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Rancho Granados, Arizona. Kindly wire in detail the source of your information. No message went to Granados from this office. No publicity has been given to the dead horse situation. Your inquiry very important to the Department of Justice. OGDEN, BURNS & CO. "Very strange, very!" murmured Singleton. "No matter how hard I think, or from what angle, I can't account for it. Billie, this is too intricate for me. The best thing I can do is to go over to Nogales and talk to an attorney." "Go ahead and talk," agreed Billie, "but I'd answer that telegram first. This is no township matter, Papa Phil, can't you see that?" "Certainly, certainly, but simply because of that fact I feel I should have local advice. I have a legal friend in Nogales. If I could get him on the wire----" An hour later when Billie returned from a ride, she realized Singleton had gotten his friend on the wire, for she heard him talking. "Yes, this is Granados. Is that you, James? Yes, I asked them to have you call me. I need to consult with you concerning a rather serious matter. Yes, so serious I may say it is mysterious, and appalling. It concerns a shipment of horses. Conrad is in Sonora, and this subject can't wait--no, I can't get in touch with Conrad. He is out of communication when over there--No, I can't wait his return. I've had a wire from Ogden and Burns, New York--said Ogden and Burns--All right, get a pencil; I'll hold the wire." There was a moment of silence, and if a telephonic camera had been installed at Granados, Mr. Singleton might have caught a very interesting picture at the other end of the wire. A middle-aged man in rusty black of semi-clerical cut held the receiver, and the effect of the names as given over the wire was, to put it mildly, electrical. His jaw dropped and he stared across the table at a man who was seated there. At the repetition of the name, the other arose, and with the stealthily secretive movement of a coyote near its prey he circled the table, and drew a chair close to the telephone. The pencil and paper was in his hand, not in that of "James." That other was Conrad. Then the telephone conversation was resumed after Mr. Singleton had been requested to speak a little louder--there seemed some flaw in the connection. In the end Singleton appeared much comforted to get the subject off his own shoulders by discussing it with another.
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