Rawhide (1959) s03e27 Episode Script
Incident Before Black Pass
Hyah! Rollin', rollin', rollin' Keep movin', movin', movin' Though they're disapprovin' Keep them dogies movin' Rawhide! Don't try To understand 'em Just rope, throw And brand 'em Soon we'll be livin' High and wide My heart's calculatin' My true love Will be waitin' Be waiting at the end Of my ride Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out Cut 'em out Ride 'em in Rawhide! Rollin', rollin', rollin' Hyah! Hyah! Rawhide! Hyah! Sometimes it gets right peaceful on a trail drive.
You're traveling easy in pretty country with the trail-broke herd acting gentle as lambs.
Weather's fine, air's fresh, sun's warm.
That's when I begin to worry.
Something's bound to happen.
And out of all the bad things that might be, it usually turns out to be the kind of trouble you least expect.
My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
Say, haven't we gone just about far enough for today? Jim, why are you always in such a big hurry? Pete tells me we'll be bedded down there at town tonight.
Hold on.
Well, we just left Baxter Springs two days ago.
Well, uh, the farther north we go, the closer these towns get together.
Yeah.
Well, I suppose everybody'll be wanting late guard tonight, huh? Well, uh, this kind of weather, good grass and water to hold them, almost won't need a guard.
How much further? It's just about another mile to water.
Looks like somebody's waiting for us.
Yeah, I noticed.
Well, I suppose it's one of those agents from Sedalia trying to look things over, huh? No, we're still too far from Sedalia for that.
Maybe it's just somebody trying to tap us off on another town.
Well, there's one good way to find out.
What's that? Howdy.
George Hahms, sheriff of Simpson County.
Gil Favor, this is my ramrod, Rowdy Yates.
You boss this herd? That's right.
You wanna see my papers? Later, maybe.
Must be up here for some reason.
That's right.
To stop your herd.
Well, what? First I wanna look at your crew.
They're all new from Texas.
They've just now come into this county.
I'll make sure.
All right, but you don't have to stop the herd to do that.
I said stop them.
Mister, you got a court order or a warrant or something? I got better than that.
Boys! Unless you wanna fight, you better give that signal.
Pete! Hold 'em up! Hold 'em up.
What's up? I don't know.
Maybe the sheriff will break down and tell us.
What are you looking for? A cattleman named Thad Clemens.
Thad Clemens? Know him? Everybody knows of him.
Haven't actually met him.
He's known as one of the best and most respected drovers in the business.
You got something against Thad Clemens? That's right.
Can't think of what it'd be.
But anyway, that hasn't got anything to do with us.
He's not with our outfit.
No? I heard tell all you Texas cattlemen stick together.
I heard plenty bragging that way.
You're pretty proud of it.
That could be.
Then, I guess you wouldn't mind if we hold you to it.
What do you mean? Hold you responsible for what one of your fellow Texan drovers did.
Wait a minute.
Keep your hands away from your gun, mister.
What do you want? I said You said you wanted to make sure first off he wasn't here.
Well, let's not waste any more time.
You make sure.
All right, boys.
Thad Clemens came here a few months ago looking for a herd.
"To market," he says.
Only small ranchers around here, but he gathered quite a stock of beef from them.
Near a thousand head.
Took them on to Sedalia, got a good price.
Yeah, well Took that beef on a consignment.
"Partnership," he called it.
What's wrong with that? Nothing, except he forgot his partners: the ranchers here in Simpson County.
He sold that beef in Sedalia and we ain't seen hide nor hare of him since.
Him or our better than $15,000.
Everything I know about him, he's an honest man.
His word is as good as gold.
You just give him time, he'll come back.
Yeah, he must have got held up somewhere along the line.
He wrote a pretty slick contract so he can't be held liable.
Even if we found him, we couldn't have him arrested, unless we caught him back here in the county.
He ain't likely to risk that.
I still wanna know, what's all this got to do with us? You're talking about Thad Clemens.
We ain't got Thad Clemens, but we got you.
You Texans like to stick together, proud of your honest reputations.
All right, you give us back our losses and you collect from Clemens.
You can't do that, that ain't legal.
In our county, it's legal.
We just passed a law.
Tax to pass a herd through the county, $5 a head.
That's robbery, that's against the law.
Oh, you got a right to hire a lawyer and find out, later.
But right now I'm the law here and I say it's legal.
Boy, you want your money back in a big hurry, don't you? Think it over tonight.
Decide which it'll be.
Money or stock.
I'll be back in the morning.
And I wouldn't try to fight through.
I can bring out all the men in the county.
Well, they can't do that, can they? Gotta be somebody who could stop them.
Just ain't legal.
There ain't no other way around at all, huh? Sure, if you wanna lose a week to 10 days, maybe 2 or 300 head of steers.
It's bone-dry to the west and there's nothing but mountains and timber to the east.
Looks like they've got us.
We can fight.
Oh, yeah, sure.
You gonna fight your way through a whole county and end up with a herd? What else we gonna do? We ain't got that kind of money.
Sure as I ain't gonna give him a third of the herd.
There's one other thing to do.
Who are you? He just rode in, boss.
I asked who you were, mister.
Name's Clint Coffee.
Well, Mr.
Coffee, you can butt your saddle and get on back to town and tell them the answer is no.
You wasn't listening.
Do I sound like one of those Missouri Mules? What part of Texas you from? Now you got it.
Tascosa.
What are you doing way up around here? Riding through, heading for home.
I heard about your trouble.
Thought I might help.
Well, if we were gonna fight, maybe you could, but I said there's one other thing to do besides fight or ride around.
Or pay.
And that is? Find Clemens and bring him back.
He's the one they want.
That's a mighty big order.
Yeah, he could be anywhere from El Paso to Mile City.
Or Frisco to Boston.
Or Boston to Frisco.
Well, why not Paris, with $15,000? Unless you happen to know where he is.
I got an idea.
It's only an idea but it's a pretty good one and it ain't too far from here.
Where? Baxter Springs.
Hey, now, that's only about a day's ride.
Little more than that.
That's taking a big chance, being that close, isn't it? It's only an idea.
What do you know about Thad Clemens? He's maybe the best man I ever worked for.
But he had the same trouble some of us always have.
That is? Can't blame him much.
She was all woman.
Pretty.
Real class.
And real expensive, $15,000 worth.
Name's Miss Katie.
She runs a gambling café in Baxter Springs called the Painted Lady.
Someday, I'm gonna get my money back from the Painted Lady.
I take it you knew Miss Katie pretty well.
That's where I met Clemens.
He was hanging around like a lovesick pup.
Hired me to round up a herd for Sedalia from around here.
I guess he wanted the money fast.
Boss, this might be worth a chance, you know.
Maybe we could bring him back.
There's just one more thing.
