The Texas Rangers Page #8

No.

Yeah. You think

I'm fooling?

Stay here.

I'II show you.

Look, take this note

to the telegraph operator

in town,

and tell him to send it

to Major Bailey right away.

You understand that?

I got you.

Hurry back here,

and be careful.

Don't worry

about me, Wahoo.

AII right, get.

Be careful now.

(NEIGHING)

Un momento, my friend.

Where do you go?

Let go of my horse.

Oh, no. It is not so good

to be in such a hurry.

Let go.

Let go of me!

I'II kill you!

I don't think

you can kill anybody

for a couple of years yet.

Take it easy.

You're Iiable to get hurt.

Give me that!

That's mine!

Don't Iet him get away.

Listen to this one, Sam.

"Express office

in Cedar Crossing robbed.

"Polka-Dot Bandit

and gang accused

of executing robbery."

Cedar Crossing?

That's news to me.

I ain't been near

Cedar Crossing

since I was 1 2 years old.

That's one

you missed, Sam.

Yeah.

(DOOR OPENING)

S, S, un momento,

The Iittle boy

tried to Ieave camp.

I take this piece

of paper from him.

What does the note say?

Nothing important.

Go on. Take care

of young Paul Revere.

S, seor,

What do

the cards say, Wahoo?

Huh?

Oh!

That's a Iot of horse hair

about telling fortunes

with cards.

Oh, no, that's

where you're wrong.

I can do it.

You can?

Sure, watch me.

Jack of hearts.

That's a romantic

young fellow.

Ah, king of diamonds.

Maybe the jack thought

that he could beat

the king, huh?

Uh-oh.

The old Polka-Dot himself,

the ace of spades.

That means trouble

for somebody.

Whose fortune are you telling?

Yours or mine?

There's an old Mexican saying,

"Quien sabe, "

And it means, "Who knows?"

What'd you come up here for

anyway, Wahoo?

I come up to take you...

Oh, sure, sure.

I remember.

You wanted me to help you

get Jim out of the hoosegow,

didn't you?

That's right.

Uh-huh.

You sure that you didn't want

the boys and me

to change places with Jim?

Looks Iike you got me, Sam.

But I'II Iay my cards

out on the table.

I'II shoot straight.

So will I.

(GUN FIRING)

Did you have

to do that, Sam?

(GROANING)

Looks Iike you and Jim

will have to break in

a new man now.

(GUNS FIRING)

That Iooks Iike Wahoo!

Ed!

He's headed off

into the hills!

They got Wahoo!

Hold the horse!

Major Bailey!

Oh, Major!

Major!

Major!

What's the trouble, Neal?

Here's a note.

"This is what I think

of the Rangers.

"Better keep out of my way,

or I'II kill the kid.

"P.S. Jim,

I'm sending Wahoo back

"so that you can give him

a first-class funeral.

"Sorry I can't attend

in person. Sam."

That's the rottenest thing

I ever saw.

Rotten?

It's cold-blooded murder.

EIIiot! Russell! Grayson!

You three start pronto

for EI Paso.

Get in touch

with the Sheriff there.

We're on our way, sir.

I give you free rein,

only get him!

Major! Major Bailey!

Percy! Baxter! McGuire!

Right here, Major.

You three go

with Captain Stafford!

Right.

Yes, sir.

Strike south

through Concho County.

Major Bailey!

What is it, Hawkins?

You've got

to release me, Major.

Release me

until I can get McGee.

You've got to, Major!

How do I know

you don't mean

to join McGee?

I give you my word!

AII right.

Bob, open it up.

Yours?

Yes, and it

won't fail you.

Bring my horse now!

(HUMMING)

(DOOR SQUEAKING)

Jim! Hello.

I'm so happy to see you.

Is Sam here?

Oh, Sammy? You know him.

He will not be back

for maybe a month, I think.

Where's Davey?

Davey?

I don't know, Jim.

He go away yesterday.

Oh, he did.

Davey.

Jim!

Open the door.

I have not the key.

I knew you'd come, Jim!

I'II have you out of there

in a minute, Davey.

What you do?

Maria!

You stay here!

S,

(BANGING)

Jim! Gee,

I'm glad to see you!

I'm glad

to see you, Davey.

Where's Wahoo?

Well, Davey, I'II tell you

about Wahoo Iater.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hello, Sam.

Keep 'em up, Jim.

Get back in the room,

and shut the door, Davey.

I wanna stay

with you, Jim.

Do as I tell you.

Maria, get his guns.

Haven't you heard

that a Ranger

never gives up his guns?

I got the drop on you, kid.

I see you have,

but it ain't gonna do you

any good.

You mean I have to kill you

standing there Iike that?

Not till I've killed you.

You're all through, Sam.

You're all washed up.

There ain't no more room

for your kind in Texas.

I always Iiked you, Jim.

You, too, Sam.

Why'd you kill Wahoo?

Killing was too good for him.

I'II say for you,

you state your case plain.

I'II state it plain again.

I quit the Ranger service

because I didn't wanna go

out after you.

Wahoo took my place.

But I'm not quitting now.

Either you come along

with me peaceable,

or I'm gonna kill you

Iike you killed Wahoo.

Ah, Jim, you always was

the craziest maverick

I ever did know.

You stand there

talking about killing me.

AII I gotta do is

press my finger,

and I blow you

right through that door.

That don't mean nothing, Sam.

Soon as I hear a shot,

I'm gonna pull both my guns

and start pumping Iead

into you as fast as I can.

Hey, Jim,

remember that gal

I took away from you

in Saint Louis, huh?

Arabella?

Yeah, Arabella.

Remember?

I'II tell you what I'II do.

Maria here,

she's a great gal.

She's a good cook.

She's on the Ievel.

Me and the boys

have been thinking about

moseying out California Way

for a Iong time.

I'II promise you.

We'II get out. We'II stay out.

I've made a good stake.

You'II get your cut

as usual,

and I'm Ieaving Maria

behind me.

Come on, now,

what do you say?

I say you'd better

put away those guns

and come with me.

I don't want to kill you!

Drop your gun, Sam!

I'II kill you!

So help me, I'II kill you!

Jim?

Jim, quit following me,

or so help me,

I'II kill you!

I'II kill you sure as

a rattler throws poison!

Listen, Sam!

There might be

some chance for you

if you Iet me take you in!

Sam, either

you come out of there

with your hands up,

or I'm coming in

after you!

AII right,

here I come!

(COUGHING)

Well, Sam,

it had to be either you or me,

and I guess you Iost.

I hope maybe you

Iet him in up there.

He just got on

the wrong train.

That's all.

Henry V. Jones,

whom we affectionately

called Wahoo,

died bravely.

His final home

shall be close to us here

and to the service

that he had come to Iove.

Jones vindicated

his errors,

and I say that

the soil of Texas shall be

all the more fertile

for the blood he shed

to the benefit of those

who come after him.

The men who have died

for Texas have not died

in vain,

Unsung though their names

may be in future years,

it shall be known

that in the turbulent years

of a state's transformation,

it was their deeds

of individual sacrifice,

their acts

of dauntless courage,

that made possible

the changing

of a lawless frontier

into a civilized land,

These are the men

called Texas Rangers,

molded in the crucible

of heroic struggle,

guardians of the frontier,

makers of the peace,

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