The Night of the Grizzly

There's the bank.

We won't be gone long, so don't wander off too far.

Well sir, guess I'll take me a wee look around.

Well, well.

I bet my bottom dollar it's Big Jim Cole.

You must be Mr. Benson.

No sir, there ain't no doubt at all

about you being a kid of Charlie's.

Oh this is my wife.

How do you do, Mr. Benson?

It's a pleasure.

Now you folks come right in.

Come right in and sit down.

Mrs. Cole.

Thank you sir.

Hard trip, Mrs. Cole?

You ever ride 150 miles on a wagon seat, Mr. Benson?

I know what you mean.

That's sure a nice piece of property you folks inherited.

Jim, did

did that will your granddaddy's lawyer read to you mention

anything about a loan against that land?

Why no.

How much of a loan?

$500.

Plus $175 interest.

Howdy.

Oh, howdy.

You, you just passing through?

No, gonna reside here permanent.

Me and my compadre, Big Jim Cole

are taking over the old Cole place.

Well now, ain't that nice?

My name's Sam Potts, what's yourn?

I got a long one.

Wilhelmina Christina Maximiliana Peterson.

Wilhelmina, I'll call you Bill.

Mind if I chew?

No, spittoons back by the pool table.

I got me a wee problem, Bill.

Can't seem to locate a saloon in this here town.

Wonder if you'd be kind enough to direct me.

It's a dry county.

Oh, Sam Potts this here's Tad and Cal Curry.

Dry county?

You got $10?

Sure I got $10, why?

Well, if you give it to us

in about 15 minutes we just might

be able to quench that awful thirst

you've been moaning about.

You got yourself a deal, go get her.

First?

Oh we can't get no credit.

Well, hurry it up no more than 15 minutes now.

Not a second more.

You fellers want me to go with you?

No, no, no, you just wait for us right here.

All right, hurry up!

Just these nice boys.

Say that's a nice coat.

You sick?

No, I was just thinking.

Care to sit and think a spell Rosebud?

Name ain't Rosebud, it's Gypsy.

Shake hands with a champion.

If Jed Curry heard what I'm about

to say to you, he'd shoot me dead.

Your granddaddy won that land from him in a poker game,

and Curry wants it back so bad he's fit to be tied.

He wants it for his boys, Tad and Cal.

You don't take it, he will.

And for $675 he'll get the richest

section of land in the whole territory.

Well he ain't gonna get it, Mr Benson.

Good.

But Jim, $675?

Well that'll take almost everything we got.

We hadn't even seen that land.

I don't have to see that land.

There you are, paid in full.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Mr. Benson.

Good luck, Jim.

Thanks.

I'll be out to see you in a couple days.

Fine.

Now if you'll just give us an idea how to

get to this ranch of ours, we'll be on our way.

Indeed I will.

I'll take you outside and point you right.

Oh boy, a fight!

Charlie!

Looks like our boy's getting acquainted.

I'll be out to see you folks.

Nice to have met you.

Charlie!

Come on, Charlie.

Oh, Charlie.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

I'm not gonna let anybody belt me

in the butt with no rock.

Charlie?

That's enough, boy.

Come on, simmer down.

Well, quite a young tiger you got there.

You must be Jim Cole.

Yeah, that's right.

My name's Curry.

Jed Curry.

Howdy.

This is Mrs. Cole.

Hello.

Mrs. Cole.

I've heard of you.

Oh?

I understand you've got a hankering for my land.

You're right.

Well I'm sorry to disappoint you.

You paid off the loan?

Yes, I sure did.

Well.

Somebody wins, somebody loses.

Congratulations.

Welcome to Hope.

Thanks.

Mrs. Cole.

Good day.

Now you didn't really expect them to come back, did you?

Didn't you?

'Course not.

Well then why in tarnation didn't you tell me, Bill?

Well I figured you was old enough to know better.

Sam, Sam!

You come back, Sam Potts!

Come back real soon!

Dirty no good bandits!

Are we almost there, uncle Jim?

Yeah, are we almost there Big Jim?

Gypsy, how many times have I told you

not to call your father Big Jim?

That's his name, ain't it?

Gypsy.

Well, ain't it?

That's your name.

Whoa.

Jim, what a start.

A fight the first 20 minutes in town, a note to pay off, and

now this.

This is our home, Angie.

And it'll be a good home.

'Cause this is good land.

You'll feel better come morning.

A lot better.

Jim!

This is our land, Angie.

640 acres of rich, wonderful land.

You think we'll know what to do with it?

Oh you bet we'll know what to do with it.

We're gonna raise us some fine cattle and

maybe 10 or 12 more kids.

Oh I love you, Jim.

I love you so much.

Oh!

Here kitty.

Nice kitty.

Ooh!

Out.

Oh Jim, you can't.

Out!

Take a good week before that skunk oil wears off clean.

The harder she scrubs her, the gamier she's gonna get.

Ain't that the truth.

That old Duncan.

He's sure a lot of animal, ain't he?

Yeah he sure is.

Can raise us a fine herd.

We ain't never gonna have to chase no more

sinning rascals around the country, are we Jim?

No sir.

10 years of minding the law is long enough.

And Sam.

I was mighty lucky to have a deputy like you.

Aw shucks, Jim.

Probably caused you a lot more trouble than done you good.

Didn't I?

Nope.

Sam, that a leaning axe or a using one?

It's a using one.

It's a gol dang busted rooting tooting using one.

It's hard wood, ain't it?

Our father we thank thee for this home

and the food you've given us.

We thank thee for each other.

And please help us to live our lives

more each day as you would have us live them.

Amen.

Amen!

Amen.

Whoa!