1. Fill up the canteens, Kid.
And don't forget that big water bag.Copy !req
2. All right, Bob.Copy !req
3. Pete!Copy !req
4. - Is that the place?
- That's it.Copy !req
5. - Where's the bank? At this end of town?
- Me? I don't know.Copy !req
6. The last time I was there,
there was nothing...Copy !req
7. no bank, no railroad.Copy !req
8. There was a little cantina...Copy !req
9. and the most beautiful girl
named Josefina, that played the guitar.Copy !req
10. We're robbing a bank,
not looking up old friends.Copy !req
11. Yes, I know.
But I sure wish we were rustling cows.Copy !req
12. - You want to change your mind, too, Kid?
- Not me.Copy !req
13. Well, you better think it over.
I hate to take you along.Copy !req
14. This is no cinch, like rustling a few cows.Copy !req
15. I thought it over, Bob,
and I ain't backing down.Copy !req
16. No, sir, I ain't backing down.Copy !req
17. Look, Kid, the border's over yonder,
just 60 miles.Copy !req
18. Why don't you light out?
We'll join you. Promise you.Copy !req
19. I ain't backing down.Copy !req
20. Then remember...Copy !req
21. all you do is hold the horses. No shooting.Copy !req
22. Well, at least the cows,
they don't shoot back.Copy !req
23. Mount up.Copy !req
24. That's right friendly of them.Copy !req
25. I know why I didn't recognize him.Copy !req
26. She has changed his name.
She used to call him "tarantula."Copy !req
27. You know, a big bug with legs.Copy !req
28. "Welcome" is more neighborly, right, Kid?Copy !req
29. Yeah, I guess so.Copy !req
30. Yeah, I'm Sweet. Looking for me?Copy !req
31. No, neighbor. Just admiring your shingle.Copy !req
32. That's a mighty pretty name, B. Sweet.Copy !req
33. You fellas come in with that cattle outfit?Copy !req
34. No, just riding through. Little business.Copy !req
35. Cattle?Copy !req
36. Talked about it some.Copy !req
37. What happened, man?Copy !req
38. Nothing, sir.Copy !req
39. Perley, come get your breakfast.Copy !req
40. Perley Sweet?
Now, that is a right pretty name!Copy !req
41. She just calls me that.Copy !req
42. Most everybody calls me Buck.
Buck Sweet.Copy !req
43. I didn't know you had company.Copy !req
44. Just passing the time of day
with these here cowpokes.Copy !req
45. Ma, why don't you fetch us
some coffee out here?Copy !req
46. I'd be mighty proud to.Copy !req
47. You not only got a pretty name,
Mr. Sweet.Copy !req
48. - You got a mighty pretty wife.
- Thank you.Copy !req
49. She's a little sprung now, but I'll tell you...Copy !req
50. that little woman used to be
the best dancer in this whole territory.Copy !req
51. I'll bet you were
mighty spry yourself, Perley.Copy !req
52. I could kick a little.
Why don't you fellas light?Copy !req
53. No, we better be moving on.Copy !req
54. If you're looking for work...Copy !req
55. you'll find most of the cattlemen
down by the bank.Copy !req
56. - Where is that?
- Right down the street a piece.Copy !req
57. Now, you boys have some hot coffee.
I know you've been riding a long ways.Copy !req
58. And I can tell you're from Texas
by your hats.Copy !req
59. Yes, ma'am. We're from Texas, all right.Copy !req
60. Besides, you're carrying slickers.
Don't rain much in these parts.Copy !req
61. Did you come in by the Old Mormon Trail?Copy !req
62. - Yes, ma'am, we did.
- Didn't use much water. Got a full bag.Copy !req
63. Did you happen to meet up
with my niece and her husband?Copy !req
64. They're coming out
by the way of New Jerusalem.Copy !req
65. No, ma'am, we didn't.Copy !req
66. I don't see
how they could have missed them.Copy !req
67. They're coming out by wagon,
and expecting them for Christmas.Copy !req
68. Perley went up in the mountains
and cut a big piney tree this morning.Copy !req
69. Do you think that he could have missed
the turnoff at Terrapin Tanks?Copy !req
70. Be just like him to.
Never knew such a shiftless fella.Copy !req
71. Tried everything but preaching.Copy !req
72. It don't take much brains to drive a wagon
from New Jerusalem to Welcome.Copy !req
73. - If he did, he'd never get here.
- Another cup?Copy !req
74. No, thanks.Copy !req
75. Say, I bet you put eggshells in
to settle the grounds, like Ma used to do.Copy !req
76. - 'Course I do. Where you from, son?
- From Abilene.Copy !req
77. And what's your name?Copy !req
78. My name's William,
but everybody calls me "The Abilene Kid."Copy !req
79. I bet they called you "carrot-tops"
when you went to school.Copy !req
80. - "Brick-top," ma'am.
- They did? Me, too.Copy !req
81. Thanks for stopping by, boys.Copy !req
82. - Coffee was real nice.
- Mighty nice, ma'am.Copy !req
83. Thank you very much, ma 'am.Copy !req
84. I'm sure proud
to have made your acquaintance, ma'am.Copy !req
85. Thank you, son.Copy !req
86. Well, Perley, thanks.Copy !req
87. Hope you have
a nice crop of apples this fall...Copy !req
88. I'll be seeing you boys, probably.Copy !req
89. I do declare,
but you're a sight for sore eyes!Copy !req
90. You kind of
got the advantage of me, ma'am.Copy !req
91. I mean all of you. I'm so sick of the East.Copy !req
92. For the past two years,
I've been back east in Denver, Colorado...Copy !req
93. hobbled up in a boarding school...Copy !req
94. till I just love the sight
of anything sitting a horse.Copy !req
95. - And that Charro saddle!
- See, Bob?Copy !req
96. And what is your lovely name, senorita?Copy !req
97. My name? Lordy, my father's
president of the bank. Tolliver Latham.Copy !req
98. - I expect you do business with him.
