 You won't stop me from getting these logs through. My gun is pointed at your man's head. Now put your rifle down, or he'll be a long time dead. Have gun. We'll travel. Starring Mr. John Daener as Paladin. San Francisco, 1875. The Carlton Hotel. Headquarters of a man called Paladin. Yes, who is it? It's Head Boy. Well, come in, Head Boy. No, can't open door, Mr. Paladin. Arm is full. Ah, all right. Wait a minute. Oh, see, Mr. Paladin? Good heavens, what's all that you're carrying? Visible things. You remember you said you teach Head Boy how to play Visible? Hey, can bring stuff in, set down? Well, yes, of course. Yes, sir. Oh, it's great heavy mess learning to play Visible. What on earth are all those things supposed to be, Head Boy? Bats. Bats. What do you think, Mr. Paladin? Well, it looks like you brought every kind of stick you could find. Oh, yes, sir. Wide ones, skinny ones, fat ones. Head Boy have many basketball players to choose from. Oh, I see. Yes, sir. Shall we get started, Mr. Paladin? Head Boy want to tell all members of Chinese Imperial Dragon Club about the Visible. Are you taking back now? No, no, not now. Hey, boy, I've got to finish packing. Oh, are you leaving today? Yes, I thought you knew. Oh, to see Missy Mitchell and Washington Territory? That's right. Oh, hey, boy, I think you leave tomorrow. Well, you've been so busy buying up all that baseball equipment you've lost track of the days. You want to help me finish packing? Yes, sir. So sorry, hey, boy, I forgot. There'll be plenty of time for your baseball lessons when I get back. You'll have all winter to practice. Oh, you think Imperial Dragon Club have good team by springtime? If they're as interested as you are, it should be one of the best teams in San Francisco. Oh, very good. These make our, hey, boy, very important man club. Tastes good like a cigarette should Winston tastes good like a cigarette should Winston gives you real flavor, full-rich tobacco flavor Winston's easy drawing to The flavor comes right through to you Winston tastes good like a cigarette should A modern fielder? Sure Winston has it. But that's only the beginning of a Winston. Up front, up where it really counts, Winston packs exclusive filter blend. Light, flavorful tobaccos, specially selected and specially processed for filter smoking. Filter blend. That's why it's fun to smoke Winston. America's best-selling filter cigarette. Winston tastes good like a cigarette should Elizabeth Mitchell had been in San Francisco attending a finishing school for young ladies when we met. We attended many parties together for a period of months. Then, during one of my absences, she left with no indication as to where she was going. Now, six months later, I had received a telegram from her saying that she was the owner of a logging camp near Palmer Junction in Washington Territory and that she needed me. I took a steamer to Seattle and there rented a horse for the ride into the Green River section of the Cascade Mountains. There was snow on the ground and the air was strangely still as I rode through the tall, timbered mountain country. Always shoot at strangers? Nobody passes here. This is Mr. Hoffman's camp. Well, look, I mean no harm to Mr. Hoffman. I'm just looking for another logging camp that belongs to Miss Mitchell. Mitchell. And you turn around and go back where you came. I've come too far for that. Axel, what's going on there? Stranger, Mr. Hoffman. He says he's going to that Mitchell... Give me that rifle. All right, now. Can we find what this is all about? I've got you covered, Mr. Hoffman. Yeah, and my pistol is pointed at your man's head. Put your rifle down or he's dead. No. The rifle, put it down. All right. Who are you? Makes no difference who I am. I told this man I was going to Miss Mitchell's camp and that's where I'm going. I want his law to cross my line to get there. And I'll go around. No, you won't. I own all the land surrounding our camp. All right. In that case, I'm going through and Axel here will guide me. I think you will. Get up. Now, Mr. Hoffman... On your feet. What he says, Axel. Mr., you come to help her get those logs through your wasting your time. I'll stop you every way there is. All I know is I've come because a lady called me. Now, get out of my way. 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. 