Part Two

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CHRIS:
Where's Mary?
GERARD:
She's over there. She wanted to be alone. Think it's safe?

CHRIS:
You think she'd listen to us if we told her to stay in the wagon?
GERARD:
I don't mean to pry, Mr. Larabee, but I notice that you and she have something of a friendship.
CHRIS:
Sure, you could say that.
GERARD:
Anything else to it?
CHRIS:
What are you askin'?
GERARD:
Forgive me, that was unfair. My competitive nature sometimes overwhelms my manners. But then again, a man would have to be blind not to notice her charms.

CHRIS:
Well, I ain't blind.

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VIN:
O'Shea's keeping his distance. Probably hopin' we'll leave the wagons to hunt him down.
BUCK:
I hate to say it, but it might be best just to wait for his next move.
CHRIS:
All right, let's be ready for him.

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BUCK:
These folks are sadder than an old woodpecker in a stone forest.
JOSIAH:
What we need is a little divine inspiration.

EZRA:
Well, come along, fiddler. Render us a more jovial tune.
BUCK:
Yeah, that's more like it!
EZRA:
Well, come on, folks. What more do you need? Your very own pied piper.

BUCK:
Whoo! Well, get up, get up!
MAN:
Whoo!

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EZRA:
Good evening, young sir. Now, now. I would not describe that as a long face, but... you're obviously in a dour mood due to our limited resources. Feeling a bit peckish, are we? Fear not, my friend. Uncle Ezra's middle name is resourceful. And that is not all. I have brought you a veritable cornucopia of goodies. Beef jerky. Candy. Enjoy. Uh...uh.

EZRA:
Uh...uh. Slow down, son. You're liable to asphyxiate yourself.
EUGENE:
[groaning]
EZRA:
Good God, Boy. You'd think we were the Donner party. Here, take a little sip of this here and wash it down. There we go. A sip. A sip, not a guzzle, you little lush. Now give me that. Give me-- you're welcome. Lovely child.
EUGENE:
[burps]

CHARLOTTE:
Let's dance. It'll be nice.
MAN:
Whoo!
CHARLOTTE:
Oh, Will.
CHARLOTTE:
Care to dance, Mr. Tanner?
VIN:
Only if you call me Vin.
CHARLOTTE:
Well, all right, Vin.

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O'SHEA:
Seems a shame to interrupt an Irish wake. Ahh! You about ready?
POWDER MAN:
It's all about precision and timing.
O'SHEA:
Sure, it is. Only last time, your timing was precisely wrong.
POWDER MAN:
People get in the way on occasion.
O'SHEA:
Well, you put me in a tight spot, now, haven't you? Brought a murder down on me head.
HAPPY:
It won't be the first one we've done.
O'SHEA:
It's the first one with witnesses, you edjit. Get it right this time, friend. You follow?
POWDER MAN:
Yeah, I follow.
O'SHEA:
Let's get out of here, Happy.

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EUGENE:
I don't feel so good.
EZRA:
Son, the whale that swallowed Jonah doesn't eat like you. Now, next time, listen to me--
EUGENE'S MOTHER:
There you are, Eugene.
EZRA:
Hello.
EUGENE:
My tummy hurts.
EZRA:
Now, now, a gentleman never complains. He'll be fine.
EUGENE'S MOTHER:
Eugene, sweety, what's the matter?
EUGENE:
[throws up]
EUGENE'S MOTHER:
Oh, oh, honey! Oh, my. [gasps]
EZRA:
Is that mine? You know, someone must have stolen that from me. when I catch the blackguard who--

EUGENE'S MOTHER:
If you come near my baby again, I swear I will find a rifle and I will use it. Come on, baby.

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VIN:
Try you make that turn. Come on now, Buck.
RICHMOND:
Get away from her! That's my wife you're dancing with.
VIN:
We're all just trying to have a good time.

JOSIAH:
All right. A little dance never hurt nobody.
RICHMOND:
He comes near my wife again, I will hurt him.
JOSIAH:
Vin, Vin, Vin, now leave it be. Leave it be. Leave it be.

POWDER MAN:
Camp town ladies sing this song doo dah, doo dah. Camp town race track, 5 miles long oh doo dah day

CHRIS:
It's coming from over that ridge.
VIN:
Everybody, find cover!
POWDER MAN:
Oh doo dah day oh doo dah day
CHRIS:
Get them horses! Ezra, Josiah, over here! Move!
POWDER MAN:
Oh doo dah day oh doo dah day. Camp town ladies sing this song oh doo dah day
GERARD:
You all right?
MARY:
I think so.
JOSIAH:
Everybody all right?

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BUCK:
Left behind some pretty fancy artillery.
VIN:
Couldn't have gotten far.
CHRIS:
Spread out. Let's figure out which way they're headed. Hyah!

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JOSIAH:
Stay calm. We'll take care of it.
RICHMOND:
Charlotte. Charlotte! Charlotte! They took Charlotte. I wouldn't sign over the land deed. Now they want it by sundown tomorrow or they're-- Oh, God. What have I done?

