Ferdinand loves Amanda of the island, but the offer of a well-to-do relation of hers to educate her, takes her to the mainland. The new vistas of life enchant her, and her letters to him continue less frequent until they stop entirely. Ferdinand, reading glowing accounts of life in the navy, enlists in the service and Amanda, who has become engaged to a city man, visits her modest old home on the island. Ferdinand happens to pay one last visit to the island at the same time and saves from drowning the fiancé of Amanda. When he learns of her engagement, he bids them both goodbye forever.