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it don't look like we're

going to keep her long, Ma.

Logan... I mean, Mr. Stuart, do you

think the Indians will break out?

It's always possible, Asa.

A peace treaty don't seem to mean

nothing to them Rogue beasters.

Well, it's their land and we're

on it and they don't forget it.

Things'll be all right,

I reckon,

unless some medicine man

stirs them up

or some white cuss

starts something.

You'll know it beforehand,

they'll get insolent.

That's the time to fort up.

Well, this is my fort

and darned if I budge.

That's right, Ben.

Ma is sending Caroline

over to McGarry's place.

Mrs. McGarry's

come to her time.

Now, there's everything

you'll need, dear.

You want me to send Dr.

Balance back from Jacksonville?

I can do

whatever's necessary.

Oh, for sure,

it's only a baby.

You stay at

McGarry's tonight, Caroline.

I'll be over tomorrow

and ride back with you!

Give my hellos

to your ma, Lucy.

Say I'm lonesome for talk.

Bye, Logan!

Hey!

You ain't got much time!

Well, here's where

I leave you.

It takes me

back to England.

It's just like

my grandmother's.

Hey! Come on!

Thank you.

Oh, Logan, there's a

cabin-raising Saturday week.

Liza Stone and

Gray Bartlett are marrying.

I'll be there.

You'd have had your kiss

if I hadn't been here.

Yes. I'm sorry I caused you to miss it.

But what's any woman

to you?

You're never happy

except when you're on the go.

I guess I'm just stuck on this

Oregon or maybe I'm just ambitious.

I want to see a Stuart

& Company pack outfit

stringing along

every road.

And when stages come,

I want them to be my stages.

Is that what makes you so

restless and discontented?

Or is it a woman, Logan?

Must it always be a woman?

Take me to

the Rogue River Valley

Valley

Where the silvery

moonlight shines

Some one waits for me

in the valley

There among

the blue-tipped pines

She'll be by the river

Where all heaven beams

And there by the river

We'll find

the trail of dreams

Donkey,

don't you dare to dally

Can't you hear

the kill deer song?

Say, Hi. When did Honey

Bragg get into town?

Well, it looks like

he just rode in

the way

his horse is lathered.

Must've done

a little riding yourself.

All the way from Portland.

Don't tell anyone.

Huh?

What was that song

you were singing, Hi?

Oh, I don't know.

Just a little song.

It sounded very romantic.

Well, Mandy

gets that way sometimes.

Silly, isn't she?

She'll be by the river

Where all heaven beams

And there by the river

We'll find

the trail of dreams

Donkey, don't you dare...

Steady! Whoa! Whoa!

Dad!

Lucy!

Lucy! Hello, Logan.

Mommy.

Nice trip, Logan?

Did you enjoy yourself? Did

you have a nice time, dear?

Yes, it was fun.

Oh, we stopped by the Dances

and Mrs. Dance sends her hellos.

There she is, George,

there's your girl.

Thank you, Logan.

Did he behave himself, Lucy?

Oh, you're lovely.

I'd almost forgotten.

Not entirely

I hope, George.

Is that the best

you can do, George?

Could you do any better?

If I hadn't seen my girl for a

whole month, a whole lot better.

Same old roughneck.

No polish at all.

Did you mind my asking Logan

to bring you home?

What took you over

to Crescent City, George?

A mining claim. Looked like

a real strike, but it wasn't.

Another rainbow?

One day, I'll bring you

the pot of gold

from the end of that rainbow,

you'll see.

Are you glad

to be back, Lucy?

How was the trip?

Wonderful.

Good night.

Good night.

Where's Morrow?

He'll be back Tuesday.

I sent 40 mules

on the trip.

Vane Blazier will take the

Scottsburg string in the morning,

20 mules.

Put this on the books, Clench.

Thirty mules to be at Salem

on the 20th.

Henry McLane's freight.

Where will you get the mules?

You're spread

pretty thin already.

Maybe it's time for us

to buy a few more.

Buy, buy.

Always buy, buy.

Hello, Vane.

Did you stop by at Dances?

Yes.

How is everybody?

Caroline, you mean?

She's fine.

Do you realize you've got close

on $50,000 sunk in this place?

We must be rich.

You ought to have $10,000

laid by for trouble.

What trouble? The

trouble that always comes.

Why do you suppose I came here,

6,000 miles from Liverpool?

This is Jacksonville, Clench,

U.S.A. We sail with the tide.

All Americans think that.

They think the tide

flows forever for them.

But mark me, Logan.

Gold veins run out, crops

fail, men starve, wars come.

And businesses fail. Then we

get a new deck and deal again.

So you'll buy the mules?

What happened to you, Logan?

We waited supper for you.

I thought you and George

would want to be together.

Why, Logan, that's

a very tender sentiment.

George, when is this girl

going to marry you?

I doubt

if she knows herself, Logan.

When are you taking me,

Lucy?

George, do you like poetry?

Must I like poetry

to be your husband?

We will be married

when the leaves fall.

You see, Logan. She strings

me up and lets me swing.

You mean the maple leaves

that fall early,

or the pine needles

that never fall at all?

Come on, there's a fight. Fight? Who is it?

I don't know.

What's going on?

There's a fight at the back

of the settlement.

Come on!

You better

get up there, Logan.

It's your friend

Vane Blazer and Bragg.

Come on, George.

Don't never crowd me, boy.

Nobody crowded you.

Oh, you're calling me

a liar.

Stand up to him, Blazier.

Yeah. Let him have it.

I didn't call you a liar.

I'll bust you up

proper, boy.

Having a little trouble, Vane?

Hello, Bragg.

Logan, my friend,

how are you?

I hear you've been away.

I'm here and there,

I'm a restless man.

I've been away, too.

You have?

Well, you're a restless man

like me.

I notice

you're favoring your left leg.

A horse threw me.

It couldn't be you fell

through a window by any chance?

Oh, let's get on

with the fight.

See you sometime, Logan.

Well, by gum,

it was a freeze out.

Come on, Vane,

buy you a drink.

Never mind.

I can fight my own battles.

That was quite a surprise.

More of a disappointment

to the boys, I'd say.

What can you expect from

people living in the wilderness?

What's wilderness

got to do with it?

Everything, I think.

What do you say, Lucy?

Some men are more primitive

than others, I guess.

Some men

just fight it harder.

Put his weight on Honey Bragg

and he broke.

I'd say bent.

Well, broke or bent,

what do you make of it, Hi?

You're a lawyer, Jonas,

you figure it out.

I'm glad

you enjoyed the trip, Lucy,

but it's great

to have you back.

I missed you.

Thank you, George.

Well, see you tomorrow.

You ought to do your kissing in

private, George, and do it better.

I'll ask you again, Logan.

Could you do better?

You brought it

on yourself, George.

Good night.

Good night, Lucy.

Going to play a little poker?

I got to get some sleep,

Oh, it's still early.

I'm off on a trip tomorrow. I'm

going to look for some mules.

Another trip so soon?

If you're not careful,

one of these days

you're going to end up

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