him out there.

I'm ready
whenever you are.

You're not going anyplace.

Well, yes, I am.
I'm going right out that door,

unless you can find somebody
to back up that charge.

Now get out and don't stop
until you're well out of town.

I'd like to
oblige you, sheriff,

but I'm a little tired
and a little hungry.

Unless you can dig up
some reason to use that badge,

Ironwood will just
have to put up with me

till tomorrow morning.

Wait a minute.

You got a special
charge in mind?

If you hang around here,
so help me, I'll find one.

You got till tomorrow morning.

Oh, excuse me, mister, I--

Jess.
Why, you old maverick.

Where'd you come from?

I'm sorry, mister, I--

Don't tell me you forgot.

Amarillo and that cantina
we wrecked.

Waco, with a dozen
Texas rangers after us.

Kett, Kett Darby,
you old son of a g*n.

Well, last time I saw you,
you were growing a beard.
What happed to it?

Uh, got so long, I started
tripping over it,
so I shaved it off.

What are you doing
in these parts?

I'm just passing through,
came up from--

Hey, what are we standing
around here for?

Come on, I'll buy you a drink
and we can really catch up.

That sounds good.
Some food will go
better though.

And food, too.

You know,
you are the last man

I ever expected to see
in these parts.

[ chuckles ]

Yeah,
it sure beats me, Jess.

Oh, you're different.

I can't figure you
all settled down

and satisfied
on a two-by-four ranch.

What about you?

What you doing hanging around
a two-by-four town like this?

Oh, maybe a couple of minuses,

but there a lot of pluses
about this town.

Like that pretty
little waitress?

She's one of them.

You make much at that ranch?

Enough.

Then I bet it don't compare
to the way we used to live.

The way I used to live,
I could get shot most anytime.

Thanks.

Say, Lottie, about tonight,
I'm gonna be a little late.

Late?

Yeah, I got some important
business to take care of.

Kett,
you promised me.

Oh, lay off,
will you, Lottie?

All right.

If it's that important to you,
don't bother about tonight.

Women,
they're all alike.

You pay them
a little attention

and right away,
they try to stake a claim.

Yeah, well, I can see
you haven't changed any.

Still got the prettiest girls
in town chasing you.

Trouble?

No, not yet anyway.

Well, that badge toter
didn't look too friendly.

He ain't.

For some reason,
he's got the idea
I'm Ray Thatcher.

And he's sore
'cause he can't prove it.

Well, you do look
a little like him.

Except he's older
and 20 pounds heavier.

You know him?

Could be.

Same old Kett,
still playing with fire, huh?

Ray's not nearly as bad
as most folks make out.

Well, they make him out
to be $5,000 worth of bounty,

dead or alive.

That's railroad money, Jess.

He never hurt anybody else.

They stole his land,
they drove him to it.

You're a stage line man,
you ought to understand.

Not like in a railroad, yeah.

But there's no reason
for robbing and k*lling.

That comes from inside a man.

And he just don't stop by
paying back the railroad.

Now you got him
all wrong, Jess.

Sure, he can be pretty rough,
but he always takes

real good care of anybody
who rides with him.

He gives them a fair shake
and they always come out ahead.

Have you come out ahead?

Like I said, there are
a lot of pluses about this town.

Yeah, I reckon
that's your business.

I'd like
to make it yours.

- We could use
a good hand like you.
- Forget it.

There's something going
for tonight at the junction.

I said, forget it.

It will be easy,
fast in, fast out,
nobody will get hurt.

All we do is stop
the train--

Look, I don't want
to hear about it.

What's the matter?

Afraid you'll go
for the idea?

No, I'm afraid
you'll give me no choice
but to go to the law.

That wouldn't be
very smart.

Then don't tell me
any more.

Well, I guess
I made a mistake, Jess.

You just be sure
that you don't make one, too.

Like what?

Like forget
what you heard.

I don't like funerals,
specially my friend's.

Well, I'll look you up
the next time I'm in Laramie.

Maybe I'll even buy me
a horse.

Mr. Harper, can I talk to you
for a minute?

Sure.

Are you a good friend
of Kett's?

I reckon.

At least I thought I was.

Then you can't stop him?

Are you asking me to talk him
out of that business deal

he's got tonight?

Do you know what it is?

He's mixed up in something
with Ray Thatcher again,
isn't he?

He's old enough to know
what he's doing.

With him
everything's a lark.

Only this time
I have a feeling

he's going to get
his wings clipped.

