Wild Bill Page #4

tonight and praise the Lord. Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! How I love the Lord!

I love him, because he is able!

I love him, because he reached down and

he pulled me right from the gutters of sin!

I love him, because when sin and

sickness had me bound, he reached out.

He washed me in his precious blood.

Oh, hallelujah. And I am here to testify

tonight that it is my determination!

I will hold on! I will hold on

to the rock that is my salvation!

I will hold on to the word of God!

I will hold on to him!

Oh, yes, Satan, you can't touch me now!

Come on, you dirty devil!

I said you can't touch me now!

Oh, hallelujah.

Lift up your hands. Praise the Lord.

Hallelujah. Praise him.

Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, Jesus.

Amen. Thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, Jesus.

- Who's that feller?

- Yankee. Name of Bill Hickok.

He's awful dashin', ain't he? They say

he was spyin' around here during the war.

- He's lookin' at you.

- Look all he wants, won't do no good.

I bet he comes over

and asks you to dance.

- I won't dance with no Yankee.

- I thought you was a loyal Union woman.

I am. My dead husband wasn't.

He'd be rollin' in his grave

if I was dancin' with some Yankee feller.

I knew it. Here he comes.

It ain't gonna do no good. I didn't come

here to meet up with Yankee strangers.

You look like the prettiest girl around.

I was wonderin' if you wanna dance.

Surely.

You comin' with me?

I just think you're lyin'.

I ain't lyin'. I'll take you

on up to Springfield.

You had your way,

and you want to again, and you'II...

I'll take you on up to Springfield,

and that kid of yours, too.

I bet you have your way with lots of girls.

Bet you tell 'em all a whole pack of lies.

I ain't lyin'.

But I would if I couldn't figure

no other way with you.

(in Chinese) He has had two pipes.

He is a famous man.

I know. He has killed many.

He has had many fights.

Howdy, Bill.

- Dave.

- What brings you back to these parts?

I spent the last six months scoutin'

for the army. Figured I'd come back here,

see the sights, see my old friends.

I hope you ain't figurin' on startin'

back up with Miss Susannah Moore.

Got tired of waitin' on you,

took up with somebody else.

Who'd that be, Dave?

That'd be me, Bill.

She took up with me.

Be seein' you around.

(tinkly tune)

- Dave?

- Hm?

Where'd you get that watch?

Goddammit, how many times I told you

to stop botherin' me about things?

I recognise it. It's Bill's, ain't it?

His daddy gave him this watch.

You sure never took it off him.

Yeah? Well, I never said

I did that neither, did I?

Then how'd you get it?

Card game last night.

You walk around town wearin' this watch,

he'll kill you.

Say, pard.

You seen old Dave Tutt today?

I sure have.

He's right over across the way.

Tell me, friend, is he wearing my watch?

I really couldn't say.

Well...

By God, Bill, I'm glad to see

you could make it out today.

You know, this ain't about

no timepiece, Bill.

You know it...

and I know it.

He called it.

Whole damn thing didn't have to happen.

I come here for Wild Bill.

I don't want nobody interferin' none.

(speaks angrily in Chinese)

You ain't gonna slow me down none.

(speaks Chinese)

This is your time, Wild Bill.

Make your move, Jack.

We'll both go.

Hm! (speaks Chinese)

(bell tolling)

(Jack)

I've been thinkin' about you, Donnie.

I've been thinkin' a man has to seize

his opportunities where he finds them.

I tried last night,

but I fell short of my mark.

Now, you're a lot rougher feller than I am,

ain't you, Donnie?

You and your boys here are real capable.

And you've found your greatest

opportunity right here in Deadwood.

The most famous gunfighter

in all the world.

- He's gettin' old.

- He is for a fact.

But, uh, the sight of him in the street,

well, it could make a young feller shake.

He don't make me shake.

How much money are we talkin'?

You called it before, Donnie. $1,000.

Here she is.

$250 now, $250 when we meet tonight,

the other half when it's done.

Want it or not?

(speaks Chinese)

(slurps)

I thank you for your kindness.

Wild Bill.

Maybe you can help me.

Where the hell did things go wrong?

This kid,

Miss Jane, trouble with my eyes.

You don't understand a blessed word

I'm sayin', do you?

(imitates slurping)

I had him. I had him

right there in front of me.

All I had to do was pull the trigger.

You ask yourself why you didn't?

I don't know.

Maybe I was enjoyin' the moment

too much, or... (chuckles)

...maybe I ain't got the nerve.

Tie the knot right there, would you? A bow

knot or something that'll slip real easy.

I guess this is fare thee well

between you and me.

Come tonight, I either

see him dead and be on the run...

or he'll kill me dead like all them others.

You've come this far.

That's already buckin' the odds.

Maybe you'll just go all the way.

(snores)

Break the seal on that bottle there,

would you, Carl?

Bill!

It's surely good to see you. Uh-huh.

Where you been, Bill? I thought

maybe that kid scared you outta town.

Would you find that help of yours

and tell him to go across to Jensen's barn,

tell them to have a horse ready?

I'm headin' out come dawn.

Yes, sir. I'll take care of it myself.

- D'you eat your supper?

- Wasn't hungry.

Now, that don't sound right to me.

Mm-mm.

You got to learn

to take better care of yourself.

Where the hell'd everybody go? There's

not a damn person out there in the street.

There's a new gold strike 30 miles

west of here. Real gargantua.

Whole town rushed off this morning.

You stayed?

Maybe I was worried about you, Bill.

Ain't damn likely.

Joe and Charley hung around too.

Nobody knew where you'd been holed up.

If you're lookin' for them,

they're upstairs sleepin' in the flop room.

Had me another bad dream

on the Chinese pipe.

- Things are comin' back to haunt me.

- I figured it was somethin' like that.

You got to stay away from that stuff.

Stick with whisky.

Go on, now. Drink that.

It's real good for you.

Mmm. Good, right?

Yeah. Thanks.

(horse whinnies)

Now, I want you all to listen to me.

We're gonna ride out past the Number 10

down to Jensen's barn.

I don't want anybody suspicious

of our horses out front.

- You OK, Jack?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Been waitin' for this for a real long time.

He had found

the band of jackals he needed.

But as Jack McCall rode through town,

he experienced the terrifying certainty

that a man faces when he is

about to make his own name famous.

He lacked both a hero's calm, and

a coward's resolve to survive at any price.

(Bill) I have to admit, there's something

about this kid that spooks me.

Must be his ma.

She was one hell of a damn fine woman.

She could talk good, drink,

tear off a piece...

I had a lot of good times

with Miss Susannah Moore.

I'd like us to be in love

like you and Susannah Moore.

She was the one, wasn't she?

The one you loved most of all.

That's why this kid's got a hold to you.

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