I Shot Jesse James Page #4

- You remember Cynthy Waters?

Yeah, I remember.

I'm gonna bring her back

a mountain of money.

Is that what she wants?

Mm-hmm. We're gonna get married

when I strike it.

#Beautiful dreamer #

# Queen of my song #

# List while I woo thee #

#With soft melody #

- # Gone are the cares of #

- That's what Cynthy used to sing to me.

#Life's busy throng #

# Beautiful dreamer

awake unto me #

# Beautiful dreamer #

#Awake unto me ##

Yahoo!

Yahoo! I made it!

Yahoo!

Kelley! Kelley, my lad, I made it.

Look at it.

A ton'll carry $200.

- Yahoo!

- Be careful now, Soapy. Be careful.

Don't let anybody know where.

You're drunk.

Sure, I'm drunk.

Come on. Let's all get drunk.

- Right, Soapy.

- Ajug of your best for my friend Soapy.

- Those men with him, do you know 'em?

- Nope.

Looks like they're gonna

strike it rich tonight too.

A man gets that drunk,

it's his own neck. Whiskey.

All you gotta do is sign, Soapy,

and we give you 500 in cash.

- Sign what?

- We're buyin' your rights for 500.

- In cash.

- Remember?

Huh? Oh, yeah. Sure, sure, sure.

Come on, Soapy.

I'm gonna take you home.

Go on, Kelley! Give it to 'im!

Attaboy!

I don't mind you pullin' a gun

on a man when he ain't got one.

That's his own fault.

Anything can happen to a man

when he ain't got his guns.

That old drunk there,

if you want his mine...

why don't you shoot him and take it?

I don't like a man going around

the back way and pulling a sneak.

Kelley, you-you're great.

Come on, Soapy.

I'm gonna take you home.

Yahoo! Yahoo!

- Where's Kelley?

- He got up early.

- Where'd he go?

- He checked out.

- Where's Kelley?

- Nobody tells anybody where they're workin' a claim.

I ain't anybody!

- He stole my ring.

- Kelley wouldn't.

He checked out.

Bring me some coffee.

Heard what you did for me

last night, Mr. Ford...

and I wanna tell ya

it was decent of ya.

And you're wrong about Kelley.

- I think maybe -

- Who asked you to think?

You're here to make a strike,

ain't ya?

You got a piece of ground?

Ever do any prospectin'?

You know, for an old man,

you ask a lot of questions.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Everybody wants to live long,

but nobody wants to be old.

I'm old and a little tired.

Well, I just left a bed.

You can have it.

No, I mean tired of workin' my mine.

I was thinkin', maybe -

Look, you don't have to give me a reward

for shootin' them two fellas.

Who said anything about a reward?

You'll have to work.

And you can't tell. We're liable

to run into Kelley anywhere along the river.

What do you wanna cut me in for?

You -You struck it.

What do you need anyone for?

The bartender told me

why you was here for diggings.

Most of us just want the money.

You want it to get hitched.

That's the highest point

in a man's life, Mr. Ford - gettin' hitched.

- What are you drivin' at?

- There ain't no place so high...

that you can't reach it

with a burro's load of pay dirt.

You know, you don't look like a man

that makes much sense, but you sure do.

Why sit here eatin' your heart out

waitin' for a man you think stole your ring...

when you've got a chance to win gold

and wear it or hoard it...

or spend it or lend it or lose it...

or use it to get hitched?

I got nothin' to work with.

You got hands.

Better than hardtack, ain't it?

And I shot that mountain lion,

which was only 20 feet behind Soapy.

We've been digging for weeks,

and we're going to keep on digging.

Nighttime is when it's-

Well, it's nighttime.

What'll you do

if he does strike it rich?

I don't know.

I don't remember if it was

Shakespeare or Aristotle...

but one of them once said...

"No one loves the man

whom he fears. "

Telegram.

- For me?

- Uh, no. For you, Miss Cynthy.

I seen you wear black before,

but now it -

it kinda makes you seem taller.

Hello, Bob.

Yeah, but not taller maybe. You're -

You're lookin' kinda different.

Perhaps I'm tired.

Yeah.

Your telegram said

you'd be arriving at 6:00.

Oh, it was the other way around.

I said we'd be leaving at 6:00.

Yeah, I - I'm kinda mixed up.

Oh, I see you brought him with you.

Harry had a little tough luck in St. Joe,

and he thought -

Well, as long as this is a boomtown...

maybe they'd like to pay money

for a real heartwarmin' drama.

I hope you got yourself

a new leading lady, Harry...

'cause Cynthy and I, we -

Come on.

I got a surprise for ya.

What's the matter, Cynthy?

Don't you like it?

I guess you're all wore out

from the trip.

You know, I sent to Denver for a dressmaker

to make you a weddin' dress.

You've gone to a lot of trouble, Bob,

and I -

You know, people'll see us courtin'.

It'll be the biggest weddin' in -

No, it ain't the trip that's tired you.

There's somethin' bothering you.

When somethin' bothers us -We gotta

talk things out when somethin' bothers us.

Come in.

Go on.

All right, tell him.

I stole your ring

when you went to sleep that night.

Give it to him.

Go on. Get outta here.

Don't ever call me a thief.

He can put that ring

on your finger now, Mrs. Ford.

I'm not Mrs. Ford yet.

You go freshen up.

You must be tired, huh?

I'll fix up a room for Kane and myself.

You go freshen up.

That clerk shot outta here like a bullet.

I knowed the minute you blew back,

you'd clear that up.

He did the same thing last year

in Jefferson City.

When you grabbed him behind his desk,

I sure thought he was a dead one.

- How'd you make out with your claim?

- No good.

You should've come in

with me and Ford.

He's rich now, real rich.

- You need any grubstakin'?

- Nope.

You got any money?

You goin' out

to hammer them hills again?

- Got a cigar?

- Sure.

How long did you say it would take

to make me marshal?

- Five minutes.

- You'd better tell your friends.

Fella's gotta eat.

Let me have my bag.

You got a reason

to stay in town now, eh?

- Yep.

- Hey, did you see the bride?

She's no bride yet.

Uh, Veronica...

better wait with those bags.

Have you told him yet?

- I couldn't.

- Why are you wasting time?

I'm not particularly fond of him,

but even a traitor like Bob Ford -

- Harry.

- Yes, even he deserves consideration.

- Well, it isn't easy.

- Why, of course it isn't easy...

but you've got

to tell him the truth.

Tell him that you're on your way to Denver,

that we're going to open a new show.

Cynthy.

Perhaps I've exaggerated now and then

about... your acting ability.

But your honesty,

that's a quality I've -

I've always admired in you.

Thank you, Harry.

So you'll tell him you're not

going to marry him. Now.

I can't.

Why? Why? Why can't you?

I'm afraid of him.

All right, Veronica,

you can take the bags in.

Well, I -

I guess I'm stuck in this town too.

Oh.

You heard him, Veronica.

I bought her 20 dresses and - Say, you

oughta try getting married too, Soapy.

Listen, Soapy.

Think what we could do here.

I'm offering you a chance to invest in the first

professional theater in the town of Creede.

- How much gold will it take?

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