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Speaker 1 (00:12):
You've asked me to kill you. I'm not an executioner. Loarmer.
I've been hired to take you back alive. Have gone,
We'll travel, starring mister John Dayner as Paladin, San Francisco,
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eighteen seventy five. The Carlton Hotel, headquarters of a man
called Paladin. Yeah, oh mm, who is it? He saw? Messaladi?
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Hey boy? Ah uh oh come in. Oh very sorry
to wake you, so willing, Messapaladin, But telegram come for you. Yeah,
they always come early after a late night. Let's see that.
Oh that was very late night you had last night, Yes,
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it was, he saw. I'll go to your thing up
until day break. Sometimes it can be very interesting. Oh bah,
you needy sleep? It looks like I won't get any
more in sleep today. This telegram says the sheriff little
Spring wants me there tonight. Sureff, you will do something
wrong in Little Spring hardly. I've never even been there.
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He wants to hire me for three thousand dollars. Oh oh,
three thousand. Hey you can make it, Hey boy, those prices,
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the first thing I noticed about Little Spring was the saloon,
one of the gambling casino. Than the saloon, it was
the size of a city block that blared and blazed
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in the twilight. The town had the other things a
California town was supposed to have a general store, livery stable,
a sheriff's office, and the small church pushed off in
the background. I'm sure no one heard the church chimes
sound the hour against the din from the casino. The
sheriff's office was empty, so I pushed my way into
the saloon. Sayre's the sheriff here? Or did you have
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no there's the sheriff here over there, fat fellow, white
mustache with the table with our shree men. Ope, I'm sorry.
Excuse me, my lad here bakers. Yeah, my name is
Palette part glad you could make it. That's go in
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the back room where we can hear ourselves cough, all right,
all right in here, I do according to what I hear.
You're the best man I could have hired. What do
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you want me to do, sheriff? I want you to
find a Fred Warmer for me. He killed a man. Well,
you're a law man. Why don't you go after him?
By this time, he's over the state line. I wait
for extradition, it'll take too long. I want him back
here in little spring in forty eight for that's not
much time. I want him here in four days, and
I want them alive. You're asking a lot, I'm paying
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a lot. But why four days? That's my business. You
want the job and just give me time to think
about him. Listen, Palatin, one man who can bring Lamarine,
and I want him back to stand trial here. Who'd
you kill? I don't think that makes any difference to you,
all right now, makes a difference in whether or not
I go after him, all right. Little Spring has a
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reform group headed by a man named Radford. Larmer killed
Radford's son in this saloon Wednesday night. Then he stole
the fastest horse in town headed east. Everybody was either
too drunk or too stupid to stop him, but they
were all witnesses. I see, well, i'll let you know
in a couple hours if I take the job. You're
a skeptical man, Paladin, you can be sure of that, Sheriff.
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I talked to a dozen witnesses, and the stories were
all the same. Bradford's twenty year old son had come
into the saloon and, in a loud voice at Brandon's
gambling as evil and the sinful. Larmer had been at
one of the tables, and he shouted the young man
to leave. Bradford refused. Laurimer walked over to him. A
slight scuffle, then Laurimer put a bullet through him. Young
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Radford was unarmed. Satisfied the Chriff Acres had told me
the truth, I accepted the job. In the morning. I
bought a ticket for the next stage going east. Ought
to be here in another ten minutes. Just make yourself
to home on that bench over there, ah witout side,
have a good trip. Thank you you, mister Paladin. That's right.
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And Jim Radford, mister Radford, Acres brought you down here
to find Lormer, didn't he yes, going to do it.
I'm gonna try. You'd be doing this town a great injustice.
Don't bring him back, mister Paladin. Lorimer did kill your
some didn't, yes, But if you catch him, it won't
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bring my son back. I've already accepted the job, mister Rudford,
mister Paladin, I had a reform group in Little Spring.
