"Yes, sir." "Yes." "Is there a paladin registered in this hotel?" "Sam!" "Sam marakian!" "Do I know you?" "I don't see how you could forget." "I'm sorry." "You must be mistaking me for my brother." "My name is adam marakian." "Your brother?" "I'll brother you!" "My name is adam." "Adam." "Adam." "You're making a mistake." "You're making a mistake, miss." "I'll teach you to remember who I am!" "You're making a mistake." "Mr. Paladin, come quick." "Hey boy, there is an ancient oriental saying" "With which you should be familiar by now." "The philosopher ling-xu has reminded us," ""if hey boy does not wish to be boiled in oil," "He will go away and leave paladin alone."" "But you are!" "So sorry." "Yes, you are sam marakian." "My name is adam." "Adam." "And you, I presume, are eve," "And, of course, this is the garden of eden." "Excuse me." "I think this is yours." "I haven't finished with you yet, sam marakian." "I'm not sure that I envy you," "Sam marakian." "My name is adam." "You said that before." "She mistook me for someone else." "Well, whoever that someone else is," "He certainly must have some fond memories." "This is him." "This is mr." "Paladin." "Remember ling-xu." "You're paladin?" "There is no mistake about that." "I was told you were a gunfighter." "I didn't think you'd turn out to be some kind of a dandy." "Well, perhaps we should continue this conversation" "In private, mr..." "Marakian." "Adam marakian." "Any relation to sam?" "Yes." "He's my brother." "We're identical twins." "It's been like that ever since we were boys." "My mother was the only one who could tell us apart." "Sam was always getting into trouble." "And I was always getting blamed for it." "I didn't mind it too much, though." "Not really." "I even enjoyed it in a way." "I never had the nerve to do the things my brother's done." "But being blamed for them," "That was almost as good as having done them myself." "I liked being thought of that way." "Like sam." "I always did wanna be more like him." "That is, right up until the time he shot that man." "I don't wanna hang for him." "I'm not a killer." "You wear a gun." "Yeah." "Well, not all of my brother's enemies use parasols." "You have any idea where your brother is now?" "No." "Right after the killing, he took out." "Then the sheriff came looking for me." "So I took out, too." "Give yourself up." "If you're innocent, you won't hang." "I promise you that." "What do you mean, "if I'm innocent"?" "I'll find your brother." "All right." "I'll give myself up if you'll help." "Do you need any more proof that I'm innocent?" "Sam." "What's that for?" "Well, it occurs to me that if you were sam," "This would be a very good way" "To get somebody else to do your dirty work for you." "Yes, that would be very clever of me." "If I was sam." "It would also be very dangerous for you." "Why's that?" "I don't like being misused." "That's a chance you're gonna have to take." "We're both taking a chance, mr." "Marakian." "Call me adam." "We'll see." "We'll see." "One more thing, mr." "Paladin." "Yes?" "If you ever draw on me again, you better shoot." "I will, mr." "Marakian." "I will." "Well, it begins." "I hope you got a plan." "Where can I find your mother?" "My mother?" "She's the only one that can tell you and your brother apart." "My mother and father are both dead." "Nobody in this town'll be sorry to see you hang." "Anybody else tell you two apart?" "Yeah." "My wife." "Put that thing down." "He killed a man, mister." "He's giving himself up, and he did not kill a man." "There's half a dozen witnesses that'll swear he done just that." "You sure this is the same man?" "I guess I know adam marakian when I see him." "Do you know sam marakian when you see him?" "What are you getting at?" "If you saw the two of them side by side," "Could you tell which one killed that man?" "Why, sure I would." "How?" "You're adam marakian." "You are adam marakian, ain't ya?" "I am." "There." "I know adam marakian when I see him." "Now, that is very clever of you, sheriff." "Anyway, what business is this of yours?" "Who are you?" "You a bounty hunter or something?" "Well, all right." "Who you working for?" "He hired me to find his brother." "How do you know which one's adam?" "His wife will know." "Now, I'll tell you something, paladin." "I don't know one from the other." "I never could tell." "It don't make much difference which one killed that man." "As long as I got somebody to hang for the killin'," "The law's satisfied and so am I." "One of 'em's just as good as the other." "Those are noble sentiments, sheriff." "The law's the law." "Come on, adam." "I'll see you outside." "My wife's name is beth." "Mrs. Marakian?" "Yes." "Mrs. Adam marakian?" "What do you want?" "I'd like to talk to you about your husband." "Well, come in, won't you." "Where is my husband?" "He's in jail." "They caught him?" "No." "He gave himself up." "He was with me here when the shooting took place." "He hired me to find his brother." "Do you know where he is?" "Do you?" "How should I know where he is?" "Well, you shouldn't." "Well, then what do you want with me?" "Well, wouldn't you like to see your husband?" "Of course I do." "Will you come with me?" "Yes." "All right." "Is that adam and sam?" "Mm-hmm." "Well, how do you tell them apart?" "A girl can tell." "Beth!" "Hello, honey." "Paladin." "How have you been?" "You're looking good, honey." "Thank you." "What's the matter?" "He's not my husband." "Why are you doing this to me, beth?" "I'm sorry, sam." "Well, it looks like we got the right one after all." "She's lying, paladin." "Why would she lie?" "You better ask my brother that question." "The next