The Sea of Grass Page #5

SOME THINKING TOO.

DENVER PAPER!

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS!

NEWS?

DENVER PAPER?

CALL FOR MR. O'CONNOR!

CALL FOR:

MR. O'CONNOR!

WELL, SIR, I FIGURE IF WE'RE EVER GOING

TO BREAK THE HOLD

OF THE CATTLEMEN,

WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SALT FORK

A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT.

AND SEE TO IT THAT AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE

IS APPOINTED. - RIGHT.

HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY

AT THE BROWN PALACE, MRS. BREWTON.

THE MARSHALL ALWAYS WINDS UP

ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN, ONE MOMENT.

LUTIE! IN DENVEROF ALL PLACES!

BUT NOT FOR LONG.

LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE

PITY ON ME AT DINNER TONIGHT.

I'M AFRAID NOT BRICE,

MY TRAIN GOES IN THE MORNING, VERY EARLY.

THERE'S NO TRAIN LEAVING

FOR SALT FORK IN THE MORNING.

THIS TRAIN GOES TO ST. LOUIS.

OH, I'M SORRY, LUTIE.

I UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE

YOU DON'T WANT TO

SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

LUTIE...

I HAVE A SLEIGH:

WITH A DRIVER.

CONSIDER IT YOURS

IF YOU'D LIKE SOME AIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRICE.

THAT'S VERY SWEET OF YOU.

WITHOUT ME, OF COURSE.

CALL FOR ME AT 8:00.

BREWTON'S A BIG MAN,

I'VE NEVER DENIED IT.

BUT, WELL, IT JUST DOESN'T LEAVE

ROOM FOR ANYONE ELSE-

FOR YOU, IN THIS CASE.

I USED TO WONDER HOW LONG

IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO

ADMIT THAT TO YOURSELF.

YOU NEVER REALLY EXPECTED

HIM TO CHANGE, DID YOU?

WHAT I'M SAYING IS,

IT WAS REALLY YOUR FAULT.

YOU KNEW IT WAS HOPELESS.

YOU KNEW IT THE FIRS TIME I SAW YOU.

YOU KNEW I IN THE COURTROOM.

IT'S BEEN WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE

EVERY TIME SINCE THEN.

THE HALLS WERE YOUR FAULT, TOO.

YOU INSISTED ON PLUNKING THEM DOWN

RIGHT IN THE LION'S DEN.

AND SAT AROUND HOPING

NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.

WELL, IT HAPPENED.

IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN

BREWTON BEING BREWTON.

OH, LUTIE, I'M SORRY,

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO CRY,

THAT'S ALL.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. IT'S FINE,

ONLY, ONLY...

I FEEL THAT IT'S THE FIRST TIME

THAT ANYONE:

HAS SPOKEN TO ME

IN MONTHS IN MONTHS

IN MONTHS:

I MEAN, ABOUT ME.

ANYWAY, WHAT YOU SAY

IS TRUE.

AND I DON'T MIND

LOOKING AT IT AT LAST.

IT DOESN'T LEAVE ME MUCH,

BUT I DON'T MIND

LOOKING AT IT.

IT LEAVES YOU ME,

LUTIE.

COME IN.

COME IN, BRICE.

THE ST. LOUIS TRAIN

LEAVES IN HALF AN HOUR.

I KNOW.

I HAVE A LITTLE MORE

PACKING TO DO.

WHEN PEOPLE PACK,

THEY'RE GOING SOMEWHERE.

WHEN THEY'RE GOING SOMEWHERE,

IT'S BETTER TO KNOW WHERE.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, BRICE?

I MEAN, WHAT'S I GOING TO BE, LUTIE?

I'LL GIVE YOU TIME.

I'LL WAIT FOR YOU.

I'LL STAND BACK UNTIL YOU SEND

FOR ME:

OR I'LL TAKE THAT TRAIN

TO ST. LOUIS WITH YOU.

IT WILL BE WHAT YOU WANT,

LUTIE, WHATEVER IT IS.

IT WILL BE YOUR WAY,

ALL THE WAY.

BRICE...

I'M SO ASHAMED...

AND SO SORRY.

ASHAMED FOR ME,

SORRY FOR YOU.

AND JIM.

BREWTON'S ALL RIGHT.

HE'S GOT YOU NOW

AS HE NEVER HAD YOU BEFORE.

NO, BRICE.

YOU'RE HANGING ON TO YOURSELF

RIGHT NOW:

TO KEEP FROM RUNNING BACK TO HIM.

NO, BRICE.

AND YOU'RE GOING.

- NO.

YES, YOU ARE. NOTHING ON EARTH

CAN STOP YOU.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I KNOW HE WON'T CHANGE.

I KNOW I'LL GO HATING

WHAT HE DOES.

AND IT WILL:

ALWAYS HURT ME.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES

OR WHAT I THINK...

NO MATTER WHERE I GO...

I'LL KEEP FEELING THAT MOST OF ME

IS THERE WITH HIM.

IT MEANS THAT YOU LOVE HIM.

YES.

AND IF I DO,

THEN I'VE GO TO BELIEVE IN HIM...

AND GO ALONG WITH HIM.

I'LL GO BACK. TELL HIM

WHAT I'VE DONE...

IF I HAVE THE COURAGE.

I'M SORRY FOR YOU, LUTIE.

I GOT A BIG FIRE IN THE LIVING ROOM,

MRS. BREWTON.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

HAS SARAH BETH BEEN ALL RIGHT?

SHE'S FINER THAN THAN FUZZ.

I GOT A REAL NICE FIRE

DOWNSTAIRS.

ALL RIGHT, JEFF.

COLONEL TRADED JOE NETHERWOOD

OUT OF IT.

