Sergeants 3 Page #4

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to the good old Colonel.

He'll come back here, get him.

And we'll get every medal in the book.

You and me and good old Larry.

Smart?

You can do better than that, Chip.

What are you drinking tonight?

Come on, Mike, I'm serious.

Where's your patriotism?

- Patriotism?

- Yeah.

Where did you get this cock-and-bull...

- You had help.

- Yeah, Jonah.

- Jonah?

- And Caleb.

- Caleb?

- Yeah, they're friends.

And Caleb is half Sioux.

And he's got a lot of cousins

up in the north country, you know?

They hunt and fish and trap

and do everything. And one of his cousins

was telling Caleb that

he saw all these guys

up in the high places, you know?

With the lights going and the yelling

and screaming. That's how he found out.

- And you believed it?

- Sure, I believed it.

- You believe this stupid, idiotic rumor?

- Sure, I do.

You mean, we just go, and we grab them,

and we bring them back,

and we get the medals?

Do you remember what the Colonel said

before we left the fort?

- What did he say?

- He said, "This is to be a garrison only."

No fights, no sorties and no exceptions.

Mike, this is an emergency!

Look, go to bed.

Sleep it off and forget about it.

That's an order.

- It's an order?

- That's an order!

You may out-rank me a little bit

with all these here little fancy doo-dads,

but you're still nothing

but a lousy non-com.

- I'm in command.

- Well, don't give me that command stuff.

You listen to me, Mike. If you don't do

anything about this, I'm going to,

and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

- I can put you in jail!

- Jail?

- In jail!

- For what?

Insubordination.

- You really mean it, don't you?

- I mean it!

- Insubordination?

- Insubordination!

Okay.

You wanna be insubordination?

Let's make it good. Come on.

Get up. Come on. Come on.

Put them up. Come on.

Come on, I'm not afraid of you. Come on.

Come on! Put them up. Come on.

Come on.

Put them up. Come on. Come on.

(SIGHING)

- Personal matter?

- Drunk.

Lock him up.

Hey, Jonah, come here.

You got to get me out of here.

We'll go up

and get the Ghost Dancers ourselves,

and when we do, I'll out-rank him.

Then will the Colonel let me enlist?

Sure he will, sure he will.

But you got to get me out of here.

- (WHISPERING) I got an idea.

- Okay.

(DOOR OPENING)

What're you doing here, Jonah?

- Just visiting, bye.

- Bye.

- Hi, Ellis.

- Hello, Sarge.

- Hi, Page.

- Hi, Sarge.

Come here. Come on, I want to talk to you.

Come here.

How long before next payday?

About two weeks.

- So?

- Two weeks, huh?

Well, aren't you guys getting a little short?

We've heard all about you, Sarge.

We've got strict orders about you, Sarge.

- I just want to help you out a little.

- We've heard all about you, Sarge.

- We've been warned about you, Sarge.

- No, all you have to do is...

- Just...

- Bye.

Why, you dirty stinking rats!

Jonah!

What are you doing with that mule?

Cephie and I, we're gonna get you

out of here. Now, you just back off.

- Wait a minute.

- Back off, Sergeant Chip.

We going to get you out, now you back off.

- Jonah...

- I said back off.

Come on. Come on, Cephie.

Come on, now.

(BANGING)

That's it, Cephie, give a good one.

Get up there, higher now!

Come on back here.

Nice one, Cephie. Let's get harder now.

Got to get the Sergeant Chip out of there.

Yahoo!

Cephie, come on!

(BRAYING)

Easy! Easy!

Will you watch it?

The whole building's going to come down.

Doing the best I can, Sarge.

Easy!

(CEPHIE BRAYING)

(SHOUTING)

You'll be out of there in a minute.

Well, watch it! Hold it!

Look out, look out!

Oh! Oh!

Sergeant Chip! Sergeant Chip?

Sergeant Chip?

Sergeant... Sergeant... Sergeant Chip?

Over here.

Sergeant Chip, Caleb's got the gun,

and the horses, your gun belt,

food and water and everything

and two horses in the draw.

Come on, we got to get out of here.

Will you come on?

- The jail fell down?

- That's right, Mike.

He's telling the truth, Chip is gone.

Why, that drunk!

- Do we pursue him?

- Bring him back?

No, forget about it. If he's looking for the

Ghost Dancers, maybe he'll find them.

They'll know what to do with him.

Okay, on your way.

You too, civilian.

That's it. Hold it.

Here.

- Jonah.

- Yeah?

(EXHALES)

Oh, yeah.

Well, how much farther we got to go?

This is the real end of nothing.

Soldiers never come

this far along the river.

Only, maybe, a few white trappers.

- Unknown country.

- It sure is.

In the old days, many hunting

Sioux lived along the river.

There is a high place

where the Sioux worshipped.

- Well, that's what we're looking for, right?

- We'll find it.

- Right?

- Right.

What are we hanging around here for?

Let's get out.

Come on, Cephie.

We got to cross this thing?

Trappers and Sioux use it.

Is this thing safe?

It's been here 125 years.

Jonah, you stay here with the horses.

Caleb and I will cross over and take a look.

- But Sergeant Chip...

- What is it?

Well, you remember what you said,

that maybe the Colonel will let me enlist.

He won't let me do nothing if

you leave me here with the horses.

Well, Caleb knows the way.

Now, what's the matter with you?

You want to get us lost?

Well, I know the way, too. Caleb told me.

And besides, you promised me.

What could I have promised you?

I didn't know what we were getting into.

Now that sure is going

to mess everything up.

Caleb, you think we could

find the way okay?

Yes, Sergeant.

Just follow the trail, you can't miss it.

- All right, you're elected. Come on.

- Thanks, Sergeant.

I'm right behind you, Sarge.

Bridge seems all right.

Sergeant Chip!

Sergeant Chip!

- Sergeant Chip!

- I'm right here. Help me up.

Will you get her off of that bridge?

Down, horse. Cephie! Cephie!

Get back! Get her back!

You're swinging it more than she is.

Hold it!

JONAH:
I'll get her, I'll get the horse. Back!

CHIP:
Tell her to get back.

JONAH:
Not that way, Caleb!

Not that way.

(JONAH PANTING)

Cephie. Cephie, wait. Do you love me?

Get off that bridge!

(CEPHIE BRAYING)

Get back! Get back!

I got a new idea.

Talk to her. That's nice.

Talk to her. That's nice. She'll go. That's it.

Oh, Lord.

When I get back, I'm going to kill her!

I'm going to kill her!

- You can't, Sergeant.

- What do you mean I can't?

Because, well, if it wasn't for Cephie,

you'd still be in jail.

Yeah.

That old knot-head. Come on.

(EXHALES)

This must be it, huh?

JONAH:
That looks like the high place

that Caleb was talking about.

Come on now,

let's go right along the ledge here.

Attaboy.

That's the cave.

What's in it?

I can't rightly see from here.

(JINGLING)

What's that? What was that?

What's happening?

Sounds like crickets.

Come on, let's go in the cave. Come on.

It's empty.

Caleb was right.

Sergeant Chip.

How come when the skin came off,

the band didn't?

(JINGLING CONTINUES)

If those are crickets,

they got wooden legs.

There don't seem to be no

Ghost Dancers around here.

So, why don't we leave?

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