Mary Horgan, daughter of a wealthy man, falls in love with a rugged fisherman and weds him against her father's wishes. He disowns her, and she, happy in her love, longs for her father's blessing. Comes a time when she is taken ill and the doctor says that only a noted surgeon of another village can save her life. He is unable to get there. Seeing her near death, the father relents, and sends his yacht, the fastest on the sea, after the surgeon. They are lost at sea in a storm, but finally reach port after many anxious hours in time to save the girl's life.