-Morning. -Morning, sir.
Halt.
Prepare to dismount. Dismount.
-May l help you? -Your manager in?
He's back there.
Go get him.
Yes?
There's a soldier out here to see you.
Ma'am.
You MacCready?
Yes, l am. Fred MacCready's the name. How may l help you gentlemen?
Cpl. Smitherman says you might have a place where we can put this.
Did the corporal give you a message for me?
Hey, look at that.
Now, who are they?
Everything seems to be in order.
Sorry l had to check, but you understand security these days.
-ls there a safe we should take this to? -Best one in the state.
-But first you'll have to sign for it. -Sure.
Now, where are you men from?
Camp over that way, about 20 miles to the East, near a swamp.
That right?
Who's your lieutenant over there?
We ain't got a lieutenant right now.
Capt. Louison's around, though.
What are you all doing here in town?
We got some business at the bank.
l'm afraid you're going to have to wait a few minutes.
Nope.
Can't wait.
You hold it right--
Nobody move!
Don't!
l don't think so.
No!
Hey, there. You cut the teller, Annabelle? l didn't even see that.
Those bags heavy, Joseph?
Hell, yes.
About time.
Here they come.
Stop right there! Halt!
Wait up, little brother!
Shit.
You all ride on ahead. We've got a ways to that Hollister place.
How many do you think will be after us?
Not many at first.
Those would be the only ones who could catch us.
-You're hit. -l know.
l'm fine. lt's just my shoulder.
l can move it around all right. lt's not even close to the bone or anything.
Where now?
This way.
William, tell us we ain't lost.
We ain't lost, Clyde.
We got a couple more miles of this, and then we'll be there.
Hey, old man!
-Did you get you some deserters? -Eight today.
We was looking for that old Hollister place.
Hollister.
-Never heard of it. -You sure about that?
There should be a large farm house right past the creek.
There's no creeks around here. Not for miles.
l have seen servants upon horses, and princes upon the earth.
You'd best be moving on!
We'll keep heading up this way. Can't be more than a couple miles out.
He ain't got the slightest notion where we're going.
Yeah, well, another good plan.
Shit. Crazy old man.
Do you see a pathway up to the house anywhere?
Must have grown over.
-ls that it? -l said it'd be here.
Hey!
Come look at this.
Looks like a man.
Don't look like no scarecrow.
You want me to take it down, Ms. Annabelle?
No, it just scared me a bit.
Let's move on, shall we?
Good shot, Sam.
What the hell is that?
Jesus, Joseph!
Somebody shaved the skin right off that boy.
Don't look like any kind of mountain cat l ever seen.
Looks like a wild boar or something.
Let's get to that house. The sooner we get inside, the better.
Big storm coming in tonight, William.
Listen up, let's get that gold inside.
Bring your lanterns. We head out for Mexico in the morning.
Who'd you say runs this house?
-No one. -No one?
Belonged to a soldier l knew once. But he's dead now.
So the place is empty, l reckon.
Place looks deserted.
No shit. l think we got that figured out.
What the hell? l just stepped on a bird.
Yeah. Come on. l want to get that bullet out of you before it gets infected.
Yeah, all right.
Dog!
Hell.
What's going on?
lt's probably just some tramps. Let's look around and find them.
There's only two of them.
All right, but let's all be careful.
lt's real.
Don't chew on the gold, Joseph.
You and Clyde go have a look upstairs. Todd and l will check this floor.
l ain't never been in a house this big.
So many rooms.
Whoever built it must've been pretty damn rich.
l guess we're richer than him now, though.
We ain't richer than nothing. Not yet anyhow.
How you mean?
Don't hurt yourself trying to think or nothing...
but right now that gold's downstairs. Ain't mine until it's in my pocket.
That's the truth.
And l'll feel a lot easier when we're in Mexico, holding our shares.
lf William thinks we're taking the same share as that nigger...
he's got another thing coming.
You check that room. l'll look in this one.
You hear me holler, you come running, get it?
You, too.
Todd?
l think l heard something.
You can't get it open?
No, it's stuck good.
Door knob's turning. lt ain't locked.
We'll find something to pry it open.
Let's come back to it.
ls anyone here?
Come on, get out!
Why'd you do that?
