A good dramatic story and very plainly told. A young sailor writes home to his grandmother, informing her that he has been appointed quartermaster of the Pluviose. Great rejoicing takes place at his promotion, but it is silenced a day after by the news that the Pluviose has been sunk and all lives lost. The family are mourning their sad loss, when a telegram is brought in saying that the grandson was at the last moment transferred to another ship.