Fort Dobbs Page #3

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Do you believe him?

I believe what your father said.

Sometimes things can

look one way,

and turn out to be

all together something else.

Give me the gun.

Hello!

I'm Mrs. Grey,

the Comanches burned our house.

Get Chad inside.

Get on the wall!

Who's in charge here?

I am.

Hello, Gar.

I heard you were dead on

the bottom of that canyon.

It seems it was wrong.

How soon they are

gonna try us again?

There is no telling, they've

got everything in their way.

They won't be in any hurry

to get it over with.

We thought we would be safe here.

We started from Largo with

15 wagons. The whole town.

That's all that's left.

You'd think they've had

enough killing by now.

What are we gonna do?

The only thing we can do...

Bury the dead and wait.

Gar...

Just for the record,

if we get out of here...

you're going back with me.

Really quiet, aren't they?

Too quiet.

Mrs. Grey?

Yes.

Gar told me about your husband.

He told you?

Yes, ma'am.

He said us how you thought he did it.

A Comanche arrow killed

your husband, Mrs. Grey.

Gar traded clothes with him

to keep him from hanging.

What about the dead man in Largo?

That's all together different.

When Gar Davis first came to Largo

he was making his way with a gun.

For four years he was either

in trouble or in jail,

and mostly both.

Then he met a woman.

Talk had it they were

gonna get married.

Gar even went to work,

outside the town.

At the end of the week

he'd coming to be with her.

But in between, well...

She didn't act like

a woman intended.

There were those who told her that

she was gonna get herself in trouble,

carrying on behind Gar's back.

Taking up with this man,

and then the next.

But she wouldn't listen.

One night she got herself hurt.

The fellow she was running

with had been drinking.

He got mean, he beat her so

she could hardly walk.

When Gar found out about it

she lied to him,

just as she's been doing all along.

She told him how the fellow had no

call to do what he had done to her.

Gar believed her.

He swore he'd kill him.

I could have stooped him, Ms. Grey,

but how do you tell a man

that his woman is no good.

How do you tell a man?

Mr. Davis.

Yes, ma'am?

The sheriff told me

what happened in Largo.

Did he?

You must have loved her very much.

I've been wrong all along,

and I'm sorry.

There's something the sheriff

didn't tell you.

That man, the one I killed,

before he died he told me

how it was with her.

I was the only one in

Largo who didn't know.

She was no good.

The trouble is that I had to

kill a man to find that out.

What are you gonna do?

That night, alone, if can I get

to Santa Fe and get help.

But they'll kill you.

I'll try.

Please don't do it.

It's the only thing I can do.

I thought it over.

It's the only chance we got.

He is right, Ms. Grey.

Are you gonna let him go?

Anybody can get through the dark.

Fetch up a couple of wagons,

and send them out empty.

We can make them think we're

trying to make a run for it.

Maybe they'll keep them busy enough

to get me across that open ground.

Right.

Gar...

Yes, ma'am?

Be careful.

I plan to.

Mr. Davis?

Good luck.

Thanks, Chad.

Are you ready?

Ready as I'll ever be.

And Sheriff, just for

that record of yours...

The day I went looking for Johanson I

didn't plan on killing him like I said,

I just figured on beating

him like he did to her.

There was a gun on the table between us

and he went for it, I had no choice.

Don't keep us waiting.

Open them up!

Move them out!

You're looking for me?

You could yourself be killed

sneaking on a man that way.

Where's that woman?

I left her in Dobbs.

And why did you do that for?

Half the people in Largo are

forted up there, they need help.

What's the matter of

all them soldiers?

The Comanches overrun them

before we got there.

They sent you out, huh?

What are they trying to do?

Save themselves of the trouble hang you?

I was going to Santa Fe, now that

I found you, I won't have to.

One more man ain't gonna do any good.

I'm not talking about one man.

I'm talking about these guns.

They ain't for sale right now.

I ain't buying.

It sounds like you

want to take them.

If I have to.

Gar, you got real lucky back there.

Because I've got me a rule,

I never fight a man over a woman,

I think it ain't worth it.

But these Henrys are something else.

The Comanches are gonna be

hitting Dobbs real quick.

If we start now we can

still be back in time.

There's a lot of women

and children there.

I guess you don't understand, do you?

It's everything I got

wrapped up in them rifles.

I'm gonna sell them in Santa Fe

and I'm gonna ride out there rich.

Than I'm gonna keep clean out of

this territory for a bit long.

Now look Gar, there ain't no sense in

this going against each other like this.

If it wasn't for me, you'd be dead back there

in that canyon where the Comanches jumped you.

You remember that, don't you?

Yeah, I remember.

I figured you would.

Now, you know you're on the run

the same as I am.

Why don't we just ride along together?

I'm getting tired of

being out here all alone.

Give me a hand, Clett.

Do you think if you save them back there

in Dobbs is gonna make any difference?

They ain't got not use for the likes

like you and me. They never will either.

I'm taking the guns.

You wouldn't try it.

It looks like there's no other way.

What are they waiting for?

They'll be along.

Feeling better, Willy?

- I'll be all right.

- Good.

You men get back to the wall.

It won't do any good sheriff, there

ain't enough of us to hold on.

If they clobber us like last time,

they'll overrun us for sure.

There just ain't enough of us, sheriff.

Yes, may I say we sent

the wrong man for help.

Like it or not, he's still running.

You got a gun.

Nobody asked me.

Nobody asked him either.

Now get back up and

stay on the wall.

Or give your guns to the women.

There you are.

Thank you, ma'am.

Mrs. Grey?

You'll be safer inside.

Do you think he got through?

I hope so.

Sheriff...

Get on in with the boy, Mrs. Grey,

You women get on inside the house.

The men back on the wall!

Open the gate!

They had enough.

Can I help?

Yes, please.

Well, they'll all be back

in Largo in a few days.

Yes, ma'am.

What about yourself?

I figure to go on to Santa Fe.

I've been talking to the sheriff,

and he said these two horses

should bring in enough money for

a coach pay to St. Louis.

My family is there and

they'll take care of us.

I see.

I wanna thank you for everything

you've done for us.

Mrs. Grey...

I've been thinking it...

That's your horse I'm riding,

you ought to take him along with you.

I hope we can manage without him.

Goodbye, madam.

Goodbye.

I understand Mrs. Grey and the

boy are going on to Santa Fe.

I don't suppose anybody would mind much if

you'd be riding along and see if they got there.

Please, Mr. Davis?

We've come this far together.

Well?

You're forgetting something,

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