September 15, 2025 • 24 mins
Have Gun Will Travel was a popular western radio drama series that ran from 1958 to 1960. It debuted as a television series in 1957 and was one of only a few American television programs that paved the way for a radio version. Although the radio show initially featured stories adapted from television, many of the 106 radio episodes were original stories. The stories follow the adventures of Paladin, played by John Dehner.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Gentlemen. I thought I could talk to you in a quiet,
civilized way, but it looks like that is out of
the question. Have Gone, Will Travel, starring mister John Dayner
(00:37):
as Paladin, San Francisco, eighteen seventy five, The Carlton Hotel,
headquarters of a man called Paladino. Missipalady, Hey boy, if
(01:06):
you don't mind, I'm taking a bath.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Oh here's a misady. Hey boy, Remember these facts so
you know just where to deliver important looking telegram for you.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yes, seem yes, I see to you. Every telegram is important.
But I could have waited until after my bath, Hey.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Boy, not like to course, slow down in great system
of communication.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
All right, hey boy, bath or no bath? I guess
we can't disrupt the nation's clothes information. Would you read it? Please?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Oh he's a Paladine Carlton Hotel. Need help at your
price to stop range war. Five hundred dollars deposit with
telegram advice. James Ellis Preston, Arizona.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
James Ellis mayor you know him? If it's the gym
elist I'm thinking of a certainly do. He was the
sliicckest gambling confidence man east or west of the Mississippi River.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
You going to help him?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Well? Five DEPOSITI huh.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
TEGM Man say you can pick it up myfice.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I can't see GM melliss mare of anything except perhaps
a penitentiary. But I guess it must be true.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
He's how Para didn't want hey boy to pack for him.
I'll get a ticket for a stagecoat.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yes, hey boy, you do that right now. I'm going
to enjoy this math. It may be the last one
I'll have for quite a while.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
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man in command must be awake and alert, and no
dose stay awake. Tablets help you stay in command when
you slide behind the wheel of your car and move
more than a ton of automobile into highway traffic. You see,
(03:07):
monotonous driving can make you drowsy, no matter how much
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But millions of times a year, safe no dose helps
keep drivers awake and alert. How does no does do it?
Ask your doctor. He'll tell you that no dose contains
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Speaker 1 (03:28):
But safe.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
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of all, it is not habit forming. This no Dose
is so safe it is legally sold on a national
basis without a prescription. Get No Dose Stay Awake tablets today.
It could save your life.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
The stagecoach ride depressed and left something to be desired,
namely some other means of transportation. We rode through mile
after mile of magnificent cattle country, large ranches, and small
Preston was the center of this cole kingdom, a booming, growing,
prosperous community. As I got off the stage coach, any
doubts I may have had that Mayor James Ellis might
(04:10):
not be the Jim Ellis I knew were soon dispelled.
The parent and you old renegade. Am I glad to
see you. I don't believe it, well, I am sent
for you, didn't. I got your telegram saying who's coming too?
That's right, Jim. I just meant that I don't believe
that you're the duly elected mayor of this fine little town.
People must not know you as well as I did.
(04:31):
Good old Palin always yoger what they don't know won't
hurt him Paladin. Now, don't you give me away? Hey,
come on down to my office, the hotel lobby, Paladin,
we'll renew our old friendship. You mean your office is
the hotel lobby? Oh? Why sure? Ain't everyone? Oh afternoon
was the card ride? Come on, Pellain, I got a
big job for you to do. I'm in real trouble. Yes, yeah,
(04:53):
you mentioned a range war in your telegram. Well that's
what it is.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Oh hobby there, Brad, and.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
You got to stop it. The first honest job I've
ever had, Paladin, and I got to keep it honest.
It's politicalism, well all honest stuff to appoint maybe, but
it's respectable. What does a range war have to do
with your job, a paladin? If it gets started and
drags out, it could ruin this whole valley, set the
town back five years? Ah, no town, no mare.
Speaker 5 (05:19):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
And I got investments that you go right out the
window of the job. That figures. Oh, horry man, Well
here we are, okay, sit down, Palladin. Now, who is
involved in the so called range war? Jim, Well, sir,
there's two of them ready to fight, names marsh Jordan
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and Jack Sanders. What's the argument water rights and what
a mess ought to be settled by lawyers and judges.
But Marti and Jack just won't see it that way.
They aim to do it with guns. I know, the type,
self made, rugged individualists who hit it. Who are these men?
Just the biggest rangers in Preston Valley and there's nobody
to stop him, not even the law. Ain't been able
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to keep a share for the last six months. Old
folks can see this coming. There's no use trying to
fight the two of them with a few depities, that's
for sure. So you hired just me to do the job. Well, Paladin,
I got all the confidence in the world in you.
