04x25 - Edge of Evil

[bunniefuu]

Here's the last of them,
Canby.

How's that mule holding up
under all this?

Boy, she's doing
just fine.

But I'm afraid to tell her
she's carrying close to $50,000

'cause I'm afraid
she'll sit down

and start counting it.

No hurry, boys,
we got nothing but time.

Nothing but time
and money.

Come back here,
you stone-headed, you...

[ whistles ]

[ horse whinnies ]

Stede, Ann,
it's me, Jess Harper.

Jess! Jess,
you old sidewinder!

How are you?
Good to see you, boy.

I've been wanting
to come up for a long time,

but every time I started,
something came up.

Ugly as ever.

Ugly as ever,
Jess.

Oh, it's so good
to see you.

I wouldn't pick
that word for you.

And I'll sh**t the first man
that does.

Come on, come on,
come on inside.

It's good to see you.

Before you get carried away,
how about some supper?

Well, I'll tell you,
if it's you who did
the cooking and not him,

you can count me in.

Squirrel stew, biscuits
and hot coffee.

- Sound all right?
- Sounds good to me.

And I've got a jug
in the shed.

You're gonna stay the night,
aren't you?

Oh, sure am.
Not even a cat will try
that mountain trail in the dark.

Good.
I'll be right back.

Look at that.

Mmm, you mean,
you can get a smell like that

out of just a plain
old common tree squirrel?

If you think flattery
is gonna get you anywhere,
you're right.

I can't understand why some girl
hasn't caught you yet.

Well, I'll tell you,
I'm shy.

Oh.

Besides,
I got a fast horse.

How's things going
with you newlyweds?

Just fine, Jess.

Are you sure of that?

He's been hunting again,
hasn't he,

instead of
fixing this place up?

I could tell when I rode in.

This time it was buffalo.

Buff?
That's not easy to do.

They're scarcer than
three-legged steers nowadays.

Last time it was a lynx,

tracked it
for 11 straight hours.

Well, I'll tell
you something, Ann.

When a man is brought up
with a habit

like that inside of him,
it's kind of hard to change.

He'll settle down.

When?

Oh, Jess,
I know he's a good hunter.

If he wasn't,
we'd probably starve,

but that's all he does.

He doesn't do any plowing
or any planting.

The things
that make a farm a home

instead of just some place
to worry in.

If we had kids, I--

well, I don't know
what I'd do.

Well, this may not be smooth,
but every drop's got muscle.

To the good old times, Jess,
and the new.

You bet.

Well, you've seen
the whole place now, Jess.

What do you think?

What am I doing wrong,
Jess? Level with me.

It's not what you're
doing wrong, Stede.

It's what you're not doing.

Like that bunch of wild hay
in the north corner.

What's the matter
with it?

It needs cutting
for winter feeding.

All your fences
need mending.

Yesterday when I come in,
I saw a bunch of your cows

near a quicksand patch.

You don't have any catch basins
to trap water,

things like that.

Yeah, I guess you got to
improve a homestead

or you lose it.

And I'm gonna lose it,
Jess.

Gonna lose my wife, too,
maybe.

Oh, no, no,
Ann loves me, I know that.

But I can't tie her down
to a rundown place like this.

It wouldn't take much.

Oh, not much, just some money,
and I don't have any.

They're looking for freighters
in Laramie.

Laramie?

Jess, I'd never go back
to that town again.

Come on, ten years
is a long time, I told you.

Well, there's hardly
anybody there now

that'll remember
that old rustling charge
they had against you.

Besides, you were acquitted,
weren't you?

Yeah, there's still enough there
to mention it.

A man can't think much of a town
that thought that little of him.

No, I want no part of that,
Jess.

Look, when you and Ann
got married,

I offered
to lend you some money,

and you wouldn't take it.

Well, I'm offering
it again,

and this time
you can't turn it down.

Good morning.

Morning.

Well, what are you two
so serious about?

Oh, Jess here wants to
lend us some money.

Oh.

They're nice,
aren't they?

I picked them down
by the creek.

You see, Jess, Ann and me
aren't much for loans.

All right.

We've got some old equipment
at the ranch

that we're not using
right now.

Hand plow, grain scythe,

extra wire,
things like that.

Now we're not using them.

They're just sitting here,
rusting up on us.

The fact is
you'd be doing us a favor

if you took them off
our hands.

I'd help you pack them
back here

and spend a few days
with you

till you get things
straightened out.

But I won't do it
for nothing.

