This gave him some satisfaction, as it made it less likely that he would appeal to him for assistance.
Stephen Ray was rather surprised that Clarence made no further reference to Ernest. Had he known that the two had had a conversation he would have been seriously disturbed. He only hoped that Bolton would not get hold of the boy.
CHAPTER XXXV.
MR. BOLTON AND HIS CLIENT.
Benjamin Bolton sat at his desk in the law office of Albert Norcross, on Nassau Street. He was well, even handsomely dressed, and looked very unlike the shabby tramp who had called months before at the house of Stephen Ray.
He was really a man of ability, and this his employer had found out. He had raised Bolton's salary to a liberal figure, and felt that in securing his services he had made a real acquisition.
Bolton was absorbed in preparation for a case which had been assigned to him, when a boy came to his desk with a card.
Bolton no sooner read the name, "Ernest Ray," than he became eager and excited.
"Tell him to come in," he said.