ANNOUNCER
And now five miles farther into the next remount station. Rodney and Uriah clatter up to the stable and find the stable closed, with everything dark.
URIAH
Whoa, boy! Hm—cal'ate they've all gone to bed. Wal', we'll fetch 'em out. Hold the hosses a minute!
RODNEY
All right.
URIAH
I'll git thet lazy stableman out! Here's where he lives. Hey! Wake up! [knocking]
Wake up—come on out here. [knocking] Come on—we want a pair of hosses—wake up thar.
TOM [off]
Hey—what's goin' on out there? What do ye want?
URIAH
We want some hosses—come on out. [door opens]
TOM
Who is et?
URIAH
Et's Uriah Clarke of Philadelphia.
TOM
Oh, hello, Uriah. Kinda late fer ye to be out, ain't et?
URIAH
Oh, hello, Tom. I'm in a big hurry—come on—saddle me a couple of yer best hosses!
TOM
Pshaw now, I'm right put out.
URIAH
Eh? What the trouble?
TOM
I let my last hoss go not two hour ago.
URIAH
Yer last hoss?
TOM
Yes, sir—my last fresh one.
URIAH
Wal', we've got to have two hosses. Give us what ye got.
TOM
There's nothin' in the stable but two hosses thet come in so tuckered out they couldn't hardly eat their corn—ye'll hev to go on with the hosses ye got—less'n ye want to wait until mornin'.
URIAH
We got to be in Philadelphia by mornin'.
TOM
Philadelphia? Ye'll never make et.
URIAH
We got to—I give my word. If ye can't give me a hoss, let me hev a saddle. We broke a saddle girth.
TOM
All right, Uriah—I'll git ye a saddle! Come on—but ye'll never make Philadelphia by mornin'! Not with the roads the way they be!
URIAH
We got to make et.
TOM
Here—git this door open! [sound of opening door] There's a saddle fer ye.
URIAH
Come on—give me a hand—git et on this hoss! [sound of putting saddle on]
TOM
There ye be!
URIAH
All right, Mr. Rodney. Let me give ye a hand up. How ye feelin'?
RODNEY
I guess—I'll make it.
URIAH
Thar! Good-bye, Tom.
TOM
Good-bye—good luck.
URIAH
Tch—tch—giddap! [sound of horses' hoofs]
TOM [off—fading]
I'll bet ye a new hat ye don't make Philadelphia!
URIAH [yelling back]
I'll bet ye a hat and a new pair o' boots—come on, boy! [sound of horses' hoofs]