Well, I'm sorry, ma'am,

there's nothing
I can do about it.

What you mean is,
you're his friend

when you want someone
to drink with,

have some fun with.

But when
he's really in trouble--

It's his choice,
not mine.

Sure,
and it's a blind man's fault

when he walks in front
of a buckboard, too.

But there's always someone there
to set him straight again.

Well, you go on back
to Laramie, Mr. Harper.

You just keep your hands
nice and clean.

Only I wonder how clean
you're gonna feel someday

when you'll have
to be on the posse
that hunts him down.

It's getting late, sheriff.

If we're gonna
round up a posse

and get to that junction
on time,

we better start moving.

I will tell you
when and if.

And for the last time,

where did you get
that information?
Who told you this?

A little bird.

You expect me to believe
that Ray Thatcher

is gonna hold up the train
at the junction tonight?

I don't expect you
to believe anything.

I told you
everything I know.

What you do about it
is strictly up to you.

That's right. And you know
what I'm gonna do about it?

Nothing.
How do you like that?

I don't think
the railroad's gonna like it.

Seems to me
we can't just let it slide.

According to that wire from
the division superintendent,

the east bound's carrying
some pretty valuable mail.

Oh, well,
hang it all, Floyd,

we just can't take
his word for it.

He didn't have
to come in here and tell us.

That's right, and I don't
have to stick around here

while you make up
your minds either.

- I got better things to do.
- You're not going anyplace.

You're not gonna
start that again.

You've got nothing on me.

I'm holding you
as a material witness.

Witness for what?

The train robbery
or a wild goose chase,

I don't know which,

but either way
you're in plenty deep.
And I better take this.

- Now wait a minute.
- You wait a minute.

You've got a big mouth
and I'm getting tired
of seeing it open.

Now you just keep it closed,
obey orders, you understand?

Give him the best room
in the house, Floyd.

Go on, get over there.

No, the East Bound Limited

came through here


and there wasn't
any trouble.

There's nobody around.

Sorry you and your men
had to come

clear out here
for nothing.

Maybe it wasn't for nothing.

Somebody must have wanted us
out of town real bad.

We'd better get back there
and find out why. Thanks.

It looks to me like
you hired a lot more men

tonight than
you're gonna need.

Well, it ain't over
with yet.

I told you
it would work, right?

Yeah.

So far.

Now you two stay here
and cover for us.

The rest of you,
come with me.

It's gonna be easy.

It's never easy
till it's over and done.

What you gonna do
with that?

Help a friend.
It'll just take a minute.

Hey, wait a minute,
come back here.

Deputy, there's some
kind of trouble outside.

What do you mean?

Over at the bank.

Kett, what are you
doing here.

You don't think I'd let
an old friend down, do you?

What are you talking about?

You told the sheriff we'd be
at the junction, didn't you?

Well, that left the bank
wide open for us.

The bank?

I hope you still know
how to use a rope.

I'm sorry, I can't give you
a better chance.

Kett, wait a minute.

If I were you,
I'd hightail it out of town.

When that sheriff
finds out what happened,

he ain't gonna be
very friendly.

Kett!

What in the blazes
do you think you're doing?

Forget it.
Everything going
all right?

We'll have her all emptied out
in a minute.

Floyd.

Floyd, it's the Thatcher g*ng,
they're robbing a bank.

Wait a minute,
let me go with you,
you can't take them alone.

Floyd!

All right, we're finished.

Let's get
outta here.

[ g*nsh*t ]

They're heading south,
go after them.

All right.

Oh, it's just a scratch.

Ain't nearly enough to keep you
from getting hung.

Whoa.

Whoa.

I beg your pardon.

Could you direct me
to the jail?

The jail?

Yes, that's right.

Right around the corner,
the other side of the town hall.

Oh, thank you.

Uh, are you in charge here?

Well, I'm the sheriff,
if that's what you mean.

How do you do?

I am Mrs. Cooper
from Laramie.

Ma'am.
What can I do for you?

I'm here about Jess Harper.

I understand you have him
locked up in jail.

That's right.

I'm afraid
you're making a big mistake.

Well, Mrs. Cooper,
I don't know

what you've got in mind,

but I'm holding him
for aiding

and abetting a bank robbery
and the death of my deputy.

Sheriff, I'm sure
that is what you believe,

but I know,

I know Jess Harper would never
do a thing like that.

We're having a trial
to prove it.

If you prove it,
there'll be something wrong

with the evidence.

