02x25 - The Debt

[bunniefuu]

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[ horse neighs ]

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[ g*n shots ]

What's the matter, Markle,

something go wrong?

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[ dog barking ]

[ horse neighs ]

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Where's the sheriff?

He's away right now.

He'll be back
in the morning.

Anything I can do
for you?

Yeah, I wanna
put this fella

in the cell
for the night.

I'm too beat
to ride any further.

What's it about?

Caught him up
near Stone Canyon

a few hours ago.

I guess he figured
I was trailing him,

he tried
to bushwhack me.

What's your
business, mister?

Don't like
bounty hunters, huh?

Charge is
two dollars a night,

paid in advance.

Put him in the last cell.

All right,
get in there.

Come on.

[ cell closes ]

I'll be up early.

Now, just watch him
because he's tricky.

What did he do?

k*lled a watchman,

robbed the
American Mail Company

up in Dagget
last week,

$10,000 worth.

Anything else you
wanna know, deputy?

You got some water,
mister?

Yup.

How'd that rope burn
heal on your neck, boy?

How'd you know
about that?

It was me
that cut you down.

Long time ago,
wasn't it?

Going on five years.

I spent the
first two years

looking all over Texas
for you, mister.

I've been a
hard man to find.

Unless you was in
Yuma prison.

I didn't even know
your name.

Markle,
name's Joe Markle.

How'd you know
they had the wrong man?

I didn't.

Didn't make no
difference, though.

I'm just naturally
on the side of any man

with his neck in the noose,
whether he's guilty or not.

It's a little late,

but I sure wanna thank you
for saving my life.

It sure is funny how
things work out, isn't it?

First, I save your life,
then five years later,

you get a chance
to even things up.

If that bounty hunter
takes me to Dagget,

they'll hang me.

You asking me
to let you escape?

I'm not asking
you nothing.

I'm just leaving it
up to you,

your conscience.

Yeah, but in my case,
I was innocent.

Well, if it'll ease
your conscience any,

I'm innocent, too.

Of course you've got
no way of knowing

I'm telling the truth,

but you got all night
to think about it.

[ music ]

[ horse galloping ]

What happened?

Just get me outta here.

Oh, you sloppy jack
fool idiot,

how'd he get away?

He woke up this
morning about 5:00

with a belly pain.

I went into him,
next thing I know,

he had my g*n in my back.

I oughta bust
your head open.

That man was worth $500
reward money to me.

What man?

He left a prisoner with me
to watch last night.

If he was so important,

why didn't you
sleep here?

I would have if I'd known

what kind of deputy
they had here.

Look, I'm sorry.

I don't like being
taken either.

That helps a lot.

But did he steal
the two dollars

I left last night,
too?

[ door closes ]

[ horse galloping ]

Morning, boys.

What's going on?

Next time
you leave a man

in charge of your
jail, sheriff,

be sure he ain't still
wet behind the ears, huh?

Hey, Jess, wait up.

Got your directions mixed
a little, don't you?

Home's back the other way.

You don't think I can
hang around here

once that story
gets out, do you?

You were never that
thin-skinned before.

I've never been in a spot
like this before.

You know, I'll bet you $10

and an old pair
of boot heels that

I couldn't take
your g*n away.

And you trust me.

You calling me a liar?

Well, let's just say,

you're not telling
the truth.

Why'd you let him
do it, Jess?

He saved
my life once, Slim.

What was he
in jail for?

Robbery and m*rder
up in Dagget.

He claims
he didn't do it.

That's what
I'm going there for,

find out about it.

Suppose you
find him guilty?

I paid the debt back
when I turned him loose.

If he's guilty,
I'll bring him back.

SLIM: Well, when you got
that look on your face,

I know there's no
sense arguing with you.

Besides, I'd probably
play it the same way.

Thanks.

Just don't forget
where you started from.

I'd never
forget that, Slim.

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[ horse gallops ]

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[ horse neighing ]

Thank you kindly,
there, young fella.

It's all right.

He's kind of
an outlaw.

I just took him
off the mail run

to Cedar City, he was
giving the driver trouble.

You handle horses
pretty good.

Well, when I'm not
getting stomped on.

You the manager
of this place?

Yeah, Fred T. Cotter.

Can I offer you a cigar
for your trouble?

No thanks.
I don't use 'em.

I could use a job, though.