This grand little community needs your help and growing up
to be a grand and glorious metropolis in this fair
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land of ours. These people, Jem saved the speech for
your voters. I'm just the hired help. Well, that's what
I'd hoped you'd say, Paladin. I knew you'd help me.
I mean us. The fine folks are pressing. Come here,
take those out this window. All right. You see that
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saloon over there, all right this minute, Jack Sanders and
some of his men is having a drink. Now, you
ought to go and have a talk with him. Oh no,
Now what you see that big fellow on the walk,
the one leading them cowpokes? I see him. That's Marsh Jordan.
Great day. He's gonna go into the saloon. Yep, there'll
be trouble for sure. You got to stop in, Paladin,
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just like that. Well, that's what I hired you for,
isn't it. Come on there, Paladin, I told you they'd
be at it.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Having control of the river right now, and you know
nobody else from the Sander's outfit is gonna get it
away from me now, marsh Jack, Now, man, let's not
be hasty.
Speaker 5 (07:34):
You keep out of this illis.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
As Mayor Preston, I are a pression. You've got nothing
to say about anything between me and Jack Sanders, and
you keep your mouth shut, Mayor, I'll have my form
and throw you out of here. That goes for your
friend too. Now what was you saying, Sanders?
Speaker 6 (07:47):
It's time for a showdown, Marsh, you and me. We'll
settle this right here, and.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
I will it to Marsh Jack.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Now, wait, Jim, you'll stay out of our way. We
stop him. You tell me how, Jim, I'll stop him now, Jack,
if one of us gets killed here, it ain't gonna
stop our outfits from fighting it out to finish. I
know that, marsh I'm just sick of seeing your face around, Paladin,
and do something right If you want it this way,
you just draw gentlemen, just the moment, Alice, I told
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you when your friend to keep out of this. Now,
who do you think you are? Mister gentlemen? My name
is Paladin, and I think that you're both cowards.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
Now, maybe I didn't hear you right, mister You wouldn't
care to say that again.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
None particularly, But did you give me a chance to
make my point? I think I could show you it's true.
And like I give you in the mayor a chance
to leave, I guess my former let to throw you
out after all, Hank, put your drink down and take
care of him. No, you don't now. I thought I
could talk to you gentlemen in a quiet, civilized sort
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of way, But it looks like that's out of the
question now, Paladin, don't go too far. There's no going
halfway in this job. Jimmy, I hire me to do it,
or you didn't. What do you mean hired you? The
mayor sent for me to try to stop a range war.
That's what I intend to do, by what right, by
the right of any man to keep you from destroying
this town.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
We can take care of our own troubles, can you.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Like Marsh Jordan said, one of you would probably be
killed in a shootout, and that didn't mean his family
and his outfit would have to finish the fight. Well,
you've got any better idea on settling our differences? I
was getting to that. What makes either of you any
better than any other citizens? What's wrong with leaving your
dispute to the law to sid You're new here, mischief,
(09:35):
But you just asked anybody who's got the biggest ranch,
who's been there the longest, They'll tell you I have
Marsh Jordan. Now that ain't quite right, Marsh.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
The Sanders came to Preston Valley same time as your family.
We got four thousand head aqui five, but you ain't
got a string of three thousand horses breeding or.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Forty thousand acres of land. I got thirty five thousand
acres and fifty men riding for me, and I got
near his men, and my men are better than yours anyway. Well,
there's only one way to find out. I am sure
that you're both very important ranchers in the valley, but
there are a lot of others involved, and that includes
all the people of Preston. Anytime they can come close
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to what we got, they can settle things their way
if they want. Right now, this is between Jack Sanders
and me and you and all the rest can just
stay out of it.
Speaker 6 (10:17):
I say, off and right, But this time he is now.
You put that gun away and take the next stage
out of Preston and stay out.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
You heard him, mister, Yes, I heard him.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
I realized the gentlemen that my gun is only a
temporary advantage. But in the meantime, I'll make a little
deal with you. Let's call it a bet. You just
get hold up, pull up, Jack. I've never been one
that turned down a bet, a fair one. It's more
than a fair one, i'd say. In fact, neither one
of you did. Low. Well, watch your bet. You give
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me twenty four hours till tomorrow afternoon at four. If
I don't have this settle by then, I'll pay you
each five hundred dollars. If I do, you both pay
me the same. How about it. I hate to take
your money mister, but you got yourself a bet. What
do you say, Sanders, I don't know. Let's give him
a ride, Jack. We've been fighting this thing for years.