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There were no men working and felled logs lay scattered about on the ground. They should have been in stacks for the trip to the mills. I dismounted and walked toward the cabin. Paladin! Hey! Paladin! Elizabeth! Is it really you? Oh, I'm so glad to see you. Elizabeth, it's good to see you too now here. Let me just have a look at you. I've changed, haven't I? Oh, you're just as beautiful as ever, but I never expected to see you in these surroundings. Well, this camp belonged to my father. He left it to me when he died six months ago. Is that why you left San Francisco so suddenly? Yes. Come on, come on inside where it's warm. Oh, Paladin, I knew you'd come. Well, you know, if your neighbor had his way, I wouldn't be here. Oh, then you met Mr. Hoffman. Oh, yes. And the giant, what's his name? Axel? Axel Grundel. Yeah. Hoffman's woods boss. Sit down, sit down at the table and I'll pour you some coffee. Good. I could use some. Elizabeth, why did he try to stop me? Mr. Hoffman is the reason I sent for you. I need a man like you who knows his way around the gun. Here you are. Thank you. You see, after father died, Hoffman bought up all the land that surrounds mine and he won't let me cross his property to take my logs to the mill. Ah, I see. Well, how many men do you have in your crew? My crew quit when they heard Hoffman had hired Axel. That man is a devil himself and he'll make killers out of every one of Hoffman's men. My men were simply afraid, that's all. Max, my woods boss, is still with me. And as Jeff, he was a very good friend of father's and now you... Well, we ought to hire some good men to work for you. No, no. Until I get paid for the logs on the ground, I can't afford any men. There's money owed on this land as it is and if I default on the payments, Hoffman gets it. Well, how's that? He bought the bank stock. Oh, he's kept himself busy, hasn't he? That noon, Elizabeth fixed lunch for us and I met Jeff and Max for the first time. It was apparent that these two men had a deep respect for Elizabeth's father and it now transferred that devotion to his daughter. They had been trying to do everything they could to stop Hoffman from taking over the land but they admitted that it was almost impossible. After lunch, Max showed me around the camp. Well, Max, what about Hoffman's woods boss? What kind of a man is he? Axel? Don't shout, she ain't no woodsman. He's a sailor, worked out of Seattle. He's cracked shot with a rifle though, I know that. He started taking pot shots of the boys while they were working. Scared them all off that way. Then he's strictly Hoffman's strong arm, man, isn't it? Yeah, that's why I brought you out to my shed here. Come on in, I've got something to show you. It's a pit under my bunk. Max, I'm more interested in seeing what equipment you've got for stacking those logs. Yeah, first things first, Paladin. Here she is. What are you looking at? An old Jennings rifle. Ain't she a beauty? Yeah. Still shoots, too. I figured you'd be all for going after Hoffman's gang with guns blazing, so I've been loading shells for it. Max, I'm not here to kill people. The job to be done is to get those logs to the mills. Can't be done, Paladin. We've got no men. Even if we could stack them logs, there's no way to get them through. There's too much snow. No roads out, no engine, no team, nothing. Nothing but my old Jennings and that gun of yours. Maybe... maybe there is a way to get the logs out. Huh. Ain't a man here can top a spar tree. I can't climb no more, and Jeff don't know how. Well, tell me, Max, how much equipment do you have for removing the logs? All of it. But that ain't the problem. We can move this whole mountain of trees, without a high rigger. Maybe I can do it, Max. You? Oh, you ain't no woodsman. I think I can trim a spar tree. Yeah, somehow I doubt that. But even if you can, how are we going to get them logs to the mill? Max, how long has the air been still like this? What kind of a question is that? The air. It's standing still. It's strange. How long? Oh, 10, 12 days. Why? I'm not sure. I was just thinking about something an old Indian chief told me one time. What was that? Well, I'd rather not say right now. Maybe he was wrong. Keep embarrassing dandruff away. Just apply in the unique Fitch manner. Before you wet hair, rub in one minute. This way, Fitch shampoo penetrates right down to the scalp. Next, add water. Lather one minute to wash every trace of dandruff out of your hair. Then rinse one minute. All that loosen dandruff goes down the drain. In three minutes with Fitch, one rubbing, one lathering, one rinsing, dandruff's gone. At the same time, leave your hair up to 35% brighter. To get rid of dandruff problems forever, brighten hair too. Use Fitch regularly. Get Fitch dandruff remover shampoo today. Only 59 cents. Mr. Elizabeth, I've never seen nothing like it. You told me that man was a gunman. Only if he has to, Max. Mr. Paladin's a good man to have around. Sure, ma'am. There's only one thing. What's that? I don't agree with where he picked that spar tree. Why? It's a dry river bed. If we're going to stack logs, let him get closer to the road where we can get a team up here. Come springtime and get him out. Springtime's too late, Max. It's now or never. All right, let's ropes and we'll stack the logs. What's use of it? Do what he says, Max. Come on, Max. Move. It wasn't easy