I'm kind of busy, ma'am.

If you don't mind,
I'd like--

I want to see Jess.

What for?

I told you,
I know him and--

and anyway,
it's none of your concern.

No matter
what a prisoner has done,

he has a right
to have visitors.

All right.

I'll give you five minutes
and no more.

Wait a minute,
what have you got in the bag?

A hacksaw,
a g*n and a b*mb.

Oh, Jess.

Daisy. Daisy, what are
you doing here?
Where's Slim?

He's up in the mountain
somewhere.

He took Mike
on a hunting trip.

I don't know
when they'll be back.

Your wire was so urgent,

I thought perhaps
I could help.

Remember, five minutes,
no more.

Well, can't you
let me inside?

You can see him plain enough
from right there.

Well, if that is a sample
of the law in this town,

no wonder
innocent people are in jail.

Daisy, I appreciate you
coming all the way out here,

but there's nothing
you can do.

How do you know?
At least tell me
what happened.

I don't even know myself.
It's all kind of mixed up.

I ran into a friend of mine
I hadn't seen for a long time.

Sheriff, jury just came in
with a verdict.

Guilty?

Yeah, I thought you'd want
to know right away.

When do they want
the sentence carried out?

Daybreak, tomorrow.

Can you have
the scaffold ready by then?

I'll check
with the carpenter to see.

You better do that.

So the wind-up was
that Thatcher k*lled the deputy

during the robbery,

and I wound up with the blame
for everything.

But couldn't you
have explained that?

I talked myself
blue in the face, Daisy.

They needed somebody,
and I was the only one.

Maybe if I talk
to the judge.

Talking's no good.
We need proof.

This man, Kett Darby
you were telling me about,

you said he was a friend
of yours.

Some friend.

But he wasn't the one
who k*lled the deputy.

So maybe...

No good.

I wasn't even there to see it.

I wouldn't know
where to find him anyway.

He's probably hiding out.

Jess, what is it?

I was just thinking.

Lottie...

Lottie?

Yeah, the girl
that Kett goes with.

Nah, there'd be
no chance there, though.

How do you know?

No matter how small it is,
it's your only one.

Where can I find her?

She works across the street
in a saloon, but I don't--

You said we could have
five minutes,

I'm sure
it isn't even--

Now take it easy, ma'am,

you can have
all the time you want.

The jury just came in
with a verdict.

Harper, I'll take your order
for supper now,

and you can have anything
you want, the whole works.

I'm afraid
this is your last meal.

Hey, Lottie,
that order for the jail

will be ready
in five minutes.

Why do I have
to bring it over?

Because you work here.

I'm sorry, ma'am,
but the ladies' dining room

is around the other side.

Hmm?

Oh, I don't want
anything to eat.

Are you Lottie?

Well, that depends
on who's asking.

I'm Daisy Cooper from Laramie,
a friend of Jess Harper's.

Well...

Where is Kett Darby?

How should I know?

Oh, you must know.

You are our only hope.

Look, ma'am, I've--
I've got a lot of work to do.

Please,

Jess is going to be
hanged tomorrow morning.

Don't you care?

Well, I'm sorry,

there's nothing
I can do about it.

Kett Darby can.

He knows
that Jess was tricked.

And what do you think
would happen to Kett

if he ever told?

They'd put that rope
around his neck.

Oh, no,
they wouldn't, I'm sure.

Not if he confessed
what he knows to save a life.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Cooper,
I can't help you.

Here it is.

The best meal
I ever cooked.

Sure hope Harper
appreciates it.

Oh, Lottie.

I heard somebody come in.

I see you've brought
the feed.

Well, I hope
it don't go to waste.

He don't seem very hungry.

Go ahead
and take it in.

Do I have to?

Well, I'm not
the waitress.

Come on.

All right, all right.

Hello, Mr. Harper.

Hello, Lottie.

Wait a minute.

No knives allowed.

How do you expect him
to eat the steak,

tear it apart
with his teeth?

I reckon
that's what he's got teeth for.

You don't trust anybody,
do you?

Like they say, man
is the only animal

you can skin more than once.

Did Mrs. Cooper
talk to you?

- Yes.
- Well?

Well, I'm sorry, but there...

there isn't anything I can do
for you other than that.

Thanks,
but I'm not very hungry.

Oh, come on, come on.

Well, eat it anyhow.
It'll make you feel better.

Yes, nothing like a good meal
to cheer a man up, you know?

