McCabe & Mrs. Miller Page #4

- Pick him up.

- Get the other leg.

Take it slow.

I don't have much time.

Who took the bottle of gin?

It's in my room.

Kate?

- I'll get it.

- Alma, you go and get it.

- Where is it?

- Under my pillow.

It's under her pillow.

The booze stays down here.

Come on, girls,

she's going to be here any minute.

How are we doing? Nearly finished?

I took some of the pink off.

Do you think you could

write "Birdie" there?

You think you can do that?

All right.

- You like this? Pink and white?

- Yeah, very pretty.

Thank you very much.

I'll get back to you later.

Mr. McCabe?

Excuse me. My name is Sears.

Eugene Sears.

I'm Roebuck. Who's watching the store?

I'm with

M.H. Harrison Shaughnessy Mining Co.

- We'd like to have a little talk with you.

- No sh*t?

The truth of the matter is, Mr. McCabe...

we're interested

in the mining deposits up here.

The truth of the matter is,

I would like to have a little drink.

- Care to join me?

- We'd like to buy you a drink, Mr. McCabe.

Wait a minute.

You got a turd in your pocket?

- Who the hell is "we"?

- This is Ernie Hollander.

You want a drink, Ernie?

Sure, I'd like a drink,

but my stomach can't handle it.

I don't want you to misunderstand.

There's nothing to misunderstand.

You want to buy out the zinc, go ahead.

I don't own any goddamn zinc mines.

Bobby, get us a bottle up here.

Hey, you boys know

about the frog that got ate by the eagle?

Here's this big old eagle, swooped down

and gobbled up this little frog, see.

And the little frog is inside the eagle

and they're way up in the air.

The frog is working his way back

in the eagle, working his way back...

and he looked out the eagle's ass

and says, "Hey, eagle!"

He says, "How high up are we?"

And the eagle says,

"Well, we're up about a mile, two miles."

And the frog says:

"Well, you wouldn't sh*t me now,

would you?"

That's good. That's really good.

I'll have to remember that.

We know you're a businessman,

and we're businessmen, so...

we'd like to make you an offer:

Buy out your holdings

here in Presbyterian Church.

All right. How much?

I'd like to point out a few things.

Why don't you just tell me how much,

then you can point out all the things...

- What the hell kind of coat is that?

- That's sealskin.

The company won't go over $5,500,

I know that.

Well, that ain't high enough, is it?

Now listen, we just bought out Sheehan

down there for $1,600.

The hotel, his livery stable,

the whole works.

Well, you certainly got f***ed there,

didn't you?

Listen, Mr. McCabe,

if we can't talk this over reasonably...

We were empowered to work with you...

because we were led to believe

you were the town's leading citizen.

A man of good common sense,

if you know what I mean.

Roebuck, you know...

if a frog had wings, he wouldn't

bump his ass so much. Follow me?

What?

I got better offers than that

from Monkey Ward.

So now, if you boys

want to talk business with me...

what you've got to do is get your offer

way up there in the air, where it belongs.

Smalley, fill up that no-limit game for me,

will you?

Well, what do you think of that?

Well, he's a real smart ass.

Happy Birthday, Birdie!

Did you make that, Lily? It's beautiful.

Mr. McCabe isn't here.

Don't worry about McCabe.

I don't think he'll be over.

Well, he was tying one on.

You have to make a wish.

What did you wish?

I want the one with the flower

in the middle.

Bend my head down. No, thank you.

I'd just like a piece of cake.

I want the one with the flower.

Connie, aren't you going to stay

and have a piece of my cake?

What's wrong with her?

She's gotten into one of those quiet times.

Who's there?

It's me.

What do you want?

Open the door. Come on.

Listen.

Don't think you can fool me with that

bay rum again, because it won't work.

You had a bath?

I've been in the goddamn water so long...

my ass is wrinkled up. Now open the door.

You make me sick sometimes.

Can't you even turn up

for that poor girl's birthday party?

I'll tell you, little lady.

A couple of gimpers came in the saloon

and offered to buy me out.

- My whole spread.

- Who would do a dull thing like that?

It's Harrison Shaughnessy,

something like that. Offered me $5,500.

Take your hat off the bed. It's bad luck.

$5,500. It ain't bad, is it, Mrs. Miller?

And I played it smart as a possum.

I gave them a "no,"

and went on my business.

Just turned them down flat as a pancake.

What's going to happen is

they'll be back with a better offer.

And I think your share is going to be...

- Let me see.

- Think.

What did you say?

I should have known.

You turned down Harrison Shaughnessy.

You know who they are?

- Of course, I know who they are.

- You just better hope they come back.

They'd as soon put a bullet in you

as look at you.

Kate and Mr. Anderson...

- Mr. McCabe in there with her?

- How would I know?

I ain't got a whole lot of time.

You got no respect.

Two gentlemen downstairs

to see Mr. McCabe.

Is he in there with you?

Yes.

Mr. McCabe will be with you

in just a wee minute...

so you wait right there.

You're spending your profits.

- Gentlemen.

- Mr. McCabe.

- Do you gentlemen smoke cigars?

- No, thank you.

- Mr. McCabe, Mr. Hollander and I...

- Here.

We appreciate you wanting to take

a strong position. In fact, we admire it.

- Ernie, do you want to?

- No, you go ahead and say it.

What we'd like to do is,

we'd like to make a new approach.

You remember our offer this evening?

- No.

- Well, it was $5,500.

That's why I don't remember it. $5,500.

Ernie, I think we can get the company

to come up with another $750.

That would make it $6,250.

Of course, we'd have to have

an immediate answer on that.

Well, Mr. Sears...

the immediate answer to that is, "No."

I have to tell you the rest of my story.

Come on.

Excuse me, if I may intercede here.

Mr. McCabe, may I call you John?

I have a son called John, not unlike you.

You've done a wonderful job here.

You've built up a beautiful business.

And here we are, ready to give you

a substantial gain in capital.

An offer from one of the most

solid companies in the United States.

And you say, "No."

Well, frankly, I don't understand.

I don't have to tell you that our people

are going to be quite concerned...

if you know what I mean.

The way I feel about this is that

you gentlemen come up here, and you...

want a man in my position

to sell off his property.

I think there's got to be a good reason.

Now, I'd think that a pretty good reason

would be $14,000, $15,000.

Why don't you come by tomorrow

for breakfast, and we'll just talk about it.

Say about 8:
00?

Blanche, Birdie. Come over here.

Now this here is Mr. Sears,

and Mr. Hollander.

Mr. Sears, how are you?

- You take good care of these gentlemen.

- You look lovely tonight.

Would you like to have a drink,

or go upstairs?

Everything's on me.

- Is that your pleasure? Upstairs?

- We haven't had dinner yet.

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