- The familiar story of William Tell furnishes the basis for this one. William is shown "sassing" the governor and being made to shoot an apple off his son's head to secure his freedom. He attempts to substitute a pumpkin, the son eats one apple and an apple-hawk gets the other. He finally succeeds and the governor tries his hand, but the arrow is bent and boomerangs, striking him in the trousers.—Moving Picture World, August 23, 1924
- Tell, pursued by the tyrant's troops because he refuses to doff his hat to the latter's edict, escapes up a cliff by means of a windlass manned by his wife. Eventually caught by the soldiers, Tell is given a chance to win his pardon if he will shoot an apple from his son's head. He begs for, and obtains, two practice shots; the first cuts the rope of a suspended water bucket, drenching the tyrant - the second arrow gets caught in a spectator's beard and carries him over the house-tops. Tell, Jr., takes his position, but the tyrant refuses to permit him to substitute a pumpkin for the apple. As Tell is about to shoot, a Swiss Apple Hawk (a very rare bird) swoops down and steals the target. Another apple is set in place, and Tell scores a bulls-eye. The tyrant wishes to try a shot at Tell, so Willy, Jr., bends his arrow, so that it boomerangs and pierces the seat of the tyrant's pants.—Universal Weekly, August 9, 1924
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