Buchanan Rides Alone Page #4

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Not much more than that.

For a West Texan,

you do killing awful cheap, Pecos.

Buchanan, what was you

planning to do with that $2,000?

You know that country

up around Endicott?

I sure do.

Well, I had my eye

on a spread up there,

but I never could get me a

big enough stake together until lately.

I'd love to have me

a spread back there.

Ain't no place like West Texas.

So how come you're in California?

Settle footed.

This country is so dang big,

a man just itches

to move around it.

So one day I got tired of

watching the sun go west

and I just followed it

on out here.

But I ain't itching no more.

Before long I'll follow the sun

right on back to where I come from.

Sound like you put a lot of

store in being a Texan.

A man's got to be loyal to something.

That's the same way I feel.

Pecos!

You come on back here.

Buchanan, I want you to know

I don't cotton none to this job.

A man oughtn't do a job

he don't cotton to, Pecos.

- Lafe?

-Forget it.

Right there, Buchanan.

Now step down.

Take its saddle off.

Put it down.

Don't turn around.

Who's going to do the shooting?

Both of us.

- Lafe, why don't we just...

-Shut up, Pecos.

I ain't got no more stomach

for this than you have.

We got a job to do.

(GUNSHOT)

Thanks, Pecos.

PECOS:

L-A-F-E, Lafe.

I sure hope old Lafe

ain't put out with us

for stashing him up this here tree.

With animals all around it seems the

only decent thing, don't you think?

Anyways, that hole you dug

is done run chock full of water.

Wouldn't hold nothing but a fish.

Lafe,

you and me worked for Lew Agry

for nigh on a year.

And though I don't guess

we was ever real buddies,

I'm sorry it was me

that stopped your clock.

You had your good side, Lafe,

but you had your bad side too.

Well, like cheating at stud,

and emptying my pockets

whenever I got drunk.

But I ain't holding

these things agin you.

And if you're holding

a grudge agin me, Lafe,

just remember that,

of when it come down to choosing

between you and Buchanan here,

I just had to choose Buchanan

on account of he's a West Texan.

Like I always say,

let bygones be bygones,

and I hope you're saying the same

wherever you are.

Well, so long, Lafe.

- You died real good.

-Amen.

I sure got myself in one of

them predicaments.

I don't know what

I'm gonna do now.

Pecos, how do you like to be

half owner in that spread of mine?

- You mean that?

-Sure do.

Yeah, but you ain't got

that $2,000 no more.

I'll get it back.

Huh! Waldo and Lew

shoot you on sight. Me too.

I'll take you in as partner whether you'll

ride back to Agry Town with me or not.

Would you?

Buchanan, that's real nice of you.

I know just the place

I can wait for you.

(KNOCKING)

Why would I be making

a big mistake, Amos?

You mean about going ahead

with the hanging?

Yeah.

What's Simon up to?

- Why don't you ask him?

-l'm asking you, Amos.

You don't pay too good

for information, Lew.

Oh, how much do you want?

I ain't greedy, Lew, all I want's 10,000.

You can have all the rest.

All the rest?

- And how much would that be?

-40,000.

- Dollars?

-Dollars.

Well, you've just got yourself

a deal, brother.

Now, how am I going to get

my hands on all this money?

Well, some time

in the next 48 hours,

a Mexican's going to bring

$50,000 to Simon

for the release of

Juan de la Vega.

Now all you have to do

is figure out some way

to keep that money

from getting to Simon.

Yeah.

Amos, you go over to the saloon,

and tell Hamp and Ivy

to get over here as fast as they can.

What you gonna do, Lew?

I'm going to spit

right in Simon's eye.

Simon?

(GIGGLING)

Yep, there's the shack.

Right behind it you find a trail

run you right into Agry Town.

Change your mind about going back?

I was thinking about young Juan.

Be sundown long before

you can get there.

Yes, bad luck all the way around.

Say, I got some coffee and bacon in my bag

if you've a mind to eat before you start back.

I could eat.

All right, Lew.

Hop in, kid.

Drive slow out of town, Ivy.

When you get to the shack, Waldo,

if everything looks all right,

you get back here as fast as you can.

All right, Mex, get out of there.

Ivy, you ride the kid's horse.

What's the matter?

Can't you handle him?

Sure you can?

(GROANING)

Come on, get up.

(WHINNYING)

Sefior, you hurt my horse again,

I swear one day I'll kill you.

There's supposed to be

nobody living in that old shack.

There's sure someone living there now.

Howdy, fellas, what in tarnation

brings you out here?

How come the kid's still alive?

I figured he'd be hung

and buried by now.

Lew told you how he wanted the job done.

Why didn't you do it that way?

Well, we done just like Lew said.

What's Buchanan's horse doing here?

Only thing you were supposed to

bring back with you was a saddle.

Well, after we killed him...

Ain't no sense in my lying to you, Waldo.

When it come down to

that poor dumb animal,

I just didn't have

the heart to do it.

What did you stop off here for?

Well, after all that riding,

we decided to stay out the night.

Where's Lafe?

Oh, he went out hunting a rabbit

or something to eat.

Be back any time now.

What did you bring him for?

Simon and the kid's pa

made a deal with Simon

that he'd pay him $50,000

to let the kid go free.

Lew figured it don't make no

difference to his pa

who he paid the money to,

so long as the kid went on living.

So Lew decided to go in

the ransom business.

PECOS:
Looks like Lew's really

bucking the big men this time.

Oh, they was bound to have

a showdown sooner or later.

Yeah, like you said,

it was bound to happen.

- Lafe get a boot out of shooting Buchanan?

-Yeah, he got a kick out of it.

- Lafe never minded shooting nobody.

-Of course, that's his business.

Sit down, kid.

Any food leftover,

we'll give you something to eat.

You three stay like you was.

I never expected to see you

again today, Buchanan.

I didn't never expect to see you ever.

Cut him loose.

You three sit down.

Get the rope.

Throw me the rifle.

Johnny, you and Pecos tie 'em up,

except for Waldo.

Drag 'em off.

Stand up.

Waldo, I've been remembering

that fight we had out in the saloon.

(WALDO GROANING)

How long were you supposed

to stay here with Johnny?

Till Lew comes.

Well, what are we gonna do now?

First, tie him up,

then fix us some food, then I...

I ain't sure.

When you figure Lew

will be showing up?

Ts k-ts k-ts k-ts k-tsk.

Ain't your toe sore yet?

Lew will be here as soon

as he gets the ransom money

-from a Mex named Gomez.

-(PECOS LAUGHING)

Who's this Gomez?

He's ranch foreman for my father.

Well, I hope he's smart enough

not to turn the money over

till after Lew turns you over.

- Gomez is very smart, Buchanan.

-Good.

I'll ride with you as far

as the border. Come on.

Be seeing you.

Pecos, you cut us loose and I'll

forget about you siding with Buchanan.

Oh, you would

never forget that, Waldo.

Why, if you got the chance,

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