He thought he knew now why The Spider had sent Pete to the ranch and
why Brent, in turn, had sent Pete on this dangerous mission. "Is The
Spider much of a friend of yours?" queried Brevoort suddenly.
"Why, I dunno. 'Course he acted like he was--but you can't tell about
him. He--he helped me out of a hole onct."
"Did you ever help him out?"
"Me? No, I never had the chanct."
"Uh-huh. Well, just you pull in your hoss and run your good eye over
this a minute." And Brevoort drew a folded slip of paper from his
shirt-pocket and handed it to Pete. It was a brief note addressed to
Brevoort and signed "J.E." It instructed Brevoort to accompany Pete
Annersley to El Paso after the sale of the cattle and to see to it that
the money which Annersley would have with him was deposited to the
credit of James Ewell in the Stockmen's Security and Savings Bank.
Pete had difficulty in reading the note and took some time to read it,
finally handing it back to Brevoort in silence. And then, "Where did
you git it? Who is 'J.E.'?"
"From Harper. 'J.E.' is Jim Ewell--The Spider.
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