Shorty receives word from Anita informing him that she wants him to go into the Arizona hills and find Professor Wade, who has discovered a radium mine, but is in a bad way as his guide has died. Shorty sets out at once. The professor ...See moreShorty receives word from Anita informing him that she wants him to go into the Arizona hills and find Professor Wade, who has discovered a radium mine, but is in a bad way as his guide has died. Shorty sets out at once. The professor meets a stranded actor and they set out together to reach town. They are attacked by Apache Bill and the actor is killed, but the professor crawls to a bunch of cacti and secretes a phial of radium in an old skull. Shorty comes upon the actor's make-up kit and makes up as a wild man and scares Apache Bill, who has found the radium mine. The bandits run away and tell the manager of a side show of the wild man. Shorty's horse runs away and he is found and taken to the circus. Here he is exhibited as a wild man and because of a cold is unable to speak. Later his horse helps Shorty escape and he causes the arrest of the bandits. Written by
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