Rawhide (1959) s01e15 Episode Script
Incident of the Calico Gun
Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Keep movin', movin', movin'? Though they're disapprovin'? Keep them dogies movin'? Rawhide? Don't try to understand 'em? Just rope 'em, throw, and brand 'em? Soon we'll be livin' high and wide? My heart's calculatin'? My true love will be waitin'? Be waitin' at the end of my ride? Move 'em on, head 'em up, head 'em up, move 'em on? Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in? Rawhide? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! Hyah! Rawhide!? Hyah! You run into a lot of things on a cattle drive before you get where you're going.
Stampedes, floods, sickness, drought.
But one thing's with you all the time.
You can't get away from it and you can't lick it.
The same faces, day after day, week after week.
You look at each other or you look at the cattle.
After a while, you can't tell the difference.
I'm getting that way myself.
My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
I was just telling Joe about one time in Wichita when I drew the pair of fours.
Guess what I come up with? Aces over fours.
Aces over fours.
I forgot I told you.
Hey, Quince, when you going to realize something? What's that? A good little man is no match for a good big man.
Yeah, but did I ever tell you how much I won? Oh, let's see, I think The first time I heard it, it started out at $50, then it was crowding $300.
Another month, it'll be $1,000 for sure.
Not a brush fire.
No, and it ain't Indian smoke either.
That your house? It was.
Where's everybody else? There's nobody else.
You live here alone? My folks died this morning.
Both of them together? Well, my father took sick about a month ago and my mother got whatever it was and and they wouldn't eat.
And I kept trying to feed them and then this morning, when I walked in the room, it was all over.
Where are they now? In there.
Oh.
I-I just I couldn't bury them.
Anyway, I figured what they had might be catching.
It was the only thing I could think of to do.
Well, I understand, Miss I'm Jenny Watson.
Gil Favor.
This is Pete Nolan.
Howdy, ma'am.
Are you the trail boss? How'd you know that? Well, you're on the Sedalia Trail, aren't you? We could see your dust all day yesterday.
We figured on making a deal on our cattle.
We can take care of them, but what about you? What are you going to do? Oh.
Go up north, I guess.
Any relativesFriends? No, just me.
Can't let you try it alone.
Guess you better come along with us.
You know, I was hoping you'd ask me.
I I'm all ready to go.
Oh, don't think I've forgotten about my folks.
I-I haven't.
It's just that I'm here and and they're gone and Well, they'd be happy to know that I'm not alone.
Oh, there's just one thing I better warn you about.
I-I won't hold you back, if that's what you mean.
No.
It wasn't that I was thinking about.
Well my trail hands, they They haven't seen a woman for some time.
Oh.
Which are you worried about, me or your men? Neither.
Just wanted to let you know.
Mind if I look at your gun for a second? Anything else on your mind? No.
Not that I can think of.
Then I'll go gather my cattle.
Shouldn't we bury them? Yeah, let's get at it.
Now, that's her story, that's what's happened to her.
I don't think anybody needs to ask any questions.
Her name is Jenny Watson.
She'll be riding along with us until we hit Silver Junction.
Well? Nice to know you.
Now, it just so happens we have some cows that could stand a little looking at, too.
So let's get moving! Say, Rowdy.
Keep an eye on her, will you? Oh, sure thing.
And I'll have Wishbone keep an eye on you.
It isn't often you see a girl who can do a man's work and look pretty doing it.
Pretty? In these clothes? Well, a woman starts thinking about her looks and she feels better, you know? Well, you talk like an expert.
Yeah.
Well My dad taught me that saying.
Isn't there anywhere we're going to stop near a town so I could buy a dress? Well, the next town is Silver Junction.
That's a pay stop for the men.
When'll we get there? Well, in about three days.
We'll camp outside of town, but I don't think Mr.
Favor'd mind if you rode in and did some shopping.
In fact, uh I'll ride along with you, if you'd like some company.
Why I'd be delighted.
The men seem to have perked up a little.
At least they got something else to think about besides how bad the chow is.
Could I get you some more? Oh, no, thank you.
It's good though.
Aw, you're kidding.
Oh, it's real good, Mushy.
Well, I ain't always going to be a cook's louse.
I'm just doing it for a while to help out.
Oh, he's going to be a real gunslinger.
Ain't that right, Mushy? Show her how fast you can draw, Mushy.
Fast as greased lightening he is.
Only trouble is, he can't hit nothing.
Well, I can hit.
I plugged a coin the other day.
Right through the middle.
You keep talking big someday somebody's going to wonder just how good you are.
I never said I'd go looking for trouble.
Facing a man, it don't matter how many coins you can hit.
You had much experience? Some.
Aw, don't mind him, he's sore at everything that breathes.
How about dancing with an old man? Well Oh, come on.
Do you good.
Whoa! Whoa! Oh I guess I ain't as young as I thought I was.
You take over, son.
Come on, Rowdy.
Don't mind you got two left feet.
Go on, boy.
About time you change partners.
Yeah, I'll let you know when I'm through.
I just told you.
You're through.
Well, you'll get another turn.
Kind of short and sweet.
Yeah.
Smell it? Trouble.
I hate to break this up, but the boss always gets the last dance.
Kyle, a waltz.