Fred, who are you talking to?

I don't know yet, dear.

He's just asking
for a job.

Oh, he is, hmm?

That's my wife.

What's your name?

Harper,
Jess Harper.

Well, you just watch who
you take on this time.

You hear me, Fred?

Yes, Hortense.

Now, you just let me
handle my business.

I'm just telling you.

I know you're telling me.

Now, you go on home

and I'll take care
of the office.

I'm glad I haven't
got a pair of 'em.

Where are you from?

Laramie.

I usually hire a man

by the way
he looks and talks.

My wife thinks that's
a pretty poor policy.

Well, she might be right.

Well, maybe so.

Last fella I hired k*lled
my night watchman

and stole $10,000
out of the safe.

I think that's
a pretty sorry way

to show your appreciation

for trusting a man,
don't you?

That's kind of
an understatement.

Well, enough talk
about him.

Come on, I'll
show you around.

Oh, you mean,
I got the job?

Thirty a month,
room and board.

Yeah, but what
about your wife?

She don't seem to take
to strangers too much.

Don't you worry about her.

She barks a lot worse
than she bites.

Here we are.

Well, I hired him,
Hortense.

This is Mr. Pettis,
my bookkeeper.

Jess Harper.

He's gonna help
work the horses

like, uh, Markle did.

Let's hope that's
all he works.

Now, what kind of
talk is that?

The man hasn't even
started to work yet.

Mr. Cotter, that cigar,

look at the ashes
all over my ledger.

What do you know
about him?

Oh, now, Hortense,

let's not start
on that again.

Well, better now
than when it's too late.

The last man he
hired served time.

Oh, he told my
husband so himself.

What did you tell him?

I never served time
anywhere, ma'am.

Well, maybe if you had,

he'd've given you
a little more money.

He's sorry for everything
that comes along.

We wouldn't have
this poster on the wall

if he'd've been a
little more careful.

How long ago did
that happen, Mr. Cotter?

Oh, about 10 days ago.

Come on, I'll show you
where you're going to sleep.

Here, take it with you.

I got a lot of them.

You might
see him someday

and collect yourself
a reward.

Place needs a little
cleaning and dusting.

I'll get these old clothes
outta here for you.

Markle's?

COTTER: Yeah.

Place hasn't
been cleaned out

since he high-tailed it
outta here that morning.

He sure slugged
our sheriff from here

to Perdition when old Henry
came to get 'im.

You sure take everything
in stride, don't you?

Oh, sure, like everything
else in my life.

I guess I'da been
dead a long while ago

if I let what everybody
do to me rile me up.

You got to get
these horses

in the barn
before dark, you know.

Yes, sir, right away.

I can't question everybody
coming into town.

Oh, yes, you can

when they're hired
by my husband.

I wanna know who he is.

All right,
Mrs. Cotter.

All right.

Well, if you don't mind,

I'd like you
to do it now.

He ain't going nowheres,

and I've got a lot
of work after this...

Now, that can wait.

My taxes pay your
salary, Mr. Pearson.

Do I make myself clear?

Yes, ma'am.

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[ horse neighing ]

JESS: Easy.

Whoa.

Come on, son, be gentle.

[ coughing ]

Still thinking
about him, Clovis?

I bet ya Markle ain't
thinking about you, honey,

not with $10,000
in his pocket.

HENRY: Just a minute, Harper.

COTTER: Hortense,

what in the world
are you up to now?

A little investigating.

Someone has to protect
our interests around here

even if you won't.
Well, question him.

Well, there's nothing to
question him about, Henry.

I just want a little proof
of who you are, mister.

Sure, anytime.

The last place I worked

was the Sherman
Relay Station in Laramie.

Ever since the robbery,

Sheriff Pearson
gets the quakes

when anybody new
comes to town.

Why?

Oh, he thinks that Markle

hid the money some place

and that he might send
somebody back to get it.

Been done before.

Indulge his moods,
yes, empty your pockets,

turn 'em inside out.

Quit trying to make
a fool outta me, Fred.

Then stop trying to lose me
a good man when I found one.

No offense.
All in a day's work.

Hope I've done my duty
by you, Mrs. Cotter.

And now, my dear,

if you just go home
and fix my supper.

I'll try to keep
from saying

something mighty
unpleasant about you.

Oh, she had no business
coming over here--

Don't let it
bother you.