- We aim to, ma'am.Copy !req
99. Ruby, my girl!Copy !req
100. Welcome. Welcome to Welcome!Copy !req
101. Welcome home, Miss Ruby.Copy !req
102. Remember, Kid, you don't do no shooting.Copy !req
103. I thought so.Copy !req
104. Real desperado type.Copy !req
105. Pete, quick, get on your horse!Copy !req
106. - Sorry, Miss Crumly.
- Tell me what's the matter.Copy !req
107. Little bank robbery. Come on, get going!Copy !req
108. Come on, Kid! Step up!Copy !req
109. Haul it, Pete!Copy !req
110. Get those bandits!
Don't let them get away!Copy !req
111. Blast one at 'em, Pete. Hang on, Kid.Copy !req
112. Again, Pete.Copy !req
113. Pull up, men.Copy !req
114. - Gosh, Marshal, you missed them.
- They ain't paying me to kill folks.Copy !req
115. Them Texas boys gonna be mighty thirsty
before they get to water.Copy !req
116. - Back to the depot, Curly.
- The depot?Copy !req
117. Yeah, the depot. The railroad depot.Copy !req
118. Giddup.Copy !req
119. You hurt bad, Kid?Copy !req
120. - No, but I bled like a stuck pig.
- Don't try to talk, Kid.Copy !req
121. That Perley character...Copy !req
122. You know, he busted that on purpose.Copy !req
123. Take a mouthful, Kid.Copy !req
124. That's enough.Copy !req
125. All right, men, raise your right hand.Copy !req
126. As duly appointed Marshal
of the territory of Arizona...Copy !req
127. I hereby deputize you
for the sum of $3 a day to find...Copy !req
128. - Hey, watch them pack mules, will you?
- I'm doing the best I can.Copy !req
129. Come on along, girl.Copy !req
130. - You unload them pack horses.
- Get them on there.Copy !req
131. Come on, Curly, I'm late!Copy !req
132. - Come on, Curly, get them mules.
- Now, where was I?Copy !req
133. Say, Buck, I thought
we were gonna get $5 a day.Copy !req
134. I don't spend tax money that easy.
$3 a day and found.Copy !req
135. Now, you solemnly swear
to uphold and enforce the law. Say, "I do."Copy !req
136. - I do.
- Good.Copy !req
137. Can I drag it now, Buck?
I'm eight hours late now.Copy !req
138. Don't bust your bellyband, Luke.
We'll be aboard.Copy !req
139. - Marshal.
- Yes, Mr. Latham?Copy !req
140. Shouldn't you deputize more men?Copy !req
141. The bank can't risk
letting these desperadoes escape.Copy !req
142. Sets a bad example.Copy !req
143. I don't want you to fret none, Mr. Latham,
but if it's gonna worry you...Copy !req
144. Boys, Mr. Latham here
just put up a reward.Copy !req
145. $100, dead or alive,
for every one of them poor fellas.Copy !req
146. - Thank you, Mr. Latham!
- You got them for $100.Copy !req
147. Thank you, Luke.Copy !req
148. Good luck, Marshal!Copy !req
149. Give the Kid a swig of water, Pete.Copy !req
150. Drink it up, Kid.Copy !req
151. Plenty more when we get to
Mojave Tanks. Drink it up!Copy !req
152. There she is, fellas.Copy !req
153. There she is, Mojave Tanks!Copy !req
154. Water, Kid.Copy !req
155. Water.Copy !req
156. A thousand gallons of it.Copy !req
157. You're gonna feel a whole lot better,
a whole lot cooler...Copy !req
158. once we wash up that shoulder.
Go ahead, Kid.Copy !req
159. Boy! I'm gonna skin me down to the hide...Copy !req
160. climb up that ladder,
and dive in that tank, right to the bottom.Copy !req
161. Never come up!Copy !req
162. Gosh! That a man should have
such a great big thirst like I have...Copy !req
163. and only water to quench it with.Copy !req
164. Anyway, cheers, friends.Copy !req
165. Get down.Copy !req
166. Ain't no sign of anything.Copy !req
167. But that's no guarantee they ain't around.
You boys keep your eyes open.Copy !req
168. - Sure, Buck.
- You mind what I told you, now.Copy !req
169. At night, two men stay awake while
one sleeps. They won't rush two of you.Copy !req
170. - I'd like to see them try it.
- Just don't get careless.Copy !req
171. Ben, I'll take that deck of cards
in your pocket.Copy !req
172. I ain't paying you pitch players
to sit in the shade all day and claim low.Copy !req
173. - Shall I drag her, Buck?
- Drag it, Luke.Copy !req
174. Drag her, Jake!Copy !req
175. Sons of bitches! Let's rush them.Copy !req
176. Six-shooters against Winchesters?Copy !req
177. I've seen enough.Copy !req
178. That Perley character... Tin star.Copy !req
179. A lot smarter than I thought.
Well, let's take a look at it.Copy !req
180. Up here's where we come from. Welcome.Copy !req
181. Railroad winds around and makes a bend
here at Mojave Tanks, where we are now.Copy !req
182. Then it moseys off again to the southeast.Copy !req
183. Down here's the Mexican border.Copy !req
184. - 50 miles, I figure.
- 60.Copy !req
185. How's 60, then?Copy !req
186. So that Perley character
starts playing checkers with us.Copy !req
187. He figures we'll head this way, and right.
It's the first water.Copy !req
188. So he jumps us
and stakes out his deputies. No water.Copy !req
189. So he figures our next move
will be up to Apache Wells.Copy !req
190. Right.Copy !req
191. So he jumps on his freight car
and heads that way.Copy !req
192. And he'll be there, setting waiting.Copy !req
193. He can keep squatting on his hunkers
from now till Christmas...Copy !req
194. 'cause we ain't gonna be there.Copy !req
195. We're doubling back on our tracks
to Terrapin Tanks.Copy !req
196. - But that's up to the north.