You're an excellent dancer, Mr.
Favor.
Now, if you'd only learn to smile a little bit.
You looking for my scalp, too? Isn't it enough you've got all the rest? That should make me angry, but it doesn't.
Coming from you it doesn't.
Thank you for the dance, Miss Jenny.
Thank you.
Well, tomorrow's a working day.
Give them the bad news, Rowdy.
All right.
Nighthawkers 8:00 to midnight are, uh, Quince and Scarlet.
Midnight to 4:00 is Kyle and Arnold.
Good night, Miss Jenny.
Good night.
It's been a pleasant evening.
Now, I've scouted a lot of trails, but this is the first time I ever saw one turn into a dance hall on wheels.
Why, you're just old fashioned, Pete.
It's the new way of doing things.
You ain't always going to be around when Dave and Rowdy get ready to tangle.
I'll see you in the morning, boss.
All right, Jenny.
Let me at him.
Just once more.
Come sneaking up on me, will you? All right, cut it out.
Rowdy, get up.
Come on, get up.
You come near her again, and I'll kill you.
You two can put all the daylight you want in each other- after we get to Sedalia.
Until then, the next man who starts anything finishes it with me.
You get out of line again, and you're through.
It's all over, break it up.
I'm, uh I'm sorry, Mr.
Favor.
I guess you couldn't help it.
I-I don't want you to think that I did anything to lead him on.
Forget it.
I I guess you're sorry that I-I came along, aren't you? I will be, Jenny, if you don't let me get some sleep.
Oh.
Good night.
Good night, Jenny.
I'm sorry, boss.
I-I just kind of went loco when that skunk Dave tried Forget it, Rowdy, forget it.
You know, she's a nice girl.
I like her.
I like her a lot.
Right now, what I'd like is some sleep.
Well, I don't mean the way Dave likes her.
All right, Rowdy.
You don't like her the way Dave likes her.
Right.
I want it to be all right with you, boss, if I talk to her.
You know, so you'll know I'm not just shining up to her like the others.
Well, what I What I'm trying to say is I'm sort of serious about her.
You want to name me one girl you see you're not serious about? I mean it this time.
Oh, I believe that.
You always mean it.
Aw, you don't understand.
It's just that this time it's a little more sudden than usual, isn't it? Maybe.
If you've got anything against her, boss, I don't want to hear about it.
I got nothing against her, Rowdy, nothing.
You know, maybe you can do me a good turn.
Like what? Well, if sometime when you're talking to her, you'd sort of put in a good word for me.
Y-You were married once.
You know how to talk to her, you know.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was married.
Well, I I don't mean to get personal.
Oh, that's all right, Rowdy.
Well, guess I better try and get some sleep.
You talk to her? Hmm? Oh.
Oh, no, not yet.
Oh.
I'll talk to her.
Morning.
Good morning.
I was wondering if anybody was going to talk to me.
I thought last night scared them all away.
They'll get over it.
Not unless it's all right with you.
Last night when you got angry, I understood why they call you Mr.
Favor.
They'll do the same for Rowdy when he gets to be trail boss.
You're just being modest.
No.
Rowdy's a good man.
He's a good boy.
Good grass up ahead if we can make it before night.
Yeah.
I'll go take a look.
What's your hurry? I thought last night taught you a lesson.
I learn hard.
Do you want me to tell Mr.
Favor you've been annoying me again? I don't think you will.
He might want to know where you were going or who you were going to meet way out here by yourself.
Maybe you'd like to find out.
Later.
Get down.
I said, get down.
What's all this about? I couldn't help it, Blake.
What happened? Well, he just followed me.
That's all.
Is that all you have to say to me? We heard the shot, Blake.
Bring him in and bury him.
We got along a lot better before we met up with her- when there was just the three of us.
What's he want her around for? Remind me to have a long talk with you sometime.
What about the others? It was like you said.
As a matter of fact they, uh, they made quite a fuss over me.
You liked that, didn't you? They treated me like a lady.
You want me to treat you like a lady? Oh, Blake.
Don't be so touchy.
What else did you find out, if anything? They get paid outside of Silver Junction.
Are you sure it's outside? Mm-hmm.
Paymaster's going to ride out to meet them.
That's what I thought.
He one of Favor's crew? I don't think he's one of Mr.
Favor's pets.
Mr.
Favor? Stop it.
Do you think Mr.
Favor'll miss him? I guess so.
Why don't you ask if Mr.
Favor's going to miss me? You're not going to be away long enough for Mr.
Favor to miss you.
You'll make out all right.
Don't worry.
Just to make sure, huh? We're going to be the richest brothers you ever knew.
Richer even than some of those fellas you used to meet Saturday nights.
They still wouldn't let you in.
I don't have to take that off the likes of her, even if she is your girl.
You know, sometimes I wonder how a brother of mine can get to know so little about women.
Well, you're right about one thing without even knowing you're right.
What's that? There's going to be some killing on account of her.
Whether Blake figures it or not, she's going to get somebody killed.
Somebody we didn't reckon to be killed.
Maybe herself, huh? Yeah, maybe.
More likely, maybe not.
No sign of him anywhere, Mr.
Favor.
Aw, Dave can take care of himself.
