 Why not reopen the case? It won't give you back the five years you lost But it might give you back the most important thing in your life gun will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Yes, come in Well, thank you miss Wong I Don't wish to see me modest, but not too many years ago. I was considered quite a dashing young officer Just trying on my old uniform miss Wong My old cavalry company has been invited to take part in a dedication ceremony in Lawrence, Kansas I'm planning to go Oh Well, there'll be a parade a military band speeches a lot of wild stories swapped among the boys who haven't seen each other in a Long time, and then they plan to unveil a statue of Ulysses Grant in the public square Yes, he was a splendid commander. 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He'd been scouting for custody. It was a fine soldier good friend and a very wise old man Hey Well, some days are better than others Todd. Hey barkeep the bottle here. I'm buying again Yes, you've been mighty hospitable Now paladin just you don't you mention it's been a pleasure. Yes, sir real pleasure, but I'll get you yet. Yeah Yeah, the town is certainly filling up. Yes, sir. Bob's gonna be quite a dude is here Cindy Hey paladin, huh the end of the bar that fella. He's about to stare a hole plumb through you somebody, you know where Which one time well out we're there heading for the door Hey, that's oh Good lord, that's Billy Bedlow. Excuse me a minute Todd Billy Bedlow Billy Bedlow wait wait Billy. Well, am I glad to see you? Hello paladin Billy. It's been a long time. Yes, it has Well, I was just on my way paladin. Oh wait. I want to buy you a drink Have you meet an old friend of mine? No, no, thanks some other time paladin You gotta go polish up all that brass for the parade. No, don't tell me you career soldiers have gotten careless about the spit and polish Let me see now. What is it at least? Lieutenant Colonel Bedlow, I suppose. No, it's mr. Bedlow mr You mean that you have given up the army look paladin I have to go you were the only dedicated soldier I've ever known I can imagine you as anything but an army man What have you been doing Billy five years, huh in Leavenworth military prison now? May I go oh Billy? I I'm sorry Well, I don't suppose you want to tell me about it. It's a lot paladin Your friend seems to be in a might of a hurry to get Paladin Yeah, you want to take a little walk with me? I got to get on down delivering get saddled up. I got a errand to do Yeah, short time Your friend an army man He'll always be an army man You'll be back for the parade won't you Todd? Oh sure paladin. I'll be back I just got it right over and see a fella out first. I first a whole still dog gun it Let me get this here blanket over here Now it seems to me that horse is about due for trading Todd. Oh see here. I'm fond of her She's been a dang good horse for a dang long time to dang long That's no kind of a remark to make right out where a female can hear it For a fella supposed to have a way with the ladies. You don't act very smart. I never said they're there. They come Say paladin that fella you ran into in the bar. Yeah Looking for someone What do you mean? Oh, I recollect seeing him around town here this past week Well, I don't know You kind of feel when I when a man's on the hunt for another man. What are you talking about Todd? I say your friends out to get somebody looking for to kill him. All right, dearie. All right Oh, wait a minute Todd, let me do it for you Easy girl Yeah, you better let me since you're up. She won't stand chill for nobody else Looks like she doesn't intend to stand still for you either She'll be all right Todd, how do you figure a man? Well, you don't if you're caught into a man You ride with him drink with him plover with him. You write proud your trails cross If you and a man don't seem to hit it off leave him alone Whoa now now. Oh, she hates to have that since too tight now You leave a man alone when he comes around Pesticating then you deal with him anyway that seems fitting the occasion But you don't try to figure a man take him or leave He's got no right to do anything else That horse is a real mean look Todd. You better watch. Oh, this is a good animal even the best critter can go bad There we are This fella he's a good friend of yours Well, Betlow and I received our appointments to West Point at the same time We went through the academy together. We shared a room or money or clothes Even our girls Like that, huh? Even saved my life at Shiloh at great risk to his own. Yes. Yes He is a good friend of