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Wagon is stuck. Jelly, SL and Mr. Calhoun are pushing while Sara has reins trying to get horses moving. JH says to SL, "My day off, here I am smugglin supplies to killers. You know what their gonna do soon as we get there? They're gonna cut our throats." Wagon finally rolls forward. JH falls on ground, shaking his head. SL walks back picking up shovel and moving hat to his crown. He is wearing his gloves. SL says, "See these tracks" Handing JH the shovel."Cover them up." He pats Jelly on the shoulder. SL walks away carrying brush and sticks. JH covers tracks saying, "What am I doin this for? I want them to follow us." Goes back to covering the tracks.
Sheriff, JL and two deputies are checking tracks. Sheriff is squatting, checking tracks says, "Look at them tracks. This is gonna be easy as pie." JL standing looking says, "Yeah, right now it's easy." Sheriff says, "You should of let me bring more men." JL says, "There was no time.......You ever tracked before, Sam?" Sheriff says, "I....I got an Indian usually reads signs for me but we, ah, left in such a hurry I didn't have a chance to get a hold of him." JL says, "What about you?" Sheriff says, "Me? Well...ah...I done a lot of huntin'. Rabbits and deer even a bear once." JL smiles saying, "I'm talkin bout a man. What about a man?" Sheriff says, "Well, ah....actually....ah---" JL says, "Well, come on." They mount horses and ride off.
Wagon is seen going through water. SL jumps off wagon with a hatchet in his hand and cuts a large branch and uses it to brush their tracks.
Sheriff, JL and two deputies come through water. JL gets off horse. Sheriff says, "They must have gone down the creek bed to hide their tracks. Pretty tricky, huh? Leif you head down stream see where they come out. Seth, you go upstream and do likewise." JL is looking around on the ground. He finds a piece of a branch, waves it at the sheriff without saying anything. Then he sees a cut off stump. Looks around, chuckling, saying, "Well, that's not like my brother." Sheriff says, "What's that mean?" JL says, "Well, that means" pointing "we go that way." Sheriff looks both ways, scratches his head. JL mounts his horse and they move on.
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JH is putting greens into pot that is over fire. He says, "Yes, man. I'm gonna make you the tastiest unfattening conglomeration you ever put in your mouth." Sara smiles. "Ah, vegetable base of course." Sara walks over to SL who is taking care of the horses, she says, "Where's father?" SL says, "Well, he's out there checkin......making sure we're not followed. I may be very sensitive but I get the strong impression that he doesn't trust me." Sara says, "Well, he's tryin to. It's hard for him, he likes ya." Sara walks away and SL follows her. She starts picking up dishes, SL leans on wagon with arms crossed saying, "Sara, when you people get to Canada.....Well, if you get to Canada. What you gonna do. What's gonna happen to you?" Sara says, "My life's been well planned." She walks away with dishes with SL following. SL says, "Your father said that you'd been driven like cattle. Now uh" SL takes off hat. "I'm not pryin in your life...it's just that I'm worried about your people. Mainly about you. It's just not right. I mean, your people don't have to run all their lives." Sara says, "We been running for a long time now. All the way from a place in Colorado. I've been frightened so long it doesn't even hurt anymore. I just look around real quick without any feeling inside and if it's hunting me I kill it and if its a friend I feed it." Close up of SL, he sighs and puts hat on.
Mr. Calhoun walking with rifle in his arms. He finds sack of flour.. Looks towards camp. Back to camp, Sara is putting dishes down. SL says, "Sara" SL sits down on log. "Sara, I want to talk about this" SL grabs her arm and turns her to face him. "Will you let that alone a minute and talk to me. Now, I can't help you unless I know what's going on....now all I know is you people have a real problem, now trust me and talk to me." Sara hesitates. Mr. Calhoun walks up.
