See anyone?
No.
There he is!
You only know how to shoot?
Or do you know how to cut, too?
Hey, you.
Wait a minute.
Let's have a good look at you.
Hey...
Mr. Choo-Choo.
It's easy to find you...
...bastard.
I don't have to kill you now.
You leave a slime behind you like a snail...
...two beautiful shiny rails.
There's another bastard,
...and he's getting further away every minute.
There it is...
...exactly what your husband ordered from me.
And seeing as how he paid cash on the barrelhead,
...it all belongs to you.
Oak planks, beach, pine, all first-grade lumber.
And there's beams and foundation pilings, ten kegs of nails,
20 barrels of tar and all these tools.
Maybe he wanted to enlarge the farmhouse.
Enlarge the farmhouse?
He could've built at least eight of them.
By the way, ma'am,
McBain also ordered this.
Said it was important.
Only... only seems he forgot...
...to tell me what he wanted printed on it.
Station.
How's that again?
I said print "Station. "
Lookin' for this?
I've had enough of your butcher tactics.
I know that woman is here.
I don't want any more useless killings.
I'm ready to make a deal for that land...
...to pay what's necessary.
I don't want to waste any more time.
You made a big mistake, Morton.
When you're not on that train,
...you look like a turtle out of its shell.
Just funny.
Poor cripple... talking big...
...so nobody will know how scared you are.
I'm here to make a deal, Frank.
I don't have time to compete with you.
Compete?
Why you...
You can't even stand...
...on your own feet by yourself.
Is that sufficient to make you feel strong?
I could squash you like a wormy apple.
Sure... but you won't do it,
...because it's not to... your advantage.
Hmm.
Who knows how far you'd have gone with two good legs, huh?
Help him back to the train.
Keep your eye on him.
Oh, Morton, don't worry about the land.
If you feel like paying for it, you can pay, of course.
Won't make any difference to you,
...dealing with a new owner.
Cheyenne.
Hey, Cheyenne, there's a square staked out here.
It says "Water Tank. "
Over here, too.
Only it says "Post Office. "
And this one says "Corral. "
And this here "Church. "
What the hell is this?
Can't you see?
It's a station...
...and all around it, a town.
It's Brett McBain's town.
Was he crazy.
Yeah, in a very special way.
An Irishman.
He knew sooner or later,
...that railroad coming through Flagstone...
...would continue on West.
So he looked over all this country out here...
...until he found this hunk of desert.
Nobody wanted it.
But he bought it.
Then he tightened his belt,
...and for years he waited.
Waited for what?
For the railroad to reach this point.
Aw, but how in the hell could he be sure...
...the railroad would pass through his property?
Them steam engines can't roll without water,
...and the only water for 50 miles...
...west of Flagstone is right here,
...under this land.
Aha.
He was no fool, our dead friend, huh?
He was going to sell this piece of desert...
...for its weight in gold, wasn't he?
You don't sell...
...the dream of a lifetime.
Brett McBain wanted his station.
He got the rights to build it.
How do you know all this?
I saw a document.
It was all in order...
...seals, signatures, everything.
One thing though... in very small print,
...there is a short clause...
...which says that McBain or his heirs lose all rights...
...if by the time the railroad reaches this point...
...the station ain't built yet.
Aha.
Speaking of railroads,
I notice the rail gang's already...
Hey.
I noticed the rail gang's already behind those hills,
...and before you know it,
...they're gonna be here.
Yeah.
Yeah...
Listen...
Harmonica, a town built around a railroad...
You could make a fortune, huh?
Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Hey, more than that.
Thousands of thousands.
They call them millions.
Millions.
Yeah, millions.
I always thought it'd be easy to make a deal...
...with a smart lady.
All you gotta do is...
Hey, what in the hell are you standing around for?!
But, Chief, what are we supposed to do?
What are you supposed to do?
Build a station, idiots!
Figure it ain't gonna look like much...
but it'll be the first thing she sees...
...when she gets back.
If she gets back.
I think...
Yeah.
I'm beginning to think I might be...
...a little sorry killing you.
You like being alive...
...hmm?
And you also like to feel a man's hands all over you.
You like it.
Even if they're the hands of the man...
...who killed your husband.
What a...
What a little tramp.
Is there anything in the world you wouldn't do...
...to save your skin?
Nothing, Frank.
Mmm... now I understand why they miss you so much...
...down there in... New Orleans.
Great invention... the telegraph.
Dit-dit, dit-dah,
dit-dit-dit, dit-dah, dit-dit...
Jill... the brunette?
My God, all the customers...
...of the most elegant whorehouse on Bourbon Street...
...have been weeping ever since she left.
Say, tell me...
...did old McBain know?
Yeah.
Yeah, I bet he did.
He's just the type to marry a whore.
Hey...
...that's an idea.
I could marry you,
...and the land'd become mine.
And maybe...
...you'd make a perfect wife.
It'd be me wouldn't be any good as a husband.
Too bad.
We'll have to think of another solution.
Simpler.
Quicker.
As sheriff of this county...
...I've been asked to preside over the sale by auction...
...of all property belonging...
...to Mrs. Jill McBain, here present.
This parcel of land measures 320 acres.
It's free of all encumbrances, liens and mortgages.
This property and all it contains...
...lock, stock and barrel...
...will be turned over to the lucky purchaser...
...at the time of sale.
All the contents therein...
...are listed by number on the inventory sheet..
...distributed among you.
The entire property will be sold in block to the highest bidder.
All right, that's clear to everybody.
I declare the auction open.
Now who's going to make the first bid?
All right, now who's going to make the first bid?
Two hundred dollars!
