 Someday the city will blow up this devil's inferno. We call the waterfront. I hope you live long enough to swallow the flames Have gone will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin May I warm your coffee my dear? Yes, thank you. I Just love having dinner and your sweet mr. Paladin I'm glad you do Linda Such a cozy arrangement by the fire. I Just adore a fireplace Do all the rooms in the Carlton have a fireplace? Hey boy, I thought he had the night off excuse me excited, isn't it? All right, hey boy. I'm coming. Oh And mr. Paladin so happy you're here afraid you'll be out for evening. What's the trouble? Hey boy, please to talk to you alone Well, sure I'll be out in the hall Linda So what's all the excitement miss Wong missy you what I cannot find miss Wong Miss Wong is missing. Yes. Would you please to help mr. Paladin now? Just a minute. Hey boy start from the beginning Well miss Wong hey boy have picked plans for evening plans to meet her 7 o'clock at home of honorable aunt She's not there Honorable aunt say she does not come home from work. We wait and 9 o'clock come missy Wong not there still When she was here this afternoon I saw her down the lobby He saw he a boy see her too when she leave Carlton at 5 o'clock. What did she say? She was going home. No suffer. She delivers package for lady. Then she go home Did she say where she was going to deliver the package? No, no, she not say but but miss Wong very happy to deliver package She gave big tip to dollar. She not tell her boy destination of package Who gave her the package? Hey boy. Was it someone registered here at the hotel? Oh, no, no one I ever see before a strange woman. What do you mean strange woman all the dressing black long black address black Overhead like a bonnet. Hey boy. Did she have a red kerchief around her neck? Oh, yes. Oh, that's the one you see her too No, no, I didn't see her but There's only one strange woman in San Francisco who fits that description Mami Kane Hey boy Pretty young Chinese girls who deliver packages for Mami Kane can get into a lot of trouble Oh Miss Wong in a lot of trouble if it was Mami Kane. 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She knew the private indiscretions of the boarding house masters and her fortune was made by supplying them with servant girls usually Chinese The mystery woman had bought an old mansion on bush street The gaunt eucalyptus trees moaned against the sea breeze from the bay as I walked up the steps to the massive front door a Few moments later. I was facing Mami Kane Dressed in the same black dress She always wore and even in her own parlor the matching bonnet was tied around her chin Do you have a glass of sherry paladin now? Thanks? I don't have time So the great mr. Paladin has come to visit Mami Kane, and he doesn't have time for a glass of sherry What brings the mountain to Mohammed a Chinese girl and this Wong who works at the Carlton Mmm What makes you think I know something about a Chinese girl who works at your hotel the $25 you got for delivering her to one of your clients Was the package addressed to East Street or Finale or has your business spread to the Barbary Coast? I Don't know what you're talking about look. I'm paladin remember. I don't you pretend with me Sure, you won't join me in a glass of sherry. I'd say you average four girls a day That's six or seven hundred dollars a week It's pretty fair wages for a beggar who came to San Francisco nine years ago with nothing more than the dress on her back I didn't think it was your nature to insult ladies Would a hundred dollar gold piece insult you what for to tell me where you sent miss Wong She must be very important to you to be worth that much Did I get a prize this afternoon a hundred dollars ma'am? I don't want your money Your insults or the trouble you could cause me Get out of my house paladin. What does it take ma'am force? Don't threaten me No, no, don't threaten the matriarch queen of the waterfront scum peddler of flesh It will take force keep away from me. Should I kill you? No Paladin? No, tell me where's miss Wong? I'd be ruined if I tell you would you rather be ruined or dead all right all right Please don't tell them. I told you where is she? Kelly house in Finn Halley. What will they do with her either keep her there as a servant of cellar as a slave Sometimes they ship them down the coast. Where would she be now mommy probably still locked in a room upstairs in the sailors quarters all right Now if she isn't there I'm coming back and put a leash on you Mammy King and if you have to sniff through every waterhole from here to Cape Horn You'll lead me to miss Wong Winston tastes good like a cigarette should be cause Winston cigarette comes from filter blend filter blend is a mighty good reason for you to smoke Winston Because it means tobaccos specially processed for filter smoking a Winston secret You get Winston's own pure white modern filter plus the rich delightful flavor of fine tobacco And makes Winston tastes good like a cigarette should Winston tastes good like a cigarette should The waterfront was the realm of the devil savored with pitch and tar Finn Alley was lined with two-story boarding houses on the top floor sleeping On the bottom floor the dining rooms in the saloons The saloon keeper was the boarding house master He offered the arriving sailors rooms meals and lager beer and when they owed him enough money He sold them to anxious ship captains for a profitable sum He was a crimp who spent his spare time shanghying and dealing in the business of servant girls The dim street lights along Finn Alley cast long shadows on the cobblestones drenched by the eerie fog Depraved men from all over the world littered the street. I Walked past the German house three-finger jacks the bucket of blood chicken gyms palace and finally the Kelly house Sunny and breasts the bar beer is on the house The Kelly house offers the finest lager on the alley ain't that so bucko mate? Oh, I want to talk to the boarding house master. It's me the owner standing right in front of you Michael Kelly master of the Kelly house I want to discuss some important business with you mr. Kelly Alone we're alone, sonny. Well, it ain't a sober mate among us. What's your important business? I came to buy a Chinese servant girl. Haha a gentleman has come in me midst of buy a serve And what makes you think old Kelly sells Chinese servant girls, I've got the money you name the price you have Credentials identification no credentials just money. You think I run an illegal business or selling girls, eh? Well, mr. Kelly Is this enough gold to open the door to your illegal business? Perhaps Kelly should talk with the gentleman I Want a special Chinese girl the one who came in this afternoon around 5 30 with a package from Mammy Kane Follow me lad to Kelly's back room take the