Rawhide (1959) s04e30 Episode Script
Abilene
Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' Keep movin', movin', movin' Though they're disapprovin' Keep them dogies movin' Rawhide Don't try to understand 'em Just rope and throw and brand 'em Soon we'll be living 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' - Rollin', rollin', rollin' - Hyahl Wish, is it time to get up? No, it isn't time to get up.
What's the matter? We movin' out? Oh, for heaven's sake.
Where's the sun? Over China, probably! 'Tisn't but 3:30 in the mornin'! Sorry, Boss.
I didn't know you was there.
What are y'all doin' up in the middle of the night? Just anxious to get to work, Boss.
Well, now, I'm real proud that everybody is taking such an interest in their work.
Especially since it's the first time on the whole drive I haven't had to kick you out of those blankets! Yeah.
But Abilene is just over the hill there.
Abilene has been over the hill for the last 10 years! It will stay there for another two hours! So relax! We'll pull out like we usually do at sunrise.
Oh.
What are you doing there, Toothless? Oh, shining my plates.
Well, you're finally going to put those things in, huh? I thought you were waitin' to be buried in them.
No.
No, I'm just waitin' for Abilene.
Yeah, you're going to flash those pearly chops at some dance-hall queen, Toothless, and that's going to be the end of your money.
Hey, Grenny, what are you doing? Trying to get the jump on us? I don't jump so good with this back.
One thing I could never understand about your back, Don, you can sit up playin' poker three days runnin' and never feel a twinge.
Yeah well, it only hurts when he loses.
Yeah, Don, you must be real lucky in love.
I'm going out to relieve Huggins.
Heeya! Morning, Larry.
Ain't it a bit early for relief? I thought you might be ready for some hot coffee.
I sure am.
Hey! Gee, I I felt funny for a minute.
You're burnin' with fever.
I better get Wish.
No, no.
I'll be all right.
I'm all right now.
I guess I'm just a little punchy from sittin' up in the saddle all night.
Heh, heh.
Well, it's almost all over now.
Couple of hours you can start your celebratin'.
Oh, not so much for me.
Can't do much hurrahin' on 25 bucks.
I mean, that's all I can keep out.
I send the rest back to my folks.
Yep.
Last time I saw my wife and kids, I was sitting on the back of a wagon, pullin' out of a Vicksburg cemetery.
I never had a picture of 'em.
Gettin' so I can't hardly remember what they looked like.
Maybe that means it's time to start a new family.
Maybe it does.
Find a good woman.
Buy a little shop.
Raise some big sons.
I'm going to do it this trip, I mean it.
Yeah.
Every year my back gets worse.
I don't think I could stand another drive.
I thought I'd die before we even got this far.
So when we pull into Abilene, I take my pay, walk on past them poker tables right past 'em, right on out of town.
And I don't look back no matter what anybody says.
You take it easy, Larry.
I'll be right back.
Grenfell.
Mr.
Favor, young Larry Huggins ain't feelin' too good.
What's wrong? I don't know.
He's kind of weak and drowsy.
Ah well, Wish is busy scroungin' up breakfast.
Look since we're this close to town, why don't you take him into town with you and find a doctor? I'll get somebody to take over.
Right.
Oh, we'll be at the hotel, the Texas House.
Well, to tell you the truth, Mr.
Favor, I kind of planned on stayin' somewhere else.
There's a place called the Oddity House on the other side of town.
Well, I'll send your money over there then.
It ain't that I don't want to stay with the rest of the outfit.
Oh, I know.
No, I think you're smart.
Best way to quit is just up and quit.
Yeah.
Same for me.
Yeah.
My last drive.
Well, how come, Mr.
Favor? I been promisin' my kids and myself for a long time.
I'm going to do it.
I got a little spread over near the Missouri line.
A house, a stream, ridin' horses for Gillian and Maggi.
You bought it, Boss, gee, that's great.
As good as put down $2,500 option money.
Yeah, I'll pay the men off, get a good night's sleep, and then the first thing, I'll ride out of Abilene, out of the cattle business, back into a family again.
Mr.
Favor, I wish you all the luck.
Good luck to you, Grenny.
Thanks.
Yaw! Yaw! Yaw! Yaw! Good news girls, reprieve! There's a new trail crew just came in! So smile, girls! They're rich, and they're thirsty.
Oh, Vada, the boss of this herd is so handsome.
He's so handsome, he almost made me swoon.
Better watch yourself, Molly.
You know what I told you about drovers.
They're worse than sailors when it comes to playin' a girl fast and loose.
I like to listen to the way they talk about the things they done.
And then tellin' me how pretty I am.
And asking me if if I wouldn't like to have a trinket.
Oh, it isn't that I want them to buy me a trinket.
It's just that they want to buy it.
And for me.
Whose outfit is this, honey? Gil Favor's.
Give me a break, Jack.
Let 'em lose their money before you start trouble.
Trouble? Ain't gonna be no trouble, Vada.
For the last 3 months every time you get a drink or 2 into you, all you could talk about was the fight you had with the Ramrod, and how you spent a month and a half in the hospital.
Now, if this saddle-tramp's got to die, doesn't make any difference to you if he dies broke.
Deal.
How's it going here? There's a winner, huh! There you are! Wish! Well, Mr.
Favor.
Yes, sir.
About your crew They're no crew of mine no more.
What?! Drive's over.
They're on their own now.
They ain't so far as you're concerned! I'm holdin' you responsible for every nickel of damage they do.
You're going to have one big time trying to collect.
- Hurry up, Mushy? - Come on.
That's it, boys.
- That's what? - What? No more rooms.
We're full up.
- Full up? - Full up? I'm sorry.
There's a couple of boarding houses down the street.
Well, maybe we don't want to stay in any boarding houses.
Hey, wait a minute.
What about that place that Grenfell's staying at? The Oddity House? You feelin' all right, Rowdy? No, no.
It's a hotel.
Grenny said so.
Well, what's good enough for Grenny, is good enough for us.
Hold your horses! Grenny picked the Oddity House so he could be alone for a change, save his money for once.
Well, we'll help him.
We'll, uh, we'll give him strength.
- Yeah! - Come on! All right, see the rest of you at the Oddity House in half an hour.
I'll work out the shares.
OK, Boss.
Hey, Wish, ain't that Huggins' horse over there? Yeah, sure looks like it.
Well, I'm kind of glad we came here.
Ol' Grenny's going to get a bang out of this.
Oh, a real bang.
I can see it now.
Come on, anybody home? Hey, clerk! This a hotel or a funeral parlor? Hey! Hey! Hey! Clerk! Oh, here he is.
Good morning.
Beautiful morning.
You the manager? Manager, desk clerk, owner Edward R.
Dooley.
Mr.
Dooley, we could use some rooms.
Here? Yeah, here.
