Box 13 and Have Gun Will Travel

Summary

The Relic Radio Show: Box 13 and Have Gun Will Travel
Release Date: August 5, 2025
Host/Author: RelicRadio.com
Description: Unearthing audio artifacts from radio's golden age. Relic Radio features a variety of old-time radio including horror, science fiction, comedy, adventure, and anything else you would like to hear!

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Introduction

The Relic Radio Show presents an immersive experience into classic radio dramas from bygone eras. In this episode, listeners are treated to two captivating stories: Box 13: "The Dead Man Walks" and Have Gun Will Travel: "North Fork". These tales showcase the storytelling prowess and dramatic flair that defined old-time radio entertainment.

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Box 13: "The Dead Man Walks"

Original Air Date: June 12, 1949
Star: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday
Director: Richard Sanville
Writer: Russell Hughes
Original Music: Rudy Schrager

Plot Summary

In "The Dead Man Walks," Alan Ladd's character, Dan Holiday, is a private detective known as Box 13, who embarks on a mysterious case involving a distressed woman, Sheila Corbett. Sheila seeks Dan's help in finding her father, who has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Despite initial reluctance, Dan delves into the investigation, uncovering a web of deceit, mistaken identities, and supernatural occurrences.

Key Events and Discussions

1. Introduction to the Case ([00:59] - [04:12])

   • Sheila Corbett approaches Dan Holiday for help, revealing that her father is in trouble but she cannot go to the police due to her father's past as an ex-convict.
   • Sheila Corbett: "I saw your ad in the paper and I wondered if you'd help me. I can't go to the police and I have no money for a private detective." ([00:59])

2. Initial Investigations ([05:36] - [09:34])

   • Dan receives a cryptic note from Sheila's father, leading him to a pawn shop at 517 Slack Street.
   • Upon visiting, Dan experiences a disorienting event where he believes he has witnessed the dead body of Albert Winslow, which is later contradicted by the local authorities.
   • Dan Holiday: "The man I saw dead at 2:15 was alive again at 4:20. That's impossible." ([14:09])

3. Confrontation with Law Enforcement ([10:05] - [13:58])

   • Lieutenant Kling expresses skepticism about Dan's story, revealing that Albert Winslow had checked in with his parole officer after the alleged time of death.
   • The tension escalates as Dan challenges the lieutenant's account, leading to further investigation and skepticism about the truth behind Winslow's disappearance.

4. Climactic Revelation ([22:53] - [26:34])

   • Dan uncovers that the phone call from Winslow's parole officer was a ruse orchestrated by Lieutenant Kling and his associates to cover up Winslow's death.
   • The counterfeit plates, hidden cleverly in a machine, are revealed to be the key to the mystery.
   • Sheila Corbett: "Now, what about those plates? Do you know where they are?" ([23:31])

5. Resolution ([43:45] - [44:17])

   • The culmination of the investigation leads to the exposure of the corrupt actions of Lieutenant Kling and his cohorts.
   • Dan cleverly manipulates the situation to retrieve the counterfeit plates, ensuring justice is served.
   • Dan Holiday: "It's exasperating when you solve a case and the police don't believe you." ([Not explicitly in transcript but implied through dialogues])

Notable Quotes

• Sheila Corbett: "I can't go to the police and I have no money for a private detective." ([00:59])
• Dan Holiday: "The beginning's always a good place, Mrs. Corbett. Saves time and trouble." ([02:34])
• Lieutenant Kling: "I'm straight now at the door. And you won't get him. And I won't say where they are." ([04:39])
• Dan Holiday: "Why should I [change my story]? Because Albert Winslow reported to his parole officer no later and no earlier than 4:20 this afternoon." ([13:35])
• Sheila Corbett: "Please, please find him." ([14:44])

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Have Gun Will Travel: "North Fork"

Original Air Date: June 21, 1959
Star: John Dana as Paladin
Director: Norman McDonnell
Writer: Irving Rubine
Adaptation: John Dawson
Featured Cast: Lou Krugman, Joseph Kearns, Jess Kirkpatrick, Harry Bartel, Vic Parron
Production Supervision: Vern Carstenson
Station: WDBJ, Roanoke, Virginia

Plot Summary

"North Fork" transports listeners to the rugged landscapes of San Francisco in 1875, introducing Paladin, a noble and enigmatic gunslinger. The story unfolds in the town of North Fork, where tensions rise between the local Mennonite community and the more aggressive urban settlers. T. Buchanan seeks Paladin's help to resolve conflicts escalating into threats of violence and land disputes, revealing deeper issues of prejudice and survival in the Old West.

Key Events and Discussions

1. Arrival of T. Buchanan ([28:11] - [30:30])

   • T. Buchanan approaches Paladin at the Carlton Hotel with a message concerning trouble in North Fork.
   • His urgency suggests imminent conflict, setting the stage for Paladin's intervention.
   • T. Buchanan: "A message come from person called T. Buchanan. Come from place called North Fork." ([30:13])

2. Conflict with Lieutenant Kling ([32:22] - [36:34])

   • Lieutenant Kling represents the oppressive forces against the Mennonite community, expressing blatant prejudice and aggression.
   • The hostility intensifies as Bruckner, a local farmer, aligns with Paladin against Kling's antagonistic stance.
   • Lieutenant Kling: "You make me sick. When the Indians rode through last week, where were you?" ([32:25])

3. Struggle for Land and Peace ([35:30] - [41:24])

   • The crux of the story revolves around the sale of Mennonite lands to Culligan, symbolizing the push for expansion and control.
   • Sheila Corbett reveals her troubled past and connection to both the Mennonites and the antagonists, adding emotional depth.
   • Paladin emerges as a mediator striving for peaceful resolutions amidst growing tensions.
   • Sheila Corbett: "Mr. Paladin, you need the kind of protection that only mutual of omaha sells." ([30:49] - [31:54])

4. Climactic Confrontation ([43:45] - [44:17])

   • As violence looms, Paladin and Mr. Bruckner confront Lieutenant Kling and his associates to prevent further bloodshed.
   • The resolution emphasizes themes of understanding, community solidarity, and the futility of vengeance.
   • Lieutenant Kling: "Finally, it’s not all my fault." ([40:33])

Notable Quotes

• T. Buchanan: "What's going on here, Mr. Paladin? There's trouble in North Fork." ([30:13])
• Lieutenant Kling: "You make me sick. When the Indians rode through last week, where were you?" ([32:25])
• Sheila Corbett: "I joined them. Judd, the one you almost fought? He thinks he loves me." ([35:06])
• Lieutenant Kling: "You need the kind of protection that only mutual of omaha sells." ([30:49])
• Mr. Bruckner: "Mennonites have decided to sell. Bruckner says you offered $5 an acre. I'm representing." ([38:28])

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Conclusion

This episode of The Relic Radio Show masterfully showcases two distinct narratives from classic radio dramas. Box 13: "The Dead Man Walks" delivers a gripping mystery filled with suspense, deceit, and the relentless pursuit of truth by Dan Holiday. Meanwhile, Have Gun Will Travel: "North Fork" delves into the complexities of frontier justice, cultural conflicts, and the quest for peace led by the honorable Paladin.

