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AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS ALL DAY.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

WHEN I GET MARRIED?

DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT US.

DID CANTRELL ASK YOU

TO MARRY HIM?

UH-HUH.

GOOD, SPLENDID.

I DIDN'T SAY I'D ACCEPTED HIM,

NOW, DID I?

OH, HE'S A SMART MAN, MARY.

AMBITIOUS, HARD WORKER.

BE A BIG MAN SOMEDAY.

I LIKE A LITTLE ONE

I CAN BOSS AROUND.

OH, NO, NO, NO.

I'M SERIOUS. HE'D MAKE

A GOOD HUSBAND FOR YOU,

THAT LAD.

HIS GRANDFATHER WAS SCOTCH.

I WOULDN'T THINK OF GETTING

MARRIED UNTIL YOU AND FLETCH

ARE OLD ENOUGH TO STOP FIGHTING.

THE CARRIAGE IS READY, SIR.

THANK YOU, TOM.

I'M GONNA BE IN DODGE CITY

FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

IF I COULD KNOW YOU'LL TAKE

CANTRELL, I COULD BUY YOU

A HANDSOME WEDDING PRESENT.

WHAT ARE YOU,

A BANKER OR A MATCHMAKER?

THERE YOU ARE, SIR.

HA! SMOOTH

AS A BABY'S... LEG.

YOUR HONOR, THEM'S

THE KINDEST WORDS I'VE HEARD

FROM A JUDGE IN YEARS.

MOSTLY THEY SAY,

"THIRTY DAYS. "

MY FRIEND, YOU MAY PAIN A SHAVING MUG WITH THE NAME

"JUDGE BUCKNER"...

AND COUNT UPON ME

AS A STEADY PATRON

NOW THAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHED.

TWO BITS.

OH, TUT, TUT, TUT.

I SHALL SETTLE WITH YOU WEEKLY.

OR, PERHAPS, MONTHLY.

YOU'LL SUM UP MY ACCOUNT--

I BEG YOUR PARDON, MADAM.

HE'S AN EXCELLENT SHAVE, MADAM.

OH, I'M SORRY, MADAM.

GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.

I WISH TO HAVE:

A TOOTH PULLED.

YES, MA'AM.

WILL YOU BE SEATED, PLEASE?

THERE YA ARE.

WHAT'S THIS?

IMBIBE, MADAM, OR SUFFER.

I DO NOT IMBIBE.

VERY WELL, MA'AM.

NOW, IF YOU'LL KINDLY PLACE YOUR

RIGHT KNEE AGAINST MY CHEST.

WHY, I'VE NEVER HEARD

OF SUCH A THING IN MY LIFE.

I'LL TELL MY HUSBAND.

JUST FOR LEVERAGE, MA'AM.

JUST FOR LEVERAGE.

[ Screams ]

SAY "AH. "

THERE WE ARE.

AH!

I TAKE A SHORT TRIP

OUT OF TOWN,

AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.

FOUR KILLINGS IN A WEEK.

IT'S GOT TO STOP.

FOUR?

DID YOU SAY FOUR?

THAT'S RIGHT, FOUR!

WELL, WE'RE GETTING TO BE

QUITE A TOWN, AREN'T WE?

I DOUBT IF THEY HAVE

THAT MANY IN DODGE CITY.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

WE AIM TO COMPETE

WITH ANY CITY IN SIZE,

BUT NOT IN LAWLESSNESS.

CERTAINLY, OF COURSE,

FOUR KILLINGS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

THE JUDGE WAS SAYING,

MR. McCLOUD, BEFORE YOU CAME,

THAT THE APPOINTMEN OF A MARSHAL IS OBVIOUSLY

IN ORDER.

IF I CAN FIND THE RIGHT MAN.

I HAVE A NEPHEW. HE'S A FINE,

UPSTANDING YOUNG MAN WHO--

WHO YOU'D LIKE TO SEE

ON THE CITY PAYROLL.

