The Desperadoes Page #5

- Once in jail is enough for me. Come on.

You're too young to die, and so am I.

...4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

Well, gents, there's 12 of you here

and it takes 12 to make a jury.

Now we got two men here to hang,

but we're going to do it by the law.

- Hank, you be foreman.

- All right, Judge.

Lift your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear to put the law

on them bank robbers, so help you?

- I do.

- That's the stuff, Hank. Lower your hand.

We got to have a little evidence,

but very little.

Wait a minute.

- Holding up a bank's not a hanging offense.

- It ain't?

- It is if somebody's killed.

- They didn't fire a shot.

They fired plenty the other night.

Order in the court!

Jack, you mean to say that them fellows

did all the bank robberies?

I saw them kill three men

the night of the first robbery.

That's a lie.

Steady now, don't you go shooting

any witnesses, Sheriff.

We're gonna have law, all law

and nothing but the law in this court.

- Sit down, both of you.

- Listen to me, Judge.

Lester is swearing away the lives

of a couple of men...

because he got licked in a saloon fight.

I know Bill Smith here.

I've lived, eaten and fought with him.

We've dodged bullets together.

Some of them came from the law,

the kind of law you got around here.

Sit down! That ain't the kind of testimony

for a peace officer to be giving.

Your Honor, you got an eye in your head...

to see what a fine upstanding young man

Mr. Smith is.

Willie, no one asking you questions.

Besides you don't know about him anyway.

Sit down, Willie!

I aim to give Red Valley

a couple of hangings...

that they'll be proud of in days to come.

Any man that comes

between me and my doing it...

will get knocked higher than Gilroy's kite

with no due process of law at all.

Now let me hear the skunk that's changed

his mind after we been to all this trouble.

Let me hear him.

Only about 12 hours now

till you boys get some exercise.

Walking on air.

It ought to do you a lot of good

after all this sitting around.

Fellow runs into a mighty poor grade

of stock in a place like this.

Oh, hello, Smith.

Take a good look, my friend.

Pretty nice, ain't it?

It looks mighty trim.

You couldn't get a better stepping-off place.

Wait, I want to show you something.

Mighty slick, ain't it?

You're going out in style, Smith.

Makes me kinda glad I come here.

- Afternoon, Nitro.

- Hi, Judge.

Now, according to due process of law...

you condemned men

can make any last request you want.

Now, if you got one, speak up.

I got one, Judge. Keep your trap shut.

Keep your trap shut. That's a hot one.

How's he taking it?

Way a man like he is would.

Sits there and talks to Nitro.

Smokes too much

and waits for somebody to make a mistake.

- The way you would if you were in his place.

- There's nothing else to do.

He didn't kill those men, did he?

He didn't even rob the bank.

Nitro did that on his own.

I'm glad.

What can I do?

They want a hanging in Red Valley

and a man has sworn their lives away.

I'm Sheriff,

but I can't make my own law for friends.

Bill's what Dad calls from the other side

of the mountain, and he can't come back.

He tried, Steve.

He's hanging for something he didn't do.

I suppose a man has to die the way he lives.

Do you really believe that, Allison?

I'm trying to.

Here's lunch for the prisoners.

Let them out.

- Steve...

- I'll be responsible.

- Hi, Bill.

- Hello, Steve.

Same old stew.

I reckon a little pepper will liven it up some.

I won't be needing my hat anymore, Steve.

I'd kinda like for you to have it.

Thanks, but I can't take it, Bill.

Why not? It's a good hat.

I paid $40 for it in Santa Fe.

- Well, for old times' sake.

- Sure.

Why don't you put it on?

Let's see how you look in it.

How's this, Bill?

Why, the brim tips a little bit

to the left, kinda.

You're coming along with us, Steve,

just in case.

But you make one false move

and I'm gonna blast you.

I believe you would, at that, Cheyenne.

Back way.

Perfect.

Hi, Steve. Afternoon, boys.

Hi, Judge.

What is the meaning of this?

It means you can't keep your trap shut.

- This will be far enough for you, Steve.

- All right. Whoa, fellow.

Sorry it was your jail we had to break out of.

I didn't fall for that hat trick, Cheyenne.

We used it once in Deadwood. Remember?

Yeah, but do you think they'll fall

for that story back at Red Valley?

Why not?

I was careless, and I was surprised.

- There's been jailbreaks before.

- Sure there has, Sheriff.

- You ain't a bad fella as sheriffs go.

- Thanks.

This trail leads south.

Follow it to the end and when you get there,

keep going.

Good luck.

Adios, Steve.

You know,

there's something funny about this.

About what?

You may think I'm loco, but I got

a sneaking hunch the sheriff let us go.

Maybe you're right.

What are you stalling here for?

We was heading south.

- I'm going back into town tonight.

- Back into town? What for?

I'm going to see Sundown.

You pick up the grub and meet me here

when you got it.

- Let me know when you're here.

- We'll holler for you.

Sundown.

Looks like you're a shade slower

on the draw than you used to be, Cheyenne.

Cheyenne?

- Ain't I gonna get a chance?

- You had a chance.

- You can't shoot a man down like a dog.

- This is the other way around.

You sat here and let me walk into a trap.

They surprised me as much as they did you.

Ain't you stringing this out too long?

Why don't you kill him

and let's be on our way?

Cheyenne, you ain't serious, are you?

You're only joking.

Killing me don't make sense.

It never does,

to the fellow that's getting killed.

Let me talk.

Give me a minute

before you pull that trigger!

This is murder!

You tried to murder us.

A rope's a slow way to go.

I'll make it quick for you.

I've heard about you, Cheyenne.

You don't shoot people in cold blood.

That ain't what you said at the trial.

I'm sorry about what I said at the trial.

I didn't mean it.

- You're wasting your breath, Lester.

- No, Cheyenne, please wait!

I'll cut you in on the whole setup.

Keep talking.

Clanton's in on this.

I never thought of making a partner

out of a banker.

All you got to do is say the word

and you're in.

I knew you'd talk, Lester,

standing at the other end of a gun.

Now you're going down the street with me

and make another speech.

Hey, Jack! Are you ready?

They're inside! Let them have it!

Allison.

Bill.

It's you! Was it you?

What are you doing here?

I came back here to make Lester

admit he lied about those killings...

in front of you.

You didn't have to do that.

I couldn't go away having you think

I was a killer.

I never thought that.

Say that again.

I never thought that. I couldn't think it.

That's what I wanted.

I'd almost given up caring

whether anybody believed in me or not...

- until I met you.

- I believe in you.

I'll always believe in you, Bill.

I can't help myself.

Please go, Bill.

I want you to take a message

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