Intent on their plan to turn post-gold-rush Paydirt into a ghost town, five specters "rattled at the storekeeper, shrieked at the bartender, and howled at the barber to scare them away." Spook, however, would rather play than scare. As punishment, he is ordered to scare off the one prospector left, Grizzly Pete. Certain that gold remains in them thar hills, the crafty fellow refuses to be frightened off, turning the tables and spooking the ghosts with tricks of his own. Discovering the deception, Spook decides to help Pete instead of haunt him, and the two become partners.