Gene attempts to clear a young stagecoach driver accused of complicity in a fatal stagecoach hold-up. Pat, believing he is suffering from a fatal illness, attempts to tackle the entire gang single-handed.
Gene and Pat help an elderly prospector get a full-time job as a miner, but a pair of outlaws kidnap the old man and try to force him to reveal where he found a large gold nugget.
Gene and Pat investigate a series of stagecoach hold-ups with the help of a newspaper editor and a young widow and her son who have answered Pat's ad in a lonely-hearts column.
When an elderly gypsy and his lovely daughter surprise outlaws holding up a stagecoach, the thieves try to kill the witnesses before they can be identified.
Gene tries to help a small-town sheriff rid his town of outlaws, but he and Pat are soon in need of rescue themselves when they become prisoners of the gang.