Western Union Page #2

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on my hands if I had to.

I'm so glad.

Shaw, this is Mr. Creighton,

the big boss...

the only man around here you

have to be polite to.

I'm glad to know you, Shaw.

You've got to take a lot of horses

and cattle a long way.

-Do you think you can manage it?

-I think so.

Good.

Come on, sis. You're supposed to be

a telegrapher, you know.

-Goodbye, Mr. Shaw.

-Goodbye, ma'am.

What's the rush, Shaw?

We're not leaving here

for a couple of days.

I'm leaving tonight.

-Why?

-You know why.

I like being alone.

The best place to be alone

sometimes is in a crowd.

That's the way I figured it,

till I ran into you.

There's a good chance for you

in Western Union.

Is there?

I think so.

It's up to you.

You don't owe me nothing.

How could l?

I never saw you before.

Glad to meet you, Mr. Creighton.

Here.

Take a good chew of this.

-Helps keep your mind off things.

-Thanks.

Whoa.

Would you mind holding my horses

for me, old man?

Thank you very much.

I'd like to see

Mr. Creighton, please.

-Next office.

-Thank you.

-You spell dude D-U-D-E.

-That's the way l...

No, E's a single dot, like that.

-You put a dash after it, like that.

-I did nothing of the sort.

Besides, I don't even know

what you're talking about.

No, but I know

what you're talking about.

Next time let's talk about...

Mr. Creighton?

-Yes, I'm Creighton.

-Richard Blake, reporting for work, Sir.

How do you do, Mr. Blake.

I was expecting you by stage.

The stage was so crowded and bumpy

that I bought a spring wagon...

...and drove the last leg myself.

-Why, yes.

-Much more comfortable that way.

-Quite.

Mr. Blake, I want you to know

Homer Kettle, my assistant.

-This is Pat Grogan, our foreman.

-How do you do, gentlemen?

-How're you, sonny?

-Glad to know you, Blake.

The last leg of your trip

must have been rather lonesome.

Well, I didn't mind that as much

as I did the dust.

I could do with a bath.

A bath?

Yes. Don't you approve of them?

Well, if the weather's hot and

you're near a river.

I ain't got a thing again them.

What type of work would you prefer

to be assigned to, Mr. Blake?

Why, anything at all.

I had some engineering

at Harvard...

and I know the Morse Code

inside out.

I think we can

figure out something.

For the present, why don't you run

on over to the hotel and...

take your bath

and we'll have a little talk later.

Thank you very much.

Good day, gentlemen.

...and you, too.

-Well, the...

Aw!

-Oh, Mr. Blake.

-Yes?

-I'm sorry.

-Sorry?

-Because I understand Morse Code?

-Yes.

No, I mean l...

You'll have to excuse me.

I have work to do.

Well, anyway, I'm happy

to have met you, Miss Creighton.

You are the big boss sister,

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