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I'm your host Andrew Rines and let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be have Gun Will Travel Original air date is December 28, 1958 in this episode, Paladin comes upon a woman and child in.
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The desert, possibly with typhoid fever.
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Title of this episode no visitors. Hope you enjoy. And again, thanks for listening.
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You came to me with a torch and a gun. You call it righteousness. Call it by its right name. Murder. Have gun will travel starring Mr. John Dana as Paladin. San Francisco, 1875 the Carlton Hotel Headquarters of the man called Paladin. Come in. Whoa. Clean socks. Mr. Paladin. A clean socks for trip. Very important. Oh, yes, thank you. Hey boy. Just put them in the bag there. Yes, sir. Oh, bottle of brandy. A bag too. It's for the trip. Very important. Snake bite. Correct. No snake thing. Territory this time of year. Why not? Too cold? Maybe brandy for other purpose. Like drinking? Maybe. Or maybe to give lady named cleo to make warm. The lady named Cleo has hired me to do a job, that's all. Oh, sure. She wants me to find her husband. Oh, sure. And she's paying me very well. Oh, sure. Hey boy, you know what you are? No, what I are Alf. Then knurdle. Yes. Now carry this down to the lobby for me. I'm ready to leave the comforts of the carlton hotel and head for the wilds of Nevada, I think. Nerdle, Do you see speed laws and other regulations as restrictive, or do you look upon them as protective? When a police officer writes a summons for traffic violations, do you see him as an enemy or a friend? Your life may depend on your attitudes. Statistics clearly indicate that where laws are obeyed, deaths go down. It's no secret that emotional immaturity is the major factor in our accident rate. How else but childish can you describe the notion that breaking a traffic regulation is a way of getting away with something? What could be more infantile than believing one can prove his superiority by. By ignoring a stoplight? Unfortunately, too many drivers on the road subscribe to that kind of emotional outlook. The result is tragic. Almost 85% of all traffic accidents in America are caused by careless, childish driving. We hope you know our traffic laws and the people who enforce them are there to help save your life. The lady named Cleo, whom I had traveled over a thousand miles to help, turned out to be a fat shoe of 50. And her desperate need of me was to find a husband who had understandably tried to blot out his memory of her with drink. By the time I found him, he'd done pretty well. I figured they Deserved each other. So I brought him back, memory and all. But I was left in the middle of the nevada desert, Miles in the railroad. I'd been riding for a full day when I heard a strange sound in the desert. Stillness. Or at least a strange sound for that lonesome place. It was a baby's cry. And then I saw the wagon. It sat alone, without horses, forlorn in the sand. No sign of life except the sound. I dismounted and walked toward the wagon.
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Get away from that wagon.
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Well, I thought it was deserted.
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Move away, mister, while you still can.
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Is this all right?
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Get on your horse and ride on.
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Are you alone here?
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That don't matter.
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A woman can't last out here by herself. Where's your man?
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Clear out, mister.
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What's that you've been digging?
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It don't concern you.
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Is it a grave? Who's it for?
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The baby and me.
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Look, I don't know what this is all about, but won't you let me help you?
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You can't help us none.
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I can try.
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You ain't a doctor, are you?
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No, I'm not.
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Move on, then.
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What's wrong with the baby?
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Typhoid. Typhoid fever.
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Well, maybe I could have.
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Fast, mister. I just as soon shoot you dead as know you got a killing fever from us.
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You just can't stay out here.
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I ain't got the strength to dig another grave.
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Has a doctor senior baby?
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No.
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Well, then you can't be sure it's typhoid.
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Mr. Mulroney knows.
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Who?
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Mulroney, the wagon master. He knows the symptoms.
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And he just cut you loose, Left you out here to die?
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He said it was either the baby and me or the whole wagon train.
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Are they sending help?
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What can they do?
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There's a settlement less than a day's ride from here. We'll hitch my horse to the wagon.
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They won't let us in wagon trains there. By now they'll know about the typhoon. They'll never let us in. Not now.
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Look, there's fresh water and food in my saddle bag. Enough to hold it till I get back.
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Where are you going?
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To get help.
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Mister, you don't have to do this.
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Let's just say I want to. Pardon me, ma'? Am?
