"Good-morning, sir," replied the judge with
equal courtesy.

"You don't remember me, I imagine," suggested Warwick.

"Your face seems familiar," returned the judge
cautiously, "but I cannot for the moment recall
your name. I shall be glad to have you refresh
my memory."

"I was John Walden, sir, when you knew
me."

The judge's face still gave no answering light
of recognition.

"Your old office-boy," continued the younger
man.

"Ah, indeed, so you were!" rejoined the judge
warmly, extending his hand with great cordiality,
and inspecting Warwick more closely through his
spectacles. "Let me see--you went away a few
years before the war, wasn't it?"

"Yes, sir, to South Carolina."

"Yes, yes, I remember now! I had been
thinking it was to the North. So many things