- We'll get our water.Copy !req
197. We'll hole up in the piney woods
until the Kid feels better.Copy !req
198. Then while that marshal's sitting,
getting calluses on his rump...Copy !req
199. we'll set out to the east...Copy !req
200. jump the tracks there,
and be over the border.Copy !req
201. Yes, that's good.
But where are we gonna get some water?Copy !req
202. It looks like you and me are gonna chew
a lot of barrelhead cactus...Copy !req
203. if we can find any.Copy !req
204. Kid gets the canteen.Copy !req
205. All right, Kid. Come on.Copy !req
206. Get in the saddle.Copy !req
207. - What are you doing?
- I'm tired of riding.Copy !req
208. Besides, it cost me nothing.
It come with the horse.Copy !req
209. Wind's getting hot.Copy !req
210. Si, what they call in my country
a "Santa Ana..."Copy !req
211. from the clouds of dust...Copy !req
212. that follow the cavalry
of the illustrious General Santa Ana.Copy !req
213. Let's make for that draw!Copy !req
214. Kid, are you all right?Copy !req
215. My shoulder. It kind of throbs.Copy !req
216. - Could I have a little water, Bob? Please?
- Sure, Kid.Copy !req
217. Take it slow.Copy !req
218. That's enough.Copy !req
219. Where did you picket the horses?Copy !req
220. I tied the horses right there to the bushes.Copy !req
221. But devils must have come in
the middle of the night and let them loose.Copy !req
222. My God!Copy !req
223. But what have I done to deserve this?Copy !req
224. I was always a good person.Copy !req
225. That's what happens to me
after my decision to come here...Copy !req
226. to this land, with these two fools.Copy !req
227. - Shut up!
- What did I do to end up with these idiots?Copy !req
228. Looks like we've got to walk a piece.Copy !req
229. Well, what are we waiting for?Copy !req
230. - Perley Sweet, what are you doing here?
- Hello, Miss Florie.Copy !req
231. You seen three men come through here
begging for water?Copy !req
232. If I'd seen anything like pants
around here...Copy !req
233. they wouldn't have had to beg
for anything.Copy !req
234. Come on, Curly,
get that stock off of there, will you?Copy !req
235. - We ain't got all day.
- I'm doing the best I can, Marshal!Copy !req
236. - Come on, Curly, move!
- Hurry it up, will you?Copy !req
237. Wait a minute!
What are you getting excited about?Copy !req
238. I'm not excited. Come on, boys.Copy !req
239. Fixing to stay here for a while?Copy !req
240. Lordy! If this ain't
a Christmas present for me.Copy !req
241. A whole passel of men!Copy !req
242. - Come on.
- That's right.Copy !req
243. - How's Cousin Carrie Lou doing?
- Right pert, Florie. Come on, Curly!Copy !req
244. Well, her loss is my gain.Copy !req
245. There ain't been a soul around here
to listen to me...Copy !req
246. - since my old cat got tired and left.
- I'll bet it was a tomcat.Copy !req
247. Can I drag it now, Buck?Copy !req
248. - I'm 16 hours and 29 minutes late.
- Drag it, Luke.Copy !req
249. - Get that on there, boys.
- Drag it, Jake.Copy !req
250. There she is, men. Water!Copy !req
251. Lots of water.Copy !req
252. What is it?Copy !req
253. You hear anything?Copy !req
254. Cover me, Pete.Copy !req
255. There's a fine old state of affairs
at the tanks.Copy !req
256. - They ain't dry, are they?
- Worse than that.Copy !req
257. It's a tenderfoot wagon.Copy !req
258. A man and his woman.
They come from New Jerusalem.Copy !req
259. They made the tanks, all right,
but the water was a little low.Copy !req
260. Mr. Tenderfoot ain't got sense enough
to dig out the sand...Copy !req
261. sit back and wait
for that sump hole to fill up.Copy !req
262. No, sir. Besides, he don't take kindly
to using a shovel.Copy !req
263. He puts in a stick of dynamite
to start the water running.Copy !req
264. - The fool!
- So he stuck in his dynamite.Copy !req
265. Only fool's luck
he didn't blow himself up doing it.Copy !req
266. - I wish he did.
- But he didn't.Copy !req
267. He just put Terrapin Tanks
out of business forever.Copy !req
268. He cracked the granite floor
of that sump hole...Copy !req
269. and busted down her sides.
The tanks are dry.Copy !req
270. And they'll stay dry.Copy !req
271. They can have cloudbursts in this country
from now till I get religion...Copy !req
272. them tanks will never hold
another drop of water.Copy !req
273. Fool tenderfoot's dead, I guess.Copy !req
274. But he's gonna keep right on
killing people, just the same.Copy !req
275. Men will come here, banking on water.Copy !req
276. Five or six years,
there'll be a dozen skeletons...Copy !req
277. around them busted tanks.Copy !req
278. But that ain't biting me half as hard
as what he went and done next.Copy !req
279. He let his stock nose around and lick up
that alkali slop below the tanks.Copy !req
280. It drove 'em plain loco.Copy !req
281. They took off up the canyon,
hunting water, with him right after them.Copy !req
282. That's four days ago. He ain't back yet.Copy !req
283. So we don't need to waste no time
speculating on his case...Copy !req
284. or feeling sorry for him.Copy !req
285. That wouldn't have been so bad...Copy !req
286. but he left his woman alone in that wagon.Copy !req
287. Yeah, she's there right now.Copy !req
288. She had a little water,
so it wasn't so bad till yesterday.Copy !req
289. Then it gives out.Copy !req
290. Been pretty hard on her, in there all alone.Copy !req
291. She's a nice little woman, too.
28 or 30, I'd guess.Copy !req
292. Too blasted good for the cuss she married.Copy !req
293. But still, that ain't the worst of it.Copy !req
294. No, sir.Copy !req
295. Not by a long shot.Copy !req
296. She's gonna have a baby,
and she's gonna have it now.Copy !req
297. I'm a tough bird, an awful tough old bird...Copy !req
298. but I'm not going back in there!Copy !req
299. Pete, you gotta go.
You gotta do something for her.Copy !req
300. You ought to know something
about these cases. You do, don't you?Copy !req
301. Wasn't you married to a woman
down on the Rio Bravo?Copy !req
302. Didn't she have kids for you?Copy !req
303. Sure, Bob. Sure, she did.Copy !req
304. But, you know...
An Indian woman is different.Copy !req
305. God, our lord...Copy !req
306. tells them what to do with babies,
how to born them.Copy !req
307. But, a gringa...Copy !req
308. Poor girl.Copy !req
309. Yeah, my sister, she had all the neighbors,
the doctor, nice white sheets, and...Copy !req
310. Pete, I'm not passing the buck.Copy !req
311. I'm just ruminating for information.Copy !req
312. Pete, please...Copy !req
313. Who are you?Copy !req
314. Senora...Copy !req
315. please do not be afraid of me.Copy !req
316. I have come to help you.Copy !req
317. Ain't no use there, Kid.Copy !req
318. Only water we're gonna get
is right over here.Copy !req
319. Barrelhead.Copy !req
320. It ain't the best water,
and it will take time.Copy !req
321. But I guess we got plenty of time now.Copy !req
322. - Yeah, Pete?
