Mistakenly believing that his wife Molly Dane (Maude George) has been unfaithful to him, ship captain Manin Dane (Hobart Bosworth) takes his young son Joe (Charles Delaney when grown) and leaver her. Twenty years later Molly stows away on his ship and he learns the truth and all is forgiven. Later he sacrifices his life in a tropical storm to sane his son and daughter-in-law Joan (Eugenia Gilbert).