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to me than it does to you.

Anyway, I get upset talking about it.

A person's gotta find his own answers.

We're alone, each of us,

and each in a different way.

I won't be alone.

I'm gonna marry Thor.

I want you to.

But when you do, you've

got the future to live for.

I've got the past to live with too.

- My children will have to live with it.

- Stop vexing me, Jeb Rand.

I'm giving you my

daughter for your wife.

Isn't that enough for you? Doesn't

that show you that you're loved?

Go away from me with

your doubts and your-

Your bear paw butte and

your crazy long rides.

Leave off vexing me.

You told me once not to question you,

But the questions keep coming back.

If you won't answer me, I'll have to

look somewhere else for the answer.

Goin' out, Jeb?

Thought I'd go and see if Mr. Dingle's

faro game is still as crooked as ever.

- Good idea.

- What'd you say?

I said it was a good idea.

How'd you like to take two or three thousand

dollars along, stake you in the game?

Maybe one of us is crazy, but

I don't seem to follow you.

The tally book would've made it kind of

simple if you'd taken the trouble to read it.

That's why I gave it to

you when you came home.

Only now, I got this

year's crop added.

Two or three thousand would be no

more than your share of the profits.

A third to each of us,

The way ma wants it.

That's mighty generous. More than

I deserve, least ways expected.

Thanks. Here's something

else you don't know.

All the time you were in the army,

we've been banking money for you.

Fifteen hundred dollars. There's

just one thing wrong with it, Jeb.

That money came out of the

ranch, and you didn't earn it.

I've been workin' my

share and yours too.

I don't aim to keep on doin' that.

- I never asked you to.

- No, but you never tried to help me either.

Your foot's been well for a month,

and you've been drawin' that money...

For lyin' in the shade.

I was lucky if I didn't have six of my riders

stretched out alongside you playin' pitch.

Oh, sure, I know you were a hero once,

But I've had my belly

full of that too.

We don't pay off in

medals around here.

It was too bad I came home at all.

If I hadn't, you would've had

the ranch and the tally money...

And my share of

everything all to yourself.

This "share and share alike" doesn't sit

any better with me than it does with you.

I'm thinkin' the same way you are.

This ranch isn't big enough

to hold the two of us.

There's a way we can settle that.

Jeb, you promised me

there'd be no trouble.

I wanna hear what he has to say.

- How can we settle it?

- I'll buy you out.

- Suppose I don't wanna sell?

- Then you buy me out.

- Now, you know I can't do that.

- Adam, please.

Jeb, don't say anything more.

Won't you do that much for me?

Thor, you keep out of this.

Well, what's your notion,

if you don't like mine?

When I went to war,

we settled with a toss.

I kept this.

Maybe if it suits you,

we can spin it again.

There might be some luck

in it for me this time.

I'll toss you. My share against

yours. One of us stays, and one goes.

Oh, you can't! You either!

It's wrong and crazy.

Ever since we were little, we've all

been here together. The three of us.

This is no way to change it

if it's going to be changed.

One toss.

- You wanna spin it?

- Adam, I beg you!

And you, Jeb, don't do it!

- Winner take all.

- One toss.

- Call it.

- Heads.

I might've known that

cartwheel was bad luck.

Well, I'll be ridin' in town.

I'll hire a rig tomorrow

and come back for my things.

No, you won't. You

ain't got no things,

Exceptin' what you're wearin'...

And this!

Tomorrow I'm coming back,

And you're coming with me.

If he tries to stop me, I'll kill him.

- Ma'll never let you do this.

- Maybe she'll have to.

Then I'll go with him in the morning.

- When he comes, I'll be ready.

- You'd never.

Not if it meant leavin' the ranch.

The ranch isn't everything

to me. It isn't a husband.

"The ranch be a husband.

" you're talkin' crazy.

It's been a wife to you, Adam,

Because you don't have a wife.

You just have the ranch.

Well, I don't belong to it.

You can take me off that dogeared

tally book you carry around.

You hate me then?

I love you.

I always thought the three

of us would never be apart.

Three. Three! You're

always sayin' that!

But why does he

count? It's you and me.

Now you're the one that's talkin'

crazy. I want a home of my own.

Grant Callum knew him.

Knew his people too.

Told me to look up the

records in Glorietta County.

- And did you?

- Sure I did, and I found something.

A family named Rand

did live there once.

I found out enough for me-

A reason why I'll

never let you marry him.

I don't care what your reason is.

You're talkin' like

a back-fence gossip.

Do you think that kind of

talk means anything to me?

Nothing in the world can

change the way I feel.

I always knew you cared for him.

I guess... I never knew how much.

Looks as if we're gonna

have to set things right.

You'll

- you'll go after him, then?

You'll ride in town

and bring him back?

I'll do it. I'll ride in town tonight.

Mr. Dingle, can you

take this man's I.O.U.?

Yes, I'll take it.

- Now throw him out.

- Yes.

Keep your hands off me, will ya?

What's the matter, Jake? Don't

you take money in here anymore?

Any money you put on

this bar is counterfeit.

I'm saving you for the wheel.

- Did you run into a fellow who nearly convinced you?

- Well, he tried.

You know, I flipped this dollar

twice with Adam. I lost both times.

Last time, I went to war.

This time, I left the ranch.

You left the ranch? You mean that?

Maybe you've played into a cold deck.

- Well, I guess it's all for the best.

- Oh, sure.

A man's luck's bound to change

sometime. You appear lucky to me.

- Don't you want some action for this dollar?

- It's kind of a keepsake.

Oh. Well, many a man's been

down to his last dollar...

Before the change does come.

I guess you just want this dollar.

All right, go ahead and take it.

Hey, Jeb, you won.

Let it ride. Oh, no. Too

many angles at this game.

I'd rather play poker.

You've had a run of good luck,

Jeb. Why don't you pull out?

- Oh, once more.

- Oh, brother.

- Luck's sure riding on your shoulder.

- Probably clean this place out.

Oh, I've got a feeling you're through.

Well, I've got about $1,500 here

that says you've got a wrong feeling.

Joe, get me a new deck.

Well...

There it is.

- I'll tell you what I'd do with that money if I were you.

- Don't tell me. Let me guess.

I'd buy into this business.

I'll sell you a piece of it.

- You don't mean that?

- Yes, I do.

- You know why?

- Why?

Well, because people trust you...

And, well, I'm just

honest Jake Dingle.

You know, I might take you up on that.

I'll be looking for

a business by and by.

Well, you think it over and let me know.

We'd make a great combination, you and myself.

And if you do come in, I'll

teach you how to handle cards.

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