Hangman's Knot Page #3

Man, we don't have to make no deals!

You can stay holed up in there

till Judgment Day. We can wait!

Finish tying them.

Got a bad shoulder, son.

Want my hands back

of me like hers...

...you'll have to break

a couple of bones first.

What'd they do with Cass, kill him?

I don't know. How many out there?

Three, maybe four.

They're up in the rocks.

The bleeding's stopped.

I'll need something to probe with.

- Will you get it, or shall I?

- Go ahead.

- I wanna tell you...

- I don't want any thanks.

I wouldn't help if I had a choice.

A nurse doesn't have one.

- I'm afraid I'll live.

- Good. We may need you.

You'll find the scissors

in the right side of that cupboard.

I'll take the gun.

What were you planning to do

with this against four of us?

We'll be gone before midnight...

...and there's no harm

intended toward any of you.

Try to remember that.

Seen anybody ride away

back the way we came, Jamie?

Nobody's rode off any direction.

I think they smell gold, Jamie.

- I'll need some help.

- There's a man in there.

He'll help you.

- Want me to douse him again?

- Don't drown him.

- We got plenty...

- All right, you win!

- You ready to come out?

- We're ready to give you the gold.

Isn't that what you're after?

You've got it with you?

We're not that crazy!

We left it back there!

Over a quarter million!

Let us go, and it's all yours!

We left it practically

on top of the ground!

Better send back for it,

or it won't be there!

It won't be where?

Make us a deal.

All right, you tell us where it's at...

...and there won't be nothing

left of us but dust.

- Now, you know that.

- Oh, no, I don't!

There's nothing we can do about it.

You either take that gamble

or you don't, one.

That's up to you.

Well, you taking that chance?

All right, I'll take it.

Did you find the wagon?

Sure did, and drank

some of that good elixir.

Take 30 paces from

the front of the wagon.

Then turn right 20 more.

The gold's there

with sand tossed over it.

We can go now, reb?

I didn't expect you

to take my word for it!

Send a man to look!

He can be back by morning!

Sure, we do just that!

Here's the bullet. He'll be whistling

that song again soon enough.

Tell me. What happens

when the man they send...

...comes back with the bad news?

We're still here! All of us!

And we're staying!

Does it surprise you to find

people who aren't like you?

They're doing what I counted on,

but what are we like? Go on, tell us.

She can't, and neither can I.

What is a man like

who'd shoot down a dozen men?

What men?

What men?

Nevada Volunteers,

the gold-train convoy.

How many dead?

Every last one.

Martha, maybe he...

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