time you see your brother," "Be sure and ask him that question." "Paladin." "What?" "You find him." "Or I'll get out of this cracker box and find him myself." "I don't wanna do to my brother" "What I'd do to him if I found him." "Do I owe you anything?" "I gave myself up when you asked me to." "I stayed here to let you do what you promised." "Now, regardless of who I may be," "Whether I lied to you or not," "You owe me that much." "Did you really think you were gonna get away with this?" "You think you were gonna fool his wife?" "Well, if that puzzles you enough," "Maybe you'll find my brother." "Just to satisfy your own curiosity." "You swear your husband was with you at the time of the shooting," "So he's in the clear." "Wherever he is, tell him it's okay to come back now." "Thank you, sheriff." "Mrs. Marakian, where is your husband?" "In the hills behind our ranch." "Why didn't you tell me that before?" "I thought you were a bounty hunter." "Then why did you come here with me?" "I was afraid you'd follow me if I didn't come with you." "Follow you where?" "To my husband." "Is that where you were going?" "I was taking him some food." "Well, mrs." "Marakian, if you were so certain" "That your husband was in the hills and not in jail," "Why did you have to kiss that man in the cell" "Before you were certain that he was not your husband?" "I don't know." "I was confused." "I was scared." "I thought maybe you had caught him." "They look exactly alike." "That's always a shock to me." "I just got terribly mixed up all of a sudden." "I don't have to answer all his questions, do I?" "No, you sure don't." "What are you up to, paladin?" "Mrs. Marakian," "I'd like to meet your husband." "Why?" "Let's just say I'm curious." "All right." "And don't you hang anybody while I'm gone." "Sheriff!" "Sheriff!" "sheriff!" "All right, all right." "Stop that noise." "What do you want?" "There's a rat in my cell." "Likely enough." "The one in your cell's named marakian." "Sheriff." "I didn't wanna do this." "Sam." "I'm not sam." "How can I make you believe that?" "Put away the gun." "I already tried that." "Look what they done to me." "Stashed the gun away all in advance." "That don't look good." "Maybe not, but it's keeping me from being hung for sam's crime." "Now, open it up." "Open it." "Go on." "Get in." "Get in." "I still don't understand sam taking a chance like that." "Sam's that way." "But your husband isn't." "My husband wouldn't have the nerve to try anything like that." "They're different, despite the way they look." "Adam's very conservative." "Sam, he's wild." "Impulsive." "Mrs. Marakian," "When you identified the prisoner as sam, you said you were sorry." "Were you?" "I'm sorry he has to hang." "But when making a choice between sam and my husband," "I'm not sorry to make it." "And you've made your choice." "Was there any other, mr." "Paladin?" "That's another one of those questions" "That only the prisoner's brother can answer for us." "Don't shoot." "That's adam." "Well, he's a friendly soul, your husband." "Adam!" "Adam, it's me, beth!" "Who's that with you?" "His name is paladin." "What does he want?" "It's all right, adam." "Sam's in jail." "You're in the clear." "All right." "Come on up." "Put up your gun, mister." "It's all right now." "Everything's going to be all right now." "What do you want?" "Your brother hired me to find you." "Mrs. Marakian made her choice." "The man in jail will die for it." "What do you want with us now?" "Just curious." "I wanted to see if I could tell you two apart." "Can you?" "It's your brother." "I thought you said he was in jail." "He was." "Are you satisfied now, mr." "Paladin?" "Cover me." "Hold your fire." "I told you I don't like being misused." "And I told you to shoot..." "The next time you draw on me." "Hey." "Is..." "Is that my beth up there with him?" "That's another reason..." "Why I've always..." "Wanted to be like my..." "Brother." "Is he dead?" "He's dead." "What'd you do that for?" "Paladin's the only one that might suspect anything." "We'll tell the sheriff my brother killed him." "Take this and get behind the rock." "I'm scared, sam." "Go on." "Go on." "Adam's dead." "You may not have been quite like your brother," "But I promise you, before this day is over," "He will be like you." "I guess we better get the sheriff's prisoner back to him." "Who knows?" "I may even collect a reward for my own body." "What about paladin?" "He'll be taken care of." "We were about to come looking for him." "He ambushed us." "I had to shoot him." "Take him inside." "Where's paladin?" "My brother killed him." "Your brother?" "I guess that means you come into the reward all by yourself." "Which one are you?" "Adam." "Is this your husband, mrs." "Marakian?" "Yes." "There." "You see?" "Nothing to it." "Oh, it's over, sam." "Hey, hey, hey." "I guess you better start getting used to calling me adam." "Hmm?" "Sam." "Sam marakian." "Sam!" "Sam!" "Sam!" "Oh, no, sam!" "No, no!" "No, please!" "sam." "Well, sheriff, I killed them both." "Both?" "Mrs. Marakian made a choice." "Two men died for it." "I sincerely hope you'll find that choice" "Harder to live with than to die for," "Mrs. Marakian." "He ain't her husband?" "Does that really matter to you, sheriff?" "It matters to her." "Then let her mourn whichever one she chooses." "How about the other one?" "I will mourn the other one, sheriff." "I will mourn him." "¶ "have gun, will travel" reads the card of a man ¶" "¶ a knight without armor in a savage land ¶" "¶ his fast gun-for-hire heeds the calling wind ¶" "¶ a soldier of fortune is the man called ¶" "¶ paladin ¶" "¶ paladin, paladin where do you roam ¶"