"He wore a high beaver hat, I am sure?"
"No, he did not; he wore a wide-brimmed slouch hat, what they used to call a Kossuth hat."
"Oh, I see; but he wore low shoes?"
"No, he didn't; he wore boots. I remember that; he sat opposite me and his pants were drawn up, exposing the leg of his boots."
"I see; and those boots were covered with black mud?"
"No, they were not," laughingly exclaimed Mr. Townsend. "They were covered with the red mud of New Jersey."
"Nonsense, sir."
"I'll swear to that," cried Mr. Townsend, and there came a look of wonderment to his face as he added:
"Young man, you'll win, you'll solve the mystery."
"I will?"