he gave me the directions readily enough.
They were the same as those the Old Timer
had given me.
The entrance to the shaft was blocked
with rocks and when they cleared these
away Jim and the three Mexicans prepared
to enter. The Greaser hung back, made a
pretext of going back to the car to get
something. Jim was at the entrance of the
shaft when he heard a shot. Turning he saw
the Greaser methodically bumping off the
Mexicans. One was already down, the other
two were returning the fire which explains
those bullet holes in the car I mentioned.
Finally all there were dead. The Greaser
jumped in his car and drove off. Evidently
his idea was to desert Jim or come back
later and take him by surprise, kill him
and have the gold of the Lost Padre all to
himself.
Jim made sure the Greaser was gone, he
could see the car for miles as it streaked
off across the desert, then he entered the
shaft.
"The wall was lined with gold, Parker.
The swellegant Colonial Dining Room of the swanky Wilshire Bowl will resound to the merri-
It hung like curtains an' you could tear it
ment of hundreds and hundreds of operators, iobbers , distributors, manufacturers and their
down by hand. Pure, virgin gold it was. A
parties on Wednesday evening, November 20th, when the Colossal Ball and Banquet is staged.
man'd never want for money again if he
A floo r show that would make the old time Orpheum look sick will be provided, plus a 30-
had that. The dead Indians were all there
minute coast-to-coast Mutual broadcast. Phil Harr is and his Recording Band will provide the
right enough. All layin' in rows where
dance ditties. The Coin Machin e folks will have the Bowl as their very own on an exclusive
they'd been shot down mebby a hundred
arrangement with the management.
years ago. An' they was all kinds of gold
statues an' vessels from the Missions. I
never saw nothin' like it afore an' that
mebby a hundred yards from the shaft.
Baker Appoints New
ain' t all; I never will again. Gold, solid THE ENTRANCE TO THE SHAFT WAS
gold, millions there must a been. Then, I
Western Representative
CLOSED. Rocks was all piled up like when
don't know no more'n you do what hap- . we first found it. But they weren't no human
CHI CAGO-Harry Schifren, veteran coin
pened, but I felt myself passin' out. I tried
bein' around. No tracks or signs. If they
machine salesman, has joined the Baker
to cry out though I knew there wasn't
had a been I'd found 'em for they ain't a
Novelty Company. Schifren, who has been
nobody there to hear me, but no sound
better tracker than Old Jim.
traveling and selling coin-operated equip-
come. I tried to walk or run back to the
"I'd a tho ught I dreamed it all if it
ment for many years, has an enviahle
open air but my legs just wouldn't move weren't for the dead bodies of them three
record for getting business and at the
an' things got blacker an' blacker an' it Mexicans layin' right there where the
same time enjoying- the respect and ad-
seemed like I was chokin' an' that's all I
Greaser had killed 'em. That's all. I got
miration
of his customers. He was formerly
remember.
out of there fo a hurry an' I ain't never
connected with the Exhibit Supply Com•
"When I come too it was night. I'd gone
been back. I ain't never goin' back neither.
pany.
in early in the mornin', an' I was layin'
But some day I aims to meet up with that
Schifren will open headquarters in San
Greaser."
Francisco and represent the Baker Com-
No amount of persuasion on my part
pany on the West Coast. H. L. Baker,
The Famous, Patented
could change Jim's decision to have nothing
president of the Company, announced to
more to do with the Lost Padre Mine. No
the trade that this is another step in their
amount of money would induce him to
program to place capable and well liked
guide me there. He freely gave me direc• representatives in the field for the purpose
insures
ti'ons which checked absolutely with those of offering a closer contact between dis-
of the Old Timer. But Nigger Jim was
tributors and the factory, and in this man-
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content to let the gold of the Padres remain
ner give the customers the best of service,
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where it was, guarded by the bodies of dead
and create good will.
♦
Indians and the eternal silence of the moun-
tains.
Only the Ace ROUND
"Are you secretly married to her?"
Key Opens It
I've still got the rude map he sketched
"No, she knows it."
♦
Note patented 7-Pin Tum-
that night by the campfire there in the
bler construction. Only the
Winchesters.
I've
still
got
the
directions
properly notched "Ace"
given me by the Old Timer. Maybe some
ROUND Key will properly
engage ALL 7 t umbl ers t o
day I'll take time off and try to find that
open t his " ACE " of all
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mine with its gold leaf and solid gold
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statues and vessels; its dead Indians guard-
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FOR
cago Lock for Every Need
ing a secret of the past. Quien sabe?
♦
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t ion . Stops thefts
Johnny (promptly): "A wireless set, an
of cash box con-
electric refrigerator, and a lot more furni-
tents and mer·
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