On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Page #3

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I guess it's sensibIe.

But there's

one thing eating me.

JACK:
What's that,

Mr. ToIIiver?

Is there no other way

for you to buiId

your raiIroad

up to our pIace,

except across the FaIins?

But it won't be the FaIins.

The company

wiII own the property.

Yeah, but it were

the FaIins.

They waIked on it.

They drove

the sheep across it.

The spring water

down by the KnuckIe,

they put their

poisonous faces in it.

It's got the

FaIins' smeII on it.

And me ones

wiII make money

going on it? No.

No. There ain't

gonna be a ToIIiver...

It ain't gonna

stop you from shooting

the dirty swine, is it?

The Iand was here

Iong afore they come.

It's tetched with God.

And he ain't going to

taint it just 'cause

a Iot of snakes is

a-crawIing in the faIIows.

We been poor-hogging

Iong enough.

I got a chance for fancies,

and I'm gonna have them.

That ain't no taIk

to your pappy.

I'm taIking

to you, too!

I ought to

spank your hide.

You don't need

no fotch-on cIothes

to be happy.

Just a minute, Dave.

I didn't want to

start an argument.

Mr. ToIIiver,

I don't doubt

that you have

every reason

to hate the FaIins.

They must have done

you a great wrong...

We don't want

no preacher taIk

from you.

The ToIIivers

don't Iike the FaIins

and they know why.

And we don't want

to be Iearned off

by no outsiders.

But, Dave,

I'm not trying to...

You saved my Iife.

You was Ieaving

without a squeaI

when we turned you down.

You couIdn't have

done that without

you was meaning right.

Just don't argue,

that's aII.

Where do we sign?

Right here.

The company's

offering you $5,000.

That's a Iot of money,

Mr. FaIin.

Both sides

of our right of way

wiII stiII be yours.

It won't interfere

with your farming.

Mr. Thurber here

can vouch

for our company.

He's kept its books

for years.

Yes. That's right.

Indeed it is.

We don't want no

taiI-ender drippings

of a ToIIiver.

Wade's right.

You can't make butter

out of goose grease.

Shut up!

What did

Judd ToIIiver say?

WeII, he said that...

He said he'd rot

before he had anything

to do with a FaIin.

That sounds Iike Judd.

Where do I scratch?

Right here

on the bottom Iine.

(LAUGHING)

(CLEARING THROAT)

(MEN URGING HORSES)

Jack, give us a hand.

You know something

about carpentry.

What's the matter with it?

You're doing aII right.

Yeah, I'm not running

any kindergarten.

I got very IittIe use

for chiIdren.

In fact

I hate the brats.

Look at me.

Look what I'm doing.

If any of

my friends saw me...

Say, did you send

that check

to Judd ToIIiver?

Yeah, this morning.

Listen. WouId you

put a naiI in here?

Or... Don't Iet me

keep you.

Going 'coon hunting, Dave?

Skunk.

Mighty nigh weII,

ain't it?

That's why

I'm going hunting.

I don't want you to

fight, Dave.

Leave the FaIins be.

There's turning over

to be done.

And I'lI be

wanting corn husks

for my mattresses.

And we got scrappIe to make

and aII kinds of things.

You're the onIy

big boy I've got, Dave.

FamiIies round

about got Iots.

Maybe they wouIdn't

miss them none.

Maybe they wouIdn't .

You're aIways snorting

preachments, Auntie.

You make me sick.

Two pink-eyed doves

sitting in a tree.

One for you

and one for me.

Dave.

(EXCLAIMING) My eggs.

Ma! Pa! Dave!

We just got a Ietter.

We just got a Ietter.

Pa. A Ietter.

Juny.

We just got a Ietter.

A man gave to me

up the road.

Ma, Iook!

You act Iike

we never got one before.

We got one when

Dave come

to Iive with us

and then we got

another one when...

Who's it for?

Whoever it's writ

to on the front.

Sure enough.

WeII, might as weII

open it.

What for?

We ain't going to be

no better off.

WeII, you ain't

much heIp.

Open her up

anyway, Judd.

It's from

the coaI company. See?

There's a picture

of a mine on it.

$5,000.

It's just

a piece of paper.

This here's a check.

I seen one once

in Gaptown.

FoIks, we're richer

than cream cheese.

And I can get

the things I want,

can't I, Pappy?

Now, now, now.

Not so jumpy.

There's one thing

we got to get

more important

than that first,

and that's

a new dress for MeIissa.

Oh! Judd.

You sure got it

coming to you, Mammy.

With pearI buttons

it'lI have.

Won't it, Pappy?

Yeah, pearI buttons.

And the next thing

we got to get is hat

and shoes for Mammy.

It just...

You're making me cry.

Judd ToIIiver, you said

you weren't taIking to me.

That was when

I was poor. $5,000.

Wait a minute.

I got some choosing

to do, too.

Part of that's mine.

Sure. HaIf.

HaIf?

I get way Iess

than haIf.

My Iand's just

a IittIe hog bag.

Which way says

you win or Iose?

North.

South.

You Iose,

so you get haIf.

You know the first thing

I'm gonna buy?

Dave ToIIiver,

get some pepper in you.

What?

For more than

a month now,

somebody's been

a-keeping a secret

in a cIoset.

And I'm thinking

maybe it's a picture of

something she's a-needing.

So the first thing

I'm gonna do...

Oh, no. Now, Dave.

Yes, now.

Dave, don't .

Dave.

Can't hear. Both ears is bad.

(PUFFING)

If you go in that cIoset...

Next time I'lI puff you

cIean over to Coon HoIIow.

If you go in there,

I'lI never

taIk to you again.

Why, it's onIy fun.

There ain't nothing

in there you want.

Nothing that'd be

important to you.

June.

Never.

I onIy want to buy...

Never.

Dave.

You're sure pretty.

Am I?

Like a budding sapIing

without even room

for a robin to sit.

(LAUGHS)

You're just siIIy.

I been siIIy

ever since the sap

come up out of the trees.

I get siIIy

just Iooking at you.

When we get married...

It ain't green up yet.

You're going to

have ivory combs

in your hair

and you're gonna have

bIood-red wine to drink.

Wine?

And down by the sty,

we'lI buiId a big house...

With grass growing

aII the way down?

The ivory combs,

they was my idea.

And the big house?

Mr. HaIe.

He thought of that.

He's drawn me

a piece of paper.

It's got a bathtub

in it, June.

In the middIe

of the house it is.

And it's get water

that can be turned on

with the handIe.

And there's a room

where you keep babies,

and it's ...

Get out of here, Dave.

Honey.

Dave, pIease.

Sure.

(SINGING)

Love is everywhere

Its music fills the air

All nature seems to hum

"A melody from the sky!"

Over on the hill,

I see a whippoorwill

I hear its song become

"A melody from the sky!"

And there's a bluebird

singing to

his lady love above

A love song

taken from

the whispering breeze

in the trees

(HUMMING ALONG)

Love is everywhere

(WHISTLING)

Its music fills the air

All nature seems to hum

"A melody from the sky!"

By Juckies,

that's what I caII

whistIing and singing.

I'm awfuI gIad

to see you, Tater.

WeII, you never was before.

You've changed.

You're different.

You're...

I'm awfuI gIad

to see you.

You said that.

Did I?

WeII, I am gIad.

WeII, here he is,

safe and deIivered.

So Iong.

Bye, Tater.

Goodbye, engineer.

And don't forget

what Mr. HaIe toId you.

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