You worked for him and liked him.
Why are you turning on him now? I'm a drover.
All this talk about us sticking together, there's something to it.
But Clemens didn't stick.
What he'd done can only cause all of us trouble.
You're the first.
The way I see it, taking care of your own works both ways.
Man ought to clean up his own messes.
He's right.
Let's get going, huh? All right.
I'll go after him.
But I'll go alone.
But boss, you I can handle it.
You might need help.
Look, you'll have your hands full if the town decides to give more trouble.
Pull them back to last water, hold them there.
Don't let anybody lay a hand on one of our brand.
If Clemens is to be found, I'll bring him back.
How about a cup of coffee, mister? Much obliged.
Good morning, Miss Katie.
How do you know me? I've never seen you before.
Well, you're famous.
I heard about you a long ways from here.
You're, uh, something special, I understand.
Who are you and what do you want? Just some information.
Can I talk to you over a drink, alone? I never drink this early in the morning.
It's part of your job, isn't it? I own the place.
I don't have to drink with every trail-dusty bum who wanders in here.
Now, look, Miss Katie If you want a drink with me, go take a bath first.
Wash the cow smell off you.
You heard the lady, mister.
Well, now, you figure she means what you say.
Yes.
Yes, I do.
Now, look.
There isn't gonna be any trouble around here.
You come in off the trail, you want a good time.
Fine, that's what we're here for.
But you'll feel better when you're cleaned up.
You'll enjoy yourself more, you know you will.
Now, go over the drover house and get a room.
All right, all right.
First of all, I gotta find somebody, and you can help me.
He's supposed to be a close friend of yours.
Who are you looking for? Friend of mine too.
Thad Clemens.
Close friend of yours, is he? Close enough.
Then turn around.
Are you looking for me, friend? My name's Favor.
Favor.
Gil Favor.
Well, it's nice to know you, Mr.
Favor.
Two old hands like us aren't friends yet, it's time we ought to be.
Sit down.
I'd have agreed to that yesterday, but now I don't know.
Oh? Why? They say us drovers ought to stick together, at least once we've crossed the line out of Texas.
Well, I certainly subscribe to that.
Then I got a problem, a big one.
Anything I can do to help? You're the only one who can.
You can bring that $15,000 you got for the sale of your herd at Sedalia back to the people it belongs to.
What are you trying to do, Mr.
Favor, take sides with those farmers? You yourself just said we drovers ought to stick together.
The only way any of us can get along with all the people in all the places we got to pass on the trail is to keep a reputation for honesty and fair dealing.
You're the one who stepped out of line, Mr.
Clemens.
I don't know where you got your information, Mr.
Favor, but you're jumping to conclusions.
My dealings were entirely legal.
I'm not talking about legal.
I'm talking about honest.
One raw deal like yours makes it tough for everybody, especially me.
You? They're holding me responsible for you.
They're trying to take my herd to pay for what you stole.
That's too bad.
I never thought they'd try anything like that.
I don't see how they can get away with it.
Oh, they can get away with it, all right, unless they get their money.
So everything'll be fine if you'll just come along with me and bring the money.
We can tell them you were delayed, sick or something.
I'm sorry.
No.
What do you mean, no? Just that.
I can't go back with you.
I can't pay them.
Can't, or won't? I suppose it amounts to the same thing.
Can't, won't.
Have you got the money? Not anymore.
You realize what you're doing to your reputation and the reputation of every other drover.
And I'm sorry about that.
You'll be sorry, all right, when you find out you'll never work again.
I know.
I'm all through with that.
And what am I supposed to do? Go back and pay for your thieving? Don't you see there's nothing I can do about it? I don't have the money.
There's something you can do.
You can go back and face the people you swindled.
Mr.
Favor, would that do any good? It'd do some good for the drovers who don't think like you do.
I'm taking you back with me, Mr.
Clemens.
You think you can manage that? I can try.
Come on.
Take your hand off me, Mr.
Favor.
All right, would you let him go! All right, who are you? He's a friend of mine.
Trail boss, marshal.
You want to tell me what this is all about, Mr.
Clemens? Uh, it's a private affair, unless Mr.
Favor wants to press it.
Mighty well told I wanna press it.
I'm taking him back to Simpson County.
He's wanted there.
Wanted, Mr.
Clemens? Yeah, wanted, Mr.
Clemens.
What for? I got no warrant on him.
You got a warrant? No.
Is there a warrant? Look, he swindled his partners.
Civil affairs are out of my bailiwick.
Yours too, Mr.
Trail Boss.
And you don't just come in here and take a man by force.
That's against the law.
Wanna make a charge, Mr.
Clemens? No, thanks, marshal.
Then you just better stay away from Mr.
Clemens from now on.
Look, all you gotta do is send a deputy over to Simpson When I get a wanted poster on him, I'll pick him up myself.
Till then, you stay away from him.
You hear me? Find yourself in jail.
Sorry about this, Mr.
Clemens.
It's all right, marshal.
We all know it doesn't mean anything.
Anyway, I don't see what's to be done about it.
Even if what you say is true.
You don't believe me? Why should I? Stranger like you comes in here, tells me things about a man like Thad Clemens.
Fellow with his reputation.
Why, we've known him a lot of years.
Ain't a finer man never stopped in Baxter Springs.
Look, all you gotta do is send a telegram.
I'll pay for it.
What for? You say yourself ain't no legal way to take him back.
What do you expect us to do? You can help me save my herd.
You're stock men, aren't you? Uh-huh.
Maybe just a little different from you, though.
We're all small ranchers here too.
There's no great love for you drovers.
Well, Clemens is a drover.
Was.
Looks kind of like he might settle here, spend his days.
And his money too, huh? But it's men just like you that he's swindled.
Doesn't that matter to you? Well, now, that's their affair.
Don't see why we should get mixed up in it.
Let them settle it.
How, by robbing me? That ain't my problem, mister.
Sorry, can't help you.
Room, sir? No, I won't be staying the night.
I'm just looking for a friend of mine.
Maybe you could tell me his room.
Yes, sir, what's his name? Uh, Clemens, Thad Clemens from Texas.
Oh.
Oh, I'm afraid he isn't in.
He just went out.
I'd like to make sure of that, if you'll just show me his room.
Oh, but l l I can't do that.
I'm sure my friend won't mind.
Now, just show me the way.
You won't find anything.
All his valuables are in the safe.
I told you.
Who's got this room? Uh, no one.
Good, I'll take it.
But I said I'll take it.
I've got the money.
Come on.
Open it up.
Hello, Mr.
Favor.
All right, start walking.
Come on, no arguments.
You promised to buy me a drink.
I was afraid you'd forgotten.
Well, your invitations are kind of hard to refuse.
Just wanted to make sure you came to the party.
Sit down.