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Yes?
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They said at the store I'd find a doctor. At this house?
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Yes, that's right.
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My name is paladin. I'd like to speak at the doctor, if I May.
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You are Mr. Paladin?
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You're the doctor?
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Dr. Phyllis Zachary.
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How do you do?
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Didn't they Tell you down at the store.
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Well, there were some looks.
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I guess people out here haven't got used to the idea of a woman doctor. Most of them won't even believe I am a doctor.
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Are you?
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My diploma's inside, if you care to look.
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Oh, well, no, no, I'm not the patient.
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Who is them?
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A woman and her baby.
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What's wrong with them?
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The baby might have typhoid fever.
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Might have?
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Well, I'm not sure.
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Where are they?
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They're lying in a wagon a day's ride from here.
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I see.
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It's a long ride.
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You'll find my horse in the stable. By the time you have him saddled, I'll be ready to go.
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You're quite a woman.
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I'm a doctor, Mr. Paladin.
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Wait a minute.
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Oh, looks like a delegation, doesn't it?
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Just many of you two. I got something to say.
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Yes, Mr. Davis?
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Mister, you didn't tell us those people had typhoid fever. No, I didn't. Who did? I did. My name is jeremiah mulroney. Well, now, Mulroney, you don't look like a murderer. What? You sentenced that woman and her baby to die when you left them out in the desert. They're disease. You've done nothing to help them. Look, mister, typhoid's a terrible thing. It's nothing to fool around with. We don't want it here. He that touches pitch shall be defiled forthwith. You've consorted with the disease. The fever is upon you, too. So you'd better make tracks. Mister.
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Wait, Mr. Davis. He's not even sure it is typhoid.
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I'm sure. I saw it. You're not qualified to say. Who says she is. Are you going out there with this man, Mr. Thackeray?
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Of course, Mr. Davis. I'm a doctor.
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All right, that's up to you. But once you mix with a fever, you're not welcome back here. And don't try bringing those fever patients back here either. If we have to bring them back, act we will. Look, we got folks to protect, children of our own. And we'll shoot you down if we have to, to keep them safe.
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They mean what they say, Mr. Paladin.
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So do I. You ready to go?
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I'm ready.
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I've all been. Kent filters best. Kent filters best. It makes good sense when you smoke tents. Kent filters best of all other brands of cigarettes. Kent tastes the best. Kent tastes the best Orators taste and all the rest. Kent nail serves best. It makes good sense when you smoke chance of all 80 filter cigarettes. Ch. I guess perhaps I wasn't used to the idea of a woman doctor myself. Especially when as pretty as phyllis Thackeray, she rode beside me through the desert all night without rest, without complaint. Now it was just after sunrise.
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Maybe I should have brought something for saddle sword.
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You want to rest?
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I want to get to that baby.
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Shouldn't be long now. Good. You know, you should be on a velvet settee, wearing a hoop skirt and fluttering your eyelash over a fan.
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I tried that. It was too easy.
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Is that why you studied medicine? It was hard?
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Maybe something like that.
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Wasn't it tough enough practicing back east?
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I guess I'm as much missionary as physician. I was the second woman to graduate from my medical school. Others came after me. It was difficult for all of us, but gradually we're becoming accepted as something better than freaks.
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You're not accepted yet. You just got run out of town.
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Maybe I'm not the missionary I think I am. Or the doctor.
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Well, we'll see. There's the wagon up ahead.
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I don't see anybody.
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Neither do I. Come on. They're in there, all right. Both sleeping, I hope.
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That's what it is.
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Is there anything I can do?
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Just help me up there and cross your fingers.
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Doctor, coffee's ready.
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Smells good.
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The food will be ready in a minute. Here.
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Thanks.
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How are they?
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The mother's suffering from exhaustion, exposure, nerves, no sleep.
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The baby?
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Typhoid, maybe. I don't know yet.
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Mulroney knows all the symptoms.
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So do I. High fever, red spots, delirium and a coma that leads to the crisis. The baby has all of them. Still, it could be something else. But whatever it is, I can't do much for her in this wilderness.
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You want to take them back to town?
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Yes.
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You know what that means?
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Yes.
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It's necessary. Medically, yes. I'll hitch the horses to the wagon.
