Have Gun, Will Travel 59-01-25 (010) The Teacher

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Have Gun, Will Travel (010): "The Teacher"

Date: January 14, 2026
Original Air Date: January 25, 1959
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Main Cast: John Dana as Paladin

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Overview

This episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" centers on Paladin’s encounter with a community torn apart by issues surrounding truth, education, and the power of intimidation. When a schoolteacher, Ms. Molly Stanton, stands up for historical accuracy in the classroom—even in the face of threats from a local rancher, Breck—Paladin steps in to uphold principles of truth, courage, and support for educators. The story unpacks how individuals respond to bullying, the significance of integrity for both teachers and townsfolk, and ultimately, the importance of standing up for what is right even at personal risk.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Introduction to Conflict (00:10 – 02:26)

• Paladin is depicted as a man of principle—quickly demonstrating willingness to risk his life to defend what's right when he warns would-be arsonists:

  "Anyone of you who tries to put a torch to that building will die in his tracks. Now, who wants to be first?" (00:10, Paladin)

• The episode situates Paladin at the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco before he's called to Nevada—a side trip that leads him to the troubled community of Wormsville.

2. Setting the Stage: Wormsville’s Education Crisis (03:34 – 06:02)

• Paladin enters Wormsville and meets Morse Coffman, a boy forbidden to attend school because Ms. Stanton is teaching uncomfortable truths about Quantrill and the Jayhawkers—historical figures with violent pasts.

• The heart of the problem: Mr. Breck, a powerful local rancher, won’t tolerate Ms. Stanton teaching that Quantrill’s men were "thieves and murderers"—as he himself rode with Quantrill.

• Paladin stresses to Morse and the listeners the importance of teaching “facts of history, no matter how much they upset some people.”

  "Maybe it's wrong to think that Miss Stanton or any teacher could do a very good job by ignoring the facts of history, no matter how much they upset some people." (05:44, Paladin)

3. Integrity and the Difficult Role of the Teacher (06:19 – 08:34)

• Paladin confronts Ms. Stanton, first pretending to be another intimidator, but actually testing if she teaches both sides of history truthfully.

• Ms. Stanton makes it clear:

  "Young man, I will teach the truth as it is, and not as you or Mr. Brecht would like it to be." (07:09, Ms. Stanton)

• Paladin affirms her feeling of isolation:

  "You're a teacher. That makes you very special. Without teachers, every generation would have to start all over... You're very much worth fighting over." (08:18, Paladin)

4. The Town’s Cowardice and Paladin’s Advocacy (08:46 – 12:10)

• Paladin uses Ms. Stanton's student list to plead with townsfolk to support her and their right to an honest education—but all fear Breck.

• He challenges Walter Kaufman directly:

  "This is a fight over whether a man named Brecht will burn down a school and drive a woman out of the county for teaching… You hire a teacher… let her do that job. You hold her back…she ends up teaching nothing." (10:53-11:13, Paladin)

• Kaufman refuses, citing alienation from townsfolk and fear.

5. The Confrontation: Schoolhouse Showdown (13:16 – 19:12)

• Ms. Stanton is ready to give up due to lack of support, but Paladin encourages her:

  "Because you do care. You care for the children, your own integrity." (13:47, Paladin)

• Breck and his men ride in to burn down the school; Paladin stands his ground, but is outnumbered and briefly disarmed.

• Townsfolk—including Walter Kaufman—find their courage as the violence escalates. Kaufman switches sides:

  "Now you have got your gun back, Paladin, you can speak to Breck for all of us." (17:12, Kaufman)

• Paladin openly challenges Breck and his men, who back down and leave.

• Afterward, Paladin and Kaufman resolve their confrontation:

  "I never thought you were a coward, Mr. Kaufman. I knew you were afraid. I knew what you were afraid of. That you'd fight for Jason here and his friends…afterwards, they'd just laugh at you." (18:56, Paladin)

  "Maybe that's what helped me get things straight…" (19:26, Jason Breck)

6. Resolution, Return, and a Light Touch (19:46 – 21:11)

• Back in San Francisco, Paladin returns to lighthearted banter with Hey Boy.

