 My gun was handcrafted to my specifications. I rarely draw it unless I mean to use it Gun will travel Starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Over here. Hey boy Did not know you would be standing at bar. Hey boy, I think you'd be sitting at table with young lady The young lady hasn't arrived yet. Very good Gentlemen wishes to speak with you on matter of urgent business. Hey boy. I don't want to discuss any business tonight My plans have been made for this evening and they do not include any business discussion Oh, yes, sir. But since a young lady not yet arrived, perhaps you can spend a few moments with the gentleman Be give. Hey boy, very big tip You're a conniver. Hey boy Conniver never mind. Tell him to come over. Oh, yes, sir. Thank you very much. We see Paladin Yes, the Chinese boy said you'd see me. My name is Thomas McElrath. How do you do mr. McElrath? Why don't we sit at the table over there? Oh, of course Yeah, that's all right for you. Yes. Thank you Well, I've heard a great deal about you mr. Peloton How you travel all of those excuse me mr. McElrath But since I have a previous engagement, perhaps you'd better get right to the point. Oh, of course I'm the vice president of Pacific Savings Bank My company wishes to hire you to guard a special shipment of gold to Los Angeles. How much gold? Well, I cannot disclose the amount until you've consented to accept the job. I understand But how are you sending it by stage to the Barry and Wellman Bank in Los Angeles? What would the Wildcat speculation in Comstock Silver the banks in Los Angeles have been affected drastically? So mr. Berry has asked mr. Hudson the president of our bank for a loan and since mr. Hudson is a very good friend of mr Wellman who is in Europe at the present time he has decided to make the loan to mr. Berry as well more of a gesture to mr Wellman than anything else so that the bank may endure the panic. Do I make myself clear? Well, I Understand that you're sending the money by stage and you want me to go along to see that it gets to mr. Berry safely it precisely would it be worth five hundred dollars to you? Well, it sounds like a reasonable figure When does the stage leave tomorrow morning nine o'clock? All right, mr. McElrath, I accept your offer. I'll meet you at the stage office tomorrow morning I I must warn you mr. Peloton the shipment will consist of fifty thousand dollars in gold That's a lot of money and it could be a very dangerous trip They all are mr. McElrath. Oh and are they exciting mr. Peloton? Not as exciting as spending an evening in San Francisco with an exotic young lady. 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McElrath met me at the stage office He told me there had recently been many stage robberies in Southern, California, but the Banditos under Cliovarro Martinez The bank's plan in this all-important shipment of $50,000 Was to put the money in a police and hide it among the suitcases The stage would go unguarded except for myself posing as an unaware passenger Hoping that if we were stopped Martinez would not notice the hidden police Traveling with me on the stage was a young lady named Laura Berry who I learned was the daughter of the man I was to meet in Los Angeles Do you think we'll ever get there mr. Pallett? It won't be too long now We'll be in San Fernando in another hour. Oh, I'm starved. I do hope the driver stops there long enough for some breakfast I think we can persuade him to do that Father be surprised I'm sure he'll be pleased to have you home again. Oh, he'll be furious at first. I can hear him now To think that his daughter would leave college and come home on a stage alone all the way from San Francisco He won't be convinced when I tell him I was perfectly safe and there was a very nice gentleman traveling with me I Haven't mentioned this to you mr. Berry, but I have some business with your father and I'll be seeing him when we arrive wonderful Then will you assure him that everything was all right? Of course, I will Besides he really needs me When he wrote how much trouble he was having at the bank and how difficult it was to keep the doors open I just couldn't sit up there and spend his money for school expenses He'll need that money and he needs me to keep house for him and see that he gets three good meals a day You're a very considerate daughter. I hope he thinks so What's that? Dunshunt Looks like we're gonna have some trouble. What do you mean? There's some men riding towards us There see them. Yes What do they do they're stopping the stage? Maybe Martinez Martinez the outlaw Now you try to be calm. Was there anything you can do to stop them against Martinez and his banditos Not without endangering our