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NATHAN:
This is it.
JD:
Awful nice spot.
NATHAN:
Worth killin' for?

JD:
Take a look at this. Some old mining equipment.
NATHAN:
Seems like someone's been mining the homesteaders' river.
JD:
Yeah, it looks fairly recent, too. Aah! Aah!

NATHAN:
Whoa!
JD:
You think the old guy struck gold?
NATHAN:
Yep. Probably got killed for it. That land deed O'Shea was waving around probably came off this old bastard. Nothing makes men kill each other faster than gold.

JD:
Aah!
NATHAN:
Come on, let's go.

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RICHMOND:
I'm going with you, damn it!
CHRIS:
Nathan and JD won't be back for a day or two. That leaves you and Josiah to keep these wagons moving.
RICHMOND:
She's my wife, and I want her back.
VIN:
So bad you wouldn't trade a bunch of dirt for her.
RICHMOND:
The deed wasn't mine to trade.
CHRIS:
You're not coming with us. We'll bring her back. I swear it. Josiah, keep it moving.
JOSIAH:
'Long with heaven and earth if I got to.

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VIN:
There she is.
BUCK:
Looks like the only way in is through the front door.
EZRA:
I suggest we agree to Mr. O'Shea's demands. Give him his ransom.
VIN:
We ain't got the deed, remember?
EZRA:
Well, fortunately, I had the foresight to bring it along.

BUCK:
Take a look at that. You don't mind do you? Let's see here. "Dear Mother, can you believe these fools now have me baby-sitting a wagon train, of all things?"
EZRA:
It goes on to say what a delightful time I'm having.
CHRIS:
Looks like a deed to me.

CHRIS:
Dicky! Hey, Dicky! I got your deed. Send the girl out. Come on.

O'SHEA:
Mighty Christian of you to ride all the way out here to bring it to us, Gunfighter. Now why don't you be a good man and bring it here?
CHRIS:
Why don't you come on up here and get it?
O'SHEA:
No, I think not. Hey!

O'SHEA:
Damn you, there on the ridge! Up on the ridge there, Boys. Damn your eyes!
EZRA:
Hey, Vin, I'll meet you back at camp. We'll hold them down. Get going.

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MARY:
They'll find her. Mr. Richmond.
RICHMOND:
I should have just given him the deed right then and there. Hell with everybody else. But I got my back all up
and--
MARY:
What's done is done.
RICHMOND:
If I lose her, too, I don't know what I'll do.
EUGENE:
Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah. Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.
MARY:
Eugene, please.
EUGENE:
Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.
JOSIAH:
Familiar with the bible, son? 'Cause there's a little place called hell I'm gonna tell you all about.
EUGENE:
Hell?

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VIN:
There you go.
CHARLOTTE:
I didn't realize how hungry I was.
VIN:
What you been through could work up a heck of an appetite.
CHARLOTTE:
Ha ha.
VIN:
Suppose we should be going.
CHARLOTTE:
Mmm.
VIN:
Your husband's probably on the worry.
CHARLOTTE:
Vin, thank you for saving my life.
VIN:
Well, you're worth a hell of a lot more than a land deed.
CHARLOTTE:
Don't blame him for this. You don't understand. That land is everything. Giving it over would have been too much to lose. That deed doesn't belong to him alone.
VIN:
And neither do you.
CHARLOTTE:
We still got a ways to go.
VIN:
Charlotte, there's no excuse for what he did. What kind of man wouldn't give everything he had just to keep you?
CHARLOTTE:
Vin, please.
VIN:
If you were mine, I'd never let you go. I'd just thank God every day for putting you on this earth.

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CHRIS:
Has he been up all night waitin' on them?

JOSIAH:
Might have run into some trouble.
BUCK:
He got into trouble, all right.
RICHMOND:
Riders comin'!
JD:
It's gold O'Shea is after.
BUCK:
You found gold?
NATHAN:
Found a dead miner.

MARY:
There's gold on the new homestead?
NATHAN:
Dicky O'Shea thinks so.
GERARD:
Imagine that. Might have bought ourselves a gold mine, Mary.
NATHAN:
Hold on, folks, don't get too excited now. We don't know for sure.
BUCK:
Gonna strike it rich, huh, Kid?
JD:
I wouldn't tell you if I did.
CHARLOTTE:
Stop it!
RICHMOND:
I'll kill you, you son of a bitch!
VIN:
Think after that you'll get around to askin' if your wife's all right?

CHRIS:
That's enough!
CHARLOTTE:
Will, we just stopped for food and rest.
VIN:
She was damn near passed out.
RICHMOND:
I can't fight all your friends. But tomorrow, we'll reach my land. You step one foot on it, Mister, I'll shoot you where you stand. You comin'?