• Paladin meets the charming Ms. Francis, setting up a hopeful, flirtatious close and suggesting that sometimes, something good really does happen.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Paladin’s defense of truth:

  "Maybe it's wrong to think that Miss Stanton or any teacher could do a very good job by ignoring the facts of history, no matter how much they upset some people." (05:44)

• Ms. Stanton’s unwavering commitment:

  "I will teach the truth as it is, and not as you or Mr. Brecht would like it to be." (07:09)

• Paladin’s tribute to teachers:

  "You're a teacher…You're very much worth fighting over." (08:18)

• Challenge to the townsfolk:

  "This is a fight over whether a man named Brecht will burn down a school and drive a woman out…You hire a teacher…let her do that job." (10:53-11:13)

• Paladin’s test of courage:

  "Now you have got your gun back, Paladin, you can speak to Breck for all of us." (17:12)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:10 — Paladin threatens the would-be arsonists
• 04:09 — Paladin meets Morse Coffman and learns of the crisis
• 07:09 — Ms. Stanton’s stand for historical truth
• 08:18 — Paladin’s affirmation of the teacher’s worth
• 10:53 — Paladin addresses the real issue: standing up for teachers
• 13:47 — Paladin gives Ms. Stanton new resolve
• 15:40-18:02 — Schoolhouse standoff: Breck’s men, townsfolk’s awakening courage, resolution
• 17:12 — Kaufman empowers Paladin to speak for the town
• 18:56 — Paladin’s insight on courage and fear
• 19:46 — Lighthearted return to San Francisco

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Tone and Style

The episode marries tension and moral questions with wry humor and earnest dialogue. Paladin is principled and quick-witted, Ms. Stanton admirably stoic and committed. The townsfolk’s journey from apathy to action is believable and stirring, while Paladin’s mix of empathy and directness gives the story emotional weight. The final moments add a touch of charm and optimism.

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This episode stands as a testament to the enduring value of teachers, the necessity of truth in education, and the power of one person’s conviction to rouse a community from fear to action.

Transcript

[Paladin]

Any one of you who tries to put a torch to that building will die in his tracks. Now, who wants to be first?

[Narrator]

Have gun will travel. Starring Mr. John dana as paladin. San Francisco, 1875. The Carlton Hotel, Headquarters of a man called Paladin.

[Walter Kaufman]

Come in.

[Hey Boy]

Oh, here it is, Mr. Paladin. Whiskey, water, ice. You want something else?

[Paladin]

I want you to take this money over to the bank and deposit it for me.

[Hey Boy]

Oh, yes, sir. Oh, great deal of money, Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

$5,000. There's a deposit slip.

[Hey Boy]

Yes, sir.

[Paladin]

Well.

[Hey Boy]

Oh, all the time. I know you, Mr. Paladin. You have money.

[Paladin]

Money I earn isa.

[Hey Boy]

What, so much money? You buy clothes, you live here, you pay for many things. You ever work and not earn money?

[Paladin]

I don't understand you.

[Hey Boy]

I work and not earn money. Most people do. Same thing.

[Paladin]

If it makes you feel any better, I've often worked and not been paid a dime.

[Hey Boy]

Oh, it makes me feel better, but.

[Paladin]

I try not to make a habit of it.

[Hey Boy]

Oh, I know, I know. Oh, well, I take this now.

[Walter Kaufman]

Oh.

[Morse Coffman]

Oh.

[Hey Boy]

Wire for you from Nevada.

[Paladin]

Ah, let's see.

[Walter Kaufman]

You send answer.

[Paladin]

Yes, yes. Tell him. Have guns will travel.

[Narrator]

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[Paladin]

The trip to Nevada was for nothing. When I got there, my employer's problem had been settled. He'd been killed, and his killer had been hanged. So I turned around and started back for San Francisco. And that's how I happened to ride through Wormsville, not really a town, just A single line of ragged buildings facing the open prairie, but trying to be a town. One of the buildings was a log cabin with a flagpole in front of it. Sitting by the side of the road, tracing figures in the dust with a willow branch, was a young boy. I stopped beside him.

