“‘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?’