:36:02
You fellas aren't from around here.
:36:04
No, sir, we're not.
We're from Denton County.
:36:06
We've been up
on the Ruby River pannin' for gold...
:36:09
...like every other damn fool.
:36:11
These last 22 days, you know, all we got
was $2 worth of dust and nothin' more.
:36:15
Ain't that pitiful?
:36:17
Now we're ready to get back
to what we know, and that's cows.
:36:20
What outfits have you worked with?
:36:22
Well, sir, we've worked for every big outfit
in North Montana. You name 'em.
:36:26
No. You name 'em.
:36:28
All righty.
There's Oscar West at the Triple-D...
:36:32
...and George C. Thompson over there
at McNeil...
:36:35
...Dillard Fant at the Santa Rosa.
:36:37
How long were you with Fant?
:36:39
Well, sir, the last eight years.
:36:42
What a lovely old gentleman he is.
:36:44
If we weren't three of the damnedest fools
you ever saw we'd be there with him now.
:36:48
And if you were, you'd be in a pine box.
:36:50
Sir?
:36:52
I was pallbearer at his funeral
five years ago.
:37:00
Well, I've been caught at it, haven't I?
:37:03
Mr. Andersen, I'm sorry. I lied to you.
:37:06
I got all 'em names right out of
the Stockman's Association Brand Book.
:37:12
We're fresh out of jail,
the three of us, and...
:37:14
...I don't know, you tell that to people
and they just turn a deaf ear on ya.
:37:19
Well, I'm afraid I can't use you.
:37:22
How do you mean you can't use us?
:37:24
I won't use you.
:37:28
Will you be like everybody else and not
give us a chance to redeem ourselves?
:37:32
I don't hold jail against you,
but I hate a liar.
:37:38
You're a hard man, Mr. Andersen.
:37:41
It's a hard life. I got work to do.
:37:44
Sir, before you get back to your work,
I'd like to ask you one more little question.
:37:48
What are you gonna use for hands
on this drive of yours, huh?
:37:54
Them little-bitty boys down there?
:37:57
Come on, you know better than that.
:37:59
You know what you'll need
to trundle 'em boys across the prairie?