[Morse Coffman]

Hello, mister.

[Paladin]

Hello, son. You're going to be late for school.

[Morse Coffman]

Ain't going.

[Paladin]

Oh, why not?

[Morse Coffman]

Not till they get rid of the school teacher.

[Paladin]

What'd she do?

[Morse Coffman]

Nothing. You don't like her, is that it, Miss Stanton? I like her fine, but Pa says I can't go.

[Paladin]

Why does Pa say that, boy?

[Morse Coffman]

On account of Mr. Brecht says it to him.

[Paladin]

Breck? Who is Mr. Breck?

[Morse Coffman]

He owns that big ranch over there. He don't like what Ms. Stanton was teaching about Quantrill.

[Paladin]

What was miss stanton teaching about Quantrill?

[Morse Coffman]

She says quantrill's men were thieves and murderers. Mr. Breck rode with quantrill in the war. Said he'd burn down the school and ride her out of town if she didn't stop teaching that way.

[Paladin]

So I take it miss stanton is still teaching that way, huh?

[Morse Coffman]

Yep.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

She.

[Morse Coffman]

He's stirring up a fuss. Hardly anybody's going to school now.

[Paladin]

Well, it seems to me it's Mr. Breck who's stirring up the fuss. What's your name?

[Morse Coffman]

Morse Coffman, sir.

[Narrator]

Morse.

[Paladin]

My name is paladin. Can I sit down?

[Morse Coffman]

Sure.

[Paladin]

How do you feel about all this?

[Morse Coffman]

I. I don't know rightly, Mr. Paladin. Seems Ms. Stanton oughtn't to teach things that'll cause trouble.

[Paladin]

Let me ask you something, Morse.

[Morse Coffman]

Yes, sir.

[Paladin]

One and one make two. You believe that?

[Morse Coffman]

Sure.

[Paladin]

Supposing I didn't like the number two? Supposing I just as soon forget it and use 1 and 3 and 4 and so on, but never two.

[Narrator]

Then what?

[Morse Coffman]

Well, that'd be wrong, Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

Then maybe it's wrong to think that miss Stanton or any teacher could do a very good job by ignoring the facts of history, no matter how much they upset some people.

[Morse Coffman]

Maybe, but Mr. Breck don't see it that way. He's too mean to think everybody does what he says.

[Paladin]

Except miss Stanton.

[Morse Coffman]

Except miss stanton.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

You wish to see me?

[Paladin]

Yes. May I speak to you alone, Ms. Stanton?

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Ms. Grubb, will you kindly come up here and sit at my desk? The rest of you, go right on with your reading. After you finish page 18 and McGuffey, then you may work on your slates. This way, young man.

[Paladin]

Well, I'll get right to the point, Ms. Stanton? I don't like what you've been teaching about the Jayhawkers.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

The Jayhawkers?

[Paladin]

Kansas, Missouri patriots, had organized a fight for the union on the border. I hear you've been teaching that they committed a good many vicious and unprincipled acts. Is that true?

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Mr. Brecht doesn't want me to teach about Quantrill and his atrocities. And now you, whoever you are, don't want me to teach of the Jayhawkers atrocities merely because they were on the union side. Young man, I will teach the truth as it is, and not as you or Mr. Brecht would like it to be.

[Paladin]

Good for you, Ms. Stanton.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

What?

[Paladin]

I just wanted to see if you were telling both sides of the story.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Who are you, mister?

[Paladin]

My name is Paladin. Here's my card.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Well, I don't understand. Who hired you?

[Paladin]

No one's hired me.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

I still don't understand, Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

Ms. Stanton, is anyone in this town on your side?

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

No, I'm afraid not. I used to have 18 pupils. You saw the handful in there. Tomorrow there'll be even less. Mr. Paladin, I can't pay you for anything.

[Paladin]

Oh, no. I don't want pain. It's to say that this is something I want to do.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

You don't know what you're getting into. Brecht, all his gunmen.

[Paladin]

I've heard about him.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

There isn't anyone who'll face up to him.

