Devil's Doorway Page #4

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Well, he wouldn't... Your father...

Oh yes, he would have too.

He'd reach in his drawer,

pulled out a bottle,

poured a couple of drinks and said:

Alright, son. What's your trouble?

I think he would have been

interested in Broken Lance.

Well, if we don't eat regular, I guess

losing a few pounds wouldn't emaciate me.

- Mother, take that gun back!

- Orri, we're in Wyoming.

We're going 50 miles from

nowhere to an Indian camp.

- I don't know what might happen,

neither do you. - This is ridiculous!

If you'll give that Indian Lance Poole the

news, he might blow up like a powder cake.

Go ahead!

It helps when somebody groans for you.

I wouldn't have finished otherwise.

Well, we're homesteaded.

- Hello!

- Are these your men? - Yes.

- They're just curious. How are you,

Miss Masters? - I'm not sure.

- Do you like to sit on the porch?

- Yes, thank you.

- My, this is a beautiful valley.

Is it all yours? - Yes, ma'am.

- How big is it?

- It's a circle, 10 miles in diameter.

It's a great deal of land.

- Not for 5,000 cattle.

- You have that many? - No.

But I will have.

Thank you.

I heard from the Land Office.

I'm afraid I have bad news.

Your homestead application

has bee turned down.

As an Indian, you don't qualify

under the terms of the Act.

Why not?

Well, you see... It wasn't...

- The law...

- Yes?

Under the law, you're not cast

as an American citizen.

What am I?

You're a ward of the Government.

So that's it.

I'm sorry, Mr. Poole.

I have got an idea.

If you got some men, white men...

And they'll homestead on my land,

and afterwards I can buy it back from them.

I'm afraid we can't do that.

- We can't?

- No, you see that's against the law.

I know how you must feel, but

there was nothing I could do.

It's the law and we have

to obey it.

- I see your point.

- Do you?

- Oh, I hope so.

- Sure.

I envy you, ma'am, for being a lawyer.

You got a faith, something to go by.

Like a religion. With you is the law.

My father wanted me to study law.

- It means a great deal to me.

- Yes, it must.

I've always wanted something like that.

Something to tell me what is right or wrong.

- I'm glad you feel the way you do. - Because

then you don't have to bother about conscience.

It's written out. No matter what

it does to people. It is the law.

Changing the law is something

you don't have to worry about.

- You probably want to go now. I'll ride with you.

- That won't be necessary! - We are armed.

I'll take you to the other side. I wouldn't

want anything to happen to you on my property.

Don't touch him!

- But he needs help!

- He has to make it to the house alone.

Come on, boy! On your feet!

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