(11:12):
Another twenty four hours is going no matter much. Well,
I ain't got five hundred on me, but I'll get
it at the bank. The mayor will hold the stakes.
Here's my wallet, Jim, there's a little more than a thousand.
I have the money on me. Here's my handing, Mayor. Nah,
if you don't mind, gentlemen, I'm leaving.
Speaker 6 (11:30):
Keep your gun handy, mister Paladin. Twenty four hours. You'll
need it.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Come on, Jim, don't you get too far away with
all that money, mister mayor? Great day? Am I glad
to be out of there. I know what you mean, Jim.
I knew you'd come through, Paladin. Oh, you hadn't let
real good in there. How what's your plan now that
you've got twenty four hours? I'm not sure it'll work,
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but I know what I'm going to try to do.
What you know in twenty four hours. Right now, I
want to borrow a horse.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
And now here I Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
Speaker 8 (12:21):
Say, Charlie isn't that your French girlfriend coming into the
service department. Yeah, Bergan, isn't she a dog?
Speaker 5 (12:26):
Dodimoms you.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I don't wish to bother you.
Speaker 8 (12:30):
I'll think nothing of it. Beautiful women always bother me.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Demile the mobile. She has a squeak, poor thing.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
It probably needs one of our quality Guardian maintenance lubrications.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Fantastic.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
How did you know that.
Speaker 8 (12:44):
Specialized training, ma'am?
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Specialized training.
Speaker 8 (12:48):
The servicemen at all Chevrolet Pontiac olds will be a Buick, Cadillac,
Chevy and GMC truck dealers get special training. That's what
makes them Guardian maintenance servicemen. They're trained to know your
GM the best.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You are so wonderful. Oh, I must tease you gladly.
Speaker 8 (13:06):
Oh you know how did you learn to geese?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Like that specialized training? Ma'am?
Speaker 6 (13:31):
You're spilling your drink man, huh Oh, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Guess I didn't sleep much last night, so I can't say.
Is blame you?
Speaker 6 (13:40):
What with your friend Paladin high tailing it out of
town the way he did?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
No, I don't worry about Paladin. He'll be back. You
can count on that, Yes, sir, he'll be back shore shooting,
he said, he would, huh huh.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
Yeah, well we'll know for sure in about six hours.
I've been to the bank. Here's my five hundred dollars.
You'll be handing it back double by four o'clock. But
I might as well make get legal, like sure, Jack,
Sure you look kind of green man. Yeah, have another
drink if you could use it.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Be sure you won't have a little stake, mister Mayor.
Oh no, no, thanks, Marsh. This coffee will do fine.
Oh you city folk don't need enough keep a skinny
kaio alive, Marsh. Why not send your riders back to
the ranch. Well, that wouldn't be very smart, mister Mayer,
with the whole Sanders outfit in town. But there's sure
to be trouble, fash Sol, will you yeah, sure, sure,
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thank you. There was gonna be trouble before your friend
Paladin stuck his nose into our business, and there's still
gonna be trouble the only way, they said, But Marsh,
they the folks and everybody took the cover of Already
Mayor stores is closed, winded, boarded up. Nothing can stop
it now. But you got to wait before you both
promised you would do that. Jack and me got it
(15:09):
all figured. He's got the east end of town. Me
and my boys hes the west. Come four o'clock we
meet you in front of the hotel and collect our
betting money. What then, marsh Then, well sir, you don't
find yourself a nice sellid hiding. Please, you're going to
be as full of holes as this here town of yours.
(15:47):
Well what time you.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Make if Jack and just looked five to four?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Are you sure you're watching fast?
Speaker 5 (15:54):
He never been fast before, ain't no, mister Mayor.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
How about another twenty four hours? We hear from Palatine twelve?
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Not a chance our men are at either end of town.
They're rich in for a fight. They're gonna get it.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
You ain't gonna be seeing that Paladin, feller, Mayor. He
left his thousands so he could get out of town
on one piece.
Speaker 6 (16:11):
Twenty four hours gave him a pretty good start. You
might as well start paying off, Mayor.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
But I got two minutes. Now, who's coming? Why that
looks like Paladin? Yeah, there's Paladin. He did come back.
Got less sense than I thought he had.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Well, what's he waving at it? Some kind of papers?
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Who? Hello, Jim, gentlemen, I'm glad you waited for me.