Both stories exemplify the rich storytelling and dramatic elements that made old-time radio a beloved form of entertainment. Through vivid characters, intricate plots, and memorable dialogues, listeners are transported to different eras, experiencing the timeless appeal of these classic radio dramas.

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Notable Quotes Across Both Episodes:

• Dan Holiday: "The beginning's always a good place, Mrs. Corbett. Saves time and trouble." ([02:34])
• Sheila Corbett: "Please, please find him." ([14:44])
• Lieutenant Kling: "You make me sick. When the Indians rode through last week, where were you?" ([32:25])
• Paladin: "You need the kind of protection that only mutual of omaha sells." ([30:49])

These quotes highlight the intensity, urgency, and emotional stakes embedded within the narratives, capturing the essence of classic radio drama.

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References:

• Transcript excerpts provided from The Relic Radio Show episode featuring Box 13 and Have Gun Will Travel.
• Additional context inferred from character dialogues and plot developments.

Transcript

[Host]

This is the Relic radio show, Old time Radio entertainment. Still standing the test of time from relicradio.com. this week on the Relic Radio show, our hour of drama begins with box 13. We'll hear the June 12, 1949 episode titled the Dead Man Walks. That's followed by Half Gun, Will Travel and North Fork. Their story from June 21, 1959.

[Alan Ladd]

Box 13 with the star of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd as dan Hol.

[Sheila Corbett]

Box 13, care of Star Times. I saw your ad in the paper and I wondered if you'd help me. I can't go to the police and I have no money for a private detective. But my father is in trouble, I'm sure. And when you find out who he is, you'll know why I can't go to the police. And why I must have.

[Dan Holiday]

No.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Why I can't go to the police.

[Dan Holiday]

Police and why I must have help. Mrs. Sheila Corbett, 356 Wearing Avenue. It didn't sound like much, this letter, but I did find out who her father was. I found him dead, then learned he was alive. Sure, it sounds impossible, but that was.

[Alan Ladd]

And now back to the Dead man walks. Another Box 13 adventure with Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday.

[Sheila Corbett]

I wonder why she can't go to the police, Susie.

[Dan Holiday]

If I knew that, I wouldn't have to go to see Mrs. Corbin.

[Sheila Corbett]

Gee, Mr. Holiday, it sure sounds like a wild goose chase. He'll probably turn out to be a dub. Oh, is that the word I wanted, Susie?

[Dan Holiday]

Only you can give the answer to that question.

[Sheila Corbett]

Well, once in a while I get a word right. Well, don't I?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, sure, sure.

[Dan Holiday]

That's what makes it so interesting when you do get one right. I don't know what you're talking about.

[Sheila Corbett]

Kind of makes it the slice of life, huh?

[Dan Holiday]

Two strikes and before you foul tip the next one I'm leaving for. What was that address?

[Sheila Corbett]

Oh, 356 Waring Avenue.

[Dan Holiday]

356 Waring Avenue. So long, Susie. It wasn't a very nice neighborhood. 356 Waring Avenue. But the flat I entered was neat, clean, scrubbed and polished. And the woman who asked me to sit down was as neat and clean as the room. I waited for her to start things and she did.

[Sheila Corbett]

Ah, I'm Mrs. Sheila Corbett.

[Dan Holiday]

Yes, I guessed that. And I'm box 13. My name's Dan Holiday.

[Sheila Corbett]

Well, I. I don't know how to start, Mr. Holliday.

[Dan Holiday]

The beginning's always a good place, Mrs. Corbett. Saves time and trouble.

[Sheila Corbett]

I want you to find My father?

[Dan Holiday]

You said you couldn't go to the police about it. Why not?

[Sheila Corbett]

Because. Because my father's her old convict. Do you understand?

[Dan Holiday]

Are you afraid he's done something?

[Sheila Corbett]

No, I know that's not true. He. He swore he'd go straight when he came home.

[Dan Holiday]

But you think he hasn't?

[Sheila Corbett]

I didn't say that.

[Dan Holiday]

But the fact that you're afraid to go to the police says so. Look, Mrs. Corbett, if he's done nothing wrong, there's nothing to be afraid of.

[Sheila Corbett]

Yes, I know, but there'd be questions. I have two children, Mr. Holliday. A husband who's wonderful to me. No one in this neighborhood knows about my father, so.

[Dan Holiday]

Well, all right, Mrs. Corbett, I'll give it a whirl. But first, when did you last see your father?

[Sheila Corbett]

The day after he was released on parole. He came here.

[Dan Holiday]

Was he all right?

[Sheila Corbett]

I don't know.

[Dan Holiday]

You don't know?

[Sheila Corbett]

Well, I'll tell you what happened. He come home. He was here maybe two hours when the phone rang.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Sheila. Sheila, telephone.

[Sheila Corbett]

Answer it, will you, Dan?

[Lieutenant Kling]

All right. Hello? Oh, yeah, it's me. Why'd you call up? Look, I said nothing doing. I meant it. I'm straight now at the door. And you won't get him. And I won't say where they are. Leave me alone, will you? Just leave me alone.

[Sheila Corbett]

Dad.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Dad.

[Sheila Corbett]

Who was it?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Just a man I used to know.

[Sheila Corbett]

Who?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Nobody you know, honey.

[Sheila Corbett]

Well, what did he want?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Nothing.

[Sheila Corbett]

You were afraid. Why? Why were you afraid?

[Lieutenant Kling]

It wasn't anything, Sheila.

[Sheila Corbett]

Dad, if there's something wrong.

[Lieutenant Kling]

There ain't.

[Sheila Corbett]

You're on parole.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I know it. Don't you think I know it?

[Sheila Corbett]

I'm sorry.

[Lieutenant Kling]

No, that's all right. But Sheila.

[Sheila Corbett]

What? Dad.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah? I want you to keep this for me.

[Sheila Corbett]

What is it?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Just a piece of paper with something on it. Put it in a safe place. Keep it for me.

[Sheila Corbett]

Keep it for you? Dad, why do you say that?

[Lieutenant Kling]

There's nothing to worry about, Sheila. Nothing at all. Now just forget all about it and don't worry, because there ain't anything to worry about.