- Bob, I'm going to need the water now.Copy !req
323. - Give it to him, Kid.
- How is she?Copy !req
324. I don't know. It is her first baby.Copy !req
325. Come on,
let's get back to squeezing barrelhead.Copy !req
326. She wants to see you...Copy !req
327. all of us, together.Copy !req
328. Did she have...Copy !req
329. A boy.Copy !req
330. I can't see you.Copy !req
331. - You're the one that found me.
- Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
332. - What's your name?
- Robert, ma'am.Copy !req
333. Robert Hightower.Copy !req
334. William Kearney, ma'am.Copy !req
335. I'm proud to make
your acquaintance, ma'am.Copy !req
336. And you're Pete. Bless you.Copy !req
337. Si, senora.Copy !req
338. Pedro Encarnacion Arango
y Roca Fuerte...Copy !req
339. at your service, ma 'am.Copy !req
340. Will you save my baby?Copy !req
341. Yes, ma'am. I'll save him.Copy !req
342. And I will help.Copy !req
343. Me, too, ma'am.Copy !req
344. Poor little son.Copy !req
345. You'll be all alone in the world
when Mother leaves you...Copy !req
346. won't you, sweetheart?Copy !req
347. And you'll miss me so.Copy !req
348. Nobody to tuck you into bed at night.Copy !req
349. Nobody to teach you your prayers.Copy !req
350. Nobody to kiss the little sore spots...Copy !req
351. when you fall and hurt yourself.Copy !req
352. Nobody to tell your little secrets to.Copy !req
353. I want you, all of you...Copy !req
354. to be my baby's godfathers.Copy !req
355. You will be, won't you, Bob Hightower?Copy !req
356. You will, Bill Kearney? Pedro? Promise me.Copy !req
357. I will, ma'am.Copy !req
358. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
359. It will be a big honor, senora.Copy !req
360. And his name.Copy !req
361. I call him Robert...Copy !req
362. William Pedro...Copy !req
363. Hightower.Copy !req
364. And when he's a fine, big, brave man...Copy !req
365. like his godfathers...Copy !req
366. you tell him about his mother...Copy !req
367. who so wanted to live...Copy !req
368. for him.Copy !req
369. Lift him up, please.Copy !req
370. Let me kiss my baby.Copy !req
371. It's getting dark.Copy !req
372. We must be moving on...Copy !req
373. Robert William...Copy !req
374. All right, Kid, go ahead.Copy !req
375. Is that all, Kid?Copy !req
376. Them's all the words I know, Bob.Copy !req
377. Then, amen.Copy !req
378. Yes, sir.Copy !req
379. The more I think of that big fella
in the Texas hat...Copy !req
380. the more I admire him.
Hurry up there, Curly!Copy !req
381. We're hurrying, Buck.Copy !req
382. I get him behind bars
eating some of Ma's cooking...Copy !req
383. I'm gonna play him a game of chess.
He'd be right good at it, too, I'll bet.Copy !req
384. Pay attention here, you fellas.
Come on, pay attention.Copy !req
385. Stock's ready.Copy !req
386. Now, it stands to reason
that he'd head south for Mojave Tanks.Copy !req
387. We should have reached there before
he did, two horses packing three men.Copy !req
388. And I don't take him for any tomfool to go
rushing three men that's got Winchesters.Copy !req
389. So I figured that his next move...Copy !req
390. would be to push right on through here
to Apache Wells, where we are now.Copy !req
391. I hate to admit it, but he's outguessed me.Copy !req
392. They might have give out
in that sandstorm...Copy !req
393. Not that breed of cat.Copy !req
394. They could have made for Dobie,
down this way.Copy !req
395. No, that's too far.
So's Dos Hermanas, down here.Copy !req
396. They must have gone somewhere, Buck.Copy !req
397. Yeah, and mighty cute, too.Copy !req
398. He's doubled back on his tracks...Copy !req
399. and holed up right here at Terrapin Tanks.
That's where we're going.Copy !req
400. We ain't gonna waste no time.
Let's go collect him.Copy !req
401. All right, Buck.Copy !req
402. You fellas keep your eyes open
for strangers. Remember that reward.Copy !req
403. - Okay, Buck.
- All right, Buck.Copy !req
404. Tell Cousin Carrie Lou
I'll be dropping in around New Year's...Copy !req
405. maybe with a new husband.Copy !req
406. Gosh, Buck, we want to go with you!Copy !req
407. You'd be a whole lot safer.Copy !req
408. First thing, seems to me, we ought to give
Robert William Pedro a bath.Copy !req
409. A bath?Copy !req
410. I wasn't figuring on that at all.
I was thinking about feeding him.Copy !req
411. I'm for tubbing him, all right.Copy !req
412. Of course, sooner or later,
we've gotta swab him down.Copy !req
413. But he's such a little fellow, Bob.Copy !req
414. - He won't use much water.