Everything's quiet, sheriff.

No sign of any strangers
around town.

You know, it looks
to me like Thatcher

is leaving Harper to swing.

You can't be sure
until it's over.

How is the prisoner doing?

About as good as any man
in the same spot

as he's in, I guess.

I can't say that
I've got a taste
for this much myself.

You and the other boys
watch the street.

If there's any change
let me know.

[ Harper moaning ]

What's going on in there?

Harper, what's the matter
with you?

If you think you can fake--
Oh, no.

You think you're going
to cheat that rope--

That's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

And you ain't gonna be
around to see it.

Now listen, men.

Jess Harper's got about
a half hour's head start on us.

But he hasn't got a mount,

so he'll probably
try to steal one.

Now you boys
on horseback here,

I want you to spread out
and cover every farmhouse

and every ranch
for the next five miles around.

Tell them to watch out
for their stock tonight

and keep an eye out
for prowlers.

Now go on.
Get it done.

And the rest of us
will search the town.

Carl, you take your boys
down the south end

and work this way,
and we'll go north.

And check every house
and every barn and every cellar.

And don't take any chances.

If you see him,
sh**t if you have to.

Now let's go.

[ knock on door ]

Lottie.

Isn't Jess here?

No.
I've been so worried.

All those men looking for him,
ready to sh**t him down.

Well, he's better off now
than he was before.

Now they have
to find him first.

Why did you think
Jess would be here?

Well, you're his friend,

there isn't any place else
he can go for help.

Does that make
any difference to you?

I suppose it does.

Lottie, you helped him escape,
didn't you?

Me?
Do you think I'm crazy?

I heard someone
smuggled Jess a g*n,

and you took
his supper over to him.

Mrs. Cooper, please,
the sheriff isn't overly bright.

It won't be long
before he figures out

what really happened.

[ knocking on door ]

Go on.

Jess!

Oh, you'll never know
how worried I've been for you.

Are you all right?

I'm all right,
Daisy, I'm all right.

I wanna thank you, Lottie.

That's the best supper
you ever served.

Forget it.

I have to be able
to sleep nights.

Jess, you're hurt.

It's nothing, Daisy.
I just had to convince
that sheriff

I was bleeding plenty good,

or he'd have
never come into that cell.

Jess, now somebody's
got to get you
out of town right away.

Everybody's
looking for you.

I'm surprised
at you, Daisy.

But you know that
breaking jail's against the law.

I thought you'd give me
a harder time about
that than the sheriff.

When I get you back
to Laramie safe and sound,

I'll read
the riot act to you.

I left a horse for you behind
the livery stable.

You'll have
to get it yourself.

But if you make it,
don't stop riding
until you get home.

And leave this town
with a m*rder charge
hanging over my head?

No chance.

I won't stop riding until I find
Kett Darby or Ray Thatcher
and bring them back here.

Well, you can't,
you'll never find them.

Oh, yes, I will.
But I could use your help.

Do you know
what you're asking?

Please, Lottie,
you must help him.

Well, I got him
out of jail, didn't I?

I got him a horse.
What do you call that?

The right direction,
but I hope your conscience

won't let you stop there.

Are you forgetting
what you asked me

about helping to stop Kett
before it's too late?

Or was that
just a lot of talk?

No.

No, but don't you understand,
I love him.

I don't want anything
to happen to him.

Then you got to do
what you think is best,

and so do I.

I just hope I don't hurt you
any more than he has already.

[ banging on door ]

SHERIFF DOUGLAS:
Open up in there!

DAISY: Who is it?

Sheriff Douglas.
I want to talk to you.

Keep him talking, Daisy.

Coming.

At the forks
of the Green River

about 20 miles north,
Kett has a cabin there.

[ banging on door ]

- Thanks, Lottie.
- I'm coming.

SHERIFF DOUGLAS:
Come on, come on.

[ continues knocking ]

I'm coming.

SHERIFF DOUGLAS:
Open up, open up.

Just a minute.

What took you so long?

Sheriff, I am accustomed
to being decently dressed

when I allow
a gentleman to enter my room.

What are you doing here?

There isn't any law
against it, is there?

Lottie has very kindly
agreed to keep me

company this evening.

This is a very trying
time for me, sheriff.

I think even you can
understand that.

All I understand is Jess Harper
got a g*n from somebody,

and you were his only visitor.

What?
Are you accusing me?

Do I have
to spell it out for you?

I was there, too, remember?

Well, sure, but I was
with you all the time.

