The Ballad of Lefty Brown Page #4

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do anything else,

we ought to split up

that there money.

I ain't got no money.

Where's it at?

You dumb sh*t, you think

they'd let me keep it?

Where's it at?!

Where's what?

The money.

Well, how's a fella

supposed to know

what you're talking about?

The money we was paid

for killing Johnson.

I need you to tell me

this isn't yours, Jimmy.

You're drunk.

Yeah.

Is it yours?

No, it is not mine.

You see, I got that...

Off of this fella by the

name of frank bains,

and frank, well, frank,

he got it off of thad crobley.

Mr. crobley had a

checkered past.

I figured he deserved

a second chance.

He's dead,

killed by the man

he come to pay.

It is not pleasant being wrong.

To the tragedy of

changing times.

These changing times,

where did Eddie fit in?

Eddie was too big for the law.

He was a man of

the land, though,

and a great land, it is.

Please.

Don't practice your

damn speeches on me.

It is my oration for

Eddie's memorial.

A killer speaking over

the man he killed.

This frank killed Eddie.

And you put him up to it.

I did no such thing.

Eddie was my friend.

I tried to make him understand

that this isn't the

land it once was.

Come on, tom.

We're civilized now.

Businesses thrive...

Families travel in safety...

And Indians no longer

rape our wives.

Don't.

If'n he understood,

he wouldn't have gone

after that rustler.

He'd be on his way to

Washington right now.

The money...

I swear to you on

our friendship...

I did not kill Eddie.

To senator Edward Johnson...

A great hero of our people.

And more...

A loyal friend.

To Eddie.

To Eddie.

Do you hear 'em talking

about anything

or see anything or look

like they had money?

I don't remember.

Well, we should

have been looking.

We should have looked.

It ain't here.

Watch frank.

Hey...

where's that money?!

Hey!

Ain't you supposed

to be a talker?!

Where's the money?!

God damn it.

Son of a b*tch.

Sh*t! Hey.

It's...

You, figure tom might

have taken the money?

Tom? No. No.

Never would have done that.

It ain't his way.

Well, maybe there wasn't

any money to begin with,

and that's why they

couldn't find it.

Now you listen here.

There ain't no point in us

talking about what you

and I don't know.

Hell, kid...

It's money.

It makes fools of men.

Eddie... you all right?

Now, hey, hold on there.

Listen here.

There ain't no way

you're gonna ride any more.

I'm gonna have to get us...

get us some help on this one.

You got everything

you need here.

I'm gonna leave the

growler with you.

All right.

Now don't you die on me.

You hear me?

Now, here,

I got...

don't you be doing that.

I got a dying kid back there.

You go get the medicines

from the bunkhouse.

Don't be rude now.

We planned a real

homecoming for you.

Quit your joshing, boys.

I got a dying kid back there.

I ain't got time for...

boys, I don't have time!

Then we'll make it quick.

Now, hey, I got that fella

what killed Edward.

He's back there with that kid.

I got him!

The fella who killed Mr.

Johnson?

I'm looking at him.

No!

No, that ain't true!

And no one else thought

you'd be idiot enough

to show your face back here.

I knew, though.

Stop this, all of you!

"It is with a heavy heart

"i must inform you lefty brown

is responsible for the

death of senator Johnson."

You know that there telegram

is a load of bullcrap.

Hell, I can't believe how

low you think of me.

You're not gonna tell me why.

Why?

How 'bout you tell me?

You're the one saying i

done something I ain't.

Well, maybe you were angry.

Maybe he told you he wasn't

gonna leave you in charge.

No.

Why would he do that?

Because I told him to.

Tom and me, we tracked

that son of a b*tch

halfway across the high desert,

and we got him, like I

promised you I would.

Now, you ride with

me to that kid,

'cause that's where

I killed him.

You tell me where that kid

is, and I'll send help.

There ain't no sure

directions to give.

I have to take you to him.

That there piece of paper...

You're saying that

that's worth more

than the word of a man who's

known you over half your life?

I've known Jimmy for

a long time, too.

What's Jimmy got to

do with all this?

Jimmy wrote that paper?

Yes, he did.

Lying don't become you.

You know better than anybody

Eddie never gave me time

to learn my letters.

Look at the seal.

Lefty!

No.

You'll have your say

before the judge.

No.

No.

Sorry, marshal.

Ain't no free drinks here.

What's going on here?

Hey, Jimmy.

Just helping out.

I get paid next week, so...

You don't ever touch

a spittoon again.

He still owes me for

another day's worth.

That runs out, you

just come and find me.

Kid.

Hang in there, kid.

Hang in there.

What the...

Lefty, prisoner or no, you...

Lefty got out!

Go after him!

There.

All right.

Get back this way.

That ought to do it.

You gonna secure that sitch?

It's tight.

Tight enough to only last about

half a mile down the road.

Ain't nowhere to run

for the likes of a

murdering coward like you.

Shotgun ain't got

the range, ma'am.

What are you waiting for?!

I didn't kill Edward...

And I ain't gonna kill you.

And this is your medicine

i been giving you.

This... you just gotta

take a little...

get 'er down. Get 'er...

there you go.

Go easy. Easy there, wild bill.

You just take...

easy, easy, easy.

Hey.

Look at you.

Welcome back.

This the ranch?

Don't look like no

ranch, now, do it?

No.

How long have I been here?

Eight days.

You ought to eat.

Guess I can try.

Yes, you can.

Couldn't be bothered to

warn me, now, could you?

You ought to watch yourself.

There's buckshot in that.

You know, there's not a

dentist for a thousand miles.

Where are we, anyway?

The only place I can be.

That money, that belonged

to Jimmy bierce...

And he had Edward killed,

and now he's got me

taking the blame.

What?

Yeah, tom, that's how he knew

that fancy-looking fella.

They's all working for Jimmy.

They were friends.

You...

You said they were friends.

That's what you said.

I know. I was wrong.

It was... it was nothing

like I said it was,

and that's me.

That's lefty brown...

The man who never

got anything right

in over 60-odd years.

You saved my life.

Yes, I did.

What we gonna do now?

What the hell?

It's a memorial service.

The sum-b*tch had Edward killed.

He can't speak on his behalf.

We can't kill the governor.

We'd get strung up.

We need some proof.

I... i know that.

I'll find some.

Kid, hey.

You said you were

holding him for trial?

It's just, seems to me if lefty were

innocent, he wouldn't have run.

He took some medicine with him.

Maybe he had no choice.

We all have a choice.

I'll look into it

after the memorial.

You're a loyal friend.

I never got a chance

to thank you properly

for helping me with the ranch.

It's what Eddie

would have wanted.

What he wouldn't have wanted

is for you to appoint

the man he beat

to take his place in the senate.

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