Duel in the Sun Page #8

just for a kiss?

You're gonna get

what you gave Sam Pierce.

That just goes to show you...

there ain't no gratitude

for nothing.

If it wasn't for me,

you'd be tied up...

with that brokendown

cowhand right now.

You might as well marry pa.

Sam Pierce was a good man,

and you're a skunk.

Of all the ornery females.

One minute you're yammering...

because I don't

love you enough...

and when I go out

and show you how much I do...

you're wanting to plug me.

You're my girl, honey.

I was your girl.

Anybody who was my girl

is still my girl.

That's the kind of guy I am.

You know... loyal.

Stay back.

There ain't nobody

gonna take my girl.

Nobody.

Never.

I'm saving you, tiger cat.

Just when I figure

I'm doing fine and dandy...

I start thinking about you,

and nothing else is any good.

Here.

What's going on around here?

Come in.

Howdy, Senator.

Sorry to be busting in

on you like this.

It's all right, sheriff.

How's tricks?

How's the law-breaking

business?

Pretty quiet... since Lewt left.

Yeah, pretty dull

without him around.

Ain't heard from him lately,

have you, Senator?

Lewt? Here. Have a bite.

Don't mind if I do.

Wish I could afford this brand.

The next batch I get,

I'll send you some.

No, I ain't heard

a word from Lewt...

since he was attacked

by that no-account Sam Pierce.

How's your other son

feel about it?

I ain't got no other son.

Funny thing... one of the boys...

Lewt? I wish it was so.

Don't mind if I have

a look around, do you?

No. Go ahead, sheriff.

You got your duties to do.

I'm sorry you're gonna have

your trouble for nothing.

I hear Mrs. McCanles

has been feeling kind of poorly.

It ain't nothing.

Just getting

a little old, I guess.

You reckon the missus

would mind...

if I kind of

looked around her room?

No. Why should she mind?

Go ahead.

Sid, ain't you moved yet?

Come in.

- Evening, ma'am.

- Sheriff.

Sorry to disturb

your privacy, ma'am.

Sheriff Thompson, what is it?

It's really nothing, ma'am.

One of the boys

had a fool notion...

that Lewt was around here.

I'm afraid if Lewton

were around...

I'd be the last person

to know it.

Sorry.

Oh, my sons.

My sons.

Let's try this one.

Who's that?

Is that you, girl?

What do you want?

It's me... Sheriff Thompson.

You ain't seen Lewt, have you?

Lewt? That murdering,

sneaking no-account.

I wish I could see him.

I reckon you do.

I was forgetting

about Sam Pierce.

Sorry.

Good night.

See you at the hanging.

Poor old Mac.

He don't know how close he came

to getting plugged.

Be quiet. It ain't safe yet.

It ain't safe for them,

you mean.

There they go now.

I think I'll light out

for Mexico.

Mexico?

Yeah.

I'm gonna grab me a ranch...

that'll make this place

look like a gopher hole.

It would be like heaven,

being in Mexico together.

I'll show these

heel-squatters around here...

a thing or two about ranching.

You can do it, too.

- Lewt.

- Huh?

- Go saddle my pinto.

- What for?

- While I get ready.

- Ready for what?

I'm going with you, of course.

Hurry up.

You wouldn't like it

down there, honey.

Sure, I will. I'll be

a big help to you, too.

I can cook, and I can shoot

as good as you...

and I never get tired riding.

You'll try to stop me

from doing things...

yammering about me

maybe getting shot...

or start all over again

about marrying somebody.

No. I promise I won't never say

another word about marrying.

You'll probably

want to go with me...

every time I feel

like going on a bust...

or playing me some poker.

I wouldn't, honest.

Just so long

as I could be near you.

I'm gonna live my own way.

Nobody's gonna hog-tie me.

Please.

I'll come back

every once in a while...

and see you, like tonight.

I'll do anything you say.

Honey, I love you. I'll see you

every time I come back.

I'll send for you someday.

Honest I will.

I want to go with you.

I've got to go with you.

Will you stop your yammering?

I've got to mosey!

You love me!

You said you loved me!

Nobody else can have me

because I'm yours!

I don't want anybody else!

I want you!

I'm yours!

Nobody else can have me!

You said nobody ever!

Now take me with you!

You've got to take me!

Please! Please, honey!

- Shut up!

- Lewt, honey, please!

Begging your pardon, ma'am...

I'd like to say

all us boys at the Bit...

is praying mighty hard

that you get...

All right, Ken. All right now.

You just wait downstairs.

I'll let you know

when I need you.

Will you thank the boys for me?

Tell them it isn't

quite as hard to go...

as they may think.

What are you

talking that way for?

Anybody would think

you was dying.

I'm a nuisance to you

even to the end.

It's the first time

you've been in this room...

since that night.

Don't bring that up.

I never had the courage

to discuss it with you before...

but it doesn't matter now.

I've paid for my mistake.

You've hated me

all through the years.

You paid? What about me,

with these legs?

As useless as a hog-tied steer.

And all because you

couldn't stand to be...

mistress of the biggest

ranch in Texas.

And why? I'll tell you why.

Nobody needed to tell me...

who you was running away to

that night.

Nobody needed to tell me

you was running to Chavez.

That's not true. It's not true.

I was running away,

but not to Scott.

Not to Scott.

True or not, you left me.

And true or not,

I went after you...

like any lovesick,

half-baked boy would do.

I'd give anything...

anything to undo it.

I loved you, Laura Belle.

Yes, sir, I loved you.

Kept on saying to myself

all through the years...

that I hated you,

until finally I did hate you.

In my heart,

I knew all the time...

it wasn't your fault, though.

It was my fault.

It was my jealousy

that made me like I was...

hard and cruel-like...

till I guess

you had to leave me.

I never should have

gone out after you that night.

But when I found out

you was gone...

I got to thinking

you was going to him...

and I couldn't stand it.

I swore I'd stop you

and bring you back.

I went crazy.

Yes, that's what it was.

I just went crazy.

And I rode through the night

like a drunken Comanche.

It was my own crazy jealousy

that threw me off that horse.

Jackson, forgive me.

Look at me.

You're my husband... my very own.

Hiya, boys.

- It's Jesse.

- Well, I'll be.

He's got a lot of gall,

coming back here.

Where do you think you're going?

I thought I told you

to keep out of my sight.

I just found out

my mother is dying...

and I came to see her,

and I intend to see her.

They tell me

you're the big noise now...

with them trespassing thieves.

I hope my good fortune

doesn't distress you too much.

They're even talking

about putting you...

up for public office.

They must pay high

for double-crossers.

Senator,

let's not discuss that.

I'm afraid we

see things differently.

Nothing on earth

would bring me here...

You're mighty lucky my men

didn't take a shot at you.

That was their orders.

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