Horizons West Page #2

Synopsis: Home from the Civil War, young Neal Hammond is happy to return to Texas ranching, but brother Dan wants more. His attempt to enter business is thwarted when carpetbagger Cord Hardin beats and humiliates him in a poker game. So Dan forms a rustling gang and parlays his ill-gotten gains into a land empire. But among the growing opposition to his gang is the new Marshal of Austin...brother Neal.
 
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1952
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right after you came to live with us.

It's nice to have been picked.

I hear he just happened.

Boys, boys...

Pretty wonderful having

you boys home again.

That's something special

I've been saving.

There've been time over the years

when I didn't think...

That's alright Dad.

There've been time over the years

when we didn't think so either.

- Here son.

- Ira!

Thanks, Dad.

Here's to us!

- What is this stuff?

- Whiskey.

Won't be long before

the Circle H is yours.

Maybe mother and I will take

a trip back to Kentucky.

But now tomorrow.

We'll start life as if there'd been no war.

Yeah. That's alright.

What's the matter, boy?

I don't know. It seems

kind of quiet around here.

Well Texas is a big country.

Sound gets lost in it.

Maybe I've been so used to sound

and excitement that

the idea of ranching kind

of slipped away from me.

It'll slip right back again.

Tomorrow you'll get into it.

You never really lose

the love of ranching.

Well we better get some sleep.

Tomorrow's a big day.

Good night, Dan.

Good night, Mother.

You really like this, don't you?

Sure.

I believe you do.

For Dad's sake,

try to make a go of it.

It'll break his heart if you give up.

Let's just do one more.

It's getting late.

Near supper time.

There's excitement

in this ranching Dan.

A man and his dreams,

the cattle and the future. Yes sir.

We used to talk about this,

what we'd do when we got back.

Well, we're doing it.

The old life again.

Yeah. The old life again.

Dad.

Who are those men down there?

Just about everything

under the sun I guess.

Ex-army deserters,

renegades of every stripe.

- Is that where they live?

- Yep.

They're a pretty tough lot.

I doubt even the Texas Rangers,

even if they hadn't been disbanded,

would relish tackling them.

Dregs of the war.

What more could a man want?

Fine home, good food,

this year, plenty of cattle.

1600 heads in the extreme

south section

and 950 in the big meadows.

When the Eastern markets open up

and the drives to Kansas begin

with a little luck,

we ought to be in pretty fair shape.

Meanwhile you're short of money.

Yeah. Meanwhile.

And in city's like Austin

men are making money hand over fist.

That kind of money is no good.

- What's wrong with it?

- It doesn't build solid land.

That's false prosperity.

I'd like to have a little of it.

What are you trying to say son?

Maybe I can't be satisfied

with ranching.

Trying to make ends meet year

after year like you been doing.

But we're happy.

We have everything we want.

Part of the joy was

not having to hurry it.

Let's face the facts Dad.

You're 65 years old and the ranch

isn't even paid for yet.

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