In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.

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

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.