Well, what would you be
expecting in return?

Well, I'd like some of that
good squirrel stew

every night for dinner,

and some of them
homemade biscuits.

What do you say, Annie?

Oh, yes.

Okay, fine, we'll leave
tomorrow at first light,

the three of us.

You got yourself a deal.

You all right?

For a man nearly been
buried alive, yeah.

How about you?

I twisted a knee.

Now come on.

It's a lucky day
when we grubstaked him.

Yeah, yeah, well,

we still got two g*ns
and the b*ll*ts to go with them.

Well, let's get trailing.

I remember one time
when I was a young man,

I had a personal difference
of opinion with a bear.

That seemed
like a Sunday school picnic

compared to that time me
and Jess on the 4th of July,

we challenged
the whole town of Butte.

Hey, what's wrong?

Look over there.

Well, I swear, if that
doesn't look like a mule,

drinking in my waterhole.

I don't see the owner
anywhere in sight.

Let's take a look.

Hey, little fella.

Where did you get
such a heavy load?

h*, h*.

Jess, it's gold.

I reckon it is.

Oh, look.

Look at all them pokes.

Oh, Jess, ya-hoo!

You brought me luck
in the past,

but never
anything like this.

How do you figure it
being out here, though?

What difference
does it make?

We're rich,
all three of us!

Stede!

Wait a minute, Stede.

This gold
doesn't belong to us.

What do you mean
it doesn't belong to us?

We found it, didn't we?

Oh, come on,
quit joking, Jess.

I'm not joking.

This mule belongs
to somebody.

I'm gonna backtrack
and see if I can find him.

If I can't, we'll take him
to the sheriff in Laramie.

If nobody claims it then--

Laramie?

Claims it?

Oh, come on, Jess, you know
that town is not about

to give up this
to a mountain man like me.

Now come on,
we found it, it's ours.

Stede, the gold didn't just hop
in those sacks.

Somebody's worked hard
for it.

Ann's right, Stede.

It's up to us
to try and find him.

You wait here,
and I'll backtrack.

Jess.

Nobody else
is gonna get this gold.

I'm sorry
you made me do that.

Stede, for heaven sakes--

Get his belt.

You hear me?

Now maybe
we can talk straight.

Just what makes you think

that we don't have this
coming to us, all of us?

Jess, we'll take this gold,

and we'll just light out
across the badlands
where nobody will bother us.

Maybe go all the way
to San Francisco.

And we'll lock off
the Golden Gate and raise rice.

What do you say, Jess?

I say I can't figure you out.

You won't take a loan
from me,

but you'll steal gold
from another man.

I say what you're doing
is wrong,

and it's gonna
cause you trouble.

Jess, neither one of us
is a stranger to trouble.

And this is the end of it
for both of us.

Jess, I want this chance
for you

just as much as I want it
for me and Ann.

Save it.

I couldn't spend gold
that didn't belong to me.

I don't think
you could either, or Ann.

Oh, you're wrong there
by a country mile,

and you're wrong
about yourself, too.

But there's one thing
you'd better understand, Jess.

You're either with me
or you're against me, Jess.

There's no place for you
in the middle.

I know that.

And one more time, Jess.

Well?

No.

Then I'm sorry.

Stand over there.

Ya! Ya!

All right,
now start walking.

Stede, please,
don't do this.

Ann, I don't like it
any more than you do,
but there's no other way.

He's your friend.
He's trying to help us.

- He wanted to loan you money.
- That's enough, Ann.

Look,
he's out there alone.

He doesn't have a g*n,
and he doesn't have any food.

If anything happens to him
I'll never--

Nothing's going to
happen to him.

He's a day out of Laramie,
two at the most,

which will give us the time
that we need

if he goes to the law,
and he will.

Hey, look, Ann,
do I have to say it again?

You're either with me
or you're against me.

There's no place
in the middle.

Ann, I need--

If it does belong
to somebody else--

It doesn't belong
to anybody else.

At least not to anybody
who's still alive.

Honey,
prospectors are old men.

This one probably just died
on the trail somewhere.

Honey, do you know
what's in those bags?

Real silk dresses.

Railroad tickets
to fancy places.

Ranch as big as
you can think of.

Honey, we're gonna be somebody,
don't you see that?

I'll tell you what I see.

I see the only man
I've ever loved

trying to take the easy way

and justifying
what's wrong

by telling me
how good it's gonna feel.

Do you want to try telling me

how much better
it feels being poor?

