冒险始于1906年的旧金山，文学评论家汉弗莱在萨克拉门托渡轮。此后不久，在大雾中轮船与一货运船舶相撞。汉弗莱在水中漂流，半死不活最后被帆船“鬼”救起。这个猎人“鬼”听令于拉森，拉森将太平洋航行看作最喜欢的狩猎场，他是残酷的队长，没有任何同情心，他愤怒地拒绝把汉弗莱救上岸。为了生存，汉弗莱必须尽快适应航海世界无情而粗暴的法则…

一场冒险开始了，两个十三岁的孩子克服露营者必须克服的障碍，赢得父母的信任最终追赶上偷猎者。

Law professor John Lindsay volunteers to clean up the corruption and graft in his town when the authorities seem unable to do so. When the gangsters infiltrate his staff, he recruits his law students to form an army of law enforcers.

Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief. Love entanglements with a gangster known as "The Fox" and newspaperman Grant complicate her plans.