The Tall T Page #4

You folks in the coach,

let me see your hands, please.

Put them out there!

Driver, if you got anything down that

boot, you'd best hand-haul it out here.

I ain't got nothing you'd want,

but if you say so.

I swear you hit him in mid-air, Chink!

I was waiting for that old man

to try something.

- You didn't have to kill him.

- I would have sooner or later.

Funny thing about Chink there,

he keeps trying to prove he can shoot

better than any man alive. And he can.

Frank, candy!

You know, his pulling that saw-gun

just saved us some time.

Billy Jack, you shut your mouth.

Get them out of there.

Chink, look up on top of the coach.

- Ain't nothing up here but some old leather.

- How about the boot?

Ain't nothing here either, Frank.

- The mail. Where is it?

- I wouldn't know.

- Mister, you tell me!

- You made a mistake.

This isn't the regular stage.

It's not due for an hour.

The stage you want is due here at 5:00.

This is one I hired in Contention.

Mrs. Mims and I, we...

We're on our honeymoon.

We were just married this morning.

Just this morning?

- Is that right?

- Of course it is!

- Go in and check the schedule. You'll see.

- I'm asking this man. Well?

I wouldn't know.

He don't know nothing.

How come you riding shotgun

for a pair of new-weds?

- I wasn't. I got a place up on the Sasabe.

- Mister, is that true?

I suppose so. We picked him up

on the desert just outside of Contention.

That's true.

- Billy Jack, go in and check that schedule.

- Yo!

Billy! Hey, lady, come over here.

- Can you cook? Well, can you?

- Yes.

Billy Jack, take her inside with you.

I could eat.

He'll find the schedule.

Like I said, it's due at 5:00.

I can see how you made a mistake,

thinking we were the regular stage.

We're on our way to Bisbee.

will be pulling in here.

- Yes, sir.

- He's a talker.

What did you do with Hank?

- Who's he?

- The station man here.

He's over yonder in the well.

- And the boy?

- He's with him.

Frank! 5:
00, just like the fellow said.

See! Look, you let us go and

we'll never breathe a word about this.

Ain't he something?

I swear, we won't tell a thing.

I know you won't.

You go along with what he said about

what's happened here?

If I said yes, you wouldn't believe me.

Yeah, it's dumb even talking about it,

ain't it?

- You know what's going to happen to you?

- I think so.

- Are you scared?

- Yeah.

Well, you're honest about it,

I'll say that for you.

That well's going to be chock-full.

Wait a minute.

What are you listening to him for?

I told you, we won't say a word about this.

If you don't trust him, keep him here.

I don't know this man.

I'm not speaking for him anyway.

I'd be inclined to trust him

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