Mr. Calhoun says, "Mr. Lancer, this ah sack of flour must have fallen off the wagon back there" He drops it. "Makes an ideal sign for anybody who might be trackin us." SL says, "Mr. Calhoun are you sayin that ....." Mr. Calhoun says, "I'm not sayin anything, son. I'm not sayin you did it or your friend over there. But if we've been this careless all the way, perhaps other sacks of flour have fallen off." SL says, "Don't you think its time you started to trust somebody?" SL and Mr. Calhoun stare at each other. Sara looking away says, "Pa!" Mr. Calhoun looks seeing Johnny and the Sheriff coming their way saying, "That answer your question about trustin somebody?" SL looks at them, Mr. Calhoun knocks pan off fire and starts stomping on it saying, "We'll get supper tonight." JH looks at him "Supper can wait." SL walks over. "We're movin out." JH sighs saying, "Scott, I don't like this. I'm turnin back right now!" Mr Calhoun says, "No you're not! We're moving out....we can lose them at dark." SL says looking at Mr. Calhoun, "Mr. Calhoun I don't care what you think but we covered our tracks." Sara looks at SL saying, "Did we? SL looks at her. JH throws down spoon and walks away. SL picks up two large jars of food and puts it in wagon. Sara picks up bowl of fruit.
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The wagon is rolling down the road. SL pulls on reins and stops it saying, "Whoa." He gets down and Mr. Calhoun follows saying, "What are you doing?" SL says, "Well, if we're gonna lose them we have to keep moving til after dark....it doesn't look like we're gonna make it." SL starts walking away with Mr. Calhoun following him. Mr. Calhoun says, "Well then we fight." SL says, "You know something, Mr. Calhoun, for a religious man you seem to have an awful lot of violence eatin away at you". Mr. Calhoun says, "Well, I've had to learn....there are many things that have happened, Mr. Lancer, that you're not aware of." SL says, "Want to tell me about them?" Mr. Calhoun says, "No." SL says, "There’s a block and tackle under the front seat. Get it. " He heads up the hill.
Sheriff is squatting by a cold fire. Sheriff says, "How long been gone?" JL says running coals from fire through fingers, "About 45 minutes to an hour." Sheriff says, "We oughta be up with them by night." JL says, "Yeah, maybe." Standing up he slaps his hands together. Sheriff says, "That is if you keep out slickerin that brother of yours." JL stops adjusts hat small smile. JL says, "Come on, Sam." Sheriff follows. They get on horses and head out.
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JH is leading horses up hill. JH says, "Hi-yah. Hi-yah." SL and Mr. Calhoun are halfway up hill pulling on ropes tied to horses and wagon. SL says, "Come on, Jelly. Move em out." JH says, "Hi-yah! Hi-yah!. "JH looks back several times. "Hi-yah! Hi-yah!" They get wagon up the hill. SL puts ropes in wagon and Sara walks up. Sara says, "Did what you said." SL says, "You didn't cut the branch too far from the road did you?" (listen to this line again--it might be my tape, but its weird--just doesn't sound like SL's voice to me--I had to listen again to see if it might be Calhoun, but he's not on screen, so its supposed to be Scott. ) Sara says, "No, not more than 10 feet." SL puts his hat on. "You think it's gonna work?" Sara scratches her head SL says, "I don't know but I know one thing." Adjusts his hat. "We won't have to wait long to find out." He claps his hands, says "|Okay , let's go", dust cloud from his gloves. He walks off, Sara watches him.
JL and Sheriff come down the road riding fast. JL stops. Sheriff says, "Johnny, the tracks have stopped." JL says, Yeah, they sure did, didn't they." Looking around Sheriff gets down, looking at bushes. Sheriff says, "I found it. Come on let's go." Johnny is sitting on his horse with his chin resting on his hand. When the sheriff finds the branch, he sighs. He is thinking hard here. The Sheriff gets on horse and starts to ride away. JL lifts finger as if to say something and looks at hill.
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They bring wagon up to Splinter's camp. A man shouts: "Hey! Its Samuel!" The sick woman's husband says "The Lord is with us, Mary." She replies, "Bless that young man." SL helps Sara down. Tilly runs up to Scott saying, "Scott, I knew you'd get here! Scott I knew! I prayed" SL picks her up and hugs her. Lucky Tilly. SL smiles saying, "Tilly, I'd like you to meet my friend, Jelly Hoskins." JH takes off his hat. "Everybody, my friend, Jelly Hoskins." Someone says, "Hello" Mr. Calhoun says, "Without him we never would have succeeded." JH says, "Well, ah everybody help unload the wagon now. But don't anybody eat anything until I say so. Cause I'm gonna build you the sweetest vegetable stew you ever laid eyes on." Man says, "You better get inside Mary. Come on." Splinters are helping unload the wagon JH says, "All right, watch those chickens! Come on. Somebody get a hand there."
