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In other words, the
thing seems to be a syndicate of robbers operated and directed from a
central point by men of brains and resource."
"An' whar's ther central p'int?"
"St. Louis."
"Ah, I begins ter smell a mice. So yer gradooly led up ter this place,
pretendin' ter sell hosses, eh?"
"No; we'll kill two birds with one stone. We'll sell the horses if we
can get our price for them, and it will be an excellent cloak to hide
our real purpose, which is to try to get next to the headquarters of the
train robbers."
"Good idee. But how aire yer goin' ter go erbout it?"
"To tell you the truth, I haven't an idea. We will have to do our own
scouting. If the chief knew, it is not likely that he would employ us to
find out."
"Thet's so. Well, let's be on ther scout."
"We'll still pose as ranchers with pony stock to sell, and let folks
know it. We'll go over to the stockyards right now."
"All right, but the stunt is ter keep our eyes peeled fer ther
train-robber syndicate's office."
"That's it.


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