Dead Birds

Good morning, Miss Shaw.

Good morning, Seth.

Halt.

Prepare to dismount.

Dismount.

May I help you?

The manager in?

Back there.

Well, go get him.

Yes?

There'’s a soldier out here to see you.

Ma'’am.

You MacCready?

Yes, I am. Fred MacCready'’s the name.

How may I help you gentlemen?

Corporal Smitherman says you might have a place

where we can put this.

Did the, uh, corporal, uh, give you a message for me?

Hey. Look at that.

Well, now, who are they?

I don'’t know.

Well, everything seems to be in order.

Uh, sorry I had to check,

but, uh, you understand security these days.

Is there a safe we should be taking this to?

Best one in the state.

But first, you'’ll have to sign for it.

Sure.

Maggie, you go on home now.

Now, where you men from?

Camp over that way,

about 20 miles to the east, near a swamp.

Is that right?

Who'’s y'all'’s lieutenant over there?

We ain'’t got a lieutenant right now.

Captain Lewison'’s around, though.

What are y'’all doing here in town?

Oh, we got some business at the bank.

Well, I'’m afraid you gonna have to wait a few minutes.

No.

Can'’t wait.

Now, you hold it right--

Nobody move!

Yep!

I don'’t think so.

Hey there.

Did you get that teller, Annabelle?

I didn'’t even see that.

The bag'’s heavy, Joseph?

Hell, yes.

About time.

Here they come.

Stop right there!

Halt!

Wait up, little brother.

Shit.

Y'’all ride on ahead.

We got a ways to that Hollister place.

How many do you think will be after us?

Not many at first.

Those'’d be the only ones who could catch us.

You'’re hit.

Yeah, I know.

I'’m fine. It's just in my shoulder.

I can move it around all right.

It'’s not even close to the bone or anything.

Which way now?

This way.

William, tell us we ain'’t lost.

We ain'’t lost, Clyde.

We got a couple more miles of this and then we'’ll be there.

Hey, old man.

You get you some deserters?

Eight...today.

We was looking for that old Hollister place.

Hollister.

Never heard of it.

You sure about that?

Should be a large farmhouse

right past the creek.

There are no creeks around here,

not for miles.

I'’ve seen servants upon horses,

and princes upon the earth.

You'’d best be moving on.

We'’ll keep heading up this way.

Can'’t be more than a couple miles out.

He ain'’t got the slightest notion where we'’re going.

Yeah, well... another good plan, huh?

Shoot. Crazy old man.

Do you see a pathway up to the house anywhere?

Must'’ve grown over.

Is that it?

I said it'’d be here.

Hey.

Come look at this.

Looks like a man.

Doesn'’t look like no scarecrow.

Do you want me to take it down, Miss Annabelle?

No.

Just scared me a bit.

Let'’s move on, shall we?

Good shot, Sam.

What the hell is that?

Jesus, Joseph.

Somebody shaved the skin right off that boy.

Don'’t look like any kind of mountain cat I ever seen.

Looks like a wild boar or something.

Let'’s get to that house.

Sooner we get inside, the better.

Big storm coming in tonight, William.

Listen up. Let'’s get that gold inside.

And bring your lanterns.

We head out for Mexico in the morning.

Who'’d you say runs this house?

No one.

No one.

It belonged to a soldier I knew once,

but he'’s dead now, so... the place is empty, I reckon.

Place looks deserted.

No shit.

I think we got that figured out.

What the hell?

Just stepped on a bird.

Yeah, come on.

I want to get that bullet out of you before it gets infected.

Yeah, all right.

Phweet! Dog!

Oh, hell.

What'’s going on?

It'’s probably just some tramps.

Let'’s look around and find '’em.

There'’s only two of 'em.

All right, but let'’s all be careful.

It'’s real.

It'’s real.

Don'’t chew on the gold, Joseph.

You and Clyde go have a look upstairs.

Todd and I will check this floor.

I ain'’t never been in a house this big.

So many rooms.

Whoever built it must'’ve been pretty damn rich.

I guess we'’re richer than him now, though.

We ain'’t richer than nothing. Not yet, anyhow.

How you mean?

Don'’t hurt yourself trying to think or nothing,

but right now that gold'’s downstairs.

That ain'’t mine until it'’s in my pocket.

That'’s for true.

I'’m gonna feel a lot easier when we'’re in Mexico

holding our shares.

And if William thinks

we'’re taking the same share as that nigger,

he'’s got another thing coming.

You check that room, and I'’ll look in this one.

You hear me holler, you come running, get it?

You too.

Todd?

I think I heard something.

You can'’t get it open?

No, it'’s stuck good.

Doorknob turning.

It ain'’t locked.

Well...

we'’ll find something to pry it open.

Let'’s come back to it.

Anyone here?

Come on.

Come on, get out.

Oh!

Why'’d you do that?

Hey, I like to breeze through the trees, corporal.

Anything in here?

No.

Did you find anything?

Just some clothes.

Looks like a guest room or something.

The bed'’s still made.

Let'’s check the barn out back next.

Yeah.

There.

You'’re done.

Oh!

Goddamn it, Annabelle!

That'’ll do.

Could'’ve told me you were gonna do that.

Stop whining.

Ow.

What is this place?

Slave quarters.

There'’s a book over here.

Any of this mean anything to you?

They'’re spells... for raising the dead.

How much you figure our share to be,

looking at that gold?

Less than it should.

Sure would be easier if we was to divide it by two,

instead of...

We got...

That kid already got a bullet in him.