 Sit down gentlemen and sit still I've come to order a coffin for the first one of you makes a move Gun will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Mr. Paladin the evening Oh here the paper mr. Paladin Thanks, hey boy excuse, please must go lady look for me lady What lady? Well, I should say it is a lady And you still can I couldn't help over hearing your difficulty. I have an opera box if you would care to be my guest Oh, thank you, but we could not presume on your courtesy We my husband and I Paladin Now, of course the invitation extends to him also Oh Miguel Senor Paladin, this is my husband, Senor. Oh, and dr. Mayhew great pleasure mr. Paladin Dr. Mayhew Senor Paladin has kindly offered us his box at the opera tonight. There were no more tickets very kind Dr. Mayhew is of course included in my invitation. That's very gracious of you, mr. Paladin the invitation is accepted We accept on the condition that you join us and be our guest for dinner mr. Paladin Is that not correct my dear quite correct mr. Paladin until this evening then when is there mr. Paladin? Husband or like you I'm afraid you're right, but then why should he? No one could be more at home with history than Edward Armorrow for more than 20 years now He's focused his attention on world affairs broadened his viewpoint with travel and Sharpened his perspective by meeting and getting to know many of the leading statesmen of our time Five evenings a week on CBS radio Edward Armorrow shares his experience with you For a clear concise report on today's important developments Join us on most of these same stations when it's time for Edward Armorrow with the news a Fuller understanding of current events is waiting for you to on every lively edition of our world news roundup Seven mornings a week on CBS radio the world news roundup takes you to the scene of the news for eyewitness reports by CBS news Correspondence here. What's happening direct from where it's happening Get the feeling of the news along with the facts as our world news roundup comes your way at breakfast time tomorrow Time to wake up. Oh, the performance is over. Oh, yes. Yes, of course I'm sorry, mr. Paladin opera is not one of my special likes Which one was this the marriage of Figaro by Mozart. Oh, yes, of course Well at any rate Don Miguel's wife seems to have enjoyed it. Dunya Maria's a remarkable woman doctor Meant to savor and enjoy beautiful things and I might comment for your particular benefit mr. Paladin The Don Miguel is a remarkable man. Wait a minute. Oh, what is someone behind the curtain? Look out He needs treatment at once we'll have to get him out of here Yes, any news I Spoke to the police. There'll be no trouble. It was a clear case of self-defense the man attacked your husband and was shot down The lucky don Miguel was armed. Yes Is he always armed? Did you see the man who attacked your husband, of course, I saw you did you know him no The man looked very surprised the way things turned out. I thought they'll make you hurry. Dunya Maria Has done Miguel ever been attacked like this before? No Yes. Yes. Yes, he has There is no need to lie about it It's an insane blood feud that has cost many lives already This was bound to happen Failed tonight They will not feel another time blood feud Perhaps I can help. This is not a tragic opera senior in this case that is very Doctor, how is he? He's resting quietly. You may go to him now, don't you Maria? Don't you Maria? Give him my card. This is not time for form I've gone weak travel give it to him, please See I will Well, the wound itself isn't too serious, but I don't like the looks of it. Why doctor? What's the problem? There was poison on the knife blade nothing familiar a plant substance of some sort the question is will done Miguel live? Yes for perhaps a week Dr. Mayhew has told me I'm dying That is why I sent for you after I read your card My wife has told you have a vendetta. Yes. Yes, she did What do you want revenge? No My task for you is much more personal. I Want you to escort my buddy safely to my home in San Tomacino And deliver it there to my wife Don't you Mario? Isn't she here in San Francisco? I sent her home this morning. I wish to die unobserved Someone once commented you were a remarkable man Do not misconstrue my sentimentality The vendetta against our family Includes a threat of mutilation of the body in which case their bestiality is complete I would prefer that it did not happen to my body Will you take the job? All right $1,000 and expenses we have a bargain good You'll be paid by Maria have one safe delivery my buddy in San Tomacino. Thank you, senior polity Filters best Big robbery in San Francisco. What did you say? Hey boy big robbery in San Francisco? $230,000 oh very careless you read no, I was reading something else Don Miguel Rojas Distinguished visitor from Mexico died last night of knife wounds suffered last week When he was attacked by an unidentified assailant while attending the opera Yes, I am mr. Wilkins. Oh Yes, the mortician you sent for me may I be of help to you? You can turn one of your clients over to me mr. Wilkins the late Don Miguel Rojas Yeah, this is a letter of authorization The body is to go into Mexico. You'll need a certificate to cross the border sir. I have that from dr. May you and How do you propose to transport the body? I've hired a stage coach mr. Wilkins When would you like to start soon as possible? Don Miguel will be ready. Good day sir. Good day How long you be gone mr. Paladin? Oh 12 days two weeks at the most now. Why do you look like that? Hey That man Oh, no good trip carrying dead man. You know border stations are all alike mr. Paladin Anybody here you just try to go through without inspection. You'll find out if anybody's here Where's your destination? San Tomasino name Paladin my driver's Timon's just the two of you Three Hey, you can't take a dead body across the border. Yes, I can there's a statute book read article 8 page 14 You want to inspect the coffin open that thing up? Oh, not me. All right What's the country like between here in San Tomasino? Well empty step for a waterhole