Two friends, August and Manuel, both are in love with Jeanne Cavoure, daughter of the most prosperous fisherman in Sea Cove. August learns that Manuel is going to marry Jeanne. On the day set for the wedding August disappears, leaving word that he has gone to Brenton's Reef, and shall not return until he hears that his friend is happily settled with his bride. Manuel realizes that August has gone away to heal a broken heart. He postpones the wedding until his friend, months later, ventures back to port. August again meets Jeanne. He finds that she is still unmarried. By this time the girl has discovered that it is August, not Manuel, who she really loves, Manuel makes the supreme sacrifice. And the lovers are happy.
—Moving Picture World synopsis