runners

Runners

Jack takes Marie on a picnic in the hills outside of town. As they enjoy the view,she tells Jack that

her nephew Paul Dumont is coming to Bordertown

for a visit (he is the nephew of her late husband).

Their lunch is interrupted by the riderless

mountie payroll wagon as it races past. They gather up their things and follow it back to town.

Clive catches the wagon as it rushes past the

detachment, he quickly searches it for the payroll

and discovers it gone.

Returning to the detachment for his rifle,

Clive asks Jake (who is sweeping the floor),

"Where's Craddock?"

Jake informs him that Jack has taken Marie

on a picnic.

As he leaves town in search of the robbers, he meets Craddock and the doctor returning.

Jack offers to help him search and Marie goes along in case the mounties are hurt.

In a clearing, they find the strongbox...empty,

and the mail scattered all over the ground.

Jack reads part of a letter, "I'm sorry to inform

you that your request for promotion has been

denied....who do you suppose that one's for"?

Back in town, the lawmen examine the wagon one more time. They agree it was an inside job.

"Looks like you got a couple 'a runners there corporal." Jack smiles.

Clive tells Bruno to saddle up...he needs

him to go to Fort McLeod as quickly as

possible.

Clive is writing a message for Bruno to deliver.

I didn't think you had any crooked or bent arrows

in your outfit...I thought that little Queenie 'a yours

picked ya personal."

"Yah, same way honest Abe Lincoln handpicked your Union army." Clive remarks.

Bruno yells from outside, "Corporal Bennett! I'm ready!"

Jack chuckles, "Paul Revere."

"What?"

"An American hero...just one 'a many."

Clive instructs Bruno to get to Fort McLeod without

stopping. He needs a discription of the two mounties

who were on the payroll wagon.

"Guess this whole mess puts dirt on your stripes huh?

Jack torments him,

In the saloon, Clive runs into Clara, the saloon girl. She is curious about the mail, as she

'corresponds' with several gentleman friends.

Meanwhile he and Jack spot Marie dining with a handsome young man. They invite themselves

to join the couple, and are happy to discover that the young man is Marie's nephew, Paul.

Back at the doctors house, Marie gives Paul a gift. A medallion that belonged to her late husband

Paul tells Marie he would like to take one last walk around Bordertown before he leaves.

When the stage arrives later in the day, Clive tells the driver that they have to hold up for a while,

he also tells Otto that no one is to take a horse from the livery stable. No one can leave town

until Bruno returns.

He informs Marie and Paul (who was

hoping to leave on the stage coach).

Marie polishes the medallion and decides to pack it in her nephews suitcase....she finds the stolen

payroll.

Clive tells her he will sort it when he has time,

but he may have to read the letters out loud to

determine who they belong to.

Paul trys to get a horse from the livery but Otto refuses him. He returns to his aunt's house and

begs her not to turn him in when she confronts him. He explains that he didn't kill anyone, his

Otto has told the lawmen that he is suspicious of Paul and they hurry to Marie's to question him.

When they enter the front door, Paul runs out the back. As Clive chases after him, Jack stands on

the front porch and fires a warning shot.

Realizing he is caught, Paul pulls a gun on Clive.

Jack covers his partner.

The corporal wrestles the gun from Marie's nephew

and takes him into custody.

That evening, over tea, Sally consoles Marie. Jake knocks on the door and tells the women he

thought he should aprise them of the situation in the saloon...."corporal Bennett is reading the

letters out loud, the whole town is there" (much to Clara's embarrassment.)

They decide it would be quite entertaining to join the others in the saloon.

But no sign of the two mounties who were

guarding the payroll.

partner left him to fend for himself after his horse died.

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