- He'll fit nice into this dishpan.Copy !req
415. I was just wishing he could stagger along
for a few days without bathing.Copy !req
416. I don't know much about infants...Copy !req
417. but little Robert boy here
looks clean enough for me.Copy !req
418. Didn't you ask his mother nothing?Copy !req
419. Do you think I was gonna
drive the lady crazy...Copy !req
420. with a bunch of silly questions?Copy !req
421. In my opinion, gentlemen, taking a bath
is the least of little Robert's troubles.Copy !req
422. He's just naturally gotta eat and
wear something better than this towel.Copy !req
423. It'll plumb scratch the hide off of him.Copy !req
424. When a mother's gonna have a baby,
she fixes up things for him.Copy !req
425. Sews clothes real nice...Copy !req
426. and knits pretty little kickshaws
and what all.Copy !req
427. Maybe there's something for our godson
in that tail box.Copy !req
428. She had a heart, this mother.Copy !req
429. She made really nice things for her baby.Copy !req
430. Don't leave me out here all alone!
How long you gonna be?Copy !req
431. They don't expect him to walk
in them things.Copy !req
432. And he ain't gonna wear that.Copy !req
433. Now, this is something.
This is really something.Copy !req
434. Canned milk.Copy !req
435. That thick stuff ain't fit to squirt in coffee.Copy !req
436. She wasn't figuring to feed him coffee,
was she?Copy !req
437. This is for Pedrito
when he fixes himself up...Copy !req
438. and he touches his guitar
under the balcony of a senorita.Copy !req
439. Bob, this is it.
Dr. Meechum on Caring for the Baby.Copy !req
440. See what the doctor allows
about bathing a newborn.Copy !req
441. Here is a Biblia.Copy !req
442. A Bible book.Copy !req
443. "Bathing the baby.Copy !req
444. "Too much care cannot be exercised...Copy !req
445. "in performing this most important part
of the baby's..."Copy !req
446. There's a word here
I don't like to say in front of a little baby.Copy !req
447. Spell it.Copy !req
448. T-O-l-L-E-T-T-E.Copy !req
449. Toi-letty?Copy !req
450. What in the blazes is a toi-letty?Copy !req
451. It's a... Don't you know?Copy !req
452. I guess Robert boy ain't got no toi-letty
in his war bag.Copy !req
453. No, senores.
Toi-letta, she is not an evil word.Copy !req
454. A toi-letta is a little green tin bathtub...Copy !req
455. about the size of my arm.
Costs dos pesos.Copy !req
456. When we get to town...Copy !req
457. we round up the best dad-blamed
green toi-letty money can buy.Copy !req
458. Remember that, Pete. Crack along, Kid.
What's the doc got to say next?Copy !req
459. "The first bath
should not be administered...Copy !req
460. "until the baby is at least a week old."Copy !req
461. If I had a sick polecat,
I wouldn't send for that Doc Meechum.Copy !req
462. A week without a bath.Copy !req
463. That's all right for a grown boy...Copy !req
464. that ain't supposed to bathe
between water holes...Copy !req
465. or in town on Saturday night,
sparking his gal.Copy !req
466. But a baby!Copy !req
467. I'll lay my silver spurs the doc's wrong.Copy !req
468. Come again, Kid.Copy !req
469. "Lmmediately after birth, the nurse...Copy !req
470. "should rub the baby's body with olive oil.Copy !req
471. "Or if olive oil is not available...Copy !req
472. "with some clean, pure lard or grease."Copy !req
473. Grease!Copy !req
474. - That?
- Sure, grease. Wait a minute.Copy !req
475. Grease.Copy !req
476. - Who's gonna grease him?
- You. You are boss wrangler.Copy !req
477. It don't sound regular, Bob, I'll admit,
but it's right here in the book.Copy !req
478. I ain't convinced nohow.Copy !req
479. This godson of ours is starting life
slippery enough without greasing him.Copy !req
480. - But you got to follow the book, Bob.
- Sure!Copy !req
481. Maybe it will prevent Pedrito from chafing
and from getting saddle blisters.Copy !req
482. Me and you have always been...
Wouldn't you like...Copy !req
483. No, it's all right.Copy !req
484. Cut out the Mex lingo around the kid,
will you, Pete?Copy !req
485. First thing you know, he'll be talking it.Copy !req
486. We got to raise him
with good old American habla, like his ma.Copy !req
487. Hand over the pot.
We'll slick him up a mite.Copy !req
488. Easy, easy.Copy !req
489. - Pull his legs over a little bit.
- Get your finger out!Copy !req
490. All right.Copy !req
491. Bob, you ain't throwing a half hitch
on a pack mule.Copy !req
492. There. That will do it.Copy !req
493. That kid's dideed, all right,
and dideed to stay.Copy !req
494. Cut out that Mexican.Copy !req
495. Ain't you feeling good, Kid?Copy !req
496. My shoulder kind of throbs.Copy !req
497. We'll spare you
a couple of swigs of water in a little bit.Copy !req
498. You'll feel a lot better.Copy !req
499. You better see
what the doc is dealing next.Copy !req
500. Food. Eat.Copy !req
501. No, I got it, Pete. I got it right here.Copy !req
502. "Feeding the baby.Copy !req
503. "The best and surest method...Copy !req
504. "is the one which nature has provided."Copy !req
505. Say that again.Copy !req
506. "The one which nature has provided."Copy !req
507. - Well, that's out.
- Here, this is comforting.Copy !req
508. This is downright comforting.Copy !req
509. The doc allows that
there's times when a newborn infant...Copy !req
510. won't thrive on
nothing but condensed milk.Copy !req
511. - We got some right here.
- Six cans.Copy !req
512. Looks like you're going to
get some chow, Robert boy.Copy !req
513. All right, Robert William Pedro,
but you're going to get fed.Copy !req
514. You better get a can of
that condensed milk and some matches...Copy !req
515. - Bob!
- Yeah, Kid.Copy !req
516. Let me hold him.Copy !req
517. Gosh, Kid, you think you ought to,
with that arm and all?Copy !req
518. Let me hold my godson.
Just for a little while.Copy !req
519. Thanks, Bob, for taking me along and all.Copy !req
520. That is pretty, what the Kid is singing.Copy !req
521. It's what the folks back home
would call a lullaby.Copy !req
522. - Pete, what...
