The Ox-Bow Incident Page #4

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I know, sir.

But maybe Mr. Smith's

accidently right.

Maybe I ought to go along.

There's an old horse

in my shed you can use.

Thank you, sir.

I'll go and fetch it.

Ya-haw!

Here comes Ma!

- [ Cheering ]

- Come on! We're ready to go.

Hiya, boys!

[ Indistinct ]

Whoa. Well, boys,

what are we waitin' for now?

Judge Tyler.

Davies asked him to come over.

[ Breathing Heavily ]

I understand

how it is, men.

My old friend Larry Kinkaid,

one of the finest and noblest--

Cut the stumpin', Tyler.

All we want

is your blessing.

Of course you can't flinch from what

you believe to be your duty.

But certainly,

you don't want to act hastily...

in the same spirit of lawlessness

that begot this foul crime.

Ah,Judge, before you get

ready to act...

them rustlers will be

clear down over the Rio.

One more word, Smith, and I'll

have you up for impeding

the course of justice.

Judge, you can't impede

what don't move anyway.

[ Laughing ]

And you,Jenny Grier, a woman...

to lend yourself to this.

- Ha!

- [ Laughing ]

Now, listen.

Listen, men.

I've just found out

that Sheriff Risley's

already down at Kinkaid's.

- That right,Judge?

- Yes. He's been there all morning.

Yes. So you see,

probably everything's...

being attended to

right now, legally.

All you'll get out of it

is a long, hard ride.

It'll be dark before long

and mighty cold.

My advice is to come inside,

Have a drink...

and let's wait till

we hear from the sheriff.

Drinks on the house.

But only one round. I'm not

filling any bucket bellies.

- I'll make it two.

- Any of you fellas wanna

stay in town, I can take six...

if you don't mind

sleeping doubles.

[ Davies ] It's not like

you were giving up, boys.

It's just good sense.

[Judge ]

Farnley, come back!.

I'm not asking you!

I'm telling you!

You don't have to worry,Jeff.

This business is going

to be taken care of.

Yeah, and I know who's

gonna take care of it. Me.

I tell you now, whoever shot

Larry Kinkaid ain't coming

back here for you to...

fuddle with your lawyers' tricks

for six months.

Then be let off because Davies,

or some other whining old woman...

claim he ain't bad at heart.

Kinkaid didn't have

six months to decide

if he wanted to die.

Disbanding, men?

[ Ma ]

Davies has just about

convinced us, Major Tetley.

- Of what, Mr. Davies?

- Why, of-- of--

I take it you were acting

on the assumption...

- the raiders left

for the south draw.

- Yes, of course.

They didn't.

- They went east by Bridger's Pass.

- That's through the mountains?

[ Tetley ]

Over the old stage road

to Pike's Hole.

- But that's 8,000 feet up.

- [ Tetley ]

Approximately.

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