The Man Who Came Back Page #4

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How about the commandment,

"Thou shalt not kill"?

"As for these enemies of mine who do

not want me to be king of them

and slaughter them in my presence. "

- Luke 19:
27...

You're a preacher?

What about your wife?

Now you said that she saw...

- You keep my wife out of it.

- Fine.

Is there anyone who can

support your claim?

Him? Skinny one,

with the hat?

- Not exactly.

- Excuse me, sir, I'd like to

call you to the witness...

Ho!

Hey, there.

Hey, what goes on in there?

Billy Duke,

what are you doing?

Let Reese holler!

No one will listen.

You gonna refuse

to help mete out justice

for Reese Paxton,

are you, Caleb?

Well, you're gonna

find yourself refused.

Maybe you don't want my help

rebuilding that saw mill of yours

them federal boys

set on fire.

You hear me?

In there.

St... stand up, Caleb.

What do they want

you to do?

They want me to lie.

Daddy, Caleb is

feeling sickly.

I don't think his testimony's

gonna be missed.

I'd like to hear what

an appeals court has to say about that.

Oh, come on.

For a moment there, I thought

you managed to handle the situation.

Hey, Kate? Kate?

Kate, this is

a sporting house, you know?

Go on.

I understood it was

a courtroom.

Your Honor, I was at

the Paxton house that day.

And just as Caleb did,

I saw Reese Paxton

shoot that Negro.

Paxton...

your lawyer's here

to see you.

How you doing?

I was... was in prison

briefly.

Twice.

And a good attitude helps.

Preacher, I do not have

the time to listen

to the phantoms of

your guilty conscience.

A phantom...

that's just what Reese was.

During the war, he was

an assassin for the Confederacy,

going back and forth

between enemy lines.

Nobody knew how he did it...

just showing up

dealing death.

There's not a prison around that's

gonna hold a man like that.

Will you shut the hell up?

As long as I can remember,

I always wanted to be a lawyer.

I guess I should have

practiced, huh?

Get out.

Good luck.

The evildoer that repents

shall escape

everlasting fire.

Brother Reese, it says in

the Good Book, in Psalms

Chapter 34,

"Depart from evil, brother,

and do good. Seek ye peace

and pursue it. "

"The face of the Lord is

against them that do evil.

...from this earth. "

Hey!

Get back to work!

"... nurture your soul

and bring it out of you. "

Old strike petered out,

did it?

Should give them a notion

of consequences.

Well, we owe you a debt, Amos.

No one's denying that.

Y'all should consider me

for being overseer here.

Let's take the long way

by Reese's cabin.

"... and I think I should

find it.

I think we can work together

and bring that out... "

Are you okay?

My God.

What is he doing in here?

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