You, uh, sure you want to drink with a trail bum? You look a little different now that you're cleaned up.
In fact, you almost look good.
So do you.
I'm in this business for my health, Mr.
Favor, and my health requires a considerable income.
From all kinds of people, including trail bosses, for instance? Glad to trim anybody that comes by, Mr.
Favor.
including trail bosses.
Including you.
Except that I get a special invitation.
How come? You interest me.
Yeah, you showed that this morning.
That was this morning.
What you said about Clemens, the truth? You think it's not? Actually stole money, are you sure? It's not hard for a man to lose his head over money, or a woman.
It's a little hard to believe about Thad Clemens.
Is it, for you? What do you mean, for me? Well, I found him in here, didn't I? You think he spent money in here? Well, like you said, uh, "Glad to trim anybody, including trail bosses.
" Thad Clemens drinks ten-cent beer and never gambles.
Up to now, Mr.
Favor, I didn't dislike you.
Now I do.
Well, don't look for an apology from me, Miss Katie, because this whole thing doesn't set too well with me that there's no better reason for it than you.
Fine man losing his reputation, becoming a thief, hurting the men he's worked with all his life just because a That wasn't very feminine of me, was it? Not at all like a gambling house proprietor.
I should be used to insults.
But I'll tell you this, Mr.
Favor.
I've got nothing but respect for Thad Clemens, and there was never anything between us.
That's not the way I heard it.
Anybody told you anything different lied.
Well, then, how come I heard I'd find him here with you, and did? Anybody could've told you that.
He sits over by the door hour after hour, sipping on one beer, staring, watching, waiting.
But if he's done anything wrong, I had no part in it.
Well, he must've had a pretty good reason to steal that much money.
Somebody's got it.
It wasn't me.
You sure? I'm sure.
Then you must know who did get it.
How would I know? You seem pretty interested to hear.
I was interested to find out what bothered you, Mr.
Favor.
That's why you were invited here.
And now that I've heard your story, I'm no longer interested in you.
Well, I'm still interested in you.
Suit yourself.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Enjoy your drink.
Cory.
What are you doing here? You know what I'm doing here.
I've been here for days, waiting for you, son.
I knew, as soon as you got your leave, you couldn't stay away.
Can't you leave me alone? I'm a grown man.
Whatever I do I'll take the responsibility for.
It becomes my responsibility too, remember? That won't happen again, I told you.
I'm sorry.
I can't believe that.
What are you gonna do, hold this over my head the rest of my life? Use it as an excuse to treat me like a child? Now, I'm gonna do what I think is best.
Cory Now, you leave me alone.
Cory, don't go in there.
Now, you leave me alone.
Leaving so soon, Mr.
Favor? Well, I'm not having as good a time as I might, in spite of the special invitation.
Mm-hm.
It's on the house.
I'd rather pay.
Who's soldier boy? I'll find out anyway.
Lieutenant Clemens.
Ooh.
Clemens.
Mm-hm.
Thanks.
Did you see what happened, Fred? No, I was across the street.
I told you to let him alone.
I have, so far.
You're under arrest.
Gonna be all right.
Sore jaw, a few bruises, but otherwise All right, let's go.
Wait a minute.
What are you taking him for, marshal? Beating you.
He didn't do it.
I saw the man who did it.
He was a run-of-the-street thief trying to rob me.
You're sure, Mr.
Clemens? I'm sure.
All right.
You can go.
No, wait, l I want him to stay.
I wanna talk to him.
Well, what's it all about? It wouldn't help you to know what's behind it all.
Doesn't matter.
Not even who did it or why? It won't help you save your herd.
The only thing that would do that is Is $15,000.
That's gone.
Hopeless.
I told you.
Mr.
Favor, if I thought going back there and facing them would do any good, believe me, I'd go.
It might.
No, they want the money, not revenge.
Well, you can settle that with them.
The way I see it, if they have you to talk to, they got no reason for holding us up.
You think it doesn't matter to me what I've done to you and the others? It's the end for me.
The end of everything I've ever had.
It's all over.
All over? Just because your son beat you up? How'd you know that? That's what this is all about, isn't it? He's the one you stole the money for, to pay back his gambling debts to Miss Katie.
Isn't that about the size of it? No.
No, that's not it.
The boy's a little wild, sure.
We have our differences, but Then what is it? It's none of your business, Mr.
Favor.
Isn't it? Well, even if it is, I'm not going to tell you.
Well, I'll tell you one thing.
You better be ready to ride in the morning, because you're going back to face those men.
I know.
The ones that now think that an old drover can be trusted.
Something like that.
Mr.
Favor.
Yeah? How is he? He was just knocked out, that's all.
He'll be all right.
Did he say anything about? About who did it? He said it was just a street thief.
I think that's close enough to the truth.
What you said before, I mean, is it true? Did he take all that money from all those people? That's right.
He swindled all of them.
I never thought Nobody did.
He must've needed that money pretty bad.
He needed it, all right.
He He needed it for me, Mr.
Favor.
See, this is my fault.
I'm the thief here.
Look, you don't have to tell me about it.
He didn't.
Well, I have to tell somebody.
Come on in.
Sit down.
No, I Now, see, I am a thief.
Never really admitted to myself until now.
Now I made him one too.
You ought to be able to explain better than that.
The Army should've taught you that much.
Well, I never wanted to be in the Army.
That was his idea.
He sent me through military school.
Well, you see, I'm a quartermaster, keeping the commissary accounts.
It was easy enough to steal, all right.
Just a little bit at a time, just borrowing.
I was thinking my luck would change and I could pay it all back.
I guess you know the story.
It didn't.
Then, when it got to be $15,000, well, I knew it was beyond me.
I knew there could be an inspection at any time.
So you asked him for help.
Yeah.
I got it.
And where he got the money from, or how, l I suppose I thought he borrowed it or maybe sold something.
I swear, I didn't know it was anything like this.
You sure ought to know you don't get rich droving.
Yeah.
Now, I've done this to him and to you too.
Don't worry about me.
I'll get along.
You better save your worrying for your father.
Afraid there's no way out for him.
Maybe there is.
If you could get that $15,000 back, you and he, both of you could be saved.
And he could pay the money back.
That's right, if we had it.
I think maybe, uh, I can get it.
Now, look, lieutenant.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna rob a bank or the Army or anything.
Maybe there's one place I can get it.
Now, wait a minute.
Don't try and tell me what to do Mr.
Favor.
My father's been doing that all my life.
This is one thing I'm gonna do on my own.
Change your mind, Mr.
Favor, and decide to come back to the party? I figure maybe I've been playing the wrong game.
Maybe I should switch to yours soon.
How about cards? You a gambler? Like you, I don't mind taking a chance.
How about a cut of the cards someplace private for big stakes? How big? Mm, say, um, from Lieutenant Clemens.
