"'Course I ain't permitted to divulge messages that go through my hands. They're confidential. But for that I could tell you somethin' that would make your eyes pop outer their sockets."
"Somethin' about Heath?"
"Somethin' he said in a telegram."
"You might give us a hint," Eleazer suggested.
"I couldn't. Was I to, I might lose my job."
"Oh, I ain't askin' you to repeat no private wire."
"I couldn't even if you did."
Emphatically Artie shook his head.
Then Elisha had an inspiration.
"S'pose I was to ask you officially?" he suggested. "S'pose it's important for me to know what was in that message? S'pose I demanded you tell me in the name of the law?"