The Naked Spur Page #2

I'm taking him back,

and i'm going

to do it alone.

You didn't

catch him alone.

You was going

round and round until you run into me.

You were hired to do

a job, and you were paid for it.

You ain't

gonna buy

my claim in this

for no $20.

What about him?

He done

the climbing, didn't he?

Could've gotten

killed, too.

Tell you what.

I'll settle

for a third.

How about you,

jesse?

Share and

share alike?

That's the way

it is,

unless you're of

a mind to kill us all.

Looks like you

got yourself a couple of partners, howie.

Aw, quit acting like

we was friends, you...

maybe we sat down

at the same card game once or twice,

but that don't mean

dirt to me now.

You shot a man in a back,

and i'm taking you in

to hang for it.

It

wasn't ben that killed that man.

It's him they're

paying the reward on.

Now, where are

your horses?

Back of

the rocks.

Lina's horse got

a belly full of disease. He can't travel.

He can't,

eh?

All right.

Come on, let's go.

Come on.

Easy, boy.

Easy.

Easy there,

boy.

All right, watch him.

Easy, boy,

easy.

He's really

sick, mister.

That's why we

held up here.

Must of took

bad water someplace.

I rode him two days

like this

when he should've

rested and throwed it off.

Easy, boy, easy.

What are you

gonna do, mister?

That horse is suffering.

He can't hardly breathe.

You've seen

sicker horses than this,

ain't you,

mister?

He's pretty bad,

girlie.

No sense in shooting

a good horse just to hang me a day sooner.

You keep out

of this.

Besides, if we aimed

for the big river before the rains,

it's another week

downstream to find a crossing.

Nobody's going

to touch my horse.

Nobody is.

Come on, girlie,

you don't want

to leave him

for some cat

or bear to rip open.

No! No, i'm not

gonna go!

Let me.

There's no reward

for killing my horse!

Ben, don't let him

kill my horse!

Don't let him

kill my horse!

Listen to me!

Listen to me!

That horse

wouldn't have lasted the night anyway.

Forget about him,

and worry about

me swinging from a rope.

I need time.

You understand, lina?

Time.

And you got

to help me.

I've already scratched

open a sore spot over that reward.

The longer

we ride,

the more things

that can happen.

That's the fight.

Are you listening?

[Gunshot]

Listen to me!

I heard you,

ben.

I heard you.

All right,

come on.

Move, you flop-eared

cactus-eater.

Quit dragging

your feet.

Pokey don't like

it no more than you do.

Honey, first thing

i'm going to get you

out of that

reward money

is the biggest steak

in kansas for that cheek.

Aw, you're not gonna

be mad at me all the way, are you?

Come on, i'll

make it up to you.

What are you

doing tonight?

You're having quite

a time, aren't you?

Aw, come on,

loosen up. Spring is here.

It's going to be

a long, lonely ride to abilene,

and being as

jesse's too old,

i'll toss you

for her.

Right now she's

probably telling ben

how to cut

your throat.

You don't think

that pretty little thing would...

hey, you two!

Break it up there!

Arrgh.

Here, try it

with this.

Come on,

don't be stubborn.

Press it against

your face.

Get away

from me!

Like it better

this way?

Let me go!

Let me alone!

If she bothers you

so much,

why don't you

tie her up

and be done

with it?

No bother.

I like to wrestle with her.

You're a big man

for beating up women, ain't you?

And you're

no better.

Lina.

That jackass started

a misery in my back.

Can you do me?

Don't get them fired up

all the time.

Best thing on our side

is your pretty face.

They're men, honey,

and you ain't. Remember that.

I'm not going to...

i ain't asking you

to marry them.

The more they look

at you,

the less they'll

be seeing of me.

Ahh!

You sure got her

trained, ben.

I'll tell you,

if i was to have

a daughter,

i wouldn't want

her no different than lina here.

Except she shouldn't

have such sharp nails.

Maybe not so

much temper.

Hold still!

Honey,

you remember

those cigars

i got put away?

I could do

with one now.

Get two.

I don't smoke.

Any more at home

like her?

She got no home,

that's the trouble.

Ma died in 'paso

couple months ago.

And she come

up north hunting her pa.

He was dead

and planted

when she

got here.

So of course

you felt obliged to look out for her.

Son, her pa was

my best friend.

Hey, jesse!

Why don't you

get a pan and do it right?

What do you

know about gold?

Just what

i heard.

Come on,

let's get riding.

What's

the crazy hurry? We can camp here.

That's right,

howie.

A day more or less

won't change the price on me.

'Course, it might give

one of you boys time to think.

Plain arithmetic.

Money splits better two ways

instead of three.

Come on!

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

How can you breathe

that stinking rope?

Kills the taste of

your cooking, jesse.

Nothing like

a good woman to stir a pot.

Nothing like

a good woman.

I guess you got

the years

to know better than

any of us, jesse.

Did you ever marry

one of them?

Never had to

with my good looks.

No sense in asking roy

here about women.

He'd keep us

up all night.

Well, right now i'm sort

of in-between.

Well, looks like we're

a herd of bachelors,

even kemp.

Never should have

marched off to war, howie.

Should have stayed home

and married the girl.

'Course, none of

my business.

That's right.

It's none of your business.

Come on, let's

get this stuff cleaned up.

All right, girlie.

Grab a handful.

I'll do mine

and ben's.

You'll do what

i tell you,

that's what

you'll do.

Women!

I think

i'll go along to protect her.

Sure works

on me,

the way his eyes

hang on her.

Fancy-talking

eastern boy.

Trouble is, talk's

just the beginning

with wild kids

like that... you watch.

When he's ready,

he'll reach out and take,

and who's

to stop him?

Ahh.

Did you think

i was going to jump you?

That's right.

No, no. I was

just uncramping.

You look almost sorry

i didn't.

Yeah, killing me

in self-defense

is a lot better than

killing me for money.

Well,

it's your choice, ben.

A bullet right here

on the trail

or a rope in abilene.

Choosing a way to die...

what's the difference?

Choosing a way to live,

that's the hard part.

That's what's eating you,

ain't it, howie?

There's nothing

eating me.

Somebody was bound

to collect on you.

Maybe.

I calculated some

horse-thieving scum

would want

the price on my hide,

but not you, howie.

Oh, why don't you

shut up?

Not a man of your leanings,

not a ranching man.

I don't deny

you got a dirty deal,

but... ah... the things a gal

can do to a man.

Aw, shut up!

Hold it up here!

Might save a day

if we went over instead of around.

A day might make

the difference.

Better take

a look first to find some kind of trail.

Wait, i got

some glasses.

I knew you had your nuggets

hid somewhere under me.

I wouldn't be

putting up with you

if i had nuggets

to take back.

Let me get in there.

Funny you ain't had

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