Griffith explores the bitter fruits of passion and the extraordinary lengths to which some people can be pushed by hatred or love. A man (McQuarrie) kills his wife's lover, and flees with his daughter (Carol Dempster) to the South Seas. Detective Crane (Randolf) pursues them in the yacht of a traveler (Barthelmess), who promptly falls in love with the girl. Love triumphs in the end.