What's the matter with here? I usually don't get drovers this far out.
I mean, all the saloons are the other end of town.
This is a very quiet area.
I don't like to be disturbed when I've got a hangover.
Yeah.
Besides, you already got We saw their horses.
Well sir, would you please put down that objets d'art?! Objeyjar, huh? Well, if you put a fistful of flowers in there, it'd look just like a vase.
It is a you would Look don't worry about your objeyjars, friend.
'Cause we ain't even gonna be here long enough to hardly touch the beds, are we? Say, Mr.
Dooley, about the lady guests.
You got any lady guests? Well, yes, we have a few.
Well, where are they? They're out right now.
All my guests are sir! If you're going to put your foot on the couch, please, would you mind removing the spurs? Sure is a fussy cuss ain't he? Absolutely terrible.
Oh, say, I could use some hot water for a bath.
Yes, sir, there's some on the stove.
And save me a little, will ya? If you're in a hurry, you go on ahead.
I want to get up and see Huggins anyway.
Yeah, how's is he? Mr.
Huggins? Not so well.
The doctor examined him a little while ago.
Well, I guess I'd better go up and have a look at him.
- What room's he in? - 27.
Wait a second, might as well all go up.
- Yeah! - Yeah! Now, you try to get some shut-eye, Larry.
Doctor said you was to have peace and quiet.
Hey! - Grenny, how are ya?! - Good to see you! Look at his face! I told you he'd be glad to see us.
Yeah! Mr.
Favor, what in creation are you all doin' over here? I'm sorry, Grenny.
I tried to stop 'em.
Well, he hasn't got much fever! What'd that doctor say was wrong with him? He didn't say.
He just looked both of us over and rushed out.
Well, just like some of those city doctors, trying to be mysterious.
Well, I'll give him a good dose of sassafras root, and he'll be as good as new tomorrow.
How's she goin', boy? Little better, Mr.
Favor.
Got a good price for the herd.
I got your share whenever you want it.
Thanks, Mr.
Favor.
Hot water! - Yeah! - That's for me! Oh, say, what'd the doctor say about your back? Nothin' more than I know.
Told me I had to keep off horses.
Said I pinched some nerve in my spine.
Keep on ridin', I'd end up a cripple.
Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore.
No more of that.
Couple of ex-drovers.
Make you feel funny, Mr.
Favor? Funny? It feels like my insides are laughin' fit to burst.
Smallpox?! But he hasn't got smallpox! I took a look at him! Sheriff, you haven't thought this out.
What about my other guests? They'll have to go someplace else, Dooley.
How does that look? It'll do.
It won't do! Doc, we been on the trail since spring.
And you know very well He's got smallpox! That's what I know! And nobody is gonna spread it through this town! All right, inside.
Now, look, I'm an American citizen! - I don't have to take orders - Inside, citizen.
You too, trail boss.
Just how long do you think you're going to keep these drovers away from dance halls? You heard him same as I did The rest as long as there's a danger to my town.
Look, I got to get out of Abilene by tomorrow mornin'.
I'm buyin' a spread a couple hundred miles east of here.
It ain't gonna fly away.
It very well could fly away.
You see, I just was able to put down option money on that place.
The drive took longer than I figured.
I got to get the rest of the money there by Friday noon or lose the place and the $2,500 option money.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Favor.
Look I got two kids dependin' on that ranch.
It's still inside.
Gentlemen, this isn't going to be pleasant for you to hear.
But you've got to hear it.
I have reason to believe that your friend, Mr.
Huggins, has the smallpox.
So I'm going to have to vaccinate every one of you.
And you will all have to remain here quarantined in this building.
For how long? So let's line up and get it over with.
You ain't keepin' us in here! Sheriff! Get out of the way, Sheriff! Put them guns away and take off them gun belts.
You'd better get out of the way, Sheriff, while you're still able to move.
I want them guns now.
All of you line up and let the doctor scratch your arms.
I'm gonna need your help with these men.
Drive's over.
I got no right to give orders no more.
Mr.
Favor, there are kids in this town who never hurt a livin' soul.
Did you ever seen a little child die of smallpox? Ahh Clay.
Why, it's funny how one little needle can hurt so much, huh? Back in line.
Thanks again.
It's nothing.
If you'll give me the name and address of the people you're buying that spread from, I'll send them a telegram tellin' them what's happened and ask them to give you a little more time.
Smallpox?! They're in quarantine at the Oddity House since yesterday.
They can't get out.
That's why I like to play cards with you, Jack.
You've such a poker face.
Never show your disappointments.
Sure I'm disappointed for them.
with them stinkin' beeves.
Now, they got to be holed up.
Tough.
But think about my problems.
I had that herd money spent.
Who is it this time, Vada? Another smooth-talking guy with a sob story? No You'd end up broke as usual anyway.
You're the last man that should talk, Jack.
I've listened to one or 2 of your sob stories and wound up broke.
We're different.
We're partners.
In a nice kind of way.
A nice kind of blackmailin' way.
Vada, you're always thinking the worst of me, like thinkin' I'd go around tellin' people you was run out of Dodge City for crooked dealin'.
I learned my lesson, Jack, and you know it.
I ain't dealt a crooked card since.
I know it.
I know! But there's a lot of people around here lost money to you might not believe that.
Might even get mad and come lookin' for you.
You know, I wouldn't want that to happen for all the world.
You are a skunk.
You're a dirty, stinkin' skunk! Look, maybe we could jump 'em.
Take off their clothes and put 'em on.
That way, at least two of us would get out.
Well, then which two? Well, me naturally, since I thought of it.
The rest of you could draw lots.
What do you figure one of them deputies - makes in this town? - Why? What if we all chipped in Outside of worryin' about Huggins this don't bother me at all, Mr.
Favor.
Keepin' me out of gamblin' houses 'til some of the steam runs out.
Pretty rough on you, though.
That ranch you was planning on gettin' Oh, yeah.
Them people'll give you more time once they hear about all this.
But it can't be easy sweatin' it out.
I must be out of my mind, listening to all this clap-trap with all the worry I got! What worries have you got? Mushy! Oh, Wishbone, he'll be all right.
Well, you don't know him the way I do! Out there on the town all by himself.
Without me to watch over him.
Yeah.
Well, we got all the money so he can't get in too much trouble.
Uh-huh.
You know, maybe we could just break straight out.
and his deputies.
Huggins and Grenfell.
What do you think about that, Mr.
Favor? I don't know whether you're kiddin' or not, but either way the answer is no.
How's that? Nobody can leave 'til the doc says so.
You still giving orders around here? That's an order.
Maybe you don't realize it.
This drive's over with.
Maybe you don't realize there's a man upstairs with a killin' disease.
You mean, maybe he has a killing disease.
Maybe is enough.
You know, there's somethin' I've been wantin' to tell you ever since we left Laredo, in fact, Take it easy, Rowdy.
