Cimarron Page #5

this whole useless farm at $25 an acre.

You wait a minute, Tom.

I figured those Eastern dudes

you talk about.

They're not gonna just give

their money away.

For something they don't want on top

of this ground...

...there must be something underneath.

Yeah, but how far underneath?

I don't know how far down...

...but look, if you strike water,

you'll still be ahead.

- I'll strike China first.

- Ha-ha.

Look, I'll tell you

how you gotta figure it, Tom.

If you weren't sitting around digging for oil,

then what would you be doing, huh?

Nothing.

- That's what I mean.

Tom!

- I'll see you, Tom.

- So long, Yancey.

Come on in, it's time to eat.

- Oh, hush, woman.

You come on in now, Tom.

Food's on the table.

- Hi there.

- Hello, Sarah.

- Will you come on in now?

- Hush, woman.

- Come on in now, Tom.

- Oh, hush, talk, talk, talk.

I swear, I think he's gone

clean out of his head.

He don't do nothing but stay out here

with that thing, whatever it is.

Meantime, the potatoes are rotting

in the ground.

Everybody's laughing at the fool.

Oh, hush, woman.

Will you come on in?

I'm gonna throw your chitlins to the hog.

You know what you can do

with my chitlins?

Hey, he sure has managed

to keep hisself busy...

...these past few years, hasn't he?

You'd think they were hunting

a mad dog or something.

Why is it you always have

to take the wrong side of everything?

Every paper in the territory

has got an editorial.

"The most dangerous public enemy

since Billy the Kid. "

Yeah.

"If the territory of Oklahoma

is ever going to be made a state...

...these killers must be stopped. "

- Sabra...

- Only you in the world could have the nerve...

You don't understand. You just don't...

Eight innocent people have been killed

and how many banks have they robbed?

Yeah.

When I first knew that boy, his father

was one of the biggest landowners...

...one of the biggest ranchers

in this territory, Jessie.

The government come along

and they decide they're gonna break up...

...that grazing land,

and give those ranchers three days.

Imagine that.

Three days to get rid of their herds.

You know as well as I do that buyers

take advantage of a situation like this.

And in one day, this man loses everything

he spent all his life building up.

In just one day.

Now, you know

what happened to him, Sabra?

Do you know?

In four months,

he was shot for being a cattle rustler.

There, now, supposing,

just supposing, Sabra...

...you were 8 or 9 years old,

like that boy was.

What do you suppose a thing like that

would do to you?

I didn't know that.

Terrible thing is,

I could have helped that boy.

I could've done something for him.

I don't know what, but I...

I just didn't bother. I didn't...

I didn't take the time.

- Lf you hadn't been so stupid, we...

- What are you bringing that up for?

- I made a mistake.

- You won't listen to nobody, will you?

Every time I bring up the town of Osage,

you change the subject on me.

That couldn't have anything to do

with Yancey Cravat, could it?

I'm sick of you.

I'm sick of looking at you.

And I'm sick of hearing your voice,

and I'm sick of smelling you.

Go where you want to, will you?

Just get away from me.

That's fine with me.

Hoss, you coming with me?

I go with him.

That's good enough.

Wes.

All right.

You wanna get the train?

We'll get the train.

To tell you the truth,

I don't care no more what we do.

Come on, Hoss.

Hey, Dixie.

How are you?

Hi, Dixie.

Pretty nice rig.

I'm looking for a lawyer.

Are you still a lawyer?

Well, I... Uh...

I'm not much of a one anymore,

I'm afraid.

I don't need much of a one.

Right.

In that case, I'm your man.

Here, would you like to sit down?

Well, now, what can I do for you?

Hurry up, Yancey, we'll be late.

Oh, uh, do you mind running along?

I got business to attend to.

It will just take a few minutes.

Would you mind if?... Um...

No, no. I wait for you.

- Honey, honey.

- Yes, you go play.

Cimarron, you can go and play with Ruby

in the yard, but don't go out in the street.

Honey.

Uh... Do you mind if we have

a little privacy? Lt...

It's a...

- Well, it's customary, you know.

- But I'm not listening.

Who wants to listen? Go right ahead.

I don't want to listen.

Do you want to listen, Mr. Jessie?

Well, suppose we step outside, hmm?

Look, all I want is some legal papers.

I'm selling the farm.

- Now, can you draw them up for me?

- You're selling the farm?

Just answer me yes or no.

If you can, fine.

If you can't, I'll go someplace else.

Yes, of course,

I can take care of that for you.

Well, here's all the particulars.

You know, who's buying

and for how much and all that.

And when you get them done,

just bring them out to the farm.

Well, would you believe

a human being could have such nerve?

She wants him to draw up

the papers for the...

I think it's about time right now

that you tell me about this woman.

There's really nothing to expl...

The Cherokee Kid,

got him cornered at depot.

Get the Cherokee Kid.

The Cherokee Kid gang.

- Hoss, come back here.

- Hoss.

Cim. Cim, come back.

Cim.

If you hadn't been so stupid,

we wouldn't have gotten in this mess.

We shouldn't have come to Osage.

All right, so I didn't figure it right.

Well, we gotta get out of here.

They'll be around us any minute.

Hey, the schoolhouse.

Yeah, they won't figure

on shooting us in there.

Go on, all you kids. Get over in that corner.

Go on, get over there.

No. No.

Don't shoot, don't shoot. Are you crazy?

- There are children.

- My boy's in the schoolhouse.

- Get over there.

- Go.

- Hold on.

- Get over there.

- Cover the window!

- Get down. Get down on the floor.

Down, all of you.

All right, it's okay. Stay here.

My boy's in there. Please get my boy.

Take it easy, Johnson.

There's a lot of other kids in there.

Kid, I wanna talk to you.

Keep out of this, Cim,

we don't want you in it. Keep out of it.

Don't come any closer!

If you wanna get these kids

out of here alive, you drop the rifle.

Drop it!

Now, you get us our horses.

Sol, bring me their horses.

Come on.

Now, you bring them up to the door.

That's far enough.

Now we can get out of here.

- Wes, what are you doing?

- Mommy. Mommy.

- Wes. Wes, leave that girl alone.

- Mommy! Mommy!

- I'm coming out with a kid.

- Mommy! Mommy!

I'm coming out

with this kid in front of me.

You're not coming out with any kid.

All right, you kids get out of here,

all of you. Come on, move.

I told you not to have faith in me,

didn't I?

Didn't I?

Skimmeroot.

You girls like hotcakes, right? Want some?

Careful. Watch it, now.

Want one?

I made it myself, you'll love them.

Have one. You'll like it.

Here's Mrs. Cravat.

She can tell you where Yancey is.

Oh, hey.

Yeah.

Mrs. Yancey Cravat...

- Now, hold on. Just hold on.

- Please.

- Please, one question...

- Hold on, now where's Yancey?

Leave me alone now.

Like I told you, you can read about it

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