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I'm busy telling Andy here about Dodge.
Andy, this is Chester Prowsefoot. He's one of the people you ought to know.
This is Andy Hill, Chester.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Come on, Chester.
Thank you.
Chester works for Marshall Dillon, Andy.
That ought to be a good job.
It's a fine job if you like long hours and poor pay.
He spends quite a few of those long hours sitting around the depot waiting for the train to come in, Andy.
Well, now that's just so Mr. Dillon will know where I'm at if he wants me.
I'm sure.
You stay along in Dodge, Andy?
Maybe. I don't know yet, Chester.
I've been advising him to move on.
Why?
Mostly because I'd like to myself.
Your name, Kitty?
I'm Billy, Mr.
They told me your name. I'm going to buy you a drink.
Come on, over to the bar.
Back to your hogs, mister. It's fun in there.
I'll have no talk from a woman of your kind.
All right, you get out of here, mister. Get out.
You put me out? You ain't even armed.
Well, I'll find me a gun quick enough.
Mister!
How about me? I'm armed.
You're too young to be wearing a gun. Take it off.
You do it. You take it off.
I sure will.
From there.
You want to die, don't you?
No, I don't want anybody to die.
Now, you get out of here.
I'm going to put a bullet in you.
You can't do it, mister. Don't try it.
I'll show you.
I told him he couldn't do it.
Well, you killed him, Andy.
He was looking for a fight.
How do you know who he is? I never saw him before.
Where's Matt?
Who?
Marshal Dillon, Andy.
Oh.
Did you kill this man?
No, I didn't.
It was self-defense, Matt.
He started in New Drew first, and he had to shoot him.
That's the truth, Mr. Dillon.
He was treating Miss Kitty bad, and I didn't have no gun,
and Andy stood right up to him.
Get some help and carry him out of here, Chester.
Yes, sir, I will.
Alvin, you and the pony, give me a hand here.
Kitty, step over here. You look to Andy, is it?
Andy Hill, Marshal.
You should have seen it, Matt.
That man had his gun almost out before Andy even started his draw.
So you're pretty fast, huh, Andy?
Well, I'm alive.
Where are you from?
I told you my name, and it don't matter where I'm from.
What are you doing in Dodge?
I come here looking for a job.
An honest job.
You told me the same thing, Matt. I believe him.
Why would I be lying?
Now, the way Kitty described it,
you're mighty Andy with a gun for a man who's looking for an honest job.
All right, I'll move on.
I wouldn't have a chance here with you against me.
No, don't worry about it, Miss Kitty.
I'll make out someplace else.
Wait a minute, Andy.
Yeah?
Why don't you go over to the stage office?
Ask for Jim Buck.
What for?
He's a driver. He's looking for a man to ride shotgun.
You tell him I sent you, huh?
All right, Marshal. I'll go.
Go on.
You see, Matt, you did mean it.
Yeah, he wants a job, Kitty.
But he's hiding something.
And when a man hides something, it's usually bad.
But I've got a feeling about him, Matt. I think he's all right.
Well, I hope so, Kitty.
It won't be so good if I've recommended an outlaw to protect the stage.
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I didn't see Andy again that night,
but I ran into Jim Buck and he told me that he'd hired him,
and they were leaving for Hayes City the next morning.
It was two days before they were due back before I'd find out if I had made a mistake or not.
I waited. The evening they were due I was down at the stage office.
Across the stage was late, over an hour late, but finally it came.
There was Andy up on the box next to Jim.
They pulled up and Jim jumped down and came over to me.
Marshall, Marshall arrest him.
Huh? Arrest who?
Andy Hill, that's who.
If I hadn't heard how good he is at the gun, I'd have taken him myself.
I'd have shot him dead.
Now wait a minute, Jim, wait a minute. What's the trouble?
He's mad at me, Marshall.
Mad at you? You ought to be tired and feathered.
He was held up, Marshall, held up by heaven.
This old cold shotgun man sat there like a owl on a rafter.
Sat there and didn't do a thing.
Is that true, Andy?
