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CHALK:

They did. Keep usin’ them fucks

up, don’t they?

COLE:

Put your little contraptions away.

I’m going to walk you down to the

jail house and I don’t want to

spook the horses.

Bronc and Chalk bristle. They button up and spread apart.

BRONC:

You ain’t walkin’ us nowhere,

Virgil Cole.

COLE:

You pull on me, either one, and

I’ll kill you both.

CHALK:

Bullshit!

Chalk laughs - he goes for his gun ---

Cole shoots him before he even touches it.

Bronc goes for his and Cole, almost thoughtfully, shoots

Bronc in the face.

One of the Hands by the bar pulls a .45.

Hitch blasts him off his feet, the FOURTH MAN’S hands go up.

FOURTH MAN:

I ain’t shootin’, I ain’t shootin’!

The room’s full of smoke.

The patrons stand with their backs to the wall, stunned.

The Aldermen look in from the Lobby... astonished.

Cole flips open the Colt’s cylinder and reloads.

COLE:

I warned ‘em.

14 INT./EXT. MARSHAL’S OFFICE - THAT NIGHT 14

Through the windows of the office Cole sets some books on a

shelf. Hitch finds a key on a ring and unlocks the chain of

the gun rack.

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15 EXT. STREET CORNER, APPALOOSA - THE NEXT DAY - DAY 15

Hitch looks out the window as Olson scurries by.

Behind Olson, Bragg and eight of his men front the jail.

16 INT. EARL MAY’S CORNER SALOON - CONTINUOUS - DAY 16

Hitch sits at a table facing South Street. Cole sits at atable watching Main. Earl May leans on the rough wooden bar.

(During the following dialogue, Bragg and his men are seenthrough the Main Street window riding up and dismounting. Twoof the men will stay outside.)

Olson hurries in, rattled.

Marshal!

OLSON:

COLE:

Mornin’ Mr. Olson.

OLSON:

Bragg and some of his men are atthe jail looking for you.

COLE:

I ain’t at the jail.

OLSON:

Yes... um, I can seen that.

COLE:

Get a better view of what’s goingon settin’ right here, don’t we

Everett.

OLSON:

What should we do?

COLE:

‘Bout what?

OLSON:

Bragg and his men -Olson

backs away as Bragg and SIX MEN enter.

men toward the bar.

Bragg nods his

Bragg, starched white shirt, hand-tooled black boots, gunbelt, strides over to Cole.

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BRAGG:

My name is Randall Bragg.

COLE:

Virgil Cole.

BRAGG:

I know who you are. We need to

talk.

COLE:

The only thing I need from you, is

what happened to Jack Bell.

BRAGG:

Can’t help you there, Marshal.

Bragg takes a seat uninvited opposite Cole. His men spread

out along the bar.

BRAGG:

I see the fella with the shotgun.

COLE:

Eight-gauge.

BRAGG:

Good idea, spreading out like that.

COLE:

It is.

Bragg gestures, and one of his men brings him whiskey.

Bragg pours himself a shot, drinks it, pours another one.

BRAGG:

You a drinking man?

COLE:

Not so much.

BRAGG:

And Mr. Eight-gauge over there?

COLE:

Everett. Everett Hitch.

BRAGG:

(not looking at him)

You a drinking man, Everett?

HITCH:

Not so much.

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BRAGG:

Hard to like a man who doesn’t

drink a little.

COLE:

But not impossible.

BRAGG:

Well, we’ll see.

(downs his whiskey)

You shot three of my men.

COLE:

Matter of fact, I only shot two.

Hitch shot the other one.

BRAGG:

Point is, I can’t have my hands

coming in here and you boys

shooting them.

COLE:

I can see how you’d feel that way.

BRAGG:

So we need to make an arrangement.

COLE:

We do.

BRAGG:

You have a suggestion, Marshal?

COLE:

There’s a set of by-laws posted

right outside the door of this here

very saloon. Your boys do like the

by-laws say and everything will be

muy bueno.

BRAGG:

And if they don’t?

COLE:

I arrest them.

BRAGG:

And if they don’t go along?

COLE:

I shoot them... or Everett does,

that’s the law.

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BRAGG:

Your law.

COLE:

Same thing.

BRAGG:

You proposing to kill us all?

COLE:

That’d be up to you boys.

BRAGG:

Maybe you aren’t good enough.

Cole is silent.

BRAGG:

Don’t be so sure you’re quicker

than me.

COLE:

So far I been quick enough.

After a moment...

BRAGG:

Perhaps this isn’t the time.

COLE:

Um-hm.

BRAGG:

Doesn’t mean there won’t be a time.

COLE:

I see you and your boys there are

heeled. I know you haven’t had a

chance to read the bylaws yet, so

I’m gonna let it pass. But the bylaws

say it’s illegal to carry guns

inside town limits, so next time

I’ll have to disarm you and lock

you up for a bit.

Bragg looks down at Cole, trying to figure out just who he’s

dealing with here...

BRAGG:

You’re an interesting man, Mr.

Cole.

Bragg exits followed by his men.

Olson stands against the wall, open-mouthed.

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HITCH:

Virgil’s been doing this a longtime, Mr. Olson.

LOUD BLAST FROM A TRAIN WHISTLE

17 EXT. VISTA - THE FOLLOWING MORNING 17

A wide panoramic shot of a locomotive, its smoke billows asit barrels down the track along the river toward Appaloosa.

18 EXT. APPALOOSA, TRAIN STATION - MORNING

The train pulls into the station...

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19 EXT. APPALOOSA, 2ND STREET - MINUTES LATER - DAY

Hitch ambles along. He reins when he sees...

...ALLISON FRENCH, 35, exit the train station. Her satin

carriage dress does nothing to hide her fine figure. She’s a

bit travel worn, but good-looking, sexy and confident.

Hitch doesn’t feel like taking his eyes off her...

Allison takes in her new surroundings. She takes a deepbreath, picks up her bags, and proudly crosses the street.

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20 INT. PARIS CAFE - CONTINUOUS - DAY 20

Allison enters - the first person she sees is Cole.

Cole lowers his newspaper, checking her out.

Allison sets down her bags, brushes a fallen strand of hairaside and offers a brave smile.

Cole nods, smiles back.

Allison is nearly pulled out of her shoes as CHIN, a youngChinese boy holding a menu, jerks her to a table.

Cole smiles to himself.

ALLISON:

Coffee and a biscuit, please.

CHIN:

No sell.

Hitch hangs in the doorway observing the following:

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ALLISON:

But they’re on the menu.

CHIN:

With breakfast.

ALLISON:

But all I want is a biscuit.

CHIN:

No sell.

Cole wipes his plate with half a biscuit.

COLE:

(without looking up)

Chin, sell her a biscuit.

CHIN:

Menu say -

COLE:

-- Sell her a biscuit.

Chin hurries off.

ALLISON:

(to Cole)

Thank you.

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