Angel and the Badman Page #2

But dont hesitate to call on me

anytime you need help.

Hello.

You are awake?

- Sure, I am awake.

What is all this?

- What?

Where am I?

Dont you remember? Father and I

drove young into town.

Is anything wrong?

- No.

The doctor says you will be alright

in a week or two

You were delirious you know?

Two days and two nights

Oh maybe thats why I am so hungry

I can eat yearlings too...

...if I can catch one

We will get you something.

Mother!

You talked a lot in your deliria.

Mother, he is awake.

- How is he?

Hungry!

- If he is hungry, he is going to be alright.

Thanks a lot for housing.

- You are welcome.

Smoked sausages and eggs?

Sounds great.

- 2 eggs or would you like 3?

I would like 6.

- You shall have them.

Penny, get one of your fathers shirt here.

And a razor.

I will get him some food...

So I talked a lot.

- Yes.

I listened only because I thought that you might

say something about what happened to you.

...as to notifying your wife

for instance.

What did I say?

- If you had a wife.

What did I talk about?

You talked about Margaret, she...

...fell out of the red dress...

What else?

Oh, you mentioned someone named Lila.

Is that all?

If you have a wife

We could notify her.

No wife.

Thats 12.

I havent been so flattered since my donuts

won first prize back in Pennsylvania.

They must be smart in Pennsylvania.

Some of the members thought

its an exhibition of pride to enter my donut.

But what harm can there be in a little donut...

...unless, one eats so many of them, they explode,

which is likely to happen to you, young man.

...well its worth wise

to check it out.

I will help you with the dishes.

- No, you stay and watch Quirt Evans.

I am curious to know the effect of 6 eggs

and a pound of sausage and 12 donuts.

I will call you in the time of milking.

Do all you people from Pennsylvania

Talk like that?

Like what?

Thee.

We are 'friends'.

Friend of who?

- Of all.

The society of 'Friends'.

Many people call us 'Quakers'.

Oh! Its a religion.

- Its a belief.

That on the wall... each human being has an

integrity that can be hurt only

...by the act of the same human being.

and not by the act of another human being.

Is that Quaker stuff?

You mean nobody can hurt you but yourself?

Thats what the 'Friends' believe.

Well suppose somebody whacks you

over the head by a branding iron...

...will that hurt?

- Physically, of course.

But in reality, it will injure only the person

doing the act of violence.

Only a door can be hurt by an evil or mean act.

Are there many of you Quakers?

- Very few.

Sort of figured that.

Good morning gentlemen.

- Good morning.

Carrot from our garden.

I found these down at the road. It belongs

to a fella named Quirt Evans.

I understand you are a friend of his,

maybe you can help us to give them back...

Leave it here. I will make sure that he gets them.

That Quirt, he will loose his shirt

unless it is buttoned on.

...careless about everything.

I keep telling him, sooner or later.....

On second thoughts you can just tell me

where he is, and..

I can take it back to him, myself.

Where is Quirt Evans?

You mean where is he?

Ever notice how fella keep repeating the question,

just when he is stalli8ng about answering.

Yeah! Maybe if I bend this gun over his head

he will quit stalling.

But gentlemen, I hardly know Quirt Evans.

He lies too.

You have been bragging all over town

of what good friends you two are.

You know, this fella hasnt got any

good qualities, has he?

Maybe that will help your memory

I am asking about Quirt Evans.

Well all I know is...

Thanks for sewing my shirt...

...but I cant find my pants.

Get back in bed.

Laziness is the necessary things

that kept me here this long.

The doctor said that you are to stay in bed

for 4 more days.

Oye, you are up.

Thats no way to speak

to an older person, John.

We are pals...

...you dont expect pals to call me Mister,

Would you?

See, doctor send me tell you

that some men in town are looking for you.

..Said one of them is Mister Laredo Stevens.

Get my pants.

- But you are ill.

Johnny, get me my pants.

- No, John.

Will he get my pants?

Get the pants, John.

But you said,

What are you looking at?

- Thee.

What set him off?

The use of familiar speaking to.

- The what?

The Familiar, the plain language.

'Get me my pants, you said'

What about it?

Oh, among us, thee and the are used

Only among the loved ones.

...to all others, we use

You, he, and they

...mother to children, husband to wife

and children to...

Between lovers of course.

I am sorry.

- I am not.

What?

- I am not! I wished you would speak to me.

Well.

I knew right away.

That night.

Supposed to be a kind of dull life.

I could take you at lot of places...

I go.

- What?

I would rather stay here with thee

But if thee rather go someplace else,

then I go someplace else.

I sound very bold?

Well, its just that...

...I didnt think religious people

were quite so, sudden and direct...

Well thats the way I feel

and it would be dishonest to say anything else.

Yeah!

I used to wonder about it,

I suppose every girl does.

About what?

About love......

About whether or not you got to know someone

whom you know a little by little

...or it happened at once...

You are shocked....

Well, I wouldnt say shocked exactly....

...you sure get to the point.

- should I be different?

No, Penny, I like you just the way you are.

Who emptied this gun?

- Father

Quirt, a gun is a symbol of force, evil.

We never have one in our home.

Its a concession that father

allowed even an empty one.

Its only because you couldnt rest without....

- Where are the cartridges?

Outside.

Hey! Why dont we just bust in?

Because busting through doors with

Quirt Evans on the other side,

...aint my idea

of a healthy past time.

Tell them to come in.

Come in.

You can stand right there.

...against the light.

Howdy, Quirt.

You sure ran a ring around me alright.

I dont think it was right

friendly of you to beat me

..to locating that land

after my boys found it.

I am willing to listen to your side, but

I am a reasonable man.

Sure, Laredo is always reasonable

Thats why he is the biggest man

in the territory.

You are the biggest man

in the territory, Laredo?

So a lot of people say.

- I hadnt heard.

You nervous?

- No, Evans.

I cant figure out, why you keep

stepping on my toes all the time...

Well, thats your business.

I am a good loser

...I like a good loser.

Course I like any kind of good loser

better than a winner.

...yeah!

You know I had a chance to do a heap of thinking

while I was following your trail across the territory.

I followed it by the string of

ran out horses you left behind....

Well, I figured it out this way.

...Quirt, didnt really want that land.

... Because working isnt exactly in his line.

Is it in your line?

- No, of course not. I was getting it for another fella.

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