The Stalking Moon Page #3

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the B.D.R. and O...

...right on through to Topeka.

Could you get along

without that shoebox?

Well, I figure I can traveI some

before sunset.

Much good luck.

Thank you.

He buried them.

He can tell you more than I can.

All right, Ollie, get that team ready

and get the passengers on.

- We're moving out.

Ready to go, Shelby.

You buried them, huh?

We're all out of beer, all out of ice.

We've got some coffee and there's cereaI

left on the stove if you want.

Coffee.

Ready to go, Shelby.

Giddyup. Yeehaw.

A hell of a way to live, driving a stage.

Can you cook?

Well, I got a parceI of land

in New Mexico.

I bought it through the maiI.

I've only seen it once.

I've been sending money down there...

...to an old man who's supposed to be

buying cattle for me.

It's not much of a house,

but it's a place to live in.

The old man and me

would get more work done...

...if we had somebody to cook for us.

It might be better for the boy

than the city.

You might not like it.

I've never lived with anybody in my life.

But I've agreed with myself...

...that you're welcome to come

if you wanna.

I have to sell my horse.

There's a pump around the side.

Come on.

I hear you had a bad winter.

- We lose many cattle?

It was a bad winter.

Near killed them all last winter.

Come on, boy.

Come on.

Now, I know that we agreed...

...that you'd come down here

and do the cooking, and I appreciate it...

...but I can't say I'm reaI happy

about the way you stand around the room.

Now, come on, sit down at the table.

Both of you. Come on, come on.

With food on your plates.

Now, from now on,

we'll be taking our meals together.

I've got nothing against talking.

I don't mind a little talking

now and then.

If anybody feels like saying anything, well,

just ought to say it. You know, anything.

"Pass the peas, pass the meat. "

Just whatever you wanna say,

you just speak up. Speak up.

"Pass the meat, give me the salt. "

Tell that to the boy.

Go on. Tell him if he wants some peas,

he ought to say, "Pass the peas. "

Let's get this thing settled.

Huh.

What's the boy's name?

He wasn't given his name yet.

Well, let's give him one now.

What would you like to call him?

What was your father's name?

Thomas.

Good.

Good.

You wanna call him Thomas?

He wouldn't understand.

There is already too much...

...for him to understand.

You...

If anybody wants to say anything,

well, just go right ahead and say it.

"Pass the peas. "

"Pass the salt. "

Whatever you want passed.

It's...

It's not easy for me to talk.

It's been a long time...

...since I have talked.

But I would like to say this.

That it pleases me to be here...

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