Emilie Flygare-Carlén

Two smugglers meet two customs officers at sea, and happen to kill them. The story continues fifteen years later when a son of one of the officers and a smuggler's daughter fall in love with each other.

Åke Hjelm and Wilhelm Holt run a business together. Hjelm is honest and fair, but Holt takes every opportunity to gain some easy money – legal or not.

Fisherman Efraimsson is planning to make some easy money by starting a smuggeling business. Meanwhile his daughter Anna is being courted by local customs officer Lilja, and when Anna discovers her father’s plans, she decides to try to stop the awaiting tragedy.