No.
No, really.
For 6 months now I've been taking your bossin', you know, and listening to you shoot your mouth off and walking around like you own the whole world.
But I don't have to take it now, you know?! If fact, next time you open your mouth to me, I'm going to shove my fist so far down your throat you're gonna choke it! Hey, there's a good-looking woman out here.
Where's she at? That's far enough, Vada.
Put the gun down, Sheriff, I'm goin' inside.
No, you ain't.
Rowdy, ain't that Jack Harris? What do you want? Want to go see my friends.
Used to work with these boys, Sheriff.
I brought 'em a little Abilene cheer.
He's got liquor! Sheriff! - Hey! - Let him in here! All right, you two have had your fun.
Now, go back where you came from.
You show me the law says I can't go inside that hotel.
If there ain't one, I'm makin' it right now.
Nobody goes in or out 'til the time is up.
Now, beat it, both of you! Sheriff.
I ain't foolin'! Gosh! He turning them away! - Aw.
- Gee.
Now don't you start givin' me trouble! She she's a dealer down the saloon, ain't she? What of it? She ain't gettin' in.
Yep, but the boys are gettin' real edgy.
She could help, uh, keep 'em quiet.
This hotel is quarantined.
She knows that.
If she's willing to take her chances, that's her business.
You worried about the town, or her? What about the guy with her Harris? He's got a nice big bag full of booze.
That'll pacifier 'em, too.
Vada! Harris! Come back.
Hey, the boss fixed it up! Howdy-do, Ma'am! Howdy, doll.
Gentlemen, this is Miss Vada Nordquist, one of the best dealers in town.
And she's brought her cards with her.
Well, you just come right along with us then! Jack, uh, what do you got in the bag there? Why don't you take a look and see, Teddy.
All righty.
Hello, Rowdy What are you after, Jack? Ain't after nothin'.
I was ridin' through, and I heard what happened to you boys.
I got to thinkin' how much I'd appreciate somebody bringin' me a bottle if I'd been in their boots.
And well, we all were pretty good friends once.
And you came in here risking smallpox for your old friends? I had smallpox back in San Antone.
You can't get it more than once.
Look, Rowdy, I ain't saying either one of us was right in that card game.
But I do say that both of us ought to stop actin' like a couple of little kids.
Now, how about it? Well, Jack, if you're man enough to put out your hand, I guess I'm man enough to take it.
Good.
Let's drink on it.
All right.
"Blackjack" or "Stud"? "Stud's" good enough.
No bugs in this deck.
No wild cards.
High only.
No limit.
Load me up over there, will you, please? Ace first.
Ace bets $10.
Why did you do it, Mr.
Favor? I thought she'd help keep 'em from wantin' to bust out.
Yeah, I know Look, I ain't your herder.
The bet's $20.
Mr.
Favor All right, Grenny.
Look you ask for it back, I'll give it to you.
Want to sit in, Cowboy? There's plenty of room.
Naw.
I'll just watch.
Pair of kings bets $20.
Don't tell me you got wiped out already.
Ah, I just couldn't concentrate.
I keep worrying about Mushy.
Mr.
Wishbone! Mr.
Wishbone! Mr.
Wishbone.
Mr.
Wishbone! Ho! Now, what are you doing with those women?! Oh, I was wondering if I could get my money, Mr.
Wishbone.
Maybe you could just toss it out.
So you want your money! Now look here, you two! You leave that little boy alone! Mr.
Wishbone, you shouldn't talk to these ladies like that.
Why, one of 'em needs a desperate operation.
And one of them is going to sell me some solid gold stock real cheap.
Is he jokin'? He hasn't got sense enough to joke! So you want your money, huh? Well, yes, sir.
Just toss it out.
Well, I can't do that.
The sheriff won't let me.
You'll have to come in here.
Sure, Mr.
Wishbone.
You wait just right here.
Well, come on in.
Howdy, Mr.
Favor.
Howdy.
Welcome to the club.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
How're the boys on the outside? Oh, well, they're just wandering around going to all the free things, like, uh, funerals and, uh well, can I have my money, Mr.
Wishbone? No, you can't.
- But you said - And I lied! That's all, girls.
I'll bet 50.
That's too good for me.
I'll fold.
I'll call.
That beats 2 pair.
Well, I've had enough for a while.
Yeah, I'm quitting, too.
Well, I think I'll wait 'til my luck changes.
Here's a present for you.
Play it.
I don't take charity.
Let's pretend I already lost it.
Come on, Mushy.
How about you play it for him? Me? Sure.
It's his money.
You can't lose.
Come on, sit down.
What'll you have? "Showdown.
" One card.
Hey, how about that? You're going to make that boy rich.
Again? This is too easy.
Would you like to change to "Stud?" Sure.
By the way, what's your name? Don Grenfell.
Hi ya, Don.
Hi ya, Vada.
What do you mean I can't leave? I already told you I had the smallpox down in Texas.
You got any proof of that? No.
But my friend Rowdy can back me up.
That's right, Sheriff.
He almost died of it.
That's your story.
And I don't believe it.
I got to get out of here.
You heard the man.
Look, Rowdy.
I'm fixin' to get married.
Yeah, well, Jack, I'm afraid she's just going to have to wait.
She's comin' in on the train tomorrow morning all alone, Rowdy.
She don't know a soul in this town, nobody, no place to go, nothing.
I can't stay here.
You shouldn't have come here in the first place I know that.
But I never figured he'd keep me.
I felt so sorry for you guys.
I've got to get out.
Maybe maybe you'd like to go, too, huh? Heh.
There ain't too much chance of that.
Oh.
The boss say no? You know maybe there is a way of getting out of here.
How many men we need? Not too many.
Call.
I called.
More? I'm broke.
Well, don't you have any money of your own? - Mr.
Favor! - Later.
Hold it, Rowdy! Let's go! Next time I'll aim.
Come on, let's keep goin'.
He wouldn't shoot his friends.
Yeah.
We ain't his friends, though.
We're his drovers.
The drive's over.
Seems everybody knows that but him.
Oh, gee Thanks again, Favor.
Come on, get a move on.
Look, I told before and I ain't telling you again, you're not the boss anymore.
There is certain advantages to not bein' trail boss, ain't there? Mr.
Favor, I got something for you.
"Have another buyer.
"If you do not deliver balance of money on time you will forfeit deposit and ranch.
" Why, they can't do this to you! But they can.
Mr.
Favor Grenny, how'd you like to save your money? I sure would, Mr.
Favor.
Come on with me.
Mr.
Favor.
Mr.
Favor, I ain't gonna forget what you did for me.
I got a more than a dozen men deputized now.
Yeah, you can start forgettin' it right now.
We're going out of here.
What're you talking about? I got an answer to that telegram you sent.
