September 27, 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 (00:14):
I was beginning to think that you were no longer
a boy, that you were now a man. I was wrong.
You're acting like a stupid child. Have Gone, Will Travel,
(00:40):
starring mister John Dayner as Paladin, San Francisco, eighteen seventy five.
The Carlton Hotel, headquarters of a man called Paladin. Yes, oh, hello,
(01:06):
hey boy money?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Uh you want me to take tray? I'm glass he's
downstail now.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yes, thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
You have long talk with man out here this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yes, he's an old friend of mine. Colonel Amos R. Leland,
United States Army, now retired. Oh and the colonel's father
was General Amos are Leland, United States Army, now de Seas.
Perhaps you remember him, oh, General AMSR. Leon. So matter
of fact, I guess there's been an Amos R. Leland
(01:36):
carrying a higher rank in the United States Army since well,
since the United States had an army. The AMSR. Leland
seemed to be in rock. Well, it looks like the
present generation is going to put a stop to it.
Amos Junior is a second lieutenant, and he doesn't seem
very enthusiastic about him. Junior don't like army. The colonel
has heard indirectly that the boy is going to resign
(01:56):
his commission. Whoa he's on he wants me to check
on him.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Oh, you've got no people.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Well, I wouldn't put it that way, Hey boy, I
know young Lilla needs a fine boy. If he has
some problem, maybe I can help him. Seem to me,
maybe I might.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Junior just don't like Holly.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
That's quite possible, heyborn.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Constipation 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.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Well.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
A majority of the doctors we heard from had this
to say. A laxative should be effective, gentle, close to
natural acting, a medicine that can be used with complete confidence.
Now x lax has been popular with many doctors and
millions of people over the years because chocolated X lax
is affective overnight. It helps you towards your normal regularity.
(03:05):
X flax is so gentle, so close to natural acting,
there's no upset. That's why many doctors and millions of
people use x flax with complete confidence. X flax the
laxative that helps you towards your normal regularity gently overnight.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
It was late in the day when I reached Tucson.
I checked into a hotel, and early the next morning
rode out to Fort Bleaker, where young Leland had been
transferred after a brief tour of duty with a war
department in Washington. When I reached the stockade gates, I
dismounted and crossed the dusty parade ground of the Low
Squat Administration building to inquire where I might find the lieutenant.
(03:52):
I was directed to his room in the b ok Q,
the Bachelor Officers' quarters. Man. But Ali, Hello, Amos, good
to see you, Alidan, What a surprise? What brings you
to this god forsaken place? You well said, thank you? Uh, Amos,
(04:21):
I see no reason to beat about the bush. Your
father asked me to look in on you got win
into my resignation. We're Dad. I'm afraid I'm quite a
disappointment to Impalatan. Well he uh, he's disturbed about you,
and I'll admit that I'm puzzled as I recall, Amos,
you graduated from the academy with honors. What happened very simple.
(04:44):
When I was in Washington, the job I had gave
me access to certain files. Going through them one day,
I uncovered an irregularity that I felt merited the attention
of my superior officers. So you brought it to their attention?
Of course, did they act on it immediately? Here I
am far away from the department as I can get, Amos.
(05:05):
When you were in Washington, was it part of your
job to go through the files? Ohe Oh, I see
you were meddling. I don't call it. You were prying
into something that didn't concern you. I discovered a gross blunder.
I think it concerns me and every American. Did it
serve any of us Americans to bring the blunder the lights?
Did any of us benefit from me? In my opinion,
the bumbling of the army should be exposed at every opportunity. Oh,
(05:29):
I have to resign. Well, I think you've come to
a wise decision, Amos. The Army apparently is no longer
the place for you. I agree. I hope they don't
wait too long to accept my resignation. After Fort Bleaker,
I don't know where they can send me except to
the firing squad. Have you been peaking in the files again?
(05:50):
Not just the files. I've been snooping around the whole territory.
