The Outlaws Page #4

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can think is to get yourself killed.

- You okay, Rae?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

Introduce me to your friend.

He's not my friend.

He used to be my brother.

Calvin Stanhope.

But my mother called me "Slick."

Excuse me.

- Why are you here? This ain't for you.

- That's none of your business.

Rae, all we got is each other.

I don't have any family anymore.

I'm surprised to see you

out here today.

Just come out to say good-bye.

Good-bye?

Yeah. Jake and me will be heading out

for California soon.

You came all the way out here just

to tell me you're going to California?

All you had to do was go.

We'd never see each other again.

- That's why I'm here.

- Why?

You don't make it easy on a fella.

Maybe you thought

you'd be back this way someday.

Yeah.

That must've been it.

It's McKendrick's men!

Move!

All right, let's go!

Goddamn it! We won't quit!

You bastards!

Is that a fair mix?

I'm saving lives here. Straight stuff

would raise a blister on boot leather.

I meant it seemed like

a lot of whiskey.

- What's this?

- That's the good stuff.

Yeah? How good?

- Here's to the good stuff.

- May it last a long time.

You better get out here.

- Nothing happened. This is my job.

- Shut up.

I don't believe a lady has to explain

anything to a man this ugly.

What's the trouble here?

Stay out of this, Paden.

He can't do that.

Cobb's hired him.

That's Cobb's mistake.

Come out of there, Phoebe.

You've done enough.

Go home.

All I did was kiss the girl.

That's what you said in Turley.

Remember how that ended?

What's the matter? You afraid

I couldn't get those two behind me?

I don't want you gettin' anybody

in my place.

Boom.

I should've killed you

a long time ago.

Why not now?

Don't do it, Tyree.

I just lost a partner. If you kill him,

I'll never get anyone to work in here.

You better start lookin'.

You really are a gambler, aren't you?

Give me some of the good stuff.

Whoa! Hold it.

Sorry about that.

- Where'd you get this horse?

- This is my uncle's horse.

- Like hell it is.

- What's the problem, Swann?

Yeah.

What's the problem?

Emmett.

McKendrick.

I didn't know you were out.

Seem short to you?

That's all over with as far

as I'm concerned. I'm satisfied.

Sounds good.

All right, then.

Let's go.

- Don't you recognize this pinto?

- What?

- That's Lee's horse.

- Shut up, Swann.

Wait a minute.

Get down from there, Augie.

The man who lost this horse

must've been working for you.

I should've known.

You changed your brand, Ethan.

A lot of things changed

when my father died.

- He must be pretty good.

- He's good, all right.

Too good for my men.

That's why you've

gotta take care of it.

- What about his brother?

- We'II handle that.

He's careless.

Things are gettin' messy around here.

I hear Ezra Johnson got himself killed.

I heard that, too.

Did you hear his son

is still around?

Cobb, looks like you're finally

gonna earn your money.

From what I've seen,

Paden doesn't care about money.

He says he doesn't care about anything,

but he does.

There's just no tellin'

what it's gonna be.

Howdy, Mr. Slick.

Let me tell you

about your friend Paden.

Me, him, Tyree and a few others...

did a good bit of riding together

a few years back.

Business was pretty good.

We were movin' around a lot the way you

have to in that line of work.

Somewhere along the line

we picked up this dog.

One of the boys took to feedin' it,

so it followed us everywhere.

One time we were leaving

a little Missouri town...

with a bunch of locals

hot on our tail.

This dog got tangled up

with Tyree's horse.

Tyree went flyin'.

Tyree was mad, and being Tyree...

he shot the dog.

He didn't kill him, though.

Before you know it,

Paden is off his horse...

and he's holding this dog.

He got strange,

said we should go on without him.

I thought he was kidding,

but he wasn't.

Tyree was ready to plug 'em both.

All this with a posse after us.

I thought we were pals

after all the ridin' we'd done together.

All of a sudden he's worried

about some mutt.

We did like he asked

and we left him.

He went to jail for a dog.

You want to hear the funny part?

Paden didn't even like that damn dog.

It evened out in the end.

They locked me up.

The dog sprung me.

Where's the dog now?

He left me.

Come on, Paden.

I'll buy you a drink.

I took out $13.

This is a lot of money.

I told you this was a sweet setup.

It is that.

Maybe you could run it without Stella.

This is her life.

I'll go before she does.

Easy, boy.

It's just an idea.

Thanks but forget it.

Paden, what makes all this work...

is me doing my job.

Those fellows you come to town with

are causing some trouble.

It's gonna take

some straightening out.

I have my responsibilities.

I want you to understand

it has nothing to do with us.

What is it you want from me?

Nothin'.

Do nothin'.

Don't get between us.

I'm a great believer in doing nothin'.

We understand each other.

Don't worry about me.

If you're taking on Emmett, the last

place I want to be is between you.

You're empty.

Ain't you dead yet?

Cobb said he'd be hard to kill.

I guess you couldn't hear us comin'.

He was practicing so hard

for a fight...

he missed the whole thing.

So long, stranger.

I don't wanna kill you

and you don't wanna be dead.

He can't be that good.

You wanna find out?

I think we should do like he says.

How you feeling?

I'd be a lot worse

if you hadn't come along.

I didn't just come along.

I was lookin' for you.

Jake said you were out there.

He told me about that business

the other day.

He said you boys took

a Henry rifle...

off one of McKendrick's men.

- I wanted to see it.

- That's it.

This was my father's.

The man who killed him took it.

I'm sorry.

I gotta get to my brother. They come

after me, they'll want him, too.

- You'll never make it.

- I've got to.

I'II go.

I'll bring Jake here.

You be careful.

You're in it now.

It's gonna get mean.

Augie, I've had enough of this.

Kiss your father

and get in bed.

Get out.

We have nothing to talk about.

- I need help.

- Why come to me?

Because you're my sister.

There's nobody else.

The men who killed Daddy are after Jake.

I've gotta talk to him.

- What's stoppin' you?

- They're watching. I can't get through.

What makes you think I could?

Why would they stop you?

'Cause I'm your sister.

He ain't in the saloon, either.

Where is that boy?

You're crazy!

- Why him?

- You need help, don't you?

Jake said he'd meet you

behind the church.

Be careful.

They're all over the place.

Thanks.

Good luck.

You must be Ezra Johnson's boy.

Now don't shoot the sheriff.

That's against the law.

So is killing a deputy.

We're gonna give you a fair trial...

followed by a first-class hangin'.

Or you could ride out of here

before dawn.

You just have to tell me where

I can find your friend Emmett.

Why are they doing this?

Because they enjoy it.

- What happened to Emmett?

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