 No one can change what's happened in the past but maybe I can do something to make up for it to help you get a new start Have gone Will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin. Oh, hey boy Hello, mr. Paladin. What? Hey boy What happened? Where'd you get that black eye? Hey boy have fight Hop sing Lisa. He was bullying you again. Lisa Remember that book a boy show you what Confucius say Remember that thing you say good advice. Yes. I remember If a man does not resent slight injustices, he will soon be called upon to face giant wrongs Yes, so hey boy decide to resent injustice show hop sing He saw a boy get beat up. Well. Hey boy. I was reading through that book. And you know what else Confucius said Do not glory in your strength. There is always a stronger Confucius have answer for everything. Yes, he does well. You suppose you have the strength to carry out these bags for me Yes, sir Yeah, where you going mr. Paladin? I'm going to El Paso head boy while I'm gone you heed this advice Discretion is the better part of Valor. So Stay out of hop sing's way Smoking more now, but enjoying it less So good So rich So Here's the reason why You can say that again If you're smoking more these days, but enjoying it less then change to camels the best tasting cigarette of all Start to really enjoy smoking again It was early in the morning when I arrived in El Paso I checked into a hotel had breakfast Then walked two blocks to a small building Painted on the glass front door was Melvin B. McCleary attorney at law When I first knew Mel McCleary was a prosecuting attorney for the state and a good man with a deep and abiding respect for the law I hadn't seen him since he'd hung out his own shingle Paladin hey male Paladin I knew you'd come it's good to see you. Sorry a male's been a long time sit down sit down You're thanks. I asked nice setup you have here. How's it going having your own practice good good very good I'm so busy right now that I can't even take the time to clear my own conscience That's why I sent for you. Oh, I can't imagine your conscience carrying a load that would present much of a problem Remember a fellow named Wally Dawson Dawson No, I didn't have to go back a few years. It was my first case as prosecutor in Texas. You were here at the time. Oh Sure, of course. He was a sheriff wasn't he? Yes, he was I remember charge to the holdup of a Wells Fargo office and the murder of a guard That's right And if you recall The outcome of that trial was the Dawson was sentenced to life imprisonment. Yeah, he served three years in Huntsville and Escaped I didn't know that I Felt cheated I Saw to it that the law kept after him always after him But he always managed to stay just one jump ahead never captured him. No, he's been a fugitive for two years now Living like a hunted animal A month ago a man made a full confession to that holdup Dawson has been completely exonerated. Oh, I Guess I can understand how you feel Mel. It hasn't been pleasant living with myself this past month Well, you only did your job. Yeah, whatever But he's got to be found Paladin somehow. I must find a way to try to make amends. I Need your help Alright Mel, where do I start looking? Thank you Paladin Well, there's been no word on him for several months, but there is a woman From down Chinati way across the border. I've heard she may know something you might start there Her name is Maria That's all I know I followed the Rio Grande River south and across the border into the town of Chinati It was hot dry and dusty At one end of the only street was a cathedral at the other end of Cantina with not much in between I Had it for the Cantina It was empty except for the fat bartender and the even fatter flies Yeah, whiskey American It's nice day, no no their hotel in this town. No, sir. They're a restaurant someplace to eat Tango Yes, sir, you can eat your old smooth way. No, where is it? This out there that way When I can see three fine. Thanks What's your name? Hey, Stévan. Hey, Stévan. You know a man named Wiley Dawson No, sorry Wiley Dawson knows I know his girlfriend. Her name is Maria You know where I can find her no, sorry Look at Stévan. I come as a friend to senior Dawson. I have a very important message for him Don't know him. Don't know nothing. Believe me. He'll be glad to see me Yeah, well, I don't know how to convince you but Sometimes this can be pretty convincing See not so fast Wiley Dawson, you know saying you are not for all the gold you could stack from here to here could I tell you that? Look, if he shows up this afternoon I'll be at Tia Rosa's Tia Rosa's was about a half mile from the cantina The small adobe hut set in the middle of nothing The food was not muy bueno, but it was filling and The specialty of the house as far as I was