What happens
Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles find a crawling baby girl near Walt Mason's ranch, clutching a gold nugget and with a bloodstained dress. Hickok sets out to learn where the child came from, and a visiting stranger named Marty arrives demanding the baby back. Walt recalls a legend of a lost Portuguese gold mine near Arroyo Diablo. The Wild Bill Hickok series aired this episode on July 1, 1951, starring Guy Madison as Hickok and Andy Devine as Jingles.
A cattle ranch and its surroundings near Arroyo Diablo in the Old West
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Walt Mason, Marty Clay, Jimmy Clay, Nugget
Listen for: Marty's visit to the ranch and the stranger's demand for the baby
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.
