- Uncle Scrooge is challenged by someone collecting an old guarantee. Who will help Scrooge after the way he treated them? How will he reclaim his former wealth?
- Scrooge McDuck goes about his daily business like any normal wealthy duck. Upon visiting a tailor's shop he owns, he increases the rent when the tailor claims that business is good. When he visits an old sea captain named Captain Jack, Jack asks him for a loan to repair his boat, but Scrooge won't help, on account of the only valuable item that Jack has is his boat. A Salvation Army worker asks for a donation, to which Scrooge refuses when she can't give change for a $1000 bill.
That evening, while watching television, a fox named Fritter Away storms into the mansion, claiming he has ownership over Scrooge's assets and possessions. Fritter explains that years ago, Scrooge's grandfather, Seafoam McDuck, was charged to deliver a barrel of marbles for Fritter's relative, Diddle Away. However, off the Cape of No hope, Seafoam's boat sank, and the cargo was lost. Unrealized until he returned, Seafoam had signed a form of Diddle's promising to deliver the marbles, otherwise all of Seafoam's possessions would default to Diddle. However, the only thing left to Seafoam's name was a gold watch, which he refused to hand over.
Fritter explains that the watch is the reason he is there: since Scrooge is Seafoam's only surviving relative, he claims Scrooge is responsible. However, Scrooge explains that he no longer has the gold watch, as he used it years ago when he bought his claim in the Klondike, where he made his fortune. Fritter says that since this is the case, he now can claim ownership over Scrooge's holdings. After being allowed to work for Fritter, Scrooge and the others feel they can't bear being around him and leave.
Scrooge attempts to get a job, but is unable to obtain one. Penniless and hungry, Scrooge and the others are forced to live out in the cold. When talking about how the situation came about, Scrooge's nephews wager that if Scrooge was able to return the missing marbles, the contract would dissolve. They go to Captain Jack, who is more than willing to help Scrooge, going by the golden rule ('do unto others as you would have them do unto you'). Reaching the Cape of No Hope, Scrooge is able to obtain the marbles, but before they can return to Duckburg, a storm traps them along the cape.
A distress call is put out, which sends Fritter racing to the Cape, certain of Scrooge's actions. Once he arrives, Fritter attempts to sink Jack's boat. During the storm, Fritter is washed off his own boat. Scrooge offers him the barrel of marbles as a float, but Fritter refuses, knowing what Scrooge is up to. At the last minute, Fritter decides he wants to live, and with his accepting of the marbles, Scrooge has his fortune back.
A couple days later, Scrooge appears on the television show 'Lifestyles of the Filthy Rich.' During the show, Scrooge shows real generosity, as he gives $1000 to the Salvation Army, and donates his yacht to Captain Jack, explaining how he now abides by the golden rule. Proving this, Scrooge even was willing to forgive fritter, and has given him a job: scraping the tacky paint job that was given to the mansion when Fritter took possession of it.
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