Money was never a part of it
with you and I,

and you know it.

Don't you see,
I don't care what you fail at,

as long as it isn't yourself.

That's just
what you're gonna be doing

if you take what belongs
to somebody else.

Ann, you talk to me

as if I were some kind of
a criminal or something.

I haven't done anything wrong
in my life before, have I?

Just trust me a little,
honey.

Good boy.

Good boy.

Well, I'll get you.

Hold it, mister!

Raise 'em high.

Turn around.

Am I glad it's you,
mister.

You are?

That's my horse
you're after.

Well, I know,
but that's my g*n.

We're wearing
the same kind of feathers.

You without a g*n,
me without my horse and mule.

Mule?

Yeah, pack mule.

Have you seen one
around here somewheres?

What'd he look like?

Oh, dun color
with black socks.

Packing a load?

Something for
two full canteens, gold.

- What happened to you?
- Well, you see,

I just finished up
a service vein

back up in the Bighorn.

Well, that load represents
a lifetime spent gopherin'.

I guess
I got a little careless.

Coming down the trail,
somebody jumped me,

never saw who.

b*llet creased my horse,
he sun fished.

Well, it seems several stars
came right down on my brains.

And now, well,
you've got my g*n

and I ain't even got
what I started out with.

I think I've seen
your mule, mister,

near where I lost my horse.

Well, the good Lord
has His arms around me today.

Hallelujah to you,
brother.

Give me my g*n.

I think I'll just borrow it
for a while

till I get mine back.

That is,
if you don't mind.

I reckon not.

Oh, my name's Canby,
Roger Canby.

Jess Harper.

I'll round up my horse.

We'll go
look for your mule.

It's tracked up like
a wagon train went through here.

How many you think?

Now let me see, one, two--

It's hard to say, maybe three
or four horses and the mule.

He was meeting
some others here then.

Yeah, looks like it.

Tracks lead west.

That's the badlands.

We ain't gonna follow anybody
through there on foot.

We'll have to stop them
before they get there.

Means doubling our time,
let's go.

Well, whatever it means,
I'm for it.

The feel of it's alive.

Dust and it's all it is.

Frightening the way
it changes people.

It's brought
about the only change in us

that I ever wanted.

It's made us rich
instead of poor.

And if that's frightening,
I hope we stay scared

for a long time.

Wait here.

Get up, Stede.

Now get up,
nice and slow.

Come on, Canby.

I should have known
you'd be a tough one to lose.

Who's he?

This here is Roger Canby.

This is Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes.

They've been
taking care of your gold.

Who says it's his gold?

He says.

Described the mule
and the pack.

Looks like it's all here,

excepting for that one poke
on the ground over there.

I want you to have that, Harper,
for your trouble.

Thanks. But you better keep it
all together for the trip in.

Trip in?

We're going to Laramie.

Oh, I wasn't figuring
on heading that way.

You can prove title
to your claim there.

That way there won't be any
misunderstandings by anybody.

All right.

Now if you want to
take care of your horse,

I'll tend to supper.

That is, if there's any leavings
left in the stew pot.

Ain't I seen you somewhere
before, ma'am?

I'm from St. Louis.

Never been to St. Louis.

I can't stand lamb
that sinks down flat.

Mmm, bunny mulligan,
and mighty fragrant indeed.

They're not taking
that gold away from us, Ann.

Taking?

You heard Jess,
it belongs to Canby.

Well, I don't believe that,
even if Jess does.

What are you doing awake,
Canby?

Well, it's my money
being guarded.

And I looked over
and saw your head bobbing

like a sick woodpecker,

so I thought
maybe I'd spell ya a while.

Yeah, I am kind of tired.

Sure.

Good sleep
will freshen you up.

I reckon.

You got my g*n.

- Huh?
- My g*n.

I can't do any guarding
without a g*n.

You got a point.

You get your rest now.

Bert, look.

Canby.

Ann!

[ horses whinnying ]

I believe
we're too much for 'em.

Figure they're the same ones
that jumped you before?

Eh, bushwhackers.

I'm gonna get some more shells,
in case they come back.

You should have thought
of that sooner, Jess.

You, too, friend.

Throw down those g*ns
and move over here.

It's all right, Ann.

You figure you can
stand them off alone?

Why not? They're bushwhackers,
aren't they?

Two of them judging
from the muzzle flashes.

What are they gonna do
when there aren't any bushes

to whack from?

What do you mean?

We're gonna take that gold
right across the badlands.