concerned was a dirt floored patio that boasted a large cottonwood tree After eating I laid down in the blessed shade and promptly fell asleep My awakening was a rude one. I was lifted to my feet by the front of my shirt and the fist drove it in my chin That's from Wiley Dawson, mister, I promise myself that the next one that came along was gonna get it. That's you There's lots of hate behind that fist, mister You all of you dog in my trail hounded me I've had enough I'm not running anymore. See Come here Lucy if anyone phones me tonight. I'm not home. Oh dear all week You've been coming home like this cross and tired If you'd had my nagging backache with restless sleepless nights You'd feel worn out too. But why just complain of backache do something what try don't spills Right don't spills are an analgesic and mild diuretic to the kidneys Nagging backache also headache dizziness and muscular aches and pains May come on with overexertion emotional upsets or everyday stress and strain Don'ts pain relieving action is often the answer and they also offer mild diuretic action through the kidneys So if nagging backache is making you feel worn out tired and miserable with restless sleepless nights Don't wait try don't spills use successfully by millions for over 60 years See if they don't bring you the same welcome relief Get don't spills today to save money by don'ts big economy size At last you open your eyes Well, what do you know Where'd you come from? I am maria the old woman dear roses my grandmother Maria You wily Dawson's girl I am wily Dawson's wife his wife Where's Dawson? He had to go Some men came from him. There was a big hurry. Please senior You make yourself able to live here before he gets back and his Dawson. I have to talk to you Did your husband think I was the law is that not right you are no no no I came to bring him word that he doesn't have to run away from the law anymore. He's a free man What is this you say another man has confessed to the crime that he was charged with Uh A terrible wrong has been done to your husband maria. You sit there senior And you say terrible wrong You don't know how terrible I can guess We marry when Waelic have escaped from prison We go to Kansas and homestead Both comes law We run Waelic work in mine in Arizona Law come we run Run run always run Because of something another man do No one can do anything about the past maria, but Maybe something can be done to make up for it to help you get a new start It is too late, senior What do you mean? My husband tried to do what is right, but senior only so much a man can hold How you say you have the name just as good to have the game My husband has now joined with el bandido paco paco. How long go to throw in with paco? Only last week They meet and they talk in the cantino the way paco hates gringos He must have some good reason for taking your husband in Probably a job. He is planning where he'll need him Is he with paco now? Paco's men come Say right to camp this instant. Do you know the trail of this camp? I have seen it. Yes. Well come on show me. I'm going up there No No, senior No one goes to paco's camp unless paco says so maria I have a job to do to find wiley dawson deliver the message to him that he's a free man Taking back el paso. He'll be helped to make a new life But none of that will matter unless I can get to him before he starts out with paco and really commits a crime See I understand Senior Stop here. Oh no Is it Up ahead That trail up through those rocks there. See senior There is a rifle behind every bush Now they're riflemen would they shoot to kill or just uh take me prisoner Take you prisoner, of course to have the pleasure to torture the gringo. Believe me senior paladin You should not go up there. Look maria. We uh take this It's my car Now I've written a name on the back of it the name of the man in el paso If I'm uh, well If I'm detained see if you could get in touch with him, will you? Yes, you are a foolish man But k adios te bendiga. Thank you. All right. Now you go back maria My name is paladin Okay That's right Frito's corn chips so crisp and light there's contentment in every munch Serve them at outdoor parties as a snack or with dips Frito's corn chips are so good with cold drinks. Everyone will want to munch a bunch Frito's have a flavor no other kind of chip can match Frito's are golden chips of corn just made to munch keep frito's corn chips on hand for the perfect warm weather between meal treat Tuck a bag in every lunch picnic or otherwise serve them with sandwiches salads all summer meals Frito's corn chips are full of good crisp refreshing flavor frito's corn chips Rifles were trained on me from all sides as I was led up the trail Haco's camp was in a wide valley that lay on the other side of the steep