The Man from Laramie Page #5

- You want to talk about it?

- No.

I've thought about it too much to talk.

I'm going to do something about it.

So, you're here to hunt

a man and kill him.

I was wondering if...

Can I have one of

your saddle ponies?

I'll pay you for it as soon as

I settle with the Waggomans.

I guess I can fix you up.

We'll go down to the corral after

supper. Maybe you'll reconsider.

The supper sounds fine.

Do we fight or talk?

We gotta finish that fight someday.

I don't know whether I won or lost.

Will we call it a draw?

I'll settle for that.

Come on in, the old

man's expecting you.

- 'Morning, sir.

- 'Morning.

Wagons like yours cost

about $75 apiece.

A good mule costs $20.

That means the Barb owes you

around $600. I'll make it $600.

- That's a little more than I paid.

- I'm satisfied if you are.

- I'm satisfied.

- Sit down.

You worry me, Lockhart,

and I'm not easily worried.

What do you want from me?

Nothing to hide,

nothing to worry about.

This is a new and hard country.

I've made hard decisions, but never

done anything I was ashamed of.

You don't seem to have much

trouble with the Apache, do you?

I respect them.

They were here first.

Whatever I got from them,

I bought. I didn't just take it.

About six months ago, they massacred

a cavalry patrol on your land.

What did you do about that?

Nothing.

They have a right to hunt on my

land. That was part of our deal.

They shot down 12 men

on a routine patrol.

Was that part of the deal, too?

I don't know who fired

the first shot, do you?

I know the United States Cavalry.

What's all this got to

do between you and me?

Everything.

I want to be friends with you, Lockhart.

I don't have to be, I want to be.

- Why?

- I'd like you to work for me.

We don't speak the same language.

Maybe we could both bend a little.

I've never owned an acre

of land, never wanted to.

You couldn't live with an

acre less than you've got.

Just where do we bend?

I'm not trying to buy

your friendship.

I'm looking for a way to

reach it. How do I do that?

Why am I so important to you?

I don't know you, you don't know me.

I don't know you, but I

knew you were coming.

What?

I was expecting you.

You'll have to explain that.

You wouldn't understand.

I'll get you your money.

Vic, come in here.

Yes.

Get me $600.

The cash is in the safe.

You put it there yourself.

I forgot that. I'll get it.

- It's quite an outfit you've got here.

- Biggest in the territory.

It'll be bigger yet,

one of these days.

Doesn't seem like there's

much spreading room left.

There's always room, Lockhart.

A ranch that stops growing

might just as well be dead.

Some places get so big

they just bust, you know.

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