“To-day. But what is Leo to do?”
“He is going to travel with me and perform in the circus.”
“He can’t do anything.”
“Never mind. I’ll teach him a thing or two,” replied Barton Reeve.
He was afraid if he told Squire Dobb what Leo could really do that the miserly lawyer would want money for the release.
After a little more talk Leo and Reeve left the squire’s house.
On the next day Reeve got a short note from Dobb. It read:
“I have given up all claim to Leo Dunbar, and so has Daniel Hawkins.”
Leo was much pleased. Barton Reeve smiled to himself.
“There is something in all this, Leo,” he said. “Next week, when I get time, I’ll look into your past and Squire Dobb’s doings.”