lives, mr. Berry Now mr. Berry you do it exactly as they say mr. Pellet You Outside Here, I'll give you a hand Caballero helps the pretty senorita Walk over there they're in front of the horses I don't play games with martini. I'll tell you we're not carrying any gold In the police among the packages I don't know what you're talking about how much patience today, senior driver Keep quiet hey senior You yes You get the gold for Martinez All right come down and stand by the seniorita again. I didn't know we were carrying gold I was supposed to deliver that money to your father's bank Well, isn't there some way we can stop them? The only thing we can do now is keep quiet We will take the horses from your stage You will have no use for them since you'll be walking the rest of your trip start walking Well What did he say the San Fernando's over that hill ten miles away Do you mean we'll have to walk ten miles it looks that way mr. Berry Winston tastes good like a cigarette should be cause You get Filter blend is a mighty good reason for you to smoke Winston because it means tobaccos specially processed for filter smoking a Winston secret you get Winston's own pure white Modern filter plus the rich delightful flavor of fine tobacco Like a cigarette should Winston tastes good like a cigarette should Every precaution had been taken Somehow Martinez had known that our stage was carrying the gold shipment. I had failed to stop them My job would not be complete until I had retrieved the gold and delivered it to mr. Berry's bank in Los Angeles Meanwhile, we trudged the rough surfaced wagon trail through the parched and the desolate San Fernando pass Mr. Paladin I'm afraid I'm gonna have to stop and rest again. Oh, that's all right, mr. How much further do we have to go? Oh, I'd say They're five miles Mr. Paladin look Coming around the bend by that rock It's a wagon Maybe he'll take us into San Fernando Depends on who he is well if we gave him enough money will see Folks doing walking about this part of the country. We were on this stage from San Francisco Martinez held us up killed the driver Took the horses Well, it's Martinez. You're lucky to be alive. We need to ride into town. Mr. How much would you charge turn around take us back? Well, sir, I hadn't figured on going back. I I gotta get on into Bakersfield and be glad to make it worth your time Well, oh, you don't know how grateful we'd be I can understand that ma'am Man you people look plum-tuckered out Oh, come on get up in here in the back. Oh, thank you very much. Come on. Oh, I can't believe we won't be walking anymore You folks ready all sudden I'll take you on into San Fernando and you can rent some horses there. Tell the sheriff what happened. Yeah, I'll be fine My father will never forgive me for not telling him I was coming home. Where do you live? Oh, we have a ranch west of town about two miles below Cuyangapas The bank will be closed for the day by the time we get there Your father will probably be at home. He'll be furious with me disappointed about the gold shipping. Yes So might as well settle back. It'll be quite a while before we get to your father's ranch Martinez What are you doing sprawled out in my front room or waiting for you to come home from the bank You grow very fine grapes in your suppose someone rode by and stopped in to see me now you agreed to stay in the barn Oh, the bond is very uncomfortable. Senior Barry My man wants me if strangers approaches your house Did you get the money? You think Martinez would be here without the gold? look You're a rascal Martinez. I knew I could depend on you Tell me was there any trouble like taking milk from the kitty cat Yeah, I'll keep my promise half of this is yours. Oh, I have already kept your promise Half of the gold is with my men in Soledad Canyon along with the horses we took from the stage You have only one man with you. I see They only look for Martinez not my man And then you two better get busy and make yourselves comfortable in the barn You can hide out here for a month just as we agreed, but you can't be loafing around inside my house What two riders coming to the house there you see, what did I tell you? Jose go to the barn stay there See Martinez take the money into that first bedroom down the hall you can hide in there for the time being Constipation is something people don't talk much about 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 Now a majority of the doctors we heard from had this to say a laxative should be effective Gentle as close to natural acting as possible And a medicine that can be used with complete confidence Well pleasant tasting chocolate at x-lax is effective Overnight it helps you toward your normal regularity