"I was very well paid for a boy. When I left Oreville I was worth a thousand dollars."
"That is well, but it is only a drop in the bucket compared with the fortune you are entitled to."
"Now held by Mr. Stephen Ray?"
"Yes; he will be surprised to see you here in the East."
"He has seen me," said Ernest, quickly.
"What!" exclaimed the lawyer. "You have not called upon him?"
"No. I met him on the train and afterwards at a Buffalo hotel. My cousin Clarence was with him."
"Did you have any conference with them?"
"I talked with Clarence, not with his father."
"Did you think the father knew you?"