The Law and Jake Wade Page #4

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you're about the best-looking

gal I've ever seen.

Say... was you really going

to marry that Jake guy?

Why?

Because maybe

I'm kind of interested

in why girls do some of

the crazy things they do.

You see, I never had a whole

lot to do with girls.

I wonder why.

Because my old man

thought he was a preacher,

that's why...

And because he used to whale

the daylights out of me

if he even saw me

look at a girl...

Or a girl look at me.

Your father was a preacher?

Kind of a phony evangelist.

I tell you... He was

about the meanest man

I ever met in my life.

He just naturally

would like to beat up

on anything that was

smaller than him.

And, of course,

he could always say

he was beating

the fear of god into you.

Well, where is he now?

Well, I...

I hope I know where he is.

You see, he was the

first man I ever killed.

Hey, Burke, you better

cook up more stuff.

Some of the other

guys are coming.

Yes, master.

Any trouble, Clint?

No. Get him something to eat,

and tie his hands behind him.

From now on, he stays tied.

Why don't you just

leave him to me?

Sonny, I can see we ain't going

to have you around long enough

to get tired of your company.

He ain't that tough.

He ain't?

Well, let's put it this way...

Let's just say 'cause...

I'm getting old

and hearing noises

in the night...

Would you mind tying him up

for my sake?

I see the kid didn't

waste much time

getting your clothes changed.

Well, now, Burke,

what tasty little dish

have you cooked up

for breakfast this morning?

Take a stretch, Jake.

I told you, there's no use

fighting them ropes.

If I'm showing any strain,

it's from hanging onto

that horse for 8 hours

with nothing but my knees.

No kidding?

I did it once for a whole week.

They caught me

up in the Dakotas.

Rode me clear back to Kansas.

All that way,

just for a stage holdup.

'Course, I busted loose

before we got there.

Killed one deputy with a rock.

Killed the other one

with a rifle.

Maybe something like that

will happen to you, Jake.

Trouble is, you got one problem

that I was never saddled with.

The girl.

Well, it just goes to show

no matter how pleasant

they are to have around,

a woman does slow a man up.

But then, so does a busted leg.

How much further

we going today, Clint?

Well, that depends

on how much further

we got to go altogether, Jake.

You know, you haven't been

exactly what I'd call explicit

about where this place is.

You haven't satisfied me

about what happens to her

after I do take you there.

It's what's gonna happen to her

if you don't take me there.

And as you know,

I ain't a great one

for patiently waiting.

I don't want you to think

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