He's probably out there after strays.
Who's got the night herd? Oh, uh, me, Barton and Wilbur.
You keep an eye open.
Don't want them moving around too much.
They got nice full bellies.
Don't want them losing that good tallow.
They'll need every pound they can carry before we hit feeding country like this again.
Say, uh, boss.
What did she say when you talked to her? Say? Uh, yeah.
Jenny.
Oh, she likes you fine.
She say that? Look, Rowdy, I got enough to do without playing matchmaker.
Ask her yourself.
I, uh, haven't seen you all day.
The herd stretches out for three miles.
Yeah, I know.
I was riding back and forth, sort of looking for you.
Well, I saw you.
You looked busy.
What'd you want? Oh I just wanted to look at you, talk to you maybe.
Oh.
That's nice.
That's, uh, very nice.
Well, why not now? Well, uh I'm on night herd right now, so Oh.
Maybe later.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Who is it?! It's me.
Oh What are you doing out here? Well, I I couldn't sleep.
Somebody bothering you? Oh, no.
No- nothing like that.
Well, you better head on back.
Mr.
Favor might not like you wandering around out here in the middle of the night.
Don't you ever get tired of thinking what Mr.
Favor would like? Well, he's the boss.
In other words, you're afraid of him.
I didn't say that.
You don't have to.
I'm sorry I bothered you, and it won't happen again.
No, no.
No, wait a minute.
You make everything I say come out wrong.
I'm just thinking of you.
How would it look if anybody saw you out here? They'd think I liked you.
Would they be right? You don't leave a girl any pride, do you? I sneak off from camp in the middle of the night just to see you.
And all you do is just sit there and talk.
Come here.
I'm hardly believin'.
Ever since that awful night, you you haven't spoken to me.
I was afraid that you thought it was my fault.
No no, no.
Let's go over by the trees.
Somebody might see us.
Well, I'm on night herd.
Oh, your cows can do without you for a little while.
I've been trying for three days now to get up nerve to tell you how I feel about you.
Why don't you tell me? You talk to her real pretty.
He talked like a nitwit.
Get your senses back? I got your gun belt.
Pay attention, lover boy.
The party's over.
Now, don't try that again.
From now on, you're going to do what I say, you hear? I hear.
Good.
Get back to your horse.
That's the way it goes sometimes.
Move.
Be nice and natural now, huh? All right.
Wait.
You know what you've got to do now.
Easy does it, huh? It's me, boss.
What's wrong? Put that gun down or I'll blow your head off.
Either you do as I say or my brothers kill him and I'll kill you.
Get up.
Wake everybody up.
Get them lined up over there without their guns.
Everybody.
Go ahead.
Your men will do what you say, no questions asked.
In case it crosses your mind to be a hero, you might get away with it, but he won't.
So you got a choice to make.
They took me like a dumb kid.
Shut up.
What do you want? Just the payroll money you're going to get.
You've been on the trail a long time.
Should be a big one.
Learned a long time ago, against a pat hand, don't draw to an inside straight.
You're a smart poker player.
Too bad, lover boy.
Get up.
What's the matter, Mr.
Favor? I'll tell you later.
Leave it here.
Huh? Leave it.
Get up, Arnold.
Get up and leave your gun belt here.
That's the last of them.
Search the wagons? Yes.
All right, the drive will go on just like it was.
You take orders from Favor and he'll take them from me.
Now, we can't keep an eye on all of you.
We're not even going to try.
We'll just stick with these two.
Anybody tries to cut out and go for help, they won't be alive when you get back.
Everybody understand that? He's saying the words.
Hear him out.
How many other night herders you got out? Two.
You.
Pass the word to them.
Tell them to leave their guns out there when they come in.
Tell them Mr.
Favor will be right here with me.
Beginning to see how it works? There's only one thing.
Supposing one of them doesn't care what happens to me.
What's to keep him from going for help? I'll tell you why they won't.
Most any man'd kill a man in a fight if he was liquored up, or maybe even over a woman.
But not one of them'd kill in cold blood.
That's where I got the edge.
I would.
And they know I would.
I guess you would at that.
Keep remembering it, we'll get along fine.
If you're thinking of jumping me, relax.
You'll never make it.
That cabin back there where we found Jenny.
Was there really anybody in it? Sure.
Like she told you.
But it wasn't her folks, was it? Nah.
Two men.
Two worthless old men.
That sickness they died of.
Lead poison? That's right.
That fire was my idea, though.
Worked, too, huh? You always use women in your work? Yeah.
Easier that way, less fuss.
How else could three of us take over an outfit this big without somebody inside to set it up? Lover boy was a big help, though.
Have to give him a bonus for that.
Don't take it so hard, Rowdy.
You ain't the first man ever got fooled by a woman.
I guess you won't be the last.
I'd have staked my life she was on the level.
Maybe you did.
Three men taking over this whole outfit.
How'd Mr.
Favor let a thing like that happen? Well, I been around a long time and I never yet seen anybody with a smart answer for a.
45 pointed down your ear.
Nobody alive, that is.
So what are we supposed to do, just sit here and take it? Well, worse comes to worse, I got a sure way to get rid of them.
How's that? Let you do the cooking.
Well, I'm serious.