No harm done.

Well.

SIMON: Mr. Cotter, please.

Please, all that smoke.

Please don't do that.

Well, I suppose you'd
rather choke to death.

I'd just ask you to stop
burning this stuff

while I'm working
in the office.

You know I have hay fever.

Well, how am I going to
burn up these old clothes?

I'll burn them
later before I leave.

Well, all right.

I'll dig 'em
outta here again.

No, no. That'll only
make it worse.

Just leave it alone.

I'll take care of things
in my own way.

Now, please go on home

and let me close up
by myself.

Oh, relax, Simon.

We only live once.

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Hey, you there,

stay right where you are.

[ g*nsh*t ]

[ crowd chatter ]

What'll it be?

Whiskey.

Leave the bottle, huh?

Right.

[ coughs ]

[ crowd chatter ]

Whiskey,

and another glass.

Clovis, drink?

Don't mind if I do.

Come here, I want
to tell you something.

I don't wanna go
over there.

Come here, I want
to tell you something.

I wanna give you this,

it's gold.

Hmm.

Sit down. I have something
I want to tell you.

Come here.

I want to tell
you something.

Bartender.

Yeah?

Who's that girl in the
booth over there?

Anybody's.

I didn't ask that.

Clovis.

I don't know her last name.

That fella with her,

he come in here often?

Every night this week,

mostly just looks at her.

I guess the whiskey
gave him courage tonight.

Get outta here.

What are you trying
to hand me?

Now, listen, Clovis,

I know I may not have
everything you want but--

You're a freak.

That's what you are.

You didn't think
Markle was a freak

and he didn't have
anything to offer you.

CLOVIS: Stop talking
to me about Markle.

Now, get out of here
and leave me alone.

Clovis, he buys drinks.

[ knocks ]

Who is it?

You don't know me, ma'am.

My name's Jess Harper.

I'd like to talk to you.

About what?

May I come in?

I'm sorry to bother
you, ma'am, but

I overheard what
happened between you

and Mr. Pettis
at the saloon.

What did he do, get you
to come and ask me?

Ask you what?

He wants to marry me.

Can you beat that?

Well, I'll say
one thing for him,

there ain't nothing
wrong with his eyesight.

What's your interest
in all this, Mister?

Well, I work at the
same place he does.

I thought if there's any
trouble between you two,

maybe I could help
straighten it out.

Trouble?

Well, honey, I hardly even
talked to him till tonight,

then he came waltzing
in there and gave me this,

a crummy bracelet.

Said it was gold.

How do you like that?

He bought it from
the jewelry drummer

over at the hotel.

And if I go away with him,

there'll be more
where it came from.

Gold, my eye.

Well, how do you
know it isn't?

Where'd a $2
clerk like him

get money to buy
a gold bracelet?

Let's forget about Pettis.

What have you got?

Markle's old job?

Yeah.

How'd you know that?

Guessed.

I knew it was open.

You knew Markle
pretty well, huh?

Well enough,

till he ran into trouble
and had to leave town.

You reckon I could
borrow this for a while?

Sure.

As long as
you bring it back,

personally.

I'll do that.

And they said at the hotel

that you were leaving
on the stage.

I'm glad
I caught up with you.

Now, don't tell me
Mr. Pettis

thinks I've cheated him.

No, he was just
a little worried

after he'd reconsidered.

I just thought
I'd talk to you for him.

Cromwell, Sutton and Pope
been in the jewelry business
for 30 years.

I've been with them myself
for about seven.

Never sold a dishonest
thing in my life,

or they either.

If he don't want it,
I'll take it back.

No, not if you say
it's gold.

It is, 14 carat.

It's kind of
an expensive doodad

for a fella
like Mr. Pettis.

That's what I told him.

He wanted it.

He paid me a hundred dollars.

New, crisp $20 bills,
every one of them.

Well, I'll be
in Waynesboro

tomorrow if he changes
his mind.

Stage coming in.

Good.

Well, goodbye.

JESS: Thank you.

Things been kind of quiet
since the robbery, huh?

Yup.

$10,000.

That's a lot of gold for
somebody to have to carry off.

Wasn't gold, cash.

Oh.

JIM: New cash, to boot.



Man could live pretty
good on that much boodle,

couldn't he?

Yeah, he could sure buy
a lot of things.

Thank you.

