Support Your Local Sheriff! Page #6

See, on Saturday night,

that hitch rack would get full.

I'd hold the extra horses,

sometimes all night.

It seems to me like you spent

a lot of time with horses.

One end or the other.

Course, I come by it natural. My daddy

stole horses for a livin'. They hung him.

That's a terrible thing for a sheriff

to suddenly find out about his deputy.

If you hadn't shoved

this job down my throat,

you might have found out a lot of things.

- Want my badge back?

- Don't be silly.

Jake, you better clean up those fish.

I'll take a little nap.

- Sure I won't disturb you none?

- No, just don't rattle the pots and pans.

I'll be wantin' you boys to ride into town

more quietly from now on.

- You drove your point home real good.

- Good. Good.

Well, that kind of brightens up

the whole place.

At least I don't feel so naked and stupid

sitting in here day after day.

Joe, if Jake comes in, tell him

I went down to the store to see the mayor.

- Have you seen my daddy?

- No.

Not since the night he came in here

and we had that little chat.

Don't you worry, Joe.

I'm sure he's planning a little jailbreak.

- You really think so?

- What else would they be doing?

Where will I find the sheriff?

I imagine he's in the jail...

No.

Wait a minute. There he is

comin' out of the hardware store there.

- Much obliged.

- Pleasure.

Sheriff.

- Anybody know who he was?

- I think he just rode into town.

He asked me where you was.

I seen you coming out of the hardware...

Thanks for pointin' me out to him.

Hold it just a minute.

You don't want to go in there right now.

Wait here just a minute,

I'll come back and I'll join you.

Honey, I think I just been...

- Ever see him before?

- Uh-uh.

Jake.

After lunch...

- Afternoon, Sheriff.

- We ain't makin' any dust at all today.

- Another one of 'em rode into town.

- You sure?

Can't miss a professional gunfighter.

They got a look ain't like anyone else.

He's been askin' around to find you.

- I'm sure gettin' sick of all this stuff.

- This stuff would make me sick too.

Well...

Why do these jaspers

always have to hit town at mealtime?

- Are you gonna kill another man?

- I'm sure we all hope it turns out that way.

This sure is a childish way

for a grown man to make a living.

- Go for your gun, Sheriff.

- You go to hell.

And stay out.

If either one of you

opens his fat, stupid mouth,

I'll chase you right out of town

after that other yellow dog.

Leave the bottle.

- All right, now he's done it.

- Who?

- That sheriff.

- What's he done?

He's pushed me too far this time.

That's what he's done.

I've been bending over backwards

up to now. That's all finished.

You know I've bent over backwards.

You ain't let him push you into no corner

where you could be provoked.

Right. But from now on,

I'm tired of being a nice fella.

Pa, have you been

touchin' up your hair again?

- What do you mean, again?

- Nothing.

- It just looks better in spots, that's all.

- What do you mean?

Nothing.

What are we gonna do, Pa?

- Get Joe out of jail.

- How?

Leave that to me. I got it all figured out.

We'll do it tonight.

You get ready,

cos this is gonna happen awful fast.

- Pa.

- Huh?

Nothing. It's all right.

When I yell go, we all go together.

And use your spurs. All ready? Yah!

- Now he's really done it.

- Who?

That sheriff.

- I could've told you it wouldn't work.

- Why not?

Because they set these bars in too solid.

- What do you know about anything?

- I helped to set 'em in.

You...?

Luke, I want you two

to round up the horses.

Ride over to your Uncle Milt's. Tell him

to bring Steve and George and Young Milt.

And, Tom, you ride out to Uncle Ira's.

You tell him to bring Billy and Jack

and anyone else he can think to bring.

- I ain't foolin' around no longer.

- That's a two-day ride.

I know far it is. Stop at the ranch

and pick up some grub.

Tell Milt and Ira we'll all meet Friday.

If any of them feel

that they don't wanna come,

you just remind them of the mortgages

I help them to pay.

Well, all right, get going.

- You helped 'em put in those bars?

- I didn't have nothin' else to do.

They was gonna put the bars in

whether I helped or not.

They'll hang you

whether you helped or not.

Pa, I don't think

that they are really gonna hang me.

They laugh and they joke,

but I don't think they'll do it.

- You'll see whether they hang you or...

- Don't move!

- What's goin' on back here?

- That's all I need.

Some stable bum orderin' me around.

This is my saddle

and I'm taking it with me.

I know it ain't mine, so go ahead.

In just a few days now,

I'll take care of you.

What was he tryin' to do,

bust you outta here?

Yeah.

You know Pa.

Got a heart as big as the whole outdoors.

But he don't have one brain

in his poor old head.

May I compliment you on getting

such a romantic idea, Miss Prudy?

Nothing romantic about it, Sheriff.

Nothing romantic about a man and a girl

out for a ride on a warm afternoon?

You think what you want to, Sheriff.

But you'd do that anyway, wouldn't you?

It's surprising how well you've gotten

to know me in such a short time.

Would you like to get out

and talk a minute, Sheriff?

All right.

Light yourself up a cigar

if you want to, Sheriff.

Thank you, Miss Prudy. I believe I will.

Was there anything in particular that

you wanna talk to me about, Miss Prudy?

In case you didn't know, Milt Danby

is rounding up his two brothers

and all of their sons

and all of their hired hands.

They're gonna ride into town

and take care of you.

- They're gonna get Joe out of jail.

- Yeah, I heard about that.

We've all been trying to remember.

We think there are three grown boys

in Ira Danby's family

and two in Milt Danby's family.

So with the three Danbys here,

and Joe in jail,

we figure that makes about 11.

Plus all of the hired hands

that they bring along.

That's about the figure I arrived at too.

- Ten or 12, maybe.

- Or 14 or 15, maybe.

- It's quite a few.

- It's almost a mob, you might say.

Have you figured what you're gonna do?

- More or less.

- What?

I thought I might just leave town.

Just get outta town before they ride in.

Just ride out and keep on going.

- I don't believe it.

- I don't know why not.

I've never made any secret of the fact

that basically I'm on my way to Australia.

I don't think I'm gonna find

a better time to get started than now.

Besides, I don't like the odds.

I just don't believe it.

You better believe it. It's not gonna be

too many hours before I'm long gone.

I think that is one of the most mature

things I've ever heard of a man doing.

You think it's what?

Mature.

Any other man would have to stick around

to prove that they are a man

and get a whole town shot up to boot.

Mature?

As opposed to childish

and shot full of holes.

You don't think it sounded

a little cowardly?

For a man to take a job and then

when the going gets a little rough,

he just sneaks out in the dead of night?

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