- It's all right!Copy !req
523. Okay, Pedrito. It's time to eat.Copy !req
524. Go ahead. Come on, man.Copy !req
525. Take it. It's good for you. Come on.Copy !req
526. Boy, he hops to it like a drunkard
at a Fourth of July barbecue.Copy !req
527. A couple hours, and we'll have to
set them up again for little Robert boy.Copy !req
528. I'm for moving on now, Bob. Honest, I'm...Copy !req
529. Just lie back
and take it easy while you can.Copy !req
530. That's the last of the gringo-head cactus.
She is finished.Copy !req
531. I've been figuring. There ain't more than
three shots apiece in these six cans.Copy !req
532. That's 18 shots. We've used two already.Copy !req
533. Leaves 16.
That little Pedro has enough for four days.Copy !req
534. That's right. The Doc says little William
is to get a slug every six hours.Copy !req
535. Which doesn't leave much water
for us godfathers.Copy !req
536. There's always enough for you, Kid.
Here, have one on the house.Copy !req
537. I've done a heap of ornery things...Copy !req
538. but I ain't stealing the water
that belongs to my godson.Copy !req
539. Too bad the doc didn't tell us
where to get water in the Arizona desert.Copy !req
540. Wrong book for that. Just a minute.Copy !req
541. Maybe Nuestro Senor has put here
what to do in the Bible book.Copy !req
542. Don't! It's bad luck!Copy !req
543. I can see it all mapped out: Where to find
our next water, where to head.Copy !req
544. Maybe it says we should head back
for Mojave and that reception committee.Copy !req
545. Or over to Apache Wells,
where old Perley is sitting.Copy !req
546. Don't be too sure
Buck Sweet is twiddling his thumbs.Copy !req
547. I think we ought to
get out of here quick, now!Copy !req
548. Where? Where, you jughead?Copy !req
549. North to Cairo? Northeast to Damascus?
Or east to New Jerusalem?Copy !req
550. 60 miles or more
with the Kid in the shape he's in?Copy !req
551. And this punk?
Don't give me any more of your Bible talk.Copy !req
552. I'd have outfoxed that marshal
if they hadn't saddled this kid on us.Copy !req
553. Why didn't somebody stop me
before I promised that woman?Copy !req
554. I don't want to grow no long white beard
in the Yuma penitentiary.Copy !req
555. May my beard grow clear
till it gets down to my foots...Copy !req
556. may it get a nest of prison rats...Copy !req
557. before I break my promise
to a dying woman!Copy !req
558. - Who said I was breaking my promise?
- Why don't you kill the little fellow?Copy !req
559. - Feed him to the coyotes!
- Why, you chili-dipping horse thief!Copy !req
560. - Horse thief?
- Yes, horse thief!Copy !req
561. Stop talking Spanish in front of the kid!Copy !req
562. Now you see what you did?
You make cries the baby!Copy !req
563. You waked the baby! Don't blame me!Copy !req
564. Sure, nothing!Copy !req
565. It says right here where we're to go,
just like it's told everything about all this.Copy !req
566. You fellas don't understand.
You think this is all just chance?Copy !req
567. Just accidental,
like us coming here this way?Copy !req
568. Finding the mother, helping her...Copy !req
569. The infant in the manger.Copy !req
570. The star so bright last night.Copy !req
571. I ain't talking out of no fever sweat,
Bob, honest I ain't.Copy !req
572. You think we had anything to do
with what's happened?Copy !req
573. No, sir, we didn't.Copy !req
574. No more than you had anything to do
with throwing the book...Copy !req
575. so it would open in the place
where I've been reading.Copy !req
576. Where it tells where we're going to next.Copy !req
577. - Listen, I'll read it.
- No, Kid.Copy !req
578. Go ahead, Kid,
if it makes you feel any better.Copy !req
579. "And when the days...Copy !req
580. "of her purification were accomplished...Copy !req
581. "according to the law of Moses...Copy !req
582. "they lifted up the child
and brought him to Jerusalem...Copy !req
583. "to present him to the Lord."Copy !req
584. It says Jerusalem right here in the book.Copy !req
585. New Jerusalem.Copy !req
586. Look, Bob, maybe Nuestro Senor...Copy !req
587. he no care very much
what happens to a simple cattle thief.Copy !req
588. But if I was in a gambling house,
I would play the Kid's number.Copy !req
589. You would?Copy !req
590. All right, let's get cracking along.Copy !req
591. Kid, me and Pete will spell each other
carrying the infant.Copy !req
592. I'm toting my godson my share of the way.
That's part of it.Copy !req
593. That's in the book, too.Copy !req
594. There was three wise men
come from the East, wasn't there?Copy !req
595. Three wise men. I'm one of them.Copy !req
596. I'm betting on you, Kid.Copy !req
597. All right, Pete, which way's Jerusalem?Copy !req
598. Why, that way, Bob.Copy !req
599. Can't you see the star?Copy !req
600. Look, water.Copy !req
601. - That ain't water, Kid.
- Salt.Copy !req
602. It's a salt lake. We got to cross it.Copy !req
603. - No.
- Just a little bit, Kid.Copy !req
604. Don't be a fool, Kid. Drink it.Copy !req
605. - You got to.
- No!Copy !req
606. He shouldn't have
made me swallow that, Bob.Copy !req
607. - That's all right.
- You shouldn't have done it, Pete.Copy !req
608. Once we're across the flats,
we're through the worst of it.Copy !req
609. Here.Copy !req
610. - What are you doing?
- It will be easier crossing the sand.Copy !req
611. There's plenty of rough country
over there, Kid.Copy !req
612. I ain't figuring on going that far.Copy !req
613. No, sir.Copy !req
614. I ain't figuring on that at all.Copy !req
615. Take your horses down to the tanks, boys.
Fill up your kegs first.Copy !req
616. - Sure need it, Marshal.
- They'll drink her dry, Buck.Copy !req
617. Curly, take a look in that wagon.Copy !req
618. Gosh, Buck, there's been a woman here.Copy !req
619. Left her dresses all this and that way.Copy !req
620. What are they like?Copy !req
621. One's real nice, sort of faded,
but soft, like silk.Copy !req
622. - Is it red?