mine Well, and Paladin why don't you just go have a little powwow with him? But enjoying it less change to camels the camel blend of costy tobaccos has never been equaled for real smoking Satisfaction have a real cigarette start to really enjoy smoking again. How did you find me? Well Wasn't easy May I come in? Of course sit on I'm afraid I was rude this afternoon. No, it's all right Billy Are you gunning for somebody? You never were one to waste time and getting to a point. Are you? Well, I hope gave you that idea wise old man I'm gonna kill three men before this weekend is over That's not very smart. Why? He'll be here for the dedication The judge advocate and the two witnesses at my court's marshal When I see him I'll kill him What will that gain you revenge? What's the matter with you Billy You're not talking like the soldier. I'm not the soldier you knew well What's the matter at your court's marshal and never mind the charge you you feel you didn't get a fair trial? I know I didn't get a fair trial. Well, then let's investigate it reopen the case It won't get you back your five years Billy, but it may get back the most important thing in your life The army now paladin. No, don't you see I'll never get back the army Nothing can ever change what's happened. The army was my home my life Those men with their lies desecrated my home and they disgraced my life, but they My brother officers after all were only the army in action So what it amounts to is that the army itself turned on me now? Nothing will ever change that and nothing can ever make it right again Billy Why don't you come out to California with me? I think you need to change you Think I'm a loony. Don't you you talk a little loony. Well, that's just because you don't understand It's not the five years. I spent in prison bad as they were It's all the years. I give to a Delusion I'll stop talking nonsense Billy What you need is to find out that there's a great big world out there that doesn't give a hoot about your particular personal problems Follow me around for a while the three men. They're only symbols, of course But through them. I'm gonna have my revenge Billy I owe you a lot Maybe I can repay you this way I Hate to ask you to do this Todd I stayed there with him as long as I could but there's no way I can get out of this parade now Got him tied up. Yeah. Yeah, he's trust up tight. He's pretty peeved about it But I had to do it for his sake If I can keep him there until tomorrow when this is over, maybe I can talk a little sense into him Uh-huh. I just stand guard duty. Yeah, just keep him company See they get some food or a drink if he wants it Yeah, if he seems to settle down you can release his hands and I'll get over there as soon as I can All right, I'll take care of it paladin. He'll thank you for there as soon as he thinks it over. Well, I hope so Well, I guess we're about ready to start. Yeah, I'll see you after paladin. Yeah, right Todd Thanks, who now? Up and a At ten Repair them out When he along the parade route to the town square to our assigned position at the left of the reviewing stand The platform was loaded with brass. I counted a two-star general three brigadier generals and an assortment of kernels We sat our horses at ease as the afternoon wore on with drills Speeches local talent than more drills more speeches. I couldn't keep my mind off Billy Bedlow Hey, Todd. Yeah, what is it? No, not very well. You gotta make it trouble. This is Bob. Well, look, I'm pretty conspicuous here Oh, ain't nobody gonna see all that brass up there. It's got them blinded. All right. I'll meet you behind the reviewing stand Todd what happened your head? I got clobbered with a barrel of a peacemaker. You what? You're a friend Billy Yeah, him and me got real chummy. He was talking a lot of good horse sense. Well, it seemed like least ways So like you said I untied his hands. We was having a game of cribbage Then pretty soon he ain't talking horse sense at all. He ain't making any kind of sense Now you see he's got this here pistol hidden under a pillow. Well the next thing I know I'm waking up in my head Certain and he's gone that lows on the loose. Yeah, and let me tell you something paladin that fella is crazy You're in a coot. He sure is and he's dangerous the men he's after on the reviewing stand here He must have headed this way. Well, how'd we ever find him in this crowd? I don't know but come on We'll stand guard by the corner of the platform We're lucky it's almost over. They get ready to stand retreat They're rolling out the town cannon paladin look the officer