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slab-sided fleabags...

- Pour yourself a drink.

- No.

No matter what you say,

I want that job.

- Try another outfit.

- I have.

A tenderfoot's

too much responsibility.

- It wouldn't be your responsibility.

- Everything is on the trail!

Can you put the studs

in that dress shirt?

I don't wanna be late for the opera.

I thought I saw a spider up there.

Isn't that beautiful? It is.

Mike, isn't that the most

beautiful thing you ever heard?

One thing about opera: It sounds

just as bad no matter who sings it.

Hey, boss!

This is the best party you ever threw!

- It was good last year.

- She wasn't here last year.

And we weren't expecting

that extra money.

Thank my friend here.

He overpaid for the herd!

Yes, you did!

Well, well, well.

Leaving a little early,

aren't you, Peggy?

- Tom, the poker game's all set up.

- Let's go to work!

You ladies amuse yourselves

for a while. Don't go away, though.

Come on, Mike!

I hate to keep bleeding you, Tom,

but I have to raise it 100.

It's up to you, Reece.

- I'll call you.

- Pass.

Pass.

Three kings.

Beats me.

- $50 on the filly.

- You got a bet.

Joe, you take your hands off me!

Just not my night, I guess.

Why don't you wait over there for me?

It's your deal.

Here's the hand, right here.

Want to buy some chips, Tom?

No, not right now.

- Excuse me, gentlemen.

- Sure.

I'd like to pay my bill.

I'm leaving in the morning.

I better pay

while I still have some money.

Divide what's left amongst the help.

We thought you'd stay for a week.

So did I, but I don't

usually lose quite so fast.

- See you next time.

- Without cash, how can you buy cattle?

My credit's still good.

Mr. Reece...

...could you use some money?

What if I could?

You might take me along

as a partner...

...if I was willing

to invest some money.

- How much you got?

- $3800.

- I beg your pardon?

- $3800.

My father gave it to me

when he sold the farm.

- Where is it?

- Here in the safe.

- Well, get it out, boy.

- Yes, sir.

There they are, gents. All spades.

Where did you get money this late?

An honest man has friends everywhere,

but you wouldn't know that.

I ante.

Mr. Harris would like to talk to you.

- Harris?

- He's the desk clerk.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Deal me out of this one.

You want to see me?

I wrote out an agreement about

our partnership, a contract.

Contract? What for?

So we'd both know what the deal was.

See, it's...

I've never signed a contract

or welshed on a deal in my life.

You think I'd sell my reputation

for $3800?

I didn't think that. I just, it's...

I tell you what you do.

Go home and get some sleep.

We're pulling out in the morning.

Fine. I hope you didn't think

I didn't trust you.

Forget it.

Forget it.

Oh, by the way...

...my name's Tom.

Thanks. Mine's Frank.

Thanks.

Stampede! Come on, let's go!

Pick up your gear.

The train leaves in 10 minutes.

- All right, Mendoza. Wake up.

- What?

- We're heading south.

- So soon? What happened?

You lose all the money so quick?

I won it back. Most of it, at least.

- I'm getting out while I'm ahead.

- I hear you've got a partner.

- Who told you that?

- Hi, Tom!

He did.

He woke me up this morning.

He's excited about going on the trail.

He's got a girl.

She lives down in Guadalupe.

- How are you feeling today, Tom?

- I've got a headache.

- Look, boy...

- My name's Frank.

I borrowed some money last night,

and I'm paying you back.

With interest.

I don't want the money back.

We're partners.

I was drinking. I made a mistake.

I never had a partner, and never will.

Suppose you take this

and go back to the hotel.

- I quit my job at the hotel.

- Why'd you do a fool thing like that?

Because you've got a girl in Mexico?

You made a deal with me.

I paid for a share of your outfit,

and that's all I want.

Don't talk like that.

I've ridden for 20 years.

Sweat over every trail. You think

you bought a percentage of that?

- I bought what you were selling.

- I got four arrow holes, you buy that?

I believed you when you said you

never welshed on a deal.

- I'm giving your money back.

- That's not our deal.

- He's right.

- How do you know?

If he wasn't right,

you would have killed him by now.

You called me Tom.

I'd prefer you called me Reece.

Anytime you want your money back,

you ask for it. Anytime.

- How about this guy, Reece?

- He's all right if you are.

Does he pay off at the end of a run?

You ask him for what's coming

in the middle of a river crossing...

...he'll pay off in dry bills.

There!

- Dirty old dog!

- Curtis, you should've been with us!

You look scarier than last I saw you.

We been in Chicago.

We got barrel fever.

Reece only gave us one night,

but what a night!

- Get my telegram?

- The men and grub are ready.

The horses are outside of town.

- Hire the extra hand?

- Sure.

Here's Doc Bender.

Used to be marshal at Wichita.

Hi.

You got quite a reputation.

I wanted a cowhand, not a gunslinger.

I'm a cowhand now.

I like cows better than I like people.

All right. Let's get going.

Paco, get him something to wear.

He can't go on the trail like this.

Thought I'd buy clothes

if you'll wait.

Nobody's waiting. You stay with us,

you have to keep moving.

See if there's a spare rig

for him in the chuck wagon.

Come on, Harris.

Beats me how women

can go for you cowboys.

Women like the smell of a horse

on a man. It makes them giggle.

The smell of a horse on me

never did me no good.

Just makes them move away.

Maybe you're associating with

the wrong horses. Good-looking boots.

Move them out.

- How's the water supply been?

- Not bad, boss.

Pick your horses!

Pick the horses that haven't

been ridden since we left!

Start breaking the ones

that haven't been broke.

- Do these go on any special way?

- Yeah, like an apron.

Shake your tail, or there won't

be anything left fit to ride.

Bring that horse back!

If you can't ride that horse,

you'll have to carry him.

Set another place, here comes Harris!

Next time catch him.

Here he comes again!

- What is that?

- Salt water and whiskey.

Best way to toughen it up.

Feel any better?

Yeah, it burns instead of just aching.

That's what it's supposed to do.

It fries your hide.

You look like you're half-dead.

I can't get enough sleep.

Don't you get a day off?

No Sunday on the trail. You have

to learn to sleep in your saddle.

Yep. That's it.

Harris?

- I told you to ride night herd.

- I made a deal. Capper's doing it.

Do your own job

and forget about making deals.

If you can't pull your weight, say so.

You can have your money back.

I told you I didn't want it back.

Then get out there and go to work.

This little filly

up in Chicago says to me:

"Honey, stay here with me. I'll take

care of you the rest of your life."

- Why didn't you do it?

- Who wants to live in Chicago?

Turn him loose around a woman

for 24 hours...

...he's got enough flies

to last the season.

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