The Far Side of Jericho Page #2

I n my saddlebag. But if you

don't stop sipping whiskey, lady,

you won't hit a barn wall standing inside.

Oh, yeah?

Watch that cactus.

Maybe we'd better

get on home.

Who put you

in charge, dearie?

Figure it out

for yourself then.

You never had

any sense anyway.

You could've married that rancher

from Tascosa and lived a fine life.

But you had to run off

with sweet-talkin' Frank.

At least my cows never found me drunk

and sleeping on the schoolhouse table.

Girls. How long we've been

married to the Thornton brothers?

And how come in all that time

we ain't never been friends?

They liked to be called

the Thornton Gang.

Any chance they mighta hidden

that bank money on the ranch?

I know every foot

of that place.

Good. That means they won't be following us.

Maybe not.

But we better pack our bags and

keep our horses saddled just in case.

By morning these boys will be prime.

I want you to lead 'em all up there

and strip the hide

off those women.

Find out where

it's all hid.

It won't be

that easy.

That goddamn Maxine

is hell with a. 44-40.

You afraid?

No, just careful, sir. And hungry.

How hungry are you?

Oh, hungry enough for

anything you had in mind.

I own all the claims

up to the ridge.

I thought the creek

was played out.

So did everybody else.

But when they bring those

hydra miners in form California,

they'll find

the real gold.

And I bought up

all the claims.

Trouble is, I haven't

registered them yet.

I've got more money

tied up on those claims

than all the rest of the

money they stole from the bank.

I want half.

Fifteen per cent.

J ust because

I could use a partner.

Not enough, unless you

wanna come along with us.

All right. Twenty-five per cent.

For being a

smart boy, Sheriff.

I'll be your partner.

But I want the cash

off the top.

Deal.

Everybody out. You, too. Go out.

Get out.

Go on.

Let us in,

you f***in' whores!

They're comin'.

Give us the money,

you b*tches!

Hey.

Damn!

Don't shoot!

Please, don't shoot.

There they are!

Come on!

Get back.

Get back!

We can't hold these guys off forever.

What are they doing here? Where's Charlie?

Ran off back

down the road!

Faster than a duck

on a J une bug.

We gotta get

outta here!

But my riding

dress is filthy.

Go, Claire.

Just go!

Oh.

Come on, Claire.

They're comin'!

H urry up!

Move it, Claire!

We gotta go!

Yee-ah.

Let's ride!

It's ours, boys.

It's all ours!

They went tha...

What a bunch

of idiots.

Those are the only

idiots we got, boss.

Go in there.

Organize 'em. Go.

Come on, boys! $200 each

if we bring 'em in alive.

Come on!

I think we can lose 'em in

the breaks. At least for now.

Pull up here

at the Glory Hole.

Rest in peace,

you a**holes.

And you, too, my sweet

chubby little darling.

Save their coffins,

companeros.

We can use it

for later.

Bodies must've

settled in the dust.

J ust the wind.

Drink, jefe?

Si.

It's tequila you boys

will be wantin'.

But you'll have to make do with mescal.

Kentucky whiskey,

barkeep.

One for my men,

one for me,

and one for the

Lord God of Mercy.

You want

a double?

No glasses?

You gentlemen

passing through?

Who the hell ever comes here

who isn't passing through?

Glasses are for

regular patrons.

Keep the jug.

He's got a sawed-off

greener under there, jefe.

So what now?

The women.

By the grace of God we'll

know all their hiding holes.

We'll take

the cash,

and then perhaps we'll have

an intimate prayer meeting

with the lovely

widows.

Peel their hides.

'Til they speak

God's sacred truth.

So what now?

Dutchman's Flats is no good for us anymore.

But damn it,

they're not gonna take my ranch.

Our ranch.

This thing's

not over.

The ranch was always over. I'm done.

Frank and I coulda made it work.

Your beautiful Frank.

Didn't know the difference between

a cow flop and a busted flush.

I was born in a cook's

wagon on the Chisholm Trail.

I've been following

cow flops all my life.

It's a lot better than being brought

up in a whorehouse, isn't it, Bridget?

Well, we could become

bank robbers.

We couldn't do any worse

than the boys did.

Gang.

What do you

think, Maxine?

Jake's following us with as

many as he can get to ride.

And?

I'll shoot the first three

horses and they'll go back.

But Jake won't.

Some of the others.

Why not just shoot

the a**holes?

Horse makes

a bigger target.

You sure we can

hold 'em off here?

This is the best spot.

You don't care to cover.

Watch my back, keep on

goin' and I'll catch up.

Nobody's talking

about going.

I am!

Too late.

Hold the horses,

ladies, they're comin'.

Come on.

Get 'em, boys!

Come on Jeb,

get back.

God damn you,

Maxine!

Come and get us,

pisswilly!

Tell us where the money

is. We'll leave you alone!

If only we knew!

Ah, sh*t!

That's it.

Maxine!

We're comin' in!

Come on, you cheap

trick mediocre f***!

We'll send you home to momma

crying like a red-headed stepchild!

Get down!

They got us

by the nuts!

They ain't going anywhere

we can't find 'em.

Let's go back

and have a drink.

For heaven's sake,

stop that, Bridget.

That was great.

I am blind

as a bat.

What's new?

Are they gonna

keep chasin' us?

We'll take 'em down to

the breaks and lose them.

They'll be hung over,

saddle sore and tired.

I'm guessing they'll

go back to town.

We can go home

after that.

Are you out of your mind, Maxine?

You can't go back there,

we can never go back.

We didn't do anything wrong,

except marry the wrong bunch.

Gang. They liked to be

called the Thornton Gang.

Maybe they did

bury some money.

Why shouldn't we have it?

They stole it fair and square.

I was thinking maybe I

could go to San Francisco.

You could change your name and teach again.

If you sobered

up enough.

I would rather wipe asses

than snotty-nosed kids.

Drove me to drink

in the first place.

I'm not going back

to punching cattle.

Stop it, Claire.

Cash wasn't worth one

of your bloody socks.

I'm gonna go take a leak before I throw up.

If I was you,

darlin',

I wouldn't piss on that sidewinder

underneath that piece of wood.

Where the hell

did you come from?

I don't rightly

know, honey bug.

I guess something

must've gone wrong.

What are you doin'?

Saving your life,

looks like.

Who's that woman

with you?

Well, I don't know.

J ust some woman I met.

It's always just some goddamn

woman you met, you turd blossom.

Little Jemmy,

we gotta go.

We gotta go now.

You gave up.

Maxine was up there like a

goddamn witch with her rifle.

What about

that damned frog?

He could take a round if

it didn't mess up his shirt.

Yeah, but not between the

eyes. He ain't so stupid.

Andre likes his gunfights at long distance.

You need me, boss?

You're comin' along

tomorrow, Frenchy.

I'm gonna go

after them again.

I'm going, too.

I wanna be there when you

hold their feet in the fire.

I've been a man

hunter all my life.

I guess huntin' women

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