reservation gate

sam s truck was parked in the shade of a mesquite tree  a hundred yards from the reservation gate. it was a gate not often used. the weeds and a small mesquite grew up in the middle of the two track road. sams straw hat was pull down over his eyes as he cat napped waiting for eppi. in the distance  he could see a small dust cloud with a small white dot dancing under it. it was creeping closer. sam figgered he had ten more minutes to wait.  a blue horse fly buzzed around the cab annoying sam. the sweat trickled from under the hat brim and rolled down his forehead. he sat up , stretched, and took a long drink from a cool jug of water that sat in the floor board. getting out he strolled to the gate as the white waggoneer rolled to a stop in a cloud of dust. eppi stepped out of the vehickle and reached across the gate to shake hands.
   " whats up sambo?" he asked
   " this" sam handed the envelope sissy had found over to eppi
  the big papago started reading the letter. when done he slowly folded the letter and returned it to the envelope. " and what we gonn do " he said as he handed it back to sam
   " ime gonna rattle a certain little federal agents teeth till I get some answers, that's what ime gonna do! this has got to stop! what do you think is going on with that funny money? "sam growled
  " theres more in play here than you know sam. we cant be meddling in it. it could cause some real problems for a lot of people. I want it to stop too but we need to find out where that money is going. and who is using it.  all we know is rigsby picks it up, and it dispears out of his truck some time after he gets back into town,.we need more that that. who picks it up and who takes it back into mexico in Juarez. AND what do they do with it in mexico."  eppi was almost pleading but he could see the resolve in sams eyes. " everyone knows you hate rigsby , if something happens to him you will get blamed and that isn't what anyone wants! "
   sam had his head bowed as he listened to the desert wolf captan. " all ime gonna do is talk to him, ask some questions  and get some information, not kill him"
   " I think youll have to kill him to get it out of him. we all know he is dirty and doing this for someone else. we need that someone else" eppi was firm.
   " ill find out who it is and youll be the first to know , I promise. and I wont kill the little piece of human waste in doing it, I promise!" sam was turning away and headed to his truck.
   " I don't wanna know a thing about it sam! your on your own!" eppi yelled at him