- Yeah, it's red with a...Copy !req
623. Has the top got all little white ribbons
all around the rim?Copy !req
624. It sure has, Buck.Copy !req
625. That was her wedding dress.Copy !req
626. Fourth of July.Copy !req
627. Red and white, carrying a little blue fan.Copy !req
628. Come on, Curly.Copy !req
629. Those fellas have done watered up...Copy !req
630. and then dynamited our tanks, left us dry.Copy !req
631. Lot of boys stick up stagecoaches,
and banks, and one thing or another.Copy !req
632. But a man that would dynamite
a water hole in this kind of country...Copy !req
633. is downright criminal.Copy !req
634. - How about giving the stock...
- Can't.Copy !req
635. - Can't we just wet our whistle?
- Can't.Copy !req
636. You heard Mr. Latham when he said $100,
dead or alive.Copy !req
637. I'll add $50 to it. I'd like 'em dead.Copy !req
638. It's time. Water.Copy !req
639. If I whimper for water, Pete...Copy !req
640. don't give it to me. Promise.Copy !req
641. - Promise.
- It's a promise, Kid.Copy !req
642. 137th psalm.Copy !req
643. One-three-seven. Read, please.Copy !req
644. "By the rivers of Babylon...Copy !req
645. "there we sat down...Copy !req
646. "yea, and we wept...Copy !req
647. "when we remembered Zion."Copy !req
648. "We hanged our harps upon the willows."Copy !req
649. "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem...Copy !req
650. "let my right hand forget her cunning.Copy !req
651. "How shall we sing the Lord's song...Copy !req
652. "in a strange land?"Copy !req
653. "Our Father, who art in heaven..."Copy !req
654. "Our Father..."Copy !req
655. "Now I lay me down to sleep.Copy !req
656. "I pray the Lord my soul to keep.Copy !req
657. "If I should die...Copy !req
658. "before I wake...Copy !req
659. "pray the Lord...Copy !req
660. "my soul to take."Copy !req
661. God bless Mom and Pop...Copy !req
662. and sister.Copy !req
663. Make me a good boy.Copy !req
664. Amen.Copy !req
665. When do we set up the drinks again...Copy !req
666. for Robert William?Copy !req
667. I think about 50 minutes.Copy !req
668. They're slipping it easy
to the Kid up there.Copy !req
669. Poor boy.Copy !req
670. Made him a little boy again.Copy !req
671. It's broke.Copy !req
672. Your leg?Copy !req
673. - She's busted. I'm ashamed.
- Maybe I can fix it.Copy !req
674. - Waste time.
- I can make a travois Comanche-style...Copy !req
675. - and drag you.
- Waste time.Copy !req
676. On the other side of the mountain,
New Jerusalem.Copy !req
677. You will make it.Copy !req
678. When does little Pedro eat next?Copy !req
679. Not for more than two hours.Copy !req
680. Adios.Copy !req
681. Guess I better get moving along.Copy !req
682. Maybe you better leave me your pistol.Copy !req
683. The coyotes, you know?Copy !req
684. Yeah, sure, Pete.Copy !req
685. Coyotes.Copy !req
686. I'm sorry I called you
a chili-dipping horse thief back there.Copy !req
687. It's all right.Copy !req
688. I just remembered what tomorrow is.Copy !req
689. Merry Christmas.Copy !req
690. Merry Christmas, Pete.Copy !req
691. Our Father...Copy !req
692. who art in heaven...Copy !req
693. make some space...Copy !req
694. in your Holy Land...Copy !req
695. for this poor Pedro.Copy !req
696. Mount up. Let's get going.Copy !req
697. "... unto Jerusalem..."Copy !req
698. "... a donkey tied, and a colt with her:Copy !req
699. "Loose them, and bring them unto me."Copy !req
700. A donkey and his colt.Copy !req
701. You just try stealing a man's burro
in this country!Copy !req
702. They'd string you.Copy !req
703. That's it, Kid.Copy !req
704. Sing it.Copy !req
705. Sing a lullaby.Copy !req
706. This is where she ends, godson.Copy !req
707. This is the end of the trail, little Robert.Copy !req
708. So, you break your promise
to a dying woman?Copy !req
709. I can't go any further.Copy !req
710. Of course you can, Bob.
What does the book say?Copy !req
711. - Follow the book.
- Get up on your knees, you sack of dung!Copy !req
712. You can't...
You got no right to call me that.Copy !req
713. I'm going.Copy !req
714. But you quit talking Mex
in front of the infant.Copy !req
715. You quit it, you hear?Copy !req
716. - You're doing fine, Bob. Just fine.
- Sure I am.Copy !req
717. Just think of the cantina
in New Jerusalem.Copy !req
718. Yeah, I'm thinking of it.Copy !req
719. A glass of beer.Copy !req
720. - A big cool, cool glass of beer.
- Yeah.Copy !req
721. Five glasses of cool beer.Copy !req
722. You'll make it.Copy !req
723. Sure I will.Copy !req
724. Merry Christmas, everybody.
Merry Christmas to all.Copy !req
725. Set 'em up, bartender.Copy !req
726. Milk for the infant...Copy !req
727. and a cool, cool beer for me.Copy !req
728. A baby!Copy !req
729. Turn around, Texas.Copy !req
730. Turn around and draw.Copy !req
731. Perley, you old hay shaker.Copy !req
732. You got me.Copy !req
733. Looks like the baby's pappy...Copy !req
734. is a mighty sick man.Copy !req
735. Texas, you're about half-smart.
Jury still out, Curly?Copy !req
736. Yep, still out.
The boss says, "Come and get it."Copy !req
737. I'll thank you to remember
there's only one boss around here.Copy !req
738. Yes, sir, and she says, "Chow's down."Copy !req
739. - Morning, Carrie Lou.
- Morning, Bob. Sit right here.Copy !req
740. Thank you.Copy !req
741. Folks at the courthouse said you looked
mighty handsome in those new jeans.Copy !req
742. Thanks, Carrie Lou.Copy !req
743. And especially in those boots
with the Lone Star stitched on them.Copy !req
744. Yeah, they're real comfortable.Copy !req
745. Hope the batter on this chicken
is to your liking.Copy !req
746. - Looks good.