We've been fighting Acres for years now. There's going to
be an election in five days. I'm running against Acres
for sheriff. If you bring Lormer back and he hangs
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for the murder of my son. Before election day, Acres
can point to the hanging, and the people of this
town will forget what went on before, and Acres will
be reelected there. Yes, you can see what kind of
town he's running. But for the first time, the people
have a chance to drive him and his crowd out
of control and turn the little spring into a decent community.
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Well that may be true, mister Radford, but I'm convinced
that Lormer is a murder and I intend to bring
him back in four days alive if you do. If
you do, I'll kill him before Acres can get near him. Now,
mister Radford, that would be a foolish thing to do.
Then you could be hanged for murder. Nevertheless, the people
would understand and you'd have a clean town again. I'll
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be waiting for you when you come back. I remember that,
mister Redford. Are you smoking more now? Enjoying it less?
Have a real cigarette? Have a camel, the best come
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make the very best bones. Have a real cigarette. Have
a camel.
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Have a real cigarette. Have a camel.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
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a real, a real, a real I followed Lorimer's trail
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to the Nevada Line, and there I rented a horse.
The open desert stretched before me, and I knew now
that it would be more difficult to find him. The
sun was at my back, and my shadows started to
creep ahead of me. When I saw a small house
on the thin line where fertile land gave way to
waste land. There were two horses grazing on the tufts
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of grass between the rocks behind the house. It was large, inviting,
well in front. I rode up to the watering trough. Ah, anyway, huh,
get away from here? What now? Put your rifle away?
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O man, eat off my land here, say both those
horses yours. I didn't move out here on the edge.
Edition fair not to have a snooper come along and
ask me questions. I told you to get off my land. Well,
I'm looking for a murderer. I ain't seen no murderer
passed this way. I ain't seen no murderer. Well, I'm
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going to search the desert. Old man, I need water.
You have a well, all right, take your water, but
my rifle litill be on you till you leave. I
watered my horse and continued east into the desert for
almost ten miles. And then I saw him, silhouetted by
the setting sun, a big man, stumbling, weaving before his
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weight carried him to the ground. I dug my heels
into my horse and rode to where he had fallen.
You make a big trail, Armer, running us over. I'll
we go back you. I'll take a give me your hands.
Oh god, he won't be needing now right. I need water.
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My throat's on fire.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
H here, let me die here a nice cleaning day.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
My job is to bring your back, Warmer. Share fakers
sent you, didn't They sheare fakers. Will hang me. When
you bring me back to little Spring. You'll stand trial.
I'll stand trial in less than twenty minutes. They'll have
me swinging from the courthouse tree, and the whole town
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will get drunk and celebrate, and they'll re elect Sheriff
Aakers because he brought long order the little spring. Why
did you kill young Radford? He was a loud mouth
preaching kid. Oh he's shooting his mouth off in the
saloon bed for business. Acres had a big take from
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that saloon. He wanted him dead. He told me to
kill him, and then he turned on me. Could I
fooled him? You won't use me anymore? Kill me here
and get it over with. I want to make that
well before the sun burns the skin off our backs.
What well are you talking about? That house about ten
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miles back? We both can ride one hush. What happened
to yours? Shot at a ratley through me? You're a
big man, Larmer. My horse will never carry that both
of us in the heat. You ride and I'll lead him.
It's a hot walk. I'll manage until we get to
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me sit down, Patten, you want to go in the house,
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Go ahead, Laurman. When I was here before, there were
two horses out back. Now there are three. You change
horses here. And when the horse threw you in the desert,
he came home. Is that right. Leave me out here.
I ain't got the strength runaway, and I don't want
to see that old man anyway. We need your horse back,
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old man. I want to talk to you Larmer. Oh
no you hey, Larmer? Your ah, you fool? Why did
you do back? I was thirsty. Well it was so close.
I drank to be idiot. I've got to get you
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out of the sun. Now, come on, try to stand up.
Come on, all right, easy, does it easy? I'll get
you into the house. Murder.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Come on, Oh oh I'm easy. All right, come went
out here.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
You can lie down here. Oh that's easy. You've got
a sharp memory. One warning wasn't enough. You have come back.