Took? All right, won, if you want it that way.
And what have you to put up against it, Mr.
Favor? A life or two, maybe one of them yours.
Is that a threat? It's just a warning.
Let's go in here where we can talk.
Now, what's all this about? Cory Clemens is looking for $15,000.
I figured the only logical place for him to get it was here.
He seems pretty determined.
You think he might harm me, Mr.
Favor? Well, you're wrong.
I have nothing to fear from Cory.
You sure? It's his money, isn't it? Is it? You think I enticed him into losing his money? No, you're wrong again.
I tried to get him to stop gambling, but you can't do much against a sickness like that.
Can't or won't? You see, he wanted to get out of the Army, become independent of his father, many things.
He thought he could do it by winning a lot of money.
And you tried to stop him.
That's not very business-like of you.
I don't feel very business-like about Cory Clemens.
How do you feel? I'm in love with him.
Oh? Don't you think I could love a man like that? Well, it's a mighty profitable love, isn't it? Fifteen thousand dollars' worth? You see this? It's a bank book.
I kept track of every cent he lost.
It's all in there, all 15,000.
Mm-hm.
In your name.
For now, but it'll be his someday.
When will that be? When we're married.
Don't you mean if he marries you? You're so righteous, Mr.
Favor.
So is old man Clemens.
Must run that way with trail bosses.
You couldn't know what it's like to grow up an orphan.
A girl orphan in a country of men.
Fighting to live, decently if you can, but just live.
You wouldn't know what it's like to see other women living nice, comfortable lives with husbands and children and homes.
Do you know what it is to envy somebody like that so much that you'd kill or steal or do almost anything to have what they have? Or buy a husband, when you find a man who could give you all that? A man you could love? You really think he'd ever go through with it, Miss Katie? Aren't you just daydreaming? Am I? You think he loves you? You think he couldn't? He might think so for a while.
You're honest enough to know it couldn't last.
What happens when he takes you to his Army post and introduces you to his officers and their wives? As a painted lady? I don't always have to be like that.
I could change.
They'll forget.
Yeah, sure.
You're strong enough.
Is he? I'm sorry.
I came here ready to plead, beg, borrow, steal.
Do anything I could to get that money.
l I didn't figure on this.
Why is it so important to you? I stand to lose 3,000 head of cattle which don't belong to me, unless Clemens' partners are repaid.
But that's nothing to you.
No, it's nothing to me.
You're just another trail bum who wandered in here.
Tomorrow, you'll be gone and forgotten.
Come in.
What are you doing here? He came to gamble, and lost.
But we had a nice talk about marriage.
You ever talk about that, Cory? It's exactly what I came by here for.
What does he have to say? You wouldn't like it.
But never mind.
Run along, Mr.
Favor.
No, wait.
Maybe it's a good idea that he is here.
He can break the news to my father.
What news? Katie and I are gonna be married.
I just talked to the preacher.
He's gonna be over in an hour.
Katie, did you hear me? I heard.
Well, I thought that'd make you happy.
I thought that's what you wanted.
I couldn't be happier.
Go on, tell Mr.
Clemens.
I'm sure he'll be delighted.
Just tell him everything's going to be all right.
Honey, l I know it's not the kind of a wedding you always wanted.
I mean, rushing like this, but I only had a two-day pass.
It's all right.
I didn't think you'd mind.
I don't mind anything if you love me.
You do love me, don't you? What a question.
Of course I do.
Then say it now, just once.
Say, "I love you, Katie.
" Well, l I love you, Katie.
Look, I think you'd better go and change, put on something, you know, different, huh? I know.
You are happy, aren't you, Katie? Oh, go on, now.
I have to change.
Cory.
Have you thought what it'll be like taking me back to the Army camp? Oh, well, l I didn't have time to tell you.
I'm gonna resign my commission, get a job.
I never did like the Army anyway.
It It doesn't matter to you, does it? No.
No, nothing matters anymore.
No.
I didn't bring him up to marry a woman like that.
What did you bring him up for? An officer and a gentleman.
What makes you think a uniform's gonna make a difference? Look, Mr.
Favor, I brought him up all alone.
Maybe I made mistakes, but I tried to make him a man.
A good man.
Just like you, huh? So you push him into a life he doesn't like or want.
Boy's never known his own mind.
Maybe I made mistakes, but so has he.
And this is one mistake I'm not gonna let him make.
What makes you so sure it's a mistake? She's quite a woman.
Might even be good for him.
Her? Yeah, her.
He'll never marry her.
I'll make sure of that.
Oh, she told me to tell you something.
When, uh, they're married, everything's gonna be all right.
You'll get the 15,000.
You think I'll sell my son? You better forget about that money.
I think I'd better go with you before they get you for murder too.
Cory.
Well, I was expecting you.
I'm not gonna let you make this mistake.
You're not gonna stop me.
I don't think you understand.
You'd be better off dead than married to her.
You gonna kill me? That won't be necessary, gentlemen.
I've changed my mind, Mr.
Clemens.
I figure as long as I'm buying a husband, I might as well get my money's worth.
And with Cory, I don't think I would.
For $15,000, you want a real man.
Not a thief and a cheat.
Someone more like Mr.
Favor here.
Haven't changed your mind, have you? No, uh Afraid not.
Then too bad about the money.
Katie.
Come on, let's get out of here.
But l I don't believe her.
I'm afraid she means it, lieutenant.
Come on, let's go.
I am sorry.
It's all right, son.
Can you forgive me for what I've done to you both? I guess you and I have got a lot to forgive each other for.
Maybe we can just start over.
You live your own life.
Me, I'll be going back with you in the morning.
I only hope it'll do some good.
Mr.
Favor.
You're wanted over at the Painted Lady.
Be back in a minute.
Sit down, Mr.
Favor.
We didn't finish that game of cards last night.
Remember, you like to take a chance? I don't think I care to gamble anymore with you, Miss Katie.
Oh, come on.
Just this once.
Cut a card for big stakes.
What stakes? This.
Ah.
What is that? A draft on the First National Bank of Kansas City for $15,000.
Against what? What have you got to put up? My good name.
My hat.
I'm not sure either one is worth much.
But cut.
Shouldn't we shuffle first? Don't you trust me? Ten.
Trey.
It's yours, Mr.
Favor.
On one condition.
Don't give it to him until you get there.
And remember, you won it gambling.
Why did you, uh, do that last night? You were very convincing.
You were right about a lot of things.
Maybe I just wasn't cut out for marriage.
If he should come back? I could see to it that he wouldn't stay.
Your stage is due, Mr.
Favor.
I was wrong about one thing.
What? About a woman like you not being able to love a man like that.
Go on, Mr.
Favor.
You won your bet.
No, you did.
That's what you get for playing with a professional gambler.
