True Grit Page #8

All the way back.

- Till it locks.

- I know how to do it.

You will not go with me?

Naw, it's just the other way around.

You're going with me.

I'm...AAAH!

Well I didn't think you would do it.

- What do you think now?

- One of my short ribs is broken.

You killed my father when he was trying to help you.

I have one of the gold pieces you stole

from him. Now give me the other.

- Things aren't going right for me.

- Mattie!

I'm down here.

Now I'm shot by a child.

Chaney's taken into custody!

Help me.

Mattie!

Marshal.

Take them horses you got and move!

Tom, get on up that hill! Don't you stop...

Who all is down there?

Marshal Cogburn and fifty more officers.

Tell me another lie and I'll

stove your head in.

Just the Marshal.

Rooster.

Cogburn!

You hear me?

You answer me, Rooster!

I will kill this girl!

You know I will do it.

The girl is nothing to me!

She is a runaway from Arkansas!

That is all very well.

Do you advise that I kill her?

Do what you think is best, Ned!

She's nothing to me but a lost child!

Think it over, first.

I have already thought it over!

You get mounted double fast!

If I see you riding over that bald ridge to the northwest,

I will spare the girl.

You have five minutes!

They will be a party of Marshals here

soon, Ned!

Let me have the girl and Chaney and I will mislead them for six hours!

Too thin Rooster.

Too thin.

Your five minutes is running!

No more talk!

Get on up that hill.

Well, see to Tom's wound.

Can I have some of that bacon?

You help yourself.

Have some of the coffee.

I do not drink coffee, I am fourteen.

Well we do not have buttermilk,

and we do not have bread.

We are poorly supplied.

- There she is.

- What are you doing here?

I will wring your scrawny neck.

You let that go.

What happened, huh?

I will tell you, and you will see that

I'm in the right.

Tom Chaney there shot my father to death

in Fort Smith and robbed him of

two gold pieces and stole his mare.

I was informed of Mr Cogburn had grit and

I hired him to find the murderer.

A few minutes ago I came upon Chaney

watering the horses.

He would not be taken in charge and I

shot him.

If I had killed him I would not be now in this fix.

My revolver misfired.

They will do it.

It will embarrass you every time.

Most girls like to play pretties,

but you like guns, do ya?

I do not care a thing in the world about guns.

If I did I would have one that worked.

I was shot from ambush, Ned.

The horses was blowing and

making noise. It was that officer that got me.

How can you sit there and tell such a big story?

That pit is a hundred feet deep,

and I will throw you in it.

I'll leave you screaming in rot.

-Now how do you like that?

-No you won't.

This man will not let you have your way. He's your

boss and you have to do as he tells you.

Ain't nothing going my way.

Was that Rooster waylaid us

night before last?

It was Marshal Cogburn and myself.

You and Cogburn...

Quite the posse.

Let us move, Ned.

In good time, Doctor.

What happened to Quincy and the kid?

They are both dead.

I was in the very middle of it. It was a

terrible thing to see.

Please, let us move, Ned.

The Marshal's gone.

Do you need a good lawyer?

I need a good judge.

What happened to Coke Hayes,

the old fellow shot off his horse?

Dead as well.

These declarations have come to an end.

Your friend Rooster does

not collect many prisoners.

He is not my friend.

He has abandoned me to a congress of louts.

You do not varnish your opinions.

Are we off?

Let us cut up the winnings from the Katie Flyer.

They'll be time for that at The Old Place.

I will mount the grey.

I have other plans for you.

Must I double-mount with the Doctor?

- No!

- Nope.

Too chancy with two men up if it comes to a race.

Tom, you wait here with the girl.

When we reach Ma's house I will

send Carroll

back with a fresh mount.

You will be out by dark.

We'll meet you at the old place.

I do not like that.

Let me ride with you, Ned.

Just outof here anyway.

No. We are short a horse.

Marshals will come swarming.

Hours, if they come here at all.

They will guess we are all gone.

I am not staying here by myself

with Tom Chaney.

That is the way I will have it.

He will kill me.

You have heard him say it. He has killed

my father and now you will let him kill me.

He will do no such thing.

Tom, you know the crossing at

Cypress Forks, near the log meetinghouse?

When you are mounted you will take

the girl there and leave her.

Do you understand that, Tom?

If any harm comes to that child

you'll not get paid.

Harold, let me ride up with you.

Farrel, I will pay you $50 out of my winnings!

I am not heavy!

Ha ha! Do the calf again, Harold!

Everything is against me.

You have no reason to whine.

If you act as the bandit chief instructed, and no

harm comes to me, you will get your winnings at The Old Place.

Lucky Ned has left me, knowing I am sure to be caught when I leave on foot.

I must think over my

position and how I may improve it.

Where is the second California gold piece?

What have you done with Papa's mare?

Keep still.

Are you thinking about The Old Place?

Look here, if you let me go.

I will swear to it an affidavit..

and once you are brought to justice,

it may go easier on you.

I tell you I can do better than that.

I don't need your affidavit.

All I need is your silence.

Your father was a busybody like you.

In honesty, I do not regret shooting him.

He thought Tom Chaney was small.

And you!

You will give me an affidavit.

You're all against me! Everything....

So that is Chelmsford.

Strange to be so close to him at last.

Mr La Boeuf, how is it that you are here?

I heard the shot.

and went down to the river.

Cogburn outlined a plan.

Mind your footing, there's a pit there.

His part,

I fear is rash.

He returns for Lucky Ned.

Yo, Rooster!

Will you give us the road?

One against four. It is ill advised.

He could not be dissuaded.

Well Ned, how many men is with the girl?

Just Chaney.

Our agreement is in force.

She was in excellent health,

when last I saw her.

Farrell, I want you and your brother

to stand clear.

You as well, Proctor.

I have no interest in you today.

What is your intention, Rooster?

You think one eye follows a downfall?

I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned.

Or see you hanged at Fort Smith

at Judge Parker's convenience.

Which will you have?

I call that bold talk

for a one-eyed fat man.

Fill your hand, you son of a b*tch.

Shoot them Mr La Boeuf.

Too far, moving too fast.

Well, Rooster?

I'm shot to pieces.

Seems neither of us

is to see Judge Parker.

Wahooo!

Some bully shot.

That was four hundred yards at least.

Well,

the Sharp's carbine, is a...

Stand up, Tom Chaney.

M...Mr La Boeuf

Are you alive?

Mr La Boeuf!

Mr La Boeuf.

Mr La Boeuf.

Are you there?

I'm here.

Can you clamber out?

I cannot.

There are snakes.

They awake?

Yes!

I'm bit.

Does Mr La Boeuf survive?

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