So am I.
I could light out from here and they wouldn't know I was gone.
You know what'd happen to Mr.
Favor if they found out, don't you? You think they'd do it? I wouldn't want to be the one to find out.
Well, you've got it all figured out pretty well.
Except for one thing.
What's that? What are you going to do once you get the money? What do you think we're going to do? Hang around and get caught? With a woman along, you will be.
Think so? Man keeps a woman around to help him, not hinder.
The meeting place is just over that rise.
Will the paymaster be there? I reckon not.
Want me to ride into town and bring him back, boss? He'll find out we're here soon enough.
You can see this dust for 20 miles.
We'll make camp and wait for him.
Where are we going after we get the money? What do you care? Was just wondering.
I'll let you know.
She doesn't pay much attention to you and your brother, does she? She's Blake's girl.
Hey, you don't like her, do you? That's none of your business.
It's a crying shame.
What? I got a brother.
I know how it is when a woman moves in.
We had a ranch together.
We used to split everything 50/50.
Right down the line.
Then he got married to this girl.
Next thing I knew, a little funny business with the books.
Ranch was all in his name.
No, Blake wouldn't double cross us.
Yeah, yeah.
That's what I thought about my brother, too.
A man sure can change when a woman gets her hooks into him.
I didn't know Mr.
Favor had a brother.
He don't.
Paymaster's coming, Mr.
Favor.
Stay out of sight.
Good luck, kid.
Hope you get to see some of that money.
Ah, shut up.
Kid, get up there with Jeb.
Well, looks like we're about ready, huh, Favor? Kid.
Did Blake tell you where we're going after we get the money? No, not yet.
Seem to you he's been acting different lately? What do you mean? Like when Jenny came along.
She don't like us.
She could be putting ideas in his head.
Like what? Like maybe they don't want us around anymore, splitting everything three ways.
Maybe she wants him to keep all the money for himself so he could spend more on her.
And what put that idea in your head? Blake never tried to pull nothing on us.
A man can change when a woman gets her hooks into him.
You using too much imagination.
That ain't like you.
Maybe.
But I'm still going to keep my eyes open.
Jeb! Kid! One of your men didn't believe me, huh? Don't talk like a fool.
They'd been tipped off they wouldn't come riding in like that.
What's he got soldiers with him for? How do I know? Because he's got a lot of money with him, I guess.
Better be that.
Just be sure you haven't got anything up your sleeve, mister.
Yeah.
Stick with Rowdy.
If anything goes wrong, shoot him.
You better be sure nobody got any bright ideas.
All right, you men, let's get ready.
When they get here, draw your pay and keep your mouth shut.
I'll be right beside your boss.
For extra insurance, my brother's with Rowdy.
So handle yourselves real easy.
I'm looking for Gil Favor.
That's me.
Got any identification? Uh, trail log.
Anybody can carry a trail log.
Well, ask around, mister.
My men know me.
I'll do better than that.
This letter's from G.
Favor, trail boss, asking about certain things.
Now, if you wrote it, tell me how it's worded.
Simple as I could make it.
"On our about this date, "I expect to be ten miles due north of your town.
"If I miss the date, keep trying.
"I won't be early, but I won't be more than eight days late.
" Signed it "G.
Favor," underlined the name.
That's good enough for me.
Bank sent me out with your money.
As soon as you count it, you can sign the receipt.
How come the escort? Colonel's a friend of mine.
Outlaws could be hanging around between here and town.
I'm responsible for that money from the time I sign out at the bank till you put your name on the receipt.
Sit down, lover boy.
It's all I got left, Mr.
Favor.
You're taking a long time, boss.
Get it over with.
We want to get our hands on that spending money.
It tallies.
Well, that makes it legal.
Folks in town hope you let your men come in and spend some of it.
Some of us will be in.
Good luck.
Much obliged.
All right, put it back in the bag, Mr.
Favor.
You know, I'm only stealing from one man.
By the time your men got through gambling, it'd all be in one man's pocket anyway.
Yeah, that is one way of looking at it.
Hey, Jeb.
Rowdy I'm, uh I'm sorry it had to be you.
Well, it was nice being treated like a lady.
I hope someday you'll find a-a real one.
Put it my saddlebag.
Why don't we divvy it up now? Because I said so.
Well, maybe that ain't good enough.
Jeb, you and kid untie those horses and run them off five or six miles.
What're you going to be doing? What's got into you two? I asked you a question, Blake.
Suppose you answer it.
I'm going to stay here and cover them till their horses are gone, or are you too stupid to figure that out for yourselves? Jenny going to stay with you? She'll do whatever I tell her to do and so will you.
Now move.
No.
Spilt the money now.
We'll split nothing now.
Turn him loose.
He'll lay.
After everything I've done I just couldn't pull the trigger.
Well, uh I'll tell them in town.
Maybe it'll help.
I guess we'll be able to gamble away our money after all.
Sure hard to figure.
She could use that gun.
If you didn't know better, you'd think she was a lady.
She is.
Well, um, let's gather them up, go into town.
Now, the next time you want to get Mr.
Favor killed, just be sure this gun's loaded.