You've got here just in time to see us get
your money. Let's not be hasty. I've got something to say. Well,
they'd better be real powerful. Paladin just might be Jim
to Jordan, mister Sammers, I represent a client who says
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that you have no right to endanger lives in the
future of Preston Valley by starting a ranged war to
settle your differences. What makes his client or think he's
got any right to say something at local Well, let
me see. This client of mine has nearly fifteen thousand
head of capital what's at which I believe is more
than your two ranches combined. My client is over five
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hundred head of horses, counting working and breeding. Why are
you poll in, Paladin n five client works about one
hundred thousand acres of land, which is more than both
of you have, and he's got nearly one hundred and
fifty men.
Speaker 5 (17:27):
I don't believe it.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
If you take a look around the edge of town,
you'll see these men are just waiting for you to
to start something. They're well armed and ready to fight
for their rights. What outfit are you talking about is
not one outfit, Jordan. You see these legal papers here.
These are the articles of incorporation for the Preston Valley
Stockman's Association. What those men out there are, the smaller
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ranches in this valley, with all their men. Now you
add up their holdings, you'll find that neither of you gentlemen,
can come close to them. But they can't do that
to us. Hold on, Jack, I don't know well that
many men out there might be they could. What do
you want, Peladan. They want you to join the Stockman's Association.
It's been formed to protect and aid all ranchers. Any
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disputes will be settled fairly and squarely by every one
who belongs. They figure this value is big enough with
the little men and the big ones. Well, so that's
where you've been riding all over the valid to organize them.
Each man that signed helped sign up others, and every
one of them to a man hopes that you two
will join up. Also. They even think that one of
you would make a good first president of the association,
(18:37):
even old John Nichols, Pete Culvert. You can see for yourself,
they're all signed.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
Let me see that.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
I came here to do a job. Now I'm not
interested in taking your money. If you sign up, I'll
donate my winnings. They get the association treasury off to
a good stock. You will, Palin. That's right, Jim boy.
But I still get my fee, right, Oh? Sure, sure?
Anything you well, gentlemen, it's uh, it's after four.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
What do you think, Jack?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Well?
Speaker 5 (19:06):
What about the president? I I might take the job?
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Do you mean you and you both sign? Well? I'll
sign all right, all right now I'll go along. Good.
You won't regret it, Jim. Can you call a meeting?
Can I call a meeting? Paladin, his mayor, this fair
city of Preston. I'll call as many meetings as you want,
whenever you want them. And may I say now, no,
you may not. You call off your men, marsh yours Jack,
(19:33):
the association will call off there, all right? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (19:37):
What about the job of president?
Speaker 1 (19:39):
What about that job? Well, gentlemen, that's something you'll have
to settle with ballots, not bullets.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Yes, I was careful for you.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Well, look, i'll be careful that you'll break your facts.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Put it down, you know, But just arrived from the flats.
Wonder what he could be in it?
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Miss? I'd say, there's only one way to find out
opening Ali the hammer I bring you on.
Speaker 9 (20:32):
Oh thank you, hey boy, must be most important to
be in such straw.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
It's from Jim Elis Presston Arizona. Hey, Mr pep much paper? Yes,
what in the world look at?
Speaker 3 (20:56):
Oh mow my finy leather, so much silver.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
I'll be wait a minute. Is an inscription in appreciation
to Teldon from the Preston Valley Stockman's Association, marsh Jordan
and Jack Sanders co presidents. Huh. I wondered how they
settle that. Next time you refresh, enjoy of frosty ice
(21:36):
called pepsicola sociability.
Speaker 5 (21:38):
Charlie, all right, kay.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
How's this Pepsi is light, refreshes without filling. You like
to refresh? Have a pepsi right now. We'll offer it
to everybody, Charlie.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
I will enjoy pepsi at the fountain. It's delicious at
home too. Have one at lunch or with a snack
at the beach, or at dinner. Wherever you go.
Speaker 7 (21:58):
Wherever you're thirsty, pepsi is there.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
It's here too.
Speaker 8 (22:02):
In our b sociable sound, be sociable.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Love, start keep pop to day with sanse dreams, light
refreshing semsy, stay here, be sociable, have a pepsy.
Speaker 7 (22:22):
For the weekend. Have plenty of pepsi around. Pick up
an extra carton today. Ce K, I'm.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Sociable with pepsi.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
Everyone is.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
Have Gun We'll Travel?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Rolf, is produced and
directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and stars John Dayner
as Paladin, with Ben Wright as hey Boy and Virginia
Gregg as Miss One. Tonight's story They were specially written
for Have Gun Will Travel.
Speaker 7 (23:03):
By Rod Peterson.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Featured in the cast were Joseph Kerns, Lawrence Dobkin, and
William Redfield. This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join
us again next week when CBS Radio presents Have Gun
(23:24):
Will Travel.