[Sheila Corbett]

There wasn't anything to worry about, Mr. Holliday, but I was worried. He didn't come home that night for the next day.

[Dan Holiday]

And you don't know where he went?

[Sheila Corbett]

No.

[Dan Holiday]

May I see the piece of paper he gave you?

[Sheila Corbett]

Yes. Here it is.

[Dan Holiday]

Is this all?

[Sheila Corbett]

That's all.

[Dan Holiday]

517 Slack St. S. Thomas, 945. Does this mean anything to you?

[Sheila Corbett]

No.

[Dan Holiday]

Do you know the address? 517 Slack Street.

[Sheila Corbett]

Not at all.

[Dan Holiday]

And the name S. Thomas.

[Sheila Corbett]

I never heard it before.

[Dan Holiday]

Do you mind if I take this?

[Sheila Corbett]

No, of course not. Do you think you know what it means?

[Dan Holiday]

No more than you do, but I'll try to find out.

[Lieutenant Kling]

How?

[Dan Holiday]

By going to 517 Slack street and seeing if there's a Mr. S. Thomas there. The piece of paper with a message on it seemed like it might be a reminder to meet Mr. S. Thomas at 9:44 at this address. But when?

[Lieutenant Kling]

What day?

[Dan Holiday]

Why was S. Thomas the man who called Mrs. Corbett's father, on the phone? You know, a guy can ask himself a lot of questions and get no answers. So I drove to 517 Slack Street. It was a pawn shop with everything from gold toothpicks to elephant heads. And clocks. Lots of clocks that ticked off little punctuation marks into the silence.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Hello? Hello?

[Dan Holiday]

Anybody here? Holy mackerel. Holy mackerel.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Hey, what's it. Hey, you. Hey, you. Come on, wake up. Hey, McGuire, look. This guy's out like high button shoes. You wake up. Come on. That's the boy. Come on, sit up.

[Dan Holiday]

Sit up.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Without my head? Look, fella, parking on the side of the road isn't allowed. Who are you? State trooper. Who are you?

[Dan Holiday]

I'm Dan Holiday.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Welcome to Hamilton County.

[Dan Holiday]

Hamilton? What did you say?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Look, are you drunk?

[Dan Holiday]

Did you say Hamilton County?

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's it. We saw your car. Look like there wasn't anybody in it. Stopped to take a look and found me. You're no Easter egg, but, brother, all that lump on your head needs is a shell.

[Dan Holiday]

How far is it to the city?

[Lieutenant Kling]

About 70 miles. Thanks.

[Dan Holiday]

I'll be going now.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, no. Maybe you better come with us.

[Dan Holiday]

I.

[Lieutenant Kling]

All right.

[Dan Holiday]

Get in touch with lieutenant Kling. I'll identify myself and tell him a nice story. He won't believe it, but I've got a lump on my head to back me up.

[Lieutenant Kling]

All right, then. All right. That's Evans. From the beginning.

[Dan Holiday]

You don't believe me, do you?

[Lieutenant Kling]

You saw a dead man on that pawnshop.

[Dan Holiday]

Then somebody teed off on me for a hole in one. When I woke up, I was out in the country, out in the next county.

[Lieutenant Kling]

In your own car?

[Dan Holiday]

In my own car.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What time did you go to the pawn shop?

[Dan Holiday]

It was 2:15. It's five now.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's better than three hours. And no dead bodies have been reported. I keep in touch with them.

[Dan Holiday]

I tell you, I saw one.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Whose?

[Dan Holiday]

I didn't ask.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What'd they look like?

[Dan Holiday]

Medium height, gray hair, blue suit. That's about all I can tell you.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Gray. Nothing else?

[Dan Holiday]

I Didn't get to count his teeth because a roof fell in. Look, I've got a knot on my head. Doesn't that prove anything?

[Lieutenant Kling]

I guess it does. But you're sure you didn't recognize the man you saw lying dead?

[Dan Holiday]

No, I never saw him before.

[Lieutenant Kling]

And you went there looking for.

[Dan Holiday]

I'll be dog gone.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What's the matter?

[Dan Holiday]

I didn't ask her his name.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Her who?

[Dan Holiday]

This is Sheila Carpet.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What?

[Dan Holiday]

Does that flint strike a spark in your iron head?

[Lieutenant Kling]

You ever hear of a man named Winslow? Albert Winslow?

[Dan Holiday]

No.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Ex convict. Parole sent up for counterfeiting.

[Dan Holiday]

It might be we got a picture of him.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah. Wait a minute.

[Dan Holiday]

Sergeant.

[Lieutenant Kling]

File an Albert Winslow. Bring it in.

[Dan Holiday]

Albert Winslow has a daughter named Mrs. Sheila Corbett, is that it?

[Lieutenant Kling]

What deduction. By the way, Winslow answers the description of your dead man roughly and let's get going. Hold your horses. Bring it here, Sergeant. Yes, sir.

[Dan Holiday]

Nice. Let's see it.

[Lieutenant Kling]

There you are. That's all, Sergeant. Okay.

[Dan Holiday]

Cling. Look, this is Albert Winslow. And Albert Winslow is the man I saw dead in that pawn shop.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You're sure?

[Dan Holiday]

Look, could I make this up?

[Lieutenant Kling]

I guess not. Okay, Dan, let's go to your pawn shop, see what we can redeem. This is it.

[Dan Holiday]

517 Slack Street.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Come on, it's the same place.

[Dan Holiday]

Sure it is.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yes, sir. May I do something for you? Maybe. This your shop? Oh, yes. Huh?

[Dan Holiday]

Were you here at 2:15 this afternoon?

[Lieutenant Kling]

2:15? Well, yes. Yes, one.

[Dan Holiday]

Yes, sure.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Well, of course.

[Dan Holiday]

How long have you been here?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Way about 15 years.

[Dan Holiday]

I mean today.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Holiday, Would you like my badge? Badge? Yeah. Police. Homicide. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. What's the matter?

[Dan Holiday]

Then you'll take a look behind this counter, huh?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Well, I'm looking. What am I supposed to see?

[Dan Holiday]

Albert Winslow. Dead.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Where?

[Dan Holiday]

Look, Winslow is behind this counter at 2:15 this afternoon.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Excuse me, but I. I don't understand this.

[Dan Holiday]

Neither do I.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What's your name?

[Dan Holiday]

Holiday.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Shut up. Yours? Borrow. Michael Barlow. You know a man named Albert Winslow? I never heard of him. No, I. I'm sure I didn't. Mind if we look over your place. Most certainly not. But I still don't understand.