IT'S THE ONLY PIANO IN

THE TERRITORY.

GAVE HIM HIS BEST WHITEFACE BULL.

GOOD FIRE, AIN'T IT?

YES, JEFF.

THANK YOU, JIM.

JUST A FOOL IDEA I HAD.

KIND OF LIKE:

HAVING YOU AROUND.

PLAY ME A TUNE, LUTIE.

SAD MUSIC:

OR HAPPY MUSIC?

UP TO YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TUNE

YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR HEAD.

LIKE IT?

PRETTY. KIND OF

A SURPRISE, THOUGH.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SAD.

IT WAS SAD WHEN:

YOU WENT AWAY.

COME HERE, JIM.

STAND BEHIND ME.

JIM, WHEN I WENT AWAY,

I DIDN'T INTEND TO COME BACK

EXCEPT TO GET SARAH BETH.

I WAS GOING TO ST. LOUIS.

I FELT IT WAS STILL MY TOWN,

THAT I WOULD BE RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. TREES

IN ST. LOUIS.

YES, TREES YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAN AND CHERISH AND PROTECT.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU EVER NOTICED.

WHY DID YOU PLAN THEM, LUTIE?

WERE THEY TO SHUT SOMETHING OU OR TO SHUT YOURSELF IN?

JIM, I WAS JEALOUS-

PLAIN MEAN JEALOUS

OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE GRASS,

AND I TRIED TO FIGHT IT.

YES, WITH THE TREES AND

WITH SELINA AND SAM

AND WITH A LO THINGS.

I WON'T FIGHT I ANYMORE, JIM.

I'LL KNOW THAT IT'S THERE,

AND I WON'T CRY ABOUT IT.

AND I WON' SAY BITTER THINGS,

AND I WON'T RUN AWAY.

I... I'M BACK, JIM,

IF YOU'LL HAVE ME.

I'LL HAVE YOU, LUTIE.

JIM, DON'T YOU WANT TO ASK ME

HOW DENVER WAS?

AH. DENVER'S ALWAYS

DENVER.

BUT, JIM...

I'LL MAKE I UP TO YOU, JIM.

WHAT IS THERE TO MAKE UP?

YOU'RE HERE.

THERE'S REALLY NO REASON

TO WORRY, LUTIE.

JUST DO THE WAY YOU DID

WITH SARAH BETH.

I'LL GO TELL

JIM YOU'RE FINE.

YES, DOC, I'M FINE.

WHEN DO YOU KNOW

WHEN IT'S TUNED?

I JUST KNOW.

DOC, WHAT'S HOLDING UP

SCIENCE?

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BE

ABLE TO TELL A MAN

WHETHER IT'S A BOY OR A GIRL?

WHAT DO YOU WANT, JIM?

WELL, WE GOT A GIRL.

COME ON! CHEER UP, DOC.

JIM, YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE

LUTIE'S OUT OF HER HEAD,

BOUND TO SAY THINGS

WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND.

JUST-JUST DON' THINK ABOUT IT.

GO ON DOWNSTAIRS AND LE JEFF GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE.

OH, JEFF POUR HIM A CUP

OF COFFEE.

I GOT A PO ON THE STOVE.

AND ME, TOO.

YOU'D BETTER

COME IN, DOCTOR.

SHE'S QUIT THAT WILD

TALK AND:

I THINK THE BABY

IS GETTING CLOSE.

I NEVER HEARD:

SUCH CARRYINGS-ON.

DID YOU HEAR:

WHAT SHE SAID-

MRS. RYAN, NONE OF US HEARD ANYTHING

IN THAT ROOM WORTH REPEATING.

OF COURSE NOT.

CERTAINLY NOT.

I HOPE YOU REMEMEBER

THAT, MRS. RYAN.

WELL, LUTIE,

WE'VE GOT A SON.

MACK, WANT TO HAVE A SMOKE?

THANKS, JIM. ONLY GET THESE

WHEN I COME HERE.

DOC?

NO THANKS, JIM.

MRS. McCURTIN WAS SAYING

ONLY YESTERDAY, LUTIE,

BEFORE BROCK WAS BORN

WE USED TO SEE A LOT OF YOU IN TOWN.

THE PAST YEAR OR SO,

YOU'VE BEEN HOLING UP ON US.

SHE SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME

WITH THEM CHILDREN,

SHE'S BOUND TO SPOIL THEM.

SURE BOTH BABIES GOT OVER

THE CROUP RIGHT?

THEY GOT OVER IT ALL RIGHT,

NOT ON ACCOUNT OF THA MEDICINE YOU GAVE THEM.

YOU GOING TO TAKE THIS OR

AREN'T YOU?

THAT SO, JEFF?

WHAT CURED THEM?

BAKING SODA,

AND LOTS OF IT.

CURE ANY KIND OF A COLD.

DOCTORS!

WE GAVE THEM YOUR MEDICINE

BEHIND JEFF'S BACK.

DON'T EVER LET HIM

KNOW ABOUT IT, THOUGH.

WELL, COME ON, MACK,

LET'S HAVE IT.

WHAT?

THE BAD NEWS.

HOW'D YOU KNOW?

ALL OVER YOU:

EVER SINCE YOU GOT HERE.

I'VE GOT A HUNCH CHAMBERLAIN'S

UP TO SOMETHING.

HOW'D YOU KNOW THAT?

ALL OVER HIM THE LAST TIME

I SAW HIM.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, JIM.

HE'S UP TO PLENTY.

I'LL LEAVE YOU TO YOUR BUSINESS

AND YOUR BRANDY.

NO, NO, SIT DOWN. MACK'S A LAWYER.

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