Magnus named his State.
"Strange!" said Mr. Wayne. "The first boy I ever spoke to who was coming to West Point was from that State; and now so is also the first full-fledged cadet I meet with here."
"Yes, we have a good representation from all our districts," said Magnus.
"Do you men from the same State always hold together in any special way?"
"Against all the rest of the world, yes," said Magnus. "But we often choose our chums from the Antipodes."
"For private and personal reasons, rather than public; I see. But then of course you know them all, more or less; and so you must know the man I am after."
"A relation of yours, sir?" Magnus inquired gravely.
"Oh, no, not at all; only an acquaintance of a day and a night. But I should like to see him again very much; in fact that was why I stopped over a day here. I wonder if he is in the corps still? Must be, I think; he did not look like a fellow to be 'found' in anything,—unless caution and self-control."
"That's a bad showing," said Magnus. "I'd rather chance it in math."
"You must know him, of course, if he is here," Mr. Wayne went on; "for he was from your State, I know. I had his name down—and I also had my pocket-book stolen! Can you tell over the list of your State delegation?"