Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.
流浪汉查理(查理·卓别林 Charlie Chaplin 饰)随队伍来到阿拉斯加淘金。他在一间小木屋里碰见了通缉犯拉逊,接着淘金人吉姆也闯进来,并抢走了拉逊的枪。拉逊出去找食物时发现了吉姆正在开发的金矿,于是他没回木屋。小木屋里,饥肠辘辘的查理煮了皮鞋充饥,饿的神智恍惚的吉姆却把查理想象成火鸡追杀。突然,一头熊撞进来,两人一起把熊…