Silverado Page #5

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CLERK:

Just a minute there, fella. When I'm

done with this lady --

PADEN:

I'll take this one.

He drops his coin on the case top.

CLERK:

(looking at coin)

That one's twenty dollars.

Paden is frustrated. He leans to peer out the window again.

PADEN:

How much to borrow it?

CLERK:

These guns are for sale.

PADEN:

(indicates his coin)

What can I get for that?

The Clerk gives up on putting him off and comes around the

display case, disgruntled.

EXT. IN FRONT OF SALOON - DAY

The Cowboy mounts the bay.

INT. STORE - DAY

Paden holds a broken-down memory of a gun as though it were

a cow chip.

PADEN:

(resigned)

What's it take?

The Clerk holds up a box of shells.

CLERK:

This is extra.

Paden snatches it from his grasp and heads out of the store.

PADEN:

I'll be back.

EXT. STREET - DAY

Paden hurries out into the middle of the street. Several

passersby stop to look at him. A teenage girl lets out a

delighted shriek.

IN FRONT OF THE SALOON. The Cowboy has turned the bay into

the middle of the street and now looks to see what all the

fuss is about. When he makes out Paden standing alone, his

expression changes.

Paden is having trouble extracting a shell from the ammo

box. He glances up the street at the Cowboy and sees that he

has been spotted. He shakes one shell loose and drops the

box, trying to insert the bullet in the gun.

The Cowboy pulls his six-gun, leans forward, and spurs the

bay hard toward Paden. He raises his gun and fires at Paden.

There is general alarm in the street as the bystanders dive

for cover.

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