to get Max to agree to stack the logs where I wanted them, but finally the job was done. Now it was just a question of weight and hope. This went on for a week. Max and Jeff were getting edgy. It was all Elizabeth and I could do to keep Max from trotting down to Hoffman's place with his old Jennings rifle. But finally it came. What I had been waiting for. A shinook wind. It comes, some people say, out of an old Indian's dreams. Others say it's the devil's breath on a particularly bad day. All I know is it came in dry and hot, and it lasted for two days. Dog got it. Paladin, you was right. A shinook wind is working. That snows melting like it was summertime. Look at that water come down. Paladin! Well, that's Jeff. Where'd he been anyway? I sent him down to the riverbed. All right, Paladin. Hoffman's on to our plan. Got an axel and his men building a log jam down below. According to law, he can claim every log that floats down there and stops on his property. Consarn him, Paladin. Let's go down there and shoot him all dead. Max, if you don't settle down. Paladin, you can't stop the logs from going now. The water's rising so fast they'll be starting. Wait a minute. Max, how much black powder do you have? Enough to blow this mountain up. We use it for blasting out tree stumps. Good. What are you going to do? Jeff, do you know how to use a pike? Sure I do. All right then. Now you'll make a skid jam here. And when you hear a shot fired from down below, start the logs down. Will you do it? You bet I will. All right, come on, Max. Let's get that black powder. Begin both of them here. We will now commence our lesson in stereophonic reproduction. Listen to the call of the spotted bill snicker on ordinary stereo. Now then, on a Columbia Stereo 1 phonograph. Obvious difference, what? The Columbia Stereophonic system really causes all others to blush, for it is not composed of just a few separated speakers. Columbia is the originator and exclusive purveyor of stereo projection. Only Columbia fills every inch of a room with real life-like sound. Now when I was bird watching with the Duchess of... But let that pass. You simply must hear the Stereo 1 phonograph by Columbia. Ask your Columbia phonograph dealer for a demonstration. And, chaps, portables are priced as low as $39.95. Consoles commence at $1.29.95. Lost that bird. There they are, Paladin, sure enough. Yeah. Hey, those timbers, well, I'll count them all. Look, that axle's right in the middle where we got to plant this powder. How are we going to move him? I know, I'll shoot him from here. If they hear the shot, they'd start the logs from up above. Now listen carefully. Yes, Paladin? Max, I'll draw Axel off the jam they've built. Now, while I'm busy with him, you plant the black powder out there. Can you do it? Yeah, I'll do it. Right smack in the center all them logs that got stacked up. That's right. Then get off the log jam in a hurry. I'll throw a shot at it and blow it up. All right, Paladin. Good luck to us. Right. Hey, you. You, Axel. Called my name. I did. I come to fight you. I hear you were the toughest man ever to go to sea. Man without a pistol at my head, I'll kill you. I'll break you in two. Oh, no, you don't. Hey, friend. My pair of hands. I'll kill this man. I killed him. Yeah. You killed your own man. I didn't. I never meant this to go so far. It was a mistake. Will they hold me for murder? I suppose they will. Even Axel had a right to live. Paladin, that shot. It started the logs. All right, get off the jam, Max. Did you see where I put the powder? Yes, I can see it, but get out of the way. Shoot, shoot, quick. All right, Max. You made it, Paladin. You made it. Look at them logs go through. Sit down. Oh, why sit it down? Want to learn baseball? Sit down. Oh, you saw what, uh... Hey, boy, figure to take many bats, balls, birdcage, run around very much and learn that way, not sit in stuffy room. Hey, boy, if I'm gonna teach you, we're gonna start at the beginning. Now... Come in. Oh, yes, bring it in. Just sit it down, Miss Wong. Now, hey, boy, here's how the whole thing... Hello, hey, boy, what you doing here? Uh... Learning to play baseball. Why? Uh... Maybe get to be, uh... President of the Imperial Dragon Club. Oh... Miss Wong. Hey, Sy, go now. Now, hey, boy, listen to this. Yes, sir. Baseball is played by two teams. Hey, boy, not going to make it. 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Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Roth is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Parris and stars John Daner as Paladin, with Ben Wright as Hayboy and Virginia Gregg as Miss Wong. Tonight's story was specially written for Have Gun Will Travel by Tom Hanley. Featured in the cast were Barney Phillips, Lou Krugman, Ralph Moody and Virginia Christine. This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents Have Gun Will Travel.