What happens
Wild Bill Hickock and his deputy Jingles set out to settle down when Jingles buys a small cafe in town. Soon two men, Pete and Shorty, arrive and demand protection money from Jingles, and when he refuses they beat him and wreck his cafe. Jingles wants to bring them to the law, while Bill insists Jingles, now a businessman, should stay out of the chase. The episode is part of the Wild Bill Hickock series, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles. It aired on January 2, 1953.
A small western town, its cafe, and the box canyon nearby.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Charlie, Pete, Shorty, Slim
Listen for: Jingles agrees to buy Charlie's cafe for $200 and is then confronted by two men demanding protection money.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.