The Last Frontier Page #2

That's me boy.

Where are you going, lad?

- Whiskey!

- Whiskey!

Mungo, whiskey!

Okay.

Halt.

Get out.

Do you have any whiskey?

Get out or I'll call the guard.

He can't hear you.

- Who's he?

- That's my husband, Col. Marston.

Say.

I guess you have to dress

in a fancy uniform like this...

to have a woman like you.

If you don't leave,

you'll be severely punished, Mr. Cooper.

Mr. Cooper?

- You know me?

- I saw you enter the fort.

Capt. Riordan tells me

he hired you as a scout...

to protect us.

You don't have to worry

about anything, lady.

I'll protect you...

and your husband, too.

- You sure you ain't got any whiskey?

- Positive.

You must have some whiskey 'cause

the Colonel looks like a drinking man.

You've had too much to drink already.

Will you kindly return to your quarters?

You know, I'm really going to be glad

to meet the Colonel.

He dresses so fancy.

My husband isn't here, he's at Fort Medford.

He's at Fort Medford

on the other side of the forest?

I'm sorry to tell you, lady...

but you're a widow woman.

'Cause Red Cloud ain't gonna

let nobody build a fort in his back yard.

Please go.

What kind of woman are you?

Don't you cry when you hear

that your man's dead?

I like strong women.

Take your hands off me.

You're a drunken, filthy animal.

I'm not an animal.

And I wouldn't drink

your whiskey if you had any.

And I feel sorry for your husband.

Bucko.

What's the matter? Somebody shove you?

If I was an Indian,

you'd be a dead soldier, Luke.

- Where'd you come from?

- Where you should have been looking.

I haven't got eyes in the back of my head.

- You've got ears, haven't you?

- Yes.

- You'd better start using them.

- Yes.

If you don't, them Indians will be

wearing that bluecoat.

Yes, Jed.

How do you like your fish, Captain?

Cooper, if you were in uniform,

I'd lock you up.

Yes, Captain.

How do you like your fish?

- You left the fort without permission. Why?

- It's the best time of the year for trout.

Look, you just can't go wandering off

anytime you feel like it.

- What am I gonna do with you?

- Why don't you make me a soldier?

- No.

- Why not?

Because a soldier does more

than wear a blue uniform.

You mean, I'm not good enough for it.

Captain, I can leave. I don't have to stay

anywhere where I'm not wanted.

I want you to stay, Jed.

I like you. You're my friend.

What's wrong with me, Captain?

If you're my friend, tell me.

- You're just not civilized.

- What is this "civilized"?

I guess it's the opposite of being a savage.

You know,

even I have a hard time understanding you.

I understand you.

It's deeper than that, Jed.

You have to belong.

- Belong to what?

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