"LONE STAR"
By
John Sayles
EXT. TEXAS SCRUB -- DAY
Two men in shorts and Hawaiian shirts are poking around a
sandy section in the middle of scrub flats. SERGEANT CLIFF
POTTS is in the f.g., a plant-and-tree guidebook in hand, as
SERGEANT "MIKEY" HOGAN works a metal detector over a large,
sandy bank in the b.g. Both are Army career men with a
morning off to pursue their hobbies.
CLIFF
We got ocotillo, devil's walking
stick--what's this stuff--it's that
whattayoucallit--horse-crippler.
Mikey bends to scoop something out of the sand, putting it
in a canvas bag slung on his hip.
MIKEY
This place is a gold mine.
CLIFF
Lead mine.
MIKEY sees that Cliff is talking, pulls his headset off.
MIKEY
What?
CLIFF
It's a lead mine.
MIKEY
Right.
CLIFF