This time I really have something like what like this
set up smells to high heaven? Now, couldn't you have
a little hasty and drawing your conclusions. You've been here
how long? Now, long enough to on earth some startling
facts about the way things are run out here. And
this time I'm not going to trust my information to
(06:11):
go through channels. I'm going straight to the Great White Father,
the President. Yes, I can't act as an officer in
the United States Army, but I can act as a
private citizen. Well, Amos, I must remember you're no longer
that boy I used to know. You're a man. Your life, yes,
the only one I've got right now, I'm hoping I'll
(06:31):
be able to hang out to it for a while.
What do you mean by then, I'm skating on awfully
thin ice, Palin, My plan must not be discovered. Good evening, Bedron.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Oh, mister Baron, I think you go already back to
San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I decided to stay a while. Beer please, Paladin had night. Ah,
there you are, thank.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
You, uh Senior followin, Yeah, you are a friend of
the Lieutenant Emmos Leland.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Yes, I am so yesterday, I am also his friend.
He was in here today, look for you. He was
here and jucsan see. Have you any idea where I
can find him?
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Maybe I would think at La Casa del Gado.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Where's that? It's a little hotel here.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
In old town. Down his street, around the corner.
Speaker 6 (07:45):
You find him, singer Paladin, my friend namedus Leland seemed
to have big warrior.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Thanks federal it amos, it's Paladin, Amos. That was the
(08:15):
idea of wet gunaware. Come in, Come in and close
the door and lock it. Sure you weren't followed, were you?
There's no one with you? No? What's the matter with you? Sorry?
I guess I'm just playing scared pedro at the continuous
and you were looking for me? Yes, I wanted to
talk to you. All right, let's talk. Well, there isn't
time now. Every second counts. I've been waiting till dark.
(08:38):
Now I've got to move fast. Where you're going? What
I gotta hide out for a while, amos. As the
army's acceptance. If your resignation comes through, no, no, not yet,
then you're deserting. Well, I guess you can call it that.
I think of it as saving my neck. Somebody's out
to kill me, Paladin. Here's somebody who's toes you might
have stepped on with your snooping. I suppose so, I'm
(08:59):
I'm not sure who could have found out, but I'm
being followed. Somebody took a shot at me last night.
I'm scared, and I'm running out where You're going to
get yourself in a real jam this time? You let
me worry about that. Wait, Paladin, here take this nap
math before. It's the information I told you about. I
have the documented proof of my findings. It's all in
(09:21):
a chest, buried in a safe place. Now you keep
the mapping, Well, what do I do with it?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Man?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
It'll be safer with you. But don't do anything until
you hear from me. I'll get in touch with you somehow.
Don't do it this way, Amos. If you have information
that you honestly feel should reach the president, let me
help you see that he gets it. But go back
to the port. Don't desert, Paladin. It's too late for that.
It's too late for anything except just what I'm doing, Amos.
Yesterday I said you were no longer a boy that
(09:45):
you were now a man. I was wrong. You're acting
like a stupid child. I know what I'm doing, don't
and I'm not going to let you make a pool
of yourself. Now, come on, don't try it. You're going bad. No,
I'm not.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Uh huh uh stupid kid.
Speaker 7 (10:15):
Hey Amos, huh hey, Amos White?
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Famous? Yeah, wow, famous? Famous? Who did it? Who shot you?
I'll talk him down, Amos. Could you see who? It
was too dark. Let's get you to a doctor. No,
h how did yeah? The map? The map? Yes? Please?
(10:57):
Singing War three two? Leakh Amos, Amos, Major Gerson, my
(11:23):
name is paladin. Oh yeah, sit down. You were with
Lieutenant Leland last night when he most unfortunate thing? Yes,
it was major. Earlier this morning, I followed the tracks
of the horse that rode away from the scene. I
finally lost the trail about oh four miles south. But
(11:45):
this was an unshod horse, an Indian pony. Strange doesn't
follow the pattern. That's not the way an Indian kills. No,
I don't think it was an Indian. Do you have
any suspicions? No? Not really. Major, What do you know
about the lieutenants off duty life? While he was here
at the fort all that much. He was a strange one,
didn't mangle, kept to himself, always seemed busy poking around alone.