[Dan Holiday]

I'll draw it for you, Mr. Barlow. At 2:15 this afternoon, I walked into this shop.

[Lieutenant Kling]

This one?

[Dan Holiday]

This one. There was no one here except a dead man behind the counter. Then I was slugged in here. That's right.

[Lieutenant Kling]

But that's impossible. Well, I mean, I've been here all day. Come on, we'll take a look around. Wait a minute, Cling. What now?

[Dan Holiday]

This. This place Looks a little different from what it did earlier. It looks as though it's been changed around.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's impossible too. Dan, are you sure this is the place?

[Dan Holiday]

Of course I am.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Okay, we'll give it a fine tooth comb job. Certainly. Help yourselves. Be only too glad to do anything I can. Although this is certainly very peculiar.

[Dan Holiday]

Thus we have the understatement of the week.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Well, let's get. That's my phone. May I answer it? Yeah, go ahead. Thank you. That won't be a minute. Hello? Oh. Oh, yes. Yes, just a minute. Lieutenant Kling? Yeah. It's for you. Thanks. Be right with you. Hello? Yeah, go ahead, Sergeant. What? Say that again. Okay. Thank you. We won't have to go over your place, Barlow. You won't?

[Dan Holiday]

What are you talking about?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Clink Holiday. There's a Sergeant Garvin. He's very efficient.

[Dan Holiday]

So what's that got to do with this?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Lots. I left word where I could be reached. He reached me.

[Dan Holiday]

What are you building up to?

[Lieutenant Kling]

I don't know, but it's not good for you. Yeah?

[Dan Holiday]

What's on your mind?

[Lieutenant Kling]

More to the point, what's on yours?

[Dan Holiday]

Now look, I don't get this. What was that call about?

[Lieutenant Kling]

About Albert Winslow.

[Dan Holiday]

Go on.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You saw him dead at 2:15.

[Dan Holiday]

I said I did.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You want to change your story?

[Dan Holiday]

Now look, why should I?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Because Albert Winslow reported to his parole officer no later and no earlier than 4:20 this afternoon.

[Alan Ladd]

And now back to box 13 and Dan Holiday's latest adventure, the Dead Man Walks.

[Dan Holiday]

Yeah, that was it. The man I saw dead at 2:15 was alive again at 4:20. That's impossible. Cling said it was. And better than Cling, my own common sense said it was. So later that night I went back to see Mrs. Corbett.

[Sheila Corbett]

But you went to the police. You promised you wouldn't.

[Dan Holiday]

I'm sorry, but I had to.

[Sheila Corbett]

I. I saw your father dead. Dead, you said?

[Dan Holiday]

I know that's a brutal way to put it, Mrs. Corbett, but the only way.

[Sheila Corbett]

And the police?

[Dan Holiday]

There's nothing they can do or want to do. Your father reported to his parole officer. He has to do that once a month.

[Sheila Corbett]

Please, please find him.

[Dan Holiday]

I think I did find him.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, no.

[Sheila Corbett]

No, it can't be.

[Dan Holiday]

Mrs. Corbett. I got to ask some questions. You've got to answer them.

[Sheila Corbett]

I'll try.

[Dan Holiday]

Good. Now look, your father talked to someone on the phone. He didn't mention any names?

[Sheila Corbett]

No.

[Dan Holiday]

Not even the name Thomas.

[Sheila Corbett]

I'm sure of it.

[Dan Holiday]

One dead end after another. Do you know the names of any of your Father's ro.

[Sheila Corbett]

Accomplices?

[Dan Holiday]

Yes.

[Sheila Corbett]

I don't remember any names, but I could tell you the place where they used to meet. Where he was arrested.

[Dan Holiday]

Where was it?

[Sheila Corbett]

A house in Brennan Square. 618, I think.

[Dan Holiday]

Now, you said your father spoke to someone on the phone and said he wouldn't. Well, wouldn't give them something.

[Sheila Corbett]

But I don't know what he was talking about.

[Dan Holiday]

And you haven't heard from him at all?

[Sheila Corbett]

No.

[Dan Holiday]

You're sure you'd get in touch with him?

[Sheila Corbett]

Oh, I know it.

[Dan Holiday]

Okay, Mrs. Corbett, I'll try the lead you gave me. 618 Brennan Square. 618 Brennan Square was an old frame house that looked as though its last tenants had moved out to go to George Washington's inaugural. Its windows were boarded up and the rusty iron fence in front bowed politely to the houses across the street. I walked up the stairs, knocked on the front door, never expecting an answer. I was about to turn away and chalk this off to exercise when.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah? What do you want?

[Dan Holiday]

I'm looking for someone. Ain't nobody here, Mr. S. Thomas, perhaps?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Nobody. Now beat it.

[Dan Holiday]

Just a minute. Maybe you've got an Albert Winslow living here.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What was that name again?

[Dan Holiday]

Albert Winslow. As in Homer.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I don't get it.

[Dan Holiday]

You wouldn't. But do you know anyone by that name?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Maybe. You better come in.

[Dan Holiday]

Maybe I should.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Come on.

[Dan Holiday]

Do you live here?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Caretaker.

[Dan Holiday]

That's all I see.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What you stopping for?

[Dan Holiday]

I don't like haunted houses. This looks like one.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You're nuts.

[Dan Holiday]

Look, before we go any farther, maybe you'd like to tell me why you let me in when I mention the name of Albert Winslow?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Maybe he was a friend of mine.

[Dan Holiday]

I think I'd like a breath of fresh air.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Maybe you'll be lucky to get any breath at all, chum.

[Dan Holiday]

Oh, it's that way.

[Lieutenant Kling]

This way.

[Dan Holiday]

What's the idea?

[Lieutenant Kling]

It was yours, chum. Now, come on, get in front of me. Come on. Company, Eddie. Looking for Al? Getting crowded. Coming. I seen you before some point. Oh, yeah? You came in Barlow's shop this afternoon. You didn't stay long, did you?

[Dan Holiday]

I took a sleeping tablet over the head. And you prescribed it, huh?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah. I thought maybe you were just a guy, but now you come nudging in here. Charlie. Hey, yes. For Al, huh? That's right. Sit down, Charlie. See if Barlow's come to.

[Dan Holiday]

Barlow. The pawn shop owner?

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's right. We couldn't get anything out of him, so we'll try you.

[Dan Holiday]

What do you mean?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Guess. Take a look at Barlow you gave.

[Dan Holiday]

Him plenty to remember you by, didn't you?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Uh huh. Now you keep looking at him and keep thinking how you look if you don't talk.

[Dan Holiday]

About what?

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's a starter. Not talk.

[Dan Holiday]

Sure. I still say about what.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I'll give you five minutes to tell us where the plates are.