They're sellin' the place out from underneath me.
I'm real sorry to hear that, Mr.
Favor, but You see, those kids have been figurin' on that place for most a year now.
And I don't want to see them disappointed.
You know what you're doing is the wrong thing.
Right or wrong, we're going over there to get our horses.
We'll ride straight out of Abilene.
We won't get near nobody.
What about where you're going? There are people there, too.
You're going to have to let them worry about that.
All right, let's go.
It's all right for you to go shootin' at us when we tried it.
It's a little different now, ain't it? Yeah, but he came back and on his own.
Anyway trying to save his ranch is a lot different than just going out for booze and fancy women and gambling.
I got some 15 men posted around this hotel now with orders to shoot on sight.
It's their wives and kids that are in danger.
So when they shoot they're gonna shoot to kill.
Hmm.
We ain't got them fancy gals ol' Wish was talkin' about.
But we do have a couple of bottles and, uh, a real good-looking card dealer.
So let's make the best of it.
Mr.
Favor, I got a hunch all my bad luck ran out with Quince's money.
Yeah, okay.
I fold.
You calling, Toothless? All I got is 10 bucks.
The bet's 50.
Got anythin' else you can put up, a watch or something? Now, what good would those be to me? Well, they're all I have left in the world.
And they cost most $100.
Hardly ever been used.
They'll do.
You win.
You'd better get out of the game, Toothless, while you still got some money to fold.
Yes, ma'am.
It's getting almost morning.
And I am perishin' for some sleep.
Thank you, ma'am.
Pair of 9s.
You haven't got it, Vada.
Up 300.
And 300 more.
Call.
Three kings.
That's it.
Broke? Yep.
I'm sorry, cowboy.
If a man can't stand to lose, he shouldn't gamble, right? I'm goin' into the kitchen, see if I can scrounge up some coffee.
Like some, Vada? Yeah, I would.
Jack? No.
Well, those boys treated you pretty well.
That's the biggest pile of money I've seen you put together for a long time.
And you ain't seein' none of it.
It's a stake, Jack.
A big, fat stake.
Means I can get out of Abilene, out of this racket, out of everything.
Sure.
But first you're gonna do me a little favor.
No.
I'm not going to do any more favors for you, Jack.
You're going to do your own dirty work.
It's very simple.
In a little while Rowdy and me will come down those stairs.
All you got to do is take a couple of cups of nice steamin' coffee to them two poor deputies outside.
I haven't heard a word you said.
Vada, you keep thinking the worst of me, you're just naturally going to bring out the worst.
Don't threaten me about Dodge City anymore, Jack.
I'm going somewhere where I don't give 2 cents what the people of Abilene think about me.
How about the drovers? What about the drovers? How do you think they'd feel knowing you deal crooked? I dealt straight to them drovers every blessed card.
Straight? Straight off the bottom of the deck.
Like that last card to Toothless.
Nobody saw it but me.
But that was for him to win, Jack.
Sure.
That time for him.
Other times, yourself.
That ain't true! Them drovers just have to think it's true.
Now, they lost a lot of money.
That cost them six months of their lives.
They get mad, real mad.
There's no way you can leave this place to get away from them.
Now, all you got to do is take a couple of cups of coffee to them two deputies.
A nice, friendly gesture after a long, cold night.
- I won't do it! - Sure you will.
No, I won't! What's the trouble, Vada? No business of yours.
You stay right here.
I'll see you later, Vada.
Didn't mean to butt in on something private, Vada.
Oh, that's all right.
It's been a long time since a man stood up for me.
Especially a man that just lost $600 to me in one hand.
You're a nice person, Don Grenfell.
What does a drover do when he's broke? Aw, there's always another drive next year, a new bankroll.
I mean, before next year.
Plenty.
Works as a cow-hand, break horses.
Don't you fret about that money.
Almost daylight.
I'm going to get some sleep.
Good night, Vada.
I'm real proud to have met you.
Don Do you know where Mr.
Favor's bedroom is? Yeah, sure.
You tell him to keep an eye on Rowdy.
Rowdy? That's all I'm gonna say.
I didn't even say that.
There she is.
Well, let's go.
You sure you don't want to back out of this, Rowdy? No! No, I told you I'd help you out.
Okay.
Remember when she give 'em the coffee and they take it, you run out, wrap your arms around 'em, kind of bang 'em together.
That'll give me time to make a break for it.
All right.
Uh He was gettin' to be a pest anyway.
The coffee, Vada.
Come on! Thought you boys might like a cup of hot coffee bein' out in the cold all night.
Get back, Miss Vada.
Lucky for you, your friend stopped you.
You're lucky you can move at all, making a flying tackle like that with that trick back of yours.
Well, is he gonna be all right, doc? Couple of days in bed, he'll be as good as he ever will be, which ain't gonna be much.
But I'm tellin' you again, Mr.
Grenfell, you stay off them horses, or you'll end up like this permanent.
Well, he isn't gonna ride anymore, He's gonna take his share and go back to Texas and open up a little store.
You do that, Mr.
Grenfell, you do just that.
All right, you men, I gave you all a clean bill of health.
So why don't you all just git and give this poor man a little rest.
Let's go.
We'll see you later, Grenny.
I might buy some pickles from you some time.
Another drive next year, another bankroll.
Here's the $600 that you lost to me.
What's that for? And here's another $600 to keep it company.
You open that store and consider me a silent partner.
Now wait a minute.
Vada I've gambled a lot more on worse men than you, Don Grenfell.
Maybe this is one investment that'll pay off.
Come with me.
No.
No, you go and make a success out of the store and try me again.
Will you think about it? Yes, Don Grenfell, I'll be thinking about it.
That ought to take care of the rest of the damages.
Well, thank you! Thank you very much, Mr.
Favor.
And if you're in Abilene again, you be sure to drop by.
I'll be very happy to recommend some nice place for you and the boys to stay.
Mr.
Favor, I want to thank you for the people in Abilene.
And I'm sorry about you losing your ranch.
There's other ranches.
And, Rowdy, I want to tell you we're running Jack Harris out of town as soon as the doctor can wire up his jaw.
Boss, I, uh, I apologize about in there, you know.
I realize now you were just trying to help us all.
Don't apologize.
Stay the way you are until next year.
And it looks like there's gonna be a next year including me.
Oh Oh, Mr.
Favor, one thing about being shut up in quarantine, you couldn't spend your money.
Oh, we managed to get rid of it one way or another.
Damages.
Poker.
But don't worry, Narbo.
We didn't bet away your share.
Yeah.
In fact, we got plenty of money, providing our old friends will give us a little loan.
We can't.
Why can't you? Well, we we spent it with I.
O.
U.
's.
All of it?! We was kinda hoping that you could bail us out.
Well, Mr.
