Preposterous pandemonium prevails.
Twenty years prior to the opening Frederick was apprenticed to a Pirate, rather than a Pilot owing to Ruth's being hard of hearing. At the dawn of his 21st year he prepares to leave the pirates and take his place in well-bred society. He encounters Major General Stanley's beautiful daughters bathing along the coast and falls in love with Mabel, the only maiden who feels she can fall in love with a Pirate. The Major General is not pleased with this, but threatened by the Pirates claims he is an orphan boy, playing on their sympathy. When the pirates discover they have been duped, they seek revenge.