Silver River Page #6

Ha! Not you,

you run from it.

My speech is about

the human soul.

Do you believe in

the human soul?

I believe in myself.

Then you're wasting

your time.

You know why?

All right... why?

Because you're

no good, Mike.

You're no good.

The defense rests.

Did you ever read the bible?

Not lately, no.

Well, it's all

written there.

The whole story about

a king called david.

You know what he wanted, too?

A woman.

A woman he saw one day

bathing in the garden.

Mm-hmm. Go on.

And david desired this woman,

and he lusted for her...

but she was the wife

of one of his captains,

and he sent the captain

off to the wars,

and he placed him in

the full of the battle,

and this captain was killed,

and the king took the wife of

this slain captain for his own.

And that's not all.

You've forgotten something.

What?

The king loved

that woman, didn't he?

David loved her with

an all-consuming passion.

Didn't he?!

That's not important!

Of course it's not important, not

to you, you cold boston codfish.

You and your sermons.

You get 'em out

of a bottle, Beck.

You want to make up rules

for other people to live by

because you've forgotten

how to live yourself.

You're a drunk and

sanctimonious hypocrite-

don't do it, Mike.

Don't send Moore to

that shoshonee country.

Don't do it.

Don't do that.

Not even you.

Aw, don't do it, Mike.

All right, take it up to the

cookhouse and check it in.

Hello, i, uh... want to have

a little talk with you.

What about?

Oh, about your husband.

Why talk to me? My husband

takes care of his own business.

Besides, he's gone.

Gone? I didn't think-

Georgia,

he's gotta be stopped.

Oh, I guess you've

thought it over

and now you're going

to change your mind.

Leave stanley alone. He knows

mining. It's his business.

Look, there's something

I've got to tell you.

He's gone up in the black

rock range. I know that.

I don't think you

understand, though.

I just found out the

shoshonees are on the warpath.

You know what that

means, don't you?

They already killed

a party of prospectors.

Shoshonees?

How long ago did he leave?

At dawn this morning.

I'm going after him.

Mccomb, I want to go, too.

No, you'd better stay here.

I'll take some of your men.

We ought to be able

to catch him.

Get on your horses

and follow me.

Get on your horses

and follow me.

Pardon me.

I, uh...

we didn't get there

soon enough, Georgia.

Well, king david, I see you've

brought the warrior home.

I believe we've been too hasty

in discharging our obligations

to the late mr. Moore.

We've written no epitaph.

Well, I'll speak one.

Nature might stand to

all the world and say

this was a man,

a man betrayed.

I don't believe

i need to identify

the gentleman who

victimized him.

He was among us today,

not to mourn,

but to claim the rewards

of his treachery.

Good morning, mr. Mccomb.

Good morning, edwards.

Well, what do you think

of this site?

Oh, it's excellent,

excellent,

but do you think a castle

will blend with this landscape?

Blend? In the landscape?

Look, edwards, I don't intend

to blend with any landscape.

I intend to fill it.

Yes, sir.

Now, look. I want a big

magnificent house, gothic style.

I want it built

in white marble. White.

But there's no marble in

this part of the country.

Then get marble.

And look, edwards,

on both sides of the main entrance

i want wings stretching out.

Mr. Mccomb, I'd like to talk this

over at greater length with you.

I'm still rather confused.

Hurry it up, edwards.

Good-bye.

"Michael j. Mccomb. "

"Mike McComb,

who brags he once burned

"a million dollars

of army payroll

"and ran

a roulette wheel into

"the largest silver

syndicate in the west,

"expanding his interests

into cattle, wheat and lumber,

"is now building

a castle in the desert

from which to rule

his growing empire. "

Hello, chevigee.

Where is McComb?

Haven't you heard?

Mrs. Moore is coming in

on that san francisco

stage this afternoon.

You'll find him

down there.

Stage from san francisco.

Welcome home.

It's nice to be back.

I've brought my carriage

here for you.

Thank you.

You look well.

Do i?

What am I talking about?

You look beautiful.

Can this be

the old Mike McComb?

No.

You've been gone

a long time.

If you didn't come in today

i was coming after you.

I don't want you to make

any plans for a week.

Every day for a week.

We're the same kind

of people, you and i.

Maybe that's the trouble.

I'm not sure if we'd

be good for each other.

One minute we're

fighting like wildcats,

the next we're in love.

It certainly took you

a long time to say that.

I never wanted to.

You just did.

It's not as simple as that.

It would be if you'd

just stop talking.

I don't think it's

going to be so difficult

for us to get along.

You almost had me

fooled for a minute,

but you haven't changed

a bit, Mike McComb.

Everything out there,

as far as you can see,

will be yours.

It's empty land.

Now, maybe, but it's not

going to stay that way.

One day,

you mark my words,

there'll be cities

out there.

Railroads, water,

things growing.

A whole new world created

from a silver river.

They'll remember you then.

Me?

Sure.

They'll say it was all done

for the love of a woman.

Let's be honest, Mike.

You were taking care of yourself

long before I ever came along.

I'm sure nothing in the world

could have stopped you, or can now.

I don't want to be stopped.

It isn't going to be as easy

as taking those wagons

away from me.

Mr. Burns?

What's this?

An invitation to

Mike McComb's housewarming.

I'll go.

It ain't gonna be that warm.

Everything in the house

is imported from europe.

Mr. Blake, mr. Chevigee,

and one for

the attorney.

Don't miss

this party, men.

800 cases

of real champagne.

Look at this. Well, what do you expect?

Very fancy,

but I'm not going.

I'm going to stay home

and so's my wife.

You'll go, gentlemen,

and so will your wives.

The king is now in his castle.

This is not an invitation.

It's a command. Louie!

I'll trade you mine

for another drink.

Yes, sir, everything

in that room's imported.

Look at that clock.

Got that from switzerland.

Got some cheese from there, too.

You'll get some of that later.

Now that's the front door. That's

where you came in. You saw that.

Now upstairs are the bedrooms.

Ten of 'em.

One big one. And that

light hanging up there...

that's imported, too.

All the way from

philadelphia.

If we have time later

I'll take you down

and show you

the wine cellar.

Full of imported wine,

beer and cigars.

Now you see that door

and that ceiling?

Mike had that taken right

out of a french castle.

Cost us a fortune.

And here, this is

the dining room in here.

Wait till you see that.

Wait till we see it? We've

been here for over an hour.

Yes, mr. Porter,

all this is very lovely,

but where are our

host and hostess?

We're terrible,

keeping them all waiting.

You just say the word and

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