Favor, you don't happen to know anybody's that's going to need a good cook on their next drive? 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 Count 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out Count 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' - Hyahl - Rollin' rollin', rollin' Hyahl Rawhide - Hyahl - Rollin', rollin', rollin' Hyahl
What's the matter? We movin' out? Oh, for heaven's sake.
Where's the sun? Over China, probably! 'Tisn't but 3:30 in the mornin'! Sorry, Boss.
I didn't know you was there.
What are y'all doin' up in the middle of the night? Just anxious to get to work, Boss.
Well, now, I'm real proud that everybody is taking such an interest in their work.
Especially since it's the first time on the whole drive I haven't had to kick you out of those blankets! Yeah.
But Abilene is just over the hill there.
Abilene has been over the hill for the last 10 years! It will stay there for another two hours! So relax! We'll pull out like we usually do at sunrise.
Oh.
What are you doing there, Toothless? Oh, shining my plates.
Well, you're finally going to put those things in, huh? I thought you were waitin' to be buried in them.
No.
No, I'm just waitin' for Abilene.
Yeah, you're going to flash those pearly chops at some dance-hall queen, Toothless, and that's going to be the end of your money.
Hey, Grenny, what are you doing? Trying to get the jump on us? I don't jump so good with this back.
One thing I could never understand about your back, Don, you can sit up playin' poker three days runnin' and never feel a twinge.
Yeah well, it only hurts when he loses.
Yeah, Don, you must be real lucky in love.
I'm going out to relieve Huggins.
Heeya! Morning, Larry.
Ain't it a bit early for relief? I thought you might be ready for some hot coffee.
I sure am.
Hey! Gee, I I felt funny for a minute.
You're burnin' with fever.
I better get Wish.
No, no.
I'll be all right.
I'm all right now.
I guess I'm just a little punchy from sittin' up in the saddle all night.
Heh, heh.
Well, it's almost all over now.
Couple of hours you can start your celebratin'.
Oh, not so much for me.
Can't do much hurrahin' on 25 bucks.
I mean, that's all I can keep out.
I send the rest back to my folks.
Yep.
Last time I saw my wife and kids, I was sitting on the back of a wagon, pullin' out of a Vicksburg cemetery.
I never had a picture of 'em.
Gettin' so I can't hardly remember what they looked like.
Maybe that means it's time to start a new family.
Maybe it does.
Find a good woman.
Buy a little shop.
Raise some big sons.
I'm going to do it this trip, I mean it.
Yeah.
Every year my back gets worse.
I don't think I could stand another drive.
I thought I'd die before we even got this far.
So when we pull into Abilene, I take my pay, walk on past them poker tables right past 'em, right on out of town.
And I don't look back no matter what anybody says.
You take it easy, Larry.
I'll be right back.
Grenfell.
Mr.
Favor, young Larry Huggins ain't feelin' too good.
What's wrong? I don't know.
He's kind of weak and drowsy.
Ah well, Wish is busy scroungin' up breakfast.
Look since we're this close to town, why don't you take him into town with you and find a doctor? I'll get somebody to take over.
Right.
Oh, we'll be at the hotel, the Texas House.
Well, to tell you the truth, Mr.
Favor, I kind of planned on stayin' somewhere else.
There's a place called the Oddity House on the other side of town.
Well, I'll send your money over there then.
It ain't that I don't want to stay with the rest of the outfit.
Oh, I know.
No, I think you're smart.
Best way to quit is just up and quit.
Yeah.
Same for me.
Yeah.
My last drive.
Well, how come, Mr.
Favor? I been promisin' my kids and myself for a long time.
I'm going to do it.
I got a little spread over near the Missouri line.
A house, a stream, ridin' horses for Gillian and Maggi.
You bought it, Boss, gee, that's great.
As good as put down $2,500 option money.
Yeah, I'll pay the men off, get a good night's sleep, and then the first thing, I'll ride out of Abilene, out of the cattle business, back into a family again.
Mr.
Favor, I wish you all the luck.
Good luck to you, Grenny.
Thanks.
Yaw! Yaw! Yaw! Yaw! Good news girls, reprieve! There's a new trail crew just came in! So smile, girls! They're rich, and they're thirsty.
Oh, Vada, the boss of this herd is so handsome.
He's so handsome, he almost made me swoon.
Better watch yourself, Molly.
You know what I told you about drovers.
They're worse than sailors when it comes to playin' a girl fast and loose.
I like to listen to the way they talk about the things they done.
And then tellin' me how pretty I am.
And asking me if if I wouldn't like to have a trinket.
Oh, it isn't that I want them to buy me a trinket.
It's just that they want to buy it.
And for me.
Whose outfit is this, honey? Gil Favor's.
Give me a break, Jack.
Let 'em lose their money before you start trouble.
Trouble? Ain't gonna be no trouble, Vada.
For the last 3 months every time you get a drink or 2 into you, all you could talk about was the fight you had with the Ramrod, and how you spent a month and a half in the hospital.
Now, if this saddle-tramp's got to die, doesn't make any difference to you if he dies broke.
Deal.
How's it going here? There's a winner, huh! There you are! Wish! Well, Mr.
Favor.
Yes, sir.
About your crew They're no crew of mine no more.
What?! Drive's over.
They're on their own now.
They ain't so far as you're concerned! I'm holdin' you responsible for every nickel of damage they do.
You're going to have one big time trying to collect.
- Hurry up, Mushy? - Come on.
That's it, boys.
- That's what? - What? No more rooms.
We're full up.
- Full up? - Full up? I'm sorry.
There's a couple of boarding houses down the street.
Well, maybe we don't want to stay in any boarding houses.
Hey, wait a minute.
What about that place that Grenfell's staying at? The Oddity House? You feelin' all right, Rowdy? No, no.
It's a hotel.
Grenny said so.
Well, what's good enough for Grenny, is good enough for us.
Hold your horses! Grenny picked the Oddity House so he could be alone for a change, save his money for once.
Well, we'll help him.
We'll, uh, we'll give him strength.
- Yeah! - Come on! All right, see the rest of you at the Oddity House in half an hour.
I'll work out the shares.
OK, Boss.
Hey, Wish, ain't that Huggins' horse over there? Yeah, sure looks like it.
Well, I'm kind of glad we came here.
Ol' Grenny's going to get a bang out of this.
Oh, a real bang.
I can see it now.
Come on, anybody home? Hey, clerk! This a hotel or a funeral parlor? Hey! Hey! Hey! Clerk! Oh, here he is.
Good morning.
Beautiful morning.
You the manager? Manager, desk clerk, owner Edward R.
Dooley.
Mr.
Dooley, we could use some rooms.
Here? Yeah, here.
What's the matter with here? I usually don't get drovers this far out.
I mean, all the saloons are the other end of town.
This is a very quiet area.
I don't like to be disturbed when I've got a hangover.
Yeah.
