Coroner Creek Page #4

I don't savvy the Indian part.

Did you know Danning from some

place else?

That will teach you not to walk out

on me, you yellow back.

Mr Miles!

Just the man I'm looking for, Sheriff.

If it's about filing charges against

Ernie, you won't get anywhere,

you hit him first.

I hit him last, Sheriff.

- My friend, you're headed for trouble.

You giving the folks around here

no reason to love you.

I'll do my best to protect you

because it's my job.

I appreciate that.

- It's also my job to warn you that Frank Yordy

is spreading stories that

he's gunning for you.

Did Miles tell you that?

- Yes, I did.

But I didn't think O'Hea would

pass it on.

I want him to know what's going on

so he can keep an eye on you two.

That's real nice of you.

- We don't go in for backstabbing here,

Danning, no matter whose.

This is a law-abiding community.

- Yes, and I aim to keep it that way.

You'd better tell that to Miles, not me.

Now look here, Miles...

He already knows that!

Personally I don't think there's

going to be any trouble.

Personally I think Yordy's just bluffing.

Personally I think...

Personally I think we might as

well forget...

Don't move, Yordy, until I tell you to.

Don't even put down that skillet.

Well, it's hot.

You going to be hot all over

before I finish with you.

What do you want with me?

- A little straight talk.

I can't hold it any longer.

Keep them high, Yordy.

I heard you were out to get me?

Get you? Where'd you hear that?

Miles told the sheriff.

- Miles? That's a lie.

I figured it was, that's why I'm

here. What was your deal with Miles?

Sheriff O'Hea thinks you're after me.

So if I shot you I could claim self-defence.

- I never made no deal with Miles.

If I shot you just right, say under

that left shoulder blade, you know

what would happen to you, Yordy?

You'd fall face down

on that nice hot stove.

Ever see a man with the skin burned

all off his face, Yordy?

You've branded enough cattle,

you know what happens to hide

when it meets hot iron.

You wouldn't get an idea

my left hand's slower than

your right, would you?

But if you'd like to prove it...

Well?

- Alright, I'll tell you everything.

What about a cup of that hot java?

Yeah, sure.

Better have a cup yourself,

settle your nerves.

Now you ought to tell me a story.

Well, you know that box canyon back

of the shack here?

Yes. Well, we fenced it off

all summer to save the feed.

And then about a week ago we turned

all of Della's herd into that canyon.

What about it?

I told Miles that if the fence

across the

mouth of the canyon

accidentally caught...

Accidentally caught fire

the grass would go.

That grass would burn like pitch.

What an idea that was, Yordy. The

cattle would move ahead of the fire

right into that canyon.

You murderous snake! What are you

supposed to get out of it?!

$500. I was to meet Miles at BJ

Folkenson's and get half of

it tonight and then after I set the

fire I was to get

the rest of it and head

over the pass and get outta here.

You think Miles would let you live?

He'd kill you after you went back

for the other half of the money and

I'd be blamed for it.

- That's right.

Pack your stuff. You're getting out

of here right now.

And if you ever head back to Coroner

Creek I'll be waiting for you.

Leach, I got a job for you. Take

blankets and ride up to Falls Canyon,

I want you to camp there tonight

right at the fence. Don't make a fire

and sleep light. If anyone drifts up, run him off.

This the first time I ever heard the

Rainbow outfit called cattle thieves

if that's what you mean.

I don't, just do as I say.

Della?

- Hello, Chris.

Where's Andy?

- Around some place.

I just sent Leach up to the canyon to

have a look at the cattle.

- What for?

There might be a few strays.

Oh. Aren't you going to notice my

new dress?

Already have.

It's the latest fashion.

- It's pretty.

Della, about the cattle up in the

canyon, let's ship them now, take a

profit while we're sure.

Let's talk about the cattle another time.

- Haven't time, I'm heading for BJ Folkenson's.

What you having?

- Whisky.

It's kind of slow tonight, eh?

Anybody else been here?

- No, nobody ever comes here.

I don't know why you did.

The drinks are two bits, keep your

own count. I'm going to bed.

If you're hiding from someone,

you better cover up that bandage.

What're you doing here?

- I followed you.

- Go on back home.

Why?

- You might not like what you see.

Who are you expecting?

Younger Miles, he's coming here to

meet Yordy.

But he's going to find me instead.

Get inside quick.

Yordy?

Yordy couldn't make it.

- Who's that?

Danning, Yordy's run out on you.

I see you're keeping your promise.

Yes, a little every day.

- Hey! Do your shooting somewhere

else, I'm trying to get some sleep!

So instead of paying him to set

the fire he would have killed him.

Chris, why don't you let him go?

Let him go?

- Yes, you got rid of Yordy.

You ran out Tip Henry so Della can

have back her open range.

You wrecked Miles' scheme there.

You forced him to expose himself.

Isn't that enough?

- Not for me, Kate.

Chris, there's something or someone

bigger than all of us that takes

care of our injuries and squares

things for us.

I'll do my own squaring, Kate.

"Vengeance is mine, I will repay."

Remember?

I also remember "an eye for an eye."

No, Kate, I'm not going to turn

back now.

Miles must have done something

pretty terrible to you.

And after you kill him,

what's ahead for you then?

I hadn't thought that far.

You mean you hadn't cared to think

beyond that point?

It doesn't matter what happens to me.

- But you have to live with yourself.

Your hatred may destroy Miles but it

can also destroy you.

Hate is something that can feed on

itself for only so long.

Don't worry about me. This fight with

Miles is in the open now, and it's my

fight alone. If anybody gets hurt

its going to be me and nobody else.

If you got hurt that might hurt

someone else.

That I can't help.

You can but you won't.

This thing that happened tonight -

I don't want you to say one word

about what happened to anyone,

not even your father.

I hoped I can change you,

I see now I can't, nothing can.

You're caught in a web of your own

making and instead of trying to

search for a way out of it,

you'd rather strangle it.

Yordy?

Yordy?!

I warned you, Abbie.

I'm in my own home.

Did that ever happen before, Abbie?

When you were a little girl I

couldn't bring myself to lay a hand

on you. Even to spank you, no matter

how wild you got.

I never thought I'd live to see the

day my girl got slapped and I did

nothing about it.

A lot of things are beginning to make

sense to me now.

You've only stayed here on account of

me, haven't you?

Oh, Dad. You figured an old man was

entitled to lie comfortably

in the sun when he was through,

didn't you?

Well, so did I maybe.

Chris! Chris?!

Chris! Chris!

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