Mr. Calhoun is talking to Rufus saying, "We were trailed last night by riders...may have lost them but just in case, you better put a sentinel back there." As Mr. Calhoun walks away Rufus says, "Right." Rufus walks by wagon, Sara is carrying a sack of flour. SL says, "Sara, now why don't you let me take that one." SL takes flour. "You've done enough man's work in the last 48 hours....llet's see you do something like a lady...like riding herd on Jelly while he's doing that cooking--- because he can't cook as well as he thinks he can." SL and Sara walk away.
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JH is inside mine putting dried apricots in kids mouths saying, "Yes, sir bellies that's been empty for too long don't like too much food all at once. That's why I brought my own dried apricots. Now, that's one a piece for all of you til I get the main course going. Now, you all get lost while Tilly and I cook up a storm." JH puts apricot in Tilly's mouth. Boy stands and JH says to him, "You too, at's a boy," He slaps him on the behind.
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SL is pouring medicine onto a spoon to give to Mary. SL says, "Easy now I want you to take all of this right down." Putting spoon in mouth. "Very fast now." Mary coughs. "Tastes awful, I'll admit. The worst it tastes the better it is for ya." They laugh. To William. "You just make her comfortable." SL gets up. "I'll be back in a while to check on her."
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JH is dumping greens in pot. JH says, "Ah, it's gonna be fine" Breathing in. "Ooh, that's better. Now how would you feel about maybe just a hint more cabbage?." JH puts more cabbage in." Tilly says, "Well, I like cabbage with corned beef but...." JH says, "Do you want to take over?" Tilly says, "Oh, no. It smells just fine." JH stirs pot. Tilly says, "But dont' you think it needs just a little more beef?" JH says, "Now, I'm the chef around here and I say when it needs more beef." JH tastes stew and says, "Needs more beef." Tilly smiles and JH puts more beef in pot.
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SL walks over and sets down medicine and spoon. Sara is checking on boy. SL says, "Well, how's he doing?" Sara says, "He'll be all right.' Long pause. "I got something to show you." SL follows Sara. She sits on the ground and pulls gun out of bag and gives it to SL who is also sits or kneels, can't be certain. SL says, "If this is a gift, I think I should tell you I've already got one." They look at each other and laugh. SL says, "What's it for?" Sara looks down SL says, "Or should I ask what was it for?" Sara looks up saying, "If I'd had to, I would have killed you with it." SL says, "Why tell me about it now?" Sara says, "I guess because I saw your world. How pretty and sun lit and warm it was." SL says, "Sara, you don't have to tell me any more." Sara says, "But I do Scott. We're so far away, so far away." SL says, "We're never so far away" SL puts hand on her face. "that we can't get back, if we trust someone." SL stares at Sara.
JH says, "All right, all right, a little quiet around here....I declare this stew at it's pinnacle, so everybody form a line." SL says, "Looks like Jelly's ready with that food." SL gets up. "I better go see what I can do." He walks away with Sara staring. He walks by Splinter's looking. Sara find wanted poster, opening it. Mr. Calhoun is heard saying, "Shall we pray. God grace unto you Lord for having sent onto his these men of charity...." Sara is heard screaming, "No! No!" She runs out and up to SL saying, "You knew, you knew all along!!!" She hits him, "You're nothing but a liar, you're a liar liar liar!" She starts away and SL goes after her touching her. Sara says, "Get your hands off me!" Sara gives poster to her father screaming, "Father, look at that! They're even cheap and cheap bounty hunters...they aren't here to help us, they are leading them right to us!" SL says, "Sara, please!" Sara slaps him saying, "I lost my faith in men a long time ago....But how could you do it to these children." Crying putting hands on head. Mr. Calhoun is staring at SL. SL says, "All right. I found out." Rufus grabs SL knocking him down. Jelly jumps in to help Scott and the Splinters pull Jelly off. They pull Rufus off SL and Sl hits him back several times--once in the stomach and then to the head. He turns to Splinters saying, "Now, wait a minute. Now listen to me, we never let anybody follow us and we tried to cover up our trail..." Shots are heard.
Scene goes outside, JL is seen on horse. Splinter man shoots at him and horse rears, Johnny gets off horse and runs for cover behind rock drawing his gun. Sheriff follows Johnny. Scene goes back inside, SL says, "Wait a minute, give me a chance to talk to them." Rufus points gun at SL saying, "Those two first." Mr. Calhoun stops him saying, "Bind them!" They tie up SL and JH. Mr. Calhoun and Rufus leave mine.
