Delmar: Gopher, Everett? Everett: But the old tactician's got a plan. After that, it'll be at the bottom of a lake. Pete: We got but four days to get to that treasure. Delmar: Gopher, Everett? Everett: And no transmission belt for two weeks, either.

Lawman: Light her up! Everett: Hold up, boys! Ain't you ever heard of negotiating?! Bet we could talk this thing out! I hate fire! Pete: You lousy, low-down, yellow-bellied goat! Everett: Whoa, whoa, Pete, now we've only got to speak with one voice here! Careful with that fire now, boys!Įverett: Well, it didn't look like a one-horse town, but try finding a decent hair jelly. Everett: Damn! We're in a tight spot! Pete: Damn his eyes! Pa always said, 'Never trust a Hogwallop!' COME AND GET US, COPPERS!!! Lawman: You boys is leaving us no choice but to smoke you out! Everett: Damn. Lawman: Just come on out and grabbin' air! And don't try nothing fancy! Your situation is pretty nigh hopeless! Everett: Damn! We're in a tight spot! Delmar: What in the Sam Hill? Everett: Pete's cousin turned us in for the bounty! Pete: What the hell are you saying?! Wash is kin! Wash: Sorry, Pete! I know we're kin, but they got this depression on, and I got to do for me and mine! Pete: I'm gonna kill you! Judas Iscariot Hogwallop! You miserable, horse-eating son of a. Lawman: All right, boys! Everett: How's my hair? Lawman: It's the authorities! We've got you surrounded! Everett: Damn. Everett: What the hell does he know? He's an ignorant old man. He said we wouldn't get the treasure we seek on account of our obstacles. Now, clearly seeing into the future would fall neatly into that category it's not so surprising then that an organism deprived of its earthly vision. The blind are reputed to possess sensitivities compensating for their lack of sight, even to the point of developing paranormal psychic powers. Delmar: But how'd he know about the treasure? Everett: I don't know Delmar. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.Įverett: No, the treasure's still there boys, believe me.

I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. First you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek. Blind Seer: You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You see, in the mart of competitive commerce. Everett: Well, that right there may be why you've had difficulty finding gainful employment. Delmar: Got a name, do you? Blind Seer: I have no name. Delmar: You work for the railroad, Grandpa? Blind Seer: I work for no man. I'm with you fellas.Įverett: Mind if we join you, old timer? Blind Seer: Join me, my son. Everett: Well, I'm voting for yours truly, too.

But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote. Who elected you leader of this outfit? Everett: Well, Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. Is you is, or is you ain't, my constituency?ĭialogue Everett: Jesus! Can't I count on you people?! Delmar: Sorry, Everett.Yessir, a veritable age of reason - like they had in France. We're gonna see a brave new world where they run everyone a wire and hook us all up to the grid. Out with old spiritual mumbo-jumbo, the superstition and the backward ways. Everything's gonna be put on electricity and run on a paying basis. No, the fact is, they're flooding this valley so they can hydroelectric up the whole durn state. Well, any human being will cast about in a moment of stress.Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?.

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