Head 'em up, move 'em out! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'? Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'? Though the streams are swollen? Keep them dogies rollin'? Rawhide? Through rain and wind and weather? Hell-bent for leather? Wishin' my gal was by my side? All the things I'm missin'? Good vittles, love and kissin'? Are waiting at the end of my ride? Move 'em on, head 'em up, head 'em up, move 'em on? Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in? Rawhide? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'?
Stampedes, floods, sickness, drought.
But one thing's with you all the time.
You can't get away from it and you can't lick it.
The same faces, day after day, week after week.
You look at each other or you look at the cattle.
After a while, you can't tell the difference.
I'm getting that way myself.
My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
I was just telling Joe about one time in Wichita when I drew the pair of fours.
Guess what I come up with? Aces over fours.
Aces over fours.
I forgot I told you.
Hey, Quince, when you going to realize something? What's that? A good little man is no match for a good big man.
Yeah, but did I ever tell you how much I won? Oh, let's see, I think The first time I heard it, it started out at $50, then it was crowding $300.
Another month, it'll be $1,000 for sure.
Not a brush fire.
No, and it ain't Indian smoke either.
That your house? It was.
Where's everybody else? There's nobody else.
You live here alone? My folks died this morning.
Both of them together? Well, my father took sick about a month ago and my mother got whatever it was and and they wouldn't eat.
And I kept trying to feed them and then this morning, when I walked in the room, it was all over.
Where are they now? In there.
Oh.
I-I just I couldn't bury them.
Anyway, I figured what they had might be catching.
It was the only thing I could think of to do.
Well, I understand, Miss I'm Jenny Watson.
Gil Favor.
This is Pete Nolan.
Howdy, ma'am.
Are you the trail boss? How'd you know that? Well, you're on the Sedalia Trail, aren't you? We could see your dust all day yesterday.
We figured on making a deal on our cattle.
We can take care of them, but what about you? What are you going to do? Oh.
Go up north, I guess.
Any relativesFriends? No, just me.
Can't let you try it alone.
Guess you better come along with us.
You know, I was hoping you'd ask me.
I I'm all ready to go.
Oh, don't think I've forgotten about my folks.
I-I haven't.
It's just that I'm here and and they're gone and Well, they'd be happy to know that I'm not alone.
Oh, there's just one thing I better warn you about.
I-I won't hold you back, if that's what you mean.
No.
It wasn't that I was thinking about.
Well my trail hands, they They haven't seen a woman for some time.
Oh.
Which are you worried about, me or your men? Neither.
Just wanted to let you know.
Mind if I look at your gun for a second? Anything else on your mind? No.
Not that I can think of.
Then I'll go gather my cattle.
Shouldn't we bury them? Yeah, let's get at it.
Now, that's her story, that's what's happened to her.
I don't think anybody needs to ask any questions.
Her name is Jenny Watson.
She'll be riding along with us until we hit Silver Junction.
Well? Nice to know you.
Now, it just so happens we have some cows that could stand a little looking at, too.
So let's get moving! Say, Rowdy.
Keep an eye on her, will you? Oh, sure thing.
And I'll have Wishbone keep an eye on you.
It isn't often you see a girl who can do a man's work and look pretty doing it.
Pretty? In these clothes? Well, a woman starts thinking about her looks and she feels better, you know? Well, you talk like an expert.
Yeah.
Well My dad taught me that saying.
Isn't there anywhere we're going to stop near a town so I could buy a dress? Well, the next town is Silver Junction.
That's a pay stop for the men.
When'll we get there? Well, in about three days.
We'll camp outside of town, but I don't think Mr.
Favor'd mind if you rode in and did some shopping.
In fact, uh I'll ride along with you, if you'd like some company.
Why I'd be delighted.
The men seem to have perked up a little.
At least they got something else to think about besides how bad the chow is.
Could I get you some more? Oh, no, thank you.
It's good though.
Aw, you're kidding.
Oh, it's real good, Mushy.
Well, I ain't always going to be a cook's louse.
I'm just doing it for a while to help out.
Oh, he's going to be a real gunslinger.
Ain't that right, Mushy? Show her how fast you can draw, Mushy.
Fast as greased lightening he is.
Only trouble is, he can't hit nothing.
Well, I can hit.
I plugged a coin the other day.
Right through the middle.
You keep talking big someday somebody's going to wonder just how good you are.
I never said I'd go looking for trouble.
Facing a man, it don't matter how many coins you can hit.
You had much experience? Some.
Aw, don't mind him, he's sore at everything that breathes.
How about dancing with an old man? Well Oh, come on.
Do you good.
Whoa! Whoa! Oh I guess I ain't as young as I thought I was.
You take over, son.
Come on, Rowdy.
Don't mind you got two left feet.
Go on, boy.
About time you change partners.
Yeah, I'll let you know when I'm through.
I just told you.
You're through.
Well, you'll get another turn.
Kind of short and sweet.
Yeah.
Smell it? Trouble.
I hate to break this up, but the boss always gets the last dance.
Kyle, a waltz.
You're an excellent dancer, Mr.
Favor.
Now, if you'd only learn to smile a little bit.
You looking for my scalp, too? Isn't it enough you've got all the rest? That should make me angry, but it doesn't.
Coming from you it doesn't.
Thank you for the dance, Miss Jenny.