Besides, you already got We saw their horses.
Well sir, would you please put down that objets d'art?! Objeyjar, huh? Well, if you put a fistful of flowers in there, it'd look just like a vase.
It is a you would Look don't worry about your objeyjars, friend.
'Cause we ain't even gonna be here long enough to hardly touch the beds, are we? Say, Mr.
Dooley, about the lady guests.
You got any lady guests? Well, yes, we have a few.
Well, where are they? They're out right now.
All my guests are sir! If you're going to put your foot on the couch, please, would you mind removing the spurs? Sure is a fussy cuss ain't he? Absolutely terrible.
Oh, say, I could use some hot water for a bath.
Yes, sir, there's some on the stove.
And save me a little, will ya? If you're in a hurry, you go on ahead.
I want to get up and see Huggins anyway.
Yeah, how's is he? Mr.
Huggins? Not so well.
The doctor examined him a little while ago.
Well, I guess I'd better go up and have a look at him.
- What room's he in? - 27.
Wait a second, might as well all go up.
- Yeah! - Yeah! Now, you try to get some shut-eye, Larry.
Doctor said you was to have peace and quiet.
Hey! - Grenny, how are ya?! - Good to see you! Look at his face! I told you he'd be glad to see us.
Yeah! Mr.
Favor, what in creation are you all doin' over here? I'm sorry, Grenny.
I tried to stop 'em.
Well, he hasn't got much fever! What'd that doctor say was wrong with him? He didn't say.
He just looked both of us over and rushed out.
Well, just like some of those city doctors, trying to be mysterious.
Well, I'll give him a good dose of sassafras root, and he'll be as good as new tomorrow.
How's she goin', boy? Little better, Mr.
Favor.
Got a good price for the herd.
I got your share whenever you want it.
Thanks, Mr.
Favor.
Hot water! - Yeah! - That's for me! Oh, say, what'd the doctor say about your back? Nothin' more than I know.
Told me I had to keep off horses.
Said I pinched some nerve in my spine.
Keep on ridin', I'd end up a cripple.
Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore.
No more of that.
Couple of ex-drovers.
Make you feel funny, Mr.
Favor? Funny? It feels like my insides are laughin' fit to burst.
Smallpox?! But he hasn't got smallpox! I took a look at him! Sheriff, you haven't thought this out.
What about my other guests? They'll have to go someplace else, Dooley.
How does that look? It'll do.
It won't do! Doc, we been on the trail since spring.
And you know very well He's got smallpox! That's what I know! And nobody is gonna spread it through this town! All right, inside.
Now, look, I'm an American citizen! - I don't have to take orders - Inside, citizen.
You too, trail boss.
Just how long do you think you're going to keep these drovers away from dance halls? You heard him same as I did The rest as long as there's a danger to my town.
Look, I got to get out of Abilene by tomorrow mornin'.
I'm buyin' a spread a couple hundred miles east of here.
It ain't gonna fly away.
It very well could fly away.
You see, I just was able to put down option money on that place.
The drive took longer than I figured.
I got to get the rest of the money there by Friday noon or lose the place and the $2,500 option money.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Favor.
Look I got two kids dependin' on that ranch.
It's still inside.
Gentlemen, this isn't going to be pleasant for you to hear.
But you've got to hear it.
I have reason to believe that your friend, Mr.
Huggins, has the smallpox.
So I'm going to have to vaccinate every one of you.
And you will all have to remain here quarantined in this building.
For how long? So let's line up and get it over with.
You ain't keepin' us in here! Sheriff! Get out of the way, Sheriff! Put them guns away and take off them gun belts.
You'd better get out of the way, Sheriff, while you're still able to move.
I want them guns now.
All of you line up and let the doctor scratch your arms.
I'm gonna need your help with these men.
Drive's over.
I got no right to give orders no more.
Mr.
Favor, there are kids in this town who never hurt a livin' soul.
Did you ever seen a little child die of smallpox? Ahh Clay.
Why, it's funny how one little needle can hurt so much, huh? Back in line.
Thanks again.
It's nothing.
If you'll give me the name and address of the people you're buying that spread from, I'll send them a telegram tellin' them what's happened and ask them to give you a little more time.
Smallpox?! They're in quarantine at the Oddity House since yesterday.
They can't get out.
That's why I like to play cards with you, Jack.
You've such a poker face.
Never show your disappointments.
Sure I'm disappointed for them.
with them stinkin' beeves.
Now, they got to be holed up.
Tough.
But think about my problems.
I had that herd money spent.
Who is it this time, Vada? Another smooth-talking guy with a sob story? No You'd end up broke as usual anyway.
You're the last man that should talk, Jack.
I've listened to one or 2 of your sob stories and wound up broke.
We're different.
We're partners.
In a nice kind of way.
A nice kind of blackmailin' way.
Vada, you're always thinking the worst of me, like thinkin' I'd go around tellin' people you was run out of Dodge City for crooked dealin'.
I learned my lesson, Jack, and you know it.
I ain't dealt a crooked card since.
I know it.
I know! But there's a lot of people around here lost money to you might not believe that.
Might even get mad and come lookin' for you.
You know, I wouldn't want that to happen for all the world.
You are a skunk.
You're a dirty, stinkin' skunk! Look, maybe we could jump 'em.
Take off their clothes and put 'em on.
That way, at least two of us would get out.
Well, then which two? Well, me naturally, since I thought of it.
The rest of you could draw lots.
What do you figure one of them deputies - makes in this town? - Why? What if we all chipped in Outside of worryin' about Huggins this don't bother me at all, Mr.
Favor.
Keepin' me out of gamblin' houses 'til some of the steam runs out.
Pretty rough on you, though.
That ranch you was planning on gettin' Oh, yeah.
Them people'll give you more time once they hear about all this.
But it can't be easy sweatin' it out.
I must be out of my mind, listening to all this clap-trap with all the worry I got! What worries have you got? Mushy! Oh, Wishbone, he'll be all right.
Well, you don't know him the way I do! Out there on the town all by himself.
Without me to watch over him.
Yeah.
Well, we got all the money so he can't get in too much trouble.
Uh-huh.
You know, maybe we could just break straight out.
and his deputies.
Huggins and Grenfell.
What do you think about that, Mr.
Favor? I don't know whether you're kiddin' or not, but either way the answer is no.
How's that? Nobody can leave 'til the doc says so.
You still giving orders around here? That's an order.
Maybe you don't realize it.
This drive's over with.
Maybe you don't realize there's a man upstairs with a killin' disease.
You mean, maybe he has a killing disease.
Maybe is enough.
You know, there's somethin' I've been wantin' to tell you ever since we left Laredo, in fact, Take it easy, Rowdy.
No.
No, really.
For 6 months now I've been taking your bossin', you know, and listening to you shoot your mouth off and walking around like you own the whole world.