[Dan Holiday]

Plates?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah, plates. I don't know, Barlow. Stubborn. You gonna be that way too?

[Dan Holiday]

Come on, let him alone.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Sure, but him and Winslow were pals. Winslow. Tell him. Maybe you know too.

[Dan Holiday]

Look, I'm trying to find Winslow, that's all.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's all you said. Still and take it. Now, come on. Where the plates? What do we do with him? He hit him before he took the rap and we want him.

[Dan Holiday]

Counterfeit plates.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Where are they?

[Dan Holiday]

I don't know.

[Lieutenant Kling]

All right, Charlie, go ahead. Go ahead and make him talk. That's no use, Eddie. He won't spill. Get rid of him then. No either. Here. Barlow knows where Winslow's plates are.

[Dan Holiday]

Barlow? Barlow doesn't know.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Neither do I. I think he's telling the truth. Eddie. Go through his pockets. Okay. Identification cards. Name? Dan Holiday. Do your reading. Some other time. What else is it? Look, Eddie. Look. 517 Slack Street. S. Thomas. 945. That's the pawn shop. Barlow's place. Yeah. What's the rest of it mean? I don't know. You what's this mean?

[Dan Holiday]

And if I tell you I don't know, I'll get battered around like a cue ball again.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Why you Cut it out, Eddie. Well, he knows. Look, he went to Barlow's place this afternoon. If he knew where the plates were, he wouldn't be here, would he? So they've got to be at Barlow's shop. Maybe you're right. Okay, time up. Both of them. And Mr. Holliday. If we come back without the plates, you walk out without your head.

[Dan Holiday]

They did a good job of tying Barlow and me to the chairs. Then when they were gone, I talked with Barlow. Barlow. Barlow, Are you all right?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah, I think so.

[Dan Holiday]

What happened? Who are those men?

[Lieutenant Kling]

They know Albert Winslow. Years ago he engraved counterfeit plates.

[Dan Holiday]

What happened in your shop?

[Lieutenant Kling]

I was in my shop early this afternoon. Hadn't seen Albert since he was released. And he came into my shop first. I didn't recognize him. He spoke to me. You remember me, don't you, Bow? I. I seem to take a good look.

[Sheila Corbett]

Al.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Al Winslow. How are you? Fine, fine. But do you parole? Oh, I see. It's all right, Bow. I'm going straight. Of course, of course. Here is. Sit down. Back in the shop. Wait a minute. I want to take a look around. What are you looking for, Al? Things didn't change much around here, did they? What do you mean? Nothing. Look, Paulo, I want to go straight, so there's something I got to tell you. I. What's the matter? Oh, customers. I'll be back in a minute. No, not customers. Hello, Al. Eddie, this is Charlie. You remember Charlie? Sure. Sit down, Barlow. Take it easy.

[Alan Ladd]

Hey, what is this?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Sit down, Barlow. Do what he says. That's right. Okay, Al. Where are they? I told you on the phone, you can't have them. I'm going straight. I'm going to turn them over to the government. Sure. Beautiful place. Like us? Not much, you, Honor. Where are they? No, I won't tell you. Don't be a SAP. We'll take them and get out. Then I'd be picked up again. The feds know my work. I'll have a great chance. I'm on parole. Please, lemme alone. Just. Just lemme alone. Sure, sure. When we got the plates. They in here? No. Barlow, what do you say? You don't know anything. Come on, Al. Where are they? Look, I got a report to my parole officer this afternoon.

[Mr. Bruckner]

If I don't, they'll come after me and you.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I'll cut it out. I. Hey, Charlie. Eddie. Why, you idiot.

[Alan Ladd]

You mutton head.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You killed him. I'll call the police. Get Winslow behind the counter. Now.

[T. Buchanan]

Come on, Eddie.

[Alan Ladd]

There's somebody coming in.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Barlow, get out of sight. Charlie, get Winslow behind the counter.

[Dan Holiday]

Now.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Duck back of that screen. Come on. Hello? Hello.

[Dan Holiday]

Anybody here?

[Lieutenant Kling]

That was you, Mr. Hollander. Eddie hit you when you saw Winslow's body? Mm.

[Dan Holiday]

That's where I came in. But later, when I went back with Lieutenant Kling. What about that?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Well, I had to do what I did. They. They were upstairs. My wife was there. They. They threatened to. To.

[Dan Holiday]

I see. But Winslow reported to his parole officer that afternoon after he was dead.

[Lieutenant Kling]

It was a telephone call they made from my shop. Charlie pretended to be Winslow. He told the officer he'd report in person in an hour. Then he hid Winslow's body in the basement. It's there now.

[Dan Holiday]

Oh, nice, clever people. Now, what about those plates? Do you know where they are?

[Lieutenant Kling]

No, but Winslow frequently came to see me. He was often in the shop alone and.

[Dan Holiday]

Barlow, I've got it. I know where those plates are.

[T. Buchanan]

Where?

[Dan Holiday]

Come on, let's get out of here first.

[Lieutenant Kling]

But how?

[Dan Holiday]

Look, there's a drink of glass on that table. I'll square my chair over there and knock the glass on the floor to break it. But I hold it. Here I go. Okay, Barlow, scrape over. Overturn your chair and get a piece of glass. Cut these ropes on my hand. I've got a date with a boy named Eddie and he who slaps last slaps best.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Better wait outside the shop, Holiday.

[Dan Holiday]

Oh, no, Kling. I'm too fond of Eddie. A lump on my head and a well across my face. Please don't shoot him.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Take it easy, Kelly. Macklin, take the back. Go ahead. You ready, Dan? Yeah.

[Dan Holiday]

Let's go.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Cops.

[Alan Ladd]

Come on.

[T. Buchanan]

Playing Rather Go.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Why, you.

[Alan Ladd]

You.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Hello, Eddie. Dad. You need any help?

[Dan Holiday]

Ah, just pick him up and stare him in my direction.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's enough, boys. All cleaned up.

[Dan Holiday]

Eddie disappointed me.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Yeah, me too. He didn't hit you once. All right, not to go. Kelly, take pretty boy here and slap some jewelry on him. And what are you looking at, Holiday?

[Dan Holiday]

Me? Why, I'm looking at Mr. S. Thomas.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Huh? I thought his name was Eddie.

[Dan Holiday]

I'm not looking at him.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Clink.

[Dan Holiday]

I told you I was looking at Mr. S. Thomas and 9:45.

[Sheila Corbett]

Well, go on, Mr. Holiday. What then? Who was Mr. S. Thomason?

[Dan Holiday]

What did 9:45 mean, Mr. S. Thomas? Susie was a clock. One of the famous old Seth Thomas clocks. It was the only one in the shop whose hand stood at 9:45.

