A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

During a match with an opponent called The Weazel, a boxer named The Lightning Kid comes to believe that he has crippled his opponent. Distraught, he leaves the ring, vowing never to box again, and changes his name to Bob Trent. Sometime later he fights out that not everything was as he thought it was.

After the mysterious murder of John Cowles' father, the son starts west to borrow money of his father's business partner, Col. Meriwether. He meets the Colonel's daughter, Ellen, and falls in love with her, not telling her of his fiancée, Grace Sheraton. Gordon Orme, an old acquaintance, turns up, tells Col. Meriwether about Grace, and the Colonel is so enraged he refuses to lend the money. John's mother and Grace have followed John and his mother urges him to try the gold fields. He discovers gold and wins Ellen, after both Gordon and Grace, who is really in love with Gordon, are killed.

Joyce Addison, wife of an American attache in Madrid, looks to her painting as sole entertainment, as her husband neglects her for business. One night late, while driving, she meets and is robbed by a bandit who proves sufficiently chivalrous to see her home.