 There are a lot of people who are ripe to tear you down all they need is a good enough reason I'm going to give them that reason Have gone will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Hey, boy. Oh, Mr. Paladin. Oh, I did not see you sitting there. Hey boy. Thank you up in room playing chess Why are you down here? I'm waiting for my carriage carriage. Oh No, oh my no, yes, and where have you been the last two hours? Oh I get a carriage right away. No, no wait a minute. Hey boy. It's already been taken care of It'll be here in a few minutes. Would you mind taking this bag out for me? Oh my oh, please forgive me Paladin. Hey boy forget you leave this afternoon. Mm-hmm. Well, where have you been? Mm-hmm. Oh They have trouble up on fourth floor Missy Wong ask a hey boy for help and I'll take back out to front court now Miss Wong I knew I shouldn't have asked Well, we better get out there. Very sir Hey, what the name of this place you go to in Colorado territory At least you remembered it was Colorado the town's called Alder Bend. Oh Nice it plays. I don't know. I've never been there before. I'll let you know when I get back This is the cold season What do medical authorities say about the common cold? Doctors tell us there's no known drug which will cure a cold There are effective medications for treating complications accompanying or following a cold if you've been taking sensible precautions and Still have one cold after another. It's best to see your doctor and here's another important health tip when you have a cold and need A laxative that's the time to rely on gentle x-lax Pleasant-tasting chocolate it x-lax helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight x-lax gets along with any cold remedies you may be taking and x-lax works where nature wants in the lower track Not the stomach taken at bedtime x-lax won't disturb sleep Gives you the closest thing to natural action the next morning You're well on your way toward your normal regularity without upset or discomfort So when you have a cold and need a laxative take x-lax the laxative you can use with complete confidence x-lax helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight x-lax a man named Iris Stokes had asked me to come to Alder Bend He hadn't disclosed the nature of my assignment, but since he had offered me one thousand dollars I felt the least I could do was make the trip It was early in the morning and the main street was empty as I rode through to the livery stable at the far end of town Just outside the stable door was a giant of a man standing with his feet apart and his huge body braced as he methodically Lashed out with a whip at a thoroughbred bay tied to the hitch-rack. I dismounted and hurried toward him Stop that What do you think you're doing? I said you stop it. Look you whoever you are I don't take to no one interfering in my business. I don't take anyone beating a horse this horse and me are gonna get along Just fine soon as he learns You raise that whip once more and I'll use nobody talks to me like that. I'll raise this no no you don't You just give me that Now Suppose you just move on you're new here, mister. What's that got to do with it? This is my town Nobody pushes me around I wouldn't plan to stay too long if I was you Mister, you know who that is. I don't much care. There's iris stokes iris stokes You want to board your horse. Are you gonna be here long? Well Under the circumstances, I don't think so I Even before I received my assignment it appeared that my business and all her bend was finished however, I felt an obligation or Maybe just a curiosity to show up at the stokes ranch at the appointed time Just inside the main gate. There was a very pretty woman working in a flower bed She glanced up at me as I rode by I told her I was looking for iris stokes and without speaking She pointed towards the barn and quickly turned away. I rode on through the grounds poor Mr. Stokes, what are you doing here? Are you sent for me? What are you talking about? My name is Paladin You're Paladin you had a job for me. Well, you ain't the man for that job. Yeah You may be right a second thought maybe you're at that and not one to hold a grudge if a man's useful to me What's the job? I got a man. I want you to kill I'm not a hired killer Worth a thousand dollars to me if a certain man wasn't in my way anymore. Sorry 2000 not interested three Look every man's got his price. What's yours? Mr. Stokes. Why is it worth three thousand dollars to you to have a man killed? My method method is one way to tame a horse or a woman or a town let him know whose boss and This works. It never fails. I got my horses and my woman pretty well in line and accepting for one man I could have this town where it should be, but since this man won't get smart. I got to get rid of him now You take the job Nope I'm not a hired killer. Mr. Stokes Good day, ma'am Thank you for your direction. I are you mr. Paladin. Yes, is he where he can see me No, no, he's on the other side of the barn I'm Leah Stokes and mr. Paladin. Don't do it. Don't do one kill Carl Well, I have no intention of killing anyone, but who's Carl Carl Nielsen. You see, I know that's why my husband sent for you Oh, no, no, I didn't accept his proposition. Mrs. Stokes. Oh Oh, that's good Carl's decent. He's Oh You must excuse me mr. Paladin. Ira mustn't see me talking to you if you're smoking more today But enjoying it less try camels the camel blend of costly Turkish and domestic Tobacco's has never been equal for rich flavor easy-going mildness real smoking satisfaction every time you light up The best tobacco makes the best smoke A real cigarette Apparently Leah Stokes had learned who was boss and She had more than likely learned it the hard way I rode back into Alder Bend and I felt very sorry for the town that except for one man was ready to knuckle under to Ira Stokes and I wished that one man wherever he was a long and abundant life As I started into my hotel, I noticed an office building directly across the street The lettering on the window read Carl Nielsen attorney-at-law. I decided to pay him a visit You mr. Nielsen. Yes, sir. What can I do for you? My name is Paladin Sit down. Thank you My card have gun will travel Thank you very much. I don't need any right now. No, no, I'm I'm not soliciting business I have a job and that is there's a job. I could have if I wanted it. Oh, yes, I Couldn't make three thousand dollars. It sounds like a good deal. Uh-huh all I'd have to do is kill you I see Ira Stokes You don't seem too surprised. No, I somehow felt this was his next move What's behind this mr. Nielsen? Oh, yeah, Ira had a pretty good thing going till I set up shop here Oh Holder Bend has gone through a real tough period since the bottom fell out of the cattle market Most people have