River of No Return Page #2

How you gonna do it?

With your deck o' cards?

I've just done it.

- You hear what I said? I've just done it.

- Just done what?

I've just won a gold claim,

right in the heart of the richest strike.

Harry! From whom?

What's it matter? All my life,

I've been chiselling in penny-ante games.

This time I got lucky!

This is the big one, honey. This is it!

- Harry, what are you going to do?

- What do you mean, "me"? You and me.

We're going to Council City and file a claim

before anything can happen to it, or us.

- What could happen?

- Who knows? Who cares?

The man could get mad, say I did something.

Did you?

I told you, honey. I got lucky, that's all. Just

lucky. Now, look. We gotta get outta here.

I ransacked the town and there isn't

a horse to be had for the crown jewels.

But I got another idea. We can buy a raft

and go to Council City on the river.

- You got any money?

- Well, I have a little.

All right. Come on! Come up with it.

All you want is my money.

Is it?

We'll plant the field and hunt and fish.

How does that sound?

- Justyou and me?

- That's all.

- Fine. Sounds fine.

- We'll make out all right.

I'll teach you to fish and trap.

You'll be as good as the best of'em.

- And teach me to shoot?

- Yeah, and shoot too.

- What are they doin'?

- They're just comin' to look around the town.

- They don't like what they see.

- Will they make a war?

No, they're just hunting. When they

make a war, they paint their faces.

Then you knowthey're hunting you.

Mark!

Come on, boy. Giddap! Giddap! Hey.

Oh.

You can't just go through

everything in the world, boy.

Sometimes you have to back up

and go around.

- I just had it going good.

- You had it going very good,

but we don't wanna break our plough

or hurt our horse, now do we?

Come on. We'll go in the house

and have some coffee.

- Why did you name me Mark?

- Simple.

I'm Matthew. Mark follows Matthew.

It's the Bible.

- I follow you.

- Right.

- And that's how you thought of it?

- It wasn't me, it was your mother.

Come on, let's quit dreaming.

When we sell our first wheat, you got

a present coming. What do you want most?

- A rifle for my own.

- You're getting it.

Will we be rich, like the men finding gold?

No, but we'll beat those that don't find any.

I was away from you a long time, Mark.

That's when I thought about it.

I thought if a man doesn't know

what he's doing or where he's going,

the best thing for him to do

is just back up and start all over again.

I thought I'd start

with the ground and work up.

So I sent for you, and this is it.

Never saw a guy with so many questions.

You got any more?

You never told me where you were.

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