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before I would you.

Hey, talker. Why don't you start running for

the well and see if you can make it?

- Man, be reasonable!

- Look, you're not leaving here

and you're not going to be standing here

when that stage pulls in.

Now you can yell and carry on,

but that's the way it is.

- What about my wife?

- Well, I can't help her being a woman.

- All right, Chink.

- No, no, wait!

No, you can't do this!

I'll give you anything you want,

anything at all, only... My wife!

- Do you know who she is?

- No, who?

- She's old man Gateway's daughter.

- So?

So, he just owns the richest copper mine

in the territory.

Well, don't you see?

You've got the daughter of a millionaire.

His only daughter!

What do you suppose

he'd pay to get her back?

- I don't know, what?

- Anything you ask.

Look, here you sit

waiting for a two-bit holdup

and you've got a gold mine

right in your hands.

- How do I know she's his daughter?

- You must have talked to the driver.

Didn't he tell you?

- Well?

- He told me.

You wouldn't be lying

to stay out of the well, would you?

Of course he's not. Look,

it's only 20 miles back to Contention.

- I could take a note to Mr. Gateway and...

- And we'd never see you again.

Would I save my own skin

and leave my wife here?

I think you would.

Well,

then there's no use even talking about it.

You and you, over there

and sit on that bench.

Billy.

Pick up the guns.

Get the horses.

Mister!

Put old man Gateway's name on that,

and where to find him.

- Lf I give it to him myself...

- You're not going to give it to him yourself.

You're going to stop on the main road

to Contention, one mile this side,

and you're going to give that note to

somebody passing in.

It tells old man Gateway that

you've got something important

to tell him about his daughter.

He's to come alone.

When he gets there, you tell him the story.

If he says no,

he doesn't see his daughter again.

If he says yes, he's to bring 50,000

in U.S. Scrip

to a place up back on the Sasabe.

And he comes alone.

- Lf he doesn't have that much cash on hand?

- That's his problem.

Why can't I go right to him and tell him?

Billy Jack's going along to bring you back,

and I don't want him any place

he can get cornered.

When Mr. Gateway comes out with the

money, then you'll let us go. Is that it?

Yeah, that's it.

Billy Jack!

- When do we leave?

- Now.

Could I say goodbye to my wife?

She's going to worry about me.

We'll say goodbye for you.

That boy puts his wife on a stake

and then wants to kiss her goodbye.

You figure me that one.

What I can't figure

is why you only asked for 50,000.

- I'm not greedy.

- We don't have a need for this one, Frank.

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