Hell, like the breeze through the trees, Corporal.
Anything in here?
No.
-Find anything? -Just some clothes.
Looks like a guest room or something. The bed's still made.
Let's check the barn out back next.
There. We're done.
-God damn it, Annabelle! -That'll do.
You could have told me you were going to do that.
Stop whining.
What is this place?
Slave quarters.
There's a book over here.
Any of this mean anything to you?
Spells. For raising the dead.
How much do you figure our share will be, looking at that gold?
Less than it should.
Sure would be easier if it was divided by two. lnstead of....
That kid already got a bullet in him.
l reckon you could take care of our lady friend.
-You find anything in here? -No, it's empty.
Might not be a bad time for a storm. lt could wash away any tracks we left.
Ground will be muddy tomorrow. We'll leave tracks that'll last for days.
You hear me ask your opinion, boy? 'Cause l didn't.
There ain't no boys in here, speculator.
l wasn't speculating on you.
l wouldn't have no use for you. None at all.
l don't see any pine trees for you to hide behind up in here.
Boy, l'd knock those eyes straight in your head.
Shut up, the both of you.
l wonder how they got up in there.
There ain't no ladder.
This place is gonna turn me into a little girl.
lf there was anyone here, they're long gone by now. Come on.
Ante up over there.
l swear.
That's big, isn't it?
l know what you got.
-Two. -Two.
They said there were some beds upstairs.
Wanna go lie down for a little while?
Three.
l'll have three.
My bet.
-Come on now, boy. -l got....
Do you remember the hospital where we first met?
The first time we talked after you woke up?
You, me, Jeffy Hollister.
When he told us about this place.
Did he ever say anything about the folks he inherited it from?
No, some great uncle or something.
Had he ever been out here?
l don't think he had.
He carried around all those maps.
lt was awful watching him go.
He called me Belle.
l wanted you the first time l saw you.
l think l killed a kid in town today.
Did you see it?
l'm out. l'm done.
Wise decision. Wiser than our friend here...
who's looking to lose his share of the gold before he gets to count it.
You know, Clyde...
you'd do a lot better at bluffing if you played it down a bit.
l see your three.
Come up five.
Hell, l best get these horses in...
before that storm hits.
You do that.
Hell, l bet you're as tired as l am.
There's a rough day ahead of us, boys.
Nothing to worry about, you're in here, storm ain't gonna hurt you none.
Be good till it passes.
l'm going to get you all fed and watered now.
l guess you don't need this.
l do.
Be right back.
Please help me! Get me out of here!
-Somebody down there? -Please hurry.
Get me out of here!
l can't see you.
My daddy threw me in here!
Hell.
My Lord!
l'm gonna throw a bucket down to you!
Hurry!
Please! l'm cold!
Just grab hold on it. l'm gonna pull you up out of there.
Hurry.
-Got it? -Yes.
All right, grab hold, both hands.
Come on. Damn!
Damn, boy!
You okay there, Sam?
l don't know. This thing's itching me.
Means it's healing.
l guess so.
How long do you think Joseph's been gone?
Belle.
l'll be back for you, Jeffy.
Ain't she beautiful?
l think she's the most beautiful girl l've ever seen.
As soon as l heal up and get out of here, we're gonna get married.
She told me so.
Bastard!
-What is it? -Joseph's gone.
What do you mean, he's gone.
He's disappeared. He went to take the horses to the barn...
and he hasn't come back yet. We're all out looking for him.
l'll be right down.
Todd and Clyde are out back.
Are you coming?
Yeah, l'll be along in a minute.
Dog!
Joseph?
You seen him?
No, l thought l heard Dog out in the corn field.
l went out after him, but l must've gotten turned around in there.
You couldn't find your way out there in daylight...
much less at night with a storm coming.
-Yeah. -Joseph!
He'll either come back or he won't. Let's all keep our pistols handy.
l got to take care of something. l'll be around in a minute.
We shouldn't leave the gold unattended again.
We've been lucky so far. Especially with those two around.
You think they're planning on something serious?
Things are different now.
From now on...
one of us three stays with the gold at all times, no matter what.
At least until we figure out what's going on here.
-Got that? -Yeah.
All right.
Dog?
Shit.
Annabelle.