 I don't need my gun to protect myself from you because the hatred that has diseased your heart will cause your own death. Have Gun will travel starring Mr. John Daner as Paladin. San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin. Mr. Paladin. Mr. Paladin. Over here, hey boy. Excuse me, do not wish to interrupt your lunch. No, no, that's all right, hey boy, I just finished. What is it? A lady wishes to see you. Oh, who is she? Miss Janet Stoker. Stoker? Yes, sir, she has been registered at hotel for one week, sir, very nice lady. Where is she, hey boy? Here, wait in lobby, follow me please, I show you. There she is, Mr. Paladin, over there, lady was sitting chair. Thank you, hey boy. Oh, yes, sir. Miss Stoker? Yes. My name is Paladin. Oh, yes, Mr. Paladin. I'm so happy to meet you, please sit down. Thank you. I know you must be curious as to why I asked to see you. A request from a charming lady always piques the curiosity, Miss Stoker. Then I'll not waste time, Mr. Paladin. I want you to take me to a place called Tacopa, California. Tacopa? It's where I was born. I must get back. Well, why do you need me to go with you? Tacopa is a small town in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Neither the railroad nor the stage lines have roots that go anywhere near there. A woman couldn't make the trip alone. I see. I'll pay you $500 to get me there safely. $500? You must have a very special reason for wanting to go to Tacopa, Miss Stoker. I have, Mr. Paladin. It's where I'm going to die. But best-selling records. Here's a familiar tune about America's best-selling filter cigarette. Winston gives you real flavor. Full rich tobacco flavor. That's because only Winston has filter blend up front. Choice, flavorful tobaccos. Specially selected and specially processed for filter smoking. No wonder Winston tastes good. Like a cigarette should smoke Winston. Janet Stoker looked healthy and strong, but she told me she was ill with an incurable disease. And the doctors had given her only a short time to live. She said she'd been seeing specialists in San Francisco, but the results were the same. So accepting her fate, she wished to return to her place of birth and live out her remaining days among friends and relatives. I agreed to take her, and we left the next day. One week later, we made camp among the Joshua trees, deep in the Mojave Desert. Five days' ride from Tacopa. The desert's a lonely place at night, isn't it, Mr. Paladin? The desert is lonely anytime. It's like a woman without a man. That's the kind of loneliness it is. I suppose. Have you ever been alone, Mr. Paladin? Really alone? Oh, I guess everyone has, Miss Stoker, one time or another. I mean, have you ever had someone taken from you? Someone you love very much? We all have our painful experiences, Miss Stoker. I had a man once. Maybe he wasn't the best man in the world, but he was mine. And he loved me. The first time he saw me, he walked right up to me, put his arms around me and said, you're mine. And I was, until he was killed. I'm sorry. Are you, Mr. Paladin? I don't think so. I don't think you know how it is. Paladin, hold it right there. I'll blow a hole clean through you. Oh, we got him, didn't we, Jan girl? We got that murder in Paladin. Yes. What is this? Oh, you'll find out soon enough. Take his gun, Jan. He's got a Derringer too, Doc. I've seen it. Get it. Would you mind telling me what this all about, Miss Stoker? It isn't Miss. It's Mrs. Mrs. Janet Stoker Cully. Does that mean anything to you? It should, since you murdered a man by that name. Cully? That's right. Byron Cully, my husband. What makes you think I murdered your husband? You did, Paladin. And now you don't even remember his name. No. Byron Cully. Virginia City. Two years ago. Yeah. Yeah, I remember now. But it wasn't murder. He was drunk. He drew his gun and tried to kill me. 15 witnesses. You're a dirty liar, Paladin. You murdered him. What's your concern in this? My name's Cully, too. Byron was my brother. You take it two years to set up this trap? I was in jail when it happened. Janet, she come and told me about it. And I swore I was gonna get the man who'd done it. All right, so what do you do now? You shoot me? You leave me for the buzzards? Oh, it ain't that easy, Paladin. You're gonna die slow and hard. I had me a long time to think about it. We cooked up that story about Janet being sick and ready to die, just so as we could get you out here on the desert. Why so special about the desert? You know how long a man can last on this desert without water. You tell me. One, maybe two days at the most. So? So tomorrow morning you start walking, Paladin, without food or water. But don't you worry, Nan, we won't be far behind. Just about ten feet riding the horses and drinking the water. 