We ready? Oh, just a little last-minute business.
All set.
Head 'em up! Move 'em out! Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin' Rollin' Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin' Though the streams Are swollen Keep them dogies rollin' Rawhide! Through rain and wind And weather Hell-bent for leather Wishin' my gal Was by my side All the things I'm missin' Good vittles Love and kissin' Are waiting at the end Of my ride Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out Cut 'em out Ride 'em in Rawhide! Rollin', rollin', rollin' Hyah! Hyah! Rawhide! Hyah! Hyah! Rollin', rollin', rollin'
You're traveling easy in pretty country with the trail-broke herd acting gentle as lambs.
Weather's fine, air's fresh, sun's warm.
That's when I begin to worry.
Something's bound to happen.
And out of all the bad things that might be, it usually turns out to be the kind of trouble you least expect.
My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
Say, haven't we gone just about far enough for today? Jim, why are you always in such a big hurry? Pete tells me we'll be bedded down there at town tonight.
Hold on.
Well, we just left Baxter Springs two days ago.
Well, uh, the farther north we go, the closer these towns get together.
Yeah.
Well, I suppose everybody'll be wanting late guard tonight, huh? Well, uh, this kind of weather, good grass and water to hold them, almost won't need a guard.
How much further? It's just about another mile to water.
Looks like somebody's waiting for us.
Yeah, I noticed.
Well, I suppose it's one of those agents from Sedalia trying to look things over, huh? No, we're still too far from Sedalia for that.
Maybe it's just somebody trying to tap us off on another town.
Well, there's one good way to find out.
What's that? Howdy.
George Hahms, sheriff of Simpson County.
Gil Favor, this is my ramrod, Rowdy Yates.
You boss this herd? That's right.
You wanna see my papers? Later, maybe.
Must be up here for some reason.
That's right.
To stop your herd.
Well, what? First I wanna look at your crew.
They're all new from Texas.
They've just now come into this county.
I'll make sure.
All right, but you don't have to stop the herd to do that.
I said stop them.
Mister, you got a court order or a warrant or something? I got better than that.
Boys! Unless you wanna fight, you better give that signal.
Pete! Hold 'em up! Hold 'em up.
What's up? I don't know.
Maybe the sheriff will break down and tell us.
What are you looking for? A cattleman named Thad Clemens.
Thad Clemens? Know him? Everybody knows of him.
Haven't actually met him.
He's known as one of the best and most respected drovers in the business.
You got something against Thad Clemens? That's right.
Can't think of what it'd be.
But anyway, that hasn't got anything to do with us.
He's not with our outfit.
No? I heard tell all you Texas cattlemen stick together.
I heard plenty bragging that way.
You're pretty proud of it.
That could be.
Then, I guess you wouldn't mind if we hold you to it.
What do you mean? Hold you responsible for what one of your fellow Texan drovers did.
Wait a minute.
Keep your hands away from your gun, mister.
What do you want? I said You said you wanted to make sure first off he wasn't here.
Well, let's not waste any more time.
You make sure.
All right, boys.
Thad Clemens came here a few months ago looking for a herd.
"To market," he says.
Only small ranchers around here, but he gathered quite a stock of beef from them.
Near a thousand head.
Took them on to Sedalia, got a good price.
Yeah, well Took that beef on a consignment.
"Partnership," he called it.
What's wrong with that? Nothing, except he forgot his partners: the ranchers here in Simpson County.
He sold that beef in Sedalia and we ain't seen hide nor hare of him since.
Him or our better than $15,000.
Everything I know about him, he's an honest man.
His word is as good as gold.
You just give him time, he'll come back.
Yeah, he must have got held up somewhere along the line.
He wrote a pretty slick contract so he can't be held liable.
Even if we found him, we couldn't have him arrested, unless we caught him back here in the county.
He ain't likely to risk that.
I still wanna know, what's all this got to do with us? You're talking about Thad Clemens.
We ain't got Thad Clemens, but we got you.
You Texans like to stick together, proud of your honest reputations.
All right, you give us back our losses and you collect from Clemens.
You can't do that, that ain't legal.
In our county, it's legal.
We just passed a law.
Tax to pass a herd through the county, $5 a head.
That's robbery, that's against the law.
Oh, you got a right to hire a lawyer and find out, later.
But right now I'm the law here and I say it's legal.
Boy, you want your money back in a big hurry, don't you? Think it over tonight.
Decide which it'll be.
Money or stock.
I'll be back in the morning.
And I wouldn't try to fight through.
I can bring out all the men in the county.
Well, they can't do that, can they? Gotta be somebody who could stop them.
Just ain't legal.
There ain't no other way around at all, huh? Sure, if you wanna lose a week to 10 days, maybe 2 or 300 head of steers.
It's bone-dry to the west and there's nothing but mountains and timber to the east.
Looks like they've got us.
We can fight.
Oh, yeah, sure.
You gonna fight your way through a whole county and end up with a herd? What else we gonna do? We ain't got that kind of money.
Sure as I ain't gonna give him a third of the herd.
There's one other thing to do.
Who are you? He just rode in, boss.
I asked who you were, mister.
Name's Clint Coffee.
Well, Mr.
Coffee, you can butt your saddle and get on back to town and tell them the answer is no.
You wasn't listening.
Do I sound like one of those Missouri Mules? What part of Texas you from? Now you got it.
Tascosa.
What are you doing way up around here? Riding through, heading for home.
I heard about your trouble.
Thought I might help.
Well, if we were gonna fight, maybe you could, but I said there's one other thing to do besides fight or ride around.
Or pay.
And that is? Find Clemens and bring him back.
He's the one they want.
That's a mighty big order.
Yeah, he could be anywhere from El Paso to Mile City.
Or Frisco to Boston.
Or Boston to Frisco.
Well, why not Paris, with $15,000? Unless you happen to know where he is.
I got an idea.
It's only an idea but it's a pretty good one and it ain't too far from here.
Where? Baxter Springs.
Hey, now, that's only about a day's ride.
Little more than that.
That's taking a big chance, being that close, isn't it? It's only an idea.
What do you know about Thad Clemens? He's maybe the best man I ever worked for.
But he had the same trouble some of us always have.
That is? Can't blame him much.
She was all woman.
Pretty.
Real class.
And real expensive, $15,000 worth.
Name's Miss Katie.
She runs a gambling café in Baxter Springs called the Painted Lady.
Someday, I'm gonna get my money back from the Painted Lady.
I take it you knew Miss Katie pretty well.
That's where I met Clemens.
He was hanging around like a lovesick pup.
Hired me to round up a herd for Sedalia from around here.
I guess he wanted the money fast.
Boss, this might be worth a chance, you know.
Maybe we could bring him back.
There's just one more thing.
You worked for him and liked him.
Why are you turning on him now? I'm a drover.
