The Legend of the Lone Ranger Page #2

He's a liar and a drunk.

Piss on the President.

Piss on the Cabinet.

They ain't going to help

us out here, you know.

In Texas,

robbers are outlaws.

In Washington...

robbers are elected.

Ain't that right?

Huh, little brother?

John?

Well, it is.

I don't want to talk about it anymore.

Butch Cavendish lived undisturbed,

waging his private war,

and men who made mistakes

were simply men he could not afford.

Some say he was a monster,

and others called him mad.

Let's just say Butch Cavendish

was everything that's bad.

About-face!

Dale Wesley Stillwell

and Robert Edward Gattlin,

it is the finding of this military tribunal

that you are in violation

of the articles of war,

and your undisciplinary conduct

resulted in the failure

of a military objective.

Therefore,

it is the pronouncement

of this tribunal

that you be executed

by firing squad forthwith.

- Mr. Perlmutter.

- Sir?

Carry out the orders of the tribunal.

Yes, sir.

Lock.

And load.

Major Cavendish, sir.

What is it?

Well, sir, it seems to me, sir,

that they just did

what most men would've done.

I have no room for

ordinary men, Mr. Wiatt.

We are on a course that will alter

the history of this country.

Men who do not obey orders

for the sake of their

own personal gains...

are a clear and present

danger to my plan.

Do I make myself understood?

Yes, sir, you do.

Proceed, Mr. Perlmutter.

Yes, sir.

Stevens.

Assume the firing position!

Ready.

Aim.

Fire!

Mira, miral

It's really exciting, isn't it?

Dan, there's somebody

I'd like you to meet.

Come on.

- Lucas.

- Hello, Captain.

- Good to see you.

- Nice to see you.

Good evening, Mr. Reid.

Captain, this is my niece Amy.

She's on her way to San Francisco.

How do you do?

Well, John's told me a lot about you.

I read your article

in the paper this morning.

Oh, did you like it?

Well, it made me sound like a hero.

I enjoyed your editorial

about Cavendish, Mr. Striker.

Thank you.

If more folks laid it on the table like you,

we could put an end to him.

We'll stop him, Captain.

Which reminds me, I've got to get

tomorrow's edition out.

So if you'll excuse me?

Do you need me to help?

Oh, no, Amy. Stay here

and have a good time.

Gentlemen, good night.

Nice party.

Yes.

Isn't it?

Uh, yeah... yes, ma'am.

All this talking makes me dry.

It was very nice

to have met you, Miss Amy.

Oh, it was my pleasure, Captain.

Nice party.

You said that already.

I did, didn't I?

I have a feeling

you're going to be a very important lawyer.

I just want to make sure

the West has an honest

system of justice.

Oh, you sound just like my uncle.

Here.

Oh, you remembered.

A Century of Dishonor.

Thank you.

I'd like you to keep it.

I will.

Will you write me and tell me

how you like San Francisco?

Yes, of course.

Maybe you could...

send some articles or stories

that you've written.

Of course.

So I guess this is good-bye.

For now.

Maybe we should go back.

Amy, l...

I think we should go back.

Captain Reid! Captain Reid!

Captain Reid!

Hidalgo!

What happened?

El periodico.

The Dispatch.

Get the horses.

Ai, carambal

Amy, wait here.

Uncle Lucas.

Uncle Lucas!

No. No.

- Please, no.

- Amy, Amy.

Uncle Lucas.

All he lived for was his newspaper.

- Collins!

- There's tracks, sir!

Six riders, heading north.

Mount up.

I wish I had an answer for you, Amy.

John, where the hell are you going?

With you.

Well, let's get 'em.

Please come back.

Well, this is about right.

I got my best party shirt on

for something like this?

Look at Lopez. Don't hear him griping.

He had every swirling

chiquita in the place

wanting to marry him.

Now he's out here riding with us

for glory and God and Texas.

Hey, Stephenson,

why don't you swallow

that damn stinking cigar?

Yeah, I could,

but it sure keeps my nose warm.

I'm beginning to strongly dislike

this Cavendish fellow.

Yeah. I wonder if he knows

the rangers are riding right up his ass.

A great place for a picnic.

Where the hell are we?

Bryant's Gap.

Captain, you want

I should ride up ahead,

take a look?

Yeah, okay, Collins,

but you watch yourself.

Always do, Captain.

Get over there, Tex.

Good boy.

Wait till you meet my kid.

You're going to love him.

Not if he's anything like you.

Well, he is.

Spitting damn image.

Jerky?

No, thanks.

You don't know what you're missing.

His mother's gonna let him

come out and visit for Christmas.

You really miss him, don't you?

Yeah.

Look, uh...

if anything was ever to happen to me...

I want you to check on him for me.

Nothing's going to happen to you.

If it was gonna happen, it would have

happened a long time ago.

Yeah.

Yeah, I suppose.

But just the same, you know,

would you? In case?

Sure.

You know how a boy needs a father.

Here.

What's this for?

It's for you.

You can't be shooting

outlaws without it.

You should know that.

There's Collins.

Mount up.

Where is he now?

Let's get the hell out of here.

Ain't no pass here now!

Go back!

We got to get out the other way!

The other way!

Come on!

John!

Hi, kid.

How do you like being a ranger?

More than anything.

Yeah, great life, ain't it?

Homer!

Homer!

I've been a ranger longer

than you've been alive.

Been in San Anton' with big Sam Houston.

Fought alongside McCullough

in the Mexican War.

Rode with Kit Carson and John Coffee Hays.

All those years, kid, I learned one thing.

What was that?

It ain't the bullet that gets you.

It's the fall.

John! John!

Dan!

- Dan!

- Stay down, John!

Dan.

Dan.

Dan.

Dan.

Oh. Oh, Dan.

At least this time we were together.

No.

Weren't we?

Dan.

Weren't we, little brother?

No, Dan.

No!

No!

Pick up the hymn books, boys.

It's all over.

Collins.

Yes, sir.

Go down and check the bodies.

Sir, couldn't you send

somebody else, sir?

You rode with them.

Well, yes, sir, I did, but...

Sir.

One thing about that Cavendish,

he knew how to set a trap.

And he finished off the rangers

that day in Bryant's Gap.

And Collins had to check them all

till Butch was satisfied.

Dead men lying everywhere,

and bloody brothers side by side.

It'd seem too coincidental

if the only survivor wasn't wounded.

Yes, sir, Major.

Maybe they'll give you a medal.

Dan. Dan!

Rest.

Kemo sabe.

What?

Kemo sabe.

Tonto?

Yes.

And Tonto recognized John Reid

by the amulet he wore.

But John had once saved Tonto's life,

so this evened up the score.

Tonto had to hide his friend

and keep him out of town

'cause if Butch had known

that one ranger lived,

he was sure to hunt him down.

The white man has made

many promises to us,

yet they keep only one.

They promised to take

our land from us,

and they took it.

You see the suffering and the misery

they bring to your people,

yet you bring one to us

to nurse back to health.

Tonto, why?

Nobody has reason to fill

their hearts with hatred

for the white man more than I.

He's taken from me

my wife and my child,

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