Little Guns

Gentlemen, I thought I could talk to you in a quiet, civilized way. But it looks like that is out of the question. Have gone! Will travel! Starring Mr. John Dana as Paladin. San Francisco, 1875.

The Carlton Hotel. Headquarters of a man called Paladin. Oh, Mr. Palladine! Oh, Mr. Palladine! Hey boy, if you don't mind, I'm taking a bath. Oh, yes, Mr. Palladine. Hey boy, remember these facts? So, you know, just where to deliver important-looking telegram for you.

Yes, see? Yes, I see. Do you, every telegram is important. Yes, sir. But I could have waited until after my bath. Oh, hey boy, not like to call slowdown in great system of communication. occasion. Alright, hey boy, bathroom old bat, I guess we can't disrupt the nation's flow of information. Would you read it please? Oh, it's a paladin, carton hotel. Need help

at your price to stop range war. A $500 deposit with telegram advised James Ellis Miller Preston, Arizona. James Ellis, mayor. You know him? If it's the Jim Ellis I'm thinking of us certainly do. He was the slickest gambler and confidence man east or west of the Mississippi River. You got to help him? Well, $500 deposit.

Tell a grand man say you can pick it up at the office. I can't see Jim Ellis's mayor of anything except perhaps a penitentiary but I guess it must be true. I'm going to use a penalty for a hayboy to pack for him or get ticket for a stage coat.

Yes, a boy. You do that. Right now I'm going to enjoy this bath and maybe the last one I'll have for quite a while. In the air. On the sea. On the highway. The man in command must be awake and alert.