Evening, Harper.

Sheriff.

What happened
to your shirt?

I must have snagged it
on something.

Yeah, you're gonna have to
be more careful next time.

I'll do that.

Better get that
key of yours going, Jim.

I want to send a wire.

Yes, sir, sheriff.

[ door knocks ]

[ music ]

Harper.

Pettis.

I figured you'd
never get here.

Get here?

What for?

How'd you get in here?

Well, the door was open.

I've never left it
unlocked in my life.

Well, maybe something's
wrong with the lock,

you better get it fixed.

What'd you want
to see me about?

I got myself locked
out of the tack room.

I knew Mr. Cotter had a key
but I couldn't find him.

So, I figured I'd come up
here and see if you had one.

Key to the tack room?

Yes, sir.

I wouldn't have that.

Well, I best be getting back.

Sorry to have bothered you.

Good night.

[ door knob clicks ]Good night.

[ music ]

[ door closes ]

[ wagon rolling ]

[ birds chirping ]

Jim, any word
on that wire yet?

None so far.

I'll get it to you
when it comes in.

Yes sir! Nothing like
a good big plate of ham and eggs

and a cigar to
start the day off, huh?

What's eatin' you, Jess?

You've been frowning
all through breakfast.

PETTIS: Mr. Cotter.

[ footsteps ]

Morning, Simon.

Something I wanna talk
to you about in the office,

alone.

Right now?

Right now.

Coming?

Sure. I'll be along
in a minute.

[ footsteps ]

What's got into him?

I've never seen back like
that since I've known him.

How well do you know
him, Mr. Cotter?

Simon?

Comes highly recommended
from a firm in Chicago.

If you can stand his fussiness,

he's a good man
with a ledger.

He's like an old woman,
though.

I wouldn't doubt but what
he darns his own socks.

Something on your
mind about him?

No, nothing special.

I was just wondering
how he came to be

in these parts,
that's all.

Uh-oh.

[ wagon rolling ]

Here comes trouble.

Might as well greet
it with a smile.

Whoa.

Good morning, dear.

Don't morning dear me,

not after running out
of the house

the way you did
this morning.

I just thought
I'd come in

and have breakfast
with Jess.

You said you were riding
to Springfield with me

to help load that furniture
I bought from Ms. Bragg.

Oh, now, listen,

I've got business
to take care of today.

I can't be running off
like that.

Now, that can wait.

The only business
you have is in this wagon

with me to do
the heavy work.

Well, now wait,

just a minute,
I'll do better than that.

Tell you what?

Jess, you're elected.

But I got
those horses

to be shod, and the
barn needs cleaning.

Oh, now, that don't amount
to a hill of beans.

There's nothing
like a handsome young man

with a strong back
to help load furniture.

Now, don't worry
about the place.

I'll take care of everything.Yeah, but--

Well, now, if he don't wanna go,

you better get in this
wagon with me right now.

Oh, he wants to go.

Now, get up there, Jess.

Don't you?

Yes, sir.

Nothing I'd like better.

Yeah, well, just mind
the horses, no galloping.

You hear me, young man?

Yes, ma'am.Have a good time.

[ music ]

[ wagon rolling ]

[ horses clopping ]

Slow down, young man.

Slow down.

[ music ]

Fred?

I'm waiting, Fred.

Yes, Simon.

[ door slams ]

Close the door.

Warm in here.

Why do you think I had
that screen door put on?

[ door slams ]

You feel all right?

The heat got to you?

[ thump ]

I don't like cigars.

I've told you that
a thousand times.

What in the wor--?

Now, you listen to me.

Oh, no, you listen to me.

Last night I bought a bracelet
for a hundred dollars,

the last money
I had in the world,

and offered it
to Ms. Clovis.

Ms. Clovis?

And she rejected me.

But she won't anymore.

Not when I offer her $5000
in hard cold cash.

Five th--?

Where in the world

are you going
to get $5000

to give to that
no-good--

Don't talk that way about
the woman I'm going to marry.

Marry?

COTTER: Well, you are sick.

When I get through buying
her pretty clothes

and high button shoes
with rhinestones,

she'll be a lady.

Then we'll be leaving here
to live in San Francisco.

And how do you like that?

You and Ms. Cl--?

You and Ms. Clovis
in San Francisco.

Go ahead, laugh.