Well, I have an opening bid of $200.
Two hundred dollars.
Do I hear more?
That stinkin' piece of land ain't worth it, old timer.
Well, come on, my friends. $200?
The livestock alone is worth twice that much.
Well...
Who's going to bid $300?
Now look, friends,
I realize we're not offering California here,
...but $200 is damn little for all that property.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I wouldn't even take $200 as a deposit.
Well, nobody's going to bid it up.
You sure you wouldn't want to set a minimum price?
I wish I were wrong, Mrs. McBain,
...but you're liable to end up...
...selling the place for a plate of beans.
All I want is to sell.
He looks sad, huh?
If you say so.
How many?
One card.
And one for me.
Dealer takes three.
Can I... can I take a hand?
Fifteen.
Yeah, sit down.
I'll deal.
How do you, uh...
...how do you play this game, Mr. Morton?
It's very simple.
As long as you use your head,
...you never lose.
Five hundred dollars.
Hmm.
Five hundred dollars.
Mm-hmm.
Do I hear any other bids?
I don't think so.
I'm sorry, Mrs. McBain, but...
I think I'm gonna have to knock down on that last bid.
Five hundred, once...
Five hundred dollars, twice...
Five hundred dollars...
Five thousand dollars.
You said $5,000?
It's on its way.
- That's Cheyenne. - It's Cheyenne.
The reward for this man is $5,000, that right?
Judas was content with $4,970 less.
There were no dollars in them days.
Mm. But sons of bitches, yeah.
Hey, wait a minute.
The jail's that way.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, but, uh, you're going to the railroad station.
I'm sending you to Yuma, Cheyenne.
They got a modern jail there.
It's got more walls, more bars...
...more guards.
Oh, you'll like it... in 20 years.
You'll see.
Whoa! Hey-hey!
Two tickets, amigo,
...to the next station.
One-way only.
Mm.
Here's to you, and congratulations.
You've got yourself a good deal.
Oh, the auction.
Forget it.
I don't invest in land.
You don't look at all like the noble defender...
...of poor, defenseless widows.
But then again...
I don't look like a poor, defenseless widow.
Cheyenne's right... you're a remarkable woman.
And you're a remarkable man...
...but you have something on your mind.
And you've got something on your mind.
Hot water.
A bathtub full of hot water.
I think it's time I filled that bathtub.
Who are you?
Jim Cooper.
Chuck Youngblood.
More dead men.
They were all alive until they met you, Frank.
You paid $5,000 for somethin' belongs to me.
Five thousand...
...plus one.
You got a right to make a profit, too.
I wouldn't take too long...
...thinking about it if I were you.
You've got yourself into something's bigger than you are.
You got a chance to get out easy, you better take it.
You sound like a real businessman, Frank.
Being with Mr. Morton has done you a lot of good.
And you've learned some new methods.
Yeah, Mr. Morton is showing you a lot of new ways.
Even though you haven't given up the old ones.
Pick any method you like, just make the deal.
Which deal, Frank?
We have more than one, you and me.
Well, we can...
...lump 'em together into one bundle,
...settle all of them...
...here and now.
Easy, Frank.
Easy.
You gotta learn not to push things.
Taking it easy is the first thing a businessman should do.
I got an idea Mr. Morton can teach you a lot more.
How much?
One dollar.
Giddy-up.
I could swear we're going to have that strange sound.
Right now.
Time sure flies.
It's already past 12:00.
But... but they were his men.
Yeah.
And they tried to kill him.
They must've found somebody who pays better.
And you...
...you saved his life.
I didn't let them kill him and that's not the same thing.
Sure.
It's not the same thing.
You get dressed.
It's time to go home.
Did you make coffee?
This time I did.
Good.
My mother used to make coffee this way...
...hot, strong...
...and good.
- Cheyenne. - Huh?
What's he waiting for out there?
What's he doing?
He's whittlin' on a piece of wood.
I got a feeling, when he stops whittling,
...something's gonna happen.
Surprised to see me here?
I knew you'd come.
Morton once told me I could never be like him.
Now I understand why.
Wouldn't have bothered him...
...knowing you were around somewhere alive.
So you found out you're not a businessman...
...after all.
Just a man.
An ancient race.
Other Mortons will be along,
...and they'll kill it off.
The future don't matter to us.
Nothing matters now... not the land,
...not the money, not the woman.
I came here to see you.
'Cause I know...
...that now you'll tell me what you're after.
Only at the point of dying.
I know.
I heated some water for you.
I also found a razor.
Put it there, please...
...so I can watch the railroad move up...
...while I shave.
You know what?
If I was you,
I'd go down there and give those boys a drink.
Can't imagine...
...how happy it makes a man to see a woman like you.
Just to look at her.
And if one of them should, uh, pat your behind...
...just make believe it's nothing.
They earned it.
Keep your lovin' brother happy.
Who-who are you?
Hey...
...you're sort of a handsome man.
But I'm not the right man.
And neither is he.
Maybe not... but it doesn't matter.
You don't understand, Jill.
People like that have something inside...
...something to do with death.
That fella lives,
...he'll come in through that door,
...pick up his gear and say adios.
It would be nice to see this town grow.
Now I gotta go.
It's gonna be a beautiful town...
Sweetwater.
I hope you'll come back someday.
Someday.
Yeah...
I gotta go, too.
Make believe it's nothing.
Sorry, Harmonica, I gotta stay here.
Who?
I ran into Mr. Choo-Choo.
I didn't count on that half-man from the train.
He got scared.
Hey, Harmonica, when they do you in,
...pray it's somebody who knows where to shoot.
Go away.
Go away. I don't want you to see me die.