 you came to me with a torch and a gun you call it righteousness call it by its right name murder gun will travel starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin come in whoa clean socks mr. Paladin mm-hmm a clean socks for trip very important oh yes thank you hey boy just put them in the bag there yes sir oh oh oh bottle of brandy in bag two it's for the trip very important oh oh he's snake bite correct oh no snakes in Nevada territory this time of year why not too cold maybe brandy for other purpose like drinking maybe or maybe to give lady named Cleo to make warm the lady named Cleo has hired me to do a job that's all oh sure she wants me to find her husband oh sure and she's paying me very well oh sure hey boy you know what you are no what I off often knuddle yes now carry this down to the lobby for me I'm ready to leave the comforts of the Carlton Hotel and head for the wiles of Nevada I'll think no do you see speed laws and other regulations as restrictive or do you look upon them as protective when a police officer writes a summons for traffic violations do you see him as an enemy or a friend your life may depend on your attitudes statistics clearly indicate that where laws are obeyed deaths go down it's no secret that emotional immaturity is the major factor in our accident rate how else but childish can you describe the notion that breaking a traffic regulation is a way of getting away with something what could be more infantile than believing one can prove his superiority by ignoring a stoplight unfortunately too many drivers on the road subscribe to that kind of emotional outlook the result is tragic almost 85% of all traffic accidents in America are caused by careless childish driving we hope you know our traffic laws and the people who enforce them are there to help save your life the lady named clear whom I had traveled over a thousand miles to help turned out to be a fat shrew of 50 and her desperate need of me was to find a husband who had understandably tried to blot out his memory of her with drink by the time I found him he done pretty well I figured they deserved each other so I brought him back memory and all but I was left in the middle of the Nevada desert miles from the railroad I'd been riding for a full day when I heard a strange sound in the desert stillness or at least a strange sound for that lonesome place it was a baby's cry and then I saw the wagon it sat alone without horses forlorn in the sand no sign of life except the sound I dismounted and walked toward the wagon thought it was deserted this all right get on your horse and ride on are you alone here don't matter woman can't last out here by herself where's your man clear out mister what's that you've been digging don't concern you is a grave who's it for the baby and me look I don't know what this is all about but won't you let me help you you can't help us none I can try you ain't a doctor are you know I'm not move on then what's wrong with the baby I thought I thought fever well maybe I kind of fast mr. I just as soon as shoot you dead is no you got a killing fever from us but you just can't stay out here I ain't got the strength to dig another grave as a doctor senior baby no but then you can't be sure it's typhoid mr. Mulroney knows who Mulroney the wagon master he knows the symptoms and he just cut you loose left you out here to die he said it was either the baby and me or the whole wagon train are they sending help what can they do and there's a settlement less than a day's ride from here we'll hitch my horse to the wagon now they won't let us in wagon trains thereby now they'll know about the typhoid they'll never let us in not now look there's fresh water and food in my saddle bag enough to hold you like a bag where you're going to get help mr. you don't have to do this let's just say I want to pardon me ma'am yes they said at the store I'd find a doctor at this house yes that's right my name is Paladin I'd like to speak to the doctor if I may you are mr. Paladin you're the doctor dr. Philip Zachary how do you do didn't they tell you down at the store well there were some looks I guess people out here haven't got used to the idea of a woman doctor most of them won't even believe I am a doctor are you my diplomas inside if you care to look oh no no I'm not the patient who is that a woman and her baby what's wrong with the baby might have typhoid fever might have well I'm not sure where are they they're lying in a wagon the day's ride from here I see it's a long ride you'll find my horse in the stable by the time you have him saddled I'll be ready to go you're quite a woman I'm a doctor mr. Paladin what a minute oh looks like a delegation doesn't it just matter you to I got something to say yes mr. Davis mr. you didn't tell us those people had typhoid fever no I didn't who did I did my name is Jeremiah Mulroney well now Mulroney you don't look like a murderer why you sentenced that woman and her baby to die when you left them out in the desert their disease you've done nothing to help them look mr. typhoid's a terrible thing it's nothing a fool around with we don't want it here either touches pitch shall be defiled forthwith you've consorted with the disease the fever is upon you to so you'd better make tracks mr. wait mr. Davis he's not even sure it is typhoid I'm sure I saw it you're not qualified to say and who says she is are you going out there with this man mr. Thackeray of course mr. Davis I'm a doctor all right that's up to you but once you mix with a fever you're not welcome back here and don't try bringing those fever patients back here either if we have to bring them back we will look we got folks to protect children of our own and we'll shoot you down if we have to to keep them safe they mean what they say mr. Paladin so do I you're ready to go I'm ready I guess perhaps I wasn't used to the idea of a woman doctor myself especially when as pretty as Phyllis Thackeray she rode beside me through the desert all night without rest without complaint now it was just after sunrise maybe I should brought something for saddle so I want to rest I want to get to that baby yeah shouldn't be long now good you know you should be on a velvet sati wearing a hoop skirt and fluttering your eyelash over a fan I tried that it was too easy that's why you studied medicine this was hard maybe something like that wasn't tough enough practicing backies I guess I'm as much missionary as position I was the second woman to graduate from my medical school others came after me was difficult for all of us but gradually we're becoming accepted as something better than freaks you're not accepted yet you just got run out of town maybe I'm not the missionary I think I am or the doctor well we'll see here's the wagon up ahead I don't see anybody neither do I come on they're in there all right both sleeping I hope that's what it is is there anything I can do just help me up here and cross your fingers doctor coffee's ready good