But I don't have to take it now, you know?! If fact, next time you open your mouth to me, I'm going to shove my fist so far down your throat you're gonna choke it! Hey, there's a good-looking woman out here.
Where's she at? That's far enough, Vada.
Put the gun down, Sheriff, I'm goin' inside.
No, you ain't.
Rowdy, ain't that Jack Harris? What do you want? Want to go see my friends.
Used to work with these boys, Sheriff.
I brought 'em a little Abilene cheer.
He's got liquor! Sheriff! - Hey! - Let him in here! All right, you two have had your fun.
Now, go back where you came from.
You show me the law says I can't go inside that hotel.
If there ain't one, I'm makin' it right now.
Nobody goes in or out 'til the time is up.
Now, beat it, both of you! Sheriff.
I ain't foolin'! Gosh! He turning them away! - Aw.
- Gee.
Now don't you start givin' me trouble! She she's a dealer down the saloon, ain't she? What of it? She ain't gettin' in.
Yep, but the boys are gettin' real edgy.
She could help, uh, keep 'em quiet.
This hotel is quarantined.
She knows that.
If she's willing to take her chances, that's her business.
You worried about the town, or her? What about the guy with her Harris? He's got a nice big bag full of booze.
That'll pacifier 'em, too.
Vada! Harris! Come back.
Hey, the boss fixed it up! Howdy-do, Ma'am! Howdy, doll.
Gentlemen, this is Miss Vada Nordquist, one of the best dealers in town.
And she's brought her cards with her.
Well, you just come right along with us then! Jack, uh, what do you got in the bag there? Why don't you take a look and see, Teddy.
All righty.
Hello, Rowdy What are you after, Jack? Ain't after nothin'.
I was ridin' through, and I heard what happened to you boys.
I got to thinkin' how much I'd appreciate somebody bringin' me a bottle if I'd been in their boots.
And well, we all were pretty good friends once.
And you came in here risking smallpox for your old friends? I had smallpox back in San Antone.
You can't get it more than once.
Look, Rowdy, I ain't saying either one of us was right in that card game.
But I do say that both of us ought to stop actin' like a couple of little kids.
Now, how about it? Well, Jack, if you're man enough to put out your hand, I guess I'm man enough to take it.
Good.
Let's drink on it.
All right.
"Blackjack" or "Stud"? "Stud's" good enough.
No bugs in this deck.
No wild cards.
High only.
No limit.
Load me up over there, will you, please? Ace first.
Ace bets $10.
Why did you do it, Mr.
Favor? I thought she'd help keep 'em from wantin' to bust out.
Yeah, I know Look, I ain't your herder.
The bet's $20.
Mr.
Favor All right, Grenny.
Look you ask for it back, I'll give it to you.
Want to sit in, Cowboy? There's plenty of room.
Naw.
I'll just watch.
Pair of kings bets $20.
Don't tell me you got wiped out already.
Ah, I just couldn't concentrate.
I keep worrying about Mushy.
Mr.
Wishbone! Mr.
Wishbone! Mr.
Wishbone.
Mr.
Wishbone! Ho! Now, what are you doing with those women?! Oh, I was wondering if I could get my money, Mr.
Wishbone.
Maybe you could just toss it out.
So you want your money! Now look here, you two! You leave that little boy alone! Mr.
Wishbone, you shouldn't talk to these ladies like that.
Why, one of 'em needs a desperate operation.
And one of them is going to sell me some solid gold stock real cheap.
Is he jokin'? He hasn't got sense enough to joke! So you want your money, huh? Well, yes, sir.
Just toss it out.
Well, I can't do that.
The sheriff won't let me.
You'll have to come in here.
Sure, Mr.
Wishbone.
You wait just right here.
Well, come on in.
Howdy, Mr.
Favor.
Howdy.
Welcome to the club.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
How're the boys on the outside? Oh, well, they're just wandering around going to all the free things, like, uh, funerals and, uh well, can I have my money, Mr.
Wishbone? No, you can't.
- But you said - And I lied! That's all, girls.
I'll bet 50.
That's too good for me.
I'll fold.
I'll call.
That beats 2 pair.
Well, I've had enough for a while.
Yeah, I'm quitting, too.
Well, I think I'll wait 'til my luck changes.
Here's a present for you.
Play it.
I don't take charity.
Let's pretend I already lost it.
Come on, Mushy.
How about you play it for him? Me? Sure.
It's his money.
You can't lose.
Come on, sit down.
What'll you have? "Showdown.
" One card.
Hey, how about that? You're going to make that boy rich.
Again? This is too easy.
Would you like to change to "Stud?" Sure.
By the way, what's your name? Don Grenfell.
Hi ya, Don.
Hi ya, Vada.
What do you mean I can't leave? I already told you I had the smallpox down in Texas.
You got any proof of that? No.
But my friend Rowdy can back me up.
That's right, Sheriff.
He almost died of it.
That's your story.
And I don't believe it.
I got to get out of here.
You heard the man.
Look, Rowdy.
I'm fixin' to get married.
Yeah, well, Jack, I'm afraid she's just going to have to wait.
She's comin' in on the train tomorrow morning all alone, Rowdy.
She don't know a soul in this town, nobody, no place to go, nothing.
I can't stay here.
You shouldn't have come here in the first place I know that.
But I never figured he'd keep me.
I felt so sorry for you guys.
I've got to get out.
Maybe maybe you'd like to go, too, huh? Heh.
There ain't too much chance of that.
Oh.
The boss say no? You know maybe there is a way of getting out of here.
How many men we need? Not too many.
Call.
I called.
More? I'm broke.
Well, don't you have any money of your own? - Mr.
Favor! - Later.
Hold it, Rowdy! Let's go! Next time I'll aim.
Come on, let's keep goin'.
He wouldn't shoot his friends.
Yeah.
We ain't his friends, though.
We're his drovers.
The drive's over.
Seems everybody knows that but him.
Oh, gee Thanks again, Favor.
Come on, get a move on.
Look, I told before and I ain't telling you again, you're not the boss anymore.
There is certain advantages to not bein' trail boss, ain't there? Mr.
Favor, I got something for you.
"Have another buyer.
"If you do not deliver balance of money on time you will forfeit deposit and ranch.
" Why, they can't do this to you! But they can.
Mr.
Favor Grenny, how'd you like to save your money? I sure would, Mr.
Favor.
Come on with me.
Mr.
Favor.
Mr.
Favor, I ain't gonna forget what you did for me.
I got a more than a dozen men deputized now.
Yeah, you can start forgettin' it right now.
We're going out of here.
What're you talking about? I got an answer to that telegram you sent.
They're sellin' the place out from underneath me.
I'm real sorry to hear that, Mr.
Favor, but You see, those kids have been figurin' on that place for most a year now.
And I don't want to see them disappointed.