All this talk about us sticking together, there's something to it.
But Clemens didn't stick.
What he'd done can only cause all of us trouble.
You're the first.
The way I see it, taking care of your own works both ways.
Man ought to clean up his own messes.
He's right.
Let's get going, huh? All right.
I'll go after him.
But I'll go alone.
But boss, you I can handle it.
You might need help.
Look, you'll have your hands full if the town decides to give more trouble.
Pull them back to last water, hold them there.
Don't let anybody lay a hand on one of our brand.
If Clemens is to be found, I'll bring him back.
How about a cup of coffee, mister? Much obliged.
Good morning, Miss Katie.
How do you know me? I've never seen you before.
Well, you're famous.
I heard about you a long ways from here.
You're, uh, something special, I understand.
Who are you and what do you want? Just some information.
Can I talk to you over a drink, alone? I never drink this early in the morning.
It's part of your job, isn't it? I own the place.
I don't have to drink with every trail-dusty bum who wanders in here.
Now, look, Miss Katie If you want a drink with me, go take a bath first.
Wash the cow smell off you.
You heard the lady, mister.
Well, now, you figure she means what you say.
Yes.
Yes, I do.
Now, look.
There isn't gonna be any trouble around here.
You come in off the trail, you want a good time.
Fine, that's what we're here for.
But you'll feel better when you're cleaned up.
You'll enjoy yourself more, you know you will.
Now, go over the drover house and get a room.
All right, all right.
First of all, I gotta find somebody, and you can help me.
He's supposed to be a close friend of yours.
Who are you looking for? Friend of mine too.
Thad Clemens.
Close friend of yours, is he? Close enough.
Then turn around.
Are you looking for me, friend? My name's Favor.
Favor.
Gil Favor.
Well, it's nice to know you, Mr.
Favor.
Two old hands like us aren't friends yet, it's time we ought to be.
Sit down.
I'd have agreed to that yesterday, but now I don't know.
Oh? Why? They say us drovers ought to stick together, at least once we've crossed the line out of Texas.
Well, I certainly subscribe to that.
Then I got a problem, a big one.
Anything I can do to help? You're the only one who can.
You can bring that $15,000 you got for the sale of your herd at Sedalia back to the people it belongs to.
What are you trying to do, Mr.
Favor, take sides with those farmers? You yourself just said we drovers ought to stick together.
The only way any of us can get along with all the people in all the places we got to pass on the trail is to keep a reputation for honesty and fair dealing.
You're the one who stepped out of line, Mr.
Clemens.
I don't know where you got your information, Mr.
Favor, but you're jumping to conclusions.
My dealings were entirely legal.
I'm not talking about legal.
I'm talking about honest.
One raw deal like yours makes it tough for everybody, especially me.
You? They're holding me responsible for you.
They're trying to take my herd to pay for what you stole.
That's too bad.
I never thought they'd try anything like that.
I don't see how they can get away with it.
Oh, they can get away with it, all right, unless they get their money.
So everything'll be fine if you'll just come along with me and bring the money.
We can tell them you were delayed, sick or something.
I'm sorry.
No.
What do you mean, no? Just that.
I can't go back with you.
I can't pay them.
Can't, or won't? I suppose it amounts to the same thing.
Can't, won't.
Have you got the money? Not anymore.
You realize what you're doing to your reputation and the reputation of every other drover.
And I'm sorry about that.
You'll be sorry, all right, when you find out you'll never work again.
I know.
I'm all through with that.
And what am I supposed to do? Go back and pay for your thieving? Don't you see there's nothing I can do about it? I don't have the money.
There's something you can do.
You can go back and face the people you swindled.
Mr.
Favor, would that do any good? It'd do some good for the drovers who don't think like you do.
I'm taking you back with me, Mr.
Clemens.
You think you can manage that? I can try.
Come on.
Take your hand off me, Mr.
Favor.
All right, would you let him go! All right, who are you? He's a friend of mine.
Trail boss, marshal.
You want to tell me what this is all about, Mr.
Clemens? Uh, it's a private affair, unless Mr.
Favor wants to press it.
Mighty well told I wanna press it.
I'm taking him back to Simpson County.
He's wanted there.
Wanted, Mr.
Clemens? Yeah, wanted, Mr.
Clemens.
What for? I got no warrant on him.
You got a warrant? No.
Is there a warrant? Look, he swindled his partners.
Civil affairs are out of my bailiwick.
Yours too, Mr.
Trail Boss.
And you don't just come in here and take a man by force.
That's against the law.
Wanna make a charge, Mr.
Clemens? No, thanks, marshal.
Then you just better stay away from Mr.
Clemens from now on.
Look, all you gotta do is send a deputy over to Simpson When I get a wanted poster on him, I'll pick him up myself.
Till then, you stay away from him.
You hear me? Find yourself in jail.
Sorry about this, Mr.
Clemens.
It's all right, marshal.
We all know it doesn't mean anything.
Anyway, I don't see what's to be done about it.
Even if what you say is true.
You don't believe me? Why should I? Stranger like you comes in here, tells me things about a man like Thad Clemens.
Fellow with his reputation.
Why, we've known him a lot of years.
Ain't a finer man never stopped in Baxter Springs.
Look, all you gotta do is send a telegram.
I'll pay for it.
What for? You say yourself ain't no legal way to take him back.
What do you expect us to do? You can help me save my herd.
You're stock men, aren't you? Uh-huh.
Maybe just a little different from you, though.
We're all small ranchers here too.
There's no great love for you drovers.
Well, Clemens is a drover.
Was.
Looks kind of like he might settle here, spend his days.
And his money too, huh? But it's men just like you that he's swindled.
Doesn't that matter to you? Well, now, that's their affair.
Don't see why we should get mixed up in it.
Let them settle it.
How, by robbing me? That ain't my problem, mister.
Sorry, can't help you.
Room, sir? No, I won't be staying the night.
I'm just looking for a friend of mine.
Maybe you could tell me his room.
Yes, sir, what's his name? Uh, Clemens, Thad Clemens from Texas.
Oh.
Oh, I'm afraid he isn't in.
He just went out.
I'd like to make sure of that, if you'll just show me his room.
Oh, but l l I can't do that.
I'm sure my friend won't mind.
Now, just show me the way.
You won't find anything.
All his valuables are in the safe.
I told you.
Who's got this room? Uh, no one.
Good, I'll take it.
But I said I'll take it.
I've got the money.
Come on.
Open it up.
Hello, Mr.
Favor.
All right, start walking.
Come on, no arguments.
You promised to buy me a drink.
I was afraid you'd forgotten.
Well, your invitations are kind of hard to refuse.
Just wanted to make sure you came to the party.
Sit down.
You, uh, sure you want to drink with a trail bum? You look a little different now that you're cleaned up.