Thank you.
Well, tomorrow's a working day.
Give them the bad news, Rowdy.
All right.
Nighthawkers 8:00 to midnight are, uh, Quince and Scarlet.
Midnight to 4:00 is Kyle and Arnold.
Good night, Miss Jenny.
Good night.
It's been a pleasant evening.
Now, I've scouted a lot of trails, but this is the first time I ever saw one turn into a dance hall on wheels.
Why, you're just old fashioned, Pete.
It's the new way of doing things.
You ain't always going to be around when Dave and Rowdy get ready to tangle.
I'll see you in the morning, boss.
All right, Jenny.
Let me at him.
Just once more.
Come sneaking up on me, will you? All right, cut it out.
Rowdy, get up.
Come on, get up.
You come near her again, and I'll kill you.
You two can put all the daylight you want in each other- after we get to Sedalia.
Until then, the next man who starts anything finishes it with me.
You get out of line again, and you're through.
It's all over, break it up.
I'm, uh I'm sorry, Mr.
Favor.
I guess you couldn't help it.
I-I don't want you to think that I did anything to lead him on.
Forget it.
I I guess you're sorry that I-I came along, aren't you? I will be, Jenny, if you don't let me get some sleep.
Oh.
Good night.
Good night, Jenny.
I'm sorry, boss.
I-I just kind of went loco when that skunk Dave tried Forget it, Rowdy, forget it.
You know, she's a nice girl.
I like her.
I like her a lot.
Right now, what I'd like is some sleep.
Well, I don't mean the way Dave likes her.
All right, Rowdy.
You don't like her the way Dave likes her.
Right.
I want it to be all right with you, boss, if I talk to her.
You know, so you'll know I'm not just shining up to her like the others.
Well, what I What I'm trying to say is I'm sort of serious about her.
You want to name me one girl you see you're not serious about? I mean it this time.
Oh, I believe that.
You always mean it.
Aw, you don't understand.
It's just that this time it's a little more sudden than usual, isn't it? Maybe.
If you've got anything against her, boss, I don't want to hear about it.
I got nothing against her, Rowdy, nothing.
You know, maybe you can do me a good turn.
Like what? Well, if sometime when you're talking to her, you'd sort of put in a good word for me.
Y-You were married once.
You know how to talk to her, you know.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was married.
Well, I I don't mean to get personal.
Oh, that's all right, Rowdy.
Well, guess I better try and get some sleep.
You talk to her? Hmm? Oh.
Oh, no, not yet.
Oh.
I'll talk to her.
Morning.
Good morning.
I was wondering if anybody was going to talk to me.
I thought last night scared them all away.
They'll get over it.
Not unless it's all right with you.
Last night when you got angry, I understood why they call you Mr.
Favor.
They'll do the same for Rowdy when he gets to be trail boss.
You're just being modest.
No.
Rowdy's a good man.
He's a good boy.
Good grass up ahead if we can make it before night.
Yeah.
I'll go take a look.
What's your hurry? I thought last night taught you a lesson.
I learn hard.
Do you want me to tell Mr.
Favor you've been annoying me again? I don't think you will.
He might want to know where you were going or who you were going to meet way out here by yourself.
Maybe you'd like to find out.
Later.
Get down.
I said, get down.
What's all this about? I couldn't help it, Blake.
What happened? Well, he just followed me.
That's all.
Is that all you have to say to me? We heard the shot, Blake.
Bring him in and bury him.
We got along a lot better before we met up with her- when there was just the three of us.
What's he want her around for? Remind me to have a long talk with you sometime.
What about the others? It was like you said.
As a matter of fact they, uh, they made quite a fuss over me.
You liked that, didn't you? They treated me like a lady.
You want me to treat you like a lady? Oh, Blake.
Don't be so touchy.
What else did you find out, if anything? They get paid outside of Silver Junction.
Are you sure it's outside? Mm-hmm.
Paymaster's going to ride out to meet them.
That's what I thought.
He one of Favor's crew? I don't think he's one of Mr.
Favor's pets.
Mr.
Favor? Stop it.
Do you think Mr.
Favor'll miss him? I guess so.
Why don't you ask if Mr.
Favor's going to miss me? You're not going to be away long enough for Mr.
Favor to miss you.
You'll make out all right.
Don't worry.
Just to make sure, huh? We're going to be the richest brothers you ever knew.
Richer even than some of those fellas you used to meet Saturday nights.
They still wouldn't let you in.
I don't have to take that off the likes of her, even if she is your girl.
You know, sometimes I wonder how a brother of mine can get to know so little about women.
Well, you're right about one thing without even knowing you're right.
What's that? There's going to be some killing on account of her.
Whether Blake figures it or not, she's going to get somebody killed.
Somebody we didn't reckon to be killed.
Maybe herself, huh? Yeah, maybe.
More likely, maybe not.
No sign of him anywhere, Mr.
Favor.
Aw, Dave can take care of himself.
He's probably out there after strays.
Who's got the night herd? Oh, uh, me, Barton and Wilbur.
You keep an eye open.
Don't want them moving around too much.
They got nice full bellies.
Don't want them losing that good tallow.
They'll need every pound they can carry before we hit feeding country like this again.
Say, uh, boss.
