The Texas Rangers Page #4

collected 18,000 gold

for them Ionghorns he sold

in Mexico yesterday.

MAN 1:

Yeah, I trailed along

with him most of the way,

just to keep the bandidos

from stopping him.

MAN 2:
There's too much money

coming into Texas

all of a sudden.

It's gonna cause trouble.

Who's the Major sending

with the paymaster for the new

railroad they're building?

MAN 3:

I drawed that job Iast night.

Don't notice

the Major slipping us

none of them juicy deals.

I'm Ieaving this afternoon.

MAN 4:
What's up, Neal?

That new bank in San Angelo

is shipping a Iot of gold

to Fort Worth.

They asked for a man

to go the whole way

just to act as chaperon.

Next assignment we get,

we'II prove to the Major

we're the best Rangers

this camp has ever seen.

That'II make him sit up

and take notice.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Excuse me, Daddy.

When Jim and Wahoo

go on trips,

can I go along with 'em?

We'II talk

about that Iater, son.

Father, it's a telegram

from the Attorney General

in Austin.

The operator said

it Iooks mighty important.

Anything serious?

I thought the Indian trouble

had been settled

once and for all.

Apparently,

it's to break out again.

Men!

The Indian troubles

have broken out again.

They're on the warpath.

Murder, depredation.

We've got to subdue them.

Put them on the reservation

for good.

I know what is

in all your minds.

The odds against

every Ranger company

will be 50 to one,

but if Texas

is to be a state,

if families

are to build homes,

if there's to be

any future for our people,

the sacrifice of Iives

will be worth it.

I expect every man

to be saddled and ready

to move out in half an hour.

ALL:
Yes, sir.

(DRUMS BEATING)

(CHANTING)

(ALL SHOUTING)

Traton.

The other one must be

that railroad paymaster.

Them Indians

sure is dirty fighters,

ain't they?

What did you expect?

This is no picnic we're on.

Get those shovels, men.

We've got about

five seconds.

It's our only chance.

Rush 'em!

(SHOUTING)

MAN:
They've got him!

Run for it!

(GUN FIRING)

AII right, boys.

Let 'em have it.

Major!

But two of them

is down.

This is Fred.

Bob! Bob!

Better work your way

up here.

I think you can make it

if you crawl along

the cliff in back of you.

Thanks, Major!

This will do!

At Ieast until

we catch our breath!

How about admitting

I'm a better shot than you?

I admit nothing.

I apologize.

The drinks are on me.

I accept your apology

and the drink.

Thanks.

Boys, Ranger Company C

is about 30 miles south.

If we can hold out here

until night,

and I see no reason

why we can't,

one of us can go for help.

S, amigo,

Let me have a chaw

of tobacker.

Nothing doing, Hank.

You owe me three plugs

already.

I told you I'd pay you back

the minute we got to camp.

You cross your heart?

Cross my heart and spit.

AII right.

That's four plugs

you owe me.

I'II remember.

I'm gonna bring Bob

and them other fellows

up here.

Wait.

(GUN FIRING)

They got Hank.

Pobre amigo,

Sure is funny

what Iengths

some fellows will go

to keep from

paying their debts,

ain't it?

Yeah.

(GRUNTING)

Did you say something

about being safe?

Nobody but an Indian

could think that up.

Nice, eh?

They pay you off

with peanuts.

If I ever

get out of here alive,

I'm finished.

Quit bellyaching.

You've seen everything.

I ain't done everything.

Rodriguez!

I go to get them, amigos,

Adis!

(GROANING)

Madre mia,,, Adis,

There never was a finer man.

Look, we might be

smashed to pieces.

Every man stay where he is.

Let me go

after them, Major.

You're married, Frank.

You got children.

Let me go!

What are you talking about?

You got a wife

in Dallas, ain't you?

Well, I got no offspring

following me around.

Yeah, you don't see

no blond squaw

sitting on my Iap, neither.

Look out!

Did it get you?

My Ieg.

Stay here.

I'II be back.

Where do you think

I'm going? To a dance?

(SCREAMING)

(GUN CLICKING)

(SHOUTING)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SHOUTING)

I wonder

what happened to Jim.

Maybe I ought

to say a prayer,

if I knowed one.

Sun stays up Iate

this time of year.

That's our bad Iuck.

(SHOUTING)

(WHOOPING)

Ranger Company C!

Hooray!

(WHOOPING)

GIory be!

(WHOOPING)

Now that we've placed

the Indians on the reservation

for good,

the people can Iook

to real progress,

a state marching forward

to its rightful destiny,

but there's

one stumbling block,

trouble from our own citizens.

As soon as

a community becomes rich,

a town important,

corruption springs up,

thieving cattle barons,

organized gangs

of cutthroats,

crooked judges, sheriffs,

district attorneys.

Take this section here.

Kimball, Mason, Sutton.

They should be

the most prosperous

in the state,

instead of which

they're the most corrupt.

Of them all,

Kimball is the most

flagrant example.

What's more,

it's ruled by one man

who grafts on everybody.

He could commit murder

and get away with it.

CIean up Kimball,

and you throw fear

into every other county.

Major, I'd Iike the honor

of tackling that job.

I'd already made up my mind

to give it to you and Gillis.

If you don't mind,

I'd Iike to handle it myself.

I got some ideas of my own.

That is, if it's all right

with you, Jake.

You're biting off

a pretty big chaw,

but I reckon...

Thanks, Jake.

Well, Major, what about it?

Seems to be all settled,

but no gunplay unless

it's absolutely necessary.

Here are some

Kimball County reports

you can Iook over.

Thanks.

Weren't you afraid for him

when he started up

the canyon wall?

No, he was in

the softest spot of all.

I had him covered

all the time.

He didn't have a thing

to be worried about.

Between me and you,

I was the real hero.

Why didn't you go

all the way with Jim?

I wanted to,

but that dang foot

stopped me.

It would have

stopped anybody.

If it wasn't for Jim,

you and the Major

wouldn't be here, would you?

The way you talk, you'd think

Jim whipped that bunch

of Indians by himself.

I was in there.

I never shot so fast

in my Iife.

Indians was dropping around me

Iike rotten apples.

There ain't many Rangers

Iike Jim,

are there, Wahoo?

No, I guess...

Say, ain't you got

some arithmetic to do?

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Oh, hello, Davey.

Hiya, cripple.

Hello, Jim.

We was just talking

about you.

That's all he ever

talk about. I thought

you was coming early.

Say, Davey,

do me a favor, will you?

Sure thing.

Turn Baldy Ioose

in the pasture and see

he gets plenty of grass.

You bet.

(DOOR CLOSING)

I'm expecting Sam.

When?

About sundown.

What for?

What do you think?

To talk a Iittle business.

Yeah?

Yeah, that Indian fight

did the trick.

We're aces

with the Major now,

and I picked a sweet job.

I'm off single-handed on

one of the biggest assignments

the Rangers have had

in a Iong time.

Say, what's eating you?

Come on, out with it.

Listen, Jim, you know

I ain't getting mushy.

You know me

better than that.

But we haven't had things

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