title: The Mystery of the Spider's Clue (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
author:  Gertrude Chandler Warner 
description: The Aldens try to crack a secret code so their friend can inherit millions of dollars.
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  **The Mystery of the Spider’s Clue**
  
   **Created by Gertrude Chandler Warner**
  
   **Illustrated by Hodges Soileau**
  
   **ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago**
  
   **Contents**
  
  CHAPTER
  
  Chapter 1 Sam the Window Man
  
  Chapter 2 The Strange Invitation
  
  Chapter 3 A Needle in a Haystack
  
  Chapter 4 Wild-Goose Chase?
  
  Chapter 5 The Search Continues
  
  Chapter 6 A Surprising Discovery
  
  Chapter 7 Along Came a Spider!
  
  Chapter 8 A Shadow in the Night
  
  Chapter 9 A Tangled Web
  
  Chapter 10 The Mystery Man
  
  About the Author
  
   **CHAPTER 1**
  
   _ **Sam the Window Man**_
  
  “Don’t forget about the ladder,” said Benny Alden, “You didn’t forget it, did
  you, Violet?”
  
  Violet, who was ten, smiled at her six-year-old brother. “No, I didn’t,
  Benny,” she said. She looked down at her drawing of a man on a bike. There was
  a ladder lashed to the top of the bike, and there were pails hanging over the
  handlebars. “How could I forget Sam’s ladder?”
  
  “You’re doing a great job, Violet,” said twelve-