Barquero Page #6

- Here, my friend.

- Very elegant.

The river. You are worried?

Well, don't. It's no problem. You trust me.

I trust you, Jacob.

But your crown is a little

crooked, your majesty.

- Driver! - Yeah? - Get some men up on the hill.

I don't want them blue bellies over my ass.

Chewi, Rodriguez, take your guns

and get up on the hill!

- OK, Lopa start shoveling.

- What is he gonna do now?

I've fought with Ramos and Manuel Toril in Mexico.

None of us has the savior or courage as Remy.

He got three bullets with him, and walk

with them would walk like a wounded buffalo.

No, kid. I'm not worried.

He'll get the barge.

Well, if he don't by nightfall...

I'm taking all I can carry and clear out.

You... move 100 yards down there.

- I wanna talk to you.

- You already have had your saying over here.

I'm standing on the wrong side

of this damn river.

Everything I own is over there.

And I'm not gonna sit around and watch

some lunatic destroy it.

Listen, Reverend...

I saw you steal the poor people

who have been through Lonely Dell.

And you ordained yourself when

you saw they bought religion.

Well, I don't give a damn which side of this river

you are on. You better stay at the right side by me.

Well, it seems my ordain was not high enough.

You beat me, you made yourself God.

Blessed be Travis, blessed be his holy name.

Thank you. I have got work to do.

Did they feed you yet?

I asked:
Did they feed you yet?

Yeah... I ain't surprised.

With all this doing,

they only got time to feed themselves.

Here...

Go on. Go on... beef jerky

Yeah?

That's pretty good, ain't it?

You know, you're not such bad,

now that I close look at you.

One thing is for sure: you ain't gonna

be driving no fence posts, will you?

Yeah. That beef jerky is pretty good.

Of course it's not as good as buffalo hump.

And it's better than ants. Now ain't it?

You chew. I got a surprise for you.

Dessert.

Look at it.

Here.

That ain't even, is it?

Now it is.

Ain't that good?

I got this gold chain of her, in Buckskin.

But I ain't got no keys to put on it.

- That's really a problem.

- You know, I had a key once...

that opened the door to this house

me and my wife had in Sonara.

Then one day I went to fight in your rebellion, then to

Mexico to fight my Revolution, now I'm fighting with Remy.

You see, I wonder what

that woman is doing right now?

- What woman?

- My wife, amigo.

Oh...

- Stop firing! Stop firing!

- Cease firing! - Stop firing!

Jacob, who ever that barquero is,

he is no ordinary bargeman.

I wondered what was in his mind.

And now I know.

He's using that barge as bait to

keep us here until the army comes.

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