Support Your Local Sheriff! Page #5

to arrest this boy?

No, not at all. It's just it's a new idea.

Takes a little bit of getting used to.

I stood there in that saloon and watched

him gun a man down in cold blood.

Oh, I believe you, Sheriff. It's just

the kind of thing you'd expect Joe to do.

- But are you sure it wasn't self-defence?

- Not a chance.

Sometimes them things happen so fast.

It didn't happen all that fast.

Look, Mr Perkins.

You're the mayor of this town. If you order

me not to arrest this man, you're the boss.

I'll have to give you this badge back,

cos that is no way to run a town, Mayor.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Furthermore, I'll expect all the law-abiding

citizens to back me up in this job.

They will, Sheriff. Well, maybe

not all of them. Not right at first.

You see, it's like I told you.

I'm just on my way to Australia.

You go ahead

and do what you think is best.

I'd better go and alert everybody...

We're all behind you, Sheriff.

Don't give it another thought.

You don't need any help with Joe Danby?

- No, I can handle it.

- Oh, good. Good.

- You're the strangest girl I ever met.

- Go away.

Do you always show this side of your

nature or am I just lucky on my first day?

I suppose you have some reason

for sitting up there like that?

Ordinarily, a girl doesn't get undressed,

pour a bucket of water over her head,

then climb a tree.

I'm warnin' you...

- Hi, Mrs Danvers.

- What in the world...?

Prudy, is this man bothering you?

- Do you know this young lady?

- Of course.

That's Prudy Perkins.

She lives here in this house.

Does she have any past history

of strange behaviour like this?

Why, no. Prudy's always been

a sweet, normal, loveable...

Of course,

there were a couple of times last year.

What happened last year?

It wasn't really anything.

The annual town picnic, she got

her hair caught in the ice-cream freezer.

I think we ought to be merciful and forget

about this whole unfortunate incident.

Good day, ma'am.

Sheriff, I didn't go down there

and tell Joe like you asked.

- Why not?

- Nobody's paying me to take chances.

You never know

how that Joe is gonna react.

Why should you worry what Joe thinks?

Cos he's mean, Sheriff, and he's nasty.

He enjoys killin' people.

- All them Danbys enjoy things like that.

- You're faster than Joe.

- Who says so?

- I do. I've seen you both draw.

You're faster than he is.

Supposing it's true,

why should the matter ever come up?

Jake...

How would you like the job as my deputy?

I'd hate it.

Even if I lived through it, I'd hate it.

I don't know how much they're paying you

but you gotta believe me, it ain't enough.

He's expecting you. Some of these

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