Why kill a man for nothing, Marshall?
For nothing.
The treasure box was empty and we carried no passengers this trip.
He didn't get a thing.
You didn't know that box was empty until I told you afterwards.
I knew it before we left Hay City.
I figured I ought to know what I was guarding, so I found out.
Sure, and for all I know you was in cahoots with that bandit.
Maybe him and you were partners.
There's no proof of that, Jim.
Well, I ain't hiring a man who won't fight.
You're fired, Andy. I never want to see you again.
I'm sorry, Marshall. I guess I've disappointed you.
Because you didn't want to kill a man for nothing.
That's right.
There wasn't any other reason, was there, Andy?
You think I was in on it, too.
No, I didn't say that.
Good night, Marshall.
Andy. Andy.
Maybe I did make a mistake.
I wasn't sure about Andy that night, but the next few days changed my mind again.
He went all over town looking for a job.
He tried everybody and everything, but nothing came of it.
And finally I heard that he'd got discouraged and had quit trying.
I had a long talk with Jim Buck, and at the end of it he was sorry that he'd lost his temper, but he still wouldn't rehire him.
And that was that.
Until one night about a week later, Doc and I were having a beer at the Texas Trail.
Well, now whatever I've seen of him, Andy's got a lot of pride, man.
Maybe too much pride, Doc.
Oh, well, he's young, he's a kid, and he's blind. We were all like that once.
Yeah, there's more to it than that, Doc.
What?
I don't know. Andy doesn't talk much, especially to me.
Well, maybe he doesn't truck the law.
Most people around here don't.
Oh, now we're talking.
That's Andy. He's drunk.
Who's that following him?
Give us a drink, boys.
Who is that, man?
I'm trying to think, Doc. I've seen his face. Maybe it was his picture.
I said I don't want a drink with you.
Your drink?
There's going to be a fight, man.
Stick around, Doc. We may need you.
I take it bad when a man won't drink with me.
You take it where you like.
I could kill you, Andy. You're drunk.
Try it.
Hold it, Andy.
You stay out of this, Marshal.
He's right, Andy. You're too drunk to fight.
Am I? You watch me.
No!
What do you do that for, Marshal? To keep you from killing any character?
You know my name?
I heard Andy say it, but I don't want to hear it again, and I don't want to see you again.
You'll find your horse and you'll ride out of town, Kerrigan. You keep on riding.
Now you get moving while you've got a chance.
Sure, Marshal.
Just a minute.
You should have arrested him, Mr. Jones. He started the whole trouble.
Maybe, but right now, get Andy's gun and take him to jail. He can sleep it off there.
Yes, sir, and I will.
Well, you didn't need me after all, man.
You know something, Doc?
That's the first time I ever turn an outlaw loose.
What?
Kerrigan saw his picture the other day on some loose circulars.
He says the law in Oklahoma territory would like to have him back.
Well, then why didn't you arrest him?
Andy's wanted with him. There's no picture, but I remember the description now.
Kerrig for murder and Andy for robbery. They were partners.
And you let a murderer know?
Not exactly, Doc. Kerrig needs Andy for a partner. That's why he came here.
And that's why he'll come back.
Yeah, he comes back. You're going to have two outlaws to deal with.
Maybe. But at Andy, who's going to have to decide that?
He's still got a choice to make, Doc. All I'm doing is giving him a chance to make it.
Then why should you risk facing a packet couple to help a man you hardly know, man?
The man who hardly knew me went out of his way once, Doc.
Maybe I'm kind of paying him back.
Well, I still say you must have a lot of faith in Andy.
Not a lot, Doc. Just enough to take a gamble.
The next morning it looked like a bad gamble. Andy came out of his cell, sulliman angry.
When I gave him his gun back, he took it and left without a word.
Later Chester reported that he'd written out of town.
And it was several days before I heard of him again.
Mr. Miller?
Yeah, what is it, Chester?
Andy Hill's back in town.
Oh?
He was standing out there on the board while talking to Jim, but I went up and said hello to him.