x-lax is gentle next morning. It gives you the closest thing to natural action And that's why many doctors and millions of people use x-lax with complete confidence x-lax the laxative that helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight Is x-lax in your medicine cabinet? Laura and I rented two horses in San Fernando and rode on to her father's ranch The closer we got the faster we rode I was caught up in Laura's anxiety to see her father And look forward to a home cooked meal and a good night's rest Mr. Barry greeted us at the front door. He was at once surprised pleased and angry We settled down in the parlor and I thought at the time that he was edging Justifiably so as we discussed what had happened earlier in the day And You say the pacific savings bank hired you to go along with that shipment. That's right Well now they didn't tell me about that I'll have to contact the sheriff tomorrow morning I'll need his help to chase down martinis and get that gold back to you mr. Barry Yes, yes, of course now laura you have to go back to school I'm going to see that you're on the stage tomorrow morning father. I won't let you do that. You need me here Why we can't afford to spend any more money for school until the bank gets through this crisis You let me worry about the bank and our financial trouble. You'll do what I say Well, I'm not going to argue with you any more tonight father. I'm too tired Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to change in some fresh clothes. Uh laura Never mind Stubborn as a mule her mother was the same way traveling down here from san francisco all alone You seem uneasy mr. Barry. Why shouldn't I be a daughter like that? As laura martinis Go Who is this man paladin martinis? How did he get in here? Your face has lost its blunts in your very you think you see a ghost turn my daughter loose martinis Why She could not mean very much to you if you let her ride the stage. I rub for you keep your mouth shut But I make her bargain with you I turn her loose if you give me your half of the gold you let her go You stay back laura Mr. Barry mr. Barry Did Did you kill him? Yes Paladin Half the gold is in this room Tell the sheriff the other half is in solid ed canyon with martinis men If one man not back in barn Trying to make laura understand I I'm sorry sorry laura Money can do evil things to men If your father had lived The suffering would have been much worse than it will be now Good morning miss wong welcome home. Thank you. Did hey boy not come up with you? No, he had an errand to do for the desk club. Oh, I wait in your room for him I was looking out the window when you arrived a few minutes ago. I see hey boy. Take your suitcases Oh, yes, there is a good view at the front court from you right there Oh, so see hey boy give wave of hand to a lovely tiny girl who walked by. Oh now miss wong You wouldn't be jealous of hey boy, would you? That's bad. Perhaps miss wong should not let him know Now that's a very good thought Oh You will not tell him mr. Paladin. No No It'll be our secret Have you ever heard a case like smooth seal? Why no, why no, is it new? What does it do? Well, this is off the record just between us boys your automatic transmission Does that ever make a noise you mean a little kind of grinding does that little chatter matter? I hear a very weird whir sometimes it doesn't sound good boys But let's be sure when you're sitting at the light and it goes to green You put your foot down hard Have you ever felt a sort of a jerk a kind of a jar or heaven helped you a real thud bump? Oh, I felt it me too. I've had it stranger. What do we do? Well, don't buy a horse and don't trade your car. Just get yourself some new k-side smooth seal new k-side smooth seal New k-side smooth seal new k-side smooth seal How will that help why it's made to soften those shrunken seals which are apt to leak when there's power on the wheels It stops those thud bumps jerks and jars that are apt to creep into these modern cars Why this k-side smooth seal and one application can pack them all off on a long vacation And it's less than two dollars at your service station a little new k-side smooth seal boy Come on, I'll go and if it doesn't work you get double your money back Havegun will travel Created by herb meadow and sam rolf. He is produced and directed in hollywood by frank paris And stars john daner as paladin with ben right as hay boy and virginia greg as miss wong Tonight's story was specially written for havegun will travel by mr. Paris Featured in the cast were vik parin don diamond jack edwards joe cranson and elinor berry This is hugh douglas inviting you to join us again next week when cbs radio presents havegun will travel