"The advance is too rapid. Can't afford to sell now."
Sawyer began to sputter. "I'm done," he said. "I have no other proposition to make. But remember what I say. You are going to leave this town."
"Then I may not see you again; good-bye."
CHAPTER XVI.
Sawyer's Plan.
McElwin was engaged when Sawyer returned to the bank, but he soon cleared the room. "Well," he said, when the mule buyer entered. Sawyer sat down before he replied.
"He refused."
McElwin's feet scraped the floor. "Refused?"