Besides, you didn't have
any reason to help him,
and you did.

Then I will spell it out
for you, sheriff.

I did not have a g*n
when I came to the jail.

I did not give
Jess Harper a g*n.

I did not help him escape.
But believe me, I wish I had.

Oh, you do, do you?

How would you like to keep
his cell warm for him?

Are you arresting me?

Well, I'd certainly be
within my rights if I did.

Suspicion of aiding
a jailbreak.

Very well, then, I shall demand
an immediate trial,

where I will be
very happy to present

my suspicions.

Yours?

Yes, you were trying
to cover up the fact

that Jess Harper
made a complete fool of you.

He took your g*n away
from you.

That is a boldface lie.

Possibly, but if you stay here
one second longer

making charges
against me,

I shall have some charges
to make against you.

But I shall make them in court,
where the whole town will hear.

Oh, I ought to arrest
the whole lot of you.

Oh.

Nice going, Mrs. Cooper.

But now how do we get
Jess out of here?

Hold it right there.

Oh, Jess, am I glad to see you.

I'll just bet you are.

What you got,
another train robbery in mind?

No, Jess, nothing like that.
I...

I didn't know the sheriff
got you that bad.

It wasn't the sheriff,
it was Thatcher.

- Thatcher?
- Jess, I'm sorry,

I didn't mean to leave you
in a mess like that.

When I heard
they were gonna hang you, I--

Jess you got
to believe me,

I-- I didn't know things
would turn out that way.

It's all right,
just take it easy.

What happened
after you took the bank?

Well, we brought
the gold back here.

We were gonna bury it.

Gold?

Yeah, ingots from
the mine, over $20,000 worth.

No wonder you had
to use a wagon.

How did you figure
on cashing it in?

You must have known
the whole territory
would be looking for you.

Yeah, we were gonna
wait a couple of months

and take it out
to California,

spread it around like it
came from another mine.

We were gonna come back here
and break up the g*ng

and lay low for a while.

They left me around here
to watch the haul

that's buried out in front.

I'm sorry, I have to do that.

Next thing I knew...

Thatcher and Moss
come back, I was--

I didn't know
how to figure it.

I thought they'd be


I was down by the river fishing
when they rode in.

How come Thatcher gunned you?

It wasn't Thatcher,
it was Moss.

Thatcher just
gave the order.

- Why?
- Real simple.

So simple a guy like me
couldn't figure.

See, they wanted
the g*ng broken up permanent.

They'd already gotten
rid of Joe and Harry,

and just me and Red left,
they were gonna

take care of me
and finish off Red.

But he didn't care of you?

I fell in the river,
got back to shore,

made my way back
to the cabin.

Well, it ain't gonna
do you any good

to sit around here.

I got to get you to a doctor.
That b*llet's got to come out.

Jess, I want to get you off
the hook.

I want to set
things straight.

Might be a little
late for that.

Thanks, anyway.

You don't have to thank me
for anything except

getting you
in a mess of trouble.

I just wish I could have gotten
to Thatcher first, though.

Taking care of him the way
he took care of me.

[ g*n c*ck ]

Glad to oblige, kid.

Anytime you think
you're ready.

You doing fine.

Just keep at it.

- I want this wagon
loaded by nightfall.
- And what if it ain't?

Then you're gonna fill that hole
a lot sooner than you expected.

And who is gonna be
left to do the work?

Shut up and keep at it.

Make sure
he doesn't waste any time.

If we can get out of here
by evening,

we can be across
the north fork by morning,

and nobody will ever find us.

I don't know.
It seems to me like
no lawman's gonna find

that gold where it is.

Digging it up and taking it
out of here is just a--

Harper found the cabin,
didn't he?

Somebody must have told him.

So the sheriff could find it
the same way.

They'll trail him up here.

What if he did?

Well, I'm not taking
any chances.

Now relax, will you?

Everything's worked
out fine so far,

and by tomorrow
we'll be in the clear.

What about
Darby and him?

Eh, Kett won't last too long
with that b*llet in him.

And when he's through
loading those ingots,

that hole is going
to be his grave.

Now keep an eye on him,
I'll fix some coffee.

Sure gonna be
a mighty big grave.

Big enough for three.

Good, then you and Darby
won't crowd each other.

I didn't mean it that way.

I was talking about you.

Go ahead and talk,
but keep digging.

Sure.

Thatcher had this
worked out pretty good.

Six of you rob the bank...

now there's only
two of you left.

