The Plainsman Page #9

I been thinkin'.

The West is gettin' to be

a new kind of place.

Bill Cody's

done the right thing.

He's changed.

What room

is there gonna be for

a two-gun plainsman?

You're talkin' crazy.

You're the best man

in this country.

I don't know

who thinks so.

I think so, Bill.

If you think Cody done right

settlin' down and all,

maybe that's what

you'd like to do.

I mean, have a home

and things...

and have somebody

to cook your meals

for ya and--

Doesn't sound

so bad.

Oh, Bill--

Calamity, now you

gotta listen to me.

I didn't do nothin',

Mr. Hickok.

- I didn't do nothin'.

- What's he talkin' about?

He sneaked and told Lattimer

you was lookin' for him

back in Hays City.

She's lying, Mr. Hickok.

She's lying.

McCall, a year ago I'd have

shot you dead on sight.

But now--

Go buy yourself a drink.

You're the luckiest rat alive.

I'm beginnin' to think

Mrs. Cody was right.

Who am I to decide

whether a man's

to live or die?

You feelin'

all right, Bill?

No Injun guide yet,Jake.

No? Well, if you

don't mind, then I'll

go put down a drink.

All right.

Go ahead, boys.

Wet your whistles.

Mr. Lattimer.

Hickok is in town.

Hickok? Where?

In the Bella Union.

Get the boys back, quick.

Hey,Jake!

Mr. Lattimer wants you--

Shut up, you fool!

Lattimer.

Stay in here,

Calamity.

Oh, Bill.

This is the only thing

I have worth keeping.

If you got a wrong hunch,

don't go out there.

Don't forget to wind it.

You're a mule-headed man,

Bill Hickok!

Get on your wagons,

boys.

Just a minute.!

I wanna talk to you.

Any objections,

gentlemen?

Where you goin'

with the wagons?

Goin' out of town.

What you got 'em

loaded with?

Buffalo hides.

You can see, can't ya?

Your wagons are headed north,

Lattimer.

You're not selling buffalo hides

to Sitting Bull's Indians?

Take off the top hides.

I wanna see

what's under 'em.

Jake.

NotJake.

You.

Oh. All right.

I don't know

what you're lookin' fer,

but if you want it,

you're gonna get it.

Keep your hands

off your guns,

or there'll be more

dead men than this town

can afford to bury.

You gentlemen

also sell farming tools?

Get on ahead of me,

inside the Bella Union.

Wait a minute.

Don't you belong

to this outfit,Jack?

Huh?

Oh, no, Mr. Hickok.

I just know Mr. Lattimer.

You knew

Mr. Lattimer,Jack.

Better get inside too.

Oh, sure.

Sure, Mr. Hickok.

Whatever you say.

- Who was that fella he shot?

- Never saw him before.

He oughta know better

than to pull a gun

on Bill Hickok.

Cody and the Fifth Cavalry

are on their way.

Keep an eye out for 'em.

The rest of you, keep out!

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I'm not going to go in there.

Gentlemen, we're gonna stay

right here for a while.

What'll it be?

Name your poison.

Jack, how about

tending bar?

We may be here

for quite a long wait.

What are we waitin' for?

Jake, don't reach

for anything but your glass.

That goes for

the rest of you.

Keep your hands away from

your guns unless you want...

fiive cheap funerals in Deadwood

instead of one.

We're waiting till

General Merritt gets here

with the Fifth Cavalry...

and takes over

Sitting Bull's rifles.

Any objection?

May be an hour,

may be a day.

When I have to wait,

I believe in entertainment.

Furthermore,

I'm short of funds.

Cards, bartender.

Find some fresh ones

and some chips.

Proceed, gentlemen,

over there.

You first, if it's

all the same to you.

I'll take the one

without arms.

Keep your hands

on the table, all of you.

You bank.

I don't hear no shootin'.

It's powerful quiet

in there.

Wonder what they're doin'.

Best way to find out

is to--

You keep out of this!

Let Bill Hickok

play his own hand.

That's-a just

what he's a-doin'.

He's a-playin' cards.

Playin' cards?

Tony must be crazy.

- Let's go in and find out.

- No, no.

I see him so plain.

He's a-sittin'down

with his back-a this way.

His back?

Cut for deal.

Looks like we're being

played for suckers.

Your deal.

Any sign

of the cavalry yet, Calamity?

Not yet, Bill.

I hope my prisoner

hasn't escaped.

General Merritt,

if he's done the job

he set out to do,

do you think the government

would be a little lenient

with him?

Mr. Cody, in matters

where its sympathies

are concerned,

the government

has been known

to bend a little.

- You better not go in there.

- Bill, there's an Injun

comin' in the door.

Hello, Charlie.

Come in.

- Charlie's a friendly Injun.

- Yes, I know Charlie.

How many?

Gimme two.

Three to me.

Sit over here, Charlie,

where I can keep

an eye on you.

Charlie took a shot

at me once.

I was too far away.

Too bad you

wasn't closer.

He got my horse.

Charlie'd been the biggest man

in the West if he'd have

killed you, Hickok.

Injuns understand

things like that.

Kill a big man

and that makes you

a big man.

Killin'you, Hickok,

is an honorjust waitin'

for somebody.

You,Jake?

Not me, Bill,

not me.

I'm facing you. Only way

to down a man like you

is from the back.

Raise ya five.

Seein' that

and up five.

Get your foot off my chair,

Calamity. It's bad luck.

Don't go against

your luck, Bill.

Your say,Jake.

The soldiers! That means

a rope necktie for us!

Sit down!

We'll play out this hand.

- All right.

- This game ain't over yet.

It's almost over.

Calamity, find Cody

and General Merritt.

Bring 'em here.

- Play your hand.

- I'm callin'ya, Hickok.!

Black aces and eights.

Your luck's changed.

Three queens.

I'm afraid

you lose, Hickok.

A man's bound to lose,

sooner or later.

Bill? Bill!

Let's get outta here!

Those fellas just shot

Bill Hickok!

Arrest those men!

Come on, you.

Get up.

Where is he?

Where's Bill?

There's your prisoner,

General Merritt.

We won't forget

what Bill Hickok

has done, Cody.

We'll remember.

All of us will.

All of us.

That's one kiss

you won't wipe off.

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