The Electric Horseman Page #4

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Look, i-it goes away

in how many hours?

Gentlemen,

would you excuse us?

There are drinks upstairs.

Ah, the world of illusion!

Just a minute, fellas.

I'll be right out.

Gee!

We're not talking about a horse. We're

talking about a $300 million merger.

Omnibank is gonna make

a feast outta this.

If Steele talks to anyone before

he's caught, we have no merger.

- Ampco and the horse are the

same thing. - Hunt, I don't-

If we've mismanaged the horse,

we've mismanaged the corporation.

Couldn't he have called

the S.P.C.A.?

What are we gonna say

to the reporters?

Tell 'em to go to bed. It's a

little late for that. Excuse me.

And get those morons

out of here.

Come on, Bob.

One drunken cowboy!

"We have been advised...

"by the Attorney General

of the State of Nevada...

"that the theft of Rising Star

is grand larceny, a felony.

"In the event that this proves

to be a deliberate act,

"a felony warrant

will be issued for Mr. Steele.

At this time, however, our primary

concern is the welfare of our horse."

What did he say to Sears at the reception?

They were really going at each other.

Hallie, gimme a break,

will ya?

Ransom! What about ransom?

The man's not that crazy.

Listen, he's been tossed on his head enough

times. You thought about brain damage?

Look, the cowboy's a little

hot-tempered. He's emotionally disturbed.

That's all. Who isn't? C'mon,

Fitz. What're you saying?

That's he's made a mistake and he's gonna

bring it back when he's had time to cool out?

Oh, come on! Let me alone, will ya?

I don't know any answers.

I don't know from brain damage.

I don't know from "cooling out."

There's a convention here.

Go have a sauna. Give me

some good news, for chrissake!

"Cool... out."

...these days.

Why'd she quit him?

God knows.

Sonny was married

right in Gus's living room.

When that woman quit him, you know

where Sonny came to cool himself out?

Of course, Gus is gettin'

old and strange these days.

...you know where Sonny came

to cool himself out?

Of course, Gus is gettin'

old and strange these days.

Princess Fatima.

Princess Fatima, please.

Seen Wendell?

No, I haven't.

I haven't seen nobody. Just runnin'

around like crazy people today.

Buy you a drink? No, thanks. I got one.

That's my limit. That's all I

ever drink. Tell me something.

Just something personal.

Were you surprised he did it?

Who, Sonny?

Well, Sonny'll surprise ya.

It's just that some surprises

are bigger than others.

Like he gave me this ring

one day,just like that.

Had ol' Wendell's teeth

fixed for 'im too.

What's your last name?

Smitley.

Say, you know something?

We got a mutual friend.

Oh, we do? Who do we know? Gus Atwater.

I know Gus.

Do you know ol' Gus?

Where do you know Gus from? Oh, sure.

Wait. Are we talkin' about

the same Gus, from Tuba City?

No, not Tuba City. The Gus I'm

talkin' about is from Mesquite.

It's about 30 miles up here. Mesquite.

Hey, you wanna drive?

- Morning.

- Hello.

You got any, uh,

eucalyptus leaves?

You must be a Capricorn.

You got any

eucalyptus leaves?

Just tea bags. Well, I

need some of them tea bags.

How many

would you like?

Oh, five or six dozen.

Bags?

Boxes.

Come on, boy.

Come on, son.

Just a couple more times of doin'

this, you'll be breathin'just fine,

if I live.

Mr. Atwater?

Golden Hills

'Round her head

Glimmer

Golden Hills

You Mr. Atwater?

Ya wounded?

No. I'm looking for

a friend of ours.

- He ain't here.

- But he was.

Yep!

From about this high.

Was he here today?

Here today,

gone tomorrow.

Like a flutterin' bird!

Hey, who are you?

I work for television.

You know television?

Yeah, I got one.

Works sometime.

Comes a-flashin'!

Woo-woo-woo!

Gus, I'm a friend

of Leroy's.

Leroy! Oh-ho!

Yeah. And, uh...

and Wendell.

He told me you'd know

where to find him.

How else would I know

where you were, huh?

We're real worried about him.

I gotta find him.

I have to talk to him.

I can't hurt him.

He came here...

covered with a mist.

You know?

Like it floats atop a river?

A-A-And it grows

into a cloud.

And it shuts away the sun.

Where'd he go,

Gus?

Agh!

No, please!

What?

No, wait! No! How did you

find me? What are you doing?

You're hurting me. Stop

it. What do you want?

Who's with you? How did you find

me? I'm alone. I swear to God.

How did you get here?

I drove myself.

How? How did you find me? Gus.

Gus Atwater.

Gus?

Gus.

Can I-

Can I get up now?

Please?

How did you know

to get to Gus?

Oh, I-

I interviewed your friends.

Who?

Wendell and Leroy.

I figured they'd-

Wait a minute. You hit my

face, you son of a b*tch!

I'm not gonna stay here.

What did you take

the horse for?

You're crazy.

Does anybody else know about Gus? No.

No, nobody knows anything-

Oh, I'm crazy?

You go off with somebody else's $12

million horse, and you tell me I'm crazy?

Hold it. Hold it. Don't you... hit me.

Did you scare that old man? No.

Does anybody else know you're here? No!

Nobody knows anything. I don't have

any reason to tell anybody anything.

Go away.

Go home.

Well, what are you

gonna do with him?

Look,just tell me why

you took the horse.

You can't race him.

Y-You can't sell him.

And you're not gonna start

your own cereal company.

I mean, what the hell

do you want?

Can't you just answer

one question?

Look, I don't have

anything against you.

I don't usually get hit

doing this, but I'm not-

What'd you expect,

sneakin' up like some cat?

I tried to call you,

but your line was busy.

Do you know how worried

your friends are about you?

Wendell and Leroy?

Isn't there something

I can tell them?

What is this place? Does this have

some, uh, special meaning to you?

You want information,

go to the library.

I know what you want.

It ain't answers.

You just want a story... any

story. Why don't you make one up?

That's what you all do

anyway. Go ahead, make one up.

You don't need me to tell you no story! You

ask me questions, why I'm 45 minutes late.

You're not interested in why I'm late.

Just interested in gettin' a rise outta me.

"Do I eat Ranch Breakfast?"

Now, who the hell cares?

You people

are all the same.

There's folks in Africa, when you try to

take a picture of them, they'll kill ya.

They figure that you're tryin' to take something

away from 'em, and you got just so much stuff.

And if other people are tryin' to take it

all, then you got nothin' left for yourself.

Well, I don't wanna be

no story!

I've just retired

from public life.

Have you got that wrong! You road down the

Las Vegas strip with somebody else's horse.

Did you think

we wouldn't notice?

You're a story, all right. But not yours.

I'm nobody's story

but my own now.

B-But wait!

Wait a minute.

Where you going?

Oh, I hurt your feelings, didn't I?

I didn't mean to hurt your

feelings. Was it something I said?

Look, can't you do

a working girl a favor?

I'm just trying to earn an

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