 When I came to this wedding, I didn't think I'd be using my gun. But if you still want to draw, I have no other choice. The gun will travel, starring Mr. John Daener as Paladin. San Francisco, 1875. The Carlton Hotel. Headquarters of a man called Paladin. Would you please hand me those stiff collars, hey boy? Oh, Lisa. Here. Thank you. I guess I can go right in here. Oh, no, no, no, no, Mr. Paladin. Oh, you make things all wrinkle up. You pack a suitcase like that. Here, I fix for you. Thank you, hey boy. I bow to no man when it comes to packing a saddlebag. But this, I don't know. Well, how come you take you pretty close this trip, Mr. Paladin? Hey boy, I am going to a wedding. Wedding? Oh, very pleasant. In Ashton, Kansas. Judge Aaron Lindsay's daughter, Susan, is getting married. They're old friends of mine. Hard for me to believe, but I can only think of Susie as a pixie-faced little kid with pigtails. She married a nice man? Oh, I'm sure he must be nice, but it's someone I don't know. I'll have to admit I was a little disappointed. I always figured Susan would marry David Brinker. David Brinker? I mean the boy there in Ashton. David and Susan grew up together. It seemed just right somehow that they should marry. You know, hey boy, I'm going to tell you something that will surprise you. I believe that I'm getting to be romantic. Oh, that don't surprise me. You want a dog on bit? No. No. Hola amigo. You want to know about stereo photographs? Listen to my last bullfight on ordinary stereo. But now, Colombia stereo one. Ah, there is a corrida de toros, free life like magnífica. There is such a big difference in stereo phonographs. With most, all you get is a couple of speakers shooting in different directions. But with Colombia, ah, hombre, you get fantastic stereo projection. What he does is to send circles of sound sweeping through every inch of a room. Surrounded with live sound, live feeling, live passion. How they cheered me. Ask your Colombia phonograph dealer to demonstrate stereo one by Colombia. Prices start as low as $39.95 for portables, $129.95 for consoles. El picador, who let them pull out? Ashton was a pleasant town, prosperous and respectable. Its citizens were solid, hard-working and law-abiding. It hadn't always been that way. It had its beginnings as a supply station just off the old chism trail and had grown without restraint into a wild, reckless settlement controlled by a gang of outlaws. Then judge Aaron Lindsay moved in and Ashton learned about law and order. The railroad station was about a mile outside of town and the judge had sent a horse for me to use and had left word that I should go on out to the ranch. Paladin, you don't recognize me. David Brinker. David. David. I'm sorry, it's been several years, you know. Yeah. I guess you're in town for the wedding. Yes. Will I see you there? No, I'm riding out on my way now. I'm leaving Ashton. You know how it was with Susan and me. But running away isn't always the right answer, David. I know, but it's better this way. I've been waiting here by the ranch gate trying to get up the courage to see Susie till a goodbye, but I don't think I will. Would you do something for me, Mr. Paladin? What's that? Tell Susan I wish her a lot of happiness. All right, David. Why don't you change your mind? Come to the wedding. I know you'll think I'm talking like a sore head, but well, it's not right for her to marry him. It's a mighty big mistake. Well, so long, Mr. Paladin. Get up here. And thanks! Goodbye, David. Good luck. Come on, boy. Susie! I'm so glad you came. Nothing in the world would have kept me from your wedding. Let me look at you. Well, my little fixy face has certainly become a beautiful young lady. Thank you. Oh, my. Oh, Dad will be so happy to see you. How is your father, Susie? Well, I think you'll be surprised when you see Daddy. He hasn't been well. Oh, I'm sorry. Come on in the house. All right. Well, I guess you're really excited, aren't you, Susan? Yes. Paladin, that gift you sent, it's beautiful. I'm glad you like it. It seems it's a very special kind of jade, Susan, as a very special kind of a Chinese god he's supposed to bring you happiness. Is he magic? He may be. He better be. Oh, now, what kind of talk is that? Oh, never mind. Well, Dad's in his study there. Go right in. I have to get ready. Uh, wait, Susan. I, uh, saw David Brinker out by the ranch gate. David? Yes. He said to tell you that he wishes you a lot of happiness. He was, uh, he was leaving Ashton. David leaving? No, he can't leave. Oh, no. Oh, David. Susan. Paladin. Well, hello, Aaron. It's good to