(12:09):
Do you know what he was doing now? He was
gathering evidence of incompetence and bungling in the army to
present to the chief executive. Why that's right. It was
a sort of crusade. I wonder he was so busy,
or knows he could find enough of it around here?
Made sure. It's a sad thing to see a man
die for a cause he believed in Paladin. Lieutenant Leland
(12:33):
was young, he was impatient. He allowed himself to forget
his lessons on military strategy. But sometimes it's necessary to
take other than the shortest route to achieve an objective.
Yet yet to find out that battles are not won
easily or without some margin for error. I think he
died for a cause he knew was right. Just what
are you getting at, Paladin? What writer we to be
(12:53):
tolerant of corrupt practices or to be intolerant of youthful impatience.
Maybe a little more poking around meddling is what we need?
I repeat, just what are you getting at? Amos? Leland
was murdered Major, because in his poking around he uncovered
something pretty hot. He compile documents of his findings and Major,
(13:15):
it's only fair to tell you that I'm going to
try to locate them, and if I do, I feel
obligated to carry out the boy's plan and see that
they're placed in the hands of the President. Well, I
can't stop your parliament, but before you get too involved,
think it over. M hm ah, hey, Pedro, let's see.
(13:55):
Does the place of Singing Water mean anything to you?
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Listen, your one, It is most beautiful spot on all
Apache reservation.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Does Talika mean anything to you? See?
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Taliki's most beautiful girl and all Apache Reservation.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
She's daughter of great chief. Only now it is so sad.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Sad.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
Now Talika will cut her pretty hair and make dirty
with souta pretty face and wear the ugly dress.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
For a great sorrow. It is the Apache way.
Speaker 6 (14:38):
She will mourn her husband, our good friend, Lieutenant Leland.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Her husband, Amos, was married with an Indian girl.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Talika was his wife in a patchy marriage ceremony.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Only a patch is.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Not this and I know it and now you know it.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Pedro. Hmm, yeah, yeah, this map here does this make
any sense to you.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Oh but of course this mark this is free that
leans and here is credle Rock. This map, this is
place of singing water.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
I want to go there, Pedro, But you show me
the way, said Ludo. Now you're sure there's the right spot.
The map says all that wiki up there? What's that?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
That is weakly up of mus Leland and his wife Alika.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
They really made a home together. Home. Well, thanks, Pedro,
you might as well go back now. I'll see you later.
You the singer pa.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Then you did you find what you look for?
Speaker 1 (16:00):
When that's worth? Yes? Goodbye Pedro, thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
M m hm h yah.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
H m hm.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
M hmm.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
It is not much speeper, It is not much speaper
and a bit this way.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Oh oh well, I I not mean.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
To startle you. Please forgive me.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
I am Telica Telika. Mm hmm. You are beautiful Telika.
My name is Paladin Palatine.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Oh yes, you are a friend to Emma Slelan your spade,
mister Paladin, this way now good?
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Yea all right? Uh huh m h.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
You see the corner of wooden box. That is what
you want?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Well, yeah, it must be Oh about your.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Permission, yes, mister Paladin. Take it.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
H h h. You seem to know about this box,
the Lika, Yes, I do. Do you know what's in it?
Speaker 3 (17:31):
Yes? Bitterness?
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Bitterness? What are you trying to tell me to Lika?
Speaker 3 (17:38):
It is not in every man to be warrior, mister Palatin. No,
But if it is not in man to be warriors,
this man will say, let others be warriors. I will
do what is for me to do. He will not
hold bitterness in his heart and abuse those who are Yes.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
What you're saying is that Amos became bitter toward the
whole army because he would never make a decent soldier.
Is that it? Yes?
Speaker 3 (18:11):
It is not easy for a man to have knowledge
that he must fail when he is expected to prove
himself as one of a line of great fighting men.
But my husband did not look deep within himself to
know this. I knew it.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Well.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
I loved him very much.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Oh. I thought it was something I could do for
Amos to take the information in this box to the president.
Does he had planned to do?