cliff There were many untidy rows of jacales that's roofed huts And in front of the biggest one squatting on the ground in a circle Were a bunch of the meanest looking men I've ever seen and Wiley Dawson horses were standing nearby saddled and ready I come to talk to Wiley Dawson You look didn't you have enough? Dawson Who is this man the law park? I am not the law Candet cianotti after me I knocked him around some I should have killed him Dawson Will you listen to me? You don't have to run from the law anymore A man confessed to the crime you were charged with you're a free man It's a trick mr. Dawson This gringos from the law have many tricks Sure, it's a trick they've used just about everyone in the book to try to get Dawson listen you listen law man Five years ago. I was convicted of robbing a wells fargo office and killing a guard. I didn't do it You wonder where I'm going now I'm going into El Paso and I am gonna rob that wells fargo office and if a guard gets in my way I'll kill it. Don't do it. Come on Dawson. We must go You gringo lo man. We save you for when we get back Then we have a sport we feed you to ants Mammono signores Bunch of tears this gringo lo man. We save him for later The men mounted the horses and rode off Then at the point of a rifle. I was prodded into one of the huts and my hands and feet were tied Sometime later. I began to consider that perhaps I was too conscientious about my work when I heard the commotion outside Senor Paladino Maria I was at the bottom of the trail. I saw the men right away my husband Senor he does not belong with those bandits. Of course he doesn't What's going on out there? There are not many men left in camp. I see that they're busy I set fire to the Hacales at the bar end. Here. Let me untie your hands Well, how did you get by the trail guards with a lie? I say I'm on errand for my husband No, maybe it wasn't a lie Maria. Maybe I can still stop him. Can you get me a gun? I think so There your hands are free. Thanks now. I'll get these ropes around my ankles Senor what can you do against all of those Paco's banditos? Paco's banditos won't dare ride in the El Paso They'll stay at a safe distance. It'll be Dawson and maybe a couple of Paco's men one that he Feels he can afford to lose There we are. Your horse is still out there. Good. I'll look out and see if it's cleared There's no one. How's the fire? It goes very well Yeah, spreading. I believe it's even drawn the trail guards Well, let's go Maria It was a long ride and a hard one and I knew I was making good time, but it wasn't good enough When I reached El Paso there were gunshots coming from the Wells Fargo office and by the time I dismounted and went inside The safe had been blasted open and the guard lay on the floor with a bullet Hey Bandits robbed safe. Who shot you little Mexican Mexican bandits. Which way they go out the back. All right. You'll be all right I'm going after them Hey you stop Dawson hold it Dawson Looks like you win law man You're a persistent cuss You're a stubborn one. I am not a law man. It doesn't matter But I want you to know I didn't shoot that guard. I know He told me who it was He can testify for you. Well, you'll be all right But your compañeros are dead Maybe better if I were nonsense Dawson what I'll take the stand for you too and there's a A lawyer. I know the best in the state. He feels he owes you a lot Who are you talking about? You'll see Ah, we better get that shoulder fixed up come in All right, I clean the room now. Oh, yes I've been waiting for you miss Wong. Oh wait wait now Remember what you wanted me to bring you from mexico It is it is that's lovely Why anyone in san francisco should want one of those is beyond me Thirsty people everywhere prefer ice cold pepsicola and because it's light it refreshes without filling jolly Be sociable. I am k Pepsie is a favorite of thirsty people from main to hawaii from alaska to florida jolly It's perfect for parties or picnics. So serve pepsi to your guests. That's helpful But this is the sociable part. Keep plenty of pepsi ice cold and ready Remember it goes fast because everybody likes pepsi singing still sounds more inviting May I With pepsi drink like refreshing pepsi Stay on but singing doesn't say pick up an extra carton of pepsi today better yet get a case You do that have gun will travel Created by herb meadow and sam roth he is produced and directed in hollywood by frank paris and stars john daner as paladin With ben right as hayboy and virginia greg as miss wong Tonight's story was specially written for have gun will travel by and out Featured in the cast were harry barthel bartlett robinson jack edwards don diamond and peggy wabber This is hugh douglas inviting you to join us again next week when cbs radio presents have gun will travel