- A little syrup for them corn oysters?Copy !req
747. Corn oysters? I didn't get no corn oysters.Copy !req
748. I only had but two ears of sweet corn.Copy !req
749. All right, seeing what he did
for little Buck.Copy !req
750. Little Robert.Copy !req
751. I told you he wouldn't stand for
a name like that for a little Perley.Copy !req
752. His name
is Robert William Pedro Hightower.Copy !req
753. Yes, of course it is,
until the court changes it.Copy !req
754. Ma!Copy !req
755. Bob, have some coffee, will you?
You ain't eaten much lately.Copy !req
756. - You off your feed or something?
- I'm worrying.Copy !req
757. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
758. Maybe the judge won't give you
the full 20 years.Copy !req
759. It ain't that.
I could do 20 years standing on my head.Copy !req
760. I'm worrying since I hefted little Robert
this morning. He's losing weight.Copy !req
761. It's only natural for new babies
to lose a little weight, Bob.Copy !req
762. He didn't lose any when I was nursing him.Copy !req
763. No. We're giving that little dear
just every care we can.Copy !req
764. If he were our very own
we couldn't love him more.Copy !req
765. Ma, don't carry on, now.Copy !req
766. One thing you can count on,
Bob Hightower...Copy !req
767. you couldn't find better hands
to leave the little mite in...Copy !req
768. than Perley's and mine.Copy !req
769. - That's right, Bob.
- Sure.Copy !req
770. Maybe. You two being
his uncle and aunt...Copy !req
771. sort of distant relations, you might say.Copy !req
772. See, Ma, I knew he would.
I knew I had you pegged right.Copy !req
773. Look, you just sign this paper
right there on the "X," see?Copy !req
774. Wait up, now. Wait up. What is all this?Copy !req
775. The adoption papers, of course.Copy !req
776. I ain't anxious
to turn my godson to pasture.Copy !req
777. You just said right there
that we were distant relations.Copy !req
778. I never.Copy !req
779. - The jury's coming in, Buck.
- How they look?Copy !req
780. They look like a passel of pallbearers.Copy !req
781. Your Honor, we find the prisoner guilty
according to law...Copy !req
782. but under exterminating circumstances.Copy !req
783. Before passing sentence upon you,
Robert Marmaduke Hightower...Copy !req
784. Now, have you anything you wish to say?Copy !req
785. No, sir. I guess I ain't.Copy !req
786. You ain't?Copy !req
787. It seems, in this case...Copy !req
788. we have a mighty fine set
of extenuating circumstances...Copy !req
789. notably dealing with an infant child
you claim to be your godson.Copy !req
790. He is my godson.Copy !req
791. And now we come to the question
of the infant's custodianship.Copy !req
792. Who gets him, etc.Copy !req
793. - Your Honor, if the court pleases...
- Yes, I know.Copy !req
794. I got your application right here.Copy !req
795. Prisoner, have you any objection
to the Marshal and Mrs. Sweet...Copy !req
796. taking this here child?Copy !req
797. If you mean permanent,
I got plenty of objections...Copy !req
798. but if it's temporary, that's different...Copy !req
799. providing, of course, they guarantee
to give him a good education and such.Copy !req
800. And just what specific do you mean
as "and such," etc.?Copy !req
801. Teach him good horse sense, respect...Copy !req
802. say, "Yes, sir" when he's spoke to, and...Copy !req
803. That seems reasonable.
Do you agree, Buck?Copy !req
804. Sure, Wiley.Copy !req
805. But what Ma and me wanted
was to have little Buck permanent.Copy !req
806. Sure you would,
but you ain't going to get...Copy !req
807. little Robert William Pedro
permanent, Perley.Copy !req
808. Now, that's as it may be,
etc. And so forth...Copy !req
809. Robert Marmaduke Hightower...Copy !req
810. it is within the power of this here court...Copy !req
811. to sentence you to a term of 20 years
in the penitentiary.Copy !req
812. However, this here court...Copy !req
813. may be willing
to suspend that sentence indefinite...Copy !req
814. providing you sign this here paper...Copy !req
815. yielding your godson
to the Marshal and Mrs. Sweet...Copy !req
816. and furthermore providing
that you never again set foot...Copy !req
817. in the township of Welcome,
territory of Arizona.Copy !req
818. You can throw the book at me, Judge.
I ain't gonna do her.Copy !req
819. I ain't breaking my promise
to a dying woman.Copy !req
820. That's just what I been waiting for
to hear you say, son.Copy !req
821. I hereby give you the minimum sentence
under the law:Copy !req
822. One year and one day.Copy !req
823. Court's closed, bar's open.
Double bourbon, bartender, if you please.Copy !req
824. Bye, friend.Copy !req
825. I'll be awfully good to little...Copy !req
826. Robert William Pedro.Copy !req
827. - Goodbye, Bob.
- I know you will, Carrie Lou.Copy !req
828. Goodbye and good luck, boy.
A year in jail will do you real good.Copy !req
829. Thank you, ma'am.Copy !req
830. Bye, Bob. Good luck.Copy !req
831. - Goodbye, Perley, you old hay shaker.
- Goodbye, Bob.Copy !req
832. Say, kind of look after my deputy,
will you?Copy !req
833. See he gets started home
from Yuma all right.Copy !req
834. You know, he's never been away
from Welcome before.Copy !req
835. Sure, I'll take care of him.Copy !req
836. Put him on the train myself.Copy !req
837. - Mr. Hightower.
- Miss Latham.Copy !req
838. I want to thank you
for that Lady Baltimore cake.Copy !req
839. - I'm mighty glad you liked it.
- It would have been a lot lighter...Copy !req
840. without that hacksaw you baked in it.Copy !req
841. Proud to haul you, son.Copy !req
842. Can I write to you, Mr. Hightower?
Can I call you Bob?Copy !req
843. I'd be proud for you
to take your pen in hand, Miss Latham.Copy !req