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Mister Paladin, the great wit father is welcome to it,
but it will burden him a box filled with hate
and long and anger. I take it. I have now
to do what I must do.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
What's that, Talita. You are not.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Stranger to our country, mister pardon you know Apache customs
for the dead to.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Burn all the personal belongings.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Yes, there is not much. I had only part of
his life. The wiki up, the box, skins he wore, here,
the ball my brother made him things from our.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Home, Elika. This belongs with the rest of his things. Yes,
take it, but thank you.
Speaker 5 (19:33):
It is right.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
I'm sure it is still. Amos died for what is
in that box, no matter what prompted them. He was
a martyr to a cause.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
This would disturb you always, Well, it's not municipality, I'm afraid.
So did you know that Amos Liland was soon to
resign and from the army. Did you know that and
marry a girl to whom he has long been betrothed?
Speaker 1 (20:09):
No, I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Do not be disturbed, mister Paladin. Namous Leland did not
die martyr to a cause. He died because he betrayed
an Indian girl, Tarika. Yes, I killed him. Mister Paladan.
(20:48):
You please move so missy one can mop in that corner.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
I'm sorry as one, I guess my mind was some
of the place.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Since you come back frown trip your mind some other place,
that's the time.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Yeah, I guess that's right. Well, there was a disturbing
trip in this one.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
Hey boy, say you go to soup snoop.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
I guess you could call it that.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
Hey boy, say you go to see if boy have problem?
Boy have problem?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yes he didn't, but there wasn't much I could do
about him. His real problem was deep in the recesses
of his mind, and he wasn't even aware of him.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
Oh my.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Poor people, get all meets up.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Lot of Mister James and I both say you're the
best housekeeper window.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
You wouldn't say that today.
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Speaker 1 (22:53):
Size and Have Gun Will Travel. Created by Herb Metal
and Sam Rawle is priviuod Stam, directed in Hollywood by
(23:14):
Frank Parris and stars John Dayner as Paladin, with Ben
Wright as hey Boy and Virginia Gregg as Miss Wong.
The night's story was specially written for Half Gun Will
Travel by Am Dowd. Featured in the cast were vig Parent,
Don Diamond, Ken Lynch, and Lillian Byatt. This is Hugh
Douglas inviting you to join us again next week when
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CBS Radio presents Have Gun Will Travel
I was beginning to think that you were no longer
a boy, that you were now a man. I was wrong.
You're acting like a stupid child. Have Gone, Will Travel,
(00:40):
starring mister John Dayner as Paladin, San Francisco, eighteen seventy five.
The Carlton Hotel, headquarters of a man called Paladin. Yes, oh, hello,
(01:06):
hey boy money?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Uh you want me to take tray? I'm glass he's
downstail now.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yes, thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
You have long talk with man out here this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yes, he's an old friend of mine. Colonel Amos R. Leland,
United States Army, now retired. Oh and the colonel's father
was General Amos are Leland, United States Army, now de Seas.
Perhaps you remember him, oh, General AMSR. Leon. So matter
of fact, I guess there's been an Amos R. Leland
(01:36):
carrying a higher rank in the United States Army since well,
since the United States had an army. The AMSR. Leland
seemed to be in rock. Well, it looks like the
present generation is going to put a stop to it.
Amos Junior is a second lieutenant, and he doesn't seem
very enthusiastic about him. Junior don't like army. The colonel
has heard indirectly that the boy is going to resign
(01:56):
his commission. Whoa he's on he wants me to check
on him.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Oh, you've got no people.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Well, I wouldn't put it that way, Hey boy, I
know young Lilla needs a fine boy. If he has
some problem, maybe I can help him. Seem to me,
maybe I might.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Junior just don't like Holly.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
That's quite possible, heyborn.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Constipation 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.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Well.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
A majority of the doctors we heard from had this
to say. A laxative should be effective, gentle, close to
natural acting, a medicine that can be used with complete confidence.
Now x lax has been popular with many doctors and
millions of people over the years because chocolated X lax
is affective overnight. It helps you towards your normal regularity.