You can see an ant
for 50 miles out there.

Nobody is gonna close in on us
in that country.

Well, but our stock's
run off.

How are you gonna get that
gold across without no stock?

I'll think of something.

He sure did think
of something,
all right.

Been a lot of strange things
in my life,

but ain't never been
a pack mule before.

You got any oats on you,
Harper?

Doesn't anything
ever get you down, Canby?

Oh, a gravestone will,
I reckon.

Point is,
we ain't done yet.

An idea will come
runnin' to me.

You'll see, always does.

Are you just gonna keep
marching them like that?

You know a better way
to get that gold across?

Yeah, but after you
get it across,

then what are you gonna do
with them?

Don't worry about it.
Just keep walking.

I want to know.

All right,
so you want to know.

I mean it, Stede.

When the time comes,
I'll do what needs to be done.

You've k*lled before,
haven't you?

To keep myself alive,
yes.

Now get moving,
and don't make it any tougher

than it has to be.

They made it.

Yeah, that gold of theirs must
be getting kind of heavy though.

That's our gold.
Oh, what's the difference?

They beat us.

We're low on shells,
we got no food.

Even if we were in shape,

they're not gonna camp anywhere
we can sneak into range.

We're through, Bert.

Maybe not.

They're packing
quite a load down there.

It's gonna slow them down
when they start running
low on water.

It's gonna slow us down, too.

Well, the important thing is,
fast or slow,

we can't creep in on them
without being spotted.

Because they're
on the lookout for us.

What if they had
nothing to worry about?

Figure they've got
rid of us for good.

That's a big "if," Bert.

Yeah.

The water's foul.

We'll have to boil it.

We're pushing on.

Next waterhole
is better than 20 miles,

that's more than


Then we'll travel
more than 2 days.

Stede, your wife is
just about finished.

If she doesn't get water now,
she will be.

We can't take the time
to boil water.

We're being followed
close by two men.

I've seen them
edging up on us all day.

You better start
squirting lead

if they're bothering you
because here they are.

Stay down there.

You leave the gold where it is
and move out!

Or I'll come in
and nail you down!

They've probably seen
only one of us is armed.

They'll figure on rushing him,
and they're right.

We sure got a marksman
in our midst.

I ain't never seen
sh**ting like that.

You just keep it in mind.

How'd you set them sights
for that shot?

Well,
it's the third notch down,

then you bring the front bead
down nice and fine.

You got to allow for wind--

Take him, Jess!

Leave him alone!

Get up here.

All right, Canby,
start boiling water.

Well, at least there's
only one of them to watch now.

I can get some rest.

Here, hold this on him,
but don't get close.

If he moves an inch
toward you, sh**t.

Like I said,

it's a caution when gold
gets hold of a man.

All we need is a little fur
to become an animal.

You ever tried
thinking about it that way?

Quite a bit lately.

Well, I mean,

good friends like this
clubbing each other and all.

Does make it
kind of humorous, though,

because we call them
Injuns savages.

Water's cool.

Like to have a drink?

Yeah,
after you finish bandaging.

I'll be through here
in a minute.

Mr. Canby?

Yes, ma'am.

Have you ever bandaged
anyone before?

Oh, I take care
of myself mostly.

Why, am I doing
something wrong?

Well, it's much too tight.
I don't know which is worse,

the hit on the head
or the bandage.

Well, where is it too tight?

Well, everywhere.

It needs to be loosened.

All right.

Oh, gently, gently.

Well, the bandage
is kind of sticky.

It's hard to loosen now.

Well then, put some water on it
from the canteen.

Oof. I only got
the two hands, ma'am.

I'm not trying to be smart.

Sorry, I...

I'll do it.

There, now just hold
his head up, will you?

Easy, easy.

There.

There,
that ought to do it.

Yes, ma'am.

Now why don't you
have that drink?

Ahh!

Wake up!

Good afternoon.

What happened?

He tricked me, Stede.

I was helping with the bandage
and he got the g*n away.

I told you
not to get close enough--

That's enough out of you.
Now you get up.

All right,
give me them cartridges.

All right, now get over there
with the little lady.

Sorry, Stede.

Well, Jess boy.

You think you can walk?

I guess.

How did you get them?

Well, that idea came running,
just caught up.

What are you doing?

Well, you won't be
needing that.

You'll be so busy
packing that gold.

You see, I'm in charge
here now, only me.

And you're gonna do
and go where I say,

even little old Annie
there.

[ chuckles ]

I hope you know
what you're up to,

'cause I sure don't.

