Deep Valley Page #3

Where's Libby?

She went

into the kitchen.

I'm afraid she doesn't

think much of me.

I'll attend to her. She can't treat

people who come here like that-

oh, forget it,

Mr. Saul.

It wasn't her fault.

I better get

going anyway

because this storm's

going to get worse.

I wish you wouldn't

go, Barker.

It's early yet. We

haven't finished the game.

I'll come back and

see you again sometime.

You're too lucky

tonight. So long.

Well, good night.

That was

a fine thing to do,

my high-and-mighty miss.

You insulted my guest.

That's the kind of women

I got in this house.

She thinks she's

too good for people.

Now you, you with

your yammering.

Please don't, pa.

I'm sorry.

I try to get nothing

but the very best for you,

and what do you do?

You go and act

like a fool!

Yeah, well, all the fine,

fancy manners she brags about,

it's too bad you wouldn't try

and learn some common ones.

Stop it, pa.

Libby! Libby!

Yeah, go on!

Go on upstairs

and soak up some more of the

poison she pours into you.

That's what

you want to do.

Mumbling and mumbling,

night after night.

Don't, pa.

P- please don't.

Y- you h-hate her,

and-and y-you

hate each other...

You shut up!

Your h-hate creeps up

and d-down the stairs.

I- it's been

in this house

ever since

I can r-remember.

Shut up!

And you hit her.

You shut up,

do you hear me?

Yes, you did! You hit

her, and I saw you.

I saw you!

Shut up, I tell you!

Hey, what was that?

Libby!

It's a landslide!

Sounds like half a mountain

pitching into the sea.

Libby!

Why don't you answer me?

Are you going to bed?

Did you take my matches?

I want to light the light.

Libby!

Libby.

Yes, ma?

What was that

awful rumble?

It shook

the whole house.

A landslide,

I think.

Did you find

my matches?

Why don't you

light the lamp?

I will, ma.

What was all that

with him?

I could hear him

yelling clear up here.

He... h-hit me.

What?

He hit me.

What have you got on?

You're not going out

in this storm, are you?

Yes, ma.

What?

I'm going, ma.

Libby,

you can't go away.

You wouldn't-

you wouldn't leave me when

you're all I have in the world.

What will become

of me, Libby?

You got to think

of that.

I'll die. I'll simply

lie here and die.

You couldn't be

so cruel.

Don't go, Libby.

Please.

Please don't go.

You can't leave me here

helpless, flat on my back,

alone in the house

with him.

You're not helpless.

You're up and around

this room all the time,

and you never think

of anyone but you.

You just s-stay up here

and go on hating and hating.

If I s-stay, I'll get

to doing it, too.

That's why

I'm going, ma.

Libby, don't.

,

Libby, come back!

It will be different,

Libby, I promise.

I'll get up.

I'll even let him

come upstairs.

Libby!

Libby! Come back!

Libby!

Hey, you fellas, come on down

and give me a hand.

What is it?

What is it?

The toolshed we locked

that guy up in last night.

Better get a tarpaulin.

This ain't gonna be pretty.

How many?

15 dead, not counting

the 2 guards.

That leaves three

unaccounted for, don't it?

I'm afraid you'll find those

20,000 tons of rock and stuff

will do the accounting,

sheriff.

Not till I see them,

it don't.

Hey, it's empty!

He ain't there!

What? You're crazy.

Just uncovered the

toolshed, Mr. billings.

He ain't in it.

Well, there you are.

That's another one. O.K.

I'll have to deputize

all you men.

Nobody in the county's

going to be safe

with birds like that

running loose.

All right, billings,

better get your men out

and start patrolling

the beach.

I'll get in touch with

the sheriff in the next county,

and we'll organize

a posse.

What about the woods?

We'll take care

of them.

Them mountains

are solid for 60 miles,

but we'll scour them if we have

to shinny up every tree.

Libby!

Libby!

Libby!

Libby.

Joe, we're home.

Boy, l... let's go

for a swim, huh?

Come on.

Come on, Joe.

Good boy.

Ah!

Don't do that again.

No, Joe!

Get away from me,

or I'll brain you!

Please, please.

Y- you b-better

put out the f-fire.

Someone m-might see

the s-smoke.

Where are we?

I mean, how far is it

from the camp down there?

Well, I-it would

take them a w-whole day

unless they knew

the t-trail.

Anybody else

ever come up here?

No. No one

ever came before.

Y- you're the first.

H- how did you

get away?

Did you s-shoot

someone?

No, I didn't. I picked

this up off a guard.

The whole mountain

must have fallen on us.

Must have killed

everybody,

everybody but me.

Soon as they find

out I got away,

they'll be after me.

They won't find you.

What makes you

think they won't?

A convict don't escape

one time in 100.

Well...

I- I'll help you.

Who do you think

you're kidding?

If I turn my back

on you,

you'd be off like

a shot to tell them.

You can go north

off of the Castro draw

if you know

how to find it.

I'll show you.

Why should

you help me?

Wait a minute.

Where do you think

you're going?

I was only going to

let him in.

You leave him alone.

Leave him alone.

We're staying right here.

It's a pretty good

hideout.

You try to run away

or pull anything funny,

you're going to get hurt, understand?

No.

Well, you better.

Why should

you h-hurt me

when I w-want to

help you?

Yeah. You

want to help me.

That's where the "Why" comes in. Why?

Well, I-I know how it feels to

be s- shut up and k-kept away

from everyone who's happy

and loves each other.

No, you don't.

No one does unless he's

been where I've been.

But I do.

I'm running away.

Don't you see?

I'm running away, too.

I- I'll get us

s- something to eat.

Come on, boy.

Here we are, now.

Watch it.

This is

very special.

Gee, that's wonderful.

My old man taught me

to make fish traps.

Your pa?

Yeah.

He ran a machine shop

down in L.A.,

but we used to go up

in the woods together a lot.

Did your mother and

father love each other?

Oh, I don't know.

I guess so.

They were

always laughing.

I used to hear them in the

middle of the night just laughing.

My old man wasn't

much good after ma died.

He didn't last long,

and I'm glad of it.

Oh, y-you mustn't

say that.

Why not? I mean it.

What happened to me would

have killed him anyway.

Shh!

Got away.

Yeah.

Too bad you don't wear

any stockings.

I- I don't have

any stockings.

If you did,

I could make a fishnet.

Did you like

the woods?

Not as much

as the sea.

I was always crazy

about boats.

I had a boat

of my own once.

Yeah?

Yeah. I like nothing

around me but...

Open space, open water

in all directions...

As far as

you could see,

as far as you

could think, even.

I- I like the woods.

I like the big trees

over me and...

Close to me.

Listen.

No. I meant

listen to the trees.

Don't you hear?

I hear the wind,

and that's all

I want to hear.

Oh, I hear much more

than the wind.

I- I hear them w-

whispering and laughing.

You're the funniest kid

I ever saw.

A- and then

s- sometimes,

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