Take a Hard Ride Page #2

-How about a cigare?

-I do no smoking, either.

Tell me something. When I'm not near

are you thinking of keeping all that money?

-You mean..eh... splitting with you?

-Now, that aint a bad idea.

Well, don't get your hopes up.

Think about it,won't you Pike?

It would be unnatural if you didn't.

You're the same as me.

Maybe... before....

..but..it's different now.

I'm just practising.

I hope so.

Oh my darling, Oh my darling.

Oh... my dar..ling... Clementine.

You walken out..... forever.

Dreadful story, Clementine...

You've finished?

-I am now.

-Let's go.

Please.

What the hell are you doing?

Sh*t, Mr! We aint got nothing.

-You rode with Pike?

-Yeah, but weren't the only ones...

..and he was lot better than us.

-But little eyes like you gotta see a lot.

-We didn't see nothing, sir, I swear.

-Are you going afte Pike too?

-I might be the one that's gonna kill him.

Pike he don't die so easy.

The dead is dead, and that's my problem.

You two are gonna ride with me.

Or?

With him.

Hey Pike. You know something?

I've been thinking.

I know why I'm risking my hide.

Why are you doing it?

-Because I told Morgan I would.

-You gave your word to a white man?

Where I come from that aint exactly

binding.

Not even 86,000 dollars worth.

I gave my word....to a man.

Help! Arrrgh!

Let go!

Come on. Come on!

Lucas!

-Stop it! What more do you want?

-Get her.

-Stop it!

-Hold her tight!

Help! No!

Feel like being a gentleman?

This your husband?

Where were you headed?

To a little town, near the Rio Grande.

I'm going there and you with us.

I'll round up a couple of horses

for you and your friend

One. He doesn't need.

He was raised by the Tarahuma Indians.

Two blacks, a women and

Indian on foot.

Don't you think anybody is going to

recognize you, Pike?

Now that I know you can shoot, Tyree..

..we won't get no problems.

What's your name, amigo?

His name is Kashtok. He can not

speak. He has no tongue.

Who did that to him?

Men.. like those.

We do not need him. We can

can catch up Pike by ourselves.

Bushwack him and keep all the money.

He wouldn't give us much anyway.

This way we got it all.

And spend it before he evens knows it.

-You haven't seen a n*gger riding by?

-Maybe.

Maybe a couple of them.

Is that right?

-The man says he seen the big n*gger.

-Not far up ahead.

Well... that's fine.

-Depends on what you got in mind.

-Sounds like you got something in mind, mister?.

If you're going to bne riding out after him,

you are gonnna be riding with me....or..

-Or what?

-Or you aint riding at all.

-You got some kinf of claim on him?

-You could put that way or put it..

...any way you want it.

I happened to be first in line.

Well, he's is going to move over.

Thank you.

I mean.. for before... what you did.

-"Thamk you" is very difficult to say isn't it?

-I don't think I will be sorry that I said it.

Well, I thought you'ld mind to talk.

That depends about what.

I don't know.

I thought it might made you feel better.

I came from New Orleans.

And before that France.

You know the crypt in New

Orleans, where girls are?

I was there for three years.

Until Lukas, my husband,

came and brought me away with him.

He was a kind and gentle man.

Perhaps you can never

understand, but he did.

He never asked me about how it was like there.

He didn't have to know.

Lucas made me feel...

Sometimes... almost believed

that it never happened.

Almost?

Is that so strange?

It can happen that a man can trust you.

with those you are carrying without being no doubt before

Yeah, I know about that.

When my husband found Kashtok

left to die in the desert,..

.. he brought him home to care for.

Lukas were that kind of person.

Sound like you loved him.

No.

That was the only thing I

could not give.

I tried, but it was not there.

-Perhaps it is somethin that I have lost.

-Well..maybe you'll find it again.

Where? Back in the crypts of New Orleans?

No.

I am not going to chase rainbows

...as they say in your country.

-This aint my country.

-No?

I was told that you fought a war about that.

What's she say?

She said that we won the war.

Is that so? Why are they still

shooting at us then?

If they ever stopped, I

figured something is wrong.

She tell you a sad story?

What makes you think so?

It kinda figures, Pike.

I have known a lot of ladies,

Been to a lot of places.

Including New Orleans.

Everbody got sad story

in their past.

Some people more that others.

It aint no different.

Don't you ever shut up?

Talking makes me feel... I'm alive.

Lets me know I'm here.

You've always been a loner, Pike?

You kinda have that look in your eye,

tells people to stay away.

Depends on people.

-You don't like me much do you?

-Oh, I like you, Tyree.

But aint you the fella that's

gonna trying to kill me

..when we cross that river into Mexico?

Yep..that's right, Pike.

I told you that we aint gonna

find anything else.

But you're so Goddamn stubborn!

But you'll eat rabbits if you get

hungry enough!

-So high and mighty.

-I will eat no skunk.

All you have to do...

...is to skin it up, wash it, put it on

the fire, call it " prairie dog. "

If we wait for the chicken,

we starve to death.

-I told you.. I don't eat no skunk.

-Hold it!

-Hands up! Where is it?

-I aint got it.

Don't make a move.

There were supposed to be only one of them.

The fact is that we are gonna kill

you both in about 3 seconds from now

-What for?

-The money you got.

What money? We've got 16 cents between us!

But you are welcome to it all...

-Only chicken here!

-Chicken? You son of a b*tch!

Skunk is good enough for me,

You got a whole Goddamn chicken.

Hey, neither one of them is him.

And I'm expecting to see 86,000 dollars.

What?

What? You mean there's a n*gger

riding around with all that money?

That's right.

Too bad you aint him.

Come on, let's go!

You dumb bastard! We got better things to do!

86,000 dollars!

You see, Mr. Kiefer,

Just like we've been telling you.

Old Pike he's been this way.

He didn't take nothing off these fellas.

Wouldn't take us long.

Lot of stuff here.

He left it all for us.

Ladies things.

When are we gonna get him?

Why hurry? They are only carrying it closer

to where we can spend it.

Cangey! Look!

Come on!

Don't let them get away!

Come on! We got them now! If we get

across the bridge, we'll be rich men!

They did it! Move your ass!

Hey!

Come on, give me your foot.

Come on.

Hold on.

Do you want me to fall down!

I give you my foot!

More..more..

Come on. Hurry!

Hurry up, come on!

Hold on to my foot.

Holdon to my foote. Don't let go !

Hang on. Up with you. No!

You came because God sent you here.

He means for me to ride on this crusade.

It's not money, Kiefer, it's what

they plan to do with it

The Devil's work.

Ohh, they claim they will be delivering it,

protecting it for others.

But we know, don't we Kiefer?

But that's a lie.

This is just a test of your purpose.

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