Pale Rider Page #2

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-I will.

-Today!

-Right after supper.

-No!

-Now!

-He saved my life.

I hope I'm not the cause of this excitement.

Do you mind?

Go right ahead.

There's nothing like a shot of whiskey...

...to whet a man's appetite.

Fine looking fricassee.

Don't want it to get cold.

I apologize.

I didn't realize....

I'll be damned.

Here, come right down here.

I'll get you some biscuits.

There's your stew, some butter and syrup.

You want anything else?

Just some company.

Aren't you joining me?

Of course!

How do you do?

Thank you for helping

on Hull's behalf this morning.

I'm Sarah Wheeler.

This is my daughter, Megan.

I guess we got carried away...

...but from the way you handled

those men, I never would have thought--

Will you say grace?

Certainly.

For what we are about to receive...

...may we be truly thankful.

-You should've started an hour ago.

-I apologize.

We'd have been here,

but we got tied up at the sawbone's.

What the hell happened?

We had a little set-in with Barret

in town, Boss.

And you got whipped?

In LaHood, California, by a tin pan?

There was a stranger

who gave him a hand.

A big guy.

Who're you talking about?

He left with Barret.

We didn't stick around.

McGill, take the sluice.

Jagou, Tyson, Elam, take over the monitor.

This man, LaHood, he's the one

you all are feuding with?

Him and his son. Old Coy LaHood,

he's a powerful man.

He came up here in '54 or '55,

I think it was.

He was the first to strike it rich.

He saved himself a poke, then he'd stake

new claims and mine them out...

...then buy some more. Lately,

he's been using big hydraulic monitors.

They blast a place to hell.

Excuse my French.

LaHood's more powerful now than ever.

Carbon Canyon's the only place

he hasn't ruined.

He's greedy for it, too.

Does he have any rights to your canyon?

No, our claims are filed in Sacramento.

The only way LaHood can take

this land legally is if we leave it.

I take it he's been kind of persuasive.

I don't care if they all leave, I'm staying.

He killed my dog and Grandpa.

Isn't there any law around

to take your case to?

If there was, LaHood would own them

like he owns everything.

And there's not much a lawman could do

even if we had one.

LaHood ain't killed anyone yet.

Meg's grandpa's heart gave out.

I've been taking care of Sarah

and Megan ever since.

It ain't that we're living in sin...

...or that I won't marry her.

But one day, a few years back,

her husband...

...Megan's father, lit out on her...

...and left her with a child.

And since then, getting her trustful

of a man hasn't been easy.

But when we do get hitched,

will you do it?

If you're waiting for a woman to make up

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