The Law and Jake Wade Page #5

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I'm rushing you

into anything, Jake.

You... You just think it over.

You got a little time left.

Boost him up.

Now, come on, miss, cheer up.

We'll stop and camp

when it gets dark.

Maybe tonight we'll sing a few

songs around the campfire.

Move out!

Jake... when you left

to take care

of that personal business,

was it to get him out of jail?

Yeah.

How long have you known him?

Don't let me interrupt.

You in much pain, Jake?

You ever been up in these

mountains before, miss?

No.

Really? Well, you've missed

some of the most

breathtaking scenery

in the whole world.

You know, I heard

a foreigner say once

that there wasn't nothing

in the Swiss alps

that could beat

the rocky mountains

when it come to scenic grandeur.

Kind of made me proud

to be an American

when he said that.

You ever been to

the Swiss alps, miss?

No.

Jake and me, we...

We always figured on going,

but something was

always coming up

at the last minute.

You know how it is.

Remember how we was always

talking about pulling out

and taking a trip to

the Swiss alps, Jake?

Yeah, I remember.

The places we was gonna go...

The things we was gonna see.

Then it was always

the next job we'd pull

that was gonna get

us the money to do it.

Something always happened.

Then one day,

Jake wasn't around no more...

And I didn't figure

it would be much fun by myself.

All of which should have

a moral to it someplace.

Maybe it's...

Maybe it's them that

robs too many banks

"never gets to see

the Swiss alps."

That stuff ready yet?

It's as ready as

it's ever gonna be.

Come on, let's eat.

Peggy, don't get that

close to me again.

Get back over there.

We're not going to have

much chance to talk anyway,

but if he figures

you're trying to untie me,

that will be the end of it.

I know how you must

feel about all this

and what you must think of

me for getting you into it.

That's not it.

Well, I should have told you.

Aside from all that,

if we've got any chance at all,

it's going to be from

working together.

Jake, you saved his life.

He wouldn't kill you,

not after you take him

to the money.

You don't think

he's bluffing, do you?

Peggy, listen to me.

He's going to kill me.

There isn't a chance he won't.

Believe me, I know.

But one thing's sure,

sometime, at one point,

there's going to be

a split second

when we'll have a

one-in-a-million chance.

There always is.

Clint knows that

as well as I do.

So do the others.

Now, get back where you were.

Alright.

Hold it!

What happened?

He fell off, almost

landed on his head.

But not quite,

I don't know how he's stuck

up there this far, Clint.

Well, he can keep falling off

till he breaks

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