Dynamite Run

And now, another tail well calculated duty to him. I promised Kate I was through with hauling high explosives. Let Jardine hire some younger guy, with no white, no four-year-old daughter. Let him take the risk. Let him get blown up, bit to something happens to the truck.

But that night I had to make one more run. I had to. It's leaving again. Kate, she's got to have a nurse, the doctor. I'm as good as any of you. And what happens if you get sick too?

Look at you, I'll borrow night every night with her. But you're sitting there, it'll take time if you can be all right. Anyway, then we can't afford a nurse. Yes, we can. Kate, now listen to me, we can afford a nurse if I go on one more run.

You promised me we'll go through with that. There's a big oil fire up at Westfield. Two wells are already blazing and there's a third ready to catch up the wind shifts. They need the dynamite to blow the top off that fire. I don't care.

I already talked to Jardine. He offered me a hundred and twenty five bucks for just one trip. Tell him to get somebody else. They're all out on runs already. I'll be back day after tomorrow with a hundred and twenty five bucks.

Now you get on that phone and hire a nurse to take care of our kids. But then I won't make sure... All on Earth! You get some sleep, hear me? Me? With her face and you out on the road with a load like the one from her brother?

What do you think I am? I know what you are. That's why I've got to break my promise. Why I've got to make one more dynamite run. After this I won't all anything more dangerous than tomatoes from Sioux Falls to Mason.