Into the Northland

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George Collins and his wife are made unhappy by George's stepmother, who upbraids him because he cannot find work. A friend repays George a loan, and George is tempted into a gambling den, where he stakes his small sum in the hope of doubling his money. He is victimized by card sharps, but is saved from losing his all by Moll McGuire, who conducts the gambling den. She advises George to keep away from the gambling dens and to strike out for the new gold fields in British Columbia. That night the card sharps return to clean out Moll McGuire's place. A fight ensues, shots are exchanged, and as the police raid the place, one of the officers gives Moll a tip, telling her that the vigilantes are on her trail, and that she should leave at once for the north. On the steamer on which she is traveling to British Columbia she meets George Collins, who has embarked to try his luck in the northern gold fields. While aboard the vessel Collins is instrumental in saving Moll McGuire from the vengeance of a miner. In the northland, George searches for gold, but is unsuccessful. Moll McGuire is downhearted and takes to drink. George's wife, Harriet, unable to stand the unhappiness in her home, decides to follow her husband. She disguises herself as a boy, and becomes a stowaway on a steamer. Arriving in the north, she can find no trace of her husband. She meets Moll McGuire, who befriends the girl, whom she believes to be a boy. After endeavoring to earn a livelihood in the mines, and failing, Harriet becomes ill, and then it is discovered that she is in reality a woman. As she is recovering from her illness, her husband, George, returns from the gold fields and finds his wife being cared for in Moll McGuire's cabin. There is a joyful reunion and George tells Harriet that he has struck it rich, that they will never need fear poverty again, and that they will also care for Moll McGuire.