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You were right about those boots.

They ain't made for walking.

And like the Indian said,

"You ain't got no 'hoss."'

So long, Zachariah.

Careful of sunstroke.

It gets hot this time of day.

Serves me right for trusting

that miserable...

Young ladies

and young gentlemen.

One of you is naughty.

I felt something hit my,

my... person.

I'm going to turn my back...

...and I want the owner

of that insidious instrument...

...to place it

on the ground behind me.

Remember, young ladies

and gentlemen...

...l'm putting

you on your honor.

Well, I'm waiting.

We don't have all day.

I'm glad to know that

there is honor amongst you.

- "Honor, in the final analysis..."

- "...is all that man has."

Joseph.

- Joseph Jarrett!

- Won't you change your quotes?

- Put me down.

- Not until you let me have a big kiss.

What have you been doing?

After I left here I got out

of law school. Drifted some.

Practiced a little.

Spent a couple years in the war.

On the wrong side, naturally.

Then I came right back here.

Poor Mr. Lantern.

He died, you know.

Since then, we haven't been able

to meet the mortgage.

- Well, how much is it?

- It's a great deal of money.

Much more than you make

practicing law in a year.

Well now, would it be

more than that?

You made all that

practicing law?

Not exactly. I invested

a little in transportation.

Stagecoach lines

and railroads, you know.

You put it all in a stagecoach line?

That's risky. Be careful.

Just the other day, the stage

was robbed and people were killed.

- Somebody got away with $100,000.

- Yeah, I heard that.

The local authorities,

do they know who did it? No.

You haven't even thanked me

for the money.

I'll thank you, just as soon as

you get out of those clothes.

In that outfit,

you'll be nabbed for sure.

No smiling Joe Jarrett, no ma'am.

I'm heading for Galveston.

There's bigger thieves than me

running every bank in town.

It's Mr. Burden! Mr. Burden!

- Don't go away, Mr. Burden!

- Please wait! Mr. Burden!

Mr. Burden, could we talk to you?

We sure would aspire to talk to you.

- You know that we're both widows.

- As a banker...

...I am proud to serve the widows

of this community and the orphans.

It is my sacred

trust to protect...

...the savings

that mean so much to your future.

The boarding house

has been losing money.

We thought

a clean coat of paint...

...would help business and...

- We'd like to borrow $100.00.

Nothing would delight me more.

- Bless you, Mr. Burden.

- But...

...if I loan money to widows,

they might be late with the payments.

Mightn't they?

You wouldn't want a sensitive

man like myself...

...to foreclose

on poor widows and orphans...

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