"Ay, there is the rock on which Mr. Walker's chaise hung. It is almost out of water, now."
"Did you hear what Mr. Walker said when some one asked him why he did not sue the town?"
"No; what was it?"
"He said it was the luckiest day of his life when he pitched off the bridge."
"Indeed!"
"He has thought so much better of humanity since, and it introduced him to Tony Weston, whom he calls a hero in embryo."
"Mr. Walker is a nice man—a whole-souled man."
"That he is! How many men would have done for us what he did? And I, in particular, have reason to be grateful to him," said Charles, with a sigh. "I shall never forget him and your father, wherever my lot is cast."
"That is manly of you, Charley. But I am sure they have been abundantly rewarded by your devotion to duty since."
"I have tried to do right."