Gentlemen. I thought I could talk to you in a quiet,
civilized way, but it looks like that is out of
the question. Have Gone, Will Travel, starring mister John Dayner
(00:37):
as Paladin, San Francisco, eighteen seventy five, The Carlton Hotel,
headquarters of a man called Paladino. Missipalady, Hey boy, if
(01:06):
you don't mind, I'm taking a bath.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Oh here's a misady. Hey boy, Remember these facts so
you know just where to deliver important looking telegram for you.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yes, seem yes, I see to you. Every telegram is important.
But I could have waited until after my bath, Hey.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Boy, not like to course, slow down in great system
of communication.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
All right, hey boy, bath or no bath? I guess
we can't disrupt the nation's clothes information. Would you read it? Please?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Oh he's a Paladine Carlton Hotel. Need help at your
price to stop range war. Five hundred dollars deposit with
telegram advice. James Ellis Preston, Arizona.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
James Ellis mayor you know him? If it's the gym
elist I'm thinking of a certainly do. He was the
sliicckest gambling confidence man east or west of the Mississippi River.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
You going to help him?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Well? Five DEPOSITI huh.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
TEGM Man say you can pick it up myfice.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I can't see GM melliss mare of anything except perhaps
a penitentiary. But I guess it must be true.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
He's how Para didn't want hey boy to pack for him.
I'll get a ticket for a stagecoat.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yes, hey boy, you do that right now. I'm going
to enjoy this math. It may be the last one
I'll have for quite a while.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
In the air, on the sea, on the highway, the
man in command must be awake and alert, and no
dose stay awake. Tablets help you stay in command when
you slide behind the wheel of your car and move
more than a ton of automobile into highway traffic. You see,
(03:07):
monotonous driving can make you drowsy, no matter how much
sleep you get, and driving and dozing just don't mix.
But millions of times a year, safe no dose helps
keep drivers awake and alert. How does no does do it?
Ask your doctor. He'll tell you that no dose contains
a safe and accurate amount of caffeine, the same refreshing
stimulant you get in your coffee or tea.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
But safe.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
No Dose acts faster, is handier, and more reliable. Best
of all, it is not habit forming. This no Dose
is so safe it is legally sold on a national
basis without a prescription. Get No Dose Stay Awake tablets today.
It could save your life.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
The stagecoach ride depressed and left something to be desired,
namely some other means of transportation. We rode through mile
after mile of magnificent cattle country, large ranches, and small
Preston was the center of this cole kingdom, a booming, growing,
prosperous community. As I got off the stage coach, any
doubts I may have had that Mayor James Ellis might
(04:10):
not be the Jim Ellis I knew were soon dispelled.
The parent and you old renegade. Am I glad to
see you. I don't believe it, well, I am sent
for you, didn't. I got your telegram saying who's coming too?
That's right, Jim. I just meant that I don't believe
that you're the duly elected mayor of this fine little town.
People must not know you as well as I did.
(04:31):
Good old Palin always yoger what they don't know won't
hurt him Paladin. Now, don't you give me away? Hey,
come on down to my office, the hotel lobby, Paladin,
we'll renew our old friendship. You mean your office is
the hotel lobby? Oh? Why sure? Ain't everyone? Oh afternoon
was the card ride? Come on, Pellain, I got a
big job for you to do. I'm in real trouble. Yes, yeah,
(04:53):
you mentioned a range war in your telegram. Well that's
what it is.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Oh hobby there, Brad, and.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
You got to stop it. The first honest job I've
ever had, Paladin, and I got to keep it honest.
It's politicalism, well all honest stuff to appoint maybe, but
it's respectable. What does a range war have to do
with your job, a paladin? If it gets started and
drags out, it could ruin this whole valley, set the
town back five years? Ah, no town, no mare.
Speaker 5 (05:19):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
And I got investments that you go right out the
window of the job. That figures. Oh, horry man, Well
here we are, okay, sit down, Palladin. Now, who is
involved in the so called range war? Jim, Well, sir,
there's two of them ready to fight, names marsh Jordan
(05:42):
and Jack Sanders. What's the argument water rights and what
a mess ought to be settled by lawyers and judges.
But Marti and Jack just won't see it that way.
They aim to do it with guns. I know, the type,
self made, rugged individualists who hit it. Who are these men?
Just the biggest rangers in Preston Valley and there's nobody
to stop him, not even the law. Ain't been able
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to keep a share for the last six months. Old
folks can see this coming. There's no use trying to
fight the two of them with a few depities, that's
for sure. So you hired just me to do the job. Well, Paladin,
I got all the confidence in the world in you.
