Amos Clark is shanghaied onto Capt. Skag's ship, and is unable to recall his own name when he comes to. The Captain puts him into service under the name of Jones, and his mission is to find and arrest a man whom the Captain hates. This proves to be Silent Morse who is innocent of crime, but who is a fugitive because of circumstantial evidence. Morse goes blind in an explosion and is separated from the girl he loves. Pierre, an accomplice of the Captain's, runs down Morse but saves him later because the girl has nursed back to life Pierre's little girl. The girl's timely appearance recalls to Jones, who has been sent to arrest Morse, his entire past, and Morse is freed from suspicion. Through the girl's faith in her religion, Morse recovers his sight.