Gold,
what's everybody up to?

And you folks made it
so nice and easy for me.

Then that gold
don't belong to you?

Oh, third of it does.

The rest belong to that
buzzard bait out in the rocks.

Then those men were...

My partners.

I thought
I'd taken good care of 'em

when I blew 'em up
in the mine,

but they came
scratching along.

That is, until you properly
pasted them down.

And you let me k*ll
both of them for nothing.

Oh, it wasn't
all for nothing.

You just finished off
what I started.

Little bit of a fox,
aren't you, Canby?

[ groaning ]

It worked,
they're moving off.

They think they got us.

They were almost right.

You've been bleeding
all this time?

Well, I just couldn't think
of anything better to do.

What?

The bleeding stopped--,
he just gouged me.

You know, Jack,
I'm pretty lucky.

That boy is a good shot.

Well, their time is coming.

We can move in on them
now without being expected,

we'll wipe them all out,
and this time no mistake.

That's right, boys,
head for Laramie

and may Roger Canby
have mercy on your souls.

What's he want to
head for Laramie for?

What's to stop him?

Once we get to town,
it'll be his word against ours.

When we get to town,
he'll have another idea

come running.

Like parting our hair
with a b*llet.

Oh.

Yeah, "oh."

Getting dry, gal?

Not for me, for you.

You say
you're from St. Louie, huh?

St. Louis.

Oh, St. Louis.

Got a recipe for him, too.

Harper, go get him!

Stede, would you like
some water?

No.

I remember now. Bodeen.

You worked a saloon
in Bodeen.

Dance hall girl and all.

I seen her
pass through once.

Ah, wouldn't likely be
to forget that.

Her name was Mavis--
Mavis something.

Isn't that right, Mavis?

Oh, you didn't tell him
about your dance hall days, huh?

It was a long time ago,
Stede.

I-- I couldn't get
any other job.

I just didn't see
any reason to tell you.

There's no need to explain.

I mean,
we're all good at making out

better than we really are.

Yeah, him and you and me.

Each of us has got a little of
what the other didn't know.

Look, why don't you just
leave her alone, funny man?

I forgot about him.

He's the one
with the halo stuck on tight.

STEDE: Jess, look out!

Near--

Near shot my pack mule,
I did.

Foolish that would be,

seeing as how I know some ways
better when the time comes.

What's it like?

Well, they're camped up
on top of this table rock--

Yeah.

There's loose shale
all the way around it.

So we can't get
anywhere near

without being heard
right from the start.

Yeah, they're not
taking any chances.

Canby's idea probably.

Well, they got to come down
in the morning all the same.

That will be our time.

Yeah.

Look, Jess, I've never been
much for sorries,

but I've sure
been an awful fool.

Well, I'm glad
you're finding out.

Well, nobody ever accused me
of being overly smart.

I knew that gold
didn't just happen along.

But the thought of what it could
do for all of us was...

Well, I just had to take it,
I had to.

All my life
I've just barely been able

to get by,
you know that, Jess.

But I never before ever took
anything I didn't earn.

It only takes one time.

Yeah.

One time,
that's all it takes.

Look, Jess, if we ever do
get out of this, I...

Well, I can't even say that.

I couldn't swear that
I wouldn't do the same thing

all over again.

I guess
I'm just not much of a man.

Well, it takes some doing
to admit that to yourself.

I always was
mighty suspicious of a man

who wouldn't admit
there's something wrong in him.

Maybe that's what's been
the trouble with me.

Blaming the whole world
for what's wrong with me.

What a trip
this has been.

sh**t two innocent men

and gonna cost
my best friend his life.

Then there's Ann.

I don't even know
what's gonna happen with her.

[ Canby guffaws ]

Then I'm gonna
get us a buggy

that's gonna be so long

that the horses will be
where we're gonna go

a day ahead early
and be grained down already.

Give us a kiss, honey.

Sweeter than honey.

Wait a minute.
Wait--

Yes, just you and me.

We'll hire the others
to do the work.

Those little hands
will be just as soft--

JESS: Canby!

What?

These ropes are so tight,

they're cutting off
the circulation.

If you want us to do
any packing for you tomorrow,
untie them.

Well, I reckon
that sounds reasonable enough.

Untie them, sugar.

All right, sugar,
that's enough.

Now slide back here
real easy like.

The fire, how about putting
some more wood on the fire?

It's getting cold.

Throw some wood
on the fire.

Did I do all right?

