The Rebel

Morning Mrs. Rest.

Morning Elmer.

- Morning Elmer. - Morning Elmer.

Morning Mr. Dodson.

Morning John.

An anniversary.

By George an anniversary.

You've been here 30 days son.

Considering your reputation as a rolling stone,

I deem myself flattered.

Well, I should have known the best place

to scratch an itchy foot was back home.

Feels good Mr. Dodson.

This calls for a celebration.

Tell you what, I'll take you to dinner

at Mason House tonight.

One way of getting a payment on their advertising bill.

Sounds good.

Morning Jeremy.

Morning.

John...

You got a minute?

Oh, sure thing Jeremy.

Well, you haven't had a letter from home in weeks,

this oughta cheer you up a little.

I don't know John, I got a feeling you know

like I had before I get that letter

from the assay office yesterday.

There's just something I don't know...

Oh, now listen, hold on now.

The doctor said you shouldn't get excited.

Things will get better you'll see.

"Dearest Jeremy, I was so glad to get your letter

even though I was disappointed to hear that the mine

was not yet a proven proposition.

Dear Jeremy, I hate to write this, but...

Trouble?

Yeah, trouble.

and my heart breaks to think that

now we'll have to wait even longer

to be together again.

"Your loving wife, Ellen."

Don't worry Mr. Hake, it'll work out somehow...

Johnny, Mrs. Silver wants to change her ad.

Why don't you run it over and help her write it, huh?

Right away Mr. Dodson.

Why don't you come and rest in the back room for a while?

We'll figure out something when I get back.

Where you been Johnny?

I couldn't get away,

Mrs. Silver to fill me in on all the local gossip.

It'll run seven lines.

Seven lines?

The way she explained to me it should run 10 or 12 at least.

She always talks too much, I boiled it down for her.

Yeah, boiled down the charge too, huh?

You know Johnny, a newspaper may have a literary soul,

but its life support is strictly monetary.

Set it up on the delivery stable ad.

Alright, I'll look on Mr. Hake first,

he just had some bad news.

I figured that.

His daughter back east,

she had an accident, both her legs broken.

Oh no.

She needs an operation,

probably more than one, if she's ever gonna walk again.

Poor Jeremy, that gold mine of his.

We didn't even have it yet.

We're supposed to pick it up here.

He was so nervous I could see him shakin'.

What happened?

Jeremy Hake killed Charlie Slater with a shotgun.

But you knew he was sick,

why didn't you try to talk him out of it?

Well, I did.

I think I could have talked him out of the whole thing,

but well, when I started to get down off the stage,

well you know how fiesty Charlie was,

he went for his gun.

Jeremy panicked and went bluey, he let go.

Then what happened?

Well, that sort of snapped him out of it.

I swear he almost bust out crying.

He looked up at me sort of wild like

and then he just threw down that gun

and let out through the cottonwoods.

I couldn't follow on account of Charlie.

Same as being hung isn't it?

If you say so sheriff.

Won't help me none though to see it in print.

What's all this about Johnny?

Dead or alive.

The line's been having a lot of hold ups lately,

they need an example.

He killed a man,