The Quick Gun Page #3

All right, Sheriff,

it's your party.

But I'm going to tell you

something.

I'll remember not to turn my back

on Cooper.

What do I do?

Get all the extra men

and drag out everything you

can use for the barricades.

Scotty, what about the money?

Are you going to leave

it in the bank?

Why?

Seems to me that would be the first

place Spangler would look.

You are right,

I'll see that it is moved.

Good, if he breaks through, it might

give us the extra time we need.

'The town knows what it has

to face now.

'And it's doing its job.

'The men are tensing up.

'I can see how scared the women are.

'I wish I could tell them

we're a lot smarter than Spangler,

but I can't.

'In the end, that's going

to make the big difference.'

Get those bales off that wagon.

Food and water's in the church,

Helen's getting the blankets now.

May as well will bring out

that kerosene.

Setting fire to a barricade

like that is liable

to blow up the whole town.

If we don't, Spangler will.

Go inside and take a seat.

Everybody stay calm.

Reverend, how come we're having

church on a Thursday?

If it was up to me, young fellow,

we'd have it every day.

Reverend, if my husband

and the other men knew

what was happening here,

I'm sure they

could get back in time.

The sheriff is the best judge

of how much time we have.

I bet there is going to be

a lot of shooting

around here, huh, Reverend?

Get moving, the Reverend is busy.

There's more blankets

if you need them.

May as well go ahead and douse it.

Clint, I don't know who else

has thanked you for helping,

but I'd like to.

As long as I was coming back

anyway...

Sorry I couldn't have brought

better news.

Right there.

There you are, Helen.

Are we going to sleep on those?

I don't see why not.

During the Sunday sermons,

Pa sleeps without a bed.

You go back

and stay with your mother.

Where can I set all this up?

Well, let's see. I guess maybe

this would be the safest place.

Mitchell?

Yes, Scotty.

Help me put this table up here,

will you?

Some other things

I want to bring in.

Is everything getting organised?

Best we can.

Helen, there's something

I think you ought to know.

This note was left on my desk.

Clint left it there.

Clint?

It says that if we get

out of this mess,

that he wants us to take his ranch

as a wedding present.

Oh, Scotty, no.

How do you refuse a fellow that

gives you the only thing he owns?

Then he's planning to leave Shelby?

You don't want him to, do you?

Do you?

Scotty, I said I would marry you.

That hasn't changed.

Hasn't it?

Sooner or later,

I guess we had to find out.

You loved him before,

you still love him.

Nobody's to blame for that.

This stuff go

to the sheriff's office?

Yeah, guns for a bunch of old men -

farmers, storekeepers -

and they won't even know

what to do with them.

You think we haven't got a chance

against Spangler? It'd be a miracle.

Cooper's guns could

make a difference.

And if that happens,

the town will change

its thinking about Cooper.

He'll get to be a big man.

If you'd been smart enough to make

him draw in the first place,

everything would be settled by now.

He won't be so big,

he'll be cut down to size

before this night's over.

Load up.

How is it going? I got the women

and children in the church.

I found that note you left.

Why didn't you tell me about you

and Helen before I went to see her?

You know how many times I asked her

before she agreed to marry me?

She was always hoping

you'd come back.

You've been drinking.

She wants no part of me.

I just left her.

Helen and I won't be

getting married.

Does that answer your question?

Did you get that money moved

out of the bank?

There's a trapdoor in the jail.

That ought to keep Spangler guessing

for a little while.

Diego,

since you and Donovan are the only

two around with honest faces...

seems like you should be the ones

to ride into Shelby and find out

if the law's caught up with

our old friend Clint Cooper.

And what if we find Clint just

kind of hanging around on a tree?

HE LAUGHS:

Well, now, that would be

a good way of knowing for sure

he ain't got to

the bank ahead of us.

The main thing for you to find out -

is the money still there?

We'll be over in them rocks

until you get back.

Been a long week.

Seems to me he should have

been here by now.

Can't depend on Spangler doing what

you expect him to.

I'll go down

and see how Dan's making out.

Make sure there's enough

kerosene on that barricade.

Keep walking, Cooper. No noise.

You picked a hell of a time

to start something, Morrison.

I waited too long to let Spangler

have the pleasure of killing you.

One shot would bring

everybody running.

You ain't worth going to jail for,

Cooper.

Besides, a gun makes it too fast.

Get the rope.

You really work hard at hating,

don't you, Morrison?

Did you ever see a man

dancing at the end of a rope

with his feet just

barely off the ground?

He dies slow, Cooper... so slow.

It would make my waiting worth

these last two years.

You take away a man's sons,

you take away everything

he's got to live for.

Too bad your father can't be here

to see his son die!

GRUNTING:

Wait! No guns. He wants it that way,

let him have it that way.

Circle him,

I'll get him from this side.

All right, Cooper,

you want to hate me for killing you?

That's the way it's gonna be.

Get those women back in the church!

Get back to your posts!

What the hell...?

I didn't get any choice, Scotty.

Tom's dead. What are you men doing

here? Are you trying to make it easy

for Spangler?

Get back to your posts. Reverend,

you get back to the church.

Cooper's going to hang for this.

He's a killer,

just like we all said.

I never thought Cooper would

gun 'em down at a time like this.

I told you, get back to your posts.

I mean it! You can't believe

I went gunning for the Morrisons!

They wanted to string me up!

Well, I don't believe it, Clint.

Helen, you stay out of this.

Give me the gun, Clint.

You're not going to arrest him?

What do you want me to do?

I don't make the laws.

The man has to stand trial

whether I want him to not.

Let's go.

Dan, you've got no business here.

I had to see if you'd really do it,

you're locking Clint up?

You think I've got a choice?

Don't you think I want him

out there on the barricade with us?

His gun gave us a chance.

And you're letting

a lot of backbiting idiots

talk you out of it.

Sheriff... something...

something up the road!

Scotty...

...good luck.

Thanks. I'll need it.

I'll see you later, boy.

The Lord willing.

There's only two of them.

Hold it right there. Howdy, Sheriff.

Looks like you fellas are getting

ready for some kind

of a turkey shoot.

You might even say that a turkey

wouldn't be safe here tonight.

You folks expecting some kind

of trouble? Nothing we can't handle.

Where you boys from?

Mountain country. Up around Butte.

We holed up last night at Goose Egg.

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