Summary
Mollie McCrea, orphaned of mother and estranged from a father plying the Yukon goldfields, adopts the masculine guise of "Alaska" to board a steamer bound for the frozen north. Once uncovered, she is condemned to scrub the decks until a peer, Phil Hadley, purchases her emancipation; together they set out as companions in pursuit of fortune. Their trek leads them to an aging prospector’s cabin, where Mollie nurses a feverish Phil back to health. The duo labor in the old man’s mine, striking a vein of wealth, and the prospector, on his deathbed, confesses he is Mollie’s father. Phil, intent on reuniting with his sweetheart, falls ill again and is again tended by Mollie. When his beloved has wed another, Phil discovers Mollie’s true gender during a bathing scene, prompting a spontaneous marriage officiated by a minister. The pair return to civilization, enriched by the hidden mine and bound by a love forged in the crucible of the Yukon.
Synopsis
Motherless Mollie McCrea, whose father is in the Yukon, disguises herself as a boy named "Alaska" and hides on a steamer bound for that territory. Discovered, she is made to wash the decks until Phil Hadley, a lad of her age, pays her way, and they go together as pals to look for gold. When Phil becomes sick as they reach the cabin of an old timer, Mollie nurses Phil to health. They work the old timer's mine which proves to be rich, and he dies after telling Mollie that he is her father. Phil plans to go back to his sweetheart, but takes ill again and is again nursed to health by Mollie. After suffering when he finds out that his sweetheart has wed another, Phil happily discovers Molly's true sex when she disrobes to bathe. A minister marries them, and they return to civilization, wealthy from her father's mine.
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