barely managed to hang on But once that railroad gets through it's gonna be different property around here. It's gonna be worth something Yes, I've seen it happen Stokes was grabbing up every piece of land he could lay his dirty hands to and most of it He fleeced from the people with one crooked trick or another. How could he get away with it? These ranchers don't have business heads. They don't know their rights never read the fine print Well, I've been reading it for them Giving free legal advice to anybody who wants it. Uh-huh, but what do you get out of it? Just one thing? Satisfaction I Was raised in Alder Bend The town deserves a better shake than it had Gadiff Stokes had the control he's after Well Nielsen I'm leaving in the morning. Maybe the next man who comes along will need three thousand dollars more than I do so Watch it Thanks, Paladin After dinner I tried the one saloon open in town There were two old men at a table in the far corner playing a game of cribbage. I was the only other customer I had a beer went back to my hotel, but I couldn't sleep So I read a copy of pilgrims progress somebody had left on the bed stand Then I paced the room looked out of the window The town was silent dark Except for the one light that's shown from Nielsen's office and I decided to go see him As I started across the street. I heard a shot Muffled and indistinct and then I saw the crouched figure of a man Run into the blackness between the buildings Hey you stop Stop I say Nielsen Nielsen Carl hey, what's going on in there? Mr. Nielsen. He's been shot Hey, why are you running come on back here 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. 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Wake up. Huh? Huh? What's that? Come on. Come on. Come on. I need my horse. Huh? Huh? My horse hurry. I have to get out of here Come on Now here Here he is this stall now. Where'd you hang my saddle? Oh, what's your hurry? Will you just move? There's been a shooting. I don't have any time to waste Shooting just get my bridle down. Will you but say mr. Oh never mind just Here all right now you get my saddle and hurry. Will you Come on boy. Keep your head down. All right stranger You're covered so don't give us no trouble Sheriff this man come in here waking me up talking about a shooting and unlike how he has to get out fast Yeah, I know charlie. Now stand back. We got him now All right stranger just get them hands up and don't try anything Hey, what's the matter with you? Don't you realize that neilson's been shot? Sure. We know but the man who shot him will get away No, he won't We got him and we got him real good Come on. Let's have that gun you done the dirty work with Now look sheriff. Let's go Here's your breakfast Thank you Sheriff yeah I want to talk to you. What about You've got the wrong man locked up Look stranger. I've been in this business 30 years If I had a nickel for every time somebody behind them bars had told me that I'd be a rich man But what are you charging me with? Well, it's liable to be murder How's neilson? He ain't good He must have seen the man who shot him He could clear me Neilson ain't talking to me right now and it's a chancey thing whether he ever talks again Sheriff the man who shot neilson has my bullet in him I could have trailed him last night We caught you dead to rights. You shot him and your getaway didn't work out People like you all have crossed themselves up sooner or later So why don't you just shut up and take what's coming to you and just what is that? 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This is dress down Today dress down is widely imitated, but the exclusive dress down formula cannot be duplicated. There's nothing nothing like dress down decongestant tablets I realized that my only hope was that nielsen would clear me But three days passed and he still hadn't regained consciousness My cell at a high barred window and by standing on my cotton I could observe what went on outside what I saw was disturbing News of the shooting had spread all her band had come to life. The street was filled with men in groups talking building up hate I'd seen it before when I was on the other side of the bars Alladin, yeah Regardless of how I feel about things personally. I got my job to do here And I don't like what's going on out there Well, I don't care for it myself When men start working themselves up into a lynching it only takes one little thing to trigger them. Yeah, I know that Oh leah in here sure if I want to talk to you Well, all right, we'll go into my office. No, I want to talk to mr. Palladin too and mrs. Stokes I want you to know that I did not shoot carl nielsen I know you didn't shoot him mr. Palladin three days. I've been knowing this Knowing mr. Palladin was in jail for something he didn't do Knowing carl nielsen might die Hating myself for keeping quiet, but still afraid And then this morning ira Well, suddenly I've just had enough suddenly. I'm not afraid anymore What are you trying to say leah three nights ago? Ira came home with a bullet wound in his shoulder He told me what he'd done and I guess he was so sure of me So sure I was too afraid of him to ever say anything Sheriff my husband shot carl nielsen Ira yes, and I've told all those men out there and now I'm telling you Ira stokes has bullied all of us long enough I guess you'd better go out to the ranch and arrest him. Well leah get busy with those keys sheriff If you're going to arrest stokes I want to be there Hey sheriff Looked like the whole seventh cavalry was following us out of town back there All citizens of these parts I had to discourage him from trailing us all the way They felt like you if I was going to arrest stokes. They wanted to see it I guess the town has had enough of ira too. Yeah Might as well check the house first. He's either here in the barn What's that? I don't know. It sounds like stokes Yeah over there by the corral. Come on. Let's go Well that horse is stomping him Sheriff I'll get the horse away. You drag him out. All right. Don't go easy boy. Easy. Oh, no You know Sheriff stomped him to this Looks like that bay had enough of ira too Next time you refresh enjoy a frosty ice cold pepsi cola sociability charlie. All right k. How's this Pepsi is light refreshers 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 For the weekend have plenty of pepsi around pick up an extra carton today Ck i'm sociable with pepsi everyone is We'll 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 right as hayboy and virginia greg as miss wong Tonight's story was specially written for half gun will travel by andowl Featured in the cast were an morrison lauren stopkin tim graham herb vigran and vick parent This is hugh douglas inviting you to join us again next week when cbs radio presents have gun will travel