Tarzan's old friend Irish Murphy arrives, under the guise of renewing their friendship. Instead, Tarzan tells him to leave. A story unravels that Murphy ran out on Tarzan when he was a teen. It turns out that now, Murphy only came back to retrieve stolen money that was buried there. Remembering that Murphy once saved his life, Tarzan relents, and lets him have the ill-gotten cash. Now his friend must decide if he will do the right thing with the plundered cash.