And you know what Jim told me? He's went and hired Andy to ride shotgun for him again.
He has?
Yes, sir.
He's been talking about it. He said Andy spent most of the morning arguing him into it.
Said anybody who could talk that good and that long deserved a job, so I guess he ain't mad at Andy no more.
Jim's bringing a shipment of gold back from Hayes City next trip.
Maybe Andy knows about it. Him and Carrick both.
What's that?
The circular from Oklahoma with Carrick's picture on it and Andy's description.
What's that do with?
Andy's outside, you said?
Yes, sir.
I'll be back correctly.
Hello, Andy.
What do you want, Marshal?
Where's Jim Buck?
He went over to the stage office.
I hear you're riding shotgun for him again.
Any objections, Marshal?
Andy, if I had everything on my mind you have, I don't think I'd want to be friendly with the law either.
Now what do you mean by that?
Here, take a look at this.
So now you know.
Now wait a minute, Andy. I didn't come to arrest you, so don't make me kill you.
What?
I wanted you to see that circular. I didn't think you and Carrick knew it was out.
I don't understand you, Marshal.
It was Carrick who held up the stage last time when you were riding shotgun, wasn't it?
It had nothing to do with me. I didn't know he was in the country.
But you didn't shoot because you didn't want to kill a man for nothing, especially a former partner.
Look, Marshal.
I think you're partners again, Andy. I think you got this one planned.
You won't take me alive, Marshal.
I told you I didn't come out here to arrest you.
Why not?
Because I think a man who wants it deserves a chance, Andy.
You haven't had yours, not yet.
Maybe I'm wrong giving it to you, but I'm going to do it.
What do you mean?
The stage goes to Hayes tomorrow. It'll be back Thursday.
I'll be waiting for it, Andy. Waiting real hard.
Oh, good.
That stage should have been here an hour ago, Mr. Jones. It's already dark.
It's usually late, Chester.
Yeah, but why does it have to be late this time?
Are you worried?
Yes, sir. And so are you.
Yeah, I like putting your old stake on the turn of one card, I guess.
Hmm, so is it.
Mr. Dunne?
Yeah.
Look, it made it. The stage made it.
Yeah, the stage did, Chester. But there's no shotgun messenger.
Poor.
I thought you were right. So where is Andy?
Whoa! Whoa!
Where's Andy, Jim? I don't know where he is.
I haven't seen him since we got to Hayes.
You mean he quit?
I'd call it that.
Did he tell you he was quitting?
He told me nothing. He just disappeared.
Serves me right for hiring him again.
I got work to do.
Well, come on, Chester. Let's go back to the office.
The person he figured he'd get as far as Hayes or I.T.F. can send him and Kerrish to run from there.
What you looking at?
That rider coming up the street.
Leading that packhorse?
It's not a packhorse, Chester. It's a body tied across a saddle.
And that's Andy leading it.
I think you're right.
Well, now what's it on and done?
We'll find out.
Hello, Marshal.
Hello, Andy.
That's Kerrick I got there, Marshal.
You killed him?
I killed him. No witnesses.
No way to prove who drew first.
Jim Buck told me you ran off up in Hayes City.
Jim might have got shot if I hadn't.
How?
Yeah, Kerrick was going to hold up the stage again, Marshal, and I decided not to let him do it.
But I figured if I tried to fight him while I was sitting up there next to Jim, it would go bad.
So you rode back to meet Kerrick alone, huh?
I left the night we got to Hayes. I found him and told him I was through for good.
Well, he got scared and went for his gun.
But like I say, I can't prove it with self-defense.
Maybe I shouldn't have come back.
Nobody's going to believe the outlaw.
Chester.
Yes, sir?
Give Andy a hand with Kerrick's body. I got some work to do.
Where are you going?
I'm going to go write a letter to the law in Oklahoma Territory.
I'm going to let them know they can withdraw that wanted circular on Kerrick.
Well, what about Andy and that Robbly charge?
After I tell them how he brought in Kerrick and how he's trying to go straight, I think they won't be too hard on him.
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