Jake picks up the lamp and moves toward the dark office at the front of the house and the stairs which lead upstairs. He
steps through the door and freezes. A cocked six-gun appears near his ear.

INT. LAND OFFICE (HOLLIS HOUSE) – NIGHT

In the light of Jake’s lamp he sees: four masked men have Kate, J.T., and Augie gagged and held at gunpoint. The little
boy is in his nightshirt. For one long moment Jake seems to be considering a play. McKendrick is the one with the gun to Jake’s head.

MCKENDRICK
Don’t.

EXT. ALLEY BEHIND MIDNIGHT STAR – NIGHT

Rae has been tearfully telling Phoebe her story as Paden stands nearby.

PHOEBE
Jake’s been with me all evening. I just left him.

PADEN
(suddenly alert)
Where is he now?

PHOEBE
He went home.

Paden takes off running into the darkness. Phoebe looks after him, confused. Rae grabs her by the shoulders.

RAE
All evening? Even after Slick came to get him?

PHOEBE
Slick didn’t come.

Rae begins to understand an awful truth.

EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF HOLLIS HOUSE – NIGHT

A masked man (Hoyt) steadies Jake, hands bound behind his back, on one of the horses Red and the Watching Cowboy have brought up to the front of the house. Another of the men (Scruffy) is just coming out onto the porch.

McKendrick has been looking thoughtfully at the ledgers and records shelved around the land office. Now he picks up the lamp Jake brought into the room. It lights his eyes above the bandana mask.

In This Episode

• Ted White as Hoyt
• Kevin Kline as Paden
• Amanda Wyss as Phoebe
• Lynn Whitfield as Rae
• Ray Baker as McKendrick
• Kevin Costner as Jake
• Thomas Wilson Brown as Augie
• Earl Hindman as J.T.

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• • Silverado Minute

  Minute 129: I Got a Job
• • Silverado Minute

  Minute 110: Through the Window