The Bravados Page #4

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We're willin' to pay for hospitality.

-Where you headin'?|-Rio Arriba.

Well, you're lost.|You're headed in the wrong direction.

Rio Arriba's across the Diablo in the north.

You can spare a little grub|for the lady, can't you?

-I guess so.|-We'd be satisfied with a cup of coffee.

You know what happened to your horse?

-Just one word and you'll get the same.|-I won't talk.

Eggs!

-Where can we get a couple of horses?|-Well, the...

Douglass ranch|is about four miles west of here.

But I don't know|if they've got any horses or not.

Don't get any foolish ideas.

What's that?

-It's gold.|-Them's my teeth.

-Where's your gold?|-I haven't any.

-What are you mining for?|-Silver. So far I haven't found any.

Well...

-I gotta get back to work.|-Go ahead. Don't let us stop you.

What did he take?

Go and see what it was.

No!

-Let's go. The posse's coming!|-Go ahead. I'll be along.

I said now!

Come.

There's the miner's cabin.

Douglass' ranch should be|about four more miles west.

Who's that?

You know, that looks like Jim Douglass.

Jim!

-I'm glad I caught up with you.|-Why?

Jim, why don't you stop this mad chase|after these men and let them go?

You can't undo what's been done.|And you have a child to think of.

How can you be so sure these are the men?

Come here.

Look at this.|That's John Butler, my neighbour.

Poor devil never harmed anybody in his life.|Now they've killed him.

Let's get him in the house.

Jim!

Jim, come here! Come quickly! Emma!

Come on! Hurry! Hurry!

Mr Steinmetz, hurry!

We've found Emma.|She's here, in the house.

-How is she?|-I don't know.

-Please don't worry, Emma.

Everything's fine now. Really it is.

Look, Tom's here and your father's here.

Jim!

I know how you feel.|Go after them, Jim, and catch them.

Get them before...|Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!

Primo.

You take your men and head for the border.

I'm going by my place|to pick up a fresh horse.

-I'll meet you at the river.|-Yes, sir.

Everybody! Get movin'!

All right, let's get goin'.

Juanita!

Juanita. Juanita.

Juanita.

Alguien viene a caballo.

No los veo.

Parece tu padre. No los conozco.

Seor Douglass.

Hace rato vinieron dos hombres, se llevaron|dos caballos y se fueron hacia el rio.

Se llevaron los mejores caballos.| Qu hacemos? Lo siento mucho.

Elena y yo estbamos solas.|Pablo se fue a trabajar.

Est bien, Juanita. No te apures.

We're not far behind,|but they took the only horses that were here.

Helen, this is Josefa.

She's a good friend of mine.|A very good friend.

-I want you to stay with her until I get back.|-Yes.

I don't know when that'll be.

I'll take care of her.|Just as if she were my own.

I guess I haven't been much of a father.

Bye.

God bless you, Jim.

It looks like it all right.

Mr Douglass, here are the tracks.

This is where they crossed the river.

Mr Douglass!

This is the international border.|We can't go further.

I can.

Seora, did you see two men|on horseback cross the river here today?

No entiendo.

Vio a dos hombres a caballo|cruzar el rio por aqui hoy?

Ah, si. Mire.

Bajaron alli, luego cruzaron el rio,

dieron la vuelta y se fueron a San Cristbal.

San Cristbal. Para dnde hay que ir a eso?

Mire. San Cristbal est...

Se va usted por aqui, da la vuelta, sube|y un poco ms adelante est San Cristbal.

A qu distancia queda?

-Como a 20 km.|-Muchas gracias.

-Otro copa para la seorita.|-Si, Seor.

Y...

Who are you?

What do you want with me?

-Look at it.|-I see it.

What of it? It's a watch.

Look at the picture.

What about her? Who is she?

-You remember her.|-I never saw that woman before in my life.

Now get outta here.|I'm tired of you doggin' my trail.

She was my wife.

Raped and killed by you.

I tell you I never saw that woman before|in my life. Now get away from me!

Pablo, qu bueno que llegaste.|Bendito sea Dios que llegaste.

Mira, ngela. Tenemos todo el dinero|necesario para el resto de la vida. Cgelo.

-Si, pero el nio est enfermo.|- Que est enfermo? Desde cundo?

-Desde hace mucho.|-Vente.

-Tiene mucha febre.|-Si, pobrecito.

Necesitamos refrescarle la frente.

Bueno, le voy a poner un poquito de agua.

A ver si se le quita la febre.

Pero es que no hay agua.|Voy a buscar un poquito. Vengo enseguida.

No hay agua. No hay agua.

Mientras cuidas al nio,|te voy a hacer algo de comer.

Where's the Indian|who rode up here on that horse?

Perdone, seor, no le entiendo nada.|Mi hijo est muy enfermo.

Mi esposo fue a traer agua al arroyo.

Quin es usted? Qu va a hacer?

Ese hombre te queria matar.

ngela.

Traele algo de comer.

Eat.

Why don't you kill me?|I came here to kill you.

I have no reason to kill you.

Why do you hunt me?

Just look at that picture.

-Your wife and baby?|-Yeah.

She's very pretty.

My wife and baby, they are pretty.

Why do you hunt me?

-You ever see that woman before?|-No.

There were four men. Two white men,|a half-breed and an Indian.

They robbed my ranch house|and killed my wife.

I have never seen your ranch.

The horse you rode up here|you stole from my ranch!

I did not know that was your ranch|and I didn't see any woman.

If you've never been to my ranch,|where'd you get this money?

That I took from a miner|I met in Canyon Diablo.

We were at his house.|We ate his eggs and meat.

Then he ran down the hill|to hide that money and Zachary killed him.

I took that money|from his hand when he was dead.

No.

Butler was the one who told me -six months|ago, the day my wife was murdered -

that the four of you, you came|straight from my ranch past his place.

It is true. We did come past his place.

But we did not come from the direction of|your ranch. We came straight from the border.

Well, uh...

How...

Where did Butler get that money?

It was stolen from my house the day...

If my wife...

Butler.

What I have told you is the truth.

Oh, God.

Dear God.

That's him.

Tom.

He's back.

Sheriff, he's back.

Glad you're back, Jim.|You've been away a long time.

Father, I need help.

-We all do.|-I killed three men.

The people of Rio Arriba are thankful|that you broughtjustice where they failed.

You don't understand. I...

I didn't... kill them for the sake ofjustice.

You were a member of an armed posse|legally sent out to get them, dead or alive.

No, Father. I didn't kill them for|anything that they did here in Rio Arriba.

I killed them for revenge.

Revenge for something|that they didn't even do.

I set myself up as the judge,|the... jury and the... executioner.

They swore that they were innocent.

One of them even...

He begged on his knees...|for his life.

I wouldn't listen.

I killed them for something|that they didn't do.

Well...

Jim, let me point this out to you.

By telling me what you have|and feeling as you do,

you're already a step ahead of a lot|of other men that have been in your shoes.

That doesn't mean I'm condoning|what you've done, but at least you haven't

excused your own actions by saying,|as many men would,

that these men were evil and should die,|and that you carried out a legal execution.

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