It seems that there was a marked disagreement concerning the name to be given him.

Captain Thad had had an Uncle Edgar, who had been very kind to him when a boy.

The captain wished to name his own youngster after this uncle.

But Floretta's heart was set upon "Wilfred," her favorite hero of romance being Wilfred of Ivanhoe.

The story is that the parents being no nearer an agreement on the great question, Floretta made a proposal of compromise.