(03:05):
X flax is so gentle, so close to natural acting,
there's no upset. That's why many doctors and millions of
people use x flax with complete confidence. X flax the
laxative that helps you towards your normal regularity gently overnight.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
It was late in the day when I reached Tucson.
I checked into a hotel, and early the next morning
rode out to Fort Bleaker, where young Leland had been
transferred after a brief tour of duty with a war
department in Washington. When I reached the stockade gates, I
dismounted and crossed the dusty parade ground of the Low
Squat Administration building to inquire where I might find the lieutenant.
(03:52):
I was directed to his room in the b ok Q,
the Bachelor Officers' quarters. Man. But Ali, Hello, Amos, good
to see you, Alidan, What a surprise? What brings you
to this god forsaken place? You well said, thank you? Uh, Amos,
(04:21):
I see no reason to beat about the bush. Your
father asked me to look in on you got win
into my resignation. We're Dad. I'm afraid I'm quite a
disappointment to Impalatan. Well he uh, he's disturbed about you,
and I'll admit that I'm puzzled as I recall, Amos,
you graduated from the academy with honors. What happened very simple.
(04:44):
When I was in Washington, the job I had gave
me access to certain files. Going through them one day,
I uncovered an irregularity that I felt merited the attention
of my superior officers. So you brought it to their attention?
Of course, did they act on it immediately? Here I
am far away from the department as I can get, Amos.
(05:05):
When you were in Washington, was it part of your
job to go through the files? Ohe Oh, I see
you were meddling. I don't call it. You were prying
into something that didn't concern you. I discovered a gross blunder.
I think it concerns me and every American. Did it
serve any of us Americans to bring the blunder the lights?
Did any of us benefit from me? In my opinion,
the bumbling of the army should be exposed at every opportunity. Oh,
(05:29):
I have to resign. Well, I think you've come to
a wise decision, Amos. The Army apparently is no longer
the place for you. I agree. I hope they don't
wait too long to accept my resignation. After Fort Bleaker,
I don't know where they can send me except to
the firing squad. Have you been peaking in the files again?
(05:50):
Not just the files. I've been snooping around the whole territory.
This time I really have something like what like this
set up smells to high heaven? Now, couldn't you have
a little hasty and drawing your conclusions. You've been here
how long? Now, long enough to on earth some startling
facts about the way things are run out here. And
this time I'm not going to trust my information to
(06:11):
go through channels. I'm going straight to the Great White Father,
the President. Yes, I can't act as an officer in
the United States Army, but I can act as a
private citizen. Well, Amos, I must remember you're no longer
that boy I used to know. You're a man. Your life, yes,
the only one I've got right now, I'm hoping I'll
(06:31):
be able to hang out to it for a while.
What do you mean by then, I'm skating on awfully
thin ice, Palin, My plan must not be discovered. Good evening, Bedron.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Oh, mister Baron, I think you go already back to
San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I decided to stay a while. Beer please, Paladin had night. Ah,
there you are, thank.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
You, uh Senior followin, Yeah, you are a friend of
the Lieutenant Emmos Leland.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Yes, I am so yesterday, I am also his friend.
He was in here today, look for you. He was
here and jucsan see. Have you any idea where I
can find him?
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Maybe I would think at La Casa del Gado.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Where's that? It's a little hotel here.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
In old town. Down his street, around the corner.
Speaker 6 (07:45):
You find him, singer Paladin, my friend namedus Leland seemed
to have big warrior.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Thanks federal it amos, it's Paladin, Amos. That was the
(08:15):
idea of wet gunaware. Come in, Come in and close
the door and lock it. Sure you weren't followed, were you?
There's no one with you? No? What's the matter with you? Sorry?
I guess I'm just playing scared pedro at the continuous
and you were looking for me? Yes, I wanted to
talk to you. All right, let's talk. Well, there isn't
time now. Every second counts. I've been waiting till dark.
(08:38):
Now I've got to move fast. Where you're going? What
I gotta hide out for a while, amos. As the
army's acceptance. If your resignation comes through, no, no, not yet,
then you're deserting. Well, I guess you can call it that.