But Markle didn't
steal that money

and k*ll that
night watchman.

You did.

You stole it and
put the blame on a man

who was already
under suspicion.

Why you contemptible--

Get your hands off me.

I'll have you locked up.

That's what I'll do to you.

Not when I show
the sheriff the shoes

you were wearing the night
you k*lled the watchman.

What shoes?

The shoes I found in
the trash vat last night

when I was cleaning
up after you went home.

You're not making sense.

Oh, yes, I am.

You'd shoved
them way to the bottom,

you thought they'd
burned up long ago.

But last night, the bottom
of the vat came loose.

And along with the ashes,
out fell your shoes.

The ones Hortense
gave you last Christmas.

Oh, they did, did they?

Well, a man can burn up his
own shoes if he wants to.

Not when they're new ones,

and have bloodstains on them.

How will you explain that?

I heard you tell Hortense
that you spilled
coal oil on them.

Simon, I think
we're both upset.

I just didn't think you'd
do this to an old friend.

[ wagon rolling ]

You don't talk much,
do you?

Sorry, ma'am.

Nothing to be
sorry for,

I used to be
the same way myself.

Until I found out
the world

will walk all over you

if you let it.

Well, I'll say this much.

You sure you got your
husband toeing the mark.

You think so, do you?

There's a lot of things
about my husband

you don't know,
young man.

Huh, I'm certainly glad
you're taking it this way.

Somehow, I had a feeling you'd
be willing to listen to reason.

Why not?

One thing I'd like to know,

why did you do it?

You mean steal the money?

Uh-hmm.

Do you know of a better way

to free yourself
from a nagging old woman

and a life you've hated
for the past 10 years?

Ah. Now we'll both
live well.

Yes, I suppose so, Simon.

Now, where have
you got the shoes?

I've got them all right.

They're safe enough.

Where's the money?

How much?

Half.

It's not in town.

Where is it?

I'll get it.

All right.

I'll take the rest of
the day off while you do.

Very sure of yourself,
aren't you, Simon?

Shall we say, uh,



You have the money there.

And the shoes?

You get the shoes
when I get the money.

Money gives a man stature,
doesn't it, Simon?

Uh-hmm, it gives
him something.

No hard feelings, Fred?

No, Simon.
No hard feelings.

Half is better than nothing.

I admire a man
with enterprise.

I really do.

[ music ]

[ wagon rolling ]

Whoa.

Well, the prodigals return.

I was about to give you
up for lost, dear.

You made quite a day of it.

Oh, how long do you think
it takes to drive 20 miles?

Just get in the wagon
and get these things home.

Thank you for your trouble,
Mr. Harper.

Any time, ma'am.

See you tomorrow, Jess.

Yes, sir.

Everything go
all right today?

Oh, fine, fine.

Everything's fine.

[ screams ]

[ music ]

All right, get him
to the funeral parlor, boys.

And the rest of you,
go on home.

There's nothing to see.

[ door slams ]

You were all day
with Mrs. Cotter.

Oh, now, sheriff,

you're not suggesting--

What's wrong
with suggesting?

Mrs. Cotter can
vouch for me

if that's what's
bothering you.

Like I said,

I ain't seen nobody
go up to his room

and I just came up to
bring some clean sheets

and there he was lying.

Oh, stop your crying,
Mrs. Davis.

Come on.

Poor Mr. Pettis.

He wouldn't k*ll a fly.

Yeah. Yeah. There, yeah.He wouldn't k*ll a fly.

Stop crying.

[ door slams ]

Yeah, the poor devil never
had anything worth stealing.

I don't know why
anybody'd wanna k*ll him.

If he never had anything
worth stealing,

why did he have a secret
hiding place for?

Well, I'm sure
I don't know.

I was right all along.

The money's
been here in town

ever since Markle
took off.

You mean him
and Pettis?

That's exactly
what I mean.

Markle came back.

He sneaked in here,

k*lled Pettis,
took the money.

Oh, but somebody
would have seen him.

Not if he came up
the back way.

I can't believe that.

You always were
too trusting, Fred.

Maybe you shoulda
listened to your wife.

Henry, I think
you're just guessing.

Am I?

Markle sold that
poor boob a dream

and he took it away
from him with this.

[ thump ]

[ crickets chirping ]

[ clatters ]

You know what
I can't understand

is how such a plain,
neat,

little man could clutter
his mind up with robbery.

