Carson City Page #3

I tried to bribe you.

No, but I'll keep it in mind.

Goodnight, gentlemen.

Nice fellow.

We better be going.

It would make it easier for me

if you learned how to smile.

You do the smiling.

Being nice to guys

like this is your idea.

Only this time,

it ain't going to work.

You never believe my way will

work, but it always does.

We've never run up against

guys like this before.

We'll still play it

my way first.

"A RAIL PROPOSAL IS

THREATENING CARSON CITY ".

"Plans revealed at a meeting."

"WORKS OF RAILWAY BEGINS

IN SPITE OF PUBLIC OPINION ".

Set off number two.

I've seen hard rock in my day,

but never anything like this.

Wait till we get

those automatic drills.

Look!

Go back!

Go back!

It's a woman!

Get back! Get back!

Yah! Back!

What?

Well!

If I'm not being

too curious...

Are you all right?

I guess so. I just didn't expect

so violent a greeting.

We do things big

out here.

I've really got the touch,

haven't I?

First time I see you,

I ruin your jacket,

And then a whole Mountain

blows up on me.

- What's the matter?

- My ankle.

Our horses are halfway

back to town.

All right, put your arm

around my shoulder.

What were you

doing out here?

Looking for news.

You nearly made some.

I might as well confess.

I didn't come out here

looking for a story.

I came to find out why

you've been avoiding me.

Got the feeling

your father didn't exactly

Have the welcome mat

out for me.

I'm not talking

about my father.

I've been pretty busy.

You don't work at night.

I thought your evenings

would be taken up.

With Alan? We're good friends.

We've grown up together...

Do all your good friends

kiss you good night?

Why, that was just a peck

on the cheek, like this.

You don't call that

a real kiss, do you?

- Or do you?

- I stumbled.

Ah, here comes the wagon.

- Next time I come...

- There won't be any next time.

Why? Just who are you

protecting with all this?

Alan and me, or yourself?

Let's say everybody.

If that fuse would have been

a half-inch shorter,

You two would have been covering

a lot of territory now.

This is hardrock haggerty,

my foreman.

- Glad to meet you.

- Howdy, ma'am.

I'll drive her home.

You're a mighty lucky girl,

ma'am.

That's a matter

of opinion.

Giddyap!

- Think you can walk on it?

- It's all right now.

But you better see

the doctor anyway.

It's already been treated.

Giddyap! Go.

Hello, Kincaid.

Whoa.

I hear about you putting a

tunnel through the Mountain?

We aren't going to have

the privilege of being turned

Into a bustling Metropolis

for several years, then.

Sorry to disappoint you, but

it'll only take a few months.

We're going to use

automatic drills.

Automatic drills?

Yeah, something new.

Work by compressed air.

They'll be here

in a few days.

Come out next week

and take a look.

Well, I guess

that does it,

But I've started over

before.

I guess I ain't too old

to start someplace else.

Looks as if your newspaper

Hadn't quite the influence

we thought it had.

As long as I've got ink to print

it, I'm going to keep on trying.

You can't fight

an automatic drill

With a printing press,

Zeke.

I'm afraid that's right.

All right, let's go.

Whoa.

- All right, get down.

- Whoa.

Get down.

I ain't hauling

any gold or silver.

Nothing back there

but machinery.

Never mind about that.

Get down.

Sure, I'll get down.

Squires!

All right, get him

back in the wagon.

Pick him up.

Throw him up in there.

Hurry up.

Get out of the way.

All right,

get them out of here!

Head them down that hill

and cut them loose!

Yah!

All right, fellas.

Come on, push!

Come this way.

All right, push!

Let's go.

It's got to be someplace.

A whole wagonload of drills

just can't disappear.

Kingpin.

Busted?

Yeah.

Too big a load.

That kingpin

must have busted.

It's a good thing these things

were built rugged.

We'll be able to salvage

the most of them.

Jeff!

Here he is.

Looks like he was trying

to crawl.

And trying

to write something, too.

"S-o-u... "

"S-o-u"... South?

Well, whatever it is, we ain't

going to find out now.

"Sharing the attitude

of your editor is a. J. Davis,

"One of Carson city's

most prominent

"And respected citizens, and

partner with Jim squires"...

I don't think he's such

a good ad for your side.

You don't agree

with me, do you?

As you're so fond of saying,

quote, "I disapprove"

"Of what you say,

but I'll defend to the death

Your right to say it,"

unquote.

- Here, I'll set it up.

- No, you go on to bed.

I want to check over this

article about the accident.

Oh, the freight wagon?

They never figured out what

the driver was trying to write?

No. I guess it will

always be a mystery.

Good night, dad.

Good night, dear.

Don't stay up too late.

S-o...

What could it be?

What could it be?

Well. "Sharing the attitude

of your editor, comma",

"Is a. J. Davis,

one of Carson city's"

"Most prominent

and respected citizens, comma,"

"And partner with Jim squi... "

Squires.

Driver Killed in Freight

Wagon Accident

DIES AFTER WRITING

MYSTERIOUS LETTERS:

S-O-U

S-Q-U-IRES

Is Mr. Davis around?

Haven't seen him around

all evening.

He must be

out to his mine.

What'll you have,

the usual?

No.

"ALTIN FL MADEN"

Lost something?

I-I was just looking

for Mr. Davis.

All right. Walk this way.

Where do you think

you're going?

I heard there was a shindig

going on in town.

You're staying here.

Say, what are you

so worried about?

You.

I told you that driver

recognized me.

Look,

what else was I to do,

Let him go

and spread the word in town?

Besides, everybody thinks

it was an accident.

Let's keep it that way.

What else is there

to do out here?

Besides, I don't notice you

Spending any more time

out here than you have to.

You're the miner, I'm not.

All right, you,

get up there.

I'll take it.

Hello, Zeke.

Hello, a. J.

He said he wanted

to see you.

That's all right.

He's a friend of mine.

Come in.

We'll finish going over

those balance sheets later on.

All right.

See you later.

Well, I, uh, I didn't want

to interrupt

If... if you were

talking business.

Forget it. Sit down.

Sorry you got

such a tough reception

Out there, Zeke,

But with all this banditry

going on,

We got to be careful.

Cigar?

Thanks.

What's on your mind?

Well, I-i heard something

in town

That I thought

you ought to know about.

You remember those letters

That the freight wagon

driver wrote... s-o-u?

Well, somebody got to

fiddling around

With a pencil,

and he figured

That, uh, if the "o"

was a capital "q,"

It might be the beginning

of squires' name.

That sounds

pretty far-fetched.

Yeah, that's what

I told the folks,

But you know

how people are.

I thought I'd tip you off,

just in case.

I appreciate it, Zeke.

Still, if somebody

Really wanted

to make something out of it,

Jim squires was working here

at the mine all that day.

Oh, well, fine.

Well, I guess I better

be getting on, then.

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