see you. And it's good to see you, Aaron. What's the matter with Susan? Well, I, I believe it's something called wedding day nerves. Well, I wish that girl's mother were alive. This is too much for me. Can I tell you, Paladin, this whole thing's got me torn up. Aaron, who is this boy she's going to marry? Tom Cameron, a newcomer here. Bought the old Abbott's bread. You mean the ranch that borders your place? Yes, that's the one. Oh. She and Tom will be living in the old Abbott house. Well, that'll be nice for you, Aaron, having Susan that close after she's married. Yes, I suppose you could say that. But there's something mighty strange about this marriage, Paladin. Mighty strange. If Dandruff dulls your hair, leaves your scalp itchy, please listen. You can get rid of annoying Dandruff so fast today, no one should suffer any longer. With Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo, unsightly Dandruff's gone in three minutes. It's the quickest, easiest of all leading shampoos. Besides that, using Fitch regularly is guaranteed to keep embarrassing Dandruff away. Simply apply in the unique Fitch manner. Before you wet hair, rub in one minute. 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Finally, the bride and groom together cut the huge decorated cake and accepted the toasts of their friends, and then they left in the bereven carriage for their new home on the next ranch. It was a wedding to remember. But still, the punch flowed and the guests stayed on. It was shortly after dark that someone suggested a chivalry. Somehow, the old-world custom that had been brought to the West seemed a fitting way to end the day. I went along. We gathered on the lawn in front of the old Abbott ranch house, and a few minutes later, Susan and Tom came out on the porch to accept their congratulations. Oh, no. No, pardon me. Please, excuse me. Susie, go back inside the house. I'll be there in a minute. Please, go inside, Susie. Tom. Well, I'm Sheriff Wills. I was out there with a crowd. What happened? He's dead. Dead? Somebody out there wasn't shooting into the air. What do you mean? Cameron was hit by a rifle bullet. Rifle? Those men in the crowd out there were shooting 45. Well, there must have been somebody lurking back there in the dark just waiting to kill him. Using the noise of chivalry to cover up. And I can think of only one person who'd do that. Who? David Brinker. He's his woman, didn't he? That's pretty hard for a man to take some time. David would never do anything to hurt Susan. You tell me who then. I don't know, but we'll find out. Well, I'm Bettenham Brinker. I got nothing against the kid, personally, but he's the only one who's got any reason. And I aim to get some of my men together and find him. See what he's got to say for himself. Look, Sheriff, David left town early this morning. All right, if he ain't here, he's innocent. But if we find him around, he'd better have a good story. Hey, fellas? Susie? I heard what he said. David didn't do it. I'm going to take you back to your father's place, Susie. David didn't do it! Of course he didn't. Anyway, David's probably miles away from here by this time. No, he isn't. What do you mean? That's just the trouble he is here. I saw him. He was on his horse in that stand of willows by the road. I saw him when we were coming here after the wedding. You sure? Yes. Paladin David didn't do it. Not David, not David. I don't think he's doing it this way. Your husband. Your husband is dead out there. I know. It's a terrible thing that's happened to Tom. I'd give anything if I could change it, but... Susan, what are you trying to say? Paladin, you have to know this. I didn't love Tom Cameron, and he didn't love me. Susan. Then why the marriage? Oh, he liked me well enough, but what he really wanted was the land I'll have someday. The Lindsay Ranch, the water rights, the power it would give him in the community. You still haven't told me why you married him. Well... Now listen, Susan, you have to tell me. I guess you call it blackmail. Blackmail? He knew something about Dad. Something about destroying evidence, a very serious thing. He had proof, and I saw it. He threatened to expose Dad, disgrace him. Did the judge know this? No one did. Do you think your father would want you to sacrifice yourself for him? For any reason? It wasn't only Dad, it was the whole town. You know what Judge Aaron Lindsay means to Ashton. He's become a sort of symbol to the people. What would happen if they found out he wasn't quite the man they think he is? I can't answer that now. I only know one thing. Half-drunk citizens may decide to give the sheriff a hand and find David Brinker before we do. Come on. Constipation can be a problem for anyone. Even doctors. And when constipation occurs, it's interesting to see just what doctors consider important about a laxative they might use or recommend. Well, a majority of the doctors we heard from had this to say. A laxative should be effective. Gentle. As close to natural acting as possible. And a medicine that can be used with complete confidence. 