[Paladin]

If this is going to be settled by guns, you have at least one on your side.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Guns? Oh, Mr. Paladin, there must be no fighting. Not over me.

[Paladin]

You're a teacher. That makes you very special. Without teachers, every generation would have to start all over again, learning from the beginning. No, Ms. Stanton. You're very much worth fighting over. You're a teacher.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Thank you, Mr. Paladin. I needed someone to say that. I really did.

[Paladin]

Molly stanton gave me a list of all of her students and where they lived. She did it with little hope that it would do any good, but with the same kind of determination with which she stood up and spoke the truth in her teaching. I could do no less than make use of the list.

[Jason Breck]

I told you, my susan ain't going back to school until that teacher clears out. Now, we've been all over it.

[Paladin]

Then we'll go over it again. Now, where's your pride, Mr. Caldwell? If Breck threatened Susan's life with a gun, you'd be out there with your gun, making a fight of it. But when he takes over a piece of her mind.

[Jason Breck]

You crawl into a hole, you get out of here.

[Paladin]

I'd be glad to leave if you'll do something about breck.

[Jason Breck]

I'll do as I see fit. Now get out of my house.

[Paladin]

Mr. Caldwell, adults sometimes forget that children are learning all the time. Your susan learns not only by what you tell her, but by the way you live. What do you suppose she's learning right now?

[Jason Breck]

Get out.

[Morse Coffman]

Yes, sir.

[Paladin]

Good evening, Morse.

[Narrator]

Your father home?

[Morse Coffman]

Or is it man who was at the school today? Pa. Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

May I come in? Mr. Kaufman, I'd like to talk to you.

[Walter Kaufman]

Come on in. Oh, what do you want to talk about?

[Paladin]

The school. I've heard around town that tomorrow breck's riding in to burn it down.

[Walter Kaufman]

You want help, Is that it?

[Paladin]

Yes. I'm asking the people this involves for that help. Yeah.

[Walter Kaufman]

How have you been doing?

[Paladin]

Poorly. I've been riding six hours tonight. Talking, arguing. Everyone's afraid of breck. How about you? Would you help.

[Walter Kaufman]

If I said no? Would you figure it's because I'm scared of breck?

[Paladin]

Why else would you say no?

[Walter Kaufman]

Might be I figure he's right.

[Paladin]

He isn't.

[Walter Kaufman]

This fight is over quantrill. What he was, what he done.

[Paladin]

Mr. Kaufman, you're wrong when you say this is a fight over quantrill. It isn't. This is a fight over whether a man named brecht will burn down a school and drive a woman out of the county for teaching. Look, Mr. Kaufman, you hire a teacher. You see that she has the proper training and the right moral character for the job. Then you have to let her do that job. You hold her back. You tell her what to teach and what not to teach. She ends up teaching nothing.

[Hey Boy]

All right, all right.

[Walter Kaufman]

But that ain't my fight. Jason and them other folks in town don't like me. The way I talk. They make fun of me. If everybody was to make a stand, I'd go along. But I don't see doing their fighting for them.

[Paladin]

But this is for yourself.

[Walter Kaufman]

You have spoken your piece, Mr. Paladin. You've had my answer.

[Paladin]

But not once have you mentioned the real reason you won't stand up to breck.

[Walter Kaufman]

What do you mean?

[Paladin]

You're afraid of him.

[Narrator]

Wait.

[Walter Kaufman]

No one calls me a coward and walks away.

[Paladin]

Well, you just look me up at the school tomorrow if you want to finish this. Unless you'd rather shoot me in the back right now.

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[Paladin]

The next morning, Molly stanton appeared at the school 15 minutes before class was scheduled to begin. She tidied her desk, made notes for the day, then stepped out into the yard and rang the bell. But there was no one to ring it for. No students, no parents.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

There's our support, Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

Then we'll meet breck by ourselves.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Why? What for? What am I fighting about? They're not my children. Those people don't care. Why should I?

[Paladin]

Because you do care. You care for the children, your own integrity.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

They just want their children here, out from underfoot. I'm sorry I'm late, Ms. Stanton. Well, you've certainly been a stranger, Susan. Go on now, get your desk. You have two weeks work to catch up on.