door over there and turn to the right me offices at the end of the hall I'll meet you right Such a pretty belay in pin No, which pocket did you keep the gold in me bucko? I Don't know how long I was out, but when I woke up I was lying in the bottom of the skiff I Was alone except for a pudgy bearded sailor who was rowing us through the dense fog My hands were tied behind my back my feet were roped together The rocking movement of the small boat didn't help the dull throbbing pain in my head So after considerable effort, I managed to raise up into a sitting position. Oh, you decided to wake up, huh? Yeah Yeah, hey, where are we going? To that old deep water packet Well there Then what happens? happens Captain has a new sailor a new sailor You work for Kelly I work for Whoever pays me how many How many new sailors have you delivered to the captain tonight? You'll have plenty of mates on board Don't worry about that Where's it going? What? The ship. Where's it going? Who knows it's a packet that carries coal Who knows maybe you go to Puget Sound That's a lovely trip to Puget Sound. Yeah Yeah, I bet it is What's your name? Paladin Paladin did you Did you ever work on ships before? No, not that I remember You would remember it. Yeah, yeah, I guess I would Hey, why have you got my hands and my feet tied up like this Kelly ties you up. I Untry you when we get to the ship Yeah Ropes burning my wrists. What did you say? My wrists ropes burning them Couldn't you just loosen it up a bit? No, what difference does it make? Just loosen it up a little. No, no, no, I Untry you when we get to the ship Burned wrists wouldn't be too good for shoveling coal Would they? Maybe not. I'm not asking you to untie me. Just loosen the rope Maybe so I think you're a good fellow And you've got lots of troubles to come Yeah, I Loosen it for you Paladin. Oh, thanks Can you turn around? Well, I Not with my feet tied up. There's not enough room. Couldn't you just sort of reach around? Kelly ties good knots. Yeah, you sure it does Usually I have to cut the ropes This one does not seem to be too difficult. Could you move your arm here? Yeah, so better. Yeah Coming Sorry old mate Thanks for untieing my hands Constipation is something people don't talk about much But it 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 Laxative should be effective gentle as close to natural acting as possible and the medicine that can be used with complete Confidence now X-Lax has been popular with many doctors and millions of people over the years Because pleasant tasting chocolate at X-Lax is effective overnight. It helps you toward your normal regularity X-Lax is gentle next morning. It gives you the closest thing to natural action And that's why many doctors and millions of people use X-Lax with complete confidence X-Lax the laxative that helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight is X-Lax in your medicine cabinet. I took the sailors knife and cut the rope away from my ankles and rode back to shore He was still unconscious when I tied the skiff to the wharf, but he was breathing and I knew it'd be all right It was a short walk back to fin alley. It must have been after midnight, but the Kelly house was still rolling with the same black-hearted Come on in sunny and breasted. Oh, hey, hey, you surprised mr. Kelly You you you you come back a paladin. Oh, so you found my credentials in my wallet and remembered my name, huh? Well, I'm flattered now paladin. I had to do what I did when I found out who you were I was afraid you'd come back and kill me now. I'm back I'll make everything right with you and and and then you go I'll go when you bring the Chinese girl to me forget the Chinese girl You didn't mean nothing but trouble for where is she Kelly? I don't know take me advice my friend and forget her stop dodging Kelly Maybe I should beat it out of you. I owe you a few blows for the one you gave me Oh, you keep away. Oh, you put that bottle down and come out from behind the bar Oh Your aim was better in the dark over that bar You want to fight Kelly You the Chinese girl where is she listen Kelly where is she? Upstairs in the last room on the left the keys in the office Get her and get out of here and stay away from my place paladin I'll stay away unless you come poking around my part of town some day San Francisco will blow up your waterfront Kelly I hope you and Mammy Kane live long enough to see the flames Miss Wong was crouched in the corner of the locked room like a frightened animal When she realized I was the one who entered the room tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks It was a quiet trip back to the home of her honorable aunt everyone was overjoyed including of course. Hey boy She did not come to work at the car from the next day The following morning I was just leaving my hotel room when there was a knock at the door. Oh Well, good morning miss Wong Did you have a restful day off yesterday? Good And how do you feel today Happy to be back to work after so much food and so much rest. Oh well, I I hope your Appetite returns mother's evening So I've made some special arrangements for you and hey boy I'll be leaving town on a business trip late this afternoon But you and hey boy are invited to be my guests for a private dinner here in my room Yes fire and everything No, not yet. Well, maybe you wait. We surprise him wonderful. Now the chef has promised to fix you a very special dinner Oh, I wonder what he won't prepare for us. Oh Filly the buff sauce banners could let Daniel sauce to be a scallop de vos à la guine once Bum de terre metto de tel Hey, yes, if you know what the chef will prepare Do not tell me then miss Wong have a surprise. All right. I won't tell you. It'll be a surprise Proved case I tune up the tune up in a can Morning, sir help you I hope so engine, huh hasn't got the pick up of a kitty car Well, it's miss fire and some some mr. Half my plugs are on strike Improved case I tune up the tune up in a can and probably your rings are sticking maybe your valves When was that carburetor clean not too recently improved case I tune up the tune up in a can Your car is not in such bad shape all you need to tune up a tune up a $50 tune up now relax We'll add a can of case I tune up to your gasoline another can to your oil That'll clean your whole firing zone valves rings plugs carburetor everything mr. You're pouring it on Oh, no, you pour it in dollar and a quarter a can at most any service station results guaranteed or double your money back improved case I tune up the tune up in a can Gun will travel Created by herb metal and Sam Rolf is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and Stars John Daner as Paladin with Ben Wright as hay boy Tonight's story was specially written for half gun will travel by mr. 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