In fact, you almost look good.
So do you.
I'm in this business for my health, Mr.
Favor, and my health requires a considerable income.
From all kinds of people, including trail bosses, for instance? Glad to trim anybody that comes by, Mr.
Favor.
including trail bosses.
Including you.
Except that I get a special invitation.
How come? You interest me.
Yeah, you showed that this morning.
That was this morning.
What you said about Clemens, the truth? You think it's not? Actually stole money, are you sure? It's not hard for a man to lose his head over money, or a woman.
It's a little hard to believe about Thad Clemens.
Is it, for you? What do you mean, for me? Well, I found him in here, didn't I? You think he spent money in here? Well, like you said, uh, "Glad to trim anybody, including trail bosses.
" Thad Clemens drinks ten-cent beer and never gambles.
Up to now, Mr.
Favor, I didn't dislike you.
Now I do.
Well, don't look for an apology from me, Miss Katie, because this whole thing doesn't set too well with me that there's no better reason for it than you.
Fine man losing his reputation, becoming a thief, hurting the men he's worked with all his life just because a That wasn't very feminine of me, was it? Not at all like a gambling house proprietor.
I should be used to insults.
But I'll tell you this, Mr.
Favor.
I've got nothing but respect for Thad Clemens, and there was never anything between us.
That's not the way I heard it.
Anybody told you anything different lied.
Well, then, how come I heard I'd find him here with you, and did? Anybody could've told you that.
He sits over by the door hour after hour, sipping on one beer, staring, watching, waiting.
But if he's done anything wrong, I had no part in it.
Well, he must've had a pretty good reason to steal that much money.
Somebody's got it.
It wasn't me.
You sure? I'm sure.
Then you must know who did get it.
How would I know? You seem pretty interested to hear.
I was interested to find out what bothered you, Mr.
Favor.
That's why you were invited here.
And now that I've heard your story, I'm no longer interested in you.
Well, I'm still interested in you.
Suit yourself.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Enjoy your drink.
Cory.
What are you doing here? You know what I'm doing here.
I've been here for days, waiting for you, son.
I knew, as soon as you got your leave, you couldn't stay away.
Can't you leave me alone? I'm a grown man.
Whatever I do I'll take the responsibility for.
It becomes my responsibility too, remember? That won't happen again, I told you.
I'm sorry.
I can't believe that.
What are you gonna do, hold this over my head the rest of my life? Use it as an excuse to treat me like a child? Now, I'm gonna do what I think is best.
Cory Now, you leave me alone.
Cory, don't go in there.
Now, you leave me alone.
Leaving so soon, Mr.
Favor? Well, I'm not having as good a time as I might, in spite of the special invitation.
Mm-hm.
It's on the house.
I'd rather pay.
Who's soldier boy? I'll find out anyway.
Lieutenant Clemens.
Ooh.
Clemens.
Mm-hm.
Thanks.
Did you see what happened, Fred? No, I was across the street.
I told you to let him alone.
I have, so far.
You're under arrest.
Gonna be all right.
Sore jaw, a few bruises, but otherwise All right, let's go.
Wait a minute.
What are you taking him for, marshal? Beating you.
He didn't do it.
I saw the man who did it.
He was a run-of-the-street thief trying to rob me.
You're sure, Mr.
Clemens? I'm sure.
All right.
You can go.
No, wait, l I want him to stay.
I wanna talk to him.
Well, what's it all about? It wouldn't help you to know what's behind it all.
Doesn't matter.
Not even who did it or why? It won't help you save your herd.
The only thing that would do that is Is $15,000.
That's gone.
Hopeless.
I told you.
Mr.
Favor, if I thought going back there and facing them would do any good, believe me, I'd go.
It might.
No, they want the money, not revenge.
Well, you can settle that with them.
The way I see it, if they have you to talk to, they got no reason for holding us up.
You think it doesn't matter to me what I've done to you and the others? It's the end for me.
The end of everything I've ever had.
It's all over.
All over? Just because your son beat you up? How'd you know that? That's what this is all about, isn't it? He's the one you stole the money for, to pay back his gambling debts to Miss Katie.
Isn't that about the size of it? No.
No, that's not it.
The boy's a little wild, sure.
We have our differences, but Then what is it? It's none of your business, Mr.
Favor.
Isn't it? Well, even if it is, I'm not going to tell you.
Well, I'll tell you one thing.
You better be ready to ride in the morning, because you're going back to face those men.
I know.
The ones that now think that an old drover can be trusted.
Something like that.
Mr.
Favor.
Yeah? How is he? He was just knocked out, that's all.
He'll be all right.
Did he say anything about? About who did it? He said it was just a street thief.
I think that's close enough to the truth.
What you said before, I mean, is it true? Did he take all that money from all those people? That's right.
He swindled all of them.
I never thought Nobody did.
He must've needed that money pretty bad.
He needed it, all right.
He He needed it for me, Mr.
Favor.
See, this is my fault.
I'm the thief here.
Look, you don't have to tell me about it.
He didn't.
Well, I have to tell somebody.
Come on in.
Sit down.
No, I Now, see, I am a thief.
Never really admitted to myself until now.
Now I made him one too.
You ought to be able to explain better than that.
The Army should've taught you that much.
Well, I never wanted to be in the Army.
That was his idea.
He sent me through military school.
Well, you see, I'm a quartermaster, keeping the commissary accounts.
It was easy enough to steal, all right.
Just a little bit at a time, just borrowing.
I was thinking my luck would change and I could pay it all back.
I guess you know the story.
It didn't.
Then, when it got to be $15,000, well, I knew it was beyond me.
I knew there could be an inspection at any time.
So you asked him for help.
Yeah.
I got it.
And where he got the money from, or how, l I suppose I thought he borrowed it or maybe sold something.
I swear, I didn't know it was anything like this.
You sure ought to know you don't get rich droving.
Yeah.
Now, I've done this to him and to you too.
Don't worry about me.
I'll get along.
You better save your worrying for your father.
Afraid there's no way out for him.
Maybe there is.
If you could get that $15,000 back, you and he, both of you could be saved.
And he could pay the money back.
That's right, if we had it.
I think maybe, uh, I can get it.
Now, look, lieutenant.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna rob a bank or the Army or anything.
Maybe there's one place I can get it.
Now, wait a minute.
Don't try and tell me what to do Mr.
Favor.
My father's been doing that all my life.
This is one thing I'm gonna do on my own.
Change your mind, Mr.
Favor, and decide to come back to the party? I figure maybe I've been playing the wrong game.
Maybe I should switch to yours soon.
How about cards? You a gambler? Like you, I don't mind taking a chance.
How about a cut of the cards someplace private for big stakes? How big? Mm, say, um, from Lieutenant Clemens.
Took? All right, won, if you want it that way.
