[after having been shot in the back]

Well Tom, they came.

Now don't do any talkin' now, just rest.

I'll talk if I wanna - for a little while, anyway.

All right, if you wanna talk.

I'll bet you knew a fellow once who did something like falling asleep when he oughta kept awake. Didn't ya, huh?

Yeah, I knew a fella that lived down around Wichita. He was a ...well you see, he tried to keep awake one night when he was gonna catch a stage over to a nearby town and he had a girl over there he was courtin'...

A man must be an awful fool to get shot in the back....

Wait a minute, you know, that's how they shot my father. They didn't dare face him either.

They didn't give us a chance, did they?

No.

Oh, I'm sleepy, plumb-tuckered out.