Venus is an attenuated "maiden lady" of uncertain years and Adonis is a skinny old chap, with whiskers. They spend their days of coy courtship on the beach, where they engage in the gentle pastime of allowing the waves to beat against their bones. They are such sights in their bathing suits that the whole summer colony rush away with laughter and give them the freedom of the beach. One day while in their airy attire, they quarrel, and Venus testily betakes herself to a rowboat some distance down the beach and settles down for a nap. Poor old shivering Adonis gazes admiringly at her from afar through an antiquated telescope. Soon a band of boys, who had been playing "pirate," come along and tow Venus' boat to a rocky island some distance from shore, and maroon her. Adonis sees this movement and quickly secures another boat. The boys, however, have a weather eye for him, and when he lands they capture him at once, deprive him of his bathing suit, and leave him only a barrel for protection. Then they row to the mainland and inform the life-saving crew that two human beings are marooned on the lonely island. The crew makes a dash that way. In the meantime, Venus, strolling about the island, happens to meet Adonis, and finding that only clothing is a barrel, is shocked enough to die on the spot. She is cruel to be coy and refuses to be saved in the same boat with her scandalous lover until she is carried aboard by main force.