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Mr. Paladin, I... I just want to tell you...
u sure
I was trying to make Marquette call it off.
You must have been crazy to let them laugh you
into a suicide stunt like that.
It's all set up.
3:00 tomorrow afternoon.
I've been told that canyon is 100 feet across
and 300 feet straight down,
and a wind like the breath of the devil.
Paladin,
you heard what they call me:
A monkey on a string.
That's all I've ever been
ever since the circuses quit hiring me.
What circuses?
A monkey on a string,
doing nip-ups for nickels and dimes.
I'm a man, not a monkey.
Well, of course you are, Dooley.
Maybe I won't make it across that canyon tomorrow,
but they'll remember me for trying.
They'll remember me as Dooley Delaware,
the man who almost crossed Salamander Canyon on a wire.
Dooley!
Come on inside now.
Everybody is hollering for you.
Mr. Delaware has to rest for tomorrow.
Oh, but the whole crowd's going to go down
to the canyon and set things up,
and I thought you'd want to supervise.
Rena, whose side are you on?
Well, Dooley's. Isn't everybody?
Now, come on. Come on.
( crowd clamoring )
Come on.
( crowd yelling )
( yelling )
Hello, Rena.
I thought you were part of that crowd.
Look, mister, you been doing some pretty nice things.
Be smart. Stop being so nice,
and just go on where you were going.
I can't till I win my stage fare.
From Marquette?
He's too big.
He's bigger than you, he's bigger than Dooley,
he's bigger than this whole town.
And Bolo's just standing on his shoulders.
Well, they're gona make quite a thump when they fall.
You're not going to topple them.
Nobody ever has.
Well, I can try.
Why?
u got...?
My business.
Okay, sir, here you are.
Good morning, Mr. Paladin.
I thought you took the stage out
And miss a ruckus like this one?
Not a chance.
Why, look here--
the first extra ever put out by the Salamander Gazette.
Have you seen Dooley?
"Dauntless Dooley to defy..."
How about it, partner?
How about a little bet on the big event?
Five to one, he doesn't make it.
Best odds in town.
Five to one he doesn't get across that canyon.
( mumbling )
Drink up.
Wally made that drink just for you.
Good ol' Wally.
It's called the Dooley Delaware Fizz.
One drink of that,
and you can walk that canyon
without a wire.
All right, Dooley, that's enough.
It's after 2:00.
So what?
2:00 a.m.--
you won't be able to find that canyon tomorrow.
Oh, leave him alone.
He's having
for the first time in his life.
Yeah, let me be.
Your name is Rena, ain't it?
Sure it is, hon.
You hear that, Mr. Paladin?
"Honey," she calls me.
When did any girl call ol' Dooley "honey"?
Huh? When?
( screaming )
Hey, take your hands off my girl!
All right, what's Marquette paying you?
For what?
That little job you're doing on Dooley.
I say he is.
Now tell me how much it is
and I'll match the fee if you let Dooley alone.
Maybe I don't want to let him alone.
Maybe I don't want to see him show up at that canyon tomorrow.
You want to scrape him off
the bottom of the canyon, is that it?
If he don't show up, he'll stay alive.
Sure. Marquette will collect the bet,
and Dooley will spend the rest of his life
mself.
Dead or alive, Dooley loses and Marquette wins.
Best odds in town, folks. Make your bets here.
Hey, you.
Come over here.
Coming right up.
Best odds in town, folks. Five to one.
How do you figure odds like that?
Nobody can walk a wire in that condition.
Well, here's $50 on Dooley.
Leaves nothing for tomorrow.
Give the slip to Rena.
It's your money.
If Dooley wins, you get 250 bucks.
Now, how does that compare
with what Marquette
Best odds in town, folks.
Take your bets right here.
More than double.
Listen, I like the little guy.
Let me fix it so he don't show up tomorrow.
Then Marquette will be happy and Dooley will be alive.
Dooley will be alive?
He'll die every time he looks in the mirror
for the rest of his life.
This town will paint him yellow it.
What do you want me to do?
I've been trying to save enough money
to get out of this town.
I can't afford to turn down Marquette's deal
and neither can anybody else.
You can.
If Dooley makes it across that wire tomorrow.
Sure, if he does, if.
You can help.
How?
Undo what you've been doing.
See that he shows up in decent shape tomorrow.
Take care of him the right way.
I guess I could try.
Rena, your stage fare is walking across that wire
with Dooley tomorrow.
Now go on, take care of him.
Thanks.