WELL, THE MAN WE NEED

MUST BE HONEST,

MUST HAVE COURAGE,

KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MEN.

HAVE YOU ANY SUGGESTIONS?

WAIT NOW,

THERE'S MY NEPHEW.

HE'S OUT!

WE REALLY FELT, MR. McCLOUD,

THAT YOU'D PROBABLY MAKE

A NOMINATION.

GENTLEMEN, I THINK I KNOW

THE VERY MAN.

LOOK OUT FOR THE RUTS, WILL.

"LOOK OUT FOR THE RUTS. "

THERE YOU HAVE:

THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

ONLY I NEVER DID LOOK OUT.

ALWAYS BEEN IN ONE.

LOOK AT ME NOW--

A SCHOOLTEACHER.

WHERE'S THAT GOING

TO GET ME?

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?

I THINK I COULD GO

CLEAR TO THE TOP IF I THOUGH YOU'D BE THERE WAITING.

WHY NOT GO TO THE TOP

ANYWAY, JUST FOR THE CLIMB

AND THE VIEW?

- [ Chattering ]

- ALL RIGHT.

I'M FROM TENNESSEE.

WHAT OF IT?

WE AIN'T WANTIN' PEOPLE

AROUND HERE:

WHO SELL THEIR VOTES.

I DON'T HAVE TO SELL MINE.

I GOT A BUSINESS OF MY OWN.

SMART ALECK, HUH?

WHAT DO YOU SAY, BOYS,

WE GIVE HIM A LIFT OUT OF TOWN?

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF OF HIM.

WHO MIGHT YOU BE?

NOTHIN' TO YOU. I JUST SAID,

KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF.

YOU TALK MIGHTY BIG FOR ONE MAN.

WHAT RIGHT DO YOU GO TO BUTT INTO THIS?

I'LL TELL YA,

YA PACK OF COYOTES.

A MAN BORN IN THIS COUNTRY

IS AN AMERICAN.

DON'T FORGET THAT.

IT'S HIS RIGHT TO...

GO WHERE HE PLEASES,

AND IT'S MY BUSINESS TO--

COME ON, MARY.

HIT HIM IN THE TEETH, BOB,

IN THE TEETH.

LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND, MISTER.

THANKS. WHERE'D YOU

COME FROM?

- BEEN FOLLOWIN' YOU

AROUND ALL MORNIN'.

- WHAT FOR?

YOU'RE A COWBOY,

AIN'T YA?

YEP. FROM TEXAS. WHY?

AH!

SURE, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

THEM DOGGIES ARE THE BOLDES I EVER RODE HERD ON.

IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES

OUT ON THE RANGE AFTER YOU GO THE HERD BEDDED DOWN--

[ Man Groaning ]

THAT'S MY TONGUE.

MY MISTAKE.

EVER HAD:

YOUR TOOTH PULLED?

NO, ALL GOOD.

YOU'RE LUCKY.

SAY, YOU REALLY BUSTED

THAT KNUCKLE, DIDN'T YA?

OH, IT AIN'T NOTHIN'.

NO, I'VE HAD LOTS OF 'EM.

HERE'S WHAT I ALWAYS USE.

THANKS,

BUT YOU AIN'T TOLD ME

IF I'D GO OUT ON THE RANGE,

WHAT'S THE FIRST THING

THEY'RE GONNA ASK ME?

FOR CHEWIN' TOBACCO,

MOST LIKELY.

THERE'S SOMETHING

I WANTED TO ASK YOU.

ME?

YEAH. YOU KNOW THAT GIRL

I WAS STARING A WHEN ALL THE RUCKUS STARTED--

YEAH.

WELL, WHO IS SHE?

WELL, HER NAME IS

MARY McCLOUD. WHY?

WELL, I'LL TELL YA.

I THINK MAYBE I'LL MARRY HER.

WHAT?

