Rocky befriends hungry eight-year-old Billy at a carnival and is suddenly accused of kidnapping him when the boy disappears inside a midway attraction. Chasing Billy through the carnival, Rocky discovers the boy deliberately ran away from his guardian to reunite with his mother, a carnival worker who had lost custody after her husband’s family convinced a court she was unfit. After another brief disappearance and frantic chase, the guardian relents and Billy is allowed to live with his mother.

This Rocky Fortune broadcast aired on December 8, 1953. It is listed as episode 9 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Frank Sinatra, Bryna Raeburn, David Pfeffer, Ken Williams, and William Griffis. Other credited names include Fred Weihe as director, George Lefferts as writer, and Ray Barrett as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 25 minutes. Characters credited in this version include Rocky Fortune.