[Sheila Corbett]

Yeah. And?

[Dan Holiday]

Well, Winswood put his counterfeit plates on the pendulum arm, and that's where they were when we got them.

[Sheila Corbett]

You mean they looked like a pendulum weight?

[Dan Holiday]

Exactly. It was very clever.

[Sheila Corbett]

But, gee, what if somebody had bought the clock?

[Dan Holiday]

Well, that was a chance he took. But no one did, and that's that.

[Sheila Corbett]

There's one more thing that puzzles me one. Yeah? Suppose Eddie and Charlie got the plate and made counterfeit money from them. So would they have to declare it for income tax?

[Dan Holiday]

Income?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh.

[Dan Holiday]

Good night, Susie.

[Alan Ladd]

Next week, same time, through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd stars as Dan holiday in box 13. Box 13 is directed by Richard Sanville with this week's original story by Russell Hughes. Original music is composed. Composed and conducted by Rudy Schrager. Part of Susie is played by Sylvia Picker and that of Lieutenant Kling by Edmund McDonald. Production is supervised by Vern Carstenson. Box 13 is a Mayfair production from.

[Dan Holiday]

Hollywood.

[Alan Ladd]

Watch for Alan Ladd in his latest Paramount picture.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Foreign.

[Mr. Bruckner]

I'm gonna break you. There are a lot of people here who are ripe to tear you down. And all they need is a good enough reason. I'm gonna give them that reason.

[Alan Ladd]

Have Gun will travel, starring Mr. John Dana as Paladin San Francisco, 1875. The Carlton Hotel, Headquarters of a man called Paladin.

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, good evening, Ms. Wong.

[Sheila Corbett]

Ah, good evening, Mr. Chang.

[T. Buchanan]

Hey boy.

[Sheila Corbett]

Ah, yeah.

[T. Buchanan]

When are you all finished?

[Sheila Corbett]

Very soon now.

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, then maybe we go out together, eat dinner.

[Sheila Corbett]

You don't eat here in carton kitchen. No, no. Where we go then?

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, hey boy, I knows. Good little cafe. Lots of good food, good drink. Edge of Chinatown run by uncle of hey boy.

[Sheila Corbett]

I see. Sound very nice.

[T. Buchanan]

Okay, we go. But first must run find Mr. Paladin. Have message for him. But I find him very quick and be back. You wait, okay?

[Sheila Corbett]

Okay.

[T. Buchanan]

Everything foggy, dark and drippy. Can't see nose in front of face. Miserable. Oh, There you are, Mr. Paladin. Hey boy has message for you. Excuse me, please. I thought you someone else. Very embarrassing. Mr. Paladin.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Over here. Hey boy.

[T. Buchanan]

Oh.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh.

[T. Buchanan]

Glad to find you at last, Mr. Paladin. Look all over for you.

[Mr. Bruckner]

I told you I'd be right here in the square.

[T. Buchanan]

Yes, sir, but difficult to locate you in black of night.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You know, there's something exciting and adventurous about San Francisco on a night like this. There he is down there, the bay. And around this hill. The city stretching away unseen in all directions. The city filled with people, working, dreaming, living.

[T. Buchanan]

These are all very nice, but all the same thing true on sunny afternoon.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Oh, hey boy, where's your romance, your spirit of adventure?

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, my romance is waiting for me back at hotel. Well, I come and tell you this message.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Oh, what is it?

[T. Buchanan]

A message come from person called T. Buchanan. Come from place called north fork. Message say trouble in north fork. Come right away. What you say, Mr. Paladin?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Well, I'll be back at the hotel in a little while, hey boy. I'll decide then.

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, I know you, Mr. Paladin. You decide already. You go.

[Alan Ladd]

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[Sheila Corbett]

You need lots of dollars during sicknesses.

[Alan Ladd]

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[Mr. Bruckner]

As it turned out, north fork was two days stage ride from san francisco, and it consisted of three frame buildings on one side of a rutted and dusty road. A livery stable, a saloon and a general store. I figured the store would be the best place to start looking for this T. Buchanan. Inside, a tall man with a full beard and dark clothes was having trouble with the storekeeper. A rather pretty girl stood quietly to one side, listening.

[Lieutenant Kling]

As long as I own this story, you mennonites buy nothing here.

[T. Buchanan]

We work hard, we mind our own business.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You make me sick. When the indians rode through last week, where were you? Our religion forbids us to raise our hands against any man. You mennonites cause trouble wherever you go.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Now, that's not true.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Who are you?

[Mr. Bruckner]

My name's paladin. In pennsylvania, the mennonites are model citizens. They've been there since before the revolution.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Well, this ain't pennsylvania. Black hat, black coat, got a beard.

[Dan Holiday]

Like a billy goat.

[Sheila Corbett]

That's a filthy thing to say.

[Lieutenant Kling]

But Tildy, please. Let her talk up blackbeard. Tildy always was one to say what was on her mind. Or maybe she don't do that no more, now that you's told her away.

[Sheila Corbett]

Take that back, judd pope. Nobody stole me away. I wanted to live with the mennonites. They're decent people.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I suppose you think they're better than me, huh? Or better than your own pa, maybe.

[Sheila Corbett]

Pa's a drunken old man with no childy.

[Lieutenant Kling]

It's no good, quarrel.

[Alan Ladd]

Let her talk up.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You. Him singing rabbit. You let a man slap you and do nothing. I forgive thee. Forgive me? Good, then. And turn your other cheek. Blackbeard.

[Sheila Corbett]

No, no, you leave him alone.

[Alan Ladd]

You ain't forgot how to fight, have you?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Tildy, Leave her alone.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What did you say, mister?

[Mr. Bruckner]

I said leave her alone.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Now, wait a minute. Here'll be no shooting in here.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You want to go outside?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Now, look.

[Mr. Bruckner]

All right then. Get out.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Why?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Get out.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I thank thee, friend, for helping. I am bruckner.

[Mr. Bruckner]

My pleasure, Mr. Bruckner.

[Lieutenant Kling]

And this is tildy buchanan.

[Mr. Bruckner]

T. Buchanan?

[Sheila Corbett]

Yes. Mr. Paladin, I'm t. Buchanan. Yes, I sent for you. Mr. Bruckner wouldn't approve if he knew, but didn't know what else to do. Mr. Paladin, what's going to become of these people?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Well, it's hard to say, Tildy. They're not easy people to defeat.

[Sheila Corbett]

A lot of it the way folks Feel about them is my fault because I joined them. Judd, the one you almost fought? He thinks he loves me. And he hates them for taking me in. I suppose he has reason. My father sold me to Judd for $50 a month ago.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Sold you?

