The newsboy sells a paper to his favorite customer, a little girl who lives in a big brick mansion. She glances over the paper and, he looking over her shoulder, sees that the government has offered a big reward for the apprehension of a ...See moreThe newsboy sells a paper to his favorite customer, a little girl who lives in a big brick mansion. She glances over the paper and, he looking over her shoulder, sees that the government has offered a big reward for the apprehension of a ring of dope merchants. He daydreams. He is Bill Harrison, a government detective, sent out to catch a ring of crooks that are selling drugs. The girl is a reporter on a big metropolitan newspaper. The city editor sends her out to get evidence against the same band. She is captured by the crooks in a lonely house. But who should be lying on a bench, pretending to be asleep, but Bill Harrison himself. He rescues her with the aid of Ayura, his faithful Japanese valet. Later he is taken prisoner by the band and this time the girl turns the tables by rescuing him. Finally both the girl and he catch them red-handed after a long chase. Bill kisses the girl and wakes to find he is really kissing the little lady who buys his papers. She runs away and he goes along on his route. Written by
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