Bronco Billy Page #5

Are you okay?

I'm still shaking.

Everybody gets scared once in a while.

Have you been married?

Sure.

Long time ago.

Did you love her?

With all my heart.

Sometimes that just isn't enough.

What happened?

I caught her in bed with my best friend.

What did you do to him?

I shot her.

What? What about him?

He was my best friend.

My God!

Don't worry, I didn't kill her.

She was all right.

But I spent seven years in Folsom...

for attempted murder.

I ain't complaining.

I met a lot of nice people there like...

Doc Lynch, Lefty LeBow, and Big Eagle...

who was doing five to ten

for armed robbery.

My God! Convicts!

What did Doc and Lefty do?

Doc was in for practicing medicine

without a license.

Lefty was a former bank teller

whose wife had expensive habits.

He said he was going to give

the money back. I believe him.

None of you look like convicts.

We did our time.

Are you for real?

I'm who I want to be.

I've never been this close

to a convict before.

Sorry. I didn't mean to say that.

I paid my price.

Don't.

That's all right.

You'll know when the time comes.

The Sheriff called the front gate

and told me he's got Leonard in his jail!

Sheriff, you've got one of my wranglers

housed up in your calaboose here.

- What was his name?

- Leonard James.

You two waiting to see me?

They're with me, Sheriff.

I run the Bronco Billy Wild West Show.

In fact, we're playing over

at the fairgrounds tonight.

Let's see.

"James, Leonard. Age 28."

"Drunk and disorderly in a public place."

"Resisting arrest..."

We kicked up our heels a bit last night.

I guess Leonard kicked his up too high.

We ran a routine check on your boy.

Found that he's wanted for desertion

from the United States Army.

You must have the wrong man, Sheriff.

Prints don't lie.

Your boy's a coward.

He didn't want to fight in Vietnam.

- Can we see him?

- Yeah.

Just you.

You two can wait outside.

Why did you become a deserter?

I got a show to run!

Where am I gonna find a wrangler

who can rope like you by showtime?

I'm sorry, Boss.

I was just a little kid then.

You're really in trouble this time.

Do they still shoot deserters?

It would teach you a lesson if they did.

A missing deserter with my show!

What about the little pardners

that look up to you?

What will they think when they find out?

Couldn't you just tell them

that I died with my boots on?

What happened to your eye?

A couple of deputies, when they found out

that I was a deserter...

they took me in the back room.

Why didn't you tell me about it?

I was on the run nine years ago.

You took me in, you gave me a home...

I couldn't just let you

stand out in the rain.

I didn't want you to get involved!

Looks like it's the end of the trail now.

You take care.

You can't leave him here.

He's a deserter!

He deserves what he gets!

I don't believe

Billy will just let him rot in jail.

What can he do?

The Army's too powerful

even for Bronco Billy.

No, it's not like him

just to leave a friend in jail like that.

Desertion is a tough charge to beat.

What if you have an attorney

to defend Leonard?

Attorney?

Miss Lily, an attorney costs money.

That's one luxury we ain't never had!

- Billy, where are you going?

- Get ready for the show!

I appreciate you coming out here

and meeting me like this, Sheriff.

It was a rather interesting phone call.

I figure if my man's

sent up for desertion...

there ain't no profit

in that for any of us.

What kind of profit are we talking about?

$500.

Just how fast are you

with that pea-shooter?

Fast enough.

I'm pretty fast myself.

You know, $500 isn't very much money

for me to take such a big risk.

All right.

This is all I have.

This comes to $1,100.

That's all I've got in the world.

Is that so?

You think you're faster than I am?

I wouldn't want to find that out, Sheriff.

Why, aren't you Bronco Billy,

the fastest in the West?

The roughest, toughest hombre

this side of Dodge City?

I'm just making a living

like everyone else.

I could outdraw you any day in the week!

Couldn't I?

I reckon.

Reckon?

Let me hear you say it.

Or do you want to find out

just how fast I really am?

You want a go at it?

You want to get with it, boy?

Or are you a coward

like that deserter friend of yours?

- You're faster than I am.

- What did you say?

I said, you're faster than I am.

All right!

Just take out that gun nice and easy

and throw it right there on the ground.

Bronco Billy!

You're nothing

but a yellow-bellied egg sucker.

Peanuts!

Coca Cola!

Here you go.

Two? All right.

- Have you seen the boss?

- Nope. He hasn't shown up yet.

Ten minutes till showtime.

Shoot! It's the first full house

since Dodge City.

Step right in, folks.

- Any sign of Billy?

- He'll show up.

What if he doesn't?

You'll do the longest Rattlesnake Dance

of your life.

He'll show up.

I've sold everything, except the empty box.

Any sign of Bronco Billy?

Never known Bronco Billy to miss a show.

He's not on the midway.

No?

Well, in that case,

I suggest we put on the show.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we welcome you this evening...

to the greatest, the most authentic...

Wild West Show in America!

I'd better change my costume.

- She sure brought us bad luck.

- Don't talk that way!

- It's true! You know it!

- It ain't!

Will perform

his legendary Rattlesnake Dance...

that no white man has ever seen.

That's exactly what I mean!

Chief Big Eagle!

Stand aside, woman.

We've got a show to do.

Leonard, you're hurt!

Those yahoos couldn't hurt

Lasso Leonard James!

Quit chewing the cud and get going.

Fire! Fire!

Bronco Billy will be here!

The show's going on!

Calm down. Slow down. Take it easy.

Don't panic, folks.

The show's gonna go on!

How did he get you out of jail?

He can do anything.

The tent's on fire!

The tent's on fire!

Billy, the tent's on fire!

Take it easy!

Take it easy, little buckaroos!

Take it easy!

- Walk those little pardners out of here.

- Slow down, there's time.

Give me a hand with this poster.

Pull!

I got it!

The other side.

Thank the Lord nobody got hurt.

It's Miss Lily's fault.

She brought us bad luck.

The sooner the boss gets rid of her,

the sooner our luck will change.

Miss Lily did not start that fire!

She's bad luck, I tell you.

Honey, Lefty's right. She's bad luck.

Hi, King. Get you some coffee?

Thank you, Running Water.

Well, Lady Luck didn't shine

on you this time.

You can say that again.

Good morning, King.

What's your plans?

I don't know.

The sun's always shining

over the next valley.

Maybe that's where we'll find

our pot of gold.

We took up a little collection

along the midway and it ain't a lot, but...

it'll help you start

and help you get back on your feet.

That's nice.

Thanks.

Appreciate it if you'd...

thank the rest of them for us, too.

We're pulling out this morning.

Sure thing.

Let's get out of here.

It's all my fault, the tent burnt down!

If I hadn't got thrown in the calaboose,

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