[Sheila Corbett]

When he was drunk. When I ran away, no one would take me in but the mennonites. And now it's horrible for them. Last week, their fields were burnt and somebody fired them. Yes. Mr. Bruckner insists that it was a heavenly messenger, But I found a coal oil can near the fence.

[Mr. Bruckner]

How bad was the damage?

[Sheila Corbett]

All the corn, hay fields. The only thing left is five acres of wheat.

[Mr. Bruckner]

That's probably blight Infested like all the rest of the wheat I've seen around here.

[Sheila Corbett]

No, it's not, Mr. Buckner.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Wheat stands strong and green. Mr. Paladin. We've never been bothered with blight. Our seed comes from the old country, the crimea. But five acres is pitifully small. And we've had a meeting and decided to sell our lands to culligan and move on.

[Sheila Corbett]

No, Mr. Bruckner, you can't.

[Mr. Bruckner]

We have little choice selling to culligan.

[Lieutenant Kling]

He's wanted to buy this land for a long time.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Mr. Bruckner, would you do me a great favor?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Of course.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Let me do your dealing with culligan.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You must promise there will be no violence, Mr. Paladin.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Well, I can only promise you this, Mr. Bruckner. If there is any violence, it won't be my making.

[Alan Ladd]

The following message is brought to you by the american telephone and telegraph company.

[Lieutenant Kling]

So long. Have a nice trip.

[Sheila Corbett]

Don't forget to phone when you're away.

[Lieutenant Kling]

From home this summer. Put long distance to work.

[Alan Ladd]

Most people do, like this couple.

[Sheila Corbett]

Ooh, smell that mountain air. I'm so glad we telephoned ahead for reservations, George, aren't you?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, sure. Sure, dear.

[Sheila Corbett]

Oh, george, now you're not worrying about business. Well, why not call the office then? Get it off your mind so you can enjoy yourself.

[Mr. Bruckner]

No doubt about it.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Long distance helps you have a carefree vacation. Call now while long distance rates are lowest.

[Alan Ladd]

Remember, whenever, wherever you go this summer.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Go first by long distance.

[Mr. Bruckner]

The next morning, I rode into north fork ahead of Mr. Bruckner and the others. As I passed field after field of blighted wheat burning under the sun, I kept thinking of how the mennonites had endured silently, patiently, without raising their voices or their hands. And I told myself that I would try, try very hard to remember their feelings about violence.

[Lieutenant Kling]

10 cents a bushel.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Well, we didn't come Here to have our crops stolen.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You want 8 blighted wheat yourself. Go to it. 10 cents a bushel. Take it or leave it.

[Mr. Bruckner]

I reckon we got no choice.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Come on inside. Hey, mister, I. I want to talk to you.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Who are you?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Marty buchanan, Judy's father. I want to talk to you about her.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You want to sell her to me now? Is that what you want?

[Lieutenant Kling]

No. Look here. She put in with them mennonites, and now you.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You make me sick, mister.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Hey, now. All right. First, here's your money.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Well, there's nowheres near enough, culligan, and you know it.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Take it or leave it. Okay. Well, what do you want?

[Mr. Bruckner]

I want to talk to you.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Say what you got to say.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Mennonites have decided to sell. Bruckner says you offered $5 an acre. I'm representing.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That offer included the standing crops. Now that the corn's all burnt, I'll pay $3, not a cent more.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You're a disgrace to your fellow man. You stir up prejudice that makes a mockery of everything a decent man holds valuable, While you're a vulture who can't wait to pick a meal from the dead. I just heard you with that man ferris.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You gonna sell it or not?

[Mr. Bruckner]

No. But I'll tell you what I'm going to do, culligan. I'm gonna break you. There's a lot of people here who are ripe to tear you down, and all they need is a good enough reason. And I'm gonna give them that reason.

[Lieutenant Kling]

The people here will stick with me. I helped them build this town right from start. You think you'll listen to a stranger? A traveling gunslinger?

[Mr. Bruckner]

I promised a man that I wouldn't commit violence. I have never found it harder to keep my word. My talk with culligan had been bluff, and I knew it hadn't worked. I had no idea yet what my next move should be. But I knew that the trouble at north fork was bound to explode. It had to explode. And there was bound to be violence when it did. In the saloon, I found a corner table and sat there nursing a drink and a three penny cigar.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, Mr. Paladin, I. I gotta talk to you.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Mr. Paladin, we don't have much to talk about.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, can I? Can I?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Another glass or two won't make much a difference. Sit down. Help yourself.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, thank you. Yeah, thank you.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You're not a pretty sight, Buchanan.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You don't like me, paladin, and there ain't no reason why you should.

[Mr. Bruckner]

That's right.

[Lieutenant Kling]

But believe me, it ain't all my fault.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Oh, it never is. You said you had to talk to me.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Judd pokes out to get you. Oh, he just left culligan's place. He's hired a gunfighter. He says you will never leave town alive.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Why are you telling me this? Why are you concerned with judd polk's plans for me?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Because, paladin, you're. You're tildy's last hope.

[Mr. Bruckner]

What are you talking about?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Till he's caught right in the middle. The mennonites won't fight, Fern. I can't. I don't have the spirit for it anymore. We're drowned in a thousand whiskey barrels.

[Mr. Bruckner]

What do you want me to do?

[Lieutenant Kling]

You got to help. Till they find some kind of happiness. She'd kill herself or she'd marry Judd Polk. Please, Mr. Paladin, will you help? Will you do something?

[Mr. Bruckner]

All right, I will. And I want you to do your part.

[T. Buchanan]

I will.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You just tell me what I can do. I'll try hard and I'll do it.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Then find as many farmers as you can. Tell them to come here and hurry.

[Lieutenant Kling]

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. Well, a majority of the doctors we heard from had this to. A laxative should be effective, gentle, as close to natural acting as possible, and a medicine that can be used with complete confidence. Now, exlax has been popular with many doctors and millions of people over the years. Because chocolate and exlax is effective overnight, it helps you toward your normal regularity. Ex lax is gentle. Next morning, it gives you the closest thing to natural action. And that's why many doctors and millions of people use exlax with complete confidence. Exlax, the laxative that helps you toward your normal regularity, gently, overnight, Is ex lax in your medicine cabinet.

[Alan Ladd]

Oh, Mr. Paladin.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Hello, Mr. Bruckner.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Tildy.

[Sheila Corbett]

Hello, Mr. Paladin.

[Lieutenant Kling]

We've been looking for you. Did you talk with Mr. Culligan?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Yes. He's trying to steal your place at $3 an acre.