This grand little community needs your help and growing up
to be a grand and glorious metropolis in this fair
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land of ours. These people, Jem saved the speech for
your voters. I'm just the hired help. Well, that's what
I'd hoped you'd say, Paladin. I knew you'd help me.
I mean us. The fine folks are pressing. Come here,
take those out this window. All right. You see that
(06:46):
saloon over there, all right this minute, Jack Sanders and
some of his men is having a drink. Now, you
ought to go and have a talk with him. Oh no,
Now what you see that big fellow on the walk,
the one leading them cowpokes? I see him. That's Marsh Jordan.
Great day. He's gonna go into the saloon. Yep, there'll
be trouble for sure. You got to stop in, Paladin,
(07:07):
just like that. Well, that's what I hired you for,
isn't it. Come on there, Paladin, I told you they'd
be at it.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Having control of the river right now, and you know
nobody else from the Sander's outfit is gonna get it
away from me now, marsh Jack, Now, man, let's not
be hasty.
Speaker 5 (07:34):
You keep out of this illis.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
As Mayor Preston, I are a pression. You've got nothing
to say about anything between me and Jack Sanders, and
you keep your mouth shut, Mayor, I'll have my form
and throw you out of here. That goes for your
friend too. Now what was you saying, Sanders?
Speaker 6 (07:47):
It's time for a showdown, Marsh, you and me. We'll
settle this right here, and.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
I will it to Marsh Jack.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Now, wait, Jim, you'll stay out of our way. We
stop him. You tell me how, Jim, I'll stop him now, Jack,
if one of us gets killed here, it ain't gonna
stop our outfits from fighting it out to finish. I
know that, marsh I'm just sick of seeing your face around, Paladin,
and do something right If you want it this way,
you just draw gentlemen, just the moment, Alice, I told
(08:13):
you when your friend to keep out of this. Now,
who do you think you are? Mister gentlemen? My name
is Paladin, and I think that you're both cowards.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
Now, maybe I didn't hear you right, mister You wouldn't
care to say that again.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
None particularly, But did you give me a chance to
make my point? I think I could show you it's true.
And like I give you in the mayor a chance
to leave, I guess my former let to throw you
out after all, Hank, put your drink down and take
care of him. No, you don't now. I thought I
could talk to you gentlemen in a quiet, civilized sort
(08:53):
of way, But it looks like that's out of the
question now, Paladin, don't go too far. There's no going
halfway in this job. Jimmy, I hire me to do it,
or you didn't. What do you mean hired you? The
mayor sent for me to try to stop a range war.
That's what I intend to do, by what right, by
the right of any man to keep you from destroying
this town.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
We can take care of our own troubles, can you.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Like Marsh Jordan said, one of you would probably be
killed in a shootout, and that didn't mean his family
and his outfit would have to finish the fight. Well,
you've got any better idea on settling our differences? I
was getting to that. What makes either of you any
better than any other citizens? What's wrong with leaving your
dispute to the law to sid You're new here, mischief,
(09:35):
But you just asked anybody who's got the biggest ranch,
who's been there the longest, They'll tell you I have
Marsh Jordan. Now that ain't quite right, Marsh.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
The Sanders came to Preston Valley same time as your family.
We got four thousand head aqui five, but you ain't
got a string of three thousand horses breeding or.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Forty thousand acres of land. I got thirty five thousand
acres and fifty men riding for me, and I got
near his men, and my men are better than yours anyway. Well,
there's only one way to find out. I am sure
that you're both very important ranchers in the valley, but
there are a lot of others involved, and that includes
all the people of Preston. Anytime they can come close
(10:10):
to what we got, they can settle things their way
if they want. Right now, this is between Jack Sanders
and me and you and all the rest can just
stay out of it.
Speaker 6 (10:17):
I say, off and right, But this time he is now.
You put that gun away and take the next stage
out of Preston and stay out.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
You heard him, mister, Yes, I heard him.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
I realized the gentlemen that my gun is only a
temporary advantage. But in the meantime, I'll make a little
deal with you. Let's call it a bet. You just
get hold up, pull up, Jack. I've never been one
that turned down a bet, a fair one. It's more
than a fair one, i'd say. In fact, neither one
of you did. Low. Well, watch your bet. You give
(10:50):
me twenty four hours till tomorrow afternoon at four. If
I don't have this settle by then, I'll pay you
each five hundred dollars. If I do, you both pay
me the same. How about it. I hate to take
your money mister, but you got yourself a bet. What
do you say, Sanders, I don't know. Let's give him
a ride, Jack. We've been fighting this thing for years.
