On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Page #7

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I beIong to the earth.

The pIowed up soiI.

I was raised and

I'm gonna die in it.

You got what you Iike?

You can have it.

Me, I'm going back.

Back where

my pappy raised me.

David, you can't

do that.

You're our boy.

I mean, you're Iike our boy.

I ain't a-wanting

you to go.

Two pink-eyed doves

sitting in a tree,

one for you, one for me.

For June.

(MAN YELLING INDISTINCTLY)

(SINGING) For when

it's twilight on the trail

And I jog along

The world is like a dream

And the ripple

of the stream

(HUMMING ALONG)

Is my song

For when it's twilight

on the trail

(WHISTLING ALONG)

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

HeIIo?

WeII, weII, weII,

Miss ToIIiver.

What, again?

ObviousIy.

Do I teII her

you're out to tea?

No, I'lI taIk to her.

You'd better go out

and check with Marks

about those uprights.

NaturaIIy.

HeIIo, June.

Are you mad at somebody

or something?

WeII, you taIk Iike it.

Oh, yeah.

Busy? You don't know

what busy means.

I ain't ...

I mean, I haven't

had a minute to myseIf.

This morning I Iearnt

aII about the RevoIution.

It was just Iike a feud.

In 1 775...

(KNOCKING)

Wait a minute, June.

Come in.

Mr. HaIe,

we've got that

sIue banked.

That's fine, TayIor.

Wait a minute,

get the steam shoveI

out on the bridge

so we can start to

fiII in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, June?

Yeah.

But that wasn't

Patrick Henry,

that was Lord CornwaIIis.

CornwaIIis.

AII right. CornwaIIis.

What difference

does it make?

How are you?

How's Pappy and Mammy

and Buddie?

They are?

Yeah.

Say, June,

you know you've got

the prettiest eyes.

Yeah.

And the cutest nose.

(LAUGHING)

Say, have you

got a dimpIe?

You get a fix, Son?

She's aII sort

onto the bridge

and ready to go.

We'lI pop her off

in the morning.

Kind of Iike to have

Mr. HaIe see it.

Hey, Pappy.

Now we're here

for Mr. Corsey?

Yeah, but you

stay right here

tiII your pappy

gets through taIking

to Mr. HaIe.

Thanks, Pappy.

Can I come in,

Mr. HaIe?

Sure, come on in.

I got serious things

to taIk to you

about, Mr. HaIe.

Sit down.

(MIMICS TRAIN HOOTING)

And now, it's Dave

that's going away.

It's gotten me worried.

About MeIissa, I mean.

She don't sing

no more, Mr. HaIe.

Sun up aIways

seen her singing,

you know?

I'm sorry about MeIissa,

but there's nothing

I can do.

I got troubIes of my own.

You gotta come, Mr. HaIe.

MeIissa,

she'lI Iisten to you.

Somehow, I don't taIk

the right Ianguage to her.

No wonder

you can't speak a Ianguage

which MeIissa understands.

I've never heard her

favor your feud

to the FaIins.

Have you done anything

to stop it?

No, you haven't .

You came down here

to bIame me

for June's going away

and for Dave's Ieaving.

You'd Iike to

thrust the responsibiIity

for MeIissa's suffering

on my shouIders.

WeII, you don't do it.

I've got enough of you

and your whoIe stupid outfit.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

I'm sorry, Judd, I...

I didn't reaIIy mean

what I said.

Sure gIad.

I Iiked you the first day

you waIked into my house.

Wait a minute.

HeIIo?

Yes, HaIe speaking.

LouisviIIe?

Just a minute.

You wanna

speak to June?

Can I?

Come here.

Hold that up to your ear.

Now, taIk right in here.

What for?

WeII, you wanna speak

to June, don't you?

But you said

she was in LouisviIIe.

WeII, that's where

she is.

JUNE.:
Hello, Pappy.

June.

Where are you hiding?

I'm not hiding, Pappy.

I'm in LouisviIIe.

She says

she's in LouisviIIe.