Take your rifle out of my back. On, man, you
ain't felt the last of this rifle. I've got a
sick man. Here. Is just your murderer. Yes, the hearse
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came back this morning. I was expecting you, Fred Alarmer.
I didn't want to come back. Uncle. He forced me.
Your uncle, Well, you denied you've seen him before. I
told you I hadn't seen the murderer. I didn't know
Fred was the murderer. Let me go, uncle, I'll get
far away from here as I can, old man, I've
got to bring Larmer back for trial, and little Spring
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he killed him, man Bread. They ain't going nowhere. He's
not gonna hang in some public place. I'm gonna kill
him and bury him out the back of the house.
And I'm gonna kill you because you know him, you
know his crime, and you know his my nephew. What
makes you judge and jury? I watched a lot of
killing during the war. I watched brother kill brother. What
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made them judge and jury? You're confusing peace with war?
Old man? Are the man in a little spring fitter
sitting judgment on Alarmer? No, only an Alarmer can judge Alarmer.
I renounced civilization and with it it's laws here. I'm
the law. How you turning around? Mister? Now loosen your
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gun belt and drop it to the floor. He's have
no tricks. Now you get up, Fred Armer, I can't myself.
You will get up and walk. I'll not kill you
inside my house. Now get up now, now walk, both
of you.
Speaker 5 (17:15):
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Speaker 1 (17:22):
All right, old man, shooting's over. Give me back my rife. Og.
Can't you see I only wingdam He ain't dead. It's
a good thing. I've got to kill him. There's not
gonna be any killing here. No, take him back the
caareff and let him hang. You are civilization, mister, and
I hate you for it.
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fight was out of the old man. He sat in
the corner of the front room while I bandaged Lomer's arm.
He looked neither left nor right and said nothing. By
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his lack of movement, he seemed to deny our existence.
As we moved away from the house, I saw him
come out the door and stand on the front porch,
a lonely figure. Lorma gave me no more trouble. I
persuaded the stage driver to drop us off on the
outskirts of Little Spring. And it was ten o'clock at
night when we got into town by way up a
back street. Why are you bringing me here? This is
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Radford's house? Is then? Yeah? But I still don't her mind.
You'll see mister Paladin. Lormer get inside. I told you
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I'd kill him paladon't try it. Radford, why are you here? Yes,
I'm rope, Yes, and get it for me so I
can tie Larmer up. And I want you to go
and get the sheriff. Sheriff, Radford, you had a reform
group in this town. I hope you're interested in enough
in justice to do what I tell you. Bring the
sheriff and bring him alone, all right? And uh, Radford,
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tell him to have three thousand dollars with him. I
look it, what's the meeting of this? Why can bring
Lami here to Radford's house. It's as good a place
as any to pick up a murderer. All right, I've
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kept my part of the bargain. Sheriff Lomers back in
the middle, spring alive and on time. Did you bring
the money? Yeah, yeah, here it is. Thank you. I'll
hold trial immediately. I'll call the judge, he'll open the court.
All right, Lama, let's go. That's a minute. Didn't I
hear you invite the sheriff to stay for the night,
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mister Radford, Of course you did. Sheriff, make yourself at home.
We'll be here for the night and all day tomorrow.
It will be an honor spending election day with the
two leading candidates. Oh look here. Of course you'll have
time to go out and vote about five minutes before
the polls close. You don't feel spending election day with
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a murderer like Lorimer will hurt you at the poles?
Do you share a fakers You pull down the shades,
mister Radford and lock the door. I hope that was
not spoiled, Jim. Sorry, I'm late, but we're taking inventory
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Size, Have Gun, Will Travel. Created by Herb Metal and am Rolf.
He is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Parris
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and stars John Dayner as Colladin with Ben Wright as
Hey Boy, and Virginia greg As Miss Wang. Tonight's story
was specially written for Have Gun Will Travel by Arthur Lewis.
Featured in the cast were Jack Moyles, Vic Parent, Ralph Moody,
and Barney Phillips. This is Hugh Douglas in by thank
you to join us again next week when CBS Radio
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