Posse from Hell Page #3

Let's move out.

Mister,

is this all of you?

- That's right.

- But you can't go after them with just these men.

You'll all be killed.

I'd think you'd want

those four men stopped.

What's done

can't be changed.

But you...

you just now said

I was lucky to be alive.

You won't be if you go on.

You'll be home

in a little while.

Uncle Bill?

Yes, honey?

I don't want to

go back to Paradise.

Not now.

Maybe never.

Get goin', Caldwell.

Whoa. I saw 'em from the rise.

They're coming back.

Did you stay at your post long enough for

a complete reconnaissance?

I saw all four of 'em.

They're headin' this way.

They'll have to come through that canyon.

Now, men, hide in the brush.

Wait for 'em.

When I give the signal, we'll charge!

You stop yelling.

All of you, get over behind those rocks.

Don't anyone shoot

until I do.

Hold it right there.

- Who's that?

- It's not them, Cole!

Shoot! Shoot!

Stop him!

Stop him!

Who the devil are you?

Posse out of Paradise.

You?

We're what's left

of the Stendahl Ranch crew.

You crazy old fool.

We stood up to 'em.

We won the battle, didn't we?

You came closer to shooting me

than you did them.

The bullet went through clean

right above the knee.

But it's not too bad.

Did we get them all?

There wasn't any fight.

Don't be stupid.

I-I was wounded in the action.

I shot you.

Those are cowhands.

You'll regret shooting me!

If this were wartime, I'd have you hanged!

What did you come sneakin'

back up here for anyway?

Well, it's... it's high ground. I... I could see.

I could direct the engagement better from here.

Seems to me you could have at least stayed

where you knew who you were shooting at.

I'm sorry about the shooting.

- Oh, I understand.

There were six of us.

They killed Stendahl and the foreman.

I don't think Shorty

over here's gonna live.

His leg's nearly

blown off.

Them four fellas

is clear out of their heads.

Are they still

at Stendahl's place?

Was when we got outta there.

It's about 20 miles back.

How about taking our

wounded man into Paradise?

Be glad to.

You goin' after 'em with...

five men?

Uh-huh.

Well, that's your business.

Me, I wouldn't tangle

with those fellas with a battalion.

Why? The odds are just

gettin' interestin'.

Looks to me like some of you Stendahl men

would want to come along with us,

help to even things up.

They ain't nothin'

make me that mad.

I'm a cowhand.

I don't savvy this kind of fightin'.

Neither does he.

Anybody goes with that man will wind up dead.

We started out with seven.

We're down to five.

We haven't even

seen them yet.

I got a hunch our luck

is gonna change.

You know the Stendahl place, Johnny?

- Yep.

Well, let's ride

while they're still there.

Looks like

they're all inside.

Guess it paid to ride these horses

near to death after all.

We'll go in on foot.

When it starts,

shoot to kill.

Hogan, tie the horses

back in those trees.

Well, boys, we're about

to make ourselves famous.

They're gonna be readin'

about us all over the Territory.

Not in the obituaries,

I hope.

Caddo, you and Kern

take the left side.

Wiley, take the back.

Take the right side.

Douse the lights.

He could've shot

three or four times before he was hit.

Then why didn't he?

Was he afraid?

There's a lot of difference

between a target and a man.

Guess he just plain

couldn't kill a man.

- What are you doing, Hogan?

- He moved.

He moved and I shot him.

He was alive and I killed him.

He was dead

as a stone.

He was not dead.

It was me who killed him.

- What are you trying to prove?

- Nothin'.

Go ahead. Shoot him some more.

He won't mind.

We done the best we could. I killed the

one named Chunk. The others got away.

There's not much more

we can do.

Get him inside.

You were in the Rosebud

last night.

It was that one shot my brother Burl.

Isn't that so?

No. It was the one

they... they call Hash.

Wasn't it?

That's right.

How can you be so sure?

- We saw it.

Couple of fellas I talked to,

most of 'em said it was Chunk killed him.

Well, wasn't it?

No.

You dirty Indian liar.

You got something

more to say, Hogan?

Yeah.

I got the man who killed my brother.

That's all I want.

I quit.

Good.

You got no call to

act high and mighty with me.

Least I didn't shoot

one of our own men.

Get out of here.

You bet I'm gettin'.

You're just like them fellas we been chasing.

You're crazy.

We've been going

a long time.

Horses are dead tired.

So are we.

I'm going on alone.

Why don't you two

go on back with Hogan?

All they left us were

their worn-out horses.

But we can get fresh ones over

at the east pasture when it's light enough.

What do you think,

Kern?

Let's take Wiley inside

and...

and I'll make

some coffee.

I make the best coffee

in America.

Coffee's ready.

Wiley was telling me

he liked the way you measured up.

Miserable,

but not backing down.

I guess he'd like for you

to have this.

Take it. You'll need it

when the sun comes up.

All right.

About the bank's money...

and the things

that Larson said to...

to goad me.

Those are the reasons that...

that I came along in the first place.

And...

Well, now, it's not...

it's not the same thing.

Why did you come along,

Johnny?

It's what a man should do.

I'm surprised they ran.

Well, in the dark, they probably thought

there was a big bunch of us.

That's not surprising.

Kern must have fired

at least 50 bullets into that house.

And I don't think

I missed it once.

Captain Brown would have said

one member of the attacking force...

laid down

"a heavy barrage."

As long as you two

elected to come along,

there's something

I want to get straight.

Back there a ways

I said that...

none of you

were worth a damn.

I guess you do make about

the best cup of coffee in America, Kern.

Like I was about to say,

let's, uh...

I'll get

those fresh horses.

This blasted saddle's

out to kill me.

After all the damage

it's done down below,

now it's taking the skin

off my shoulder.

When this

is all over with,

I hope never see another horse

the rest of my life.

They went in there.

What's wrong

with that?

It's a box canyon.

Comes to an end about a mile in.

Good.

Then the only way out is over us.

They're sure

not easy to outguess.

What?

What is it?

They've already

come out of there.

Up to here, they were

headed toward Pineville.

But when they came out of

the canyon, they went south.

What lies south?

- Nothing.

There must be something.

Nope.

Down there is desert.

Just plain desert.

It is possible to angle back

to Paradise that way,

but it's the hottest

and driest way.

Maybe that's where

they're going.

Back to Paradise.

- Is anything wrong?

- I don't like the cut of that land up ahead.

What do you think, Johnny?

They could be anywhere

out there.

Only one way

to find out.

Keep goin'!

Take cover!

Stay here.

Hyah! Hyah!

Get his horse, Johnny.

Where's the rest of you?

This is all of us.

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