George Fowler a young man from the states arrives at the Mias saloon and the proprietor Blak Jack Hovey orders a saloon girl known only as The Flame to fleece him When she learns he doesnt have any money she gets him a job at a café News of a gold strike in the Ophir area comes and George sets out with a dog team supplied by Flame Meanwhile a woman comes to town says she is Mrs Fowler and is looking for her husband