"I am sure he will be quite ready to answer any questions you may ask."
Jed nodded assent.
"Then, Mr. Gilman, may I inquire your age?"
"I am sixteen."
"What is the date of your birth?"
Jed colored and looked embarrassed.
"I do not know," he answered.
"Can you tell me where you were born?"
"No, sir," returned Jed. "I was left at the age of two years at the Scranton poorhouse by a girl who disappeared the next morning. Of course I was too young to know anything of my earlier history."
"Exactly; and you spent the intervening years at that interesting institution."