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TO me and to those of my generation, Judge Priest was always Judge / Priest. So he was also to most of the people of our town and our county / and our judicial district. A few men of his own age -- mainly men who had / served with him in the Big War -- called him Billy, right to his face, and / yet a few others, men of greater age than these, spoke of him and to / him as William, giving to the name that benignant and most paternal / air which an octogenarian may employ in referring to one who is ten or / fifteen years his junior.
I was a fairly sizable young person before ever I found out that once / upon a time among his intimates the Judge had worn yet another title. / Information upon this subject was imparted to me one summery afternoon / by Sergeant Jimmy Bagby as we two perched in company upon the porch of / the old boat-store.