The Tin Star Page #5

Come on!

Hey, wait for me!

Where's your posse?

I left them. Don't call them mine,

they follow Bogardus.

I told you. Sheriff don't crack down

on the first man disobeys him,

- his posse turns into a mob.

- Well, that's what it is, a mob.

Thought you was a man took his time.

I'm looking for a boy.

Yeah, a couple of them.

Name of McGaffey.

- Name's Kip. You seen him?

- No, I ain't seen him.

I'm warning you, Morg.

I don't want them shot.

They're gonna get

what the law says, a fair trial.

You lunkhead. I'll collect

those rewards when I get ready.

Now, I don't give three hoots

for the McGaffeys or you.

I'm looking for a boy.

- Thought you was looking for a boy.

- I am.

- I'm tracking the horses.

- They're here. So is the boy.

I can handle this.

You're gonna stay here.

Am I?

- Somebody's following the dog.

- I'll get him with the rifle.

You all right?

- I tried to catch a dog and was shot at.

- Who shot?

I don't know.

Hiding up in the cave.

You take my horse. You come on

the sheriff, you stay there.

- Where's the boy?

- Holding the horses.

- Stay and cover me.

- No, you don't.

You can't take them alive.

- I can if you keep out.

- You'll get killed.

Then it'll be your chance.

I guess there's only one way

to teach you.

Go ahead.

Ed?

Ed?

This is Ben Owens.

Can you hear me?

Now, Ed, don't shoot.

I swear both of you

are gonna get a fair trial.

Now, you just put down your guns

because I'm coming up there.

He shot me.

You got a new part

in your hair, that's all.

- Bullet bounced off that thick skull.

- Well, he shot me.

- Stay here and cover me.

- No, wait.

Here, take it, Morg.

You're the most pigheaded

law mule I ever run up against.

My name's Hickman, boys.

Lot of money on your heads.

I'll collect it either way you like.

You ain't collecting nothing.

I got the sheriff, I'll get you.

You didn't get the sheriff.

He's covering me

with his guns, below.

He's covering you in hell.

We seen him drop.

Sheriff! Throw a couple of shots!

Not this way,

you might hit a cave rat.

Or a bounty hunter.

You're a bad shot, McGaffey.

Except when you sneak up

on an unarmed old man.

Better throw out your gun.

Let them go through, sheriff.

Kip will pick them up.

If you had as much sense

as your horses,

you'd throw out your guns

and come out.

I gotta get out of here!

I gotta get out of here.

Zeke! Stay here!

Stay! Stay down!

Throw out your gun, Zeke.

Well, you took them alive.

Yeah.

Go on.

Kip? Oh, Kip!

Are you all right?

You're not hurt, are you?

Take them on into town.

Will they let me keep him?

- Sure. He's your dog now.

- Gee, what a day.

We catched two outlaws,

me and Morg did.

- Did they confess they killed Dr. Joe?

- The older one did.

Hope they get hung.

I kind of feel sorry

for the younger one, Zeke.

I got a hunch he'll get off.

Do some time, is all.

You're not staying for the trial?

Oh, I'll be moving on come morning.

But you can't!

What about the rewards?

- They go to Kip.

- Kip?

Sure. He found them.

That's the hard part. The rest is easy.

You had the right idea, Kip.

One-man posse.

But you can't do that.

The money's yours. You just can't.

- What are you gonna do with it?

- Give it to Mom.

That's what I thought.

Won't we never see you again?

Can't I go with you?

Better stay with your mother.

She don't wanna stay here no more.

Bogardus.

Looks like there might

be trouble in town tonight.

Ben's got the McGaffeys locked up.

Yeah. That's just the trouble.

Bart! Hey, Bart!

Hey, Bart! Sheriff got the McGaffeys.

Got them in jail.

Want something, Mr. Bogardus?

Gonna have a sociable tonight.

Whole town's invited.

I promised the McGaffeys a fair trial,

and they're gonna get it.

They sure are.

Got a big white man's jury here.

The verdict's already in.

I figure Ed McGaffey's

gonna get hung,

but he's gonna get hung

the way the law says.

If you don't stand up for law and order

now, it don't mean nothing.

Now, who's coming with me?

Step up to the bar, boys.

The drinks are on me.

He didn't get no place with them.

He didn't try.

Sheriff! What'd they say? Sheriff?

- How many volunteered?

- Not one.

As officer of the court,

I have to keep out,

but I suggest you be

sworn in as deputies.

- We can't do that.

- You're respected, levelheaded men.

Just your presence here, backing

up the sheriff, will avert violence.

What's going on?

They wanna get the McGaffeys

and hang them.

- Well, you can hold them off.

- Just what I'm saying, Hickman.

- The sheriff can use you as a deputy.

- Not me.

- We can't mix up in a thing like this.

- We can't stand up against the town.

That's the sheriff's job.

- Get the prisoners out of town.

- Take them out the back way.

They got a good jail in Dry Fork.

Hold them there for trial.

You won't get them a mile out of town.

It's murder.

Yes, it is.

- Well, we've done all we can.

- Yeah.

Be sensible, Ben.

Get your prisoners out of town.

Well, Ben, I guess I'll have

to turn tail and run too.

I hope you understand why.

- Yes, sir, I do.

- You're a good sheriff.

I didn't think you'd make it

when you put on that badge.

Know when to give up, Ben.

Don't get hurt. We need you.

Well, how do you like this?

Well, were you ever

through a thing like this?

- Yeah?

- Try and hold them.

With a shotgun.

Talks louder to a crowd.

What do I do now?

Wait.

They gotta get wound up first.

Takes time and plenty of liquor.

Mob's only as tough as its leader.

You only got one man to lick:

Bogardus.

How come they're so quiet?

Because they're ready.

Bring out your prisoners, sheriff.

Jury's awaiting.

My prisoners are gonna

be tried fair, Bogardus.

Fair and fast, sheriff.

The rope's all ready.

You gonna fetch them out,

or do we go get them?

You're a brave man when you've got

Why don't you come on

and get them by yourself.

Come on, Bogardus!

Come on, Bogardus,

you was a whole posse today.

Didn't get no prisoners, though.

Aren't you man enough

to come and get them now?

Come on, what's keeping you?

Put down that gun or

I'll tear you apart.

You fight with your mouth and with

your hat. Don't reach no further.

This thing might go off, both barrels.

Would you hold this, sheriff?

I'd like to talk to Bogardus.

All right, I put down the shotgun,

Bogardus. Now tear me apart.

What's the matter, you paralyzed?

Tear me apart!

What do you need,

a little persuasion?

Come on.

Dinky! Dinky, we're going.

We're going, Dinky.

Morg!

- You're not leaving now?

- Yep.

Well, what about the trial?

It'll be a fair trial. That's what

you promised them, sheriff.

- How about Kip's reward money?

- I'll write you where to send it.

Morg, don't go.

Stay and be sheriff.

Let me be your deputy till I learn.

You've got nothing more to learn.

Maybe I learned from you.

A man can't run away from his job.

Neither can a woman.

Dr. Joe told me.

Well, doc's right.

I'll find me a town needs

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