mary lou ( shirley temple ) old brother sonny ( frank coghlan jr. ) want desperately to go to a coveted military school along with his buddy sidney but his dad can not afford it . this doesn not deter sonny however who hatch up a scheme to go prospect for gold so his dad will have money to pay for his education at the institute . mary lou and ever get into trouble and decides to stow away in the back of sonny old car . this whole short be build on and relies on the prospect of temple be cute enough to entertain most viewer and get a laugh because there sure very little else here to really laugh about . temple meeting with the crazy gold prospector in the desert be more often uncomfortable than funny and all attempt make here at comedy feel far too force to be the least bit effective . only required viewing if you like to see a young shirley temple be cute .