Young Mr. Lincoln Page #3

You and Jake stay here and take care

of the body and this here knife.

Don't let nobody touch nothin'

till I get back.

They sure made a good job of him.

That's a fact. Never knew what hit him.

Looked like trouble to me.

Leastwise, I never saw 'em around here before.

I liked Scrub.

He was mean, but I liked him.

Mean or not, folks ain't got no business

comin' to our town cuttin' up people!

Two against one!

That's what I don't like!

Yeah, and stabbing him

right in the back too!

What they need

is a little taste of the rope.

Well, what are we waitin' for?

Wait a minute! Wait!

Miss Clay, stop 'em!

They're gonna lynch 'em, Abe.

They're gonna lynch 'em.

Come on. We gotta hurry.

Who are you?

I'm your lawyer, ma'am.

Open it up, Sheriff!

Let me outta here!

- I can't! I can't! They're gonna break in!

- Don't be a fool! They'll get us too!

Can't help it!

They gotta bust in first!

Come on! Get 'em out here!

Hey!

Hold on!

Listen to me!

Get out of there, Lincoln!

Put down that pole

and listen to me!

Get out of the way!

- Put down that pole and listen to me!

- Get out of the way!

By jing, I said listen to me,

and by jing, you will!

Now, gentlemen, I'm not up here

to make any speeches.

All I got to say is,

I can lick any man here hands down.

Come on, men! Come on!

We gonna let that man stand in our way?

Hold on, Buck!

I thought I'd find that big mouth of yours

around here, tellin' people what to do.

I'm Big Buck, all right.

I'm the biggest buck in this lick.

Well, come on up and whet your horns.

What's slowin' ya?

Well, what that got to do with us?

Are you gonna move?

Get away, Lincoln!

We're coming through!

Now, wait a minute, fellas!

Ho! All jokin' aside.

Let's look at this matter

from my side.

Why, you all know

I'm just a fresh lawyer tryin'to get ahead.

But some of you boys act like

you wanna do me out of my first clients.

Let him talk.! Go ahead.

I'm not sayin'

you fellas are not right.

Maybe these boys

do deserve to hang.

But with me handlin' their case...

don't look like you'll have much

to worry about on that score.

All I'm asking is to have it done

with some legal pomp and show.

That's all right, Abe.

How 'bout our side of it?

We've gone to a heap of trouble

not to have at least one hangin'!

Sure you have, Mac.

And if these boys had more

than one life, I'd say go ahead.

Maybe a little hangin'

mightn't do 'em any harm.

But the sort of hangin'

you boys'd give 'em would be so -

so permanent.

Trouble is, when men start takin'

the law into their own hands...

they're just as apt,

in all the confusion and fun...

to start hangin' somebody

who's not a murderer...

as somebody who is.

Then the next thing you know,

they're hangin' one another just for fun...

till it gets to the place

a man can't pass a tree...

or look at a rope...

without feelin'uneasy.

We seem to lose our heads

in times like this.

We do things together that we'd be

mighty ashamed to do by ourselves.

For instance,

you takeJeremiah Carter yonder.

There's not a finer, more decent,

God-fearing man in Springfield...

than Jeremiah Carter.

And I wouldn't be surprised if,

when he goes home...

he takes down a certain book...

and looks into it.

Maybe he'll just happen

to hit on these words -

"Blessed are the merciful,

for they shall obtain mercy".

Why don't you put it down

for a spell, boys?

Ain't it gettin'heavy?

That's all I've got to say, friends.

Good night.

Nice pair of mules you got here, ma'am.

Well gentled.

You won't let nothin' happen

to Adam and Matt.

Don't you worry about a thing.

I'll keep my eye on 'em, all right.

Matt, he don't eat much at all,

but Adam's just a boy- he's sure to get hungry.

Well, they'll get plenty

with the sheriff's wife in the kitchen.

I, uh-

I ain't one to talk much,

but after what you've done for us tonight -

Now, now. Save your thanks.

Course...

you know I'm just

a sort of jackleg lawyer...

without much experience

in this business.

But as long as you want me,

I'll do the best I can.

Still, you might feel a lot safer

if my partner was here.

Or you could get Steve Douglas.

We don't know nothin' about lawyers

or that kind of thing.

Well, at any rate...

I'll drop around in the morning

and have a little talk with the boys.

One of these days

I'll take a ride into the country

and let you ladies

know how things are comin'.

You know...

my mother, Nancy Hanks...

would be just about your age

if she was alive.

Got an idea

she'd be a whole lot like you too.

A whole lot like you.

Well, good-bye, ma'am.

Watch out for the ruts.

Get along, mule. Giddyap!

Choose your pard as we go round

Choose your pard

as we go round

Choose your pard as we go round

We'll all take Susan Brown

One, two, three, change

One, two, three

Change

One, two, three, change

Lovely Susan Brown

Fare thee well, my charming girl

Fare thee well and gone

Fare thee well, my charming girl

With golden slippers on

Three times

round the cuckoo waltz

Three times round

the cuckoo waltz

Three times

round the cuckoo waltz

Lovely Susan Brown

Fare thee well, my charming girl

Fare thee well and gone

Fare thee well, my charming girl

Oh, uh, Lincoln -

Upon my word, ma'am,

in all my experience...

I've never danced with

a more graceful and charming partner.

Thank you so much.

I'm awfully glad you don't share

Mr. Lincoln's aversion to feminine society.

Well, Mr. Lincoln's a great storyteller.

Like all such actors,

he revels in boisterous applause.

And yet Ninian says it was his wit

that saved those two wretched boys.

Yes, unquestionably he has ability

in handling an unthinking mob.

Not even his enemies deny

he has a certain political talent.

Uh, Mr. Lincoln...

are you, by any chance, a member of

the well-known Lincoln family of Massachusetts?

Not by any chance I know of, sir.

A very fine family, sir.

Very fine.

Then I'd say the evidence

is all against us belongin' to it.

No Lincoln I ever knew

amounted to a hill of beans.

Mr. Lincoln, in the part

of the South I come from...

it's customary for a gentleman

to ask a visiting lady to dance.

Wouldn't you care to ask me?

I'd like to dance with you

the worst way, ma'am...

but since all the dancin' I've ever done

was behind a plow, I -

Mr. Lincoln, I shall be very glad

to dance this dance with you.

Mr. Lincoln,

at least you're a man of honor.

You said you wanted to dance with me

the worst way...

and I must say you've kept your word -

that was the worst way I've ever seen.

I warned you, ma'am.

Should we go inside and talk

instead of dancing, Mr. Lincoln?

I'd be delighted, ma'am.

Well, Mr. Lincoln,

what are you up to now?

Got the smell of the country in my nose

just ridin' out.

If a client comes by, Abe,

where will we tell him you're at?

In my office, of course.

- Where is your office, Abe?

- In my hat!

Abe, you sure love that river,

don't you?

It's a mighty pretty river, Efe.

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