now, sir, where is this francis mason? i'm francis mason. i writ you a letter. i didn't expect to meet you until later. what you're looking for is around these parts, so we can get started right now. started for where? it's a great big country, mister, man can't tell where he's g gna end up. the cheyenne don't give you much choice. i'm alive, ain't i? got a long ways to go. let's get started. i'm not going anywhere yet. with your permission, sir, i'd like to talk to mr. masas alone. go ahead. you didn't seem very anxious. you didn't write me much proof. if i'd have told you all i knowed in my letter, you'd knowed more than me. now,w,aybe you think you don't need me, but you need me, mister mason. i'm not going out there with you unless you give me some good reasons. you want to find your brother, don't you? that's what the advertisement said. $5,000 reward. to the man who takes me to him. not a cent till then? that's right. i ain't so young anymore. i got the rheumatism. settin' in the sun's a lot easier than setttt' in the saddle. and i ain't risking aches and