Danny looked up from his nervous fingering of the judge's paper-weight.
"I meant that it was for my country," he answered simply.
The dark-eyed man glanced at the others.
"Beat that," he said in a low tone to them.
Judge Sledge took down his spectacles from his bald head, adjusted them on his nose, and looked hard at the boy.
"Proceed," he commanded, after a moment.
Danny proceeded.
"Weren't you afraid to crawl into that cave?" one of them asked in the course of the story.
"Yes, sir," said Danny.
Later, another interrupted with: