Rails on the Prairie
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RAILS ON THE PRAIRIE BY Morris & GoscinnY Original title: Des rails sur la prairie Original edition: © Dargaud Editeur Paris 1971 by Goscinny and Morris © Lucky Comics www.lucky-luke.com English translation: © 2011 Cinebook Ltd Translator: Erica Jeffrey Lettering and text layout: Imadjinn sarl Printed in Spain by Just Colour Graphic This edition first published in Great Britain in 2011 by Cinebook Ltd 56 Beech Avenue Canterbury, Kent CT4 7TA www.cinebook.com A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-84918-104-4 RAILS ON THE PRAIRIE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF … WORK IS STOPPED AT DEAD THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD… OX GULCH, NEBRASKA, AND LONG PROMONTORY SUMMIT, UTAH! BRAVO! LIVE OUR GENTLEMEN, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! FOR PRESIDENT! MONTHS NOW, CONSTRUCTION ON THE BETWEEN THOSE TWO POINTS LIES TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AN IMMENSE WILDERNESS… HURRAH! TRACKS HAS BEEN HALTED!… THE TRANSCONTINENTAL ABSOLUTELY MUST OVERCOME THIS GAP!… … GLUB, GLUB… LET’S GO SEND JUDICIOUS LET’S DO HEH, HEH! “DEAD OX GULCH STOP… A TELEGRAM TO THE DECISION! JUST THAT! HEE, HEE… WORKERS CAMPED FORWARD! CONTINUE WORK ON THE AT DEAD OX GULCH! RAILROAD STOP…” THAT’S IT! HEY, SPARKS! … SEND THIS “WILSON BOYS DEAD OX GULCH MESSAGE RIGHT STOP… STOP WORK ON THE TELEGRAPH AWAY, SPARKS!… RAILROAD STOP… AND I’D LIKE TO ADD STOP STOP… SIGNED: BLACK WILSON. CLICK CLICK 3 STRANGER, D TELEGRAPH LOITER HERE UNLESSON’T YOU WANT TO STAY TELEGRAM! HERE FOR GOOD. TELEGRAM! OUT OF MY WAY!! TELEGRAM! IT’S ABOUT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL… TELEGRAM FOR THE WORK MUST PROCEED… RAILROAD WORKERS!! AGAIN?… AT THAT SAME INSTANT, A FEW DOORS LET’S GO! DOWN ON THE MAIN STREET OF DEAD BACK TO WORK! WHOA! OX GULCH… BACK TO WORK! HEY! BOYS! AGAIN?… A TELEGRAM FROM THE BOSS! WE GOTTA STOP YEP!… THE RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION… DON’T YOU GET IT YET? THEY HAVE A MIGHTY WE DON’T WANT THE RAIL- PECULIAR MODE OF ROAD TRACK TO GET TRANSPORT IN THIS TOWN, PAST DEAD OX GULCH!… EH, JOLLY JUMPER?… 4 HEY! HERE ARE MY TWO RAIL CHEWING TOBACCO EXTRAVir gSTRONGinia TRAVELLERS… REFRESHES THE BREATH SCHPLABST - BEER - … SAY, BOYS? YER MIGHTY CURIOUS, STRANGER! THERE’S GOING TO SOMEONE BEEN CURIOSITY AIN’T HEALTHY HERE IN BE TROUBLE!… BOTHERING YOU? DEAD OX GULCH!… THEY’RE WRONG TO LET’S SEE IF YER WASTE PERFECTLY AS QUICK ON GOOD MERCHANDISE… THE DRAW AS YOU ARE AT ASKIN’ QUESTIONS… POOR STRANGER! HE SEEMED SO YOUNG. HERE’S THE UNDERTAKER! HE SMELLED PREY… … WHAT SIZE WILL HE BE NEEDING SOON?… 5 I DON’T HEAR THEY’D BETTER DRAW, SQUIRT!… ANYTHING… STEP IT UP. OTHERWISE, THEY’LL BE PAYING OVERTIME CHARGES. BA N G HURRAH! BRAVO! LONG LIVE THE STRANGER! ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE THANK … SOME BANDITS ARE STOPPING MYSELF, STRANGER: I’M YOU, JUDGE. CONSTRUCTION ON THE RAILROAD. HE DOESN’T HONEST SMITH, JUDGE HERE WHOEVER THEIR BOSS IS, HE SEEMS HAVE LONG… IN DEAD OX GULCH, AND I’D MAYBE YOU LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU CAN TELL ME TO LIKE THIS WILD WAY ON YOUR COURAGE!… WHAT’S GOING OF LIFE SINCE HE I’M GOING TO ON IN YOUR AIN’T PERMITTING HELP GET THAT TOWN. THE CIVILISING RAILROAD INFLUENCE OF THE BUILT!… TRAIN TRACKS… FUNERAL PARLOR 6 AH, I SEE THE COME ON, ALL OF I HAVE A FEELING LIFE’S WORKERS. YOU! TO WORK!! ABOUT TO GET COMPLICATED FOR US… SH! WE’RE SLEEPING!… I HAVE A FEELING WE AIN’T MMMFF MNNGGG MMM!… RETURNING BY FOOT… WITH THOSE SCARVES OVER THEIR FACES, I CAN’T UNDERSTAND THEM… BUT WE KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TRYIN’ TO SAY! OH! THIS ISN’T LATER… DON’T BE HOW IT’S GOING DISCOURAGED! TO GO… TONIGHT, TAKE YOUR EQUIPMENT. WE’RE GONNA WORK! NIGHT COMES. THE WORK CONTINUES… PHEW! NOW WE CAN OBVIOUSLY, THIS OF COURSE… IT GO REST… WE’LL COME AIN’T EXACTLY WAS PITCH-BLACK… NOW’S OUR BACK TONIGHT… STRAIGHT… I CAN’T SEE A CHANCE NOT TO BLASTED THING… BE DISTURBED… OUCH! WATCH WHERE YOU’RE HAM- MERING, CLUMSY! 7 KNOCK WHAT IS IT? MISTER LUKE! … I DIDN’T PLAN ON KNOCK COME QUICK! WAKING UP AT 3 IN THE SOMEONE LEFT SOME- AFTERNOON. SOME THING FOR YOU IN THE PEOPLE WORK HOTEL LOBBY!… ALL NIGHT!… WHAT?! THOSE WE’LL JUST SEE VANDALS HAVE ABOUT THAT! UNDONE THE WORK WE DID ALL NIGHT!! BLAM THEY’RE GOING TO GOOD PEOPLE! AM DESTROY EVERYTHING! TO WORK!! THE BL SUCH A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL! RAILROAD MEANS SO MODERN! STANDING PROGRESS! WATER ON EVERY FLOOR! BRAVO! HURRAH! LONG LIVE THE TRANSCONTINENTAL! TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF DEAD OX GULCH! Do not hinder the progress that’s come knocking at your doors! Help in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad! MEETING This evening at 9:00 in the lobby of the Dead Ox Gulch Hotel! Lucky Luke 8.