And what have you to put up against it, Mr.
Favor? A life or two, maybe one of them yours.
Is that a threat? It's just a warning.
Let's go in here where we can talk.
Now, what's all this about? Cory Clemens is looking for $15,000.
I figured the only logical place for him to get it was here.
He seems pretty determined.
You think he might harm me, Mr.
Favor? Well, you're wrong.
I have nothing to fear from Cory.
You sure? It's his money, isn't it? Is it? You think I enticed him into losing his money? No, you're wrong again.
I tried to get him to stop gambling, but you can't do much against a sickness like that.
Can't or won't? You see, he wanted to get out of the Army, become independent of his father, many things.
He thought he could do it by winning a lot of money.
And you tried to stop him.
That's not very business-like of you.
I don't feel very business-like about Cory Clemens.
How do you feel? I'm in love with him.
Oh? Don't you think I could love a man like that? Well, it's a mighty profitable love, isn't it? Fifteen thousand dollars' worth? You see this? It's a bank book.
I kept track of every cent he lost.
It's all in there, all 15,000.
Mm-hm.
In your name.
For now, but it'll be his someday.
When will that be? When we're married.
Don't you mean if he marries you? You're so righteous, Mr.
Favor.
So is old man Clemens.
Must run that way with trail bosses.
You couldn't know what it's like to grow up an orphan.
A girl orphan in a country of men.
Fighting to live, decently if you can, but just live.
You wouldn't know what it's like to see other women living nice, comfortable lives with husbands and children and homes.
Do you know what it is to envy somebody like that so much that you'd kill or steal or do almost anything to have what they have? Or buy a husband, when you find a man who could give you all that? A man you could love? You really think he'd ever go through with it, Miss Katie? Aren't you just daydreaming? Am I? You think he loves you? You think he couldn't? He might think so for a while.
You're honest enough to know it couldn't last.
What happens when he takes you to his Army post and introduces you to his officers and their wives? As a painted lady? I don't always have to be like that.
I could change.
They'll forget.
Yeah, sure.
You're strong enough.
Is he? I'm sorry.
I came here ready to plead, beg, borrow, steal.
Do anything I could to get that money.
l I didn't figure on this.
Why is it so important to you? I stand to lose 3,000 head of cattle which don't belong to me, unless Clemens' partners are repaid.
But that's nothing to you.
No, it's nothing to me.
You're just another trail bum who wandered in here.
Tomorrow, you'll be gone and forgotten.
Come in.
What are you doing here? He came to gamble, and lost.
But we had a nice talk about marriage.
You ever talk about that, Cory? It's exactly what I came by here for.
What does he have to say? You wouldn't like it.
But never mind.
Run along, Mr.
Favor.
No, wait.
Maybe it's a good idea that he is here.
He can break the news to my father.
What news? Katie and I are gonna be married.
I just talked to the preacher.
He's gonna be over in an hour.
Katie, did you hear me? I heard.
Well, I thought that'd make you happy.
I thought that's what you wanted.
I couldn't be happier.
Go on, tell Mr.
Clemens.
I'm sure he'll be delighted.
Just tell him everything's going to be all right.
Honey, l I know it's not the kind of a wedding you always wanted.
I mean, rushing like this, but I only had a two-day pass.
It's all right.
I didn't think you'd mind.
I don't mind anything if you love me.
You do love me, don't you? What a question.
Of course I do.
Then say it now, just once.
Say, "I love you, Katie.
" Well, l I love you, Katie.
Look, I think you'd better go and change, put on something, you know, different, huh? I know.
You are happy, aren't you, Katie? Oh, go on, now.
I have to change.
Cory.
Have you thought what it'll be like taking me back to the Army camp? Oh, well, l I didn't have time to tell you.
I'm gonna resign my commission, get a job.
I never did like the Army anyway.
It It doesn't matter to you, does it? No.
No, nothing matters anymore.
No.
I didn't bring him up to marry a woman like that.
What did you bring him up for? An officer and a gentleman.
What makes you think a uniform's gonna make a difference? Look, Mr.
Favor, I brought him up all alone.
Maybe I made mistakes, but I tried to make him a man.
A good man.
Just like you, huh? So you push him into a life he doesn't like or want.
Boy's never known his own mind.
Maybe I made mistakes, but so has he.
And this is one mistake I'm not gonna let him make.
What makes you so sure it's a mistake? She's quite a woman.
Might even be good for him.
Her? Yeah, her.
He'll never marry her.
I'll make sure of that.
Oh, she told me to tell you something.
When, uh, they're married, everything's gonna be all right.
You'll get the 15,000.
You think I'll sell my son? You better forget about that money.
I think I'd better go with you before they get you for murder too.
Cory.
Well, I was expecting you.
I'm not gonna let you make this mistake.
You're not gonna stop me.
I don't think you understand.
You'd be better off dead than married to her.
You gonna kill me? That won't be necessary, gentlemen.
I've changed my mind, Mr.
Clemens.
I figure as long as I'm buying a husband, I might as well get my money's worth.
And with Cory, I don't think I would.
For $15,000, you want a real man.
Not a thief and a cheat.
Someone more like Mr.
Favor here.
Haven't changed your mind, have you? No, uh Afraid not.
Then too bad about the money.
Katie.
Come on, let's get out of here.
But l I don't believe her.
I'm afraid she means it, lieutenant.
Come on, let's go.
I am sorry.
It's all right, son.
Can you forgive me for what I've done to you both? I guess you and I have got a lot to forgive each other for.
Maybe we can just start over.
You live your own life.
Me, I'll be going back with you in the morning.
I only hope it'll do some good.
Mr.
Favor.
You're wanted over at the Painted Lady.
Be back in a minute.
Sit down, Mr.
Favor.
We didn't finish that game of cards last night.
Remember, you like to take a chance? I don't think I care to gamble anymore with you, Miss Katie.
Oh, come on.
Just this once.
Cut a card for big stakes.
What stakes? This.
Ah.
What is that? A draft on the First National Bank of Kansas City for $15,000.
Against what? What have you got to put up? My good name.
My hat.
I'm not sure either one is worth much.
But cut.
Shouldn't we shuffle first? Don't you trust me? Ten.
Trey.
It's yours, Mr.
Favor.
On one condition.
Don't give it to him until you get there.
And remember, you won it gambling.
Why did you, uh, do that last night? You were very convincing.
You were right about a lot of things.
Maybe I just wasn't cut out for marriage.
If he should come back? I could see to it that he wouldn't stay.
Your stage is due, Mr.
Favor.
I was wrong about one thing.
What? About a woman like you not being able to love a man like that.
Go on, Mr.
Favor.
You won your bet.
No, you did.
That's what you get for playing with a professional gambler.
We ready? Oh, just a little last-minute business.
All set.
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