(11:12):
Another twenty four hours is going no matter much. Well,
I ain't got five hundred on me, but I'll get
it at the bank. The mayor will hold the stakes.
Here's my wallet, Jim, there's a little more than a thousand.
I have the money on me. Here's my handing, Mayor. Nah,
if you don't mind, gentlemen, I'm leaving.
Speaker 6 (11:30):
Keep your gun handy, mister Paladin. Twenty four hours. You'll
need it.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Come on, Jim, don't you get too far away with
all that money, mister mayor? Great day? Am I glad
to be out of there. I know what you mean, Jim.
I knew you'd come through, Paladin. Oh, you hadn't let
real good in there. How what's your plan now that
you've got twenty four hours? I'm not sure it'll work,
(11:56):
but I know what I'm going to try to do.
What you know in twenty four hours. Right now, I
want to borrow a horse.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
And now here I Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
Speaker 8 (12:21):
Say, Charlie isn't that your French girlfriend coming into the
service department. Yeah, Bergan, isn't she a dog?
Speaker 5 (12:26):
Dodimoms you.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I don't wish to bother you.
Speaker 8 (12:30):
I'll think nothing of it. Beautiful women always bother me.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Demile the mobile. She has a squeak, poor thing.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
It probably needs one of our quality Guardian maintenance lubrications.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Fantastic.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
How did you know that.
Speaker 8 (12:44):
Specialized training, ma'am?
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Specialized training.
Speaker 8 (12:48):
The servicemen at all Chevrolet Pontiac olds will be a Buick, Cadillac,
Chevy and GMC truck dealers get special training. That's what
makes them Guardian maintenance servicemen. They're trained to know your
GM the best.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You are so wonderful. Oh, I must tease you gladly.
Speaker 8 (13:06):
Oh you know how did you learn to geese?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Like that specialized training? Ma'am?
Speaker 6 (13:31):
You're spilling your drink man, huh Oh, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Guess I didn't sleep much last night, so I can't say.
Is blame you?
Speaker 6 (13:40):
What with your friend Paladin high tailing it out of
town the way he did?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
No, I don't worry about Paladin. He'll be back. You
can count on that, Yes, sir, he'll be back shore shooting,
he said, he would, huh huh.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
Yeah, well we'll know for sure in about six hours.
I've been to the bank. Here's my five hundred dollars.
You'll be handing it back double by four o'clock. But
I might as well make get legal, like sure, Jack,
Sure you look kind of green man. Yeah, have another
drink if you could use it.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Be sure you won't have a little stake, mister Mayor.
Oh no, no, thanks, Marsh. This coffee will do fine.
Oh you city folk don't need enough keep a skinny
kaio alive, Marsh. Why not send your riders back to
the ranch. Well, that wouldn't be very smart, mister Mayer,
with the whole Sanders outfit in town. But there's sure
to be trouble, fash Sol, will you yeah, sure, sure,
(14:48):
thank you. There was gonna be trouble before your friend
Paladin stuck his nose into our business, and there's still
gonna be trouble the only way, they said, But Marsh,
they the folks and everybody took the cover of Already
Mayor stores is closed, winded, boarded up. Nothing can stop
it now. But you got to wait before you both
promised you would do that. Jack and me got it
(15:09):
all figured. He's got the east end of town. Me
and my boys hes the west. Come four o'clock we
meet you in front of the hotel and collect our
betting money. What then, marsh Then, well sir, you don't
find yourself a nice sellid hiding. Please, you're going to
be as full of holes as this here town of yours.
(15:47):
Well what time you.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Make if Jack and just looked five to four?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Are you sure you're watching fast?
Speaker 5 (15:54):
He never been fast before, ain't no, mister Mayor.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
How about another twenty four hours? We hear from Palatine twelve?
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Not a chance our men are at either end of town.
They're rich in for a fight. They're gonna get it.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
You ain't gonna be seeing that Paladin, feller, Mayor. He
left his thousands so he could get out of town
on one piece.
Speaker 6 (16:11):
Twenty four hours gave him a pretty good start. You
might as well start paying off, Mayor.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
But I got two minutes. Now, who's coming? Why that
looks like Paladin? Yeah, there's Paladin. He did come back.
Got less sense than I thought he had.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Well, what's he waving at it? Some kind of papers?
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Who? Hello, Jim, gentlemen, I'm glad you waited for me.
