 Whenever I'm hired for a job, I can always expect the worst Little did I know that this time it would mean leaving my dearest friends have gone Will travel Starring mr. John Dana as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Yes, whoa excuse, please you finish with breakfast. Hey boy will take this year away. Oh, yes, we are come in Did you meet my sister? No, sir Hey boy, isn't it Lisa? This is my sister Lavinia Todd Hunter. Oh Hello, how do you do? Was your room comfortable last night Missy Todd Hunter? I was so exhausted from the trip I hardly noticed but I do think I like the accommodations of the Carlton I never thought we'd be able to get a suite with two bedrooms. It's almost like home. Oh, yes, Missy Carlton is very nice hotel, but it doesn't compare with anything. We have in Boston, Lavinia Of course not miles, but I'm so surprised. They have anything at all in this godforsaken country that I'm overwhelmed Hey boy, I saw Do you know most of the regular guests who stay here? Oh, he saw a boy know many guests. Tell me. Do you know a mr. Paladin, mr Oh, yes, how long has he been living here? Oh many long time. Could you tell us about him? Hey boy. Oh, he's a mom What does he do? What does he look like is he married? No, I miss our paladin not married my sister and I have heard that he Hires his gun so to speak Missa Paladin will be happy to tell you what he does. He's a very good friend of hey boy You like to meet him. No, no, no, we were just curious. We've heard so much about him. Yes, sir Would there be anything else? No, that'll be all for now. Thank you very much. Hey boy. Yes, sir miles Why don't you want to meet him? Not just yet, Lavinia. We have to go about this very carefully Well, we don't have all the time in the world miles. I know I know Even so you must have patience don't forget that lawyer back in Boston is looking for him And if we're too patient he may locate him before we finish what we came out here to do You don't have to remind me. Just let me do the planning All right, then where do we start my dear brother? This hey boy said mr. Paladin was unmarried More than likely he would be interested in meeting a beautiful young lady from Boston. Oh Why thank you miles and then what? You could entrant him my dear get to know him intimately. Oh And as soon as we know his weak points and when the time is right, we'll complete our mission I didn't realize I was going to play such an important role You don't object to you. Of course not For a hundred thousand dollars, how could I? Besides he He may be very enjoyable company While he's still alive. Oh good morning, mr. Paladin. Good morning. Hey boy Well, the dining room is rather crowded this morning. Did Miss Todd hunter come down yet? She waiting at your table over there in corner You're getting in right mr. Paladin. Oh, how's that? This makes fourth day in row. You have breakfast with Missy darlander She's a very charming lady. Hey boy Also Very pretty Yes, hey boy, I'm taking her on a little tour of the city this morning Would you have a carriage waiting for us out front around 9 30, please? Yes, sir. Have a nice breakfast, mr. Paladin. Thank you Good morning, Lavinia. Oh And a good morning to you, Paladin. I hope I didn't keep you waiting. I Didn't mind at all How's your brother today? Oh, he's much better. Thank you. It was just a slight cold the change in climate I guess you should have asked him to join us. I did But he prefers having breakfast in his room rather than getting dressed Say I was just talking to hey boy. He'll have a carriage for us at 9 30. We'll take that ride I promised you. Oh wonder thought we'd go up to Russian Hill over to Chinatown The Megs wharf and even the Barbary Coast if you're brave enough Well, as long as you're around to protect me. Why should I be afraid of anything? That's what I like to hear you are going to see so many interesting places today You'll forget you ever knew Boston. Oh, it sounds so exciting but I'll tell you what I'm looking forward to more than anything else. What's that? Having dinner in your suite tonight alone just the two of us Did we have that plan for tonight? Yes, why? Oh? I have two tickets for the opera tonight. Oh Well, if you really don't want to go I'd much rather keep our original plans then I'd be the last Person to break them. It'll be dinner tonight in my room Just the two of us alone Pardon me sir Paladin mm-hmm the waiter is here. Hmm. