"No, sir. You know the head of the syndicate; his name is William Watson."
CHAPTER XX.
HIGH FINANCE AND PROMOTING.
It took Evan some time to recover from the shock association of Bill Watson's name with a real-estate syndicate naturally produced. Then he asked Henty bewilderedly:
"Are you going to accept the sixty thousand?"
"Am I going to?"
"Yes."
"Not unless my partner is willing," replied Henty. "Isn't one of these quarter-sections your own?"
"Yes, but you're manager of both; I don't know whether they're worth $60,000 or not. Would half of it look good to you?"