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O'SHEA:
Nice piece of land. Don't blow it up too much.
POWDER MAN:
Gently, very gently. Careful!
O'SHEA:
Happy. Take a ride down to Lennox. See Paddy McDowell. Tell him I'm in need of some men. Tell him there's more gold if they can get here by sundown tomorrow.
HAPPY:
Right.
POWDER MAN:
Won't need no extra men with what I got planned.
O'SHEA:
I'll take no more chances with these dirty farmers or their 7 hooligans.

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BUCK:
How long are you gonna wait before you spill the beans about a certain married lady?
EZRA:
Oh, for shame, Mr. Wilmington, you know a gentleman never tells. Which is why I was hopin' Vin might.
BUCK:
It's a long, lonely trail, Vin. Can't you just throw a couple of old hungry dogs a bone?
EZRA:
After all, the lady in question is quite lovely, and what could be more tantalizing than an illicit affair?
VIN:
I ain't in the mood.

BUCK:
Whoa, now, Vin. He didn't mean any harm by it.
EZRA:
Little touchy, aren't we, Mr. Tanner?
BUCK:
No offense. I didn't realize it had gone that far.

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EUGENE:
Josiah! Josiah!
JOSIAH:
Whoa!
EUGENE:
I found some really neat rocks. You want to come and see them?
JOSIAH:
Not just now, Eugene.
EUGENE:
Josiah, can I ride with you? You're the best rider ever!
JOSIAH:
I'm not sure, Eugene.
EUGENE'S MOTHER:
Then perhaps maybe Josiah would agree to ride in the wagon with us, Eugene.
EUGENE:
Would ya? Would ya?
EUGENE'S MOTHER:
That is, if you care to, Josiah.

JOSIAH:
Why, Ma'am, what a charming offer. I'd be delighted.

EUGENE'S MOTHER:
Come on, baby.

VIN:
He's down at the other end.
CHARLOTTE:
Vin--
VIN:
I'll be leaving tomorrow. Once we get to the new land.
CHARLOTTE:
Maybe it's for the best.
VIN:
Charlotte, I know it ain't right, but I can't pretend that there's nothing between us.
CHARLOTTE:
There is nothing between us. Do you hear me? There's no--
VIN:
You know there is. We both know it.
RICHMOND:
Charlotte, where are you?
CHARLOTTE:
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Just-- just go away, Vin. Just, please, just, please, just stay away from me.

CHRIS:
She may have a point.
VIN:
Takin' to followin' me around?
CHRIS:
It's gettin' out of hand. I ain't judgin' you, but this ain't the time or the place for it.

VIN:
One more person sticks their nose in my business, and I'm gonna do something I'll regret. So I'm tellin' you now, Chris, you stay out of this.

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MAN:
Hey, now, move it now! Yahoo, we're rich!
CHARLOTTE:
Oh, Will, isn't it beautiful?
RICHMOND:
Let's get this wagon unpacked. Got a lot of work to do.

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CHRIS:
Let's scout the perimeter. Make sure O'Shea's not lurking about.
JOSIAH:
You got it.
CHRIS:
Teams of 2.
JD:
I'll ride with Buck.
FIDDLER:
By golly, we made it, Nathan.

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MARY:
Ha ha ha. I used to be better at that. Any sign of O'Shea?
CHRIS:
Not yet.
MARY:
Maybe he finally understands that these people aren't willing to give this place up. I know I wouldn't if it were mine.
CHRIS:
It sounds like you wish it were.
MARY:
Oh, no, it's just-- Gerard asked me to marry him.
CHRIS:
Congratulations.
MARY:
Well, I haven't accepted yet. I mean, I, uh, still have to talk to Billy about it. After all, it's his life, too.
CHRIS:
Somehow I never pictured you plowing fields.
MARY:
Well, starting over out here. It would be a challenge.
CHRIS:
Oh, it'd be challenging, all right. Milkin' cows, churnin' butter. Ha ha.

MARY:
There's a lot of things in my life I never pictured. But when I see Billy and Katie together, what a great father Gerard is.
CHRIS:
Sounds like you'd be foolish to turn him down.
MARY:
It does, doesn't it?
CHRIS:
I wish you the best of luck.

RICHMOND:
I want him gone. Now.
CHRIS:
He knows. Vin, we'll see you back in town. We're gonna stick around for a couple of days just in case O'Shea shows up.
VIN:
Don't leave till you're sure they're safe.
CHRIS:
All right. Watch your back.

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O'SHEA:
Remember now... there's got to be at least one man with a good arm left alive to sign over that deed.
POWDER MAN:
Timing and pre--
O'SHEA:
Oh, spare me. It's results I'm lookin' for. I hope you're watching, Da. This time you're gonna see an O'Shea do the taking. Just like they done to us back home.
HAPPY:
They're coming, Dicky.
O'SHEA:
Well, I thought they would. How many guns did that little bag buy?
HAPPY:
Well, enough to trouble those 7 men.
O'SHEA:
Yeah. Looks like it might be 6 men now.

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TO BE CONTINUED....