, 1879-01-09
AN EDITOR AT SEA.
1urat MalsteuA*s Account of His I.Rst Trip In
tho pOMlln0ranta.
IYe,r }urS Fun,

aIurat Ilxlstaut1's Account nf Ills LRst Trip Ia
tstr pOinMGranla.
!Yr,r inrS Eun.
"You may well say the fatr OF the Pomme-
rantn had personal Interest to nc. was. ~
faIniliar With every part OF that ship ~ am
will, tny own home. | had so recently parted
from the officers AMI men ot tho sllFp, anil they
wcru 70 en.lcured t. u's by personal Kindness,
that their Iusa Is a source ot poignant grief.
Tl,ru were circumstances Of danger, too, c,.,.
le+ Cd with a,y irIp which gavt the u realizing
sepse OF laying narrowly escapctl shipwreck
and death nyseif. There wcru three startling
incidents eonf,eetetl with tho trip The sailing
VI The saip was ~ ou.!nolls of danger that un:
.lcr other circumstances should hayo been de-
tered fruni tntaK pasaaRt. hut Ind cntira
confidence In the snI0ty VI ths ]iatnbusg Line.
sntI It WAS necessary iur IlIo 10 uaku thu trip
with as little delay and discomfort ns possible.
MIR w!fe was very feeblp anA III great trouble.
Shu 'lnu Young butc. and our ulher ciatldrcu
along were small. 30 IL was desirable to snlt
from llayre direct. nateatl Ut taking the round
about 4nu fatigutnG routu FROM Faras to Liver.
poDl.
1For couple Of weeks before startling had
been watching tho wcathcr Will, grcat deni ot
conccr,,, l,us We wcrr al tH,y family and y 50
anx,nlts 10 ret home TINT wp started. arriving ut
llay7c from Paris On tho evening Ut tho 18th OF
Octobes. =,
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rrrtiirlcd wns It'll hand. TITS l1sxt morning tho
eulls wcrr Tying. the array was bursltng over
thu breakwHtttk* anA The waves we're plltHg
against tllr lighthouses. TIE llartor WIS crowd:
ed with shIls null pllot hnnts. and nothing could
llyu u tic sca. Thu rrcnrll steamer 'erlctc lay
utungsislr nf &1le l'ulntneru'n. Clt nrtthcr weHt
nut. VIC tlE1 not sail until ths nrxt day, tins
a7lh, 1ni ts,rn, ~ grttit" t'ut OF ths aarbor,
Ja,l intn vessel, bEvAlttng Aulc In the en.l-
l,err's room; md = bIg steamer gave w =
apurcze whlrh IuiIy tcktcd this framework OF
0n. W W.T. ps, t.kxu ua,.ags in til. pommcrsn,a 10
/. iate that alf the VAbAs wGrs 'hcupiru tiut one,
psut that waS small null uncomfortable. lhu
Captain, CntnmtAlOrc Hnhwensen, WAS very kind
to lis. lIs gave W. his roon-n lsa mad sitting
sopm communicating. 1t was lean'liu! ruo'Il'
anil wuA tllle4l with touching nna ylluastto fu,t
fly auaycuEs. Two awards worn ay tot,MoinFs
Sshwcnscu when u soldier were crossed oyeE the
door. Theirs were hls pistols aud uttIcr rrtzea
souvenirs. On one stduot thr ron'li hung PIN
shu was young lady. beautiful. sweet, a''tt
cn1r.ntng, mud on the oppoattu side VT Noticed
tue photogralh OF u srasc. There Was thu view
Of u statue, apparently from liie, q tHls
.irs"ratins her grave. She va, buried
somewhere in Grrmuuy. 'ine Commodore
knex Va lind reecntly lost one u Our
children, and hs was exceedingly kind to ".
We 1ecame very well acquainted with him tlu
brcl,nc vxrv fond of our Two little girls, antt
tncy loved hl,n. liz Eavo each uuu NJ ti'eE! a
photograph aud button utl hiS coat, which
they prize highly. Never was there 1nan more
vClant In tGe discharge Ut his duty. II, bad
weather he never lett tho bridge by night OF
isy, ur la ant thAg to s9y u any OF tho pus4eIl.
Ecrr. Ii VIZ saw tile Commodore es,tllu down IL
his room w alwaYs Knew that ail was hghl
with tue ship.
.'Wu started out Of port with the fast French
stcanlef Pcrrire IL line. tlcncN snJ iermut
steamer uad ucycr sailed together bpfuEc. Il
wa4 rather raee. 1t looked ike q rse,;. Thu
a'ot9tncran.0 vas half W hour aheau out VI
purs. We eallcu togetiarr Until dark, and tLs
next nlor,.iug we're still within sighs. VIZ wc1t
| IN t4e sa!ne tange tweuty-thsee Or tMeuty-luuI
hours, which WAS remarkable thug.
Erotu the tIrst the weather WIS bad. VIZ
! Lau srsel.l bad pignts,-thrce' III particular