[Paladin]

You see, Ms. Stanton, you were wrong. Somebody does care.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

Look, I see them.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

I'll wait here with you.

[Narrator]

No.

[Paladin]

Now you go on in and run your school.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Well, good luck.

[Paladin]

You Jackson Breck?

[Walter Kaufman]

That's right.

[Jason Breck]

You're the one who's been siding with that old hen in there.

[Paladin]

All right, boys.

[Jason Breck]

I got enough men to do the job that's got to be done.

[Paladin]

You can see that stranger I can see.

[Jason Breck]

But you're gonna try to stop me.

[Paladin]

That's the idea.

[Jason Breck]

You're a fool. Get that gun of his.

[Paladin]

Now, hold it, cooley.

[Jason Breck]

He runs easy without his gun.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Leave him alone. Let him go. Mr. Paladin. Mr. Ballad.

[Jason Breck]

See all the trouble you went and caused?

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

You. You're an animal.

[Jason Breck]

You should have packed your things, teacher. Now they'll just have to burn up with the school.

[Narrator]

You, kid. Give me that book.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

No. Leave that child alone.

[Jason Breck]

I ain't gonna hurt the kid. I just want the book. Make a good torch.

[Paladin]

You see. Burns pretty good don't do it, Breck.

[Jason Breck]

Oh, I'm gonna do it, all right. Burns real nice, don't it? Here, Cooley, toss it inside. Ought to start the whole place off.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Give me my book.

[Jason Breck]

Get away, kid. Leave her alone, Prec.

[Walter Kaufman]

What?

[Jason Breck]

It's my daughter. You leave her alone. Jason, put that rifle away. Don't nobody make a move. I'll kill the first man who does. Cooley, move around behind him.

[Paladin]

Don't you try it, Cooley.

[Jason Breck]

I mean what I say. You're gonna be sorry for this, Jason. Turn on your friends like you are, we'll remember. And you'll be sorry.

[Walter Kaufman]

Hold it, Frank. Hold up there.

[Hey Boy]

Oh, Walter Kaufman.

[Jason Breck]

Come to join the fun? That's just one more for you to worry about.

[Narrator]

Jason.

[Walter Kaufman]

What's going on here? What is that gun for, Jason?

[Jason Breck]

I changed my mind, Kaufman. I ain't with breck no more.

[Walter Kaufman]

That's so.

[Jason Breck]

And I'll tell you just like I told him. One false move from anybody, and I fired.

[Walter Kaufman]

Jason, I got a score to settle.

[Jason Breck]

I told you he'd be on our side, Jason.

[Walter Kaufman]

I didn't say I was on any side. Coolie, give paladin back his gun.

[Jason Breck]

What?

[Walter Kaufman]

Give it to him, Cooley. Give it to him, or Jason, and I'll start shooting.

[Paladin]

Thank you.

[Walter Kaufman]

Now you have got your gun back. Paladin, you can speak to breck for all of us.

[Paladin]

All right, Breck. No one's holding me now. You got two hands, gun in that holster. You're standing on your own two feet. What else do you want? An edge? Why, I. Well, maybe this will help you fight. Oh, you only draw against women, is that it? Or maybe school teachers, your specialty. Or children. All right, if not you, how about.

[Walter Kaufman]

One of your men?

[Jason Breck]

You?

[Paladin]

How about you? Anybody? And get on your horses and get out of here. And, Brett, one more thing. Don't try sneaking back some dark night. You wouldn't be very hard to find afterwards.

[Walter Kaufman]

That's right, Breck. Big man like you, you wouldn't be hard to find at all, eh, Jason? No.

[Jason Breck]

You mean nothing to it. Let's get out of here. Well, it's finished.

[Walter Kaufman]

Not quite, Paladin. Last night, you called me a coward.

[Paladin]

Yes, I did.

[Elmer Blurt]

Why?

[Paladin]

I wanted you mad enough so you'd think about what I said.

[Walter Kaufman]

It made me think, that is for sure.