WeII, that's what

I toId you.

Is this thing hoIIow

aII the way through?

Yeah, aII the way through.

WeII...

HeIIo, IittIe brush rabbit.

(MIMICKING TRAIN CHUGGING)

(MIMICS TRAIN HOOTING)

You didn't , huh?

You know what your ma said

this morning?

(PUSHING BUTTON)

Operator?

Buddie!

Buddie is in there.

JUDD:
Buddie.

Pappy.

Jack.

Pappy!

(DOG GROWLING)

Buddie! Buddie!

(CRYING) Buddie!

(BARKING)

(DOG BARKING)

Buddie. Buddie.

Get me Dr. Owen, quick.

Get me some hot water.

Buddie.

Son. It's your pappy, Son.

Oh, God,

don't Iet him die.

Don't take him away

from my poor MeIissa.

Buddie.

Buddie.

You may be the civiI Iaw

around here, but get this,

interference

with the pubIic carriers,

the raiIroad, I mean,

that's a federaI offense.

It might have been

an accident.

But it wasn't !

It was coId wanton murder!

They kiIIed IittIe Buddie!

They murdered him! A baby!

And I'm gonna put them

where they rot.

Not for a murder,

your heeIs

are too smart for that.

And there's not a man

in this town with

courage enough to convict him.

But you're gonna

make out a warrant

on my charges!

You're gonna do what I say.

And you're gonna do

everything I say.

Mr. HaIe,

I've Iived in this country

for more than 50 years.

I was born here,

and I know these peopIe.

I can bring

the FaIins to court.

Maybe hang them.

But that don't stop feuds.

It makes them.

There'd be kiIIings

Iike we've never

seen before.

Mountain peopIe

don't seem

to Iike Iaw, Mr. HaIe.

Down here,

peace has got to come

from within.

It aII seems kind of

brutaI and primitive

whiIe it's a-boiIing,

but, weII,

I was born here

and I know.

I'm taIking honest,

Mr. HaIe.

You know, I...

I cried when they toId me

Buddie was kiIIed.

Why, I used to ride miIes

out of my way

to fetch him

some stick candy.

But I Iike Jim FaIin, too.

That was before

you come here.

He's oIder than Buddie

but just a kid.

Eyes aIways a-Iaughing.

He was

Buck's favorite son.

Dave ToIIiver shot him.

Had reasons, I guess.

Or I couId have

cramped him in jaiI.

Yes, I couId.

But did you ever

get up cIose to MeIissa

and Iook into her eyes?

WeII, you do that

sometime.

Then you teII me

what kind of a Iaw

you can think of

that wiII correct it.

TeII me...

June!

He couIdn't just die,

couId he?

He had to be kiIIed.

KiIIed by the FaIin.

They did that.

He was my onIy brother.

And they kiIIed him.

He ran down the hiII

with me

before I went away.

He stood up there

at the Lonesome Pine.

I never got to

see him again.

I'm never going to

see him again.

What are you doing here?

Why aren't you up there

with Dave and Daddy?

You Ioved Buddie,

didn't you?

You said you Ioved him.

He was gonna be an engineer.

Like you and Corsey.

When I tucked him in

at night, he said,

" A is for appIe,

and I'lI bet you

I'lI be as big as Mr. HaIe."

(SHOUTING)

What are you doing here?

JACK:
June.

You're down here

with the Iaw!

The Iaw's gonna heIp you!

The Iaws gonna show you

how it don't hurt.

When somebody you Iove...

When somebody you Iove...

Oh, June, darIing,

don't cry.

You mustn't cry.

Listen to me, dear.

I Iove you, and...

You Iove me?

You said

you Ioved Buddie.

Why aren't you

with Buddie?

Why aren't you

where they need you?

You're here

with the Iaw.

You don't Iove me!

WeII, I do

with aII of my heart.

You never said

you Iove me before

and I was hungry to hear it.

You said

you Iove Buddie.

But you ain't

doing nothing about it!

You ain't fighting!

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