Jane Got a Gun Page #2

So now you're gonna stand up

and take me to your house.

If he ain't there,

I'll give you my word,

I probably ain't

gonna kill you.

But I sure as hell gonna...

The hell are you?

You okay, Jane?

What's your stake

in this, cowboy?

Well, I'm not sure yet.

Why don't you holster

those Colts...

let that lady be,

and we can talk.

How about

you lower that rifle...

and I make it worth your while.

Really? How so?

Split a bounty with you?

Fixin' to get Bill Hammond.

Well, how much?

Enough.

D-Dan.

Shut up, Jane.

You help us out, we cut you in.

Maybe I even share

this one with you.

Course, I get to go first.

Me and Jane got some...

We gotta get out of here.

Give me a minute.

Katie?

She's fine.

How are you feeling?

Turn me over. Turn me over.

I'm here.

Okay?

Sorry I was gone so long.

I brought help.

Lie down. Relax.

That all seems so far away.

They already got plenty of men.

I gotta go, Jane.

No, you want to go.

You know, the war

isn't gonna last very long.

They say I'll be back

in a couple of months.

Jane, really.

I will be back...

in a couple of months,

and we'll go wherever you want.

Well, I want to go see

the Pacific.

I want to step my feet

where there's no further to go.

Well, that is

what we're gonna do.

I love you.

Then stay.

We best get moving.

Boys, we got another one dead.

Found Fitchum

all shot up in an alley.

Half his head on one side,

half his head on another.

A man and woman

seen leaving Lullaby

before the blood dried.

And the girl

fit the description

of our old friend Jane.

Now, Fitchum's demise

brings Hammond's tally

to five dead men,

disregarding his heroics

at the whorehouse

we all remember.

Now, we'll spread out

across this valley here.

Question every living soul.

We will turn over every rock

until that snake

slithers out into sight.

Well...

let's hope the Bishop boys

are all very big and fat.

Ham taught me how to hunt.

Rabbit stew doesn't taste

very good without rabbits.

Is that a way in?

There's only one way in,

one way out.

That's why we chose

to build here.

What about the ridge?

You can maybe get up there.

Good luck getting down.

Okay, so he says,

"They're coming."

Well, how many might "they" be?

I don't know.

Used to be more than

a dozen of them,

but that was a long time ago.

Could be any number

of them by now.

Minus the four

your husband shot.

And the one that you sent

to the bone orchard.

Pardon me, ma'am.

I was wondering if you could

take a look at this photograph.

I-I'm searching for my fiancee,

Jane Ballard.

Pardon me, sir.

Take a look at this photograph.

Last I knew, she was traveling

on a train of wagons.

From Missouri.

Been searching far and wide

for her.

Yeah, she is. She's beautiful.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you for your time.

Pardon me, friend.

I'm...

seeking to find someone.

Believe she might have traveled

here to Raphael.

Name of Jane Ballard.

You wouldn't happen to be

the same Dan Frost

who gained such renown

during the late war,

now, would you?

I-I believe

you put a-a Reb general,

as well as a lot of other

high-profile grays,

under your belt early on in

the conflict. Is that correct?

Why, he don't look like

no hero to me.

He look more like Spoons.

Or kin to him.

He's a-a former associate

of ours

who had an unfortunate

proclivity for the pilfering

of silverware.

He's no longer under my employ.

He's dead.

Beauregard carried this

in Shiloh.

Now, that is the prize

of my collection.

Did you know that Shiloh means

"place of peace" in Hebrew?

Ain't nothing peaceful

about Shiloh.

No, indeed.

Indeed.

So, what is your...

interest here, Mr. Frost,

in that woman?

I know that she traveled west

with a train of wagons.

Wagons belonging to you.

And I've been

tracking her path.

Why would you do that?

She's my fiancee.

And I...

I hope to bring her home.

Then I suggest you find

Bill Hammond there, Sure Shot.

Who's Bill Hammond?

Who's Bill Hammond?

Bill Hammond...

is another former associate

of ours.

He fixated on Jane

along the journey.

He absconded with her

in the dead of night.

They haven't been seen

in roughly a year's time.

Now, we searched for them,

naturally, but...

well, it's a big country.

There's negatives

and positives here, Mr. Frost.

The negative is that...

Bill Hammond is a wretched

and remorseless individual.

The positive is

that I would presume

that he's kept Jane alive.

Now, I imagine

one could fight a case

for that also being a negative,

now I come to think on it.

He's worth 2,000.

Now, I would be happy

to double that

if you saw fit to bring Hammond

back here to Raphael

for a reckoning.

I'd like to offer you

two of my best men

to assist you in your quest.

Now, what befell Jane is

very troubling to all of us,

and we would like to help you

to set it right.

Shall I have the men saddle up?

Well, with respect...

I...

I prefer to ride alone.

If you cannot hold your tongue,

I will cut it out of your head.

Goddamn it.

Where's my horse?

Best chance we got.

If they only see

the one horse...

you're home alone.

Listen, if it all falls down,

we're gonna need an escape.

Now, you say that you can

ride up that ridge

but not down.

Does that mean

y-you've ever ridden it?

Ham's not fit

to get on a horse, Dan.

Well, all right, then.

Well, I'm gonna need

your help, then.

I'm gonna need you to fetch

all the wooden planks

that are inside the shed,

and I need you to pile them up

on the porch,

and I'm gonna need to take

a look inside the house.

Ham.

This is the help

I told you about.

I'll start a fire, all right?

No, no.

Jane.

No fire.

Smoke is like waving a flag.

You know, if he's cold, he...

he can piss all on himself.

What's this? What's in here?

So how old's the child now?

She's five.

Took her to my friend's.

Kerosene that you got

in the shed...

You got any more of that?

Think I got a couple more tins

in the kitchen.

All right.

I'm gonna need you

to empty all of these.

Jane.

Go around the ridge!

Take your men to the east!

Jane!

Jane!

Where are we going?

It's a surprise.

Just wait.

They're not gonna let you

in the army

if you run like that.

Hey!

Jane!

Come on!

Come on, cousin!

We only got an hour

before we pack up for Topeka!

Come on, get a move on!

Dan.

How are you?

Come on board, Dan.

All right,

squeeze by there, partner.

There we go.

All right, little cousin,

hold on for the ride.

Wonder if we'll be able

to see the ocean from here.

What if we just stayed up here

and never came down?

Wouldn't that be something?

That would be something.

My.

That's Dan Frost, ain't it?

You told me he was dead.

I thought he was.

He was the only one

I could go to.

This is a job for him.

Nothing more.

Jars are empty.

I need you to fill

about 20 of them with kerosene.

And leave two fingers

at the top.

And break some of

the bottles into shards, too.

And round up all the nails

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