Honor Among Thieves

Frank Sinatra transcribed as Rocky Fortune. NBC presents Frank Sinatra starring as that footloose and fancy-free young gentleman, Rocky Fortune. Aye, this is Rocky Fortune.

You know, for a guy who went to school under the L-tracks and learned his alphabet off a neighborhood store windows, I'm at the head of a mighty fancy class these days. I signed a new lease on life when I stopped Perry Shane, a park avenue legal eagle from bending down in front of a hot slug port his way by an ex-con.

Perry being the rich understanding type showed us thanks by offering me a process-serving job in this 14-carat law factory. In the workings of my new job, I do not have the ticking of a time clock to affect my sunny disposition, however.

On this particular day, my sunny disposition went south. In fact, everything was pouring. The skies, and Mr. Shane, who is now pouring himself a slug of something that couldn't possibly be tea. The men rocking?

Sit down. What's with the early cocktail session? The rain got you down? No matter a factor like the rain. Mr. Shane, I will endanger the morale of your office by being the first employee to accept libation during office hours. Well I'm sorry Rocky. I just forgot. Please join me. Well I don't usually but since I suggested

it I will. Hey, here you are. Thanks. You know something? I wonder how the poor people are making out. Here we are warm in a mink-lined office, not a worry in the world. Smug is a bugging a rug. Did you say smug? That I did. I suddenly heard myself talking, I guess. Strange you should say that. I was just thinking