The Girl with the Champagne Eyes plot
On a boat to San Francisco, Nellie Proctor is nearly caught stealing a man's wallet, but because she puts it in James Blair's pocket, he is arrested for the crime and sentenced to two years in chained labor. Nellie, ashamed of having sent an innocent man to prison, convinces her friend Milligan to help James escape, and the three of them travel to an Alaskan mining town to start a new life. While James goes off to prospect for gold, Nellie and Milligan find work in a local saloon, and Nellie takes on the care of four orphaned children. Warren McKenzie, the saloon's owner, is also the sheriff, and when he discovers James's identity, he threatens to turn the young man over to the law unless Nellie visits him at his cabin.