You know what you're doing is the wrong thing.
Right or wrong, we're going over there to get our horses.
We'll ride straight out of Abilene.
We won't get near nobody.
What about where you're going? There are people there, too.
You're going to have to let them worry about that.
All right, let's go.
It's all right for you to go shootin' at us when we tried it.
It's a little different now, ain't it? Yeah, but he came back and on his own.
Anyway trying to save his ranch is a lot different than just going out for booze and fancy women and gambling.
I got some 15 men posted around this hotel now with orders to shoot on sight.
It's their wives and kids that are in danger.
So when they shoot they're gonna shoot to kill.
Hmm.
We ain't got them fancy gals ol' Wish was talkin' about.
But we do have a couple of bottles and, uh, a real good-looking card dealer.
So let's make the best of it.
Mr.
Favor, I got a hunch all my bad luck ran out with Quince's money.
Yeah, okay.
I fold.
You calling, Toothless? All I got is 10 bucks.
The bet's 50.
Got anythin' else you can put up, a watch or something? Now, what good would those be to me? Well, they're all I have left in the world.
And they cost most $100.
Hardly ever been used.
They'll do.
You win.
You'd better get out of the game, Toothless, while you still got some money to fold.
Yes, ma'am.
It's getting almost morning.
And I am perishin' for some sleep.
Thank you, ma'am.
Pair of 9s.
You haven't got it, Vada.
Up 300.
And 300 more.
Call.
Three kings.
That's it.
Broke? Yep.
I'm sorry, cowboy.
If a man can't stand to lose, he shouldn't gamble, right? I'm goin' into the kitchen, see if I can scrounge up some coffee.
Like some, Vada? Yeah, I would.
Jack? No.
Well, those boys treated you pretty well.
That's the biggest pile of money I've seen you put together for a long time.
And you ain't seein' none of it.
It's a stake, Jack.
A big, fat stake.
Means I can get out of Abilene, out of this racket, out of everything.
Sure.
But first you're gonna do me a little favor.
No.
I'm not going to do any more favors for you, Jack.
You're going to do your own dirty work.
It's very simple.
In a little while Rowdy and me will come down those stairs.
All you got to do is take a couple of cups of nice steamin' coffee to them two poor deputies outside.
I haven't heard a word you said.
Vada, you keep thinking the worst of me, you're just naturally going to bring out the worst.
Don't threaten me about Dodge City anymore, Jack.
I'm going somewhere where I don't give 2 cents what the people of Abilene think about me.
How about the drovers? What about the drovers? How do you think they'd feel knowing you deal crooked? I dealt straight to them drovers every blessed card.
Straight? Straight off the bottom of the deck.
Like that last card to Toothless.
Nobody saw it but me.
But that was for him to win, Jack.
Sure.
That time for him.
Other times, yourself.
That ain't true! Them drovers just have to think it's true.
Now, they lost a lot of money.
That cost them six months of their lives.
They get mad, real mad.
There's no way you can leave this place to get away from them.
Now, all you got to do is take a couple of cups of coffee to them two deputies.
A nice, friendly gesture after a long, cold night.
- I won't do it! - Sure you will.
No, I won't! What's the trouble, Vada? No business of yours.
You stay right here.
I'll see you later, Vada.
Didn't mean to butt in on something private, Vada.
Oh, that's all right.
It's been a long time since a man stood up for me.
Especially a man that just lost $600 to me in one hand.
You're a nice person, Don Grenfell.
What does a drover do when he's broke? Aw, there's always another drive next year, a new bankroll.
I mean, before next year.
Plenty.
Works as a cow-hand, break horses.
Don't you fret about that money.
Almost daylight.
I'm going to get some sleep.
Good night, Vada.
I'm real proud to have met you.
Don Do you know where Mr.
Favor's bedroom is? Yeah, sure.
You tell him to keep an eye on Rowdy.
Rowdy? That's all I'm gonna say.
I didn't even say that.
There she is.
Well, let's go.
You sure you don't want to back out of this, Rowdy? No! No, I told you I'd help you out.
Okay.
Remember when she give 'em the coffee and they take it, you run out, wrap your arms around 'em, kind of bang 'em together.
That'll give me time to make a break for it.
All right.
Uh He was gettin' to be a pest anyway.
The coffee, Vada.
Come on! Thought you boys might like a cup of hot coffee bein' out in the cold all night.
Get back, Miss Vada.
Lucky for you, your friend stopped you.
You're lucky you can move at all, making a flying tackle like that with that trick back of yours.
Well, is he gonna be all right, doc? Couple of days in bed, he'll be as good as he ever will be, which ain't gonna be much.
But I'm tellin' you again, Mr.
Grenfell, you stay off them horses, or you'll end up like this permanent.
Well, he isn't gonna ride anymore, He's gonna take his share and go back to Texas and open up a little store.
You do that, Mr.
Grenfell, you do just that.
All right, you men, I gave you all a clean bill of health.
So why don't you all just git and give this poor man a little rest.
Let's go.
We'll see you later, Grenny.
I might buy some pickles from you some time.
Another drive next year, another bankroll.
Here's the $600 that you lost to me.
What's that for? And here's another $600 to keep it company.
You open that store and consider me a silent partner.
Now wait a minute.
Vada I've gambled a lot more on worse men than you, Don Grenfell.
Maybe this is one investment that'll pay off.
Come with me.
No.
No, you go and make a success out of the store and try me again.
Will you think about it? Yes, Don Grenfell, I'll be thinking about it.
That ought to take care of the rest of the damages.
Well, thank you! Thank you very much, Mr.
Favor.
And if you're in Abilene again, you be sure to drop by.
I'll be very happy to recommend some nice place for you and the boys to stay.
Mr.
Favor, I want to thank you for the people in Abilene.
And I'm sorry about you losing your ranch.
There's other ranches.
And, Rowdy, I want to tell you we're running Jack Harris out of town as soon as the doctor can wire up his jaw.
Boss, I, uh, I apologize about in there, you know.
I realize now you were just trying to help us all.
Don't apologize.
Stay the way you are until next year.
And it looks like there's gonna be a next year including me.
Oh Oh, Mr.
Favor, one thing about being shut up in quarantine, you couldn't spend your money.
Oh, we managed to get rid of it one way or another.
Damages.
Poker.
But don't worry, Narbo.
We didn't bet away your share.
Yeah.
In fact, we got plenty of money, providing our old friends will give us a little loan.
We can't.
Why can't you? Well, we we spent it with I.
O.
U.
's.
All of it?! We was kinda hoping that you could bail us out.
Well, Mr.
Favor, you don't happen to know anybody's that's going to need a good cook on their next drive? 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 Count 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out Count 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' - Hyahl - Rollin' rollin', rollin' Hyahl Rawhide - Hyahl - Rollin', rollin', rollin' Hyahl