Warlock Page #7

Right now, I've got things to do.

Sure is noisy out there today.

Little boys waiting

for the circus parade.

How.

How.

Lily is sure gone on that deputy.

- Pity she won't have him long.

- Unless we take a hand.

Meaning what?

Remember that time in Gran Fort,

those strangers had us in a hotel

with a guard?

Lily splashed a can of kerosene,

came running up all on fire.

She sure got us out of that one.

I think we owe her one,

Morgan.

That's funny,

that's very funny.

You've practically give up marshal

in this town.

The only way for you to be important

is for Gannon to die.

Now you want to back Gannon, so he'll

be the hero and you'll be nothing?

- That's very funny.

- I'm not playing king of the mountain.

It's not a question

of who's top or bottom.

It's this town holding together

against McQuown.

- I'm a citizen of this town...

- If you want to play second fiddle,

don't expect me to back you.

I've never asked for your help

before, Morgan.

Clay, how do you think

you've stayed alive this long?

They're here, Morgan.

You're not going out there

to save Gannon.

After he's dead,

they'll beg you to protect them.

Just sit down and wait, Clay.

Blaisdell was right.

He said I'd put too much on you.

- They're here.

- You put nothing on me.

It's just a time and a place

for a showdown.

You haven't a chance unless

you let Blaisdell help you.

No, judge.

If a deputy's worth anything, he

can't hole up when there's trouble.

You're nothing to me, just a badge

and an office, that's all.

Get yourself killed.

You're nothing to me.

Abe, I'll give you five minutes

to leave town.

Johnny, go for your gun,

you yellow-livered coward.

Go on!

- Hold it.

- Hold it.

- Drop your gun.

- Take it easy, Joe.

I promised you, Johnny.

I promised you a fair fight.

You regulators

are all under arrest!

Brown, you, Bush, Mosby,

you're deputised to take them

into Bright City for trial.

Now, we'll see how far

the law can go in Warlock.

- You gambled and lost, Morgan.

- At least you're alive.

Am I?

Think they'd have backed you,

like they did Gannon?

They pay you half hoping

to see you killed.

Wouldn't it be better

to go down decently?

Isn't that what

you've always said?

- I've kept you from it many a time.

- Like now?

- Hiding in a room with a gun on me?

- No, like in Port James.

It was me that got

the drop on them.

And the Ellersons, me again.

And Calhoun, ready to backhoot you,

who saved your life? Me.

- And Bob Nicholson at the stage?

- And Bob Nicholson.

And Ben Nicholson, too.

Lily was telling the truth.

You used me to get back

at Lily.

Lily had nothing to do with it...

Morgan, you're telling me things

to make me kill you.

I'm going to Jessie's.

I'll send for my things.

We'll talk later.

Clay, you've got to face Gannon.

- Let him know you're in charge.

- Gannon's in charge. I'm resigning.

Or would you have me kill him too

because of Lily?

- That's not why I did those things.

- No, then why?

- Why? Was it for me or you?

- Not for me. You're my friend.

- The only friend I ever had, Clay.

- It's finished, Morgan.

Clay! You won't face Gannon

because you're yellow clean through.

Has Jessie made you like that?

Clay, I'm not the cripple here,

you are.

If you don't kill Gannon,

I will.

I swear I will!

Murch... Murch!

Bring me some whisky.

"Tomorrow and tomorrow

and tomorrow

creeps in this petty pace...

from day to day...

to the last syllable

of recorded time."

Murch, give me your Colts.

- You're been drinking...

- I said give me your Colts.

I'm the black rattlesnake

of the whole territory.

I'll kill anything that moves.

Just sit still, or die.

And, if you move,

you crawl.

Who wants to die?

I got lightening in both hands,

I'm just spoiling for a fight.

I'll kill anything that moves!

I've killed 45 men, and tonight

I'm going to run up that score.

Where's that brave deputy?

That great cowboy killer.

What's he doing?

Hiding?

Gannon!

I'm the all time

champion cowboy killer!

Sorry, deputy,

drop it right there.

- Get inside the cage.

- What is this?

- Inside.

- What do you think you're doing?

You're a brave man,

but Tom Morgan is my responsibility.

Gannon!

Crawl out of your hole,

you yellow-belly.

I'll run you out of town.

Gannon,

do I have to come in after you?

Morgan!

Morgan.

Hello, Clay.

- Let me kill him, Clay.

- No, Morgan.

Why? Because you think

you owe Lily?

This isn't a game you can cheat

and make a fraud of.

I'm going to have to

run you out of town.

Then, I won.

Clay, you run me out of town,

I'll go like a lamb.

You'll be a hero again.

That's all I want.

- I've won.

- All right, you've won.

We'll play this out till the end,

just as you wanted.

I'm telling you to leave town.

All right.

- I'll see you in Palfrie City.

- No, you won't.

- You'll be there.

- No, Morgan.

I'll be waiting for you.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- I'll tell you something, Clay.

- What is it, Morgan?

I'm better than you.

I've always been better.

I can beat you, Clay.

You hit it.

And you better hit it fast.

I won, Clay.

I won.

Get your hands off him.

Say something.

Say something!

- He'd have killed somebody.

- He broke my arm.

- He was after trouble.

- What are you worth?

He was out to kill somebody,

marshal.

- Who? You?

- Might've been me.

- What are you worth?

- The Lord delivers.

Judge me.

You judged him, judge me now.

Judge me.

What will you do?

Kill all of us for your pain?

I've had too much of you.

Crawl for it.

Crawl past him.

He was a man, not all talk.

Take your hats off.

Take your hats off!

Now, you can sing.

Sing!

Stand back.

Johnny, he'll kill you.

Stand back, deputy.

Sorry, Blaisdell, it's time.

- Time?

- You can't stay here.

Trouble and death follow you.

Warlock's had enough of both.

- Are you running me out of town?

- No.

I'm just saying I'll have to

arrest you in the morning,

so I'm asking you to get out

before.

Nobody tells me that.

I come and go as I please.

No longer, Mr. Blaisdell.

I'll have to come after you.

Come shooting, if you do.

- I'll do that.

- You'll have to.

I told Blaisdell

he's to get out of town by morning.

I heard.

And is he going?

No.

What do you want?

Your whole life in one night?

Johnny.

Clay.

I've been looking for you.

Have you been here

all this time?

- Jessie, why did he do it?

- I don't know.

- Clay, what are you going to do?

- Yesterday...

Was it only yesterday? I told him

he was nothing without me.

Maybe I'm nothing

without him.

That's foolish.

We had a council meeting and everyone

agreed that if you wanted to stay

we could go to the deputy,

I'm sure there'd be no problem.

What would I do here?

Stay with me, as we planned.

- What would I do?

- I don't know.

Whatever you planned on doing

before this happened.

I never saw past this morning.

I suppose I figured

Morgan and I...

What now?

Shall I clerk in Richardson's store?

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