Red River Page #10

If that engineer was here,

I'd get him to blow his whistle again.

All right. I'll draw up a contract

and have it ready tonight.

Buster and I'll ask around and find out

what you're going to have to pay.

We'll be back in a couple hours.

You need anything else?

Need some cash?

I sure could use some.

I'd like to pay off the men.

All right. It'll be ready

and waiting for you tonight.

All right.

Thanks, Mr. Melville.

- So long.

- So long.

They crossed here, all right.

Not over four or five hours ahead.

Here you are, Matt.

You'll have to sign this.

This is a check

to Thomas Dunson for $50,000.

The rest will be paid when

the tally's finished at $21 a head.

You see, I've taken

a credit here for...

the money you wanted

to pay off your men.

I suppose--

I suppose they'll be celebrating.

- They've got a right to.

- Of course they have.

There's three times in a man's life

when he can yell at the moon.

When he marries,

when his children come...

and...

and when he finishes a job

he had to be crazy to start.

Well, when do you expect

to be leaving, Matt?

I don't exactly know.

You're gonna wait

for Dunson, huh?

I've been talking

to some of your men.

Isn't that check

and the fact that you got here--

Isn't that gonna make

any difference?

I don't think so, Mr. Melville.

I suppose I'm crazy, but--

- You want me to run away?

- No.

Of course not.

Couldn't--

Couldn't I talk to him?

I'd still have to talk

to him after that.

Good night, Mr. Melville.

- Get a good night's sleep.

- Yeah, I could use some.

Good night.

- Evening, Mr. Melville.

- Evening.

Well, work's not done yet, huh?

No, sir.

Well, you fellas see

you get her done.

I like that boy too.

I'll buy the drinks

when it's over.

He's camped two or three miles

outside of town.

He says he'll be here

just after sunup.

He says he's going to kill you.

What's the matter?

Is something--

I must look

like I'm in mourning.

I didn't mean it that way,

or I wouldn't have--

No, Matthew.

I know you've only

a few hours, but--

but listen for just a minute,

that's all.

Then I won't talk about it anymore.

Just a minute.

He hasn't changed

his mind, Matthew.

- I didn't think he would.

- We saw the railroad, and I thought--

I thought it might make a difference,

but it didn't.

Nothing would.

He's like something you can't move.

Even I've gotten to believe

it's got to happen, your meeting.

I was going to ask you to run, but--

No, I'm not. I'm not!

It wouldn't do any good.

You're too much like him.

Oh, stop me, Matthew.

Stop me--

God bless you, Matthew.

- [ Matt ] Morning.

- [ Men ] Morning.

Got a match, Walt?

I told you all

where you stand in this.

See that you remember it.

[ Whooping ]

Hey!

He's got plenty with him.

- How many?

- Oh, ten or twelve.

- I'll be telling Matt.

- Right.

He's coming in now.

Got about ten with him.

You know that young man isn't

going to use his gun, don't you?

Yeah.

But I haven't any such notion.

Mr. Dunson.

Mr. Dunson.

I'll say it just one more time.

Go on. Draw.

I said, "Draw."

Then I'll make you.

You're soft!

Won't anything make

a man out of you?

You once told me never to take

your gun away from you.

You yellow-bellied,

chicken-livered--

All right!

For 14 years I've been scared,

but it's gonna be all right.

Get up.

Come on. Get up!

Stop it!

Stop making a holy--

"Stop it," I said! I'm mad,

good and mad, and who wouldn't be?

You, Dunson, pretending

you're going to kill him!

It's the last thing

in the world--

Stay still!

I'm mad, I told you.

And you, Matthew Garth.

Getting your face all beat up

and all bloody!

You ought to see

how silly you look.

Like something the cat dragged--

Stay still!

What a fool I've been.

Expecting trouble

for days when...

anybody with half a mind would know

you two love each other.

It took somebody else to shoot you.

He wouldn't do it.

- Are you hurt?

- No, just nicked the fat.

Then stay still!

No, don't stay still.

I changed my mind.

Go ahead. Beat each other crazy.

Maybe it'll put some sense

in both of you.

Go ahead! Go on! Do it!

Use this.

Oh, you can't. It's his.

You'd better marry

that girl, Matt.

Yeah, I think I'd--

When are you going to stop

telling people what to do?

Right now.

At least as soon as--

When?

As soon as I tell you

one thing more.

What?

When we get back to the ranch,

I want you to change the brand.

It'll be like this.

Red River D...

and we'll add an M to it.

You don't mind that, do you?

No.

You've earned it.

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