"You're downstairs rather early."
Norman smiled. "I've been a little lazy, I'm afraid, Governor. But you know I wasn't consulted as to whether I wished to be born. You assumed a fearful responsibility. You see the results."
The Colonel dropped his paper and looked at Norman a moment.
"Well, upon my word!" he exclaimed. "What's happened?"
"The biggest thing that ever came into my life, Governor," was the low, serious answer.
"What?"
"The decision that hereafter I'd rather be than seem to be, that I'm going to do some thinking for myself."
"And what brought you to this decision?" the father quietly asked.
"I went last night to that Socialist meeting."
"Indeed!"