Jim Gross is a drunkard and neglects his wife, Myrtle, and the baby. One night he comes home intoxicated and strikes Myrtle, who takes the baby and leaves. She finds a purse containing a ticket for Alaska; also some money, which has been lost by a young chap, Tom Winters. Myrtle makes use of the ticket and later we find her in an Alaskan village, where she obtains employment in a restaurant and is held in high regard by the miners. Winters and his friend Bob also come to the town, and Tom becomes very ill with fever and Myrtle is persuaded to nurse him. They fall in love and without telling him her past she marries him and they are very happy. In the meantime, Jim has been arrested for drunkenness and is serving a sentence. Upon his release he visits his mother-in-law's home and intercepts a letter from Myrtle, which tells of her marriage to Tom. Jim goes to Alaska and hunts up Myrtle and tells her that she must leave with him or he will expose her. Much terrified she consents and he is helping her pack up when Tom, who has been informed that a stranger has been hanging around his home, comes upon the scene and shoots through the door, which Jim has locked, and kills Jim. So Myrtle's past remains buried.