You did real good,
sugar.

Now come here,
give me another kiss.

[ g*nshots ]

Get going, Jess!

Here's one of them.

- What's going on up there?
Where are the others?
- Who are you?

Talk, talk,
what's happening?

I tried to make a break for it,
Canby caught me.

- He's tied.
- Who are you?

We're property owners,
gold property.

Only we're owners
who don't own it at the moment.

You mean you're
a prisoner of Canby's?

Yeah, you guessed it.

I'm glad to see you boys
didn't get plowed under

like we thought.

How do we know
you're not in it
with Canby?

Would I be tied up like this
if I was his partner?

Stede, the other fellow,
and me,

he's got his backpack
and that gold for him.

He's sure to sh**t us
when he finishes with us.

You untie me
and give me a g*n,

we can three-side him
before he gets any more ideas.

We ain't got another g*n.

I don't like the feel of this,
this could be a trick.

Could be Canby spotted us,
sent him down here for bait.

We waited this long.
We'll have to wait
a little longer.

We can't wait any longer,
I know Canby.

He knows Canby.
He knows Canby.

You just lay back
and you lay back real quiet.

One call out of you,
and I'll give you this g*n butt

that you want.

Harper!
Get back up here,

or I'll put a b*llet
in the girl.

Rhodes got one
in the shoulder.

He's not gonna be good
for any packing.

Now get back up here,
or I'll down them both.

Tell him I mean it, Stede.

He means it, Jess.

Does that sound
like a trick?

Yeah, sounds right as rain.

To sh**t and give away
our positions so as they
can jump us.

It could be at that.

It could be nothing.
I'll tell you what will be.

He'll do what he says,
he'll sh**t 'em both.

Now untie me.

What will that do?

He's waiting for me
to come up there.

You untie me and give me a g*n,
I can get close to him.

Do you think we're gonna give
one of our g*ns away to you?

Harper!

One more minute
I'll give you.

Just one more minute.

I'm telling you
it's our only chance.

Only one man
can go up that shale.

He can tell by the noise
if it's more than one.

Untie me.

I'm not gonna wait
much longer!

- All right, untie him.
- He won't--

It's just like
Canby to do it.

Untie him
and give him your g*n.

I could be
making a mistake.

If I am, I'm gonna k*ll you
the slowest way I know.

I'm coming!

I figured you would be.

Soft, your friend.

Had it been me,
I'd have been down there

sawing them ropes off
on a granite rock.

Then I'd have
come a-huntin'.

Yeah, he's pretty soft
comin' in like a fish on a line.

Well, well,
the pilgrim's back.

Maybe you should have
gone for help, Jess,
but he'd have shot Ann sure.

Don't matter why he came back,
the main thing is he's here.

You know, some fellas
just ain't happy

unless they're in harness.

You never tire of listening
to yourself talk, do you?

Go ahead,
have your little say.

But I got my pack mule back.

That ain't all you got back.

Now hold it, Harper.

Turn around.

I said turn around!

Sure.

Where did you get
the g*n, Jess?

Couple of fellas
at the bottom of the hill.

The ones you thought you shot,
they were just playing possum.

Where is he?

Let me get you some more.

Oh, no, ma'am, not me, I'm
stuffed tighter than a glacier.

You're gonna have to give me
some of your recipes,
Miss Cooper.

I've never known him
to eat that much.

Oh.

Seems to me
someone around here

keeps talking about
squirrel stew.

Oh, well, I'm afraid Jess
was just starving that night.

Jess and Slim says to tell you
the things is ready,

Aunt Daisy.

"Are," Mike.

It ain't ours, Aunt Daisy,
it's theirs,

that's the whole idea.

You will come
and see us soon. Promise?

Oh, we promise,
and thank you.

Thanks doesn't say nearly
enough, Miss Cooper.

Oh.

Thought you said it was
all old rusty equipment
you couldn't use anymore.

That stuff's brand-new.

Well, the Lewis brothers
wouldn't have it any other way.

Oh, but, Jess, you had
a lot more to do with the--

Stede,
if it hadn't been for you,

I'd have six feet of dirt
in my ears right now.

You know, and those two miners
bought 50 head of cattle.

We'll start running off
tomorrow.

Stede, you think
you can handle those lines?

Yeah, I can manage.

Thank you, Jess.

There are some things
ladies can do

that I didn't know
they could do, Aunt Daisy.

What's that, Mike?

They can kiss a man,
and he'll smile for hours.

Why, you little...