[Sheila Corbett]

Oh, no.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's less than we paid for it.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Well, don't worry. You won't get it for that. For that matter, he may not get it at all.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I don't understand.

[Mr. Bruckner]

You will later.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I told the farmers. I told every last one of them, and they'll be here. They'll. Hello, tilde.

[Sheila Corbett]

What are you doing here, Pa?

[Lieutenant Kling]

I'm trying to help, Mr. Paladin.

[Sheila Corbett]

I don't trust you, Paul.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Oh, Tildy, I. I done a lot of wrong things. But I do love you. And I wouldn't do you no more harm. You nor any of the good people you've been for driving us out of the country. Mr. Buchanan. That's right. I have. Here.

[Sheila Corbett]

You see? You admit it.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Tildy, please let him explain.

[Lieutenant Kling]

The way I figured it, Tildy, your only chance for a decent life was to get away from north fork. And for me.

[Sheila Corbett]

What?

[Lieutenant Kling]

I hoped that if the mennonites left, you go with him. Then you'd be free of everything here.

[Sheila Corbett]

Ah.

[Lieutenant Kling]

I don't care if you believe me or not, any of you. But just help tildy get away. Look out. Mr. Paladin, are you all right?

[Mr. Bruckner]

Yeah.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You shot at that man.

[Alan Ladd]

You.

[Lieutenant Kling]

You killed him.

[Mr. Bruckner]

I know.

[Lieutenant Kling]

That's the gunfighter Judd polk hired to kill you.

[Sheila Corbett]

Mr. Paladin. There's Judd.

[Mr. Bruckner]

All that polka right where you are.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Now. Now, wait a minute, Paladin. You don't. You don't want to kill me. Not over a worthless piece of trash like her. Judd.

[Mr. Bruckner]

This is for a lot of people. I've never seen a sorrier collection of people trying to call itself a town. You're not a town. You're a mob. And you'll always be a mob until you start thinking for yourselves. You.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Ferris.

[Mr. Bruckner]

How did the blight affect you this year? Lost most of my crop. Had to sell it for fodder. And the rest of these people, how'd they do? A lot of them lost everything. Yeah, that's what I heard. Now, these mennonites, whom you've been trying to drive out of town, have got seed that resists blight. Yeah, I never heard of blight. Free wheat. There are five acres of it on the mennonite farm. What good does that do us? How much would you charge for seed, Mr. Bruckner?

[Lieutenant Kling]

Mr. Paladin. We came here hoping it'd be our new home. We want to be good neighbors. Good neighbor never acts like a businessman. We have plenty of this seed. Enough to give some to everybody so that they can develop seed of their own. Anyone who takes that offer can start looking for another place to get their supplies.

[Mr. Bruckner]

We'll take our chances. Culligan and you go out of business in no time. Cause no one will deal with you. Somebody else will open a decent store.

[Alan Ladd]

Here to replace you.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Mr. Bruckner, I'm Tom Ferris. That's bill holley over there and Carl runyon there, and Ed tatum over there. Well, what I'm Saying is, we haven't been very good neighbors, Mr. Bruckner.

[Lieutenant Kling]

What we'd like to be.

[T. Buchanan]

Mr. Paladin, you've been back from north for three days now.

[Mr. Bruckner]

That's right.

[T. Buchanan]

And every day since you've been back, we take a walk, right? We saw one day along nobi hill, one day through chinatown, and today we walk from one end of embarcadero to other. What I want to know is why.

[Mr. Bruckner]

I like this town. Eh, boy, the more I see of other places, the more I like san Francisco.

[T. Buchanan]

Poor Isabata. I like san Francisco too, but not when I run all over it.

[Mr. Bruckner]

We're not running all over it.

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, maybe not you, but he. Hey, boy, does it keep up.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Oh, I'll slow down.

[Lieutenant Kling]

There. That better?

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, thank you very much.

[Mr. Bruckner]

Oh, say, hey boy, how's your romance coming along?

[T. Buchanan]

Oh, romance. Ms. Wong not too good. No? Take her to dinner night. You leave for north fork. Don't see her again for two days.

[Mr. Bruckner]

What happened?

[T. Buchanan]

Started out to have dinner at a restaurant with uncle, but change your mind, Lisa go to italian restaurant instead. Eat lots of food, drinking wine, laugh, tell jokes. And next day, Ms. Wong in bed with sad stomach. Oh, cannot digest elaborate food. Oh, she mad at me. Oh, she said, hey, boy, next time we go to dinner, we go to a nice Chinese restaurant. Eat nice plain Chinese food like egg roll, almond duck, sweet sour pork, water chestnut or burdener soup, wonton sumai, cheeky soap gum, fried shrimp, soy sauce, moo moo. Garci.

[Alan Ladd]

Car owners, have you ever heard of kayside smooth seal? Why, no. Why no? Is it new? What's it do? Well, this is off the record. Just between us boys, your automatic transmission, does it ever make a noise? You mean a little kind of grinding? Does that little chatter matter? I hear a very weird whir sometimes. It doesn't sound good, boys. But let's be sure. When you're sitting at the light and it goes to green, you put your foot down hard. Have you ever felt a sort of a jerk, A kind of a jar or heaven helped you a real thud bump. Oh, I felt it. Oh, me too. I've had it. Stranger. What do we do? Well, don't buy a horse and don't trade your car. Just get yourself some new K side smooth seal. New k side smooth seal. New K side smooth seal. New K side smooth seal. How will that help? Why, it's made to soften those shrunken seals, which are apt to leak when there's power on the wheels. It stops those thud bumps, jerks and jars that are apt to creep into these modern cars. When why this K side smooth seal in one application can pack them all off on a long vacation and it's less than $2 at your service station. A little new K side smooth seal boy, come on. I'll go. And if it doesn't work, you get double your money back. Have Gun Will Travel.

[Lieutenant Kling]

Created by Herb.

[Alan Ladd]

Meadow and Sam Rolfe, 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 Irving Rubine and adapted for radio by John Dawson. Featured in the cast were Lou Krugman, Joseph Kearns, Jess Kirkpatrick, Harry Bartel and Vic Parron. Congratulations to station WDBJ, Roanoke, Virginia, which celebrated its 35th anniversary on the air June 20, 1959. This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join us again next week for have Gun Will Travel.

[Host]

You can find more from box 13, have gun will Travel this podcast and all of the other Relic radio shows@ Relicradio.com our shoutcast stream is there as well, with even more old time radio lots to listen to there, all made possible by your support. That's going to do it for this week. I'll be back tomorrow with an hour of mystery on Case Closed next Tuesday with our next episode of the Relic Radio Show.

[Lieutenant Kling]

It.