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So when you have a cold and suffer constipation too, take X-Lacks, a medicine you can use with complete confidence. X-Lacks helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight. X-Lacks. On the Mojave Desert, the sun can bake your brains. Make you see things that aren't there. Your tongue swells in your throat until you can hardly talk. And the buzzards start their silent watch. Doug Kelly enjoyed his role of torturer and constantly taunted me about water as I walked unsteadily across the hot, dry sand. Many times, Janet bitterly reminded me of her dead husband. But as the sun rose higher, she spoke less of it. And by late afternoon, she was strangely silent. Somehow I managed to stagger through that first day. But when Doug made camp that night, tying me hand and foot, I knew I couldn't last another day without water. Paladin. Paladin. Janet. Don't make a sound. Doug's asleep. I'm going to cut you loose. There. Water. I brought some. I won't give you a gun, Paladin. But I've cut you free. So if you die now, it won't be by my hand. Why, Janet? Why did you do it? I don't know. It wasn't like I expected. Come on, now get out. Janet, Doug is going to be a wild man when he finds out. You better come with me. Get out, Paladin. I ain't that cozy. I wanted to watch him die, and you was going to turn him loose. Why, you? You missed me, Doug. You missed me. No, you dropped that gun. Dropped it. Dropped it. Now, I've got the gun now, Doug. Hey, stop. Yeah, you all right, Janet? I don't know. He hit me right in the face. Yeah. Did he get away? No, I shot at him, but I couldn't see him very well in the dark. He'll come back. I know he will. No, maybe not. I've got his gun, mines over there in his bedroom. But there's a rifle in his saddle boot. In his saddle? Oh, the horses. He'll be after the horses. No way! Paladin, we'll die out here. We can't travel without horses. We're four days from the nearest town. What do we do? We'll have to walk. 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My bathed Janet's cut face with a very small amount of the precious water and told her we'd have to travel at night to conserve every ounce of strength. She said she felt up to it, so we walked the rest of that night. She held up very well the first few hours, but as daylight approached and cast its eerie shadows over the desolate area, the strain began to tell. She insisted on continuing, however, the time the heat became unbearable, we were at the base of the Panamint Mountains. And there among some large rocks we took shelter from the blistering sun. Well, we did better than I hoped. Once we get over these mountains, we're almost there. We won't make it. You know we won't. We're gonna die here. Now look, Janet, crying won't help. I can't help it. I'm so ashamed. Shamed? Of what? Everything. What I've done. Everything. Is that why you cut me loose last night? I don't know, I suppose. I loved my husband so, and when you killed him I hated you. All I wanted to do was hurt you the way you'd hurt me. I didn't know how it would be. Well, the important thing is that you didn't go through with it. But I might as well have. You're gonna die just the same. Oh, now wait a minute. Maybe neither of us will. Look. No, look out there. Well, that's dope. What's he doing? He's following our tracks. Probably wants to make sure we die. What do we do? We've got to get one of those horses. Well, if we're lucky, he won't notice us until he's within pistol range. What if he sees us before then? Then he's got us. My gun won't be effective against his rifle at this distance. But if he gets close enough... Oh, he's got to. Keep your head down. Down. Sorry, come closer. He's got to... Alright, Janet. He shot me. Dope shot. Let me move you back into the shade. Oh, no. Oh, no. Get back. It's all numb. Well, you're gonna be alright. I'll fix up something to carry you in. Get him, Paladin. Did you kill Dope? Yes. I'm glad. Maybe now... Won't hurt. Won't be so bad to die. Oh, now, Janet. No, no, no. You're not gonna die. Remember, Paladin? Back in San Francisco. I told you, I didn't have long to live. Remember? Yes, Janet. I remember. You want to know about stereophonographs? Listen to my last bullfight on ordinary stereo. But now, Columbia Stereo 1. There is a corrida de toros. Real life like Magnifica. There is such a big difference in stereophonographs. With most, all you get is a couple of speakers shooting in different directions. But with Columbia, ah, hombre, you get fantastic stereo projection. What he does is to send circles of sound sweeping through every inch of a room. You are surrounded with live sound. Live feeling. Live passion. How they cheered me. Ask your Columbia phonograph dealer to demonstrate stereo 1 by Columbia. Prices start as low as $39.95 for portables. 1.29.95 for consoles. Elficador, who let them pull out? Hey, boy, sad about your trip, Miss Paladin. Oh, why, it's not a goody thing. No, it wasn't, hey, boy. No, sir. The man, uh, Duke, he had much hate. Yes. He died with him. Oh, yes, sir. Hey, are you going into, uh, Colonel Hodges' room to play chess now, Mr. Paladin? That's right. Uh, I think, hey, boy, we'll play chess, too. Oh. Yes, sir. You, uh... I've seen Miss Wong. No, no, I haven't, hey, boy. Oh. I find her. Ask her to play chess. All right. Goodbye, sir. Goodbye, hey, boy. Miss Wong. Uh, is hey, boy gone? Yes, he's gone. What are you doing hiding in the broom closet? Oh, not want, hey, boy, to find me. Why not? Oh, daytime, hey, boy, see Miss Wong. He want to play chess. Well, what's wrong with that? I thought you liked to be with hey, boy. Well, then? When he play chess, it's different. He, uh, not laugh, uh, not talk. Oh, well, now, Miss Wong, chess is not a game for laughing and talking. Oh, it's not that, Miss Paladin. Hey, boy, get angry. Angry? Angry. Why? Miss Wong always wins. Always? This miserable cold and my sinuses. 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Tonight's story was specially written for Have Gun, Will Travel by Ray Kemper. Featured in the cast were Barney Phillips and Jean Bates. This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents Have Gun, Will Travel.