You've got here just in time to see us get
your money. Let's not be hasty. I've got something to say. Well,
they'd better be real powerful. Paladin just might be Jim
to Jordan, mister Sammers, I represent a client who says
(16:49):
that you have no right to endanger lives in the
future of Preston Valley by starting a ranged war to
settle your differences. What makes his client or think he's
got any right to say something at local Well, let
me see. This client of mine has nearly fifteen thousand
head of capital what's at which I believe is more
than your two ranches combined. My client is over five
(17:13):
hundred head of horses, counting working and breeding. Why are
you poll in, Paladin n five client works about one
hundred thousand acres of land, which is more than both
of you have, and he's got nearly one hundred and
fifty men.
Speaker 5 (17:27):
I don't believe it.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
If you take a look around the edge of town,
you'll see these men are just waiting for you to
to start something. They're well armed and ready to fight
for their rights. What outfit are you talking about is
not one outfit, Jordan. You see these legal papers here.
These are the articles of incorporation for the Preston Valley
Stockman's Association. What those men out there are, the smaller
(17:51):
ranches in this valley, with all their men. Now you
add up their holdings, you'll find that neither of you gentlemen,
can come close to them. But they can't do that
to us. Hold on, Jack, I don't know well that
many men out there might be they could. What do
you want, Peladan. They want you to join the Stockman's Association.
It's been formed to protect and aid all ranchers. Any
(18:14):
disputes will be settled fairly and squarely by every one
who belongs. They figure this value is big enough with
the little men and the big ones. Well, so that's
where you've been riding all over the valid to organize them.
Each man that signed helped sign up others, and every
one of them to a man hopes that you two
will join up. Also. They even think that one of
you would make a good first president of the association,
(18:37):
even old John Nichols, Pete Culvert. You can see for yourself,
they're all signed.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
Let me see that.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
I came here to do a job. Now I'm not
interested in taking your money. If you sign up, I'll
donate my winnings. They get the association treasury off to
a good stock. You will, Palin. That's right, Jim boy.
But I still get my fee, right, Oh? Sure, sure?
Anything you well, gentlemen, it's uh, it's after four.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
What do you think, Jack?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Well?
Speaker 5 (19:06):
What about the president? I I might take the job?
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Do you mean you and you both sign? Well? I'll
sign all right, all right now I'll go along. Good.
You won't regret it, Jim. Can you call a meeting?
Can I call a meeting? Paladin, his mayor, this fair
city of Preston. I'll call as many meetings as you want,
whenever you want them. And may I say now, no,
you may not. You call off your men, marsh yours Jack,
(19:33):
the association will call off there, all right? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (19:37):
What about the job of president?
Speaker 1 (19:39):
What about that job? Well, gentlemen, that's something you'll have
to settle with ballots, not bullets.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Yes, I was careful for you.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Well, look, i'll be careful that you'll break your facts.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Put it down, you know, But just arrived from the flats.
Wonder what he could be in it?
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Miss? I'd say, there's only one way to find out
opening Ali the hammer I bring you on.
Speaker 9 (20:32):
Oh thank you, hey boy, must be most important to
be in such straw.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
It's from Jim Elis Presston Arizona. Hey, Mr pep much paper? Yes,
what in the world look at?
Speaker 3 (20:56):
Oh mow my finy leather, so much silver.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
I'll be wait a minute. Is an inscription in appreciation
to Teldon from the Preston Valley Stockman's Association, marsh Jordan
and Jack Sanders co presidents. Huh. I wondered how they
settle that. Next time you refresh, enjoy of frosty ice
(21:36):
called pepsicola sociability.
Speaker 5 (21:38):
Charlie, all right, kay.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
How's this Pepsi is light, refreshes without filling. You like
to refresh? Have a pepsi right now. We'll offer it
to everybody, Charlie.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
I will enjoy pepsi at the fountain. It's delicious at
home too. Have one at lunch or with a snack
at the beach, or at dinner. Wherever you go.
Speaker 7 (21:58):
Wherever you're thirsty, pepsi is there.
Speaker 5 (22:00):
It's here too.
Speaker 8 (22:02):
In our b sociable sound, be sociable.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Love, start keep pop to day with sanse dreams, light
refreshing semsy, stay here, be sociable, have a pepsy.
Speaker 7 (22:22):
For the weekend. Have plenty of pepsi around. Pick up
an extra carton today. Ce K, I'm.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Sociable with pepsi.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
Everyone is.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
Have Gun We'll Travel?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Rolf, is produced and
directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and stars John Dayner
as Paladin, with Ben Wright as hey Boy and Virginia
Gregg as Miss One. Tonight's story They were specially written
for Have Gun Will Travel.
Speaker 7 (23:03):
By Rod Peterson.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
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