in charge of that cannon detail. That's Billy Self-rigged up in his uniform. Oh, no, he's ordering that cannon pointed this way right toward the review Understand Todd the committee had that cannon all primed and ready to go loaded with blanks Now do you realize that in the confusion around here today Billy could very well have reloaded it with real cannonball They're getting ready to lower the flag. They'll be firing that dang thing pretty soon. I'm getting out of here He isn't saying Todd you better join me. No, I gotta stop major bedloser Yes, captain may I speak to you in private major? I'm afraid your request is out of order captain. We're preparing the sound retreat Fair to fire. Don't fire that thing now paladin. Don't need a fear stop it Billy stand back Billy I'm wearing sidearms paladin. You come one step closer. I'll shoot you shoot me Billy. Yes, you And now here are Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Bergen. Why did you stop the car here? I want to talk to that farmer. Oh, mister. Oh, you call me It's Mortimer snared. Oh, that's me Are there any General Motors dealers around here? No, no, no, but we got some Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsville, Buick and Cadillac dealers though and some Chevy and GMC truck dealers, too Mortimer, those are all General Motors dealers What do you want to see them all for well, I only want to see one for Guardian maintenance Do they make that car too? No, that's a service that's available only at General Motors dealers service departments. Oh, I see Yes, and right now they're featuring complete lubrications quality appearance services brake adjustments and front-end inspections It's quality work performed by GM train servicemen at a fair price. Well, that makes good sense even to me I tell you paladin. It was just like Gettysburg all over again the way the shots were flying They had to do what they had to bring him down. He was just gone plumb local Poor Billy. Hey, you know you was lucky. You only got that nick in your shoulder in close range like that I know I'm glad there weren't any other casualties. I've never seen a man act like that just fire and wild Like he was trying to Exterminate the whole army with him guns his poor sick mind had to find an enemy Well, I reckon I better be riding off. See you leaving for San Francisco today. Yeah Hmm. I know you feel pretty bad about your friend paladin. I'm right. Sorry about it Thanks, Todd Hey Isn't that a new horse you've got there? Yeah. Yeah, it's real sad about that old horse of mine Just went on remain plum bad We had to Well, you you said it you said even the best critter can go bad. You are not saying much missy paladin I'm tired. Hey boy. You have long hard trip on stage coach. Yeah, that's partly it It's good to be back in my own room again. Yes, sir. Hi. I'm back use your case, and I let you get some sleep Thanks. Hey boy, but I'd rather get cleaned up and go down to the bar It's too late in the afternoon to take a nap. Oh good idea. Uh, you forget to be tired when you with people in bar My shoes are plenty fancy uniform You are here boy to hang it in closet. No, you better pack it up in moth balls start in the basement Oh, oh miss a paladin. I look like a too late for a mother balls Shoot already a big hole in sleeve. That's a bullet hole Who shoot bullet in suit mr. Paladin a friend of mine friend Not much good a friend to do that Wasn't really himself when he did it a boy He had a lot of problems in his mind, but even so I'll always remember him as a friend Next time you refresh enjoy a frosty ice-cold Pepsi Cola sociability Charlie. All right, Kay. How's this Pepsi is light Refreshes without filling you like to refresh have a Pepsi right now. We'll offer it to everybody Charlie I will enjoy Pepsi at the fountain. It's delicious at home, too Have one at lunch or with a snack At the beach or at dinner wherever you go wherever you're thirsty Pepsi is there It's here too in our be sociable song Drink like refreshing Pepsi For the weekend have plenty of Pepsi around pick up an extra carton today CK. I'm sociable with Pepsi. Everyone is Gunn will travel It by Herb Meadow and Sam Roth is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and stars John Dana as Paladin With Ben Wright as hey boy and Virginia Greg as miss Wong Tonight's story was specially written for have gun will travel by Ann Dowd featured in the cast were Joseph Kern's Barney Phillips and Vic Parran This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join us again next week when CBS radio presents have gun will travel