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interested, after hearing that he had collected on seven
carloads of cattle. Stocks and bonds were, he said, the
chief topics of conversation.
They had the same old line out. How much easy
money was being cleaned up in this game. They said
they had a friend who was coming very soon to Montreal
to meet them there. He was a very important personage
in the financial world and they could not do much in a
business way until he arrived.
While Pete was clinging to their parties, I prowled
the town for other clues. There was no doubt in my
mind that the friend they expected was other than
Spencer.
The American consul took me before the head
"law" of the city, Chief P. Ballinger and Captain La
Page.
Both were splendid to me and treated me like a
)rince. They duplicated my American warrants for use
in Canada and also warned me not to pull a trigger in
the "Great Northwest."
They offered every assistance but impressed it on
me not to shoot!
"You southern men in the United States are too
quick on the trigger for this country."
I appreciated the tip as I saw it was meant in good
faith and for my own well being.
Two or three days had elapsed and we were still
waiting for their friend to show up. Every night, Pete,
Johnson and his friend would go into the bar room.
They kept a watchful eye on Pete and continued telling
him as soon as their moneyed acquaintance showed up
they would put him onto a nice little piece of change.
In the bar room Pete always sat facing the heavy plush
curtains that separated the bar from the lobby. In this
way I could watch through the slightly open curtain.
We decided on certain signals. I could stand facing
him and he would give me the high sign. One signal
for "nothing doing, go to bed," another for "stick
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Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-. Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men., book, 1924; Ft. Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5864/m1/266/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .