The Naked Spur Page #3

sick, mister.

That's why we

held up here.

Must of took

bad water someplace.

I rode him two days

like this

when he should've

rested and throwed it off.

Easy, boy, easy.

What are you

gonna do, mister?

That horse is suffering.

He can't hardly breathe.

You've seen

sicker horses than this,

ain't you,

mister?

He's pretty bad,

girlie.

No sense in shooting

a good horse just to hang me a day sooner.

You keep out

of this.

Besides, if we aimed

for the big river before the rains,

it's another week

downstream to find a crossing.

Nobody's going

to touch my horse.

Nobody is.

Come on, girlie,

you don't want

to leave him

for some cat

or bear to rip open.

No! No, i'm not

gonna go!

Let me.

There's no reward

for killing my horse!

Ben, don't let him

kill my horse!

Don't let him

kill my horse!

Listen to me!

Listen to me!

That horse

wouldn't have lasted the night anyway.

Forget about him,

and worry about

me swinging from a rope.

I need time.

You understand, lina?

Time.

And you got

to help me.

I've already scratched

open a sore spot over that reward.

The longer

we ride,

the more things

that can happen.

That's the fight.

Are you listening?

[Gunshot]

Listen to me!

I heard you,

ben.

I heard you.

All right,

come on.

Move, you flop-eared

cactus-eater.

Quit dragging

your feet.

Pokey don't like

it no more than you do.

Honey, first thing

i'm going to get you

out of that

reward money

is the biggest steak

in kansas for that cheek.

Aw, you're not gonna

be mad at me all the way, are you?

Come on, i'll

make it up to you.

What are you

doing tonight?

You're having quite

a time, aren't you?

Aw, come on,

loosen up. Spring is here.

It's going to be

a long, lonely ride to abilene,

and being as

jesse's too old,

i'll toss you

for her.

Right now she's

probably telling ben

how to cut

your throat.

You don't think

that pretty little thing would...

hey, you two!

Break it up there!

Arrgh.

Here, try it

with this.

Come on,

don't be stubborn.

Press it against

your face.

Get away

from me!

Like it better

this way?

Let me go!

Let me alone!

If she bothers you

so much,

why don't you

tie her up

and be done

with it?

No bother.

I like to wrestle with her.

You're a big man

for beating up women, ain't you?

And you're

no better.

Lina.

That jackass started

a misery in my back.

Can you do me?

Don't get them fired up

all the time.

Best thing on our side

is your pretty face.

They're men, honey,

and you ain't. Remember that.

I'm not going to...

i ain't asking you

to marry them.

The more they look

at you,

the less they'll

be seeing of me.

Ahh!

You sure got her

trained, ben.

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