Chato's Land Page #6

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if you call me to it.

We stay.

Now I want to

hear you say it

clear and straight out,

"we stay till that

apache breed is hung."

You think you

can hold us

with your gun?

Yes, I do.

Say it, Quincey.

Well, speak, man.

Do what he wants now,

and he'll have us savages

like himself.

[Coyote howling]

We stay...

till the apache breed

is hung.

Josh and me

are leaving, Jubal.

[Laughing]

Well, I never

judged you

to have bone enough,

Harvey.

Well, that breed's

got us beat,

and Josh gotta

have a doctor.

Elias,

if you move

from that blanket,

you'll put the death

on your brother.

You ready,

Josh?

Jubal, I gotta

get to a doctor.

I wouldn't run out

on you otherwise.

Oh, I know that,

Josh.

Every man's got

an end to his rope.

I'll bear no hurt

against you.

If a man feels he must

pull a gun on another

that he's ate with

and rode with,

well, then it's best

that they part.

Quincey,

I'm sorry.

We looked to you.

But last night

you left us no choice

but this way.

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

I can't stomach a man

who runs out on his friends.

Drop them.

Leave it.

God, Quincey.

[Gunshot]

Do I go after him,

Jubal?

You do.

Don't kill him

unless you have to.

Now, you two,

stack them guns

right there.

Come on.

You got nothing

to gain by trouble

save a lonely dyin'.

Just remember that.

If the apache comes,

you grab

for them guns.

If not, don't you get

within 6 feet of them.

Now, look

to Quincey.

Take care, hear?

Right,

Jubal.

Mmm.

Don't fuss me.

Quincey...

Quincey, I...

Eari...

Earl was

the youngest.

He was just 16

when the war started.

Well, there was nothin'

before the war...

nothin' after.

You understand me,

Quincey?

I need to see

that breed dead.

I can't step past that.

You knew.

I told ya.

I got no...

hate against you,

Jubal.

10 years ago,

Id have...

Id have

killed you

for what

you did last night.

Ohh...

ohh, god.

Ha...

you should've seen us

at Chickamauga.

Damn that

George Thomas.

Damn him for...

for all the men he put

in the ground that day.

Hooker took

the ridge.

And you could hear...

the screamin' men...

dyin'.

It's like...

it's like a flower

that grows in the night.

You know...

I always wanted a...

dog...

ha ha.

When I...

I was a boy.

But I...

I...

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

[Squawking]

How long's it been now?

More than 4 hours.

Nearer 5.

What's holdin' you,

Elias?

He'll not

come now.

I'm thin on patience,

Malechie,

so bite hard

and shut tight.

You know it's true.

You'll never

see him again.

He's lying out there

somewhere,

like Josh...

maybe not so lucky.

He'll come.

[Rattling]

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

Aaahhh!

Ohhh!

Aaahhhh!

[Moaning]

Aah!

All right,

cover him with rocks

to keep them birds off.

Aaahhh!

Aah!

[Moaning]

Ugh!

[Horse whinnying]

Ahh!

Hurry...

hurry with the fire,

Gavin.

[Shivering]

We shouldn't

take the risk.

[Shivering]

[Gunshot]

[Horse whinnying]

[Heavy breathing]

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