"Well, I've seen you often enough, though you don't know me.

My name's Jo Corbin.

I guess," he added, still discontentedly, "I have to consult you about something." "Corbin ?" repeated the Colonel in his jauntiest manner.

"Ah! Any relation to old Maje Corbin of Nashville, sir ?" "No," said the stranger briefly.

"I'm from Shelbyville." "The Major," continued the Colonel, half closing his eyes as if to follow the Major into the dreamy past, "the old Major, sir, a matter of five or six years ago, was one of my most intimate political friends,--in fact, sir, my most intimate friend.