Jim and Jo were pals in the gold fields. They stake the same claim, and Jim's wife, Priscilla, comes on from the east to join her husband. Then it is discovered that Priscilla is an old sweetheart of Jo's. Jealousy begins to creep in between the two pals. Ling Hung Foo, the Chinese cook, outrages Priscilla's housewifely ideals, and she discharges him. Jo chances to be in the cabin. Ling takes his revenge by bolting the door on them, and telling Jim that his partner is making love to his wife. Jim returns to the house, finds Jo and Priscilla locked into a room together, and is overcome with rage. Jo makes it appear that he was trying to rob Jim of his nuggets and that Jim's wife is holding him up. The ruse breaks the friendship between the pals, but it saves the woman's honor. Long afterwards, Ling, dying, confesses to Jim that he lied.