:04:01
Willie, meet Mr. Murray Sinclair, our
wrecking boss. Glad to know ya, Willie.
:04:04
And don't forget, Willie. When you pile 'em up,
there's a poor goat that's gotta clean up the mess
:04:08
What are you doing out this way,
Murray? There was a wreck, wasn't there?
:04:10
Nah. Just a rock slide and a broken
arm. Lost a couple of empties.
:04:13
- Hardly worth the trip, was it, Doc?
- No. Hardly. Hardly.
:04:17
- You sound disappointed, Murray.
- Yeah. The bigger they are, the better I like 'em
:04:21
It ain't like the old days, Bill.
The roadbed's as flat as a pool table.
:04:25
All this new equipment, inspections
every time you turn around...
:04:29
In a few years, we'll be railroading in
a dress suit, the way things are goin;
:04:32
Get this: "Warning, all
personnel, Rocky Mountain division.
:04:36
"Barton Brothers held up Cheyenne
Express last week. Guard murdered.
:04:39
Barton's heading your vicinity. "
Why, the dirty, murdering snakes.
:04:43
Yeah, but look what else it says:
"Luke Smith detailed to case.
:04:46
'Give him every cooperation.
Luke Smith?
:04:48
Signed,
P.L. Bucks, President. "
:04:51
Let me see that.
:04:55
Good old Smitty.
Now, there's a guy.
:04:58
You know him?
You hear that?
:05:01
He asked me do I know him. Why, we were
practically weaned off the same bottle.
:05:05
Came west, started railroading together
right here on this division.
:05:07
Yes. Smith rode shotgun for
us in the payroll car. Sure.
:05:11
A couple of years, me and Smitty
roomed together at Emmy's. Remember?
:05:13
Yeah. Yeah. That was before
Marian and I were married.
:05:16
Now he's way up there...
Whispering Smith.
:05:19
Trouble-shooter
for President Bucks himself.
:05:22
Guys like Smitty
they don't make anymore.
:05:24
What's he like? Well, he's
sort of quiet and gentle-like.
:05:27
Till somebody spits in his
eye. Then he's like a rattler.
:05:30
He just naturally unwraps himself.
:05:32
Why, I've seen him toss six slugs into a gent's
belly button and never even seen him draw his guns
:05:37
Yeah, but why do they
call him "Whispering Smith"?
:05:40
Sonny boy, if you ever run off
with the company payroll...
:05:44
and you hear somebody behind you talkin' low and
quiet, it's Whispering Smith and you're in trouble