 Anyone of you who tries to put a torch to that building will die in his tracks now who wants to be first Have gone will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin here. There's mr. Paladin whiskey water ice You want something else? I want you to take this money over to the bank and deposit it for me Great deal of money mr. Paladin five thousand dollars Here's a deposit slip Well, oh All the time. I know you mr. Paladin. You have money money. I earn he's about so much money You buy clothes you live here. You pay for many things You have a work and not earn money. I don't understand you I work and not earn money. Most people do the same thing It makes you feel any better. I've often worked and not been paid a dime Oh, yeah, it makes me feel better, but I try not to make a habit of it. Oh, I know. I know Well, I take this now. Oh Why are for you from Nevada? 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That's how I happened to ride through wormsville Not really a town just a single line of ragged buildings facing the open prairie, but trying to be a town One of the buildings was a log cabin with a flagpole in front of it Sitting by the side of the road tracing figures in the dust with a willow branch was a young boy. I Stopped beside him Mr. Hello son You're going to be late for school ain't going oh Why not not till they get rid of the school teacher would she do nothing You don't like her is that it miss Stanton? I like her fine, but pa says I can't go Why does pa say that boy on account of mr. Breck says it to him Breck who is mr. Breck? He owns that big ranch over there. He don't like what miss Stanton was teaching about Quantrill What was miss Stanton teaching about Quantrill? She says Quantrill's men were thieves and murderers. Mr. Breck rode with Quantrill in the war Said he'd burned down the school and ride her out of town if she didn't stop teaching that way So I take it miss Stanton is still teaching that way, huh? Yep She's stirring up a fuss hardly anybody's going to school now. Well, it seems to me It's mr. Breck was stirring up the fuss What's your name Morse Kaufman sir Morse My name is Paladin Can I sit down sure? How do you feel about all this I Don't know rightly mr. Paladin seems miss Stanton ought to teach things to cause trouble. Let me ask you something Morse Yes, sir One and one make two you believe that Sure But supposing I didn't like the number two supposing I just as soon forget it and use one and three and four and so on But never to then what well That'd be wrong mr. Paladin Then maybe it's wrong to think that miss Stanton or any teacher could do a very good job by ignoring the facts of history No matter how much they upset some people Maybe but mr. Breck don't see it that way He's too mean to think Everybody does what he says except miss Stanton except miss Stanton you wish to see me. Yes May I speak to you alone miss Stanton miss Graves? Will you kindly come up here and sit at my desk? The rest of you go right on with your reading after you've finished page 18 and McGuffey, then you may work on your slates This way young man Well, I'll get right to the point miss Stanton I Don't like what you've been teaching about the Jay Hawkers the Jay Hawkers Kansas, Missouri Patriots that organized a fight for the Union on the border. I hear you've been teaching that they committed a good many vicious and unprincipled acts Is that true? Mr. Breck doesn't want me to teach about Juan Trill and his atrocities and now you whoever you are Don't want me to teach of the Jay Hawkers atrocities merely because they were on the Union side Young men I will teach the truth as it is and not as you or mr. Breck would like it to be good for you miss Stanton What I just wanted to see if you were telling both sides of the story Are you mr. My name is Paladin? Here's my card Well, I don't understand who hired you. No one's hired me. I still don't understand mr. Paladin Miss Stanton is anyone in this town on your side? No, I'm afraid not I Used to have 18 pupils You saw the handful in there Tomorrow, they'll be even less Mr. Paladin, I can't pay you for anything. Oh, no, I don't want pay just to say that This is something I want to do. You don't know what you're getting into Breck all his gunmen. I've heard about him. There isn't anyone who'll face up to him if this is going to be settled by guns You have at least one on your side guns. Oh, mr. Paladin. There must be no fighting not over me. You're a teacher And that makes you very special Without teachers every generation would have to start all over again learning from the beginning No miss Stanton. You're very much worth fighting over You're a teacher Thank you, mr. Paladin I Needed someone to say that I really did Molly Stanton gave me a list of all of her students and where they lived She did it with little hope that it would do any good