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>> HE WAS OF GERMAN AND IRISH

BLOODS.

HIS NAME WAS LESTER BALLARD,

A CHILD OF GOD, MUCH LIKE

YOURSELF PERHAPS.

>> ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, COME ON UP

AND GATHER AROUND HERE NOW.

JESSIE'S GONNA SIGN YOU UP FOR

SOME SILVER DOLLARS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DRAWING HERE

IN A MINUTE.

GONNA HAVE A LITTLE MUSIC FOR

YOU.

WE'RE GONNA SELL THIS PLACE HERE

AFTER A WHILE.

YEAH, DOC, THE WAY WE'RE

GONNA SELL IT, WE'RE GONNA

DIVIDE IT UP INTO THREE PARCELS,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LUMP

IT ALL TOGETHER.

NOW, YOU KNOW THIS LAND GOES WAY

BACK UP ON THE MOUNTAIN THERE,

ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CREEK

UP ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SOME TIMBER OVER THERE BEEN CUT

10, 15 YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S DONE

GROWN.

YOU KNOW, LAND, YOU CAN'T

GO WRONG BUYING LAND.

BACK IN DENVER, YOU LAY DOWN

IN BED AT NIGHT DIRECTLY ON THAT

PILLOW AND .

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MONEY.

LOOK AT THAT HOUSE.

LOOK AT THEM CHIMNEYS.

FIREPLACE IS IN THERE.

WHY, GOLLY, THAT'S A GREAT

HOUSE.

NOWADAYS, DOLLARS JUST DON'T

BUY ANYTHING...

LOOK, MY BROTHER BOUGHT THAT

PLACE DOWN THE ROAD.

THEY SAID HE'S CRAZY.

PAID 19,500 FOR IT.

GAVE IT A WHILE, MADE $38,000 ON

IT.

NOW, THAT'S REAL MONEY.

ALL RIGHT, BOYS, IT'S TIME TO GO

TO SALE TIME HERE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY FOR IT?

HOW MANY DOLLARS YOU ABLE TO GO?

WHAT DO YOU SAY, FOR STARTERS,

A COUPLE OF THOUSAND CLAMS?

$2,000, GIVE ME 2,000.

2,000 WE GOT.

NOW 2,000.

WILL YOU GO 2,500?

$2,500.

3,000. NOW 4,000.

>> MOVE!

MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!

THIS IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY!

MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!

MOVE! MOVE!

YOU'RE ON MY PROPERTY!

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!

>> WHAT ARE YOU--

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

>> I DONE TOLD YOU, I WANT YOU

TO GET YOUR GODDAMN ASS OFF OF

MY PROPERTY!

AND TAKE THESE FOOLS WITH YOU.

>> HEY, LESTER, WATCH YOUR

LANGUAGE.

THERE'S LADIES PRESENT.

>> I GIVE A FUCK WHO IS PRESENT,

OKAY?

>> THIS AIN'T YOUR PROPERTY.

THIS AIN'T YOUR PROPERTY!

>>

THIS AIN'T MY PROPERTY?

THE HELL IT AIN'T.

>> YEAH, YOU DONE BEEN LOCKED UP

OVER THIS ONCE ALREADY.

YOU WANNA GO AGAIN?

>> I DON'T GIVE A GOOD GODDAMN

IF I BEEN LOCKED UP OR NOT.

I WANT YOU SONS OF BITCHES OFF

MY GODDAMN PROPERTY.

>> THEY GONNA LOCK YOU UP AND

PUT YOU IN THAT RUBBER ROOM.

NOW, THIS IS NOT YOUR LAND.

>> FUCK. ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT?

>> WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO,

LESTER, SHOOT ME?

>> GET OFF THE TRUCK!

>> I'VE BEEN COMMISSIONED TO

SELL THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

IT AIN'T YOURS NO MORE.

YOU KNOW THAT.

>> GET OFF THE TRUCK!

>> I AIN'T GETTING OFF NO TRUCK.

>> GET DOWN!

GET OFF THE TRUCK.

>> I'M GONNA SELL THIS LAND

TODAY.

>> OKAY. GET OFF.

>> GO AHEAD, SHOOT ME.

I'M NOT GOING.

>> UGH!

AAH!

>> CALL THE SHERIFF.

GET THE SHERIFF OUT HERE AND

LET'S GET THIS MAN OUT OF HERE.

GET OVER THERE AND CALL THE

SHERIFF.

GOT POOR, OLD LESTER HERE,

WE'RE GONNA GET HIM SOME HELP.

WE'LL GET THIS SALE GOING HERE

IN A MINUTE, FOLKS.

YOU ALL JUST STAND THERE AND--

>>

THIS IS MY FATHER'S PROPERTY!

THIS IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY!

>>

AH!

UGH, FUCK.

FUCK.

DAMN.

DAMNED IF I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

THEM.

FUCK.

HALLELUJAH.

AAH.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

THEY SAY HE NEVER WAS RIGHT

AFTER HIS DADDY KILLED HISSELF.

THEY WAS JUST THE ONE BOY.

THE MOTHER HAD RUN OFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO OR WHO

WITH.

ME AND CECIL EDWARDS WAS THE

ONES WHO CUT HIM DOWN.

HE COME IN THE STORE AND TOLD IT

LIKE HE'D TELL IT WAS RAINING

OUT.

WE WENT UP THERE AND WALKED IN

THE BARN, AND I SEEN HIS FEET

HANGING.

WE CUT HIM DOWN, LET HIM FALL ON

THE FLOOR, JUST LIKE CUTTING

DOWN MEAT.

HE STOOD THERE AND WATCHED,

NEVER SAID NOTHING.

HE WAS ABOUT NINE OR TEN YEARS

OLD AT THE TIME.

THE OLD MAN'S EYES WAS RUNNING

OUT ON STEMS LIKE A CRAWFISH,

AND HIS TONGUE BLACKER THAN A

CHOW DOG'S.

I WISHED IF A MAN WANT TO HANG

HISSELF, HE'D DO IT WITH POISON

OR SOMETHING SO FOLKS WOULDN'T

HAVE TO SEE SUCH A THING

AS THAT.

>> COME ON, GIRL.

COME ON.

HEY.