OF COURSE, IF SHE'LL HAVE ME.

I MEAN,

A FELLA WOULDN'T WANT TO MARRY

ANYONE THAT DIDN'T WANT HIM,

NATURALLY.

OH, NATURALLY.

YOU KNOW HER WELL?

NO, JUST SEEN HER

ONCE OR TWICE.

ONCE SHE WAS ON A HORSE.

THE NEXT TIME:

SHE WAS WITH A JACKASS.

HE IS, HUH?

MAKES IT EASIER, DON'T IT?

PRACTICALLY A CINCH.

YOU DO THINGS KINDA

SUDDEN, DON'T YA?

NO, NOT EXACTLY.

BUT, YOU SEE, I GOT HER

FIGURED OUT THIS WAY.

IF YOU LIKE SOMEONE

AND YOU DON'T TELL 'EM

RIGHT OFF,

WHY, MAYBE ALL THAT TIME

YOU WASTED, SHE LIKED YOU, TOO,

SO, WELL, ALL THA TIME'S WASTED, AIN'T IT?

IT IS, THE WAY YOU PUT IT.

HOW DO YOU EXPEC TO GO ABOUT THIS?

OH, YES.

GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.

UH, I FIGURED THA IF YOU WAS TO TAKE ME

OVER TO HER...

AND GIVE ME AN INTRODUCE, THEN

I COULD TELL HER WHO I WAS AND

THAT I NEVER MURDERED NOBODY,

AND YOU COULD GO SOMEWHERE

AND SIT ON A FENCE

TILL I WAS THROUGH.

I'M SURE YOU WON'T BE LONG.

WELL, COME ON, I THINK

SHE'S OVER AT THE BANK.

I FORGOT TO ASK YOU

YOUR NAME.

FLETCH.

MINE'S SETON. BOB SETON.

YOU GOT A FIRST NAME?

YEAH. CUPID.

HE'S A REAL COWBOY.

FROM TEXAS.

THIS IS HER FATHER'S BANK.

OWNS A BANK, HUH?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

HE DON'T LIKE COWBOYS EITHER.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

YEAH, I KNOW THE BREED--

STRING-HOLLERED AND SPAVINED.

SQUEEZE THE BLOOD

OUT OF A TURNIP.

KEEP YOUR CHIN:

TO YOURSELF.

HUH?

I MEAN, YOU WAIT HERE,

AND I'LL GO BRING HER.

FAIR ENOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS

MY APPRECIATION, MR. McCLOUD.

I SUPPOSE IT WILL BE LEF TO A VOTE, HUH?

NATURALLY. THERE WILL BE

OTHER CANDIDATES THROWING

THEIR HATS IN THE RING,

BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE

ANY TROUBLE WINNIN'.

I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.

FLETCH,

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

WHERE ARE YOU DRAGGING ME?

FRIEND OF MINE HERE

WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

[ Squeals ]

YOU, UH, WANTED

TO TALK TO ME?

UH, YES,

THAT'S SORT OF THE IDEA.

WELL--

UH--

DID THE SQUIRT TELL YOU

WHO I WAS?

WHO?

THE KID, CUPID.

AIN'T THAT A NAME FOR YOU?

[ Chuckles ]

YOU KNOW, HIM THAT WENT IN

AND ASKED FOR YOU.

MY BROTHER, YOU MEAN.

YEAH. HE AND I--

YOUR WHAT?

MY BROTHER. WHO DID YOU

THINK HE WAS?

WELL--

YOUR BROTHER.

YES.

YOU SEE THE FIGHT?

NO.

WE LOST... ALMOST.

WAS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED

TO TALK TO ME ABOUT?

WELL, NOT EXACTLY.

THAT IS-- NO.

THEN WHAT WAS IT?

WELL, UH, DID HE

SAY ANYTHING TO YOU...

ABOUT ANYTHING:

I'D SAID TO HIM?

MY BROTHER, YOU MEAN?

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