called Roman birdie the rest is rattlers and blowdirt Go on inspections over. Let's go Timons Yeah, how the green we've seen we've heard he's hardly a paradise. I don't like it Can't say I like it much myself, but we won't be here long At least we can water the horses Sooner we can move on the bullet What? We have company behind that rock Bandits don't move Do what he says he's alone mr. Paladin You may get stuck. Yeah What are we gonna do? You can let him kill us here or we can fight him here You say the word very wise after such a foolish thing Now climb down carefully Now what you may bury your friend if you wish wait a minute wait a minute Seems I know you from somewhere quite possibly if I take off the handkerchief. You might remember where Don Miguel of course You're not a bad shot For a corpse do not make me prove that point again It's new it's at your store What is it? It's the best disinfectant anywhere kills disease germs on contact Right now there's a new pine-scented Lysol now your home can be pine sweet and Lysol clean with genuine Lysol brand disinfectant New pine-scented Lysol disinfect deodorizes deep cleans kitchen bathroom nursery sick room Keeps things fresh and sweet with no extra work Pine-scented Lysol helps guard your home in laboratory tests Lysol's anti-germ action kept working for seven full days So try this new pine-scented Lysol make your home You can still get regular Lysol to Turn around please your gun now we can talk like gentlemen sure No, I would like to satisfy my curiosity about that cargo Open up my coffin money Great deal of it the shipping payroll robbery $230,000 you plan well Dr. Mayhew was in on this he has been paid off along with mr. Wilkins our undertaker They made my dad seem very convincing But not as convincing as yours will be senior quality. What are you waiting for? First you must tell me with another burial The money must be hidden until certain arrangements are made Replace the lead and come down Born you any false move will shorten your life and will assure you a much more unpleasant death than you now contemplate Pick up the shovel now move When you stage that attack at the opera, what about the man who was killed the mom was hired to play a part I Changed the ending of his scene No wonder he looked surprised you cannot play chess without sacrificing points now dig all right You're in check Miguel Miguel Checkmate body carrier come back to the border. Hey, did you deliver that? Coffee's still up there on top and the corpses in the coach take a look you see just sit where you are mr. Explaining that is the body in the coach the coffin up here is filled with stolen money What are you trying to pull? Mr. You don't think I'm telling the truth. No, there's an easy way to prove it Come on up here and open the coffin. Give me a hand. All right. I'll be What's your name? Farley mr. Farley. There's a lady in San Tomasino waiting for the body of her husband whereupon she will pay me my fee I Need your help. What's this got to do with me? I thought you might want to get credit for the lady's arrest if she's a part of the plan What about all this money what we do with that the colonel in command of the third cavalry at Nogales will sign for it And escort it back to San Francisco. All right, we'll turn the money over to him and start back But how do we know if this lady is guilty or not? Suppose you leave that up to me mr. Farley Surprised to see me. No, but I didn't wish to disturb the servants. You see my Erend is quite personal Yes, my husband sent word before he would you like us to bring the coffin in this way? Very well. Excuse me. I don't like this paladin This is mr. Farley don't you Maria senora rojas. I do ma'am. How do you do? I? Will get your money senior don't you think you should make certain that I fulfilled my part of the bargain Yes, you're right Open the coffin Farley that is my husband. I will get your money. What do you think Farley not guilty? No woman could be that calm She thought her husband was alive and then show him dead and you're satisfied. She had nothing to do with them Yeah, all right, wait for me at the stage coach. Don't be too long Senior there is a drink for him in the kitchen You hid your surprise very well and your grief I Had no grief for Miguel. I Don't know how he died, but I can never thank you enough for giving me my freedom My life with you was a nightmare. I could believe you. I Saw it in your face Goodbye, don't you money wait your money? Oh, I'd rather not please tenure It gives me pleasure to pay for my errors Especially since this is the last payment very well Should you come again to San Francisco, I hope you'll come with me to the opera Dr. Mayhew I I got your message mr. Paladin, but I'm afraid I can't give you too much time I'm a very busy man. All of us are here comes another busy man. Hey, Mr. Wilkins the undertaker my dear mr. Paladin What can I do for you sit down first of all? Thank you? doctor Wilkins Well Paladin, what is it you want? I'd like to order a coffin a coffin For whom for whichever of you gentlemen makes the first move. Well, I this is a derringer in case identification escapes you Hey boy, mr. Paladin get me a policeman on second thought get me two policemen one a piece Oh Big story in papers. Dr. Mayhew are mr. Wilkins all in jail where they belong hey boy Here we are. Oh, where are we San Francisco opera premiere tonight? Hey boy I want you to take this over to the opera house buy me a box. Oh Now what's the matter with you last time you go to opera man get killed money gets stolen. Oh, I big trouble You know learn of course I learn what would you have me do no opera no lady? Hey boy, I'm afraid you have a lot to learn Have gone will travel Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Rolf is produced and directed by Norman McDonald and stars John Daner as Paladin With Ben Wright as hey boy tonight story was written by Ken Cove and adapted for radio by John Dawson Featured in the cast were Lillian by F Harry Bartell Joseph Kearns Howard Culver Ralph Moody and Vic Perron Hugh Douglas speaking Join us again next week for have gone will travel