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they don't tell us when

it's comin' in exactly

because, you know,

that's for our own protection

they say because, you know,

road agents and bandits

they'd do just about

anything to get their

hands on that kinda money.

So...

I would like to ask

for your sister's hand

in marriage.

Well, no kidding!

No, I'm not kidding.

Did you think

I was kidding?

No, Ben,

I just can't believe

it took you this long.

Oh, well?

Well, if she'll have you,

you're all right with me.

I'm just glad

I haven't killed you.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right, well,

I gotta go pick

somethin' up

from the depot

at Grey Falls!

Good luck!

Yeah.

Hey.

So, why did you come

all the way back here

to Promise?

What's the story

with you and Ben?

Ben McClure is a friend.

Now he's my friend, too.

I like to think that

you are my friend,

we're just, uh, different

kind of friends, so.

Oh, sh*t.

It helps me sleep.

Yup.

Alice told me

I'd find you here.

Well, that's not bad

for shootin' leaves.

Let's see how you do

with a moving target.

Well, a little slower

than I remember,

but that's probably on

account of the whiskey.

Dad was tryin'

to tell me somethin'

as he was dying.

I know you're losing

the ranch.

I overheard you and Alice.

Well...

I think that's what Dad

was trying to tell me.

Oh?

I wanna help.

Well, John, unless you got

$5,000 squirreled away,

I'm afraid we're movin'.

That's a lot of money, Rudd.

Ain't no way to come by

it honestly, I'm afraid.

I don't do that anymore.

Yeah, I know.

I am due a few hundred on

account of Dad's passing.

You are more than

welcome to that.

I appreciate that.

You got any more apples?

Ah!

That was me.

That was me.

That was all me.

That was all me.

Well, obviously

you're still drunk

because that was me.

You are still

so full of sh*t.

Let's go get

another bottle.

That's a whole

lot of money.

I ain't after the money.

Hello, friend!

Be careful.

There are explosives

back there.

I'll be comin' for that.

This could get real messy.

Move along now.

I said, move along!

Move out!

You okay?

Yeah.

I should start chargin'

for medical attention.

I'd pay for it.

Hey, where you off to?

A loose end

I gotta tie up.

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa! Whoa!

COCHRANE:
Are you from

around these parts?

Born not five minutes

from here.

I can't stand this

god-forsaken place.

I can't wait

till I get back east.

It's civilized back there.

Money, medicine,

a man can get a decent

bottle of Scotch.

I'm lookin' for someone.

Anyone in particular?

Of course,

someone in particular.

A fellow named

John Mason.

I got three dead in Missouri

on account of him.

A man's gotta answer

for his crimes.

I mean, even if the victims

were devoid of any semblance

of moral rectitude,

the law is the law.

Well, spoken like

a real concerned citizen.

I imagine

that kind of concern

comes with a nice reward.

Yeah, I know John Mason.

He came through Promise

not two days back

lookin' for supplies

for a long trip.

Any idea which way

he was headed?

Sure could

use myself a drink.

He mentioned Nevada.

He said he had business

in Carson City.

Nevada.

Well, that there

ain't Scotch.

It's Bourbon.

From Kentucky!

Well, that's where Bourbon

comes from, doesn't it?

Well, you'd be surprised on

what passes for Bourbon

around these parts.

Mind if I be

keepin' that?

Not at all.

Thank you.

Gentlemen.

The next time I tell you

to get movin',

you f***in' move.

Easy, boss.

Yeah, easy, boss.

I'm gonna

take my share.

Good afternoon, Sheriff!

You're Dad Mason's son.

John.

The name is Hayden.

I ought to arrest you

where you stand.

You and Alice Gordon

used to steal

my daddy's crab apples.

I'll give you this,

you were fast as hell.

You still run like that?

Only when I have to.

Well, your father

was a good man.

Thank you, Sheriff.

Still lookin' to get

the men that did him.

The masked road agents

started up last year,

small time robbin'.

They usually work over

the border in Montana.

Never killed no one

before Dad.

Well, I'd appreciate

you keepin' me informed.

Thanks again.

Take it off.

Please.

I was thinkin'

I'd meet McClure

at the station.

Oh, that's your trouble.

Too much thinkin'.

No, no,

he's all right, boys.

He's a friend.

Come on in.

Hey, what kept you?

Oh...

Yeah, never mind.

Look at this.

We got the money.

Who else knows

about this?

Nobody.

What about

those two gorillas?

Oh, yeah, I trust them

like I trust you, John,

with my life.

That's the rail workers'

pay, huh?

Yeah.

It's a lot of money.

Yep.

So, you comin'

to the Double Cross

for supper tonight?

I'll be there.

Atta boy.

So, what do you

think of Alice?

She's pretty swell, huh?

Oh, yeah, no, she's...

She's real swell.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Alice Gordon?

And from

the sound of that,

I would say that

that is a peacemaker.

Well, if you know

this weapon then, uh,

I'm guessing you have

some understanding

of the mischief

it could cause

with a man's features.

May I come in?

He's supposed to have

killed a fellow in Tulsa

over a box of cigars.

A box of cigars.

Can you believe that?

No, John ain't like that.

Look, Miss Gordon,

you have no idea what

Dodge City can do to a man.

John Mason was sheriff there

for a while,

a good one.

Until things went bad.

And then really bad

as things sometimes do

in Dodge City.

May I offer you a drink?

What do you want with John?

What do I want with John?

Did you ever hear

the story about him

winning his freedom

from this hellhole

of a prison in Mexico?

About cutting cards

with this rich kid?

This kid who was a piece

of uneducated, loathsome...

I can't use the word in

the presence of a lady.

I love being in the presence

of a smart, beautiful woman.

What genius!

What a wonder that God

would take Adam's rib

and create Eve.

Brilliant.

Just brilliant.

Anyway, apparently

the prison was overcrowded

and they had just

brought in the Gaston Gang

and they needed room

to lock them up.

Have you not heard

of the Gaston Gang?

No, I have not.

Ah, nasty, very nasty.

Anyway, to make

a long story short,

the rich kid and John

were forced to cut cards

to see

who would be set free

and who would rot in hell.

Then John pulled

the big spade.

Lucky, huh?

What are the odds

of him doing that?

One in fifty-two.

Yes.

Yes, one in fifty-two.

I had the opportunity

to speak to two

of the Gaston Gang

who had been there

and they said that John

didn't touch the cards,

that the guards cut

the deck for them.

But the kid's family back

east doesn't believe that.

They think John cheated

and because the kid

died in prison,

they want their

pound of flesh

and that's why

they hired me,

to go find him.

And that's why

I want John Mason.

Because when

I bring him in,

or bring in

what's left of him,

that'll settle

all my debts,

give me

a little money to...

The aroma of you

is exquisite.

You are

a magnificent woman.

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