"I heard of a chance for a better job in New York, and am going down there."
"Have you been working steadily in Boston, and behaving yourself as you promised me you would?"
"Of course."
There was a ring of insincerity in the young man's voice that did not escape his father's notice.
"Did you expect to meet a friend here?"
"Why of course, dad; I always expect to meet you as a friend."
"I mean a friend of yours from Boston."
"From Boston? No. Why?"
"There is a man here looking for you; has been here two days; says he is a friend of yours."
Silas dropped into a chair and in a low voice muttered an oath.