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He spends quite a few of those long hours sitting around the depot waiting for the train to come in, Andy. Well, now that's just so Mr. Dylan will know where I'm at if he wants me. I'm sure. Is he staying long in the dark, Andy? Maybe. I don't know yet, Sister. I've been advising him to move on. Why? Mostly because I'd like to, myself. Your name, Kitty? I'm busy, Mr. They told me your name. I'm gonna buy you a drink. Come on, hold it a bar. Especially your arms, Mr. It's fun in there. I'll have no talk for my woman or your guy. All right, you get out of here, Mr. Get out. You put me out. You ain't even armed. Well, I'll find me a gun quick enough. Mr. How about me? I'm armed. You're too young to be wearing a gun. Take it off. You do it. You take it off. Well... From there. You want to die, don't you? No, I don't want anybody to die. Now you get out of here. Can't do it, Mr. Don't try it. I'll show you. I told him you couldn't do it. You killed him, didn't you? He was looking for a fight. I don't even know who he is. I never saw him before. Where's Matt? Oh, there's Marshall Dylan. Oh. Did you kill this man? No, I didn't. It was self-defense, Matt. He started it when he drew first, and he had to shoot him. That's the truth, Miss Dylan. He was treating Miss Kitty bad, and I didn't have no gun, and Andy stood right up to him. Get some help and carry him out of here, Chester. That's right, I will. Alvin, you and the pony, give me a hand here. Kitty, I'll step over here if you want to. Andy, is it? Andy Hill, Martin. You should have seen it, Matt. That man had his gun almost out before, and he even started his draw. You're pretty fast, aren't you? Well, I'm alive. Where are you from? I told you my name. It don't matter where I'm from. What do you do at a dodge? I come here looking for a job. An honest job. You told me the same thing, Matt. I believe him. Why would I be lying? Now, the way Kitty described it, it's your mighty Andy with a gun for a man who's looking for an honest job. All right, I'll move on. I wouldn't have a chance here with you against me. Matt, don't worry about it, Miss Kitty. I'll make out someplace else. Wait a minute, Andy. Why don't you go over to the stage office? That's for Jim Buck. What for? He's a driver. He's looking for a man to ride shotgun. You tell him I sent you, huh? All right, Marshall. I'll go. Go on. You see, Matt, he did mean it. Yeah, he wants a job, Kitty, but he's hiding something. And when a man hides something, that's usually bad. But I've got a feeling about him, Matt. I think he's all right. Well, I hope so, Kitty. Well, it's good if I've recommended an outlaw to protect the stage. No one could be more at home with history than Edward R. Murrell. 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I didn't see Andy again that night, but I ran into Jim Buck and he told me that he'd hired him, and they were leaving for Hayes City the next morning. It was two days before they were due back before I'd find out if I had made a mistake or not. Now, wait a minute. Even when they were due, I was down at the stage office. Plus, the stage was late, over an hour late, but finally it came in. Now, there was Andy up on the box next to Jim. They pulled up and Jim jumped down and came over to me. Marshall? Marshall, arrest him. Arrest who? Andy Hill, that's who. If I hadn't heard how good he is with a gun under taking him myself, I'd have shot him dead. Now, wait a minute, Jim. Wait a minute. What's the trouble? He's mad at me, Marshall. Mad at you? You ought to be tired and feathered. Now, we were held up, Marshall. Held up by heaven. This old, cold-shot gunman sat there like an owl on a raptor. Sat there and didn't do a thing. Is that true, Andy? Why kill a man for nothing, Marshall? For nothing. The treasure box was empty and we carried no passengers. We didn't get a thing. You didn't know that box was empty till I told you afterwards. I knew it before we left Hay City. I figured I ought to know what I was guarding so I found out. Sure, and for all I know you was in cahoots with that bandit. Maybe him and you were partners. There's no proof of that, Jim. Well, I ain't hiring a man who won't fight. You're fired, Andy. I never want to see you again. I'm sorry, Marshall. I guess I've disappointed you. Ah, because you didn't want to kill a man for nothing. That's right. There wasn't any other reason. You think I was in on it, too? No, I didn't say that. Good night, Marshall. Andy. Andy! I did make a mistake. I'm sure about Andy that night, but the next few days changed my mind again. He went all over town looking for a job. He tried everybody and everything, but nothing came of it. And finally I heard that he'd got this courage in a quick try. I had a long talk with Jim Buck, and at the end of it, he was sorry that he lost his temper, but he still wouldn't rehire him. And that was that. Until one night, about a week later, Doc and I were having a beer at the Texas Trail. Well, now, whatever I've seen of him, Andy's got a lot of pride, man. Maybe too much pride, Doc. Oh, well, he's young, he's in his blood. We were all like that once. Now there's more to it than that, Doc. What? I don't know. Andy doesn't talk much, especially to me. Well, maybe he doesn't trust the law. Well, most people around here don't. Or now what? It's Andy. He's drunk. Well, who's that calling him? There's a friend who wants to go. Who is that, man? I'm trying to think, Doc. I've seen his face. Maybe it was his picture. I don't want to drink with you. You'll drink, man. There's going to be a fight, man. Stick around, Doc. We may need you. I'll take it bad when a man won't drink with me. You take it anywhere you like. I could kill you, Andy. You're drunk. You stay out of this, Marshall. He's