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes, you wish to order, miss you Have you been all day? With Paladin, where else it's after five o'clock. I was worried about you as long as I'm with him you needn't be oh He treats me like a queen now. You're not becoming infatuated Miles don't be silly. I'm just testing that's all and stop it Granted he's a handsome debonair exhilarating man But I wouldn't take him in preference to a hundred thousand dollars, and you know all right all right now What about tonight? Just as we planned Dinner in his room at eight. Oh, did you get the brandy? Yes, his favorite kind and the poison. It's all fixed I put the poison in the brandy reseal the bottle. It's ready for delivery. Good Ah But now miles you better go over the details again. I I don't want anything to go wrong. All right Just before you arrive I'll have the brandy delivered to his room with my compliments for being so gracious to my sister and me during our visit to San Francisco Then after dinner he'll open the bottle for the drinks and I'll pretend to sip while he Slowly drinks his death Precisely Then the coup de grace to avoid all suspicion You will leave the room quietly come back here and at a late hour. I'll go to his room undress him put his body in the bathtub Fill it with water leave everything as natural as it should be and return to my room And then tomorrow morning when I go down to breakfast to meet him. I'll hear the dreadful news mr. Paladin Drowned in his bathtub last night I'll be completely distraught and we'll leave on the afternoon train a most happy trip back to Boston to regain our rightful inheritance miles You're sure nothing can go wrong. Why should there? This is the way I disposed of his aunt and this is the way I'll dispose of him That was simpler. She was your wife. You were there with her every minute yourself You didn't have to rely on me to see that she drank the brandy true She hadn't been so stupid as to will her estate to an unknown nephew She hadn't seen or heard from in 30 years. I wouldn't have to go to all this trouble. Well, it's your own fault You should have made sure of the contents of that well Louvenia You know she assured me. I was the only heir Of course, I never thought to question it You mean to say that during two years of marriage she never mentioned Paladin or any other possible relative as far as I knew She was all alone with no one to turn to for love and affection except her dear dear miles I Guess she showed you well could have been worse At least I receive everything after him. She could have left me out of the will all together That's true Well, I think I'll get dressed for the evening This is one engagement. I don't want to miss Welcome aboard Have a commander Welcome aboard the cleaner the tobacco the better it tastes the cleaner the tobacco the better it tastes have a commander Welcome aboard Light into a pack of new king-size Philip Morris commanders New because the tobacco in them is vacuum-cleaned and the cleaner the tobacco the better it tastes Philip Morris commanders are made by a new kind of machine the mark eight that takes rich full-flavored tobacco and Gently vacuum cleans it try a pack see what a difference that makes in your smoking pleasure New king-size Philip Morris commanders noticeably better the cleaner the tobacco the better it tastes Just a minute Just a minute Mr. Paladin. Oh, hey boy come in. Oh You shave me. No, it's finished What have you got in that bag? Oh Things you ask here boy to get Box of sweets for Missy Todd hunter. Hey fancy ribbon, huh? Very nice. Yes, uh, I'm a bottle of brandy and I see that Yep, your memory is improving a boy. That's the right brand. All right Now what else and the afternoon mail and a paper you forget to pick up when you come back from your little tour Anything important? No, or except maybe big fat letter from Boston Boston we see that Just put everything on the chest over there Hey boy listen to this And we've had great difficulty tracing you but we now have assurance from the Pinkerton agency that you are the right party It is with deep regret that we inform you of the death of your Aunt Grace Aunt Grace Didn't know you had an aunt Mr. Paladin. I didn't either. Oh What else has let us say? She has left in a state valued at more than $100,000 and according to her last will and testament you are the rightful heir May we suggest that you present yourself at our offices as soon as possible with the proper credentials If we do not hear from you within six weeks We will fulfill the alternate wishes of said will and the estate will revert to the only other living heir her second husband one Miles Todd hunter Todd Hunter miles Todd hunter Sign seal Glazer counsel for the estate You are me somebody could that be the same Todd hunter that is guest here at hotel. I don't know He has the same name. He's from Boston It's quite a coincidence. He not ever talked to you about you. Andy Grace. No, I Wonder if this really is my aunt. Hey boy. Mm-hmm. How could hey boy know if you don't Yeah, wait a minute Wait a minute. I vaguely remember my father saying that he had a sister who ran away from home in Illinois when I was just a youngster Yeah, her name was Grace Had heard that she had gone to New York, but they never found out for sure Well, then could be same grace could be these attorneys and Pinkerton agents really make a mistake What you gonna do? Well, I think I'll go to Boston That's a far long way. Oh when you leave Oh offer a couple of days maybe first thing I better do is send a telegram to this lawyer Here take his name and address just say I received his letter that I will be in Boston in the very near future Miles Todd hunter you're good. Talk to him. I don't know hey boy If he's the same one, he would know that I was named in his wife's will