[1] In a small rural village, impoverished Nanette Roland refuses to marry the villainous Buck McDougall until she is convinced that her long-absent fiancé, Raoul Challoner (Lon Chaney), is dead.

Although he has the impression that Raoul is basically a good man, the Mountie feels he is bound to carry out the law and has no choice but to break up the happy family scene before him.

O'Connor, injured by a fallen tree, is rescued by Raoul and the four reach safety, but Buck perishes in the fire when he drunkenly falls into a stupor in an abandoned log cabin.

O'Connor, feeling a debt of gratitude, agrees to falsely testify to Raoul's death in the fire when he gets back to headquarters, and the Challoner family is allowed to return to their happy life in the North Woods.

The crew erected a phony forest on the Universal Studios lot, with fake trees, trimmed with natural foliage, planted in the ground, barked, and painted.

Betty Blythe and Lon Chaney were burned while filming the forest fire scene when a blaze that popped up unexpectedly blocked their escape.

"You may forget much of this picture, but you will remember for a long, long time the forest fire, the crashing, burning, smoldering trees and the blistering heat of it, which you almost feel...The dramatic burden is carried by Lon Chaney and Betty Blythe, and the humor of it is strengthened by the antics of a pet cub bear and a small dog who have many experiences by flood and fire.