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EMMA:

I was a singer. Best time I ever

had, my whole life.

WADE:

What made you quit.

Emma turns away, collecting the SHOT GLASSES...

...and Wade follows her around the counter.

EMMA:

I got to coughing too much. Doctor

said I should find a drier climate.

WADE:

I spent more money in that joint, I

tell you. Remember a girl, her name

was Velvet.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:
(2)

EMMA:

(her back to him)

Nobody forgets Velvet.

Wade reaches out and touches the back of her neck...

Emma hasn’t been touched like that in a while.

WADE:

You know, you look kind of skinny.

EMMA:

I feel skinny.

WADE:

That’s all right. I don’t mind

skinny girls, long as they have

green eyes to make up for it. Do

you have green eyes.

She turns, showing him her BROWN EYES...

WADE:

That’s all right... They don’t have

to be green.

CUT TO:

EXT. CATTLE TRAIL, FOOTHILLS - DAY

Dan and William carry McElroy along a trail on a STRETCHER

made of a stagecoach panel. Dan’s in front.

Mark walks alongside, glancing at McElroy’s WOUND. McElroy

clutches a rag to it and glares at the sky, muttering.

MARK:

...You think they lied? You think

they stole our horses.

WILLIAM:

Ben Wade don’t need our sh*t

horses.

DAN:

Watch your mouth.

Cresting a ridge, they come upon-Their

horses tied to a tree. Dan is surprised.

37A MOMENTS LATER-- AT THE HORSES

William helps his father prop a growling McElroy onto Dan’s

horse. As Mark mounts up. Dan turns to William.

(CONTINUED)

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37A CONTINUED:

DAN:

...Take your brother and round up

the cattle. Don’t push them. I

can’t afford any more dropping.

William spits, looking at something, then mounts his horse.

WILLIAM:

...Here comes the Cavalry.

Dan turns to see-- Marshal Weathers riding up with Kane,

Crawley and Butterfield. He turns back to his son.

DAN:

Do as I said.

William spurs his horse and leads Mark off, looking back as-Butterfield

dismounts, crossing to McElroy.

MARSHAL:

He from the coach?

DAN:

The only one who made it.

It was Ben Wade.

BUTTERFIELD:

Mister McElroy. Can you hear me.

He needs attention.

KANE:

Get him on my horse.

MARSHAL:

You see which way they rode, Evans?

DAN:

Looked like they were headed to

Bisbee...

With dark faces, Butterfield looks to the Marshal and they

realize...

38 OMITTED

CUT TO:

39 INT. EMMA’S BEDROOM-- SALOON - DAY

Wade relaxes on a chair, wearing only pants. He sketches Emma

who’s lounging naked in bed in a small room above the saloon.

She watches him work for several moments, grinning.

(CONTINUED)

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His eyes meet hers. There are sparks between these two. She

rolls toward him. He reaches out -- touches her ivory skin.

Out a window, Wade glances at-- Butterfield, Dan, the Marshal

and his Deputies riding into town, McElroy in tow.

Wade turns away from the window. It doesn’t worry him.

WADE:

...There’s a town south of the

border... A pretty little pueblucho

on the river. Folks would pay good

money there to hear a white woman

sing.

EMMA:

....Yeah, imagine me shinning down

to Mexico with Ben Wade on my arm.

WADE:

I’m not wanted in Mexico.

Emma studies him, wondering if he’s sincere. She breaks a

smile, like he’s pulling her leg. But his eyes are still.

WADE (CONT'D)

Jump out that back window with me.

Emma stares at him, mystified, then laughs.

EMMA:

You’re crazy.

She smiles and starts to rolls out of bed, but he pulls her

back to him and into the soft bed.

39A INT. DOC POTTER’S OFFICE, BISBEE - DAY

A loud knocking. DOC POTTER (42) shuffles toward the door and

UNLOCKS it. Kane and Dan move in holding McElroy in their

arms. Butterfield follows. Dan sets McElroy on a BIG SLAB.

DAN:

Coach got held up.

DOC POTTER:

What’s his name.

BUTTERFIELD:

Byron McElroy. He’s a bounty hunter

under contract with the Pinkertons.

(CONTINUED)

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39A CONTINUED:

Butterfield looks about the room. A veterinarian's office. He

crosses to the window.

Outside the saloon, the Marshal and Crawley begin to search

the village for Wade.

KANE:

(crossing to the door)

I best get out there.

DOC POTTER:

You’ve lost a lot of blood, Mister

McElroy. I’m gonna need to do a

little stitching on your-

MCELROY:

Shut your mouth and do the same to

my gut.

Doc Potter blinks. He notes the many scarred-over bullet

holes and gashes on McElroy’s chest.

Dan crosses to the door, watching as-

Kane joins the Marshal and Crawley as they continue moving

through the town, guns drawn.

BACK INSIDE-

DOC POTTER (CONT’D)

What I’m about to do is going to

hurt like a sonofabitch...

(to Butterfield)

...Hold him please.

Butterfield moves to pin McElroy, but...

MCELROY:

Don’t touch me.

Doc Potter dives a LONG PAIR OF TWEEZERS into McElroy’s

wound. McElroy grunts fiercely, eyes welling, holding his

glare with Potter.

Plink. The bullet’s out. Doc Potter drops it in a dish.

McElroy turns, noticing the ANIMAL CHARTS on all the walls.

MCELROY:

What the f*** kind of Doctor are

you anyway?

(CONTINUED)

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39A CONTINUED:
(2)

DOC POTTER:

Nice to have a conversation with a

patient once in a while.

CUT TO:

39B EXT. BISBEE STREET-- CONTINUOUS--

Dan makes his way around the corner from Potter’s place,

moving toward Hollander’s mercantile. He sees-Hollander

talking to a clerk, through an open side door.

Dan steps pick up speed.

39C EXT. BISBEE STREET-- OUTSIDE BOARDING HOUSE

Crawley stops in front of Wade’s Horse, runs his hand over

the animal. This animal is not from Bisbee

39D INT. SALOON-- CONTINUOUS

The Marshal and Kane stand at the entrance of the saloon.

They look about until they hear a whistle from outside.

They turn to see-- Crawley pointing to Wade’s horse in front

of the Boarding House.

They move quickly to the Boarding House, weapons drawn.

CUT TO:

INT. HOLLANDER’S MERCANTILE -- CONTINUOUS

Dan enters. He meets eyes with Tucker, who assists a clerk

with inventory. On the other side of the room, Hollander puts

a Ledger book in his bag and pulls on his coat, watching out

his window.

HOLLANDER:

What the hell are they looking for?

DAN:

...Ben Wade. He held up the payroll

coach. I was there.

TUCKER:

F*** off, cripple.

DAN:

I want to talk, Mister Hollander.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

Hollander moves toward the door, his eyes across the street,

watching the search. He checks his sidearm.

HOLLANDER:

Ben Wade in Bisbee. Sh*t. We’re

moving up.

DAN:

Mister Hollander.

HOLLANDER:

(to Tucker)

‘Going to the saloon...

Dan follows Hollander out the door.

EXT. BISBEE-- MOVING TOWARD SALOON-- CONTINUOUS

Dan trails after Hollander along the plank walkway.

DAN:

...You got no right to do what you

done. You hear me. That’s my land.

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