wouldn't he? Oh He's so he's been very friendly His sister has been extremely friendly You'd think that one of them would have mentioned it by now, wouldn't you? Oh He's so so I see no reason why I should go talk to him. Do you? No, sir What about your dinner tonight? We missy Todd Hunter. Well, there's no need to change our plans. Hey boy I'm not leaving tonight. We won't start packing until tomorrow. No, I might as well enjoy the evening with Missy Todd hunter. Yes, sir dinner. Hey boy better remind chef to have dinner ready by Eight o'clock, right and before you go will you draw some hot water in the tub? Yes, sir I'm gonna take a relaxing bath and do a little reflective thinking Your brother was very thoughtful of me. Yeah, this is my favorite brandy Yes Yes, he wanted to show his appreciation for all your kindnesses to us. Oh This is my second glass and you've you've hardly touched yours. I know I Like the aroma more than the taste drink up It warms the blood I Feel a little too warm as it is. Yes, you do seem uncomfortable There's something wrong. Oh, no. No, I I guess it's just the hour. It's getting rather late We've had a busy day. Yes Now I wonder who that could be Excuse me my oh Paladin Well, I I Just came by to see if Lavinia was still here. She is Come here. Come here You see it was getting so late that I didn't realize what time it was miles. Oh, she's a big girl miles You don't have to worry about your sister. I wasn't exactly. Oh, I must thank you for the brandy miles I won't you join us and have a glass. No, no, but thank you. I'm sense sedan Rarely paladin. I didn't mean to intrude like this. You can stop babbling now miles get your hands up No, Lavinia, don't shoot him. It'll make too much noise. I said get your hands up paladin. All right It is quite a surprise Lavinia. I didn't know you carried a derringer in your purse. Oh shut up and keep quiet Well miles your brandy didn't work. What do we do now? Give me a chance to think What happened with the brandy? You probably forgot to put the poison in it poison. Yes, paladin You should have been dead an hour ago. Oh Well, I uh, I must have opened the wrong bottle the wrong. Yes Hey boy brought me a bottle a couple of hours before yours arrived. They were identical Well miles that's something you didn't think of Why don't I just shoot him and be done? No No, we'll be caught before we can get out of here. Yes, the shot would wake the hotel I'd be willing to take the chance now. There's no reason why we can't go through with our original plan Where's the other bottle? Look in his liquor cabinet You really wouldn't expect me to drink the brandy now Lavinia. If you don't then I'll be forced to shoot you Either way I lose Either way then I think I prefer being shot Give me the gun Give it to me All right now take the gun My house you you shot me He's dead. Hey boy. I Can't tell you how much I appreciate you coming all the way over here to Oakland with me Well, not often you go on such plenty long trip mr. Paladin Too bad missy one couldn't get off work and come with us to say goodbye. Yes She wanted to well Maybe better she not come she'd be crying big tears on a boy's shoulder all the way back to hotel Thank You driver. Here you are Thank you. Oh, you need help with those bags. No. Hey boy, and I can handle them You will wait for him won't you? Oh, yes, sir and see that he gets back to the fountain You count on me mr. Paladin good. Oh here. Hey boy. I'll carry the big one. Oh, he saw all right. Let's go We want car 14. Hey boy. Well, we we better hurry me some paladin. That's all right Yeah, that's my car right over there What we do with these bags put them in the vestibule the conductor will take care of them for me Now remember hey boy the other trunks are ready to ship. I'll write you let you know where to send me some paladin Well, will you come back? I don't know. Hey boy. All depends on how long it takes me to liquidate my aunt's estate Several months at least then you never know I may take a liking to Boston and settle down there permanently It won't be the same cotton hotel while you're gone. Oh I've left many times before a boy. It's all about this a time you will not come back You never can be sure just don't forget me keep looking for me. I may be back He saw I hope so. Oh, and don't forget to send me the San Francisco papers I want to be sure and follow miss Todd Hunter's trial. Oh, what do you think they do with her send her to jail for a few years? Well, you better go me some bad. Yes now Hey boy, look if you and miss Wong decide to get married Give me plenty of notice. I will be back for that Let you know all right By Herb Meadow and Sam Rolf he is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and Stars John Dana as Paladin with Ben right as hey boy and Virginia Greg as miss Wong Tonight's story was specially written for have gun will travel by mr. Paris featured in the cast were Vic Perrin Bartlett Robinson John James and Lynn Allen Tonight CBS radio brings to a close this current series of programs This is Hugh Douglas extending best wishes to you from the cast and crew of have gun will travel