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Mr. Paladin, you don't have to come with me.
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I wouldn't miss it. There's something about that marooni's face I didn't like. All right, stop that wagon right there. Don't come no farther.
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They have guns. Mr. Paladin.
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I'm gonna try to talk some sense into their heads. Here, hold the reins. Stand right there. No closer. Dr. Thackeray has examined the woman and child. The woman has no signs of typhoid. Her child is diseased. The doctor isn't sure the baby has typhoid. I'm sure that baby needs treatment. Now, Mr. Davis, you're a sensible man. Are you going to let mulroney sentence a woman and child to death. We'll bring what you need out to you. But you ain't bringing them into town. They'll be completely isolated in the doctor's office. Paladin, they're sick and we can't take the chance. We've got to protect our. They're not as sick as you people. Now, you may be able to keep them out of this settlement, but you'll carry your own sickness with you wherever you go. You'll die again every time you see a baby smile. We got our own kids to think about. How do your children cry when they're sick? Any different from that baby? Suppose it was your child crying like that. Would you send it to the desert to die? Now listen to me, all of you. I'm driving that white into the doctor's office, and don't you try to stop me. If you need a doctor, you know where she'll be. We won't let you do it, paladin. We won't let you bring disease and pestilence into our midst.
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I'm afraid they'll use those guns, Mr. Paladin.
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Get back there with Mrs. Benson. Both of you. Lie flat.
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You gonna try it?
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Go on, get back.
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Mr. Paladin, are you all right?
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Fine. Fine. We're through. I'll have you in your office in another minute. CBS radio will score another goal on new year's day, as most of these same stations bring you our play by play broadcasts of the two year end football classics, the orange bowl and cotton bowl games. From the orange Bowl, CBS news sports experts will call the thrills in the Oklahoma Syracuse contest. Syracuse will be making its second appearance at the orange bowl this year with with an 8 to 1 record. Sporting a 9 to 1 record, Oklahoma will make its fourth appearance. There'll be plenty of excitement at the cotton bowl too, where Texas christian will be battling it out with the air force academy. The texans have made it with an 8 to 2 this year, and the air force academy is the cinderella team of college football with nine wins, no losses and one tie today. No matter where you go, the. No matter what else you're doing on new year's day, here's CBS radio's on the spot broadcast of the orange bowl and cotton bowl games. All through that night, I sat on their porch and kept watch, seeing their torches, hearing the voice of mulroney haranguing the townspeople, working them up. But they didn't come. And inside, the doctor worked with her patients. It was after dawn when she came out to me.
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Still quiet.
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Oh, well, Mulroney is still working on them like a witch doctor.
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There's breakfast inside. You'd better eat something. I'll stand guard for a while.
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Thanks. How's miss Benson?
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She'll be all right after she gets some rest.
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And the baby?
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The fever broke last night.
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Oh? What does that mean?
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It isn't typhoid, not typhoon.
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You sure?
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Yes.
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Well, how can you be certain? You've only been with her overnight.
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You still doubt me, don't you? Mr. Paladin?
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The symptoms are there.
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Symptoms can be ambiguous. Now get your breakfast. You need it.
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All right.
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Morning, Mr. Paladin.
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Well, Mrs. Benson, it's nice to see you up and around.
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I wish I could tell you how much I'd appreciate.
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Oh, no. No gratitude before breakfast. Baby's better, huh?
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Yes, much better.
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Ms. Benson, why does mulroney hate you so much?
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My husband died early on the trip. After a while, Mulroney wanted me to marry him. Said it was God's will to care for widows. And he was the chosen messenger. I wouldn't let him near me. Then the baby got sick. Come outside.
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What is it?
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They're coming.
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Look, I'll handle them. Go inside with Mrs. Benson.
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No.
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Maybe I can help you take care of your patients. You may have some new ones.
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I want to stay.
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All right, but stand back. That's far enough, Mulrooney. This torch is the fire of truth and justice. Paladin will burn away the seeds that clara Benson has spread among us, Will scourge the disease from our souls and bodies and purify these homes again. The only disease is in you, Mulroney. Mrs. Benson is well, and the baby is out of danger. Lies in the very face of judgment. Maroney. I'm giving you 15 seconds to drop that torch and call off those rifles. The flames of the just will banish this scourge. Let the fires rage in the land of. You have 10 seconds. Wait.