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Come on! Hey, see that crowd? What are they doing? Callum, that's David. I thought they had backed up against the cliff. Yeah. Oh, no. They're stoning you. Susan, you stay here. Stop that! Come with me. See you, mister. This is our business. Stand back, you. Let us through. Now, you just hold it a minute. You ain't taking him nowhere. You tell the sheriff if he wants to get out a warrant for David Brinker's arrest, he'll find him at Judge Lindsay's ranch. I don't like your button in. Now you need to do something about it. Ooh! You'll be able to use that hand again. But the next man who draws on me won't be so lucky. All right. Let's go, David. Ooh! You feel all right, David? Yeah, yes, sir. I'm fine now. Good. Will you take the carriage back to the barn? Sure. I want to go and see the judge. Susie, why don't you go up your room and try to get some rest? No, I'll go with David. All right. Oh, wait a minute. David, I thought you were leaving Ashton. Well, I began to think of what you said about running away. So I turned around and came back, but I wasn't sure if I'd done the right thing. When I was there in the willows, Susan and Cameron came by. Yes, Susie said she saw you. Then what did you do? Well, I moseyed on down the back road. I stayed there until I saw all the people leaving the wedding. I wanted to talk to the judge. Did you talk to him? No. No, by the time I got there, he was gone. Yeah. Just unhitch the horses and come back to the house. All right. You know about Cameron? Yes. The sheriff will be here soon with a warrant for David Brinker's arrest. But David didn't kill him. I know that. I guess you know who did. Yes. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Yes. I couldn't let her sacrifice herself for me, Paladin. You found out about the blackmail? Yes. When? After the wedding ceremony when I came upstairs, I overheard them quarreling. It seems he refused to destroy the evidence he had against me as per the agreement. He threatened to continue to hold it over her head. Suddenly, I understood the whole thing. Poor Susie. Aaron, this is information that he had. Was it true? Yes. I was guilty. I broke the law. I, who held to the letter of the law when I pronounced judgment on others. What do I do, Aaron? You won't have to do anything, my friend. I've already written a letter to Sheriff Will's confessing to the murder. But I'm afraid I'll be denied my rights of trial by a jury in the courts of our land. What do you mean? I'll have to answer to a higher court. I'm going to die, Paladin. Aaron. My doctor forbade me to ride my saddle horse. He said my heart wouldn't stand it. I rode hard tonight. The doctor could be wrong, Aaron. That's what I told him. But you know something. He was right. Absolutely right. Oh, Mr. Paladin. Oh. Hello, hey, boy. You sit here in corner of lobby all alone. Look very sad. You still think I'm good friend of Judge Lindsey? Afraid so, hey, boy. Oh. Not good to mourn so long. Time to think of other things. You remember that jade figurine we got from your uncle? Oh, he's a Chinese guy. He brings happiness. Well, does he really? Well, Mr. Paladin, that God a pretty tricky fellow, but no need ever worry about him. Everything work out fine in end. Does it? A modern filter? Sure, Winston has it. But that's only the beginning of a Winston. Up front, up where it really counts, Winston packs exclusive filter blend. Light, flavorful tobaccos, specially selected and specially processed for filter smoking. Filter blend. That's why it's fun to smoke Winston. America's best-selling filter cigarette. Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. Will Travel Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Rolf is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and stars John Daner as Paladin with Ben Wright as Hey Boy. Tonight's story was specially written for Have, Gun, Will Travel by Ann Dowd. Featured in the cast were Parley Baer, Bartlett Robinson, Sam Edwards, Robert Robinson and Eleanor Berry. This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents Have, Gun, Will Travel.