"Yes."
"What is it worth?"
"That remains to be learned. The hotel folks want all that tract of land, as I told you. I shall advise you to hold out for sixty thousand dollars."
"Sixty thousand dollars!" gasped Nat, thinking he had not heard aright.
"Yes."
"Do you mean to say that you think my share in that property is worth sixty thousand dollars?"
"Either that or pretty close to it. I would not take a cent less than fifty-five thousand dollars."
"It's a—a fortune!"
"It certainly is a neat sum of money for any lad to fall heir to. I trust, if you do get it, that you invest it wisely."
"I'll do my best to do that, Mr. Garwell. But this—stumps me! Sixty thousand dollars! What will Uncle Abner say when he hears of it!"