Lynn Beckett had come to the Yukon Territory with his wife Lucy and his small son, Tommy. Lynn had tried his hand at working a claim, but finding that it didn't pay off, he took a job with the express company at Selkirk, as clerk in the office. As time went by, John Danvers, and express agent and Lynn's boss seemed to put more and more responsibility on his shoulders, but instead of resenting it, he felt complemented to have his boss trust him so completely...