What did she say when you talked to her? Say? Uh, yeah.
Jenny.
Oh, she likes you fine.
She say that? Look, Rowdy, I got enough to do without playing matchmaker.
Ask her yourself.
I, uh, haven't seen you all day.
The herd stretches out for three miles.
Yeah, I know.
I was riding back and forth, sort of looking for you.
Well, I saw you.
You looked busy.
What'd you want? Oh I just wanted to look at you, talk to you maybe.
Oh.
That's nice.
That's, uh, very nice.
Well, why not now? Well, uh I'm on night herd right now, so Oh.
Maybe later.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Who is it?! It's me.
Oh What are you doing out here? Well, I I couldn't sleep.
Somebody bothering you? Oh, no.
No- nothing like that.
Well, you better head on back.
Mr.
Favor might not like you wandering around out here in the middle of the night.
Don't you ever get tired of thinking what Mr.
Favor would like? Well, he's the boss.
In other words, you're afraid of him.
I didn't say that.
You don't have to.
I'm sorry I bothered you, and it won't happen again.
No, no.
No, wait a minute.
You make everything I say come out wrong.
I'm just thinking of you.
How would it look if anybody saw you out here? They'd think I liked you.
Would they be right? You don't leave a girl any pride, do you? I sneak off from camp in the middle of the night just to see you.
And all you do is just sit there and talk.
Come here.
I'm hardly believin'.
Ever since that awful night, you you haven't spoken to me.
I was afraid that you thought it was my fault.
No no, no.
Let's go over by the trees.
Somebody might see us.
Well, I'm on night herd.
Oh, your cows can do without you for a little while.
I've been trying for three days now to get up nerve to tell you how I feel about you.
Why don't you tell me? You talk to her real pretty.
He talked like a nitwit.
Get your senses back? I got your gun belt.
Pay attention, lover boy.
The party's over.
Now, don't try that again.
From now on, you're going to do what I say, you hear? I hear.
Good.
Get back to your horse.
That's the way it goes sometimes.
Move.
Be nice and natural now, huh? All right.
Wait.
You know what you've got to do now.
Easy does it, huh? It's me, boss.
What's wrong? Put that gun down or I'll blow your head off.
Either you do as I say or my brothers kill him and I'll kill you.
Get up.
Wake everybody up.
Get them lined up over there without their guns.
Everybody.
Go ahead.
Your men will do what you say, no questions asked.
In case it crosses your mind to be a hero, you might get away with it, but he won't.
So you got a choice to make.
They took me like a dumb kid.
Shut up.
What do you want? Just the payroll money you're going to get.
You've been on the trail a long time.
Should be a big one.
Learned a long time ago, against a pat hand, don't draw to an inside straight.
You're a smart poker player.
Too bad, lover boy.
Get up.
What's the matter, Mr.
Favor? I'll tell you later.
Leave it here.
Huh? Leave it.
Get up, Arnold.
Get up and leave your gun belt here.
That's the last of them.
Search the wagons? Yes.
All right, the drive will go on just like it was.
You take orders from Favor and he'll take them from me.
Now, we can't keep an eye on all of you.
We're not even going to try.
We'll just stick with these two.
Anybody tries to cut out and go for help, they won't be alive when you get back.
Everybody understand that? He's saying the words.
Hear him out.
How many other night herders you got out? Two.
You.
Pass the word to them.
Tell them to leave their guns out there when they come in.
Tell them Mr.
Favor will be right here with me.
Beginning to see how it works? There's only one thing.
Supposing one of them doesn't care what happens to me.
What's to keep him from going for help? I'll tell you why they won't.
Most any man'd kill a man in a fight if he was liquored up, or maybe even over a woman.
But not one of them'd kill in cold blood.
That's where I got the edge.
I would.
And they know I would.
I guess you would at that.
Keep remembering it, we'll get along fine.
If you're thinking of jumping me, relax.
You'll never make it.
That cabin back there where we found Jenny.
Was there really anybody in it? Sure.
Like she told you.
But it wasn't her folks, was it? Nah.
Two men.
Two worthless old men.
That sickness they died of.
Lead poison? That's right.
That fire was my idea, though.
Worked, too, huh? You always use women in your work? Yeah.
Easier that way, less fuss.
How else could three of us take over an outfit this big without somebody inside to set it up? Lover boy was a big help, though.
Have to give him a bonus for that.
Don't take it so hard, Rowdy.
You ain't the first man ever got fooled by a woman.
I guess you won't be the last.
I'd have staked my life she was on the level.
Maybe you did.
Three men taking over this whole outfit.
How'd Mr.
Favor let a thing like that happen? Well, I been around a long time and I never yet seen anybody with a smart answer for a.
45 pointed down your ear.
Nobody alive, that is.
So what are we supposed to do, just sit here and take it? Well, worse comes to worse, I got a sure way to get rid of them.
How's that? Let you do the cooking.
Well, I'm serious.
So am I.
I could light out from here and they wouldn't know I was gone.
You know what'd happen to Mr.
Favor if they found out, don't you? You think they'd do it? I wouldn't want to be the one to find out.
Well, you've got it all figured out pretty well.
Except for one thing.
