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Wonderful. Will you have

dinner with us tonight?

Soon as I get cleaned up.

See you later.

So you've still

got a crush on him.

Don't be silly.

That was kid stuff.

Good.

That was quite

a reception.

That was my brother

and a girl I used to know.

Used to?

She was 13 when I left.

Wore pigtails down to here.

She doesn't anymore.

MINE OWNERS MEETING

ROOM 204

I'm not asking anybody

to put up any money.

I just wanted you to know

what was going on.

In other words,

you hope we like it,

Whether we like it or not.

Is that it?

- Not exactly, Zeke.

- That's what it sounds like.

In the first place

it doesn't affect you.

You wanted to get the story

firsthand for your paper.

Anything that happens to this

town, that's my business.

Afraid you're all ahead of me.

- Hello, Davis.

- Hello, big guy.

Sorry I'm late.

Got held up at the mine.

What's this all about?

I'm going to put in a railroad

to Virginia city.

I was just telling him

I'm against it.

I'm tired of these

so-called champagne bandits.

I want my gold to go through,

I'm going to see that it does.

Perhaps if you increased

the reward money.

I personally offered

to put up $5,000.

That didn't do it.

This is the only solution.

I'm surprised you aren't

in favor of it.

- It'll bring in more people.

- What kind of people?

Roughnecks, thugs,

claim jumpers.

That doesn't

necessarily follow.

We have a peaceful town.

Should be kept that way.

Open it up, and you'll

have another dodge city,

Where a decent woman can't

step outdoors after sundown.

Is that what you want

for your families?

That's a pretty

one-sided picture.

What happens

to my stagecoach lines?

We can't stop

the clock, Henry.

The railroad

is faster and safer.

My bank has an investment

to protect.

I have a contract

with Henry dodson.

I intend to honor it,

railroad or no railroad.

And my paper's going to

fight against it.

I think you're making

a mistake.

- We'll see.

- I'm with you.

Afraid I'll have to stay

with my friends.

I'm sorry, gentlemen.

Now if the rest

of you will stay,

I'll go into more detail.

Thanks, John.

I won't forget this.

What are friends for?

Sharon's not

in San Francisco now.

He'll find out I swing

some weight here, too.

- Thanks, Zeke.

- Anything I can do, Zeke?

Read the paper

tomorrow.

If that deal goes through,

we'll be out of business.

- It won't.

- What are you going to do?

Never fight your own battles

when you get somebody else to.

Only thing that's going

to stop Sharon's a. 45.

He's got a long way to go.

Must be a fascinating life...

New places, new people.

Always something different

around the corner.

You make it sound a lot better

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