But with the same kind of determination with which she stood up and spoke the truth in her teaching I Could do no less than make use of the list I told you my Susan ain't going back to school until that teacher clears out now. We've been all over it then we'll go over it again Where's your pride, mr. Cole? If Breck threatened Susan's life with a gun you'd be out there with your gun making a fight of it But when he takes over a piece of her mind you crawl into a hole you get out of here I'd be glad to leave if you'll do something about Breck. I'll do as I see fit Now get out of my house. Mr. Cole. Well Adults sometimes forget that children are learning all the time Your Susan learns not only by what you tell her but by the way you live What do you suppose she's learning right now get out? Yes, sir leaving Morse your father home Where is it man who was at the school today pa? Mr. Paladin may I come in mr. Kaufman? I'd like to talk to you come on in What do you want to talk about the school I? Heard around town that tomorrow Breck's riding in to burn it down you won't help is that it? Yes I'm asking the people this involves for that help How have you been doing? poorly I've been riding six hours tonight talking arguing Everyone's afraid of Breck How about you? Would you help? If I said no would you figure it's because I'm scared of Breck. Why else would you say no? Might be I figure he's right He isn't this fight is over quantity what he was what he done Mr. Kaufman, you're wrong when you say this is a fight over quantity isn't This is a fight over whether a man named Breck will burn down a school and drive a woman out of the county for teaching Look, mr. Kaufman You hire a teacher You see that she has the proper training and the right moral character for the job Then you have to let her do that job You hold her back. You tell her what to teach and what not to teach she ends up teaching nothing All right, all right, but that ain't my fight Jason and their mother folks in town don't like me the way I talk make fun of me Everybody was to make a stand I'd go along, but I don't see doing their fighting for them This is for yourself just spoke on your piece mr. Paladin You've had my answer, but not once have you mentioned the real reason you won't stand up to Breck. What do you mean? You're afraid of him Wait No, one calls me a coward and walks away You just look me up at the school tomorrow if you want to finish this unless you'd rather shoot me in the back right now Our cat has nine lives She makes that clear with every impulsive leap from sofa to the top of the bookcase All the same she can't compete with you when it comes to getting places You know more time than it takes the cat to reach her favorite perch You can be in Rome or Tokyo or anywhere else exciting things are happening You do that daily on CBS radio as network features like our world news roundup and the world tonight Take you to the scene of the news For all her nine lives our cat can't compete with you either where experience is concerned Vast network facilities make CBS radio a meeting place for interesting people Real and fictional whose personal history is enrich your own Why envy the cat her nine lives when CBS radio invites you to share the life Experiences of celebrities who visit you on programs like our Mitch Miller show and invites you to share emotions With the heroes and heroines in our many fine dramatic shows The next morning Molly Stanton appeared at the school 15 minutes before class was scheduled to begin She tidied her desk made notes for the day then stepped out into the yard and rang the bell There was no one to ring it for no students No parents There's our support mr. Paladin then we'll meet breakfast by ourselves why what for What am I fighting about they're not my children? Those people don't care. Why should I because you do care? You care for the children your own integrity. They just want their children here out from underfoot Stan will Well, you certainly bit of strangers Susan Go on now get your desk. You have two weeks work to catch up on You see miss Natton you were wrong Somebody does care Mr. Paladin look I See them. I'll wait here with you. No Now you go on in and run your school Well Good luck You Jackson Breck, that's right. You're the one who's been siding with that old Hanan there All right boys, I got enough men to do the job. It's got to be done. You can see that stranger I can see but you're gonna try to stop me That's the idea You're a fool. Get that gun of his Now hold it Cooley Den's easy without his gun See all the trouble you went and cost you you should have packed your things teacher Now they'll just have to burn up with the school You kid give me that book. No, I ain't gonna hurt the kid. I just want the book Make a good torch and you see burns pretty good and don't do it Brett I'm gonna do it. All right