The leading character Felix jumps into Pacific Ocean to save Murial Ellis, who has been washed overboard by a rogue wave, near the south seas island of Boupari. God is with him and Felix manages to grab hold of a couple of the life belts, thrown after them by a quick witted sailor, before the night envelops them. Realising there is slim hope for the ship's rescue boat to find them, Felix and Murial swim toward the refection a great fire on the island.
Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, and a proponent of the theory of evolution. (Wikipedia)