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Listen, all of you. That baby never had typhoid fever.
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Don't believe her. I saw the child raging with fever, living with rash.
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That rash was measled. Three day measles.
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You're lying. Three day measles, Mr. Mulroney. And you left them to die because of it.
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Mrs. Benson, bring the baby out.
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No, it's not true. You're trying to humiliate me, to belittle me.
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You'll see, all of you. The fever is down. The rash is faded. Her eyes are bright. There.
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Look. Look at her. Mulroney. You can Kill people with hate, but not with three day measles. Mulroney. Three day measles.
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Stop.
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Stop me? You can't laugh at me, Paladin. Rudy, don't be a fool. I'm going to kill you, Paladin. I'm going to laugh at your grave.
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Let me see.
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There's no need. I think he's dead.
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You shoot very straight.
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Mr. Paladin. What do you want, Mr. Paladin? Well, I. I guess was wrong to listen to him. He seemed to have so much book learning. But he was just setting us against each other. I'm glad we woke up in time. Next time you better wake up a little sooner. Dr. Thackeray, this town hasn't been too good for you. Maybe you'd like to come along with me. They can always use a good doctor in San Francisco. Oh, please, ma'. Am. I guess we ain't been very friendly, but we'll make it up to you. You'll forgive us instead. Well, Dr. Thackeray.
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Thanks, Mr. Paladin, for your offer, but there are too many of those velvet settees in San francisco. I'll stay here where I'm needed.
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Oh, good afternoon, Mr. Paladin. Good afternoon, hey boy. You. You get in late last night, sleep all day now up and feeling fine? I do indeed. Oh, you have good time with Lady Cleo? Lady Cleo? Lady will sell for you, you know. Oh, as a matter of fact, I'd forgotten about her. Oh, sure. I met a lady who was much more charming. A lady doctor. Oh, sure, yeah. As a matter of fact, I've had a fine case of three day measles. Three day measle? Oh, sure, it's true. Oh, you got dirty laundry you put out tonight. To coin a phrase, hey boy or sure, Have Gun will travel, created by Herb meadow and Sam Rolf, 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 Don Brinkley and adapted for radio by John Dunkle. Featured in the cast were Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Gene Bates and Lou Krugman. Hugh Douglas speaking. Join us again next week for have Gun Will Travel.
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In this episode of Have Gun Will Travel titled "No Visitors," Paladin, a traveling gun-for-hire, stumbles upon a desperate woman and her ailing child in the Nevada desert—both stranded and shunned due to fears of typhoid fever. The story explores themes of frontier justice, prejudice, mob hysteria, and compassion, as Paladin fights not only for their survival but for the town’s decency. With standout performances, crackling sound design, and a progressive female doctor at the heart of the action, this restored audio drama highlights both the hardship and heroism of the West.
Clara Benson, on abandonment:
“The baby and me.” [07:45]
Dr. Phyllis Thackeray, on being a woman doctor:
“I was the second woman to graduate from my medical school. Others came after me. It was difficult for all of us, but gradually we’re becoming accepted as something better than freaks.” [13:51–14:04]
Paladin, on confronting hypocrisy:
“They’re not as sick as you people...You’ll die again every time you see a baby smile.” [16:41–16:56]
Clara reveals Mulroney’s motives:
“Mulroney wanted me to marry him...I wouldn’t let him near me. Then the baby got sick.” [20:50–21:10]
Dr. Thackeray stands her ground:
“That rash was measled. Three day measles.” [22:20–22:27]
Paladin on hate and disease:
“You can kill people with hate, but not with three day measles, Mulroney.” [22:48–23:05]
Dr. Thackeray on her calling:
“There are too many of those velvet settees in San Francisco. I’ll stay here where I’m needed.” [24:27–24:48]
A classic western parable of fear versus compassion, "No Visitors" uses taut drama and a pioneering woman doctor to challenge superstitions and mob justice. With its thoughtful writing and nuanced performances, this episode remains a relevant tale about suspicion, courage, and the pioneering spirit—both medical and moral—at the heart of the American West.