Well, you knew him
better than I did.

Not really.

You know, it's a funny thing.

In the seven years
I've known him,

tonight's the first night
I was ever up in his room,

when it's too late.

I suppose if I'd been a
little more friendly with him,

this wouldn't have happened.

That one ain't
gonna work, is it?

Guess that's the last of them.

Well, one consolation.

Hortense is going
on home without me.

I guess the sight of blood
sent her skedaddling.

I'm going over and lock up.

See you in the morning.

All right, Mr. Cotter.

[ music ]

[ thump ]

Jess?

You go on to bed, huh?

I was just getting
some things

together here for tomorrow.

I thought maybe
I could help.

Oh, not with these.

Oh, I mean about figuring
out this robbery.

Well, I think
what the sheriff said

made sense, uh,
Markle and Pettis

were in cahoots,

left the money
in Simon's room,

Markle came back,
k*lled him

and took all of it.

Well, the question is,
where's the money now?

Well, my guess is
that Markle's got it.

Maybe not.

Supposing I put you
in the thief's place.

Oh, are you trying
to be funny, Jess?

No, sir, I'm not trying
to be anything.

I'm just saying,
what would you do?

What would I do what?

What I mean is,
whoever k*lled Mr. Pettis

might think there's
a posse after him.

Well, I don't know
what you're getting at,

but there's no posse
after anybody.

We know that.

The thief can't be sure.

You might do just
what Mr. Pettis did.

Hide them,
for the time being.

Oh, what if he did?

How does that help
solve the robbery?

It doesn't help
solve the robbery.

But might mean a
difference whether that money's
ever seen again.

What do you mean?

No, no, I guess not.

Markle's too smart for that.

He's no amateur.

Forget it, Mr. Cotter.

Oh, no, Jess.

Oh, no.

What were you going to say?

Well, I was just thinking
of something that happened

outside of
Dodge City once.

This outlaw hid some stolen
bank money in the ground.

What he didn't know
was that coyotes get curious

about dirt
that's been disturbed.

JESS: When he went
back to get the money,

the coyotes had dug it up

and scattered it
all over the desert.

He never got over it.

Clear up to the time
they hung him.

You don't say.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sorry
I bothered you.

Good night, sir.

Good night.

[ music ]

[ horse running ]

[ crickets chirping ]

You really bit,
didn't you?

Swallowed it all the way.

How'd you find out
about me?

I'll tell you about
it some time.

But right now,
I'll take that money,

then we're going
back to town.

You're gonna turn me in?

That's the general idea.

Well, wait.

I got a better idea.

I kind of figured you would.

We'll split it.

Markle's the thief anyhow,

nobody'll know the truth.

That's what you counted on when
you hired him, wasn't it?

You and Pettis.

Pettis had nothing
to do with it.

He found out about it later

and he was trying
to horn in on it.

Is that why you k*lled him?

Look, I'll only take a third.

You--you have the rest of it.

I couldn't be partners
with you, Cotter.

Just hand it over.

HANSON: Toss it this way.

Now, do as I tell you.

[ music ]

Hanson.

You're real bright.

I never did believe
that escape story.

I followed you.

You're probably
all in this together.

All except Markle.

Look, I know it
looks like that,

but that's not
the way it is.

You can still have
that reward money.

Uh-uh. No, the bag's
gonna be my reward.

Now, drop your g*ns.

Don't do it, Cotter.

You're in no position
to give orders, Harper.

You can't sh**t us both
at the same time.

You sh**t one,
the other'll get you.

Question is,
who's going to be first?

Move, Cotter.

[ g*nshots ]

[ grunts ]

Can you ride?

To my own hanging?

Unless you'd
rather die out here.

Haven't got much
of a choice, have I?

You're lucky
you still got one.

[ music ]

[ birds chirping ]

Howdy, stranger.

Hello, Slim.

Just in time for supper.

Well, I figured I had it
just about timed right.

Everything work out
all right?

With Markle?Yeah.

Yeah. Just fine,
he's free as a bird.

They're calling in
the posters on him.

Oh, good.

What's the matter,
you getting old?

No. Just kind of
worn out

from stopping b*ll*ts.

You got hit
in the rib?

What do you think
I got hit in, the head?

I don't know, Jess.

Sometimes it's kind of
hard to tell.

[ music ]