A two-way split,
$10,000 each.

That's the way
we figured it.

That's the way
you figured it, you mean.

Oh, sure, I know a two-way
split's better than six.

But a one-way
split's better yet.

Ray and me are partners.

We got a deal.

Yeah, I'll bet you do,
like all the others, huh?

Like Kett in there?

Thatcher's got a funny way
of paying off.

I ain't losing any sleep on
how to take care of myself.

Yeah, well, I'm glad
to hear that.

Meantime,
don't forget what I said.

It's gonna be mighty wide
and mighty deep.

Now just a minute, don't you
start bullying this poor girl.

I'm sure she can explain
the whole thing.

That's just
what I want to hear,

why she left a horse
where Harper could take it.

It just happened.

And it just happened
that he had a g*n

after you left his cell.

Well, you were there, too.

Yes, and you made me look like

seven kinds of a fool,
slipping that g*n by me.

[ Daisy chuckles ]

Now just a minute,
last night you were accusing me.

The only thing
I'm accusing you of

is sticking your nose in
where it don't belong.

Now you either keep quiet
or get out of here.

Lottie,
in the last couple of days,

I've used up
my whole quota of mistakes,

but finally
it's all beginning to fit in.

Now you're mixed up
with Harper.

And for some reason,
you're in with this Ray Thatcher

and the whole rotten mess.

Now you make up
your mind with this,

you're going to stay
right in this office

until you tell me
everything you know,

the whole story
from top to bottom.

Well, you look like
you put in a hard day's work.

He finished?

- Wagon's loaded.
- Good.

Let's start moving some of this
furniture out of here.

What for?

We got to carry
something besides gold ingots,

lame-brain.
Now hurry up.

You too.

No, I'm through,
Thatcher.

I figure you're gonna
cash me in anyway.

Why should I work
myself to death?

Oh, it took you a long time
to figure that out.

I was stalling
for time before.

Now it looks like
it's run out on me.

Go ahead, get it
over with it.

All right, Moss,
oblige Mr. Harper.

Yeah, that's right, Moss,
do what your boss says.

Do his k*lling for him,
like you did all the others,

so he can keep
his hands nice and clean.

And nobody can hang
a m*rder charge on him.

What are
you waiting for?

Just one piece of advice,
speaking about furniture,

I'd sure like to see
how fast you can draw

when you're carrying
a chair or something.

Like I said, there's room
for three out there.

Oh, wait a minute.

Is that what's been
bothering you, Moss?

You really swallowing
all that kind of talk?

I don't know,
but this whole deal,

it ain't been going
like you said it was.

Well, now you got
to change your plans
according to what happens.

And the last thing
in the world I want, Moss,

is trouble between us.

Nice try, Harper.

But for your information...

sometimes I like to do
my own dirty work.

Jess.

Help me.

Go on, Jess, get Thatcher, Jess.
I'll be all right.

All right, get it over with.

Oh, no, I ain't gonna make it
that easy for you.

SHERIFF DOUGLAS:
Harper, you in there?

In here, sheriff.

I doubt if you'll believe this,
sheriff,

but this is the man
you've been looking for,

Ray Thatcher.

Yeah, I know.

You know?

I thought that--

Never mind
what you thought.

Lottie told me
part of the story

and Darby filled in
the rest of it.

You mean you're not
looking for me anymore?

Well, it isn't quite
as simple as that...

but maybe we can
work it out.

Get him out of here, boys.

Aunt Daisy, Jess,
where have you been?

Oh, it's a long
story, dear.

You bet.
As far as I'm concerned,
it ain't worth telling.

Well, it better be,
after what I've been through.

Oh, Slim.

[ wolf whistle ]

What are you doing
all got up?

Oh, nothing... besides cooking,
washing dishes,

cleaning the house
and baking a pie that
just burned up.

Not to say anything about
doing your chores.

I sure hope you had
a good vacation.

Vacation?

Slim, don't forget about
that telegram

that came
for Jess just now.

Oh, yeah.

Slim, you'll never believe
what happened to us.

Maybe not, Daisy
but will you try me?

Hey, Daisy, listen,
it's from Lottie.

Oh.

"Kett given a special hearing
before judge.

Recovery of gold
and testimony against
Thatcher in his favor.

Will be put on probation
with me as jailer.

- Love, Lottie."
- That's wonderful.

Will somebody please tell me
what's going on?

Well, sure, pard.

It's like this.

I was just walking along,
minding my own business...