right, Andy. You're too drunk to fight. Now what? You watch me. What do you do that for, Marshall? To keep you from killing him, Carrick. You know my name? I heard Andy say it. But I don't want to hear it again, and I don't want to see you again. You'll punch your horse and you'll ride out of town, Carrick, and you keep on riding. Now you get moving when you've got a chance. Sure, Marshall. Justin. You should arrest him. He started the whole trouble. Maybe. But right now, got Andy's gun and taken to jail. He can sleep it off there. Yes, sir, I will. Well, he doesn't need me after all, man. You know something, Doc? I ever turn an odd law loose. What? Carrick, I saw his picture the other day on some new circulars. The law on Oklahoma territory. I'd like to have him back. Well, then why didn't you arrest him? Andy's wanted with him. There's no picture, but I remember the description now. Carrick for murder and Andy for robbery. They were partners. And you let a murderer go? Not exactly, Doc. Carrick needs Andy for a partner. That's why he came here. And that's why he'll come back. Yeah, he comes back. You're going to have two odd laws to deal with. Maybe. But it's Andy who's going to have to decide that. He's still got a choice to make, Doc. While I'm doing this, giving him a chance to make it. Then why should you risk facing a packet trouble to help a man you hardly know, Doc? A man who hardly knew me out of his way once, Doc. Maybe I'm kind of paying him back. Oh, well, I still feel you must have a lot of faith in Andy. Not a lot, Doc. Just enough to take a gamble. And it looked like a bad gamble. Andy came out of his cell, seldom and angry. When I gave him his gun back, he took it and left without a word. Later, Chester reported that he'd written out of town. And it was several days before I heard of him again. Yeah, what is it, Chester? Andy Hill's back in town. He sat out there on the door while talking to Jim, Doc. I went up and said hello to him, and you know what Jim told me? He's went and hired Andy to ride a shotgun for him again. He has. Yes, sir. He was kind of laughing about it. He said Andy spent most of the morning arguing him into it. Did anybody who could talk that good and that long do their job? So I guess he ain't mad at Andy no more. Jim's bringing a shipment of gold back from Hayes City next trip. Maybe Andy knows about it. Him and Carrick both. What's that? It's a circular from Oklahoma with Carrick's picture on it and Andy's description. What's the news? Andy's outside, you said? Yes, sir. I'll be back directly. What do you want, Marshall? Where's Jim Buck? He went over to the stage office. Uh-huh. I hear you're riding a shotgun for him again. Any objections, Marshall? Andy, if I had everything on my mind you have, I don't think I'd want to be friendly with the law either. Now what do you mean by that? Here, take a look at this. I didn't come to arrest you so don't make me kid you. What? I wanted you to see that circular. I didn't think you and Carrick knew it was rock. I don't understand you, Marshall. It was Carrick who held up the stage last time when you were riding a shotgun, wasn't it? They had nothing to do with me. I didn't know he was in a country. But you didn't shoot because you didn't want to kill a man for nothing, especially a former partner. Look, Marshall. I think your partner's again, Andy. I think you've got this one planned. You won't take me alive, Marshall. I told you I didn't come out here to arrest you. Why not? Because I think a man who wants it deserves a chance, Andy. You haven't had yours, not yet. Maybe I'm wrong giving it to you, but I'm going to do it. What do you mean? The stage goes to Hayes tomorrow. It'll be back Thursday. I'm going to be waiting for it, Andy. Waiting real hard. It would have been here a hour ago, Mr. Doney. It's already dark. That's usually late, Chester. Yeah, but why did it have to be late this time? Are you worried? Yes, sir. And so are you. I like putting your whole stake on the turn of one card, I guess. I'm sorry. Mr. Doney? Yeah. Look, it made it. The stage made it. Stage, there, Chester. But there's no shotgun messenger. I thought you were right. But where is it? Since we got to Hayes. You mean he quit? I'd call it that. But did he tell you he was quitting? He told me nothing. He just disappeared. There's me right for hiring him again. I got work to do. Chester, let's go back to the office. I think he figured he'd get as far as Hayes, or else you'd have to have him and him and Kerry to run from there. What you looking at? That rider coming up the street. Leading that pack horse? It's not a pack horse, Chester. It's a body tied across a saddle. And that's Andy Leadman. I think you're right. Well, now what you done and done? We'll find out. Hello, Marshall. Hello, Andy. Kerry, I got there, Marshall. You killed him? I killed him. No witnesses. No way to prove who drew first. Jim Buck told me you ran off up in Hayes City. Jim might have got shot if I hadn't. Oh? Yeah, Kerry was gonna hold up the stage again, Marshall, and I decided not to let him do it. But I figured if I tried to fight him while I was sitting up there next to Jim, it'd go bad. So you rode back to meet Kerry Golan? I left the night we got to Hayes. I found him and told him I was through for good. Well, he got scared and went for his gun. But like I say, I can't prove it with self-defense. Maybe I shouldn't have come back. Nobody's gonna believe our outlaw. Chester. Yes, sir. Give Andy a hand with Kerry's body. I got some work to do. Where are you going? I'm gonna go write a letter to the law in Oklahoma Territory. I'm gonna let them know they can withdraw that wanted circular on Kerry. Well, what about Andy and that robbery charge? 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