Yellow Sky Page #6

Hold your fire!

They're givin' up!

Bull Run and Walrus, get up there.

Somebody's been hit.

I sure hope it ain't that girl.

I got a different future

picked out for her.

[Coughs]

I've seen a lot worse than that.

Didn't even break no bone.

Don't look like you got

no lead to probe for neither.

Don't look like you got

no lead to probe for neither.

That's right. Just got

a hole in my leg.

Uh, probing is usually

a two-quart job.

[Men Laughing]

You'll have to excuse us, ma'am.

You see, we're used to

men getting shot...

and the boys just haven't

stopped to remember...

that this is your grandfather

and the only one you've got.

Look, why don't you go?

Can't you see he wants to go to sleep?

I think we oughta get this deal

of ours settled right now.

- Where's the gold?

- He can't talk now.

Tomorrow when he's feeling better,

he'll tell you anything you wanna know.

- All right, Mike. Might as well get it over with.

- But, Grandpa, you're not-

If we don't, first thing you know,

they'll be twisting my arm for me.

Did you ever have a fellow

twist your arm for you?

It don't feel so good.

Get me my pipe.

I don't supposed it'd do

any good to tell you boys...

we haven't got any gold?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

You'd just keep hunting for it

until you'd made a nuisance of yourself...

until somebody got killed.

Now, wouldn't you?

Suppose I admit

that we have got some gold...

but don't tell you where it is?

Now, you wouldn't do a mean thing

like that to us, would you, Grandpa?

Let me give you boys

a little history of things here.

About 15 years ago, heavy silver

was hit here in Yellow Sky.

[Chuckles]

The town boomed overnight.

Me and Mike here-

Oh, she was just a baby then.

I was a young fellow myself-

not a day over 60.

[Laughing]

Well, we was late gettin' here...

and didn't manage to put our hands

on anything worthwhile anyhow...

so it didn't matter one way or the other

to us when the veins pinched out.

Well, it was right hard

goin' for us for a while...

but we finally hit

on what we were lookin' for.

Pretty soon we hired us

two or three young Apaches...

from the old chief, Colorado.

[Laughs]

Then things began to hum.

You know, I've been smokin'

a pipe for 60 years.

[Laughs, Coughs]

I'm still havin' trouble with my puffer.

Yeah. What was I talkin' about?

Gold.

Oh, yes. Yes.

Mighty dangerous thing...

if you want it

out of plumb greediness.

I've seen it ruin many a man.

Of course, I had good reasons

for wantin' it myself.

Now, Mike here-

I'm the only one she's got.

So, you see, I wanted to see her

took good care ofbefore I died.

Come to the point.

What about our deal?

- What's your idea of a deal?

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