[Paladin]

I never thought you were a coward, Mr. Kaufman. I knew you were afraid. I knew what you were afraid of. That you'd fight for jason here and his friends. Afterwards, they'd just laugh at you for being a fool.

[Jason Breck]

I might have, too, Walter. I was proud about all the wrong things. Like you having an accent and me not. Then when I saw breck going after.

[Paladin]

Susan.

[Jason Breck]

Maybe that's what helped me get things straight.

[Paladin]

I'm glad. Well, now, isn't it time to get the children back to school?

[Hey Boy]

Oh, Mr. Paladin, you're back so soon. Welcome, welcome. Oh, you give me back.

[Paladin]

How you been, hey boy? Anything happened when I was gone?

[Hey Boy]

Oh, yes, sir. Many things happened. Triple up in harbor. Streetcar break, chain and run downhill. Man chase wife through the street with butcher knife. Many things happen for. Yes, sir.

[Paladin]

Well, I suppose. I mean, did anything good happen?

[Hey Boy]

Oh, you Let me think, Mr. Paladin. Ah, no.

[Ms. Francis]

I beg your pardon.

[Narrator]

What?

[Ms. Francis]

My name is francis. Has anyone paged my name in the lobby in the last few minutes?

[Paladin]

Not since We've been here. Mrs. Francis.

[Ms. Francis]

It's Miss.

[Paladin]

Oh, I beg your pardon. Ms. Francis. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is paladin.

[Hey Boy]

How do you do?

[Paladin]

You're staying here at the hotel?

[Ms. Francis]

Why, yes. I registered yesterday.

[Paladin]

And are you staying long?

[Ms. Francis]

That depends. I might stay indefinitely if I find san francisco interesting.

[Paladin]

I'm certain that you will find it that way.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Really, Mr. Paladin?

[Paladin]

With my help, of course.

[Ms. Francis]

How nice.

[Paladin]

Shall we say 8 o'?

[Morse Coffman]

Clock?

[Ms. Francis]

How very nice.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Yes.

[Ms. Francis]

Until then.

[Paladin]

Until 8 o'.

[Ms. Molly Stanton]

Clock.

[Ms. Francis]

I'll be looking forward to it.

[Paladin]

Hey boy, you lied.

[Hey Boy]

I lied? Oh, no, Mr. Paladin. I don't lie.

[Paladin]

Something very good did happen while I was away.

[Narrator]

Here comes elmer Blurt, world's lowest pressure salesman.

[Elmer Blurt]

Nobody home, I hope. I hope. Oh, gosh. It says salesmen keep out.

[Paladin]

Hey, come back here.

[Elmer Blurt]

You wouldn't want to buy a new rambler american station wagon, would you, mister?

[Narrator]

You poor fella.

[Salesman]

Let me show you how to sell. You gotta use high pressure. Yeah, you gotta tell the customer, you must buy America' lowest price station wagon. The rambler American. The small wagon with automatic transmission, the reclining seat, deep coil springs, and handsome American styling.

[Elmer Blurt]

Is that a fact?

[Salesman]

Then you say the rambler American is america's easiest parking station wagon and can save hundreds of dollars a year on gas and maintenance.

[Elmer Blurt]

But will that high pressure work?

[Salesman]

I'll prove it works. Order me a rambler American station wagon. Now, how do you like my sales technique?

[Elmer Blurt]

Well, it's not as good as your neighbors. Oh, now, he just sold himself a rambler station wagon and a rambler sedan.

[Narrator]

Want a whale of a buy on a used car? See your rambler dealer right now for a tremendous assortment of select used cars. Taken in trade on all the new Ramblers. See your Rambler dealer for a select used car. Have Got Gun Will Travel, created by Herb Meadow and Sam Rolfe. He is produced and directed by Norman McDonnell and stars John Dana as Paladin with Ben Wright as Hey Boy. Tonight's story was written by Sam Rolf and adapted for radio by John Dawson. Featured in the cast were Helen Cleave, Harry Bartel, Richard Perkins, Virginia Greg and Joel Davis. Hugh Douglas speaking. Join us again next week for have Gun Will Travel.