“‘On paper and other things.’
“Mr. W. ‘We don’t know J. G. Have you anything to do with us?’
“‘No connection.’
“Mr. W. said he knew of a J. Gifford, and wondered if that was the name.
“‘Not Gifford; Gurwood.’
“Mr. W. suggested that he had been killed in storming some fort.
“‘I wish I had died fighting.’
“‘Were you a soldier?’
“‘I was in the army.’
“‘Can you say what rank?’