I think of it as saving my neck. Somebody's out
to kill me, Paladin. Here's somebody who's toes you might
have stepped on with your snooping. I suppose so, I'm
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I'm not sure who could have found out, but I'm
being followed. Somebody took a shot at me last night.
I'm scared, and I'm running out where You're going to
get yourself in a real jam this time? You let
me worry about that. Wait, Paladin, here take this nap
math before. It's the information I told you about. I
have the documented proof of my findings. It's all in
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a chest, buried in a safe place. Now you keep
the mapping, Well, what do I do with it?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Man?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
It'll be safer with you. But don't do anything until
you hear from me. I'll get in touch with you somehow.
Don't do it this way, Amos. If you have information
that you honestly feel should reach the president, let me
help you see that he gets it. But go back
to the port. Don't desert, Paladin. It's too late for that.
It's too late for anything except just what I'm doing, Amos.
Yesterday I said you were no longer a boy that
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you were now a man. I was wrong. You're acting
like a stupid child. I know what I'm doing, don't
and I'm not going to let you make a pool
of yourself. Now, come on, don't try it. You're going bad. No,
I'm not.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Uh huh uh stupid kid.
Speaker 7 (10:15):
Hey Amos, huh hey, Amos White?
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Famous? Yeah, wow, famous? Famous? Who did it? Who shot you?
I'll talk him down, Amos. Could you see who? It
was too dark. Let's get you to a doctor. No,
h how did yeah? The map? The map? Yes? Please?
(10:57):
Singing War three two? Leakh Amos, Amos, Major Gerson, my
(11:23):
name is paladin. Oh yeah, sit down. You were with
Lieutenant Leland last night when he most unfortunate thing? Yes,
it was major. Earlier this morning, I followed the tracks
of the horse that rode away from the scene. I
finally lost the trail about oh four miles south. But
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this was an unshod horse, an Indian pony. Strange doesn't
follow the pattern. That's not the way an Indian kills. No,
I don't think it was an Indian. Do you have
any suspicions? No? Not really. Major, What do you know
about the lieutenants off duty life? While he was here
at the fort all that much. He was a strange one,
didn't mangle, kept to himself, always seemed busy poking around alone.
(12:09):
Do you know what he was doing now? He was
gathering evidence of incompetence and bungling in the army to
present to the chief executive. Why that's right. It was
a sort of crusade. I wonder he was so busy,
or knows he could find enough of it around here?
Made sure. It's a sad thing to see a man
die for a cause he believed in Paladin. Lieutenant Leland
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was young, he was impatient. He allowed himself to forget
his lessons on military strategy. But sometimes it's necessary to
take other than the shortest route to achieve an objective.
Yet yet to find out that battles are not won
easily or without some margin for error. I think he
died for a cause he knew was right. Just what
are you getting at, Paladin? What writer we to be
(12:53):
tolerant of corrupt practices or to be intolerant of youthful impatience.
Maybe a little more poking around meddling is what we need?
I repeat, just what are you getting at? Amos? Leland
was murdered Major, because in his poking around he uncovered
something pretty hot. He compile documents of his findings and Major,
(13:15):
it's only fair to tell you that I'm going to
try to locate them, and if I do, I feel
obligated to carry out the boy's plan and see that
they're placed in the hands of the President. Well, I
can't stop your parliament, but before you get too involved,
think it over. M hm ah, hey, Pedro, let's see.
(13:55):
Does the place of Singing Water mean anything to you?
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Listen, your one, It is most beautiful spot on all
Apache reservation.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Does Talika mean anything to you? See?
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Taliki's most beautiful girl and all Apache Reservation.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
She's daughter of great chief. Only now it is so sad.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Sad.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
Now Talika will cut her pretty hair and make dirty
with souta pretty face and wear the ugly dress.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
For a great sorrow. It is the Apache way.
