The Desperate Trail Page #3

your behind as well.

Jacket's made of genuine India rubber.

Distracts the rain completely.

Wearing one of these...

Is like having a roof over your head.

Well, it's fine for folks too stupid

to get out of the rain.

- That's good.

- She'll take one.

So, what else you got here?

Take a look at some

of those Havana cigars.

Finest in the land.

Still in the Dry Goods.

Hollister, Will, across the street.

Frenchy, Clyde, over there.

Sanchez, inside.

Look at that. There.

Jesus Christ.

He'd had to ride all night to get here.

What is it between you two?

What're we gonna do?

Go over there and ask the nice gentleman

what kind of weapons he's got.

- Show me some of your weapons.

- Absolutely.

That there's a brand-new

Scattershot .44.

It's great for squirrel hunting.

Almost like making your

Winchester into a small bore shotgun.

- I'll take three boxes.

- How about a rifle?

I need two, actually.

You got the .44 carbine and .44-40?

44-40? Yes, indeed.

That 44-40 uses the same load

as a Colt pistol.

Makes life a whole lot easier.

Yeah. Why don't you show me

two of them Colts?

Two Colts.

Boy, you sure are gonna love

these little fellas.

Hey, you folks wouldn't happen to be

from back East now, would you?

- Boston.

- Boston.

Son of a gun. I knew it.

I'm from old New York myself.

Put her there.

Yeah, Boston.

Excuse me.

Boy, Boston.

Say, excuse me, is there anything wrong?

Not if you lie down

on the floor and shut up.

Yes, ma'am.

You don't have to tell me twice.

On your back, jughead.

Don't want you crawling off.

- At your service.

- How many of them you said you seen?

Six, maybe seven. Against two.

Against one, really.

You ain't worth sh*t in a fracas.

Why don't you just shoot some

of them for me?

What'll you be doing?

Like my fencing instructor used to say:

"Never underestimate the element

of surprise."

Let him have it!

Get out of there, God damn it!

Get off the street!

There's little children here.

Hollister, watch them people.

I got him.

I got him! I did it!

MY eyes.

Damn.

Come on, woman. Come on.

Speakes?

Speakes! Where are you, Speakes?

You done this to me.

Stop it, Hollister.

What about my eyes,

you goddamn son of a b*tch?

Where's my reward, Speakes? Where?

Damn it, man, I know you're hurting,

but it ain't no fault of mine.

Come on.

Just point me at him.

Right here, Hollister.

Marshall...

There weren't no cause for that.

I did him a favor. Now get mounted.

We can't stay here long.

They're gonna be right on us.

Don't you worry.

Can't see this place in the day,

let alone at night.

Yeah.

Just lay still.

Lost a lot of blood.

It's gonna be all right.

Don't worry.

Looks like the bullet passed right

through the fatty part.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Lucky it didn't puncture your systems.

You're gonna be fine.

You know, you didn't have to stop.

You could've just kept right on going.

Could've just taken that money and gone.

I could have.

But what about--

- I'm sorry.

- No, it's all right.

Why does Speakes want you so bad?

Seems like he wants you pretty bad, too.

That's true enough. But...

I believe you two were acquainted

when we first met, weren't you?

Well, weren't you?

There was this boy in my town.

He wanted to marry me.

Guess he liked the way I looked

or something.

He had a big ranch,

or his daddy did, anyway.

I figured an orphan girl

could do much worse...

- Than become a cattle baron, right?

Baroness.

Baroness.

Go on.

Turned out this fella weren't no man at all.

He started beating on me.

One thing I won't abide...

Man putting his hands on me

without my by-your-leave.

Don't take that from nobody.

So that's why he's after you,

'cause you killed your husband?

It weren't just my husband.

It was his boy.

That make a difference between us?

No.

We'd better be moving.

Is something wrong?

I should've told you before,

I got some business to tend to...

And I'm gonna need to do it alone.

What're you talking about, Cooper?

I thought we was partners.

I'll meet you at Monegaw, that's the town

with the bank, in three days, okay?

Why didn't you tell me

about this little something yesterday?

Because it's none of your business.

I see.

You got yourself a little wifey

somewhere, Cooper? Do you?

All right, fine.

- Just give me my share of the money.

- You already lost your share.

You give me what's left, Cooper.

I don't think you're gonna find

any bullets in that gun.

It's a little trick I learned from someone.

Trust.

- That's what you're always saying.

- Look, I trust you.

It's just something

I need to do alone, okay?

After what we done, Jack?

You're just a liar, like the rest of them.

Come on, Sarah. God damn it!

- I need to do this alone!

- You lie, and you pretend...

And you just do what you want.

All right. Okay.

- I'm going to my brother's ranch.

- Your brother's dead.

He's not dead. He's alive.

But you said he was dead.

Why did you lie about it?

I don't want him to get mixed up

in the things I do. I just...

I wanna protect him.

You can understand that, can't you?

You didn't have to lie about it.

Walter?

Hey, there!

How are you?

- I heard you were sick.

- Yes, indeed I was. But...

At present, I'm full of beans, as they say.

I've been taking garlic

and a touch of kerosene...

A remedy of my own invention.

I've had visions, Jackie.

Let's go. Come on. Get out of bed.

No wonder you're not feeling good.

Look at this place. it's a damn mess.

Madam...

My appearance is...

You are the first animal...

Vegetable or mineral that...

My dear brother

has ever deigned to bring back...

To our humble little ranch.

You must be very special.

Walter, this is Mamie, Mamie Hollister.

- Mamie, this is my brother, Walter.

- Pleased to meet you.

Oh, no.

The pleasure...

Is exclusively my own.

Sweet, sweet lady.

- Jackie?

- Yeah?

Did you bring it?

What? Oh, yeah. Yep.

There you go.

Wait till you see it.

- You are gonna be staying, aren't you?

- Well, we're gonna be heading out...

Tomorrow probably.

- What in the hell is that, Marshall?

- Smells kind of like you.

Somebody pissed on it.

Well, there's a fresh fire.

And lots of blood.

How long ago you figure

they been here, Marshall?

Not long, I reckon.

What is that thing?

It's a telescope.

A Cassegrainian telescope.

Can you believe it?

- You told me that thing was for farming.

- What?

- I almost got killed over a telescope?

- Hey, who're you poking?

You can see the craters on the moon.

The Sea of Tranquility.

- Isn't that a beautiful name?

- Yeah, it's beautiful.

What's that hole doing in the roof?

I gave you the money to fix it, didn't I?

Not for you, not for me, but for us!

God, not another one.

The stars bespeak the glory of God!

Walter, would you stop with that sh*t!

You know, Walter, we had a deal.

I was supposed to bring you that thing,

and you were to fix the barn!

Instead, you bust a bigger hole,

and you stick your telescope out here!

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