Scene goes back outside. JL yelling, "Scott!" Mr. Calhoun tells his men to, "Spread out. Shoot if they show themselves." Back to JL and Sheriff. Sheriff says, "They'll shoot before they'll listen, you can bet on that!." JL yells, "Scott!" Shot of Calhoun. Sheriff yells, ""Calhoun, do you hear me! Calhoun, can you hear me?" The Splinters fire at JL and the Sheriff. JL yells, "Scott, will you tell them to stop shooting. We haven't come to arrest you people but to warn you. The food is no good."
Scene goes to SL, JH and Sara who can hear what JL is saying. SL says, "Sara, that's my brother Johnny. Now he said they haven't come to arrest you people." Sara says pointing gun, "Sure, we should welcome them with open arms and they'll have 40 other men come streaming in here."
JL yells, "Calhoun can you hear me!......Scott, will you tell them to stop shooting!" Mr. Calhoun yells back, "I did not understand you, Mr. Lancer." Back in mine SL says, "Sara, a lot of good people are gonna be killed for no reason. Now, my brother wouldn't lie." Sara says, "All men lie." JH laughs and says, "This was gonna be my day off." SL says, "Open your mind long enough to listen to me." JH says, "Don't you think that’s asking a little too much of her." SL ignores JH and says, "If I'd come here looking for a reward in the first place would I gone to all the trouble to haul that big wagon up here. I could have turned you and your father over to the sheriff....brought a posse up here by myself. Now doesn't that make more sense? Think about it."
.The Splinters are firing at JL and Sheriff. JL yells, "Scott! Then, quietly to the Sheriff: "What's he doing?" Sheriff says, "How if blue blazes do you get through to men like that.:" JL yells, "Tell them to stop shooting!" Back in mine SL says, "The reason I brought that food up here is because I was beholden to you people." Sara stares. "Sara, I liked you....you've seen the way I live. You don't think I need to scrounge around for saddle tramp money?......Do you want more blood on that ground out there?. Well, you can stop it! All you have to do is cut me loose....Believe in someone, Sara. Trust in someone. Just once. Because if trust is beyond you then you are too far away...too far away to ever get back." Sara thinks about this a bit, then gets up and cuts them loose.
Back to JL and Sheriff. JL says, "They can't hear us with this wind blowing. You wait here." They keep firing and JL goes around rocks. Rufus aims at JL. SL pulls rifle away from Rufus saying, "That's where you stop shooting at people and listen." Yelling. "Everybody call it off." JL says to SL, "Oh, brother, am I glad to see you. I been yelling my fool head off. Those jarred vegetables are no good. They're poisoned, all of them." JH runs into mine. JL: "That's why we come out." Mr. Calhoun walks out.
JH runs up to pot of stew saying, "No, no, no. Get away, get away." He tips over stew. "Some days it just don’t pay to get up."
Outside the mine, Splinters are walking with JL, Sheriff and SL. Mr. Calhoun says, "That's what your takin us back for the reward?" Sheriff says, "Well, it...we are a little out gunned for that I'd say." Mr. Calhoun says, "God's will that brought you here in time to warn us." SL says, "And it was your daughter's trust that kept you alive long enough to hear it. Maybe you should think about that, Mr. Calhoun....Everything worked out all right this time but how many more times will it work out?. Pretty soon there won't be enough of you left to make it worth running." Mr. Calhoun says, "There is no one to help us." SL says, "My father could. He knows the Lt. Governor. It's been two years, sir. Two years is a long time.....now maybe people can look at it a little differently with more understanding." Mr. Calhoun says, "We'll talk on it." The Splinters all walk away.
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At Lancer, JH comes out carrying food saying, "Oh, now just stop crowding me. They'll be enough for everybody." ML, Mr. Calhoun, Sara and SL are standing in room, ML says reading letter, "In response to your telegram I've spoken to the Governor and he's agreed to review the Cripple Creek incident in light of more current evidence of criminal provocation. He can promise nothing at this time but should these new facts be corroborated, amnesty would be granted to all the miners involved. Arthur L. Chambers. Lt. Governor." ML folds up letter saying, "That's not all I could wish for but there's hope." Mr. Calhoun says, "Hope and trust. I'm afraid that for awhile there some of us had forgotten the meaning of those words." Looking at Sara, ML says, "Well as much as this time I can guarantee the beef is prime and the vegetables fresh. I suggest we join the barbeque." They all walk out of Hacienda.
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