Speaker 6 (14:38):
She will mourn her husband, our good friend, Lieutenant Leland.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Her husband, Amos, was married with an Indian girl.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Talika was his wife in a patchy marriage ceremony.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Only a patch is.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Not this and I know it and now you know it.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Pedro. Hmm, yeah, yeah, this map here does this make
any sense to you.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Oh but of course this mark this is free that
leans and here is credle Rock. This map, this is
place of singing water.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
I want to go there, Pedro, But you show me
the way, said Ludo. Now you're sure there's the right spot.
The map says all that wiki up there? What's that?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
That is weakly up of mus Leland and his wife Alika.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
They really made a home together. Home. Well, thanks, Pedro,
you might as well go back now. I'll see you later.
You the singer pa.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Then you did you find what you look for?
Speaker 1 (16:00):
When that's worth? Yes? Goodbye Pedro, thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
M m hm h yah.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
H m hm.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
M hmm.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
It is not much speeper, It is not much speaper
and a bit this way.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Oh oh well, I I not mean.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
To startle you. Please forgive me.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
I am Telica Telika. Mm hmm. You are beautiful Telika.
My name is Paladin Palatine.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Oh yes, you are a friend to Emma Slelan your spade,
mister Paladin, this way now good?
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Yea all right? Uh huh m h.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
You see the corner of wooden box. That is what
you want?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Well, yeah, it must be Oh about your.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Permission, yes, mister Paladin. Take it.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
H h h. You seem to know about this box,
the Lika, Yes, I do. Do you know what's in it?
Speaker 3 (17:31):
Yes? Bitterness?
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Bitterness? What are you trying to tell me to Lika?
Speaker 3 (17:38):
It is not in every man to be warrior, mister Palatin. No,
But if it is not in man to be warriors,
this man will say, let others be warriors. I will
do what is for me to do. He will not
hold bitterness in his heart and abuse those who are Yes.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
What you're saying is that Amos became bitter toward the
whole army because he would never make a decent soldier.
Is that it? Yes?
Speaker 3 (18:11):
It is not easy for a man to have knowledge
that he must fail when he is expected to prove
himself as one of a line of great fighting men.
But my husband did not look deep within himself to
know this. I knew it.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Well.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
I loved him very much.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Oh. I thought it was something I could do for
Amos to take the information in this box to the president.
Does he had planned to do?
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Mister Paladin, the great wit father is welcome to it,
but it will burden him a box filled with hate
and long and anger. I take it. I have now
to do what I must do.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
What's that, Talita. You are not.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Stranger to our country, mister pardon you know Apache customs
for the dead to.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Burn all the personal belongings.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Yes, there is not much. I had only part of
his life. The wiki up, the box, skins he wore, here,
the ball my brother made him things from our.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Home, Elika. This belongs with the rest of his things. Yes,
take it, but thank you.
Speaker 5 (19:33):
It is right.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
I'm sure it is still. Amos died for what is
in that box, no matter what prompted them. He was
a martyr to a cause.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
This would disturb you always, Well, it's not municipality, I'm afraid.
So did you know that Amos Liland was soon to
resign and from the army. Did you know that and
marry a girl to whom he has long been betrothed?
Speaker 1 (20:09):
No, I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Do not be disturbed, mister Paladin. Namous Leland did not
die martyr to a cause. He died because he betrayed
an Indian girl, Tarika. Yes, I killed him. Mister Paladan.
(20:48):
You please move so missy one can mop in that corner.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
I'm sorry as one, I guess my mind was some
of the place.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Since you come back frown trip your mind some other place,
that's the time.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Yeah, I guess that's right. Well, there was a disturbing
trip in this one.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
Hey boy, say you go to soup snoop.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
I guess you could call it that.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
Hey boy, say you go to see if boy have problem?
Boy have problem?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yes he didn't, but there wasn't much I could do
about him. His real problem was deep in the recesses
of his mind, and he wasn't even aware of him.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
Oh my.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Poor people, get all meets up.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Lot of Mister James and I both say you're the
best housekeeper window.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
You wouldn't say that today.
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Wright as hey Boy and Virginia Gregg as Miss Wong.
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