Pale Rider

Well, lookie here.

Lindsey?

Megan!

Lindsey?

Megan.

Help me put up the tent.

It's unfair!

Those sow-wallowing monkeys' asses.

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

But I do want.

He leadeth me beside still waters.

He restoreth my soul.

But they killed my dog.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...

I shall fear no evil.

But I am afraid.

For thou art with me.

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

But we need a miracle.

Thy loving kindness and mercy...

shall follow me all the days of my life.

If you exist.

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

But I'd like to get more out of this life first.

If you don't help us...

we're all gonna die.

Please?

Just one miracle?

Amen.

Quitting, Mr. Barret?

I'm not quitting, Eddie, just going into town.

Well, ain't that kind of dumb, Mr. Barret?

You remember what happened to you last time.

- Are you quitting, Mr. Barret? - Just going to town, Teddy.

Ain't that kind of dumb after what happened last time?

It's Barret.

Good afternoon, Mrs. B.

- Well, Hull. - Mr. B.

Damn fool.

Couldn't you wait till the smoke cleared away?

We seem to need a few supplies.

All new camp, the way I hear it.

You got sand, boy, but you ain't got the sense God gave a sack of beans.

Yeah, well, we don't have much choice. They ruined the McPherson shack.

Bust up a couple others. If it's gonna snow, the children'll catch their deaths.

Clarence. Go on.

I expect you're gonna pay for all this in gold, right?

Yep. Soon as I put together a couple ounces, I'll bring them in.

It'll take a damn sight more than a couple ounces. Mother, throw me that ledger.

The last payment you folks made...

was eight months ago, when old Lindquist brought his dust in.

There ain't no color left in Carbon Creek.

If there wasn't, why is LaHood set on driving us out?

Maybe he ain't used to being said no to.

Oh, there's color. There's nuggets too.

Spider panned one out this morning big as your thumbnail.

Spider Conway? Tell that son of a bitch...

I got him down here for $85.33.

Forty-three cents. He wants some cyanide to bleach his dust.

Oh, that tears it.

You tell Spider and the rest of them that this is the end of the line.

The tit's gone dry. No more credit, you hear?

You're a decent man and, you know, I...

Well, we're all grateful for what you've done.

Don't coddle me, son. I ain't doing this for you.

Hell, I'm the only merchant in town LaHood doesn't own.

It does my soul good to see a few extra thorns in his side.

One day we'll strike it big. And when we do, I'll pay you off myself.

With interest, Mrs. B.

Barret...

you just get your goods in that wagon and skedaddle.

Just keep moving no matter what they say, all right?

- So long. - You take care, Hull.

We got a beef with you, Barret.

When we rode through the canyon, you plumb forgot to say hello.

Told you to stay out of town a while back too.

When he kicked your head, it must've jarred your memory.

Kick him again, and maybe it'll come back.

Tell us about your Wheeler women, Barret.

Now, are you humping just the growed one or both?

Probably both at the same time.

I mean, that little one, she's just out of knickers, ain't she?

Yeah. I'll bet you she's about as juicy as a freshwater clam.

What does it take to get you to fight like a man anyway?

- I didn't come here to fight. - Then you shouldn't have come here at all.

You made a big mistake, tin pan. You know that?

Mind if I take a look at your goods?

You leave them be.

Come on down off of there.

How you like that, panner?

God.

Get out of there. Get out of there.

Canvas, burlap and wood.

Looks like the makings for a good fire, right?

Yeah.

You shouldn't play with matches.

Goddamn.

There's nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

Much obliged.

Damn.

Go on.

Hey... Hey, there.

Hey, there, Hull Barret's my name.

- You from hereabouts? - Nope.

- Are you just passing through? - I hadn't really thought about it.

After what you did back there, I wouldn't stay in town if I were you.

My cabin has two rooms. You're welcome to one of them, if you like.

I wouldn't wanna be a burden on you or your family.

Well, all I got is a kind of fiancée, is all.

But it'd be a pleasure, not a burden.

Three hots and a cot, it's the least I owe you.

- So long, Hull. - Where you going, Ulrik?

Going. Getting out.

Where the hell to?

Away. Can't fight no more.

I'm not the only one either.

Good luck, Hull Barret. You'll quit too, if you're smart.

Come on, Wilson. Come on.

"And power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth..."

and that they should kill one another. There was given unto him a great sword.

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, 'Come and see."'

Very good. Fetch me some butter and some syrup.

"And I beheld, and lo, a black horse..."

and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice...

in the midst of the four beasts say, 'A measure of wheat for a penny...

and three measures of barley for a penny...

and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.'

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say:

'Come and see.' And I looked...

and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him...

was Death...

"...and hell followed with him."

Here's a towel for you.

Dinner will be ready pretty soon.

The way he waded into McGill and his men, you should have seen him.

Well, he sounds no different than McGill or Tyson or any of LaHood's rough men.

At least he wasn't afraid of them.

That's what we need here, someone they can't scare.

You scared of them, Hull?

Well, he should be. But he's too all-fired stubborn.

But I was scared and that's the point, they knew it. LaHood's got us all scared.

Lindquist left and he didn't even know where he was going.

"I'm just going," he said.

The colony is beaten, Hull. The only one who doesn't know it is you.

And me. I'm not leaving until LaHood's men are whipped. Every last one.

Hush, Megan! Now, see what you're doing, Hull Barret?

You got her talking more like your daughter than mine.

Tell her this is nonsense, this business about fighting.

- Who said anything about fighting? - You did, talking about this stranger.

What is he, a gunman?

I half hope he is. I'd sure chip in an ounce of dust for a little protection.

- From a hired killer? - Who said he was a hired killer?

Megan, we're going home.

- Sarah, please. - Then get rid of him.

- I will. I promise I'll... - Today.

- No, right after supper. - No, not after supper.

- Now! - Sarah, he saved my life.

Good evening.

Hope I'm not the cause of all this excitement.

Do you mind?

Oh, go right ahead.

There's nothing like a shot of whiskey...

to whet a man's appetite.

Fine looking fricassee there, ma'am.

Don't want it to get cold.

I apologize. I mean...

I didn't realize...

I'll be damned.

Here, come right down here.

And I'll get you some biscuits here. There's your stew, some butter and syrup.

Is there anything else you want?

Just some company. Aren't you gonna join me?

- Ma? Hull? - Well, of course.

Well, how do you do?

And thank you for helping on Hull's behalf this morning.

I'm Sarah Wheeler.

- This is my daughter, Megan. - Megan.

I guess we kind of got carried away there...

but from the way you handled those men, I never would have thought...

Will you say grace?

Certainly.

For what we are about to receive, may we be truly thankful.

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

- You should've started over an hour ago. - I apologize, Josh.

We'd have been here, but we got tied up at the sawbones'.

What the hell happened?

Well, we had a little set-in with Barret, boss. We's in town and...

And you got whipped? In LaHood, California, by a tin pan?

Well, there was a stranger who kind of give him a hand.

- A stranger? - A big guy.

Who're you talking about?

He left with Barret. He didn't stick around to chat.

McGill, take the sluice.

- Jagou, Tyson, Elam, take over the monitor. - Yes, sir.

Club?

This man, LaHood, I take it he's the one you all are feuding with.

Yeah, well, him and his son. Old Coy LaHood, he's a powerful man.

He come up here... I guess in '54 or '55, I think it was.

And he was the first man to strike it rich.