the food will be ready in a minute here thanks how are they the mother suffering from exhaustion exposure nerves no sleep the baby typhoid maybe I don't know yet Mulroney knows all the symptoms so do I high fever red spots delirium and a coma that leads to the crisis the baby has all of them still it could be something else but whatever it is I can't do much for in this wilderness you want to take them back to town yes you know what that means yes it's necessary medically yes I'll hitch the horses to the wagon mr. Paladin you don't have to come with me I wouldn't miss it something about that Mulroney's face I didn't like they have gone to I'm gonna try to talk some sense into their heads here hold the reins stand right there no closer doctor Thacker he has examined the woman and child the woman has no signs of typhoid child is disease the doctor isn't sure the baby has typhoid I am sure that baby needs treatment now mr. Davis you're a sensible man are you going to let Mulroney sentence a woman and child to death we'll bring what you need out here but you ain't bringing them into town they'll be completely isolated in the doctor's office paladin they're sick and we can't take the chance we're gonna protect us they're not as sick as you people now you may be able to keep them out of this settlement but you'll carry your own sickness with you wherever you go you'll die again every time you see a baby's smile what got our own kids to think about how do your children cry when they're sick any different from that baby suppose it was your child crying like that would you send it to the desert to die now listen to me all of you I'm driving that white into the doctor's office and don't you try to stop me if you need a doctor you know where she'll be we won't let you do it paladin we won't let you bring disease and pestilence into our mess I'm afraid they'll use those guns mr. Paladin get back there with mrs. Benson both of your life flat you're gonna try go on get back I'll have you in your office in another minute CBS radio will score another goal on New Year's Day as most of these same stations bring you our play-by-play broadcasts of the two year-end football classics the orange bowl and cotton bowl games from the orange bowl CBS News sports experts will call the thrills in the Oklahoma Syracuse contest Syracuse will be making its second appearance at the orange bowl this year with an 8 to 1 record sporting a 9 to 1 record Oklahoma will make its fourth appearance there'll be plenty of excitement at the cotton bowl to where Texas Christian will be battling it out with the Air Force Academy the Texans have made it with an 8 to 2 this year and the Air Force Academy is the Cinderella team of college football with nine wins no losses and one tie to date no matter where you go no matter what else you're doing on New Year's Day here CBS radios on the spot broadcast of the orange bowl and cotton bowl games all through that night I sat on her porch and kept watch seeing their torches hearing the voice of Mulroney haranguing the townspeople working them up but they didn't come and inside the doctor worked with her patients it was after dawn when she came out to me still quiet oh well Mulroney is still working on them like a witch doctor his breakfast inside you'd better eat something i'll stand guard for a while thanks how's mrs. Benson she'll be all right after she gets some rest and the baby the fever broke last night oh what does that mean it isn't typhoid not typhoid you sure yes well how can you be certain you've only been with her overnight you still doubt me don't you mr paladin the symptoms are there symptoms can be ambiguous now get your breakfast you need it all right morning mr paladin well mrs benson it's nice to see you up and around i wish i could tell you how much i appreciate oh no no gratitude before breakfast baby's better huh yes much better mrs benson why does mulroney hate you so much my husband died early on the trip after a while mulroney wanted me to marry him said it was god's will to care for widows and he was the chosen messenger here i wouldn't let him near me then the baby got sick what is it coming look i'll handle him go inside with mr benson no maybe i can help you take care of your patience you may have some new ones i want to stay all right but stand back that's far enough mulroney this torch is the fire of truth and justice paladin will burn away the seeds that claire benson has spread among us will scourge the disease from our souls and bodies and purify these homes again the only disease is in you mulroney mrs benson is well and the baby is out of danger lies in the very face of judgment mulroney i'm giving you 15 seconds to drop that torch and call off those rifles the flames of the just will vanish this scourge let the fires rage in the land of you have 10 seconds wait listen all of you that baby never had typhoid fever don't believe her i saw the child raging with fever living with rash that rash was three day measles mr mulroney and you left them to die because of mrs benson bring the baby out no it's not true you're trying to humiliate me to belittle me you'll see all of you the fever is down the rash is faded her eyes are bright look at her mulroney you can kill people with hate but not with three day measles three day measles don't be a fool i'm going to kill you paladin i'm going to laugh at your grave let me see there's no need i think he's dead you shoot very straight mr paladin what do you want mr paladin i i guess was wrong to listen to him he seemed to have so much book learned and but he was just setting us against each other i'm glad we woke up in time next time you better wake up a little sooner dr. thancari this town hasn't been too good for you maybe you'd like to come along with me they can always use a good doctor in san francisco oh please ma'am i guess we ain't been very friendly but we'll make it up to you if you forgive us and stay well dr. thancari thanks mr paladin for your offer but there are too many of those velvet satis in san francisco i'll stay here where i'm needed oh good afternoon mr paladin good afternoon hey boy you get in late last night uh sleep all day now up i'm feeling fine i do indeed boy you have good time with lady clio lady clio lady will send for you you know oh as a matter of fact i'd forgotten about her oh sure i'm at a lady who is much more charming a lady doctor oh sure damn as a matter of fact i've had a fine case of three-day measles oh yeah the three-day measles oh sure it's true yeah oh oh uh you got dirty laundry you put out tonight uh to coin a phrase hey boy oh sure travel created by herb meadow and sam roll is produced and directed by norman mcdonnell and stars john daner as paladin with ben right as hay boy tonight's story was written by don brinkley and adapted for radio by john dunkel featured in the cast were virginia greg vik parin gene baits and lou krugman Hugh dougley speaking join us again next week for have gun will travel