On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Page #5

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But you're up to

something phony.

PeopIe don't just get

an idea and then go.

Did you ever stand

under a faIIing tree

or see a poIe cat back up?

That's not funny.

What did your father

say about it, and Dave?

They was mostIy agreeing,

especiaIIy Dave.

He said

when those checks

start traipsing in...

I said that.

AII right, I'lI waIk.

Same thing eating you?

Huh?

Sure makes me

feeI bad.

That's what I wanna

taIk to you about.

Nice of you.

Horse gets out

of the barn

and now you want to

Iock the door.

WeII, he ain't

got her yet.

Who ain't got what...

Wait a minute.

Ain't you and I taIking

about the same thing?

You bet we're taIking

about the same thing.

I was feeIing

when he saved my Iife

but I just didn't know

what it was then.

Fever I says.

Or maybe the Iead's spIashing

something in my eyes.

But I ought to have known.

It was him

being nice to Buddie.

It was him...

Wait a minute, son.

You're making

a gourd trap,

but it's too big

to catch meadow Iarks and

too smaII to catch ideas.

What are you

taIking about?

Let's get June

right here.

We ones is going to settIe

this matter for good.

You want her here?

Fine.

You teII her

she couId go to town,

now you teII me

you want her here.

Ain't you

a IittIe tetched?

I teII her

she can go where?

Into town

to get educated.

Got to read books,

she said you said.

Don't want

no cuII for a wife,

she said you said.

She said...

She ain't gone.

You didn't

Iet her go, did you?

Of course, been gone

maybe two hours now.

Took her down to the ridge

to meet the maiIman.

She said...

It was him that done it.

Him that said

he was our friend.

That's why

he gave us the money.

That's why

he gave us the money.

You understand?

He took her away.

He's been wanting

to take her,

but he was a-feared.

AII right.

He thinks now maybe

the money wiII keep us

from teIIing him

that we ones up here

don't take nobody's woman.

Money ain't

a-stopping us from that.

Money ain't

a-stopping us from...

Where are you going?

I'm going hunting.

You're sure

that was Dave ToIIiver?

He was a-headed for the camp

and across our property, too.

If he's down there,

he's on our property.

Might just as weII

go down and Iook into it.

That's my job.

I've been sort of

shamed since

I onIy get him in the arm.

You're right.

Rub out

the mistake, Son.

THURBER:
So heIp me,

he isn't here.

On my word of honor,

he isn't here.

Do you understand me?

Yeah.

He went downtown.

Down to Gaptown, I mean.

She didn't go with him?

No, I toId you!

He was aIone, and...

You sure they didn't

meet some pIace?

With these, I saw him.

(STUTTERING)

He got into his wagon,

on this side...

DAVE:
You ain't

answering my question.

THURBER:
I can't answer

that 'cause I don't know.

I watched him

there on the road.

There was nobody

with him then, because...

(EXCLAIMING)

(GUNSHOT)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING)

Mr. Thurber,

I'm a-quitting.

No, you're not.

In times Iike this,

you gotta be a man.

A man must

never been a coward.

I got to get to Gaptown

to teII the peopIe

down there what's up.

But it's over.

There's nothing to teII!

There ain't , eh?

You don't know.

Look at here,

Dave ToIIiver's gone

to Gaptown to get Mr. HaIe.

He bust Wade FaIin

on the beak.

And when a ToIIiver

busts a FaIin on the beak,

that means war.

And I gotta teII

a-peopIe in Gaptown,

so they can

scuttIe for safety.

Good heavens!

Jenkins.

Jenkins.

Biggest fight.

Outside camp.

Wade FaIin came down...

Dave ToIIiver...

And shoved him

over the cIiff...

I knew that thing

was going to

break out again.

Just a matter of time

and that's aII we needed.

And I was standing

right there.

I heard enough.

And he...

Dave ToIIiver

Iicked Wade FaIin.

And now he's coming

to get Mr. HaIe.

Whoa!

Is there anything

eIse you need?

No.

WeII, if you think

of anything,

just caII the camp

and I'lI have one of

the men bring it down.

I'm sorry, but...

WeII?

The room, you know,

where Miss ToIIiver

was going to stay...

WeII, that room,

I'm afraid...

Afraid of what?

WeII, it ain't

a fitting pIace.

It kind of Ieaks,

you know.

HoId it. There's troubIe,

ain't there?

JACK:
TroubIe?

I can smeII it.

What's wrong?

I don't want

no fighting.

Fighting?

Dave.

Say, what is this?

He's coming to get me.

Who toId you?

You've seen him?

AII town knows it.

And I don't want

no troubIe around here.

You gotta go.

I've got to what?

I know...

I've seen him the time

he shot down Jim FaIin.

You gotta

get out of town.

What have I done to him

that he shouId

want to harm me?

Did I ever

do anything to him?

No, you didn't .

But I wish

I hadn't come down.

WiII you go?

PIease go.

You Iied, didn't you?

Everything you said

coming down

out of the mountains?

I knew you were Iying then,

and something inside of me

toId me I shouId have

sent you home.

WeII, Iet him come.

I never saw

such a ferocious Iook

in a man's eyes in my Iife.

I teII you, it's gonna be

the biggest fight

of the year.

Dave... Dave come out

of the tent, Iike a shot.

He Iit right on

top of Wade.

And rammed down on him

with a right

and Ieft! Right!

Wade got away from Dave.

Dave got him right on

the edge of the cIiff,

he had him down,

he was beating

his head down

and he says,

" I'lI kiII you,

I'lI kiII you,

I'lI kiII you!

" You'lI take my girI,

wiII you?"

He reached him up

and he says...

Nice day, ain't it?

Give me a beer.

I gotta see somebody.

Yeah, Dave ToIIiver.

And how'd you Iike to

teII him we was here.

In the backroom.

There's Dave ToIIiver

coming in now.

And he ain't going out.

You can get him

right from here.

We don't have to

sneak our shots

at the ToIIiver.

Stay here, Wade.

HeII.

You sing about Stack O' Lee

and keep right on singing.

(SINGING) When the rain

was falling fast

One dark and stormy night

Stack O' Lee and Billy Lyons

Had an awful fight

Bad, bad,

bad old Stack O' Lee

You ain't going to

do nothing, Dave.

It's aII my fauIt.

TaIk wiII keep.

Now, Iet's get

this thing straight.

You're down here

Iooking for troubIe.

I haven't done anything,

but I can see

you won't beIieve that.

AII right.

This is worth waIking for.

How are you doing, Buck?

Drop them gun.

We're going about

our own business.

Of course, you are.

Put them down.

CertainIy.

Anything to obIige.

Funny you ain't trying

to stop the fight.

Fist fight

won't do no harm.

Gun toting don't go.

No hard feeIing.

No.

No.

You're doing

a good job, Mr. HaIe.

Maybe we can heIp you.

(JUNE WHIMPERS)

So that's the way

it is, huh?

Any way

you wanna Iook at it.

You shouIdn't

mess in oId troubIes.

(SINGING) Dogs did howl

Dogs did bark

When Stack O' Lee

the murderer

went creeping

through the dark

Bad, bad,

bad old Stack O' Lee

Get out of here

and take her with you!

I can run from no FaIin.

I guess, here

in the mountains a woman

doesn't mean very much.

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