Burns real nice don't it Here Cooley toss it inside ought to start the whole place off Kid leave her alone break what Jason put that rifle away. Oh, nobody make a move. I'll kill the first man who does Cooley Move around behind him. Don't you cry it coolly? I mean what I say You're gonna be sorry for this Jason Turn on your friends like you are we'll remember and you'll be sorry Oh Alder Kaufman come to join the fun. It's just one more for you to worry about Jason What's going on here? What is it done for Jason? I changed my mind Kaufman. I ain't with break no more That's so and I'll tell you just like I told him one false move from anybody and I fire Jason I got a score to settle. I told you he'd be on our side Jason. I didn't say I was on any side Cooley give Paladin back his gun what? Give it to him Cooley. Give it to him or Jason and I'll start shooting Thank you Now you have got your gun back Paladin. You can speak to break for all of us All right break No one's holding me now You got two hands gun in that holster you're standing on your own two feet What else do you want an edge? I or maybe this will help you fight. Oh You only draw against women is that it Maybe school teaches you especially Or children all right if not you How about one of your men? you How about you Anybody and get on your horses and get out of here and break one more thing Don't try sneaking back some dark night You wouldn't be very hard to find afterwards. That's right quick big man like you. You wouldn't be hard to find at all Hey Jason. No, it'd be nothing to it Let's get out of here Well, it's finished not quite Paladin last night you called me a coward Yes, I didn't why I Wanted you mad enough so you'd think about what I said It made me think that is for sure. I never thought you were a coward, mr. Compton. I Knew you were afraid. I knew what you were afraid of That you'd fight for Jason here and his friends and Afterwards they just laugh at you for being a fool I might have to waller I Was proud about all the wrong things Like you having an accent me not Then when I saw a break going after Susan, maybe that's what helped me get things straight I'm glad Isn't it time to get the children back to school? Oh, Mr. Paladin you're back so soon welcome welcome Oh, you give me back. How have you been? Hey boy? Anything happened while I was gone. Oh, yes, so many things happen Triple open harbors street car break chain and run downhill Manches wife through a street with butcher knife many thing happened boy. Yes, sir Well, I suppose I mean did anything good happen. Oh, you let me think we stop Paladin. Ah No, I beg your pardon. What my name is Francis Does anyone paged my name in the lobby in the last few minutes not since we've been here in Mrs. Francis It's miss. Oh, I beg your pardon miss Francis Allow me to introduce myself My name is Paladin. How do you do? You're staying here at the hotel. Oh, I guess I registered yesterday and Are you staying long? Depends. I might stay indefinitely if I find San Francisco interesting. I'm certain that you will find it that way Really, Mr. Paladin with my help, of course, how nice Can we say eight o'clock? How very nice Yes Until then until eight o'clock. I'll be looking forward to it Hey boy You lied I like oh, no mr. Paladin. I don't lie Something very good did happen while I was away Here comes Elmer Blurt world's lowest pressure salesman Nobody home. I hope oh gosh. It says salesman keep out Hey, come back here. Yeah, but you wouldn't want to buy a new rambler American station wagon Would you mister you poor fella? Let me show you how to sell you got to use high pressure Yeah, you got to tell the customer you must buy America's lowest price station wagon the rambler American the small wagon with automatic Transmission the reclining seat deep coil springs and handsome American styling is that a fact then you say the rambler American is America's easiest parking station wagon and can save hundreds of dollars a year on gas and maintenance But will that high pressure work? I'll prove it works order me a rambler American station wagon now How do you like my sales technique? Well, it's not as good as your neighbors Oh, no, he just sold himself a rambler station wagon and a rambler sedan What a whale of a buy on a used car see your rambler dealer right now for a tremendous Assortment of select used cars taken in trade and all the new ramblers see your rambler dealer for a select used car gun will travel Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Roth He is produced and directed by Norman McDonnell and stars John Daner as Paladin with Ben right as a boy Tonight's story was written by Sam Roth and adapted for radio by John Dawson Featured in the cast were Helen Cleep Harry Bartell Richard Perkins Virginia Greg and Joel Davis Hugh Douglas speaking Join us again next week for have gone will travel