What's that? What are you going to do once you get the money? What do you think we're going to do? Hang around and get caught? With a woman along, you will be.
Think so? Man keeps a woman around to help him, not hinder.
The meeting place is just over that rise.
Will the paymaster be there? I reckon not.
Want me to ride into town and bring him back, boss? He'll find out we're here soon enough.
You can see this dust for 20 miles.
We'll make camp and wait for him.
Where are we going after we get the money? What do you care? Was just wondering.
I'll let you know.
She doesn't pay much attention to you and your brother, does she? She's Blake's girl.
Hey, you don't like her, do you? That's none of your business.
It's a crying shame.
What? I got a brother.
I know how it is when a woman moves in.
We had a ranch together.
We used to split everything 50/50.
Right down the line.
Then he got married to this girl.
Next thing I knew, a little funny business with the books.
Ranch was all in his name.
No, Blake wouldn't double cross us.
Yeah, yeah.
That's what I thought about my brother, too.
A man sure can change when a woman gets her hooks into him.
I didn't know Mr.
Favor had a brother.
He don't.
Paymaster's coming, Mr.
Favor.
Stay out of sight.
Good luck, kid.
Hope you get to see some of that money.
Ah, shut up.
Kid, get up there with Jeb.
Well, looks like we're about ready, huh, Favor? Kid.
Did Blake tell you where we're going after we get the money? No, not yet.
Seem to you he's been acting different lately? What do you mean? Like when Jenny came along.
She don't like us.
She could be putting ideas in his head.
Like what? Like maybe they don't want us around anymore, splitting everything three ways.
Maybe she wants him to keep all the money for himself so he could spend more on her.
And what put that idea in your head? Blake never tried to pull nothing on us.
A man can change when a woman gets her hooks into him.
You using too much imagination.
That ain't like you.
Maybe.
But I'm still going to keep my eyes open.
Jeb! Kid! One of your men didn't believe me, huh? Don't talk like a fool.
They'd been tipped off they wouldn't come riding in like that.
What's he got soldiers with him for? How do I know? Because he's got a lot of money with him, I guess.
Better be that.
Just be sure you haven't got anything up your sleeve, mister.
Yeah.
Stick with Rowdy.
If anything goes wrong, shoot him.
You better be sure nobody got any bright ideas.
All right, you men, let's get ready.
When they get here, draw your pay and keep your mouth shut.
I'll be right beside your boss.
For extra insurance, my brother's with Rowdy.
So handle yourselves real easy.
I'm looking for Gil Favor.
That's me.
Got any identification? Uh, trail log.
Anybody can carry a trail log.
Well, ask around, mister.
My men know me.
I'll do better than that.
This letter's from G.
Favor, trail boss, asking about certain things.
Now, if you wrote it, tell me how it's worded.
Simple as I could make it.
"On our about this date, "I expect to be ten miles due north of your town.
"If I miss the date, keep trying.
"I won't be early, but I won't be more than eight days late.
" Signed it "G.
Favor," underlined the name.
That's good enough for me.
Bank sent me out with your money.
As soon as you count it, you can sign the receipt.
How come the escort? Colonel's a friend of mine.
Outlaws could be hanging around between here and town.
I'm responsible for that money from the time I sign out at the bank till you put your name on the receipt.
Sit down, lover boy.
It's all I got left, Mr.
Favor.
You're taking a long time, boss.
Get it over with.
We want to get our hands on that spending money.
It tallies.
Well, that makes it legal.
Folks in town hope you let your men come in and spend some of it.
Some of us will be in.
Good luck.
Much obliged.
All right, put it back in the bag, Mr.
Favor.
You know, I'm only stealing from one man.
By the time your men got through gambling, it'd all be in one man's pocket anyway.
Yeah, that is one way of looking at it.
Hey, Jeb.
Rowdy I'm, uh I'm sorry it had to be you.
Well, it was nice being treated like a lady.
I hope someday you'll find a-a real one.
Put it my saddlebag.
Why don't we divvy it up now? Because I said so.
Well, maybe that ain't good enough.
Jeb, you and kid untie those horses and run them off five or six miles.
What're you going to be doing? What's got into you two? I asked you a question, Blake.
Suppose you answer it.
I'm going to stay here and cover them till their horses are gone, or are you too stupid to figure that out for yourselves? Jenny going to stay with you? She'll do whatever I tell her to do and so will you.
Now move.
No.
Spilt the money now.
We'll split nothing now.
Turn him loose.
He'll lay.
After everything I've done I just couldn't pull the trigger.
Well, uh I'll tell them in town.
Maybe it'll help.
I guess we'll be able to gamble away our money after all.
Sure hard to figure.
She could use that gun.
If you didn't know better, you'd think she was a lady.
She is.
Well, um, let's gather them up, go into town.
Now, the next time you want to get Mr.
Favor killed, just be sure this gun's loaded.
Head 'em up, move 'em out! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'? Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'? Though the streams are swollen? Keep them dogies rollin'? Rawhide? Through rain and wind and weather? Hell-bent for leather? Wishin' my gal was by my side? All the things I'm missin'? Good vittles, love and kissin'? Are waiting at the end of my ride? Move 'em on, head 'em up, head 'em up, move 'em on? Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in? Rawhide? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'?